Akanish-san: oo! One more chapter till the end!
Ch16
"Izaki!" Neji yelled, horrified. There was smoke coming from where Izaki was earlier, so he could not see where she was and all, but he kept staring at the spot. "Izaki!" He yelled once more.
Kakashi and the other ninjas who were fighting Akatsuki jumped away from Itachi and landed next to Neji. They were all looking at the smoke as well.
The Akatsuki members, excluding Itachi, started to laugh. "This is wonderful!" The leader said, laughing. "I was going to have Izaki go take care of your city first, but hey, you guys came to us!" He said, looking at the Konoha ninjas who had come. They didn't flinch, but stayed firmly on their spot. "Run if you want, but I will make sure Izaki find all of you." He said, laughing still.
The Akatsuki members this time, including Itachi, turned their heads to the place where their weapon stood. "Come, Izaki." One of the Akatsuki standing next to the leader ordered.
A growl answered him, slowly, the smoke started to clear. "I answer to no one." It growled. "I have my own will."
The Akatsuki member with the potion and one other walked into the smoke. A growl and clang of metal was heard, but no one could see what was going on. After a while, the 2 Akatsuki members who went into the smoke jumped out of the smoke. They had wounds on them, some scratch marks from a deadly claw.
Neji suddenly had goose bumps; he remembered what she looked like when she had merged, Surly, she isn't like that, again? "I…zaki?" He whispered.
The smoke had cleared. Izaki was standing there, with red hair instead of black, blood red sharingan eyes blazing, her fangs bared, and her throat growling at the sight of the Konoha Ninjas. Her body had tints of red, reflecting on the wolf's fur, her nails had grown; there were blood on them, a deadly claw that had slashed at one member of the Akatsuki. There was a red wolf tail and red wolf ears accompanied her as well. They were twitching, as if she wanted to go into a blood mass battle.
The blood red eyes of Izaki turned to the Akatsuki, who were looking at her. Itachi had a frown, however, but the others did not notice. "Your orders?" At first, Neji didn't register that Izaki had talked. Her voice was deep, and there was a growl into it as well.
The Akatsuki leader laughed. "This is wonderful. It seems like it works." He said triumphantly. He studied his new weapon carefully. She seemed like she wanted orders, orders to kill. He grinned at that fact. "I want you to kill those. Kill everyone; kill everyone who is not wearing this cloak." He motioned to his cloak.
"They would give you a fight; you will be able to see blood." Itachi added to her. "Lots of them."
Izaki's mouth curved into a smile. "Understood." Her head then spun towards the Konoha Ninjas, who backed up a bit. There was an aura coming from her, a dangerous one. "I will kill everyone." She said, and in a flash, she was gone.
The 20 Konoha Ninjas all looked around wildly, looking for the wolf-girl. Sasuke looked at Itachi with a killer glare. 'A plan, eh?' He said, sarcastically. Itachi only looked at him, his red eyes emotionless.
"There!" Someone yelled, and pointed wildly at the other side of the lake. Everyone looked over to a cliff that was on the other side. Sure enough, she stood there, her hair flowing freely with the wind. She was forming seals.
"She's going to place a genjutsu!" Sasuke yelled, as he closed his eyes and re-opened them with his Sharingan. "Make sure you don't get caught! It will be a nightmare to you, it will be something you fear the most. It will come in front of you, and it will look real, but it's not!" He yelled, as he looked at Izaki.
"How did you know?" Neji asked, his Byaku-gan on.
"Itahci." Sasuke murmured.
Neji frowned and opened his mouth to reply, but darkness surrounded him. "What-!" He looked around, hoping to see something, or someone. He was in complete darkness like he was in the dream, but this place felt unpleasant.
The darkness was gone, and he was standing at an edge of a lake. "Where am I?" He asked, and looked around. He saw someone standing on the lake, white wing on her back. She looked like an angel. She had black hair, and her white and red shirt had Uchiha symbol on her back. She wore a red skirt that waved at the wind, and she had her back towards him.
"Izaki!" Neji yelled, running into the water. Some reason, he was unable to walk on the water, but he kept running towards her. "Izaki!" He yelled once more. He was almost near her, but Izaki had started to run on the water, away from him. "Izaki!" He yelled, and grabbed her wrist before she could run away even further. "Where are you going?" He asked, panting.
