StR: So I've been playing kingdom hearts (the first one) again.

Naruto: Again? Meaning you beat it once?

StR: ….Well….Okay so I picked the game back up-

N:So you haven't beat it.

StR: Shut up Naruto. I picked the game back up and I got Sora's ultimate weapon! I wasn't hard to get just time consuming. I can't wait to finish it so I can pick KH2 back up.

N: You played the second one before you finished the first one?

StR: Yeah….I got stuck on the first one so I went to the second….

N: Loser.

StR: -_-'

Chapter 10: Rikku emerges

Rei stared at the sliding door in front of her. She reached her hand out to open it but pulled back. "I know he told me not to but…" Rei trailed off. Rei clapped her hands together and nodded. "One peek won't hurt. If I just crack the door open a little and look in I technically won't be going into the room. Then again, Sasuke seem really serious when he said not to go in this room. Then again…again he said not to go into his bedroom and I've already done that when he was gone on a mission. Hmmm…to go or not to go, that is the question." Rei then stomped her foot on the ground. "This is spring cleaning! Everything needs to be cleaned!" Rei confidently grabbed the sliding door and slid it open quietly. She didn't want to catch Sasuke's attention before she got to check out the room. She decided to only be in the room for no more than two minutes. It would take Sasuke about that long to get to this spot, assuming he's cleaning where he's suppose to, on the other side of the compound. Rei tiptoed into the room and gently closed the door behind her. The room was very dusty and very dark. Very little light came in from the window because it was a cloudy day outside. It didn't really matter though. Rei could see in the dark. Her nosed crinkled at the smell of old blood. The scent was faint and very old. She saw the dried blood stains on the floor in the middle of the room. Eyes widened in realization after she saw those blood stains. This was the room Sasuke's parents were killed. That's why he didn't want her coming in here. Shape pain began throbbing in her head as she was turning around to leave. This made her lose her balance so she put a hand on the wall to make sure she didn't fall. Her eyes clouded over and rolled into the back of her head.

Sasuke was enjoying the time to himself but not so much of the cleaning. This was his house and he should decide if he wanted it clean or not. So the house did need a little cleaning but to Sasuke's defense it was a big place and he was only one person. Plus, he was off at missions all the time. Rei could clean it every once and awhile, it's not like she went on as many missions as he did. Speaking about Rei…where was she? Sasuke dropped the rag he was using to dust the shelves.

'She won't after I told her not to, would she?' thought Sasuke. Sasuke stood there pondering. Sasuke finally came up with a conclusion. He raced off towards the room that held his tragic memories. He came to a halt in front of the door and took a deep breath in. After throwing open the door his eyes widened in shock. Rei was lying unconscious on the floor. He ran to her body and gently shook her.

"Rei? Hey! Wake up!" he yelled. The purple-headed girl groaned and put a hand to her head.

"What happen?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"You went into the room I told you not to!" Realization finally hit Rei. Her eyes grew in excitement as she jumped up to her feet, also taking Sasuke with her.

"Sasuke this is wonderful! I saw-okay what I saw wasn't wonderful, it was quite depressing…that's not the point!" rambled Rei, "No eyes! This is great! I'm so happy I could-" Rei was so excited that she pulled Sasuke into a kiss. A kiss on the lips. It took Rei a few seconds to realize what she was doing. She quickly pulled back and covered her lips with her hand. Sasuke's eyes were wide with shock. Both of their faces were a deep scarlet.

'What the hell just happened,' Sasuke and Rei both thought.

"I sh-should, I m-mean, I n-need to go…go see Tsu-tsunade," said Rei as she stumbled on her words as she clumsily made her way to the door. She quickly made her way out the door and across the compound, blush still on her face. She took a deep breath and jolted out towards Tsunade's office. Inside Sasuke still hadn't moved. The image of her kissing him played over and over in his mind. A light smile graced his face. His eyes began to soften as he forgot about how mad he was at her minutes ago.

Rei continued running down the streets of Konaha. For once she was glad Tsunade's office was far away. It gave her time to erase the blush off her face. Time suddenly seemed to slow down as she ran past a girl with blonde/grey hair and grey eyes. Her hair was tied up in two half buns half pigtail style. Rei slowed to a halt and watched as the girl, who was with her mom, walk away.

'She looks familiar, really familiar. Who is she?' thought Rei. The psychotic girl shrugged and continued her journey towards her destination.

"Guess what Tsunade!" she yelled as she slammed open. Rei had come in at the wrong time. Jiraya was hovering over Tsunade, who was sitting in her chair. There was a thick silence between the three. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt. I'll just leave," Rei said slowly closing the door.

