"SASUKE DID WHAT?" Naruto yelled and Shikamaru sighed.
I can understand why she told me to bring him...but it would be better not to.
"I'll explain everything on the way we need to gather a squad." In literary five seconds Naruto was already dressed and jumping on the roofs with Shikamaru. They gathered Choji, Neji, and would have also added Shino but because he was on a mission with his father the recruited Kiba and Akamaru. Now they just needed one more person.
"So who are we going to get Shikamaru?" Naruto asked.
"According to the Hokage, Koyuki and Sasuke have known each other since before they started in the academy. She probably knows him better than we do and will be of some use to get Sasuke back."
It took them five minutes to get to her house but when they knocked she didn't answer her door.
"She's probably still asleep. Neji?" Neji activated his byakugan and looked inside the house.
"She's not there."
"What? Don't tell me she left with him?"
"She probably-"
SMASH! They turn to the left and see a night table fly, break the upstairs window, land on the grass and break apart. Neji looks up and sees Koyuki with his byakugan but he curses.
"What is it Neji?"
"It's Koyuki she's in there...and the curse mark is going haywire."
"What?" Naruto yelled. "Wait what's a curse mark?"
"We can't explain right now we have to stop her before she hurts herself!" Neji yells before heading towards the house with everyone else at his heels. They jump in through the broken window and stare in complete shock.
Koyuki has a dangerously looking Katana in her hand and smashing everything in sight. Her chakra is swirling around her but instead of blue its red, her hair is slowly turning white and there is nothing but rage in her eyes.
"Koyuki?" Naruto whispers and Koyuki freezes. She slowly lowers the katana and turns to them even more slowly, that's when they realize she's wearing nothing and only covered in bed-sheets that are so tightly tangled around her it's almost like a toga which is the only thing that keeps everyone seeing her completely naked.
"Naruto..." there are tears slowly rolling down her cheek but her eyes are still in complete rage.
"Koyuki...Sasuke-"
"I KNOW!" she yelled and began to attack the furniture again. "FUCKING. BASTARD. KNOCKS. ME. OUT. AFTER. HE. !" she yells as she hacks a dresser and then the wight of her words hit them hard as they finally piece together her appearance with what she says.
"She's of no use to us if Sasuke left her like this." Shikmaru said with a frown. "She can't come with us to retrieve Sasuke."
At this Koyuki stopped hacking Sasuke's dresser and began to laugh.
"Is that why you came for me? Shikamaru's right…I'm of no use to you. But Naruto is your last chance." Then she started attacking the dresser again.
"All of you have ten minutes to get your stuff ready and meet me at the Konoha gates. If you're late you get left behind." With that Shikamaru left without looking back knowing he'll have to report to Tsunade about Koyuki. Kiba, Neji, Choji and Naruto kept looking at Koyuki; the dresser almost a pile of wood now. Naruto sighed and looked at his comrades with a frown.
"You guys get ready…I'll talk to her."
"Perhaps I should stay…I've known her longer." Neji said as he looked at Koyuki with sadness. Naruto shook his head.
"No, she's like this because of Sasuke…it's better if I talk to her." Neji wanted to argue but Kiba placed a hand on his shoulder.
"C'mon Neji…he's her teammate. Lets trust him." Neji looked at Naruto one last time and noticed his eyes were sharp and focused with determination. He nodded and all three left through the balcony. Naruto sighed and turned to Koyuki slowly walking towards her.
"Koyuki stop it." He ordered but she kept hacking away, her hands were red and her breath labored as if it was taking her very strength in her body to keep hacking away. The dresser was now nothing more than a pile of wood that was getting even smaller.
"Koyuki!" Naruto snapped. Koyuki stopped mid swing and slowly turned her head to meet Naruto's eyes. Her eyes were a misty blue and there was red black chakra glowing from them. Naruto's eyes narrowed but Koyuki turned away and raised her sword again but Naruto grabbed her wrist. Koyuki acted instantly and punched Naruto across his jaw but he didn't let go. He gripped her wrist tighter and pulled her to him in an embrace. She struggled but he wrapped his arm around her tight and still held on to the wrist holding the katana.
"Koyuki you need to stop, you can't let whatever is taking control over you to win…don't let it control you. I know you're hurting on the inside but destroying everything in this room isn't gonna help."
