First of all, I'd like to say sorry, you know, for leaving you guys hanging for what? 6 months?
Gonna give no excuses, though I am really glad to see that you're sticking with me, in this.
Secondly, another sorry, coz I'm starting this chapter off, slightly, in a different way. Couldn't manage to get anything else to work. Guess we'll see how it goes.
And, to my horror, I've actually read what I've written, over the past THREE YEARS (can you even believe it?) and am ashamed to read the first few chapters of this very fic. Yes, you may go back and laugh and notice how much my writing has actually changed.
Again, couldn't have done it without you guys. So thank you, thank you loads.
Without Uchiha Sasuke
Chapter 36:-
Senju Tsunade sat in the Hokage's chair, the very same chair that she had sat in for the past two plus years and for once in a long, long time, found that she had no clue on how to begin the conversation that she so needed to have with the teenager in front of her. Instead, the Godaime Hokage of Konoha found her mind awash with questions, her mind flitting from one thought to another, never settling on one long enough for her to pursue that particular thread.
The Yondaime look-a-like that stood next to Sakura only seemed to make things worse, the similarity so surprising that Tsunade could rarely manage a moment without pausing to glance at him, half trying to make sure it was really him and not some Edo Tensei clone Orochimaru had sent back from the grave.
Senju Tsunade suppressed an urge to curse out loud, knowing that she should be stronger and more mentally prepared for this than she was right now.
"Tsunade-sama?" came Sakura's voice, breaking the Godaime out of her reverie as Shan wondered what was going on and why Tsunade seemed so out of norm.
"Sakura-chan, maybe you should get your, friend, to change how he looks while he stays in the village. It may, cause a few problems within the village, after all, the Yondaime is dead." Interrupted Shizune, her face buried in the paperwork that she had piled up on her desk.
The stress on the word friend hadn't escaped Sakura nor the Yondaime clone, both of them immediately realizing that the way he looked actually bothered people apart from the fear it put into their enemies.
Tsunade sighed audibly as the Yondaime look-alike put his hands together in a seal, activating a henge that made her look like a miniature version of Sakura instead of Jiraiya's beloved Minato.
Though it wasn't as good as Tsunade had hoped, it did make things a lot easier for her than it already was.
"Gomen, Hokage-sama." Said the chibi Sakura, in a voice that was clearly her own, bringing to light the fact that Shan was her own person from Sakura, and clearly female, though she liked looking male.
"I had no clue that my former appearance bothered you as much as it did. And please call me Shan."
Tsunade nodded to the smaller girl, her mind now whirling through her thoughts, finally deciding that she better begin what she had summoned the girl for.
"Tell me what you know about being a medic." Said Tsunade as she leant back in her seat, fully focused on the girl in front of her, her mind digesting the information Sakura gave her, trying to find out where to start her apprentice on her path to being a medic.
Whatever other information she needed or wanted, could wait to be gotten throughout the year Tsunade had Sakura in the village and an year, was enough time by Tsunade's standards.
X—X—X—X—X
Jiraiya of the Sannin stood in a clear field, a clear night sky above him, the stars glimmering as he prepared himself to travel halfway across the five elemental nations.
Uzumaki Naruto, now his only charge, was somewhere in a village not far from where he was, unmonitored and unsafe for the most part of the past day, and he would be yet again, until Jiraiya made it back from Konoha.
Biting his fingers, Jiraiya made the handseals required for the summoning technique. No matter how much he disliked leaving Naruto alone for long periods of time in a day, it had to be done, specially on days like this, when he needed to put other things in motion.
"Jiraiya-chan." Came an old and wizened voice, the small form of Fukasaku appearing as the smoke of the summons cleared to reveal both Shima and Fukasaku.
"Why have you summoned us here?" asked Shima, looking around her. "Where is Naruto-kun?"
"He's in the village five minutes to the west of here." Said Jiraiya. "As for why I summoned you, I need to meet Tsunade very urgently."
"You want to use the Enshinsui." Stated Fukasaku, to which all Jiraiya could do was nod.
"What could be so important that you would have to use that?" asked Shima, her voice clear yet the worry evident.
"The fate of the entire world." Said Jiraiya, his words full of belief, for he did indeed believe that it would be the entire world he was trying to save.
"Will he be safe alone?" asked the toad, the worry towards the young boy still evident in the summons' voice.
