Downfall of the Light 3

by OpposingForce

After several days of enduring against the Sound from invading, Naruto and Hinata finally meet their elites. NaruHina, and many others. Spoilers... none, hopefully

4. Endless Torment

Downfall of the Light 3

Chapter 4: Endless Torment

Legend:

"…": Speech

'…': Thoughts and italic words are also thoughts

Scene Changes are listed in bolded italic brackets.

AN: Okay, exams are over and I survived through it. I hope that I passed my courses but hey, you guys don't need to know that. Let's move on to the actual important stuff. Yes, I finally got another chapter for you all under these stressful times. It's more than likely that my updates will become quicker due to the fact that I have Writer's Craft –an English writing course obviously- so I need to practice more. Where else could I train than here? Nowhere. Also, I know my most loyal readers would like to see more updates. Now, I am sorry that I haven't been truly able to answer your questions, so allow me to answer them right now.

1Q: Am I continuing with the second volume?

1A: I will but I won't right now. I still need to figure out a way to write lemons effectively so all you perverts out there would actually drool when you read the words.

2Q: Why do I take so long to update?

2A: Because I happen to have a life outside of the fanfiction site world. I do not obligate myself to write fictions every single hour of my life, I need to hang out, watch anime, do work, do chores, homework, read, entertain myself etc. Despite how much I would love to write for you people, I can't do it if I don't get the necessary rest and inspiration. If you force me to speed up, it would easily result in lame and low quality ideas.

3Q: Why am I actually willing to have Yamase as a possible pairing for Shani?

3A: If I know my law correctly, in some, or maybe even a lot, you are actually allowed to marry your second cousin. Second, that means their distance of blood is further off. Neji is Hinata's cousin, not brother. Do not picture Shani is Neji, he is Naruto, really.

4Q: How do I make time to write this?

4A: Instead of playing CS, HalfLife, Starcraft, Warcraft3, I just read on this site and write. Of course, you only do that in your spare time or you would be really screwed academically.

Character Profile: Something that I created so you guys can understand some of the characters with a greater understanding. These are my OCs after all, you will need guidance –unless you have been paying a lot of attention.

1. Uzumaki Shani:

Age: 10

Gender: Male

Blood type: O

Height: 56 inches

Likes: Friends, parents, sister, music, meditation, combat, death.

Dislikes: Too many to list.

Primary Weapon: 18-inch bladed spear scythe.

Primary Bloodline Limit: Byakugan

Status: Half Demon

Demon: Forbidden

Style of Combat: Melee

Inspired from Shani Andras.

Description: More known as the one-eyed knight, he's Naruto and Hinata's first born child and the fraternal twin of his sister, Kagari. Like his father, Naruto, he is a natural Death Knight, which causes his mother to worry for him constantly. He is the perfect precedent of his father in terms of where he has no sense of fear, emotion and possibly even basic humane expressions. His dark, concealed, mysterious, intelligent, yet mature attitude attracts many girls in his life without him knowing it.

Although deep down he is a kind hearted young boy who loves his friends and family more than anything else in this world, he lacks the capability to show it. During his own spare time, the antisocial Shani places his headphones into his ears and listens to his music to meditate or get to know himself a bit more. His feelings for Umi and Yamase have been very neutral but he is beginning to feel affection from them. In battle, due to his dark mysterious nature, makes him unpredictable and as he is dangerous. His silver hair, which deliberately covers his left eye and face, conceals the fact that the appearance of it is very different.

2. Uzumaki Kagari:

Age: 10

Gender: Female

Blood Type: O

Height: 53 inches

Likes: Shani, parents, friends, Chaos, relatives, sleep, ramen, Asuran, cheering people up… there are too many to list.

Dislikes: Cocky people, cowards, people who dislike Shani for his eye, those who want to flirt with Asuran or herself, death… and much more.

Primary Weapon: 12-inch Chakra Daggersx2

Primary Bloodline: Sight of Divinity

Status: Half Demon

Demon: Chaos

Style of Combat: Range and Melee

Inspired from Cagalli Yula Attha

Description: Naruto and Hinata's second child who was born six minutes after their first born, Shani. Unlike her dark sibling, Kagari proves herself to be a light in everyone's life. She, unlike her father, is a Paladin. Not only was she delightful, exuberant, adorable, and innocent, she was accepting and never rejected anyone in her life. Smiling was her trademark and everyone who met her knew that well. Despite that, her feelings may not be always the same as the way she acted at times. In other words, she is a great actor.

