Naruto Sedai 7

Puraimaru no tatakai

Battle of the primordial Forces

Chapter 17: Cosy Intimacy and thoughts of evil at the Onsen, starlit skies and alluring moonlight.

Part 1.1: Onsen-talks and cosy feelings, Sarin´s Pov:

"Well then, the Onsen is open for use!" Rughian stated at the dinner.

It was the night before we would begin our, so Tir-Ehen´s and Rughian´s words, most hellish training in the world.

"So eat and relax, for tomorrow we going mercilessly on getting you into the best possible shape, in order to face the dangers out there!" Rughian continued with that smug and slightly evil grin of them both.

I have to say, Tir-Ehen really has transformed in the last days….., from before as he was so completely unsociable, towards the man he´s now, joking and seemingly having fun on our cost.

Sure there were moments, where he fell back in his silent, analytic, self-sarcastic, calm as well as highly unsociable character from time to time….., but ever since our depart at early noon from Konohagakure, he began to tell us many things about the nature and about the past Eras of humanity.

Although, he still didn´t spoke much about himself, close to nothing to be honest, and he always avoided to give any answer on our questions.

"Seems like I finally can take a bath, i´m all sweaty from the sun, it was so damn hot under that dome Jutsu!" Salia and Karin-san whined as they stretched after our feast.

"Sure thing, well then, Girls you go first!" Lord Ashina-sama stated.

"Sure thing thanks a lot…., oh and guys…., if you dare to spy on us, we will beat you all the way back towards Konohagakure understood!" Lady Mito stated with an enraged aura of a raging Beast.

"That´s especially for you dad, we are grown women, Meiko, Honoka and I, you cannot watch us anymore as you used to when we were little, got it.

I swear if I find just one of you guys spying on us, I punch the living daylights out of him!" She continued as she cracked her Knuckles, all of us could only sweat-dropping to this, the girls and guys near lord Ashina suddenly were meters away from him.

"Geeez, hahaha…, what are you saying Mito-chan…., hahaha, I wouldn´t do that would I?!" The same stated lamely and embarrassed.

"No fear girls, we will make sure they won't spy, we have a nice mission for them, so feel free to bath to your hearts content!" Tir-Ehen stated, as his eyes seemed to flash, while looking with another evil grin at the men in our group which shivered.

I knew I could trust him, he wasn't one of these perverts…., at least I hope so.

"Although I´m sure the boys wouldn´t mind if you spy on us, am I right!?" He asked the men.

They all tried to pose for us at that comment, I only could shook my head.

"No problem there I guess, although it then would be kind of unfair, I mean from terms of equality, since most women always preach for it….., still we are not such perverts as to watch the girls bathing, am I right my Gentlemen!" Rughian stated with a nod.

"Sir, yes Sir!" they all saluted.

"You are indeed right about this Rughian, we all want equality, so for the time after the boys the Onsen is open for mixed bathing, so be careful when you go late, maybe you meet someone you didn´t intended to!" Tir-Ehen stated and I saw several eyes flashing….., on both sides.

I correct myself, he isn´t one himself but he has no qualm to help them.

"The rules are easy, the Women have from now on 3 hours' time to bath, after these 3 hours we will ring an alarm, then it is time for the boys to get in, the woman who ignores that call, has her very own self to blame for it afterwards, so make sure you know what you do.

The boys have 3 hours as well, then we ring once again the alarm, afterwards the bath is freely open for everyone.

Since we have a lot to prepare for your first training day tomorrow, Rughian and I, we will probably enter during the mixed bath hours, so for everybody who wants to see the scarred body of a demon-hunter beforehand, has at that time the chance to.

So to say to make sure, that in the end, you really know what you are getting yourselves into!" Tir-Ehen stated with a wink in my direction.

Although I was sure that this wasn´t the only reason he announced that…, his eyes were fixed on me as if he expected me to do such a thing…., the question was if I would or not?

"…., however you also can just come to watch me without this reason, if you want…, it´s your choice, I don´t really care to be seen naked anyways, not at all!" he stated and I saw some eyes flashing.

Like Lady Mito, Lady Meiko and Grandma´s eyes, however two of them were glared on by their husbands with sceptical looks, which made them looking at the ground in either shame or disappointment.

I for myself glared at Grandma, who looked away and whistled in innocence, I would have to make sure that she wouldn´t take the opportunity, and I wanted to be the only girl to see him naked anyways.

"Anyways, the time runs from….., now on!" Rughian stated, as he activated a stopwatch which had a gong attached to be slayed at a certain time.

"Well then, guess I will wait a bit, this is the perfect opportunity to spent some quality time with Bolt, it won´t be a real date but oh well, at least I get to feel his closeness without anybody interrupting us.

The Onsen is huge enough, so I doubt anybody will see us!" Sarada mumbled, as she walked past me with a dirty grin.

"Sarada fully naked in an Onsen, mixed bath time I´m coming!" Bolt mumbled as well, as he ran past me, perhaps to make plans with Sarada.

"Should I too…., should I go now…., or maybe I shouldn´t…!" I muttered under my breath not sure what to do myself.

On one hand I sure was interested in seeing Tir-Ehen's naked body, I was a healthy girl of 16 years after all, of course i´m interested in boys and sex.

Since I died once I knew that I couldn´t miss this new chance, no matter what, I at least wouldn´t die as a virgin this time.

On the other hand…, if dad ever would find this out he would never leave me alone anymore, and also I cannot be sure that the other boy's wouldn´t be there as well.

As Tir-Ehen rightly said, it was an opportunity to see how the body of a man, who had been at war with demons, would finally look like, so I guess many men will come to get themselves a clear picture of how they might look like later.

Being alone with only men would be just way too embarrassing and dangerous, although I think I could be sure that Tir-Ehen would be defending me against them.

"So do you intent to go to the mixed bath time now or what, get your head straight girl?!" I heard a voice whispering in my ear.

"Woaaah, what no, no way I would, that would be just too embarrassing and…., oh it´s just you!" I panicked, as I recognized that it has been only Salia, teasing me again.

"So do you?!" She asked me.

"…maybe….. How about you?!" I stated.

"Seeing Neji-sans naked body…, definitely!" She stated with a shrug and a lick over her lips.

"Attagirl, you are such a pervert!" I stated amused.

"That makes two I would say, you are nearly drooling at the thought, of seeing your new boyfriend naked!" Salia stated with that smug grin of hers.

"Sooo…., how far have you gone by now?!" She asked.

"What do you mean?!" I asked.

"C´mon don´t play dumb on me, how far have you and Tir-Ehen gone by now…, did you kissed and groped each other already or not?!" She asked.

"Oh that´s what you getting at…., Well we had hardly any alone time ever since the moment in the cave, maybe tonight something more comes out of it, also I am not quite sure if he even knows what it means to date someone.

The last time he had fallen in love with a girl was after all over 600 years ago.

Maybe i´m rushing things way too fast, although as a ressurected I haven't much time anyways, so I got to do what I can, to make a romance for me and him to come true and also,…!

I do really love him…., although I am not so sure about his feelings….., I just don´t know what he actually thinks of me!" I stated.

"Yeah men are hard to read sometimes, but i´m sure he likes you, at least he feels more comfortable with you around.

I can see that at his mimic….., as soon as he is with you, when being under strangers, he feels a little more at ease, as when he´s fully alone.

If he doesn´t likes you this way, he at least trusts you much!" Salia stated.

"Hmmm…., you´re probably right, although I really would like to know, if I even have a real chance for him to love me the way I do?!" I stated.

"Well I guess it depends….!"

"On what?!" I asked confused.

"On what the reason has been, that made you falling in love with him in the first place!" Salia replied.

"I see…., maybe you are right!" I stated as I thought about it.

While I was worrying about my possible future love life, Tir-Ehen had some totally different Problems.

Tir-Ehen´s Pov:

"Something´s strange in this forest, there is something which doesn´t belong here!" I thought, as I looked around with my Karasugan.

Everywhere I could see minor spots where miasma was floating and even if I could see in hundredth miles of distance no greater source of malevolence, I somehow had a bad feeling.

"Tir-Ehen, what's the matter, you seem to be lightyears away from us?!" Rughian asked.

"I don´t know, something is strange but I cannot yet tell what, I don´t see anything out of place…., but I feel it, even Sarin felt it as I connected her with Karasugan….., I got to prove this or else we will be in for a new surprise when it is too late, can´t have that now!" I explained and he nodded.

"I felt it too, something evil is around here, however I couldn´t see anything but trees and spirits, here and there a ghost but they mostly getting held in check by the spirits.

….Could it be….?!" Rughian mused.

"What do you mean?!" I asked.

"Well theoretically can we see only surficial malevolence, however if this malevolence might be hidden underground we wouldn´t clearly see it…, it could be possible that it is that, which we are feeling…, what do you think?!" Rughian asked.

"You mean like in a mine, or perhaps a shrine´s cave…. Or even a Mausoleum…., I guess you are right, either way I got to investigate that, as I said I wouldn´t like to get any more unpleasant surprises!" I stated and he nodded.

"No fear, go on, I will take care of the guys here!" Rughian stated and I nodded.

"Well then, I will create a bubble out of the shield, this way I don´t run into the danger to lose precious time of this One-Year-packed-in-one-day opportunity.

The slow-motion of my surrounding might come in handy, if I would be attacked, to get away as fast as possible!" I explained and he nodded in approval.

Alright then, see you!" I stated, as I spread my wings and flew away.

I could hear how Boruto asked Rughian about my sudden absence.

"Where is he going?!" Boruto asked.

"Securing our survival, seems like we aren´t alone in this forest!" Rughian only replied, before the voices were out of an audible reach.

"Well then, let´s hurry, I don´t want to be late for the mixed bath time!" I thought with a snicker.

After all I was also just a man, even I find the thought of a naked female body appealing and Sarin do has a nice body if I may say so, even though I only saw it packed in clothes for now.

Since 600 years I hadn´t any sexual arousal, since I lived with no one else but Rughian, Regania and Grandma, and grandma would have killed me if I would have gone in a relationship with Regania, not that I even would that in the first place.

She was nice and cool for sure, but Regania…., she was far too old for me, almost as old as Granny I assume, even if she looked like a teenage girl.

She´s the oldest still-living Eterna-Rugh-On there is.

When a crow becomes an Eterna Rugh-On, she/he doesn't grow anymore, the body he bears stays as old as when he was transformed, however if it is bound to a living body it grows identically to the original body.

In my case, Grandma created the body out of my own cells, not like the others on an artificial way out of Shinju material.

Rughian´s and my body, expect of the soul, are nearly identical, that´s why we grow in a similar way.

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"So far nothing to see!" I thought after a while of flying and exploring the forest.

"In the end I might be mistaken, guess I should train some more, my senses begin to blur!" I mumbled to myself, as I was about to turn around.

"Huh, what´s that?!" I mumbled, as I thought to have seen something strange.

"What the…., these aren´t trees this is a damn village!" I stated in awe, as I recognized that I stood within the ruins of a village, which had been completely taken over by nature, the pillars of the old houses had been enveloped and covered entirely by parasite-plants for support, giving off the feeling and sight, as if standing before a tree.

I barely could see the letters, which had caught my eye, under all the moss, however the way it has been taken over was way too unnatural, as to have happened in so short time, since the letters are the language of today, which exist only since about one and a half century.

"An unnatural and probably forced transmutation, a village transformed into a part of the forest, this can only mean a Forest-shepherd, and a really strong one to be honest, but if this village has been inhabited, it is most likely that he is or has been made evil!" I thought in awe.

"Now I get it, that's why I couldn´t understand it, why would there be a shrine or a mine here, into nowhere, not near any village, only surrounded and hidden by a forest and a mountain.

So I guess, where a village is, must also be a cemetery, and where a cemetery is, might also be a mausoleum.

And if Rughian and I assume rightly, I will most likely find a hell of ghosts or even a mighty demon down there…, a Smithy of Malevolence!" I mumbled.

"I can feel it becoming stronger the closer I come, this could become a problem if I don´t do something to quell the disaster and nip the evil in the bud!" I thought, as I followed the traces of miasma towards a giant tree, whose roots covered a large surface and must reach deep.

It stood right above a shed like building, the miasma flowed out of the slits and fissures of the giant Stone-plate, which was serving as a door, warnings had being written on it.

"To all those who come across, with great effort and under the sacrifice of various lives, we were able to enclose the maddened Forest-god that had once rule over this mountain and it´s forest at the foot.

Do not open if you want to survive, if you value your lif, even only a little, for if you do, you set the path for disaster and destruction to be unleashed once more.

To those who are strong enough, who are able to lift the Gate made of Stone enchanted, free the God from its thorn of evil.

A thorn, which has been stuck within our Lord, by an evil Witch wearing a Bird-mask and an unmistakable symbol on her hand, the mark of a traitor, hopefully you, who you are strong enough to lift the spell of the Seal-gate, succeed in quelling the god´s anger.

My folk has long decided to vanish here and as its leader I had to follow their wish, we abandoned this place to live somewhere else.

To any adventurer, under every circumstance do not open this door if you aren't prepared for it…, and to those who dare to enter, welcome in the Ruins of Morgria!" I encoded.

"Witch with Bird-mask, I wonder who that might be…., thorn of evil, stuck within…., does he mean something like the dagger, which we freed Nymphelia from.

And this traitors mark on her hand…., well musing about it won´t help, I better just clear out the place and go back to the others!?" I though to myself as I decided to take the risk, but before entering, I used a spell to summon my weapon from back home.

My never-failing Lance Gungnir, with a blade made of Black obsidian, my faithful own Spirit gear which I had raised with my own skills from day one, 500 years ago.

It was a mighty weapon which I could handle without any risk for myself since I grew with it, the pact I made with Silver-Wing Gungnir, was different as the one I made with Nidhog that time.

First of all had Nidhog been way too strong and old to handle, and he forced me to promise him to get my body and soul after my life ended, a pact which I would have never made if I would have known what it meant to do that.

Gungnir was a baby so to say, a Dragon egg that was hidden during the Dragon-war and hatched long after, in a volcano.

After awakening it used its instinct to search for food and wreaked havoc in a nearby village, destroying the stalls and fields, it was normal behaviour at first, since no one was there, who cared about it and no one to set it straight and tell him right from wrong.

But as it grew it needed more and more food, the few sheep and cows were soon not enough anymore and he began to attack the village's population, at that point nothing could stop him anymore, and so I came in action

I sealed him at the will of my Grandmother, in my self-forged and still nameless weapon.

Ever since, the weapon bore the dragon´s name and with the demons we slayed and which I feed him with, we began to grow together, over short or long we had some kind of friendship, similar like Kurama and Naruto, if I could say it like this, then Gungnir might be my Familiar.

Our pact was as following: He stayed sealed within the Lance and serves as my weapon for demon-hunts and in return I feed him the demons I slayed.

As a compensation for the malevolence which he consumed by absorbing the demons forces, I embedded a Light crystal, in which the Mitama (honoured soul) of a Light fox was sealed, at the Lance´s hilt.

It purifies the miasma and the malevolence but turns the demon´s power into clean power and adds it to his own force.

This way the light-crystal keeps the balance between Gungnirs light and dark-side.

"Mighty dark in here!" I stated as I broke the seal of the door, a rather easy one, and made my descent down a long spiral-stair, it was plain to see that this hadn´t been used since a long time ago, with every step dust-clouds began to float around.

The lower I got the stronger the Malevolence got.

The Ruins stretched over various levels and here and there lesser demons attacked, which were easily defeated.

The walk seemed to be endless until I arrived at a, with fire-bowls, illuminated hall, right before me was yet another Stonegate which held another warning.

"Traveller, Adventurer or Exorcist, whoever you shall be, if you made it until here you are indeed perhaps strong enough, to come out alive of the following battle against the maddened forest god.

Here is where death awaits and no Salvation comes to you, enter if you dare, if you are courageous enough to laugh while facing hell.

However beware, if you are too weak so this place will remain a grave and you will lose your life, if you are strong enough you will succeed and live another day, this is your last chance of return!" I read.

"Well this is a nice welcome for a change, guess there´s no helping I have to get in here, the securing spells are almost gone, it wouldn´t hold out any longer anyways so I might as well clean up the place already!" I thought, as I laid my hand on the door.

"Well then here we go, time to wake up Gungnir, it´s mealtime!" I stated and my Weapon began to glow lightly, it was eager to eat.

I pushed the gate open with a massive beat, breaking the whole stone plate in the process, behind me I heard the noise of a door closing, perhaps as security to not let anything out should I die.

As soon as light fell inside I heard the shadows moving.

"GUNGNIR, TIME TO DEVOUR!" I shouted loudly as I charged in, ready to kick some demon ass.

Part 1.2: A dark discovery, hatred never dies, Sarin´s Pov:

It was late evening as we arrived in the women's dressing room, ready to use the Onsen for the mixed bath time.

However Tir-Ehen was still not back yet from his investigation, as Rughian explained to us, I began to worry much about him.

It was so unusual for him, as much as I have seen in the last days at least, to simply vanish for hours without having any back-up on his side, especially when he claims to only go observing things which have to do with Otherworldly creatures.

I bet he had acted on his own and might now sit knee-deep in the predicament.

As Rughian and Tir-Ehen ensured us, the men were occupied during the women's Bath time…., they had to go search for eatable food in the forest, be it fruits and nuts, or hunting for bears and other beings, others were searching for wood to fire the ovens for tomorrow.

By the time they arrived back at the camp, we were done bathing, beside of, Salia, Sarada and Me, who we waited until now for spending some quality time with our boyfriends / soon-to-be boyfriends, ( as in Salia´s case).

"To be honest I think Tir-Ehen might need some help, I bet he´s in trouble again!" I stated worried sick as I began to undress.

"I don´t think so, he´s strong, stronger than anyone else I have ever seen before, maybe even stronger than Hokage-sama and Sasuke-Sensei together is he´s fully up to his power, remember he has right now only 25% of his power and is already way too strong.

