Vampire Heart
Suddenly, a huge wave of water rushes in and retreats, with the remaining members of the Kita coven. The floor is covered in puddles, the walls are dripping and the ceiling isn't much better. Coughing and spluttering, Sasuke looks up. Standing directly between and in the centre of the two ninja is a woman. She wears a long blue cloak with gold patterns weaved into it and blue fur around the edges. She's wearing a short top that manages to cover her shoulders, but reveals her stomach completely. It doesn't particularly leave much to the imagination, then again, her extremely short denim shorts with a slanted brown belt doesn't exactly help. On her feet are just above ankle length blue boots. Unlike Saki, Zane and Itachi, this woman's skin is slightly tanned. Her blue hair is tied back into a loose pleat. Her eyes though, they're an even darker obsidian than the Uchiha's have ever seen before. They're even darker than their own.
"Megumi," Zane states.
The woman turns to him and immediately glares. Syrus doesn't seem to notice as he races over and wraps her in a far too tight hug. The room suddenly turns icy, even Syrus feels it and darts back behind Zane in a flash. Saki steps forward and Sasuke flinches from the burning fury and hatred she emanates. She doesn't keep as close to the others as they had expected, but then again, they should have known better. The two women stare at each other for around half a minute. A loud crack echoes around the room and more blood splays across the walls. A large buster blade protrudes from Saki's chest and Megumi has a shattered rib cage with blood seeping into her lung. Sasuke gasps, in all his vampire days, there has never been anyone he's seen that could take on Saki, never mind match her perfectly.
"What is it Sasuke?" Zane asks. "You're allowed a rival but she isn't?"
Both of them pull back after a moment and Megumi turns to Zane. "Go die alone, wretched, weak, evil monstrosity!"
"What was that about?" Naruto mumbles.
"It's about the prophecy," Zane replies, one Saki left.
"Who cares about a prophecy!" Ino snaps. "What's going on and who is she?"
"Megumi is a member of this coven," Syrus replies wisely. "Megumi's sister, Ruka, was a founding member of this coven and therefore has a birth right to be here. The prophecy is important also, this coven wouldn't exist without it."
"Tsukino, Megumi has always despised Saki for dragging away from her kingdom… Yes, her kingdom, she's royalty," Zane mutters. "She was the first that Saki found and she hates life here. Not only that, but despite it being Zakuro's fault, Megumi still blames Saki for the death of her sister."
"So, Sakura killed her sister!" Naruto yells. "I don't believe it, you're lying!"
"You'll shut up before I have you dead!" Zane roars.
He glares at Naruto before departing the room. "You don't know me Naruto, you never have, and I'm not your friend!"
"Sakura," he frowns.
"My name is Saki," she snarls.
"What's the prophecy?" Sasuke asks.
"The prophecy is the end of the world," she replies.
"No!" Naruto shouts. "That's not it!"
"Shut up!" she yells. "There are two prophecies… The Millennium prophecy which can stop the end of the world prophecy, but only by the power of three."
"Three?" Neji frowns. "Why is it three?"
"The prophecy signals for three sister's to use their powers in the fight for life," she responds. "Three is the most important number one thing this world, and every other can't exist without, The Balance."
"You mean like scales?" Karin frowns.
"I mean The Balance is the power of three," she sighs. "Darkness, which you know as evil. Pureness, which you know as light or 'the good guys'. Nepphlia, the neutral area between Pureness and Darkness. A grey area."
"So The Balance is good, evil and neutral?" Sasuke murmurs.
"Too much of one thing will send the world spiralling into dooms day," she replies, almost smiling.
"So let's go find these three sister's!" Kiba grins.
"We have," Saki says, her back to all of them.
"Wow, that is a spectacular feat," Rock Lee smiles.
"She's dead," Saki whispers.
"What are you talking about?" Ten Ten frowns.
"The third sister, the one of Purity, she's dead," Saki whispers, shedding her tears silently. "This war takes place every Millennia, but we don't have another Millennia to spare. This is the final battle, and we're going to lose."
"Isn't there someone else?" Sai asks, trying to hide his worry, but failing.
"There are no others," she whispers, her voice hoarse. "Koori had a son, but the prophecy is for three sister's… One he's the wrong gender to take her place. Two, he's not one of the sister's. We're out of options."
"So we do just give up then," Sasuke mutters, earning a whack to his head.
"Cowards," Megumi mutters, floating across the room.
"Megumi!" Saki yells. "I'll kill you!"
"I flushed your silk cloth," Megumi murmurs.
Saki disappears and Syrus goes after her. Those left in the room pause and think about the two prophecies. Shikamaru gets into his thinking stance and tries to figure out a loop hole. Megumi pauses by the door to glance at them.
"Give up now and jump off a cliff," she says. "It will be less painful."
"You're not helping Megumi," Zane says, leaning against the wall.
"I never said I was going to help," she growls, kicking the door shut.
"You could go back and apologise," he murmurs.
"I could Zane, but you could also shut up and learn your place… We both know that neither is going to happen," she scowls.
"Well that was rude," Ino frowns. "Who does she think she is?"
"She is darkness," a voice replies.
"Darkness?" Naruto frowns.
"Were you not listening to the Prophecy of the Three Sister's?" the voice almost groans.
"She's one of the sister's!" Kiba's eyes widen.
"Darkness spread with evil lies,
Filling the dread that fuels the tears everyone cries,
Hatred and deciet forever melding to the perfect core,
Lest worlds end with flames, ever more..."
Author's Note: Everything I previously mentioned owning, then I still own them and I also own Megumi. Everything else goes to their rightful, respected owners.
I would like to dedicate this chapter to any and everyone who has lost someone or is going through hard times. This goes for any time of the year of course, but in particular the December to January transition whilst everyone else is filled with the buzz of excitement and happiness. I hope this chapter isn't too bad.
Also, please forgive me for deleting some of this chapter. As I previously mentioned, I plan on having the actual book professionally published and no one will read it if I give everything away... See, I am smart for a thirteen year old, just a bit immature. ;P