Disclaimer: Ho-kay, here it is. Chapter twenty, Ten second dance party! I'm sooooo proud of myself for getting this far. And someone even added me to their favorites! I'm soooo happy! Thank you all sooo much for reading this far!

Ok, it's not the end yet!

Sing: Smooth Criminal- by Alien Ant Farm

CHAPTER TWENTY: Instinction.

Ino checked the empty hallways before running across to the next doorway. Everyone followed, Naruto limping occasionally, he was getting feeling back in his body.

"Why have a giant lair, but no goons?" Ino murmured worriedly. "Is this a trick?"

"No one's here." Sasuke muttered, his brows creasing. "I guess Kais was confident he didn't need any help."

"That, or he has no one." Ino muttered. When they were sure it was clear, all four of them scampered thruogh the hallways until finally, they found what looked lik an elevator. It used and old pully sytem, where you had to crank a wheel in order to move up of down. The four piled inside and Sasuke took the lever. He watched above him the entire time he cranked, waiting for something terrible to happen.

Naruto stared at the wall, his eyes unseeing. Hinata had her arms wrapped around his neck protectivly, her hand fisting in his shirt.

But little did any of them know, that behind Naruto's eyes, a battle was raging. If they didn't do something soon, Kyuubi might just see day light.

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"It's almost time." Kais grinned to himself. Nearby, Mayu stood in the center of the circle, her head tilted to the side. Her dull eyes stared at nothing, she looked posatively dead. Kais chuckled and left the circle. "Make sure you do it right this time Kandara. It's time Kyuubi found her-"

Kais grunted in surprise when something began to rumble. All of a sudden the ground churned right under Kais's feet, giving way. It was as if there had been an explosion. Kais barely had time to get out of the way before yet anther explosion hit the ground. The destruction made a straight line. This was being controlled.

A kunai whizzed past Kais's cheek and he spun around with wide eyes. Standing there was three figures. Kakashi lept from his spot when suddenly Mayu rushed him. She was too fast and grabbed his arm, swinging him as far away as she could.

"You should have ran away!" Kais screamed in insanity. He laughed maniacally. "I'll destroy you all!"

"Kakashi!" Sakura cried. Kakashi nodded and threw his mask aside. There was no telling if it would work, but he had to try. He was the copy ninja. Kakashi slammed his hand onto his arm, watching with wide eyes as Mayu ran at him, a very sharp knife in her hands. It wasn't a kunai, but it looked much more dangerous.

The air around Kakashi began sharp as chakra pooled into his arm. He clentched his fist and opened his mouth into a snarl, before runnign straigth at Mayu.

This had to work!

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Naruto collasped on the ground, surprising Hinata and bringing her down with him. He'd been helping her so she didn't have to carry his full weight, but...

"Naruto." Hinata gasped. "Are you OK? What's wrong-"

Hinata screamed in surprise when suddenly Naruto's hand slammed into her throat, squeezing it until her face went red. She couldn't breath, not even words would come out as she struggled helplessly.

"Naruto!" Ino screamed, throwing herself forward. But a hand slammed into her stomach and she was thrown into the wall, the tiles cracking under the force and slipping to the ground. Sasuke's eyes were wide. It had been so unexpected...

"You got me once Uchiha." A dark, demonic voice snarled. Naruto lifted his eyes and threw Hinata to the side. She tumbled, coughing and crying, her mouth filled with blood from biting her tongue. Naruto's eyes were the deepest red they had ever been, and once again he was mutated and deformed. "But it won't happen again. I promise."

"Kyuubi." Sasuke breathed.

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Kakashi cried out as he slammed his fist full of chakra at Mayu. He closed his eyes at contact. If it landed, he didn't want to see what happened to Mayu. If it didn't...He didn't want to see what happened to him.

Suddenly Kakashi cried out as pain flashed through his arm. When he threw open his eyes he found Mayu standing there without a scratch. Sakura cried out in horror when she saw it. Mayu had Kakashi's fist in her palms, gripping it firmly. Her hand was bleeding, but other then that...

"Impossible." Kakashi said breathlessly. He was about to rip his hand away, when something in Mayu's eyes stopped him. Some strange darkness seemed to be dripping out of them. Kakashi felt his entire body go numb and he slumped to his knees, his elbow weakening in Mayu's grasp. He could hear Sakura yelling, but none of that mattered. "So long as this blood is in you, I control you."

