A/N: Okay... after much thinking, contemplating and swatting as any helper monkeys as I could... I've decided that I will skip the next to cards. But I've done little... I think as of yet. That will all depend on how this chapter comes out. Oh! And it's now chapter 21. Guess what this means... I'm off to start a new chapter to begin season 2 of naruto's digital adventure.
So... Without much left to do... Let's get onto chapter 21.
Chapter 21
Even though, Naruto and Sakura had stated they would never be a ninja, it didn't mean Jiraiya and Tsunade were going to leave them be. The pair would be at more danger now. So, late that night the pair were taken off for a walk and were explained several things.
They are always a target. Their tou-san's had made many enemies and if they found out where they lived, they would come and kill them. It was the main point that will come with being who their related too. If they are determined, the attacker's will go against the laws set. But, this will also convince villages to hunt down their missing ninja's. As the villages suffer if the laws in another world are broken. How, was not explained.
Because, of this, Tsunade and Jiraiya were going to stay for a while to help them. Ninja or not, they would need to be able to defend themselves. Both sannin knew, that the pair would rather have stayed here when the time came, they just never expected it would have been through such a style.
So Jiraiya stayed at Naruto's home. And Tsunade and Shizune stayed at Fujitaka's. Tsunade slept in a spare room, while Shizune slept in Sakura's room.
The next day they went in, they were given an alibi to go with so not to worry their friends.
In this time, Sakura and Shizune trained with Tsunade during the time Sakura wasn't at school or with homework. And with Shizune unable to join, because she was going back with Tsunade when all was done and dusted. She was left to spend time with Kero. Understanding what Naruto and Sakura had gone through and spent time wandering the town with Tsunade.
Naruto and Genpaku were doing the same as Sakura was but with Jiraiya. Even though Naruto wasn't bothered with ninjutsu. His ji-san and onii-chan made sure he picked up some new skills. And showed a few skills he could learn. But Naruto pondered as he looked at them. And found that maybe, he could find a way around the chakra business.
As the day's went by, a clow card appeared. It was sleep, but during the events that started up to how they encountered it started with Fujitaka's big lecture and Ray had come to aid due to its importance. Which left both males spending hours in the study. But luckily, Tsunade was able to help about, and Sakura and Shizune helped when they could. To Shizune, Ray was her idol. She'd heard so much about him from her kaa-san before she passed on. She always wants to spend time with him, plus he was always so nice to her when she visited she just felt upset when it came to leaving.
So during the day Shizune and Sakura went by the collage to take some food, was when they encountered sleep after getting the coffee.
Sleep had the power to put anyone to sleep instantly. So both girls worked in unison to keep out of the cards attack as they chased it. Shizune, proving her skills of someone who'd trained under a sannin since she was old enough to walk. But in doing so, the pair had wrecked the computer that Fujitaka's work had been on. It broke the girls hearts, since Ray and Fujitaka had worked so hard to put it together.
Both, neither Ray, nor Fujitaka were mad at the pair. Even though the girls were upset because of what happened, they were not angry with either of the girls. But they could see that the pair were really upset about what happened, even though they didn't mean to let it happen. It was a spur of the moment with the clow card and so they offered them to help them out as they're assistants for the day to get everything ready. In which cheered them up and made Toya and Tsunade happy. Toya because he didn't like seeing his sister in such a state, while Tsunade's was for another reason...
During the time between one card to the next, Shizune had been busy walking round town on a weekend and bumped into one Meiling Li. Though the pair had been able to remember each other's name, they didn't hold a warm attitude to begin with. But both warmed as they spent some of the morning talking. Which brought up Syaoran as the day went by. Where by then, Shizune gave her thoughts of how Meiling explained how events lead up to her stating her love to Syaoran. But Meiling was quickly being dampened by Shizune's questions, like his feelings to her and on what he thought of it.
Shizune even then went to her explain her similar experience. To Meiling surprise it was Naruto Uzumaki who had gained Shizune's affections. Due to the fact, that since Shizune travelled so much, no boy had ever been nice to her. But when she met Naruto, he was nice and helpful with her. Though only a short while, she gained a small crush from that affection. But was jealous of Sakura Kinomoto because of how close the two were. Which... Led to a few times of Shizune trying to mess up their friendship. But after one such event that left Sakura in tears because of something she thought Naruto had done. The girl found that she was going about it the wrong way, and apologised for it.
Travelling with a woman in her late forties and seeing all kinds of things. Shizune was more mature than normal to see her errors. Having seen more than most girls her age should see.
A bond formed with Shizune and Meiling through this time and the pair spent the rest of the day shopping, since Ray had been kind enough to let Shizune do as she pleased while Naruto and Sakura had other things to do. But it left Ray's jaw ajar when he was shown the receipts. But let it go and make a reminder for him to maybe go with her next time.
The next clow card to appear was song. How they came across this card was only when Naruto had been hearing rumours about a voice in the school and had gone one night to check it on his own. The presence was indeed a clow card and with Sakura and Tomoyo, the group entered the school the next day to hunt it down. Shizune acted as back up with them, making their team 4 people plus Kero strong.
Though it seemed Syaoran had predicted the group's movements that night and he and Meiling also joined. But it wasn't long before they tracked down the clow card which was using Tomoyo's singing voice and practicing to perfect it. But the card remained invisible and they could find it to capture it. So it was up to Tomoyo's own singing voice to capture the card by luring it out. Adding another to Sakura's list of cards.
