Summary: Our favorite group of ninja find themselves hired by Voldemort. Their objective? Capture and kill Harry Potter. Their mission gets more complicated when they find themselves facing Red Moon. What new troubles does the group Snake bring?
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dreaming.sapphire: This has been re-edited as of: October 26th.
"ages"
Rookie Nine – 17
Team Gai – 18
Golden Trio – 7th years
Sand Siblings – 17, 18, 19 (respectively; may/may not appear)
Kakashi, Anko, Kurenai, Gai – 28
Japanese – Once we get in to England.
Kyuubi
"pairings"
Kakashi x Anko
Neji x Tenten
Others will be mentioned later on
NOTE: CHAPTER 1 & 2 HAVE BEEN EDITED - WHICH MEANS I CHANGED AROUND A FEW SCENES, REREAD 12/27/07
"Working for the Enemy"
Chapter 2
Mission 1: Paper vs. Steel
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"Ugh… What is it with these places? First too evil looking and now too much gold." Sakura grumbled as she stuck herself to a wall with chakra. Tenten giggled, "I guess they have no 'fashion sense' as Ino likes to put it."
"Back to the mission." Neji commanded. "Naruto, you're in the north wing, correct?"
"Right!"
"Tenten?"
"In the southern area."
"Sakura?"
"In the east."
"And Lee?"
"I HAVE COVERED THE WEST WING!"
"LEE! LOWER YOUR MIC!" They each yelled in a hushed whisper, excluding Neji who glared at his head set in annoyance, yelled.
"My apologies!"
"Aright, I'll check in every few moments to see how you're each doing. If you're attacked, knock them out as quickly and silently as possible."
"Right!"
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"People and their colors." Sakura rolled her eyes at the gold walls, before she had been shocked with all the talking paintings but began to ignore it. She covered half of her face with a red scarf-like mask similar to her old teacher's, and her pink hair wrapped up in the scarf also.
"Everything okay so far? I haven't bumped in to any one yet." Naruto queried, clearly sounding bored. "I want some action."
"Don't do anything stupid." Neji warned. "Yeah, yeah."
Before Sakura could reply in to her mic, she could not restrain the gasp that left her lips when she stared in to a pair of blood red pools that swirled with black ink drops. "Sakura-chan?"
"Sakura? My lovely blossom of love?"
"Sasuke…kun."
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"Hey, hey! Sakura-chan!" Naruto yelled out worriedly, and his eyes widened when he saw a kunai fly by. "Tobi has finally found some fun! Tobi has been bored. Tobi wants to fight!" Naruto glanced over his shoulder and glared at the mask of Tobi. "Why do you bastards show up at the wrong time?"
"Because it's our job!" Tobi replied cheerfully. "You mean you get paid for doing this?!"
"Cut the crap Naruto." Tenten grumbled, heading in his direction as she spoke in to her mic. "Right, right. Sorry." Naruto launched a fist at Tobi's mask. His fist quickly swelled and he held it, clutching it to his chest. "OW!!! WHAT THE HELL!? Who wears a mask so fucking hard!?" He yelled, waving his injured hand around. Tobi chuckled gleefully, "I have injured the enemy with out doing anything!" Naruto glared at him, "That was a test!"
"Then please… 'Bring it on'." Tobi grinned from behind his mask.
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"It's against the rules to run in the halls." Konan stated, staring straight in to Tenten's amber eyes past her eye holes. "I always was a rebel." Tenten grinned. "Rebels are killed." Konan launched a weapon at her, right between the eyes and Tenten caught it easily. "Paper, huh? Never thought of it as dangerous as steel. But I haven't played with paper weapons since my father died. That's child's play." She tossed the paper shuriken to the side, "People like to use steel nowadays." Unsheathing the jiang, she held it in front of her, as though beckoning Konan over. Konan's lips twitched, "Allow me to demonstrate just how powerful my weapons are."
"Bring it." Tenten grinned and both leapt at each other – a test of paper versus steel and technique versus skill. (1)
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"Sakura! Do not worry! Your green beast in shining armor is coming to save you!" Lee declared but paused when he heard a sigh behind him. "Why do I always receive the beasts? Is it because of my shark-like features?" Lee spun around and faced a grinning Kisame.
"Who are you?"
"Che, bad memory just like your master with brains the size of a beast." Kisame detached Samehade from his back and held it in front of him menacingly. Lee squinted at him, "You do look familiar… But how can you be sure you have faced my master?"
Kisame rolled his eyes, "Because you both have that annoying way of speech and I could see your teeth a mile away even past your mask. But it's about time some action came. Let's see how well you've gotten since the last time. Maybe it'll bring back some memories."
