Chapter 28
It had been two days since Revan and Scathach had joined the film crew, and it was very interesting for them watching a film be made before their very own eyes. Yukie once she had gotten past her anger at waking up on a boat that was heading towards the Land of Snow was a brilliant actress. Revan knew politicians that couldn't act as well as she could.
What Scathach had noticed due to having experience with it, was that Yukie was emotionally dead inside. Proven by the fact she couldn't even make herself cry while acting. To accomplish the scene she needed to use tear drops to make it look like she was crying. Scathach hypothesised that something traumatic happened to her when she was younger, to result in her being so emotionally dead inside.
Scathach spent most of her time with Yukie when she wasn't acting as she sympathised with Yukie since she went through something similar when she was trapped in the Shadow Realm. Revan didn't see any indication that Yukie enjoyed Scathach's presence, but he got the feeling she did. It might be Yukie instinctively recognises another soul that went through something similar. Like how an orphan always recognises another orphan. It just something you can recognise in another person.
"Enjoying the scenery?" Yugito asked standing next Revan a respectable distance away not wanting to get to close him. Seeing how he was an S-class threat after all.
"I've never seen so much snow before," Revan answered having replaced his cloak with a long thick black coat, due how cold it had become the closer they got to the Land of Snow.
The Cloud ninja's reaction to Scathach and him joining them was interesting. The morning of the first day they were tense around him especially Yugito, but throughout the day they relaxed slightly when they saw they he was no threat to them. They must be even more relaxed today if Yugito was approaching him for the first time since he had boarded the ship.
"Neither have I. I'm not used to being somewhere so cold. The Land of Lightning is much warmer than this," Yugito wearing a coat along with everyone else because of how cold it was.
'Yugito what are you doing? Skip past the small talk and drag him to your room, and have your way with him,' a feminine voice inside Yugito's mind said. Forcing her to control emotions unless she wanted to randomly blush, and make herself look peculiar in front of Revan.
Matatabi the two tailed beast was sealed inside of her when she was only two years old. After an intense training schedule from when she was a young age, she learnt to communicate to her tailed beast, and control some of her chakra. Though with how often Matatabi teases her about mating with handsome and powerful men, she greatly regrets ever learning how to talk to Matatabi.
'There's no need to think such mean things kitten. We both know you care for me, or I wouldn't have told you my name,' Matatabi said giggling.
'I don't know what you're talking about,' Yugito protested despite knowing Matatabi was correct, and she wouldn't change their relationship for anything.
'Of course, you don't kitten,' Matatabi said amused.
"I've actually been to the Land of Lightning once, just in passing," Revan revealed.
"Were you there for anything specific?" Yugito asked trying to find out all she could about him.
"No I was just travelling through enjoying the sights," Revan replied.
"It sounds wonderful travelling the world," Yugito said wistfully wishing she could do the same, but she had a duty to her village.
"You never know you might be able to one day," Revan suggested.
"I very much doubt that," Yugito said dejectedly. Since there was no way the Raikage would let her out of the village for as long as she pleased.
"No one knows what the future holds in store. You might get your wish one day," Revan said.
"I guess I'll have to wait and see then," Yugito said smiling. "By the way where's Scathach?"
"She's still in our room," Revan said making Yugito blush slightly.
Given how there weren't enough rooms on the ship for Revan and Scathach to have one each, they had to share. The captain of the ship did offer to let them room with the other male and females on the ship, but Scathach didn't want to sleep with strangers. And there was no way he was going to sleep in the same room as a shinobi, so he shared a room with Scathach.
The room originally only had one single bed, but Revan retrieved a single bed from one of the tents he had brought with him, and placed it next to the other bed. Scathach was ecstatic with the arrangement. As for the first time in nearly two thousand years, she wouldn't be sleeping alone. With how close the beds were to each other Scathach could feel Revan's presence while lying in her bed, which caused her to have a wonderful night's sleep.
While Revan didn't trust Scathach yet he knew she wouldn't try anything against him in his sleep. It was this knowledge that allowed him to fall asleep next to her knowing he would be safe from any sort of attack. Especially with the charms, he placed on the room to stop anyone from spying on them and entering without their permission. Not seeing it as anyone business Scathach and Revan never told anyone about the extra bed. Resulting in the whole crew thinking they were sleeping in the same bed. This misconception resulted in some jealous looks from female and male crew members.
"Is she exhausted from spending most of last night with Miss Fujikaze?" Yugito asked having noticed how much time Scathach was spending with Yukie when she wasn't acting.
"I didn't spend any time with Yukie last night. I was in my room with Revan," Scathach answered having heard Yugito's question while approaching them, and standing next to Revan while wearing a long purple coat.
"Morning Scathach did you have a good night's sleep?" Revan inquired smiling which Yugito thought only made him look more handsome.
"I did yes. Though I was surprised not to wake up with you next to me," Scathach said referring to his bed being next to hers. While Yugito thought she meant waking up, and discovering he wasn't in their bed together.
'How scandalous she's much older than him,' Yugito thought with disapproval.
'She is very beautiful kitten. You can't blame Revan for being interested in her, not with her looks, or is it that you're just jealous she has such a fine specimen all to herself,' Matatabi said purring.
'Matatabi,' Yugito said embarrassed and blushing.
"You looked like you could use the sleep. For that reason I thought I would let you sleep in," Revan said. Scathach was sleeping so soundly in bed he thought there was no harm letting her sleep in.
"It's your fault for keeping me up so late. I don't know how you outlasted me, beating many full grown men in the process, but I'll promise you it won't be so easy tonight," Scathach said referring to them drinking the night before.
Last night she shared a few drinks with Revan, but unknown to her he couldn't get drunk. Which is what allowed him to stay sober while she got drunk trying to match the amount of drinks he had. Not that Revan had many as alcohol wasn't his thing. And once Scathach had a few there was no stopping her as she loved a good party.
Everyone else, on the other hand, blushed thinking she was talking about sex, getting envious looks from crew members who wished they were the ones with Scathach or Revan. Even Yukie blushed making her look at Revan thoughtfully.
'You need to act quickly kitten before Scathach gets her claws into Revan,' Matatabi said urgently.
'Matatabi I'm not going to steal a taken man,' Yugito said before getting depressed. 'Not that I could succeed anyway, as how could I ever hope to compete against Scathach's figure.'
'While its true your figure isn't as good as Scathach's,' Matatabi admitted making Yugito even more depressed. 'You have a lovely personality that can win anyone over.'
'Thank you for saying that Matatabi, but I'm not a home wrecker,' Yugito said gratefully and sternly.
'You wouldn't be ruining anything if Scathach joins you,' Matatabi said making Yugito blush atomic red.
"You say that, but you were the one that corrupted me," Revan said as Scathach was the one that wanted to start drinking. He, on the other hand, preferred the water or tea, not alcohol.
"It wasn't exactly hard. I only had to show you a few things, and you agreed to my request of joining me," Scathach said making Samui who had walked over to talk to her sensei blush. Thinking Scathach had shown Revan something sexual before they became lovers.
It made sense to Samui that if Scathach was Revan's lover why he hadn't spared a second glance at her or stared at her breasts like every other male on the ship had. Since Scathach had the looks of a Goddess, whereas she only had large breasts going for her.
"Sensei," Samui said once her blush was under control. "We're nearing the location of the next filming location."
"Thank you, Samui. Go and get your teammates ready to move," Yugito ordered before turning to Revan and Scathach. "If you'll excuse I need to prepare my team."
Scathach watched as Yugito and Samui left before turning to Revan was a massive smile on her face. "I can't believe they bought that."
