Naruto bared his teeth almost in a beastly way, growling loudly as he landed a punch to Sasuke's face. Recovering quickly, Sasuke countered with his sword, slashing the blonde's torso. Both of them littered with cuts and bruises, some far worse than others.
I don't know how long I can take much more of this. Naruto coughed as he stumbled back, avoiding another attack. Come on kid, don't give up on me now. Kyubi shouted, secretly worried for the safety of his King. After all if the King dies, then so does he, You cant lose!
Uchiha Sasuke, it seems you've reached your limit. Madara chuckled, he knew how to get this boy fighting, It seems all that training was worthless, your as weak as ever. Sasuke growled loudly, blocking Naruto's kick he threw the boy to a tree. Che, I'm not going to lose to a dobe like him. he stumbled his way toward Naruto's limp body. He held his sword over his head, ready to drive it through the fallen boy's chest. "This is the end." Naruto shot his head up, glaring.
"In your dreams." he kicked Sasuke's feet from under him. Standing up quickly he punched his face, again and again. They were so engross in their own battles they didn't notice their Courts fighting.
Karin glared at the girl in front of her, readying the needle launcher on her arm. This girl was good, but she wouldn't lose, not in front of her King. Hinata thought the same thing, her body littered with shallow cuts and a few needles. But she wouldn't, couldn't, let the pain get to her. Both Queens had an advantage over one another, but at the same time a weakness. With her short limbs Hinata could only reach so far with her marital arts skill she was trained in. Karin's weapon was good for both short and long distance fights, but if she let her get to close she would lose. But the farther they got from each other the harder it was to attack. They were at a stand still, waiting, challenging each other to attack.
For Suigetsu it was getting harder to ignore the burning in his arms as he swung his heavy sword down on the brown haired boy, only to have him dodge it. He could feel his body protest as he picked up his weapon ready to strike again, but he knew it would be useless. Kiba's speed had greatly increased with his power from his Card, making it easy to dodge the gigantic sword. But he couldn't keep running away, he was getting exhausted and if he got too close Suigetsu might just chop his head right off. No matter how slow he was, his sword wasn't something to mess around with.
Just like Kiba and Suigetsu, Haku and Juugo had a similar fight. While Haku was quick and nimble he could avoid Juugo's powerful fist and at the same time send handfuls of needles towards the large teen. But pain did nothing to affect Juugo's attacks, he didn't waver as needles pierced his body. He didn't think, only acted. His King needed him to fight, and fight he would to the very end. Haku was getting rather annoyed by this man's ability to ignore the obvious pain he was in. He sent another hand full of needles towards the boy as he charged him head on. The needles buried into his skin, but he didn't stop his attack. Juugo brought his needle filled arm across Haku's stomach sending him fly into a tree.
"Oh, that looked like it hurt." the female Joker commented watching Haku hold his arm which laid useless at his side, "Hm, his arm is broken in two places, but their clean breaks so it should heal faster." she giggled as she analyzed the other's injuries. "This is great, now if we only had some popcorn."
Hinata let out a scream of pain as 5 long needles embedded themselves on already battered body. "Hinata!" Naruto cried, whipping his head towards her. Kid, watch out. his eyes widened, barley dodging the cold steel of Sasuke's blade. You need to concentrate, you cant lose your focus kid. One false step and you'll be in the after life before you know it. But Hinata-chan. he turned his attention back to his fallen Queen. With trembling hands she removed each blood soaked needle, Don't worry about her, she'll be fine, you have your own battle to worry about. She is fighting for you, and she'll die for you, that is why you are her King!
Sasuke glared at the boy in front of him, his lips pulled back into a snarl. How dare he… how dare he turn his attention away from me. I am his opponent, King of the Black Hearts, his soon to be killer. How dare he turn his attention away from me. He dare think so lowly of me to turn his attention to another person while in battle with me. Does he think that person is more important than I. Sasuke drove the tip of his sword to the ground, slowly making his way to the other kind. His attention still on his fallen comrade. This will teach him to ignore me. he smirked as the boy yelped in pain as he was sent flying, a boot imprint on his chest. Hmm, nice kick. Sasuke couldn't agree more. His smirk widened as the blonde boy glared at him.
"You bastard!" Sasuke walked up to the boy, not bothering to pull his sword from the ground. Naruto charged him head on, the heat from his mark spread through his whole body. "I'm going to kill you."
