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IAG- Well yah this one took me a while, but I like this chapt it was fun to type. And thanks for all that reviewed XD
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"You know this can't go on
Because of you my mind is always racing"
- Three Days Grace "It's All Over."
They sat on their sleeping bags, some shaking, sweating. Sakura was sobbing quietly, clinging to Lee repeating over and over she was sorry. Naruto just looked at Sakura and the image of him murdering her flashes in his head over and over. Tenten sat simply on her sleeping bag looking repeatedly at her team as if to make sure they were still there. For a moment it looked like Neji was going to reach out to Tenten but he just sat there stoically. Sasuke was the same looking around every once and a while.
"Kikai?"
Kakashi's voice broke them out of their agitated stupor.
"Kikai?!" His voice now more urgent and almost of hint of fear in it, most strange for him. Stumbling the others approached Kakashi and Kikai; Kikai was sitting up but didn't seem to be conscious. Her eyes were blank and hollow and she was cold to the touch. Pressing his fingers against her neck in a clumsy motion. "There's a pulse," he breathed out more to himself then the others. She seems so dead…almost like a comatose state, her eyes something about- "everyone don't look into her eyes!"
The only movement she had made at all her head snapped in Sakura's direction locking eyes with her. The blank look still on her face.
Sakura..
"DIE YOU WORTHLESS BITCH I HATE YOU!!"
Sakura's scream tore through the air around them as she clutched her head and continued screaming. Sasuke moved first toward her, she looked at him and screamed again harder as tears dripped everywhere.
"Sakura" Lee approached her worried and she clung to him, breaking down she started sobbing into his shirt. Sasuke stared at her stunned why was she so scared of me?
Reacting Kakashi pulled off his forehead protector and tied it over Kikai's eyes.
"She did it," he voiced.
"Did what" Gai asked his voice lacking his usual strength.
"The dreams…. obviously something happened to all of us."
The silence tore at them "h-how?"
"I think something broke, something she wasn't even aware of, and I don't think she's doing this consciously."
Serious silence…
Sighing he stood up "speaking of which, the things that have been happening to us, there was a mind-nin behind it. Influencing us to do things..…Gai how far are we from any town?"
"The next one isn't too far, we should probably go there."
"Okay" Kneeling down Kakashi lifted up Kikai, so that one arm supported her back the other under her knees. "Sakura."
Shaking she looked up "y-yes Kakashi-sensei?"
"It's okay, it won't happen. None of us will let it happen."
They left in haste just so they wouldn't have to think. Kakashi didn't know Sakura's dream but judging by everyone's reaction to the people around them and his own dream, he guessed they had something to do with loosing the people close to them. Finding their fears deep within their heart and recreating it. It was a dirty and cheap trick, if not well done and advanced. Now that I think about it, I really have no idea what rank she is, beside physical spars I have no idea what she can do. Having kept his sharingan eye closed since he took off his forehead protector, he opened it so he could study Kikai. It was impossible to really describe, it was like looking at the static on a TV, silk in water, but mostly it was like watching smoke in the dark. Closing his eye he shook his head, just looking at it gave him a headache. And as much as he tried to fight the thought it was all he could think what is she?
"When you're on the edge and falling off
It's all over for you."
After a while they made it to the next town and got a room at an inn quickly. Entering the room they has gotten, Kakashi set down Kikai carefully as to not hurt her, not that he could tell if he had or not.
"I need air, really bad" Sakura announced and left without another word. Sasuke and Lee watched her leave.
"What do we do?" Gai questioned. Replying with a shrug Kakashi looked over at Neji.
"Neji I need you to look at her."
Nodding his understanding Neji activated byakugan and looked at Kikai, chakra was spiking out all around her, then it would fade. Most of the chakra seemed to be blocked by Kakashi's forehead protector, so it much be mostly centered at her eyes. His head started throbbing and he deactivated byakugan.
"What did you see?"
Neji shook his head "I don't know if I can really explain it, her chakra is going crazy, your forehead protector seems to be blocking most of it. But it was strange it was like looking at well like…static or-"
"Smoke in the dark?"
Neji nodded "exactly."
Lee rose and headed toward to door "be careful Lee" Gai commented assuming he was going off after Sakura.
"Hai Gai-sensei" he replied walking out. Sasuke irritated watched him leave with cold eyes.
