Downfall of the Light 3

by OpposingForce

After several days of enduring against the Sound from invading, Naruto and Hinata finally meet their elites. NaruHina, and many others. Spoilers... none, hopefully

3. Chaos Demon

Downfall of the Light 3

Chapter 3: Chaos Demon

Legend:

"…": Speech.

'…': Thoughts and thoughts are also in italics

Scene Changes are listed in bolded italic brackets.

AN: I know my last chapter was very hard to read… somehow I was in my psychological and yet philosophical mode. Probably because I was dealing with Satanism… it's not that bad when you study it. Anyway, let's see now… I am not even going to bother saying my usual author's notes; I will go straight to the results of the game. After 28 reviews… or less… allow me, OpposingForce, to show you all the pitiful results that I received.

Total Reviews: 26

Those who bothered to try: 3

Those who did not know or even tried: The rest… oh, you people disappointed me to the top of my bent…

Those who guessed Nicol Amarfi, pilot of Blitz Gundam: 1

Those who guessed it was a Naruto character: 1

Those who guessed it was Shani Andras, pilot of Forbidden Gundam: 1

So, let's recall the clues. Firstly, Shani's hair was dyed wasabi green and his hair style remained the same. Secondly, he was wearing a blue military uniform unzipped that showed his shirt underneath. Lastly, he was wearing gray pants that had cuts and rips on it aside from the rear end and crotch area.

Okay, who the heck in Naruto has green hair? No one!

Nicol Amarfi may have green hair but his uniform isn't blue, so he's gone.

Shani Andras has all the requirements above, so Shani was literally dressed up as the person who I got the idea from. Only one person got it right, congratulations jasx316! You are the only one who actually got it! To the rest of you, better luck next time!

Thank you for reviewing: Place-your-name-here, sephynarutocloud, HinatasBiggestFanboy, darkshaman817, joekool, Dragon Man 180, DaveBoo1378, violently-cheerful (wanna join my C2, I could use your help!), FoxRetainer, nonegel, jasx316, D.D Designator, RuByMoOn17, warprince2000, LegendaryONE, Monaki Cheung, Cobra-100, karatefumaster, Crot Buer X-370's living CPU, Forbidden, Devil's Blessing, Death Warrior Shade, AkiaBinZaid, Darkness Approaches, and Binnybobarino. Without any further disruptions, I will continue with the story…

(Somewhere in the village of Sound)

"Yes, yes…" Orochimaru stated with fascination as he took mark in one of his master creations in his own lab, "Don't you think this is beautiful, Akira?" Akira, along with Orochimaru's most loyal subordinates Kiba, Tayuya, Kidoumaru, and Jiroubo were inclined to agree. This masterpiece was unlike anything that any one of them had witnessed.

"I have to give it to you, Orochimaru," commented the Paladin. "This is some monster you have turned it into…"

"Wow," said the Sound girl excitedly. She looked no older than sixteen due the improvement of their drug to have a slow growth rate, and since they were elite soldiers, they needed their youth. However, no doubt the side effects were greater. "Dazzling indeed."

"Do you even know what it is, Tayuya?" questioned Kidoumaru dryly. His physical attributes didn't change much after ten years. He looked like a seventeen-year old male when he was at least twenty four. The violet-pink haired girl only gave a scowl before the East Sound nin gave a yawn thus ignoring her.

"Seems like a demon…" said Jiroubo as he took a closer look.

"Yeah," said Akira seriously. "I found this minor demon in the outskirts of this village the other day. I couldn't believe that Orochimaru had such influence to make its dark powers awaken to this extent."

"So fast…" commented Kiba quite interested himself. Unlike the other three, he looked like an mature adult.

"Akira-sama and Orochimaru-sama are so amazing!" complimented the only girl in this group happily. Kiba, Kidoumaru, and Jiroubo gave a dry look at her sudden outburst but she silenced all of them with a glare. Akira chuckled thus making the girl blush insignificantly.

"What do you plan to do with this though?" questioned Akira in a serious tone of voice. "Since you made it in such a dangerous and unpredictable state, we can't simply leave it here. If this thing was awake, we would be in jeopardy for certain."

"Do you plan to seal it in anybody?" Kidoumaru questioned as he stole a glimpse at the winged demon who was lying perfectly still on the autopsy table. By the looks of it, this was a female.

"Akira," said Kiba, "Can't you seal it? Do you know how to?"

"Even though I do," stated the blond Paladin, "Sealing demons is most preferred for infants since they do not have the will to fight the demonic influence that is trying to take cover the body. When our bodies are matured by humanity… I will say that having another essence is very difficult to get used to. In some cases, we may even die. For a baby or infant, it will be like growing up with it kind of thing instead of forceful intrusion."

"You think too lowly of me, Akira," said Orochimaru with a sneer. "Of course I know the dangers."

"What do you plan on doing then?" asked Jiroubo silently.

"Unleash it on Konoha of course. Chaos would be such a good silent killer. Those Leaf fools would not even know what hit them." It wasn't too long after when the demon opened her eyes, the Sound Three immediately recoiled as she glared at them. Akira's eyes remained unchanged; Kiba twitched a little sensing the amount of power within this unknown demon, and Orochimaru's wicked smile continued to widen as the demon lady stood up from her spot. Once she eyed the snake sannin, a smirk came across her face. "So, you have finally awaken, Chaos. How are you feeling?"

"What have you done to me, vile snake?" hissed Chaos in a deadly voice.

"I have nearly made you into perfection, that's all," Orochimaru shrugged after giving an easy answer, "Don't you think you look beautiful?"

"Beautiful… Beautiful?" cried the demon lady with rage. In a split second, she faced the Paladin Akira with raw hatred, "How dare you abduct me, human! After otousan and kaa-san… and oni-chan lost their lives to Death Knights, you just wouldn't leave me alone to live in peace! I should kill you for taking my freedom away from me! With my new power, every one of you will not survive and I will kill any Death Knights that remain here!"

"So, you hate Death Knights, you say?" questioned Akira skillfully with a face that showed no intimidation, "Why waste such good power now, Chaos-chan?"

"Don't call me Chaos-chan!" she ordered dangerously while freaking out Tayuya, Jiroubo, Kidoumaru and Kiba, "What do you know about power? Look at this… I never had such disgusting darkness until you captured me. Why should I let you survive?"

"Why don't you see it as a gift of kindness, Chaos?" Orochimaru indicated along with a dark grin.

"Kindness? How can I see having these despicable dark powers to be a gift? You are a tyrant to turn me into this!"

"You should be grateful," repeated the sannin, "What kind of chances would you have if you fought Death Knights before? You were young, you were inexperienced, and most certainly you had no power. Now, with this new given strength and carried hate, you can have the revenge that you have longed for. Demons will have this kind of abilities eventually, I just wanted you to be satisfied earlier, Chaos."

"Is that true, human?" she further questioned with a tint of distrust. Her face still had that dangerous expression and her eyes were cold.

"Of course, we hate Death Knights, too," commented Akira still having that confident grin.

"We have a common enemy here, Chaos" stated Orochimaru smirking, "We should be allies."

"Why should I work with you?" Chaos scowled.

"I can tell you where a Death Knight is."

"Where is he…"

"He is in Konoha of the Fire Country," explained the snake man darkly, "I am sure you can recognize him easily. Also, Konoha is our enemy and some of them even do not hate those evil Death Knights. In fact, the Hokage there loves him. Don't you think that it's unfair that those kind of people are actually loved when they have taken your family away from you?"

The demon lady clutched her fists angrily. Her eyes showed a sense of hostility immediately.

"So now with power, what are you waiting for? Are you just going to have it to protect yourself or are you going to use it and take the revenge that you deserve so much?" After giving a groan of rage, the demon lady calmed herself down and eyed the sannin and the Paladin with a defeated face.

"What do you want me to do?" she declared silently.

"Not us," corrected Akira in a friendly face that could fool anyone, "What do you want to do? Do not do things for our sakes. You should indulge yourself more for no one else will."

"I am leaving to Konoha." With that statement said, Chaos outstretched her small wings and took flight immediately. As she excelled herself to the air, she destroyed the laboratory roof thus making a several pieces of concrete caving in on the others. Luckily, they all moved out of the way therefore that it crushed nothing but the autopsy table. As Orochimaru looked through the opened hole that the demon lady flew out of, a dark grin continued to plaster on his lips. It wasn't too long before he laughed out loud with satisfaction.

"Chaos would be a terror for that Naruto!" he shouted out loud to the skies, "It's over, Death Knight!"

"Can she actually take care of Naruto as you planned, Orochimaru-sama?" questioned Kiba with a bit of doubt. "She does seem kind of rebellious…"

"Do not worry, Kiba," assured the sannin still having that smirk, "Chaos is too enraged to think of anything else other than vengeance on Death Knights. I am certain she would not be distracted by anything else."

"Who's going to clean up this room?" asked Tayuya quite annoyed.

