Yosh, I'm back, with the seventh chapter of The Moonlit Third Eye. I must say this story is moving much faster than its prequel. Well anyways read, enjoy and review.
BOLD signifies the mysterious mirror person talking.
DISLCAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS, I ONLY OWN MY OCs.
Kimiko Tsukiga gazed out at the full moon. It seemed to be brighter in the sky today.
She thought of her sister, probably in some damp and dark room, recovering from the wounds.
"Please don't get lost in the darkness Miko," thought Kimiko remembering a scene from her earlier childhood.
Flashback.
A young Kimiko of three years was running around in a forest. She had a doll in her hands which she swung here and there.
Just then a large fox appeared before her. At first it growled at her and Kimiko stepped back a little bit.
The fox crouched low and gave a menacing growl.
Kimiko moved back a little more when she saw that a large thorn was sticking out the foxes paw.
"Oh dear, are you hurt Mr. Fox?" she asked moving forwards.
The fox growled loudly once more and snarled its teeth.
Kimiko halted a bit and then slowly began to move forwards.
"Don't worry Mr. Fox, I will help you get the thorn out" she said smiling her sweetest smile.
The Fox gave a small bark and a low growl.
Kimiko went up to it. The fox seemed to be nervous of her.
That's when her mother arrived carrying a basket of fruits. When she saw Kimiko near to a fox she screamed and ran towards Kimiko.
The fox scared of the noise growled and barked loudly.
Kimiko's mother backed away a little but grabbed a large stick lying beside a tree.
"Please don't do that mother, Mr. Fox here is injured, see?" she said pointing to the injured foot.
Once again Kimiko slowly turned towards the fox and stoked its fur.
The fox at first did not do anything then it neared Kimiko rubbed its head under her neck.
"There, see? He won't hurt anyone" said Kimiko gently lifting up the paw which had the thorn.
Then with exceeding gentleness Kimiko grabbed the thorn with her tiny fingers and slowly pulled it out.
The fox squirmed in pain a little but Kimiko's mother came up to it and patted its head and it gave a low bark.
Finally when the thorn was out Kimiko's mother used her healing jutsu to heal the wound of the fox.
After its paw had been completely healed the fox stood up and barked in joy.
It gave Kimiko and her mother an extra large lick and rushed of to join its brothers and sisters.
From then everyday it came in the morning and played with Kimiko.
Seeing this Kimiko's mother told her, " Sweetie, you have the power to remove the pain and darkness from the hearts of humans and animals alike, you have been blessed with this special gift, you can ease the pain of others and make them feel good, that is your specialty"
End Flashback
Just then Deidara came up.
"What are you doing here all alone?" he asked, "Weren't you supposed to be with the guards, hm?"
"I just wanted to be alone for a while, I wanted to go over all that's happened so far" said Kimiko.
Deidara took her hand and spoke with utmost determination, "We are going to get out of this, we will get Uchiha, don't worry at all Kimiko, hm" said Deidara.
"I won't Deidara, but I wonder, is it really all right to hurt everyone who comes after me like I did to Miko and Chikara?"Asked Kimiko.
"What do you mean hurt them? If you hadn't hurt them they would have killed you" said Deidara.
"Yes, but someone once told me that I was meant to ease the pain of others, not increase it" said Kimiko.
"And you have, look at me, I have doubted my self as a freak or not from time to time, it was you who first told me I wasn't a freak, that I was a normal person like others" said Deidara, " Then look at Yuji, Emiko and Yusuke, how much pain you released them from, then look at all the people of your village, how much easier you've made their life by taking all responsibilities on your shoulders, hm" said Deidara.
"Yes but..."
" If you're wondering about Miko and Chikara, well Kimiko, I don't see why you're worrying so much, if you had wanted you could have killed them, you could have caused them much more pain both emotionally and physically, but you didn't, hm" said Deidara.
"You're right, but I was just wondering if I should concentrate on making my victims deaths as painless as possible, unless of course they deserve it" said Kimiko.
"Ok if you want to, you do that and I'll find a way of perfecting my art in a better way" said Deidara smiling at her.
