A/N: You people make me sad and trust me, I don't need to be any sadder at the moment. So just read this final chapter and then review me, okay? A couple of words would be nice.
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Saturday: Mission Attack the Village!
Four figures perched themselves on the roof of the Hokage's building just as the sun was beginning to rise. They smirked at the objects they had in pouches or slung on their backs. Today was the perfect day to use them and that's exactly what they intended to do.
"Remember what you've got to do if you get caught," the tallest one said. "Fight like hell and make a really big mess."
"Right," the other three agreed.
"Number Two, you'll be attacking the training grounds," the tallest one instructed. "Number Three and Four, you'll be defacing those monument heads that annoy me so much. But leave the Fourth Hokage's face alone or I'll have to hurt you."
"Got it," Number Three and Number Four said, giving the tall one a thumbs up.
"I'll be attacking the village," Number One stated, pointing at themself.
Number Two stomped a foot. "Why do you get to have all the fun?"
"Relax Number Two," Number One instructed. "I've heard that a lot of people that we both dislike are going to be at the training grounds …I have to attack the weak villagers which will be no fun at all…"
"I AM NOT WEAK!!!!" Asuma screamed from somewhere below.
"SHUT UP ASUMA!!!" all four of the people shouted back. "YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!!"
"Wow…it felt great to say that," Number Three commented with a broad smile.
"Shut it Number Three," Number One commanded, crossing their arms. "We've got a job to do. So, let's get to it."
The four people jumped from the roof in different directions just as Tsunade poked her head out the window with Shizune.
"Did you hear something?" Tsunade asked, looking at Shizune.
"No, no…It must have been our imagination," Shizune said, drawing her head back into the building. "Go back to bed Lady Tsunade."
Tsunade sighed and drew her head back in, closing the window behind her. She had a really bad feeling about today…
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Number Two darted around trees, scanning the different training areas for their first victims. They knew exactly where their original squad was going to be training in, but was looking around to see if there was anyone else training that they hated so much. They hadn't found anyone yet and knew that they should have expected that since it was still early in the morning.
I guess I should get to the training ground where they're at, Number Two thought, running a finger over the dark mark under their eye. I can have some fun torturing Sasuke, but getting past the Jounin, that'll be hard…NOT!!!
They put on an extra burst of speed before skidding quietly to a halt behind a bunch of bushes. They peeked out behind the bushes, reaching for several of the objects that they had on their person. Sasuke and Sakura looked pissed about Naruto being late instead of Kakashi Hatake, for once. Kakashi was too busy reading his dirty book and Number Two was being especially quiet.
Now!!!
Ten round objects flew at the three ninjas from different directions, smashing hard into them and exploding in a burst of bright colors. Sakura and Sasuke looked stunned while Kakashi wheeled around, looking for anyone who could have thrown the paintballs at him without detection.
"AMI!!!" he called, sounding slightly irritated.
Wrong number, Number Two thought, moving around them again via tree branches. But right idea… I'll attack again…This time with a bigger spread because I can see Sasuke analyzing the area…Smart boy, but he is too slow…Damn! I'm talking like Lee again!!
Number Two ground their teeth together and threw the paintballs rapidly at the ninjas in a wide spread again. Several hit the ninjas when they tried to avoid the incoming attack.
"It's Neko!" Sasuke hissed, using Sharingan to track her every move. "She's thirty yards to your right, Sakura…"
Sakura wheeled around and stared into the bushes where Neko stood panting quietly. Neko knew that the girl couldn't see her, but was positive that now both Kakashi and Sasuke could.
I have no choice, but to use one of the super weapons, Neko thought, pulling out a small black box. And I was hoping to have more fun with these guys…I suppose there's always Lee's team…Coloring Neji will be a lot more fun than coloring Sasuke anytime.
She tossed the black box out of the bushes and it landed between Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura who eyed it suspiciously. The box whistled and folded open with some smoke pouring out of the top. Then hundreds of paintballs came flying out and hit the three ninjas, completely coating them in different colors of paint.
