**Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the quote below. I just own Sintary ^^ Also I do not own the other OC Kokuro. He's my friend's.
Typical author's note here: Hi, everyone. Graduate school is a lot harder incase you didn't already know! I spent 3 months trying to get this thing together. I don't think it would have been that bad if I didn't have 3 different prespectives to write, but then again, it would probably get super boring otherwise! Hopefully the next one won't take AS long with winter break in less than a month, but we'll see!
I hope it's worth the wait! - Sin and Ko
"Had a boogeyman under my bed
Putting crazy thoughts inside my head
Always whispering, "It's all your fault"
He was telling me, "No, you're not that strong"
I know I'm always like
Telling everybody, "You don't gotta be a victim
Life ain't always fair, but hell is living in resentment
Choose redemption, your happy ending's up to you"
So I think it's time to practice what I preach
Exorcise the demons inside me
Whoa, gotta learn to let it go
The past can't haunt me if I don't let it
Live and learn and never forget it
Whoa, gotta learn to let it go
…
Learn to let go, learn to let go
I'm done reliving my bad decisions
I see now maybe there's a reason
Why, I, I, I, I, I, I been through hell and back
Yeah, honestly, it's what made me who I am
Holding on to wasted time
Gotta learn to let go in life"
-Learn to Let Go, Kesha
This battle was more than simply protecting one another from total elimination. It was more than one being trying to seize power over an entire civilization.
It was about dealing with buried memories and emotions.
This battle not only raised the dead, but all the ugly went with those events.
Enemies coming back with new vengeance; friends being forced to fight friends; family being yanked from their resting place; or even, fighting yourself.
It was as if everyone was through into their own Genjutsu hell, and the only way out, was to deal with the demons you left behind.
Kokuro woke in a strange place. All around him with black with tiny little glimpses of white lights – like stars in the night sky. He looked to his left and saw the moon. He distinctly remembered it being morning when he finished up with Kai. Yet, there the moon was, bright and white, and fairly large, but still a distance away. He then turned to is right, and saw another sphere. It was white, blue, and he could see a little green.
'What was that?' He wondered.
"That's your wretched home." Came a raspy voice.
Kokuro turned his silver eyes forward again. In front of him was that creature he saw attack Sintary. The horns, his black and red eyes, the popped blood vessels weaving in and out of his ashen skin. But what startled Kokuro the most, was this monster, wore his face. The shape of his face, his high cheekbones, the curve of his jaw; that was all Kokuro.
"You filthy creature, you're wearing my face! How dare you disgrace me!" Kokuro roared into the empty space.
The thing before him snickered. "I'm not wearing your face; I am you. Therefore, this is our face."
"I don't look like a rabid animal." Kokuro rolled his eyes.
It cocked its head, smirking. "Not in your normal state, but you haven't reached your full potential, Kokuro."
"What would you know of my full potential?" He scoffed.
"I know quite a bit actually. Mother has been quite informative."
"And who is this mother you speak of?"
It frowned in a fake way, "Don't you want to know who I am?"
"You mean, other than an insignificant piece of a garbage?" Kokuro stated.
The creature sneered at that. "Well, you are fighting me. You have to go through me first if you want to know who Mother is."
"I thought you said you were me. In which case, I know how to kick my own ass." Kokuro stated firmly.
"But you couldn't defeat me. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here before you." It toyed. "I am the darkness that lurks inside you. The one who stepped forward in your moments of weakness; the one who Danzo thinks he molded. I am the nightmare that haunts your friend at night; the reason neither of you can sleep – the link between you two. I am you at your worst, but also at your finest. I am not your equal, but your best. I am Tsuki."
"My parents wouldn't remain puppets for an enemy of Konoha!" Sintary yelled back at the woman.
"You're right, normally we wouldn't," the woman stated coyly. "But the whole village above self thing is so old."
"Besides, reaching our full potential has been more rewarding," the man said. "No boundaries, no guilt or remorse; nothing to hold us back."
"But you're fighting the wrong person." Sintary shouted. "We're not the enemy."
"Oh, sweetie," the woman said with fake sincerity, "there is no enemy. It's us versus them; and them, is anyone who stands in our way. Friend and foe mean nothing so long as we end up on top."
"Even when the enemy we're facing is the reason you ended up dead to begin with?" Sintary asked.
