AN
So here is the final chapter of Dancing with the Devil, enjoy.

This is in third person by the way.

The day was peaceful in the Hidden Leaf. The villagers were at ease, the ninja weren't given any dangerous missions. Even Team Seven was getting a low ranked escort! Of course, they had to replace Sasuke, and Sai was unavailable, so the team was Sakura, Naruto, Kakashi, and Neji.

"Your mission is to escort Tenshi to Suna. Tenshi is a former ninja, so you shouldn't have too many problems with her." Tsunade informed them as the door opened and their client entered.

"Hey, what's with the cloak?" asked Naruto, his first question upon looking at the woman.

"Naruto don't be rude!" hissed Sakura, although she was curious too.

Their client was wearing a white cloak that had a hood covering their head. A shadow covered their face and the cloak went down to their knees where black ninja boots went up to.

"You're my escorts? Ok, I want to get to Suna as soon as possible." Tenshi ordered as she placed her money on the counter for Tsunade, "This is the escort fee right?" Sakura stared at Tenshi's showing hand. Strange silver markings covered it.

"Yeah, have a good trip and come back soon, Tenshi." Tsunade ordered. Tenshi waved her off and headed out with her escorts following her.

"So you're a former ninja?" questioned Kakashi as they moved through town.

"Afternoon Tenshi!" called Kurenai as she passed them. Tenshi waved and continued on.

"Yes, Kurenai knows me from those days, I was quite a spitfire, and I was actually very strong. I had high chakra reserves and a Kekkei-Genkai." Tenshi informed them.

"You have very little chakra now, except for a collection on your forehead." Neji pointed out.

"My power was sought after so I put a seal on my forehead that makes me a civilian, it's how I've lived for the past….. Sixteen years is what I would say. Naruto are you by any chance related to-" Kakashi shook his head at her.

"Ah, taboo subject? I see, I think I know." Tenshi nodded and ignored Naruto pestering her, wanting to hear what she had been about to say. She continued past the gates, showing Kotetsu and Izumo her papers before moving out.

They made it a day into the trip before they hit trouble.

"Does anyone else smell burning?" wondered Sakura.

"I can't smell a thing, but I have the senses of a civilian." Tenshi answered.

"I do too, it also smells a bit like…clay." Naruto trailed.

"Katsu!" a voice yelled followed by an explosion. A sudden burst of chakra though, made Tenshi flinch. This did not go unnoticed by her escorts.

"That chakra," she murmured, "Felt eerily familiar." However she didn't say more because the fight got closer.

"Tobi, yeah!" an angry voice yelled as a flash of black and red passed them. When it noticed them however it stopped, another blur landed next to it.

"Akatsuki!" hissed Sakura, Kakashi went to pull Tenshi back but she stepped forward, entranced by the orange mask the first member wore. Then, she snorted.

"And here I thought I did a good job." She laughed after that, everyone was confused.

"Does Tobi know you?" Tobi asked, in a rather high voice that made Tenshi snort again. She reached up and threw her cloak away.

"Hakujona Akuma?!" realized Kakashi. Akuma had aged slightly since her last meeting with Tobi. Her hair was now in a ponytail that went to her mid back and her scar was still showing. Now she wore black Shinobi boots and dark gray pants that went into them. She had a white belly shirt that showed off her stomach and her well defined figure. She had grown into a more womanly figure. She was a definite beauty now, and she still only looked to be nineteen. Around her waist were her swords, the very same that she used in the fight against Tobi.

"Who's Hakujona Akuma?!" questioned Naruto.

"Eh? Akuma-chan?" Tobi cocked his head to the side. Akuma chuckled.

"I wouldn't have even known it was you, Tobi, if it weren't for that mask." Akuma commented.

"Hakujona Akuma is an S ranked Shinobi, she was accused of murder and went rogue a sixteen years ago, there were traces of her to have died in a large battle shortly after with an unknown attacker." Kakashi replied. Akuma chuckled.

"Tobi, remember that battle?" called Akuma, finding the situation funny.

