Scroll 8, Developments

Author's note: this chapter is rated NC-17 for intimate actions.

Shozaku was momentarily stunned by Yukari's sudden change and her trying to knock him off his feet. He ended up on his knees, his body heavily leaned back as she crawled up over him and grinded against him. He really enjoyed the feeling, and if it wasn't for her present state he wouldn't mind letting her continue. As rare as it was, some things had a tendency to bring out Shozaku's dominant side; this was one of them. He took a deep breath, and moved quickly. He slid out from under Yukari, pushing with his legs to get her onto her knees, then rolled around and stood up, putting his hand on her curse-seal.

Given the time and what he wanted to do, he couldn't do anything much or extravagant, but he did lock it enough so she wouldn't get any worse or out of control and made it so that it would be easier for him to mess with later if need be. As he did this, he pushed forward so that Yukari would be on her hands and knees in front of him, settling onto his knees behind her. Gambling hands slid up her legs, squeezing her ass, and settling on her hips with a good grip. He grinded against her from behind.

"You know Yukari; I've always thought you had a really nice ass…"

"For real!" Yukari's voice worked again as her mouth was free. "We've just met and you've shang-highed me to the Sunagakure and tell me that I have a fine ass?" She'd giggle, still dealing with her partial amnesia. "You know how to fish for sex, don't you, Gambler-san."

It mattered little as she was still overheated with pleasure Shozaku had zapped into her chakra system. Having had her curse mark shut down, Yukari's red eyes blinked as her system cooled a mere degree. She now was in control, but still wanting more.

"Huh? Gambler-chan, get your stick over here, I'm not done yet…" She licked her wet lips, still tasting the musky treasure he gave her throat. "I'm not done yet at all…"

She blinked again as she buried her hands into the warm sand, feeling her rear being gripped by this not-well-known Gambler. Yea, Amnesia sucked…like her…

Shozaku raised an eyebrow, slapping her ass with both hands and using it to stand himself up, walking around until he was in front of her once more. He knelt down until it was pointing at her face, directly at her mouth.

"Yukari…you talk too much sometimes…" he said as his hands ran back through her hair once more. He leaned forward, pulling her in slightly, until he was either pushing against her lips or the tip was in her mouth. "If you want it so badly…here you go." The hapless gambler sighed, enjoying the feeling of her mouth once more; debating on whether or not to take control himself this time or let her work her magic.

Yukari's mouth curled more into a smile as she shifted her legs forward, letting her nude rear sit on her heels as she reached, once again, for that stiff rod of the Gambler. Placing her open orifice back onto the wet appendage, she shoved it in her mouth as far as it could go, using the back of her throat to squeeze the tip.

Shozaku had had enough. He'd been without any for days which was unusual, so he'd already been pent up. He'd been trying to hold back so he could gain time with Yukari.

Then she started doing things he didn't expect, so that weakened him further, and he'd already gone on a bit longer than he should due to her curse-mark suddenly flaring up. He started to climax into her throat, pulling back just long enough so some of it splashed over her tongue before pushing it back as deep as it could go and letting it all go.

The entire time, one hand was on her head and the other was on her shoulder, sending waves of pleasure-chakra all over her body. He wanted her to associate this with a good feeling, hopefully giving him the chance to do this again, if not go further sometime in the future.

In an act that would assuredly fix things between her and her cousin, should Usagi be there to witness; the Uzaruki heiress allowed all of Shozaku's fluid to be swallowed into her system. The otherwise reserved kunoichi was enjoying the taste of him and took as much as she could, unable to stop the rivets that trickled from the corners of her mouth.

"Yum…such…thickness…" She didn't know what else to say as she pulled back to lick her lips. Then, looking up to Shozaku, she felt her system violently reject the gift. Leaning over to vomit what she just had swallowed, Yukari's eyes teared up in embarrassment and shame – her body wasn't used to this kind of salty intake and rebelled against it.

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Breathing heavily, almost raggedly, Auron was slowly walking up towards the Sand village. He was covered in gashes, his body was mostly black right now, and he was moving with a limp as quickly as he could. He saw the faint outline of Temari, and a strange dome of earth, and tried to wave but lacked the energy. He couldn't call out because anything more than breathing was too painful.

