Hey people, and welcome back to another chapter of Demonic Love...
(Yuri sits on his knees and bows his head until it touches the floor.)
I'm really sorry for a slow update. I was really having trouble with writers block. Plus I really wanted to catch up on a few new games, like Mass Effect Andromeda, and Persona 5 (which is my favourite series). So I really hope that this chapter (which is over 9000 words, which is also the reason for the struggle) makes up for the long, long wait (one month nearly!)
So I really hope you can forgive me. Also, this is the final chapter of Ino's arc, and please see the authors note at the end as there is something I want to tell you.
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"Hehehehe... HAHAHAHAHA!"
Tayuya couldn't help herself but laugh. She was standing on another rooftop, one that was far away from the fight, using her demonic sight to see how the battle between the demon and hunter was going. And from what she was seeing so far, Tayuya was enjoying herself. After her father had told her and her siblings not to go to the human realm, she had quickly grew bored. And when she finally had enough, she then didn't give two fucks about what he would say, heading out and disobeying him.
And if she was honest with herself, she was glad she did it. The only reason why she showed the blonde demon hunter those memories and had given her some power was only for the demon girl's amusement. And what a show the two girls where putting on.
As soon as Sakura had powered up even more, that was when the fight began. The Yamanaka girl began with throwing her weapon, if she remembered correctly was called Masemune, high into the air and while the object was airborne, she charged at the pinkette with inhuman speed. No thanks to the power she was using now, plus a bit of Tayuya's own.
The girl leapt forward and went in for a fast forefist, aiming for the Sakura's face. Normally, without protection on the hands, punching someone's face would most likely end up damaging and break the person's fingers on the hard temple or jaw bone. But thanks to the boost she has, it would definitely do the opposite. On a normal human's skull, the blow would shatter it to pieces, but the pinkette's case it would only cause damage. But it would be a huge blow.
The pinkette easily read the attack, considering it was coming directly from in front of her, and used the polearm of her scythe to block the fisted appendage. Once connected the blonde did a roundhouse kick immediately after, managing to hit the pinkette on the side of her hooded head. The girl's head snapped to the side and she went sailing towards another building. This time she went through it, landing in an office full of computers and desks.
Tayuya let out a long whistle. "I'm impressed," she said in amazement. "I only gave her a little boost, but whatever technique she's using is unique." Maybe if this fight ended with the Demon Hunter's win, she should make the girl her slave? The idea made Tayuya smile. But that's only if the girl wins. Who knows? Maybe the pinkette would make a comeback.
It only seemed time would tell. And at the moment, the demon had all the time in the world.
Ino watched as the dust cloud, from where she had sent Sakura flying, was escaping the office building a few blocks from the one she was on. The people on the streets were probably at the scene right now, wondering if a bomb had been sent off.
Letting out a sigh, Ino raised her arm up toward the sky. She called out her swords name in her thoughts, and not a second later did she feel the familiar weight in her hand, her slender, tanned fingers wrapping around the hilt. With Masemune were it belongs, the blonde waited. And she waited. And waited. Her blue eyes turned white narrowed in annoyance. She was wondering why it was taking this long for the pinkette to get out of the debris covering her. She knew there was no way that she was down for the count yet.
"Oi! Haruno!" Ino shouted out the girl's name, her voice echoing through the night. She didn't get an instant response, so she decided to wait a little. Just maybe after ten seconds of nothing, the blonde Demon Hunter was getting annoyed. She was about to call out again, but she only got the "Ha" in the pinkette's name before a hand, which was the blackest of reds, grasped the front of her face. The next thing she knew, she was looking toward the night sky through the gaps of fingers.
Her head hit the roof she was on and Ino could feel it cave in slightly from the impact. She could also see the demonic eye through the hood of the black clad girl and the blonde narrowed her eyes and her teeth were clenched tightly together.
Get the hell off of me you murderer!
Ino planted the soles of both of her feet on the other girl's stomach and pushed. The girl flew over her and with the weight out of the way, she stood up. The pinkette was already standing tall, her back straight, and her scythe back at her side. She could hear the sound of something dripping onto the floor. The blonde couldn't see very well because it was dark and the black hood concealed the pinkette's face very well, but she could just about make out blood falling down from Sakura's jaw.
And even though she had been able to draw blood from the girl, Ino was still not satisfied. She hated the fact that the Haruno girl was standing as if nothing had happened to begin with. She was wide open for attacks, but at the same time she wasn't. If she was honest with herself, she didn't really know, and that frustrated her.
The voice in the girl's head, from before, began to cry out. It shrieked to her, like nails on a blackboard, telling her to kill the demon that was in front of her. She really didn't need to be told that. She was going to enjoy butchering her, to tear her limb from bloody limb. She was going to enjoy watching the life leave the girl's eyes. Actually, the word enjoy wasn't enough. She was going to revel in it.
With that thought, Ino took her stance once more. The green aura, that surrounded her before, reappeared, only this time much bigger. Sweat had started to pour off the girl's head, and when it dropped from her chin, it evaporated into the green aura, sizzling out of existence. Not one to play with her food, the blonde Demon Hunter charged at the pinkette, going in for the thrust with her Masemune. It connected, but instead of flesh it met the metal of the girl's scythe.
Sparks flew as Ino swung her weapon, twice, but was met with the same result. When the blonde went in for a third attack, which was a three hundred and sixty degree vertical slash, the pinkette jumped away, doing a backflip in mid-air. As soon as she landed, Sakura leapt forward. She did the same last move that the blonde had done, mid-leap, and when Ino parried it she didn't realize the attack was heavy, until it hit her.
