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"Talking"

Thoughts, sometimes emphasis on words

-Flashback-

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Demons Dawn Chapter Fourteen: Twisted Realities

He twirled the deep violet flower between his fingers. It was dried and the bruises no longer showed through as they had before. He sat among the flower field that this flower had originated from, it's flowers already dead, but the seeds ready to sprout from the ground. He ran his hands over the ground his finger staining slightly green and brown from the few stubborn plants. He lifted his head as the wind picked up around him as it played with his hair.

He got up from the dead flower field, no use staying were he wasn't needed. He had smelt the stench of the repugnant chakra, it felt familiar to him somehow. His crimson eyes slowly scanned the horizon all the while sensing around for a specific chakra, at last he found it and headed in the direction. His beloved student would need him soon, he was sure of that much.

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"Naruto who is this guy?" Sasuke asked. Naruto had expected the question from Tsubasa, not quite Sasuke.

"His name is Kagami," after a moments hesitation, "I know him. We use to be..." Naruto chocked off.

"So you do remember!" Kagami said brightly.

"Why have you come!?" Naruto asked never letting down his kunai. Sasuke and Tsubasa followed Naruto's lead, they weren't letting down their guard. Sakura relaxed her grip on the kunai considerably, after all Naruto knew this guy. "Sakura, don't let up. He won't hesitate to kill you. He won't hesitate to kill any of you!"

"What about you Naruto? Will he hesitate to kill you?" Tsubasa said softly to Naruto, never taking her eyes off Kagami. Naruto said nothing as he lowered his eyes and frowned. She knew the answer then, their connection was more then obvious, she saw it and felt it.

"Getting past the gate guards was too simple, Naruto-kun. Are you sure you want to be part of this village?" Kagami asked quizzically.

"Yes!" Naruto hissed, "what do you care!?"

"A care a lot Naruto! You always wanted to be strong..." he said quizzically, "and this village cannot truly make you strong."

"How did you get past the gate guards!?" Sakura requested of Kagami her voice full of an authority they had not heard before.

"Didn't Naruto tell you? I am truly appalled!" Kagami reprimanded Naruto, "I am a—."

"Master of genjutsu," Naruto finished for him. Damn! Tsubasa doesn't know how to Byakugan and I don't have Sharingan! Just our luck! How can this guy even have such a foul chakra, it feels evil somehow, makes me want to be sick. Sasuke thought. He wasn't going to take anymore of Naruto's and Kagami's jabbering much longer.

"But I've learned much more then that Naruto," the voice was cold and distant now. "It's time I kill them."

"I won't let you," Naruto said his voice like ice. Kagami only grinned.

-Flashback-

"Come on Naruto-kun! Lets get something to eat!" said a very happy pale gold-eyed boy.

"Alright! But what should we go as!?" said an equally charged up sapphire-eyed boy. Kagami mulled it over, then a very crafty look came over his face. He started to rub his hands together and smile evilly. Now Naruto was interested.

"I know..." he gave a rich and high laugh, "but you might not like it."

"I'll do anything! I'm too hungry to care!" and right on cue his stomach grumbled. Kagami swept his long uncombed hair away from his face. Naruto passed him a fine black strip of cloth and Kagami put it up in his usual style. Naruto looked up at him expectantly, eyes bright and smile twice as big as usual. "Come on hurry up!"

"Alright! Jut let me get ready!" Kagami closed his eyes and brought his hands together. A ten-year-old Naruto watched in total and unwavering fascination as he looked at his friend. The first things to change were his ands. Tattoos appeared on his fingers and spread to his hands and palms, gracefully and beautifully they spread to the tops of his arms and then his neck and only touching his face slightly. His eyes became golden-eyed cat like eyes. "There, ready!" Naruto smiled and got up, he never got tired of his friends strange ability.

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"How are we going to pay you idiot!" a very beautiful blond woman said. She was truly beautifully, with golden-yellow hair a mass of ringlets and piercing sapphire eyes that glittered mischievously. Her lips were drawn into a snarl and her hand rested on the back of the chair to put her in an awkward and uncomfortable position.

"Were not you dork! He! The daimyo's son is!" a handsome man responded slyly. He would have made any woman look more then twice. The blond woman's expression cleared, a rather comical and evil smile grazed her lips and she started to laugh maniacally. The man graved her lips and placed his finger on his lips, immediately silencing her. "We don't want to give ourselves away you dolt!"

