Why hello reader. Welcome to Chapter 7 of Kasumi! If you're still reading at this point, I like you, because I feel I am a bad writer. Well, hope you enjoy! Happy reading!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Monster Rancher :)
~NORMAL POV~
Kasumi was shocked. No, shocked was an understatement. She was flabbergasted. So flabbergasted that stopped in her tracks, also making Gaara stop.
"Gaara..." She said quietly, getting out of her shocked state. "Don't you think it's a little early? I mean, what if I have some sort of demon inside of me and it destroys-" She was cut off by Gaara. A terrifying glare was sent her way. Kasumi backed down like a puppy with its tail in between it's legs. The glare only reminded her of Kurai, who she did not want to think of right now.
"I know that won't happen. I can sense that chakra, and it's not as strong as the other demons..." Gaara explained and looked away from her. He let go of her arm and headed towards the house. Kasumi's shock turned into confusion and worry.
'Why did Gaara all of a sudden turn on me? When I mentioned demons...No. I should ask him later.' She completed her thoughts and followed Gaara. Once she was inside, Gaara was whispering to his siblings. All she heard was, "Small demon", and "Not hard". Kankuro and Temari glanced at Kasumi. Both of them saw the slightest bit of fear she was trying to hide. Then Kasumi realized why they were still looking at her. She still had her wings opened. Mentally facepalming herself, she sealed them back in and rubbed her arm nervously. The siblings in front of her starting walking, and Kasumi took the silent hint to follow them. They all entered Gaara's office. So many 'What if' questions entered Kasumi's mind. She shook them out of her head and thought about good things. Like she did every day. Gaara nodded at her, signaling that he wanted to inspect her seal. She lifted up the back of her tight shirt and allowed them to look at it. Gaara then stepped forward, reaching out to the seal with his chakra. What he found didn't really surprise him, considering Kasumi's situation. There were two parts of her seal: The one that chakra could release, and one part that was sealed with some different kind of energy. Most likely the energy that Kasumi uses to perform her attacks. It was an odd kind of seal, he had to admit.
"Kasumi." Gaara called for her name. Kasumi shot out of her daze.
"Huh?" She answered blandly.
"Is there a way you can just release some of your energy like we can with our chakra?" He asked her. Then he put his hand in her line of vision and showed how you could release chakra, a blue orb-like substance covered his hand. Kasumi was silent for a bit until she nodded, turning her arm sideways so she could show the group. Her energy-or what Gaara calls it for now, was white with small specks of gold in it. Gaara nodded.
"Now I need you to do something for me." He asked, well, demanded. Kasumi nodded once again. She had become seemingly quiet during the time period.
"I want you to put your hand over the seal." Gaara told her. Kasumi put her hand behind her back until she felt a dark presence almost consuming her hand. She paused and waited for further instructions.
"If you can, insert your energy into the seal and twist your hand to the right." Gaara told her what to do again. Kasumi pushed her energy into her back, just how she pushed it out of her hand. Immediately feeling the effects of what she just did to herself, she quickly twisted her hand in a clockwise motion, just as Gaara asked. Before Kasumi could suspect anything, Gaara wanted to get this over with. Doing the same thing Kasumi just did to herself, but this time with chakra. A piercing pain went through Kasumi's head, causing her to violently fall to the floor and clutch her head. Everybody took a step forward, concerned for their mysterious friend. Kasumi shut her eyes tight and was gritting her teeth together. That's when she lost control. The dark laughter scanned through her mind again. Kasumi's skin started to turn a light, almost pale, blue color. That got the group worried. 'Is she suffocating?' That thought ran through their worried minds. Her hair turned raven black and her ears into blue, elf-like ones. Her clothes were completely transformed. She was now wearing a black one piece, but since she was turned around from them, they didn't see the red eye with silver linings right under her cleavage line. She was now barefoot, and wearing ripped skinny leggings that ended at her mid-thigh. Since Kasumi was clutching her head, they could see that her nails had grown and looked sharp. Equipped to her arms was now two fingerless black gloves that ended at her elbows, and on her upper right arm she had a gold band. Time stood still until the group moved to see what happened, but they were pushed back by large, sleek, black, bat wings and a black devil tail. The siblings stumbled back at the unexpected burst. Kasumi's shoulders started to shake.
