~He prepared to jump to the next building when he heard feet shifting from several meters behind him.
"Looking for me?" came the familiar voice.~
Naruto froze, rooted to the spot by the feeling of eyes boring into the back of his head. The voice chilled him, and even though he had been searching, he was shocked to find that he was actually here.
"What's the matter, Naruto? Scared?" he asked.
"S-Sasuke," Naruto stuttered.
He snorted.
Slowly Naruto turned around, facing his old friend, eyes wide.
Sasuke shifted his sword in his hand.
"So, Naruto, what did you want?" Sasuke sneered.
Naruto shuffled his feet nervously.
"Um... what's the matter with Neji's eyes?" he stalled.
"Oh," Sasuke's eyes widened noticablly. "Dark Byakugan. It's a specialty of Yin's."
"Yin?"
"The new Akatsuki girl," Sasuke blushed and averted his gaze to his sword. "She's... well, I... That's her specialty."
"What's Dark Byakugan?" Naruto asked, not perturbed at all by Sasuke's expression.
Sasuke looked up, relief evident on his face. "Byakugan, the White Eye, the Evil Eye... Now it is the Evil Eye. I feel for Neji."
"You... feel for him?... Why?" Naruto asked. "What's so bad about a new eye technique?"
Sasuke laughed a single, harsh laugh, and look at Naruto with his cold Sharingan eyes. " what's so bad about it? Do you really think Yin, an Akatsuki member, would give an non evil person a powerful, good technique?" he laughed again, and it chilled Naruto to the bones. "No, it's pure evil, maybe even stronger than Sharingan, even Mangekyo and definitely more powerful then a regular Byakugan. Did I say feel for him? No, I meant envy him."
"You... envy hum?!" Naruto screamed, though not knowing exactly why he was suddenly so mad.
"Think of it, Naruto. The strongest Eye Technique available, able to conquer nations, able to kill so easily. Even you, you Naruto, can say you wouldn't want it too."
"I don't!" he bellowed. "Neji was in pain for three whole days! Excruciating pain! Are you that cold-hearted, that don't even have an ounce of pity for him?!"
Sasuke remained silent, and Naruto saw that he made a point.
"What does it do, anyway?" Naruto asked.
"It harnesses the power of evil, and mixes it with your chakra, churning it. The process only takes a few seconds, and it's always activated, but you can activate an even stronger one by activating it like the normal Byakugan."
"W-what does it do?"
"It differs for everyone, or so Yin told me. But the constant strength rivals the Tailed Beasts." Sasuke answered. Naruto gasped, and Sasuke continued. "It has the power to destroy and conquer. It generally-"
"It generally kills the user," a voice finished.
Naruto turned to see a female of immense beauty standing behind him. He gawked at her angelic face and long, flowing, silky black hair. His gaze lingered on her full, lushous, blood red lips and her penetrating violet rimmed eyes, which dimmed, as they came in the middle, to white. He yanked his attention to the rest of her beautiful body, and saw she wore an Akatsuki robe that fit her form and showed off every curve that a woman could ever dream of. The neck of the robe was high in the back, and came low in the front to eventually close at her waist underneathe one of Orochimaru's purple rope belts. Naruto saw that the girl didn't wear a shirt under her robe, and the opening in the robe showed a lot of cleavage.
Naruto tore his gaze away from her and turned to see Sasuke's face was bright red, but not from anger.
"Hey, Y-Yin," Sasuke stuttered.
The female walked over to Sasuke and smiled.
"Hi Sasuke," she greeted in a voice that was only fit for angels, and Naruto was shocked about how this girl could possibly be evil. She turned towards him. "The Dark Byakugan has killed every user yet, none are strong enough to handle it."
"Then why'd you use it on him?" Naruto growled.
She smiled at this. "Because I think he's the only one who'll be able to use it, to live."
"Why do you care though?"
"We're not attacking this village for any petty reason, you know? We have a purpose to our actions," she responded coldly, and the sound was like the cracking of ice. "We don't attack on a whim, we attack when we're ready or have a purpose, we're not stupid like Konoha."
"Konoha's not stupid!" but the shout didn't come from Naruto.
"Excuse me Sasuke?" Yin asked furiously, whipping around to face im. "Did you say, 'Konoha's not stupid,' or did I hear something else?"
"I-I... I s-said... Konoha's n-not... they're stupid," he reluctantly agreed.
"That's what I thought," she hissed, turning back to Naruto, who was staring at Sasuke. "We want to use that boy as a weapon."
"A weapon for what?!" Naruto shouted over a loud explosion to the east.
"A wepon to conquer, obviously. The Akatsuki will rule the world, once he's ready. Orochimaru will be betrayed, with the exception of Sasuke, who we've already taken into our ranks."
Sasuke smiled weakly at her.
"Except his revenge seeking will ruin us," she commented.
"Not once he's dead," Sasuke growled. "He won't defeat me once I've fought him!"
"Oh yeah right," she sighed.
"That son of a bitch won't be able to touch me!"
"If he's a son of a bitch, so are you," she mocked.