Kimiko smiled back at him and the both of them hugged.
" It's so warm here in his arms, I wish we could stay like this forever, I wish there was eternal peace in the world, Leader-Sama, I understand why you desired peace so much, I desire it as well, so that I may remain in these arms forever" she thought snuggling close to him.
The Sage of Six Paths appeared while they were snuggling.
"Kimiko does not realize the situation she is placed, powerful and intelligent kunoichi as she is, she is still a child, it will be up to me to guide her to the right path" he thought watching the two as the sun sank behind them.
Dinnertime was a merry time.
All the guards and kages were scattered around since the rooms and chairs were somewhat broken.
Chojuro, Ao, C, Darui, Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi sat playing cards in the corner.
Kakashi, Ichijo and Shikaku were having a game of shoji.
Tsunade and Mei were drinking and jabbering away to each other.
Onoki stood and complained and grumbled about everything as A and Mifune sat beside him with their ears stuffed with cotton.
Gaara, Temari and Kankuro stood in the corner watching everything that was going on.
Amongst this the maids rushed around here and there serving food and drinks to anyone who would ask.
"Please come in Tsukikage-Sama" said one maid bowing.
"Ah! Kimiko come and join our drinking match, since you're still sane you can count who has drunk more ok?"Asked Mei pulling the girl over to her.
Deidara smiled and walked over to join Ichijo.
After the dinner was over everyone said goodnight, since they were all going to depart the following morning they all said goodbye's in advance.
After safely turning Mei and Tsunade to Chojuro and Kakashi respectively Kimiko trudged of to her own room where Cherubim greeted her.
"Hey there, Cherry, time for bed" she said lying down on the futon set for her.
As Kimiko was pretty tired, she didn't notice that Cherubim's eyes were a strange golden in color and that he seemed to be a little too jumpy today.
Instead she collapsed on the futon and was sleeping with the first minute passing.
When her eyes opened she found that she was no longer lying on her futon, in Mifune's Palace in the Land of Iron, instead she seemed to be floating into the middle of a black void.
"Where am I?" she thought when a shining glow revealed Cherubim.
The rabbit pranced around her for sometime and then suddenly a bright flash of light from the north attracted its attention.
It jumped around Kimiko's feet in excitement.
"You want me to follow it?" she asked as the rabbit nodded.
Following the glow in the sky Kimiko walked towards the pulsing light.
After walking for what seemed like hours Kimiko neared the source of the light which was revealed to be a huge shard of glass, like a mirror apparently floating.
"What is this?" asked Kimiko when a silhouette of a figure appeared behind the mirror.
"Kimiko Tsukiga, finally you have come, I have dreamed and hoped for this day ever since I got sealed in here, I have hoped that someday you would come and set me free" said the figure in the voice of a woman.
It was a gentle, pure voice, musical and calming.
"Set you free? But who are you?" Asked Kimiko.
"You do not know me but I know you very well, in fact, I have been sealed inside you from the moment you were born, that is why you are so strong, even without the use of the Tsukigan, that is why your learning capacity is so speedy, it is because I exist inside you, the reason why you can see dead people is because I exist inside you"
"So what you're saying is that, whatever I have been doing till now, isn't by my own strength?" asked Kimiko.
" No that is not what I am saying, if you didn't have the potential, then even I could not make you what you are now, and a prime example of that is that you are able to contain me, speak to me and communicate properly with me" said the figure.
"Kind of like a tailed beast and host situation right?" asked Kimiko.
" Correct, however there are a few differences, I am not a tailed beats, when I lived I was very much human, secondly, I do not wish to come out of my host and destroy everything insight, third I am willing to help you and make you even more power than now"
"Make me even stronger?" asked Kimiko.
"Yes, do you not wish to obtain more power, because in the battle against Sasuke Uchiha you will need it"
"Wait how do you know that?" asked Kimiko.
" I live in your mind, whatever you think, I think, whatever you see, I see, it goes like that"
"So you're saying, I'm currently not strong enough to defeat Sasuke?"Asked Kimiko.
