Thought/Telepathic communication
Kyuubi
Warning: I don't own it… It's rated "M" for a reason…
A/N:Wow it's been a while… Sorry about that. Got a little stuck. Now that I'm un-stuck, things should flow… I hope. More A/N at the end….
Chapter 63: The Long Morning
A lone shadow stood on the outside of Wakanashi's house. Wakanashi wasn't an important member of the council. No… He was just another pawn in the plan. That didn't matter to the shadow. Madara needed to put things in motion to bring his plan together. He needed Myra vulnerable. He needed Sasuke to come back to the darkness. He needed his faithful pet free of that blonde weakling.
Slowly the shadow crept into the house. It was easy to do. There was nothing that could stop the Shadow Master from slipping into his prey's bedroom. Wakanashi never heard the sound of the floor creaking as Madara entered the room. Wakanashi was asleep from his day of official duties with the rest of the council. Madara smirked wildly beneath the orange and black mask.
With this man's death, the last of the civilian council not populated by one of his puppets would be complete. Madara would have the village with in his grasp and destroy it from the inside. It was much easier than he had thought possible. The Shadow charged the chakra in his hand and pushed on the sleeping Wakanashi's heart. Wakanashi's eyes burst open with the pain. Madara placed his other hand over the man's mouth to keep his screams from alerting anyone.
The Shadow grasped at Wakanashi's chest, drawing out the man's very soul. The man beneath the Shadow's hand went limp from the extraction of his spirit. A sadistic smile spread on Madara's face while he held the disembodied spirit in his hand. The raw spirit energy in his hand pulsated. It wasn't long before the energy dissipated into the Ethereal where it would be forever trapped. Madara exited the room. "I will enjoy watching you get yourself out of this one my dear girl and it will bring you straight to me." The evil laughter echoed the room.
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Myra had woken up the next morning to find Naruto asleep on her couch. He had fallen asleep watching the remainder of the Chunin Exams. Myra stared at him dreamily over the couch for a few brief moments before the bathroom called her name.
Myra slipped off the clothes she had slept in and turned on the water in the shower to get warm. She noticed the growing pile of laundry in the corner that she thought needed to get done. Myra stepped into the shower and allowed the beating of the hot water melt away the remaining stress of the last few days.
The water felt good. The warm hands snaking around her waist felt even better. Naruto rested his chin on her shoulder. "Good morning."
Myra ran her hands along his. "Yes… It's a morning."
"Are you feeling better this morning?" Naruto kissed the back of her neck.
Despite the warmth of the water, Myra's skin prickled with goose bumps. "Yes, I feel a lot better." She tilted her head to the side.
Naruto moved her hair out of his way. "Good. Did you know," he continued to kiss her ever so slightly, "you have no where to go, and nothing to do for the next few days?"
Myra was finding in hard to concentrate. "I um… had thought about… t-training and um…" she let out a heavy breath. "I have to get something to Squirt."
"I see." He grabbed the soap and a loofah. "There is a fair that starts later this afternoon. I thought that maybe, if you would feel up to it, maybe going out... Like on a date... Go out."
Myra turned and blinked at him a few times. "We practically live together, sleep together, we are currently showering together, and you're just now getting around to asking me out on a date?"
Naruto gave her a sheepish grin. "Yes?"
Myra turned around and wrapped her arms around him and press up against him. "And pass up a perfectly good opportunity to ignore the outside world?"
Naruto had to chew on that for a moment. "That is definitely a possibility." He kissed her on the nose. "But I actually kind of want to go out with everyone and," he shrugged. "You know…" The blonde didn't really know how to explain what he wanted. He wanted to take her out and parade her around and let everyone know she was his. Of course having the opportunity to keep her in the den and make her understand that she was his was another thing all together. Then there was the moment he started to wonder when he started to refer to the apartment as a den. He turned her around and started to scrub her back.
Myra was slightly confused by what Naruto was trying to tell her. The fair sounded like it would be a fun outing. She had yet to really get a chance to wonder the village. Sephie had gotten to explore more of the village that Myra had. It was about that time when Myra lost concentration on her thoughts. Naruto had spun her around and started washing her front.
