Hey guys! I finally had some free time to write this story hope you guys enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto; otherwise, I'd be filthy rich.
After Tenten and I talked, I went straight to bed. I was not in the mood to be studying my ass off for the upcoming finals and practical tests with all the Akatsuki gossips going on around here.
As I lay there in my bed, with my blanket up to my chin, I realized that ever since I came to this school, my life has been turned upside down. Not that I only realized it now, but before it just felt surreal to think that I'm actually a naturally born witch? I would've thought the people here are crazy and needs to go to a mental hospital. But now, reality finally caught up to me and slapped me in the face: I am a real witch and I take secret witch lessons from the headmistress herself.
I shook my head and concentrated to trying to sleep, not that it would work but who knows? Sometimes life just surprises you.
After a lot of turning and giving out frustrated sighs, I finally fell asleep. Only I don't feel like I fell asleep, it feels like my body is knocked out but my mind is still awake waiting for something to happen. When I opened my eyes, well not literally like my eyes inside my mind? There's this bright white flash and I was momentarily blinded, but I rubbed my eyes a few times to get my vision working again, I was standing in an… abandoned warehouse?
Where the hell am I? I looked around feeling lost. Even though this is supposed to be a dream, well at least I know it's a dream, it feels very real, almost as if I'm really here.
"I finally get to meet you after all these years, Ino."
I jumped at the voice coming from behind me, because I didn't hear any footsteps and its creepy that a person would walk so quietly in a quiet place like this; I turned around to see a very familiar middle-aged guy, maybe mid forties or something, with really long blond hair that's tied up, staring at me. He grinned slightly, making the wrinkles beside his eyes crinkle slightly, he said, "Already forgotten me?"
"Who are you?"
The guy seemed taken aback, but he recovered almost immediately, as if he's been expecting me to say those very words but wasn't prepared for it. "Well for starters, I'm your dad,"
WOOAAAAAHHHH. MIND BLOWN.
I didn't say anything for a few seconds, stunned. I looked back from when I was six and my mom made this lame excuse that my dad went to a business trip, which I didn't believe and ever since he left, I've been dreaming of this, always hoping that I get to see him again. I felt tears forming in my eyes, trying my best to hold them back. When I made eye contact with him, I finally dropped my guard down and ran to him, opening my arms wide enough to hug him.
He sighed, relieved probably because I didn't forget him, and hugged me back. A few minutes has passed, with no sounds just savoring this moment, hoping that it lasts until this weird dream finally ends. He pulled back and lifted his hand and rested it on my right shoulder. "My baby, your mother raised you well." When I looked up I can see the love my dad has for me and I hugged him tighter.
"How did you do this, dad?"
He chuckled, "It's simple magic, even the most untalented witches can do this,"
I mentally groaned, thanks for making me feel like the best daughter in the world, dad. But whatever, I want to know why he left me and my mom when we needed him the most.
"Why did you leave dad?"
Suddenly, he pulled away, holding me back with his arms, "Well…" he scratch his head, like he doesn't know how to say this. Then he said, "I'll tell you when the time is right, baby girl."
I didn't bother asking any more questions, distracted by the fact that it's really my dad standing before me.
He suddenly looks grim, "Ino, I need to tell you something very important, and you cannot tell anyone about it, no one is to be trusted when it comes to this box." His tone sounded so serious that it destroyed the father-daughter moment we had a few seconds ago. He continued, "Do you know the forbidden area near the restaurant?"
I nodded, not sure where he's going with this, "The one near the restaurant?"
He nodded, "The one and only. I need you to do something for me, for the sake of our kind." And by kind I think he means the supernatural beings. "There's this black velvety box stored near the entrance door, you can't miss it. I need you need to open it, quickly before it falls into the wrong hands."
Right, when he says I can't miss it, is because the box looks like it's worth a million dollars. Trust me I've seen it.
"Have you seen the box? It looks really unbreakable! And what's more is that there's no keyhole on it. So I don't really know how I could open it."
He sighed and said, "I know, I know. Because you need a special key to open it and it's not the metal kind. You need something intangible and someone with a pure heart to open it."
Now that he said it, it does make sense, and I mean why in the world would there be a box that doesn't have an opening? Unless the person making it is really stupid that they forgot to put a keyhole to keep the things inside safe from prying hands. "Okay, I'll do it. But what's so important about that box?"
"Inside the box, there are weapons, special weapons made out of the finest crystal in the whole universe, only found in Tir Na Nog, and can kill the most dangerous monsters out there. But only a pure hearted person can hold the weapon and fight with it. You can kill anyone that you hit with the weapon, making you almost invincible. But beware; the power the sword holds is very tempting, making you does some very bad and unpredictable things and it will turn you impure. Once a person turns impure, the weapon belonging to the warrior will turn against him and burn him when he touches any part of the weapon. The burn will not stop once it burns you. It will slowly burn you, crawling to the other parts of the body killing you from the inside and when it reaches your brain, your dead."
