I thought you guys loved me. But I guess not as much as I loved you. I thought nothing could break us. But something did. Her. She stole everything from me. Yet with these realizations…I still love you all. Pathetic no? A small bloodied hand tightened into a fist.
"Rin!" Rin turned to the blonde swiftly as both her and Kyo halted. Kyo smirked as he squatted down relaxingly, his arms resting on his legs. Rin's eyes narrowed as her face was stoned with no emotion. "Stop this!" Naruto yelled as Gaara stared sadly at Rin. "Don't do it." Naruto's voice overflowed with despair.
"I have to do this." Rin responded, her hair blowing in the wind. "I just have to."
"Why?" Rin glared furiously at the word. "Why do you have to do this?" Gaara commented angrily. Rin's hands slowly tightened into fists as her eyebrows scrunched together in fury.
"None of your business." She spat bitterly. Naruto and Gaara's eyes flashed with anger at the words.
"It is our business! We are friends!" Kyo bursted into laughter at Naruto's words. The two boys glared at the guy who finds this funny. Kyo slowly got up, still chuckling under his breathe.
"You don't even know her! We are different from you leaf ninjas. We are killers. We hold secrets that would make you break with madness at the cruelty of our village. If you knew what she had to do. What she had done. You will surely not call her a friend. We are corrupted. Our hands are stained in the countless blood we spilled."
"You think I haven't spilled blood?" Gaara eyes filled with rage. Kyo thinks a bit then his smirk breaks wider.
"Oh wait…That's right. The red head isn't a leaf ninja. He's the Kazehage of the Sand Village. You both have the kyuubi in you, but the circumstances are different. Of course! You are just like us…except you betrayed your own self. You don't kill anymore do you?" Kyo sneered judgingly. Rin slowly raises her hand, flicking Kyo in the side of his temple, sending him into bump into a tree. "Yes yes, my impatient Hime-sama. I will stop my blabbering and let you continue on." Rin eyes flickered to the boys then to the recovering Kyo.
"Naruto. Gaara. You must know one thing." Rin's voice spoke with honesty and remorse. "You cannot save me…because you cannot change what has been done. Good-bye." Sand covered her arm, not letting her go, she looks to the emotionless Gaara with annoyance. Soon a black tentacle cuts through the sand, ripping her free. She gives one more warning look to Kyo before disappearing into the forest.
"Now. Would you like to play a game? The winner stays alive while loser dies." Kyo hands spread out before him as kunais' filled inbetween his fingers. A cold, sinister smirk spreading across his face. "Fair enough?" Naruto and Gaara shot a look of resentment to Kyo as sand began to spill out of Gaara's gourd and Naruto's pupil turns rectangular and rotates to the side, red marks appear right under his, now, golden eyes.
Rin's eyes filled with insanity as images filled her mind. Smiles. A kiss. Grins. Wounds. Blood. Scars. Bruises. Voices. Accusations. Betrayal. Pain. Emptiness. Numb. Realization. Tears. Screams. Cruel Laughter. Isolation. Rape. Songs. Lifeless eyes. Dead bodies. Sorrow. Rain. Rin snapped out if it just in time as she dodged an oncoming branch. She grits her teeth at the memories. She finally reaches the entrance to the Leaf Village but found an unlikely opponent . The Third. Rin's eyes sharpen as she lands infront of the calm old man.
"Hello Rin." The Third commented. "Lovely day, is it not?"
"…Don't get in my way." Rin eyes narrowed at the man as he had a look of regret in his eyes.
"I promised your mother…that I would help anyone from that village that can be saved. And I plan to save you. You are confused-"
"Stop it. I know my path." The Third's eyes washed over with sorrow. "I will fight you. Either you are willing or not. Choose your pick." The old man sighed tiredly but defeatedly.
"As you wish but what are the restrictions?" Rin's eyes flickered at the mention of the last word but her voice soon filled with a hint of amusement.
"I'm surprised you know the traditions of battle in my village. I guess it's because she told you about us. After all, you were technically her sensei and father figure." The Third looked down at the last sentence. "But she could not be saved from the chains of corruption. Like any of us in that village." The Third stayed silent out of the shock of such a young girl having to say these words. But this is reality. Rin followed his movements carefully as she spoke. "No Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. Just Taijutsu. That way it's a fair fight. You have experience and I got youth. You agree?" His eyes steeled with seriousness and determination, he takes off his hat and coat swiftly.
