Kyuu No Hana

A/N

- Hey everyone =), This is my 2nd Naruto Fic, my first is still in progress but it isn't getting the greatest feedback. So depressing =( but anyway please read and COMMENT I want to know what you think, truly I do. By the way though at first she may seem like it, the girl in this chapter is in NO way a mary sue I promise you. So just hold out if that crosses your mind, you need more than a persons looks and speech to know a person, and boy is this girl bipolar. lol. Tell me your thoughts please! This story will mainly be about character building and also my attempt to try and show people what I think true forgiveness is. Lets be honest, most authors botch it. I mean they have the epic tragic betray'll and then the betrayer pulls puppy dogs eyes and all is forgiven. Is that believable? HELL NO! I think people have to suffer a little, but not to much, such as some authors approach of slow torture but then guess what...they are once again forgiven WAY to easily. So here's my attempt at finding middle ground. As for pairings, I have some in mind however the only concrete one that I'll let you know is KakashiXIruka I mean every Naruto Fan girl that likes yaoi has to write about this pair at least once. So here WE go! Hopefully this will be fun!

Love Snowy

P.S. What is it with you Naruto fans baha no one likes me it so sad =( , Make sure you read the bottom A/N please!

I do not own Naruto, I just play with him sometimes. hehehehe

-Chapter Two: Torn; A Difficult Decision to Make, That it is-

(Airi P.O.V.)

Airi was not in a good mood, nor having the best day of her life. She was tired, she was aggravated, oh yeah and to top it off she was being followed. Just excellent. The red head kept her face clear all the while slipping a Kunai into the heel of her palm. She was pissed; she was not in the mood for pleasantries. She would much rather just skip to the fighting.

She couldn't be sunshine incarnate all the time like her brother. Though if she was being truthful most of the time her brothers mood was far below her own. Finally sighing Airi stopped in the middle of a small clearing, just big enough for a small skirmish. Cocking her head, she listened for where her pursuer was.

"Ah behind me to the left." Target locked Airi whirls throwing the Kunai hurtling towards her foe, hidden by green foliage. The orange haired man clothed in scarlet robes was catch off guard however being a genius not to mention an s-class Shinobi from the demon void.

He manages to dodge the weapon, causing it lodge into the tree. Airi growls to her self curling into a fighting position her eyebrow rising as she catches sight of who the man is. Her day just got a hell of a lot worse.

"It's been too long Delfphine." Airi controls her voice, only by speaking above a whisper. Most of her wanted to tear the fucking bastards head off. He was the head supervisor of the intelligence section of the organization that she and the rest of her comrades were preparing to fight.

Sure, it wasn't official yet, and her brother was still trying to contain it. However, Yuen was like a fast acting poison, all that it would take to over come their resistance was a spark. A single incident to set off a war…. Again. "Bro's gonna kill me if this is it."

"Ah, Airi-sama, my child it truly has been too long. So strange to met you in such a place, do you not think so? Though randomly throwing Kunai is dangerous my girl, be more careful"

"Don't play with me Delf,I am not a child nor is it a coincidence us meeting. Or do you always hide in the trees when you go out for a stroll? Just tell me what the fuck you want and leave me the hell alone!"

"Such language my dear? It's not befitting of a women as beautiful as yourself. Nevertheless, you are right. It is no coincidence. I have come here to speak with you."

"Really?" Airi says almost bored sighing and letting two kunai drop into each palm. She always hated liars.

"Of course, just a friendly chat." The man Delfphine comforts, he tries to hide his irritation as a uneven smirk forms on the girls pale scarred face.

"Then do you make it a habit over at Yuen to bring 6 squads of men for a friendly chat? We usually on have 2." The man Delfphine's face completely melts from its innocent pose into a menacing glare. He motions with one hand, and down comes all six squads surrounding the red head. She is not fazed just sighing a little to herself and resisting the urge to nurse her poor throbbing temples. This was just so…troublesome.

"No more pretenses Delf-san?" Airi asks airily moving into a more relaxed pose, crossing her arms in front of her chest. Clenching tightly to the kunai held with-in her selves.

"Do not make this harder than it has to be." Delfphine threatens taking a step closer, Airi only groans before sticking out a hand holding out a kunai.

"No how about you make it easy. I'm too tired; ram your own damn head against my kunai yourself. Save me the trouble." Airi is not surprised as men hot with tempers launch themselves haphazardly towards her. It was what she had wanted all along. With the grace and ease that had earned her the nickname "golden butterfly" she was quick to slip between the heated bodies and deliver quick and incapacitating blows with out breaking a sweat.

