Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

A/N: I'm a kitty!!

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Inner Demons

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Knocking was what woke Kagami up. Before she even thought about getting out of bed, she glanced at the clock.

'Who wants inside this house bad enough to wake me up at seven o' clock in the freaking morning?' she grumbled. She sighed and threw the blanket off of her and stretched. After wrapping a robe around her, she made her way to the door, which seemed as if it was going to break down by the force of the knocking. She opened it, ready to glare at the person knocking.

'Did I come too early?' Akira asked putting his hands up and a worried smile on his face.

'It's seven in the morning. What do you think?' she asked angrily. She sighed again and walked back into the living room where she planted herself in a chair. 'What do you want with me this early?' she asked trying her best to comb her hair with her fingers.

'I came to get you for the medical nin.' Akira replied.

'At seven in the morning? Shino isn't even awake and he's the one that wakes me up around ten.' she said as she stopped messing with her hair.

'Well, I was actually kinda hoping that I could take you to breakfast before you went for the checkup.' the male said. Kagami sighed.

'Your attempts at flirting are horrible.' she said playfully. 'But I'll go anyway.' she then added. 'Wait here and let me get changed into something that I could wear outside. I'm certainly not going to eat in a bathrobe.' she said and left the room.

She returned a few minutes later wearing a black long sleeve shirt with black pants. Her shoes had changed from the normal blue to black, to match her apparel Akira guessed.

'Ready to go?' Akira asked. Kagami smiled and nodded.

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They ate at the local ramen shop where Kagami was surprised that it was open for it being so early. Some small talk was exchanged, but mainly, the two were silent. Because of that, they quickly finished eating and made their way to the training ground.

'I wasn't flirting.' Akira stated once they arrived.

'Sure you weren't.' Kagami replied sitting down and leaning against a tree.

'If you want to see flirting, you should see Naruto when Sakura is around.' the male said putting on a smile. This caused Kagami to laugh loudly. Once she composed herself, she said;

'You're right.'

There was another silence before either of them spoke again.

This guy is driving me nuts!

'Did you hear that?' Kagami asked as she turned to look at Akira. He shook his head and she frowned. 'I'm going crazy then.' she said sarcastically.

The two watched as people would come and train, then leave them be. Hinata came, but had to leave quickly before Neji found her. Something was going on tonight at the Hyuuga household and Hinata had to get ready. Before they knew it, someone had come to pick up Kagami for her checkup.

'See you later.' Akira said as she walked away. She turned and waved quickly before she was picked up and taken to the Hokage's mansion.

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The room was just the way she remembered it. Dark and creepy. The men had taken away the hospital equipment, thankfully, so she knew that she wasn't getting another operation. Before she made her way to the room, there was still that long hallway. Once again, it seemed like it took years just to get to the door that led to the actual room where they would be checking her.

'I want you to lie down and make yourself comfortable. We're just doing something small, so it shouldn't hurt.' the man from before said. Kagami nodded and did as she was told.

She watched as the man put his hand on her forehead. Her eye lids became heavy and she finally succumbed to the weariness that she didn't know she had.

What are these people doing to me?

What are you asking me for? Just make yourself known to them so that I can go home. I've got other things to do than lie here you know.

Shut up woman. You have no say in what I do.

What are you talking about? I don't even know who you are and just a couple days ago, you were the one that was forcing me to wake up. So why can't I order you around like you do me?

Because I hole more authority than you.

There was another brightness before Kagami's eyes opened again.

'What happened?' she asked. She felt as if she'd been hit by a large truck, but she wasn't going to let that stop her from finding out what they knew.

'Well, like Naruto and Gaara both, you seem to have a wolf demon inside of you. Which was something that we were afraid of. We had speculation from the operation that you had not too long ago, but we weren't sure.' the man said calmly.

'What does it want?' she asked. She started to shake before she could get an answer.

'Well… we don't know exactly. But from what we can see is that it is slowly draining your life force.' the man said apprehensively.

Kagami felt as if she had already died. That thing inside her was killing her? So it just wanted her dead? What did it mean? Was there some way that someone could help her?

'It wants me… dead…?' she asked. She was terrified. So she was going to be put into an early grave by something inside her.

'Well, if you get it to trust you, it may let you live so that it can see the world through you. But there is no way that we can take it away without killing you in the process..' the doctor said fearful of her lashing out at him.

'So, you mean to tell me that the thing that has been talking to me recently is a demon wolf and it wants me dead?' she asked, trying to get her facts straight.

'Well, so far, yes. And what do you mean that you've talk to it?' he asked.