He used the last of his energy to do a black-light. It was daylight, so people would be more likely to notice an absurd amount of darkness in the middle of a desert, which is what he did. It flared up momentarily, like a flare but the opposite, and he fell over, barely conscious.

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Sheena's chains were the only thing holding her up now as Kankuro worked his puppeteer magic. She was holding on hard, her other hand digging into Kankuro's shoulder as she arced her back, her mind going blank for a moment as Kankuro's efforts came to fruition and the girl had the first orgasm of her life.

The scary part was, the chains didn't let go of Kankuro after that. If anything else, they only seemed to curl further around his legs while Sheena's mind was gone in a momentary euphoria. It might be about then that Kankuro would notice a little symbol high up on Sheena's inner thigh; the one for 'Darkness.'

Kankuro, having used Karasu and more puppeteer work, managed to bring down the top half of the earth dome and looked up at his sister as he gently brought Sheena into his arms; letting her bask in the afterglow of his work.

"Hey, can I have a blanket here, Temari?" Kankuro's face and body still betrayed him; the bulge back in his pants, but he spoke more. "Ninjutsu at six O'clock, Konoha idiot." He addressed Shikamaru as the puppeteer master spotted Auron and his inky black cover.

Sheena curled a bit, wrapping her arms around Kankuro and her legs around his waist. This time it wasn't sexual, just a way for her to hang onto him. Her chains did re-wrap back around her body as she leaned in close to whisper into his ear.

"I'm done for now…but not yet done with you." She nuzzled into his neck after she spoke, her arms getting a bit of a better, almost possessive, grip on him.

Kankuro rolled his eyes at Temari as she laughed, sending Shikamaru to investigate the collapsed ninja that was close by.

"You are most certainly done girly, I've used a paralyzing jutsu on you until we find out just what the hell is going on here." Kankuro was not only pissed at himself, the situation, and the timing of more Sand Ninja, but at Temari and Shikamaru as well – for them being there to cut short his new-found fun.

Standing up and nodding gruffly to the questioning ninja, Kankuro handed Sheena off to a female ninja and turned to the dog that was currently humping Karasu.

"What a dumb dog…" Kankuro sighed again and bent down to pick up the dog; assuming it was with the girl.

Sheena's eyes hardened; and a pair of chains once more wrapped around Kankuro's legs, even as she was handed over. Due to a jutsu she hadn't felt reach its full effects until just now, she couldn't move or talk all too well, but it was clear that she was pissed. More so in that the chains shoved the women she'd been handed to away. One lone chain was slowly dragging her back towards him and her puppy. It seemed forcefulness wasn't the way to go with her at the moment.

"What the hell!" Kankuro turned and looked surprised at Sheena dragging herself at him. Dropping the dog and reaching out to halt her advance, he scowled at Temari as she fell on her ass laughing.

"Shut the hell up, Temari, I'm serious!" Kankuro looked helplessly at the other Sand ninja as the girl, once again, leeched onto him.

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Having fallen forward, Shikamaru would see that Auron's back was little more than messed up. It had the tip of a large spike in it, and in several places it looked like…eyes with teeth had just latched onto him. They weren't active, they were just stuck. The sand around him was quickly growing redder the longer he lay there.

Shikamaru called over a few of his Sand ninja allies and motioned to the unconscious ninja.

"What do you think of this?" He would ask.

Auron held his leaf-head band in his right hand; that would really be the only way to tell he was from the leaf village. There was the cracked remains of his ANBU mask strapped to his pants. He didn't wear it when on a mission like this, but he still kept it. His chakra spent, his body returned to its normal multi-colored nature. As it did so, the eyes on his back seemed to come to life, biting and slowly digging into him once more, causing his body to twitch with pain.

One of Kakashi's hounds came running into Shikamaru's view as the chuunin sighed and ran a hand over his slicked back hair. It was so troublesome being a chuunin.

"Alright, if you'd help Temari-san with the girl and meet me at the Medical center, I'll see to this one here." Shikamaru nodded to the quiet sand ninja as she angled back towards Temari, Kankuro, Barokendo and Sheena and Reena.

"Such a waste of a nice day…" Shikamaru sighed and made to kick off the offending eyes on his fellow ninja's back.

