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Chapter 15 While they Slept
Night had fallen over the land as Killer Bee, Samui, Karui and Omoi walked down the pitch black road the only source of light coming from the crescent moon overhead.
"We should have been home hours ago." Complained Omoi as he slammed his hand against his forehead.
"We missed the ferry." stated Samui knowing that there was a series of ferries which moved across a rather large lake within lightening country. Crossing that lake was the most direct route they had to their home village and walking around it would have added almost six hours to their trip.
"Also the second ferry had engines problems there is nothing we could have done." Added Karui as she walked near the middle of the group
"Besides would you have rather walked that distance or ride." added Samui as she turned around and glared at her teammate in the dark, the little light they got bouncing off her now silted demon eyes.
"Ride." admitted Omoi as they kept walking toward their home which was now only an hour away, so close that they could see the glow of city lights shining in the distance.
Far to their south most of the Leaf village was sound asleep but not totally. Moving though the darkened streets with the only light coming from the flickering street lights was Kiba Inuzuka. For a moment he paused as he felt a drop of rain hit his fur jacket.
"Oh great rain." Groaned Kiba as he knew that the rain would turn the dirt covered streets to pure mud. Which would just add to his long list of problems which happened today, slowly he moved down an alley toward a bright red door located in the side of one of the building. He tapped on the side of the door which caused it to open up. For a moment the man standing at the door looked at him checking his eyes to make sure he was a jinchūriki.
"Welcome." Said the man as he stepped aside letting Kiba in. He was taken aback by the smell of the mold and what had to be human waste radiating from everywhere. "Follow me."
Slowly the man led Kiba down a flight of stairs and down a long narrow hallway toward a rusty metal door. The door opened only as the hallway became filled with cigerate smoke causing Kiba to caugh.
"If you don't like smoke then you came to the wrong place, we don't have a none smoking area." Stated the doorman as Kiba walked into the poorly light smoke filled room. It was as if the room had come straight out of movie, the room was covered in smoke with dozens of small tables with a mix of candles and lamps for light source. The room was filled with men and women smoking and having drinks. Kiba walked toward the largest table which turned out to be an old door being held up by some even older sawhorses.
"What can I get you?" asked the bartender
"A beer." answered Kiba
"Well we don't have any of that." answered the bartender
"Ok then how about some whiskey?" asked Kiba
"Why don't I just get to the chase, we have some moonshine or some more moonshine." answered the bar tender
"Alright give me a bottle of that." answered Kiba as he waited for the bar tender to get his drink but he didn't move.
"Its $30 paid upfront first." explained the Bartender as Kiba's eyes widened at the price it was nearly triple the price.
"Fine." Growled Kiba as he slammed the money down as the bartender got a rather small bottle of moonshine out.
"Here you go, drown your pain here as long as you like." Added the bartender "As long as you have the money I don't care. Hell I'll even listen to your complaints…let me guess it's a woman."
"I wish it was just that." added Kiba "My clan has disowned me."
"You can say that about everyone now." added the bartender with a shrug
"To add to that the woman I love who was already in love with someone else is a different demon now and that demon is in love with the other man's demon." added Kiba as he took a drink only to flinch a bit, the drink was gut busting bad but it was all he had.
"Well that stinks." added the bartender "But it happens."
"And since my clan has disowned me means I can't have my ninja dog, Akamaru and they are even talking about putting him down." Added Kiba
"Well that fucking sucks, nothing should separate a man from his dog." added the bartender as Kiba waited a bit but nothing happened.
"You know normally this is when a bar tender gives a free drink to lighten the mod." added Kiba
"Well most bars don't have to smuggle in drinks in to them." pointed out the bar tender
On the other side of the wall walking down the street as if it was nothing was Sasuke Uchiha. No one seemed to notice a man dressed in a long black coat walking toward a mostly residential area of the village most people who were still out where stumbling out of bars and into the rain.
"You would think that it would have been harder for me to escape from that so called prison." Laughed Sasuke to himself as he made a turn which marked the boarder of the old Uchiha compound. The scene of the massacre had long ago been torn down and rebuilt with new houses. There was almost nothing left of the area where he grew up only one of the originally buildings remained. Slowly he climbed a series of stone steps which had been cut into the side of a hill as he climbed up toward his destination, the Naka Shrine. The wooden floor moaned a bit as Sasuke moved across the empty main hall of the shrine. The only light in the room came from the dozens of red candles which burned around the main shrine. For a moment Sasuke paused as he looked into the fire.
"Is something wrong?" asked Katsu to his partner
"This place just holds too many bad memories." Answered Sasuke as he tried not to look toward the far wall. There carved into a large river stone was the names of all the clan members who died in the massacre, including his parents. "They held the funeral for my clan here."
"Well we only came for one thing." answered Katsu as Sasuke moved out of the main hall and walked into one of the side rooms only to find thousands of scrolls in large holders which covered all four walls and several selves filling the center of the room.
"This may take a little longer then I thought." add Katsu as Sasuke moved directly toward one of the shelves.
