Chapter Six.

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Niasuke looked down at Yami, and smiled. He kissed her forehead, before climbing out of his bed -- careful not to wake the sleeping beauty up. Yami mumbled something in her sleep, before turning onto her left side -- a small smile graced her lips.

Niasuke looked at her once again, before pulling his shirt over his head. He remembered the night before.

-Flashback-

It was raining. The two genin had been training for nearly three hours, and a storm was coming. Yami lived on the other side of Konoha, and she wouldn't be able to make it home before the storm hit -- it was supposed to be a terrible storm, and Niasuke did not want her to be walking home alone, especially tonight.

"Yami."

Yami turned to Niasuke. "Yes?"

"I don't want you to walk home alone -- there is going to be a storm."

The two of them walked into the Uchiha manor. They walked to Niasuke's room -- stopping to stare at the empty room that once belonged to Sasuke. Niasuke sighed.

"You miss him, huh?"

Niasuke nodded. "Yeah…"

Niasuke opened the door to his room. Yami followed him into the room -- it was her first time being inside his room. She looked around, and gasped -- it was a huge room, black. The bed in the middle of the room, was covered in black.

"Your room is nice…"

Niasuke, from the closet snorted. He pulled out some clothes for both he and Yami, and handed them to her. Yami took the clothes from him, and smiled. "Thanks Niasuke."

"You're welcome. Get dressed. I'll be waiting for you out here." He kissed her forehead.

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Yami walked out of Niasuke's bathroom, wearing his shirt, and pants -- they were big on her, and hung off her loosely. Niasuke turned to look at her -- he let out a laugh. She looked absolutely ridiculous, but very beautiful.

Yami's eyes narrowed. She glared at Niasuke. "You're laughing at me!"

Niasuke continued laughing -- his head thrown back, and his shoulders were shaking with laughter. "You look ridiculous."

"Well you did give me your clothes!" she paused. "You look ridiculous in those glasses." She stuck out her tongue.

Niasuke snorted. "Okay, okay."

Lightning illuminated the sky, as Niasuke and Yami sat on the bed. Thunder clapped, and the wind howled -- the storm was finally here. They had said that it would be getting worse as the night went on -- the only thing Niasuke was worried about was Sasuke -- his cousin was terrified of thunder storms, but….he had his teammates to help him overcome his fear.

Yami laid down, and yawned. "I didn't know you wore glasses.."

Niasuke laid next to her, and smiled. He looked at the ceiling. "Yeah, I do. Sasuke does as well. Itachi, and Fugaku--san are the only ones who don't wear glasses."

"Really? I wouldn't have guessed."

"Yeah, it's a Kibagami thing. Almost all the Kibagami clan members wore glasses. It has something to do with our family's Kekki Genkai." He paused. "Itachi, I guess is more Uchiha than Kibagami."

Yami sat up, and looked at Niasuke. "Wouldn't Sasuke have both your clans' kekki genkai?"

Niasuke turned to look at her, and nodded. "Yes, he would. He will…when he turns 16."

"Oh…" she paused. "Wouldn't that make Orochimaru want Sasuke more?"

Niasuke nodded. "Probably, yes. The council members, and the Clan elders are hoping that Sasuke won't get both -- they don't know what the outcome would be."

Yami yawned. She jumped slightly as thunder cracked -- shaking the house. Niasuke pulled his shirt over his head, and placed his glasses on the bedside table. He turned the light out.

Yami smiled. She placed her head on his chest, and closed her eyes -- hoping that sleep would soon come.

-end flashback-

Yami yawned, and heard the shower running. She smiled softly.

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They had decided, after much thought, that they would wait to open the other doors after they ate dinner. Naruto was complaining, and Sakura's stomach was growling -- Sasuke had wanted to open the door, but he couldn't stand Naruto's complaining.

Naruto laid on the couch, snoring. It was surprising to say the least.

Sasuke had been chosen to wash the dishes, and pots. Sakura had volunteered to help him -- so the two of them were washing the dishes. Sasuke would wash, while Sakura would dry the dishes. Sakura couldn't help but stare at Sasuke's perfectly formed arse. InnerSakura was having a field day -- going on about how she'd bite that perfectly formed arse…among other things…

Sasuke handed a plate to Sakura. She didn't take it right away, so Sasuke looked at her. He was about to call out her name, when he noticed what she was staring at. He rolled his eyes. She was staring at his arse. No surprise there.

"Sakura."

Sakura blinked. She looked up to find Sasuke looking at her with amusement dancing in his eyes, and a small smirk on his lips. She blushed a deep red -- clashing with her ­pink hair. /Oh shiiit, he knows we were staring at his perfectly formed arse! Better ruuuunn!/

"Er…..hi Sasuke." Sakura said, laughing nervously.

Sasuke snorted. He raised a brow -- his smirk growing. "You wouldn't be staring at my arse, would you?"

"Uh...Lets just um…finish this, okay?"

Naruto, from his place on the couch laughed -- Startling the already embarrassed pink haired kunoichi. He rolled off the couch. "Ahahahahahahaha!!"

Sakura looked at her feet. "I'm gonna go crawl in a hole now…" She began to walk away.

Sasuke caught her arm, and pulled her back. He smiled. "Its okay Sakura."

