IMPORTANT: Sorry for the long update but something happened to As Blood Runs Black so I couldn't get hold of a computer with internet. Because of the long wait it gave me time to think, this will be a very long chapter. I mean like 40 or 50 pages. So sit back and relax and go to the bathroom now. On another note, as soon as this fic is done, I will be getting my own account and the name would be the same as it is now but I will be using As Blood Runs Black's email.

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Reviews:

Kin: is the guy that izumo let in the one who killed sakura? Did he just battle temari and lose? That was kinda hilarious!

Me: Of course if I answered your first question that would be a spoiler but what ever. Yes. He killed Sakura. He didn't battle Temari, he battled Talim and she's bleeding to death some where else. The way I answered that made Talim look weak lol.

Tobi: …I wanted to see his reaction though. Aww.

Me: I will show you his reaction. I dunno if it will be funny but you'll get to know about it though.

Narue: -Was it Orochimaru who thought that?

Me: It was but there will be more on that later.

Shugo of Hac: why was kirei feeling woozy? was it because of the kiss? and did shino hear her say "itachi"?

Me: It was because of the kiss. If a horny clone of the one you loved kiss you, wouldn't you be distracted? LMAO I know I would! Even if Shino did hear her say his name, it wouldn't matter. He was more focused on helping her wake up then figuring out who put her in that sate…That comes after.

AireoJet: Didn't Lee and Gaara fight already?

Me: Um…During the pre matches? Well, I forgot the order of the match so I Just made it so when Kirei came back; she saw the result, Gaara standing up and Lee on a stretcher.

Hime: hey! Did itachi use his Mangekyou Sharingan to see what kirei didn't want to say. I mean the part where he asked her where she get the power to beat temari?

Me: Yes he did. He wanted to know who she was violated by and what happened but she was scared and uncomfortable telling the man that she loved she wasn't pure anymore.

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"Kyuubi"

'Kyuubi Thoughts'

"Dark & Light Kirei"

"Dark Kirei" (DK)

"Light Kirei" (LK)

Chapter 9: SLIGHT OCC!

FLASHBACK

When you walk away
You don't hear me say please
Oh baby, don't go
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go

You're giving me too many things
Lately you're all I need
You smiled at me and said,

Don't get me wrong I love you
But does that mean I have to meet your father
When we are older you'll understand
What I meant when I said "No,
I don't think life is quite that simple"

Kirei felt someone holding her hand and stopped singing and open her eyes. It was Itachi. It took him a while to get warmed up with her but she didn't care how long it took, as long as he opened up,

"You're voice…" he murmured in fascination. He looked at her in her eyes and couldn't help but feel so warm, "Your voice is beautiful. It lures me to you. Don't stop," Kirei smiled and closed her eyes then continued.


When you walk away
You don't hear me say please
Oh baby, don't go
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go

The daily things (Like this is that and what is what)
that keep us all busy are confusing me

that's when you came to me and said,

Wish I could prove I love you
but does that mean I have to walk on water?
When we are older you'll understand
It's enough when I say so,
And maybe something's are that simple

When you walk away
You don't hear me say please
Oh baby, don't go
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go

Hold me
Whatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all
Nothing's like before

When you walk away
You don't hear me say please
Oh baby, don't go
Simple and clean as the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go

Hold me
Whatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all
Nothing's like before

Hold me
Whatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all
Nothing's like before

It was quiet after the ending of the song. It made Itachi wonder,

"Kirei, why would you choose to sing a sad song like that?" Itachi asked as Kirei opened her eyes. Her face was calm as she turned to face the empty field they sat in,

"It reminds me of you. It is something I would love to say to you but can't bring myself to…" she took in a deep breath and Itachi frowned,

"Why would you be scared? Are you afraid of my reaction?" he asked. Kirei's arms began to shake. He knew his answer just by her reaction

"I am leaving back to Konoha tomorrow," she whispered trying not to let tears poor down her face. "My time here is done considering the fact that I am able to complete anything they throw at me. I just want to sing you something before I go," she chooses that moment to look at him in the eyes. Itachi looked calm, as if he was expecting this,

"I love you," and Kirei blinked dumbly. Her mouth opened and closed and Itachi smiled, "I love you. I spent my time with you because I love you, because I like seeing the smile on your face, Yes, you are only 10 yet I am six years older, I still want to be near you forever and ever. You thought this would be our last encounter because of my attitude but it will never be. I will always be there for you," he finished. Kirei grew angry and she gave him a quick slap to the back of his head which caught him of guard,

"Why couldn't you tell me this before; I spent many a sleepless nights wondering about you!" tears fell freely from her face and Itachi brought his thumb to wipe away her tears,

"Don't cry, you make me feel like a failure," and he leaned forward and gave her a kiss.

FLASHBACK END

"No fucking way am I going to do something so disgusting! You better be joking!" I uttered those words with dead seriousness. To think he considers me, a female, to do the task he was asking. Oh how low is he? I am ashamed to even be near this man!

"Come on," he begged! "I promise I won't tell anyone that you're doing it! It will be our little secret and besides my research was part of the deal!" Ero-sennin was holding onto my leg begging. This would have been kool (imagine a sennin begging you, it makes you feel like you have power) if it weren't for the reason of his actions. I glared down at him,

"I will not peek on woman! Do you forget that I am a woman myself!" Ero-sennin coughed,

"You are not a woman, you are a pre teen so deal with it," my right eye brow twitched violently, "It was part of the deal so you have to do some research or better yet, help me with my research!" I sighed, it was true, I had to do it I mean, he did teach me the techniques. Plus, I can never go back on my promises. I nodded in agreement and Ero-sennin began jumping up and down,

"I will be right back," I said and he nodded eagerly. I dashed out of the forest and headed straight to the academy. Konohamaru has this pervert technique he came up with that he used on me during our fight. If he can teach it to me, I wouldn't have to peek on woman. Finding Konohamaru was easy, he was right outside eating lunch with Moegi and Udon. I smiled and he saluted,

"Boss! What brings you here? Have you come to teach us some techniques?" he asked getting giddy. I smiled apologetically,

"No not today, but I promise after the exams I'll teach you guys something so kool, Iruka won't be able to beat you!" they whopped at the same time causing me to giggle. Adding chakra to my eyes so I can decipher the technique, "Konohamaru, can you do the Sexy Technique against guys?" he nodded then stood up and performed the seals. The where was a poof of smoke and low and behold, a naked girl who looked like Konohamaru was standing there blowing kisses. I studied the technique with my eyes and when I was done, waved then dashed back to where the sennin was waiting while screaming a thank you to Konohamaru.

I walked into the forest with dread and embarrassment, why does this feel so wrong? I walked towards Ero-sennin and I hurriedly performed the seals for the technique, "Sexy Technique!" and an older version of myself naked, with smoke covering my female parts and he instantly began drooling then pulled out a pen and paper from seemingly no where and began to take notes.

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Itachi was in a good mood. He sneaked into Kirei's kitchen to get something to eat and found dango and pocky, his two favorite snacks. He was entertained when Himitsu woke up thinking he slept in and held back laughter as he dashed around the house looking for things. Itachi didn't even need to mask his presence since the doctor was too absorbed in getting to the hospital. So now, he was dead set on seeing the one he loved training, kind of like a surprise visit. Finding her odd chakra signature and that of another, he quickly Body Flickered there.

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I felt so uncomfortable while Ero-sennin circled around me and ogled my 'body'. Maybe it was time for me to switch back,

"Ano…I feel very uncomfortable…" I murmured as he came face to face with me. He frowned,

"Why would you? Consider this as training," he grinned and I couldn't take this anymore so I put my hands in the cancel hand seal and Ero-sennin lunged at me. I backed up and tripped over a protruding tree root and fell on my ass. Ero-sennin came tumbling after and landed on top of me. God he was heavy. I tried to move but his weight wouldn't let me. His cheeks were pink and his nose was bleeding, he was in pervert land. I heard a poof and I turned to the noise and noticed Itachi staring at me. He appeared and stared down on me as I blushing embarrassedly, I was underneath the pervert of all perverts 'naked' for goodness sakes. The illusion wavered and an audible poof made itself known as I changed back into me, with clothes of course. I tried to push the sennin off of me but he was like a log. Itachi's eye brow twitched and he growled out,

"Let me help," and the color instantly left Ero-sennin's face. Itachi stomped over and gave a punch to the man's face causing him to roll on his back beside me. Without a second thought, I stood up and dashed to a safe distance away from both men. Itachi kicked him in his ribs a couple of times then jumped on top of him punching him in the face; over and over and over again his fist rained down on poor Ero-sennin. Itachi didn't stop even when blood appeared.

I was worried; the love of my life was beating the shit out of my sensei in the middle of a forest. Wouldn't this be a funny story to tell my grand children?! Bad! It's not time to think about things like that. I think it's time I held Itachi back so I cautiously approached him and held back both arms. I literally dragged him off of Jiraiya kicking and screaming,

"LET ME GO!" he roared, "LET ME AT HIM!" he kicked out his foot hitting the bleeding man on the ground's crotch and another kick to his ribs where a loud crack was heard. I only let him go when I was at least ten meters away from the bleeding sennin. Itachi began to calm down so I let him go and rubbed his back,

"Let it go," I said trying to calm him down. A minute passed as we just stared at the unconscious sennin on the ground. When I thought it was time to go, Itachi's anger flared and he ran towards his body and began kicking the shit out of him,

"I SHOULD TELEPATHICALLY ERASE YOUR FUCKING BRAIN! YOU WANT SOME?! OH THAT'S RIGHT, YOU'RE FUCKING UNCONSCIOUS!!" he hollered. I stared at the scene in awe; this was one of those once in a blue moon times that emotion will explode from Itachi. Come to think of it, it's pretty kool to have your boyfriend beat the crap out of one of the legendary three. Who can ever say that they witnessed that?

