My hand burnt as tears rolled down my face. Looking at Lee's body was too much. My body felt stiff and one of the men swung his sword at me. My hand reached out and caught it in midair. 'What...' I thought, 'What was that? I didn't do that...'
My head was swirling and my spirit was being slowly drained...
"Kyonai, you're hopeless!" I heard a voice say, "Let ME handly these guys. You're pathetic!"
"I... Izera?" I muttered. Then, the voice took over my body and I fell asleep.
.:Neji's POV:.
Gai and I jumped through the trees following Kyonai's trail. Damn it. Why did she have to run off like that? Well, she better have a good plan for saving Lee.
We reached the mountain's base and saw a deadly scene. Lee's dead body was lying helplessly on the ground, and the three men were looking at Kyonai in shock. Her eyes were turning red, and her hair was becoming orange. Even her chakra seemed to be changing.
"Byakugan!" I said, looking through her chakra. Unbelievable! It was dramaticly increasing... and swirling around her body in the shape of fire! Who is this person??
.:Izera's POV:.
Finally! After being stuck in that wimps body for 13 years I finally have the chance to spill someone's blood. I looked over the three pitiful men carrying swords.
"K-Kyonai!" I heard Gai say, "What are you doing??"
"I'm sorry... 'Gai-sensai'. But Kyonai's already gone!"
Pulling up one hand casually, fire arose from the ground, burning the three men slowly. The smell of burnt flesh reached my nose... how long has it been since I've smelled this? Just the thought of it stirred my blood.
Their bodies hit the ground. The task was finished. Now I could feel my power fading... Kyonai was coming back. Before I disappeared I looked at Lee with a disgusted face. I put my foot against his cheek. Fools! This boy is far from dead! But if he doesn't get to a hospital soon... he's life will slowly fade away...
.:Neji's POV:.
The entire thing... that girl, burning the men to death... it was simply horrifying. Something sweet little Kyonai would never think of doing. But now, that strange person who took over her body... was slowly fading. Her chakra went back to a normal size, and the body took Kyonai's shape once again.
She hit the ground hard, right beside Lee. Gai and I rushed over to them. For all we know... they may both be dead.
Two days later...
.:Kyonai's POV:.
I woke up slowly and looked around. 'Where am I? I'm in the hospital.' Suddenly, everything that took place that night came back to me. I leapped out of bed, my power coming back to me. What happened?? Did Izera really take over my body?? Is Lee... is he really dead?
The door opened and Neji walked in, "You're finally awake? What took so long?"
I ran to him and put my hand on his shoulder, "Neji! What happened? Did you see the battle??"
"Oh, uh, yeah..." He recalled, "You freaked out and that demon thing took over your body. Why didn't you tell us you were the 'Fire Angel'?"
I looked at the ground, "So... you know?"
"Gai explained the whole thing." He told me.
"I... didn't want to tell you..." I sat on my hospital bed, "You... or Lee..."
Neji interrupted me, "Lee, he's alive! He's still sleeping. You should come and see him."
My heart leapped, "He is? Where is he? How much damage did he take?"
"He's in the room right next door. Follow me."
Before Neji could take me there, I jumped up and ran out of the room.
Gai was sitting in the room next to Lee's bed, "Good, your awake."
"Thank goodness he's ok..." I said outloud. That's all I could care about right now, but Gai protested.
"I need to talk to you," he said, "About the mark."
"I know," I said sitting next to him, "What exactly happened that night?"
He told me the whole story. Izera taking control of my body, killing those men, then taking Lee and I to the hospital.
I couldn't beleive it, "I... killed all of those men... like that?? It's so cruel..."
"It's not your fault," Gai said, "It was that 'Fire Demon' girl, right? No one is blaming you."
"But, I wasn't strong enough," I said now starting to cry, "If I was then Izera wouldn't have come out. But she did... and she killed them..."
"Don't worry," Gai said, "It's not your fault. And when Lee wakes up he'll be happy to know that you practicaly saved his life."
"No... you can't tell Lee. Please. I don't want too many people to know about this..."
Gai shrugged, "Well, I guess it's up to you... but it's good to know your teammates. You shouldn't hide things."
There was that line again. I hated that line.
Two weeks later, everything was just about back to normal. Lee got out of the hospital a week ago, and he's been training hard ever since. I woke up on a Saturday morning, and decided to go on a walk through the forest. I got dressed and slipped the gloves over my hands.
The entire village was bustling. I got on a trail through the forest. A squrell landed infront of me an staired at my curiously. Reaching into my pocket, I got a bag of small nuts and gave a few to the squrell. It took them all and wandered off cutely. I kept walking and soon heared a person training through the bushes. Peeking behind a tree, I saw that Lee was on the ground doing push-ups. I knew it wasn't nice to spy on people but hey, that's my specialty, right?
I watched him for a few minutes, and he hit the ground tiredly, "I... couldn't do 1,000 push-ups, so now I must do 2,000 punches!" He got up and began punching a tree. He slipped and fell on his knee. It was bleeding now.
I came out to ask if he was ok. He just stood up and continued training.
"Lee, you're bleeding. You should take a break," I insisted.
"I'm fine," was all that he said.
"But--"
"I must keep training if I ever want to beat Neji. I can't let a small cut stop me."
"Well, if you keep training you'll end up hurting yourself even worse!" I said, "Is that what you want?"
He froze and began to clutch the tree. I suddenly realized he was crying, "You're right... I'll never defeat Neji."
I began to walk to him, and said sympatheticly, "I never said that... I DO think you'll be stronger than him."
"You're just saying that to be nice..."
"No I'm not! You work hard, and you can be stronger than him. And also... I think you're a much better person than him, too."
He kept crying, no matter what I said. I stepped between him and the tree. Pulling a cloth out of my pocket, I wiped the tears from his face, "Don't worry Lee... don't cry."
I don't know what came over me. I put my arms around him in a tight hug.