"Ahhh!!! It burns!!!" Sasuke exclaimed, putting his hands to his eyes which had been attacked by pink paint while he got pummeled by dozens of bright green and yellow paint. (By the way, he's still kind of wolfish.) He whined and collapsed on the ground, shielding his head with an arm.
"Sasuke!!!" Sakura cried, trying to cut through the assaulting balls with a kunai so she could get closer to her poor Sasuke. "Sasuke, hold on! OW!!!"
Kakashi was dodging and weaving through the paint ball barrage in an attempt to get closer to the box. He thought he knew how to turn this trap off, if only he could get close enough to touch it. He failed and was forced to retreat.
"Sasuke!" he called. "Fireball it!"
Sasuke looked up with wolfish eyes and growled the jutsu under his breath. Fire erupted from his mouth and surrounded the trap. When the fire died out, the trap lay closed on the ground, remarkably untouched by the fire.
"Dammit!!" Sasuke snarled, punching the ground. "Ow…"
"Idiot!" Neko called from atop a tree. "Now the thing is going to explode into a really big wave of paint!" She smiled. "But don't worry, if you close your eyes, you won't have to collapse on the ground again and hug yourself as you cry Sasuke!"
"We can leave," Sakura said. "We don't have to be here when it detonates."
Neko pulled out an umbrella. "Actually you do because the thing is going to explode…NOW!"
Only she moved fast enough to put her umbrella up when the box exploded. Not even Kakashi and Sasuke had the chance to get to a safe distance before they were caught in the huge wave of multicolor paint. Sakura shrieked and was swamped in the stuff and sent flying backwards into Kakashi. Both of them were sent careening into a tree.
Neko laughed when the final drops of paint fell to the ground and lifted her umbrella. "You guys are so pretty!"
Sakura and Kakashi muttered things under their breath that Neko couldn't understand as Kakashi helped Sakura up. Sasuke shook himself off and glared up at his sister.
"Neko!!!"
"Toodles!" Neko said, throwing the umbrella up in the air and vanishing. "Off to torture Gai and Neji!!"
"Well, they deserve it," Kakashi said with a thoughtful look.
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Number Three and Number Four snickered as they drew different designs on the faces of the Monument Heads. Of course they left the Fourth Hokage's head alone because they knew how much Number One liked and respected that guy. They weren't about to make her mad especially after Number Three had nearly crashed her party and ruined the food.
"No, no! Use more blue!" Number Three ordered Number Four. "We've already used enough yellow!"
"Right boss!" Number Four said, tossing the yellow brush aside and grabbing a blue one.
"I'm not your boss right now kid," Number Three pointed out, making it look like the Second Hokage had purple snot coming out of his nose. "Number One is."
"Oh, right."
They returned to painting in silence for a moment. Then Number Three smiled widely and looked at Number Four.
"Isn't it awesome?" he asked. "I mean, she totally let us have the coolest part of the prank! We must be something to her!"
"Like what?"
"Like best friends or something. Yeah, best friends! We're best friends with the coolest girl in Konoha! Believe it!"
"Hello Naruto," Jiraiya said, standing behind Number Three and Number Four. "Konohamaru."
Naruto turned around with wide eyes. "Ero-Sannin!!! What – what are you doing here?"
"Well, I was just passing here on my way to – never mind where I was going. I see you're defacing the Monument Heads again. Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
"One thing," Konohamaru said, handing Naruto a bucket of paint.
"And what is that?" Jiraiya asked, hands going on his hips.
"THIS!!" Konohamaru and Naruto exclaimed, both lifting a bucket of paint and either throwing it at Jiraiya or bringing it down on his head. (Psst. Naruto put it on Jiraiya's head.) "And goodbye!"
Jiraiya stumbled backwards and clawed at the bucket attached to his head. "Hey! Who turned out the lights! HEY!!!!" He fell backwards and screamed like a little girl on his way down.
