Disclaimers: A, I don't own Naruto. B, I don't own FMA (The gate)
Aforenotes: Lol, I took the gate from FMA... But FMA doesn't come into this, so, think nothing of it. I just had a brainfreeze. Oh, and sorry this is so short... Brainfreeze, y'know? If I get any ideas I'll rewrite this and replace it.
Bleeding Martini
By Areku1993
Chapter eight: The Gate
Hinata and Neji were gone. Kiba sat next to Martini a chair silently, just waiting. Akamaru appeared in the doorway, nimbly balancing a glass of water on his head. Martini and gone through about eight glasses in ten minutes, as if trying to cleanse herself, but this left Kiba with a thought; didn't she have to go to the bathroom yet?
All of a sudden, Martini moved. She lifted a pale arm and pointed shakily to the bookcase. "The big leather volume. On the bottom shelf. Could you get it for me?"
Silently, Kiba stood up and retrieved the book for her. Martini snatched it quickly and flipped through pages. Kiba could see it in her eyes as she scanned pages; she was very nervous. Shocked, even. Whatever she had dreamt had a big effect on her.
Of course, you would be shocked too if you saw the gates to Heaven and Hell.
Martini stopped at a blank page and pulled a pencil from... Nowhere. She sketched out some vague drawings then, choosing the best one, turned to Kiba and showed him the page. "So you know anything... Anything at all... About this?"
She drew what she remembered about the gate.
Kiba scrutinized the drawing, then shrugged. "No, sorry. What is it?"
"I don't know. The gates of Hell... A doorway to a world we'll never know." She sighed and put down the book. "It was worth a try. Thanks, Kiba-kun..."
"What did you dream about? That gate?"
Martini shook her head. "No. Not just the gate." She explained her dream to him in as much detail as she could, which was very little.
"What could that mean?" Kiba said, half to himself.
All of a sudden, Martini grabbed his hand.
Her eyes were fixed on the glass of water on Akamaru's head. The water was rising out of it, almost alive, almost... Ghostlike. Kiba turned and blinked, then hissed, "Tip... The glass over... Akamaru..."
Akamaru cocked his head to the side at Kiba's command. The glass smashed on the ground, and Kiba felt Martini begin to shiver and quake. The water began to rise out of the smashed glass, swirling intricate patterns in the air. Kiba tried to back away, but remembered Martini and ripped back the sheets, picking her up and sliding back towards the window.
"Martini-sama," He said in a low tone. "Listen to me. If this thing attacks I'm going to have to get out through the window. I'll jump out first and then I'll catch you. You'll have to jump out by yourself. Can you so that?"
Martini nodded shakily. The water did rear up, becoming nearly 20 times the size of a simple glass of water, but made no move towards them. Instead, it merged together into one great body, then swirled together, making a vortex...
Kiba felt Martini torn from his grasp. He watched in awe as she was dragged bu her ankle towards the water, where tiny black hands were wriggling from, pulling her over--
And Martini began to chip away like an old painting--
And she was screaming--
And Kiba was brought back to reality.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He heard Martini scream. She was twisting wildly, pulling away from the hands only to have new ones snake out to pull her in. Her hands grappled away and clawed towards Kiba, as she screamed, "KIBAAA-KUUUN!"
One of her eyes chipped away, and in the space where she would have seen Kiba all she saw was light. Then, the gate... It was open... There were the hands... And an enormous eye...
Kiba sprang over the bed and held out a hand to Martini. When he realized she couldn't take it...
And his fingers just barely brushed hers...
There was an explosion...