I wish to apologize to those who looked forward to know what happened at the last chapter. Not sure if I can write the whole thing all in one chapter and I have an important meeting with my dad for something very important to be taken care of. Any way, I've been working on this chapter and I think you'll love this, a whole lot better than the last one. Here it is.
It continued back when Sakura and Temari fighting each other. Sasuke and Naruto are surprised that Sakura is more powerful than they ever thought. Also, Kom took Ino and Hinata somewhere so they can have a talk in private. Though, Asuma, Kurenai and Kakashi are very suspicious about her. At the fight, Temari was about to finish Sakura off, at least that what's she expect, until…
Temari was shocked that Sakura's chakra is flowing all around her, and they way she looked at her with her violet eyes spiraling.
"Wha…what is she doing?" Temari thought as she stood still, when she saw Sakura made a few hand signs.
"Sakura Petals Scatter" Sakura thought then she disappeared into cherry blossom petals as her fans still spinning around them.
Naruto recognize her technique,
"That's the same move she made on our first mission back in the bridge" he thought.
The petals flew towards Temari along with her fans and surrounded her, but in a tornado form so she won't escape. Temari sensed Sakura's chakra everywhere but couldn't see her. Then one of the fans slashed her from behind, then the other on her shoulder. Even as Temari tried to defend herself they kept on coming at her. On her shoulders, legs, face, back and front.
"That's it, I'm going to kill that brat" Temari thought, she flung her fan again as she was about to say,
"Wind Scythe jut…" she didn't perform her jutsu when she got kicked in the face again. She flew and fell to the ground, Sakura land on her feet as they're both in the center of the petals surrounding them.
Temari manage to get on her feet, and made an evil glare at Sakura,
"I'm getting really tired of you" she said angrily and flung her fan open. Sakura stood still and looked at her,
"I'm not through yet" she said then she disappeared into petals along with the others.
The petals surrounded Temari then they started to fly above her along with the two red fans. As the fans spin around the petals the petals turned in to Sakura that is floating in the air while two of her fans still spinning around her. She looked down at Temari as she is about to use her secret technique.
"Counter-attack" Sakura thought then she went upside down and started spinning while her fans are around her. In a very fast speed will going down, Sasuke activated his Sharingan to know what she doing. That's when he saw,
"What are those things…?" he thought as he saw two snake-like creatures circling around Sakura. Though with his Sharingan he couldn't see them clearly for they're invisible, look fizzy and blurry to him.
Seats…
Kakashi revealed his Sharingan eye and saw two snake-like creatures too, except they're invisible, look fizzy and blurry to him as well. Kom cornered her eye towards him as she can tell what he is doing.
"Look closely as you pleased, but to those who carry the blood of the Kekkai Genkai their eyes are no use to see what I see…" she looked back at Sakura as she sees two snake-like spirits circling around Sakura. Clearly and visible to her, as she folded her arms,
"No matter how hard they tried" she thought.
Hallway away from the crowd…
Kom and Ino were walking away from the crowd, though Ino felt a little uncomfortable for being away from the crowd; and they need to talk in private that she knows what.
Other side of the hallway…
Kom and Hinata were walking away from the crowd, though Hinata is not sure what Kom really want to talk to her about.
Together…
Kom and Ino stopped walking, as Kom and Hinata stopped walking. Ino saw Hinata with Kom and Hinata saw Ino with Kom.
"Hinata!?" Ino said,
"Ino!?" Hinata said then they looked at the two Koms,
"W-what's going on?" Ino asked. Then,
"Thanks for bringing them…" Ino and Hinata turned and saw the other Kom in front of them, as she walked towards them,
"I'll take it from here" she said to the other Koms then they both disappeared into violet petals.
Hinata and Ino stood still as they've felt they're being escorted to some kind of trap. They both turned to Kom when she stood in front of them,
"Now, lets talk" she said. Ino and Hinata didn't say anything but look at her as they're about to embrace themselves for whatever it is they're going to face.
Fight…
Sakura spinning her way down with her fans circling around her,
"Okay you guys…your on!" Sakura thought and her fans are away from her and head towards Temari.