"Lee, be careful, he has an insane amount of chakra. Be on guard." Neji warned him, heading in Tenten's direction while ignoring the shouts of the paintings.
"YOSH!" Lee leapt in to battle like his life depended on it, swiftly blocking Kisame's swipes.
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Neji hurried to reach Tenten, "Tell me your exact location."
"Gee, I never knew you cared Neji! I'm in the north wing by the-"
Neji growled, "Not you Naruto!"
"Don't worry about me, I can handle her." Tenten assured him, dodging a paper kunai; grunting when she was sliced by the arm with a paper shuriken. "I always hated paper cuts."
"Ten-"Neji didn't get a chance to finish his sentence when he was suddenly aware of the fact he would be toast if the fire technique thrown his way touched him. He attached himself to a wall and searched the area for his enemy.
"A Hyuga…" Pain stated, his eyes blank as he looked in to Neji's ivory pair. Neji narrowed his eyes, a bit surprised with the odd color of his eyes. "This shall be interesting."
Neji landed gracefully a few meters away from Pain; sliding in to the Hyuga stance while he summoned his Byakugan wordlessly.
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"You must be the weakling child on my little brother's team." Itachi commented, staring down at her. She glared at him, "Has Konoha forgotten the eldest son and remembers only the youngest?"
"Uchiha Itachi. I will kill you for all you've down to Sasuke-kun!" She vowed. Itachi arched a brow at her in amusement. Drawing her fist back as though some one were pulling it back like an arrow, she quickly slammed her fist in to his jaw. She was not surprised to find him poof out in smoke and her green eyes quickly analyzed the battle field. "Coward." She spat out.
"I have nothing to be afraid of." Itachi said, his voice echoing throughout the hallway they were in. "I'll show you why you should be afraid." Sakura glanced to the left and ran in that direction, slamming her fist in to the wall so that it shuddered. She reached in to the cracks and pulled out Itachi who grabbed her wrist. "Should I be afraid? Or should you when you are in my genjutsu?" Her eyes widened and the area swirled and deformed itself to dark red sky with a black moon above her. She was pinned to a cross and Itachi appeared in front of her. "Relive your failures." Flashbacks of when Naruto risked his life for her countless times flashed through her head and her failure to bring back Sasuke. Sakura did her best to escape but it was to no avail.
She gasped out in pain when she felt a sword pierce through her abdomen. "You bitch." She spat out. He only smirked. And she felt herself every where all at once, being stabbed in the gut by a katana.
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Tenten back flipped as paper weapons impaled themselves in to the stone floors. Pulling out a scroll, she unfurled it, running blood over the characters (2) drawn over the white scroll. A string of kunai and shuriken appeared before, hooked on a thin but strong wire. Tossing the scroll aside, she used it like a whip, slapping at Konan. Konan managed to avoid life threatening strikes but still managed to receive a few cuts on her cloak and arms. "Don't tell me this is all one of Konoha's top kunoichi has." She taunted, leaping away from another hit. Tenten smirked, "I'm only getting started."
Konan pulled out a paper butterfly and allowed it to flutter over the battlefield. When it opened its tiny jaws, a flower bud dropped to the floor. Tenten's eyes widened and quickly leapt away just when the flower bud exploded, sending her to crash in to a wall. Quickly picking herself up, she reached behind her back to unstrap the scroll from the back of her waist and slammed it a few inches behind her right side. She bit her right thumb and pulled the scroll loose with her left. Her blood ran over the inky black characters while the end of the scroll ran loose on its own. A silver dragon roared as it emerged from the paper, wrapping around its mistress while protecting her from the paper weapons. Facing Konan, it opened its large jaws as another roar shook the hall, weapons of all kinds flying out. Konan's eyes widened. She quickly locked her fingers in a seal before her body began to split in to pieces of paper as they flew through out the room, making it harder for Tenten to concentrate on her targets. She managed to pierce a majority of the slips of paper and as Konan reformed her body, she saw she caught Konan's arm, shoulder, abdomen, and legs.
Konan deformed herself once again in to sheets of paper, sending her sharp edges Tenten's way. Tenten managed to dodge any life-threatening attacks but now had cuts marring her figure. Quickly forming a few seals, Tenten took in a death breath, "Katon: Haisekisho!" Blowing out, ash was blown to Konan, who hissed in pain when she felt the heat lick at her skin. Not daring to split in to pieces of paper, she quickly formed a series of seals and a barrier of mud rose from the ground to cocoon her from the flames.