Naruto wasn't really paying attention to the fact that Myra was going to loose her balance any second. He was busy memorizing every curve, every hill, every valley, every inch of her body. Naruto had done it before and it was something he enjoyed doing. He was fascinated by the way her skin would tighten just before he touched her. Or if he didn't touch her and just let his fingers dance above her flesh, she would erupted in goose pimples like she could still feel him.
It was exquisite torture. She reveled in the mere act of his touch. There were no thoughts beyond, don't ever stop touching. The blonde would withhold his touch and it would make her whole body ache, even more it would make her heart hurt. The thought of not being able to touch him or he not be allowed to touch her was maddening.
Naruto gentle guided her into the stream of the shower and rinsed off all the soap. The smell of the soap and her arousal was beginning to overload Naruto's senses. It was if something somewhere snapped in his mind and the flood gates opened. It was a carnal need that he couldn't deny himself any longer.
Myra felt herself being lifted and heard the slam of the bathroom door being opened. She was in a trance of passion that she couldn't escape. She submitted to untamed wild that he had unleashed. The world spun again and again and again until they had both collapsed in a tangle of limbs and sheets.
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Wakanashi's maid knocked on her employer's bedroom door. When there was no answer, she became nervous. There was something about the feel of the door that gave the young maid the hebi jeebis. She slowly opened the door and walked to the bed, where she thought her employer was still sleeping.
The smell of death asaulted her nostrils and the cold dead face of fear was frozen on Wakanashi's face. The maid screamed and alerted the whole house. It was only a mater of time before ANBU, Tsunade and Hiashi Hyuuga were on the scene.
The blonde Hokage looked over the body and frowned. This was impossible from what the Elder Ravenheart had explained. Myra was physically incapable of performing the Ten no Shi more than once in a 24 hour period. Tsunade had seen the girl in question and though she hid her chakra depletion well, the girl was dangerously close to collapse or worse.
Hiashi paced around the body like wolf waiting for the right moment to strike. "Well, is it what we suspect?"
"Lord Hyuuga, know your place. I will not know more until I can get him to the hospital for more tests. It will take me a few hours to confirm or deny your assumptions."
"The entire council is aware of the girl's capabilities now. The demonstration was most effective. This is exactly why I am against having ties with a clan that has no true allegiances. They honor no one Kage or lord. They have done work with our enemies, the Ravenheart clan started as enemies of Konoha as you should know, lady Tsunade." Hyuuga glared.
"That is enough Hiashi. I am aware of what you speak. But you are forgetting two things about Death Dealers, they do not kill needlessly and they do not kill innocent people." Tsunade continued to check over the body. "I know who this man is. Wakanashi was a good man trying to protect his village. This was not the fate of a good man." There was something off about the Hyuuga clan leader. Tsunade couldn't sense any deception from him, but he immediately assumed Myra had committed this murder, and that is exactly what it was.
The blonde woman examined everything about the body. It was the Ten no Shi, his spirit was gone. There was a minor difference, very subtle and to someone who had never seen a body after the jutsu was performed, they wouldn't notice it. What was more, Tsunade surmised, was that this person was murdered by someone else. Tsunade kept her composure; she had to stall for time. "Take him to the hospital so I can run more tests."
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Naruto woke up curled around her. She was contently asleep in his arms. He pulled her closer, nuzzling into the back of her neck. Myra pulled his arms tighter around her. "Love, I don't think I can do this all day."
"I don't think I could either." He lied.
Myra elbowed him. "Liar." She giggled.
Her giggle reverberated through her and into him. He tightened his grip around her. "You're not making it easy for me to stop." He growled in her ear. He felt her whole body shiver. "That doesn't help either." Naruto nuzzled her shoulders.
She turned around to face him. "Honestly, I never want you to stop." Myra kissed him on the nose. "But I need to eat, you need to eat, and I'm going out on a date."
Naruto scowled at her. "With who?"
Myra kept herself from laughing. Naruto had forgotten he had asked her to the fair. "Oh, just some guy I met." She grinned.
"And what would his name be?" Naruto growled menacingly.
Myra looked at him coyly. "Naruto Uzumaki…"
Naruto clamed and felt a little stupid for getting upset, but thought it would be fun to tease her right back. "So, this guy… Is he good looking?"
