Oops.. I kind of died again, didn't I?
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto
Kira (c)Me
"Kakashi-Sama" Kira turned around, and watched the silver-haired man grab a sheet from a little closet near the doorway. He unfolded it and threw it on top of the mattress.
"Hai?" He rubbed the back of his neck, and made sure the bed seemed comfortable enough for her. Kira nodded with satisfaction.
"What is there to do, in a village like this?" She walked across the room, and onto the wooden balcony. She leaned against the railing, and watched the sky grow from purple to blue then black. Just as she would have back at the hideout, with Sasuke.
"Well." Kira turned around at the sound of his voice. Kakashi walked out onto the balcony, and joined her in watching the clouds roll by, turning day into night. "There's always a ceremony to attend. And we have the Sakura Festival coming up." Kira turned her attention to a young girl, sitting alone on the swings.
No longer was she listening to the ninja, but rather listening to herself. Thinking over and over what life might be like outside of her borders. Her limitations.
"But basically." Kakashi sighed. "There's always something entertaining going on around here." Kira turned her attention back to the man.
"Yeah. It really sounds exciting." What a lie.
"So you're planning on going to the Cherry Blossom Festival?"
"Definitely." The young kunoichi smiled. Another lie.
The floorboards seemed to squeak when they walked back into the apartment, but Kira was happy to be sleeping in a nice, warm bed. Especially in a nice, warm bed, in a home with somebody whom she knew she could trust.
Not like at home. If Kira could even call living with Orochimaru that. But at least he kept her safe. As long as she obeyed him, nothing would ever happen to her. Right? Everything Kira had done to serve Orochimaru, everything. Would any of it matter in the end?
"Um, Kira-chan?" Kakashi grabbed his book off a shelf in the room. "Just stay out of trouble, alright?" He looked at her wearily.
"Hai." The sound was muffled by the sheet wrapped every which way around her. It was getting colder outside, and she liked the feeling of the warm linen against her skin. After a minute, she knew he still hadn't left the room. Kira poked her head out from under the blankets and smiled at him.
"I promise, Kakashi-San" He seemed to smile underneath his mask. Then turned around and waved goodnight over his shoulder, before shutting then door to his room.
A dream. No, wait. That wasn't the right word. A nightmare woke Kira in the middle of the night. Trying her hardest to pull the sheets off of her sweaty skin. Grabbing the door to the balcony, she swung it open, still panting for breath. The moon was still high in the sky. Providing light in the utter darkness. Just as the dream had started, although did not quite end. Kira sighed heavily. How would reality choose to tell the story?
"Naruto-kun! Wait!" Kira ran down the street after him, but he was fading away from her. She ran as fast as she could, her legs locked, like in sinking sand. "Don't follow him Naruto! He's lying!" She shrieked in horror when she saw the hand emerge from the black cloak reaching out for the boy.
It was no longer Orochimaru's body. It was his.
"Naruto! It's not him! It's Orochimaru, he'll kill you! Just like he killed–" Kira couldn't finish what she had started. The ground was sucking her in. Her heart beating so fast that it seemed as if at any minute her chest might explode.
The young boy turned to face her, right before he was in reach of Orochimaru. His eyes filled with grief, as if he had no choice.
"Look what you did, Kira." He whispered. She sank deeper.
"Look what has happened, because of you." Deeper.
"Naruto!" The tears lining her pale face. She couldn't reach out for him, he was too far away now. She watched in agony as he walked right into the shadows. Right into the trap. Kira let her heavy eyelids shut before she felt her body go numb. Right into the trap, because of her.
The light was shining into her eyes, reflecting off the crystal tears streaming down her face. She fell, onto the wooden floor. Unable, and unwilling to get up. The festival was tomorrow, and Kira didn't feel like going anymore. She ran back inside the apartment, and opened the front door as carefully and quickly as she could. Before anybody would notice her absence, she would be gone.
Down the streets of the village, the stores opening up for customers, Kira began to panic. What would Orochimaru say if she returned without what he wanted? What would he do to her?
She stopped questioning herself when she ran into something a little more than twice her size. The girl looked up, and was met with a pair of warm, brown eyes. She smiled.
"Kiba, what are you doing up so early?" His expression was smug, but he smiled, too.
"I would have asked you the same thing." He pointed to the clock in front of one of the stores. It read 4 am. She hurriedly tried to think something up, but was glad when Kiba answered first.
"Just out training, I guess. It was nice out." He looked around at the dusk sky, and the trees. Kira could agree with him there. The wind was faint, and it wasn't too chilly. The sun was almost beginning to break the clouds. It was a beautiful day. Was she still going to run away from it, or would she turn to face it?
"Kiba, I was just on my way out." She looked down at her feet, then back up. His smile faded.
"Oh, well, have fun." Kira laughed, and then was off.
She ran past the playground, and past the fields. Right to the edge of the forest. Then she stopped.
"Kabuto, let me pass." She watched the trees sway gently in the wind. There was no noise coming from the forest, but she knew he was there.
"Why?" His voice sounded like it was coming from every direction. Kira began to shake. "I, need to speak to Orochimaru." It was the only lie she could think up, but it couldn't fool Kabuto.
"I don't think so. I think you need to complete your assignment first." He paused. "Because I don't think you'd want to hear what he was doing to Sasuke now, would you?" Her eyes grew wide. Her heart stopped. Had he already began preparing to make Sasuke his next body?
She tried out her confidence. "I don't think you're telling the truth." Maybe if she tested him..
"You rat. I know exactly what I'm talking about. Orochimaru just sent me hear to make sure you weren't going to chicken out." Another pause. "Which, I think, is exactly what you were trying to do." Kira could imaging the smile spreading across his face. She waited.
"Do you know what Lord Orochimaru said I could do to you, if you chickened out?"
Silence.
"Well, I don't think you would like the plans I had in mind. Let's just say, you would be my.. Toy." He laughed. "Or, a better word for it. You would be my puppet." Kira thought.
"So, Orochimaru would basically just be sending me to you. Is that it?" She waited for him to respond.
"Not exactly. I wouldn't be as.. Careless as he had been with you. Kira, you are capable of doing things that could get us further ahead in this game."
Game?
"So, this is just a game to you both?" She was hissing now. "To kill everyone innocent and use them as pieces in your, your game?" Kabuto laughed again.
"Kira, are you willing to follow orders or not? Because I would love to have you working under me. So, don't think about it too hard."
How many times had this happened before? How many times until she finally realized that it really was just a game for them. She was just a piece. Either side had the chance of capturing her now. She could disobey Orochimaru, and run from Kabuto. She could start a war. Or, she could move where he said. She could take out the other obstacles in the game board. Kira could become helpful.
She heard the rustling in the forest once more. "Remember, don't think too hard."
And now, it concerned Sasuke. If there were ever a place for her in the after life. Kira, without a doubt, knew it would be hell. How many people had she put herself in the way of. How many times had she run away because she was selfish. One too many. Kira was a piece in this game. And she wanted to be used.
Please R&R. I read the sequal to the book Twilight last night, and it got me really raved up to start typing again! -
