Chapter TWENTY FOUR

Sakura didn't slow her steps even when she had stepped completely out of view from Ao and her teammates didn't comment.

Itachi glanced carefully at Sakura's emotionless face. Her eyes kept changing from glazed over to focused.

Finally, she came to a stop at the foot of a small slope. She took a few deeps breaths then shook her head, as if to clear her thoughts.

"Okay...places to visit..." Her eyes narrowed, and she rubbed at her eyes. "Okay." She smiled, her eyes once again bright. She gestured widely towards the huge compound that lay at the top of the hill. "That's the Hozuki's place." She said. "I need to go say hi."

Itachi's eyes darkened a little at the mention of the clan. The last time he had come in contact with with the clan, they had been involved with the murder of the head and Sakura's sudden disappearance.

Sakura didn't seem to notice anything. She marched up towards the gates with her teammates at her heels. She shared a few words with the guard before he stepped past, letting them enter.

The Hozuki compound was nowhere as big as the Uchiha or the Hyuuga place, but was probably just as distinctive. Past the gates, there was a few feet of solid land before it all sloped downwards, to where water lapped at the dirt. Each of the individual houses stood on a raised platform, and was connected to each other by bridges.

Sakura led them straight to the biggest house in the area. She carefully slid open the door and softly called in.

"Mizuki-san?"

There was a sudden clatter of plates, before they all heard footsteps rapidly approaching. A white haired woman appeared at the end of the corridor, eyes wide.

"Oh my! Sakura-chan!" She darted up to her and dragged the girl up into the house. Sakura managed to kick off her shoes before she was engulfed in a tight hug. "It's been forever!" She held Sakura out at arm length, eyes bright and smiling. "You've grown so much..."

"Hello, Mizuki-san." Sakura smiled.

"What are you doing here, Sakura-chan?" The woman drew back. She gestured for Sakura and her teammates to enter. She sat them down in the living room and ran off, coming back with tea and some snacks.

Sakura gratefully took a sip. "We're diplomats from Konoha." She said. "These are my teammates." She gestured to the males and introduced them. "Mizuki-san, these are Uchiha Itachi, Hyuuga Neji and Nara Shikamaru." She smiled. "Guys, this is Hozuki Mizuki."

Mizuki smiled kindly. "Hello, Uchiha-san. It's an honor to meet you, Hyuuga-san, Nara-san."

At Sakura's confused look, Itachi explained. "When you went missing, I was on the team that went to investigate." He explained.

Sakura's eyes wilted a little. "Mizuki-san, about-"

Mizuki shook her head gently but firmly. "Let's not, Sakura-chan." She smiled. "Anyways, Mangetsu's gone to give in his mission report. I'm sure he'll be back soon." She stood up. "Do you have any immediate plans for today?" She asked.

Sakura glanced at Itachi, who shook his head. "Our next meeting with the Mizukage is tomorrow morning."

Mizuki clapped her hands together. "Well, then, why don't you spend dinner here?" She asked. "I'm sure Mangetsu will be pleased to see you." She said.

Sakura once again glanced at Itachi, who finally relented. "We thank you for your hospitality." He said.

When Mangetsu returned home, the first thing he noticed was the four extra chakra signature coming from his house. He was no sensor so he couldn't tell who it was exactly, but he could feel the powerful presence. He carefully concealed his chakra signature and carefully approached his house.

However, the guards hadn't said anything and his mother's chakra signature held no distress signs.

He carefully opened the door and eyed the four extra pairs of shoes.

"Oka-sama?" He called out.

The chattering coming from the house stopped, and a single pair of steps approached. Mizuki smiled cheerily at her eldest son and gestured for him to hurry. "Mangetsu! Welcome back! Come, we have guests."

"Guests?" He asked. He narrowed his eyes in focus, and he stiffened. "Is that..."

Mizuki grinned. "Come."

Mangetsu took off his shoes, forcing himself to place them neatly at the corner. He dropped his pouch off at the storage room and entered the living room.

"Mangetsu!"

The Hozuki couldn't stop himself. Sakura met him halfway and they embraced each other.

"It's been a while." Mangetsu breathed in. "Oh gods..."

"Mangetsu." Sakura sighed happily. "You're so..." She leaned back a little. "Tall."

