lostmoonchild: Thanks for the reviews, everybody! You know I got up this morning with full intentions of going to work only to discover that I wasn't needed today sooo that means UPDATE! Umm, I have an announcement to make which I'll make at the end of the chapter so enjoy!
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Chapter Twenty Eight
Hours slipped by and when he saw the girl slipping through the hallways with the skills of a shinobi, Madara couldn't have been more pleased. He knew where she was heading and when she entered the large room where the King of Hell statue waited with seven of the nine Bijuu sealed within, he nearly chuckled with glee.
The statue was all wrong and it scared her. Hisoka forced herself to go up to the statue and touched it, feeling the pleasant chakra from the demons rushing over her flesh. "Hello. I'm Hisoka." Hisoka said finally. "Don't worry, I'm not like the ones that just wanted to use you guys to fight. I just want you guys to be safe, okay? When we get free, I'm gonna talk to the Kages and see if you guys can't run around. We might have to make up some kind of agreement. Daddy, he's Kyuu-chan's Jinchuuriki, says that it's called 'compromise' but I don't think Lord Raikage's going to be thrilled."
"I want humans!" Ichibi shouted at her.
"No. Gaara will make sure you're locked up again, Ichi-kun. I don't want you guys locked up anymore. At least, not in something like this."
"We were protected in the humans." Rokubi responded patiently. "We lent them our abilities and they could protect both us and themselves. Those that had courage 'tamed' us and 'gained control' over our chakra."
"The Akatsuki captured us and killed our hosts." Shichibi added. "The pain was unimaginable as we were torn from them."
Hisoka's fingers ran over the cold stone, her gray eyes dull as she listened to them. "I heard already what happened." Hisoka said softly. "I'm so sorry I wasn't awake sooner. I'm sorry I didn't get free before you were all captured. I'm here now, okay? Don't be mad at me. I'm really sorry. I'll be better so none of you get hurt anymore."
She felt Nibi's chakra move into her body and exit, forming a cat that nuzzled against her. "Not mad at our beautiful protector. Our guardian." Nibi purred. "You were given back to us. A kind child, a beautiful angel."
Tears gathered in Hisoka's eyes as she wrapped her arms around the chakra creature, knowing that in moments it would vanish. Once it did, she fell to her knees and began crying as the Bijuu steadily began placing within her their chakra.
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"She found them."
Naruto wasn't entirely sure how exactly Kyuubi knew but he supposed it had something to do with the feeling of peace that had settled within them. From the look on Killer Bee's face, he and Hachibi were experiencing the same feeling. "Ready?" Naruto asked softly.
"Yeah."
This was a dangerous act they were about to do, one that went against what Tsunade had told them. While Killer Bee wasn't worried about escaping to rescue the one person that their Bijuu adored, he was worried about what would happen if they were caught. He didn't know much about the extraction process other than the ultimate result was death to the host. Dying was just something he wasn't interested in doing until he was ready for it.
The two Jinchuuriki started running towards the edge of the village, each one feeling their demon's chakra moving through their bodies. Never before had they felt the temptation to simply shift over to their Bijuu's form to hurry to anybody. It felt strange to have the uncalled chakra flowing through their bodies, to feel the world around them pulsating. Was this how the world felt to the Bijuu? Was this that world that his daughter felt when she was filled to the brim with Kyuubi's chakra?
They stopped when they saw five people standing ahead of them, a growl of frustration leaving Naruto's lips when he saw who it was. "We know what Granny Tsunade said but we need to get Hisoka!" Naruto shouted in frustration.
"Easy, Naruto. We had a feeling that you two would go ahead and get her so we decided to go along." Kakashi told the blonde.
"You're not the only one that loves Hisoka." Sakura reminded him.
"We were about to shift over to Bijuu form to go faster." Killer Bee said finally. "I suppose it'd be fine if they rode on us."
Naruto nodded slightly before looking at his friends. "If Hi-chan managed to break through the seal that's holding the other Bijuu, don't attack or they will kill you. If a fight between us and another Bijuu breaks out, get out of the way." Naruto told them.
It was strange seeing the blonde act serious and knowledgeable regarding the Bijuu but Shikamaru supposed it was just something that came along with having a daughter that could control the Bijuu and having a demon sealed inside him. He knew that if he ever thought to ask Temari, the blonde woman would have absolutely no idea about anything other than the bloodthirsty part.
They watched as the two shinobi allowed the Bijuu chakra to extend to the point bones, muscles, and flesh were gained. "Get on." Naruto growled, crouching low for them to climb onto his head.
Killer Bee followed the blonde's motions and waited patiently until Sai and Sakura had climbed on. It was strange to be riding on a Bijuu's head and as the wind whistled past them, the group knew that things were about to get a whole lot stranger.
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He knew that as Kazekage he couldn't just up and leave somewhere but something told him that he needed to leave. There was something wrong and his gut told him it had something to do with his goddaughter. His siblings had easily caught on to the situation and had followed him, neither one complaining as their bodies grew tired.
Then he sensed them long before their forms appeared in the distance.