With Nightmare-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"You're awake," it was more of a statement then a question. The man stirred on his bed and darted around the room looking for his large broad sword, "If you're looking for that thing you call a weapon, it is being held in a facility," a cold voice rang through the room. The man lying down on the bed looked to his right and noticed a large man wearing a bandana with the fore head protector on it in a long dark trench coat. His face was grim, it looked like a smile was foreign on his face, "My name is Ibuki," he answered the unasked question and the man on the bed sat up and studied him,

"When will I receive my sword?" he asked. He knew the sword couldn't last long without feeding on his energy. It was only a matter of time before it lured its next victim,

"You have to answer some questions first. I would like to know the name of my prisoner," he asked adding a smirk. The man on the stretcher decided to entertain these people and use them for his own needs,

"Nightmare. I know nothing else,"

HOKAGE MEETING-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Danzo, you can not expect us to sit around here and wait for the Kyuubi to get stronger? DO SOMETHING!" an angry councilman banged his fist on the table. Sarutobi sighed; he was getting too old for this,

"Danzo can not do anything nor can the rest of you," Sarutobi stated calmly. He averted his gaze from the round table to the shocked faces of some of the council members, "The only way for Kirei to be banished is if she is in cahoots with several of our enemies, committed treason, killed an innocent or unleashed the Kyuubi on us all and I can assure you that none of the above will ever occur. This meeting is adjourned," with that, he stood up and left the tense room. Many people were left in shock safe for Danzo, he was grinning like a mad clown. Danzo was the last person in the room and he instantly stood up and turned to his left,

"Did you hear that? It seems I may have use for you after all. Now go and complete the mission, the banishment of the demon depends on it," A boy a little older then Kirei's age appeared from behind a curtain. He nodded and disappeared leaving Danzo with the biggest smile.

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"Itachi you realize that Ero-sennin now knows where you are? You do realize that you are royally fucked?" I said trying to keep my voice calm, kool and collected. Itachi snorted and ran his hand through his hair. He looked back at Ero-sennin on the ground and smirked,

"As long as he doesn't touch what is mine," he said smugly and I couldn't help but blush. Maybe I should just leave Ero-sennin out here, I also think I should find Sasuke and Ichiro, I haven't seen them in a while, "Kirei, go back to training, I will be out for some time alright?" I nodded sadly that is our only option, to make Itachi hide out until things get cleared out. I have an idea!

"Itachi-kun, do you have some sake?" he looked at me curiously then opened up a scroll and a bottle of sake came out of no where. He shot it at me and I caught it, then I proceeded towards Ero-sennin and I poured the whole bottle on him to seem as if he were drunk. I turned to Itachi with the empty bottle and passed it back to him, "You need to lay low okay?" he nodded and Body Flickered away and I sighed, I should get back to my scheduled training.

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"Well Kirei, I think you that's all I can teach you. I thought it would take longer but you seemed to have mastered everything. But always remember, you need to meditate everyday in order to keep this calm maturity. I will see you when it is time for you to fuse," Yami said emotionlessly before he became nothing. I smiled sadly, it was fun when it lasted, but now, what do I do? Itachi still hasn't shown up yet and Ero-sennin is in the hospital smelling of sake, Sasuke is training to fight, Ichiro dropped off the face of the earth and Satsuki and Himitsu have an all night at the hospital. The suns about to set, maybe I should go and watch it.

I began walking out of the forest towards the Hokage monument. It is a well known fact that the best place to watch the sun set is the Yondaime's head. I body flickered there and walked to the edge where I could dangle my feet and waited for the show to start. It started to make me think, do I hate the fourth? He did seal Kyuubi in me, he did cause me to get beaten, raped, discriminated and detested but if I hadn't been beaten to the point my skin was having trouble staying on, I would have never met my family, my dad, Himitsu and Talim, who introduced me to my mom's side of the family. But whatever happened to my real dad? Why do some people refer to me as Narumi?

"Hello," I jumped at the voice; I didn't even notice somebody was here with me. When did he get here? I studied the boy, he looked so much like Sasuke, the same eyes, same skin color, same everything safe for the hair style. This boy had his hair short, barely touching his shoulders. But that wasn't the only difference; he had an aura of emptiness. Like he felt nothing and it bothered me, he must be unhappy,

"H-Hello…when did you get here?" I asked holding my chest to catch my breath. The boy gave an empty smile,

"A few moments ago, why, are you alarmed?" he sat closer to me and I new something was up,

"Um…" I just had to play my cards right and maybe I could figure out what his aim is. His smile never left and I looked at the sun which was now setting. "Ahh…So beautiful, its breath taking isn't it?" I asked. I turned to see his reaction but he was frowning, why would he be confused? "What's the matter?"

"I'm having trouble understanding what emotion you are feeling, the book I read said nothing about this. It only mentioned happiness, sadness and anger. What are you feeling?" I didn't know how to answer that,

"What is your name?"

"Sai,"

"Well Sai, I guess I feel relaxed. What we are witnessing now is nature at one of its finest. To think, some people can not even experience something romantic and wonderful, I love watching the sun and the moon, to me, they are beacons of mystery and affection," I finished smiling. I do have a very large fascination towards the sun and moon and when I can sure my insight, it just makes things a lot better. Sai didn't respond but I didn't mind, when everything is quiet, it's peaceful. I felt someone hold my hand and I glanced back at Sai, "Wh-what?"

"This feels…good, I have never felt this way nor was I aware that I am capable of feeling this way. Thank you," he said calmly and I wondered about his background. It seems that he can not feel emotions or is it just that he doesn't understand what he feels. Maybe the rest of the month won't be so boring when I have a new objective, help Sai understand emotions. It doesn't sound too hard. We stayed in silence holding hands until stars came out. I sighed,

"That was beautiful! Sai, won't your parents and friends be worried that you are not home?" I asked still gazing ahead,

"My parents are dead and I have no friends," he stated it so simply as if it were nothing and I almost dropped from the monument, "What is a friend?" he asked and I could only blink dumbly. How do you not know what a friend is?

"A friend…Hmmm, it will be hard to explain, I'd rather show you and let you experience it." He nodded in understanding, "Say, why don't you become my friend?" I asked smiling. He seemed lonely

"Okay. Narumi is my new friend," he gave a fake smile and I frowned,

"Who is Narumi?"

"You are, it says on your file that I read," he frowned, "Did I do something wrong?"

"No…Just call me Kirei. Ano…why do you give fake smiles?"

"The book also said that giving smiles is a nice way to greet someone and to befriend them yet I do not understand what a friend is," he said. I scratched the top of my head in thought, trying to figure out a way to explain it,

"Umm…Now that we are friends, we have to help each other through troubled times and spend time with each other!" I added cheerfully. Sai smiled again,

"That sounds good. I like that idea," I gave him a nod then stood up bringing him with me,

"How come I haven't seen you around here before Sai-kun?"

"I was finally granted permission to interact with others," I sweat dropped,

"Let me take you home! I have to head to the hospital afterwards anyway so it won't bother me," he nodded then let go of my hand and began jumping of the mountain and landed on a roof and I followed after him. I caught up with him and noticed he glowed in the night light, reminded me of Itachi when he slept,

"If I defeat you, I have a better chance of fighting Sasuke!" an angry voice called out. I stopped moving and looked at the roof in front of us while Sai kept going. I turned to Sai and he looked back at me curiously and I pointed across the roof. There was a boy wearing a large hay stack on his back and a boy sitting on the top of the roof with a peanut shaped gourd. He raised his hands and sand covered the boy and fear for the life of Mr. Haystack surrounded me so I quickly body flickered to the guy wearing the gourd and gave him a punch to his jaw. He went soaring across a couple of roof tops and I immediately turned to Mr. Haystack,

"Are you okay?" I asked concerned for his well being. His fore head protector glistened in the moonlight and the musical note indicated that he was from sound,

"You little wench! I will be the one to defeat him so I can fight the Uchiha!" He dashed towards me and a vein appeared on my head,

"IS THIS WHAT I GET FOR SAVING YOUR LIFE?" I yelled but it fell on deaf ears for Mr. Haystack who I just noticed as Dosu, came towards me and thrust his metal arm thingy. Dear Kami, why can't people just use normal ninja weapons? I evaded the attack by ducking and swept his feet from under him. He back flipped away and it allowed me to get into my stance (a/n Chung Li from street fighter). I glared at him,

"Listen here, I do not wish to fight you! I mean, for goodness gracious I fucking helped you escape the sand of doom! I at least deserve a thank you!" he laughed at me and I took a step forward then felt ringing in my ears and spat out blood. I could feel him smirking and my right eye brow twitched. I was dizzy, standing before me were two Dosu's and I squinted my eyes to see clearer but it didn't really help. Which was the real Dosu? I should hit both of them just in case. I needed an attack that could hit multiple enemies at once but will I be able to concentrate hard enough for me to do it? I made ten hand seals, "Uzairu Clan: Hurricane Whirlwind!" and shot my hands forward. I hoped nobody notices how sloppy I performed this technique. I watched the real Dosu and a fake Dosu try to dodge the attack but it circles around you and shoots you up into the air. I decided to take a page from Lee and Sasuke's book and did the first kick for the shadow leaf dance which launched the opponent in the air. I jumped after the first Dosu one and two with five clones. A kick to the ribs, head, ass, back, face and then an axe kick causing Dosu one and two to tumble down,

"Kirei-san, you defeated him so easily?" Sai asked as he jumped beside me. I looked over at him and saw two Sai's standing side by side and I began to sway because of the dizziness. I guess I wasn't fully recovered from his sound attack,

"Why do you guys say it like you couldn't believe it?"

