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Monsters	By : LoneReader3173 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 4323 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 8: Shadow and Flame

The journey back was relatively quiet. Sakura appeared to be relatively irritated at their wasted journey and had hit Naruto roughly in the shoulder as they left the abandoned village. Naruto had laughed, despite wincing at the strength of the blow that nearly knocked him over. His laughter echoed through the abandoned city, giving it a haunting feeling despite its rich, light tone. Sasuke thought that if there weren’t such dire issues to attend to, he would have liked to explore this place more.
Sakura and Sasuke walked down the center of the path with their light runes, and Gaara and Naruto stayed to either side, just out of the lights reach. Though he could not see them physically, Sasuke could still see their auras, as long as nothing tangible blocked his line of sight. Gaara’s aura was static and stayed to Sakura’s right though most of their trek. Naruto’s, paused every now and then, and grow smaller as he walked further out into the darkness before coming back to walk opposite of Gaara on Sasuke’s left. He had not realized on their journey out that the passage was so vast, and he was getting the eerie feeling that he was being watched.

The demons rejoined him and Sakura in the light as they neared the entrance to the large main chamber. Itachi, Kakashi, Shikamaru, and a blond woman the Sasuke didn’t recognize, were waiting for them there. The woman was clothed in green scrubs and looked very tired judging by the dark circles under her eyes. The other three were dressed similarly to how Sakura had been when she met Sasuke in the woods, with dark pants, long sleeved shirts, and green vests baring a leaf symbol on the back. They stood in a small circle talking quietly until Itachi saw their group approaching and the conversation died suddenly. There was a rather awkward air in the chamber that felt full of thoughts unspoken between the two groups.
“Are you all prepared?” Kakashi asked them as they came to a stop. “Well, as prepared as any of us can be, that is.” Sasuke still had reservations about it all. Going through some door that held untold danger, without any foreknowledge whatsoever. He had always been prepared for every monster he had ever faced, had made sure of it, but now he was in a situation where that just wasn’t possible. They were flying blind, and it made his stomach churn. He nodded with the other three, regardless, but felt his brother’s knowing eyes linger over him.
Kakashi nodded back at them slowly, “This way then.”
They followed him to a room that lay at the back of the cavern, opposite of where Kakashi’s office had been. “The doorway is several stories below us, but we’ve created a sort of short cut.” He opened the door of the room and they all entered. The room was virtually empty save for the regular self lighting lanterns that dawned the rest of the base, and a large stone circle in the center of the room. It was hovering several inches above the ground, spinning very slowly. Strange symbols circled its edge glowing a soft light blue. Kakashi, Itachi, and Shikamaru walked to the center of the stone and the symbols turned a faint red. Naruto didn’t hesitate to follow suit, but the other three paused to glance at each other before doing the same.

The blonde woman stayed near the doorway, and Sakura looked at her questioningly “I will wait here, just in case,” she told her with a soft smile.” Sakura only nodded, just as nervous as the rest of them. “Just remember what I’ve taught you.” She bowed her head gently to them all, and departed the room, closing the door behind her.
The symbols on the stone beneath them glowed even brighter and began to shake, and then they were moving downwards. It was an elevator, Sasuke realized. A magical, slightly terrifying, elevator. They were descending fast, for some time, and he was starting to feel sick, when they came to an abrupt stop, dust rising around the lift, obscuring his vision and their surroundings. Before the dust settled Kakashi and Itachi stepped off the lift and disappeared from normal sight. Sasuke hurried after their auras and the others stayed on his heels. They weren’t in a room this time, but the end of collapsed passage, Sasuke noted when the dust had settled enough for them to see. Fire burning torches lit the walls on once side every so often casting dim, yellow light around them. Their shadows dancing across the opposite stone walls in the flicking glow. The dead end came to a tee in the path. The left fork appeared to be the long way down to the passage as it was unlit. The torches continued their right another five hundred or so feet, at the end of which lay the door they’d come to unwittingly open. Sasuke could feel as well as see the energy from the door at the end of hallway, even from this distance. It seeped in to his skin and turned his blood cold, but still they all moved forward. The door itself was simple enough. Two large panels of wood that rose to meet the ten foot ceiling and joined in the center by chains wrapped around two curved iron handles. A low rumbling growl reached his ears as they neared. The doors tumbled in response, chains jingling, as the wind blew through the seams, disrupting the dirt and dust.
“This is it.” Kakashi told them. Sasuke’s hand rested tensely on the hilt of his sword as Kakashi drew the rune for fire in the air before him and pushed it gently forwards to meet the rough grains of wood that blocked their path. The symbols stayed burning on the surface for only a moment before twisting a spreading to every corner. The wood didn’t burn but disintegrated as the rune touched it, leaving only the metal hinges, handles, and chains behind. They dropped to the ground with a soft clang a gust of wind swept over them, extinguishing the torches. Darkness and silence fell. Footsteps sounded from either side of the as Naruto’s and Gaara’s auras moved forward. As they crossed through the archway that had just been a door, green flames erupted in two colanders to either side. The rest of the party stepped up beside them as the more colanders spontaneously came to life, revealing their surroundings. Not far in front of them, the path dropped off, straight down several stories into yet another huge chamber. In the center of the room stood an enormous column carved with the faces of three dogs stacked on top of one another like a totem pole. They shook lightly and growled, but remained frozen stone. The chamber was cold, and Sasuke realized as he stood near one of the green fires, that it emitted no heat.
Itachi stepped for to the ledge but was halted by Naruto.
“No.” He said firmly placing a hand on his shoulder. Sasuke felt a stab of irritability at the familiar touch to his kin.
“He’s right.” Gaara had stepped up beside Naruto.
“We’ll go first.” Shikamaru, too, joined them. “We’re more durable.” Naruto winked at them. He held his hands out to either side of him and is swords appeared in his hands. Now at a much closer distance, Sasuke could see that he wasn’t actually summoning anything, but molding and condensing his own aura into a weapon.
The three of them turned to the edge and leapt off without hesitation. The four left behind stood at the edge of the cliff and watch as the walked towards the statue several stories below them. When they reached it, the statue still remained stone, but the scale of the column became more clear. None of the creatures that stood before it even reached the top of the first head. Sasuke felt the desire swell inside him to see the jaws of the statue open and swallow the three beasts, saving him the trouble of killing them himself later.