Koyuki struggled for a few more seconds before she went still, her hand let go of the katana which clattered loudly to the ground. Her legs gave out and Naruto sank slowly to the ground with her.
"He's gone Naruto…he's gone…" she whispered and her body began to shake as tears finally started fall down her eyes like a waterfall. Naruto only let go of her wrist and she clutched his shoulders and buried her head on his chest and let out a cry of sorrow. Naruto clenched his jaw in anger as he held Koyuki; how could Sasuke do this to her? Right now he wanted to bring Sasuke back not just to stop him from going to Orochimaru but to beat the crap out of him for making Koyuki suffer like this.
"Koyuki…I'll bring him back." He let her go and took her head in his hands and made her look at him, her eyes back to their chocolate brown color but there was no light in them, just cold hard sorrow. "Koyuki I'll bring him back to you. It doesn't matter if I have to break every single bone on his body I'll bring him back."
"Naruto don't make promises you can't keep." She said with a sorrowful smile. "He's not going to come back…he's gone."
"I'll bring him back." He said more intensely. "That's a promise I'm willing to keep." He wiped her tears away and moved her hair away from her face.
"Naruto-"she stopped and her eyes grew dark. Naruto looked at her questioningly until he saw a figure reflected in her eyes. He looked behind him and saw a four anbu behind him.
"What are you anbu doing here?"
"We were ordered by the fifth hokage to take Koyuki Hatake to her." Naruto felt Koyuki tense and Naruto shook his head.
"She's in no condition to be seeing anyone."
"It's the fifth's orders Uzumaki Naruto. You are to obey them, and you have a mission to attend to." Naruto bared his teeth but Koyuki placed a hand under his chin and made him look at her.
"Naruto…I'll be fine. Besides, you made a promise to me and your ten minutes are almost up." Naruto sighed in defeat and he took her hand in his.
"I promise to bring him back."
"I know Naruto…now go." Naruto stood up and glared at the anbu.
"You better not do anything to her or you'll answer to me." He growled before jumping out the balcony. Koyuki scoffed and shook her head.
"Idiot." She murmured, then looked up at the anbu. She took in all the anbu around her and noticed there were two guys, a woman and another guy though looking at his height he could be no older than her by a year or two.
Well that's odd. She thought before sending them a glare. "Am I allowed to dress or do I go naked?" she added with dry humor.
"Get dressed. You two watch her." One of the anbu nodded to the women and the younger anbu while he and the other anbu went to stand guard outside the room. She stood up and went to retrieve her clothes which were in the corner the room. As she got dressed she realized there was a small dagger in her pocket and she slowly took it out. She aimed at her chest and closed her eyes; there was a flash of silver followed by a spray of blood. She opened her eyes and saw the young anbu in front of her and when she looked down she saw that the guy had stopped her by grabbing the dagger by the blade and ended up cutting his hand but stopped her from cutting herself. She let go of the blade and the female anbu twisted Koyuki's hands behind her back.
"Are you alright?" she asked and the guy nodded as he let go of the blade and it clattered to the ground. The other two ran in and saw the guy bandaging his hand and blood on the ground.
"What happened?"
"She tried to commit suicide." he simply answered "We should take her to Tsunade-sama."
A few minutes later Koyuki found herself chained to a chair in Tsunade's office. Tsunade had healed the guy's hand and the same squad of anbu was in close distance in case Koyuki tried anything again. Tsunade observed at Koyuki who wasn't even paying attention except staring at the faces of the Hokages carved on the mountain.
"Koyuki, we need to know if Sasuke told you anything last night." Koyuki didn't look at Tsunade as she answered.
"All he said was that he loved me…and that he was sorry he was leaving…" a cold laugh escaped her and she sighed. "I was such an idiot. I'm useless to you."
"How long have you two been having an affair?"
"Affair?" Koyuki laughed and now she really did look at Tsunade. "It could hardly be called an affair, he was never with anyone else. Maybe in Sakura's fantasy it could be an affair…you could say we were lovers. But that would be a lie as well since he didn't feel anything for me."
"How do you know that?"
"You don't just leave someone you love. If Sasuke would have loved me he would have stayed, he chose that stupid revenge over me." She growled bitterly. "Can I leave now?"
