Forever Nightmares

A Naruto fanfic

Summary: One day, two girls are mysteriously transported to the Naruto world. Yabi Akuma, confused and desperate, learns of an ancient prophecy from the third hokage. She finds out just how much she and her friend Kanbi are involved in the fate of the world. It's now up to them to determine who lives and who dies, in the world of twisted fate and broken friendships. Turning against each other, Yabi must lead those of pure hearts to victory in battle, while Kanbi must decide where her loyalty lays while she meddles with the forces of evil.

~*~Chapter Four~*~
A Suspicious Tour

~*~Yabi's POV~*~

Even the ones who had already figured out my secret looked at me weirdly…and for good reason. I rubbed the back of my neck nervously and started sliding away from their piercing stares.

"HOLD ON A MINUTE!! You're telling me YABI is some sort of legendary, butt-kicking ninja?!?!?" Naruto screamed at neji, pointing a finger at me.

He closed his eyes and nodded. "That's what I just said you dimwit. The only problem is, she isn't a ninja yet. Hence, why we're here to help. Believe me, I wasn't that eager to sign up for babysitting lessons." …He was making fun of my height wasn't he?

"LISTEN HERE OH POWERFUL MIGHTY DUDE GUY!!! If you don't wanna be here pack your butt up and leave!! I didn't come here with the intent of causing anyone trouble, in fact, I didn't want or try to come here at all!! So if you consider whatever it is I have to learn 'babysitting' then get lost and go comb your hair or something!!!" I said, jumping up to scold him. He just looked a little shocked at my outburst. The others looked between amused, scared, and annoyed.

Naruto however, clapped me on the back, "You tell him Yabi! Now, let's get some training done already!!" I sent him a quick smile, and turned solemnly to sasuke.

"Help me get stronger. Let's continue this fight. Strictly taijutsu, and don't you dare you easy on me. Oh, and don't use your sharingan either, that's just an unfair advantage." He seemed surprised I knew about his sharingan, but moved back to the middle of the field in a fighting stance anyways. I again took my basic sparring stance, and faced him with a serious frown.

"Umm…start?" Sakura let out weakly when we didn't move. As soon as the word was released from her lips, Sasuke disappeared. I briefly wondered where the hell he went….then a very strong foot met my back, and I was sent flying forward…and so inconveniently landed face first into the very tree I had just fallen off of.

Groaning, I stood up, rubbing my head. "Well, you definitely didn't go easy, that's for sure." I muttered disgruntled. I turned back towards him to see a very bored expression on his face.

'oh, you jerk…'

I ran towards him and threw a fist at his face…he dodged. I swung around and aimed a side kick at him…he moved backwards slightly with his hands in his pockets, completely avoiding the impact. I then attempted a jump kick…he grabbed my foot, spinned me mid air and landed me on my back…quite painfully I should add. To make it worse, and further embarrassing, he did it facing the opposite way with one hand.

I jumped up again, slightly bruised…Who's idea was this?...I was going to have to kill them later…stupid idea…pitting me in a taijutsu battle. Naruto, being the insensitive wart he is, was laughing his head off in the back ground. The others smacked their foreheads in hopelessness. I growled and face Sasuke, fists balled up tightly on my sides.

"You…are…a jerk. Verdict reached, lets go." Deciding to kick his ass on the spot, I leaped up into the air (using chakra of course) Before I took in how high I was, I aimed a kick down at his head (think final move of the uzumaki barrage)

Looking shocked, he barely had time to move away, therefore avoiding my kick…again. But he looked surprised. I landed in a crouching position, and swing my leg across the ground to trip him. he jumped over my leg, and I flipped backwards into a fighting stance. We ran towards each other at the same time, winding up our fist for a punch. We both aimed for each others faces, then we both spun to avoid them.

Jumping back into action, I moved towards him with a hurricane of punches, strikes, and kicks. I was soon dealing blow after blow, and he was put on the defensive. Despite my best efforts, he managed to block every one of my hits. It was exhausting work, so as my movements started ti get slightly slower, I hopped backwards and pulled out.

I took a defensive stance, huffing and puffing. I started to get aggravated I didn't do anything to him, but then I saw beads of sweat rolling down the sides of his face. I smirked and lowered my head. The almighty Sasuke was sweating….that's more than Naruto managed to do in the entire first season.