Since Kagari was cheerful and strikingly beautiful for her age –with feminine curves and all- a vast majority of the males became infatuated by her natural charming nature. Kagari loves two people in her life more than anyone else, first it would be Shani and the other is Asuran. During her own time, she would always prefer to have Shani read her stories, talk with her, play games or make him take her to have ramen at Ichikaru's. During combat, Kagari's kind nature can easily influence anyone to go soft but yet her deadliness is more than anyone could imagine. Manipulation is her talent.

3. Hyuga Yamase:

Age: 10

Gender: Female

Blood Type: B

Height: 52 inches

Likes: family, relatives, school, music, caring for people, friends, affection, ice-cream, and especially Shani.

Dislikes: Umi –she is her rival to win Shani's heart, Iruka's preaching, girls that may want to charm Shani, superficial people, cocky males, uncaring types and a lot more.

Primary Weapon: None

Primary Bloodline: Byakugan

Status: Human

Demon: None

Style of Combat: Range and Melee

Inspired from the short haired girl in Maburaho that loves Shikimori Kazuki

Description: Yamase is Hyuga Neji and Katase Tenten's first daughter and also more known as Hinata's miniature version. She is timid, small, polite, caring, kind, honest, supportive but also lack a sense of self-confidence. Her care and affection for her second cousin, Uzumaki Shani, develops and grows as each year goes by. She loves Shani since he was the first male that showed her true compassion and concern for. As long as she could remember, Shani and Kagari are the best people in her life with her parents as the only exceptions.

Yamase admired Shani ever since she was a kid since he had such a high sense of maturity and skill in almost every aspect in life, she also care a lot about him but she is somewhat disappointed that Shani treats her like Kagari. She had vowed that she would make Shani realize how she feels one day but now she would make him as happy as possible. Due to her lack of courage, her true potentials in combat is not only not realized, she also could not do much when her good friend –and rival- began to admire Shani, too.

4. Uchiha Asuran:

Age: 10

Gender: Male

Blood Type: B

Height: 56 inches

Likes: Kagari, family, friends, music, training… and a lot more.

Dislikes: Too much to list but school is absolutely number one on his list.

Primary Weapon: 4 feet beam cleaver

Primary Bloodline Limit: Sharingan (second stage)

Status: Human

Demon: None.

Style of Combat: Melee

Inspired from Athrun Zala

Description: Uchiha Itachi and Ichikaru Ayame's first son and possibly only son. He is determined, strong, kind hearted, popular, supportive, handsome, but most importantly he is Shani's best friend. Unlike many other kids that are in this village, he does not have a prejudice towards anyone and accepts them as equal. However, due to the fact that he is very good looking –even better than Kuroto, Shani, and Hikaru- the girls in the class have made an Asuran fanclub and desperately want him to like them romantically. Of course, there was only one girl that he liked. Asuran, as he got older, began to develop a strong liking for his best friend's sister, Kagari.

Asuran is a shy boy when it comes to girls like any boys his age but he truly appreciates Kagari. His simple admiration for her soon turned into affection but not like he would want to admit it out loud. Between missions or when he has spare time, he practices how to make better ramen so hopefully to gain prosperity for his grandfather's ramen shop and also Kagari could have a good meal.

5. Forbidden Demon:

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Blood Type: Unknown

Height: 73 inches

Likes: Chaos, killing, combat.

Dislikes: Too many to list.

Primary Weapon: 24-inch bladed spear scythe

Primary Bloodline Limit: None

Status: Demon

Style of Combat: Melee

Inspired from Forbidden Gundam, more or less Shani Andras

Description: Shani's spiritual partner ever since Shani was three days old. Unlike Calamity, Raider, and Reaper, Forbidden is a full-fledged demon who is not only merciless, but extremely unpredictable. Like Shani, Forbidden has his green hair growing to cover his right eye but unlike his apprentice he only did it for looks. Forbidden lives on as Naruto's revenant for the sake of vengeance, he had sworn to kill the Paladin that had eliminated almost everyone in his family. Up to this day, he believes the act was unjust and brutal but ironically he loves death and killing for sheer entertainment more than anything.