Shikamaru turned back to look up at them and shouted, “There’s an alter behind it.” He pointed to something they couldn’t see from their perch and walked towards it.
“Wait!” Sakura shouted in a panic, but it was too late. As Shikamaru rounded the column, a loud crack sounded through the camber and deep fissures appeared across the statue. The growling grew louder as more cracks appeared and the stone began to fall away. Naruto and Gaara ran back to a safer distance, rejoined by Shikamaru. Sasuke’s own hand returned to his sword. Beside him, Sakura drew Mercy, black lines had spread from her forehead, crisscrossing her face, neck, an arms. ‘Witch’, Sasuke thought. He had never met a real one before and was taken a back. She moved to jump, and landed gracefully on the ground below, followed by Kakashi. Itachi turned to Sasuke regarding him, his face somewhat disapproving, before he to raced to join the others. Sasuke was left standing alone on the ledge, confused at his brother’s reaction. Shaking his head he watched and more stone fell away from the column as it crumbled into a heap, turning black and rearranging to form a massive three headed dog that towered above the fighters. Flames glowed in its eyes and mouth as well as down the back of its jet black body. Sasuke jumped at last. Whatever his feelings towards the rest, he would not leave his brother to fight alone.
The beast opened the jaws of its center head to snap at them all as the other two sets of jaws opened to spit fire over them just as Sasuke arrived. There was no time for shield runes to protect everyone as the fire descended. Shikamaru darted forwards forcing his aura out into a shadowy wall, shielding them from the flames.
“Quickly!” He shouted back at them, “I can’t hold it long!”
Sasuke seized the opportunity presented by of all three head being occupied and pulled lightning runes into each hand sending them flying in long chain at the two heads spouting flames. The beast cried in pain and reared back, giving them a chance to regroup.
“Nice!” He heard Naruto’s voice beside him as the boy ran forwards to attack with his swords. Running up the beasts legs as it continued to howl in pain, he jumped onto the muzzle of the center head and drove a blade into each eye. The head shook him off and he tumbled to the ground at its feet. The dog shook its self, casting off bits of fire as Naruto ran back to the party.
“It’s not working, look!” Kakashi yelled from his right. The beasts all turned back to them, the places Sasuke and Naruto has hit it, burned with orange flame as black fur and flesh stitched itself back together.
“Sasuke! Hit it again.” Itachi instructed him. “Hold it back.”
Sasuke did so, but this time he was joined by Kakashi, to hit all three heads. It howled in rage, but this time didn’t flinch, and jaws opened to snap down. Shikamaru managed to shield them in time once again, but was knocked back to the ground by the force of the blow. The vampire pushed himself to his knees but was unable to stand as jaws reopened. Sasuke released his lighting unable to hold the spell and longer. He panted heavily wracking his brain for something to try next, as balls of Fire formed in each great maw.
Gaara and Naruto jumped in front of Shikamaru. Naruto placed his hand on Gaara’s shoulder and their auras joined together. Gaara molded the aura in to three shields as Naruto has done with his swords. The jaws realized they fireballs towards the group, but where blocked by Gaara’s shields.
“Sakura, Mercy!” She nodded once and sprinted towards Naruto. He released Gaara’s shoulder and turned towards her, crossing his swords in front of him. She leapt upwards as she reached him, her feet landed square I. The center of the blades and he launched her forcefully in to the air. Her small body sailed through the air over the beasts back. It’s ears turned and the three heads looked up at her, teeth bared and dripping with flames. Sasuke reaches within himself for all the strength he had left and sent one last blast of lighting at the dogs now exposed chest. At the same time, Sakura hurled her blade downwards into its back. It roared in anger as Mercy and Sasukes lightning pierced its heart. The great heads hung limply as it staggered forwards and collapsing to the ground with a force that shook the entire chamber. The body lay before them for a moment before it, like the door they’d come through, disintegrated into nothingness. Singed, dirty, and exhausted, they stood watching their foe vanish. When no trace of the monstrous dog remained, their attention turned in unison to the now unguarded alter that awaited them.
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