My Heart's Lavender Eyes
"Normal speech"
'Thought'
Kyuubi
Other enormous beings
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"Disclaimer"
I do not own Naruto or any affiliation there being, I am doing this fanfic because I enjoy making this story, not for profit (which I do not get by the way)
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Chapter 17:
Operation: Sasuke P3
"..."
Everyone sat in silence as they waited for their leader to wake up.
"..."
A few more minutes past and Kiba started to look a little bit edgy, he was sitting on a log next to Shino and was fidgeting uncontrollably.
Everyone noticed his awkward fidgeting, and they just wanted to sit in their seats and wait for Kakashi, Kiba was making it difficult. Kurenai was about to say something, but Kiba beat her to it.
"RAAARGH!! I can't take it anymore!" shouted Kiba as he got up from his seat and paced around the fire.
"Calm down Kiba." said Shino calmly from his seat.
"How am I supposed to do that?! I NEED to move, I NEED to exercise, I NEED..." said Kiba as he was interupted by a black blur from behind Kakashi's mask.
(Smack!)
A giant spider latched onto his face.
"..."
"A FREAKING GIANT SPIDER ON MY FACE!" screamed Kiba as he ran around the fire.
"So, what are we going to do while Kakashi is unconscious?" asked Lee as he sat on his seat boringly.
"Well, we could play a board game..." suggested TenTen.
"THE ODDS! WHAT ARE THE ODDS!?" shouted Kiba as he continued to run around with his hands on his face trying to pull off the spider.
"We don't have one..." interupted Gai as he put his hand on his chin to think.
"Hmmm...What are we going to do?..." asked Kurenai as she pondered about it with them.
"HELP KIBA!!" shouted Kiba as he continued to run around.
"We could run a few tests on Naruto while he's still asleep..." suggested Gai.
"WHY WON'T YOU HELP ME?!" shouted Kiba.
"We only have chakra and blood transfusion equipment, otherwise, it's just bandages and splints." said Sakura casually from behind Gai.
"When did you get up?" asked Kakashi.
"When did SHE get up? No, the question is when did YOU get up?!" asked Kurenai incredulously as she noticed the newly awakened Kakashi.
"About the same time that spider flew out of my mask...weird huh?" said Kakashi as he adjusted his mask.
"YOU PEOPLE DISGUST ME!" shouted Kiba as he continued to run around.
Suddenly Kisame appeared from out of the trees and landed in front of Kiba stopping him and picking him up with one hand.
"(sigh)For god sake..." said Kisame as he pulled the spider from Kiba face and then dissapeared in a blue blur.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stood or sat there in shock, except for Kiba who didn't seem one bit shocked by the shark-man's sudden appearance.
"Oh sure, my friends won't help me, but my enemy will?!" exclaimed Kiba.
"Sorry Kiba, but after a while, we just try to tune you out..." reassured Shino.
"I had a freaking spider on my head!" exclaimed Kiba as he put his hands on his head, rubbing the spot where the spider had latched on.
"Yeah, sorry, we just kinda got used to you making loud noises that we tend to ignore" said Sakura as she stood next to everyone else near the middle of the ring of logs.
"Who was that anyway?" asked Lee from behind Gai.
"That was Kisame, from the land of waves in the hidden mist village, height 195 cm, weight 83.1 kg, blood type AB, Current member of the Akatsuki Organization, Former Mist Seven member, Wields large head-cleaving sword named Samehada, and is an S-Ranked criminal." said Kakashi quickly as he stood up from his kneeling position to meet some astounded eyes.
"..."
"Wow..." said Kiba as he walked over to Kakashi.
Everyone else quickly stood up from their seats and took defensive positions except Kakashi.
"Yeah, wow! How are we going to defend ourselves against him?" asked TenTen.
"We won't need to." said Kakashi casually.
"What do you mean, he's going to come in here, and cut off my head!" shouted Kiba, who was over-reacting.
"And after I die, when my head hits the ground with a sickening thud, that damn spider will probably fly out of my ass and eat it!" ranted Kiba who was now pacing about as though he were a teacher in a classroom.
