Immortal Diaries

Chapter 12

AN: Hello all and welcome back. Firstly as always thanks to all those who reviewed the last chapter, and those that asked about the update. It's been a little while since the last update and I actually had this sitting in my files nearly completed for the last few weeks. That said here's the new chapter.

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Immorality in definitive terms it was an eternal life, the ability to live forever. For thousands of years and perhaps even longer mankind has been in search of it. As one who has lived for as long as he had and walked the surface of many worlds, dimensions and universes Naruto had seen many attempts at attaining immortality. For the most part those who attempt to become immortal fail miserably yet despite this he had seen immortality in many forms. The first time he'd come across someone who had possessed a form of immortality it had been when he was a child in the form of Orochimaru, the Snake Sannin. In his quest to master all of the Jutsu ever created the Sannin had experimented on countless people which had culminated in the creation of his Fushi Tenshi Jutsu (Living Corpse Reincarnation Technique) which allowed him to transfer his mind and soul from one body to another. This technique however was flawed in that the host body would only last for up to three years before his soul was ejected from the body.

The next time he'd run across anyone who had attained a form of immortality it was in the form of two individuals from the criminal organization known as Akatsuki that were collectively known as the Zombie Duo, Kakuzu and Hidan. Kakuzu had his immortality in the form of a kinjutsu he had stolen from his native village during his defection that was called Jiongu (Earth Grudge Fear) which transforms the user's body into something similar to that of a rag-doll, held together by hundreds of thick black threads. This was done by stealing the organs from the bodies of others and incorporating them into his own body to extend his life. In his case he would take their hearts and could contain up to four spare hearts, meaning he lived with five and could only die if all five were destroyed.

Hidan was part of a religious cult that had worshiped a demon named Jashin whom they'd somehow mistaken as a God. Somehow or other Jashin had granted Hidan a form of Immortality in that he could not age nor could he be killed even if his head was parted from his body. In return for this gift Hidan would ritualistically murder people as a sacrifice to Jashin. When he had encountered the two he'd been sixteen and while he'd managed to kill Kakuzu, Shikamaru had only managed to decapitate Hidan. For good measure they'd cut up his body and buried them miles apart from each other with him taking it a step forward and placing seals over each part. Despite this Hidan had lived like that for nearly twenty years before Jashin himself made an appearance being summoned by the cultists. In the end he'd killed the demon and with his death stripped the cultists of the immortality he'd granted them.

Regardless of this however the point was before he was even twenty years old he'd seen people boasting Semi-Immortality and Reliant-Immortality. Since then he had seen and heard about many other ways to achieve immortality be it by magical means, scientific means, divine blessings and demonic empowerment. However despite this he knew that no matter what manner that they had attained it there were loopholes since he knew that Absolute Immortality was held by very few entities in the entirety of existence.

That said Immortality was something that came in levels. The first was Semi-Immortality and it was pretty much the basic level. This was one in which a person was generally unable to age but could still die via disease, wounds or by substances such as poison. The second level was Relient-Immortality in which case ones Immortality was anchored by another source. He had seen many examples of this form as well especially during his time as a Pirate or on other worlds. This level basically made it where one simply does not die as either the soul would not leave the body or it would not move on until whatever anchors it has been either destroyed or purified.

The third level was True Immortality where one could not be killed in any conventional manner and would have to be rendered mortal to be killed for the most part. This one however was tricky as if ones soul or mind was still mortal it was only a matter of time before they sought out ways to kill themselves. He knew a family who had this type of Immortality, these would be the current servants of the Sky Mother Zuzushi. There were also a lot of Gods across the Multiverse that had this form of Immortality, though they too could be killed by another God, Goddess or even a Demi-God if they were strong enough.

The next level was called Unfettered. This one was usually not only Immortal but Invulnerable to harm as well. This one was rare however it also had its weaknesses as anyone who could manipulate souls would simply have to remove the soul from the body. There were also those who had mastered time manipulation as they could simply erase a person such as this from existence. Finally there was Absolute Immortality and belonged to one who was simply eternal, incapable of being killed in any way, shape or form including soul and time manipulation. The only way to really get rid of someone on this level was pretty much by sealing them away.

"So what level are we on?" questioned Caroline interrupting the lesson that Naruto was giving her.

