Twelfth chapter! Short... sadly... But it is a step I can't skip... Next will be a lot more fun.
I own nothing but the plot and the OC's.
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The little room we are in suddenly stops. Yuki slides the door open and steps out. Naruto and I follow. We end up in a big room. The back wall of that room is covered in weeds. Dark, red weeds. A table made out of a single rock is in the middle, papers covering it. Three people are standing around it, leaning on it, examining the multitude of pages sprawled on the stone surface. Yuki walks to them, not giving us a look. She stops at about five meters away from the only piece of furniture of the room.
"Good to see you, Yuki." says a man without looking away from the paperwork. "You're late."
"I know, Kelzak. Please forgive me." apologises Yuki with a flat tone.
The man slams his fist on the table and flung around. His long grey hair flying, his deep blue-ish white eyes glaring. "You were supposed to be back over three weeks ago, dammit!" shouts angrily the man. "What kept you so long?"
"Them." Yuki points at us, her tone as flat, her expression dead, her body tense.
The man widens his eyes slightly while examining us. Then he looks back at Yuki. "Only one of them has transformed."
"The other is a werewolf, too. Only his transformation state has been delayed, somehow." says a hooded woman. "I see why he is of use to us. But the blond one is merely another specimen of our cursed kind."
"He is inhabited by a demon, Agaete. His beast's instincts aren't the same, and he wasn't bit by some stupid weakling newbie. The dead one bit him, proving that he is not dead after all." says the other man.
Naruto and I are slightly embarrassed to be stared at by those strangers. As I look in their pale eyes, I can notice that they are striping us mentally, examining each part of our being, estimating our worth.
"They are with me whether you three like it or not." says firmly Yuki, a bit of anger in her tone.
Immediately, the three old geezers stop looking at us. "So you want to execute the plan now, is that right, Yuki?" asks Kelzak.
"Yes. He has reappeared on our territory, he has hunted over thirty villagers and he has taken someone with him that I must retrieve. And Sasuke and Naruto will help me." says Yuki, as serious as she can be.
In fact, I don't think I saw her like that before. The three geezers turn to each other and start considering, with low voices, the situation at hand. Yuki turns to us and she smiles a bit, though I can see an infinite sadness in her dark green eyes.
"Will you help me, my friends?"
She already know the answer. We have to help her; the guy she wants to kill has Sakura in his grip. But she asked anyway.
Naruto is the first to answer. "It will be very dangerous. And we might not get out of there alive. But I won't abandon Sakura. Nor will I let you go in there by yourself. You helped me and Sasuke. We owe you one. And besides…" He smirks. "You're our friend. I won't let anybody say that the future Hokage let down his friends just by worry of his own health!"
It might have sounded selfish, and pretty stupid, but he is right. We can't abandon Yuki or Sakura. Never. Not even if we must give up our lives to do so.
Yuki is touched by his words. She turns to me to see my answer, but I simply nod in agreement with my blond love.
Yuki's eyes become watery and a look of gratitude spread across her face. We smile in return.
The three geezers turn back to us and we focus again on them.
"We shall execute the plan, then." says Agaete, the old woman. "But be aware… that this is our only chance, our only hope and that you might get killed, only by going there."
"We are aware of that, old lady." I say. "But we won't turn heel and go back to Konoha after what happened."
The old people nod.
"We will now explain the plan to you."
NyX¤£§£¤XyNThis ends the chapter. It wasn't long, I know. In the next chapter: The role of the Akatsuki in the story is revealed!
Itachi: Yay! I'll be in the story!
Sasuke: (in awe) You can be happy?
Itachi: I can be anything I want and do whatever I want without having to explain myself. Got it, lil' bro?
Sasuke: (nods grudgingly)
Yuki: Yay! The next chapter'll be fun!
Naruto: Yay! I won't be with that crazy writer for much longer!
Me: Sniff... you're right... the story only has a couple chapters left... I don't know exactly how many, though.
Sasuke: Will I be able to kill Sakura in the next chapter?
Me: No.
Sasuke: At least I'm with my blond kitsune...
Me: Review!