But it was coming to the time Shizune didn't like. Their third week had come and it was time to go home. But... It wasn't going to go as predicted.
XXXXXXX
The group of two sannins, retired ninja, teens plus young children stood in the back room of Ray's house. It was time to say goodbye.
"Have a safe trip." Ray spoke as Jiraiya gave a short nod. Shizune stood beside Tsunade with a frown. She'd been having a lot of thoughts. But she wasn't sure she could say it.
"I'll tell the old man about this..." Jiraiya spoke. Genpaku nods with a smirk. It better settle this out. Otherwise he'd have to go with plan B, something he didn't want to do. "Well... I guess it's time..." Jiraiya formed a hand sign and put his palm to the wall. A seal appeared and the elderly ninja pushed a scroll into the wall, this caused the wall to ripple and a white portal appeared in the seal. Jiraiya glanced back and gave a wave as he walked through. Tsunade gave a wave but found Shizune wasn't following.
"Come on Shizune..." Shizune shook her head. "What's wrong?"
"I... I don't want to go Tsunade-sama..." Tsunade crouched down as Shizune rubbed her eyes. "I... I want to stay with everyone... I miss them every time I go and would rather stay with them... I... I know I've been with you ever since I was born and travelling with kaa-san... But... But I just don't know when I'll see my friends again... I want to stay and live like they do..." Shizune sniffed. "Gomen..." Tsunade put a hand on Shizune's shoulder.
"You want to stay?" Shizune nods. "Then ask Ray..." Shizune looked up surprised. "It's his choice..."
"Hai!" Shizune turned round to the male. "Ray-dono..." Ray raised an eyebrow. "C-can I stay here with you and everyone else?" Ray looked from Shizune to Tsunade who held a serious gaze.
'..."You've been running for 11 years... It's time you make amends with your daughter"...' Ray glanced down.
"I'm sorry Shizune-chan... I can't..." Fujitaka glanced to Ray. "I... I can't..."
"But..." Shizune glanced down. "Why...?" Ray sighed and looked up.
"Because... Because I can't stand the sight of you..." Ray spoke loudly. Shizune looked up with shock but found the males face was full of tears. Ray glanced aside as every one's eyes fell on the oldest male in the room. "I don't deserve you..."
"Ray-dono...? W-what are you talking about? I... I just want to stay..." Ray took a steady breath. Tsunade put a hand on the girls shoulder and Shizune glanced up.
"It's not that simple for him... Ray... Tell her or I'll drag you with me till you say..." Ray took a breath.
"Back about 15 years ago, when I was 18, I met you're mother... She was a lovely woman... But... I was a man cursed with a unique limit... Where I age double the average speed, mentally and physically... I may have been 18 on the outside, but in normal years... I was only 9... We... We fell in love and I parted ways with her just before the war. Meeting Fujitaka and Minato... But... When the war ended... I wanted to leave, but... She wouldn't come... That night we spent together... And... And you are the result."
There was an infinite silence in the room. Naruto and Sakura glanced to each other stunned by this. Genpaku and Sakura Haruno knew of this, as did Fujitaka and a few others.
"But... She was set to stay with her sensei, Tsunade, the closest thing to her family left... I said I was sorry and left... I thought she would have hated me for leaving like I did... But, she didn't and it tore me apart when she died... I have pictures in the office sent by her of your growth, she said, I deserve to see my daughter... She said she told tales of me, but... but never said I was your tou-san..." Ray took a breath. "When Tsunade came the first time since her death... And brought you... I... I wanted to do everything I could to make you happy... But I decided... That you shouldn't know of whom I was... I... I didn't deserve it because of how I left things. I left her in tears when I parted... And I sleep with haunted thought every so often. Even after so many years..." Ray took a calming breath and gave the girl a small smile.
"I'm glad of how you've grown... You look just like you're mother... Only with my hair and eye colour... And I'm glad you didn't get stuck with my curse... It wouldn't be right..." Ray looked at Shizune who was looking away from him. "I had hoped that you wouldn't find out... I just wanted to be known as the person from the stories... Not some old fool who didn't stay with his family." Ray took a deep breath and sighed before turning round. "If you don't want to see me again... That's okay... I made you smile for as long as I could..." Fujitaka glanced to Ray as he began to move.
"Hang on Ray..." Ray glanced down to his left arm as Fujitaka held him. "Let her speak... Don't put words in her mouth..." Ray made eye contact with the male.
"I..." Shizune cried out. "I've always wondered... I... Without knowing who my tou-san was... I... I had believed he died as a shinobi or abandoned us... When kaa-san spoke of you... I loved the stories she told of you... And I had hoped... That if only you could have been him... I... I didn't want to think that you could have left us..." Ray glanced back.
"To me... Saying sorry wouldn't really be enough to the amount of years you've been alone..." Shizune sniffed. "There are no apologies that I could sprout that would be enough to fix my errors... Or the sadness... I wanted to be there with you... But I couldn't leave to say farewell properly to her... To hold you and say I'm sorry... Because I couldn't..." Ray looked back on at the girl. "If there is anything angry you wish to say that would make you feel better... Say it... I'm only 24 and I've seen a lot of the world being even younger than you are."