You have seen what he did to Ginkaku and Kinkaku, Kumogakures famous Beast-brothers, he had to only punch one of them unconscious, with one single hit, and the other one was as docile as a lamb.

Let´s be honest if anyone could survive in a forest full of demons, it would be definitely him!" Salia stated in full conviction.

"You are probably right, maybe I worry too much about nothing, still…., I have this bad feeling somehow, as if something has happened to him already…., I think I should use my special ability!" I stated, as I sat down on the bench and concentrated.

"Kagura Shingan (Mind´s eye of the Kagura)!" I stated. as I began to focus my inner eye on observing my surrounding and finding every available Chakra and life-force traces around.

I knew Tir-Ehen's chakra very well, it had something bright and warm, but also a dark and cold side on him, similar to the sun and the moon.

Lord Hokage and most of the other Uzumaki´s had more a sunny and wholehearted warm chakra, while the Uchihas had a chilly, fresh chakra, like cold water, Sasuke-sensei however had also a colder part in his chakra, ice-cold and gruesome.

Salia on the other hand had a warm and gentle Aura, perhaps because she had been raised with so much love.

It lasted a while before I recognized the faint trace of my target, I followed it to a far distance, until it suddenly was overlapped by an ice-cold, dark and gruesome chakra.

I focused stronger and found myself in some kind of cave, I saw Tir-Ehen how he fought against hundredths of these evil ghosts and demons.

He had something at his side some kind of weapon, which send out as much malevolence as light-forces, as if in a perfect balance.

"Sarin…!" I suddenly was shook awake, just as a large number of enemies vanished without any trace, and the darkness of Tir-Ehen's weapon increased.

"Yeah what?!" I asked confused, as I woke out of my trance.

"I am going inside, Neji just went inside of the water and Bolt and Sarada are making out behind a large rock at the other end of the Onsen, see you when you come inside, don´t stay too long in the open or you will catch a cold!" Salia stated and I nodded.

"Will do, I just wait for a bit, until he comes!" I stated.

"You know what…., I think you and Tir-Ehen really match each other, you are quite similar when you are worried and also in other things!" She stated with a snicker, as she vanished towards the Onsen.

"We are quite similar in some ways you say…, I guess we are, we both lost our mother, both we had to see how someone else killed them, powerless to do anything against it, and both we had the burden of carrying the murderer with us all along, he before the murder and me afterwards.

In his case it was the Demon who possessed him through his Spirit-Gear, Shadow-scale Nidhog, and who forced him to kill so many people against his will, even his comrades and his mother.

Tir-Ehen was exorcized out of his body and the demon being closed with it inside a Crystal made of Light forces.

In my case it has been the Six-armed Fire-spirit Ignatis, who had been corrupted by someone else and transformed into a Fire Dragon, to attack Uzushiogakure.

In the end he was freed from the dagger of darkness and resealed within the Spirit-clock which I held dear to me, as a last material reminder of my Mother!" I mumbled, as I looked at the big Medallion around my neck.

"Both we had to witness Hell itself at a very young age, and it marked us, cursed us, me with lung-cancer and him with solitude, being afraid and casting out everything outside of the Castle walls, for a very long time.

We both unlearned how to smile from our hearts, even the smile I show you all is only a half-hearted, for as long as I cannot solve the crime and find the puppeteer behind the Spiral-massacre, I cannot find any peace.

We both trust people who are somehow close to us, you had been my first teammate I ever had, Salia…, Bolt and the others became my friends and we fought alongside each other, trusting each other with our lives.

Family is for me everything, as it is for Tir-Ehen!" I thought.

"I once heard Nagato sayinw that men can only truly understand each other, when they have been through the same pain, however it is not right for one person alone to bring that pain by war.

He also said that he learned, that pain has to be experienced by a natural course and coincidence to understand and accept it, not by someone who forces it on you.

Guess he is right!" I mumbled, while I washed myself thoroughly, there should be no dirty spot on me when he sees me naked.

Luckily all the other men had already been in the Onsen, after coming back all dirty and sweaty, so there would be no other men, hopefully.

Well, beside of Neji who meditated long after the work, out of any unknown reason, but I was sure Salia would keep him somehow occupied….., and Bolt had the intention to meet up with Sarada from the very beginning on, so I would hopefully be all alone with Tir-Ehen.

I wanted Tir-Ehen to touch me, to explore and fall in love with that body of mine, I wanted to give him my bare self….., call me slut all the way you want, but I got no time to lose, since I only have a few months to live anymore.

Tonight I was willing to get laid, so I wouldn´t need any unwelcome observer.

"The only question that remains now…., is on how to seduce him and if he even would lay down with me?!" I mumbled in thought, as I rinsed the soap of me.

I looked myself in the mirror, I was fairly equipped if I may say so, although not as large as Chouchou and her D- to E-cup but also not as small as Senpou, even though the same has them quite large herself, maybe between a B- and C-cup.

I think I am a D-Cup by now…, if I should be honest my body had some light changes from before I died, or maybe it was because of my suffering due to all of my misery, that I just didn´t recognized my own bare self the way I do now.

I mourned the death of my mother for 12 years and I should only find peace, when I find the one to be responsible for it, but I got used to the feeling of my mother being dead.

I had no nightmares about that night anymore, ever since I am ressurected, and I guess that was the reason of why I began to live again, to become beautiful again, as my dad always had told me.

I was past my mourning phase and that showed itself in my body.

My chest was definitely bigger and my height had grown by a 10 centimetres, my Hair had grown as well…, still I could not say that I didn´t like the look I have now.

I felt a little more mature this way, perhaps that was what Tir-Ehen had been hoping for, to take me away my fear from having died once, so to say as to let me see that the time hasn´t completely token a toll on me, despite the years in-between, that passed after my death.

As if I woke from Coma, rather than from Death.

Sure, at first everything was strange and foreign for me, in these 23 years so much had changed from the world I knew, I had to adapt to so many things….

Perhaps Tir-Ehen had to do the same, since he hadn´t really left his castle´s surrounding before 128 years, as he said himself.

The first thing after I was ressurected was visiting my own grave to make sure that I was not dreaming, indeed there was a grave which dated back to 23 years and also showed me my death-date and circumstance.

"Lung Cancer, which stupid irony, I was a Kunoichi of the Uzumaki Clan and I died due to coughing during a battle, allowing them to stab me…., what an unglamorous end!" I thought with a bitter smile.

"They always said I was a strong and healthy Child, and then thanks to one single night, I was cursed for the rest of my former life until my death, with this sickness.

Yeah …., there are way too many similarities between me and Tir-Ehen as to call it coincidence, I would rather hold on the romantic and childish belief of destined love.

It got to be that, right, Tir-Ehen got to be my Soulmate, otherwise I couldn´t understand myself why I was so attracted to a man not only far, far older than myself, as well as mysterious as he could get….., a man I knew, beside of vague information, close to nothing about, I don´t even know what his favourite food, colour, music or book is!" I mumbled.

"Salia´s right, before I try to seduce him, I should first make clear to myself what I love on him, and I should definitely get to know him more!" I thought, as I made my way over towards the Onsen, stepping through the door.

I thought to be alone, only to recognize that someone was already inside, I heard some faint grunts from afar, probably Sarada and Bolt spending their `quality time´ together, and some chuckling and giggles as well as modest pleas to be released, not so far from here, definitely Salia and Neji.

However the man in front of me sat in all calm in the giant bath relaxing, his long black hair swam halfway in the water, halfway covering his pointed ears behind a waterfall of black strains.

His Skin was a paler shade of mine, his back was only to the shoulders to see but they had some scars here and there.

He was singing some foreign song.

"It was our own fault that we couldn't stand our ground

The eternal war-time is near

A million lives just wiped away without a sound

Leaving a dead world in fear

They did not run, they were just waiting for someone

No eyes to believe, what I have become.

I should die for the things they believe in

But I live my life in the dark, self-deceiving

In the war, all the world that I knew became ice ...and so am I: cold, dead and gone

Shine a light till the dark world is burning

Ghosts are howling and fortune is turning

But my heart and the words that they say are like ice ...and so we are: cold, dead and gone.

Betrayed by false believe they stumbled through the dark

Confusing blind men with a king

How can they ignite the flame while missing the true spark?

Or have we all reached the end of things.

They did not run, they were just waiting for someone

No eyes to believe, what I have become.

I should die for the things they believe in

But I live my life in the dark, self-deceiving

In the war, all the world that I knew became ice ...and so am I: cold, dead and gone

Shine a light till the dark world is burning

Ghosts are howling and fortune is turning

But my heart and the words that they say are like ice ...and so we are: cold, dead and gone!" He sang and ended, I wanted to say something but before I could, he began to sing from anew.

"So many steps I spent on this way

So many choices led to this day

I can't remember what I once lived for

...and I don't care anymore

You still believe that I will stay strong

You kept your faith in me for so long

I was unfeathered, broke and foundering

...but I don't feel anything

You´re watching over me now

I know, the reaper's never far

I did escape him somehow

I can't escape who I am now

Here at the end of the world

I will die lonely

Here at the end of the world

And here only

So many steps I spent on this way

So many choices led to this day

I can't remember what I once lived for

...and I don't care anymore

A better saviour than disciple

Misleadingly entitled

Startled as your fate is unfolded

...here at the end of the world

You´re watching over me now

I know, the reaper's never far

I did escape you somehow

I can't escape who I am now

Here at the end of the world

I will die lonely

Here at the end of the world

And here only

Here at the end of the world

I will die lonely

Here at the end of the world

And here only!" The Man sang and his voice was as angelic as yesterday evening, but also exactly as melancholic.

"You come late, I wouldn´t have believed Rughian, as he said you would wait here naked at me, if I wouldn´t have seen you in the Bathroom!" The man, obviously Tir-Ehen, suddenly said.

"You saw me?!" I asked shocked

"Yeah, although you were so immersed in your thoughts, that you didn´t even recognized me sitting two seats away from you, well maybe it was better this way, or else it would have been to embarrassing for you, am I right?!" he stated and I blushed.

Even after saying to myself, that I wanted to get laid by him, it was still quite embarrassing to act normal now.

"It depends…!" I stated shyly, chuckling weakly.

"On what?" He asked.

"If you stared at me with lecherous thoughts, dirty but pure feelings and maybe…, infatuation…., or not!" I replied with an even redder blush.

"I did stare…., although only a little, I can rightly say that I haven't seen a naked women´s body, ever since the time Chikara and I bathed together as little kids when we were 2 (200) and 4 (400) years old!" He stated, as I dived next to him in the water, he was, beside of a towel around his waist, completely naked.

It gave me a good look on his back and front and I almost choked down my tongue as I gulped in shock.

Not only was he an Adonis, with a clear trained six-pack and with strong looking muscles, tender yet clearly visible, not like a bodybuilder but enough to carry a light-women´s weight for several miles.

But he also was hellishly handsome if I may say so, and I was greedy to see his erection for me, I looked down his body, scanning it from head to toe and the more I looked the more I saw.

His body was godly, to say the least…., however as he warned us, it was full of large Scars, and when I say full then I mean it, there was a large scar on his wings as well, there where once that Lizard-demon bit him, during his days in Uzushiogakure.

But the most visible one was a diagonal scar, which looked as if his entire body had been bisected and been reattached afterwards, it ran right through a large Tattoo of three flying ravens, their beaks together and their wings entwined, forming an unusual circle, two raven-heads on the side and on each side a claw under the circle.

"Our Clan-mark, every member has it somewhere on its body, mine has been made extra-large, during the time before the demon-war, to symbolize their hope in me.

As their hope were crushed after the war and during their battle against Nidhog in my body, they let all their rage out on me, beside knowing that I could not die on it.

They used their entire remaining weapon-arsenal in order to somehow cut me open and kill the demon on the inside, maltreating my body in the process, but to be honest my real body looks way worse.

That's why the scars aren't able to heal, neither those on my soul, which came with the attack on my body.

In the end all they could do was bisect me, but it didn´t helped, Nidhog simply reattached my halves back together, the result you see here.

Destroying the mark in any way means to have been banished out of the Clan!" Tir-Ehen explained to my surprise.

"The mark on my wrist, this one, it is the traitor-mark, the Thorncrow-seal, which has been burned into my flesh and soul, to show that the traitor uses a thorn of evil to deceive his enemies, so the saying.

The mark can only be relieved by the caster and due to it getting burned into the soul and the flesh, no matter which body I take, the mark will appear on every vessel of my soul!" He stated and I looked at the seal he showed me with a bitter mine, it looked awful and sinister.

"Somehow it is familiar to me, somewhere I have seen it before…., but where?!" I thought in confusion, until I suddenly remembered.

I almost suffocated on the feelings of hatred I suddenly got, as I recognized the mark.

"THIS MARK…..!" I screamed in rage.

"Huh, what's the matter Sarin?!" Tir-Ehen asked me confused.

"IT'S THE SAME ONE AS ON THE DAGGER WHICH WAS STUCK IN IGNATIS AND NYMPHELIA; WHILE THEY WERE EVIL!" I shouted.

"…. Wait are you sure…., but this cannot be, the last time this seal was used, so my Grandmas words and as much as we know, has been over 400 years ago; so are showing the records back in my home-village.

To the time as I had been thrown out of the clan, 600 years ago, only me and later on 4 other once befriended Soul-hunters had gotten it, before that last person over 400 years ago!" Tir Ehen stated, before he suddenly paled.

"But ….. Wait…., no this can´t be…., was it that what he meant back then…, sure his eyes were full of hatred and he did told us only in bitter spite that she was not in the village anymore for a long time…

I though he was just directing his usual hatred and anger against me…, could it really actually be, that his hatred that time was directed towards her, for a person who somehow betrayed the Clan…, her of all people, I hardly can believe this.

No this has to be me mistaken, there's no way she would be…., but what if?

If it would be her…., why would she…., why would she do that…., for power…., for revenge…., for satisfying her hatred, to gather enough power together to kill me…?

Why…, why…., this has to be a sick joke…., does my past finally confronts me again….., has it come to reach its claws out for me in the cruellest way possible…., does Karma wants to take my life, by her hands?!" Tir-Ehen stated, sweating in sheer terror, his eyes ripped wide open, t were the eyes of a hunted man.

"What….., what do you mean…., what´s with you Tir-Ehen….., who do you mean…., do you know something?!" I asked in shock of this possibility.

Could he actually know who has been behind all these attacks…, was it…., him…, no, no, no…., I don´t even want to think about it.

"It can´t be her….., not Chikara…., not her…., why should I be her what would be her benefit for doing such a thing…

How should she even became a traitor,…, what should she have done to get her the hatred of the entire village.

Or was it because of me…, because she was the sister of a Traitor!?" Tir-Ehen mumbled and suddenly an evil thought crossed my mind, as I recognized the name he whispered in terror.

"CHIKARA….., YOUR SISTER….., WHAT THELL IS HAPPENING HERE TIR-EHEN….!

NO…, NO, NO, NO, NO, NOOOO, YOU CANT BE IT RIGHT!

RIGHT!

I SWEAR IF YOU ARE BEHIND ALL THIS, I WILL KILL YOU SO OFTEN UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD; YOU HEAR ME?

SO DON´T YOU DARE BETRAYING ME…., YOU CAN`T BE THE ONE RIGHT…., YOU ARENT IT AM I RIGHT?" I screamed nearly going mentally ill from the sudden screams of doubt in my mind.

I looked at my reflection in the water, a woman near the border to insanity, tears streaming down, it was an absolutely unsightly sight.

"TELL ME WHAT´S GOING ON…., TELL ME WHO YOU REALLY ARE AND WHAT KIND OF A FUCKED UP FAMILY YOU TRULY HAVE!" I shouted at him.

And he looked in misery at me, he shacked his head as to erase his thoughts.

"Tell me Tir-Ehen, what is going on her…., is your Sister truly involved in all of this?!" I asked him.

"I wish to know the same….., go dress up, I got to speak with Rughian and Nairuna, meet me at his room, it´s number 12!" He stated, as he jumped out of the water too quick, losing his bath-towel, hasting away in all his naked glory not even minding it a bit.

And beside of my rage and frustration right now, a tiny part of my brain, memorized the sight of his bare back and complimented it on its sexiness.

The dream of my Sleepless nights stood right before me, but I suddenly felt so distant to him.

It felt ice-cold between us.

"What the hell is going on, what´s that with your Sister…, Tir-Ehen?!" I asked buff and confused, my own rage being shoved in a corner of my mind, to deal with it later.

The mark I saw on the dagger back then in the forest of death, was exactly the same as 35 years ago in the night of the Spiral-massacre in Uzushiogakure and the mark which I saw during the Forest rampage-case, as they have decided to call it in Konohagakure.

And it was definitely the Thorncrow-seal which Tir-Ehen showed me, the mark of a traitor of the Mezakan Clan.

And it seemed to me as if Tir-Ehen has a slight idea, who it might be…, and also he had the greatest fear that his person might turn out to be his sister.

Although I wouldn´t know why she would have become a traitor…, or even how… and I bet he asks himself just the same question.

Thought to be honest I only know her from the tiny appearance in Tir-Ehen´s past which I have seen so far and I still knew close to nothing about Tir-Ehen, his past or his family anyways

What happened between them all, this cannot simply being because of the Battle with Nidhog 600 years ago, there has to be something more than just that, am I right?

And so…, in order to find things out, I decided to follow him, as he ordered me, and check for myself what´s going on.

"Hahaha, so much to my seduction plans, way to go you klutz!" I stated to myself in frustration, as I dried off and dressed up.

"I hope you girls have better chances than me!" I thought, as I remembered that we hadn´t been the only couple in the Onsen to that time.

I hope I hadn´t disturbed them with my screaming.

Moments before, Salia´s Pov:

The time had come for me to see how far I could go with Neji-san, I had waited so long for this one moment.

While we were flying I got to know him a bit and what I heard and saw pleased me, we had a lot in common and I was willing to see what might become out of the situation.

