A/N; Quite a lot of Japenese in this one, say if it's a yay or nay okay? Translations at the bottom. My birthday soooon :) on 21st Oct, anyone want to give me fanart? Anywho, thanks to The Hiccanator! your review cheered me up and made me giggle, and to all the other faithful reviewers and to my dear imouto.
Disclaimer: Naru-chan and his gang are sadly not mine, but as said above, my birthday is very soon :D
Claimer: Kari and Kita and the Torai-Kenshi and all revolving around them would be mine. :)
Sakura Blossoms, and the Cursed Awake
He whispered her name, afraid that he couldn't see her,
Then screamed for her, as her hand was ripped from his.
Sakura sighed sullenly as she watched the Uchiha's back. Noticing the younger girl's distress, Kari had hopped down from Kakashi's back, ruining his moment of relief by saying she'd be back, and jumped to the kunoichi's side.
"Ne, Kari-chan what am I doing wrong?" Sakura asked hopelessly.
"Sasuke doesn't show affection towards anyone Sakura-chan, don't let it get you down. He's an ice statue." Kari said glancing at the boy ahead, who was ignoring Naruto.
"But if I was prettier maybe? I grew my hair long seeing a he likes girls with long hair, I diet to make sure I'm not too fat—Itai!" she was cut off by Kari poking her in the side of the head.
"Sakura you baka!" Kari scolded with a pout. "Beauty is only skin deep! Guys fall harder for personality, looks only lead to lust, personality makes you fall for the heart" Kari said wisely, a grin spreading across her face. "You got both, so you should be happy!" she giggled and called for Kita, who immediately rushed from Sasuke's side and jumped into Kari's arms. Sakura smiled uncertainly, of course looks mattered. Didn't they?
Kin fell backwards unbalanced, freeing Kita who rose to her shaky feet. Sakura's hitai-ate clattered to the ground beside her, making the young wolf look up, to observe a change in the pink kunoichi.
I've always considered myself, to be a true ninja… I claim that I'm madly in love with Sasuke-kun… I'm always lecturing Naruto acting like I know so much more… I see Kari-chan as a friend, and for a while an equal, thinking that because I know more, that I was more experienced, that I'm stronger… But it's all empty words; because they're always in the lead. Sure, Kari rushes back now and then and encourages me to keep up, but I'm always watching them from the background. Why is that?
"It's ok! I've got you covered!" Sasuke cried, appearing in front of Sakura and Tazuna a second after Kari had.
"Ok, no more Mr. nice guy!" Naruto cried, tightening his headband.
"If you lot don't stop crying you'll make me cry" Kari whispered, a weak smile coming to her face as her eyes slowly opened.
No matter what, those three were always there, protecting me. And Lee… you did more than just say you liked me, you proved it. We're not even team-mates and you put your life on the line for me. All this time, you've all been teaching me something…
"Hey Sakura-chan!"
Naruto…
"Sakura-chan"
Lee…
"Smile Sakura!"
Kari-chan…
"Hn"
Sasuke-kun…
It's about time I learned the lesson.
Sakura's fist clenched tightly and Kita looked up at her in surprise, amazed by the strength in her eyes.
It's my turn to take the lead. All of you can watch me from the background!
"Sakura-chan, Kita-chan… be careful…" Lee whispered before finally giving in and losing consciousness.
"Kin! Finish her!" Zaku cried. The kunoichi pulled out senbon as Sakura made hand-signs. Kin rammed into her, but Sakura poofed into smoke.
"Kawarimi!" Kita took this opportunity to grab the end of Kin's Capri's and pull her off balance causing her to fall onto her stomach. Kita sunk her sharp teeth into the back of Kin's lower leg, holding tight to the muscle. The cub was rather disgusted by the taste of blood but held tight as Kin cursed and tried to get her off. Sakura appeared behind her and shot towards Zaku with kunai in hand. Zaku smirked.