Tsunade was walking towards the Monument Heads when Jiraiya landed on her. The bucket bounced off his head which was now covered in paint and his face landed right on her chest.
"Ah! I must be dreaming!" Jiraiya commented, nuzzling his face on those certain prominent parts of anatomy on Tsunade's chest. "Naruto and Konohamaru were just the nightmare part. This is the good part."
A nerve throbbed in Tsunade's forehead. "You know what…My nightmare is having ninjas who are troublemakers or are very stupid walking around my village, bumping into me, and making constant remarks about my breasts. And you know what the sad thing is?"
"That they're fake?" Jiraiya asked.
"No. The sad thing is that when I wake up, the nightmare doesn't go away. It's real and there's only one thing I can do about it," Tsunade said, punching him down onto the ground. "THAT!!!"
"Ow!" Jiraiya groaned beneath her fist.
"Don't put your face anywhere near my chest again Jiraiya!" Tsunade commanded before her gaze turned up towards Naruto and Konohamaru. "And you two are going to clean up that mess right now!"
"Sorry. We can't do that!" Naruto called, holding another bucket of paint. "We have our orders!"
"The Hokage's orders overrule every other order made by anyone else!" Tsunade snapped, walking up the rock wall. "So, whoever you got your orders from is no longer in charge of your actions. I am. I say you have to clean up this mess!"
"No!" Konohamaru and Naruto shouted back, dumping the rest of the paint on her before leaping off the heads in the direction of the village. "Bye Granny Tsunade!"
"Naruto!" Tsunade bellowed, wiping paint out of her eyes. "You're toast!!"
"Only if you can catch me!!" Naruto called back, laughing as he and Konohamaru threw paintballs back at her and other people who stuck their heads out of windows.
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Number One hummed to themself as they placed black pyramids on the sides of buildings and on stands of merchandise outside of the buildings. They counted down silently as they moved quickly onto the roof and watched people point at the pyramids with curious expressions.
Three, two, one…they counted off. Boom.
One by one the pyramids exploded in showers of brightly colored paint. The villagers screamed in surprise, fear, and anger as they were covered in paint.
Maybe I should tell them that the paint doesn't come out of their clothing in the first wash, Number One mused with a small smile. That would save them a lot of panic and money...There must be someone smart in that bunch that'll realize that and tell the others so that no one wastes money…Well, if they don't, at least that'll stimulate the Leaf Village's economy…
"Ami!" Neko exclaimed, appearing beside Number One. "I did it! I totally turned Sasuke into a rainbow wolf and made Lee's hair orange and Gai's hair purple!" She laughed. "I even found time to make Tenten look like some creature from a horror film and Neji…he's so pretty!!!"
"You went easy on him, didn't you?" Kurayami demanded, staring her teammate in the eye.
"No."
"You did. I can see it. You only pelted him with twenty paintballs."
"But they were the biggest of the paintballs I had on me."
"You lie."
"No I don't."
"Oh what a lie."
"Stop quoting Labyrinth Ami," Neko said, running a finger over the dark marks under her eyes. "We've got bigger things to worry about."
"Like what?"
"Like the fact that Tsunade is chasing Number Three and Number Four around the village. Kakashi's squad is searching for us and they're armed with more paintballs. Ibiki is looking for you because you're making a mess and he wants you to suffer under his punishment. And the villagers are starting to demand that you get banished from the village because of your naughty ways. That sort of the thing," Neko said, crossing her arms. "You're a very popular person, in a very bad way Ami."
Kurayami shrugged and reapplied the dark paint under her eyes. "That just means we have to be good little ninjas tonight and clean up all the messes we make so no one evicts me from the wonderful Hidden Leaf Village. But first…We have to neutralize the threat. Kakashi's squad must be incapacitated and their weapons turned over to us. Tsunade must find something better to do than chase Naruto and Konohamaru. It will be done!"
