Naruto's Weakening Seal and the Darkness Shinobi :
Part I of the Darkness Chronicles
Written by Entei Artist, Devdog47, and Senacku
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Notes: In order to contact Devdog47 or Senacku, please send your message through my profile page, Entei Artist. I will be sure to forward it to them.
This story is written in three perspectives. Kyoka is written by Devdog47, Natari is written by Senacku, and Mikomi is written by Entei Artist. Chapters will have different writing styles because of the variation of authors.
Disclaimer: We do not own Naruto, nor its characters, places, etc., etc.
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Chapter 18
Told by Mikomi Miyako
We were finally home. As we approached the gate, my breath suddenly caught in my throat, as if I was seeing the world all over again – as if I hadn't spent hours staring outside at the familiar blue sky and I hadn't rolled in the soft grass near the academy so many times I could recall every dip and curve of the land and I hadn't walked down the streets in the sun and rain and snow.
"Finally," Natari said brightly, slightly skipping along and randomly kicking rocks from the loose stone pavement. "We're home. I was beginning to think that we were never going to get back."
I smiled at her words. This was perhaps one of the most difficult missions I had gone on. "Me, too," I added, my eyes dancing with the warm sunlight.
"Mikomi, is that you?!" one of the gate guards exclaimed. "Oh, and Natari and Kyoka and Eureka, too! You're back!"
Natari waved enthusiastically, and shouted, "You'd better believe it!"
We talked with the guards for a while, and then made our way to Hiromasu's place to report the results of our mission. He sent for a few meds to help with the wounds Eureka and Natari received from Hoshigaki and to look over Kyoka and me to see if we were injured.
"Good job," he said when we were done with our story-telling. "But I expect a report on this. I need it for the file."
"I'm not writing it!" Natari claimed. "I'm so tired I could sleep forever! One of you three do it!"
Kyoka groaned. "I don't want to write it. My head hurts. Eureka, you do it."
Upon seeing the expression on his face, I said, "I'll do it." The others looked at me like I was crazy. "What day do you need it by, Hiromasu-sama?"
He smiled at my willingness. "Well, since you all seem really tired and you did such a good job on this mission, I'll allow a week. Is that okay, Mikomi?"
"Of course, Hiromasu-sama." Ha, I always knew we were his favorites!
We left the building very pleased with ourselves. "So, I guess I'll see you three later?" Kyoka said, yawning. "I have to go take a nap. Thanks for offering to write, Mikomi. I could really use some sleep."
"No problem, Kyoka," I said absent-mindedly.
Natari smiled deviously. "Ready to go home and think of your boyfriend, Mikomi? I'll promise not to bother you."
I glared at her. "Shouldn't you be writing Naruto a letter over ten bowls of ramen, Natari?"
"Don't insult me! I can eat much more than ten bowls, you idiot!"
"Oh, forgive me. I forgot to add the other zero."
"That's more like it."
I rolled my eyes. "Well, I'll see you later, hmm?" I said to the three of them.
"Sure," Eureka said, turning to walk back to his house. "Hey, Mikomi, once you're done with the report you can send it over to me to proofread."
"Okay," I replied, waving. "Bye!"
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I took a deep breath when I stepped into my house. 'Here I go,' I thought. 'I have a report to do and a huge guilt trip over what I did to Itachi to deal with.'
I dumped all my stuff on the tiled kitchen floor and began to sort them according to where they were supposed to be. Shut up; I know I'm a neat freak. After I was done, I took a shower. It did little to clear the thoughts and worries in my head.
Collapsing on my soft, comforting bed, I rolled to my side and thought of all the things I had gone through these past several days. But my mind refused to be moved from the thought of Itachi. I could still feel the lingering touch of his lips on mine and see his deep red eyes and hear the way he said my name. Crap it, how was I ever going to get him away from me? Never, obviously.
I slept for a few hours, and when I had gotten all of the sleep I needed, I decided to write my report. I wrote about how we ran into Itachi, how Kyoka got a cold and had to fight him, how we kidnapped Naruto, and etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. I supposed I couldn't leave out how I defeated Itachi, so I said briefly that I kissed him and his concentration went down the gutter. How embarrassing. But I deliberately left out the part where we met him when Kyoka was hyper from all that sugar and Kyoka and Natari made us kiss. What Hiromasu doesn't know won't hurt him, ne?
I was done in less than six hours. It was about seven o'clock in the morning, according to the clock that hung from the wall opposite to me. I yawned from the tiring task of writing an eight-page essay. I looked out of the window, and saw that the sun was coming up. 'A new day,' I thought, 'To start over and forget about Itachi. He is no good for you.'
I felt the warm sunlight on my skin, and suddenly the desire to draw sprang up on me. I pulled out a sheet of paper and one of my special drawing pencils and began making various strokes across the page. Once I was done, I smiled at my result. I observed it quietly for a while, grinning at the image of Kyoka, Natari, Eureka, and me standing under the shade of the trees, laughing and making jokes.
Despite what I told myself, I took out the picture I had previously drawn of Itachi and stared at it, trying to remember every second I spent with him. And thus, I fell asleep doing so, a smile still adorning my face even as my fingers relaxed and the drawing slipped out and fell lightly onto the floor.
The End
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End Notes: It's over… Wow, eighteen chapters. Not bad.
Thanks to everyone who review and a HUGE basket of cookies to SpeedDemon315 for reviewing every chapter and sticking with me to the very end. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I couldn't have posted all those chapter without your help!
Okay, I have a poll for those readers out there, and it all depends on what you want to read next:
A) I'll start posting the sequel to this story, named The Darkness Village's Secret Scroll, which currently has 27 chapters – and it's not done yet. Basically, our four heroes receive a scroll from Hiromasu and they have to get it to Konoha. It focuses a little more on Kyoka's past, and has lots of Itachi/Mikomi interaction. Also, something happens to Kyoka that twists the whole thing up. If enough people choose this, we'll probably finish it in a few more chapters. Same Pairings apply.
B) OR I'll post the story that Devdog, Akari.no.Aizou, and I are currently working on, called The Darkness Village Joins the Chunin Exams! It get confusing because, basically, it's like an AU to this story. We use the same names (because we were too lazy to think of new ones), but we have different backgrounds. It still involves the Darkness Village and still includes our four heroes (except we changed Eureka's name to Hiroaki because we thought Eureka sounded too much like a girl.) Kyoka is a Genin! Along with Natari and another dude that resembles Sasuke, they make up one of the Darkness Teams that enter the Chunin exams at Konoha (with Naruto and the gang!) And guess who their sensei is? Mikomi, of course! Mikomi's former Teammate, Takumi, heads the other team that's entering the Chunin exams, consisting of Hiroaki, Hana, and Aizou. (Senacku has lots of stuff to do this year, so we got Akari to write.) Currently, we are on chapter 16 (the exams started on chapter 15!) This story centralizes more on AU Mikomi's lovely conspiracy with Itachi, AU Kyoka's strange background, and how the two points fit to make the outcome very shocking. It has lots of flashbacks and gives lots of insight on AU Mikomi's and AU Aizou's childhood. And I even have a lovely one-shot typed up for this story. Pairings are currently undecided, though it will have lots of Mikomi/Itachi.
Let the poll begin!