To Twisted Musalih: if you liked Hiei's reaction to Kurama 'stealing his prey', you'll have a fit of laughing in a few chapters.
Hiei didn't respond to the strange statement, but he did relax slightly. He and Kurama stared at each other for a long moment, before Naruto broke the silence.
"Teme!"
Sakura whirled, and sure enough, there was Sasuke in the doorway.
But…there was something…off about him, a fact that was confirmed when Hiei spoke.
"Fox, what happens when a snake sheds it's skin?"
"It's still a snake, of course." Kurama replied, eyes narrowed at the Uchiha. "I wonder if Koenma knows about this?"
"If he doesn't, he will soon enough." Hiei said, turning to Sasuke. "He can tell the toddler-prince after I kill him."
Sakura and Naruto gaped at the Forbidden Child.
"Over my dead body, you kill the teme!" Naruto exclaimed, stepping forward to stop Hiei. But, before he could do anything, he was stopped by Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing?" Sakura shrieked.
"That's not Sasuke." he replied.
"What? Of course it's Sasuke! Now, lemme go, so I can save him." Naruto replied.
And it was at this point that Sasuke spat out the Kusanagi no Tsurugi.
"Orochimaru." Sakura whispered in shock. No, Sasuke couldn't be…gone. She fell to her knees, tears pooling in her eyes. "No…"
"Can I kill him now?" Hiei asked callously. "Or are your foolish ningen qualms going to interfere?"
"No." Naruto said, voice low, staring at the ground.
"No?" Kurama inquired.
"No." Naruto repeated, looking up. Kurama studied the boy's eyes in avid, undisguised interest. No longer blue, they were a dark shade of demonic red. "I'm going to kill him myself."
Well, I wanted to say something sarcastic and snarky, yet funny here, but finals are coming up, and brain wants to die. So, it was unable to think up anything to fit that criteria.
Instead, you get the standard demand: Read. Review. And VOTE.
Goth Lolita