"Neither can I," Revan admitted. He wasn't blind to what the crew thought of him and Scathach, but he ignored them as the opinions of peasants meant nothing to him. Although Scathach thought their reactions were funny. After having several drinks last night that made her a bit tipsy, she planned to have some fun at the expense of the crew, by making the rumours about them even more outlandish.
"I can't wait to hear what the crew think of us next," Scathach said leaning against the side of the ship, and looking at Revan. She would have never done anything like that when she was Queen, as she had a reputation to uphold. But with her no longer being a Queen and the alcohol in her system, she thought it would be funny to mess with the crew, and it was.
"Something ridiculous no doubt," Revan said knowing Scathach was only half demon. So while it was hard, it was possible for her to get drunk unlike him.
"Come on let's go, and watch the action scene their going to film," Scathach said as the ship approached a large iceberg.
An hour later the crew had set everything up, and Yukie was currently in her Princess Gale costume acting out a scene. While Revan and Scathach watched on with interest with Yugito standing next to them as well.
"I don't understand how she can act so well, but then be apathetic once the cameras stop recording," Yugito mused.
"Some people are just that good at using masks to cover up their true selves," Scathach remarked.
Yugito frowned. "I guess that's tru-" she was cut off when a large explosion took place on top of the iceberg.
Out of the smoke emerged five shinobi wearing a white and grey suit that Revan could sense were low Chunin level.
"Samui protect the crew," Yugito ordered.
"Yes sensei," Samui said running off with her teammates to accomplish her orders.
"Lord le Fey could you…" Yugito trailed off when he saw he and Scathach were no longer next to her, and instead there were running towards the enemy.
"Make sure you record this," the director said wanting to record what he feels will be something special.
"Ice Style: White Whale Jutsu," one of the enemies said creating a whale out of the surrounding ice and sending it towards Revan and the crew, making them scream in fright.
"Ice Style: Dragon Jutsu," another enemy said creating an ice dragon and aiming it at Scathach.
Revan formed one hand sign and said. 'Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu.' He then exhaled a massive fire dragon that easily destroyed the ice whale and killed the caster and three of his comrades.
At the same time, Scathach threw Gae Bolg piercing the ice dragon making it crumble, but the spear didn't stop its trajectory. It kept going and before the man that had performed the jutsu could react the spear went straight right through his chest killing him.
'That was impressive,' Yugito thought as she watched them easily dispatch the attackers.
'Don't forget kitten Revan is an S-class wizard. Enemies like them are easy pickings for him,' Matatabi said before smirking. 'I'm positive we have only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his skills.'
'That was a terrible pun,' Yugito groaned.
'Hey my puns are awesome,' Matatabi protested while Yugito ignored her, as her puns were just that bad.
"These weaklings didn't put up much of a good fight," Scathach said annoyed whilst walking back to the film crew with Revan.
"With how strong you are Scathach, you'll find most people in this world are weak," Revan said as S-class warriors are the most powerful and deadly in the world, so there's very few that can match them in a fight.
"I can't believe you dealt with those attackers so easily," Karui commented.
"Yeah, it only took one attack to deal with them. Still it's a good thing you didn't put too much power into your attacks, or otherwise, this glacier would have been-" Omoi said getting cut off by Karui hitting him on top of his head.
"Those peasants were weak, and stood no chance against me," Revan said. It was foolish of them to think they could defeat him. It would take an S-class warrior or a small army to kill him.
"Who were they though," Samui said having been impressed by how easily Revan dealt with the attackers, but also wary of him as he could become an enemy.
"I don't know. However I know who does," Revan said looking at Yukie who squirmed under Revan's look.
"Fine I'll tell you everything," Yukie sighed knowing she had no choice after this attack.
Miles above the film set high in the sky two men in black cloaks stood on top of a large white clay bird. The first man had blue eyes and long golden hair. The second was crouched over and had the lower part of his face covered by a mask.
"What did you think of that Sasori my man?" the blond haired man asked having just watched Revan, and his woman friend defeat the Snow shinobi from a safe distance away. So that way they couldn't be seen or detected.
"Revan le Fey deserves to be called an S-class warrior Deidara and will be a challenging opponent to defeat," Sasori responded watching as the ship sailed away.
"There are two of us, there's no way le Fey would be a match for the both of us in a fight," Deidara said confidently making the clay bird move in another direction to the ship.
"Don't underestimate him Deidara," Sasori warned.
"Yeah, yeah, I hear you," Deidara said waving his hand.
"Don't forget Doto hired us to kidnap Yukie Fujikaze, and bring her to him alive. And we still have the objective Pain gave us to complete if the opportunity arose during our mission. To test le Fey to see how strong he truly is. So Pain can know if he will be a threat to our plans or not in the future," Sasori said.
"I haven't forgotten my man. That's why we sent the Snow shinobi to attack le Fey first, so we could see first-hand how strong he really is, and better understand his abilities for when we confront him," Deidara said before laughing. "To think Doto hired us because he heard of a demon slayer protecting Yukie Fujikaze, and was afraid his men would fail in retrieving her."
Doto hearing about a demon slayer protecting Yukie, and after confirming from his spies how strong Revan apparently was. Hired the Akatsuki to kidnap Yukie as he knew his men weren't capable of handling Revan on their own. Pain, when he heard about their latest mission, ordered them to find out how strong Revan truly was.
While Pain no longer desired to have Revan in the Akatsuki due to the attention it would bring upon them. He wasn't going to let an opportunity pass where he could find out how strong Revan really was. As he could use the information gained about Revan to plan accordingly. In case Revan ever needs to be dealt with in the future.
"I must say it was nice of Doto to put his Snow shinobi under our command. It will make accomplishing our mission much easier," Deidara said gleefully.
"Doto must really want Yukie Fujikaze captured if he's willing to let us take control of his shinobi forces despite us being rogue shinobi," Sasori stated.
"As long as we get paid for delivering Yukie to him and test le Fey. I don't care what he wants the actress for," Deidara said callously.
"I agree," Sasori said knowing the actress was as good as dead when they hand her over to Doto.
"Now my man lets head for the Land of Snow, and plan our next ambush, where they will witness the power of true art" Deidara boasted.
"True art is everlasting," Sasori refuted.
"True art is an explosion," Deidara said adamantly.
xxxxx
'Whoever invented paperwork is a sadist,' Minato thought despairingly when he saw his paperwork mysteriously multiply somehow.
A knock on the door made Minato look up from his paperwork glad he got out of doing it, even if was for a few minutes. "Enter."
Naruko entered the room smiling upon seeing him, and he noticed the scar across her face was completely gone, meaning Jiraiya had completed his main objective.
"Hey, Dad I'm back," Naruko greeted happily.
"It's good to see you back home, and safely at that Naruko," Minato said smiling happy to see his daughter, and so proud at how she's turning out.
Only fourteen years old and she's already at mid Chunin level. He wished he could give her a promotion already, but when the early talks for the Grand Magic Tournament began, he knew it would be best for the village to show her off in the tournament. That's why he didn't allow her, and the other rookies to participate in any of the Chunin exams. Instead, they would compete in the Grand Magic Tournament in front of the other villages and magical schools, and bring prestige to the village.
"Where's Jiraiya Naruko? Has he gone to go a peep on the hot springs again?" Minato inquired exasperatedly. With the amount of complaints, Jiraiya gets from the kunoichi of the village. The only reason he's never been severely punished is because he's a Sannin making him too valuable to the village. As well as that he has a close relationship with the current Hokage, and the past Hokage to keep him out of any trouble.
"No Jiraiya said he needed to visit somewhere quickly before coming to see you. Because there were a few issues during the mission," Naruko replied.
"What sort of issues?" Minato asked not liking what he was hearing.
"I'll take it from here kiddo," Jiraiya said entering through the window.
