Dance With The Devil

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Hey guys! I hope you are having a wonderful day/night! Here is an awesome new chapter (I hope I'm not going to fast or anything, or making Kaji seem over powered, remember, her power levels didn't change, only her powers)

I, sadly, don't own Naruto (but I do own Kaji and her plot)

Peace

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Kaji's POV

It was hard working with my Sharingan.

I couldn't get it to do anything! It was like it was a totally different person, though I know that's not the case. It was hard to work with it, no matter how much I studied on its powers. Minoru congratulated me though, we had a mini party inside of my head.

People have changed around me though. They act much nicer to me, too nice. Like they think I'm some fragile flower that will be burnt at anyone's touch. But then again, I know I have changed too. I see it in my eyes, when I look into a mirror. Empty...?

No. Dull, aching, broken.

I know my friends see it too. I can see plenty of sadness is Sakura's eyes, and in Naruto's... I'm not quite sure myself. It could be sadness, but knowing him, it probably wouldn't be.

I didn't speak for the first few days, after I woke up in the hospital. I was drowning in my thoughts, all the 'what ifs' swimming through my mind. I snapped out of it by making my mind blank. Focusing on training, rather than this cruel reality we live in. I know I'm angry with Sasuke. There is no doubt in my mind that if I saw him any time soon, I'd chop off all of his limbs and leave him to soak in a pool of lemon juice.

But deep inside of me, I've come to realize, that I've become more sad than angry. As each day passes by, I can feel myself becoming less and less angry, and even though its only been a few days, that doesn't change the fact that it's still happening.

And it sucks, because there isn't anything I can do to stop it.

I want to be angry at him. I don't want to be sad.

But... I can't do that.

"Uh, K-Kaji? Lady Tsunade would like to speak with you." I hear Sakura say.

I get up and dust the grass off of my pants, following her to the new Hokage's office.

Let me tell you one thing about Tsunade: I'm not her biggest fan.

I hate myself for feeling this way towards her, as I know she has done nothing wrong, but I hate it that Gran-, excuse me, the Third isn't here anymore. Not to mention the fact that he was taken down by him.

I just don't like the fact that he was being replaced.

Sakura knocks on her office door, snapping me out of my thoughts. I hear a distracted grunt come from inside of the room, signaling us to come in. Sakura opens the door, revealing the big-chested Hokage hard at work, empty bottles of Sake around her desk.

"Ah, Kaji. As you know, Shikamaru and his team left yesterday to retrieve Sasuke Uchiha, and they haven't come back. I'm sending Kakashi off with a team of medical ninja to retrieve them and bring the team back to Konoha. You will be going with him." She tells me.

This was true, I did hear about the team of genin and chunin, basically everyone I knew in the academy, going off to retrieve the traitor. Of course, I knew they wouldn't bring him back. Orochimaru, no matter how much I want to kill him, I can't deny the fact that he is smart. He wouldn't let Sasuke come back to his base all-alone. If Orochimaru was that stupid, he would've gotten killed by me a while ago.

"They are at the gates right now. Dismissed." She finishes, sending me off on my merry way.

I sprint to the gate, not getting there long after.

"I'm here." I announce to the team, mulling over the number of this team. 6 medical ninja, Kakashi, me, and a few other random jonin. A perfect rescue team.

"Ok, Kaji, you will be in the front. I want you to use your tracking abilities to find any living people, giving the directions to the medic ninja. Are you able to tell who is who by their heartbeats?" Kakashi asks. I nod, raising an eyebrow at him. "Ok, tell the medic ninja who they are, so we know who made it and who didn't, ok?" He commands, making me grunt in approval.

Kakashi shoots a few more orders around to the team, then nodding his head towards me. A few ninja snicker, probably thinking Kakashi was stupid to let a measly genin lead the squad. I let it pass though, being the nice person I am.

I start running ahead, powering chakra into the nerves in my nose, improving my scent drastically.

Not long after we started running, I smelt fresh blood and a slow beating heart. I dart my hand out to the left, holding up one finger. I concentrate on the pulses of his heart, before recognizing the rhythm.

"Choji Akimichi!" I yell to the medic ninja who is darting in the direction that Choji is in.

Here is how my signs work: I throw my arm out, signaling where the person is. The amount of fingers I hold up signals how many people there are, and if there is more than one then a random jonin will accompany the medic nin. Not very complex, but it gets the job done.

I hear the medic ninja dash through the trees, and we continue on our way. Not too long after, I hear a heart beat slowly receding. Focusing as hard as I can. I immediately recognize the pattern.

"Neji Hyuga! Bad condition, hurry." I yell to the medic ninja that is behind me, throwing me right arm out and holding up one finger.

