As the roar broke the air, Haruto turned with the bloodlust visible in his coal black eyes. His mouth was curved with an insane smile and his fingers were curled at angles that just screamed terror and insanity. Down the way that they had come, he saw some type of animal looking creature staring at him like a predator.
It was, or used to be, human but the way it was crouched gave it the look of an animal in some ways. It had no shirt but wore baggy torn shorts, giving Haruto a perfect view of its pale gray skin and its lean muscles. Its nails were longer and sharpened like Haruto's currently were. The eyes of the creature were not the same dead white that the other zombies held; instead they were a piercing yellow. Its teeth were no different than normal human's teeth, though.
It let out another high pitched roar and Haruto charged in his blind rage. It did the same and tried to claw at Haruto when it got close but Haruto was able to get past it as he raked his claws across its chest, cutting it deep but not in half like Haruto had wanted. He landed and turned, his coat whipping wildly in the wind that was picking up.
The scene was perfect… much like one would see in a movie. Haruto was crouched on one end of the park, his legs spread to the point that he looked like a gymnast. His left arm was forward on the ground with his right back underneath his hunched chest, keeping him steady and balanced. As his jacket whipped about, his smile bared his vicious teeth at the other creature… the Predator...
The Predator was wild and erratic, having no true stance to take as it twitched with anticipation. Soon it became too much and it disappeared with great speed. Haruto disappeared as well, his superior eyesight watching it as he moved. Their claws met and they clashed like two blades in battle as they kept moving, going after each other with a purpose.
Haruto stopped at his blade, still crouched as he reached for it. He took hold of the hilt and disappeared once more, clashing against its claws with his blade instead of his claws. The Predator held its own against the sword and pushed Haruto back with force. He hit the ground and the creature came after him even faster. He blocked the next hit with his blade and swiped at the Predator with his left hand, catching its face and sending it barreling into the fountain.
Haruto dodge a swipe from a nearby infected one and grabbed it by its face before shucking it at the Predator with great strength. It smashed into the evil creature but a swish of air and a small line of smoke from the dust cloud told Haruto that it had moved. His black eyes looked around until he heard the air breaking behind him and he turned, taking a wide slash in the process.
It ended with a bang as the body of the Predator smashed into the ground in two pieces. Haruto turned and saw the halves still twitch and he smirked before his head began to throb in pain. He clenched his eyes as he fought the pain and begrudgingly started to move towards the supposedly dead body of Saeko. He slowly sheathed his blade as he knelt down beside her, his eyes returning to their cerulean blue as he felt tears begin to well up.
He saw her face… so peaceful even in "death". He put a hand on her shoulder as he looked down to her arm to see… the wound was not there. His eyes widened as he inspected it closer. There was neither scab nor scar… there was nothing to show that there was ever a wound except for her torn sleeve. How did… I thought… she was dead! This is… humph… so confusing… yet so intriguing. She was able to beat the infection! Could it be… is it because of mine and Naruko's chakra within her? That has to be the answer… it's the only way.
He heard another roar and turned his head but quickly turned back to Saeko's body. He picked her up bridal style and got up, looking for a way to get away from whatever was coming their way. He saw something that looked like it was leading to a shrine. He quickly took off and ran up the pathway. He saw that there was nothing up to block his way and he gave a sigh of relief.
When he got to the landing that the shrine rested on, he also saw that there were none of the infected there as well. He smiled as he went to the central building and carefully pushed open the door and maneuvered inside. When he laid Saeko down he walked over and closed the door as quietly as he could.
There was little light in the shrine due to a lack of windows and he looked around to the best of his ability to find some way to bring some form of light to the room. When he found the candles at the back he started a small string of seals. "Katon: Kasai no Fingā." A small flame appeared on the tip of his right index finger and he carefully lit the candles surrounding the inside of the shrine.
When he was finished he simply shook his finger and the flame went out with a small stream of smoke coming from the tip. He looked to Saeko whom had now curled up and had the tip of her thumb in her teeth, as if she were trying not to suck her thumb. He smiled as he thought of how cute it made her look. Haruto then continued on to sigh and he sat near the back where a katana sat on its stand. '
Alter… we need to talk.