"I agree." But I cannot underestimate her at any point. I must study her movements first then make a move.
"…May the best ninja win." Let's hope you have gotten rusty old man or else I might have to kill you. Rin and The Third looked at each other, waiting for the other to make the first move. The wind blowing the grassy terrain. Suddenly, both charge at each other at the same time, preparing an attack to clash with the other.
Kyo cynical smirk widened drastically as his eyes glazed over with insanity and bloodlust. He had a few wounds but he still stood while the other two boys were huffing and panting. "Oh how unfortunate that you have to feel the effects of my homemade poison." Naruto gripped his side, as Gaara gripped his upper arm. "It had already spread throughout your body so don't bother drawing out blood from the place I inserted it in. Don't worry, it won't kill you. I don't like using weak ways of killing someone. I prefer the old fashion way. By hand."
God Dammit. This bastard is strong. I can barely keep standing. Naruto's ear twitched a bit as not too soon reinforcements come. Temari and Shikamaru. They could feel their tense shoulders relax just a bit as they felt their teammates standing strong next to them.
"Watch out with close combat with him." Gaara commented hoarsely, his throat and head aching.
"He injected a kind of poison into us and to be honest, it's affecting us big time." Naruto added, confirming why they had to stay away from him.
"No close combat huh. Fine by me." Temari's cocky smirk grew as she slides her arm to grab her huge fan. "Guess I'll be your opponent!" Kyo eyes narrowed as his eyes calculated the fan.
He snickered as he knew this girl. This girl was the red heads sister. So I have the good fortune of having to fight two out of three of the infamous Sand Siblings. "Even if you kill me, you cannot save her. She is too far down, her sins weighing down on her. Don't think you're the only people that ever cared about her." If I cannot save her…then they cannot save her.
"Enough talking! Dust Wind Technique!" Soon a huge blast of wind erupts from her fan, mixing loose sand and dust together and to Kyo. Kyo closed his eyes shut as he got sent back, losing his footing yet kept flying from the impact. His smirk grew as he swiped a kunai from his pocket and dug it into a tree branch, he slowly yet strongly fought against the wind. Soon the wind died down. Temari store in horror as she saw an unharmed Kyo race back up to them at inhuman speed as he pricked her lightly in the neck. She grits her teeth in the pain as she made a swing at him, sending him into a tree but her vision blurred. Shikamaru eyes shifted back and forth hurriedly as he took in the situation.
Temari's getting pushed back? Shikamaru thought as he stood for a few seconds in shock. He then sat down, cross legged on a branch, doing the hand sign he always does when he thinks. Think. What's his weakness? ….From Naruto and Gaara's input he seems to like taking care of his targets by hand…and he seems unaffected by most attacks…
Temari kept up with him as much as possible but her body was betraying her. She cursed in her head as he saw that taunting smirk. She glanced at Shikamaru, seeing him spring up slowly with a brilliant idea on his hand. Temari gave a sideways smirk as she slide to him. "What you got?"
"I need all of you to help." Shikamaru commented as all three of them huddled together, eyes tracing Kyo while keeping their ears on the wise words of the genius.
Rin slide back as the Hokage gave a strike only for her to block it, both parties look a bit bruised but otherwise healthy and just about started. "Rin, Lily wanted you to be free. She imprisoned herself for you!" Anger ruined Rin's beauty as she replied in a scream.
"For me? What shit are you spouting! She didn't do fuck for me! She wanted me to be free? HA! She was a crazy woman with mental issues who wouldn't even look at her children who were crying for her! Not once did she ever says she loved me!" Her screams pained the Third to no end as he eyes moistened.
"She did what she could. You just don't understand-!" he began.
"Understand? I fucking understand! There are people with lives filled with happiness and good fortune while others have a shit load of fuck to do! It's not fair to those people! My outcasted village is filled with them! Do YOU understand?" Silence erupted between them, tensing both parties muscles as they prepared to attack. They ran up to each other, their movements could not be tracked with the naked eye as seconds ticked by as multiple attacks were already blocked or inflicted on the other. They both gave one last attack before ravens erupted from the forest.
