Thank you all for reviewing, at least I know people are still interested in the story, so, as a gift to you all, here is another chapter (see what reviewing gets you?). The top guesses were Dragon, and Roc (big phoenix like bird). Either could have worked, but only one would work for the future I have planned for it…

No refresher from last time since it was only a few days ago, so here you are, I think I got the majority of the spelling errors taken care of, there were alot of 'them' instead of 'then' in this one for some reason...

Uyoku Myou

(Wings of Life/Destiny)

Part Two: Discovery Chapter 9

The summoning was a success as the large smoke faded, producing a fierce looking white dragon towering over the training ground. Upon further inspection, you could tell something was different about the dragon than most would suspect. It stood almost regally upon his four legs and seemed to act like he owned the place. The dragon looked over the large forest before his eyes locked on Hinata.

"You girl." He bellowed as his face came within inches of her, looking over every part of her, frightening the hell out of her as well. "What is your name?" He demanded. Hinata gulped once and pushed back her fear.

"Hyuuga Hinata." She replied firmly, trying not to show any of that pushed away fear.

"Hinata? You are a perfect choice, my name is Sumindra." The dragon almost looked like it was smiling as it took its tail and picked her up while she let out a shrill scream from the tail catching her off guard before he set her gently on his back.

"Why did you do that?" Hinata asked as she saw that she was now free from his grasp and was confused as to why he treated her like that.

"Because, you are the princess and my future summoner, you should get the royal treatment."

"Huh?" Hinata muttered outloud, trying to figure out where the voice was now coming from.

"I can talk to you telepathically, and I know more about what is really going on and the reason Enzeru was sent down here, but they…" Gesturing back towards Naruto and Kagami. "…aren't supposed to know yet. You will know when the time is right, then you can summon me again and I'll show you all the truth."

"Ok, will it be obvious?" Hinata was definitely confused by what the dragon was telling her, but she decided it was best just to go along with it and hope something makes sense later.

"Of course!" He billowed out loudly and looked to Naruto and Yamato. "Hey, you two coming or staying?"Sumindra waited for Naruto and Yamato to join them before kicking up a huge amount of dust as the giant beast lifted from the ground. With a loud booming laugh, Sumindra took off into the air at such speeds that Hinata slid back into Naruto's arms where he held her tightly, causing a light blush to grace her cheeks as she let herself relax in his grip.

Naruto found it quite relaxing and enjoyable to have her in his arms again. It has been one thing that he had been regretting about trying to keep away from her, but somehow she managed to be back with him. At least this time, Naruto decided, he wasn't going to let her go ever again.

(Shikamaru and Kakashi)

They had been on the trail for nearly 5 hours now and were really getting impatient, but they knew they were close. Shikamaru waved to the group to stop in the underbrush for a quick meeting.

"We should be very close…" Kakashi pulled up his forehead protector, which was covering his eye, and looked ahead with the increased visibility of his Sharingan.

"Only about half a mile away." He told them as he covered his eye again.

"Ok, this is where we split off; Choji." Choji nodded and pulled out a bag of soldier pills and handed one out to everyone to replenish their chakra so they were all fit for battle. "Now everyone, stay alive." Shikamaru, Ino and Choji left the under brush and took off after the enemies while Kakashi and Sakura hung back for back up.

The enemies suddenly stopped when they felt the presence of their pursuant and turned to face them. Shikamaru's team stood off against the two weird looking freaks. There was no doubt that these two were very powerful, especially from the point that Asuma was nearly killed by them. There was still a bit of blank spots on how he managed to get away from them, but now was not the time to figure that out.

"What are Konoha ninja doing out this far?" Asked Kakuzu, the larger of the two.

"Simple, we are here to end your mission. You two are wanted by Konoha due to the attack on Sarutobi Asuma. You will come with us alive, or stay here dead." Shikamaru commanded with a slight change on his usual tactics.

"I choose neither since I cannot die due to my loyalty and devotion to Jashin. He grants me immortality!" Hidan didn't wait long before he readied his scythe and charged his opponents recklessly. The team split off before the attack hit, while Kakuzu chuckled as he watched the fight take place. There was no want to join in since Shikamaru's team didn't have a large enough bounty to care about and that was really the only purpose Kakuzu was with the Akatsuki anyways. He was quite content in watching Hidan kill all three of them.

