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Lit candles filled the room with their luminous glow, covering any part of the shadows that wished to creep. The walls and floor were stone, portraits of deceased people were placed all across the wall, however there were no titles to name who they were. It was cold and very quiet, so quiet that it was deafening. Inside the room were two people, both very powerful and very dangerous.
A man stood in the middle of the room, one that looked to have had seen many battles and had endured the hardships of war, his face was badly scarred, his hair dark and short, his auburn eyes portraying no emotion in them. He seemed to radiate an intimidating aura about him. He was short but muscular wearing a plain black yukata a white sash around his waist tying a wooden staff to his side. In front of the scarred man was a kneeling woman, her dark long hair reached past her back and covered the full of her face like as if it were a mask. Her skin was a pale caramel, a long scar running down from the backside of her neck and alongside her back before crossing over onto her revealed stomach. She was clothed in a puffy multi-coloured green pants that reached a little past her knees, and a tight black shirt that ended just above her belly-button and had long sleeves that over-hung her hands.
The scarred man eyed her intently, studying her for a moment. Thinking through what he was about to say carefully.
"Chouko," he addressed her, his voice full of power and authority, and as soon as he did the woman known as Chouko raised her head, bright blue orbs shining through the drapes of her hair struck his own auburn ones.
"Daisuke-sama," came her velvet reply, her voice holding a slight playful tone hidden in it, a small hidden smile appearing across her lips, "What is it that you need of me My Lord?" she asked. The man known as Daisuke reached into his inner robe and pulled out a small scroll and with a flick of his wrist tossed it over to Chouko. Examining her while she opened the scroll and read it, he watched for any signs that would point out her sudden change of characteristics, strangely enough he didn't find any.
"This mission is important. Your abilities will be most needed which is why I have suggested you. If you choose to accept this mission then I expect your job to go exceedingly well. Failure is not an option." He said in a warning.
"Since when have I ever failed?" she replied, looking up at him. He arched an eyebrow. "That was an accident so that doesn't count." Looking back at the scroll she ignored his narrowed eyes.
A small giggle passed her lips. "Nani? Konohagakure needs the help of little ol' me?" A dark look suddenly appeared on her face, "I don't think so." Whether or not if he was affected by the sudden change in her attitude he didn't show it or either chose to ignore it. Instead he merely tossed her another scroll, one smaller than the other but of course equally important, or so she thought.
She looked at the scroll with a dull look in her eyes, her gaze drifting from the scroll to Daisuke and back again. Finally she opened the smaller scroll and read through it, and as she did her shoulders stiffened.
"But then again," she began quietly, "who am I to turn down such urgency? Alright then," the corners of her mouth once again turning upwards, "let's go kill some demons."
Rain poured down in the Land of forest, strong southerly winds picking up. At a large gate that was used for both entering and exiting the village stood five shinobi, the leading figure being the woman known as Chouko, her appearance slightly altered. Instead of her long hair hanging like drapes around her face it was pulled tightly back into twin buns, her face now covered by a multi-coloured green mask, pictures of thin branches with few leaves adoring it.
"Butterfly-sama," a gruff voice spoke using her codename. Chouko craned her neck around, glancing at the man who spoke. "We are ready."
Turning until her body was in exact alignment as the man, she allowed her eyes to linger over the group before her, studying them, analysing. They all wore identical clothing as one another, wearing a thin black t-shirt that fully pronounced their muscles from underneath the material, their pants a long navy blue and lastly a large black cloak that was left open despite the weather. Each had a mask similar to Chouko's, but with a different colour, and also carried their own specific weapon. The man who had addressed Chouko was tall and muscular, his hair a dark brown and pulled into a short pony-tail. His mask was a fiery colour, a large triangular sheathed sword made of pure steel strapped to his back. Directly behind him was a mountainous, deeply tanned man who loomed over all four of them despite being in a hunched position, any hair that was supposed lay atop his head was long gone, his mask was coloured with multiple colours of blue, a small backpack that was the size of Chouko's head was strapped tightly onto his back. On the large man's right was a tall- even more so than the first- lean man, whose hair was a dark navy blue that reached just passed his waist and was tied up nearest the tip, his mask of different shades of purple, what looked like to be a large over-sized senbon needle strapped securely to his back. Lastly was a smaller man that was neither tall nor overly muscular, his hair an auburn colour that spiked out in different directions, his mask was mixed colours of black and white, three scrolls strapped on both outer-sides of his legs.
