New Disease
Chapter 2: Tears of a world
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Artist: Dry Kill Logic
Song: Caught in the storm
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His eyes were empty the crimson faded back to cerulean. His breathing was unstable and his eyes were empty, void of emotion. He couldn't move and he couldn't look away, from the picture painted before him. The colour of red stained upon his hands. His gaze never faltered as he looked upon the corpse in front of him. Tears began to form in his eyes. He quickly wiped them away as he finally became aware of the liquid now streaming down his masked face.
Why?
It was one of the many questions floating through his head that left him confused. Why did he cry? He didn't know her, did he? Nothing was right, how did she know him? He couldn't explain how he felt. His mind did not recognize this woman and he had no heart. So once again he was faced with the question; why?
For once in his life he was completely and utterly bewildered. He couldn't understand the reason he would pity the death of this girl. He had taken many lives before and yet the very sight of her made emotions stir within him. Emotions that he had never experienced throughout the entire time he's been with the organization. He shifted irregularly as he positioned himself beside the motionless body.
Tear drops fell upon the girl's unclean face as he kneeled over her. His face was shadowed by his hair as he made no movement or indication that he was still alive. After a while he raised his hands once again to wipe the tears from his eyes. He soon found that it was futile to attempt at blocking the raging stream of liquid gently pouring down his face.
His hands moved from his eyes, as he no longer cared if he cried. He didn't care for this girl, so it was strange that his body would react in such a way. It was pointless to deny that he didn't feel something for this woman though. He just couldn't place what exactly it was that he was feeling. He had never felt emotions or sympathy for anyone. So the concept of why he would now feel sympathy for a complete stranger no less was baffling. It was an unfamiliar sensation for the blond. He had never cared for anyone besides himself and his friends.
Hell… Worlds were overcome and ruined by darkness because of him and the organization he belonged to. Hundreds of innocent lives were sacrificed for there conscientious goals. The act of taking life just didn't affect or hinder his performance; he was a natural born killer.
The reason he could accomplish the act of killing so easily was the simple fact that he made it a tendency to just forget about people's faces and focus on the goal in front of him. People were just seen as obstacles that would lead to his benevolent organizations downfall. To him this thought alone justified his senseless killing.
He continued to watch her beautiful features as she lay peacefully soaked in her own blood. Why was she smiling? This was not a normal occurrence just before someone's life ended. Usually people showed anger or sorrow before there eyes closed and there last breath was taken. She knew that her life was ending and yet she smiled before she died. Why didn't she resent him for killing her? Why was no there malice within her emerald eyes. She actually looked serene as if a great burden was lifted from her shoulders and she didn't care that her life was about to end. Why? How could someone be happy about dying? A single droplet fell upon his skin causing him to flinch from the cold sensation. As the rain started to fall heavily he began to wonder if the planet was crying for the death of one of its children.
A hand reached up to his face and tore the rest of his face mask off to reveal his hidden beauty to the world. He tilted his face to the sky to let the cleansing rain wash away his painful tears. The rain slowly washed away the blood and left an unblemished girl by his side. His hands reached out towards her and gently pushed away the stray strands of pink locks obscuring her face. His hands retracted and he rose to his feet as he felt three people approaching and fast. He looked back to the figure on the ground and lifted her lifeless body from the muddy earth.
Taking more time than usual he gradually made his way to the tower. His eyes never glancing down at the woman's body as he made his way through the doors of the tower to escape from the never ending shower of liquid. Gently he set the girl down upon the hard wooden floor. Taking a reproachful step back he stood dead silent as he gave her a genuine smile. He could only ponder why he was proud of himself for doing such an insignificant act of kindness for this girl. She was dead its not like she would object to being left in the rain. Maybe she liked being in the rain with water gently caressing her skin as she danced to the ever pounding beats of the droplets crashing with the solid ground. Soon his thoughts ceased and a feral grin replaced his engrossed expression, as three figures silently appeared in front of the tower.