"Tobi remembers." Tobi nodded, he too thought of the battle. And he also couldn't stop staring at Akuma. Looking at her now, all his feelings he had squashed for her over the years, the feeling of love for her, the feeling of regret because he thought he had killed her. All these feelings.

"I never thanked you Tobi, this scar was lovely, and the pain that I felt when I was almost cut in half, I'd be dead, if it wasn't for being me of course." A large amount of chakra thickened in the air as Akuma focused her little chakra on the black diamond on her forehead.

"Tobi, who the hell is this and what are you talking about, hm!?" yelled the blonde Akatsuki member.

"A-ah, Deidara-senpai! Akuma-chan is an old acquaintance of Tobi's, no worries! Tobi will take care of her!" Deidara highly doubted that when the seal on her forehead broke and the life from the ground around her was sucked out and her chakra levels rose to level that of the Nine Tails Jinchuuriki.

"Hey Tobi, it's been awhile, why don't we dance?" growled Akuma before she shot forward. She landed on the branch in front of Tobi and leaned forward so that her mouth was by his ear, "I just love dancing, especially when it's with the devil himself." Akuma pulled out her sword and slashed at Tobi, only for it to go through him. He jumped back and Akuma turned to the blonde.

"Interfere, and your life with be sucked from you so fast, you won't have time to explode anything." Akuma said sweetly, before taking off after Tobi.

"Tenshi-or Akuma or whoever, wait!" called Sakura, making to go after only to find a familiar orange masked Akatsuki member fly through some trees. He slid a few feet before coming to a rest. He sat up and rubbed his head with a sigh. However the Leaf ninjas attention soon turned to the blonde Akatsuki who engaged them in a fight.

"Akuma-chan isn't happy with Tobi; she hasn't hit Tobi this hard since she made him fly off the cliff…." Tobi trailed, standing up and doing a back flip to avoid the large burst of fire that came from the trees. Akuma walked out, a crazy grin on her face.

"What's the matter? Lost your will to kill me?"taunted Akuma, pulling her swords in front of her. Tobi continued to move back as Akuma came closer.

'Unfortunately, Tobi has the advantage here,' Akuma thought as she advanced on Tobi, 'He'll soon realize most likely. I haven't used any Shinobi abilities other than my agility and flexibility in years, I'm going to have to end this fast.'

Akuma began to rapidly slash at Tobi who kept jumping back. Then he made himself intangible. Akuma flew throw him and turned around only to find him sucking himself in. He disappeared and Akuma looked around warily, she was unable to move fast enough however when a hand came from nowhere and went around her face, effectively holding her in place and making her unable to speak.

"It's been awhile," breathed Tobi, in his normal deep voice, "Hasn't it Akuma?" Akuma smirked.

'So he's back to his normal voice now….' she leaned her head back to look at him.

"You look different now, more mature." Tobi decided, dodging as Akuma slid down through his hold and went to slice at him with her sword.

"Hm, I can't say that you do, I can't really see you." Akuma replied, pulling her other sword out.

"So what do I look like to you now, Akuma, even with my mask?" asked Tobi. Akuma grinned at him.

"The devil himself, especially with your demon eyes." she answered before flying at him. Old words flashed through her mind.

"The man with the demons eye will destroy the nightmare, but bring a new one to existence."

Akuma's eyes narrowed and she faked a blow to the right, then made to hit his left. Tobi made himself intangible once again. Akuma smirked and made a few hand signs.

"I'm prepared this time, for our dance." she laughed as she completed her Jutsu. She threw her arm to the side and the plants around followed her movements. Tobi's Sharingan that was now showing from his mask widened, and he jumped to the side to avoid getting hit. However soon many more plants were moving after him. He resorted to using hit fire style Jutsu to burn his way through the plants.

Akuma kept going at him; however this was only to mask her true intentions. She was sucking life from everything as she went along, gathering power for her last Jutsu.