"Kin! Get out of the way!" Zaku cried. Knowing there was no way to pry Kita off in time Kin jumped up with Kita still holding on. Sakura flung the eight kunai between her fingers at him, then quickly began making handsigns.
"Pathetic! Thanks for the present, hope you don't mind if I return it! Zankuuha!" As expected, Sakura disappeared and a log appeared in her place. She appeared above him, again making hand signs. "You really wanna keep playing this, because I got news for you I'm not falling for it, all right if you insist!" he flung three kunai towards her, than began looking around. "Ok, so where are you gonna go next?" Zaku was startled by a drop of blood falling onto his face. "Nani? No way!" She flew into him, stabbing the kunai into his arm which he used to block his face. With no other way to hold his other arm, she took a leaf out of Kita's book and bit into his arm. "What the?! Are you crazy or something?!" Zaku screeched, hitting her repeatedly with his injured arm. "Get off of me! Somebody get this crazy girl off of me! Get her off!"
Ino watched the blood run down Sakura's face as memory after memory played in her head of when they were younger, back when Sakura was shy and Ino brought her out of her shell. When they fought over Sasuke. When Sakura returned the ribbon that Ino had given her when they first became friends. Tears filled her eyes as she watched her friend being hit over and over, refusing to let go. Finally, she was thrown off.
"Now you're gonna pay!" Zaku hissed.
"Oh man, this is bad!" Chouji cried.
"Well Ino?" Shikamaru hissed.
"Say so long kid!" Zaku cried, as Sakura lifted herself into a sitting position. Kita appeared beside her, Kin finally having kicked her off. Both were panting with exhaustion, Kita's legs shaking underneath her. Sakura gasped as Ino, and Shikamaru dragging Chouji appeared in front of them. "What's this, the second string?"
"Ino?" Sakura asked.
"Surprised? I swore I'd never let you show me up didn't I?" Ino said.
"What are you guys thinking?! These guys are too dangerous!" Chouji cried frantically.
"It's troublesome, but we have to do this" Shikamaru said. "Since Ino revealed herself, we men can't just run away."
"Sorry to get you two involved, but we're a three man team remember?" Ino said with a chuckle.
"Oh well, whatever happens, happens." Shikamaru said with a smile of defeat.
"No! I don't want do die yet!" Chouji cried. He turned and tried to escape.
"They're popping up from everywhere… but I think we're forgetting something aren't we?" Dosu asked, a clear smirk in his voice…
Kari's eyes opened a fraction, then closed again as a stinging sensation burned them. She became aware that she was lying in cold shallow water, yet didn't feel particularly cold herself. With a stupendous effort, she sat up, droplets of water running down her left side, then rose to her feet.
"Oh ho ho, sleeping beauty finally gets her fat fucking fass up!"
"Shh! She had a rough battle."
Kari felt too drained and exhausted to be surprised there were voices around her. She felt dazed, wondering if she was dreaming. Her half open eyes began to slowly adjust to the dim light, until she became aware of golden bars in front of her. Slowly turning her head she saw these bars all around her, she was in the middle of an almost circle, save for a dark corridor on one side. Her ears lightly twitched at the sound of clinking chains and her lips finally parted.
"Dokomadehanashimashita ka?" her soft, hollow voice echoed slightly as she asked where she was, and a harsh, taunting laugh answered her.
"Aren't you bloody intelligent" it sneered.
"Dare desu ka?"
"You're in the chamber of the Torai-Kenshi little one, we're the Torai-kenshi." A softer voice answered.
"You're that voice…"
"Kari. You need to know about us now, you're not safe anymore, you're out of balance."
"Ah Kokoro-chan, Kari-chan needs time to adjust to us" the softer voice said.
"She doesn't have time."
"Ha! People are gonna die soon!" the harsh voice said with glee.
"Hush Kumouri-chan!"
"Don't you fucking 'hush Kumouri-chan' me Miss Sunshine flows out my fucking ass!" the harsh voice snapped menacingly.
