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Don't kill me for making you wait so long! .

Don't own Naruto, but Aki and Steve are mine.

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Chapter 14: Wanna Play a Game?

It has been a month since Kakashi learned of Steve's true nature – and why he inhabits my brain – and life in Konoha has been pretty dull since.

Now that the curse mark has been removed, via Steve, I am completely unable to morph chakra.

This. Totally. Blows.

The best part about being in the Naruto-verse, minus being a prisoner for Orochimaru, was being able to use chakra! Now I can't even do that.

I let out a long, annoying sigh as I turned over in my bed and pouted towards the wall. Currently, I was lying on Kakashi's couch, alone. Said Grey-haired ninja left 2 weeks ago for a secret mission, and left me here to suffer silently.

My eyes trailed onto the coffee table, where a pack of new kunais was placed. When Kakashi left, he set those there and told me to use them to train. I retorted with "why should I? I can't use chakra anyway." He rolled sighed in response and just walked out the door. Yeah, walked out the door! Leaving me here all by my lonesome with nothing to do and no one to talk to!

Wait. He left my kunais!

In a flash, a pulled out of my pouting stupor and sat up. When I got dizzy from the sudden movement, I paused for a moment to let my blood settle. When the dizziness went away, I sprang up, grabbed the pack of kunais, and rushed out of the door.

Since my arrival in Konoha, I never got the chance to really look around the village. As I did this now, excitement bubbled in my chest. I'm in Konoha, the village hidden in the leaves! The thought of being in the best universe ever never fully clicked inside of me until now, and I was finally facing the music.

I giggled excitedly and ran down the road. Vendors filled the sides of the streets, trying to sell their items to the passing pedestrians. As I ran by, the faces of the people contorted into confusion, and then into an expression I didn't see before. I frowned at all the attention, but shrugged it off and continued to run. When I saw the faces of the Hokages, I quickly stopped my running. The momentum of my running caused me fall, as I landed on my butt, I stared awestruck at the faces.

Never in my life could I imagine seeing something as beautiful as this.

"…Miss?"

My brain snapped into realization as I realized someone was talking to me. I looked both ways until I locked eyes with a young kunoichi. I smiled at her warmly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't catch that." The girl smiled as she stood up straight. A proud smile covered her face as she helped me up.

"I asked if you were alright, but it seems like your just fine!" She stated with a smile still on her face. When I replied to her with a thank you, she nodded and began to run in the direction I came from. I smiled after her and turned to walk towards where I thought might be the training grounds. When I turned, I saw that some of the passer-bys stopped to watch the scene. I frowned as they stared, but shrugged it off and began walking.

When the world around me grew silent, I began happily humming music from my universe. A smile grew onto my lips as I walked on.

In the recent events, it seemed that Steve has woken up, because now he spoke.

Where are we going Aki?

"Were going to train, duh! Didn't you hear my thoughts earlier?" I answered aloud, smiling at the crazy looks I got from the strangers that were walking by. Steve grumbled from inside my head.

Yeah, I did. They woke me up. Why are you deciding to train now?

"Because I just thought of an idea! You can come out and help me train in combat, and hang out with me!" I answered happily; entering into the forest towards what I hope would be a field. Steve sighed from inside of my head.

You know coming in and out of your head is extremely painful, Aki. Not just for me, but for you.

I pouted at this and leaned onto a tree.

"But we can use this as training! If I can master the pain of you coming in and out of my head we can be a two-man team! No one will be able to stop us!" Steve was silent for moment with this response, but eventually sighed.

Okay.

I flung a fist up in the air triumphantly, beginning to start my happy dance.

But, were going to need a lot of training. Today I will come out once, and I'll stay out the rest of the day. Tomorrow we'll start with the pain tolerance.

I nodded in response to Steve, suddenly becoming serious. I began to walk again, and a few moments later, we arrived into a clearing. I walked into the middle of it before stopping. I looked around and took in the world around me, from the trees swaying in the breeze, to the sun beating down on my back. I smiled and took in a deep breath.

"You said the first time you went into my head that you never done it before." I stated, watching the leaves dance on the grass as the wind pushed them. I heard a chuckle in response.

Your right, I did say that. Why bring it up now?

I smiled and closed my eyes.

"Maybe you need a little more training doing it too. It isn't supposed to be painful, you know." Steve chuckled again. I imagined his head shaking and a goofy smile on his face. After a few blissful moments, I cleared my throat and looked ahead of me.

You ready?

I nodded in response, and squeezed my eyes shut.

In a matter of seconds, a searing pain erupted from my skull. The pain was like a 200 migraines going off at once. The light shining through my eyelids burned, causing my eyes to tear up. Tears gushed down my face as I crouched down onto the floor. In an attempt to prevent myself from screaming, I bit my lip. In moments, blood was seeping out of my lip and down my chin.

3rd P.O.V.

As earlier, the way Steve came out made it look like a black chakra around her. Most of the mass of it was around her head, and it was quickly growing. After a few minutes, the black mass was completely out of her head, and it quickly moved away from her. In moments, Steve formed out of the black mass. When the mass sucked into Steve completely, he ran towards where Aki was crouched.

Regular P.O.V.

"Aki, are you okay?" He questioned, his husky voice showing his concern. I looked up at him with a smile and wiped the blood from my chin.

"Yeah, I'm fine. That just hurt a little." I answered, standing up with a quivery step. Steve helped me up, and stood in front of me. I looked at him happily.

Steve's blond shaggy hair was different, now it was spiky in the front and short in the back. I stared at it in wonder before I looked him in his blue eyes and smiled.

