Uzumaki Twins

Chapter 3

~ Chika's pov ~

I was already sitting in the living room when I was joined by Sasuke. Already dressed, alert and awake, he sat next to me but kept that one seat free for distance. Buddies we may be, we keep a distance for the sake of outer appearances. Sasuke tries to make it appeared he's antisocial and that he's too good for everyone. Most of the time he completes it, but he is riffled up by Naruto's continuous hard work to out beat him. And that is where their rivalry comes from. For the sheer sake to best each other, to see who's better than who, blah, blah, blah and blah.

'I thought you were as lazy as Naruto,' Sasuke said breaking the silence that fell between us.

'Funny, I thought you were sleeping with Sakura.'

He glared at me. 'I am not sleeping with her.'

'Oh, looks like we've both made a mistake, huh?'

'For the sake of argument, the five of you have made a big mistake coming here.' A gruff deep rude voice said from the shadows of the doorway.

I looked out of the corners of my eyes at the newcomer and discovered he was same build as the boy from the balcony. His chakra pulsed through the air from him and immediately I felt the disturbance of my demon as she prowled around inside me, unsettled. Although shadows clung to him despite the early morning sun shining through the windows, I could make him out. He wore a black top and trousers with nettings connected to his sleeves. He had some muscles to his slim build, I could see it with the way he crossed his arms, and his red hair was spiked. His sea green eyes were narrowed to the point he was glaring at us. A brown sash went diagonally from his left shoulder to his right hip, and with it carried a large gourd on his back.

'Who the hell are you?' Sasuke demanded jumping to his feet the moment the boy had spoken. A kunai was presented in his hand; the readiness to fight was evident in Sasuke's stance.

'Knock it off, Sasuke.' I said, but didn't move from sitting down.

'Like hell I will!' he bit back at me.

Sighing, I just focused a trace of chakra onto the soles of my feet and then quickly moved to stand before Sasuke had the chance to lunge. I grabbed his hand with the kunai with speed just as quick. I was facing the shadowed boy but I was acutely aware of Sasuke's every move, every breath and every tense muscle in his body. If I didn't move, he would attack me to lunge at the boy. He wouldn't get a step before I'd knock him out with a mere thought. Besides, Sasuke wouldn't be able to attack or touch the kid. Something powerful was backing the boy, something that continued to stir Juuku restless.

'I said, knock it off, Sasuke,' I repeated to the hothead behind me. I then turned my question to him. 'What's your intention?'

Sasuke tried to ripe his hand out from mine, but it only provoked me into using more strength and he winced in pain as a result. I glanced over my shoulder at him and glared, deadly. He froze. No one but my brother has seen this side to me. Difference is Naruto has never been afraid of it. More like he was scared for me because of it. But then again, he's my older twin brother, so seeing his younger twin a killing machine would be devastating and cause him to be sympathetic. Not only that but I'm all he's got, the only companion in life really, the only one to really accept him for who he is, not for what he is. But some people are turning around and seeing Naruto for who he truly is. A lone kid who wants, needs, friends and someone to care about him!

I neutralised my expression and turned to the redhead. He stared at me with clear narrowed hate filled eyes. If he wanted he could kill the both of us here and now. But rules bound him against that. He was stuck with threats in his home. Inwardly smirking, I was glad that we were intruding on his turf and upsetting his territorial mark he had on the place. But suddenly I was worrying for my brother upstairs. Although Naruto and I do not share the same physical appearances, it is clearly obvious that we are family related, even if the twin part is the last thing that crosses someone's mind.

'If you have no intention of answering, I'd get out of my way and stay out of it too.'

I released Sasuke and walked over and by the boy. Up close, his aura set me snarling at him before knocking into his shoulder and barging past. I heard a deep growl in response. It didn't erupt from the boy. No from something within him! Juuku roared inside of me, her wolf spirit howling danger, and only until I got in my borrowed room did I bring out my kunai and blocked the fatal blow that was aimed at my head. The door was closed, not slammed, but silently closed as not to alert others. A punch landed in my gut and I landed on top of the bed.

Pushing myself up, I was quickly knocked down again. Something grasped my hands and legs, hard. I felt blood trickle down my arms and feet. He appeared over me a moment later. His knees were on either side of me, his hands grasped my throat in his and his eyes were set into a feral dangerously wild glare. Gone was the human side to him, in its place was the sheer animal, a killer. He may not have gone demon on my ass, for he was very much in control of his actions, but he was close. I could smell it. Then I saw the marking on his head. To his left, just on his temple was the kanji for love.