However, ever since he had become Shani's sensei and reunited with his little sister, Chaos, he had changed gradually to be a great guidance for the little Death Knight. Seeing Shani is similar to looking at a mirror, and he is more than willing to do anything to help the boy understand the joys of life instead of hating it since he isn't as clueless when it came to girls. His signature attacks all start with the name "Different Dimension" for all his attacks were created in another dimension.

6. Chaos Demon:

Age: 14

Gender: Female

Blood Type: Unknown

Height: 64 inches

Likes: Brother, Kagari, and the Uzumaki Family

Dislikes: Orochimaru, the Sound, and especially Akira.

Primary Weapon: 40-inch bladed sword

Primary Bloodline Limit: None

Status: Demon

Style of Combat: Ranged or Melee

My own creation but the name came from Chaos Gundam

Description: A renegade demon who had been on the run after her family had been massacred. Believing everyone of them had been killed, Chaos sworn to take revenge as she got older. Despite that she had such hatred, this demon girl was a gentle soul who loved everyone who treated her well with respect and love. Although Orochimaru and Akira attempted to manipulate Chaos to believe that Naruto had killed her family, she was extremely grateful to Shani who helped her realize that there was still hope in this world by reuniting her with her long lost brother, Forbidden.

Shani may be her very first friend but she had found true friendship when she was sealed inside Kagari to become the little girl's guidance. Although she was not much older than Kagari, she still tries her best to be Kagari's partner and share almost anything with another. Unlike what Shani did with Forbidden, surprisingly, Chaos is frequently summoned out when the Kagari is bored or lonely, which she is more than willing to see her apprentice smile again. In battle, if anyone was wise, do not get onto her bad side for she would literally kill anyone who does.

7. Tayuya of the North:

Age: 27 (but she looks no older than 16)

Gender: Female

Blood Type: A

Height: 64 inches

Likes: Playing the flute, killing, being the leader in anything, Akira.

Dislikes: Too many to list…

Primary Weapon: Enchanting magical flute.

Secondary Weapon: Heavy trident.

Primary Bloodline Limit: None

Special Abilities: The Curse Seal (Level 2)

Status: Enhanced human

Style of Combat: Ranged

Her newer characteristic inspired from Shani Andras

Description: This short fuchsia haired girl is not someone you would want to deal with in any circumstances. Not only is she naturally rude and bossy, she has no soft side other than to her only crush, Akira. Like her other two teammates –Kidoumaru and Jiroubo, she is one of Orochimaru's living elite soldiers. In simpler terms, she is treated like a piece of equipment rather than a girl who needs human compassion. Due to the fact that she is an elite, Orochimaru expects the best performance from her therefore before any battle begins, she is ordered to take in the Gripheptan to increase both her reaction time and stamina for a short period of time during combat.

However, once the drug wears off, the user will suffer an immense amount of pain until more of the medication or the actual antidote is given. Since the antidote can only be supplied within the Sound, this ensures pure loyalty without treachery. Tayuya also went through numerous of operations such as ocular implants for increased sight range, and took the improved Gripheptan to maintain her youth. In between missions, she practices her flute to become more feminine to charm Akira when she could. Of course, she would beat anyone else up who sees her like that.

AN: I know the list is not complete, but there will be more next chapter, hopefully this has been more of a help. Thank you all for those who reviewed, your words mean a lot! My gratitude goes to: I aM taMi xPp, uzumakikame, Monaki-cheung, Cobra-100, Dragon Man 180, joekool, darkshaman817, RuByMoOn17, jasx316, HinatasBiggestFanboy, aznfryrice, DaveBoo1378, sephynarutocloud, uzamakikame, Gopu, D.D Designator, Binnybobarino, nonegel, Warprince2000, AnimeFan-Angel, AkiaBinZaid, Devil's Blessing, Wings of Shadows, You are so evil, violently-cheerful (I already added you on my staff, go into your account in the C2 staff area to accept it), karatefumaster, Anxious READER, and Forbidden.

