I'm only Human

***Akira Seiko *is* of my creation please no stealing unless u *really* want to use him, then email me or review me about it, thanks!****

IMPORTANT AN at the end of the chapter, so read and enjoy, I'll get to all the contest issues at the end!!

Anything that pops out as spelled wrong, or something, please let me know!

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Shikamaru looked over Sakura, his idly posture belayed by the inquisitiveness of his eyes.

“What aren’t you telling us?” He questioned with narrowed eyes. Sakura released the summoning and the items disappeared from the ground leaving it eerily bare.

“The house was spotless; it looked as if no one had lived there for months, years maybe.” She replied, taking up the same pacing path she had before the meeting was called, her worry barely covered by the fierceness of her eyes.

“I’ve been to his house before, it was always mess!” Kiba said, not believing the information, Sakura shook her head,

“Spotless. Did anyone visit him recently? I know he had taken half a dozen missions from Tsunade, but I thought he had he had breaks between them all…” Sakura mused suddenly noticed the shaky hand that risen. Hinata looked unsure if she wanted to speak or not.

“Hinata?” Sakura inquired. The Hyuuga women looked to the side,

“I went to visit him three days before he left.” The shy women said in a low voice she continued to look away her fingers firmly tying the bottom of her shirt into little knots.

“He said he was busy and couldn’t talk…He looked as if he’d just come back from training…hard training…” She trailed off shooting her gaze back up to Sakura’s,

“I never thought anything of it until now…..but he barely open the door up to me….and didn’t meet my eyes. ” Hinata finished her fidgeting had stopped abruptly, gazing at the pink headed women with conviction, everyone stared at her bringing in the information, everyone knew if Naruto talked to anyone, he made sure to meet their eyes. Hinata looked directly at Sakura,

“I don’t know where he went or why, but I want to help in anyway possible!”
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Jiraiya hunkered down a bit as he explored the area around the former nins house. The knowledge of the missing scrolls had reached his ears before he set off. Naruto leaving was a surprise to him, he thought the kid was made of sterner stuff,

“Guess there is something more to him running off like that.” He mused darkly as he sensed the barest hints of chakra that laced all throughout the area. He could feel residual chakra from the summonings, gentjutsu, and things much darker that Naruto had used. Shifting he pulled himself up and gazed towards the forest framing the back of the small house. Grunting in a noncommittal way he peered through the thick woods,

“Don’t think that you’ve covered your tracks that well.” He grumbled deeply smoothly stepping forward into the trees, noting every detail from the wood of the bark to the leaves on the trees. All had the slightest of chakra residue, things most shinobi’s could not see or feel. Sharingan users could see them if they were strong enough, as could Byakugan users. Only through years of training could one feel them, Jiraiya had mastered that much. His movements through the forest belayed his age and he landed in a small circular clearing. A camp was here at some point, now completely cleared of anything substantial.

“So why go through all the trouble of hiding yourself so well, only to leave this behind?” He mumbled, eyeing the kunai punctured tree trunks, scarred earth and dead plant life.

“Unless he’s telling us something.” A voice said calmly behind him. Jiraiya didn’t turn, but instead continued his search of the camp,

“Aren’t you supposed to be on a mission?” He grunted finally. His eyes slid back to see Kakashi idly leaning against a tree, his arms crossed, the Sharingan exposed.

“No. Maito Gai went with Kurenai and her genins.” Kakashi stepped inside the smaller clearing beside the sennin. Jiraiya’s jaw locked a bit,

“I’m sure your orders were not to help in Uzumaki’s rescue.” He replied stiffly. Kakashi’s eyes flashed to his to the wounded trees, then to the scarred plant life.

“Whoever he’s after will probably need more help then him,” Replied the grey haired shinobi reaching up to pull the hitai-ate down over his left eye.

“If you’re wondering, the newly elected Jounin’s have finished their ‘secret meeting’ and the scrolls that have been missing from the library were found in Tsunade’s office; according to the chuunins who had delivered them, they had been in Naruto’s house.”

Jiraiya jerked his head up at the information and he turned seeing the small cloud of black smoke indicating Kakashi’s disappearance.

“Forbidden jutsu’s” He growled under his breath, following the others example leaving the hidden camp behind.

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“Hook, line and sinker.” A voice whispered in the early dawn light right next to the sleeping mans face. A small grin formed over said face and with a silent jerk of his sleeping mans head the voice’s owner melded back into the forest where he had come. The eyes shifted under the eyelids and they slowly cracked open revealing the brightness of the first rays of sun. The fire had died long ago leaving blackened wood stumps in its wake. Dew had collected on his night roll, blankets and hair, leaving everything a bit damp. Running tan fingers through the damp auburn locks the man slowly stood reaching for the clothes that had been slung over the tree branches just above his head as well as the black leather holders for his weapons. The man tightened a belt low around his waist; the leather was studded with small pockets of shurikens he adjusted it once before plucking a light grey cloth from the same branch. Wrapping the cloth around his thigh the ever useful side pouch was secured in its usual place. Then the auburn headed man yanked a thin blade from the bark before shoving into the side of his booted feet, it was for emergency sake only. The rest of his arsenal was attached to the ANBU padding vest which he tugged on quickly. His katanas glided into their sheaths with ease on his back and the man stood gazing around the rugged camp. Nothing of his was left in the small area except the old fire, but the man knew he was safe from being followed,

“Sasuke-kun will have his hands full anyway.” He whispered with a flash of a feral grin. He wrapped the blotted high collared cloak around his body and then disappeared leaving nothing but the dying embers behind.
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In the days of his (forced) return, Sasuke had been under lock, key and guard. He had few visitors and even fewer conversations with said visitors, but one who came almost daily was the same who had brought him back. The blond headed nin brought his food and sometimes was assigned to guard his door. Never was there hate in his face or eyes, like others who thought him a traitor of Konoha when he came, but only questioning in his actions. And at every visit, Naruto would ask the same thing,

“Why did you leave?”

