The Blood and the Leaf

Intro:

Disclaimer-I don't own Naruto or any of the characters, I do own my OC's, and those creatures I have created namely for now nimpha which has been explained in the beginning of chapter four, also a new thing introduced in chapter seven: demeric and celestial demons which was explained in that chapter, and more in-depth in nine. Oh, almost forgot! I also own the Village Hidden in the Blood and the land of the Beasts it resides in as they came from my overly active imagination, I don't mined ya using them (the village not the characters) just let me know before hand and through my name in somewhere :)

Harem voting: (look at end of chapter for rules)-each need three to be for sure…okay so I may put some in with less but if they have three they will definably be in :)

Anko: 1

Ino: 2

Kurenai: 2

Shinzue: 1

Sakura: 3 she made the cut… okay I'll figure out something guys.

Key:

Partners speaking

Thoughts

"speaking"

…The day after the wedding (aka Wednesday) hotel lobby 7:30 am…

The group was waiting impatiently... for the most part. "What are we waiting for?" questioned Cheetah, losing her temper. Gaara, who had been lounging on a couch with his new wife, looked up.

"We are waiting on the team I sent to get Aki's cousin to return," he said. Just then the door to the lobby opened and a group of six people entered.

The one leading the group had white hair and she walked right up to the Kazekage and said "Team Ooraka reporting in with the Hiban's as requested," she said.

"Good job," he got out before the one with purple hair squealed and rushed to Dragonfly.

"Dragonfly-chan!"

"Hello Tarento-chan," Aki replied, smiling down at her. She turned to everyone and said "This is my cousin I told you of, Hibana Tarento, and her two new sisters."

Tarento looked at the two behind her who seemed to be staring at Phoenix and Red Fox. Shrugging it off she introduced the two other girls. "These are my new little sisters Hibana Haku and Hibana Zabuza," she said, pointing to the two. Red Fox and Phoenix's mouths dropped open.

"WHAT?!"

"I guess I have to explain now, huh?" said Tarento, looking at her two sisters, who in turn nodded for her to go ahead. "Okay so I was on my way to Suna from Blood, and when I was going through Wave (yeah, it's on route) I felt it. You see nimpha have the ability to feel the lingering spirits, and these two called to me in a way I couldn't resist. Once at their graves, the sorrow in the air made me break down and cry. I then did what came naturally to me, I offered them lives as my sisters as sky nimpha like me, and they accepted. That's how they got here," she said.

"Why are they women?" questioned the ever logical Owl. Tarento laughed.

"You see while Spirit Raising, as its called, is… gender specific."

"So only women come out of it?" he questioned her further.

"No… it depends on the gender of the nimpha doing the raising… Since I'm a woman… they are too." she said with a laugh.

"Don't ask any more questions," said Zabuza, looking rather upset.

"Don't mind Zabuza-sensei, she's still adjusting," said Haku, with a smile.

"O... kay," said Red Fox.

Gaara stood up. "Follow me everyone," he said, leading them through the village to a little known spot well secluded from prying eyes. Gold Fox looked around then looked at Furii.

"Scout the area, make sure no one who's not supposed to be is watching," said Gold Fox.

"Right," replied Furii. Furii jumped from Phoenix's shoulders causing Phoenix to fall in surprise as Furii raced into the bushes, Kyouffu loped off in another direction, and Gaisuto took to the sky. The other creatures took their cues from their elders and went out to scout.

"Now that we are secure, we should begin," said Asahi, pulling out her pouch of purple powder and beginning to make a circle in the clearing. Aki, giving them the full length speech on partners, (I don't feel like typing it, look in chp. seven and nine if you want to know more… you'll have to wait and see :P) once she was finished.

"Okay, Kazekage, as the leader of the Suna branch of the ANBU, you may go first and then call out the rest in order."

"Very well," said Gaara, stepping into the circle. Soon a larger than average sand cat (look them up, they're cool) appeared at his side. He stared at it for a minute before calling out. "Shin," at which it meowed and leapt to his shoulders. Gaara reached up and patted his new friend on his head and looked over to his wife. "Shukaku-chan, why don't you go next?" he questioned her. She gave him a big smile.

"My pleasure love," she said walking into the clearing. A banded mongoose appeared at her side and bound up to her shoulders quite happily as Shukaku said in a merry tone "Mabui."

"Ooraka Nobara, head of the Ooraka team, you're up," said Gaara, indicating the white haired sand ninja. She nodded her head and stepped into the circle.

"Yeah! Go Nobara-chan! You can do it!" yelled the orange haired ninja in her team. This caused Lion and Hawk to look at Panther with wide eyes. He looked at them.

"What?" he questioned them. They shook their heads and thought to themselves. This girl is just like Lee… except with better fashion sense. Nobara sighed.

"Thanks Kousa," she said to the other girl. Soon at Nobara's side was a small snow owl called Kikou.

"Alright Himawari Kousa of team Ooraka, you're next up." said Gaara.

"Right! I will not fail you Kazekage-san!" she yelled jumping into the circle. Her partner turned out to be a dingo named Warai.

"Okay last of the Ooraka team is Kokoro Naito," he said looking at the dark haired boy.

"Right," said Naito, walking up. His partner turned out to be a raccoon named Kinpaku. Both Gaara and Shukaku laughed silently at the sight of the small raccoon wrapped around the boy's neck.

"Okay, next up Kankuro, get out there," said Gaara, looking poitingly at his brother.

"I'm going, I'm going," said Kankuro, whose partner turned out to be a tarantula named Yochi.

"Tamari," said Gaara simply.