"Ah such a bath is nice too!" I heard him saying as he leaned back in the water.

I tripped on silent toes over to him.

"Care if I join you?!" I asked from behind in his ear, startling him as expected.

"WOOOAAAH, WAIT A SEC WHY ARE YOU….., HEY WAIT!" He shouted confused and got aroused as soon as he felt my naked breasts, pushing up on his back.

Not to understand this false, I never did something like this before, but there was hardly a man attractive and interesting enough, either in our clan or just in the whole village at all, who caught my eyes before.

So I got to secure him before others do so, I knew that my cousin Hana, my birth-mother´s niece, had her eyes on him as well.

However I at least was a way ahead of them, Mom and Aunt Hinata told me so much about Neji-san, that I felt as if I knew him since ancient times and I do have to say he was attractive and handsome.

"It´s past the guys´ time sweety, so it is allowed, or do you mean I can´t?!" I asked him in an innocent tone.

"No of course you can, I am not to decide what you can do or not after all…, I guess, I will then go and search for another spot!" He stated as he was about to leave.

"Oh why so cold sweety, I was longing for a little company of your side…., we hadn´t much time to talk before, I would love to hear more of your lovely voice, it makes me all tingly in my body, you know, and after all….,I like your company very much.

My mother and aunt told me so much about you, good things of course…, and it feels as if I knew you all my life, and well…., you see, ever since I know you for real, I am drawn to you.

You are just as strong, attractive, handsome and courageous as well as ambitious as Mom told me!" I stated, as I pushed my boobs even closer to him, embracing him, I could hear his heartbeat as I laid my head on his back.

I purred as I stroke over his bare chest with my finger, drawing the contours of his muscles.

"I´m glad to hear that, but you father and surely your mother too, they will definitely kill me if they ever find this out!" Neji-san stated blushing, as I slipped into the warm water.

"I know how to defend you, and there is no boy I like anyways, neither of the Clan or the village, beside of you.

The heroic stories of you were my constant companions during my Childhood, since I was little I wanted to be like you, so I trained after your method which I find in a notebook in your old stuff on our attic.

They soon called me a prodigy too and I was taken in the advanced Genin program, since I didn´t ever visited the Academy.

Mom always was afraid that Great-grandpa would attack me for the seal!" I stated loudly, now that the same was dead it was fairly easy to talk about it in public.

"You say that as if you know it not only since this day's morning, am I right?" Neji-san asked.

"Mom told me from the beginning that she wasn´t my mother by blood and birth, but this never bothered me, she was the woman who had always cared about me same as Dad…

There was no one I could love as I love Mom and Dad, no matter what, of course I know who my real parents are and I honour them for their resolve, of hiding and keeping me from being cursed as well, I came to my actual mother as I was only a year old.

My real Mom and Dad took 2 years' worth of vacation, which they had definitely deserved, after they got to know that mom was pregnant with me.

She had been the midwife´s assistant at my actual mother´s birth, so she prepared everything for my father to know what to do when it was so far, they went to a small cottage in the forest not so far from here and I was born there.

But then one day, mom and dad found that they had been followed by Lord Hizamaru´s henchmen, who witnessed my birth and raise so far.

Father chased them away telling them that he had no intention to let me being cursed as well even if it would mean that he and Mother would leave the Hyuuga Clan.

As the henchmen then contacted Lord Hizamaru, they were ordered to curse me.

Father meanwhile send a message towards Lord Hiashi with his Kuchiyose Animal, a white eagle, telling him about where to find me in case they die, in order for him to rescue me.

Dad and Aunt Hinata were and still are, ever until today, the only members of the clan who could pull off a Kuchiyose, or even had a contract with a familiar in the first place, as much as I know at least.

This way I was later found by Lord Hiashi as Mom and Dad were already dead, having fought bitterly to save me, even given their lives for my sake, in a way I could always understand Lord Uzumaki when he spoke about his parents as his two suns and heroes.

The Medallion here shows a picture of my birth-parents and of me and my momentary parents, I never took it of ever since I got it with two years!" I explained to him as he turned around facing his back to me, out of embarrassment.

"I understand…, well I am glad that you didn´t have to experience the same pain as me.

As I was branded with the Kago no Tori Juin I was only 4 years old and a few days after I saw it the first time in action, being used at my own father by his own Brother.

Also I am glad that you didn´t had to experience the same as Naruto, the way he did grew up, without any parents or anyone who cared about him.

I must say ever since I am back the Clan has changed much, Mom told me all about the changes ever since Kakashi-sensei and Naruto´s Hokage-time, guess he really held word with his promise of changing the Hyuuga-clan!" Neji-san stated in though, while I dived down and swam around him until I faced his front.

"Puaaah!" I stated, as I dived back up, practically jumping out of the water and showing my whole naked glory to him.

It was surprisingly deep the closer you go to the middle, just like a crater.

"Indeed he did, he helped us a best as he could, but he was not as almighty as to be able to completely change an old clan from the very core.

There were many Clan-intern laws and even Village laws, which kept him from getting his will of changing our Clan´s rules and traditions!" I stated in a thinking manner.

I smiled happily as I got the wished reaction, shock, disbelieve and mighty arousal under that Bath-towel around his waist.

"Hehehe, someone's quite excited!" I laughed as I fixated him.

"Uhhhmmm….!"

"Don´t dare to deny it, I can see it clear as day that you want me!" I stated loudly as he was about to deny everything and turn around once more, I trapped him between my arms and nearly lying upon him, as he practically laid on the shore.

"Neji-san I really like you, so please look at me instead of turning around, this makes me uneasy you know…, I mean, aren´t I attractive enough for you?!" I asked him pouting.

"Of course you are attractive, no doubt about it, but this is wrong, you are my cousins child, I can´t just look at you with lecherous thoughts like this!" he stated.

"Geez you are so prudish…., honestly…., technically seen am I neither your Cousin´s daughter nor am I near-related to you, we might be blood-related over several corners, due to both being Hyuugas, but still.

It is no rarity anyways, that even Cousins marry from time to time in our Clan.

And as I said, I have neither much friends nor any love-interests in the Clan.

You would be the last hope for me to marry inside of the Hyuuga Clan, otherwise I would have to even look out of the Village for a suitable man, and let´s be honest, that is most unlikely to find anyone my mom would chose with me, less my dad.

At least both know you very well and know how strong you are, you are in my age and we even have similar interests…., or is there perhaps a girl you like already?!" I asked in shock as this realization hit me all of a sudden.

"There has once be one, but that was not more than a simple and quick infatuation I guess, she was most likely the sole girl who never gave two shits about my prodigy-state during my early Genin years and she always spoke her mind no matter what, even if she knew it would piss me off.

In the beginning we couldn´t get along at all, but over time we learned to respect each other, me even more than her I guess.

Instead of being submissive, in the beginning, like most of the Hyuuga-clan girls and those of the village, she was the first to ever fiddle me her opinion as best as she could, with a fist-punch to my back head!" Neji-san stated, with something like melancholy and slight amusement.

"However it never became anything more out of it, I guess her and me, we were just too different as if we ever could truly understand each other, it remained a one-sided and quick infatuation.

I soon, quite early in our lives together, saw that her heart beated for someone else, even if she didn´t knew it herself back then!" He explained with a glance up in the sky and a smile.

"You mean Tenten-san am I right, I saw your reaction as you heard that she was married to Lee-san and them having Senpou as daughter!" I stated with an earnest tone in my voice, there was no disappointment in it, since I knew that this here was his second life.

"I guess you could say that…, I admit I was clearly surprised to hear that she married Lee, they both never were really romantically orientated and even experienced in it, even though they were as close as they could be, I still ask who made the first move though, but I guess it might be Lee.

It was a surprise, yes, however to be honest, it was kind of predictable, she always was worried about him, more than about me to be honest.

Well most of our years together I didn´t really showed her much to be proud of in the first place, I was spoiled, mean and self-centred, my hatred for my clan and my ideology of everything being determined by fate and birth, stood in a crass contrast to her own believe of becoming as strong as Tsunade, from practically point zero on.

Only after our first Chunin exam we could find some kind like a mutual believe, that we would keep believing in Lee and Gai-sensei to someday grow up from their stupid shenanigans.

I guess it was because I got the first time in my life a real Blow to my pride by none other but Naruto, the boy I told to be a loser by fate managed to defeat me, the prodigy by fate.

I even got a glimpse of Lees real strength and I think if he would have used it against me, he might even would have been able to defeat me.

Even Tenten was strong, but she lost in her first match, however I have to say that she was stronger as I thought before, in that one battle she gave her first time 100% if I shall be honest.

I began to see and admire her force, courage and determination, I began to trust her blindly, and we became a better team over this for sure, but until my death I didn´t ever told her about my infatuation!" Neji-san explained.

"But honestly after having seen and gotten to know Senpou, I can´t truly say I regret it, even if I would have survived!" He stated.

"Maybe but now you are here, back alive and as old as Senpou and me, this sure must be crazy for you, but for me it is kinda convenient if I may say so…!" I stated, as I stroke with my finger over his abs, of course he blushed deep red, as intended.

"You really love to tease me am I right?!" He asked.

"Of course, guilty as charged…., and since I like you why wouldn´t I?" I asked and he nodded.

"Anyways we better get out or else we catch a cold!" He stated as he was once again about to leave.

"It´s an Onsen sweety, there is no way we gonna catch a cold, as long as we stay in here, and especially not when we snuggle up on each other like this, really, really close!" I stated as I did snuggle up on him, of course he instantly brought distance between us and pulled himself out of the bath.

"I guess I bathed too long anyways, I will now go to bed, see you tomorrow!" He stated and practically ran away from me, of course I was disappointed and pouted in frustration.

"Aaaawww man…, playing hard to get aren't we…, I see…., well I will surely get you to love me someday, my dear Neji-san!" I thought with a devilish smirk.

"You will be mine soon, you will see!" I muttered under my breath, as I dived into the hot water.

As I dived back up I heard some shouting from the other side of the Onsen, however I couldn´t understand what was said.

"Seems like someone has a nice time!" I snickered, or how wrong I should be.

Meanwhile with Tir-Ehen:

"Not only haven't I found the strongest demon of this forest, but only a bunch of minor demons down in the Mausoleum …., no…, now also this whole shit is coming up!" I said to myself quite enraged.

"I guess the stronger one somehow managed to flee, this is going to be a hassle, I cannot just leave it at this, I must purify him!" I thought, while I made my way to where I felt Rughian and Nairuna

I really hope that I am mistaken with my assumption of Chikara being involved in the Spiral-Massacre…., what should I think about this all….., it was dumb and idiotic to even believe it.

"But still, if Sarin is right, to have seen the Thorncrow-seal, then that would mean that someone out of my Clan was responsible for the Spiral-Massacre…., for the death of her mother and friends, as well as for all these other people during Nymphelia´s rampage.

Also, if I would be somehow right with my assumption, that it is indeed Chikara, then it is my own flesh and blood, it would be as well as If I have done it myself then.

And that would be never been forgiven by Sarin, that´s for sure, if it comes hard on hard I have to solve this mess.

For if Chikara was it, then I am the one who has created her and likely the only one who might be able to destroy her again…, but would I even have the guts to even think about doing just that, when the time has come.

Talking about it is easy, but doing it is a whole different thing, she is next to Grandma the only Family that remained to me!" I thought in bitterness about this.

"Chikara…., don´t tell me you went this way in your believes….., don´t tell me that you sold yourself to the dark side, for the power to take revenge on me….., don´t you become like them!" I thought further as I began to run.

"If she would be only halfway as strong as me, then we already have great problems, I cannot possibly fight truly against her, less kill her, she is my sister after all, even if it's to save the world.

If she turned on me as well, then Grandma is the last family member who believes in me, beside of Rughian and Regania.

Even if she feels only hatred for me, could I ever do the same to her?

No way…, I loved her ever since she was born.

Is there still a chance to redeem her, or has too many time passed, the only thing I am sure about is that our meeting, if innocent or not, will be a real piece of hard work for me.

Back then 600 years ago she was clearly terrified of me, understandable…., but there was also something different beyond mourn, pain, sorrow and terror…., wrath, immeasurably increasing wrath and hatred!" I thought in mental pain.

"I haven´t deserved any better…., still, who the hell is her Sensei, definitely not Dad, or else he would have attacked us already years ago, or at the last conference.

And Dad hates anything which has to do with dealing with souls, be it soul-guiding or manipulation, so it is hardly credible that she would have learned it from him.

Maybe this was the reason, of why she was thrown out of the village, because someone taught her the forbidden teachings.

So who, who knew enough to teach her these things, this dark art of magic and alchemy!" I wondered as I rushed at top speed through the Tree-house.

"Rughian, wake up, we got problems, is Nairuna with you?!" I shouted in a rush, as I hammered on his door.

"Tir-Ehen, what´s the matter, hey…, whoa relax what´s going on?!" Rughian asked confused, as I rushed in his room, where Nairuna sat on the lean of a chair.

"Rughian-Senpai is everything alright?!" Nairuna asked, as she flew through towards me from the chair, stopping in the air and floated right in front of me.

"Nairuna I have a question to ask you and I want you to answer me honestly!" I stated, as I tried desperately to calm down.

"Sure what can I do for you Tir-Ehen-sama?!" She asked over telepathy.

"Has my Grandmother found anything about my Sister´s whereabouts, especially ever since we have departed or before, i´m sure that your sister speaks with you at Night about these things, am I right?!" I asked.

"I know nothing concrete but I think she told me, that your Grandmother might have a glimpse of her, somewhere at a place called…., wait how it was called again, something with Head and a dog or something similar…!"

"Trion Nerium Tarun (Right Hand of God), one of the Tentarium Castor Tarun (12 Castles of God), originally called Jackalhead in old times, one of the last 12 remaining Castles of the old era, here on this planet and dimension, which survived the Millennium wars.

Once they had been the Royal Palaces of the Council of the Elements, before most of them had been abandoned or fairly destroyed, during the last Millennium-wars.

Herim Tarun (Eye of God), or Raveneye how it has been called once, had been the Castle of the Crows while Trion Nerium Tarun had been the home of the….

The Jackals of Inferno and later of the Dragons of Inferno, until the Dragon-war, ever since it has been abandoned!" I stated in shock, as it dawned me.

"That asshole Anubis, I knew he had his filthy paws in this game, but I would have never believed that he even took a hold of Chikara…

I bet he was attracted by her sudden strong hatred for me and helped her to become stronger and better in terms of magic, promising her whatever, but under this cover only fuelled her anger, hatred and the darkness in her heart.

If he is her sensei then it is no wonder, that she would not be able to think straight anymore, we got to do something against that or else Anubis is making her entirely to a mere puppet of evil.

I won´t let this happen, I already lost my mother thanks to that Asshole, I will not let it happen again!" I stated with an ice-cold tone, as ice-cold as my heart was all of a sudden.

The warm fire which Sarin had lighted before, seemed to be gone almost restlessly, now only hatred for this wicked dog took the place.

"What is this…., what do you mean?" I heard a voice behind us.

I froze dead in my tracks, it was the last voice I wanted to hear right now and especially the last person I wanted to listen to this conversation.

"Sarin…?!"

"What is this talk about your sister Tir-Ehen…., who is this Anubis, what is being played here…., tell me?!" Sarin asked in shock, as she looked at me with tears in her eyes.

"I…, I didn´t wanted you to hear this since I have no real prove about it…..!" I stated.

"Because you think that your own Family is involved in the Spiral-massacre, am I right…., that´s why you spoke about your Sister, am I right….

Who is this Anubis…, an acquaintance of you, an old enemy of you who wants to have revenge…..TELL ME, WHO THE HELL IS ANUBIS?!" Sarin screamed in sudden wrath, waking the whole house.

During the seconds, as I decide whether to tell her the truth about the outbreak and the reason of the last war or not, the inhabitants of the Treehouse gathered together asking the same question.

"What´s going on here?!" They all asked.

"…, I have told you about the war haven´t I…., the last one from 1100 years ago….., around 2 years before the end of the war, I was a member of a raid party which was supposed to investigate of why the Gates of the Hell-circles had broken open.

We made our way through the enemies' lines, which was definitely not easy.

As we finally arrived at the Kamigami no hitsugi no Jutsu (the Jutsu of the God-Coffin), we had to witness how two strong Demon-generals absorbed the other demons' powers and made their way to open the 7. Hell-gate, means towards the 3rd Hell-circle, to unleash the same.

Of course we intervened and fought against them, they were extremely strong but after days long of battles we finally managed to defeat them and make them flee, putting an end to the mass-outbreak.

We had unfortunately not enough power to kill them, but only to wound them severely, while defending ourselves against the other demons, also we lost more than half of our squad during that battle.

One of these Demon-generals identified himself as Anubis, the Lord of Inferno and the first rider of the Apocalypse, the last Jackal-High-sages of Inferno, perhaps he even is the last Jackal at all.

The other demon-general introduced himself as Duhalan, the headless Infernal Rider and second rider of Apocalypse.

This is all I know about them, we didn´t even found out the reason why they unlocked the gates in the first place, we simply assumed that it might be because of the three Titans and to wreak havoc across the world, as the name said, Riders of Apocalypse, harbingers of Chaos.

And it seems that my sister Chikara, for whatever reason, has encountered and became a member of them, possibly making her the third Rider…., but as I said I have neither true prove and rock hard evidences for this, nor do I even want to think about that possibility.

All in all what we know until now, is that she might be in a place known as Jackalhead, an old Castle which has once been home to the jackals of Inferno…..

However that doesn´t must mean that Anubis is there as well or that she has any acquaintance, less any allegiance to him!" I stated desperately suppressing this lingering thoughts and the strong depression which tried to rise upon me.

"Why would your sister do that?!" Bolt asked me.

"She was there right…, she saw how Nidhog overtook your body and killed all these men and your mother, am I right.