"Yin!"
"What?" she asked innocently, batting her eyelashes in a flirting way.
"Why would you want to rule the world?!" Naruto screamed.
"You know, I'm getting sick of your questions, boy," Yin hissed. "You better shut the hell up or I'm really going to make you into a bloody pulp and let Hidan have his way with you,"
"Just try it!"
"Naruto," Sasuke interupted. "What had you wanted?"
"Oh, um... You're coming back to the village, Sasuke!"
"I'm in the village, dobe."
"Oh, yeah... well you're staying!"
"Just try and make me, Naruto,"
"You know," Naruto growled. "Sasuke-teme, you're going to really regret not staying the easy way,"
"So you think,"
---
Gai laid Neji gently down, against a boulder away from Konoha.
"Are you alright, Neji?" Gai asked softly. Neji nodded roughly, biting his bottom lip to stop himself from screaming. "Stay still and don't move much, you're hurt too much."
"I-I'm perfectly... fi-" he broke off into an ear spliting scream as he doubled over and clutched his head in pain.
Gai nodded and stood up, looking at his other two students. "So," he said, "what should we do now?"
"I guess we should just wait until someone comes and tells us it's safe to come back," Ten-Ten sighed. "There isn't really much we can do, is there?"
"We can run around our area one thousand times!" Lee suggested enthusiatically.
"Um, not a good suggestion," Gai conceded. "Besides, Neji's in no shape to move a muscle, and we can't leave him here."
"But Neji needs to excersise! Maybe that is what is wrong with him! He is getting too lazy and fat!"
"Shut up!" Neji shouted. "I'm still stronger than you moron, and I'll be lazy if I want to!" He started coughing.
"Is he sick?" Lee wondered aloud.
Ten-Ten sighed, shaking her head in disappointment. "Didn't you listen to anything is Tsunade-sama's office? The Akatsuki did something to him, you idiot."
"Oh..."
Gai rolled his eyes at the argument that persued this about whether or not Lee was an idiot. He sat down next to Neji, leaning his head back and closing his eyes wearily. He didn't get much sleep the day previously, because Kakashi and him were fighting.
He almost didn't notice the searing pain on his left side, and he looked over to see Neji clutching his head in agony, blood seeping from under his fingers.
"Um, Neji?" Gai said. Ten-Ten and Lee stopped arguing and looked over to their teammate.
"I-It hurts," Neji gasped.
"W-What does?"
"My head, it feels like it's going to explode,"
Gai stood up and backed away as the heat emmitting from Neji's body increased tenfold.
Neji screamed out in pain as he slammed his back into the boulder behind him, sliding down it until he was laying on his back. He flipped over onto his stomach, writhing in agony.
"Stop it! Stop it please!" he shouted.
"Neji!" Ten-Ten shouted, starting to run forward. Gai and Lee both stuck out their arms in front of her, to prevent her from going forward, while backing up as the heat reached them.
What's happening? Gai wondered in wide-eyed terror.
---
"I'm keeping you in this village, Sasuke!" Naruto shouted.
"Come on, then, make me," he ordered.
Naruto ran at Sasuke, his fist pulled back.
Sasuke sttod still, and at the last moment caught Naruto's fist. He leaned in and whispered in his ear, "moron," then shoved, sending Naruto flying across the rooftop.
As Naruto regained his balance, preventing himself from falling off the roof, he saw Sasuke pull out his sword.
"Need any help, Sasuke?" Yin asked.
"No, I can handle him," he replied. "Come on, Naruto! I thought I was staying here?!"
Naruto growled, "you bastard! You are staying here!"
"Oh, I am, am I? No one would except me back here anymore, especially after today,"
"Yes they would! Do you have any idea how long we've been looking for you?! How hard everyone's tried to find you?! How hard I've trained so I could keep you here?!"
"You can't have trained that hard, if you're still so weak, Naruto," Sasuke sneered.
"I only punched you once!"
"I only caught your fist once, without moving. You're still too slow."
Naruto growled and his eyes turned red.
Sasuke gasped in shock, then recovered. He shifted his possition slightly, until he held his sword comfortably.
"Yin," he said.
She nodded and stepped forward, recognizing his call. She closed her eyes and became still.
Naruto dropped on his hands and knees as the red Fox Cloak enveloped him. Two tails had grown instantly.
"You're staying here, Sasuke, even if I have to tear you arms and legs off!" Naruto screamed.
"Huhn," Sasuke snorted.
As Naruto began to charge at him, Yin opened her eyes.
---
"Stop it!" Neji screamed.
"Do something!" Ten-Ten shouted.
"Like what, Ten-Ten?" Gai asked. "I have no clue what's going on."
They watched in horror as long claws broke their way free of Neji's knuckles, stretching out to over seven inches. Large black wings erupted from his back, extending out three feet and as tall as him, a claw mounting each one, tears throughout the wings.
Neji's scream worsened, and it sounded as if it were torn from his throat.
"Neji!" Ten-Ten screamed.
Then a black cloak seemed to seep from him, glossing him raven black.
