In an underground lair in Sound. Footsteps were slowly walking toward the door of his master. Knocking on the door the man waited for his master's permission. Once receiving one, he came in.
"You called for me, Orochimaru-sama." The man asked, while bowing to show his respect.
"Ah, yess. You have a assssissssnation missssion that needsss to be completed very ssoon." The man rose from his bow and took the scroll that was waiting for him in his master's hands.
"Now go, and don't fail me, Kabuto." Orochimaru said.
Nodding his head and throwing his hands into some hand signs then he started to faid away. "Hai, Orochimaru-sama."
With that said, another leaves the ninja world to only end up in the world with our pinkette heroine. Will she be ready to go up against the man that helped attack her village or fall to his and many more hands.
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Chapter 7
New Years Day
"A new years concert?" I asked while sitting up from my lying down position. I was currently in the library with Amu and the Guardians.
"Yep, the idols are hosting a concert to celebrate the new year." Yaya said happily.
Amu was looking at the brochure about it that Yaya had shoved in her face while she was daydreaming. Probably about what happened on Christmas Eve. I narrowed my eyes at the thought about the incident that happened with us and Ikuto.
Flashback
We were just coming from shopping at the plaza for gifts for the other Guardians, Amu and I. Right when we were about to pass the park I sensed a very large amounts of dark auras. Grabbing Amu by the wrist and concealing my chakra, I ran with her in toe toward the park. Once Amu felt the presences, she then took the lead so she could character change if needed to.
When we go to the middle, we were both shocked at what we saw. Thousands of X eggs were everywhere but, the thing that really surprised me was that Ikuto was standing in the middle of it.
I narrowed my eyes and stood in front of Amu to protect her from any attacks that could happen from him or the eggs. Before Amu could ask even one question, the X eggs and Ikuto disappeared before our eye. Leaving nothing in their wake.
Why was Ikuto with a large amount of X-eggs and why was he in the middle of it as well? I was planning to go to the Easter company tonight and find out, but now Yaya was planning on taking us to a concert tonight that just might have to change my plans.
"Sakura-chan?" Hearing my name being called I turned my head to see Amu with a worried look on her face.
"What? What did you say?" I asked while sitting totally straight up.
"Did you want to come with us?" Nadeshiko asked me.
Thinking to the conversation was about, I nodded my head. "Yeah, sounds fun."
After feeling a presence coming down from one of the isles in the library my face quickly changed from a happy to annoyed.
"Well looky here, isn't it our favorite Guardians working hard even on a break. Now I couldn't help but over hear that you guys are planning on going to a concert tonight? Now even if I wasn't a parent, I still don't think it's right for young ones to be going out late by themselves." Yuu said once he appeared, shocking Amu and Yaya.
Getting off of the table, I turned and gave Yuu a glare, "I'm going with them Nakaido-sensei, so I think we'll be fine."
Ignoring me, Yuu pulled out a ticket and said, "So that's why I'm going with ya'll!"
Grimacing I knew that this day was going to get worse.
A couple of hours later
I was currently walking down the plaza, making my way to the concert hall. It was cold tonight so I made sure that I dressed warmly. I was wearing a white long sleeve off both shoulders shirt. On top of the shirt was a hood red vest with the hood on my head that was outlined with brown fur. I had on some black skinny jeans that was tucked into my white combat boots that came below my knee. For accessories I had on my Haruno crest necklace on and black fingerless gloves.
Once I arrived at the meeting spot, I was immediately greeted by a very happy Yaya and the gang. Before we could go in a very annoying and clumsy sensei stopped us.
"Himamori- san and Homura-san!" and BAM Yuu slipped and fell. I shook my head and then ushered everyone inside. Once inside it felt kind of weird being with so much people in one place. I watched as Yaya run off and come back with a bucket full of popcorn. Then she started barking orders on who gets what for snacks. Looking around I noticed that something was weird.
