Neiara simply couldn't understand why her student Kyuubi had to be so cold sometimes, especially to his best friend.
"Why did you kick Shukaku out of the Legendary 9?"
"I hate him."
"That isn't a reason and you know it."
"Yes it is. If you were me and you knew him like I do, you'd hate him too."
"But I don't hate you."
"No, I know you do. You hate me because you like Shukaku more. It's always about Shukaku! Shukaku this and Shukaku that! I'm tired of him getting praise for making my life miserable! I'm not taking back what I said to him. He can get captured by Akatsuki for all I care."
"How can you say that?! He was your friend!"
"NO HE WASN'T! HE NEVER WAS! HE HATED ME! THAT'S WHAT HE REALLY FEELS! HE WAS NEVER A FRIEND OF MINE! A FRIEND DOESN'T MAKE YOUR LIFE HELL EVERY DAY! A FRIEND DOESN'T TRY TO DATE YOUR SISTER! HE MAKES MY LIFE HELL SO MUCH! HE DOESN'T CARE! HE NEVER DID!"
There was some truth in what Kyuubi had said, but Shukaku did want to be his friend. He was trying his hardest, but Kyuubi's tired of Shukaku's actions. That's no excuse though. I thought my student was better then that. I know he doesn't trust many people, yet... Neiara thought as she looked up at the moon. Full moon tonight. Looks red though... Something doesn't feel right...
The panther demon was in her human form when she heard someone approach. Her ears lowered. The chakra just didn't seem right... Just then, a double-edged kunai knife was shot from the darkness.
Neiara was quick to react and dodged the kunai, but it grazed her in the shoulder. "Who's there?!" she hissed.
A 14 year old kid came out from the darkness. His hair was medium length brown with yellow highlights. His eyes were a cold peircing yellow. Even if the kid was 14, he was intimidating even to a demon like herself. To top it off, he was in Akatsuki. "Heh, looks like I couldn't put one across on you, even though you have lived long past your time," the kid smirked.
"You're in Akatsuki, who are you and what are you doing here?"
"I have business to take care of. I thought you'd know them, after all, you are a biju."
Neiara growled under her breath. "You're after Kyuubi aren't you?"
The kid frowned. "No. I have a friend with him."
"You're an Akatsuki member. I don't believe you for a second."
"Oh, really? You never heard of my friend Deiara? She'd my teammate. She had her memories erased, but I don't see that as fair for her to forget us. You know her?"
Neiara pondered this. "No... Can't say I have, but if you want to really know..."
"Don't play with me," the kid said, "or my friend will have to play with you, little kitty."
Neiara turned, but it was too late, the former leaf nin had sicked his ninja dog on her. The half wolf dog tore into her arm and slashed at her back. The former King(Queen) of Biju fell on the ground. She couldn't move her left arm or her legs. "Y-y-you're..." she said.
"Name's Hitachi, but I don't think you need to know now," the Inuzuka smirked, "You're finished."
Neiara had one last jutsu up her sleeve. "Ninja Art: Shadow Panther..."
The jutsu tore into Hitachi and he fell to the ground. His dog ran to him and sniffed over him. He appeared dead. Kyuubi... I'm sorry little Kit, but... Good-bye...
Neiara drifted off and was gone from the earth. Hitachi was winded and was bleeding. "She... had no intention of killing me? Then why- argh!"
The pain was hard on the kid, but he managed to leave with his dog.
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Kyuubi awoke from his nightmare panting. "Sensei..."