"It was very sloppy, no form no nothing, just reckless brawling," they both answered with seriousness. I heard a loud groaning noise and saw a weak Dosu standing up and holding onto his knees for support. I blinked a couple of times and noticed both Dosu's fuse together and I smiled, my vision and dizziness must be getting healed by LK or Kyuubi!

"I don't go down so easy!" he called out and I raised an eyebrow. I closed my eyes and imagined Tsuki in my hands and when I opened them, my blade was glistening in the moonlight. Dosu charged forward lunging his metal arm toward me and I parried with my blade causing him to stumble back and I made a horizontal swipe across his chest. He clutched it painfully and a sharp pain appeared in my ears again before it vanished, I guess LK and Kyuubi found a way for me to be immune to his techniques,

"It's over Dosu, you are clearly out matched," I said calmly hoping he got the hint. He growled before coughing something up. He ignored his slash on his chest and removed his haystack from his back and revealed two more metal thingies similar to the one on his arm. He laughed as he slipped one on his leg and one on his arm and got into a kick boxing stance furrowing his brows once in a while probably because of the blood coming from his wound,

"Kirei-san, allow me to finish him off," Sai said from beside me. I grinned,

"That won't be necessary, the fight just got interesting," I headed straight towards him knowing that what I was doing is stupid and reckless but I just needed to test his abilities. I made five clones then made a sixth one pop up behind Sai hiding. I made a replacement with myself and a clone and waited for the information to flood into me. Five minutes later, my head began to have small migraine but that was because of the mental strain. I performed a couple of seals and ended wit the rat and black chakra became my second skin. This move was taxing and tiring and I could only kept it up for a couple of minutes, "Darkness release: Silent Kill," I murmured then entered the darkness surrounding Dosu. I watched as he hopped left and right until he finally got annoyed,

"COME ON! I DIDN'T PULL Out THE BIG GUNS FOR NOTHING!" he yelled and I smirked, he had an opening. I emerged from the darkness using my speed to it's full advantage then quickly tried to remember where the knock out position was from the anatomy book I read. I remembered but I didn't have enough time to mold chakra so I hit it as hard as I could. He collapsed to his knees semi-conscious and I knew I had to work on my strength. He dropped to the ground and I sighed in relief knowing the battle was over then let my guard down. I felt something was off and quickly created an explosive shadow clone and replaced myself with it. Dosu made a sweeping kick and hit the clone but there was a five second delay,

"RUN!" I yelled trying to warn him, I just wanted to knock him out but his position wouldn't allow him to do so, he had to be standing up on his knees or feet. He turned his head towards me and I covered my mouth as I watched my clone explode letting a blinding white light right through. It rained blood. I bet you're wondering how I felt when I saw blood spraying everywhere and Dosu's arm and leg flying through the sky. I felt horrible, maybe my physical strength sucked but my ninjutsu strength is too much. I dunno how this might have happened! It was only supposed to knock him out but his head was too close to the focus point of the explosion. I felt horrible. I felt lower then dirt, I killed someone after I saved them, maybe I didn't save them at all. I'm a horrible person,

"Kirei-san, are you okay?" I felt somebody touch me and I jumped and moved from the persons reach. I looked at Sai in his eyes yet I didn't feel anything coming from them, "You look sad, why don't you go home and get some rest?" I wasn't clear of my surroundings, to be frank, I didn't care about anything, I just felt so low. I killed someone because of a careless mistake, I am smart but why couldn't I use another clone? Was it because I was too sure of my plan? Am I getting too cocky? I think I need to go away for a while…Maybe never come back…

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Dark energy filled the air and circled around a cocoon made of black wings. There was too much dark energy in the air and it caused the surrounding water to evaporate and near by mold to die. One of the black wings opened and revealed a sweating DK,

"Too much…" she looked exhausted and worried at the same time. She looked around and saw a glowing light in the distance and crawled over to it while the dark energy kept circling around her and coming in. "Too much…" she cried out as a large ball of darkness slammed right into her back. She stopped moving for a couple of minutes. She started twitching as small amounts of energy made it's way through her body,

"DK?" asked an uncertain LK. She had heard the cries and felt the energy in this area and wondered what was going on. DK rolled on to her side with much difficulty and gasped before her telepathy began,

"Too many dark emotions…I'm absorbing it and it's too much…She needs to keep us balance, she needs to think of good things or my power will over ride yours and I will absorb you and you shall be no more," she groaned as a large ball of energy went through her stomach, "she will become evil…" LK began shaking,

"How long do I have?"

"two weeks…at this rate…"

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Sai hoisted me up and I leaned on his shoulder, I was still very distraught and confused. Images of his body flying came to my mind and I turned pale thinking about it,

"You are over reacting, you are a ninja, ninja are tools for killing," Sai tried to help comfort me but it didn't work. I just felt worse,

"But it was an accident! Who would want a ninja who doesn't know their own strength?" I slumped down the ground and Sai dropped down to the ground to support my dead weight. I started crying. I felt something stir and I knew something was amiss. I tried to dry my tears and look around the area and there in the moonlight was a mountain of sand. I froze. I watched as the sand began spilling onto the roof and out emerged a crazed looking Gaara bearing his teeth. I felt this immense chakra,

"You…injured me…" he seemed shocked and excited at the same time and it was kind of creepy. I was in no condition to fight and the darkness technique took most of my chakra. I could only do my taijutsu and rely heavily on my speed or I could concentrate chakra to my hand and do the knock out move properly. He took heavy steps towards us and I took a step back and watched as his arm became engulfed in sand and it formed into a demonic arm,

"Monster," Sai said and Gaara's eyes flashed with recognition and I took that as my chance to body flicker behind him since I had already finished molding some of the chakra. I hit him on the back of the neck and he collapsed to the ground in a heap. I sighed in relief and turned towards the window on the second floor when a gasp was heard,

"LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" Shouted Temari. She was crying and the most fear I have seen in ages appeared on her face. There was a mechanical laughter then a blood curling screech emitting from Gaara. I almost wet my pants because of the amount of fear I felt and power emitting from the pale boy. Needless to say, I was worried, what do I do? There was sand circulating from Gaara and most of it accumulated onto his right arm. I quickly turned back to Temari in desperation,

"What do I do? What's going on?" I asked hoping she would be able to answer. She swallowed with difficulty then opened her mouth,

"Shukaku has emerged…" and I frowned, wasn't Shukaku the one tailed demon? Did that mean? Realization hit me and I turned back to Gaara who's upper body looked like a mini Shukaku. I remember, Gaara is just like me, a human sacrifice and yet he could not control his demon…if I had known he couldn't control it, I would have helped him and we could have been friends, we could share our troubles with each other and finally find someone who could understand. It seems Gaara's demon isn't controlled well meaning I have about ten minutes to bring back Gaara or ANBU and the Hokage will arrive. I faced him as my opponent and my heart ached, it hurt to see Gaara like this,

"Gaara if you could hear me in there, I understand. I am as well holding a demon inside of me so please, do not give up,"

"Ha ha ha! Stupid mortals and there feelings! Gaara is no longer here, I am! I want to play so bring out your demon!" he said and I knew Gaara was lost. I watched him morph into a gigantic Shukaku hosting a sleeping Gaara on his head. Maybe I had to wake Gaara up. That's simple. What I need is something or a summon with wings that could bring me close to him. Didn't Yami and Ero-sennin give me summons? I should summon a celestial beast from Yami since they could fly and what not. I focused on revealing my seal and a burning sensation made its way to my neck, "HURRY UP, IM GETTING BORED!" I bit my thumb and smeared the blood on the seal on my neck then performed seven seals and raised my palm flat to the sky,

"Summoning Technique," there was a large plume of smoke and I wondered what bird I would get. Suddenly everything felt like it was in slow motion and my mind and soul were at peace as the smoke resided, a gorgeous bird with orange, yellow and red feathers and a tail on fire was flying in the air. Everything went back to normal when the bird opened his mouth,

"Who has summoned me, Phoenix, son of the great fire bird lord?" I gulped then waved my hand timidly. I felt his gaze linger on me and I knew he was seizing me up. He made a grunting noise then swooped down and without a second thought I jumped on his back.

"PLAY TIME!" Shukaku was still acting immature and the fire bird grunted again,

"This is our opponent?"

"Yes Phoenix-dono," if I wanted to make an impression I better start with respect.