She slapped his hand away elegantly and settled back into her chair, she half closed her eyes, and she now truly looked ladylike as she sat there. The man smiled and got up and offered his hand to her, she took it and got up, ready to go out the door.

"You haven't played yet!" protested an angry waiter.

"Charge it to my father," the man said scornfully and was again ready to leave.

"Who is your father?"

"The daimyo of course," he snarled as if this was common knowledge. The mans expression immediately become reverent and he took out a pad, thought he was more then a bit offended by the rude man.

"I was not aware he had a son. What is your name?" The man looked down and was waiting for an answer, ready to write the name down.

"What are you doing? Go waiter the new guests!" the hostess quietly said through gritted teeth.

"B-but I was—," the waiter stumbled over his words.

"Now!" he had no choice over the matter. He stuck out his tongue at her childishly as soon as her back was turned. At least now he had an excuse for not getting the name.

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"Man that was awesome!" the woman said as she disengaged herself from the mans arm. The man eyed her fondly and grinned. "Now take this off me! I'm beginning to fell all weird!"

"Alright!" the man put his hands together. As he opened his eyes the symbols flared through his skin. Seconds later there stood a blond boy in a white shirt, black shorts, and brown boots and besides him a black haired boy in sleeveless gray shirt, black pants, and black tennis shoes. "Com on Naruto it's getting late!" He raised his arms to shield his eyes from the glare of the setting sun, as he did so the tattoos seemed to recede back into his fingers.

Their plan of going into a high class restaurant disguised as high class people had worked well.

"Just let me get my supplies," Naruto said and disappeared for a moment.

"I don't know why you bother with that. With my around you don't need to lug that stuff around!" Naruto only smiled at his friends comment as he slung the pack around his shoulders, there was a lingering sad light in his eyes as he and Kagami walked toward the sun.

Of course the next day it would happen and Kagami had parted ways, and not for the first or last time.

-End Flashback-

Naruto narrowed his eyes as he saw that Kagami still tied off his hair with that strip that he had given him long ago, thought now it was neatly cut and sewed on the edges so that it wouldn't fray.

"Why have you come!?" Naruto repeated.

"The promise," Kagami said quietly.

"I see..." Naruto said and smirked. "But not this time."

"Then I will kill them."

"Lets see you try."

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He had arrived in time to see Naruto charge recklessly ahead. Hadn't he learned anything? But apparently he had. Kagami struck out with a senbon needle and sunk it into Naruto's heart, but he disintegrated in a puff of smoke.

"Naruto-kun stop such childish games!" Kagami shouted in exasperation.

He raised an eyebrow. Maybe his student wasn't as addlebrained as he thought he was. But soon he was no longer preoccupied with Naruto. He sensed someone nearby, someone watching but that person had not yet sensed him. Time to help out Naruto.

Naruto clung to the branches overhead. He took out a strand of poisoned needles and aimed it carefully at Sasuke, Tsubasa and Sakura. It would do nothing more then paralyze them for a few minutes. Few minutes he hoped would be enough. He threw them with as much accuracy as he could, but it only hit Sakura and she was down and out. Tsubasa jumped out of the way as she heard the tiny whistle of the needle. And she had pushed Sasuke out of the way of the other.

"What the hell do you think you are doing you bastard!" Sasuke screamed at him.

"You don't know him! I won't let you guys get hurt!"

"Then tell us about him Naruto!" Tsubasa said angrily. Kagami had stopped his looking as soon as he heard Naruto's voice. He listened with interest.

"He has this weird ability to cast illusions. Not just the normal genjutsu. He can trick your mind and your body into believing them. He only needs one moment of eye contact, just one moment, and he can cast and illusion and make you believe it and your body as well. He can cut you with an illusionary kunai and make you bleed, he can make your mind believe you have died and you will. It can make you forget were and even when you are. And he can let others see your fears and the illusion he casts."

Naruto dropped to the ground in between Sasuke and Tsubasa.

"Don't take her. She's not my friend," Naruto said as his hand lingered over the unconscious Sakura. Sasuke and Tsubasa weren't sure how they felt about Naruto's friendship anymore.