"I... I had always wondered what I would do if I ever met my tou-san... I just, never expected it to be you..." Shizune ran up and hugged the male's waist. "Tou-san...!" Ray stared blankly.
"Sh-shizune..." Shizune clenched on the clothes.
"I... I don't care you left us... I'm... I'm just glad to have finally met my tou-san... That, that you are him and that I do have a last name and family left... I'm angry and confused but I'm just happy to finally know... Tou-san!" Ray closed his eyes as he tried to figure out how to go about this. Fujitaka just watched with a small smile. Ray opened his eyes and moved the girl back a step. "Tou... san..." Ray crouched down.
"You still..." The words fell dead as Shizune's fist struck home and the male fell backwards. His eyes swirling in a stunned manner as Tsunade smiled. Ray sat up with a groan. "The hell?" The male blinked as the girl's arms wrapped round his neck.
"Baka... That's for leaving kaa-san..." Ray blinked several times before he slowly put his arm round the crying girls back.
"Gomen Shizune-chan... I've been an idiot for so long..." Genpaku glanced to Sakura who held a smile. Maybe things will sort its self out.
Tsunade smiled. 'Take care Shizune-chan... I'll come by and visit again some day... But right now... You both have a lot of things to catch up on...' With that the sannin turned and walked through the portal. It closed behind her and left Ray sat up hugging the upset girl.
"I'll try my best... I may not have been much to begin with... But I'll try be the best I can..." Shizune didn't respond as she cried. She finally felt happy. To know she was finally with her family. Though in her tears was a mixture of goodbyes to Tsunade... Having been there as a baa-chan since the day she was born, she was upset to see her go also.
That night Ray slept in his office while Shizune slept in Ray's room. Sakura had offered to take the young girl in. But Ray was going sort something out as not to trouble the girls.
It was after all that at the end of the week, a new clow card appeared. One that would give new insight to Naruto and Sakura even more so.
XXXXX
It was a sunny Sunday and Naruto and Sakura were outback training. Naruto raised a bamboo sword. "Ready Sakura-chan?" Sakura held her own up nervously. Naruto had asked Sakura to train together so both were working on sword skills. So Sakura didn't have to rely on swords abilities. "Come when you're ready..." Sakura nods slowly and dashed forward. Naruto blocked and deflected before putting Sakura under pressure.
Sakura's foot tripped and the weapon was knocked from her grasp. Sakura closed her eyes but found her fall stopped by the blond who held her arm. The blond smiled and pulled the girl to her feet. Sakura smiled lightly as she dusted off her pink long sleeve shirt and then her moss green shorts. Naruto yawned as he stretched. He was dressed in an orange shirt with long black sleeves. He wore black jeans also.
"I can't do this..." Naruto looked on at Sakura. "It's not easy when I've got to learn it..."
"But knowing how to wield a sword would be a great help. You can't always rely on sword to help you Sakura-chan... That's why I'm helping, you'll get there, don't worry." Sakura nods. "Again..." Sakura nods and picked up the weapon.
Inside, Kero was busy playing on Naruto's xbox. And was learn of a new thing from this. Smack talk. 'Come on come on...' Kero mused as his Spartan rushed along the battle field. 'Come on...' "Take that! And that! Hahaha! You can't stop the mighty Keroberosu!" Kero roared as his name tag, guardian beast came up with the most kills. "You stand no chance against a skilled player like me."
"Whoa settle down man..." A voice rung over.
"You think you're so hot because you won one match... Shut the fuck up okay..." Another responded angrily. Kero smirked at this taunt.
"Oh, so you want to be like that huh?" Kero responded. "Bring it on; I'll beat you with my eyes closed!" Yuki glanced over to the small guardian and shook her head. Talk about getting into it. "Come on! I'll take you on one on one. I'll show you my power!" The fox yawned and continued to rest in the pillow.
Back outside, Sakura was keeping up a steady pace. "That's it..." Naruto spoke as he attacked faster. "You're doing great!" Sakura side stepped and brought her hand over Naruto's own and snapped the handle down on Naruto's wrist and snapped the weapon loose from his grasp and swung. Naruto yelped as Sakura stuck and the blond fell sideways.
"Naruto-kun! G-gomen nesai!" Sakura apologised as the blond sat holding the side of his head. Slowly Naruto lowered it to show a cut from the strike. "N-Naruto-kun..." Sakura muttered as Naruto sat up. He rubbed his cheek and rubbed the blood off the cheek to show the wound was gone.
"It's okay Sakura-chan..." Sakura held a sad look as the blond smiled. "I let myself get to big headed and it cost me..." Naruto said standing. Sakura put her hand on the mark as she checked it. Naruto smiled. "I'm okay..." Sakura lowered her hand and gave a small sigh. "Let's go again..." Sakura nods as the pair walked to their weapons.
But as they picked them up they sensed the presence of a clow card. "Clow card." Both spoke together. Both glanced round and reached for their mediums. "Release/ Come forth!" The pair grasped their weapons and glanced about for the source.
"Where is it?" Naruto muttered. "It's close..." Sakura nods.
"Yeah... But... I can't see it anywhere..." Both glanced left then right to see if either missed a spot. But it wasn't until it was really close that the pair pinpointed the clow card. A small white dot bouncing in the grass. "There..." Both moved slowly, ready for anything. Sakura glanced to Naruto who nods. "Return," the small dot jumped forward and Sakura blinked surprised as it hit her. Sakura yelled as she hit Naruto and both glowed.
