(A/N: Hey there people. I tried really hard on this one so I hope you like it. This chapter, unlike the other two, is in 3rd person because, like I said before, I'm experimenting with different styles to see which one fit me best. I personally think that this chapter is the best so far but my opinion is biased so let me know what you think, okay? And if your one of the few, who put an OC in here, then tell me what you like/dislike about how I've portrayed your characters. If I did crappy, let me know how I could make them better.
Oh and just so you know. I accidentally slipped in and out of Shiro's POV but I controlled myself pretty about that though. By the way, the OC's that didn't appear in this chapter may appear in the next so stay tuned.)
Anyway, without further ado, I leave you with the newest chapter. Later.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters. I only own Vaskar and the story, Riku belongs to Hidan's little Riku, Shiro belongs to Sanbi's Faeble and Koto belongs to RuTakasheryuu. Other OC's belong to their respective owners.
The village hidden in the leaves was bustling with vibrant energy early that morning. As a group of ninja entered the village from a mission well done, another group was getting ready to set out. Children ran around freely as their parents sat nearby, keeping watchful eyes on their offspring. And local vendors were successfully selling their merchandise to cheerful customers.
Two girls were sat near a window in an early morning café. The older of the two was just staring at her tea whilst the younger girl drank her soda.
The older girl had aqua blue eyes, and pale blue hair tied into a ponytail. Looped braids rested on the sides of her head, hanging with tassels. She wore a white dress which was shortened to stop at her thighs, sleeves which reached halfway down her arms. Black spandex shorts under her dress and knee high boots. Her nails were painted an electric blue.
The younger girl had cat-like green eyes, shoulder-long black hair tied into a ponytail with a green ribbon and a scar which runs from her cheek down to her jaw. She wore a short sleeved green shirt with gold trimmings around the collar and black chinese facets in place of the buttons. Simple black shorts adorned her legs up to her knees and the usual shinobi sandals were on her feet.
After another mouthful, the younger girl placed the cup back onto the table between them and gave her friend a reproachful look.
"You need to forget about him y'know?"
The blue haired girl looked up from her tea and gave a half-hearted smile. "I don't think I can, Koto. I don't believe he would do something like this. He wouldn't. I know it."
Koto rolled her eyes, brushing a stray strand of black hair out of her eyes. "Shiro, if he's willing to kill off his entire clan, then he can't be the person you thought he was…" She grinned, showing her sharp canines, "And y'know what? I'm starting to think he's got the right idea."
"Koto!" Shiro exclaimed. She sighed, putting her hand up and getting a nearby waiter's attention. "Fine, answer me this. If you had a friend you really liked and have known for, say… 5 years, and you found out that they were apart of a clan. What would you do?"
The waiter came back and cleared the girls table before leaving a piece of paper with the bill scratched onto it. Koto crossed her arms over her chest with a 'tch' and took a quick look out the window. Without even looking at her friend she replied, "Kick their sorry arse for not telling me, then throw them through the Hokage's window." She turned to Shiro and gave her a cold look, "Is that all?"
Shiro shook her head. Sometimes I get the feeling she already knows. She placed a few bills on the table and stood up, with Koto in tow. With a muttered 'thanks' to the waiters, they left the café and began walking down the street in silence towards the Konoha gates.
"So what are we doing now then?" Koto asked, after a few minutes of silence. "Are we gonna continue looking for the Uchiha to get him to explain? Or are we gonna look for the stalker of a shinobi outside Konoha?"
Shiro stopped for a second, arms crossed in thought. A second later she gave her patient friend a determined look. "We'll deal with the problem outside Konoha first, then we'll search for Itachi and the Akatsuki." The dark haired girl besides her nodded in approval.
Koto looked around and spotted a girl with long purple hair and an Akatsuki cloak. "Look! There's one!"
The blue haired girl looked at her friend, "One what?"