"Why don't you head home Naruko. I'm sure your Mother would love to see you," Minato suggested though it was more like a command.
"Sure see you later Dad, and pervy sage," Naruko said while leaving the room.
"I get no respect from youngsters these days," Jiraiya grumbled making Minato smile in amusement.
"She's only telling the truth pervy sensei," Minato said smiling.
"Don't you start to," Jiraiya said before getting serious with Minato copying him.
"Naruko tells me there were a few issues during your mission," Minato said sternly acting like a true Hokage.
"We found Tsunade, but that's when things became difficult. Revan le Fey and a woman with him by the name of Scathach Lethra were with Tsunade," Jiraiya said.
"Continue," Minato said knowing that whenever Revan was involved things always become complicated for the Leaf.
"Things were all right for a while before I found out from Naruko that le Fey healed his eye he was once blind in somehow many years ago. Tsunade thinks it might have been possible due to having the healing powers of a Senju, and that must be pretty strong if he has awakened Wood Style. I must admit I let my emotions get the better of me during the mission," Jiraiya said regretfully.
"When I discovered le Fey could possibly heal Naruko as Tsunade had refused to do so and that he might be related to Tsunade I wanted him to come back to the village for a blood test. I thought having a living relative would help Tsunade recover from her depression. Things didn't work out as planned."
'I presumed so,' Minato thought sighing.
"Le Fey refused to come back to the village with me, saying he would be made a weapon of the village," Jiraiya said grimly.
Minato and Jiraiya knew that to be true as someone with Wood Style powerful enough to subdue a demon, couldn't be allowed to leave the village. And unlike Tenzo one of Orochimaru's test subjects, Revan might be able to have children. This meant they could have dozen of Wood Style users in a few decades, making the village the strongest in the world.
"I insisted on le Fey coming with me back to the village. This eventually resulted in a fight breaking out between us. I dealt with le Fey while Naruko, Tsunade and Shizune dealt with Scathach. Things didn't turn out that well. Le Fey was beating me in our fight, and that was without using Wood Style. Shizune was nearly killed by Scathach, and Tsunade seeing the blood of her student made her freeze in shock."
"I knew I stood no chance against le Fey unless I used sage mode, and even if I did take on le Fey that would leave Tsunade defenceless against Scathach. Therefore I tried summoning you with your kunai. However le Fey intervened before I could by sealing the kunai away," Jiraiya said reluctantly not wanting to admit he needed help.
"I can't feel a connection to the kunai I gave you. That must mean le Fey has destroyed the kunai I gave you. To prevent me from teleporting to his location," Minato said using his chakra to check his connection with Jiraiya's kunai and feeling nothing.
"I'm not surprised," Jiraiya nodded. "Anyway we hashed out a deal, or more like le Fey listed his demands, and I had no choice but to accept. We'll pretend this entire ordeal never happened between the two of us, and he won't tell the Ministry that the Leaf Village tried to abduct their hero."
"So I have no choice but to overlook an attack on my sensei and daughter," Minato said annoyed.
"Not unless you want the Leaf's reputation to become even worse than it currently is," Jiraiya stated.
"Fine, I'll ignore this incident as its best to not antagonise le Fey any more. Especially after the fiasco a couple of months ago," Minato said letting the incident go as he didn't want to make a bigger mess of things.
It was worrying to him that le Fey was strong enough to beat a Sannin in a fight even if both weren't using their strongest attacks. With le Fey being stronger than Jiraiya that limits the options he can take to deal with le Fey in the future. He hadn't decided upon anything concrete yet, as he was going to wait till the end of the Grand Magic Tournament to see what the state of Britain was like. To see if their alliance could be renewed, and where le Fey will fit into the negotiations.
He didn't want to assassinate le Fey as he possessed a powerful Bloodline limit, and it would be very difficult to pull off now with how strong he is. He'll have to wait until next year to see what steps need to be taken to renew the Leaf's alliance. It annoyed him, but for the moment there was nothing he could do against le Fey.
"And what about Tsunade did you manage to convince her to return to the village?" Minato asked. He had asked Jiraiya to convince Tsunade to return as it would help the Leaf look stronger if two of the Sannin were in the village, which was desperately needed with the village's current reputation.
Jiraiya grimaced. "It was after our fight with le Fey that I bought it up, and she did not take the offer very well. She blamed me for nearly getting Shizune killed due to my emotions getting the better of me, and told me in no certain terms would she ever return to the village."
Minato sighed rubbing his nose in exasperation. "Sensei you've been causing me a lot of trouble recently."
"I know," Jiraiya said ashamed. First, there was making Reaper an enemy of the village, and now because of his action le Fey possible hates the Leaf even more, and Tsunade wants nothing to do with the village.
"Did you manage to convince her to heal Naruko's face?" Minato asked wishing something had gone right during this mission.
"No she refused, and as soon as Shizune was healthy enough to travel she took off. Though I do have good news I managed to convince Naruko that Tsunade healed her face while she was sleeping. So she doesn't know about the Nine Tails chakra sealed inside of her that healed her face," Jiraiya revealed.
"That's good to hear," Minato said thankfully.
"Why haven't you told Naruko yet she has some of the Nine Tails chakra sealed away inside of her making her a pseudo-jinchuriki?" Jiraiya asked knowing Minato after sealing the Nine Tails into his daughter Natsumi. Went and sealed the Nine Tails chakra lingering in the air into Naruko, to make her stronger than a usual ninja.
"We've been over this sensei. I'll tell Naruko about her being a pseudo-jinchuriki after the Grand Magic Tournament since her focus needs to be on winning the tournament for the village. Once she's back in the village I'll tell Naruko everything, and you can start training her to fulfil her destiny as the child of prophecy who will bring peace to the world," Minato said knowing Naruko will complete her destiny no matter what.
"While we know Naruko's the child of prophecy due to her killing Voldemort. She still has a dangerous path ahead of her," Jiraiya cautioned.
"I'm aware sensei. The masked man who unleashed the Nine Tails on the village and killed Kushina is still out there and will need to be defeated one day. Though I have faith Naruko will succeed where I failed," Minato said with full confidence in Naruko.
"With the Akatsuki possibly having a connection to the masked man, since both of them are targeting tailed beasts, Naruko will need to get much stronger if she wants any hope of surviving what's to come, and defeating the masked man," Jiraiya said never thinking of Natsumi who needs the training being one of the Akatsuki's targets.
"I'm aware the Akatsuki will be targeting the jinchuriki in a few years, but with Naruko under Kakashi's guidance and later yours. She will be more than a match for them when they come for Natsumi," Minato said confidently.
"I hope your right Minato," Jiraiya said before getting a perverted smile on his face. "Anyway, I'm off to do some research," he said giggling before jumping out of the window.
'It's a good job you don't know what I really have planned sensei,' Minato thought.
He knew thanks to Itachi who had infiltrated the Akatsuki on his orders after slaughtering his clan that the masked man was Madara Uchiha. With his knowledge and powers, there was no one else it could possibly be. The reason he had never told anyone is that he didn't want to cause a panic and if he told anyone it might eventually get back to Madara. That is something he didn't want as he wanted Madara to think he was ignorant of his true identity, seeing how it gives him an advantage over him.
Natsumi will be used as bait to lure Madara out of the shadows, and then Naruko will engage Madara in a fight. After Naruko defeats Madara due to being the child of prophecy the Leaf will be able to lead the world into an era of peace. Since by that point, the other tailed beasts will have been captured by the Akatsuki and with the defeat of Madara by Naruko, they will fall under the Leaf's control. Meaning no one could oppose the Leaf, ensuring the peace they bring to the world will last for the rest of time.
