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

Special thanks to demoncat13 for all your support for the fanfiction!

Tail 31: Bad Memories…

"What?" two people yelled at their captain through the phone.

"Maa maa don't be so loud you two," a feminine voice answered the two. "The others weren't able to make it to the amusement park, so I guess it's just you two," the voice said before hanging up.

The two stared at each other before muttering, "Yukimura-buchou is crazy…"

"What do you wanna do?" the female asked the other.

Running his hand through his red hair, the boy answered, "I don't know Rose. What do you wanna do?"

Rose just shrugged and answered, "Might as well Marui-senpai. Wonder why the others couldn't make it though. They were completely fine yesterday."

The two shrugged before walking into the amusement park missing the seven people following them through the shadows.

"Are you sure we should be doing this buchou?" a seaweed-haired boy asked his captain.

All he got in response was a small chuckle and a very small amused smile. The boy rolled his eyes before entering the park along with his team. They followed Rose and Marui throughout the park.

"How about that one?" Rose asked pointing to a small stuffed toy. It was a little silver fox plushy. It was one of the prizes for a hammer game.

"Sure I guess," Marui said with a shrug before the two walked over to try and get the fox.

"Can we try?" Rose asked walking to the booth manager with a sweet smile on her face.

The man turned to look at her before having a smirk on his face. "Sure little girl," he said handing the girl the hammer, "Try your luck." He thought he would get easy money from the girl since she looked weak…how wrong he was.

Rose could sense that he figured that he could play her into getting more money. She raised the hammer up high above her head before jumping and slamming the hammer down. When she landed, she could hear the ding of the bell.

Rose and Marui both looked at the man with smirks on their faces as he handed Rose the fox plushy. When they walked away, they couldn't help but laugh at the man's face when he saw that she had reached the bell.

"Alright, we got what you wanted," Marui said tilting his head toward the girl at his side. "Why don't we get some food now?"

Giggling, Rose just shook her head and was already heading over to a candy shop. "Three cotton candy please," Rose ordered as soon as she reached the shop. Once she got the sweets, she walked over back to Marui and handed him two of the cotton candy before sitting down on the bench.

They spent about five minutes eating and talking which frustrated the people following him…especially one blue-haired male.

"Those two are dense," Niou said smirking at the two.

Kirihara sighed before watching Rose. He smiled slightly when he saw that she was having a bit of fun…even if she didn't show it.

"What's next?" Rose asked standing up and stretching a bit. She watched as Marui also stood up and pointed to another booth. Raising an eyebrow at the booth, Rose said, "Really? A trust booth?"

Marui just chuckled before whispering in her ear, "It's been a few months, and I want to know whether you actually do trust me or not even if you told me about the Jinchuuriki."

Sighing, Rose went up to the booth to grab a blindfold for herself. She walked to the edge of the highest platform which was about two meters off the ground. If Marui wanted to test her truth, she would make it hard for him. She looked over the edge to see that Marui was waiting for her with a smile on his face and his arms crossed over his chest. She smirked before turning around and put on the blindfold. Taking a deep breath, she let herself fall off the edge of the platform.

To say she was scared would be an understatement as falling two meters with your eyes closed was scary like no tomorrow. She wanted the free-fall to end soon, and she got her wish.

Before the girl hit the ground, she felt herself land with someone's arms under her legs as well as her back. She raised her arms up to take off her blindfold and smiled as she saw that Marui caught her. After realizing their position, Rose blushed before she jumped out of Marui's arms. Marui was blushing a bit now too as he just noticed the position he caught her in.

"Finally!" the two heard someone yell which startled the two of them. They quickly looked towards where they heard the sound only to see nothing but a tree and some bushes. Blinking, they turned to each other before shrugging and moving onto the next booth.

"Idiot!" Niou whispered harshly to Kirihara who was feeling a little sheepish at nearly getting the group caught.

Rose and Marui went to another booth that happened to be a fortune-telling booth. They both went inside to see three fortune tellers. Going up to them, they tried to say something but were interrupted.

The first said, "You girl have had a tough journey haven't you? I can see it in your eyes girl. You are lonely…sad…frustrated…You wish you had someone to care for you all those years ago…"

Rose was shocked and remembered more of her past before the Jinchuuriki. She started to cry as she remembered everything…why she always felt so lonely…why she always felt unimportant…

Marui was confused at what the teller said, but the second beat him to saying anything.

The second teller said to the girl, "You will find happiness in one however. You have trusted him with your secret. He will not harm you. You will finally break the curse that was placed on you when you were born…"

"You will finally find happiness, but to do so you must defeat your enemy. We do not mean to kill them but defeat them," the third added on. "Now go and find your happiness for that is all we can tell you."

Rose was still sniffling a bit from her memories but nodded before dragging Marui out of the booth. Rose kept walking while dragging Marui by the wrist. She walked until she reached a deserted area in the park considering it was inside of the surrounding forest. She clenched her hand together as she remembered everything about her life…everything.

"Rose," she heard someone say. Turning around, Rose saw Marui wincing because of the tight grip on his wrist.

Letting go of the wrist, Rose said, "Sorry," before looking back at the ground.

Rubbing his wrist gently, Marui looked towards Rose and asked, "Something the matter?"

"Nothing," Rose replied quickly hoping that Marui would leave her alone about this. She didn't want to remember…she didn't want to know…she just didn't want it back anymore…

Marui stared at the girl. He didn't believe it when she said that it was nothing. If it was nothing, why would she be crying right now? He sighed before walking over and lifting Rose's chin to make her look at him. "You remember the night you broke down at the camp?" he asked before waiting to get a response. When he got a small, hesitant nod, he said, "What did you mean when you said you wanted someone to care for you? To matter to? To be important to? What did you mean by that?"