"Easter." I nodded my head at the logos that were placed around the hall and on other products as well. We looked a little puzzled on the matter until Yuu came up to us.
"Oh, I finally found you guys." He said while panting a little. My guess was that he was pulling off an act to show us that he just ran all over the place looking for us when he knew that we were right here all along.
Rolling my eyes, I faced a different direction with my back facing everyone looking at some posters that were hanging up on a nearby wall. After gazing and walking off by myself toward more posters then turning around to see if the Guardians were behind me which they weren't sweat dropping at my mistake, I quickly scanned the area for anyone that looked familiar.
Widening my eyes at the new presence that just came from the middle of the building. It felt awfully familiar and evil, but something was weird about it than the other presences here in this world. Closing my eyes and concentrating more on the presence, I found out that it had chakra! Snapping my eyes open, I quickly concealed my chakra and made my way over toward the other chakra signature.
Feeling more presences and Amu's aura with it made me sprint down the hallways and pushing through people to get there faster. Closing in on the area, I started to jog then slowed down to a walk so I wouldn't alert anyone of my presence. Peering inside of the backstage I saw Amu leaning up against a beam. Stealthily I walked over to her and stood in front of her. Since she was facing apposite direction from me, I put my hand over her mouth and turned her head toward mine and signaled her to be quite. Peering around the beam I saw Ikuto but, he wasn't the only one there, there were at least four more people there. Before I could get closer a man called over to us.
"Hey! This is section is only for workers." He told us.
Turning around to him, he blushed once seeing my whole face.
"Gomen, I was looking for my little sister, but don't worry I found her." I said while moving back so he could see Amu and believe that my lie was true. He nodded his head and ushered us out of the backstage.
10 minutes later
The concert was bout to start and honestly I was kinda not into it since I still couldn't figure out the other chakra signature.
When the lights turned of and colorful light came on, we knew that the concert was going to start. I watched as a man walk out from the side, must be the MC I thought to myself. Once the man got into the middle of the stage and lifted his head up. I knew right then and there that my heart stopped beating.
It was Kabuto and he was looking directly at me. I narrowed my eyes at him and watched as he pulled out a kunai from his pocket and tossed it up in the air and catch it. Hearing a chorus of "Sugois" go around was the last thing I heard before my mind went into over drive with questions.
But my mind went blank once he said the words into the mike.
"I'm coming for you and your little friend too, Kounichi."
With that said I watched as he threw the kunai, not toward me but toward Amu. In a flash I was up and grabbing the weapon before it even got near Amu. Then another chorus of "sugois" went around the room. Narrowing my eyes I threw the kunai with the flick of my wrist and watched as it soared threw the air directly toward the man's head, but he just simply cocked it to the side, kunai missing nothing but air.
Once it was lodged into a wall behind him the show started with the light going out again and the same blond chick I saw with Ikuto singing. But I couldn't focus on anything except for Kabuto, what he just did was simply a warning before he started to attack.
During half way threw the show, a dark presence made themself known. Bat wings appeared on the girl's back and flapped once before staying still, then when she pointed toward the audience I felt X-eggs appear. I narrowed my eyes and pulled out my scroll that was sealed inside my wrist, ready for the battle to take place.
When the lights above the singer started falling and crashing behind the girl, I knew then that chaos was going to start.
Quickly I sensed all the dark presences leaving the building and going toward the park. Shifting my eyes toward where Amu was supposed to be and noticed that she was missing. Scanning the perimeter with my chakra I quickly located her when she was leaving the building. Getting up, I quickly flashed step to the entrance then sprinted my way over to her. I quickly felt how Ikuto's aura and Kabuto's signature standing in front of Amu. Adding chakra into my feet to make me go faster and no later than five seconds that I burst threw the trees and landed in front of Amulet heart.
"It's so nice to see that you have arrived, Sakura-san." I gave him a glare and said.
