Naruto and the X-men: Fall of a Hero
Chapter 2 - The Search
It had only taken half of the time for the Anbu Units from Ibiki's Interrogation unit to mobilize and get going to the location of where Kakashi had captured and detained the Traitor Sasuke, with the Ninja Dog, Lee at the head of them. However when the arrived at the scene of the battle, Ibiki looked just as grim, While Anko just whistled appreciatively eyeing the scene with a sort of taste of blood and an appreciation for the mayhem. But the Anbu all stirred looking around at the scene. This was no battle between two Genin boys.
The destruction to the landscape was to severe. Where once this sacred site had housed masses of trees along the water fall and river had been uprooted or snapped completely in half. The rocky terrain at the bottom of the Falls though was the worst of it. There were signs of some sort of massive and colossal. There were dark burns against the ground, weapons and craters marking heavy combat. However the most surprising thing to all was the waterfall. There was some great part in it with a great colossal earth spike sticking out from just behind the waterfalls path. One that had not been there days prior.
"Have ta hand it to those boys. They certainly know how to make life interesting." Anko commented from where she stood, crossing her arms underneath her breasts, eyeing the area before her. And then after a few moments reflection she turned her head to her scarred friend who had been silent since they had left the city. And then she eyed the dog that they had been following. "Alright Pooch, you said this is where we'd find Kakashi. So where is he?" Anko asked, raising a purple eyebrow towards the one in front of her.
The dog in question though, just simply twitched a ear to her direction and then heard a howl in the distance. One to which he answered to with two yips and a howl. Leaving all thoroughly confused by that, and leaving Anko to turn to her scarred companion with a look of annoyance upon her face. However Ibiki, looked just as un-phased as ever, and didn't seem to be troubled by what had happened. Though when Anko walked right into the path of his sight, he raised an eyebrow to her.
"You seem Troubled Anko."
"And you don't be. We're at the battle site. There's more damage here than there was done to the whole of the whole of Konoha. And then there is that blasted dog barking mad to probably a couple of rabid wolves with the way our lucks been running. And your standing there, fresh as a daisy and don't seem to have a care or worry in the world." She claimed uncrossing her arms and planting her hands upon her hips, her eye twitching about how annoyed she was about how calm he was acting.
"There's nothing we can do here now. You know that. What's the point in getting upset about something you can't change?" He asked before he looked down to a fallen weapon and picked it up, examining it. "As for our four legged friend. He was signalling the all clear to our friends in the forest. Do you really think that Kakashi would be stupid enough to remain in the open with precious cargo so close to enemy lines? Use your head Anko… How are you holding up Kakashi?" Ibiki asked as he turned his head to regard a man approaching, walking behind the man that he had captured. Sasuke and been bound his arms and hands were bound behind him. His eyes shining with the black hatred for them.
Or that was until Kakashi slapped the child across the back of the head. "I don't see what your so upset about Sasuke. By all rights, they could kill you right here and now and leave you to rot in these woods for what you've done." Kakashi stated, his pair of eyes, the black one and the one blazing Sharingan eye. And then he looked towards the Ibiki and Anko, along with the Anbu and he raised an eyebrow. "Ibiki, Anko. What's the word from the Hokage?"
And of course Ibiki reached into his large leather trench coat pocket and pulled out a scroll with the official Hokage seal with the black mark. The mark that was used for Black Ops mission orders from between the Hokage and her subordinates. Breaking the seal, Kakashi eyed the contents of it, to which the Hokage had signed at the bottom, as well as her unique Stamp. They were official. While rolling it up, Kakashi lowered the head band over his Sharingan eye and he nodded towards Ibiki. "Do I consider the prisoner transferred under your control?" Kakashi asked, not even bothering to refer to Sasuke by his name, a event to which the young boy found to be annoying at no end.
"I have a name. And as the Last Uchiha, I demand it be used!" Sasuke stated with a glare, one to which was returned with a rather hard stare from Ibiki, and a sadistic Grin from Anko, as she approached, her hips swaying seductively. Kakashi smirked underneath his mask and then shook his head. He knew what was to come. And that Anko had a temper like no other. When she was right in front of her the younger man, she bend down and eyed the younger boy who, despite the supposed superior genes, could not help but stare down the older ladies fish net shirt and towards her ample chest.
A move he certainly regretted.