"So little girl can summon angels, too bad he's way too small to damage me," he cupped his large hands to his mouth and shot an air bubble towards us,

"Hold on," so this celestial beast was an angel? I guess it could be possible considering its beauty. He dodged to the right still continuing onward. Suddenly five large air blasts were heading straight for us. We were successfully able to dodge three of them but Phoenix had to shoot fire from his breath to cancel the last two out. Adding chakra to my feet, I stood up on Phoenix' back and waited for him to swoop down, low enough for me to land on Shukaku's head, "I will speak with you another time," I nodded and I jumped down and heard a poof noise signaling my summons exit. I was a foot away from Gaara when I landed and I quickly used my speed to my advantage, to move before Shukaku did only left me few options and I choose to charge and deliver a gut punch. My plan worked and Gaara woke up.

"NOOOOOO!!!!!!! I JUST CAME OUT!!!!" Shukaku called before turning into a large pile of sand. I caught Gaara in my arms as we were headed speeding to the ground and molded enough chakra into my feet so I wouldn't get injured. I landed with one knee bent and I cradled him in my arms hoping he would wake up. His brows were in a frown as he continuously blinked before opening his eyes. He looked up at me and fear welled up in his eyes,

"NO! STAY AWAY FROM ME!" he yelled in my ear and I felt my heart snap into two. He squirmed trying to get out of my grip but I pulled him into a hug instead, and I squeezed him tight,

"It's okay, I won't hurt you. I just want you to know that I am like you, I too have a demon inside of me," he stopped moving as the words left my mouth. I could feel his heart rate calming down as he took deep breaths, "It must be hard, living where nobody loves you, nobody cares but you're wrong, there will always be someone in your life that cares. Starting now, I want to be that person," it was silent, like he was contemplating on my words and I waited patiently,

"Why?" he asked, his voice raspy from (my guess), holding back tears. I smiled and looked into his eyes,

"Because I know how you feel. I've been through the judging and the hatred, I've been through everything and I know that all I wanted was a friend and somebody who cared. I got strong by protecting the people who became my precious people and look at me now!" I giggled as Gaara stared at me blankly. I pouted, "Do you ever smile?" He frowned, "We'll work on it later. Right now, you need rest, you also need someone to fix your seal and if you ask the Hokage, he will be more then welcome to help you," I lifted him up with me and jumped down to the window where Temari was looking out from. I walked over to a bed and placed him on it, "I'll find you," and I body flickered to where I last saw Sai. He was staring at me with a smirk and I raised an eyebrow,

"You are very interesting Narumi Kazama," he offered his hand with another fake smile, "Shall we?" I shrugged my shoulders, I guess he still hasn't gotten the grasp of emotions yet. This day just gets weirder and weirder.

WITH NIGHTMARE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

He stared blankly out the window as the small droplets of rain slid down it. He felt empty, like something was missing and guilty. What did he have to loose when he had harmed her? Why was he feeling this now? Her face appeared in his mind and he growled out in frustration. Why? Maybe he should go back, maybe he should just check on her quickly. He looked over at his sword and swallowed, should he leave it here? After all, he was stronger with out it. Besides, if any mortal were to take hold of it, there soul would be sucked into the sword. Sounds like a plan. He stood up and opened the window, it was only drizzling so the bottom half of his armor would not get rusted. He silently jumped out of the window and ran straight into a forest; he would never be able to forget where he left her. He could picture her big soft brown eyes stare up at him in understanding and care, as if she knew this was not entirely his fault. He could never forget the way her small body had so much blood, the way she coughed and added her smile to the mix. Why only now did he see the error of his ways? How can he be Nightmare if he still had emotions?

"(COUGH) Thank you…Kilik, if you hadn't passed by, I would have died…" he stopped running when the familiar honey sweet voice echoed into his ears. There was a deep chuckle,

"I came back to warn you about the demon," there was a noise, like flesh hitting flesh, "TALIM! You shouldn't hit people in your condition!" coughing fits occurred but only when they died down did Talim speak,

"He is not a demon Kilik, he is simply misunderstood," she stated firmly. Nightmare's mouth hung open,

'How can she say such things about me after I almost cut her open?' he thought

"I suppose you understand him?" he said sarcastically

"Why yes I believe I do," Nightmare smiled but it looked more like an animal bearing his teeth. His heart was warm, what is this feeling, knowing that she forgave him? Why hadn't he felt it earlier? He knew there was always something special about this girl could it be that she could be the one? He approached the chatter hoping to see Talim, the girl he had know idea captured his heart. He parted the bush they were behind and froze at what he saw, from her shoulders and down was a large bandage wrapping. She was lying down while Kilik was tightening the bandages and putting cream on her bruises. They were both smiling. Nightmare realized he hated seeing her happy without him…He realized that he didn't like the way Kilik looked into her eyes. He clenched his fist in anger, it should be him helping her with her wounds even if he inflicted him,

"YOU! How dare you show your face after you hurt Talim!" he said angrily. He charged towards Nightmare holding no weapons, blinded by rage. Nightmare stared at the ground, fist still clenched, and thrust it forward at the right moment into Kilik's ribs. There was a cracking noise as he dropped to the ground in searing pain. Nightmare looked at Talim and watched as she tried to crawl over to her weapons, wincing every once in a while. The rain began to beet harder with every step he took. It hurt him watching her be afraid enough to defend herself. She was too slow and Nightmare was already standing over her. He dropped to his knees and held her hand, "DON'T YOU TOUCH HER," Kilik yelled hoping his words would hurt more then his attempted attack. Nightmare ignored him and pulled Talim onto his lap and stood up, heading to the same tree where he saw both her and Kilik earlier, the rain would reopen and wet her wound and bandage. Her eyes were shut tightly, afraid of what she might see and a throbbing feeling was near Nightmare's heart. He sat down and leaned against the tree trunk,

"Open your eyes…" he whispered to her in his rough voice, it made him upset knowing he could never speak gently towards her. She peeked with one eye then opened both at the same time, blinking to adjust to the darkness. She stared at his eyes and smiled,

"You look more sane with out that evil sword," he blinked in response, was that why he was able to feel these emotions? Because he was finally regaining his sanity? Was it because it took time adjusting to the fact that Ibuki had taken his sword? Ibuki most have some evil within him if he could carry the sword without missing his soul. That sword was evil and only attracted those with impure hearts. If you were a mere human, the sword would continue to suck your soul until nothing was left. But if you were like Nightmare, it would use you as a carrier and take your soul piece by piece but it won't kill you. Because he was separated from his sword for so long, his soul must be mending trying to regain its sanity. It also made sense that Nightmare was not used to the feeling of becoming human again. She averted her gaze, guilt washing over him,

"Sorry for…I…I think I am retrieving the saner side of myself back. Think I am regaining my humanity thanks to you," Talim's smile faded as she frowned,

"It's happening so quickly," and he could only nod in response. Talim's frown faded, "I usually know of one thing that can cure the deepest of wounds,"

"That is…" he whispered watching as her eyes sparkled as she murmured the word

"Love,"

WITH KIREI-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I loved the rain, ever since I was little I could never forget how wonderful it felt watching as people ran from something that wasn't me. I loved when it poured and made my body soaking wet. I loved the noises it makes and the wonderful feeling of dancing in it not to mention the beautiful air when it was all over. That was why I choose to walk and take the longest route home when it was pouring. But my all time favorite reason why I love the rain is because of my tears; nobody could see them and nobody could tell I was crying, no matter how well you knew me, no matter how often you thought of me, no mater what, nobody could ever tell I was sad when it rained, thank God for that. I was always this happy go lucky girl, imagine what people would do to me when they figure out that they are close to hurting me? I don't think I would be alive today. What I hated the most was the fact every song I know always had something to do with the rain leaving or people hating the rain, why would somebody hate the cleansing of the world?

"Kirei!" Somebody called. I jumped, I wasn't expecting anyone to be out this late. Maybe it was a figure of my imagination. I reached to my cheeks to wipe away the tears when I remembered it was raining and I smiled. I focused on the approaching figure and noticed a panting Sasuke heading towards me. I frowned wasn't he supposed to be training?

"Sasuke?" I asked and I almost laughed at the face Itachi was giving me, "Sorry Itachi, just that, you look like your brother from far," he was still panting and I sighed knowingly, "Were you training?" he shook his head and smirked,

"I was racing," I frowned,

"Who?" His smirk faded and he took my hand and we started walking,

"Myself, I wanted to see who was faster, me or my clone," and I laughed,

"Are you feeling okay?" I asked and he gently squeezed my hand,

"Why wouldn't I be?" I sighed, sometimes I wonder if he was as smart as everyone makes him to be. He suddenly stopped walking and I let go of his hand to turn and face him. He was a head taller then me but I don't mind looking up at him, "Why do you look exhausted, like you just fought for the past two hours?" I opened my mouth to respond but my voice caught in my throat when his fingers gently touched my cheek, "Why are you crying?" he asked and I stared into his coal black eyes, how was I supposed to react to that? Took me years of perfecting the art of crying in the rain,

"Bad habit," I replied averting his gaze. He cupped my chin and I was looking at coal again,

"Lies. Are you remembering something painful?" I nodded not sure how to react at being found out, "I will bring you home and you and I will have a long chat," he turned around and patted his back and I hesitantly climbed onto him. I thought he would jump from roof top to roof top but instead he walked and I held him tightly, loving the warmth radiating from him. I snuggled closer and smiled,

"Thank you," he didn't respond but I knew he didn't need to.

