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 =( , Please enjoy =)
I do not own Naruto, I just play with him sometimes. hehehehe
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Chapter 4: Flexibility
(Kiba P.O.V)
"Fuck-" The pissed dog lover growled throwing his head back in exasperation. Nothing the boy did could clear the throbbing headache induced by the heavy stench of the grey ceil he was tied up in. While the others with him were battered and bruised as well. None had his keen sense of smell; therefore none had his splitting headache.
"Would you please refrain from moving, you're killing the rest of our wrist." The longhaired Neji snaps icily swiping at his bruised lips with his tongue. Kiba grumbled irritably before leaning back into Shino who was directly behind him. He muttered dark curses and glanced wistful to where Akamaru lay in a cage, but HE had a cushion while the rest of the boys only had each other to lean on.
When the group of Shinobi had opened their eyes they had found themselves bleeding and bruised. Clearly nowhere they had ever seen before. A dank grey ceil that leaked with dripping…something. They found that they were not alone soon enough.
Bond by their wrist and legs they sat in a circle, leaning against each other's backs. The chains at their wrists were interlinking with others and staked into the ground with a large metal spike. So strong, that even with the combined strength of 7 Shinobi it hadn't made it budge an inch.
Trying to ease his headache, Kiba focused on his comrades rather than the smell of decay and perhaps death? He immediately stopped, his nose crinkling at the blood each sported.
Chouji by far had been the worse. After staying conscious for a few mere moments to help try and dislodge the spike he had slumped onto Shikamaru unconscious once more. Shika wasn't doing much better, his whole face a multitude of bruises and shallow cuts.
Shino next to him only bore a rip in his clothing at the shoulder. Where blood leaked, however the dog lover could be sure there were more injuries underneath the clothing. Sai most likely had a bruised rib from the grunts of pain the stoic boy let out if he leaned to far to the right. Various cuts littered his arms and torso. He was if was possible, even paler than he had been before. Neji for his part had been the least hurt only a few scratches. That was until he had tried moments after waking to use his Byakugan. It had left him gasping for air and hardly able to keep his head up.
"Think of something already genius boy." Kiba growled bumping Shika roughly.
"I'm trying, stop being so damn troublesome." The genius snapped lazily shifting Chouji higher up on his shoulder sighing tiredly as the large boy drooled a line down his Jounin vest.
"Kiba please." Shino said calmly leaning into the other boy briefly.
"Yeah, Yeah whatever. What I want to know is who in the hell was that girl."
"The red head?" Sai asked plainly his face still as stone.
"Who else?" Kiba snarled, the stoic boy had always freaked him out and the situation wasn't helping him.
Neji's glare silenced the reply from the pale boy and any other protest from the dog lover. It could have peeled paint it was so venomous.
"For now it doesn't matter about her. We need to get out. Shikamaru is their anything you can think of."
"Che' give me some time, just relax we might need our strength later." The group sighed audibly before nodding. Kiba for his part plugged his nose; leaned back against Shino and tried to get to sleep. Yeah that was SO not happening.
(Airi P.O.V)
This so fucking sucked. Was the first thing that crossed Airi's thoughts as she was tromped through the lower dungeon walls. Because yes what kidnapping wasn't complete without a dungeon that apparently dripped unknowable's ….everywhere.?
And then after being so nicely thrown in her new TINY cell and chained to the wall she was already making a fool out of herself. Really did the Gods decide today was "Torture Airi Day" or something. And the collar of submission fucking hurt! Delfphine hadn't been kidding when he had said only Airi's family could handle the pain without passing out.
Anyway back to the present, currently three wide-eyed Kunochi's stared at the small red head like she was crazy. Well they weren't far off base at the moment. Airi was having trouble concentrating against the grating pain the collar induced. The collar of submission was demon make, made to control humans that tried (mostly in vain) to come to the demon void and enslave them. It turned the user's chakra into thin needles and slowly ran along the users chakra channels. Basically the stronger the person the more the more painful it was, and it could only be opened by demon chakra…and that brought about a whole host of problems.
"Alright, I know you don't know me. I know your probably a little freaked but the only way for you guys to get out of here is for you to trust me. I know it's hard but it's the only way." Airi said after a moment standing a little straighter, using the damp wall behind her back as support.
"Why should we?" The blonde Ino asked suspiciously. Airi stopped a moment sighing a little.
"It's kind of hard to tell you everything here, there's too many ways it could go bad. So let this satisfy you. This castle is intuned with demon chakra. Any human use will be rejected and thrown back at the user. Being that as it is I am the only one who has demon chakra that WONT kill you the second you turn your back." Airi answered flatly in a no nonsense voice.
"Excuse me?" Sakura asked gasping.
"Y…Your…a…de…demon?" Hinata asked a little hesitantly.
"No!" Airi yelped losing her temper a little. She took a second to calm down before speaking. "Demon chakra is sealed with-in me." Airi finally manages to answer steadily,
"You're a Jinchuuriki?" Sakura asked her voice barely above a whisper.
"No, I don't hold a bijun within me. I just hold a great amount of one's chakra. Around here people know me as a half-breed."
"Like that boy." Ino said sharing a look with Sakura. Sakura nodded.
"Sora."
"Okay, now I really can't stand this collar so decide if you trust me while I get out of this thing Alright." Airi grumbled to herself shifting uncomfortably preparing herself for the strain she was about to put her body through.
"How?" Hinata asked moving to see the wounded girl better.
