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Velos-early afternoon

Rania and Tsunade walked towards the ninja compound. Tsunade had just finished up with Headmistress Savati. Rania was strangely quiet.

"Are you staying? In Velos?" Rania asked Tsunade. Tsunade sighed.

"The clan heads are all for staying here but I just wanted to give them time to understand their choice. Most of them lost everything but kept their families and pride intact. Hiashi is the one who surprised me. I figured he would gave stayed in Konoha." Tsunade said as they rounded a corner. Rania looked at Tsunade.

"Hiashi Hyuuga? You know he believes in family. You also know that the cold exterior he showed to the Hyuuga Clan Elders was just that. Besides, I don't think Hitomi's ghost would like that her daughters as test subjects." Rania said, turning a corner. She could see that they were still gathered around the Third.

"Amazing how one man could inspire so many. We were lucky that two of my spies were in Konoha went Orochimaru attacked." Rania said. Tsunade nodded.

She knew that Orochimaru had designs on Konoha. She feared that the Hidden Leaf Village was a thing of the past. Her grandfather's vision had been turned into a nightmare. She'd hated the village for so long, blamed them for the death of Nawaki and Dan. She'd been proven wrong by Naruto, who showed her the light. Tsunade sighed softly.

"You can't change the past, Tsunade. The will of fire lives within a person's heart and soul. Besides, you know yourself that Naruto could possess other abilities, like myself." Rania spoke softly. Tsunade's brown eyes met her blue red. Damn, she's right. Tsunade thought. Rania smiled as a young kuniochi came up to them.

"L-L-Lady Tsunade, the T-Third would like to speak to you." the kuniochi said. Tsunade smiled.

"But first, Rania Sangrue meet Hinata Hyuuga, Hiashi's eldest daughter." Tsunade said. Rania smiled as Hinata bowed. Hmm, shy just Hitomi.

"Pleasure to meet you, L-Lady Rania. Thank you for allowing our family and friends to live here." Hinata said. Rania returned her smile.

"We are always looking for new friends and allies. Velos is a city made up of many cultures, beliefs, and people. Jyst wait til the Season of Festivals begins next month. Parties every night in celebration of Christmas. There also many other celebrations during this time. Oh, I just thought about something. You ladies are going to need dresses for those occasions. Well, we'll attend to it after lunch. Care to join me, Hinata?" Rania asked. Hinata looked at the older woman uncertain. She's so confident, like Naruto. Maybe she can help me.

"Hinata?"

"Yes, Lady Rania. I would like to join you for lunch. I would like to ask you some questions while we eat." Hinata said. Rania looked ahead. The rest of the shinobi were heading to the ramen stand. Rania smiled.

"Hinata, do you like steak?"

Konoha

Orochimaru, we need this alliance with Mist. We can take them over later." Danzo said, eager for the secrets that the Mist nins held. Orochimaru cackled.

"Take the alliance, Danzo. The rebellion has won. The council has fallen and a Mei Terumi is now Kage. Take the alliance and destroy yourselves. I'll wait on my spy to report on my so-called teammates demise. They should return soon." Orichimaru hissed. Danzo grimaced. Mist nins would have been nice to turn into ROOT nins but that was out of the question now. The large door opened wide.

"Lord Orochimaru, a visitor for you and Danzo. Shall I send them in?" a sound nin replied.

"Yesssss. Ssend your visitor in. Kukuku." Orochimaru hissed. Then nin disappeared and reappeared with a cloaked figure. Danzo activated his stolen eye but seen nothing wrong with the visitor.

"Orochimaru of Konoha? I've been asked to speak to you regardimg the matter of a mass exodus of nins of high rank. I assume you are the Hokage?"

"Yesss, I have my rightful place." Orochimaru smiling. The cloaked man nodded.

"My master wishes that you cease and desist all efforts to go south. Failure to due so will result in casulties on your part. My master also wishes to return this to you, a gift of sorts. Any further action taken against said shinobis will result in the same end. If you continue to assault thise who are protected by another nation, actions will be taken." The cloaked man said. Orochimaru hissed.

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? KONOHA BOWS TO NO ONE! WE ARE THE ULTIMATE POWER!" Danzo roared. The cloaked man said nothing. He turned around and opened a small box. He threw six scrolls on the ground.

"What these contain is a warning to you all. My master sent me to insure the point got across. I am leaving now. After all, I still have duties to perform for my master. Good day." The cloaked figure said. Danzo reached to reveal his eye but the cloaked man poofed away. A clone? Danzo thought.

"Anbu! Open these scrolls." Danzo yelled. Six ROOT opened the scrolls. There, perfectly perserved, were the bodies of all his ROOT captains. Their eyes were missing, empty sockets stared ahead. Their hands had been broken and maimed beyond repair. Their bodies were covered with strange burns patterns and their lips stitched shut. Danzo stared in horror, Orochimaru in amazement. These were his best! Trained since birth to be killers! Who and how? Danzo opened his mouth to give the order to remove the bodies when one sat up. His mouth had not been sewed shut for a reason. He began to speak.

"You have treaspassed on soveign land of another nation. You like having the bloid of soldiers running on your hands. I have sent your best to you to send a lasting message. The walls that are stained white will run red with the blood of men who followed a fool. Their deaths will forever be remembered as the wall run RED! the corpse said, his body and the others expanding. Blood ran out of the bodies. The outside walls of the tower turned blood red. The nins and civiks screamed as blood appeared to run down the walls. ROOT tried to clean the walls but the blood wouldn't be removed. Danzo and Orochimaru looked at the bodies now devoid of blood. Orochimaru was going to experiment on them until they heard a voice laughing on the wind. The bodies were laughing.

"Body explosion." the corpse said. All six bodies exploded in a mass of guts. The once pristine office of the Hokage was now a blood red. Orochimaru's eyes narrowed in anger.

"FIND THEM ALL." He yelled as his clothing and Danzo's was blooded. Both had the same thing on their mind. Who possesses this kind of power and How do I control them.

Far away, on a ship, the cloaked man laughed. He loved it when people like that was brought down a peg or two. Hw couldn't believe it when he heard what happened. His master and himself wanted to teach tgem a lesson. People like that almost cost him his master. Until his master's distant relative stepped in and killed them. They then moved where they could be closer and judged less. Taking a watch from his pocket, the figure noted the time. 5 minutes til dinner. He was always on time after all he was one hell of a butler.