Of Crimson and Jade
AN: Don't own Harry Potter or Naruto. Do own Jade and the plot. This chapter is dedicated to Killerwing x Gaara. Thank you. ^-^
"English."
"Singing."
Thoughts or Jade's dairy things
/Mental conversation between two or more different people. /
Kyuubi, Shukaku, or Yuki
::Parsletongue::
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Chapter 5: Of Vampires and Uchihas
How strange that Naruto and Gaara see themselves as monsters because they are the vessels to demons. They aren't monsters, the people who forced the demons into the bodies of children are. The people who hated and ostracized two small children for things beyond their control are the monsters.
A few nights into my stay with Sasuke and Naruto I awoke from a nightmare. And contrary to popular belief vampires can sleep and do dream. I dreamt of Harry and my changing. I dreamt of the fear and the hate that many people held for me.
Naruto came to me that night, while I was suffering, I told him of my dream. He told me of his childhood.
I wept for the young blonde and cradled him like a mother would a young child. In that moment he clung to me and wept for himself and for me. In that moment we connected like no two other people ever could.
It was during that night that I learned that Naruto had much in common with my Harry, including the Hero Complex. It made me laugh and cry. It also made me feel better to know that good people still exist.
That night, as Naruto began to drift to sleep sitting next to me, he made a mistake. With his last conscience breath, he called me mother.
It excited me, and broke my heart in the same instant.
How could he see a monster like me as a mother?
I returned him to his room and bed with Sasuke. I spent the rest of that night fighting with myself. I had to tell Sasuke and Naruto, especially the little blonde fox, the truth. They must know the kind of monster I truly am.
I have yet to do so.
Jade Potter
Six pairs of eyes watched as Kankuro flew through the air and landed outside the ring with a loud 'THUD' and then continue to slide back a few feet before coming to a complete stop at his sister's feet. "Ow."
Gaara calmly walked from the ring and moved to stand next to Jade. He glanced at her and smirked. "Don't loose."
Jade rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Wasn't planning on it. It'll be you and me in the last round."
Naruto scowled. "Hey!"
"Hush dobe." Sasuke kissed the blonde fox on the cheek, silencing his ranting before it could really begin.
Naruto sulked slightly and folded his arms over his chest. "Teme."
Jade grinned devilishly and moved to stand in the ring. Sasuke followed and stood across from the female raven. "Good luck."
Sasuke smirked and nodded his head. "You too."
Kakashi looked at both ravens. "Ready?" Both nodded. "Go."
Jade disappeared from sight and Sasuke scowled before activating his Sharingan.
Oh no you don't. Jade called on Naruto's Kage Bushin Jutsu and summoned a clone of her, sending it straight for Sasuke.
The Uchiha pulled out a shuriken and deflected the blow from one of the clone's daggers. They continued to move around the ring, each trying to land blows and deflecting or dodging others.
Jade closed her eyes and called forth her magic to summon a few dozen snakes. Each a beautiful mixture of power and deadly grace.
Sasuke whipped around when his Sharingan felt the pull of Jade's magic. He dodged an attack from the clone and punched it, sending it flying. It disappeared in a puff of smoke as it hit the ground.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi all knew of Jade's affinity with snakes, due to their previous sessions together. The Sand Trio, on the other hand, did not.
Gaara's eyes narrowed as Temari and Kankuro shifted nervously.
Naruto, sensing the unease, grinned. "It's ok." The three siblings trusted the blonde fox and relaxed, only slightly.
Jade grinned, her eyes flickering red for the briefest of seconds in her excitement.
Oh, this is fun. Yuki purred and paced in her 'cage'.
Be still. Jade shifted, and held out her hands. The snakes, all cobras of different varieties, rose up in the air and opened their hoods, hissing dangerously. ::Surround him.::
Gaara's eyes widened and his pupil's dilated at the sound of Jade's sillibant hissing. He shifted and shook his head to clear it.
Wow… Even Shukaku seemed to be at a loss for words.
Naruto stood watching Gaara out of the corner of his eye, the rest of his attention on the fight.
Half of the snakes slithered forwards to surround the male raven, snapping and lunging and hissing, corralling the Uchiha.
::Hold him.:: Jade grinned as she watched the longest of the snake lunge for Sasuke as he tried to move and dodge, while avoiding the ring of snakes. One snapped forwards and wrapped it's self around the raven's legs, causing the Uchiha to stumble.
With a scowl his finger's flashed rapidly and he shifted, launching his rain of fire down on the snakes. Most disappeared in puffs of smoke while some managed to dodge.
::Come back my pets.:: The snakes retreated to Jade's side.
Naruto blinked as he saw Gaara shiver out of the corner of his eye. The pupil's of his beautiful eyes were dilated and his attention was entirely focused on Jade.
Sasuke scowled and crouched low before springing into the air. With a graceful arch he swung his foot out, his intent to slam Jade out of the circle.
With a smirk, Jade reached up and grabbed Sasuke by his ankle. His look of surprise was worth the effort it took for Jade to shift her balance and swing, throwing Sasuke.
The Uchiha shifted his body and rolled, coming to land on his hands, just inside the ring.
Jade scowled and rushed forwards, lunging for the younger raven. With a swift movement she crouched and spun to swipe Sasuke's hands out from under him.
The Uchiha used his momentum to fling himself backwards, landing on Jade, sending both toppling to the ground.
"HEY!" Naruto bellowed, scowling. "That's my Sasuke-teme!"
"You can have him." Jade shoved Sasuke off her and rolled to her feet, dusting herself off.
Sasuke scowled and rolled onto his front and pushed himself up and to standing.
Kakashi stepped forwards and all attention turned to him. "And the winner by knock out is…"
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Hehehe. *dodges thrown sharp and pointy objects* Yes I've finally updated and it's a cliffhanger. And it's short.
I'm just getting back into the story after being stuck at Writer's block (which happened to be a very big wall).
I'm getting to work on the next chapter. It should be much longer than this one… all right maybe not much, but I'll try.
Please review.