Mana: We are so sorry for the late update. With all the projects, reviews and exams that we had to do we kinda had to push this chapter aside. That and our dog died recently and well...we've been locked in our room for a few weeks listening to nothing but music. Hana has finally stopped crying and is starting to smile more.

Hana: *waves* uh...hi? Um well here is our chapter I hope you guys like it, Seamstress and Moonlight had offered to take the school days from us and are now currently typing it.

Mana & Hana: We do not own Naruto, if we did the Inuzuka family would be the main characters. That and why would be doing fanfiction?

Hana: Oh we also don't own "Annabel Lee" by Edger Allen Poe. We only used the last part of it not the whole poem so don't start flaming on us about it.

Mana: I guess on with the story?

Chapter Five: Home, Dreams, and A Deal

Now it wasn't a well known fact about Hanta, but well it wasn't a well known fact to begin with period, but Hanta never went to school. So this was a learning experience for both Nanami and herself though the raven haired girl wondered what supplies you needed for a shinobi school. It was strange, after a few weeks when the girls were deemed fit to leave the streets seemed so empty even with all the people crowding it. Nanami clung to her arm the blonds head downcast not even looking at the people that stared at them as they walked by. Hanta looked around seeing the faces of the villagers change as they walked by, the usual sneers and glares were changed with…was that respect and…regret? Hanta shook her head it must be the drugs that the hospital gave her in her system that was making her see things.

The girls were heading to their new home due to that fact that the day they were sent to the hospital was the day that their apartment was burned down. So now here they were walking the streets to their new apartment they will be staying at. Hanta felt fear come off Nanami on waves, she had a reason to feel that way. The villagers attacked them and wanted them dead. The raven haired child wondered what was going on in the blonds head at the moment, maybe she was worrying about school that would be going to soon or a another attack on them? What ever it was Hanta wanted her to be her old self, it suited Nanami better to be happy and smiling then sorrow, fear, and tears.

The blond was listening to the villagers talk. She knew what she was now, what she held. She now had the answer to why they hated her, why they wanted her gone. She held the demon that had taken so many loved ones away that had killed many good shinobi and left many unable to fight and had forced them to retire. She was the reason why these people couldn't have the closure that they so desperately needed. Nanami sighed lightly which would be unheard to the people around her. She needed to get it together or she might worry onee-chan unintentionally and that was the last thing she wanted to do.

Fear crept into her heat as she thought of what onee-chan would say or do if she found out that she was a monster. Would she leave her like everyone else or will she yell and hurt her? Either way she never wanted her to find out, it was selfish she knew but she wanted someone to stay with her, to love her like she was normal, to care for her like she has seen people do. It's selfish of her she won't deny that but wouldn't you want someone with you even if you had to keep that person in the dark? Nanami prayed that she would never find out but she knew deep down that she will, it was only a matter of time before she found what she held inside and leave her alone in the darkness that surrounded her.

The walk was filled with talks and conversations that the girls listened in on, surprisingly it was mainly about the Uchiha clan being almost wiped out. Hanta now knew why the streets were empty even though they were filled with people, it was because there was no Uchiha clan members patrolling the streets. It was hard to feel sorry for the remaining members when their members tried to kill them, hell it was hard to feel pity or any other emotion for them other then resentment for hurting them.

Hanta's fingerers intertwined with Nanami's who looked at her with startling azure eyes, as if asking what she was doing but stopped and smiled when she saw the small smile that graced the raven haired child's face. It was sweet that she was trying to cheer her up and make her happy when she was falling in the darkness that desperately wanted to consume her and make her into the monster that the village said she was. Maybe, just maybe, maybe onee-chan wont leave her when she finds out what she is and that they would stay together forever…

She didn't know that she was crying until she felt the breeze cooling the water on her whiskered cheeks or onee-chan's hands wiping them away. Nanami was lost in her touch, the kind and caring touch that one would expect from a close relative or friend. It was so nice, so welcoming, so warm…a demon like her was unworthy of such affections given to her from someone so nice.

Nanami was embraced in to a hug, one that was filled with so much warmth and care. She truly did not deserve this a demon did not deserve this…she was unworthy of her care and love…she was just a lowly demon after all. The two girls ignored the stairs and whispers as Hanta hugged the blond who was silently crying.

They watched as the blond cried and felt like that they had been slapped in the face. This was no demon, no monster that had taken away their loved ones. All it was is a child that had lost its parents in the attack, had a demon that was sealed in it, and hurt mentally and physically by most of the village. They had broken the child that held the demon at bay. It was a child that cried, felt pain, smiled, felt happiness like they did. The child was human like them yet they treated her like she was the very monster that they hated and feared. The villagers may not be able to change the past or undo the damage that they had caused but they will try to make up for their mistakes, their idiocy to them.

Their new apartment was a lot nicer then their old one. The windows weren't cracked or broken, the paint on the walls were still there and their was no mold growing in the corners of the room that no matter how hard you scrubbed it the mold was still there. Every thing was clean and neat, something that took hours to do at their old apartment. Hanta walked in and set Nanami on one of the four seats at the table as she went to the kitchen to make tea. It had become a habit when ever the girls hunted or practiced hunting, tea just relaxed them after a using so much energy hunting for food. It saved money when they were running low and the people at the stores made them pay twice of what something in the store was worth.