Neko pointed at something on Kurayami's head. "Why are you wearing a tiara?"
Kurayami glanced up at the sparkling silver and ruby tiara that was on her head. "I have no idea…"
The tiara vanished in a small cloud of smoke. Kurayami and Neko stared at the cloud of smoke until it vanished completely.
"That was weird…" Neko commented.
"Yeah…" Kurayami shook her head. "We have to move now. Kakashi and Sasuke are about to attack from fifty yards behind me."
Kurayami and Neko dove over the edge of the roof and vanished before hitting the ground just as a barrage of paintballs hit where they had been.
"Damn!" Sasuke hissed, landing on the roof on all four.
"My sentiments exactly," Kakashi muttered, thinking about Ami in her white shirt.
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Naruto and Konohamaru were starting to panic now. They'd run out of paintballs and all other super paintball weapons. Tsunade was getting closer and they knew better than to split up and let her pick them off one by one. They needed a miracle.
"Damn! Why isn't Ami here yet?" Naruto demanded as he ran ahead of Konohamaru. "She'd know what to do to get this crazy old lady off our backs!"
"I AM NOT CRAZY NARUTO!!!!" Tsunade bellowed from behind them.
Naruto bit his tongue and ran faster, reaching back and grabbing Konohamaru by the arm to help the littler boy run faster too. He noticed something out of the corner of his eye and thought for a moment that Tsunade had finally caught up to him. It was actually someone dressed in black and white, running in the shadows. They looked at him and pointed ahead before vanishing.
"Konohamaru hold on," Naruto ordered, slinging the boy onto his back. "I've just thought of something."
"About time boss!" Konohamaru exclaimed, wrapping his arms around Naruto's neck.
Naruto put on a burst of speed and headed for the alley that was dead ahead of him. The person in the shadows pointed at a box and then smoke poured out from somewhere. Naruto quickly stowed himself and Konohamaru in the box and waited as the smoke swirled around the two of them.
"Nice try Naruto," Tsunade said, walking into the alley. "If you think hiding behind a smoke screen will stop me from finding you, you're dead wrong."
Something hit the ground and Naruto flinched at the sound.
"What the-?" Tsunade asked.
"Shield your face Naruto, Konohamaru!" Kurayami's voice ordered from somewhere above them.
Naruto quickly put his arms up in front of his face after making sure that Konohamaru was doing the same thing. He heard something explode and wet paint splash against walls and something else that was very solid. He heard Tsunade groan and hit the ground.
"Come on Naruto," Neko whispered, suddenly standing in front of him, offering a hand out. "We've got to move now. Kurayami's only bought us a minute to get away from Tsunade and get lost. We've got to move now."
Naruto nodded and dragged Konohamaru out of the box with him. "This is getting really dangerous, huh Neko?"
Neko nodded and jumped onto the roof with them. "We also got competition. Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura all have paintballs too and are ready to make war."
"We'll kick their asses, no sweat," Naruto assured her. "Just as soon as we get a refill of paintballs."
"Here." Kurayami said, holding out two boxes of paintballs. "Refill your pouches quickly and let's move. I don't need Kakashi and Sasuke planning another ambush and Tsunade coming after us at the same time. I refuse to become a sitting target! I refuse!"
"Chill Ami, chill," Neko ordered, patting the kunoichi's arm. "We'll be victorious through this whole ordeal and then we'll make sure that you get to stay in the village."
"She's getting kicked out of the village?" Konohamaru asked, stuffing his pouches full of paintballs.
"People keep muttering about getting her banished, but I'm sure they are just kidding," Neko informed him. "She's going to clean up the village after this is over with, just in case they really do want her gone."
Kurayami bit the top off a grenade shaped paintball and threw it away from them. She put a hand on Naruto's and Konohamaru's heads and forced them to the ground, using her body as a shield.
