There were voices everywhere. I had no clue where I was, who I was, not even what I was. Every once in a while I would see the hint of a light somewhere ahead of me, but it would be gone in a few seconds. It was like I was trapped in my own mind. Then I realized that I was floating. Well, not really floating, cause it was kinda bumpy. But I was moving somehow. I heard a constant rapid beeping and yelling voices. One of them stood firm and clear above the rest. 'I want her in emergency care, this instant! There are to be at least six ANBU operatives in her room at all times.'

Emergency? Is someone sick?

Yeah, Kikyo. Someone's sick.

Kikyo? Is that my name?

Yes. Can you remember anything?

No..I just remember darkness.

Okay. You need to listen carefully, alright, Kikyo?

Mhm..

When you remember what happened, I want you to tell Kakashi everything you saw and felt, okay?

Kakashi..That name sounds familiar..I stayed at his house after Ren died..

You remember Ren?

Ren died..

Kikyo, what do you remember about Ren?

He's gone..I did it..It was my fault..

Please, Kikyo. I need to know what you remember about Ren!

Gone, gone, go-

'Are you sure, Kakashi?'

It was the voice from before. Tsunade..?

'I know what I felt, Tsunade-sama. There was another spirit there. It calmed Kikyo, I know it. She would have completely lost it if it hadn't been for whatever was there.'

'How much did Uchiha see?'

'Enough to ask questions.'

'Where is he now?'

'Speaking with Naruto. There's no doubt that he'll tell Naruto what happened.'

I was still moving. Probably on a stretcher. Hey! It was getting easier for me to think again. We hit a small bump, and I groaned. Tsunade hissed, 'Careful with the stretcher, eh?!'

'Gomen, Hokage-sama.'

Wait, so Naruto doesn't know what happened?

No.

But he was there!

No, he wasn't. That was his demon.

Demon? What are you talking abo-

A wave of pain passed over my mind, and I wanted to scream, but I still couldn't move or anything. Next thing I knew, I lost consciousness again and found myself floating in a sea of black nothingness.

'Naruto, you didn't see it. She wasn't Kikyo. She was something else.'

Sasuke..He's talking to Naruto?

'Was it like what happened on the mountain?'

'Worse. You should see the training forest now. Hundreds of trees flattened for miles. It's a canyon now. It's like she didn't even know what she was doing.'

Naruto's here! He'll tell them. He'll tell them that he was the one who stopped me..

'How did you stop her?'

You dobe. Why are you asking? YOU stopped me!

'I don't know. I jumped at her, but she looked at me. Naruto, she looked at me, and I felt like I was being stabbed a hundred-no, a thousand times. It was like Itachi's Sharingan, except I think that might have hurt less than this did. Then she just kinda stopped and stared straight ahead for a minute, and she started yelling at no one. Her voice sounded like it was being raised from Hell itself. And then she just fell. She reminded me so much of..'

He stopped uncomfortably. Naruto got the hint, I guess. 'Like me when I'm the Kyuubi?'

'..Yeah..' said Sasuke quietly.

Kyuubi? What's that?

It's what saved you.

Saved me? Naruto saved me..

No. His demon did.

Naruto? Has a..demon?

There was an uncomfortable silence as I slowly came to feel that I was no longer moving. I decided to make an effort to wake up. Just as I was about to move, I heard a door open. I stayed completely still.

I heard Naruto snort with disdain. 'Hyuuga.'

Hyuuga?! Neji?! What?!

'Uzumaki. Uchiha. How is she?'

Sasuke stepped lightly over to my side and put his hand on my forehead. 'Her fever is better. But she won't wake up.'

'Why do you care all of a sudden, Hyuuga?'

'Naruto..' warned Sasuke. 'This isn't the time..'

I could feel Naruto getting angrier, and I was suddenly glad that I hadn't opened my eyes. 'I was just wondering why Hyuuga seemed to be around most of the time when Kikyo had an accident. Like when she fell of the cliff.'

Sasuke was getting nervous. He didn't want a fight to happen in the middle of my sickroom. 'Naruto! Would you think of Kikyo? I'm not gonna have you starting an all-out brawl in the middle of her room!'

This evidently got through to Naruto, because I could feel his aura becoming calmer. But he was still on guard towards Neji. 'You're not the only one who cares about her, Uzumaki.' Naruto stepped closer to my bed and lightly touched my hand. Neji stepped up close to him, so Sasuke couldn't hear. But I could. 'And let me tell you, that if you're not going to take her, then I will.'

Naruto snapped. It took all of my self-control not to gasp as I heard his fist make contact with the side of Neji's face. I could only imagine in my mind how Neji looked right now, his creamy white eyes opened wide in shock as his dark hair flew wildly as he soared across the room. 'You will stay away from her.'

Ouch.

You can see it?! I wanna see, I wanna see!

No, you really don't. Trust me.

That bad?

Well, you hear that dripping noise? That would be Neji's blood on the tile.

Oh gosh. That MUST hurt. Why is Naruto getting so mad?

Are you stupid, girl?

I see the nice inner self is leaving..

I was only nice because if you die, I have nowhere to go. And in case you hadn't noticed, Naruto is absolutely smitten with you.

What?! But..Hinata..

A cover-up. I know alot more than you do, just trust me.

'You'll pay for that, Uzumaki. Uchiha, you better watch your friend. He gets himself into trouble.'

Sasuke was beginning to get hostile now that my own safety was potentially threatened. 'I'll do that, Neji. But I think you should go now. Sakura's outside, she can fix your face for you.'

'Thanks for the advice. I'll come back to check on Kikyo later.'

