It's Now or Never
I stayed up all night next to the fire deciding what to say. They never saw our demons so I don't know. I don't want to lie to them. Maybe I should stall for as long as I can.
"I've been watching you all night." I jumped and turned around to see Kakashi watching me. "What are you thinking about?" He asked.
"It's nothing." I said and turned back to the orange-green fire. I heard him get up and felt him sit down next to me.
"I can tell there's something wrong. Tell me."
"I don't know if I can."
"What do you mean?"
"If I tell you, you might leave."
"If it makes you feel any better I promise I will not leave."
"We come from the Bake-mono village." He stayed quiet and didn't look at me for a while. I knew he was thinking about leaving. Only Jonine and Kage's were allowed to even know about our village. They think all demons are evil. "See..."
"I wont leave. You and your team have taught me that not all demons are evil, just by being with you for a day. Your some of the nicest ninja I've met."
"Thank you." I said. A tear escaped my eye and Kakashi turned to me and whipped it away and I smiled at him. He smiled back. "Do you think it'll be okay to tell your team?" I asked.
"Yeah, but make sure your sensei doesn't know." He said jokingly. He knew almost as well as I did that it was impossible to keep anything from the Sensei. But I had to bring them there anyways. I couldn't hide it. Not for long.
The sun started coming up and they all stirred and got up. "Good morning." I said smiling. "Well let's go." I said standing up. We packed our bags and started walking.
"So, what village do you come from?" Sakura asked. Great, my sister had to be the one to ask.
"You probably never heard of it." Ashley said trying to cover for me. I glanced at her at the same moment she glanced at me.
"Tell us anyways." Naruto said.
"Fine. Whatever." I gave in. "Bake-mono village. Also know as the Demon village." I said. Naruto and Sakura looked surprised, but Sasuke already knew from his sister. She wrote letters to him all the time.
"Wait, so does that mean everyone at your village are demons?" Sakura asked.
"In a sense, yes." I said. She looked at Kakashi worried but he was looking at me kindly.
Then we heard the trees rustling and turned to look. Naruto threw one of his knives. Which was one of the dumbest things he could have done. I turned and glared at him, then turned back. Two demons walked out of the trees. They were black with no clothes, they looked like vines encasing a whirlpool of black ants. Their eye sockets were empty and their mouths were stitched shut.
"Demons!" I hissed. They smiled and looked directly at me, if that's what you want to call it. I felt team seven's eyes on me, confused and scared. "If you want me come and get me!" I shouted, opening my arms. I knew they were just here to see our weaknesses and not intending to do anything else. The one on the right charged forward and when he saw everyone else move in defense and me stay still and calm he stopped. He was an inch from me. He smelled like rotten fish and something indescribable. It took all my power not to move away from the repelling smell.
"We will be back." It said in a scratchy voice. It ran back to its partner and they vanished threw the woods.
Everyone looked at me. I grabbed my throat with one hand and put the other over my face and coughed hysterically. Kakashi moved to comfort me when I calmed down. "What was that all about?" He asked.
"They smelled nasty." I said. Some of them got smirks, others didn't find that funny. I knew he wanted to know about the demons as well. "They weren't lying. They'll be back. They only didn't attack cause they wanted to see our weakness, when I didn't show any it got frustrated." I said, wiping away some of the confusion. "Let's just move on." I said and started walking up the river toward my home town.