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Chapter 23: End of the Deal Was 3 Weeks Ago!! Why the Hell Are We Still Here!?
Was what Raven yelled in anger as he was walking behind Blade and Arietta. "Because we are too used to being here to just up and leave." Blade said calmly, as Arieatta smiled brightly.
"Besides! Uncle Blade doesn't want to leave, no matter how much we may want to try and persuade him to." Arietta said, and Raven scowled. "We should be leaving. We have people who want to kill us. Any longer here and we may drag them into it." Raven said.
"If you haven't noticed, they have been dragged into it already…" Blade said. "And besides, wouldn't Sakura be sad if you left without saying anything?" Blade asked. "I wouldn't know…" Raven said, shrugging. "You can't be serious, can you?" Blade asked.
"Sakura-nee-chan is really kind, and gets kind of nervous when Nii-san is around!" Arietta said. (Raven has been learning Japanese as of late.) "Maybe you are reading too much into it…" Raven said.
When all three nin made it to the tower that held all the higher ups in the Border Village, they weren't surprised to see Tsunade there, having a drink with the Mizu-kage. "Oh, hi Mizu-sama." Blade said, as he smiled. "Hello child." He said back, and he looked at Raven.
(What is with him? Whenever he looks at Raven, I can't help but get this dark chill…) Blade thought to himself. Raven gave the Mizu-kage a weird look that made him feel uncomfortable, and he looked away.
"So Old Bat. Why did you call us here?" Raven asked. "I was informed that there would be a ball for the last week here." Tsunade said, and Raven gave her a dark look. "No." Raven said, and Tsunade smirked.
"I want you two to-" "No." Tsunade frowned, and Raven kept his look. "It isn't a request. It's an order!" "Well we aren't Leaf Ninja!" Raven and Tsunade glared darkly at each other, and Blade shook his head "I will go." Blade said, and Raven shrugged.
"Have fun." Raven said, and Tsunade scowled at him. "You will go, damnit!!" "Or what?" The dark look that Tsunade gave him sent a real dark chill down his spine.
(Assembly Hall)
"Alright! Border Village Ninja. Welcome to the final assembly for the Border Village Retreat." The Raikage announced, and everyone cheered. "As you all know, there will be a ball for the last week in 3 days." The Tsuchikage said, and everyone cheered/groaned.
"And we have one final competition for all the ninja in the Border Village. Hokage Tsunade shall explain." Gaara, the Kazekage, said. "We have one person here who is being truant and not attending, so I have one final game for the girls." Tsunade said, as she sent the crowd a competitive smirk.
"The one who arrives at the Ball with Raven of the American Nin will receive a 100,000 Ryo shopping extranaganza at the nationwide Element's R Us Clothing stores, which have shops in all of the major villages." Tsunade said, as all the girls became silent. They then turned to stare at Raven, but he was gone, the poof of smoke showing he bolted.
(Outside
"Bad day bad day bad day!!" Raven chanted as he was running through the trees. He knew it wouldn't be long till the girls began to swarm him and try and get him to go to the ball he didn't want to go to. "Damn that old bat!" Raven screamed in anger, as he turned the corner. He sweat dropped, and saw a large crowd of girls, who had demonic red eyes and vicious smirks. "Oh fuck me!" Raven said, and he turned to run the other way. Blade saw this happening, and couldn't help but laugh.
(The Shadows)
"Is he the one?" In the shadows of the Border Village stood two people. "That he is." The other voice said. "You plan to pass your skills and knowledge off to him?" The girl asked. "Yes. He is the only one who would listen without bias." The other said. "I see…" The girl said.
(Hospital)
Blade saw Raven disappear somewhere, but he couldn't figure out where he went, so he went with to the hospital, just in case Raven was hanging out with Sakura. "Push harder!!" Now Blade wasn't expecting that kind of comment, let alone from Sakura.
"I am going at my pace! Calm down and let me do it!" Blade almost tripped. What the hell were Sakura and Raven doing!? "Don't give me that look. It's my little weapon, and I know when it will launch and explode." Blade blushed big time at that one. "Well speed it up! I'm dying of anticipation!" "Fine then, how do you like this?"