"Dou shitteru?"
"Baka, are you deaf or just fucking stupid!" the harsh voice scoffed, finding Kari's question to why she was there insulting.
"Language Kumouri!"
"Kari, can you see our chakra?" Her eyes having adapted, Kari could see huge blazes of chakra, reddish black was to her right, silvery white in front of her, gold to her left.
"Hai…"
"The gold is Kitai; Tenno Shichi Kitsune, the dark red is Kumouri; Kageno Rokubi AkumaInu. The white is me, Kokoro; Shizenno Gobi GensoOokami."
"Good, evil, neutral."
"Exactly." Kokoro replied. "You're here because of the curse mark Orochimaru placed on you—"
"HOW DARE HE! HOW FUCKING DARE HE TRY TO CONTROL US!!" Kumouri roared, chains and snarls erupting from the right as the chakra grew and Kari picked out a massive mouth filled with sharp, deadly teeth and blood red eyes with slit pupils.
"Kumouri! Behave yourself!" Kitai scolded, her voice strong and controlling as her own eyes blazed white. With violent swearing, Kumouri calmed slightly, her chakra easing. Her red eyes cooled to a steely grey as she layed down on her large, chained paws, her sharp claws like huge talons of a bird of prey. She turned her back on them all, her black shaggy fur camouflaging with the shadows in her part of the cell, grumbling violent threats.
"The mark has added more darkness into your body, the evil feeding Kumouri's power and making her stronger than us. So we can't fully control her anymore. There are going to be times that she will be able to flood your body with her chakra and take over you for a period of time, when you experience extreme negative emotion. It may get better or worse over time, depending on circumstances." Kokoro said with a sigh, sitting down, her white tails curling round her as the ends of her folded wings brushed the cell floor. "We've mostly been able to suppress her until now, except for in Nami, where your friend was killed."
"That was you…" Kari whispered, remembering the surge of power when she thought she lost Sasuke. "Like Naruto with Kyuubi."
"Don't mention that fucking baka!" Kumouri hissed, turning her blazing red eyes on them again.
"We can read your thoughts while you're here. Kumouri despises Kyuubi" Kokoro explained while Kitai scolded Kumouri. "While Kitai loves him, Kyuubi having been her mate." Kumouri snorted and turned her back on them again, grumbling about 'baka kitsune'. "That's all for now, if you stay too long our chakra will flood into you."
"So get fucking lost." Kumouri growled.
"Sayonara Kari-chan! Feel free to call on us!" Kitai said happily.
Doko desu ka? Sasuke wondered looking around him. Where's Kari? He looked round the golden haze to see Kari suspended in mid air, upright, her arms folded over her chest, her head limp and her hair swirling slowly as though in water. Her eyes were closed and her face was blank.
"Oi, baka." Sasuke said. "Do you know where we are?" Her eyes opened slowly until they reached half way. Her feet touched the ground and her hair fell limp. She still had that blank expression which was starting to irritate Sasuke. She was being too quiet. "Baka" he said going to nudge her but was surprised to see he was holding onto her limp hand. Embarrassed, he tried to let go, but found his hand only tightened around hers when he tried to release it.
"We're unconscious" she said, her voice hollow.
"Daijobu ka?" Sasuke snapped, uncomfortable with the change in her behaviour. She didn't answer, just stared straight ahead. Sasuke stared at her for a moment before following her gaze, only to catch sight of a younger boy. "Who is that?" he asked glancing at Kari.
"That's you" she answered simply. Looking again, Sasuke saw she was right.
"The young me?"
"You're hurting…" she whispered, her grey eyes locked on Sasuke's past self.
"Okaasan and Otousan didn't have to die" the younger Sasuke said angrily. There was the sound of water hitting the ground and flashes of Sasuke's dead parents appeared before their eyes. Sasuke's eyes widened and his grip tightened around Kari's limp hand. "Everyone was killed." It got dark and Sasuke's dead parents appeared between the present and past Sasuke bathed in a red light. "Because I didn't have enough power… The clan was wiped out… If you don't have power… You can't do anything!"
