A/N: I recived a review about how annoying the Inner can be, rest asure she won´t come up as often as last time...but I think I will still keep her around ^-^
I also know that today I was really late to update ad I´m really sorry m_m
So now here is a chapter with a funny scene I just felt the need to write :3
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"bla" normal talking
´bla´ OC thinking
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Chapter 4: The Truth
I sat by my lake, the lake where Shikamaru once found me crying. Sitting against the big trunk I looked through the breaches up into the night sky. Every day I would come up here after work and wait for them to come and then finally after three days they showed up.
They all looked serious and determined giving me no chance to avoid them anymore.
"Yuu, I think you have to tell us something" it was much to my own surprise Naruto starting the conservation.
I sighted and looked up into the sky and then turned my back to them facing the tree, not wanting to look them into the eyes when I told them the truth.
"The sky wasn´t as clear as this one in my former world, nearly every day clouds covered it" I risked a glace back at them seeing the confusion in their faces, beside the few geniuses under them, Itachi, Neji, Shika and even Sasuke picked up the meaning in my sentence, the truth behind it.
"How?" Sasuke asked.
"I lived in another world, entirely different and then not so different from ours...I died at an accident, but somehow I was given a second chance here" slowly I turned around not looking at them still my gaze wandered up into the sky.
"You know...in my world...there was a book...about this world, maybe someone from this world once experienced the same and wrote it...I will never know, but I say this to make it clear and not to lie to you...I knew you all, I knew your fate so I interfered...I was selfish and befriended you all, I wanted to use this second chance not just to help you, but also to gain a bit of my own happiness together with you." I felt the shocked silence from them and continued.
"During my...stay at the hospital some years ago I brushed with death...he hinted at something what I needed to do...more or less the price I must pay for my second chance. I went to Ame, telling Pain the same as I´m telling you in return for changing his mind he found out what I´m able to do."
I took a breath feeling slowly some of the pressing weight falling off my shoulders.
"I´m able to bring "light" or more like peace to the people who need it and...The tailed beast...will not hurt me and maybe I could even be able to calm their hate and anger, freeing them of it to bring peace to this world."
"You...aren´t Yuuki?" It was Ino speaking with a little shake in her voice.
"….I´m Yuuki...even when I never asked for this, never wanted to live again, I´m here, given the name Yuuki"
"It doesn't sound believable" Neji said trying to argue with logic.
"I saw it...the Ninetail...they talked and she showed him everything...him being inside me I also saw everything...it is true" Narutos head hung he wasn´t cherry one bit.
"You lied to us" Shikamarus sentence felt like a slap, but I knew he was right and I didn´t denied it.
"Was everything a plan of yours?" Sasuke seemed to have not so a hard time to accept that I was from another world.
"No, I won´t tell you what I changed and what I planned but it were only 2 or 3 things...everything else...maybe not planned...but I wanted to befriend you all and yes it was because I already knew what great people you all would be, given the fact that I never had real friends before"
"You said you were given the name Yuuki...so you are someone else we don´t know?" Neji brilliant mine.
"Even I don´t know how to answer that question, I was someone else...maybe you could compare it with a slave...I was one or felt like one in that world, but now I´m free, free to be finally that person I ever wanted to be, to be Yuuki...Yuuki was born from my old self so some traits remained...but not the best ones" I laughed a bit bitterly at that.
"Huh I don´t get that" Naruto laid his head a bit to the side showing his confusion but I could see how slowly he began to understand, Kuramas doing for sure.
"That explains your complex more" Shikamaru mumbled
"And your fears" He slowly put the picture together.
"Still you lied to us" Sakura stated.
"I did...out of fear. It goes against everything I stand for to lie...but it was to protect you, who had known what ripples you would have cause had you known from the beginning...and also out of selfishness, to live a normal live without being burdened to be some god dam saviour or bad ass kicking chick who was sent to save the world."
"That is really much..." Choji spoke, speaking out everyone´s thought.
"Not just for you" I smiled at them still not meeting their eyes.
"I still want to continue this life, our friendship and everything...but I don´t know if you want the same" I looked back down to the ground after admitting that.
"You really didn´t had any friends there" Ino said with a little laughter and the others began also to laugh, startling me into looking finally at them.
"That doesn´t change anything, you confirmed you are still you Yuu-chan and we are your friends forever" Ino smiled and the others nodded or proclaimed the same.
"Yeah you hear Yuu-chan" Naruto said throwing an arm over my shoulder pulling me into a hug while he had a wide smile on his face.
I couldn´t hold it back anymore and tears of happiness streamed down my eyes, my face and in Narutos shirt after even seeing Itachi and Shika smiling and nodding their heads.
´Told you so´
´*cries*´
I felt my own walls shaking and breaking a great deal, I could feel the weight on my shoulders and my own soul lighten.
