I ran towards the screams, tears streaming from my face. Is this what happened to Li Li? It's said when you don't move on, you relive your death over and over again. It's no wonder she's the way she is! But why was I here? And a more important question: Could I change anything? It's better to try and fail than to not try at all. I ran in random directions, panicking too much to think straight. I began to hear her screams more clearly,"KIKI-CHAN! DASUKETE! KOWAII DESU! ONEGAI KIKI-CHAN!"(1) The whole time she was dying, was she relying on me to save her? That's not fair... How could I know what was happening? How was I? In this hell, Li Li resides. Now I'm here in the past. I can help her, I will help her this time.

Thoughtlessly I charged forward. I tumbled when the forest ended and I saw a mob of people outside a cave. I heard the hoarse screaming, feeling daggers in my heart. I looked around this dreary memory, hoping an epiphany. Everything seemed so dead. There was no color. There was no sun. No warmth. Bleak and cold. I pushed into the crowd only to be forced backed and shoved on the ground. "LI LI!!! DON'T WORRY! I'M COMING!!!" I began to claw recklessly at the backs of the villagers. I didn't see how deep I cut them. A man tried subduing me, but his attack was so forward and expected, I easily countered it by ducking low. I slipped off to his side and, by the shoulders, lifted him up and tossed him into a tree. I heard a sickening crack as he became part of this world. A pic axe dug into my shoulder. I broke the handle and pulled it out. I threw it aside, deciding to use my own brute force against them. I was soaked in their blood and not giving a damn.

I finally made it through the mob that was blocking the entrance. Now I had to find the mob that was going to torture and kill her. I desparately flung my head from side to side, looking for anything to point me in the right direction. This cave had so many passages and rooms in it, it would be almost impossible to search all of them. "LI LI! IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, SCREAM!" I heard a muffled cry and raced to the second passage on the left. Halfway through, I tripped and ripped my leg open on an old, rusted bird cage on it's side. Red blood seeped out of the wound.

I stared at the dead bird laying down. I touched the cage's door and the bird sprang up. Yellow eyes, sleek, black feathers, a sharp curved beak: this bird was a demon. I looked at the very bottom of the cage. A seal was badly drawn to lock the demon in. It worked, so I shouldn't worry. I looked at the aura it emitted. It was so powerful! I couldn't believe it was confined in a caged birds form. "You're why this is happening, aren't you? Your aura is attracting demons and they're possessing and killing the villagers. Your aura changed Li Li, not only by giving the power of knowing death, but by making the killing demon-spirit she is now." I heard Li Li's screaming just up ahead. I turned away and stood ignoring the pain. "I'll be back for you."

I lost her again. I listened carefully but again she was gone. That demon was probably hiding her from me. In frustration a slammed my fist in the wall. I lowered my head in anger and shame as tears rolled down again. I opened my eyes just to widen them. On the ground, Li Li's blood left a trail like Hansel and Gretel's bread crumbs. I ran, keeping my head low to stare at the new found path even though it hurt my neck. I saw a swinging lantern hanging right outside a smaller cave. I rushed in pushing passed so many people just in time to see a man with a knife holding Li Li's tounge. "Yamete!" I ran forward and shoved the man over. I stared at Li Li with so many tears in my eyes. She was bleeding so badly. She had so much fear in her eyes. I fell to my knees and hugged Li Li. I felt the wires with my arms. I tried to pull at it. She cried out in pain as more blood dripped down her sides. Frantically, I groped for something to cut them off. Remembering the knife the old bastard had, I ran to him. I picked up the blade and swiftly kicked the man when he stirred.

"Don't do that! You don't understand! She an evil demon that kills us. She needs to be stopped before it's too late!" I spun in circles everyone and everything blurring together. The killing intent pouring out of them. The look in their eyes. Bits of wood, hammers, knives, and metal scraps were in their hands. They advanced towards Li Li. I couldn't fight them all off. How the hell could I protect her!? "What should I do?" I whispered to myself. Letting go of all my fear and doubt, I relaxed. "Chotto matte. (2)" They stopped and turned to me, ready to kill me if I tried to intervene again. "Chotto matte! Onegai! Hear me out!"