Teach this boy a lesson, Uchiha Sasuke. Punish him, punish him for his disrespect, punish him like you punished that Black that night! Madara shouted in his head. With pleasure.
They exchanged blows, with each attack stronger than the last. They didn't seem to tire only grow stronger, they wouldn't die down. They were Kings, I wont lose! both with the same goal.
"What's wrong?" the female Joker looked up at her partner as he stood up, take her up with him.
"Can you feel that?" he looked down towards the fighting Courts then toward the pathway leading to the main road.
"What is it?" the girl waltzed to the end of the branch, looking in the same direction as her partner.
"Concentrate little doll, tell me what you see." her ruby red eyes scanned the forest, the path leading toward the road, and the road itself. Her eyes widened, her lips pulled into a tight frown. "We need to get them out of here."
"Yes understood." she readied herself on the branch, ready to leap down.
"It would be best if we called their guarding Knaves. I shall join you shortly. You have 2 minutes to clean the clearing of everything." the girl giggled.
"2 minutes, please, don't underestimate me my dear brother." the man smirked at her.
"We shall see little doll." disappearing into the passing wind. This battle had to end, humans were not allowed to know of the games. Stop the Kings or kill the couple walking towards them.
"I think the latter of the 2 is better, more fun. But alas." she sighed to her self and jumped.
Sasuke and Naruto gave a battle cry as they ran towards each other, their eyes were mad, each ready to kill the other. Their fist made contact, Naruto's to Sasuke's cheek and Sasuke's to Naruto's stomach. They both went flying.
"Sasuke/Naruto!" their courts shouted, running to their injured King's.
Sasuke held his broken jaw, it pained him to coughing into his hand. He looked down to see 3 of his teeth, bloodied and out of his mouth. This made Karin gasp as Suigetsu growled in anger. On Naruto's side, his Court couldn't do anything but watch him cough up mouthfuls of blood. Hinata tried to sooth him as best as she could, rubbing his back, watching him helplessly.
"You bastard!" the Court of the White Spades formed a wall around their King as Suigetsu charged at them with his gigantic sword. Kiba sprinted towards him, no way he was going to let him anywhere near his King. Suigetsu raised his sword over his head, while Kiba brought his claw like hand in front of him, ready to claw out Suigetsu's warm beating heart.
"Wow." everyone froze, their attention to the giggling girl between the 2 Knaves. Time seemed to stop, the Joker only giggled at the looks on their faces. Suigetsu started with wide eyes when did she, where did she come from. Kiba tried to rip his hand out of her iron like grip, but found it useless. Who is this girl, he thought. She giggled again releasing his hand and Suigetsu's sword.
She made her way towards Naruto's frail figure, he started at her from the corner of his eye, unable to move. She reached to towards him only to be stopped by Kiba who bared his teeth much like a beast. "Aww, just like a little puppy protecting its master." she purred out. "Tell me King of Hearts." she gently cupped Sasuke's bruised face. What the hell she was 20ft away, when did she move.
"Stay away from him!" Karin shouted, swing her arm toward the masked women. She didn't like how close she was getting to her King.
She flipped away landing in her original spot in the middle of the clearing. A pout grew on her lips as a mischievous look filled her ruby eyes, "well that was just plain rude." she closed her eyes, her lips were moving but no sound escaped from them. Moments pasted and the girl still did not move.
"Who the hell are you?" Karin shouted, she had enough of this girl, but the girl did not respond. She tried to stand up only to fail, "What the…" she and everyone else in the clearing gasped, the world around them started to twist and turn. The grass became blue and trees adorn rainbow colored leaves, the ground disappeared from under them. All sense of reality, their grip on the world was slowly slipping. The Jokers red painted lips formed a smirk, never did she spot chanting her silent spell.
Hinata couldn't help but scream a little, not only was Naruto's now unconscious body falling towards the ground, but there was no ground around them, everyone seemed to be floating in mid air only the masked girl stood straight. She made a grab for Naruto only to come up a few inches short. She gave a short cry as his body fell out of her reach.
"All you need to do is relax," the Joker purred opening her ruby eyes. "Rest up, I'll take care of the Kings. You don't have to worry about anything." it was then that the Courts noticed her arms wrapped around their Kings. Their bodies leaning against her, "I'll take good care of them." she purred once again.