'Focus. You may not be able to win…but you CAN give him a run for his money. Kick that emo kids ASS.'

~*~Shikamaru's POV~*~

I cocked an eyebrow as she started going all out against Sasuke. She wasn't half bad, Sasuke was on the total defensive and there wasn't a single opening for him to attack back or move out of the way.

'I don't think she can win…but she's doing pretty good for a newbie. We just may have a decent legendary leader on our hands…'

She soon retreated back, huffing, I didn't blame her, it was hard work to put sasuke on his guard like that. Ino looked vividly rabid….her face was kind of funny; you could practically see the angry flames in her eyes. I struggled to keep from laughing.

Sasuke looked livid; it wasn't hard to see he thought she would be easy. That cocky jerk probably just wanted to beat her to prove he was better than the oh-so-legendary leader who's supposed to save us all.

No one else noticed it, but I did. The slight glimmer in sasuke's eyes, the bastard…what a dishonourable piece of scum. He cheated.

I made eye contact with neji, and he nodded. His byakugan was activated and he had seen it all. Though, it was obvious he wasn't going to do anything about it. And besides him, I was the only one who knew what sasuke just did.

'man, what a drag…now I have to go help her.'

My eyes widened as she stepped in the trap. I forced as much chakra to my feet as possible. I rushed toward her, and grabbed her around the waist with both arms. I dived as far away as I could and she landed on top of me with a grunt. Just as we landed, the paper bombs went off.

"Man, Sasuke…I'm going to kill that guy, that hurt like hell…" I muttered. I ended up skidding on my back…while I had all her weight on me. She winced as she struggled to get up. We both sat up, and looked to see a scowling sasuke. Before I could yell at him, Naruto was chewing him out.

"SASUKE!! WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!?!? YOU COULD HAVE SERIOUSLY HURT HER!!! YOU'RE LUCKY SHIKAMARU MADE IT IN TIME, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE TO KICK YOUR BUTT!!! YOU CHEATER!!!"

I gave Yabi a hand to stand up. She must've been more exhausted than I thought, because she fell against me before shakily regaining her balance. She kept one hand on my shoulder as she struggled to stand straight. She gave me a quick, thankful smile before turning to sasuke and giving him one of the dirtiest looks I had ever seen.

"You bastard…I thought we agreed on hand-to-hand combat only." She said in a low growl, glaring at him. Looking at her face now, I realized she was scarier than my mom. And my mom was one of the scariest ladies I knew.

He shrugged and got this big, out of character grin on his face. I scrunched up my face and was about to decide he had gone loony, when a puff of smoke appeared around him, revealing a grinning Kakashi…man what a drag…

Everyone looked surprised to see him, even Neji. Just then, Sasuke walked out of the forest towards us with his usual smug expression. So that's why the jerk went into the forest after helping Yabi out of the tree…He was switching places with Kakashi.

"Congratulations! You have officially passed your genin exam!" He said with a peace sign at yabi. Sakura and Naruto immediately turned on him.

"WHAT WAS THAT?? YOU COULD'VE KILLED HER KAKASHI-SENSEI!!!" He just laughed and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly while Me and Yabi stared at him like he was an idiot.

"well you see…The hokage wanted me to test Yabi's abilities to see if she was at genin level yet so she could join a squad for missions and practice. I just wanted to do so in a discreet way. Disguising myself as Sasuke ensured she didn't feel any additional pressure to perform well. She showed she has great accuracy with weapons, good chakra control, and good taijutsu abilities. In fact, her taijutsu abilities are amazing." Even she gave him a funny look at this. She was decent, I had to admit, but she hadn't managed to land a single hit.

"Eheh, you see, I'm not sure if you were doing it on purpose, but you were infusing and releasing chakra in all your punches. If you actually hit me, you'd do some serious damage. To be able to do that subconsciously already…is quite remarkable. And a highly advanced skill. No offence to sasuke, but if you fought the real him, you'd probably win. The only problem was, you were using too much chakra in your punches, that's why you're so exhausted now."

I looked towards her. It was true, she was way more tired than she should of been. She was still using my arm to steady herself every once and a while. Either way, she looked slightly cocky and proud of herself.

