CHAPTER 5
I've had a bad day. Sorry.
But, the results of that bad day – two entire chapters have been written and published. Maybe we should all just focus on that fact.
The reasoning for my bad day has been written within the authors note of chapter 2 of trapped. If you don't read that story, i'm willing to let you know that someone I know's father died today.
Which is one of the worst things you can go through, especially at his age (my friend is eighteen, so it hit him really hard).
There's no way I could relate to what he was going through, considering I lost my mother when I was 4, but I tried my best to be there for him – even though I don't know him that well.
Sometimes life really sucks.
ANYWAY.
OKAY. I'll stop talking about sad stuff now. You guys should focus on the happy stuff, like the fact that I have a new chapter out in Demon Couple 2.
It's been a while.
Especially for this story. But I promise you all I am not abandoning it. I'm just really slow. But it's holidays now, I've finished up everything and handed in all my books and stuff as of today, so I'm free to write to my heart's content all holidays.
Hopefully I'll get this story back on track before school starts up again in January.
It's been a while, so I hope you all can remember what we're up to in the story. But as always, just in case, I have a little of the end of last chapter right at the beginning of the chapter.
Anyway, here is chapter five for you all.
Personally, I'm really happy with my ideas for where this story is going, and I hope you all are enjoying it also.
As always, sit back, relax, and enjoy.
CHAPTER 5
** DEMON COUPLE **
** DEMON COUPLE **
LAST TIME:
Naruto let out a loud sigh, standing up from his position on the warm couch, "So, is that everything that's been happening?" He asked, walking over to the windowsill to glance out at the now bustling streets.
Shino and Shikamaru both nodded in unison, Naruto couldn't see it, but they knew he sensed their movements.
Naruto nodded in understanding. "Are you the only guys left?" He asked soberly, eyes clenched shut, waiting to hear of the deaths of everyone else he loved and was sworn to protect.
Hinata chocked in a breath at that question, not realising the full impact on what was happening until the question left Naruto's mouth. Sasuke went rigid and Sahana glanced at Shino and Shikamaru quietly, waiting tensely for an answer.
Shikamaru glanced around the room, "Not quite."
"There is one thing that we haven't shown you yet." Shino added, before standing up from his place on a recliner.
All eyes turned to Shino, holding hope within their orbs, the desperate want to see their loved ones again.
"Follow me." Shino muttered, walking further back into the house.
And silently, they did as he requested.
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Hinata gripped onto Naruto's hand tightly as the group followed Shino and Shikamaru throughout the house.
Two bedrooms, one bathroom, a kitchen and a lounge room. That's what the house consisted of, Sasuke mused, looking around. How could six people live comfortably in this house?
His question was answered as Shino lead them into one of the two bedrooms, opening to door and sliding the bed across the floor, leaving a small person-sized hole in the ground. Darkness, and the start of a ladder was all that could be seen in the obviously deep hole, and Shino unhesitatingly started to step down the ladder, his eyes telling the rest of the group to follow his example.
Hinata went to follow by his example, but Sasuke placed a sturdy hand on her shoulder, "I think Naruto wants to go first," He nodded, glancing over to Naruto.
Naruto nodded seriously, having gone through the same thought process that Sasuke had. He was unsure of what was going to be below, and stepped down after Shino.
If anything was going to attack them down the hole, or be surprised by the presence of Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke and Sahana, Naruto wanted to be first down. Therefore, he would be attacked the moment he stepped down the ladder, and Hinata and Sasuke and Sahana would all be fine.
With that thought process, he slipped into the darkness, the rest of the group quick to follow by his example.
** DEMON COUPLE **
It was dark.
After he heard Shino hit the floor and move out of the way, Naruto set his sandal-covered feet onto the cement floor, and held his arms out to grasp Hinata around the waist as she neared the bottom of the ladder and lifted her gently down next to him.
"Byakugan."
Naruto glanced in the general direction of his girlfriend as he heard her whisper a loud gasp of surprise.
He couldn't see anything, but he could feel Hinata's pulse quickening under his hands. Whatever was in this room, it was surprising enough to shock the shy Hyuuga.
And all of a sudden, she was gone, disappearing from under his palms and into the darkness. Naruto was not impressed; he hated not knowing where she was, especially when he could feel several distinct chakras in the room that he hadn't familiarised himself with.
