Once a Wizard, Always a Shinobi Ch 7
Rating:: M (to be safe)
Warnings:: Slash/shounen ai (maybe YAOI), Het, blood and stuff, non-con (though I'll warn you so you can skip), mentions of underage (I guess) HarryOC (OC dies so don’t get in a twist) ShuraHaku (yes, he somehow won!)
Diclaimer:: Does it look like I’m rich with a world wide fan base? No? Then doesn’t that say something?
Note:: Here’s Shino! I know some of you will be happy with this development! Also, I’ve had complaints that the story seems choppy and full of holes. This is because it’s kind of like snapshot mode in that we only certain things through Shurachi’s life until I can really get into the plot. Here is also where people will yell at me an be like “That didn’t happen, she never died in the anime/manga RAWR!!” Save it, cause I don’t care. More at the bottom.
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A few days after his birthday Shura was pulled out of his sleep, in the middle of the night, by a jacket and glasses-less Koishi. The Aburame was only in his pajamas in fact, something Shura had only seen a few times when he’d gone over to the Aburame compound very early in the morning.
He probably wouldn’t have been so surprised, they’d had sleepovers before too, if it weren’t for the fact that he’d gone to bed without the Aburame anywhere near his home. “Your awake Shura? Good. Shino, Hajime’s son, just came home from the hospital and we’re going to give him his first kikai in an hour.”
The Aburame paused to catch his breath, he’d been panting from the start, then continued. “It’s tradition for everyone with absolute control over their kikai to give two over to the new baby. I thought you might like to because you have as much control over yours as I do and I’ll be giving him a pair of mine.”
The seven year old blinked up at the sparkling red eyes before letting a small grin split his lips. “If you want me to give him some of my kikai then I will. Hajime did say that I’d probably be just as much his uncle as you would!” A small giggle left the younger boy and he brought a hand up to push Koishi off to the side.
Shura sat up and concentrated on what he wanted the kikai to do before sending them over to Koishi, who was still sprawled on the bed next to him. The Aburame eyed the two curiously before blinking at Shura. “You’re going to give him a female and a guard?” Shura nodded and Koishi flashed him a bright smile again.
“Thanks Shura, this means a lot to me. Sorry for waking you up at-” he glanced at the clock and winced “-two in the morning. I’d better get back before they notice I’m gone.” He slipped forward to hug Shura for the first time since that awful night, then disappeared out the window.
Shura stared after him, feeling the slight panic from the touch seep away from him. That was the first time he hadn’t freaked out when Koishi even attempted to hug him. The first time he’d not spazzed about the closeness of the other for the whole exchange. He felt quite giddy about his lack of reaction.
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That winter he was moved up another grade, now only one below Koishi and his sister. His mother told him in no uncertain terms that he would be staying in this one. Even if he showed that he would be better in a higher class she would not permit him to skip ahead.
He’d been confused as to why until Koishi had told him, a bit nervously to be honest, that the final year of the academy was under consideration for recruitment. No one would say why, but it had to be a very powerful enemy if academy students were being considered.
Shura dropped the argument, not really wanting his mother to worry over more than she already did since she was back on active shinobi duty. Baby Kiba usually spent the mornings with one of their aunts and then came home in the afternoon when Hana-neechan came home.
His only real complaint was that an idiot sat next to him in class. Umino Iruka had come late on the first day and so was forced into the only open seat, right next to Shura.
He didn’t even think about what the reason for the academy recruitment could be. That is, he didn’t think about it until one day in June when the whole classroom shook and the head teacher of A-block rushed into the room. His day didn’t get any better when something heavy started to push in on his mind. It had happened a few times before and always seemed to make it impossible for him to concentrate on anything else. Right when it reached its peak a loud boom shook the school again.
Shura pressed his hands to his sensitive ears. Ever since he’d had the family jutsu performed on him his nose had become as good as any dogs, and his ears could hear the faint beat of a heart across the room if he concentrated.
The head teacher of Block-A talked with their usual teacher for several long seconds before he rushed off and Shinonome-sensei, the head teacher, turned to them. A sharp whistle quieted the panicked screaming of some of the more hysterical students.
“Anyone with experience in gen, nin, and taijutsu to the front, now!” Shura stood and was surprised when Iruka followed him to the front of the class. Seven students now stood in a group beside the teacher, who turned to look at them all “The village is under attack. The school is being evacuated and we need higher grade students that think they could lead a group of children to safety.”
“I want you to tell me what you know and how far along you are compared to a genin. If you don’t know then guess.”
