Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Hatred Turned Love ❯ The Girl in the Shadows ( Chapter 17 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

By: xDu083x

Hatred Turned Love

Chapter 17: The Girl in the Shadows

Hmm… who did the hand belong to? I'm just killing my friend with cliff-hangers… she's really mad at me now… Uh… please forgive me! And please review!

AKEMI'S POV:

The hand…?

I screamed my ass off.

“Akemi-san?”

It was…

Um… the teacher, Gai.

“Hey Akemi-chan!” he grinned. “What's up?”

I never gave him the authority to call me “Akemi-chan”.

“Uh… probably playing another trick on me…” I snorted.

Behind Gai was Tenten, Neji, and… Fuzzy Brows, er, Rock Lee. Were they the reinforcements?

“Well… you can go ahead and leave if you want…”

I am so not gonna chicken out. But… what about…?

“It's okay…” I said. “Um, I'm just… gonna wait for them here.”

“Okay, suit yourself,” said Gai. “Be careful.”

“I'll try not to die,” I said.

“Later Akemi-chan!” said Gai.

“Bye Akemi-san!” said Tenten. Neji and Lee left as well.

I blanked out before… but then I suddenly remembered what to say….

“WAIT!” I said. “I—!”

Too late. They were gone…

It was silent again. Dead silent.

That's gonna happen to you, Akemi. You're gonna die.

“You should probably go…” said Sai. “Don't force yourself…”

“It's okay…” I said. “Really…”

I waited… and waited.

“Akemi… Akemi…” said a voice.

It sounded eerie.

“Uh-oh…”

“Akemi Fuji… uh… Fujibatoshi… or was it Fujiyoshi…?”

“Stupid Naruto, you totally killed it!” snapped another voice.

I think it was Sakura's voice.

“Guys… it's too late…” said Sasuke's voice.

I spun around to find three midgets dressed in white clothing… er… white sheets.

“Oh my gawd guys…” I said. “Enough with this!”

“Sorry…” they replied in unison.

“Why do you guys always do this, it's really annoying!” I hissed.

“You need something to remember,” Naruto said happily.

“You look so down sometimes,” said Sakura. “We'd rather make you mad, than sad.”

“Why?” I asked. “I'm a murderer when I'm mad.”

Sometimes these kids…make me happy they're doing this. Even Kakashi. But… it's not good if they keep doing this…

“I saw Gai-sensei and his kids come here,” I said, remembering.

“What?” asked Naruto. “Fuzzy brows came?”

“Why did they come?”

“I… don't know,” I said. “Looking for something or someone, I suppose.”

“Hmm… they're probably the reinforcements.”

Probably…

Where's Kakashi anyways?

“Where's Kakashi?” I asked.

“Hey Akemi-chan,” said Sakura.

“Yeah?”

“Why aren't you calling him by his nickname?”

Hmm…

Why aren't I?

“Uh… because I don't want to right now,” I said, smiling, “Not in the mood.”

“Oh…” said Sakura.

“How about a nickname for me?” asked Naruto.

“Naruto-bozu?” I suggested.

“WHAT?”

“Fine… brat-bozu…”

Sakura giggled. Sasuke smirked.

“You're mean Akemi-chan…”

“Yeah, I'm the devil,” I said shrugging.

I really am… in the inside…

How horrible am I?

“Someone… help…”

I turned around… to see…

A ghost.

“AHHHHH!!!” I screamed. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura tried running away.

It grabbed me.

Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke came back. They grabbed their kunai and charged at the ghost.

“NO!” I screamed. “SAVE YOURSELF!”

They stopped.

“But-!”

“NO FREAKIN' BUTS, CUTS, OR COCONUTS!” I shrieked. “JUST GO!”

They ran. By the way, they were traitors before… humph…

Alright ghost, if it's a fight you want.

The ghost pinned me down on the ground. My kunai and my other weapons sprawled away from me, sliding away from me on the floor.

THAT'S JUST GREAT, JUST GREAT!

The ghost was actually a young girl. Her hair was covering her face. She had a deep raspy voice… it was very, unpleasant.

“So… alone…” she hissed.

I rolled her off me.

I tried running away… and in a flash, she was right in front of me.

“Dammit!”

I panicked, and turned the other way. I bumped into someone's chest, hard.

I almost lost my balance, but the person grabbed my arm just in time. The warmth from Kakashi returned to my skin.

“Akemi-chan, what's wrong?” asked Kakashi.

He held me tight. Why is Kakashi here…? Don't tell me he was that… girl!

Wait… you can't tell me, you're reading this.

I snapped. I pushed Kakashi away from me.

“Oh my gawd, Kakashi you too?” I said angrily, glaring at the floor.

“What?”

I didn't want to see his face... it would look so innocent it would make me sick.

“You know… when I asked to stop, you didn't stop… it's really pissing me off!”

“But what did I—?”

“DON'T LIE TO ME KAKASHI!” I yelled.

“I wasn't lying!”

“Oh my gawd, STOP IT ALREADY!” I snapped.

I ran away from him, the bastard that kept calling my name. If he did that again… I'd…

DO THE FREAKIN' ULTIMATE BOOK ATTACK ON HIM! YEAH! THAT'S WHAT I'D DO! UH-HUH!

Why did you expect more?

