R i d 3 r: Hello! Must say this first so all of you know -- this is the last chapter to Wish: And so it begins. Anyways… Uh.. Yeh.. On with the story.. OH! Read the very, very bottom once your done too
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Wish: And So It Begins
Chapter 12
How Can This Be?
A notice was sent, and the Kazekage was glaring that the paper that had a faint chakra still embedded in it. This was one to be reckoned with, something like a challenge… And the Kazekage was happy about it. He hadn't been able to fight since Alix showed up, and since Sound retreated. A visible, sadistic grin crossed his firm lips, a murderous glare in his eye. Oh yes, this was going to be fun.
Suddenly, the door flung open and his sister and brother stood there, waiting for him to tell them what to do. Placing the piece of paper back down on the desk his eyes shifted towards the two, nodding his head. Opening his mouth, he took a breath in before exhaling.
"Get everyone ready. I want an evacuation of Suna. Jounin and Chuunin are to report on the field immediately. Have genin watch the civilians as they leave, and once getting to the camp, have half of them stay there, with a few Jounin's before heading to the field. Temari.." Gaara paused, shifting his eyes over to her. "You are to be head of the evacuation. Kankuro.." His eyes moved again to look at his brother. "You are to come with me. Understood?"
Both nodded, Temari leaving quickly to start preparations for said evacuation. Kankuro just stood at the door, watching his brother… This was going to be the biggest war.. And there was going to be a lot of death.
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"Did you even tell him!?" Mike glared at Alix. He was mad for a simple reason.
"Uhhh… No…?" Alix cowered under the wrath of her brother's eyes… She'd never seen him so pissed off before.
"He has to know you have to be almost dead!"
"But… You know he wont allow it!"
Mike sighed, crossing his arms over his chest. His black clothes wrinkling at the movement. He was fully prepared for any attack on them. Swords, kunai, shuriken, scrolls anything else he could have thought of. His eyes close for a moment, turning to face his other team mate.
"MaiAki, your ready?"
MaiAki nodded, hands clenching at her sides. Today was the day she was going to get her children back and nothing was going to stop her. She wanted them in her arms, and to tell Kankuro that they were alright. Her eyes flashed dangerously, her once… cool… preppy-like demeanor replayed by anger. She was mad… now. Which, to Alix made no since. Why didn't she act mad when her children were taken away?
Come to think of it. She didn't flip out as much as she thought that she should have. If Alix's children - if she had any, which she highly doubted she would - was kidnapped, she'd do more than fight in a war… she'd kill everyone and anyone in her way to get to them, no matter what. Even if her 'sister' were to ask her not too.
Alix sighed. Closing her eyes for a moment and feeling two familiar chakra's coming up from behind her. Adjusting her sword, she reached up, pulled her mask over the bottom of her face and over her eye, pulling her mask up to cover to mouth and nose. Grabbing onto her headband, her eye shifted back to see Gaara standing right behind her, holding something in his hand.
Looking at his hand, she smirked lightly, seeing the sand headband that she had requested from him. Taking her headband off, she placed it within her armor under her clothing right near her heart, and took the headband out of Gaara's hand, tying it off around her neck. Mike, who managed to snatch an extra one from Kankuro, traded his headband. But MaiAki smiled and shook her head.
"I'll keep Azure's for now… They should know there's Azure Shinobi in the war, still alive.." Kankuro only smiled and kissed his fiancée on the cheek. Pocketing the headband and looking at Gaara.
"…'Shia, Kairu, Naruto, Shino, Sakura, Kiba and Akamaru are all already on the field, watching out for what's going on. I just saw Temari about 10 minutes ago, grabbing a couple Jounin and taken all genin with her.." Alix took in a breath, feeling like she kept going on and on.
Gaara nodded. Noticing the wary look Mike was giving him. His eyes narrowed as if to question 'what'.
"Alix tell him. Now!"
"Tell me what?" He seemed to be worried about what she was going to say and she looked away from him, glaring at Mike.
"What I'm about to tell you, you'll go against. So I'm going to make you promise me you will not interfere with anything that should, or could happen on the field…."
Everyone was silent.. No one saying a thing for a couple of moments.
"Promise me Gaara."
"Depends on what it is."
"I ne--"
"She needs to die in order to complete her training. Well not die, but to the brink. She can be brought back if Omen allows her too. Which'll probably happen anyway." MaiAki cut in.