"Iie…" Kari whispered as she began to tremble. Sasuke looked round at her to see tears swimming in her eyes. She put her free hand to her forehead as her knees shook, threatening to give way. "Don't take him away" she begged.
"No, you let them die" the younger Sasuke said with a smirk.
"Usotsuki, usotsuki, he didn't mean it, he couldn't do anything, there was no other way!" Kari cried her voice cracking with sobs.
"You just watched them die…" he said placing his hand on his left eye.
"URUSAI!" Kari screamed, trying to tug her hand out of the present Sasuke's as tears spilled out of her eyes. "YAMERO!! Nigete Sasuke! Nigete yo! Onegai!!"
"If only I had power." The young Sasuke pulled down the skin of his eye to reveal a haunting yellow eye lined with purple. There was a fierce tug on his hand.
"SASUKE!" Kari screamed as shadows wrapped round her, dragging her away from him. Sasuke grabbed her wrist with his other hand as he struggled to hold onto her. "SASUKE IIE!"
"Kari, KARI! Don't let go!" Sasuke shouted as her hand began to slip between his fingers. "KARI!"
"If you don't have power, what's to stop you from losing her too?"
"Kari, hold on!" Sasuke cried frantically as he held desperately to her fingers. Her eyes dulled and darkened, drops of red streaking across her pale face. "KARI!" Sasuke shrieked as he was holding onto her fingertips. His wide eyes became slightly moist as his heart burned inside his chest. "Don't you leave me too…" he said weakly.
"Sasuke…" Kari whispered a soft smile gracing her face as Sasuke struggled to hold onto her. "I'd never leave you alone…" and with that last word, she was snatched from him, the shadows swallowing her whole, turning a deaf ear to Sasuke's desperate scream.
"If only you had power… Sou kawai…"
"KARI!!"
"K—KARI-CHAN!" Sakura cried, jumping to her feet and trying to rush past Ino's team and go to Kari's rescue. Kita was caught by the scruff and held in Chouji's large hands.
"Good job Dosu" Zaku said smirking, lifting the limp girl out of his comrade's arms. He then turned and slammed her back into a tree. "Come on ko musume, time to wake up!" Despite Sakura's scream, Kari didn't react. She had a blank expression on her pale face and didn't move at all.
"Tch, sleeping beauty looks too perfect. Mess her up Zaku" Kin said scathingly.
"Jealous eh, Kin? Her screams should wake Sasuke up don't you think?" Zaku said smirking. "Wakey wakey" he pulled out a kunai and held it to her cheek, causing a sliver of blood to run from the broken skin. Kari didn't stir. Zaku's smirk faded into a scowl as he instead slowly plunged the kunai between two of Kari's ribs. Sakura screamed for him to top, but again Kari didn't react. Irritated, Zaku moved down a rib and stabbed her again. "Wake up shimatta!" he cried, becoming angry. He stabbed her again, then came to her wound. A devilish smirk came to his face as he placed his kunai in the gash and twisted it. Kari's brow furrowed as she frowned slightly in discomfort. "What's wrong with this kid?" he snarled. Why won't she wake up and scream?! He moved his bloody kunai to her shoulder and slid it down her arm, tearing her skin and leaving a trail of blood in his wake until he reached her palm. He then repeated the gesture with her other arm, leaving her mangled and bloodstained. "Don't look so perfect now do you?!" he shouted. "Are you dead or somethin' eh?! Wake the hell up!"
"What the hell has she done to you eh?!" Ino cried.
"Ino! I don't want to die!" Chouji cried.
"Tch, you're still here? You can run if you want, fatty" Zaku sneered. Chouji froze and straightened up.
"What… did that person just say? I couldn't hear him too well…" Shikamaru stared worriedly. Those words are taboo for Chouji… "If he says it one more time…"
"I said you could go run off in the woods if you want you fat ass!"