"I believe I will leave it to you four," said Akira giving a chuckle, "Me and Orochimaru-sama need to have a little talk. I want this room cleaned in 3 hours, okay? Thanks." Saying it in such an easy way along with a shrug when the four seemed very unhappy with the decision, Akira and Orochimaru both exited the room leaving the mess behind.

"Kuso…" cursed all four of them as they began to work.

(Meanwhile, elsewhere in Konoha)

"Come on, oni-chan!" begged Kagari as she took Shani's hand and pulling it in an attempt to drag him, "Take me to Asuran's place! I want to have ramen!" Naruto sighed a little seeing his son was practically making a death grip on the doorknob not willing to give in. Hinata was beside her husband somewhat enjoying the display of affection but she wished that nothing too drastic would happen. Normally, Shani would take her but the entire family just came back home from the local park.

Shani hated the park, the trees and grass along with the fresh air would be fine but the damned insolent playground got to his nerves. The slide, how he hated the slide… Not only did he have to climb up that narrow passage that could make anyone fall due to the lack of grip on the stairway –and to make it worse, it was titanium- fateless fools known as idiotic bastard kids always wanted to hurry up as if it was World War 3. The next thing would be damn swings… why would he want to sit on a plastic board supported by two damned chains where someone would be behind him trying to push him as hard as they could so his head would meet Mr. Metal Bar personally as he went around? Finally, those blasted wretched teeter-totters. Sure, he may go up and down, down and up and hell it may seem quite fun but it wasn't when some jackass decided to jump off thus making him descending sixty miles an hour (100 kilometres) downward to crack his nuts.

Mere detesting would not justify the rage he was feeling. If the next person suggested to play at the park anytime soon, Shani would kill them and he would be damned sure that a funeral would not be held. Just to make sure it wouldn't, the minister would be the first to die….

"I am not going…" he declared still not letting go.

"Kagari-chan," said Hinata as she came forward and bent down a little to reach her daughter's height, "If Shani-chan doesn't want to go with you, I can cook you some ramen." However, the girl only pouted in refusal.

"I want oni-chan to go, I'll be bored if I go alone."

"But Asuran is there," justified the half demon boy, "You won't be bored."

"But what is fun if it's only Asuran and me?" she continued to plead as she pulled him harder.

"Asuran would not ignore you… damn it, Kagari, can't you just go alone?" Shani was seriously losing his patience. "It's not like Asuran doesn't like you…" Once Shani said it out loud, the girl blushed deeply. This did not go unnoticed by Naruto and especially not Hinata. The Death Knight only sighed softly where as the Hyuga lady smiled warmly.

"But… oni-chan…"

"Asuran will keep you company," assured Shani, "And if he doesn't… I'll hit him…"

"Don't do that!" the Uzumaki girl said loudly in opposing the idea, "Don't hit Asuran… Fine, I won't go then…"

"Shani," interrupted Naruto while shaking his head, "You know your sister really likes ramen, right? I know what you are doing, you're indirectly forcing Kagari not to go to have ramen. Let me tell you something about women, you have to give them what they want and they will come around knowing that you cared about them. Just take Kagari there again and then you can justify with her another time. If you don't, girls –or practically anyone- won't like you."

"That's right, Shani-chan," agreed Hinata with a smile, "You have to treat girls sometimes with a little more consideration. Trust me, you get along a lot better that way."

"Oh please, Mother," the Forbidden child spoke with sarcastic dramatic action, "I have been surrounded with girls all my life. You, this attached little sister, Yamase, Umi, Tsubasa… how would I not know how to deal with them?"

"How do you deal with them, Shani?" questioned Naruto with a smirk.

"I don't have to answer that," replied the young boy with a unreadable face, "However…" He then turned to face his flushed sister. "You, Uzumaki Kagari, love ramen too much. Do you know that?" He poked her on the forehead softly with every syllable. Kagari's shade of red turned more significant therefore she wanted to hide it. The best way was for her to cuddle in her brother's chest, once she did that, she affectionately embraced him.

"I know I am troublesome sometimes," Kagari told him quietly with a sweet voice, "I love you for being so patient with me… I love you…" The older twin only groaned a little bit before he held her by the waist to give her a small hug. Naruto grinned at his son's caring behaviour. Hinata seemed very proud.

"It's okay, Kagari-chan," said Shani to her ear, "I know you like Asuran so you want to go." The indigo haired girl immediately started to pound her brother with her tiny fists. Due to her position, she seemed to be doing nothing and that only made Shani grin. The blush on her face was too amusing to ignore.

"Stop teasing me, oni-chan!" she whined cutely, "You know I like…"

"I know, I know," stated Shani as he kissed her forehead, "Asuran likes you, too." That statement made her cheeks burn again.

"So, Shani-chan," Hinata said sweetly with her charming smile, "Are you going to take her to have ramen then?"

"Yeah…"

"Let's go then!" shouted Kagari taking her brother's hand like before and this time forcefully pulled him along. Since he wasn't prepared, Shani was practically dragged on the floor. Naruto's eyes opened a little seeing his son being tortured and Hinata sighed pleasantly seeing the two of them were getting along. "I'm going to have ramen! Yay!"

"Have fun, you two," Hinata told them happily, "Don't come back too late, okay?"

"We won't." The younger twin replied with an exuberant glee. By this time, the older twin got back up from the floor after having a serious date with it. Suddenly, his cheeks were held lovingly by his sister's hands, her dark blue eyes were showing nothing but sincerity. If Kagari wasn't his sister, Shani would've been easily seduced. Hinata noticed immediately that her daughter had very strong motherly instincts, she was always amazed that how magnificent her children were. She awaited the next action with high hopes. It was that instant that Kagari kissed Shani on the lips passionately and muffled grunts emitted from the boy. No tongues were involved in it but the force that Kagari gave in would've made anyone believe that they were in love –which they weren't of course.

"Kagari-chan…" the young Death Knight whimpered when she broke away. "You…"

"I what?" she questioned him victoriously along with innocence, "You didn't like it? I know you did. Come on, let's go." Not giving him a second to respond, the girl quickly took his hand with her own and exited the living room; through the short hallway; opened the door; and left the house in a snap. Hinata still had her heart-warming smile where Naruto was still somewhat stunned at the previous display. After a few seconds of taking everything in, he sighed to himself thus catching his wife's attention.

"What was that…" Naruto coughed in his words.

"They can be so cute, don't you think, Naruto?" Hinata asked as she sat on his lap like a girl. In addition, she allowed her hand to feel the smooth skin –amazingly soft for a male- on his skin. The Death Knight raised his brow a little bit seeing Hinata being so affectionate all of a sudden. Somehow, he had a small feeling of knowing what she wanted.

"Yeah…" he said as he kissed her on the cheek. "But they are ten years old already, they aren't babies, you know, Hinata-chan."

"But they always will be my babies," she reasoned with an alluring eyes. When she leaned her face closer to his, the Death Knight wisely moved his head back thus avoiding it.

"Okay," he interrupted as his hand held her chin gently, "What do you want?" Hinata merely responded in sinless manner by tilting her head to the right slightly. However, the smile she carried did not make her anything close to pure.

"What would I want from you, Aegis-kun?" the Hyuga girl questioned her husband with a touch of innocence, "You are my loving husband, you always bless this family with everything, you love me so much that I can't help but to love you back, you gave me two wonderful children, what more do I want?"

"…" Naruto couldn't say a thing but yet he knew she was up to something.

"Maybe there is something that I want," she unexpectedly said with a smile.

Bingo.

"What is that?" Naruto questioned with distinct suspicion since she used the name Aegis.

"I want another baby…" Hinata told him with a slight blush on her face. If Naruto was drinking something, he would've easily spat it out to make a perfect rainbow. A baby… what was she thinking? He couldn't have another baby, having Shani – the dangerously dark boy who everyone believed he only had one eye- and Kagari –the light of their family who's delightful nature pleased everyone. To be frank, both of them were great children but certainly hard to deal with if both of them were together. At least that was what Naruto believed in. Up to this date, the Death Knight didn't know how Hinata could have such tolerance and capabilities to raise her children this well. She was amazing, as Naruto would say.

"Why, Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked not believing what his wife was saying, "Another baby? We already raised Shani and Kagari for ten years now. We shouldn't have another!"

"We are only twenty seven, Naruto-kun," she justified when she swooned all over him seductively wanting her way, "We are still young and your demonic powers have given me more youth then I could ever want. You know, I would still be fine after giving birth ten times."

"That doesn't mean that you should just get pregnant all you want, Hina-chan," Naruto replied with logic.

"I am not asking for ten more kids, Naruto," she giggled cutely. "I just miss taking care of babies. Please Naruto-kun, give me another baby…" At that moment, she was shaking him slightly to plea.

"Hinata…"

"Naruto…" It was then when she held his shirt to hold him still on the couch that he was sitting on. "Even if you don't want more children… can you do me a favour?"

"What is it, Hinata-chan?"