"Well I guess I'll have some explaining to do."
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"Yeah all my life
My eyes don't see things that way
Yeah all this time
Caught in the storm I have made"
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"Hurry the hell up and move your lazy asses!" A blond haired blue eyed girl hollered at her insufferable teammates.
"Geez… how troublesome."
The blond girl looked towards a man with pineapple styled hair with a face clearly displaying his annoyance. "Shikamaru you think were being invaded?"
The teen sighed before rubbing his forehead. "Maybe… It would be the perfect opportunity for a village to invade us, seeing as how most of are high ranked shinobi our out on missions."
"I hope not." She mumbled.
She hoped that the village wasn't being attacked. Especially by whoever owned that enormous quantity of chakra that they had felt earlier. Konoha was already weakened from the last attack by Sound another invasion would be fatal.
"I wouldn't worry about it to much Ino, must groups set off last night or this mourning. So they should have been close enough to feel that chakra and should be returning soon."
Shikamaru narrowed his eyes at the blond, it was obvious that something else was bothering the usually cheerful girl. "Ino, I know you felt Sakura's chakra near..."
"Yeah, by now Sakura's probably already beaten the intruder into submission."
Ino strained a smile, but she wasn't fooling anyone. He could see right through Ino's pathetic mask that she was trying to keep up a happy façade. Ino thought of Sakura as a sister, and he knew she was worried about her.
They made there way across the rooftops in silence as they came into view of the Hokage's Tower and the source of the terrifying chakra. With one last bound the blond landed gracefully in front of the tower, with her teammates Chouji and Shikamaru right behind her.
"I can't sense Sakura's chakra anymore." The pineapple haired teen whispered to a large teen dressed in battle armor.
The blond didn't seem to notice her teammates whispering to themselves. Her eyes were fixated on the tower's lobby where she could still feel Sakura's chakra signal. "She's in the tower."
"How do you know that?" Chouji said to express his confusion.
"Call it intuition." Ino responded.
"Alright I guess the mission to wave's on hold… how troublesome." Ino smirked as she could picture the exact look of annoyance that was written so clearly across her friend's face.
"At least now we won't have to worry about listening to Ino's whining about getting her hair wet the whole way to Wave." Said the big teen, as pointed a thumb at the blonde's outrageous hair style.
A vein bulged on top of the said girl's forehead and her smirk disappeared. She whirled around in the direction of her team, her face red from rage. "I'll have you know that was one time and do you know how long it took me to style my hair that day!"
Chouji started backing away waving his hands up defensively as the enraged blond drew nearer towards him with her fists raised.
Team 10 froze at the almost not existent squeak of a door opening, that was nearly unheard by the ever falling downpour of rain. Both males had immediately afterwards taken fighting stances. Ino attentively watched the reactions from her teammates before she cautiously turned around to face a figure draped in a black cloak.
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"Another sin goes unforgiven
Another blind eye to the sight
When it all seems sort of familiar
Just tell one thousand lies"
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The aged shinobi knew he was in trouble. These cloaked men were good. They were strong, fast and yet so young. Age however didn't seem to affect them as they carried themselves with grace that only most experienced jounins or higher ranked shinobi possessed.
He brought his foot up to momentarily block a strike from the blonde's strange blade. He heard the boy snort before another blade appeared out of then air and was rushing to cut him in half. Using his cunning tactics he threw his attacker off balance by kicking his blocked blade back at him. He took off like a bullet heading straight at the blond. As he made it within arms length and the boy slashed widely at him. Dropping to the ground Jiraiya was able to dodge the horizontal slash and pushed forwards with a boost of chakra to his legs. He got beneath the blond and delivered an uppercut to his chin, which sent him into the air.
Roxas gritted his teeth as he back flipped and landed gracefully on his feet. He was very agitated at the moment. This damn elderly man he was facing was very flexible and not to mention packed one hell of a punch. The man's calm demeanor was the most irritating think about him. Who did he think he was dealing with a child? Roxas flung one of his blades at the man while simultaneously charging forward.
