Dude, so far, I've only had four reviews, for which I am eternally grateful. Any who, this chapter should be a bit more interesting than the last, as it leads up to some kind of fight.
Disclaimer: I am a teenager; you think I've got the money to franchise an Anime/Manga series?
'Dreams/Visions'
'Thoughts'
"Demons/Past lives"
I wonder if I'll actually make it to the party alive.
Mizuki started awake from her nightmare, and what a doozy that had been! (1) She had been walking home and was attacked by some freak; maybe all the stories of disappearing girls were getting to her.
"Shit, that was one messed up nightmare." she mumbled to herself. Mizuki lifted her hands over her head and stretched out the kinks, hearing a few pops as she continued. She went to look at her clock when a dull ache began to make itself known all over her body, not to mention the stinging resonating from a large gash on her breast.
'The hell?' she thought as her fingers gently grazed to torn flesh. Mizuki sat up in bed, fully prepared to head to the bathroom, but vertigo caught up to her as she swayed back onto the pillows.
She finally managed to get out of bed and to the bathroom after a few minutes, but was not completely prepared for the sight she beheld.
All across her body were bruises, a few scrapes, and cuts; the worst of which were the bruise on her neck and the gash across her chest. "Damn, you'd think Sasamae was trying to kill me or something." she said to no one in particular.
Looking at herself in the mirror, Mizuki was dearly grateful that there were now discernable marks on her face; now all she had to do was cover up her neck and no one would be the wiser.
'I just hope no one rags on me for losing.' she thought in shame. She must be out of shape or something, because she had not been beaten this badly in a long time. Mizuki yawned heavily before looking at her clock from the bathroom.
2:47a.m.
Mizuki's eye twitched angrily before she gave a loud huff and headed back to bed; no point in getting worked up and missing out on any more sleep, especially when there was a sleep over that night.
"Aha! I know!" she spoke aloud as she realized a way to calm herself to sleep.
She stood up, grabbed her CD player, an Evanescence CD, and something else. She plugged the player into the out let near the balcony doors, after opening them, put the CD in, and dragged a chair out onto the balcony with her. "Humph, time to relax a little." She said turning on the CD player, and skipping to the 8th track. She then began to sing with the music.
"Stay low, soft dark and dreamless, far beneath my nightmares, and loneliness. I hate me for breathing without you I don't want to feel anymore for you. Grieving for you I'm not grieving for nothing real love can't undo and though I may have lost my way all paths lead straight to you. I long to be like you lie cold in the ground like you."
As the music played on Mizuki took out the item that she had brought with her, it was a small knife. She then began to cut on her hands, and some what on her wrists horizontally. As soon as the vocal began to play again she stopped cutting and began to sing along again.
"Halo.
Blinding wall between us, melt away and leave us alone again, humming, haunted somewhere out there I believe that love can see us through in death. I long to be like you lie cold in the ground like you there's room inside for two, and I'm not greiving for you, I'm coming for you."
She stared up at the moon, tears in her eyes, as she finished the song.
"You're not alone no matter what they told you you're not alone. I'll be right beside you forevermore. I long to be like you, lie cold in the ground like you, there's room inside for two, and I'm not greiving for you; and as we lay in silent bliss I know you remember me. I long to be like you lie cold in the ground like you there's room inside for two and I'm not greiving for you I'm coming for you."
She finished the song, placed a towel on her hands to stop the bleeding, stopped the CD player, picked up her knife, and looked up at the sky.
(Please nobody hate me, but that just seems like the most likely thing she would do, I know I would; especially since her family is so fucked up.)
Despite the fact that she was good at mat work, Mizuki was still flustered by her shameful bruises; so much so in fact that she was completely unaware of the eyes that watched her from the shadows of the trees.
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By the time Mizuki got up again she had nearly missed her rendezvous with Ino and the others. "Sorry guys, guess I over slept a bit." she said with a sheepish chuckle. Ino just shook her head. "Mi-Mizuki, you didn't ru-run into... into any tr-troubel g-going home... d-did you?" asked Hinata in her usually timid voice.
"Nah, course not Hinata-chan. Why do you ask?" replied the brunette. Hinata pointed to Mizuki's neck where a black ribbon was tied, not to mention the lace up fingerless gloves. For the most part they served to cover up the bruise she had received during her "sparring match", as well as her cuts, but Hinata had the best eyes of any of them.
