"Oh… so so good," the young kunoichi standing before Naruto in her bra and panties moaned as he continued to play her like a fine instrument. Naruto was especially proud of the fact that he had brought her to such a state without directly stimulating her pussy as of yet. A fact that the kunoichi was all too aware of as she looked over her shoulder to where she guessed his head was to plead, "P-please… touch me down down there."
A pleased smile appeared on Naruto's face although the kunoichi he was groping couldn't see it as a result of the transparency jutsu he was employing. Naruto began to snake his hand down her body from the breast he had been playing with so that she could feel his progress towards her honeypot. As she shivered within his arms he mentally smirked as he thought to himself, "Man, Sakura really outdid herself in spreading the story I asked her to."
Looking out past the privacy barrier that appeared whenever someone entered the circle he drew outside the destroyed Chunin Instructor Evaluation Building, he smiled as remembered how he had first tested the seal beneath his feet on Sakura after they had completed their first assignment as part of the Training Force. Afterwards, as per his request, Sakura had started rumors of a perverted ghost that had haunted the old evaluation grounds. When he had first come up with the idea, little did he know that he would have quite so many visitors looking to experience pleasure at his hands.
Directing his attention back to his current recipient of his talents he felt a little like he had come full circle as she had also been the first kunoichi to investigate the rumor that Sakura had started. Although in truth, it had been her interest in the paranormal that had brought her to him. He smiled as he recalled the memory of finding the Suna kunoichi, whose name he would later learn was Yukata, crouched on all fours inspecting what he had dubbed his summoning circle. He had felt a little guilty as he had begun to pat and pet her body through her clothes. However, that had faded as she began to relax as a result of his ministrations, even though he suspected that it was due to her at first believing she was experiencing something paranormal. He had nearly scrapped his idea after he had brought her to climax the first time. But when he had returned to the circle the next night as a result of it being activated and found her waiting for him minus everything but her undergarments, he had decided that the show must go on.
Naruto's hand reached its destination sliding past the band of her panties to find her wet and willing pussy more than ready to receive his touch. Stroking her outer lips gently, she responded with a needy moan as her head fell back against his shoulder. She turned her brown eyed gaze towards where she believed his face was and upon seeing the desire located in it he was tempted to kiss her. Yet, he refrained from doing so as that would likely lead to the encounter progressing further than he intended it to. The moment ended as she removed her head from his shoulder as he slid his middle finger in pass her lower lips. "Ahhh, fuck," she whimpered as his finger rubbed her gripping insides. After several minutes of probing her tight hole with his digit, he withdrew causing her to moan at the loss until he brought the finger up to torture her clit by pressing on it gently. Her head shot back up against his shoulder as her climax rocked through her body and coated his hand in her release. She went limp in his arms and he gently lowered her to the ground until she was kneeling before him.
He watched her as she panted while recapturing her breath. He believed that should he reveal himself to her that she would gladly offer to take care of the hard-on currently tenting his pants. However, he stopped himself from doing so, in part because she wasn't who he was hoping to capture with his ghost story and also because at the moment she would not be able to advance his ambition. He knew that sounded rather cold; however after his night with Mabui, he had been giving more thought to exactly what lay beyond the horizon of his ambition. Therefore, with a perverted laugh that he had model after his Master Jiraiya, he disappeared in a red flash only to appear before another beauty, who was more than willing to help him get settled down after his session with Yukata.
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Temari smiled at Naruto seductively as he appeared in front of her. Able to see the outline of his cock through the material of his jeans she licked her lips hungrily as she closed the distance between them. Pressing her body up against his, she reached down for his hand, and in a move that caused his cock to lurch up against her pelvis, took it in order to clean his fingers of the juices that coated them. Letting his fingers slip from her mouth like a mini cock, she moaned at the taste before saying, "Mmmmm, so it was Yukata again. What's this, the third or fourth time?"
Naruto stared at his lover, his eyes sparkling with the lust he felt from seeing her suck another woman's cum from his fingers. Her words barely registered at first, but when they did he chuckled as he replied, "Fifth actually. I wonder what she would think if she knew that her commanding officer could now identify her by taste."
Temari smiled at him as her eyes grew hooded in preparation for leaning forward to kiss her man. "She would probably be thinking how jealous she is as she wished to be in her commanding officers position right now." Temari then sealed her lips to Naruto's as they shared in Yukata's taste.
As they made out hotly, Naruto reached up to grab Temari's tit and smiled against her mouth as he felt the hardened nub of her nipples through the thin material of her kimono. She moaned into his mouth as he played with her nipple as she raised up her right leg, hooking it around his hip. She then began to gyrate her hips against his groin, causing him to lower his other hand to her ass as he pulled her tighter against him.
Both of them moaned hungrily as their clothed sexes rubbed up against each other. Temari needing to feel her lover inside her, broke the kiss and stepped out of Naruto's arms. Walking backwards she undid the knot of her kimono and exposed her body to her lover's hungry gaze. Now clad in only her panties, she turned around as she continued to walk away before bending over and placed her hands on the trunk of a fallen over tree.
Naruto growled in the back of his throat as his desire for his lover grew from the display as well as his ability to see her wetness through the thin material of her panties. He closed the distance between them, shucking off his clothes as he did. Reaching Temari, he placed his hand almost reverently on her backside giving it a firm squeeze which prompted her to moan in delight. He then traced the band of her panties before reaching where it cupped her soaking cunnie. He then slid the material to the side and pressed the head of his dick against her entrance.
He began rubbing his cockhead up and down her cunt eliciting his lover to moan with a slight growl, "Stop teasing me and shove that log inside me."
Naruto smiled at her bossy tone, as he tensed in preparation of burying himself inside her and said teasingly, "Is that in order?"
"I can make i… Fuck!" She was prevented from finishing her response as Naruto took that moment to slam himself inside her. Both groaned in pleasure as they once more basked in the sensation of being connected to each other again. But aware that they both needed to get back to the Training Force's main camp soon cut the moment short as Naruto began to move within her.
"God damn Temari," Naruto groaned from the resistance he was encountering as he attempted to plow his lover's overheated tunnel. "I'm beginning to think that you are enjoying these midnight trysts as much for the opportunity to find out who's been visiting my summoning circle as for the sex." Temari didn't answer as he began to rub her clit causing her to groan deep in her throat. However her skin began to flush making him think that he was perhaps more right then he knew. Deciding to tease her a little he said, "You know I've been rather surprised at the number of Suna kunoichi that have visited my circle. I'm beginning to think that in truth you are all actually rather perverted yourselves."
"N-no," Temari moaned in denial even as her cunt tightened around his dick as it continued to churn her insides. "It-it's your fault I've become like this. Just like it's you turning Suna's kunoichi into a bunch of pleasure seeking perverts."
"Are you saying I should stop?" Naruto asked, as he also stopped in his pleasuring of his lover.
