Ok! Next update! I've been swamped and I'm so sorry for the delays between updates. -.-;; But it's the end of the school year! But sadly, my teachers think it's the best time to go and give loads and loads of homework to see how many kids they can fail! -.-;;;;; Either way, here is the chapter! Please enjoy! :D
DISCLAIMER- ... Not mine... T,T
Chapter Twenty Four: Hanha
"Shit!!" Silvaria got up off the ground and quickly sprinted towards Konoha, seeing the large gates just a few hundred feet away. "Shit shit shit!! He's gonna know I left!! Why didn't you wake me up?!"
"Hey, I'm not an alarm clock..."
"But you said you would!!"
"I did?"
"GAH!!" The lunar eyed girl glared at the object in her arms before hoping over the gates.
"Ya know... You could just fly right? You'd get there much faster..."
"And make myself more obvious? HELL NO." Silvaria ran past the guards at the gates, skidding around a sharp turn where the apartment was, only to find Tsunade waiting with her arms crossed. The vampire looked blankly at the blonde hokage before sighing loudly and discreetly putting the object wrapped in velvet cloth behind her. "Okay... Before you make any assum-"
"Where were you?" Tsunade immediatly cut off, obviously angry. "Why weren't you in the village like you said you would be?"
"Can at LEAST finish my sentence first??" Silvaria yelled, tilting her head back, annoyed. "I don't blame you for not trusting me but come on!! Let me at least tell you something that could save my ass as well as this Village! Geeez!!"
Tsunade glared at Silvaria but kept quiet anyway. Soro suddenly came running from around another corner further down the road. He stopped when he reached Tsunade, panting slighty but had a relieved look in his eyes. "God where were you??"
"Ok... Next person who asks that is going to get hit..." Silvaria retorted angrily, arms getting tired from holding the semi large object behind her back.
Naruto came running out of the Market, tugging on his jacket that got caught on a loose nail. He looked over and saw Soro, giving one final tug and pulling his jacket loose. "Oi Soro! I haven't found... her... THERE YOU ARE!! Where the hell were you?!"
"CAN I AT LEAST EXPLAIN MYSELF BEFORE YOU ALL JUST JUMP ON ME!!" Silvaria shouted, tempted to drop kick the little kitsune. "GAWD!! WHERE IS SASUKE??"
"I think you just blew out my eardrum..." Came Sasuke's voice from behind her. Silvaria glanced over her shoulder, resisting her reflex to spin around seeing as she had something she wanted to hide. "Don't worry... I'm not going to ask. And before anyone else loses something of value I take it we should move to a more secluded place for this discussion."
"I agree..." Tsunade said as she turned around and walked back to the Hokage Tower, "Lets go... The ANBU are already waiting at the tower."
Soro and Naruto quickly followed behind but Silvaria and Sasuke were staying a small ways back.
"So what do ou have that you tried so hard to hide?" The raven replied blandly, glancing at the velvet cloth couriously.
"None of your concern at the moment..." Silvaria replied, eyes fixed on the tower, "You'll find out when we get to Tsunade's room..."
"Was it worth almost getting accused of acts against the Leaf?"
"You would know all about things like that wouldn't you Sasuke?" Silvaria asked, glancing over at the man who was now giving her the death glare for bringing something like that up. "Lets just say it's something of such high value that Kyuubi himself went through Hell and back to get it..."
"Ooohh... That's a burn right there..."
"What was that?" Sasuke asked, stoping and staring at the bundle of cloth which Silvaria was now carrying in front of her, "Did it just TALK??"
"I have no idea what your talking about!!" Silvaria exclaimed as she ran ahead. "I swear that I'm going to shatter you if you don't shut your mouth!!"
The stared at the vampire with a puzzled look. "Shatter me..? You know what... I'm not even going to bother asking anymore..." Sasuke merely rolled his eyes and followed the others to the Hokage's Tower.
After a few moments, everyone was inside Tsunade's office, joining the fifteen other ANBU members as well as Kakashi.
