Sword and Sheath Chapter 4, a naruto fanfic

A/N: OK so I realized I made a mistake with the Gi colors. I originally said Dark Green and in the next chapter I said Red. It's Red. Sorry for the inconvenience ^.^' I am excited to write the story and just got a little fuzzy on my own details. ^^ Anywho, hope you guys are enjoying the story, let me know what you think! :p Also, just as a forewarning, this chapter most likely will end up like the movie "Vantage Point" where you will see the same scene from everyone else's POV, so needless to say this will be switching views quite a lot.

~~~Iruka~~~

As Kakashi pulled up to the bar I looked in the rear view mirror at my students. They had all been pretty quiet, with the normal exception of Naruto and Kiba. He looked at Kana who seemed really stressed out, like a caged wild animal. He smiled softly a bit as she caught him looking at her. She gave him a weak twitch of her mouth back. She nearly jumped out of her skin as Naruto grabbed her from behind and leaned on her shoulder, "It's going to be fun; you need to learn how to relax and live a little." Even now, Sasuke and Shikamaru even had an excited air about them. Iruka chuckled to himself as he just pictured Kana with cat ears that just flattened at the statement. He shook his head and said, "Alright boys, and girl, let's go." He said and as he was about to open his door, there wasn't a handle to grab as Kakashi had already opened it. "Why thank you dear." Iruka said, almost indignant. Kakashi, whose silver hair covered one of his eyes, smiled with his visible eye. With that, the rest of them filed out of the van. Naruto and Kiba darted into the bar. Kana walked behind us all just a little, assessing the situation, looking very unsure of herself. She halted at the door, which thankfully Sasuke noticed. "The karaoke part is inside you know." He said in his normal, calm collected voice.

~~~Shikamaru~~~

Sitting in the middle part of his own van felt some-what odd to Shikamaru, but it meant he didn't have to focus on the road. Instead he blocked out Kiba and Naruto's incessant chatter and focused on the quiet that was Kana and Sasuke. However, he found his thoughts wandering to why exactly she had a ten tail mutation. What had she gone through? He had noticed the scars on her arms and couldn't help but wonder. Then there was her timid nature. He wondered if that was why she was timid, or if she always had been. She was such a brilliant fighter and yet, and yet she didn't use it. This puzzled him greatly. It teased his sense of logic to no end. She had said she didn't fight because of it, but somehow, there seemed to be so much more to that statement than she let on. He quickly snapped out of his thoughts as the van stopped. He smiled ever so slightly, and he glanced to his left when he felt Kana nearly leap. He saw Naruto around her shoulders and he noticed an almost imperceptible blush on her cheeks. He rolled his eyes mentally and exited the van. Everyone else soon followed. He noticed Kana hung back a bit as Kiba and Naruto darted into the bar. He walked in casually as ever until he heard Sasuke say, "The karaoke part is inside you know." He turned to see Kana had stopped a few feet from the door, looking extremely unsure, like a lion cub hesitant to go into the water.

~~~Sasuke~~~

He smirked as he leaned against the back seat of the van and relaxed, listening to Naruto's excited chatter about the bar. He looked over at his kitsune and smiled ever so softly, almost imperceptibly, an affectionate display he wouldn't dare show anywhere else yet. He looked to Kana and wondered about her. Jinchuriki mutations happened under circumstances of extreme danger, stress and or loss and a dose of a serum that hospitals across the world had. The number of mutations varied on the amount of said factors. For example, Kiba only had a two tailed mutation because he had seen his first dog get ripped to pieces by a pack of strays and he ran away scared. He had only been about five years old, and yet the guilt consumed him. He was sent to the hospital as he stopped eating and seemingly lost his will to live. The nurse went to give him a shot of anti depressant, but she had been incompetent and somehow managed to mix the syringes up, giving Kiba the experimental serum. His disease had manifested itself with two tails around his red and white blood cells as well as two red marks on his face and slightly sharper canines. It also gave him the ability to understand canines more than anyone else. A secret he had learned a few months ago when the boy had opened up. Naruto on the other hand had been quite a different story. His parents, whom he never really got the chance to know, had given him a shot one day after receiving a letter saying they would die soon. It was a few days later that Naruto had been kidnapped and his parents killed. He had heard the name of the gang, but blocked it from memory. He saw his parents' dead bodies when he managed to escape. The shot was the serum and had manifested itself as a seal of sorts on his belly, the whiskers on his cheeks, and 9 tails around his red and white blood cells. He has lost some of his memory over time due to the trauma and his age at the time. Still he managed to almost always be a ball of sunshine, a ray of hope for everyone he was around. While Sasuke himself had a Sharingan mutation, which is something that is genetic and can be latent all one's life, had activated when his own brother had stood over his family and turned to Sasuke. He had smiled and had the audacity to say, "I love you." To him as he ran away in the night, leaving Sasuke alone. His mutation showed when he was angry mostly, or any extreme situation. His eyes would turn red and he too would become a bit more animal like and his own canines would grow as would his nails, just a bit.

As they pulled up to the bar Sasuke pulled himself from his thoughts in time to see Naruto scare Kana. He smirked and shook his head at his blonde. They all exited the van and walked toward the bar, or in Naruto and Kiba's case, ran to the bar. He noticed Kana walking very cautiously and he could see her cringe as she neared the entrance. He barely noticed that she had stopped walking. He motioned for everyone to go ahead as he said, "The karaoke part is inside you know." She looked at him, her eyes almost hypnotizing him through her glasses, which hid her true color. He took a step toward her and she unconsciously took a step back….