"Okay let's see what I get," she said and was quite pleased with her partner, Iriha, a golden eagle. Gaara then looked pointedly at Tarento.

"I have my partner already," said Tarento, "She's just a little shy," she looked up into the clouds and yelled. "Get your butt down here Kinomi!" Silence filed the air as suddenly a large creature plunged to the earth below. When it came to a rest most of the group could only stare. "This is my partner Kinomi, and yes, she is a griffin," she said laughing at their reactions.

"Show off," said Dragonfly well, aware of Kinomi as she had been present during Tarento's summoning. Tarento just smiled at her.

"Okay come on Zabuza-chan, your turn," she yelled.

Zabuza gave her a death glare but complied, her partner turned out to be a bat falcon named Gogyou. Gogyou immediately perched on the handle of her sword. Lastly Haku stepped forward and summoned her partner which turned out to be an osprey named Shinju.

…a half hour and ANBU clothes later…

"Okay, time to split into groups, Dragonfly-chan if you would," said Red Fox to the group. Dragonfly stepped forward.

"Okay first there's gonna be a new team, team Lightning. It will be lead by Griffin. Okay Snow Owl, Osprey, and Falcon are under you." She said pointing at Griffin. "Okay the other teams will have some additions. Cat and Eagle will be going to Wind. Raccoon your in Ice under Wolf. Dingo your going to be training in fire under Gold Fox. Lastly Tarantula and Mongoose are under me learning earth."

And so began the month and three week training (took them a week to get to Suna). Wolf took a leaf out of Panther's book and bought everyone what came to be known as weights of doom. Dragonfly had to be physically restrained by Gold Fox and Leopard when Panther decided to give one of Gia's famous good guy speeches. Cat and Mongoose snuck away for a little honeymoon time. Poor Tarantula was given the task of hunting them down, at the end of Eagle's fan, of course. That's how the time period ended, and now the Beast ANBU are officially ready for action… or so they thought.

End:

Okay I decided to end it here and get on to the next chapter. After all I just dropped six OC's in your lap… I think I better introduce them properly don't you? Okay the next chap will be like Chp three, a Character description page. Yeah, so the chapter after that the Akatsuki finally make their appearance. Should I be putting in Chap spoiler alerts? I'm not sure… oh well, so yeah, review please.

Okay so yeah, you might want to look up any animal you have never seen… if you don't feel like it, well that's up to you.

Descriptions of new partners:

Yochi-Name means Earth, he's about the size of a medium sized pumpkin, and solid dark brown with reflective black eyes. I chose him for Kankuro because well I wanted him to have an arachnid of some sort, and figured a spider would be unoriginal.

Mabui-Her name means cute, and she is the size that Furii was before the time skips. She has shimmering dark brown to golden fur, with pitch black rings. I chose her because mongooses are sneaky, and well, this is Shukaku we're talking about.

Warai-Her name means smile, and its reflected in her eyes. She has the traditional sandy colored coat of a dingo, with a pair of big luminescent blue eyes. I chose her for Kousa, because I've always thought of dingoes as playful… even if they aren't.

Kinpaku-His name means gold leaf, and comes from his amber eyes. Other than that he's your average raccoon. Okay I chose him for Naito because raccoons are primarily nocturnal (sleep in day, come out at night) and suits Naito.

Iriha-Her name means evening sun. She's your average golden eagle. I chose her for Tamari because I wanted to give her a bird of prey, and one from the desert if possible. Well that's what the golden eagle is, partially anyway.

Shin-Her name means heart, and her spots are dark red in place of the normal black. Sand cats are a desert breed, and tend to hunt mostly at night… I though that they kind of fit Gaara.

Kinomi-Her name means leaf bud. Her front is a eagle and her rear is horse. Her feathers are a mossy green, and her fur is a dark emerald. With her white eyes she stands out, even among her own kind. I decided that only giving Sakura a mythical creature would be… strange ya' know, so yeah, I gave Tarento a griffin. After all, team Ooraka only escorted her team from the boarder of Suna… and well, they left like two days before they arrived. You can't blame poor Kinomi for hiding, if I had three people squeezed onto my back I'd be scared to.

Kikou-Her name means armor… don't know why I named her that. She's a rather small snow owl, and the most outstanding thing about her is the fact that her wings are not tipped in the traditional black, but she is instead solid white.

Shinju-Her name means pearl, and comes from her pearly grey color. I chose her for Haku because osprey are fishing birds… or something like that.

Gogyou-His name means water. Okay so he has regular bat falcon looks… you'll have to look it up if you want if not… whatever. Okay I chose him for Zabuza because they use their hearing as well as their sight to hunt.

Right so this one is definitely going to be a harem, and yeah, I will need some help here on a few things if you would be so kind. Other than my three OC (the girls duh) and Hinata (because I love Naruto Hinata pairings) I have no idea who to put in it. The main stipulation is no TSUNADE, as that just creeps me out, any other female is fair game, to get a girl in requires two simple things, one a nominee (this also counts as the first vote) and at least three votes requesting her. This is officially the last harem voting…if none of the girls already voted for get two more votes…then I end the harem at Asahi, Isshou, Aki, and Hinata. Well its all up to you guys. I have already started making other parings, for some others in fact you have seen a hint of what is to come in this one…its just not that evident. If you can guess the couple ill give you a virtual cookie of your choice -.

From my beta Jo:

yeah 5 OC's in one chap, but its good. Poor tarantula…

BB2:falls over laughing: You made Zabuza a girl?? OMG… I can't even imagine that one, it boggles the mind. Great chap.

HNN: doint it just? lol