"The gaki is stronger than you think." Said Jiraiya with a smile. "He can handle himself."
"And in case he can't, I want one of you to stay here, and reverse summon me if he needs help."
"I don't like this at all Jiraiya-chan." Said Fukasaku. "It's too risky."
"Best just get this over with as soon as possible Pa. The sooner you take him there, the sooner he can come back and the sooner the both of us can rest peacefully." Said his wife as she took off towards the town.
Fukasaku allowed himself one single sigh as he dismissed himself, the puff of smoke bringing him back to Myobokuzan just like it was supposed to.
His lips were moving the very moment his vision cleared and he was sure he was in the right place, the words "Gyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu." Echoing as he reverse summoned Jiraiya to the mountain.
"Jiraiya-chan" he spoke as the puff of smoke cleared, hoping that as one of his students, the Sannin would pause to listen to some sort of sense.
The Sannin, however, was off the moment his feet touched the mountain, jumping into the Enshinsui, and straight into Konoha, the thoughts going on in his head obviously more important than any common sense at this very moment.
Fukasaku sighed once again, his thoughts going to his wife and the boy she was watching over. He only hoped that nothing serious would happen that would require her to reverse summon Jiraiya to wherever she was.
X—X—X—X—X
Nara Shikaku sat in the council chambers, along with the rest of the Shinobi Council as he waited for the Godaime Hokage. The council had been waiting for the better part of half an hour, yet more than Hiashi who had proper clan matters to address, it was Inuzuka Tsume that was getting itchy as the time went by, and for once, Shikaku couldn't blame her.
Inuzuka Tsume, as any of the Inuzuka clan, shared a lot of traits with their canine partners, including their hatred of small enclosed places and their joy of always being on the move. But as generations passed, both the canine partners as well as the human counterparts had learned to be more patient as well as to tolerate the rooms and the buildings that they were supposed to enter.
However, Shikaku really doubted that it was this need of open air that was making Tsume cranky.
The door to the council chambers opened, the cloaked figure of the Godaime Hokage walking in followed by Kakashi, whose appearance answered a lot of questions as to why the meeting was held up.
"So, what do you think?" asked the Godaime as she sat down at the head of the table, Kakashi taking his usual standing position in the nearest corner behind her, his ever present book in his hand.
Shikaku had known Kakashi for as long as anybody and though he might have looked occupied and lost in the book, Shikaku knew that Kakashi's attention was on everything BUT his book.
"Impressive." Was the only word that came from Hiashi's mouth, much like the old, though it felt like he was trying not to praise Sakura's performance as much as he wanted to.
"It's either very impressive or we need to lift the standard of our ANBU." Scoffed Tsunade, gathering a few chuckles from her audience.
"There would be no harm in doing that, regardless." Stated Shikaku.
Though it was meant as a joke, the lifting of their ANBU standards was actually a very good idea, in his opinion. Not only would it ensure higher success rates for ANBU missions, it would also make their new Shinobi train even harder if they wanted to become one of the elite ANBU of their village. There was no such as too much motivation.
"I will." Stated Tsunade, clearly disappointed as to how Sakura along with that clone of hers took apart a whole squad of ANBU. "If this is how a Chuunin deals with our ANBU, we clearly need to strengthen it."
"With all due respect Godaime-sama, this Chuunin you speak of was trained by a Sannin." Interrupted Choza.
"And if you recall, the Sannin were also beaten by Hanzo, all by himself." Stated Hiashi. "We should always assume that the other villages are capable of having such talent in their ranks as well."
"Danzo would be having a ball if he could hear us right now." Said Tsunade, her head in her hands. "But Hiashi does have a point, and we will raise our standards, not only for ANBU, but for Chuunin and Jounin as well."
"Maybe the ANBU were taking it easy because she's just a chuunin." Said Tsume, a chuckle echoing through her throat, obviously in no way trying to protect the ANBU but rather pointing out something that could have, but shouldn't have happened.
"If it had been a Chuunin of any other village with that skill level, they would have been dead." Said Kakashi, calmly as ever, flipping a page of his book.
"Maybe they should be." Sighed Tsunade as she thought up a way to raise the standards of a shinobi village without announcing why.
Not only would an announcement of the reason cause disgrace to the ANBU but it would also tell the other villages about the level of their current ANBU. The last thing the Hokage wanted to do was to give some upstart bandit group or village to try something bold against them.