'This Jutsu, when I use it, I'll die.' Akuma thought while continuously going at Tobi, 'The first time it is used, it makes the user immortal. The second time however…. the life is slowly and painfully pulled out of the user, am I really going to give my life up for this?'

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"….destroy the nightmare…"

'Where am I? What's going on?'

"AHH! Stop! It hurts! Shit!"

"Why?! Why is it always my power that does this!? WHY!?"

"I see that I have no choice, that I must do this."

A bright light.

"I refuse to die before I know that you are dead, we will both die in the very least."

"My seal is broken, now, we dance!"

"….At least…. he's dead…."

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After the memories flew through her head, Akuma knew that she could use the Jutsu. Because she knew that she had been prepared to die all that time ago, and nothing changed for her, not even all the friends she had made up to now could change her mind. Her only focus was Tobi.

Akuma stopped and jumped back a few feet from Tobi. She sighed and gave him a grin. He just watched her.

"I suppose it took a long time for me to realize it and now, to admit it." she decided, "But I just want you to know, that after this battle, no matter who dies and who lives, I want you to know that all those years ago, it wasn't just attraction. And if things had gone differently…." Akuma brought her hands together and began gathering chakra.

"Tenshi-err, Akuma!" called the Leaf ninja, appearing on the battlefield. Akuma gave them a look, and they all knew to hold back. Even Naruto knew that this was something that he shouldn't be involved in. But, so that Akuma could be sure, green bubbles appeared around them and when they tried to break out, energy was drained from them and they were thrown back. Akuma looked back to Tobi, and gave him a smile.

"If things had gone differently, if I hadn't of showed you my abilities, if I hadn't of fallen for you so hard, then this wouldn't have to happen." murmured Akuma.

"Fallen for?" wondered Sakura from their spots trapped in the bubbles just outside of the battlefield.

"This Jutsu, it's my ultimate technique, I forget if I ever told you about it, but I'll tell you now, it's a two use Jutsu. The first use, and the life from those killed by it turn the user immortal-" Tobi interrupted Akuma.

"So you'll become immortal?" he asked. Akuma shook her head and laughed.

"No, the second use painfully kills the user; I will die when I use this Jutsu. Because I used it when I was young to kill my father and village, remember? I told you about this, the secret forbidden Jutsu, this is it. The power of the Hakujona clan." Tobi, in a flash, was next to Akuma, they were close, right next to each other.

"You would kill yourself, just to try and kill me?" he whispered.

"Because your plan, to bring the world under an illusion, is not the world that I want, if I were to live because I did not attempt to stop you, then my existence would be a pain for me." she replied back, just as quietly.

A sudden wave of chakra from Akuma forced Tobi back and he watched Akuma make hand signs.

"Seimei Gisei Shi no Jutsu!" she shouted, smashing her hands into the ground like a summoning Jutsu. A white light flew out and surrounded her and the area up to where Tobi was standing. They were engulfed and Tobi, unable to make himself intangible felt himself get sucked in.

He knew he wasn't dead though, because he could still feel. He was standing in a white space, across from him was Akuma. But it wasn't the Akuma from before, or it was, but rather, she looked different. Like she had before he had tried to kill her.

"Love is a fickle thing, you would do anything for the ones you love, even die. For me, to save the ones I love, I must kill them and myself in the process." Akuma's voice resonated throughout the space clearly with a somewhat echo. Akuma began to glow white and a smaller girl was in her place. She had the same eyes and hair though and Tobi realized that it was a younger version of Akuma. She looked up at Tobi.

"I never believed in destiny too much," she admitted, "But I believe now, that it was my destiny, to meet you, and then, it was your choice on what happened from there. When you made your choice, my destiny became to die trying to stop you."

"Any last words?" Akuma asked, her scars opening and leaking strange green liquid.

"I never stopped loving you." Tobi replied. Akuma cocked her head to the side, and then, she smiled.

"And I you, and that's why I have to do this." Everything flashed white and Tobi saw nothing else.