Kakshi smiled again and took something out of his pocket.

"Well, I said you passed. Here's your leaf headband. You are now a genin of our village, that is if you want to be of course. We have no power over your decisions, yabi-sama."

She got a strange gleam in her eyes, and an excited look on her face as she hastily nodded and walked towards him.

"Of course! It's an honour!" she accepted the headband from kakashi and held it awkwardly in her hands, as if she had never seen something so wonderful in her life. She then frowned and look up at kakashi. I was about to ask what was wrong when she answered my question.

"You called me yabi-sama again. Don't. I'm putting you under strict orders to never use that honourific on me again. If you do, I will hurt you. And…wait a sec…YOU TRIED TO BLOW ME UP!!!" I sighed and smacked my forehead and kakashi got a sweatdrop.

"well, eheh, you see, I wanted to see how you would handle a life threatening situation, I wasn't actually going to let you get hurt…too severely anyways." She looked at him in surprised anger, but shrugged it off.

"Whatever…thanks for the headband." He nodded and poofed away. Everyone was looking at her oddly as she examined her headband.

"Hmm…I have no idea where I want to wear this…" I inwardly smacked my head as she started putting it in different places all over her. First around her head, then around her neck, then leg, then waist, the hips…turns out she was trying to look good like all other girls. Just when I thought I had finally managed to find a non-sasuke obsessed girlie girl.

She shrugged and stuffed it in her pocket, facing all the other genin with a big smile.

"Thanks for everyone's help! I know we didn't do much…but without each and everyone of you, I don't even want to know what would've happened! But don't worry, you don't need to babysit me anymore," she said with a glance at neji, "I'm going off to explore the town and talk business with the hokage!...also, do me a favour and keep Neji's little story to yourself…though I'm sure most people know it already."

Some of the genin nodded and took off. The only ones that remained behind were Naruto, chouji, and to my general surprise, Sasuke. She walked back towards me rubbing the back of her neck nervously.

"Eheh…thanks for the save Shikamaru. I definitely owe you one. You have great timing, nearly as good as your directions." I sighed heavily.

"You're never going to let that go are you?" she grinned widely and shook her head.

"Nope!" I sighed again and looked at her strangely as she once again tried to figure out where to place her headband muttering under your breath.

"So useless…this thing will only get in the way, I don't need it flapping around on my head or waist, that's just annoying…" I realized that she was annoyed at her headband for not being practical, she wasn't obsessed with her looks…she was cool, my new favourite girl in the leaf village.

"I know what you mean, tie it around your arm, it's just easier." I said, pointing to my own headband. She looked at me for a second before nodding in agreement and trying to tie her headband around her right arm…she failed miserably using only one hand. I sighed heavily and took the headband from her, tying it around her arm quickly before walking away.

"If I don't get home soon, my mom will toast me. Catch 'ya later demon master or whoever you are. C'mon chouji, you're coming over for dinner, remember?" I shouted giving her a lazy backwards wave. I noticed out of the corner of my eye, she smirked and gave a slight wave back before running over to Sasuke and Naruto.

I could tell just by how she acted, it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

~*~Yabi's POV~*~

I reached Sasuke and Naruto with a questioning look on my face. Why the heck was Sasuke still here?

"HEY YABI! That was awesome, you're an official ninja now!! Hehe, I hope you join our squad! Anyways, I'm supposed to meet Iruka-sensei for ramen! You wanna come? I think I can make him buy you a bowl!" I laughed and shook my head, eyeing sasuke curiously out of the corner of my eye.

"No thanks Naruto, I got some stuff to do, but thanks for offering. I'll catch you later, ne?" He nodded and ran away waving behind him. As soon as he was out of sight, I turned to Sasuke raising an eyebrow.

"Okay, why are you still here?" He looked me straight in the eye without blinking. It was a little creepy to be honest.

"You're strong. And too experience to be a newbie. You're no normal human, that's for sure." I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms.

"No shit Sherlock. What was your first clue? The freaky legend, the fact that I teleported here by some mysterious force, or one of the other hundred reasons?" He snorted and turned his head.

"…My brother used to tell me that legend." He said in a stiff voice. I froze. Since when did he talk about Itachi to people he barely knew?

