Immortal Darkness
Setsuko looked back at Yoko.
"Do you know where to go, Setsuko-sama?" Setsuko nodded.
"Hai. The wind told me." She bite down on her thumb, drawing blood. Quickly she summoned a large bird and stepped onto its back. She held out her hand to Yoko. "Come on. We don't have all day." Yoko nodded before taking Setsuko's hand and stepping onto the bird. With ease the bird flapped its large wings, lifted them up into the air.
Robin brushed her hair slowly, staring off into space.
"Reports are coming in." She turned to see Itachi standing beside her window, watching the night sky. Robin was silent for a moment, pondering what he just said.
"What reports?" He looked at her. With a faint smirk he turned his eyes back to the sky. He was quiet, to annoy her she assumed.
"Reports on the puny villages." Robin turned back to her mirror and continued to brush her hair.
"I see."
". . . . Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Hinata are coming from Sand along with Temari. Gaara's brother is staying behind to help run the city." Robin paused in brushing her hair. She turned to look at him once more. This time he had completely turned to look at her.
". . . . and the Leaf?"
". . . . Setsuko and Yoko are coming by air. Kakashi, Lee, Gai, Neji, and Jiraiya are coming by land." Robin put down her brush.
"So informal with their names." Robin threw a kunai at Itachi, giving him only enough time to barely dodge, leaving a small cut on his cheek. "You are getting soft."
Sakura glanced at her boyfriend as they ran through the sand.
"Sasuke . . . ." He looked back at her. "What makes Naruto so sure that it's this way?" Before Sasuke could say anything Naruto cut in.
"Because . . . ." Naruto glanced back at the two with blood red cat eyes. ". . . . with the Kyuubi eyes comes some of its senses. I told you that awhile back."
"I still don't get how you're so sure."
"I can smell the blood in Gaara's sand."
Ai looked at the scroll with a wicked smirk through her mask.
"So she's finally coming." Robin nodded as she knelled before Ai.
"Hai, Ai-san. Hatake Setsuko is coming to avenge her fallen student, Riki." Ai sat down in a stone chair and leaned back.
"Good. I will face her." Robin glanced up at Ai.
"Is there anything else you need, Ai-san."
"Go cheek on the prisoner. Other than that, leave me be. I have to . . . prepare Setsuko's past."
Robin looked down at Gaara as she stood before him in front of his cell. There were holy seals lining the doorway, stopping him from getting out. Robin narrowed her eyes in anger as she stared down at him. Her fist shook with rage as she looked away in disgust.
"I will kill you." She looked back up at Gaara as he sat up, weak. He leaned against the a wall and glared at her. Robin smirked as she looked down at him.
"Big words from such a little man. I crushed you with ease."
"I will not fail."
"You have." Robin hissed. "I am alive and you will die shortly." A cruel smile worked its way onto her face. "Your very own demon will help us learn how to control other demons. Far more powerful demons."
"What!" Gaara asked in disbelief. Robin barked out a harsh laugh as she crossed her arms in front of her.
"Fool! Did you really think that we would take you demon and do nothing with it?" She narrowed her eyes in arrogance. "Did you think we would stare at it all day long? Honestly, what did you think we would do with it? I want to know."
"I didn't think you would be insane enough to try and control a demon!" Gaara hissed out. Robin glared at him in disgust.
"Insane? Far from it." She rested her hands on her hips.
"I doubt that." Gaara snapped as Robin raised an eyebrow with a cold smile.
"Humans are the ones with power. It is the rightful place of the human kind to take control of those weaker than it. Once demons are tamed, then mankind will have nothing to fear." Robin spread her arms out to the side. "Don't you see? We are building the pathway to a glorious future!" Robin dropped her hands to the side as Gaara glared at her. "Pft. You would never understand. Seeing as you are a monster yourself." Gaara felt his chest tighten at these words. "You are a vile creature, rejected by both worlds. You are neither demon nor human. I do not know why I once risked death to try to save you. You are far from salvation." Gaara glared up at her, mustering all his hate into his glare. Robin smirked down at him, cruelty dancing across her face.
