Chapter Seven: Broken Wings & The Only Red Christmas Tree - Part One
GG: Wazzzup! i know i haven't been updating, lately. ah'm very sorry for doing that. i've finally decided who i'm going to pair Rath w/ tho! i thank you, raven, for sending in an OC for me, but i don't really need her. But... i might use her in another ficcie of mine. ne ways, on w/ the story!
Billie Joe Armstrong & Gerard Way: GlaiveGurl own nothing here save the OC's and the plot
GG: KYAAAAAA! I LOVE YOU BILLIE JOE! YOU'RE SO SEXY, GERARD! GREEN DAY AND MCR ROCK! oh, by the way, we have sum guests from Clamp School Detectives & Saiyuki.
"So...what do we do now?" Naruto whined.
"You guys could come down for breakfast," a voice said. Everyone looked to the doorway to see a boy standing there.
He had blonde hair, blue eyes, and looked to be about 11-years-old. He wore a business suit, with shorts instead of pants, and held a fan with a red dot in the middle. (a/n: that's the Japanese flag, isn't it?) The boy smiled at them.
"I'm Nokoru Imonoyama if that's what you're wondering. My friend sent me up here to fetch you since he's almost done cooking breakfast. Would you care to join us?"
Being the ever cautious one, Neji asked, "Wait. Whose house is this?" Nokoru turned to the white-eyed boy.
"I'm not allowed to tell you."
"Do you have ramen?" Naruto asked. Nokoru nodded.
Naruto instantly perked up and ran out, yelling "RAAAAAAAAAAMEEEEEEEEEEEN!" Nokoru blinked. Another boy appeared beside him. This boy looked to be 10.
He had blue hair, yellow eyes, and wore the same thing as Nokoru. He jabbed his thumb in the direction Naruto had gone.
"He doesn't know this house, does he?" Sakura sighed and shook her head.
"This is Suoh Takamura!" Nokoru chirped.
Suoh sighed and said, "Chairman, you should take them downstairs. I'll go look for that guy." With that, Suoh walked away. Nokoru turned back to his audience and smiled his cute, radiant smile.
"Shall we be going, then?"
Nokoru led them through twisting hallways until they came to a staircase. Once they descended, Nokoru showed them the main rooms such as the bathroom. Finally, they reached a room that was, evidently, the kitchen.
A boy, about 9, was cooking there. He had black hair, grey eyes, and wore the same thing as Nokoru and Suoh, except he had a white apron over it that said, "KISS ME! I CAN COOK!"
"Good morning, Imonoyama-sempai!" (a/n: is it senpai or sempai?) he chirped, not looking away from whatever he was cooking.
"Good morning, Akira," Nokoru replied.
"Do you need help?" Sakura asked.
Akira smiled at her and said, "No, thanks. I'm okay. You can wander around if you like. I won't be done in a while."
Neji sighed and began to walk away with Hinata following him.
Sasuke snorted and began to wander around aimlessly with Ino and Sakura bickering behind him.
Sai decided to go back upstairs to look for Naruto. The rest of the group stayed where they were, afraid of getting lost again.
"Why're you following me again?" Neji asked. He didn't bother turning around. He knew it was Hinata-sama.
Hinata gave a weak smile and replied, "I needed to get away from the others, but I didn't want to wander around by myself. Am I bothering you Neji-niisan?" Neji sighed and shook his head.
To tell the truth, he was actually comforted by his cousin's presance. He had gotten fond of her over time. He glanced into the room he had passed. It was pretty empty except for the grand piano in the center. He heard his cousin pause. He turned around to see what was the matter.
Hinata had walked into the room. She was currently approaching the piano. She stared at it for a moment before plopping down on the seat and looking at the music sheet in front of her. Neji followed her and stared at the pieces of paper.
"Can you play it?" Hinata smiled again.
"I can try." She placed her hands on the white keys and began to play.
The song was mistifying. It vibrated in the room and right into the very core of his being. Hinata paused, breaking the spell of the song.
He gave her a confused look, not trusting his voice to speak.Hinata gave Neji a wry smile. She leaned forward and picked up a pencil that was on the side. She began to add onto the song as well as making some edits. She began to play again.
A few moments later a violin joined her. Hinata was too absorbed in playing to really notice. Neji turned around to see Rose. Her hair was unbound and cascaded down her shoulders.
