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"Liches"
Rania went into battle mode. Scarlett was wrapping Trent's shoulder wound with bandages from the first aid kit that was available. Nathan looked at his commander.
"Where and how many?" Rania asked. Trent looked at her.
"Its safe to say that they are after the nins. They were marching towards the south wall when we encountered them. Beha and Truia are holding them off. I tried to but one of them got in a lucky strike. So, Beha told me to get you." Trent, pain lacing his voice. Rania jumped into high gear.
"Scarlett, stay with Trent. Nathan, with me." Rania said. Nathan nodded. Scarlett nodded as well. Rania and Nathan wrre down the stairs and out the door into a minute. Rania was running full tilt as Nathan ran behind her. Rania felt another presence nearing them at a fast pace. She continued to run as the person caught up easily.
"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked from his position beside her. Rania didn't spare him a glance but answered him.
"Liches at the southern wall. I believe that your comrades are the targets." Rania replied. Kakashi's visible eye narrowed. Damn, they won't know how to fight those things, Kakashi thought as they neared the gate. Outside the gate were the two women. One looked as though she was one of the fabled Amazonian women, tall and sinewy. The other was shorter but just as built. Tge undead liches were coming at them into droves. Rania quickly gave others.
"Kill them before they reach the gate." Rania said pulling her sword. Kakashi summoned two shadow clones to aid him. Nathan turned his whole body into iron and began crushing the liches. Rania was swiftly chopping them up. Damn, where are they coming from? I can last out but the others can't. Rania thought. Just as one was going to skewer Kakashi in the leg, a large fist crushed the five behind them. Kakashi didn't look to see if it was friend or foe who killed them. Until he felt someone was back to back with him. Kakashi glanced over his shoulder and smiled.
"Hello Asuma, heard the noise?" Kakashi asked taking out another lich. Asuma grunted.
"Had the team out training when Ino got a weird feeling. Decided to see what it was. Where did all these liches come from?" Asuma asked. Choji was stomping or smashing them, Ino was trying to keep them away from the gate. She knew these things were evil. Ino looked as one had Shikamaru in a death grip. Ino rushed to help him. What do I do to kill these monsters? Ino thought. Ino felt a tickle in her head. Before she could react, a voice entered her head. I am not going to hurt you. Aim for liches neck. It will not kill him but it will make him let go of your friend. Try removing the heads or slicing the spine. I will introduce myself later. Ino heard. Quickly, she sliced the liches neck. It let go of Shikamaru, who immediately removed its head.
"Thanks." Shikamaru wheezed out. Ino nodded. More were coming. Rania was surrounded by them. As she ducked one punch, she heard a very familiar voice.
"Get Down!" Rania shouted. The group did just that as a wave of pink fire torched the liches, killing some. Scarlett had joined the party. She had called out to Rania at the last minute. Soon, the liches were attacking again. The liches were cackling until they were all trapped in mud. Rania looked to see two very pissed off sannin and clan heads. Jirayia had used his mud swamp justu to stop them in their tracks. Choza, growing as big as Gamabuta, smashed them all to pieces. Rania, seeing the generator that brought them forth, pointed it out to Scarlett, who burned it to ashes. Tsunade, anger on her face, approached Rania. Rania sheathed her sword and met Tsunade halfway. Tsunade face showed signs of anger and worry. Rania smiled.
"Hello Tsunade, good thing you guys came in time. That generator would've taken hours to find. Are the others ok?" Rania asked. Tsunade shook her head.
"You could be injured too. Shikamaru has some broken ribs that unfortunately will have to heal on their own, Choji is tired, Asuma got a few cuts, Kakashi shouldn't be out of bed, and Ino is fine. How about you?" Tsunade asked. Rania felt some bruises coming on but nothing some salve and a hot bath couldn't fix.
"Bruises, nothing more. I think these things wanted us alive. I guess the bounty's gone up. Was 900 million last I checked." Rania said to Tsunade. Tsunade looked at her with determined eyes.
"When I check over the others, I will check you over as well. I am the medic here unless Dimtuis is going to check you." Tsunade said. Rania sighed.
"You win. Last time Doc checked me over, he put me in bed rest for two weeks. Over a stab wound." Rania said. Another voice broke into the conversation.
"You were stabbed in the side, bleeding heavily, and barely awake when I examined you for the wound, Rania, you tried to get up and fight. Rest is what you needed." said a man from behind them. Rania turned to face Dimtuis Serbus, "Doc" to all of Velos. He was Tsunade's height but very slender with slender hands. Said hands could save or take a life. His pale blonde hair was in a braid halfway down his back. His lightly tanned skin and light blue eyes were a unique yet handsome look. Rania shook her head.
"No stab wounds this time, Doc. Bruises and soreness. Check the others." Rania said. The man sighed.
"Rania, you know that..."
"I have to get checked. Tsunade will do it. I am not badly injured. I can walk on my own. The others sustained wounds that are in need of help. Did you check in Trent?" She asked. Doc nodded.