'Well, it mainly only happens when I'm sleeping, which is why I don't sleep very well… not that I ever did in the first place. When I was in the hospital last week, someone was shouting at me to wake up. Insulting me and everything. It said that I was getting him mad and I don't even know who it was. When I woke up though, I saw Kiba sitting there.' Kagami explained.

'I see. Since it's talked to you, from what I can see, it wants you to suffer. How, we don't know. Tell me something. Did you ever feel stronger when you were on a mission?' the man asked.

'Not re-- Actually, yes I have. But it wasn't on a mission. When I ran away to get to Suna, which was a failure by the way, I felt like I could take on the world. I would actually stay up for days before I needed to sleep. It was the same with eating. I never felt hungry. I just thought that it was adrenaline.' Kagami explained.

'Well, now that you said that, it either wants to use you for something, or it just wants to tire you out. Either way, it's still draining your life force. If we could take it out of you, we would need someone who knows a lot about something like this, and there is no one in Konoha that's that old. The technique that I'm talking about would kill the person that tries it.' the man explained.

'Well, I guess I'm doomed then. I don't want to kill someone just to let myself live.' she said hopelessly. 'If you find anything else out, please let me know.' she said as she got off the bed. She walked out of the room with her head facing the floor.

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Those men know nothing about me. They tell you that I'm trying to kill you--

Aren't you?

Why no. Why would I do something like that to the person that is housing me?

I don't know. So that you could maybe try and destroy everything in your path?

No, it's nothing like that. I just want to be free, that's all.

Well, you heard the man. I'd have to get someone to die for me, which I'm not going to do.

Oh, defensive are we? You care too much for these weaklings for my liking.

Well, if you'd lived out here, you'd probably care for them as well. People get attached to people. It happens.

Whatever. These people mean nothing to me.

And that was that. That was the last time that she talked with the demon inside her for a while. She realized that once she'd giving him that speech, he let her sleep like a normal person. Everything seemed to be doing fine.

A lot of things had happened before she left for Suna. Sasuke and Naruto had battled, which caused Sasuke to run away to a man named Orochimaru. To be blunt, she didn't care. She wasn't one of the obsessive-compulsive females that just wanted him because he was a stud. To Kagami, he seemed to be a jerk, which was why the never really talked unless they had to.

But all that was before she went to Suna. Now that she finally got the chance, she was ready to leave her leafy prison and go back to her real home… with Gaara.

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'Well, Shino, dad, I'll see you later. I'll write to you whenever I can.' Kagami said as people packed her belongings into a carriage. She was finally headed to Suna, and she was actually happy. When she found out that the demon inside her was slowly trying to kill her, she'd been in fits of depression. She was so upset that she would actually lash out at Shino, her father and even Shikamaru, who was just trying to help her cope. They understood, thankfully, and let her do it. She was punished by her father, but it was better than letting her bottle it up and let it all out in one explosive manner.

'Bye sis.' Shino said as he walked up to her and gave her a hug. She hugged him back lightly. Her father walked up to her as well and gave her a hug and a peck on the cheek. He understood the meaning of her leaving.

'I love you guys. I'll see you later.' she said and hopped into the carriage.

The carriage started to leave and Kagami put half her body out of the window just to wave bye. They didn't know how much she was going to miss them, but she would find ways to visit. She was only going to six months, just long enough to train and try and become a Chunin before she came back home.

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She'd dozed inside the carriage. It seemed to take much longer that it was when she ran away, but she didn't mind waiting.

'How much longer?' she'd ask with anticipation.

'Once more and I'll stop and turn around and take you back to Konoha.' the driver would say. He never did though. This man was just old and cranky, like most old people trying to drive a carriage with a young female inside. He just wanted to go home probably.

Kagami sighed every time she would get this remark, which in turn made the driver go slower. She decided to stop and just take advantage of the wait. She sleep, eat, and sometimes talk to herself, which drove the driver mad. He eventually got used to it.

Once they'd gotten close enough to where Kagami could see the walls of Suna, she started to cough.

'Miss, are you okay?' the driver would ask, but Kagami would keep coughing. Once he'd realized that something was seriously wrong, he sped up the carriage and made his way quickly to Suna.

Kagami would cough more and more, until she felt something wet on her hand. She pulled it away long enough to look. What she saw horrified her. She was coughing up blood.

'Hurry… up…' she said and started to cough again. She eventually tired herself out and passed out before the old man could get her to the hospital.

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And the demon says he doesn't want her dead. YEAH RIGHT!