Saving The Inner Self
Chapter Two: It's Begun
Hinata gasped and Kyoji made to lunge at the spit of land but Neo stopped him.
"That wasn't fair!" shouted Naruto angrily. "You said when she was ready! And she wasn't ready!"
"All's fair in love and war boy." Nago said in his all too calm manner.
Just as he'd said the words, Aya threw herself at Nago elbowing him in the stomach and sending him flying towards the other end of their fighting arena.
"Too true." Aya mumbled as she continued running towards him with her kunai ready to strike.
"WHOO HOO!!! GO AYA!" Naruto shouted enthusiastically. "What?! She could use some encouragement." Naruto said pointedly when everyone stared at him.
"You're going to ruin her concentration." Neji said simply.
"Ya, ya, right, right." Naruto mumbled to himself.
They all watched as Aya's true technique began to show. All her hard work had paid off to improve her stealth and speed, her strength and intellect. It was showing through now. The others watched as Aya kicked, punched and tossed weapons at Nago. But, no matter how good Aya was, Nago always seemed to be one step ahead of her.
And Aya knew it. As she punched to his left, she anticipated that he would dodge to the right so she brought up her knee and hit him in the side. She smirked as Nago winced and fell onto one knee. Aya then back flipped away and landed cautiously with her legs spread and one hand on the ground.
"Well, you're right, you're improved, but so have I." Nago said menacingly. And with that being said, he lunged at her.
"TENSHI HANE!" Aya shouted making the seal for wings as she jumped and dodged his lunge. As she did, a pair of big bright wings exploded from her back and came out through the fabric. "Wind style! Fuyu Sempu Technique!" she shouted again and a cold, icy whirlwind started spinning in the middle of their tiny island.
"Tenshi Hane!" Nago shouted copying Aya. His wings were black.
"See? Even the advanced bloodline has rejected you Nago. Your wings have become black showing your true heart." Aya stated loftily.
"Don't speak so soon dear sister. Even though my wings are black, I am still more powerful. Darkness is power!" and he lunged at her again this time striking her down in a flurry of feathers.
As she fell backwards, Nago threw a kunai that hit her right in the stomach and she let out a cry of pain.
"Now, now sister dearest, you know I won't kill you, yet." He added chuckling.
Nago then kicked her in the stomach hitting the top of the kunai, wedging it in further. Nago pulled out his katana and as he was about to strike down on Aya, but she pulled the kunai out and, using her chakra, was able to extend it and send the katana flying. She then swung the katana-sized kunai at Nago again, hoping to slice his head off or something. But Nago gracefully dodged and grabbed his katana from the ground and forced it through Aya's stomach. Aya let out an agonized shout as Nago pulled the katana out. She then swung the kunai again and cut Nago across the chest.
"Well, you're right about will power Aya-chan. If I were you I would have given up by now." Nago pointed out as she tried to stand again letting the crimson liquid drip freely from the hole in her stomach and felt as the some of the blood matter a few of her feathers.
"This pain is nothing Nago. You know nothing of pain until you've lost everything. You've ruined my life once and I won't let you ruin it again. She said with her head down and her bangs covering her eyes. "Tomeku Style! Ketsueki Hane Kunai Masu Technique!" she shouted while throwing a blood stained feather at Nago, which quickly multiplied into thousands of feather daggers.
"Sister dear, you missed." Nago said jumping out of the smoke.
"Says you." Said a voice from behind him. Aya slammed her wings into his painfully and listened to him screech. She then flew around in front of him and punched him in the jaw and then used her ki to blast him into the shocking force field. As he pushed off the force field, flying at her quickly, she drew the over-sized kunai out of nowhere and slashed one of his wings.
"Bitch!" Nago shouted and elbowed her in the back of the head, knocking her unconscious.
As she fell lifelessly to the ground, the land started to wobble and the force field disappeared.
"No!" Koei shouted and lifted his arms into the air using his ki to pull the tiny cliff towards them. "Kyoji hurry!" he shouted as the land touched the cliff's edge.
