ALRIGHT! before we start, I have a few things to say...

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usually in the beginning of chapters I will have something about these Oni characters. no worries, they won't take over the story.

FINALLY.. my beta reader and I worked on yet another oneshot dubbed "My not so fairytale wedding." It's basically Sasuke and Sakura's wedding, and how it went wrong, with Team Hebi included :P its linked on my profile so go read it. its pretty funny and long if you like to read long things xD we have a habit of writing to much discription.

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'Not too far from here, and I will be in the Oni village.'

Swerving through the large trees, the fair Rian picked up the pace, determined to reach the village before the sky turned dark.

Scanning over her map, it was only a matter of hours before she would reach the small village in the mountains. The idea of her even being an Oni still puzzled her.

Swoosh

A kunai zoomed past her, stopping her in her tracks. She jumped back onto a thick branch, and leaned against it, as the kunai came from the side.

She took the time to pull on her fingerless black gloves, and to pull out a few kunai from her Hollister. From below, she could hear the sound of kunai's clashing, and men laughing.

"Come on little girl, we won't hurt you…much."

Rian looked around the trunk of the tree, and saw three ninja surrounding a little girl. The little girl only looked Fourteen or so, with short black hair that framed her face, with golden eyes with black slits in them. She had a sleeveless black dress that stopped at her mid thigh, with black boots that went up to her knees.

The kunai that came towards her must have been a deflection, seeing as they didn't notice her there.

Looking down at the little girl, something puzzled Rian,

She had cat ears popping out of her head, and a tail.

'That's not normal, is it?'

The little girl stepped back, trembling in fear, "L-Leave me alone! I just wanna go home!"

The men just laughed and stepped closer to her. Rian clenched her fists, as her teeth grinded.

"Disgusting, isn't it?"

Rian looked up, and there on a tree branch opposite hers, was another girl. Her hair was…different. With the color of purple, she had one layer of hair, chopped at her chin, with the other layer meeting her waist. Her bangs were cut right above her amethyst eyes. She sported a white shirt with frilly sleeves, which tucked into her red hakama's, with a purple obi around her waist. She wore a pair of zori's on her feet, and a katana sheath tied to the obi. (Kinda like Kikyo's outfit in Inuyasha)
An arm bracer was also on her right hand, which she was holding a katana with.

Rian cocked an eyebrow, "who are you?"

"That means nothing at the moment. Right now, we have to save that little girl."

"Well do you have any ideas?"

The purple haired kunoichi smirked, "a simple one, but an effective one."

In a second, the kunoichi appeared behind Rian. Rian turned to her, and the kunoichi spoke of her plan.

Rian gave her a confused look. "That's it? That's your plan?"

She nodded, "it'll work. These guys aren't the smartest guys around."

Rian nodded, "Alright, let's go."

The purple haired kunoichi jumped down behind the three men who were looming in over the young girl. She put her thumb and index finger in her mouth, and made a whistle noise.

The three men turned behind them, and noticed her there. She winked at them, "hey boys, could you please give me directions to the rock village?"

The three men looked at each other with a smirk on their faces, "sure ma'am, how about we take you there?" one man said walking up to her with a seductive look on his face.

She gave them an innocent look, "would you really? I mean, I don't want you going out of your way and all." She said walking up to him and making circles in his chest. The other two men came up behind the first guy with devilish smirks on their faces.

"It's the least we could do. After all, we couldn't leave a little bunny like you here all alone."

The kunoichi's eyes narrowed, "well this little bunny is turning into a vicious tiger."

-

Behind them, Rian jumped down to the little girl who was now curled up in a ball, watching the scene in front of her. The little girl was about to scream when seeing Rian suddenly appear in front of her, but Rian put a hand over her mouth, with her others hand index finger over her own, making a 'shh' noise.

"Shh, don't worry, I'm here to help."

The little girl nodded, and Rian scooped her up, and jumped into the trees.

While Rian got the little girl, the other kunoichi whipped out her sword, and began an all out assault on the three men, leaving none alive.

