Dont own Naruto only ocs

Velos.

Rania and Danok were entering the Hall when Danok stiffened. Rania paused.

Danok turned towards the sea, on guard. A little shadow fluttered toward them. A little bird poofed out of the shadow. Danok allowed the little bird to land on him.

"Well, it appears i have a meeting elsewhere to attend, sister. I need to see what Mirna discovered. I will return as soon as I can." Danok said. Rania replied.

"Ok. I'll brief everyone as soon as they meet here. Any word from Sessoumaru?" Rania asked.

"He sent word that he had a ROOT operative questioned and should make it here today or tomorrow." Danok said as he called for his horse. Rania proceeded to enter the Consulate. A man dressed in a bland gray uniform greeted her.

"Lady Rania, the Consul wishes to see you as soon as possible. He sent me to relay the message." the man spoke. Rania nodded and turned to go towards the Consuls office. Once there, she entered without knocking knowing Galen expected her. The Consul was seated behind his desk, papers all about as he went though the Council's new bills to signed into law. Rania merely took a seat in front of him.

"One day, I am going to strangle that Lord Kicher. He proposes to outlaw women in postions of power again. Listen to his reason "due to the nature of a woman, putting one in a position of power is destructive and demeaning to manhood."

Galen read to Rania. Rania looked at Galen with a bored expression. Galen knew Rania would get her revenge. Rania spoke.

"Galen, I don't think you called me here for that. Whats happened?" Rania asked. Galen's green eyes met hers. His expression was somber.

"These attacks are not random. I think someone is testing us, getting our weaknesses lined up. The fact they are attacking the nins leads me to believe that they are waiting until the nins are settled and then will try to outmaneuver us in the political world first then it will be attacks of violence. I was hoping we could have a plan in place." Galen said.

"I been figuring on it. Jusa says that the teacher Iruka is ready to start however the older nins will have to get a crash course in fighting what we fight. The sannin will help. I am going to ask the Ino-Shika-Cho team to help. Trent has taken Ino Yamanaka under his tutelage to train her in her abilities. I am going to meet with them shortly to address this problem. As for the political side to this, I have already put a plan in motion to at least delay the fireworks." Rania replied. Galen looked at Rania with interest.

"I figured you would. Now lets see if we can hash out a plan to send a message to all the Nations. After all, cant have the Damiyos of the world thinking we are not willing to fight now do we?" Galen mused. Rania pulled her chair closer.

"This is my idea"

The Hidden Mist Village

Mei Terumi looked over her council. She was appointed Mizukage only two weeks ago. They were almost broke but luckily pulled the former leader accounts and that would supply them for a time. The Damiyo had pretty much told them that they were allowed to be there but he didnt really care how they made money. Mei had simply reported back to her people and many of them were ready to work as hard as possible to restore pride in their village. A quiet knock resounded on the door.

"Enter" Mei said. A secretary entered with a message. She handed it to Mei and waited for her response. Mei read the letter quickly. She looked up from the letter with a calm expression. The council waited quietly. She replied softly.

"There will be a group of people coming to our gates in the within the next week. THEY are not to be harmed. Asuka, spread the word throughout the ranks and the villages of this." Mei replied. The secretary nodded and left. Mei looked over her council. Quietly she spoke.

"As most of you know, Konohagakure has been placed under the leadership of Orochimaru. We are unable to contact them. The letter that I just received was from the Damiyo. A tournament is being held on an Island to the South of us. All villages are to compete. The ambassadors are coming here under the protection of the Damiyo and they will have the authority to defend themselves with deadly force if the need arises. I will insure that there are comfortable lodgings available. Dismissed. Ao, you stay." Mei said to her advisor. The council left out quietly. Mei turned to the window.

"My lady, where is this tournament located? The islands to the South do not belong to the Nations." Ao said. Mei sighed.

"Ao, the islands to the south belong to a group of kingdoms and villages that, while ruled by their rulers, answer to a land i thought a myth. All the nin villages have been invited. There are several money prizes. We need to at least win something. You will choose the nins. As for where," Mei said turning to Ao, "We are going to the Isle Naris of Malayki. They are the small island chain that belongs to the fabled White Light of the South, Velos." Mei said and Ao's mouth dropped.