Kyoji used a seal of some sort to connect the two pieces of land and made them stable. As soon as it was stable, Neo, Naruto, Kyoji and Koei ran onto it only to be angered at the sight of Nago picking up Aya and walking towards them.
"If you'll excuse me, I'll be taking this." He said only identifying his sister as 'this'.
"No, you are not excused. Give her back!" Kyoji shouted angrily.
"Since when is she yours? I'm her rightful family so she belongs to me." Nago said flatly.
"No, there are laws against abuse." Kakashi added.
"No one asked you old man!" Nago spat and smirked as Kakashi's veins started popping out.
"Old man?" Kakashi asked insanely. "I'll show you old man you little brat!!!" Kakashi shouted and tried to pull against Kurenai, Asuma and Gai.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Aya awoke and stabbed a normal kunai into the middle of Nago's chest. Unfortunately she was too weak to do any real damage. But as Nago stumbled backwards, he threw Aya onto the ground and vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Damn bastard." Aya breathed heavily.
"Aya! Are you alright?" Neo asked softly.
"Hmph." She grunted trying to pull herself up. When she finally got herself to stand, she took about 2 steps before falling over involuntarily. "Damn legs, damn earth, damn brother." She muttered trying to pull herself up again. When she failed to get up she rolled onto her back and looked directly at Koei's orange eyes and began to mumble. "The battle of the Tomeku's is here, all that are not of the clan beware. The planets destruction relies on one, run until the battle is done." She whispered softly. "It's begun." She said quietly before passing out.
"Grab her and bring her back to the hut." Koei commanded Neo and Kyoji. "If we don't get the blood to stop flowing, she'll die. Come Konoha ninja." He said addressing the others.
~***~
Aya had been laid down in her bed and re-dressed and bandaged by the girls, Kurenai, Sakura, Ino, Hinata and Tenten. After that, everybody sort of went about doing his or her own thing. The hut was actually more like a mansion because it had many rooms and was generally just a large amount of space.
"Please, stay with us ninja friends, choose your rooms, you may have to share. Stay with us and we can all train together and attain other strategies with each other." Koei offered generously.
"I would like to see your teaching techniques." Shino answered in his monotone voice.
The others gladly accepted and made to their stuff from outside, only to find it was already in the main hall. Gai and Kakashi shared a room and Asuma had his own because no one wanted to share a room with Asuma and his cigarette smoke. Kurenai shared a room with Hinata, Ino and Sakura shared a room, Choji and Shikamaru shared a room, Neji and Lee shared a room, Naruto and Kiba (and Akamaru) shared a room, and everyone else had their own rooms.
"Well, today, you may explore he hut and get to know where everything is. I advise that you don't go alone because this place is huge and it's easy to get lost. Tomorrow, Kurenai will train the girls, I will train the boys and Kakashi, Gai and Asuma may go scout the land if they wish. Clear?" Koei asked as he looked at everyone expectantly.
"Understood Master Koei." Was the monotonous reply. A few people though, said "Crystal."
Koei nodded and turned to go check on Aya,
"Oh and Master Koei?" asked Sakura.
"Yes?" he asked in slight confusion.
"What did Aya mean when she said that the battle of the Tomeku's is here?"
"I don't know..." he replied while trailing off distantly.
"Oh, ok." Sakura whispered while nodding her head.
"Any more questions?" Koei demanded.
"What is Aya's advanced bloodline?" came Sasuke's stone like voice.
"Her telepathy, telekinesis and her Angel Wings. Anything else?" He asked sounding irritated. Nobody said anything. "Alright then, dinner will be at 6:30 sharp and if you're not in the dining room by then, the doors to the kitchen and the dining room get locked. Understood?"
"Understood." Came the, once again, monotonous reply.
Koei nodded and left swiftly.
The others then split off into groups as was advised. Sakura, Hinata, Ino and Tenten headed out and found the lounge area and games rooms. Shino, Neji, Lee, Naruto and Kiba found several training rooms and fighting arenas. Shikamaru and Choji found washrooms and the library on their way to the kitchen. Kakashi and Gai spent most of the time insulting or trying to out do each other, Asuma went outside to smoke and Kurenai was fixing up her and Hinata's room.