"Yes." She nodded.
"Is he smart?"
"I think he's smarter than he lets on."
"Is he better than Sasuke?"
"No comment…"
"What, you scared you might hurt his feelings?"
"It isn't that… I will not speak ill of people that are not here to properly defend themselves."
"YES! I'm better." Naruto had a huge grin on his face.
Myra shook her head and started to get out of bed. "I'm going to go finish taking my shower." She stretched.
"I'll join you…" Naruto started to get up. His wrist was stuck to the frame of the bed. Naruto glared at her.
Myra just smiled and held up the key to the hand cuffs. "I would actually like to take a shower. You get in with me… And I'll never get clean."
"You're no fun." He sulked.
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Rai was standing in the hospital waiting area like any nervous father. The birds sat nervously in a tree; outside the very room Wakanashi's body was being kept. Tsunade exited the autopsy room with a grim expression. Rai nearly knocked her over. "Well?"
"I can stall for so long. I have a pretty good idea who did this, but there is no way to prove it. I knew there was something fishy about all of this happening at once. I should have seen the connection." Tsunade crossed her arms.
"Madara did this, didn't he?" Rai whispered.
"Yes he did. Hyuuga's already got the council convened with the exception of Sasuke. Hiashi made a big speech about how the Uchiha could yet be trusted with such matters of great importance. So the council unanimously voted to exclude Sasuke from the demonstration and from this trial." The Hokage nodded. "I believe this is a trap of some kind."
"Then I suggest that we continue with the illusion that she is guilty for the moment. It may draw out Madara and his subordinates. I will have Poe get a message to Myra." Rai was about to turn to the birds.
"Wait… If Myra is ready for the ANBU when they arrest her, it may tip people off that we know. Right now I don't know who I can and can not trust. Even you, old friend, there is dissention in the council that we should not ally with those that claim no allegiances."
Rai hung his head. "It is true a Death Dealer does not publicly claim allegiances to anyone. It's bad for business. I, on the other hand, have always been partial to the village I grew up in. I made many friends here, most of them are gone, but I still consider this place home." Rai gave Tsunade a confident grin. "I, the Thunder Bear, have always protected the village of Konoha and her Hokage when they call me to duty. I am a Konoha Shinobi first."
"Then as the Hokage, I'm asking for your help Thunder Bear. I am officially reinstating you as a special ANBU. You, Kakashi and Yamato need to go over that crime scene. Keep things discrete and in the shadows. I don't think I can stall the council much longer and I don't think I will be able to hand pick the ANBU team that will arrest Myra." Tsunade frowned.
"Myra is going to know something isn't right. Let me know the instant they are sent after her. If I am there I may be able to stop her from doing something even more damaging to her case."
"I agree. I will have Shizune contact you the moment the team is sent. Now get out of here before you are caught." Tsunade grinned. There was a flicker and a gust of wind and the man was gone.
Tsunade looked to the pair of birds that were still perched in the tree. "Well… Can't you two do something?"
The larger bird turned his head to face the smaller female. The smaller female shook her head. The larger bird took off in a flurry of wings. The smaller female stared back at Tsunade. "Things are going as they should. It is not ours to interfere with what must happen. A word of caution, Princess… The boy and the Fox are finding they have common ground. The more they find they have together, the less they have reason to be apart. Do not fear the moments of single thought. They only serve to make them a stronger whole."
"Are you saying that Naruto and the Kyuubi are becoming one person?" Tusnade walked to the window.
"It is what must be for the Kyuubi and Naruto to survive. It is what must be for us all to survive." Poe took off in a flutter of wings.
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A/N 2: Ok… I am sure a few of you are wondering… Where's the Lemon? Well… This is where I was getting caught up… I needed the massive amount of citrus to happen I just really didn't feel like writing it. So to save time, get the story back on track and get the fricken chapter up… I omitted the Lemons. If you want to know what happens that badly… I will sum it up with the immortal words of a famous comedian on the subject of Lemons from the perspective a certain part of the male anatomy:
"It was light… It was dark… It was light… It was dark… It was light… It was dark…It was light… And then I threw up…"
And it happened THREE TIMES!
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