The yell drew Kero's attention. "What?! Sakura?!" Kero herd something burst and turned to see Yuki had gone up in smoke. "Yuki?" Kero flew out back and looked down to where Sakura and Naruto were. Kero couldn't see them anywhere. "Where they go?"
Sakura slowly opened her eyes as she looked up at the sun. "What... happened?" Sakura sat up and blinked as she looked at the extremely tall grass. She then looked up at the tall bushes. "Hoe!!"
"Ugh..." Sakura turned to Naruto who rubbed his head. "What just happened?" Naruto stood and looked about. "Uh oh..." Naruto muttered as he glanced left and right. "This puts a whole new meaning of 'feeling small'..." Sakura walked over and glanced to her key. "You okay Sakura-chan?" Sakura nods.
"What now? I can't use magic without the staff and well..." Naruto nods as he looked at the key. Naruto put a hand to his chest. His had returned, but after closing his eyes Naruto found his magic had dropped greatly.
"Whatever that card did, shrunk our magic... But..." Naruto flexed his wrist as it glowed. "We still have chakra..." Sakura sighed, that was good. But while Sakura glanced about, Naruto looked at the chakra on his palm. It didn't feel right and it wasn't feeling good through his very body. 'We better get to normal size soon... I don't like this feeling...'
"So...What do we do?" Naruto glanced to Sakura and then pointed to the house.
"What other choice do we have..." Sakura glanced to her key and moved over to it. "Sakura-chan..."
"We can't leave this here... If a bird spots it..." Naruto pondered. "We'll have to take it with us..." Naruto shook his head. "But Naruto-kun..."
"If a bird spots that... It'll find us and then we're bird food. Our best choice is to leave it here..." Sakura looked down, guess so. "To bad it had to be today when everyone is out... Looks like we'll be on our own here..." Naruto glanced to Sakura who looked worried. "We'll be fine Sakura-chan... We're not out of luck..." Sakura nods as Naruto turned to walk. Sakura quickly matched his pace. "We'll be home in no time and have to find the clow card that did this to us." Sakura nods and held the blonds hand.
"I'm worried Naruto-kun..." Sakura muttered as they walked the vast land. "Being so small... There's so much more out there now... A ninja trying to kill us is not our worry." Naruto nods.
"That's why we have to get to the house, the sooner the better... Otherwise..." A large thud echoed and Sakura sweated as both stopped in mid step.
"Otherwise..." Sakura muttered as both turned and looked at the wall figure. Naruto gulped.
"We're cat food..." Both jumped as the large black cat meowed. "I remember this cat..." Naruto chuckled nervously. "I scared it off when it used to hiss at me... You think it remembers..." Said cat hissed.
"I think it does..." Naruto nods slowly as he agreed with Sakura. "What should we do? Fight?"
"No..." Sakura nods and both turn on their toes. "Run!!" Naruto yelled as they rushed off. Both pushed chakra into their feet. But the cat easily got ahead and blocked them. Both skidded and looked on nervously. "Sakura... Go left and I'll go right a tad..." Sakura looked to Naruto like he was crazy. "Do it... Don't worry..." Sakura nods and both moved away. 'Come on...' Naruto mentally called. 'Come after me... You want pay back; leave Sakura-chan alone...' The cat eyed the blond and Naruto turned and the cat chased after Naruto.
"Naruto!" Sakura called as she followed. But she tripped and yelped as she hit the floor. Sakura slowly sat up and turned, ant's, looked more like bricks from down here. Sakura quickly stood to see the cat had pounced on something. "No... Naruto!" Sakura called as she rushed across. "Get away from Naruto-kun!" But the cat merely hissed at what was on the floor and jumped away. "Matte!" Sakura stood there as she cat left. "Naruto!" Sakura called as she glanced about. Sakura rushed to the bushes and blinked as she saw a red glow came from it. Slowly she got closer and saw it was about her size. "Naruto-kun?" Sakura called nervously.
"Sakura-chan... Stay back..." Sakura blinked as she could now see Naruto standing in a see through glowing form. A tail swaying behind him. It looked like a fox.
"Naruto-kun..." Sakura muttered as she walked up. "What... happened..." Sakura reached out but Naruto stepped back. Sakura jumped as she looked at Naruto's eyes, they were red, and looked like an animals.
"Don't touch me... G-get back Sakura-chan..." Sakura looked on worried, Naruto didn't looked good. "I... I can't..." Naruto panted as he found his body feeling tired. "Don't..." Naruto spoke as he collapsed. Sakura gasped and knelt by Naruto's side. She didn't think as she stuck her hands into the red glow as she tried to wake Naruto.
"Naruto... Naruto what happened... Naruto-kun?" Sakura called as her form filled with the red glow aura. But her form remained unharmed. "Naruto-kun... Naruto..." Sakura found herself growing rapidly tired. "Naru..." Sakura collapsed on the blond as the red glow spread out and formed a red doom. A large spider dropped down and looked to see the pair in the red glow and reached out for food. But on contact the chakra burned the insect and the spider hissed and hissed some more as it began to burn up the body. It scurried away as it burnt to a crisp under the demonic chakra.
