Beasts Within

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Prince of Tennis. I do not own anything besides the original characters that are included in the fanfic.

All the Jinchuuriki are around 12-15 years old to stay within the middle school category along with the rest of the PoT cast. I know that the ages are wrong; I'm just making them fit into the storyline. All of the canon characters will most likely be OOC considering I can't stay to a certain personality of a canon character no matter what I do. The Jinchuuriki have total control of their Bijuu but can still talk to them whenever. When they release the chakra of their Bijuu they become stronger of course and their voices are a mixture of their voice and the bijuu they contain, therefore 'Demon Enhanced Speaking' when they do activate their powers.

"Chat" Normal talking

'Chat' Thinking

'Chat' Telepathy between Jinchuuriki

"Chat" Demon enhanced speaking

Tail 19: Sad Memories

A few months had passed, and Rose was sitting on her bed with Yugito and Killer Bee in the room as well. Yugito and Killer Bee wanted to stay with her that day because of one reason…it was the anniversary of her parent's murder. Luckily it was a weekend, and none of them needed to go to school. Killer Bee was looking at all the music CDs that Rose had collected from when she was a little kid. Yugito was laying down on the couch in the room with a small smile on her face as she listened to Rose's quiet humming.

The other Jinchuuriki were too busy to come and visit from what they said when Rose had contacted them in the morning. She of course understood that they would be a bit busy preparing for the Regional tournament coming up soon. Her own school had been to a few tournaments so far in the few months that the ten Jinchuuriki had been in this world.

Rose was extremely worried though. Sure she was sad about the death of her parents, but she didn't show it. She was worried about how long until the Akatsuki figured out when the barrier around the cave would be broken. She had visited each and every Jinchuuriki at their school at some point in the few months they had all been in the tennis world.

All of them had been prepared for a surprise attack like what had happened during Rose's trip to Josei Shonan. They all took a lesson from that and kept on the alert every time they were in the open. The last attacks were just as pathetic as the first one, but the Jinchuuriki still kept on their toes.

Rose was interrupted from her thinking by a loud knocking noise on her door. She whipped her head up around the same time as Yugito and Killer Bee. "Come in," she said with an eyebrow raised at WHO would disturb her now. There was no tennis practice today, so she didn't need to worry about it for now.

The door opened slightly before the three could see a mop of black hair peer through. They smiled before she motioned the boy to come inside the room and sit down.

Seeing permission, Kirihara opened the door all the way and walked over to Rose with a wide grin on his face. He was wearing a dark yellow t-shirt as well as black shorts. He also had a pair of black sneakers. Rose thought he was trying to keep with the Rikkaidai school colors with the way he was dressed.

"What's up with the smile Kirihara?" Rose asked returning to her book. She just had one more chapter to read to be done with the book. Then she would have read about…19 books so far since she had come back to the tennis world.

"Well," Kirihara started while swinging his legs off the bed, "Yukimura-buchou wanted to know whether you wanted to go somewhere today. We all decided to take you somewhere since we all haven't hung out in a long while. We've all been preparing for the Regional Tournament, so we don't have that much time to stay here anymore after all…"

Yugito and Killer Bee both looked at Rose who also glanced at them. They nodded with a smile on their faces before leaving the room saying they had to get something ready for later that night.

"Alright then," Rose said closing her book and putting it aside. "Let me get changed, and we can be on our way."

A few minutes later, Rose came out wearing a t-shirt with a fox on the front as well as some jeans with a dragon showing. She had on a pair of slippers with diamond-clips on the sides as well as a black choker and a pin in her hair. Kirihara looked at her outfit and thought, 'She looks exactly as I saw her when we first saw her since she came back. All that's missing is the flower-cuffs on the jeans and-oh…there they are.' Never mind she was wearing the same exact outfit that Kirihara had first seen her in when she came back.

Kirihara walked Rose out of the mansion after she locked the gates and doors while leaving a note for Killer Bee and Yugito. They walked towards the train station before boarding.

It was about a ten-minute ride before they had reached their destination. Leading Rose out of the train, Kirihara saw the other Rikkaidai regulars waiting patiently for them. He looked at the clock to see that they were on time and couldn't help but smile at what they were going to do today.

