Foul Tongue
Chapter I: Invisible
Disclaimer: This story's base idea does in fact originate from VforVendetta34's original fanfiction called "Fouled Tongue" and I did get permission to use it. VforVendetta is also co-authoring with this fic after she abandoned her original.
Other than that, I do not own Naruto nor any other characters.
A/N: The story begins after Tayuya's "death" but the story will indeed proceed to the older Naruto Arc as well later on.
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The sun shone brightly in the sky while the clouds cast small shadows over the clear-cut forest below that had been lush and lively just moments ago. Despite the beautiful weather that day, the air was chilly and damp in the forest. Befit of a battlefield for the victorious and those whose lives had been taken or almost.
Amidst the countless cut logs scattered everywhere laid the figure of a woman beneath a particularly large log. Her midsection appeared to be crushed under the weight of the hefty tree but her expression was not of pain.
Tayuya observed the blue sky with semi-lidded eyes. She couldn't feel her legs nor anything under her waist for that part. The girl didn't even know if her lower half was still attached to her but she didn't care. Her eyes were slowly closing as death neared.
Death. It seems so welcoming. After all, dying would be like not being born and she lived through that before. If it weren't for that pitiful defeat the red head would have regretted nothing.
Red lips covered in blood slightly twitched. "F-fucking... shitheads…" she managed to mutter in a hoarse voice.
Tayuya had fought well… but not nearly well enough. If reinforcements from the Sand Village hadn't come then she would have probably won due to her advantage in distance-type genjustsu. So pitifully defeated… in a mere single fell swoop.
The young girl forced out a cough as more blood trailed down her chin and cheeks. Her lungs felt as if they were on fire but other than that, nothing else hurt. God must have been feeling quite merciful since her destined death would probably be painless. Yet his mercy did not go far enough for those who've suffered their entire lives, only to die in the most pathetic way. As a failure and as a weakling.
Chirping birds nearby snapped the dying girl out of her self-pity as she gazed at the sky once more. It was the first time Tayuya had ever noticed how blue the sky was. The small clouds that floated lazily in the vast ocean resembled lost souls in a world filled with only war and hate. However red would have been more suitable, not bright blue.
Chuckling at her own foolishness for noticing stupid things, Tayuya closed her eyes and allowed death to sweep her away.
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The red haired girl found it stupid when people claimed to catch a glimpse of their pasts before they died. Until now anyway. Her brain must have been knocked pretty badly for her to reminisce about her shitty life or perhaps she was going all emotional after years of self-containment.
"Tayuya-chan!" a small and sweet voice rang and echoed through the dark nothingness of her head before fading. Nostalgia overwhelmed the girl but she refused to allow this stupid "flashback" get the best of her. Death was sure a bitch.
"Tayuya-chan!" it called out again but this time in a darker tone. The voice was distant and cruel. The red head could feel her heart beat faster as an image of her body as a young child cowered in a corner of a battered room.
"C'mere you little shit of a Tayuya" again, her name was called out… but it wasn't that voice she wanted to hear, instead, a rough, male growl resounded as she enclosed herself more tightly in a small corner cringing at each footstep that clattered across the floor.
"Bitch, come here!" a tall man stood over her, looking fiercely into the cowering girl's eyes as he took her by the wrist and dragged her out of a small, poor-looking house. His eyes held no compassion whatsoever as the grin plastered across his face painfully reminded the young girl of the bullies she had faced not too long ago. Her small body was being dragged across the dirt and past two elderly figured that stood idly by the entrance of the shabby house.
"Mom! Dad! Stop him!"
However they stayed put not willing to move even as the mother started to sob into her sleeves while the taller man simply stood there.
It was when Tayuya realized that they were the ones who sent her away… the man that had his firm grip on her wrist had even thrown a sash of money to her parents as they watched her go.
"You fucking shithead! There is no place for those with advanced bloodlines! You'll be the death of this country!" the man's grip on the girl's wrist painfully tightened but the girl brought herself to his hand and desperately bit him.
Everything then happened in such haste. The poor little girl barely had enough time to actually see how he reacted until the pain of a hard fist collided with her temple. Almost instantly, her mind went blank.
