A Nocturne - Chapter 10

Chapter 10: I Lied, Now I'll Tell The Truth…

Normal POV:

Attack after attack after attack came upon Rei from all sides. The three girls just sat and watched from a rooftop, while everyone else was dodging the dead people.
"Kimmy, let up on him. We want him alive, you know." Urei spoke. The red-eyed girl glared at her friend, but let up on the attacks that she was controlling with small flicks of her fingers and wrists. Half of the dead people walked away from the scene, fading in the incoming mist at the end of the street. Kimmy watched them go, mumbling to herself as each one went.
"Akimi!!" Rei's voice broke through the sound of the fighting. All attacks froze. Akimi stared at her brother in shock.
"You're alive? I'm impressed…" She stood, sliding down the roof and landing on the ground with her feet.
"You aren't the only one whose been training." Certainty coated the elder's voice.
"I know that." The female replied calmly. "Urei has been too. And all those surrounding you." Rei smiled at the coldness in his sister's eyes.
"Not willing to let family back into your life, I see." He grinned, despite the amount of bruises and scratches on his face.
"Family… My ass." Akimi spat at his feet and brushed past him, shoving his shoulder.
"Akimi, get your ass here now." The command shot through the air like a knife.
"I'm not some little bitch you can control, Rei. Don't bother bossing me around." No-one noticed the small twitch of Akimi's finger, signaling one of the undead to knock her brother out. Once that was done, the female smirked.
"Did you just… SMIRK?!?!?" Urei yelled out.
"Nee-chan, stop disturbing the silence of the night." Akimi scolded. "Yes, I did just smirk. Why wouldn't I? I hate his ass to hell and back. He's yours to deal with. Don't bring him into my life."
"Akimi…" Everyone turned their heads to Gaara as the mentioned female stopped in her tracks.
"Yes, Gaara-nii-san?" Akimi asked, turning to Gaara.
"I haven't heard those words in years…" He muttered, "You are taking Rei in until his trial." This comment received a growl from the female.
"I will have nothing to do with him, even if he is my flesh and blood!" She snapped.
"Akimi Ramika, you will do as I say!" The females eyes hardened, going cold and empty once again.
"Yes, Kazekage-sama…" She picked up her brother and smirked to herself.

Naruto's POV:

Akimi's eyes faded back to their normal crimson colour. I swear, sometimes with her stance and facial expression she looked like an Uchiha. And now she was even smirking more. I know I haven't known her for long, but… I guess I can just sort of tell what type of person she is. Heh… maybe she likes Sasuke! I should wake her up in the afternoon and get her to go on a date with Sasuke or something. Heh heh! That could work…

Sasuke's POV:

It's like Gaara has some sort of power over her or something… And what was up with her calling him 'nii-san'? What did Akimi say about her past… Ah! I remember. She lived in Suna no kuni for a couple of years, and Rei dumped her with Gaara, so they grew close. Makes sense, I guess… But something about Akimi… It makes me want to be sick. I don't know what it is… I remember clearly in the academy when we were 10 or so, she fancied me… She wasn't like any other fan-girl –thank goodness- but she was strange in her own way. She said that she would give her life before I got hurt or anything bad happened to me. And she kind of had a stalker phase too… That creeped me out, but it didn't last long… I couldn't reciprocate those feelings for her even though she wasn't annoying like the other fan-girls. And when I told her that I couldn't love her back she sort of… disappeared… The night we met – for what seemed like the first time to Naruto- we recognized each other instantly. I saw it in her eyes. I'm guessing she saw it in mine, too. However, she seems to have moved on, and that's a good thing – right? I'm getting off topic here… She's smirking after she got some random dead person to knock her older brother out. That's just creepy. It's like she wants revenge on him or something.
"Yes, Sasuke," She spoke, her blood-eyes turned to me and I shivered, "I do have a personal vendetta against my brother. However, the story I told you isn't true. At least not all of it."
"Explain." I commanded.
"Kuso…(1)" She grumbled, her smirk wiped away from her face easily. "Fine… But let me deal with Rei first."
"Hai." In a moment she was gone, presumably to give Rei to Tsunade or Kakashi or someone. Who knows, I didn't care. Then after a few minutes, she was back. Taking out a kunai, she twirled it in her hand, focusing on it as though trying to vent anger. She suddenly began to pace, back and forth, back and forth. "Stop delaying, sleepy-head, and tell me the truth." The kunai skimmed my head.
"Don't rush me, Uchiha!" She snapped, "I'm having a hard enough time trying to figure out how to put this into words, I don't need you going on at me and shortening my temper!" Rubbing her temples with her index and middle fingers, she continued pacing.
"Nee-chan, calm down." The red-headed Kazekage spoke up. His words seemed to pierce her, and she calmed down enough.
"Arigatou, Gaara-san." She flashed him a weak smile, and his empty eyes seemed to flash with sympathy for a second, but then it was gone.
"You have a hell of a lot of explaining to do, Ramika." Sakura threatened, "And if you don't tell me the truth, I'll-"
"You'll what, Sakura?!" The tense, snappy Akimi was back. Her fist was clenching and unclenching repeatedly as well as shaking. "I'm your worst nightmare, and you know it." The female took a step forward, and bill-board brow took a step back in fright. "Heh, thought so." She seemed to settle again. "Ok… I guess I should start from the beginning…" She sat down on the floor, her back against a wall, and began her story.

Naruto's POV:

She lied to me? To Sasuke? Then… shouldn't the original tale be more interesting?

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(1) Kuso is Japanese, and the meaning is "Crap" in a polite way, I guess (In other words, sh*t)