Your wrist locks with April's, glares intense with each other. Neither ready to break, April putting in all her strength to stand her ground. While you didn't have to extort much effort. A mistake on your part, April used this quickly drawing her fan from behind her back, drops down and comes up at you. Narrowly you dodge just in time, she did manage to cut just a few strands of your hair. Putting distance between you two, you kept your guard up and she comes at you with a round house kick. You manage to block it, grabbing her ankle, taking hold and throw her across the dojo, which normally would have worked. But, she saw your movement and used it against you. Dropping her body weight down, doing a hand stand and flings you over her, releasing your hold her. You nearly hit the wall if you didn't catch yourself in mid flight. Managing to keep yourself steady, surprised yourself at what she did. You where not expecting that at all. Another opening April took, throwing you off guard was always a weakness you had, as you relied on programming to fight more so than what you learned and logic.
A weakness April had a habit exploiting."Keep your eyes on me, May."she tells you, quickly she grabs your wrist and flips you over.
Though this time, you where ready, dropping your body weight to become heavy catching her off guard and grab her by the wrist flipping her over you instead. She hits the floor rather hard.
You shriek and race to her aid."Ah! Sister I did not mean to cause you harm!"your hand out ready to heal her.
Not aware she was playing possum until too late, she gets up rather quick and knees you in the stomach with a good amount of force. Taking you by surprise, using this she is able strike you a few times before pinning you down with your arms behind you, having her fan out next to you. You give knowing she won this match.
"I shall give sister."you tell her.
Hearing that she gets up off you, folding her fan back up and helps you to your feet."May, you've got to stop trying to heal me."
You fix yourself looking at her, she looks at you annoyed."I am sorry sister, it is just.."you look away."I do not like to see you hurt."
April sighs."I understand, but if this were to be a real fight, you would be taken out. Despite you having the strength. You can't worry only about me, I can handle myself just fine."
"I know you can sister!"you exclaim."It is just, seeing you hurt...I cannot bear it. You are my sister, I must protect you."
"I know." She places a hand on shoulder."But, you-"
"I am the miko, you are the kounichi. As the miko, I shall be your shield. I am well aware you can take care of yourself. But, I wish to never harm you, it does not seem right. Even with these trainings. You are my family, and as family it is not right to inflict harm upon another."
"..."April smirks to herself rolling her eyes. It was clear her sister was not going to be swayed. She knew well her sister would never harm her.
"Sister,"you take her hands in your own."You are very precious to me. And as someone precious, I must keep it safe. I will always be there for you."
Kabuto stares at the pieces on his board, he smiles at the one belonging to April."Well, this is not good. I better turn the tides."He chortles to himself."Let's have some fun, what was it...emotions confused with logic..."
You dodge the stream of fire supped from April's mouth, you counter firing a stream of your energy back at her. She dodges it, then rushes you with her blade thrusting it towards you. You manage to block her, locking your wrist with her's. She twist and does a surprised blazing round house kick in your shoulder, with enough force to send you back and leave your shoulder a bit injured. Crashing to the ground, holding your arm in pain. But kept it down, sensing her coming you quickly shield yourself from her strike. Moving yourself back, giving yourself distance. She quickly makes two clones, the two on her side come at you.
One of them inhales and unleashes a thick dark ash cloud from their mouth, hindering your sight. You look around for them, trying to sense her at the same time. Match your mind with hers, but with the extra clones it made it rather difficult. Again distracted and open, by the time you figured out the two clones came from either side to attack, you narrow dodge their flame bladed hand. Dropping down on a tree branch, you release it was poly. The real April came up from behind you, her blade she thrusts in you. Thinking quickly you unclip her fan, and manage to block it just in time. She was a bit taken, using this you grab her wrist, and knee her in the stomach sending her flying.
