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

This is important. I just realized I only have a few weeks until school starts, and I still have book to read, an SAT test to study for, two packets of 4-page worksheets to finish, AP Bio work to finish, work to do for other stuff, and a whole mess of other things. Becoming a Senior in High School is stressing me out a lot to where I can't even think of some of my fanfiction without worrying about school work. I think I'll do what SkyGem is doing on her profile page and post little journals on my profile. Please enjoy the chapter and wish me luck with all my work heehee~

Tail 24: Just Disappear

"Are you alright Rose?" Fu asked grabbing another wet towel and placing it on said girl's head.

Smiling weakly, Rose looked up at the other Jinchuuriki and replied, "I'll be fine after some rest. I used too much chakra…that's why I'm like this…"

"You should be more careful," Gaara commented leaning against the wall with a blank stare out the window. Even though it looked like he was trying to scold her, the others knew that he was deeply worried about her.

A knocking on the door interrupted everyone. Looking over at Rose, Utakata nodded his head and went over to the door to open it. He was surprised to see Marui and Kirihara with grim looks on their faces. "Come in," he said opening the door up further for them.

"What's wrong?" Rose asked her voice cracking.

Marui and Kirihara looked up to see Rose sprawled out on the couch and trying to rest. Feeling even sadder, the two decided to break the news to all of them at once.

After explaining the situation, the two Rikkaidai regulars waited to see the Jinchuuriki's reactions.

"They," Rose started hesitantly, "They really called us monsters?"

The two males nodded much to Rose's horror.

"No," Yugito whispered feeling sorry for Rose considering that Shiraishi was one of her best childhood friends.

"I can't believe them…" Fu commented shaking her head with disappointment.

"They even called their childhood friend a monster," Killer Bee remarked clenching his fists tightly before adding, "How despicable…."

"What are we going to do about it?" Yagura asked quietly sitting next to Rose and trying to comfort the broken girl.

"We don't know what to do either you ten," Kirihara said with a shake of his head. "We tried getting them to take back what they said, but they kept saying the same thing over and over to try and get us to agree as well."

The two Rikkaidai regulars walked over to the ex-regular and knelt down in front of her. They looked up to her saddened gaze and immediately felt regret that they could not change their teams' minds.

"We tried Rose," Marui said taking Rose's hand in his. "We tried."

Rose looked at their hands before she slowly raised her other hand to cover his. "I know Marui-senpai," she said before taking her hands away from his and placed one of Kirihara's and Marui's hands onto her cheeks, "I know."

A few minutes of silence passed while the inhabitants of the room were deciding what to do now.

"Neh," they head a female voice say, interrupting the silence.

Looking towards the source of the voice, everyone saw Rose trying to sit up straight from her position of lying on the couch. "You tried your best didn't you?" she asked the two male Rikkaidai players. When she saw them nod in response, she gave a weak smile and said, "Then cheer up. You look weird with frowns on your faces instead of smiles. I'm just glad to know that you two don't think any different of me than the others…" she trailed off at the end. "Why don't we show these two what those hallways are really about?" she asked with a small smile on her face towards the other Jinchuuriki.

Marui and Kirihara were surprised at the question. Didn't Rose say that nothing was in there in the first place?

"Are you sure Rose?" Han asked placing his hand on her shoulder. "They might be like that one boy that tried to ki-"

"If they were trying to kill me," Rose said interrupting Han, "then why would they even be here and telling us about this mess?" Standing up from the couch, she grabbed both Marui's and Kirihara's hands and started walking to the closest empty hallway.

Reaching the destination, Rose turned around and placed her index and ring fingers on both of their foreheads before chanting. They couldn't really make out the words, and before they knew it, Rose was finished and the room swirled. Blinking their eyes a few times, the two could not believe their eyes.

A while ago, the hallway was empty of any doors or objects, but now after what Rose had done, they were able to see that the hallway was filled with rooms as well as showcases for all types of ancient weapons.

"Welcome," they heard Rose say before turning their attention to her. "You are the first humans to see the weapons of the ninja world so far."

"Should we be honored?" Marui joked around trying to get a smile on Rose's face.

Staring at him with a blank look, Rose just shook her head before remarking, "Of course you should." She smiled before adding, "It shows how much I truly trust you considering no one besides us Jinchuuriki know about this."

"What's a Jinchuuriki?" Kirihara asked while walking down the hallway and checking out all the pictures, cases, and looking at the signs for the rooms. He noticed that some of the rooms had different signs on the doors as well as different markings…especially this one room with markings all over the door. He read the label that said 'Seals Room.'

"Why don't we all explain that in the training room?" Yagura suggested walking up to Rose and gently gripping her shoulder with a kind smile on his face.

Everyone of the Jinchuuriki glanced at Rose who nodded in reply to the suggestion. The group started walking towards another empty hallway while making sure that Marui and Kirihara kept up.

Instead of seeing the empty hallway like usual, the two Rikkaidai regulars saw more rooms with several weapons outlining the doors. Marui and Kirihara followed the Jinchuuriki into a room with the door outlines with chains and wire.

The room was pure white in color with nothing really outstanding about it. Close to the door was a panel which Rose focused her chakra into. The room started to distort and change to look like a forest. The forest arena gave the Jinchuuriki a nostalgic feeling as they had all met in a forest.

Rose turned to look at her former teammates, now friends, and start explaining what the Jinchuuriki were as well as explaining the Elemental Countries, ninjas, and Akatsuki, as well as each Bijuu.

By the end of it all, the two male regulars could only gape at all the new information they had gotten. They could not believe that the ten of them had to go through so much throughout their childhood just because of something they really had no control over.

