[Truth 13]
"So what made you choose me?" Yamato still seems confused.
"Well I've really only been apart of team Yamato and we both can do wood style. Which kinda makes us Chakra kin. Don't you think?" Rini smiles happily at him.
"Well in that case I'd be honored." Yamato smiles happily with a small bow.
"Well if you picked them for those then the two of us better be your brides' maids." Sakura winks playfully.
"Of course." Rini laughs.
All of them sit up talking for a while. After hours of checking up, the girls head out to look at a few shops. Rini does find a curtains pattern she likes but decides not to get it at that time, what with a fight about to break out.
The next morning all of them see Naruto and the others off. Once they leave a few days after them as to make sure that they don't run into their ship on the way.
In a few days they find them selves on the shores of the Cloud Village. The others watch as the land grows larger and the sounds of drums begin to pound in their hearts.
'This is it.' They all stare at the land with a serious expression on all of their faces.
'Mom. Dad. Grandpa Nao. Asuma. Jiraiya. Watch over all of us okay? Keep us safe. And watch us win!' Rini clings to her locket.
'Keep an eye on us Asuma and Third Hokage.' Shikamaru glances up at the clouds.
Once they land all of them go to the camp set up. They unload their things along with supplies. Nao and Akimaru stay by the duck, keeping watch over everyone.
"Rini!" Calls Kankuro standing in front of the medical tent.
"Yeah?!" Rini pauses with a crate in her arms.
"The Kage want to see you!" Kankuro points to the main building.
Rini hands her box over to Sakura then follows him. Kankuro leads her to a large meeting room at the very top of the building. Inside they find all the Kage, aside for the Tsuchikage, and head samari sitting at a round table.
"You wanted to see me?" Rini bows her head to them.
"Yes." The Mizukage nods. "We understand that you have a unique outlook of a few people." She looks over her file.
"I guess so." Rini glances at all of them a bit confused.
"The truth of the matter is that I would like your opinion on Kabuto." Shikaku steps forward with a file in his hand.
"What do you mean?" Rini turns to him still unclear of what's going on.
"In your world you were able to see him more than any of us and in different views than we could. So I was wondering if you can think of what his strategy will be." Shikaku hands the folder over to her.
"I see." Rini looks over the file. "I… I don't know if I can tell you anything important." She tightens her grip around the folder.
"Anything you can tell us might be helpful." Shikaku places his hand on her shoulder.
"Please Rini." The Mizukage stares at her seriously along with the others.
"Well… for starters he has no memories of his own. All he's known for a long time is being a servant of two masters, but now both of them are dead." Rini starts to explain. "Know that he's had to take on a new role he's unstable, well not that he was very stable to start with."
"What about strategies? What will he do?" The samari stares at their map board.
"He'll defiantly use the Reanimation Jutsu. But… I doubt he'll have as much control as Orochimaru did." Rini ponders.
"What do you mean by that?" Tsunade lifts an eyebrow.
"Well… the best way to describe it is like Shogi. There are different type of players; strategists, aggressors, and manipulators." Rini counts off with her hands. "Orochimaru, although crazy, was a strategist. He kept a cool head and always thought five steps a head and understood his limits. While Kabuto is a mix of the other two; he loves to use his pieces to force us to move in certain ways and he also finds every player expendable. He'll summon too many of them and a great deal of them will be used to force our hands." She explains.
"That makes since." The Raikage places his hand under his chin.
"But then how do we take him down?" The samari ponders stroking his beard.
"Well it might be better to make him an aggressor. As long as he's not thinking straight we'll have a better chance of grabbing him or taking him out of play." Rini suggests. "But then again he might become more dangerous in that state." She ponders. "I'm sorry I'm not very helpful am I?" she sighs heavily.
"No that's more than we know before and can help the others." Shikaku shakes his head slightly. "You did very well Rini." He gently pats her head. Rini smiles slightly at this.
"Is that all you wanted me for?" Rini turns her attention to the Kage.
"No." The samari shakes his head slightly.
"As you said he'll use the Reanimation as his main attack form." The Mizukage starts. "It would be best… to have a jutsu of our own that could possibly break his. Something that would be used to demobilize and in away drown body in chakra." She stares at Rini a bit worried.
"You want me to… to repurpose that jutsu." Rini's eyes shake slightly.
"If you don't want to we won't force you Rini." Tsunade has a soft expression.
"I don't like the idea of using it. But…" Rini clenches her fists. "But if I can use it to free those being used then I will." She nods with a ready to go expression.
"You're very brave Rini." Tsunade smiles softly at her.
"I do have a request though. After this war is over please declare it to be an illegal jutsu so no one uses it again." Rini pleads.
"We can agree to that." The Raikage nods.
"I'll take you to get all the info on the jutsu." Shikaku motions to the door.
Rini follows him to the basement lab where they have gathered all their info. Unable to read the old kanji, Rini gets help from Shikaku.
It takes a couple weeks for all the Shinobi to gather and be separated into units. In that time Rini stays at the lab learning all she can about Reanimation jutsu and possibly away to stop it.
Finally it is time to get their new head bands and separate into their units. Rini ends up in the Special unit along with the Inuzuka clan, Hyuuga clan, and the Yamanaka clan. Kiba comforts her after they learn about Yamato being taken. She's saddened to learn of Yamato's capture yet tries to remind herself that they'll get him back.
Everyone stands with their unit waiting to hear from Gaara before heading out. As they wait to hear from him fighting breaks out in the groups. Not too surprising since everyone was rivals and enemies not to long ago.
"Shouldn't we do something?" Rini whispers to Kiba.
"Like what?" Kiba rubs the back of his head. "We were all on opposite side up to a few weeks ago. They just need to get it out of their systems." He glances at all the fights.
"Yeah but…" Rini stares at all of them a bit worried.
As they watch the fighting it looks as if it is escalating quiet a bit. Before Rini can jump in to try and stop it sand balls explode to separate all of them. After that everyone's attention heads for Gaara up at the top of the building.
"For war and power Shinobi have been pinned against each other. And in that hate I was born. Lost in the shadows I hated the world and wished its destruction." Gaara begins.
'Gaara.' Rini's eyes shake slightly as she remembers episodes she had watched.
"One Shinobi saved me! He called me his friend and pulled me out of the shadows!" Gaara points to himself. "We were enemies and he cried for me!" he glances down at all the soldiers. "For those that have felt the same pain there can be no hate! Sand, Cloud, Leaf, Mist, Stone, and Star! We have all felt the pain of the Akatsuki's attack! For that there are NO MORE villages only SHINOBI! This war is to protect that friend! If you still hate the Sand after this then come face me! But for now we are one!"
"Yeah! For freedom! Let's do this!" They cheer.
"All those that feel the same follow me! Let us protect this world!" Gaara stands proud and ready to fight.
'Well said Gaara.' Rini smiles proudly and ready to go herself.