"When I tell you to run, I want you to run to the training grounds," Kurayami hissed in their ears as paintballs were thrown at them. "Don't turn back to help or see what's happening. Don't question my authority and don't let anyone capture you. That is all."
"Ami, this is suicide!" Naruto exclaimed.
Kurayami smiled. "But it's the fun kind of suicide. Now, don't argue Naruto. Be a good boy and run now!"
She released them and jumped to her feet just as the barrage grew worse. Naruto and Konohamaru darted off and vanished, ready to do what Kurayami ordered. Neko blocked and dodged as many of the paintballs that were thrown at her as she could and laughed at Kurayami's clothes that were now splattered in paint.
"How're we going to get out of this one Ami?" Neko asked, throwing a handful of paintballs with deadly accuracy at her brother's face.
"I'm working on it," Kurayami said, biting the top off another grenade and throwing it at the enemy. "Of course, I'd thought you'd run off with the other two before things got too hairy around here."
"Too late for that," Neko commented, shielding her face as the grenade exploded in a shower of red. "Besides, I'd never leave you. We're in this together Ami."
"I knew I could count on you Neko," Kurayami said with a smile. "Even if you're an Uchiha."
Neko smirked. "Was that a jab at my brother?"
"Depends on which one you're talking about."
"Both."
"Yes and…yes."
"I thought so."
"Give up Ami," Kakashi ordered as Sakura got behind them. "We have you surrounded. You have no where to go, but through us and you know you won't make it. Why don't you just spare us the trouble and surrender?"
"Aw Kakashi-sensei…" Kurayami purred, smiling prettily at him. "That would make it far too easy for you and would be boring to me…No. I think you guys should give up and go home because you are almost out of paintballs and I bought the last of them five minutes ago."
"She's right sensei," Sakura said. "I only have five left."
"I've got six," Sasuke hissed, rolling them around in his hands. One slipped and almost dropped on the ground, but he caught it. "And I'm sure I can get some decent shots in."
"I've got…one, two…four," Kakashi said, counting the orange balls in his hand. "Damn."
"Better make your shots count Kakashi," Kurayami crooned, holding her arms open. "I'll even stand still for this if you want me to."
Sasuke smirked. "That's all right with me."
He threw a ball as hard as he could at Kurayami's face and she didn't even flinch as it exploded on her cheek. Bright yellow paint sprayed over her eye and dripped down her cheek, making it look like she was crying yellow tears. Sasuke laughed a small satisfied laugh and got ready to throw another ball at her.
"Ami…" Kakashi whispered in a concerned voice as she just stood there with her eye starting to turn an irritated red.
"Ami, are you all right over there?" Neko asked, keeping an eye on Sakura.
Kurayami didn't reply.
"Sasuke, if you've hurt her, I'm going to kick your ass to the moon and back again!" Neko snapped, turning on her brother.
"Neko…" Kurayami whispered.
"Huh?"
"Now would be a good time…to run," Kurayami said quietly, staring at something at the feet of her enemies.
Neko's eyes grew wide and she took off like a bat out of Hell. Kurayami reached behind her and slowly pulled out an ornate silk umbrella.
"That hurt Sasuke, but don't worry, I'm not mad," Kurayami told him, holding the umbrella over her head. "I might forgive you in time, but right now, this will do."
A large rectangular prism beeped on the ground and then exploded, sending paint flying in all directions, blasting the people that were not protected by the umbrella. Kurayami lowered her umbrella when the last of the paint fell to the ground and surveyed the damage.
Sasuke lay on the ground twitching as did Sakura. Kakashi was pressed against the roof, staring at her in surprise. Kurayami stepped over Sasuke and walked over to him, taking the paintballs from his hand.
"You won't need these Kakashi," Kurayami said with a small smile. "And don't worry. The last part of my prank won't be so bad and then I'll be a good little girl for awhile." She giggled. "You might even like the last part of the prank because it's so helpful to everyone else, but no…I can't tell you what it is. That'd ruin the surprise."