Wait… since when in the hell did MaiAki know anything about Omen, other than her being in her mind…? She was pretty damn sure she was never told that she had been harboring a Demonic Angel within her. Something was wrong with MaiAki, and it wasn't really sitting well with Alix.
"I wont allow it."
"Right on bat too. See how smart I am." Alix replied smartly, crossing her arms over her chest and glaring at a house that was in front of her, and behind MaiAki.
"Kazekage-sama, with all due respect, she needs to. Either way she'll be killed by them at some point. I had predicted someone from Sound was going to attack her off guard…"
"Then she'll be watched."
"What happens, happens Kazekage-sama. You can't prevent what should and shouldn't happen."
Gaara's eyes narrowed at Alix's back. She hadn't turned around to look at him, other than to take the headband from his hand. Of course, she must have known he wouldn't allow it. She was too close to him, as he was to her. There was no way she could possibly think that he would allow that! He wasn't losing someone else that would throw his world back into darkness.
But, given. People die in wars, that even he couldn't predict… So it could be highly likely she would be attacked on the field without him knowing. He wanted her by his side at all times, but she had eventually convinced him otherwise. To let her fight with her 'family' and to avenge her village that was slaughtered by them. She told him that she had made a vow to protect those close to her, whether it gets her killed or not, they were going to pay for the things they did.
Of course, he wanted to respect her wishes to kill them all; but it was going to be a hard job for her to do, and she had a high possibility for being attacked by a lot of highly experienced people. But like Temari had told him the night he attacked her… All Azure Shinobi's could control any element. Hence why they had a Kage called Soshikage…
But as he recalled her telling him one point in the conversation from earlier, she was actually nominated to be a Kage - apparently her attacks being deadly and known in her region. Of course, he had never seen any of her attacks, -- other than the first one he seen when she decided to jump into the war -- and wanted to judge them himself. But, if she had Omen, her power would triple, and her new healing techniques that she learned, other then 2 and apparently another part, which she had mastered before Mike knew, she was someone not to be taken lightly.
He wanted to see himself how she could place herself in such a predicament. He remembered the first time she returned to the village, covered in blood from head to toe… such a murderous glint in her eyes, exhaustion written in her stance as he studied her. If she managed to fight, for the time she left, constantly with no one to back her up… she could manage by herself? Right?
No… Not to him she couldn't. He couldn't bare the thought she could be killed. He could not, and would not, allow it. There was no way. She was his, and only his. She was to be with him for as long as any human could be around another. He loved Alix. And he'd admit it if he had too. But, if he was to tell her now, then that would cause her concentration to lack and that would leave a higher possibility to be killed. This was a hard topic to decide with himself.
She knew he was going to say no… but why would she make him promise? Is it that she wanted to become stronger? What was it that she wanted… why did Mike and MaiAki want her to be pushed to a point where even he had passed once, and sacrificed a council member for his sake, and bring him back? There was no one with medical skills of their own who'd sacrifice their life for her. Of course, he would, he wouldn't give it a second thought -- but that brought up another concern. He had his village…
He was stuck… And it was hard getting out. He had Alix… He had his village and his responsibility of being a Kage - the youngest Shinobi to have such a title. There was no way he was going to lose his title until he had to give it up at a certain age, to a child, or to another that seemed to be responsible enough to take his position.
Of course, he had already told Alix the village was more to him… He was still trying to gain all their acceptance and whatnot. This village was his to protect and he was going to protect it till the bitter end and that was it… but he'd also protect Alix to the bitter end. Man, this was a hard topic and causing him a great deal of a headache.
He wanted to see her happy and to deal with everything that she could possibly go through. But he didn't want to her to… die. She could help him with the village, help him take on all the risks. Be there for him when he wanted it even if he was pissed and watched to kill anyone or everyone at a certain time when Kankuro or Temari pissed him off. She was his angel, no matter how awkward it seemed… He was a demon, she was an angel. Of course, it seemed off to have an Angel and a Demon love each other…
But, he had changed from ruthless demon who killed anyone to find his existence in life to someone who protected a lot of people; hell, he even cared for them, regardless of some of the civilian's feelings. He lived in a broken home, so to speak his whole childhood. Raised to be a demon, the ultimate tool, who was soon to be killed because he was getting out of control - but he managed to… warn them that he could be someone of use when he was older, even if no one could have realized it.