She felt the pressure in her head lessen slightly. She gave them something to ponder for just enough time for her to form a handsign and transport her and Itachi away from them.
The two landed in the nearby forest that remained around Konoha. Itachi felt himself able to breathe normally, but his heart pounded rapidly against his chest. It had been a terrifying feeling to have a phantom hand around his heart, and squeeze occasionally to remind him that he was no longer in charge of his life. His life had been in someone else's hands; and it wasn't in someone he trusted.
Despite her physical relief, Sintary continued to grip her head in fright. Her nails dug past her hair into her skull. Unlike, Itachi's parents, her parents weren't the same dead as they were alive.
Itachi noticed his lover's panicked position, and moved to soothe her. He brought her close to his chest, and slowly smoothed her hands out of her hair. He gripped her closed to him, letting his presence ultimately calm her down.
"What are we going to do?" Sintary whispered.
"What are you referring to?" Itachi asked in return.
"M-my parents," she answered quivering.
He nodded softly at that as he rubbed her head gently. "We'll deal with them like we did with my –"
Sintary started shaking her head. "It won't work that way."
Itachi looked down at her. "Why not?" He inquired.
"They're not like your parents… they don't mind being here and destroying things." She started with a shaky voice. "They reveled in toying with us, holding your life in their hands, and causing me pain. You heard them, they're willing to take down anyone to get on top. There's something dark present in them; something unnatural."
"They can't be killed though," Itachi reminded her. "The only way to release them is to get them to sever their link from their puppeteer and return back to the Pure Lands."
"What… what if we take out the puppeteer." Sintary started to say as she searched for an answer. "If we get whoever to release the jutsu, they're bodies will dissipate and their souls will be returned."
"We don't know who the creator is." He countered.
"But we can figure that out," she said slowly looking up at him.
Itachi tilted his head slightly. "How?" He asked wondered what she had come up with.
"Shisui," she stated. "Shisui is still linked to the puppeteer or he wouldn't be here still. While he's not directly controlled anymore, he can still find the source of the jutsu."
"Like we used to receptor to find the seventh Pein…" Itachi finished.
Sintary nodded. "You need to go and find him."
He looked down at her wearily. "What are you going to do?"
"You need a distraction," Sintary told him. "If I cause a ruckus with my parents that will draw the creator's focus towards us and away from Shisui."
Itachi started to shake his head in rejection of the idea. "You can't go up against them by yourself. You said it yourself, they don't mind killing people. They won't hesitate to kill you." He held her hands in his. "I can't lose you again."
Sintary looked at her lover gently. He was right; she was walking to her death quite possibly. But she could defend herself against Tsuki… but that involved letting a part of herself go and letting primal instinct take control. During her encounter with that demon, she let herself get swallowed up in the urge to hurt him. She remembered feeling nothing, caring for nothing… just wanting to rip him apart again and again until there was nothing left of him. Sintary had experienced this feeling in battle many times before, but she never told anyone about these urges. She couldn't ever explain what happened or how it occurred, she just flipped the switch. That was this darkness inside her… that's what attracted Kaguya to her in the first place… that's why they were in the situation that they were in. So, yes, she caused the problem, she needed to be the one to fix this.
She gently placed a hand on his cheek tenderly. "You won't lose me, Itachi. I will always be with you, okay? We will get through this together, and we will come out alive. This… this is the final hurdle. After this, it will just be me, you, and the kids. No more village, no more battles, no more hurting. This is the final battle before our happily ever after." She told him softly. "But we have to part before we can be together; you just have to remember that we won't be a part forever. We have always found our way back to each other, and therefore, we always will." She rubbed her nose against his before kissing him softly. "I love you."
Itachi kissed her again, a bit longer this time. "I love you, too, Sintary." He whispered.
Sintary smiled gently at him. "Let's get rid of these bastards."
The Uchiha nodded as he helped her stand up. He held her close to him one last time, and kissed the top of her head this time. "Be careful," he whispered before vanishing with the wind.
Sintary sighed out of habit at the loss of her fiancé. She felt her eyes start to tear as she thought of what was to come. She was going up against her parents; her dead parents – who were powerful shinobi with an equally foreboding Kekkei Genkai. Their – her – clan had killed many in their past, but they were purged for it. Her parents had fled that death and were rendered a new one; one that ended their mortal life. But, from what she understood, her parents were not bloodthirsty like their predecessors. Her parents had been loyal to the Second and Third Hokage, and always came back as they left.