Kakashi continued to stare at her. Kurayami sighed and pulled down his paint soaked mask to reveal his face. She used her thumb to rub away the paint that was on his lips and then brushed her lips lightly over his.
"I promise you'll be proud of me," she swore. "If not today…someday…"
She returned his mask to its proper position and backed away from him before he could fully revive himself.
"I will see you when it's over," Kurayami whispered, spinning around with the umbrella and vanishing with it. "I promise."
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Naruto and Konohamaru were laughing as the continued to pepper Lee and Gai with different paintballs. They'd given up on trying to get Neji, who moved too quick for them to catch because he could see their every move even when they hid and had given up on Tenten because she got mad too quickly and went home to wash up. Lee and Gai were convinced that this was a test set up by Kurayami and Neko and would not let themselves fail it this time.
"What are you guys doing?" Neko asked, appearing next to Naruto and Konohamaru. "Didn't Ami tell you to go to the training ground?"
"This is a training ground," Naruto pointed out with a wide smile. "And she didn't say that we couldn't mess with these guys. C'mon Neko, they think that this is part of some kind of test to earn your hearts. Have at them!"
Neko shuddered and looked at Gai and Lee, who continued training even though they were getting hit repeatedly by paintballs. She felt sorry for them, but not sorry enough to stop herself from joining Konohamaru and Naruto.
A few minutes later, their balls dropped uselessly to the ground and they looked around for the cause. Kurayami was perched on the post that Lee had been kicking and smiled at them in a very catlike fashion.
"Hello Gai, Lee," she greeted.
She said my name! Gai exclaimed in his head, beaming outwardly. I am in Heaven!!!
"Hello Kurayami," Lee greeted before looking around. "Where is Neko?"
Kurayami pointed in the direction of the trees that the three troublemakers were in. "She's over there with Naruto and Konohamaru, but that's not important right now. I need your help."
"Help?" Gai and Lee repeated. "What kind of help?"
"Oh, it's nothing really. I just need someone to help me organize the finale of my last prank," Kurayami said with a shrug as she switched her umbrella to the other hand. "A little help putting the last objects in place and then preventing people from attacking me in a murderous rage when they think they know what's going to happen and really don't. That sort of thing."
"We would be honored to help!" Gai and Lee declared.
"'We would be honored to help!'" Naruto mocked in a poor imitation of Lee's voice. "Of course they'd be honored to help. They think that this'll help them get closer to her and you, Neko. As if…"
Neko nodded and looked at Kurayami, waiting for her to continue on with the plan.
"Neko is going to toss out a bag full of the remaining instruments of this prank. I need you to place them on the northwestern border of the village and then meet me at the Hokage Monument Heads. Understand?"
"Yes!!" Lee and Gai said.
"Good." She smiled sweetly. "Thank you so much for helping Gai-san and Lee-san. I will remember this later on."
Gai smiled and turned to face the direction of the others. "Toss out the bags, children of youth! We must get this mission done quickly if we are to succeed!"
"Yes, yes!" Lee agreed, nodding his head.
Neko sighed and tossed the bag out. "I hope she knows what she's doing."
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Kurayami sighed as she stood there on top of the Fourth Hokage's monument head. She could hardly see Gai and Lee darting around the northwestern border, placing the last of the black boxes on the ground and she blamed it totally on Sasuke for getting paint in her eye. She groaned as the mere thought of it sent pain radiating from that spot and rubbed at it, irritating it further.
"You know, you shouldn't do that," Neko pointed out, grabbing Kurayami's arm to stop her from rubbing her eyeball completely out of its socket. "We could get some cold water and run it over your eye if you want…"
"No." Kurayami said, blinking her eyes once before attempting to track Gai's and Lee's movements again. "I'll be fine until we get this over with. Hopefully, I'll be able to relax after we get everything cleaned up; otherwise, I'll go mad."
"Aren't you already a bit mad?" Neko asked with a small smile.