"Well me I'm at the Absolute level. Right now you're at the True Immortal level, your mind and soul are both Immortal as well. This means you can still be killed however in your case your body would simply destroy itself and you'd wake up at my home in the Spirit Realm. At that point you'd pretty much be incapable of coming back here for a certain length of time depending on how strong you are, so try not get yourself killed." Said Naruto.

At the moment the two could be found within the woods surrounding the old Salvatore property. It had been a little over a week since Caroline had been freed from the grasp of the werewolves and was the third day of the girls training. The reason for the impromptu lesson was due to Caroline wanting to know how Immortality actually worked considering her new status.

"So listen about your training." Started the elder causing her to look up at him.

"I've been watching you closely the last few days and I've got to say you've impressed me. I expected a lot of complaining out of you but you haven't done any. I was initially only going to teach you a few things but I'm considering taking you on as a true apprentice."

"What does that mean?" questioned the girl

"Basically that instead of just getting you in shape and teaching you how to fight I'll take you on as my personal student. This means I'll be putting you through the same kind of training that Matt got just more intense."

At this Caroline actually paused with wide eyes. After she had finally come clean to Matt about her new nature as a kitsune he had done the same with some of the things he'd been holding secret from her. Learning that Naruto was actually Matt's dad had pretty much thrown her for a loop however hearing of the things he had learned over the last several months had gotten her more than a little curious.

While this was happening Bonnie was also hard at work only her work was a lot less physical at the moment. At the moment she was sitting back with her eyes closed as she as the music played through the studio. With the exception of Tim and Missy the studio was closed as they were the only ones in attendance. She had been told that some artist tended to travel heavy even for studio sessions however she rather liked this more closed session as everyone in the room had a purpose.

"That's fire." Said Tim as the track finished playing.

"I just feel like its missing something." Said Bonnie.

"Your right; that second verse we can spice it up a little, add to it." Said Tim.

"The bridge needs work too." Said Missy thoughtfully

"Yeah, now that I hear it back. Maybe it was good when I wrote it but that was two years ago." Said Bonnie with a frown.

"No it's good, just doesn't fit the track." Said Missy.

Years later Bonnie would look back on this moment and realize this was one of the better moments of her life.

Willow Rosenberg was amongst other things the most powerful witch on the planet. It helped that her knowledge of magic stretched much further than any witch on the planet as well. Though she didn't look it and no one would ever believe it she was much older than her birth certificate would lead one to believe, that was of course a benefit to being in a relationship with Naruto. When she had lost control of her magic or rather when she had succumbed to her addiction Naruto had taken her to other dimensions, other versions of Earth where she had studied with and under some of the greatest magical practitioners to have ever lived.

She had been de-aged and taken to what they called the Potter-verse where magic was manipulated much differently. There she had attended Hogwarts from the time she was eleven years of age until she had graduated seven years later. Following that she had been taken to another universe and trained by a man who most knew only as the Ancient One, who she had called fondly Master Yao. Her parents like many of those born and raised in Sunnydale had eventually succumbed to the negative influence generated by an active hellmouth, while they had never been abusive they had grown to become distant almost negligent when it came to her.

Master Yao had been very much how she imagined a grandfather figure would be and had taught her more than magic. It was with his guidance that she had finally grown into who she was as a witch and more importantly as a person. When the reality spheres had been broken she had been one of the main ones who had fixed the problem, thankfully the spheres where only representations of the other realities and while the realities themselves had been in some very real danger of destruction due to that they had still been alive if badly damaged. Thanks to that she had been able to connect her mind with the most powerful magic practitioners in each realm and make it so that they would in effect merge together, as by that point none of them could survive on their own for much longer.

To make them even more powerful she had taken it a step further and linked the new reality even closer to this one, having once been home to the elemental nations and the Shinju this particular version of Earth was much stronger than many of the others and as such had been able to use the nature chakra that it still generated to heal the cracks that had still been in the new reality. That however was a story in and of its self; still it spoke of the power in which she possessed.

"Getting some reading in I see." Said a voice breaking Elijah's attention away from the screen to see Buffy Summers leaning against the doorframe to his office, now wearing a pair of black pants and a burgundy top.

"Indeed I have, I fear I may have misjudged you and your friends. Naruto suggested to me I read up on you all, I must admit to be glad to have done so." Stated Elijah causing her to raise an eyebrow.

"Tell me have you ever heard of the Strix?"

