It feels a little different having Naruto on my back like this…it is sort of like I was carrying him again as a toddler. This boy was not a toddler any more though…no this boy is turning into a fine shinobi.

"Kiki! Is he okay?" I heard Sakura shout as we came into view.

"Yeah he'll be okay. He's just tired." I said as I jumped onto their branch and laid Naruto down.

"You came back…" Sasuke said quietly.

"Yeah…I guess I just can't resist your cute faces…" I said with a sad smile.

"Kiki?" Sakura asked with a bit of concern.

"You must have come from the village before you came to this battle…you know what's happened…." Pakkun suddenly said.

"Did something bad happen?" Sakura asked in a worried tone.

"I-I'm afraid that in order to take down Orochimaru…I had to take the third Hokage's soul. He performed a forbidden jutsu to call upon me….I had to do what I did…there was no other choice for him." I said quietly as I gently stroked Naruto's head.

"You-you mean that you killed him?" Sasuke said.

"Yes. The third Hokage is gone now...he's in a better place." I said as I looked over at Pakkun to look for signs of disappointment.

"You betrayed our village. You betrayed your own home! How could you?!" Sakura asked with anger.

"I told you didn't I? Treat me as a rouge ninja because you never know whose soul I will take next." I said before beginning to heal Naruto.

It didn't take me long before he was okay and just needed rest. However, Sakura nor Sasuke wanted to be near me anymore…I could see it in their eyes. Sasuke sat up grabbed Naruto and they said nothing as they made their way back to the village.

"Pakkun, I'll stay here for a bit longer…if Kakashi wishes to speak with me, he best come do it now." I said with no emotion to my voice.

The small dog looked at me sympathetically before turning to catch up with the others. I just sat there on the tree branch and watch the late afternoon approach. I should have known this was to be the outcome.

~Kakashi's POV~

"There was no way to get to him…he fought more fiercely than any of us here today." I heard an Anbu speak as we all crowded around and saw our leader lifeless on the rooftop.

"Sir a report from the East Gate…" A jonin appeared in front of the Anbu Captain.

"It seems that the sand surrendered and fled the gates. The sound are mostly dead if not gone as well." He said as he looked down at the Hokage.

"Good. It seems that our Hokage's death wasn't for nothing. He took down Orochimaru with him and struck fear into the others." Genma said from next to me.

"This is a tragic time…never thought this would happen…" Guy said on the other side of me.

Hokage Sama…This indeed was not expected. Then again I need to make sure my team is okay…but I can't help but wonder…this many deaths in one area could also mean that Kiki would have something to do with this…

I looked back behind me to see that Pakkun has returned and he sat on the other rooftop to wait for me.

"It seems our priority now is to get the village back to settlement. Someone must inform the elders of this. My team is still out there so I must check on them…please excuse me." I said before turning and leaving the roof top to meet Pakkun.

"What's the word?" I asked as I approached.

"Your team is back in one piece…Naruto was able to beat Gaara but it is best if you ask them the story. They all went to check into the hospital." Pakkun said as he sat down and looked over at the Hokage.

"Good, I knew they could do it." I said with great relief.

"There is one more thing you should know…" He began.

"Hmm?" I hummed for him to continue.

"She's waiting out in the woods Kakashi. She told me to tell you that if you wanted to speak to her, you must go now. She may not have any more time." He said as he calmly pointed to where he came from.

"Take me to her." I said right away.

I knew she had to come and be a part of this…

~Kiki's POV~

I took out Naruto's drawing he gave me so long ago and gazed at the worn out paper. I must have looked at this a lot without really realizing it. The color was still there but slightly faded out and the pages were weak to the point of an easy tear. I gently touched the design with my finger tips. I had Naruto on my back for a while…that is the most contact I've had with him in years. I touched my shoulder and remembered his warm sleeping figure right there on mine. His scent was still there and for some reason, he smelled the same as he did when he was a toddler.

I looked back out at the settled forest. It was somewhat naked from the earlier tornados of wind coming in and stripping the trees rapidly of their shield. The air was clear and crisp as the afternoon sun gave into gravity and descended ever so slowly. The heat gently caressed my skin and added to the heat I carried from hell and caused small drizzled of unnoticed sweat to trickle down my cheeks and clevage. My mind was scrambled and uneasy like a hurricane out on the ocean. Everything was somewhat a blur but once my vision cleared up, it was if the wind cleaned the forest of all dust settlements and reminisces of rain showers dried from the past. New memories and secrets caught in breezes will soon weave into the trees and sleep within its trunk like a bug trapped in a spider's web. It was a work of art to see the forest's true color and atmosphere gleaming in the afternoon showers of sunlight.

After a few moments of admiration, I carefully folded Naruto's picture up and placed it back in my weapon pouch like I've done so many times before. I took one calm breath and closed my eyes to calm my heart.