"Just a tad."
"And that's why we all love you."
"Sasuke doesn't."
"He does. It's just not as much as everyone else does. He's too much like my father and big brother to really express emotions other than rage."
Kurayami smirked. "Your big brother had no problem showing me a wide range of emotions when we were part of the Akatsuki for that one year that I stayed with him…It must be just your younger brother and father that have the issues with showing love."
"Yeah."
Suddenly, Lee and Gai were standing in front of them and bowed their heads.
"We have completed the task you have laid before us, Kurayami," Gai announced. "Where else will we be of some assistance to you?"
"Just keep the people gathering down there from attacking me while I gather my chakra for this," Kurayami commanded, making a hand sign and closing her eyes. "I need to be able to focus or this could result in the complete destruction of the village."
"You're making that up!" Naruto declared, pointing at her.
"Would you like to find out?" Kurayami asked, cocking an eyebrow.
Naruto quickly shook his head and Konohamaru copied the motion. No one wanted to see the village destroyed especially after they had rebuilt it after the Third Hokage was killed.
"Then shut up and do what I told you to do!"
Kurayami retreated into her mind and let her chakra run freely through her body. She could hear people outside of her, but did not sense their location.
"Make her stop whatever she's doing!" Sakura commanded from somewhere.
"We can't do that," Neko said. "We saw every other prank through and we're not about to change that."
"This isn't funny anymore Neko," Sasuke growled. "You are destroying the village."
"You wouldn't know what funny was even if it danced in front of you butt naked, holding a sign that said it was funny," Naruto pointed out. "This is funny and it's going to get better if you leave Ami be. Believe it!"
"I don't believe it, nor will I ever!"
"Sasuke, shut up," Lee ordered. "Ami knows what she is doing and we will not allow you to get in her way. She has already started and stopping her could result in the complete destruction of our village."
"Gai, you can't have agreed to this," Kakashi said, sounding shocked.
"I have Kakashi because I have complete faith in Ami's capabilities," Gai announced, sounding sincere. "She will be able to pull this off and we will all be able to walk away with our lives and village intact." Ami could hear the confident smile on his face. "I am sure that we will be seeing a lot more of Ami's pranks in the future Kakashi and they will be far greater than these last few."
Kurayami smiled on the inside. Thanks for having faith in me Gai, she thought. But I probably won't have another week like this because I want to stay in the village. Just a few pranks here and there…that's all…
Kurayami pushed those thoughts aside as she heard kunai meet kunai and yells from below. She ignored these as her chakra swelled around her and streaked out in all directions to meet up with the black boxes. Those boxes glowed with the same scarlet and black light and everyone quieted down at the sight of the glow.
"Finite," Kurayami whispered, opening her eyes as she pushed her hands away from her body.
The boxes exploded in geysers of water. People shrieked from below, but the fighting stopped where Kurayami was. Everyone was watching the water fall to the ground and on the roofs of every building, so they didn't notice that Kurayami had suddenly become aware. (More water was popping up at the training grounds where Kurayami had left boxes earlier.) A small jellyfish landed on Sasuke's head and gave him a jolt that made him jump ten feet into the air.
So that's where that went…Kurayami thought with a small smile. Leave it to Sasuke to find the painful things I have lost…
The geysers stopped coming from the boxes and everyone waited in knee high water for something else to happen. Kurayami heard the angry buzz as people started muttering amongst themselves.
"What the heck was that?" Naruto demanded, pointing at all the water. "Nothing happened!"
"What do you mean nothing happened?" Sakura demanded. "There's tons of water out there! She's practically drowning the village!"
"I don't think that's what she's intending to do Sakura," Kakashi commented, glancing at Kurayami.
Kurayami smirked. "I see you've finally gotten the idea…"
Kakashi nodded and looked back out at the water covered village. Gai glanced between them looking confused for a moment, nodded and looked out like he knew exactly what was going to happen next. Sasuke couldn't stop the jellyfish from zapping him and fell over and started jerking around on the ground.