But why…, if she saw what happened to you, why does she want to take revenge on you?!" Sarin asked with sorrow and compassion.

"Unfortunately yes, she saw everything, however was she back then not experienced enough to see the symptoms of a possession, she was barely 8 (800) years old…., normally the apprenticeship of a Demon hunter begins at the age of 10 (1000)…., so she must most likely think that it was myself who killed our mother and all the others.

Her hatred made her blind for the truth and she must have searched for power, strong enough to kill me.

But I just cannot believe that she would willingly lead on the world´s destruction just to take revenge on me?!" I stated.

"That sounds way too familiar somehow!" I heard Tenten-san, Ino-san, Karin-san, Hana-san and Shino-san as well as Bolt and Sarada saying and they all nodded.

"That sounds so much like Sasuke/Father!" they said.

"With the tiny difference that, if she indeed really does it, the war she would unleash most likely scorch the entire planet and turns its surface to ashes!" I sighed, while an ice-cold chill spread over each´s back.

"Also I have now new informations about the Scourges of World Conquest…., as it seems are they also acquaintances of me…!" I stated sighing in deep sorrow.

"WAIT WHAT!" They all, beside of Rughian and Nairuna, asked in shock.

"Yeah according to my Grandmother, who watches over the world through the eyes of our crows, told me over Nairuna here, that the groups most likely consist out of the five remaining members of my old Demon-hunter-squad, those who still were alive to the time of the demon-war´s end.

As Nidhog attacked I was of the assumption that none of my Squad members survived back then…., apparently these five, called Kasai, Rai, Kaze, Moku and Mizu, survived the attack, but had to witness the death of the rest of their comrades and also some of them had their beloved ones in the squad.

They must however, different as my Sister, know that I was possessed by Nidhog, but it seems that it is pretty much irrelevant to them, not that I cannot understand them.

Their hatred might be fuelled by more malevolence than they could handle, in the end it must have pested their soul so much, that they recklessly attack everything they can feed their powers off.

Their objective is to collect enough power to break the Gates towards the five Colossus, who sleep in the last Hell-circles.

They are way stronger than the three Titans, beings from aeons ago and completely untameable, luckily however they are dormant since about a million years ever since the first Council of elements, as all of them were still humanoid, defeated them.

It´s most unlikely that they would wake up from simply being released out of their prison, since they haven´t woken up in the previous Millennium-wars either…, however we never know for sure.

This threat is not to underestimate.

Anyways, no matter what, we must absolutely prevent them or the others from causing anymore havoc….., even if this means that I have to kill my Sister!" I stated with a hard voice, which hopefully hid my feelings well.

"I see…., I guess it won´t change much then, but it is good to know for once who exactly our enemy is.

However I have a question, you said your Grandmother observes the entire world through the eyes of the crows…, so that must mean you guys knew about the Fourth World War, or am I wrong!" Shikamaru-san stated.

"Nope indeed you are right…., why the question?!" I asked.

"Wait you saw all that…., why didn´t you interfered then!" Lee-san asked.

"I might sound cruel to you guys…, but ever since the fiasco and the near annihilation of mankind, 100.000 years ago, as we tried to stop them, from unleashing a Nuclear war, with words and speeches rather than sheer violence, my race decided to never ever again take anyone´s side, or interfere in a war human against human.

Since that time the world is still more or less pested with nuclear radiation, if Humanity decides to decimate themselves, then we have nothing to say against, since we honestly stopped to care for whatever reason humanity kills each other.

All we then do is silently watch over the result and betting if the humans finally learn something out of these wars or not, we pray that they finally understand the value of peace.

I often betted for it, but since the first Ninja-world war and the wars afterwards, my expectation have been constantly being crushed so I stopped betting on the bettering of humanity.

The most we do is recording the history of mankind and the planet, that's all we do during these times of peace for us!" I explained and they were buff.

"Well I guess, there is nothing we can say against that…., I would probably do the same!" Shikamaru.

"Remember, due to the constant wars of humanity in the Old Era, my ancestors had even decided to build the three Titans, which means that out interference in your wars can only cause more destruction than necessary, so we just don't interfere anymore!" I replied to that comment.

"How do you even record the History of Mankind and the planet?!" I asked.

"Through the souls of the fallen and died ones, a Soul that is released from its body, loses its memories for the next life, these memories are caught by us , through the four gates and caught inside four giant Scrolls, that's why it lasts so long for a soul to be reborn.

The duty of our scribes is to solve the puzzle of memories and filter out the relevant ones and arrange them in the right order!" I explained.

"What do you mean relevant memories?" Shikadai asked.

"No one, not even we care about, how often you went on this day, in this year and to that time on the toilet and how often you shacked off your weeny after peeing, that is pretty much irrelevant for the history of the world.

Only relevant memories, like a man watching news about an earthquake, at the other side of the world and another men who experienced and survived said earthquake, these are relevant memories, the same memory, just out of different point of views.

All the scrolls are stocked in a Library known as the Archive of the lost History.

It constantly contains, since we began at least, over 200 million of giant scrolls, for each year four scrolls, depending on which kind of soul had the relevant memories.

We have a saint-scroll, where the memories of those persons who helped the mankind in anyways, are being contained, it contains memories of Humans like Jesus, Mother Theresa et cetera.

We have a Good-scroll, where the memories of the normal peaceful portion of mankind is being contained, just your everyday citizens.

Then we have the Bad-scroll, where the memories of the bad rotten portion of mankind is being Contained, like thieves, murderers, rapists and so on.

And Last but least we have the Devil-scroll, the scroll reserved for those persons who have sinned so much, without an ounce of regret, that their soul has no chance to be ever redeemed, it´s reserved for tainted souls which are pitch-black.

Like terrorists and warlords who are committing genocide, et cetera.

After cleaning up the memories, the rotten soul goes straight to hell!" I explained and they all shivered.

"Anyways we coming of the topic!" I said and Sarin was the first to continue the previous dialogue.

"Alright, so who uses these daggers now, the one with the mark?!" Sarin asked.

"You mean the Caroma Nukares, no clue…., hard to say, it could be either one of these five or my Sister, although I hope she has nothing to do with it…, it´s hard to tell who would have a reason for all this, since they all have the same mark as me!" I stated and I already felt the new glances of doubt in my back.

"Or it is you?!" I heard a faint whisper.

"I don´t know if you all trust me, I hardly believe it anyways…., but you can be sure that I try my best to save this world….., whether you are with me or not.

Destroying our army would be more than just contra productive for that mission, am I right?

So those who still doubt me or now even honestly think that I have been the one responsible, behind the attacks of the forest-rampage case and the Spiral massacre, then I just got to say that you have 100% the wrong guy.

Nothing lies further away from my mind-set, as to annihilate an entire Clan of warriors for our side.

I know, I know, easy for me to say without clear evidences but my words, right…, well I cannot erase your doubts because I don´t know how I would be able to do that, but right now we don´t really have the time to joke around.

Tomorrow 08:00 till late afternoon we going to train and learn how to hunt and defeat demons, we are making practical exams and theoretical ones, the training and lessons will be harsh, harsher than everything you know.

Those who complain are free to go, but I give you a warning.

This afternoon I was investigating a strange phenomenon in this forest and found out that part of it has once been a village, the forest has completely taken over the entire place, but one thing, a mausoleum at the village´s old cemetery.

Inside I found a Smithy of malevolence full of demons!" I explained.

"Smithy….?!" They asked confused.

"A closed arena where demons are being captured and forced to fight against each other, hold in complete darkness….,.

Out of the dead bodies and the soiled ground new demons arise, that works on and on until out of all of these demons one comes out as ultimate warrior, an Infernal General, who has the power to control other lesser demons!" I explained.

"Similar like Orochimarus arenas to determine his new vessel, he always looked for the strongest one among them, by letting them fight against each other!" Suigetsu stated and Jugo nodded.

"And by others he determines his followers am I right, it was the same as back then with Guren and her followers!" Tenten-san stated and Lee nodded.

"Anyways I found such an Arena and killed all the demons and purified the place, however I haven't seen one strong demon, strong enough to be an Infernal General, so I investigated the area around the Mausoleum, but nothing, nada.

However the feeling of evil creeping around is still here, so it has most likely escaped already before and roams now through the forest, maybe even forming its own legion of lesser demons, so I advise not to leave the time-bubble if you love your life so far!" I explained.

"Guess you are right, we better shouldn´t do that!" Bolt stated and they all nodded.

"Sigh…., i´m really sorry that my Clan is so fucked up, in the end we are not any better than some Humans!" I stated, as I sat myself down.

"I cannot believe that my sister would do such things…., then again, the only things I have in my memories about her, are lying 600 years ago, ever since that day I haven´t seen her again.

I shut myself for about 100 years away from almost everything, before beginning to train for my role in this war, but I thought that our father would take care of her at least, guess I hoped for too much!" I stated, as I laid my head in my hands, massaging my forehead to ease the headache, which began to emerge out of all the stress lately.

"We will get through this together, and even if your Sister should be one of the enemies, we will stop her somehow, you are not alone in this, remember I am at your side, same as all of us!" Sarin stated, placing a hand on my shoulder.

Most of the others nodded, others looked with doubt but then nodded too, as if they weren´t sure what to do either.

"You really mean it…?

I don´t want to drag anyone of you in my family-affairs, if it will come down to that!" I stated.

"I told you already before, I love you Tir-Ehen and I want to help you as best as I can when you are in trouble, trust me, please!" Sarin stated as she embraced me, kissing me bluntly on the lips.

Here in front of all the others, who more or less all were in shock about this display of affection, not that the kiss wasn´t any unwanted by me.

Still, I was glad that her father was not with us momentarily, I don´t want to deal now with an angry Father.

I already could see that by Konohamaru-san, who looked with an angry glare at Salia who snuggled up at a blushing Neji.

"I trust you!" I stated and it came from heart, I could see blindly that she really meant it honest.

"Well then, ahem, guess we should rest for tonight, tomorrow we have a lot to do!" Rughian stated and I nodded.

"Indeed, alright everybody, to the beds, in one hour the curfew is inflicted upon you all until 08:00 am, understood?!" I stated and they all nodded.

"So we still have one hour to spend together, Bolt…., let´s make the most out of it!" Sarada stated seductively, as she snuggled up to Bolt, who grinned devilish with this `I-just-had-sex´ face of him.

"One hour is short so let´s go!" The same replied and they vanished out of the room.

Not that the other pairs weren´t any better, they all quickly vanished to spend this one hour together as lovers.

"I guess we will spent some time together as well!" Salia stated and practically dragged Neji behind, who wanted to complain, of course Salia´s father followed them with a bitter glare at Neji.

Everyone went out of the Room beside of Sarin.

"You should probably go sleeping now as well, tomorrow will be harsh!" I stated, as I stood back up.

"I would rather spent some time with you, our bathing session was way too quick over!" She stated and I smirked.

"Yeah sorry about that, but I had to make sure that what you said was true.

Well if you want you can stay here, but i´m tired so I will go to sleep early today, you can go whenever you want!" I stated.

"Don´t say that, maybe I will stay overnight!" She replied with a slightly devilish grin.

"….I wouldn´t mind though!" I stated with a blush.

"I know you wouldn´t!" She replied as she kissed me on my lips.

And before I knew any better, we were making out on my bed.

"I hadn´t had a relationship since 1.100 years, so I am seriously rusted in terms of romance, I hope you have indulgence with me!" I stated, as I held her tight.

I wouldn´t have hold it for possible before, that I could ever fall in love with anyone but Chikami, but Sarin really spun my head around.

She made me see, that someone like me might have the right for a second chance and I wouldn´t blow it for nothing on the world.

I always believed that anybody deserved a second chance but myself, maybe I was wrong, I too might deserve a second chance after all.

And so, kissing on the bed, we fell asleep, resting for the next morning and the days after, days filled with hellish training.

Part 2: Living in a Bubble.

2.1: Survival Training in a different dimension

After a Month in the (One-Year-In-One-Day)-dimension, Tir-Ehen´s Pov:

Nearly a month of training had already passed here in the time-Bubble, which means that outside of the Bubble, it might only be close to one or three hours, which have passed ever since I raised the Bubble.

And the training was surely anything but easy, we started from the very basics on.

At the beginning they understood close to nothing, but with the time they began to remember things, now, after a month the training was easier.

Their training was progressing, especially, Sarin, Bolt and Akihito, as well as the rest of the Uzumaki-Clan, they learned how to bind demons, just as intended by Naruto and me.

Ever since Nymphelia's attack, we knew that we had to create a new area of military force in the Project of the Five Nations, the D.P.R. the Department for paranormal Research.

So having proven experts on our side, is way more effective than being overrun by a paranormal surprise attack.

The rest of them meanwhile was momentarily at learning more on how to evade attacks, which could poison or even curse them, in combination to that I taught them how to heal poisonous or cursing injuries.

Furthermore I had to teach them the 4 Golden rules of Demon-Hunting beforehand, those rules which shouldn´t be broken if anybody values his life.

Flashback, an hour ago:

"Alright guys, now sit down and listen to me, and listen good…., what I tell you now you must memorize by heart when you want to survive.

I´m now going to explain to you the 4 Golden Rules of the Demon-Hunt, so listen well.

Never underestimate your opponent, always fight as if your life depends on it, for it mostly always does depend on it, even against the weakest.

This means that no matter what, never underestimate demons, they can be ever so tiny and yet their effects on human is extremely severe.

They will never give up on trying to kill you, one way or another and you never know which hidden ability they hold as last resort and their unexpected trump-card is the most dangerous about them.

Never swallow Demon Blood or let it flow into open wounds, it holds high infection-danger of being cursed or you begin to mutate.

Demon-blood is highly poisonous and it can even go as far as destroying and mutating your entire DNA.

A completely recover can only being cast through entire purification, there is no gain in saying `the most poison is out, you will be fine´, nothing is fine if there is still a rest inside you, because demon blood is full of micro-organisms which destroys you from inside, transmuting you into demon-hives, or a demon itself.

Never let your Dead opponents lie around, destroy or seal it and cleanse the place it lied upon, or else it becomes the breeding ground for new Demons.

A Place where demon-blood is spilled is highly contagious, every being which enters gets assimilated and new demons are getting created through this.

Scavengers getting mutated through the demon flesh they eat, and believe me, nothing is worse than a swarm of flying demons, because they are harder to attack than those on the ground, after all you cannot bomb away air as you can do so to a piece of ground.

Never turn your back on an enemy, until you are to a 100% sure that it is gone for good, preferably only when it is destroyed and the place is purified.

The saying `A demon makes hundred´ is unfortunately right, even when you defeat the main Demon, it can be that inside of it another demon is lingering, a parasite so to say, lurking to attack you in an unaware moment.

Most of the larger demons are more hives, than the attackers themselves.

Only turn your back then the place is, in a wide area around it, purified and the dead body has been completely erased with everything they had inside or around, if it´s completely annihilated from existence.

As long as you live to this rules, you might survive a demon-attack, even if just by a hairs breadth!" I explained.

"Are you sure?!" Bolt asked.

"Logically it can always happen that none of these four rules can help you, but in most cases it does!" Rughian stated.

"The next Lesson will be about how to quick-assassinate lesser demons, with help of an Acceleration-jutsu, which shifts your body for a certain amount of time into overdrive.

Also we show you how to annihilate Ghosts and exorcise possessed humans, without giving them the chance to call out for help of their brethren.

After that we going to expand the time Bubble to a second Dome, enclosing a bit of the Forest, turning it to an arena in which you all must fight and survive in a training Battle against the lesser Demons, which roam through the forest!" Rughian explained.

"What we are going out there, while this thing is still around, you know, the thing Tir-Ehen spoke about?!" Senpou asked in terror.

"No fear we will make sure that it isn´t in the surrounding, and in case it does come, we will simply defeat it!" I explained.

"Anyways, during this test, we gonna teach you how to fight in a team, a team always consist out of a team of 6 members, it´s similar to the games you kids play lately, these MMORPG´s or how they are called!" I stated over to us.

"We got a Aggro-factor/ Taunt, the one who takes, or rather said, taunts the opponent enough to drive all the aggression of the opponent on him, this way the Opponent gets disturbed and unfocused enough, for the other members to attack.

We have an Attacker/Barrier-breaker, who breaks through the defence and attacks the opponent with short-range attack.

We have a Healer, who is healing the teammates from afar, with Acupuncture-knowledge, in combination of Chakra strings.

We have a Defender/Guardian, who shields the team from every devastating damage.

And we have a Spell-caster, who attacks from afar with long range attacks or F.D.A´s and who also restrains the demon, also he is purifying the area!" Rughian explained further.

"F.D.A.?!" the Seniors asked with a confused look.

"Field-devastating Attacks they literally are used to blow a certain area around the opponent into oblivion!" Bolt explained.

"Like yourJigoku no senjō no jutsu (Jutsu of the Hell-arena), back in the sacred forest, during the Light-fox Case!" Chouchou stated knowingly and I nodded.

"Anyways, there is more on the program, for the training of a Spell-caster, the Uzumaki-Seniors are going to teach their jutsus to the younger generation.

You really will need the sealing jutsus, and I too will teach some of you some of my techniques for exorcism, healing and purification!" I explained and saw Sarin smiling.

"Otherwise we need someone who´s going to observe and categorize the demons we encounter, this way we can easier defeat them should we encounter them again, this Mission will be taken by..., let´s see, Sarin, Inojin and Shino-san.

Sarin for the observation of the attacks and it´s effects, Shino-san for the observation of details on the body and it´s anatomy and last but not least, Inojin for the drawing of the same.

These personal descriptions are getting gathered together and out of it we are going to create a Demon-Encyclopaedia.

I can show you one of mine, which I created during my training, but it is long not completed, in this pre-war we might see the one or the other new breed of demons, so we have to complete the book from the scratch on!" I explained.

"Furthermore you will also have lessons in Spirit-biology and the Summoning or the usage of the power of the same, I really hope you are all up to the challenge!" I asked and they all nodded and cheered, eager to learn how to kick some demon-asses.

