His Death and the Blood to be rePaid
By: Cliff Hanger the Avenger and Pluki-Kun the Takeuma
Chapter#4
When Souls Meet Again
It had been two weeks, two miserable weeks for Neji, Lee and their teacher Gai. There had been many arguments since they had gotten to the camp site. They secretly wanted to go to the Snow village, find Tenten, and take her away, but then that would mean war. That was something nobody wanted.
The next week they were relocated to a mountain over looking many things, including the Snow Village. Many people from the village came to bring clothes and food. Gai and his two man cell became sort-of friends with a little boy and his two sisters. Their names were Kai-Kun, Suzumi-Chan and Ayame-Chan. They immediately took a liking to them. To Neji, it seemed like they knew him, and he had no clue how or why that was possible.
Finally, after two weeks of deaths and battles, Neji, Lee, and Gai received serious injuries that needed attending.The only person who could treat them was Sakura, and she was down at the camp. Neji didn't speak much, though more than usual.
Sakura, Ino and Hinata had fallen in love with the three children that came with them. Now that there were girls going googoo daadaa over them, they spilled many words that, they were positive, they were not supposed to spill.
They had just asked the kids about their family, and the kids asked about their families. They asked about the village, and the youngest sister Ayame answered that it was 'gloomy because of Tenten.'
"What!" they all said together.
The children had been talking to girls, but the others, Naruto, Shikamaru, Choji, Shino, Kiba, Lee, Neji, Gaara, Kankorou, Temari (who had joined two days before) Iruka, Kakashi, Gai, Asuma, Kurenai and Tsunade-Sama, had heard. The three kids were scared. They knew they had said something they weren't supposed to.
"Don't mind them" Sakura said trying to calm the children down.
"You know Tenten?" Hinata asked, kneeling to be eye to eye with the eldest boy, Kai-Kun.
The three snow siblings looked down ashamed for saying that. But Kai-Kun spoke.
"Yes, our grandmother is the lady taking care of her injuries"
"H-how is Tenten?" Gai asked, rushing towards them, Lee and Neji right behind him. The kids ran behind Sakura, Ino and Hinata, but looked over the girls shoulders, Suzumi-Chan answered.
"Last we knew all that was missing to heal was her back" then she hid behind Ino.
"So… it hasn't… happened…yet?" Lee asked.
"No." Kai-Kun said, now standing in front of Hinata.
"Is that why you seemed to know who we were?" Neji asked.
"Yes, Tenten told us all about you, and you and you" Kai-Kun said first pointing towards Neji, then Lee and then Gai. "We heard that you had been put on the mountain, so we asked if we could go too, and they said as long as we didn't get in the way and as long as we helped those that asked. You Gais were easy to spot."
The three nodded.
"Tomorrow were leaving" Kai-Kun looked, regret in his voice "I don't want to be there…" he couldn't finish his statement as tears came swelling down his small, chubby face. They knew what he meant to say.
"I-I'll come h-here!"
Now they knew, the day when they see Kai-Kun running towards them in tears, it meant that it was most likely starting, just running off when he finds out that her back is healed.
Hinata hugged Kai-Kun. But that moment was short lived, as they heard explosions dangerously close.
"Every body gets to your battle stations now!" Tsunade-Sama cried standing up, and making sure everyone heard her. They were being attacked by Sound.
Hinata picked up Kai-Kun and his sisters and ran towards shelter. After she was able to get them to a safe place, she was about to run when Kai-Kun grabbed her sweater. Hinata spun around looking at him in the eyes.
"Where the mountain begins to rise, follow the path of the explosions, and your heart will be at peace." Kai-Kun said, then let go. It all registered in her mind, but she had to run off as she heard Sakura calling her. His words disturbed her.
Where the mountain begins to rise, follow the path of the explosions, and your heart will be at peace
What did that mean?
"The explosions started around the bottom of the mountain, lets go and check it out" Ino said.
Where the mountain begins to rise
The bottom of the mountain! Hinata ran faster. Once they arrived they saw many holes from explosions, but they saw an area that roughly formed a path.
Follow path of the explosions
"Come on! There's something over there that Kai-Kun wants us to find!"
"What?" Ino and Sakura asked at the same time, but Hinata had already started running to the pathway of destruction.
Then it ended. The forest was all together, no explosion.