Izaki slapped her hand away and whirled around to see him. Her face had disgusting look on it, as if Neji's touch had poisoned her. "I hate you." She told him firmly. Neji froze. "I hated you Neji, but hey, I had to be in cover, so I had to make you like me. Now that it's over, I don't have to pretend anymore. You were right all along, Neji. I am a spy." She said, glaring at him.
"What…what are you talking about, it's…it's a lie, right?" Neji asked, reaching for her hand once more, but a blow made him fly back. He groaned as he was thrown to the edge of the lake.
"Don't touch me." Izaki growled. "I always hated you, Neji!" She yelled.
Neji's eyes widened, pain stung, as if a sword had went through his heart. "No…" He muttered, and before he could continue, a new emotion was in him, and he grabbed a kunai from his kunai holder.
Without thinking, he darted towards her, holding his kunai out. Izaki smirked. "I hated you, Neji, and always will." She said, and in a flash, she had leaped away from him.
Her white wings on her back started to burn, and burnt feathers fell onto the lake, and sank. Her hair turned blood red, and her eyes were also blood red, not Sharingan, but plain red. She reached down, Neji was still unable to walk on the lake like she was.
"How stupid of you, Neji." She said, practically purring as she walked over to him. Her hand reached for his cheek, her nails were her wolf claws, and her nail bit into his cheek. "To believe me." She said, smirking. She brought her hand away in a whip motion, leaving a scar on Neji's face. "I respond to Akatsuki only, and I love no one but Akatsuki."
Neji growled, there was hate and anger in his emotion. He didn't know what made him do it, but he brought his Kunai up, and felt the Kunai go right through her. Izaki's red eyes turned into her golden brown ones, and her hair turned into her regular black ones. She had turned back to 'Izaki.'
"Neji…" She whispered, choking on blood.
Neji brought his shaking hands towards his face. They were smeared in blood, Izaki's blood. "Izaki…" he whispered, tears about to come. He had stabbed her. "I…"
Izaki coughed blood. "Neji…" her eyes were on him. "How could you…?" She asked, blood flowing down from her wound on her stomach. Blood dripped into the water, turning the water red as well. Her eyes were open, yet they were hollow, staring into him.
"No…" He whispered, looking at her. "No…" He whispered again. He looked down, to see that the whole lake had turned red. He was swimming in Izaki's blood lake. He backed up a bit from her. He was horrified. He had hurt her. The one he loved.
Her hollow eyes suddenly turned to the blood red ones, full with rage. "Neji!" She growled, and in a flash, she had his neck in her hands, pulling him up till he was above the water. "How could you?" Her hand gripped tighter. Breathing became hard for Neji, as he tried to get free.
"I…" Neji started, but new even occurred, stopping him. Tears suddenly formed from Izaki's eyes, looking at him. "I…zaki?" He asked, still trying to get free.
The girl's red eyes turned golden color again, her eyes with no hate. "Neji…" She whispered. "You…" Her hand had loosed, and he was free. This time, he landed onto the red lake, but Izaki's motionless body fell onto him. Her eyes were closed, and her breathing had stopped. She was dead, killed by him, and now, resting onto his arms.
The darkness took over once more. Neji looked around; breathing heavily, tear almost coming up. He was in the darkness once more, with no Izaki in his arms, but his hands still with blood. He closed his eyes, trying to erase the even away from him. He had killed the one he loved! "Izaki…" He managed to say.
His voice seemed to be heard to someone. "Neji…" Someone whispered to him. He was on his knees, still shaking from the event. He looked up, to see Izaki, blood dripping from her stomach. She was in her human form. "You…killed me." She whispered.
"No!" Neji yelled, jumping to his feet.
Izaki brought her hand towards him. Neji flinched, afraid of what was going to happen. Izaki stopped her hand in the air. Neji looked up, to see Izaki crying. He frowned, but was alert once more when she opened her mouth.
"Neji…" She cracked. "Wake up." She whispered. "Please, wake up! I don't want to kill you, I don't want you to die, I want you to wake up! I want you to wake up, and get everyone else and go!" She said, sobbing. "Please, wake up…The others will wake from my genjutsu if you dump water on them." She said between sobs.
Neji's eyes widened. He then, remembered. Sasuke had told him that he was going to be inside of a genjutsu, and it was going to look real. He shook his head wildly. He turned to Izaki, who was still crying, looking at him. He brought his hand towards her and wiped her tears away. "I promise, Izaki. I will save everyone else. And…you." He said, and pulled her to a hug. "So please don't cry…" He held her tight. He let go of her loosely, and kissed her.