Temari looked back her eyes showing him the answer so without making her give voice to it began to slide within her cunt once more. She moaned her appreciation, which grew in intensity as he lifted up her leg in order to hit her more deeply inside. With his other arm he reached around cupping Temari's face and pulled it back so that he could taste her lips once more. She eagerly reciprocated, dancing her tongue against his as she tried to work her hips harder and faster against his.
Naruto groaned his enjoyment of the increased sensations coursing around his pleasure stick as a result of her efforts. Pulling one of her hands away from the log they rested against, she reached down to where they were joined and began to fondle his nut sack. Breaking the kiss, she stared back into his eyes to say, "I'm almost there. Cum with me please, let's cum together." Naruto nodded his head and began to redouble his efforts causing their grunts and moans to grow in intensity. Several moments later she felt his nuts contract in her hands signaling his impending release so brought her hand to her clit giving it a rub just as he began to spurt inside her which triggered her own release.
Naruto dropped her leg as they rode out their orgasms. They both sagged to their knees while still connected as their strength left them. As she caught her breath against the log she was pressed against, she felt Naruto placing feather-light kisses along her back causing her to coo in pleasure as much from them as from the warmth that he had just been deposited inside her womb.
As their body temperatures return to normal and his cock finally slipped from her having softened sensing that it wouldn't be needed again, Temari prepared to ask a question that had been on her mind ever since Naruto had begun his plan to seduce Pakura via his ridiculous ghost story. A plan, which although it had yet to capture its specific target, had resulted in Naruto bringing pleasure to several of the Suna kunoichi under her command and thus could have significantly expanded his influence within the Sand village. At least it could have, had he decided to close the deal so to speak. Commenting on his lack of doing so thus far, she said, "Naruto, not that I'm complaining about you coming to me to get rid of the blue balls your playing with those other girls leaves you with. Wouldn't it be more beneficial to our goals if you would just go all the way with them?"
Naruto pulled away from her causing her to look back and see that she had hit upon something he had been thinking about for some time. Fearing that he was internalizing something that could lead to a similar circumstance as when he had feared that their feelings for him were merely the result of his jutsu, she began to demand that he tell her. But she was beaten to the punch as he replied, "I suppose it would be, especially if Yukata or some of the other kunoichi who have been curious about the summoning circle eventually rose to high ranks within Suna's forces or government. But it's just… I'm not sure if I can explain this without sounding like a bastard." Naruto lapsed into silence as he searched for the words to explain himself. Temari was just about to tell him to spit it out when he continued, "I just don't have the time for them." He pressed on quickly as he knew how cold that sounded saying, "I mean, I'm only one man and I'm beginning to fear all the sneaking around will eventually catch up to me. For example, you deserve to have a nice date with a lovely dinner and dancing before we went back to enjoy ourselves in a more intimate fashion. Not to have some quickie in the woods after I just got done fondling some other girl."
Temari smiled gently touched that he was thinking along those lines, however a moment later she flicked him on the forehead. She laughed slightly as he rubbed the spot asking her, "What was that for? I was just trying to…"
Temari stopped him by placing her finger against his lips as she said, "I know, but me and the others signed up for this life. It would be rather foolish for me to complain about it now. Because to be honest, I think some of those kunoichi are growing rather addicted to you even if they don't know it yet."
"Come on Temari," Naruto said feeling a little embarrassed which had nothing to do with the fact that both he and she were still naked. "I haven't even been using the Temptation's Touch on any of them. They probably just consider this a little harmless fun that they can have while they are away from home."
Temari shook her head at how humble her lover could be as she replied, "Don't sell yourself short. It isn't that jutsu that makes you special. But is that really the reason?"
"In a sense, I mean what we're hoping to do is change the shinobi world and I always just assumed that afterwards we'd be free to all be together." Naruto adjusted himself so that he was sitting against the log. He pulled Temari close to him and leaned his head back against it as she rested her head against his chest. Staring up into the night sky he said, "However, after I was with Mabui. She got me to thinking about what we would do after we accomplished our goal and I realized that we might never be able to come clean about our role in bringing the villages together or our connections to each other." Temari pulled her head away from his chest to stare causing him to meet her gaze and give her a sad smile before continuing, "Because if we do come clean, people opposed to a more peaceful shinobi world would just use the fact that we were working behind the scenes in the shadows as a means to invalidate our success and plunge the world back into war, except this time using us as the catalyst."
Temari maneuvered herself so that she was sitting on his lap and cupped his face gently before kissing him lovingly. Pulling her face away, she rested her forehead against his as she responded, "If that is the case, then we will just have to remain in the shadows. We are shinobi after all." Grabbing his hand she placed it against her chest over her heart and added, "But this to me is too special to lose, so I will continue to cherish whatever time you can afford to spend with me whether it's in a fancy restaurant or here in the woods. The time and place don't matter to me, only that it's time spent with you."
She smiled as she saw that her words had touched him so punctuated it with a kiss. When it ended she considered having one more go with her lover, however aware that both of their duties would soon intrude stood and held out her hand to him asking, "I know that I can take care of myself, but would you mind escorting me back to the main camp as a representative of the Leaf."
Naruto smiled as he took the offered hand and replied, "it would be my honor and privilege, but not as a member of the Leaf. But as a man protecting a woman who has captured his heart."
Despite all that they had done up until that point, Temari was still rather unused to boys talking flowery to her so blushed prettily as she helped Naruto to his feet. They dressed quickly and as he escorted her to the camp she couldn't help but take his arm into hers and rest her head on his shoulder. And while, she did feel sad that when they needed to separate upon nearing the camp, she couldn't help but feel that so long as she had Naruto in her life she would only know happiness so was willing to share him with as many women as need be. A small, but amused smirk appeared on her face after they crossed the threshold of the camp's main gate and each went their own way when she spotted a pair of Suna kunoichi whispering among themselves and blushing. Aware that they had also experienced pleasure at Naruto's hands, she had to add that it was worth it also because outside of Matsuri and Maki. She probably had the most varied and exciting sex life of any woman in Suna, although it was at her request that the list might soon grow to include Pakura so that Naruto could help to right a wrong made by her father.
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Pakura stepped out of her small tent and stretched as she greeted the new day. Sadly as with most days her mood quickly dropped as she noticed the usual stares that she received. They had faded for a time upon arriving at the Training Force main camp, but unfortunately that had not lasted long as the stories of her mummifying the son of a high ranking noble quickly spread even among the Leaf. Feeling saddened by this, as she had been one of the people that had actually welcomed the opportunity to participate on the Training Force as she had hoped to escape the persecuting stares that had been a part of her existence for going on fifteen years.
Trying to ignore them as best she could, she grabbed a towel out of her pack and made her way to the women's shower. Approaching the cloth covered enclosure; she could hear giggling coming from inside as several of the kunoichi that made up the Training Force prepared for the day. Stepping inside, all traces of merriment stopped as the young Suna kunoichi that had been laughing became aware of her presence. Keeping her face stoic, she moved to an empty stall away from everyone else and then began stripping before stepping under the showerhead.