"Is there any way that we can have that clone technique of hers taught?" asked Tsume as she recalled watching the newly returned Chuunin and her partner take apart a full strength ANBU squad.
"Would be a good raise in the standards." She added with another chuckle, making light of the situation.
"Unfortunately, no." said Inoichi, one of the few who actually knew the full details of Sakura's partner.
"What Sakura uses is a mix of a Mokubunshin and the Shintenshin no Jutsu, which no ordinary Shinobi can pull off."
"Shintenshin?" echoed Hiashi, curious as to how someone outside the Yamanaka clan knew a Yamanaka jutsu.
"Sakura has a unique condition." Explained Inoichi. "She has a second personality, strong willed yet somehow able to function on its own."
"A split personality?" asked Tsume, wondering if this condition would be a liability to Konoha later on.
"Not really." Responded Inoichi, trying to figure out a way to explain it so that the whole of the council would understand.
"Think of it like how Naruto-kun has the Kyuubi." He said, drawing a mental image of how the same body would have two minds, yet only one that was fully in control of it.
"Now imagine if Naruto-kun could transmit the Kyuubi's conscience into a shadow clone and allow the Kyuubi full access to the chakra the shadow clone contained.
" As for how Sakura knows the Jutsu, I believe Ino taught her." Added Inochi as he rubbed his forehead, slightly embarrassed at the leaked clan technique, however, all of the Shinobi council had at least one child in the same batch, and as such knew how close Sakura and Ino were.
The trust in a best friend wasn't light, Hiashi of all people knew, Minato once again popping into his mind.
"The Kyuubi would have all the physical aspects of a shadow clone, including Naruto's speed and strength, and in addition, with having its own spiritual chakra, would not have the weakness of being dispelled by the invasion of foreign chakra." Finished Shikaku, half in awe at the genius of the combination of techniques Sakura had not only come up with but also managed to implement.
"So, what we have is a Mokubunshin, by far the strongest clone with the largest chakra capacity, who has its own will, own fighting style and is unaffected by the separation between it and its user." Stated Kakashi.
"Add to that the fact that the clone is virtually immune to the Jyuuken and that Sakura has a larger chakra reserve than a normal kunoichi, we have an almost unstoppable technique." Added Tsunade, wondering how Konoha managed to create such talent out of the most ordinary of people.
"So, with that performance, and the raise of standards, is it safe to say that Sakura will still be Jounin by the end of the day?" Asked Shikaku, curious as to what the 'small' test today was about.
"She has the skill." Said Tsume, nodding as she digested all the information she had learnt about Sakura's new technique.
"She has the mentality too." Added Inoichi, "A fast and strategic mind that allows her to think in close tight encounters."
"If anyone doubts her field experience, she did also bring us the head of Uchiha Sasuke." Put in Choza.
"At the very least, she can be given the Tokubetsu status for that clone of hers." Said Hiashi with a smile, knowing that the odds were stacking up in favor of the promotion.
"There is no doubt in my mind that Sakura deserves the Jounin status, however, with Shizune pointing it out, I also fear that it might stop her from training any further, since she doesn't have any more statuses to train for."
"There's always Sannin to look forward to." Spoke Kakashi, his face still buried inside his book.
"Explain." Said Tsunade, curious as to where the genius was going with that thread of thought.
"Team 7 started off with Sakura, Naruto and one Uchiha Sasuke." Said Kakashi, his lone eye still going over the lines of his book as though he was reading from it.
"Naruto has Jiraiya and the Toad contract, while Sasuke had Orochimaru and according to the mission report from Sakura, he also had the snake summoning contract."
There was a slight pause as Kakashi let the information sink, taking in another breath as he continued his train of thought.
"Sakura, just started training under you."
"Give her the summoning contract, and both Sakura as well as Naruto will have the titles as the second Generation Sannin to try and achieve." Caught on Shikaku, wondering why he hadn't thought of that earlier.
"Impressive." Said Tsunade as she eyed Kakashi in a new found light. Tsunade had heard of Kakashi's prowess as a ninja as well as his status as a genius amongst the Shinobi of his age, but with her wandering about the lands, she had never really gotten to see Kakashi at work. And Tsunade could see how interesting it was to see the lazy silver haired jounin pull out the most ingenious of ideas and plans time and time again.