Sakura glared. And glared. She glared at Naruto. Naruto thought it was amusing to say the least, Sakura thought Sasuke--bastard had had a 'perfectly formed arse!' ha! It was true too, Naruto had noticed that Sasuke had a perfectly formed arse, and snuck glances at it every so often -- trying not to get caught by Sasuke.

After cleaning, the three of them walked back down to the labyrinth of doors -- hoping to open a door -- or two. The three, Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto found Azura in front of the door -- the seal was broken, and the door was slightly ajar.

Sasuke looked at her. "You opened it?"

Azura nodded. "Yeah. The seal was ancient, but quite powerful." She paused. "It seems like who ever placed the seal on the door, did not want anyone to go in."

Sasuke nodded. He walked towards the door, and opened it. He walked into the room--the room was large. It was a make--shift bedroom, it seemed like -- the walls were lined with shelves. Each shelf was packed with scrolls, and books. The Table, in the far corner was filled with ink, brushes, scrolls, and a small journal.

Sasuke looked at Azura. "Looks like a work place of some kind."

Naruto's eyes widened. "Wow, talk about a never ending supply of scrolls." He paused. "I knew the Uchiha were hiding something."

Sakura looked at the small futon in the middle of the room. "This must have been someone's secret underground lair."

Azura nodded. She walked to the table, and picked up a scroll. She began reading the contents of it. "Hmm…. Fenikkusu Kasai butoukai no jutsu."

Naruto frowned. "Never heard of it…"

"It might be a forbidden jutsu." Sakura said, walking towards Azura. "We should tell Anko--sensei."

Azura crossed her arms. "Well, Fenikkusu is Phoenix, and Kasai is fire….So, it's the Phoenix Fire something."

Naruto looked at her. "Yeah, butoukai is dance." He paused. "So it would be the Phoenix fire dance."

Azura nodded. "Doesn't sound forbidden. It just sounds like some Fire element jutsu." She looked at Sasuke. "You want to try it?"

Sasuke nodded. "Yeah." He took the scroll from Azura. "Later though."

Sakura sighed. Well, they wouldn't be telling their sensei about their discoveries. Even if she did find out, Sakura doubted that Anko would tell anyone about her genin, and chunin's discoveries.

/Good, now, lets get back to staring at that perfect arse./InnerSakura said, pumping her fist in the air. Sakura groaned, causing Sasuke to look at her -- eyebrow raised, and a soft smirk on his lips.

"You okay Sakura?"

Naruto grinned. "She was probably staring at your perfectly formed arse." He burst out into uncontrollable laughter. Azura snorted, and rolled her eyes.

Sakura blushed. "I'm fine Sasuke--kun." She glared at Naruto. "Shut up Naruto. You're probably staring at it too."

Naruto stopped laughing. He glared at Sakura, but said nothing. Instead he looked at the slightly blushing Uchiha, and smirked. He knew how much Sasuke liked him -- he'd admitted it to he and Azura. "Mmmhmm…" he purred softly.

Azura rolled her eyes, and picked another scroll up. This one had a seal of some sort -- it was an intricate design -- probably for a Jounin level shinobi, or a Kage. It was probably forbidden -- something that used a lot of chakra, and skill…Orochimaru would probably use it.

"Sasuke…Look at this."

Sasuke looked over her shoulder. "What is it?"

"I have no idea…Its some type of seal -- probably forbidden."

Naruto raised a brow. "probably." He paused. "Zu, do you know what it's used for?"

Azura shook her head. "No. It doesn't say anything else, other than the hand signs, and some notes."

Naruto walked towards Azura. He looked over her shoulder. "Damn…." He paused. "My pervy old grandpa might know what it is."

Azura frowned. "Wait….I think its some kind of summoning seal…"

Sakura looked around. Her eyes landed on a large book, so she picked it up. It was old, and heavy. The book had gold words imprinted on the cover -- Sakura had to lean in to read the words on the cover. oni chiyu. Hmm…It was interesting. She walked towards her three teammates.

"Hey…That seal is on this book." She said as she reached them.

Sasuke looked at the book. "Somehow this book is connected with this seal." He paused. "what does it mean?"

Azura looked at the book. "Demon healing….hmm…" she paused, thinking. "that seal has to do with Demons."

Naruto frowned. "Like Kyuubi or Saphira…." He paused. "I remember Kyuubi telling me about his connection to the Uchiha clan…Maybe this was it.." he paused, thinking. "This person…who ever it was must have been helping demons…"

Before they could say anything else, Sasuke's PDA beeped -- alerting the four that the four would be getting a visitor. Sasuke took it out, and frowned. They had three minutes to get upstairs, before Fugaku and Itachi rang the door bell.

"We've got visitors. Its my father, and brother."

Naruto, Sasuke, Azura and Sakura raced up the stairs, closing each door behind them. They resumed their places, prior to their downstairs adventure -- Sasuke was fixing the sink, while Naruto was on the couch. The two girls were talking.

The doorbell rang. Sasuke went to open the door. Just as his PDA had indicated, it was his brother and father -- probably coming to check on the four -- to make sure that they weren't doing anything ….illegal.

Aha. There it is.

The PDA is linked to some cameras out around the house, and down the street. (it also hooks up to the alarm system & other things.)

Sasuke is the nerd.

Next chapter will be the four talking to Itachi and Fugaku.