A/N: Snow Animal Clan, you are the most awesome reviewers (with your cousins of course) I have ever had! I love you guys so much! I want to tell you something: You guys seriously have no idea what you mean to me. I'm serious. You have no idea how I think of my life. I have an amazing family, but they think I'm always happy, I'm not. I have to tell you I've….I have cut myself once, I was so depressed. It was just once, but I'm never doing it again. It made my best friend cry, and I hate to see her cry. I only did it because I think I'm hideous, and I thought that would make me feel better, and trust me, if you saw me, you too would probably think I was ugly. I'm used to it though. A boy tells me every day that I'm hideous, but my friends say I'm not, but they're my friends, what do I expect? Don't think of me as a bad person, please. You guys make me rethink my life. This all sounds sappy, but it's 100 true. You guys keep me living on. Snow Elk, don't you ever leave me! Do you hear me?! Don't EVER leave me or I'll hunt you down and beat you senselessly! Just think about what I just said, Snow Elk, please. I know I'm revealing this to everyone, but I don't care. Just please, guys, don't ever leave me. Please…well on with the chapter before I start crying…again. P.S. Snow Jackal? I want to say, that you make me feel beautiful…you're younger than me, but I want you to know that you make me feel like I can call myself beautiful. I hope that makes sense.
Hiyato ran far ahead of Obisam, trying hard to find any sign of Kyouki in the dark woods. The sky had darkened, wind blew trees hard, and rain poured.
"Hiyato, wait!" Hiyato's cousin called.
"No, Obisam!" Hiyato yelled, "I'm not going to wait on you when I can use that time to find her!"
Obisam was surprised. Hiyato never yelled at him like that or at anyone!
Konamaru whimpered slightly on Obisam's head, the wind beginning to pick up.
"Kyouki…," Hiyato whispered, pain in his chest, "Where are you?"
"AAAHHHH!" a voice screamed from the right.
Hiyato looked to see white tails from afar.
"Kyouki!" Hiyato yelled, turning the other way.
"Hiyato, wait! You might get hurt, Hiyato!" Obisam yelled, worrying that his cousin might do something stupid.
But Hiyato didn't listen. He didn't care what happened to him. He had to see if she was ok. He had to see if he could help at all.
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"AAAHHH!" Kyouki screamed as another tail began to form, slinging itself at Naruto.
Naruto jumped out of its way.
Damn: he thought, while in the air: She's grown her ninth tail. Who knows how long she can hold this!
Kyouki clutched her head and screamed in pain as the ninth tail completely came out.
She shook her head, screaming, "No, no, no! I hate this! I want it to stop! I don't want to hurt them! Minato…Father…Mother…Obisam…..HIYATO!!"
She screamed in pain as white chakra flowed around her body.
Her tails swished angrily around her head. One tail slammed into a tree, causing it to fall to the ground.
The nine tails continued to swish angrily around her head, Naruto wise to keep a distance from her tails.
What can I do to calm her down: Naruto thought, watching another tail break a large boulder that lay near a tree.
"KYOUKI!" a voice cried.
Naruto shot his head up and saw Hiyato running towards the half demon girl.
"Hiyato, stay back!" Naruto yelled, but the boy had no intention in stopping.
Kyouki looked up and saw the young Hyuga boy.
"Hiyato?" she asked, tears leaking through her eyes.
She shook her head and screamed in pain yet again.
Hiyato was now in front of the girl, walking slowly towards her.
Obisam landed by Naruto, who wanted to go after him, but Kyouki seemed to stare at him.
"Kyouki," Hiyato said, his grey eyes looking into her dark yellow orbs.
Kyouki narrowed her eyebrows.
She threw her hand out in front of her, trying to keep the Hyuga boy back.
"Go, Hiyato," she yelled, "I don't want to hurt you!"
But the boy did not stop. He got closer and closer…
SLAM!!
A tail had managed to slam the young boy into a nearby tree.
"HIYATO!" Kyouki yelled.
She looked up at the tails, which still swished angrily above her head.
She then looked down at her hands, and asked, "What have I done?"
She buried her face into her hands and yelled, "I'm a monster!"