Two hairless creatures came charging, each one larger than what a normal animal should be and each one containing more tails than a normal animal. Counting eight tails on one and nine on the other, Gaara smiled softly to himself. He knew these creatures and had a suspicion that they had felt the same thing.
Temari and Kankuro braced themselves, their eyes showing fear at the impending creatures. "Gaara!" Sakura called when they stopped.
Gaara nodded slightly as he watched the two creatures vanish, their human containers reclaiming their original bodies. "You felt it too?" Naruto asked in amazement.
"I was a Jinchuuriki at one point, Naruto, and Ichibi's chakra as well as Kyuubi's chakra does still linger in my body however small the amounts may be." Gaara replied. "Now, how exactly did they get their hands on my goddaughter?"
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"You can't stay mad forever, girly-girl. I mean, starving yourself just because you're pissed isn't doing you any good." Suigetsu said patiently. "Just eat something."
Hisoka stared icily at him for a moment before answering, "To normal humans, Bijuu chakra is very lethal. It'd be a shame if you ingested any of San-kun's chakra playing around in the water or even taking a drink."
Sasuke didn't know where the girl had gotten her nerve but if he hadn't been told to keep his hands off of her, Sasuke knew he would have beaten the girl senseless by now. He wanted to kill her so badly he could almost taste it. However, Madara didn't say that he couldn't make the girl eat by force.
Grabbing the girl and pinching her nose shut, Sasuke waited patiently until she opened her mouth to gasp for air before shoving her dinner into the moist cavern, slamming her jaw shut until she swallowed. Before he had a chance to do it again, a wave of white chakra shoved him back and sent electricity through his entire being. "Arigato, Go-kun!" Hisoka sang happily as she watched Sasuke's body twitch.
Karin glared hatefully at the happy little girl, knowing that she was enjoying playing her twisted little game with them. If they touched her, she'd release one of the Bijuu's chakra and then laugh as they suffered the effects. More than once she had taken the Yonbi's chakra to Suigetsu and had simply giggled as he struggled to hydrate himself again.
Juugo and herself had yet to be attacked by the Bijuu's chakra and Madara seemed to be interested in how easily she manipulated it to her will. Karin just had the feeling that Hisoka was waiting for the right moment or for the proper levels of a specific chakra to build itself up in her system again before she attacked them all with full killing intent. "You little brat!" Sasuke shouted as soon as his body stopped twitching, his Sharingan spinning angrily.
A cry of fear left Hisoka's lips as she ran, crashing into walls as she fled. Sasuke smirked in satisfaction when the girl vanished from sight before grunting softly as he looked at the scorched flesh. The Gobi's chakra, huh? That Bijuu must have had control over electricity. Gods he was going to murder that brat in her sleep if she didn't start treading lightly.
No, what she needed was a reminder why she was nothing more than an insignificant bug to him. "Are you okay, Sasuke-kun? Let me see." Karin said with a look that told him she was concerned for his physical well-being.
"I'm fine. I'm just going to remind that brat where she stands."
"We were told not to touch her."
"I didn't say I was going to lay a hand on her."
With his Sharingan still spinning angrily, the Uchiha calmly started walking in the direction that the girl had fled full anticipating the sound of her screams that would soon become music to his ears.
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Madara frowned to himself as he watched the scene between Hisoka and Sasuke play out before him, watching as the girl tried to defend herself against the Sharingan by attacking Sasuke with everything she could possibly hope to throw at him. It was a pointless fight, he knew, but it gave him the opportunity to see how much longer he could afford to keep her around the Bijuu.
He knew that she had already started searching for any weaknesses in the King of Hell statue and was trying to refrain from using any of the Bijuu's chakra in favor of filling her tiny body as full as she could manage just to destroy the statue. It was painfully clear that she was already filled with some of the Hachibi and Kyuubi's chakras so all that really remained was for her to fill herself with the remaining seven Bijuu's chakras.
The elder Uchiha stepped out of the shadows when Sasuke managed to catch the girl in a genjutsu, knowing full well from the sound of her screams that he was showing her what exactly he'd do to everybody she loved. Grabbing the girl, Madara looked carefully at her hair and frowned when he saw the multi-colored tufts of hair. "Kill her." Madara stated coolly as he dropped the glassy-eyed child onto the floor. "I don't care how, but I want her dead."
Suddenly there was a rumble beneath them and both Uchiha stared when they saw that the King of Hell statue was trembling, the eyes beginning to crack. Madara's eyes widened in horror upon realizing that the girl and the Bijuu had merely been waiting for this moment to arrive. As he and Sasuke stepped back, they heard in the far distance two terrifying roars that told them that death would not be far away if they remained.
lostmoonchild: Hehe, when Bijuu attack. That'd actually be an interesting story to attempt (later though, I think) so that'll have to go in the notebook. Anyway, I found out from my boss that I'll be working weekends (Fridays included) for the next month so updating may get a little hectic. Also, I agreed to make five child outfits so those have taken priority over writing fanfics (blasphemy, I know) but they're for Halloween and I've got about two weeks to get them all done for the munchkins. So read and review and hopefully I'll have an update for you guys next week. Ja ne!