Kyo gave a sudden shake as blood splattered out with a cough of pain. Three Naruto shadow clones smiled with victory. Shikamaru's plan worked. Temari and Gaara block all pathways for Kyo, forcing him to go up. And that's when I came in, using a wind rasengan to put him down. Kyo gave a small smile as he slide off a branch, his eyes turning cloudy. Those pained black jewels of eyes.
I have failed you my beloved Hime-sama. I deserve to die. Yes…I should have died long before. Then everything would be better, everyone would be happier without me. I'm so sorry mom… so sorry my love, Rin.
Rin's eyes widened as the raven's screeches echoed, her eyes filling with fear as she abandoned battle without anyone's consent. The Third watched her run with her might as black wings sprouted from her back.
A young Kyo with his shaggy brown hair and lively, bright black eyes filled the room as both parents watched their baby boy walk around. He gave a big smile as he turned in circles, giggles erupting from him.
"He is not a part of us! HE IS NOT MY CHILD! You bitch! You fucking lied to me and everyone! How dare you!" A woman sobbed drastically as her cheek swelled. Her beautiful chestnut hair so similar to Kyo's fell to her dropped shoulders that looked as if she carried a huge burden on it. Her eyes a shocking ruby as tears spilled out her baby yet pained face. She looked no more than twenty.
Kyo, age of four, stared in horror as his dad struck at his mom yet again. Tears spilled out of his confused eyes as the man who he once knew as father grabbing his mother's hair dragging her outside. Kyo banged on the crazed man's knees, refusing to call him father. "STOP IT! YOU'RE HURTING MOMMY!" The man just pushed Kyo to the floor, his cruel cold eyes piercing through him.
"You're a bastard child. You are not my son!" Kyo continued to cry as the man kicked the fallen woman in the stomach one final time. He spit on the snow covered ground as he trudged back in the house, slamming and locking the door. Kyo rushed to his pale mom, his beautiful mom filled with bruises and cuts. She smiled as tears poured down her mournful eyes, her blood seeping into the pure white snow.
"M-mommy? Y-you ok?" Kyo shook with fear and confusion.
"Shh my child. I love you with all my might Kyo. You are my light in the dark. You keep me alive. You must not let anyone control you or say you cannot." Kyo closed his eyes as he cried harder.
"Mommy don't die! You'll be fine! I-I'll go get someone to help!" The pale, dying woman pressed her frail, bone skinny hand to her child. Her beloved child.
"No one will help us. They have turned their backs on us." Kyo's eyes grew big with anger and shock. "We are different. You are special. You have the mind and ability to do anything with poison. We are the dreaded tribe, the Deadly Snake. I am so sorry for you to find out this to happen but you must carry on for me. Do not die. Live for me." Kyo clutched her shirt, crying out. "My only regret is not seeing you grow into the man I know you can be. You must love someone with all your heart and protect them with your life."
"I don't want anyone but you mommy! I-I'll do anything! Just…please don't die." Snow slowly fell on the mother and son.
"Just you living will make me happy. Just keep living my son. Keep living." Her voice turned to a whisper as she spoke the last two words, her eyes closing as one last tear rolled down her white as snow cheek. Kyo cried out, holding her mom up.
"Please! Help! ANYONE? PLEASE! HELP HER!" he lays her down gently as he banged on everyone's door, only for everyone to ignore him. Except one. "Please! H-help my mom! S-she's dying!" The woman looked down at Kyo as if he was dirty.
"You do not belong here. We cannot help people like you." The woman scorned at the wide eyed boy, closing the door slowly. Fresh tears sprang from his confused, pained eyes. He fell to his knees, sobbing. He runs back to his mom, seeing that she has died. That she has left him for good. He hugged her tightly, screams ringing in the open area.
'How could they. HOW COULD THEY! HOW COULD THEY?' Kyo's tear stained face scrunched up in anger. His eyes blazing with revenge as he unsteadily got up, laying a small flower on her body and a soft kiss on her cheek. He couldn't believe this. How could they be this cruel? How? He did not know. But he did know one thing. He would not stop until everyone in this village was killed, like they let his mom die. 'Yes. That's it!' He rushed to the forest, disappearing.