The first person to go was a girl with purple eyes and no pupil “Taijutsu and genjutsu about sixth month genin.”
Three more people went then Iruka was looked at “Tai, gen, and ninjutsu First year Genin. Weapons second year genin.” A small girl went then it was Shura’s turn.
“Gen, nin, taijutsu second year genin. Weapons first year genin.” The teacher seemed surprised at this. She eyed him for a second before nodding.
Glancing at the class to make sure they were sitting quietly she turned back to them. “Inuzuka, you’re in command. Umino, you’re his second. I want you to organize our class so each of you seven have the same amount of people then meet in the play ground. Find out if anyone else has any weapons experience of use.”
She left to do gods knew what and Shura blinked at the six students looking at him expectantly. Doku poked his head out of his coat to watch “Er, I suppose we should get started huh? How many students are there in this class besides us?”
The small girl that had gone before him cleared her throat “Twenty-one not including us buchou. We could each take three and at least five of them are good enough with some form of weapon to be brought to Sensei’s attention.”
Shura blinked at the girl before smiling his thanks “Right,” he turned to the class “three people to each one of us! We’re to meet Sensei on the playground once squads are formed!”
People started to do as he’d said when one of the older boys in the back stood up “Why should we listen to you? You’re just a kid compared to us, probably only got into this class because your uncle runs the academy!” People slowed in uncertainty at this.
It looked like Iruka was ready to come to his defense when Shura spoke up “If you want to fight me then do it quick. If I win everyone follows my orders, if you win then you can take my place.” The boy smirked.
As he made his way to the front of the class the girl whispered quietly “That’s Kei Izuma. He’s big on genjutsu and using wire so look out for that. He also hates following orders from someone smaller than him.” Shura nodded his thanks again and handed Doku off to Iruka.
The boy was standing in front of him with a smirk now “You’re so small, I think I’ll give you the first shot. Go ahead, give it your best.”
Shura’s eyes narrowed “How kind of you.” Without warning he jumped high enough that he could have gone over the older boy before spinning in mid air and landing a hard kick to the side of Izuma’s head. The Kei flew across the room and hit the wall; hard “You lose. Three to a person, someone carry him.” Students hurried to obey him and he took Doku from Iruka.
They hurried onto the play ground and a kid ran up to Shura “Inuzuka-san?” He nodded “Shinonome-sensei said all A-block commanders are to report to you. She also said that the nearest safe point is Kyuujjo river Underground. She said you’d probably been there before?” Shura nodded again and then stopped walking as four more people came up to him.
All of them looked to be in the same class as he was, just in different blocks “So you’re the captain for A-block huh? Well, do you know where we need to go?” Shura had to stop Iruka from stepping forward to insult the girl for her tone.
Instead Shura smiled sweetly at her “I do. If you’d like I could show you. Certainly someone so pretty as you hasn’t been to the Undergrounds like all the boys have.” The girl bristled and one of the guys that had come with her smirked.
Two second years came over to him now “Inuzuka-san, all the commanders of the A-block classes are over here waiting for you.”
Shura nodded at them then turned to face Iruka “Umino-san, could take our class over there? I’ll be over in a second. Try to organize it so that the lower grade squads are partnered with someone from our year if not an entire squad from our year.” Iruka saluted with a lopsided grin then went to do that.
The boy that had smirked caught sight of the unconscious Izuma “He caused a problem for you too?” A finger was pointed at the large boy. “I’m Tetsunosuke Ichimura, Commander of B-block. This is my brother, Shuichi, he’s commander of C-block.”
Shura bowed slightly “I’m Inuzuka Shurachi, commander of A-block and yes, Kei-san did give me a little trouble, but we sorted it out right away so as not to delay to long.” A red haired boy laughed loudly.
He pushed through the twins and grinned widely at him “I’m Abarai Renji, E-block commander. That jerk has gone through all of our classes and I must thank you for knocking him out. He would have caused a lot of trouble.” The girl huffed “Oh, this is Yuhi Kurenai. She’s D-block commander and just a tad upset that you’re in our grade when you’re so young.”
Trying not to cause to much friction and get away so he could direct his block, Shura bowed politely again. “It’s very nice to meet you all, but the village is under attack and we really need to-” The ground shook again and a crack started to split the playground. Shura cursed and jumped back hurriedly as the crack split right where he’d been standing.