For though he had gotten a good look at something that many men loved to look at, It did not come with out a price. There was a terrible pain that had erupted from right between the younger boy's legs. A move to which he groaned and dropped to the ground, curling up, however could not protect himself from further the second shot, a blow to the left side of his face, one that sent Sasuke sprawling to the ground in a heap. And then Anko came walking forwards, her hips swaying again, while several of the Anbu chuckled underneath their masks. As she stopped in front of him she just crossed her arms and gave a wicked smile.
"Some little boys need more discipline than others… I'm just the one that gives it better than others." Anko stated with a sadistic grin. One that put human shivers up and down Susuke's spine, as he considered his options. He still hadn't recovered from using the cursed seal. So using it was out of the question. He needed time to rest more to recover. But with a full guard like this, with orders to kill him if he resisted it didn't not seem likely that he was going to be able to make a escape. "I can see the cogs spinning and working around in that little demented mind of yours, My dear little one… You are going to resist, I hope." Anko suggested with a smile as she brought her hands from her hips to crack her knuckles.
And, as though it pained Ibiki to do so, he stepped in front of Anko crossing his arms, and raising a dark eyebrow to her. "You know what the charter says about assaulting prisoners under our protection, Anko." Ibiki stated as he walked forwards towards the boy and picked him up off of the ground and set him on his feet, before he pulled something out of his pocket, before he wrapped Sasukes eyes, blind folding Sasuke Completely before he could recover from the little beat down that Anko had given the child, and then quickly channelling his own chakra into it, ensuring that the sight of the boy was sufficiently cut off. And that was when Sasuke bucked and looked to fight back.
"What have you done to me!" Sasuke demanded, while Ibiki just snorted as the boy trashed against his hold and to which he shook his head.
"We've sealed your eyesight, so that way your bloodline cannot be used against my men or I, boy. And keep in mind. The only one that can let that thing off is me. And seeing as I'm gracious, we'll be walking back to the village, hopefully you'll either have come up with something damn impressive for me to share with the Hokage to pardon your life, or you'll be dreading her wrath... After all. It was the child that she saw as her own son that you've just dispatched to the world beyond." Ibiki stated and then he nodded towards the rest of the units there, as Sasuke began to ponder upon that little tid bit of information that made him pale considerably more, knowing full well the Hokage's wrath. "Alright. Squads one through three, with me. The rest of you, begin patrolling the Sound Border. If they don't have a reason for being there, question them. If they give you any trouble, detain them and bring them in for interrogation. Do not harm them permanently , or kill them. Those are the orders decreed by the Hokage." Ibiki stated and then he slowly turned his head downwards towards the prisoner in hand and he shoved him forwards, to get him to move, and far more harder than what was necessary.
Kakashi just watched before he shook his head and then he turned and regarded Ibiki and Anko. "My orders say I am to meet up with the Hokage's unit upon their arrival. Do we know which way they will be coming?" he asked, and that caused them to pause. And then it was Ibiki who turned towards Anko, nodding his scarred face towards her, as their eyes met. There was a unspoken question, to which she nodded to immediately and then moved forwards taking Sasuke by the Shoulder and moving forwards.
"All right you girls, let's get going." She called out, and thus the members there began to move off, not even puzzled by the fact that they were leaving their leader and Kakashi behind. For all intents and purposes, It was probably better for their mental health that they didn't know. And then once out of hearing and eye site, Ibiki nodded his head towards Kakashi and moved over to the cliff's edge, looking out to the destruction of the great valley.
"The Hokage is coming in from the West, and is heading up a massive unit of Jounin, Anbu, Genin and Half of the Medical Corps. There was some intense damage along the way here, and though we found some bodies, they weren't the ones that we were looking for. They were members of the personal guard of Orochimaru. The same one that had cut the Third off from any support." Ibiki stated as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a cigarette and looked down towards the small two and a half inches of death as he lit up and took a puff, much to the confusion of Kakashi.
"I thought you were quitting."
"Seeing what I seen on the way here. You'd be thinking up taking up smoking to... In Any case, this is essentially one large rescue mission from the Hokage, in Joint with what you wanted. Their coming in from the west. However I would Imagine that at each site they are going to be looking for survivors."
"We're there any?"