Rose let herself be dragged. She tried to keep a smile on her face even though she remembered the happy times she shared with her family when she was in the tennis world before the incident.

Rose didn't notice where she was being dragged by the tennis regulars until she heard the sound of cheering and screaming. She broke out of her daze and looked up to see an amusement park. Her eyes widened a fraction as she remembered one of her best memories with her parents here.

"Happy Rose?" Kirihara asked hopping on the spot.

Rose forced a smile on her face and turned to look at Kirihara as she answered, "Yeah. Come on, let's have some fun." She grabbed all of the regulars by the wrists before rushing into the park and buying their wristbands to go on the rides for free.

"Nine wristbands for all the rides please," she asked politely once she made it to the reception desk.

"Taking your friends out again huh?" a female voice asked.

Glancing at the women, Rose gasped as she yelled out, "You were the one I met four years ago at this same park!"

"You got it little girl," the women said already giving the girl the wristbands and giving the girl her change. "Now go have some fun. I know you'll need it today," she said leaning towards the girl and whispering the last part into Rose's ear.

Nodding slightly, the girl put another smile on her face as she turned towards the regulars and putting the wristbands on them before putting on her own.

They went to every ride and every rollercoaster in the park, even repeating some of them for the heck of it. They came across a hammer game and saw how high the bell was.

Each of the male regulars smirked thinking that they would be able to get a prize for Rose with the game, so each of them went to try the game.

While the boys were playing, however, they didn't notice Rose catch a glimpse of something and then leave.

After a few minutes, each of the male regulars had left with a prize for Rose before they noticed that the girl was gone. They looked around for the girl before spotting a patch of white hair in the crowd. They rushed over to the girl before losing sight of her around another turn.

They rushed around the corner to see Rose staring at this one booth with a sad smile on her face and a glazed look in her eyes. They saw her lean down and ask, "Can I play?"

The man in charge of the booth turned before smiling at the girl and saying, "Welcome back girl. How have you been?" He walked around the tank in the booth and hugged the girl tightly which she reciprocated.

"Doing well I suppose," she answered before paying to play the game and grabbing a paper net and kneeling next to the tank.

"How many fish you want to try and get this time?" the man asked already grabbing a few bags for the girl. "You want the exotic ones, or are you fine with just goldfish. I always save the exotic fish for you girl," he said also grabbing another container filled with other types of fish.

"The exotic ones please," Rose commented eyeing the containers. "I want to get around…nine for me and my friends on my tennis team. I want to keep them in the home aquarium I built into the house a few years ago in the…south wing I think it was. It's funny how I remember where to go in the house, but I can't really remember when I'm outside," she finished with a chuckle at the end as she saw the man pour some different fish into another tank which she moved to.

The regulars stepped closer to see that the man was filling a different tank with angelfish, a baby black shark fish, bloodfins, blue acaras, flame tetras, guppies, lyretails, penguin fish, rainbowfish, zebra danios, and other fish that seemed to get along with them. They all saw the man in charge of the booth prepare about 15 different bags for the fish that they thought Rose might catch.

Inching closer to the booth, the regulars saw Rose look at each one as if deciding what to grab. They saw her smile before her arm moved quickly picking up the black shark fish first and gently putting him inside a bag. "That's one is for Kirihara," they heard her comment. "The next one is for my friend Yagyuu," she said before scooping up a neon blue lyretail and putting the fish in another bag. Every time she caught a fish, she would list who it was for.

The man had to get about ten more bags for the girl because she also decided to get some fish for the other Jinchuuriki as well as to make her aquarium livelier.

After finishing catching fish, Rose stood up to count that she had went overboard yet again and had caught 25 fish. "Woops," Rose said looking sheepish at all the fish, "Sorry I went overboard again."

"It is completely fine girl," the man answered before carefully placing them within a smooth plastic box with no sharp edges and handing it to Rose, "I was actually saving them up for you anyways. Say hi to your parents for me will ya!"

Rose tensed a bit which didn't go unnoticed by the regulars and stuttered out, "Su-Sure…I must be going now, the others must be wondering where I am. See you later hopefully!" she yelled out with a small bow of her head before rushing out of there with a sad look on her features.