Nanami was quieter then normal usually the blond would be talking about how school would go or what they would be teaching them. She would be so lively yet she seemed to be drowning in this dark feeling. Truth be told it scared her that she was so unresponsive and quiet, this was so unlike her to act this way. This was not the same Nanami that she had gotten to know and care for, it was as if someone had switched her with someone else when she was not looking.

The former teen sighed as she saw the water boil and grabbed a chair so that she can reach the cupboards for teapot and cups. Out of the cupboard was a black dragon whose wings stood up high to where the tips touched, the tail curved upward and touched the bottom of its clawed feet, the dragon's mouth was frozen in a silent roar. Hanta placed the dragon teapot on the counter as she took out two tea cups that were the same yet different. One was white with a black dragon that curled around and in its claws was a small blue ball. The other one was black with a white dragon who also curled around it holding a small red ball, its fiery red eyes stared into the calm ocean blue of the dragon across from it.

Nanami clutched it tightly, her knuckles were turning white like the cup in her hands. The raven haired child poured the green tea to her sister first before her, the tea looked as if the dragon was throwing up bile. Hanta sat across from the blond who was looking down into the tea to the swirling tea leaves at the bottom. You could hear a pin drop in the room it was that quiet, after a few more minutes in the silence Nanami finally decided to speak though it is not the words that Hanta wanted to hear.

"It's late I'm going to bed…goodnight onee-chan." Her voice which used to be alive and welcoming was cold and hallow.

"Nanami the sun is still at its highest point in the sky." The raved haired girl stated as she watched the blond who had yet to look at her. "Nanami…what's wrong?" She mind as well get to the point, there was no use in dodging the question.

There was a silence as the blond thought of something to say. What could you say to someone who cared for you that you're a demon? She would leave her if she told her? She had only one option to her and that was to lie.

"I'm scared that in the academy that I might fail or no one would like me." She lied though she never did look in her eyes to tell her that. Hanta none the less believed it, how could what she said be a lie? In Hanta's eyes Nanami could do no wrong.

"Is that it?" Hanta said as she stood up and walked over to her. "If they don't like you its there loss and as for learning you'll do fine, besides I'll be there by your side no matter what to help you out." The raven haired girl embraced her and let go wiping the tears that were falling from Nanami's azure eyes.

These moments were becoming more and more frequent, not that it was a bad thing no, in truth these moments were creating a bond that were close to life long friends and teammates yet it was so much more. They had stayed in the apartment the rest of the day, leaving the tea on the table where it was getting cold.

The night came in without the girls knowing as they read one of the books that Hanta had…well Hanta read Nanami the words as she had no idea how to read English though not that Nanami minded. Sure it was poems but she did love them, they were sweet and sad yet had the ability to be dark and cruel. Poems themselves could be anything that the writer chooses yet can mean different things to everyone.

"For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,

In the sepulchre there by the sea,

In her tomb by the sounding sea."

Nanami listened as Hanta finished reading the poem, it was sad that the man had lost his lover, it was sad that his heart was shattered beyond repair for she was gone. The poem was sad yet it was beautiful the way that it was written. His undying love for her, the way that it was written with each word chosen with care and love. Nanami loved the poem, it was her favorite out of all the ones that onee-chan read to her. This was the only poem that was able to lull her to sleep other then the song that Hanta sang.

The blonds eyes were getting heavy as her body told her to rest, with a few more minutes Nanami and Hanta fell asleep with red chakra circling around them both.

It was time, it was finally time to see his jailor and speak with her. Oh yes, his jailor was female at birth but with the commotion he made it would be better for his jailor to be male then female no? Besides it was a simple illusion that he created to hide the girl from the males that would do harm, after all he was sure that his prison would not like to mated to a cruel man. With the splash of water it told him that his jailor would be here soon but something felt off, something was intruding. The Kyuubi no Kitsune did not like this unwelcome guest, the feeling and scent rubbed him wrong, the scent smelled of burnt flesh and decay. Who ever this intruder was he would have a…chat with them so to speak.

Chattering echoed the sewer mindscape as two children came through the overly large entrance, pipes lined the walls that came from inside a massive cage. To keep something in out they did not know…nor did they want to. The soft ripples that left them entered the cage making the demon count the minutes and seconds till they called out asking were they were.

"Tch, no good villagers throwing us into the sewers. Next time I think I might poison the water system than shoot them with an arrow." The raven haired child mumbled earning a slap on her arm from his jailor.

"Onee-chan your gonna hut Jiji if you do that!" His jailor yelled as she stood in front of the raven haired girl.

"Tch I'll give him the antidote so he'll be fine." The raven haired girl replied trying to reason with the blond.

"Mou Hanta!" She wined, making the raven haired child flinch as she looked at the pleading eyes of the blond.

"Oh fine! I wont poison the water system of the village!" Hanta gave in. She could never say no to the pleading blond, after all who could stay mad at her with those big puppy dog eyes? Not her that's for sure.