These memories were in fact sent to torture her. Tayuya must have pissed off some Spiteful God that day. The fact that her fucking parents sold her because they were afraid of their own child… why… of all people did it have to be her? Tayuya never asked to be born with powers that she must've got from her grandparents seeing DNA sometimes skips generations… Didn't God have enough people on earth to torment other than her?
Tayuya thought selfish thoughts. She knew they were selfish yet she didn't care. The only person in the world dear to her was herself, all the other fucking idiots were just there to get in her way and make it all worst. No one ever cared; everyone in the world was a greedy bastard, a coward or a foolish piece of shit that had no other way to make him or herself look good other than protecting others.
She'd never do that. Protect others? No one ever protected her.
Ever…
Tayuya's thoughts swam in darkness again. The silence in her head became loud.
"Ever?" a small voice whispered, breaking the silence.
"……"
"I see…" it paused before slipping off back into the darkness. "Then… allow me to be the first."
The Sound ninja furrowed her brows. Who the hell was this disembodied voice and what the hell was he saying.
"But first… tell me… why do you cling to life?"
Tayuya grinded her teeth together. Who did this person think he was? Asking her all this shit as if he could decide whether he had the right to help her or not.
"Is it because you are searching for something valuable? A reason to live on?"
"Cut the bullshit! I don't need your help. Go fuck yourself." Tayuya could only respond to the voice within her thoughts.
"Tayuya-sama……"
To the girl's surprise something was materializing within her mind, giving her no control of such thoughts. Its contorting figure changed from what seemed like a lump of white shit to a creature she immediately recognized. The being was at least triple her size with a scarred face and covered eyes. The outfit he wore was much similar to her Sound Four uniform.
"Tayuya-sama," he repeated again.
"D-doki…… you're…… one of my Doki……" the red-headed girl imagined an image of herself, unharmed floating in the darkness in front of her pawn. "What's going on?"
"You have accepted us to be your companions in battle… our mingling souls would have been lost without you, and if you were to perish… our spirits would forever be lost in these depths," the other two Doki's that Tayuya controlled had appeared beside the long-haired zombie-like demon as their mouths seemed to be free of stitches, "you have guided our sinned souls to a path where we could freely fight alongside you."
Tayuya's abilities to collect spirits as her pawns happened to be what made her so miserably yet also proud.
"Let us help you."
With that, all three had disappeared.
Silence settled in once more casting but a heavier darkness if even possible. Truth be told, Tayuya had the will to live on. That bastard Orochimaru-sama only took her in as a chess piece. A disposable sacrifice.
Anger boiled up in Tayuya's veins as she clenched her teeth. If that bastard of a freaky snake would ever save her, she'd swear to never ever say another vulgarity in her life but the girl knew it was impossible. Orochimaru never bothered to save worthless beings.
Worthless beings were failures, or in other words, ninjas who could not fulfill their missions. This rendered her a worthless being.
The red head's fists were now so tight her knuckles became white while her nails dug painfully into her palm. Tayuya could feel energy return to her body and oddly enough, along with her anger came a soothing wave washing over her body.
She could've sworn that a glint of a boy with blonde hair had flickered in her mind for a split second… before she was greeted by heaven or hell.
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"How… -she………... time…"
The sound of monotonous voices made the girl inwardly groan. Hell must be greeting her instead of Heaven but it wasn't a surprise. With all the people Tayuya killed, it would only make sense if she were to be tortured for an eternity by pitchfork wielding imps.
The voices were discussing something but their words were too muddled for the dead female to understand. Her vision was scarce, but from what she could see so far, they were white-masked men in ANBU clothing…
As the girl's eyes adjusted to the bright light, she was able to see the glinting piece of metal tightly bound to their foreheads. A ninja plate... and it happened to be a leaf. Tayuya knew that the leaf plate signified the Hidden Leaf Village. That meant they were from Konohagakure… and not hell? She wasn't dead?