"Not quite." Tsunade answered and Koyuki sighed and slouched on the chair. "Koyuki I know this is hard for you but-"
"I don't know anything!" she snapped and she got up but the chains pulled her back down on the chair. "How many time do I have to tell you? All that bastard did was have sex with me and then leave me!"
"You two had sex?" The color drained from her face at the voice and she turned her head and saw Sakura standing in the door way. Her eyes were red from crying and there was rage starting to build up in them.
"Sakura." Koyuki whispered.
"Since when…" Sakura hissed and Koyuki tugged at the chains knowing what was coming. Koyuki knew Sakura wanted to know how long she and Sasuke had been together.
"Sakura-"
"SINCE WHEN!" she screamed and Tsunade stood up.
"Sakura calm down!"
"Since the chunnin exams." Sakura clenched her fists and ran at Koyuki. Koyuki pulled and the chains broke and Koyuki only managed to get up from the chair before Sakura's fist connected with her jaw and made her stumble. Blood dripped from her lip and she spat the blood on the ground. Sakura lounged for her again but this time the young anbu stood in front of Koyuki and blocked Sakura's punch and two of the anbu grabbed Sakura by the arms.
"LET ME GO!" Sakura yelled.
"ENOUGH!" Tsunade ordered and Sakura stopped moving. "Sakura I know this is hard for you to accept but it won't bring Sasuke back. Now I want you to go home and stay there and these two anbu will make sure you don't leave your home until Shikamaru's team comes back."
A small sobbed escaped Sakura as she allowed the anbu to escort her out but not before she gave one last look at Koyuki and she was met with eyes that mirrored her own sorrow. The young anbu turned to Koyuki and she looked at the ground.
"You shouldn't of have stopped her."
"Mika take her home and guard her until further notice."
"Hai Hokage-sama." The young anbu turned to her and slowly placed a hand on her shoulder.
Koyuki only nodded and took a step forward but her head began to spin and she lost consciousness. When she opened her eyes again she was in her room with a small towel on her head. She took off the towel as she sat up and saw the anbu sitting in a chair.
"Feeling better?"
"Yes…did I faint?" The anbu nodded and Koyuki sighed. Then she looked at the anbu again, recalling the name Tsunade had called him by.
"Your name is Mika correct?"
"Yes..."
"It sounds familiar for some reason."
"We met a few years ago." Koyuki watched as he reached for his mask and slowly took it off. Her eyes narrowed when she took in the honey colored eyes and the dirty blond hair as well as the scar that ran across his cheek.
"You're…Ikari's friend." She whispered but Mika shook his head.
"Remember that I stopped being his friend the same day he gave me this scar. Protecting you." Her eyes closed as she remembered. It had been the day she had broken up with Ikari and he had attacked her with a kunai in anger and Mika had stood between them and stopped Ikari from hurting her. Ikari had slashed Mika's cheek and Ikari had apologized immediately but the damage had been done.
"After that Ikari came to my house…" she said as she opened her eyes again.
"I heard. I would have warned you the day he got free but I had not seen you since that day I had no idea where you were. Then I heard about you being in team seven, I knew you were in good hands…until now."
"I have a tendency to fall for the guys who end up breaking me." She murmured and a tear escaped her eyes. Then she looked at him. "You shouldn't have stopped Sakura; I deserved to get what was coming to me."
"It looked to me like you've had enough to deal with. You've been through a lot, more than she knows." There was a puff of smoke and Dark appeared.
"Dark what…I didn't summon you."
"I sense your emotions remember? Sometimes it's enough for me to appear." Dark looked at Mika and his defenses went up. "Who's he?"
"An old friend…Dark…Sasuke left."
"What?"
"I'll leave you two to speak." Mika said and he headed for the door.
"Aren't you worried I'll escape?" Koyuki asked but Mika only smiled at her.
"I'm an anbu now Koyuki, I'm not that easy to fool anymore."
"Koyuki there's been some complications."
"What?" Tsunade had called Koyuki over to her office two days later and informed her Sasuke was being guarded by four of Orochimaru's most trusted nin. The same one who had been present when the Third Hokage died.
"We don't know if Shikamaru's team was successful in defeating them but I need you to go after Naruto. A battle between him and Sasuke is sure to break out and I need you to aid Naruto."