"Let's try to get out of here for now Nanami, school is only a few weeks away and Hokage-sama was going to help take us to get supplies tomorrow. He wont be able to do that if we're stuck here." Hanta said as she looked for an exit, going a bit closer to Kyuubi's cage.

Large claws barely missed the former teen as she fell backwards into the knee deep water. Her heart was beating fast and loud as she looked into the cage where two large blood red orbs stared at her as Nanami ran to her clutching on to her as if she was a life line. Hanta had no idea was going on, in truth she thought she was dreaming but the feel of water was to real to be a dream, the smell of copper and smoke was to real…this was no dream. In front of her was the very thing that she had read in the history book that the Hokage had given to her and Nanami to read…this was a demon that attacked the village four years ago. This was the Kyuubi no kitsune.

"K-Kyuubi" Hanta stuttered as she stared at the blood red orbs and sharp teeth that grinned devilishly at her.

"Oh so you know me? Well then your not as dumb as you look flesh bag." The beast said, his eyes bearing into hers.

The raven haired child bristled at the comment, this may be a demon but he was in a cage so all she had to do was keep distance form the cage and her.

"Leave her alone Kyuubi!" Nanami yelled at the demon that was sealed in her. She was terrified, how could you not be when a demon was wanting to kill the person she cared for? She placed her self in front of Hanta whose eyes were wide with fear she was mumbling something in a strange language, what the raven haired girl was saying she had no idea.

"Holy shit, okay calm down I gotta calm down. Fuck what am I gonna do?" Hanta had reverted back to English, after all it was better then letting Nanami hear her say such vulgar things.

"Now my jailor its time you and I have a real talk. You bare none of my gifts that should make you stronger, the only thing that will tell others that you are my vessel is the whiskers scaring your cheeks. By now you should be able to take down anyone that stands in your way yet you can barely take down a civilian child. In all my years of being sealed I never had a weak jailor like I do now." Kyuubi said as he looked at Nanami as if she was trash, something worthless and a waste of time.

Hanta was pissed, no one talked to her little sister and gets away with it. At this moment she could care less that this was a demon before her, no one was going to talk that way to Nanami is she had anything to say about it.

"Oi don't talk to her like that you over grown furball!" Hanta yelled as she stared into the demons eyes. "You have no right to talk to her like that, besides your the one that caused her to suffer! You're the reason that she fears leaving her own home with those bastards that want nothing more then to hurt her! And here you have the audacity to say that she is weak when she has to face that everyday of her life for something that you did? You must have me fucked up if you think I will stand by and let you say those things to her!" Nanami stared as she watched as onee-chan yell at the demon that was sealed in her. She didn't care that he was sealed in her, she still treated and cared for her all the same. She was so happy that Hanta wont leave her for this, that she would stay with her.

Kyuubi was surprised that this human had talked him like that. She stood up for his jailor that was weak physically but mentally and emotionally strong. What good was strength without the mental capacity to think of a strategies in order to take down an enemy? In truth his jailor could train to get stronger to reach his standers of approval, so what harm was waiting a few years for her to get stronger? There was none, as he saw the raven haired child intertwine her hand with his jailor. With his eyes he could see red string wrapping itself around their hands, the humans could not see it but he could. A bond was forming intertwining their fate together, this was something that not even death could break.

The large demon said nothing as he turned around and lay down, the sun would be rising in a few minutes so it was time for his guests to leave. Without saying anything the two girls were gone waking up with the sunlight hitting their faces. Kyuubi was about to rest but the sounds of fire being extinguished made him look out to see a woman with long dark mahogany hair that reached her waist, her eyes were like molten gold that were flowing like the ocean water. Her skin was like porcelain that stood out in the short red kimono with her obsidian obi. She smiled as she walked on the water creating ripples that flowed away from her.

"Hello Kyuubi I think its time we have a nice long chat, don't you think?" The woman said as she looked at the bloody orbs.

"Who are you?" The demon demanded as he watched the woman before him. How dare this woman enter his domain?

"I have a proposition for you, but if you don't want to hear it then I guess I'll take my leave" She said ignoring his question but as she turned to leave she heard the shifting of the water and smirked.

"Wait what is your proposition that you have?" He was curious he will admit, after all its not every day that someone makes a deal with a demon.

She smile at the large Kitsune her hair swaying as she walked closer to the cage, this was a deal the Kyuubi could not refuse.

Mana: And so this is our chapter...It could have gone better in my opinion.

Hana: *Waves again* Uh I guess...um Mana what do we say now?

Mana: Oh um leave a review telling us how we did and if you liked it?

Hana: This is so awkward, um Seamstress and her little sister Moonlight have the next chapter so be on the look out for it. We again are sorry for the late update, so please forgive us. *Bows*

Mana: *Bows* um we will see you guys later I guess.

Hana: Hopefully we will do better this...do you think we should rewrite this chapter?

Mana: I dunno I'm kinda leaning on it, I mean we could do better on it. Fuck I dunno I'm still sad that Boots died.

Hana: *Very depressed* I'm going back to my room goodbye everyone.

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