There were four new people in this room.
"Hinata?" Naruto called out into the silence. "It would be reassuring if you would return to me." His frame rigid and tense.
Prepared for battle.
At the sound of his voice, several of the roomates gasped, and the air in the room thickened. Hinata let out a joyous laugh, and he felt her soft hands grip onto his jaw gently in the darkness, "You're going to be ecstatic, Naruto-kun. This is amazing." She kissed him on the lips and giggled to herself. Radiating pure joy.
Naruto's tense structure melted away to nothing as the giggle escaped her mouth, and he pulled her back down to his lips. "Laugh more often." he ordered, before bringing their lips together.
"I can't see you two, but I believe it would be appropriate to tell you to get a room." One of the new voices echoed throughout the room. A voice Naruto knew very well.
He froze, the familiar voice shocking him into pulling away from Hinata. "Shino, Shikamaru. Someone. Turn the lights on."
And suddenly the room was lit.
And absolutely everyone par Shino, Sahana, Hinata and Shikamaru let out a loud gasp. And all eyes were locked on the new members.
Hatake Kakashi.
Umino Iruka.
Yuuhi Kurenai.
Sarutobi Asuma.
And immediately everyone par the previously stated fell into their own fighting stances, rigid and tense once again.
"Explain yourselves." Kurenai's eyes narrowed as she focused onto the raven-haired Hyuuga. "Who are you?"
Hinata's eyes flickered to her sensei's hand that was secure and threaded between Asuma Sarutobi's fingers. Interesting. Hinata also took notice of a very shiny ring situated on her wedding finger, and let out a brilliant smile. "Sensei, it's really me."
Kakashi took a step towards the group, "Prove it," His eyes flicked between Sasuke and Naruto.
"How?" Naruto raised an eyebrow at his sensei, confused.
"What was my mother's name?" Kakashi asked, his hand inching towards where his headband covered his right eye.
Naruto crinkled his nose in thought. "How the hell am I supposed to know that?" He shrugged his shoulders in defeat, "Hoshiko?... Akiko? Masami? Chihiro? Fujiko? Mao? Ririko? Azami? Kimiko? Shiori? Akihana? Tomoko? Tamae? Yoko?" He started listing random names from the top of his head.
Kakashi's eyes narrowed – glaring holes through Naruto's head. The boy sighed in defeat, and turned to Sasuke for help.
"Uh.." Sasuke shrugged, "Yuuka?"
Naruto turned to his brother and rolled his eyes. "Seriously? That's all you got? You can't think of more than one name!? And that's a crappy name! What sort of a person is named Yuuka?!"
"Shut up, Dobe. He never told me the name of his mother." Sasuke retorted.
All eyes sprung towards Kakashi as he began to laugh loudly. "These are definitely the Naruto and Sasuke I know."
Hinata smiled. "It's really us."
"Hinata-chan," Kurenai breathed out, springing towards the ex-Hyuuga before enveloping her in a motherly hug. "It's been so long."
"Five years." Hinata mumbled into her mother-figure's shoulder.
"Too long."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be," Kurenai pulled Hinata away so she could look in her face, "I'm just happy I get to see you again."
"Hello Naruto, it's good to see you're still alive." Naruto tore his eyes away from the hugging women to see his sensei smiling at him.
"Thanks Sensei!" Naruto grinned, "I've gotten stronger too! We should spar!"
Kakashi laughed, "Maybe later."
Naruto nodded enthusiastically, and Kakashi's eyes turned to his other student, who was watching him wearily from just below the stairs.
Sasuke was unsure on what to say to his old sensei, and nodded politely, "Kakashi-sensei," He greeted quietly, "It's been a while."
Kakashi nodded politely to the Uchiha, "You're here with Naruto." It was a statement; an observation.
"Yeah," Sasuke sighed, "He actually learned one of the most important things you taught us 'those who break the rules are trash, but those who betray their friends and your worse than trash'," He quoted.
"Have you decided it to be time you learnt that lesson yourself?" Kakashi questioned, still tense.
The room was silent as the two spoke to each other, out of respect for the tense conversation at hand, and out of curiosity.
"I've learnt my lesson, Kakashi-se-," He paused, not sure if he was allowed to call his teacher that any longer.
