Kairo Chapter 12

"The name's Zelos, my pink hunny." Zelos smirked slyly, making Sakura sigh dreamily. They were supposed to be continuing the mission, but since everyone, well mostly Sakura was so eager to know who this mysterious person was, they took a break.

"The name's Zelos. Zelos Wilder. At your service!" Zelos stated proudly, tossing his, wispy looking hair. Sakura stared at him, drool leaking out of the side of her mouth. 'He's so fine!' she thought, getting her red top wet. She shook her head vigorously, and looked at Naruto who was grinning at Zelos like an idiot.

"Hey! That was a pretty impressive technique back there!" Naruto complimented, rubbing the back of his neck and walking over to the red haired male. (Not Gaara, Zelos) Zelos looked at Naruto and his pink lips spread out into a smile, the pink tinge to his cheeks because of the cold only added to his hotness. Sakura swooned somewhere at the back.

"Yeah, you think so? Ah, yeah!" He suddenly said. Naruto jumped a bit. "What?"

"Being in another world feels great! I mean, how long has it been since we've left Tethe'Alla huh? Like six years?" Naruto jumped back, eyes wide in shock and disbelief.

"Get OUT! What do you mean 'another world?' You are so totally from Earth! There's no WAY you are an alien from another planet!" Naruto hollered, making those near by flinch and cover their ears. Hinata put her hand over her mouth. 'He's from another world!' she thought. 'Whatever girl, you guys can have a long distance relationship or something, because he is HOT.' Her inner self piped, drooling hungrily. Hinata had to agree, except for the light shade of pink he wore, Zelos was a charming young man. He looked to be about nineteen, just a bit older than her, and most of the team.

Zelos fluttered his long eyelashes at Naruto. "What's so hard to believe? You got a thing against people from other worlds?" Zelos's tone identified that he was getting rather offended. Naruto looked confused, but then noticed his mistake, flailing his arms wildly in front of him, much like Ino does. Zelos narrowed his eyes into little slits.

"No, no!" Naruto began, sighing and closing his eyes for a moment before continuing. "You just look so much like us! Like a human, I meant!" His hands had stopped flailing, and were slowly falling to the sides of his orange jacket. Zelos scoffed snobbishly, tossing his hair with his free hand.

"Well, pshh… Duh, I am human! What did you think I was an ape or something?" Zelos spat, getting annoyed now. Naruto shook his head 'no' quickly. He was getting frightened; this Zelos guy was getting ticked off. The group chuckled at Naruto's misfortune.

Zelos was about to say more, when Temari cut in, with a frown on her usually cheerful face.

"Don't start something!" she warned, planting her hands on her hips. Zelos looked at her and switched moods quick. He jumped over and hugged Temari tightly.

"Not to worry, my cool hunny! Me and this…" he examined Naruto like he was some interesting organism. "Carrot… were having a creative discussion! Isn't that right Blondie?" he asked Naruto coolly, wrapping his arm around Temari's shoulders.

"Naruto. It's Naruto. NA-RU-TO." Naruto said through clenched teeth. Zelos waved him off, and yawned. "Yes. Narowtow… "Naruto slapped his forehead. Snickers rippled throughout the group. Even Gaara chuckled softly, but eyed the newcomer dangerously.

"Can we start moving now?" Kiba asked, frowning. He was getting impatient; they weren't making any progress by just dawdling around in the snow. Zelos raised a bright red eyebrow.

"Oi, speaking of moving, I forgot to ask who you people are. So I'll go ahead and ask. Introduce yourselves to me please." Hinata nodded and stood beside Neji.

"Hinata Shogi"

Neji gave Hinata a glance but stated his name as well.

"Neji Hyuga"

"Tenten Yang!"

"Sakura Haruno!" Sakura said with a playful smile and toss of her vibrant pink hair.

"Gaara Sabaku." Gaara nodded towards Zelos.

"I'm his older brother Kankuro Sabaku." Kankuro also nodded.

"I'm the oldest. Temari Sabaku." Temari told Zelos, stretching out her hand to shake. Zelos shook hands with her, and looked to Ino,

"Ino Yamanaka. And this is my future husband, Shikamaru Nara!" She said happily, pointing to herself and Shikamaru. Shikamaru only shrugged, looking at the sky lazily.

Zelos grinned and looked to the next person.

"Naruto Uzumaki! Future Hokage, believe it!" He cried, pumping his fist up into the air. Zelos chuckled, his low voice sounded quite manly. (Suzume-kage: Manly? What was I thinking?) He turned to a creepy looking man with bushy eyebrows and bulging eyes.

"I am Rock Lee! The Hidden Leaf's village's handsome devil! And this is the Hokage's beautiful daughter, Chai!" Lee shouted, fire visible in his eyes, Chai bowed and smiled politely. Zelos smiled and looked over to the one person that hadn't spoken yet. Sasuke. The albino in question was standing lazily, staring at Zelos with his usual impassive expression.

"…What…?" He asked boredly. Zelos grinned from ear to ear, much like a certain blonde haired Leaf nin. 'This dude's like another Kratos! (1)' Zelos thought.

"Introduce yourself, Mr. Tough!" Zelos practically walked up and yelled in Sasuke's face.

