Disclaimer: I am getting sick of putting these in. I don't own Naruto, never have, and never will. I also don't own Inuyasha.

Chapter IX: Deception

The group continued to walk on, pleased with themselves. Yesterday, they had made it to the Land of Lightning. Kirigakure was only three more miles ahead. At their speed, they figured they'd be there within an hour. Maybe an hour and a half if they took a break. As they walked, the came to a puddle. Lee saw it and exclaimed, "It's and enemy shinobi waiting in ambush!" After that, he furiously began to attack it, yelling, "Die, die, die!!!"

His Genin students and Netami looked at him perplexed. "Lee-sensei, its been raining! Look at the trees!" Tanahi exclaimed. Lee turned. "Enemy shinobi are everywhere! Attack!" Lee exclaimed. He then began furiously running around like a maniac, destroying everything. "Run!" Shikamizu exclaimed. The three Genin and Netami ran out of there as fast as they could. They waited in a safe area, (a place with no water anywhere) for three hours. Eventually, Lee came back. "It's about time sensei!" Turan exclaimed. "I managed to get them before they got me! Lee exclaimed, doing his nice-guy pose. "Can we get a move on now?" Turan demanded. "Hai!" Lee exclaimed. The group continued their trek, until they came to the Kirigakure gate.

One of the guards came up to them.

"You four are Konohagakure ninja." He said.

"Hai!" Lee exclaimed. "And I am their Jonin-sensei! Rock Lee!"

"Who is the girl?" He demanded.

"Hm? An escort!" Lee lied.

"What is your business here?"

"We are here on a mission to deliver the new Raikage's little sister."

The Chunin guard eyed the child. "Very well. Come along." He replied as he opened the large gate.

The four Konoha ninja and Netami entered Kirigakure. The looked around in amazement. It was so big. Bigger than Konoha. But more rural. As the Konoha ninja and Netami went into the city, and the guard closed the gate, he thought.

'Hm… Konoha's ninja must be powerful if they're sending Genin on B-rank missions…'

They walked along, occasionally passing a villager, a ninja or two. Then, they came to a large palace. Lee looked at a piece of paper. Then at the palace. He looked back and forth for a minute, then said, "That's the Raikage's mansion slash office." The four walked up to it, flashed their I.D. to the guards, and entered. After five minutes, they came to the door to the Raikage's office, and knocked. The door opened, and they saw a ten year old dressed with a white robe that had a yellow stripe down the middle, and a yellow hat that had a symbol on it that meant lightning.

"Excuse me, we're here to see the Raikage, boy." Lee said.

"Huh? I am the Raikage jerk!" The Raikage exclaimed.

"WHAT!?!?" The Konoha ninja and Netami exclaimed.

"Hai. Terrible story… My dad ate old food, and I became the Raikage. But I'm not really ready." The child stated.

"What's your name Raikage-sama?" Lee asked.

"Hm? My name's Hibana Tanryoku." Hibana replied.

"Very well Hibana-sama." Lee said.

"So, do you have my sister?" Hibana asked.

"Hai." Tanahi replied. She walked over and handed over the baby.

Hibana took his sister and said, "Welcome back home Onna."

"I still find it odd a ten-year old boy is becoming Raikage…" Turan said.

"Hai…" Shikamizu agreed.

As the three started to leave, Hibana said, "By the way, you guys can stay at the hotel! Free of charge!"

"Which one?" Lee asked.

"The big one. You'll know." Hibana replied.

"Thank-you Hibana-sama!" Lee replied as he bowed.

The five then left. Hibana went to his mother's room, and gave Onna to their mom.

As the Konoha ninja left, they thought they'd see the sights. They saw the former home of the former jincuuriki of the Two-Tailed Cat. Yugito Nii. But, she'd been dead since Naruto was fifteen, so, it didn't really matter. They saw some more sights, and then went to the hotel. It was huge! It was bigger than the biggest building in Konoha. The moment they walked in they were greeted by a ninja that led them to their rooms. Turan and Shikamizu slept in one room, Lee slept in one room, and Tanahi and Netami slept in another.

Hours later, the clock read 12:17, so Turan and Shikamizu decided it was time to sleep. They were watching another anime show. It was about a guy with dog ears, that traveled with a girl with sacred powers, a pervert, a demon exterminator lady, a boy with a fox tail, and a two-tailed cat. They were fighting a total fag, that transformed his body, and manipulated others for his uses. They turned it off. They both went to their own beds and lay down, covering themselves up.

"Hey, Shikamizu, if I wake up, and my boxers aren't on, I'll kill you." Turan joked.

"Heh. Likewise." Shikamizu replied.

With a laugh, they went to sleep.

Lee was wondering what he should do about Netami. He let her sleep in the same room as Tanahi only because she hadn't made any escape attempts. He wondered if she really was evil. He decided to go to sleep. Meanwhile, Tanahi and Netami had been long asleep.

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The next morning, everyone awoke, unusually tired. But it was so insignificant, that none of them noticed it. They all were getting ready to leave. The mission had been completed. So they had no need to stay. As they left, they were met by Hibana.

"Hey guys!" Hibana exclaimed.

"Hey Hibana-sama." They all greeted.

"C'mon!" Hibana exclaimed as he ran.

The five noticed a tone of fear in his voice, so they followed. He led them through a long forest, when they came to a lake. They saw Hibana, splashing in the lake. "See it! It's me! And I didn't do a Bunshin no Jutsu!" Hibana exclaimed.

The other Hibana looked up. "Damn." They cursed. They then used a smoke bomb, and ran off. Lee grabbed his students, and Netami, and ran off after the impersonator.

Lee eventually caught up to him, and he did a multiple hand seals, and exclaimed, "Hyoton: Kyosei Gonsunkugi Uchitoru no Jutsu!" Then, from no where, water appeared, froze into a large spike, and headed for Lee.

"Gah!" Lee grunted as he narrowly dodged, still getting slashed by the rough edges.

He continued to pursue the imposter until they stopped on the Raikage's mansion.

"Who are you?" Lee demanded, putting his students down.

The stranger made no reply. "Fine. In the name of Konoha, I'll defeat you!" Lee exclaimed. He jumped up, and exclaimed, "Konoha Daisenpū!" He spun, and kicked the imposter both times, and they turned into a puff of smoke. "A clone?" Lee wondered.

After that, they all went back to Hibana, and told him, that they didn't have the slightest clue what had happened.

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Meanwhile, up above Kirigakure, on a cloud, to be more specific, two figures sat. "Hm… It seems that your puppet was destroyed, Hagetaka…" One said. "I can see that, Sanshouuo…" Hagetaka replied.

They were both clothed in black robes, that had red stars on them, and neck-bands, that were open in the front. They also had hats exactly like Akatsuki's. They stare into the village. And at the villagers. Specifically, team 13...

"We shall observe them…" Sanshouuo said. "Hai…" Hagetaka agreed. "And then, we shall see their power…" He rose his head, revealing a glint of red in his eyes…

The power of cliffhangers. I'm starting to like it. Yeah… Who are they? What do they want? Ha! I know some of you already have a good guess. I'll be working some more.

Yondaime Necrokage