"I got this last night, remember?" she replied. Hinata tilted her head in confusion, she could have sworn that Mizuki had won her spar, but eventually dismissed it.
Ino and Sakura were both too engaged in conversation to notice Mizuki and Hinata.
At school Mizuki and the others all began the tedious ritual that was academic life, starting with the hell that is Math.
He was not happy, and that was obvious just by his demeanor. Uchiha Itachi stood at the window of his old bed chamber; in a place he had once called his home. Now all he could think of was his plans for Mizuki and, inevitably, the rest of the human race.
A small grimace of displeasure crossed his stoic lips as he remembered the events from the previous evening.
Itachi was just about to get a taste of his sweet little nightingale, when Naruto, Kaiten and Temari showed up; and Sasuke, Gaara and Neji would no doubt follow soon there after. It would prove bothersome to fight them all, for he had no doubt whatsoever that they would try to subdue him, though he would beat them easily; still it would require needless expense of valuable energy.
A blade of wind sliced through the space where his head had just been as Itachi glared into the livid teal eyes of his 'sister' Temari; Mizuki was still lying where he was forced to leave her. He glanced at the hand fan which Temari kept on her person at all times; even if it had been decades since the last major fight, she was always prepared.
"You son of a bitch! How dare you disobey Tsunade-sama's direct order." shouted Temari; Itachi just snorted.
"Don't bother reasoning with him, Temari-niichan, he's not going to tell us any thing, are you Itachi?" asked Naruto, his blood colored eyes boring into Itachi's matching ones; he held Temari back. "Very astute, Naruto-kun, and Sasuke calls you an idiot." mocked Itachi.
With a quick glance around Itachi momentarily considered attacking his 'siblings' and running with Mizuki, but the presence of his other 'family' members quashed any of those thoughts.
"Damnit, I should have guessed the moment those girls started disappearing that it was you, Itachi." hissed an irate Sasuke whose eyes glowed a similar red to his brother's but instead of a pin wheel there were three tomoe present in Sasuke's eyes.
Behind him were Gaara, his eyes a gold with black star like markings, Kankuro, whose eyes were a vivid maroon, and Neji whose white eyes glowed white with the heat of his rage.
"It appears that I am out numbered." stated the stoic elder Uchiha. He decided against causing any altercations...for now.
In a hail of sleek black feathers, Itachi disappeared into the dark abyss of the night; he was so far gone that none of the others could hear his thoughts any more.
Itachi was terribly angered by the other's intervention, but being outnumbered, even by beings as weak as Sasuke and the others would have caused problems if he had attempted to escape with Mizuki in tow.
Temari was about as happy as a slug being rolled in salt, or a cat being forced to take a bath...Yeah, she was pissed.
Not only was one of her human friends hurt, and by a comrade no less, but Itachi had disobeyed Tsunade's orders without so much as batting an eye. What was worst was the fact that all day she was forced to watch her friends walk around with out any real memories of the night before to ensure their safety.
Sasuke scowled at the place his brother had been standing, while Neji and Gaara went to converse with Naruto, and Kankuro on the matter.
Temari walked over to Mizuki to make sure she was alright.
She kneeled next to Mizuki to check for severe injuries but found only superficial wounds that could be easily hidden and would be gone soon. The inventory complete, Temari scowled at the bruises forming along Mizuki's flesh. A particularly nasty look was sent towards the cut above her left bosom, and a scowl lingered even after she calmed a bit.
While the others contemplated what to do with the sleeping girl, Kaiten was raging within himself. As clear as day, or night, he could smell her freshly exposed blood, and it took every ounce of self control he possessed not to walk over to her prone form and complete what Itachi had tried to start.
He couldn't, though, it was wrong, and she had done nothing to offend him. Okay so technically he could go on about how she had stared at him, but that was how all the human females looked at him and his brothers; he even had some guys lusting after him.
Naruto looked up from his conversation with Kankuro, Gaara, and Neji, having felt his brother's distress, and walked toward Kaiten.
"It's alright, Kaiten, I'll go with Temari-nii, and take her home, you don't have to force yourself to stay here, okay." said Naruto, placing his hand on his brother's shoulder. Kaiten forced in a shaky breath, before nodding and walking out of the park.