Akuma's Jutsu had not killed Tobi though. Tobi managed to get out of it; it sacrificed him the part of his body though that Zetsu had taken over to help him. Tobi felt himself weaken considerably and he looked around. Akuma's Jutsu had done incredible damage. Everything for a mile was dead, other than the Konoha ninja that had the strange green bubbles around them.

Akuma was lying limp on the ground some ways over. Tobi limped over to her and knelt down. Blood dribbled from the side of her mouth and her scars leaked either blood or green liquid.

"Heh, I tried. Guess I failed though, but it's no difference. I suppose I always was a failure. I failed my own rules, my clan, I couldn't prove my innocence, and now I couldn't kill you with my ultimate Jutsu." Akuma started coughing, more blood and green liquid dribbled down her chin. Tobi wiped it away.

"How does it feel to see me here, dying?" asked Akuma quietly. Tobi sighed.

"I will never forgive myself for this happening to you," he admitted, "But I'm already hell bound, I'm scum, but every ninja is scum. Except for you, you weren't scum, because you were willing to sacrifice yourself, because you realized the cruelty of the ninja world." Akuma chuckled causing more liquid to dribble out, only this time from her ear.

She leaned up, and into Tobi's ear she whispered something. Beneath his mask, Tobi's eyes widened when she finished.

"The man with the demons eye will destroy the nightmare, but bring a new one to existence." she chuckled to herself as she let herself down; somewhat enjoying that she had managed to shock Tobi. Her breathing was shallow and ragged now; she was barely getting air to her lungs.

"I…. knew I had been….dancing with the devil….too late," she rasped, but her eyes glinted with a new light, "What…. will you do now…. with the information…. I have given you….devil?" Akuma's head fell back and the light left her eyes. Tobi's fist clenched. He closed her eyes and stood after a moment.

"I never did, stop loving you, I can't delude myself into thinking that I didn't." whispered Tobi before he disappeared in a swirl. The barriers around the Leaf ninja broke and they ran over to where Akuma's body lay.

"She's dead." whispered Sakura, checking for any sign of life.

"What's this green stuff?" asked Naruto, dipping his fingers into it.

"Stop disrespecting her body!" snapped Sakura, smacking his hand away. She looked down at Akuma and shook her head. Kakashi looked down at it while Neji used his Byakugan to examine it.

"It's… her life." Kakashi finally decided. Sakura and Naruto looked to him.

"What do you mean?" questioned Sakura.

"The Hakujona clan were known for their life abilities of healing and death, I remember that when the entire village had been wiped out, we found a scroll on this Jutsu open in one of the clan houses. The Jutsu that she used sucked the life force out of the one she killed, the first time the life is given to her; however the second time, the god of death takes the life from you. This green liquid is her life essence, and possibly the life essence of others she killed the first time." Kakashi explained.

"What do you think she whispered to that Akatsuki member?" questioned Neji. Sakura sighed.

"I don't know, but whatever it is, Akuma didn't want us to hear it for a reason." she replied.

"Akuma wasn't a society ruled girl; she played by her own rules, whatever she said was something that was a part of her plan." Kakashi decided, picking up Akuma's body, "Let's get back to the Leaf."

They left the clearing, however there was one thing that they didn't notice. Lying under where Akuma had fallen was a scrap of paper. On that paper was some abbreviations and a name.

H. Aishite. U.

AN

So, I left it here, I may make a sequel, or leave you wondering and speculating on what the hell happened at the end.

Who hates me? I can think of one person….. You know who you are.

Anyway, right now go to DarkChasm-Sama and read her one-shot Warm Me Up. It's a lemon between Akuma and Tobi. Akatsuki no Kyara I believe also did fan art of Akuma, however I don't have the link or title yet so I can't put it up. But when I do get it, a link to it will be found on my profile page with the other links I have. There isn't a link to Warm Me Up, but I did favorite it, so yeah, go look at it.

I have changed the name of the person on the paper. It's been changed to fit the sequel better.

Sayonara… for now. Leave a review telling me you want a sequel, if you want one.