"Yeah? What the fuck do you want?" Haruto caught the attitude in his voice and he was immediately angered. After what just happened you have no right to get an attitude! You can shut the fuck up and chill the fuck out you sadistic, evil, sarcastic, manipulative fucking SON OF A BITCH!' His head was silent for a moment as he had to calm himself down. "You know… I was honestly beginning to wonder if you had a set of balls hidden in between your legs. Guess you're starting to show them, huh?"
Haruto growled. You had better have a good damn excuse for holding back your chakra when I asked for it. We had an agreement. "Last I checked I'm still in this body. Last time I let you use it, it was a 'Mutually Beneficial' situation, remember? There was nothing beneficial for me about saving her! Why the fuck should I care?"
She's a friend! She more than that as well!"She is to you, not me. I don't care if the bitch would've died back there. As a matter of fact, I wish she had died! Maybe then you would've drawn enough of my chakra for me to take you over and I'd be out of this god forsaken mindscape!" Haruto was barely able to contain his anger as he shut down the connection to his mind. He looked up with hard eyes and saw that Saeko was stirring. He shook his head and tried his best to wipe his look of disgust and rage away.
Saeko picked herself up and looked around in a daze before she got a massive headache and rubbed her temple with a pained look. Haruto was at least relieved that she was okay. He smiled and stood to walk over to her. Her headache subsided and she smiled at him before she sat all the way up with her legs to the side as she stayed propped up with her arm. Haruto sat across from her with his legs crossed, but not before he unstrapped his blade and setting it beside him.
Saeko saw this and her eyes widened as she looked down to her sheath and found no sword. She looked back to Haruto. "I am so sorry! I've lost your sword!" Haruto held up a hand with a smile to get her to stop and she did. He pulled out a different scroll instead of the one that he had that held the sword that he gave her. He rolled it out and out popped two small bento boxes. He smiled as he rolled the scroll up before putting it back on his scroll belt. "Did you have those the whole time?"
Haruto nodded. "I have three scrolls on my belt that are dedicated to food items. Each scroll holds about two thousand items apiece and certain items are in seals that contain the perfect conditions at which to keep it." Saeko nodded as she took the bento that he offered her. She opened it and began to speak. "You definitely came prepared with your outfit and gear. Not only would you give of the aura of intimidation but you would also be ready for any situation that could present itself."
Haruto nodded and dug into his bento, deep in thought. It's like she doesn't even remember getting bitten by that thing. Hmmm… I won't tell her about it if she doesn't know. I don't need her to get to thinking that she can go in without fear of death. Cockiness would get her killed no matter what. Even I'm not invincible... Saeko calmly ate her food and spoke in between her occasional bites. "So when you came to the school to seek us out, did you already have that stuff packed or did you pack it as you came?"
"I actually had this made long ago. The whole thing was made by a good friend of mine and even the blade I carry was made by someone I know. Kurenai-chan made the outfit long before the outbreak ever came about and I just never found a use for it before now." She smiled at his answer and took another bite. Now's my chance! I can ask him about his distance… She sighed as she placed the unfinished food down and put the top on it. Haruto gave her a questioning look. "You okay, Saeko-chan?"
She looked to the side with a sad face. "Haruto-kun… ever since we left the bridge you've been… distant from me. I was wondering… why?" Haruto sighed as he hung his head to where his eyes were blocked. He slowly placed the bento down and covered it as well. "I was hoping that you wouldn't notice. I thought that I was being rather subtle about it..." Saeko giggled. "Not subtle enough, I guess."
Haruto gave a dry chuckle. "Yeah..." Saeko began to get worried and she crawled over to him. "Are you okay, Haruto-kun? Is something the matter?" Haruto gave another sigh and he looked up to her with a small smile. "No… nothing's wrong. But… I have to tell you something, Saeko-chan. What I tell you cannot, under any circumstances, be known by anyone else. Do you understand?"
She nodded quickly as she settled on her knees only a foot from him. He looked to the candlelight and began. "Well… you know that I'm definitely not normal. That can be figured out rather fast if you have common sense and everyone in the group has that in spades except for Shizuka-chan at times, though she has her moments. But anyway, my normalcy is not only because I'm faster, stronger and more enduring than a normal human… I'm..."