Neji looked over at Tenten "Tenten I need to talk to you outside" he stated seriously. Stunned Tenten nodded and followed him outside. Sasuke rose and headed toward to door 'tching' and left quickly.
"Gyaygh! Everyone's leaving and there's no way I'm leaving Sakura alone with them!!" Naruto jumped up and ran outside.
"………………………." The two jounin looked at each other and sighed.
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"What is it Neji?" Tenten asked nervously watching the Hyuuga prodigy.
"About what happened."
"Oh."
"It didn't mean anything."
"What?" bewilderment filled her eyes.
"You heard what Kakashi said, there was a shinobi influencing us, who knows what else would have happened." You're safer away from me; I don't want to hurt you.
Tenten was at a loss for word "you-…" she clenched her fists "you think you can kiss me and just blow it off as nothing?!"
"It meant nothing."
"You're just going to pretend it didn't mean anything?!"
"Tenten-"
"No this is the most ridiculous thing-"
"Tenten I don't love you."
Silenced she stared at him with hurt eyes and she lowered her head "the feelings mutual" she murmured.
SMACK!!!
Not expecting the sudden pain searing through his face and when he recovered he saw Tenten stomp away "I hate you!"
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Sakura sat down somewhere, she wasn't sure actually.
"Sakura!"
Jumping a bit she looked up "oh Lee."
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Sitting down across from Kikai, Kakashi touched her face lightly "don't be engulfed by your imperfections, you're stronger than that" he murmured to her.
"And it gets under my skin
To see you giving it."
For a moment he thought he saw her hand twitch. Then he was truck with an idea. "Gai I'm going to try something, be careful."
"Wait what are you going to try?"
Not replying he leaned closer to Kikai and grasped his forehead protector lifting it from her face.
"Kaka-"
Chakra seemed to be shot at him as they locked eyes.
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"Sakura" Lee begun sitting next to her "what is the matter? Please you can trust me."
Hiding himself Sasuke listened to them from behind a tree. "N-nothing Lee…"
"Please Sakura I want to help you."
"Well.." Sakura hesitated "it was my dream…"
"Yes I know, these dreams were horrible.."
"Yes but, that wasn't it…..It was that….." she paused wondering if she would tell him.
"It was..?"
"Sasuke was the one killing everyone close to me, he was evil…. he hated me and was going to kill me!" Sakura blurted out all at once.
Sasuke froze what?
More tears formed in her eyes "that is indeed a horrible dream" Lee stated.
"That wasn't what scared me most though! It was that I could almost believe that could happen!"
Lee stared at her and nodded "I can understand why you feel that way."
Sasuke leaned against the tree to keep himself up Sakura thinks I could do that…..I'm not Itachi!! Shaking his head furiously he walked away quickly.
"Oi Sakura, Lee! Come on what are you guys doing?!" Naruto yelled coming toward them.
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Gai stared shocked at Kakashi and Kikai, Kakashi's eyes now held the same blank look as in Kikai's eyes. Stopping his stare at the sharingan Gai understood why Kakashi had not gotten some ungodly vision. Scowling he gave his eternal rival a worried look wherever Kikai is….Kakashi is now as well.
Sasuke walked in quietly and sat down, sending a questioning look at Gai. Before Gai could answer the unspoken question the door slammed opened and Tenten walked in, fury surrounded her. Soon after Naruto, Lee and Sakura came in and after them came Neji….with a large bruise on his left cheek. "Gai-sensei what is going on?"
Gai crossed his arms "Kakashi is trying to…" Gai actually had no idea what was going on. Not that he was going to say that "snap the princess out of it."
Naruto's eyebrows rose "you mean he's out of it?"
"Yes" realizing the look Naruto was giving "but it is probably a delicate process and should not be tampered with" he said warning Naruto not to do anything stupid.
"The needles' breaking your skin
The scar is sinking in."
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Kakashi's head pounded and he managed a soft groan, standing up he looked around where the hell am I? So he was standing in a large chamber place. Taking in his surroundings there was a large column, seemed to be made of crystal. There was a large triangle carved into it and a crack forming through it, there also seemed to be….seals on it. Distracted he heard a scratching sound but could find the source. Where the hell am I he thought again.
"In our mind" a voice stated from behind him. Whirling around he saw Kikai? No it looked like Kikai but younger and one of her eyes was blue. Not only that…
O.\
She had no lower half, well she had a lower half but it was like…made of smoke. Like a genie or wraith or something.