Death had twisted them; no, being revived corrupted them.
Resuscitation had brought back all those sadness of dying, and the anger of being awaken again, of being pulled from peace. Being resurrected with this jutsu also gave them a sense of power that came with immortality. And power corrupts even the purest souls.
They needed to be stripped away of their sense of authority.
And then she may just have a chance.
Kokuro was having a hard time keeping up.
It wasn't like he couldn't mentally keep up. He could plan his attack and plan a counterattack against his opponent no problem. It was his reaction time that was lacking.
Tsuki was moving through space at lightning speed. He flew towards Kokuro and landed his attack, whether it was a punch or a kick, all before he could blink. Kokuro found himself spinning in a daze, weightless in this expanse. The endless starry casm swallowed all movement, yet somehow Tsuki was walking like there was solid ground, his face twisted in a deep sinister smile.
He lunged for Kokuro again, lightning shrieking around his hand, Chidori. Kokuro swore under his breath, and conjured a shield of wind nature chakra around himself. The wind style was emaciated, there was barely air to breathe let alone control. The pair clashed and their was a great flare of light.
After the assault, Kokuro was sent flying further away from Tsuki. But no distance hindered Tsuki's barrage.
How was he moving so fast? Kokuro was having a hard time righting himself after being punched around. How was this coming so easily to that creature?
Kokuro finally stopped moving a bit, but was left upside down. He looked over at his attacker. Tsuki was Kokuro, and Kokuro was Tsuki. Therefore, they had the same capabilities. So, what did he have to do to activate whatever Tsuki had?
Suddenly, Tsuki vanished and appeared behind Kokuro. The darker form looked down at his lighter form with a cocky smirk.
"Still haven't figured it out yet, have you?" He sneered as he spun Kokuro like a human katana.
"That my vomit wouldn't land on you from all this flipping around? Yeah, kinda noticed things don't move particularly well here." Kokuro spat back flippantly as he was continued to spiral in slow motion. He wasn't joking; it was nauseating, and he was pretty such he was developing vertigo.
Tsuki rolled his eyes, "No, you moron."
"Sorry, my head is spinning. I can't concentrate on the nonsense that's oozing out of your ugly, fanged mouth right now." The white haired, living shinobi continued.
This got an exasperated sigh out of the damned version. "You are so dense. How are you even still alive at this point?"
"We could on about this all day – trust me, I argue with myself all the time – just tell me what I haven't figured out so I can figure it out and kick your ass." Kokuro said simply as his body twisted oddly as he tried keeping eye contact with Tsuki.
His ashen skin crinkled over his face as he smirked more. Kokuro wanted to vomit again, but this time from the fact that it looked like Tsuki's skin was going to peel off.
"I told you there was more I knew than you did." He said happily; relishing in that fact.
Kokuro rolled his eyes this time. "You're joy in this is disgusting; you're giving the enemy information that they probably shouldn't have."
"My joy will come from having a good fight – which is what I'll accomplish with giving you the information. I, at least, want to exercise some of my capabilities with a worthy opponent before the inevitable happens." The demon explained.
The purple eyed shinobi narrowed his eyes. "What is the inevitable since you're so forthcoming?"
Tsuki closed his black sclera eyes in a triumphant manner. "You and I merging together will bring back mother."
"Kaguya." Kokuro corrected for his own clarification. "That won't happen. I wouldn't merge with a creature like you."
Tsuki shook his head. "Doesn't matter if you merge with me or I merge with you. We will become one again. Look at us now, we're at a stalemate. The only way for us to end this fight will be for one of us to absorb the other. The real question is then, who will dominate who?"
Sasuke was protecting Sakura.
When they were younger, the Uchiha used to hate guarding this weak, little girl who couldn't defend herself from an angry squirrel.
But this situation was different.
Sakura wasn't a weak girl who needed saving; she was a renowned medic who was saving lives in the middle of the battle field. She needed to risk her life to save another; therefore, someone needed to protect her life so she could do her job.
Sasuke provided that shield for her along with his undead cousin, Shisui.