Sakura woke and sat up slowly, she was laying on Naruto. But, they weren't even in the garden... And they seemed to be normal size again. "Where... are we?" Sakura called as she looked at the brown red slabs and looked at the temple. Sakura turn looked to the black cloud sky with red and blue lightning flickering along it. Sakura stood as she glanced about worried. Naruto grunted and he slowly pushed up.
"How am I..." Naruto muttered as Sakura crouched down. "Sakura-chan..." Naruto spoke surprised and quickly stood and backed away. "D-don't touch me..." Naruto looked down at his arms. "The chakra..." Sakura looked confused.
"Naruto-kun... What's going on? What happened? One minute you're fine, and then you're glowing and when I touched you, I... Ended up here..." Naruto looked at worried.
"You're okay right?" Naruto asked moving up and taking Sakura's arms. But they were fine. "You didn't get a chakra burn did you? That wasn't my normal chakra..." Sakura looked at Naruto confused. "I... I tried to use a jutsu to escape... But, my chakra flared up and turned into what you saw. It burnt the cat and it ran off. I was told not to let it touch you."
"Who did?" Sakura asked worried as Naruto looked at Sakura worried.
"That would be me..." Sakura jumped and turned to see a red robed figure walk down the temple steps. "It is nice to meet you... Sakura-chan... I'm glad you have been able to keep myself at bay..."
"Yourself..." Sakura muttered confused. "Y-you're... The kyuubi..." Sakura asked nervously.
"I am... I'm glad of you for keeping my chakra at bay from affecting Naruto... But... Now that you have come here... I can finally explain all my findings... If you will both please be seated..." Sakura blinked as a couch appeared and both sat down as the robed figure did so and pulled the hood back showing the wrinkled face. He formed some tea and Sakura looked on nervously. "Now... I'm sure you're wondering something Sakura. And the answer is simple... You are here, at the seal. Which is no easy place to reach... But you are an exception." Sakura looked confused the elder took a sip of his tea.
"And to explain to you Naruto... How Sakura got here, is simple... You're bond goes far deeper than you think..."
"Sensei..." Naruto spoke seriously. "What's happened to Sakura-chan..." Sakura looked to Naruto worried as he looked to Sakura worried. "She shouldn't be here..." Naruto put a hand on hers. "What's going on?" Kyuubi put his hand out onto the table. The table glowed as the elder sat back.
"It's simple... Remember how Sakura's mother died... What caused it..." Sakura nods as she looked down sadly.
"You're chakra it was..." The words died there as Sakura's eyes widen slowly. Sakura turned to Naruto who looked on in horror.
"You've..." Naruto muttered as Kyuubi formed a white wall between them by the light from the table.
"As you can see..." Both turned to see two forms, both infant. "This is you Naruto-kun... At the age of your infant state..." Naruto looked to see the blue chakra and red chakra... With the red leaking out slowly. "This is you Sakura-chan..." Sakura looked at the second one with blue chakra but watched as the red slowly flowed in. "Because you are but still an infant... And one with mana in your form. You were able to absorb the chakra. But... As you got older..." Both watched as the images grew. "Naruto's chakra began to get straightened out and didn't leak out after so long... But, as you can see..." Both leaned in and looked at the fine red line. "It has connected you two. When you were younger, you both spoke together in unison from time to time. It wasn't merely you both asking the same question. You both knew what the other wanted to ask and both spoke it." Naruto and Sakura looked to each other. Then back.
"You can tell now can't you? Whenever you looked at each other with those unasked questions, or even just looking at the other and thinking about them. They felt as if you were calling them and you looked right to them." The images glowed and showed a hollow form of their selves. "You two are bound to each other. The chakra of mine as bound you spirits... It's the first time I've ever seen such a bond formed." Both looked on as the kyuubi glanced curiously at the images. "Sakura-chan here is just like you Naruto... She is a container of kyuubi chakra... But not as strong. It's growing... But her magic is stronger, so it won't be a bothering... But only if her magic remains stronger."
"What do you mean sensei?" Naruto asked. Kyuubi pushed both their forms aside and poked the screen.
"Sakura's chakra isn't her strongest spirit. But her magic is. If her magic is flowing right, it will keep the chakra in check and it will never cause a problem... But, right now her magic is shrunk down. And soon, she'll go into what you have Naruto." Naruto and Sakura looked at the black figure with a red glow. "This is the demon cloak... With every tail. It will get stronger and the will of the beast will flow into you."
"Will?" Naruto asked confused. Kyuubi sat back.
"My chakra... The fox demon is just a malevolent mass of hate. Tied to a hugely powerful chakra. Right now, you are not ready to control such a power, it's too strong. So with every amount of chakra you pull on that chakra, its mind comes along. Slowly turning your mind into more its own. It's normally acquainted with anger..." Sakura gasped. "Something wrong Sakura-chan?" Sakura looked down nervously.
"I... I lashed out at Meiling after I caught fight because she bad mouthed Naruto-kun. I... I didn't know what came over me... And then... During the incident with the ninja... I... I felt so angry... I just wanted him to pay... I didn't know where that anger came from..." Kyuubi nods.
"Seems it is as I said, though you are not a naturally dark person, it's that good strong lighter half of you that keeps that rage down... But, we must put an end to this conversation. With every minute the chakra will push out... Unlike magic, chakra is compressed. It's like a balloon ready to pop and as it hisses out the tails will come forward and you'll go into the demon state. I can do as much as I can to hold it back, but you have to find away to return to normal size." Both nod. "Every time you use chakra, it will bring you closer to that next tail... So move with haste and don't waste it. Naruto..." Naruto nods.