"Nothing you can say will change our minds. It's kill or be killed." I briefly clossed my eyes. When I reopened them, I had a plan all ready. Most people are cowards. If they're not prepared they won't fight.

"All of you are idiots. Truely foolish. Lost in your own paranoia, you dare to turn on your own kind! Humans are so petty!" They all stared at me confused. Putting on an Orochimaru smirk, I tore my bandage of my eye and the hat I was wearing off my head. They all fell back and tried to escape me. I laughed. "If you want to kill someone, kill me! Try. I dare you!" They all ran away. Except for the man behind me. I didn't see him stand up or take out another knife until it was too late. I flipped around and face him only to feel something puncture my kidney. When he stabbed me, I started to feel so cold. I didn't feel anything when I hit the ground. "KIKI! KIKI! KIKI! WAKE UP! PLEASE..."

"Kiki? Kiki?" A gentle hand on my shoulder shook me awake. I opened my eyes(I could still see!) and stared at Kimimaro. He was sitting on a stool beside my hospital bed. I tried getting up, but I was push back down."You shouldn't try to get up. You just came out of surgery. Kabuto-sempai had to give you a new kidney because that girl stabbed into it. She's gone right now. Is she coming back?" His face didn't look worried, but I know he probably was.

"I don't know." Was it all a dream? I didn't want it to be. I wanted to save her so badly. To stop repeating history. But then again, if it wasn't a dream, she would still be alive or undead going around killing people. I turned to Kimimaro. "Shouldn't you get going? I'm sure Orochimaru wanted you to go get him once I woke up. Don't bother denying it." He turned his head away for a second, before nodding, standing, and walking to the door. He turned to me in concern. "Will you be alright alone?"

"Hai. Hai. Just go and don't worry about me. No one else really does."

"Orochimaru-sama does. He just doesn't show it much. Pay attention and look closely and you'll see it."

"Kimimaro... you only see Orochimaru-san through rose-colored glasses. If you saw him in reality, you wold understand."

"Rose-colored glasses, huh? Maybe you don't see him at all. Maybe in some aspects you're still blind." He left before I could say anything more.

I thought hard about what Kimimaro said. Is it really true? No. All I've seen him do is kill with no biaism. He killed my husband to be and my ex-boyfriend. So? All that meant was he gets a special thrill out of torturing me, right? My thoughts were interrupted by the quickly declining temperature of my room. I felt sick because that meant they were here. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Counting to five, slowly I opened them. Sure enough Mimiko and Li Li were standing by my bed.

"Kiki, don't be alarmed. I came to apologize. You were my only friend. I thought you left me to die. I got really upset. I still don't to leave you. Please don't say I have to!"

"What can you do? You need to move on. Both of you."

"We both are willing to become your summons. We can fight for you and protect you in battle. Let us! Think of it as our penance."

"But I-"

"We won't kill unless it's an enemy trying to harm you. We don't want to be alone."

They looked so sad and sincere. I did help her. I fixed a few things in the past but she shouldn't stay any longer. You know if I say no, they could just follow me around, so whats the point? "I won't let you be lonely." Behind her back, Mimiko pulled out paper. I bit my finger and drew a few things in blood. Next they bit their fingers and signed their names in the center. They came and gave me one last hug before disappearing. I folded the contract and ate it. At that moment, Orochimaru came in.

I swallowed it quickly, but not before alerting him that I had done something. Takeda appeared by my side and whispered in my ear," This mission is dangerous. I'll come with you. Be careful. He'll try to push you to your limits. And you'll meet up with a few old friends." I nodded.

"Kiki-chan I have a mission for you."

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