"Now that we have solved that problem, anyone have any objections to Haruno Sakura's promotion?" asked Tsunade, looking at each and every council member present to make sure.
Since there were no hands raised, showing that no one wanted to speak nor raise an objection, Senju Tsunade checked one box off her mental checklist for that day's meeting before she spoke.
"Okay, moving on. About this year's Chuunin Exams, what are your opinions of us participating?"
X—X—X—X—X
To say that Yamanaka Ino was having the worst day of her life, would be an understatement.
To start off things, it was her day off.
Secondly, no one else had the day off, which meant that she had no one to spend it with.
That meant that Ino, having nothing to do, had literally no excuse from avoiding her shift at the clans flower shop.
And worst of all, if it was even possible, there had been no customers at all that day.
Grumbling to no one in particular, Ino swore that the heavens had something against her as she tended to the flowers in the back garden, trying to find something to occupy herself as the time slowly crept away.
"Kami, give me something to do!" she said, her eyes gazing skywards in a prayer so desperate that she leaped in joy as the door bell to the shop chimed.
Almost running through the back door, Ino was about to give whoever that came in the best greeting ever when she caught the eye of her best friend, who in return gave Ino a look that said, "We need to talk, now, in private."
"What's wrong?" Asked Ino as she led Sakura into the back garden, her mind suddenly taken off the very boring day she was having.
"I need a new look." Said Sakura, in a voice that was not quite Sakura, raising a few questions that were soon answered.
"Shizune-san says I can't go around looking like the Yondaime, and I obviously can't go around looking like Sakura."
"She's right." Said Ino, as the pieces fell into place, finally realizing that this was not Sakura, but Shan.
"I can imagine a few people you'd freak out if you looked like the Yondaime. You know, the dead rising from the grave and all of that."
"Baka looks like him anyways." Stated Shan, grumbling at the similarity between him and the Yondaime, but then again, they had to be similar with the connection they had between them.
"You mean YOUR baka." Teased Ino, getting a glare from Shan.
Though Shan shared Sakura's love for Naruto for obvious reasons, as always Shan considered herself the bolder and tougher side of Sakura.
Love, was for the more feminine Sakura, Shan had decided long ago. Besides love gave Shan lesser of a rush than fights did, and she absolutely reveled in them.
Fighting, that's what she had been made for, and Shan had decided, that fighting was what she was going to do. Everything else, was Sakura's responsibility, and Shan would only give her a helping hand if she needed it.
"I swear though, if the Yondaime were alive, I'd swear that Naruto was his son." The blonde continued, mentally comparing what Naruto looked like and the pictures of the Yellow Flash she had seen.
"He is." Replied Shan, an awkward look appearing on her face as if she found it hard to believe that Ino didn't know.
The pin drop silence that came before Ino's scream of "What?" lasted only a fraction of the second, the outburst that followed it causing Shan to give Ino another of Sakura's famous looks.
"Why didn't you tell me this before!" wailed Ino, shocked at the revelation that was made.
"Ino, the Yondaime is the sole reason for Iwa's loss in the Third Great War, imagine how many people would have hunted Naruto-kun if they knew."
Yamanaka Ino's eyes widened as the majority of such an announcement hit her.
The Yondaime had died sealing the Kyuubi, which had left Naruto an orphan. Had his heritage been announced, there would have been no one around to protect him from an of the attacks that would surely have come.
"And YOU are keeping this to yourself." Shan added, throwing in one of her dagger glares for emphasis.
"Okay okay." Conceded Ino, waving her hands in front of her, clearing her head as she turned her focus to what her friend had come to her for.
"So you say you need an identity. What exactly are we looking for?"
"Female, definitely." Said Shan, pausing to think about what she would like to look like.
"Something similar to what Sakura wears, sort of a twin thing." She said finally.
Shan had originally intended to pull off a polar opposite image alongside Sakura, but on her way to the Yamanaka Flower shop, the inner persona had realized that Sakura actually presented a very balanced image, feminine yet still showed off the strength she possessed.
Being as balanced as it was, there would be no polar opposite to it, unless Shan pulled off having no image.
"I won't be out for long periods of time and not as often as I would like." Said Shan. "But when I am, I'd like to avoid causing confusion within our own ranks."