Chouko nodded in what seemed to be some sort of approval before turning towards the gate once more. "Alright. Let's go!"
The five shinobi sped off into the thundering storm towards their current ally and enemy, Konohagakure.
For one day, the five forest shinobi had been running and for one night they carried on with the same speed they had started with. Originally it would take five days altogether, but time was of the essence.
Nightfall had fallen by the time they had reached two large village gates, the Konoha emblem etched in the middle of the arc. When they arrived they were greeted by a young woman. The woman had shoulder length black hair with bangs and dark eyes, clothed in a long bluish-black kimono with white trimmings, held closed by a white obi, and open toed sandals with low heels.
"Konichiwa, my name is Shizune, Hokage-samas personal assistant. Judging by your attire I am guessing you are the ninja we requested. Please follow me to the council chambers." Shizune said.
It took them no less than three minutes before they were standing in front of a green covered double door, shouting being heard from behind them. Shizune turned to the five foreign shinobi and asked them to wait for her to address their arrival to the council, gave a small bow and turned around to enter the room.
A few seconds later, it suddenly became quiet, the shouting from behind the doors coming to an abrupt stop, it was almost as if there had never been any shouting to begin with. Shizune came back and gestured for the five to enter. Upon entering, the feel of a burning pair of eyes crawled upon Chouko's cloak covered skin.
On the wall straight ahead of the small group were portraits of the past Hokage's of Konohagakure. The council room was relatively large, a long table with unfilled seats with the exception of who Chouko assumed to be the Hokage with an old woman and man on either side of her. At the head of the table was a woman, her blonde hair pulled back into two low separate ponytails, a small violet rhombus in the middle of her forehead, clothed in a grass-green robe, underneath it was a grey closed blouse though it still didn't stop her sizeable cleavage from hanging out.
A tense silence filled the room, no one able to talk and barley able to breath. A few minutes passed before Chouko decided to break the silence.
"Got any sake?"
The once tense silence dropped and was replaced by one of stun, those present with either their mouths slightly agape or eyes slightly wide. " Gomen-nasai, I am sorry for such words. Between you and me I don't really like sake...but then again I don't hate it either." Ignoring the looks she was receiving, Chouko reached into her back pocket and pulled out the scroll that Daisuke had firstly given her and tossed it to the Hokage. The Hokage took it and looked at it confusingly.
"Daisuke-sama wrote a small reply at the bottom of the page, he of course wishes for you to read it. I'm not entirely sure what he has written but I have a good idea, so please try not to take too much offense." Chouko spoke with a bored tone as she watched the Hokage read the reply and her face go from calm to a dark smouldering look.
All eyes drifted between Chouko and towards the Hokage, not knowing what to take of the current situation. All were filled with curiosity of what the letter contained but none willing to ask. Looking as if she were struggling with words the Hokage let out a small breath of exasperation, before turning a stern face towards the foreigners.
"Very well then," the words passed through the Hokage's mouth regrettably, but knowing that they were short on time. "Let us review the situation." she began, "As you know the Temple of Azura was invaded by a group of rogue ninjas. There lies the Demon of Darkness, Azura. The group of rogue ninjas were somehow able to use some sought of reanimation jutsu and revive the demon, some of the monks that were able to survive from the invasion managed to give word to us about this but died soon after. Strange enough there weren't any signs or indications that showed us how they died. Aside from that, three villages have been affected from the demon and have been completely destroyed, we are lucky enough that the demons powers and health have not fully recuperated, but that hasn't stopped the path of destruction it left behind when passing. Unfortunately we have lost sighting of the demon and are unable to track it or the group of rogue ninja."