"Kasumi...are you-" Temari started, but was interrupted by dark laughter. Temari stopped and stared at what used to be Kasumi. 'Kasumi' stood up and started to stretch.
"Hmmm..." She moaned as she stretched her muscles out. Then 'Kasumi' turned, finally noticing the people behind her.
"Ooooh, you must be the ones Kasumi has been thinking about lately, aren't you?" 'Kasumi' spoke, but it wasn't her voice. It was more evil sounding, and had a playful tint to it. But they weren't concerned about her voice. They were shocked by her eyes. Instead of the mysterious silver, it the nice red color of blood. 'Kasumi' had a bloodlust glint in her eyes, and she was observing the sand siblings. It was the eyes, and something else too. When she had turned, her breasts bounced. They BOUNCED. Either this demon has huge breasts, or Kasumi was just hiding them.
"What is your name?" Gaara was the first to speak up. Every demon had it's name, they didn't want to call her Kasumi. 'Kasumi' smirked.
"Since I know you guys, I'll tell you. My name is Lilim." Lilim said in that playful tone of hers.
She giggled and flew around the room, flying in random loops and circles until she landed back on the floor.
"So much for a bloodlust demon." Temari stated in a whisper that was unheard. Except by one person. Lilim flew over to Temari, pointed to her elf ears, and put on an innocent smile.
"What's that, Temari?" She said in a sickly sweet voice. Lilim lifted up her index finger and lifted Temari chin up. Her innocent smile turned into a malicious one. Lilim moved her finger in one swift movement. What does Temari have now? A bloody scratch running up her face. Lilim retreated from Temari and floated in a sitting position in front of the sand siblings. Temari slowly lifted a hand to her face only to find blood. She looked back to Lilim to see her smirking. Temari glared at Lilim, only to have her smirk bigger. Kankuro was the first to speak up.
"Hey! That's no way you treat my sister!" He pointed at Lilim. She got up out of her sitting position and flew over to Kankuro.
"Ooh, but I can." Lilim cooed. She flew slightly above Kankuro, right so he could get the perfect view of her-you should know by now. She leaned forward slightly and smirked. Kankuro was dazed. So dazed that he didn't realize the trickle of sweet blood running from his nose. Lilim, much to Kankuro's disappointment, backflipped out of his view and landed gracefully on the floor, like a predator stalking it's prey. She giggled like a giddy schoolgirl and pranced around the room, chanting,
"It feels so good to be free! Heehee!" Meanwhile, the rest were confused by her actions. First violent, then seductive, and then...happy? Lilim stopped all what she was doing and got into her floating-sitting position. She then put her index finger out. Out of thin air, she pulled out a glass vial full of blood. It had a strange glow to it.
'What's with the vial and the blood?' That question raced through everyone's mind, except Lilim. The demon smirked.
"To answer your question, this is Gaara's blood. The blue glow is his chakra." She said simply.
"How did you get my blood?" Gaara asked in a demanding voice. Lilim laughed,
"Hehe, well, it's simple really. I live in Kasumi's mind. Whenever she thinks about somebody, I collect his or her blood. I plan to use all that blood someday..." She paused, and then laughed a laugh that would bring Orochimaru to shame. Lilim then pulled out another vial. This one had a different lilac glow around it.
"Who's is that?" Temari asked.
"This," Lilim started, lifting up the vial higher so they could see, "Is Kasumi's blood." She answered simply again.
"Why is that glow purple?" Kankuro asked. Lilim grinned.
"That is indeed a good question. Well, all Pixie blood has a pink glow around it." She showed an example by pulling out a vial with a pink glow around it.