The eyes came off easily enough; shriveling into nothingness once they hit the sand. Auron himself remained passed out though. It seems that wasn't just a temporary condition. The most active thing about him was that he gripped the headband rather tightly, as though refusing to let it go.

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Kakashi, Usagi and Baki all jumped in to aid the stumbling Kazekage.

"Kazekage-sama!" Baki inquired as Gaara's head snapped up and he ensconced Usagi; bringing her closer to his confused body. The black-rimmed eyes glared into red ones as inexperienced lips caught their second kiss ever.

Yamira blinked in surprise, looking around for a moment to see everybody else's reactions before moving in to stop this herself. She'd been there the whole time, but she'd let everybody else take care of it all, her head still trying to wrap-around the whole situation. She pulled Usagi away from Gaara, and gently pushed Gaara towards Baki.

"I think that one's yours to take care of, isn't he?" Yamari asked.

Usagi, having been terrified for her life as the once-psychotic killer of the Sand-now-Kazekage had drawn her in and kissed her full on the lips. She was not Naruto nor was she Yukari; both of who saw the possibility of goodness in Gaara. Instead, she was still dreadfully afraid of him…enough so to trigger 'morning' sickness and lose her meager lunch in the barely met toilet.

"OH MY GOD! I am quitting this mission due to the Kazekage wanting to kill me!" Usagi screamed at the males in the room. Kakashi sighed tiredly and brought his hand to his face. Usagi was worlds apart in personality to his Yukari-chan.

Snapping his head up and looking around to not see Yukari, Joma, Sheena, Reena nor Shozaku, Kakashi cursed to himself.

"Damn it, I knew this would happen; the enemy separating our strength." Kakashi muttered to himself; wishing either he had his Team 7 with him or Genma; other males he was comfortable working with. Hani wasn't around either, another minus.

"Summoning no Jutsu." Kakashi summoned his hounds and ignored the glare of the now over-crowded room. Three hounds plus Pakkun sat, ready for orders.

"Yo, boss, didja girl ditch you again?" the pug's tired face tilted sideways to look at the people in the room. "Uhm, why is she puking her guts out in there?"

Kakashi paused to look at a problem he would address momentarily. "That's not Yukari, Pakkun. You know that…"

"Right, she does smell different." Pakkun stated the now obvious. "So, what's the problem?"

"I need you to find some missing ninja for me, namely Yukari…"

"Yukari-chan, right boss?" Pakkun interrupted.

"Shikamaru and Temari…" Kakashi's glare of doom shut his dog up as the jounin finished his statement. "The four of you are to split up and search the entrance of Sunagakure. GO!"

Leaving no room for talk, Kakashi ordered his hounds to begin immediately: which was excellent timing; for more Sand ninja entered the room carrying Hani; laying the woman on a medical bed.

Wydra woke up herself, as everything came flooding back to her. Moments later, Usagi would have a bathroom buddy as Wydra puked her guts out alongside the rabbit-nin.

"Dang it, Wydra-san, what's wrong with you?" Usagi finished vomiting and wiped her mouth on an offered towel. "Thanks Med-nin-san." The Rabbit-Lady said to the female Sand Med-nin.

"Kakashi-san, PLEASE tell me the Kazekage isn't going to kill me…" The red-eyed cousin of Yukari sighed as she refused to look anywhere near the doorway – the vestibule had Gaara retained in its frame as the Kazekage was leaning against Baki as a medical ninja examined his eyes.

"No, Usagi-san, the Kazekage is not going to kill you." Kakashi exhaled evenly. "Nor is anyone else going to attempt your life. I will, however, tell the Hokage of your attempt to abandon your mission if you seriously consider doing so."

"You're not joking are you, Sensei-san?" Usagi's eyes turned uncertain as the jounin sat down on a bed, looking at her with an eye unreadable.

"No, I'm not. I'll also remember to tell the Hokage of your pranks against Yukari-chan…it could be considered insubordination against your betters." Kakashi had brought his frustrations out now and intended to address them. "If I catch you once more acting against Yukari in any way, I shall send you back to the academy." Using his intimidation voice, Kakashi didn't at all mean it; but Usagi didn't have to know that.

"NO!" The kunoichi blanched in horror. "I will not go back to that kid-brat-infested place!"