One of the fans was glowing green and the other is glowing blue, they cut the surface of the ground of their edge. As they come towards Temari real fast, she placed her fan in front of her to defend herself from them. But little does she know Sakura reached towards the ground she flipped and land on one foot then charged at Temari.
She used the speed of taijutsu to disappear then reappear to grab both of her fans and head towards Temari. With both much chakra flowing in hand to her fans, she released
"Ninja Art; Hidden Flower jutsu" she thought as she use her secret technique to ghosted thru Temari's fan through her.
Slash!
"GAH!!!" Temari cried when she dropped her fan and stood paralyzed,
"W-wha…what j-just happened…all of the sudden…I felt as if my soul has been…torned apart…what is it with this girl…?" Temari thought deeply as she fell to her knees.
Sakura flipped and land on her feet and stood behind her back on Temari, her fans are no longer glowing,
"Very unfortunate" she said.
Seats…
"Indeed" Kom said Kakashi turned to Kom when he heard her then looked down at Sakura.
"Sakura didn't by any chance killed her, did she?" he thought,
"She didn't kill her" Kom said. Kakashi turned to her again,
"Come again?" he asked.
"Sarla develop her chakra with an attack jutsu on the first fan and the healing jutsu on the other, so when she formed her body and through the other body she'll attack from the inside" Kom explained,
"Sarla?" Kakashi thought.
"Normally, that attack would have killed that girl but when Sarla used healing jutsu all she feels now is paralyzed; and a couple of second she'll black out" Kom said. Kakashi looked down at Sakura again,
"Sakura" he thought.
Arena…
Temari still on her knees, her body was shaken a bit and felt the whole world flashed before her eyes. She slowly turned her side of her head and cornered her eye to Sakura as Sakura did the same. Neither of them says anything then,
"I can't believe…this brat actually beat me…is she even human…?" she thought then sighed as she fell forward to the ground and finally blacked out.
"I never wished to use that technique to you but I had no other choice…please forgive me" Sakura thought as she's back to her normal self.
The Jounin checked on Temari,
"Seems like this girl have had it" he turned to Sakura and announced,
"This match is over, the winner is…Sakura Haruno." The crowd cheered for her as Sakura stood at her placed and looked above the crowd cheering for her victory.
"YEAH!!! SHE WON! WAY TO GO SAKURA-CHAN, I KNEW YOU CAN DO IT!" Naruto cheered very loudly.
"Hn…" Sasuke smirked.
"Poor Temari, I can't believe that brat actually beat her" Kankuro said, Gaara didn't say anything though he was very surprised of the technique Sakura did.
Hallway…
"I believe one of you know why you're here" Kom said to Ino and Hinata. They didn't say anything but looked at her as if she's going to do something to them.
Kom turned to Ino,
"Ms.Yamanaka…surely you know why you're here" she said. Ino opened her mouth to say something but she doesn't know what to say in the time like this.
"Since you have nothing to say I guess I have no choice but to get to the chase" Kom said and took a few steps towards her. She looked down to her and asked,
"Now tell me Ms. Yamanaka…how much have seen?"
Hinata looked at Ino to know what is she talking about, Ino looked down while seeing image running thru her head again; the burning village, Sakura's childhood, this Nanako person and that demon.
"Well Ms. Yamanaka" Kom said with her arms folded, Ino tighten her fists and still looking down,
"…more than enough" she finally answered nervously.
Kom looked at her that she kind tell on the look on her face,
"I see" she said. Ino looked up to her and said,
"But I didn't tell anyone about it I swear." Kom unfolded her arms and place her hand on her left shoulder,
"I know…" she made a smile under her mask "…you sold me your tulips the other day" she said to her.
Ino now feel paralyzed, that the woman who bought the tulips the other day was her. Hinata saw Ino look shocked and still don't know what's going on.
"Um…excuse me…" Hinata said then Kom removed her hand from Ino and turned to Hinata,
"But…why am I here?" she asked.
"Since you are indeed one of Sarla's close friends, I wish to ask you a favor" Kom said.
