Sasuke came over to where I was kneeling, and set down Kami. She was right asleep. She sure needed it too, she unleashed her demon for a little bit. "How exactly do you make this seal, Kaori," Sasuke asked. "I'll show you. Just sit down. This shouldn't take long," I stated. So Sasuke sat down next to a stream, and I began making hand signs.
It wasn't much longer until I felt the mark taking over my body. 'I must be low on chakra, and it's helping me push myself,' I thought. The seal was finished on Sasuke, but my mark wasn't receding. Sasuke passed out, but this was common when it came to putting seals over curse marks.
"Well. Well. Well. Little sister actually knows her own strength now," a voice from behind me stated. I knew it was Keen, but this time she wasn't alone. "My love, she also has my little brother with her. This is going to do wonders for ourselves," a man explained. I turned around. It was Keen, no doubt. But who was this man? He looked just like Sasuke! No! This can't be…shit! I have to fight both of them, without Sasuke. Without Kami. Without any chakra. I'm totally screwed.
I saw Sasuke stir, but I knew this was up to me. That is until Sasuke awoke, which could take anywhere's from a few seconds to a few minutes. But I don't know if I had that much time left. "Why hello, big sister. Is this your boyfriend," I asked. "It'd be a shame if something were to happen to either of you." Keen just laughed, she knew I couldn't take the both of them.
But what she didn't know is that I was awakening the beast inside Kami as we spoke. This wasn't going to be a pretty battle, and it was sad that Sasuke was going to miss it. "What are you doing," Keen asked. "You really think you can take on me and Itachi? Both of your teammates are down. You're alone, and without much chakra. You're as good as dead." I took a step forward, but was soon gone.
Kami was now awake, and was glowing green. I, myself, was underground, concealing what little chakra I had left. The mark soon came over me, and Kami was about to go on a killing rampage. She couldn't kill who Sasuke and I have vowed to kill. No, she just can't! I did a hand sign, and Kami soon fell into a slumber. This was my battle, and I had to do it.
With the mark engulfing my body, I decided to spring out of the ground. Keen was in shock of what she saw before her. Itachi just stood back and watched. He was waiting for Sasuke to awake. I charged Keen with a Chidori, but this Chidori was different. Instead of it giving off a blue light, it was black. I kept charging, and I actually hit Keen. But it was in the arm.
"Little sister has gotten better, but not good enough. You're missing a key part, Kaori. And that is hate," Keen tried explaining to me. I looked over and Sasuke was watching. He watched as he saw Keen throw me through tree after tree. He couldn't take it anymore. He charged Itachi. "Foolish little brother," Itachi stated.
Sasuke then froze in his steps. Itachi had him, and Keen had me. That's what we thought until Kami awoke. She attacked Keen and Itachi, and they went flying back. Sasuke and I charged our Chidori and attacked our enemies. We attacked them dead on. What we saw next surprised us.
These people weren't really our siblings. They were just normal ninja that Keen and Itachi had possessed. This wasn't good, but we had to keep moving. He needed our rest. Sasuke had the seal for his curse mark, which didn't cause as much pain. But I, myself, still hadn't done the seal. I'd have Kakashi do it for me when we reached the tower.
After a few more hours of walking and running, we finally reached the tower. We were soon face to face with Kakashi. He was proud of us, because we were the second team to finish. It was just the morning of the second day of the challenge. We didn't care who was ahead of us, but we knew that we needed food and rest.
"Kaori," Kakashi began. "Can you come here for a minute?" I went over to Kakashi, and he knew that Orchimaru got to us. "I'm worried about you and Sasuke. You two have the mark, but no seal." I cut him off by saying, "I already put a seal onto Sasuke's mark. It still hurts, but he has control over the curse mark. I knew what to do, father."
That was the first time I ever called Kakashi 'father', and he seemed quite happy about it. "Then let me do a seal for you, daughter. I'd rather have you in less pain than you are now. You have even more power than you could ever control at one." I knew what he meant by that, because I was about to kill someone, even with little chakra. Imagine what I could do if I was at full strength.
Kakashi took me to a dark room, and he drew signs on the ground. 'He's doing a very difficult seal,' I thought. 'But hell, if it works, and I can still control the seal, I'm all for it.' Kakashi took some ink, and drew down my arms, back, and legs. Kakashi did hand sign after hand sign, until he was finished. Once he was done, I passed out. I knew that this was coming.