Chapter Ten: The beast within.
Kyubi: This is how his speaking text looks
Yama: This is Sakura's demon's text.
Sakura
I was losing control, Stupid girl. She had nearly released him, I couldn't take this amount of power without losing myself either, I didn't want a re-make of what happened when I was younger, I closed my eyes, Feeling the sheer power radiating off the chakra that swirled around me,
I pulled it back into my body, Feeling it pulse in my veins was almost intoxicating, I sucked in a sharp breath, Feeling the intense glow of my eyes as I looked at Naruto, crouched on the ground like a cat about to strike.
His eyes held bloodlust and ferocity, Like a feral animal on the hunt, I couldn't help but smirk, feeling the sharp Canine's in my mouth softly rub against the inside of my lower lip, I felt so powerful. I had even drawn the Kyubi out.
"Yama, It's been all to long."
I arched an eyebrow at the distorted voice that came from within Naruto, although no one else seemed to hear it, It was an echo, moving through my head and chilling at my toes, settling a deep unease in the pit of my stomach, Could he hear my thoughts.
It has, Kyubi. You haven't changed at all.
My fingers twitched at the distant voices, I felt my body move against my will as I took a familiar crouching position, Me and Naruto looked like two animals fighting for our territory, Everyone seemed to be frozen, I could feel their eyes burning on me.
I could smell the burning as the black chakra swirled around me, leaves above hissing and turning to ash as they made contact, The Kyubi returned and the six tails formed. I yelped as I felt the chakra around my back, It had never done that before, I've always had full control, They turned into two, black glowing wings, Brilliant and beautiful.
"Oh Yama, I haven't seen your legendary dragon wings in quite some time now."
I wanted to flinch at the hiss of the Kyubi's voice, but my body remained out of my reach, In the night, The glow of red eyes and demonic chakra lit up the now burning clearing.
Hinata
I tried my best to finish Shikamaru-San's healing, But I couldn't look away from Sakura and Naruto-San, They were both so terrifying, I couldn't imagine the hurt he must be in right now, Having to fight against such a close friend…
Ino was lying on the ground, trying to heal a massive burn on her forearm, I scowled at the fact she didn't even try to help me heal Shikamaru-San, and I may not be an expert at healing, but I worked for my position, unlike her…
I frowned, shaking my head and with trembling fingers looking down at Shikamaru, He was panting and too injured to continue to battle,
"Hinata,"
I jumped at the hissing voice of Neji, but turned to face him, His eyes were glued to the scene before him, but reaching out to me.
"Yes?" I whispered, trying my best to be strong in this situation.
"Shikamaru is too injured by the foreign chakra, it's shutting down his chakra gates, Tsunade needs to hear about this, Help him back!" He growled, I could feel Sasuke's presence too, he knew how outnumbered we were, I couldn't leave them like this I just couldn't!
"Neji I-"
"Hinata. You may not be the hero of this battle, but you'll sooner be saving Shikamaru's life." He said, I turned to look at the Nara boy, His eyes were closed and his breathing was rigid.
I frowned and nodded, I wouldn't be much help in this situation anyway, and I surely wasn't going to stick around and let a comrade die.
Hidan
As much as I hated it we needed to leave before things got way out of hand, and it looked like we weren't far from that happening, Neither of them has said anything, but the look on Sakura's face told me something was happening.
I grit my teeth, Why the fuck would they let the Uchiha brat come in here when he was just a part of these little kids' fucking 'search party'? This could all be one big fucking set-up!
I watched the little brats move around Naruto, the one with blind-looking eyes took off with pineapple-head.
The blonde chick was starting to pick herself up, I snorted; She needed to learn a lesson anyway, and The kid with the huge disgusting smelling dog was with the other guy with fucking blind-eyes.
Yeah, and people say MY fucking eyes look weird, these kids looked like they should be dragging around cane's.
Sakura and the Kyubi brat still weren't moving, I felt my palms clasp into fists as I looked at the hunger in his fucking eyes. My hand twitched toward my scythe, Jashin would love the Kyubi as a sacrifice.
Suddenly the air was sucked from the area, and a blinding light appeared, the threes began to shatter, I shielded my eyes and jumped back, the chakras clashing sounded like thunder was ripping the air apart,
I couldn't take my eyes off the scene before me, and the Uchiha brat seemed to do the same, I watched the little group of freak-show brats start moving away, but I wanted to get closer.
They were blurs of seething black and orange, clashing, moving so fast they weren't visible, for miles trees were crashed and burning, It looked like a tornado had run through here. I could sense the other members nearing,
Hope they're ready for the show of a lifetime.
