Frenzy- Hey I meant to have this up on Halloween but the combat in this chapter was giving me a hard time. I'll have the next one ready soon. Thanks to Kaowaul as always to helping me out with this and my awesome reviewers: Storm the Albatross, heartlessRayne and forever-sweet. BTW happy late Halloween I hope everyone had an awesome time! I dressed up as Joker!(crossed between the Heath Ledger version and the cartoon from The Batman with dreads and a straitjacket). Have fun!
Chapter 7
Ko walked through the packed school, for once without anyone hanging off her. She had important things to think about. Even though she didn't agree with her sister on everything Ko had been going over the idea of getting a boyfriend since they had moved back. She had tried in Kiri but all the guys she met there were either slobs with no manners or after her Kekkei Genkai. It reminded her of when she first moved.
Flashback
11-year-old Ko sat in the park with a group of kids, all laughing and goofing off. She did a quick side-glance as her sister entered the park hoping that the freak didn't see her. Kayla just walked over to a tree and sat with a sketchpad. Ko sighed with relief and kept talking with her friends.
Her best friend Darry leaned over to her, "what's your sister doing here?"
"I don't know and I don't care. She usually stays home," Ko said dismissively.
"I wanna go see" Darry said jumping up and walking over.
Ko ignored it; he'd come back soon. She jumped up when she heard Darry yell in pain and fear and looked up to see her sister holding him in a chokehold. Ko ran over and detached her younger sister from her friend. "What the hell is your problem freak!" she yelled at her sister
Kayla looks from Darry to Ko then the ground. "He looked at my drawings," she muttered.
Ko helped Darry walk back to his house, "how can I be related to that freak!" she complained. Darry was walking being half supported by Ko, holding her waist.
Once they got to Darry's house he pulled her into a hug and kissed her on the cheek before going inside. That was when Ko got her first crush.
End Flashback
Her family was even more divided back then. It seemed the only one trying was her mother. Her and her sisters hadn't really gotten along until the twins were 13. That's when they all found what they had in common; an extreme dislike for their father. She was tossed aside at 13 because she lacked the enlightened form of the Kekkei Genkai.
Kayla stretched out like a cat in the sunlight stretching over her bed. She was taking the day off from school. Some days she just needed a break. She opened up a large sketchbook to the first page and her eyes narrowed. It was a very old sketch. She had drawn it the day of her enlightenment.
Flashback
11-year-old Kayla walked into the park ignoring her sister and gaggle of friends until Ko started ignoring her. She flipped open her sketch book and started drawing all the kids having fun. She looked up after she heard someone's footsteps. It was one of Ko's friends and he was looking at her drawing. "Your pretty good" he said.
Kayla just shrugged 'why does Nee-chan hang out with this guy. He's older than her…'
"Do you draw your sister often?" he asked casually
She hugged he sketchpad to her chest, "sometimes" she murmured. 'What does he want?'
Darry smirked, "so here's how it is. I won't tell her if you help me hook up with her and sneak me into her room"
It took a few seconds for what he said to sink in. Kayla felt rage boil to the surface and she lunged at him, kicking him in the shin so he cried out in pain then trapping him in a chokehold.
She barely noticed when Ko ran over and pulled her off him. "What the hell is your problem freak!" Ko yelled.
Kayla looked from the angry Ko to the smirking Darry then to the ground. 'He'll tell her about my drawings. Plus she wouldn't believe me if I told her what he wants, besides' she thought, 'she hates me anyways. And she would probably like what he wants' "He looked at my drawings." She lied.
Ko helped Darry stand and walked him home. Kayla couldn't help but tilt her head curiously as Darry put his arm around Ko's waist. She felt anger again and then pain split the top of her head on both sides.
She yelped and grabbed the offending areas only to find two little hard things sticking out of her head. More than slightly freaked out she grabbed her book and ran home up to the bathroom, covering the things on her head with her arm the whole way.
She gingerly took her arm off of the thing on her head and her eyes widened 'That looks like horns'. They were about two inches long, dark red and slightly curved with a wickedly pointed tip. She grabbed one and pulled but her head followed. It was attached. She started hyperventilating. 'What is this? Why are they on me? How do I get them off!' she pulled at it again but her hand slipped and the tip sliced her finger. She looked down at it starting to bubble blood. She stuck her finger in her mouth taking away the blood so she didn't get any on the pristine white bathroom. When she looked back into the mirror, the horn was gone. No trace of it in her long black hair. She sighed and went to get a Band-Aid for her finger. 'I know the were real, or else how did I cut my finger' then she heard her mom call up the stairs, "Girls, Dinner." She sighed and walked down the stairs keeping her eyes on her finger.