He heard something shake the bed, and Sakura moan in ecstasy. "Yes!! That's the way!!" Blade felt like he was going to be sick. Raven was losing his virginity, and he was giving Blade hell about leaving. Well then, he was going to really make things awkward for Raven. With that in mind, he bust the door open, smirking.
"Ah HA, Raven!! Caught you-" Blade sweat dropped when Raven was sitting on the ground, a PS2 Controller in hand, playing Nightfire. Sakura was sitting on the bed, cross legged as Raven was blasting the computers too kingdom come with all sorts of explosives.
"Something up, Blade?" Raven asked, as Blade looked really confused. "But…what….huh?" Now he could rationlize what just happened. The controller Raven uses has a bad R1 button, which Raven uses to shoot, so he would have to push the button harder, to use his favorite weapon, the Rocket Launcher.
He guessed that Sakura liked the way the bad guys flew when they were blown up, which explains everything else. "…"Blade lowered his head in shame, and fished something out of his pocket. "Please use this when the time comes…" Blade said, and Raven grabbed it, and sweat dropped.
"…" Both nin were oddly quiet, as Blade left. Raven looked at the thing in his hand, and shoved it in his pocket cooly. "Blade is on some stuff…" Raven said, as he sat down and begun to play the game again. "I think we were being loud, and he assumed we were being intimate or something." Raven said, and Sakura looked confused.
"He just gave me a Trojan." Raven said, and Sakura didn't quite get it. "He gave me a condom, sweetie." Raven said, and Sakura turned pink. "I say we not let it go to waste." Of course Raven was kidding, and he was sure Sakura thought he was kidding, which would result in her hitting him.
So when he didn't get smacked, he turned and saw Sakura unconscious, blood running from her nose. "Shit!!" Raven hopped up, and opened the door. "TSUNADE-SAMA!! BLOOD IS RUNNING OUT OF SAKURA'S NOSE!! I THINK I BROKE HER!!"
(Outside)
Raven left the hospital after giving away the fact that Sakura was holing him up there, and Tsunade banned him from going there for the rest of the day. So now he had to figure out how to hide away for the rest of the day.
"Hey Raven!!" Raven frozed in his tracks, and felt a cold chill. He turned slowly, and was relieved that it was only Naruto. "Oh…hi Naruto. What's up?" Raven asked. He didn't expect Naruto to charge at him, and tie him with rope. "What the hell, man!?" Raven yelled indignantly.
"Some of the girls said they would buy me a years supply of Ramen if I helped them catch you!!" Naruto said, and Raven gave him a dull look. "I told you that you are easily manipulated if Ramen is involved…" Raven said, but Naruto ignored him. Raven sighed.
"Listen buddy. If you can find Sakura for me, tell her that her help would be nice." Raven said, as Naruto stopped to look at him funny. "What do you intend to do with Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked, looking at Raven suspiciously. "I plan on finding her, and having my way with her." Raven said that with more than enough sarcasm, but because Naruto's a dumb-ass, it was lost on him, as he popped Raven in the head.
"It was a joke, you idiot!" Raven yelled, as Naruto frowned at him. "Look. I was hoping she would help me. In case you haven't realized, there is a large concentration of girls trying to force me to the damn ball." Raven said, and Naruto snirked. "What does Sakura-chan have to do with your problem?" Naruto asked, and Raven scowled.
"I was going to ask if she could help me with my problem. Sadly, as of late, she has been finding me, and if I try to look for her, I can't find her to save my life." Raven said, and Naruto looked to the sky. "What's in it for me?" Naruto asked. "Ramen." Naruto was now his slave for a second time.
"Are you sure you can get Sakura to come here of all places?" Raven asked. He was sitting with his legs crossed next to a Sakura Tree, while Naruto smirked. "I don't even have to look for her. Sakura-chan always liked Sakura Trees." Naruto said, while Raven saw someone approaching. He saw short hair, and sweat dropped.
"Naruto…that hair is red…" Raven said, as Gaara approached them. "Naruto." Gaara said, nodding. Raven looked confused. "Isn't he the Kazekage? He seems so young." Raven said. "There are people who are younger than me who are also stronger than me. Gaara is one of them." Naruto said. "That so?" Raven said, standing up.
"Hi. I'm Raven. The American Nin who is hated by 90 of everyone." Raven said, while Gaara smirked. "Funny boy." Gaara said. "I try." Raven said, as they both shook hands.