Fat ass!
Fat ass!
FAT ASS!
"I'M NOT FAT! I'M BIG-BONED!!" Chouji bellowed. With a blast of chakra he prepared himself. "HOORAY FOR BIG-BONED PEOPLE!!"
"Yoooosh! You understand that this is a fight between Konoha and Oto, ne?!" Chouji cried, fire burning in his eyes.
"Man, this is going to be troublesome…" Shikamaru sighed, not sharing in Ino's delight in Chouji being extremely pissed off. Sasuke let out a long painful groan, attracting Sakura's tear filled eyes back to him.
"Sasuke-kun" she whispered, sensing his pain. The hand that had until a moment ago clutched Kari was balled into a tight fist, the knuckles white, droplets of blood running from his palm where his fingernails had pressed into the skin.
"Ka…" he mumbled hoarsely, his face crumpling slightly.
"Sakura." Ino said sternly, catching the anxious kunoichi's attention. "You look after them two and the puppy, we'll get Kari back." Sakura stared for a moment in awe before smiling and nodding, putting trust in her old friend. "The Ino team is going to go with everything they have!" Ino cried confidently. Chouji shouted his approval while Shikamaru discreetly rolled his eyes. "Formation! Ino!"
"Shika!"
"Cho!"
"Go for it Chouji!" Ino cheered.
"Okay! Baika no jutsu!" Chouji cried, his torso expanding into a large ball. "And Konoha style hand-to-hand combat—!" Chouji's arms, legs and head disappeared into his body, creating a ball. "MEAT TANK!!" With a jump, Chouji started spinning, hurtling towards Zaku.
"What is this? It's just a fat ass rolling" he sniggered. He glanced back at Kari, who had a slither of blood running from the corners of her mouth. "I'll get back to you later…" he whispered, grabbing the front of her shirt and tossing her to the side. "Zankuuha!" air shot out of the holes in his palms, trying to push Chouji back. He increased the air pressure but Chouji shot upwards. Realising his attack was useless, Zaku watched helplessly as Chouji shot down towards him. Dosu ran towards him to aid him.
"Ninpou; Kage Mane no jutsu!" Shikamaru managed to catch his shadow stopping him in his tracks.
"My body!" Dosu cried, realising his paralysis. Zaku managed to jump out the way of Chouji's attack. Dosu was shocked as his arms moved over his head into a monkey like pose.
"Dosu?! What are you doing?!" Kin asked, she gasped noticing Shikamaru in the same pose.
"This must be the shadow bind jutsu…" Dosu said.
"Ino, now it's up to you women" Shikamaru said, twisting his hands and watching Dosu's do the same.
"Okay, Shikamaru take care of my body" Ino said confidently. Shikamaru made a bored grunt of acknowledgement.
"Ninpou; Shintenshin no jutsu!" Ino said. Shikamaru caught her as she fell sideways, her conscious mind having invaded Kin's. Meanwhile, Zaku dodged another of Chouji's attempts to squash him flat.
"Kin!" Zaku cried, looking for assistance.
"Doushita?!" Dosu cried when she didn't reply. Kin looked up and placed a kunai to her throat, smirking widely.
"This is it!" she cried. "If you move, this Kin girl is dead! If you don't want to retire, leave your scroll and get out of here! Once you two back off far enough so that we can't feel your chakra, I'll let this girl go." To Ino's surprise though, Dosu and Zaku just laughed. "Chouji!"
"Okay!"
"No!" Sakura cried in warning. "They're trying to—" but she was cut off by Kin getting thrown into a tree by Zaku's air attack. To Shikamaru's horror, blood started running from Ino's mouth.
"I'm dizzy…" Chouji mumbled as he shakily rose to his feet, his hands clamped over his mouth.
"What's wrong with them? They hurt their own team-mate." Ino said through Kin.
"Heh, you took us too lightly" Zaku sneered.