Jiraiya leaned to the side allowing the blade to pass him by without even making a scratch. Side stepping the blonde's forward strike, he give him a punch to the abdomen. Roxas noticed before the fist connected and summoned his other blade back to block the elderly man's punch. Roxas smirked at the look of shock upon the old man's face.
Too bad old man." He said obnoxiously.
"Indeed it's a shame that you're such an amateur." Jiraiya commented while he locked his foot around the blonde's ankle and grabbed his shoulders. Roxas let out a yelp of surprise as he was forced backwards and tripped falling to the floor. He jumped to his feet and brought his blade down vertically preparing to cleave the white haired man in half. Jiraiya spun around the blade and as he did a full 360 around it, his leg was lifted into the air, connecting to back of the young blonde's head. Roxas was sent flying through the air heading for the window.
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"And never keep a broken promise
And give in to a lack of control
Never forgive the ones that forget
This strength you call your own"
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"Roooxaaassss!" Axel screamed while he caught a glimpse of his friends form sailing across the room. Axel couldn't believe that they were being held off by these weaklings. It was absurd. The humiliation that he the flurry of dancing flames and the key bearer of Organization 13 were being overpowered by humans. Axels' inner rant was interrupted as the enraged blond woman sent another flurry of punches his way. He managed to side step them all and was about to implant his chakrams in her when the silver haired man pierced his left shoulder with a kunai. The wound wasn't very deep but it hurt like hell.
"I forgot about you." Axel said slyly as he gripped his chakrams. "So were getting serious now are we?" Kakashi's eyes widened, when the red headed man's weapons were suddenly engulfed in flames. "Here, catch." Axel whispered as he spun his chakrams in his hand and then released one at the stunned jounin. Kakashi had barely enough time to dodge the weapon as he was still a little shocked. He moaned as the flaming blade sliced his side leaving a nasty cut and burn. He gripped his side and could feel the blood spurting out of it, and flowing through his hands and down his side.
"Geez… these guys are dangerous. I've never seen a technique like this before. Just who the hell are they?" Kakashi thought as he stared impassively at the red head. Kakashi narrowed his eyes at the smirk plastered on the man's face. His eyes quickly widened for the third time that day as he took notice to two circular weapons whizzing though the air at him. "Oh shit!"
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"Gone
The last piece to hold together
Gone
Never to return"
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"Damn him." Roxas mentally thought before he dug his blades into the floor making him come to a dead stop. He released his grip on the keyblades and charged forwards with incredible speed. He was tired of this man treating him as if he was a child. It was insulting for such an insignificant opponent to fool with him. He would force this into the senile man's head that he Roxas of Organization 13 is no one to play around with.
How did this kid expect to beat him without a weapon? It didn't make sense to the Sannin, sure he might be able to surprise someone with this little stunt but he was an experienced fighter. He had witnessed almost every desperate counter and this did not surprise him in the least. It was pathetic really this kid was a decent fighter but he made such a rookie mistake. He watched his form as he descended upon him. He sighed before he placed his right hand to the side and a blue sphere began taking shape.
"Whoa… What the hell is that? Roxas watched as his opponent began to mold a sphere with wind spinning inside of it. He knew that this technique was deadly if not by the power radiating off of it then by the sad look upon the old man's face. That told him that he wasn't going to survive through this. It felt as if everything had slowed down when the elderly man charged at him ready to unleash the sphere of energy upon himDying by the hands of an old geezer how embarrassing. No…no I can't die I promised him. I swore that no matter what I would never die. He glared at the sphere of spinning energy as it was wrenched back. He looked around the room for anything anyway to escape his impending death. "Come on there's got to be something anything. Think Roxas…think?" His blue orbs sprung open at the last second and he glanced back at his weapons still buried within floor. "That's it, the keyblade."
