Anri groaned as she pulled the covers tighter around her bare chest. She turned over to face the other side of the bed. No one. She sighed as she stood up and quickly got dressed. She walked downstairs and looked around. She quickly made enough tea for three cups and placed them on the table, carefully sipping hers. The door opened and Tani and Samaru walked in. Samaru looked tired, while Tani looked hyper as ever.

Samaru sat down across from Anri and grabbed a cup of tea. She smiled. "Great night, Dear?" she asked mockingly. Samaru glared. "What were you up to?" he asked. She shrugged. "Taking care of unfinished business." Samaru nodded. "Two days," he whispered. Anri looked up at the ceiling. "Yeah."

Tani sat down and grabbed a cup of tea and eagerly sipped hers, ignoring her scorched tongue. "Two days till what?" she asked excitedly. Anri smiled. "You get to stay with Grandma!" she said cheerfully. Tani grinned. "How long?" Anri looked at Samaru. "A while," he said, running a hand through his crimson-red hair.

Tani continued grinning. She frowned and asked, "Wait, where are you two going?" she asked. Anri put a hand on the child's arm. "We're going on a mission." Tani nodded. "When will you be home?" Samaru gripped his cup tighter and looked at Anri. Anri sighed. "We don't know." Samaru mouthed, "We might not come back," to Anri and she nodded sadly.

Anri stood up and walked toward the door. She opened it and went outside. She sat on a bench. A bird landed on her shoulder. She saw a message attached to its feet:

New strategy. Attack at dawn. They know.

Anri scribbled a reply and tied it back to the bird's foot. "Tomorrow," she whispered. "What about Tomorrow?" Anri turned and met with white eyes. "The attack's been rescheduled. We attack tomorrow. At dawn." Noboru whistled. "Damnit." Daichi walked up behind him, molding clay around his arm's bone. "I'll finish my arm by then."

He quickly finished and placed a hand over the arm. "This is the difficult part." He clutched his arm and slowly the clay turned to flesh and blood ran through it. The veins reattached and nerves ran through it again. "And they said nerve cells couldn't be repaired," he said, smirking. "I'm set," he whispered, moving his fingers. The mouth opened up in his hand. 'Ready.'

Anri opened the door and called out, "Drop Tani off at Sakura's. Then meet me at the Hyuuga mansion." A simple 'hn' was the only reply as she turned and walked toward the mansion. "Damnit. Follow me!" she called back, walking swiftly toward the Hyuuga manor. Noboru and Daichi hesitated, but slowly followed.

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Loud sobs rang out through the manor. Noboru found tons of shinobi staring at him as his mom latched onto him and sobbed. Neji just smiled. "Welcome back," he said, giving them an icy glare. "They're going to help us. You can kill them afterwards," Akito said softly. Neji frowned. "I don't want to kill my son." Akito nodded.

"Whatever you say." Neji walked toward Noboru. Noboru glared. "Neji." Neji frowned. "Wouldn't you rather call me-" Noboru kept glaring. "You never admitted you were my father. Neji is your name," he hissed. Daichi looked toward his hands. 'Deidara.' He looked out the window. 'Will be watching us.' He narrowed his eyes.

Anri walked toward Akito and stopped in front of him. He wrinkled his nose in disgust. "You smell like Hyuuga." Anri frowned. "Funny, I took a shower before I got here. Maybe it's that new shampoo I'm using," she said, winking. Akito glared. "A bitch for a cousin," he muttered, She chuckled. "So, fill me in on the plans, Cousin."

Akito sighed. "This may take a while." He began explaining the plans as Noboru tried to distance himself from the others, getting long apologies and falsely forgiving people. Daichi kept his gaze out toward the window, catching the glint of metal in a nearby tree.

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Anri quickly walked toward the Hokage tower. 'You're the only one that can enter without being caught.' Akito had said. She opened the door and walked up endless flights of stairs. She stopped at the door and slammed it open. Orochimaru looked up. He grinned. "How nice of you to join us. I was just about to go looking for you," Orochimaru said. Anri made a slight bow, her expression unreadable. Orochimaru's grin faded. "You know of their attack, right? I expect you to do your part in helping me win." Anri nodded. 'Daichi, hurry up,' she thought desperately.

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Daichi stood on the Hokage Tower's roof. He set down an easel and a canvas board. ANBU guards were everywhere around the tower. Noboru appeared behind him. "I got it." He held out a small jar, filled with blood. Each ANBU had been cut, but they didn't know what had happened.

Daichi nodded and grabbed the jar. He dipped a paintbrush and started painting. After a few minutes, he finished. It was a picture of an ANBU's head, blood leaking out of it. The head looked freshly cut. The veins were evident around the part that had been cut.

Daichi looked at the jar. Empty. He stood up and formed a seal. 'Deidara. You said it couldn't be done. That only mother could do such a thing.' He closed his eyes as he focused his chakra to his hand. 'You were wrong.' He pressed his hand against the still wet painting and the image disappeared.

Noboru looked over the tower's side to see all of the ANBU decapitated. "Nice job." Daichi nodded.

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Anri looked out the window in time to see the ANBU fall. An explosion was heard and Orochimaru stood up and rushed to look out the window. He had no time to look before he was shoved against the glass and it was shattered. Anri stood at the window, a smile etched across her face. Orochimaru's tongue grabbed her arm and pulled her down with him, sending them both toppling to the stone ground below.

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A/N-Short chapter. All I'm gonna say.