Chapter Text
Previously:
He ignored the sound of her cousin as she held on tight to his neck, their faces only inches apart. She was dangling over the ship and then he grabbed her hands, "Let go and hold onto my hand."
She complied but couldn't help but let out a small scream. Her cousin was beside them in an instant, watching as Hinata dangled in the air. Kiba nodded at one of the guards, confirming that the guards would catch her. The guard nodded and Kiba let go of Hinata, her scream resounded in his ears but he let out a sigh of relief as she was caught and placed into the smaller boats. He turned to the passengers.
"The men can jump but the women come over here so I can help get you off!"
Neji didn't waste any time in jumping and protecting Hinata.
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Naruto couldn't believe what was occurring. This was all her fault! She looked over to the ship, which by now was almost empty, and could feel her eyes tear up. All of the people she cared about were being hurt. She looked over to Sasuke who was looking at Anko like the plague. His brows were furrowed and you could practically see the waves of hate radiating off of his body. He must probably hate her as much as he hated Anko.
She looked away from him. She needed to save them all and make sure not to return ever again, even if it tore her heart to even think about living without Sasuke at her side.
Anko's laughter seemed to be echoing everywhere as her arms stretched over the violent waters of the sea. Her people would be in danger if she didn't do something about Anko. She dove into the water after signaling Iruka to take care of Sasuke. Her bright orange tail splashed the water as she swam under and moved towards her target.
"Where is she going?" Sasuke yelled out.
Iruka yelled back, trying to make sure his calmer voice reached the raven human, "I don't know!"
Sasuke took a deep breath, about to follow Naruto, but two larger arms grabbed him from behind. He growled as the scarred man he identified as Iruka not too long ago grabbed him, "Let. Go."
Iruka gulped as he could feel the waves of anger and disgust flow off of this human. If he had to pick between Anko, Minato, or this child, he would pick either of the former. There was something about this human that screamed out danger. The way he just seemed to focus on one thing and how much emotions he put into that one action was rather frightening. He shook his head, remembering Naruto. She had chosen this human for a reason and even though right now he was seeing his foul side, he was sure Sasuke had a different side. Otherwise, why would Naruto be so into him?
"I can't, you'll get hurt and then Naruto will surely kill me!"
"I'll kill you myself if you don't let go!"
Iruka felt a twitch at his lips, knowing that, perhaps, this humanwouldkill him. He had seen the cruelties that humans were capable of…
He decided not to think about the war from years ago. Instead he hauled the human with him, away from the now thundering sky, darkening clouds, and crashing waves, however, it was proving to be rather difficult. This human wasn't helping with his struggling and the tides were only making his vision blurry. He looked over to Sasuke and silently apologized for his next actions. Without warning him, Iruka pulled them both into the sea water, where swimming away from all the chaos would be much easier.
They were almost closing in on the small boats when he felt Sasuke fall limp, bubbles leaving his mouth,Oh no! I killed him!
Panic overtook him and he swam quickly to shore. However that only led him back under the water. He blinked as he realized that he no longer had the raven human in his hands. He gaped as he realized he had just been tricked by the little brat. His calm and nice countenance changed and he was sure he looked like he was about to scold the worst child ever conceived. He quickly swam over head, confident that he would reach Sasuke. He was a sea creature after all and even with a head start no human was going to beat him.
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Naruto couldn't believe her predicament. She had been planning on a surprise attack but instead found herself trapped with Anko laughing from above. She had been almost close enough to do…something….she wasn't a proficient healer yet since she hadn't had too much practice but she knew that instead of healing she could damage a person's system. However, it seemed like Anko had been prepared for any type of attack and right there, a shark had been waiting for her. It had easily caged her and brought her to her current position, in front of Anko, in the crevice of split water.
The furious dark waters were surrounding her, threatening to drown her if she made a wrong move. They were behaving unlike the other crashing waves and she growled at how Anko was manipulating the water.
"Ah, I might have failed the first time…but I will surely kill younow!"
Naruto tried moving from her position but every move ended up with a spark of lightening hitting the place where she had previously been. Smoke rose from where she had just been and she gulped as she realized that one spark would leave her in ashes. She never doubted the power of the trident. Ever since she was a child she had been aware that with that one tool, her father had become such a feared person. In terms of a person the people didn't fear him but in terms of enemies…even they cowered when facing him off.
"Well, that was enough playing, now I'm getting bored."
Naruto looked up into purple eyes. She couldn't die without making sure Anko was gone for good and that her father was with the trident once more! Her eyes shifted to the right, seeing something coming closer. Her eyes widened as she realized it was the ship they had all just been on. How was it all the way over here? Sure, the tides were rather violent and could have moved it over here but…she narrowed her eyes as she noticed it was deliberately coming towards them.
Her eyes roamed the ship, only to fall upon midnight black eyes. Her mouth gaped as she realized Sasuke was piloting the ship, "But…Iruka…"
She had clearly told Iruka to take Sasuke away, so how…?
"Enough muttering!" the trident was raised above Anko, her long slender pale arms gripped the golden weapon and her purple eyes glowed with malice. The trident began to glow, its power moving throughout and finally, reaching the tip, but at that precise moment Naruto moved out of the way and the ship crashed violently into Anko. A scream echoed in the night sky and the waters that had been parted fell from their grace.