No one saw the boy again. Some thought he died in the harsh winter. Others thought he committed suicide. But some thought his ghost haunted them from his grave to avenge his mother. But no one knew he was still alive, watching them closely as his hate grew stronger each minute of the multiple days and years that passed. Then, to the horror and surprise of the villagers, a six year old boy with shaggy chestnut boy with vacant black eyes walked through the snow with only a thin short sleeved shirt and shorts. He gave a small elastic smirk as he broke out in a run. No one survived. Not one woman, man, child, baby, or animal survived. The white snow stained in the never ending blood of many lives sinking all around him. He disappeared as fast he appeared.
Not feeling any guilt or regret except for one. He could not save the most important person to him. He will carry that regret and scar on his broken heart. He looked at his bloodied hands and gave a frightening, sinister smile. 'They will atone for their sin with death. I'll meet you all in Hell.' He stuck his middle finger and then trudged into the unknown. Not caring where he went, how he got there, or what he did there. Soon he came across a village. A village that seemed no different than any other village. Seemed. Rain pouring down on the drenched Kyo. Soon a man with a burnt yet stunning face came infront of Kyo. His blue eyes like ice, his black alluring hair sticking up in different angles.
"You seem lost." Kyo glared at the man.
"No I'm not." The man chuckled darkly.
"I am never wrong. You are lost in yourself." Kyo eyes widened as he took a step back. "We will help you find yourself. We are all like you. Broken. Corrupted. Serve under me." Kyo gave the man a sideways glance then nodded. Kyo could practically see the invisible smirk grow on the emotionless tall figure. "Perfect. You now serve under me." The two walked back, disappearing in the night.
"Rin!" The man voice screamed, bitterness filling the man's voice. Soon a girl with unbelievable beauty blinded Kyo. She had long jet black hair that reached her knees, her white dress dirty and worn-out. Her ice-blue eyes were cold yet filled with confusion at the boy. "This is Kyo. He will be you're servant now." Rin eyes darted to Kyo she gave a small smile but it disappeared at the stare of her father.
"Hello. Nice to meet you Kyo." She heard a small cry of a baby and turned around but the man grabbed her arm, twisting it.
"We are not done yet." Rin closes one eye out of pain, gritting her teeth. "You will be training with him starting tomorrow." The cries got a bit louder, Rin stared desperately at her father. He let go, Rin clutching her injured right arm tightly as she sprinted towards the direction of the cries. Kyo eyes narrowed at memories of his mother wounded filled his mind. "I have another child, a small boy named Fai. You'll meet them tomorrow." Kyo nodded, led to a room by a servant.
He laid wide awake, looking at the roof of the room, not moving his gaze till the first rays of morning shone. He then rose up slowly as he looked so lifeless and dead. He walked down the hall, a slightly opened door catching his attention. He got just a glimpse of a lady with the most beautiful sunshine hair that waved a bit like the sea, she sat in a chair gazing out the window. He gave one last look then rushed off, feeling eager as he awaited the meeting of Rin again. Kyo saw her training, sweat rolling down her slim, small yet fragile body, and a small boy with the same beautiful sunshine blonde hair as the woman watch. His big sea blue eyes filled with innocence and happiness as he sucked his thumb. Rin grinned at the boy, picking him up and twirling him around. Sending a heartbeat through Kyo. 'You must love someone with all your heart and protect them with your life.' His mother's words ringing in his head.
Rin, Kyo, and Fai laughed and giggled as they fooled around after months of Kyo's sudden arrival. They played tag, running around. Bruises covering both Fai's and Rin's bodies seemed that they were rapidly increasing. Kyo sensed what might be happening but knew not to mess with that man anytime soon. They trained vigorously with no rest. But Kyo felt the weight on his shoulders slowly leave him. That is until he came and ruined everything. That Goku boy who grinned all the time, not winning Rin's affection. It seemed Kyo was winning in that category. …That is until he did the unforgivable.
"Kyo. Go play with Goku." Kyo instantly despised the grinning boy as he greeted Kyo with friendly intent but Kyo just brushed it off coldly. Goku looked confused at the rude movement but shrugged it off.
Kyo stared holes into the fallen Rin, filling so much pain and regret but he had to do this. He teamed up with Rin's father, swearing upmost loyalty. Right infront of her. Her eyes wide without any understandment of the situation.
"I swear my loyalty to you, my Ouja-sama." He kneeled, bowing his head to Rin's horror. Rin's eyes filled with betrayal.