When the ash faded, Tenten quickly glanced around in search for the paper user. Taken by surprise, she was slammed in to a nearby wall with a paper sword thrust in to her stomach, the force of the blade ripped through her protective armor. She coughed up blood as Konan mercilessly dug it in deeper. "Is that all?" Konan taunted. Tenten once again coughed, "Like hell it is." Spitting the blood within her mouth at the Akatsuki member, Tenten sent a stream of chakra to her legs to send a chakra-powered kick to Konan's head; wincing when the blade twisted within her for her to be able to perform the move. Konan stumbled backwards, wiping the blood from her face and staring at Tenten in disgust. Tenten quickly ripped the now-harmless piece of paper from her stomach and unsheathed the jiang (Chinese sword) from her back.
Skillfully swinging her sword, Tenten was not discouraged when Konan successfully dodged or blocked her swipes. Seeing an opening, Tenten managed a shallow cut on her cheek. Konan formed a paper sword of her own, sending a steady stream of her chakra through it to strengthen it. They began their dance once again, Tenten swiping and Konan blocking and dodging.
Tenten sent a kick to Konan's torso that was blocked by her paper sword; using her jiang, Tenten's attack to the side was stopped by Konan grabbing the blade, looking unfazed when her blood dripped down the length of the blade. Jumping back, Tenten quickly went through a series of tactics and strategies in her head. Konan suddenly charged forward with Tenten on the defensive.
Tossing her jiang off to the side, Tenten summoned a pair of curved-bladed swords shaped like a half-circle.
"Everyone! Escape as soon as possible, meet at the forest," came Neji's command, although you could hear the struggle for him to get his words through; a chorus of affirmatives rung through from those who could reply.
Tenten withdrew a pair of daggers from her clothing and pinned Konan to the wall with them. "It will take more than that to stop me." She glared, slipping out of her cloak she dashed at Tenten. Tenten blocked her strikes and quickly sent a kick at Konan's abdomen to send her flying back a few meters. Upon seeing her main scroll on the floor nearby, she hurried towards it but was grabbed by the back of her neck. Struggling for breath, Tenten glanced behind her best she could in her position. Knowing Konan would only disarm her if she tried to reach for a weapon, Tenten kicked her leg behind her with as much force as she could and gasped for breath when she was released.
Konan released an inaudible groan when she felt her back dig in to the blade of a dagger. Reaching behind her, she pulled it out without hesitation. When Tenten finally reached her scroll, she quickly formed a seal and uttered a silent 'kai' before half of the weapons littering the floor disappeared so that a rows and columns of characters appeared on the parchment of her scroll. She spun quick enough to block the sword with her scroll. They engaged in a battle of hand-to-hand combat. Tenten grabbed a pair of sai off the floor and pinned Konan to the wall with her leg. She stabbed a sai in to each of her arms to pin Konan to the wall followed by a pair of swords in to her stomach and torso.
Tenten leapt back to attach her scroll around her hips while calling back the rest of her weapons to her other scrolls. Just as she was going to pick up her fallen jiang, Konan came leaping at her with blood dripping from her wounds. "Ugh!" Tenten stumbled back, wiping the blood from her lips. Tenten sent a series of punches and kicks at Konan; once she decided that Konan had backed up far enough, she quickly 'poofed' from the battlefield.
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Naruto slammed his fist in to Tobi's head, "THAT'S for calling me stupid!"
"Naruto, now's not the time!" Tenten yelled in to her mic. "Right, right! I'm coming!" Naruto quickly poofed and stood beside a beat up Tenten who was leaning against a tree, "You need help?" Naruto gestured to her wounds, Tenten looked at him, "I could say the same for you." Naruto shrugged, "I'll be alright." Tenten's hands glowed a faint green before the wounds she placed her hands over began to heal. "Hey, hey! I didn't know you could do medical jutsu!" Tenten rolled her eyes, "These are the basics Naruto, and I only know them because ANBU decided my chakra control was good enough to allow me to perform medical jutsu."
"It's only because of your stupid chakra strings anyways!" Naruto grumbled with his arms crossed. Tenten grinned, but they both knew it was true – since Tenten had been training on her chakra strings since she was only a genin. Just as she was going to say something, a poof of smoke revealed a worn out Neji with wounds marring his pale skin. "We have to leave, now."
"Hey wait, what about fuzzy brows and Sakura-chan?" Naruto frowned. Neji glanced at him, "We have to leave them; Akatsuki members will be chasing us if we don't leave now." Naruto glared at him, "We just can't leave them!"
"Naruto!" Neji's yell was deaf to his ears because Naruto poofed out, leaving Tenten and Neji on their own. "He's right." Tenten agreed and followed after Naruto.
…TBC…
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-dreaming.sapphire
1. a test of paper versus steel and technique versus skill - basically, since Konan uses paper and stuff she's going against Tenten who uses steel and blah, blah, blah. Technique – because Konan has to strengthen her paper weapons with chakra and whatnot while Tenten relies on her skill on weapons.
2. characters - it's Chinese writing