Fuck yeah!
Sakura
My mother always told me, That when a person wraps themselves in their own fear they will die a cold death.
I always believed it, not to fear who I am or what I was, until now, as I looked around in what seemed to be some ancient cadge, that was once holding the Demon that has been concealed inside of me for my life.
I could hear Naruto in the distance, or rather; I could hear his footsteps, he was searching for me, he was in here. In my mind. Had the Kyubi taken over as well? Were we damned into this realm of our own subconscious?
Were our fates destined to cross like this?
I chewed on my lower lip and stepped from the shadows, the puddles of deep, crimson beneath my feet splashing with each step, I waked closer and closer to the footsteps, closer to the answers he would never give me.
"Sakura?"
I froze at the voice, and turned, Naruto was standing to my right, several feet from me, his chest heaving, eyes a burning crimson, however the glow in mine put his to shame, his face was a twisted anger and hurt.
The same look he had given Sasuke.
I took a step forward; an empty step, with no intentions of running to him, or attacking him. Just the attention to move from the place I was before.
The anger flickered and died as he stepped forward, something I would have never expected to see on his face appeared, making me tense, and still. It felt like I was glued to the floor.
I saw hope, hope for this broken life that I used to live in his eyes. Hope I wasn't who I was, and hope I could end it for him.
"Sakura, Please…" He whispered, even he couldn't mask the hopelessness in his voice, as he outstretched a trembling hand to me, I wasn't sure if it was out of pain or hope I would take it, I made no attempt to move.
I couldn't go back, not after what had been done to my people, the section in the archives that Damned Mizukage ripped out.
"Please what?" I whispered, My voice was trembling, I felt the tears build up, none of this was his fault, it wasn't anyone's, and the people who were responsible were long since dead.
There was nothing more I would do at this point.
It took me two years to realize this. I wasn't saving the honor of anyone by running off and killing innocent people who most-likely had no idea what they had done. Is this how Itachi felt? Is this how I should feel?
I can't… I can't forgive them. Although I couldn't blame them, My knees shook and my head was filled with terrible voices of blame and hope, I fell.
I fell harder than I had ever fallen before, I clutched my head, the voices were burning at my eyes with painful visions of a past I had tried to conceal, and pushing me further and farther back in my own mind,
I was being kicked from my own head. I was being forced away from everything I had ever known.
The Sakura Naruto Uzumaki once knew, had long since died.
I was no monster.
I wasn't Sasuke, seeking an empty vengeance.
I was nothing. Lost between a past that happened before my time and a future I would never be able to achieve without destroying my last sliver of humanity.
I could hear Naruto, calling out to me from the distance, I could hear the voices, of the others. I could hear Hidan, and feel arms too big for Naruto picking me up, footsteps, and a soft pulsation of the ground moving beneath me,
Everything seemed like an echo, a distant sound to far from me to hear.
Little one.
I winced at the voice, unable to hear anymore, unable to drive myself to want to. The voice was softer than it usually was, but heard all too well to ignore.
Little one, You are safe. It is over. Your mate has you now, and will keep you safe little one, open your eyes.
I soon felt my sanity return, what was left of it anyway, and I was lying in my bed, I started leaning forward, but a gentle push to my chest motioned for me to lay back down.
My vision returned, and I looked up to see Hidan sitting on the edge of the bed beside me, His eyes seemed to appear almost lavender in the dimly lit room, His skin was pale, and a small splatter of blood rested on his cheek,
My heart picked up pace and I found myself trying to move from the bed, I pulsing wave of pain shot from burning flesh on my back and I fell, Hidan caught me inches from the floor, and gently helped me back into the bed, He was eerily silent.
The intense pain on my back was near to unbearable, and I needed to heal it although my chakra was far too low to do so.
"Don't be a baby, Just stay in fucking bed, alright?" The silver-haired man sighed, standing to toss on a loose black shirt and crawl into the bed beside me, no light entered our room, most likely due to the fact there were no windows.
I could feel it was daytime tough.
"How long have I been asleep?" I rasped, my throat feeling un-bearably sore.
"A couple fucking days, Fucking sucked. No one else can cook, You were secretly trying to kill us all by fucking starvation!" He whined loudly, draping an arm over my stomach as he plopped over onto his own.
I groaned, "Hidan, Will you get me some water?"
"The fuck do I look like-"
I turned my head to stare at him pleadingly, and he groaned and jumped from the bed, spewing profanities about Jashin, and how he wasn't a maid, all the way out the door.
I couldn't help but smile as I watched him go, I knew this was the best he could do in terms of affection.