Rose glanced at the ground before sighing and getting out of Marui's grip. She looked at the ground as she said, "You won't leave me alone until I answer it anyways, so listen up because I'll only say it once."

Rose started her memories back from the beginning…when this all started.

"When I was young in the ninja world…part of each Bijuu was put inside of me. You already know that from earlier. What my parents never counted on was the missing nin that had come to place a curse on me. You want to know what the curse was?" she asked the boy looking up with sad eyes.

Marui thought about the question before answering the girl with a nod. He obviously chose a choice that she didn't like as her eyes saddened and clouded over in painful memories.

Rose continued to glance at him through those eyes as she was trying to figure out her words. She started off hesitantly, "The curse would be…that everyone I came to love…and those I befriend…everyone…would die in the end…" She started crying at this point. "Because of the curse, no one went near me. No one really cared for me. No one thought I was important to keep around. They were scared…scared of a monster is what they said. Even my own parents were scared of me at times. I started to believe them after awhile," she commented rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand. "During my first six years, I made plenty of friends…only for them to die on my birthdays."

Marui was surprised along with the people hiding in the bushes around them. They all watched as Rose started crying more and tried to wipe away the falling tears.

They all heard her add on, "That's why I'm scared. That's why I'm scared in front of other people. I remembered it all when we went to those fortune tellers. I…I don't want anyone to die because of me…not anymore….not anymore…" Rose placed a hand in front of her face as she trembled from all of the memories. "The reason I'm so shy…I remember it now. It was because I never wanted to get close to anyone…so that I wouldn't kill them." More memories entered her head, and she fell to her knees with her teeth clenched. "Even my parents…they both died because of me," she muttered under her breath shutting her eyes tightly. "It's all my fault…it's all my fault…it's all my fault…"

The team couldn't help but look at Rose with sad eyes. They didn't want to see the girl crying again. They were still confused about what she meant by her parents dying because of her…

Marui walked up to Rose and tried to calm her down again. When he got near her, she lashed out her arm and yelled, "Get away from me!"

Startled, Marui backed up a bit from the girl. He was staring at her with a worried face as he could hear her mumble.

"No one should get near me," she muttered quietly. "No one should want to be near me…no one deserves to die because of me anymore…no one…" She curled into a ball on the ground and cried even harder.

Marui kept trying to get closer to Rose to calm her down, but every time he tried to, she would always lash out at him saying the same thing over and over again. He couldn't get near her without getting hurt in some way.

The ones hiding in the bushes wanted to rush out and help Marui calm Rose down, but they knew that Marui was the one that Rose trusted most because of the secret as well as the blushes that kept appearing on her face.

"Just stay away from me Marui-senpai," Rose muttered aloud to him. "I don't want you to die."

"I'm not going to die you idiot!" Marui yelled once again trying to get to the girl.

"Why don't you just leave me alone?" Rose yelled lashing out away and sliced Marui's arm.

Marui backed up once more before gripping the bleeding limb. He sneered before ripping off a piece of his shirt to bandage the cut. He stared at the crying girl on the ground and said, "I won't Rose. You don't need to be alone any more. You have me and the others don't you!" he yelled out before rushing in again.

"No one should care for me at all!" Rose yelled back before her chakra leaked out to create a protective shield around her which burned Marui. The shield grew until it went past him and towards the bushes until it stopped suddenly before it reached them. "No one should care for a monster like me!"

Marui looked around and noticed how hot the field was now that the barrier was here. He couldn't help but start sweating as he stayed inside of the barrier. Looking up, he noticed that Rose was letting elemental waves out from her body wave after wave after wave. He braced himself as he moved towards the girl.

Marui got several cuts, lacerations, and slices on his body from trying to get near Rose. The closer he got to her, the more powerful and quick the attacks got. Pretty soon, he was getting attacked by the waves every second and powerful enough to knock him back if he wasn't prepared.

He kept going however…he wouldn't let the girl go alone. He figured that the girl would have had enough of being alone with that past of hers. Once he got to her, he was already bleeding heavily and had several slices on her arms and legs.

Dropping to the ground besides the girl, he took her into his arms. He could feel her trying to push away from him, but he kept his grip on her. He held her close to his chest until she started to relax and settle down her chakra. When the girl was completely calmed down, Marui lifted the girl's face to look at him.

Rose's face was streaked with tears and blood trickled from her lip which he assumed she was biting. Her eyes were clouded over in pain, and she was still trembling a bit.

Tightening his grip around the girl, he whispered in her ears, "You don't have to be alone anymore Rose. I'll always be with you…always." He finally realized what the girl was to him…and he wasn't ever going to let her go. He lifted her chin once more and placed an innocent kiss upon her lips.

Rose snapped her eyes open in surprise and froze. After a few seconds, Marui pulled away to see Rose's reaction. Rose slowly reacted as her eyes drooped a bit, and one hand went up to grip the front of Marui's jacket while the other went up to her own face to gently lay on her lips. She looked up at him before giving him a grateful smile. She finally realized who the fortune teller was talking about…now…the curse was broken at last. "Be mine?" she whispered to the boy as she leaned into his chest.

She missed the smile that Marui gave her as he kissed her forehead and looked into her eyes. "Of course," he said with a genuine smile as he hugged her once more and felt her return the embrace with a hug of her own.

The ones in the bushes couldn't help but feel happy for the two…Rose needed someone to care for her…and that person would be Marui…