"Never talk to me. EVER." Kyo swore he could have seen a tear rolling down her cheek. But he had to. To protect her. To not let her die infront of him like his mother. He will save her. Even if it meant making her hate him. He loved her that much. But Rin did not get that. Her cracked heart finally breaking with that betrayal. She loved him but he does not love her and he sided with the man who causes her so much pain.
Kyo will be her shadow. Following her but keeping his distance, wanting nothing more for her to be happy, even if it meant that her smile did not belong to him. That worked until only after the Chunin exams. A girl with no memory whatsoever was found by the trio. Everything seemed to fall apart by then. Rin watched her second love, love someone else in return. Kyo watched her in pain but could only watch. He is her shadow.
Kyo glared coldly at the short haired girl with braids that reached her shoulder, her bangs around the same length as her braids. 'You have hurt my beloved Hime-sama. That is the biggest sin you could ever commit. I hate you.'
A murder had happened. First was the lost, unknown girl with no memory. Next was the two boys of the trio. All arrows pointed to Rin. She was heartbroken and ashamed. But he could not comfort her. He is her shadow. He will help in secret. His beloved was in so much pain. Yet he could not do anything. That is what it means to be a shadow.
"Forgive me. I'll always love you." Whispered Kyo as he was now at his current age, sixteen. He was held down by silver chains of his twisted love. He could only hide his feelings with betrayal and cruelty. He had hurt her. His precious girl. His precious Rin.
"Ahahaha." Kyo's vision came into focus as he saw Rin's desperate and pained face close to his. "Seems I'm imagining you even here. Well I am dying so I guess this is my death wish." Rin stared at his unhealable wound with lost hope, " So sorry. I'm so sorry for all that I have done. I'm sorry for what I have become. So sorry. So sorry." Rin lightly caressed his cheek, his eyes mournful. "I have failed you my precious Rin. Just let me die." Rin shook her head, he gave a hearty laugh as tears filled his eyes, "I love you." Rin closed her eyes, biting down on her lip, her eyebrows scrunching together. "I'd do anything for you. I'd even betray you and make you hate me so you could be happy and safe. But I failed. You are not happy. You are not safe. I will always love you." He gave a satisfied smile as a tear fell on his face, his eyes filling with happiness. "I'm happy you are crying for me." Rin's face was overflowing with tears and realization. "Do not cry for me. For I am not worth it. Love someone will all your heart….and stay with them until the day one of you die. But…can I have one last request? Can you kiss me?" Rin nodded a bit, kissing his lips softly only for a big wide smile to spread across his face. "Thank you. I do not regret dying…because it is for you. You are my reason for living but I know you are slipping but you must find the light…you deserve it. Good-bye my dear Rin." His eyes closed as he whispered one last sentence. "I'll love you even after death." Rin made a choking noise as his breathe stopped.
Flashes of Kyo filled her mind like a movie, everything he has done up till now made sense as the ending was now revealed. Everything he did was for her. Now she was completely alone. How could she possibly live now? How could she leave the darkness that rocked her asleep for so many years for a light that may not accept her? Rin got up, leftover tear streaks marking her dirt covered face. I am so sorry Kyo… why can I only kill?
The four ninjas watched the scene with grief, knowing it had hurt Rin even more. Rin got up, wiping her face from any evidence of her crying. She looked so lost, like a wounded animal with new fears and scars of the cruel world. But she was not new to the cruelty of the world. But that doesn't mean the pain still doesn't eat her insides out. With no word, she sprinted at full speed into the direction she came from. But this time she did not use her wings as she slipped a kunai to her hand, heading towards the gate of Konoha, Leaf Village. She will finish the mission. Even if it resulted in her own death, she will not let Kyo's death go to waste.
"Aki! Aki!" The bandaged man glared at the mention of his real name with no honorific or respect. But it was said by a familiar face. Sora. Tears were streaming down his face as he ran into the room, The Ouja-sama's eyes filled with confusion.
"What's wrong Sora?" he asked, worry ceasing in his furrowed eyebrows, but otherwise he showed no concern.
"It's Riku! A Konoha ninja bitch killed him!" The Ouja-sama's expression fell at the sight of the severed head of the man he once knew as a kid.
"What?"
(A/N: Hi, I have a song for Kyo, actually two songs. His song is 'Feel the light by Britt Nicole' but his feelings for Rin is 'The lost get found by Britt Nicole.' And the song for both Rin and Kyo is 'Had enough by Breaking Benjamin'. Hope you liked the chapter.)