"Oh hell no! Motherfucker you stay away from-"
"I don't give a shit! She's sick! Fuck off brat!"
"…You will be my next sacrifice if you touch a hair on her head, Motherfucking brat!"
My eyebrows rose at Hidan's words from outside the door, He was having a conversation with someone, although his voice was the only one I could hear through the thick marble walls. I rolled my eyes and watched the door open,
"Sasuke?" I rasped, Propping myself up on an elbow, hissing softly at the pain, I leaned back against the headboard, staring at the younger Uchiha, who was slowing inching toward me, like he was curious if I was going to attack or not, I almost wanted to chuckle.
"Are you… alright?" He said, flatly, but I could sense a small bit of sincerity, although it was a nice shot, I wasn't ready to forgive him, I doubt I ever could. I felt the unconscious anger boiling beneath my skin. Pushing it back I moved my bangs from my eyes.
I gave a simple nod and sighed, "Why did you come? I know it has more to do with than my well-being."
He resumed his stoic facial expression and walked closer, stopping near the end of the bed, "I was wandering what the odd chakra was- The chakra you used to fight against the Kyubi with."
I irked an eyebrow and stared at him, he seemed as genuinely curious as possible. I smiled a little at the thought that Sakura Haruno could have possibly taken his attention.
"I thought you would have figured it out by now." I said casually.
I watched his brows furrow for an instant, as if he was going to say something, but he silenced and looked at me as if I should explain it to him, I really didn't have the patience to sit here and explain something he could never fathom. It struck me as confusing at some moments, besides why would I-
I jumped at the touch of a cooled hand on my ankle,
"Don't touch me." I hissed, the jump had caused the burning flesh on my back to cause painful friction with my shirt.
He stood and held his hands before him in a peaceful manor, I suppose this would be the best apology he would give me, and I sighed, giving in to his curiosity, I suppose it was because he was finally acknowledging my strength.
"I am somewhat a junjuriki-"
"Somewhat?" He interrupted,
"Yes, Somewhat, interrupt me again and you won't get the answers you so desperately want from me." I snarled, clutching the black comforter in my fingers, trying to restrain my hate for the young Uchiha.
He just stared, so I continued,
", The junjuriki was passed on to me when I was very young." I said, my voice trembling softly at the memory, My clutch on the blankets became wary and I soothed back to reality.
I hadn't notice Sasuke get closer, or the tears that were now falling down my cheeks,
His hand was now stroking through my hair, The sickening touch caused me to flinch away,
"Sakura I'm just-"
"Don't touch me." I whispered, Eyes fixed forward with empty vision.
He reached his hand toward me again.
"I said-"
"Motherfucking brat, What the fuck did I just tell you?"
My eyes shot to Hidan who had Sasuke grabbed by his collar, who just snarled at the white haired man, my companion.
Hidan's teeth were bared and his eyes seemed to flare dangerously at the Uchiha, Who's crimson eyes held death and hatred.
"Sasuke. Get out." I said flatly, The Uchiha seemed to give me a disgusted glare before escaping through the door.
Hidan turned to look at me, His eyebrow twitching with irritation, he was attempting a smile, his body radiated fury, but his attempt was sweetly amusing.
"I love you." I whispered, reaching out to take his hand,
"I fucking love you too." He sighed, leaning down to place his forehead against mine, closing the beautiful pink tinted eyes I have become so used to over the years,
I patted the space beside me, Desperately needing someone to talk to, and Hidan was always my first choice in that situation.
He sighed and jumped into his place, shaking the entire bed, he lay flat on his stomach, fake buried in a pillow, one arm hanging off the bed, the other draped across my stomach,
"So Hime, What's on your mind?" He huffed, slightly muffled by the fluffy pillow.
"Hidan, What would you say if I wanted to convert to Jashinism?" I smiled,
In an instant the silver haired man was on top of me, squeezing me into a painful, smothering hug.
Through the profanities and joyous laughter I managed to loosen his grasp.
It wasn't what I wanted to talk about, although I had thought about converting for a long time.
In an instant Hidan had jumped from the bed, reappearing next to me with a crimson box, it looked old and fragile.
I looked at it curiously a moment, before he opened it and pulled out a pendant, exactly the same as his own. He draped it over my neck, smiling, and kissing my forehead repetitively.
"Sakura Haruno, You've fucking made me the happiest man alive!" He growled happily, He looked like he was about to jump out of his skin with pure joy, he was pacing the room and laughing,
I guess for Jashinists this was like a marriage proposal, I joked in my mind.