Hidan continued slashing wildly at the group when he nicked Ino's shoulder and drew out blood. He was smiling greedily as he brought the blade closer to lick the blood but suddenly stopped when he felt something come close to him. He looked in the direction of the thrown weapon and saw it was no threat since it was going to miss anyways and returned to his previous action when he suddenly found he couldn't move anything but his eyes. Hidan looked around at his enemies and saw each and everyone was accounted for until he caught a glimpse of a familiar blade stuck into his shadow, seemingly halting his movements.

"I see, a shadow user. Not many of them come out of your village anymore. Most of them are lazy or the shadows consume them." He cackled confidently.

"I see you know of my family's heritage, we are also quite good at planning tactics." Shikamaru smirked at the man before he disappeared into his own shadow and reappeared in Hidan's. Shikamaru pulled out a kunai and jabbed it deeply into the man's back, piercing his heart and yanked back on the bloody weapon. Shikamaru released the hold on the shadow by removing the trench knife of Asuma's and watched the man slump onto the ground. He stepped over him and picked up the scythe to inspect it. Just as he drew his attention away from Hidan, he quickly stood and yanked back on the weapon.

"Shikamaru!" Choji shouted out loudly to raise his awareness. The blade sliced straight through Shikamaru's neck, causing his team to cringe. A sudden poof brought Ino and Choji's attention back and they both let out a sigh when they saw a log was sliced instead, thanks to a well timed kawarmi. Hidan smiled at the three now facing him again while Shikamaru was thinking up another plan.

"You see, Jashin has granted me the power of never dying. All I have to do is kill and give him the glory. Now one of you is going to die." He quickly drew out a symbol on the ground and touched the bloody blade to his mouth, completing his ritual. Hidan's look changed drastically as he now looked like death himself as he took the blade of his weapon and jabbed it deep into his heart, causing Choji and Ino's eyes to widen at his suicide. Hidan doubled over in pain and started breathing roughly as he screamed in agony.

"So I take it you have never tried that ritual with your own blood? You see, I replaced my teammate's blood for your blood from the kunai I stabbed you with." Shikamaru explained lazily. Hidan just growled out painfully as he removed the blade from his chest and fell to his knee. "Ino, Choji, go take care of the other one, I've got this." The two nodded and disappeared to chase down Kakuzu, who was unknowingly quite a ways away from them.

Choji and Ino finally stepped in front the relaxed looking Kakuzu. He looked up at them in an uncaring attitude before resting his eyes again.

"Shouldn't you kids go home? This is no place for green ninja like yourselves."

"We can't return until our mission is complete." Choji assured.

"Fine, then just wait for your friend to die and Hidan will kill you as well. I don't waste my time with worthless ninja." Just as he finished his sentence he looked up and saw an arm sticking out of his chest.

"You may not see them as a threat, but what about me?" Kakashi announced as the Raikiri faded away after removing his arm from the man. "You see, when I see an opening against a strong opponent, I use it to my advantage. Because you didn't see them as a threat, you weren't on guard." Kakashi's Sharingan widened as he saw Kakuzu stand on his feet and actually looked like he was smiling.

"Well, now this is getting exciting, Kakashi of the Sharingan. You will fetch quite the premium in the underground, now this is worth my while." He smirked at Kakashi when suddenly a dark mask hurled itself at him "Raikou (Lightning)" Seeing the attack was of the highest level, Kakashi quickly met it with his Chidori, one of equal level, effectively neutralizing it. Not missing a beat, Kakuzu tired another one of his special attacks. "Katon!" The fire mask burned in a raging inferno towards the group with ferocity of unseen proportions, there was no way they could avoid any damage, what was worse was there was almost no way to avoid the attack. Kakashi was unsure if he could bring up a strong enough water defense in time to protect them all, but a sudden darkening of the skies took his attention away for a brief moment as he looked for the cause.

"Aisu ibuki (Ice Breath)" The fire was quickly engulfed in air colder than the furthest reaches of the earth taming the blaze and leaving Kakuzu shivering. Instantly the daylight returned as the region was cast in a thin fog of smoke. The smoke faded enough to reveal the team of Yamato, Naruto and Hinata.

"Everyone, stay on your toes, I'll take it from here." Naruto announced with confidence.

"Did you finish it yet?" Kakashi asked with surprise.

"No Kakashi-sensei, I'm about half there, but it should be enough." He looked back at Hinata and she only smiled back with a small nod.