He would never admit it aloud, but he didn't think he could manage without his cousin in this battle. Shisui had the same capabilities as their enemies along with his normal abilities, but he was on the alliance's side. And Shisui was a very good shinobi. Shisui would blitz attack their opponents and Sasuke would use various seals to immobilize them. That was all they thought they could do with them since they couldn't be killed. That was, until Itachi showed up.
"We think we might know a way to stop this jutsu." He told them upon his arrival.
"Where's Sintary?" Sasuke asked noticing she was not behind his brother.
"Causing a distraction, which is why we have to hurry." Itachi explained.
Shisui jumped down from where he had been with an enemy. "Are you sure that's a good idea? She is pregnant."
"I didn't have much of a say." Itachi told him sighing. "Nevermind that. We need to figure out who is behind this, and end this jutsu."
"And how are we supposed to do that?" Sasuke asked.
"The same way we found Pein." His brother replied before looking over Shisui. "By using a link."
The eldest Uchiha shook his head. "I already told you, I don't know who's doing this. I can't tell."
"You are still connected to the caster. There must be a way for us to trace that…" Itachi mulled.
"There is," came an old voice.
The team turned around to see a resurrected Nagato.
"So, he's using you too," Itachi said confronting the ex-Akatsuki leader.
"We were both used," the Rinnegan user replied solemnly.
"How can we trace the enemy?" Shisui jutted in. "Time is of the essence."
Nagato regarded the reincarnated Uchiha. "You have the Sharingan, use it to reveal what is not there." He grimaced. "Prepare for a fight."
The group tensed as Nagato started weaving hand signs and poured out a large fireball. Itachi immediately countered with his own impressive fireball. He was joined by his kin, each producing their own to defeat Nagato's. The power of three started to overwhelm their opponent when a bright, white-yellow force shot out from the sky and punched Nagato, ending his fireball. The Uchiha quickly disassembled their own to see who joined this battle.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "Now you decide to join us?" He said immediately knowing who it was.
The blonde haired ninja smirked at his friend. "Better late than ever."
"It that really wise?" Itachi asked Naruto and then glanced at the other jinchuriki who joined as well.
"Yo, we'va been'a approved'a for ba-ttal." B told them.
"It's really not wise," Nagato told them as he got to his feet. "You see, he wants both of you."
"Who's he?" Itachi tried to probing the ex-Akatsuki leader.
"Orochimaru's right hand man."
"Kabuto." Sasuke muttered rolling his eyes. "Figures he'd be behind this."
"Do you know of the jutsu?" Itachi asked his younger brother.
He nodded. "Bits and pieces."
"I hate to cut you figuring this out, but I've lost control over my movements." Nagato informed him before summoning his Giant Drill-Beaked Bird and Giant Multi-Head Dog.
"We have to get them away from the wounded." Shisui reminded the group.
"Right then. This way dog breath!" Naruto exclaimed and took off towards the forest.
"Don't be so hasty, ya fool!" B yelled following the blond into battle.
"Shisui, you and Sasuke help Sakura move the wounded to a more secure location. At least a 20 mile radius clearance. This can get bad very fast." Itachi told him. "I'm going to stop Nagato."
"Itachi, he's a reanimate," Shisui said. "He's virtually indestructible. You aren't. If he gets a good hit on you -"
"He won't." Sasuke spoke up looking at the two. "Go, we'll handle it here."
The two brothers made eye contact, and an unspoken connection reached between the two. Itachi nodded to his brother and took off to join the two jinchuuriki. He saw Naruto dive into the dog summon with a Rasengan while Nagato watched from above on the bird.
Itachi made eye contact each other before flying towards their opponent. Nagato saw B attacking first from the left and raised his hand.
"Almighty Push."
Killer B flew back from the attack. The former Akatsuki member took his opening and activated his Mangekyo Sharingan: Amaterasu on the ex-leader and his summonings.
"That won't keep him down, will it?" Naruto asked landing next to him.
Itachi shook his head. "I'm sure Kabuto will revive him shortly. But while we have a moment, there's something I must do." He said turning to Naruto. "I'm sorry for the discomfort."
Before the blonde had a chance to respond, Itachi held his hands up in a handsign. He felt something in his throat coming up. A crow slowly started emerge from his mouth. Alarm rushed through the young ninja as the creature forced itself free.