The impact of the water left her dizzy but she had to quickly shake off the impact. She had to make sure Sasuke was alright! She swam to the surface in time to see Anko being electrocuted by the very power she had sought. It was too much for her weakened body to handle. Blood covered the water, almost painting everything red as the wood from the ship was imbedded into Anko's body. With the waves being as violent as they were, the ship crashed even harder into her now dying body. However, that also meant the ship would soon be destroyed.
Her prediction came true as the power of the trident flowed throughout Anko's body and onto the ship Sasuke was still on. She could clearly see him running, preparing himself to jump, but the explosion was too big and he was clearly hit. Naruto felt her blood run cold at the many possibilities that could come from this incident.
"Sasuke!"
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Tears streamed down violently down Naruto's face, snot flowing in chunks from her nose, and sobs came from her mouth. In her arms was a bleeding Sasuke. As she was hauling him to the others she tried to flow some energy into him but the damage to his body was just excessive. He had internal bleeding, broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a very bad concussion. She was focusing on his punctured lung but it was taking too much energy from her and at the rate she was swimming to Kyuubi and the others she feared he wouldn't make it.
Please! Please don't leave me Sasuke!
Her vision was becoming blurred as she did both tasks. The water was no longer violent. The power that had been used to disrupt the flow of water was now no more so the sea calmed down. After she had successfully found Sasuke the thunder and lightening had disappeared. The sky was still dark but not like before where everything had been made because of Anko's hate and rage.
The boats with all of the people had successfully made it to shore before Anko's explosion but even watching from there could have been horrid. She could just imagine how worried everyone was.
She let out a gasp as her tail and arms were starting to complain. She was making sure Sasuke didn't go under. He was already having trouble breathing and if he went under than he would surely die. And what was worse was her appearance. When she made it back to everyone they would surely think that she had done everything to Sasuke. They would think that she had almost caused his death.
And she couldn't blame them.
Her selfish desires of becoming human had brought upon so much agony.
She wasn't far from the dock when both Iruka and Kiba spotted her. Kiba had been resting on the dock's platform, no sign of worry about what the humans around him would think but you could clearly see that he had been looking out for them. His surprise and horror paled in comparison to Iruka's . Iruka looked like he was about to faint as he noticed the blood that surrounded her and Sasuke. She felt like vomiting as she realized that the blood wasn't from Anko or herself, but from Sasuke's wounded body.
Sasuke was taken from her exhausted body, "W-What happened?"
She turned to Kiba, "I-I…H-He…and then…oh please don't die!"
Kiba didn't ask anymore. He was sure she wouldn't be able to tell him much in her current state of panic. He turned to Iruka, "We need Kyuubi, and we can't lift him. Tell her to go to the beach where we usually meet."
Iruka didn't hesitate as he quickly swam towards the crowd of humans. Kiba meanwhile quickly and carefully took Sasuke to their usual meeting place. Naruto followed, her hand firmly placed on Sasuke's chest.
When Kyuubi and Itachi arrived to where they were at Naruto was much more calmer but her appearance was still a sight to behold. You could see that Itachi was having trouble allowing anything of this sort to happen. His jaw was clenched but Kyuubi had briefed him slightly of what he would see but nothing could have prepared him for this. Naruto's hands were on Sasuke's bloody body. Her face was much more ferrous than before.
The marks on her cheeks were more pronounced and wider. Her canines weren't like a normal humans and couldn't even be compared to a vampires. They were much larger, wilder, and protruded out of her mouth in a way that made her look like an animal. Her once ocean blue eyes were a terrifying bright red and her nails looked more like claws. Kyuubi was already positioned near Sasuke, to his left while Naruto was on his right. He moved towards them and roughly gripped Naruto's face.
His once glaring face couldn't stay cold for too long. Even as her face looked so wild, her eyes showed such sadness. You could clearly see tear stains on her whiskered face and there was a tremble in her body. Her right hand moved towards his own hand and he flinched as a warmth entered his body. It wasn't unpleasant but it was foreign. He was sure he had felt this feeling before…from Kyuubi, on days when he was stressed or when he would be slightly hurt.
"I'm only healing him," came Naruto's hoarse voice, but he wasn't sure if it was because of her sudden transformation or because of her crying.
She looked tired.
She moved her hand from his own as he let go of her face. She turned back to his brother and he felt his face crumple up. His little brother, the only other family that he had. If he was gone, then what would happen then? He wasn't sure that he would be able to stay with Kyuubi. She would be a reminder of this very day. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed red flames but when he turned towards the flames he noticed it was just Kyuubi.
Her flaming red hair turned a brighter shade and the top part formed a sort of crown around her small head. Her eyes had taken the same shade as Naruto's as her hair seemed to be surrounded by a cloth of bright red light. Her hands seemed to emanate a red glow and it all went into Sasuke's skull. He turned to Naruto, watching as her hands were an orange hue. The energy was going into Sasuke chest and you could see how it roamed his chest and abdomen.
After about half an hour of dread Kyuubi returned to normal but he noticed her fatigued state. Before he could even move towards her tanned arms embraced her and she leaned on a small chest. It was the merchild who had helped the woman off the ship.
He wasn't the only one present. Another person, a rather feminine man with a scar over his nose, which spanned from cheek to cheek was near Naruto. You could clearly tell he was worried about everyone.
He looked back to his brother, "Is he…alright?"
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