'For the good of the village,' Minato thought knowing many people will be sacrificed to accomplish this dream, as only the Leaf deserves to lead the world into a new era.
xxxxx
Revan, Scathach, the Cloud shinobi and the director were in Yukie's room wanting to hear why those men attacked them earlier.
"Why did those men attack us Miss Fujikaze?" Yugito demanded as she was angry her students' lives were put in danger even if nothing happened to them.
Scathach and Revan were leaning again the wall looking regal despite their position, and were watching with keen eyes. They knew Yukie was a Princess and her uncle was trying to kill her, and so presumed the attackers were sent by her uncle to kill her. However, they would still like confirmation about their hypotheses.
Yukie was sitting on her bed with her usual apathetic look on her face when she wasn't acting and said. "My name isn't Yukie Fujikaze. It's a fake name I made up. My real name is Koyuki Kazahana, and I am the Princess of the Land of Snow."
Everyone apart from Revan and Scathach had shocked looks on their faces from this revelation.
"You're a real Princess," Karui said shocked with Omoi having dropped his lollipop in surprise.
"So uncool hiding that from us," Samui said regaining her aloof expression.
'Well things just got interesting,' Matatabi said with Yugito mentally agreeing with her.
"If you're the Princess of the Land of Snow then why is your Uncle trying to kill you?" Scathach asked surprising everyone with that piece information except Koyuki.
"My Father was the previous ruler of the Land of Snow and had a younger brother called Doto. My Father was loved by the people and was a fair and just ruler. He often told me about the season spring which didn't exist in the perpetual wintered Land of Snow, and how he would bring spring to the land one day."
"My Father as he was the first born was trained how to rule from a young age. Unlike what was expected of him my Uncle Doto was trained in the shinobi arts. This was planned by both my Father and Uncle, as this was part of their plan to make the Land of Snow as independent as possible. The plan was to have Doto in charge of the Land of Snows own Hidden Village. That way we wouldn't be forced to rely on other countries for help."
"The plan worked brilliantly, my father became Daimyo, and Doto became the leader of a small Hidden Village. Years later when Doto heard about my Fathers treasure he launched a coup. Using the shinobi under his command he killed the current government including my Father. Before my Father was murdered he gave me this," Koyuki said reaching into her kimono, and revealing a necklace that had a purple crystal attached to it.
"I presume that's why Doto sent those men after you. To retrieve this necklace," Revan said studying the crystal.
"That's correct. Doto wants this crystal to activate whatever treasure my Father was talking about, and to kill me to secure his control over the Land of Snow," Koyuki said angrily while thinking about her Fathers murderer.
'So witnessing the death of her Father and how many others, when she was a child, made her emotionally dead inside,' Revan thought finally having his question answered about her behaviour.
"How did you survive when Doto launched his coup?" Yugito asked as the coup was ten years ago making Koyuki a child at the time.
"I managed to escape during the chaos of the attack on the royal palace. Once I made it to the mainland I became an actress, and changed my name to hide from Doto," Koyuki said.
"Is your Fathers treasure some sort of weapon, as I can't think of any other reason for why Doto would want your necklace so desperately," Revan said disgusted Doto would kill his own brother for power.
"I don't know. My Father never told me what his treasure was," Koyuki said sadly.
"This changes things Princess Koyuki," Yugito said seriously. "We can't protect you against an entire Hidden Village if all their shinobi come after you."
"Hold on a minute, I hired you to protect my crew and that includes my actors. You're not thinking of breaking your contract, are you? Because if you do I will use my influence to cause considerable damage to the Cloud's reputation," the director said firmly.
"You're not bothered I lied about my real identity," Koyuki said shocked.
"Of course not, this makes things even better for me. A real life Princess and demon slayer acting in my film will make this the greatest movie in history," the director said ecstatically.
'He only cares about this film doesn't he?' everyone in the room thought.
"I see," Koyuki said not knowing what to say to that.
"What about you Lord le Fey will be you leaving or staying with us?" the director asked.
"I'm staying and so is Scathach," Revan stated as a small Hidden Village was no threat to him, and being part of this film crew has helped Scathach greatly. Therefore he's not going to risk her becoming depressed if they leave, and make him miss out from learning rune magic from her.
Yugito felt conflicted about this. On one hand, Revan leaving will make her feel more comfortable, while on the other hand him staying means they have more support when they inevitably face Doto and his men.
'I think it's for the best that Revan stays with us kitten, as you'll need all the assistance you can get with the amount of enemies you're going to face in the near future,' Matatabi said.
'I guess your right Matatabi,' Yugito said.
Matatabi smiled perversely. 'Just think kitten you two fighting side by side in the cold and during a climactic fight, you get trapped in a cave together. Needing to warm up you two shed your clothes to share some body heat. While your naked bodies are pushed together you feel what's between his legs, and this leads you to strok-'
'Shut up Matatabi,' Yugito said blushing mortified by what Matatabi was saying.
"With everyone staying we can continue with filming tomorrow then," the director announced joyfully drawing everyone's attention to him making none of them notice Yugito's blushing face.
"If you don't mind I'd like to take a nap now," Koyuki said wanting to be alone right now after revealing her history to everyone.
"That's no problem," Scathach said with everyone following her out of the room.
'Doto,' Koyuki thought not sure she would be able to face the man that killed her Father and caused her so many nightmares over the years.
Hours later when the moon was visible in the night's sky Revan was standing on the deck of the ship by himself, leaning on the rails when Koyuki emerged from below deck.
"Sorry I didn't see you there. I'll leave you to your thoughts," Koyuki said turning around getting ready to leave.
"You can join me if you want," Revan offered, pointing towards the space next to him.
"Sure why not," Koyuki said shrugging her shoulders while walking over towards Revan, and standing next to him.
Revan flicked his finger putting up a Silencing charm to stop a certain someone from listening in on their conversation and said. "It couldn't have been easy for you to tell us your history earlier."
"What does it matter, its long forgotten history," Koyuki said uncaringly turning to face Revan with him doing the same.
"That was your Father you were talking about," Revan said surprised she could be so apathetic about her Father's death.
"Shedding tears won't bring him back to life. So why bother shedding any for him," Koyuki said.
"There's nothing wrong about being upset about a loved one's death, it helps you grieve for them," Revan said as he cried for Stephanie and Sue.
"I don't see the point," Koyuki said.
"You really are dead inside aren't you?" Revan questioned having never met someone so emotionless except for ROOT shinobi.
"What do you know? You never watched as your Father was killed by his own power hungry brother, or that the place you called home and grew up in, burned around you as you ran for your life fearing you would be killed by your Uncle at any second," Koyuki snapped angrily as everything she had bottled up came to the surface, due to her knowing she would eventually have to confront Doto. While all she wanted to do was run away from him.
Revan didn't react to her anger and kept an indifferent look on his face. "While it's true I've never had to watch the place I called home burn down around me, or run away from a family remember trying to kill me. I have lost loved ones as well, and the only way you can move on from your pain is to accept their gone, and bring justice to their murderer."
Koyuki could tell Revan's sadness in his voice was genuine and asked. "Did you find peace when you brought your loved ones killers to justice?"
Revan smiled sadly. "It brought me satisfaction bringing them to justice, but it doesn't heal the pain you feel from their passing. You will always feel that pain for the rest of your days, however accepting what happened will lessen the pain, and it will eventually fade over time as you move on, and make new friends and loved ones."
"Who did you lose?" Koyuki asked softly or as softly as an apathetic woman could ask.
Revan was well aware of how famous he is in Britain, and with the Hogwarts students having knowledge of the fate of his sister. Knows It will only be a matter of time before the rest of the country eventually finds out about her as well. So he sees no harm in telling Koyuki about Stephanie.
"My sister was killed when we were children," Revan said bitterly.