Ino nodded as she mused, thinking about something that would go well with what Sakura looked like, yet not make Shan look menacing. Shan needed to look something less threatening than Sakura did, INo realized as she thought about it, something that would make people underestimate Shan and walk right into the brutal trap the girl was.
"Let's start with your hair color and then move on to other things." Said the Yamanaka, the only one out of their batch that Shan could honestly call a Fashionista and good with creating an image.
With a sigh, Shan started to answer the barrage of questions Ino threw at her, knowing that she needed to get this done, and the sooner it was done and over with, the better it would be for both Sakura as well as herself.
X—X—X—X—X
Nara Shikamaru had originally had his day off as well, which he had also originally planned on spending with Ino, who was the only one of his old team that had this exact day of like he had.
Though too troublesome to admit, Shikamaru did miss his old Ino-Shika-Cho trio, but with Ino being an ANBU trainee, Shikamaru and Chouji both busy with their Jounin teams.
As things had turned out, his father had been called to a council meeting and Shikamaru had had to take over Shikaku's duties in the tactical division of the Hokage Tower.
It had all started when Asuma had given him an IQ test in the form of a shogi game and had turned worse the moment he had done well. His Chuunin exam performance had solidified the rumors of his tactical genius, and now, with all of that done, and his scores filed in the Hokage's ninja files, Nara Shikamaru found himself assigned to the tactical division of Konoha's ninja forces.
Luckily for Shikamaru, there were no ongoing wars that Konoha was participating in and that meant that the tactical department was very much under used. However, as the son of the Head of the tactical department, Shikamaru had to oversee the mission allocation to teams in his father's absence.
Mission allocation was a tedious job, one that most people assumed the Hokage had to do, but in fact his underlings at the Tactical department did.
Mission allocation included reading the mission requests sent to the tower, at the very least, those missions that weren't requested via direct contact with the Hokage, categorizing them into ranks and then suggesting which team should be dispatched to complete it.
Once these steps had been done, the mission requests would be sent to the Hokage for approval, and once the Hokage approved or changed what she thought needed to be changed, the mission would be sent to the Shinobi Dispatch Unit who was responsible for handing out missions which the Hokage did not.
And with the work going well, Shikamaru had decided to treat himself to a nice meal from one of the restaurants nearby.
He had even better luck, he found out, once he entered the restaurant to find Hisemi and Heni sitting in one of the booths.
"Hey guys, what's up?" said Shikamaru as he walked up to their booth to find that their food had already arrived.
"Was supposed to be a team meeting, but Tane-sensei couldn't make it." Said Heni, as ever the friendlier of the two.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Said Shikamaru, knowing that Tane had been one of the Shinobi who had been assigned a mission earlier that very day.
Hisemi gave Shikamaru a slight shrug, while Heni smiled, "It's fine, after all, it's our job, right?" said the weapons specialist.
"Would you like to join us?" asked Hisemi, gesturing to an empty seat. "We have more food than we can eat."
Shikamaru stood there silent for a good minute before he sat down at the table, a gesture of thanks going out to those who were treating him.
But as the conversation started, Nara Shikamaru could not help but think that something was indeed going to go against this flow of luck.
X—X—X—X—X
The timing was perfect, thought Jiraiya with a smile as he walked towards the council chambers, the guards at the door acknowledging his right to enter as the stepped away.
The sannin didn't bother knocking, plainly opening the door and stopping whatever flow there had been to the conversation that was currently going on inside between the members.
"Jiraiya!" exclaimed Tsunade, half in surprise at seeing someone she didn't think she would see anytime soon.
"Is Naruto-kun back too?" asked Kakashi, as expected of him.
"No." replied the Sannin, his face stern and serious. "The Gaki is far, far away from the village."
A confused eye lifted itself from the pages of what it was reading and carefully watched Jiraiya as he turned towards the Godaime, wondering how and why Jiraiya had come here.
"I need to talk to you." He said, pausing slightly as he looked around the room, before he added a few words that flipped the mood of the entire meeting upside down.
"Akatsuki is on the move."
There was a slap of a book being shut, a slight rustle of it going back into its pouch at the words. Things had suddenly gotten very serious.
X—X—X—X—X
"Naruto?" was the first question Hatake Kakashi thought of asking the very moment he shut the book.
"Not yet, thankfully." Said Jiraiya. "They need to seal in the Kyuubi last, or whatever plan they have is not going to work."