Izaki's eyes opened wide, and she faded into the darkness in his arms. Neji felt like he was thrown backwards, but when he blinked, he was standing where he was, earlier, at the lake with the Akatsuki in front of him. He looked around, to see the others on the ground, groaning, crying, angered emotions that made every human cringe.
Neji formed seals. "Suiton: Suikoudan no jutsu!" He yelled, and water from the lake roared and dumped it self on the Konoha Ninjas.
It was Sasuke who opened his eyes first. He had apparently been crying, but the lake water on him didn't show his tears. "Izaki…" He mumbled, shaking. His eyes were blank, and he was staring straight at the lake.
Neji grabbed his shoulders. "Snap out of it!" He yelled, shaking him. "It was a genjutsu!" He yelled.
Sasuke's eyes came to focus, and was staring at Neji. "What…where…Izaki!" He yelled, and looked over Neji to see Izaki frowning at them form the cliff where she stood.
Neji shoved Sasuke towards the others. "Make everyone else snap out of it." He ordered. "Water will make them wake up, but seems like they can't snap out of it." He said, looking at Izaki once, and then to the Akatsuki members who looked amused. They were all standing on the lake still, and were looking at him. Itachi was among them, but didn't look amused, instead, he looked worried.
"How did you get out." A voice said. Neji blinked once, and Izaki was standing in front of him. "How were you able to get out?" She asked once more, her voice mixed with growling. Her yes were cold blood red, and were glaring at him.
Neji looked at Izaki, with his byakugan. "I had help." He growled back at her. "From you."
Izaki raised one of her eye brows. "Oh really. Then I assume I, well the girl was in your genjutsu?" She asked. "Well, I guess the genjutsu didn't really work." She shrugged. "But no matter, I was actually hoping for one of you to snap out of it so I can kill you with my own hands." She flexed her claws.
Neji kept calm, looking into her eyes. "Izaki, I know you are still in there." He said, calmly as he could. His voice shook, effort alone was able to stop his from screaming, but it was still a shaky voice. "Izaki, you will be able to kill, but not us. You will kill them." He pointed to the Akatsuki. "Well, not the black haired one." He said, meaning Itachi. "They will be powerful, far more than us, anyway. You will be able to see more blood form them. They will give you more fight than us."
Izaki looked at him with her eyes, studying him. "Why should I listen to you?" She asked. "It is true, I do think they will give more fight, but…" She turned her head towards the Akatsuki people, and back to him. "I was ordered first to kill you guys."
Neji looked back once to see some Konoha Ninjas on their feet, looking at him for any instruction, or any movement. Kakashi and Naruto were the ones who still looked a bit fresh than the others. Sasuke and 6 others were busy trying to make everyone snap out of their trance.
He turned his head back to Izaki. "Well, I thought you don't take orders?" He asked mildly. "Well, that's what I heard, anyway."
Izaki's eyes narrowed. "I don't." She said and crossed her arms.
"Then why are you?" Neji asked, carefully. "They ordered you to kill us, and that's what you are doing."
Izaki gave one more look at him. "I do not take orders from anyone, not them, or you." She said. "But true, I do think they would be more fun."
Neji opened his mouth once more. "But, not the black haired one!" He said. "Please, don't kill him."
Izaki raised an eye brow once more, and kept silent for a while, but nodded. "Fine." With that, she turned away from him, and was gone.
She reappeared next to the Akatsuki members, and slashed madly at them. Itachi had jumped backwards, and was standing next to Neji. "Nice." He said to him.
Neji sighed in relief. He was truly afraid though he didn't show it. He was afraid that she would kill him, rip him apart to bits. "Well, now what?" He asked Itachi.
Itachi watched the Akatsuki yelling orders at her, but she kept lashing at them. "How stupid of them, if they order something to her, she won't listen. Don't they see that the potion was not real?" He chuckled
It was Neji's turn to raise an eye brow. "You mean, it isn't?" He asked.
Itachi shook his head. "Well, I got water and added a small drop into it, so it's not completely fake. So she'll still have part of her brain. If anyone orders her something, she will not listen."
Neji looked at him funnily. "But she did try to kill us." He told him.
Itachi nodded. "Yes, but remember what I said?" He asked. "I told her that she will be able to see blood. I motivated her to do that."