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"The one thing that seems to be certain
Begin together and always end alone
Never give in never surrender
Even when the grave you dig's your own"
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There was a tense silence as the shinobi's eyes were locked upon the mystery being. Everything was quiet as the fighters exchanged glances; the storm that was ensuing was barely a whisper over the gentle exhale of breathing.
"Yo." Naruto called out over the rain. The tension in the air thickened at this simple gesture. "I don't know how long I can hold them off for. Hurry Roxy or this might all go to hell."
"So do you guys have an appointment?"
"Who are you and what is your purpose?" Shikimaru asked ignoring the man's question.
"Well you see my friends and I were here admiring the scenery… by the way beautiful village." Naruto said while looking around at the village.
"We were asked to help the Hokage with her paperwork."
Ino scowled. "I'll believe that when me shit turns purple."
Naruto grinned beneath his hood. "Really, now that's something I have to see."
Ino grumbled under her breath. "I wouldn't provoke us any further then you already have. Or will be forced to take action and take you down."
"Che." Naruto muttered. "Just like your friend tried."
"What did you say?" An unbelieving voice asked.
"Damn why'd I have to let that slip. Freaking ego of mine."He berated himself. "What, you'll have to be a little more specific. You see I have a really bad memory. I can't even seem to remember your names."
Chouji snickered "That's cause we haven't given them."
"Oh I guess I have no choi…." Naruto stopped mid-sentence. He twirled around so he was facing the tower. He knew this energy that was emitting from the tower. It was so familiar and yet at the same time so different. Something in his gut was telling him something was terribly wrong. He glanced back to see that his guests had also sensed the strange energy. His eyes widened as a large explosion erupted and a figure was shot out of the shaking tower.
"Roxaasssss"
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"Now it's gone but never forgotten
Without a hint and with no warning
Listen close to the voices calling
Pay attention to the words they say for the love of God"
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Roxas reached out towards his blades. His body calling for the keyblades, answering the call of there master. A brilliant light exploded engulfing the keyblade wielders arms. A warm sensation embraced both of his arms as the light heated up his skin. His hands closed grasping cold steel to his still warm flesh. Roxas crossed the keyblades across his chest just as the spinning sphere slammed into him. He gritted his teeth and let out a choked gasp as the sphere collided with the keyblades. The sphere was trying to break through the keyblades but they held firm against the intense pressure grinding upon them. With no where else for the built up energy to go, it exploded. Jiraiya was pushed back colliding with a wall by his own attack backfiring on him. Roxas closed his eyes tightly as he was catapulted from the tower.
He was too scared to look so he kept his eyes covered as he felt the wind whistling through his hair. The blond grasped the keyblades tighter to his body as he started to descend. "Sorry I couldn't keep are promise."He thought as his grip loosened and his blades fell to the ground faster then his own body.
The next thing he knew, two strong firm arms wrapped warmly around him. Roxas didn't need to open his eyes to see who had caught him. It didn't matter. All he knew was that he felt safe, he let a small smile grace his features as he basked in the security of being safe from the world, even if it wasn't going to last. He looked up as he felt his savior's warm breath tickling his face. Sky blue eyes met perfect delicate whiskers on the face of his savior, friend, and lover. He smiled as he gripped the other's shirt tightly and snuggled his face against the blonde's chest. He was going to enjoy the comfort of this embrace while it lasts.
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"Gone
The last piece to hold together
Gone
Never to return"
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Naruto wasn't sure what to do or say. So instead he just pulled Roxas closer into a stronger embrace. They stayed like this for a few seconds before Naruto released his hold on the younger blond. "Are you trying to make me die faster?" He whispered with his lips pressed gently against the others ear. Roxas let go and moved back a few feet away from his partner, guilt written clearly across his features.
Naruto looked at his best friend's face and immediately felt his heart melt. "How can you not just love someone who's so damn cute?"He squealed in his mind.
"Come on cheer up, we still got a mission to finish." Naruto said as he grinned at the other blond.