". . . . I don't care if I die in the process, I will kill you." Robin smirked at him.
"Really? Do you hate me that much?"
"No." Robin looked at him smugly.
"I see. You want to test your existence once more. I thought you have grown out of that phase."
"That's not why I will kill you Robin." Robin narrowed her eyes in curiosity.
"Really? Do tell. Why will you kill me?"
"It is because I love you that much." Robin took a step back, startled.
"What?" She whispered in disbelief. She had to have heard him wrong. The Emotionless Executioner refused to belief what she thought he said.
"I said, I love you that much." Robin shook his head in anger. It did not make sense! He was only trying to mess with her mind.
"NO!" The ninja shouted, confusion and anger flaring. "I've crushed your village without a care! I've crushed you! You will die soon because I have brought that fate upon you!" Her anger clouded her mind as she yelled at him.
"That doesn't change the fact that I still love you." His statement was like a slash of cold water in her face. Her startled look caused Gaara to smirk. "I will never hate again. Especially if its you. I could never hate you. No matter what you do." Robin narrowed her eyes in anger. Her rage was so thick it was almost as if Gaara could taste it.
"I've ruined your life! I've hunted you like an animal! I vowed to destroy you! I have destroyed you! Your demon is about to help Akatsuki take over the world! Demolish the world!"
"You haven't destroyed me, Robin."
"What!" Her disbelief was clear in her voice. "Look at what I've done to you!"
"No, the only way you could destroy me is if you reverse time and take away the feeling of having been loved. You can't destroy that."
"I can try Gaara! And I will!"
"No you can't. I've grown beyond you. You can't stand that. That is what makes you so angry. It is because I move forward in life. I will never be stuck in the past like you, ever again. That is why you can't destroy me!"
"Stuck in the past! You fool! I've moved on from you. You are the one stuck in the past! You can't stop thinking of me as some girlfriend! I'm not, Gaara." She glared at him, her anger rolling off of her. "I want it to be this way!"
"What way? All you have gotten this way is your own destruction. You've turned into a hideous beast. You've lost your soul Robin! Now all I can do for you is to kill you. Killing you before it's too late to save what's left of the woman I loved is all I care about."
"You are a fool. I'm about to help destroy the world and all you can do is sprout off things about love and saving me!" Anger flooded her mind, drowning out thought and reason. "I am not some little girl waiting to be saved!" Robin turned and stormed out of there.
"Bastard!" Robin hurled a lamp across the room, smashing it on the wall. She grabbed a chair and threw it to the side, causing it to topple over. Robin screamed in anger as she punched a wall, leaving a dent in it. She marched over to her bed. Robin fell onto her bed, still drowning in anger. "Arrogant, conniving, bastard!" She yelled out to no one. "Damn him!" Robin closed her mind, trying to calm herself. 'He can't still love me. He lies. He's just trying to get to me.' Robin sat up and kicked off her boots before pulling her legs up and crossing them. 'Besides . . . I can't love him.' Robin shoved off her long jacket and tossed it to the side. 'Not only that . . . .' Robin pulled off her hat and threw it to the side. She rested her hands on her knees. 'He will never love me as much as he loves the Sand.' She reached up and rubbed away a single tear. 'Not even after what they did to him. I'll always come second to him. And I can't be satisfied with that.' Robin sighed and brushed some hair away from her face. 'I'm too selfish to be able to accept that.' She held out a fist in front of her and stared at it. "If I can't have him, I will not allow the Sand to have him."She squeezed her fist tightly, drawing blood. Robin watched the blood trickle down her arm. 'Because after what they have done to him, they are far worse than me.' Her eyes narrowed. 'And for that, I will make them pay.' Robin closed her eyes and sank into darkness.