With this small window opening, you fill the fan with your energy as it begins to spin around rapidly, like a buzzsaw. Your eyes focus on her body, the whirling of the fan filled with your energy expanding to the size of a record and launch it. Coated in your energy it sliced through whatever was in its way. Wishing you didn't have to do this to her, but you knew this was not her. Or so you forced yourself to believe. Apologizing and mourning the death again you inflicted upon your sister. Asking for her forgiveness. Fighting her, went against everything you said to her. She was precious to you, and you wanted to protect her. You promised to be her shield, not her killer. Wretched with grief and guilt. You had to handle this your own, even though the others didn't want you too. You would be putting them in danger if they, they would have to worry about you and your emotional state. Telling you to stay back, knowing how you would not be able to handle this. Adding more of a burden on them, grateful for their concerns, you could not leave with yourself if they died because of you. Forcing yourself to put your emotions back, seeing Hinata almost get injured by April if you had not intercepted the attack.
Taking April to a further location away from them, hoping they went back with Hinata. The sun was beginning to set now, night would soon be upon. You hadn't been able to reach the other Divisions and there was not doubt on your mind because you could not reach them, the bodies and causalities count was high. The fight between you and April had yet to stop. You could keep it up as long as you needed, you rarely got tired, thanks to your physiology. But you had been zipping here and there, expelling your energy, healing others, putting up barriers, not to mention you the charms you put on everyone in the Alliance, which required a small portion of your energy to stay with them. Even so, there seem to be something else that felt like it was draining your energy. Just a bit not enough to where you could not fight. But you noticed it.
Panting just a bit, you needed to finish this fast. You knew the others had sent for the Sealing group, but you wanted to do it. There was another way to release your sister from this and yourself. Racing through your mind from all the spells you knew and made, back home and here. Recalling the information you learned about sealing here, though not very prominent in it, you managed to learn somethings to make it your own. You just had to get it right, no one else was going to seal April, only you.
Holding your hand on your burnt shoulder, you began to heal it. Feeling your legs about to drop, you keep yourself up still looking in the direction you sent your fan. Seeing the trail it left behind, you hadn't heard nor seen it hit its mark. Which it should have by now, that was strange. Something didn't seem right, there as no way she could have dodge it, not at the high speed it was going at. You fly towards the direction, keeping your guard up and senses. Both hands ready to shoot, you noticed just a few feet in front of you, your fan sliced half way through a tree trunk. You levitated it back to you. It was rather quite. Still. No sign of April, nor that you had actually gotten her. Than again she could just regenerate herself. Holding the fan, you look at it sadly. Your fingers trace the Hamato clan emblem in the center of it. Reminiscing about Master Splinter, April, everyone could easily bring tears to your eyes. Glad they couldn't come nor form. Folding the fan back up, you whip around unfolding it ready to attack.
Finding April standing there in all her reanimated self. There was something different about her, the way she stood, the way she looked at you. No longer empty and cold. There was life, a soul, personality in them. She stood there relieved and shocked to see you, tears began to well up in her eyes. Before you knew it, she throws her arms around you hugging you tightly. Crying like a river. The way she hugged you, making sure it was really you. You stood there frozen. In complete shock. Your body and mind didn't know how to respond. Feeling your emotions beginning to surface you suppress them, remembering this was not your sister and get ready to attack...
"May."she says your name."I've missed you..."her hug becomes tighter around you. You felt her body tremble with joy. She was starting to choke on her tears. You felt them seep through your clothes."Oh, God-You're alright, you're okay. I-was so worried, I-I couldn't-Oh my God."
You felt her place her hand on the back of your head, like she would always do. This was no doubt April, this was your sister now. How you longed to see her. To hug her again. Hear her voice once more. The desire to be with her again, to have a life with here her in this world. The idea and thought came flooding back in your mind. The two of you going on missions. You being her shield as you had promised her before. Protect her. Watch her. It didn't matter what village the two of you would settle in, well Konoha would just fine. You both would become the best here in this world. You would introduce her to everyone you knew, they would grow to adore her as you did. The two of you back together again. Spending nights watching the stars, waking up to watch the sunrise. Like the two of you would do back home, you would go into her room to wake her up, she would get apple cider ready and the two of you would watch the sunrise. Go to the roof to watch it. Even if you didn't have everyone here, you would have April. Your sister. Maybe, just maybe you could keep her like this. In this state and still do everything you thought.
Yeah.
