Chapter 10- In the Darkness

Aki's P.O.V.

Darkness. That's all I see.

I looked down at my hands to see a white glow around them; I stretched out my arms to find that they had the same white hue too. I looked down at myself and scowled. I was in my childhood form.

I examined the darkness around me, daring for something to come out of it. But just like when I was little, there was no one. I'm trapped with no one to count on to save me. I growled in annoyance and started moving further into the darkness.

It's not like I can get lost right?

"Aki." I turned my head towards the whisper, but seeing nothing but darkness.

"You're not real." There was a chuckle in reply.

"No, but I am." I squinted my eyes to see a form heading towards me, the darkness around it allowed me to see that it was big. When it got closer, I held in my gasp as I saw big red lips accompanied with sharp teeth. The rest of its form was covered in jet black fur, with huge horns covering its head. I growled at it when it decided to smile down at me.

"I've been waiting for you to find me. It's gotten quite lonely without you here. Why did you block me out from talking to you?" I glared up at him.

"Because, Steve, you told me to try to burn my house down. That it would be fun. They put me in a mental hospital because of you! Told me that you were not real! You were my only friend. But then you turned into a monster! Where's the little boy with shaggy dirty blonde hair and green eyes that I knew?" Steve chuckled at me.

"That was a disguise. Something that allowed me to get into your head. And now look at Ava! She's controlling your body!" I growled at him in reply.

"Well. I'm sorry that the characters from Naruto decided to pop up into my universe and steal me to be their lab rat! I shouldn't even be able to use their chakra! It's Orochimaru's fault! He's the one using me." Steve chuckled again.

"Oh darling. Let's make a deal then. I will take care of Ava, but you are to talk to me again. And take my advice to mind." I smirked at him.

"Alright, deal. If you get Ava out of control of my body, then I will listen to you. And if your advice or help sounds good or reasonable, then I will use it." With that, I spit onto my palm and held it out for him. He chuckled.

"Remember Aki? I don't have hands. I seal my deals with a kiss." I made a grossed out face but nodded.

"Not like anyone else will know about it except for us two, and you're in my head." He chuckled and we quickly sealed the deal.

When it was done, Steve gave me a dark smile and told me I will hear from him too. With that being said, Steve disappeared into the darkness.

After a little bit of being alone in the darkness, a white light engulfed me. I stood up in surprise and looked to my left to see a white light spreading and coming closer to me. I smirked and spread out my arms, waiting for the white light to spread across my body and engulf me in warmth.

Ava's P.O.V.

I smirked as I looked at the rest of the group of ninja. My eyes landed on Sakura again, who had Hinata beside her.

"Hey Hinata, could you activate your Byakugan?" Hinata looked at Sakura questioningly.

"W-why Sakura-chan?" Sakura smirked at her and turned to the rest of the ninja.

"Remember what I told you guys earlier? I think I'm right. Surround Aki right now." The ninja nodded and circled around me. I smirked at them.

"You guys seriously think you can stop me by standing around in a circle? That is the stupidest thing you guys have ever done. Now get out of my way." Sakura smirked at me, the prior fear she had when we were alone no longer there because she had her teammates beside her.

"Shikamaru now!" I frowned when I looked towards said pineapple head as his shadow possessed me. I scowled in annoyance.

"Seriously? I already have no control when Aki is in control, and now when I control her body I can't do crap! So stupid!" I complained loudly, which caused Shikamaru to chuckle at me.

"Aki is in there alright! But there's another presence inside her mind." Kakashi stated from behind me. My eyes widened in surprise. All the times I was inside her mind, in the darkness, there was no other presence.

Suddenly a piercing pain came from inside my head; Shikamaru released me in surprise when I burst into a piercing scream. I clutched my head in shock; my eyes wide open in pain. What was going on, I don't know.

Kakashi's P.O.V.

I watched in surprise as Ava gripped Aki's head in pain, crumpling to the ground in pain. I didn't do anything to her, and nor did Hinata.

"Kakashi! What did you do to her?!" Sakura yelled towards me, concern filling her eyes for the girl in the middle of our circle.

"Nothing. I was trying to find out what Aki and the other presence was thinking when the other presence disappeared. She started screaming after it left." Sakura turned towards to girl in shock, I followed her glance and my eyes widened in shock.

A dark presence was coming out of Aki's body, what was forming was a shape of a teenage boy. The dark figure eventually stopped coming out of her body, and color started to form on the body. The boy had shaggy dirty blonde hair and green eyes. He had normal ninja attire on and he was smirking at the crumpled form in front of him.

Ava looked up at him in shock.

"Wh-who are y-you?" She asked, scared for what might happen. He grew and open-toothed smile, revealing pure white fangs as his teeth.

"Nice to finally meet you in person Ava. I'm Steve. Aki and I don't appreciate you in our space. So she asked me to rid of the pest." Ava's eyes widened in shock as Steve forced her up and put his hands onto her eyes.

"Now this will only hurt for a second." A black aurora covered his hand as Ava started to scream again. Eventually, the screams stopped and Steve removed his hand.

Tears covered her eyes as she looked up at him.

"Thank you Steve." Steve smirked down at Aki.

"Anything for my Aki." She smiled at him and began to collapse in his arms. Steve turned to look at me, since I moved right behind him.

"I will be going back into her mind. Is it cool if you make sure she doesn't fall on the ground? I hate it when she gets hurt." I narrowed my eyes at him but nodded. He smirked at me before he turned into a dark mass and Aki fell through him. I caught her with ease.

Steve easily entered back into her body, not causing any pain like when he entered into her. I looked up at Shikamaru with stern eyes.

"Inform Tsunade of today's events." Shikamaru nodded and began to run towards the Hokage building. I looked towards Sakura.

"Help me heal her. I want her to stay at my home until she recovers." Sakura nodded and waited for me to rise with an unconscious Aki in my arms. We began to walk towards the building I lived in. Sakura turned to look at me in thought.

"Why do you want her to stay with you?" I looked at her with hard eyes, showing what I was about to say was serious.

"I don't trust the figure that came out of her. Steve or whatever." She looked at me in shock.

"Why? He got rid of Ava for Aki. He saved her." I glanced at her sternly.

"I read his minds when he gotten out of Aki's body. They were dark and evil. I think he has further intentions than 'protecting' Aki from danger." Sakura nodded to me, understanding what I was saying.

"Okay sensei. I understand why you want to watch over her now. I'll try to heal Aki the best I can." I smirked at her, and we continued the rest of our walk in silence.

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I less than three you all!

Chao.