Able to see the other woman's faces since the dividers for the stalls only came up to their shoulders, she could feel the younger kunoichi's eyes trying to watch her discreetly. Paying them no mind, she went about her business trying to clean herself as efficiently as possible so she could get away from the stares. The kunoichi still uncomfortable by her presence remained silent until they were joined by another, a kunoichi that Pakura had known when she was younger. As Maki entered, the other kunoichi felt rather emboldened by her presence so began joking and laughing again.
Maki gave Pakura a smile of greeting, which as usual the older Suna jounin ignored. Although Maki was one of the few who had not ostracized her, their friendship had taken a beating when she had decided to become a lapdog for Joseki. After the Sound-Sand invasion of Konoha during the Chunin Exams and the death of Maki's team, Pakura had tried to convince the young woman that living for revenge was no way to live. Maki, her emotions still running hot from her anger lashed out at her saying, "That's real great advice coming from the woman whose actions caused the invasion in the first place. Maybe if you didn't have so much pride none of this would have happened." Maki realized what she has said was out of bounds, and quickly tried to apologize. However, Pakura would have none of it, as she believed that Maki's true feelings had finally come to the surface. Therefore, the older woman had turned her back on her and walked away. That was the last time the two of them had spoken. But recently, Pakura had sensed a change come over Maki. No longer able to sense the anger and grief that had become a part of Maki's being made Pakura tempted to try and repair their friendship.
With Maki's presence acting as a buffer to Pakura's, the other young Suna kunoichi decided it was safe to once more bring up the topic they had been talking about before she had entered. One of the younger women leaned over to her stall towards a long-haired kunoichi with brown hair and eyes asking, "You went again last night didn't you, Yukata?"
Yukata blushed but responded, "I don't want to talk about it. I told you I'm only interested in whether or not it's paranormal in nature."
The kunoichi didn't buy Yukata's excuse quickly replying, "You know it's just some pervert using a transparency jutsu, don't you? It's nothing to be embarrassed about, Kashike went a couple of nights ago and she said she's never cum so hard in her life. What's more, according to her, he didn't even stick his dick inside her. If he's that good then I'm thinking of giving him try."
"But you're seeing someone," another of the kunoichi said her voice dripping with the scandal of what her fellow Suna-nin had said.
Before the kunoichi could defend what she had said Yukata interrupted her by saying, "It wouldn't matter. Whatever or whoever it is at least seems to have some sense of morals as he will not show up if you're currently involved with somebody."
"Oh yeah," the kunoichi said with a hint of anger entering her voice, "just how do you know that?"
Yukata began lathering her hair as she replied, "Research, and one of the Leaf's kunoichi went to the circle a few weeks ago but he didn't show. I only learned later that she's been cheating on her boyfriend."
"I don't know Yukata," another of the Suna-nin said he her tone disbelieving, "I mean he's groped quite a few girls already. Why would he draw the line there?" The kunoichi then turned to Maki asking, "What do you think Maki?"
"Well to be honest, I don't know if this is the necessarily the best place to be having this discussion as there are plenty of perverts in both villages and wouldn't want any eavesdroppers to get the wrong idea of Suna kunoichi. But to answer your question, I think at the very least our Mr. Ghost has a respect for the bonds between people and wouldn't want to be the cause of one breaking."
Pakura watched as the other Suna-nin appeared properly chastised for their crass behavior as she had been getting rather upset by it, especially due to her own lack of physical intimacy. Hearing of the other and much younger women's exploits had truly been getting under her skin. However, it did plant the seed of desire to learn just what was going on out in the woods at night.
Finishing her shower, she quickly dried herself off and dressed. Leaving without a word, she stepped out into the bright sunny day and felt a bit of excitement at what challenges awaited.
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"Dammit Seven, get your head in the game," Mikoto shouted as she tackled her fellow inmate to the ground just as a large metal cable cut through the air where she was standing. The cable missed, but slammed into the nearby building with enough force to cut through it. As the building began to collapse Mikoto shot to her feet, pulling Seven to her feet as well, and then dragged the woman behind her as she darted down an alley in the simulated town the chunin guards of the prison used to mimic different environments in which they might have to apprehend prisoners.
Confident that they had lost the shinobi that had been manipulating the cable, as well as were out of the viewing eye of any electronic devices monitoring them. She ducked into a small recess in the alley pulling Seven in next to her before dropping to her haunches in order to catch her breath. Seven slid down the stone wall next to her, but instead of assuming a position like her where she could dart off if they needed to she simply fell to her backside while wearing the same blank look that had been on her face all day.
Getting tired of it, especially since it could get her killed, Mikoto shoved the woman roughly and then said, "Hey, if you want to die here, then just tell me. I'll leave your ass here and let Shura and his boys put you out of your misery."
As she expected, Seven eyes narrowed dangerously at her from the rough treatment, however a moment later that fire died as she looked away replying, "Maybe that would be for the best."
Mikoto was about to ask what she meant by that, but then a heavy footfall sounded near their position. The Uchiha kunoichi peeked out from her recess, but quickly fell back into the shadows when she spotted another member of the Shinobazu at the foot of the alley. Pulling a kunai from her pouch in case he noticed them, she could only hope that he was as blind as the animal form he now possessed. The mole man, that was Toki of the Shinobazu, looked down the alley, but apparently didn't notice anything as he began lumbering off in search of his prey.
Looking at her fellow kunoichi, Mikoto saw that the woman had barely reacted throughout the encounter so said heatedly, "We don't have time for this. In cases it has escaped your notice they are letting those that have received the Animal Curse Mark participate in these training sessions. Also as a result the number of "training accidents" has skyrocketed. You might think you're above all this because you're one of Akame's lieutenants, but I assure you if you fall behind they will let you."
"It doesn't matter," Seven replied woefully, "there's nothing for me out there anymore. I don't know how, but she learned that I wasn't telling the truth about how far I've infiltrated into Akame's scheme."
Despite the situation, Mikoto's demeanor softened slightly as she asked, "Didn't you explain that you were trying to make amends?"
Near tears, the brown haired woman replied, "She didn't want to hear any of it. She only stayed long enough to tell me she was done with me."
She arched an eyebrow as her fellow kunoichi had made it sound like her contact was actually able to get in and out of the prison without anyone being the wiser. However, she ignored the questions she felt rise to the surface so she could say while sounding as nurturing as possible given the circumstances, "Then we'll just have to put an end to this without her help." Seven looked up at her in surprise causing her to allow a small smile to appear as she continued, "What? To be honest I was never comfortable with just letting your contact on the outside handle things. I put my faith in others before, and lost everything as a result. We'll put Akame's little insurrection down, and that way no one will be able to doubt you never intended to betray them."
Seven's eyes shone with new hope, causing Mikoto's smile to blossom into one she hadn't worn in a long time. Seven wiped at the unshed tears as she quickly apologized before saying, "You're right. Nothing's going to get done by just sitting here feeling sorry for myself."