"You changed your hairstyle?" Steve looked away from me with a small smile on his face.

"I've seen it in your dreams a lot… do you like it?" I smiled at him warmly.

"Oh course I do Steve. Now let's start training!" I spun on one foot and ran a little back from Steve. I tossed the pack of kunais on the ground and spun to face Steve. I jumped in shock when I found him right behind me.

I looked into his eyes and his bore into my head. I smiled at him as I held up my hand and pushed him away from me. When he didn't budge, I frowned.

"Steve, you know I don't like being close to people." I answered, trying to step away from him. His arm wrapped around the middle of my back and pulled me towards him. My breath hitched as I looked at him.

"I'm not a person though, I'm a demon." He responded coolly, his face closing in on mine. I stared at him wide eyed.

"W-what are you doing?" I questioned, trying to move back from him. In the attempt, his hold tightened, causing my back to arch away from him.

"I'm trying something…" He responded in a low voice, his face still creeping closer to mine. When our lips were only a centimeter apart, he paused for a moment.

With this, I took it as my chance to turn my face away and tackle into him. From the shock of the unexpected impact, he lost his balance and fell back. His grip still held true on me, and as a result, I fell with him.

When we hit the ground, I scrambled up off of him and went into a fighting stance. Steve jumped up, a challenging smile on his face. He went into a fighting stance as well.

"I will get you for that bitch." Steve threatened in a joking voice. My face contorted into mock fear.

"Ooooo I'm soo scared." I answered in a teasing tone. With a playful smirk on his face, Steve lunged towards me.

At the moment Steve came into range, we began to fight in hand-to-hand combat with each other. The punches he threw at me were dodged swift fully, and in response a kick was sent towards his face. This, he caught in time and pushed it away from him. I jumped back from him and accessed the situation. After a moment of silence, I rushed back towards him.

When the onslaught of throwing punches and kicks at each other, all of them being successfully blocked, Steve's open palm landed on my chest. I looked up at him in shock, realizing what was gonna happen. A wave of his dark aura covered his hand, giving it an extra power boost, and my body shot back from him. When I hit the ground with a thud, I glared at him.

"No fair!" I called towards him. He broke out in a fit of laughter. I glared at him again. In a moment, a coughing fit coursed through my body. When that went away, I looked up to find Steve holding out a hand for me. I glanced at the hand I coughed in and found blood. With wide eyes I held out my other hand and wiped the bloody one onto my stomach so he wouldn't see the blood.

I looked up into Steve's questioning eyes and smiled.

"Let's do some Kunai training now!"

After all the training was done, the sky showed that the sun was on the eve of leaving the sky. With the different shades of red, orange, and yellow, I turned towards my companion and pointed to the now visible moon. Looking off in the horizon, I saw the dark blue that accompanied the moon on its journey. I looked towards Steve again.

"Let's head back now." Steve nodded and followed me into the woods and towards the village.

As we walked through, I couldn't help but notice the villagers not making eye contact with us and avoiding crossing our paths. I shrugged at this and continued to head towards Kakashi's apartment, the place where I was still apparently residing in.

When we got there, the lights shone through the window. I smiled, my excitement of Kakashi coming back showed on my face, and I raced to the door. When I got there, I found the door unlocked, and stomped in defiantly. I began to race towards the living room.

"Oi! Kakashi! When'd you get-" When I arrived in the living room, my words cut short as I looked at the three ambu black-ops members in the room. I frowned at them as I looked at their masked faces. One was a fox, one a cat, and the last was a wolf. Fox stepped towards me, I stepped back in retaliation.

"Aki, you are to come with us. Lady Tsunade's orders." I glared at the foxed mask and glanced at Steve. The look on my face told him what I was thinking.

"I'm ready, Steve." I answered, squeezing my eyes shut to prepare for the pain. In moments, the same shearing pain arrived, but this time it was slightly dulled. I squatted down once again, and waited for the pain to reside. After a moment, I stood back up to look at the three masked ninja.

The three stepped away from me, all of them holding shuriken and kunai, ready to attack at any moment. I rolled my eyes as I walked into the kitchen and got a glass of cold water. After drinking it, I walked back into the room and looked at the ninja again.

"So, what am I in for?" I questioned, stuffing my hands in my pockets. After a long silence, the one with a wolf face responded back to me.

"We are here to take you in and question you." I raised an eyebrow, a thought passing through my head.

"Sasuke broke out, didn't he." I stated, rather than questioned. The three uneasily sent each other a glance at this. Wolf face then went up to me. I looked up at his face as he towered over me, a small smirk grazed over my lips.

"Are you going to come easily? Or are we going to have some trouble?" I shrugged my shoulders as I turned to walk out of the door.

"I'll go. Hokage building, correct?" When wolf shook his head yes, I nodded and began walking out the door.

"You can join me on the walk, or just watch me from the rooftops, I don't care. But I'm walking. I can't really run on rooftops well." With that, I walked out of the door and towards the Hokage building.

What do you think this is about?

Steve questioned from inside my head. I frowned as I walked into the oncoming night.

"I think it's because you're in my head, they must know. As well as Sasuke breaking out. They probably think we know something about it." I responded.

After this remark, Steve fell silent. I followed Steve's influence and fell silent as well, only listing to the scraping of my shoes as I walked on. Occasionally, I caught a glimpse of a fox masked ninja watching me from the shadows ahead.

I sighed and walked on.

…

I hope it was worth it!

Thank you all for continuing to read this!

Chao!