12 Demons
By Soul Teller
A/N: This is it the final chapter and then I'm turning over the sequel to Mr. Nobody I'll post the link for the sequel when it's up… Don't be sad the story continues I have other priorities and in order for me to follow my ultimate dream and goal I must put this in someone else's hands. I thank you for reading this… Enjoy The End…

Epilogue
The Betrayer

The Demon King once quoted a certain line a long time ago to its people when he was on the path to becoming Hokage.
"The worst type of demons is the one's you fail to recognize."
To this day none of the habitants of Konoha except one know exactly what he meant.

One Sasuke Uchiha was examining the village of Neo Konoha or at least that part of this new grand city divided into villages looking at the bright lights and the various shadows of people from his room in his grand mansion. He was waiting for a package to be delivered, one that could help further his research for a cure to the demonic transformation that had taken over his closest friends body. He heard the door open and the soft steps and he turned to see Karin standing there. Karin had matured greatly as the years had gone by, no longer was she the split personality, deranged person. True she was still clingy to Sasuke but she had learned to tolerate most people who approached Sauske… particularly the women. In fact she had help Sasuke when the council wanted Sasuke to expand the Uchiha clan again by having him donate sperm. However due to the demonic blood in him the sperm had to be purified by monks and priests in order to prevent demonic spawn from being birthed by mistake. However due to the large amount of donations and women wanting to sound important began making stories of having sex with said Uchiha. Of course these rumors are false, and Karin could testify for Sasuke had remain faithful to her… especially since she was his wife, and only had sex with his wife. This was before he had been infected with demonic blood and Karin had given birth to a healthy girl who retained her mother's face and general look but had her father's hair, eye's, and attitude at least the attitude he had before the fabled Uchiha Massacre.

"What's wrong dear?" Karin asked, next to her was their daughter, Sora, who looked worried.

"Nothing…" Sasuke said simply, turning back to the window.

"You haven't been sleeping lately… are you sure you're all right?" Karin asked.

"Daddy is something wrong?" Sora asked, in her small and cute voice, Sasuke turned to her and smiled he then gestured for her to come to him and she did. He grabbed her and held her up in the air then set her on his lap.

"Daddy's just having a few bad dreams… That's all…" Sasuke said.

"What kind of bad dreams?" His daughter asked.

"The kind that makes you afraid to sleep!" Sasuke said ominously, his daughter gasped.

"What do you do then daddy?" She asked sounding fearful, "Don't you let Mommy sing you a lullaby?" Sasuke gave her a sad smile.

"No it doesn't work like that for me…" Sasuke said, "I'm a grown up so lullabies don't work on me." Sasuke said. His daughter gave a small 'oh' and Sasuke smiled then he gave her a kiss on her forehead. "Don't worry too much about it… Daddy will be fine." Sasuke said, his daughter nodded but she still looked worried. "Off to bed with you…" Sasuke told his daughter as he set her down on the floor and she walked off heading for her room. When she vanished and Sasuke heard the door close he sighed and turned his gaze out to the village again. "My one true child worries for me…" Sasuke said, Karin didn't say anything but looked a little sad.

"You dreamt of him didn't you? The Demon King?" Sasuke didn't say anything, then he stood up and headed for the closet. He grabbed the doors and pulled them open to reveal various robes, and outfits, he scanned them quickly and chose a loose fitting light purple shirt, and dark slacks. He turned to Karin, who nodded and vanished, he then snapped his fingers and a blur of motion appeared behind him. The motion stilled to reveal a giant of a man with a mess of orange hair.

"Yes my master…" The giant said in a deep yet quiet voice, Sasuke didn't look at the man as he removed his clothes.

"Juugo prepare to leave get all the precautionary items just in case and help Karin with the heavy lifting. Now go." Juugo nodded and vanished. Sasuke quickly put on his clothes and he went to a stand where a red armor with the Uchiha clan emblem on the front of the chest plate. He put on the armor piece by piece, gauntlet on hands, greaves on legs, and finally the chest plate. He tied in the armor and then he grabbed the giant fan once wielded by Madara Uchiha and the sheathed blade of a katana and tied them both onto his armor.