"The kids aren't here right now…" she began with a tint of pink on her cheeks and a cute smile, "Do you want to… make love?" Naruto's eyes widened in a flash, just what kind of question was that? Make love? The last thing he wanted to do was to make love! He had to admit Hinata was a natural goddess in bed and she said that he was amazing but Naruto never felt the sexual desire to take the initiative. Hinata, on the other hand, loved it to a great extent. What Naruto was worried about was that she was too skilled at it as if her inner desire had further potentials that he may not have known. Just when he was deep in his thoughts, the Hyuga girl took this chance to kiss him on the lips passionately. To make it more effective, she kissed him for a long time. Since she was prepared, she knew she could last where as Naruto did not.

"Hina…"

"Please do it for me, Naruto-kun," she said as she embraced him lovingly. "You told Shani that he should please women by giving them what they want first, right? You should do the same and I will come around, too." What a persuader she was to get what she wanted. Hinata was very good at this –at least when it came to wanting Naruto to "help" her. He was a caring husband and he would do almost anything but when it came to very close intimacy, he always had a problem.

"I am sort of regretting teaching him that lesson now…" he told her in an amused voice which caused the girl to giggle, "However, what I am more disgusted at is that those words actually came out of my mouth…"

"Yes, you should follow your own words and not be a hypocrite," she continued to persuade him as she planted a kiss on his cheek. "What are you waiting for, Naruto?" It was then when the Death Knight instantly pinched a sensitive spot on anyone's body. He smirked when he saw his wife's head rested on his in an unconscious manner; she would not be able to force him to make love if she was asleep now. When he picked up Hinata in a bridal style to take her back to their bedroom but suddenly the girl turned into a fork in a cloud of smoke. The silver haired Death Knight's eyes twitched noticeably when he found out he was fooled by a simple Replacement Technique. If this wasn't the real Hinata…

Crap…

Naruto didn't dare to turn around when someone made a firm grip on his shoulders, the softness of those hands… he would never not recognize it. Just when he began to perspire due to fear, he was suddenly turned around meeting the real girl with their faces inches away from another. Although he was at least six inches taller than Hinata, the Hyuga heiress made do. Without another warning, she kissed him passionately again giving the most endearment feeling she could give him. Of course, that was overwhelming. As they pulled away, she grinned devilishly.

"You're not going anywhere, Aegis," she ordered with a touch of seductiveness while her finger began to draw circles on his neck, she loved it when he was terrified due to her evil charm, "Come, and never try to make your wife faint. I am sure I can make you faint though."

"Please don't, Hinata," Naruto beseeched his wife with evident panic. "I can do anything! I will take you to the mall, or hot springs, or take a short vacation or something. But please, Hina-chan, not the bed… not the bed!" She paused for a moment pretending to consider those choices but the Death Knight knew she was not thinking of anything.

"Good variety of choices, Aegis-kun," she said back with a little bit of teasing, "But not good enough. You know I am not a materialistic girl, I can never have those things to substitute having you. Now, be a good husband and make your wife happy. Don't be so shy, Naruto, we're married for eleven years now." Not allowing any more time to be wasted when they should be having a good session of intimacy, she commenced what she planned when Naruto was cold sweating with horror. She knew she was evil but she didn't care at all if it was Naruto. There was one thing left for him to do –retaliate to the fullest. When she began to drag him back down to the basement, Naruto did the impossible; he screamed. Hinata's naughty grin increased another depth seeing her husband was in her complete control and to make him stop his futile attempts, she kissed him passionately, which he returned when it was too appealing to refuse. Although no one was outside the residence during those screams, someone heard his cries from another location.

"Gaara-chan," called Rin as she placed a several dishes on the table and another bowl for her infant daughter, "Did you hear Naruto-ni-san scream just now?"

"No…" replied Gaara with his eyes looking at his wife questioningly, "How come?"

"Nothing… Let's eat, okay?"

"Yeah!" Hikaru agreed as he dug in into his meal happily henceforth leaving a smiling Rin and Gaara.

(The next day, First Person POV)

I scanned my right eye across the room to observe my surroundings. A smirk soon came across my face when I found that nobody would become a nuisance in my own meditation. However, before I closed my eyes fully, I wanted to take one last look at my friends. I think I am getting too ahead of myself for explaining this, allow me to explain my current situation.

I was at the academy classroom. The time was morning before class began and due to the fact that the heat would be able to consume us alive if we stood out there, the class decided to remain inside. Although I was someone who could tolerate a lot of things, I wouldn't commit myself to a secondary method of suicide. Since -as explained before- everyone was inside, it was no doubt that the classroom was in similar to a carnival. Who could blame them for being loud? Correct that, who could be angry with them for emitting sound? No ten year old child would simply sit still doing absolutely nothing when there was freedom. The only exception would be me for I disliked human interactions. I preferred to know myself well before trying to understand someone else. It is the same principle as "Have the ability to take care of yourself before taking care of others".

My right iris looked over to my sister, Kagari -who was surrounded by girls and guys alike in the lower area of the classroom since I was on the highest part. In addition, I noticed that most of them were boys. Ever since she gotten older, her shining light became radiant thus it welcomed and attracted many people. What surprised me was that she accepted everyone with care and sincerity. That easily made her someone that everyone liked and some of them even liked her romantically. Not having the need to ask, it's not a surprise that my sister was very popular in school -not because she was beautiful, but she was genuine. With Kagari's maturity, she was able to refuse without hurting any of them but I wouldn't allow just anybody to be involved in terms of having a relationship with my sister unless if it were Hikaru, Kuroto or Asuran. However, I knew Kuroto was beginning to have a sense of admiration towards Tsubasa and the blond hair girl always had a liking for the Uchiha. I knew Kuroto would never like Kagari in that aspect.

Asuran and I knew Kagari liked Asuran the best within the group of friends. She never showed it directly in front of the crowd but her words always carried a small tint of additional affection that it would make the golden-onyx eyed Uchiha blush. My sister was very efficient with words to get her way, even I have fallen into those kind of traps before. Fortunately, Kagari never abused it but only merely wanting to indicate how she was feeling. If someone insisted not to give in, my sister would not force it any further. She had her limits. If I knew Asuran well -which I did, I was certain that he was fascinated by my sister. He noticed how her endless charm seemed so… affectionate, and there was clearly an indicator that she would only show it to him and no one else. Despite they may be simple actions such as a hug; a few words of praise; holding hands for a mere second to have fun; all these things made Asuran blush to a degree that he could actually faint from blood loss. He truly appreciated my sister.

At the next second, I eyed my other friends who were elsewhere. Yamase was with Umi, Kuroto, and Tsubasa. Hikaru was beside me taking a nap with a blindfold so there wasn't much of a need to observe his sleeping form. The only thing that he said to me was "Please wake me up in the next century, Shani." And he fell into his own deep slumber after that. I wonder why he would be so tired from. As far as I was concerned, I should be the one that was dead tired since I worked three extra hours yesterday. I could tell that Asuran was quite weak himself today but Kagari's happiness served as his fuel. Seeing Kagari shaking, Asuran to wake up certainly proved to be amusing. Hikaru these days was still being a very good friend to the rest of the gang; I was glad that he was here for us.

My eye glanced at the Uchiha girl, Umi, and my lips already formed a grin. Nowadays, she was quite attractive for a ten-year-old girl and her heart was much more valuable than gold and silver. Although she may be very defensive or even rudely snap and people who did stupid things, she did it for a good cause and always held a encouraging personality. She loved to smile and her smiles seemed so heavenly in my eyes that it would make me grin if she did it to me. However, I would love to see her smile to Tsubasa sometimes. Even Kagari agreed with me on this one, Umi was never this bitter to the blond hair girl. I suppose it was ever since Kuroto and Tsubasa gotten closer together.

Umi seemed to be quite angry that Kuroto was paying more attention to Tsubasa then her. She couldn't possibly believe that as a sister she couldn't get her big brother's attention. To make it worse for her, she was losing to her rival. She never approved having Tsubasa so close to Kuroto and believe me, she tried everything to get those two apart. Umi even looked for me to help her but I somewhat talked her out of it by saying that she should be happy that Kuroto and Tsubasa were getting closer as friends, and having such a good person that she knew well was much better than some stranger. Umi may have smiled at me with approve after that but I knew better though. Even today I knew the Uchiha girl had a tint of spite about it. I simply tried harder -in an indirect way- and I suppose the only good thing that I got out of it was that we became even closer friends.

I grinned when I stole a glimpse at my second cousin, Yamase. This girl still wore the necklace that I gave her three years ago around her neck. We all knew that she treasured it a lot and I had to say that her now more matured features made that piece of jewelry turn her into something that I would personally consider beautiful. Yamase still carried that sense of timidity around her but her smiles -like Umi- was alluring and charming. Why was she not popular like Kagari, you ask? The reasons were that Yamase was quite conservative, and rather not attract that much attention from people. I suppose her status in class was higher than mine since that many people did not think that I actually existed. To be completely honest, over half the students in this class did not know that I was Kagari's brother. Not that it mattered though, that only meant fewer interactions with imbeciles. I really liked my cousin for she was such a kind spirit. If anyone actually approached her and became her friend, I certainly have no doubts that they would be glad to have her around.

