Prologue
The Sounds alliance
Three years after the kidnapping
After Tsunade's retirement the new Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki, is meeting with the sound village's leader Kin.
"I hope that you understand that the kidnapping of the Nara children was not my idea and that we are sorry for Lord Kabuto doing such a thing."
"Kin I understand, but for you to be coming here to request an alliance is very suspicious. Tsunade would not allow this to happen so unless what you are offering in exchange is valuable then you will see that I will react with the same attitude as Tsunade," said Naruto.
"From looking through records I have found several maps of akatski bases. You are searching for the Akatski along with the sand aren't you?" Kin said pulling a scroll from her pocket.
"We are."
"Then I think you would consider this valuable information would you not?" she asked with a smirk.
"Is there anything else then maps?"
"Much more. Including information on several of the people. But that was when Orochimaru was a part of it."
"That is still valuable information. I will make an alliance with you, but should one of your shinobi do anything that harms this village be prepared to pay for the consequences, or risk war."
"I understand Naruto."
Over at the Nara household………
"So he is going to make an alliance with the sound?" Temari asked her husband.
"Yea, though the thought of it makes me cringe," said Shikamaru. "I mean the previous leader kidnapped Kaida and Hoshiryu. And this person who is now leader is Kin, who was carrying Kaida away from the fight."
"No fair Hoshiryu!" cried a young voice. "You got a head start and I can't see where I'm going."
"Well can't you just 'feel' where you are going," said a boy with red hair who just ran into the room.
"You make me so mad! Shadow possession jutso!" the voice cried again.
"Hey! No fair! Mom, Dad Kaida is using shadow possession on me again!" The boy said.
"He raced me!" cried the voice who is now known as Kaida.
"Kaida release your brother! Hoshiryu you know not to race your sister!" said Temari.
Kaida comes around the corner. Her black hair done up in four ponytails like her mom and her black eyes unseeing and her feet bare of even socks. "Mom can we open our presents now?"
"Why don't we wait a little longer," Temari said as the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it," said Shikamaru who looked slightly amused.
"Mom guess what!" said Hoshiryu, "I can throw a kunai 5 feet and still hit my mark now!"
"So what! You can still only use shadow possession 3 feet away and I can use it around corners and-" Kaida said.
"Kaida be nice, Hoshiryu that's excellent. Who knew that getting into weapons would be a good thing for you. And Kaida it's good that you are gaining more control of your shadow, despite you not being able to see it."
"Hey mom can you tell us a ninja story?" asked Kaida reaching her hands out and grabbing hold of air till she found her mother's hand.
"What kind of story?"
"Tell us about when you and Dad fought in the chunin exams!" said Hoshiryu.
"Yes! Tell us that one!"
"Alright. It was Kankuro's battle, but since he had added some things on to crow he did not want to show the leaf ninja's how he had changed it. So he forfeited the battle against Shino. That meant that it was now time for my battle. So I opened my fan and flew down to the ground. Now your father didn't want to fight me-"
"Why?" asked Hoshiryu.
"Because back then he believed that fighting women was troublesome. He still believes it."
"Then why did he enter the arena?"
"Temari are you telling them about the chunin battle?"
"They were curious, and it is a funny story."
"Well, why don't I tell you but first we have guests." Gaara and Kankuro walked into the room.
"Uncle Gaara! Uncle Kankuro!" the kids cried running to their uncles. Hoshiryu was holding Kaida's hand and half pulling half guiding her to their uncles.
"What'd you bring us from Suna," asked Hoshiryu.
"Hoshiryu that's not polite to ask them before they had even gotten settled," Kaida snapped at her brother.
"Actually Kaida it's okay, it's your birthday right?" asked Kankuro.
"That still doesn't make it right, but it is. What did you bring us?" asked Kaida.
"Well, I don't know what Gaara brought you but these should be good right?" Kankuro reaches into the travel bag that he'd been carrying with supplies and took out two puppets. They both had cloth between their limbs and extra cloth stored in the body. One had no eyes and was bigger than the other, the other was able to fire senbons.
"Puppets!" yelled Hoshiryu as Kankuro handed him the one that fired senbons.
"I can't see them. How could I use one," said Kaida on the verge of tears.
"Let me teach you," said Kankuro. He took her hand and set her fingers in the notches that were on the puppets body. "Make chakra strings follow the holes Kaida."
Soon both twins were controlling there puppets. Kaida was making her puppet dance in the air and Hoshiryu was, well fire senbons at random places. Till he broke a vase and Temari said that he was to not practice the senbon shooter in the house.
Gaara gave Hoshiryu his own kunai collection, but Kaida's present was way different. It was a walking stick.
"I carved two symbols on the front. Can you tell me what they are?" Gaara asked her.
Kaida ran her hands across it, "Leaf."
"Yes, what else?"
"Sand village?"
"Yes. You might be a ninja for Konoha, but your roots lie in both Suna and in Konoha. Don't you forget." Gaara told her.
"I won't Uncle Gaara."
The rest of the day was good, the twins enjoying all of their presents, Gaara and Kankuro had to leave to get back to Suna. But this day would later mark a dark day for this family.
Later that night………………..
Everything was peaceful till a crash was heard.
"Shikamaru."
"I heard," said the lazy ninja. He and Temari went down the stairs. The last time someone had gotten into their house Kaida and Hoshiryu had gotten kidnapped.
They did not expect what was downstairs. A winged vampire whose skin was black and wings were red along with its devil horns, claws, lips and the clothing it wore. "Shikamaru Nara," it hissed spotting him.
Shikamaru tensed. Whatever this creature was it new him. "Temari, take the kids and get out of here. I'll take care of this. Whatever this thing is it doesn't like me."
"Fine, but once they are safe I'm coming back."
"Wouldn't have it any other way Temari."
Temari turned and ran up the stairs and to the twins' room.
"Both of you get up."
"Huh," said Hoshiryu rubbing his eyes. Kaida sat up and grabbed her new walking stick. Temari picked her up.
"Hoshiryu follow me, and be careful. Something has broken into the house and I'm taking you two somewhere safe."
Temari climbed out the window with Kaida in her arms, and Hoshiryu following her. They jumped from building to building, little knowing that Temari should have stayed behind.
Back at the Nara house…………
Shikamaru was struggling against the beast, till it threw him on to the floor. As soon as he stood it teleported in a black cloud, and it was letting out a hissing cackle.
Meanwhile……………..
Temari stood frozen as a black cloud materialized into the same beast that Shikamaru had been fighting. Temari then put Kaida down. "Hoshiryu get you and your sister somewhere safe," Temari told him.
"Mom we want to help," said Kaida.
"No! I won't have you two be getting hurt now get going."
Temari turned and hit the creature with a wind attack from her fan. The creature hid itself behind its wings. "Do you actually think that wind can hurt me?" it hissed at her. It then sent a wind blast mixed with black chakra sending Temari against a building, before disappearing in black smoke.
Meanwhile…………..
Hoshiryu lead Kaida through the streets of Konoha, till the creature showed up again.
The creature grabbed a hold of Kaida and tried to fly away. Hoshiryu was holding the creature's wing. Kaida was beating the creature with her fists. "Sleep," the creature said touching Kaida with one of her claws. Then she blasted Hoshiryu off of her wing and disappeared.
Meanwhile…………………….
"So you're back," stated a man with brown hair, a giant white dog with down facing triangles on his cheeks.
"Yes I'm back," the creature stated slowly changing back to Kin. "And soon we will both have our revenge."
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