She gritted her teeth, one eye closing, and planted her feet firmly into the ground so that she wouldn't be sent flying. But the pinkette wasn't done yet. She immediately went in for another chance to get her scythe wet with the Demon Hunter's blood, this time a diagonal, downward slash that was fast, considering that the scythe was long and heavy, and the fact that she was only using one hand to do so.
Again, Ino blocked the attack. And even though this time she didn't have to grit her teeth or plant her feet, before she knew it she parried another. And another, and then another. Soon, she found herself defending against a flurry of attacks, each strike, slash and thrust precise and fast. And they only seemed to get faster and heavier by the second.
It was an unexpected kick to the chest that finished of the onslaught of attacks, hitting the blonde's Masemune to the side and made her go off balance. She slid back a couple of yards away from the demon girl, and glared, hard, at the pinkette when she stopped.
Damn it! Ino screamed in her head. It's not over yet! I can still-!
That was when the inevitable happened. She knew that it could happen, but she didn't expect it to be this soon. And that was the side effect of using one of the Eight Gates.
Agonising pain had assaulted her body, like a flash of lightning. It came at her fast and unexpected, cutting off any train of thought she had. She refused to scream, though. Her pride wouldn't allow her to cry out in pain in front of the enemy. But that didn't stop what was happening within her body.
The green aura, that was surrounding her, had snuffed itself out. Her muscles suddenly grew heavy like lead. Her vision began to blur, and as it did, the girl's legs gave way. She hit the ground, on her hands and knees before going into a sitting position, and breathed laboured breaths.
Is this it? Ino thought. Is this all I can do? Am I just going to sit here, like some dog, waiting? The blonde gritted her teeth, mentally slapping herself. NO! No way in hell am I going to let that happen!
With whatever strength she had remaining, she dug the tip of her katana into the ground and, using Masemune as a crutch, tried her best to stand up. Slowly, but surely, she was able to do so. But unfortunately at the moment that was all. Her muscles still screamed at for doing so much, but she just ignored it. She had to.
When the sound of feet met Ino's ears, her eyes, which had been white now turned back to natural blue, looked up. She saw the black clad pinkette make her way towards her, slowly, as if to draw out this fight even longer.
With great difficulty, Ino managed to raise her sword up, the sharp metal pointing at her opponent. The demon girl stopped, now just a few feet away, and simply stared at the weapon pointed at her. "It's over, Yamanaka," was what she said. Her tone of voice monotone, holding no emotion at all. "All that power you just had is now gone. And from the way you're acting, I say it came at a heavy cost."
"Shut up," Ino growled, venom lacing her voice. Lose? Her? Against a demon? Like hell she was. With a loud grunt, Ino closed the distance between them and swung, sluggishly, at the hooded pinkette. But even the blonde knew that wouldn't work. Her body was too weak, and with a quick parry from Sakura, Masemune was sent flying into the air and she hit the ground, landing on her ass and the moment she looked back up, her blue eyes met silver metal.
The girl's golden-yellow eye was staring into Ino, like she was trying to bore into her soul. "Like I said: you've lost." She wanted to protest, but even she knew that Sakura was right. Her body wouldn't respond to her to commands, stuck sitting down. She could only watch as the hooded pinkette determined her fate.
"But let me ask you one thing, Yamanaka," she continued. "Why did you kidnap Hinata in the first place? What were you hoping to gain out of it?"
"Why you ask?" says Ino. "I did it, so I could get to you."
She couldn't see because of the hood, but the scythe wielding girl furrowed her brows. "If that's the case, then you should have just attacked me instead of going after Hinata. And you still didn't answer my question. What were you hoping to gain?"
Ino smirked at this. "Because I wanted you to feel how I've felt for many years now. All of the anger I've got, building up inside of me." The blonde stared directly into the demonic looking eye and glared, hard. "And the reason for it all, is because of you."
"What are you talking about?" Sakura asked. "I don't remember ever doing something to you."
"That's right. You haven't done anything to me... directly," she told her, earning her an almost invisible cocked eyebrow from the pinkette. "A few years ago, someone I cared dearly about died, no, was murdered. Killed by a demon. And I heard that she wasn't alone when she was attacked."
Ino then saw the girl's eye widened beneath her cloak's hood. The pinkette was processing the information in her head, it slowly coming together. Her body stiffened also, the girl's hold on the polearm tightening ever so slightly.
It was now finally tell the girl the truth of who she really was.
"Her name... was Yamanaka Yukiko."
BA-THUMP... BA-THUMP...
Went the sound of Sakura's heart, pounding in her chest and loudly in her ears. Hearing that name brought back the image of her best friend, and the person that she had loved the most, into her mind. Her shoulder length brown hair that would flutter in the wind and sway every time she moved her head. Her beautiful blue eyes that the pinkette could have looked at for hours. And her kind smile, which always seemed to make even Sakura smile, and fill her body with unexplained warmth.
"The same girl that you had abandoned that night."
BA-THUMP... BA-THUMP...
Then the peaceful memory shattered into pieces. The next thing she knew was that she was in a park, sitting up in the mud. It was raining, and standing in front of her, was Yukiko. Her eyes widened as she saw the girl, with her arms wide apart, have a kind smile on her face as she was impaled by some black, sharp metal rod. Blood trickled down the girl's mouth and she spoke words to the pink haired girl and before she knew it, she was on her feet and running. She looked behind her, only to see the brunette fall to the mud, before she turned back and ran far as her legs could take her.
