Breaking Through...

[Shinobi_Guyver]

Cool, everyone has names instead of pronouns now. Nice chapter, too. I would say I feel bad for the Anbu, but I feel worse for everyone else when he chased them.

[kilik850]

After two days under Gaara’s study, Devon was already beginning to show an aptitude for sand manipulation. “Today, we will test your limits Devon.” Gaara and Devon went to an isolated area of the Sand village. “Take off your shoes and we will begin.” Devon followed instructions and stepped into the field of sand. “So what will we be doing today Lord Kazekage? More sand manipulation techniques?”

“Something like that. Sand Coffin!” Devon’s eyes grew wide as he was instantaneously encased in a tomb of sand. He could barely breathe as he watched Gaara lift him into the air with a calm demeanor! “Wh…What…are…you…” Devon struggled to say before Gaara’s raspy voice cut him off. “For three days now, we’ve been working on sand techniques. I’ve allowed you and your demon to absorb enough of my knowledge to actually break this technique. But now is the time for your most important lesson.” Devon was gasping for air as Gaara created a column of sand that raised him to Devon’s level. Gaara got in Devon’s face and stared him down. “You are going to have to learn this if you ever hope to control your demon. You are not a meaningless shell for your demon. Your demon is a prisoner. He is a slave to you, not the other way around. Whenever generals go into battle, do you think they charge in head first? No. The foot soldiers, the infantry, those are the ones in the front line. Sometimes, you must make your demon realize that. I don’t want you to break this. I want you to make him do it for you.”

Devon was shocked and frightened by Gaara’s demand! Control Kaikaron?! Make him do something for Devon?! He knew that was utterly impossible. Devon tried to manipulate the sand so it would loosen, but it got tighter and tighter. He could feel his ribs getting to their breaking point. Gaara knew he wasn’t getting the message. “Why do you think that I’ve been teaching you how to block him out? I wanted you to be able to lock him out of your mind until the point you need him. That point is now. Because the harder you try, the harder I will push this. I will kill you if I have to get the message across. Now, make him break this before I break you!”

Devon was barely conscious. He was fading fast. He tried to loosen it again. He felt and heard a sickening crunch as two of his ribs snapped. The pain was too much to bear, and he lost consciousness. He felt himself sinking inside of his own body. He opened his eyes and saw Kaikaron looking at him. “What the hell are you doing here?! Get back out there and crush this *******! Don’t make me kill you boy!” Devon instantly realized what Gaara meant. He knew exactly what to do. He sat down in a meditation position. Kaikaron was loosing his mind! “What are you doing?! I said get up there and take care of this before I hurt you!” Devon began to smile. “All my life, you’ve done what you wanted. You’ve taken control of me when you felt like it. Now, I’m taking control. You are going to stop him, not me. You can hurt me all you want. But if you don’t take care of this, we’ll both cease to exist. Remember, if I die you don’t return to hell. You go to nothingness. And you’ll be alone for the rest of your existence. So get to work!”

Kaikaron couldn’t believe how arrogant he was acting! Kaikaron grabbed Devon by his shirt. He raised his fist to strike him. But he hesitated. He looked into Devon’s eyes and saw Gaara staring at him. His fist was shaking as he saw a conceited smile creep across Devon’s lips. He realized that Devon was right! He decided to play along, for now. Kaikaron started concentrating on Devon’s chakra source. “Mukei Shihai!”