"And that's it," Rose finished with a sigh. "Now you know about us…everything about us…what do you say?" she asked with a bit of fear in her voice. Would they try to kill her? Would they leave the Jinchuuriki? What would the two do now that they know?

Marui and Kirihara glanced towards each other before nodding in agreement. They stood up together and walked towards Rose with blank expressions. The two could see the fear in Rose's eyes of being rejected once again by friends.

When the two reached Rose, small smiles graced their faces before Marui and Kirihara pulled Rose into a hug. "We won't ever leave you," they both said at the same time, "Not now, not ever."

Rose had tears in her eyes as she took in this new information about her friends. She let a few brave tears make it down her face as she gripped the back of their jackets. She tightened her grip on them and nearly pulled them into a death hug before she realized that she might kill them if she squeezed them too tightly.

"Thanks you two," they heard another voice say. The three of them turned to see the nine other Jinchuuriki nodding in approval of the agreement. They couldn't help but smile and then decide to get out of the training room.

Rose canceled the distortion of the room and led everyone out. She decided to have a big sleepover in her room, so she dragged everyone inside of her room. She added a few couches as well as another queen-sized bed next to her own just in case. "I'll be right back," Rose said leaving the room to go shopping for some supplies for dinner that night. She called out to everyone where she was going before stepping out of the house and moving towards the closest supermarket in town.

Meanwhile in the room, the Jinchuuriki were searching everything. Under the bed, inside the drawers, in the closet, everywhere in the girl's room.

Marui couldn't help but ask, "What are you guys doing?"

"Help us already," Fu answered searching throughout the desk drawers.

"Why?" Kirihara asked already starting to search the bookshelves for whatever the nine were searching for.

"We've noticed how Rose has so many personalities," Yagura explained. "We have no idea what is her true personality, and we want to find out. This is our only chance to be in her room alone so search for anything. A journal, a log, a drawing, whatever seems like it's part of her true personality."

The group of 11 searched for about ten minutes before they started to give up. Marui looked underneath the desk and found a small journal. He gently pried it off the desk as it was magnetized to stick there. "What's this?" he asked the group while showing off what he found.

"Open it and read it," Yugito said staring at the small journal in the boy's hands.

Nodding, Marui gently opened the worn out journal and went to the latest entry in the small book. He coughed a bit before taking a deep breath and started to read out loud. "XX XX XXXX It's another day here in this world. I'm starting to wonder why I'm here. The other Jinchuuriki seem to be getting along just fine without me, so I'm starting to wonder why I was created in the first place other than just being born. Was I just created for the sole purpose of housing all the bijuu? Am I just a tool for others? What am I? I'm probably nothing more than a body with a few spirits implanted. I can't remember anything really from before I met the Jinchuuriki in the Elemental Countries. I wonder what happened when I was younger. I don't even remember it anymore. What was I like when I was younger? Was I cute? Was I smart? Was I selfish? What was I? Why was I even born? Am I even needed here anymore? I don't think anyone would miss me if I was gone but…I'll just have to wait and see what happens with it. Here comes the other Jinchuuriki. Have to go now. I'll try to write in the next week if I can survive that long…" he finished off.

"Is that it?" Yugito asked Marui while staring at the book with a sad stare.

"For that entry yes," Marui answered turning back a few pages until he saw the date of when Rose first appeared. He decided to read that one aloud as well.

"XX XX XXXX What is going on now? The Akatsuki were NOT supposed to find the Jinchuuriki in the Elemental Nations that early in the year. I wonder if the other Jinchuuriki are slacking with the training… Anyways, I met a few old friends from school when I was in elementary. They haven't changed at all from when I last remember them a few years back. Although the Josei Shonan team could use a bit more work when it comes to tennis. I could tell how much they needed to improve just by the way they walked. Hopefully Yugito and Killer Bee can actually help them with that. I met my friend Akaya's team as well as his team captain. Is that boy really a boy? The guy looks too feminine. Why do I also have to be so shy around new people anyway? Is it what I truly am? Or am I faking it? Anyway, I gave the boy a water bottle full of my blood. Hopefully if he drinks it, he will be able to recover more quickly from it. As long as I live, that boy will be alright once he finishes drinking the bottle. I'm still trying to figure out a way to get rid of the disease permanently, but I haven't thought of anything without involving the very nation that hates my very existence. To think they would accept the others, but SO many people still resent me just because I house ALL the Bijuu… How ridiculous! Am I even important? I bet that if I died, many of the population of the Elemental Nations would be celebrating even if they look sad in public about it…It's late, and I should go now. Maybe…maybe I don't really deserve this happy life…the other Jinchuuriki have had it tougher than I probably…Should I just disappear from this world? I'll have to wait and see if I can survive this time…"

Marui flipped through many more of the pages and looked at the last sentence of each one. He raised his eyebrow in confusion before asking out loud, "Why is the last sentence in every entry something having to do with the lines 'Should I disappear' and 'If I can survive this time' anyway?"

Before anyone could answer that question, they all heard the door open and saw Rose behind it. She tried to give them a small smile before she said, "Looks like you found out about that neh?" Before the 11 could even try to respond, they saw Rose's face turn serious and a small frown appear. "Sorry but," she started while walking towards them, "That's unacceptable!" She charged at all of them after creating ten more clones of herself. The 11 Roses went to each person in the room and placed their thumb, middle finger, and pinky on each of their foreheads. They all started chanting quickly before the 11 Jinchuuriki and Rikkaidai regulars fell unconscious. "Forget what you read and…forget about me…" she said before she herself disappeared leaving their memories but erasing her existence. The spell would expand to the other regulars of every school as well. Everything would be the same as it was before….just…without Rose…