I sighed and walked this time. The floor was massy and wet. The creek was just a few steps away.

If he really didn't mean to do it, he shouldn't have done it.

“I have a feeling Kakashi didn't plan that…” said Sai.

“Oh, so you're taking sides now?”

“Look Akemi…” said Sai. “First, chill. Second, did you see his face when you turned to him?”

“Huh?”

I didn't see his face, but I felt him hold me tight. Why… did he look worried or something?

Why'd he do that?

“Lame excuses… don't bother to ask me for my forgiveness to him…”

“Aww… c'mon Akemi…”

“I just… need time to think.”

I walked toward the creek. The water was somehow, black colored. Which was weird. It wasn't clear at all.

I saw something in the water.

It was…

THAT GIRL?!?

KAKASHI'S POV:

What did I do?

I hope Akemi doesn't stay mad at me. She forgave me before. But then again, what the freak did I do wrong?

I walked toward the creek, Pakkun by my side and sniffing out Akemi's scent from one of her hairpins.

“Find anything?” I sighed sadly.

“I think I have a hit…” said Pakkun.

“Where?”

Akemi's so jumpy today. Maybe I shouldn't have told her any scary stories.

Pakkun barked.

I looked ahead and saw Akemi. She was only a few feet away from me. I only approached her cautiously… book attack reflexes, you know?

I saw Akemi near the creek. She looked… relaxed.

“Akemi-chan?”

Her eyes were silver again. Her reflection… was a wolf.

Again with the wolf?

There was a hand coming out of the water. Akemi was reaching for it.

Pakkun was barking more loudly, trying to run to Akemi. I ran toward her as well.

Whispers were around my ears. I heard more wails and cries; from mostly a female voice.

“Akemi don't!” I warned.

Too late.

She touched it, and the hand dragged Akemi down the water…

“Akemi-chan!”

I went in after her.

The water was deep and dark… I couldn't really see myself either. I saw her getting dragged down, deeper and deeper.

Akemi was out cold. Her eyes were closed and she wasn't even struggling.

There were whispers in the water. I heard… crying, wails… something, calling….

I swarm faster and faster toward her. She was disappearing… fast… and getting paler and paler…

“Hold on…!”

I finally grabbed her hand… It felt like ice.

Something was dragging her down… the hand belonged… to a girl. I saw her before… Akemi was trying to run away from her, but I saw her disappear when she saw me.

She smiled at me. I felt… odd. That smile… was so… eerie…

“Suiton, Suiryuudan no Jutsu,” I thought, doing some hand seals. (Water Element, Water Dragon Blast Technique)

The water dragon tried sweeping away the “ghost”. It didn't work, however.

Dammit…

Her glasses shined from the light surface above. The shine broke the grasp between her and Akemi.

I held Akemi close and swarm hard up to the top.

When I got up from the lake, Akemi was already unconscious. I tried doing mouth to mouth, but right when I got to her face, she woke up. (A/N: Aww… SO CLOSE! No kiss?)

She started coughing.

I smiled at her.

“That's the way.” I said, helping her up.

She took a glimpse of me.

She screamed and slapped me.

“Ack…” I said, trying to massage my face. My mask was still on at the time, so… she didn't see my face yet.

“Holy crap, I'm sorry!” said Akemi.

She turned to me.

“I…”

Then… after finally seeing me when she wiped her glasses… she realized who she was really talking to.

“Oh, it's just you…” she snorted.

That's just sad.

“Are you okay, Akemi-chan?”

She coughed some more.

“I guess…”

I felt… uneasy…

The girl, who looked at me… maybe she did some kind of jutsu at me.

I tried to stand up, but I couldn't.

I passed out.

“Kakashi?” said Akemi.

It's not Kakashi… I mean, it is… but…

Whitey-chan? Kakashi-chan?

What happened to those?

I woke up to find myself on a mattress. It was pretty clean, from the way it smells and looks.

I was wet and cold. Also numb, if you wanted to know.

I looked groggily at where I was. I was in the house again.

“Where…?”

It was… oh no…

Gai.

Hew as laughing at me, no sniggering. Gai's kids and my kids were looking at me weird. So did Akemi.

“Uh… Kakashi-sensei,” said Sakura. “Don't look in the mirror.”

“What?”

“Uh… just don't look.”

“What's wrong?”

I tried looking at the mirror, but Akemi covered it.

“Ahahahah…” said Akemi. “You shouldn't, really… don't…”

I didn't take her advice, and I looked at her glasses. They displayed my reflection easily.

But what I saw… can't be true.

“I'm a…” I said. “I'm a… NO!!!”

“You're a no?” asked Naruto.

To be continued…

WTF??? WHAT IS HE??? AND NO, HE'S NOT A “NO”. Okay, the next exciting chapter will be displayed soon! So keep you're eyes peeled! Please review and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Thanks to all you readers and reviewers! HUGGLES TO ALL! Oh… sorry for the cliffy… I couldn't help myself.

Special thanks:

xsleepyheaderz: Ahahah… my sister who doesn't like Kakashi but likes reading POV's of them… hmm… the first one to introduce me to writing fanfics…please read her stories…

DragonDame57: Uh… also the first to help me on this site. She also introduced me into some anime. She can speak Japanese really well, even though she's Korean… yeah… she crazy… just kidding!