Gaara began to watch as Devon’s eyes became a pitch black void. Kaikaron had taken over, like he planned. “You wanted me. Now I’ll show you how stupid you were to try to control me!” Devon closed his eyes and began to channel his chakra. He began to glow red as Kaikaron’s energy flowed through him as well. Slowly, the sand began to loosen its grip on him. He began to growl as he felt the pain from his broken ribs enter his mind. Gaara lowered himself back to the ground as he saw the coffin begin to dissipate. Gaara smiled as Devon busted out of the sand that encased him. Devon began to fall towards Gaara, aiming a kick toward his head. Gaara’s sand shield instantly went up to defend him. When Devon’s kick hit the shield, he began to smile. Gaara immediately realized why. He felt his own sand wrapping around his legs! His eyes widened because Kaikaron was enraged enough to actually control Gaara’s sand! Perhaps Gaara had let his own demon drift too far from his mind! Devon smiled as he raised his fist to strike the Kazekage. He threw the punch directly at Gaara’s left eye. But to his surprise, his punch stopped just short of Gaara’s pupil! He couldn’t move! He looked and saw his body being restrained by sand! Gaara’s sand! Gaara smiled. “You didn’t honestly think that you could control Shukaku, did you?”

Devon growled and tried to struggle as he felt himself lose consciousness. He began to slip out of reality. Kaikaron felt himself lose control of Devon’s body. Kaikaron was dazed as he saw Devon float past him, still meditating. “You think that’s it?! You think you can control me now?! You will never be in control of me! I will control you!” Devon smiled as Kaikaron’s voice faded into his subconscious. Devon opened his eyes to see Gaara standing in front of him with a proud smile. Devon started to smile. Then the pain of his broken ribs buckled him over. Between the pain and exhaustion, Devon passed out. “You’re almost ready Devon.” Gaara made a stretcher out of sand and began to take him back to the medical ninjas. He stopped for a moment and stared into a tree behind him. He felt someone there. He dismissed it and kept going. The man in the tree stared at Devon. His red and black eyes almost burned a hole through Devon’s body. “Devon Misata…he's the one.”

[kilik850]

Chapter 6 is up. Enjoy!

[TaijutsuLee]

Whoo! Very nice chapter. No further comments. ^_^

[kilik850]

Devon woke up in Gaara’s home. He tried to sit up, but the medical ninjas lightly pushed him back down. “We’re almost done sir. Just wait a couple of minutes.” He reached over and felt very little pain coming from his ribs. “How long have I been out?” he asked one of the medics. The medic was still concentrating chakra into Devon’s ribs. “Not long. Just about 5 hours. It’s almost midnight. Once we finish, Lord Kazekage has asked that you just rest for tomorrow.” The medic moved his hands away and pressed Devon’s ribs. “Do you feel any pain?” Devon smiled. “No I don’t. Thank you very much.” The medics got up and left. Devon turned over and started to go to sleep when He felt a very eerie presence enter his room. He turned to see a shinobi with a sand village headband sitting by his bed. “Sorry to frighten you Devon. My name is Manako Fuusha. Lord Kazekage has instructed me to be your trainer until the tournament. Are you ready to begin?”

“I thought Lord Kazekage was supposed to train me. Did he give up on me or something?” Manako smiled. “Actually, it’s the complete opposite. Lord Kazekage would not have sent me if he did not believe you were capable of being my student. Now, we’ve got about 3 days left to train you before you have to make your way back. We need to leave the village for this. So are you ready to leave?” Something about him didn’t seem right. But something in Devon felt that he could trust this man. He sat up in the bed. “Yes. I can leave now.” Manako smiled. “Excellent! Let’s go.” Manako and Devon left the mansion and headed through the forest, covered in darkness and shaded in the moonlight.

In the morning, Gaara went to Devon’s room to find it empty. “Guards!” The guards appeared and bowed before Gaara. “Where is Devon?! I told you to make sure he was okay! Why is he not here?!” The guards looked at each other with puzzled stares. One of the guards looked up at Gaara. “Lord Kazekage, I thought you knew Devon left for his training last night around midnight. He left with the man you sent for him to train with.” Gaara closed his eyes and crossed his arms. “You know I despise incompetence! You idiots! You fell for a genjutsu! I sent no one to train him!” Gaara rested his head in his hand. “Did you at least get his name?” The other guard looked down in shame. “His name was Manako Fuusha sir.” Gaara used his sand to knock them down the hallway. “Go find Devon now! Search everywhere! There’s no telling where he could be by now!” The two guards got up and disappeared. Gaara stood at the door, looking at the bed. He thought about the man’s name and instantly scowled. He began to realize who it was that took Devon. “Uchiha.”