"And so, Gaara's vial had a blue glow, yes? So, pink plus blue equals lilac." Lilim finished her explanation. She then lifted up all three vials with three of her fingers. In a snap, they were all gone.
"But, I am curious though...I find this boy's blood familiar somehow." She said curiously. Lilim lifted up her finger again. This time, you could see the blue chakra, but overpowering it was a reddish orange glow.
"Do you know anything about Naruto Uzumaki?" She asked, her voice still dripping with curiosity. Everybody in front of her tensed up after hearing his name.
"That..." Gaara started, "Is classified information. We are not allowed to tell you that." His siblings inwardly thanked him.
"Oh is it now?" Lilim grinned. Everybody half expected her to do what she did to Kankuro, but she stayed. She stretched, pulling her hands above her head. Little did the other people know that she was secretly preparing a Fairy Dust attack. Lilim pretended to breathe out air, but actually she blew her version of Fairy Dust at the siblings. Soon enough, they were all floating, caught in mass of pitch black sparkles.
"What..." Kankuro started, but he couldn't finish his words. He couldn't move. Neither could Gaara and Temari. Lilim grinned like a chesire cat.
"Oh, and did I mention my attacks are more powerful than Kasumi's? Now you know, they are." She told them in a bored tone. After a couple seconds of silence, she let them all down.
"Meh, I'm getting tired. I'm just gonna go back into Kasumi's mind. Don't worry, I'll tell her more about me. Oh, and Gaara, make sure to redo the seal with chakra." Lilim said her goodbye words. She did some odd formations with her arms and you could see her dramatically change. Her ears went back to normal, as well as her skin, and she regained her mysterious silver eyes again. The black bat wings and black tail retreated back into her body. Kasumi got her tight black ninja outfit back, and her hair went back it its light brown color and shape. She was still for a moment, her eyes dull and senseless. That was, until she remembered all what had happened. She saw it all. She was trapped inside of Lilim's body and there was nothing to do but watch what Lilim did and said. Kasumi was horrified. Tears filled her eyes and she felt weak and vulnerable. For gods sake, she hurt her best friend! Kasumi's knees wobbled and she fell to the floor, her hands shaking. 'Is that what I always thought in the very back of my head?' She asked herself as the first tear slid down her porcelain features and shattered on the floor. It broke the sand siblings hearts' to see Kasumi like that. Soon enough, they were down on the floor with her, comforting her. Mainly it was Temari though, the guys were just awkward about it. After a bit, Kasumi looked up, a sorrow in her eyes that Daina couldn't even hold*.
"I..." Her words came out as choked sobs "I'm...a monster...how could I do this to people...especially you..." Kasumi whispered, but it was loud enough that they heard it.
"Kasumi," It was Gaara. "You're not a monster. You are far less than a monster, because I truly know what a monster is." He told her. Kasumi looked down and wiped at her eyes furiously. She clamped her eyes shut and covered her face with her hands. She heard some mumbling and whispering that she couldn't make out. Then she felt somebody wrap their arms around her and pick her up bridal style. Kasumi blushed profusely and removed her hands from her eyes to see Gaara.
"Hey...what..." She said, her voice still quiet. The girl was silent was Gaara took her to her room and put her down on her bed. She looked up and him, confusion in her eyes.
"Have some rest. You'll need it." Was all Gaara said before leaving the room and shutting her door. Even though she was still confused, Kasumi took his advice and covered herself in a blanket and stuffed her face into her pillows. 'Hopefully,' Kasumi thought, 'I'll have better luck later...'
* Do you remember the description of Daina in Monster Rancher 4? If not, is goes like this: Behind the penetrating gaze of its mask lie eyes filled with a deep sadness. If you look into those eyes they'll tell you of your own weaknesses and shortcomings.
A/N: And so everybody, that was my longest chapter (So far!) and the most depressing (So far!) I think I like this one. I don't know. Tell me what you think. Also, I want to ask you and see if you get the right answer: Why do you think Kasumi wears TIGHT clothing? ;)