"And she... was my big sister!"
And when the blonde said those last words, Sakura's blood went practically cold. Her entire body went stiff and her green and demonic eyes widened, like it had on that dark night. Her power had started to waver, and in the next moment, she reverted from her demonic form back to her school uniform.
"Yuki-chan... had a sister...?" said Sakura in shock, her brain still trying to catch up. Now that she thought about it, it was slowly starting to make sense. When she met the Yamanaka girl on those stairs back at school, she wondered why the girl looked familiar to her. If she had short brown her and looked slightly older, they practically could have been twins.
The blonde had been struggling for a while to stand up, but she had managed to finally do so with the help of her katana, and when she was on her feet, she continued to glare at the pinkette. "That's right," Ino said in agreement, clenching the hand not holding her sword into a tight fist. "And you're the one, WHO KILLED HER!"
Screaming that last part out, Ino released her hold of her make shift crutch, took a step and threw a punch. It connected to Sakura's cheek, bringing her back to reality, and in the next moment she hit the floor. Before she could do anything, the pinkette felt a sudden weight pin her body to the ground and again felt another punch to her face, one that was harder than the last. It didn't really take a genius to figure out that it was Ino and she was smacking the living day lights out of her.
"Why?!" the girl cried out, punching the pinkette once more. Her head snapped to the side from the impact causing the inside of her cheek to be cut, the metallic taste of blood slowly seeping through into her mouth. "Why?!" she cried again, punching. This time Sakura's head snapped the other direction, the blood that had been gathering in her mouth, was now flying out onto the ground. "Why?!" A third punch. It was a good thing the pink haired girl was a demon. Otherwise her skull would have been fractured, or worse, by the blonde's strength.
But I completely deserve it...
If what the blonde said was true, and Ino was indeed Yukiko's sister, then she had every right of doing what she was doing now. Even though Sakura didn't actually kill her, but when she ran that night,she might as well have. For every time the Demon Hunter would land a punch, the anger that had been building up inside Sakura began to dwindle, until there was nothing left.
"It's not fair!" Ino screamed as she continued her assault of punches. At this point, Sakura's face had become numb to register the pain, and if it wasn't for the fact that her head was being forced from side to side she would have thought the blonde had stopped hitting her. All she could do was listen to the shouts of the girl pummelling her.
"Why is-" PUNCH! "-a coward like you-" PUNCH! "-still alive while-" PUNCH! "-my sister is dead!" PUNCH! "Tell me!" PUNCH! "Tell me!" PUNCH! "TELL ME!"
She wish she could. She really did. But even after so long, she herself was still wondering the same thing.
The pinkette had lost the track of time on how long the blonde had been punching her. Sakura's vision slowly started to blur and it wouldn't be longer now before the girl would lose consciousness. Then, when the punching suddenly stopped, the pinkette thought that the Demon Hunter was catching her breath, getting ready for the next set of punches. But when she felt something wet hit her face instead, her eyes widened. The blurs of her vision becoming clear almost instantly.
When she turned her face to look, her eyes met the sight of a tearful Ino, her blue orbs tightly close. The salty water of the girl's tears ran down her cheeks, dropping off her chin before hitting the pinkette's face. She wasn't crying out loud, only a few sobs and sniffs escaped the girl's mouth. But the tears kept coming.
"Onē-chan..." the girl sobbed. "Why? Why did it have to be her? Onē-chan..."
When she heard the blonde call out to her sister in a broken voice, Sakura's chest tightened with guilt. It was the first time that she felt like this for someone she was fighting against and it hurt. Without thinking of what she was doing, the pinkette sat up and wrapped her arms around the girl that was on top of her. She felt the girl go stiff in her arms and a small gasp escape past her lips.
"Haru...no..."
"You were right, Yamanaka," Sakura spoke, "I was a coward. And if I could take it all back and do over again, I would. It should have been me telling her to run, not the other way round." The pinkette paused for a moment. She wanted to make sure that the girl was listening, and made sure her grip on the Ino was loose so that she could move away at any time. But she hoped that she didn't, because Sakura needed to say something to her.
"But it doesn't change the fact that I left her there," she continued. "Which is why, I want to say... I'm sorry, Yamanaka. I'm so, so sorry."
All was silent after her apology. The pinkette still kept her grip on the blonde loose, still giving her an opportunity to get away from the demon girl. However, it was a chocked sobbed that grasped Sakura's attention and before she knew it, the blonde's arms had wrapped around her back, tightly. The chocked sobs had quickly become a cry, the blonde placing her face on the girl's shoulder and soaking her school shirt with her tears.
Sakura didn't care though. She knew the Demon Hunter had a lot of pride, and right now she threw all that out of the window to weep in her opponent's arms. To weep in the arms of the person who was responsible for it all.
That's why she proceeded to not say anything and wait. Helping the girl to let it all out of her system, and to see what would happen next.
"Tch, how fucking boring," Tayuya complained, giving the two girls on the roof a cold, irritated look. She was annoyed that her source of entertainment had ended. With no victor of all things. Well, it looked like she wouldn't be getting a Demon Hunter slave any time soon.
Her depression didn't last long however. A sudden, wicked smile had plagued her lips. Her demonic eyes already set on something else. With a flick of her wrist and wave of her fingers, a flute appeared from darkness and into her hand.
I think it's time for the finale.
Slowly, as if to saver the moment, the demon girl brought the silver metal object towards her lips. She blew into the mouth piece, as her fingers danced over the other four holes that were on the wind instrument. As the air she blew came out as a melody, a massive pool of darkness appeared in front of her. Three massive creatures began to emerge from within it, and Tayuya couldn't help the smile as she played her flute.
