Neji returned to Tasulala with the box, time was almost up. When he showed Tasulala she smiled and took the box from Neji. "I'll hold on to this for now, until your ready." Tasulala made the box suddenly disappear. "How were you able to find it?"
Neji walked over to a rock and sat on it. He stared at the ground pondering of what brought him to the box. "I don't know really," He answered. "Just something inside me told me that something important was in the building I found it in. It led me straight to the box."
Tasulala flew over to Neji and smiled gently. Neji lifted up his head to see Oryha walking towards him. "Hi Neji," She greeted with a wave. "How is the bankai training going?" She sat right next to him and looked at him and Tasulala.
"Okay, I suppose." Neji said keeping his gaze away from Oryha. But he noticed her clothes were different. "Hey you weren't wearing that when we came here, were you?" He asked looking at her confusingly.
Oryha looked at her outfit and bonked her forehead lightly. "Stupid me," she said. "The outfit I was wearing earlier was my bankai outfit, sometimes if you're in bankai your outfit will change. I decided to lay off using my bankai for a while." Oryha got up and headed for Ichigo's training area. "You're lucky I stayed in bankai all this time or else you wouldn't be alive right now or even here." She said not looking back to see the shock expression on Neji's face.
Neji looked at Tasulala and asked, "What does she mean by that?"
Tasulala looking at Neji then at Oryha walking away and back at Neji and replied, "She has been using her zanpakutou's bankai to help you and everyone else." Tasulala flew a bit in front of Neji and turned around. "When you were traveling to Blue Stream Gate she used it then to make you two move faster. Then she used is to weaken Byakuya's attack against you, that is why you are still alive now. If it weren't for you Byakuya's attack would have killed you instantly." Tasulala clenched her fist and bend her head down. Tears rolled from her cheek as she began to fall slowly to the ground. "I've always been jealous of Ouji Uindo." She whimpered in a soft tone.
Neji stood up and slowly advanced toward Tasulala. "Who is Ouji Uindo?" Neji asked.
Tasulala wiped away her tears and looked up at Neji. "Ouji Uindo is Oryha's zanpakutou." Tasulala replied. "He is one of the strongest zanpakutous out there. With Oryha as his partner he is basically unbeatable." Neji didn't need to ask to get an answer of why that was. "Oryha is part of the Uchiha clan," Tasulala continued. "As a member of that can she has the Uchiha abilities. Those abilities plus those of Ouji Uindo is a very powerful combination."
Neji thought for a moment trying to recall all the things an Uchiha can do. Tasulala interrupted his thoughts as she started to tell him a story. "You might want to take a seat." Tasulala offered. Neji just sat down where he was, Tasulala joined him and plopped her self down where she was. She made the box Neji brought her appear and placed it in between them. "You're not my first owner, you're my second. My first owner sacrificed him self to save Oryha many years ago. I believe for some reason I can't explain, his soul is somewhere deep inside you, maybe even infused with your own. That could explain why I'm your partner and why you were able to become a shinigami. This box," Tasulala pushed the box closer to Neji. "Contains something that once belonged to my first owner, he hid it in this box because it was precious to him. Only he can open it. If you do have part of him inside of you, you should be able to open the box."
Neji looked at the box and studied it carefully. "What if I can't open it?" he asked.
"Then I wouldn't be here." Tasulala replied.
Neji took a deep breath and took the box and tried to open it.
"I don't think Neji is going through as much training as we are." Naruto complained. He and Sasuke were hunched over in the shade of a giant tree. Sakura was lying in between the two. "Maybe Kakashi Sensei is trying to kill us by training us to death." Naruto suggested to his team mates.
"That is not true." Rock Lee proclaimed. He and Tenten were leaning against a near by tree. "Gai Sensei wouldn't train us this way unless Neji was training this way." Tenten shook her head in embarrassment as Lee stood in his heroic looking pose.
"What are you five talking about?" a male voice asked. Everyone turn to see who was talking to them. They saw three people walking towards them. "Hey everyone, how is it going?" the same male voice asked. The one talking had a big dog by his side and had short spiky brown hair with a black ninja suit on. Beside him were another guy on one side and a girl on the other side. The guy had shaded glasses on and a cloak with its hood up. The girl had white eyes and long purplish hair.
"Kiba, Shino, Hinata." Sakura said sitting up. "You guys are back from your mission? You have been gone for a long time."
"The mission is confidential." Shino said. He leaned again a tree that was growing close to the giant tree Naruto was under. He had his hands in his pockets while Hinata and Kiba sat down in the shade of the tree.
"We heard Neji and Oryha have not come backed from their mission." Hinata said in her quiet shy voice.
"Oryha visited us yesterday." Sasuke said looking at Hinata. "But from what she said she may not come back."
Hinata, Kiba and Shino stared at the grass and it was quiet between the eight students. A breeze passed by and the trees' leaves rustled and the wind was whistling. Everyone looked at each other and with out saying a word.
"You guys seem quiet." Kakashi said appearing out of no where. No seemed to notice his sudden appearance. Gai and a woman with long wavy brown hair and red eyes were standing beside him.
"So you heard?" The woman asked. Hinata, Kiba, and Shino just slightly nodded their heads.
"Do you know why?" Hinata muttered gazing at the woman. "Do you know why Oryha wouldn't want to come back, Kurenai Sensei?"
"None of us know." The woman said sadly. She turned her gaze away from the students. "But what we do know is the village that Neji and Oryha went to."
Everyone's faces brighten up and they all crowed around the three senseis and started asking questions all at once. "Hold it." Kakashi ordered trying to hush everyone. "We will take you to the village. But you guys must adapt quickly to your surroundings. Everyone looked at each other with confusion. Kakashi continued, "The village is very advance they have devices you couldn't even dream of. Do you still wish to go?"
Everyone looked at each other and nodded. "We'll go no matter how advanced the village is." Naruto announced for everyone.
Kakashi, Gai, and Yuhi exchanged glances and nodded. "Okay, we will get permission from the Fifth Hokage. If it is accepted then we will head out first thing tomorrow." Kakashi said for the three of them. The three senseis vanished and the eight students just looked at each other for a moment and sat back in their shade.
"I guess we just wait." Sakura said lying down on the grass.
Naruto stood up and looked up at the sky. "I don't think Neji is just waiting." Everyone looked up to him. "I say we train while we wait, not just sit around it the shade."
Lee jumped up and said in agreement. "Naruto's right let's train."
Everyone got up and nodded their head and headed out to the train field. Naruto suggested a one-on-one training fight. Everyone but lee thought it was an okay idea. It was over ruled, one-on-one training was in session.
The eight trained until the three senseis stopped them with news from the Fifth Hokage. "Tomorrow we meet at the gate at daybreak and leave for Karakura Town."