"I will suppress the chakra once you are normal size. If you feel you can't control yourself... Stop following and head to a safer location. The chakra's nature is destructive and will do vast damage if unleashed. So doing it in the back garden. Will be the safest thing to do." Naruto nods and Sakura glanced worried to Naruto. "And the same falls to you also Sakura... Because you are not guarded by the seal. Once your magic is restored. The chakra should be suppressed." Sakura nods. "I've kept you here long enough... I'll leave you to your task... now go!" With that everything in the pair's vision went black.
On the outside, the red chakra began to fade and release the pair. Sakura sat up first as Naruto pushed himself up. He looked to Sakura who sat looking at her hands. The red murky chakra was clinging to her. But what worried the pair was how it just absorbed into her form. Sakura looked up scared and Naruto took a breath as he stood. "Let's go... We can't take a chance..." Sakura nods and both turned back to the house. "Let's hope Kero-chan can help us." At that, both took off in full sprint.
Meanwhile, Kero was worried; he could find nothing of Naruto or Sakura's whereabouts. And with a clow card in the building, he couldn't leave should it escape and they lose track of it. "How could they have left without telling me? And with a clow card in the house, geez..." Kero muttered as he looked about. If he could identify the clow card, least he knows how to prepare the pair.
"Come on..." Naruto called as they got closer. "We're nearly at the back door." Sakura looked up at the huge house.
"But... How do we get in?" Naruto looked to the second floor.
"The window, it seems like the only way." Sakura's mind stopped and she tripped and fell. The second floor of all places. "Sakura-chan are you okay?" Sakura nods.
"You just caught me off by your comment..." Naruto pulled Sakura to her feet and berated himself as he has to try to remember the chakra glowing round him. "How do we get up there?" Naruto pondered.
"Only one way... Walk..." Sakura looked on worried; they'd need to use a good amount of chakra on that climb. "Come on... The sooner we get to Kero-chan the better. Then we can find the clow card." Sakura looked on at the blond worried. If they started this climb... She shook her head, right now she needed to focus on returning to normal size, she can worry about the after effects later.
As the pair reached the wall, they began the slow climb as they ran up the side. Sakura behind Naruto as the blond ran ahead. 'I've got to hurry, this form is dangerous and I don't want Sakura getting hurt...' Naruto glanced back to see how Sakura was doing. She was fine right now, but he wasn't sure if that was going to change.
Sadly change can come at the snap of a finger as just when Naruto looked forward, Sakura's vision blurred and Sakura stopped as she tried to keep calm. But it lasted on a second more before her chakra cut out and Sakura fell. Naruto glanced back to see how Sakura was doing and turn to see her descending. "Sakura!" Naruto roared as he pushed off the wall and rocketed down to Sakura. Naruto darted past the girl and flipped round behind her as he flicked his chakra out and acted as a padded net. The chakra acted like a powerful harness as Naruto held Sakura and springing back up the wall before landing on the side and crouching down as Sakura rested on him. "Sakura-chan..." Sakura looked up slowly.
"Gomen... I feel funny..." Naruto blinked as he stared at Sakura's eyes. The once green was gone and orange was replaced. The pupils were animal, like his own. Naruto looked up, and he glanced to his chakra arms and his face lit up as an idea sprung to life.
"Hang on Sakura'chan!" Naruto called as he stood with Sakura resting on him and Naruto swung his arms back and then flung them forward. Sakura watched as the arms shot up to the ledge. "Gomu gomu no..." Sakura's eyes widen as Naruto's arms tucked round her.
"Naruto-kun..." Naruto grinned.
"Rocket!!" Sakura yelled as the pair shot up the wall rapidly and the arms pulled them through the window into Naruto's room and both landed on the bed. "Hahaha! That was awesome!" Naruto yelled. He didn't think that was going to be as fun as he thought.
"That was horrible!" Sakura responded as she sat up. "Don't do that again!" Sakura found Naruto just staring at her stunned. "What?" Sakura asked nervously.
"The chakra..." Sakura looked confused before it dawned on her that her vision was pinkish. Looking to her arms she found pink chakra roaming her form. "This is bad..." Sakura looked back and watched Naruto flinch and saw a second tail formed. Naruto's face looked more demonic as Naruto glanced to the tails. Naruto looked forward scared, he was feeling funny also. Sakura looked at how the blonde hair had become more feral and his whiskers had stretched wider. "We've got to hurry, times running out." Sakura nods.
"But... I still can't sense the clow card." Sakura muttered as she stood and looked about. Naruto nods as he stepped beside her.
"With our magic shrunk, I doubt we could sense it now. We have to find Kero-chan..." Naruto said as he looked to the games console. Naruto looked to the door. Sakura stood as she looked at the distance they had to still cover.
"But... How are we going to find him? The house is so big." Naruto smirked and looked to Sakura.
"Keep up..." Naruto pumped a fist. "Gomu gomu no..." Naruto spoke as he threw his right chakra fist back. "Pistol!" The chakra shot forward and latched onto the door frame. "Rocket!" Naruto called as he shot off.