Shuichi waved for him to get to his block as the others separated to direct their own groups. Iruka looked grateful when Shura showed up. “Inuzuka-sama, please tell me you know some earth style jutsu.” Shura frowned, but nodded slowly. “Good because that last quake made parts of the school crumble and apparently someone from our block was still inside.”
“We sent Hyuuga-san’s squad in to retrieve them and they were in an area that collapsed.” Shura’s eyes widened.
He hurried toward the crumbled building “Why was someone in there? Wasn’t everyone ordered to evacuate? Doku, find them!” The puppy barked and jumped from Shura’s coat to begin sniffing at the pile of rubble. “No, get someone else to explain it to me. I need you to follow B-block to Kyuujjo Underground. If you know how to get there then lead everyone else, if not then have everyone follow B-block.”
Doku barked and began to scratch at some of the bigger rocks. “Someone can explain later, just go!” Iruka hesitated for a second, but at the command ran to organize everyone and take them to safety. “Doton: Iwa Tobu no Jutsu!” (Earth Style: Flying Rock) He didn’t notice the surprised Renji watching him, nor the smirking Ichimura as he forced the rocks to float in the air and then fly off to the side until he found the small compartment that had obviously been made with chakra right before they were crushed.
The Hyuuga girl from before had a seven year old in her arms while the rest of her team huddled around her. They brightened considerably when Shura peered in on them “Casualties?” He called and the Hyuuga shook her head. Shura helped them out “Come on, we have to go before something else happens.” Doku barked and the sound echoed over the empty playground.
Charging their feet with chakra, the five ran while the small kid was held tightly in the Hyuuga’s arms. They arrived at Kyuujjo right before the gate was shut and Shura sent out a discreet kikai to find his block. Once that was done he led them down into the tunnel and met up with a worried looking Iruka. “You made it!” Shura quirked a small grin, he doubted he could manage anything else.
A glance around found that no adults had shown up “We the only ones here? Any genin, chûnin?”
Iruka shook his head “This is a small safe point that’s well hidden. It was reserved solely for academy students when it was made and from what I saw when we were getting here no one can be spared to make sure the enemy doesn’t get to us.”
“So who is the enemy?” Shura asked. Before Iruka could answer someone pushed him out of the way.
Iruka went to protest, but he was again interrupted “You can give him details as I fix this. You’re bleeding buchou.” Both Iruka and Shura looked down at Shura’s leg in surprise. It had a long, but shallow looking cut in it.
The Inuzuka blinked “I must have gotten it when I was climbing those rocks. There was some broken glass and sharp stones, but I didn’t think I’d been injured.” The girl smiled slightly at him.
She didn’t say anything for a while as she cut the bottom off his pants then bandaged the leg “It was probably the adrenaline, it dulls pain until you’re safe. I’m Mitsuo by the way. I know you didn’t get a chance to learn my name earlier. The enemy attacking Konoha is the Kyuubi no Kitsune. It will be busy with our shinobi so we don’t need someone making sure enemy shinobi don’t find us.”
Iruka cut in before she could continue “Which means you and the other four are in charge. I looked around once we got here and there are supplies in the back. Our blocks are separated still, just waiting for further orders or trying to calm each other down. A lot of the younger kids are crying which upsets the older ones. Everyone is getting irritated and we have no idea what to do.”
Someone cleared their throat and Shura turned around to see the other four captains behind him “Can we steal you for a bit? We need to figure out what to do from here.”
Shura nodded and turned back to Iruka who chuckled “I got it, I’ll go tell everyone to calm down and let them know that you got back safely.”
Laughter bubbled out of Shura’s throat as he realized Iruka already had him pegged “Thanks Iruka-kun. Mitsuo-san? Would you mind watching over Kei-san? I want to be warned when he wakes up.” She nodded and they both left to do as he’d asked. Shura turned to the four and they led him a little ways away.
Once they were settled in a little alcove, two strong boys took up positions on either side of them like guards. Renji motioned to them “These are Ikkaku and Yumichika. They’re my second and third in command for our block. They‘ll keep people from listening in while we decide what to do.” Everyone made sounds of agreement.
“There are supplies in the back, enough for the whole school to survive a week down here. We shouldn’t be down here that long, but just in case, we should be very sparing with how much everyone is given.” This was agreed on. “All of us have problem kids as well. They might try to take control of the blocks so make sure they’re watched by people you trust. I know that you’re new, comparatively, to this grade Inuzuka-san so I’ll have someone give you a list of people to watch later.”