The demon containers heart almost broke when he gazed into his partners eyes. What he saw almost made his façade crack. Fear and anger were being held with in his partner's pure cerulean orbs. He knew that Roxas had been feeling this way for a while. Hell it would be a lie to say that he didn't feel the same. It was quite amusing the audacity that two beings both not possessing a heart, were able to develop and express emotions for each other. This very idea was unbelievable and not a single nobody before them were able to accomplish such a feat. To be able to create emotions from nothing but an empty void was astonishing to almost everyone. Then there was the fact that fate had developed plans to take all this away from those who had created hearts for each other. He knew that soon time would run out and both he and his lover would be left alone by themselves once again. The simple truth was that Roxas was being eaten away from the inside. He just couldn't stand knowing that there time was limited and the darkness within him was tearing him apart. That's why Roxas had been distancing himself from anyone. The bright charming spirit was evaporating and now he was becoming cold to others even the one person who would always care for him. He just didn't know what to say to the blond. It was painful enough to know, let alone have to dream and think about it every single second. But that didn't matter the promise made long ago is what did.
"We had promised to never die to always be beside each other and I plan to keep my side of that bargain as long as I can." Naruto reassured himself. He stepped forward towards the depressed boy and wrapped his arms around his shoulders
"Don't ever forget our promise Roxy and will…well you know what I mean?" Naruto said and then looked away, his face red from embarrassment.
Roxas smirked at the cute blush that his partner was trying to hide. "No worries there, but you know... you look so adorable when you blush." He teased.
"Yeah, yeah we all know how cute you two are already." Naruto and Roxas looked up to see the descending form of there friend.
"Axel" They both said in unison.
"Yeah don't wet your panties. I made it just in time for the party." Normally both blondes would have responded with an insult to Axels' crude remarks but…
"You know I don't like big parties." Naruto closed his eyes and then opened them to glare at red-haired friend.
"Now all we need is some booze." Axel muttered, clearly ignoring Naruto as he slapped his forehead in irritation.
"I forgot how annoying you get around large crowds."All three friends stared out at the large gathering of shinobi in a weary manner. "We have no choice now." Naruto said while letting go off Roxas and placing himself in between the Shinobi and his friends. He turned back and looked at his closest friends.
"There's no other option, we'll have to let them finish up for us."
"What about the mission."
Naruto smirked at Roxas before lowering his eyes making them disappear within the shadow of his hood.
"It's out of our hands now, unless you have a better plan to deal with them." He said while motioning with his hand to the large gathering behind him.
The key bearer looked away not knowing what to say and so he didn't respond.
"Well... if there are no further objections then it's tim…"
"Inform the others." Axel interrupted before Naruto could continue. Naruto nodded to the red head before continuing with his previous actions.
Naruto sighed as he took another step forward and raised his sleeve to his mouth, immediately attracting the attention of everyone present. There was a silence in the air as the shinobi stood still, ready to attack at a moments notice.
"Looks like our time ran out." The demon vessel spoke barely above a whisper as he turned around, looking up from beneath the shadowy veil of his hood at the crowd. "It's a shame, but we got to leave the rest up to them."
All of the shinobi watched decisively as the strange man whispered something into his sleeve and then started rubbing his gloved hands together. Weapons seemed to just spring out of nowhere and into each shinobi's hands, as the same cloaked figure extended his hands out with his palms facing the ground.
"Come and bath this world in your everlasting darkness… Heartless."
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"Where did I go wrong?
When the life forsaken again
Is the one I call my own?"
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Only one more chapter to go before we start getting into the canon Kingdom hearts story. Again There might be problems with grammar and other such significant things, but I don't have a beta and I probably wouldn't notice so don't bite my head off for it. I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter and thanks for reviewing.
One last thing after an extended search, I've come to the conclusion that there isn't many Death Note or Kyou Kara Maou crossovers with Naruto. (None for KKM) So after I finish at least one of my stories I think I am going to start one of these.
Thanks for stopping by.