Able to feel several people approaching, Mikoto stood her face turning serious again as she said, "You're wrong about that partner." Holding up the kunai she had pulled earlier, the Uchiha kunoichi added, "Something tells me these are the type of guys that prefer killing a target that doesn't defend itself."
Seven worked herself back to her feet, dusting herself off and with some of the old fire she possessed said, "Well let's show these bastards we're anything but easy."
"Now you're talking," Mikoto said just as Shura landed on the roof on the building opposite of them.
The leader of the Shinobazu now appearing as a large humanoid wolf grinned down at them as he said, "Found you."
"Thanks," Seven said as she held her hand out towards the Wolfman causing a large stone dragon to launch itself through the wall of the building she was standing in front of, "You've saved us the trouble of having to find you."
Shura launched himself into the air, however the Earth Dragon easily caught up and although it couldn't swallow him. It forced him to grab onto its jaws, and thus allowed the Dragon to smash both him and it into another nearby building which collapsed atop of him.
As Seven concentrated on directing her jutsu, Mikoto notice that the wall in front of them was beginning to crack. Pulling her shades, she activated her Sharingan just as Toki broke through the wall. Time seemed to slow as she closed the distance able to slip through the rubble his entrance sent flying about; as a result he was surprised to almost be immediately repelled as she appeared before him kicking him in the chest.
Toki quickly scrambled to his feet, but just-in-time to be on the receiving end of a Great Fireball jutsu, which Mikoto had launched after flipping outside the hole he had made. He threw his arms in front of his face as the fireball connected and the resulting explosion blew out the windows of the first floor. When the smoke cleared, a charred Toki was still standing, but soon collapsed forward as he struggled to breathe.
A moment later the last number of the Shinobazu appeared, and who had been the one whose cable jutsu had sent them scrambling into the alley in the first place. Confident of victory he asked while obviously expecting to see his partners, "Did you two finish off those bitches yet?"
Both kunoichi stared at the man, whose animal form was that of the jackal, and realizing his mistake cursed while trying to prepare a jutsu to defend himself. Unfortunately, he only had enough time to whimper before they were on him.
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Pakura felt silly as she stood perched in a tree overlooking the Chunin Instructor Evaluation Grounds. Watching for some sign of just who it was that had been driving the kunoichi of Suna mad as of late, she let her mind wander to the day's events. The day's exercise hadn't been too horribly taxing as the scenario was a simple one, which was to escort a VIP from one location to another. To prevent things from getting too repetitive sometimes those assigned to protect the VIP wouldn't encounter anything. Yet others, they would face overwhelming opposition that no squad of shinobi could hope to overcome. Pakura had been both hunter and prey in the scenarios and found that she preferred to be the hunter, especially when it was against her fellow Suna-Nin as is allowed her to show off her superiority to those who had pushed her aside.
Despite her earlier excitement for the day challenges after her shower, when she found out that she would be one of the defenders and who she was partnered with she was tempted to sit out the exercise. Finding herself on the same team as Temari, who she despised due to her familial relations, had really dampened any enjoyment she thought she would get from the wargame. However, due to the presence of the Konoha-Nin Naruto, she had found her mood hadn't dropped nearly as much as she would've expected. She had even been forced to admit that she had even found his interactions with Temari amusing.
As she waited to see if anyone would trigger the circle that appeared to be drawn with old dried blood or a close substitute, she recalled the memory of the high point of the exercise.
"What's the matter with you?" Temari had said watching Naruto pout as he walked at the point of the formation surrounding the VIP to be protected.
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[/Pakura had felt a small smile tug at her lips as she watched the blond man from her position on the VIP's rights side, although she quickly squashed it when he turned back to look over his shoulder while holding his hands behind his head and replied, "This sucks! This is the third time I've been in this scenario and haven't faced any opposition."
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[/Temari blew out a frustrated breath from her position at the person playing the VIP left side. She shook her head although Pakura could detect an amused smile on her lips which she did nothing to hide as she replied, "Naruto, you're supposed to behave as if this was a real mission. You can't tell me that if it was that you would be wishing for a bandit attack which could put our client in danger."
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[/A mischievous smirk appeared on Naruto's face as he countered, "I don't know about that. I suppose that would depend on the client."
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[/The two male shinobi pulling up the rear of the formation, one Suna and one Konoha, chuckled especially as the man playing the VIP said, "I think I should be offended by that."
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[/Pakura couldn't really believe just how relaxed the atmosphere between the Leaf and Sand always seemed to be when the jinchuriki was involved. She even found herself wanting to participate, however remembering that half of those present had been behind the pain she suffered for fifteen years kept her mouth shut. Yet Naruto had other ideas as he asked, "What do you think Pakura? You think it sucks that we aren't going to encounter any opponents. I mean what's the point of having a training scenario if we don't get to do any training?"
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[/Pakura was tempted to just ignore the question, but something in the young man's sparkling blue eyes compelled her to answer which she did by saying, "I wouldn't be so sure that we will get through this scenario unscathed."
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[/Naruto gave her a dashing smile as he said, "You don't have to say that just to cheer me up. We're less than a mile from where we're supposed to drop our VIP off. With the number of shinobi that are acting as town guards at that location, it would be pretty stupid to spring an ambush so close."
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[/"Perhaps," Pakura said surprising herself by her out of character talkativeness, "unless, they believe they have enough personnel to spring their trap and deal with any opposition they face. That means if they do attack in this last portion of our journey it will likely be with a rather large force."
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[/Her words had a chilling effect on those present as they couldn't fault her logic, except for Naruto who was staring at her with stars in his eyes as he replied, "Really, do you really think so?" His gaze passed to Temari as he asked, "Is that what is waiting up ahead for us?"
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[/"How would I know? I am a part of this exercise too, remember," Temari answered. "It wouldn't do me much good as a commander to know what is ahead, now would it?"
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[/"I suppose not," Naruto conceded before turning forward to eagerly scan the forest ahead of them.
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[/Watching the young man, Pakura found herself hoping that she was right as she didn't want to have raised the man's hopes only to see them dashed. Besides, after all the times they had faced each other during the many training scenarios they had participated in already. She was rather eager to see what it would be like to fight at his side.
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[/Pakura's let the memory fade but recalled that shortly they did indeed end up facing a rather large force just before reaching their destination. She hated to admit, but Temari had proved herself to be an excellent squad leader as she had used Naruto and her abilities to the fullest, while supporting them with her fan. When the shinobi playing the town guards arrived, they has been shocked to see that between Pakura's Kekkei Genkai, and Naruto's Shadow Clones they had completely turned the tide against their attackers.
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[/After seeing the blond in such a good mood after their victory, Pakura was ready to end her night on a good note. Sadly, Temari had to ruin it by trying to speak with her as she showered off the day's grime. Pakura had blown off her attempt to complement her at first by just saying it had not been necessary. Still, Temari had persisted prompting the older Suna kunoichi to just reply with a, "Whatever."