"Well then, shall we continue?!" I asked and got cheers as answer.

"I will do my best to make you understand, so do your best to keep on learning what I tell you, it can save your life someday!" I explained.

"Yes!" They replied, listening in anticipation.

And so our one year training session continued.

Part 3: The serenity of a starlit sky.

Near the border towards the Land of demons, Sakura´s Pov:

The air was clean and a bit chilly but still comfortingly warm.

Sasuke´s Squad of Scouts and defenders was stationed together with my Medic-squad and we had our base in an abandoned Village, which was slowly being taken back by nature.

The Squad of the third Hokage and Jiraiya-sensei had their refugee on both sides of the Village, a bit away in the surrounding forest to observe a wider field of action.

While the morning was hectically for all of us, the night seemed to be calmer, texting with Sarada made my heart and mind going a bit at ease, I was certain that she would be okay, especially with all these mighty Shinobi around her and also thanks to her friends and Bolt.

"Hehehe!" I snickered as I remembered how both, Sarada and Bolt, defeated Sasuke.

"What is so amusing?" The same asked, sitting here with me.

He held his word and was more lovey-dovey with me…., or at least he desperately tried to force out something like that.

"Oh nothing, I just remembered something funny!" I chuckled.

"I see!" He stated, as curtly as ever.

"By the way, you don´t have to force yourself to be all lovey dovey you know, just be as you always are …, just a bit friendlier perhaps!" I stated, as I looked down on his blushing face.

I literally had to force him to lay his head in my lap, he was clearly tired but didn´t wanted to rest.

"I ain't forcing myself!" He stated simply.

"Well you know, betting-debts are debts of honour they say!" I stated and he grumbled.

"Oh c´mon, stop wrinkling up that cute face of yours!" I smiled at him.

"I ain't cute!" He mumbled, as he tried to ignore me, by laying his head to the side.

I snickered, while I kept caressing his hair.

He sighed in annoyance but said nothing.

"I ask myself what Sarada does now?!" I wondered as I looked up in the sky.

"No clue, my hawk cannot see them, they are hidden by some kind of dome-jutsu!" Sasuke stated.

"Wait a second, Sasuke Uchiha are you still spying on your own daughter!?" I asked enraged.

"Well maybe you do, but I don´t trust that Boruto Uzumaki, I bet when I don´t watch him constantly he will someday in the near future return with Sarada being pregnant by him!" Sasuke stated grumbling.

"Well it will happen eventually, but I am sure that the baby might come only in about 2 years at the very least.

Sarada is in love and she just awakened her sexual desires, of course she and Bolt will fool around a bit, that´s for sure.

However she is also responsible and smart enough to know that she is still a kid herself…, sure she´s mature and all, but just not ready to have own kids yet!" I explained.

"This Boy just has to let his dirty fingers of her and nothing, such as a baby, will happen!" Sasuke only replied.

"Seriously, why does it interests you so much, all of a sudden you are trying to play the overprotective father, even though you formerly didn´t quite cared about Sarada, as much as you did about Katsuo?!" I asked him with narrowed eyes.

"Is it only because Bolt is Naruto´s son?!" I asked him.

"It ain´t just that, the whole situation as a whole has me completely overrun, I mean she´s only 16, why does she already takes an interest in Boys?!" Sasuke asked.

"Well that is normal in puberty, sure as we were as old as them we had battles and missions practically every day, as well as the war back then, our puberty was not as carefree as Sarada´s and the other kids.

They have grown up in a time of peace, it happened rarely that things went downhill on missions, only ever since last year, as she and Bolt were on that mission that almost killed both!" I explained and he was about to say something.

"Before you begin to complain, you know exactly that it was neither her nor Bolt´s fault, things went downhill because they had help of some dilettante free-time amateur-ninjas, from some minor mostly unknown ninja-village somewhere in Hi no Kuni.

Those guys had neither a plan, nor a real strategy and they went one or two times in Bolt and Sarada´s way, before both side called out a truce and still they managed to almost fuck up every plan big time.

If they would have shared their…., well their strategy, if I can call it that…, then maybe Bolt and Sarada wouldn´t have been injured during their mission!" I stated with narrowed eyes.

"I admit, this might not have been his fault but there were a hell lot of mission where he brought her in life-danger!" Sasuke stated.

"Oh please, it´s not like he does that on purpose, it often happens out of coincidence, like the mission where Orochimaru attacked.

It was an easy looking mission in the beginning, no one of us, not even Naruto, Kakashi-sensei or Lady Tsunade together could have known what for a secret lies behind it.

However, even before the last two years the life was not any easier on Sarada, even without the missions and despite of the peaceful time in the Ninja-world, as much as it could be at peace at least.

You know, since I told you, how things have been during her childhood, it was a dark time for her and Katsuo, in this time Bolt, Himawari and their friends were the only persons they could hold onto, more than they did on me.

I was grateful that Bolt had been on their side, when I couldn´t and I am grateful that Sarada learned to love him and vise-versa.

There is no boy you could chose, who matches better to Sarada than Bolt, no matter if you like it or not!" I explained.

"That might be right but it also doesn´t mean that I must like it, no matter what, They will not get my blessing!" Sasuke stated stubbornly.

"Why, just tell me what the hell you don´t like on him, sure the first time you guys meet he punched you out of his house, but knowing how much he cares about Sarada and how much it hurts him to see her suffer, mentally or physically, it was understandable.

He wanted to punish you and keep you away from Sarada!" I stated.

"And I don´t even know why, I mean it´s not like I did anything to Sarada or not?!" Sasuke asked.

"Seriously after 5 years you still don't get it?

It exactly because you never did something to or for her, until that day as you and Bolt had that brawl, you didn´t even knew that she existed and that hurted her.

It hurted her even more, than knowing that you would have left, well knowing about her existence, but simply didn´t cared to take responsibility.

You know a few days after his grounding, which he got because of that brawl, I met Bolt and spoke with him.

He told me that he wanted to keep you away from here because he didn´t wanted Sarada to be hurt again, if you would have decided to vanish again.

He told me about his talk with Sarada, that despite how much she despised you, she also longed equally strong for you to come back, he simply didn´t wanted her to be disappointed by you yet again.

That's why he called out that Ultimatum to you, for you to finally choose what you would do, if you intended to stay and make Sarada happy, or if you could care less about her feelings.

Still, even today 5 years after that day, I am not truly convinced if you would truly have stayed without this threat, so tell me!" I demanded and he sighed.

"I probably wouldn´t have stayed, mostly because I knew that my presence would just cause you problems, I know thanks to Naruto, after I came back, about the many attempted assassinations, after learning that I had a family unknowingly…, so in the end my absence neither helped you nor the kids either.

It was for the same reason why I didn´t wanted you to come with me on my travel, I had much hassle during that time and more than once I stood shortly before being either killed or caught, for an Uchiha outside of Hi no Kuni things aren´t safe and it´s hard to survive anyways, with all the assassins out there.

Also I had things to do!" Sasuke replied and I was buff, I had counted with other reasons, but the truth was surprisingly easy minded.

"And what´s about your plans to search for other Uchiha colonies?!" I asked him and he only sighed.

"I gave that up after the first 2 years, I found all of the Uchiha-colonies, but I guess Itachi was quite extensively in eradicating the warmongering Clan-members.

I found many weapons, destroyed weapon-chambers full of explosive material and whatsoever, enough for the armouring of a whole legion and blowing up the defence walls of Konoha twice.

Itachi didn´t really took the time for destroying these things, in the end I bet that many assassins from outside, who might stumble about these hideouts, found themselves true treasure-chests.

After investigating, I took upon the destruction of the weapons and the rests of these colonies' ruins, there is no trace left that the Uchiha clan ever has lived outside of Konoha, only perhaps in some books in the private bibliotheca of some rich mansions, who knows.

Anyways after this time I tried to find a place to build up the clan from a new, a safe place where no one knows us and where no one could find us.

But no matter where I went or how far away from the five nations I always found traces and heard rumours about the wicked Uchiha-clan.

One day, it was already a few years after my last visit, I heard some rumours about Uchiha Kids in Konohagakure, I thought I misheard so I tried to find more clues.

After I was convinced that these rumours might be true, by hearing the same at various places across the lands, I decided to travel back to finally see for myself and that's how I landed back here 5 years ago!" Sasuke stated.

"All this time…., you searched for a new place for building up the clan again…, a place where no one knows us or would judge us?!" I asked and I almost broke out in tears.

"How could I be so wrong, how could I doubt him this way?!" I thought to myself.

"But you came back, two years after you began your travel…., why?!" I asked.

"I wanted to know if you were okay, I knew that some people spoke ill about you, due to your acquaintance and your love for me, I wanted to know if nothing happened to you.

I wouldn´t have known what I would have done if you were hurt by them, but you stood under Naruto and Kakashi´s protection, so I was rather convinced that nothing happened to you.

That you had been pregnant I didn´t knew back then, I came at night as most people were already sleeping, I went to Naruto´s office and laid down the report of the colonies on his desk.

Then I was about to go back out of the village… but I hesitated, I didn´t knew if you even would want to see me again, I admit I was a prick, I gave you love for a night and then I vanished for 2 years, I knew it wasn´t right.

However I told myself that I rather know you were safe without me, than being in danger with me, still I wanted you to know that I didn´t forgot you, so I came in that night, I gave you love and the next day I vanished, I knew people would yet again speak ill about you, maybe even more than before, if they would see you with me.

I then went away and began my search for a place to live.

The idea for it came to me as I remembered all of our mission as team 7, we often came in villages of ninjas who lived there nearly isolated from other Clans.

I knew I would need that too, such a place for our clan alone, as in old times before Konoha was founded.

Seeing all the destruction my Clan brought and the bloody history, ever since the Uchiha Clan lived in Konoha, I knew that the Uchiha clan had to go back to where his roots were.

A Clan living in solitude, a clan who does not have any iron-tight allegiance to anyone.

One thing I learned through my time with Orochimaru was the independency of a Hidden village like Otogakure.

And so I decided, I will find a place somewhere and found an own village, a village solely for the Uchiha-clan, where we don´t have to plot any revolts against other clans, here we don't think that we are suppressed or pushed into a corner.

Re-rising the Clan in Konoha would over short or long only bring new conflicts, even if they would be in the far future I was sure that these conflicts will come upon us.

And I don´t want a second Massacre, if I have the power to change this then I will give my everything to do this, Itachi believed that with me a new Era of the Uchiha Clan might arise, an era of peace, an Era without conflicts with other clans and without hatred.

He and Shisui had this very same dream, but I knew that the Uchiha-clan must vanish out of Konohagakure for this dream to become true.

"That's one of the reasons why I don´t like to see my children being bound to Konohagakure any further than simply being shinobi, someday they will have to leave it, when I found a place to live for us all.

Right now it´s still possible to change things, but if Sarada would get pregnant from Boruto then I know that she would stay here, and if Katsuo does the same than this would definitely be the end of the Uchiha clan, maybe even of the Sharingan.

Our Children have already mixed blood, and our grandchildren, if they would be born through Naruto´s children, would then be only to ¼ Uchihas and the children afterwards might not even have anything of an Uchiha anymore.

Both Itachi and Shisui died for the dream of a new and better Uchiha clan, I just cannot betray their expectations as the last living fullblood Uchiha!" Sasuke explained and I was even more buff.

"This is noble…really, it is a noble thought Sasuke, but still, did you even consider Sarada and Katsuo´s feelings in this, you know how much they love Naruto´s children.

You are not blind aren´t you…., do you honestly think they will freely go with you, leaving behind the persons they love the most?

Ripping our children away from them will get you the entire hatred they both have to offer….., maybe you will lose the Uchiha-genes when Sarada marries Bolt and Katsuo marries Himawari and both pairs are giving birth, however, if you rip them away from them both, than you lose your children as well…!

Also just by the way, I will not allow my Children to commit such a perverted act as incest, just for the sake of a few genes and a name!" I stated in awe and disbelieve alike.

"I don´t know either of both, but I bet that Shisui and Itachi wanted the future generation of Uchihas to grow up happy.

However now you are saying to take them this happiness and to force them to do incest for the sake of the Uchihas name, I bet that this was not in their interest.

Sasuke, no matter what you will do, the Blood of the Uchihas will never be pure again, it gets mixed up whether you like it or not!" I explained to him and he nodded.

"After the five years here I have come to the same conclusion, I saw how much Sarada blooms up in the company of Naruto´s son, but the thought of disappointing Itachi frightens me!" Sasuke stated with hanging had.

I took him in my embrace and nuzzled him.

"I know Itachi only over what Naruto told me about him, but I am sure that he would have, in first line, wanted his niece and nephew to be happy in their life, this is the primary goal they must have had.

Even Itachi must have realized that an Uchiha-clan, like it has been before, will never come back to existence, but with this hopefully also not the curse of hatred.

You have to accept it Sasuke, the Uchiha-clan, as you have known it, will not come back, all you can do is make the life of your Children happy and worth living for, this is all that counts.

And if you do that, then I am sure that also Sarada will one day forgive you…., you probably should spent some more time with her anyways, I mean ever since you came back home 5 years ago, you guys barely were like father and daughter are meant to be.

I ask myself how much you actually even know about her, sure you have you duties as Katsuo´s sensei and all the other stuff you have to do as active Jonin, but you should consider getting to know your own daughter before it is too late.

The same goes for Katsuo, sure you force all of your Jutsus on him and call it training and care and he seems to be okay with it so far…., but what exactly do you know of him privately…., nothing right?

You once told me that your father had always compared your abilities with those of your brother Itachi, and he mostly ignored anything else about you, but what you are doing is just the same honestly, I saw this lately, you prefer teaching and training with Katsuo rather than Sarada, sure she doesn´t seem to be interested in having to train with you, but I can plenty see that she´s hurt that you don´t even attempt to ask her for participating in the training.

I bet by now she must think that you like Katsuo more than her, and this is definitely not good!" I explained and Sasuke was buff.

"I guess you are right, I do turn out like dad this way, something I wanted to avoid!" he replied with hanging head.

"Also I think you really should get to know Bolt a little better, I swear when you truly know him for a while, without constantly bickering, then you might come to like him eventually.

To me he is like a son, I like him very much, because he makes Sarada smiling from her heart, something not even I can accomplish!" I explained and he looked at me in surprise and wonderment.

Sasuke´s Pov:

The moment I looked at her was magical, the moonlight let her aura shine and made her face luring like a mermaid on the wide sea.

She was beautiful, gorgeous and breath-taking, I saw that already in the years before, and also in that night 16 years ago, the night of our first time.

And still, in her eyes I saw a sadness which broke my heart.

In the end Naruto and Sakura had been the one persons, who always considered me a friend and who were constantly concerned about me.

I was blinded by hatred, but Naruto made me see that there is no benefit in drowning myself into even deeper darkness and Sakura showed me that even in the midst of darkness a light can shine, a light warm and comforting, a light for myself alone.

She never gave up loving me and, even if it was for a long time unknown to me, she gave me the best present ever, children.

Children which I, as she rightly said, knew close to nothing about, I tried to force myself to be a good father, without even knowing one decent thing about my very own Children.

The words she spoke made sense and the more she talked, the more I felt like a moron for my own stupid thoughts.

In the end she as right, my Uchiha-clan was gone for good, and no matter what, it will never come back.

And I do have to admit, in my whole calculation I always only saw the benefit of the Clan, but I never before had considered Sarada or Katsuo´s feelings upon leaving Konohagakure behind for good, not even Sakura´s.

I honestly had taken their cooperation as granted without even asking them.

Maybe Sakura was right, I need to learn a hell lot about them both and also about Sakura, or else I will always remain the same selfish prick that I had always been.

In the end all I was and all I still am, is a big mess.

"By the way Sasuke…., about the marriage…!" Sakura stated uneasy.

"Are you sure you want that Sakura, I had my reason to not ask for your hand, if we marry you and the children will be officially Uchihas, which means that on each one of you a target mark will be drawn, I don´t want to get you in danger just because of me?!" I stated.

"I know, but I want that my children are a bit more connected to you, and I don´t want other people to call them bastard child´s anymore and….!"

"Wait a second, who does that?!" I asked as I rose from her lap.

"I don´t know I just always heard whispering from many directions back in town…., I just don´t want the people to talk ill about them!" Sakura stated.

"And you think that giving them my families name will help, I rather would say that the insults will only increase in their amounts and the bullying might become graver.

Most people keep their distance out of fear before me, however I am quite sure that they are not afraid to harass and attack Sarada or Katsuo.

Also, with the new laws a Ninja cannot attack a simple civilian, as long as he is not attacked by a weapon.

From what I know, very little people actually know clearly that both really are my children, they assume it, but no one of them know something concrete as long as they don´t see her in action with the Sharingan.

A marriage will only harden their fears and ill believes, also I don´t want them to taunt or taint your good reputation because of me!" I stated and she looked at me in shock.

"Wait a second does this mean…., if all of this tainting and taunting and trying to assassinate us…, if all that would not be there…., would you truly consider to m-m-m-marry me?!" she asked in sheer shock and disbelieve.

"S-sure…, it´s just that, I had so much I loved…. And it all got taken away from me…., you know what became of me, I don´t want to become like this again.

I don´t know what I would do, if someone would take you guys away from me.

I barely was able to lay down my hatred for everything, it almost could have costed Naruto´s life, losing an arm was definitely a small price for him, so he said himself at least, for bringing me back and holding his promise to you.

But if I would once again burn up in hatred I don´t know if he would survive a new confrontation, I don´t even know if I would, probably not!" I stated and she snuggled up to me.

"Sasuke I promise to you that I will not die and I promise you that I will do anything to keep Sarada and Katsuo safe, so don´t worry about us this much, you should follow your heart but also the logic.

You have friends and a family you can count on, if you care enough to get to know them and make them knowing you!" Sakura stated and I nodded as she took my cheeks in her hands.

