The Fourth

Chapter 9

"Kuro... Why won't you turn over to their side, they're so much better than this group, not to mention that they've gotten a stronger demon,"
"Shut up. Let me sleep in peace."
"You must make a choice. Care about yourself, fight for yourself, love nobody but yourself."
"Shut up Gaara, If you don't leave me in peace, I swear the first person I'm coming after in the morning is you."
"Alright then. Just heed my warning, you need to change sides before something happens,"
"Go fuck yourself,"
Drenched in sweat I wake up. Kitani's arm was wrapped around my waist tightly. "Kitani..." I whispered shaking him to wake him up. "What's up little -yawn- kitten?" He woke up yawning. "You wanted to show me something?" I laughed a bit. "Mhm, that's right -yawn- baby girl." I blush at the name that he called me. "Come here," He whispered motioning me to bring myself closer to him. I shuffle up close to his skinny warm pale body as he puts his hand a bit above my behind. "K-Kita-" I was cut off because his lips were sealed with mine.. After a while we pulled away panting. "That... was... amazing..." He chuckled at my comment. "Just wait until we're older," He whispered in my ear running his fingers up and down my thighs. I giggled, still a bit ticklish. "I love you Kuro." He whispered in my ear kissing my cheek. "I love you too Kitani," I yawned nuzzling my nose into the crook of his neck. He pulled me closer to him, allowing me to bury my head into his neck as we waited for morning to come.
"Hey, you two, get up will ya?" Sasuke's voice rang in a whisper. Kitani and I yawned and got up from the ground, we continued our way to the center of the forest until I felt a stinging pain in my neck, that was almost unbearable. I started screaming and Kitani rushed over to me. I collapsed and my eyes began to blur as Kitani pulled me into his lap, holding me like a child that fell asleep. The fight went on but I can't really describe it hence that I was unconscious.

Kitani's POV
I was watching the whole thing while protecting Kuro. Sasuke was paralyzed in fear, staring at the person who was attacking them. "SASUKE, STOP BEING A COWARD AND FIGHT," Naruto yelled, once the attacker burned the Earth Scroll that we had gained from the last fight. I hid Kuro in a tree, hopefully nothing would happen to her. But I being the overprotective one put. A shield around her from any causes of danger or harm. I jumped out and joined in after Hachiro was thrown into the distance. "Sakura! COME OVER HERE!" I yelled putting my fingers in a hand sign. "Say, take care of my body while I'm gone will you?" She nods and get's up behind me ready to catch me when I fall. "MIND TRANSFER JUTSU!" I yelled. My mind went to the attackers and I thought of a fun thing to do, you see this man had an Earth Scroll, so why not just take it. "Man this guy is old as fuck!" I exclaimed. Sakura and Naruto burst out laughing. "Remember you guys, if you hurt him, you hurt me, so please don't kill him until I'm out?" They nodded and Sakura put my body next to Kuros. Sasuke retrieved Hachiro and placed him next to me. "ALRIGHT, ON MY SIGNAL, I'LL RELEASE AND YOU HAVE TO ATTACK." I announced. "No, what're you doing?! LET GO OF ME!!!" The soul of the body spoke. "Never in your dreams." "READY?!" I put the guys hands into the release sign. "NOW! RELEASE!" They all came running about to attack as I returned to my body. There was a massive explosion, but it wasn't good enough. He was still stronger. "KITANI! COVER THEM!" Sasuke yelled, noticing that I was now in the tree with Kuro and Hachiro. I nod and set up a barrier/shield protecting the three of us. I checked on Kuro to see if there was any damage done to her form and skin, none but there was one mark. It was shaped like three cyclones moving towards the middle. I also checked Hachiro, making his wings visible. He did have a bruised eye and a couple scratches but nothing dangerous. Naruto crashed into a tree, while Sasuke ended up like Kuro. His neck was bitten and the mark that Kuro had, appeared on his skin. "That was only an early gift, there's more in the end," I had his Earth Scroll, but almost everyone on our team had fainted and laid unconscious. "You take Kuro and Hachiro, I'll get Sasuke and Naruto," Sakura whimpers. "Sakura, it's going to be fine. They'll wake up, I checked their pulses, they're going to be fine. Believe me."
Sakura and I found a tree with the roots coming up out of the ground making a small dome. "This should work, there's a stream near by, so we should wait here until they awaken." Sakura nods in agreement and she stays watch while I went to retrieve some water.
"You're protecting her well," A grim voice came from behind. "Gaara."