~~~Kana~~~

I had such a bad feeling about this night's outing that I stopped at the door. I heard Sasuke say something and it brought me from my thoughts. I looked at him, staring at him, my fear written across my face as he stepped towards me and I stepped back. I backed up to the van and Sasuke smirked, "You know you really don't have to be scared. We are all alike." He said his voice somewhat soothing. I shook my head and looked him in the eyes, almost losing myself in those bottomless obsidian pools. "I-I just have a bad feeling is all." I said softly, barely audible as I looked away from him at the ground. He put his hand on the side of my face, making me look up, "Whatever happens we're all here, you shouldn't be such a wimp all the time." He said, his voice telling me that insult was there to make me laugh and not actually insult. "Come on, let's go inside. We'll all handle whatever may happen." He said as he let go and motioned with his head for me to follow.

I did, although still reluctant, but I followed. My senses were in overdrive. We walked in just in time to see Kiba walk up to the stage as the announcer called, "Inukami….oh there you are." Kiba smirked as he took the mike and Sasuke and I sat down. He began to sing Kryptonite. He had a nice voice, not quite a super star, but pleasing enough through the microphone. As he ended a few cheers echoed through the hall. He smirked and sat down at our table. A bar keep came over to our table and asked, "What are we all drinking?" Naruto ordered for everyone, "Mini Guinness shots for all of us." The bar keep nodded and took a count. When he landed on me he said, "Do you have your I.D. on you little lady?" I nodded shakily and reached into my pants pocket and pulled out my license. He smiled and said, "Nice of you to drop into our bar. Your drinks will be right out." He handed my I.D. back and left to fetch the drinks.

Naruto went next. He decided to sing Dynamite Rave of all things. He was pretty good as he took the lyrics an octave lower than they originally were and he danced as he did it. He was really good, although his was a little out of breath by the end of it. I smiled, "Good job." Everyone said to him. The shots arrived and we all downed them. It was a very thick consistency, but it tasted like coffee afterwards. I began to relax a little bit. I was not a lightweight by any means, but it had an instantly calming effect. Shikamaru was next. He tried to sing Ice- Ice Baby, but he was horribly tone deaf, and yet nobody seemed to care. Everyone cheered. The bar seemed to be full of people who were either too drunk to care of just good natured ones. Kakashi also tried to sing, which was awful…but he sang duet with Iruka, and Iruka was almost good enough to cancel out Kakashi. By this point we had all had four shots. I was still reserved, but significantly more relaxed. I was even somewhat smiling…well my face didn't have a perpetually fearful look at the moment. Sasuke went next. His voice was smooth over the microphone as he sang a Bon Jovi song. He smirked as Naruto cheered for him. The whole bar seemed to buzz a bit with cheers. That's when a free round of shots came our way from one of the tables. They all waved in thanks to the table and we promptly all put in to get them a free round of whatever they were drinking. "Your turn Kana." I heard everyone say. "Uhhh…" I said as my eyes widened. ^ Aww crap…^ I thought to myself. "It's a rule. You have to sing at least one song, whether you suck or not." Kiba said. I looked nervous to say the least as I trembled slightly. Iruka gave me a playfully stern look. I looked at the whole table and nodded slowly, "O…k…" I said as I slinked up to the desk and looked at the song list. Then I found a song, Levitate. ((Hollywood Undead if anyone wants to listen to it ^^)). I requested it and it came up a few people later. I walked up to the stage, took the mike and trembled for a bit as the intro played. I almost missed my cue. I closed my eyes and began to sing.

