Yukino sat at the bar counting money.
"How'd we do?" Tsunade asked.
"Bad night, not nearly enough as we made last night."
"With it, I want you to go down into the country and buy the radio off the old man who lives past the bridge." Tsunade said.
"We have better things to get."
"Such as."
"Weapons."
"We're not trying to build an army here."
"Maybe we should. Three more battalions have arrived in the town and when the major fighting begins, I don't plan on singing next to a piano."
"We need to be worrying about gathering troop movements and positions and relaying them to command." Tsunade said.
"I'm tired of lighting cigarettes and laughing at bad jokes. We should be killing these scumbags."
"The moment we start shooting, we expose ourselves. I'm not about to throw away this entire operation just because you have a happy trigger finger. I'm the leader of this movement and my opinion is the only one that matters.
Yukino rolled her eyes and stormed off.
"Why is she so damn adamant? What's she's proposing would put us all at risk."
"Maybe that's her intention?" Rikku said.
"If you have suspicions, my friend, then let's hear them."
"From the beginning, she has been argumentative and has disobeyed your direct orders on more than one occasion."
"She's headstrong. Typical of the underground."
"Regardless of that, her behavior threatens our identities."
"She's our only munitions expert and she can sing. We need her. Have her followed for the next few days. If she is a Northside infiltrator then she needs to be eliminated." Tsunade said.
The following day, Tsuku walked down the street carrying a basket full of bread and wine. He greeted random people on the street. He even greeted a pair of patrolling Northside officers that were walking by. He was about twenty feet past them when one of them yelled for him to stop. Tsuku cringed at the sound of their voice.
"You. What are you transporting?"
"Nothing but the essentials of life." Tsuku said with an almost sarcastic undertone.
The officer grabbed a loaf of bread and ripped it apart looking inside of it. He then grabbed the bottle of wine and poured out its contents. Tsuku looked horrified as the officer just wasted a perfectly good bottle of wine. The officer looked in the bottle to see nothing but left over drops of wine. He tossed the bottle back into Tsuku's basket.
"Proceed."
"Will do."
The officer grabbed him before he could leave. "If I had it my way, you'd most certainly be dead."
Inside Sanjusan, Tenten sat at a radio taking down numbers it was subtly giving within its report. Static began to fill the airwaves.
"Damn, I'm missing it." She said.
Tsunade and Rikku turned a framed picture around to reveal a map of the town on it.
"Two Northside divisions are positioned here and here." Rikku said pointing to two different locations on the map.
"How old is this report?"
"Thirty-six hours."
"Old stuff." Tsunade said.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Tsunade turned around and grabbed her pistol. She cautiously walked towards the door.
"We're closed." She said.
"Moring delivery." Tsuku said from the other side of the door.
Tsunade felt relieved and went to open the door.
"You're late. What happened?"
"Just a little run in with those dumb bastards outside."
"They're increasing their patrols. " Tsunade said.
"Maybe we should change couriers. Our baker is arousing their suspicions." Rikku said.
"That's not necessary. I change my route everyday and I have become quite friendly with most of the Northerners." Tsuku said as he slid a knife's edge along the edge of the wine label. He peeled it off revealing a code on the underside of it and handed it to Tsunade.
Tenten sat there still listening to the radio getting code information. She got up after the transmission was over.
"Got it."
Tsunade stood next to Tenten as she decrypted the message.
"Southside forces to invade in two days. Require assistance. Disable enemy communications." Tsunade said reading aloud.
"Their radio is in their headquarters that is also surrounded by guards." Rikku said.
"I can do it. I'll tell them I need to see my special friend, even if it means bothering him at the office."
"Too dangerous. If you're captured, you'd be tortured for information." Tsunade said.
"You don't know my friend. He'd never do anything to harm his own child." Tenten said running a hand over her enlarged stomach.
Tenten walked outside the Northside headquarters. A pair of women in their forties spat at Tenten. She slightly looked at them then proceeded on her mission. She walked across the street and as soon as she reached the sidewalk she almost collapsed in pain. One of the guards ran over to her.
"What is it? Are you ok?"
"I need to see the Captain."
"Come with me. I'll take you to him." The guard said as he led her inside.
The Northside captain stood behind his desk looking at a painting of his. He stood tall with short brown hair and a clean shaven face. Typical look for a decorated officer. The guard opened the doors and allowed Tenten to walk in.
"Tenten? What are you doing here?" He said almost running to her.
"I'm sorry to disturb you but I wasn't feeling well and I had to see you." She said.
He hugged her. "Are you ok? Is it our child?"
"I don't know. I was dizzy."
"I'll call the doctor."
"No. I feel better now." She said breaking the hug. "Maybe I just needed to see you. Why haven't you shown me this place?"
Tenten looked around the room acting like she was interested in the paintings that were hung there. She then spotted the communications station. The captain stood in front of her. It didn't matter now, she knew where the radio was.
"I didn't want to our neighbors to see you coming in here. They make things bad enough because we are together."
"I don't care what they think." Tenten said as she pulled him close for a kiss.
Yon and Ni walked around the streets of the town. Yon was in a mood like usual.
"Ichi, wants us to continue this genjutsu till we rot."
Yon spotted an unsuspecting Tsuku on his daily delivery. He pulled his pistol out of its holdster.
"Ready your weapon. Avoid the head."
Yon and Ni began firing their weapons at Tsuku who ducked around trying to avoid being hit. Tsuku tried to get to the wine bottle without getting hit. Yukino came out of no where with her pistol and began firing at the two officers. They weren't expecting to be shot at and they took cover. She ran over to Tsuku and pulled him with her.
"But…the message."
"There's no time."
Yon and Ni still fired until their pistols ran out of bullets. Yukino and Tsuku ran down an alley way and dove into an archway. They waited for a few minutes before proceeding. Yukino reloaded her pistol before they walked out into the alley. Yon aimed his pistol at the two of them. Yukino spotted him and raised her weapon. Yon fired and shot the pistol out of her hands.
"GO!" She yelled.
Yon fired again and shot both Tsuku and Yukino. Both of them fell face first onto the ground. Ni walked up to Yon.
"We'll take them to the hospital."
The two officers grabbed Tsuku and Yukino. They both extended their right and middle fingers on their right hands and they both disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
