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Naruto:

Chapter 20: Vertigo

Saga: Death and Rebirth

Shinkamaru walked out of his front door, his hands in his pockets as a small frown contemplated placing itself upon his face.

Today was the third day since Sonki had awoken from her "coma" status. The frown finally appeared, and still hadn't come to thank him for finding her.

He turned around the corner of the street he was walking on and headed from the docks that surround one of the lakes in the village.

Finally! Sonki leaned on the railing in back of her, catching her breath. Can't believe I agreed with Naruto to meet up with Konohamaru and the others… This bites! She glanced over her shoulder, still heaving from the effort of running. Ah… I think I got away finally! A grin spread across her face as she stood up straight, her breath finally caught.

 Sonki leaned on the railing in back of her, catching her breath. She glanced over her shoulder, still heaving from the effort of running. A grin spread across her face as she stood up straight, her breath finally caught.

She begun to walk along the street, her hand trailing along the railing behind her, a calm expression finally on her face.

"HEY!" Naruto screamed out, three kids following closely behind him. "DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE ME ALONE WITH THEM!"

"Crap…" Sonki said. She begun to run again, her legs still tired as she tried to press her body to move faster. Got to get away… Got to lose them! She looked over her shoulder, they still hadn't managed to disappear into the scenery. Dammit! Why do they have to move so fast!

"What the-" a voice cried out as Sonki collided into it.

"ARAGH!" Sonki screamed out as she fell over, pinning whatever she had slammed into on the ground. She turned to face a similar bored expression. "Shinkamaru? What are you doing here!"

"I'm walking…" he said pushing her off of him to stand up, dusting off his pants. "What are you doing?"

"Running…" Sonki cried out, a nervous smile on her face as she took off running away from him.

"Hey…" Shinkamaru said chasing after her. "Where do you plan on going?" He was now at her side, neck and neck.

"Away from them." She pointed over her shoulder as she turned around a corner, nearly tripping over her own two feet as she did so.

The two of them turned another corner, now back on the street. Speeding down a hill they came to a stop at the edge of a dock, both breathing heavily.

"Are-we… done-now?" Shinkamaru asked, looking up at her, wiping sweat from his forehead.

"Yeah… I guess," Sonki said falling down, her arms holding her back erect as she starred into the abyss of a sky above her.

"Why were they chasing you any ways?" he asked. He was now seated on the edge of the dock, his feet hanging above the water.

"Well…" She grinned at him nervously. "I kind of promised Naruto I would hang out with him and Konohamaru today… So he wouldn't have to be alone, right? And well…" She tapped her hands at her side. "I kind of got annoyed half way through and ditched them all?" She looked at him for approval.

"You shouldn't have made a promise like that then…"

"I can't say no to him." She laughed. "He's my best friend, you can't say no to your best friend can you?"

"Best friend?" He turned around to face her. "Since when did he become your best friend? Let alone you letting anyone become that close to you?"

"It just kind of happened." She shrugged her shoulders. "It's no big deal."

A silence filled in between the two of them as he turned back around to watch the water.

"Thank you…" She turned her face away from his view, a blush creeping across it. "For bringing me back to Konoha… If you hadn't I doubt I would have ever come this far."

"I didn't have much of a choice. I promised Naruto I would bring you back, so I did."

Sonki stood up, a confidante smile on her face.

"Thank you Shinkamaru." She turned her back to him, still smiling. "Without you I would have never come this face."

"You mean without Naruto…" Shinkamaru sighed out.

She was long gone.

He leaned back, his arms cross behind his head as he starred up at the sky motionless. White clouds slowly made their way through the smooth terrain.

"Oi! Shinkamaru! I think I might have found something!" Kiba shouted out, waving his hand at Shinkamaru and his teammates.

"Is that blood?" Chouji asked recoiling at the tree in front of them.

"Seems so…" Shinkamaru answered sliding his index finger across it. He held it in his vision, the rain washing it away. He turned his head over to look at his teammates who were waiting for his further instructions. "Do you think Sonki… Is this…?"

"It's not hers," Kiba answered shaking his head, Akamaru was around his feet sniffing the leaves below them. "I can smell her… But this isn't it."

A relieve smile slide itself across Shinkamaru's face as he turned his head back to its normal position. Looking at the forest that continued before him he made his first step. "Come on! Spread out everyone! She's around here somewhere right!"

His three other teammates disappeared from site. He continued to walk forward, spotting a tree in front of him he lunged at it. Managing to land on the nearest branch from the ground. His hand rose above his eyes as he squinted to look around the area that surrounded him.