Suddenly Kurenai jumped forward and pinched his neck. Kiba fell over unconscious, and she grabbed his feet and threw him into a body bag, which she shoved into her own supply bag.
Evryone gave her a look of suprise.
"Holy crap! I know he was annoying, but you didn't have to knock him out!" said Kakashi, defending Kiba.
Kurenai was about to say something back, but when she looked into his eyes she blushed and turned away.
Kakashi saw this, but didn't know what to think.
'Hmmm... what she so shy about all of the sudden?' thought Kakashi as he scratched his head.
"Wait, Kakashi, doesn't Kisame usually travel with Itachi?" asked Gai as he walked up to Kakashi.
"Itachi Uchiha, missing nin, land of fire from the hidden leaf village, blood type..." said Kakashi.
"We know, we get it!" interupted Sakura as she sat back down onto a log behind her.
"Anyways, since they came into our camp without fighting us, I'd asume that they don't want to fight, so we don't have to worry." said Kakashi.
There was a silence and everyone relaxed knowing that he was probably right.
"So, why did you tell us their blood types?" asked Sakura curiously.
"Well, in case they are captured and we need to know their blood type for a blood transfusion." said Kakashi.
"How so?" asked Shino who spontaniously decided to speak up.
"..."
"Well...in a instance where we need blood for a blood transfusion, we need a type that is compatable with the victim." said Kakashi like he was lecturing his students.
"Oh sure he talks like a teacher, but he doesn't get knocked out and shoved into a bag!" complained Kiba from inside the bag.
"He is a teacher you idiot!" said Neji as he hit the what he thought was Kiba's head.
"..."
"Did somebody just slap my ass?" asked Kiba questioningly.
(Awkward silence)
TenTen then leaned over Neji and pinched Kiba's neck, knocking him out again.
"(sigh) Anyways, you were saying Kakashi?" said Gai.
"Yes, as I was saying, you need the victim and the donor to have similiar blood types." began Kakashi as he rummaged around his supply bag.
"Wait, don't you mean opposite blood types?" asked Lee in confusion.
"No you need similiar types like A to A or B to B, why would you think that they would need to be opposites?" asked Kakashi wonderingly as he finally retrieved a water bottle from his bag.
"Opposite blood types would result in a death if not quickly fixed." said Kakashi as he opened up his water bottle and took a drink through the cotton fibers in his mask.
"Because, when you were giving Naruto a blood transfusion, you asked for Hinata to be the donor because she had an opposite blood type from Naruto." said Lee.
Suddenly everyone got a look of realization on their faces, and Kakashi started choking up water and had a coughing fit.
"Blahhehe ho hahk ha ho horf!" sputtered Kakashi as he fell to the ground to spit up his water. He then quickly stood up from the ground with an extremely worried look.
"I did what?!" exclaimed Kakashi as he looked over to where Naruto and Hinata had been moments ago.
"Where did they go?" asked Gai as they all frantically looked around.
Suddenly Naruto appeared next to Kakashi in a flash of light, and had an appearance of a drunken half fox boy.
"Hey guys, what the...the heck happened, and wh...wha...why is Hinata kissing me?" slurred Naruto as he swayed a bit back and forth.
Everyone looked to see that Hinata was still duck-taped to him, but she kept trying to get at his mouth.
"Wow." said Sakura in amazement.
Suddenly an arm came from Kurenai's bag which held a camera. Without looking away, Sakura took it from Kiba's hand and snapped a picture.
(snap)
"Heh, someones feelin up my butt..." said Naruto as he began to sway some more in what seemed like chuckling.
(snap)(snap)(snap)
Kiba then held out his hand and without looking away Sakura gave it back.
"Naruto...how...how do you feel?" asked Kakashi as he cautiously approached him.
"Funny." said Naruto.
"Funny? What, bad funny? Funny funny? or Rita Rudner funny?" asked Kakashi.
"Bad fffffffunny." said Hinata with a giggle as she continued to feel up Naruto.
"Yeah, bad fu..." said Naruto as he collapsed along with Hinata.
They laid there on the ground, and Sakura quickly got up and ran to thier sides to check thier pulses.
"Oh god! their going critical!" shouted Sakura.