Meanwhile at the werewolf camp the group of survivors could be seen placing the bodies of their dead next to a bonfire knowing that the fire would eventually spread to consume the remains of their slain comrades. This was the scene another individual came upon as a dark blue Dodge Ram pulled up to the area before the truck cut off and the figure climbed out. The figure turned out to be that of a man who had a slim body tone and stood at about 5'10" and wore a pair of rather worn light blue jeans and a black Led Zeppelin t-shirt. He had short cut red hair that was so light that it was nearly orange and a full beard that was thankfully not very thick and blue eyes.

"Oz." greeted Jules as he approached giving him a quick hug.

"What happened?" questioned the man.

"We made a play and took a girl that we thought was a vampire. She turned out to be something else but the Salvatore's came for her. As you can see they took down quite a few of us but eventually our numbers began to overwhelm them. Then the adopted brother dropped us, magically." Said the woman causing him to frown.

"Adopted brother?" questioned Oz, as far as he knew there were only two.

"Yeah, Tyler called him Naruto." Said the woman causing him to tense.

"Describe him." said the man quickly.

"Blond hair, blue eyes, about your height." Said the woman.

"Markings on his cheeks?" questioned Oz.

"Yeah, now that you mention it, he had these three linear markings, reminded me of whiskers actually." Said the woman causing him to snort.

"You and everyone else he let's see them." Said the man.

"You know him?" questioned the woman.

"We went to high school together. He was being merciful." Said the man.

"You call this merciful?" questioned Jules in shock.

"For him yes. He left quite a few of you alive." Said Oz.

Their conversation however was cut off as two more people approached both of them men. One of them was the tallest of the bunch standing at 6'1 with short cut brown hair and blue eyes. The other man was about 5'8 and had longer brown hair and brown eyes.

"You want to tell her." Said the first man, who Jules knew as Brady.

"Tell me what?" questioned Jules

"Let me just preface this with a big disclaimer that screams, 'I should have known better.'" Said the second man

"What's going on Stevie?" questioned Jules.

"When Brady told me what that Tyler kid said about Mason being here for the moonstone, something clicked. There was this moment back in Florida when I suspected Mason was up to something because he was banging that hot, vampire chick Kathy and he didn't want anyone to know."

"And, your point is?" prodded the woman her tone carrying a strong hint of impatience.

"That is the point, Jules. It's the sun and moon curse. Mason was asking me all kinds of questions about it, if it could be broken, and when that evil man-witch showed up last night, double-click. Witches, vampires, moonstone. They're putting everything in place to break the curse." Said Stevie causing her to don a pensive expression.

"Maybe but they still need a powerful witch to do it." Said Oz.

"Your friend Naruto definitely has the power." Said Jules.

"Yes, but firstly he's not witch, though he's been known to take them under his wings from time to time. Secondly he'd never break it himself he'd consider such a thing beneath him, it be like using a high pressure fire hose to water your plants. That said he won't interfere if someone is attempting to break it though, may even give a few pointers if he likes the group enough." Said Oz.

"Regardless, we can't let them break it, even if it means killing every last vampire in this town." Said Brady.

Meanwhile within the gym of the IMF facility Matt could be found going to town on a heavy bag. He had gathered a bit of a crowd as all could see his hands were merely taped but there were no gloves to speak of. Despite this he hit the bag with force pure anger shining out of his eyes as he worked out his frustrations regarding Caroline's brief kidnapping and Tyler's role in it. Of course he had no idea that his current method of working off his frustration had drawn quite the crowd as his mind was instead focused inward as he fired off body shot after body shot into Tyler's imaginary frame until finally he fired a straight with his right that hit with such force that the chain that snapped causing the bag to go flying spilling sand from the busted bag out until it slammed into a wall and fell to the floor.

"You alright Matt?"

Panting the teen looked up to see Boruto approaching him. Despite the fact that he was a very busy man he still reserved two hours of his day every day to time in the gym. He had gotten to know him quite a bit over the last few months as well as a few of his other siblings. Boruto however by virtue of being the eldest liked to look in on all of them and was always up to listen if any of them just needed someone to talk to.

"Yeah, I guess things are just getting a bit tense at home." Said the teen.

"I heard you guys had a problem with some werewolves." Said Boruto leading the teen away from the mess.

"They kidnapped my girlfriend and my best friend helped them do it."