"So the Jinchuriki thinks he is on par with me huh?" Kakuzu shouted to the blonde. Naruto smiled wide and made 20 clones, each readying a Rasengan.

"Don't take me lightly, if you underestimate me for a second, it will be your last." The clones took off charging at the enemy who quickly saw they were clones as he started striking them down with ease. Kakuzu smiled when he saw one of the Narutos hold a much more powerful jutsu in his hand and he knew it was the real one. He ignored all the rest and set his sights on the real Naruto. Running all out forward, he punched and smashed his way through the mass of clones and grinned widely when his fist made a cracking sound on the jaw of the real Naruto… Then a poof…

"Fuuton: RasenShuriken!" Kakuzu looked up to an orange clad ninja holding a frightenly powerful jutsu that was closing in on him from above. He realized it was a fatal mistake to assume this kid was as much a rookie as the others, he knew he fell into the trap and just hoped the jutsu wasn't as powerful as he thought. Kakuzu's mind wandered as he felt thousands of tiny pricks fly across his skin and rip through his flesh in the most painful way possible. There was so much pain that he managed to pass out before withstanding another second of the torture, leaving his unconscious body to be torn to shreds while destroying every other life extending heart at the man's disposal in the process.

Naruto stood over the body while gripping his arm that was used to control the attack. Blood was oozing from his skin and his bones felt like mush, but he was alive, his friends were alive and the enemy was down. All in all it was a perfect win. He sighed and sat on the outer edge of the new crater he created as Sakura and Hinata ran to his aide to help heal some of the injuries.

"Not yet, we need to check on Shikamaru." Naruto commanded as he stood quickly after remembering the shadow user was missing. Ino and Choji led the way as the rest of the group followed.

"So you figured out the secret of my ritual? That is no matter, without being able to die, I can keep up the battle until you fall from exhaustion." Shikamaru started running from the ghoulish man, trying to hide under each and every branch he could find. Hidan was enjoying the chase and was overjoyed every time his blade revealed yet another hiding spot. Shikamaru just dodged under another swipe that cut off a large tree limb, revealing him to the world, and was off to the races again. Nearly 5 minutes of this game was taking its toll on the evil worshiping guy and wanted to end it. Hidan was soon surprised when he found an arm missing from a quick slash of Yamato's Anbu blade. The jonin then returned to formation with the rest of the group.

"Naruto, you guys made it, how did the other fight go?" Shikamaru asked as he saw Naruto favoring his arm.

"We're all alive, and he isn't" Was the simple reply. He had always hated the act of killing another person, but even though he has made it this far without needing to take a person's life directly, he has been the tool of many ninja's demise. It just always sucked to see a precious life being ended, but then again, if they didn't do good with their life, then what right to it do they have. He looked up through his waving blonde hair and saw Hidan pick up his arm and reattach it with a pleasurable grin.

"So is he really immortal?" Ino asked as she watched the event.

"Yeah, he can't die." Shikamaru confirmed unhappily.

"But he can be hurt." Naruto pointed out. Shikamaru smiled widely.

"I think you have matured over the last week Naruto. You seem much calmer and focused, perhaps Hinata has something to do with it." The lazy chuunin commented trough his renovated thinking pose.

"Can it Shikamaru, don't think I didn't see that shadow grab Temari's ass when she left right after I came back. Now about this guy…"

"I've got that figured out." Shikamaru moved his hand and suddenly hundreds of fine lines shown in the receding sun, all crisscrossing to every point he hid. The small threads were just wide enough to cast a network of thin shadows across the area. Holding his hands in a single seal, the slivers of shadows came to life as Hidan tried cutting down the threads, but it was too late "Kage Yaiba (Shadow blades)" All the tiny razor thin shadows cut and sliced limbs off of the immortal man, leaving him sliced in a heap of body parts.

"I will not be defeated!" Hidan cried out as he looked over his body parts lying on the ground. His head was just sitting there apart from the rest of him and he knew he couldn't reach any part to aide him. Usually Kakuzu would use his tendril ability and help put him back together, but without him, it was useless.

"You are defeated. You may be able to live, but what good is it if you can't do anything? Now then, what should we do with the body?" Shikamaru announced. Naruto smiled with a great idea.

"Well, if we burry them all in one spot, it is possible someone could put him back together." Shikamaru instantly saw where he was going with that and had to smile as well.