He dashes as fast as he can, and I make one of the random jonin follow him, knowing he'd need the extra help. I hear the tree leaves rustle behind them, signaling that they are going in the correct direction.

Far far away, I hear three more heart beats, one small and injured, one bigger and injured, and the last one only slightly fatigued but big. My eyebrows furrow for a second, before the light bulb goes off in my head, automatically recognizing all three of them.

"Sand ninja are helping us out! To the left," I say sticking out three fingers and my left arm showing them the direction, "Kiba Inuzuka, Akamaru his ninken, and Kankuro of the Sand! Do not attack the Sand nin!" I yell out behind me.

I hear grunts in understanding, one medic ninja and another jonin going the direction I told them.

I don't even have to give out orders as we come across a field of trees that have been broken by something. The medic ninja immediately run towards Shikamaru, and the blond from Suna, the girl whose name I still don't know.

I stop on a tree branch far away from the trees that are destroyed, giving everyone a chance to catch their breaths while I focus on finding the next people. I get slightly confused when my senses finally reach more heartbeats, two of them I recognize, and one I don't, that is extremely muffled by something.

"Rock Lee and Gaara of the Sand, but be careful, there is one other person who seems to be trapped. Be safe." I shout back to the medic ninja and the jonin that accompanies him, watching as they sprint off towards the two.

I keep running, Kakashi and two remaining medical ninja following, and my eyes widen as I finally sense another heartbeat.

"Naruto Uzumaki, up ahead! Critical condition, sprint as fast as you can! Follow me!" I yell back harshly, drastically increasing my speed, hearing Naruto's heart beat get quieter and quieter as I get closer and closer.

"Faster!" I yell out.

I can't help it. Fuck this 'friendship is over' stage. My best friend is dying and it will be all my fault if we don't get there soon. I can't... have him die.

We finally get there, and there he is, floating in the middle of a lake, between the two statues of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. There is blood circling around his singed skin, and I see him gripping something tightly in his hand. The blood ripples along with the water, Naruto slowly drifting towards the shore. I rush onto the lake, keeping chakra on the base of my feet to keep me from sinking in the water. Picking up Naruto and running towards the ninja that were lagging behind me, I set him down on the grass, seeing something silver glimmer.

I look down to see that Naruto has Sasuke's headband clenched tightly in his hand, a slash through the Konoha symbol. I feel my heart drop quickly, but not as quickly as Naruto's heart starts to.

The medic ninja send tiny sparks to his heart, making it start to beat normally again, and I watch them and they start to bandage up his wounds and heal him. Kakashi slings Naruto over his shoulder, and we start running back to Konoha.

I run behind Kakashi, not letting my eyes stray from Naruto's face, and watching as he clenches his fist around Sasuke's headband. He opens his eyes after he does so, and looks directly at me with wide and confused eyes.

I snatch him out of Kakashi's grip and hug the life out of him, my mouth moving near his ear.

"Don't you ever scare me like that again, you dumbass." I whisper in his ear, clutching his wet orange jumpsuit tighter, feeling his arms hug me back.

"Don't worry." He whispered back to me.

(Timeskip weehee)

I was sitting on Hashirama's head right now, looking at the stars above me. I missed Itachi, I missed Sasuke, I'm worried about Naruto, and I feel bad for Kakashi.

The list goes on.

I had to give Shikamaru a slight pep talk, I knew he felt bad about failing his first mission. But after hearing a few pep talks from his dad and I, I knew he felt slightly better.

My shoulders slightly sag as I take in a deep breath, closing my eyes.

I open my eyes back up, seeing a shooting star rush past all of the other stars.

(This song is called Dancing With The Devil by Breaking Benjamin listen to it!)

Here I stand

Helpless and left for dead.

Close your eyes

So many days go by.

Easy to find what's wrong,

Harder to find what's right.

I believe in you

I can show you that I can see right through

All your empty lies

I won't stay long

In this world so wrong

Say goodbye

As we dance with the devil tonight.

Don't you dare look at him in the eye

As we dance with the devil tonight

Trembling

Crawling across my skin

Feeling your cold dead eyes

Stealing the life of mine

I believe in you

I can show you that I can see right through

All your empty lies

I won't last long

In this world so wrong

Say goodbye

As we dance with the devil tonight.

Don't you dare look at him in the eye

As we dance with the devil tonight

Hold on

Hold on

Say goodbye

As we dance with the devil tonight.

Don't you dare look at him in the eye

As we dance with the devil tonight

Hold on

Hold on

Goodbye.

And that is exactly what Sasuke did.

He asked the devil to dance, and dance is what he did.