"No, it won't." reassured Sasuke as he stopped in front of one of the stands, he quickly scanned the lines of scrolls until he found it. He reached out and grabbed the scroll he was looking for placing it into one of the holders inside his new coat. "Alright let's head back."
To the north of fire country Killer Bee, Samui, Karui and Omoi where finally approaching their home village of Kumogakure. Suddenly a bright light appeared out of nowhere blinding them.
"Halt!" yelled a male voice
"Calm down its me." stated Killer Bee as the light came down reveling five Kumogakure ANBU standing there.
"Sorry sir, but a curfew is in effect and the village is in lock down." explained an ANBU as they walked toward the adopted brother of their Kage
"Well we didn't know that." stated Samui "We spent the whole day traveling."
"And we understand that." added another ANBU
"Do you have something to drink?" asked Omoi
"Sure, I have some." Stated the ANBU as he walked past Killer Bee and to Omoi however instead of drawing out a canteen he pulled out a kunai. Killed Bee had no time to react as the kunai entered the back of his head cutting the spine off from the brain.
"What the!" yelled Karui as the ANBU launched their attacks, slashing at the three younger ninjas with their kunias and swords. Karui jumped back but not fast enough to totally dodge the slash across her stomach. The attack left a rather large but shallow cut across her stomach.
"Traitors!" yelled Samui as she punched the mask off one of the ninjas. "The Raikage will have your head for that!"
"Well considering the old Raikage has no head, I don't think so." Laughed the ANBU as the three ninjas eyes widened "We couldn't have a Raikage brother be a demon now couldn't we, so the council removed him."
"A coup." stated a stunned Omoi
"Yes, now if you come quietly you will live or do we have to do this the hard way." stated the lead ANBU before he suddenly fell to the ground with a kunai in his own head.
"What?" asked one of the ANBU, seeing an opening Samui moved in with her own blade cutting the ANBU in half from his hip to his far shoulder. Seeing his two dead teammates the third ANBU turned tail and ran as fast as he could back toward the village.
"Ok what the hell just happened?" asked Omoi
"Sensei!" yelled Karui as she moved to her sensei's side, she placed her hand by his lips hoping to feel a breath but there was nothing there.
"He is gone and so are you three if you don't get going." Added a female voice as the three of them turned to see the personal aid to the Raikage, Mabui standing there.
"Mabui what the hell is going on?" demanded Karui
"Simple there was a coup by the council and they killed the Raikage." explained Mabui as she moved some of her grayish white air aside.
"Why?" asked Omio
"Two jinchūriki in the world is fine but thousands people can't stand." explained Mabui "They are rounding up Jinchūriki."
"And doing what?" asked Karui afraid of the answer
"Let me guess they are killing them?" asked Samui as Mabui shock her head.
"No that would be a waste, work them to death in a labor camp and let them die there." explained Mabui "They are only killing those they feel are a threat like Killer Bee."
"Why are you helping us?" asked Samui as she looked at Mabui's eyes. "You're human."
"Your point?" asked Mabui as she looked at the pissed off young woman. "Not everyone is with the people leading the coup."
"So we could coup the coup?" asked Omoi
"No, there isn't that many of us." Stated Mabui "However we are freed the Jinurichi from the camps and are clearing the way for their excape but they are mostly cilvians and are moving slowly."
"That is what you where doing." Observed Samui as a large group of cilvians came walking out of the darkness.
"Yes, we are having them head to Blesk island." Explained Mabui
"Then what?" asked Karui as the civilians moved past them. The civilians looked tired, confused and some of them had blood on their cloths.
"I will let you three figure that out because if I get caught I don't want to know where you are." Explained Mabui as she looked at Samui "You're in charge of them now."
Unaware of the Coup in lightning country Sasuke Uchiha walked into the room, only to stop as he looked down at the sleeping red haired woman. Karin was spread out on their makeshift bed with her hands on spread out a bit as she lied on her back. Sasuke couldn't help but look down and examined her, she was dressed in a simply black sports bra and shorts and it turned him on.
"Just wait until we find my other mate and you have two vixens to have fun with." Added Katsu "Karin has Rina and she is beautiful but I always thought Chika was more beautiful."
"Any idea who that could be?" asked Sasuke wondering who he may get as his second.
"Not really, she may have died but if she did we can find another one." added Katsu "On second thought we may need to find another one or two anyhow, you are the last of your clan."
"Maybe." Answered Sasuke as he looked down at Karin before opening up the scroll he had gone to get. Slowly he ran his hands down the list of items sealed inside the scroll until he found what he was looking for. He quickly bit his thumb before running his hand over the seal beside the item name. A small puff of smoke filled the air as the item appeared in Sasuke's hand. A small golden necklace with a single diamond in the center with four bright red rubies running out on both sides of the diamond.
Flashback
"Mom, where are you going?"asked a six year old Sasuke Uchiha as he watched his mom put on some makeup. She was dressed in a black dress which was tight around the top before spreading out at the bottom.
"It's the police force ball tonight, which is why your big brother is babysitting you." explained his mother Mikoto as she put in her diamond earrings in.
"I can watch myself, I am a big boy." Answered Sasuke as he bounced a little bit as he sat on the bed.
