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"A demon, am I?" She looked at her hands, once again her mind locked in thought.
She was sitting underneath the sakura tree right outside of Konoha, seeing its many buildings and roofs.
{Well, to a certain extent…} She scowled.
(This is all your fault!)
{No, it is not I to blame. You created me, remember?}
(Shut up.)
{Touchy today, aren't we?}
(You've ruined what reputation I have here now.)
{It'sss not like we're inssssane.}
"I'm talking to myself. I doubt that's proof of sanity."
{Oh well.} His voice implied that he was shrugging.
Her brows lowered.
(YOU MORON! DON'T YOU GET IT?!)
{Get what?}
(Konoha's now going to research up on you AND me!)
{So?}
(And do you know what they'll find out?!)
{…}
(NOTHING!)
{Isssn't that a good thing?}
(NO, YOU BAKA RYU!)
He hissed.
(They'll interrogate us! They'll ask questions!)
{So?}
Aki glowered.
(WE! DON'T! EXIST! HERE!)
She could hear a cold chuckle in the back of her head.
{And what of it? We have nothing to worry about. It'sss not like they can kill usss.}
(That's just the thing: They CAN kill us!) A sickening feeling plummeted in her stomach.
"I don't wanna die."
{Aki, you've dedicated yourself as a shinobi to Konoha! Our life will be in danger 24/7! Or have you forgotten?}
(I won't be killed just as long as I know what will happen and where. I know the future, but I am the question mark.) She shivered.
{You should have let me kill her.}
(NEVER! She's my closest friend!)
{She tried to kill Karma. Weren't you in the least bit enraged or-}
(Shut up)
{Not a bit? Not just a tad furi-}
(SHUT UP!)
{Oh, Aki…You know the bloodlust I have been begging of for soooo long…}
Her eyes widened.
{Let me have it.}
(No!)
{What is one life compared to a whole city? Just a bite. Not m-}
(NO!)
{Oh, Aki…} He chuckled darkly, {You cannot hold me off forever, seal or no seal.}
Aki was holding back tears.
{Give it to me.}
(NEVER!)
{Feed me.}
(I WILL NOT LET YOU HARM ANYONE!)
{You can't hold me off for long, Aki…}
(SHUT UP!)
{I'll come back, and when I do, no one will stand alive…}
(I SAID SHUT UP!)
Images of detached bodies simmering in their own blood as the hybrid dragon bathed in his victim's crimson flooded into her mind. He licked his fanged jaws, blood painting his snout. In his clawed fist held a heart that was slowly coming to a halt. He squeezed the heart of its juice, letting it drip into his opened mouth, his blue tongue turning purple as it hung out on the side of his mouth.
{Aaaaaaaaaaaakiiiiiiiiiiiii}
"SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!!!" She opened her eyes, looking around.
Well, the crickets had listened to her. The tree whistled softly in the night breeze, the petals glowing in the moonlight. She held her head in her hands, her eyes wide as she tried to grasp her sense of clarity. A tear left her horror- stricken eyes, softly splattering against the soft dirt. Her breath came out it hurried puffs and gasps, her mind still hooked on the dead image.
"What was that…?" Her whisper came close to breaking what courage she had left.
It was still that evening, not a movement stirring or a sound creaking. A perfect night for conspiracy.
…………
Hayate kept his back to the pillar, eavesdropping on Kabuto conversing with Baki.
"Here are our plans." Kabuto handed him a scroll, "Also, it's about time."
"Yeah."
"I'll excuse myself then." Kabuto started to turn to leave when his eyes widened.
"Oh, one more thing…"
Hayate knew he was busted for grinding his sandal into the ground to leave. He and Baki vanished in a poof of smoke.
…………
A sudden explosion was what caught Aki's attention from the merry- go- round from hell. Smoke billowed from a building adorned with twin fish statues, three long gashes sliced into the roof. Aki swallowed hard.
Dosu was dead.
And if that were true…OH MY GOD!
Aki leapt up from the rock. Hayate's death was hastily reaching its toll. Aki had to get there! BUT HOW?! She looked around, trying to find an instant way down there. DAMMIT! She'd force Kakashi to teach her the poofing trick some other time.
She literally ran around in circles until something caught her eye. Rushing towards it, she pulled of branches and bushes to uncover an old friend.
"Come on. Your duty's been called."
…………
"My my, Mr. Examiner, why are you out alone at this time?"
Hayate coughed.
(I have no choice, but to fight…)
Neither noticed a silent pair of bat wings closing in on the two fighters.
"Mikazuki no Mai!" Hayate's image split into two, and both were spinning towards Baki, swords gleaming in the moonlight.
Baki grinned, and held up two fingers, wind circling them.