WITH KIREI/NEXT DAY-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

How does he keep doing that? Just dodging my attacks like it is nothing. I mastered my taijutsu style yet he acts as if I am some below average genin! I am one of the most promising of my clan and I have the most talent yet he acts as if I am nothing! I grab my chest as I couldn't control my breathing, my panting was becoming louder and louder,

"I think you've reached your limit," Itachi said dismissing his clone and appearing behind me. My eyes almost bulged out of its sockets, is the difference between him and I that great?

"How?" I ask, spinning around to face him. He ran a hand through his hair,

"You are not concentrating enough. Here," he shot me a bottle of water and sat down on the grass. I followed suit wondering what he had planned after our four hour spar. He smiled, "You are very good for your age but your talents are going to waste," I pouted and I watched his smile grew larger at my reaction, "Do not take it personal, it is an amazing feat to last four hours with me,"

"Yes but you were playing around," he frowned,

"I wouldn't be so sure, there was a reason as to why I refused for you to hit me," he gently held my hand and traced my palm, "Your chakra was concentrated here," I tried not to laugh. It was very ticklish, "It seems somebody taught you the meaning of elemental chakra," I frowned,

"Nope, I just thought of adding my wind affinity to my hand, is all. It's just because I saw the damage it could do when concentrated into a weapon," Itachi raised an eyebrow,

"You came up with this by yourself?" I nodded and he looked amazed, "That is amazing. You already know one of your affinities and you discovered it's talent to cut through almost everything. You see, elemental chakra is different then normal chakra. Normal chakra is what you use for basic technique's say for example, an immobilize technique will use your normal chakra but if you used a grand fireball technique, knowing your affinity would be wind, just a small percentage of your elemental chakra would go into the technique to give it it's natural boost," I frowned,

"So basically, elemental chakra is used for elemental techniques and depending which element is yours, the amount of elemental chakra can vary?" he nodded and stopped tracing my hand then pulled out a square piece of paper he handed it to me

"Add chakra," and I did and the paper cut in half then got wet, "You have an affinity of water and wind. Interesting…I guess we could work on your ninjutsu another time seeing as you already have a large variety of wind, fire and earth techniques," I smiled,

"If you wanted to know my second affinity, you could have just asked," and he gave me a look so I laughed in return. Inwardly, I felt so warm and happy, I was very proud to know that my ninjutsu skills were acceptable in the eyes of the Uchiha Itachi. I guess I am not some average genin.

"Your genjutsu is non existing and I would not mind teaching you the basics, when you obtain knowledge of that, you can make any genjutsu you see fit. You have amazing chakra control so it shouldn't be a problem. What the problem is, is your taijutsu, it is based on your legs and speed and not much on your strength. What you need is a style that doesn't base itself around on thing, it should compliment your knowledge on everything, speed, strength and precision. I understand you are familiar with the human body,"

"Some parts are a little unclear but I guess I am,"

"Excellent. This style uses your speed to get close to the opponent and hit either the vital points, nerve system or blood flow. Of course you could do all three but it will take you three to five years to master all three," I smirked,

"I would rather learn all three," Itachi grinned,

"Prepare for no sleep, these two weeks you should have the basics of all three styles" and I groaned. I closed my eyes and gulped down the image of Dosu and his limbs flying entered my mind and I froze. I took an innocent life away, I felt guilty. But I promise, by the time Itachi is through with me, I will have two styles under my belt as well as a jounin weapon not to mention the gen and nin jutsu. I will also be able to know my own strength and never make the same mistake again.

Itachi shot a kunai behind a bush and somebody jumped into the open field. I was shocked to see Sai looking as impassive as ever and I frowned,

"What are you doing here?" I asked taking a step closer. Sai's eyes moved towards Itachi then back at me, "It's okay, he won't hurt you," Sai stopped tensing,

"I wanted to train with you but when I saw Itachi…" he trailed off and I smiled,

"He won't harm you!" but I spoke to soon for he was behind Sai holding a kunai to his throat looking like a cold dead murderer and I have to admit, I got scared for a second,

"Who are you…" he let the threat hang in the air and I frowned,

"Sai is a friend we can trust right?" I asked. He gave his normal fake smiles,

"Of course Narumi," Itachi's grip hardened when the words left Sai's mouth,

"I do not trust him, I think we should just get rid of him or erase his memory," I looked at Sai and he didn't seem to mind the conversation and his position,

"Narumi, I think Itachi is right for what he did to his clan, why would I tell the Hokage when he is somebody I hope to become," I frowned, was he telling the truth? I scanned his mind and noticed he seemed confident and sure of his answer but it did not say anything about a lie,

"Okay, I guess we can trust you, say, why don't you become my testing dummy?"

TWO WEEKS LATER-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Due to the disappearance of Dosu, Kirei would be fighting Hyuuga Neji," I shot Neji a glanced and he was smirking. Closing my eyes, I concentrated on his thoughts. It seemed like he was remembering something

'I will pay her back for shouting those comments!' his right eye began to twitch and I knew that he didn't take my encouraging for Hinata too well. I covered my mouth from laughing, did I make the snobby Neji twitch! Oh my goodness, I deserve a medal! I took a deep breath, my opponent was supposed to be Dosu but I…I squeezed my eyes shut hopping the image of his body would leave my mind if I tried hard enough. It just made things worst…I could feel the tears threatening to fall, why do I feel so guilty?

"Sigh, this is troublesome to say but it would help if you weren't so sad looking," somebody said from beside me. I jumped, realizing Shikamaru had his hand on my shoulder. I gave a quick smile,

"I'm fine! Just a little nervous for my match, I will continue with my flames of youth in no time!" he didn't seem to buy my excuse but he reluctantly followed the rest of the contestants up to the balcony. I looked over at a smirking Neji he grinned,

"Examiner, destiny has already decided that I shall win his fight. Put the girl out of her misery and end the match," I rolled my eyes and flung a kunai that cut the strand that held his hair together. He abruptly stopped talking and stared at me in fear for a second before waving his hand,

"So the dead last got lucky," I rolled my eyes then body flickered to him. I sent a gut punch to his gut and he was sent soaring through the air. That training with Itachi really paid off, I was able to control some of my speed and my strength and the amount of chakra I used. I did not stop there, I kept going and going and going until I punched his head and he went tumbling to the ground. I smirked as he rolled,

"How does it feel to be treated the way you treat others?" I asked not caring if I looked like a total bitch. He tried to stand up quickly but only dropped to his knee. I cracked my knuckles in anticipation of the beating I was going to give him, "You know, I can keep this up all day,"

KIREI'S MIND-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"DK, I feel so weak…" LK murmured as she was crawling since her legs were disappearing. She only had knees and above of her body still intact. DK was lying on the ground facing the ceiling as larger amounts of dark energy zoomed into her and causing her to cry out in pain,

"AHHHHH! HELP KIREI, SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT!" LK felt apart of her missing and her knees were starting to disappear. She looked at it with determination,

"We have to warn Itachi-chan," she looked over at the fallen DK, "Can you help me send a distress signal to him?" she asked. She gasped out in agony then coughed,

"It will hurt me and weaken you," LK nodded knowing what she was getting but it didn't bother her, if this did not work, Neji will be dead in the next hour, Kirei would rather torture him in front of everyone then kill him. She nodded, ready to save both there lies and Kirei's mind.

WITH ITACHI-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Itachi dropped the tea kettle he was holding as he felt a blood curling scream and searing pain in his head. He closed his eyes trying to figure out what it really meant, there was no one who would be capable of doing this safe for Yamanaka's and Kirei…Maybe she was in danger, maybe she needed his help.

'But she's in the chunnin exams, I could risk getting caught,' he remembered the scream and the whisper of evil and his gaze harden, "I guess it is a risk I am willing to take," and he created an Exploding clone and put the Akatsuki cloak on it as well as the hat with the ribbons coming down. He instructed his clone to find her and figure out what is wrong at all cost. Now all he had to do was wait. Too bad waiting for something so scary can always seem like an eternity.

WITH KIREI-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I grabbed Neji up by his hair and stared at him in wonder. He had scars and blood on the side of his face, he looked horrible and it made me feel good knowing someone else looked how I felt. I smirked at him as he stared at me in my eyes defiantly,

"Where is your destiny now? How can that make you win a fight?" I laughed in his face and stopped when I noticed he wasn't scared nor amused,

"Did you forget about the Hyuuga Clan Techniques?" I frowned, does it really matter? It will not change the outcome of the match but I like to play with things that even think they can survive,

"Enlighten me," he smirked,

"You are within my field of Devination," I felt something stir in me and it blocked out the world and all I could hear was pain but not mine, from either LK or DK. When I came to, I was being jabbed around by Neji as he cried out numbers. With a final cry of sixty-four, I dropped to the ground and stayed there. I should just wait for the right moment. He was laughing and it ticked me off, "And the dead last is finished, with no way to mold chakra, how can you use your speed technique? It is over, you cannot defeat me at all so why bother try. Destiny has already told me that I will win" I looked over at the sky and watched a bird fly over to the tree and feed it's young. I smiled if life only were that easy,

"Listen hear Neji, I am sick and tired of your destiny crap, I do not care about how you got into your cold façade and I know one thing for sure, you are scared and alone," his face retorted into shock, "You are afraid of being alone and you are afraid of the power you were given. I know you are stronger then any other Hyuuga but that doesn't mean that you have the right to bore everyone the fuck to death about how crappy your life is. For fucks sakes, imagine coming home to somebody who will hurt you in ways you can not imagine! You are blessed, you actually have a family that has been there since day one. You are not the only one who has suffered so get up and on with your life AND STOP TAKING IT OUT ON OTHERS, PRICKS LIKE YOU TURN GIRLS LIKE ME EVIL!" I sat up, panting and watched as Neji looked frightened of me, his bulging white eyes staring back at me in fear

