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Chapter 16: Reversion

Song of the Chapter:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day
Reason: Hidan and Kiyoko thinking of being alone due to Yuki's interference.

Flashback

Kiyoko rubbed her arms restlessly and knew that she should refrain from such activity but it made her feel alive; correction was the only thing that made her feel alive. She walked through the village thanking the forces that be that everyone left her alone. Then she felt someone grip her wrist with a glove. Groaning she faced a pink haired kunoichi. "Is there a reason you are using a chakra infused hand against me Sakura-chan? You know that I really have fragile bones."

"Your bones are the least of my concern. Just curious as to why you keep cutting… I know your body can heal itself and you are unable to die of blood loss, but nonetheless the emotional damage you are doing is even worse."

Kiyoko waves her off and rolls her eyes. "I do not even cut that often… the cuts randomly reappear; I swear!" Sakura's brow furrowed but she sighed.

"You are an unusual case… medically you are the perfect experiment… but there is…" Kiyoko snorted.

"I told you already, I refuse to become your or Tsunade-sama's test subject for jutsus and poison." Sakura looked slightly sad as she shook her head.

"That's not it… did something happen on your last mission? You seem more on edge than usual…" Kiyoko's eyes narrow but slowly she nods.

"Someone… someone managed to sort of fight off my Death Touch. Well, I guess fight off is not an accurate statement; more like delay it. This guy I had to kill, it was like he placed his chakra to the portion of his body I touched. It only prolonged that idiot's agony." Kiyoko shuddered and poked the scratches on her arms that began to heal themselves with a black glow. "I wish that sometimes, this pain I caused could send me to the grave. What that man did was an obvious unhealthy attachment to life."

Sakura looked at Kiyoko and sighed. "Or maybe you have an unhealthy attachment to death. Is that why you seek the spirit that grants a wish…? A wish that the requirements are so mysterious… what would you do to obtain your wish? I have no clue about what you would wish for but still…"

"Sakura-chan, I wish there was a way I could help without hurting…" Before Sakura could respond, Kiyoko used a teleportation jutsu and a sudden breeze scattered the white rose petals that had gathered where she stood. Sakura sighed as she watched the petals flutter.

"Kiyoko-san… you need to open up more."

End Flashback

Itachi scowled at the idiots crowding around Kiyoko. "Give her space; if she accidentally moves and brushes against you, consider yourself dead." There was a slight movement, but once the Uchiha glared at them, everyone rushed out of the room except him and Kisame. "Kisame… carefully pull up her sleeves." Nodding, the blue man did so and did a double take seeing what were undoubtedly the marks of self laceration.

"When did this happen…?" Itachi frowned and took the kunoichi's vitals. A pocket sized notebook mysteriously appeared into his hands as he seemed to take notes on Kiyoko's condition.

"Well, earlier I noticed that her wounds were not on her arms and she is horrible at transformation jutsu so I know she could not have hid those cuts if she wanted to. Also, she has never been one for makeup or such so she did not have these earlier. " Kisame nodded as Itachi glanced at him. "Water and a cloth?" The Uchiha nodded and Kisame departed.

Itachi reached for bandages and antiseptic. Gloves quickly come onto his hands as he reached for her arms and he flinched upon feeling an almost deathly cold touch. "Yoko-sama, what has happened to you…?" She flinched as if hearing his words and began to groan. Itachi's eyes widened and he let the Sharingan slide onto his eyes. He watched in disbelief as her black hair began, thread by thread, to turn silver.

Kakuzu was in perpetual disbelief as his partner began to rush around in determination to hurry the little bounty hunting trip. Hidan stopped only once to perform a sacrificial ritual but other than that, he quickly accomplished the kills necessary for money and for once, without an elaborate speech. "Hidan… why are you restless?"

"You know as well as I do that something is happening to Kiyoko-chan…" The lack of profanity definitely took the treasurer by surprise. "It pisses me off not being able to know… what if something fucking bad happened to her?" Kakuzu released the held breath he had.

"Well, we only have one more target and then we can return to base." The Jashinist's glance flickered at him for a second before nodding.

Yuki's fingers flexed as she watched Itachi wrap Kiyoko's arms through the mirror in her wardrobe. "So close…" Yuki touched the mirror with her left hand and watched as the mirror reverted to reflect her own image, her hairs' silver color slowly dissolving into a dark, black color. Looking into her once pure grey eyes, she noted a crimson splotching upon them. "Soon…"

Kiyoko's eyes snapped open and looking around, she was in a room that she immediately knew was not in the Akatsuki base. She saw a window and when she carefully approached, she noticed a cold fog around. Frowning, she noticed that her yukata felt lighter and cursed under her breath realizing none of her scrolls were in any of her pockets, hidden or visible. Grumbling, she for once felt comforted by the protective Death Touch she possessed and walked towards the door. Opening the door, her breath hitched as she found herself staring at herself. "If this is a fucking genjutsu, I will kill you Tachi-kun…"

Smirking, the person in front of her pointed to a mirror in a wardrobe. Turning towards it, Kiyoko screamed seeing the silver hair and grey eyes that she now had.