"Wait! It's not what you think!" shouted Tsunade, but it was already too late. Tsunade began to glare at the pervy sage. "Look what you did!" Tsunade uppercut Jiraya in the jaw and he went flying out the window. The 50 year old got up and cracked her knuckles. She had to go find Rei before she told Naruto. Naruto would tell Sakura, Sakura would tell Ino, and Ino would tell everyone.

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Meanwhile in a forest far away from the village hidden in the leaves was a campsite filled with missing nins. Tents were everywhere but well hidden. In one particular tent were two familiar missing nins. Kai kneeled by Akito's bedside. The red-head was sweating porously and had a pained look on his face. Kai rang out a wet cloth and put it on Akito's head. He sighed and lifted up Akito's shirt to see a giant circled bruise like mark the middle of Akito's stomach. Kai closed his eyes and lowered Akito's shirt. He opened his eyes again and looked behind him when he heard someone stepped into the tent.

"Lord Kai?" asked a missing nin from Suna. He had short brown-hair and dark chocolate eyes.

"It looks like we will need her. Akito's condition isn't getting better," Kai said quietly. He brushed the grey hair that fell over his eyes and stood up to fully look at the guy.

"I, Kabashi, will go fetch Rei and bring her here immediately!" saluted the boy.

"No, you will not bring her here." Kabashi looked at his master in confusion.

"But it would take her a month to get here and that's if she runs the whole way!"

"We are not allowed to assist her. Akito's condition isn't spreading that fast. One month won't hurt. Just go tell her."

"But why do we-"

"Go find her, that's an order!" yelled Kai.

"Yes sir," gulped Kabashi as he descended into a pool of shadows.

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Back in Konaha Rei was skipping down one of the roads. She had just told Naruto what she saw and he had ran off to tell Sakura. Suddenly the image of the blonde girl from earlier flashed through her mind. Rei slowed her skipping to a halt. 'Hmmmm, who was she?' thought Rei, 'Someone from Getsugakure? I can't remember but just to be safe I shouldn't use my old powers that much…That won't be hard, I can't use them anyway.' Rei was thinking so hard that she didn't notice two hands come out of the dark alley behind her. The hands covered Rei's month and pulled her in. Rei elbowed her attacker in the stomach and escaped his grasp. She was about to beat the guy up but stopped herself when she saw who it was holding his stomach in pain.

"Kaboshi?" she asked in a surprised tone.

"It's Kabashi!" the guy yelled forgetting about his pain.

"Oh right, sorry. So what are you doing here Kobashi?"

"It's Kabashi! Ka! Ba! Shi!"

"Hahaha! I know, I was just pulling your leg." Rei's eyes narrowed, "Really why are you here?"

Kabashi averted his eyes from Rei. "It's Akito. He's sick, really sick. Our medic nin said it's a type of poison. Kai told me to tell you."

Rei's eyes widened in shock then the turned to a sadden glaze. "What am I suppose to do about that?"

"Kai said you were the only one that could get a certain ingredient they need for the antidote." Rei was about to respond but was distracted by Tsunade appearing at the entrance of the alley way. Tsunade glared at the missing nin for Suna.

"Kai and Akito are one thing. They can hide from Anbu. This guy on the other hand cannot," she said sternly.

"This guy? I have a name you know!" shouted Kabashi angrily.

"Yeah, it's Bakashi!" laughed Rei. The brunette shiftily turned his head to glare at her. "Joking."

"Come to my office in one hour. Not a second later or a second earlier and make sure no one sees Koboshi," Tsunade said and then poofed away.

"Another clone? That lazy ass," muttered Rei.

"KABASHI! KAAAAAAAABBBBBAAAASHI!!!! It's not that hard!"

"Ka-kabashi," Rei called. The boy turned his head and looked at her sadly when he saw a dark shadow covering her eyes. "I…have to be alone. I'll see you in an hour." Rei looked like she vanished as she sprinted out of the alley. Kabashi knew Riku had to do with her sudden change of mood so he didn't follow.

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Rei found that she had ran all the way to a river in a forest nearby. She go on her knees and splashed water one her face. She kept her hands covering her face and groaned.

"So little Akito is sick," came a chilling voice. Rei's eyes widen in fear. Slowly she brought her hands down and looked into the water. She gulped as she saw that it was Riku instead of her own reflection. Her golden cat-like eyes froze Rei to her spot.

"H-how?" stuttered Rei. Her eyes turned into a heated glare. "What? You can't get enough of torturing me in my dreams, now you have to show up during the day to!" Rikku frowned as her golden eyes turned to a deep scarlet color.

"I came because you're hesitating," growled Rikku, "You shouldn't have to think about saving Akito's life!" Her smile turned into a sadistic grin. "I caught you." Rei gasped as the surrounding area turned into the sky.

'Genjutsu!' she thought as she started falling. 'I have to break it!'

"You'll be fine," came a familiar voice from behind her. Rei look over her shoulder to see Sasuke behind her. "I'll protect you."