"There's no doubt in my mind that the legend is true. You're an abnormally fast learner, but that's not enough. You're not strong enough to save the world or anything stupid…make sure, you train harder than anyone else. The legend I heard from…Itachi…was much more in depth than what Neji said. What neji said barely scratched the surface. You need to get strong. Fast. Everyone, good and bad, will soon be depending on you. I hate to say it, but even I'll be depending on you." I looked at him shocked.

"…Don't leave the leaf village. When word gets out about your arrival, there'll be hordes of ninja out to get you. Not many of them will want to kill you, but a lot will want the power you're foretold to have. Whole villages will probably fight just for your residence. The legend is widely known among all the shinobi nations. Most people will believe that your presence will bring peace and protection. You are one person, not a miracle maker. When some find out you're not everything you're made out to be, things could turn ugly."

I just stared at him. "…Sasuke…why are you telling me this?" he turned and gave me a burning look.

"You need to know everything possible. Legendary leader or not, you're a naïve kid training to be a ninja. I'm sorry to say it, but Naruto's more informed on some stuff better than you are. And yes, that's a bad thing." I smirked slightly, he was such a jerk to naruto.

"I know. You have no idea how scared I am. I just know something will mess up because I'm the chosen one, and not some wonderful strong person. For god's sake, I don't even have a place to live, and I don't have any money. The person who has to save this world is broke, homeless, stupid, and weak. Face it, we're all doomed." He gave me a funny look and stayed silent for a bit.

"…you said you wanted to get explore the village to learn your way around a bit better?...i-i…I'll come with you. Based on how long it took you to get to the hospital, you'll probably get hopelessly lost by yourself. Knowing my luck, I just know it will be my team's responsibility to find you when you disappear. I'd rather avoid all that." I gave him a shocked look…then a scowl, but I agreed with a thankful smile all the same. As he started to lead me towards town, a terrifying thought hit me.

'…oh gawd, the fangirls will kill me if they see me with sasuke. This may get messy…'

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He led me to the town in silence, I stayed about a foot behind him, keeping a weary eye out for anyone who was overly-in-love with Sasuke. All through the village, we kept attracting funny looks. I couldn't tell if it was because Sasuke was walking with some unknown girl, or if everyone knew I was somehow supposed to save the world.

Sasuke pointed at random buildings sometimes, and explained what they were, "That's the book store…That's the academy…that's the weapon shop" Besides that, no conversation was exchanged between us. I still couldn't figure out why he was being so…nice to me. He said he would come with me so I wouldn't get lost, but I was now getting my personal tour!

After about an hour, we had covered most of the village. It was then when an interesting though hit me as my stomach growled loudly. I didn't have anything to eat, and I didn't have any money to buy food. I was going to die of starvation…that sort of sucked.

Sasuke stopped to give me a weird look and I scowled at my stomach. "Shut up in there, I'll feed you when I can." I growled towards my feet. He just stared at me like I was totally crazy. He started leading me towards the hokage mountains, but my stomach just wouldn't shut up.

"When did you last eat? Those noises are pissing me off." He said annoyed. I shrugged and rubbed my neck.

"Well…last night I suppose. You found me this morning after being unconscious for god knows how long." He looked at me for a second…then my stomach growled loudly again…then I scowled…then he sighed.

"You're not going to be very usefull if you die of hunger…come on, let's go to the ramen stand a little ways back." He said turning the opposite way. I think my eyeballs would of fell out of my head if they could.

"Uhh…No money remember?" I said not moving from the spot.

"I know. You can pay me back by saving the village." He replied without stopping or turning around. I gave him another shocked look before jogging to catch up to him. This DEFINITELY wasn't the sasuke I knew…something was up.

We reached the ramen stand a few minutes later. It was empty…thank god. I seriously feared for my life (due to the fangirls).

Not knowing what to order, I just sort of looked at him plainly. It took him a second to catch on and smack his forehead. "Two miso ramens and make it quick." He demanded from The ramen dude.

We sat in total silence for a bit. It was really awkward, hence, why I was so relieved when a steaming bowl of ramen was put down in front of me. I awkwardly picked up a pair of chopsticks and began to eat in silence. I didn't like it when other people paid for me, so I was a little uncomfortable.