"Matte, Naruto!" Sakura called as Naruto shot out the door. Sakura looked down at her hand. "If Naruto can do it..." Sakura took a breath and swung her arm back and shot her arm forward and latched onto the door frame. "Yatta!" Sakura called as she pulled forward. Then it dawned on her. How did she stop? Sakura yelled out for Naruto as she shot out the door. Luckily Naruto was on the ball and caught Sakura as she flew out. The girl sighed with relief. "Arigatou, Naruto-kun." Naruto grinned and both took off along the landing.
"I'm sure I heard Sakura..." Kero muttered as he flew up the stairs and blinked as two red blurs shot by. "What the..."
"Kero-chan!" Kero turned looked to the two dangling red dots. Kero floated up and looked at the pair. Both chuckled.
"Naruto... Sakura... What?" Both lowered themselves and as Kero landed before them explained what happened. Kero nods as it knew now what he was sensing in the house. "Little card..."
"Little... Like small?" Sakura asked if that's what Kero meant. Kero nods. "It shrunk our magic didn't it? That's why my staff turned back into a key right?" Kero nods.
"I'm glad to see you've understood that it just didn't shrink your size... But what's with the glow?" Naruto and Sakura looked to each other. Sakura looked back to Kero.
"We'll explain later. But we have to capture the clow card. If Naruto-kun can get to normal, he can seal little." Kero nods.
"If you come in contract with little, it should return you to normal size." Naruto nods.
"Kero-chan, lead us to little. We can't sense the card so you'll have to lead us." Kero nods. Then it dawned on him about something.
"Yuki vanished a while ago. Do you know why?" Naruto nods.
"Hai, Yuki is tied to my magic, since my magic shrunk, Yuki must not have been able to hold her form. She's probably sleeping in kyuubi's domain... Guess he didn't have time to explain." Kero looked confused. But decided not to bother.
"Hop on." Both shook their head. "Why not?"
"Kero-chan... The chakra burns other living things..." Naruto stated. "Sakura is the only one how can come in contact for the fact she has some of my demonic chakra... So we'll follow." Kero nods.
"Okay... Keep up, little hasn't gone far." Both nod and took off after the small guardian. Kero lead them to the back of the house were the small orb remained stuck with one way out. "There it is!" Little turned and jumped as Kero flew round it. "Sakura! Naruto!"
"Let's go!" Naruto called as both separated and attacked from other sides. Little dodged and Naruto growled in frustration. If only he was faster... The sudden frustration sprouted a third tail and Naruto growled and roared. Kero looked up confused.
"Naruto-kun!" Naruto attacked and missed but the chakra strand latched onto the little guardian and Naruto shot back grabbing it. Naruto glowed and crashed through the window. His senses returned.
"Come forth!" Naruto grabbed his sword and the hilt flashed with light. "Release!" The sword swirled with white energy and Sakura gasped at what she saw, this was the first time she'd seen Naruto's sealing staff. It was white and longer than the blond. It had a black gem at the pointed bottom and a black spiral grip up it where it cupped out and held a second black gem. "Return to the guise you were meant to be in! Clow card!" Naruto roared as he pointed the staff forward and stopped in front of the small spirit. It glowed and turned into yellow mist before being absorbed into the card form. Naruto rotated the staff in his grasp and caught the card as he put the staff down. "Gotcha..."
"Sugoi Naruto-kun!" Sakura called as she watched. Both then looked at the cracked window. "Oh..." Naruto smirked and reached into his back pocket.
"Time!" The window glowed and time reversed itself on it and restored it's form. Naruto then walked into the back room and crouched beside Sakura. He held his hand out. "Let's get you back to your key." Sakura nods with a smile and hopped on his hand. It was a new feeling in her position. Once back to where little had shrunk the pair, Naruto set the pink glowing Sakura down and Sakura stood beside her key. Naruto held little up and threw it formed. "Return Sakura-chan from her small form! Little!" Naruto called as he pushed his staff forward and the black gem glowed. Sakura smiled as she returned to normal height and picked up her key as she did. Once normal again Sakura embraced the blond. The pink chakra faded and both could now look back at their normal eye colours.
"I was worried there Naruto-kun..." Naruto nods as Sakura glanced to his sealing staff. "Sugoi Naruto-kun..." Naruto smiled as he twirled it.
"I made the design when Kero combined the sealing power of your key with the staff. Since the book wasn't with us. I took it from one of my spell caster cards. The dark magician of chaos... My staffs connected to my dark magic area. Unlike my earth weapon, I can only use this to seal and use cards." Sakura watched as the staff glowed and vanished in a whirl wind and formed a glowing orb. Naruto pushed it back onto his chest where the coin appeared under his shirt. Naruto smiled as he looked at Sakura. "I'm just glad we got through that little adventure of ours." Sakura hugged the blond tight.
"Yeah... I think that's enough adventures and training for one day." Naruto grinned and nods.
"Hai..."
The day came to a close and Sakura sighed as she lay in the futon beside Naruto's bed. Naruto lay looking at the ceiling also in thought. "It's weird Naruto-kun... Knowing how deep our bond is..." Naruto nods. Sakura sat up and looked to the blond. "You think we have some kind of..." Naruto sat up and looked at Sakura puzzled. "You know... Mind link?" Naruto shook his head and lay back down. "You sure?"
"If we did..." Naruto said as he lay there. "You would have heard me by now." Sakura smiled, course Naruto would be first on it. "I think... It's more just when we know we're being thought of, or being looked at. We sort of... Know, what the other thinks, because we've been so close... Like when we talked in unison." Sakura nods.