End Flashback
She grimaced at he memory. None of her family had told her about their Kekkei Genkai because it was supposed to show up when she hit puberty. Which hadn't happened till two years after that. After her dad found out she enlightened early he trained her hard and without compassion. Unfortunately in her young age she couldn't handle the training and developed a mental block that stopped her from controlling it. She glanced at the clock on her bedside, it was already afternoon. 'I really must've needed the sleep.'
Ko slipped into Ninjutsu class relatively unnoticed. She waved at Kakashi-sensei who was directing Naruto on chakra control. Poor baby didn't understand a word of it, yet he had an enormous amount of chakra to make up for it. It was one of the things she found interesting about him. His chakra was almost palpable.
"Hey babe" a voice whispered in her ear as arms wrapped around her waist.
"Sasuke-kun not right now" She whined pulling out of his grasp.
"Why not, Kakashi's busy, don't say you're embarrassed." Sasuke said pulling her back.
"No I've just decided that if I'm going to be with someone I'm going to have a relationship with them" Ko said matter-of-factly.
"We'll if that's all babe you just needed to say so." He said trying to pull her back again.
"You don't get it. I need to choose between you and Naruto," She said managing to keep her voice down so people couldn't eaves drop.
"It can't be that hard a decision," He said starting to sound angry. "Either me or the dobe? Why hesitate?" he was close to yelling. Ko held her ground.
"Sasuke, Ko get to work. Sasuke your chidori. Ko start your internal poison." Kakashi yelled from across the room. They started practicing but Ko knew from the look on Sasuke's face it wasn't over.
There was a knock at Kayla's door, she rolled onto her back and looked at the door, "Come in"
Munasshi stepped in, "Hey Imouto, have a nice rest?"
Kayla smiled and nodded, "mhmm"
"I'm going to go pick up Ko and thought we'd go get something to eat. Wanna come?" Munasshi asked.
Kayla thought for a few seconds then rolled off her bed landing on all fours and slowly stretching upwards, "gimme two minutes." Munasshi nodded and left. Kayla grabbed a leather coat out of her closet and grabbed the picture out of her sketchbook then ran down to hop in the passengers seat. They drove off towards Konoha High. They parked out front and waited as the bell rang and students ran past. Kayla put her feet up on the dash watching the clouds pass by. "What's taking her so long?"
She was glancing around the crowd when she felt an acute pain where her horn normally grew from. She doubled over and looked at Munasshi who was holding her hands over her eyes in pain.
"It's Ko" Munasshi groaned unable to move. "I'll explain later I think she's behind the school. Go!"
Kayla jumped at the order and ran as fast as she could, even with the pain coursing through her she managed to get there pretty fast. As she ran she felt herself being pulled forward by the pain. Ko was sitting, leaned against a wall holding her neck with black line work stretched over her whole body. Sasuke stood in front of her, fists clenched and looking pissed.
Ko's classes ended and she gathered up all her books into her bag, luckily for her Munasshi always came to pick her up. As strange as it was, she didn't feel like hanging out with people today. She had way too much on her mind. 'Does Sasuke really think it's that easy a choice? Naruto is so sweet, he never rushes me.' She made it to the school doors but was pulled aside.
"Come here I want to talk with you" Sasuke whispered into her ear, guiding her by the shoulders away from the crowds of students. They slowed to a stop behind the school and Sasuke released her. "I shouldn't have gotten angry at you in class, forgive me?" he said staring deep into her eyes.
Ko sighed, "Of course I forgive you but its still not an easy choice"
"What does he have that I don't? I can offer you everything you need and want."
"That not it. I already have everything."
"So you need proof or something Ko-chan" he said backing her up to the wall, "you know I like you right?" He kissed her forcefully; she kept her lips shut waiting for him to pull away.
"I know you like me but how do I know you care" she said when he pulled back in frustration.
"That's the same thing"
"No its not. Now let me go"
"Is this about something your sister said about me? Is that why you're running? She obviously doesn't like me and would lie to keep me away from you." He sounded defensive now. Most people wouldn't notice but as her father loved to start training at a young age she had been forced into lessons on reading people.
"My sister wouldn't lie to me." She said forcefully, then she grinned seeing a crack in his cool persona, "but she never did go into detail about why she disliked you. What do you have to hide?" she felt a sadistic shiver crawl up her spine as she wondered what he really was when he wasn't suave and composed. She pushed away from the wall and stalked in a circle around him suddenly on the offensive. "The great Uchiha heir has a secret?" she could see him getting angrier. "Maybe I should know what Kayla has to say about you. I can trust my sister with that," she taunted. Everyone knew the elder heir had walked out on the Uchihas.