"An Akatsuki member!" Koto shrieked, running towards the girl. The purple haired girl looked at the two just as Shiro spotted a boy with white, spiky hair trapped in a palace of earth. "And she's got someone prisoner!"
"It's a kid! We have to help him!" Shouted Shiro, sprinting after the black haired girl. The purple-haired stranger in the Akatsuki cloak released her hold on the earth jutsu and turned to the approaching girls. The white haired boy stood up and also looked in their direction as he brushed himself off. Shiro and Koto stopped side-by-side and stared at the other two.
Shiro spoke first, voice calm as she stared at the girl in the Akatsuki cloak. "Who are you?"
Both the girl and the boy glanced at each other confused, but a smirk slowly broke out across her face as she looked back. "What's it to you?"
Koto took an aggressive step forwards, "Just answer the question! And don't speak to my friend like that!"
The girl scowled, "Riku. What do you want? We're busy."
Shiro turned to the boy next to Riku and asked him for his name in a softer tone. The boy looked at Riku then looked back at Shiro and answered, "Vaskar. Who're you?"
"I'm Shiro and this is my best friend Koto." Shiro took a step towards the girl and boy whilst giving Koto a look that said 'Something might happen, be ready'. She looked directly at Riku. "Do you know where Itachi Uchiha is?"
Once again, Riku looked genuinely confused. Then she looked at her cloak and started cracking up. Koto turned red in the face with anger and stomped closer to the two. "What's so funny?"
Riku laughed louder, Vaskar raised his eyebrow at her but a small smile could be seen on his lips.
"You are!"
Koto shrieked in anger and dashed towards the two. Both Shiro and Vaskar stared in shock as Koto reached Riku and tackled her. The two girls crashed to the floor, punching and kicking wildly as they tried to cause the other as much pain as possible.
"Koto!" Shiro cried.
"Riku! " Vaskar screamed. He jumped back a bit and started to form the familiar hand signs. "Wind Style-"
"Spirit Surge!" A couple of spirits flew towards the boy. The boy's eyes widened in alarm but there was nothing he could do to defend himself.
"Fire Style: Flaming whip jutsu!" A whip created solely out of fire flew back and forth wildly, tearing at the spirits. Eventually all the spirits vanished.
Riku jumped over to Vaskar, and placed a hand on his shoulder in a wordless 'Don't lower your guard'. Koto walked back to Shiro's side and they both looked at each other, silently agreeing on something.
"Phantom Art: Essence shot!"
"Fire Style: Flaming rose!"
Hundreds of flaming roses flew through the air towards Shiro and Koto but they were soon joined by hundreds of balls made of spirit energy.
"Soul light!"
"Ribbon shadow replication!"
Will-o-wisps of blue fire flew forwards and crashed into the balls of life-force, causing thousands of mini explosions on impact. The ribbons cut straight through the roses, but the fire ended up burning the ribbons to smithereens.
"We're not going to accomplish anything unless we fight them one-on-one." Shiro said, looking at her friend for her reaction. Koto nodded, running a hand through her dark hair. She grabbed at some kunai in her pockets and swiftly flicked them at Riku.
"Fire Style: Phoenix flower jutsu!"
Multiple balls of fire flew from Koto's mouth and instantly started melting the metal of the kunai.
Riku jumped away from the area that the flaming metal was landing in. Vaskar jumped in the opposite direction.
"Now!" Koto mumbled to Shiro. She quickly summoned two swords into her hands from a scroll and dashed towards Riku, attempting to cut her head off. That was unfortunately blocked by Riku's kunai though.
Shiro followed her friend's lead and rushed at Vaskar whilst pulling on a pair of leather gloves with three blackened metal blades between the fingers. She tried to stab him in the chest but he jumped back. He tried to punch her but she slapped his hand away. He attempted to kick her in the face but she grabbed his ankle just before he could touch her and chucked him through the air. Shiro chased after him, forming a hand sign for a Genjutsu.