Saeko leaned in closer as Haruto hung his head once again. "Yes, Haruto-kun? What is it?" Haruto looked up at her. "I'm not going to draw this out, Saeko-chan… you deserve to know. I am not from this time. I am from the past." Her eyes widened when she heard this and she leaned back. "What?" Haruto sighed as he looked to the side. "I didn't expect you to believe me but it was worth a shot I guess."
She just stared at him with her mouth slightly agape. "You… you're from the past?" Haruto nodded and she just stared at the ground as he spoke. "Like I said, I never expected you to believe me but it was worth a shot. And since you are already to the point where I'm telling you things, I guess I should come out with the true reason I've been distant." She looked up as Haruto sighed and tried to find the right words.
"I… hmmm… well, the easiest way to say something is just coming out and saying it so I guess I'll do just that. Saeko-chan… I am your ancestor." Her eyes widened to greater points that shouldn't have been possible. She pointed a quivering finger at him. "You… you… you are my ancestor?" once again, Haruto nodded. She fell back off of her knees onto her butt and she stared into nothingness with wide eyes. "But… you're not in our family archives… and I've been through those archives twice"
He moved over beside her and placed a hand on her shoulder and she didn't move. "Now I may be able to explain that. A friend, the same one that made my blade, told me that the place where I once lived was stricken by some unknown disaster. It was never recorded and it destroyed everything. Our way of living was destroyed and it also affected the growth of the world. Due to this, everyone I know, including me, were more than likely wiped from all"
She spoke in a low voice. "But if your land was destroyed… your children… how did they survive?" Haruto shrugged. At least she didn't ask about my friend. "I'm not even sure myself, Saeko-chan. My guess is that they relocated somewhere else. It would make sense." Saeko nodded as she felt her eyes begin to burn. "This can't be true… this just can't be true..."
Haruto looked at the wall in front of them. "I understand that it is rather unbelievable but you must believe me Saeko. I have sensed my own energy within you. There is only one explanation for that, Saeko-chan." She turned and buried her head into his shoulder before letting loose, screams and all. Haruto quickly casted a sound-dampening jutsu over the building as he let her cry into his shoulder.
He placed a hand on her hair and began to stroke it softly. She is so strong… to be reduced to crying into a man's shoulder… she must feel so embarrassed. Damn it… I shouldn't have told her. "Saeko-chan… there is no need to cry. I understand that by telling you this you will probably think differently of me but I just couldn't hold it from you… it didn't seem fair."
She sniffled as she lifted her head. She coughed slightly until she spoke. "No… it's okay… I just… need to stop crying. It's not because of you, though… I promise." He looked confused. "Then what is it? I figured that you'd be under some sort of emotional stress due to the fact that I'm not actually from this time and that I'm your ancestor… what is it?"
She smiled as she wiped her tears away with the back of her hand. "I just… heh… I find it sad… the one guy that I was starting to fall for… turns out to be my ancestor from the past. I guess I just overloaded… the fact that the one I fall for is really the reason I'm here in the first place..." Haruto smiled and chuckled. "I guess that the information would...wait… what?"
Saeko blushed as he looked at her and she looked away. "I said… I was falling for you… now that this came up… I guess that that is shot down..." Haruto looked at her and looked away as well. He gave a dry laugh. "I don't know… until I found out… I was actually starting to like you." She looked back to him. "But you're with Takagi-san now… how can you cheat on her?"
Once again Haruto laughed. "You understand that the last of a clan must sire a son, don't you? Well in my old village we enact the CRA. The Clan Restoration Act was basically making the last male take on multiple wives or the last female marrying into another clan to make their children live on with clans growing stronger by combining techniques. When I think about it, the easiest way to make a clan stronger is to have a daughter marry outside of a clan, but some of our older and stronger clans grew to the point that they were afraid to marry outside. Anyone that wasn't in their clan was automatically tossed from the list of eligible people to marry. Those that were persistent were nearly killed and those that were looked down on by everyone… the clan normally didn't even speak with. I'm just glad that not all of them were like that..."
