Designed to Kill (ナルト/Naruto) [Various x Ghoul! OC]

Chapter 28: Zero Visibility: The Sharingan Shatters

Kekkei Genkai, abilities are genetically inherited traits that allow the user to perform unique techniques, huh... like the Sharingan...

"I couldn't break through. So what?!" Naruto's voice reached my ear quickly enough for me to halt in surprise, ah, this guy, it's impossible not to believe in him when he talks like that, "That's not gonna stop me! I'm not giving up and I'm not going to die here. 'Cause I have a dream that I must turn into reality... someday I'll be respected in my village. That's my dream! To be the greatest Hokage!"

Maybe I do admire Naruto, just a small bit. I couldn't help but glance at him from the corner of my eyes and stare in admiration. It just couldn't be helped, since birth, I was good at almost everything that had to do with Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu. I was respected in my village as the strongest ghoul to ever walk this Earth (for a 4-year-old anyway). I was to be the branded as the one-eyed queen as soon as I was of age, maybe it had something to do with one-eyed ghoul's having a naturally stronger Chakra than most beings, such as humans. Though, because of my 'perfection' since birth I gave up easily, I get what I want and I only give it a few tries before I rip out my hair in frustration, maybe that's why I like (not romantically) Naruto, he's the opposite of me. He was born with no talent and through hard work, he begins to grow through the ranks, maybe... someday I can be like that too? It's strange for me to think this way since people always admired how perfect they thought I was, but only if they knew how easily I give up on the things I wasn't so gifted in. Or how spoiled and rotten I am.

Am I an i***t?! What am I even thinking about in the middle of a fight?! Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid....!

Let's never tell Naruto that.

I nodded in agreement to my own suggestion but came to a stop when I noticed the ice was barely cracked, so you can't break it this way. Tch.

"Fire Ball Jutsu!"

I glanced into the ice palace and stared at Sasuke and Naruto's teamwork. Just what is this boy trying to do? I observed from the sideline, watching their every move and begin to notice a pattern, whenever Naruto would use his shadow clone jutsu, Haku would be forced to come out of the funhouse mirrors to attack back, but whenever he does this, Sasuke would aim his fireball jutsu at him, I see now. Ah, Naruto is making a run for it. Making a dash to where he was headed, Sasuke had attacked him with a fireball jutsu to which flawlessly dodged, and he pulled at the back of Naruto's shirt, my eyes widened in surprise and almost on instinct my Rinkaku shoot in and attempted to wrap itself around Haku's head with blinding speed, forcing him to bend down and quickly pull Naruto back before I could reach him.

"Naruto!"

Blood droplets scattered on my face as I watched in horror, staring at Sasuke's back which was turned to me. This... emo i***t! My ears were ringing and through this mist, I can't see anything surrounding me but the sight of Naruto rushing to Sasuke's aid is like my body refuses to move. Ah, it's happening all over again, I've grown attached. I let myself care for someone more than I was supposed to, I've been reckless all over again. It's ironic isn't it, that monsters are said to have no heart, yet here I am, about to cry my heart out for losing yet another comrade, and yet another person that I've subconsciously been considering family. Let's never tell them that. I'm blushing so hard I could feel my face about to burn, ah, I almost cried because I thought Sasuke had died. This bastard, making me feel... human emotions. I think I just gagged a little. Naruto, however, most likely doesn't know that his teammate isn't dead, I took a step back, I almost s**t myself from the amount of Chakra radiating off his body. His chakra was so strong that it was even visible to the human eye.

The nine-tailed fox seal, has it already been broken?

No, it's just loosened.

"I'm gonna kill you!" Naruto's claims did not go unheard by me, and I was debating whether to step in at this moment and get Sasuke out while letting Naruto handle this boy or if I shouldn't do a damned thing at all. My feet dug into the ground underneath me to keep myself from flying all the way to another planet, his Chakra... it's almost frightening. Keyword being almost. Haku, knowing fully well that he f****d up, now tried to battle as best as he could. He kept running from the mirror to mirror, avoiding the Naruto that now practically craved his blood, once he was in Naruto's hold, however.

The sickening crack along with Haku's body being thrown to me. Naruto! You i***t! You punched him with too much force.

It seemed my body was in too much of a shock to react, and I held my breath while Haku's body crashed into my own, sending the both of us flying across the bridge, I groaned when my body continued to slide whether when Haku but got up slowly with a groan.

"Why did you stop?"

Well, this is a truly interesting turn of events.

"Naruto, you i***t! You attacked me as well!"

"Uh, I did? Oh!" Naruto looked past Haku and gave me, the pissed off ghoul a very sincere apology. My Rinkaku pushed past Haku to land a scolding smack against the back of Naruto head and he stumbled a few steps forward at my attack, though my glare softened.

"Whatever, at least you won."

"Even though I killed your best friend, you two still argue like children in front of me... when you could kill me." Haku mocked gently, Naruto glanced back at Sasuke and back to Haku, landing a strike on the body that sent my stumbling into the ground, it was hard enough that it caused him to cough up blood.

"Oh don't worry about it, pretty boy, I'll kill you soon enough." I retaliated and stepped on his hand with my foot. Soft chuckling could be heard from him.

"You know, Seven, I've always admired your kind." Now that one made me nearly choke to death, regaining my posture I stared at him in confusion.

"What are you trying to do? Make me laugh to death?" I inquired harshly, the pressure of my foot on his head increasing as I put most of my weight on it, he grunted at the pain.

"A beast in human form, murderous, ravenous, and fearless." His words only made confusion swirl around my head, loosening a bit of the pressure just enough for him to continue on with his words, "your kind... you're not afraid to protect what is yours, you never give up on each other and loyalty is the only thing that matters to you."

"Tch, how would you know?"

"You really don't remember me?" he seemed almost saddened.

"What are you blabbering on about?" I nearly spat in his face at the bullshit spewing from his mouth, 'don't remember him'? 'fearless, loyal'... what is this boy going on and on about?

"I was the one privileged enough to meet you, and you didn't kill me." he enlightened, for a few moments I continued to stare at the boy, questioning his sanity. Meet him? Let him live? That doesn't even sound like me. Why would I let some human boy live? My mouth gaped open a few times, but the more I thought about it, the more my mouth kept shutting on its own, forming a strictly straight line on my lips as I pondered on about how to respond. "You were crying when we met."

Crying...? Me?