Shura thanked Shuichi then spoke up “The younger years are upset and some of them are crying. This is getting on the older years nerves and my second and third in command seem worried this could start fights. We need to find a way to calm everyone down.” Kurenai frowned slightly, looking thoughtful.
After a few seconds of silence she brightened considerably “Gather up all the younger years, I know a few people who are good with kids. As for the older years, we’re shinobi in training right? Organize Taijutsu matches that are to be watched over strictly by at least one of us at all times. That should help diffuse some of the tension and provide entertainment for everyone.”
The details of this idea were hammered out over the next fifteen minutes as was who would be in charge of distributing supplies evenly. They were just designing a watch schedule in case missing nin decided this was a good time to attack the village when Mitsuo stumbled toward them. Ikkaku and Kira stopped her before she reached Shura, but he stood to go to her anyway.
Blood was dripping down half her face and her eye was closed to keep it from getting in. An arm was wrapped around her ribs while the other dangled at her side and she tried to smile for him, but only managed a grimace. “Mitsuo! What happened? Who did this?” She coughed and blood came out.
His alarm was growing with every second, if she had internal bleeding then they couldn’t do anything about it. “Kei…his buddies helped…-cough- Iruka is trying to get him. -wheeze- It isn’t internal, knocked out a tooth.” She bared her teeth to him so he could see. One was indeed missing “S’ven, hurry.” Kurenai took her from the two guards and laid her down on the floor.
Ichimura and Renji offered to go with him, he agreed, and Shuichi stayed behind to help Kurenai. As he was following Doku to the scent of Iruka he heard Kurenai ordering Ikkaku to get her second and third in command and tell them to bring medical supplies. Once they were a little further in it wasn’t hard to locate the fight.
Kids had formed a ring around them and a peek through the crowd saw Iruka pinned by his neck to the wall while another kid was being held down by three of Izuma’s flunkies. Izuma was apparently saying something, but Shura couldn’t hear it over the crowd. With a growl remarkably like a real dog, Shura shoved his way through the people with Renji and Ichimura close behind.
“Is something wrong here Kei-san? I thought we had an agreement. You lose you follow my orders, I lose I give up my place. You lost.” Iruka was dropped and he slumped to the ground while Izuma turned to scowl at Shura.
He advanced menacingly on the seven year old “You’re outnumbered and alone Inuzuka, how will you command me when we can just beat you into the ground?”
Renji cleared his throat and the other two commanders stepped out from the crowd “He isn’t alone Izuma-teme. Tetsunosuke-san and myself are on his side.”
Izuma scoffed “Like you two are going to help much. It’s still seven to three.” Shura glanced at the boy they’d had pinned only to find him unconscious. “That Shiozu girl was easy to beat, Umino was easy to beat, you’ll be no different. Inuzuka just got lucky earlier.”
Anger bubbled in his blood as he listened to Izuma. Renji clucked his tongue and Ichimura just smirked. All three of them were ready to fight and those around them knew it. Izuma grinned viciously “You’re going to lose.” As if that was a cue, the six other guys attacked. Shura ducked a kick and rolled out of the way of a kunai.
Weapons? They really did want to cause damage didn’t they? Pulling out his own kunai, Shura sidestepped the guy in front of him and charged Izuma. The Kei pulled out a shuriken and blocked the slash. Shura jumped back then shot forward again. Someone behind him cried out and he had just enough warning to duck before a body slammed into Izuma.
“Inuzuka, jump!” He pushed chakra into his feet and jumped “Shokubutsu: Tsukamaeru no jutsu!” (Plant style: Vine Capture) vines shot out of the ground and wrapped around Izuma and the lackey on top of him. Outraged cries alerted him to the fact that the other five had been captured as well. He dropped back to the ground and turned to look at the boys caught in various poses.
Renji had a cut on his cheek and Ichimura was leaning against the wall breathing heavily. The Tetsunosuke’s hands were slowly separating, he being the one to do the jutsu. Shura went to take a step toward them and his leg gave out. A curse hissed passed his lips as he looked down at the injury. Blood was seeping through the bandages Mitsuo had put there earlier.
He waved off Renji’s concern and stood back up “We need to go back to the others and decide where people who make trouble are going to go. We can’t just let them go so they can try and attack us again.”
Shura chewed his bottom lip in thought “You guys go back, I need to stay here. Hurry and find a place to be an infirmary. I’ll need to put these two there to make sure they’re okay.” He quirked a small grin and motioned to Iruka and the other boy. “Also, tell Mitsuo-san that Kei is under control? She’ll probably try to do something if you don’t.”
