Why do I have to try? [Part-26]

*Do you ever wonder...

How different life would be if that one thing didn't happen?*

Dammit. I don't know how long it's been since the genjutsu started. For all I know-

Wait, if this is a genjutsu then couldn't Matatabi have helped me by now? Even if she was almost out of chakra all it needs for a genjutsu to be over is a disruption in your own chakra flow... Then... What is this?

I can't think straight right now... Its too far fetched for me to believe that all of this isn't real. I don't NEED to investigate all of this if it won't bother me but, I feel like I have to do it.'

She sighed and laid down hoping to get some sleep. She knew that her instinct had never let her down before sometimes it was more annoying than helpful.

[Wake up~!!! Wakey wakey~

AHHHHHH!!! NARUTO IS DOING HIS SEXY JUTSU AGAIN!]-Matatabi

'WHAT?! WHERE??? I NEED TO TAKE PIC-

Dammit Matatabi!!!'

Veronica grumbled and complained a bit under her breath as she laid back down on her bed.

[Oh, shut it. Check if Tobirama is back. I am fully charged by the way.]-Matatabi

'Oh, ok. How long-'

[Only 40 minutes. And I didn't think that with me gone, you'll start to become that paranoid.] -Matatabi

'Sorry, the moment things started to avert from canon I just...'

[And this is why I said that we shouldn't get involved. But no! You just had to change things and make life more difficult, didn't you?] -Matatabi

Veronica pouted at that and just focused on removing the 'ghost jutsu' after seeing the floating Hokage.

'I've recovered some chakra. And I'm not that tired now. I can't believe that my brain that many backflips. This is why I hate overthinking. I mean-

Clearly that wasn't a genjutsu. They weren't acting different. They were just tensed. It made sense since SOMEBODY did something to me and whatever they did was a VERY big deal.

Matatabi, did you find anything about whatever was in my body affecting me that badly?'

[Yes, it was a 'different chakra'.] -Matatabi

'Explain.'

Veronica's expression didn't change at all as she waited for the tailed beast to speak. Her face which had been completely blank ever since she woke up, it was as though she hadn't even been complaining at all and acting her age a second ago.

[Well, chakra can be used in many different ways. And whoever did this install a very harmful type of chakra in your body. They manipulated the chakra to form sort of like a porcupine in your body. I'm guessing that the only way to do this is to have the victim directly 'consume' the chakra. Also, I wasn't the one who healed you. Your body eventually absorbed the chakra itself.] -Matatabi

'Absorbed it?'

[Any sort of life energy or chakra in this case which enters your body is absorbed by you. It's kind of like how you consume food. The moment you eat it, even if you don't want to absorb it in; your body won't really listen to you.] -Matatabi

'Ah. I'm guessing that too much chakra and your body just explodes?'

[Yup.] -Matatabi

'How come you tailed beasts don't explode?'

[Well, we don't have a body.] -Matatabi

'Huh? But how come you maintain a form then?'

[Well, we've been granted consciousness and a brain. So, the chakra takes the form our brain is the most comfortable in.] -Matatabi

'Shouldn't you be able to change forms then?'

[No, we can't. You see the shaping of our chakra was only a one-time thing. Besides it would be weird to see your siblings in different forms every time we met.] -Matatabi

'Yea, it kind of would be... Considering how you've told me how 'peculiar' they are.'

[Don't remind me...]-Matatabi

[*Ahem*]-Tobirama

'Oh yea, did you see how cute Kakashi looked just now?'

Veronica's eyes curled up in amusement as she thought of that and she could feel Matatabi feeling quite amused at the question too.

[Oh yes, I didn't think the man was capable of that. He shouldn't hide his emotions that much.] -Matatabi

[*Ahem Ahem*]-Tobirama

'I know right! Imagine how many times we would get to see that adorable masked face if he didn't hide his emotions so much!'

An irk mark popped on Tobirama's head as he thought of how much the two gossiped like school girls at the moment.

[Would you two be quiet or do I need to that again?!]-Tobirama

Immediately the two felt chills run up their spines. Trembling a little, Veronica put her head down and paid full attention to the second hokage inside her head.

'We're sorry...'

[We're sorry...]-Matatabi

The two apologized and one could see them growing mushrooms on their heads. Tobirama twitched at the thought of these two becoming more and more like his brother.

'So, what did you find Tobirama-san?'

[Well, I will need some more time to gather information on everybody but I was able to follow Danzo today.]- Tobirama

'Him, huh?'

Matatabi's chakra could be felt spiking a bit at the name while Tobirama's emotions were full of anger and disappointment towards his former student.

[That man is the reason why Kurama doesn't like humans.]-Matatabi

'Can't really blame him you know, with the people he got to 'meet' till now. But, what exactly did you find on Danzo, Tobirama-san?'

Her tone sounded light and perhaps a bit angry but she knew that she didn't care much about the man. She was only interested in him because he might be trying to mess with her. She only had a single thought when she heard of him.

'I just need to make sure that he dies and clean up his mess so that nobody I care for and me suffer because of him.'

To her, he wasn't even a prey.

*I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible and when I leave...

You will understand why storms are named after people.*