Rian placed the small girl down on a tree branch, and in a second, the other kunoichi joined.

"T-Thank you for saving me! Those three men came out of no where and I couldn't defend myself." the young girl said bowing her head. Rian smiled, "no worries. What are you doing out here alone anyway?"

The little girl gave a skeptical look, "I–er…am traveling to another village. My parents died a long time ago."

Rian's face softened, "likewise–on both accounts. My name's Rian. I come from Cloud country."

The purple haired kunoichi spoke up, "Kaguya, I come from Mist."

The young girl smiled, "I'm Takai, but everyone calls me Neko-chan. I come from the Tenshi village."

"Tenshi village? As in the angel clan? I thought that village didn't exist anymore." Kaguya spoke.

Takai shook her head, "No, its still around! I've been living there since I've been born."

Rian and Kaguya nodded. Rian looked at her watch and cursed. She had fallen behind schedule. She stood up, "I'm sorry, but I must be going. I've fallen behind my schedule."

Takai stood up, "Wait! Where are you going?"

Rian bit her lip, as she couldn't reveal she was heading to the Oni village. She made something up, "to uh…a small village in the mountains of Sukai."

"So I assume its by invite only?" Kaguya said flashing her invite card. Rian looked surprised, to see another person with the same invite as her.

Takai dug into her pockets and pulled out the same invite, "I got one too!"

Rian smiled, "So I guess we're all going to the same place."

Kaguya nodded, "well, we should get going then. I was planning to make it by nightfall."

Rian nodded and turned to Takai who was smiling. She spoke up, "do you mind if I tag along with you guys?"

Rian looked at Kaguya and they both nodded at each other, "no, come right ahead."

Takai nodded, and the three of them began jumping off, from tree to tree.

Something puzzled Rian. She turned to Takai, "Takai, why couldn't you defend yourself against those men? And why do you have cat ears and a tail?"

Takai gave a fake smile, "I couldn't use my powers because I didn't want to go crazy."

Kaguya raised an eyebrow. "Crazy, what do you mean?"

"I didn't want it to take over me."

Rian gave her a stern look, "what do you mean 'it?'"

Takai took a deep breath, and then spoke, "I have the eight-tailed Nekomata sealed inside of me."

-

Angels and Demons

Chapter Two

Conspiracy

I got the scoop, I got the scoop
And it doesn't look so good, so good for you

Hey Mama, its your funeral

-

"Oie, Hideki! Where were you all yesterday!?"

Hideki bowed down in acknowledgement of his captain, "forgive me Naruto-senpai, but I had a personal issue I had to take care of."

Naruto gave him his usual grin, "awh well that's okay then! So what did you want to talk to me about anyway?"

Hideki took a deep breath, "you see captain, I have a… uh family gathering in Earth country, and I was hoping you could let me leave for a few days. You see, my baa-chan is gravely ill, and I wish to see her again before she…"

Hideki never finished his sentence, making it sound more dramatic, even though he was lying. Naruto put a comforting arm around Hideki's shoulders, "Don't worry, you go see your dying baa-chan. I send my wishes!"

Hideki gave a smile, "Thank you Naruto-senpai! I won't be too long!"

"Oh no worries! Take your time!"

Hideki nodded as Naruto dropped his arm from Hideki. Hideki bowed down, "I will go pack now."

Hideki opened the door and left as Naruto waved goodbye to him. Once the door closed and Hideki was alone in the hallway, his eyes turned a dark color, and a smirk was plastered on his face.

"Stupid Uzumaki."

The little voice inside Hideki began laughing. His plan was moving at a faster pace then he planned. It was now time for the Oni reunion,

And Kenji would make a guest appearance.

-

"Ino please believe me! I wasn't stealing your boyfriend from you!"

"give me a break Temari! You guys are just–"

"–friends! I deal with Konoha/Suna relations, such as the upcoming Chunnin exams, and he is the proctor. We were just talking about the exams!"

