Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters. All I own is the original insert of plot line and my own original character Ekibyougami Sonki.

As was noted with the Hokage question, you were absolutely right. They are looking for the Fifth Hokage and not the Sixth. My manner of thinking was including the Third two times since he took control after the Fourth was killed. So thus the extra number! But thank you for the comet, it will be taken into notice.

Naruto

Chapter 18: Good Bye

Saga: Death and Rebirth

"Gaara?" Sonki repeated, fear now in her voice. Why is he here! I thought he hated me.

Even if I believe you for one second… You shouldn't have come here.

THAN JUST GO AWAY!

"I… I thought you hated me… Just wanted me to go away…" Sonki said, too shocked to continue crying as his screams of anger filled her mind. "That I shouldn't have come here…"

"I lied," Gaara replied, pulling her body tighter to his. "I lied. I don't want you to leave."

She remained emotionless in his arms.

"I don't hate you."

You should tell him how you really feel about him.

No matter what you think. At least one person will care. At least one person's life will stop just for you.

"I…" Sonki begun, her voice now caught in her throat. "Gaara… I'm…" She pushed him away from her so their eyes could meet.

The rain was still pouring down, the both of them were now soaked.

"I'm in love with you."

He blinked at her, never drawing his eyes away from hers. Their gaze still interlocked

"Did you…" he paused, for the first few moments he looked unsure. "Did you just figure this out now?"

"No," she answered, shaking her head as a small crept it's way across her face. "Someone helped me."

"Kiba?" Shinkamaru asked looking over to his companion as they walked through the forest. "Do either of you smell anything? Are we getting closer is what I really want to know…"

"I don't know," Kiba answered wiping rain out of his eyes. "This stupid rain's covering up her scent… But I can tell you…" A confident smile spread across his face. "She was here all right."

"God," Chouji moaned out. "This is taking to long! The rains not helping either!"

"You didn't expect this to be a one day effort did you, Chouji?" Shinkamaru asked looking taken back.

"Could have been," Chouji said shrugging his shoulders.

"Hurry up!" Shinkamaru shouted out ignoring Chouji's last comet. "We need to find her fast!"

"Where are we?" Gaara asked her, holding out his hand to help her to her feet. "Who lives here?"

"My old master," Sonki answered, brushing the back of her sleeve over her eyes, though it was of no help. "He's the one who taught me how to summon dragons…"

Gaara starred at the front of the house behind her. The shoji door was slide open to reveal the man who lived there.

"Sonki?" Kisei asked, a frustrated tone in his voice.

"Master!" Sonki shouted out shocked as she turned around to face him, a small smile on her face. "This… This is Gaara! He's…" She lowered her voice. "He's from the Village of the Sand."

"One of the Ten…" Kisei hissed out. "The two tailed sand demon, right?"

Gaara lowered his eyes at him, his face beginning to twist up. Demon!

"Two tailed?" Sonki asked, a sign of confusion spread across her face. She seemed to have missed the whole demon remark. "What is that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing, nothing," Kisei answered brushing the subject away with his hand. "It's none of your concern at the moment." His face turned up in frustration. Ten… She could murder everyone, everything in her path she can slay. If she would have not come to this World things could have been different, the real question is… Are we going to be able to control her?

"Master?" Sonki asked snapping him out of his thoughts.

"Oh yes," Kisei said, a smile now on his face. "Please do come inside and out of this rain." He then looked at Sonki. "Seems rain has a thing to appear when ever you mood shifts downwards?"

Sonki looked down at her feet, her face slightly red at his remark. Downshift?

"I don't like this, not one bit," Shinkamaru said as he leaned up against the tree nearest to him. Kiba and Akamaru were still working on trying to pick up Sonki's scent, Chouji and Shino were resting beside him.

The five of them had been at it none stop for the last four hours, finding nothing but an old scent, not even sure if it was indeed hers, nor how long it had been since she had passed through this part of the woods.

"We can't find anything!" Kiba shouted out in frustration as he turned around to face Shinkamaru. "Nothing!"

Frustration appeared across Shinkamaru's face. "We have to keep trying. I at least own Naruto that much."

"You got a debt to pay back to him or something?" Chouji asked raising an eyebrow at him.

"No, nothing like that," he answered shaking his head. "If you ran away from Konoha for no apparent reason wouldn't you like to have your friends come to find you? To welcome you back with open arms?"

"I wouldn't leave in the first place," Chouji answered smugly. "What's the point? Didn't she say she didn't want to leave?"

Shinkamaru nodded his head. "That's what worries me. Something bad is about to happen. Can't any of you feel it? I've got the worst feeling that Sonki's going to be right in the middle of it. She's part of Konoha, so if anything bad happens to her, everyone becomes a part of it. Even if they don't want to be." A smile spread across his face. "Because we're her friends right?"