"Alright, Temari, you and I will take Mizuki home, Sasuke and Neji, you head after Itachi, see if there is any way to find his trail. Kankuro, Gaara, you two should head back home to tell Obaa-chan that we know who's been murdering those girls in town, okay?" said Naruto as he directed his siblings.
Gaara and Kankuro left for their home, while Sasuke and Neji went to try and track down Itachi, which was no easy task.
Temari picked up her brunette friend while Naruto grabbed her things that had been dropped when she tried to struggle against Itachi's advances.
When Naruto and Temari arrived at Mizuki's house they used her key to get in with out suspicion, and set her up in her room. Naruto left so Temari could dress Mizuki in her night clothes; that way, Mizuki would think it was a dream.
Once she was done, Temari called Naruto back in.
He walked over to Mizuki's sleeping form, brushed back some stray hairs and began to speak. "Mizuki, when you wake up, you'll have no true memories of this evening's events. You will remember them only as a nightmare, you will think that you got your injuries while fighting Sasamae, and you will attempt to cover them up, am I understood?"
Mizuki nodded slightly in her sleep before mumbling a garbled "yes" and drifting into REM sleep.
Sighing, Naruto stood up straight, and walked out of the room, Temari trailing behind. "Alright, we'll have to do the same thing to Hinata-chan, Sakura-chan, Ino and Tenten, so they'll be less likely to press the issue. Then we'll come back and stake out Mizuki's house to see if Itachi comes back for her. "
Temari nodded and followed him to her friend's houses before returning to Mizuki's place to keep watch.
Breaking from her reverie Temari got up from her usual spot at the lunch table and headed for fifth period.
Mizuki and Hinata doodled all fifth period for lack of interest in Sai's lecture on proper color use. Kaiten watched Mizuki from the back to see if she was alright; Naruto and Temari had informed him of her "activities" after they reported in.
The bell for study hall rang and Mizuki got up and left, Hinata in toe. When she got into the classroom she sat next to her friends, to talk about the coming events of the night. Ino was contemplating what color pajama set to wear, Tenten was telling them that she had gotten some movies together for them to watch, Hinata was merely listening intently to her friends talk, Sakura was busy setting up a schedual so they could have more 'organized' fun, Temari, however, seemed to talking, or having a conversation in her head, to herself.
"Hey Temari what's wrong don't you have some suggestions for tonight?" asked Mizuki. Temari was instantly broken out of her thoughts and looked up, somewhat, embarresedly. "Oh it's nothing just thinking about what we should do."
Mizuki spent the rest of the period talking with the other girls about the sleep over, having to stop the impending fight that was sure to erupt between 2 of the girls. Ino was currently trying to tell Sakura to lighten up and let their fun go unplanned, while Sakura insisted upon a well planned night of fun. Mizuki didn't mind a little order but fitting a schedual to something that was supposed to be fun just seemed pointless, she much preferred Ino's plan of winging it.
By the time the bell rang for seventh period and ultimately for school to be let out Sakura and Ino had finally decided to have some structure to the party but not be strict to the max.
Mizuki said good bye to her friends as she went to her locker while the others went to Ino's car so they could get home and get ready for the sleep over. After gathering all her books and relieving herself of the unnecessary ones she walked to the vehicle.
'I'm going to have to take a shower before the sleepover or I'll smell horrible.' thought Mizuki when she got home and deposited her books.
She walked up the winding stair case to her bedroom to change out of her school clothes. Before she went to the bathroom she set her pajama set for the "fashion show" on her bed. It consisted of a black and white stripped tank top with light pink and grey skulls, which was knotted at the sleeves, and a pair of black short shorts which read on the back "Pirate Booty". Smirking to herself Mizuki went to take her shower.
Little did Mizuki know, a tall raven haired figure with glowing red eyes and scythe like pupils, was staring at her from a tree outside her window. The figure smirked as she began to undress, before she could even get her top off, however, she stopped dead and went in to the bathroom.
Mizuki took her shower quickly then put on a bath robe and towel dried her hair. After her hair was dry she changed and started to get ready for when she had to leave.
By the time she was finished it was 6:24 and she was ready to go.