"Okay," Naruto shrieked. "What the hell just happened?"
"Remember when we had talked when we were still on opposing sides?" Itachi reminded the blonde. "I had trapped you in my genjutsu and implanted this crow into you."
Recognition shot through the boy's blue eyes. "Oh yeah. Wait, why did you put that thing inside me?"
"It's original purpose is null and void. But you kept something very powerful safe inside you; Shisui's left eye. He will need it for battle against Kabuto." Itachi explained briefly as he sent the crow away.
The Uchiha looked down at where Nagato had fallen and immediately tensed. "He's gone."
The group had little time to spare when they felt the gravitational push of the Deva Path. Itachi lost sight of the two jinchuuriki as he recovered from the blast. He tried to piece together what Kabuto would want with the two, and immediately shook his head. Naruto would be the hero of this battle. He is the greatest threat to Kabuto's victory. Of course he would need to be eliminated. But attacking Killer B as well… Itachi supposed it was feasible that Kabuto was working with the fact Madara to collect the tailed beasts. His dark eyebrows knitted together. There was only one reason they were still retaining the tailed beasts; and he was not going to let evil be unleashed into his children's world.
Finding her parents again wasn't hard - they left a trail of bodies in their wake. The was grassy fields were broken up, and soaked in blood. Fallen shinobi lay in scattered body parts. They weren't just killing anyone who stood in their way; they were torturing them. And the part that sickened her the most, was that this wasn't the puppeteer's doing. It was all their own.
Running through the field made Sintary remember what it had been like to show up at the Uchiha Compound the night they were slaughtered. Vaguely familiar faces, now pale and void of emotion. The past and the present blurred together into a swirling vortex inside Sintary causing her to halt her pursuit and fall to her knees in sickness.
"You know, shinobi life really isn't for those with weak stomachs." Her mother's wicked voice scolded her.
"And mothering really isn't for those without a heart." Sintary shot back as she got to her feet.
"Your mother had a heart; a big one, in fact." Her father said coming into view. "Despite coming from a cursed clan, she was always trying to help the underdog."
"So, what happened?" Their child dared to ask.
"Like your father said, sweetie, we're a cursed clan. Our Kekkei Genkai is twisted and dark. Didn't you read the archives from the Hidden Sand? A series of experiments with dark magic brought about our prowess." Her mother explained. "And magic always comes with a price."
"This one, stained our ancestor's - and thus our - hearts forever. The darkness will follow us for as long as our bloodline remains alive. The darkness taunts us; wanting its chaos to invade such a peaceful world. It would whisper to us, saying it could give us unbelievable abilities if we just set it free." Her father continued.
"That's why the villages wanted to annihilate the clan. They feared you." Sintary shook her head. "Because you're all monsters."
"You too, my dear. Can't you feel it? Every time you use your powers the urge gets stronger and stronger." Her mother taunted. "That's why you don't use it. Your love clings to you, and it's your biggest weakness. It will be your greatest downfall."
"And your lack of love will be yours. My love gives me a reason to fight the darkness, and I know that's what kept yours at bay as well." Sintary hissed at them.
"You're right, love did keep it at bay." Her father agreed. "But after you died, what love is left?"
"What about the love for your village? The love for your daughter?" Sintary shouted at them. "Doesn't that resonate with you two at all?!"
"Love dies, sweetheart, just like us." Her mother laughed.
The young kunoichi sighed with a heavy heart. "I really wish you didn't choose this path." She then formed her handsigns. "Shadow Clone Jutsu."
Her parents roamed over the two new clones. "You really think shadow clones are going to stop us?" Her father frowned. "I guess you are rather undeveloped as a Sacuna member. It's still so disappointing to watch you fall without a fight."
Sintary shook her head as her eyes set with determination. "Trust me, I am not disappointment."
Her parents formed dual handsigns together. "Lightning Style: Twin Dragon Strike." The blue sky clouded over them as thunder roared. The electricity coursed through the gray atmosphere; twisting and churning amongst itself in a taunting matter. It then struck down on each of the clones and hissed as the twins circled Sintary. She stared her parents down, unmoving. She was prepared for this; she was prepared to feel pain.
The lightning crackled and the beasts struck. Sintary gasped as the piercing sensation coursed throughout her body. She had a brief recollection of when Kokuro had helped her learn Lightning Style after Itachi's disappearance and between Danzo's corruption.