After the last jab he snapped, slamming her back into the wall of the school more forcefully than before. "You think you know what you're talking about? I've got news for you; you're weak without all your people assembled around you. Now maybe you want to rethink your plans for digging into my head."
Ko pressed herself to the wall, trying to think of an escape plan, he was right. She felt stupid, taunting him without thinking of the repercussions. It was strange being alone, she had never felt like this before, she even missed her sister. As she came to that realization her eyes began to sting. Sasuke's eyes widened and he grabbed her by the throat roughly, "What are you doing, I thought you didn't have the Lore ability"
She pushed him away sinking to the ground and holding her throat, looking down she saw dark lines curving and spiraling along her body and arms and if she could see her eyes she'd see they had turned completely black. They heard rushed footsteps and Kayla darted around the corner looking extremely angry.
Kayla stepped between Ko and Sasuke, glancing down at her sister she saw the blackness that had enveloped her eyes and the pain in the top of her head dulled, "what did you do to her"
"Back off, this is between me and her"
"I'll give you 3 seconds to run"
"You think your going to fight me?"
"3" she cracked her knuckles and her neck.
"She doesn't want you to fight me. She knows I didn't mean anything"
"2" she found the power easily, it seemed obvious as her eyes turned black and the horn grew. Ko gasped behind her but it only served to egg her on.
Sasuke knew she was serious now. He shook his head backing up a little, "Stupid."
"1" Kayla's feral grin grew as she felt the power coursing through her. She was in control for once; there was no uncontainable bloodlust, just her, her sister and her opponent. She lunged.
He waited till the last second to dodge, grabbing her and throwing her head first towards a tree. The impact didn't hurt. Kayla tried to push herself up and realized her head was stuck. The twisted end of her horn had stuck into the wood of the tree.
Sasuke laughed.
She growled trying to free herself, "I'm going to kill you... I'm going to kill you!"
"No I don't think you are," he said coolly walking away, "See you later Ko-chan"
As Kayla clawed at the tree she felt her control slipping inch by inch. She twisted her head and the bark released her. Standing up she looked at Ko, the lines were retreating, fading to Ko's natural pale skin tone and her eyes returning to normal. When the change completed Kayla felt the last grasp on control slip. A second horn grew symmetrical to the first and dripping with blood as it revealed almost two inches from the tip was broken off making a jagged end.
'kill, kill, Kill, Kill, KILL,' her mind screamed. She muttered the word over and over under her breath as she stalked towards the front of the school towards her target.
When Kayla was out of sight Ko flipped open her cell phone and speed dialed Kina. It rang once and Ko stood following her sister quickly.
"Moshi Moshi!" Kina chirped.
"Get to the front of the school quick"
"I'm just about to leave" she whined
"Kayla lost it I need help"
"On my way, Cap'n" the phone clicked off. Ko hoped this wouldn't cause too much destruction.
Kayla spotted her target talking with his group of preps, as if nothing had happened, they worshiped him. His existence flared her anger. She charged, his only warning was his companions' eyes widening and her fist cut through where his head was. He had barely dodged to the side and down but he couldn't dodge the next as her knee cracked his ribs.
He flew at least four feet away and to the ground. She walked towards him pressing his forearm with her heal until she heard a satisfying crack and yell of pain. Kayla tilted her head wondering what to do next. When she finally decided with a grin she brutally kicked the same spot she had kneed, this time feeling the bones crushing together.
She moved to kick again when her feet stopped of their own accord. When she tried to look down she found her neck too was frozen still. Her eyes darted frantically to find the source of this and located her stretched shadow connected with Shikamaru's. She growled menacingly, "You think you can stop me?" she started forcing her chakra at his shadow and saw his control shake.
Her malicious grin faltered as she felt burning ropes wrap around her and Kina approached her other side with the ends of the chakra strings connected to her fingers. "Calm down Cap'n I don't wanna have to turn up the heat."
Kayla growled and continued forcing her movements trying to finish off her target. Both Kina and Shikamaru were pulled by the struggle before she was stopped by a more physical restraint. Sand held her wrists and ankles together. She struggled futilely as both her sisters approached. "Help us bring her home" Munasshi said motioning towards the car ignoring the wheezing Uchiha. Shikamaru released Kayla from his Shadow possession and with Gaara and Kina's help they moved her over to the Mustang and held her in the back seat. The five of the drove fast back to the Lore residence. Kayla tried to escape the entire trip.
Frenzy – So tell me what you think. I keep thinking Kayla is getting angry too easily. There's gonna be some Halloweeny ness next chapter cause I'm late with my updates but you'll just have to deal with it, don't worry it'll be fun. R&R please
