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"Talking"

Thoughts, sometimes emphasis on words (its going to be kind of obvious ).

-Flashback-

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Demons Dawn Chapter Thirteen: Broken

His eyes gleamed in amusement as he watched them, their little bodies tensed in anticipation at the oncoming danger. He would not interfere, it was not his job to. The sole survivor of the Uchiha massacre, the demon fox vessel, and the unknown granddaughter of the Water Shadow. All a very impressive assortment. The three of them would be worthy but the pink haired one, he had doubts about her but then again ones true worth was often hidden. He watched as the danger came to them on swift wings.

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Tsubasa cursed under her breath, if only she could use her Byakugan properly! Perhaps if she could use it they wouldn't be caught so off guard, but at least they knew someone was coming at them. There was little comfort in that so she droved it away from her. She felt hot with bloodlust but calm, cool and collected as her mother had taught her to be.

Naruto made a silent motion with his hands as to the direction that person would come, they were all sure of that. Sasuke and Tsubasa nodded in acknowledgment Sakura only gave a tiny frown that Naruto chose to ignore. Great! I'm about to die with a bunch of losers (except maybe Sasuke) who are pretending to have sensed a great something or other! Sakura thought angrily. What am I thinking! I'm not going to die! They only want to scare me! They're just pretending! Right!? But even Sakura gut was telling her something was wrong, and any proper Shinobi learned to trust his or her instincts and this time she chose to trust them.

Sasuke was somewhat confused, why wasn't this thing or person trying to conceal this repugnant chakra. This chakra felt evil somehow or charged with hatred. And how had this thing even got past the examiner and Iruka? There was a dim hope that all this was some sort of dark twisted joke, but it was small and thus it would be simple to annihilate. But then again what where the chances that this thing would head straight toward them?

"It's here," Tsubasa whispered.

­-Flashback-

Somebody had knocked off her glasses. If only on purpose or on accident she couldn't tell, but she immediately dropped to the ground to retrieve them. But to her amazement and surprise she couldn't find them, not even when she looked behind her.

"Tsubasa-chan what's wrong?" a girl asked. She froze in place refusing to get up as her friend spoke to her.

"Nothing, just lost an earring," she lied.

"But Tsubasa-chan! You don't wear earrings, silly!" her friend said and fell besides her with the intention of helping her. Her head turned away too late, her friend had seen her pearl colored eyes. Her friend screamed and fell on her bottom in a weak attempt to get away from her. She quickly stood up and attempted to help her friend up, but the girl only whimpered and scrambled further from her.

"It's just me Sora-chan..." she said softly as she withdrew her hand. The girl only cowered into herself further. By then some of the schoolchildren had stopped their games and only stared.

"They won't except you any longer you know," a soft voice spoke behind her. It was a female; long black hair neatly tied in a ponytail, deep brown eyes, long limbs, traditional female Shinobi garb, and the headband of Kiri on her forehead, easily recognizable as a kunoichi. The woman held her dark glasses softly between her thumb and forefinger.

Tsubasa wasn't going to take any of this. She shouted at the woman a very obscene word that made the rest of the kids who had not been watching finally turn around and stare as the others had been before. The kunoichi only raised an eyebrow and dropped the glasses then proceeded to crush them underfoot.

"You—" she was stopped mid-sentence as she felt jab at her stomach, she stepped back before she felt the full force of it. "What!?"

"I need to find your mother," the woman spoke up brightly a smile on her face.

"You aren't even a Hunter-nin!" she spoke.

"Perhaps..." the kunoichi spoke softly as she gently fingered a pouch at her side, her eyes straying to the children and then the girl still laying on the ground. Tsubasa spread out her arms protectively as if with that gesture she could protect everyone, event thought after this they would despise her.

"Don't you even dare think about it!" Tsubasa said her voice low and dangerous.

"Or what? Your going to stop me?" the kunoichi said confidently, she had no intention of attacking the children. But she was amused that the blank eyed girl did.

"If I have to," she positioned herself ready to make a seal.

"Go on if you want them to fear you. I won't lift a finger to stop you."

"Better they hate me, then I hate myself for their death!" she completed the long and complicated seal her movement precise and so fast that the kunoichi couldn't even catch them. The kunoichi watched in amazement. The girl was truly her mother's daughter. She recognized part of the seal and was tempted to stop the girl, but she had said she wouldn't. "Water Element, Ice Dragon Barrier!"

The Jutsu was indeed impressive as it swirled around the girl, but the kunoichi could see that she wouldn't be able to keep it up for long. The kunoichi jumped sufficiently back. A touch of that chakra charged dragon and it was possible that she would freeze over.

