Scroll 12: Nightly Attacks II
Yukari was already half-way in the dream realm when the Kyuubi's mild presence entered her mind. Due to her friendship bond with Naruto, the Kyuubi had – just how it did it, nobody knew – a psychic bond with Yukari. In her mind, the fox snarled warningly and prowled at the edge of her awareness. This made her psychical body twitch and roll over in the bed.
The black-haired kunoichi would roll over onto Wydra, who had snuck into the room and onto her bed. Wydra squeaked, but stayed asleep.
Troy, standing outside Yukari's window, rapped on the window really quickly in hopes of waking up the restless female. He then did a quick jutsu so his voice would match Kakashi's. "Yukari, wake up!"
Yukari's back twitched twice as the Kyuubi murmured things to her curse mark. Just how Kyuubi gained influence over her was a mysterious even the Hokage had no answer to. But the fox demon nudged and nudged the hormonal curse mark until it awoke. Yukari sat bolt upright in her bed as her eyes glowed blood red. She silently opened the window and was – gone.
The voice went unheard as she opened the window. So the two remaining occupants, Sheena and Wydra could hear the voice. Yukari was just…not there. However, depending on the time that Troy got there, he might have seen the minute flutter of the bedcovers settling back down; like a ninja had just been there and left in a chakra-enhanced speed.
Troy, blinking as he noticed the bed suddenly empty, smiled his form-less smile. His brother James had tried a much more elaborate trap; which had only helped Troy in the end. He snuck in the room to pick Wydra up, but was slightly confused when he saw his target was missing as well. Beating hasty retreat to the front door, Troy transformed a genjutsu for him to look like Yukari and quickly headed towards the village exit to meet up with the others, hoping the chakra seekers would be asleep.
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Gilligan nodded and sighed. "As far as fighting skill is concerned? I'm not quite jounin, but I'm past chuunin. There's still a lot left that I could learn. I know I'm smarter than I should be for my age, and more skilled. I just want to enjoy what little life I have left before I turn. Meko, please don't tell anybody what I can do. If they know, they won't treat me like a child anymore."
The shadow that had upset Meko had passed over them, and the only visible thing was a streaky shadow in the moonlight. The bushes next to them rustled some and Meko yowled, jumping onto of Gilligan's head as a sleepy Sheena and Wydra walked out of the bushes, looking really confused.
Gilligan's body shuttered as what looked like a head started forming in his side, as if trying to get out. He smacked it and it went away. He just smiled at Meko. He walked over to Sheena and Wydra, put his hands on their shoulders, and let them fall asleep. He picked them up and started walking back into the village.
Meko looked puzzled as how the two females had gotten from Yukari's room to here.
"Teddy-san…I suggest taking them straight to the Hokage's office. If Yukari-san had the thought to drop them off here, her place is no longer safe." The cat followed Gilligan into the village and noted at least three ANBU in the shadows. One of them stepped forward and nodded to the kid.
"I'm not taking them to Yukari's house. I'm taking them to Sheena's older brother. The only person that wouldn't think twice about attacking him is my father. I can't run with them and I don't want to wake them up. Could you please go tell him I'm coming?" He would have not asked Meko, but he trusted Meko's skill. He knew they wouldn't attack too hard, with their real target in his arms, but he needed a little help.
Gilligan turned, walking around the village outer wall to another side of the village where the Wheel-nin had camp set up. Most of them were in the village, doing other tasks or sleeping at an inn. Some Wheel-nin chose not to, and while others couldn't.
"The, very well, I shall do this, Teddy-nin, for it shall be interesting." Meko leapt away and tried to find Shozaku's scent. The cat did have a great sense of smell after all.
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Meanwhile Meiko had stiffened and looked over her shoulder before sneering and turning to the ground. "Break me open, yea right, I dare you to try…my big sister is here now, she'll kick your butt."
There was a swift breeze as Meiko vanished. Yukari had come onto the scene and taken Meiko's place. She was standing in the exact spot her younger sister was second before.
"Who dares disturb my rest…"
Yukari stood there, in nothing but her white long sleep shirt and her red eyes glowing profusely in the night. Black hair pooled around her feet; as her hands held wound in thick strands of it as well. Her left hand held Meiko, who was huddled behind Yukari, tightly as the other extended a kunai knife.
"We do. I'm sure you know I'm not alone here, but for the sake of back-up it's just me. I don't think the body that person belongs to is in control, but I believe I have something you want. You can try to kill me, and leave the girl defenseless, if you wish."
"What can a worthless ninja possibly have to offer a being such as myself?" Yukari's mouth moved with the question, as her sister, Meiko had already passed out from the radiating chakra Yukari emitted. The medical curse-mark tattoo on her back was sizzling, as the blood it controlled was active and most unpleased.
James held out a small clay model of Kakashi. "This person; we have him. We don't care about him, but the Darkness Nin want to take his eye out so they can give it to their father and 'complete the set' as they keep saying. I don't care about him, we only want one thing. Attack me, and many will die." He was lying about something, or keeping something back.
"Kakashi Hatake. What is the thing you want oh so badly enough to disturb the Heir of the Akashingan, ninja scum? Do you not realize I can crush you like a proverbial bug?" Yukari's teeth grew as did her hair. Not only was the hair thrumming with chakra, but feathers started appearing from her scalp too. The tattoo on her back was blazing now and Meiko had fallen away down the grassy hill.
"The little girl that rides a wheel of sorts; we have discovered that she has a certain – importance – to us. Its night-time; and we prefer to be smart about things. We could just let the Dark Nin sneak in – something they're good at – and kill the village children until they find the one we want. That was the original plan." He stood there, his feet in the ground, waiting for her response. "However, we opted to strike a deal."
"You are foolish to try and wheel a deal out of this kunoichi. I shall crush you…take the spoils and – NO!" Yukari's voice cut through the dripping, sarcastic voice of her curse mark. "GET THE HELL OUT OF HEAD, stupid curse! I'm taking back Kakashi-sensei and giving you nothing!"
By this point in time, the ANBU had surrounded the scene and jumped into action. One had taken Meiko and fled, and another had slammed his palm into Yukari's back, shutting down the curse mark. Several others intended to fight.
James sighed and looked around. "I was hoping this wouldn't be that difficult you know. Chances are; father wouldn't have come here for decades. Now, when he returns, this will be the first village he slaughters. I told you that we had Kakashi. I didn't tell you that I had him. And now it has to – yes mother."
James, having been obviously interrupted, sunk into the ground. Replacing him was a woman; dressed in clothing that had the effect of revealing nothing, but looking like it revealed everything. She stood up straight, smiling maliciously. Slowly, a pink mist began to emanate from her, drifting out unaffected by the wind, as tendrils of it began to reach, inch-by-inch, towards everybody there. There was a look of – evil-knowing – the kind of look that a master would give there slave. She was clearly insane.
The pink mist fooled no ANBU, as they jumped backwards, giving the stuff a healthy distance. A few ANBU threw kunai and stars at the woman, testing her mettle. However, Yukari was left lying on the ground, having had her seal shut down; she was - at the moment – unconscious and of no help to the Night ANBU.