"I will be there for you, you are not alone anymore, never forget this!" She stated as she kissed me.

"I´m afraid, i´m just so afraid of losing you!" I stated as I laid my forehead at hers feeling the warmth.

"That's why you kept me on distance and hoped that I would not fall in love with you, or eventually forget about you and love another man!?" She asked and now I was buff.

"Hinata once said something like this!" She simply explained.

"Smart girl!" I stated nodding.

"Indeed, she is the perfect girl for such an idiot like Naruto and she did change him to the best she could, hehehe!" She snickered in amusement and it made me smile too.

"I hope things are going smooth in the next day, I really would hate it to see a new war breaking out!" Sakura stated.

"Yeah, I guess that would most likely be the worst thing ever, especially if Neherit is right and our opponents are not human anymore, I mean sure we fought against many beasts in our lives, but let´s be honest, we know close to nothing about Demon-hunting!" I explained.

"That's why we are mostly only the support, we are medics and defenders, if things go ugly we are to defend the Main town of the Land of Demons, where Lady Shion is living, and support our front-fighters with medical treatment.

This is as much as we could do on the rush, but I am sure that if things are getting successful, Naruto and the other Kages will ask Neherit, to teach most of us from S.I.I.O.N.T. in his techniques!" Sakura stated.

"Probably but I bet that for most of these Techniques you must bear the level of Sage!" I stated.

"Good thing I learned it in the last few years, ever since Katsuo is old enough to take care of himself, I knew it might come in handy someday!" Sakura said.

"Really, well I trained hard and visited the Ryuuchidou on my travel and mastered the forces of the Snakes!" I replied.

"….But there is no snake which is growing out of your body am I right?!" Sakura asked with a suspicious look in her face.

"No, luckily not, I think it only happened to Kabuto because of being literally two beings in one, him and Orochimaru, an unstable existence so to say.

I however am still my very own self, ever since Itachi managed to get Orochimaru out of me.

But how about you what happens when you enter it?!" I asked her interested.

"Basically I earn a pair of feelers, with which I can sense spots where nature force is strongly contained, also does my vision becomes sharper and I am able to turn my salvia into acid if I accumulate it and spew it out, enforced with chakra, it´s used like a Suiton jutsu, how about you?!" She asked.

"Basically my vision becomes telescopic, I can see things far away and my eyes are reacting to the slightest bit of movement and I have developed a heat sensor-sense, also my Salvia turns to poison, I just need to bite someone and I can poison his entire body, similar to what Orochimaru once did to me as he used the Juin on me!" I explained as I looked up into the stars.

"By the way has Sarada already decided, which way of a Sage to go!" I asked Sakura, who suddenly looked at me as if I was growing a third eyes.

"That shows how less you know about her…!" She simply said with a disappointed expression before she stood up.

"After this mission you and her will have some quality Father-daughter time together, after her date with Bolt or course.

Until then you should think about the questions you will ask her!" Sakura stated, as she was about to go away back to the medics tent, her break was nearly over so was mine.

"Wait what did I do wrong now, was it something I said, I just asked if she prefers Slugs or Snakes?!" I asked confused.

"Sarada hates slugs and she doesn't want to be associated with snakes out of fear of being held as a shady person, even more as she already gets!" Sakura stated.

"So she didn´t chose anything?!" I asked a bit disappointed.

"Oh she did chose a sage-mode path to walk!" Sakura stated, with a smile.

"And what is it?!" I asked.

"Please don´t let it be a toad!" I thought in terror, imagining Sarada and Boruto in partner-look while being in Sage mode.

"Cats!" Sakura simply stated and trotted away.

"….wait a second…. Cats…, why Cats?!" I asked confused but she already had vanished.

"I truly need to know about what my daughter does all day!" I thought to myself, as I made my way back to my team.

Part 3: S.I.I.O.N.T.´s recruiting days:

Part 2/ Roses by Moonlight, dangerous Kisses, Himawari´s Pov:

It has been a whole day passed until we finally arrived at our first destination and it was near evening, too late for any kind of information search at least for us youngsters.

Gekkō bara no mura (Village of the Moonlight rose), our first stop and the last known locality of our first recruit, a women called Guren-san.

A woman my Mother, according to her story, had an old acquaintance with, an acquaintance which hadn´t been the very best from the start, as she was enclosed in a crystal by her and threatened to be shattered to pieces.

This woman, according to mom´s telling and dad´s portfolio, had once been one of Orochimarus henchmen, but a mission as guardian of a young boy called Yuukimaru, changed her to the better and she decided to stand up against Orochimaru.

In the end she, in order to safe Yuukimaru-san, enclosed herself with the enemy in her own Jutsu and fell into a lake.

There was no concrete sign of her survival, until a patrol of Konoha-ninjas sighted her per coincidence in the land of rice-fields, a few years later right here in this Village, together with an adult Yuukimaru.

Of course it is not told that they might still be here, but since it was the last trace we have gotten, it´s better to investigate.

Father gave us a Letter, as well as an item, a white camellia enclosed into a crystal, for her, in order to remind her on him and his team, who fought alongside of her to save Yuukimaru, and to ask her for cooperation.

"I hope we find some clues tomorrow, i´m really tired!" Sai-san stated yawning.

"I´m sure we will, I got such a feeling that we will!" Mom stated, she was slightly happy to be back in action as a Kunoichi.

"Nice to see you all optimistic, Hyuuga-san!" Kotetsu-san stated.

"Please just call me Hinata and I have taken on the name of my Husband anyways…, we are all a team now, so we should get along as friends…, unless you don´t want to?!" Mom asked.

"But of course Hinata-san, I would love to…, anyways who exactly is that Yuukimaru-boy, that he had been so important for Orochimaru?!" Izumi-san asked.

"According to our investigations from back then, Yuukimaru had been able to calm and control the force and the rage of the Sanbi to a certain amount, this was logically a quite unusual ability.

After Guren was sighted after the war, Kakashi-sama decided, together with Naruto, to investigate further in that matter about this boy, as he became Hokage and he found some things out.

According to records, which our men had found in one of Orochimarus bases, the village which Yuukimaru once live in lied near the borders to Kirigakure and had been the home of Yagura-san, who lived once there with his family during his time as Mizukage.

He had a secret house where his wife lived, alongside of his son, it is to assume that Yuukimaru is Yagura-sama´s son, for the ability to control the Sanbi is the same as Yagura-sama once bore!" Mother explained, as we sat in the hotel´s inn in which we would crash for the night.

"Wait that little guy has a wife and a kid, dammit, I haven´t even a girlfriend yet!" Kotetsu-san whined.

"I bet you will get one once you become a Jonin and a Sensei, Kotetsu-san!" Katsuo stated.

"I hope you are right or else I am really at doubting my manliness!" Kotetsu-san stated, still whining.

"Anyways, I can tell that finding them won´t be so easy, Orochimaru might still be after them, for whatever reason, so it is unlikely that they will stay out in the open, they must have a hideout somewhere.

…. Somewhere where you least expect it!" Mom stated.

"No fear we will find them!" I stated confident.

"I´m sure we will honey!" she replied and embraced me.

"But now we should go rest for the end of the day and go sleeping soon, tomorrow will be a rough day for sure!" Mom told us.

"Sure but I heard that tonight will be the night of the Moonlight-rose, from which this village has its name.

According to this guide is the Moonlight-rose a flower that only blooms in the night of a Full-moon and only thrice in summertime, tonight is such a night, for there will be a full-moon.

According to the legend, a pair which vows their love to each other in that night, on the Moonlight-meadow upon the hill, will receive luck in their love for the rest of their life!" I stated, as I pointed at my Tour-guide for romantic spots in and around Hi no kuni.

"It´s said that the Moonlight rose is a plant that can be used in herbal-medicine, however they shall also emit some kind of silvery, fluorescent powder during their blooming-time from their petals, which serves as aphrodisiac.

At least it shall make you less tense, stressed or angry and lulls you a little into snuggling up on those you feel close to, by stimulating the endorphins enough to feel truly and thoroughly happy!" I told them further.

"Well most of it sounds like one of these urban legends, with all that eternal love stuff…., but there are plants who do serve as aphrodisiac, so that theory could be indeed true!" Katsuo stated.

"It does sound a little over the top romantic, so I guess I should pass on that, at least until get a girlfriend!" Kotetsu-san stated.

"Me too, we might as well go into some bars, they are a crucible for rumours and informations and maybe we find something out about this Guren-san!" Izumi-san nodded.

"I guess that would be a good idea, but you better don´t get too drunk, as I said tomorrow we going to investigate early!" Mom stated with a serious tone and they nodded.

"Anyways you are right Himawari, it does sounds quite romantic I would say, so we might as well watch this!" Mom stated.

"I will come with you however only to draw the Meadow, I bet Ino would love it, so by the next chance i´m gonna take her there, for now a picture has to do the trick!" Sai-san stated.

"I´m all in, of course I am!" Katsuo stated, as he snuggled up on me and I on him.

"Then it is set, tonight we going to watch the Moonlight-roses!" I stated happily.

"And tomorrow we will be on the search for Guren and Yuukimaru!" Mom replied and we all nodded.

"Well then, I guess we got some time before nightfall, so we all should go rest for a bit, I had been a hard day!" She continued.

"Yes!" we all replied to her.

"Let´s go Katsuo, we gonna discuss some things in my room!" I stated, as I grabbed his hand.

Unfortunately weren´t we allowed, by mom, to sleep in one room together, therefore I was sleeping with mom and he with Sai in a room, Kotetsu-san and Izumi-san shared a room as well.

Kiba-sensei and his Team meanwhile had departed away shortly at the border of Hi no kuni, to meet up with Lady Toki, the Daimiyo of the Bird-realm.

It was interesting to get to know whom my father had encountered in his childhood, various Daimiyos, Village-leaders, even princes and princesses of different lands.

Even though most of these acquaintances were female, Mom never doubted dad´s faithfulness, not that there was anything to doubt in the first place, but these women were quite beautiful if I may say so myself.

Yuuki Kazahana, Daimiyo of the Snow-realm and leader of Yukigakure or Lady Shizuka, the Village leader of Nadeshiko no Sato and also Fathers Ex-fiancée, (due to some dumb agreement from Jiraiya-jii-san and Shizuka-san´s sensei) for example, which both had to be recruited by my team.

"Let´s rather explore the city a bit, we still got some hours before the festival´s end-event begins, and I wanted to look at the market anyways!" Katsuo stated as I was about to dragging him to the entrance of the hotel.

"Hmm, sure why not, it might be fun and so I can also spend some more time with Katsuo, without any interruption!" I thought about it.

Katsuo´s Pov:

"Hmmmm….., why not, it might be nice, alright let´s do it, I will let Mom know!" Himawari stated and rushed back in the inn to tell her mother.

"Geez she´s so energised!" I stated with a smirk.

"Huh…. !" Suddenly a chill ran down my spine.

"What the…?!" I mumbled, as I felt myself being observed somehow.

"Am I already imagining things?" I thought after looking around but finding nothing out of place.

"I guess it was nothing!" I thought as I looked back forward, to see Himawari rushing out of the inn towards me.

"Mom said it would be alright and that we should meet at the foot of the hill, near the fountain, when the Festival begins its end phase!" She said.

"Alright, well shall we going?!" I asked as I offered her my arm like a gentleman, which she gladly took.

After a while:

The market was fairly filled with people, but not too much as to be unable to walk right.

The stalls had various goods to propose, from essential all-day gadgets, towards accessories and more extravagant stuff.

"Hmm, this might look nice on her!" I thought, as I saw a hairclip in form of a Moonlight-rose, it was beautiful and I could definitely see her wearing it.

"It´s so beautiful!" Her voice stated at the sight of it.

"I figured you would like it…., sir I would like to purchase one of these please…, right…., thank you very much!" I stated, as I got it from the vendor.

"You shouldn´t have gone so far as to buy it, I could have done that myself, I got enough money with me?!" Himawari protested but I waved off.

"I actually wanted to buy it to you, from the first moment on that I saw it, I just wanted to see you wearing it!" I stated and she nodded, taking out the clip she currently wore…., during the last years her hair had fairly grown in length, along with her height and chest-size, she began to transform into a beautiful young woman.

It was honestly hard to keep my eyes of her, she was so pretty, pretty in every sense, beside of her mood swings.

She was the heroine of all of my dreams, wet or not, which was my greatest secret.

There was not a day when I didn´t imagined to kiss her, her lips and forehead, her neck, her legs, simply her entire body I wanted to mark with kisses, my kisses.

I wanted everyone to know that she was mine, that I would defend her no matter what, that I would give her to no one.

"Someday I will make you mine entirely!" I whispered, barely audible.

I saw her blushing while she put the Clip on, and I wondered if she actually heard me…., if yes, she simply said nothing to it.

"Hey man look at that girl, isn´t she a hot one?" I heard someone whispering.

"Yeah look at these tits, damn I would like to suck on them, all night long!" I heard another voice whispering

I looked around to see a group of guys doing indecent gestures, while looking and pointing straight at the oblivious Himawari.

"You little bastards…., oh wait you…!" I was about walk over, to give them a piece of mind, as I was halted by an arm on my shoulder.

I looked back to see Himawari shaking her head in denial.

"They aren´t worth it!" She simply said.

"But…!"

"Katsuo, i´m serious, it does not bother me since I have no interest at all, to even acknowledge their existence, there is only place for you, my family and my friends in my heart and mind.

I am only interested in a boy that can defeat me, or long enough hold against me in a mock battle, a boy such as you, I told you already that I love you so it does not bother me, when someone thinks he has to show some indecent gestures in my direction.

This only shows how low their level of intelligence is, so don't drop to that place as well, by trying to teach them right from wrong without success.

I am sure they would experience their worst fears, when they would know, that I could take out my Father, who just happens to be the strongest Ninja in our village and also its leader, with one single blow at the age of 9!" Himawari stated, proud like a goddess of war, which she was as close as possible to.

I feared to ever truly piss her off, ever since I heard from Mom, who heard it from Mrs. Uzumaki, about Mr. Uzumaki´s misfortune at the day of his Inauguration as Hokage.

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We strolled through the streets together, enjoying ourselves.

Here and there Himawari dragged me along to investigate something, I bought her an ice-cream and a soda on the way.

It was the first real date that we have, ever since we confessed properly, a half week after the failed and luckily interrupted date-disaster, which she wanted to unleash upon Inojin and Senpou.

I was glad that she afterwards decided to give up her infatuation for Inojin, for real.

Hours later:

Soon the night had fallen and the time had finally come for us few to go and visit the Moonlight-meadow together.

"It´s right over there!" Himawari stated, as she rushed up on the hill with my hand in her grasp, dragging me behind her.

"It sure has a nice view from up here!" Mrs. Uzumaki stated as she looked back on the village, which was nicely to see from above here.

"We are here, wow…., what a sight!" Himawari stated loudly towards me with sparkling eyes, as she let go of my hand, kneeling on the ground she admired the Roses.

As far as the eye could see, I saw white roses, silvery shining due to the Moonlight, a light tap at one petal resulted in silver dust to fly up in the starlit sky.

"It´s so beautiful!" Himawari stated as she stood up, standing in the middle of them, smiling at me.

"Not as beautiful as you!" I replied, as I walked over to her.

The moonlight let her shine in a magical and quite alluring glow, an Aura as white as pure snow.

A strong gust of wind blew her hair in my direction and her scent filled my nose, along with a portion of this bloom-dust.

"Baka!" She mumbled, blushing bright red.

"You´re so cute when you´re blushing!" I stated as I caressed her cheek with my hand, as if on reflex she raised her own hand and nuzzled her cheek in my hand.

It was quite fresh up here, but right now, I felt the warmest feeling ever.

"I love you!" I stated to her with honesty.

"Likewise, I could not live without you Katsuo, I guess that´s my fate!" She stated with a smile.

"It couldn´t be any better I guess!" I said.

"I knew a way to make it better!" She whispered before crashing her lips on mine.

And so, under the moonlight and the curious eyes of her mother, in the middle of a field of aphorising Roses, we made out with each other and it felt like an eternity as we finally stopped, only to sit down.

Himawari crawled in my lap and leaned on my chest, watching the Fireworks going off over the village.

"Do you think Sarada and Bolt are alright?!" I asked her.

"I bet they are, they are probably making out as well, or doing other heavier stuff, they are like horny dogs in the mating-season and they cannot keep their hands off each other!" She chuckled.

"Well they are in love and they are sexually more mature than we…., or at least more than me, you seem to know your stuff very well!" I smirked while she blushed even more.

"Idiot, don´t speak like that, it was a one-time-only thing, I told you that…., observing them made me quite wet and horny, I admit…, but you got horny by watching me, so you are no better, I guess!" She hissed at me.

"Guilty as charged, you make me horny, almost all the time, it´s hard to concentrate on other things when i´m with you!" I replied and as evidence I kissed her ear and went down her collarbone and on towards her neck, covering it with kisses.

"K-K-Katsuo…., w-w-what are you d-d-d-doing?!" Himawari asked stammering, blushing in horniness herself.

"I show you my affection!" I simply replied, resuming on kissing her.

"N-n-not here…, M-m-m-mom´s watching!" Himawari resumed to stammer.

"I can barely hold back though, oh how I long to squeeze and fondle these two prime specimens of female beauty.

I would do it all night long, until my hands are bleeding!" I stated, as I glared on her large chest.

"S-s-s-stop speaking about such d-d-d-dirty things, you idiot, pervert!

W-w-w-what do you think you are looking at?" Himawari asked in an incoming fit of rage, trying to hit me, before I fell to the ground, flipping position.

I was lying above her, staring at her, my arousal was almost uncontrollable anymore.

"H-H-Himawari…., I want you…., I-I-I must have you…., I-I-I….!"I stammered like in a fever, I was out of my mind.

"N-n-n-no, please don´t Katsuo, please stop this, this is not funny anymore!" She said loudly, as she tried to push me off, effortlessly.