The dim light emitting from the hands of one of the men was pressed against her waist and she could feel cool chakra wash over her. As the healing proceeded, the female ex-Sound Five, Four, Four-and-a-half, God knew if she was still whole, felt a little relieved as she realized they were medical nins and not killers.
Medical nins were always dressed all in white and covered most of their face as if perfectly fit ninjas sent from other countries to destroy Konoha would carry infectious disease. Ugly choice of clothing if you asked her, but it didn't matter. They weren't ANBU after all, although the white suit must've been confounded with a white mask when her vision was still awry.
With a bit more energy, Tayuya could feel the small surges of chakra pulsing through her body. Consciousness regained little by little. Soon her hearing senses were clearer and their conversation became comprehensible.
"-Sound Four."
Good news. Tayuya wasn't torn in half. Kimmimaro was left out of the picture though.
"Part of… Orochimaru?" one of them whispered.
"Yeah, we should bring her back to Konoha for questioning," the medical nin that had just healed her nodded before increasing his chakra capacity onto the wound. Apparently it was pretty serious.
"Hey don't do that, the girl could attack us," the other medical nin scowled as he tried to stop his companion from healing the half-dead red head any further.
Shaking his head, the nicer white-clothed ninja sighed, "her injuries are great and we must take her to Konohagakure hospitals to tend them before it's too late. The girl's spine is seriously damaged but if we make it in time, we can perhaps still save her from spending the last of her days in a wheelchair," he paused to look at his comrade whom seemed a bit more calm, "Look Gonno-kun, she's our enemy but as a citizen of Konoha you should know that she is still human. She has the right to live and walk like us. Besides she's no danger at the moment."
Not dangerous, Tayuya scoffed. They only wished, and there was no way in hell that she'd go to Konoha and get healed only to be tortured again for information. The more chakra he poured into her, the more energy she felt flowing through her veins. It was strange. She even regained control of her legs, but only barely. But what made no sense was the fact that her legs managed to twitch when her spine was seemingly too damaged to allow any control over her lower body. Taking a deep breath the girl slowly lifted her right leg up and to her astonishment, it didn't take much effort. It did hurt a little but other than that, nothing big. Moreover, the two bumbling idiots didn't seem to notice her right leg move up in down in front of their very eyes. Either they were blind or idiots.
Tayuya watched the two men converse, unsure of how to run away. No way in hell was she gonna go to that damned village. The red head slowly raised her fist, making sure the idiots wouldn't notice her and they hadn't thus far still. Smirking inwardly to herself, the Sound ninja unleashed a fiery punch at the ninja who had attempted to stop the other from healing her but to her utter shock, her fist went straight through his face. Tayuya immediately pulled her fist back to her chest, cradling it as if it had been burned. What the hell was going on? The two medical ninjas didn't even flinch nor notice anything out of the ordinary.
Panic fluctuated inside Tayuya's chest.
"Let's go back. Hokage-sama is waiting for us," the nicer of the ninjas gently picked the girl up but the konoichi wouldn't have it. She tried to punch him too again and again while screaming out profanities in order to get his attention… but nothing worked.
It was when the two ninjas sped off that it dawned on her like a sack of kunai that had been swung in her face. Tayuya had fallen out of the man's arms but as they left without her, she caught a glimpse of an unconscious figure with vibrant red hair much like hers where she had previously been in that medic nin's arms.
"Hell's on fire. What's going on?"
They were fast but Tayuya caught up to them easily nonetheless, forgetting her previous plans of escape. She now leaped from tree to tree with equal speed and if it weren't for the weird shit going down, then she would have rammed herself right into the Konoha ninja. Tayuya now had a better view of the horrific reality in the arms of the enemy.
It was a girl on the brink of death almost identical to Tayuya but with nasty looking injuries. Her unconscious face was smudged with dirt and scratches. Blood dripped down the side of her mouth and eyes almost peaceful. Her clothes were ripped around her waist as the "assbow" Orochimaru was so fond of was no longer bound to her. It felt as if Tayuya had been disbanded from the Sound Four.
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A/N: If some of you have read Fouled Tongue by VforVendetta34 then you'll notice that some parts are just worded a little differently but I'll get to where VforVendetta34 left off soon :)
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