Mangetsu placed a hand on the pinkette's head and ruffled her pink locks. "You're just short." Sakura huffed. She grabbed the boy's wrist and dragged him over to the table, where three other Konoha nin were seated.

"Guys, this is Mangetsu." She said. She then introduced her teammates to the Hozuki.

Mangetsu bowed briefly in greeting. "Thank you for taking care of Sakura." He said.

Itachi nodded back. "It's an honor." He smiled gently at Sakura.

Mizuki had her son go change, then sat him down at the empty seat at the dinner table.

Dinner went smoothly. Itachi and Mangetsu began talking about theories once Sakura had made their shared like for knowledge known. Shikamaru and Itachi also took pleasure in sharing a few of Sakura's embarrassing moments with the Hozuki, who in turn shared a few tales about Sakura when she was a child. After a few prompts, he also shared a few stories of his experience during the few times he had been allowed to visit the Haruno compound.

Mizuki seemed to have an endless supply of food, and she refilled everyone's bowls and plates the moment it was empty. She sat there and smiled throughout the dinner, glowing with happiness.

Sakura visited Suigetsu's room before they left. Mangetsu approached her then.

He seemed stiff and nervous, but relaxed when Sakura smiled and tugged him into his brother's room.

"I...wanted to tell you about...Suigetsu." He said slowly.

Sakura smiled. "I saw him, you know."

Mangetsu sat up. "Really?" He leaned forward. "He vanished a few years back, during a mission, no letters or anything the whole time, and..."

"He was captured by Orochimaru." She said. "He's okay now, though."

"Orochimaru..." Mangetsu's eyes narrowed. "The Snake Sanin."

Sakura nodded. "But really, he's okay. I saw him." She repeated.

Mangetsu leaned his weight back on her hands. "I was here to give you information on him, but it seems like you knew much more than me." He sighed. "Why didn't he say anything?"

Sakura frowned. "He's fine, but he's still connected to Orochimaru." She explained. "He's been set free, but not completely free..." She trailed off, not sure how to explain.

Mangetsu smiled gently in understanding.

"I understand." He said. He let out a gasp. "Woah..." He closed his eyes. "It's so sudden. Everything's so sudden, and..."

Sakura grinned. "We're working on a treaty. " She said. "Once it's all sorted, you can come to Konoha."

Mangetsu nodded. "I promise."

Discussions with the Mizukage lasted for the next few days.

Itachi was their main spokesperson, and he exchanged statistics on the economy and the likes with Mei. A week after when they had first arrived in Kirigakure, things finally settled to a conclusion.

Team Riki sat quietly in the Mizukage's office as Mei picked up the quill and signed the bottom of the scroll. Itachi stood and accepted the scroll while the rest of him followed his lead and bowed. The Mizukage smiled and informed them that she would like to meet Tsunade soon. Itachi promised to bring this up upon their return and have a date organized.

Itachi had sent his crow summons back to Konoha everyday to deliver reports on their mission. When the summon returned after Itachi's report of the completion of the job, it was carrying a short letter from Tsunade, thanking the team for the swiftly, smoothly done job, and to inform them of the three day vacation offered to them.

Sakura accepted it before anyone could protest, and bribed Itachi's crow into taking back a reply which stated her decision.

Itachi finally relented after a day of enduring nags from Sakura and Shikamaru, and finally agreed to a slow return and a day at a famous hot spring on the way.

The next day, they were seen off by the Mizukage and her guards, Mizuki and Mangetsu. After offering each other their thanks, Team Riki was escorted out of the village.

"War is coming."

Sakura didn't even look up from where she had been tending to the fire. Itachi had gone to secure the perimeter with Neji. He had put Sakura in charge of the fire and Shikamaru in charge of getting water, and the complaining Nara had gone to do as told,

"War? Against whom?"

Zetsu stuck his upper body out of the tree beside her. "Not exactly one opponent." He said. "And it's not clear, but 'sides' are already being chosen."

"And how many sides are there?"

"That's not clear either. As a broad outline, I'll say Orochimaru, the Akatsuki, and Konoha so far."

"So, full scale." Sakura nodded to herself.

"Everything is beginning to move, Sakura-sama. On more than one front." The last part sounded like it hadn't been meant for her ears, but if he had said it, it must have been.

"I better go now."

"Thank you, Zetsu."

Zetsu vanished into the trees, just as Shikamaru wandered back into the camp site with full flasks in hand.