Her metal mask had been removed, revealing her face. She wore a white mid-driff shirt that read, "Stupidity isn't a crime... So you're free to go" over a black tank top with a ragged black tutu. She had a pair of black, knee-high boots on and two net stockings with a few tattered holes in them. Two figures of snakes, one gold & one silver, were twisted into her net gloves. She opened her mouth and began to sing.
"Nani wo mitsukete yukou/Jikan wo kirisaite/Kimi no soba ni iru you/Sore ga yasashisa nara/Nani wo mitsumete iyou/Sono te wo sashidashite/Tsukanda genjitsu wo/Let it go/Shinjiyou." The two women ended the song. Rose leaned over Hinata's shoulder to look at the music. Hinata jumped slightly with surprise.
"Ah, Rose-san!" she gasped, turning red. Rose studied the sheet. Her expression, from what you could see, said that she was impressed.
"Hey, you're pretty good at this," she said. Hinata smiled softly but proudly, turning into an even brighter shade of red. Rose turned to her classmate.
"Can you sing?" Hinata shook her head, looking down at the floor. Rose sighed.
"Hinata, I'm up here. Please look at me when I'm talking to you." Hinata looked up and actually made eye contact with those purple eyes and shook her head. Rose turned to Neji.
"Was she telling the truth?"
Neji smirked and replied, "No, I've heard her before. She sings well. She can't even lie with her eyes that she can't sing." Rose nodded, confirming something to herself.
She threw her arm around Hinata's shoulders and said, "You're going to join our band." Hinata gaped at her while Neji nodded his approval.
"It seems like your nii-san doesn't mind," Rose said triumphantly. She draped her other arm over Neji's shoulder, and the three of them began to talk about music as they walked back to the others.
Meanwhile
Sasuke was really getting pissed at the two girls who were following them. They were friggin stalkers! Their yelling wasn't helping his mood either. "
Sasuke-kun is mine, Big-forehead girl!" Ino hissed.
"Only in your dreams, Ino-pig!" Sakura retorted, "in which he still dumps you for me!" Sasuke was oh-so-close to killing them.
He heard some music and decided to let his curiosity get the better of him. He entered a room and instantly saw two red-heads dancing on a machine. The machine was made of a metal pad and a screen. The screen had arrows show up in flashing bright colors. Evidentally, you had to step on the pad's arrows at the same time that the screen flashed them up to a certain point. After a while, he identified one red-head as Rei. Rei was smiling without a mask on, her silver eyes sparkling prettily.
'She's cute...' Sasuke thought before shaking his head for thinking that.
Rei wore a pair of low-rise jeans and a black sports bra with a pair of red Converses. Her long red hair swirled around her as she easily danced to the rhythm while not missing a step. She wasn't looking at the scren either. Either way, Sasuke was pretty impressed. The other red-head was a guy.
He had firey red eyes and didn't have a shirt on. He only wore a pair of baggy brown pants and brown boots. He seemed to be having a bit of trouble on the steps. The song finally ended, the words "B4U" flashed on the screen for a moment, before the machine showed their scores. Rei had gotten AAA while the guy had gotten E.
The guy hung his head low while Rei patted him on the back saying, "It's okay, Gojyo. Not everyone can have my sexy dance moves!" She spotted Sasuke and bounced over to him.
"Hiiiiiiiiii, Sasuke-kuuuuuuuuun!" she squealed. She stopped in front of him, leaning forwards and giving him a radiant smile. Sasuke blushed a little and averted her eyes. By the way she was leaning, he could see her cleavage. Instead, he looked at the machine.
"That's a cool toy," he said. "Can you teach me how to play it?" Rei nodded and dragged Sasuke to the machine even as she recieved glares from Sakura and Ino.
"When the arrow gets up to here, you're supposed to step on the arrows down here," she explained.
"By the way, this game is called Dance Dance Revolution, DDR for short." Sasuke stared blankly at the squibbly signs on the screen.
"Are those words?" he asked. Rei blinked.
"You can't read them?" Sasuke shook his head. The other red-head, Gojyo, started to laugh his ass off... only to be stomped to death by Ino and Sakura.
Rei shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter. these letters are what we use in my country. It's quite okay for you to not be able to read it." Rei picked a song called, "Dive" and the two began to dance.
Sasuke struggled for a few moments before realizing that the arrows followed the beat of the song. He easily mastered it. Though he could step without a problem, he had yet to master Rei's gracefulness and ability to not look at the screen. Rei laughed and began to sing along to the song.