Kakashi tore open his med-bag and took out two specialized gloves with tubing on each finger tip. He grabbed Hinata and Naruto and flipped them onto thier sides.
He put on the gloves, and put one hand over Hinata's back, and the other over Naruto's.
"These are special chakra transfusion gloves, they take too long to use, but if I'm able to mix their chakra, I should be able to stabilize their condition." said Kakashi as he closed his eyes in concentration.
"How?" asked Kurenai as she bit her finger nails in worry.
"If two blood types aren't stable, we can interfuse their chakra to stabilize thier bodies natural need to get rid of the unwanted blood in each other's bodies. In short, thier bodies are trying to destroy a part of themselves, but if we make thier chakra's agree with each other, their bodies will stabilize." explained Sakura.
Suddenly Naruto spasmed a bit and Hinata did the same.
Everyone backed up except for Sakura, who was the only one who had medical experience.
"Their pulses aren't stable, they won't make it if you don't do something within the next thirdy seconds!" shouted Sakura in terror.
Everyone gasped and Kakashi yelled.
"What do you think I'm doing!?" screamed Kakashi as he closed his eyes again.
Finally, a blue chakra came up from Naruto, and a blue chakra came up from Hinata.
The chakra continiously flowed into his gloves, and Kakashi moved his hands to make it look like he was holding a ball. He then began to filter the chakras together into the ball, and began to mix them.
"Come on! Come on!" shouted Kakashi as he began to mix the chakras together.
The chakras quickly intermingled, then mixed with a flash of color.
Their chakra colors mixed into a beautiful shade of an almost flouresant blue that would stun a bat.
(Bats cannot see colors)
Kakashi almost stopped what he was doing in awe, but quickly realized that lives were in stake and quickly got back to work.
He then began to filter the newly fused chakra back into their bodies.
"Thier pulse is only barely slowing, they're not going to make it!" shouted Sakura as she looked stessfully up to Kakashi.
Hinata and Naruto bodies were practically glowing with chakra, and Kakashi wasn't going to let up.
"COME ON!!" shouted Kakashi with one final push of chakra.
Kakashi then fell over, and was panting hard on the ground.
"What is thier condition?!" asked Kakashi hurriedly between huffs.
Sakura couldn't get her hands near them anymore, the chakra they were producing was too great for her to even get her hands near them.
"I don't know, I can't even get near them, this power is incredible!" shouted Sakura.
"Allow me!" shouted Lee as he jumped over the two.
He then shot out an enourmous amount of chakra from his hands and shot it around them.
"Wait, no!" shouted Kakashi, but it was too late.
His chakra's pressure caused theirs to die down and it was safe enough for her to check thier conditions.
Sakura put her fingers on both of thier necks and looked over to Kakashi.
"I think they're going to be all right!" said Sakura as she fell over in relief.
Everyone felt relief wash over them, and Kakashi could only smile and lie there on the ground.
"Thank god!" gasped Gai.
"Yeah!" said TenTen.
"I need a drink." said Kurenai as she plopped down on her log as everyone else did the same.
Kurenai over to get a drink from her bag, but it was blown a few feet away by a wave of chakra.
"(sigh) Lee, you can stop now." said Kurenai as she went to get her bag again, but it was only blown away again.
"Lee you can stop!" said Gai.
"I...can't...STOP!" shouted Lee as he strained his face.
"What do you mean, you can't stop?!" exclaimed Gai as he stood up.
"Naruto...Hinata...stealing my...chakra..." strained Lee as he planted his feet firmly on the ground and tried to get away.
"It's like a vortex!" exclaimed Kakashi who still couldn't move.
"Stop it!" exclaimed Lee as his face turned red from the strain of trying to escape.
"Lee!" shouted Gai as he ran over to Lee to try and save him, but he couldn't think of what to do.
"Uh...Uh..." stuttered Gai as he frantically waved his arms around in frustration.
Suddenly Neji ran up to Naruto and struck his palm onto Naruto's back.
"RELEASE!" shouted Neji.
Lee finally shot backwards and slammed into a tree which caused it to snap like a twig and bend over slightly.
"There, you see, nothing to it." said Neji as he crossed his arms in his superiority.