He had his own life played out before him, and unaware, he took the road to being who he was today, and that was a good thing. When Alix popped into his life one certain day, he never thought she was beautiful, or pretty looking. Though, when he saw her gray eyes the first time, they took him into a whole different world. That moment, when she was sitting on the chair, when 'Mike' was in the hospital and her eyes shifted to glare at him, they were like his. Why? He never really knew, and never asked. Of course, at some point in time, Kankuro told him why she was like that, from what MaiAki had told him.
She had 'spazzed' out - as Kankuro put it, into his own words - when the two were children, only to find out her whole family was killed, and apparently Omen showed her pictures of them after they were killed. Which, caused him to ask who had done it - but as Alix's adoptive brother and father had said when they saw her, that they had been the one's who killed her family… but she let them go.
He would have killed them, had she not stepped in. Could it have been that they were lying only to piss her off? Did she know who killed her family…?
…Kazekage-sama
We, Sound, will be attacking you tomorrow. Yes, this may seem odd for us to tell you, but, My Lord has said he wanted all of you to be ready so he can have a challenge… He wants Alix-chan to be ready as well… She'll be his main target. And you… You'll be hunted down first and she'll watch you die in front of her…
Sound
The note from Sound popped into his mind, like he was re-reading over it, again and again like he had in his office. A smirk formed on his lips again. It was a challenge, and this… 'leader' was going to get a good taste of his power. Alix wouldn't watch him die, he wouldn't put her through that. If it did come down to that, he'd shield her in sand… But, what caught him a little off guard was the Chakra that still stayed with the paper. It was faintly similar to Alix's chakra. Like something of a blood-line type Chakra. Either the two were related, or it was because he was from Azure - which was a higher possibility.
…But back to his main topic, which his mind was obviously trying to pull him away from easily, was to deal with Alix. He wanted to protect her - he wanted her by his side. He had to protect his village because it was his responsibility… He could manage it. He could be able to do both - because eventually… she would be part of the village he needed to protect…
But, what still confused him, was as to why she should go to the brink of death… Probably to retain all power that she had within her, like Naruto and the Kyuubi? He remembered Naruto telling him how he was able to summon the giant frog (A/n: Sorry, forgot his name…) was that he needed to be pushed off a cliff, and ready to die. But apparently, blacked out and ventured within himself, only to see the nine-tailed fox in a cage.
…That is what Alix had to do. Visit Omen. Omen wouldn't let her die easily, if she wanted to live, or to protect her container… it was settled.
"Fine. I'll allow it."
Alix spun around, staring at him openly at his sudden change of mind. Mike, even stared at him like he just changed into a different person completely.
"I understand why you need to do it… and I'll allow it."
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All five Shinobi including the Kazekage stepped onto the field, Temari soon after joining them with a handful of Genin. This was going to be a big war, that was obvious. Alix's chakra was fluctuating in excitement of making them pay for destroying the village she grew up in. She was going to destroy, mangle them to the point where they wouldn't be recognizable as human's…
'Whoa, child… Settle down on the mannerisms of killing…'
'Sorry Omen… but I'm not toning it down… I'll murder them…'
Omen laughed lightly. 'Then… this will be one battle I'll be participating in with you… Your movements will be my movements.. Mine will be yours. Understood?' Alix nodded to herself. 'Well then… When your body moves on its own, allow it.'
"Kazekage-sama!" A Chuunin ran up to everyone, bowing lightly before Gaara. "They are attacking now."
"So… It has begun…" Alix smirked under her mask, eye narrowing with a murderous glint in her eye. "This'll be so fun… Mike, MaiAki, lets go.."
The two nodded and ran off towards the front, but Alix stayed back, turning around to stand directly in front of Gaara. Quickly, she pulled down both masks and kissed him lightly, while he kissed back. Pulling away she smiled and waved, pulling her masks back up.
"I'll see you soon… Gaara-kun." And with that said, she turned around and ran to catch up to MaiAki and Mike.
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She dodged another kick to the head, swiping her body underneath the males leg, knocking him onto his back. His fingers moved to make hand seals before brining it up to his mouth. Fire, forming causing Alix to jump back into the air, onto someone's shoulders. Eye glancing down to see the headband, she raised her right hand into the air, her fingerless gloves covered with enough blood to make it seem as if she had cut herself before smashing her palm onto the man's head, a second later it exploded like a bomb - an attack she had just recently learned from Omen. It was her skill she obtained, thus needed only a certain amount of chakra to do so.