I gasped when I heard the whole thing, not believing that a simple touch of the sword by an impure would be dead just like that. "But why do you need those and how do you know if I could open it?"
Dad tapped his foot impatiently and said, "I don't have time to explain, but I will tell you the whole thing when I meet you next week, okay? I need to go; someone in the real world is getting suspicious of me. Bye baby girl, I love you." He looked at me sadly; ready to cast a spell to end this dream.
I reached out, "Wait, dad-" but before I could say anything, he disappeared.
When I opened my eyes, I was panting and I was back in my room again. I looked at the clocked surprised to see that it took us 3 hours to have that small conversation. I sat up and grabbed a notepad to write down all the things important that occurred in my dream and wrote it down before I forget anything.
The next morning, the headmistress announced through the intercom that school is canceled because we're supposed to be preparing for the arrival of the great warlock, AKA my dad.
Cool, more time to figure out how to open the box and find out the spell for the book.
For the whole day, I hanged out with Tenten, Sakura and Hinata talking while working on the float we're building for the top 5 witches and warlocks in the school to stand on during the parade. While working, one of the students bumped into Sakura splashing all the paint all over my clothes.
Sakura grabbed a towel near her and gave it to me to wipe off the paint, "Oh gosh, sorry Ino!" Then Sakura turned to the guy who bumped into her, "Watch where you're going, punk!" Her face getting really red, you could almost see the steam coming off her nose and ears. When the guy saw Sakura, he quickly bowed, saying sorry, and ran off towards the rest of his friends. Who by the way, is walking away from Sakura as quickly as possible.
I laughed; sometimes Sakura can be pretty scary when she wants to be, even if she looks so nice and innocent. "It's fine, Sakura. Let me change into something else."
I put the paintbrush down and grabbed my keys, "Be right back!"
When I got to my dorm, someone was standing in front of my door. Like he's waiting for something or someone.
As I walked closer, the person turned to look at me, sensing someone coming.
"Oh hey, Sasuke." I said, surprised, I didn't Sasuke of all people would be hanging around the door of my dorm. Ever since the incident we haven't talked much. I didn't think he would actually talk to me, let alone come to my dorm room. I mean it is awkward…
Sasuke turned to me and leaned on the door frame, "Listen Ino, about the kiss-"
"Yeah, yeah. I know forget it and never tell anyone about it. Don't worry, already one step ahead of you."
When I said it, I saw Sasuke flinch a little, like I've hurt him, but it flashed so fast that I almost didn't see it. I looked at him concerned, "What, isn't that what you're trying to tell me?"
He shook his head and said, "Never mind." He turned to walk away, but I caught his wrist before he can take another step. "Wait, Sasuke." When I said his name, I feel that he tensed up. When I looked, his ears have a tinge of red painting it. Weird… then suddenly, Sasuke pulled back his hand so fast that I almost fell forward.
Once I regained my footing, I groaned, "What the hell is that about?!" I asked, glaring at his back.
He turned to look at me and started at me with so much hatred in his eyes. I took a step back, and let go of his wrist. What is wrong with him? He was normal just a few seconds ago and then suddenly when I touched him he flipped out? What is he, bipolar? He probably is, when he acts like this.
Sasuke leaned towards me and said with so much venom in his words, "Don't you dare touch me, Yamanaka."
I tried not to flinch under his gaze and put up the strong and confident act, trying to summon up anger to match Sasuke's, "Fuck off and don't tell me what to do."
Without saying anything, Sasuke simply walked away and never looked back. Something is really weird here, even if Sasuke and me aren't exactly chummy with each other, but it was never serious. We were only being playful; well that's what I think anyway. I better investigate this case, well after I figure out the black box and the book… man, I almost forgot about that! Well, I guess the Sasuke sitch would have to wait.
I took out my phone and group messaged Sakura, Hinata and Tenten telling them to cover for me for the rest of the evening. When they replied yes, I went into my dorm room and changed my clothes. On the way out, I grabbed the book, put it in my bag and went straight for the secret green house.
When I entered the green house, I put my bag down and went to the place where I last saw the black box, but there was nothing there, it's just an empty space with lots and lots of dust. I sighed, and I was about to grab my bag and leave when suddenly as if there was some kind of spell cast, the whole room lit up. I covered my eyes with my hands to shield my eyes, when the bright light subsided; I uncovered my eyes and looked at the empty space again. I widened my eyes and quickly kneeled down. Just a few centimeters away, is the black box. Before I could touch it, a hand snatched the box.