Sakura watched him for a few seconds before deciding that he didn't know of the visitor that had been there, popping out of the exactly same tree Shikamaru was now leaning against.

'We'll have to keep an eye out on everyone.' Her Inner said. 'We don't know who our enemies are.'

'Konoha's enemies, or our enemies?'

'Konoha's enemies are out enemies.'

Sakura backed down a little, but they knew that that answer had been vague at best. Still, her Inner was right about most of it.

She would have to send out her summons later.

At this moment in time, information was key.

Kurogarasu and Hagetaka were both something like the 'leader' of the pack. Through them, Sakura could relay orders the other Otsutsuki summons.

Soon, she would have eyes nearly all over the place.

Sakura really liked this system, because it allowed her to communicate with a countless number of birds through one contract.

Also, there weren't any rumors of a new species of birds that suddenly shed its feathers mid-air and flying off in skeleton form being found or anything, so it should be fine.

As promised, Itachi led the team into a nearby village, where he booked them a day in a ryokan. The moment they had dumped their stuff in their rom, Shikamaru vanished to find a cloud gazing hill. Sakura frowned after him, before dragging the two males out to shop for souvenirs. Itachi and Neji sighed as they went along, enduring it as they were reduced into bag carriers.

Sakura inspected a yellow comb, then after a moment of consideration, she bought it. She went around grabbing things, not spending even a moment to consider the price.

After all, she was the head of a dead clan, the entire inheritance was hers to use and spend as she wished. Also, she had two shinobi from well known clans behind her. She was sure if she ran out, one of them would be willing to pay for her. Not like she would.

Once she returned, she sealed everything in her arm.

Neji sighed. "Why couldn't you have done that sooner?" He asked.

Sakura blinked. "What would people have thought if I just plucked things from the shelf and sealed it?"

Neji didn't bother to say anything.

They met up again at night, and after eating dinner, they relaxed in the onsen.

Itachi had to admit, it wasn't bad to be able to relax after a week or so of acting as representatives of an entire village. After thoroughly soaking in the warm water and allowing himself to relax his stiff muscles, he got out, ready to rest. He wiped at his hair until it wouldn't drip water onto the mattress before pulling out a scroll he had brought along to read in his free time. He lay down and began to read.

While he knew his team would complain, he knew that they wouldn't mind an early leave.

Though relaxing once in awhile was a good thing, none of them would truly feel comfortable with letting their guard. They might complain all they want, but the truth was, it felt better and safer to stay and stiff and wary to some extent.

Neji returned a little later and offered to take first watch. Itachi took his offer gratefully. Shikamaru returned a while later, face ready and slightly unsteady on his feet.

He must have fallen asleep in the bath.

Sakura was the last to return, tugging barbarically at her hair, which she had looped into a bun to avoid it dipping into the water. While she tried to get her pink locks look with one hand, the other was slutchign the wooden tub which contained her shinobi attire and everything else she had brought to the baths.

She gave an especially sharp tug and yelped.

"Sakura." Itachi sat up. He placed his scroll to the side and patted the floor in front of him. "Sit."

Sakura let out another whimper as she pulled halfheartedly at her hair. She placed her tub in the corner of her room before obediently taking a seat in front of Itachi.

"You should not pull it like that." Itachi scolded gently. "You will only tangle it more."

"Wont come out." Sakura frowned.

Neji snorted in amusement, ignoring the scowl Sakura sent his way.

Itachi sighed and ran his fingers over her hair, massaging the scalp to get rid of the lingering pain of all the hair which had been pulled out. He inspected the hair tie and fingered at the messy ball of hair on top of her head. He then gently began to untangle the mess.

Sakura slowly began to relax.

Itachi managed to get the hair tie off. He ran his fingers through Sakura's hair a few times, shaking out any knots. Then he tapped the back of her head to let her know that he was done.

Sakura pulled away and pawed at her hair, smiling. "Thanks, Tachi."

Itachi looked up from where he had been pulling out the strands of loose hair from the hair tie and nodded. "You really should not pull it like that." He paused. "Mother would have been very disappointed if you became bald before you hit twenty."