"I'm sorry to hear that," Koyuki said and she truly meant it. The murder of children was disgusting.
"Thank you for your condolences," Revan said.
"Have you moved on from your sister's death after all this time?" Koyuki inquired wondering if she could do the same.
"I have yes," Revan said remembering his conversation with Stephanie's soul, and how it allowed him to move past what happened.
"I wish I could do the same," Koyuki said having not truly felt anything in a long time.
"You can only move forward when you confront your past. That's the only way you move pass what your Uncle did to you," Revan said.
"Perhaps," Koyuki said neutrally. "You know for a teenager you're a very wise person."
"My wisdom comes from experience," Revan said and the advice of Morgana. "And for a cold heartless Princess, you not as bad as you look."
Koyuki smiled a true smile this time. "Appearances can be deceiving Lord le Fey."
"So true," Revan said knowing that fact was certainly true.
"Thank you Lord le Fey," Koyuki said sincerely. "You've given me a lot to think about."
"I only gave you some advice. I didn't do much," Revan said as he really didn't do much in his opinion. He only gave her some advice that wasn't too personal for him. And if she survives Doto's upcoming attack she will become Daimyo, which means having her in his favour would be a very useful thing.
"I still appreciate what you shared with me though," Koyuki said.
"I'm glad I could help then," Revan said. "Anyway Princess Koyuki I'm heading to bed. I'll see you tomorrow for filming."
"Trying to mess with crew some more are you?" Koyuki asked knowing full well Revan and Scathach weren't sleeping together.
"I have no idea what you mean," Revan said dispelling the Silencing charm.
Koyuki snorted. "You might be able to fool most people but you can't fool me. I know you two aren't lovers. If you were lovers you would be much closer to each other, but you aren't. Your body language makes that clear. And after spending enough time around actors who try and sleep with the assistant stagehands, you pick up on these things."
"I never said we were, everyone just presumed so," Revan stated surprised by how observant Koyuki is.
"Sleeping in the same room doesn't exactly help with persuading everyone that you're not," Koyuki rebuked.
"I used magic to create another bed so Scathach and I wouldn't have to share the same bed. And Scathach was the one that wanted to mess with the crew. I just didn't stop her or help her. It's not my fault the crew misinterpreted our words," Revan said. Let the peasants think what they want. It's no concern of his if they misunderstand the situation.
"I never took Scathach for someone that likes to cause mischief," Koyuki admitted. "But don't worry your secret is safe with me."
"I'm sure Scathach will appreciate it," Revan said turning to leave. "Goodnight Princess Koyuki."
"You as well Lord le Fey," Koyuki said watching Revan head to his room before walking towards her own room.
Sitting up on the sails was Yugito who was guarding the ship in case any more Snow shinobi decide to attack.
'Seeing how Revan isn't lovers with Scathach you can now make your move now kitten, and ride him for all he's worth,' Matatabi said cheerfully.
'Shut up Matatabi, I'm not making a move on a man that's nearly a decade younger than me,' Yugito protested.
'That hasn't stopped you from noticing how handsome he is though has it,' Matatabi said slyly.
'I hate you so much,' Yugito said lowering her head in defeat knowing what Matatabi said was the truth.
'Sure you do kitten. Though I must say it was a good trick Scathach pulled on the crew by making everyone think Revan and her were sharing one bed,' Matatabi said laughing.
'Does she have no shame making people think she was sleeping with a teenager?' Yugito asked as she would be insulted if it was her in that position. Not knowing in Scathach's time there was nothing wrong with a younger man sleeping with an older woman. 'Is it possible what le Fey said about using magic to create a bed?'
'Yes, the magic used to create objects is called conjuration. The more advanced the object your creating is, the more complex and difficult the spell is. For Revan to create a bed and for it to last this long, he must be a very talented wizard,' Matatabi said.
'Le Fey is an S-class wizard so of course, he's talented, and how do you know so much about magic anyways?' Yugito questioned as she didn't think any of the tailed beasts had been beyond the Elemental Nations.
'I'm thousands of years old kitten I've seen plenty in my life. And my siblings and I travelled beyond the borders of the Elemental nations when we were younger. But we always eventually returned to the Elemental Nations as we considered it our home. It was during these journeys that we learnt much about the world and saw how power hungry humanity is,' Matatabi said and Yugito couldn't say anything to defend humanity, considering how her own village sealed Matatabi into her to create a powerful weapon.
'What do you think of Revan Matatabi?' Yugito asked wanting to change the current topic.
Something Matatabi noticed but she indulged Yugito by answering anyway. 'He seems polite but distant with strangers and is a very powerful warrior, and is clearly not fully human from what you've sensed.'
'So what Naga said about him is true then,' Yugito said surprised thinking Naga was just lying.
'Naga was a demon kitten you can't believe anything they say, but in this case, he was telling the truth. You've sensed Revan's magic. The S-class magical reserves he has, how his magic feels a bit dark and cold, no doubt from using the Dark Arts. But it was the feel of his magic that revealed he's not fully human. I know I've sensed his type of magic before, but I can't remember from where. Though I can't blame Revan for hiding the fact he has a magical creature as one of his parents. Half breeds have always been discriminated against,' Matatabi said.
Yugito at that moment felt a kindred spirit with Revan. Despite most of the Cloud Village seeing her and Killer Bee as guardians of the village and not as weapons, there was still some that saw them as demons and not people. There were times she wished she could pretend she wasn't a jinchuriki, so she could see why Revan would want to hide his heritage.
'You could use the fact that your kindred spirits to seduce him into your bed,' Matatabi said purring in perverse delight.
'Matatabi,' Yugito complained blushing.
'You take him back to your bed and you strip each other of your clothes, and when you're making love Samui and Karui enter the room, however, you don't stop your lovemaking. Instead, you invite them to join you in an orgy which causes you to have the best sex you've ever had,' Matatabi said seductively.
'I don't like women,' Yugito said stubbornly. Though she wasn't sure if she was horrified by the thought of getting caught having sex and it dissolving into an orgy with Revan and her students, or the fact she could feel herself getting wet at the thought of such a thing.
'Your body says differently kitten,' Matatabi said laughing at Yugito's predicament. She knew Yugito didn't like women, but the thought of getting caught having sex was what was turning her on. She couldn't help but find it funny her container was a secret exhibitionist.
Yugito panicked as she could smell her own arousal with her enhanced sense of smell. 'This isn't what it looks like Matatabi. I mean it.' Matatabi simply laughed at Yugito's horror long into the night.
xxxxx
Naruko exited her bathroom after having a nice clean shower and put on her pyjamas to get ready for bed. She couldn't wait to fall asleep as she knew what sort of dreams she would be having about Revan when she did so. It gave her a sick satisfaction that Revan would make love to her in her dreams instead of Natsumi. Even in her dreams, she enjoyed taking away the few things Natsumi had.
Naruko soon fell asleep with a cruel smile on her face thinking of the face Natsumi would make if she ever found out what sort of dreams she was having about her friend. When she started dreaming she didn't experience any pleasure like she expected. Instead, she felt really strange like she didn't have a complete body.
She saw she was inside a dusty old room that had a fire going on, in a fireplace that looked like it hadn't been used in a very long time. She realised she was sitting in a chair that was far larger than she was. Naruko didn't recognise the room in the slightest or the rat looking man standing not too far away from her. Another man appeared in her line of vision that had pale skin and had lines over his face making him look older than he was.
"My Lord the preparations for my mission are nearly completed," the man said respectfully kneeling before her. Why was he calling her a Lord?
"I helped my Lord," the rat man said stepping forward before trembling under the look she gave him.
Naruko's mouth opened without her permission and spoke in a high cold voice that certainly wasn't hers, and though she wouldn't admit terrified her a bit. "You helped out of cowardice Wormtail, not loyalty."
