Chapter 13.

I stood out on a porch, looking out at the world, like in the good old days when I had nothing better to do. My mind was hollow, and I felt lighter than usual, as if a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders. Gaara was standing by the door, staring out at his village, after all, he is Kazekage, this is Suna, and Kokami is free.

Three months have passed since Sakura and the others found a way to get rid of the chains that kept Kokami enslaved to the world. And now, well, she was somewhere doing whatever she wants.

-Three Months Ago -

"What are you doing Emio? What are you saying?" Kokami growled.

"I said what I said. I'm doing what I'm doing. I have no right to chain you down like Akito and make you do what I want you to do," I replied.

"I'm not taking any orders from you Emio, I'm giving you orders," she spat, angry with me.

Just a week before, the chains vanished and Kokami and I were seperated. Luckily for me, I survived, but my life did not stay without a price to pay. Kokami now, she could do whatever she wanted and she was getting ready to leave Suna once and for all. And she asked me to, once again, come along with her, but I denied the invitation.

I shook my head, showing that I was not going to give in that easily, "I still have some things to do Kokami. Or did you forget that Akito isn't the only after you and me? Well, Akito was after you, not me, but anyway-"

"Oh right. You're going to find Itachi and settle your score right? Then you'll find Sasuke and do what?" Kokami grumbled. "Will they even think your worth their time when they see you? Do tell Emio, what will you do when you find them?"

- Present -

Even now when I think back on it, I knew I made the right choice, even if my life isn't as great as it used to be. If I had gone with Kokami, history would just repeat itself, it would be an endless cycle. I was tired of living forever, getting reborn and dying. If I had gone with Kokami like in the past, something would happen, something was bound to happen again and seal Kokami inside me again.

For one thing was certain now, I will not relive my life for the millionth time.

"The sun is setting," Gaara said quite suddenly.

I looked out at where the sun would be and smiled to myself. "So it is. The warmth is fading."

But Gaara had already gone back inside and sat down at his desk. Temari and Kankuro were now on the porch, taking over Gaara's place. I knew it was Temari and Kankuro now, because of their chakra. Indeed, I was blind, again. I lost everything I had with Kokami, my eyesight, my abilities. All there was left was what I had before. Blindness and my sole summoning technique I had learned long ago from an enemy ninja.

"Where are you going?" Temari asked.

"Just for a walk, don't worry about me Temari, I don't need special treatment. I'm still Emio," I replied. "You can relax and do the things you want to do, okay?"

I left the porch and went downstairs and out onto the streets below. I weaved through the streets until I reached the entrance of the city. Outside, a sandstorm was blowing quite furiously, and the sand blew into my face. A small red haze was coming, I could only just see it a little. But it slowly grew bigger until it stood right above the walls of the village, looking straight down at me.

"What are you doing?" I asked up to it.

Kokami grunted. "What do you think?" she asked.

I crossed my arms and firmly stood my ground. "I already told you I'm not going with you. I'm done okay Kokami?"

Kokami did not reply, and I felt something was wrong for a second. Being blind sure was harder than I remembered, I really wished at that moment in time that I could see what was going on. If something was wrong, I wanted to see it, but just feeling something out of the ordinary wasn't enough.

- Kazekage's House -

Temari and Kankuro were standing besides their brother, who had a blank open book on his desk.

"It's blank!" Temari exclaimed.

"No, really?" Kankuro joked.

Gaara took the book and looked at it face to face before he closed it and pocketed it. "Where's Emio?" he asked.

"Went out of a walk she said," Temari said.

And with that said, Gaara left.

- Entrance to Suna -

The ground trembled beneaht my feet a little, and I could see Kokami's chakra waver a little.

"I never thought I would ever apologize," Kokami said. "But you are a fool, like always, so I'll say I'm sorry to the fool and then hopefully the real Emio will understand."

And after that said, her chakra vanished completely. My body was then engulfed in what felt like fire, hot flames trying to devour me. As quick as it came, it was gone, and I was lying on the ground, blacked out just as Gaara arrived. He placed the book on the ground next to me and left again. The wind picked up and blew the book open, and on the blank pages, there were a couple words written on it. My life once more, started over.

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The End

Oh boy, didn't that suck so bad. I have complete writer's block when I wrote this fanfic...
In case you didn't understand, Kokami is now sealed again in Emio.
And when that happened, the book blanked out cause Emio and Kokami are starting all over again.
It's weird, yup.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but Emio and Kokami and Akito are my characters, thanks.