No one answered him, just stared ahead in silence.

Naruto starred around the street's around him, his eyes dull, not even bothering to yell at his teacher for undressing a woman who walked past them with his eyes.

"What's wrong with you kid?" Jiraiya asked. "I've been ogling women all day! Even stopped to get some inspiration and yet you haven't yelled at me once for it! What's got you so in the dumps?"

"Let's just hurry up and get this over with," Naruto shot back at him, his temper was starting to rise. "I don't want to be here! So let's just get it over with!"

"Are you in love with her?" he asked stopping dead in his tracks, a smile on his face.

"What?" Naruto said looking at him surprised. "Don't be stupid! Of course not!"

"Than don't worry about her," he answered, beginning to walk again. "If you're not putting her at the top then I see no reason as to why you would try and focus your life around her. If she's not your lover than what is she to you?"

"My best friend," Naruto answered smiling. "She's my best friend."

Jaraiya looked down at him, slapping his hand on the top of his head and rustled up his hair. "What ever you say kid. Just don't let her distract you to much. As soon as we get this done I promise we will go and help find her if your friends don't bring her back…"

"Thank you," Naruto said under his breath as he smiled.

"Here," Kisei said placing the last cup of tea in front of Sonki. He then walked back over to his place at the low table and sat down. He took a drink and let out his breath. He then asked the one question on his mind. "What is it… That you plan to do now Sonki? Are you going to leave?"

"I don't know," Sonki answered, her eyes were on her hands which were wrapped around the cup.

"She'll be coming back with me to the Village of the Sand," Gaara answered for her. "It's what she wants and what will be best for her."

"How can you decided these things so easily?" Kisei asked him, an eyebrow raised. He then looked over at Sonki. "Is that were you want to go Sonki? Do you wish to abandon the Village that raised you?"

"Abandon?" Sonki mouthed out. "Abandon! I left of me own free will! They didn't and won't need me ever again! I ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"You said your Hokage died, correct?"

She nodded her head.

"Do you not think that they might have needed your help to go and find the sixth? You are one of the few most powerful members of the Shinobi in the Leaf, correct? Do you not think they would have taken advantage of that demon inside of you to have helped the village?"

Gaara's hands turned to fists on the table, no one noticed.

"That demon inside of you is what makes you special. That demon is your power. Your friend here and the other one in the village have demons inside of them also. He's probably with them."

Naruto… Her eyes lowered more, almost closed now, a wave of depression rushed over her as the rain begun to come down harder.

"This demon will help you. You have more inside of you too. The Dragons. The Leaf will use you Sonki. Now that they have stumbled upon your secret they're not going to leave you in peace. Jaraiya will come back for you, I'm sure he has more for you to do."

"What?" Sonki asked her, her face turning up to face him. "I don't understand. I don't understand at all what you have been saying tonight… Who… Who are you?"

"They're going to use and betray you Sonki. Don't return to that village. Even your mind tells you that you do not belong there. You're a demon, you won't fit in. It's useless to even attempt."

"SHUT-UP!" Gaara screamed, his hand flew out and caught the upper part of Sonki's arm. He jerked her to her feet and begun to drag her over to the door, her feet wouldn't move with him. "We're leaving now Sonki. I had enough of this shit. Who ever you are, stay away from her! Don't you dare ever interfere with her life again!"

"Who are you to tell me what I can and cannot do?" Kisei asked him, on his feet now. "She is my student and she is obliged to follow my orders."

Gaara pushed her body in front of his and finally out of the door. "As I've said before, we're leaving."

Sonki fell forward, her hands outstretched as she caught her body before it slammed into the ground. Gaara was standing above her, his hand already reaching out to pull her up.

"Don't touch me," Sonki hissed at him. "What are you doing Gaara?"

"He's not who you think he is," Gaara answered his voice full of rage. "Are you blind Sonki! Can you not see that this man in front of you is not some humble master that you claim he is. Dragon Sennin! I've never heard of the sort!"

"How am I to know who you really are?" she snapped back at him, her hands curled up into fists on the ground. "From what I understand you are totally different from what I read! You're not supposed to be treating me like this! You're not suppose to like anyone! You're existence is supposed to based off of killing, not helping me! NOT LOVING ME!"

"Is that what you want," he asked not removing his eyes from hers. "Is that what you really want Sonki! Do you want me to hate you! Do you want me to kill you!"

She bit her lower lip, tears welling up in her eyes. "N-no."