Sakura smiled softly. "I guess." She took back her hair tie and stood up. Their room had four futon spread out in a square. Neji planted himself on one of the futon closest to the window and Sakura took the other one. Shikamaru plopped down on the one beside Sakura and opposite Itachi, since the Uchiha had claimed the other one before they had returned. The Nara fell back dramatically on the mattress, arms spread.

Itachi lay back down again, focus back on the scroll. Sakura sorted through the contents in her tub before pulling out a scroll of her own. She crawled over to where Neji had been leaning against the wall, ready to take first watch and the two began to quietly discuss the different movement of chakra in a person when techniques of different chakra natures were performed.

Once the sun had completely set, Itachi informed his team of the play regarding the following day. Sakura groaned when itachi said that they were to head out when the sun came out, but she didn't complain. The pinkette offered to take third watch and Shikamaru yawned and said to wake him for the third. Itachi looked ready to complain at the lack of his time slot, but Sakura compromised by promising him first watch the next night.

One by one, they drifted off.

After eating breakfast, the four of them left the village. Itachi set a pace much faster than yesterday, already feeling like he was back in his environment.

"At this pace, we should be back in Konoha by tomorrow night." Neji said thoughtfully. He jumped up into a higher branch to avoid the slab of wood, kicked with enough for to have probably taken his head off.

Sakura and Shikamaru were messing around at the back of the group. The lazy Nara must have said something or another to annoy Sakura, and she had been attempting to nail him with kicked trees for the past half an hour or so. It seemed the Nara could dodge if he wanted to.

Like Neji had predicted, they reached Konoha the following day. The guards let them pass, and though they were probably burning with curiosity, they didn't say anything as Sakura dragged a bruised Shikamaru into the village by his collar. She had gotten lucky when an angry bird suddenly attacked them for being too close to its nest, distracting the Shadow user for a split second, more than enough for Sakura to nail him.

They reported to the Hokage, who beamed happily at them. Itachi told her of the Mizukage's wish to see her in person and Tsunade agreed to organize this. They were soon dismissed.

Shikamaru said that he would head home to see his family before going out to look for his team. Neji nodded in agreement, then left for the Hyuuga compound.

"Why don't you go look for Naruto?" Itachi suggested. "He must have been waiting for you to return."

Sakura hummed thoughtfully. "What are you going to do?" She asked.

"I shall go home and sort out dinner." He said. "I'm sure Mirai has kept the house clean and stocked up." He smiled softly. "Why don't you invite Naruto and Kakashi-san over for dinner?" He asked. "Your other teammates may come as well if they wish."

Sakura beamed. "That's great! Thanks, Tachi!"

Sakura was interrupted by Zetsu the moment she had stepped out of the house. Checking to make sure of Itachi's current location, she led him into the trees.

No greetings were shared as Zetsu instantly launched into his report. "Orochimaru can no longer move freely." He said. "I believe the younger Uchiha will move soon."

Sakura nodded.

"Also, the Akatsuki has captured the three tails."

"The three tails..." Sakura focused in on the images her Inner offered her. "Isobu."

Zetsu bodded his head.

"Yagura-sama was its Jinchuriki, no?"

"The Fourth Mizukage was its last Jinchuuriki." Black Zetsu agreed. "Orochimaru had a part in this sealing." He added. "He too attempted to capture the Sanbi. ANBU were left to complete the sealing but they were interrupted by Deidara and Tobi."

Sakura bither thumb and summoned a scroll from her seal. She spread the rest of her blood across one of the marks on the scroll, labeled '三', crossing it out. The others, labeled '一','二','五' and '七' were also crossed out. "Son Goku, Saiken, Gyuuki and Kurama are left." Sakura muttered. "Thank you, Zetsu. Please keep me updated."

Black Zetsu nodded, then vanished just as quietly as it had come.

'Everything's coming together.' Her Inner said quietly. 'Soon, we will have ridden this world of needless conflict. Everyone can live happily.'

'We are using chakra to forcefully oppress the opposing forces.' Sakura replied miserably.

'Force is necessary to remove our enemies.' Her Inner said. 'We must get rid of them before peace can truly be achieved. This is not only her will, but is ours and is Toneri's as well.'

Sakura paused at the mention of her first ever companion. 'I wonder how he's doing.'

'Remember, Kura-chan. These humans took the world Kaguya-sama gifted them with and turned it into the disaster it is today. As a descendant of our Goddess and creator, we must fulfill her will.'

Sakura found Naruto spinning a ball of chakra over his head.