"Are you ready dear?" Karin asked dressed in her ninja gear, a simple red shirt with long pink tights. And she had a large blue ribbon tied around her waist. Sasuke nodded and he snapped his fingers, Juugo appeared once again a large pack on his back and he was covered in a thick, padded, armor. Tied around his arm was a headband with the symbol of the Leaf.

"Come Juugo." Sasuke said and Juugo nodded, and the three of them headed out.

-Neo Konoha, Marketing District-

Sasuke walked through the market which was crowded beyond belief with hundreds of people all of them scrambling to get food or supplies. Sasuke pushed passed them to the meeting place of his contact. Though many couldn't see them but above the people's heads on the roofs of buildings were various ANBU Black Ops. They were there to prevent fights and invasions of demons since every now and then a demon would somehow sneak in and cause havoc. Sasuke continued to push pass people and came to a alleyway which he headed down. He saw a blur of movement but didn't grab either of his weapons, for it was Just another ANBU operative. The ANBU raised his hand in a halting motion and Sasuke and the other's halted. "Identification!" The ANBU, who wore a eagle mask, demanded, Sasuke nodded and he closed his eyes and opened them again revealing the red sharingan. The ANBU bowed, and moved to the side. "Go right on ahead Master Uchiha," Sasuke's eyes turned back into coal black marks. He continued forward down the alley heading for his contact. He walked slowly now his eyes scanning the walls and corners. He then heard a rustling sound and he held up his hand which crackled then burst into lightning which made a sound not unlike a thousand birds chirping. The lightning lit the dimly lit alleyway and Sasuke saw a tall man wearing an open vest with a dusty shirt, and long pants. The man had blue hair that was tied into a ponytail save for a strand of hair that was dangling in the front. The man turned when he heard the chirping of the infamous and deadly chidori, and he smiled when he saw Sasuke.

"Sasuke there you are! I was beginning to wonder if you would come at all." The person was Sasuke's contact a man who went by the name of Jansen. Despite what Jansen said Sasuke was quite convinced that Jansen was his real name he just wanted to sound important by saying he had another name. He looked at Jansen now looking a bit annoyed.

"So… did you get what I want?" Jansen smiled.

"Course I did… I need what you romised…" Sasuke looked at Juugo who reached down to his waist and grabbed a satchel which was tied to it and untied the satchel. He then tossed the satchel to Sasuke who caught it. Sasuke then shook the satchel it jingled as it did, "Money, money, baby!"

"Where's the product?" Sasuke asked Jansen smiled and he held up his empty palm then he waved his free hand across the palm and suddenly a potted plant appeared. The potted plant was yellow with red spots and a white dot in the center. Sasuke nodded and he walked forward to Jansen and Jansen held out the plant Sasuke took it and Sasuke then gave Jansen the bag of money. Jansen opened the bag and smiled, he then looked at Sasuke and held out his hand.

"Pleasure doing business with you sir! Now if you'll excuse me I wish to find some pleasurable company!" Jansen said and with that he strutted out of the alley. Sasuke watched him go then he turned to Juugo and held his hand out Juugo reached into the large pack and pulled out a scroll he handed it to Sasuke. Sasuke grabbed the scroll and opened it, he then handed the plant to Karin and pulled out a brush from his belt, the tip was black with ink. He quickly wrote a few symbols then he put the brush back where he pulled it from he then grabbed the plant from Karin and set the scroll and plant on the ground. He made a few hand seals and then he held out a hand to the plant and blue energy flowed from his hand, there was a puff of smoke and the plant was gone but the symbol for plant was on the scroll center. Sasuke grabbed the scroll and rolled it back up and tied it with a black rope. He then handed it to Juugo who took it and put it back in the pack.