"Good then, we understand each other." Kakashi lazily turned to look at Hani's unconscious form. "No more pranks against Yukari-chan and I'll most likely forget the whole thing."

Usagi stood up, wobbling on her feet as she turned to help Wydra up. Yukari's senshi wasn't a push over like her own; Okamizu wouldn't threaten her like this.

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Sheena didn't have much control over own body, but she did manipulate the chains until she was wrapped around him again, glaring at Temari. She nuzzled once more against Kankuro, and promptly fell asleep in his arms. She'd been through a lot recently, but felt comfortable enough to lose consciousness, saying only:

"Baro's back…everything's okay now…" before she passed out.

Temari would suddenly find herself covered by an extremely large shadow. A voice, a very intimidating one usually only heard when speaking to demons, spoke.

"I'd appreciate it if you didn't laugh at my sister's misfortune; and by appreciate: if you don't stop I'll kill you." The man had just risen straight out of the ground. His normally intimidating presence was made only worse by his arms being visible, the large demonic hands at the end of his limbs covered in various colors of blood, as well as the rest of his body.

That, and he seemed to be missing his trade-mark spikes. Though, there were still large holes all over his body. He was standing right behind Temari, looking down at her with murderous, yet exhausted eyes. It seems that whatever fight he'd been in was either over, or had been stopped. His right hand seemed to be closed over something though, and it kept moving as if whatever he was holding was struggling.

"Chill out, friend." Temari stopped laughing and stood up to her feet. "I was laughing at my sibling not yours." Shifting the huge fan on her back, the Sand kunoichi looked down at Kankuro. "You ok down there, lover-boy?"

"I'LL KILL YOU TEMARI!" Kankuro and the other ninja leapt up next to Temari and Barokendo.

"I assume this girl is your comrade?" Kankuro looked oddly at Barokendo; as if the puppet master willed himself to withhold the secret of making out with Sheena. Holding Reena, the other ninja merely nodded in fear at Barokendo.

"She won't see it that way." Baro paused as the one his sister was attached to, joined them. He had a rather confused look on his face, as much of it could be seen amidst the blood and bruises. He tapped Sheena on the head, waking her for moment.

"Why choose – through all your previous fears and scarring – him?"

Sheena blinked, looking up at her elder brother.

"He was nice to me…seemed to care more about me and doing something for me even though I thought I wanted something else; almost like everything father did was a lie. Made me feel like it's not…bad to be what I am…" She bent her head so she'd just be staring directly into Kankuro's shoulder. Barokendo took a deep breath and nodded, looking down at Kankuro:

"Later, when I have recovered and taken care of my other family business…" he said as he gave his hand a squeeze, stopping the struggling for a moment. "You and I will have words, Puppeteer…" He turned, walking off into the desert in Shikamaru's direction. As he passed them, he pulled the spike out of Auron's back and just kept going. The giant ninja swayed as he walked; as if sore from his unviewed battle. The scary thing was; Barokendo had promised both Yukari and Kankuro an 'exchanging of words' about his youngest sister, Sheena; the man was serious about it too.

"What?" Kankuro sputtered to his defense. "What the hell are you talking about, girl? You came onto me…" Red went well with Kankuro's purple face-markings as the older chuunin blushed as Sheena plaintively spoke of their joining. "You and your dog are crazy, what is your problem?"

"Oh Kankuro, be nice on the girl, she likes you!" Temari smiled and reached in to ruffle Sheena's longer, straighter hair. "Don't cha Chibi-san." The spiky-haired kunoichi moved to help Shikamaru hoist the unconscious Auron between themselves as they, Kankuro, Sheena and Reena all followed Barokendo back towards the village.

"I'm so going to kill you, Temari; would you just shut up!" The befuddled Puppet-Master raged uselessly.

"I'd help, Kankuro, if I could get away with it." Shikamaru opened his mouth. Temari sniffed and released Auron. The extra weight threw Shikamaru off, as he sagged under the unconscious ninja. He moved to fix that error and stood straight again.

"I see you've taken it upon yourself to carry your comrade, how brave of you, Shikamaru-kun!" Temari laughed at the black-haired Konoha ninja. Running ahead of them, Temari left Auron in Shikamaru's hands as the ninja boy sighed in aggravation.