Hearing this Boruto decided it was time to teach his younger brother exactly how it is an Uzumaki handles anger management.

In a higher level of the base Naruto could be seen sitting behind a desk leaning back in his chair as he blew a cloud of smoke from his mouth. His right hand held one of his King of Denmark cigars and while he normally didn't partake much in this particular pastime he was in a celebratory mood having just finished the final draft of the final chapter in the fourth book of his autobiography. While he had technically finished the book a few months back he had made it a point to go back and trim the fat off the things as he didn't want to let anyone too far into his thoughts. Hinata would of course be able to read the original but that was it, after that she'd read the final version and from there it would be sent to the publisher.

Closing out the file and removing the flash drive he soon had it sealed safely inside a sealing scroll. Taking another drag of the cigar he held his breath for a few moments before releasing allowing the smoke to pour from his lungs. Channeling a small bit of chakra to his right index finger he slashed the air causing a small tear to appear. The tear was actually the manifestation of his own personal pocket dimension, the idea of which he'd gotten quite some time ago from watching a cartoon. With that done he turned his attention to the files that had been sitting on his desk awaiting his attention.

O'Conner had true to his prediction sprung Dom as soon as he realized that the FBI had reneged on their deal. Dom had been sentence to twenty-five years to life and had been on a transport bus when O'Connor and Mia had sprung him. At the moment they were all running in different directions but he was keeping eyes on them, and Dom knew to call if he needed anything. Lucas and Nathan were also both coming along well, both had declined awakening their powers but he had however awakened their healing factors to the same level as Matt's which in this instance had completely cured Lucas of his HCM.

There was also the trial of Daniel Scott to look forward to. Because he really wanted the bastard he had called in the best team that he could to ensure the bastard would rot. The first and easiest to get had been Lilah, another he'd called had been Annalise Keating and his ringer Jack McCoy. Well truthfully only Lilah and Annalise had been his calls, Jack had been Boruto, still he was a good one to head the trial as a former Executive Assistant District Attorney. Because Daniel was actually the Mayor of the small town of Tree Hill it had actually been even easier than they had assumed to make his trial federal. Sure the man would have his own lawyers assembled by the time of his trial but by then their own team would have things well in hand.

Closing the file on that he moved on to the next one and upon opening it was greeted to a picture of Kelly Donovan, which was apparently just an alias. Her real name was apparently Amanda and she had been a rising star in something called PsyOps. Eventually she partnered with a guy called Percival Rose and started something called Division, an off the books government black ops program, only from the look of things they'd gone rogue some time ago. As he looked over the file he couldn't help but grimace at just some of what the group had been up to, not the least of which was Nikolai Udinov in from what he could tell had been a classic betrayal power play. Along with this were many other assassinations both political and otherwise. Of course he'd already known about Division however he hadn't had any clue that Kelly was so wrapped up in things. Whatever the case he didn't have to worry about it too much, they already had Nikita and Alex working on that.

Aside from that the only other project he was keeping his eye on was the mission that Hunt's team had been on. Luckily the team had been able to get free and clear from the Kremlin before it exploded. Despite this the Russians were still blaming Americans for the attack, as they'd apparently intercepted transmissions from American operatives. Whatever the case the team was currently in Dubai trying to intercept the sale of the codes to a nuclear device. Hopefully this mission would go much more smoothly but he'd have to wait to find out more information on that.

The next few days went by in a bit of a blur. For the most part things had been pretty much quiet with the exception of that very first day. Apparently the werewolves hadn't taken his message to heart as they'd attacked both Stefan and Damon. Stefan who'd been at the Gilbert family lake house with Elena had ripped the heart out of his attacker. Damon however had been jumped and in the end had to be saved by Elijah before the remaining wolves had finally fled. Needless to say when he'd gotten the news and had his sit down with Oz he'd let his old friend no that he was in no way pleased with being ignored and that if Jules ever set foot in any town he was personally in her life was forfeit.

Aside from that Damon had hosted a dinner party that had ended with Alaric stabbing Elijah with the White Oak Ash Dagger. The first time it hadn't put him down for long in fact about five minutes after it was removed he had recovered and disappeared. The second time however it was Elena who stabbed him when he'd come to collect her at the lake house. With him down it had broken the compulsion that kept Katherine in the cave and as such she'd been free to leave.