They all tried to move towards her, their attempts failing. Their vision grew dark, Hinata was one of the last to succumb to the darkness. A golden 'J' carved into the masked women's chest burned into her mind.
Kyubi couldn't help but tremble at the sight of the person in front of him, Madara as well was having a hard time keeping calm. The air in the perfect white room was constricting, making it hard for both card to think to even breath.
"You don't seem to happy to see me." the girl pouted, draping her body over the plush fainting couch in front of the perfect white room. "I don't bite. Why don't you take a seat." just like before 2 black chair rose from the ground. "Would any of you like something to eat, a drink perhaps." they shook their heads no, silence fell in the perfect white room.
"Why, if I may ask, have you called as dearest Joker." Madara only received a smile.
"I do hope I wasn't troubling you by calling you here." she smiled again, "I only wanted to know how you two are feeling. After all your King's are quite injured."
"Will they be alright?" Kyubi asked speaking for the first time.
"Oh yes, their just fine. We treated most of their wounds, they just need some rest, that is all." both cards let a sigh of relief past their lips. "It seems you two have fallen, your skills, do you know how close those human's were."
"Do forgive us…"
"This time, I am a little more lenient than the others. If it had been another, both of you would already be burning, thrown down to suffer in the lowest pits of hell, in its eternal flames." the two beings held their breaths, "You must not forget this rule of the Game. Death is the only punishment, Card or Man…"
"We do thank you for the warning dearest Joker. We promise to do a better job of informing our King's the next time…" Madara scanned the women's body, the golden 'J' carved just above her breast, her black attire that only emphasis the goddess like body she possessed. The beautifully crafted mask that hid her face but did not hide the beauty, the flawlessness of her heart shaped face. He finally stopped at her eyes, her ruby red eyes.
"Joker, you never did tell us your name." Kyubi whispered, almost afraid to know what sin laid before them. The powers demonstrated in the clearing were nothing but basic tactics. She, as well as the other Jokers, had the power of a King, perhaps stronger. They could easily take down a whole army, not even The King could stop them.
"I am the uncontrolled desire, overmastering, passionate want," she threw her head back to laugh, twisting her body is a seductive fashion. The two Cards, urrg had they been another… "Lasciviousness," she tilted her head to look at them, "I'm am Joker Lust." her finger brushed the golden mark on her chest.
"How fitting." Kyubi commented, this girl was indeed Lust, she was the lust in the games. He could see 2 or more Kings fighting for her, she could very well be the reason for the deaths of hundreds. His own King included. "You, child, could very well end our lives." she smiled sweetly at them.
"I know…" the perfect white room started to crumbled around them, but none moved. Kyubi closed his eyes as did Madara as they felt a tug at their very being. They returned back into their cards, back into their own little world.
"Do not forget, this is the last warning I shall give you…Humans can not know of our Games."
Her soft hands ran through his ebony locks, they traveled down, stopping to stroke his pale cheek before continuing their journey down once again. Her fingers down his neck, along his collarbone, stopping once again, this time over his heart. With one finger she began to follow the lines of the black heart burned onto his chest, it was hot to the touch but she did not mind. "Sasuke-kun." she purred slowly, her hand leaving his naked chest. He grunted from the lost of warmth. "Sasuke-kun." he slowly opened his eyes.
He followed the arm up to the main body, then traced her collar bone with his eyes, her neck and slowly making his way up to her face. He said nothing at fist, but he quietly raised a hand, wanting to make sure that his eyes were not playing with him. His fingers brushed her cheek, "Sasuke-kun." he was about to cup her face…
"Sasuke-kun!" said boy shot up from his bed, quickly regretting it as pain shot through his whole body. "Sasuke-kun." Karin patted his back as he coughed.
"I see your awake." Sasuke raised his head.
"Kakashi." he looked around his surrounds, he was in his room the members of his court standing around him.
"How do you feel, Sasuke-sama?" he pushed Karin's hand away and address Juugo. "What happened?"
"We were about to ask you the same thing." Suigetsu made his way to the foot of the bed. "One minute I was about to attack the mutt looking kid and the next thing I knew the ground started to turn purple." Sasuke gave him a questionable look.
"Suigetsu what about that girl?" Karin growled, "There was a girl there right. Dressed in black."
"Yeah I remember know."
"A girl?" his dream came rushing back to him. "What did she look like?"
"Sorry King but I didn't see her face." Juugo also shook his head.
