Shadow of Intent 2

Shadow of Intent:The Changing Colors of The Leaf
A Naturo Symbiote Story For Hydroshinobi
By Kenshiro123/Corey
Kurenai Yuhi stood on top of the plated roofs of The Village of Hidden in Leafs. She surveyed the rising sun that rose over the mountain with the faces of Hokkage from the past. She crossed her arms and let out a quiet sigh. She looked around the roof she was on and found something strange. In a dark shadow casted by a taller adjacent building, was a woman, sitting and smiling. The woman was wearing a strange pitch-black kimono, that was low cut, showing her chest with matching pants.
“Hello, Kurenai” she said in a strangely happy tone “Lovely sunrise, isn't?”
“Shizune? What are you doing here?”
“I'm here on business from Lady Tsunade. I'm here to give you a gift...”
“What in the world are you talking about?”
Kurenai walked over cautiously to Shizune who did not move from her darken spot.
“What gift are you..”
Suddenly, Shizune pulled Kurenai into the dark corner.
“Uhh! What are you doing?” Kureanai shouted to Shizune
“Giving you the 'gift'”
Suddenly Kurenai felt a cold, liquid sensation running up her arm.
“Ah! What's happening?”
“Don't fight it-embrace it! Let it be apart of you!”
Kurenai grunted heavily as the sounds of the liquid continued to echoed from the corner she was in.
“...My...Clothes...” Kurenai sputtered out in a weak voice.
“You won't need them, 'Tsunade's gift' provides everything that you ever would need...” Shizune replied.
“...Uh...uh...Yes...yes, I understand...I understand now...”
She stood up with now with black shiny skin, with large white eyes. Kurenai looked at her hands, marveling her new body. She then tilled her head up as her black shiny skin began moving around and changed into an outfit just like Shizune. On her right shoulder, she had a tattoo with the number “02.”
“Let's go,” Kurenai said to Shizune “we need to give 'Tsunade's gift' to my team...”
Shizune nodded and the two women faded into the shadows...
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Tsunade awoke looking at the morning sun rising above the village, from the darkest side of her office, upside down.
“Wha...Huh?”
She noticed that she was wearing that full body costume that she had worn last night.
“Sorry about that,” A familiar voice spoke, “we've been in the darkness of the forest for so long, it will take us awhile to adjust.”
Tsunade looked around and saw another version of herself sitting down in her desk. The Tsunade at the desk with wearing the same strange kimono as she did the night before after being attacked by that strange substance.
“ No more lies; who, or what, are you?” The Tsunade on the ceiling said
“Well, since we have bonded to you, it should only be fair to tell our tale. Once we, I, was a woman just like you. And just like you, I was the leader of my village. Our village was a small, peaceful place that harmed no other village. Then with out warning, a evil group of roaming ninja using a strange type of jutsu, attacked. The place a cursed on our entire village. The curse allowed to steal all of the of the chakura from our bodies, until they liquefied into a black liquid. Most of villagers dissipated into the ground, however, I and few of the other elder women in our village, still had enough chakura left that we pulled ourselves together into one living unit. We roamed the forest for days, months, I've lost count. By luck, we found that we could bond to living things. We found that we could give our host great strength and finally decided what we needed to do. Now, we travel around to village to village, trying to prevent what happen to our village happen anywhere else...”
“I see...and you're hear because...”
“They have infiltrated your village and are preparing to strike...”
“!? I must tell the...”
“You must tell no one! The less people know, the less of a chance those ninja will attack...”
“So what should we do?”
“I'm glad you asked...” The other Tsunade slyly with a sinful smile.
