Hey there! I am ready to take on my challenge… w00t w00t! 10 times someone can speak (altogether). I am on a writing spree at the moment! W00t w00t! Here goes!
Asami POVI rustled my hair away from my porcelain face, combing it behind my ear. There was something ringing in my head. A familiar voice or sound. My head was spinning although I had stopped using all but the slightest bit of chakra, hoping to catch the thick-headed Jaraiya off guard. My shoulders began to shake vigorously, my heart pounding at my chest. Images would enter and leave my mind, barely giving me time to think.
"Why is the lake red?
Why do I thirst for blood?
Is this the hell I am condemned in?
Why does my heart hurt so bad?
Shinobi, Kunoichi,
Couriers and Medics,
Genin, Chunin,
Jonin and Kages,
Altogether to make this right,
All on this endless night.
Why isn't this world perfect?
Why is nothing as it seems?
When I lay to rest,
Why can't I dream?
The night sky falls over Konohagakure,
Sunagakure and Otogakure too,
My head rests in the hands of a dream,
The ambition I must obtain…" Mother's voice sang sweetly in my mind. Her hands stroked through my shoulder length blonde hair as I clenched onto her leg as we stood, looking over the blood red lake, only making my lust for blood stronger.
I spread my legs wider, looking into Naruto's cerulean eyes. My hands clenched into fists as I brought them up in front of my face, ready to attack or defend. Thoughts rushing through my mind, Mother's voice still singing continuously through my mind. Is this the hell I am condemned in? I shake my head, trying to focus on everyone in front of me.
"Are you going to fight us or not," Naruto asked. I nodded my head giving a sinister grin. Naruto edged toward me before throwing his fist into my face. "Then wake the fuck up!" My face was diverted to the side, a fine slit pouring blood down my white cheek. I stand there, frozen, my cheek throbbing as I feel a small stream of blood moisten my lips. I run my hand along the slit, my eyes fixed on the horizon that could barely be seen past the trees. Everyone stood silent, looking at Naruto who was the most surprised out of all of us. I look at my fingers, covered in my own hot blood, dripping, dripping, the sound of the blood hitting the ground echoed in the silence. My hand closed into a fist and I threw it straight at Naruto, punching him in the stomach, blood spilling from the sides of his mouth.
"You little shit!" I shouted, my fist shaking as I held it close to me, realizing that I used chakra in the punch. My stomach tightened as my heart pounded, harder and harder, faster and faster. I gripped my chest, opening my mouth as I bent over, spitting out blood of my own. Tsunade had already attended to Hinata's wounds, the green chakra retreating into her hand. My body felt limp and I knew there was no time to waste. The sooner I killed them all, the sooner I can accomplish the mission I was on, retrieving the secrets of the Byuakugan. I fell to my knees, panting and cringing in pain. I noticed Jaraiya had stepped off the last piece of the charm, the emerald shard that was bestowed upon my retrieval of the necklace. I concentrated with all of my remaining chakra, trying to weave the last piece in amongst the charm. I picked up the charm in my palm, reconnecting it onto the chain waving around my neck by biting at my finger and pulling out a single strand of my hair, coating it in my blood and sending chakra through it, using it like a needle and thread. Naruto's cerulean eyes were looking at me, a glint of red peaking through them as his fangs became accented and his hands extended into claws, his wounds healing over. "I am feeling generous. Jaraiya, Tsunade, Hinata-sama. I am giving you one chance to get out of here. There is only one person here who is a worthy fight to me. Go now if you want to survive. Before I change my mind," I said, sparing some mercy. Jaraiya nodded.
"Tsunade, Hinata. Go to the hospital and help the wounded. It is my fault Naruto is here and therefore, is my responsibility," Jaraiya said, actually sounding convincing and intelligent Tsunade nodded and took Hinata with her, and with that they were down to two against one. Or one against one with an umpire who was determined to make Naruto win at any cost. Keiichi's statement rang through my mind. I held my head in my hands, realizing the mistake I made 8 years ago but I didn't change my mind. Orochimaru-sama gave me power and the strength I have. The ability to control it. I spun the silver ring that was on my middle finger around, bringing my attention completely on the world around me. I became inpatient heading for the unsuspecting Hinata. Naruto bit his thumb, summoning a frog to block me. I scowled and turned back to Naruto, angered deeply.
My body tensed, preparing for a fight using only taijutsu and limiting my chakra. I was lucky that Keiichi and my father were taijutsuists and my mother was a medic. My sister was a kunoichi that was used in tracking and I was a genjutsu user. When training with anyone in my family, I had learnt the best way to attack and defend myself from their attacks. Taijutsu was to use long range attacks that would be hard to avoid. Trackers needed to be fooled by the different tracks, smells and sounds you created and medics were hand to hand combat, dodging the other persons attacks and using chakra to make your attacks stronger. It gave me an upper hand to know these traits although it was only once I started with Orochimaru that I was fighting against ninjutsu and it was still not the best thing I could fight against. I was almost at my limit, I needed time to recuperate but the chance that Naruto and Jaraiya would let me rest for 5-10 minutes was unlikely. My head was still spinning at the chakra trying to leak out of my body and into the necklace again where it belonged. Naruto dropped his guard.
"Give it up already. You are dying and with one hit, I could defeat you and leave you here to die. Just…give up already," Naruto said, a sinister grin almost tugging at his lips as his eyes became their normal, gentle, cerulean state. I laughed, it echoing through the silent forest as I noticed a familiar chakra, approaching from a fair distance. Naruto put his hands together, ready for anything and to perform his infamous jutsu, kage bushin no jutsu. Several shadow clones surrounded me, attacking me from each side. I pulled out a kunai, dodging as many attacks as I could, making the clones disappear in clouds of smoke. It was down to this. Naruto was beginning to become a problem so I had no choice in the matter. Purring and meowing noises came from my body, creating several clones. I attacked Naruto, until he pulled away, creating a shadow clone of his own as my clones disappeared. I coughed up more blood, wiping my hand across my lips. I looked up to see Naruto with a clone, a ball of chakra swirling around one of the hands. He lunged towards me, pushing the ball of chakra in front of him. "Rasengan!" Naruto said as the ball of chakra pulsed into my shoulder, a bigger wound than anything I had felt before. My body was pushed backwards, slamming my back into a tree, dinting in intensely. Naruto looked at my unconscious body, ready to attack again. Jaraiya grabbed his hand and nodded before they rushed off.
I looked around me, the area black apart from the minor amounts of red chakra emitting from my delicate fingers. I couldn't move, I just stood there, staring into the black around me. I saw something at the end of the tunnel like room, filling my mind with suspicions. Orochimaru-sama stood there, an evil smirk tugging at his lips. His pale white face resembles mine slightly, his snake like eyes staring into mine. Is this the end? Will I finally die? I thought to myself before looking back into Orochimaru's eyes as he licked his lips, "I am sorry Orochimaru-sama…" I closed my eyes over, letting light fill them, watching Orochimaru disappear in the dark distance…
…My head rests in the hands of a dream,
The ambition I must obtain…
This is a shorter chapter but I plan to make the last one a bit longer (as the next one will most likely be the last. (;;) There will most likely be a follow up story, placing 4 years later than this because I have an idea! (I know I like creating time skips but its fun designing characters as they get older because they haven't been yet and as I noted above, I am on a writing spree!) And so, please comment! I was almost crying at the defeat of Asami, although I know what happens next… crap, I wasn't supposed to spoil it. Oh well. Until next time!
Asami Matsuda.