"Just watch." Airi said sending a little smile to the pupiless girl. And watch they did. Airi grounded herself a little before testing the strength of the chains holding her hands. They held her still, even when she hung on them even though it hurt like hell to do. Satisfied by this Airi smiled a little before closing her eyes. Willing herself to be calm she began to search inside her self. She knew this would be more difficult with the collar. They hadn't chained her hands above it to be cruel, well completely. It was an effect of the collar that chakra wasn't able to flow past it. Whither it was from a connected chakra channel or not. Her legs however were another story completely.
It took 15 minutes to even feel the faintest flicker of the red flame in the heart of her chakra. Once she locked on it she cajoled it, begged it forth. It grew and grew, Airi had to grit her teeth as the flame fought to inflame her, take over. With years of practice Airi pushed the unwilling flame down her enflamed chakra channels to pool into a the band around her legs. She pushed the chakra a little this way and that. It bent to her will with an eagerness to be let out.
There were gasps, as the red chakra bled into sight surrounding the thick band of metal around her ankles. They fell away with a heavy clunk, the trigger being the same as the collar. Simple demon chakra. Airi ignored the girls. As questions spouted from them. Instead she reached up and wrapped her trembling hands in the chains to get a better grip.
Then with slow agonized sounds coming from her lips Airi pulled her legs up, the demon chakra barely contained in the thin band around her legs, blistering her pale skin. She pulled her legs up, up, up until her face was pressed into the orange silk of her sarong even as she threw her head back against the cell wall the strain clear on her bruised face. With some coaxing the chakra attached to the chains on her hands.
With a suddenness that was unnatural the links around her raw hands gave. Airi barely managed to get her feet back under her to stop the collar from chocking her. She immediately reached for the silver band around her neck latching on to the demonic thing. The Chakra came to her palms with no trouble now, as it was alive and awake wanting to do far more than break a few chains. It spread thinly across the blasted collar and with in seconds it opened Air threw the cursed thing against the farthest wall her breath coming in rasps. The girl slumped her knees as she fought to rein in the chakra. When she was done she curled into her self a little before beginning to sob. Relief from the pain was so intense the girl was proud she didn't pass out.
"Are you alright?" Hinata asked alarmed moving to sit up and almost falling on her face in the process. Airi looked up through her hair and managed to smile a watery smile.
"I've been better, I'll get you guys out when I can move again." Taking a deep breath Airi leaned against the wall, pushing her long red hair out of her face with shaking hands. After a few moments of rest she began to examine her injuries.
"I'm sorry…but could you tell us where exactly we are." Sakura asked sitting up and staring at her cellmate.
"The demon void." Airi answered simply but seeing the expressions on the girl's faces she elaborated. "Well demons had to come for somewhere right? They aren't just natural occurrences in the ninja world. In fact it's my job to keep them from the ninja world."
"What about the tailed beast." Ino asked suspiciously.
"Not my slip up, besides back then it was only one beast. He got across long before there were people that hold my position."
"I'm confused." Ino groaned Airi gave her a sympathetic smile. Slowly shaking herself she moved behind Sakura to examine the metal shackling her. It to needed demon chakra to unlock. Sighing to herself Airi once again beckoned to the violent flame distracting herself from the blistering by answering a question Hinata asked her she was surprisingly coherent.
"Why did they use that kind of chain if you have demon chakra." Airi shrugged.
"Probably forgot about it, around here half-breeds are mostly forgotten about. We can't contain bijun and we have very little control over what we have. Which isn't much compared to most but I make by and besides it came in handy so I'm not complaining."
Airi had to take breaks between letting the girls go and when she had finished she had Sakura check on Ten Ten but warned her not to use any chakra.
"She's fine just a head injury that shouldn't be too bad." Sakura assured her fellow kunochi.
"Alright then, onto the next phase." Airi said to herself stretching her muscles and popping joints.
"What are we going to do? That door's solid steel and besides we don't even know the layout of this place. We might have had a chance with Hinata but I don't know what we'll do now. Not to mention there might be others captured here." Sakura said coming to sit next to Airi a very serious expression on her face.
"There are others here." Airi confirmed her expression thoughtful before her face lightened. She smacked her forehead.
"I'm so stupid." Airi ignored the questioning looks as she scooted away from them getting up on her knees. She reached up and bit her thumb drawling blood before she did the series of hand seals for the summoning technique slapping her palms on the dirty cell floor. The seal appeared on the floor. Unlike all the other times the girls had seen the summoning technique smoke wasn't the by-product. Out of nowhere scarlet Sakura petals feel in a slow spiral before collecting in a pile. How a fox came out of all of that the kunochi didn't know. Before the girls had even managed to examine the large and feral looking creature the scarlet haired fox leapt at it summoner causing Airi to fall back against the dirty floor. It leaned over her its snout inches from her bruised face, teeth gleaming as they were barred. Airi didn't screech as the other girls did only shuffling to relieve the pressure of the foxes paws planted on her shoulders before she smiled.
"What a warm hello Huckabee." The foxes face softened. His feral mask melted into on of irritated amusement.
"Where the hell am I, and why are you here?"
"No idea Huck!' Airi smirked "That's why your here."
"Oh that's all, I swear honey you'll be the death of me." The fox huckabee snarled before plopping himself firmly on her abdomen.
"What are you doing?" Airi asked no longer amused.
"Keeping you where you are, I'm not getting skinned for you honey, no matter how much I love yah. Now explain what's happening."
"Fine, fine just move your rump higher on my stomach, I have bruises their you know."
"So picky." The fox chortled before turning to gaze with yellow silted eyes at the other occupying the cell.
"Well who do we have here?"
"Trouble." Airi says with a sigh before placing a hand over her eyes preparing to tell the tale.
A/N So tell me what do you think. I really want to know! Thanks for reading =) Reviews are love, love makes the world go round so lets keep it SPINNING and press that little button. Preferably with something nice to say love you
-Snow-hime