A/N: Wow, reviews! Wonderful reviews! * Nomnomnom * Um, anyway.
Merry Christmas everyone! I just wanted to update early because, one:
SO MANY TYPOS! But in all honesty, trying to upload a fic while your mom is hassling you to eat your McDonald's and burn a CD for her isn't easy. And I just want to show my appreciation with this small gift.
Love you~!
Kisame - I'm scared.
TG- It's Christmas Eve and I am wiped, shut up!
Playlist-
Wavin' Flag by K'Naan.
Disclaimer - ...Nyeh.
Let's go!
The world of Terram, the living place for all these fantastic creatures, was a beautiful land. But despite all the lush fields of grass, clean waters, and bountiful fauna, the single element that made it so lovely…
Was its harmony. Its peace. There hadn't been a war in this land for eons and the ten Celestials were dire to keep it that way…
In the far recesses of this realm, where everything was covered in ice and snow, deep in the dead of night… The sound of cracking glass could be heard: a golden, pulsing glow beginning to emanate in the night as a peal of feminine laughter echoed through the windy eve…
In Terram's deserts, in the regions that were so dry and windy that no creature could survive for too long, a lone figure could barely be made out through the whipping gales. A single, bushy tail curled around his body as eyes outlined in eye-liner watched the landscape with a scowl on their face.
Ichibi No Shukaku's short, tan hair was being toyed with by the winds that he could have usually quelled without even batting an eye. Something here was messing around with his domain and the raccoon-deity needed to find out what.
Before he could even take a step forward, two massive fissures of sand and dirt shot out of the ground: each of them producing a large tree of vines in their wake.
"Trees in the desert?" Ichibi whispered right before the tree swung one of its branches and knocked the raccoon-deity unconscious.
Konoha had a massive cemetery underneath its fair appearance. It was a beautiful place, worthy of being the resting place of the rich and noble and it was here that the Nibi No Nekomata spent most of her time: the cat-deity sitting in a circle of graves as she meditated.
There was a rustle from in front of her.
Then from behind.
She gasped, her eyes wide behind her black shawl as she immediately backed away: not knowing what was going on, her two tails bristled up in uncertainty. Suddenly, a grey, skeletal hand shot out from the dirt in front of a tombstone.
"This can't be!" Nibi whispered in horror as the corpses and skeletons of those long passed began stumbling towards her, "The dead… coming to life?"
As all of the Celestials would soon find out, some unknown power was messing with their domains, the very flow of nature. Yonbi had to stop three volcanoes from erupting at once, Gobi had to deal with plains turning into quicksand, there was a meteor shower that happened during the day that Shichibi was pouring through all of his books and spells to explain, all the trees and plants in Hachibi's gardens simultaneously died, anywhere that Kyuubi went, a fire would break out, and Juubi…
"WHO THE FUCK RUINED MY CLOTHES?" The dolphin-deity shouted from the balcony of his mansion in Luminescent Valley, holding his newest outfits that had all changed into clashing colors in front of his eyes.
But, thankfully, smaller cities and towns had yet to experience such issues. Like in Adamant Falls, Itachi was standing in the large room across from Kisame's bedroom in the shark-demon's estate. He wasn't alone, Sasori and Deidara were looking through the empty room while Kisame was at work (water-watch didn't exactly stop just because he had left).
"So Itachi," Sasori asked, "What direction were you thinking about going for the baby's room?"
"I'm not sure," The weasel-demon admitted, ears drooping a bit, "It's still too early to determine the gender so I don't want to do a color that's too biased. Let's see…" He snapped his fingers before a large, worn tome appeared in front of him. It was the color of earthy clay, with a tribal drawing of a kangaroo on the front.
"What's that un?" Deidara asked, Itachi giving a slight smile in response,
"It's the Maternity Studies of The Great Kanga-Mage. She found and created all of the best skills and techniques for prenatal care and raising a healthy baby, so I had to pick this up!" He opened it to a certain section before humming, "Purple is a gender-neutral color: it can either be masculine royal purple or feminine lavender." Sasori raised his hand, asking,
"How much of a budget do we have for this Itachi?"
"Well…" Itachi mused before he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small plastic card, explaining, "Kisame gave me his bank account card and told me to feel free to use it for whatever I needed. That's silly, isn't it? We don't need more than a few hundred for some paint and a crib—" The brunette was cut off when Sasori and Deidara rushed over to him, the redhead saying,
"Itachi, let's do some brainstorming, shall we?", as he brought out his finest book of designs and sketches.
A few months later and things were still running like clockwork in Adamant Falls. One weekend, everyone had gathered into Kisame's house. The reason?
"Kiriball!" Kisame's father whooped as he grabbed a couple of beers before sitting down on the couch next to his wife. The mermaid cheered,
"Let's go ASC!", taking one of the cans from the shark-demon's hands. Itachi was sitting on the reclining chair, being waited on hand and foot by the maids that Kisame had hired to take care of him… Despite how ridiculous he felt being treated like some damsel in distress.
"Kisame, I'm coming in to help!" He called, getting to his feet. Immediately said bluenette replied,
"No you're not! Sit back down, if you need anything tell the maids to get it!" Itachi groaned, frowning as he heard Mizuko, Hidan, and Deidara gently laughing at him. He had to admit, his pregnancy was beginning to show, but he could really do without being treated like a champagne glass.
