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Chapter 17: Prerequisite

Song of the Chapter:
Sad Statue – System of a Down
Reason: Love really changes things…

Kiyoko tore her eyes away from the mirror to glare at the kunoichi who resembled what she really looked like. "You have five seconds to explain yourself before I subject you to my Death Touch." The person in front of her laughed.

"You cannot defeat a spirit using the Death Touch. Our powers are above those of mortals, even gifted mortals such as yourself." Kiyoko narrowed her foreign eyes and grumbled.

"Why the hell are you in my body and I assume this is your body…" The laugh sounded foreign coming from the body.

"My name is Yuki and I know that in the past, you sought a wish did you not Kiyoko-chan? In order to grant your wish, I must merge with your spirit and in a sense, we merge our bodies. We are currently within your head but in real life, you look like me or rather the form you are in now." Yuki played with the black hair and smirked as Kiyoko glared at her.

"You must surely know that now I do not desire a wish. I have no need to wish away anything anymore." Kiyoko's breath hitched when she saw Yuki charge her; a delicate hand around her throat slamming Kiyoko into the wall.

"There is a wish in you and I have been brought to life to fulfill it. My revival shall not be in vain." She releases Kiyoko and walks over to the mirror in the wardrobe. Placing a hand on the frame, the mirror reveals the now confused Akatsuki members trying to figure out why she changed. "You see, until everything is resolved in my mind, you will remain unconscious to the real world."

Kiyoko rubbed her throat in irritation and looked at Yuki. "So… what must we resolve if I really do not have a wish I want granted anymore?"

Yuki's face was smug as she surveyed Kiyoko's eyes, or rather her own. "Make a wish then on something else, pay the price for it and then business will be complete." Kiyoko groaned but a contemplating look swept her features.

"I wish for you to never force your wishes onto anyone else." Kiyoko watched as her body began to change into her own and Yuki's into her own. Kiyoko had never been happier to have her black hair around her.

"And you wish this as your wish?" Once Kiyoko nodded, Yuki smirked which made her angular face look sharp as a kunai. "Then you shall pay by becoming my host." Kiyoko's eyes widened and she fell inside the shrine, eyes open and hollow.

Itachi glared at the other members in the room who began to notice that Kiyoko's appearance begin to revert to normal. She quickly sat up but Itachi sensed something was wrong and when he looked into her eyes that confirmed it. He quickly backed away, activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, and pulled out a kunai. "Everyone, prepare for a battle." The others were confused until a scroll flew out of Kiyoko's sleeve and when it unraveled, her scythe appeared.

Kisame managed to counter a swipe of the scythe with his Samehada. "Kiyoko-chan, the hell's going on?" The woman laughed a clear, yet dark melody.

"How sweet, they are concerned about little Kiyoko-chan…" The voice was higher pitched and definitely not Kiyoko. The other members tensed, ready to disable her but she smirked. "Amazing isn't it what a kunoichi will do to get a wish; even offer her own body to attempt to keep others safer or so she thought." She looked at her nails with amusement. "It should only be about a week before Kiyoko's soul dissipates and I will have complete control of her body." Itachi's eyes narrowed as he turned to Sasori.

"Use your chakra strings to restrict her movement." Nodding the puppet master quickly restrained the kunoichi and bound her. However, fear of the Death Touch stopped them from taking further motion.

"Hmm… interesting… Pity that a prodigy like Kiyoko is horrible at chakra manipulation…" Yuki tried to sever the strings with her own chakra only to have the chakra float about uncontrolled. "Ah… maybe having her as a host wasn't the smartest idea but I suppose at least she has a physical body." She sighed as Itachi stood in front of her, Mangekyo ablaze.

"Where is Kiyoko?" His voice was cold and hard which felt odd being directed at Kiyoko or rather her shell of a body.

Yuki smirked and pointed at her skull. "Trapped within her own mind. She has no control and will witness everything I do until she finally fades away. You know, if you really want to talk to her, I don't see the harm; doesn't affect the outcome in the slightest." Smirking, her head fell forward to rise once again. Fear etched onto Kiyoko's features.

"Tachi-kun; you… get me away from everyone. Use a sealing jutsu; something! I don't want to risk hurting someone." She winced in pain and curled up in a ball. Sasori glanced at Itachi momentarily.

"Should I release her or do you fear that whoever is controlling her will resume control?" Kiyoko's head shot up, eyes glazed in fear.

"Restraint! You cannot let the spirit Yuki influence anyone. Especially not Hidan." The light in her eyes shattered and hardened.

"Foolish… I will have everything… pity I can no longer use my wishes to harness people to do my bidding…" The deadened eyes flickered around. "The one called Hidan is not here is he… pity… I would have liked to see his expression when I rip out his heart." Itachi let the Mangekyo knock her out before he looked at the others around him.

"This is a problem… a very big problem… The Wish Spirit Yuki has now obtained a physical form."