After some huge group hugging time, Choji was the first one giving the spark to a new whole different question round.
"What food was there in that world?" Making me laugh I needed some time to calm down and form a sentence.
"There was so much food, we had a lot of countries over there and each one had their own set and don´t let me begin with the sweets"
"What was your world like? You said it was different and yet not, why?"
And it went on like that for hours everyone had their questions truly accepting all of this being even curious about it, that it made me really happy.
"How old are you truly?" Kiba asked then innocently, my eyes widened.
"Uhm-" I averted my eyes.
"You didn´t want to lie anymore to us Yuu" Itachi reminded me.
"I don´t think it would be good to know" I said blushing a bit, with my 21 and now 16 I would be 37, older than him and maybe even older than Kakashi...that was somehow a scary thought.
"We already guessed you would be older...we just want to know if you are an old granny or not" Shikamaru teased.
"!What!? You ! I was 21 and now I would be 37 I´m no granny!" I stand before him shaking my fist and for a moment everything halted and then I felt myself sweat drop while the others just busted into laughter.
This goes on until the sun began to rise and we all looked up into a beautiful sky.
Some clouds were up in the sky slowly moving while catching fire. The autumn sun raised, painting the dark sky into a dark purple and slowly in orange and red, a beautiful sight and we all were silent for a moment breathing in the clear crispy morning air.
"I´m me and no one else, I´m Yuuki" I said into the silence giving them all my warmth smile.
"How about breakfast?" I asked then and they all grinned widely.
"You will cook?"
"Sure, for my friends everything" and we all made our way to my flat and somehow everyone fit inside and I even had enough ingredients to cook breakfast for them all.
Somewhere between eating and laughing with them all I fell asleep, utterly exhausted after finally being relived.
I woke up a few hours later and marvelled at my living room, beside feeling lighter than to any time in my live I stood before...something like a wonder.
We ate breakfast here, we all of us...but nothing was out of place, everything was clean, cleaner than before and even the kitchen.
´Wow´
´You can repeat that´
´Finally showing up again?´
´I was holding your darkness at bay but after that...I could rest for the first time...we both know ..or better you know, that I wouldn´t always be there´
´I know´
´So learn faster´
´I thought I already did?´
´? Oh no I think your still missing out in some parts of live, for example looking at your love live I think-´
´Ugh´
´Listen to me´
´No!´
I stood now a bit useless in my living room and didn´t know what to do now.
´Maybe visiting Shikaku?´
´Sounds good´
With a light smile I went out my door, to Shikaku, this time prepared to not being pulled again into paper work.
´I shouldn´t have been so sure about that´
´Outside a shogi match you tend to forget that he is a genius´
After arriving in the building, I opened the door to the office only to be met with a wave of papers that washed me on the wall opposite from the door.
Sputtering I found my way to air and swam out of this mess only to be stopped by a hand wrapping around my ankle.
"A Yuu-chan~ please help us~" Akito one of my colleagues pleaded looking like a zombie and slowly others showed up beginning to corner me and I was sure my roar of frustration was heard by the lazy genius that for sure sat at the roof of this building chuckling at his trap snapping shut around its prey.
I was sitting at my desk looking over the papers trying to organize them, when I heard a knock on the window behind me. I only needed a glance at the person at the window and flung it open throwing myself at the person out of this hellhole.
"Shika my knight in shining armour" I shouted while he tried to stop our fall.
"Reckless woman" he cursed, he managed to heft himself to the wall standing now upright with me on top of him due gravity I was more like pressed into him.
"Yuu~ you won´t leave us, right?" I sweet voice from the window and some arms reached out in search for me and out of reflex Shika wounded his arms around me to protect me.
"Let us get out of here" I suggested and he only nodded and jumped down and then just slung me over his shoulder and made his sweet way to the Nara forest.
"Oi Shika! You don´t carry a girl like this, you caveman!" I complained feeling how his shoulder was boring into my stomach.
"Troublesome" he only murmured and changed his hold of me into a princess carry.
"Really Shika, manners" he only snorted at that coming finally to a stop and let me trop harshly on my behind, by simply pulling his arms away.
"Should a damsel in distress being like that to her knight?"
"Hmpf" I crossed my arms feeling totally in the right.
"Help me up" I said stretching my arm out only to get a slight disbelieving look from him.
"What are you, 2 or what?"
"Hmpf" I slowly stood up on my own.
"Then tell me my dear knight why did you bought me here?" I teased him.
"Ah..." He now had a sheepish look in his eyes rubbing his neck, clearly searching for the right words.
I waited patiently in such a situation it was a bad thing to push a Nara, he only will get irritated and you will never hear what he wanted to say.
"I wanted to talk with you...alone" he still didn´t look me into my eyes.