WTF?
"Who, what are you?"
The figure rolled her eyes "I'm her and I'm them" she stated "the last good of them I think…" she pondered to herself and glided over closer to him "amazing how you're here."
"Where is here" Kakashi asked suspicious, listening to her speak was like listening to two voices in unison and very creepy.
"I already told you, our mind."
"Our mind?"
"Well their mind, my mind, so our mind."
"What?"
"The half er-Kikai? You're in her mind."
Well now he slightly understood he was in Kikai's mind…..OK so he didn't understand half as much as he would have liked to. "What do I call you?"
"The truth…..You know you're part of the reason we're here."
Now he understood part of her speech, she was talking plurals as if she was more than one person. "Me?"
"We were already weak, the jasmine reminds of, frees us."
Riddles! Kakashi hated riddles right now. "What does that half to do with me?" The 'truth' glided around him placing an arm on his shoulder. Coldness crept through him making his skin crawl.
"You are too much for us, we cannot handle what you give, and we need to be empty."
"Empty of feeling? Of love? Hate?"
"I know what runs through your blood
You do this all in vain."
The hand seemed to pass through him "foolish shinobi you cannot save us, we are already gone!"
"I don't want to save you, I want to save Kikai."
The truth glared at him "there is too much here already we do not need another body in here!"
Kakashi stared at the truth "what do you mean another body?"
Ignoring him the truth floated over to crystal column and caressed the crack "you are already killing us, you and her."
"Her? Who's her?"
The truth looked to the corner ceiling and he realized where the scratching was coming from. There was a crack there and water was dripping out of it as well as……hair? "If you want to help us, go find us, we are trapped in our misgivings, in our faults and mistakes. In the places that kill us."
"Where?"
The truth nodded behind him and he turned around, now he saw there was a staircase and an ajar door at the top. "Be careful shinobi we are angry and we are lost, do not be drawn into our bitterness. Remember we want to hide."
"When you're on the edge and falling off
It's all over for (You, for you)"
Walking up the stairway he gave one last look back to see the truth melt into the crystal column. Moving through the doorway it was like the world rotated and he leaned against the wall. Okay, new surroundings and the door behind him had disappeared. This was going great. Kakashi looked around and now he was in a corridor to somewhere, maybe an inn, a mansion or compound. There was more scratching and he turned to a door with water pooling at the bottom. Curiosity overtook him and he reached out to the door, his body stopped and a flash of cold blue eyes filled with hatred filled his mind. Stumbling from the door the scratching stopped for a moment. Then it started again and Kakashi shook himself "what was that?" There was the soft padding of feet and he turned to see a small girl no more than 4 or 5 waddling through the hallway. As she came closer he saw her eyes where a pale brown. This girl was Kikai, she came right at him and when he was sure she was going to run right into him she walked through him. So was it that this wasn't real or was he not real.
"Mommy?" The younger version of Kikai continued walking away from him "Mommy" her voice worried as a child close to a tantrum "Mommy where are you?"
A chill passed through as something tugged through his body as if pulling through him. Whirling around there was nothing there, there was nothing? Deciding to follow the girl he quickly walked down the corridor looking for her. There was a crash and he turned to a slightly open door, he then heard the sound of rain hitting the roof above him. So it was raining. There was another crash and he walked in only to walk through the child. Jumping to the side, walking through people still crept him out. Watching the child he turned to the direction of her gaze and the crashes. There was an older woman, older than him throwing things onto the ground. Teacups, bottles and various other things crashed to the ground.
"Mommy why did you send me away, Keimei wasn't there like you said" the child asked worry in her eyes.
Another cup crashed to the floor "you stupid bitch!!" the woman yelled. Kakashi's eyes widened this is, was Kikai's mother…Yuzuki. Yuzuki grabbed Kikai's small shoulders "don't you see?!" Yuzuki's eyes were the same color as Kikai's but were filled with insanity. Shaking the small girl "You're going to die! We'll all die! Die you little bitch! It's our blood! Our blood!" Tears filled the large innocent eyes.
"M-mommy? Mommy stop it.."