Nothing.

"Dammit…" His hand went back down to his side. He slid down backwards, landing on his feet.

"SHINKAMARU!" Chouji's voice rang out, echoing through the forest.

He was instantly at Chouji's side, Kiba and Shino following shortly behind him.

"Sonki?" Shinkamaru asked, his voice weak as he saw her body.

Covered in blood, eyes dilated and wide open she stared up at the raining sky. She was barely breathing.

"What kind of Hell hole is this!" Shinkamaru cried out.

They area that surrounded them was covered in blood, yet no corpse was in sight.

Shinkamaru jumped it his feet. The sun was beginning to set. He walked away from the docks with a smug smile on his face.

At least she finally thanked me…

Sonki collapsed on her couch, her left hand drumming softly on the arm rest as she stared at the wall in front of her blankly.

She heaved out a huge sigh and fell forward, arms dangling between her legs as she starred down at the floor.

"God… You'd think living here in the Ninja Realm wouldn't be this boring…" She heaved herself up off the couch. "Wonder if Naruto's still around…" A wave of disgust washed across her face. "Probably still with Konohamaru… Don't want to go looking for him."

She begun her way towards the front door, jerking it open to come to face Sakura.

"Sakura?" Sonki asked raising an eyebrow at her. "What are you doing here?"

"The Hokage want's to see us, she says she has another mission for our Team," Sakura answered dully.

"Thank you for informing me," Sonki said as she stepped out of the door, closing and locking it behind her as she followed Sakura down the street.

"Why didn't Naruto come and get me?" She recoiled at the look of anger that was trying to reframe from exploding on her face. "Not that there is anything wrong with you Sakura… It's just a surprise. I didn't know we were on good terms again…"

"When were we ever on bad terms?" she snapped back at her, arms crossed behind her back.

"I don't know… I thought you hated me because of Sasuke. You showed up and started shouting at me, slapped me… All because of him, so I figured you hated me because of it." She then grinned. "So I'm guessing he doesn't have feelings for me anymore?"

"No…" Sakura said in disgust. "He still does." She turned up to face her, a frown on her face. "What is it… That you're doing that I am not?"

"Well…" She tapped her chin, a nervous look spreading across her face. "No offense or anything Sakura, but fawning over him isn't going to help your chances of you and him getting together. Guys don't like it when you try to make them your property. They don't like becoming possessions."

"How do you know this?" She sounded offended.

"I don't really." She let out a deep sigh. "Look Sakura, I'm going to tell you this one last time." She then frowned at her, a serious look appearing. "I have no feelings what so ever about Sasuke. To me he's just another boy that passed by. I will never have any sort of positive feelings towards him, let alone a bond of friendship. So you're free to keep trying. I'm not going to get between you two, ever."

"Thank you," Sakura said, a positive look now spreading across her face as she smiled. "I'm sorry to have kept bothering you then. I'm sorry to have kept assuming something that wasn't there, to have developed negative thoughts against you that shouldn't have been there."

"Next!" Sonki screamed. "She plays no real part in my role! If you truly understood me than you would realize she is nothing more than a character I just so happened to stumble upon." Her hand curled up into fists as the shocked expression on Sakura's face vanished in front of her.

"Don't worry about it… Though I'm really the one who should be apologizing." She gave Sakura a weak grin. "I shouldn't have shunned you out. You're not just a character I just so happened to stumble upon. I do hope we can become friends."

"You're weird," Sakura answered grinning.

"I guess…" She turned her vision back to the front, they now stood in front of the main building, which the Hokage presided in.

"You're late you know that…" Kakashi said sighing as they walked through the doors and into the Hokage's office. Sasuke and Naruto seemed to be as far away from each other as they could possibly manage.

"It doesn't matter," Tsunade said throwing some paper's aside, ignoring Sonki's protest she was about to let out. "Look…" Everyone's attention was on her now. "I know none of you are Chuunin yet. Not even close. Bust as my records have shown you've already completed an A rank level mission (I think it was A? I'm sorry if it wasn't). Right now what I want for you and you're team," she glanced at Kakashi. "to head over to the Hidden Sand."

"Why?" Sonki cut in, not sounding pleased at all.

"Gaara's missing."

"What!" Sonki screamed out, the room starred at her surprised.

"They reported him missing…" Tsunade answered, she looked at her sternly. "They requested that I send one of my teams out to search for him."

"Why?" She didn't care if she was being rude. "Why don't you send another team, a more advanced team!"

