My Dark Guardian Angel

To The Stage

A/N: Chappie inspired by Asking Alexandria's "To The Stage"

Chapter Nineteen:

-Village Hidden in The Hot Springs-

Dimitri's bronze eyes flickered, scanning the area all at once, as he walked with Naruto, Kiba, Chouji, Kakashi, and Shikamaru. His wings were hidden under a powerful Schatten Illusion to make him appear normal to the citizens of the village, and soon watched as Naruto and Kiba went on again, their eyes glaring at each other heatedly. Shikamaru was silent, deep in thought, as Chouji munched on some chips and Kakashi read a book written by Jerica herself.

"What?!?!"

Kakashi's shriek of shock and anger rung through the group which made Dimitri laugh at Kakashi's masked expression of shock and rage. Kakashi looked up at the schatten engel and asked in flabbergast, "W-why would he do that to her?!?! She's his sister!" Dimitri shrugged, having already read Jerica's book a hundred times, as he smirked, "There's more..." Kakashi immediately went right to it, his eyes rapidly scanning the pages as they weaved their way through the preparations of the Festival of The Gladiolus. There was people performing songs to help the gladioli bloom while women bought kimonos from the stores. Shikamaru suddenly stopped, his eyes wide in horror as his face paled. "Oh no..." Dimitri narrowed his eyes in suspicion until he saw a pale purple flash from where the rest of the group were.

"Amethyst!"

He didn't think, didn't even wait for the males, he just acted. He ran as fast as his legs would carry him, his bronze eyes wide with worry, as he ran towards the hotel.

That's when he stumbled upon a severly wounded Asuma.

He skidded to the wounded man's side and kneeled, his calculated eyes scanning Asuma, before his eyes softened in sorrow. He placed his hand on Asuma's bleeding shoulder, closed his eyes, and whispered, "May your life after become as clear and as bright as the eyes of Her Majesty, Jerica Kluge." before running into the hotel. He skipped three steps at a time, his caramel hair whipping with each movement caused, and once at the top, he was met with a gruesome scene. A drained Kurenai was healing a bloodied and bruised Sasuke as an equally bloodied and bruised Neji laid at his side, Gai and Lee were leaning against each others backs with Tenten nursing her wrist as cuts shallow and deep decorated her skin. She looked over at Dimitri tiredly, her brown eyes half-lidded in exhaustion, as she panted something Dimitri didn't want to hear,

"T-they...they took H-Hinata-chan..."

He froze before his eyes blazed with fury, "Who took her? Who took her?!" "T-the....the Akatsuki...a-and O-Orochimaru..." Lee gasped out in agony, his black eyes flashing with pain, as he coughed out blood.

"I would't think that just yet,"

A voice hissed snarkily, making the group whip around to see a smirking Orochimaru with a stoic Hinata by his side in her schatten engel form, her eyes now glowing a dead white. Kakashi, Naruto, Kiba, Akamaru, and Dimitri growled viciously when Orochimaru placed his lithe pale fingers through her hair. "Don't you touch her!" The four males growled and Naruto made a move to charge when Hinata sent kunai to his wrists and knees, pinning him to the wall harshly. He cried out in pain. Soon, Kiba was pinned at Naruto's feet with ninja wire along with Akamaru and Kakashi was paralyzed, laying completely still. "Let her go!" Dimitri hissed sharply with his bronze eyes set aflame in hatred and rage. Orochimaru just shrugged off his glare and smirked, "Or what? You're going to skin me alive? Burn my heart out? Decapitate me?" The snake sannin barked out a laugh, throwing his head back in his sickening laughter, as he sent a mocking grin at the schatten engel. "You wouldn't-couldn't-do anything to me because," He held up his wrist to show a silver coated snake wrapping around his forearm and wrist with its head facing Dimitri.

Dark purple jaded eyes stared back at him.

Dimitri stared at the snake in disbelief and whispered, "The Licht Schlangeaugen..." which made Orochimaru smirk arrogantly. "Yes, the source of all Licht Illusions, and the source of the Licht Mind Control." He gestured towards the controled Hinata. "If you damage me...then you'll damage poor little Amethyst." He smirked at Dimitri's growing irritation. "So, just give me the Schatten Amethyst Schlangeaugen and little Amethyst will be free of my possession on her." Dimitri's eyes flickered towards Hinata who stared blankly at him and his eyes softened. "You promise you'll free her?" He asked and Orochimaru nodded. "I am a man of my word." Dimitri's eyes narrowed on Orochimaru and he was about to attack when Hinata sent an electrical shot towards him, making him cry out in agony as he fell to his knees, his muscles twitching randomly, as he went under paralysis. His head was down as he panted at the extreme pain Hinata caused him. Orochimaru let out another laugh with his smirk growing, "Foolish boy! You hurt me, you hurt your precious Amethyst!" Dimitri's head stayed in its position, his eyes dim with sorrow, as a solemn silence filled the bloodied hallway. For the first time in years, for the first time since he saw Queen Jerica fall to her knees in grief for her mother, he cried. He cried for many things. He cried in anger, he cried in despair, he cried in agony, he cried for his failures.

He cried for his failure in protecting Hinata.

He didn't even hear them leave, he wallowed in his grief and despair, sinking down into an abyss of darkness. He dropped his sword to his side and closed his eyes in hopes to wash out the tears. Unfortunately, the tears just fell faster as the image of a smiling Hinata appeared in his mind's eye before another image showed Hinata under Orochimaru's grasps, under his control. He choked on his sobs, his fists clenching and unclenching, as everyone watched the schatten engel cry with solemn and dark eyes. "I failed," He cried out, "I failed Queen Jerica, I failed Lady Maeve, I failed Lady Lorelei, I failed Lady Aishling...I failed Lady Amethyst." He could feel his heart clenching painfully and he gripped his chest as he whispered,

"Im so sorry,"