DISCLAIMER: I own nothing! Naruto is the copy righted material of Kishimoto-sensei. I claim nothing in the original series and give all credit to Kishimoto-sensei. So away with ye, foul lawyers!

I DO, however, own all villages, weapons, characters, demon spirits, ideas, etc., that are NOT in the original manga and/or anime of Naruto. I have copy rights. You copy, you claim, I find out, I sue, end of story. And trust me, I will find out. Then I will smite. Oh, how I will smite.

WARNINGS:Language, violence, possible angst. OOC-ness. Original Characters. And explosions. Lots of explosions.

NOTES:This story takes place after the Shippuden Time Skip. At this point, Sasuke has long-since already left Konoha. Akatsuki is at large. Definite romance in later chapters: NaruHina, SakuOC. No yaoi or yuri will ever take place in this fic.

I'm not so great with disclaimers and junk, but the story is rather good. Read and Review.

Enjoy!

-Nyroc

"You will never know what is impossible if you never attempt to try."

Chapter one:

On darkness I will thrive

The girl's black eyes opened upon a dark world. She seemed to be floating in her surroundings, in a cold, black abyss. In front of her, two large, fire-green eyes opened, illuminating the bars of the cage in which it was locked. The monster gave a growling laugh, looking at it's keeper.

"Well, well.. It's been a while hasn't it, Motaki?," The creature grinned, baring its fangs, "Not going to die again, are you?"

The girl closed her eyes as a smirk began to spread across her face. The demon waited impatiently for an answer, one which it knew it would not receive.

"What's wrong, Motaki? Cat got your toungue?," The evil grin slid farther across the demon's white face, revealing the seven pairs of razor-sharp fangs that lined the top of its mouth.

Motaki reopened her eyes, the crimson glow that issued from deep in the core of her pupils barely visible. Finally she spoke.

"Do you want out, Kuyrura?," She asked simply, her smile fading.

The demon laughed, "Want out? Come, now, Motaki. Surely you must know me better than that? Seven years and you're still asking the same question? ...," The creature looked up at the girl, its emerald eyes gleaming into the darkness.

"Seven years and you're still giving me the same answer." The girl replied flatly.

Kuyrura sighed. "Alright, pup. What's in it for me?"

Obsidian eyes gazed into emerald ones, thinking for a moment. "How about... a longer life?"

Kuyrura's green orbs took on a look of slight shock when her captor said this. "You didn't."

"I did."

The wolf groaned, rolling her eyes. She knew she had no choice but to give in to the girl's games.

"Do you want out, Kuyrura?," Motaki repeated patiently.

The wolf thought for several more moments before finally replying, "Yes."

Motaki smirked, taking time to calculate the numbers in her head. She turned her gaze towards the lock that held the gates closed. "You have thirteen minutes."

Kuyrura closed her eyes. "Are you sure you want to do this?," she asked quietly, "It will only leave you with six more."

"Positive."

The demon sighed. "Alright. Whenever you're ready."

Motaki closed her eyes to the darkness and began muttering the incantation that would open the seal on the gates:

"Darkness, hatred, grudge I hold,

slay the new, awake the old.

Phantoms from within thy core,

let me hear their screams no more."

A sizzling sensation dug into the girl's back as her black eyes snapped open. She felt the wound on her stomach begin to pull itself closed, stinging painfully as it healed. A resounding THUD to her left told her that one of her team mates had been hit. Hard. 'Thirteen minutes, Kuyrura,' Motaki thought, and subsided into unconsciousness, letting the demon posses her fully.

"Alright," Kuyrura muttered, taking over Motaki's body as the spider webbed design of the Eight-Point Hex Seal spread over her body. She rose slowly, turning her now emerald gaze to her opponent. She flexed her fingers. "Lochinvyrr Acari Calypso Nachtmagen," she murmured, vibrant green chakra engulfing her hands.

"Finally come out of your shell then, Kuyrura?," her opponent taunted. The girl smirked, examining her foe.

"Well, well. Long time no see, Kabuto," she stated in a bored tone, "What brings you to this end of the fight?"

Kabuto chuckled. "You."

The demon-possessed girl sighed and vanished, re-appearing behind the silver-haired medic. Kabuto just barely managed to dodge the attack before failing at a counter-strike. He slid to the other end of the forest clearing and sighed.

"I guess I'm still no match for you, huh?," he muttered, turning to go.

"Leaving so soon?," Kuyrura taunted.

"Lord Orochimaru will be waiting for me, and I must see to the boy's wounds. We shall see each other soon, I assume?," he asked the girl.

"You would do well to hope not."

"I will take that as a no," he murmured to himself, vanishing in a cloud of smoke. Kuyrura sighed as the marks of the Hex Seal retracted and the demon slipped back into unconsciousness. The girl's limp body collapsed as Motaki regained control.

'That was not thirteen minutes, Kuyrura. Next time I let you out, at least use the full time that I give you,' the kunoichi thought irritably, sitting up. She looked around just in time to hear the loud THWHACK that rang out as her red-haired team mate whopped her on the head.

"Hey! What was that for?!," Motaki shouted, glaring into his sapphire eyes.

"Because we told you to stop wasting all of your fricking lives, that's why," he replied playfully. Motaki simply gave him a death glare.

"Yeah, but you really didn't have to hit her, Lakota. She'll be crabby all day now and take out her anger on me. And when she kills me, I'll come back and haunt you forever and it will all be your fault. All because you did something extremely stupid and senseless," commented a black-haired figure as he walked into the clearing. He shot a piercing look at Lakota before helping Motaki to her feet.

"Aw, but it wasn't sensless, Zyc! I had the perfect excuse to hit Motaki, so I used it," he whined childishly. "It makes perfect sense!"

"Perfect sense to who?...," Motaki asked herself, brushing off her khaki shorts. She paused, turning suddenly to her still-bickering team mates. "Where's Sasuke?" It was more of a demand than a question.

Zyc blinked. "He ran off after you blacked out," he stated.

Motaki's face adopted a look of slight confusion. "I blacked out?"

"Died, actually," Lakota replied casually, bending to pick up a kunai. He returned his gaze to the female member of his team. "Your seal hurting?," he asked, marks of concern touching his face.

The girl sighed, reminded of the pain she had endured last time. "Not yet." She knew it would later.

The team of three approached the village gates, studying the engravings carefully. Lakota sighed, thankful for having reached their destination.

"Konohagakure no sato..."

End chapter one.

Kind of short, ne? There's not much mention of Naruto in this chapter, but starting with the next one there will be. The battle was short, too...

Like? No? Let me know. Not too confusing, I hope.

Please review! I don't like writing if nobody likes my work.

-Nyroc

TO CLEAR THINGS UP...

Pronunciations:

Kuyrura: coy-ROO-ruh ('coy' rhymes with 'toy')

Motaki: mo-TOK-ee ('mo' rhymes with 'foe', 'tok' rhymes with 'dock')

Lakota: luh-COTE-uh ('cote' as in 'coat', the name as in 'Lakota Souix' Native Americans)

Zyc: ZEEK (rhymes with geek)

Lochinvyrr Acari Calypso Nachtmagen: means "Soul Stealer Jutsu". You'll find out more about it in later chapters. Use your imagination for how to pronounce it.

Just clearing things up for the sounding-it-out-impared... like me. Seriously, it'd be so much easier to read a story if I knew how to pronounce all the big words.