(Authoress)
"Where did she go Kakashi!"
"I don't know!"
"Well sniff her out or something!"
"Do I look like a do-... okay well… NEVERMIND THAT'S NOT THE POINT! I think she's too far away!" Kakashi shouted over to Naruto's side. The two confused individuals ran parallel to each other.
"Yeah, her speed!"
(Kirame)
This... power, I can't seem to control it yet. Something partially foreign is trying to invade my body and has a pretty strong army but why do I think it's my own? Am I a puppet? Am I being used by some other?
(Authoress)
Threads of confusing thoughts were being sewn into Kirame's mind but she could not find their weaver, she had no knowledge of this different being.
She kept running… running and running… no end… running eternally.
…...
(Kirame)
It's running with me now.
(Author)
Kirame saw her surroundings as a blur of color. Her cheeks turned death-pale… skin turned as cold as metal… hair grew longer, whiter and uneven as if gently slit with blades. A white glow emitted from her being. Her eyes were wild. A grin crept up on the side of her cheek. She loved to kill.
The sun began to cringe behind the clouds from her temporarily uncontrollable evil. Thrashing wind all around her… with time she lost her senses, falling into an abyss of evil, letting herself become unaware and faint in its impatient hands. She grew powerless…
She gritted her teeth and roared. The roar echoed across Konoha. It shook the ground relentlessly as if she'd been released from its dark prison.
…...
(Naruto)
"BAHHH!" I screamed as the earth shook. "What was that?"
"I'm afraid it might be Kirame"
"NO! IT'S NOT"
"How can you be so sure?"
I ignored Kakashi's comment and raced to where ever the sound came from. I hope it's not Kirame… I hope.
…...
(Authoress)
Damage. Destruction. Destroying. Dying. These were the words that stabbed Naruto's mind as he balked at the sight. He continuously glared at his barren surroundings. It seemed as if something had rid the area of its life.
"I've… never seen... anything like this…" Kakashi managed to speak but with hesitance.
Naruto looked at Kakashi with eyes of fear.
Who could've done this? They both wondered… they knew the answer… though none of the two wanted pride in answering first.
"No… I refuse to believe she did this"
"Naruto…" Kakashi began but was interrupted by Naruto.
"No... I… SHE JUST COULDN'T HAVE!"
"…Let's just keep looking for her"
Naruto kicked off the ground and sped ahead in disappointment and melancholy. He felt hurt and betrayed as if she didn't listen to Naruto. All that courage he tried to fill her with… all that hope and will… Did it not diffuse into her soul? It didn't follow her… where did it go? Where was the real Kirame he knew… Who is this destructive being that permanently contaminated his eyes and would forever leave a scar on his heart?
…...
"Kirame…"
I startled and panicked. A familiar voice echoed through these strange and dark tunnels I seemed trapped in. There was no escape. I ran to wherever the tunnels lead to... though I could not see any light... there was no hope yet… yet. I kept running in search of some way out… or was this all inside me? Am I imagining it all? I don't know… I don't know.
My feet sank into black water. A moist kind of suffocating atmosphere filled the sealed area… it made me feel chained and restricted. I could feel my heart –beat grow faster… but I kept running… there has to be and end to this… I can't keep running forever!
I turned my direction and ran into a slightly larger entrance to a tunnel… I entered. A gale of wind scratched my face. The water turned colder. An empty black area lay ahead of me. It seemed eternal… A cloud of gray and white suddenly emerged like smoke from the black window. It seemed as if skeletal avaricious veins danced around themselves in search for something to clasp, something to cling to and suck the life out of. It grew closer. I turned back to run but I saw the same blackness behind me. A box of black with no boundaries had entrapped me! Though the water seemed to be on solid ground… I glared into the water… I could see the reflection of the gray cloud. I looked up at it. A gray spirit stood before me. It looked like me… a lot like me.
"See, I am you. Your restricted side"
It turned into a smoke like figure and coiled itself around my body. A stabbing kind of pain suddenly shot through me! I fell into the shallow sea.
"Yesss I want more power" it hissed.
"Y-you idiot… those are words of a mere child who has not even been taught right and wrong by its morality! Hold on a minute there, you don't have any moral! You are indeed evil but mark my words… evil always has its downfall"
"Heh, that's what you think"
"You will become careless overtime… becoming vulnerable to any minor harm that could induce a greater impact (but you will mistakenly see it as inferior) despite its being inferior that you will mistakenly see it as! I may seem small but I will destroy you. I can say all I want to because you're not going to listen to me right now. Why? You want more power. More lives to suffer while not having to damage yourself but my body! You somehow find exultancy in bloodshed and vicious behavior. Greed overcomes you… what you think will give you more freedom and power will only be the source of your downfall! Just because nothing has happened to you yet does not mean it will never. The element of Good does not have to be meticulous about your blithe and impetuous mind You don't have any real sense of control!"
All was quiet for a moment…
"You are wise indeed but-…"
It hesitated.