"It's alright everyone, we found her near the gates of Konoha but she's still here..." Tsunade sighed as she plopped in her chair behind her desk, resting her head on her hands as she peered over the desk. "Now... Care to tell us why you left the Village, Silvaria?"
All eyes were now on the lunar eyed girl as she stepped forward, carrying her little bundle of cloth. Silvaria placed the object gently and securly atop Tsunade's desk and began to unwrap the blue velvet cloth. As she got to the last layer, she stopped and turned to face her audience.
"If ANY of you touch this object, you will die..." The vampie said with a very serious stare. "DO... NOT... TOUCH." Silvaria turned once more and pulled the last layer of blue velvet away to reveal a semi large yellow crystal flower.
Everyone found themselves staring in awe at the mere sight of the crystal, eyes held fast by it's mysterious glimmer. Even Tsunade felt as if she was caught in a daze...
"What... Is it exactly?" Naruto asked, still mesmerized by the yellow crystal.
"I don't know what it's called but I do know what it does and how to use it." Silvaria explained, lifting the flower and walking to the center of the room.
"Hey! I'm not an it thank you very much! And this 'it' has a name and feelings too..." The color of the flower changed like a fiber optics lamp as it spoke, returning to it's spring yellow when it finished.
"It TALKS??" Everyone but Sasuke exclaimed, staring at Silvaria more or less than the object they were referring too.
"Yes..." Silvaria said, rolling her eyes slightly. "And we know you have feelings too Hanha but we haven't had a chance to introduce you yet... For that I apologize."
"Uh uh! You're only being nice because you want to show these people the same thing I showed you last night! Your lucky that I don't just blab where I was hidden and everything! I think I should too..." Hanha mumbled somewhat loudly, a spirit of a fairy appearing atop the crystal flower, crossing her legs and arms as if in thought. She wore green dress, frilled at the bottom to appear as flower petals, small blue-green flowers decorated the length of the flower fairy's hair, which flooded over the crystal flower.
Tsunade eyed the little fairy, eyebrow quirking up slightly as she straitened her posture in her chair. "Are you Hanha?"
"Yes, I'm the spirit of the Crystal Flower. I was assigned to protect it and guard it's secrets from the world..."
"And what a great job you did..." Sasuke muttered blandly, "If Silvaria has her hands on the flower and claims she knows how to use it then you failed in your duty to protect it."
Hanha blinked a few times before flying over to Sasuke, tiny finger pointing in his face. "You know, your not very nice. From all that I know about you, you've always been waddling around in all sorts of useless stuff. I should just shove a cup of honey down your throat... That'll make anyone sweet..."
Sasuke leaned back and stared at the little green finger waving in his face. His eyes followed the little finger, tempted to blow her away. Kakashi and Naruto snickered slightly.
"Hehehehh... Sasuke's getting told off by a fairy..." Naruto snickered, only receiving a small stinging sensation on his cheek.
"And you need to be nicer too Mr. Uzumaki! I may look innocent but I have blackmail on you and Mr. Uchiha..."
Silvaria stared at Hanha, trying not to laugh. Usually she was the one who was always nagged at but watching others being nagged at is funny... But at the word 'blackmail', she immediately snapped out of it.
"Should I let everyone know about what happened last night after Mr. Uzumaki came back from Ichiraku's Ramen shop? Mr. Uchiha pulled Mr. Uzumaki in the house by his waist and gave him a ki-" Silvaria clamped her hands over Hanha, trapping her inside her cupped hands without hurting her.
"I think that's enough of that!!" Silvaria growled at her hand as she walked back over to Tsunade's desk, letting Hanha go on the desk top.
Sasuke and Naruto both blushed furiously, knowing exactly what she was talking about. Both of their minds were filling with the same thought. 'How'd she know?? Is that fairy a stalker??'
XD And there's that chapter! Please reveiw and tell me what you all thought! Arigato!!