The man then fell limp, which caused Alix to fall down with him feet landing on either side of the man's body, her eyes searching for the one she was attacking before. But there was no luck until her body moved on it's own, just barely dodging a kunai to her arm.
'Keep your eyes open!'
Alix just growled, her eyes changing from the chameleon to an orange color, the bones in the man's arms snapping all at once, causing a loud scream to pulse through the large crowd of people. The man fell to his knee's screaming in agony at what just happened. Alix's eyes, when changed to a different color, and locked onto someone, could either rip apart pieces of the body, blow peoples heads up due to breaking all blood/nerve streams in the human body, which would cause all blood to move towards the head and cause it to explode; or she could break bones… It was a handy blood-line trait to learn in 10 minutes of fighting.
Jumping back, her legs spun around to come into contact with a females head this time, earning a kunai in the foot from her. Growling, Alix jumped back, landing on one foot to pull the kunai out of her foot and throw it at the female. Hand moving to cover her wound and heal it in a snap. Her eyes came into contact with Mike, standing there with his eyes closed and fighting three people with one hand. Her eyes then shifted to look at MaiAki who was having a sort of difficult time trying to kill the Shinobi, but she was doing fine none the less.
"Eternal Embrace!"
Her eyes widened at the sudden feel of ice cold glass all around her - which was completely unusual for cold glass to be in Sand… I mean it was hot enough out here that it would drive anyone crazy… Eyes looked around for who captured her in this casing, finding it to be a rather odd-looking man. She remembered this person… Chiisu.. Oh god how she hated him with a passion.
Growling, she tried struggling against the glass, which only would tighten more around her. Mike, who had notice this was going on, bent down onto the ground, making 5 hand signs before slamming his palms onto the ground. Something was obviously trialing the ground, leaving marks of where it was. Suddenly, Alix could feel something wiggling around her body, wrapping around before they pressed was pushed onto the glass, breaking it into many different shards…
Omen took her chance to step in, Alix's aura flaring indicating Omen was now in control. Raising her hand, all glass shards stopped in mid-air, like some matrix shit, before swirling around her body, hitting anyone who came close to her.
"Time to die… Chiisu… she sends her.. Deepest apologies..." Omen's voice was much colder than it was in Alix's head, but held a nice tune to it.
Chiisu was about to use another technique before Omen appeared behind him, arm wrapped around his neck, both incased in the shards of glass - of course, by now this gained attention from anyone around them.
"Raining Shards." Omen's voice whispered out, in English before all shards slammed into Chiisu's body, as if he had been thrown into a patch of cactuses, or had fallen into one hell of a put filled with porcupines.
Chiisu fell to his knee's, before falling face first into the sand, blood pooling around him. She smirked, Alix coming back into play. Turning around, her eyes widened at the sudden impact she felt. The pain was excruciating to a point where she actually brought up blood. Pain swelled in her chest, right beside her heart, just nicking her Azure headband. Her hair flew around her, swirling even, as it came into contact with her shoulders and arms, spinning out in front of her, and touching the person directly in front of her.
She could hear someone scream 'no!' but she couldn't make out who. The person in front of her was obviously a female, due to the clothing they were wearing. Hair long and throw in front of her, laying on her shoulder and onto her chest. Her breathing was heavy, like this took out so much energy and chakra just by thrusting a sword straight through Alix's chest. Obviously breaking through ribs and whatnot, nearly coming into contact with her lung.
Suddenly, the cool blade was pulled out of her body, and was kicked back by a foot, causing her to stagger back, gripping at her chest, eyes now wild to find out who had stabbed her. When her eyes finally came into contact, she saw none other than her own sister standing before her, holding the blade over her shoulder and grinning wildly at the position Alix was in.
Betrayal…
She had betrayed Alix… She betrayed Mike… She had stabbed her own sister.. Her own friend in the chest with a sword, indented to kill her. Not just bring her to the brink of death like planned by a Sound Shinobi… But MaiAki wanted to kill her. Why? She had no idea… And her mind was becoming confused as to why. Her vision started to become blurry, the sound of a males voice trying to speak to her, yelling at MaiAki.