~***~
"I wonder why this place is called 'the hut'? It's so big!" Ino exclaimed as she flopped down into one of the couches.
"You tell me Ino-pig. After all you claim to be so smart." Sakura said with sarcasm dripping off ever syllable as she too flopped into another couch.
"W-w-why d-d-didn't you ask M-master Koei?" asked Hinata timidly.
"Well, he didn't seem to be in the best mood at the time." Ino said looking thoughtful.
"Ah, I-I-I see." Hinata smiled.
"Hey Hinata? How hard is Kurenai?" asked Tenten curiously.
"S-she's pretty tough, but she said I-I won't be t-t-training with you tomorrow. Kurenai-sensei says that I-I'm too strong f-for you a-and they n-need someone t-to look over A-A-Aya-san." Hinata replied softly.
"Oh. Ok, ya that's probably a good idea." Sakura whispered mostly to herself.
"Hmm...Ya, I bet you would probably surpass us with your byakugan and everything." Tenten spoke up after a few minutes of thought.
"Y-you s-shouldn't think like that! I-I-I'm sure that you will be a-a- able to s-surpass the byakugan s-s-someday. Just like N-Naruto-kun." Hinata stuttered encouragingly.
"Hmm, maybe you're right Hinata, after all, Naruto beat Neji and his byakugan." Sakura echoed.
"Ya, well, I think we should start looking for the dining room. I don't want to miss dinner, I've been on a diet and haven't eaten much since lunch." Ino said seeming annoyed.
"That's probably a good idea...looking for the dining room that is." Tenten said getting up slowly while stretching.
"Let's go!" Sakura shouted smiling.
"I thought that was Naruto's line." Ino said raising an eyebrow.
"Ya well, Naruto's not here is he?" Sakura retorted sticking her tongue out at Ino.
"Shut up." Ino said walking away.
~***~
Koei sat in Aya's room with Neo and Kyoji standing behind him.
"What should we do about Aya?" Kyoji asked quietly.
"Yes, is she alright?" Neo asked worried.
"Her health is improving, she will be fine, but her pride is greatly damaged and she will be thirsty for revenge. We'll have to keep an eye on her when she wakes up and becomes well enough to walk." Koei said with his hands in a praying position.
"Right." The two said in unison.
"Master Koei, can we trust the Hyuga to look after Aya while we train?" asked Kyoji looking a little angry.
"Yes we can trust Hinata-san. Perhaps, because she is a girl with a kind heart, Aya will show Hinata her life." Koei said nodding and standing up.
"Ok, let me get this straight. You think, that Aya will trust this Hinata girl, because she's a girl?" Kyoji asked curiously.
"Well, we are guys after all." Neo said smiling.
"Too true." Said a voice behind the boys.
"Ahhh, Onami, Amara, Kiara, and Umi. We welcome you back." Koei said bowing a little.
"We're glad to be back." Said the woman, Onami bowing her head a little. She had long black hair tied into a low ponytail that touched her butt. Her eyes were an even darker black. She wore a red, sleeveless shirt under a black, one sleeved, fishnet shirt. Her pants were tight fitting, long and black under a short red skirt. Her disciples followed her lead.
"What have you done to Aya-chan?" asked the youngest looking girl named Umi. She had waist length, green-blue, flowing hair that was tied up in a high ponytail using her hitai-ate. Her eyes were a dark concerned blue. She wore a shirt like Sakura's with the front and back hanging down to about her knees. The main colour was dark blue with sea green trimmings. Her capris were light blue and her left upper arm was wrapped in bandages.
"Better not call her that when she wakes up or she might try to kill you." Kyoji said in a tone that was dead serious but at the same time mocking.
