Here it is, chapter two! Oooo, Awwww. Please please please review it keeps me going. If the reviews stop so dose this story. Since a lot of people seemed to like wolves I'm using a wolf for her true form. (just read it) This chapter is a bit longer but I think it's better than the first one. Warning this chapter has blood and fighting.Again please read and review even if you don't like it. Flames are welcome to keep me warm in my cold dark celler. I don't own Naruto...duh. picks up pop corn Enjoy!
The sun's rays spilled over the mountain exposing all the shadows on the west side as it descended down the heavens. The girl with cherry pink locks stumbled slowly thought the tunnels taking a turn ever now and then. Every nook and turn of her mountain was safely bored away in her memory.
Her eyes were mostly black now with a thin sliver of green along the edges from the heavy darkness that hung around her. She could barely see but it didn't matter that much to her. She was used to the dark and it didn't bother her as much as it used to. Her slim pale hands trailed over the smooth cold stone as the floor beneath her tilted upward. Her hair was tied back in a tight braid the way it always was and she was wearing a black spandex body suite with a dark red jacket she 'confiscated' from a wanna be monster slayer. As always her feet were bare since she never wore shoes.
Her pupils shrunk once she reached the end of the cave and stepped into the evening glow. She sniffed the air and growled slightly. There were two unfamiliar scents she could easily detect. They were human...powerful human...very powerful. Her full red lips bent into a scowl as a pair of bright white fangs overlapped her bottom lip. Aside from their smell their chakra levels were very high. Higher than her own without Okami's help.
She crawled nimbly over a set of gaged rocks and stared down at two figures climbing up the mountain trail. They both wore a green vest over their clothing and a headband with a note symbol in the middle. They were Jonin from the hidden sound village. The small herb village must have hired them to get rid of the 'monster' that dwelt withing the mountain. Her scowl deepened. She was no fool to the shinobi villages that surrounded her former non shinobi village. Sound was ruled by the snake man know to her as Orochimaru. What puzzled her was why the herb village would hire jonin from sound since the village was not to be trusted. Maybe they weren't hired, maybe they were there on a mission from their own Kage, Orochimaru.
Sakura was still week from her tattoo's draining ritual that plagued her every month so she couldn't fight them. But she had no choice, she had to. Crawling over the rocks as nimbly as a spider she slid into one of the inner chambers withing the mountain that was still very dark and released the mask over her chakra. She crouched in the ground with her legs bent and her head low. She could hear their footsteps drawing closer and braced herself.
It was a good thing she did. As soon as they entered her cave the one set off a explosion that knocked her off her feet and up against the back wall. She growled baring her fangs and cursed with in her own mind for not being ready for that. She got up again but was instantly knocked down to her knees when an ear splitting sound reached her ears. She shouted and covered her ears in a desperate attempt to block it out. The second man jumped towards her and grabbed her hands, bending them behind her back. The noise stopped and she felt a chain being clamped onto her wrists.
"Get off!" She snarled spreading her arms and throwing him over her head. He landed hard but got up quickly and advanced with his friend. Pain rippled through her body from their sound and physical attacks as she found herself once again at her knees. "I won't fall to this...I...I won't!" She screamed shattering the device that sounded the harsh melodies. A trickle of blood rolled down her ears.
Weekend from her scream and many more things she decided to retreat to another part of her mountain. Using her advanced speed she lept over the rocks and through the caves stumbling out into the moonlit night. Panting heavily she ran along on of the ledges heading for another unit she favored for battles and training. She cursed herself for her weakness as her heart beat faster within her chest.
When running something struck her foot making her loose her balance. She started to fall over the edge and in mid turn she saw one of the ninja retrieve a metal chain. The wind rushed behind her as she felt her body fall further down closing in with the ground. Her eyes widened at what she saw in the pal moonlight. Below her the rocks she would fall on were formed much like pikes with pointed edges. She looked up and saw the two ninja from before look down at her and regret their actions. Her hair wiped about her as she fell back onto the stone pikes three of them shoot up through her body as she landed . Blood lept from her mouth as her eyes grew dull before turning a voided black, her head and arms fell limply back. The rocky area around her was stained a dark and sinister looking crimson red.
The first ninja cursed profusely and kicked the dirt. "Orochimaru sama is going to kill us. He told us he wanted her alive. What are we going to tell him now?"
The second ninja remained silent for a time before speaking. "...We'll just tell him we didn't find her. She is after all regarded as a legend."
"Yeah but then we'll have to find the eight tailed somewhere and if she's dead..."
"It doesn't matter, we'll just focus on capturing the nine and one tailed next. At least we found her first before someone else could capture her." The taller one quickly stated in a cold calm voice.
The second one cursed again kicking the rocks with his foot."Whatever, we better go." He grumbled. The taller on nodded in reply. In the blink of an eye the two were gone, hopping over the rocks with the pale moon frowning down on them.
A few moments later as the moon climbed the sky to shine it's light on the pale girl's resting place something snapped within her body. There were three pikes poking out of her body; one through her stomach, one through her heart and one through her lung. Several more cut her legs and arms. The pikes that went through her body cracked and crumbled letting her fall in between them in a bloody mess. The moon's rays crawled over her falling over her limp form when a spray of blood lept from her lips as her punctured hear began to beat again after healing in the moonlight. The numerous holes and cuts that covered her body began to hiss and heal themselves. Her eyes colored filled with life once again. She coughed and more blood pooled from her mouth. Her left lung pumped once and then again falling in sync with her heart. The hole in her stomach hiss as the skin an muscle began to grow over the hole sealing it like it was never there.