Bonnie however had been paid a visit by one Jonas Martin who had taken it upon himself to seal away her magic for some reason. After she called him and told him what happened he'd broken the seal and sent her to New York to study with Willow. After that however he'd gone to visit Jonas and shown him his displeasure for his hubris, he'd also warned both him and his son Luka that should either of them approach Bonnie again the only way the man would see his daughter again would be to identify the corpse.

Aside from that he had been focused mostly on family obligations that he felt were actually important. He had finally introduced Bonnie to Hinata and of course the two had hit it off quite quickly. They had a quiet dinner with just the three of them and Hinata the gentle soul she was had rather easily gotten the young witch to relax and open up. That was an important first step as he knew that once she was done with basic and intermediate level training in her magic Hinata would be taking over the girls training.

Following that they'd returned to Mystic Falls where he'd been able to enjoy watching Katherine messing about with the heads of Damon, Stefan and Elena. He had rather casually pointed out that he had known exactly what would happen if Elijah was immobilized as he was. Watching Damon squirm when the other two realized that the ebony haired Salvatore had neglected to contact him had been fairly amusing. After that little side task he and Hinata had a nice dinner with his mother, Lucas, Nathan, Nathan's wife Hayley and his mother Deb. There they had given a cliff notes version of who they were and how they had come to be to the new family members.

While he was doing that however Stefan the naïve fool that he was had taken it upon himself to try and cut a deal with the Martin's. He had walked away naively secure in his deal with Jonah Martin while Jonah had walked away already plotting their demise which led to the current time. At the Salvatore house the pair of Damon and Katherine could be seen each of them engaged in their own reading Damon lying on the couch and Katherine seated within a chair. As one the two of them look up and glance around them before eyeing each other before shrugging. Unknown to them, invisible to their eyes Luka Martin stood just before them and breathed out a quiet sigh upon them looking away.

"Elena and Damon. They're reading." Said Luka.

"Good. If Elijah's there, you'll sense him. Stay focused." Came the voice of his father in his mind.

Of course they weren't actually speaking telepathically. In truth Luka was currently using a family spell that allowed for astral projection and Jonas was the one channeling the magic since he couldn't actually do it and it was a two person spell. The plan was actually quite simple using the spell they would be able to sneak into the house and if Elijah was here they would be able to free him from whatever confinement he was under. While they had been told Elijah was dead the both of them knew that as an Original there wasn't anything that could actually kill him. As such whatever was holding him he would remove it thus freeing Elijah to kill the Salvatore's and the rest of their brood. With that thought in mind he moved on leaving the room and sensing out Elijah, meanwhile now bored Katherine looked up and glanced around again

"What is it?" questioned Damon not really caring though.

"I'm bored." Said the woman looking over to see what he was reading.

Damon was actually reading one of the Gilbert journals written by Jonathan Gilbert senior a century ago. Apparently Elena had found the journals within the family lake house and brought them back with her when she and Stefan had returned from their weekend away.

"Emily Bennett was taken by the Council today. They kidnapped her from her home and took her to the same location her ancestors were burned a hundred years ago." Read Katherine

"So Emily died on the site of the massacre, too. Does it say where?" questioned the elder vampire with a frown.

They had discovered thanks to the Martins that Elijah had been looking for the site of a witch massacre. Apparently when a witch dies an especially violent death the place is marked by their energy. Apparently in this place a number of them had been killed which was why it was called a massacre. Anyway according to the Martin's it was possible that by tapping into that pool of energy a witch would have enough power to kill an Original.

"Nope." Said the Salvatore almost cheerfully at denying her information as he snatched the book out of her reach when she moved for it.

"You know this whole friendly, cooperative thing?"

"What of it" questioned Katherine.

"I don't buy it." Said Damon.

"Don't care." Said the elder bringing him up short.

"Thing is I'm not here for you, or Stefan for that matter. What we had was fun but it was over a century ago and it was never serious to begin with. I'm here for Naruto and I'll be here as long as he lets me stay." Said the vampire before standing and leaving the room causing Damon to scowl just as Stefan came in.

As she moved to the basement for a snack Katherine was grumbling if only inwardly. She was honestly getting tired of this game as despite their best efforts the brats still weren't willing to take advantage of available resources or even thinking to do so. They had made it clear they really didn't want her help and they hadn't even thought to ask Naruto if he knew anything yet again. As she reached the basement she moved to the fridge that was kept in the area and removed a blood bag, yet another thing she was tired of. Naruto had told her not too long ago that he was in possession of something that could change a vampire into a kitsune, however she had to earn it which was why she was currently helping them with this current endeavor.