"Why? Have you finally driven Aya to the edge?" asked the oldest looking on, Amara. She had short, ear length, sandy blonde hair and cunning blue eyes. She wore a black, traditional, ninja outfit that consisted of a kimono like shirt and pants. The collar of her shirt was semi-high covering most of her mouth. She wore a yellow belt tied around her waist to close her shirt. Just below her knees, he legs were wrapped with bandages to stop any excess cloth from tripping her. She had a tight black, snake-patterned, long-sleeved, shirt underneath her kimono shirt. On her back, was a sheathed katana that was strapped on with a thin, almost invisible, piece of string. Her hitai-ate was around her forehead and had a trailing tail of cloth from her hitai-ate. She looked, without a doubt, like the most deadly out of them all.
"This is no laughing matter I'm afraid. Aya was attacked by her older brother, Nago." Koei said looking at the unconscious girl.
"Well, it was more like she challenged him and lost." Kyoji said shrugging.
"Oh Aya, what have you gotten yourself into this time?" whispered the last girl, Kiara. Her hair was light brown streaked with blonde and her eyes were a warm brown. She wore her hair tied up in a bun and wrapped in cloth with only the bangs that framed her face left out of the bun. Her bangs were shoulder length and quite straight. She wore a brown T-shirt with white, brown trimmed, arm warmers loosely hanging off her forearms. Her pants were also brown, they were not tight, but not loose, capris. She wore beige, brown trimmed leg warmers to match her arms.
"Well, we think her brother wants her for some diabolical plan to take over the world." Kyoji said looking darkly at all of them.
"No, that's what you think." Neo said rolling his eyes. The tense atmosphere became much more casual.
"Well I think you girls should go snag any rooms that are left and then head to the dining room to meet everyone else." Koei said taking his leave. "You may stay with her after dinner." He added as he left.
The others left following their teacher.
"Come on girls. Let's get going and see how many rooms are left." Onami said after giving Aya a pitiful glance.
~***~
Introductions were made and dinner was eaten in peace, except for the occasional insult thrown across the room by Sakura, Ino, Kiba or Naruto. The atmosphere was a bit tense but everybody seemed to be fine. Everyone had their guard up anyway.
After dinner, everyone sat in the lounge and chatted loftily before saying their good nights and heading to bed.
Chapter Two: It's Begun
Hinata gasped and Kyoji made to lunge at the spit of land but Neo stopped him.
"That wasn't fair!" shouted Naruto angrily. "You said when she was ready! And she wasn't ready!"
"All's fair in love and war boy." Nago said in his all too calm manner.
Just as he'd said the words, Aya threw herself at Nago elbowing him in the stomach and sending him flying towards the other end of their fighting arena.
"Too true." Aya mumbled as she continued running towards him with her kunai ready to strike.
"WHOO HOO!!! GO AYA!" Naruto shouted enthusiastically. "What?! She could use some encouragement." Naruto said pointedly when everyone stared at him.
"You're going to ruin her concentration." Neji said simply.
"Ya, ya, right, right." Naruto mumbled to himself.
They all watched as Aya's true technique began to show. All her hard work had paid off to improve her stealth and speed, her strength and intellect. It was showing through now. The others watched as Aya kicked, punched and tossed weapons at Nago. But, no matter how good Aya was, Nago always seemed to be one step ahead of her.
And Aya knew it. As she punched to his left, she anticipated that he would dodge to the right so she brought up her knee and hit him in the side. She smirked as Nago winced and fell onto one knee. Aya then back flipped away and landed cautiously with her legs spread and one hand on the ground.
"Well, you're right, you're improved, but so have I." Nago said menacingly. And with that being said, he lunged at her.
"TENSHI HANE!" Aya shouted making the seal for wings as she jumped and dodged his lunge. As she did, a pair of big bright wings exploded from her back and came out through the fabric. "Wind style! Fuyu Sempu Technique!" she shouted again and a cold, icy whirlwind started spinning in the middle of their tiny island.
"Tenshi Hane!" Nago shouted copying Aya. His wings were black.
"See? Even the advanced bloodline has rejected you Nago. Your wings have become black showing your true heart." Aya stated loftily.
"Don't speak so soon dear sister. Even though my wings are black, I am still more powerful. Darkness is power!" and he lunged at her again this time striking her down in a flurry of feathers.