Ino took a sip of her tea Temari had bought her out at a local teahouse in Konoha. Ino, as usual was jumping to conclusions that Temari had a 'secret' plan to steal Shikamaru from her.

And she wasn't going to let that happen!

"How can I believe you Temari?"

"Ino, if I wanted Shikamaru, he'd be mine by now. He's your boyfriend!"

"So are you implying that you can't get any guy you want, INCLUDING SHIKA!?"

Temari sighed. Boy, was Ino going overboard. "Ino, what's bothering you? Your jumping to conclusions and assuming things that aren't true."

Ino gave a worried look, staring into her tea cup. She took a moment before speaking.

"Things between me and Shika…aren't working out so much. He just seems to be hiding something from me, and its getting to me!"

"Ino, don't worry about it. Once he's ready to tell you what's on his mind, he'll do it."

Ino gave a small smile. "I hope your right Temari."

Temari flashed a simple smile and looked at the clock. Realizing the time, she sat up. "Anyway I gotta go Ino. I'll see you around."

"Wait, where are you going?"

Temari paused for a moment, thinking maybe telling Ino where she's going might turn into world war three. Nevertheless, she figured behind honest with Ino was the only way to get brownie points with her.

"I'm meeting Shikamaru to–"

"WHAT!?"

Everyone in the teahouse turned to Ino, surprised by her outburst. Temari put a hand over Ino's mouth.

"Shh! Ino! Stop jumping to conclusions! We're just going to talk about the chunnin exams. Don't worry, I'm not stealing him from you!"

Ino, who was ready to punch someone out relaxed, taking in a deep breath. "Alright, I trust you Temari. You better not be stealing my man!"

Temari winked at her, "come on Ino, you've been going out for three years now. I could never destroy that."

Ino smiled, "alright, see you around Temari."

Temari sat up and waved goodbye as she headed to the door. She slid the door opened and stepped out into the strong sunlight. She closed the door and took a step out into the busy streets of Konoha.

BAM.

Temari had walked right into someone, a fellow shinobi. She managed to stay up, but the person she hit fell to the ground.

"Hey, watch where your–"

Temari stopped as she stared at the man in front of her. He had the nicest blond hair she had ever seen, and beautiful brown eyes that lit up in the sunlight. He sported a pair of jeans, a white button up shirt with only the bottom button buttoned up and the collar up which complimented his rock hard abs, and a brown bandana on with a skill on it. he had a backpack on, and arm bracers on both his arms.

He was absolutely stunning.

"Oh, uhm I'm sorry! I should watch where I'm going." she said bowing and blushing. the said man sat up and dusted himself off. From the look on his face, he fought the urge to yell at her.

"No, its alright. I wasn't being careful."

"Oh no, it's my fault! I should have watched where I was going after leaving the teahouse!"

The man in front of her studied her for a moment and cocked a brow, "you look familiar."

Temari thought of the only possible reason for this. "I'm Sabaku Temari; I deal with Konoha/Suna relations."

The man nodded and put his hand out for a handshake, "Hideki. I don't think I remember you from that. It's something different."

Temari shook his hand, "oh, probably during that war a few years ago. I was one of the Tenshi girls."

Hideki looked like a deer in head lights at that moment. After zoning out for a moment, he clued in, "oh really? Well, it was nice to meet you. I must be going."

Hideki began to walk away, when Temari called out, "Wait, can I see you again? You know, for tea or something?"

"I will be gone for a few days." Hideki said as he continued walking away. Temari ran a few steps and then stopped, "well I'm in Konoha for two weeks!"

Even though Temari couldn't see it, Hideki had a smirk plastered on his face. He did not turn around to face her. "Well, I guess I'll see you in a few days again."

"Teahouse in five days at noon?"

Hideki stopped, and turned around to Temari with a smirk on his face, "a date it is."

Temari smiled and waved goodbye as they went their own separate ways.

Within Hideki's mind, a mastermind was filling in another idea.

"Temari huh? Reincarnation of Sasha Tenshi. She could be very useful to us."

