Insanity

"Who was it?" Setsuko looked back at Tenshi. Both were in her room, he had just locked her door while she stared at him. Only recently did they come back from the party. Robin had left to take a bath and Gaara stayed in his room with Duane. Tenshi had to know so she followed Eve into the room, locked the doors, and dropped the henge.

"Who was who?" Setsuko asked as she violently yanked off her clothes, wanting to get any traces of Orochimaru off of her. He had spent the night talking with her, trying to get on her good side. She made sure that he did not touch her skin whenever he helped her with something. She knew she'd have a difficult time explaining why she removed several layers of skin.

"Who died? We heard that you were dead over two years ago." Setsuko closed her eyes for a moment She let her hair fall down as she stood in the dress underneath the kimono she had removed. Setsuko reached up and gently took the necklace off. She set it down on her vanity and stared at it. The silver chain jumped out against the dark mahogany wood. Finally her eyes lifted up to the mirror. Her eyes seemed to harden as memories flashed before her. Disgust and annoyance flicked on her face and left before Tenshi could confirm it was ever there.

"Just a foolish brat that should have stayed dead." She moved to a door off to the side, her bathroom. Setsuko turned back to Tenshi before speaking. "Orochimaru did this to try and draw me out. And to break my spirit." She grasped the dress firmly before tearing it off, leaving her in her black slip and revealing her toned and slender body. Tenshi stared at her in confusion as Setsuko held out the dress. Setsuko's eyes narrowed as the dress caught a deadly black fire. She dropped it to the ground while the black fire consumed it. "But his plan back fired. I am Uzumaki Setsuko, I will not be broken. I will kill him with unrelenting joy. He thinks that I am weak and pitiful. That will be his down fall." She grabbed the doorknob tightly and glared at the ground. "I have dragged my body through more than he could dream. Hell is nothing compared to what I have endured. Now he has decided to anger me. He finally got his greatest wish, immortality. However, it is because his name will go down in history for pushing me completely beyond rage and hatred. I will crush him." She opened the door and entered, leaving a fearful Tenshi staring at the dying black fire and the ashes Setsuko had been wearing moments before.


Eve flexed her fingers as she wrapped herself up in clean clothes. She looked at the clock that read it was a quarter past eight. She had slept lightly that night, plagued by the bottomless emotions whirling around in her stomach. She was happy that she had nothing to do today. Part of her felt like forgetting the plan and torturing Orochimaru until he went deaf from his own screams. But that part was buried under the concern of the Uzumaki Branch Family. From what the wind told her, it incapable of being wrong, he was searching for an eye. However, he lacked the many requirements for an eye to be given to him. A picky and annoying ordeal for something so bothersome. She should know. After all, the wind was born even before the first demon blinked. Eve pulled on the white long sleeved dress. She pulled on a black sleeveless silk jacket over it and tied a ruby sash around her waist. After slipping on the black gloves, she let her arms fall to the side as she stared up at the ceiling, mentally drifting back to pleasant memories before shaking her head. Her dress poofed out on the bottom slightly and barely passed her finger tips. Eve glared at the black stockings before pulling them up to above her knees. She stared at them, a few small clusters of roses scattered over the stockings, not being enough to be considered a pattern. She bit down on the inside of her lip, drawing blood. With skill she quickly cut a few holes with her blood. It was better. Not by much. The annoyed woman sat down in front of her vanity before brushing her hair and putting it up. Black lace was tied around two buns, on on each side of her head, trailing down slightly. The make up was simple, foundation, a dark brown eyeshadow, eyeliner, and dark red lipstick. She was never one to wear so much make up. Eve stretched out her arms and back before stuffing her feet into black granny boots that shone with brilliance, annoying her further. She tightened a lace on her shoe before glaring at the reflection once more. Her fist squeezed shut as she squashed the urge to slaughter Orochimaru and the Sound. A knock on her door brought her back from her anger as she stood and answered it. Caelestis stood there, next to Noam.

"Yes?"

"Duane found the safest way back home. He just wanted to know when we should go back." She thought for a moment, letting her mind go through a plan before she spoke.

"In a week. I want to make sure that any problems when we get home have solutions." The two nodded and left, passing Adonis. He stopped in front of her door and smiled.

"You're not one to sleep in." She stepped back and let him into her room.

". . . I had too many thoughts to sleep soundly." She closed the door and glared at the floor. "It was annoying." Adonis nodded, still having the image of her burned dress fresh in his mind.

"Has anything new been found?" She was quiet for a minute before speaking.

"He seeks an eye." Adonis scrunched up his brow in confusion.

"An eye? Like Hatake-kun?" Before Eve could comment there was a knocking on her door. She opened it and looked at Duane.

"Yes?"

"Orochimaru is coming." She stared, not believe what he said.

"Why?" Duane was quiet, trying to pick the right words.

"He comes . . . to ask if he could . . ." He struggled with his words. ". . . escort you to the Wedding." Her mind felt anger surge through her before she pushed it down.