"Jikan o tomete/Dakedo ai ha/Tomaranai/Kono umi ni tobikonde yuku/Tataku anata ni ima/Keep on lovin/Can't stop my heart/Mou watashi ga/Tomaranai/Kono ai ni tobikonde yuku/Dive to the night." The song ended. Once again, Rei had AAA. Sasuke had a B. Sasuke looked irritated. Rei simply giggled and praised the boy.
"That's pretty good... for a beginner." This made Sasuke more irritated. Rei suddenly stared in another direction, as if listening to something. She turned back to Sasuke and hooked her arm on his.
"C'mon! Breakfast's ready!" For once in his life, Sasuke didn't shove the girl off his arm. He simply smirked at her and began walking back to the others with Ino and Sakura sulking behind him.
Elsewhere
Naruto scratched his head.
"I think I'm lost," he told the walls. He heard a familiar voice, Kamui's to be exact.
'Yay! People!' he thought. Kamui was sitting on a chair in an empty room, stroking the strings of a guitar.
He suddenly stopped and said, "Will you come out already?" Naruto laughed and walked over to him.
"Ano sa, ano sa. Can you teach me how to play one of those?" he asked, pointing to the guitar. Kamui raised an eyebrow.
"It's called a guitar, you know." He motioned for Naruto to sit beside him. Kamui reached behind him and grabbed another guitar which he gave to Naruto.
Then, he began to explain all of the notes and fingerings and stuff (a/n: i don't know any of it. i don't play a guitar!). Naruto listened intently. He was pretty fast at learning it all and was very determined.
"Hey, you're pretty good at this," praised Kamui. Naruto flashed him one of his infamous fox smiles before returning his attention back to the guitar.
He plucked the strings while softly singing, "Do you ever feel like breaking down/Do you ever feel out of place/Like somehow you just don't belong/And no one understands you." He stopped and smiled sheepishly up at Kamui.
"Hehe. Sorry about that. My voice sucks, I know," he chuckled.
"Did... did you write that song?" Kamui asked. Naruto nodded.
Kamui placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder and solemnly declared, "You're going to be in our band." Naruto twitched.
"WHAT!"
"I think it's a good idea," smiled Sai, who suddenly appeared and surprised the shit out of Naruto. She laughed and smiled at Kamui.
"Kamui! Long time, no see!" she squealed. Kamui laughed and stood up to hug the girl. It was a friendly hug, mind you.
"Anyways, I'm the manager of Kamui's band. I heard you sing and play the guitar. You're pretty good. The Broken Wings need some fresh blood anyways." Kamui frowned and playfully pouted.
"Awww, Kamui," Sai whined.
"I didn't say that you guys suck." Kamui walked towards the door. "
C'mon, breakfast's ready." Naruto and Sai hurried after him, not wanting to be lost again.
Back w/ the rest of the gang
"Hey, guys! What're you doing here?" Everyone turned to see Rath walking up to them. He was wearing a black shirt that read "Gir 4 President!" along with a picture of the dysfunctional robot and a pair of torn-up jeans. At that moment, Sasuke's crew appeared.
"That's what we should be asking you!" Ino screeched. Being unable to unleash her hatred upon Rei, she settled for her male look-alike instead. Rath cowered behind the kitchen table.
"It's not my fault that nee-san & nii-san felt like playing a trick on you guys!" he yelped.
"It's your fault for going along," Kamui replied, suddenly appearing along with Naruto and Sai. Naruto saw the food on the counter and lept at it.
"RAAAAMEEEEEEEN!" he yelled. Rath's eyes lit up.
"Sai-chan!" He ran to hug the girl. Sai laughed and scanned the crowd.
"Where's Rose-chan?"
"Present," Rose said. She looked at Sai and her lips curled into a smile.
"Ohayo, Sai-kun," she smiled.
"Sai-chan!" Rei shrieked, noticing the brunette for the first time. The three girls squealed in delight.
"Sai-kun! Long time, no see!" Rose laughed.
"How have the Broken Wings been since I've been gone?" Sai smirked. Rose whimpered, acting like a child.
"Kakashi-sensei is so mean to us!" she whined.
"Oh, is he?" Sai suddenly had a dangerous look in her eyes.
"It's okay, Sai. I'm just kidding." "
I know." They all laughed. They turned to look at Kakashi.
He took one look at Rose and fainted from a nosebleed. Kiba, Lee, & Naruto also had nosebleeds.
"HENTAI!" Rath yelled and smacked all of them with a paper fan. Ino noticed that even Sasuke had a small trail of blood dripping from his nose, though he did try to hide it. Ino frowned.