"Why did you come early? We've still got a little more than 30 minutes before every one is supposed to be here." asked Ino when she let her friend in the front door. Mizuki casually walked in and dropped about 4 bags, stuffed with snacks, onto Ino's kitchen counter. "I just wanted to help you get everything set up so you wouldn't have such a hassle when every one got here." said Mizuki simply. She also brought along with her a small karaoke machine, and some CDs.
At 7:00 sharp Sakura, Hinata, Temari, and Tenten all showed up on Ino's door step, sleeping bags and party supplies in hand. All of the girls save for Sakura, Temari and Hinata were in awe at the sheer size of her home.
The kitchen alone was huge, and the den wasn't exactly a little hole in the wall. Tenten informed the others that she had ordered out for pizza, and that it would be arriving shortly.
All the girls chipped in to pay the bill and to tip the delivery guy. Tenten ordered 3 boxes of meat lovers, 3 pepperoni, 3 cheeses, and 3 supreme. "Ok there is a very good reason for all this pizza and I'll tell you what it is... PIZZA EATING CONTEST!" said Tenten as she opened the supreme pizza box first.
Ino insisted on not getting involved but was finally brought in with Sakura's helpful 'push'. "Well I guess you're just scared to lose huh Ino-pig?" That settled that argument, because within a second Ino was next to Sakura with 8 slices of pizza on her plate. "You wish billboard brow!" retorted Ino.
It was about another 6 minutes before all the pizza was gone. Tenten, being the most competitive, won at 20 pieces. After the eating contest they got ready for the 'fashion show'. Mizuki got up, put a Black Eyed Peas CD in the CD player, and started it.
Ino was first up, and every one else was judging. Ino, in an ice blue shorts and tee shirt pj set, first did a power walk and then a spin, which left her just a little dizzy, and finished off with a pouting pose.
She received a 7 from Sakura, a 9 from Hinata, an 8 from Temari, a 9 from Tenten as well, and a 9 from Mizuki, earning her a total of 42 out of 50.
(A/N: I'm going to be a little lazy and just say what they're wearing, and their scores.)
Hinata was wearing a tank top, which showed off her overly large bust unintentionally, and a pair of long purple pants, in a regent shade of violet blue silk, both with a spiraling pattern on it. Her score, at 47, was a little higher than Ino's because she finally got some confidence up.
Temari was up next. She was wearing a white satin sleep top with black lace on the top of it. Her score was 48. Sakura wore a scarlet colored sleep top with black lace trimming, her score was 43. Mizuki got a 46.
Tenten was in an emerald green silk Chinese style top with a gold dragon on it, and matching pants, her score was 45. "Temari wins for the best outfit and the most poise!" said Tenten.
"Time to swim!" shouted Ino and Sakura in unison.
Hinata was wearing a silver bikini with a knot in the center of the top, which did nothing to hide her scandalous bust. Temari was wearing an emerald, and lime green swirl patterned bikini which tied around the neck.
Sakura was in a periwinkle colored one piece that had a slit down to her breast line, and Mizuki was wearing a blood red two piece that tied around her waist. Ino was in a hot pink bikini with a rose pattern on it.
Tenten was sporting a pale pink one piece with the sides missing in intricate stripes.
All 6 girls walked to the back door, and into the back yard. The pool was in perfect swimming condition, save for the fact that the only light was from a quarter full moon. "We're going to need to light some torches, because there isn't a porch light." said Ino.
Mizuki went and found a lighter, to light the torches around the pool while Hinata located the pool light.
"Oh, can you sing for us Mizuki?" asked Ino. Mizuki contemplated for a while before agreeing with a shrug; Ino then set up the karaoke machine.
"Under your spell again, I can't say no to you
Crave my heart, and it's bleeding in your hand, I can't say no to you
Shouldn't have let you torture me so sweetly
Now I can't let go of this dream
I can't breathe but I feel good enough
I feel good enough for you
Drink up sweet decadence
I can't say no to you
And I've completely lost myself, and I don't mind
I can't say no to you
Shouldn't have let you conquer my completely
Now I can't let go of this dream
Can't believe that I feel good enough
I feel good enough
It's been such a long time coming but I feel good
And I'm still waiting for the rain to fall pour real life down on me
Cause I can't hold on to any thing this good enough
Am I good enough?