Her sharp, demonic gaze targeting a certain, tied up raven haired girl.
All was quiet from were Hinata was sitting, the sound of battle long since past. The ravenette was beginning to get anxious. When they were fighting, she could hear everything that was going on. All the clanging of metal meeting one another, the sound of buildings being demolished by the power of the two most powerful girls she had ever seen. Everything. But now that it was all silent, Hinata couldn't help but feel negative.
What if Sakura lost? What if she was... dead? It was a possibility, considering how strong the girl was from what she saw.
Stop it Hinata! she chastised herself. The girl couldn't have died. She made a promise. That even though she couldn't keep a promise of not dying, that she would try her best to not get hurt too much, to the point that the ravenette would worry sick. And if seeing her beat two impossibly strong demons was anything, it was that she knew that she would be able to keep that promise.
BOOOOOM!
Suddenly, dust and wind had assaulted Hinata and with he hands still bound behind her back, she couldn't do much about the debris that flew her way, so she hid her face behind her legs for protection. When she couldn't feel the wind any more, the Hyūga girl slowly lifted her head and stared at the dust covered cloud before her.
At first, she thought it was Sakura. Wondering if the Demon Hunter had landed a hard enough blow to cause such an impact. But that thought process quickly changed when, instead of a single silhouette slowly trying to stand up and to carry on fighting, there were three shadowed figures. Finally, once the dust cloud was no more, Hinata's eyes went completely wide in a matter of seconds. The three shadowed figures were massive... and definitely not human.
They were very large and muscular, with their eyes and ears covered and there mouth's were sewn shut. Even though that was what they all had in common, that and they had an inverted purple robe-like belt tied around their waist, they were different in appearance. One of them wore a dark green body suit and had hair that covered it's face, which she could just about see the sewn mouth. In it's hand, and using it's shoulder for support, was a giant studded metal club that looked like it could smash someone up into paste.
The other one was the exact opposite of the first, as it was shirtless and wore dark pants. It was also bald and had multiple scars on top of it's head, a white blindfold covering it's eyes and ears. It had a thorn-like weapon, strapped to each arm which was tied up with white gauze and looked like it pierce almost anything with enough force put behind it.
The final one was not like the other two. His entire upper half of it's body, from his waist to the top of it's head, was covered up in white bandages, his lower half covered by brown pants. That wasn't the only thing that made it different. It's head was in an awkward and had several pins on it as well, like it was trying to keep the wrappings on it's head. It didn't have any arms either, so thus it didn't wield any sort of weapon. Maybe that was what the pins were for?
When the demon with the scars took a step, it felt like an earthquake beneath Hinata. But when they all started to move forward in unison, it felt like the whole earth was shaking. Fear started to grip Hinata like a vice, but in the end there was nothing she could do. Even if her wrists weren't bound together, she'd still have no way of escaping. There weren't any exits and jumping off the building was a clear no-go. Even jumping to the building adjacent to one she was on would be a huge risk.
Another earthquake-like footstep brought Hinata back to the present, and before she knew it, the three giant creatures were looking down on her. Up close, the demonic creatures were terrifying, the missing features on this faces making it even more so. They all then raised their weapons, a foot for the no armed demon, and were just about to crush, pierce and stomp Hinata into nothingness.
So when they swung their weapons down, the ravenette instinctively closed her eyes and waited. But instead of being killed, she heard the sound of monstrous grunts, followed by a crashing sound coming from the further side of the roof. Her eyes opened when she heard that, and in front of her were two people. Two familiar people that were sight for sore eyes.
"Sakura-chan!" Hinata cried out with joy. Said girl was standing in front of her in her school uniform, side by side with the Demon Hunter she had been facing only moments ago. The pinkette turned her head so that her emerald green eye met her white ones.
"Are you alright, Hinata?" she asked. The ravenette responded with a nod, which earned a smile in return. The pinkette turned her attention back to the demons that were now standing back up, and even without seeing their eyes, and mouths sewn shut, their body language alone was enough to give out murderous intent.
But if she knew Sakura, then she had nothing to worry about.
"So what's the plan Haruno?" Ino asked, watching the demons stand up tall after they were blown back. She waited for a response, but didn't get one. She turned her blue gaze to the girl next to her. "Haruno?"
"The plan is that you stay with Hinata and I'll take care of them," she responded, making the blonde's eyes grow wide.
"What the hell are you thinking?!" the girl shouted. What on earth was making the pink haired girl say that? Unless it had something to do with being the sister of Yukiko? When she voice that question out loud, she still didn't get a response, but for just a second, the girl's body tensed, and that was when she knew she was right. "You've got to kidding me. Being Yukiko-onēchan's sister shouldn't have anything to do with this!"
"Like hell it doesn't!" roared Sakura, causing Ino to be taken aback. The look she was being given made any comeback that the blonde thought of, to stay stuck in her throat. "Whatever technique you used during your fight with me has left you drained. If it wasn't for your willpower, you would be on the floor right now, unable to move."
Ino couldn't say anything back to that. After all, what she said was true. Even right now, it was taking all that she had to stand there, let alone have this conversation with the pinkette. She looked at the ground, her hand tightening into a fist out of frustration. When a hand was placed on her shoulder, Ino turned her gaze up. The pinkette had closed the distance and now she was giving the blonde a caring look.