"Our purpose is not a dumb scroll or to get through this exam." Dosu added. "it's Sasuke-kun and Kari-chan! Oh…?" Shikamaru glared as his technique reached it's time limit and Dosu was released. "I see your Shadow Bind technique can only be used for five minutes at most."
"It's not 'Shadow Bind' it's Shadow Immitation!" Shikamaru corrected.
"And that girl's technique, it seems that she can slip inside another's mind and take control of their body. Seeing that blood from her mouth, if we kill Kin that girl will die…"
"You'd kill a team-mate?" Shikamaru asked with disgust.
"If we have to, yes" Zaku replied, opening his hand and directing it toward Kin.
"This is over…" Shikamaru sighed.
"Damniiiittt…" Chouji complained.
"Close, you almost had us" Zaku commented, getting to his feet.
"You let your guard down…" Dosu said.
"Hn. How disgusting." Kita's ears pricked and her tail immediately set into a light wag.
"Neji-san!" the little wolf cried in delight. "TenTen-chan!"
"The mere sound-nin. Acting like victors by defeating those second class ninja and a small cub."
"Kyaaa! Kita-chan is not small!" Kita cried indignantly.
"They're from Lee-san's team…" Sakura said in surprise.
"Lee!" TenTen cried, noticing him unconscious on the ground.
"Looks like he's screwed up…" Neji said. Glancing down he saw Kari lying on her side also out cold. If he found that they layed so much as a finger on her he'd murder them with his bear hands…
"Kari-chan's out too" Tenten cried worriedly.
"You guys keep coming out like roaches!" Zaku sneered.
"That bobbed hair kid there is on our team and the wolf girl is our apprentice." Looking back down at Kari he noticed a trail of blood coming from her mouth. At once, veins throbbed on the sides of Neji's face in rage. "Looks like you went overboard with them!"
"His eyes! They look like they can see everything there is!" Dosu cried at the sight of Neji's Byakugan.
"If you continue to fight, we will fight with everything we have." Neji said, his voice deep and controlling. He lowered it slightly, so it came out as a bitter, harsh whisper. "Nobody hurts her."
"Neji? Doushita?" TenTen cried, seeing that he had frozen with a look of surprise.
"Hn, if you don't like what we're doing, stop showing off and come down here." Dosu challenged.
"Iie" Neji replied with a small smirk. "It seems that I don't need to anymore…" Dosu gasped as he felt two blazes of extraordinary chakra erupt around him.
Sasuke clenched his fists as he furiously fought back the stupid tears that swam in his eyes. 'I'd never leave you alone'. He could still feel her fingers slipping through his, making him feel cold and lost. He grit his teeth and screwed his eyes shut.
'Never'
"Kari…" Sasuke whispered, his rage burning through him. No one will take you away… Sasuke's fists clenched tighter as a mature Sharingan blared before his eyes. Not even you aniki!
A purple haze surrounded Sasuke as he slowly stood.
"Sasuke-kun! You woke up—!?" Sakura was cut off when she saw the evil chakra surrounding him. Her head spun round, only to see a violety red haze swarm around Kari. "K-Kari-chan?!" The chakra swirled around them, Sasuke started to straighten and Kari also slowly began to rise.
"O-okaa-san!" Kita cried worriedly.
"Ore wa… Sasuke-kun?" Ino said through Kin in surprise. Neji's eyes narrowed as burning, fiery marks made their way across the left side of Sasuke's and Kari's bodies simultaneously. He heard a barely audible cry from Kari at this and his mind was filled with worry that she was in pain. But he didn't become stressfully worried until he heard her speak.
"Sakura." She said, her voice hoarse and hollow but with an echo of a fierce, enraged snarl. "Who did that to you and who injured Kita."
"Okaa-san I'm fine, honest!" Kita said, afraid of her mother's sudden change in behaviour. "We protected you from the bad Oto-nin! And, and InoShikaCho helped too!"