". . . I see." Duane fought back a shiver as she walked passed him.


Kakashi sighed before paying for his ramen. Something seemed off. Naruto had been silent that day, hardly saying more than two words at a time. That was odd for him and somehow, Kakashi had a dreadful feeling in the pit of his stomach. Lady Eve's words haunted his sleep last night. Something about her seemed to linger in his mind. He felt like he knew her. With a shake of his head he dismissed those thoughts and looked up to the sky. The day had flown by. The sunset had already gotten halfway through. As he stepped out of the ramen bar he caught sight of Lady Eve, Noam, and Caelestis. He saw Lady Eve look up at him and open her mouth to say something. However she never spoke. A loud explosion went off, causing Noam and Caelestis to push Lady Eve down to the ground and protect her. A building had exploded. Kakashi stared in horror as a lone figure was seen in the fire. They slowly walked out from the center of the fire. The smoke blocked his view so he could not see them even after they left the fire. Suddenly, an object came flying out of the smoke. Kakashi ducked and it ricochet from stone behind him and stuck several shinobi before returning to the figure in the smoke. The wind howled as it threw the smoke away from the person. Uzumaki Setsuko stood there, her eyes burning with uncontrollable hatred and a strange weapon hooked to her belt. A red disk in the center with three blades curving out one way and then sharply curving to another, almost forming complete circle. Kunai flew through the air but stopped a foot away from her. She glared at them and they were threw back by whatever force had stopped them.

"Do you really think your pitiful attempts to harm me will work?" She scanned over the crowd and glared at Kakashi as he finished his chidori. Her eyes, if possible, hardened even more. She squeezed her fist shut and an enormous black fire formed around it. She laughed at his startled expression at the lack of handseals. "Funny, I would have thought you knew better." She held out her fire hand towards him. "Oh, and I don't need to be anywhere near you!" The black fire shot forward faster than Kakashi could make out. He was stuck by the fire and thrown back, creating a small ditch for himself. An ANBU leapt at her with a sword out and ready to strike her. He was thrown back by the wind before he even came into striking distance. Setsuko gave the ANBU a bored and annoyed expression before black fire erupted from the ground and consumed him. "This grows tiresome. What challenge is left? Once you are changed by force, you become so weak you don't even put up a decent fight." A sound-nin was charging her but she only waved in his direction. His body was ripped apart by the wind and scattered, causing Lady Eve to pale as Caelestis and Noam pulled her away. Setsuko smirked at the sick expression on Lady Eve's face and looked at a sound-nin next to the Lady. The air was forcible pulled out of his lungs. He clawed at his throat and his eyes rolled up into his skull before falling on the court lady. She gasped in horror before Caelestis shoved him off of her. Noam formed a shadow shield around the two and turned to face Setsuko. Before he could do anything the wind pulled out enough air form him to pass out. She let him breath once more before having the wind 'kick' him. After a moment of her beating up on him he woke up.

"Damn you!" He cursed. Setsuko only smirked before she replied.

"Because she does not belong to the leaf, I'll let her go. This time. Next time . . ." She let the threat trail of as the wind knocked the three out before anything more could be said. Setsuko felt her smirk drop as she jumped to the side, barely missing a deadly chidori. Kakashi glared at her with both his mismatched eyes.

"Lady Eve is a respected court woman. She had nothing to do with the Leaf other than rest here before returning home." Setsuko only smirked.

"Do you wish to kill me?" She leapt away as he took another swing at her. She landed a few feet away and laughed. She easily moved side to side to avoid his fast punches. "After all, I'm a S-class criminal!" She smirked as she jumped to the side and avoided another hit. Kakashi glared at her with anger filling him completely.

"A criminal that was dead! How the hell did you manage coming back to life?!" A cold gleam was in her eyes as she let her jutsu go. The fire was gone from her hands but he was still cautious. There was no telling what else she could do. Two years of being 'dead' gave her plenty of time to gain new abilities.

"I didn't do it. I was resurrected by another." She traced her finger in the air, leaving a trail of smoke in the shape of a leaf. She let the smoke float above her open hand. "You see, something was happening in the leaf. Something unnatural and horrible." She created more smoke in the form of a snake. The snake slithered towards the leaf and reared back, ready to strike. After a moment of waiting it bit down on the leaf, causing the smoke to scatter and only the snake was left. "I really didn't want to come back. I just wanted to rest. I wanted to have some peace. I wanted to stay away from people for eternity. After all, humans are vile creatures whom I hate. Do you really think that I would willingly come back to a place like this that is filled with vile creatures who torment me when I only wish to be left alone?!" Her words cut through the air, filled with hatred. She waved her hand and destroyed the smoke. "But it seems like I couldn't be left alone." She bit out in annoyance. "Because some freak decides to come back and screw around, I get yanked out of my peaceful rest from all that fighting and now I have to set things straight before I get to rest again." She glared at Kakashi. "Do you get the idea now?"