Riku attacked Koto with a roundhouse kick aimed at her head, but Koto responded by dropping her body to the ground and using a sweep kick to try to knock Riku off her feet. Riku used a back flip which simultaneously made her avoid Koto's kick and made her kick Koto into the air. Riku followed up by kicking Koto to the ground.
Shiro calmly watched as Vaskar dazedly dealt with her Silent Risen Genjutsu. He seemed to be taking it harder than most that succumbed to her Genjutsu but she couldn't blame him. This Genjutsu was created so that the victim would spent some quality time with the dead. Who wouldn't be a little shaken from this?
She didn't like the look of horror on the boy's face or the screams but whatever works, right? But enough of feeling sorry about the enemy… it's time to get serious.
"Ninja art: Ice palace!"
She shot a beam of ice at Vaskar's feet. The frozen ground began sprouting tendrils of ice which wrapped around the boys body, all of which aimed themselves at vital organs. The frozen temperature and the sudden constriction forced Vaskar out of the illusionary graveyard and he looked around in confusion and exhaustion. Shiro slowly walked over to the boy and stood next to him. She turned to watch Koto and Riku fight.
Riku charged up a Chidori and raced over to Koto. Koto smirked, "That'll never get me."
She grabbed a shuriken out of her pocket and threw it in front of her. The shuriken multiplied itself until Koto herself couldn't be seen. Riku cancelled her Chidori and formed another set of hand signs.
"Fire Style: Grand fireball jutsu!"
Riku blew fire from her mouth which transformed into a huge fire ball. The giant fireball flew forwards, into the path of the rain of shuriken and melted them on contact. The liquid metal dropped weakly into the ground. The fireball carried on it's path to where Koto was and caused an explosion that shook the earth.
When the dust cloud cleared, Koto was nowhere in sight. Riku looked around but couldn't find her, it's as if she vanished into thin air.
"Fire Style: Dragon fire jutsu!"
An inferno appeared a little way away, then a searing beam of fire shot from the inferno towards Riku before she could react, setting her ablaze. She shrieked and thrashed but there was nothing she could do. Among the dying flames, she dropped to the floor exhausted.
"Riku!" Vaskar cried.
Koto walked over to the flaming corpse, arms crossed with a huge smirk on her face. Koto picked Riku up and walked over to Shiro and Vaskar and dumped her next to the icy prison. Suddenly, Riku's head shot up, an amazed look graced her face.
"They're stronger than I expected." Riku smirked, Vaskar nodded tiredly in agreement.
"Now are you gonna tell us where Itachi is? You Akatsuki scum!" Koto growled, moving to stand next to Shiro.
"I have no idea of what your talking about," Riku said in a sing-song voice.
"We're not Akatsuki. In fact, we're after them!" Vaskar whined desperately.
"Liars! Aaarrgh! You're the ANBU, do something. They're lies are getting on my nerves!" Koto exclaimed grabbing at her hair, Shiro frowned at her friend and crossed her arms.
"Koto. If they say they're not Akatsuki then I believe them. Besides, she maybe wearing the cloak, but she isn't wearing the ring." She pointed to Riku's hands. Koto looked, then nodded dejectedly.
Koto started pacing, "So what do we do now? We wasted a good two hours, wasted our chakra, and for what! To catch two children that have nothing to do with the mysterious ninja outside Konoha or the Akatsuki."
"Actually…" Vaskar muttered under his breath.
"What is it, kid?" Koto asked.
Vaskar sighed but carried on speaking, "She's the mysterious ninja that the Hokage talked about. The reason why she was said to be a rouge ninja was because she hasn't been in Konoha for awhile."
"Well that's one problem sorted." Shiro stated happily.
"I'll tell the Hokage with a messenger bird." Koto said, walking away.
"Now all we have to worry about is the Akatsuki," Shiro mumbled under her breath.
(A/N: Like it. Hate it. Let me know. Two new OC's will appear within the next two chapters so stay tuned. And by the way, there's a place for one more OC so get reviewing. Now!!! Or you die.) :P