50,000 Tears

Gaara watched in horror as the smoke blocked out Robin from view.

"ROBIN!" Gaara screamed in vain. The smoke swirled around her and tightened.

"Bitch." Itachi muttered as he sent a powerful stream of of fire at smoke blocking Robin. However the fire stopped inches away from the smoke before it cleared to reveal a strange looking woman. The right half of her hair was black. Her long jet black hair clumped together and hung down. Bits of her hair were in front of her face. The left side was a golden hue with soft curls. Her right eye was a void, seemingly sucking everything in and letting nothing out. The other eye was a soft purple. There was no color to her skin. The ghostly white jumping out against the black she wore. Her clothes were two colors; black and white. The divide in colors was split right down the middle of her clothes. The left side was white, the right black. A long leather coat bellowed out from her slim form. It clung to her skin as it was buttoned closed. Her pale cleavage was shown, revealing that there was no shirt under the coat. The coat's sleeves flared pass her hands, hiding them from sight. Leather shorts peered out from under the coat. Long dark stockings reached up and stopped a few inches short of her shorts. The straps of fabric that connected the stockings to under her shorts were also black and white. The shoes she wore had three inch heels and buckled over her foot. The right foot clad in black and the left foot in white. They were boots but had been folded down, over themselves.

". . . Robin . . . ?" Gaara whispered in surprise. The woman turned her strange eye to him before turning back to Itachi. The Uchiha had sent a clone to attack her. A hand shot out from her sleeve and grabbed the clone's face. Two silver rings adorn her fingers and black polish covered her nails. Those strange eyes that were hers stared at the clone as it turned to ash and floated away on the wind.

"The entity you knew as Robin is no more." Her cold voice echoed.

"Ano . . . then what are you?" Naruto scratched his head in confusion as he asked.

"I am neither woman or man. The summoners for the Uzumaki can change shape but truly changing gender is not possible. So the summoned being takes the gender of the summoner." Outstretching her arm, Robin's naginata flew into her hands. She held it tightly as Gaara stepped forward.

"Where is Robin! Shouldn't she be in control!" Twirling with ease, the woman ducked under a wave of fire. She turned her eyes to Itachi once more.

"You are a complicated man." She narrowed her eyes. "But that does not excuse your actions."

"What would you know?" Itachi hissed, unsettled by her actions.

"I am the true embodiment of good and evil. I truly understand. I am truly saddened by all that has happened to cause a Uzumaki to perform this forbidden jutsu. Now I must fulfill my duty; Robin's dying wish."

Blood filled the air.

"SETSUKO-SAMA!" Yoko screamed as she watched in horror. Ai slashed Setsuko's throat as Setsuko rammed her blood dagger up into Ai's skull. Ai and Setsuko both fell to the ground at the same time. Yoko ran towards Setsuko as blood began to pool beneath them both. "Setsuko-sama!" Yoko cried as she knelt beside the Bloodless Ninja. Setsuko had reached up and held her throat. She looked towards the young meiko. "Setsuko-sama!" With a weak smile Setsuko put pressure on her throat and used her special skill with blood to stop any bleeding. Yoko shook as she ripped part of her shirt and tied it around Setsuko's neck. "How much chakra do you have left?" Setsuko held up her hand with her fingers close together. This stirred a panic inside of the young meiko. She pulled Setsuko up and onto her back. "Hang on! I'll get you to Sakura-san!"

". . . Robin's . . . dying wish?" Gaara repeated, unable to believe the woman. The woman waved her hand and Itachi went flying back into the rock along with the rest of the Akatsuki members. A small nod confirmed this as the woman did not bother to look back at Gaara.

"Yes." That word felt like Gaara had been physically struck, hard. "The entity you knew as Robin gave up its being to summon me. That is the price of my summoning." Gaara held his head in his hands and shook his head back and forth.

"No." He whispered softly. "NO!" Roared Gaara. He didn't notice the tears running down his face. "NO! YOU'RE LYING!" The Akatsuki charged forward only to be thrown back by an invisible force.

"Let us end this." The woman lifted up her hands and blue lightening shot forth out of her hands. The Akatsuki withered in pain as she lifted them up into the air. Sasuke shook his head.

"NO! I have to avenge my clan!" The woman did not bother to look back as Sasuke was held back by his girlfriend Sakura.

"You misunderstand me. Robin's dying wish was to fulfill her mission. And her mission was to capture and detain these criminals. Once I have sealed off their chakra, then you may capture these criminals. My duty will be over as Robin's mission will be complete." Gaara shook his head violently.

"NO! YOU CAN'T TAKE HER AWAY! YOU CAN'T!" The woman finally looked back at Gaara.

"I know all the Robin knew. I felt all that Robin felt. She never betrayed you. No matter what her mission required of her, her heart was loyal to you."