Everyone was about to congradulate him, but Kakashi bit through his pain and actually stood up in front of Neji.
"YOU IDIOT!" shouted Kakashi as he pointed in his face.
"DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!"continued Kakashi who seemed to be extremely upset.
"Sure you released Lee's chakra, but with along with it, you've released..." started Kakashi, but he was interupted by a huge chakra spike from Hinata, and Naruto.
The color was a flaming red, which consumed the ground around them, and caused a crater to start forming.
"...The Kyuubi's chakra..." whispered Kakashi at the awesome power.
"Quickly we have to shut down his power, Gai, Kurenai let's go!" shouted Kakashi as he popped a soldier pill into his mouth to replenish some of his chakra, and ripped a scoll out of his pocket.
Gai and Kurenai did the same and they all surrounded Naruto and Hinata in a three-person circle.
They all bit their thumbs, and wiped it across their scroll's surfaces. They then grabbed one end of the scroll with one hand, and threw the other end to the person to the left of them. As Kakashi caught Kurenai's scroll, Gai did the same by catching Kakashi's, and Kurenai caught Gai's.
They then slammed thier scrolls into the ground and began to form a complex array of hand seals.
"Lightning!" shouted Kakashi.
"Wind!" shouted Gai.
"Water!" shouted Kurenai.
"Force of a Hurricane, Jinkurichi seal no forbidden jutsu!"
They said it at the same time while slamming thier hands into the ground, along with the scroll they were each holding.
A path of light powered by chakra flowed from each scroll and met at the center around Naruto.
Lightning, wind, and water based chakra fused together on top of Naruto and Hinata and began to shut down the Kyuubi's power.
"Yes! It's working!" exclaimed Sakura.
At first it appeared as though the Kyuubi's power would be sealed but then a second chakra spike shot up from Hinata.
It was a dark blue, and had a presence of cold fire about it.
"NO! NOT HER!" shouted the Kyuubi as his power spiked to overcome this new power.
Suddenly the jutsu was broken, sending the three special jounin flying into nearby trees.
"Ouch! Damn it!" shouted Kakashi as he eased himself from his respective tree.
"Damn, why didn't it work!?" shouted Gai over the roar of the chakra.
"It must have failed because our jutsu was only designed to seal one spirit, not two!" shouted Kurenai.
"Damn! What the hell?! That's not it! The only way it could have failed, is if there was two jinkurichis!" shouted Kakashi.
"But that's impossible, Hinata isn't a host!" exclaimed Sakura.
"Well even if she isn't, how the hell are we going to stop this?!" shouted Kurenai.
Suddenly, it was quiet.
"..."
They looked over to Naruto and Hinata to find that the chakra spike had stopped completely. The sat there peacefully on the ground, and it looked as though everything was normal.
"..."
"Dude...what the hell..." said Neji to end the silence.
"Yeah...what he said." mumbled Kiba as he walked up to Neji with Kurenai's bag on his head.
"Why did it stop?" asked Sakura.
"The only reason it could be, is that they subconsciously wanted it to stop." said Kakashi as he eased himself out of his fighting stance.
"Hey, what's going on?" asked Sasuke as he walked up to Sakura.
"Sasuke?!" exclaimed Sakura as she froze in suprise.
"Yeah, and what is that you're wearing, trying something new?" asked Sasuke confusingly.
"N...No, I...I've worn this for years..." said Sakura as she got a look of realization on her face.
"Did, did he lose his memory as well? And if so, how far back?" said Kakashi wonderingly.
"Memory? What are you talking about?" asked Sasuke.
"Well, we can't be sure that Sasuke lost his memory for sure..." said Kurenai.
'He could just be faking it to lure us into a trap...' thought Kurenai suspiciously.
Everyone was thinking the same, but thought different after Sasuke's eyes met Naruto's body on the floor.
"Oh my god! What the hell happened to Naruto?! He looks like a fox..." said Sasuke as he paused a bit realizing what he said.
"In a...non-sexual sort of way..." finished Sasuke as he flushed red a bit.
"(sigh)Never mind, we'll just have to fill him in after we put him under the Hokage's watch." said Kakashi as he walked up to Sasuke.