"Understood," Kagami said. He met Naruto's eyes and smiled. He pushed up the sleeves and put his hands together as he closed his eyes. "The reason I have these wings on my shoulder is because of a comment Naruto-kun made long ago. He said that death would come to me and those around me on swift wings."

"Don't let him complete that it will activate his ability!" Naruto said.

"Karyuudan (Fire Dragon Missile)!" Sasuke spit out fire at the boy. Tsubasa got behind Kagami.

"Hundred Year Ice Shuriken!" Tsubasa's ice blue chakra flared around her hand as she took out shuriken and threw them, they were engulfed in her blue chakra. They never had a chance. Kagami's eyes met Tsubasa, all the while avoiding the chakra laced shuriken. He touched her face with his symbol-covered fingers, his palm never touching her face. He inserted a needle in her neck and jumped out of the way of the Karyuudan. It would have hit her straight on had not Naruto produced solid clones and sent them to block for her. Sasuke immediately cut off the Karyuudan, the force of it had made Naruto's clones disappear. Her shuriken had fallen as they met the Karyuudan.

"Tsubasa are you o.k!" Sasuke shouted at her. Tsubasa was not o.k. her pearl colored eyes were wide and afraid as she stared at the figure before her. It was a female hunter-nin her face covered by white and red mask, the sign of Kiri (Hidden Mist) engraved on it. She was shaking violently. How can we see her illusion! Sasuke thought. How did he do that!?

"See Naruto-kun I told you I learned more!" Kagami said excitedly as he got behind Tsubasa whom continued to stare at the hunter-nin. "Her eyes revealed to me her greatest fear. Strange thing, the eyes, they can reveal peoples soul like nothing else. The needle I pierced her with makes her mind week and easier prey to hallucinations. That's why she cant see me now." He gently caressed her face as Tsubasa shrunk deeper into herself as the illusionary hunter-nin got closer to her with a shuko (claw).

"Don't touch her!" Naruto shouted, his eyes were full of fire.

"Now it's his turn!" Kagami shouted. Sasuke's eyes widened slightly. I won't let you see my fear you freak! I won't let you see Itachi! Sasuke was too caught in the moment to realize what he had thought. He had admitted to a fear that he had not let loose in the most desperate of moments.

"Katon, Housenka (Phoenix Fire)!" Fireballs that turned into shuriken flew at Kagami. Kagami dogged with only some difficulty. All he had to do was get close enough to Sasuke to see his eyes and touch his face. That's all I have to do! Kagami thought sarcastically.

With a sudden realization Sasuke saw that Naruto was gone. That bastard he left us! He threw a kunai at Kagami and did Kawarimi no Jutsu (Body Swapping) and switched places with a broken branch. But Kagami caught on to that.

Without thinking and without looking Kagami placed his hand on the face and worked his ability, he almost broke the spell when he saw sapphire colored eyes looking into his own. But breaking the spell could destroy him and turn his own ability against him. Sasuke was behind Naruto and he looked on at Naruto's back. He stopped it for me? Damn, him! I could have stopped this bastard, all on my own! But a guilty relief stole over him, he would not see his greatest fear come alive, for now at least.

"I'm sorry Naruto," Kagami said mournfully and close to tears as he inserted the needle in Naruto's neck.

"No sweat man!" And turning to Sasuke he said, "kick his ass Sasuke!" And that was all he managed before he doubled over in pain and his greatest fear came alive in front of him.

End Chapter Fourteen

Next Chapter: What is Naruto's greatest fear and will Sasuke defeat Kagami? (I must just surprise you, he, he, he) and another surprise!!!

So chapter Fourteen is done. Wow I almost wrote seven pages! lol. Thanks for all those that have reviewed! Ha! Is that enough action for you momom101? I hope so. Yep! I was forced to name him. Kagami means mirror and you can see why I named him that. And Zero the Death Shadow I really want to thank you a lot more because Kagami came from your suggestions (and hopefully that won't be a bad thing! (sweatdrops)!!!! Suggestions are welcome since I am always looking to improve this fic. And tell me what you think about Kagami.

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Anonymous: I am truly impressed you got most of it right! Sorry not Orochimaru. You practically read my mind on some of the parts. I am so glad you like the last two chapters, I was begging to think they weren't very good. Thanks again!!