"Than stop bitching about things you don't want to happen. You're being selfish and stupid. I don't understand what the Hell is happening to you. If anyone is acting different it is you, you have become a whole new person."

"I… I don't even understand what is happening to me."

"Figure it out. You only have so long before everyone is going to start to get fed up with you. You're not going to remain the center of attention for very long if you keep this up."

"Maybe…" Sonki whispered out, now standing on her feet. "Maybe it would be better…" The words stopped in her mouth as she begun to utter her next sentence, tears were now streaming down her face. "It-It would be better if-if we didn't see ea-each other anymore!"

Gaara didn't answer her.

Her eyes were still staring into his as she saw the fear and anger rush over his face. She could see the urge in his eyes, the urge to just rip her head off right then and there. The lust to make her suffer as he was suffering now.

"As I see it, that would be the best," Kisei's voice said from behind him, causing both of them to jump. "As far as I can tell all you have been to her is just a thorn in her side. Someone who only brings her suffering. You control her, don't you?"

"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" Gaara screamed at him, his eyes nearly bulging out of his head as he whipped his head around to face him. "YOU DON'T HAVE A GOD DAMN CLUE AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE! SO AS FAR AS YOU ARE CONCERNED JUST KEEP YOUR FAT NOSE OUT OF MY BUSINESS!"

"Why do you put up with this?" Kisei asked her, ignoring the fear on Gaara's face, this would alter the outcome of everything.

"Because…" Sonki begun and then stopped as the next words wouldn't come. "Because…"

"Tell him to leave Sonki, only you have the will to do so. Even you can't think of a reason as to why you want this demon around you. This waste of flesh," Kisei said calmly as resentment washed across Gaara's face.

"SHUT-UP! STOP TALKING! STOP TALKING LIKE YOU KNOW ME!"

"If it were not for you he would have already have torn me apart by now. He lives by your word but yet controls you like a child. Sonki? Why do you keep her around? He's holding you back from the real power that you can achieve." A smile spread across his face. "You could become God if you wanted."

"SHUT THE FUCK UP! STOP LYING TO HER!" He was now standing a few paces from him, sand whirling around their bodies as the rain continued to fall. "JUST GO THE HELL AWAY! WE WERE DOING FINE BEFORE YOU SHOWED UP!"

"Gaara… I…" She stepped forward, hand extended as she touched his arm. "I want to go back… I want to go back to Konoha."

"Not, now," Gaara hissed back at her, his eyes slits. "I've listened to you today, now I want you to listen to me."

"Are you going to kill him!" Sonki shrieked back at him. "Gaara! You can't!"

"I can do what ever the Hell pleases me, you're not going to get in my way. I won't let what he says become true. No one controls me, not even you."

"Do you want me to hate you! Do you want me to loath you forever!"

"You won't. You can't."

Her hands turned back into fists as her brow dug closer together. "Don't assume you know me so well," she replied coldly. "As you said before, I'm someone new, I not the Sonki I was once before. Do it if you're willing to pay the consciences."

"What ever you throw at me I can throw back with twice the force."

The sand begun to close in around Kisei, he was preparing the Dessert Coffin.

"Anything you want to say to him before he dies?"

Her face twisted up in rage. "Don't you dare."

His body exploded before her, coating the two of them in blood.

His eyes dilated as she fell into shock.

Tsunade pulled back Sonki's eyelid as she peered down into it, nothing but an empty stare.

"When you found her," she said turning over to Shinkamaru who was looking back at her nervously. "Was she wounded at all? Any wound to indicate why she was covered in blood when you arrived with her here?"

Shinkamaru shook his head, Naruto was standing at his side, depression was crawling off of him in waves. "Nothing. There wasn't anyone around her. All we found was some old hut that someone lived in not to long ago. Who ever it was wasn't even home. There was no indignation that anyone was around when we found her. She was alone."

Tsunade sighed as she stared at the floor at her feet. The white tiles reflecting the lights that were on above. "This doesn't make any sense… I wish she would just wake up…"

"Wish?" Naruto croaked out, fear on his face. "What do you mean?"

"I can't determine when she'll wake up," Tsunade replied, her features were now grave. "As far as I can tell she's still in shock, but I don't understand why she is still in it. She should be awake by now."

"This bites," Shinkamaru moaned out as he shoved his hands into his pockets. "First we go out to find her and when we do she can't even thank us…" He opened the door and walked out of the room, Tsunade following behind him.

Naruto stared over at Sonki's lifeless body.

"What the Hell happened to you?"

Sorry I know this is kind of short and I haven't updated in a long, long time. This is as far as I got and the next chapter should be out at least next week. No more school! More writing time! More inspiration I hope! If you really didn't like this chapter tell me why and I'll change it!