She could have healed herself right then and there; but her body wouldn't move. She couldn't bring herself to move her arms. She was in complete and utter shock at what just happened. Her eyes started to water at the pain that was getting worse. The feeling of hot, warm liquid falling down her chest, inside her clothes and onto her hands was evident.
Her body started to jerk with anticipation for Death. Even Omen couldn't have done anything to protect her, given she couldn't take control of Alix's mind and body.
"We'll be bestest friends forever! Right, Alix-chan! We can be like sisters!" It was MaiAki's voice that moved through her brain like a river over-flooding it's coast and spilling over the sandbags set to protect homes.
Her world crashed before her, hearing completely gone, body going limp and vision gone. Silently, in her own world… she passed into the oblivion of darkness.
"…I am the true leader of Sound… you deserved what you got coming… Alix-chan…" MaiAki's laughter filled the area and Mike was about to attack, but she managed to vanish.
His eyes looked down at alix, laying in a pool of blood, her chakra and life gone all at the hands of her own sister…
"Alix-chan…"
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"Gaara!" The voice was impatient, and he looked up from where he was sitting, waiting for a good time to go out. His eyes came into contact he feared of seeing since she stepped foot onto the field. "I-I tried to help her, but… MaiAki… she…. she stabbed her through the chest with her sword… MaiAki is a traitor! She betrayed even her own sister and her own fiancée… She said she was the true leader of Sound…"
Kankuro stood up at hearing this, eyes widened at the news. Mike was lying, there was no way MaiAki would betray him and his village! There was no way.
"S-she's dead. I tried to bring her back, even Sakura couldn't even do anything to help her. I… If I would have known it was MaiAki I would have taken care of her myself…"
"Dead…" Gaara whispered softly, taking Alix out of Mike's arms and putting her in his own, holding her as if she was a child. Sitting back down, he shook her lightly, her head moving side to side limply, along with her arms. He held himself back at screaming at the top of his lungs. He kept himself from crying. Bringing her to his chest, her rested his face in her neck, breathing in the scent. "…My angel…"
That special Person
Has the one place
No one can fill
But when that person leaves
You feel empty
When living in a shadow
Trying to forget yourself
Don't think of life
Think of night
Your choice,
Depends on your mood
Of which reflects your heart
To that certain person
When they break a promise
And don't tell you why
You feel worthless,
And start to cry
Listen to the pain of time
And figure out your path
When you decide what is best
Move forward in life
Step out of the shadows
To tell that person
They mean the world to you
But reveal your true intentions
When that person isn't There anymore
You finally realize why you didn't before
As your standing by yourself
In the pouring rain and freezing cold
Drifting back into the shadows
You feel a sudden burst of life
Making everything seem warm
Is this death or is this "That Person"
You look around
But only see emptiness
Your heart feels heavy
And your alone
You finally see
You are by yourself
Just like you always knew
This is the way it should be
So you turn from the world
And walk the opposite way
Leaving your love behind
Listening to your heart
Fade into darkness.
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R i d 3 r: Whooooo! What a long… chapter. Now my back is killing me, my wrist hurts… Ugh. Anyways, Thanks for reading! I hope to see you soon, ne? That poem at the end, it belongs to my brother, I just found it on the computer a moment ago. But uh.. Yeh. So it's not mine but belongs to him and he doesn't know it yet… Doesn't deserve to… Ha! Lol anyways..
Emeralds Rose: Yes I am holding back till I see you face to face mofo! Mwahahaha, wait until then.. I'll stab you.
SugarSnike: lmao, how about we go insane together, but to a degree!? Crackers? Lmao. I shall remember that! Very Crackiful Snazzyness..
KJ : Yes everyone had to be jealous at one point, ne? And yes! Gaara did chuckle while Alix snooped… Yeh..
Earthchik: I forgot to respond to your review! I'm so sorry! But the way I keep updating is cause I have no life outside my room. So when I get home, I ask someone if I should write.. And he says yes, which leads to me updating every other day.
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Part 3 - Wish: This Is The End
So Alix was killed in the last part of the series… But what happens when she comes back after a set time? This time… The war is no longer a war; but an attack that will demolish everything and everyone in her wake. The new awakened Alix is to be feared once she steps foot onto the battlefield once again; Can Gaara turn her back to who she was?