"Sheesh Sasuke, dramatic much?" Neko asked, crossing her arms at the sight of him. "It's just a baby jellyfish."
Sasuke ground his teeth together and continued twitching on the ground.
Kurayami giggled as the water started moving around the villagers. She could pick out Tsunade standing among them, looking calm and slightly relieved about what was happening around her.
So she knows too, Kurayami thought with a frown. Damn…there goes my surprise!
The water started forming hundreds of water clones which scared the hell out of many of the villagers. The clones moved towards the paint stained walls and clothes and attacked the stains. People shrieked in fear and Asuma fainted on the spot when a couple of water clones came at him. Jiraiya tried to hug some of the water clones, but they kept falling apart and reforming away from him, yet he didn't give up. Iruka let a clone pass over him, removing the paint from him and waved up at the people standing on the monument heads with a wide smile on his face.
"Hey! This isn't a prank at all!" Naruto complained, watching the clones undo his handiwork. "This is…Kami dammit!! You're doing what they want you to do!!"
Kurayami nodded. "It's time I stopped doing pranks for now Naruto…which reminds me." She turned to face Sasuke who was now whining on the ground. "I need to de-wolf-ify you before you start giving everyone your fleas."
She made a hand sign and every wolf-like aspect of Sasuke vanished. He still ground his teeth together and twitched as the jellyfish evaded his grasp and zapped him, but he was once again 100% Evil Emo Kid ninja again.
Kurayami felt a sudden wave of dizziness and fell back against Kakashi. "I'm dizzy…I must be a blonde…" Some of her hair fell in her face and Kurayami pointed at the strands. "See? Blonde…"
"Very funny Ami," Kakashi said, brushing the hair out of her face. "Stop wasting your chakra and let's go home before Ibiki and Tsunade come and start berating you on your bad behavior and the good behavior of today."
Kurayami made a face as he put her on his back. "Ew! We can never let them talk to me about good behavior! I'll take talks about bad behavior any day!"
Kakashi chuckled and kicked the jellyfish off of Sasuke's head. "You big wimp," he said to Sasuke before vanishing like Gai, Lee, and Neko did.
The jellyfish screamed as it flew up into the air and screamed louder as it fell towards the world again. Naruto rushed under it to catch it and was rewarded by getting it attached to his face and several major zaps.
"OWW!!!!" he screamed before throwing it over the side of the monument heads.
The jellyfish landed on Tsunade, who screamed as she was zapped. "KURAYAMI HOUKA YOU'RE IN TROUBLE!!!!!!!!!!"
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After Saturday…
Kurayami spent much of the next two days asleep and regaining her strength after using so much of her chakra during the week. On Tuesday she was forced to do dozens of mind numbingly boring missions and had to run around Konoha hundreds of times as was ordered by Ibiki and Tsunade.
The hairballs left over from the hair prank and the boxes containing the paintballs vanished from Konoha and haven't been seen since. At least by the Leaf villagers…
Asuma never fully recovered from the constant pranks and developed a nervous twitch and every time he heard the word 'prank' he was known to scream and pass out. This lasted until the day he died.
The villagers learned to forgive Kurayami for her actions and actually admitted to have enjoyed a few of the pranks. They were more proud of her for cleaning up after the pranks on the village than they were of her attacks on the Akatsuki and Sound Village. That is…until she decided to do bigger, messier pranks on the village that drove many of them insane…
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A/N: And so this story ends with very little reviews and few caring people who like my stories. Those who do not review are rude and I do not like you because if I were in your place, reading your story, I would review you even if I didn't like it. I would tell you that I didn't like it and I would tell you where you could improve. None of you have been that considerate of me, so I will repeat that I do not like you. If you read and don't review, you can go to Hell for all I care.
To those who chose to review because they care, thank you. Your actions are most kind and appreciated. ~ Scarlet