"K-Kari-chan" Sakura whispered, fearful of the change her friend had undergone. Her face was hauntingly blank and still deathly pale. Her eyes were a deep red, almost like the Sharingan, but more like the blood that was running down her side. Her pupils were slitted, her hair lightened to a silver. But the way she spoke… It lacked the infectious cheeriness that usually brought a smile to anyone's face, it was hollow and murderous.
"Sakura… who did that to her?" Sasuke said, in a low and angry hiss. "Who hurt Kari?" Sakura turned to Sasuke only to be met by a raging Sharingan. "Answer me" he demanded.
"Sasuke-kun, your— and Kari-chan, your body" Sakura whispered, her eyes flowing over his now black markings.
"Don't worry it's just the power… I can feel it surging inside me" Sasuke replied. Kari slowly slouched backwards, until her back found the support of a thick trunk, the same one she had been slammed against. "I'm feeling good right now… He gave it to me."
"Nani?" Sakura asked as Kari let out a low growl, her canines lengthening inside her mouth.
"I finally understand now. I'm an avenger. I must obtain power no matter what, even if I must let the devil take hold of my body." Sasuke said firmly. Kari winced as Kumouri's mocking laughter rang in her ears.
Let me take over his body?! What desire would I have to do that?!
"Sakura, say it! Who hurt you both? Who the hell hurt Kari?!" Sasuke demanded.
"I did!" Zaku cried smirking. Simultaneously, Sharingan and fierce red eyes turned on the cocky oto-nin.
"Ino!" Shikamaru shouted from the bush. "You're going to get confused as the enemy! Return to your own body! Chouji, you come here too, we're going to hide!"
"Okay!"
"Kai!"
At once, Ino began to stir, having returned to her own body. Chouji jumped in the bush on Shikamaru's other side.
"Shikamaru, what's going to happen now?" Chouji whined.
"How would I know?!"
"You… you hurt her…" Sasuke growled as the marks spread across the rest of his body, mirroring Kari's perfectly.
"And my team-mate Kin battered your little white rat" Zaku added, with a smirk at the unsteady Kin. Dosu shot him a warning look, etched with terror which was ignored. Kari's chakra doubled as Sasuke's increased slightly. Kari lightly groaned as she grimaced, her clawed hand grasping her side, her eyes alight with a crimson flame.
Kill them, kill them! Let's bathe in blood! Blood, blood, BLOOD!
"Th-This is too much for us! Their chakra is too huge and, her bloodlust, it's overwhelming!" Dosu cried in horror.
Make them pay Kari-chan! Kill them, kill them!
Kari appeared at Sasuke's side as a maniacal smirk began to spread across her face, her fangs on show as her glowing ruby irises fixed on the enemy.
Fight her Kari-chan! Don't listen to Kumouri!
Kill, KILL!
"Dosu! Don't be afraid of that guy and the half-dead little girl!" Zaku cried, slamming his hands together and preparing to attack.
"No Zaku! Don't you understand?!" Dosu shouted as Kari's smirk widened, her hair blowing about as a fierce wind kicked up around her.
"Go on, dare you" she whispered, the echo of a growl in time with her voice, her eyes wide with excitement.
"I'll kill them all! I'll finish this in a flash!" Zaku cried. Sakura looked from him to her team-mate's in horror as Naruto's brow furrowed and he murmured in his sleep. "ZANKYOKUKUUHA!" a huge burst of air shot a t Sasuke and Kari with the force of a tornado, Shikamaru pulled his team-mate's heads down and TenTen and Neji clung to the tree, the Hyuuga's eyes struggling through the dust and wind trying frantically to see if Kari was alright.
"Heh, blew them to pieces." Zaku commented as the dust cleared, not a shred of team seven in sight.
"Dare ka?"
Zaku gasped and went to turn but was thrown aside by a viscous backhand from Sasuke. Kari smirked and set down Naruto and Kita, but her smirk faded and her eyes blazed as she turned to the Oto-nin.