"Gaara. Kazekage of the Village Hidden in Sand." Gaara said, and Raven nodded. "Well damn Naruto. You are a friend of a village kage? That's some pretty high connections." Raven said, while Naruto nodded. "Yeah. Me, Sasuke, and Sakura are all good friends of Gaara's." Naruto said.
"Sakura was supposed to be coming this way. You sure about this, Naruto?" Raven asked, as Gaara gave him an odd look. "You are that Raven?" Gaara asked, and Raven looked confused. "I think…" Raven left it at that, because Gaara gave him a piercing look.
"Sakura has been through enough hardships for one Shinobi. Don't add on to it." Gaara said, and Raven narrowed his eyes. "Are you trying to say something?" Raven asked. "No." Gaara said, and Raven kept his eyes narrowed. "I get the feeling that you don't want me near Sakura…" Raven said.
"I don't. American Nin have a bad rep." Gaara said. "Ah! So this is what it's about. Me being an American Nin! What if I were an African Nin? Would that bother you?" Raven asked, as Gaara closed his eyes. "No. But I still would be skeptical about you." Raven growled in irritation, and glared at Gaara.
"So this isn't just about me being American. This is about you having something for Sakura?" Raven asked. "Yes. She is a dear friend. If she gets hurt again, I will personally search and destroy the one who did it." Gaara said. "Che. I don't care for your opinion of me or anyone else. What I do is what I do." Raven said, as Gaara gave him a piercing look.
"Sakura isn't someone who you can do as you please with." Gaara said. "I don't like that tone you are taking with me, Kazekage." Raven said, and Naruto could feel something about to happen. "I don't trust you with her." Gaara said. "The moment I give a shit about your opinion, I'll consider it. Until then, I don't." Raven said, as he turned to Naruto.
"Are you sure Sakura-" Raven was cut off as sand began to play around his legs. "You aren't going to intimidate me." Raven said, as he gave Gaara his full attention. "You aren't good enough to even be near her." Gaara said, and he felt his legs begin to freeze over. He looked down, and his legs were beginning to frost over.
"Fang has told me about the Kazekage and the One Tailed Beast he holds. If you are going to continue to pick at me, I will show you what a real demon will do." Raven said, as his eyes were blue with the Frosty Eye. Gaara smirked some kind of dark smirk, and the sand began to crawl up Raven's leg. At the same time, ice began to crawl up Gaara's leg.
Naruto stepped in between both nin, glaring at both of them. "Both of you knock it off." Naruto said, and Raven closed his eyes. "I am defending myself, in case he decides he can't control his demon." Raven said that, in a mocking tone, which Gaara caught.
"Hn. America is full of misfit ninja who know nothing about the real horrors of being a ninja." Naruto looked at Gaara with wide eyes, and Raven's hair was covering his eyes. He slipped his glasses off and pocketed them. "Try me, Sandbox." Raven raised his eyes, and Gaara saw the blue swirling of a Level Two Sharingan. (Woah. Raven now has two commas in his eyes?) Naruto thought to himself.
Raven only had one comma in his left and two in his right in the past. When did he gain two in both eye? Raven looked like he was ready to kick some ass, but Naruto stood between both.
"Guys! I don't want to see my friends fighting!!" Naruto said, and Raven closed his eyes. "Fine. I will respect the wishes of a friend…" Raven said, as he opened his eyes, which were back to the normal brown. He put his glasses back on, and looked into the sky.
"Heh. If anything, American Ninja learn the harshness of being a ninja way before anyone on the planet." Raven said, as the breeze picked up. "My family was dead by the time I was nine. I was trained to kill at a young age. Funny thing too. I only wanted to learn to use these gifts passed on from my parents because I thought they were cool. But now, they are used for killing." Raven shook his head, and turned to walk away. "I have no point in seeking Sakura out anymore." Raven said, walking away. What he didn't know was that Sakura had heard everything.
ShadowRonin: Things begin. There is someone seeking Raven out, and Raven is having problems. Let's see how this plays out.
Next Chapter: Raven learns the reason why Sasuke is seeking revenge against the Uchiha who killed the clan, but can Raven accept things as they are, or is there some kind of undertone that he believes. Find out on:
Chapter 24: A Move on Sharingan.