"Shani-kun!" called Umi catching my gaze at them with a smile. I thought my hair would've blocked my right eye from their visibility but it looked like I proved myself wrong. I wanted to curse out loud for not being cautious enough, "Hey, you want to join us and chat?" She even made a signal for me to come and once Yamase found out who Umi was waving to, she blushed shyly and slowly looked away. My eye went to Kuroto and he didn't mind all that much. Tsubasa could've cared less.

"No thanks," I said shaking my head. My face was still passive. "I rather stay here."

"Please come down here," Umi begged from a far, "It will be fun." I knew she was trying to be as promising as possible; I would give her credit for persistence.

"Thanks anyway, Umi-chan," I replied in refusal.

"So you're not coming down?" she asked me mischievously.

"No."

"Fine, I will come up and get you." My eyes opened hearing her next plot. When I looked at Yamase, she seemed to like that idea too. I didn't like this one bit and I had to act fast.

"No, no, no," I said waving in refusal and in slight panic. At the same time, I was backing away. "You two shouldn't waste your energy trying to get up here. You two should just stay where you are and have your fun…"

"But it wouldn't be fun without Shani-kun," justified Umi in control as she and Yamase continued to approach up to this level. I had no other choice -actually I did, there was always something called compromise- I immediately leaped down to the lowest part of the classroom having nearly giving a male student a kick on the skull. Seeing that I was down here, the two girls smiled something in similar of a devil having his soul. Was I dead? Who knew.

"You're going to sit with us now, Shani-chan?" asked Yamase sweetly to me, "Since you are down there, I mean…"

"Well," I declared looking at my right wrist faking that I was looking at the time. However, my watch was on my left hand, "Look at how early it is, I got to go." Lame excuse, you ask? Definitely, no doubt, "Later!" With that easily said, I ran out the door hoping to escape them. It wasn't like the fact that I didn't like them; I was just never someone who would prefer having such company. Just when I thought that I was in safe-haven, I suddenly detected two energy signatures behind me. On second thought, I would make it three.

"Shani!" shouted a girl from the rear. I turned my head to the right so my right eye could see who it was. If I could actually see myself, I would swear that I would be able to see my iris shrink in shock. Yamase, Kagari and Umi were on my tail trying to catch me. How did my sister get involved? I did not know but I somewhat got the feeling that Yamase must've convinced my sister to follow. I cursed her for having such influential capabilities. "Don't you escape!"

"Sister," I yelled back not angry but clearly a little disappointed while I tried to increase my movement. "Why are you joining them? You were supposed to help me!"

"Can't help it, oni-chan," she said as she gathered more stamina in her run trying to catch up with me, "It's fun to chase you." My eye cringed hearing such an answer, when did I, Shani, became a source of entertainment to women? Another thing, how come those three were so fast, when did they achieve this kind of skill? As I zoomed and made a sharp turn at a turning point, I could detect that I was running a tad too quick in an indoor facility. If I didn't have enough control, I would've easily fell out the window after shattering the glass.

"Wait up, Shani-chan!" demanded my cousin from behind. As if I would let them catch me. However, I knew I was in luck when I saw Tsunade-sama and Jiraiya-sama coming my way. Of course Jiraiya must be teaching the older class today but I would use this to my advantage. Without a second thought, I dashed right at the two elderly sannins in at least Mach 2 speed.

"Thanks for escorting me here, Tsunade," said Jiraiya to the still unbelievingly gorgeous Hokage.

"No problem, I do want to see some of the children myself," she said kindly with a smile. "I'm really glad that you decided to take a role to teach these children."

"I have been doing this for six years, Tsunade. You don't need to thank me after all this time."

"What made you do it though?"

"I guess I miss teaching and guiding my own apprentices," he replied smiling in a caring manner. It was then when the two noticed that I was charging at them. Were they shocked? Very.

"Out of my way, old man!" I ordered as I pulled out my scythe. I immediately struck the ground with the spearhead and elevated myself thus getting behind them after gaining some thrust. As I landed while smirking with my back towards them, I quickly gathered chakra to my hand aiming right at the incoming girls.

"Shani," Tsunade panicked like a grandmother. "What are you doing?"

"Oh, if it isn't Shani," said the toad sennin annoyingly to me. "I'd bet you are trying to be cool."

"Oh," I retorted rudely. "And I bet you lost your virginity to big breasted sluts in bars."

"Harsh…" Tsunade said in astonishment. "What's happening, Shani?"

"Nothing much but girls," I replied stoically as I saw the three girls finally turning the turn I was at six seconds ago. In a flash, my eye and face turned into a crazed expression. "Eat it, Different Dimension Flare!" Once I unleashed my beams rapidly at them, Umi, Yamase, and Kagari's faces went in alert and avoided in the best they could. I could hear them yelp a bit as well. The looks on the old man and the Hokage were indeed priceless.

"Why is Shani-chan attacking us?" questioned Yamase in a squeak to any of the girls.

"That's low, oni-chan!" shouted Kagari smirking, "Using us as target practice."

"Why you…" Umi hissed with a deadly glint in her eyes before generating a massive chakra like bomb, it wasn't long before she fired it at me in a violent whip. "Obliterate!" I grinned darkly when I sensed the amount of chakra put into that single attack. Using a bit of energy, I generated enough for a Different Dimension Reflector. As the bomb made in contact with the highly concentrated shields, it immediately shattered into essences of chakra making it completely defective. Umi grimaced where I smirked.

"Please you guys…" Yamase murmured innocently trying to get the girls to stop.

"No way, Yamase-chan," Kagari stated when she prepared to attack, "It's more fun this way. Eat it, Fire Element: Dragon Inferno!"

Utilizing a bit of thrust, I easily avoided it but the beam ignited as it made contact with the ground. Henceforth, it exploded right next to Jiraiya. As of result, he was fried and toasted. I wanted to laugh but I had more important things to deal with. I immediately continued my escape.

"You're in the way, old geezer!" Kagari shouted as the three girls trampled over him. He didn't even have a chance to cry out his agony –which I was nearly dying to hear.

"It's really amusing to see how you can get pummeled by three little girls," said Tsunade laughing out loud at the sannin's misery. Then she turned around to leave. "Oh, I will leave you to grieve."

(Currently)

Passing by a several teachers nearly cutting them in half since I had my weapon in a position to charge, I soon found the door that gave me access to the outside. Tackling the metal door, I was able to reach outside to the heat. With my Byakugan permanently activated in my left eye, I detected the three girl's presence without difficulty. Just as a smirk came across my face again, suddenly my veins felt an undeniably uncomfortable presence. I immediately scanned around the vicinity with my right eye to see if anyone was actually here. Just my luck, I found nothing but something was definitely here. This dark sensation was cannot be ignored and without thinking, I instantly leaped high to the skies and I landed on the academy's rooftop. Initially, I was to come up here to avoid the girls. But now, it looked like it was for something more important. What on earth was going on?

'Damn it… I can't shake off this feeling…' I thought as my face flinched slightly due to frustration. There was nothing in the distance, the Byakugan could only see air, clouds, buildings, people, trees, wilderness and such. I knew something was out there, and I did not like it one bit.

'So you sense it too, Shani,' came a voice in my head. I knew who that was immediately.

'Forbidden-sensei,' I replied humbly, 'You can detect it, too?'

'Yeah… but this thing is unlike anything that I have sensed…'

'What do you mean, sensei?' I wanted to know immediately but my face nearly remained unchanged.

'This is no ordinary aura… it's too dark to be a person's aura if I may correct myself.' My sensei told me carefully with a serious face, 'And Shani, I can tell you ahead of time that this is more than likely to be energies of a demon. You better be extra cautious in the future.'

'I understand… but where is this demon?'

'I cannot guarantee if it is a demon though,' he said with his previous looks unchanged. 'However, if you do encounter it, you better use everything you have to defeat it. Only your family can see demons if they are hidden and others can be in jeopardy if you don't take the wisest actions.'

'Is that thing here though?' I questioned clearly wanting an absolute answer.

'No…' Forbidden told me with a hint of worry, 'But its energies must be very high for us to be able to notice it from here. Be on your guard, Shani.'

'I hear you.'

'I will find you when I need to. Summon me if you have to, okay?' He was sure persistent in giving me warnings. Why would I blame him? He was my spiritual guardian and my close friend. If it weren't for Forbidden, I would've lost my sanity during the times that I was alone. Come to think of it, it is kind of ironic sometimes to see someone insane talking a volleyball. We believe that they are insane that they talk to an inanimate object but to them, if they are actually talking to it so their mind will not go insane from the lack of communication. They are trying to do everything to be sane but we see it as insane. Talk about irony…

'I hear you,' I repeated stoically but with more annoyance as my demon master vanished in my mind. I soon discarded my previous worries and awaited for the worst possible scenario. Something was coming… I just knew it. Emitting a sigh in a dreary tone, I leaped down to the ground to re-enter the academy. However, somehow I kind of sensed that I have forgotten something, there was another reason why I jumped on the roof. My own intuitions told me that my decision was a mistake.

"So you're up there, oni-chan!" I heard my sister shout pointing at me with a cheerful face.

