3 days later at the meeting spot.
I close my eyes as my face reaches the sun, when Kumiko who is in the carriage pops her head to disturb my peace.
"Ne Hinata-chan why don't you come and sit in here instead of riding on that smelly horse." Whined Kumiko, I saw Ito flick his ear at her tone and I feel the same way.
"It's too cramped in there for me, so stick your head back in there keep quiet k."
"Yeah Hinata-dono and I are younger then you and Hama so we can ride a horse" Mai said as she sticks her tongue at Kumiko. How cute.
"what are you saying brat that I'm old?" Kumiko screeched at Mai who was currently nestled against me rubbing it in Kumiko's face of her positions. 'sigh' Those two have been fighting non stop until Hama breaks them up or she just sits there and laughs and I get a head ache.
"Cut it out both of you now hn?"
" Hinata-sama, we're approaching the rebels camp" I smile the young man whose name was Kato, he'd come to following me around like a little puppy, so I trained him and a couple of others on the side. I tell the other to behave as I make my way to the head of the large group that we had recruited over the months to greet the rebels. Ah I see them and I'm surprised to see so many people here, there's tons! I reach out my senses and realize that there are refugees here too.
"You must be the one causing the lord so much trouble, I am Eiki leader of the rebels" the man had a lithe form full of muscles black wild hair tied back, he was wearing a blue shirt with big sleeves showing off his bandages running up his arms, a black vest and blue pants and black shoes. He had a smoke in his hand as he started to grin and size me up.
"Hina"
" I must say we expected something more terrifying from the rumors we've heard about you Hina-san"
I tilt my head and reply.
" Ah, I here that a lot, usually right before I kill them too." I smile at him and he returns it, hmm understanding.
" There's a spot on the hill over there you can setup, I'll come get you later and we'll talk" He says then trots away into the mass amount of people who were staring at us, or me.
We make our way to out spot by going around the camp and up the hill where the tents are set up as well as Kumiko's necessities. Like the pink and purple frilly curtains and giant cushions and everything is silk, I feel like I'm in the brothel again so I leave and check on our group and make arrangements with all the men and I warn the consorts the Kumiko brought with her to stay and not wonder out of our camp no matter what. I return to find Eiki standing there in shock at our tent so I come up behind him and pull him out of the homemade brothel.
"It was Kumiko's idea not mine"
"Well of course it was, this is the perfect mood for me to seduce you my Hina-samurai"
"feh, your a thousand years to early to try to seduce Hina-dono old hag!" spat Mai.
" Enough let Hina-chan go she has business to attend to while we have work to do" Ah sanity in the form of Hama.
" Let's go before they realize I'm not there" he nodded as we left the two arguing. We walked through the huge camp as he explained various things and people till we came to a huge tent and walked in.
"Ah, Eiki you brought the infamous Pain in the ass to the Lord himself with you, good we can start the meeting, and my name is Kata." She was on older woman but had a tired smile and eyes that showed pain.
"My name is Ryo and this is my wife Nana" they smiled at me and I returned it.
"Takaji" The man was middle aged but was made of steel that matched his eyes.
"Komon" He was older then me by a few years and looked a lot like Eiki but with shoulder black hair and more muscle.
I smile at them and we start going over plans but nothing concrete as we can't get close enough to get the blue prints or how many men he has. Yet they don't know I'm a hyuuga.
The next day I wake up at dawn and move sneak out to see my warriors all having breakfast and sit and join them. I see no one's awake other then our camp so I take most of the soldiers to a clearing and we start doing are practices and I give them some demonstrating on a high level of taijutsu. I take Kato of to the side and we start going over the techniques I had taught him, then we moved to use our weapons. I Kato and I had been sparring for and hour till I see Eiki, Komon, Ryo and Takaji standing off to the side talking to Sen and staring at my warriors sparring with impressed faces. I quickly put and end to my fight with Kato and tell him to start helping the others. I head my over to them
"Good morning minna, did we wake you?"
"Nah, we could sleep through a thunderstorm" stated Komon to reassure me but it only made me wonder. Eiki smacks his son over the head and giving him a small shake of the head.
"Baka, speak for yourself" I couldn't but laugh as Kato comes running up.
"Ne, sensei are we going to do more weapon work today or just conditioning or maybe chakra?" Hmm, Kato seems to be glaring at Komon and vise versa.
