Well I got a shit load of people read my fanfic overnight, 118 to be exact, which is bloody fantastic!
I AM SO OVER THE BLOODY MOON!
THANK YOU ALL SO SO SO MUCH!
And this chapter is partially inspired by:
Hurricane – 30 Seconds To Mars, and
Hit The Floor – Linkin Park.
And no, this isn't a songfic. Those songs are just my inspiration.
So, back to the intense stuff…
Enjoy!
Episode 13 – WOULD YOU KILL, TO SAVE A LIFE?
The world seemed to freeze as the kiss lingered. Kaiya lifted a hand and tenderly placed it on Sasuke's shoulder.
A warm feeling overcame Sasuke that seemed to temporarily block out all the pain. He tried to hide a smile as the kiss lasted longer, until Sasuke was overcome by a sharp, burning sensation in his stomach.
His eyes widened in shock. As he broke the kiss, he coughed blood onto Kaiya's lips. Sasuke looked down to see she had driven her last kunai deep into his stomach.
Sasuke took a stumbled step back, but Kaiya held him close, digging her fingers into his shoulder.
She then pulled him close; just so her lips were barely touching his ear.
"Would you kill… to save a life?" she hissed, pushing the kunai deeper while uttering a sick laugh.
Sasuke could only manage choking sounds. More blood coughed past his lips and trickled down his chin.
"And tell me," she spat. "Would you kill —?
She twisted the kunai, causing Sasuke to cry out in pain, followed by blood spurting out from his stomach,
— To prove you're right?"
She then pushed Sasuke away, threw her head back and laughed maliciously.
Sasuke's heart was in pieces. His eyes were going in and out of focus.
I can't take it... I can't take it anymore...
"You fool," Kaiya spat, uttering another laugh. She took a step closer, and then stopped. She gripped her lower stomach and began to moan in pain. Through Sasuke's fading focus, he saw her curse-mark glow, and begin to expand all over her body.
Kaiya was struggling to keep herself up.
Her curse-mark… this is what she must have been talking about when she said it was killing her…
She then began to howl in pain, raising one hand to her head.
You don't have much time, child! Kill him!
I… I can't go on… L-Lord Orochimaru… p-please…
KILL HIM! KILL HIM BEFORE HE KILLS YOU!
STOP IT! Get out of my head! Go away!
"…Ka-aiya…" Sasuke choked.
She looked up at him, her eyes desperate, shifting between confusion and anger. Even through the immense pain, Sasuke could see that she was definitely trying to fight for control of her own body.
"You… You have to f-fight it!" Sasuke yelled, his voice cracking. He continued to breathe heavily, but steadily.
Kaiya squeezed her eyes shut, both hands now clasped around her head.
"I… I can't…!" she cried.
Sasuke fell to his knees. "Kaiya…! You… You have to! Come on... Fight it…!"
DON'T LISTEN TO HIM! KILL HIM!
STOP YELLING AT ME! STOP IT! STOP IT!
"Kaiya…!"
"But—"
"—FIGHT IT…!" Sasuke screamed, lying on the ground and clutching his stomach.
KIIIILL HIIIIM!
Suddenly, the flame tattoos from Kaiya's curse-mark now engulfed her entire body. A horrible, unholy animal howl ripped from her throat. A force, Orochimaru's force, came over her body and caused her to sprout those large, dark bat wings she had did during their previous encounter. Her chakra was visible around her, though it wasn't like any other chakra; it was black, evil and surging around her.
She was no longer human.
This incredible force caused Sasuke to shudder with horror. He fought back tears of pain as he stumbled to his feet and prepared to battle this demon.
"Where is he?" Naruto growled as they weaved through the broken streets of Konoha, closely followed by Kakashi and Sakura.
It was eerily quiet.
"Stop!" Kakashi hissed. His students obeyed.
"What's going on?" Sakura asked frantically. Kakashi had his fingers up against his ear and avoided his student's gaze. He looked up, a serious streak crossed his expression.
"There's only two left…" he whispered after receiving the news from his ear-radio. Sakura and Naruto couldn't decide if he was relieved or scared.
"Two?" Naruto echoed. Kakashi looked up at them.
"Yes… one clone, and Kaiya herself."
Sasuke was getting pummeled into the ground and beaten like a pulp. He had no more energy to fight back. He was constantly thrown and tossed around like a ragdoll.
Kaiya bore unholy strength.
Sasuke tried to fight back, but Kaiya's speed and ferocity had increased, tenfold. Every time Sasuke got to his feet, Kaiya was right there in front of him, ready to tear him down, again and again. She was no longer human; her rational thinking had disappeared, along with her sanity.
Sasuke managed to score a lucky punch to Kaiya's face as she was about to swoop, but ignoring it, as if she had never been punched, grabbed Sasuke by the shoulders and threw him through a nearby store wall at a ferocious speed.
Before he could get up, she marched over, grabbed him again, and again threw him on the ground.
Sasuke bounced repeatedly before skidding to a stop. He choked out in pain. He was covered in a copious amount of cuts and bruises.
"GET UP!" the beast growled.
Obeying, and not really sure why, Sasuke pulled himself up; barely. His vision was going in and out of focus. His lungs were on fire. He had reached his limits.
"Tell me; would you kill, to save a life?"
Her words were still very much alive in Sasuke's mind.
Barely seeing her hands move, Kaiya conjured hand signs and instantly, she concentrated a long whip of chakra from the palm of her hand and engulfed it in flames.
She drew her hand back and then forward, launching the whip at Sasuke. It wrapped itself around his broken forearm and threw him fifty feet in the air, and then slammed him down onto the dirt street.
She repeated this action, this time catching Sasuke around the chest. The whip singed through his shirt and burned his chest greatly. He howled in pain.
Again, Sasuke was lifted in the air and slammed down.
Still filled with rage and ungodly powers, Kaiya then proceeded to constantly whip Sasuke like a common circus animal. Sasuke made to attempt to stop her; the only girl he had ever loved was consumed by Orochimaru's power and was about to kill him.
Out of the corner of his eye, something glinted in the whip's flame and caught Sasuke's attention.
It was a kunai.
He started to inch towards it. His body felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds, but he pressed on. Fire had engulfed the nearby shacks. The overhead smoke was started to thin out. Overhead, thunder rumbled as little, dirty droplets began to fall from the sky, through the black smoke.
Kaiya didn't seem to notice Sasuke grab the kunai; she thought he was only trying to escape, so she continued to violently burn him with the fire whip. Sasuke fought threw the pain until he had a firm grip on the kunai and stumbled, for the last time, to his unsteady feet.
Once more, Kaiya drew her arm back and then forward. The whip cracked on the back-lash and came straight for Sasuke. A smirk of triumph slowly developed over Kaiya's demon-like face, as she thought this would be the final blow.
It's now, or never… Sasuke gripped the kunai until his knuckles turned white.
The whip coiled its way around Sasuke's arm. Before Kaiya could attempt to toss him around like a piece of meat, Sasuke fought back tears, mustered up all the strength and determination he had left, gripped the whip with his bare hand, despite already being covered in burns, and pulled the whip forward with surprising strength.
Kaiya's expression shifted from triumphant to shock as she was hurled off her feet, forward to Sasuke.
When she was close enough, Sasuke lunged forward, and with one simple motion, drove the kunai straight through her heart.
Damn, hey?
Sasuke really did bring himself to do it…
Do you think Sasuke made the right decision?
How long until the others catch up to him?
But most importantly, will Kaiya die?
Tune in next time.
R&R, pretty pretty please…?
Peace, xx