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Dark Lotus
By : PeachyKeen83
Category: Naruto > General
Views: 1187 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. - Chapter List
- Thanks to UnmaskedSpetsnaz for the review, I hope I don't disappoint!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Then she slapped me, and that’s how I lost that bet!” Naruto said with a wide grin, reaching over Shizune for Tsunade’s bottle of sake.
Sakura rolled her eyes, “Really Naruto, what exactly made you think that could work?”
He chuckled goofily, frowning when Tsunade slapped his hand, “Aw, come on Granny! You’ve got plenty left!”
“And you’ve got your own bottle,” Tsunade said, pushing the bottle out of his reach with an annoyed look on her face. She was actually glad her apprentices had convinced her to come out. It had been a busy month and the paperwork was driving her insane.
“Yeah, but Kakashi gets cheap sake,” the blond whined, not seeing Kakashi lower his book.
“Only because you drink all of it,” the copy nin said calmly, turning back to Junko and his latest conquest, “And because that’s the third bottle I’ve bought.”
Sakura sighed, watching them get into a one-sided argument, looking at the empty seats at their usual table, “It’s so odd without everyone here. There have been a lot of missions here lately.”
“There have,” Shizune agreed, thinking of all the paperwork Tsunade passed on to her.
Tsunade watched as Kotetsu ran in, panting as he saluted her. He struggled to say something, finally straining out one word.
“Nekomata.”
She blinked, quickly recovering as her mouth turned down in a frown, “Where.”
“Heading towards the memorial,” Kotetsu replied, watching her get up and walk briskly out, followed closely by Shizune and Kakashi, “B-But!”
Sakura and Naruto looked at each other curiously before running out after them, leaving Kotetsu to catch his breath alone.
xx
Tsunade paused as they got to the training grounds where Kakashi and his team usually went, looking down at an ominous trail of blood droplets and obviously shuffled footsteps.
“Tsunade-sama,” Shizune hissed, pointing to the smears of blood on one of the three posts near the memorial.
“Watch yourselves,” Tsunade said, moving past the very post that Jiraiya and Naruto had once been tied to.
Kneeling in front of the memorial was an ambiguous cloaked figure, that shifted as they approached.
“You brought the cavalry,” a gravely voice ground out sarcastically from behind the dark hood, “I’m touched.”
Several kunais were drawn as the cloak shifted, a dirty bag landing on the ground at the Godaime’s feet with a sickening thud.
“Next time, you’re paying me double the bounty,” the voice said.
“Nekomata, can you walk?” Tsunade asked as the figure swayed to their feet, noting the pool of blood at their feet.
“It’s not as bad as it looks.”
Someone shifted and the mood suddenly changed, Nekomata visibly tensing as the ‘click’ of a sword being readied was audible in the tense silence, “You can leave now.”
Tsunade rolled her eyes, “I’m not coming back here to drag your stubborn ass-”
“Good, I won’t be here,” Nekomata snapped in that gravely, neuter tone, “If you’re going to have them kill me, get on with it Tsunade.”
She narrowed her eyes, and then jerked her head back towards the village, everyone but Shizune and Sakura leaving, “That means you too, Sakura.”
After the three of them were alone, Nekomata relaxed.
“We thought you were dead,” Tsunade said, watching the hood lower and seeing the mask over Nekomata’s face was cracked and smeared with blood.
“Most days, I wished I was,” was the only reply, the mask turning towards them, “I’m halfway there now.”
“You going to allow us to look at you, or are we going to have to do it the hard way yet again?” Tsunade asked.
“Suit yourself.”
She and Shizune walked over, pushing the cloak to the side and unwrapping the bandages, Tsunade frowning at Shizune began healing the ugly gash, “I’m surprised you made it this far.”
There was a soft, feminine chuckle from under the mask, “As am I.”
“I want you to come to the hospital with me,” Shizune said, feeling more internal damage under the now smooth skin, “You need-”
“Rest and quiet. I’ll get neither at the hospital,” came the tired reply, “Just do what you can here.”
“I think you should listen to her,” Tsunade said, trusting her apprentice’s judgment on the matter more than her eyes or Nekomata’s will.
“Hokage-sama, with all due respect, my mission’s over. I’ve been away entirely too long, and I want to go home and sleep in my own bed. Either dismiss me, or I’ll have to be insubordinate.”
“Wouldn’t be the first time,” Tsunade sighed, nodding to Shizune, who began healing what she could of the other wounds, “I’m giving you a week to get me your mission report, and I want to see you in my office tomorrow morning at eleven hundred.”
The hood bobbed, and then Nekomata gave a stiff bow before walking off with a noticeable limp, and Tsunade heaved a tired sigh, looking at the memorial, “How bad was it Shizune?”
“Mostly muscle damage, but there was a lot of blunt trauma and blood loss,” she replied, and then looked at the stained bag, “What about that Tsunade-sama?”
She looked at it, her nose wrinkling, and gave a disgusted huff, “There are some aspects of his job I really hate.”
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