Wormtail took a few steps back in fear before trying to speak bravely while the other man watched in dark amusement. "I was the one that found you, your Lordship."
"Not out of devotion to me Wormtail like my faithful servant here, but because you knew you had nowhere else to go. If Minato ever found out you were still alive he would kill you. So you came looking for me. The only person that could offer you any sort of protection," she said coldly, and what was that part about her Dad killing the rat looking man.
"I found you,' Wormtail said in a sulky voice. "I was the one who found you. I brought you Bertha Jerkins, and told you about Revan le Fey."
"That is true. The information Bertha has given me about the Grand Magic Tournament will be put to good use, and what you have told me about le Fey and his actions has proven to me that his loyalties lie with the dark," she said confusing her, as what was this about Revan being loyal to the dark.
"Can we trust le Fey my Lord?" the pale man asked concerned.
"He will not betray me, Barty that I am certain of. After all, he has kept my continued survival a secret from everyone, and even sent Wormtail to look for me," she said confidently.
"That does not mean he is loyal to you my Lord," Barty stated.
She laughed amused at Barty's statement. "I am aware le Fey isn't loyal to me Barty. I spent a year at Hogwarts observing him and learnt le Fey does not trust or give his loyalty easily. At present le Fey sees me as a possible ally, and even if he doesn't join me in my conquest of Britain he will not stop me either. Given that he's sympathetic to my cause, and as long as he doesn't join the light, then I am fine with him staying out of my way."
Wormtail spoke up. "You could target le Fey's friends, my Lord, to get him to join you-"
"You fool," she said menacingly making Wormtail snivel in fear. "Doing such a thing will bring le Fey down upon our heads for threatening his friends. It would result in the destruction of us all."
"He is that powerful my Lord," Barty said surprised.
"At the age of twelve le Fey was already an S-class wizard. I have no doubt he is an SS-class wizard by now," she said her anger calming down.
"Truly my Lord," Barty stated astonished.
"Le Fey managed to keep his Wood Style hidden for years before being forced to reveal it to defeat Naga. I have no doubt he is still hiding his true strength, and plenty of other secrets," she said.
"Should I approach le Fey during my mission my Lord to check what he will do in the upcoming war?" Barty asked.
She was silent for a moment before speaking. "You may approach le Fey when you think the time is right. Learn what his intentions for the war to come are. And if you discover he's willing to help us take over Britain, you may speak on my behalf to arrange his support, and for the price that must be paid for it."
"I will not fail you, my Lord," Barty promised while Wormtail sulked at another getting her favour.
"I know you won't my faithful servant," she said enjoying how Wormtail looked unhappy at her words, while Barty looked proud at the faith she had in him.
A large snake then slithered into the room and wrapped itself around her chair. §There is a muggle standing right outside the door§
"Nagini has interesting news Wormtail," she said cruelly.
"Indeed my Lord," Wormtail said.
"Nagini tells me there is an old muggle standing outside the room listening to everything we've been saying," she said darkly amused. "Invite him inside Wormtail. Where are your manners?"
Barty smirked while Wormtail beckoned the old man into the room who looked very nervous but was trying to hide it.
"Turn me around Wormtail. I will face the muggle," she ordered noticing a white wand was in her hand.
Wormtail quickly moved her chair being careful to avoid Nagini as he did so. When she saw turned around she saw an old man that looked horrified upon seeing her. She then opened her mouth and said. "Avada Kedavra."
The flash of green light was the last thing she saw before she found herself awake in her bed dripping with sweat. Her lightning bolt scar was burning which is something it had never done before. What was that dream? Was it only a bad dream or was there something more to it.
As she tried to recall what she saw in her dream the more she seemed to forget. She knew she had been sitting in a chair and was being addressed as my Lord, and there were two other people in the room before the old man appeared. She couldn't even remember what happened to the old man.
She desperately tried to recall what she and the other men had been talking about, but all she could remember was some sort of mission, the Grand Magic Tournament and Revan. She got up out of bed and went to the bathroom to throw some water on her face to cool her down.
"What a weird dream," Naruko said to herself.
She then headed back to bed. While lying in bed she convinced herself it was a bad dream and there was nothing else to it, and that she should focus on thinking about Revan naked. However, a tiny part of her mind couldn't help but think there was more to that dream than it just being a bad dream. However, Naruko squashed such thoughts not wanting to think about anything serious at the moment.
"It was just a stupid dream," Naruko said trying to convince herself of her own lie.
xxxxx
By noon of the next day, the ship had reached the Land of Snow, and the crew had departed to travel to their next filming location. The crew were setting up the equipment to film a large action sequence, where Princess Gale would fight an evil Lord by the name of Gin who had his own army of samurai.
"This is so exciting," Scathach said to Revan going over a script she had been handed.
"Yes, our first ever acting roles. So I suggest you don't make a fool out of yourself out there for everyone to see," Revan said good-naturedly.
Scathach huffed. "I'll be fine. It's you I've got to worry about since you're not the most expressive person I've ever met."
"I've had to act polite to numerous politicians that I've met in the past, therefore I believe I can handle some light acting," Revan said defending himself.
"Well if you ever need some help you can always ask me for assistance," Scathach said boastfully.
"I'll keep that in mind," Revan said knowing he won't need any help.
"I'm so jealous of the fact that you two get to star in a Princess Gale film," Karui said approaching them with her team.
"You never know you could end up as an extra in one scene," Scathach suggested.
"That's not as good as having an actual role like you two. I can't believe you two are playing demon hunters," Karui said enviously.
"Revan and I are playing demon hunters that have been hired by Princess Gale to defeat the demons that Gin the evil Lord has summoned," Scathach revealed.
Omoi had a look of panic in his face. "What if they perform so well that the director replaces the Princess with them? This then results in the Princess blaming us and leads-"
"Shut up Omoi," Karui said slapping him on the side of the head. Revan and Scathach used to Omoi's eccentrics just ignored him.
"Good luck with your role you two, even if I'm sure you won't need it," Samui said.
"Thank for the support, and hopefully you're right about us not needing it," Revan said graciously.
Revan and Scathach then left to get ready for their scene. Before they could start acting they had to put on their film costumes that were comprised of badass looking black armour for Revan, and a cool looking cape for Scathach that was attached to her normal outfit. Revan couldn't help but feel a bit excited for his first acting role, as he had never done anything like this before.
Ten minutes later Revan and Scathach were standing not too far away from Koyuki who was wearing her Princess Gale costume and holding a prop sword.
"I will not allow you to rule this country under your tyrannical thumb any longer Gin," Koyuki said passionately. If you didn't know her real personality you would think her emotions were real.
"You are wrong Princess it is you who will be defeated here today," Gin said drawing his sword. "Now charge my forces-"
The actor was cut off when loud shouts were heard coming from a nearby mountain. Rushing down the mountain was an army of six hundred Snow shinobi.
'There clearly not that disciplined if they gave away their position,' Revan thought having sensed them arrive but was willing to wait for them to make the first move.
"Doto he's come for me," Koyuki said fearfully not ready to face him after all this time.
"There's too many for us to face," Yugito said knowing she stood no chance against six hundred shinobi.
"What do we do sensei?" Samui said drawing her weapon while her teammates did the same.
"You will stay here, and deal with any stragglers that get past us," Revan ordered shedding his costume so he was only wearing black trousers and a top, while Scathach removed her cape.
"You can't mean to take on the entire army by yourself do you?" Koyuki asked disbelievingly.
"Princess, these pitiful shinobi are no match for us. So stay here with the Cloud shinobi who will protect you, while we deal with the upstart commoners," Scathach said summoning her spear from her trailer to her hand.