"We do not know why the demon was summoned in the first place," said an elderly woman's withering voice on the left side of the Hokage, "Nor do we know who were the people responsible for this."
An old man with light green spectacles spoke from the other side of the Hokage, "We do know however that we have to stop the demon and the rogue ninjas before it's too late. That is where you come in. We have heard of your excellent tracking skills and are in dire need of your assistance."
Chouko looked towards the ground for a moment in a thinking manner, a small 'hmmm' passing through her lips.
"Is something the matter?" the old man asked.
"Yes, as a matter of fact there is." she replied.
"Oh, how so?"
" Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't your village already have excellent trackers of their own? If so, you should already be able to track down this threat by yourselves."
"Yes, we do have trackers already, however, for some reason they are unable to track them, no matter how excelled they are."
"Him, even so, the path of destruction the demon left should have been enough for you to follow."
"Yes, it would have been, but unfortunately it appears and disappears randomly in any random place. We have tried to link the places together to see if it forms some sort of pattern but to no avail."
"..I see." Chouko tilted her head thoughtfully. A long pregnant pause followed through until Chouko realigned her head. "With your permission I would like to have access to any information that you have collected, also any historic files that would give me a bit more information about Azura."
"Of course." the Hokage nodded. "Once this council is adjourned then my assistant, Shizune, will give you the documents you require. Right now I wish to discuss to you about what is currently happening and what will happen. Right now we have ninja assisting all the places that have been affected by the frontal force of Azura, we have medical ninja examining the deceased monks for anything that we may have over-looked. Your job is to find Azura and take that monster down." she finished with a firm voice.
"Understood." Chouko replied, "Once I have the information needed my squad and I will immediately take leave-"
"Not so fast." the Hokage interrupted. "You see originally, we had only asked for you and only your assistance. Those four behind you however," she gestured to Chouko's squad, "were nowhere near a part of what we had asked for. So you see, we have an issue here."
"I fail to see such issue."
"I have heard word of what your organization does and what they have done and therefore I am sure you now see the issue at hand."
"Enlighten me." the words coming out bitterly. Oh how she wished that the bimbo of a Hokage would just end this pointless talk and allow her to fulfil her mission. Chouko pretended to listen nodding every few seconds for effect, not catching a word the Hokage said.
"...which is why you will each be assigned to a team that I assign for you." she finished. Unfortunately Chouko had heard that.
Behind the mask, Chouko's eyes went wide before narrowing with anger. "Do we look like some sought of babysitter to you?" she spoke in a low voice, a hidden yet noticeable undertone within it.
A smirk appeared on the Hokage's face. "On the contrary, my shinobi are the ones who are, as you suggested yourselves to be, babysitters."
"You can't-" Chouko began but was interrupted.
"Oh but I can, you see the moment you accepted this mission you accepted any orders that were to be given by me. There will be three squads made up of four and another squad made up of five, so three of you will be placed in a separate squad from one another whilst the other two will form a squad of five."
"You speak all this as if you already knew about the extra presence I brought with me beforehand." Chouko accused.
"No, I am just very fast when it comes to preparing for the unexpected." Behind the Hokage her assistant's face seemed to do a small downcast of disbelief, suggesting to the masked woman that what she had said was a load of bull. "I will organize a squad for you each, it should be ready by tomorrow, right now I assume that you are all tired from your journey. Shizune take these four to the assigned apartment."
"Yes, My lady."
"Dismissed."
Shizune hastily walked towards the foreign shinobi and managed a small nervous smile, "Um, w-well then, let me go get the information and then show you to where you will be staying for the time being."
Shizune walked out the door gesturing them to follow her, but not before being stopped by the Hokage. "Oh yes, by the way."
Chouko twisted her head around, "What?"
"Payback's a bitch"