"He didn't put up a fight. I cleaned and bandaged his wound. He appeared to be staring off into space." Doc said walkung towards Beha, who was limping. Rania frowned. That moron. Ino approached them quietly.
"Lasy Tsunade, Lady Rania, would think I'm crazy if I told you I heard a voice in my head helping me?" Ino asked. Rania smiled.
"No, that would be Trent. Would you like to meet him?" Rania asked. Ino nodded. Rania led Ino away from the gate with Tsunade following. Once at the Hall, Rania took them up a flught of stairs into the Consul's guard meeting tmroom. Trent sat there, shirtless, holding his head. Rania looked around for someibe else and seen a lit pipe smoking in the corner. Gaken quirked an eyebrow but said nothing.
"Trent Balboth, meet Ino Yamanka." Rania saud. Trent looked at the girl smiling.
"Its nice to meet you, Ino. Sorry if I scared you but most telepaths can commune with omothers the way I communed with you. Didn't know Konoha had a telepath." Trent said softly. Ino stared.
"I'm not a telepath. I can't read minds." Ino said. Trent smiled.
"You can. You just don't know it yet. How do you think you knew to bring help? Liches are scared of telepaths. You have telepathic abilities. Your clan is a clan of mind walkers. Your ability could've manifested without your knowledge. However, without proper training, your abilities could be as lethal to your friends as your enemies. Abilities in ninja clans can evolve into stronger abilities." Trent said to Ino. Ino looked stunned.
"I could read minds and control people. How do I learn to do this? I don't want to kill my friends." Ino asked Trent. Trent smiled.
"Tomorrow, I will show you the basics. Like any mind walker, you know that you have to be careful of these abilities." Trent said. Rania interupted.
"If you think that you are going to do the physical training, you are sorely mistaken. I know what happens when you use your telepathy when you have lost blood. You will be confined to rest, bed rest or sitiing in a chair, until Doc or Tsunade deems you fit to start physical training. And don't say I can't enforce it, your wife and sister will. Sir Albus will too when he returns this evening." Rania said. Ino looked at her.
"The basics are simple rules that I can easily teach from a desk. I know my limits." Trent retorted. Rania smiled.
"I reckon so. The last time, we barely got you here before you passed out. You were in a coma for two weeks because you used your ability while injured." Rania replied. Trent scoffed. Tsunade stepped in.
"You need to rest. Ino, you need to talk to your parents. The good thing though is while you were arguing, I checked you over, Rania. Bruises are all you got so I'll let you tend to those. Ino, lets go tell your father. I'll return shortly." Tsunade said, exiting the room. Rania looked at Trent.
" How strong if a telepath is she, Trent?" Rania asked, helping Trent to his feet. Trent looked at Rania seriously.
"If she us properly trained, she would be as strong as me now." Trent said. Rania looked outward. So Danzo intended to keep the Konoha 12 rookies as ROOT nins. This is interesting. Danzo must've have known somehow. All this didn't start until after the Uchiha massacre. Wait a minute, could he have caused the massacre to steal their eyes? Of course. The only way to look into the mind is witg the Uchiha eyes! Damn! I have got to talk to Galen. If Danzo did so, then he is the true power behind Konoha not the Hokage. Then could he have found a way to control even the Sannin Orochimaru? Orochimaru didn't start those experiments until after a meeting with Danzo. Is it possible that there is a mind control over the snake sannin? I must see if this so and if it is find a way to counter it. If so, what's to stop him from taking over the Elemental Nations then the world. Rania thought, walking with Trent till they met up with Jana. Jana took Trent from Rania's grasp.
"Oh, Trent, you need to be in bed. Come along." Jana said, nodding to Rania. Rania retirned her nod and headed towards the Consul's office with a heavy mind. She heard footsteps behind her and turned to see her brother Danok running towards her.
"Are you alright? I am sorry I was at the port recieving Sir Intergra. Once I heard what happened I came here. You are not injured?" Danok said. Rania shook her head.
"Bruises. Trent took a hit to the shoulder but other than that the wounds were minor." Rania said. Danok, knowing Rania, ran his hands over her arms. Rania sighed. Danok tended to overprotective of her as she was his sister by blood only. Danok finally let go when his power told him she had a couple of bruises. Rania smiled softly.
"I'm alright, see? We need to speak to Galen. I think I know why Danzo started this tirade. I think he started it years ago." She said. Danok looked at her questioningly. Rania opened the door to reveal Galen waiting behind the desk.
"Galen, I think Danzo has been pulling the strings from behind the scenes for decades. I think it only acclerated with the Uchiha massacre. I think Danzo has been controlling Orochimaru since that night. I think Danzo is someone we all know." Rania said. Galen looked at the two fighters.
"Who? We have many enemies alive and dead." Galen replied softly. Rania looked at Galen with a look that bordered on hatred.
"Danzo is or is working with...Moran."