Finishing off her snack and tossing the now empty bag into the bin she turned and made her way out of the basement area. As she was leaving however she stopped and looked into the room that held Elijah. He was actually lying on the ground the dagger still embedded in his chest. There was actually a large mound of dirt dug up beside him as apparently the original plan had been to bury him but as they couldn't remove the dagger without waking him Daman and Stefan had decided to leave him there for the time being. It was as she turned away from the room that she caught movement out of the corner of her eye and seeing the dagger actually pulling itself out sped over and pushed it back into place.

As she held it down she could feel it fighting her, feel the opposing force trying to overpower her yet despite this her senses were still telling her that there was no one else in the room. As such this told her immediately this was the work of magic. Suddenly she feels the opposing force release the dagger and releasing it herself she began to look around and at the sound of a crash whirled around to see a wooden chair suddenly broken.

"Damon!" called the woman more than a little annoyed that she had to call for help.

Before she could do more however her eyes widened and with speed called forth by urgency she shifted her position just as one of the legs of the chair, now a makeshift stake was driven into her body only barely missing her hear. This was the sight that Damon arrived to causing his eyes to widen in shock.

"Katherine." Spoke the Salvatore eyeing the sight with confusion.

"What happened?" questioned Damon kneeling down and helping her remove the stake from her chest.

Motioning with her head over at the dagger Damon was greeted to the sight of it slowly being pulled from Elijah's body. Eyes narrowing Damon took a step back towards the door and Katherine gave a bloody grin at figuring out his plan. In a quick motion Damon had snatched up the flame gun he'd been using earlier in the day trying to burn Elijah and turned it on the on the area bathing it in flames.

While this was happening things at the Grill were a lot more festive. In an effort to build up their patronage the management had decided to have a series of events going forward. On this night they were actually having an open mic night and already plenty of people had gone up to touch the stage.

"Pretty good turnout." Said Matt from his position at the bar.

"I know and quite a few talents." Said Caroline.

There had been quite a few singers who'd done cover versions of songs and more than a few who'd done a few poems. All in all the night was looking like it would be a success for the Grill especially as people were obviously enjoying themselves.

"Alright, next up to grace the stage, give it up for Ms. Bonnie Bennett." Called the announcer causing the couple to pause and look on with wide eyes as their friend went up.

"This should be good." Said Elena as she watched her best friend go up.

"Did you know about this?" questioned Jeremy.

"I did. Soon as we found out about this event we felt like it would be a good way for her to get her feet wet." Said Naruto

As she took to the stage Bonnie took a moment to take in the sights from her new vantage point. For several moment she was silent then the audio track hit and she locked eyes with Naruto and began to sing.

[Rumer Willis – Crazy, Crazy 4 You]

Crazy love, I can't go without you. Got us doin' things we ain't supposed to do

Boy you crept in my heart, tore my whole world apart. And now you're all I need (you're all I need, hey hey, hey hey)

Mountain's high, and no valley low. He can make a woman lose all control

God only knows what this troubled road lies in front of me (In front of me hey hey, hey hey)

My darlin', there's no limit to my lovin'. You got everything I need, and then I'm wanting

I'm not used to giving my heart and soul just to be hanging around your love

Oh, oh baby I'm such a fool (crazy, crazy) My heart is burning for you (crazy, crazy)

The stupid things that I do (crazy, crazy)I do them all 'cause of you

Boy what the hell did I do? I'm crazy crazy for you

Angel's smile with those devilish eyes. Boy you took me, took me by surprise

No one understand that I give my right hand I give up everything (give everything) Hey hey, hey hey

Misery I feel when you're not around boy you turn my head upside down

Now I'm flyin' so high and I can't justify what's going on with me (what's going on with me)

My darlin', there's no limit to my loving. You got everything I need, and then I'm wanting

I'm not used to giving my heart and soul just to be hanging around your love

Oh tell me I'm such a fool (crazy, crazy). My heart is burning for you (crazy, crazy)

The stupid things that I do (crazy, crazy). I do them all 'cause of you, boy what the hell did I do?