Crap…

Yamase seemed excited to have found me while Umi had a determination of passion. Although Yamase was too timid to do anything but blush and smile, the Uchiha girl certainly proved otherwise.

"Shani-kun!" cried Umi as she tackled me by the waist holding me hard along with her face half buried into my chest. In a flash, my back made contact with a tree and damn hell the pain was nothing close to tolerable. "I caught you! Now you have to sit with us!"

"Ow… my back…" I wheezed with a cough as Umi's embrace tightened on me. In that kind of awkward position, I was having a hard time breathing properly. "Can you get off me?" When the girl raised her head a little bit with a blush on her face since she was holding me, my eye opened noticeably when I saw that glare -the glare that was practically telling me that to give in, or else.

"No, you're coming with us," she ordered adorably.

"Yamase-chan," I tried to reason in a desperate attempt, "Please tell Umi-chan…"

"But…" My Hyuga cousin responded with her head tilted innocently, "I want you to sit with us, too… Shani-chan should be with his friends…"

"Which side are you on?" I yelled out loud with pure panic that my sister and Umi grabbed me by the legs and began to drag me back in to the building. "No, you insolent women, you can't do this to me! I have my rights! I refuse to be dragged like this! This outrage will not be forgotten!" Of course Kagari and Umi wouldn't care; they merely giggled and laughed it off. The only chance I had left was Yamase.

"You will sit with us through lunch too, Shani-kun," demanded Umi with a smile.

"You know you like to, oni-chan!" added Kagari cheerfully.

"There goes my nap…" I whimpered with dread -or rather very evident dread. "Yamase-chan, do something!" What surprised me was that she giggled out loud. I didn't like it at all.

"You look really funny being dragged," Yamase said smiling sweetly, "I don't have the heart to… take the fun away from Kagari-chan and Umi-chan…"

"You're sacrificing my freedoms here, lady," I said with my eye looking in hers. It was somewhat uncomfortable since my vision turned upside down. Of course, I was being dragged.

"But you know it's worth it," she replied softly.

"Worth it is hardly the word…" I retorted with clear dread.

"You get to have your marvelous sister and her friends to be with you, Shani," Kagari stated happily, "I know you like it."

"No… no… No, I don't!" I wanted to shout but it only came out as a loud declarative statement.

"Oh, you will…" finished Umi as the three girls took me back inside forcefully. I knew there was no way for me to get out of this. Kagari, Umi and Yamase would make this day a living hell without doubt. Asuran would take advantage of this and laugh at my misery, and who knew what else would happen. Indeed I loathed life to the maximum.

(Later on that day)

I left the academy rather early today -the dark feeling still had not left my senses ever since this morning. I didn't even bother trying to bid a goodbye for I wanted to leave this place unnoticed. The energies were getting stronger and more obvious, I wondered if Father and Mother felt this as well. However, as my eye glanced at the right side of town, suddenly I felt something was there. My eye couldn't see it but the presence was undoubtedly closer than before. If I could visualize it more clearly, I was nearly certain that the thing was here in this village. I had no time to waste; it was better to deal with it now than later.

"Kuso…" I cursed in a hiss.

"Why are you swearing, Shani-kun?" a voice asked me from behind. In the next second, someone was holding my hand. When I turned my head a bit, I was surprised that it was Umi.

"Why are you here?" I asked not in the nicest way. Yet, she didn't seem to be affected but actually returned a kind smile.

"I should be asking you that question, Shani-kun," she told me sweetly. "You okay?"

"I'm okay…"

"You're lying," she stated immediately as she looked intensely at me. I moved back slightly when I heard that. "I know you are."

"No, why would I be?" I questioned her logic with softness.

"I know you too well, Shani-kun," Umi said as she leaned closer with a pink face due to timidity. "We have been really close friends for a long time, don't you think I would know how you think?" Intentionally, she took another step forward. "You know you can tell me anything."

"Something is just bothering me…" I said hoping that it would be sufficient enough. I truly did not want Umi to be worried with issues that she was not able to participate in.

"Did you have a bad day?"

"Not really…" Was my answer enough? I did not necessarily had a bad day but it wasn't the greatest either. Once the dark presence felt more uncomfortable, my eye immediately eyed towards the west direction in a desperate hurry. Umi stiffened knowing something was wrong but I sincerely doubt that she knew what it was.

"Shani-kun,"

"Umi-chan," I said holding her shoulders firmly. My touch made her blush instantly and I couldn't believe she looked very appealing like Yamase when she flushed like this. "I am sorry, but I need to go somewhere right now. You can't come with me and please don't tell anyone."

"Why not? Is something really wrong?" she pleaded with pure care for my safety.

"I hope not…" I knew my serious features told her enough for she didn't persist afterwards, "Umi-chan, I will be okay, don't worry about me." The next thing that she did took me completely off guard; she moved her head into mine and kissed my cheek. I thought it was one of those pecks in the cheeks that she always did but was I wrong. I never would've expected that she did it with such passion and genuinely. Her lips were attached to my cheek for at least five seconds before she pulled away along with a charmingly flushing face.

"I'm sorry…" she told me when she played with her hands a little, "I didn't mean to kiss you for this long…"

"Wow…" I whispered to myself as I felt my touched face. Umi moved her head innocently and leaned forward to check my reaction. She soon giggled when my face seemed dazed by her affection. "Umi-chan… I…" I just discarded my previous thought and kissed her forehead like how I always did. She emitted an eep when I did it so suddenly but I knew she liked it. Once I retracted, I grinned when she showed a pout -she did it every time since I frequently took her off guard.

However, she soon embraced me tightly without saying a word; it was no wonder why Umi and I were close friends. Not only did we talk about deep issues in life; helped another in emotional needs -it was actually I who helped her, and to put a long story short, we cared for another as close friends. After giving my good friend a hug, I took off to the west side of town to discover the mystery of this unknown presence.

(Sooner or later)

Taking flight with an half activated Metamorphosis –since I only spread out my devil wings- after I was out of sight from Umi, I swiftly flew to the designated area to check it out. The aura was definitely present, but my eyes couldn't truly see it. Forming a series of simple but yet unique hand seals, my hands soon formed my Father's bloodline limit -The Unholy Sight. Unlike Kagari, I was not as skilled as her when it came to this ability. She at least had the second level of this ability where as I was on the first. However, I was clearly stronger with Mother's bloodline limit and she merely was somewhat better than a novice, to the very least we actually had two abilities. Once my eye contained a glint of teal, I flinched with frustration when I witnessed what the enemy truly was.

It was a lady -a winged demon girl who had dark energies deeper than anything I have encountered- who knew how strong she was. To be precise, this was the first time that I had seen a demon other than my sensei. When I took a good look at her face from afar, a sense of moral hatred was displayed more than anything else available. Was she beautiful? I would say she was gorgeous for a demon. Her height was perfect; a nice body that showed anyone that she had potential; the winds that blew her long violet hair were a deliberate sign of grace; her visage was elegant and her red eyes only shined it further. At the same time, rage and hate were what consumed her. With my eyes engaged, this became evident to me. I didn't know what could've caused her to be like this but with her mind so unstable, there was no telling what she may do.

"Kuso…" I cursed as I glided to a nearby corner to observe from a distance. By the looks of things, she didn't seem to notice me. However, why was she just floating there eyeing the vast skies and the people below? What was her motive?

"Where are you Death Knight? Where are you hiding…" the demon lady bellowed with a beautiful voice but it contained nothing but hostility, "Show yourself…" I wondered why she would be looking for a Death Knight. As far as I was concerned, the only two Death Knights in this village were Father and I. I doubted that she would be looking for me. If she wasn't, then she must've been referring to Father! What did otousan do to her? Why was she taking on vengeance -if that was why she was here. I didn't have the time to sit back and ponder about the different possibilities for it was then when this demon raised her hand and generated chakra into her palm preparing for an energy blow.

Crap…

"If you won't show yourself, I will flush you out! I will kill these people so you will finally know my existence! Say goodnight to your precious village!" At that instant where she was about to unleash her energy bomb, I flew out of my cover with my weapon in hand. Without thinking of the consequences of revealing myself, all I knew was that I couldn't allow her to commence her destruction.

"Stop it!" I yelled as I came down from above her ready to slash. Hearing my voice, she finally noticed me. However, that smirk that she held told me she was prepared for this. Once I violently slashed vertically, she easily moved back insignificantly that my attack damaged nothing by air particles. Groaning in irritation, I pulled my scythe back and swung heavily horizontally. The result was the same thing; she avoided it with no problems. Seeing that cocky grin on her face in the corner of my eye, I decided to stab with the spearhead. She was no fool, I would give her credit for that for she immediately took out her sword and defended efficiently. She even blocked it to an extent that she actually locked my scythe together making this combat to a stalemate.

"A little boy?" she questioned with a brow raised, "Didn't your mother tell you not to fight with strangers?"