" The chance is there that you might fail as he seems to be specially after you, but if you are able to pick up some of the strength I offer you then you will be able to say for sure that you can win," said the figure.
"Since you put it that way, then all right, how will you give me strength?'Asked Kimiko.
"The same way as a tailed beast does, I will release my chakra through the most powerful source in your body, I will release my chakra through your Tsukigan" said the figure.
"Wait, earlier Deidara said some marks appeared on my forehead while using the Tsukigan, was that you?" demanded Kimiko.
"Yes, that was a little leak in my power source which caused trickles of chakra to sprout out in the form of those marks" said the figure.
"Very well, but this must be coming with some disadvantages?" asked Kimiko.
"Clever child, yes it has a few minuses" said the figure, "You may develop a slightly cold-blooded personality while using my chakra and you might find your skin tearing away a little,"
"Those aren't anything major, is there anything major?" asked Kimiko.
"Nothing much except you may have a few disadvantages using genjutsu as I will be using my chakra to control you eyes"
"I see" said Kimiko going over what had been said to her.
"Very well, if I ever feel that I really need your help in midst of a battle I will call for you, how's that?" asked Kimiko.
"That might be a little difficult to do without any practice, however what I suggest is that you take a little bit of my chakra and use it in combination with your Tsukigan to enhance its power, that way you'll have practice and not many side-effects at all"
"Agreed, but I have a question, why are you telling me all this now and what have you to gain from this?" inquired Kimiko.
"I am telling you now because the time is right, you have reached the peak of your power, as to the second question I have a lot to gain, because I want to be hailed as the best kunoichi in the world, but seeing my current situation I can't so the next best option is to make my host the best kunoichi in the world, also it might help me get rid of boredom" said the figure.
"I have another question, who sealed you inside me and why?"
"That is a story for another time my friend, but for now let us concentrate on making ourselves stronger" said the figure
"But wait, you never told me your name" said Kimiko.
"I am merely a well wisher, its good be to in partnership with you Kimiko" said the figure before fading into the darkness.
The sun shone down upon the Land of Iron, on a rare occasion, no snow had been falling that day.
A ray of sunlight pierced through the curtain my Kimiko's room.
"Umm, hmm, what?" she asked suddenly sitting up.
Cherubim who was sleeping on her stomach went flying and woke up with a start.
"Oh sorry cherry, was that a dream?" she thought.
She looked at Cherubim; his eyes seemed to be screaming that it was reality that happened last night.
"I think it was real, but if it is then that's ok, she only wanted to realize her ambition, it helps my purpose as well" said Kimiko.
Just then there came a knocking at her door.
Deidara came in, "Get ready, we're leaving in an hour, yeah" he said
"Right I'll be there in a minute" said Kimiko getting up.
The six kages all bowed and said goodbye to each other before departing in their carriages.
Chikara would be held prisoners by Mifune for the time being.
Another meeting was scheduled for two weeks later.
Soon everyone was some distance away from the palace.
In a dark underground cavern Uchiha Sasuke sat on a large throne like chair with Sensou and Miko kneeling in front of him.
Karin and Suigetsu stood beside him.
"Chikara has been captured?' asked Sasuke in a cold voice.
"Yes sir, I'm afraid it would be impossible to retrieve him at the moment" said Sensou.
"And our spies have reported that the Six Kages have departed from the Land of Iron" said Miko.
Sasuke did not answer but only gave Karin a look who got up and shouted, "Jigochu, show yourself"
A ninja wearing a black cloak came kneeling in front of her.
"You know what you have to do, go do it now, make sure you do it properly" said Karin.
After Jigochu, Sensou, Miko and Suigetsu had left Karin went over to Sasuke.
"Don't worry Sasuke, this time we'll get that bitch Tsukiga, she won't escape this time, Jigochu is one of our best"
Sasuke only looked got up from his seat and left Karin alone in the room.
That's it for this chapter. I wonder who the myserious figure is. What has Sasuke been planning? What is Jigochu going to do? Read the next chapter to find out. See you.