I growled, "Hey give that back, you ass!"
I actually growled! Whaaaaaaat?
A dark voice chuckled, "This is mine now!"
I got my bag and tried to smack the mysterious person's head with the heavy book inside, and it did catch him off guard and I saw a glimpse of orange on his face, but he quickly evaded when I tried it the second time and ran away from me, towards the back of the green house.
I ran after him, trying to catch up and not lose him in the dark. Crap, crap, crap. I can't believe I let this happen! Fuck, what if it's one of the traitor guys that wanted the weapons inside? I can't let my dad down, so with new resolve I tried to run faster and catch up to the guy. But he was making it so hard by zig zagging through the plants. I couldn't catch up to him anymore, he's getting farther and farther and the last thing I did, purely out of instinct, is to throw myself as far as I can to stop him from running.
I breathe in and out trying to ready myself, and then I threw myself at him. I know I couldn't make seeing as he's almost 4 or 5 meters away from him, but when I landed, I quickly grabbed his ankle making him fall down without anything to support on. He groaned and tried to kick me with his shoe, but too bad for him I evaded. I pulled his foot towards me and pinched his skin with my long nails really hard, hard enough to make him stop struggling for a bit. I tried standing up, but he was moving too much that I kept on losing my footing; I pinched him again and again on the same spot to make it really painful for him. He stopped momentarily and that gave me a chance to stand up and grab the box from him, he didn't move and inch, just cradling the spot I pinched really hard on, which is probably bleeding right now with all the hard pinching I did. When I have it in the safety of my arms, I ran as fast as I can towards the exit, but I was too deep into the green house to know where the exit is.
I heard footsteps coming towards me saying, "Come out come out wherever you are, bitch," His voice is so dark and deep that it scared the crap out of me making my heart pound really loudly that I was afraid that he would hear it miles away. I felt a hand behind me and then suddenly I was pushed down, the box hitting my chest making me winced in pain. I turned over to my back to protect myself, but when I did, I almost fainted because in his hand, he's holding up a very, very sharp knife.
He was about to strike when suddenly, a hand that came out of nowhere, grabbed his wrist and snapped it. I heard a bone crunch and I'm guessing that it was the bad guy's wrist. Ouch.
The newcomer dragged the guy away from me, and when they were far enough, the newcomer started punching the guy to no end. The bad guy, staggered back and held his check, then waited until the newcomer's guard down, then the bad guy suddenly punched the newcomer on the stomach making him drop to his knees, he was about to punch the guy, when I heard siren wailing just outside the building. This seemed to scare the shit out of this guy and he simply ran away.
When I was sure that it was only me and my savior left, I ran to the person and helped him up, but he didn't accept my hand just sat there. How I know he's a guy is his biceps are really big and hard and he doesn't punch like a girl.
"Hey, are you okay?" I asked, concerned that I got a person involved in my situation. I mean I know that it's going to be dangerous, that's why I didn't ask any of my friends to come help me, and my dad said I shouldn't tell anyone.
He grunted and wiped something on his face and flipped his hair, the way he flipped his hair reminded me of someone…
"Sasuke?"
He didn't say anything, just sat there with his knees up, resting his hands on the floor leaning back, making his face visible into the moonlight. He closed his eyes and sighed, "What are you doing here?"
I sat down beside him and looked at him, like really looked at him. "Well… I can ask you the same thing."
"It's dangerous up here, especially at night. Why'd you think they restricted the access to this place, stupid?"
His smug tone ringing through the whole green house, the old Sasuke I know is back. I rolled my eyes and said, "If it's restricted, then how come you're here, huh? Doesn't that rule apply to ALL students?"
I heard him chuckle and brush his hair back, "In case you didn't know, I'm kind of special around here," He turned his head towards me and winked, then he looked up the green house roof, staring up the stars.
"Thank you."
"What?"
"You heard me, no need for me to say it again," I laughed awkwardly. I'm not really the kind of girl that likes thanking people all the time, I got my pride, girl.
"I knew you were going to say that, but next time when I save your lovely ass again, I'm going to make sure you say it loud and clear," I saw him pretend that he was wrestling me and making all these awkward and funny movements. Seeing this is like seeing a while different side of Sasuke. He's always brooding and serious and thinks that he's all that, but this Sasuke looks like he's just a little kid that likes wrestling. I laughed when I watched him do those wrestling moves like some kind of untrained wrestler and believe me when I say I am enjoying the sight. I should've brought my cellphone. Daaaaaaaamn.