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[/Even Pakura had to admit that to the others present she must have come off as rather bitchy. However, she was long past caring what others thought of her so wrapping a towel around herself stepped out of the shower stall to escape the situation. She pushed past Temari, who caused her to stop cold as she said, "I don't know what I did to offend you. But I'm not my father."
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[/Pakura looked over her shoulder coolly as she replied, "Perhaps not, but you're the next best thing because sadly your father went and got himself killed before I could do it myself."
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[/Pakura could see Temari's anger finally flare as her teal eyes smoldered at her. Yet she bit her tongue and managed to say through ground teeth, "Regardless, you performed quite well today and I'm glad you're one of us."
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[/Pakura had stormed out of the communal shower and after crossing the camp clad in only a towel stepped into her tent. But found that she was now too worked up to sleep. Therefore, instead of changing into her sleep wear, she dressed in her normal clothes and decided to work off her anger at one of the training grounds. Stepping outside her tent, she came face to face with Maki whom she nearly collided with.
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[/"What do you want?" Pakura asked her tone still filled with a barely suppressed anger. "If you're here to tell me I should apologize to the Princess. Then let me tell you now to save your breath."
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[/Maki sighed sadly at the woman she at one time had admired greatly before saying, "No, I think we both know that isn't going to happen."
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[/"Then what do you want?"
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[/Maki seemed not to know herself, but after a prolonged silence finally said, "I thought it prudent to remind you of what a wise woman said to me about living with anger in my heart, especially when it is tainting how she treats those who had nothing to do with the wrongs committed against her." With her piece said, Maki turned and left in order to give Pakura time to digest her words.
Pakura frowned as even she couldn't deny the truth of the younger woman's words. However, she refused to admit that she was wrong, as she told herself that Maki could never understand because she hadn't lived through what Pakura had. Her anger still not cooling down, she had intended to head to the training field. Yet, for some reason she found herself at her current location overlooking the circle were some kunoichi had come experience pleasure at a stranger's hands.
She was just about to head back to camp, but instead ducked deeper into the shadows of her perch as to her surprise Maki approached the drawn symbol. To her astonishment, before stepping inside the Suna jounin stripped completely naked. Pakura lost sight of the kunoichi upon her entering the circle as a cone of blue light appeared obscuring her view. Recognizing it as a privacy barrier, Pakura settled in to wait figuring it would be a handful of minutes at best. To her surprise and titillation, it would be nearly an hour before the privacy barrier would disappear after Maki stepped out of the circle. From her vantage point, the green haired Suna-Nin could see Maki's skin glistening from the moonlight due to the sweat that coated it.
Shocked to say the least, due to how Maki had reacted as the other kunoichi had talked about their own visits to the circle. Pakura was just about to leave as the brown haired woman began to get dressed. However, she stopped upon noticing something leaking from Maki's vagina and realized that unlike the other kunoichi; whoever was behind the circle had decided to give his latest volunteer something he had yet to give any of the others that had gone before. She felt a yearning to enter the circle herself, yet pulled herself away as she felt her pride wouldn't allow it. But, that didn't stop her from noticing the satisfied smile that graced Maki's lips as she continued to get dressed. As she headed back to camp, Pakura couldn't deny that she would like to know what could cause such a smile to appear on her face as well.
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Mabui entered the Raikage's office while holding several reports as she wore a concerned frown. Stepping before her village leader's desk she was about to speak, but A beat her to the punch by asking, "Has there been any word from Darui's team yet on our missing shinobi?"
The Raikage's assistant gave a curt nod as she replied, "I'm afraid so, sir. At least, Darui found most of those who were missing." The Raikage arched an eyebrow at her so she clarified by saying, "The only member of the team they have yet to find is Toroi."
A stood from his chair, and then move to his window to stare out on the village with his arms folded behind his back as he asked, "Do we suspect he has sought employment elsewhere?"
Mabui frowned at the question, as well as how the Raikage phrased it. But she knew it was always a painful matter for the village leader whenever one of his shinobi decided to pursue the path of the Missing-Nin. Although she knew that the Raikage already suspected the answer was no, she put his mind at ease by saying, "There is no reason to believe that at this time." Mabui had another reason to believe that in thanks to information she was privy to as a member of Naruto's harem of lovers. However, she was hesitant to bring it up due in part to the fact that Kumogakure's own intelligence network had yet to hear even a whisper of a recent abduction that Iwa had experienced with one of their shinobi. However, the intelligence department had reported that a team of shinobi from the Hidden Mist had gone missing and while unlike Kumo's own Toroi or Gari of Iwa none of the members on the missing team from Kirigakure seemed to possess a Kekkei Genkai. One of the members, a shinobi by the name of Chukichi was a renowned sensor whose abilities were so specialized it could be considered one. Believing that all three occurrences were linked she said, "Sir, by chance do you remember a report of a shinobi squad from the Hidden Mist Village that went missing earlier this month?"
Aware that his assistant wouldn't have brought up the matter without reason, turned from the window to ask, "Are you suggesting that these two cases are linked? That's quite a leap of logic."
Mabui could see why her leader would think that, but with her knowledge of the third case in Iwa knew a case could be made that it was. However, instead of trying to convince him that they were, she decided to try a different tact by suggesting, "I know, however perhaps it would be prudent to inform the other villages there may be a group out there like Akatsuki, who are targeting our shinobi with specialized abilities."
The Raikage looked at her as if she had grown a second head and with a snort said, "For what possible reason would I do that?"
Mabui fought back a sigh at her village leader's question since it highlighted how unless a threat was of grave enough to demand it, working together with another shinobi village was the last thing a Kage often considered. But, she had already expected such a response to her suggestion so replied, "I feel it may be a wise idea as it would allow you to repair your reputation to a certain extent. I don't think I need to remind you about how wary some of the other countries and villages have been of Kumo lately now that your involvement in the Hyuuga incident has become public knowledge. Also, if a group is targeting the personnel of the major shinobi villages, by providing the other villages with some warning we may be able to put a stop to their scheme before it reaches fruition and may also let us learn of Toroi's fate."
The Raikage crossed his arms over his broad chest and began to rub his chin in thought. Mabui waited patiently as he thought over the matter while looking at all the angles. Since she was confident that she had presented the idea in the best possible light she was in no way surprised when A finally said, "Your idea has merit. I trust I can leave it to you to see that the other Kage are informed of the situation."
Mabui bowed slightly, before turning and leaving the office. Pulling several envelopes from within one of the reports she had brought into the office, she smiled as she was happy that she could send them out through official channels. Especially since, the one that had been destined for the Hokage would have been sent with or without the Raikage's consent.
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In another clearing closer to Konoha, another late night hookup was about to happen. At least that's what the young man from Suna hoped would be the result so that he could report back to his peers at the main camp with the details of his exploits. As was natural for shinobi stationed in new and exciting places, quite a few of the Suna men would hit Konoha and the surrounding villages like a hurricane on their time off. As was often the case, these men would go in pursuit of the three ninja vices which were women, gambling, and alcohol. To the Suna-nin's amazement, on one such trip he had managed to muster up enough game to score a perfect ten hottie and although he had already experienced all she had to offer. He had not been able to say no when she had told him that she would be visiting Konoha later in the week and was interested in having a little more fun with him.