Sasuke finished quickly, and just stared forward, patiently waiting for me to finish my meal. When I did, he threw some money on the counter hurriedly, and started to turn out of the shop. We ducked under those flaps…and came face to face with team eight. (Kiba, Hinata, and Shino)

We both froze. I think the same thought was running through our heads. They would put more into this than there actually was.

Kiba smirked, Hinate looked shocked, and Shino remained normal as they took in our appearance. Kurenai, who was standing behind them, also looked quite surprised. It seemed Sasuke had a reputation for being an emo loner.

Kiba was smirking evilly at sasuke, who scowled back silently, before he turned to me with that creepy smirk.

'what the hell…'

"SO sasuke…Who's your girlfriend, I haven't seen her around." I smacked my forehead and Sasuke became enraged, he stood silently fuming beside me. Kiba was laughing his head off and Hinata looked slightly appaled. I would have laughed my ass off if I wasn't the one in the bad position.

Kurenai also looked on the verge of giggles, but then she got a good look at my face and gasped slightly. She smacked Kiba on the head, making him abruptly shut up.

"Yabi-sama, it's an honour. Shut up Kiba, do you know who this is?" I blinked and realized why she was acting so weirdly…right, the whole world savior thing…

He started laughing again, "Yeah, sasuke's GIRLFRIEND!! Haha, wait until Ino and Sakura hear about this, aw man I can't WAIT to see their faces!" Hinata's eyes widened slightly as she took in my appearance as well. Apparently word did get around the village who I was …well shit.

"K-Kiba-kun. Please stop laughing and be respectful. This is Yabi Akuma-sama, the one the hokage just told us about." Hinata said quietly, shaking kiba's arm. He immediately stopped laughing, and his expression warped into one of horror as I glared at him with crossed arms. I wasn't actually angry, but his face was too priceless, so I kept up the act.

"Eheh…sorry…umm…I forget your name already…" He laughed nervously rubbing the back of his neck. I couldn't hold it in anymore, I laughed.

"Man your face was PRICELESS! I only wish I had a camera. No sweat, I'm Yabi Akuma." I said, still shaking with laughter as I extended a hand towards him. Apparenlty he thought I would be uptight, as he seemed kind of shocked as he shook my hand.

"Umm…nice to meet you. I'm Kiba Inuzuka, and this is my dog Akamaru!" Akamaru jumped out of his jacket with a cute little yelp. I nodded and looked at the others with a smile.

"I am the jounin in charge of this team, I am Kurenai Yuhi, This is Hinata Hyuga, and Shino Aburame." I nodded politely and shook all of their hands. Sasuke just stood with a scowl on his face. He was clearly still annoyed…and embarrassed maybe? I nearly laughed at that thought. I said goodbye to team eight, and started walking away behind Sasuke again, this time, even further back as he seemed to be in a bad mood.

"I don't bite you know." He said as he observed how far back I was. I laughed nervously and moved up beside him. The sun was starting to go down; it must've been the end of the day. I had lost track of time a while ago, not having seen any clocks or anything since I fell asleep.

Sasuke looked up the side and came to a stop, in deep thought for a minute.

"You…should get…somewhere before nightfall. I'll take you to the hokage, maybe he has somewhere for you to stay now." I nodded with a smile and walked beside him all the way to the hokage's office. He stopped outside the entrance. I sensed that this was as far as he was going, so I faced him with a thankful smile.

"Thanks for everything. The food, and well…the exclusive tour I guess. And the help with training. I definitely owe you one. Oh, and thanks for telling me everything earlier." He shrugged and grumbled something under his breath before turning his back towards me and walking away. I crossed my arms and rolled my eyes.

"Goodbye to you too! Jerk…" At this he stopped with his hands in his pockets, and turned back towards me with a strange look on his face.

"You're….welcome. I'll…catch you later I suppose." And with that, he disappeared as he took off towards wherever he was going.

A/N: Poll posted now!! ^_^

It should be on my profile…if it's not, something is wrong.

Anyways…not much to say. I'm in Pennsylvania at the moment as I type this…though I probably won't post it for a few days.

Thank you VERY MUCH to my…two reviewers…eheh, maybe this story isn't as good as my other one?

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~ember-chan~

Oh, btw, word count before author's note: 4324!!!...I'm so proud