"I'm going to need to tie you up with some chakra-resistent micro filiment rope, I'll tell you why later, but for now every time you argue other wise, I'm going to say something ridiculous and annoying." said Kakashi as he started to tie up Sasuke.
"Wha...What? But wh..." started Sasuke but was interupted.
"Peanut brittle" said Kakashi rudely as he cut off Sasuke in mid sentence.
"..."
"But w..." said Sasuke.
"Nuh!" said Kakashi.
"..."
"But..." said Sasuke.
"Fergerpip!" said Kakashi.
"..."
"B..." said Sasuke.
"(cough cough)(rude cough) Sasuke's a pansy..." mumbled Kakashi.
"..."
An awkward silence followed, and nobody knew how to break it.
"...why is Naruto taped to Hinata..." said Sasuke finally as he stared at the two.
Everyone turned their attention to Naruto and Hinata, who were being moved by Shino at the time.
He took Hinata and Naruto's bodies and propped them against thier own log, so that they would not be uncomfortable.
"So, do you think that they are stable?" asked Lee as he finally got up from the ground.
"Oh god Lee! I totally forgot, are you okay?" asked Sakura worriedly.
"Yes..." said Lee as he blushed from getting Sakura's attention and finally stood up to sit down on a log.
"What was it like Lee? Having your chakra being pulled from you?" asked Neji curiously.
"It...was painful, it felt like my whole body was in a vacuum tube, and that they were and stealing my stength." said Lee as he closed his eyes to rest.
Sakura was about to ask if he was alright, but Gai interupted her.
"He'll be right as rain in a few hours, don't worry about it." assured Gai as he gave her a corny smile and a thumbs up.
Sakura smiled a bit at his goofiness and decided to drop it as she turned her attention to Sasuke, who was silently pouting on the ground next to Kakashi.
She decided to keep a watch on him for a while in case he was just faking amnesia, but the more she watched, the more she wanted to talk to him.
'Sasuke...' thought Sakura dreamily as she sighed happily.
Sasuke was annoyed at her constant staring, but seemed pre-occupied by looking at everybody else.
'Hmmm...when did everyone go through such a drastic change?' thought Sasuke as he observed his fellow ninja.
'Everyone looks so...so...older...' thought Sasuke as he then noticed his garb. He was dressed more like itachi with a high collar, the last thing he remembered wearing, was his traditional Uchiha blue shirt and white shorts, but now he was wearing all black, with white bandages around his arms.
'When did I change clothes? Why do I feel taller? And why is everyone looking at me like I'm some kind of criminal?' thought sasuke as similiar thoughts raced through his mind.
"(sigh) I don't know what you guys think I did, but I didn't, and haven't done anything wrong." said Sasuke.
"Yeah sure, and Orochimaru just magically got a clone of you to..." said Kiba but was cut off by Kakashi.
"Hey! Don't say anything to Sasuke about what's happened. If he does have amnesia, we want him to be questioned first." said Kakashi as he crossed his arms.
"Amnesia, but..." started Sasuke.
"Cooooookie..." said Kakashi.
'Grrrrr... But...amnesia...how...when...if I have amnesia, then...' thought Sasuke.
"How old am I?" asked Sasuke.
This question suprised everyone, and shocked Sakura most of all. Nobody said anything to this, because they thought that it could all be a trap.
'What harm could it do?' thought Sakura as she pondered his innocence.
"If he were faking it, it's not like he wouldn't know his own birthday, so it wouldn't be like we were giving away any valuable information or anything..." said Sakura to nobody in particular as she stared at Sasuke, who was now staring very intently at her breast region.
"Sa...Sasuke!" exclaimed Sakura as she instinctively covered herself with her arms.
Sasuke realized that she had caught him staring and blushed while looked away as though interested in something else.
"Yes, but even so, we shouldn't reveal anything to him, especially WHAT we are doing on this mission, and WHO we encountered..." said Kakashi, referring to the mission's objective which was to capture Sasuke, and a brief encounter with Sasuke's brother, Itachi.
Everyone nodded and decided to ignore him, except for Sakura, who was still blushing like mad and covering herself.