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Deep in the interconnected apartments in the village, lied the room of Sakura Haruno. Sakura her head deep into her medical jutsu books. For the last couple of days, she had been dilgently studying for no appearnt reason other than just to be better at her medical jutsu. She was going to learn a brand new techinque from her teacher, Lady Tsunade. She pushed back her cherry blosom pink hair back, to get a better view of the book she was reading. The mid morning sun shined threw a small window on the right of Sakura's small room, giving a natural, soft light. Books were threw around the rooms in stacks, even her bed had small stack of books. Suddenly, Sakura heard a knock at her apartment door. Sakura let out a loud growl and slammed the book she was reading.
“NARUTO! I TOLD YOU ONCE BEFORE, LEAVE ME ALONE AND LET ME STUDY!”
“Sakura, it's me! I-no!”
“Oh sorry...”
Sakura's face turned red, as she opened her apartments door. She was greeted by Ino Yamanaka, her childhood friend. Ino had beautiful blond hair, deep blue eyes, and purple sleeveless, tank top with a matching skirt with black leggings underneath. Ino gave Sakura a warm smile. Sakura gave her a stern look and then motioned her inside.
“Whatcha up to?” She said in a cheery tone
“You know what I've been up to. I've been studying.”
“I know but have you to get out more often. Betcha didn't you know that everyone has been dispatched on some kinda mission today? Mostly dudes too.”
“Yeah, so?”
“When has Tsunade ever sent so many people out on a mission ever? Something's up...”
“OK, that might be weir...”
“Suddenly, Sakura's window busted open, sending glass everywhere. Sakura and I-no sheilded themselves from shards of glass. On the floor they found the body of Anko Mitarashi, a chunin examiner.
“What the? Anko?” Sakura said
Anko slowly pulled herself off of the ground, and shook the pieces of glass off of her tan trench coat.
“I'm sorry Sakura,” Anko said shaking her head, “but it was an emergency. I couldn't think of anyone else to turn too.”
“What are you talking about?” Sakura replied
Anko motioned to her right arm that was bandaged. She slowly unraveled it and revealed her arm. Sakura and I-no both let out a loud gasp. Anko's arm was slowly being engulfed over by a black liquid substance. The liquid continued to move up Anko's arm every breath she took in.
“What is it?” Sakura asked in stupor
“I don't know, but that's not the weird part. I got this after I met Shizune this morning. Something about a 'gift from Lady Tsunade.' ”
“Gift?”
“Yeah. Then, I got shot by a poison dart needle by her, and then the next thing I knew I was being chased by her and Kurenai wearing matching outfits!”
“Oh my! We have to tell Naruto or Kakashi...”
“Can't. Tsunade sent them all out on missions today. Even the Black Ops is gone...Ah!”
Anko grabbed her neck with her left arm. Sakura ran over to see and looked at the strange three spotted mark on her neck.
“For once that cursed mark by Orochimaru is doing some good. I think it is slowing the process down. I think whatever got me, Shizune, and Kurenai must have gotten Tsunade first. Tsunade wouldnt't do this.”
Sakura helped prop Anko up on the walk while Ino watched from the doorway.
“Sakura, I don't have that much time before this thing takes me over...”
Anko took out a kunai from her pocket, with her left hand. She then took then, very carefully, cut of a small piece of the black substance. Sakura ran over and grabbed a small petri dish. She put the small piece into her small back around her waist.
“Don't worry, Anko. I'll find out whatever this is.”
“Sakura, whatever happens, the village must be protected at all cost, no matter the sacrifice you must take.”
“Anko...”
A large gray cloud covered the sunny sky letting the shadows crawl out all over a the village.
“Anko, Anko. Your getting sloppy.”
Sakura and Ino turned towards the broken window to find Kurenai sitting there.
“We're only here to just give you the power to forget your problems...”
Sakura turned her head and found Shizune sitting at her desk.
“Shizune? Kurenai-sensei? What's wrong with you?”
“Nothing is wrong,” the two said unison, “we're fine, and soon you will be...”
“...yes, join with us...” Anko dully said.
“Anko! No!”
The black substance had covered her entire right arm and was moving down over her chest.
“...yes, join and...GO!”