Moreover, just like that two of the six squads were laying face first on the ground. The short red head gazed tiredly down at them. Not entirely happy with her handy work. She never did enjoy beating up the weak.

"Ayah haaaaa! Bo~ring, really Delfy-chan is that all you got?" Airi asks making a show of yawning, once again slipping yet another set of Kunai into her palms.

"Bitch!" Several of the Shinobi cry out angrily, Airi only flicks her gaze towards them, unimpressed, before skewering Delfphine with her swirling blue-green eyes.

"Attack." Delfphine says in a monotone, meeting the girls gaze with out flinching, a grin tucked in the corner of his mouth. He had yet to play his ace, all in good time though. All in good time. Airi only sighs, trying to block out the chill that runs up her spine.

A feeling of unease crossing her mind, before her attention is torn to the present. The men had hesitated despite their bravado and anger. They had barely been able to see her. The tiny Kunochi had all but disappeared as she had flitted between her previous attackers.

Being the hardened warriors they were, it was only a second before they threw them self at the girl. Well maybe like 2 seconds.

Airi is slightly irritated with herself caught underestimating the enemy. Not that she was overwhelmed or anything of the sort. It was only that she had thought she might end the incident quickly and still get back before everyone else found out she had left the estate. After possibly giving her guards the slip. She was SO DEAD!

The Kunochi couldn't help the sighs that escaped her mouth as she pushed off a little too hard from the tree she had been using as leverage, causing the branch to snap. Inadvertently taking out an enemy without her having meant to.

"Opps, Gomen!" Of course she had been about to ram the guy in the groin just moments before, but that would have been on purpose. You have to apologize for accidents you know. Even on the battlefield. The red head choose to ignore the string of curses pointed towards herself, instead concentrated on stabilizing a turn.

The branch had thrown off her jump, causing too much height and spin. She felt the world tilt sideways as she landed unevenly, causing her ankle to roll and give out on her. She gave a tiny cry, keeping her face as clear as possible. She was sure though, that they could see the dizziness in her eyes and the badges of pain threatening to leak out onto her cheeks. Damn.

"Now!" Delfphine exclaimed. "Hai!" The Shinobi surrounding her echoed before with expert grace each weaved 3 signs, moving too fast for the distracted girl to see. There was an ominous pop before the seal appeared. It was rudimentary at best, but effective. Airi would know, her mother was a master sealist who had been her teacher since she was 7. With enough people the seal could keep even Kyuubi at bay…for a few minutes.

The seal was mainly to calm charging enemies to get them to listen, or something of the sort since the time limit was shortened the stronger the person. Also the sealist could not a attack if they wanted to keep the person within the seal without it disrupting the thin barriers. As it was she had about 7 minutes before the group would be too exhausted to keep hold of her…and that was with her not using her full power. Despite the slightly humiliating display Delfphine looked…pleased. Airi didn't like this. No she didn't like this one fucking bit.

"Now you shall come with us Airi-sama."

"Ah~ha please. I'm a seal expert Delf I know poor work when I see it, this wont even hold for 10 minutes, and that's with me just breathing."

"What if you had, what do you humans call it? Ah yes, incentive to come as quickly and quietly with us?"

"What incentive do I have dear?" Airi asks feigning boredom by picking at her immaculate fingernails with her Kunai. Trying to ignore the pain in her ankle and the sudden dread that filled her.

"Are hostages enough do you think?" The robed man before her chuckles darkly, as Airi freeze's in her place. Her heart skipping a beat in panic. She kept her eyes lowered, because though no one could read it on her face, her eyes would give her away.

"Hostages? Do not jest with me Delfphine, no one of our estate has gone missing, I would know it immediately." Airi knew in her heart the these words were empty and useless. There were people left completely open that Yuen would have access to if the went through the right channels. NO, there was no way they had gotten into the human realm…no way. Oh who was she kidding, they had gotten in. The question was, how far?

"Oh just a few Shinobi and Kunochi of Konoha and various other affinities. I'd say about….fair amount over a dozen." Far enough apparently.

"Hn." Airi grunted starting to spin her Kunai around her finger so Delfphine would not notice her hands were shaking like leafs. "And your proof, sweetie?" Airi asks after moment when the silence was beginning to get uncomfortable. No longer thinking of escaping. Not if there really was a chance that they were holding hostages.