"Shut up…" I spat back as I struggled to break out of this lock. Without giving any precautions of her intent, she quickly pulled her sword back thus yanking me with it. Once I was centimetres away from her body, she raised her knee and bashed it into my gut. Grunting painfully, my hands lost grip onto my weapon due to the torment. In a swift movement, her fist made in contact with my face therefore sending me crashing down to the ground. As I slid a few ten feet back, other villagers gasped that I was being pummeled by nothing. Of course they couldn't see her, she was in her demonic invisibility. Being typical cowards -as Father would call them- they all fled with fear as their source of fuel. I did not know whether I should be grateful that they knew how to value their lives or curse them for being such selfish bastards. Not that it mattered now; I had more important things to deal with. That demon would not be dealt with if I continued to lie helplessly on the ground.

"You are an unquestionably persistent boy," she said to me as she tossed my scythe at me. Flipping back, the spearhead missed my crotch. As I gathered chakra into my hand, I attracted the weapon back into my grasp. "I am surprised that you are able to see me within my demonic cloak. You are no ordinary boy, are you?"

"What do you want, demon?" I demanded in a dead solemn voice.

"I know you are not an ordinary boy, human," she repeated with a leer. "Only Paladins and Death Knights could detect the cloaking, you are a Death Knight!" She certainly made snap judgments; I would give her that much.

"What is your prejudice against Death Knights?" I took flight immediately when she drew her sword. It wasn't long before she charged at me with her raw fury. In a quick reflex, I blocked her attack that was aimed for my shoulder but of course I didn't defend without difficulty. She was strong and more than likely to be even more powerful than I was.

"Death Knights took my family away from me!" she screamed with sadness as she gave another attack. Utilizing a bit of thrust, my body quickly evaded the blade by a mere inch but she quickly charged up energy within her palm and released a beam flare at my chest. In a flash, I disappeared with a Blink and appeared ten meters away from her. However, that didn't stop her onslaught from ceasing. "I had nothing ever since I was a child! Father… Mother… my brother… they were all gone and I couldn't do anything about it! I hate them all… They killed my loved ones! Isn't it that simple?" Another scream came out of her lips as she gave another heavy slash at my scythe. As her blade struck mine, I winced when I felt the amount of strength given into it. This was not good.

"Kuso…" I cursed when her foot jammed into my chest causing me to glide back powerfully as of result. I held in the pain in the best way I could but in a flash she was already in front of me. I gasped right before her fist smashed into my face. In response, I only became more defenseless.

"You little punk… only killing you will be the soothing that I can receive after all the hurt you people have given me!" Immediately after her words, she unleashed another concentrated beam at me. Gaining some agility, I dodged it effectively and tried to counter with my own.

"If you lost your family…" I tried to reason as I cast a series of Mana Burns -which she dodged them all gracefully without breaking a sweat- I flew back as she charged at me again. "…Shouldn't you try to do things that would not resolve in another tragedy like that? What good will you accomplish if you make others suffer!" Not allowing her to take the advantage, I wielded my scythe back slightly and dashed towards her. Noticing the increase in my agility, she quickly moved out of the way. As I charged past her, I opened my palm just to unleash a few surprise Shadow Strike attacks. As the daggers pierced through the air, the demon lady winced angrily before shifting to the left making my assault useless. She was good indeed –too good rather...

"They didn't care about my family," she reasoned harshly when our weapons hit another's again. However, this time was intense. "Why should I give a damn about theirs!"

"Is that what you are fighting for? Vengeance?" I challenged her logic as my stamina began to weaken. "Is that truly what you want to do? What is it that you're fighting for?"

"How would I know the answers to such difficult questions?" she countered back with her eyes deadly fierce like mine. Her rage was taking the better of her and obviously I was losing my ground in this situation. "My life now is to kill or be killed… it's that simple, Death Knight!" After her ferocious cry, she broke the clash of weapons and unexpectedly fired a demonic green flame from her sword. Within that short distance, it was an impossibility for me to evade. The only thing I could do was to use the weapon I had to defend hoping to reduce as much damage as possible. Once the attack overwhelmed me, I was forcefully blown back towards the forests in the west. Of course, I took much damage during the process.

"Kuso…" I cursed as I felt my hands were fatally burned. Luckily with my healing, it wasn't as critical as I expected. After casting a Rejuvenation on them, I was able to wield my weapon again. Although I was able to fight, I did not stand a decent chance against her. Currently she was coming here trying to make sure my body would permanently remain a corpse, how did I get myself into these things. Not wanting her to spot me, I quickly hid within the forests to buy some time for me to think. Despite how little time I may have, a little was better than none.

"Come out, little boy," she said ever so sweetly, "I won't hurt you…" I knew there was a catch. "Much…" How should I react hearing such cold, shivering words? This demon was indeed frightening, how could I ever beat her? Although I haven't reached my limit, I was certain that she was not close at fighting her maximum. It was a guaranteed losing scenario for me but I had no choice but to fight serious now. Making another set of hand seals, my hands have formed another unique seal. In an instant, a passive dark aura surrounded my body and the Unholy Aura was finally activated. With this, my chances of defeating her would increase -that was what I hoped. If I even needed to use Forbidden-sensei's attacks, I would.

"Destroy!" I shouted angrily as I leaped to the skies along with a mana generated scythe. In a split second, I aimed directly at her with my scythe. "Different Dimension Lightning!" A massive lightning bolt came forth from my weapon travelling at an incredible pace. Cringing her eyes in a grimace, the demon lady swiftly flew higher making my pursuit to a dead miss. However, that was when I smirked. Suddenly, the beam curved upward unexpectedly and the face she carried was nothing but stun. Fortunately for her, she gained the speed to avoid it again and my beam could only curve once thus it headed to empty space. Although she may have evaded that, my attacks would not simply end there. Holding the scythe into a striking position, I charged at her ready to guillotine her head.

"I won't let you!" she screamed as she fired. "Crimson Lightning!"

"Different Dimension Reflector!" A pair green chakra shields appeared in front of me immediately. Once the beams reached my shields, they were deflected to different directions. I smirked darkly seeing her attempts useless. Having these shields to protect me, I charged once again at her preparing to end her life. Yet, I noticed that her will to fight drastically decreased this time when I took action.

"Different Dimension…" she whispered the first two words of my attack when she achieved the speed to dodge my slash. She was beginning to get too annoying "That was…"

"Why you!" At that precise second, my foot smashed into her face hard. Somehow, I was stunned. It wasn't due to the fact that I hit her, it was more like that I was able to hit her that easily. Come to think of it, she didn't even try to escape it.

"Different Dimension…" she kept repeating those words in a lost manner. What was with this girl? It didn't matter that much to me now, I had to continue my attack. With a bit of chakra gathered to my hand in a crippling pose, I turned my hand into a fist therefore using the ability Cripple to slow her down and to deal an intense amount of pain. The demon lady may have wailed with agony but I knew she was not finished yet. Once her eyes flashed that deadly glare, there was something that was missing –the will to fight.

Knowing that my onslaught would not cease that simply, she had no other choice but to fight back. Once I flew above her preparing for another guillotine type attack, the demon lady quickly aimed her dark beams at me as I came down descending at a very high speed. However, with my reflectors engaged her attacks were virtually useless as they deflected to different directions. Her grimace only made me smirk. I had to do this right. Just when I slashed with tremendous strength hoping to hit her, the demon lady accelerated back therefore evading my assault was again in vain. However, what I saw was that her movements were drastically slower than before.

"Darkside Attack!" yelled the demon as she fired down a deep violet energy missile barrage as I charged. Even in a stream of wildfire my defense cannot be trampled with that kind of messily assault. Still engaging the enemy as I have planned, the Different Dimension Reflectors nullified every single beam that came down on me, and that only made her nervous. Ordinary people couldn't match Forbidden-sensei's techniques, and this demon was no different. Soaring in Mach 2 directly at her, I collided into her with the scythe rod. In the end, she bent down with agony while holding her stomach. I smirked confidently seeing her wounded state but I was surprised that she managed to unleash another critical attack when my back was turned.

Damn…

My weakness was my back and that was exactly where that lady demon hit me. I grunted as the burning sensation intensified, I shouldn't have been so careless! As I regained my composure, my activated Byakugan eye fiercely glared at her. My face showed nothing but rage when I saw her mouth move but no words were coming out. To be precise, she seemed to be in some kind of trauma where she would talk to herself for comfort. She seemed like she had seen a ghost. I did not care what she was so fascinated about; it was time to end this. Holding my weapon tighter in an attacking position, I once again charged at her.

"You have no time to mumble to yourself, demon!" Not giving her any time to react, I violently gave a horizontal slash right at her left arm. Even in a disillusioned state, she managed to create a small chakra shield thus it reduced a sufficient amount of damage and force. Despite that, it was enough to strike her downward making her completely defenseless. I did not know why she became so distracted but I didn't care, this was the perfect opportunity. Diving down to catch up with her descending speed, I readied myself for the deathblow. Once I managed to appear two feet above her, the demon lady's eyes widened with pure fear.

"No…" I heard her murmur.