Two Days Later…

Devon woke up in Manako’s home, exhausted from yesterday’s training. He sat up and saw Manako staring out of the window. Manako stood up and looked at Devon. “Today’s the day, Devon. Today’s the day you tame your beast.” Devon cringed at the thought of using that jutsu. Manako sat at the foot of the bed and smiled reassuringly. “With all of the knowledge you’ve been given by the Lord Kazekage and me, why are you worried? You’ll do just fine.” Devon closed his eyes. “Because Kaikaron also knows everything that’s been taught to me. And he has the malicious will to use it to its most destructive potential.” Manako stopped smiling and got in Devon’s face. “But you have one important thing that he lacks. You have the will to live. You have the power to live. Never forget that. Because that is what sets you apart from everyone else. Now, get ready and we’ll go back to the training ground.” Manako stood up and walked outside. Devon got up and looked in the mirror. Kaikaron’s face flashed over his. “Mirror, mirror on the wall, today is the day that I rise and you fall! Ha Ha Ha Ha!” Kaikaron teased. Devon smirked and stretched his neck from side to side. He looked into Kaikaron’s “eyes” and said “Sensei Manako is right. I have the will to live. But both you and he missed something about me.” Kaikaron stopped laughing and looked at Devon. “I’ll do whatever it takes to make certain that you feel the pain you’ve caused me throughout my life. As long as you feel that pain, I don’t care if I win or lose.” Devon stepped back and kicked the mirror. He stared at the shattered pieces for a moment, then finished getting dressed and headed outside.

Manako looked inside and saw the mirror broken on the floor. He sighed and shook his head. “You know you owe me a new mirror right?” Devon nodded and they started walking towards the training ground. Manako stopped for a second. “Better yet, let’s go somewhere else. You’ll probably need the room.” Devon followed Manako to an empty field. Manako found a stump and sat on it. “Just like I taught you. And remember, you have the will to live.” Devon bowed his head and stepped into the middle of the sand-covered field. He concentrated his chakra into the sand and began to make it rise above his head. The sand formed and hardened into a large dome that covered almost the entire field. Devon then began to concentrate on Kaikaron’s energy like his father had taught him. He made the appropriate hand signs and shouted “Secret Art: Spirit Release Jutsu!” Red chakra began to pulsate around Devon. The chakra left Devon’s body and went into the ground. The ground began to shake and crack around him. Red chakra began to glow from the cracks. Then the shaking and glowing stopped. Devon looked around and saw no trace of Kaikaron. He started to question whether he had performed it right or not when he suddenly had to back flip twice to avoid Kaikaron’s fist coming out of the ground for his head. Devon stood back up to see Kaikaron standing in front of him. It was no surprise that Kaikaron looked exactly like him, except for the fang-shaped teeth. Devon’s father told him that when he performed the technique, the spirit would appear as he would.

Kaikaron smiled and tilted his head, looking Devon up and down with a sadistic grin. “So that’s what you look like from out here! I always wondered that!” Kaikaron looked like he was eyeing new clothes! “You ready to die Devon?” Kaikaron moved into his fighting stance. Devon moved into a different stance and smiled. “I’ve been ready to die since you came into my life. Today is no different.”

[kilik850]

Sorry for the length of the chapter. Lost most of the work I did over vacation.

[kilik850]

Added more to the chapter. It would be a shame for it to go unread.

[kilik850]

Did the story get bad that quick? Let me know something about it!

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Anyone got any comments at all?

[TheLegendarySucker]

It didn't go bad quick, it just took a few minutes to read.

BTW: Necromancy is a no-no