" Ah we'll do some sparring and some target practice and do the conditioning after lunch , so I'll be right there."
Some how Komon joins in and gets his ass handed him to by Kato who seemed to have it out for him. Some of the other men and woman came and joined in on our training but most of them were under skilled to be on par with mine. So Eiki and Sen came up with the idea that I would start teaching the others offense and defense. Thus at dawn we massed trained when after lunch we slipped into groups and trained. Kato and Komon didn't like each other and fought all most all the time till Takaji broke them up. When I was done there I had Kumiko keep trying to seduce me only to fail and be mocked By Mai and thus started fighting till Hama broke them up. So one day I while I was watching Kato and fight an rapidly stronger Komon with Takaji , Eiki and Sen.
"I have no Idea why those two hate each other so much but it gives my a head ache" 'sigh" They look at me like I was stupid so I glared at them asking what their problem was.
" Yeesh Hina-dono you haven't figured it out?" as Takaji barked out while trying to hide his booming laugh.
"No"
" Till we Came here Kato was your favorite student, but now Komon is here and you've been giving him training so Kato feels threatened"
"Why can't I have two students?" why couldn't I teach them both? They just laughed and I couldn't stop the pout that made its way up my face which only fueled their laughter.
"Sometimes we forget that you're still just a kid." Said Sen as he affectionately pats my head. This continues for about three months till I got fed up and decided to go to the castle on my own.
"So you agreed we've been fighting a losing battle huh?" Eiki barked out as we walk back toward my camp with Komon.
"Right now you have the possibility to free your country; all you have to do is obtain some more info and plan it out a little better. I myself plan on going to the capital to check out the castle and see what I can do about the info problem."
"You're really going to go to the capital when everyone is looking for you? Are you crazy?" exclaimed Komon.
"Nah she's not crazy she's just cool" remarked Mai who was waiting for me at the edge of my camp.
I pat her head as I pass and I toss over my shoulder
"What's a better place to hide then right under their noses?" And I start laughing just at thought of me walking into enemy territory again.
I stare into the fireplace (Yes Kumiko brought one with her) with Mai safely snuggled in my arms and my cloak as I think about every thing including home. I wonder if they're still looking for me it's been 22 months( 1 year and 10 months) since I've left. I wonder if I'll ever be able to go back. Will I want to when my mission is over, if I survive this to begin with. I hold Mai tighter as she starts to stir and I slowly close my eyes and let sleep take me but no my thoughts.
I wake up very early and shift Mai to lie beside Hama, and I hear Kumiko's snores as I sneak out of the tent to be greeted by Sen and Kato and our readied horses. Three days later we reach the capital and tie our horses and start walking to the capital. We also have our awesome disguises on, I wanted to wear my coat/sunglasses/baseball cap one but Kumiko made me wear a beautiful dancers Kimono while the other had rich kimono's on. We approached the gates and Sen was the first to talk
"Let us past we have been summoned by the lord to perform at his castle."
"Let's see the pass or your not getting in" said one of the guards.
"Do you know who are lady is? She is the famed dancer of the heavens and has traveled all the way here for your lord! We are to be let in immediately do you understand you fool!" came Kato's planned out burst.
"Ah Hai! Gomen we didn't know" and the guard stutter's and we're through.
"Yeesh I didn't think that would work Hinata-chan, I just hope the real dancer doesn't show up or were screwed" came Sen's relieved voice.
"Ne that was awesome, and such a good plan sensei" ah Kato enthusiastic as ever.
Hmm, I wonder if I should tell them that I'm actually that dancer…nah. We find a some where to change into street clothes and we find our way closer to the castle. We sneak behind the castles wall as I tell them to play look out while I start drawing the blue prints of the castle. We've been here three days and I just finished what we need so we head back to the inn we're staying at.
We were eating dinner down stairs at the inn, when I got up to go to the bathroom; I came back only to find Sen and Kato surrounded by guards and a court official.
"Hai! We'll get Hime to inform her to dance tonight for your lord" I heard Kato's voice before I went back to the bathroom and was out the window and running along the roof to get back to the room. I just finished when a knock came at the door.
"Hime the Lord wishes for you to dance tonight are you ready?" ah poor Sen probably having a melt down. I open the door and nod before all three of us are led to a carriage; I get in while the other two get the horses.
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