"How? And why did you make me ask her out?" Hideki asked the mastermind within.

"She has interest with you. If she takes this liking very seriously and falls in love with you, she may switch sides and join us. That would weaken the Tenshi's, and we would gain a powerful ally. We can manipulate her, and turn her against her Tenshi comrades!"

Hideki had to admit, it was a clever idea. He gave a smirk, "Whatever you say boss."

-

As Ino was cleaning off the table that her and Temari has just used, she realized Temari had left her bag on the seat next to hers.

"Guess I'll have to go and return it to her."

Ino then remembered she was with Shikamaru. This gave her good reason to go see him.

She grinned, "Temari's a good person! I guess I was overreacting earlier."

-

"Oie, you're late."

A grin was plastered on the kunoichi's face, "sorry, I ran into somebody."

"Literally?"

"You could say so Shikamaru."

Shikamaru rolled his eyes, "Alright, down to business."

Temari took a seat on the bench outside the park Shikamaru was sitting on. "So why'd you call me here? I had to lie to your girlfriend."

Shikamaru mumbled something Temari couldn't hear. "Speak up, can't hear you."

Again, he mumbled something, but this time, he was blushing. Temari gave a confused look.

"Huh? I can't hear you."

"I need your help." He said in a clear, broad voice. Temari was surprised by the authority in his voice.

"With?"

Shikamaru looked out into the pond in the park. He didn't know where to start.
"How do I tell her?"

"Tell who what?"

"Ino."

Temari gave him a serious look, "are you breaking up with her?"

"No, it's not that."

"Well what is it?!"

Shikamaru took a deep breath and had a small blush on his face. "How do I tell her I want to be with her forever?"

Temari breathed in a small amount of air in shock. "You mean–"

Shikamaru dug into his pockets and pulled out a small box. He held the box tightly. "I want to propose, but I don't know how…"

Temari leaned back against the park bench, with a satisfied smirk on her face, "well obviously you don't know how to. This is your first wedding proposal. Unless you proposed to someone else and got–"

"Yeah whatever, zip it Temari Just help me out."

Temari gave a teasing smirk, "you know, this is quite funny. The genius, Nara Shikamaru asking for my help."

Shikamaru grimaced. "Temari…"

"Alright," Temari stood up, "pretend I'm Ino, and you're proposing to me."

Shikamaru scoffed, "you?"

Temari gave him an offensive look, "well duh, of course me. You asked me to help, and here I am. Now are you going to do this, or make yourself look like a total idiot when you do it."

Shikamaru muttered a 'troublesome' as he stood up. Temari grinned,

"Alright, so what do you plan on doing the night you propose? Go out to dinner?"

he shook his head, "picnic on the outskirts of Konoha."

Temari gave him a thumbs up, "good idea. Now, do you have a proposal speech or anything done?"

Shikamaru shook his head. Temari sighed, "Alright, the first thing you do it go down on one knee."

Shikamaru stood there, dumbfounded. Temari rolled her eyes, "well, go down on one knee!"

Shikamaru did so. Temari continued, "you take out your box and open it and show her the ring. You then begin to tell her how much you love her, and what she means to you. Once your done, you ask her 'will you marry me?' from there, she either says yes or no."

Shikamaru nodded and took a deep breath. "Ino. I know we've had our problems from time to time, but even so, we get back together and stay happy."

Shikamaru continued on, and Temari had to admit, she was impressed. She then thought about how lucky Ino was to have a guy like Shikamaru. Even though he doesn't show it, there is a softer, lovable side to the lazy genius.

-

Rounding the corner, Ino began heading towards the Chunnin tower Shikamaru and Temari were suppose to meet at. She decided to go the fast route, by going through the park.

Around the corner, she froze, as she saw Shikamaru and Temari. The fact she saw the two didn't make her freeze.

The position they were in made her freeze.

Was Shikamaru PROPOSING TO TEMARI!?

She missed the beginning of the speech, but definitely heard the end off it. "Will you marry me?"