Hinata looked from side to side.
"Hinata, what are you talking about-"
"When the explosions started, and I was about to leave Kai-Kun, Suzumi-Chan and Ayame-Chan in a safe place," She turned around to face them "Kai-Kun grabbed my arm and said 'Where the mountain begins to rise, follow the path of the explosions, and your heart will be at peace.'"
Both Ino and Sakura looked at each other, and in less than 20 seconds, they put the pieces of the puzzle together and started helping Hinata look around. Suddenly Ino shrieked. When Hinata and Sakura looked… sure it was a surprise, but they didn't want their hearts to be at peace, by dying thanks to a bomb that was about to go off.
The bomb started glowing. IT WAS GONNA BLOW!
Before the three Kunoichi knew what was happening, they were being grabbed by the back of their collar. When Sakura opened her eyes, she saw that she was flying away from the bomb, seconds later, it exploded. All three instinctively covered their faces with their arms.
Their savior was still carrying them to a safe area. They landed on the mountain side.
"Are you three okay?" A female voice asked.
Hinata, Sakura and Ino were on the floor, still covering their faces, trying to collect themselves. They thankfully looked up at their savior.
WITH NARUTO AND THE GANG
"Did you hear that explosion?" Naruto asked. It was a big enough to make the ground tremble. Somebody would have remarked that they all had ears, but you couldn't really do that when suddenly out of nowhere Ninja from Sound pop up to attack.
It was a fight to the death. But, like in any good story, the good Gais come out winning, and so the ninja from Sound were soundlessly dead within 10 minutes of their arrival.
"We should check that explosion out." Shikamaru said. They all nodded and started off to their destination. On their way, they encountered many fights, helping other fellow Snow and Leaf ninja as they passed.
When they got to the explosion site, all that was left was a crater.
"I hope nobody was here." Lee said. Akamaru started sniffing the place out, Kiba right next to him. A swarm of bugs flew around as Shino stood still.
Then, out of nowhere, they heard three female screams. They recognized the voices as Sakura, Hinata, and Ino.
Panicking, they started jumping as fast as they could to the side of the mountain. Half way there they met up with Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai and Tsunade-Sama, who had also come to investigate.
They sensed four people around the corner. They couldn't tell who the fourth person was, but the girls were definitely there.
As they all turned the corner they saw something they thought they would never see…
"W-what!" they all remarked. The girls turned around to face the new-comers.
"Can you believe it?" Sakura had a smile on her face.
A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THEY SCREAMED.
The three Kunoichi looked up at their savior, and saw the cool expression she had on.
They let out a scream that would make anyone deaf. Their screams made a panicked look come to the face of their savior.
And out of nowhere, the three kunoichi jumped, and none other than Tenten. Tenten had a small smile on her face, she hadn't expected to see them. She figured that Kai-Kun was able to give them her message.
"W-What?" the three girls turned around and saw their friends, all with dumbstruck looks on their faces.
"Can you believe it?" Sakura asked.
Before them all, stood Tenten, not one single scratch on her. They could tell that her chakra had become stronger, which confused them. If they wanted her dead, why did they let her train?
"T-Tenten?" Lee chocked out, he looked like he was about to cry, then again, so did many people here. Tenten stared at them. She had a sad expression on her face, and then changed it to a happy smile.
"I get it" Hinata said, letting go of Tenten, Sakura and Ino did the same. They all looked at her "You knew about this attack, and you gave Kai-Kun the message to give to us." Hinata had figured it out.
"Everything happened in order" Sakura said, she had a disbelieving look on her face. The new-comers decided to crowd around, and figure out what was going on.
"What message?" Shikamaru asked
"Where the mountain begins to rise" started Hinata
"Follow the path of the explosions" Ino continued
"And your heart will be at peace" Sakura finished. "And here we thought that our hearts were going to be at peace with that explosion."
Tenten smiled apologetically at them. "I'm sorry. I guess it was good luck I was here waiting."
They had so many questions, but then they got intruders. Two ninjas from Snow, one male, one female, and they didn't look to happy. They pushed the three Kunoichi away from Tenten, and the female ninja grabbed her arm roughly.
"What do you think you are doing?" she spat at Tenten, who had closed her eyes tight.
"Trying to run away are we?" the Gai asked, grabbing Tenten by the shoulder and shaking her back and forth "Well are we!"