She paused on her branch, watching with amusement as the jutsu exploded. She heard Naruto curse and hopped down to join Kakashi and Yamato.

"Hi, Kashi-sensei, Tenzo-san!"

Kakashi smiled at her while Yamato blinked. "It's Yamato now."

"Oh...right..." Sakura grinned. "Whatever you say, Tenzo-san."

Yamato sighed. A second later, Naruto noticed her.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto turned away from the technique he was attempting, ignoring it as it exploded again as he left only his clone to handle it. He rushed over to her and hugged her. "You're back! Why didn't you tell me?"

Sakura returned the embrace. "I just got back." She said. "I came to tell you."

"Oh." Naruto grinned. "You get me anything from Kiri?"

Sakura nodded. "You're all invited to my house for dinner." She said. "Tachi's cooking."

Naruto whooped. "Really? Unlike Sasuke-teme, Itachi-teme's really good at cooking."

Kakashi hummed. "It's fine, I guess." Yamato hesitantly nodded.

"Anyways, what are you doing?" Sakura asked curiously.

"I'm trying to combine my wind chakra with my Rasengan." Naruto explained. "But it keeps exploding."

Sakura hummed and activated her Byakugan. "Show me."

Naruto's eyes lit up and he ran back to his clone. Sakura watched the chakra circulating Naruto and the jutsu, eyes narrowing when she saw an angry red. She lifted her arms casually to block the blow of the coming explosion.

"Did you seen anything?" Naruto asked, wiping his forehead.

"The Kyuubi's chakra is leaking into the attack." Sakura said.

"The Kyuubi?" Kakashi asked curiously. "But it's been dormant-"

Sakura nodded. "That's true. Also, it;s not like it's doing it on purpose or anything. If that were the case, you would have felt it." She snapped her fingers. "No offence, but Naruto's chakra control isn't good."

Naruto winced.

"You've got the Rasengan, and you've got the wind chakra." Sakura thought back to the day many years ago, when she had been trying to combine her Puppet Cursing Sphere with her water dragon. "But the two are disrupting each other because you're trying to put them together." She checked to make sure Naruto was listening. "Try to...I don't know...merge them before you change their characteristic into the attack." She held up her hands, her distinctive chakra forming rings around her right arm. However, this one soon began to change from its signature cyan to a blue color.

Its speed increased, forming a blue blur.

"That's water chakra." Naruto said, face scrunched up.

Sakura nodded, a big smile on her face. "Yup." She slowly drained the chakra from her arm, pulling it back into her body. "This works the same way." She told him. "Sometimes, people can simply form the first technique, then slip the second in like I did, but that requires a lot of control. You'll have to to mold the two as you put the technique together."

Naruto nodded, face scrunched up, deep in thought.

Naruto wasn't able to pick up the technique that day. However, Sakura could see him trying to do as she had suggested, and he was making good progress.

Later that day, Sakura led Naruto, Kakashi, Yamato and Sai towards the Uchiha compound. Mirai greeted them at the door. It clattered at Sakura before flying back into the house.

Sakura led them towards the living room and gestured for them to sit and rest while she ran off to find Itachi.

A few seconds later, there was a crash and Sakura came back, frowning in confusion. Yamato opened his mouth, probably to ask if something had happened, but Naruto stopped him.

"That's Sakura-chan's I-don't-know-what-I-did-wrong-but-it-exploded-anyways face." He said seriously. "You should probably ask Itachi-teme."

Said Uchiha stepped out a second later, a tray of food in hand. He placed the food at the table and nodded politely at the guests. "Thank you for coming today." Itachi said politely.

Kakashi smiled. "No problem." He said. "Free food is welcome anytime."

"Thank you for the invitation." Yamato said.

Sai simply smiled. "You must be the Traitor's older brother. I see a resemblance."

Everyone tensed, having forgotten about Sai's people problem. However, Itachi's polite mask didn't slip even a little and he regarded Sai with a nod.

"You must be my brother's replacement." He said. He gestured towards Mirai, who carried over more trays. "Please, sit." He said. "The food is ready."

Sakura moved to help Itachi, but he stopped her. "Sakura, sit."

Sakura obediently sat.

Itachi nodded in satisfaction. "Really, I do not know how you can make soy sauce explode." He smiled faintly.