Standing alone with only his memories of the night in Tanzaku Town keeping him warm, Abiru held his hand up to his mouth blowing in it and confident it passed the smell test gave the clearing another look. Hoping he wasn't about to be stood up, but was already crafting a story in his head that he would tell the others if he was blown off so he felt a sigh of relief as he heard a twig snap signaling the arrival of the hot civilian waitress he had met at one of the gambling halls in Tanzaku Town on his last weekend leave.
She appeared from behind one of the trees wearing a red violet bodysuit that exposed much of her body to his roving eyes. She gave him a smoldering look, which caused Abiru's mouth to go dry as it was paired with a seductive smile. Raising her hands above her head she posed for him as she asked throatily, "You like what you see baby?" She punctuated her sentence by turning slowly giving him a chance to drink in her luscious figure.
"Fuck yeah," the shinobi of Suna said as he adjusted his hardening member as he began to relive some of their previous encounter.
The brown-haired woman completed her turn and using her finger waved him forward saying, "Then what are you waiting for? Show me how much you want it."
Abiru was on her in a moment, cupping her face and stroked the two square tattoos under her left eye with his thumb before sealing his lips to hers in a forceful and demanding kiss. Meeting her tongue with his as he closed his eyes to delight in the sensations from her talented mouth, he reached into the gaps of her suit at her hips in order to squeeze her ass. Abiru couldn't wait to bury his cock in the woman before him, however couldn't pull himself away from her lips as it felt like she was almost completely engulfing him in warmth. Yet, upon opening his eyes was horrified to see that the reason for the warm feeling was because the woman had turned to a silvery-blue liquid that was swallowing him up.
He tried to pull back in revulsion but couldn't, which prompted the woman to say, "Naughty boy, you peeked."
He tried to scream, but the woman no longer taking it slow began to push her liquid form into his mouth and nose. Abiru gagged until she completely disappeared within, and then sunk to his knees as he coughed roughly. He was about to try and run back to camp, but found his body no longer followed his command before a piercing pain jammed itself into his brain and then thought no more.
A moment later a darkly amused smile appeared on his face as he wiped at his mouth before saying, "Was that as good for you baby as it was for me?"
"Are you quite done, Ni? I was beginning to think that you had begun to enjoy your time with that man."
Ni turned towards the man that had appeared from the same direction she had and replied while wearing an amused smirk on her new features, "He had his moments. But as I told you, considering his lack of stamina, I would have burnt out this body before I could complete the mission."
The man with three purple tattoos on his forehead and thus whose creator had simply named him San said, "Remember, we must secure the target quickly as the night of the eclipse soon approaches."
Ni was already walking away as she replied, "Relax, we've been preparing for this for a long time. With the right push, she'll do most of the work for us. Besides, she's the last one as Master says that Kakashi will deliver himself to us." With that said, Ni took off running for the Training Force's camp in order to fulfill her creator's desire of a perfect body and immortality.
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Yoruichi sighed as she stared out the window of the third floor library within Kiyomi's mansion. She made sure to put the right pitch of disapproval in it and fought back a smile as her sister shut the book she was reading in annoyance and said, "Stop that this instant."
"Hmmm, did you say something?"
Kiyomi narrowed her eyes at the dark skinned woman as she said, "I know perfectly well why you are trying to annoy me. But, it isn't going to work. As I told you, the matter is closed."
As Kiyomi spoke her mind, Yoruichi had turned to look back out the window. When her sister had finished she looked back in order to say in a board tone, "I'm sorry, were you saying something." She got the results she was hoping for, as Kiyomi's face turned red in anger. Before the redhead could tear into her with a verbal barrage, she said calmly, "It must really suck to realize somebody doesn't want to hear what you have to say, doesn't it?"
Kiyomi composed herself, but Yoruichi could still hear the anger in her voice as she countered, "Oh how very cute sister. But what pray tell should I have been so keen to hear from Chomei, hmmm, her chorus of lies and deceit about how she never intended to betray me again?"
Yoruichi let a little heat enter her own voice as she stood to face her fellow Bijuu while she replied, "We don't know that she has. From everything Komachi has learned it doesn't appear that Danzou is any the wiser about us being on to him."
"Which only tells me that she had yet to make up her mind on whether or not to go through with it," Kiyomi replied turning her back on her sister as she prepared to storm out of the room.
"So what," Yoruichi said her voice lowering as some of the sadness she also felt at the situation entered it, "do you intend to drive her right into the enemy's arms so you can say see I told you so?"
Kiyomi paused with her hand resting on the doorknob. In a small voice she replied, "She is the one at fault here, not me."
"I know," Yoruichi conceded, "but it looks like to me that Chomei was just hedging her bets. Considering that you didn't hide how little you trusted her and our history as prisoners always looking for a means of escape. Can you blame her for trying to take control the situation? Isn't that what you were doing when you first created that chakra being filled with Naruto's dark memories?"
Kiyomi let her hand fall away from the door handle and turning back towards Yoruichi said, "That's fighting dirty, but you've made your point. I'll speak with her, but I'm going to let her stew for a few days."
Yoruichi nodded as she was aware that Kiyomi needed the time to cool down as much as she wanted to let Chomei think about her actions. Confident that once her two sisters talked they would work out their differences. She decided to leave the room as she felt that Kiyomi probably wanted some distance from her as well at the moment. Reaching the door, she looked back to see Kiyomi had returned to her book and could see that on one of the pages was a drawing that she believed depicted how their father had defeated the Ten-Tailed beast in order to become the first jinchuriki. Not quite sure what it was her sister was looking for, as they had all heard the tale from the man himself, she decided not to ask as she was sure that Kiyomi would let her know what she was looking for when the time came.
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Pakura felt nervous in a way she found it difficult to describe as she stood a few inches from entering the intricately drawn circle that was said to summon the spirit of a perverted shinobi. Pakura believed it was poppycock, since she could recognize some of the various advanced formulas that made up the seal and could see nothing which would help a man escape from the cold sting of death. However, whether it was true or just an elaborate con to allow some pervert a chance explore the bodies of a few kunoichi that would allow it. She couldn't deny one thing and that was to those who had experienced the pleasure inside the circle many claimed it was life altering.
Wanting to experience it for herself, she took a deep breath and stepped inside. Almost immediately, the circle flared to life as it threw up a privacy barrier, which as she looked through it cast the outside world in a spooky light almost making her believe that she had stepped into one of the realms of the afterlife. A few seconds later her acute senses told her that she was no longer alone, but as she slowly looked over her shoulder could see no sign of who had joined her.