"Leave her alone!" Lee jumped up, but then another ninja came, and blocked his kick. He was also from Snow. They could tell that he was ANBU. His uniform was similar to the traditional ones in Konoha, but it was the mask that gave him away. When Lee landed, the ninja made no moves to attack.
"Please stop" he begged Lee. Gai had to grab Lee by the arm.
"Calm down Lee."
The ninja bowed to Gai, and turned to the two ninjas holding Tenten.
"Release her at once. She has come her with my authorization." It wasn't a request and the two others let Tenten go, scared of him. "We will not lay another hand on Tenten, understood?" the two nodded.
The man turned around to the others. "Who is in charge?" he asked, no demanding, in his voice. Tsunade-Sama stepped forward. The man bowed, clearly knowing who she was, and handed her a scroll.
"In there you will find something that might help with your battle with sound." he said. Tsunade took the scroll, bowed, and thanked him. The man disappeared.
"You got lucky" the girl glared at Tenten. Tenten glared back. "The day my back heals, you will get revenge for you're deceased brother by taking my life away from me slowly." Tenten spat back with venom in her voice.
Naruto, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, Shino, Neji and Lee all gasped. Hinata, Ino and Sakura put their hands to their mouths, and their teachers just stared.
"True that." said the boy, and with that, they disappeared. Tenten stopped frowning, sighed, and looked at her friends with saddened eyes.
"They are the younger brother and sister of the ninja that was killed. When my back heals, they will be dressed as ANBU, and kill me…"
"Tenten" Neji said softly. He was numb… he had been numb for over two weeks, but now hearing this, he felt like he was breaking into a billion pieces. It wasn't real at first. Watching her walk away seemed like a bad dream. But to hear those words come from her lips made him realize how hopeless the situation was. She was going to die and he couldn't do anything about it. She was going to die for her country and he could only watch. She had accepted her fate and he, who believed in fate unquestionably, could only curse it with all his being. (THIS WAS DONE BY OUR GREAT EDITOR ROD-Sama!)
"I have to go." Tenten said simply "It was wonderful seeing you all again." She tried her best to hide the sad look in her eyes, and give her friends, her old teammates, and her old teacher a smile.
She couldn't take much more of this. It hurt so badly seeing them again, but it put her heart at peace, and she noted that many of them, even with saddened faces, looked as if something heavy had just left their shoulders.
And without saying anything else, she disappeared.
'THUMP'
'THUMP' they all looked, and saw that both Neji and Lee were knocked out cold on the floor. They were rushed back to the camp site. Neither had slept and, filled with worry, they hadn't eaten well. So now when they got to see her… alive… for the last time, it really did bring their hearts at peace. And they fell unconscious. Later that day, a nice old lady came and picked up Kai-Kun, Suzumi-Chan and Ayame-Chan, and took them back to the village.
They were knocked out for three whole days. And no battles had started since the last bombarding. Really, what was Orochimaru thinking? Who knows?
IN THE SNOW VILLAGE THREE DAYS AFTER THE BOMBING…
Tenten woke up, slowly stretch, and suddenly she realized something, as she stretched sitting up, her back did not hurt… oh no!
AUTHORS NOTES!
What do you think! JK! THERE'S A LITTLE MORE!
Tenten got out of bed, and walked in front of a mirror, and pulling down the top of her hakama, turned around to look at her back. Her face had total horror written all over it. Her back was fully healed.
And then suddenly and without warning, the door opened, revealing the old lady, her husband, and another lady, Tenten realized was the mother of the ninja that died in Konoha. They all looked shocked to see her back, clean, with no ugly lines of red. Her back was healed.
The lady smiled, and ran off.
Tenten pulled her hakama back up, and they heard the lady screaming.
"Her back is healed, her back is healed, and tonight we will have our revenge my son! Tonight you will finally be put to peace!" and she kept repeating that.
"I'm sorry" the old man said, saddened, and walked away. The lady helped Tenten take a bath. After her bath, Tenten put on a new white hakama, and walked into her room, on her bed she saw a beautiful Chinese dress, her Hitai-Ate cleaned, and her scrolls all on the bed.
"Today is the day I die" It finally sunk in, but she allowed no tears to come out.
TBC…
Authors Notes:
Ok yeah, that's the end!