The door opened and closed again. Naruto sighed and Sasuke calmly walked over to the other side of the bed, where Naruto was still standing. I never saw it coming. There was a smack as Sasuke slapped Naruto, sending him stumbling backwards a little. 'Wha?!'

Sasuke was downright furious. 'Don't. Ever. Do. That. Again. You could have hurt her. And if she had gotten hurt, then Hyuuga would have been the least of your worries, because in case you didn't notice, I have an obsession with revenge.'

Both Sasuke's and Naruto's tempers were rising. I had to do something. What are you waiting for?! They're about to hit each other!

'Stop.'

My voice was weak and hoarse. I opened my eyes slowly, letting them get adjusted to light. I saw Naruto standing next to my bed, his face showing shock and relief. In front of him was Sasuke. I sat up slowly. 'Stop right now. I need both of you, and I won't have you killing each other.'

Naruto helped me sit up. I looked into his eyes. Blue, not orange. Then I couldn't help but grin as I saw some red spots on the floor. 'Okay, who got punched in the face?'

Of course I already knew, but I wanted to hear them try to explain it anyway. Sasuke snorted. 'Hyuuga.'

'Sasuke! You punched Hyuuga in the face?'

'Not me. The dobe.'

I put on an expression of shock as I turned to Naruto. 'You punched Hyuuga in the face?'

Naruto nodded guiltily. 'Well what did he do? Try to steal my free crackers?'

'No. He was talking about you in a way he shouldn't have been.'

Sasuke was still a little bit angry, but he saw an oppurtunity. 'Cute.'

Naruto blushed, and I shot Sasuke an angry shut-the-eff-up look. 'I-uh-I mean, I don't like him talking about you..'

'And why were you two about to kill each other?'

Both of them snorted. 'Teme here thought I was actually gonna let Hyuuga hurt you,' answered Naruto.

I smiled, and both of their expressions softened. The door opened again, and the smile disappeared. Kakashi walked in and smiled when he saw me awake. He turned to Sasuke and Naruto. 'I don't believe you just beat up someone in a hospital. Now get out, I gotta talk to Kikyo.'

I saw Sasuke hesitate. 'Kakashi-sensei..'

'Oh, fine, stop whining. Naruto, go sit with Sakura. Sasuke, sit.'

Naruto looked like he was going to protest, but I gave him my most pleading look. I didn't want him to know what I was. He nodded and walked out. 'I'll bring you some pizza, Kikyo!'

Door closed. Kakashi's smile seemed to fly out the door with it. 'Kikyo.'

I could feel the tears coming to my eyes. 'I know, I know. I already know what happened. But.' The tears began to stream down my face. 'I d-didn't mean to. I didn't know i-it would happen. I was r-ready to h-hit the rock, and I saw..things..'

My shoulders were jumping up and down with sobs. Kakashi sat on the bed and let me cry into his shoulder. Sasuke was still sitting on the other side of the room, a puzzled look in his face. 'What did you see, Kikyo?'

Tell him everything, Kikyo.

So I did. I told Kakashi about seeing my family being murdered all over again by an invisible force, about hearing the sounds of death ringing in my ears, about losing all possible control and tearing apart everything in sight. At the end, he looked grave. I was sobbing all over again. 'It's b-back, isn't it?'

'What's back?' asked Sasuke. He was now holding my hand firmly. Kakashi sighed.

'I guess it's time for someone to find out. Kikyo, I'll tell him.'

'No,' I said, my own voice betraying my fear. 'I will. I've lived in Konoha my entire life. I was just being hidden. I've had a demon ever since I was born, but it started to come out when I began training to be a shinobi. My family was wealthy, so I was personally trained by some of the best ninja in the village. I never went to the academy. Three years ago, when I was fourteen, I went on a mission with my best friend, Ren. I don't even remember what the mission was. But somewhere along the way, the demon got loose. I went practically insane, killing my entire family and nearly destroying the entire village.'

Sasuke's face was shocked. 'So that huge fire..it was you?'

'It was me. On the fifth night of my rampage, the human part of me tried to fight the demon part. It left me weak and unable to defend myself, so I hid. Ren came and sealed the demon somehow. I just don't know how. He couldn't completely kill the demon, but the process killed him. Kakashi rescued me, and in the morning, no one except for people directly involved remembered anything about me or the demon. For the next year, I went in and out of comas, always screaming about the fire and death. When I was deemed well enough to interact with the outside world, I went to the meeting to formally induct me into the Leaf Village shinobi..'

'..which is where you met us,' finished Sasuke.

I nodded. 'Why did you stop this time?' asked Kakashi.

'I..Naruto, he saved me.'

'What? But Naruto wasn't anywhere near the grounds, and me and Sasuke were watching you the whole time.'

'I know..But it was Naruto. But his eyes were different. They were orange, and they had slits in the middle. And his fingernails were long like claws and he was really sharp teeth.'

'Like you did?'

'Like I did.'

Kakashi and Sasuke exchanged looks. Sasuke leaned in close. 'It was his demon. It was the Kyuubi, the Nine-Tailed Fox.'

'What?! He has a demon too?!'

'Yeah, but his was sealed in by a Hokage when he was a baby, so it didn't grow stronger like yours did. But it's still pretty strong, which explains how it stopped you.'

There was the clang of a metal plate hitting the floor. I looked over at the floor and saw a plate of pizza laying there. I looked up and saw Naruto's shocked face. 'You have a demon,' he whispered. 'You have a demon.'

Oh, crap.

I agree with you. Oh, crap.

'There's someone like me,' he said, moving into the room.

I thought about that for a minute. I had never pondered it before.

Someone like me.