The Suna kunoichi was beginning to understand why so many of her fellow ladies of shadow would make use of the circle, as just from the theatrics she had to admit she felt a tingle of excitement course through her. That tingle only grew more pronounced as she felt the first featherlike touches of the back of the hand from the person who had joined her begin against her butt. Understanding that the light touches were asking for her permission to continue, she nodded and was immediately rewarded with a firm squeeze of her ass.
Pakura attempted to keep her composure, but she found it difficult as the persons other hand began to snake around her waist. It paused for a moment over her stomach where it rubbed in a small circular motion. She sighed from the sensations, even though it was through her clothes, and leaned back into a strong chest confirming to her that whatever it was touching her, it was definitely male. She felt her body begin to respond to the mystery man's efforts especially as the hand on her stomach began to move up to her aching breasts. She moaned loudly when the hand passed over her nipple causing the fabric to rub against it deliciously.
The hand fondling her ass ended its actions, and she could feel as it traveled over her body to join the other in exploring her chest. She began to get into it more and more as she moaned while the man's hands squeezed and fondled her breasts and teased her nipples. She felt something begin to poke her from behind and upon realizing what it was, pressed her rear against it firmly. She felt her pussy quiver when the mystery man groaned as she began to grind her hips against his manhood. She was just letting herself go when the mystery man stopped his fondling of her breasts in order to grab the portion of her dress covering her chest, and pushed the material into the valley of her breasts exposing them to the world.
Like a switch being flipped, all the pleasure she had been feeling disappeared as she recalled a similar instance some fifteen years prior. The forest disappeared from her view only to be replaced by an opulent bedroom. "No…stop," she said both in her memory and in the present. Causing both the mystery man, and the noble who had been laying on top her in her memory to stop what they were doing and step away.
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[/Now fully immersed in the memory, Pakura sat up in the bed as her hands moved to cover her exposed breasts. The noble, who she had been assigned to guard, smiled gently at her as she said, "My dear you have nothing to be embarrassed about."
"I-I know," she said hating the way her voice hitched in nervousness, "but my assignment is to protect you. I shouldn't be letting my emotions get the better of me; there is a reason that men are listed as one of the three vices of kunoichi."
The noble smiled at her in the way she had found both charming and insufferable as he moved to sit next to her on the side of the bed. Reaching for a decanter which was filled with an expensive liquor that rested on his end table. He filled a crystal glass and passed it to her as he said, "What a silly thing to consider a vice."
Having adjusted her dress to once more cover her breasts, Pakura tempted to wave off the drink as she said, "Well we can't all be aristocrats who spend their days chasing beautiful women, and not having to worry about money."
The noble gave her the same smile he usually did when she teased him about his station in life, that always seem to convey to her that he was in on some inside joke as he replied, "My dear you wound me. Besides, it is only because of those endless days of womanizing that has allowed me to see and appreciate it when someone truly magnificent has come before me." Seeing that Pakura was making no move to take the glass from him, he said, "Let me guess alcohol is another one of those silly vices of yours."
She nodded, but seeing he wasn't putting the glass down took it from him as she figured that a small sip wouldn't hurt her. However instead of sipping it, she downed the contents due to the nervousness that she was still feeling. She felt a warming sensation that caused her to lean back into the plush pillows behind her as she felt an overpowering desire to go to sleep sweep through her. Her eyes snapped open as she fought against it upon realizing that she had been drugged. "What have you d…"
However she trailed off upon noticing that although the smile was the same, it was decidedly less charming, as she realized that the reason he always seemed so amused was because he was, at her for thinking she was anything to him but another potential tally in his book. He stood from the bed and snapped his fingers causing the double doors of his bedroom to be thrown open as several of his guards entered.
Pakura tried to fight the effects of the drug she had ingested, but found she could neither move nor harness her chakra. The noble noticing her struggles said, "Relax my dear, you won't be harmed. If anything I've just decided to collect on the services I paid your village for."
Shocked at the implications of what he was suggesting, Pakura asked, "What the hell do you mean services paid for? I was hired to protect you."
Shaking his head and with an amused smile the Wind noble replied, "Do you really believe that?" Indicating the men that had entered the room he said, "As you can see I'm already quite well protected. No, this was just another one of those silly little games I like to play. It's just so much sweeter when they give themselves to me willingly." Eyeing her with a naked lust that made her shiver for all the wrong reasons he added, "Although it's also fun when they resist. However, that requires a different venue." Walking away as his guards dragged her behind him he said to himself, "Perhaps I should've gone with this method from the very beginning. I must admit I am really looking forward to breaking in my new wooden horse."
Pakura went slack allowing the men to carry her through the mansion without resistance. She took the time to focus her chakra as best she could. Directing the small amount she could harness internally, she raised her core temperature hoping to burn through the drug faster than the noble or his men expected. They passed several servants along the way, and Pakura figured that the progression of the noble and his men along with an unwilling party must have been a common occurrence, as the servants would get out of their path, and as they did so adverted their gazes.
After what felt like forever, to which Pakura was actually grateful for, they arrived at a hall that dead ended with the only piece of furniture being an old grandfather clock. The noble stepped before the clock and adjusted the hands of it to read twelve o'clock. The clock began to chime and he pressed a button on the back of it which caused a panel to open up on the wall to their left. Pakura raised her head to look inside and felt her blood run cold as she saw all the medieval looking devices that although she didn't know how most of them were used. She did know that they were sexual in nature.
The noble stepped in first followed by his guards and her. He walked towards the center of the room and patted a wooden triangle that was suspended in the air and attached is the ceiling by ropes at the ends of it. The noble gave it a pat and said as he looked back at, "You're going to have the honor of being the first to give this beauty a ride. What do you think of that?"
Pakura raised her head weakly as she said with a face dripping of sweat, "I think… I think you should have been spent the money on better security."
Pakura pulled her arms free of the men that gripped them due to the lax hold of the guards, who had figured she would still be hopeless as a result the drugs she had been slipped. Having raised her body temperature through her Kekkei Genkai, she had felt her ability to move return although she still felt sluggish. However, even a sluggish shinobi was still much faster than men paid to protect someone due to the size of their muscles. She showed this by slamming the bottom of her hand up against the man to her rights windpipe, crushing it even as he was just registering she had slipped from his grip. She then grabbed the sword at his waist and pulling it free of it scabbard, and plunged it into the chest of the man to her left as he was reaching for his blade. She let go of the blade just as the man she had killed with it took hold of the handle as he sunk to his knees.
Her feverish gaze next fell onto the noble, whose face had become a mask of fear, and as he opened his mouth to tell her why harming him would be a bad idea. She launched forward kicking him in the side of the head sending him skittering across the floor. Picking himself up off the floor, he crawled towards the entrance of his playroom, but Pakura grabbed him by the back of the head pulling him up to his knees where he said, "You stupid bitch. Do you have any idea who the fuck I am? My father has the ear of the daimyo, and I paid good money to your masters for the right to have my fun with you."
