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Chapter 10- The Ripples

A fleet of boats led by lord Yagura had just arrived in Konoha; Lord Minato greeted them as they came ashore.

'Matsuri are you crazy, what were you doing with one of them?' scolded Temari.

'Matsuri there you are, look at them, now we have enough warriors to destroy those demons' Sasuke said walking over to them, Matsuri frowned and looked to her father.

'Now that we are joined by our kinsmen, we will defeat our enemy' voiced Minato, Matsuri ran over to him.

'Father I need to speak with you'

'Not now my daughter, the council is gathering' said Minato turning away.

'We don't have to fight them, there must be a better way' she protested.

'Sometimes our paths are chosen for us' he said.

'But maybe we should talk to them'

'They do not want to talk' said Minato.

'But if one of them did, would you listen'

Minato sighed 'of course I would' Matsuri smiled.

Itachi headed towards the fort with Naruto sitting on his shoulder, as they neared the gate Naruto slipped into his bag.

'Who goes there?' called Sasori aiming his gun into the darkness.

'Careful there'

'Itachi?' Sasori put his gun down.

'ITACHI!' yelled Madara 'where have you been?'

'I was out scouting the terrain sir'

'Good then you must know the savages whereabouts, we'll need that information for the battle'

'What battle?' asked Itachi.

'We will eliminate these savages once and for all'

'NO! You can't do that!' protested Itachi stepping forwards.

'Oh can't I?' challenged Madara.

'We don't have to fight them'

'Itachi, what's gotten into you?' asked Sasori.

'I met one them'

'You what!?' said Kakazu startled.

'A Savage' said Sasori.

'They're not savages'

'They are! And they want to kill us, all of us' yelled Madara 'they've got our gold'

'There is no gold' said Itachi

'And I suppose your little friend told you that'

'Yes'

'LIES, ALL OF IT! Anyone who even looks at a savage without killing them will be tried for treason and hanged' Madara snarled.

Matsuri quickly ran along the outskirts of the village towards the cornfields.

'Matsuri' called Temari, startled Matsuri turned.

'Temari?!'

'Don't go out there; I lied for you once I won't do it again'

'I have to do this'

'He's one of them!' Temari stressed desperately.

'You don't know him' said Matsuri heatedly.

'If you go out there you'll be turning your back on your own people'

'I'm doing this to save my people, please Temari' Matsuri turned and ran off.

'Matsuri no!'

Itachi slipped out of his tent and ran to the fence, keeping to the shadows, he slipped out unnoticed or so he thought, Sasori watched him run into the tree's and disappear into the darkness, suddenly Sasori was pushed outwards.

'Follow him, and if you see any savages kill them' said Madara throwing his gun at him.

Back in Konoha Temari was fretting over her friend's safety and wellbeing, finally coming to a decision, she got up and headed over to Sasuke.

'Sasuke, its Matsuri'

'What is it, is she alright?' he asked standing quickly.

'I think she's in trouble' finished Temari, head bowed.

Matsuri ran towards Chiyo 'what is wrong my child?' asked Chiyo seeing Matsuri distressed.

'The warriors of Kirigakure are here' she gasped.

'Matsuri'

Turning she saw Itachi 'Itachi' relief washed over her as he came up to stand by her.

'Listen, my men are planning to attack your people, you've got to warn them'

'Maybe it's not too late to stop this, come with me we must talk to my father' said Matsuri taking his hand.

'Talking won't do any good, I already tried talking to the men but everything about this land has them spooked' said Itachi pulling her back.

'Come here you two, I want to show you something' said Chiyo, gesturing to the small pool in front of them she dipped one of her vines, she started a chain of ripples.

'The ripples' Matsuri whispered watching them.

'What about them?' asked Itachi.

'So small at first but look how they grow, but someone has to start them' explained Chiyo.

'There not going to listen to us' said Itachi still not convinced.

'Young man sometimes the right path is not the easiest one, can't you see, only when the fighting stops can you be together' she said nudging him towards Matsuri.

Itachi smiled 'alright, we'll talk to your father' he said looking at Matsuri, Matsuri's face lit up and she through her arms around his neck.

'Thankyou' she whispered, Itachi put his arms around her waist and returned the embrace, Matsuri had pulled away slightly and Itachi dipped his head down and capture her lips in a sweet kiss, in which Matsuri shut her eyes and returned the kiss.

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-OMG! I got finally got them to kiss; I hope it's written ok-