chuunin_archive | [Naruto Fanfic] White Rain Chapter 22

Title: White Rain
Author: Zapenstap
Chapter: 22
Summary: [post manga] A woman arrives in Konoha… with children she claims are Itachi Uchiha's. The son, also Itachi, wants to become a Leaf Nin. Sasuke struggles with suspicion. Sakura wants a family and is thrown into doubt about her relationship with Sasuke when it seems he...doesn't. As Hokage, Naruto must manage his friends, defeat his enemies, and decide the future of the village. OCs are developed.

This Chapter: Invasion of the Grass

Story Notes: This Naruto fanfiction is set in Naruto-verse. I try to keep it as non-AU as possible, but if the manga contradicts me at some point, oh well!

Pairings: Mostly SasuSaku. ItaOC in flashbacks. Some NaruHina, NejiTen, InoCho

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[Opening Excerpt]

Torchlight flickered around Juo, lighting his way through the tunnels as he descended deep into the Grass's underground. He was surrounded side to side, overhead, and underfoot by hard-packed dirt and stone. Torches were placed evenly along the left-hand wall, casting a ruddy glow and moving shadows on the opposite wall. He did not really need the light. He could find his way through the catacombs in pitch darkness, as all Grass Shinobi could, but it was the duty of the Genin to keep the way lit, and he would never inhibit duty.

"Juo…?"

His name was breathed in a trepid whisper, confidence wavering like the flicker of a candle flame. He turned his head to see who spoke to a Jounin of his reputation with such temerity.

She was crouched on the ground, her wrists hanging limply over her knees. Her short dark hair was disheveled. Her vest—the color of grass in summer—was unlaced, revealing a mud-colored mesh shirt beneath it. Tan boots covered her legs from toe to knee, but the tops of her knees were dusty and bruised.

Last he saw her, she was leaving Marnix's chambers in the same state of half undress. It sickened him to see her.

"Juo—"

"Don't say anything, Kaia."

The walls are always listening.

She ignored his warning, lifting her face from her knees as he approached. "Don't make me go back," she croaked from the ground. "There is something wrong with that man, Juo."

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