"We know for a fact that Lee and Gaara are alive and well, they were at the base of some large white marvel forest. Seeing that we didn't need to get involved, we didn't. Shikamaru had chakra exhaustion, so is under the careful administrations of Temrai of the Sand... I left a barf bag and some antidotes for him in his jacket when I checked him out breifly." Ibiki stated shaking his head as he brought the small stick back to his lips.
"Were the weapons that were sued against him poisoned?"
"No. I got one small look at what she was cooking and what the smell was like, and figured that it was the best course of action with out hurting her feelings." Ibiki stated with smirk and then he shook his head. "Those were the only two we were able to confirm anything on at this point in time... Kakashi. How can a bunch of kids do this sort of damage? ...What did you teach them?" A question to which Kakashi lowered his head and shrugged his shoulders. He didn't know any more than Ibiki did. He had hunches, but the more that he came up with, the less they actually made any sense to him. Apparently Kakashi's confusion was evident because the larger man nodded his head towards him, clapped his friend upon the shoulder and then pointed his finger to the ground. "Have your ninja dogs do the hunting for Naruto around here for now. Get some rest. Releif will be here sooner than you think."
Advice that the Silver haired ninja would have loved to have taken. Had he not been thinking about a blonde haired Genin that was now currently missing. And thus he began to move towards the forest line, knowing that would be the probable area where Naruto would be, if he had survived at all.
-Else where-
There Tsunade was, speeding along through the air, tree hopping forwards, her personal guard and those of Naruto's Friends in hot pursuit when they had found out what had happened from the Hokage Personally. It was an understatement to say that many of them were upset, Kiba was Furious, along with Hana, who hid hers well, and the clan head Tsume was just unaffected. Of course it bothered the children more than it bothered her. One of the pack did not kill one of it's own. Pack hunter or not. It was one thing to force another pack off of your hunting land. But to kill all together. Yeah right, the only thought that went through Tsume's mind on the subject was that she was not going to support any action that didn't have Sasuke's Head on a platter for her and the pack to enjoy upon.
Hinata had eventually found why they had been sent, by Sorata Kimeraki with Sakura, Ino, Shino, Lee and Tenten, Who had been eaves dropping on the conversation. Their Jounin Sensei had been informed of the situation, so when they figured out that their students knew, they immediately dreaded some sort of problem. But surprisingly enough, the problem didn't come from them. It came from the Hokage when she broke formation and took a huge leap forward away from her personal guard, leaving them to have to struggle to cover the distance that she had in a single leap, while the Medical Ninja pulled up the rear, breathing heavily. And that was when Kurenai had seen enough. However there was one other that had seen this, and had jumped ahead before Kurenai could act.
"Tsunade. The men need a rest." Jariya stated to her, and that had been enough for Tsunade to swivel her head and glare at her long time team mate with such a fury that it would have made anyone else wither under her honey brown eyes. A glare that had been equally matched. Jariya knew that he had been right about the need for a rest, and before Tsunade could even retaliate he gestured to the many men behind them. "Look at your men. They won't be good for saving anyone if you keep up this break neck pace, and you'll end up tearing yourself up. And you need a rest to. How many people do you think you can help if your exhausted." Jiraya argued, and though Tsunade wanted to actually argue with him, and as much as it pained her not to, she nodded her head, returning her gaze forwards towards the tree line.
"According to the Information Lee had given us about the damage, we should be coming up on the first scene soon. We'll assess, help what we can, and rest. When we land assign rotating guards to patrol the section of the forest and then move on. A hour each." Tsunade stated and then she turned her head back towards the children of the group. Perhaps it had been a mistake to bring them along, however, though she would have preferred a sold Jounin escort with this, these were what she had to work with. "Hinata Hyuuga." She called from the front, and then slowed down as the pale moon eyed girl fought to catch up, looking towards the older lady with a somewhat frightened expression.
"Y-y-yes Lady Hokage?" Hinata replied, causing Tsunade to actually raise a blonde eyebrow to the younger lady. Hinata would need some work done to improve... And thus Tsunade nodded her head and gestured up ahead with a single wave of her hand.
"What do the all seeing Hyuuga eyes reveal to you Hinata?" Tsunade asked, a question to which Hinata's eyes widened, before they became closed as the younger lady concentrated. The subtle extension of the veins around the eyes were a tell tale sign that the ability was activated. And then Quickly Hinata's head snapped to the side so quickly that Tsunade thought it might actually snapped off and fall to the ground.