"Neji!" Lee exclaimed.
Gai's eyes widened even more than before.
"Get back!" a voice yelled from behing them.
Gai turned to see Sakura, Jiraiya and Hizashi Hyuuga running towards them.
"What about Orochimaru?" Gai asked Jiraiya as he came up.
Looking solemn, Jiraiya answered with, "he's not the biggest threat," his eyes were on Neji.
"What's happening to him?" Ten-Ten asked wildly.
"The Dark Byakugan," Hizashi explained. "It was suppose to be a forgotten technique, but apparently not."
"What does it do?" Lee demanded.
"Well, this is the stage where we see if he can live," he answered. "And if he does, he'll be a weapon of mass destruction for anyone that controls him... he'll be stronger than a tailed beast."
Everyone remained silent, listening to Neji's screams and desprate pleads to some unknown force to stop his pain.
"So... he could die?" Ten-Ten finally asked.
"I'm here to prevent him from dying," Sakura explained.
"And you?" Gai asked Jiraiya.
"I'm here to prevent his from killing," Jiraiya answered grimmly.
"Killing?" Lee asked on horro.
"Yes, he could kill any of you so easily. The worst part is he wouldn't even know,"
Just liek four tailed Naruto, Jiraiya added to himself.
Neji screamed again as the heat of his body hit their still retreating fprms.
Sakura screamed as Lee pulled her backwards to prevent her from getting burnt.
"Stay back, Sakura-chan," lee warned.
Sakura nodded, slightly blushing as she realized Lee's arms were around her protectivly.
"Do something, Jiraiya," Hizashi prdered. "Use the seal,"
Jiraiya nodded and reached into a pocket, pulling out a piece of paper that said, "seal," on it. He ran at Neji and dodged the claws that came up at him just in time.
Neji was standing in less that a second later, all expression gone from his face.
His features scared Sakura, and she shrieked. Lee, still holding her, held her even tighter.
"I will protect you, Sakura-chan," he promised. "Do not worry,"
She nodded, trying to relaxe in his arms.
Ten-Ten had backed up into Gai, who pulled her behind him defensivly.
Jiraiya moved as a claw came at him once more. He was too slow, and got a large gash on his left side.
"Neji's so fast," Sakura gasped.
Lee just nodded silently.
As Jiraiya went to slam the seal on Neji's forhead, Neji moved. He was behing Jiraiya not a second later and swung a claw at him once more.
Too slow yet again, a claw ripped down Jiraiya's back.
"Jiraiya-sama!" Sakura screamed.
Neji's head flicked toward her, and she yelped when he was immeaditaly in front of her, the heat searing her flesh.
Lee began to pull her backward quickly, but the added weight slowed him down just enough foe Neji to make a move. Neji's hand wrapped around Sakura's wrist, yanking her out of Lee's grip.
"Sakura!" Lee yelled, pulling back a fist. Roots shot out of the ground, wrapping themselves around his wrist.
"Lee!" Sakura bellowed, struggling unsuccessfully to get free as the hear burned her.
"Sakura!" Gai shouted, running towards them with Hizashi. A wall of roots came up out of the ground and prevented them from coming closer, but allowing them to watch.
"You bastard!" Lee screamed, trying to break free of the roots that now wrapped his body entirly. "Let her go!"
As Jiraiya came up behind, Neji jumped, spreading his wings, and pulling Sakura up with huim.
She screamed as they floated twenty feet in the air, held up only by Neji's wings.
"Put me down!" she cried, still struggluing.
---
Naruto froze, five meters from Sasuke and Yin.
"Move, Sasuke," Yin ordered. "Before I undo my Time Freezing Justu."
Sasuke nodded and sidestepped.
"Let's have some fun," Yin smiled evily.
"Don't hurt him too much," Sasuke ordered in a vocie that had a slight plea to it.
She frowned,m but not from Sasuke's words. Her eyes smoldered in fury. The Time Justsu removed itself, all without her help, and Naruto had changed course, a fist puching Sasuke in the face, hard.
Sasuke grunted and tumbled over, skidding across the roof and falling off. He gripped the ledge just in time and pulled himself up.
"Damn," Sasuke hissed.
---
"I hope Yin isn't overdoing it," Kisame sighed.
Him and Itachi were sitting on a high ledge, overlooking Konoha from a safe distance away. They were the only two that didn't go to join the fight. Itachi had refused and Kisame offered him company.
"She'll be fine," Itachi informed. "She's a strong girl."
"Pissed that you're not the youngest Akatsuki member any more?" Kisame taunted.
"Hell no, but if anyone touches Sasuke I'm going to demand their head on a silver platter."
"That's unlike you," Kisame chuckled.
"Oh shut up, or go join the fight like you wanted to," Itachi growled.
"Aren't you grumpy today? And I didn't really feel up to killing Leafies today."
"Meh, good for you,"
Kisame sighed and turned his head back towards Konoha, watching Manda destroy buildings for Orochuimaru. "I'm gonna kill that bastard," he murmered. "It's all his fault,"