**OOC: ^-^ same here. I'm probably the most accepting and generous person I know. **
I nod, letting him clutch me to his chest. His tears made that ache spread through my chest again.
Why? What was this?
What are you doing to me?
Zero.
What have you done to me, Mei?
I slowly wrap my arms around him, feeling the beat of his heart. I focus on my breathing for a moment, letting his promise wash over me. "I know." I say slowly, because I've already put my trust in him a long time ago.
"Zero--" My voice isn't a whisper anymore. "I'm going to protect you." I pull back, staring him straight into the eye. So far... I can see his soul.
"You might try to protect everyone else... but you..." I pause for a second, searching his face. "You need someone looking out for you too."
I smile whipeing the tears from my eyes my sharingan fades to my normal eye color.
"I know, but I'm more worried about all of you," I Say. "You can protect me but I will protect all of you even more with my life" He adds as his heart is calmer and Sakuto smiles as we all eat then he takes us to the training area.
"These will be the harshes few months of training you will ever endure but trust me, you will come out alot stronger and more than ready to destory Zaku" Sakuto explains with pure determination in his eyes.
The few weeks go by and I was able to master my perfect Susanno and Rinnegan abilities.
during the first weeks, It was intense on and off sparing between all of us and Sakuto, teaching us new ninjutsu and genjutsu, going through intense 1 v1 sparings agaianst him and training routines that pushed us beyond our limits and created new limits.
Its morning time on our 3rd of training and i'm cudddling in bed with Tsukimi, the battle wounds and scars from the training already healed. I had dyed My silver Hair black mainly because I looked alot better with it that way.
Training with Sakuto and my other peers took me to deeper levels of discomfort... but built me up. I was stronger, getting a better feel of my Chakra, and mastering my blood-release techniques.
Sakuto explained to me that my family's kekkei genkai was similar to Shikotsumyaku, or the Dead Bone Pulse. A style that allows me to use the calcim in my body to manipulate my bones as weapons, similar to the way I use the iron in my blood.
That thought amused and scared me.
Laying next to Zero, my body as still as it could be, I took in his scent. We'd been sharing the same room for the last three weeks, and I'd never noticed how much I could miss silver hair all over my black clothing. I grabbed a strand of his dark locks, comparing his artificial color to my own natural raven-like hair. The only difference was, mine had undertones of blue when the light touched it. "I miss the silver." I groaned softly, burying my face in my pillow, his arms wrapped around me loosely.
I glanced at him from under thick slashes of black hair. "Do you know anything about kekkei genkai? Sakuto said something to me earlier... about my bloodline branching from the Kaguya clan." I sigh deeply, and let the sentence hang in the air. My veins feel sore, thin scars along my fingers and hands showing the extent of my training. Teeth marks, everywhere.
"yea, kekke genkai is also being able to use 3+ more element Styles as apposrd to 1-2 amd I can change it bsck, I miss it being silver too -i say smiling as I go to dye it real quick as its 8pm
I come back 10 minutes later my hair back to its Silvery color and I walk over to the bed "Now that I think about it, Black may make it look cool and bring more of an Uchiha look but, Silver is more aweome" I say giggling looking over at the half-asleep Tsukimi knowing hes been getting feelings for her for awhile hoping shes been feeling the same.
"I think Sakuto's giving us abreak for now but tommarow morning will be even harder Just because" I sit next to you in the bed as I play with my silver hair
Even if he is moving silently, the presence in the room changes before he speaks to make himself known.
It's warm.
Familiar.
"Mm?" I open my red eye, gazing at him as he sits on the bed. "I like that you don't look like an Uchiha." I say softly, lifting my head. My hair is down, flipped to one side so the part that is shaved is exposed. Its grown out a bit, and I contemplate touching it up. My mother had the same haircut, from what uncle Hideaki had explained.
I stretch, hearing my joints crack with satisfaction. "It's about time the old man gave us a break." I sigh, "However... I want to know more about the blood release, and... see if what Sakuto Sense has said is true."
I stare up at Zero, watching him play with his hair.
Over the few weeks, it seemed, every time I looked at him... that ache would spread. It was uncomfortable... and wonderful. I'd feel warm in my cheeks, and my stomach would flip.