"Come on Scathach, let's go and deal with these peasants," Revan said coldly before vanishing in a burst of speed alongside Scathach.
"They're insane," Koyuki said shocked looking at the spot they had just vanished from.
"Most likely, but they have the best chance of dealing with the army by themselves," Yugito said not liking relying on someone else to protect her and her team.
"Make sure you record all of this," the director commanded the film crews.
'They'll be fine kitten you've felt how strong Revan is, and don't forget he still has Wood Style to use,' Matatabi said reassuringly not wanting her container to panic about facing such a large number of shinobi with only her team to support her.
"I'll handle four hundred of the Snow ninjas while you can handle the remaining two hundred," Scathach said running next to Revan and letting a bit of bloodlust enter her tone.
"I believe you'll find Scathach that I will be the one to kill most of the Snow shinobi," Revan said good humouredly.
"If you're so confident about your skills care to make a bet about it," Scathach said seeing the opportunity to get what she's wanted ever since she's been set free.
"What are the terms?" Revan asked not liking the look on Scathach's face.
"Whoever kills the most Snow shinobi will be able to ask anything of the loser," Scathach answered smiling enthusiastically. "Do you accept the terms?"
"I accept," Revan responded not seeing any harm in a playful bet between them.
"Good because I can tell we're nearing the enemy," Scathach said getting serious.
Appearing on top of a small hill the two of them could see the approaching army running towards them. Not wasting any time Revan drew his wand, and swiftly spell chained thirty spells at the Snow shinobi. The spells wiped out at least seventy of the Snow shinobi as they were caught off guard, and some of the dark curses killed multiple people upon impact.
At the same time, Scathach engaged another portion of the army by launching herself at them and landing between the Snow ninjas. Too fast for the Snow shinobi to react in time Scathach stabbed multiple enemies with her spear. Before moving between them with the grace of a Queen while stabbing them, and delivering powerful kicks at the same time.
'Lightning Style: Lightning Dragon Jutsu,' Revan thought sending a massive lighting dragon at the Snow shinobi killing thirty of them. That was the problem for the Snow shinobi what with them being so close together, it was easier for Revan to kill so many of them with his jutsus and spells.
"You bastard," a shinobi said throwing a kunai at him.
Revan spun around easily catching the kunai and throwing it back at the shinobi piercing his chest. He then with a downward slash of his wand sent a stream of black fire at the Snow shinobi, who were burnt to ash upon contact with the flames.
Revan felt a genjutsu try and affect his senses, but due to how dense his chakra was the genjutsu didn't take hold of him. Seeing a woman out of the corner of his eye looking shocked meant she was the one that tried to cast a genjutsu on him and failed. Wanting to deal with her he appeared in front of her and punched her in the throat breaking her neck and killing her.
Hearing the sound of a sound sword strike coming from behind him he flipped over the sword, and when he was above the sword user he grabbed his neck and snapped it. The second he touched the ground he raised both arms and summoned forty snakes that launched themselves at the Snow shinobi, making them scream in surprise and panic.
Scathach hearing screams of panic ignored it and leaned backwards to dodge two kunai before throwing Gae Bolg at the person that threw them, piercing his chest and the five ninjas standing behind him. Not having the time to summon her spear back to her she had to jump out of the way of a nice tiger. Upon landing, she picked up two discard swords and ran threw her opponents mercilessly cutting them down where they stood.
Seeing two shinobi that were desperately trying to finish their hand signs in time before she reached them Scathach threw her swords at them which cut off their heads, and then summoned her spear back to her. While deflecting numerous attacks with her spear she couldn't help, but wish they would put up a better fight than this.
xxxxx
Yugito and her team watched as the army of Snow shinobi slowly got closer to their position, but were suffering heavy casualties for it. Thanks to the efforts of Revan and Scathach.
"How are they so strong?" Koyuki asked astonished.
"That is the power of an S-class warrior Princess," Yugito answered, and Revan hadn't even used Wood Style yet.
Samui was about to make a comment when screams were heard behind them. Thinking Snow shinobi had sneaked upon them they formed a defensive perimeter around the Princess. What they saw instead was large explosions that were destroying the set, and killing numerous crew members.
"Now this is art," a voice said getting their attention. Looking up they saw a man on a large bird clay throwing explosives everywhere.
"Don't get distracted Deidara," Sasori said walking down the set whilst his long metal tail cut down any crew members that crossed his path.
"Sasori and Deidara two S-class rogue shinobi. What are you doing here?" Yugito asked knowing this was really bad for her, and her students.
"We are here for the Princess Cloud ninjas, hand her over and you will be allowed to live," Sasori said his tail glinting dangerously in the light.
"There's no way we're giving you the Princess. If you want her you'll have to get through us first," Omoi said his sword drawn into a defensive position.
"A shame you're not good enough to add to my puppet collection," Sasori said before his tail launched forward with Omoi barely blocking in time with his sword.
Samui and Karui raced forward to help Omoi but were forced to jump back when Deidara threw explosive clay at them that exploded upon contact with the ground.
"Don't you dare hurt my students," Yugito hissed angrily before forming a hand sign and said. 'Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu.'
Yugito exhaled a fireball the size of a house at Deidara who moved his clay bird out of the way of the attack while throwing clay explosives at Yugito.
'Kitten your students can't handle an S-class shinobi by himself. He's going to need help if he wants to survive,' Matatabi said urgently.
'I know that, but I'm having my own troubles at the moment with Deidara here,' Yugito said running away from Deidara's clay dolls while throwing kunai at him.
Deidara smirked at her before suddenly changing direction, and flying towards her three students who were presently fighting Sasori.
"Move Sasori, my man," Deidara said reaching into a bag and having his hands prepare something special.
"As you wish," Sasori said bored with the children he was toying with.
Sasori brought his tail back that had easily managed to keep the three Cloud ninja on the defensive, and jumped backwards creating a massive distance between him and the Cloud ninja.
"He's retreating," Karui said unbelievingly.
"Experience my true art," Deidara said throwing a small dragon clay figure that after a puff of smoke appeared as large as a horse.
"Move," Karui said as she and her teammates tried to outrun the explosion they knew was coming.
Deidara formed a hand seal making the dragon explode a few inches of the ground causing a large explosion. Karui could feel the heat from the explosion behind her catching up with them, and knowing they wouldn't escape the explosion in time smiled sadly at her friends. She put as much power as possible into her legs and kicked both Samui and Omoi in their backs sending them flying forwards, and out of the blast radius.
'Forgive me sensei,' Karui thought as the explosion engulfed her entire body wishing she could have grown into a ninja her sensei would have been proud of.
"Karui," Samui screamed sorrowfully as she and Omoi watched as her body was disintegrated by the explosion.
"That bastard will pay, I swear it," Omoi vowed angrily before hearing a familiar sound, and spun covering Samui's body with his as a tail pierced his back.
The force of the attack sent Omoi and Samui flying through the wall of a trailer, and crashing onto the floor of the trailer.
"You okay Omoi?" Samui asked looking up at Omoi's face before seeing there was no life in his eyes. "No you can't be dead you idiot," she said desperately before looking at his back, and seeing his heart has been stabbed.
"Don't worry girl you'll soon join your friends in hell," Deidara said throwing a handful full of explosives at the trailer making Samui quickly move so she didn't die.
Moving as fast as possible Samui slashed a wall of the trailer with her sword, and jumped through it at the same time the trailer exploded. The explosion burnt her back, and some debris from the explosion knocked her out while landing on top of her. Making it look like she was destroyed in the explosion.
Yugito arrived at that exact moment to see Samui being killed by an explosion, and not seeing any sign of her other students came to the horrifying realisation that they had been killed.