Pakura didn't believe him naturally, as although she knew that sometimes kunoichi were sometimes asked to sleep with powerful men. She couldn't see them doing such to her, especially without asking for her consent as she had just recently been named, "Hero of the Hidden Sand" for her role in thwarting an Iwa plot to take advantage of the recent disappearance of the Third Kazekage. Still, despite her rage Pakura simply threw his head forward and stood to leave the room aware that even if justified killing a noble could have dire consequences.
She leaned up against the frame of the hidden doorway as she felt lightheaded for a moment due to the fever she was sporting still. Sadly, the noble had less concern for the consequences of his killing a shinobi so seeing her moment of weakness, scrambled to his feet pulling the sword from the still kneeling corpse of his guard and charged forward intent on plunging the blade into her back. Pakura sensed the attack and reacting on instinct stepped to the side to avoid the blade and spun slamming a small orb of fire into his chest. The affect was immediate as the noble dropped the blade causing it to clatter on the floor as steam appeared from inside him as he shriveled up as all the water was evaporated from his body.
He collapsed forward partially into the hall that led to his "playroom". Pakura stared down at the corpse, her mind reeling with the potential fallout from her actions. She tried to think rationally, but a scream cut through her attempt as she spun to see that a maid who had been passing by the hall had spotted the dead body. Aware that even more guards would be on their way, she took off running down the hall passing by the woman and leapt through a nearby window to escape towards Suna.
Unfortunately for her, Suna offered no sanctuary. As soon as she stepped through its main gate she found herself arrested and thrown in jail. She languished there for months while only hearing the occasional gossip about not only her fate, but what was going on in the outside world. She had heard that the noble's father had demanded her head, and the truth that the Suna Shinobi Council had sent her to be the man's plaything fully expected for them to turn her over.
However, that was not to be as the recently appointed Fourth Kazekage appeared before her cell. "Open it," he said entering the cell after the guards had complied and stepped before her. She hadn't stood for him, nor offered any greeting as he simply watched her with only his eyes being visible from behind the cloth mask that covered his face as he wore the hat and robes of his new station. Finally he said, "Follow me."
Guessing that her time had come, she stood and followed determined to face her end as the prideful kunoichi that she was. To her great surprise instead of being led a squad of the daimyo's guard or magistrates, she was taken to a simple one bedroom apartment. Without a word the Kazekage was about to leave but she asked, "What's going on? Have I been cleared of the false charges against me? Has my story finally been verified that he drugged and tried to rape me?"
The Kazekage looked back at her and replied, "Your story was never in doubt. However, even if there had been a serious attempt to investigate it, by the time anybody could have searched his mansion for this room you spoke of all the evidence would have been cleared away."
"Why would you send me to serve such a monster?"
The Kazekage turned to face her to say, "I was against accepting this contract as I have a daughter myself, but that in no way excuses your actions. You are a kunoichi of status in the Hidden Sand Village, and your actions have embarrassed us greatly."
"My actions?! What about…"
The rest of her sentence was silenced by a backhand from the Kazekage. "Be silent," he warned dangerously. "Do not think that you are free as a token of mercy. The only reason you have not been turned over to the daimyo's courts and to death, is because due to the disappearance of my predecessor and our rash actions in trying to find him it appears a new Shinobi World War is upon us. I fully expect you to die as atonement for failing in your last mission and killing your client. The sad fact of the matter is that despite it being so much easier to hand you over to appease the daimyo's advisor, I need every available soldier for the coming war."
His piece said he stepped out of the room and much as he told her. He had sent her to her death many times. Yet Pakura refused to die and always returned after leaving a trail of desiccated corpses in her wake. Still, that didn't stop her fellow Suna shinobi from treating her as a person to be shunned. When the war ended, she fully expected to be turned over and executed. However, in the Third Shinobi War's final days Kirigakure staged a brazen attack on the Wind Country capital. In the attack the daimyo and much of his court, including the father of the noble she had killed, have been murdered. As a result the matter had been dropped as the Fourth Kazekage refused to surrender a weapon as lethal as Pakura. But that didn't stop many of the shinobi of the Sand village from believing that the reason the new daimyo kept cutting the funds he supplied to Suna was somehow tied to her killing of the noble. As a result, she was further ostracized from her peers, this in turn only caused her resentment of the fourth Kazekage and those tied to them to grow and fester.
All this passed through Pakura's mind as she clutched her naked chest while standing in the summoning circle. She didn't know how long she had just been standing there but looking over her shoulder she was sure she looked like a pathetic wretch. Feeling exposed like a nerve due to the memories that she would rather forget, she darted through the privacy barrier adjusting her clothes as she made her way back to camp.
She had just managed to get her emotions back under control as she entered it. Looking for an isolated place she could sit by herself around one of the many bonfires, she felt each laugh and bit of merriment she heard as the other shinobi talked among themselves was a painful reminder of how lonely she truly was. Finding a fire with no one around it, she sat down and tried to recapture the warmth she had been feeling while in the mystery man's arms. To her dismay she wasn't alone long as two of her fellow Sand shinobi joined her, not that they paid her any attention.
"Come on, Abiru. Quit holding out on me," one of them said in a hushed whisper. "Was that woman you hooked up with as wild last night as she was in Tanzaku Town?"
"Nah, I'm afraid not. Turns out she was a little cock tease." Abiru's friend was about to comment on how the young man had claimed last time they had hooked up she was a panther in bed, but then Abiru as if noticing Pakura was there for the first time said, "Speaking of cock teases…"
He stood to leave as did his friend, who was obviously quite uncomfortable that Abiru had just insulted such a dangerous person, but Pakura due to her recent reliving of the past just snapped shouting as she shot to her feet, "What did you just call me?"
Abiru appeared unafraid and with a cruel smirk replied, "A cock tease, you know the kind of woman that gets a man all riled up before shutting him down. At least that's how I heard the story of the man you murdered went." As much as Abiru's taunt bothered her, it was his friend's reaction as he tried to pull his friend away as he looked at her with fear like she would murder them both at any moment that irked her the most.
Tired of it, she said, "That's how you heard it, huh? It's always convenient how they leave out the fact that without my knowledge they sent me there to be that bastard's whore in hopes his father would increase the funds being directed to the village."
Abiru seemed to give the matter some thought, but then said, "Well when you put it that way, it seems rather selfish that you turned him down then."
"You son of a bit…" Pakura shouted as she charged the smirking man about to punch him into the middle of next week. But before she could connect, she was grabbed from behind. She looked over her shoulder to see Temari holding her so asked, "Afraid I'd hurt one of your precious shinobi?"
Temari shook her head as she replied, "No, I'm afraid I'd lose one. If you hit him, no matter how much he deserves it. I'd be forced to reprimand you and due to the current ban against fighting, I'd be forced to strip you of your shinobi status."
Pakura recognized that Temari had saved her from committing a serious mistake and losing the only thing she had left that she attributed any value to. But that didn't stop her from pulling herself violently from the blonde woman's grip and storming off. Behind her, she could hear Temari tearing into Abiru but couldn't help the feeling that she would have been better off just giving in and dying in the last great war.