"It's also a little scary..." Naruto rolled to his side. "That... That I have no protection to that chakra... I'm worried... Like what I saw the fox do to you that time... That... I could do it to you if something happened... Or... That it comes for me..." Naruto looked on.
"Then I'll come save you Sakura-chan." Sakura looked to the blond who smiled at the girl. "As long as you have me at your side, I'll be there to help. That chakra can't win against us. We'll survive." Sakura smiled.
"Yeah..." Sakura lay back and sighed. Naruto lay back and his mind pondered something.
"Sakura-chan..." Sakura glanced up. "Want to sleep up here with me?" Sakura sat up.
"How come?" Naruto rubbed the back of his head as he glanced down.
"Just that... Sometimes Onee-chan and onii-chan do... When I couldn't sleep, I tend to find them sometimes sleeping together when I needed someone... I mean they love each other and that... I was just..." Sakura smiled.
"Okay..." Naruto blinked as Sakura pulled her futon up and slipped in under the covers with it. "It's better than sleeping on the floor..." Sakura lay down and lay looking at Naruto. "Better?" Naruto nods.
"Yeah..." Naruto smiled and lay down facing Sakura. "Goodnight." Sakura nods.
"Night..." From the door, Sakura watched from the crack.
'They're such an innocent pair...' Sakura smiled at how cute the pair acted. Luckily they were still young enough not to know. But it won't be long before they have to face that task so both understood things. Sakura walked to Genpaku's room, said teen lay on the bed. "They must have been through quiet an event today." Genpaku nods.
"As long as I can still sense Naruto... I won't worry. He's got the genes of a namikaze and uzumaki in his blood. He won't be beaten easily." Sakura nods with a smile and lay down beside the teen.
"But I do think now we have to be careful round those too... Before they pick off too many of our actions." Genpaku agrees.
"Night..." The male spoke as he pulled the covers up. Sakura rested her head on the red heads chest.
"Night..."
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And... So ends season 3 of my 7 chapter seasons. I think this one was quiet unique for the combination of flash backs... and story play. Plus I had to use what I learned from the latest manga to my advantage. I bet some expected this out come with Sakura... -/_\- if you didn't, you're a fool. XD kidding, kidding. (or not...)
Points, when Genpaku commented that day after thunder. Naruto didn't get what his brother meant. But he knew he was embarrassing somehow, so the blond response was both embarrassment and confusion. But Naruto is a young lad and get the whole, monkey see, monkey do theme sometimes. He doesn't understand why the pair really spends time sleeping as they do. He believes it because of how close they are. Nothing ill minded her people. The dirty minds are for those who understand the f word. XD
Chakra compressed is like how Naruto attacked orochimaru in four tails. Compacted the chakra. It's going to be more deadly in that shrunken state. Luckily, it didn't end badly.
Please note, that I'm planning to set events out more off cannon. As I see the episodes more now, I'm getting a feeling of free roam. Like how I've been with Naruto series. So I'm hoping as I watch the series more and more. I'll be able to do more of my own idea.
I'm also of thinking of displaying the group in minor teams.
The main two are Naruto and Sakura, since they are cardcaptors. But with both of them on the role. One can sort of relax. For those who play final fantasy of games similar. You might be able to help me.
If you guys can think up good team roles, Tomoyo doesn't count as a combatant. She'll appear as the costume and aid on certain cards. But she doesn't have a team placement.
But those who do are Naruto, Sakura, Shizune, Syaoran and Meiling.
Meiling's combat alone.
Syaoran is combat, spell caster and trapper. (Since from what we saw with time in the anime. So he has trap placing skills.)
Shizune is combat but medical.
Naruto is spell caster, combat and sealer.
Sakura is sealer, spell caster, combat and medical.
So if anyone can think of some idea combos feel free. Oh! And I'm thinking of going with Shizune with Syaoran. Since I'm using a young Shizune, I have far more control over her since she has never been focused on as a young person in the Naruto series. So I'm good to go with that.
I'm sure some will hit me over the head. But no matter, I didn't think I could work it with Tomoyo. But with this Shizune... Well. Of course I can.
I do hope, that everyone still remembers that this is a just turning 11 Shizune.
Anyway, with this ending here for now. I'll be three things.
Do the next chapter to Naruto's path to an assassin. (If you don't know, it's a naruto U Sakura K fic. But with a whole new twist that I have yet to dive into.)
Work on Naruto's digital adventure 02. Since I feel that people are waiting... But they will not get their answers and I have such an awesome plan! (even though I have yet to start watching one episode of season 02 since like years ago XD)
Work on my other idea of a cardcaptors Naruto fic. (It's going to be more action based. I believe I can make one more idea out of this series with Naruto and Sakura before I feel that is enough in the ccs world. (But it's such an untapped area, there could be thousands of idea's out there... Right?))
Now that I've covered that. Let's end it on a high note! Groovy!
machi ni dekakeyou hitori de ita tte kurai dake desho
LOOP shite ochikonde
naosara ah nayanjatte
soto ni tobidasou shinpai iranai oomukashi kara
chikyuu datte mawatte'ru
kitto TSUKI datte mawaruyo
Brand-New Love Song halle-halleluiah
minna HAJIkete aishiaou
tanchou na nichijou tsuujou na kanjou
mamoranakucha DAME na koto
itsumo aru