Chapter Fourteen

Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Naruto characters… I own Kiki, Shade, Luna, and Suncry… anyway, enjoy!!!

Kiki and Neji were at the gate when Luna, Lee, Shade, and Shikamaru arrived. Neji was wearing a royal blue shirt with black pants. His shoes were black, his hair was tied behind his back, and the amethyst teardrop was hanging from a silver chain on his neck. Kiki was wearing a light blue, sleeveless Chinese traditional shirt, black pants that ended at mid-calf, black sandal-like shoes, and her silver bangle above her left elbow. She had cut her raven black hair to her elbows, knowing that it would grow back overnight, the hair was tied behind her back with a silver ribbon, and her pendant was hanging around her neck on a silver chain.

Shikamaru pulled Shade towards him and kissed her, Lee doing the same with Luna. The two let the girls go, stepped back, and took off through the village. Kiki nodded to her three teammates, and they took off through the trees, following the path that Neji and Kiki had seen in the magic the night before.

Kiki swerved into the brush, turned to the left, and jumped, landing on the water before skating along on it. Her legs kept a smooth tempo with the rest of the team, not going too fast, making them struggle to keep up, but not too slow to where she would fall behind. Neji had a grin on his face as they drove along, and he raised the tempo for a bit, until they jumped over the ledge at the waterfall to the trees below.

He and Kiki landed on the water gracefully, Luna and Shade landing on the grass next to it, still running. They raced along the bank before Kiki and Neji jumped over to the shore again before taking a quick left and jumping from tree to tree. Luna and Shade looked at each other with grins on their faces, following precisely and quickening their pace until they caught up. They ran deeper into the forest, the trees becoming older, the growth becoming denser. At noon they stopped and ate. Kiki asked Suncry to stand watch as they rested before the battle that would most likely occur.

Lying on a tree branch, Kiki thought, I hope she thinks we're ready to face Orochimaru. Sighing, she fell asleep, her ears listening intently, keeping her sleep light. Something nudged her, and her left eye opened to reveal Neji.

"It's been about two hours, we need to go." Shade stated from below the branch. Kiki sat up, stretched, and jumped down from the branch, guiding them to the ancient tree that she had seen the night before. She opened the tree with her bending and stepped inside of the base. Racing through the rooms, they came upon the one with Tonton. Unfortunately, Orochimaru was in the room, waiting for them with a smirk on his face. Tonton was held in his hands, looking at them expectantly.

Kabuto grabbed Tonton and disappeared as Sasuke stepped out of the shadows. Kiki's face turned towards Neji, and her face was filled with anger, frustration, and sorrow at the village's loss of potential. She looked at Sasuke, whose eyes were wide, and he smirked. He drew his sword, pointed it at Neji, and attacked him. Shade and Luna had split up to look for Kabuto, and Orochimaru grinned maniacally. He Jumped towards her, and she dodged, her foot grabbed by his tongue though. She hit the floor hard, and her shoulders screamed.

Using her hands, she jumped up and freed herself of his grip. Grabbing his tongue, she threw him into a wall. Her eyes had taken on their reptilian form, and she pulled the swords out of their sheaths. She looked at Moonstorm, the furious, and let her anger, pain, and frustration sink into the blade. Taking Rainflight the healer, she placed her sorrow and her love for Neji into the blade. They started pulsing, a glow emanating from each. She smiled menacingly, and started her ultimate attack, the wrath of four souls. She spun the blades, letting them fly above her head as she called upon the power of the elements within her.

Grasping the hilts, she brought the blades along one another, causing the power of the elements to be unleashed upon Orochimaru. The roof of the room was blown off, and Orochimaru was ten feet away, staggering to his feet. Resheathing the blades, she held her right hand against the necklace. The silver chain pooled into her hands, she threw it into the air, and when it came down, it glowed massively. Everyone averted their eyes, and when they could see again, Kiki was sitting on the nose of the massive dragon Diamondflame.

Orochimaru, Kabuto, and Sasuke decided that the pig was not worth dying over, and retreated. Neji had rendered Sasuke unable to use his arms for the time being by blocking off the chakra points, and Kabuto had been cornered by Shade and Luna.

Neji's Battle

Neji dodged the blades, and decided to use his trigram system. He hit all of Sasuke's chakra points on his arms, and hit the nerves, paralyzing his arms temporarily. Suddenly there was a flash of light, and Sasuke retreated.