"What the hell are you doing here, Kabuto?" I said with a heated glare. Amu backed up away from me once seeing my face and hearing my voice. Even Ikuto looked shocked.
"Neh Sakura-san, that's no way to treat a long lost friend, now is it?" he said with a smirk.
Growling out, "What type of friend tries to destroy my village, my home?"
Shrugging his shoulders, then said, "Well I tried didn't I?"
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be back home kissing up to your pet snake?" I said with a smirk.
Sending me a glare, "Lord Orochimaru is not my pet and shouldn't you be home with the Kyubi boy looking for your beloved Sasuke-kun?"
Hearing his name almost made me loose focus of the situation at hand. Shaking his head he continued "You know in a couple of years he will be my lord's new vessel, correct?"
"Urasai!" I shouted while trying to conceal my anger and emotions. Shaking his head one more time, "Now Sakura-san, don't get mad at me that your first love ran away to join us." He said with a evil smirk. Ikuto's face looked like he was in deep thought after what Kabuto said.
"Oh and don't forget, I know that you sense the people on the roof of the building over there. Well let's just say that they been wandering about you and what you can do so they will be our entertainment for today, okay?" he asked while cocking his head over to the building. I could feel Amu looking in that direction before turning her eyes to my back.
"Sakura-chan, what's going on?" she asked me with a little fright in her voice.
Clutching my scroll tighter, I knew this place was going to be dangerous for her and possibly me.
"Look Amu, I'll explain everything once we get out of here, okay?" I told her with my eyes still glaring at the man in front of me. I felt the Guardians rushing behind us but, stopped once they got beside me.
"Amu-chan, are you okay?" I heard Nadeshiko ask.
Kukai put his hand on my shoulder and asked, "What's going on?"
"Now isn't this touching, Konoha's Kounichi getting comforted by little school kids." He mocked at me.
"Look here, Kabuto. This fight is between you and me, got that?" I said while removing Kukai's hand off of my shoulder and stepping closer to Kabuto and away from Amu and the others. Ikuto just watched from the sidelines.
"Hai Sakura-san, but once your dead. I'll get to kill the little brats behind you, okay?"
he told me.
"Amu, I need you to take care of the X eggs and get out of here, okay?" I told her.
"What! I'm not leaving you beh-"LOOK Amu! You can't stay here just please trust me and go" I said pleadingly.
Effected by my burst, Amu nodded her head slowly.
"good." I said, pealing the corner of my scroll so I could open it.
"Let's begin, shall we Sakura-san?" he asked me while standing still.
"Let's." and with that said, kabuto threw ten kunai directly at me.
Throwing the scroll in front of my face and drawing blood to my thumb, I quickly summoned my handy dandy battle ax. It blocked all of the kunais that were aimed for me. I flared my chakra to show how strong I really was and then lunged for his head.
Cling clang
Was all could be heard throughout the park. Axe against Kunai. We were moving to fast for the normal eye to see. Jumping back from Kabuto I landed beside ikuto but, I didn't do anything but give him a glare and to see if Amu was okay. And she was, they already purified the eggs but still didn't get away as I told them.
Knowing that Kabuto was going to attack them soon I quickly put my hands up in hand signals and said "Wind style: Cherry blossom barrier" Once the petals flew over to Amu and the gang, I jumped back up to meet Kabuto who was on his way to strike me.
An hour and a half later
I watched as my ax was thrown on the other side of the clearing disappearing inside the trees and bushes. Kabuto somehow got his Kunai to knock my ax out of my hands and made it fly over there.
Jumping a couple of meters away from him and dodging some flying kunai. I tightened my gloves and ran at him but, before I got closer to him I disappeared from his vision to only reappear above him and tried to do that kick move that my shishou taught me. He dodged by jumping forward but, since my kick had chakra in it made the ground shake and crack once my kick hit the ground. When Kabuto was trying to regain balance I quickly threw a punch at him and lucky me it made contact to his stomach. Making him fly threw a couple of trees and unlucky me I remember that he's a medic ninja. Great, just great.