Mayu lifted a hand and placed it over Kakashi's face. Her eyes were lifeless as she pressed down. Pain flared through Kakashi's mind and when he opened his eyes, he was writhing on the ground in agony, his thoughts twisted in pain. Sakura was screaming at him to get up, but he couldn't. It hurt too much. His eye felt like it was burning, but when he touched it he knew it was still there.

"I control every blood trait." Mayu murmured. "You are powerless."

"Kandara." Kais said calmly, drawing the girl back to the circle. "It's time, I'll take care of the girl."

Mayu nodded deaftly and stepped into the center of the circle, closing her eyes. Deep inside, darkness prevailed, sending her into a strange new world full of horrors. Mayu felt herself fall away from the world she had come to enjoy. No longer did she see Sasuke's face whenever she blinked, all she saw was darkness. This must be why she was so terrified of the dark.

Sakura cried in pain when something caught her arm. She looked up in horror to see none other then Naruto. His face was contorted, his teeth blooding from their expansion, his nails digging into her arm so hard it drew blood. That wasn't Naruto.

Breath escaped Sakura's lungs. "Naruto."

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Surprisingly, Sasuke hadn't been as damaged as the time before. This time he only had a bloody mouth. With grunt of effort, Sasuke drew himself over to where Hinata lay coughing, holding her neck. He checked to make sure she was alright, then trudged over to Ino. There was a cut above her eyebrow, but she was alive and staring at Sasuke with wide eyes.

"Come on." Sasuke hissed. "If we don't hurry..."

"Naruto..." Hinata sobbed as Ino pulled her along, limping. There was a large nasty bruise forming on Hinata's neck, turning a horride purple color. Sasuke felt his stomach churn as he remembered the look in those eyes. If Naruto stayed that way for any longer, there was no telling what might happen. All he knew, was that neither Naruto nor Mayu was in their right minds. Sasuke had to do something. Whether it be knocking the sense into them, he didn't know. Maybe he could get them to fight it, just like he had done to Naruto. But that had been luck. Could he do it again? Maybe with Mayu.

The roof began to shake suddenly, and dirt fell from the corners, spraying over the three. They looked up in surprise.

"An exlposion?" Ino gasped. "What's going on?"

"It reminds me of someone." Sasuke muttered, staring at the ground. Could it be? "Sakura..."

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"Let us begin." Kais instructed, steppnig away from the circle and grinning at the unconcious Sakura and Kakashi. They looked pathetic, brought down so easily. It must have been torture to see someone they knew so well attack them without mercy. Kais grinned to himself malificently as he watched Mayu raise her arms.

Quickly, she slammed them together and began to rapidly make hand signs. It took at least five minutes for her to complete all the hand signs, due to how many they were for this particular jutsu. The particular jutsu, which had been forbidden for years. Banned by it's own creator. But after years of meticulous research, Kais had finally recreated it. All thanks to the one person the old hokage had left behind as a clue.

Suddenly, the circle began to glow and shiver, the ground rumbling strangley. Behind Kais, Sakura blinked open a bleary eye, her head spinning. All she could do was watch as slowly, Naruto approached the glowing circle. The twisted, deranged Naruto that had hurt Sakura badly. He stapped directly onto the edge of the circle and his hair slammed upwards, his clothes flaoting as if there were a wind rising up to greet him. He looked posatively demonic standing there, grinning at Mayu.

It was only a matter of time.

Kais felt joy swell in his stomach. This was it, what he had been waiting for for almost eleven years. It was finally his chance to shine, his moment. No one could take this away from him!

Something began to rise from the circle, what looked like ears, and a head full of fur. It was large. As it rose, Naruto began to writh and convulse standing there, Kyuubi fighting for Naruto to relinquish his body. But Naruto fought as hard as he could. He noticed that the more he fought, the slower the demon from the circle approached the upper world. Help would come soon.

"Stop fighting it." The controlled Mayu snarled, her teeth barred in a snarl. Her dull eyes were narrowed in frustration, sweat dripping from her forehead. So it was taking a lot from her. How much chakra could this jutsu take? Maybe if Naruto fought long enough, eventually her chakra would run out? "There's nothing you can do. All of your friends are dead now."