"But I'm useless-"
"You're a chunnin! Put aside your emotional ties with Sasuke Uchiha and do your duty and a Konoha shinobi!" Tsunade snapped and Koyuki flinched.
"Yes Hokage-sama."
"Use everything in your power to find them." Koyuki bowed and excited the room. Mika was waiting for her outside the tower leaning against the wall. When he saw her coming he pushed himself off.
"What happened?"
"She wants me to go after Naruto." She sighed and bit he thumb, drawing blood and summoned Dark. Mika looked in fascination at the large horse size cat and Dark looked at him curiously.
"You summoned me Koyuki?"
"Yes. I'm in a hurry I need you to track Naruto for me."
"Did he get in trouble again?"
"No...he's in danger. I'll explain everything on the way this is an S-rank mission."
"Understood." Koyuki jumped on his back and got ready to leave until Mika called her and threw he a Katana. Looking at it she realized it was the Katana Sasuke had left for her when he left.
"I think you're going to need this."
"Thanks, lets go Dark."
"Sasuke you're going to run away?" Naruto yelled across the water fall to the statue Sasuke was standing on. Slowly Sasuke turned around and his eyes made a cold chill run down Naruto's spine. The white of his eyes was now a dark yellow and his iris was completely black there was no onyx left in it and the curse mark had spread from his neck to his eye.
"Yo, loser."
"Sasuke what are you thinking come back to the village!" Naruto yelled.
"I told this to Sakura and now I'm repeating it to you, I have no intention on staying with you Konohagakure crowd."
"What are you talking about? Everyone gave their life to save you! Everyone's waiting back home for you!"
"I never asked them to give their lives for me."
"AND WHAT ABOUT KOYUKI! Did you just use her?" Sasuke's face was devoid of emotion but his hands clenched tightly into fists.
"She was nothing but a cover, to keep anyone from suspecting me."
"Don't lie! She loves you and I know you do too!" Naruto yelled but Sasuke only laughed.
"I never loved her, she was nothing but a tool and she's useless to me now. Besides, isn't it better for you since you have a crush on her?"
Naruto's eyes widened and Sasuke chuckled at him mockingly.
"You didn't think I'd notice? The way you looked at her when you thought no one was looking; but she never noticed because she had feelings for me. Well then now you can have her, she was nothing but a past time."
Sasuke turned and began to walk away; as he walked he saw a shadow behind him getting bigger and bigger. He turned too late as Naruto landed on him and they both skid on the ground. When they stopped Naruto raised his fist and punched Sasuke across the face.
"She's not a piece of property you dumb ass! She loves you and I'm bringing you back to her whether you want to or not!" Sasuke grabbed Naruto by the collar of his jacket.
"You will never understand you idiot." Sasuke's grip tightens and suddenly he's holding Naruto off the ground. "Me leaving is probably the best thing that'll ever happen to her." With that he punches him hard on his stomach and when he lets go Naruto is flung to the other side of the cannon and falls into the water.
This power...the curse marks power has increased far more than I imagined.
"How much farther Dark?" asked
"We should be there soon." He said as he jump through the trees as fast as he could. After hearing what happened from Koyuki he'd made it his duty to get to Naruto as fast as he could.
That stupid Uchiha he's going to pay dearly when we catch him. He thought. Suddenly his nose twitched and he turned his head.
"What's wrong Dark?"
"This smell...it's familiar."
"Is it Naruto?"
"I don't know." He went towards the smell as he tried to wrack through his brain to remember the smell.
Where the hell have I smelled this before? There was a crack of thunder followed by a flash of light and red chakra shooting up into the sky. Then he remembered.
"This smell is from Naruto!"
"What? What are you talking about."
"There was a time when Naruto used some of the tailed-demon's chakra there was a certain smell to him. Naruto's using the fox's chakra."
"We have to get there faster they aren't holding anything back!"
"We are almost there." Dark gathered his chakra and sped up. But when they got to the edge of the cannon they saw Naruto and Sasuke jumping towards each other with their Chidori and Rasengan. Sasuke was almost impossible to recognize; his hairs was dark blue, his skin dark grey and there was wings that looked like hands jotting out of his back. Naruto was covered in a cloak of red chakra that form the out line of the nine-tailed fox except that it had two tails. Koyuki climbed off Dark's back and ran towards the edge of the cliff.
