Death's Angel {Naruto FanFic}

Chapter Fourteen

My hands are lost in the wild tangle Itachi calls his hair. I feel warm. Warm, and safe, and protected. I know that soon, I will need to move, but I'm tangled with Itachi. I don't have the energy to untangle myself. My eyes must seem sleepy.  I have a strong feeling that something is wrong here. Something bad is going to happen, and I can feel it in my bones. That's when the door slams open. 

I groan unhappily and hide myself in the sheets. "Get up." Pein's voice is cold, cruel, and strangely tight, as if something very bad has happened, or he's been hurt by someone. I groan again, sit up, and keep the sheets wrapped around my neck like a snake. "I said, get up!" I stumble out of bed now. I'm fully clothed. My sweats and tank top are firmly in place, but I've let my hair out of its messy updo. 

"What is it?" I ask, rubbing my eyes to rid them of sleep. 

"You've been ruined?" I blink my eyes. 

"Excuse me?" Pein is staring back and forth between Itachi and I, as if he's trying to solve something long and complicated. My face feels like it's about to collapse into snarls, but I keep the feeling at bay. "I'm not whatever you think I am. You can't ruin a person. You can change them, but they are never ruined." 

Pein's strange purple eyes narrow on me. He then turns his steely gaze to Itachi, who is also fully dressed and standing upright. We're both wired, ready for action. I know what it is that Pein thinks we did, and although he'd be correct, he would be wrong to assume it would change anything. Then Pein goes for Itachi. A strange tug pulls in my gut, and I find myself in front of Itachi, a demonic snarl marring my face, wings extended, eyes glowering with hatred. "Step back." I growl. I'm confused. I don't know why I'm acting this way, although it would generally be my gut reaction. 

"So I was correct?" Pein says, narrowing his eyes at me. My own eyes narrow back. 

"I wouldn't know." I respond coldly. "I am the same person I was yesterday. I don't know what you think has happened, or why you believe I have changed, but I can assure you I'm the same person I was yesterday." Pein doesn't look like he believes me, but I don't care. I've formed a strange barriar between Pein and Itachi, and Pein is not happy with me. 

Pein comes for me again, and I collide with him fully, sending the two of us through a wall and crashing us into the hallway. I'm crouched, low, and ready to pounce. "We don't have to do this." A deep hatred for Pein courses through my veins suddenly, overwhelming me with the need to hurt him. I batter it down. My demon has lent me a lot of her chakra, and so has my angel. They haven't tried to take me over. They're simply lending me strength, and I thank them silently for it. 

"You can stop this any time you like." I say mildly, battleing him back to an area where he is more likely to be less hurt. The angel focuses chakra in my weaknesses, where I need it. The demon focuses chakra where I need to form it. I focus my own chakra into molds for jutsus and techniques. "I don't want to fight you." 

"Then we'll stop." Pein says, straightening upright. I keep my chakra active, but I relax as well, although my mind is alert and on guard. 

"I don't have a quarrel with you, Pein." I say. "Please, leave Itachi out of this. If anything has happened, I have likely consented fully to it. There's no need to become angry." Pein shakes his head. 

"Do you know what a lack of abstenince does for you clan?" I laugh. 

"You've heard a rumor, I see." I respond. Pein's eyes narrow. "It does nothing to us, except that we may be protective of someone." Pein's eyes seem to assess me and appraise me for a few minutes. "I'm not lying. We have rumors everywhere. They're generally not true. If this one were true, I would not be here today."