Title: RED EYES-Inside the Fire

Author: Moi Fah

Genre: Romance/Angst/Suspense

Crossover: Sailor Moon and Naruto

Version: Anime/Manga and Manga(respectively)

Pairings/ Characters: Rei/ Itachi Uchiha

Requested by: Moi Fah for all the shy-Rei fans

Word Count: 788

Feedback: If you feel so moved...

Rating: T (Warnings: death, language)


It was an odd twist in the whole of things. The one thing that made him powerful, rendered her powerless. But it was his very gaze that allowed her to keep her salvation...kept her safe.

Rei Hino never questioned his actions, only witnessed them. The talented and precocious ninja prodigy had killed his own family...the closest she would ever have to one of her own.

One day, she did question him...but he did not answer. She would frown and yell at him for an answer, and he would frown and look at her in silence. She would demand again for an answer and he would walk away.

When he walked away that night, Rei didn't think she'd ever stop crying. Her angry ways would not help her now, and she could no longer follow along after him. She could no longer speak with him about things she'd normally keep to herself. She could no longer watch him train or join in with him. He had left her, and her heart, to fend for themselves.

But one day, he returned in disguise. She would stare at him in wonder, just like he had imagined she would and yell like she always did for an explanation. He discarded his hat and cloak inside of her temple to reveal his newly acquired power...two burning red, perfected, Mangekyo Sharigan eyes. Rei Hino knew then and there that these eyes would haunt her forever.

Even after they kissed during the short silence that followed, she could still feel those red eyes on her.

Even after he had left once again, without word or warning, no matter what she found herself doing, she was trapped inside of his gaze. Whenever she prayed to give thanks to the temple or laugh with her friends...his eyes were there. Whether she was out training or berating Usagi for her behavior...his eyes were watching her. Whenever she went to sleep at night or bathed to rid herself of the day's events, she knew his eyes were still there...and yet they weren't. How could he possibly watch her from so far a distance? And it wasn't his body...just his eyes.

Rei wanted to scream out loud to the heavens for some being to destroy those eyes. To have them crushed inward or ground to dust were her greatest wishes so that she could finally have the feeling of his eyes that weren't there off of her.

She knew of one way to quell her fears: invoking the sacred fire. Rei would ask of his whereabouts and what would happen to him in the future. But just as she was about to receive her answer, the flames exploded much like a tiny bomb would do, and spread out over the alter in a river of flames. The senshi of Mars was horrified at what image had been formed in the center...it was those damn eyes! They were glowing red hot and glaring down at her, almost as if to say: 'You cannot destroy me. You will never escape me.'

Growling in anger and desperation, Rei quickly pulled an ofuda scroll from her robes and slammed it towards the fire. However, the once powerful piece of parchment was reduced into nothing but a cinder before it even reached the fire's outer walls. Surprisingly, the fire in which her hand had been engulfed did not burn her, but curled around her wrist in a warm, enticing manner. Now the eyes were brighter and seemed to say: 'Come with me, Rei. You are mine.' Rei pulled her hand back, unable to control her rapidly beating heart and uneven breaths. 'That bastard...how dare he...?' But her mind could not think coherently. Her purple eyes scanned the room around her...it had grown quiet and still. Even the fire had calmed itself back down. Clutching her wrist in surprise instead of pain, the girl unknowingly followed her feet outside.

A gust of wind flared up when she exited the temple...no, this was not wind, she realized after having to shield her face. A lone black feather floated by her cheek. The fake wind had been caused by crows. And there, in the midst of midnight feathers, stood a lone cloaked figure with dark hair and red eyes.

"No..." Rei groaned, recognizing him right away, "I don't want to feel like this..." she whispered, knowing that her once buried feelings were rising again. Fear did not turn to love, simply mixed with it to create another unknown feeling.

Itachi looked up directly at her, his red eyes glowing like a spark in the dark of the night as Rei raced forward and into his embrace.


If Rei seemed out of character, then that's what I was aiming for. See, I wanted to try and make her character more dynamic, but just in case, I marked her down as both the anime and manga versions of Rei. Anywho, I started school back from Christmas and New Year holidays not too long ago (about 2 or 3 days), and its as hard as hell! My World History homework took me 3 hours+ to finish! However, my Geometry teacher rocks!

Hope everyone else is enjoying their back to school/holidays/or soon to return to school time!