'That's not going to work,' she thought. She reached her hand out towards him and began to sing.

"Catch me as I fall
Say you're here and it's all over now" Sasuke vanished as Rei put her hand down. She sighed and closed her eyes.

"Speaking to the atmosphere
No one's here and I fall into myself" She then fell into the arms of Rikku. Rikku pushed her away and the scene changed to a village with burning houses and dead bodies lying around.

"This truth drives me
Into madness"

"You can't stop me, my little neko," taunted Rikku.

"I know I can stop the pain
If I will it all away
If I will it all away" Rei turned away from Rikku and put her hands in a praying position.

"Don't turn away," sang Rikku in a colder voice.

"Don't give in to the pain" Rei sang in a whisper.

"Don't try to hide"

Rei looked at Rikku through the corner of her eyes "Though they're screaming your name"

"Don't close your eyes"

"God knows what lies behind them"

"Don't turn out the light"

"Never sleep never die" A huge explosion was herd as a giant black tiger with even blacker strips and golden eyes appeared in the distance.

"I'm frightened by what I see
But somehow I know
That there's much more to come" The illusion started changing into Konaha being burned and her friends bodies were coving the ground.

"Immobilized by my fear
And soon to be
Blinded by tears" Rei collapsed to the ground and put her head in her hands.

"I can stop the pain
If I will it all away

If I will it all away."sang Rikku as the world turned pitch black.

"Don't turn away,"

"Don't give in to the pain" Rei sang as she stood up and faced Rikku.

Rikku smirked. "Don't try to hide"

"Though they're screaming your name" The two girls rushed toward each other.

"Don't close your eyes" Rikku clawed at Rei making the short-haired girl fly back.

"God knows what lies behind them" Rei stood still, trying to shake off the pain.

"Don't turn out the light"

"Never sleep never die" Rikku wrapped her arms around Rei shoulders from behind and started speaking but Rei was into much shock to hear. Once again the image of Konaha in flames and her friends dead shimmered into view.

"Fallen angels at my feet
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes
Lying next to me I fear
She beckons me
Shall I give in
Upon my end shall I begin
Forsaking all I've fallen for
I rise to meet the end" Rei turned around and began throwing punches at Rikku. Rikku dodged effortlessly with a smirk painted on her face. Rei breath became heavy as she fell to her knees. Rikku's smirk turned into a grin as her hand became engulfed in a dark flame. She raised her claw up high and started to bring it down but stopped in the middle. Rikku glared as her Genjutsu stared to break. It's seems Rikku's fun time was up. The longer-haired girl put out her flame and turned away from Rei. Rei glared at her and slowly stood up. The girl didn't want this to be over just yet.

"Don't turn away," Rei sang angrily

"Don't give in to the pain" smirked Rikku as the darkness began to cover her.

"Don't try to hide"

"Though they're screaming your name"

"Don't close your eyes"

"God knows what lies behind them" Rikku sang sadly as the darkness completely consumed her and everything else.

"Don't turn out the light"

Never sleep never die" Rikku said in a taunting voice.

"Rikku!" Rei yelled as she snapped her eyes open. Rei let out a breath when she noticed her surroundings. She was finally back to reality. She knew now what to do. She stood up confidently from her seated position. Nodding to herself she ran towards Tsunade's office.

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"Are you sure you want to do this?" asked Tsunade. Silently with eyes cast to the ground, Rei nodded. Tsunade closed her eyes in thought. "Six months."

"Eh?"

"That's as long as I can give you."

"What! It will take me a month and a half to get there and because I'll probably be tired, two months to get back! That leaves me…..two and a half months! That's not enough!"

"Be thankful I'm giving you that much!" Rei sighed.

"You're right. I'm sorry."

"You'll leave tonight. Don't tell anyone where you're going."

"Yes. I know."

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Later that night Rei sat on the window sill looking out the window.

"Are you okay?" asked Sasuke. Rei turned towards him with a happy look on her face.

"Yup!" Sasuke smirked then blushed and rubbed the back of his head.

"There's a festival tomorrow. Would you want to go…with me?"

Rei smiled with sad eyes. "Sure."

"I'm going to bed," he said.

"Alright, night."

'I sorry Sasuke.'

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The next morning Sasuke awoken and headed to Rei's room to wake her up like always. His eyes turned cold when he saw a nicely made bed with a note on top of it. The note simply said sorry.

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StR: That was a nice long one.

N: You cheated! You put song in there!

StR: You know what they say. All's fair in love, war, and fan fiction.

N: WHO SAYS THAT!

Sakura: YOU BROKE SASUKE'S HEART!

StR: I tend to do that a lot don't I? I did that in my Hiei story to

Sakura: You're just mean to your characters.

StR: That's okay!

N and S: You're insane

StR: Whahahaha! Please Review!