"At a loss of words now are we? All that you want to say is the exact opposite of what I have just said. I've given voice to my part of the fight"
"I don't need words to explain"
With that last remark the demon swallowed Kirame's power as if it were pristine water. That water had been drunk by the wrong one. The demon was already too sinister to be clean.
The demon ran without knowing that at some point it would reach the sand village in the form of a monstrous Kirame…
(Authoress)
"Lord Kazekage! Do you feel the vibration!"
"Yes I do. Although I'm not sure what it might be… We'll have to find out"
"The vibrations are very strong what should we do!"
"… I'll go with my siblings and guard the entrance of the village. Please get the army to equip themselves with arms and ammunitions, in defense mode"
"Yes sir!"
…...
"It's very powerful" Gaara spoke in his usual low but sincere tone of voice.
"I can tell. The ground is shaking vigorously" Temari casually said.
The demon made its way to the entrance. It finally came close enough for the sand siblings to see. They were indeed amazed.
"Th-that's a girl!" Temari's eyes widened.
The demon had reached a point where it stood between the equally surprized Sand siblings in front and Naruto and Kakashi behind it.
"That's not Kirame"
"Naruto! You can clearly see tha-"
"No Kakashi… that's not what I mean"
Naruto stood behind the demon. His gaze fixed on it. She burned with white fire. Her blood colored yet grey eyes, so sharp and wild were mesmerizing. White fang like teeth hung from her mouth and shone in the dying sun. Her nails were more like claws and sharp became her jaws. Her blade-cut hair violently slashed in the air that emitted from her body. He still wouldn't believe that Kirame stood before him.
"OYE!" Naruto yelled to the demon.
It turned around and in the blink of an eye had pinned Naruto to the ground. Kakashi jumped back in shock after he realized what had just happened.
"GAHHH! You!"
Naruto had no words to scream into the ears of his loved one. He wasn't quite sure who Kirame was and where she was at this state. He new she wasn't this creature… but did Kirame know that?
The demons nails dug into Naruto's arms… they leaked blood like a broken pipe leaking with water flowing out. He gritted his teeth and bore the pain that he thought he would never have to thole and especially from the hands of Kirame. It glared into Naruto's eyes… not with Kirame's joyous sparkling eyes… but with its own eyes of enmity. Naruto looked back in search of Kirame that he hoped to see. Though he did couldn't find a single trace… not a hint or trail… Was all hope gone?
(Naruto)
No! This just isn't right! I can't hurt her. I can't even think of hurting her! I don't feel right… I feel… broken… torn asunder by love that once made me feel alive... that once put me together.
(Authoress)
"Listen!" Naruto began to speak but the ruthless demon tossed Naruto's light body over to the other side; about a mile or two. With a flash it followed Naruto's whereabouts. Kakashi just stared… and stared. He stood in place… not wanting to believe what had just happened.
"Kakashi!" Temari called out to him as she and her siblings ran to gather around Kakashi.
"What was that!"
"That was… our friend… she's in her demon form now…"
"Huh? I don't get how but for now let's go help Naruto!"
With that the small group of devoted ninjas ran after the demon.
(Authoress)
The demon had already cut and wounded Naruto in no time. His arms were scraped and burnt, he bled from his stomach and mouth…
"Die!" with that the demon threw a blazing white glow of power at Naruto. It struck him fast like lightning. He wasn't able to avoid the attack. It pierced through his right arm.
(Naruto)
The pain feels like something stabbed my arm… something burning it to the bone… Forget this I have to act now… but how! Should I… no… I can't… I just… I don't know... I don't know.
(Authoress)
"AHH!" Naruto sank in confusion and pain. He did not fall but slightly bent down, kneeling… he felt paralyzed, emotionally and physically.
With in a moment the demon slashed another flash of white toward Naruto, he surprisingly managed to dodge it this time. The only other option was to run farther into a clear area… Naruto had planned to do just that but then what?
Naruto gasped for air but stood firm. The demon rushed to Naruto and was now merely a foot away from him. It grasped Naruto's neck and did not struggle to pull him up against the powerless seeming gravity compared to it at the moment. Kirame's skin was cold. He could feel her death-drawing, icy hands around his burning skin.
"Let… go… Please!"
The demon tightened its grip even more. What Naruto could never think of was happening to him… the unexpected… or was it?
"Kirame! Snap out of this! Now!"
"You're powerful Kirame is gone" it spoke. The amount of evil this creature contained could be told by the sound of its voice… sore and scratchy.
"She's still there, you're just taking control!"
"Smart boy but shut up. I should destroy you now when I have the chance and you can't hurt the body of Kirame"
Naruto gripped Kirame's cold hands and tried to pull them off. It was no use. Her grip was far too tight for Naruto to break free from.
"I don't believe you… I DON'T! I BELIEVE IN KIRAME!" Naruto shouted with rage.
(Naruto)
IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN THIS!
Naruto's heart raced and hurt. Not because he was afraid but because of what he was going to do.