"Yeah, you're pretty, but you're hair isn't as pretty as mine!" she said, swishing her own long hair in front of Sasuke's face. Rose shrugged. Rath stepped forward and ran his hands through her hair.
"You've got split ends," he said. Ino whipped around, once again unleashing her wrath onto the poor red-head.
"WHAT!"
"Hahaha!" Sakura smirked. "Take that, Ino-pig! What's the use of having long hair of you don't take care of it?" Rath walked over to Sakura and ran his hands through her hair. He stared at his hand which had quite a few strands of pink hair in it.
"You're hair is really weak."
"WHAT!" Rath hid behind Rose while Ino smirked triumphantly.
"Both of you have lots of dandruff."
"WHAT!" Both girls looked like they were about to kill the poor boy. Rath shrugged. He took some of Rose's hair into his hand and rubbed his cheek against it.
"I can't help it if Rose had the most perfectest hair in the world! No split ends, no dandruff. It's smooth and soft and smells good. It's perfect!" he declared. The two girls began to glare daggers at the girl. Rose shrugged.
"It's not my fault I take care of my hair better than you do."
"That's it!" Ino angrily walked towards Rose and pointed at her. "I challenge you!" Rose blinked.
"To what?"
"A fight! We'll so who's the better kunoichi!" Ino snarled. Kakashi lightly tapped his fist against his open palm.
"This is perfect!" Sai stared at him oddly.
"What's perfect?"
"Well, I wanted to test their capabilities through a little mini-tournament, but this is even better! Sakura can go against Rei, Sasuke can go against Rath, and Neji can go against Kamui. Is that okay with everyone?"
Hearing no complaints, he nodded and said, "Let's take this outside."
"You better be ready for the pounding of your life!" Ino snarled. Rose said nothing. She simply stared at Ino, gauging her opponent.
Kakashi glanced at the two of them before dropping his hand and yelling, "GO!"
Ino instantly threw a barrage of kunais and shurikens. Rose easily dodged all of them. She ran forward, suddenly in Ino's face. Ino, startled, jumped back. They stared at each other, waiting for someone to move. Rose leaned down to get something out of her boots. Ino tensed as she ever so slowly drew out two senbon needles. Ino scoffed.
"What are you going to do with those little things!"
"This," Rose said. Her hand moved like she was throwing it and... twirled her hair into a bun. Everyone anime fell/sweatdropped.
"What was that for!" Ino screeched. Rose shrugged.
"I couldn't see with all my hair on my face." Infurited, Ino charged at her, swinging her arms and legs. Rose calmly dodged all of them, never moving more than a few inches to the side. Finally, Ino lept away.
"Stop underestimating me, dammit!" she snarled. Rose sighed.
"You don't want me to underestimate you? Fine with me." She closed her eyes and put her hand out in front of her.
"Come to me, Shikyo," she whispered. A black orb appeared in her hand. The orb stretched, becoming a large black staff with a silver curved blade at the end. Rei let out a gasp.
"She's really going to use Shikyo on Ino?" she whispered. Naruto looked at her with confusion.
"Who's Shikyo?" he asked.
"Not who," Sasuke corrected. "What." Rath sighed and began to explain.
"Shikyo is my sister's blade." He pointed to the schthe. "Anything she cuts through becomes a demon, even humans or inanimate objects. She is a very powerful, dark weapon. Rose inherited it from our father. Shikyo-sama changes to suit his host. For my dad, he was a short scythe with a long chain connected to him. For my sister, he became a long glaive. Only my sister can summon or even touch him. If anyone else touches him without her permission, the shadows swallow them." Ino glared at her.
"I'm not afraid!" she hissed. She made the hand symbols for the Shintenshin no Jutsu. Rose didn't move, choosing to stay still and watch her opponent.
"Shitenshin No Jutsu!" Ino's soul shot out from her hands. Rose slid her scythe against her hand so that the blade fell to the ground. She dragged it across the ground, opening a deep gash in the earth.
Instantly, black fire burst out, and a horrible wailing filled the air. Ino's soul bounced off the barrier and back into her body, which shot through the air. Ino slowly sat up, rubbing her head. Vines shot out and wrapped around her wrists and ankles. There was a hissing sound next to her ear. She turned to see a giant snake's head. She tried to scream, but the vines wrapped around her mouth, too. She was consumed by black as the snake began to squeeze the life out of her body.
GG: and that's how the cookie crumbles, my friends! 'til next time!