"There was nothing special about her!" Karin shouted.
"If you say so. But Sasuke you should of seen it she stopped my sword and mutt boy with her bear hands!"
"Do any of you remember seeing anything special about the girl?" Kakashi asked bring over a glass of water, handing it to Sasuke.
"Not that I can really remember…"
"Kakashi how did we end up here. Were we not at the clearing." Kakashi nodded his head.
"Yes, you were at the clearing fighting the Court of the White Spades, you were all severely injured but don't worry your all fine know." Sasuke ran his tongue in his mouth, feeling all if his teeth intact.
"That doesn't answer my question!" Sasuke growled.
"Forgive me. You were brought here and healed by…"
"Naruto-kun." said boy opened his blue eyes, only to find himself in a flower covered field. He stood up brushing his pants. "Naruto-kun." he turned around, seeing no one. He heard a giggle behind him. But before he could turn around he felt a pair of small arms wrap out his body. At first he tensed up but relaxed to the body behind him, he assumed was female. The figure pulled herself closer to him, he could feel the curve of her breast, oh yeah definitely female. "Naruto-kun" she called out again, he could feel her hands pull at the end of his shirt, shortly after felling her warm hands brushing over his stomach where the Mark of the White Spade was carved into his skin. He bit back a moan as she ran her finger along the mark.
He grabbed her hands, gentle pulling away from her so he could face her. He brought her hands to his lips, kissing the tips of her long elegant fingers. He smiled as she giggled. "Naruto-kun…"
"Naruto!" Naruto screamed in surprise, causing him to fall off his bed. He groaned in pain, "Oh god Naruto!" he felt 2 pairs of arms lifting him back onto the bed.
"Damn it Kiba don't ever wake me up like that again!"
"Well its good to see that your alright Naruto." Naruto turned to look at Haku, his eyes widened at the sight of his friend's arm resting in a sling.
Haku gave a reassuring smile, "This is nothing, its almost healed, just a little bruised." Naruto looked at the others in the room, each cover with some bandages but none looked to badly hurt.
"Naruto-sama, you should lie down. You were the most injured." Yamato pushed him back on the bed.
"What happened?"
"Yes, after the fight with the other court. Do any of you remember seeing a girl dressed in black." they all nodded. "Do any of you remember anything special about her."
"Besides the fact she kicked our asses, no not really." Kiba was still irate at her little comment.
"She had a golden 'J' on her chest." Hinata whispered quietly. Yamato nodded in approval.
"Yes, the golden 'J' is just like the marks on your skin. She too is part of the Games." Their eyes widened.
"Who was she? Was she a member of another Court?"
"No she dose not belong to any Court."
"So she's not an enemy?"
"Yes and no."
"What does that mean?"
"She was the one who brought you here."
"She was the one that healed us."
"Yes, you would be dead with out her."
"Who is she. If she not a friend or enemy?"
"She is a Joker."
"Joker?"
"Yes she and her partner enforce the rules."
"There's another one."
"He was the one who called me here."
"Are they dangerous."
"Yes."
"They could be the death of you." Both Yamato and Kakashi started at the Courts. "The sins of the Games."
Her eyes fluttered open, her acute senses hymned over years of training, as light foot steps passed by her bedroom door. She rolled out of her bed, adjusting her short night gown, glided across the room. Opening the door, down to the first floor, just before the door swung open. "Are you going some where?"
"Ah, little doll did I awaken you." he was in front of her before the door even shut. "Do forgive me, I did not mean to arouse you from your slumber." his hand stroking her silky locks.
"Where are you going?" bringing up the subject once again.
"To China…" she gave him a questioning look, "I must check on the other King and his Court."
"And what about the other…"
"Yes them as well. I shall return in week's time. Keep an eye on the King of Hearts and King of Spades, who know what they'll do the next time they meet." he descended down the stairway. "Do try to keep out of trouble little doll."
She leaned on the railing, giving him a coy smile, "I shall try my best." causing the man to chuckle.
"You shouldn't worry to much. I do hope you enjoy your trip."
"Please do promise to keep out of trouble." She smiled at him.
"That would be a lie, a false promise…" he sighed but did nothing as she turned on her heels and entered her room once again, crawling under the covers. Her eyes flashed a cunning, dangerous ruby red. "Oh, I shall enjoy this week…" her black mask glistened under the moonlight.
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