As she fell backwards, Nago threw a kunai that hit her right in the stomach and she let out a cry of pain.
"Now, now sister dearest, you know I won't kill you, yet." He added chuckling.
Nago then kicked her in the stomach hitting the top of the kunai, wedging it in further. Nago pulled out his katana and as he was about to strike down on Aya, but she pulled the kunai out and, using her chakra, was able to extend it and send the katana flying. She then swung the katana-sized kunai at Nago again, hoping to slice his head off or something. But Nago gracefully dodged and grabbed his katana from the ground and forced it through Aya's stomach. Aya let out an agonized shout as Nago pulled the katana out. She then swung the kunai again and cut Nago across the chest.
"Well, you're right about will power Aya-chan. If I were you I would have given up by now." Nago pointed out as she tried to stand again letting the crimson liquid drip freely from the hole in her stomach and felt as the some of the blood matter a few of her feathers.
"This pain is nothing Nago. You know nothing of pain until you've lost everything. You've ruined my life once and I won't let you ruin it again. She said with her head down and her bangs covering her eyes. "Tomeku Style! Ketsueki Hane Kunai Masu Technique!" she shouted while throwing a blood stained feather at Nago, which quickly multiplied into thousands of feather daggers.
"Sister dear, you missed." Nago said jumping out of the smoke.
"Says you." Said a voice from behind him. Aya slammed her wings into his painfully and listened to him screech. She then flew around in front of him and punched him in the jaw and then used her ki to blast him into the shocking force field. As he pushed off the force field, flying at her quickly, she drew the over-sized kunai out of nowhere and slashed one of his wings.
"Bitch!" Nago shouted and elbowed her in the back of the head, knocking her unconscious.
As she fell lifelessly to the ground, the land started to wobble and the force field disappeared.
"No!" Koei shouted and lifted his arms into the air using his ki to pull the tiny cliff towards them. "Kyoji hurry!" he shouted as the land touched the cliff's edge.
Kyoji used a seal of some sort to connect the two pieces of land and made them stable. As soon as it was stable, Neo, Naruto, Kyoji and Koei ran onto it only to be angered at the sight of Nago picking up Aya and walking towards them.
"If you'll excuse me, I'll be taking this." He said only identifying his sister as 'this'.
"No, you are not excused. Give her back!" Kyoji shouted angrily.
"Since when is she yours? I'm her rightful family so she belongs to me." Nago said flatly.
"No, there are laws against abuse." Kakashi added.
"No one asked you old man!" Nago spat and smirked as Kakashi's veins started popping out.
"Old man?" Kakashi asked insanely. "I'll show you old man you little brat!!!" Kakashi shouted and tried to pull against Kurenai, Asuma and Gai.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Aya awoke and stabbed a normal kunai into the middle of Nago's chest. Unfortunately she was too weak to do any real damage. But as Nago stumbled backwards, he threw Aya onto the ground and vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Damn bastard." Aya breathed heavily.
"Aya! Are you alright?" Neo asked softly.
"Hmph." She grunted trying to pull herself up. When she finally got herself to stand, she took about 2 steps before falling over involuntarily. "Damn legs, damn earth, damn brother." She muttered trying to pull herself up again. When she failed to get up she rolled onto her back and looked directly at Koei's orange eyes and began to mumble. "The battle of the Tomeku's is here, all that are not of the clan beware. The planets destruction relies on one, run until the battle is done." She whispered softly. "It's begun." She said quietly before passing out.
"Grab her and bring her back to the hut." Koei commanded Neo and Kyoji. "If we don't get the blood to stop flowing, she'll die. Come Konoha ninja." He said addressing the others.
~***~
Aya had been laid down in her bed and re-dressed and bandaged by the girls, Kurenai, Sakura, Ino, Hinata and Tenten. After that, everybody sort of went about doing his or her own thing. The hut was actually more like a mansion because it had many rooms and was generally just a large amount of space.
"Please, stay with us ninja friends, choose your rooms, you may have to share. Stay with us and we can all train together and attain other strategies with each other." Koei offered generously.