Naruto struggled with himself. They weren't dead! They couldn't be dead...He wouldn't believe it. Kyuubi hadn't kileld them.

He was struck wit hfear when he remembered Hinata. What had happened to her? Had Kyuubi killed her? He didn't want that to happen, it couldn't have. Hinata wouldn't have died...

The fear destracted him and he lost a bit of control, the demon rising a bit higher. Suddenly however, all the lights died out and the demon faded. Just like that, out of nowhere. Naruto and Kyuubi looked up with wide eyes, only to find something unexpected.

Sasuke had come out of nowhere and wrapped himself around Mayu when she had been destracted by the jutsu. His arms were holding her gently, and his lips were forcibly pressed against hers. Mayu had faltered, and in doing so had al ost a bit of her resolve. Kais screamed in anger when the tatoo began to receed.

"Impossible!" He cried. Sasuke forced himself inside her mouth. Her eyes were squeezed shut, tears falling from them. Maybe this was exactly what she needed. "Kill him Kandara! I will not loose!"

"Sasuke!" Sakura screamed. The Uchiha gasped and pulled away just as Kais came rushing at him and Mayu with a long sword in his hands. Sasuke ripped Mayu out of the way and looked her in the eyes.

"I won't let you do this." Sasuke hissed. Everyone watched in amazement as he hugged Mayu in a bone crushing hug. "I won't let you go...Because I...lo-"

"Damn you" Kais slammed his sword down but yelped in surprise when it didn't land. He looked up in horror to find a blooding hand holding it down with chakra. Naruto, back to normal, stood there with a bloody grin.

"You'll never win, don't you get it?" Naruto snapped, throwing the sword aside. "You've been hiding behind Mayu's ability all this time, and you have none yourself. You didn't think Mayu could fall in love did you? Haven't you ever heard, that love is strong?"

"Never!" Kais hissed, slamming his hands together.

"Too slow!" Someone screamed. Ino stood behind Kais, slammed her hands together. Kais gasped as his eyes went dull and his life was forced from his body to be replaced by Ino's. She grinned at herself. "Let's see how you like to be controled!"

"Ino, you can't kill him, you'll hurt yourself-" Hinata gasped, running forward.

"It's alright." Ino grinned from Kais's body. "My dad didn't leave me behind with nothing you know."

Suddenly, she was back in her own body. Kais struggled and struggled but couldn't move. It felt like his entire body was lead.

"This is my family's ability." Ino snarled at Kais. "Remeber it!"

She made a movement and Kais suddenly had a small kife in his hands, and before he knew what was happening, it was plunging into his own heart. He plunged forward and slammed hard into the ground, all his life leaving as the blood flowed from the wound. Ino breathed heavily, collasping to the ground. Hinata was by her side.

"Ino." Hinata whispered, rubbing her friends hair. "It was too much chakra..."

"I'm fine." Ino rasped. all her engery had been zapped, she hadn't exactly tried that jutsu before.

Suddnely, Hinata looked up and found tear filled blue eyes starring at her.

"Hi-nata." Naruto hiccuped. "I'm so sorry-"

He was cut off by a sobbing Hyuuga, clinging to his chest desperatly and screaming how terrified she had been that he might die.

Behind them, a scream rang out. Sasuke gasped and grabbed Mayu's arms as her eyes roleld back into her head and she began to convulse. On her arm, the tatoo burned fire red and began to receed. Sasuke wrapped his arms around Mayu's body and held her still as it receeded. He whispered into her neck and promised it would be alright.

Sakura pulled herself over with effort. She knew they would explain it all to her soon.

"Kakashi." Sakura muttered, shoving the mans body. Carefully, Kakashi opened shaky eyes and stared blearily at Sakura. "It's over now."

"Good." Kakashi sighed, dropping his head the the ground and staring at the sky.

Sasuke stared down at Mayu when she finally stopped convulsing and fell unconcious. It was incredible. Finally, it was over. Kais no longer controlled her, and Naruto had Kyuubi under control. Surely they could do something about that later. sure, Sasuke's arm was still broken, but that would heal. They were all alive. Except for Kais of course.

"Sasuke." Naruto murmured, his eyes wide. Sasuke looked up in surprise blinking and touching his cheek. Well now, this was new. "Are you...Crying?!?!?!?!?!"

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