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Chapter 15: The Wish I had Wanted

Song of the Chapter:
Who I Am Hates Who I've Been – Relient K
Reason: Kiyoko's regret of her past and what her prior wishes were…

Kiyoko had felt the silence that was the lack of Hidan around her. Without anyone who could so much as touch her skin, she felt lonely even though the others talked and she talked back. The various conversations were amusing indeed, but nonetheless, sometimes she wanted the Jashinist around even if it was to simply feel his silky hair. She had before had difficulty accepting herself because… no one really could accept her.

Flashback

Kiyoko had heard about a shrine where if you did whatever the spirit commanded, you would be granted one wish. Now the question was her troublesome immortality or the curse that was her Death Touch?

On a page in a random notebook, she began to list the disadvantages of both 'gifts'. The advantage list, although long, still was halfheartedly written compared to the bitter strong style that the disadvantage list had.

Grunting in annoyance, Kiyoko tosses the book onto a shelf and plopped onto her bed.

End Flashback

Kakashi found a notebook he had never noticed before. Oddly enough, it under a sink in the kitchen and while he expected something odd from Kiyoko, this was not the level of oddity. On one page, all that was written was Death Touch while on another, immortality was inscribed. This pattern repeated until the whole book was filled. By the looks of it, she had traced over the words when the notebook could no longer hold more writing.

Itachi walked by and through the open door, noticed Kiyoko polishing her scythe with a forlorn look. He knew that she missed Hidan and although a slight emotional tinge hit him, he ignored it and thought of what would make Kiyoko happy. Knocking on the door, she looked up with a smile that instantly appeared. She always tries to hide her pain. "Yoko-sama, want to play shogi?" He felt a smile fly across his face as Kiyoko's smile became genuine.

"Sure. It had been awhile since I have played with someone and I highly doubt Hidan knows or even has the patience for this game." Itachi smirked as they walked to the living room. Kisame was cleaning Samehada carefully and decided that stealing chakra from a napping Tobi would add that final shimmer of power. Deidara and Sasori were having yet another artistic disagreement but fell silent as Kiyoko walked into the room.

Kiyoko set up the game board as Itachi watched her movements, most notably her barely exposed wrists. As she stretched her arm to place all of the pieces, her yukata sleeve drew up which exposed her arms. He smiled as he noted no more lines of mutilation present. Kiyoko noticed the facial expression but shook it off as Itachi having a random moment. Kisame's eyes widened however. "No way… he does smile!"

Kiyoko laughed which although it was at a certain Uchiha's expense, he sucked it up for the sake of the moment. Deidara passed over some ryo to Sasori who looked pleased with himself while Tobi was still in his personal dreamland. Smiling, Kiyoko looked in a book that she had barely remembered to pack. It really would not have been for the best if the Leaf Village found out about her ambitions to get rid of her gifts.

Yuki opened her eyes for the first time in years. The time has come for another to earn a wish… She brushed her silvery hair out of her grey eyes and she surveyed the day through the window of her temple. She opened the wardrobe that was in her room to reveal a mirror with a silver frame. Touching the mirror's surface, ripples formed to take on the form of another woman. The woman had short black hair and piercing red eyes. A smirk crossed the spirit's face as she recognized the cursed kunoichi reflected in her mirror.

"So… Orochimaru's ultimate creation is the subject of a wish…? Interesting… things have certainly changed since my last awakening." Her fingers traced the golden words that began to wrap around the silver trimmed mirror. "Hmm… interesting thoughts you have today Kiyoko-chan… Immortality, Death Touch, shogi, silver hair, and Hidan? Quite the jumble, but these words hold an odd significance with you… You will prove interesting." Smirking, the golden words receded back into the mirror and the color vanished.

The door to the temple opened suddenly as a wind blew through. As fast as it came, the wind died down. She walked to her cabinet and touched a mask that hung upon a hook. A rush of energy seemed to saturate the air but more than that, the feeling of foreboding darkened the air. Pure silver teeth seemed to brighten up the surrounding air and she could not help but admire how the impure light was accentuated by the dark feelings around her.

Kiyoko shivered all of a sudden causing Itachi to look up at her in concern. Her hands shook but soon she regained control of the unusual sensations wrecking havoc. Dashing to a mirror that was hung in the hallway, she managed to catch a glimpse of her eyes as they faded back into the normal red instead of a faint grey. Itachi had caught the reversion and looked at Kiyoko with concern and managed to catch her as she fainted. Luckily her yukata covered parts of her skin that could have killed him.

The other members saw mysterious golden words encode themselves upon the hallway mirror. "What are you willing to do to have your wish come true?"

Hidan felt something, almost a tremor come from his heart. Kakuzu paused and looked at his partner. "If you hurry up, you can hurry back you know…" Hidan felt an odd urge as he tugged his headband from around his neck. The two looked down at the metal as odd writing surfaced.

"What would you do if you were simply forgotten and tossed aside for a wish?" Hidan gave a 'what-the-fuck?' look at Kakuzu. The treasurer poked the headband and upon the touch, the wording faded as if it was never there. Silence followed and with a glance at each other, the two men took off towards the bounty they had to gather.

Kakuzu frowned upon seeing the writing. It resembles Kiyoko's script…

Hidan freaked out on the inside. Worry for Kiyoko erupted but to him, the thought of being without Kiyoko was like a blade that twisted inside of his heart… If anyone could destroy his heart, she could but to do so when she had mended it from its agony…

This chapter goes out to my muses: Asuma and Kushina. You two are very different but all in all, the ideas flow from our conversations and help in every way.