"Impossible," he said and I guess he was talking about my different chakra signatures. I know Kyuubi hasn't said anything so she must be sleeping so I needed somebody else's chakra so I took the most prominent which happened to be DK. It surged through me and burst my chakra points open. I made a back flip and put my feet first on the ground and stood up. I watched as the dark chakra licked at the ground and cracked rocks, why was it stronger then usual? I looked backup at Neji and smiled,

"There are many things one assumes about me and they always end up like you," I created five clones and told them to attack him all at once but he made this weird ball and began spinning really fast,

"Kaiten!" he yelled causing my clones to disappear in a puff of smoke. He stopped spinning and I watched as he held on to his chest where I repeatedly punched him before. I laughed to myself and tried to cover it up by sending ten clones this time towards him while I gathered information about this spinning trick. He did it again, still in the same position as before and I saw the chakra coming from his palms as he spun. I looked at the damage and he was digging a very deep hole in their. I smiled thinking of an idea. I summoned at least one hundred clones and began shooting air cannons at him. Let's see how long he could keep this up? I made forty nine clones attack him and hid one clone underground. I sent an air cannon and he ducked then began his spin from the ground and slowly began to stand up. Soon my clones were all gone and I could set my plan into action, to scare the fuck out of the stupid destiny boy! I waited until he caught sight of me and I smiled,

"So Neji, are you tired?" he stood up straight and flipped me off and I fell to the ground dying of laughter. I think that was the highlight of my day! "OMG! The Hyuuga Neji flipped me off!" And I died of laughter again. I stopped when I felt my sides beginning to burst. I stood up and realized some people from the stadium were sweat dropping. I wiped away a non-existing tear and got into my taijutsu stance, even though Itachi said it would not suit me that well, I still improved it a tiny bit. I ran full speed towards Neji and started everything off with a spinning bird kick. He easily dodged everything and I smiled knowing this would happen, I had already gotten my palms charged with elemental chakra and I touched his wrist quickly and effortlessly without him knowing. Neji was just about to attack my heart but I used my speed to my advantage and back flipped away knowing that I did what I wanted to do. Neji stood up in his stance and smirked at me,

"You realized that my style is superior?" I snorted in disgust.

"You realize that I would not challenge a Hyuuga in taijutsu unless I have a plan right? Besides I am way faster then you so if you ever hit me, it's because I let you hit me," he glared at me as I taunted him. I noticed his distance was no where near where he was before when he made that deep hole when spinning his Kaiten. "Is this all the Hyuuga have to offer? I rather face the leader then some wanna be clan head," that got him riled up. He came running towards me and when I saw that he was five seconds away from the whole, I sent an air cannon towards him. He stopped and began charging for a Kaiten but then blood squirted out of his wrist and he stopped and clutched his wrist in pain. The air cannon was headed straight towards him and he had time to dodge except that I made my clone emerge form the ground and hold him in place. His eyes were in shock and he closed them as the air cannon hit him directly on. My clone disappeared and Neji dropped to the ground, face staring up at the sky.

"How?" he asked and I grinned, does he really want to know how he was defeated?

"Simple, your Kaiten made you spin using your chakra which caused you to leave a hole into the ground enough for me to disguise my clone in and wait for the right moment to jump out. I decided to put some of my new intellect to the test and use my elemental chakra to cut your wrist which by the way should get treated before you bleed to death. Knowing you would get angry and charge forward back to where the hole was and back towards where my clone was all I had to do was send an air cannon and wait for you to do the Kaiten and falter because of the pain and the blood coming from you and make my clone keep you still, and boom, your weak and tired body would not be able to handle a simple and weak air cannon,"

"Winner Kirei!" The crowd did not instantly erupt in cheers but I did not care, I needed to get out of here and find out what happened to LK and DK before something happens. I walked up the stair case and noticed Itachi in his cloak but something felt off and I think it is a clone. I frowned,

"What do you want?" I asked. He simply revealed his sharingan and entered my mind. It was weird, I felt like something was there that shouldn't be. I watched Itachi make his way around the sewers and find half of LK and DK surrounded by an eerie black glow. I was rooted to my place, not sure what to do or how to react. DK had these large balls of darkness swarming into her while LK was disappearing by the second. I shivered, how do I save them?

"Think something good," Itachi said. I nodded and began reminiscing about my time with my family and Satsuki, the day Himitsu first adopted me, the day when Itachi finally said he loved me, the days when I was never truly alone. It made me feel better, calm and relaxed, like nothing could stop me, like everything was going to be okay as long as those people were with me. I looked over at LK and she was getting better, her body was slowly coming back to her. I turned to DK and the balls of energy slowly evaporated. "As long as you keep thinking happy thoughts, LK will become as strong as DK and remember that Dosu's death was inevitable. It is okay you are a ninja that is why you train, just don't think of it all the time, find a hobby," I closed my eyes and I was back on the staircase. Itachi tipped his hat then wondered off somewhere, I hope he stayed and watched my next match though. I walked up the stairs and saw Gaara standing in a corner eyes closed leaning againts the wall. I wondered how he was feeling, maybe I should communicate with him in his mind.

"Will Uchiha Sasuke and Gaara of the Desert please make there way to the arena?" asked the proctor. I frowned, come to think of it, I haven't seen Sasuke since the second part of the exams. I wonder where he is? People in the audience were shouting things that I couldn't make out because there were so many people shouting so many different things. The Examiner looked up at the Hokage box and waited for something. He then lifted his hand in the air to silence everyone,

"Well the Hokage said that he will postpone the match until the Uchiha arrives. Can Shikamaru and Ten Ten make there way to the arena?" he asked. Ten Ten smiled and tightened her gloves then jumped from the balcony and down to the arena. Shikamaru on the other hand was still leaning against the pole staring up at the clouds. I smiled, he is always so care free. I walked slowly behind him and as I was about to push him, he snorted,

"I can hear you from a mile away," I laughed sheepishly, "I think I am going to forfeit, its too troublesome fighting woman," a vein suddenly popped from my head,

"Are you being sexist? Are you trying to say that woman are weak and troublesome?" I punched him in the head and he flew off the balcony, "SERVES YOU RIGHT ASS HOLE!" I yelled after him. He landed on the arena head first and dust appeared. The proctor sweat dropped and waited for Shikamaru to stand up. He sat up and leaned against the wall and I twitched, "YOU A CHICKEN?" I started clucking at him and he frowned then stood up,

"Mou…Fine, I will fight her if you just relax and calm down," I smiled triumphantly and Shino shook his head as if ashamed to be around me. Shikamaru walked casually towards the proctor

"Begin!" he called and Ten Ten immediately jumped back. She shot eight kunais with accuracy and speed which was why I was shocked when Shikamaru pulled out a single kunai, blocking each one. My eyes dropped open,

"Shino did you know that Shikamaru actually trained?" I asked bewildered. Shino pushed up his glasses with his index finger,

"Ever since he was curious about you, I noticed he trained often with Chouji. It also caused Ino to train more making there team a strong one," I looked back at the arena realizing that I underestimated Shikamaru. Ten Ten smirked knowing that would happen and jumped back again. She pulled out s summoning scroll and out came a bo staff. She got into a stance and charged towards Shikamaru. Shikamaru kept his other hand in his pocket and his kunai in his hand and dodged her strikes. If he could, he would parry a blow with his kunai. It is an amazing feat to keep up with a weapon mistress. Ten Ten swept the ground with a bow and Shikamaru jumped over and kicked her in the chest. She went soaring back but caught herself in mid air. Shikamaru was quick, very quick, his reflexes are sharp. It was like he was a step ahead of her the whole time. Ten Ten's bo poofed away and she jumped in the air and when I thought Shikamaru would stop her, he ran straight towards the trees on the other side of the arena. I sweat dropped; he headed straight under the trees and put his hands in this weird position. Just when I thought he was getting somewhere. Ten Ten stopped in mid air and spotted Shikamaru. She summoned a windmill ninja star and launched it at him. It was closing in pretty quick, he better jump off that branch or the ninja star would break it,

"He better move," I mumbled. I knew Shino was smiling, I just did. Shikamaru open his eyes abruptly and jumped to the next tree. Ten Ten caught the large ninja star a safe distance away,

"I know you need my shadow, so if I stay in the sun and far away from you, I will be safe, you can't dodge from tree to tree forever," Ten Ten said as she smiled. She began launching thousands of weapons, didn't matter what towards Shikamaru who cart wheeled and jumped as hard as he could away from her. Soon there were no more trees that stood, they were just heaps on the ground and Shikamaru was standing in the middle of the rubble. Ten Ten smirked, "You're trapped," she jumped in the air and began her signature twin dragon move. As they were headed towards Shikamaru, he made had seals really fast, made his hands look like blurs, and a large shadow dome surrounded the ruble with him inside. The weapons bounced off of the dome until Ten Ten stopped throwing them. She dropped to the ground a couple of meters closer to Shikamaru then where she was earlier, "That's impossible!" she said in disbelief,

"Shadow Skill: Shadow Shield Technique," Shikamaru said as the dome slowly came down and the shadows went back where they came from. Ten Ten was panting a lot but Shikamaru seemed to be controlling his. Since when did he become so strong? He's supposed to be the laziest genin in the world! Ten Ten went into her pouch and pulled out several more kunais but suddenly stopped moving, "Shadow Skill: Shadow Bind," she was trapped, it seemed that Shikamaru was a step ahead. "Proctor, I give up," he said. Boos of outrage came from the audience. I smiled then started laughing, what a match, he was always ahead of her and yet he gives the match to her anyway. Shikamaru is one mysterious dude. The proctor declared Ten Ten the winner and Shikamaru released her and they both headed up the stairs towards us,

"Awesome match guys!" They both nodded but Ten Ten seemed distracted, "Uh, Ten Ten, what's the matter?" she asked. She smiled,

"Shikamaru beat me fair and square, I guess I need to broaden my horizons!" she leaned over the bar right next to me and we spoke amicably,

"Will Aubrame Shino and Kankuro of the Desert please com down?" I gave Shino a wink and he nodded. As Shino was about to jump down Kankuro spoke up,

"I forfeit!" which caused many people to turn heads. I frowned then looked over at him,

"Are you forfeiting because you are weak or do you have a hidden agenda," I asked calmly,

"What's it to you," my eyebrow twitched at how rude he could be and I was about to lunge at him when I felt three people holding me down,

"Let me at him!" I clawed at the air as Shino, Shikamaru and Ten Ten held me back.