"I hardly think that some certifiable maniac such as yourself could try to fix anything." He snapped. Setsuko rolled her eyes and let the wind pick her up and floated up into the air alittle. She sat back and crossed her legs, almost as though she was sitting in a chair. The wind held her up, stopping her worries of falling.

"So you finally came back to die." Setsuko looked over and saw Orochimaru and Kabuto standing on a building. She made the wind push her up to their height. "You've terrorized this world enough as it is." A sinister smile crept onto her face.

"Look, the snake came out to play." Her eyes showed no sanity. "I've waited for this moment." The wind held her up as she leaned towards him slightly.

"You've only waited for death." Setsuko 'stood' up straight with a crazed look in her eyes. She cackled wildly as she covered an eye with her hand to stop any tears from that one eyes.

"Me? Death?!" Her deep, mad laugh caused her shoulders to shake. "Oh dear, you must have not have gotten the notice!" She leaned forwards alittle bit as she shook violently. "I am the wind!" Her insane words engraved themselves onto everyone's mind. "Don't you get it? You can't kill me!" Setsuko let the wind pull her back slightly as she held her arms out to the side. "I've because one with the wind you fool! You cannot kill me because you cannot kill the wind!" She lifted her eyes up to the sky with a smirk as lightening struck from a dark cloud that had formed above Konoha and rain poured down on everyone except her. The wind stopped it from hitting her. "The skies bows to my every whim!" She forced debris to fly up and circle her. The sight froze many as her eyes scanned over everyone. "The wind is mine to command!" A tornado formed followed by two others. They trampled through the village and wrecked buildings. "Nature trembles at my power and does as I say!" Her hair was whipped around as she laughed wildly. "I control the very wind. I cannot be killed by the likes of you!" Her wicked laugh echoed as she reached out her hand towards Orochimaru. Lightening shot from her hand and forced him back. It burnt the tiles he had stood on. "Do you understand snake? I am a god. You are a mortal! You could never hope to defeat me!" She forced the three deadly tornadoes into one large one. "You forced my resurrection. Now you must deal with the consequences. You should know this already from Bensha's resurrection. After all, whose power is it that I use now that I am a god? Bensha was a demon god of the wind. Now I am." Orochimaru sent a blast of fire towards her which she easily dispelled with the wind. "You stupid snake. Let me make it simple for you. Orochimaru plan disaster. Disaster Konoha Angry Uzumaki. Angry Uzumaki wind Pissed off Setsuko. Pissed off Setsuko godhood VERY VERY BAD THING!!!" She squeezed her fist shut and glared at it. The massive tornado was force to her hand, the wind whipping around it. She pushed all the force of wind from the tornado around her hand, the winds threatening to rip of anything that came near. In a flash she appeared before Kabuto and slammed it into him. The traitor flew through the air and slammed into the ground, creating a small crater. He hacked up blood before passing out. "That was for when you stopped me over three years ago from killing the snake. And Bensha always wanted to do that. She really didn't like you." Setsuko turned away form the blood mass that was once Kabuto and glared at Orochimaru. She rose an eyebrow when he was smirking. Then she saw it. Seung, Naruto, Hinata, Kurenai, Kakashi, and several others who she had become close to back before she left.

"Now, Bloodless Ninja, you will have to destroy Konoha in order to destroy me." She clenched her fist shut tightly before letting it relax.

"Snake," She hissed. "The next time we met I will have cast off all emotional ties. You will die." The wind surrounded her and blocked her from view. By the time the wind died down she was gone. Tsunade was healing Kabuto as Seung checked for any signs of her. Kakashi looked back at Orochimaru.

"What did she mean by 'cast of all emotional ties'?"


In Eve's room the wind picked up slowly. After a few minutes it died down to reveal Setsuko. She stumbled a few times before she manage to get to the bathroom. Closing the door behind her, she fell to the floor and leaned against the wall. Her chest rose and fell with pain as she took shallow breaths. She didn't have the strength to take deep, long ones. She clutched at her heart, trying to calm the pain.

"Why are you hurt?" Setsuko looked up at Tenshi. Her cousin stared at the wind speaker with sorrow. Her skin was slick with sweat and seemed to have lost any color, turning to a sickly pale tone. Her eyes were strained and tired, her hair clung to her face from the sweat. The Uzumaki woman had purple and pale dirty yellow bruises. Setsuko took shake breaths before closing her weak eyes. She took a breath only slightly deep than the previous ones.

". . . I . . . I . . . put too much . . . . stress . . . . on my body." She wheezed for a moment before she managed to get enough air into her lungs. "I can't m . . . ma . . . manipulate . . . . the wind . . . as I am." Tenshi knelt beside her and moved to make the seals for a healing jutsu. "Don't." Setsuko gasped. ". . . it won't help . . . just rest."

"Hai." Tenshi watched at Setsuko passed out and slumped to the floor. She gently pushed away the hair from her face. "Oh Setsuko-sama . . . I hope this ends soon."