What will happen when Naruto awakens and learns of what I've done…will Kakashi ever come if he learned what I did too? Would he even want to still speak with me…will I be left alone in hell to slowly disintegrate away into nothing…

My train of worried-filled thoughts crashed and my attention was soon directed over to the tree behind mine. I looked over my shoulder and saw Kakakshi stand there with Pakkun. He looked tired and had blood from the ninja he killed earlier staining his mask and jonin vest. He didn't look too injured but just warn out.

"Thank you my old friend." I said as I directed my attention to Pakkun.

"Kiki…I hope you come back soon." He said before disappearing in a cloud of smoke and left an expressionless Kakashi to stand behind me.

I slowly turned around to look at him. He didn't seem to want to be here…

"How long do we have now, Hmm? 5 minutes maybe?" Kakashi asked with a bit of hidden anger.

"Please don't be angry with me. You have the right to be mad at me but not for that reason." I said.

"It was you then. The Hokage summoned you and you took his soul." Kakashi said again as he calmly kept his hands to his sides and kept a serious stare at me.

"It's like I said before…you don't know whose soul I will take next…the jutsu he performed was designed to take the jutsu caster's soul and the soul of its enemy to complete the seal…I had no choice…he didn't either but he did the best he could in the situation he was in to save his village." I said as I looked down at the grass.

"Why are you like this…you aren't the Kiki I used to know. No the Kiki I knew wouldn't allow this kind of behavior slide. You did what you had to do but that is not good enough. The Kiki I know would have tried to find a better way to do things. This is getting out of control." He said as he talked with a serious tone.

"You are out of control Kiki. You are letting that demon push you around like some helpless child but I know you are stronger than that." He finished with the same tone as before.

"You think I don't know that!? If you don't see it yet Kakashi, I am not the same Kiki you used to know! You think I like being pushed around and just kill emotionlessly and think to myself that I could just stop all of this at any time? I can't do that Kakashi! And for knowing that, it scares me more and more everyday because I don't know what the hell I'll do next! I'm imprisoned and it is making me crazy! It's scaring me Kakashi and I don't know what to do or where to go!" I said as I began to weep in the end.

Before I knew it, Kakashi was in front of me with inhuman speed. He grasped me and held me tightly as I cried silently into his vest.

"I don't know what to do anymore…" I said with anger as I gripped his vest tightly.

"Kiki…you can't let him win. Don't let this frustrate you. A good ninja knows that frustration consumes your mind and clouds your judgment. Just calm yourself down and I know that you will figure something out. I will be here to protect you…you won't be alone. You won't have to figure this out on your own. You know that, right?" He said with a husky voice as he gazed down at me.

He released one of his arms from around me and brought his hand up to gently smudge away a tear from my scarred cheek.

"No…I must do this alone. If the devil even becomes slightly suspicious of me knowing things and plotting against him, he may never let me come up again…" I said as I gently pushed him away.

"Kiki don't do this..." He said as he tried to reach for me.

"Kakashi stop it. I know you care for me…but kill those emotions. I know it goes against everything that I believe in but for just this one time…kill them for me…I am to be dead to you and for the others as well." I said with sudden seriousness as I kept backing away slowly from him.

"What are you talking about…I could never do that…no matter how good of a shinobi I am, I could never do that to you." He said with almost a plea to his tone.

"Do it anyways! Look, this will not work out the way we want it. I will figure something out but I don't think I will be able to make it out of this one alive anymore." I said before I did the hand signs for a teleportation.

"Kiki…I just got you back…" He said with the most heart breaking expression.

"Kakashi…I am dead to you. You…for all I know, you are dead to me too." I said before teleporting back to hell.

Just as I got to hell, I had no time to break down…the devil was right in front of me with a huge smile plastered on his face.

"Well done my sweet! I am disappointed however that you let the soul of the Hokage go but for one day's work, you sure have given me more than enough souls to satisfy my hunger for a good long while." He said as he caressed my arm with his long black painted nails.

"Anything for you master." I said with seduction as I gently lifted my hand to touch his cheek.

"Ugh, you smell like that retched surface…you smell like life and sunshine. Go clean yourself before you poison my air with that disgusting smell." He said before he walked into a cave and disappeared into the darkness.

I looked around and saw that Chiyo was sitting in the entrance of another cave hole as she looked my way. The female wolf may be blind but she still holds the skill of seeing things no other can…nothing like what I person with actual sight could see.

"Mom…" I said unsteadily as I ran towards her.

I grasped her fur tightly as I hugged her arms and chest and began to cry once more but very quietly.

"Shh child. You mustn't let yourself get beaten down by this. Tell me what's happened on your mission." She said as she gently led me towards a hot spring hidden deep in the cave.

Wow so everyone hates her now? I thought she helped to save everyone! Well maybe it was because they were tired or didn't care to understand why it happened? I don't know guys, I'm just the author. ;3

Anywho, stay tuned for the newest chapter coming up after this. It will pick up right where this one ended. Thanks! 3