The two had been out in the training field so they wouldn't be disturbed. She had reached out to him; trying to advance her shinobi skills. She had to be strong for Sasuke now, and that meant being able to use her defining elements: lightning and water. Both, of which, Kokuro had already mastered.
"Ko, I can't do it. The chakra's too wild." Sintary told him shaking her head.
"Well, it's a good thing you have good chakra control." He replied shortly. "Come on, do it again."
Sintary bit her lip nervously before forming her handsigns. She let the chakra build in her hands. It vibrated violently in her small hand, threatening to spill lose if she even thought about diverting her attention elsewhere.
"Good," Kokuro praised. "Now, let it course through you."
Her blue eyes pierced his hazel ones. "Excuse me? I'm pregnant!" She shouted at him before gritting her teeth as she tried to reconcentrate.
"It won't hurt you if you control it; make it your bitch." The white-haired teen told her.
"I'm going to make you my bitch, you asshole!" Sintary threatened him.
Her little slip caused the ball of lightning to travel up her arms. She shrieked in pain as it trailed her body.
"Control it, Sin!" She heard Kokuro shout over the chirping of the chakra. "If you don't it will kill you and the baby!"
The baby.
Her baby.
Itachi's baby.
Her baby she had with Itachi.
The only thing she had left of him.
She couldn't let anything happen to this baby. She wouldn't stand for it. She promised herself that nothing would ever happened to her baby for as long as she lived.
Now, almost six years later, she was pregnant with her best friend's children. These babies were important for a number of reasons; and she sure as hell would murder anyone who dared messed with them. She imagined taming those white blue dragons and whipping their asses into shape. She was in control, and no unruly piece of energy was going to take that away from her. Sintary let the chakra rip through her before placing her hands in the air.
"Lightning Style: Cannon."
The lightning rushed towards her hands; finding release from its container and violently blasted into the air, raging towards her parents. Its white light seeking to squash the darkness in its path; snuffing it out.
Sintary panted as her body twitched, stilled infused with a bit of lightning despite the large discharged she had just released. She glanced around for her parents. The blast wouldn't have killed them as they were unkillable. It was just a display of power; of control. She was showing them that she wasn't a weakling; that she was in charge; that -
Her body fell lifelessly to the ground. Her throat slashed and a katana through her middle. Her blood mingling with the others'; just another additive to the pool staining the earth. It spilled towards her killers' feet.
"Such a pity," her father said staring at the body of his daughter.
"It's sad the bloodline ends there." Her mother agreed quietly.
"She's got two children; it's mixed with Uchiha blood, but that just makes them all the more powerful." The white-blonde man pointed out.
"Right." She said, her green eyes gleaming with joy. "The end of our bloodline, but hopefully, a fresh start for the chaos to come."
"Shall we go meet our grandchildren, Nikaski?" Her husband offered.
"But of course, Kyostay," she smirked as the two turned to leave.
The ground beneath them suddenly became sticky. The couple found they couldn't lift their feets anymore. Their movements halted altogether as the blood climbed up their limbs.
"Tsk. Blood Ninjutsu: Bloody Paralysis." Nikaski frowned. "But just how did she survive.
"My fiance is an excellent genjutsu specialist. I picked up a couple things." Sintary told them as she appeared out of the pool of blood, unscathed.
They glanced back at the body they had cut; it was a shinobi that they had killed right before their daughter and shown up.
"I made you believe the ground you were standing on was already dry of blood; that the rest of them were long gone. Then I just sat back and waited for you two to fall right into the trap." She told them.
"So, now what? Are you going to keep us trapped here because I can tell you honey, you can't. You'll either run out of chakra or will power." Her mother toyed.
Sintary glared at her. "No, I'm going to do worse." She said as her. "I am going to take away the one thing you seem to care about the most."
She yanked out two scrolls and tossed them in front of her into the blood. Kyostay's blue eyes widened in shock as he realized what his daughter was going to do.
"Blood Release: Thorns."
Multiple sharp spikes spontaneously rose out of the blood, piercing the scrolls in numerous places and striking Sintary.
"The paralysis didn't let up," Nikaski informed her husband. "Meaning she's still alive."
"Sealing Ninjutsu: Traitor Leech Seal."