"About?" I asked slowly coating him into telling me already.
"I-I uhm wanted to ask you for a date" I slight dusk of pink decorated his cheeks and his brown sweet eyes gave me a pleading look, but I only deflated at that not really knowing what to answer to that.
´And here is it what I warned you about´
´Shit what do I do?´
´Tell him the truth that you don´t know?´
I was now getting also a bit sheepish.
"I uhm..I-I still don´t know, I don´t want to hurt anyone..." At that I saw a short, hurt flicker in his eyes.
"I´m confused alright, I realised that at my dinner with Itachi, give me only a bit time...but Shika...only If I chose different...will you still be my friend?"
He only huffed turning his back at me and then looked over his shoulder with an unusual strong mix of feelings in his dark eyes.
"I promised it to you Yuu and I hold my promises"
I gave him a sorry smile silently thanking him for this.
When he left I went a bit deeper to find my other save haven.
There was a lake with a little island in its mid and one of the pine trees once fell exactly so it builds a bridge to this island.
The whole forest around this lake were pines, making everything dark and the fallen pine needles on the ground together with the moss formed a carpet that swallowed every sound. Instead of going to the little patch of green in the mid of the lake I sat at the shore letting in the feeling of silence and peace.
´We need to think this over´
´Not thinking ...feeling´
´But no matter what I choose it is too late for them to be not hurt by it´
´I warned you´
´It was too early to make a decision...it stills feels too early´
´Then give Shikamaru a chance, give it one year, tell them both that you are trying to figure things out´
´One year...it sounds long´
´That you won´t tell them, just tell them that you need to figure things out after a date with Shika...you will have a compensation´
´No I told them more or less that I would trust them, so I will tell them the truth...but you are right in one point...I still should give Shika a chance´ I smiled and stood up turning to one of the fawns that were looking after me. It stepped a bit away and the turned signalling me to follow.
It was already getting dark but still I knocked on the door of the Naras head.
Yoshino opened the door blinking at me.
"Oh, Yuu-chan, dear what can I do for you?"
"Is Shikamaru at home?"
"Yes, come inside." She offered me pulling the door more open.
"Ah...I need to get home Yoshino-san I´m sorry"
"No problem, I will fetch him for-"she smiled at me like a mother to her daughter.
"No need" Shikamarus voice called from behind Yoshino.
"I will leave you alone then...but Yuuki-chan ...come over for once in a while, please"
"Ah...yeah" I tried to smile but not really sure, I really like them all but..
´No buts just go´
´...I don´t know´
´Tsk, you will and will also feel better´
´Alright...´
"So what do you need?" Shikamaru asked me a bit coldly.
"I´m really sorry about before, it wasn´t right from me...I need time, but I decided to give you a chance Shika, to give you a date, but I won´t promise anything...I can´t decide yet...but I will"
"A chance is all what I can ask for" he grumbled giving me shortly a sharp cold look of anger that only began to melt away into a warm look.
"Ah...then alright hehehe" now it was me rubbing my neck sheepishly.
"I will fetch you on Saturday, when all of this visit thing is over, around 10am" He informed me turning a bit red and looking away.
"Uhm..then I better get going" I slowly turned away feeling his eyes on me I only paused for a second.
"Yuu" He called me out so I turned around again.
"Good night" He said with a rare truly happy smile and warm brown eyes that were somehow illuminated from the warm light behind him in the hallway.
"Good night Shika" I said, then kissed my hand and blew it in his direction. He flinched and hastly shut the door, but not fast enough I still saw the red tint on his cheek.
´God it is always so great to tease him´
´Yup´
With a little spring in my step I went home to my flat.
´Only two days until my date with him...what should I wear?´
´Are you for real? Something normal´
Next day
I was rudely woken up by a knocking storm at my door.
Highly irritated I stomped to my door flinging it open to give this intruder of my sleep an earful.
"Yuu, Tsunade wants you by the gate, now!" Naruto said and without hesitation grabbing my arm and dragged me in high sped over the roofs.
When he was only a few steps away from the gate I was madder than mad and for one of the rare situations I sided with my dark side, my demon. Not noticing the peoples around us I waited for the exact moment when he stops.
I used my knowledge about self defence from Lee, I put my foot down pulling Naruto into a little circle behind me so I could throw him with his own momentum over my shoulder hard on the ground. Some cracking sounds were heard and Naruto grew pale looking up into the eyes of the devil.
´I will hurt you until I´m satisfied´
´Yesss´
Naruto hastily scrambled away trying to escape his demise.
"I thought you learned after the first two times in Suna, that I´m not a morning person" I said sweetly with a smile...a bit too wide and too sweet smile.