"NOOO!!" A body flew into Hayate, knocking him out of Baki's way.
His katana sliced through the glider that Aki had uncovered, permanently damaging it. They both rolled across the roof, Aki sliding off of him.
"You!" Hayate gripped the hilt.
"Hayate, stop!" She gripped her shoulder, blood seeping through.
(I just missed the Kaze no Yaiba…that was too close…) She gritted her teeth.
"You! You're that demon!" That word struck Baki's ears.
"SoooOOOooo, you're the one Kabuto's been talking about…" he grinned, summoning another Kaze no Yaiba.
Aki clutched her shoulder, trying to stop the bleeding.
"What do you want with me?! You're just pawns to that snake!" Baki glared.
"What do you know, you stupid brat?!"
"Everything." She grinned, her eyes flashing pure red for a moment.
His jutsu dispersed, and he stared at the teenager that crouched in front of him. A looming black shadow rose from her back, pupiless red eyes seething at Baki as though he was its prey. She smirked, white fangs slowly coming forth.
"Let me have it…" She hissed, her tongue slowly elongating and turning blue.
Hayate was torn between running to warn the Hokage and stopping this demon that stood to either protect him or save him for later. He slowly got up, his sword tightly clamped in his fist.
Aki sensed his movement, and forming a few hands seals, slapped him backwards. She hissed.
"I saved your sick ass for what?! So that you'd get killed?! Get going!" Baki grew irked.
"When I talk to you, "He held up two fingers, "I expect you to listen!"
"KAZE NO YAIBA!!" A zinging blade of wind shot from his hand, and hurtled towards an unsuspected Aki/Siku.
"GO! GO NOW!"
"LOOK OUT!"
Aki's narrowed eyes widened as the wind blade aimed right for her.
"Dammit!" Aki shielded herself with her arms as she saw something slide out in front of her.
A terrible squelching sound was heard, and Aki felt something warm speckle her face. She looked down at her hands to see fresh blood stained on them. And below them, Hayate lay at her feet, a deep slash running from his heart to his right kidney.
Her mind jammed; she had failed. The one thing she wanted to change more than anything, and she had lost. She fell to her knees, staring at Hayate's inert body.
Baki grinned, and summoned a third Kaze no Yaiba.
"I'd kill you right now, so weak and vulnerable." His jutsu spun out, "But you have a price that Orochimaru- sama will pay dearly for."
He approached Aki, a hand reaching out to grip her. Automatically, her jaws clamped down on his hand, blood spewing from the cut. He slapped her, causing her fangs to drag through his skin and falling back.
"You brat! You're more trouble than you are worth!" He whipped out a kunai, and aimed it at Aki's throat.
She didn't reply this time, but just stared at Hayate.
"Hmph!" He drew a thin line in her neck, drawing small beads of blood.
"He will do this job now, not me." He vanished in a puff of smoke.
She stayed quiet, staring at him. As if someone had slapped her hard this time, she snapped out of her trance.
"Hayate! Hayate, you teme! Can you hear me?! HAYATE?!" He coughed, but blood was his sickness now.
"Hayate, you gotta stay with me! STAY WITH ME, DAMMIT!!" She tried to lift him up, but it was like lifting up Mt. Hokage with her pinkie.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" She bit her thumb, and pressed her palm against the roof.
Nothing happened.
"KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU!!" She slammed her palm into the roof.
"NOOOO!! DAMMIT, KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU!" Aoihoshi appeared in an explosion of the proverbial blue clouds and feathers.
"Yo."
Aki was starting to lose focus.
"Aoihoshi…need…help…Hayate's…dying…" HE caught Aki, and placed him on his back.
"Say no more, friend." He carefully placed Hayate's bleeding body on his back, and he was speeding towards Konoha hospital.
…………
"HELP! SOMEONE!! HEELP!!" Aki dragged Hayate's body towards the ER doors.
"What in heaven's name is going-" The medic saw Hayate.
"OH MY GOD!" The medic barked orders to some others, wheeling Hayate into the hospital.
Aki slowly backed away, and turned as she sped from the hospital, blood staining her hands. She desperately yearned to rid herself of the crimson that soaked into her palms; it brought back the nasty image.
"And where are YOU going at this hour, Aki?" She seized up, and turned around.
"Huh?! P- Pocky dude?!" His sun blonde hair was speckled in moonlight.
"Wh- what are you doing here?!" He chuckled.
"For you, Akiosu." He smirked, a pocky stick hanging out of his mouth like a dagger.
"Who…who are you?!" He chuckled darkly.
"Ever wonder how Orochimaru knew of Sikuliah?" Aki shivered.
"It was because of me, Aki." He looked up.
"My name is Tsukaji."
He revealed a headband.
"And I come from the Sound."