Jumping back a little bit I threw some kunai with explosives on it directly at him but he flashed stepped out of the way and flashed stepped to me. He tried to touch me but, I dodge before he could land a finger on me. But to bad that I didn't know that he used chakra scapels on me. Feeling a very sharp pain in my stomach and the liquid flying up my throat and out of my mouth to only land on the ground in front of me. Wiping the blood from my mouth, I quickly put my right hand on my stomach and tried to heal my wound but, Kabuto knowing that I was a medic as well threw kunai at me to try to stop me from healing myself.
I quickly dodged them but, continued to heal my wound. Quickly thinking, I stomped on the ground so a rock could come up and stand in front of me. Once it was out of the ground I did a round house kick toward the rock making it fly toward Kabuto. Once he dodged it to the right I pulled out a kunai with chakra fused with it and went in his direction using flash step and cut a chakra line in his arm making him a one hand chakra user. He jumped away from me and made a chakra scapel with his other hand and came at me with a snarl on his face. Putting chakra into my fist I charged at him as well ready to punch his dorky face in. But before we could hit each other a big blue paw came between us. Making us slide into a halt so we didn't hit the big blue paw.
Getting the idea that the fight was over Kabuto cradled his injured hand with his not injured hand and said, "I'll see you again, Sakura-san." Then he disappeared.
When he was gone I turned my attention to the roof where the people were and saw them leaving as well. Then my eyes turned to Ikuto who was also leaving as well. Once I sensed that they were all gone, I held my stomach and looked on into the horizon.
All the while thinking "This mission just got a lot harder."
The next day.
I was getting ready for the festival today. After the fight yesterday, I couldn't really focus correctly. Putting on a red kimono with black cherry blossom petals everywhere, putting my hair up in a bun with my bangs framing my face and tying a white obi around my stomach which was fully healed no thanks to Kabutops. Shaking my head at the new nickname that just popped in my head, I put a white cherry blossom ornament in my hair and was ready to go.
Amu and the Guardians were suppose to come and pick me up but, I told them that I was going to go by myself to think. They knew that I needed it so they didn't bug me about the topic afterwards.
Walking out of the door and locking it, I made my way over to the plaza. Seeing many people dressed up made me smile at how fun they were having. Walking over to a nearby dango stand, I paid for a couple of sticks of the yummy treats. Walking down a different street with a stick in my mouth with my eyes closed. I gracefully dodged oncoming people. Some even stopped to stare at how pretty I looked while doing it. Feeling Ikuto's presence coming near me, I kept my eyes closed and act like he wasn't there. Once we passed each other and our shoulders brushed against each other sent electricity down my body. Acting like I haven't touched him or known that it was him, I continued my way.
A couple of weeks later
School started two weeks ago but, I couldn't go. Kabuto, ever since he arrived my mind has always been on how was I going to defeat him or will I survive the next fight. I was lying in my bed staring at the ceiling. It was almost time for school to end.
Ring, Ring
Getting up lazily I went to the phone and answered it,
"Moshi, moshi."
"um, Hello is this Sakura-san?"
"Hai, may I ask who is this?"
"It's Tadase."
"oh hey, what's up?"
"I was wandering if you wanted to go to the aquarium today with the others?"
"Um, well. Yeah sure I'll meet you guys there at the aquarium, okay"
"Hai, Sakura-san"
"See you then, Tadase." I said while hanging up the phone,
Walking into the shower I stripped my lounging clothes off and jumped into the warm shower. Once done, I wrapped my body with a pink fluffy towel and walked out toward the closet.
Pulling out a black jacket that had a green letter "S" stitched on the sleeve and above my right breast underneath I had a tight green long sleeve shirt putting on white skinnies with black combat boots and pulling my hair up into a high ponytail with a green ribbon. Walking out of my apartment I slowly made my way over to the aquarium.
