Thank to all who had read my story, I realized that I had forgotten to put a disclaimer in the first chapter and the sound nin plushies disguised as lawyers made me promise to put one in this chapter so here it is. I do not own Naruto i'm just a crazed fan with stalking tendencies trying to write a fanfic, I only own the characters you people never heard of in the Naruto world, so on with the story!!!!!

Against the Tide

Chapter 2 - Tsunade's debt

If anyone asked what kind of man was Nishi Soh to anyone who knew the lord, they would say he was a fair lord who cared very much about the well being of his people and his family. Time however started to take it's toll on the Lord, he was now fifty five years old and had two daughters.

Akane and Kin were fortunate enough to possess their mother's natural beauty, Both girls looked pretty much the same but you could still tell them apart. Akane had long straight hair that went to the middle of her back and sapphire blue eyes. Kin also had long black hair but it had a more wavy texture and her eyes were purple. The girls also had a very different sense of fashion, Kin preferred to wear the traditional kimono while Akane preferred Khaki pants and t-shirt.

While he had no doubt that Akane would inherit his station, it was a different situation when Kin was concerned. There has been a few rumors about Soh's wife ancestry while those were just unfounded rumors it did not explain Kin's healing abilities or purple eyes, of course only the Nishi family knew the full extent of the young girl's ability and for many years managed to keep it a secret. Fate had other plans when Kin healed a man that had been left to die in the middle of the road after she went to visit her aunt. The news of the girl's touch spread like wild fire.

Many disregarded the news as pure fiction while others like a certain man knew better. The said man went to Lord Soh's city and ordered Kin to be brought to him in two days or else. Lord Soh had no intention of giving his daughter to such a man. nor wanted to face the wrath of the man either.

A lot of people owed him favors especially Tsunade whom he had heard was now the Hokage of Kohona and if he played his cards right he would have the means to protect Kin. In the dead of the night accompanied by Kin and two bodyguards, Lord Soh sneaked out of the city by using the catacombs that was built under the city.

The catacombs were old and few people remembered its existence. It was originally built to be a sewer to the city. But it was also the perfect hiding place, one could also get lost easily if they didn't possess a map. The small group took a two hours walk to walk out of the catacombs, crawling through the grime and swimming in soiled waters with things that go bump in the night.

It took the small group about two weeks to reach Kohona, they would have made it in about nine days, but along the way they had a few problems like bandits, broken down bridges and three days of non stop rain. By the time they reached Kohona they looked like a sorry lot covered in dirt and mud. Let just say that they made quite an entrance at the village. Of course Soh didn't bother to clean himself up or rest before asking to be led to the Hokage office.

Soh stepped inside the Hokage office after the chuunin had wakened Tsunade up.

"Lord Soh, if it's about the money I owe you, you didn't need to get in such a poor state. A letter would have sufficed and the money would have been sent." This was Tsunade's way of greeting the lord, she had no idea why the poor man had driven himself to such a state. Maybe his city really needed that money.

"Oh it's not about the money, well it is indirectly but if you could do me this favor consider yourself free of the debt you own me."

Tsunade wasn't so sure about this, while she didn't mind gambling money, to risk the lives of Kohona's civilians unnecessarily was something completely different.

"Well, why don't tell me what the favor is and I'll see what I can do..." Tsunade was curious to know what this favor was.

"I want my youngest daughter to marry one of your Ninja..." This came out rather bluntly even for the lord.

"Why?" If Tsunade was taken aback about this wedding proposal, she didn't show it instead she simply urged the Lord to go on. This was a rather unusual thing to do for the Lord who cherished his daughter above all else.

"You know of Lady Hi blood line, my wife was of the Hi blood and she did not possess their gifts but it seems that my youngest daughter Kin also inherited the Hi blood line gift even more so it shows in her eyes. We tried to keep it quiet to stop the rumors but when Kin healed a dying man. It brought some unwanted attention to my family."

Nishi Soh explained the predicament he was in. Tsunade of course knew of the Hi blood line while the Hi were not warriors or ninjas they still had an advanced blood line one that made the healing touch miraculous.

"Lord Soh, I know your daughters are important to you and if Kin-san indeed possess the Hi blood line gift, why would you want to marry her to a ninja? I mean you could do much better and I'm sure a lot of (many) nobles have an available son to marry her."

"I know that Tsunade-sama, but my daughter will also need constant protection especially after a man demanded to have her delivered to him and if we didn't that he would destroy the city. While I don't know if he's capable or doing it but I have a feeling this is not idle threat. You could also consider that someone of the Hi blood line would add a lot to your village."

"I see," Tsunade said considering every words the Lord had said, of course by the way Soh was acting he didn't very much like the idea of marrying his daughter against her will. But she knew he had to make the offer look good enough for Hokage to agree to this, yes he was a very desperate man.

"I will also provide for any expense she and her future husband may need."

"Very well, I'll agree to this." Tsunade wasn't to fond of the idea but seeing that she won't have to empty her purse and that Kohona would gain a rare blood line that will become useful in the future generation, beside she had nothing to lose and everything to gain. Then she groaned. This also mean more paperwork and less time to sleep.

"Thank you, Hokage." Lord Soh bowed and left Tsunade to decide who his daughter should be wed to.

A special thanks to Scarbie for beta reading my fic.

Yuen-chan: Thank you, so here is the update hope you like it.

Crow-Sensei: Sorry about the format thing, I tried to fix it up a bit the program was giving me problem. I hope this chapter will turn out ok cross her finger thank you for the review.

Xoni Newcomer: Well stay tuned for chapter 3 to really see the magic of back firing wishes.

p-sama7: yes poor Naruto-kun ;; I to hope he will be allright since wishes often backfire, as far as offcial pairing goes it's Naruto/Hinata and Rock Lee/ Sakura..sorry but Sasuke destroyed Sakura's heart so he don't deserve her. Rock Lee on the other hand . there will be other pairing but that will come in later chapter. I tried to keep them as close to character as possible thought I think some of them will inivitably be ooc.

Kitsune: You have been heard this is not a Naruto/Sakura pairing, I love both character but I simply cannot imagine them be more than friends.

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Evil Kasumi: No it doesn't and it will become more clear in the next chapter :) and yeah wishes always find a way to back fire on people. grin and yeah more on Iruka wish in next chapter.