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TenTen's POV

"Rima broke her leg when the avalanche occurred, Ojou-sama, all the other fighters and dragons have their own burdens and no one has enough chakra to summon another dragon," Rima's mother begged, "Please, Ojou-sama, I don't want to force my daughter to walk."

"Hand her over," I said calmly, opening up my arms. Carefully she placed a shivering cold Rima in my arms. I frowned slightly, it was only to be expected, it was snowing and the bitter cold bit into even my cheeks. My frown deepening, I shed off my thickest coat and wrapped it around her before flashing my hands through the signs to a summoning jutsu.

"Ojou-sama, this is a really bad idea," Kaiori said softly, ten children carefully sitting on top of her, "You'll run out of chakra."

I ignored her and panted in a breath as a dragon, about three fourth the size of Kaiori emerged from the smoke, "You called, Ojou-sama?"

"I'm sorry, could you carry some of the kids for us?" I asked politely, feeling ragged tiredness seep into my bones.

Bowing, the dragon lowered its body until it touched the slushy snow, "I would be honored."

Carefully setting Rima and some other injured children on the back of my seventeenth summoned dragon, I leaned against the wall for a brief moment. Drawing in the icy air through my nose then letting out between clenched teeth, I straightened, "Keep walking, the more you walk the warmer you'll be!" I shouted, gesturing to the clan.

Everyone followed my order, listening to me in a way only a clan with absolute trust in their Head could pull off. Suddenly, a thin whistle blew through the air, piercing my eardrums. Scowling, I rushed to the spot of the warning, letting the Elders continue to lead the clan.

"I'm sorry Ojou-sama," the man said softly, as we stood back to back. "They jumped out of no where, however, everyone was able to get away and stay with the clan."

"Well done," I said briefly, "How good are you at dodging?"

"Ah, I'm alright, Ojou-sama."

"Only alright?"

"Ahm… yes."

"Then stand still and don't move," I ordered before unfurling my scrolls and jumping into the air. Moving quickly and using as little chakra as possible, I whirled into motion, making sure that the weapons were aimed to kill, not just warn.

Once I settled back on the ground, the man was staring at me with reverence and the rogue ninjas were all dead. "Ojou-sama….."

"Let's go," I said shortly, summoning my weapons back and making a mental note to polish and sharpen them at night when it was time to rest, "And don't look so reverent, I was only killing a few people," I muttered, unable to help the bitter tang in my voice.

"Hai!" he yelped before sending steady chakra into his legs as both of us ran on the tree tops, trying to catch up to our clan as well as keep from falling to our death.

-x-

"DRAGONS STAY WITH THE CHILDREN. FORM A BARRIER. CIVILIANS GO TO THE CENTER. ANY AVAILABLE NINS STAY AT THE EXTERIOR. ELDERS GATHER CHAKRA FOR A BARRIER. DRAGONS, SHARE CHAKRA. LITTLE DRAGONS, GET A FIRE GOING FOR THE PEOPLE!" I shouted, running from place to place as I organized everything.

"Ojou-sama….." murmured Kaiori from right beside me.

Silently, I watched as the children ran off Kaiori's back with giggles and ran toward the fire and the younger dragons. "Yes, Kaiori?" I whispered, climbing onto her back. "Is something wrong?"

Peering at me from the corner of her eye, Kaiori gave me a faint snarl, anger radiating from her form. "Ojou-sama….." Giving her a slight smile, I said nothing, ignoring the fact that faint puffs were escaping my chest. Lowering her voice, Kaiori hissed, "You must rest, Ojou-sama, you must!"

"I'm fine."

"Ojou-sama!"

"I'm fine, Kaiori," I said a little more curtly, looking her straight in the eyes. Kaiori's eyes glowed golden in offense before the anger wilted, "Truly, Kaiori," I said gently, "I truly will be fine, until I get our clan to safety."

"And afterwards?"

"… Let's wait until we finish transporting the clan first, alright?" Taking in a deep breath, I shouted, "START GATHERING YOUR CHAKRA TO THE CENTER!"

"HAI!"

Pooling together our chakra, I carefully controlled the technique, making a clear bubble form around our encampment. Drawing in a ragged breath as half of my chakra, that I had left in any case, disappeared, I subtly leaned against Kaiori. "Well done, all of you may rest."

"HAI!"

Settling back, or rather, laying down on Kaiori's back, I nestled a little closer to her scales, relieved for the warmth and the chakra bubble as a snowstorm began raging outside. "Can you watch over everyone for about an hour? I'm gonna see if I can rest enough to get a little more chakra."

"I can give you longer than an hour, Ojou-sama." Kaiori's voice was soothing, trying to lull me into complete sleep.

"Only an hour."

Letting out a soft sigh, Kaiori nodded slightly. "If really needed, I can give you some of my chakra, Ojou-sama."

"No."

"Then take off your two blades at least, that position looks uncomfortable."

Laughing quietly, I did as she said, hooking the belt that held my two katanas off my back and around her horns with a faint apology. Kaiori said nothing, and just watched the skies and ground. "Thanks Kaiori, I owe you one."

-x-

I blew out a soft breath before breathing in a freezing, painful one. "Keep going," I said softly, feeling the small child slumbering on my back and the baby sleeping, thankfully warm, in my arms. "Don't stop moving, you'll freeze."

"Ojou-sama," Kaiori said a little impatiently, "Can you tell me why we can't just settle done and wait for the winter to pass?" she asked, the cold probably getting to her. Her and her husband, Oriku, had been making shifts in staying with me because I was 'much too brainless to stay by myself.'

"We're in the forest that surrounds Konoha, now. And everyone knows how foolish it is to lay in wait in a forest when there are bandits. We're almost there, chill, Kaiori."