….. Can't stop I need some help.
Fuck you, I'm by myself
Is it a truth or lie?
It's what you can't deny.
'Cause it's the way you think
Mixed with the pills and drink
Brought back to the way you are
Float up 'til you're close to God
You know that hiding ain't gonna keep you safe
Because the tears on your face
They leak and leave a trace
So just when you think that true love's begun
It goes off at any second just like a loaded gun

You know, I can take you straight to heaven if you let me...
You know I, I can make your body levitate if you let me...
You know that I can make your body levitate... le-levitate...
I can make your body levitate... le-levitate! (you know...)

Can't stop the feeling,
High as a ceiling
I got the money who's fuckin'dealin'
You feel the heat like a barrel of a gun
I forgot the last time I saw the sun
I've got this disease
It's digging deeper in me
It's like my mind is leaving,
But my heart keeps beating
So I'll paint the walls, red drip from the nose
But where it goes, nobody really knows
Hit the bottle and she's gonna to follow
I fall asleep there ain't no tomorrow
Gone too far, no one can save me
Who needs you when I've got my baby
My baby is beautiful she loves me true
But if she dies I hope I die too!

I put down another sack of them
Then it's straight back to the flask again
I can't help stop what's happening
On the wrong track, yeah, I'm back again
Up shit creek and I'm paddling
Blacked out room and I'm travelin'
Good ideas I'm lacking them
I'm too fucked up now I'm babbling
Wondering how to fix these damages
All these goddamn damages
Cover myself with bandages
From all these goddamn damages
Wondering how to fix all of these damages
All these goddamn damages
Cover myself with bandages
From all these goddamn damages

When I opened my eyes everyone was wide-eyed and someone slowly started clapping. The whole bar suddenly erupted into cheers. I blushed and walked back to my seat. "Very nice Kana, why were you so scared to do that? You were AWESOME!" Naruto said. Everyone at the table patted me on the back. "I've…never sung before…well not in front of anyone or out loud really." I said. Then I smelled something horribly familiar. My head snapped to the side as I saw a familiar jagged teeth and almost bluish skin. A whimper choked itself in my throat as I cowered in my seat, my eyes fixed on the figure. The figure smirked evilly and casually walked out of the bar. My eyes never left him. I didn't realize I was shaking until everyone surrounded me, looking genuinely concerned. They all had seen the man, the look he gave me, and my reaction. I wrapped my arms around myself as I suddenly felt cold all over. I could feel my heart thumping painfully in my chest. I could feel everyone responding to my panic attack as Kakashi said, "Let's go outside Kana." I followed numbly. If my senses were on overdrive before, now they were in warp drive. My ears twitched at every sound and my head snapped at everything. My eyes flew from one location to the next and my nose picked up every scent, my mouth even opened a bit for the extra sense. Kakashi put his hands on my shoulders and looked at me calmly with one eye. "What's wrong." I calmed down, "You don't wanna know. It'll just cause trouble….I probably just imagined whatever is causing this anyway." I said, deflecting the question I really didn't want to answer….

A/N: Alright I think this is a little longer, hope you all liked it. I enjoyed writing it. I might be able to post another chapter later today I am striving for it ^^. Anyway, R&R please! :3