"We will wait five minutes for Uchiha Sasuke," I looked over at Gaara and I stopped moving which made the others let me go I walked over to him and Kankuro began smirking, so I turned to him,

"What are you smirking about?" I asked rudely. Kankuro laughed,

"Gaara doesn't like to be disturbed," I rolled my eyes at his stupid antics, maybe if I ignore the fly, it will go away. I was standing right in front of Gaara, we were roughly the same height. One of his eyes opened and I tilted my head to the side,

"Hello!" I said cheerfully. He didn't move at all or nothing he just watched me, not even blinking. I laughed, "Why are you acting like that, we already know you're strong!" he blinked and I thought of it as progress,

"Is this village precious to you as well?" he asked quietly. I stuck my tongue out and scratched my head in thought. I'm acting like LK, I guess her returning of the body must have impacted me most the same way DK's darkness surrounded me. I actually didn't know the answer to that. Hmm,

"Well, if the village was going to be destroyed I'll be very upset but as long as everyone fights it will be okay, no one will get hurt!" He nodded and I grinned, "You know, you need to open up more, get more precious people," he stared at me blankly,

"I am strong because I fight for myself and me alone. I have been alone since and precious people are the ones you 'love' yet I never will receive love nor will I ever give it," he closed his eyes uncaringly, like the conversation was done. I pouted,

"One day you will see the error of your ways Gaara, trust me, when someone you care about is in danger, you will be able to do miraculous things," I remembered a time when Itachi came to visit, I was ten years old and he was injured and being followed. Gaara still remained closed and I turned to the balcony. I could feel Kankuro's shocked gaze on me and I turned to him and stuck out my tongue,

"Loser!" he gritted his teeth and put down the puppet on his back ready to hurt me. I stood straight and stared at him as if daring him to do it.

"Kankuro, the reason you quit this match is the reason why you will not fight this girl," Gaara said. I laughed at Kankuro as he put the puppet back on his back and stare at me angrily, he looked like a kid who got caught stealing cookies from the cookie jar,

"Sasuke's here," Ten Ten said. I perked up and ran to the balcony. They entered the arena, back to back and staring out looking so kool which made me angry, he and Ichiro left not even once coming to visit me at all, I was bored and Uchiha still owed me a bet! I jumped onto the balcony and yelled,

"SASUKE!" I was very pissed so I jumped and performed a really kool jump kick straight for his face. He looked at me and smirked and it made me flare my chakra around my body, dumb ass thinks he's all kool and everything. "UCHIHA!" I yelled again and he simply ducked which made me change my direction to Kakashi-sensei's back. He dropped on his ass and sat crossed legged right before my foot landed which made me hit the ground and leave an imprint of my flared foot. I pulled it out and went marching over to Sasuke pointing an angry finger at him, "YOU!" I stood right in front of him and I realized he was still taller then me by three inches, "You leave and you don't even tell me where you go so I can't visit or anything! I ought to kick your ass right here and right now!" I went to slap him but he caught it, still smirked at me,

"Indigo was here, you could have trained with him," I used my leg to kick his ribs but he caught that too,

"He left me all alone as well ass hole! Stop smirking!" somebody coughed but I ignored them, "You still have to spar with me not to mention our deal," Sasuke remembered, I could tell because his smirk left his face and I think there are no more color pigments in his body. Somebody coughed again and I rolled my eyes and turned to where the noise was coming from, "WHAT?" I asked. Kakashi rubbed the back of his neck, his book in his other hand,

"Sorry to bother you Kirei-chan but we were already late so you're going to have to move this conversation along," I glared at him,

"Not without our deal!" I made five hand seals and there was a poof of smoke and low and behold, Sasuke had a mohawk, no shirt and pierced nipples, "It is irreversible so good luck with your match!" I quickly body flickered back to the balcony and fell to the ground laughing, at least I wasn't laughing alone, Ten Ten was with me on the ground.

"He's blushing," Shino declared and I started laughing and crying at the same time. Gaara teleported down there and I slowly got back to my feet. I looked over at the match to see Sasuke in his outfit sharingan blazing ready to battle Gaara. The match started and Sasuke disappeared only to reappear and punch Gaara in the face. I recognized that style anywhere,

"That's bushy brows style isn't it Ten Ten?" I glanced over at her and she looked shocked and surprise,

"To be able to master that in one month is amazing, it took Lee his whole life to master that!" Gaara was loosing, badly. But then Gaara started to form this cocoon and Sasuke stopped moving and held his left arm. Suddenly chakra began to form and a thousand birds chirping made its way to my ears. Sasuke looked like he had a lightening sword and he charged straight for Gaara. There was a blood curling scream coming from Gaara,

"MY BLOOD?" He sounded confused and shocked, as if it were absurd to even think you could lay a finger on him. I was afraid for Gaara and afraid that Sasuke wouldn't be able to take on Shukaku alone…Damn it! Why didn't Gaara see the Hokage? Maybe he could have helped him understand how life was outside from the shelter of fear and loneliness! There was a loud explosion coming from the North gate and I sighed in relief, now Gaara and Sasuke won't have to get hurt since wee're being attacked. Wait…I did a double take, Konoha, the strongest of the great five nations was under attack!? I watched as feathers fell from the sky and Kankuro and Temari appear out of nowhere and help Gaara escape. I looked around, everyone was falling asleep. My eyes became droopy but then I felt it was a genjutsu so I simply un did it. I looked over at Shikamaru but then I was grabbed from behind. I struggled,

"I'm not here to kill you, I just don't want anyone to appear before we disappear," I blinked and we were on a roof. I looked around and it was the hospital roof. I stepped on my kidnappers toe and jumped back then faced who ever took me away. I stared at,

"Kabuto?" I asked. He was smiling and I took a step back,

"Kirei, or should I say Narumi, I was instructed to open your eyes, to make you see what this village was really about," I frowned,

"What are you talking about?" I asked. His cloak blew in the wind and his mask dropped from his waist, and he chuckled,

"I don't have much time to explain but Konoha isn't the place you thought it out to be," he said. I frowned how was I supposed to accept what he was telling me? "Your name is not 'Kirei' nor is your original last name Uzumaki," I stared at him in shock, "This may seem strange but you are related to the fourth Hokage, he is not your father but your uncle. Your father was the fourths brother and he met your mother and had you. Your real name is Kazama Narumi and you have an older brother. Your father was in the shadow of his younger brother so when the Kyuubi attacked he was called upon to use you as a sacrifice since your brother was six years older then you. Your father and mother died leaving you as a forgotten memory with plenty of enemies in neighboring countries. But there is something else, your father was slowly going insane, he conducted experiments with Orochimaru on you and your brother and several well known people…Your powers will soon begin to show," I shook my head,

"I do not believe you, my father wasn't corrupted like that awful man and I do not have a brother! If I did, he would never leave me here in this village to rot!"

"Your brother dropped off the face of the earth, he left a year after the Kyuubi was sealed into you. You don't have to worry about him, he's probably dead. But your brother was special, he got through to Itachi and they became friends but when he went missing, Itachi spiraled out of control. He knows everything about you and about your family as does the Hokage and Kakashi, after all, your sensei looked up to your uncle and witnessed some of the research,"

"You're lying, my family would never experiment on me or on my so called brother! The Hokage would have told me if somebody fucked with my body when I was younger!" I gathered elemental chakra to my fist and called upon the wind to help me. There was a gust of wind and I knew the wind was answering my calls. I wanted this stupid lying son of a bitch to die for putting things into my head! It was really windy for Kabuto to the point where he had to wipe his glasses. I used that as my chance to slam a palm of elemental chakra to his heart. He effortlessly dodged and put my hands behind my back,

"You don't get it…Your father is evil and green with jealously, he killed your mother, everything everyone has been feeding you is lies," he pushed up and I opened my mouth in pain, "Those things you call precious people are nothing but phonies so I would advise you to make the right choice and destroy the village that destroyed your life," we were surrounded by leaves and I felt him move off of me. I turned around but he was gone and I was standing back in the arena. Kakashi and Gai were fighting off ninja right beside me and I ducked to avoid a flying body,

"Kirei! Follow Shikamaru and Ten Ten! They will lead you to Sasuke and Gaara!" I stared at him a little longer, he knew all along. I swallowed then dashed to the whole in the wall and jumped down to the empty ground. I closed my eyes, I will have to deal with this later.