It was the next day when a Chunin landed on their training ground, eyes blank and expression grave.

"Sarutobi Asuma has died."

That night, Sakura spread her ninshiki info cards out in front of her. She picked out two with the names 'Hidan' and 'Kakuzu' on them. She was pleased to see that the information was filled in, with great detail.

'Both immortals, to an extent.'

'To an extent.' Sakru agreed. 'Hidan will be the problem, I believe. We cannot truly kill him.'

'We can take him.'

'Maybe...not.'

She heard her Inner sigh.

She twirled the Jashinist's card in her hand. 'He needs to be decapitated, then made sure that his head and body never come in contact again.'

'We can feed him to Zetsu.'

'The cannibal Zetsu is when the two Zetsu's are together.' Sakura pointed out. 'I don't think our Zetsu can eat anything.'

Her Inner shrugged.

'What do you think will happen after these two are killed?'

Kakashi offered to lead Team Ten in their hunt for Kakuzu and Hidan. Tsunade gave Naruto a day to complete his training in order to be sent as backup, and so, their final day of training went through without Kakashi present. Sakura offered as much advice as she could regarding how to channel his chakra.

At noon, Tsunade called Team Kakashi into her office.

Team seven left Konoha at noon as the backup team.

"Fuuton: Rasengan!"

"Suiton: Suiryudan!"

The huge water dragon that appeared out of nowhere flew forward, teeth bared. Its yellow eyes left a trail behind as it bared down on Kakuzu. Then, its form began to distort as it moved and something seemed to move up from within its mouth.

"GUFU SUIRYUKA NO JUTSU!"

Kakuzu jumped back in order to avoid being caught up the the technique.

A mist remained, making everyone's vision hazy for a moment.

"That was awesome." Someone called out. "What'd you think, Sakura-chan?"

"I concentrated too much on holding my dragon together." Sakura replied. "Maybe I should do that with another technique next time, one which the form of the technique doesn't matter too much."

Naruto waved his hand dismissively. "You do that somewhere else." He said. "We gotta fight here."

"That's why this is the best place." Sakura replied. "Because I can try new things out."

"This is a fight, Sakura-chan." Naruto whined. "We gotta kick ass, Team-Seven style, not drown in theory."

Sakura rolled her shoulders. "I can do both."

"Sorry we're late." Naruto called out.

Kakashi sighed. "Good timing."

"Sakura, Sai-san, Naruto." Ino smiled gratefully.

"Reinforcements. We're saved." Choji added.

"I've never seen you look so uncool." Yamato commented. "The opponent must be really strong."

"Kakashi-sensei's always cool in an uncool way." Naruto said.

"Another weird one's here." Kakuzu muttered. "And already beaten too."

"He called you weird." Sakura whispered.

"How'd you know it's me?" Naruto replied.

"Cause you're the only one that's beaten." Sakura activated her Byakugan.

"Where's Shikamaru?" Naruto asked.

"He's fighting the other one." Sakura said.

Kakashi nodded. "Sakura, you and Sai go help him."

"Understood." The two of them stepped back.

"I'm leaving this to you, Ruto." Sakura said.

Naruto nodded determinedly and the two vanished.

"I see you've taken to Sakura-sama."

Black Zetsu slipped out of the tree trunk and blankly eyed the bodies that lay around the blind Otsutsuki.

"What are you doing now?"

"Nothing that should concern you." Toneri replied smoothly. He smirked knowingly. "Are you curious?"

Black Zetsu snarled.

"Things happen for a reason, Zetsu." Toneri said slowly, as though he were instructing a child. "Things happen, which then drive those affected further and further."

He lifted one of the dead bodies by their collar. "Sometimes, even those high above are driven to do things by themselves, and more often than not, this leads to their death." He chuckled. "I wonder, just how far the death of a close one will drive someone."

So, there's Toneri again.

Darque: I wonder what he's talking about.

Raven: How can you not know? You wrote it!

Darque: I'm trying, but it's hard, you know? Because of the changes between this story and NARUTO cannon, I'm having some trouble piecing together the bits that follow. Like, the whole Sasuke-Itachi mess.

Raven: Okay, that is kind of understandable. Good luck.

Darque: Thanks...Hang on...I'm sensing something relatively wrong here.

Raven: Bye.

Darque: Bai~...O-wai-YOU IDIOT!

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