"Owari," I said easily as I gathered energy for one of my deathblow attacks. "Different Dimension Ex-prominence…" At that moment, a corrupted death-like green chakra was created in my palms in a form of a massively concentrated energy ball. If I unleashed it right at her, the corrosive attack would be able to disintegrate her body into decay. Anything within the range of this dangerous beam would be turned into absolutely nothing; it was impossible for her to survive this! In the state she was in now -she was not injured but definitely confused- there was no way I could miss.

"Stop!" she screamed out loud at me. I was about to ignore her plea but something stopped me. Her red eyes… they were filled with tears. Why was she crying? How did this happen? Seeing that she was clearly weeping due to some miraculous reason, I cancelled my pursuit and deactivated my Unholy Aura. When she took a look at me again, anyone could notice that her previous anger and will to destroy was gone. She seemed calm again and that smile on her face nearly made me blush. She was beautiful, no one would deny that. However, what I wanted to know was what made her stop. As far as I knew, she had no reason to but yet she did.

"Demon lady…" I said as the two of us landed on the grass.

"Who are you?" she asked all of a sudden with a very extreme want for a response. "Tell me who you are."

"I am Shani," I said carefully, "Like you said, I am a Death Knight."

"I know you are…" she told me softly as she moved closer to me, "I can tell by your skin and hair…"

"What do you want from me?"

"Who's your demon master?" the demon lady continued on with persistence. My eyebrow raised a notch hearing her questions. "Please tell me, Shani-kun."

"I may be a Death Knight," I answered with a dark grin, "It doesn't mean that I have a demon."

"Don't lie to me!" she declared with a hint of anger. "I know you have one! No human would have Different Dimension attacks, only my brother had it!"

"Your brother?" I asked somewhat doubting her. "Who is he?"

'Shani,' a voice then came within me. My senses became alerted at once. What could Forbidden want at this time?

'What?' I questioned him in a rush, 'What do you need, sensei?'

'Ask her what her name is, Shani,' he commanded me with seriousness.

'I hear you.' "Excuse me, demon lady," I said to her with my eye not leaving her for a second, "What is your name?" She smiled at my question, she did seem nice when she wasn't in a raging mood.

"My name is Chaos, Shani-kun," What a weird name that was, I suppose all demons had names of destruction like Calamity, Forbidden and Raider. Chaos was just another term of confusion and death.

'Summon me, Shani,' ordered my demon master, 'Hurry!'

'Why?'

'She is my sister!' Forbidden said loudly. Hearing that, I nodded in acknowledgement.

"Chaos," I said catching her attention, "Someone would want to meet you." I started with another set of forbidden one handed seals that only I knew in this world, and after finishing off with the seal of the Dragon, I was ready to perform the jutsu. As I made a circle with the spearhead, I cast the required chakra to complete the attack, "Different Dimension Gate!" The circle became a dark portal that gained access to the other dimension of anything that I chose. Although Forbidden was inside my eye spiritually, calling him in the dimension that he was in before he became my spiritual partner was the way to call him here. A scythe stuck out from the portal and in a several seconds later, my sensei revealed himself in this world.

"For…" she couldn't even finish her word. I peeked over to my demon master and his left eye continued to look at Chaos with astonishment and empathy. Sister, that was what he said just now but they didn't look a bit alike, not even a bit of resemblance.

"Chaos…" Forbidden whispered not really believing this, "Is it really you? How come you look so much more… grown up?"

"Ni-chan!" she cried happily as she tackled him into an embrace taking Forbidden completely off guard. Somehow, that reminded me of Kagari. Moreover, what really made Chaos remind me of my sister was how she kissed Forbidden on the mouth while not giving him a second to object. At the same time, I remembered yesterday's kiss that Kagari gave me, she did it so shamelessly too.

"Chaos-chan," said Forbidden as he ran his hand through her hair, "How did you…"

"I thought you were dead, ni-chan!" she interrupted him with teary eyes and half sobbing.

"I wasn't… Naruto-sama saved my life. But I really thought you were dead. How did you survive anyway? Is kaa-san and otousan with you? Were they?"

"No… they have been killed and I have lived a life of shadows ever since for the past ten years or so… I have been lonely without you, ni-chan…"

"I should've protected you against that Paladin that attacked us…" Forbidden told her with guilt, "You were only three back then and I was too weak to save you…"

"Paladin?" she asked with confused eyes as she held my sensei's hand. "I thought Death Knights were the ones who killed us where Paladins tried to…"

"You were too young to remember, Chaos-chan. A Paladin was the person that attacked us. Although Paladins aren't supposed to be like that… some of them may be twisted…" I knew better than to stick around, anyone with common sense would know that they wanted some time to catch up and be alone. Without saying a word, I leaped high to the trees and waited for someone –hopefully my family- to come. Besides, I needed to rest up due to the overuse of chakra during the fight. What could I tell Father when he came here? I did not know but my Father was not an unreasonable person and either was Mother, I could count on them to make the correct judgments. My right eye stole a glimpse of the two demons -who were embracing each other- before I was too weak to stay up any longer.

(More First Person POV)

The next time that I was awake, I was back at home on my bed with Asuran, Kuroto, Yamase, and Umi in my room as if they were waiting for me to wake up. My dear cousin took me into a deep hug before Umi did and from what I could see, she was a bit jealous. She didn't need to feel that way for Yamase was just being a great relative. I kindly hugged my Hyuga relative back and it caused her to gasp not too audibly. However, since she was so close to me, I heard it perfectly clear. Next, my cousin kissed me on the right cheek, which I received quite gracefully. Seeing that I didn't have a problem with her being so gentle, I kissed her back that caused her to blush deeply. Once Yamase was done, Umi hugged me as well and also gave me a kiss on the cheek. What I noticed was that she kissed me on the left cheek although I had my hair blocking most of it. From what I can gather, she didn't mind at all and like what I did to Yamase, I kissed her back as well. This time, however, Yamase seemed displeased.

If Asuran didn't tell me it was already the afternoon of the next day, I would never have known that I rested for nearly twenty-four hours. Was I actually that drained after my battle with Chaos? More importantly, what happened to Chaos and Forbidden? What happened when I was lying on my bed unconsciously? The next words surprised me greatly when Kuroto told me that Chaos was only a young teenage demon, and the reason she looked so dangerous and mature was somehow somebody force her darkness to be overwhelm her. I didn't know too much of the details since my friends did not know much themselves but from what I heard from Asuran, Father had decided to seal Chaos in somebody who had demonic blood within. My only guess would be Kagari. I doubt that she would reject Chaos after understanding her like how I did –or at least tried to. I pitied her a lot, I really did.

The ritual was actually happening when I was still asleep, my friends and I only wished her good luck hoping that it would be successful. Mother said my seal was successful and yet that was the reason of my left eye. Nobody knew about it, not even my friends, and I intended to keep it for as long as I could. I was surprised that all of them took this so well, they did not mind Kagari having a demon from the very start. Why would they, she was a half demon from the first day that we have met. We all loved her for who she was and not because of her blood. Like Kagari, if I sank as low as disregarding other people due to different backgrounds or anything else in similar, I would be lower than a scum. No wonder these people were my friends, they were no different from Asuran, and they showed no prejudice to anyone whatsoever. Yet, only one other person in this room knew about my demon.

When this entire thing was mentioned to me, Asuran seemed to be the most worried amongst my friends, he truly was concerned for Kagari knowing the demon sealing was much preferred during the stages of a baby to a young child. I personally wonder if a girl of age ten would have any other effects but the demon was also a large part of it. If it was minor, it should be okay. In addition, I also worried about another issue… I wondered if Kagari would have the same problem as I did… to undergo physical feature changes like my left eye. My eye was the reason of this life, and being a brother, I certainly did not want my dear baby sister to go through the life I lived in. It would destroy her.

"I wonder if oni-chan is awake yet," I heard a voice from outside my room. All of us recognized that voice immediately; no one would forget Kagari's sweet, angelic voice. Knowing that it was my sister, the five of us had only one thing in mind –the ritual.

"Your brother was just tired, Kagari-chan," That was Father, "He's strong, I know he will be okay."

"I certainly do hope so," No doubt that was Mother, the anxiety in her voice was evident. "Shani-chan can be so reckless fighting a demon alone. What if he got hurt? What if he got killed? I was so worried when I found him unconscious. Shani-chan is just like you, Naruto, always doing things on his own without telling anyone… I can never leave that boy alone for one minute…" She sighed at the end where as my friends gave me a grin of amusement. After hearing such words from a mother, I couldn't blame them for finding it kind of entertaining. However, I didn't find it all out amusing.

"Hey," I greeted without feeling when my bedroom door opened and revealed my family members. "Good to see you…" Father smiled with relief, Mother's face brightened noticeably –I was sure that she was delighted- and my sister leaped on the bed immediately preparing to hug me. This time, however, I stopped her before she hit me. The face that she held showed nothing but confusion for I never rejected her embrace and touches. Yamase and the others also wondered what I was thinking about since I kept staring at Kagari trying to achieve some sort of knowledge. I wanted to know if the ritual was successful and where Chaos was sealed. However, that answer could not be found with my eyes, I didn't know where it was.

