Before we get into today's post, I want
to wish you all a
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Also, this isn't the last of this
year's advent posts.
Now onto this post.
This AU had the most
requests for an update. And considering I only had a tiny
snippet of dialogue for what came after the first chapter, it took a
long, long while to make a coherent chapter for this (most of Advent
actually). But I got it done, lack of descriptions and all.
Hope it lives up to the
hype.
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Still feeling the effects of that
unnatural wail, from whatever Harii’s light guardian had destroyed
before it disappeared, Shikaku took longer than he would have liked
to process the teen’s words. “A real curse? What is that supposed
to mean?”
Eyes still searching for something
among the trees, examining every visible shadow, Harii glanced at him
for an instant before he said, “You know.”
Shikaku swallowed an unkind retort. But
he turned to Shikamaru, “Take the fawn and this deer to the
Inuzaka. Ask them for a full check-up and thorough inspection.”
Shikamaru’s pale face twisted. He
wanted to argue. A full inspection would keep Shikamaru out of the
Nara compound for at least half a day. Shikamaru knew that. And he
didn’t like it. If Shikaku was in his position, he wouldn’t like
being sent away on any pretence, no matter how logical, either.
Shikaku shot him a stern look.
This wasn’t up for a debate.
Shikamaru had to be off the property
until Shikaku had a better idea of what was going on. Of what they
had uncovered.
“Hyūga Neji,” Shikamaru said, the
fight in his eyes dimming with a weary resignation.
Shikaku appreciated Shikamaru’s
logic. An extra pair of eyes, especially Hyūga eyes would be useful
in the situation. And Neji, though he was the nephew of the Hyūga
clan head, could visit without them having to talk to the Hyūga main
branch.
Naruto, his blue eyes wide, looked
between his the two of them and his cousin- who was still scanning
their surroundings with his hands raised, ready to call his ethereal
guardian at a moment’s notice.