"Great idea, we send his parts all over the world so he can never be reassembled." Shikamaru tuned and saw Naruto falling backwards out of exhaustion from the technique that wasn't ready yet. It was just pure adrenaline that was keeping him conscious afterwards and without the immediate threat, Naruto gave into the feeling and fell comfortably into Hinata's arms.

"Naruto-kun… You are still amazing." The group helped Naruto onto a makeshift stretcher and sent Kakashi's dogs with pieces of Hidan to all corners of the earth, Kakashi even ordered a messenger bird to carry the man's head as far over the ocean as possible and leave him there to remain under the water for eternity. After it was all done, they continued the tiring journey to Konoha and get away from the border of Iwa as quick as possible.

(Sasuke's Lair)

Sasuke groaned loudly as he rolled to his back on his bed. He heard a satisfied sigh to his left and saw the wild red hair of Karin in his view. 'This was a bad idea.' He thought when he came to terms with what happened.

"Sasuke-kun, that was wonderful." She cooed out dreamily as she started tracing random shapes on his bare chest with a delicate finger.

"Karin, get out." He ordered sternly. She gasped from shock and remained lying next to him until he gave a firm shove, causing her to land with a thud on the cold floor. She was soon joined by her clothing falling on her face in a pile. She quickly gathered her clothes and stood without covering her clearly female body.

"Damn it Sasuke!" She shouted angrily as she pushed her glasses back onto her face. "I give you the time of your life and you repay me like that!" She scoffed loudly and turned for the door.

"It wasn't all that good; you'll do better next time." Karin whirled around with kindness back in her eyes.

"Really Sasuke-kun? You want a next time?"

"Shut up and go before I change my mind." He replied dryly as he tried to figure out just why he wanted to go another round with her.

"I'll be seeing you Sasuke-kun…" Karin quickly slipped out of the room and was met by the gaze of Suigetsu. She looked at him angrily as he was staring at her mostly naked body. She soon realized her state of dress and punched him hard in the face.

"Not a word waterboy." She didn't bother to dress as she swayed her way down to her room and slammed the door behind her, leaving Suigetsu nearly unconscious on the ground.

(Back with Naruto's group)

They decided to rest for a while before making the final charge back to Konoha. Yamato created a large wooden house to give a little more comfort to the group as they settled in. Choji and Ino felt like they were useless in the fight earlier since they didn't do anything but run from one point to another, but according to Shikamaru, they were pivotal in the success of the battle. Sakura was sitting by herself trying to figure out how Naruto gained so much power in such little time. It seemed weird that he could barely hold his own against Kakashi in their test a few weeks before and here he was taking down an enemy, which was giving Kakashi some problems, with a single jutsu.

Sakura looked over to her teammate and smiled seeing Hinata tend to every little problem he may run into. She would always be holding his hand and watching over him and when he'd move, she'd readjust his pillow and covers to keep him comfortable. It was clearly something done only when you love someone so deeply that you couldn't imagine a day without them. Sakura let out a sigh and was startled by someone sitting next to her.

"Kind of disappointing isn't it?" Sakura looked directly into the light blue eyes of her long haired blonde friend.

"What is?"

"Them." Ino gestured to Naruto and Hinata. "It is disappointing that the two many thought would never find love were the first to find it. Now here we are, the two most beautiful kunoichi of all Konoha, alone." Ino paused for a long while to let everything sink in. Taking a deep breath, she continued. "Do you still love Sasuke?" Sakura's eyes looked hurt and angered at that question, but they soon softened.

"I really don't know. It has been so long since I have seen him. I actually can't remember if there was anything other than his good looks that I liked. But I also know that somewhere I will always love him. It isn't all that often that you would voluntarily betray your village for someone you didn't." Ino looked at her friend with a bit of surprise across her face.

"What do you mean?" Sakura held her head on her knees as she recalled the situation.

"When Sasuke decided to go after Orochimaru, I talked to him before he left. I asked him to stay and if he wouldn't then I asked that he take me with him. I was willing to betray my village for a guy that didn't even care about me. After I told him this, he knocked me out and left." Ino saw tears in the pink haired kunoichi's eyes. She slipped an arm around the girl and held her tightly.

"That was a sad day for the both of us, but if you ask me, I think it would have been worse if you would have left. I know now that I never liked Sasuke the way you did, but if you ever want to talk about anything, I'll always be here, but try not to cry too much, I hear it creates a bigger forehead." Sakura laughed through her tears and playfully punched Ino.