You wouldn't mind her like this, things would be good. Great. Raising your arms up, you wrap them around her too. Burying your face in her, crying dry tears.
"S-s-sister. Sister!"you cry."Sister missed you! April!"
April smiles tearfully through her tears."M-May, I-I've missed you too. Are you okay? I've been looking everywhere for you."She releases you, stepping back to get a good look at you. Placing a hand on the side of your face. You grasp it tightly. Managing to smile, despite the emotional reunion."Y-You cut, you're hair."she sniffs.
You nod your head."Y-Yes I have."
"It...looks so good on you."she compliments."You look different too."More tears started to come. You saw the grief in her eyes mixing with her happiness on reuniting with you again. The turmoil of guilt behind her eyes."I am so sorry, I coul-"
You cut her off."NO! I am sorry...I am sorry sister. I-I could not protect you."You throw yourself on her."It was my fault. I should have...I should have set out to find you. Then I could have protected you better. Much better. You would have been safe. Then we both could have lived together here in this world. This world is wonderful sister, you would like it. I just so happy to, to see you again sister. I was so scared without you. I felt lost."
"I was scared too."April cries."I was scared, I would never see you again. I was scared something bad happen to you. When you left, my only thought was to find you, and bring you back home. I'm so sorry I took so long. If I made you wait."
"Remember...Remember sister, how you took me to the park. For the first time, and showed me flowers."you bring up. She nods her head."And, remember when you taught me how to swing. We never went down the slide, you said next time. Can we go back to the park, and go on the slide?"
"Yeah. Sure."she nods in agreement."Don't forget we still need to have our movie night."
"Yes. I remember."you smile."...Don't leave me. Sister. Please don't."
You rest your head on her, putting your guard down. A mistake you would regret. No second after you rested our head, and sensed the impending danger that dropped down behind you. Thrusting their flamed blade right through your shoulder blade, the blade exiting through the other side. You scream in pain, quickly you strike back, only to have someone else come and strike you from the front in other shoulder blade. With another one coming from behind ready to strike you.
"Tunneling Fang!"
"Eight Trigrams Air Palm Wall!"
A powerful wave of chakra with great force comes, blowing April and her clones back. Freeing you, followed by ferocious high speed rapid spin, tunneling straight into the clones, and hitting April. Sending her crashing into the tree, splitting her in two. Followed by thousands of incest covering her body. You fall down, landing on something soft and sturdy. Hearing a familiar bark, you find yourself hung over on Akumaru. The large dog looks at you barking and whining over your condition. He manages to lick you. While nuzzling your wounds.
A bit at a lost upon finding him here, you realized who was here."Everyone! Sister!"you quickly push yourself up off of Akumaru, only for it backfire. You stumble, to fall down. Akumaru manages to catch you. He hosts you up on him, growling and whining at you. Telling you to stay.
How could you be such a fool? Falling for that, that you sister was back. That was actually her, saying all those things. It was nothing but a trap, that nearly got you killed and now Hinata, Neji, Kiba and Shino along with some more reinforcements where engaging her in the fight, you had told them they did not need to be in. You would handle it, that was what you told them. You would take care of this, this was your problem not theirs. Ashamed and filled with guilt washed over you. The pain you felt from your wounds was nothing compared to what your heart was feeling. Shutting your eyes tight, regretting your stupid decision. Recalling April's words, about you needing to separate your emotions and logic. Just like in training you could never bring yourself to hurt her, you just couldn't do that. You never understood why you couldn't do it, until now. The fear. The thought of losing your sister frighten you. She was so important to you, she always was. Your feelings towards her never allowed you to harm her in any way. The thought was just absurd. To hurt her, would mean you did not love her. Pain, you never wanted to inflict that on your sister, you wanted to heal her and protect her. She was precious to you. Didn't she know that? Her words to you, to forsake all that, you just could not do. Even here now, you couldn't do it, even when you thought you could.