"Wind guide me," I whispered then I felt a south east wind and headed in that direction. It lead me to a forest and I noticed some tracks and traps, seems like they were followed or something. I pressed on hoping to find my comrades before something happened. I felt a presence that I haven't felt in a long time and I slowed my pace until this familiar chakra signature stopped beside me. I looked over and saw nobody so I shrugged my shoulders and headed in the same direction. I noticed Kankuro and Shino battling up ahead so I went around them giving Shino a quick wink as I speeded ahead. I arrived to a half transformed Gaara squeezing Ten Ten to a tree while Temari was hiding behind another tree. I jumped beside a panting and half cursed seal Sasuke, "Where is Shikamaru?" I asked. He leaned againts the tree,

"He stayed back to fight off some other opponents," I frowned; I don't remember seeing anyone...Maybe he got rid of them quickly. I looked over at Sasuke,

"Are you okay?" he clenched his jaw and stood up straight,

"I'm fine," when those words left his mouth, he dropped to the ground and I crouched next to him. I looked over at Gaara and my heart ached again, what should I do? Maybe I should see what's going on in his mind. I closed my eyes and focused, trying to enter Gaara. I opened my eyes and was staring at a thrashing Shukaku. We were in the middle of a desert and he was shackled down with glowing yellow chains. Gaara was on the ground, holding his head while shaking furiously. I ran towards Gaara and hugged him,

"It's okay, I'm here," he smacked me away and I fell back,

"GO AWAY! YOU'LL GET HURT TOO!" I took a closer look at Gaara and he looked so much younger. I smiled, maybe I can gain his trust. I crawled over to him and rubbed his back,

"It's okay! I'm here with you, I will be with you until forever, you will help me and I will help you! I will be here with you," Shukaku started laughing, "I will stay with you until that demon stops," he looked at me desperately,

"Really?" he seemed so pure and innocent I could not bring myself to say no. I nodded and his face brightened. I sat down crossed legged and put him on my lap. He seemed shocked at first but stopped tensing when he realized that I wasn't going to do anything to him. We watched Shukaku thrashing and almost breaking free of his chain. Gaara flinched here and there but I squeezed him to let him no nothing would happen, "You are that girl that Big Gaara is afraid of, he is afraid that you would wipe his existence away," I laughed,

"Why would he think such a thing?"

"Because the only way we survived the wounds of the heart is love. If Big Gaara and I push everyone away, then we would never have wounds of the heart, we will only fight for our self, that is how we became strong…But then Big Gaara met you and saw that you were strong because you love…Mother did not think that we should start being like you so now mother is angry,"

"DAMN RIGHT I'M ANRGY! YOU ARE WEAK!" Shukaku yelled. I winced, it took all my strength to block out his constant cries of discourage,

"Little Gaara correct?" he nodded, "I can be the one person you live to protect until the day you die. It is only fair since you are the one I fight to see the next day. I love you because you and I are the same, I too am called a 'demon' but I have found people who care for me as much as I care for you. Your sister cares, maybe your brother so you should start with them," he nodded,

"I will," I could not hold the barrier keeping Shukaku's thoughts away and he began to scream. I was in an extreme amount of pain so I couldn't take it anymore and I stood up holding little Gaara's hand,

"SHUT UP, KYUUBI CAN'T TAKE THE NOISE!" I could not flare her chakra but I hoped that he was afraid of Kyuubi or he would just continue to torment Gaara. He snorted but kept quiet, "I am her container so leave Gaara and my village alone," He glared at me but I stood my ground trying to show off that he could do no harm to me. He backed off and I closed my eyes and returned to real life. I blinked and I was still in the same position as before, "What happened?" I asked. Sasuke looked relieved,

"You were out like a light and Gaara started to mumble to himself and wither around, it was like someone entered his head," I smiled knowing my telepathy worked then felt extremely weak. I fell back but there was nothing to support me so I fell out of the tree and landed really hard on my head.

KIREI WAKES UP------------------------------------------------------------

I woke up distraught and confused. Where was I? Why did I feel a bandage around my head? I opened my eyes slowly and noticed I was back in the hospital. I could tell because of the weird smell. My head began throbbing and I glanced around the room. It was dark outside and I looked around and found the clock on the wall. It read one thirty and I groaned, I woke up so late. I felt something familiar but I couldn't place it but then I saw something poof into my room. I jumped then relaxed when I noticed it was Itachi. He smirked down at me and I glared,

"Not kool…what's been happening since I was gone?" he lay down right beside me and wrapped around me and stroked my hair, "Do you actually know what's going on?"

"If you're wondering what happened to Gaara, he left with his sister and brother and Sasuke is in the room beside you, sleeping," I relaxed again, when I first heard Sasuke was here with me, I thought he would jump up and start attacking Itachi randomly. Thank Goodness he's sleeping. I sighed, that exam was very draining. I frowned when I remembered what Kabuto told me,

"Itachi…Do you know my brother?" I asked whispering. He was still and I wondered if he heard me,

"Who told you?" he asked. I raised an eyebrow,

"Does it matter? I know about it now,"

"Your brother is a very close friend of mine. Unfortunately, he disappeared the day Kyuubi was sealed in you and the day your father and mother passed. That is all I know," I sat up in frustration,

"How can you lie to me? I know you're lying…that is not what Kabuto told me!" I said angrily. Itachi stared up at me matching my gaze,

"You spoke to that treacherous bastard?" I snorted,

"And what are you," he clutched his heart,

"Low blow Kirei…" I glared harder, he better not try to change the subject,

"You better tell me that this is just some big joke, there is no way in hell that I had a brother and that my father tested on him and I, you have to be joking," he did not respond, he stared off into space and I dropped my mouth, "You knew?" I asked in a hushed voice, "You knew about these so called experiments with Orochimaru," he still did not respond and I pulled his chin towards me but I did not let go, "Answer me!" he sighed heavily,

"Kirei…I don't think you would like to know"

"Apparently you know more about me then I do," he did not respond. He averted my gaze and stared blankly at the ceiling, "You say you love me, you care about me yet you were keeping information from me like my background and family? How can I trust you if you can't tell me anything? How can I trust you if I had to learn something important of the both of us from Kabuto, Orochimaru's personal bitch," he still did not say anything and I glared, "So it's true, my father killed my mother then killed himself. My brother disappeared when he was six which was up until he could not take the experiments anymore. Funny, I always thought that I would love my family and everyone else no matter what they did but now, it seems kind of pointless," I sat up and swung my legs over the bed,

"Kirei, don't go anywhere, it's dangerous out there, you might get hurt and you still suffer from chakra depletion," I snapped my head to his face and glared,

"It doesn't matter where I go, I will always get hurt, even by the ones I love," I turned my attention to the window located near Sasuke's bed. I glanced at him and his eyes were open. I gave a small smile then jumped out the window and took off. I tried to communicate with LK so she could mask my presence; I do not want anyone following me. I do not know where I was running to but my legs stopped at the training grounds of team seven and where the monument was. So everything everyone said to me might have been a lie. I felt someone come near and it felt similar to Itachi's so it must be Sasuke. I turned around and stared at him then remembered the genjutsu I cast on him, now he had no shirt and pierced nipples and a Mohawk. I laughed and he sent a death glare my way, "Leave it to king of emo people to come and cheer me up. I sat down and he took a seat beside me,

"I want to know who you were talking to," and I frowned,

"Since when have you cared?" he stared at me for a long time then smirked,

"I know you're just saying that. What happened, something horrible happened," I bit my lip,

"I killed Dosu. It was an accident but I still felt guilty. I almost killed someone inside of me and I also found out that I have an older brother who disappeared 'cause my father kept experimenting on him. My life just gets better and better," I sniffed, outside was starting to get really cold. Sasuke did not respond, he just sat there and I think it was better that way. He turned to me and frowned,

"What doesn't kill you, can only make you stronger," I smiled,

"That's the smartest thing I think you've ever said. Maybe I should get rid of the genjutsu," I performed two seals and I was staring back at the normal Sasuke. He smiled and I couldn't help but smile back,

"That's the smartest thing that you've ever done," An image of the dream I had returned to me and I shivered,

"Promise me something," he did not respond but I continued anyway, "Stay here, stay here with me and don't go anywhere. I know you plan on avenging your clan but you don't need to rush into it. You can stay here and get trained by the Hokage or something. Just don't go to anyone…don't go to Orochimaru. I know that seal will give you power but is it worth it? Selling yourself to this mad man so you can kill your brother? Will that make everyone come back? Please, don't leave me here," I could feel the tears start up again and I buried my self on his chest. I hoped this means something to him, I hope he heads my warning,

"You don't understand," he mumbled as he placed a hand on my head. I pulled away and sniffed,

"You don't understand, killing him won't solve anything, just promise! If anything, I'll teach you everything I know! I have to protect you," a cool wind blew and I could feel that the wind did not want agree to what was going on,

"I promise," he said, staring right back at me, "Let's head back to the hospital," I nodded not caring anymore, as long as my dream of the monster Sasuke never comes true, then everything will be okay.