"If you got hurt now, I wouldn't be able face Yuki-chan. Besides..." Sakura glared at the three monsters that were just standing there, unmoving, "Those demons aren't normal. By now, they would have attacked and not let us have this conversation."
Her gaze, again, went back to the demons. The pinkette was right. Normally, those demon by now would attack. But instead they were waiting there, like they were listening out for orders to follow. The blonde Demon Hunter let out a sigh.
"I understand," said the blonde. "Then at least let me give you a hand." Before the pinkette could ask, Ino began to do her hand signs. Once finished, she placed her hand on the Sakura's arm and in an instant the pinkette was back in her demonic form once more.
The girl looked at herself in shock. "Why am I-?!"
"I transferred all my remaining power to you," she told her. Her legs started to feel heavy and was about to fall but Sakura caught her before she could.
"Are you alright, Yamanaka?!"
"I-I'm fine," she replied weakly. "I'm just a bit tired now."
"You're an complete idiot you know that," says Sakura as she slowly made her way to Hinata. Ino replied with a "Hmph" before she was set down next to the ravenette. The girl then told Hinata to turn around, so her back was facing Sakura, and summoning her scythe, cut the ropes that held her wrists together.
"Take care of her Hinata," the girl requested, to which the Hyūga girl smiled.
"Of course," she replied. "Be careful, Sakura-chan." The pinkette smiled confidently, nodding her head, and turned on her heel.
"Haruno," Ino called out, the girl stopping and turning to look at the blonde. "Don't you dare die on me. You and I still have a lot to talk about. You got that, Billboard Brow?" The demon girl smiled at that, but gave a nod in agreement. She then turned back to carry out the task at hand. When she was out of ear shot, Ino spoke up.
"You know Hyūga-san?" Ino called out, looking up. The white eyed girl's gaze was still on the pinkette, watching her go into battle with the three muscled demons.
"What is it, Yamanaka-san?"
"You were right. About Haruno," she said. She didn't get a verbal reply, but the nod of her told her that she agreed. And now the only thing the both of them could do at this point was watch on and wait for the pinkette's victory.
As Sakura made her way toward the three towering demons, that were standing a few yards before her, she felt rejuvenated. The remaining power that Ino had given her, was able to get rid of any fatigue that she had from her last fight. Not only did it get rid of that, but the pinkette was able to change back into her demonic form without herself activating it. It felt amazing. This power plus Izanami's, it felt like she could do anything. But she knew that it wouldn't last forever. Couple minutes at most.
Which meant that was the allotted time Sakura had to deal with these demons.
Wanting to bring this extremely long night to a close, Sakura tapped into the power which she decided to use only as a last resort. "Amatarasu..." was the word the girl whispered and as soon as she did, her demonic eye began to glow, burning through the darkness of the night. Her left arm was instantly engulfed by black flames and she noticed something was off. Using her right hand, the pinkette touched the cheek under her left eye and was surprised to feel nothing. Normally when she used this technique, blood would pour out from her demonic eye's socket.
But there was nothing. It was completely blood free. And that wasn't the only thing that surprised her. There was no headaches. Her vision wasn't going blurry. She felt completely fine. Was this because of the blonde's Demon Hunter power? Whatever it was, Sakura was going to absolutely use it at it's fullest.
Tayuya couldn't stop her eyes from growing wide from what she just witnessed. As she was watching the pink haired girl make her way towards her puppets, the younger demon girl had activated a power that few could ever defeat. Amatarasu, the never ending flames of destruction. As far as she knew there was one person, and only one person, who had that same exact power.
The Demon King, Uchiha Sasuke.
It was that bitch wasn't it...? Tayuya cursed in her thoughts, remembering a certain human female that the girl's father had brought to the demon realm so many years ago. The pinkette's eyes narrowed and her smirk returned to her face. That didn't matter now. She was dead. And her offspring was right there, a few buildings away from the flute playing demon. She wasn't the kind of person to believe in destiny and all of that crap, but it felt like this was fate. Fate that brought the other pinkette to her. And it would be fate that Tayuya would kill her.
With those devilish thoughts in mind, Tayuya brought the flute back to her lips. She blew into the mouth piece, and finally ordered the Doki to attack the younger girl.
Here they come!
The sewn mouths of the demons opened up slightly, but it was enough to hear the devastating roar coming from each of their throats. She was used to it, but if a normal person heard that there would no doubt be a puddle beneath their feet. Once they shut they jaws, their attack began.
It was the scarred bald one that started, disappearing in a blink of an eye. When Sakura sensed murderous intent behind her she quickly looked, the girl's heterochromatic sight seeing the massive demon thrust it's thorn-like weapon down on her. The pinkette jumped high into the air, dodging the incoming attack and watched the weapon meant for her impale the ground where she had once stood.
Before Sakura could counter attack, she felt another presence. This time on her right. Turning her head, she was met with the sight of the gauze wrapped demon and it came at her with a kick. Using her right arm to cover her face and chest, the lower appendage made contact. What the demon lacked with arms it made up for in leg strength. The attack was strong and because of it, Sakura was sent sailing through the air, straight into the hair covered demon, it's giant studded club already swinging in a downwards arc.
There was nothing the pinkette could do to parry or dodge, so when it hit her, she got the full brunt of it. It felt like the demon girl was hit by a train that carried the heaviest cargo in it's carriages, and she smashed into the hard concrete beneath her soon after. Damn... it... Sakura cursed, the pain being overwhelming. The girl wouldn't even be surprised if her entire body was fractured from that. She tried my best to get up, but all she could manage was to get on her hands and knees, gasping for breath.