Now put the others at risk. This was a war, there was no need to feel this way. You had to think of others, not yourself. You had to be strong and brave. Emotions had to be thrown out, you had to be raw and more logic than anything, if you wanted people to survive. Now didn't seem to be the case, because of this poor choice you made, now cost and would cost others their lives. You promised to Naruto, he would have a place to come back too. You promised everyone they would, they would return back to their home. Promising to protect them, so they could. Conflicted with the promise you made your sister to protect her. Unsure which one to choose. What programming could help you decide this? Did you have one? Was this thought more logic or emotion? Which would Leo, Donnie, Raph, or Mikey choose? Master Splinter? Anyone? You couldn't have so many lives died because you could not decide what to do, nor could you break the promise you made to April. Was her life worth saving than those who needed more?
What to choose? What to do? Hearing the others behind you give it their all without any hesitation.
"Hey May, I think I know what your nindo is."Naruto tells you with a smile."To protect others."
You hear Naruto say, remembering what he told you. He told you after coming back from the funeral. He was the last one to leave, having brought you back to your room, the two of you where just talking and you expressed how important everyone had become to you and how much it meant to you. You would do anything to make sure of that, to which Naruto reminded when you and others came back from the Land of Waves and you had asked what was a nindo. As well you expressing you didn't' have one. To which Naruto told you, it would come to you. And it did, you just didn't realize it until he said it. He broke it down to you, how you would do things for others without a second thought, sympathized with them and would try to make them feel better. Throw yourself out there no matter the danger, put yourself through Hell, so they would not have to bear such burden. Take every single beating, turning yourself over. Cutting off all ties, you would do just about anything. The same with April. Everything you would do for April, trickled to everyone here. The devotion you put in to make the barriers and charms for the war. The charms you put on the others when they came to save you. Remembering when you had been held captive by Shredder and the others, you refused to break for the sake of the others. Endured everything you could for them. Just as you would for April.
Realizing the comparison, you come to your resolve. April would always be precious to you, no matter what, but, now you had others just as precious. Your new world, new home, friends who have become family. Those who love you and accepted you. They could not replace your sister nor the others back home, you had come to realize that, which was fine. This was something new, and you loved it. To loose them, would break your heart. Coming to terms, you push yourself back up ignoring Akumaru's barks. Holding your hand over shoulder blade you do your best to heal it, then move to your side where it was grazed and heal it just a bit. It would take longer due to the flames, which was fine. Clearing your mind, sit in seiza position. Bringing your hands up to your center, pressing them together as if you where praying.
Your energy begins to surround you rather lightly with a faint glow, you start to chant.
"Through the spirits, I call upon. From the winds I require your purity. From the earth I require your strength. Hear my pleas, bond the the soul twisted and corrupted, release their hold on this material realm and set them once again, free." Golden yellow markings began to spread across your body, winds slowly began to whip around you, Akumaru watches you stepping back.
Your energy began to take separate itself from your body, it shoots out and goes into the direction where the others where fighting. It began to take form, like a shooting star it shot across searching for its target, finding her. It separates into five pillars of light, and hits each arm, legs and lastly the forehead dead on. Chaining them down as they began to struggle. The energy starts to form into a female body that gently embraces the reanimated corpse of April O'Neil. To let her go and drives its hand straight through her chest, light starts to illuminate from inside expanding outward. Becoming brighter and brighter, Hinata and the others shield their eyes, unable to see the beautiful, harmonious reunite and departure of the sisters for the very last time. A rather large flash came and it was all over.
Back with you, you tearfully say your good-bye to April."Good-bye, April." Opening your eyes, you find Hinata, Kiba, Neji, Akumaru and Shino in front of you a look of relief came to them, which was quickly followed by a expression of their sympathy for you. You didn't try to hide the fact you wanted to cry, it was clear on your face. You drop your head to mourn your sister, Hinata brings you into a hug, Neji takes hold of your hand. Kiba and Shino silently mourn for you."Thank you."you break from Hinata, looking at her with a soft smile. Your eyes move around to everyone else."My sister was very precious to me, and she will always be. But, you, all of you now are the most precious to me, everyone here in this world."You squeeze Neji's hand.
You stand up with Hinata's help, you thank her. Night had come now, you look up at the sky seeing the stars dancing. Your eyes stay fixated upon the brightest one. It twinkles for you."..."You smile at peace now. There was no need to mourn your sister anymore, she was now free.