"Shani," Father spoke thus catching my attention. My response was simply a glance before focussing on my sister again so at least I showed him that I heard him. Kagari blushed immediately when she saw me observing her; any girl would if a boy did that. From the looks of my friends aside from Asuran, they had no idea what I was trying to achieve.

"What?" I asked.

"I am sure your friends told you about the ritual, right?" asked Father in a calm voice.

"Yeah…" I replied without much emotion as I leaned closer to Kagari. "Was it a success?"

"It was a success and your sister is perfectly fine. Don't worry about it, she is really okay." Those last two words made me react just a little.

"Is that so?" I questioned and suspicion was carried in my tone, "Kaa-san, where did otousan seal Chaos?"

"It's in my eye, oni-chan," Kagari replied for Mother in a neutral tone while pointing to her right eye, "Chaos said that having it in the place of our bloodline limit is the most advantageous way. Wasn't Forbidden the same thing, oni-chan?" When Forbidden-sensei's name was brought out, everyone who never heard of it became vigilant. Kagari clasped her hands to her mouth instantly while Father and Mother… they just didn't know how they should be reacting. My longed secret was suddenly taken from the shadows and revealed to the light, how was I going to explain this? If I was Asuran, even I wouldn't know what to do. I tried to ignore the subject to the best of my ability, something Kagari said before were still questions in my mind that needed to be answered.

"It's in your eye, Kagari-chan?" I asked softly as my hand reached for her face, her smooth, elegant, beautiful visage. How was it in her eye? How come it was no different from before? A deep sensation of grief soon consumed my heart after I realized that her eye was unaffected while mine remained the same or possibly even growing veins to intensify the strength of the Byakugan. How was I supposed to react? I was deeply jealous like I had never been in the ten years of my life! Envy was not supposed to be something that I should taste right now but I was! I had a demon, and she had a demon. My eye was cursed, and hers was fine. My life was ruined due to it, and she would live life normally. What could I do? I didn't know if I should curse her for always having this goodness in life while I lived in misery and darkness or congratulate her for never needing to experience such a pitiful life. Would I be able to say this, "It's fine, Kagari-chan that you don't need to suffer like a loser like me. Now, let's forget that this thing ever happened"? No of course not. I thought I was going to die of emotional torture, and I didn't even believe what I did next… I wept out loud.

Yes, I, Uzumaki Shani, wept like a girl. Call me a coward or weakling; I don't care for I felt like garbage. Indeed I was dismayed at myself for behaving so cowardly but my sadness took over my body. Somehow, I knew Father and Mother did not want to break this news to me knowing that I may react in the wrong way. Sadly enough, I did endure it in the manner that they did not intend. I was never jealous and yet I was trying to control myself from killing my dearest baby sister. Father and Mother grimaced to themselves sadly and soon left the room knowing that they could do nearly nothing to calm me down. The best way was to leave me alone until I cooled off. Kagari cried midway knowing what kind of pain I was feeling, she felt so guilty that she always had a life much brighter than mine. The others such as Kuroto, Umi, and Yamase were speechless. They wanted to know what was going on and I knew they wanted to do anything to help but what could they do if they knew nothing? Yamase and Umi wanted to do something affectionate but they knew better that it would take more than that to cure this.

"Shani-chan…" I heard Yamase whisper silently with sadness all over her tone. I felt sorry for her; she couldn't even do a thing for her favorite relative. "Can you tell… tell us what's wrong?"

"Shani-kun…" Only Umi called me Shani-kun in this place, she also contained that natural concern. "I don't… no, we don't want to see you like this… Please, tell us what's wrong… we can help you…"

"What can you humans possibly help me?" I questioned all of them darkly; I never did that ever since I have met them. Asuran seemed to understand where as Kuroto and the other two girls appeared frightened at my sudden behaviour. It seemed as if I was challenging their friendship. "You will never understand…" The last statement I so wanted to end it with a spit and it wasn't long before I laughed similar to a maniac.

"Shani…" said Asuran, "Snap out of it! You have to tell them about…"

"Silence!" I ordered rudely cutting him short and adding another maniacal cackle for I knew what he was trying to tell me. "I don't need you to tell me what I should do! How would you know how it feels like to have a demon inside yourself for ten years, Uchiha Asuran? How can you possibly imagine after all the rejection I faced due to it?"

"Shani," said Kuroto with a solemn face, "We never knew you had a demon… and we never rejected you. How could you say that?" Yamase, and Umi remained very silent while they patiently waited for my response. From the looks of things, they had an idea that a large chunk of crucial information was missing. In order to reach an understanding, I must tell them.

"You want to know why?" I questioned Kuroto with a sneer while breaking away from Kagari. My sister squeaked as she was pushed a little but luckily Asuran caught her from behind in time. She blushed adorably when she felt his warmth yet I had more to deal with than to watch their little romance. I faced the other three with an implacable face –which undoubtedly frightened them to the core. If there was a mirror to show my reflection, I would look no different than a bloodthirsty vampire who needed to feast with fresh blood. "Do you guys ever wanted to know something from me?" Yamase blinked a little hearing my question; she wondered why I would be asking this all of a sudden. Also, she caught my tone became softer.

"What do you mean, Shani-kun?" Umi asked not fully grasping the meaning of my words.

"There is nothing that we find mysterious about you, Shani," Kuroto added a bit defensive, "There is really nothing wrong with you. What are you trying to tell us?"

"Shani-kun…" Yamase whispered timidly trying to catch my attention and she did, "I always wanted to know why you cover the left side of your face with your hair. If you happen to have a demon… is it because he made your left eye go blind? If you became blind because of it… don't be sad that you did… we do not mind to have a blind friend nor do I care if you are blind… you are still my relative…"

Not giving a second thought, she embraced me again with a sob and began crying on my shoulder. I was somewhat stunned by her words and soon my own arms encircled her waist to pull her closer to myself. We didn't stay in that position for long since my body and mind decided to break it.

"Thanks…" I told Yamase in a down voice, "But I will tell you, I am not blind. I am nothing close to being blind." Kuroto and Umi recoiled slightly hearing that while Kagari and Asuran looked away in shame. My cousin –who was still in my arms- blinked obviously not getting this. She tried to look at my left face in the angle she was in but she had no luck.

"What is it then, Shani?" Kuroto demanded with impatience, "What is wrong with your left eye then?"

"Fine…" I replied easily, "I will tell you what is wrong with my eye. Set your eyes to stun…" For the first time in a while, I gently used my left hand and brushed the hair that was blocking my visage. After I finally exposed my left eye to the light, Kuroto, Umi, and Yamase swallowed hard with no words able to form from their lips. They were literally dead speechless. My left eye was not just a Byakugan glass mirror anymore, veins already started to form as if it was reaching another level. My left eye reached another skill level without me actually having the need to engage it and it would only strengthen if I did activate my bloodline limit. Moreover, with this eye on my face, I looked completely hideous… a living monstrosity.

AN: Yes, that is the end of that chapter, hope you all liked it and not find it too psychological for your brains to handle. I certainly wish I made it fun enough. Now, let me answer some of your questions that you maybe asking me. Before I start, to those who wanted to know more about Shino or Kakashi… I suggest that you save it and don't bother asking. This is Shani and Kagari's point of view and if they don't mention it in their words, that means they did not witness it thus it didn't happen. Kakashi is not an important character and if you love that jounin… sorry, I don't like him at all so I won't write much about him. Now, with the real deal…

1Q: Why didn't Naruto show up when Shani battled Chaos?

1A: If he showed up, that would weaken the impact I wanted to show in the fight. I am tired of writing Naruto in action, someone else needs to be the main character for a change.

2Q: Why didn't the kids know that Shani had a demon? That is aside from Asuran of course.

2A: What, would you go telling your closest friend the most, most private issues that could ruin your life forever? I certainly have my own and I don't intend to tell everyone. It's just common sense.

3Q: Is Kagari now a Death Knight or still a Paladin?

3A: Paladin, if not, I wouldn't be able to make the contrast between the twins with such an effect of light and dark, delight and misery etc. I am sure none of you would want that happy girl to be a lieutenant of darkness now, would you?

4Q: Who will Shani choose from Umi or Yamase… if he ever would choose that is...

4A: Both girls like him, but he obviously sees them as close sisters and possibly does not even have an idea that these two like him romantically. As he gets older, he would know since I haven't decided myself. I hate it when I make two people having equal potentials…

AN: Sorry for leaving you all in a cliff, you know that my evilness in making these things had to happen sometime sooner or later. You should be glad that it wasn't the first chapter. And yes, I am still in my exam period but I was way too bored so I decided to make this chapter. Everyone, wish me luck! Now, I thank you all once again for your kind reviews, most people are becoming lazy these days in terms of reviewing… and yet some other fictions… damn hell, I know who I should really be writing for, you guys who stayed by me to the very end of my previous work. If you got any other questions, please feel free to ask me and I hope this chapter answered some of your questions. Thank you all for reading; I will post up another chapter when I have the time! Later and take care of yourselves.