"Thanks pig." Ino took her arm away from around her and brushed some of her hair out of her face before she leaned in closer and quickly kissed Sakura directly on the lips.

"Bleh! What the hell Ino! Are you freaking nuts!" Sakura shouted loudly as she stuck her tongue out in a sign of disgust.

"I, uh… Sorry, I just thought…"

"Well don't think again then, I'm not a lesbian." She muttered under her breath to not draw attention.

"That's good, neither am I, but right now I've had it with men. Just tell me one thing, how was the kiss?" Sakura's face heated up as she looked away quickly. Ino smiled and stepped closer. "Then let's experiment with something; let's kiss once more and if you feel nothing we can go on our way, but you have to give it your all." Sakura turned slowly and nodded as she approached her blonde friend. They slowly leaned together and pressed against each other. They slowly parted after the gentle kiss as Sakura started to smile and went in for another. They pulled apart quickly and looked around the area to make sure no one was watching. Sakura walked away from Ino and stepped into the room with Hinata.

"Are you staying here all night Hinata?" She asked with a gentle smile.

"Hai, I'll watch over Naruto-kun." Hinata went back to tending to her love as Sakura smiled and ran to Ino. She grabbed her hand and started pulling her.

"What are you doing forehead?" Sakura stopped and pushed Ino into the opening of a dark room.

"We're finishing what you started pig." Ino smiled and pulled Sakura into the room as she shut and locked the door behind them.

It was late at night when the mostly sleeping members of the weary group were awakened by a strange noise. Kakashi snuck closer to the source of the noise in complete silence before flashing on a light startling the intruder.

"Hekireki dageki (Thunder Shock)" Kakashi's eyes widened at the surprise attack but didn't miss a beat to avoid the massive electrical shockwave that was on its way towards them.

"Doton: Doryūheki." A large wall of earth came up from the ground deflecting the electrical attack around the room. Yamato passed his arms through the wooden wall behind the intruder and held him in a full nelson, making escape impossible.

He was about the same age as the other members of the team, about 15-17, but was quite skittish and looked like he hadn't had a good meal in days, let alone a decent shower. His eyes would sparkle a dark orange in the glancing light, but that was the only sign of life on the kids face; he looked defeated and lonely.

"What are you doing in our camp?" Yamato demanded since he should have sensed his approach long before he was actually in the building. The guy just sat there without a word and ignored everything. All the members of the group, except Naruto, were gathered in witness to the interrogation which seemed to get nowhere. Just as Yamato was about to get upset at the silence, Naruto stumbled into the room.

"Hey, what's all the commotion?" He asked, drawing all eyes in his direction.

"Naruto-kun, you're awake!" Hinata shouted as she ran to his side and hugged him, making sure to avoid his arm.

"Yeah, but what's going on?" Naruto looked at the tied up guy and smiled, he seemed familiar, just like the others. "I see, an intruder." Naruto walked up to the guy and leaned closer and felt what he had expected and why he felt familiar.

"Careful Naruto, he is a master at lightning jutsu. He didn't even use hand signs." Kakashi warned from where he was quietly reading his book like nothing had happened.

"I guess that answers my next question. I never really noticed it with Gaara, but whenever a jinchuriki is near, I can feel it. That means there is only one remaining bijou un accounted for. We have Gaara that lost the Ichibi to the Akatsuki, Nibi, Gobi, and this would be the container for Raijuu the Rokubi. The only other in the wild are Schibi and Hachibi. According to Ero-sennin, all the rest are with Akatsuki except for our fox friend the Kyuubi."

"So you are collecting the tailed beasts?" The guy asked in a deep thunderous voice, surprising everyone that he would have such a forceful voice.

"Not collecting, protecting. Besides, I won't live long is the Kyuubi is taken from me and I doubt you'd stand much of a chance without some more help. I suppose we could offer the same deal we gave to Yuki and Yugito as long as you answer our questions."

"So the lord of the bijou is protecting the others? If that is true, then I don't care who you people are, I can't survive as an enemy to the Kyuubi. You can call me Raikou."

"That's a bit funky, how about Rai for short?" Naruto offered since a name that translates to lightning was so unoriginal.

"Ok, Rai it is, and yes I hold the six tailed weasel who commands lightning and thunder. As for how I got here and why; I was hungry and I can move under ground with help of my demon."

