Welcome To My Life
Chapter thirty-six: Against Fate: Neji VS Kio
I own nothing but half of the plot Kio, Eko, Kovu, Yakane and everything relating to them.
Reku, Asetia and everything relating to them belong to both me and Yuki.
Yuki, Aromi, Migome, Yori, Alkeren and everything relating to them belongs to Yuki.
Take place during the time skip.
My deepest thanks go out to Yuki, for sticking with me and helping me along the way
Okay you guys, I'm skipping most of the battles because they are boring and stuff. This story has been so stretched out and its getting boring. I need to get to the plot.
Sorry for any mistakes, Yuki can no longer proof-read this because its summer break.
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"Does everyone have a seat?" Anko called. Before anyone has a change to answer, she continued. "Good!" She smiled. "So, who's ready to die?!"
"Stop scaring them." Eikza sighed. "Anyway, today's match is between…" He glanced down at his paper. "The strongest remaining leaf shinobi and the mysterious sand shinobi! Neji and Kio!"
Kio stiffened in her seat. "Wha-what?!"
"You heard them! Get down there!" Kankuro smiled.
"I'm sure Gaara will cheer you on! Won't you?" Temari nudged him in the side.
"Why?" Gaara growled sternly. With a sigh, Kio finally stood up and jumped into the arena. Turning, she avoided Neji's eyes and gave a polite bow. She glanced back at Eko, who was standing behind her and the dragon gave a quick nod.
"So, I get to take you on? Why do I always get the freaks?" Neji growled. Kio kept silent as he continued to insult her.
Neji's eyes narrowed. Usually he was able to insult his opponents to make them angry and blind, but Kio was different. She really didn't care. He paused and a grin appeared on his lips.
"So…I hear that you were trained by Haku…Its pretty sad, really. Him being killed by some rookies." Kio's eyes widened, a growl escaped her lips. "Not to mention his gender confusion. I mean seriously. Are you sure he was a guy? He--"
"SHUT THE HELL UP!! I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S WEAK!!" Kio flung her arms out, ice senbon appearing in both hands. The air around the two suddenly dropped in temperature, so cold that Neji could see his breath. Eko jumped in front of Kio.
"What?! Why is it so cold?!" Neji growled.
"Now!!" she yelled. She jumped backwards and threw he needles. Neji spun, the six senbon flew away from him and clattered to the ground, breaking into tiny pieces. Kio used her free hand to make a series of hand signs.
"SECRET JUTSU: CRYSTAL ICE MIRRORS!!" The broken pieces of the ice senbon suddenly rose up to from semi-transparent mirrors around Neji. "This is for Haku!" A sudden gust of ice cold wind blew past Kio and forced her hair out of her face, showing the secret that her hair hid. Her left eye had the Sharingan. Although it was barely even the first stage and didn't work properly, the fact that she had it was a secret in itself.
And in the midst of her rage, a demon was awoken. Hungry, angry and filled with blood lust, Yakane took control and Kio began to change. The pure girl that they had once known was replaced suddenly by a hungry beast and the need , the want, to win the battle replaced everything else. She would win. She would prove to Gaara that she was strong. She would make Neji pay for the lies he had said. She would make Haku proud.
Neji was the only one how could see it. The huge amount of red chakra taking shape behind the young girl. Three tails, four eyes, large horns and sharp claws. Yakane. He had seen something like this before…Though, Naruto had more charka then Kio
Kio jumped into the ice mirrors behind her, the illusion reflecting into the other mirrors. Eko stood silently outside the ice prison, waiting. The dragon knew that Kio had broken part of the seal, and Eko was afraid for her master. It was only be a matter of time before Yakane took full control. If Kio kept fighting using Yakane's chakra, it would only be a few more years. Kio had just drastically cut her life short. She had accessed Yakane's power and broken part of the seal.
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A few minutes past and Kio kept throwing the senbon. Neji had been hit, of course, and the cuts that riddled his body showed that, but he showed no sign of stopping. Kio, on the other hand, was losing charka, and fast. She knew that she couldn't keep going like this.
'Crap...I'm going to run out of chakra…No wonder Haku told me to save this as a last resort…' Kio growled in her mind. She began to make hand signs when an overwhelming pain shot through her whole body.
"You could always use mine, girl." The voice hissed in her mind. Pain rushed up from her wrists and burned at her neck around her necklace that served as the seal. Her eyes flashed from golden yellow to blood red and the mark off Yakane flashed and faded on her cheek.
Eko sensed that Yakane was trying to get out and fear shone in her eyes as Kio jumped backwards out of the mirrors. Her body tensed up and the throbbing pain caused Kio to collapse to the ground. The ice prison cracked and broke sending ice shards flying into the air and allowing Neji freedom. Kio clutched the black jade around her neck as the dark whispering grew stronger and stronger.
"Shut up, please, just shut up…." She growled over and over.
"Is she okay?" Asetia asked as she leaned over the rail trying to see.
"What happened?!" Temari yelled. Gaara just stared, no emotion on his face.
Eko leapt in font of Kioas Neji ran forward. The dragon cooed softly, asking in her own tongue if her master was alright. Kio disregarded her.
"No…I…can't die…" Her vision was becoming blurry. Sound was fading. Yakane was taking control.
"Gaara! Do something! Stop the battle!" Asetia screamed, knowing that since Gaara was the Kazekage, only he could stop this. He didn't even flinch.
Kio's body was frozen, the pain was driving her insane and she couldn't see anything. Yakane was so close to freedom. If Kio couldn't get control soon, she would be overcome by him and she would die. The darkness was getting thicker and it was getting hard for Kio to breath, then a voice broke through the darkness.
"KIO! Hang in there!" Her eyes widened.
"Haku?!" The darkness began to fade, sound of the outside world began to return. Kio struggled to stand back up as her vision fully cleared and the haze lifted. She glared up at Neji and pulled a kunai from the holster on her leg.
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Kunai and senbon littered the ground, blood from bother shinobi stained the dirt. The battle was coming to a end. Kio was doing her best not to get hit, but with Neji it wasn't that easy.
Neji ran forward to attack her again. Kio jumped to the side just in time to avoid his hand. He spun around behind her.
"This is the end. SIXTY-FOUR PALM!" Over and over again Kio was hit, but Yakane kept pushing more chakra through her body. She swaggered backwards and rose her head to look at Neji, who was panting heavily. Eko growled and jumped onto his face, biting and scratching. Kio focused all her chakra into her fist and just as Eko jumped from Neji's face, Kio punched him. Out of her rage, Kio continued to kick him even after he had fell to the ground.
"HAKU WAS KIND AND…and…I LOVED HIM!! SO SHUT UP AND QUIT ACTING LIKE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING!" She screamed, tears running down her cheeks. Kio stated at his collapsed body and wiped some of the blood from her face. Weakly, she made her way out of the arena. She knew that she had won, but because of her rage, she had let Yakane weaken the seal. She knew her time was running short now.