With that Anko slamed a smoke bomb on to the ground, and Sakura and Ino fled the room. Sakura heard the moans of Anko echo, until she got out of her apartment.
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The two dashed out on to the tops of the buildings, hiding within the shadows. After hiding in the shadows for the rest of the day, Sakura and Ino hid at inside a small cavern in the forest outside the Village. The small cavern used to a place that Ino and Sakura used to play at. Sakura was panting heavily when she reached the cavern. She took a thick branch from outside, and using a fire jutsu, lit the branch. It brought a dim light to the small cavern.
“I'll think we'll be safe here for awhile...” She said
“Remeber when used to come out here and play?” Ino asked.
“Yeah, but that not the point right now. I'm just worried that we weren't followed...”
“I hope not,” Ino replied back, “I can't take all of this.”
Sakura began to look at Ino in a strange way. She ran as hard and fast as her, yet she was not tired out.
“...I'm sure you can't, then again, I'm not sure of anything.”
“Sakura?”
“...I see it now...It make so much sense now...”
“What are you saying?”
“How you showed up conveniently before Anko, how you reacted to Anko, weren't scared when Kurenai and Shizune came. How long were you going to keep it from me?”
“...Sakura, how could you say a thing like that?”
“Oh! I'm sorry...I'm just so...stressed that I thought...”
“....It's not a problem, you have a lot on your mind...and it's time you forgot all of it...”
“Ino!? No!”
Ino began walking closer to Sakura. Her purple clothing started to change colors to shiny black and began to cling to her body. Soon the clothes began to turn in a liquid-like substance, coating her entire body, and stopping at her head. She had a large white number on her right shoulder that said “03.” Sakura was shocked to see Ino still smiling warmly at her.
“I'm sorry for the charade, Sakura ” Ino said a vexing happy tone, “I would have told you that Kurenai had already meet with me earlier today and was going to give your 'gift' earlier today but Anko disturbed our little conversation...”
“Ino...”
“Sakura join with us, it feels so good. Your stress and worries just disappear, and you feel so good...”
“No! I don't know if whatever you have is good or not but something just doesn't seem right...”
“Sigh, then I'm sorry Sakura...but now, you have no choice!”
“Ino ran over to Sakura and tackled her. She hit the wall hard with a loud thud. Ino grabbed both of Sakura's arms to hold her still. Sakura looked at Ino face as the black skin covered her face. Her face was now had a shiny black skin over it with two large white tear drop shape eyes, with no mouth.
“Sakura it is time to receive your gift...”
Sakura began to move her right hand over towards her small backpack.
“Don't resist, give in..”
“Ino...I'm sorry.”
Sakura quick got her arm free, took out a kunai, and plunged it into her friend's back.
“Ah!” Ino screamed.
Sakura pushed Ino off of her, fling her into the wall. Ino landed on her feet, she smooth took her hand a pulled out the kunai that was embedded in her flesh with ease.
“Come now,” Ino said in a sultry tone, “can you do better than that.”
Ino took her hand and balled up into a fist and punched her into the wall. Sakura hit it hard, cutting herself on the mouth.
“Heh,” she said in a raspy voice “I did.”
Ino looked at the kunai that she was holding and noticed a small paper at the end of it.
“No!It an explod...”
The kunai exploded with great force that it forced off the black skin that covered Ino. She flew in the opposite direction of the blast. She was about it hit the hard gray stone wall of the cavern, when Sakura jumped up and caught her, before she hit the wall. Ino was panting heavily, she was cover head to toe in a shiny glaze of sweat.
“Sa...Sakura...”
“Ino? Don't speak, your weak...”
“Sakura, it's not that...you have to stop her...”
“Who?”
“Tsunade...she's been taken over...by...by...Muramasame...”
Sakura looked at her friend, trying to understand the words that she just said. The black substance that was on Ino wriggled out into the night sky, looking for someone worthy of its 'gifts'.
つづく