"Good enough, I trust you, just don't betray that trust. Let him go Yamato-sensei and get him some food, I'm tired." Naruto turned around and left for his room, but not before grabbing Hinata's hand and pulling her with him. No one really noticed Hinata's disappearance and went back to their rooms to sleep leaving Kakashi and Yamato looking after their new team member.

"I don't know how that kid does it, but he makes it look so easy. Well Rai, I guess I'll let you go, just don't eat yourself sick. Food is in the corner, go help yourself." Yamato cut the ropes and sat on a nearby chair to keep a watchful eye on him. Rai looked at him for a moment before dashing towards the food for a massive feast.

Naruto laid down on the bed, with his arm still in a sling, and patted the area next to him, indicating to Hinata where he wanted her. She slowly approached the bed and sat down next to him when she was surprised to see blonde hair so close to her face and the warmth of his lips upon her own. She melted into the kiss and felt nothing other than pure pleasure. When they broke apart, Hinata was lying partially on him in his bed.

"Hinata, I'm sorry for trying to push you away. I just couldn't stand seeing you get hurt like that, but that was until I saw that it hurt you even more to be away from me. I am so sorry and I hope you can forgive my stupidity."

"I already have, besides I know you are a good person and I finally see that you do love me like I love you. I know it was hard for you to see me get injured and I can't guarantee it won't be the last time, I just want you to remain with me through it all."

"That's a deal Hinata. I really want to try something else though, I think I can sleep without nightmares now with only you near. You shouldn't have to sing for me to sleep. I don't know why, just call it a hunch. So, will you stay here with me?"

"Hai." Hinata kissed his cheek and snuggled in on his uninjured side and was quickly asleep with Naruto not far behind.

The next morning, Yamato seemed quite tired from not getting any sleep in the night. Apparently Rai was quite talkative after being fed and didn't let the jonin get any sleep. He had an irritable look on his face for the rest of the day and most stayed at a distance from him while Rai continued talking non stop. He was actually looking quite hyperactive to Naruto and we all know that is not good for the annoyance level.

Everyone was glad to be arriving home and wore silent smiles as they stepped through the large gates of the village. One thought ran through many minds, 'Finally we can get away from Rai.'

"Well, this is it. Yamato, please escort Rai to Tsunade-sama and explain her the details." Kakashi ordered and disappeared without a word or leaving it up to discussion. Yamato looked quite pissed, but sucked it up and led Rai to the Hokage tower. Naruto looked over at Hinata and smiled upon seeing her delicate face.

"Well Hinata, what would you like to do?" Naruto asked after watching the rest of his teammates disperse into the village.

"Let's go check on Kagami-san." Naruto looked quickly to her and thought she was hiding something from him but couldn't place it and opted to ignore it instead, life is too short to waste on those unknowns.

(Akatsuki Lair)

"Leader-sama, I have news." Sounded the gravely voice of Zetsu.

"And?"

"It seems the six tails has been found, but not quite how we'd like it."

"The ninetails?"

"Yes, Leader-sama. Hidan and Kakuzu are also no longer available for missions. Fortunately for us we have them all except the missing eight tails and the ones under his protection."

"I see; the Konoha brat is becoming a rising pain in my side. We should have taken him first, but needing to seal the bijou in a certain order we opted for this approach. The kid shouldn't have grown at this rate either; it is much faster than anyone else like him. What makes this one different?" The Akatsuki leader looked pissed, so Zetsu just bowed and melted into the ground and went back to his spy network.

"Konan, I think it is time we take things in our own hands. Prepare to leave the village by the beginning of next month; I need time to prepare something special."

"It will be done Pein." Replied the calm looking female as she brushed some hair away from her paper flower which was holding more of her locks out of her face. She quickly disappeared to make the preparations.

"I can feel it, someone powerful will die." Pein angrily stated as his fist shattered the stone table in front of him.

(End notes)

Another chapter done and there are only 3 more till part three. I guess that means I need to hurry and finish figuring out where it is going then, huh? For those that comment on things feeling rushed... I know I rush some things, but that is just what I do (and I also tend to rush fighting scenes). I know that if I was getting paid for this, I'd go the extra mile, but I'm not, so live with it and try to look past it. I feel that what I have is better than the majority, and taken in the context of what is going on in my life (nothing bad, just not much time), it is amazing to have any content to read. Of course if you still want to point out chapters that seem too rushed in your reviews, I won't hold it against you. Like every writer, I like reading almost any reviews, so keep them coming.

...Later