Ayane's POV
As we continued through the forest, I could feel a chakra signature not too far away. Eyes widening, I stopped dead in my tracks and took out a kunai. The rest of the group noticed before slowing down to a stop and turning to me in confusion.
"So you sensed me, huh? Didn't think you'd recognize me after so long and by chakra signature no less. There's no reason to be on high alert thou, I'm just going home"the girl chuckled, making her way out of the bushes with her odd blond pigtails swaying from side to side.
"Yeah, just like how you were in Konoha only for the Chuunin exams"remembering what happened to Lord 3rd thanks to her and her village, I gritted my teeth while tightening the grip on the knife in my hand. Air felt so dense somebody could cut it with a knife until an awkward cough caught everyone's attention.
"It's alright Ayane, drop the weapon. We are on our way to give them support, not murder their shinobi"
"Hai sensei... "I mumbled, returning my knife to it's original place but never lowering my guard.
"Wait what's going on, who needs help?"Temari asked as she came closer
"A group called Akatsuki attacked Suna and kidnapped Gaara. They are after the tailed beasts, that's probably why they took Mai and tried taking me too"whisker cheeks spoke up after a long silence. Eyes widening in terror, I appeared next to him in less than a second, whispering in a shaky voice.
"W-what do you mean?"
"Um Mai and I are the twin fox demons, didn't she tell you?"even thou I was ready to hear the absolute worst, the calm tone in which he spoke utterly crushed me.
'N-no way this, can't be true, the red head trusted us and Haku was her best friend, she wouldn't hide something like this from either of us, r-right?' I thought, prepared to see the others' shocked expressions but felt ultimately betrayed once I turned around to find none. If my world hadn't crumbled to nothingness years ago, it would've done so now but after everything I've been through in life, I simply wiped off the pained look in my eyes before slowly continuing my journey to the Sand village, not carrying if others are following me or not.
'So she was honest in that letter, our friendship and partnership really meant nothing to her after all...' a sea of questions as to why swam in my head as I let a single tear glide down my cheek, even the last bit of hope I had was now gone.
Yukie's POV
'I expected her to punch, scream, cry, demand answers or deny it entirely, anything, but I certainly could've never imagined she'd just keep walking as if she didn't care. I know it hurts to know that her best friend and former teammate was hiding something like this from her, especially when her mother died during the attack, but just casting all emotions aside is even worse than bursting every 5 seconds like Naruto does' I analyzed the situation again and again as I watched my student's back slowly fading into the distance, missing the blond boy's whole 'i'm gonna save everyone and become the next Hokage' speech. Not giving a damn, I gave Kakashi a look saying to hurry up before running after the green eyed princess.
Back to our chaotic protagonist
Mai's POV
'Oh no we're nearly there and he's still unconscious this is not happening I can't lose him too but if I try turning against the Akatsuki we are both goners and then I can't help Oni-chan but if I just stand here and do nothing Panda is gonna be dead meat very soon where's Kurimi when I need her she'd know exactly what to do' I was surprised to find out how much faster my brain works when I sleep less.
'Where is that Fox when I'm lost like this if I don't act Gaara's gonna die but if I do act there's a big chance that we both will...' I could simply feel my body shaking from both the cold i caught and the blood draining from my limbs as adrenaline, at last, was reaching it's peak in my veins. I have to think really fast, maybe if I bribe Blackie he'll be willing to help? Or Ita-kun? I can almost hear that damned demon telling me that my ideas suck and are gradually getting worse and worse.
"-tai? Tsumetai? Mai?!"a familiar voice snapped making my train of thoughts and horrible ideas slam into a wall with a sudden sneeze.
"What is it now Ashikaga?"I snorted while wiping my nose, not caring what the dork had to say when I was in the midst of making a perfect plan.
"Oh nothing I was just gonna inform you that we arrived so you can come off of that... thing..."the boy shrugged, eyeing the giant clay bird thing I was still standing on. Sighing kinda shakily, I hopped off the flying bomb, passing Deidei with the still knocked out redheaded Kazekage thrown carelessly over his shoulder on my way to the entrance of the hideout.
After the Barbie got in, before I could stumble my way through the door, a hand grabbed my wrist, pulling me backwards into a tight and warm hug that could come from only one person here.
"I know this is the last thing you wanna hear right now, especially from me of all people, but there was no way you could've saved him, with or without the demon"he whispered gently against my ear before I had the chance to yell or tear my body out of his firm hold. I'm not sure why but, for whatever reason, all the emotions I've been masking for the few months finally broke me, leaking in the shape of broken mumbles and a few small droplets of blood cascading from my nose down my face as I stood there, dumbfounded and lost all over again.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I KNOW THAT BOTTLING UP EMOTIONS CAN'T OR USUALLY DOESN'T CAUSE NOSEBLEEDS FROM EXPERIENCE BUT: 1st-bottling it up causes stress 2nd-stress leads to lack of sleep and can be direct cause of nosebleeds 3rd-lack of sleep causes a weaker immunity 4th-weak immunity leads to colds 5th-colds lead to sneezing and finally 6th-sneezing in massive amounts can lead to nose bleeds
I saw something in the last season of GoT which imma use here go!
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"'Yeah, just like how you were in Konoha only for the Chuunin exams' remembering what happened to Lord 3rd thanks to her and her village, I gritted my teeth while tightening the grip on the knife in my hand" despite knowing who her father was and that he will come for her, Hiruzen took Ayane in with with open arms and a warm smile and treated her the way he treated Konohamaru. He took over the role of her family that was either long gone or abandoned her. The point is, that man meant so so much to Ayane and Temari is associated with the people who took him from her, which she can never forgive her or Suna for.
"'Where is that Fox when I'm lost like this if I don't act Gaara's gonna die but if I do act there's a big chance that we both will...' I could simply feel my body shaking from both the cold i caught and the blood draining from my limbs as adrenaline, at last, was reaching it's peak in my veins. I have to think really fast, maybe if I bribe Blackie he'll be willing to help? Or Ita-kun? I can almost hear that damned demon telling me that my ideas suck and are gradually getting worse and worse. " this period is very difficult for Mai which can be seen in this and previous chapters from how much time she spends in thought. Her mental state gradually became worse after she was forced to leave Konoha, not to mention losing Kurimi, so the mere thought of Gaara getting killed terrifies her. This, seeing as it's a very likely scenario, causes her to panic to the point it would've caused her an anxiety attack if Haruki hadn't interfered.
"After the Barbie got in, before I could stumble my way through the door, a hand grabbed my wrist, pulling me backwards into a tight and warm hug that could come from only one person here." even thou it might not seem that way, Haruki is very intelligent and great at reading people and cares about Mai very deeply. He'd do everything in his power to take away whatever is causing her pain but in this situation all he can do is hold her and stop her from doing anything dumb.
In any case, since my entrance exam is in 2 days so idk which one's my head and which one's my bottom, I'm gonna go and try to relax. Thanks for reading this chapter, hope you enjoyed it, I'll (probably, I can't promise it) see you soon annnd…
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FanficIt's been 3 years, 3 whole years since anyone from the leaf village has seen the infamous Uzumaki Namikaze Mai, or Tsumetai Hono as most call her these days and lived to tell the tale. That is, until one faithful day when Akatsuki starts hunting the...