A hour and a half later
I was late and I knew but, I didn't care. I walked inside the building and started to admire the fish. They were very beautiful something you never see when you're a ninja or living in my world. Walking over to another tank, in the corner of my eye I saw something fly right past me.
Looking at more carefully I noticed that it was a X egg. Feeling Amu coming, I waited so we could go together. When she was near me I joined her and at the same time scared her but, I just gave wave and grabbed her wrist and pulled her along.
Once we were outside, we saw the egg fly near the side of the building.
"Come on, Amu-chan. Let's character transform." Ran said while we were chasing after it.
"We can't there is to many people around." Amu said, while still running. I was behind her and was about to say something until we past by a man and I think I saw Yoru eyeballing a bucket of fish.
I had to giggle at that.
"Then let's character change." Ran said. While Amu nodded at the idea.
"Hop, Step, jump." With that said pink wings appeared on Amu's ankles and wrists. Then Amu jumped into the air feeling left out once she left me. I did some hand signs and said "Wind and Water style: Cherry board!" With that said water came and started to make a shape of a snowboard beside me and to hold the water together the cherry petals formed together and made the board sleek red to it and the wind made the board float. Jumping on top of it and kicking off, I flew past Amu toward the egg. That is until Yoru had to come and get in my way.
"Hey, I need to speak with yo-" Get out of the way!" I shouted at Yoru successfully interrupting him, he still stood there I mean floated there? I cancelled the jutsu much to my dismay cause I mean it was really fun! But, somebody just had to stay there like a bad little kitty.
Landing on the ground gracefully in front of the kitty chara and felt Amu land beside me with no egg. "What do you want, Yoru?" Amu asked him with a annoyed look on her face.
But the brightened once she asked another question, "Is Ikuto hear as well?" while looking around to see if she could find him. I narrowed my eyes at the tone she used while asking that question. "Ah hold up trick you better keep your hands on Tadase and not my Kitty." I thought in my mind. Blinking my eyes a little bit, did I really just think that? Giving out a inner sigh "I think I'm falling in love with him, but I might not be here long and it's a mission. I must focus and not lolly gag like a love puppy." I thought in my head once again before focusing on the conversation in front of me.
"This key can open your lock-nya." Yoru said while pointing to Amu's Humpty Lock.
"Really?" Amu asked.
I just looked wondering to myself if it could work.
"Yeah, you can always count on me-nya. Now let's open it-nya." Yoru said while coming closer to Amu's lock. Sensing something going to happen, I quickly looked up to see the X-egg still there and coming toward us. Throwing my hands in fast signals for my Cherry barrier but, it seems that I was to slow or the egg was to fast. The egg came and swooped past us and caught the key around it's body and flew high into the sky.
"Nyah! It's got the key! It's got Ikuto's key. Oh he's going to be so mad!" Yoru yelled out frantically.
"That's Ikuto's?" I muttered looking at the key. I quickly snapped out once I saw the egg charging for Amu. Quickly as I could, I grabbed Yoru and Amu and pulled them to the side but, Since Amu was a little heavy and I wasn't using my chakra, I had used my body weight to pull them back. In the corner of my eye I saw the egg changing course and coming directly toward me. I narrowed my eyes at it and threw my hands together once again to try and perform the jutsu, but once again I was interrupted not by the egg but a handsome alley cat.
It felt like the time had stopped once Ikuto scooped me up into his arms and dodged the egg. Once the egg flew off, Ikuto put me down slowly and turned to his chara and flicked him in the forehead like I use to do to Amu.
"Baka, taking off with someone else's stuff…" Ikuto said to the smaller alley cat.
Then Ikuto said, " Now I'll go get it back." While his cat ears and tail came out and jumped after the egg. "Did he just save me?" I thought to myself while watching him leave.