"I see Chouji. And it looks like he's burning up, from the inside. So much Chakra... and it looks like he is getting thinner." A statement to which Tsunade nodded her head immediately and altered her course to where Hinata was looking to. However upon their arrival, Tsunade immediately paused when she looked towards the younger boy who had up until so recently been so full of life. His body was thinner, he was pale and it seemed to take all the strength in his body to actually move his lungs. Looking towards Chouji she just sighed as she rushed forwards, pulling out a scroll that had been given to her by the Head of the Nara Clan if this had been the case with Chouji. When the others came and landed beside her she nodded her head. Though she wished she could go after Naruto herself now, she knew what she had to do next.
"Asuma. Take medical corp two and four forwards, Tsume, take your team along with Hinata and Sakura forwards to the Valley of the Dead. Send reports when you discover something." Tsunade stated before she looked towards Ino and she nodded her head towards the distressed girl. She, she would need to keep an eye on. It was not every day that you something like this happened to someone that you knew and cared about at such a young age. "Ino. I want you to go to Medical Corps Five and tell them to break out the medical supplies from the storage scrolls I gave them. And then I want you to return here though. Can you do that?" Tsunade asked, and she nodded as the young blonde haired woman bolted From her place at staring at Chouji to aiding what was needed to save her friends life. However Asuma looked towards Tsunade giving her a questioning look. A look that she understood to well. And then Nodded her head towards him. And then the team under Asume disappeared, along with him.
Reaching down towards the scroll that Tsunade had, she quickly unrolled the small scroll and then tapped it's seal, releasing it's contents. And what appeared was a large book. 'The Akimichi Pills and their ingredients. By the Nara Clan.' Looking at what it brought she just grinned as she flipped it open and revealed it's contents, before looking down towards the table of contents, and then eyed the formula's that were listed. Flipping to the pills construction, And then she saw it. The various ingredients and counter balancing ingredients along with formula's to counter act the Akimichi Pills. This small book in her hands was worth a mountain in money. Turning her head towards Ino who had been returning, she pointed back towards the small ingredient stalls. "Bring me Powdered Deer Horn."
-Valley of the End, Two hours later-
The team that had been under Tsume's command had made good time. Once they had seen what Chouji had been through, it had been combustible. As though someone wasn't only playing fire, they had soaked the matches in gasoline and soaked the fire wood in oil. And landing at the cliffs edge, looking around towards the various damage there, they could only conclude one thing, one that had been previously discovered by Ibiki and Anko's unit. This hadn't just been a fight. It had been a war. As though two unstoppable forces had collided there and simply ripped the earth apart. However everyone there had stopped when they had heard the oddest sound.
A low and appreciative whistle. One that had everyone turn to look towards the owner of the tune. Sorata Kimeraki.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say that they were trying to keep me from the fun." He stated chuckling, his long blue dread locks swaying with the wind as he surveyed the damage as he began to move towards the river. "Leave the River to me and a friend of mine. We'll see what we can dig up… Well swim… Whatever." He stated shaking his head with a shake of his head and then moved towards the river side.
"Which friend is this? The one in your pants?" Tsume called after him with a shake of her head.
"Damn Cougar. Would you get off my back? You ain't getting him." Sorata called from over his shoulder as he jumped off of the cliff and landed upon the ground, rolling forwards and then upon his feet, standing as though nothing had happened. Removing his long overcoat, and tossing it upon the ground, revealing a very eccentric amount of tattoos upon his left arm. But what caught both Sakura's and Hinata's eyes were the extremely odd fact that the markings upon his left arm kept glowing, shimmering different hints of blue.
"It's a unique summoning contract." Something that had been said, that caused both young women to jump into the air, and then turn to their attacker. Tsume who was wearing a bright and wolfish grin. "You Ladies need to calm down. Your about to jump out of your skins, staring at him so hard." She stated clapping them upon their shoulders as she moved to look down towards the rivers waters. As both young ladies took into the fact that they had been spooked and they had a important piece of information, and they had not been paying attention to it.
"Ano…. You said something about a contract?"