"SASUKE, NARUTO STOP!" It was too late, by the time the sound of her voice reached them their jutsu's collided followed by a giant explosion. The explosion was so intense debris flew everywhere and a rock hit the side of Koyuki's head and she passed out. By the time she regained consciousness a drop of rain fell on her face, waking her up. Her head pounded and suddenly she remembered where she was.
"Koyuki are you okay?" Dark asked her but she stood up and ran to the edge of the cliff. She saw Naruto on the floor with Sasuke standing over him. She jumped off and landing with a slash on the ground and Sasuke looked her way, their eyes meeting for a moment before he turned his back on her.
"Sasuke wait!" she yelled as rain started to pour down. He got ready to jump and she threw her kunai, ripping a large piece of Sasuke's shirt and sticking to the cliff wall. He stopped and turned to look at her one last time as she ran towards him but his eyes were blank and devoid of emotion. His lips moved but because of the heavy rain the clouds suddenly unleashed she didn't hear them. He turned and jumped up the cliff.
"SASUKE!"
"Koyuki!" She stopped at the other side of the cliff by Naruto's body and saw Kakashi with Pakkun and Dark running towards her. Kakashi grabbed her the shoulders and gave her a small shake. "Are you ok?" she nodded as Pakkun sniffed the ground.
"Sasuke was here a few seconds ago...but the rain is quickly washing his scent away."
"Forget about Sasuke, Naruto's condition is what's important right now." she said as she kneel down and checked his pulse. "At least he's alive. We need to get him to the hospital."
Kakashi nodded as he kneel down while Dark and Koyuki placed Naruto on Kakashi's back. They stood up and Kakashi jumped up the cliff with Pakkun while she walked to the kunai still embedded on the wall with a fabric of Sasuke's shirt. She took them in her hands and she placed the kunai away. She looked at the piece of fabric and sighed.
"Koyuki." Dark was at her side and nudged her with his nose. "We should get going."
"Right." She tightened her fist around the fabric before placing it in her kunai pouch and following Kakashi.
"You are not leaving Konoha." Kakashi said sternly, his voice close to screaming. Tsunade sighed at the sight in front off her; Kakashi and Koyuki had informed her off the out come off Sasuke and Naruto's battle followed by Koyuki asking for permission to leave Konoha.
"Kakashi-" Koyuki started.
"No!" he snapped. "Letting you live on your own in the village is one thing but not outside this village!"
"I'm useless don't you get it!" She screamed. "What Sasuke did to me is impossible to fix!" She looked to Tsunade with pleading eyes. "Tsunade-sama please you at least understand what I'm going through right?"
Tsunade sighed again, yes..she undestood perfectly. Maybe Dan had not betrayed the village but they had loved each other so immensely that when he died Tsunade had left the village in order to heal her wounds.
"Kakashi I understand your worried but-"
"Hokage-sama." Kakashi pleaded.
"Koyuki needs time. She needs time to heal. Koyuki you are allowed to leave the village but we will do it in my terms." Just then there was a knock on the door followed by the sand siblings entering.
"Hokage-sama." Gaara said as all three bowed respectfully. "We came to report all of Shikamaru's team members are in the hospital though Neji and Choji are in critical condition."
"I will be quick about this then." she said as she stood up and began taking out her medical scrolls. "Koyuki you are not to leave this village until I give you permission. Your living arrangements and the village you'll be staying in will be decided later. In the meantime Gaara feel free to stay for a few days before you head back to Suna you've been very helpful to us."
"All as payment for showing us leniency for the attack a few weeks back." Gaara nodded. "Its our pleasure."
Koyuki blinked at him, was he actually being polite?
"You are all dismissed, now excuse me." she said and they all bowed before leaving the office. Kakashi turned to Koyuki but she stopped him.
"You should go see Sakura and relieve the anbu guarding her house." she said and Kakashi glared.
"We still need to talk." he said.
"There's nothing left to say big brother. What's done is done. I've been taking care of myself for three years."
"And look how that worked out." Koyuki's jaw clenched.
"What difference does it make? Whether I live with you or not the result would have been the same! I would have been by myself anyway!" she yelled and stalked away.