"Amu-chan, let's go too." Ran said, successfully snapping me and the other pinkette out of our lands. "Yeah." Amu said while transforming into her Amulet Heart. Then taking off after Ikuto and the egg.
I gritted my teeth, "I'm always seeing everyone's back. Why don't you understand that I want you guys to see my back when I protect you all." I said thinking back on how Naruto and Sasuke would always protect me. Feeling tears coming from my eyes, I quickly wiped them away before they could fall. "Not this time, Naruto, Sasuke." I said before throwing my hands into another couple of hand signs. "Kage bunshin."
Quickly locating the egg and the direction it went in. I took to the roofs with my clones following me, taking a short cut. Once arriving I noticed that Ikuto and Amu haven't arrived yet.
Jumping in front of the egg, I caught it from flying off into another course. Since I couldn't purify it like Amu can, I just surrounded the egg so it couldn't fly away. Feeling Ikuto and Amu's presence at the ground and jumping at the same time and landing at the same time on the roof I was currently standing on.
"Good I won't stand out with my-" Amu was saying until she looked at the five of me. Since Ikuto was looking at her he didn't notice me yet. They both were shocked, rolling my eyes "You should have seen this coming, ever since my fight with Kabuto."
Quickly snapping out, Ikuto came up to one of my clones and stroked her hair making Amu glare at the clone. "She feels real." He muttered to himself. Since I wasn't paying attention to the egg and on Ikuto, it flew away from the circle and past me. Seeing that it was out of my reach, Amu said "Heart Rod." A pink stick came into her hand with a little heart at the top and bottom. Jumping up in the air she threw it at the egg. Pink glitter floated on top of it, making it freeze in place. Shapping her hands into a form of a heart she continued " Negative Heart: lock on! Open heart!" she said while thrusting her hands in front of her. When pink hearts flew from her hands flew toward the egg it began to get purified. Since the egg was being purified my clones disappeared. Watching the egg, I noticed that it still had Ikuto's lock and once it was purified it came off and started to fall. Amu noticed it, "I got it!" she yelled to us but, I knew that she would fall off the edge by the way it looked how far it was away from the building.
Putting chakra into my feet, I sprinted past Amu and jumped at the right moment to catch the key. Once grabbing it and holding it to my chest, I put more chakra into my feet so once I landed it wouldn't hurt my feet. Well that turned out to be useless once Ikuto caught me bridal style in his arms once again.
Once we landed and he didn't let me go, I gave him a questioning look. All he did was lean closer to my face then continued to my ear and whispered. "You must love to be in my arms, Koi."
I was kind of in a daze once he pulled away, but don't worry I snapped out of it and retorted with "You must love me being in your arms, If you keep putting me there." He smirked at my response and said "I would love it more if you were all mine, Koi." While looking me up and down. Shoving the lock into his hands and stepping away with a blush on my face, I muttered, "Oh god." While putting my hand over my heart to see if it could hold my racing heart. Until I thought about the mission. Calming myself down, I said, "Sorry to disappoint you, Ikuto but, that is not going to happen." Turning to walk away, I then jumped up onto a roof and stood there with my back toward Ikuto. I could feel his stare on my back, sending shivers down my back. Ignoring it, I walked over to a dazed Amu. Snapping my fingers in front of her face making her come back from cloud nine and back to earth.
"Neh, Amu-san what about Tadase?"I asked her once she was staring at me. I watched as her eyes light up and watched as she character change with Ran and flew the rest of the way back to the aquarium.
I let out a sigh.
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The bath felt really good. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed me a water bottle and a picture of team 7 before we got separated. I climbed onto the roof and laid the picture beside me and drunk a little of water before lying down on my back to star gaze.
I know definitely after today that I was getting stiff and not up to my full potential when executing some things. I need to start training somewhere so I could be prepared for the upcoming battle between Kabuto and I. "Your going down, Kabutops."
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