"Zaku! …They're fast, on top of that they moved instantly, even when holding their comrades…" Dosu said fearfully. They gasped as Sasuke made rapid handsigns.
"Katon; Housenka!" Sasuke cried, blowing small fireballs at them.
"Don't get so cocky, I'll erase it!" Zaku said, opening his hands to blow the fire out, but he didn't count on their being shuriken hidden in the flames. "Nani?!"
"Zaku! Below you!" Dosu cried in warning as Sasuke shot behind Zaku pulling his arms behind his back.
"Nyeh, how come you get the fun?" Kari said teasingly. With a huff she appeared next to Kin before slamming her into the tree. She turned to kin, her frightful smirk back in place. "You seem to have caused the loss of some of my friend's hair…" she grabbed a handful of hair at the back of Kin's head and twisted her, shoving her face into the tree. "I think I should repay you, I'll even throw in a little interest hmm?" Kari asked, a kunai sliding into her hand and being pressed into Kin's neck. "Just a question of whether I should make it quick or slow…" Kari chuckled and glanced back at Sasuke, smirking wider seeing he was about to rip Zaku's arms out of their sockets. "But I'll let you watch a little show first" she through Kin to the floor and placed a foot on the back of her shoulders, then holding onto the end of her hair, yanked the kunoichi's head up, so her wide fearful eyes would see everything that's happening.
"You seem to be proud of these arms…" Sasuke said to Dosu, catching Kari's eye and smirking.
"Yamero—AGHH!!" Zaku screamed as Sasuke pressed his foot into Zaku's back and dislocated his arms with a sickening cracking and popping noise. Sakura let out a hushed scream, as she peered though her fingers with tear-filled eyes. Zaku fell down, twitching slightly in pain.
"Oh? She passed out" Kari said with a pout looking at the limp kunoichi. Her blazing eyes turned to Dosu, "That just leave's you for me to have fun with… you seem to like your arm too, and your postures terrible, I should straighten out your back" Kari chuckled, her snarl dripping with mockery.
"You better entertain us better than the other two…" Sasuke sneered. They both began to walk towards him, Kari carelessly dropping kin and pressing her face into the ground as she headed towards Dosu.
"That isn't…" Sakura whimpered hoarsely as her eyes began to fill with tears. "That isn't… that isn't… the Sasuke-kun and Kari-chan I know!"
There was a simultaneous shriek from Kita and Sakura across the clearing of 'YAMERE!' as Kari and Sasuke were stopped in their tracks. Sakura threw her arms around her beloved, holding tight to Sasuke as her tears began to soak into the back of his shirt. At the same time, Kari was held firm by Neji, his strong arms embracing her to his chest, stopping her from continuing her murderous rampage. At once, Kari slackened, her hair deepened to gold, the marks receded and her eyes dulled to a deep grey. Sasuke turned his Sharingan on Sakura with a fierce glare, but she wouldn't let go, just staring back with wide streaming eyes. He looked away until his eyes met Kari, who's expression mirrored Sakura's but with more intensity, and a pure, sheer horror, that no scream could ever sound.
Translations:
"Dokomadehanashimashita ka?" - Where am I?
"Dare (desu) ka?" - Who (are you)?
"Dou shitteru?" - Why am I here?
"Tenno Shichi Kitsune" - Seven-tailed Fox of the Heavens
"Kageno Rokubi AkumaInu" - Six-tailed Devil-Dog of the Shadows
"Shizenno Gobi GensoOokami" - Five-tailed Elemental Wolf of Nature
"Doko desu ka?" - A shorter version of 'Where am I?'
"Daijobu ka?" - Are you alright?
"Usotsuki" - Liar
"Urusai!" - Shut up!
"Yamero/Yamere!" - Stop it!
"Nigete!" - Run away!
"Onegai" - Please
"Sou kawai" - How sad/pathetic
"ko musume" - Girlie/bitch
"Shimatta!" Damn it!
"Doushita?" - What's wrong?