A/N: So, I've been considering more stories. Horror stories, involving demons. And they can get creepy, but I'm interested in demons. So let me know what you think of that kinda Naruto story. Be a lot creepier, I suppose. And Ryuu has an old friend visiting him in this chapter. Joba, one of my other little friends. And he's just as bad. Enjoy! This chapter focuses on Joba and Ryuu. I'll be updating again this week, I think so don't worry…there'll be more blood, right?
Chapter Eight – Meeting Joba-sama
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Roku-and-Saku – Mortals can be funny, kid. From what I've seen, and since I'm a demon, it's kind of fun to mess with your minds. What you don't understand, messes with your heads so easily. With us demons, well, we don't need to see to understand. And trust me, bloodshed will follow wherever I go.
Lazy Gaga – Good to know. I'd make it worse for you though, so dying would probably be easier at the start because that's just practise; it's worthless. I'd go "easy" on you, as humans say sometimes when I see them fight. And it's meant to be misleading, because that Kaulitz person wants to mess with you. What a terrible thing, right? I'm certain you're a loyal follower of me, Ryuu and not Naruto? Because if you followed Naruto and not me….well…you'd find out how I feel about it.
Sargent Mehoff – Well done…
Sometimes Ryuu is so weird. Just saying... ;)
I'm certain that I've told you about my friend Joba. He has dirty blonde hair, and he's very, very pale with a scar from a particularly bad childhood event. You see, when Joba was ten, he and his older brother got into a fight and well…Let's just say that his brother had to go to an asylum for a month, and Joba came out of the fight victorious, with only a scar to prove he was ever in a fight.
Why an asylum, and not a normal hospital, you wonder? Joba is an absolute genius when it comes to something as simple as fear. No, he doesn't stop at the human mind. He gets inside your head, finds your fears and makes them his. I've got nothing but respect for Joba.
Though he can't read minds like I can, he doesn't even need to. Just looking at a human makes him know your worst fear. And as I possessed Hatake Kakashi – a power all demons possess at one point or another – I noticed a man walking towards me, with a scar running down his eye.
A lot of women turned to stare at him, drool practically running down their chins. I shuddered. Their husbands and boyfriends dragged them away out of pure and utter jealousy. Another thing I like about humans.
"Why hello there, Ryuu," Joba smiled.
"Joba!" I grinned. "When did you get here?"
"A few weeks ago, I guess. In human time, yeah, that's about right."
Human time, that's something I never really explained. In the demon realm, time goes so slowly a snail would pass it out with great speed. It drags on for an eternity, so mostly I lose track of time in the human world.
"Weeks?" I asked. "And you didn't tell me?"
He chuckled. "I've been busy trying to avoid Genji. He's been on my case for weeks now."
Genji is an extremely irritating demon who's goal is to get demons like Joba and I locked up. It's part of his job, and almost every demon hates him. Me in particular. I'd burn him alive if I could. Or I'd burn him dead, since he's not breathing and because he's a demon.
"Oh, and Ashia Kikue," Joba added, with a smirk. "That girl, you need to help me with."
Ignoring the rush of people around us, some actually waving at me because they thought I was Kakashi. I ignored it, earning glares he'd have to deal with later. I leaned closer with a smile on my face.
"What do you plan on doing?"
Ashia Kikue was crying, slumped against her bedroom wall. Her normally perfect hair was rumpled, and she had bags under her eyes. She was twenty-four, there shouldn't be any bags under her eyes. Except recently, Kikue couldn't sleep.
Whenever she did, she would be woken up by bangs, whispers and laughter. At first, she assumed it was neighbours. But it couldn't be, because old Ina Wattan could barely lift a finger without falling over. She was like, what, ninety now? And the people next door were just as old, so she got rid of that idea fast.
No, it had been going on for weeks. She'd hired a psychic to help her, and that had been worthless.
"I can't stay here! It's crazy, you better get out child!" that stupid psychic warned.