"I'm not about to 'chill'," Kaiori said testily, "When there are a band of rogue nin at our tail."

"Oh, you noticed," I mumbled, sighing as I hooked my blades off of her horns and jumped off, "Seems like I'll have to take care of them then…. Damn." Pushing my hair, which was no longer 'allowed' (by the Elders) to be in buns out of my face, I began trooping to the back of my clan.

"Would you like me to inform the Elders to keep going?"

"Ah…. Uh yeah. Get to Konoha as soon as possible. I'll catch up in three days at most," I said a little absentmindedly, already thinking about the fight and considering my weapons and chakra.

"Hai."

Kaiori's POV

I sighed softly, feeling my tail swish around in agitation. Kaiori, Ojou-sama is strong, Oriku thought gently, flying above the clan in circles.

Not strong enough, Oriku, I thought restlessly, feeling worry nibble at the edge of my thoughts. She's not strong enough to take on who knows how many missing nins with that small amount of chakra left in her body. It's not enough.

Ojou-sama never let us down before, Oriku reminded, his thoughts firm, She's defeat more nins before.

When she wasn't drained of chakra.

Which is why she'll be fine, it's less nins, right?

…

Kaiori….

Fine.

Good. Oh, by the way, a kid's about to fall off because you keep moving your tail.

My tail balked to a stop a second before the boy's grip loosened completely, "I'm sorry, are you alright, little one?" I asked gently, raising my tail up to deposit the boy a little more safely along my spine.

"Heehee, sank kyuuuuuuu," the boy giggled quietly and clung onto me, talking excitedly to his friend about his 'near death' situation.

I felt the barest hint of a smile ghost over my face as I looked at the children, then at the rest of the clan. These people, these humans were who my precious ojou-sama was risking her life for, these precious, precious, alive humans.

TenTen's POV

I felt the icy wind cut into my cheeks and smiled ruefully, so it had been a bad idea to continue handing out my jackets to people. Oh well.

Slapping my sides as I sprinted on the trees, I checked that I had all my weapons before brushing my fingers over the hilt of my katanas. As long as I had my katanas, I would not lose in a fight.

Feeling the not hidden at all chakra signatures, I slipped to a stop in a clearing. Pulling out two scrolls before hesitating, one eyes sliding to my katanas.

"Just one opponent? And a woman at that!" spat a man, circling around me with a giant shuriken gripped in his hand. I noticed the thirty people circling around me and frowned, it might, might, be a little harder than I thought.

Shikamaru's POV

"Don't thinking about this horrible day's memories?" I asked lightly, seeing Neji troop up the stairs to get on the Konoha Gate wall. "You're still holding the kunai."

"And Temari is walking about with Yamanaka talking about suits….. and the bachelorette party."

"Oh Kami…" I grumbled, remembering Kiba and Naruto's expressions as the promised to plan a 'terrific' bachelor party.

"Where's Aburame?"

"Talking with his bugs."

"On what?"

"Some clan that migrating to Konoha without warning. From what I heard, the clan is sure to have the Godaime's approval though." I sighed, "How troublesome….."

"Hn."

Letting out another sigh, I turned my head up to stare at the clouds and blanched, seeing a serpentlike shape floating above the clouds, "Neji…." I called a little nervously, trying to remember where I had seen that shape before.

"Byakugan," Neji murmured, turning his chakra charged eyes to the sky. His mouth opened slowly, then closed again, the closest I had ever seen the Hyuuga in shock. "It's….." he said slowly before the lightest hint of happiness touched his face, "It's dragons."

"The Ryuu Clan?" I called back in surprise, "Are you serious, Neji?"

"TenTen's clan," Neji breathed softly, his gaze absolutely riveted on the dragons.

Ignoring him, I quickly wrote a small note and attached it to the messenger bird, "Give it to the Rokudaime. TenTen's clan's here, not so sure about TenTen."

A few minutes after I sent the bird, a few minutes in which Neji spent the entire time scanning the skies and ground, the bird returned with a note saying:

Bring the Ryuu Clan in.

Have the leader come talk to me.

Tell the rest of the clan to stay outside for now.

-Rokudaime

"We're supposed to bring them in," I told Neji, my words shaking him out of his revere. "Call the Konoha Thirteen and Sai, I suppose."

"I can't call Hinata," Neji spoke up, remembering himself, "Uzumaki will try to kill me."

"Then let Naruto deal with a pissed off pregnant lady that wasn't allowed to see her best friend. Believe me, it's in Naruto's best interests to let Hinata come with the entire Konoha Thirteen. I'll fetch them, what are you gonna do?" I asked, already seeing the decision in his eyes.

"Go ahead," he said curtly before disappearing from where he had been standing.

I sighed then broke into a sprint to catch all the Konoha Thirteen, and hope that the pregnant ones would consent to staying indoors and wait.

Kaiori's POV

I sighed in relief as all of the Ryuu Clan settled peacefully on the inside of Konoha, noting that some of the ninjas were already running around setting up temporary shelters for the civilians of the this clan. "Hi! I'm Uzumaki Naruto, Rokudaime of Konoha, you're Kaiori, aren't you?"

Turning, I saw the blonde haired man that used to so enthusiastically scream back when TenTen was here. There was more maturity in his gaze now than there had been then, a lot more. "Yes, I am Kaiori, the Head Dragoness. This is Oriku, my husband."

"It's a pleasure," Oriku rumbled, giving Naruto a friendly smile. I winced, a dragon's friendly smile didn't look friendly to anyone but dragons.

Suddenly, a shudder ran through the seventeen dragons that TenTen had summoned. "Dragoness!" they called in panic feeling the conflicting pull to go back home and to stay.

I forgot all dignity as I screamed in panic, feeling the pain that TenTen was feeling. "OJOU-SAMA!"

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