Ino immediately dropped the bag she was delivering to Temari, which made a loud enough sound to alert Shikamaru and Temari. They both turned to her, seeing water in the blonde's eyes.

"H-How could you!? Both of you!"

Temari and Shikamaru gave each other a confused look, and then looked back at Ino.

"I-Ino, its not what–"

"Temari you lied to me! You said you had no interest in Shika, and now you two are getting married!?"

"Ino no–"

"How could you Shikamaru?! After all we've been through! I thought you loved me, and now you're proposing to HER!?"

Ino looked at Temari's bag. With all her anger infused into it, she kicked Temari's bag, sending it into the pond. She glared at the both of them.

"Have a fucking good life you two."

And with that, Ino ran off. Shikamaru hit himself in the face with his hand, muttering curse words.

"I thought something like this would happen."

He then turned to Temari, "I'll go try to talk to her."

Temari nodded and Shikamaru began running off after Ino. Temari sat down on the bench and put her head in her hands.

"What have I gotten myself into?"

-

Jacque embraced his petit lover in his warm arms, fearing if he ever let her go, she would never return to his arms.

"Stay with me Charlene! You are my everything."

tears fell from Charlene's eyes, "Jacque, I want to, believe me! But what about Thomas? He–"

Jacque held her tighter, "forget about him Charlene! Forget about the arranged marriage, forget about your family honor. Lets run away together, somewhere where no one will find us."

Charlene looked up at Jacque with anticipation in her eyes. "oh Jacque, but how?"

"Yes Jacque, but how?"

The two lovers looked up, and there was Thomas, pistol in hand aimed at the two.

"How DARE YOU take Charlene from me!?"

Jacque scoffed, "she came to me. She had no interest in you!"

Thomas's fingers were on the trigger, edging to pull back.

"Give her back to me now Jacque, or I'll be forced to kill you."

Jacque spat towards the upper-class English man, "I don't think you have the guts!"

Thomas's hand began trembling. He was itching to pull the trigger.

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"Sakura, answer the door Damnit!"

Sakura growled in annoyance, as she put her bookmark into her place, and put the book aside on her bedside table. She slid out of bed and headed towards the stairs. She then began trotting down the stairs of the Uchiha compound, tying her housecoat around her, getting ready to meet the cold air draft from opening the door. Once at the door, she opened it, figuring it be a messenger from the Hokage, or someone trying to sell stuff that doesn't even work.

But it was a blood shot-make-up running Ino. Her face was soaked with tears.

She instantly ran into Sakura, hugging her. Sakura gave Ino a startled look.

"I-Ino! What's wrong?"

"H-H-H-He was cheating o-on me!"

Sakura blinked, "What?"

"S-Shikamaru… I saw him proposing to T-Temari!"

"WHAT!?"

Sakura was beyond surprised. The pink haired medic sighed. Thank God Sasuke was on a mission and she had the house to herself tonight. Tonight's going to be a night filled with crying, angry rants, and brain freezes due to the tones of ice cream going to be consumed.

Yup, just another night.

-

An hour later,

"I-I can't believe –sob– S-Shikamaru w-would –sob– do this to me!"

"Ino… maybe you should lay off the ice cream and–"

"NEVER!"

Sakura hit herself in the face with her hand, for what seemed to be one hundredth time. Ino just kept repeating the same thing, over and over all night long. Sakura was seriously getting a migraine.

"H-Him and TEMARI?! H-How!? I don't see how he could choose her o-over me! What were they planning on doing!? Running away together to some random unknown place, make three babies and then ship them off to the chunnin exams, not thinking I'd notice kids with the last name NARA!?"

"Ino…your going a little overboard here."

Ino sent Sakura a murderous look, "me? OVERBOARD!? Sakura, you know you'd be in this state too if you EVER saw Sasuke-kun proposing to any other girl then you."

She had a point there.

Sakura sat down at the table next to Ino and pulled out a spoon. She was about to take a spoonful of ice cream from the tub Ino was devouring, but it was now empty. Sakura sweat dropped. Ino sure eats a lot when she's upset.