"So we have time."
"No." said Jiraiya shaking her head. "We got attacked a few days ago by Itachi and Kisame. They had to withdraw. But they've obviously seen Naruto's improvement, and they've started moving early."
"What do you mean?" asked Tsume, a feeling of dread filling her as the Sannin spoke.
"They've managed to capture and seal 4 of the 9 bijuu within the last month." He said, getting a gasp from Tsume.
"Once they have the Ichibi, Hachibi, the Nibi, and the Sanbi, they'll come after Naruto, and they will come in force."
"They have 12 known members, each of them S ranked nin from across the nations. One of them, happens to be Amekage as well. The next time they come for him, they won't send just two."
"There's a loop hole in that argument though." Spoke Shikaku. "The Kyuubi has to be sealed in last, but never are they required to kidnap Naruto last."
"They wouldn't risk it." Said Jiraiya. "Whatever they are doing, it requires them to bring the Jinchuuriki back alive, and then extract the Bijuu from that person. They won't risk someone committing suicide while in capture."
Shikaku nodded in acceptance.
"We need to buy more time then, more time for me to train Naruto."
"Naruto isn't the only one we need to train is it?" asked Hiashi, all the pieces finally falling into place.
"No, you are correct. We all need to grow stronger, in case Ame comes for Naruto with it's army."
"Sorry to suggest something really bad, but if they need the Kyuubi, isn't Naruto-kun's death, a solution in itself?" asked Inoichi, voicing a statement which brought many a glare at him.
"No. We have no proof that the Kyuubi is necessary for whatever they are planning. With Naruto alive, we can at the very least be sure that they will try and acquire him." Said Shikaku.
"Okay. So we need to buy time and we need to protect Naruto. What can we do?" asked Inoichi, he himself feeling better that his suggestion was not an option.
"Protect the remaining Jinchuuriki." Said Shibi, voicing his very first words of the meeting.
"How? There is no way we know of the whereabouts of the Jinchuuriki."
"Suna has the Ichibi no Jinchuuriki, its new Kazekage." Said Tsunade. "We could have a messenger sent tomorrow, and inform them of a team arriving the day after."
"I doubt this is the time to follow protocol Hokage-sama." Cut in Hiashi of all people, showing the council that the stoic Hyuuga Clan Head had indeed changed much over the past two years.
"For all we know, the Akatsuki may attack tomorrow." He continued, stressing the urgency of this situation.
"Hokage-sama, I'd like my daughter to be included in the team." Spoke Inoichi, causing a few of the council to look at him curiously. "I can have her ready to leave as soon as this meeting is done."
Tsunade, however, understood what the man was planning.
"Agreed." She said. "The instant communication between you and Ino will help greatly if Suna were to be attacked. We could immediately send assistance."
"In that case, I think it is best for us to send the Ino-Shika-Cho trio." Came Choza's input. "After all, the three of them have been working together as a team and the familiarity should help them."
"Hiashi, with your permission, I'd also like to send a Hyuuga along with those three, their eyes always come in handy during bodyguard missions." Said Jiraiya, to which Hiashi nodded.
"I believe my nephew Hisemi is available, along with his team mate. Another pair familiar with each other's abilities would be better, would it not?"
"If you don't mind, Hokage-sama, I think I'll go look for Heni and Hisemi." Said Kakashi as he vanished with a poof, Inoichi already contacting his daughter and asking her to pack her things.
X—X—X—X—X
It had only taken the 5 Jounin an hour to pack their things and meet up at the gates.
The briefing had been given to them en route by Shikamaru whose father had explained everything to him while he'd been packing.
And as the trees passed by, each of the 5 running as fast as they could, the full importance of protecting the Kazekage settled upon the 5 of them.
Shikamaru had been told everything, including the fact that at some point in the near future, if they failed here, these very same S ranked criminals would come after Naruto, someone that all 5 in the Jounin team knew.
If not for the Kazekage, they needed to do this for Naruto and if Shikamaru's hunch was correct, they needed to do this for themselves, for the good of the world.
He just hoped Suna would be as receiving as he hoped they would be.
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Ugh, still not happy with the chapter… I think I'm getting rusty… though after a few corrections and additions, i think it's better than it first started out…
And it's becoming too long T_T
Sorry I'm late, once again, no excuses. Will try to update more frequently.
Review! Please