"All right, let's go… we need to examine this at Konoha Hospital…" Sasuke said, and he turned and headed out the alleyway back into the market place. Sasuke looked around it was less crowded now and some of the ANB U had abandoned hiding on the roofs and were now patrolling the streets. Sasuke looked at a passing ANBU and he felt a dark fury boil within him. His eyes widened as the sharingan suddenly appeared then it changed as another ring formed in his outside of the other ring and his skin began to darken as pain began to sear through his body like lava. He gave a cry and Karin noting the transformation taking place sprung into action.

"Juugo! Grab Sasuke and hold him down!" She then turned to a ANBU who had come with several others. "You hold Sasuke down," She said the ANBU nodded and as Juugo grabbed Sasukes arm the ANBU grabbed Sasuke's leg it was hard for both of them to hold Sasuke as he screamed and twisted. From his back the armor bulged and the ripping of cloth could be heard and the faint shape of a strange wing could be seen. Juugo then began to tap into the strength of the curse seal as Sasuke's continued to writhe then the ring began to line up with marks and the center pupil also turned into a mark. Karin, who had been pulling out scrolls turned to the gathered ANBU. "Look away! Do not look into his eyes!" Karin shouted Sasukes eyes glowed with an eerie light and a ANBU who had just come looked at Sasuke and was about to head for Sasuke when suddenly black flames erupted from the man's eye holes. The man screamed clutching at his mask, Karin unrolled the scrolls and biting her thumbs she slammed her hands on the scrolls. Great balls of smoke came from the scroll the smoke faded to reveal various medical equipment including several beakers filled with a black red liquid. The liquid bubbled and frothed despite their being no heat and she grabbed a empty beaker. From Sasuke's darkened head two horns were forming, made entirely of bone the horns grew and curved back.

"You!" She shouted pointing to a ANBU who had his head turned to her. "Get the blindfold on the pack and put it on him! He can't be allowed to see like this!" The ANBU who wore a monkey mask nodded and he hurried over to Juugo and found a thick black cloth and looking carefully at Sasuke he tied on the cloth. Sasuke, managed to grab Juugo's arms the long talons sinking into Juugo's skin but Juugo remained stoic and silent. Karin however had grabbed a scalpel and with two quick slashes she cut two slits into Sasuke's side. She then grabbed a vial filled with glowing red blood and opened the bottle. She then formed chakra into her free hand and making some motions she began to draw red black globs of blood from the cuts she had made. She held the blood up then moved it into the empty beaker.

"My Lady you must hurry!" Juugo said as even with his curse seal strength Sasuke was managing to lift himself partially off the ground.

"I know!" Karin shouted and she continued to draw out black blood then when she had filled the beaker she began to draw the glowing blood from the beaker and put it into the other open cut she then waited as the glowing blood began to circulate through Sasuke's body. After about 10 minutes he stopped thrashing, another minute and he started to regain color in his skin and the lumps near his shoulder blades faded, the horns receded down into his skin and vanished. Sasuke lay there panting, Karin who had been watching noted the extreme delay for the purified blood to take effect. She had been speculating this for a while now but she now confirmed this way of treating demonic changes was only temporarily, very, very temporary. It was no cure and it was highly possible that one day it would be rendered ineffective, however until that time came she would search with her husband to find the cure to this curse. "Are you all right?" She asked, Sasuke nodded and he sat up.

"Yeah… we must hurry though it is best to administer the plant before the change fully dissipates." He said Karin nodded and she sealed all the medical equipment in the scrolls again and stood up pulling Sasuke up with her. She then turned to the ANBU, and looked at them.

"Thank you for your cooperation," Karin said and with that she, Juugo and Sasuke walked to Konoha hospital to begin testing this new possible cure.

All right that's it for 12 demons... I'm turning it over to Baron Von Nobody... Please read and review... it was fun making a story like this... who knows maybe in future I'll write a story featuring this theme again...