"Then you can babysit Itachi." laughed Mikoto as she reached for a small wooden box on her dressing stand. "Sasuke can you come here, I want to show you something."
Sasuke jumped from the bed and moved to his mother's side. The moment Sasuke was at her side she opened the box to show golden necklace with bright red rubies and a single diamond.
"What is it?" asked Sasuke
"Well this necklace it belonged to my grandma, grandma." explained Mikoto as Sasuke touched the necklace.
"So it is old?" asked Sasuke as he looked at the shiny object.
"Yes, very old. Older then the village itself." added Mikoto "And someday you will give it to your wife."
Mikoto laughed a bit at her son's reaction to the idea of girls.
"What's in the other box?" asked Sasuke as he pointed toward another similar box located on the stand.
"Well that is for Itachi's future wife." explained Mikoto with a smile as she put on the necklace before standing up and offering her hand to her son. "Now will you escort me to your father for our date?"
"Yes, mommy." answered Sasuke as he took her hand and lead her downstairs.
End Flashback.
"This is for you Karin-chan." whispered Sasuke as he placed his mother's necklace around the sleeping woman's neck locking it in place behind her neck before gently placing it to rest on her chest.
Hundreds of miles away from the Leaf village a ferry pulled into the docks of a private island located in the middle a massive bay with direct access to the ocean.
"Welcome to the Zlato Island, home of the Golden Zlato five star hotel and resort." announced the captain's voice over the loud speaker to the only passage on the ferry. A man dressed in a silver cloak that covered his face and went all the way down to the ground "We hope you enjoy your stay
"Oh I will." laughed the passage as he waited for the gangplank to be lowered allowing him to disembark onto the massive dock. The passenger moved past multimillion dollar pleasure yachts which were waiting for their owners to return to them. The passenger moved past the docks and headed up toward the beach front hotel. The front of the hotel was perfectly manicured with dozens of rose bushes and fields of flowers all in full blown. He moved pasted fix large marble columns which formed the entrees to the hotel.
"Welcome, Sir." welcomed a well groomed man dressed in a red doorman uniform as he opened the solid golden bronze door allowing him access to the main marble lobby. The man walked past the check in checkout counter as he headed straight toward the main meeting room located beside the lobby. He paused for a moment in front of the large bronze doors before throwing them open causing the ten people sitting around the large table to jump while their guards pulled their weapons.
"Well this is a rare sight, the Daimyos of the Lands of Fire, Lightning, Earth, Wind and Water along with the head Samurai of the Land or Iron all in the same room." Said the cloaked man "Wait is that also the Heads of the International Trading Coalition and the Business Trade Coalition all in the same room together."
"Don't forget us." stated one of the last two as the man turned to look at them.
"Ah, how could I forget about the head representative of the smaller Daimyos." Laughed the man as he looked at the other man who held the almost laughable position of head representative of the smaller Daimyos. That position was created to give the smaller nation daimyos a voice on the council of Daimyo's along with the major nation daimyos.
"And the head of the small business union." stated the only woman in the room.
"Yes, how could I forget about you too." explained the man
"Who are you?" asked the Land of fire Daimyo as he fanned himself.
"And why are you here?" asked the Land of Wind Daimyo
"I am here to help you with your jinchūriki problem." explained the man as he lowered his hood only to show his hood to show his silver hair and his large black rimmed glasses.
"Kabuto Yakushi." Growled the head of the Samui of the land of Iron. "We should kill you now."
"If you do that then you will lose will all the information I have on the jinchūriki." explained Kabuto as he pushed up his glasses.
"What could you possibly have?" asked the Daimyo of the land of Lightning
"I was the one who accidently released them from the Ark." explained Kabuto as everyone's eyes widened at the news. "That is just a little taste of the information I have. See Orochimaru found the ark years ago and began to study it believing it contained scrolls full of ancient justu. He never got it open but I did."
"What do you want for this information?" asked the daimyo of the land of fire
"First the kill order on my life lifted and I want to be named the leader of Otogakure." Demanded Kabuto
"No, I for one will not put the student of the man who killed the Kazekage so that he could attack the Leaf village in charge of a village." Explained the daimyo of the Land of Wind
"My former sensei is gone, I do not have a vendetta against the Leaf village or any other village." explained Kabuto "I just want to run the village he founded and learn every justu that I can learn."
The daimyo's and business leaders all looked at each other as they weight their options.
"We do need an expert on the jinchūriki threat." pointed out the daimyo of the Land of Water
"Very well but we will put limits on your military strength and you will be subject to inspections at any time we see fit." added the head Samurai as Kabuto nodded his head in agreement.
"Now that is out of the way I have only one other request." added Kabuto with a grin "I need a room to stay in and maybe something to eat as well."
Well a lot of things happened this chapter and I hope you are surprise by some of them. I know that some people may be upset that I killed Killer B so easily but I felt that he would drop his guard around ninjas from his own village which would mean it would be easy for them to kill him. Now I posted clips of some stories which I am considering writing after I finish two of my current stories so please see my profile read them and then vote for which one you would like. Until next time please keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75.