Shade and Luna's Battles

Shade and Luna opened doors, mind-speaking to one another. Luna opened a door and found two people making out on the bed. She cringed and closed the door swiftly. I didn't know anybody lived here besides these three…she mind-spoke to Shade, and Shade replied I found him! Luna teleported to where Shade was, and they cornered Kabuto before the ground shook from an explosion. After a blinding flash, Kabuto disappeared, leaving Tonton behind. (Don't worry, the people making out were fully clothed, my friend, who is the person Luna, is based off of…cringed when she read that…)

Back to the Present

Diamondflame destroyed what was left of the base, and the four returned to Konoha, not wanting to spend the night in the wilderness. The surrounding darkness was ominous, and they sped up, jumping the waterfall and flying through the grass (speed-wise). Neji ran next to Kiki, and Luna ran next to Shade, who was holding Tonton.

They reached Tsunade's office and handed her Tonton. Tonton was happy, Tsunade was happy, and there were four jonins about to fall asleep in her office. Kiki tiredly snapped her fingers and teleported them all to her house, let them each occupy a separate room, and attached the reservoir to the other three bathrooms, which were connected to the three rooms.

The closets had been filled with clothes, and she dragged her feet back to her room. Neji came up behind her, and she turned, kissing him softly. Her eyes fluttered shut, and he had to release the kiss to breathe. She woke up, yawned, and walked into her room, closing the door behind her. Neji walked back to his room, closed his door, and fell asleep as soon as his head was on the pillow.

When Kiki opened her eyes, she walked into her room filled with fabrics, tea in hand. She picked out an elegant red that would go amazingly with Shade's raven black hair, which had red streaks through it. Her brother contacted her and asked; will you be at the palace tomorrow?

Yes, Jon, and I'll be bringing a few friends with me, Kiki swiftly replied. She made an exact replica of Shade, and had the fabric weave itself to fit her form to a tee. She scrounged through all of her gray fabrics, looking for the one that had silver mixed in. She found it, looked at her blues, and picked out a dark blue that would compliment the gray. She made an exact copy of Luna, and did the same thing with the fabric for her as she had for Shade.

The door opened, and Neji walked in, nearly being brained by a flying shade of cream. Kiki looked up from her inspecting, smiled, and held up a few shades of various colors, looking at each closely before resting her hands on the forest green. She grabbed the silver/gray since it was done making Luna's outfit, and started letting her magic make an outfit on a Neji copy. Looking at Shade's dress, she sighed, took some maroon, and added it to the dress. For her copy, she chose silver, with a slight touch of blue. Her copy and Neji's finished at the same time, and she threw the clothes at him after his copy disappeared.

"Could you try those on for me?" she asked, ushering him out of the room. She walked down the hallway, rapped her knuckles on Shade's door, and walked inside. She walked out again, and rapped on the door to Luna's room. Stepping out, she walked to her own room and closed the door.

A few minutes later, they were standing in the hallway, a Kiki clone gathering the clothes for the miniscule repairs and the stain proof magic to be cast upon the silk. When she walked out of the room, she had the clothes, and she passed them to her three team-mates. Walking down the hallway, she took the steps to the downstairs and walked to the hallway. Turning to a door on the right, she opened it and walked down the stairs to the basement.

The candles were brought to life, and Kiki looked at the drawer of (literally) "stuff" that was at the walls in one corner. Along the wall next to the drawers, an assortment of weaponry was hanging on racks. She walked over to the swords and inspected them, searching through her assortment of personalized blades. Stopping at Chaos, the destructive, she pulled the sword from the wall. Unsheathing the sword, she held the blade up to the light.

She replaced the blade on the rack, and looked at Swiftblaze, the courageous. She grasped the hilt, unsheathed the sword, and smiled. Alanna's blade was getting old, so this one would be a proper replacement. Satisfied, she walked upstairs before closing the door. Walking to her room, she grabbed a hilt from the back of her closet and slid the sword inside of it. She placed the sword at the foot of her bed before going downstairs to the kitchen.

Heating up a pan, she sat some chocolate on the counter. She grabbed some ice and milk, and set them on the counter too. Taking a huge glass out of the cupboard, she put all of the ingredients in it before crushing it easily with her magic. She took some potatoes and fried them, and took some sausages and cooked them in the pan. She sat the food at the table and placed plates out.

"Food's on!!" she shouted, and three faces came walking down the stairs. Shade yawned, and Luna stated, I'm taking a shower as soon as breakfast is over. Kiki sat down and smiled, pouring some of the milkshake in each glass. They all ate to their hearts' content, and then Luna went upstairs to take a shower.