"Proof, ah yes look here Airi-sama." Airi unwillingly looked trying to keep her cool; the orange haired man gave a long round of seals before the all Seeing Eye technique appeared. It was commonly used among the Sage's of time to update others.

So she knew it well enough to see it was not faked. One special attribute was that it could show no illusion what so ever. It only showed the truth. It appeared the man had set the seals for the justsu in each of the prisons they were holding their hostages.

And there they were, their grime ridden faces, filled with cuts and bruises. Tied together in demon chakra enforced ropes and chain. When one of the faces were shown Airi caught her breathe despite her self. She managed to save herself by turning it into a chuckle.

"Well you have to give Yuen some credit, they never do anything half way."

"Just covering all of our bases my lady." Delfphine answered snidely, the smirk on his black lips made Airi want to beat the living shit of him. However there were more important tasks ahead, and hey she might even be able to do both in time. Despite her resolve, Airi found herself stalling. She knew what would come next would be humiliating and degrading and she just….well she needed some time to buck up her courage a little bit.

"I imagine their wounds were received in the initial struggle?"

"Of course my lady, they and yourself will be taken care of most diligently."

"What may I ask, will you be using us for. I think we have the right to know." Airi asked airily, truly curious.

"May I take that as a yes Airi-sama."

"If you answer the damn question." Airi snapped irritably, annoyed that he was rubbing it in. It just wasn't fair. This was dirty and he knew it, he enjoyed it for heavens sake.

"Feisty even when cornered, that fiancé of yours is truly lucky." Delfphine was quick to continue on once he caught the look in Airi's eye. Though the girl was trapped and in his power, she was still terrifying. "As you know the upcoming council meeting will decide wither war is declared or not. Your dear brother sickening and weak as his ideals of peace are, especially when he has such power behind him, the people are enamored with his confection of a plan. However with you in our grasp it might serve as enough to push him into seeing sense." Airi gritted her teeth before taking a deep calming breath. Even so, her eyes flashed red.

"Or make him panicked enough to possibly over look your troops while trying to negotiate and you attack us while we scramble to be diplomatic. Your sick, all of you are. Using my brother's love for them against him. HE doesn't deserve that!"

"Yes, yes we all know what a good little boy your brother is. Now to the point are you coming quietly or will I have to kill one of our little friends." Delfphine asked snidely. Airi gritted her teeth once more.

Her body locked down in an attempt to NOT launch herself towards that man and dismember him. She didn't even realize she was gripping her Kunai with the point towards her palm, drawling blood. Only noticing as it ran down her fingers. She watched it for a moment struggling to catch a grip on her self and her emotions. Finally, she dragged her gaze from the blood up to meet Delfphine's triumphant eyes.

He knew he had her, and he didn't have the decency to hide it from her. She held his gaze as she carefully extracted the 3 dozen Kunai hidden among the confides of her clothes and under her sarong. Then slowly and not with out heavy emotional pain she with drew "Lavie" as she affectionately called the ornate sword her brother had gifted her along with her Fiancé on her last birthday. She lay it carefully on the grass, taking care to keep her blood off the blade. She stroked it lovingly once more before straightening and facing Delfphine. Big number 1 on her hit list at the moment.

"I'm coming." Airi said in answer tipping her chin back, holding her head up with elegant pride. Trying her hardest not to let her inner emotion play across her face. But she knew they were there for all to see. Oh what a lovely day this had turned out to be.

"That's all I needed to hear." Delfphine answered with a smile before motioning with a flick of his hand. Airi was confused for a moment. What was he doing he already had her cornered. But suddenly Airi knee as her back arched and a silent scream opened her moth wide. She thrust her head back violently her whole body coming to a stand still. Standing on tip toes, back arched and head thrown back in a silent scream of agony as head clawed desperately at her neck were the source of the pain was from.

Yes this hadn't been the best day of Airi's life, no it really hadn't.

A/N~ Question, the next chap will have two P.O.V. one will be Sakura again but the other will be one of the other boys from Konoha, I'm leaning more towards Shika, Kiba, or Neji but if you have a suggestion it is always welcome. I hope you liked it! Show support but reviewing please. Sorry for any grammar mistakes, I wanted to get this out as soon as possible since I might be busy for a while

What did you think? Come on tell me! I really want to know, but please no hardcore flames, I like feedback not posion. DONT TRY TO KILL ME! I am not interested in trolling so just back off and we'll be fine. Okay go back to happiness and butterflies...Yup I'm still a dork. So tell me...who do you think the girl is? lol

Love Snowy