Neji was surprised. Itachi had thought everything out. "So, what's next?" He asked, glancing to the lake once to see the Akatsuki giving a huge fight. It seems like they were being pushed back, Izaki was in control. She had trained with the Akatsuki from when she was young, she knew what their ability was like. The Akatsuki, however had no idea of what the wolf merged Izaki could do.
Itachi glanced back to see most of the Konoha people were up, some glaring at Itachi, and some gaping at Izaki and Akatsuki's fight. They were giving a huge show; Izaki and her opponent both were using ninjutsu that were both forbidden and dangerous.
"Remember that seal I showed you in your dream?" He asked finally, looking at the fight in front of him.
Neji nodded. "The one to split the two?" He asked. He flinched each time Izaki got hurt. He couldn't help her now, he had to listen to Itachi.
Itachi nodded. "Yes." He said, and he too was looking at the fight now, and wincing sometime when Izaki got hurt, like Neji. "'Boar, horse, dog, snake, rat, rabbit, mouse, sheep, dragon.'" He recited. "Then I added seals that were my own, right?" He asked.
Neji nodded. "Yes, I still remember how they looked like." He said, remembering the seals.
"Good." Itachi said. "Do the whole seal I showed you in the dream, and add rabbit, horse, dragon, and snake at the end." He ordered. "That will cause the wolf to be stunned in her. Then, make this seal." He made a seal unknown to Neji, but nodded. "If you do all of this right, Izaki will be wolf free, the wolf will dis-merge with her, and it will die. But, she will not die, because she will have all of her life and her powers to herself. The wolf will not carry any part of her. But…" He stopped, and hesitated.
Neji frowned. "Yes?" He asked.
"But…Izaki will also have to carry the wolf's powers. That form," He looked at Izaki in her wolf form. "Will be with her." Neji's mouth dropped. "The wolf will be out of her, but she will keep its powers still. But what could we do? Before she goes and kills everyone in sight?" He asked.
Neji closed his mouth and looked at Izaki with wolf features. He straightened. "I don't care, actually." Itachi looked at him funnily. "If she is going to be her, and only her, what's the difference?" He asked. "Even if she will have wolf-ish features, it won't matter. She will be her and that's all that matters."
Itachi gaped at him, and sighed with a small smile that surprised Neji. Itachi brought his hand up and patted his head. "I guess I will have to approve." He looked at him with confidence in his eyes. Neji was frowning. What was he approving? As if Itachi read his mind, he said, "I know about how Izaki feels about you and I happen to over hear what you said underwater." He said.
Neji blushed madly. "You…you…" He stammered.
To his surprise, Itachi chuckled. "When Izaki handles those fools," He motioned to the Akatsuki members. Two of them were on the ground, motionless, one looking badly wounded, and the leader, who had a wound on his arm. "I will hold Izaki down. Do as I told you to do."
"Why don't I hold her down?" Neji offered.
Itachi shook his head. "This separation ninjutsu can be used once per user. I already used it, remember?" He asked. "Besides, holding her down in her wolf form is hard. And I know by experience." He showed Neji the scar on his arm from the last time he held her down.
"Orders?" A voice asked behind them. The two turned and saw Sasuke standing in front of the Konoha Ninjas, looking ready. "We will answer to you." He said, nodding to Neji and Itachi. "We came to an agreement."
Some grumbled, not wanting to answer to Itachi, but they had no choice. When they were ordered to come to their aid, they were told to listen to Neji, Sasuke and Kakashi's orders.
Itachi chuckled. "Well my dear brother," He said, "we need to hold Izaki down, so Neji could form the seals to get her to dis-merge." He said.
Sasuke nodded. "Fine. We will aid you." He said. He turned to his comrades. "You heard him, do any jutsu at your own will but something that will make her stay still and DO NOT hurt her." He told them, glaring.
Neji turned back to the lake when he saw Izaki throw the last Akatsuki down, the leader with the Konoha taijutsu, Gourikisenpuu, the one she learned from Lee and Gai.
"Wow, she did that one perfectly." Lee said, amazed. "I haven't got it perfect yet." He pouted, giving one joke in before he went in.
Itachi nodded. "Now."
Akanishi-san: Like I said, I love cliffhangers. Well, next chappie is the ending. Yeah, I said this earlier. "It will be 17 chapters long" I will add an epilogue tho, so it would be 18 chapters long. Anyway, I gotta go and finish my HW. lol.
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