For you to love me too?
So take care what you ask of me
Cause I can't say no."
"Woo! That was awesome!" said Tenten. Hinata, Ino, Temari, and Sakura all concurred. Mizuki took a bow then sat down next to Hinata. Sakura was first up to take a dive off the 4 foot diving board then it was Temari, Tenten, Hinata, and Mizuki. "Hinata wins this one! Wow Hinata, I didn't know that you could dive like that." stated Temari.
After the second half of the fashion show/swim expo every body jumped in the pool. They were out there splashing, and hollering for about an hour before they decide to go inside to dry off. "Hey you, guys can go inside and dry off. I'll get the torches." said Mizuki, while the others went inside.
Mizuki walked around the pool, putting out the flames. As she went to put out the last torch a rush of cold air caused shivers to run up her spine not being helped at all because she was still wet.
"Holy SHIT! Why the hell is it so cold?" she asked aloud. Suddenly there was a soft sound, almost like chuckling, coming from behind her. She turned around quickly, only to find nothing there. Confused, Mizuki walked back into the house to dry off.
"Ok every body, time to watch The Covenant!" shouted Sakura. Mizuki took the papazan pillow farthest from the TV, so as to get a bit of sleep.
By the first ten minutes of the movie Mizuki was out like a light.
Mizuki woke up to find the living room completely void of any life. "Hello? Guys where did you go?" she asked out loud.
After receiving no answer she decided they must have gone out side to go swimming again. When she got out side all the torches were out, and the pool lights were off. "What the hell is going on here? Where the hell is every one?!" asked Mizuki.
She was pissed off at her friends prank, and some what scared by it. She picked up a stick and started beating at the bushes to draw the others out. "Haha, very funny you guys. You can come out now!" said Mizuki.
"Here I am. Did you miss me?" asked a drawling baritone voice in her ear. Mizuki turned around in a jump, then suddenly found herself being held in a fierce embrace from behind. Her heart began to speed up when her assailant buried his face in her hair, taking in her scent
. "I missed you, twice already, but not any more. You're mine now, my little nightingale." said Itachi. With a frightening lurch of the stomach Mizuki realized just who was holding her, but the sheer impossibility of the occurrence was over powering her thought processor.
"Y-You're the one from my nightmare the other night! W-Who the h-hell are y-you?" asked Mizuki in a shivering voice.
"Ahhh, that's right we haven't been properly introduced yet. I'm sorry for my rude behavior the first time we met, I wasn't quite sure that you were the one." said Itachi, as hr turned Mizuki around to face him.
Her eyes widened in shock as his statuesque features were revealed. "Y-you're the one who attacked me the other night!? You tried to kill me!" she screamed, half hoping to draw some one's attention, but to no avail.
"I'm sorry but, I had already seen that you were weak to my subconscious advances, so I decided to see if you could fight back a little with a bit of segway." said Itachi. He wasn't kidding, Mizuki was trying to get away, but her body, not to mention her eyes, couldn't move away from Itachi.
"Have you forgotten already? I have complete control over your body. I could have you jump into the pool, or..." he trailed off as he leaned forward to connect his lips softly with hers. 'No, I don't want this!' thought Mizuki. Itachi broke the kiss, and gripped her arms feircly and said, "You belong to me, get used to my touch nightingale."
Then he kissed her again, this time possessively. The force caused her to gasp, making it easy for him. Immediately, his tongue began to forage around for hers, tasting her, memorizing every inch of her mouth. He broke the kiss for Mizuki to breathe.
"I'm going to prove that you are mine," said Itachi as he leaned his head down to her ear, smirked, and said, "In both mind, and body."
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Oh my gosh, that was rushed, and I had to edit the damned thing too! Any way, I hope you like the update and please do comment, please tell me if it sucks or not, because I really hate screwing up. Can any one guess what's going to happen next chapter, because I certainly can, here's a warning.
Warning rape in next chapter! I do NOT condone rape, and I believe that rapists, along with back stabbers, deserve to rot in the deepest pits of hell for their crimes. This, however is the best way I can think of to write the story so- don't complain.
Please don't hate me for that I seriously have issues and admit them to the fullest: Rate and Review! Ja ne!