"Because you know him," Tsunade said simply, her hands crossed in front of her face as her eyes enter locked with Sonki's. "You don't honestly think that none of us knew of your little relationship with him. He clearly stated how he felt about you back in the Chuunin Exams."

"You weren't there."

"I was informed."

Sonki stepped back, her face twisting up in anger. Kakashi's arm shot out and grabbed her around the wrist. "Let go. I'm not leaving."

He dropped his hand.

"Sonki. Where is Gaara?"

"How the Hell should I know!" Sonki screamed back at her, images of Kisei flashing through her mind.

"I see you are the same as always." He clapped his hand on her shoulder, leading her in the direction of his house. "Would you like to stay with me again? Or are you going somewhere this time?"

"I don't care what you do, but don't you dare play stupid with me," Tsunade hissed at her, teeth clenched.

"I'm not playing stupid!" Sonki shouted back at her, now steeping forward, her hands slamming on the desk Tsunade resided behind. "I don't know where he is! Nor do I give a damn! Just forget about him! Refuse the Sand's ask of assistance! They're better off without him!"

"What did he do to make you so mad?" Sasuke asked, there was a hint of joy in his voice.

"Shut up! You have no right to talk to me like this!" She was facing him with a deep look of loathing on her face. "You've no concern for me."

"Even the Sand knows of your relations with the boy. You were the closest to him. What happened to him Sonki? You're not going to be able to hide this forever."

She caught the calm expression on Kakashi's face out of the corner of her eye as she slowly turned around to face Tsunade. "I honestly do not know what happened to him. It's news to me that he has gone missing." She let out a shuddering breath, managing to calm her mind. "I never exactly saw him leave, so I can't tell you what direction he headed off to, let alone did he inform me of his later actions."

"Was he… Was he the reason you went into shock?" Naruto asked, his hands were fists at his side. "He was, wasn't he?"

Sonki didn't answer him, but continued to look at the Hokage. "After he killed Kisei--"

"Kisei?" Tsunade asked raising an eyebrow at her. "Who is Kisei?

"He was the man who trained me to summon Dragons. Kisei the Dragon Sennin."

"Never heard of him." She shook her head. "But continue…" Her hand signaled her approval.

"After he killed my Master my mind couldn't take it. It shut down, then I awoke here… Back in Konoha."

"Is there anything else you would like to inform us about? Have you no other information as to what is happening outside of Konoha?" Kakashi asked her, everyone was now looking at surprised at his statement, Sonki didn't even turn to face him.

Like what Itachi is up too?

She grinned.

"You know I can't tell you that."

"That is what you choose to do. There are no rules against this I presume. No one announced any when you came to this World, did they?"

"No…" She turned around to face him, leaning against the desk. "But I choose not to. If I did then what would be the fun? Terrible things could happen…"

"Terrible things?" Sakura asked confused. "Wouldn't your information help us? To prevent terrible things from happening?"

"If I would have stepped in the way when the Sound was attacking you Sakura you would have never improved! Ino and the others would never have appeared and improved either! You'd be in a worse condition! No one but me would be profiting because of it."

"What are the Akatsuki planning?" Kakashi spat out approaching her, everyone could tell he was tired.

"What does it matter?" Sonki asked, though her voice showed no confidence in what she had said. "You know I can't tell you what they're planning. It would inter fear with the plot of this World. Meddling."

"What are they planning Sonki?"

She didn't answer him.

"You already know they're after Naruto I assume…"

Naruto flicked his attention at him. Would he finally know why Itachi and the other man had come after him and Jaraiya?

"Yeah…" She was now looking at the floor, a hurt expression on her face. "Don't try and guilt trip me into this."

"What is the harm in telling us what they are up too? Surely you must know that something bad is going to result from their actions."

"They never got a hold of Naruto…" She bit her lips, black and white images smashed through her mind, images of Gaara. They can't already have him! Can they!

"What are they planning."

"They're going to rip the demon's out of all nine of them." Would this include me now? How many tails does my demon exactly have?

Are you that stupid?

Garou was back.

Is it that hard to pay attention to the demon that is trapped inside of you?

How many?

Ten.

I'll deal with you latter.

"Nine?" Naruto asked bemused. "What do you mean Nine?" Nine Tailed Fox Demon…

"You Demon possess Nine Tails Naruto." She turned to face him. "Gaara's posses One. There are Seven more Demons in human possession out there. They plan to capture all Nine of you and tear the demons right out of you, and the funny part is…" She begun to laugh. "They plan to control them!"

"Is that possible?" Sakura asked, horror in her voice.

No.