"Noooooooooo," Yugito screamed in pain and anger as blue chakra engulfed her body, causing her to transform into a large two tailed cat that was completely engulfed in blue flames.
"RAAAAAAAA," Yugito screamed loud enough that people could hear her miles away.
"Leader will be pleased we've found the jinchuriki of the two tailed beast," Deidara said lowering his clay bird so he was next to Sasori.
"Yes he will, and it's clear the woman has no control over her tailed beast by the way she's growling at us. Deidara capture the Princess before she runs too far away and we lose her, and then return to help me capture the jinchuriki. We never expected to start hunting the tailed beasts so soon, however that doesn't mean we're not going to overlook one that's appear right in front of us," Sasori said watching the jinchuriki for any sudden movements.
"I'll get straight on that my man," Deidara said before flying away which caused Yugito to chase after him.
"You're not going anywhere jinchuriki," Sasori said raising his left arm and shooting senbon from it gaining the attention of Yugito who instead chased after him.
xxxxx
"I believe that's half of the army destroyed by now," Revan announced using telekinesis to snap two Snow shinobi necks without even giving them a second thought.
"I can't believe how weak they are," Scathach said stabbing a Snow shinobi in the neck who had tried attacking her from behind.
"They're not weak, you're just ridiculous powerful," Revan said cutting down numerous shinobi with his dark curses.
"If they don't like being weak then they should do something about it," Scathach said dismissively with a bloodthirsty smile as she stabbed five shinobi through the heart within seconds of each other.
"RAAAAAAAA," a voice shouted gaining the attention of Revan and Scathach.
Revan while sending a group of shinobi flying with his telekinesis saw at the film set a large two tailed cat that was covered in flames. The way she was acting and chasing after someone made it clear to Revan Yugito wasn't in control of her actions. Presuming something terrible had happened to make Yugito lose control of her tailed beast. Revan decided he needed to get back to the film set and deal with her before things get out of control.
"Scathach I need you to deal with the rest of the army while I handle the tailed beast. Something terrible must have happened to Yugito to make her lose control like this," Revan said with a hint of urgency to his tone.
"Go and deal with Yugito Revan. I can easily take care of the remaining ninja's myself," Scathach said her bloodthirsty smile getting even worse as she looked forward to killing all these ninjas by herself.
Revan not wasting any time with words knowing they weren't needed flew as fast as possible towards Yugito leaving a crater where he had previously stood. When he arrived at the film set a few seconds later he saw Yugito chasing a man wearing an Akatsuki cloak.
Revan not sensing Karui and Omoi anywhere and barely feeling Samui alive under some debris, came to the realisation the Akatsuki must have come after Yugito for her tailed beast. And during their fight, Karui and Omoi must have been killed, and Samui gravely injured. This must have angered Yugito enough to cause her to transform into her tailed beat state.
He was startled to realise he didn't feel anything at Karui's and Omoi's passing even though he had talked to them for the past few days. He presumed being part demon meant he was even more indifferent to the fate of strangers than he was before. Despite knowing how apathetic he was to the deaths of strangers he didn't care.
He still loved and cared deeply for his friends and family so he's not really seeing any negative drawbacks to being even more apathetic to strangers. It did make him wonder as he felt sympathy for Scathach when she told him her story. Would he still have felt sympathy for her now, as he seems to becoming more indifferent over time? Or is it he just doesn't feel anything when a complete stranger dies.
He feels the answer is he just doesn't care about a stranger's death, even one he had spoken to for a few days. Seeing how he still felt disgusted at Doto for killing his brother for power, though he didn't really care about Doto actions as it didn't affect him in the least. That makes sense to him. He can still feel sympathy for people and disgust, but he doesn't really care as their strangers to him, and their actions don't affect him.
So he doesn't care for the fate of strangers. It sounds horrible but it's the truth, and it's not like he cared for peasants that much anyway when he was human. That explains why he feels nothing seeing the remains of the crew members as they were complete strangers to him. While a normal person or even a hardened shinobi would feel something seeing so many people blown up. He doesn't, and he's fine with that.
That doesn't mean he agrees with the death of so many innocents though, he just doesn't feel anything seeing their dead bodies. The Akatsuki will pay for killing these people, and more importantly killing that Akatsuki member, will mean there's one less person to go after Natsumi.
Seeing the Akatsuki member running away while shooting senbon at Yugito with her following him while shooting fire from her mouth, he decided this was the perfect time to intervene. He flew as fast as possible to appear above the Akatsuki and sent a dozen dark curses at him. The Akatsuki member proving he was an S-class shinobi moved to the side and swatted aside any curse he didn't dodge in time with his tail. The tail only sustained a bit of damage from his spells proving it wasn't made out of any normal metal.
"You must be Revan le Fey," Sasori stated keeping an eye of both Revan and Yugito at the same time.
"Sasori of the Red Sand, I take it you had something to do with the army of Snow ninja's attacking us. Given that it left you the perfect opportunity to attack the Cloud ninja's for whatever reason, the moment my partner and I were gone," Revan said not revealing he knew anything about the Akatsuki or their goals, as he wanted them ignorant about how much he knew about them.
Yugito shot fire at the both of them, but they easily evaded the attack while never taking their eyes off each other.
"That's correct," Sasori said making note how intelligent Revan is. "Doto hired me to kidnap the Princess, and gave me control of his ninja forces to accomplish the mission by any means necessary."
"So you sent them to their death just to distract me," Revan said not caring hundreds died for a mere distraction just that he fell for it.
"Their shinobi they know the risk," Sasori said unbothered by his actions.
Revan sensing someone above him leapt to the side while creating a magical shield above his head that protected him from an explosion.
"GRRRRRR," Yugito growled upon seeing Deidara land next to Sasori.
"Sasori I've got the Princess, and I see you've run into some trouble," Deidara said eyeing Revan while Koyuki lay unconscious on his clay bird under a sleeping genjutsu.
"The army didn't distract le Fey for as long as we had hoped," Sasori said jumping onto the clay bird.
"Deidra the Mad Bomber I never expected to see you working with Sasori," Revan said.
"Life is full of surprises," Deidra said smugly.
Yugito not liking being ignored opened her mouth wide open, and started gathering chakra into a small ball that started growing larger with every second that passed. Revan and Akatsuki noticed this, and at the same time started to move away from Yugito.
"It's time to go, my man," Deidra stated having his clay bird fly into the air. "I would deal with the tailed beast first if I were you le Fey. As I can see it's currently targeting your friend fighting the Snow ninja's," he said tauntingly before flying away.
Valuing the life of Scathach over Koyuki Revan let them go, but not wanting them to get away he created a Wood Clone to follow them from a safe distance. Yugito had nearly created a tailed beast ball by now, and not wanting Scathach to possibly be killed by it went through some hand signs and said. "Wood Style: Wood Golem Jutsu."
A large golem was created with a wooden dragon wrapped around it shoulders, and with Revan standing on top of its head.
"This will be an interesting fight," Revan commented getting ready to fight a fully formed tailed beast for the first time in his life.
End Chapter
I introduced Deidara and Sasori in this chapter as I want Revan to meet most of the Akatsuki members before they become a major threat later in this story. So there's a more personal connection between them when Revan faces them later on.
Naruko due to being The Girl Who Lived has part of Voldemort's soul in her scar which is why she can see into his mind. Unlike the film and chapter, it takes place from Voldemort's point of view as Harry should have seen it from Voldemort's eyes, not the old muggles. So I decided that's how I wanted Naruko to experience her first glimpse into Voldemort's mind.
I killed Karui and Omoi off because with how powerful S-class warriors are in my story there's no way a group of Chunin were going to survive against Sasori. Hence someone needed to die to make it realistic, and I decided them.