"Troublesome woman…bleh."

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Shozaku smiled as Yukari took it, and sighed as she leaned over and coughed it all back out. Then again, the kunoichi had never done this before so he didn't really expect her to go even this far. He looked around, quickly retrieving all of their things, and held out his shirt to her.

"Use this to wipe yourself off; I've got something you can drink since the taste doesn't agree with your stomach. Your things are right here when you're ready to go. I hope I wasn't too rough on you. You should let me return the favor sometime since I was the only one pleasured today." The gambler informed her; hoping she'd be okay.

"Hell, I'm sorry Gambler-san, really I am…I just…didn't know what to expect." Yukari's face blushed under his scrutiny. "Never done it before really…" Nor did reading bits and pieces of Icha-Icha Paradise help her any as she never managed to hold on to a copy long enough to learn anything important – such as how to handle man seed in the mouth.

"It was…interesting…" She'd wipe her mouth off with his shirt and struggled to stand. "…oh hi, Pakkun-chan…how long have you been there?"

"Hi there, Yukari-chan…not as long as his stick if that's any measurement…" The pug sat there watching them without judgment as he had found the person Kakashi had sent him to find. "You should try that stuff on Kakashi-boss, lady, boss would love it-"

"SHUT UP!" Yukari made to kick the dog, but Pakkun was wise enough to read that her legs were in no condition to be of threat.

The dog merely stood up again – if the pug had even sat on his squat little rump – and panted at Yukari. "Whoa there, lady Kakashi would kill me if you broke something…"

Yukari swayed and landed softly against Shozaku's chest, growling at the pug. "Whatever, doggie. Let's go have…words with Kakashi as to why I'm here."

Yukari spoke of her partial amnesia. She was missing all of what had happened from the moment of first meeting Shozaku and Skiminachi at the Ichiraku Shack till she woke up in wounded status in the entrance of Sunagakure. The fall had shaken her head enough to give injury. A red-faced Yukari, a half-nude Shozaku and a pug all made their way off the top of the canyon and into the village.

Shozaku just laughed, reaching out an arm to help Yukari up and stabilize her when she went to kick Pakkun. The Gambler read her face enough to know that her lack of memory would be a future problem; one he had no clue of how to solve at the moment, but hoped a solution would form later.

"It's always interesting the first time, like most new things. Come on, we should probably get to the village like you were mission-ed to escort us to." Shozaku said as he started walking towards the village himself. He smiled, hoping the dog wouldn't tell Kakashi what he'd seen; or that Kakashi tried to kill him if the jounin ever found out. That would be a very weird fight indeed.

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Wydra latched onto Usagi's arm for support, blinking in confusion as she wiped whatever was left from her mouth.

"What…happened? I don't remember much and everything feels kind of wrong…"

"You went boy-crazy and kissed the Kazekage…" Usagi blanched as Gaara now stared…coldly…at her as he stood on his own. "I think you might have some internal injury. Ah so good of you to join us, bitc…" Usagi's nose wrinkled as she turned around to face an entering Yukari, Pakkun and Shozaku.

"Oh…My GOD! For real!" the bi-red-eyed girl stepped over to Yukari and smelled her cousin's mouth. "Unbelievable!"

"Usagi-san, what did I say about pestering her?" Kakashi nodded gracefully as the trio entered the room. "So glad to see you two in one piece, nice work Pakkun."

"Hey boss, you should have seen the way I found them!" Pakkun opened HIS big mouth, dodging another kick-attempt from Yukari.

"Shozaku is horrible at first-aid." The Pug finished with a poof of being dispelled.

"What the hell is SHE doing here!" Yukari pointed to Usagi in fear; placing Shozaku between her and Usagi.

"Yukari-chan?" Kakashi's masked face smiled for a moment. The moment dragged out and the jounin grew concerned as his Yukari continued to show fear at her cousin's presence. "I promise Uzaruki-san is not going to kill you, Yukari-chan."

"Like hell she isn't…oh god…what is going on here! Who are they!"

The Uzaruki heiress pointed to the inert body of Hani, Yamira and Wydra's new feminine form. Yukari's lack of knowledge of the situation made Kakashi's face grow even sourer as he looked to Shozaku for an explanation.