"No." She laughed louder. "I've a hard time controlling mine as it is! How can they expect to do the impossible!"

"This is… Unfortunate…" Kakashi breathed out rubbing his temple.

"Is there anything else?" Tsunade asked her.

"We'll just have to find out and see," Sonki answered, a crooked smile on her face. "If there is it's not like I'm going to tell you. I've spilled enough information to give you a taste." Her grin widened.

"Go home Uchiha!" Sonki hissed out as she turned another corner, Sasuke still following closely behind her. "If you wish for more information I'm not saying a word. I've said what I want to be said. Nothing you do or say will change that fact."

"Stop walking and face me," he called back to her.

She stopped walking and faced him, her lip curled up in rage.

"I WISH NO LONGER TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE! YOU DISGUST ME!"

Sasuke flung his arm out, catching her by the throat he pinned her to the wall they were following. His other hand holding his balance as he face stopped mere inches away from his.

"What is this bullshit? Why does my presence disgust you now?"

"It always has." Her pupils were huge as she felt rage build up inside of her.

I'll tear him apart. Just let me out.

Dammit! NO! If anyone is to kill him I will! I'll not leave the honor to you! The privilege!

So now you wish to kill? I thought it revolted you, disgusted… Now you wish to become a murderer?

If anyone has enough guts to betray Konoha… to betray and try to kill Naruto they have no right to live! He'll betray everyone!

Seems you've grown up…

"SONKI!" Sasuke screamed, snapping her out of her mind. "Answer me!"

She glared up at him.

"Let me go and leave." She twisted her hand around his wrist, prying it away from her neck. "This won't happen again Uchiha."

"Are you the Tenth Demon!" Sasuke roared at her, overpowering her grip as his hand slammed it's way back into place.

"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" Sonki screamed out, to enraged to be shocked at his discovery. "I'VE NO BUSINESS WITH YOU! IT'S A DISAPPOINTMENT THAT I WAS EVER PLACED IN THE SAME CELL AS YOU! SO JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!"

"To Hell I will!" Sasuke shot back at her, applying more pressure to his grip around her neck, causing her to cough. "Tell me Sonki! Are you the Tenth Demon!"

"So what if I am!" She answered, squinting to look up at him. "What does it matter to you!"

"Than you're their top priority," Sasuke answered, a grin sliding it's way across his face as he dropped his hand and stepped away from her.

She rubbed her neck, coughing from lack of air. "If you… If you think this will help Itachi come to you…"

Sasuke glared at her.

"This is nothing! You're not of his concern anymore! He's with the Akatsuki! You've no demon inside of you! Just forget it!" She straightened up and took a step away from him. "I'm leaving now. Don't bother me again."

She walked away from him.

Sonki sat back at her couch, still drumming her fingers on the arm rest.

Garou?

So you call for me now?

Don't think so highly of yourself, I said I would deal with you latter and I am dealing with you now.

How is it, that you are going to deal with me?

She could hear the humor in his voice, as though he thoughts she were ridiculous.

I want to ask you some things, it seems that your going to be more knowledgeable than I on the subjects…

And what makes you think I'll tell you so easily?

That there might be a way for me to be severed from you, so you can have your own body, your own true form. Instead of trying to harness mine.

The Akatsuki won't just welcome you with open arms to fulfill your task. Even if you come to them with open arms it will make no difference. They will try to tear me from you, but you won't live. You won't be so lucky as to survive.

If I died here… Would I go back to my own realm? Or would I just be that, dead?

Death here is as dying as Death in your original World. You've been a part of this World too long, if you were to leave everything would be ruined. You are part of the major ploy. Without you nothing would be complete.

Can I even go back to my own World? Am I stuck here forever?

If there is a power that can do that, I've never heard of it. Though what is the point in going back to your own World? I've seen all of your memories of it, I know why you left. So what would be the point in returning to a World that you despise, this ludicrous thought you are thinking… I would have thought you would rather have staying in this thought of vertigo.

Is the Akatsuki going to come after me? Because you possess ten tails are the going to come after me because I have become a part of this plot too? That I have now changed it… Making Naruto the second most powerful Ninja in this realm?

Maybe if your lucky they'll go from your friend Gaara and up. Wouldn't you like to be last to have been caught…

They won't catch me. Nor will they catch Naruto.

No more feelings for Gaara then?

Sonki silenced herself from answering, her eyes down shifting as images from their childhood flashed before her.

Why had she disappeared from his village? To be brought here to Konoha. What was the purpose? Who or what had brought her here?

Her hands curled up into fists as she finally spoke, "I don't know. I just don't know."