"I would like to see your teaching techniques." Shino answered in his monotone voice.
The others gladly accepted and made to their stuff from outside, only to find it was already in the main hall. Gai and Kakashi shared a room and Asuma had his own because no one wanted to share a room with Asuma and his cigarette smoke. Kurenai shared a room with Hinata, Ino and Sakura shared a room, Choji and Shikamaru shared a room, Neji and Lee shared a room, Naruto and Kiba (and Akamaru) shared a room, and everyone else had their own rooms.
"Well, today, you may explore he hut and get to know where everything is. I advise that you don't go alone because this place is huge and it's easy to get lost. Tomorrow, Kurenai will train the girls, I will train the boys and Kakashi, Gai and Asuma may go scout the land if they wish. Clear?" Koei asked as he looked at everyone expectantly.
"Understood Master Koei." Was the monotonous reply. A few people though, said "Crystal."
Koei nodded and turned to go check on Aya,
"Oh and Master Koei?" asked Sakura.
"Yes?" he asked in slight confusion.
"What did Aya mean when she said that the battle of the Tomeku's is here?"
"I don't know..." he replied while trailing off distantly.
"Oh, ok." Sakura whispered while nodding her head.
"Any more questions?" Koei demanded.
"What is Aya's advanced bloodline?" came Sasuke's stone like voice.
"Her telepathy, telekinesis and her Angel Wings. Anything else?" He asked sounding irritated. Nobody said anything. "Alright then, dinner will be at 6:30 sharp and if you're not in the dining room by then, the doors to the kitchen and the dining room get locked. Understood?"
"Understood." Came the, once again, monotonous reply.
Koei nodded and left swiftly.
The others then split off into groups as was advised. Sakura, Hinata, Ino and Tenten headed out and found the lounge area and games rooms. Shino, Neji, Lee, Naruto and Kiba found several training rooms and fighting arenas. Shikamaru and Choji found washrooms and the library on their way to the kitchen. Kakashi and Gai spent most of the time insulting or trying to out do each other, Asuma went outside to smoke and Kurenai was fixing up her and Hinata's room.
~***~
"I wonder why this place is called 'the hut'? It's so big!" Ino exclaimed as she flopped down into one of the couches.
"You tell me Ino-pig. After all you claim to be so smart." Sakura said with sarcasm dripping off ever syllable as she too flopped into another couch.
"W-w-why d-d-didn't you ask M-master Koei?" asked Hinata timidly.
"Well, he didn't seem to be in the best mood at the time." Ino said looking thoughtful.
"Ah, I-I-I see." Hinata smiled.
"Hey Hinata? How hard is Kurenai?" asked Tenten curiously.
"S-she's pretty tough, but she said I-I won't be t-t-training with you tomorrow. Kurenai-sensei says that I-I'm too strong f-for you a-and they n-need someone t-to look over A-A-Aya-san." Hinata replied softly.
"Oh. Ok, ya that's probably a good idea." Sakura whispered mostly to herself.
"Hmm...Ya, I bet you would probably surpass us with your byakugan and everything." Tenten spoke up after a few minutes of thought.
"Y-you s-shouldn't think like that! I-I-I'm sure that you will be a-a- able to s-surpass the byakugan s-s-someday. Just like N-Naruto-kun." Hinata stuttered encouragingly.
"Hmm, maybe you're right Hinata, after all, Naruto beat Neji and his byakugan." Sakura echoed.
"Ya, well, I think we should start looking for the dining room. I don't want to miss dinner, I've been on a diet and haven't eaten much since lunch." Ino said seeming annoyed.
"That's probably a good idea...looking for the dining room that is." Tenten said getting up slowly while stretching.
"Let's go!" Sakura shouted smiling.
"I thought that was Naruto's line." Ino said raising an eyebrow.
"Ya well, Naruto's not here is he?" Sakura retorted sticking her tongue out at Ino.
"Shut up." Ino said walking away.
~***~
Koei sat in Aya's room with Neo and Kyoji standing behind him.