Kakashi finally broke his stoic look, and let one of his famous eye-smiles fall across his face, "Then I will be the first to welcome you back to Konoha. And it's still 'Kakashi-sensei' to you, kid."
Sasuke bowed, thankful for the friends he had back in the day and regretful for the fact that he left them oh so long ago. "Thank you, Kakashi-sensei."
Asuma stepped up, not as close to Sasuke as the others were, but he wanted to make his own opinion known, "But Sasuke-san, if you ever try to betray us again..."
"I'll kick his ass, Asuma-sensei! Don't worry about it!" Naruto grinned, and spun his eyes towards one of the other men standing in the room. "Iruka-sensei." His eyes met the eyes of the man that had been an elder-brother figure throughout his entire life.
"It's good to see you, Naruto." The man barely got a sentence out before he was tackled by the blonde-haired shinobi.
Sahana, who had been awkwardly standing on the edge of the room, decided to make herself known, and took a small step forward, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but, why are you all in the cellar?" She was the only one to notice, as Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke were all concentrated on other things at the present moment.
"And you are..?" Kakashi asked politely, yet unsure of this new addition to Naruto's pack.
"I'm Sahana."
"Sasuke's girlfriend." Naruto clarified, then turned to the jounin/chunin in the room, "And Hana-nee, these are Umino Iruka, Sarutobi Asuma, Hatake Kakashi and Yuuhi Kurenai."
"Sarutobi Kurenai." Asuma corrected, a giant grin on his face.
"You got married?" Hinata asked, her eyes bright with excitement. Naruto noted the joyous look on her face with a cocky smile, knowing one day that he would be the one getting married, and there would be people going up to Hinata and himself with the same joyous looks on their faces.
"About four months ago," Kurenai reached for Asuma's hand, "It's not official, as we were still underground at the time, but we had rings and a ceremony."
"When we get out," Asuma promised, lovingly gazing at the beautiful red-eyed genjutsu mistress, "We'll have a proper ceremony, and invite you all."
Kurenai's eyes sparkled, "And Hinata-chan! You can be a bridesmaid."
Hinata smiled, and the group stood in comfortable silence all thinking of the future and when they could finally escape Danzo's hold on Konoha and the ninja within.
"So, the cellar?" Shino prompted Shikamaru back to Sahana's original question.
"Its not a cellar, exactly." Shikamaru gestured to the several different doors that led out from the room. "It's an underground base."
"The underground base of the Root, to be precise." Asuma explained, fingering the lighter he held in his hands.
"But," Sasuke raised an eye-brow, "If this is the Root base, don't they know you're here?"
"The Root no longer use it. It has been basically forgotten about by Danzo, because he now has control of Konoha, he has no need for these underground tunnels." Kurenai added, "So this is were we stay in order to protect ourselves from Danzo. If we were seen, we'd be killed on sight."
"But for the moment, Danzo thinks we're dead." Iruka smiled, "Thanks to Ino."
"Aw, man!" Naruto rubbed a hand harshly on his face, "My head is gonna explode! There are too many things that I have to remember."
Iruka laughed loudly, "He hasn't changed since the academy."
Hinata laughed too, patting him on his back reassuringly, "Just take your time, Naruto." She smiled as Naruto grabbed her by the waist and pulled her to his chest so he could rest his chin on the top of her head.
"He's changed a little bit, Iruka!" Asuma chuckled.
"It appears he finally clued in." Kakashi added.
"Nah, Hina-imouto had to tell him," Sasuke gave his little brother a hard pat on the back, "He'd still have no idea if it weren't for her."
"Hey!" Naruto shook his head, "I would've noticed... eventually!"
Kurenai smiled happily at her student and Naruto, "It's good to see the to of you together. You compliment each other well."
"Thank you, Kurenai-sensei. So do you and Asuma," Naruto smiled back, winking at the couple.
"It's okay, Sasuke," Sahana giggled to herself, grabbing the Uchiha's hand, "Even though no one tells us, according to me, we make a great couple too!"
The group laughed gently, and Sasuke ruffled Sahana's braided hair.
"This is a different place to the Konoha you all remember," Shikamaru stated, bringing the topic back to the seriousness of the village and its turmoil under Danzo's control, "But, with your help, we want to bring it back to it's former glory."
Naruto grinned, "What's the plan?"
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END OF CHAPTER 5
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Taz xo