Turning her head, Tsume raised an eyebrow to her and then she nodded, returning her gaze towards the rivers edge to where Sorata stood, eyeing the water. "The markings upon the arm that you were staring at. They are a unique form of Summoning Contract. There are many that would give a mountain of gold and a arm and a leg to know how they manage that." She explained as she reached into her pouch and pulled out a canteen of water and took a long draught, nodding her head towards those that had come along with her. "Spread out through the area. And see what can be discovered. We apparently have someone out here missing, with a friendly Ninja searching, and a Anbu operations patrol out here. No nonsense, you find that patrol, you tell them why you're here." She ordered and then she shook her head as she watched Sorata again, standing there while Sakura and Hinata both looked on, confused as Tsume's massive dog came up behind them and slowly took it's place beside her, laying down upon it's belly.
"So…. What's Sorata doing down there? He's just staring at the water." Sakura put forth as she slowly moved forward, more to the edge to peer over it and down to more of the damage of the earth around the cliff side. "And how come you gave them orders but not us?"
"Because you're a pair of Genin, the best you can manage is stay with me and run errands while the more experienced search the area." Tsume replied, looking down towards the the man again. "Don't take it as an insult. But the rest of my team is a tracking squad. If he's out there, we'll find them. And quicker as well… And your asking why he's staring at the water?"
"Mm-hmm." And then that was when Tsume pointed towards the man's arm, nodding her head towards it. And surely enough, there were faint flickers there, various glowing and un glowing. Something that hadn't been noticed. But the different shades stood prominent now that Tsume had actually pointed it out to them. The Staring resumed and the great confusion came forth. "What's going on there?" Sakura asked, wondering out loud completely.
"It's one of the Kimeraki Clan's Traits. It's a unique summoning contract between the summoner and that of his familiar."
"Familiar?"
"Ah right. Probably something you didn't come across in your studies at the school. I'll have to speak with Iruka about that. In any case, back to the matter at hand. A familiar is more or less like a personal summon. You always manage to summon the same beast with little to no effort. It's like Inzuka. We rely heavily upon our massive war dogs to aid us, and it is rare for us to take more than one at a time. Where the Kimeraki is concerned they only get one familiar." Tsume stated as she looked around the cliff side, and began to move, seeing some forgotten weaponry laying about here and there. "In any event, the Kimeraki don't necessarily keep their familiars out in the open, they are far to large for that sort of thing to work, period. So a unique way of summoning was brought forth by their matriarch and that of the summons leader. Engraving tattoos upon the arms of those that are there. And then the summoner and the familiar are linked at the mind, communing when they see fit." Tsume stated as she crouched down and picked up a weapon with a bit of orange clothe at the end.
"Ano…. W-w-what type of sum-mo-mo-mons do they control, Tsume-sama?" Hinata asked, using her formal title, which made the older woman laugh and just waved the girls over, making them both confused.
"You make me sound like some sort of noble woman. Don't! I work for a bloody living. My name is Tsume. Learn it, Live it, Love it." The older lady barked out, holding a feral grin while her massive dog, barked in agreement. "And now the question on the table is what do the Kimeraki Clan summon… Why they summon Dragons." The Answer caught both younger women off guard, who simply widened their eyes, as Tsume gave them the answer of such a mythical beast that was nothing more than in stories to frighten unruly children. Of course Tsume picked up on the pessimism and she raised her brow only for a moment before she turned the ripped cloth in her hand and then held it under her massive dogs nose, who sniffed it and began to scent the trail.
"You must be joking, right? Dragons? Their's no such thing in the land of fire. They don't exist in any more than in childrens fairy tails." Sakura stated, however jumped up when another voice called out from behind her.
"It's no joke Sakura." The voice stated, one that she knew all to well, and knew the beholder was. Snapping her pink head around, she glared up to the silver haired and masked face of Kakashi Hatake. "Well it's certainly been a little while, Sakura… How've you been?" he asked, giving a lazy wave to her and the others, while Sakura glared at him.
"Do you have any idea how much I want to hit you right now?"
"I can wager a guess." Kakashi stated dismissively with a lazy eye grin and a wave of his hand. "But back to the questions on the board before we continue… Tsume, your better with children and story time. Why don't you continue." The silver haired man offered, with a gesture of his wrist.
"hehehehehe. Figures. Your to lazy to actually give me the report first…. Well no matter. I doubt you'll tell me anything I don't already suspect." Tsume stated and then she looked towards the young girls again. "The Dragons are very much real. And under the command of the Head of the Kimeraki, they control a massive air force for when it is needed… but I would see why you wouldn't know about it. It's public knowledge for the older generations, however for the younger ones, though it is public, they don't flaunt it about. Their unique gift at a second mind is a blessing to them. One they don't care to share with outsiders."