He thought for a second before turning to look at them again “Do you have anyone that can use earth style jutsu?” Renji nodded “Send them to me then and I’ll teach them the earth capture jutsu to keep the troublemakers from getting out.” He started directing people to move Iruka and the other boy before backing up.
When he had all seven offenders in sight he took a deep breath “Everyone clear the area! I don’t want anyone getting hurt!” people backed away quickly and the two other commanders moved to stand behind him. Shura brought his hands up to form seals and on the last one brought his hand to his mouth “Doton: Tsukamaeru Doro Darake no Jutsu!” (Earth Syle: Muddy Capture)
Mud spewed from Shura’s mouth, coating the ground and turning the hard earth just as soft. Izuma and his flunkies sank into it up to their necks then, after being forced into a spread eagle position underground, the mud hardened and they were trapped. There was silence before Renji burst into laughter “Oh, that’s great! You gotta teach me that one whenever we get outta here.”
He was still laughing when the crowd swallowed the other two captains up as they left. Shura looked at those around him “Anyone else want to question my leadership?” His voice rang out in the silence. No one stepped forward so he turned to the people with Iruka and the other boy. He knelt beside them and checked Iruka over for vital signs. He was breathing fine and looked to have only passed out from lack of oxygen to the brain.
Next was the other boy “Does anyone know who this is?”
The little girl that was beside him turned teary eyes to Shura “He’s my nii-san, Genma. He’ll be okay, right?”
Shura pressed his lips together tightly and checked him over as well. There was a small cut on his arm, but other than that he was okay. With this in mind he smiled at the girl “He’ll be just fine. All we have to do is wait for him to wake up.”
As if that was a cue Genma groaned. He peaked open a black eye then immediately closed it. Shura moved away so the siblings could interact without him listening in and went to Iruka. A few soft pats to the face made one brown eye open “Heh, buchou. Sorry I couldn’t stop him. Is Genma okay?” Shura nodded “That’s good. He was just trying to help, but those guys are way above him.”
Shura balanced on the balls of his feet as Iruka sat up and rubbed his head. “Headache?” He laughed quietly as Iruka made a face at him “Come on Iruka-kun, I’ll need help limping to see Mitsuo. She looked pretty beat up when I left her.” Iruka sighed in a put upon manner, but stood up anyway to help his new friend walk. They made it slower than Shura would have liked, but he really couldn’t move that fast with pain lacing through his leg.
Mitsuo was sitting against the wall with bandages wrapped around her chest preserving her modesty while Kurenai applied antiseptic to a cut on her stomach. The shirt was pulled back on as soon as a bandage covered the cut and Shura cleared his throat “Yuhi-san, Mitsuo-san. Are you okay Mitsuo-san? No permanent damage?”
She smiled reassuringly at him “I’m fine now Inuzuka-san. Kei is captured?” Shura nodded and Kurenai cleared her throat.
The girl glared at Shura for a second before speaking “Renji’s gone to get the guy who knows earth style, the jail is towards the front of the Underground and the infirmary is further back. The first match will be in an hour so let your block know. All the younger years have already been rounded up so you don’t have to worry about that. How bad is your leg?”
Shura blinked, blinked again, and then looked down at his leg like he had no idea what she was talking about. Kurenai got frustrated waiting for him to show signs of intelligence and unraveled the bandage. Blood oozed out, but it was slower than when he’d first gotten it bandaged. Kurenai tsked and began to clean the wound up.
When a chûnin showed up to let them know the crisis was over, two days later, Shura was rather fond of Iruka and Renji. They were fun to be around, especially when they were together. He’d found out half way through the second day that they didn’t mix well when put together. It was like oil and water, or vinegar and an open wound. Sparks flew as bright as the sun and provided him with ample entertainment when he wasn’t on fight duty.
His good humor, however, was swiftly and thoroughly murdered by the news that his mother was dead. It was buried when he learned that Iruka’s parents were both dead as well. Momosuke threw himself into missions instead of being a father and Hana immersed herself in learning all the medical crap she could, leaving Shura to take care of baby Kiba.
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So…I almost decided to end it at the end of the scene in Shura’s bedroom, but I changed my mind! For those of you who are annoyed with how slow I’m going, there is a time jump coming up so be happy! Also, what’s with the trickle of reviews? After voting was done no one wanted to review! I was sure I would have to announce what the pairing was and who won it for the 150th reviewer this chapter! Maybe I should hold updates hostage!
Review please, they really are the only thing keeping me from abandoning this story.
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