All she wanted was Kikue's money. And she got it. But the person who kept Kikue from sleeping was Joba. He had seen Kikue on the first day he arrived, watched her saunter around Konoha like she was a Hokage, laugh at rich men's jokes and constantly checking her appearance in the mirror. It annoyed him so much that he thought he'd better do something about it.
So, that night, he followed her home and as she slept he rearranged her furniture. She'd called for ANBU to help her, thinking it was a robbery or something but Joba knew they'd only look around and leave because his friend Ryuu was causing way too much trouble for them not to look for him.
And Kikue knew that too. Plus, the ANBU knew that Kikue loved attention. And men in uniform, so they assumed it was a cry for attention. Joba decided to step it up a notch, and then next night he turned the lights on and off. Sounds stupid, but it freaked her out enough to stay awake all night.
It got worse, and worse, until one night Joba just decided he'd get Ryuu to help him. Ryuu, his best friend with an absolutely twisted mind. And his plan began to form, getting better and better.
See Kikue had claustrophobia. A fear of being in tight spaces basically, and it just so happened Joba was an expert in fear. She has this closet at the end of her hall, and he'd just drag her there. But he needed Ryuu for the whole, "Oooo," scary noises trick. He needed Ryuu to slam doors, turn lights on and off. He needed Ryuu because Ryuu was able to control things with his mind sometimes.
So tonight he would…
Her dreams are stupid. So, so stupid. She wants to get a huge house, have kids, marry a very, very rich man. Same old thing. Though Joba found it funny, and laughed loudly. She twitched in her sleep, but didn't wake up.
He said she did that all the time, which is why he had to resort to smashing things against the wall.
"What do I get out of this Joba?" I sneered, gently poking her exposed leg, sticking out of the sheets. She twitched again, wriggling her nose. I peered at him.
"You, my brilliant and wonderfully twisted-minded friend, get to kill her. I get to mess with her mind, that's just my favourite part. After that, do what you like."
"Tempting. What do I have to do?"
"While I drag her, flicker the lights on and off. This creates confusion in her mind, because she knows I'm dragging her, yet she thinks that there's only one demon, right?"
"…Right," I replied.
"You don't get it, Ryuu. It's just that Kikue has this theory in her mind that I'm the only demon in the world. And that she was just unlucky enough to be my victim. But we'll show her, right?"
"Yeah, yeah, just hurry it up. I have a date tomorrow."
"A date?"
"Mmm, some Kazumi girl, or something like that. It's a bet with one of Kakashi's friends, Might Gai."
"Ah, I've seen him around. Okay, so I'll grab her legs. You go stand by the door."
I did as he asked, and watched as he bent to grip her ankles. She didn't even wake up, even though it looked like he'd gripped them pretty hard. He tugged, and she slammed to the ground, the sheets still wrapped around her. Her eyes flung open, and I saw the panic in her sleepy eyes.
Joba and I were invisible to her. We were in our demon forms, and I could see him, he could see me, but she couldn't see us at all. She started screaming and crying and I blocked my ears.
"Shut her up Joba," I murmured.
Her eyes widened even more, if possible. "W-W-Who said that?"
"She can hear us?"
"Sort of. She hears us as if we were murmuring through a wall, I guess. Whoa, she kicks a lot."
I watched him drag her, her nails dragging against the floors in an effort to stop Joba. It didn't work well. Her screams were even louder when he stuffed her in that closet. I heard him laughing, and chuckled myself.
A/N: I think I'll make the next chapter more interesting, I just really needed to update :D Review please (:
"You finish her off Joba, I'm gonna look around," I yelled at him.
"Your loss Ryuu!" he laughed back. The sound of her neck snapping echoed around the house.
Oh look at that, she just happened to have left an expensive ring lying around…in her safe. Hidden behind a painting. But she's dead now, why would see need it? I popped it into my pocket, chuckling as I walked back to Joba.
I hoped that tomorrow's little date with Kabumi or Kazumi or whatever her name was would go well. Because if it didn't, I might just have to take my anger out on someone…