Konoha

Orochimaru sat on his throne, more commonly known as the Hokage's chair. The Damiyo had sent word that visitors from another land were coming and that they had permission to use deadly force if necessary to defend themselves and their comrades against any threat. Orochimaru decided that these visitors were lackluster to say the least so he was going to allow them to come in the village. Danzo was against it but was overruled quickly as the Damiyo was aware of the visitors. Danxo decided that he could glean the visitors of any information when they arrived. Orochimaru looked up as a ROOT nin burst in. The Damiyo's messenger was behind him. A hush was on the room.

"My Lord Damiyo is going to be attending the meeting of Damiyo's at the time of the visitors visit. Please act like you are ninjas of Fire Country. I will take my leave now " the messenger said. Orochimaru waited until the messenger was gone with the samurai out of the village. A dark look took over his face.

"Soon, Danzo, we will have more power. The Damiyo is weak. We will take these visitors as test subjects." Orochimaru said. Danzo smiled.

Velos

Rania had finished her meeting with Galen and was headed to her office when a grey clad messenger stopped her.

"Lady Rania, there are some of the nins to see you. I had them wait in your office." the boy said.

"Thank you. I have been expecting them." Rania said. As she entered the hall that held her office as well as the smaller offices of the Consul's Guard, she heard voices coming from hers. Light conversation between friends. Rania entered her office to find the original Ino-Shika-Cho trio waiting in her small waiting room. Shikaku was leaning against the wall, appearing to be asleep. Inochi was talking softly with Chouza. Rania closed the door to alert them of her presence. Inochi and Chouza stood up and greeted her.

"Hello, Lady Rania, Lady Tsunade said you wished to meet with us?" Chouza boomed. Shikaku still remained motionless.

"Yes, I asked Tsunade to send you here because I have a plan for your trio. If you will go into my office proper and Shikaku stop pretending to sleep while listening to the conversation." Rania said heading into her office to sit behind her desk. Inochi and Chouza looked at Rania who had called Shikaku's bluff. Shikaku opened his eyes and pushed off the wall.

"Troublesome." He said following his teammates into the office area. They were stunned by how much Rania's office contained. A large desk was covered in paperwork, the shelves were loaded with scrolls, books, and supplies. There were a number of chairs to the side of the room. On the sidebar, was an ornate teaset that covered it. Rania motioned for them to be seated. Once seated, Rania began to speak.

"I know that your jobs in Konoha involved interrogation as well as defensive measures. I want you three to basically continue those jobs. However, there will be differences." Rania told the three friends. Chouza and Inochi were focused on her voice but it was Shikaku who spoke.

"You want us to rework your so called watch units. And to keep enemies out, correct?" Shikaku said. Rania nodded. Inochi then spoke up.

"Lady Rania--," Inochi said before Rania stopped him.

"Please drop the Lady title when in my office. It gets very old very fast." RaRania said, leaning back in her chair. Inochi began again.

"Rania, you wish for us to oversee the watchers of Velos? Doesn't Velos have a watch commander?" Inochi inquired. Rania leaned forward again.

"His time as commander is over. There have bern too many attacks that slipped through his watch. He spends more time on his ass than controlling his men. As a former Jonin commander, Shikaku understands what a slight wrinkle in a defense means. As Velos is home to the Alliance Council and the Consul of Velos, the watch is the first line of defense. If there are cracks in the defense, one enemy could get into Velos and cause trouble for all involved. Woth such members as yourself leading them, it will bolster the defenses." Rania said. Shikaku looked at the woman in front of him. There was something else too.

"You want us because of Inochi's mind ability, Chouza's ability to expand his body, and my ability to use my shadow to hold people in place because you dont just fight the natural but the supernatural, dont you, Bloody Hellion?" Shikaku stated. Chouza and Inochi looked amazed. Rania smirked.

"Exactly." Rania answered. Shikaku lookec at his friends.

"We have been in the presence of mone other than the Bloody Hellion herself-the bane of Iwa."