Sasuke flinched and scowled at Zelos's loud tone, but remained impassive as he introduced himself.

"Sasuke Uchiha." He stated tossing his hair with his hand. Zelos nodded, looking around the area. They were still in Winter Wonderland.

"So anyway, where are you ninja off to?" Zelos asked casually glancing at one Leaf nin to the next.

"The Ice country!" Tenten piped, pointing in the direction where another forest was in view. Zelos looked over, and smiled.

"Well, as much as it breaks my heart to have to say this but… I'll be parting ways with you from here on…" Zelos said, faking sadness. Neji raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? And where might you be going off to?" he asked in his usual know-it-all tone. Zelos spun around, making his floppy hair fly around his head. He spun around for about thirty seconds before pointing a gloved finger to the sky.

"Up there, my friends! To my home world of Tethe'Alla to be exact." He answered, making everyone glance up to the sky in wonder. Shikamaru, who was staring at the sky the whole time, glanced up in the direction Zelos was pointing to. He didn't see anything but clouds and grey skies for miles. Looks like no one believed Zelos at the moment…

"Oh? And where is this 'Tethe'Alla' place you speak of?" Neji asked, undoing the knot on his hitai-ate, and retying it to his head. Zelos looked over at Neji and smiled.

"It's actually pretty amazing, the location of Tethe'Alla, that is." He said dreamily. Sakura's eyes sparkled with interest.

"Really?" She asked, glancing up into the heavens then back at the red haired, blue eyed swordsman. Zelos nodded and glanced up again.

"You know, there are really three worlds, Earth, Tethe'Alla and Sylvarant. These three worlds are parallel with one another and are connected by these thick strings of Mana, or what you may call, Chakra. These worlds are o close to each other; they can't even see each other. (Suzume-kage: Wonder how that works? Me too…)

Shikamaru raised his hand like he was answering some sort of math question. Zelos grinned and nodded.

"Shikamaru? Want to say something?" Shikamaru nodded his head lazily and shuffled his feet, trying to keep warm.

"These strings of Mana and Chakra, are they called Mana Links?" he asked, spreading some of his genius. Zelos nodded.

"Yeah, these really fat strings are called Mana links. These Links keep the Mana, or chakra flowing through out the worlds. So to sum it all up, let's just say that we live in a triple planet system." With that said, Zelos bowed and got ready to leave. The Konoha and Suna nin watched as Zelos lurched forwards suddenly, surprising them all. Naruto reached to grab him but stopped short as orangish-yellow wings sprouted from Zelos's back. They watched in amazement as Zelos flew upwards, a smile gracing his angelic features.

"Wait!" A male's voice rang out. Everyone, including Zelos turned to Naruto. "YOU CAN FLY?! THAT'S SO AWSOME!!" He cried. Zelos winked.

"Maybe next time, I'll take you guys with me, to Tethe'Alla." Nearly everyone's faces lit up. Zelos smiled again and flew up higher, he was about to speed up until another voice rang out. This time, it was a female's.

"Wait, Zelos! What would happened if one of the planets in the triple planet system ran out of Mana?" Hinata asked loudly, so she was audible to Zelos's ears.

Zelos thought for a moment before answering.

"Good catch my voluptuous hunny! If one of the worlds is running low on Mana, the other worlds with have to double the Mana flow to the declining planet. But then because of this, the other two worlds run out of mana, and that's where the Chosen of Regeneration kicks in. The Chosen of regeneration then breaks these things called Seals which are located in each of the three worlds. By breaking the seals, they awaken the Summon Spirits and Mana is restored." He finished with a wave. The ninja looked at each other in amazement. This gave the ninja a more different point of view of the world, of Konoha, and it also gave them some sort of hunch that this whole 'World Regeneration' thing was related to the mission.

"So is there any world in decline at the moment?" asked a very curious Hinata.

"… Yes… In fact there is." Hinata heard a familiar voice from above. A very familiar voice. Yes, in fact that voice belonged to none other than Shino Aburame.

The group of Shinobi looked up to see Shino descending down from the sky, a pair of green nymph-like wings grown from his shoulder blades and lower back. Hinata's eyes lit up like a candle.

"Shino!" She exclaimed. Kiba grinned, and shook his head.

"The buginator!" Kiba shouted, everyone chuckled at the nickname. Shino landed on his feet, the green nymph wings fluttering lightly in the winter air. Shino's heart shaped face remained the same; his jaw was more defined though. And he still wore those tiny sun shades. He was taller, and wore a large white coat-like hoodie with black baggy jeans. His cheeks were already starting to redden in the nippy air, a small smile complimented his pale features.

"Ohayo, everyone." He greeted quietly.

Suzume-kage: Sorry about the late update. But I went to Japan, and Detroit. All in one summer. Impressive huh? Well the good part is that I got NX Cash for MapleStory. Sorry random, but my maple story girl looks CUTE. Im now a level 57 assassin… Anyhow, no that this latest chapter is up, I'm going to TRY to get up the next one in a few days (or weeks… Ayieeeh!)

(1) Kratos Aurion- This guy's profile is in my profile; check it out if you wish.

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