"That must have exhausted you, silly child. All that water, and having to create it out of the little moisture that there is here. You wont be able to keep it up for long," Tsubasa winced at the words, "besides I came to warn your mother. The true Hunter-nin's are coming and they are getting closer." The kunoichi tossed a piece of paper to her and disappeared with a puff of smoke, but not before she threw a couple of star shaped shuriken at the girl on the floor, just in case the mother and daughter would come back to this place. So that she could say that she had released the Jutsu for protection. Making sure the kunoichi was gone the girl dispelled with the jutsu. She was panting heavily and her face was beaded with sweat as she picked up the paper.

"Shit!" she cursed as she saw that on it everything to were they lived to were they sometimes ate was written on it, even the school address was on it. They had apparently spent too long in this place. Arms surrounded her as she fell.

"Thank you so much Tsubasa-chan," her friend whispered in her ear before Tsubasa was able to surrender to an exhausted oblivion.

"Thanks Sora. But I have to warn mother," and she left without a look back. She popped a pill in her mouth, feeling momentarily energized. It had been like this for a while, always running away from Hunter-nin's. She hated it but had never protested against it. Sora had been one of those friends that were momentary, a passing thing already thought of in the past tense. But even those thoughts did not stop the sting in her heart, but she buried it, always knowing that it would unearth itself when she was alone in her room and the darkness pressed on her. But for now survival was more important to her.

Hidden Mist must never find us! She thought fiercely.

But of course Hidden Leaf would.

-End Flashback-

She stared wide-eyed at her hand, inches from her face she had caught a senbon needle the tip of it had been dipped in some dark liquid, poison more then likely. She pocketed it carefully. She nodded at Sasuke's and Naruto's silent question, she was fine. She smiled as she saw that dew was still sticking to the leaves and grass, she still had room to attack, not to speak of the moisture trapped in the ground by the fall leaves.

Everything was silent and still not even a bird chirped, so even the animals feared it, Sasuke mused. The winds had stopped suddenly. Naruto frowned as he found this too ominous for his liking, and not to mention creepy. Even Sakura was beginning to reassess her doubts.

Tsubasa had a strong urge to call up a fog, but she didn't know how well Naruto, Sasuke, or Sakura knew how to fight in the fog. Without sight and only depending on hearing, but even that could be rendered useless by skilled Shinobi.

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The man that was observing them concealed himself with greater care, he had no more desire to experience death then the common person.

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And the danger did indeed come. Naruto stared and stared at the one before him, his heart beating wildly that he thought that it just might burst out of his chest. Someone simply stepped out of the cover of some bushes with as much grace as that of a talented dancer.

It was nothing more then a boy about a year or two older then them with his eyes closed. Most of his jet-black hair was pulled back into a ponytail that resembled Iruka's own, his bangs however were loose and reached a bit past his shoulder and curled in, his high cheeks were colored a pretty rose pink as if he had been running for a long time, his skin was pale as if the sun had never grazed his face, his thin lips were currently curled up in a soft smile, his nails were painted black, as were his eyes much more heavily lined then Tsubasa own. He could have passed for a boy or a girl. He wore a white long sleeved shirt that had a wing on each shoulder and covered most of his hands over a long heavy vest neatly tied off with a thick long black ribbon, the usual black shinobi pants with countless pockets in them, the usual black sandals, but most noticeably he wore a scarf wrapped around his neck that was heavily speckled with something black.

Naruto realized with a sickening lurch that the black speckles was dried blood, and he was sure that it did not belong to the one before him.

"You!" Naruto said his voice full of hatred and anger. Sasuke and Tsubasa were startled, more by the blonde's reaction then the figure before them. Sakura faced the one they had feared and tensed up so much about and was disappointed, but the knot in her stomach never relaxed.

"Yes me it's me ..." the voice was beautifully, belonging more to that of a lover then this thing person with the putrid chakra. "I missed you so Naruto-kun." The boy opened his eyes they were a pale gold flicked with an occasional black, they were like those of a cat and took more space then the normal human eyes.

End Chapter Thirteen

Next Chapter: I'm not telling but you are welcome to guess (laughs evilly) but the previous chapters should have given anyone a clue. !!!

So chapter thirteen is done. Still looking for Sakura suggestions, cause I'm still not sure about her.

I still don't have a name for the new mysterious character, but trust me he is in Naruto's past more then this main guy would like it and I think that it would be king of nice if someone named him (since I cant think up of anything) (if anyone decides to name him his general personality is evil, mean, and cruel but kind of nice too, or he would have been given the chance, and has a definite soft spot for Naruto (not yaoi mind you, but their relationship will all be explained sooner or later). But be warned that if no one suggests anything for him by the time I update I will be forced to name him myself, and that might or might not be a good thing ;)

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