Completely healed she sat up ad closed her eyes. "What did they mean 'they found me first'?" She asked herself clutching her heart and staring up at the moon. "Are there going to be more like them?" Growling at her sore body she pulled her legs under her and pushed herself up. "If there are going to be more like them...I'm not safe here."
The howl of a mountain wolf could be heard far of in the distant. It's call was answered by another. She could hear the wolves of the mountain call to one another and she closed her emerald eyes. The mountain wolves were very drawn back and would kill if anyone tread onto heir domain whether the poor soul be animal or human. Strangely they never bothered her even when she did wander on to their domain.
The moon shone on her calm pale face as it illuminated the area around her. Her shadow stretched over the mountain's terrain. Behind her the shadow that should have completely mirrored her had seven furry wolf tails swishing around it and a pair of furry ears. She glanced behind her and saw Okami dwelling in her shadow.
"You think I should leave too?" She asked her shadow with sad eyes. The form of black twisted and shrank back into the shadow of a twelve year old girl. "I thought so."
She poured some of her chakra into her clothes where the rips had formed and the threads began to intertwine with one another sealing up the holes until it looked like they were never there. The dark clothing covered the scars underneath her black body suite from where the pikes had pierced her body. Her ribs were sore as she exhaled from the effort. Almost all her chakra was gone. Under any other circumstance this would be a simple task for her but with the healing, the fight and her tattoos draining her she was wiped.
"We'll leave as soon as I get my strength back. But for now all I want to do is to go asleep." She moaned dissipating into a flurry of pink cherry blossoms. And reappearing in her sleeping quarters. A horse cough rippled through her body as she fell to her side on the bed of multi colored feathers the birds had so generously blessed her with.
A ripple in her mind made her shiver and draw closer to herself. Then for the first time in a long time Okami spoke to her. "Tomorrow we will leave for Konohagakure, the village hidden among the tree leaves. We will be safe there but you can not let anyone know the truth about you...about me. There the nine tailed dwells and the one tail is currently residing there as well. Don't worry my child, I will let no harm come to you."
Unlike the rest of the tailed beasts Okami was once a mother and was not a violent as any of the other beasts. She is normally calm but is incredibly protective when her children are in danger. Since Sakura was a host or a Jinchurik Okami counted her as one of her own children. Okami, The great White Wolf Mother was also remembered and feared for the anger and temper she displayed a hundred years ago when her two twin pups were killed. Many lives were taken that day fallen to her wrath. At the end of her rampage a Kage sealed her inside a scroll that was stolen 60 some years later. Even though she was less powerful the the nine tailed fox she could take anyone down with her motherly abilities but only when her children were threatened. There was still a deeper reason as to why Okami wanted to protect Sakura but it was still unknown to her.
Sakura felt the huge white wolf nuzzled her in her mind and smiled as a sweet slumber came over her. "Thank you Okami..." She murmured before drifting completely off.
The next day after a full night of rest Sakura awoke around noon. She groaned as she struggled to sit up, her body screamed and groaned in soreness as she rose to her feet. After a quick bath and breakfast of mountain roots she strapped her dew possessions into a brown pack and hauled it over her shoulder. It was fairly light filled only with scrolls and food with only another pair of clothes. She had money she found in a coat pocket from another wanna be monster slayer. It wasn't a lot but it was all she needed. She wrapped a black ribbon around her face crossing over the bridge of her nose in a X form and covering her entire face with the exception of her eyes.
"Well, where is this Konohagakure. Please tell me where to go Okami."Sakura asked standing outside under the blinding noon sun.
She felt a stirring inside her mind as Okami began to speak. "It's very far, a seven day hike but if you run with my help I could get you there in four days. For now you need to come down from this mountain and then head north south."
"Hai." Sakura quickly replied running down the steep mountain side gaining a greet speed. Her hair whipped around her face as she ran faster. Her feet were a blur as her eyes narrowed. She was leaving her home, he only place she ever loved. And all because she wasn't safe, because she wasn't strong enough to protect herself. Still being so young she couldn't properly restrain Okami so she rarely let her out.
She jumped over a rock and spread her arms out as she began to fall down the mountain. She pooled chakra under her feet to break her fall avoiding several broken bones. Jumping up in the same second she sped forward. That phrase her father used so much with her rang over and over in her head. She wasn't strong enough, she wasn't good enough. Her anger gave her strength as her speed increased. 'Would she ever be good enough, would she ever be strong enough?' Sakura though as trees and ligneous plants sped behind her in a blur. She bent her head down and pulled her arms back to gain speed. She would be one day she would be.
The village she once called home was far behind her now and growing small and smaller by the second soon it was out of sight completely. Okami was a bit surprised at how fast her fanged carrier was traveling but she shouldn't have. Just like herself Sakura had a habit of getting angry, unlike Okami she got angry over the smallest of things. She had once tripped over a small rock and started cursing and yelling at it how it's whole purpose in life was to trip her and make her fall and how it was an evil rock sent from the gates of hades. The mother wolf chuckled at the fond memories. Reaching out she nuzzled her affectionately. She rarely spoke a loud but she felt that she would need to communicate with Sakura a lot more in the future.
"What are you thinking?"Sakura asked mentally feeling the nuzzle. Okami didn't reply but instead closed her eyes and calmed the anger in her heart. Sakura felt her doing this and smiled. "Thanks Okami." The white mother wolf did not reply but nuzzled her again to tell her she understood.
There it is. I updated really soon and the next update won't be as soon, sorry. Like before I'll need five more reviews before I put up the next chapter. Please review and tell me what you want to see in this story, who you want to see in this story and anything else. Okami will be talking a lot more in the other chapters and her past as well as Sakura's will be cleared up. Naruto and Garra nd whoever you want to see will be in the next chapter I swear.