I'm crazy crazy for you

As she finished the two found that they weren't the only ones to have stood to their feet in applause. As she descended from the stage Bonnie found herself pulled into a kiss that if anything had the applause increase in its intensity.

Later that night found Naruto entering the basement level of the Salvatore boarding house. After Bonnie's performance the two had stayed at the grill for another hour before their departure. After that he had taken Bonnie home, with only one important detour and then had taken great pride and pleasure in fucking her into a blissful unconsciousness. With a bottle of patron and two glasses in hand he entered the room that held Elijah before lazily conjured a chair for him to sit on.

"We're clear."

At his words Elijah's eyes slowly opened before he sat up to see Naruto with a drink already extended out towards him. Accepting the drink he took a breath and Naruto watched as the veins that symbolized desiccation receded from his features and a bit of color returns to him.

"You know that's quite the trick." Said Naruto taking a seat.

"Yes, it's something I came up with some time ago. I slept through a couple decades the last time I did it however." Said Elijah before taking a drink.

"How long were you actually out?" questioned the blond.

"About six hours before the daggers effects wore off, after that I went into my death trance." Said Elijah something Naruto made a mental note of.

"Right are you aware of anything that happened while you were out?" questioned Naruto.

"Only what happened around me, such as Damon trying to set me on fire. The heat at least made me more comfortable."

"Well the Martins are dead. It seems young Luka was talked into trying to remove the dagger in an astral form earlier tonight. He managed to stab Katerina in the chest with a makeshift stake before Damon set him on fire." Said the blond.

"So my compulsion broke after all." Said Elijah with a slight frown.

"Yes but we figured that would happen."

"Perhaps, however I was hoping it would hold. At least we found out in a testing environment. What of Jonas?" Said Elijah before transitioning into a question.

"Stefan and Katherina killed him. It seems they took exception to his actions against them tonight after all as far as they know you'd have killed them all if awakened." Said Naruto.

"Well that's one problem taken care of." Said Elijah.

"What was the deal there anyway?" questioned Naruto with a frown, he didn't really care he was just curious.

"Luka has a twin sister named Greta. Apparently in his family it is tradition in the case of fraternal twins of different sexes that the male drain the female of all of their magic to increase their own power. Jonas has apparently been grooming Luka for this purpose since they were children. Their mother took exception and requested aid from my brother." Explained Elijah

"How is it the mother knew of Klaus?" questioned Naruto

"She's the day manager of the Bellagio." Said Elijah

"Klaus is on the move." Said Naruto absently refilling the vampire's glass.

"I take it we are out of town then." Said Elijah.

"We just made it. I've already swapped the fake moonstone with the real one and it's already been altered by Willow." Said the blond.

"Did you ever capture a werewolf?" questioned Elijah.

"No, however here's what I'm thinking."

The two would be up and plotting for the next thirty minutes before Naruto left and Elijah would resume his death trance with no one the wiser.

Meanwhile things at the Gilbert House were quiet. Elena could be found in the kitchen eating out of a tub of ice cream after the night that she'd had. What had looked like a great night had turned into a tragic one when Jonas had crashed the grill. Stefan had gotten her out at the first chance he got. By that point Naruto and Bonnie had already left and she honestly didn't know if that was a good thing or nor. Whatever the case she had been escorted home with Jeremy by Damon only to find Stefan and Katherine coming down the stairs with Stefan lugging Jonas's corpse over his shoulder. Almost immediately after they had left she'd called Jenna wanting to hear her voice and make sure she was alright.

If anything she was even more happy that she now knew the truth and was out of the danger zone, which was at this point apparently anywhere around her. Of course she couldn't actually tell her aunt the full story of what was going on over the phone but just the conversation had injected some normality into her life. It was however the ringing of the doorbell that broke her from her musings. Standing from the table and regretfully leaving her ice cream behind she made her way to the door and opens it.

"Hello Elena. It's good to see you again."

At the sight of the woman on the other side she honestly wanted to scream. For standing before her was none other than Isobel.

AN: That's it chapter's done. It actually quite a bit shorter than I was initially going for. However I felt that I had reached a good spot to end it. The next chapter however will be a bit longer, as we're now coming up on the season two finale. I know quite a lot was done in this chapter in summarization but I honestly didn't feel that a lot of that stuff was important. That said thanks for reading, drop a review and till next time, LATER.