Kiki's magic cleared the table, and Shade went upstairs, her shower turning on too. The dishes were washed, and Kiki walked upstairs with Neji following behind her. She sat on her bed and looked out at the village. Smiling, she closed her eyes and rested her head on the backs of her hands. A hand was placed under her chin, making her look up. Her eyes opened to see Neji looking at her, smiling.

"I believe this happens next…" she stated, pressing her lips to his, feeling her fingers grasp his chin. She pulled her lips back, and he pressed his lips against hers, his hands grasping her around the waist and pulling her to him, holding her tight. She wrapped her hands on his cheeks and pulled back. He saw her eyes look away, her eyes became unfocused, and a tear formed in her eye.

"What's wrong?" he asked, his lips brushing against her ear. Her eyes returned to normal and she buried her head in his chest, tears streaming from her cheeks. He held her as she started sobbing uncontrollably, her body shaking as he tried to soothe her. His hand stroked through her hair, and her sobs slowed.

"I'm sorry if I made you worry. My magic doesn't normally do that to me unless I'm asleep. I just got a remembrance from when I was little, from the day that my mother died. I have never felt so helpless in my life…and…" she started sobbing again, uncontrollably, her head back to his shirt, her tears full of frustration and sorrow. Shade walked in, and stared at the sight.

"If you're thinking about what I think you're thinking about, leave me out of it! I don't want to have to cringe every time I pass this room!" Shade cried. Neji and Kiki both stared at her, horrified.

"Nee-chan, did you take your meds this morning?!" Kiki asked.

"I don't have any meds…"

"Why don't you go get your head checked?!" Luna asked, passing the door.

"Who asked you Luna?!" Shade shrieked, chasing Luna around the house. Kiki giggled and placed her hands on top of his, pressing them ever so slightly to make them release her. She walked out of his grasp, sat on her bed, and leaned against the headboard.

Blinking, Neji sat down next to her and rested his head on his hands, clasped behind his back, resting against the headboard. She opened one eye and looked at him, smirking. His right eyebrow rose questioningly, and her smile broadened. Looking at him, she placed her head next to his ear and smiled even more.

"If you haven't noticed, this family is extremely weird. Are you sure you would want to join it?" she asked, her lips brushing against his earlobe, teasing him.

He brought his face around, scooped her into his lap, and kissed her smoothly, his lips enveloping hers, his hands holding her against him. He let go for a second, and Kiki smiled.

"I take that as a yes." She stated before returning the kiss, her arms holding him, her body moving off of his lap, her feet touching the floor. She brushed his cheek with her hand, grabbed him off of the bed, and shuffled him out of the room stating, "I'll let you back in when I'm done with my shower!"

She closed the door and silently padded to her bathroom. She closed the door, removed her clothes, and climbed into the rushing torrent of water, sighing. Her magic cleaned her hair, and she washed away her troubles as she scrubbed her body. Stepping out of the shower, she bent herself dry and wrapped her towel around herself (familiar scene, isn't it?). She walked into her closet; picked out a blue midriff shirt, blue pants that came to her knees, and blue sandals, topping it off with a blue ribbon in her hair in the same place as the bottom of her shirt. Taking a kunai, she cut her hair two inches below the ribbon, placing the cut hair in the wastebasket before leaving the room.

Walking downstairs, she opened a door in the hallway and walked down into the basement. She turned at the bottom of the steps, took a key from a pouch on her belt, and placed the key into the lock of a door. The door clicked open, and Kiki walked inside, feeling the damp air in the room and the chill of the water. Taking a deep breath, she walked onto the water, stopping at the center. Closing her eyes, Kiki began to let her troubles drown in the water, falling to her feet and spreading into the water

Kiki opened her eyes and fell backwards, her back landing in the air a few inches above the water. She smiled, and curled into a ball, sinking below the surface, resting her head at the bottom of the water. She felt someone dive into the water, and opened her eyes to look at them. Neji was swimming to the bottom, so she motioned with her hand and surfaced, climbing atop of the water as it slipped off of her. He grabbed her shoulders, his eyes worried.

"What was that all about?" he asked, holding her chin so that she would look into his eyes.

"I was resting and letting my worries be absorbed into the water. There was no danger, Neji-san. I wouldn't do anything like that, wouldn't want you to worry." Kiki stated, her eyes betraying no emotions. She grasped his chin and placed her lips around his soothingly. She wrapped her arms around him, and sat down, holding him against her as a mother would to comfort her child.

"Oh, look at the cute couple. Will they withstand the test of time?" Luna cooed, walking over to them. Kiki opened her arms and Neji Stood up, offering his hand to her. She grasped it and he pulled her to her feet.