"A-a favor" Hinata said,
"Yes, I believe your cousin is Neji Hyuga, correct?" Kom asked.
"Yes" Hinata answered.
"I want you to keep him away from my niece" Kom said,
"Away from Sakura…b-but why?" Hinata asked.
"He has a few questions that involve Sarla's abilities…" Kom turned back to Ino "…but we agree not to mention of what we know to anyone, right Ms. Yamanaka?"
Ino looked back down and stood still,
"Yes" she said. Kom turned back to Hinata,
"Now Ms. Hyuga, I urge you to keep your cousin away from my niece, I can't tell you why…" Kom placed her hand on her shoulder,
"But I will tell you that if your cousin knows what we know, it would danger his life…including yours and your clan" Kom explained. Hinata stuttered after what she just heard.
Kom placed her other hand on Ino's shoulder again and got her attention,
"Ms. Yamanaka, since you know about it I still want you to keep quiet and never tell anyone about us. You're safe for now, but I urge you to stay calm and stay hidden…for yours and your family's safety" Kom explained.
Ino tightened her fists again but quivers a bit, instead of saying anything she nodded. Kom turned back to Hinata,
"Ms. Hyuga…will you agree to keep your cousin away from Sarla?" she asked, Hinata nodded slowly,
"Yes" she answered.
"Alright then…" Kom removed her hands from their shoulders and took a step back,
"Now since we got that settled, I believe I have to go somewhere" she smiled under her mask again.
"I also wish the both of you not to mention our little talk to anyone, agree?" she asked, they both nodded,
"Good to know…until then…" Kom disappeared into violet petals right in front of Ino and Hinata,
"Have a nice day" she said.
Ino and Hinata stood still at the moment until they heard,
"Ino"
"Hinata" they turned and saw their senseis as they both appeared.
"Asuma-sensei" Ino said,
"Kurenai-sensei" Hinata said.
"Thank goodness we found the both of you" Kurenai said,
"But we like for one of you to tell us why that Kom person took both of you away from the crowd, we were worried about you two" Asuma said.
Hinata and Ino promised not to tell anyone about their little talk with Kom, especially their senseis.
"Um…well…uh…we were…" Hinata stuttered trying to explained then Ino interrupted,
"Hinata and I were away from the crowd so that Ms. Kom can tell us about…our parents that's all" she lied.
Asuma raised his left eye-brow and folded his arms,
"So…Kom took you and Hinata away from the crowd…just to tell you about your parents?" he asked.
"Yeah that's right…" Ino made a fake smile "…and we're about to be on our way back to our seats, right Hinata?" Ino said,
"Um…yes, of course" she made a fake smile.
As they walked passed them,
"Later sensei" Ino said,
"See you sensei" Hinata said and left.
Kurenai and Asuma looked suspious while watching their student walk away, Asuma still have his arms folded and Kurenai asked,
"They're both hiding something from us, are they?"
"As I kind tell from the look on their faces, it seems like it" Asuma said.
"Should we inform this to the Hokage… about that woman, Kom?" she asked, Asuma unfolded his arms,
"I don't think that would be much of a problem. I mean we don't know much or anything about Kom, or why Ino and Hinata are acting so strange" he explained.
"True…but if they do have something they're not telling us about, what do you suggested we should do?" Kurenai asked.
"We might need to find this Kom person, so she can tell us about their behaviors and what are they hiding…" he smirked "…and we know one person to go to first."
"Sakura Haruno" Kurenai said,
"That's right, she is that woman's niece after all. We need to see her first so she can tell us where her aunt is…" Kurenai interrupted him,
"So we can get to the bottom of Ino's and Hinata's behavior."
"Exactly, so if something goes wrong and Ino and Hinata are involve in it, we'll be able to inform the Hokage about it, got it?" Asuma asked,
"Got it" Kurenai said.
They both disappeared as they went back to the crowd, because the other match will begin shortly.
It took me long, but I hope you all like it. I might be almost done with something very important right, so review to me about it. By that time, I'll work on updating the other chapter as soon as I can, I promise. So I'll see you guys later, bye!