Kyouki crouched down, pulling her knees into her chest, and her head between her legs.
Thunder roared louder, lightning strike, and the wind howled louder.
"Hiyato, are you alright?" Naruto asked, crouching to the young boy, who had blood spilling out of the corner of his mouth.
Hiyato wiped the blood away.
He then stood up and began to walk towards the girl.
Obisam stared at the Hokage with shock.
"Aren't you going to stop him, Hokage-sama?" he asked angrily.
Naruto didn't know how to answer. Part of him wanted to stop the foolish Hiyato, but the other half, a much stronger half, wanted him to keep going. As though Hiyato would stop the young Uzumaki girl's raging demon side.
Hiyato limped every three steps towards the girl, who was still crouched in her position.
Hiyato reached her and crouched beside her. He sat in front of her and pulled her into his chest.
Kyouki didn't see nor hear him. She looked up at him, the tails above swishing less violently.
Hiyato's eyes were closed as he ran his hand on top of her hair.
"Shhh," he said, "It's going to be alright. I promise."
Kyouki stared up at the face of the boy, confused and worried.
She shook her head, the wind howling.
"I don't want to hurt anyone anymore," she whispered, tears leaking out.
The rain poured harder, drenching the boy's hair to his face.
"It's ok," Hiyato said, "I don't care…you can't leave Kyouki because….because…." He couldn't continue.
Kyouki stared at his face.
"Because why, Hiyato?" she asked.
Hiyato opened his eyes and said, "Because I…..because you're our teammate, Kyouki. You're also our friend, and friends don't leave each other."
Kyouki stared in amazement at Hiyato, the wind dying slowly, the clouds moving away, and the rain stopping.
"Hi-Hiyato….," Kyouki whispered.
Hiyato began to leak tears.
"I don't want you to go, Kyouki," he said, "Please don't ever go. I'll beg to keep you here on our team. Don't call yourself a monster. You are the purest thing I have ever met."
Kyouki widened her eyes in amazement. The boy continued to leak tears.
Kyouki's tails fell to the ground softly. Kyouki leaned into the boy's chest, her face returning to normal. Everything turned to normal except for the nine large tails.
She felt the warmth exceeding from the boy's body, to her face.
"Hiyato….," she whispered.
Kyouki began to close her eyes as the tails began to disappear.
"Hiyato, I…I….," she said, but she never got to finish for she passed out on the boy's chest.
Hiyato looked at the girl, and squeezed the girl.
Naruto smiled.
I thought so: he thought, standing up.
He walked over to Hiyato, and laid a hand on the young boy's shoulder.
Hiyato looked at Naruto, wiping his eyes, keeping one hand around the girl.
"It's alright, Hiyato," Naruto said, "You may show your feelings. It does not make you less of a ninja to show them."
Hiyato nodded his head and turned back to the sleeping girl, who breathed in and out evenly.
He squeezed her just a little tighter, feeling closer to the girl.
Obisam smiled at his cousin, Konamaru smiling slightly.
"Come on," Naruto said, reaching for Kyouki, but Hiyato flinched.
Naruto smiled and stopped.
"Do you want to carry her?" Naruto asked.
Hiyato nodded his head.
He then stood up with Kyouki in his arms. Naruto walked to the left, leading the way back to the village.
Obisam ran to his cousin's side.
"Good job, Hiyato," Obisam said with a smile. Konamaru barked in agreement.
Hiyato smiled slightly, looking at the girl in his arms.
Obisam smiled even more and said, "But I do think you should've told her."
Hiyato's eyes widened as he stared at his cousin's back as he walked to Naruto.
He left his eyes half way opened and smiled.
Even Obisam, his cousin, knew his feelings for the girl.
Ok not the longest chapter in the world, but I wanted to get it in. My sister's being a whiney baby, complaining that I'm hogging the computer so I'm gonna get off. I don't trust her with this on here. Just want to let you know we did win our volleyball game. Barely. Well I'm going to bed now. Leave reviews please…..
Dimunda Angel of Dark Light
What hurts the most, was being so close
And having so much to say
Then watching you walk away