Sasuke would stare levelly at him and reply; “To get stronger.”

The last day, before Naruto had disappeared Sasuke again replied with his usually answer, but this time, instead of Naruto shaking his and leaving the blond looked up, his expression unreadable to the raven-headed Uchiha, but his voice sounded full of regret;

“You always lose a piece of yourself when you gain all the strength you want” And then he disappeared just like all the other days leaving Sasuke to contemplate his words.

Black eyes watched the man move from one side of the camp to another every now and then adjusting the cloak around the broad shoulders. It didn’t seem as if Akira Seiko (as he had heard him shout out the night before) knew he was in the area, but he had acted like that last night as well. Sasuke narrowed his eyes a bit. This man was something else especially if he could smell him or sense him from such a distance even with his disability. Sasuke knew following him either could lead him to nothing, or he could have information on Naruto. The blind man finished his routine check of the camp before he tapped the staff once against the ground scuffing his sandals a bit before moving out into the surrounding forest. Dropping down to the ground Sasuke waited, until a good distance had set in-between them and he began to explore the campsite, his sharingan activated. Again, no chakra signs could be seen, he widened his view even more, the common world growing dark as he focused solely on the invisible signatures that only chakra held. Then he saw it, so thin, it was hardly there, but enough to show Akira Seiko was not whom he seemed to be. There was something else that caught his bloodline eyes. The chakra split in two different directions. Like a puppet and a puppeteer, he thought knowing Kankuro from the sand had a similar arrangement with his marionettes,

“But which are you?” The Uchiha whispered to himself, his eyes narrowed as he leapt up taking off in the direction of Seiko. Finding Naruto was imperative, and Sasuke knew without a doubt now that this man is the key in finding him.


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TBC

AN 1: Soooooo...have I kept you all interested? I hope so!! If I start to bore pp..PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE don't hesitate in letting me know, I'm trying to keep this story going and make it interesting....
-looks around-
hmmm...well no-ones throwing rotting fruit at me....yet...hehe.

AN 2: The Contest!!I have TWO distinct winners of my little shindig in the last chapter.

SneakyFox and Spoon

So you both will recieve smutastic one-shot PWP in whatever yaoi parings you both want (if you *really what it, threesomes count in ur one-shot too)

AS WELL for those who TRIED my contest, you will ALSO recieve a PWP with you're favorite pairing, and this is just b/c I feel bad for those who didn't get it..-groans mentally-...so much smex to write...

So,

Angevin,Ukagau and ann_dragera_dragonclawz

you three will as well recieve a dedicated one-shot (BUT the winners will get theirs first, sorry XDD)

How do you like dem apples, hm? I just might have more little contests in the future, so keep ur eyes out for them, and your thinking caps on!!

Now, onto the review replies hehe:


Angevin: Thank you very much, I'm glad ur enjoying it!! Nice try on the contest, you were close ^_^;;


lo: wOOt!! Thank you!!! Yeah..I wonder where I'm going with this too...heheh XDDD


Ukagau: YAY!!! You were also very close, You got the Akira part pretty much on the nail, but not quite worldly affairs, hehe Sorry about the Sasuke thing, he really isn't going to be in this story or anything..at elast I hope not..he's a strong character, I'm trying to keep him in that light...oooh I like the meanie of your name!! Very cool!!haha XDD naw you havne't =D wOOOOt!!! RAMUNE!!! -runs around like a crazy loon catching all the bottle- YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!! Oh gods...suger rush!!! (OH and go check your mail missy!!I emailed you -does happy dance- Igotastalker Igotastalker....)


SneakyFox: O_O;;;; OK..you REALLY are creepy. I'm not going to lie, I got your review and just about FELL OVER...Are you like stalking me? Hacking into my computer? Do I send you all my brainwaves when I sleep...jeeze...Its so close to the truth I think I might have to change the plotline...gawds....ANYWAY congrats on the winning...you totally did your hw...XDDD Thank you so much! Please, email me what pairing you would like me to write

Ronnieronnie01r@aol.com

Again, its' whatever Yaoi pairing thats your favorite, *and* I'll add a bonus since you're a winner, whatever situtation ^_^;; so with that said, let me know via review or email (or both, haha)


Vex: Thank you so mcuh!! Hope you enjoyed this chapter as well!!!


chineseartist: hahaha....sorry about all the confusion...perhaps it will clear up in the near future....XDD...I'll try and update as often as possible, really!!


ann_dragera_dragonclawz: You got it! But I don't think you got the gist of the contest, It was to tell what you thought "Akira Seiko" MEANT, because it is important to the plot line of the story, but you did give it a go, so I will let you have a oneshot as well, no you said sasu/naru right? or was their another pairing you wanted me to do, (B/c this is going in the male/male section, please make it Yaoi, het is not in my skilled area hehe) thank you so much!!


HumanInfiltrator: hahahaha...yes it is! Thank you so much!

Spoon: OK I know you didn't leave a review, but you did email me, Congrats you be a winna' too!! Did you email me a pairing? I don't remember...i think you did, but please email me again so i know, just in case!!


Whew...man did I have some explaining to do haha...OK, I will have future contests, if anyone still wants a go at the last one, go find the instructions in the previouse chapters, but other then that, Please RRR!! Let me know what you think!! I heart all of you guys!!