I focused chakra onto my right hand, felt it flowing to the tips of my fingers. Somehow I had managed to just briefly touch the kanji when a red light flooded the room. He didn't ease up from his choking grip and I slowly started to feel woozy and dizzy from lack of air. I heard a snarl; Juuku had appeared on the scene. She lunged and knocked straight into a thick large blob of yellow and blue. It looked like the thing had blue veins. The boy gasped and released my throat and looked at the fight. He still remained over me, his hands supporting his weight as they remained on either side of my head. His sea green eyes were wide with shock.

A large clawed hand wrap itself around my neck and I realised it came from the monster who suddenly reminded me of puke. Juuku was immediately there, biting down hard on the hand and ripping it away from my throat. She landed on the bed, causing the boy to roll away from the oncoming claw and he hit the headboard. He stared wide eyed at Juuku who towered over me, her feet trapping me underneath her. She lowered her head, teeth showing, lips curled back and snarled, her eyes darting between boy and creature. The demon had sidled up the redhead. He was snarling back at us. His yellow eyes filled with deadly intentions.

'Shukaku!' Juuku snarled.

'Juuku,' yellow eyes narrowed. 'You do realise you're protecting a human.'

'I'm protecting my host, you one tailed dirty bastard!'

He laughed. 'Host? Host? That thing,' he pointed at me with his long claw, 'has no strength to be able to contain a demon such as you.'

'You don't understand her strength. Even without me, she'll pulverise you!'

'What the fuck is going on?' the redhead was shocked out of his mind. This was beyond him, I realised. His sea green eyes were on me, wide as he saw I was handling the situation as if I dealt with it every day. Which I did! Juuku and Kurama were allowed out of their seals every day whenever we have the time and the privacy to allow them the opportunity. 'How are you level headed about this?'

'She's level headed because she deals with us daily.' I looked over at Kurama, his nine tails released from their bind.

'Kurama!' I said happily and he nuzzled my cheek with his nose.

'You okay kid?'

I snorted. 'If you call being strangled twice by man and beast okay, I guess I've had better days.' I then frowned at him. 'I told you not to call me kid.'

He laughed. 'Whatever you say, girly.'

I groaned and slumped forward, almost hitting the boy's leg. Juuku collapsed on top of me and I grunted from her sudden weight. She nuzzled my face with hers and growled a warning at Shukaku, who I now discovered to be the one-tailed demon. I felt a shift within me and I groaned. Jyubi was restless now. He could feel Shukaku's presence. He did the same thing with Kurama the first time I released him from Naruto's seal. Jyubi responds to the nine-tailed beasts. I was told that the nine were supposed part of him, caused by Jyubi's chakra when it was separated. The tailed beasts were then created and Jyubi can only be brought back if the nine are gathered together and combined.

Sorry to say, but that's bullshit.

Jyubi is a ten-tailed demon. Nine of those tails disappeared when his chakra was separated. That part is true. But there is one tail left, one that everyone else seems to be forgetting about. Jyubi was never gone; he can't just be brought back by the combination of the nine beasts. That one tail is what allows Jyubi a physical form otherwise he'd be nothing but a phantom. That one tail, that one powerful chakra of his is deep inside of me. So when he senses that another of his tails, his chakra, is near, he stirs restlessly. But it's not as if he's forbidden from coming back to the world, he's just too lazy to come out into the open.

Someone poked my forehead. I looked up to the see the boy looking at me as if I could explain all this. Maybe I can, or maybe Jyubi's laziness is just rubbing off onto me.

'What do you want?' I ask, slapping his hand away.

He frowned, not used to people touching him obviously, and not used to people being direct with him. He crossed his arms and legs and glared at me. 'It's apparent you have a demon, two demons –'

'Kurama is my brother's, actually,' I corrected and smirked when he glared and growled at me. 'Don't growl sweetie, soon you might find yourself growling with protectiveness over me.' I fucking hope not!

He raised his non-existence eyebrow at me. Obviously he wasn't used to being called sweetie, with the way he seemed surprised when I said that, and with my later statement. I guess with his very antisocial life, I guess it ain't hard to see him doing that.

'But what I'd like to know is how you brought out my demon and how you're able to handle this without a care?'

I raised an eyebrow and chuckled. 'You're out of character.'

He looked startled. 'What?'

'I said you're out of character.' He frowned as if he didn't understand. 'Everyone expects someone to stick to their life they've chosen. For example, you're antisocial, you're a killing machine and you rather kill than ask questions later. You think you're indestructible and that nothing can touch you, scratch you or make you bleed. But newsflash kid, I can do all that and more.'

'You've got guts,' he said venomously.

I grinned. 'I wouldn't be Naruto's twin sister if I didn't, now would I?'