Another hour later…

Clunk.

"Stupid Temari, Stupid Shikamaru!"

Clunk.

"I don't know what I ever saw in him!"

Clunk.

"Ino, if Sasuke-kun catches you using his kunai board, I don't think he'll be too happy."

"Screw Sasuke! Right now, this is between me, and my anger!"

Ino fired another kunai, hitting it right in the bulls-eye,

Which had a picture of Shikamaru on it. she went from the crying/weeping stage, to the now anger stage.

"Ino…its getting late. You should get some sleep and–"

"Oh no, not just yet! This picture of Shikamaru must feel my rage!"

Clunk.

Sakura sighed, this would be a long night.

Two hours later…

Ino was lounging on the couch, finally asleep. Sakura sighed and turned off the tv, which was playing reruns of Ino's favorite soap opera. Sakura went into the back closet and pulled out two blankets. Heading to the couch, she laid the blanket over Ino.

Sakura looked to the clock, 1:36

Sakura was dead tired. She had worked her but off in the hospital, and then came home, had dinner with Akira and Daisuke, went for a nice bubble bath, began reading her book, and then was interrupted by Ino's dilemma. She needed some sleep.

KNOCK, KNOCK.

Sakura looked towards the door, unsure whether she should answer it or not. Deciding too, she grabbed a kunai just in case it was some run away S-class criminal or something.

Sliding the door opened, there stood Shikamaru.

"Sakura, I know Ino's here."

Sakura looked surprised that Shikamaru was out at this time, looking for Ino more or less.

"Shikamaru, I don't know what your talking about. Where's Ino?! What did you do to her?!"

"Cut the crap Sakura, I told you, I know she's here. Where else would she go when she needs comforting?"

He had a point there.

"Well, Ino doesn't want to talk to you Shikamaru. After what you've done–"

"–Its not what Ino thinks! Sakura, she walked in at the wrong moment–"

"The wrong moment to see you proposing to Temari? When did you plan to tell your girlfriend of your secret affair with Temari?"
Shikamaru sighed, "nothing is going on between me and Temari! Listen, tomorrow at noon, meet me in your office. I'll explain everything then."

Sakura cocked a brow, "why can't you tell me now?"

"It's a secret. I don't want Ino to know–"

"Ah ha! so you and Temari are secretly dating!"

"No, Sakura! listen, just meet with me tomorrow, please?"

Sakura sighed, "Fine."

"Don't tell Ino, please?"

Sakura could see by the look on Shikamaru's face, he was dead serious. He had such a straight poker face, it was scary.

"Alright, alright."

Shikamaru nodded and began walking away, through the Uchiha compound. Sakura closed the door and sighed. Ino claims Shikamaru's cheating on her, while Shikamaru claims he's not, and has a secret reason about what Ino saw.

Sakura rubbed her temples. It was too much for her right now. she grabbed the other blanket she took out of the closet and slept on the couch opposite the one Ino was sleeping on. She was in need of some serious sleep.

-

Sasuke yawned as he reached the front door of his lustrous house. Turning the nob, he walked in, his eyes widening at the sight of his house.

Twp empty tubs of ice cream were lounging on the kitchen table, with candy wrappers spread all over the place, and an empty bottle of wine on the ground.

Sasuke hesitated to go see the mess in the family room. Heading in, he looked out the window, and saw his kunai board. He stepped outside and headed towards his board, inspecting it.

He gave the most confused look an Uchiha would ever give.

A picture of Shikamaru, with a drawn on mustache, unibrow, and other random things had kunai's embed in it.

'What the hell?'

Heading back inside, Sasuke made his way into the family room. Once in that room, he wish he hadn't even gone to look.

The garbage can was overflowing with tissues.

Another two ice cream cartoons were on the coffee table.

Ino was lounging down on the couch, make up running, hair up in a mess, with Sakura on the other couch sleeping.

He sighed and walked back towards the kitchen, "I don't even want to know."

-

UNZ UNZ.

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