"Are you ready to work on your bending, Kiki?" Luna asked, pulling Neji over to the side of the pool. Kiki nodded and walked back to the edge of the pool, one foot in front of the other, her elbows slightly bent, palms facing upwards. She sighed, and brought her left palm to the water, swinging her arm in a high arc, and pulling the water in a streamline around herself rapidly, spinning faster and faster, until she pulled her other arm out and released the water from her left hand. She jumped and twisted, her body bending to the contour of the stream of water.

She landed and twirled ever so slightly, the water receding back into the pool. Stopping, she sank to the water and held her shoulders, biting back a scream of pain. Luna knew that normally, Kiki would have gone on for half an hour before Luna did so herself, and she raced over. Neji followed quickly, activating his Byakugan. Kiki screamed in pain before collapsing onto the water in a tight ball.

Neji scooped her up in his arms, raced out of the room, and shouted, "Shade, go get Tsunade!" as he flew up the stairs. He took her to her room and placed her on the bed, his eyes worried, noting the beads of sweat on her face, which was twisted in pain.

Tsunade flew into the room, Shade and Shizune following right behind, Sakura following them with the supplies. Tsunade went to sit Kiki up, her hand resting on Kiki's shoulder blade. Kiki screamed, her eyes overflowing, and then fell into unconsciousness. Her body went limp, and Tsunade lifted her back, careful to avoid her shoulders. Luna stood with Lee, her face worried, as Lee tried to comfort her. Shikamaru was soothing Shade, who was devastated by her sister's scream. She shook her head and buried her face in Shikamaru's neck.

Tsunade opened the back of Kiki's shirt and gasped. Neji looked at Kiki's shoulders and grimaced. Her shoulders were black and blue, swollen, and looked like something dead. Lee grabbed his mouth, raced into the bathroom, and threw up. Shizune looked disgusted and raced out of the room. Tsunade used her chakra and healed Kiki's shoulders, and then Sakura placed some medicine at Kiki's mouth. Kiki opened her eyes weakly, sniffed the medicine, and sneezed. Sakura asked her to drink it as Kiki kept sneezing.

"I can't drink that, I'm allergic to it," she stated bluntly.

"Just drink it! There are no excuses on not drinking medicine."

"I'm telling you I'm allergic! There's a slight bit of alcohol in it, and I'm allergic to alcohol!" she replied, her eyes glowing.

"I don't think anyone can be allergic to medicine," Sakura stated coolly.

"Oh, so you really want to be blown up?!" Kiki retorted, "If I ingest that, my body will reject it, and not only will I become sick, but I'll sneeze with the power of a thousand explosive tags at once."

Sakura gazed at Tsunade, who nodded, and Sakura removed the alcohol from the medicine. She gave the cup to Kiki, and Kiki downed it, her face showing nothing, but her eyes showing disgust. She gasped, and fell back onto the mattress. Tsunade smiled and told Shade what Kiki needed to do, closing the door as she left.

Lee escorted Luna back to her room, closed the door behind him, and kissed her. He held her against him as they kissed, and she pressed him against the door. Locking it, she wrapped him in her arms and kissed him more ferociously, her tongue dancing with his, her body pressing him against the door. She released her lips to catch a breath, and he picked her up and sat on her bed, placing her in his lap. He kissed her profusely, and she kissed him back, pushing away afterwards. He smiled and placed his forehead against hers, his lips trailing to her neck.

She rested her head on his shoulder, and he placed her on her bed. Pulling the blankets over her shoulders, he padded to the door and unlocked it. Stepping out, he closed it again, walking downstairs to comfort Neji, who was pacing in the kitchen,

Shade and Shika

Shade walked back to her room; followed by Shika (Shikamaru is too long to keep typing, so I shall call him Shika). She closed the door and locked it when he entered, and then kissed him lightly. He pressed her against himself, kissing her fully, his lips brushing against hers, his tongue parting her slender lips. She gave in and pulled him to her on her bed, holding him there as she kissed him. He sat next to her and kissed her, leaning into the kiss, causing them to topple onto the sheets.

He continued to kiss her, trying to regain a vertical position, pulling her up with him only to fall back down to the sheets. Her eyes closed, and her body became limp as she fell into the abyss of unconsciousness. Placing one last kiss on her forehead, he opened the door and walked down to the kitchen where Neji and Lee were waiting.

This seems like a great place to leave off for the next chapter, so I will do so. Please review, and tell me what you think!