"Ano… The Kimeraki… Why didn't they use it during the invasion to fight off the sound and the Sand?"
"A valid question, if skipping a bit of history. It's quite simple really. Their district was hit hard, hot and fast. Orochimaru sought to cripple them. Because he knew that at a swift counter attack would likely come from them and would definitely turn the tides of battle. Had the Kimeraki not been more militaristic in their ways, they would have certainly fallen then." Tsume stated as she watched her massive war dog as it sniffed along the area, looking around for any sort of trial that lead away on this side of the bank of their missing comrade, while the children digested the information with gusto, much to the entertainment and delight of Kakashi.
"We've got time for one last question and then I'll have to send you to begin searching the grounds. Hinata. You'll be with me, and then Sakura you can go with our blue headed dip shit down there." Tsume stated.
"I heard that!" Sorata called up from his position, turning his head to eye the team above him for but a moment and then returned to his work at the water.
"I have two. What's he doing at the waters edge, just staring at it, and where did the Kimeraki Clan come from?"
"Hmmm. Well I suppose that you did ask that first one earlier. I thought I had answered it. Sorry… He conversing with his familiar with the task at had. The Glowing part of the tattoos signifies that they are sharing information with one another… And before you ask, no. The summon cannot take control of the humans body in this manner. They are linked at the mind, but there are restrictions in this, just like in any other ninjutsu out there." Tsume stated as she began to walk on down the edge of the Cliffside. "As for the second. They were immigrants that came from the land of mist, just before the time of the blood clan cleansings. They sought shelter here, and under the Fourth Hokage, they were able to arrive safely and be transported here… A fact that I'm very certain that the Mist have not forgotten at all. The clan they could have cared less about it, considering they had plans in the making to get rid of it. However the abandonment of one of the Seven Swordsmen of that time, it still stings their pride rather badly… Now enough for lessons. Kakashi, join me and Hinata for a time. And then I'll have to get you to deliver your report on the situation to Tsunade… After all, she's very worried, even if she hides it well. And before you bloody well argue, send a shadow Clone and make sure it doesn't hit any trees."
-River Side-
There Sakura was walking down the side of the great cliff side, and at the bottom she looked towards the man who stood there, watching the rivers waters, his glowing tattoos shifting blue colors some of them dark, others light. Studying the markings, she watched, however it seemed apparent to him as much as it had been to Tsume. But he stopped there. Even with his back to her. "I'm trying to convince my arm to take a bath." he stated to her and he just shook his head lightly towards the water.
"By meaning your arm. Your talking about your Familiar?"
And of course that had gotten his attention. His head turned to regard her and then he looked towards the Cliffside to where the others were retreating further down the area. "TSUME! YOU BUCKET MOUTH!" He shouted, to which she gave him the middle finger from over her shoulder in return. How swell. Sakura, once again, realized what sort of strange and unique relationship the two of them had. And it was indeed entertaining. "yes. My familiar. Her name is Nightstalker." He explained before he walked out into the shallow end of the river. And then the chakra came forth at such a unbelievable level. It seemed to give him a blue and black glow. And then there was a massive blow of smoke that came out of no where.
And when it cleared, there stood a massive beast, not the largest of beasts. However probably one of the most impressive summons that Sakura had ever seen. It's legs rippled with the power of the muscles underneath the large scales. It's head stood ontop of a might neck that craned up to the sky, feeling the head of the sun against her skin. Letting out a mass roar, of either pleasure of something else. But it was still something that Sakura found intimidating. The Razer teeth, the hunters claws, the folded up wings. This beast was a predator.
"This thing that is as ugly as a mules ass is Nightstalker. Effectively my other half." She stated with a shake of his head. However when the massive maw came and picked him up by the collar, tossing him into the water with a simple twitch of her neck, screaming all the way while he attempted to swim in the air.
"Ugly That." Came a voice that sounded both like a rolling avalanche and that of a spring time thunderstorm. However when the dark slitted eye came down to look towards Sakura, her back went stiff and rigid as though she thought that she was about to be eaten. And when it lowered it's head to examine her closer, her mind told her to run, however her body refused to move. "You'll have to forgive the two legged… The hatchling still hasn't fully matured yet."
Chapter End.