Chapter 21: A dream

Sitting in a chair, arm resting near a window ledge, Tori's chin was leaning on her arm. She stared out the window, enjoying the gentle breeze that came in as the white curtains were flowing past her. The Jishin Jounin gazed at the beauty of Konoha through the hospital window, watching the peaceful and in high spirit villagers going out their normal day. She looked up at the perfect blue clouded sky trying to figure out what each cloud resembled.

Flashback

Eight year old Tori was walking through the forest looking around for her sensei. She sighed in disappointment of him going off without her which she never liked that about him. She always had the theory he was in danger.

"Itachi where you go?" Tori mumbled to herself.

She looked up at the big opening in the forest, watching the moving clouds in the sky, letting her mind drift as she always had this habit. It sometimes got her a scolding from Itachi in which he didn't want his student to be caught off guard incase of a surprise attack from the enemy. Two hands covered her eyes but her mind wasn't off that much as she knew who it was a half mile away.

"Day dreaming can get you in trouble Tori." Itachi said calmly.

Tori bring her hands up to his and take his hands off her eyes. She looked above her to see thirteen year old Itachi towering over her and smiled. He had his ANBU outfit on in which he was about to go on another mission. Most times he will take Tori with him because she was more useful then most of his own teammates but because of the last incident he was not allowed to take her anymore as her father demanded it.

"Where you go?" Tori asked.

"I have to go on a mission again." Itachi explained.

"Can I come with you Itachi-sensei? You haven't token me on any missions lately. How can I pass the Chuunin exams if I don't meet other powerful ninjas? I want to become strong like you." Tori said concerned that she done something wrong with Itachi decisions lately.

Itachi heart saddens from neglecting his student but he has his duty of a shinobi to obey a father's wishes against his own child, even though the child doesn't want too. "Tori, I'm sorry but," He looked at her innocent eyes, seeing her face in dismay of already knowing what he was about to say, as he been saying it for the past month. "...Maybe next time."

"O-Okay." said Tori sadly but her mood turned light again and smiled not to worry Itachi over her. "I will practice until you get back, okay."

"Okay," Itachi turned around away from her. "Tori, there a festival in Konoha coming up next week. I wanted to know would you like to come with me."

Tori smiled overjoyed of spending time with Itachi of just normal hanging out. "Really!?" Itachi nodded his head at her. "Then I'll train really hard until you get back and show you a new Jutsu I'm coming up with."

Itachi turned around and eyes her from Tori learning new Jutsu quicker then him when he was younger. But all he could do was smile at her as she was the only person that could make him smile, which made him more disgusted with himself for following his families orders.

"I will be back soon as possible." Itachi said.

"Ok but don't be late for the festival." Tori said anticipating his return.

Itachi smiled at her.

Flashback ends

Tori eyes gaze at a cloud that resembled a wolf and smirked. She closed her eyes for a second feeling a little tired of all the excitement since yesterday events, meeting all the people that wanted to use her for their own means. Tori sighed and grin about the ideas of everybody wanting her as deep down it made her feel special and superior in power.

In a second, Tori's heart started to speed up rapidly, feeling a powerful presence around her, emulating the same power as her. Everything stated to get quiet as she couldn't hear anything but her heart. Her eyes quickly open; a body was in front her as she stared in shock.

"N-Naruto?" Tori said bewildered.

He gave her a disturbing grin, eyes red from Kyuubi chakra inside of him, but the chakra felt powerful then hers. She never felt frozen before in her life. Naruto gripped her hand tightly, pulled her up from the chair harshly knocking as it was knocked to the floor, and pushed her back towards a wall. Tori couldn't move, overwhelmed from Naruto actions that she couldn't understand. Naruto closed the gap between them and kissed her on the lips. Tori eyes widened in shock but for unknown reason she accepted his kiss and closed her eyes enjoying it to her liking. She never felt a powerful kiss from a boy before that left her unwilling to fight back but then again no boy ever kissed her before because she never focused on boyfriends, disregarding that from her life. Naruto pulled away from their kiss as she opened her eyes seeing Naurto devilish smirk.

"Okami, you have chosen a worthy body to hide from me. I will have you in the end no matter how much you fight me." Naruto said but another voice overlapped his, sounding like an older man.

Tori felt a burst of chakra coming from her stomach taking over her body that she couldn't suppress any longer that she have been doing for years. Her eyes changed into yellow as Okami finally awaken in her after seven years. Tori face expression changed as she smiled at him with no fear in her body now.

"Kyuubi...the Nine Tail Fox Demon." Tori said but her voice was overlapped of an older woman voice, the same voice she heard when she was eight years old.

Okami powers start to spill out of Tori's body, transforming her body into blackness as it also started to spread, consuming the whole room as well.

Tori started to regain her body back but smelled smoke. She opened her eyes feeling dazed for some reason and started to stand up slowly. She started to walk but stopped as her feet reaches a cliff being hundred feet high up from the ground. Her eyes widen in shock. Wind was blowing heavily everywhere that Tori had to keep herself stable on the ground. Everywhere she looked, fire burned the forest in a six mile radius, animals where fleeing the area with fear in their eyes, the sky was black from the fire as death filled the air of fresh blood.

Kyuubi and Okami were in their true beast form staring at each other, hatred in both their eyes, as they were about to face off. Kyuubi roared at Okami swinging his nine enormous tails behind him, tearing up the forest around his area, showing his dominance. Okami growled back at him becoming a black wolf, swinging eight tails violently around and doing the same amount of destruction of Kyuubi around her. Okami opened her mouth as dark black ball of energy started to form.

"What is this!?" Tori was puzzled beyond belief.

The black energy ball shoots out of Okami mouth aimed at Kyuubi but Kyuubi quickly counters it with a form of a white energy ball and blast it back at her. The two energy balls collided creating a devastating aftermath, as the force of the impact created a huge crater that stretched a mile long, destroying any life that was in the vicinity. It created strong hurricane winds that blew Tori off of the cliff, soaring her in the sky. She tried to block the powerful force but it was no use as she soon realized her body was falling to the ground at a rapid pace. She tried to desperately do a Jutsu to stop her from falling but nothing was happening as if she lost her power to form chakra.

'Why isn't it working!? Why can't I use my chakra? Why can't I?' "Why cant I?!" Tori yelled in anger about seconds away from her death. She closed her eyes hoping somebody would save her.

"Who would love a monster?" A woman voice said.

A familiar voice went through Tori's mind as she desperately try to block it out, hearing it too many time in her life that made her feel nauseous inside. As she continued to fall, she started to give into those words. She closed her eyes and accepted her fate as nobody would love nor save a monster.

"A monster...can never be loved." She whispered to herself as a tear dropped down from her eyes.

At the last minute, hands grabbed her waist tightly as Tori eyes opened. A boy was holding her while they were both falling. Chakra surrounded them as this made Tori unsure who her savior was but saw his smile.

'Why?'