Sasuke felt an extremely thick awkwardness fill the air between him and Sakura, and he had to end it, otherwise he would die of embaressment.
"So...I assume it has been at least a year so...you look nice..." said Sasuke as he blushed and looked at the ground.
Sakura didn't know what to say to this, and just stared at him with her mouth agape.
"Di...did you actually just compliment me?" asked Sakura incredulously as she continued to stare, increasing the awkwardness.
"Yes." said Sasuke as he tried to act cool and calm.
"So what?" bantered Sasuke.
"Well, it's just that...you've never complimented me on anything before, except maybe a good job once in a while during a mission." said Sakura as she continued to blush.
"Really...Ididn't realize..." started Sasuke as he looked up into her face and quickly looked away.
"I meant to..." said Sasuke as though he were apologizing to her.
Sakura felt an overwhelming need to run over to him and give him a kiss, but Kakashi could see the look in her eyes.
"No." said Kakashi.
"It is best not to talk anymore until we reach the village, and he is contained." said Gai as he crossed his arms.
Sakura pouted and stared longingly at Sasuke as he decided to observe the people around him and get a better idea of how much he had forgotten.
'Hmm... lets see, how much have you all changed...' thought Sasuke as he looked around.
'Hmm... okay, Shino looks the same...not helping...Lee has a vest on...but otherwise looks the same...Naruto...' thought Sasuke.
'Naruto looks like a fox...GOD! This is not helping...but on the brighter side, Naruto does look older...and...and more...more...' thought Sasuke as he racked his mind for a word.
"Experienced..." whispered Sasuke as he stared at Naruto's new form.
"Peanut Butter..." whispered Kakashi rudely.
"Grrrr..." growled Sasuke at Kakashi's rudeness.
Kakashi was about to retort, but was interupted by a stirring movement on the opposite side of the fire.
It was Hinata, she was stretching and cuddling up against Naruto.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and watched her movements carefully for any signs of an ailment of some sort.
"Mmmmm...(yawn)...my bed is so comfy and warm..." mumbled Hinata.
Everyone sat in suspense, waiting for Hinata to realize her surroundings.
"Mmm..." mumbled Hinata as she lazily opened her eyes, but to her suprise...she met Naruto's.
"..."
Her face turned dark red, which was probably the same color as the rest of her body at the time.
"Gyaaaah!" screamed Hinata as she squirmed to get free, but couldn't because of the tape.
She then noticed that she couldn't move her hands, but then realized that they couldn't move only because they were too busy grabbing Naruto's...
"Gyyeeeyaaaaah!" sreeched Hinata as her mind overloaded with her hormones and thoughts of Naruto.
After she couldn't get her hands free, she tried to back up out of itm but found that Naruto's hands were firmly grabbing her butt.
"Eeep!" squeeked Hinata as she felt Naruto grasp.
Neji finally came to her rescue with a kunai, and cut her loose.
Hinata quickly flung herself a few feet away from Naruto and slid her back up against a tree.
She was breathing quite rapidly, and her face was still very flushed.
She felt herslef calming down, but also felt different.
'I...I feel stronger...' thought Hinata as she looked at her hands.
Her hands looked like hers, but they felt so much more powerful than ever before.
While she was contemplating herself, Naruto had already gotten up, and ripped off the remaining duct tape.
He walked groggily over to Hinata and sat down next to her, she didn't even notice that he was there.
Naruto was going to ask her how she was, but was interupted by a sharp sensation from his posterior.
"Gah!" shouted Naruto as he stood up.
This noise got Hinata's attention, and she turned stark red again at his closeness.
"Owwie...What the..." said Naruto as he looked to see what ailed him.
Naruto looked behind him and found that the source of his pain was that he sat on his tail.
"Are...are you okay Naruto?" asked Kurenai questioningly.
"Oh, yeah, I'm just fine, I guess I just sat on my tail..." said Naruto as he realized what he had just said.
"Wait! I sat on my What?!" exclaimed Naruto as he looked behind him again to see that there was a golden fox tail flowing behind him in the wind.
"..."
"HOLY HELL!!" screamed Naruto as he grabbed his tail and began to freak out.