"Why are you here?! You're reminding me, you stupid spawn!!" Yuzuki screamed and let go of Kikai, the small girl flopped to the ground. Yuzuki clutched her head, screaming more "Don't you understand this is the Monori blood!! This is what kills us!! Child you will die if you get the Monori line! If you get their power!" The door slammed opened and a man jumped in, although younger Kakashi recognized him as Akito the last toumoku and Kikai's father.
"Yuzuki!"
Yuzuki lifted her fan and lunged at Kikai, Akito grabbed her pulling her away from the frightened child. "I have to kill the spawn!!! Where is the other spawn? They mirror my hatred!!!" Pushing Akito away Yuzuki stood in front of Kikai, blood dripped from her eyes onto the floor "THIS BLOOD IS OUR DEATH! OUR MIND IS OUR GRAVE!!!!!" She screamed and then with wide eyes looked at Kikai as if a little piece of sanity went back into her eyes "Kikai don't use the Monori blood, my love don't use it and you won't die" and then there was eruption of blood. Kakashi lifted his arm to protect himself from all the blood, but it all just went to the wall behind him. Lowering his arm he saw Akito hunched over Yuzuki's bloody body, then Kikai staring ahead blood splatter over her face. Shaking she bent over and reached for her mother's fan hiding it in her kimono. Still shaking she put a small pudgy hand to her face and pulled it away and stared at the blood, the blood of her mother. Tears dripped down her face and she started wailing. There was a creak and Kakashi turned to see someone else standing in the doorway, another child. But then everything faded and he was alone in the room.
"And now you're dead inside
Still you wonder why"
"What….the….hell."
The air around him shuddered as if protesting to his voice. Leaving the room he saw guards standing outside the door. Turning back around he saw the room had changed, now it seemed to be a chamber or courtroom. From where he was he could see Akito now looking a little older. And two girls sitting in front of him, their backs to him "Kikai, Keimei what do you have to say for yourselves."
Kikai? Keimei her twin? So those two girls must be Kikai and Keimei. By the looks of it they must be 13.
"Answer me" Akito barked.
"Father, I have nothing to say but the truth" one of the girls said, a different voice. The other girl looked at the speaker timidly. Realizing the speaking girl was Keimei. "I have been training as a shinobi, is that not my right as a Monori. I am far better than any man here."
Akito jumped up angered "Keimei you dare compare yourself to the men of this country. You? A mere woman" he yelled.
Kikai flinched at the yelling and kept her head down, Keimei kept her head up high as far as Kakashi could tell. "How many times!?"
"Twelve" Keimei stated proudly.
Akito's body slumped "Kikai, what do you have to say, have you been breaking the law as well?"
Kikai jumped and kept her head down, she was like Hinata Kakashi mused. "Y-yes father."
Akito's eyes darkened in pain "how many times-"
"Tw-"
"Twice" Keimei interrupted "she has merely joined me for the last two times I had trained."
Kikai looked over at her sister with wide eyes mouth agape. "Kikai" Akito started "is that the truth?" Keimei looked over at Kikai, Kakashi could barely see her face but saw the reassuring smile there.
"Y-yes father."
Akito walked pass them "very well, I must prepare the Tri." Akito passed through Kakashi but the image didn't fade as before.
"Sister why?!"
"….Kikai if I am punished, you are punished that it the way it is, we should not both die."
"N-no neither of us are going to die!"
Keimei grabbed her sister's hand "We're the same we'll never be apart……our blood binds us together sister not just our appearance. They won't be able to kill our bond of mind and soul…"
Kikai nodded eagerly "yes sister."
"Good" Keimei placed a hand on Kikai's forehead and there was a strange silence. Then the images swirled.
Oh god where am I going now?
Now he was in a courtyard, but this time one of the blurry images, a guard looked at him. But the guard's eye's glowed blue "what are you doing here?!" The guard hissed and lunged at him. Shocked as he was thrown back, first it felt like he was rammed into somebody but that only lasted a second, then there was the impact of a cold wall and he felt a collision to the head.
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"Gai-sensei!" Tenten called "look!"
Approaching Gai saw blood dripping from the back of Kakashi's hair as if he had suffered a harsh blow to the head. Then he looked at Kikai, who had a trickle of blood from the corner of her mouth drip onto her hand.
"Still you wonder why
It's all over."
TBC
IAG- yeah that was longer than I had originally anticipated, I split the mind thing in two, time passed differently too, it's been a lot longer in reality then it feels for them. Review plz X3