The blood on her parents' bodies reformed into written words for sealing. It constricted them completely as it bled into them. The markings disappeared beneath their skins and attacked something much more potent: their chakra. Panic coursed through the veins as they struggled to fight the control.
"You don't have scrolls to bind us to," Kyostay reminded his daughter. "You have nothing to hold us with."
"On the contrary, I never intended on using the scrolls to begin with." Sintary told them appearing behind them. "The Sand Village had devised a sealing jutsu specifically for members of the Sacuna clan. Their only problem was they needed a member of the clan to commit treason against their own blood. The person would seal the entire clan's chakra within themselves, but also seal their own chakra away."
"You don't really want to seal your own abilities away, Sintary," Nikaski tried to persuade her. "You have children you need to protect and you're in the middle of a war zone."
Sintary smirked at them. "You see, I would survive. I have a village protecting me because I protect it. I have a fiance, a son, a daughter, a brother… and just an enormous group of people who love me. It is more than I would have ever asked for me; more than what you two could ever give me."
The kunoichi gripped both of their arms and commenced the sealing technique. All three of them felt the pain of their chakra reservoirs being sucked dry. The blood paralysis began to slacken as its fuel source disappeared. Their bodies weep and began to crumble to the ground. Sintary fell to her knees as the jutsu wrapped up. She moved her hands from their forearms to their hands and laced them with hers.
"I will always remember you two for the heroes would died as." She whispered before she collapsed between them in the blood soaked ground.
The Deva Path.
That was how Tsuki was able to move so easily through space. He was creating his own sense of gravitation. Kokuro felt so stupid; it was such an easy fix. Once he figured that out - for Tsuki rambled so much he never got to his actual point - the real battle had begun. It was a child's battle. One would attack, the other would be hit or block the attack, then attack again; they were taking turns. Was it because they were really at a stalemate? They were… but that's not why Kokuro felt like this battle was dragging on.
"Demon-face!" He yelled before appearing behind him and going to kick him. His attack was blocked easily by Tsuki. "What on Earth are you stalling for?"
The latter's face crinkled into a smirk as he shoved his "lighter" half off. "Interesting choice of words. Yes, what on Earth am I waiting for…"
Kokuro's silver-purple ringed eyes narrowed. He didn't like the sound of that at all. They were billions of miles away, he had no idea what could possibly be going on down there.
"Worried?" Tsuki taunted.
He glared at the creature before him. "My friends can kick ass. They're just fine." He said confidently.
"Are you sure? Tell me, do you have any real connection to those on that planet? Any way of communicating with them?" The demon toyed. "What about your connection with Sintary?"
"I don't control that. It's a one-way link that only she can initiate." Kokuro told him.
"Are you sure about that?" Tsuki continued cocking his head.
"God dammit, just spill it already," the white haired shinobi groaned in annoyance.
Tsuki rolled his red and black eyes, but smirked in triumph, still reveling in having the upper hand. "The only reason you have a connection with Sintary is because mother gave her ancestral clans they're unique abilities, and since you're from mother's bloodline, you too have connections to them."
Kokuro blinked. "Wait, you just said 'you too….' you mean that how Kaguya's been missing with Sin this entire time?"
"So slow," Tsuki sighed. "Yes. So, with that knowledge: go on, try and reach out to her."
The young shinobi frowned at being told what to do, but decided to do it anyway. He was really worried about his best friend and his children. He concerned on her; her voice, her look, her smell - just anything that would bring him close to her. When he reached out, he was met with a block, as if there was no connection at all.
"There's nothing there. I told you, it's a one-way link." Kokuro told him.
Tsuki turned his chin up at him, eyeing the man. "But don't you feel like something's missing? You can usually feel she's alive at least; that she's on the other side."
Kokuro's eyes slowly widened as he realized his counterpart was right. There was always a hum of energy in the back of his mind, and he just knew that connected him to Sintary because that sensation would always grow before she reached out to him. It was gone though. It had been there while he was fighting Tsuki… right? Of course it was, he would have noticed it wasn't… however, he had only just recognized its lack of existence.
And if Tsuki knew about all of this…
Kokuro roared, appearing before the demon and gripping his neck. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!?"
The ashened skinned shinobi laughed tossing his head back with the contact. "Guess you'll just have to find out."
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