The regulars all followed her out to see her heading towards a food shack before she yelled out, "Crystal!"

A girl with purple hair and light pink highlights to her waist popped up from behind the counter wearing a blue cheongsam as well as blue slippers. "What is it Rose?" they all heard Crystal ask.

"Can you get me…two cherry coke flavored slushies, two chocolate, three strawberry, one grape and one…apple please," they head Rose order before setting the box down on a table and sitting down.

"For your friends right?" Crystal yelled from behind the counter as she got the ingredients ready.

Rose nodded as soon as she saw Crystal pop her head up from behind the counter as her answer. Crystal smiled before getting to work on the drinks before putting them in a plastic box for Rose to carry along with a few packs of ice inside surrounding the plastic cups. She nodded as thanks to Crystal before grabbing a cherry coke slushie.

Crystal sat down beside her and gently moved a hair out of Rose's face before she started drinking the slushie. "What's wrong?" Crystal said moving back into her seat, "You never order that unless…he asked again didn't he?"

Rose nodded while still drinking the slushie she bought. Her eyes drooped as she remembered everything that had happened at this park.

Rose heard a sigh and turned towards Crystal to see the girls' arms snake around her and pull her into a hug. She was shocked and stopped what she was doing with wide eyes.

"You should really tell him, or he might hurt you more than he means to Rose," Crystal said rubbing circles on Rose's back until the girl started drinking the slushie again. "I know that it is tough girl. You can always call me up and chat you know?" she said pulling away from Rose seeing that Rose had accidently finished that slushie in those few minutes. Three…two…one…

"Brain freeze!" Rose screeched, her hand bolting up to her head to ease the pain.

Chuckling, Crystal walked behind the counter to retrieve a dish. She came back out with a bouquet of flowers as well as a bowl of soup. "Come on," Crystal urged Rose as she pushed the bowl closer to the girl, "It's on the house today alright?" Crystal then left to take care of another customer that had showed up.

Rose just nodded her thanks before Crystal left and set the bouquet close to the two boxes she had. She could sense that the tennis regulars were close by and yelled out, "Come on over here and get one!" pointing to the slushies in the box.

The tennis regulars decided to come out of hiding considering they had been found out. They each went over to the table to grab their slushie. Drinking the slushies, they each watched as Rose turned her head towards the open side of the park showing a terrific view of the ocean.

Rose's eyes glazed over before a small tear leaked out and none followed. This seemed to alarm some of the regulars as they suddenly said, "Is something the matter Rose?"

She jumped from the sudden talk and turned back to them with a few tears in her eyes. She quickly wiped them away before saying, "It's nothing…really…."

"You really shouldn't keep it from your team," a voice said from behind the group.

Turning around, the group of nine saw Crystal with her arms across her chest and a frown on her face.

"You have to tell them sometime Rose," Crystal said walking over to Rose while shaking her head. Once she reached Rose, she placed her hand on the girl's shoulder and said, "It would be a lot of weight off your shoulders you know."

Rose looked down in sadness and regret before a few more tears started leaking out until she was crying into Crystal's shirt.

The tennis regulars were alarmed and tried to comfort the girl.

"You want me to tell them?" Crystal asked holding the girl closer in her arms. She could feel a faint nod as the girl kept crying from the pain and sadness she felt. Sighing, Crystal started to explain the story of what had happened to her parents that day…minus all the ninja stuff because even she didn't know about that. She also explained what this park had meant to the girl crying in her arms and why the girl was so sad being here.

Most of the tennis regulars were heartbroken that the girl they had come to befriend had witnessed her own parents' murders in front of her own eyes. They were saddened at the fact that she thought that it was her fault that her parents were killed.

"Let's go home okay Rose?" a voice suggested.

They all turned to see Marui with his hand held out towards Rose. Glancing over, they saw Rose slowly reach for the hand before grasping it and pulling herself out of Crystal's grip.

"Thank you Crystal," they heard Rose whisper. "Hope you have a fun time in America girl," she said with a smirk as she turned her head over her shoulder.

Chuckling, Crystal just replied, "Just make sure that you have friends to take care of you. I won't be here any longer since I'll be moving to the American branch of this park alright girl?"