"I´m gonna make you feel good, i´m gonna make you feel like a woman I….., I-I-I…,!" I replied as I held her arms above her head with one hand.

The other one was inches from touching her breasts…, only 5 centimetres away, almost there…

I was ready to touch…, until the moment I saw the small droplets of tears in her eyes.

"Katsuo…., p-p-please stop!" She begged with cracking voice, an embarrassed, accusing and sorrowful look in her gaze.

"What… WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING HERE….., HOW COULD I MAKE HER CRYING?!" I screamed in my mind in pure terror.

It was as if I suddenly saw myself from far away, a beast glaring down on its prey, no escape for it and no chance to stop it.

"Himawari…., what am I doing…, what happened to me…, how could I made you cry?!" I stammered in terror, as realization hit me like a ton of bricks.

I instantly crawled of her and got some distance between us, staring at my hands, those hands that almost forced themselves on her, who held her arms from stopping me.

"What the hell have I done?!" I whispered in disbelieve.

"K-Katsuo…., come here!" Himawari stated, her eyes glaring at me in anger about this humiliation.

"No…, if I come close I might do something like before to you, I could not live with myself anymore!" I replied in self-doubt.

"Come here!" She stated with a firm and loud voice.

I didn´t replied nor moved, but after a little while I scooted closer to her, inch for inch, step for step.

Until I kneeled right before her, she glared at me in disappointment.

I tried to avert my eyes but she jerked my chin back up.

"Look at me, brand this look of disappointment and anger in your mind, and remember it when you ever decide to do something like this again!" She stated firmly but calm, way too calm, she had her Byakugan activated seeing whatever was going on inside me.

"I don´t know what I was thinking….., i´m so sorry Himawari…., something suddenly came over me!" I replied.

"If you are really sorry…., then take this like a man!" She stated with a glare of anger at me.

I nodded, knowing what would come I closed my eyes in anticipation of the pain and I did not got disappointed in the slightest.

"SLAP!" A resounding Slap brought my cheek to burn and to terribly sting, and yet I knew that I deserved every bit of pain right now.

She kept on beating me 5 times on the head with her fist until she was done.

"I´m sorry about what I happened…., I don´t know why I did that!" I stated.

"The Bloom-dust, I told you that it is described as aphorising, apparently I had no idea myself how dangerous it could become, if a boys libido is awoken all of a sudden.

Seems like the combi of aphrodisiac, sexual arousal and endorphins made your mind almost go blank and your body moving on instinct, in this case on a mating instinct.

We can be glad that you somehow regained control over yourself in the last moment, but it sure was a scary experience…, still it does not look like anybody else saw this, mom not as well.

So we should treat this here as a secret, similar as to my secret of planning on ruining Inojin´s first date with Senpou.

Although we would do better on simply forgetting what happened, but I guess that´s rather impossible.

Instead it shall be a grim reminder on us to never knowingly use an aphrodisiac on each other, no matter what, as we now know it could terribly backfire!" Himawari stated.

"You are right, I am sorry how this went, it surely must have scared you to death!" I stated.

"I do was surprised and also scared…, but I could never bring myself to hate you…, especially for something so out of your control.

So as I said , this will stay as our secret and life goes on as before….., Katsuo, I feel the same for you, I too love you and want to be closer to you…, however shouldn´t we rush things at all, if we still have the time then we should wait for about 2-3 years, before speaking about doing IT together.

Maybe Bolt, Sarada and the others are more mature than we are, after all they already risked their lives countless of times, while I had wasted 4 entire years with those damned D-rank missions.

I barely know the fear before dying before yesterday and four months ago, so I also don´t know yet the fearful thoughts of not wanting to missing out on anything, like a relationship, marriage, sex, Children et cetera before death awaits me.

What i´m trying to say, is that momentarily I still think about you as a normal under-aged girl would do, rather than an adult women would think about a man.

I like you, you are nice, strong-willed, and courageous, and you are simply the best, that's how I think about you now.

An adult woman would rather check on your physics and about your outer personality, rather than completely knowing your entire inner true personality!" Himawari stated, as she eyed and scanned me with sexual desire in her eyes, before she shacked her head to get it clear.

"We got to get away from this Meadow, as beautiful as it is…., or else we are going to do things we might later regret.

My period has just started since last week, which means that I have stepped over the border to maturity, I could get pregnant!" She said, blushing in embarrassment.

"P-p-pregnant!" I asked in disbelieve, as suddenly millions of dirty thoughts raced through my mind, all in resulting to get Himawari pregnant with my Baby.

"You pervert!" The same simply said with a deadpanned expression, as she saw my nose-bleeding.

"Sorry…., puberty!" I simply replied.

"Geez…., let´s get out of here, tomorrow is going to be a drag anyways, so we might as well go sleeping!" She stated, as she began to walk away.

"Himawari!" I said loudly stepping after her, catching and embracing her from behind

"Yes…., what´s the matter?!" she asked looking up to me with suspicion.

"I love you… and I swear to god that THIS, what happened tonight, won´t ever happen again…, do you trust me?!" I asked, casting my best puppy dog eyes on her.

"Of course I trust you, how couldn´t I, after all I love you too Katsuo!" Himawari stated, as she pulled down my head and kissed me.

"Let´s get out of here!" She whispered to me, I nodded and so we made our way back to the Hotel.

"Well then, see you tomorrow!" Himawari stated, as we stood in the corridor in front of the doors to our rooms, we had the room's right across each other…, out of pure coincidence logically.

"Good night, sleep tight my princess!" I replied, as I kissed her a last time.

I caressed her cheek and it almost broke my heart as I had to let her go, seems like a little bit of rest-poison, from the Moonlight-rose´s bloom-dust, is still stuck in me.

"Good night to you too, my prince!" She chuckled before closing the door, looking and smiling to me.

"She´s so cute and amazing….., I cannot ever live without her…, when we get older I ask her to marry me!" I stated with a raised fist and full of determination.

"Then you hopefully be prepared for the Love trial!" A voice stated from behind, right in my ear, startling me almost to death.

"Hiiii…, M-M-Mrs. Uzumaki!" I stated, as I pressed myself on the door, my heart pounding like mad, as I saw her devilish smirk.

"Bolt had to fight for his love to your Sister, so why shouldn´t you do the same for the love to my daughter.

Grow up and become strong Katsuo, and when the time has come I will challenge you to a duel for the hand of my daughter!" Mrs. Uzumakis stated with an imperial voice.

"Sure…, but I won't hold back then, I surely will win against you, I will win no matter what, even if I have to fight against the Hokage!" I stated in determination.

"If you are any bit like Sarada then I am sure you might win against me, but be careful, I am back in action as a Kunoichi, so I too will become stronger in the next years, and I will fight with all that I got!" She stated with the same determination as me.

"And if you win you got to promise and swear to me, that you never let Himawari down, no matter what, for if you do I will haunt you for the rest of your life!" Mrs. Uzumaki stated, with an intimidating glare at me, which brought me close to pissing myself.

But I stood strong against her.

"I will never make her suffer nor crying, never ever will I let her down, I promise to you!" I stated.

"Oh good…., then I too going to forget what I saw before!" Mrs. Uzumaki stated, with a serious undertone and a furious glare at me.

"…You saw it…., I´m terribly sorry about it, I don´t know what came over me!" I stated, bowing before her in shame, my head on the floor.

"I saw what happened over my Byakugan, as I wanted to check on you guys and didn´t saw you instantly, there was a lot of this Silver dust in your system, with a reaction on your hormones and Endorphins it worked kinda like a drug on your brain, you were so to say high with love!" She stated with a knowing tone.

"That doesn´t make it any better though!" I stated in shame.

"Katsuo, I know you since you are little and I cared about you as your mother had to work, I see you as a young man who loves my daughter dearly.

I know when you´re doing something willingly or not…, if Himawari has forgiven you so will I, it was not entirely your fault but I want you to reflect on what happened and make sure that something similar never happens again!" Mrs. Uzumaki stated.

"I swear it will never happen again!" I replied.

"That's a good thing and I trust you on that.

We Uzumakis, Harunos and Uchihas have to hold together, so as we have done it since the founding of your Parents and my Husbands team, back in our childhood.

Your Mother and Naruto have always counted on each other, no matter what, and even if your father could see only darkness for a very long time, has my Husband never stopped on believing in the light, which was hidden somewhere in Sasuke-kun.

He never gave up hoping for your father to return to Konohagakure, and in the end it worked…, even if it was just for a small period of time!" Mrs. Uzumaki stated, as she sat down on one of the benches in the corridor.

"I can´t truly say to you that I am happy for Sakura, with the choice of your father as the person to love…, but I can rightly say that I would never want to miss you or your sister.

It is a blessing for Sakura to have given birth to you two…., even if your father caused many of us deep-sitting pain.

I consider you two almost as my own children, even though you are your mother´s son, however as I said I took care of you two ever since you were little, as Sakura was overwhelmed with work and other things.

I helped her to raise you two up, so I can freely consider you as close to my heart, same as my own children!" Mrs. Uzumaki stated, as she embraced me.

"I once swore to your mother that I would take care of you two, if ever something would happen to her, so don´t think I would ever let anyone of you guys suffering in pain and in anguish.

If there is something you can neither tell your Sister or your parents, you can always come to me for advice!" She said, as she let go of me and ruffled through my hair with a smile.

"But now you better go sleeping, tomorrow we begin with our search for Guren-san, good night Katsuo-kun!" She stated, as she went over to her room´s door.

"Goodnight, Mrs. Uzumaki!" I stated with a smile and blush, straightening my hair.

I opened my door and rushed in my room, closing it behind me, before sliding down on it.

"What the hell have I almost done…., how could I bring her to cry, I almost humiliated her…., I-I forced myself on her…., what was I thinking…., letting my lingering sexual desire for her getting the better of me, if Mom or Sarada hear about this, I am as well as dead!" I thought, as I hugged my knees, before the floodgates began to open.

I didn´t cared so much for my fate, but I was miserable when I think about how Himawari must feel herself now.

"I´m such a mess!" I mumbled to myself.

"I´m such an Idiot, such a big, stupid Idiot!"

Meanwhile with Himawari:

I closed my door and walked on wobbly legs towards my bed, I sat down and suddenly I felt empty.

Of course I was scared as Katsuo suddenly towered over me, like a predator over his prey, but a little I felt myself being desired.

But it was more the realization, that this only happened because of the aphorising effect of the bloom-dust, which made me go mad at him.

I wanted himself to desire me enough to fall over me…, sure I was not mentally ready for it yet, and still, I wanted to be closer to Katsuo.

Even if we wouldn´t have sex yet, I want to feel his warmth, his love as close as possible.

I want him to hug me more often, to kiss me without shame and to touch my body freely, without having to go high enough for it, through any kind of rush.

That was the true humiliation to me, it was as well as if saying, that my sexappeal isn´t sufficient enough, to make him horny enough to desire me this way.

Ever since he saw me satisfying myself last night and ever since I saw his dick in the same night, I had this lingering feeling in my nether region.

I wanted his hands to explore my body, yet not to pierce through my youth yet.

Of course it hurted me, when these boys talked dirty about me and of course it made me happy, to see how angry Katsuo gets for my sake.

I love Katsuo, sure I might have only realized it since about less than a month, but ever since I really thought about things, I saw how much I always had depended on him and how much I always held his Companionship for granted.

"I´m a mess, really…, I want him to touch me, but freak out when he´s about to do it, I yell, spat and slap him and in the end I make us both feel worse!" I mumbled to myself.

"Knock, Knock!" Suddenly it knocked on my door.

"Himawari, it´s me, Mom, can I come in, I got to speak with you?!" Mom asked from the other side.

"What could she want from me…., shoot, could she have seen it after all?" I thought in terror.

I didn´t wanted Katsuo to get in trouble with her or his family, nothing truly happened so he was not to blame for anything.

"S-sure…, come in!" I stated, as I tried to sound casual and act normal.

"Hey honey, how are you?!" Mom asked, as she stepped in and closed the door behind me.

"I´m alright why do you ask?!" I asked casually.

"Oh I just thought that maybe you would feel worse, after all Katsuo almost did something hardly forgivable to you!" she stated.

"Shoot she did see it!" I sweated in fear.

"H-h-he´s not to blame for it, not entirely, I had just underestimated the aphorising effect of the Moonlight roses and….!" I tried frantically to defend him, but she only smirked and stopped my rambling with her finger on my lips.

"No fear honey I have already spoken with him and I knew it anyways, I saw it over my Byakugan what happened inside of him, I know that this happened mostly unwillingly!" Mom stated, as she took me in her embrace.

"You poor thing, this must have been scary for you, seeing him suddenly towering over you with this feverish far away glance.

A glance which tells you that he is almost out of this level of reality and midway in a fantasy, a dirty fantasy.

I still remember how scary it was for me as your father and I had our first night together, like really together…, you know what I mean…., anyways I was so nervous, so was he, but I also saw that from time to time lust began to cloud his brain.

He had a hard time to try and think straight, but before anything bad could happen, he always managed to regain his sanity.

I tell you honey, sexual arousal is as hard to control as it is easy to feel, once your carnal desire is awoken, it is hard to come down, and if these desires are fuelled by a rush-feeling, it becomes even worse to control.

Katsuo must love you so much, that only droplets of tears in your eyes alone can give him a shock, strong enough to shift his brain into overdrive and instantly overcoming the rush-cloud.

This saved you and also himself from doing something neither of you two are ready for!" Mom stated.

"I guess you are right…., still, I want him to desire me…, just without having to be under drugs, but he is always so modest, I thought that by bringing him to the meadow he might loosen up a bit, but I had no idea how much he would lose up in the end, it was once again one of my various miscalculations!" I explained with self-shame.

"Well that comes from trying to force the love out of him, love is like water, only if it flows freely it shows you its beauty!" Mom replied with a warm smile at me.

"You have to learn that you shall give the love it´s time, if you always only force it, it can someday turn on you, worse than you might expect!" She said knowingly.

"But what if we don´t have that time, you already saw it yesterday, Demons are roaming the world and as much as I have understand, we might not even have a year and we all could be dead by then.

I don´t want to die, neither do I want anyone I feel love and friendship for to die, I want to be tighter connected to Katsuo, more than we are now if this time comes, I love him and I don´t want to die by just being friends, close to the border of boyfriend/Girlfriend, and nothing more to him!" I explained to mom.

"Yeah maybe we die early, no one knows that for sure, but that doesn't mean that you can force this connection on him, you have to consider his feelings as well, if he always gets forced, without even really knowing it, to show affection to you, he eventually drifts far more distant than you were before.

I think you should sit down with Katsuo one day and speak about it loud and clearly understandable, I bet he will love you more through that, than through being unknowingly pushed into a dishonest romance.

I can tell that he loves you already very much, but he too has to have time to awake his sexual desire for you, it is close to be awoken, but tonight you tried to force the portcullis to fully open for him.

As if you opened the gate to another world, another dimension with a total different law of gravity and this time it almost swallowed him.

It almost became a one way trip of no return, you pushed his buttons enough to trigger his mating instinct to be awoken, he almost completely lost control over himself and now he feels worse than worse.

As I said you got to consider his feelings as well, so next time you want to come closer to him, speak with him!" Mom stated in a serious tone.

"… Yes, I guess you are right…., maybe I am just too selfish after all…., Katsuo was right, I always was loved and adored as I was little….., and I always took it for granted, even after I grew up…..

He was right when he said that now that I have grown up, I have to earn this love, to know myself that I truly deserve it.

It was a dumb idea to force him to desire me…, he does desire me somehow I guess, however he does in his very own way!" I stated and she nodded.

"If you have understood this, than you should go sleep now, tomorrow the world will look entirely different, I promise!" Mom stated, as she stood up from my bed, ruffled through my hair before walking over to her own bed.

"I hope you are right!" I stated, as I dressed up in my Pyjama and tucked myself in, waiting for the sleep to come.

"I am an Idiot after all, I can freely admit it now, I am nothing but a big, idiotic klutz who has close to no clue about interpersonal feelings and love!" I thought before I sighed, I closed my eyes and tried not to think any more about what happened tonight.

And it worked, I fell asleep and stared into a large dark nothingness.

Part 4: Bonus Story continues/ A mission for two Part 6:- Side Uchimaki: Panic at the Dinner Party

Sarada´s Pov:

The dinner Party went on for many hours, it was boring to say the least even though I often was visited by boys of my and Bolts age, leaving the same jealous like no other.

He should relax, it was not as if I even felt a single thing while speaking to them, this was nothing but a job which had to be done after all, still in the end I caught myself by jealously looking over a bunch of girls who dared to approach Bolt and make googly eyes to him.

"What the hell is wrong with me, it´s only a job and he is only polite by speaking to them, nothing to be jealous about, right?" I scolded myself for my stupid feelings.

And still I once again caught myself by doing something out of jealousy, I casually strolled over to them, intertwining my arm with Bolt´s arm and laying my hand on his, squeezing it tightly, I felt how he flinched but kept his mouth shut.

"Honey, may I ask who these fine ladies are?!" I asked with a faked sweetness in my voice.

"Sure, of course my Sweetheart, may I introduce you, these are Lady Shima, the daughter of Lord Ruminos, the Leader from the neighbouring village Hai no mura (Village of Ashes)!" Bolt introduced to me, she was a young woman of perhaps 18-20 years, long red hair and a black dress which stood in a fabulous contrast to her hair, the entire opposite of my attire so to say.

"This is Lady Hinami from Kin kōzan no mura (Village of Gold mines) in the west of the land!" Bolt introduced the next girl, which seemed to be in the same age, she was a dark-blue haired woman, with a dignified aura, matching to her home´s name.

"Last but not least, this is Lady Rukia from the Harbour Village, Kamome no mura (Village of the Seagulls)!" Bolt stated as he introduced a chubby young girl, also older than us, maybe 18, with brown hair and big chestnut eyes, she had her plate filled with snacks…., a little she reminded me on Chouchou.