It was when she felt something looming over her, did Sakura look up from where she was. This time all three of the demons were attacking, falling from the sky at a fast velocity. And since they were coming at her at such a fast speed, the pinkette could only stare at them, wide eyed, as they crushed her beneath their feet like a bug.
Moments before their giant feet's did just that, Sakura heard a faint, gentle voice, like someone was whispering into my ear. For reasons she couldn't explain, her chest, no, her entire body felt warm. The pink haired girl didn't know who the voice belonged to, yet at the same time it felt like she had known it for a long time. And that voice, told her something. And before she knew it, Sakura was saying those exact words. Those words being...
"Amaterasu no Tsubasa..."
Her fingers continued to dance over the hole of the flute as she played the final melody. Tayuya opened her eyes to see her three demon servants fall from the night sky and crush the little fuck of a demon like the insect that she was. The demon girl let the last note play for a while, revelling in the victory that she had just attained, before she stopped. A smile plagued her lips as she moved her mouth away from the silver wind instrument.
"Tch, pathetic," Tayuya commented, clicking her tongue as she did. Honestly, the girl was expecting more. Out of all the people she had hoped for a challenge, she was hoping that Sakura would be that person. After all she had the power of Amaterasu. Plus the fact that she was the daughter, of-
Her thoughts were cut off by a sudden by surge of power. Her brown eyes widened when she knew where the power was coming from and so, when she looked back to where her Doki were at, their body's were suddenly blown back by a powerful force. A figure, that was as fast as the peregrine falcon, flew up high into the air. And that figure was none other than Haruno Sakura herself.
"What the fuck? You're... joking right?" she asked to no one. But even if someone did answer, they would tell me what her what she already knew. That it was no joke. On the back of the young pinkette were wings made completely out of black flames. And upon seeing them, somewhere deep inside her gut, it was telling her that she was going to lose. Lose against the now flying demon.
No way! Tayuya protested. No way in hell I'm going to let that little shit get the best of me! She would never be able to live with knowing that she was beating by this pathetic excuse of a demon.
With anger and fury now the only thing running through her veins, Tayuya forcefully placed her flute back onto her lips and began to play an aggressive melody, one that expressed her feelings clearly.
"Amazing..." Sakura whispered to herself. Completely in awe with what was going on with her own body.
One moment she was on the ground, about to be crushed by the three massive demons, who were probably heavy like a whale. The next moment, Sakura heard a gentle voice, telling her a name. She could still feel the warmth that had suddenly embraced me. And now the girl was high in the air. The black flames that had surrounded her left arm had disappeared and instead, was transferred onto her back. They felt like extension of the pinkette's body and not something that felt out of place.
Sakura didn't know what was going on, but she wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. The sound of movement brought her two-toned gaze down below. The three demons were starting to get up and that was all the signal she needed to know that it was time to end this long day. Extending her arm out, she grasped her blue tinted scythe that appeared in front of her left palm. Once the familiar weight of her weapon was wrapped around my fingers, Sakura swung to her side and flew down, with the help of her new wings.
Her target was the blindfolded demon, whom looked up to see the pink haired girl coming at it. Confirming she was charging at it, the demon thrust it's arm upwards, hoping to impale her face first. And at the speed Sakura was going at then it would happen. But this was now the time to turn the tables.
When the girl was close enough to the thorn-like weapon, she turned and twisted around the threatening appendage, her back facing the demon's arm. About half way, Sakura flipped herself around and swung her scythe towards it. The sharp silver metal sliced through the demon's arm, cutting through thick flesh and big bone, clean off and all Sakura heard after that was a huge roar of pain. The bald demon grasp at the it's now stumped arm as red crimson began to spurt out in quick bursts.
She watched as it sunk to it's knees, practically defeated. But Sakura couldn't enjoy the small victory yet. She took to the air once more, and felt a sudden gust of wind beneath her feet. It was the metal studded club of the long haired demon, and instead of hitting Sakura, the demon conveniently smashed it's weapon into the scarred demon's skull. She could hear the cracking sound from all the way up here and in the next moment, the bald demon hit the floor, hopefully now out of commission.
This is my chance!
Without missing a beat, Sakura dove down, her hair and robe-like overcoat rustling violently through the wind. The moment it tilted it's head up the pinkette swung her body around, so that now her waraji covered feet were now at the bottom. Thanks to the dive, she came in fast and hard so before the demon had time to swat her away, she landed on it's head. Sakura could feel it's head snapping back, the sound echoing clearly in her ears, and she forced it down, it's head hitting the hard rooftop concrete.
Just one more left she told myself, as Sakura stood upon the demon wearing a body suit. She turned her heterochomatic gaze to the final demon that was standing a few yards away. It stood there motionless, and that confirmed what she thought. These demons were being ordered to attack, which meant they were just puppets.
But, puppet or not, they were still dangerous. Especially if they were being controlled.
With that thought in her head, Sakura stepped down from the demon below her and the instant her feet touched the ground,the third demon roared and ran straight towards the younger demon. She let out a sigh, but her eyes narrowed with determination. She raised herself off the ground and flew off towards the demon like an arrow being shot towards it's target. With her free hand, when she and the gauze wrapped demon were close enough, Sakura reached out and grasped it's bandaged head.
Once she had a good grip, she pushed forward, forcing the demon off it's feet. Then, she flew up toward the night's sky, dragging the heavy thing with her. High in the sky, she began to spin herself around. And around. And around. Getting faster each time she went three hundred sixty degrees. After a few more rotations, with all her strength and letting out a war cry, Sakura threw the demon down back towards the rooftop, said demon now sailing down to join it's fellow demons.