"What should we do about Aya?" Kyoji asked quietly.
"Yes, is she alright?" Neo asked worried.
"Her health is improving, she will be fine, but her pride is greatly damaged and she will be thirsty for revenge. We'll have to keep an eye on her when she wakes up and becomes well enough to walk." Koei said with his hands in a praying position.
"Right." The two said in unison.
"Master Koei, can we trust the Hyuga to look after Aya while we train?" asked Kyoji looking a little angry.
"Yes we can trust Hinata-san. Perhaps, because she is a girl with a kind heart, Aya will show Hinata her life." Koei said nodding and standing up.
"Ok, let me get this straight. You think, that Aya will trust this Hinata girl, because she's a girl?" Kyoji asked curiously.
"Well, we are guys after all." Neo said smiling.
"Too true." Said a voice behind the boys.
"Ahhh, Onami, Amara, Kiara, and Umi. We welcome you back." Koei said bowing a little.
"We're glad to be back." Said the woman, Onami bowing her head a little. She had long black hair tied into a low ponytail that touched her butt. Her eyes were an even darker black. She wore a red, sleeveless shirt under a black, one sleeved, fishnet shirt. Her pants were tight fitting, long and black under a short red skirt. Her disciples followed her lead.
"What have you done to Aya-chan?" asked the youngest looking girl named Umi. She had waist length, green-blue, flowing hair that was tied up in a high ponytail using her hitai-ate. Her eyes were a dark concerned blue. She wore a shirt like Sakura's with the front and back hanging down to about her knees. The main colour was dark blue with sea green trimmings. Her capris were light blue and her left upper arm was wrapped in bandages.
"Better not call her that when she wakes up or she might try to kill you." Kyoji said in a tone that was dead serious but at the same time mocking.
"Why? Have you finally driven Aya to the edge?" asked the oldest looking on, Amara. She had short, ear length, sandy blonde hair and cunning blue eyes. She wore a black, traditional, ninja outfit that consisted of a kimono like shirt and pants. The collar of her shirt was semi-high covering most of her mouth. She wore a yellow belt tied around her waist to close her shirt. Just below her knees, he legs were wrapped with bandages to stop any excess cloth from tripping her. She had a tight black, snake-patterned, long-sleeved, shirt underneath her kimono shirt. On her back, was a sheathed katana that was strapped on with a thin, almost invisible, piece of string. Her hitai-ate was around her forehead and had a trailing tail of cloth from her hitai-ate. She looked, without a doubt, like the most deadly out of them all.
"This is no laughing matter I'm afraid. Aya was attacked by her older brother, Nago." Koei said looking at the unconscious girl.
"Well, it was more like she challenged him and lost." Kyoji said shrugging.
"Oh Aya, what have you gotten yourself into this time?" whispered the last girl, Kiara. Her hair was light brown streaked with blonde and her eyes were a warm brown. She wore her hair tied up in a bun and wrapped in cloth with only the bangs that framed her face left out of the bun. Her bangs were shoulder length and quite straight. She wore a brown T-shirt with white, brown trimmed, arm warmers loosely hanging off her forearms. Her pants were also brown, they were not tight, but not loose, capris. She wore beige, brown trimmed leg warmers to match her arms.
"Well, we think her brother wants her for some diabolical plan to take over the world." Kyoji said looking darkly at all of them.
"No, that's what you think." Neo said rolling his eyes. The tense atmosphere became much more casual.
"Well I think you girls should go snag any rooms that are left and then head to the dining room to meet everyone else." Koei said taking his leave. "You may stay with her after dinner." He added as he left.
The others left following their teacher.
"Come on girls. Let's get going and see how many rooms are left." Onami said after giving Aya a pitiful glance.
~***~
Introductions were made and dinner was eaten in peace, except for the occasional insult thrown across the room by Sakura, Ino, Kiba or Naruto. The atmosphere was a bit tense but everybody seemed to be fine. Everyone had their guard up anyway.
After dinner, everyone sat in the lounge and chatted loftily before saying their good nights and heading to bed.