"Well from what I know about it, If mastered you can even control the blood of your opponent as well, you can also regenerate your own blood and allies if needed," I explain as I stop playing with my hair sitting on the bed laying down putting your fingers in my hair. During the training Zero had been working harder with himself than he ever has, even though hes had to deal with the bickering of the others Yunno and Rinn, they've all become close comrades.
I feel exceptionally closer to Tsukimi as If it was more than friendship.
I look over when you said his name. "Yea?" I asked my Eyes slightly shining in the remainder of the sunlight before it falls
I gaze at him, staring into those metallic blue eyes...
My cheeks go red, and I look away quickly, stroking his silver hair. I want to tell him, about the strange feeling... the ache... the pull on my chest.
"I..." I chicken out.
What are you doing to me....
"I need to practice my shadow-possession jutsu. I've been spending too much time on my Kekkei Genkai." I mentally kick myself, enrages at my lack of courage. I move closer to him, and rest my cheek against his shoulder.
"Not to make you feel unconfterable or anything but I can tell your hiding somthing but if you dont want to tell you dont have to, i wont rush you" I say smiling looking down at tsukimi playing with her hair slowly as we're still in beed
I smile for abit then O have a flash back of memories going fast through my head then i get off the bed and puts a robe on with a hood (its like an akatsuki robe with a hood).
"Ill be back, theres somtbing I have to check on, this Zaku character and these tailed beasts...i feel like theyrr is a libarary deep in the ruins of the old Uchiha village" I had looked out to the slightly rainy outside as I sigh hoping what I had a vision about will help us through the tides of these tough times.
"ill be back, I promise" I say as I walk over to Tsukimi kissing her head
"Where are you going?" I protest, as if I hadn't just been kissed on the forehead. I grasp his arm tightly, teethmark scars along my fingers showing brightly against my pale skin. "Ruins? Uchiha village?? You expect me to just sit here on my hands while you go inspect some abandoned temple?" Rage has built in my eyes making them glow again. "Not on your life Zero Uchiha." I growl, "I'm coming with you."
"I was hoping you'd want to come with me" I smile as I kiss your cheek and I give you a spare clean robe. "Im expecting for demons to be at the site, If Zaku knows, then they will be desprate to get into the libary, luckly they cant because only people with the pure sharigan can acess it" I explain
I put on the cloak, listening intently as we make our way out of Sakuto's home. "If he's desperate enough he could use genjutsu to make a Pure Uchiha open the library for him." I offer the theory, as we bound to the north, outside of the Village Hidden In The Water.
"He might even be there as we speak." I say softly, leaping onto a large boulder, and building chakra in my feet to boost me high enough into the air to land in the treetops.
"I wouldnt be surprised, However you cant use genjutsu to do so The barrier was craftly made" I say as I follow you "What we are taking is the book containing Jinkuriki sealing as well as anything related to tailed beasts and the Sage of 6 paths "I add as I stand by you scouting the area
"If he isnt there then hes probably got Low-ranked demons scouting the area, I dont even think Zaku knows only pure Uchiha can open it "I add thinking as I try to see if there are any enemys
I contemplate this for a brief moment. "If we open it... we could risk letting his disciples through." My voice is low, and there's a hum along the forest floor, tingling in my bare feet.
I can almost feel the trees breathing.
"I have a bad feeling about this, Zero." I whisper, slinking back into the shadows. I dig my fingernails deep into the bark, lowering my body to a branch a few feet under me.
As soon as my toes touch the wood, something whizzes by my ear, whistling as it plummets unto a trunk in front of me.
Thin strands of black hair float the the ground, the kunai of a rogue shinobi slicing my locks.
I have barely a heartbeat to react...
Three more come flying towards me, and I retreat from my perch, diving to the ground.
I use the palms of my hands to push off the ground, my chakra boosting me into the air. I fall back on my heals, gliding across the forest floor.
One, two, three, four....
Clay orbs are flung towards me. They detonate, sending earth and fire around me. I leap out of the way, my legs barely singed by the flames, my skin slightly scorched.
I wince, leaping back and pressing my spine to a nearby trunk.
"Zero, get to the library! I'll fend off these freaks!" I yell, and two figures shoot through the trees to my left, Senbon flying towards my head.