The sand siblings stood there with curiosity at what they just witnessed while Kakashi left the other way from Koyuki.
"We should come to Konoha more often, there's entertainment everywhere." Kankuro mused and Temari smacked him upside the head.
"Ow! Hey where's Gaara?"
"I don't know he was here a second ago." Temari said but shrugged it away. "Anyway lets go and rent rooms we're gonna stay here for a while. There are a few things we need to talk about with the Hokage."
Koyuki was standing in team seven's training area with her katana in her hand. Tears were flowing slowly down her cheeks she raised her katana but as she swung it down sand wrapped around her hand and stopping her movements.
"This isn't really the way to end your life." she turned her head and saw Gaara with his arms crossed, sand flowing out from his gourd.
"What do you care Sabaku no Gaara." she growled wiping the tears from her eyes. "This is none of your concern."
"It is when the person knows a lot about me and was never afraid of me." Gaara said and the sand receded from Koyuki's hand. "Throwing your life away is not going to help you."
"Gaara..."she sighed and placed her katana in its sheath. "Have you ever had this feeling...when someone says they love you, almost give up their life...you give them everything until you realize you were only being used and meant nothing to them?"
His uncle's smile flashed in Gaara's mind and he nodded.
"It's a terrible pain that doesn't go away...it won't let me sleep and it'll never heal." She says. "Which is why I need to leave Konoha as soon as possible."
"I'm not the appropriate person to give you advice...I think Naruto would be better suited for that."
This took a chuckle out of Koyuki, her head filling with the blond's never ending banter.
"You're probably right." she turned to him and gave him a small smile. "Maybe later I'll stop by the hospital." she took a step towards him but her vision began to spin. She swayed and Gaara grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"I don't know...I just..." her eyes rolled behind her head and she passed out.
When she woke up she was staring into the honey colored eyes of Mika who gave a small sigh of relief when he saw her wake up.
"Mika?"
"Thank goodness, Koyuki you scared the crap outta me." he said. She looked around and found herself in her room, the sun already setting in the horizon.
"Mika...how did I get here?"
"Sabaku no Gaara brought you. I found you passed out in his arms when Tsunade told me to find you." He placed his hands on the sides of her head, his eyes looking her over. "You look really pale, you haven't been sleeping huh?"
"No..." moved her face from his hands and stared at the window. She heard him sigh and gave him an apologizing look.
"Forget about it." he waved it off. "Besides there are other matters we need to talk about. You told Tsunade you want to leave the village?"
"I have no reason to explain anything to you." she glares. "What do you care anyway?"
"You can't run away just because a jerk broke up with you."
"You have no idea what you're talking about!" she yelled. "I LOVED HIM AND HE LIED TO ME!"
She looked down and shook her head.
"I'm sorry."
"Forget it." she whispered. "I'll be leaving in a few days anyway...I just need Tsunade's verdict on where she'll be sending me."
"You're sending me where?" she yelled incredulously.
"You are going to be going to Suna with the sand siblings." Tsunade said. "And I've already talked with the damyio and he agreed to let me send only one bodyguard to keep an eye on you."
The door opened and Mika walked in.
"You?" Koyuki thought in outrage.
"I didn't volunteer." he said with a shrug on his shoulder. The sand siblings only looked at Tsunade resolve.
"I will not hear a single objection out of you Hatake Koyuki." she snapped. "Now pack your things." with that they were dismissed.
"We'll be leaving in two hours, you can take your time getting ready." Gaara said and the siblings left. Koyuki sighed and ran a hand through her hair.
"I guess I should get started."
When she got home she began packing. It took less than she thought to pack her things. She looked around the room making sure she didn't forget anything until she saw the box Sasuke had given her. She placed them on her bed and them out.
Her sword still has dust from the wood of the wardrobe she had destroyed. But that wasn't the only thing inside the box. Clothes laid out along with a letter addressed to her. She picked up the letter, it was his writing no doubt about that but she didn't have the heart to read. Then something caught her eye and saw the piece of cloth from Sasuke's shirt next to the team's photo.
"If you think these presents will make me forgive you...you've never been more wrong." she grabbed the cloth and clutched it tightly in her hands. "I'll make every effort to find you...and destroy you." she growled.