He stopped when he heard me laugh and looked at me, and then slightly leaned into me, just staring at me with his raven black eyes, almost as if he's trying to hypnotize me. Staring into his eyes seems to make time stop, making it seem like a timeless dream… we were about to leaned into each other…
We heard something snap behind us, and just like that the moment is over. We turned our heads to the direction of where the sound came from, Sasuke looked at me and whispered to me, "Don't make any sounds, I'm going to check if it's the masked guy who attacked you,"
I just nodded and watched him stand up and walked to the direction. He disappeared into the large plants, walking quietly to not attract the thing moving somewhere over there. After a few seconds, Sasuke came back with his eyes red, three swirling comas in the middle of his iris.
I gasped when I saw his red eyes, and stood up to back away, but after one second he was beside me, his hands on my shoulder, "Relax, I used my vampire eyes to see more clearly, it was only a rat looking for some food," he nodded to the large patch of plants he went into, "It's only the two of us right now."
I was about to say something, when a voice whispered something in my ear, saying, "Do not trust anyone, especially him." over and over again in this mysterious voice, and who is this him? I have an idea that it's Sasuke, but why him? I turned to Sasuke, "Hey, do you hear anything?"
He looked at me, confused, "What are you talking about? I didn't hear anything."
Huh, that's weird. Maybe I'm hallucinating about the voice, but then after a few seconds, it whispered again, "Trust no one, but you." After the last word, it finally stopped.
I looked at Sasuke weirdly, suspicious that he might be the 'he' in the warning. But then, when I think about it, I felt silly. I mean if Sasuke cannot be trusted then why'd he save me? Unless… he has an ulterior motive. Which I doubt, since he's Sasuke, he's not capable of any ulterior motives.
Or is he?
I must've spaced out, because Sasuke was looking at me like he was expecting something. "What?"
Sasuke sighed and said, "I said, want to get the fuck out of here?"
"Okay, okay. No need to get mad just because a girl didn't give you her full attention." I said, rolling my eyes. He's always like this, expecting me to be like other girls, well sucks for him, I couldn't care less. We both stood up and went towards the door, when we're at the last door, the door that would lead to the hallway, Sasuke turned to me, "Don't tell anyone that I you saw a masked man, okay?"
"Why?" If there was a criminal lurking inside the school, then we should definitely say something to the teachers! What if the guy did some bad stuff to the other students just because Sasuke and me didn't report this to the office? I was about to say something and disagree when he cut me off,
"Just listen to me, Ino. It's for your own good."
Wow, this is the first time Sasuke actually said my name. Must be important to him that I follow this 'orders'. But the way he said it told me that it really is serious and I shouldn't make fun of it, even if it's inside my head. So I agreed to not tell anyone about what happened.
"I should hide the box safely before that guy tries to steal it again."
Sasuke nodded, "You should." And with that, he opened the door and turned to wink at me, "Later, little piggy."
My blood boiled when I heard Sasuke said the word piggy, but I let it go since he just saved me. I sighed and tried to put the box inside my backpack without anyone noticing I have a very big bulked when I zipped my bag up. My mind made up, I would swallow my pride and ask for help, mainly from Tsunade. I have to avoid involving my family and friends from this masked man.
Encountering the masked man just made me realize how dangerous and hard this task is going to be. I know that this box is really special, but I didn't know it was THAT special that a mysterious guy would want to steal this priceless thing. But then again my dad did say that the weapons inside very useful when it comes to battles. I mean, I still have to do some kind of advanced spell to make the pages appear, to look into the history of the Akatsuki, since I'm already on it, might as well try to see what the disadvantages of the Akatsuki is. I mean, I would rather ditch this voluntary advanced reading on history, but something about the book and Akatsuki just called out to me, it's like having this magnetic pull that I can't break away from. So the sooner I become a witch powerful enough to cast the spell on the book, the better.
But there are some questions in my head that I've been wondering as I walked to my dorm; why do I feel the magnetic pull towards the book and Akatsuki? Why did Sasuke say some cryptic message to me that I shouldn't tell anyone about the masked guy? Is it because he thinks that the guy will go after me and do anything just to steal the box? And if the box is so damn precious, why leave it on the floor just beside the door at the green house?
Something's not right; it feels like something weird is going on in this school. I just feel it, no scratch that I know it.
LOS ANGELES: 12:42 AM
The red haired guy walked around the parking lot of the convenience store casually whistling while looking around the empty parking lot for something or someone.
When he saw a dark shadow and a flash of orange just inside the dark alley, he approached it and said, "Master." Then he bowed down to his knees and said, "You summoned me?"
The dark figure moved toward the redhead and grabbed his shoulders, "I need you to take over Sasuke's mission. He's not doing a good job and he's a sorry excuse of a nephew."
The redhead smirked when he heard the sentence, "My pleasure, Master."
So here it is! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, I tried to post earlier, but I had writer's block So sorry for the wait! :)
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