The Path of a Shinobi (Reader x various)

Hate

I opened my eyes and found myself floating on clear, blue water. I stared up at a pitch black high ceiling that was out of arms reach.

Guilt.

Hatred.

Sorrow.

Pain.

Despair.

All of these emotions were whirling through my mind. The image of my friends being stabbed wouldn't leave my mind. I partially blamed myself for not being able to prevent it and...maybe none of this would've happened if I didn't come to Konoha in the beginning.

But everything that happened today...it was all because of him.

My hands were itching to kill him. Itching to stab every part of his body and give him a taste of his own medicine.

I weakly pulled myself up and sat on the shallow water feeling it soak the entire bottom half of my body and felt my (f/c) shirt clinging to my back.

"You're awake now I see."

I twisted my body to look behind me and I saw a pair of bloody red eyes staring at me from behind bars. I was staring into the eyes of the eleven tails. Kasumi.

I stood up and faced her with a cold, hard gaze.

"Why the hell weren't you helping me?!" I shouted at her with my hands balled into a fist.

"Tch. Humans...they only come when they need something." Disgust crossed her face as she stared down at me from behind the bars that imprisoned her.

"I needed saving! My life was on the line! And so were....my friends...." I hung my head low and fell to my knees as the image of Shikamaru getting pierced through the heart replayed in my head. Along with the others that fell victim to Pain.

"I'm sorry..." I mumbled to no one in particular as I stared at my own reflection in the water before the faces of my friends appeared on the water. Not only their faces, but my parents, Kakashi Sensei and...Jiraiya Sensei.

My eyes were glossy and I shut my eyes in anguish not being to bear seeing their faces. "I'm sorry you guys! I'm sorry..." I slammed my hand down on the water disrupting the images to deform and vanish. I placed my hands over my face and stayed there wallowing in sadness.

Trapped within this place, I didn't know what was going on outside since the Eleven Tails had taken control.

Outside, not only was there a raging battle going on against Pain but...also between Naruto and I. Not being able to recognize ourselves in our tailed beast state, we were clawing at each other trying to rip each other apart.

"If your truly sorry and want to avenge them...then rip this seal. Give me your soul and I'll take full control and tear him apart. I'll kill him...something you couldn't do."

"I...I don't know what to do." I felt so vulnerable and weak right now. My heart was hurting. I was soaking in everything she said and was slowly giving into the idea. But I wanted an answer. I didn't know if I should give in or fight back.

"Someone please help me." My voice echoed off the walls and as seconds had gone by, I wasn't receiving any sign as to what I should do.

A devilish smirk appeared on the Eleven Tail's lips as she saw me in such vulnerable state and couldn't have waited for a better opportunity than this. And these last few words were all it took to fully succumb to the hatred inside me.

"Give in. I'll save you from your suffering."

I lifted my head up and once I looked into her eyes, my eyes had turned from a dull (e/c) to a glowing red with a black slit.

I was no longer in control. But she was.

My (f/c) shirt was lifted up on its own just below my breasts and I felt the cold air hit my exposed stomach. A mark had appeared on my stomach and was being undone.

The water surrounding me started to turn a dark red and a black liquid started to seep from the mark and into the water creating a black pool around me.

"Now come!" She viciously commanded and on cue, I got up and trudged over to the cage. As I was nearing it, water started to surround and swirl around my feet. I was lifted up and faced the seal that was right in front of my face.

I reached my hand out and with my fingers I grabbed the corner of the seal.

This was for them. I'm doing this for everyone that I lost.

'I'll kill him.'

I pulled the corner of the seal off ever so slowly without any regrets. As the seal was halfway off, there was a tug at the back of my shirt which turned into a yank and I fell down onto the now blue water. I snapped out of my trance and my eyes had gone back to (e/c). But I could feel someone standing behind me.

"(Y/n)," a feminine voice said and I flinched as I heard her voice, but remained frozen in place. The female had started to walk around and from the corner of my eye, I saw her walk past me and she ended up standing right in front of me.

I lifted my head up and my eyes widened once I saw light grey eyes and medium length (h/c) hair. She warmly smiled at me with tears threatening to spill from her eyes.

It was her.

My mother.