Haruto started to look down as he spoke and Saeko was catching on. "You… were in love with a clan's daughter… weren't you?" Haruto nodded as he looked away. "I was… until I came to this time we were working together to fight through our own outbreak..." "Wait… you mean that this isn't the first outbreak?" he shook his head. "No… ours started out much like yours, only we were able to mobilize quicker and take it down at the source. It took us nearly eight years to figure out just how to kill them all, but we were able to do it."
She looked at him with a look of interest. "You know how to take these things out all at once?" Haruto nodded. "We would have to find the viral origin. Though tracking it is damn near impossible. The origin point is so small that you could stare right at it and not know it's there. The only way we were able to take it out was due to the perseverance of the one that I was in love with..."
"She was the reason that you destroyed them? She must have abilities greater than even yours." Haruto laughed loudly until it died when he spoke. "I will admit that she is very strong… but I was, without a doubt, the strongest Shinobi back then. She had a great ability that allowed her to track the thing, though. She had a technique known as the Byakugan. It let her see the chakra coils of a person and allowed her to negate their usage of chakra. She used it to track the viral origin down by pinpointing the massive output of chakra. I told you about her already, too… remember?"
Saeko thought over and remembered the girl's name that he spoke so highly of. "Hinata?" Haruto nodded with a smile. "She was an amazing woman..." Saeko smile softly at how he talked about her. He must've genuinely loved her… I wonder… what would've happened if he had stayed in his time? Would they have gotten married? Would they have had… "Haruto-kun..." Haruto looked up and to Saeko. "Yes, Saeko-chan?"
She tried to pick her words correctly. "Could it be possible… could she… Hinata… could she be the one that sired your children?" Haruto's eyes widened as he went deep into thought, but came out of it with a sad look. "It could very well be possible… but the odds of that are extremely slim..." "Why is that?"
Haruto uncrossed his legs and lied back on the floor, looking up to the ceiling as Saeko leaned to look at him. "I already told you that she was part of a clan. Her clan was one of the worst for inner-clan marriages. They also weren't the biggest fans of me when I was in the village. Also… I would've been required to take multiple wives. If I didn't then the council would force me to marry. I would've had to take, at the very least, five wives. While I want to think that I was able to marry her… I can't say for sure."
Saeko nodded. "Okay… so while you know for a fact that you're my ancestor, you don't know who the wife was?" Haruto shook his head and looked away. "I know that it sucks… you know who I am but you don't know who my wives were… you're probably mad." Saeko giggled and Haruto looked to where he heard it and was looking at Saeko, who had lain down beside him. He nearly jumped but kept calm. Why… on Earth… do these women do this to me...
"I'm not mad… I really can't be mad at you..." Haruto was beginning to blush as she moved herself closer to him. Haruto chuckled as he shifted a little on the floor. "Uh… Saeko-chan..." She gave a soft hum of question as she continued to move. "Don't you find it… odd… that you are falling for your however-many-greats-grandfather?" She gave a seductive smile as she shook her head. "With how far we are apart… it's like we are barely even related..."
Haruto's eyes widened as he soon got it. She thinks just like Alter… dear god… He didn't have much time to think as she was soon upon him, her body on top of his with her face right in his own. He was starting to shiver slightly… but there was a feeling that he was getting… something hardening… his eyes widened larger when he felt her leg rubbing closer and closer to where he felt it...
"Uh… oh… Saeko-chan..." She kept her smile and spoke in a smooth voice that heated him to his core. "Yes, Haruto-kun..." He gulped at the feeling of her breath on his lips and for some reason, like with Saya; he felt the need to press his own against them. "What about, Saya-chan?" Saeko giggled as she ran her hand down his chest and to the bulge that was slowly growing. "You're the last of your clan… I think that warrants multiple wives. As you said… you would've had to have taken five, after all."
Haruto's mind began to kick into gear even faster. Oh boy… Shizuka-chan… Saya-chan… Saeko-chan… she's right! That's only three! Oh man… this is going to be harder than I thought… He was torn from his thoughts when she gently placed her lips over his own. His eyes widened until he started to get into it. His eyes closed as his hands began to trail softly down her back. She broke the kiss and he opened his eyes as she gave him a very sexy wink and spoke...
"Wanna make a bit of noise?"