"Ladies these is my fiancée, Lady Hinako Satori!" Bolt introduced me to them.

"It´s very nice to make your acquaintance, Lady Satori!" Lady Shima stated and I nodded.

"The pleasure is all mine!" I replied.

"How do you like it here in Fiero Village?" Lady Shima asked.

"Well for a village of Miners and blacksmiths it is surprisingly clean here, this is actually our first visit here and it is totally different as we thought!" Bolt replied.

"I know, as I came here the first time, I was surprised as well, it´s just so different as the name describes it, but definitely in a good way!" Lady Hinami replied.

"And how do you like the party?" Lady Rukia asked, while picking one of the snack on her plate and shoved it in her mouth.

"Well I cannot complain, I admit I don´t really like such fancy parties, and if I shall be honest, it is also my first party outside of my Village…, I am more the type who is most comfortable with parties in the innermost circle of the family!" I stated.

"Same goes for me, it is a nice atmosphere and it was nice from Lord Kiokuri to invite us this year, we have begun our trading with this village since only a few months!" Bolt explained.

"You haven't told us from where exactly you come haven´t you?!" Lady Shima asked us.

"Oh haven´t we, where my manners are, we come from the Satori Clan´s Main Family, a little but quite influential clan from Konohagakure no Sato!" Bolt explained, it was quite good improvised.

"You are from Konohagakure, does this mean you are Ninja´s?!" Lady Shima asked.

"No, no, the Main-family of my Clan does only care about the finances of the Village, it´s more the Branch-family who brings out the Ninjas, we both only know minor Taijutsu for self-defence, nothing major although!" Bolt spun his lie further.

"I see…., well anyways, once again, it´s nice to make your acquaintance, Lord Riku, Lady Hinako!" Lady Shima stated and in her eyes I could see for a millisecond some kind of sceptic.

"Ah I think they bring the Cakes inside!" Lady Rukia stated as she rushed, with Lady Shima and Lady Hinami in tow, towards the buffet.

"She does not entirely believe us Bolt!" I thought.

"I know, Lady Shima is actually Lord Fushichō's fiancée and I bet she would know if this is Lord Fushichō or not, also doesn´t she seem to me, as to be in the Genjutsu as well, different as her friends.

She must know that if we are from Konoha we might be Ninjas after all, dammit if only I had a better story!" Bolt stated.

"We hadn´t much time to prepare one though, for this time span your story was neat enough I would say!" I replied.

"So and what shall we do now?!" I asked.

Suddenly we heard music being played and we saw how lord Fushichō and his mother walked towards the dance floor and began to dance, after a while the guests accompanied them.

"Well I guess this party might last a little while longer, so we might as well enjoy ourselves!" Bolt stated as he looked at me with a smile.

"Care to dance with me Lady Satori?!" He asked in a fake accent.

"It would be a pleasure Lord Satori!" I replied, as he offered me a hand, and so we made our way to the dance-floor.

"Luckily I had dance-lessons during the Elementary School!" We both stated in unison, blushing deep red.

"No one has to know this okay, mom forced me as I was little, mostly because Himawari wanted to do it together with me!" Bolt stated.

"S-sure, no one needs to know that…, also not for my reason, it is a dumb one…., I just say, childhood-dreams!" I replied, as we danced over the Dancefloor, passing smiling faces, barely colliding with other pairs.

We passed Lord Fushichō, who winked at us, the play changed into another one, it was a more complex dance than before but we managed to dance through it halfway, as suddenly the Light went out.

"Huh what´s going on, what's with the light?!" Everywhere I could hear the same shouts.

"Bolt, let´s go, I guess the party is over!" I stated in my mind.

"Sure, c´mon!" he replied.

We tried to make our way to where we last saw Lord Fushichō, as suddenly we heard how glass splintered, something, or better said someone came through the Windows.

"Guards, defend the guest!" I heard Lord Fushichō shouting in the Darkness, I felt a hand grabbing mine.

"Sarada, don´t let go!" I heard someone whispering before me.

"Can you see anything Bolt?!" I asked him as he activated his Byakugan.

"Yeah they have some kind of Night-googles to see in the dark, they rush straight towards Lord Fushichō, we probably should interfere or else we won't get to know where the real Fushichō is and what the fake´s goal is!" Bolt explained.

"Alright let´s go!" I replied and so we rushed right into the attack, colliding midway with the disguised attackers.

"No matter what, they have to be professionals, probably mercenary Ninjas!" Bolt stated.

"I guess you are right they are way to skilled to be normal attackers!" I replied to him, as I threw off one of them, as much as I could see they were to 8 persons.

"Take out the bodyguards and get me this guy, our client wishes to get him alive!" A voice atoned, probably the leader of this attack.

"You think we make it so easy to you!" I shouted at my opponent.

"Ha, we will see, dolly!" He stated, as he jumped away.

"Iwa no yari no jutsu (Jutsu of the Rock-spears)!" I heard the voice before me shouting.

"Sarada, your path is clear on a radius of 10 meters around you, but he forms massive spears out of the ground, blast them away with your Katon jutsu, I show it to you over Vision share!" Bolt stated in our telepathic link.

"Alright, hurry!" I stated as he used Vision-share.

Due to Inojin´s Jutsu our brains in our group were connected like a Network, concentrating on one of our Comrades, we are able to send over our feelings and senses, from tasting the same, towards smelling and hearing or even seeing the same as the sender.

Right now I saw the vision of Bolts Byakugan.

"We will see if you can dodge this one, dolly!" the Attacker stated.

"Haaa, Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Jutsu of the Great Fireball)!" I shouted, as I kneaded enough chakra and unleashed my fire jutsu to destroy the Rock spears and knock two opponents at once out.

The glow of the fire finally illuminated the ballroom and it was now easier to see the opponents.

"Rasengan!" Bolt shouted, as he attacked his opponent.

The Chakra sphere glowed in the dark and I could see how two shinobi were thrown backwards in a circular manner rushing over a third one and breaking through the window, which faced the cliff-side of the Hill on which the villa stood.

"Aaaaaaaaahh!" We could only hear them screaming.

"SARADA, WATCH OUT!" Bolt shouted, I looked behind me and tried to dodge the incoming katana, but was too late…, or so I thought.

"Hakke Kūshō!" Bolt shouted and the opponent behind me crashed at the wall, dropping the Katana right before my feet.

"Nice thank you very much!" I stated, as I picked the weapon up, jumping in the way of the next opponent, who approached Lord Fushichō.

"Get out of my way Girl, I only need to get this guy to my client, we don´t have to fight unless you want to die!" the man stated with a growl, which was not impressing me one bit.

"Why do you have to…, what´s so important on him?!" I asked him.

"It´s none of your business!" My opponent only replied.

"We are knee-deep in a battle for it, I think I do have business with that!" I stated.

"We want to know where the real Lord of this village is held hostage!" The man stated, as he pushed his katana against mine.

"Well surprise, surprise, we want that too, but we got other means to do that, yours are way too harsh!" I stated as I dragged him backwards.

"Who are you guys anyways?!" the man asked.

"Konoha, and you?!" I asked not really expecting an answer anyways, our blades still crossed.

"We are from Sukōchi hoshi no Mura (Village of the Scorch-star), who lies near the village of Ashes, our client wishes to know where the real Lord Fushichō is being hidden, the one you defend is only an imposter!" The man stated.

"Let me guess, your Client is Lady Shima am I right!" I asked and the man was buff for a second, which told me anything.

"My partner and I, we assume that the real lord might be hidden somewhere in the cave of a ruin, perhaps an old castle or villa, somewhere around this village.

Our mission is to bring Lord Fushichō safely to the temple to perform the ritual, so knowing this guy is an imposter we logically want to know what his goal is, so don´t interfere, find the lord, this takes a lot of trouble from our chest, now go!" I whispered.

"Who tells me I can trust you?!" The Man, apparently the leader of the Scorch-star-Ninjas, asked.

If you don´t believe me than ask in Konohagakure the Hokage, he´s my partners Father, Naruto Uzumaki!" I stated.

"The Hero from Konohagakure, your partner is his son?!" the man asked in disbelieve.

"Yeah whatever, now go or else the guards will soon be hear and take you all in custody, this would rather be contra productive for your mission!" I hissed.

"Wait where can we find you, in case we need your help?!" He asked.

"If we aren´t already uncovered here in the villa, just ask for Lord and Lady Satori, but tell them that you were coming to deliver a message from Lady Shima, I bet she soon will invite us anyways!" I whispered.

"Alright, I am sorry for what comes now, okay…, I will make it up to you!" He stated, as he suddenly punched me in the face making me flying backwards.

"SARADA!" Bolt shouted in his mind, as he rushed to my side.

"RETREAT MY MEN; LET´S GET OUT OF HERE!" The leader shouted and I was furious, sure it was a nice cover up but still, he could have done it way smoother as to simply punch me.

"That little bastard or wait when I meet you again!" I hissed in pain.

"Who were they?!" Bolt asked me.

"Shima´s men, apparently we were right, she was not under a Genjutsu and she searches for the real Lord Fushichō!" I replied in our link.

"Owwww, that hurts!" I stated as I stood up with Bolt´s help.

"Lady Hinako, Lord Riku are you guys alright?!" Lady Rukia and Lady Hinami rushed to our side to help us.

"Yeah, although the last beat was really hard!" I stated to cover things up.

"That was so amazing, I had no idea you could fight so well, didn´t you say you can only use Taijutsu, I don´t know much about Shinobis but I thought that were only beat and punch attacks?" Lady Hinami asked.

"Yeah we might know the one of the other Ninjutsu as well, just in case that Taijutsu won´t work, all in order to survive, we Konoha nobles are getting attacked pretty often, even more so lately!" Bolt stated which was not even lied.

"Where´s Lady Shima?!" I asked.

"Now that you say it, no idea, perhaps her bodyguards took her away, after all she is Lord-Fushichō's fiancée, so it would be only normal, that she gets saved alongside his Lord, still this was pretty scary!" Lady Rukia stated, as she looked around.

"However this is a lot of broken furniture, glass and the buffet is also ruined, I really feel sorry for it though!" Lady Rukia stated, with a sorrowful glance around and especially at the destroyed tables and crates full of smashed cake.

"Yeah really a shame!" I stated sweat dropping.

"Anyways let me heal this!" Bolt stated, as he used his medical Jutsu to heal my lip and my bruises and burns on my hands.

I did miscalculated again in the right amount of Chakra, in order to use Father´s Katon Jutsu without a flaw, apparently he had no time to teach me, so he said, due to teaching Katsuo as his sensei.

I always had the assumption that he liked Katsuo more than me, because he was a boy and so also the Clan´s Heir, perhaps also because he did not despised Dad, as much as I did at least.

In the end all that was left to me, was learning my Mother´s jutsus, the sole jutsus which I knew from dad were a modest Chidori and an even more modest amount of Katon jutsus, most of them I had to ask Kakashi-sensei and Kono-sensei for.

Even from Chouchou´s mother I learned more in terms of Raiton.

"So now tell us, who are you really, I mean it is highly unusual, even for nobles of a Ninja Village to fight on par with such Professionals!"

"What do you mean…., I told you guys that we come from the Satori Clan of Konoha or didn´t I….?!" Bolt asked.

"Well yeah, but…!" Both Lady Rukia and Lady Hinami were confused.

"I though you only are to care for the Villages finances?!" Lady Hinami asked.

"Mostly yes, however it´s only logical that we know our knacks on surviving…., we might be more trained in the politics of our clan and the finances of the village, but we do had to visit the Ninja academy program as well.

In our Clan it is normal that the Heirs knows their way around all the Clan intern Jutsus, however it are mostly the Branch-family members which are sent into combat.

We keep it a secret, so that our Business-partners don´t think, that we betray them with our Genjutsu!" Bolt explained and I knew he got all this from the Hyuuga clan or from what Salia and his Mother and aunt told him.

"I see, well that sure must be nice, I know close to nothing about Self-defence, my Father just won't let me!" Lady Hinami stated and Lady Rukia nodded.

"And I am just not so much of a sports cannon as you can see, I eat rather than loosing pounds, I bet there are no chubby Ninjas in your village am I right?!" Lady Rukia asked with a sorrowful glance.

"You´re wrong!" Bolt stated and I nodded.

"What…., there actually are…., you kidding right!" Lady Rukia asked in doubt.

"No we´re not, there is a whole clan of Chubby Ninjas, the Akimichi Clan, who is one of the strongest Clans of the Village, one of the four noble clans.

If we speak about our Overrun-command, it means that we send our Akimichi Clan members on the battlefield, they truly break down every single barrier of the enemy when they unleash their giant forms, Dattebasa!" Bolt stated.

"Really…, well who knows maybe I ask my father to visit Konoha someday!" Lady Rukia stated with a blush.

"We will gladly welcome you, one of my best friends if from the very same Clan!" I stated and Bolt nodded.

"Umm Rukia I think your parents are coming!" Lady Hinami stated, as she pointed behind us.

We turned around to see Lady Rukia`s mother running up on us, Her father was chubby as herself, while her mother was slimmer than both of them.

It really surprised me since it was almost identically to Chouchou´s family, I bet they both might become real friends.

"Rukia Honey are you alright, did anyone hurt you?" Lady Rukia´s mother stated.

"No fear mom i´m alright, Lord and Lady Satori here saved us all!" She stated, pointing over to us.

"Really, I´m so glad, I thank you very much, my name is Lady Sayurie Doman and this is my Husband, Lord Reno Doman, please if we can do anything for you just let us know!" The overjoyed mother stated, while her Husband silently nodded with a smile, it was plenty to see who the master at home was.

"Please, no need praise us, it was nothing much, our lives were on the line too, even though our parents told us not to stand out we fought on a reflex, I bet they will be furious when they hear, that we made such a mess out of Lord Fushichō's ballroom.

We will never get to hear the end of their lessons in manners, etiquette and behaviour, but in the end it is their own fault for teaching us our Clans Ninjutsu.

After all, it is to expect that we defend the innocent around us, am I right?!" I asked and she nodded.

Anyways, we better go and apologize to Lord Fushichō, what do you think Honey?!" I asked Bolt.

"I guess we have no other choice, sweetheart, Lord Doman and Lady Doman, it was nice to make your acquaintance, Lady Rukia I hope we all meet again.

Lady Hinami, I hope so for you too, until then, goodbye and I hope you have still a safer evening!" Bolt stated politely and bowed before them all.

I did the same before we walked away in the direction of the Butler Taka-san.

"Where is Lord Fushichō?!" We asked.

"He has withdrawn himself back in his private room and wishes not to be disturbed until tomorrow, he said that you can do whatever you want, out of safety the guests are being returned to their own rooms by the guards, in the Grand Hotel in the Center of the Town!" Taka-san stated.

"Furthermore he wanted to thank you for your help during the attack, thanks to you none of the guests was hurt and he said that you should not worry about the mess which was created during the brawl!" Taka-san continued.

"I see, well then, I guess we should go to our rooms to calm down a bit as well, maybe we should go sleeping to tank force for tomorrow!" I stated.

"Guess you are right!" Bolt stated.

"Very well, I will tell it to my Lord!" Taka-san stated before walking off.

"Do you think that Shima´s going to contact us?!" Bolt asked me.

"Definitely, when not tonight then maybe tomorrow!" I replied, until we were out of an audible reach from everyone.

"I see….., by the way Sarada…, could it be that you were jealous as well, as I spoke to the Ladies….., I haven´t forgotten your hard squeeze of my hand, you almost broke it, you know?!" Bolt asked amused, way too amused.

"Well I thought you were just flirting around, so I wanted to non-verbally remind you of our missions!" I huffed in annoyance, but he saw the minor blush on my face.

"You never heard about the most effective ways to gather informations do you?!" Bolt asked, me with a deadpanned expression.

"What do you mean?!" I asked in confusion.

"Gossip-girls are the A and O of information-hunting, if you are an Adult man, go in various bars and you find many informations.

As an adult woman you just have to listen to what other women in your surrounding say, and as a teenager, like we are, you have to find other teenagers who´re literally in the scene.

Such as these three Ladies, and apparently we are a whole bunch of steps ahead from what we knew before, thanks to my kind of investigating.

A Bit of smooth small-talk and these girls ate out of my hand, telling me close to everything I wanted to know.

We now know that we are not the only ones, who have the slight assumption that this Fushichō is not the one he tries to acts as.

Also we have now a real connection to someone who knows the real Fushichō, his Fiancée, who has an unclouded vision on the whole things, which are currently going on.

Also we now know that there indeed is a Genjutsu being cast over the whole town and only those who are neither of this town and who are strong enough are able to see through it.

Also is the Ceremony tomorrow, so I hope the others can find the real Fushichō, before it´s too late, I try to get some more informations out of him tonight.

And if things go well with Lady Shima, we might have also backup, if things are getting ugly, although the killed men will surely be a heavy weight on the trust!" Bolt explained.

"I guess you are right, however there was nothing we could do, we didn´t knew they wanted to get Fushichō alive, until they shouted it out.

Still they kept on attacking us as well, it was self-defence and they cannot truly blame us for not knowing anything about their plans.

We had our plan to execute and they had theirs, anyways i´m pretty tired and exhausted, what do you think shall we call it a day and hit the hay?!" I asked and he nodded.

"We better do, we will need every bit of strength for tomorrow!" he replied, as we stood in front of our doors.

"Well then, good night, sleep tight Lord Satori!" I stated chuckling.

"A good nigh to you too, Lady Satori!" He replied grinning, before he vanished in his room.

"You are a little idiot…., but that's what I love on you!" I thought to myself, before shacking my head in amusement and walking into my room closing the door, off to a night full of sleep.

….. Or so I hoped at least.

(To be continued…)

A/N: The next chapter is done, the two songs in this chapter have been from Orden Ogan, The things we believe in and At the End of the World, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, tell me in a Review.

Yours truly, The Storyteller and his books.