"Itachi-donno," One of the maids asked as she walked over, "Did you want something to eat? Or maybe another pillow?" Itachi rolled his eyes, resting a hand on his stomach before relenting,
"Can I get a glass of tomato-juice please?" The maid nodded,
"With peppermint shavings and chocolate syrup again?" Itachi returned the nod, watching the maid walk away. The things that he was craving were so bizarre, he just hoped that the baby was getting any and all nutrients from it all.
After all the food and drinks had been set up, everyone (including the maids, because Kisame was an awesome boss like that) sat around the living room to watch the Kiriball Championships. Kisame sat as close to Itachi as he could, making sure to give the weasel-demon and his unborn child their space. The children all sat around the floor, Mizuki sitting close to Itachi's legs, excitedly looking at the screen.
Kisame, Kakuzu, Nokoru, and Mizuko whooped in excitement as the screen showed Sanbi No Same swimming up to the stage in the center of the sports-pool. The shark-deity had agreed to perform at the event since it was the first game of the season.
At the Kiriball stadium in the tropical kingdom of Medal Palm, Sanbi waved out to where Rokubi was sitting in the audience before he gave the signal to the musicians on stage. Dressed in green outfits designed like palm leaves to reflect their home, the male and female demons danced around him before the shark-deity belted out,
"Give me freedom,
Give me fire!
Give me reason,
Take me higher!
See the champions
Take the field now!
Unify us,
Make us feel proud!
In the streets our
Heads are lifting!
As we lose our
Inhibitions!
Celebration
It surrounds us!
Every nation
All around us!"
"Playing forever young!" The tropical demons in the background sang,
"Singing songs underneath the sun!
Let's rejoice in the beautiful game!
And together at the end of the day…" Sanbi jumped in, joining their dance,
"We all say:
When I get older,
I will be stronger,
They'll call me freedom
Just like a waving flag!
And then it goes back!
And then it goes back!
And then it goes back!
And then it goes—
When I get older,
I will be stronger,
They'll call me freedom
Just like a waving flag!
And then it goes back!
And then it goes back!
And then it goes back!
And then it goes—"
"Whoa~oh~!
Whoa~oh~oh!
Whoa~oh~!
Whoa~oh~oh!"
Sanbi loved to perform, that much could be seen as he danced together with his back-up dancers: colored fountains of water going up around them in different designs. Seeing the white-haired deity perform was always such a treat and everyone, either in the stadium or watching from their homes, was enjoying themselves.
Sanbi quickly moved towards center-stage, ready to sing the second verses. Abruptly, his eyes went wide: his hands reaching for his throat, coughing like he was being choked. Then, Sanbi No Same, deity of music and the seas… collapsed, unconscious, onto the stage.
"SANBI!" Rokubi screamed, teleporting to his husband's side before the paramedics could even be called. "Sanbi, wake up! WAKE UP!" As everyone near and far panicked at the sight, Sanbi could only lay there as if dead. But he was able to hear, beyond the clamors going on about him, a feminine voice whisper into his very soul:
"My beloved… I've returned for you at last."
Though it was a bit hard on them, Itachi being six months pregnant and the weather system for Adamant Falls still in limbo, Kisame and Itachi made the trip to Konoha at the quickest opportunity possible.
They were almost denied at the door to the Crystal Palace when a guard blocked Itachi's way inside. But when Kisame nearly broke the poor soul's arm, gritting out, "Rokubi No Raijuu's student and the second-in-command to Sanbi No Same are here, I suggest that you get out of the way.", the guard nodded and opened the door.
"Rokubi-sama!" Itachi called out when they both walked through the castle halls. It took a moment before a weary call of,
"Itachi?", took their attention towards the weasel-deity coming down the staircase. Rokubi quickly teleported to the two demons and heaved a tired sigh, "Thank you for coming."
"Has Lord Sanbi's condition gotten any better?" Kisame winced at the fact that he probably sounded a bit insensitive, but he was really worried. Rokubi looked up the stairs before he explained,
"He's been unconscious since it happened. And I'm still trying to figure out what could have caused this." The brunette deity stumbled on his feet, almost falling if Kisame weren't there to catch him.
"Have you been sleeping these past few weeks?" Itachi asked, Rokubi shaking his head,
"Sanbi's doing enough sleeping for the both of us. I'll sleep when he's awake."
"Rokubi-sama…" Itachi shook his head. Abruptly, there was a scream of agonized horror from upstairs.
"Sanbi!" Rokubi whispered, quickly teleporting the three of them upstairs before walking into the shark-deity's room, not before telling Kisame and Itachi, "Stay here." They did stay, but Rokubi said nothing about looking inside.
What they saw shocked them: the other nine Celestials struggling to keep Sanbi in bed as he thrashed and snapped about from some unseen nightmare. "Sanbi, please!" Rokubi pleaded, "Calm yourself!" The response that he got was Sanbi flinging Gobi out of the window.
"Shit!" Kisame winced, "The fuck is going on in there?"
Yet no one could possibly have known what nightmares were happening in the mind in the white-haired deity…
A/N:
Eep. What's going on? What's happening?
Maybe if I get some reviews, I tell you. * wink *
-Tyranno's girl.