The pinkette gave chase, making sure that it wouldn't be getting up any time soon. When she was close, she started to assault it with many slash attacks. Left. Right. Up. Down. Diagonal. Horizontal. Vertical. Sakura struck the demon with every combination of attacks she could think of. And for each strike she inflicted, the demon would get a deep gash, blood escaping out of the wound. The demonic eyed girl finished it all off with her twisting her body around and kicking the demon in it's spine.
It joined the others as it hit the rooftop and she soon followed, landing next to the, hopefully, unconscious body. Sakura breathed heavily as she watched the demon on the ground, waiting to see if it, or the other two, would move. When they didn't, she let out sigh of relief.
It was finally finished.
Rage. Pure, uncontrollable rage was the only thing that was running through her body as Tayuya watch her three Doki servants get taken to the ground, unmoving. The grip on her flute tightened, to the point that she could feel it slowly bend. They were defeated. Which meant in turn that she was defeated. She was beaten by the girl that should have been pathetic and weak.
"Damn you..." she growled, baring her teeth that were clenched tightly together. "Damn you... Sakura."
She would pay. Haruno Sakura would rue the day that she messed with her. Tayuya would take something precious away from her, and make her feel sorry for ever crossing her. But it wouldn't be tonight. She's been out for far too long and if her father were to find out...
She wasn't afraid of the old man, far from it, but if she was forced to stay in the demon realm for disobeying him, then she wouldn't be able to take her revenge on the pink haired girl. So it was best to play the good girl... for now. Even though she didn't like it one fucking bit.
With that reluctant thought, Tayuya turned from were she was and walked away, vanishing into a thin air, along with her demons. Heading for the demon realm.
When Tayuya did return home, she closed her eyes and breathed in the smell of death and torture and her senses slowly began to clear up. She really preferred the air here than the human realm's. Their's was just too nice, too clean. It was rotten. But being back, were she was born, was starting to make her mood much better.
"Tayuya!"
But her happy moment was only for a second, before her mood soured once more. Especially because the person calling her name was the last person that she wanted to see. The girl opened her eyes, and glared at the girl that was standing only a few feet away from her.
Her younger sister, Sarada. The onyx haired girl had her arms and she was glaring, well trying to glare, at Tayuya, her eyes narrowed into a scowl. Seeing her with that face made the pinkette smile. But right now she couldn't be bothered dealing with her. So Tayuya decided to not say anything, placed her hands behind her head and walked on.
Or tried to anyway. As soon as she was next her she called out to the older girl again, this time venom was laced in her voice.
"Tayuya!"
"What the fuck you want?" Tayuya finally answered with annoyance. Just hearing the younger girl's voice was a huge headache.
"Why were you in the human realm?" she asked. It looked like she already knew where Tayuya was. "You do know that we're not allowed to go unless told to by father."
Scratch that. She was giving the pinkette a migraine instead. "So what if I did?" she told her. "It was starting to get boring in here. So I went for a little walk."
"And that 'walk' happened to have involved Haruno Sakura did it?" Tayuya narrowed my eyes. Has she been spying on me this entire time? That thought creeped her out, but mostly, it just irritated her. "If father knew that you went to the human world, or more importantly fighting against Haruno Sakura-"
"What? A failure like you going to tell him?" Sarada's eyes widened, surprise written all over her features, when she heard the 'failure' said out loud. Her body had stiffened, and the brown eyed girl smiled at that. "That's right. I heard about what happened. How you, daddy's little girl, almost died by our father's hand. How he even called you a failure of a daughter, a waste of space."
For each sentence Tayuya spoke, the younger girl's body grew even more tense. Her hands were now balled into fists, the nails digging in tightly into her palms. If she did that any longer then they would no doubt draw blood. She didn't care though. Slowly she made her way towards her sister, put her face next to hers and whispered in her ear.
"Why don't you think about that before you decide anything."
That was all Tayuya said to her before she turned on my heel and left the girl standing there, heading towards the old, tall Japanese structure. Her mood was still slightly sour and she had a lot of frustration building up inside of her. Frustration that needed a release.
Maybe I should go fuck one of those female slaves? she thought, the grin creeping on her face.
She could already hear the screams of pain and pleasure in her ears. It sent a pleasant chill down her spine.
"Welcome to our café, goshujinsama!" Tenten and Hinata said cheerfully to the couple that had opened the door.
It was now Saturday, a couple of days after Sakura had defeated the three demons that resembled the three wise monkeys, and today was the day of the school festival. In the end, the class of 2-B had ended up doing a maid café for their festival and surprisingly enough, they've been getting quite a few customers. Some of the tables in the room had been pushed together, and were covered with white table clothes with frills at the end. And at the back of the classroom was a huge red curtain, were the girls, who were wearing their normal school uniforms, were cooking, using the utensils and cookers from the cooking clubs supply.
Once they greeted the couple that came in, another girl wearing a maid's uniform, which had been made a someone in her class, took them to their seats. And once they were gone, Tenten let out a tired sigh.
"Maaan, I'm getting tired," she said, "and my jaws starting to hurt from all of the smiling I've been doing."
"Don't worry Tenten," the ravenette told her with a smile. "It won't be long now until we go on our breaks."
"That's easy for you to say Hinata. You do this for your part-time job so you're used it," she said. "But I can't really complain though. I mean, I really feel sorry for the customers." The older girl used her thumb to point toward the deeper part of the classroom and when she looked, that was when Hinata knew what she was talking about.