He really was frozen into his place out of fear, thanks to Sakuras drilling, so I got the chance to deliver a really painful punch on his chest, using all my anger I could hear some cracking sounds from his rips and him gasping for air. When he landed on his back trying to breath I got a kunai out from the wide sleeve from my too big sleeping T-shirt and struck down with it. I hit the ground just a hair away from his best piece and Naruto watching it horrified, fainted.
´I think it is enough´
´Hmpf´
I turned from the withering Naruto away and being now threaten by Sakura, who shook with silent laughter.
"Good morning Tsunade, you wanted to speak with me?" I still had this pissed off face and grumbled my question out not caring that every male who watched this after first laughing at poor Naruto were now also pale like a ghost.
"Buhahahahahaha you made my day Yuuki" Tsunade was shaken with laughter not only because of Naruto but the reaction of the others, Kakashi dropped his beloved book, Genama nearly chocked on his senbo, Shisui was hiding behind Itachi who seemed not moved but he was a little bit paler, Shikaku seems to rule out some pranks on his favourite prey and the whole Akatzuki beside Konan seemed also really disturb by this taking all a step away from this female who had no qualms attacking their priced piece. Deidara even stumbled and fell on his ass shaking and pointing an accusing finger at me, Sasori and Kakuzu lowered into a defence stance to defence their lower parts even when they could reattach them or not feel the pain. Kisame not doing it obviously but he but Samehada down before him, Obito missed somehow his middle part that he put away in another dimension and Pain took a step nearer to Konan hoping for her protection in the worst case.
"Bitch you don´t do this fucking thing to a male!" Hidan was the only one brave enough to speak to me and I turned slowly to him with my still pissed mood oozing from me in a black fog and for the first time ever Hidan decided to shut his trap.
Turning back to the now only gasping Hokage I waited for her to tell why I was here.
"I thought –gasp- That –gasp- you would like to say your good bye to us we are now going to the Kage summit" She finally got her bearing back.
"Already?"
"Yes" She nodded.
"Who is going with you?"
"Them" she nodded at the at the former Akatzukis.
"And my personal ANBU guards, Genma, Kakashi, Shisui and Itachi. Itachi will only come along because we think there will be trouble waiting for us and I only take extra measurements"
"Oh" My aura got friendlier after that and I turned to the others and gave them this time a real smile.
"Then have a good travel and I hope for your success. And you" I turned to the ANBUs
"Come home safely" I said sternly and then turned around stretching and yawning.
"I will catch some sleep then"
At home I crawled back under my blanked not caring about the wildfire rumour that sweet little Yuuki has a demon side that was cable of hurting men priced piece. The men now thought a bit different about weak little me, while the women threw a party for me.
And Naruto still clutched Sakuras arms babbling about a devil, Satan and so on.
Itachi POV
When I saw the blond teammate from Sasuke rushing to us with Yuuki in tow I felt something light bubbling in my chest, happiness about her being here only to witness her next move. In a fluid motion she threw Naruto to the ground emitting pure anger she smiled freezing Naruto who stood up to flee only to hit him with a good placed punch.
´She learned really fast from Lee´ I mused for a moment and then saw what she did next a kunai glinted in the morning sun only to move down missing only a thin bit away from the place no man want to be cut.
I blinked at my normally sweet little light, such strength for a civilian and such determination. She looked so - , I didn´t know something moved in my chest, beside a little fear there was again this wild thing and some heat burned down my spine and I tried everything to not show it outwardly how she affected me.
I knew that there was always something more to her and after hearing the truth I was sure of it that she as another side a wild one like my own and now I got a fleeting glance at it.
It took everything in me not to lick my lips and supress the sudden urge to "hunt" her, maybe it was a good thing that I was away for a few days.
Getting my head completely around her origin. It won´t change much I already saw that her mind was older, but more around the thing that I didn´t knew about my light until know and some that still remain in the dark, I want to explore more of her soul and for that I need a plan.
´Maybe not only her soul´ it was just a whisper, but I knew it came from this wild thing in me that made me to take a slight different look from the enigma that Yuuki was.
Standing there just in an oversized black T-shirt and short shorts I could clearly see her creamy legs and arms and somehow my mind supplied me with the fact that she doesn´t wear any bra and filed it away for later. Her hair was tussled in a wild mane and her eyes were still glinting with live or more like anger, she really looked-. I cut my thoughts there.
´Not yet´
She said her good bye and turned away stretching and mumbling that she returns to sleep a bit more not caring that the shirt rides a bit up. I tried not to look, but I still could take a glance at her firm ass and wide hips.
"Hey baby cousin, I know she is hot, but we better get moving." Shisui patted my shoulder and we both turned to the travel group that began moving out.
"Let us go!" Tsunade hollered and we went on our way to Iron, while my mind was still back by my fiercely light.
Itach POV End
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