The Mirrors

Nomi

"This is my home, the Citadel of Time," whispered Nomi.

"Okay, so I see why you always want to get out of this place," spoke Sasuke.

"My reason cannot be understood by looking on the outside. What is truly frightening is what is inside of it," said Nomi as she slowly creaked open the door.

There was complete silence as Team 7 walked through the door. A wind chill swept through the door.

Man it was so long since I have been here. I don't believe that I am back.

"These are your rooms," spoke Nomi opening doors next to each other. "They adjoin, oh, and whatever you do, do not look into the mirrors."

"Why not?" asked Kakashi, a look of concern covered his face.

"The wind wails,

And the weak fails,

The fail of the wail,

Desperate for a way to dispel,

The mystic power lives to veil."

Whispered Nomi as her eyes went red, and her voice was melded with dead voices.

"Nomi, are you okay?" asked Kakashi more concerned than usual.

Kakashi

"What just happened?" asked Nomi, freaked out.

"I think that the dead spirits were speaking through you," said Kakashi.

"That is very probable. In this place, anything can happen, any pain, any illusion, any thing will come. Anything…anything…anything…the wind wails, and the weak fails, the fail of the wail, desperate for a way to dispel, the mystic power lives to veil," whispered Nomi again, like the way she had faded away before.

Woah, is she okay? I've never seen anyone speak through the spirits before. I wonder, could this place be linked to the Snake of Time?

DDUUHH! The Citadel of Time gives it away, but then, does that mean…

Sasuke came to catch his sister who was falling, the spirits were very powerful, and they took up a lot of chakra to prevent the spirits from coming out. Nomi had exhausted herself trying to contain the spirits who were speaking through her body.

"Come on Nomi, I know you are strong so act like it," said Sasuke.

Nomi slowly stood on her two feet, hunched over, holding the wall for support as she made her way down to the secret passageway.

"Come on we need to follow her," said Kakashi.

His team obliged. Nomi was climbing down the stairs; she made it to her room at the foot of the stairs. She collapsed the moment she smelled the lavender aroma from her room. Team 7 heard a thud, and found Nomi unconscious at the foot of the stairs.

Oh my goodness! She must be so exhausted, she barely eats, sleeps, yet she runs like there was no tomorrow, and works so hard to maintain the spirits that try to communicate through her. She is a real Uchiha, a powerful command on chakra.

"Come on let's move her to her bed…" started Kakashi.

Nomi's room was filled with plaques of Red Ninja heads, swords, other weapons lay on the floor, and a spiked coffin lay on the right hand corner of her room. In the center was a ritual setting with candles burning, and snakeskin and blood lay on the candles, and the rug, which was the ceremonial ritual rug to create a seal. On the far left hand corner was a bed, and next to a very large mirror. All the way back was dark, but Kakashi could make out something big.

"Woah, I never knew she killed that many people, and kept their heads as trophies," said Naruto flabbergasted, "If I was to guess what type of person Nomi is, I would say that she was nothing more than an evil assassin."

"Does that mean you'll stop liking my sister then?" asked Sasuke.

"Are you kidding?" shouted Naruto.

"Shesh man! That's loud enough to wake the dead!" shouted Nomi, as she jumped out of bed.

"You like that saying don't you?" asked Kakashi.

"Oh, how'd you guess? Is it because I say that every time Naruto shouts?" Asked Nomi with an amazing amount of sarcasm.

"Oh really, I hadn't noticed," said Naruto, blushing like crazy.

"Of course you didn't notice, you were too busy shouting your mouth out that you didn't notice what you were saying, you didn't think, that was so stupid," spoke Nomi defiantly.

"What's that supposed to mean!" shouted Naruto.

"That you are stupid!" shouted Nomi.

"I am not stupid, you you stupid head!" shouted Naruto.

"Oh my god! I am fighting with a damned idiot!" shouted Nomi, shaking her head.

"Hey what's that supposed to mean?" asked Naruto.

"Isn't it obvious, or are you so stupid that you don't understand," countered Nomi with venom. "Now if you don't mind, I would like to keep my room to myself."

"Are you okay?" asked Kakashi.

"I'll be fine," spoke Nomi as she walked into the dark part of her room.

So Team 7 left Nomi's room and went to theirs. In each room was a mirror.

Sakura

"What is so bad about a mirror?" asked Sakura.

Sakura looked into her mirror, she saw herself. Then her image dissapearred, like a ripple. She saw her greatest fear. She was married to Naruto, and Sasuke was off with another girl.

"AAAAAHHHHHHH!"screamed Sakura.

The rest of Team 7 ran through the adjoining doors to find Sakura clutching her head, and crying her eyes out.

"We should take her to Nomi, she should know what to do to help her," spoke Kakashi.

Team 7 raced the muttering Sakura to Nomi's room. There was a blasting sound of musical notes when Kakashi opened her door. Nomi was playing the Drackula song on the organ.

Nomi

"So, Sakura looked into the mirror didn't she?" asked Nomi, clearly unsirprised. She changed from her bloody, tattered clothing, to a long black dress, with a black hooded robe over it.

"The only way to get her back to normal is to shake the fear out of her," laughed Nomi like a mad man.

"Nomi, get a hold of yourself!" ordered Kakashi.

"Ah, you sssssssee, I am a hold mysssssselfffff, weak fool!" laughed Nomi/Snake of Time.

"Ah you bastard, I was giving good information!" shouted Nomi at the Snake of Time.

"Fool, we ssssshall take over the world and you give out informatttiiioonn!" shouted the Snake of Time.

"What the hell is wrong with you, I have already told you I don't want any part of your evil scemes!" shouted Nomi.

Kakashi stared in amazement and shock at Nomi/Snake of Time.

"Don't you know that it is rude to stare," spoke Nomi venemously.

"I'm going, I'm going," spoke Kakashi.

Kakashi

Aw man, I thought that it was bad when she told me about some of her problems that one night, but I never suspected that it was this bad. Man, I feel so sorry for her, she can't see, but she uses the Sharingan to see. She says that the Sharingan take away the beauty of life. I feel so sorry for her.

"I don't want any pity from you Kakashi," spoke Nomi into his head.

"Sakura, what you see shall never come to pass… it will never come to pass!" shouted Kakashi to Sakura.

Sakura gulped and nodded, she curled up into a ball.

"She handled it better than I thought," spoke Nomi once again in Kakashi's head.

Nomi

No, no, I will not let you take control again, I just got here….

Nomi stared into the mirror, her image disappeared in a ripple. Dead bodies was floating in the mirror. They were extending their arms and beconing Nomi to come in.

"Come…Come...Come...Come...wewant you"

Naruto

At the same time Naruto heard the ghosts, speak and he rushed down into Nomi's room. He looked at Nomi, she was staring into the mirror. Spectral hands were reaching out for Nomi, a white light was beconing Nomi into the mirror.

"No!" shouted Naruto as he leapt up to take away Nomi's gaze from the mirror. The ghosts faded, and Nomi was in a cold sweat, unconcious. Naruto lifted Nomi, in the bridal fashion, and placed her softly onto the bed, she lay unconscious. Naruto looked into her face, she was in pain.

Maybe I can help…

Naruto thought that as he kissed her lips. But at the same moment, Team 7 looked at Naruto, then at Nomi, their jaws dropped, and Sasuke feinted.