Standing next to one of the tables was Sakura, who was also wearing one of the maid uniforms, and in her hand was a note pad. But she could see why Tenten felt sorry for them. The customers looked scared by Sakura's presence. She was given them a cold look, which was actually her normal expression, and she spoke in a monotone voice. While the maid uniform looked good on her, the downside of it was that it exposed her left arm. So she had to wear the gauze wrappings to cover her demonic arm, so as too not scare the customers even more.
Hinata let out a nervous laugh. "I-I'm sure she'll be alright..." Tenten however just gave her a sceptical look. Thankfully she was saved by the door to their classroom opening and the white eyed girl turned around to greet them. "Welcome to our caf-!" But she stopped, halfway, when she realized that the person that had walked through the door was someone she knew.
"Yamanaka-san?"
"Good afternoon, Hyūga-san," she greeted, then turned her gaze toward Tenten. She went quiet for a second, two seconds, three. Then, she returned her gaze back to Hinata. "Is Haruno-san here?"
"DON'T JUST IGNORE ME AGAIN!" Tenten screamed out loud. She knew it was harsh, but Hinata wanted to laugh. Thankfully she was able to control herself, and decided to answer the blonde's question.
"Yes she is," she told her. "She's just over there." The girl pointed in the direction she was in. She was in the middle of taking an order, but she knew that this was important. Apologising to the customers in her mind, Hinata called out to Sakura. When she turned, she gave the ravenette a quizzical look, but when she saw Ino standing next to her, it changed to a serious one.
When the pinkette made her way towards her, all she could hope for was that everything would be alright.
Since the café wasn't an ideal place to talk, Sakura, Ino and Hinata made their way to the roof. Tenten suggested that she stay behind and help out with the café, still probably feeling a bit hurt for being forgotten about. Twice.
Normally, the wind hitting her skin would be pleasant, but right now it wasn't. She felt anxious as she watched Sakura and Ino stare down one another, the wind playing around with their bangs.
"So," Sakura started. "Have you come to a decision, Yamanaka?"
"That's right," she replied, closing her eyes to think. There was only silence for a moment. Neither Hinata nor Sakura spoke a word while the Demon Hunter gathered her thoughts. The other reason why she didn't say anything was because she didn't know what they were talking about. But whatever it was, it stopped them from being at each other's throats. Finally, the girl opened her eyes.
"I can't forgive you for what happened to my sister," she continued. "At the end of it all, you left her to die." Sakura turned her gaze to the ground, and looked hurt. Hinata really wanted to go over there and comfort her but she knew she couldn't. This was between the two of them, and she couldn't be part of whatever this was. Besides, she was really curious about who this sister was.
"But I can't hate you either. Onē-chan wouldn't want that." the pinkette's head shot up from that. "You've probably already guessed this, but Yukiko-onēchan was also a Demon Hunter," she continued. "But she hated that life. She wanted to be a florist instead. She was always outside of our house by the flower beds, tending to the flowers.
"But when I was old enough to take the trials, to become a Demon Hunter, she left. And went to study somewhere in the city of Japan."
"And that's how I met her," Sakura said, Ino nodding in agreement. "Tell me, Yamanaka. Did Yuki-chan only talk to me, because she knew that I was a demon to begin with? Was she only pretending to be friend?"
"She probably, no, most defiantly knew you were one. But that wouldn't be the reason why she approach you. You know better than everyone what she was like? She was kind and gentle. She cared more about other people than herself. Which is why she protected you that night."
"I see." A gentle smile graced Sakura features. "So what are you going to do now?"
The blonde didn't answer straight away. She turned on her heel, so that her back was now facing the two girls, and made her way to the cross wired fence. "At the beginning, all I cared about was finding the person who was with my sister during her final moments. That was all I ever thought about. But now that it's over..."
The girl paused for couple of seconds, before she turned back to face the two of them. "I've decided to stay in Konohagakure for a while. I've started working part-time at a florist shop, do something that Yukiko-onēchan wanted to do. They've also got a room to rent for people working there as well so, I've got somewhere to stay.
"Plus... I like this school a lot. I want to learn like a normal student. Much like you, Haruno-san."
"I see," said Sakura, her smile still there. But then it was gone and she became serious. "That's good then." Ino cocked an eyebrow at that, wondering what the pinkette meant by that. "You still owe Hinata an apology for what you put her through."
"R-Right," Ino agreed, nodding her head.
"And another thing," Sakura continued. This time, she cleared the gap between her and Ino. Hinata was wondering what she going to do and she got her answer when Sakura balled up one of her hands into fists and punched Ino right in her cheek. The blonde hit the ground, landing on her backside, tenderly cupping her cheek the pinkette had just punched. When the blonde asked what the reason was she did that, she simply replied:
"That's for trying to take over my body... Ino-pig."
She smiled honestly after saying that last part.
And there we go, another chapter finished. I'm guess by that you guy's not saying anything last chapter, that this style of writing is alright to understand? (I hope anyway).
Right, now to the thing I wanted to say. The next chapter or two will be about the summer vacation and I was wondering, from the characters you seen so far, if there was anything you would like to see during the summer of this story. So while I plan my chapters for the summer vacation, it'll give you a chance to think up something you want to see.
So, if there's a chapter you like to see happen during the summer vacation period please let me know. (Only if you want to of course.)
Thanks for reading as always and please leave a review and tell me anything that can help improve the story or my writing. Also constructive criticism is also very appreciated.
See ya next chapter!