The Nephilim

Note to reader: When there is // that means the beggining of italics and when they stop that is the end. I adopted this technique simply because italics do not show up in these stories.[]= Yes I know shocking. Proceed.
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Sasuke slowly peeled his beds covers off of his body. The sun creeping in from his bedroom window blinded him. He swung his feet off of the bed and swiped his hand across his eyes. Once they focused he stood and stretched his limbs in pleasure. //It must be at least noon now, I better get going, I have little time for 10 hour naps//.

He set on his way to the forest where Sakura, Naruto and himself had received the bell training from Kakashi following there graduation from the academy. It had been a while since this training and Sasuke had grown immensely since then. But It wouldn’t hurt to go back and enjoy a few old memories, and more importantly have a quiet place to mull over some thoughts that had been numbing his brain.

“SASUKE-KUN!!”. He turned to see Sakura running his direction flailing her arms wildly. She stopped in front of him and rested her hands on her knees, breathing harshly.
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“What is it Sakura?” he said with a hint of annoyance in his voice. She hardly noticed. It’s Naruto! He….well you just have to see for yourself”.
Sasuke followed her down the stairs and through the halls of the school and finally the slowed to a stop as they approached a crowd of people bunched into a circle around something Sasuke couldn’t quite make out.



Lee walked ran down the hallway in a great hurry trying to find Neji.//Where could he be?!//. He turned a corner sharply and ran into a crowd of people crowded into a circle. He slowed down and stood on his toes to see Naruto’s spiked head waggling back and forth but he was too short to see much more. Someone pushed him from the back. He turned quickly, guard up. Tenten stared at him with one eyebrow raised.

“A little jumpy are we?” she smirked. He sighed heavily.
“You do not understand Tenten-San, someone has broken into my room and stolen my jumpsuit!! Gai Sensei will be infuriated with my foolishness!”. Tenten looked him up and down.
“That explains the oversized robes” she snickered. He turned from her. “You do not understand my shame Tenten-San”.


“Alright move out of my way” Sasuke pronounced as he pushed and shoved his way to the front of the group. There on the wall was Naruto twisting and convulsing uncomfortably. It looked as if someone had pinned him to the wall with several Kunai by his boxers and night shirt. His face twisted into a gnarled expression as he continued to attempt release.

“Ahh...Naruto how did you get yourself in to this?” Sasuke groaned placing his palm on his forehead.
“It’s not my fault!!” he protested. “One second I’m sleeping, dreaming of how much ramen I could eat in 5 minutes then the next second, I’m up HERE!!!”.
“Ah, so someone ambushed you in your sleep, this is why you lock your door, loser” he chastised as he pulled out one Kunai parallel to Narutos rib. Someone in the crowd screamed profanities, obviously dismayed that their cruel fun was being put to an end. Soon enough the hall cleared out and Naruto was standing on his own two feet again.

“Thanks Sasuke, I owe ya one big time” Naruto said brushing off his shoulders and then looking up not at Sasuke but at Sakura. He scratched his arm. “Hey Sakura — ”. But before he could finish his sentence Sakura spoke.
“That was really brave Sasuke, I mean saving Naruto from COMPLETE embarrassment like that, that takes a good guy ya know” she swooned. Sasuke looked as if he hadn’t heard her speaking.
“Sure” He replied. “I’m leaving” he lifted a hand in farewell as he proceeded down the hall. Sakura sighed and watched him swagger away. She looked Naruto’s way.
“So I saw Hinata running too her room past curfew, looking terrified, last night, weren’t you talking to her, what was up with that” she questioned. He shrugged.
“Who knows! We didn’t get to finish talking before I ran in for curfew”. She nodded still not quite satisfied with the answer.

“Heyyyyyyy, what were you doin’ out past curfew?” he said furrowing his brow.
Her eyes widened. She looked up to see Tenten and Rock Lee standing side by side not too far from them. She quickly left Naruto with his question hanging in the air and approached them slowly. Lee jumped up in the air when he saw her.

“SAKURA-SAN!!” he yelped trying to cover himself with his small arms. His cheeks turned an amber red and a drop of sweat traveled his face. She laughed nervously. //I try not to judge, but the more I talk to Lee, the more he weirds me out//.
“Where’s your clothes’ she tried.


Hinata watched from the shadows as Naruto stood there squinting annoyingly after Sakura. She fought with herself for a moment then walked his way. He didn’t seem to notice her approaching. She crept up to him and just as she was about to speak he raised his hand in the air.

“Hey SAKURA-SAN wait up!” he yelled running after her. Hinata’s chest heaved in exhaustion. She had been in her room most of the day and had only came out to see him. //I came out to see you Naruto-Kun….//. She bit her lip. //I think I came to see you...//. She turned and started down the opposite side of the hall from Naruto. After turning corner after corner with no destination, she stopped at an open door. She peaked inside timidly. It wasn’t at all like her to pry, but she couldn’t help it for some reason. The room was vacant. Slowly she entered and looked around. In all her time at the boarding school she’d never seen this room. It was spacious yet a bit crammed because of a large amount of bookshelves and lounging chairs. She walked over to the nearest shelf and fingered a book. Apparently a majority of the books were from the “Icha Icha Series” including this one. //There is not much variety here//.
“I see you’ve discovered my domain?”. She swiveled around quickly to see Kakashi Sensei standing in the door way, with yet another book in his hand.

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Chapter three is a continuation of this scene. I thought I'd try and keep you drooling though. So hold onto your forehead protectors loves.