MORE AN: This chapter will not continue with the cliffie scenario in last chapter. First of all, I find it really boring to do "Knowing the demon and acceptance" scenes. It's really overdone thus making it very cliché. Just know that his friends accepted Shani regardless or there really would be no story. To those who hoped to see the confession scene, I apologize but it really ruins my mood to write if I did attempt on it. Also, I am trying to make a Gundam Seed fanfiction, hopefully I could post it up soon, wish me luck! Let the saga continue…

(Sometime in the outskirts of the Mist village)

"That Mist Kage…" hissed Jiroubo as he stared down at the village of the Mist from afar with a fierce look plastered on his face.

"He's strong…" added Kidoumaru with a sneer.

"He's going down…" finished Tayuya as she accelerated herself down the slope for the invasion. As the other two males smirked, they followed their squad leader's lead. Of course, the next hour would be another period of extreme bloodshed. The entire vicinity was in screams of absolute terror, it only made the three want more.

"So many of them…" Kidoumaru spoke as he licked his lips seeing how the numbers were so great. From what he could gather, they were nothing. "Let's go!" In a flash, he took out his giant bow and arrow and unleashed a legion of metal arrows striking the spines of ten civilians. He grinned with dark delight when the people fell down.

"I'm blinded by them already…" Jiroubo stated as he lifted a boulder over his shoulders, "Eat it!" After hurling the massive rock, he quickly turned around smashing his fist into a back attacker. As of result, his head was forcefully torn off.

At the exact moment, a Mist chunnin unsheathed his katana and made a dash at the preoccupied Tayuya who was trying to summon her beasts with her Summoning Technique. Once the red hair girl detected the raging aura, she quickly leaped back not wanting her limbs to be hacked off. Her eyes soon radiated with fury, how dare a nobody interfere with her work.

"What's that… Who's that dipshit that is trying to hit me?" she questioned with a fierce glare and a sneer before pulling out her own melee weapon. Using a bit of gliding thrust, she rushed at him henceforth slicing him in half by the right shoulder to the crotch area. As the body split into two in different directions, it soon ignited into bits of flesh and blood. This was fun indeed; this killing spree certainly was a good warm up before the real deal.

After slaughtering the Mist's "defense guards", they headed straight towards the main target –the Mist Kage.

(Next Day in Konoha)

"You're not serious!" yelled Tsunade as she slammed her fist on the desk after hearing the news, "How could this have happened, Neji?"

"Calm down, Tsunade-sama," Sasuke said to help her relax. He even helped the old lady back into her chair and advised her to take a deep breath. After a few seconds of doing those procedures, the Uchiha grinned, "Feeling better?"

"I am… thank you, Sasuke-kun," said the Hokage with a smile.

"Should we get back on topic?" suggested Lee in a solemn voice.

"We should," commented Neji with a small grimace on his face. Rin only looked away with shame and guilt, she had no idea how to accept this crisis.

"What are we going to do now?" Rin spoke with emotional frustration, "The Wave country is already gone… The Mist Kage is dead and the village is also taken over… It's only a matter of time before Konoha is next!"

"Don't state the obvious, Rin," Sasuke retorted with annoyance, "We all expected this… but even so it's still hard to swallow…" In a matter of seconds, his hands formed into a tight fist that twitched with pure rage.

"With the expansion of the Sound ever since ten years ago, I don't understand why we didn't commence some kind of operation on them?" questioned Lee with a brow raised. "What we have been doing is no different than giving a villain time to establish himself with sufficient forces to dominate!"

"In other words…" said Neji not to content, "Konoha has been acting like idiots…" The simplest words were the most accurate words, Naruto and the gang undoubtedly agreed.

"Tsunade," said Rin, "Why didn't you just send us to help out the other countries? Why didn't we start anything to prevent the Sound from gaining more strength? I am certain that Orochimaru's goal is to take over the Fire Country and we have been doing nothing but sit back and watch him get stronger."

"But that's where the idea of votes of majority comes in," said Shikamaru cutting her short, "I am assuming that Tsunade-sama would not be as foolish as to allow a villain strengthen, but at the same time there are obviously some shackles that bind her from starting it."

"Since when was this a democratic society?" questioned Sakura not impressed by this. "Tsunade-sama can make anything happen with a snap of her fingers since she is the Hokage."

"No one said that it is, Sakura," commented Ino, "But even if she is the Hokage, there are things that you can't simply just do because you want to."

"I am no politician," began Shikamaru hoping he was getting to this topic correctly, "But the Hokage title is given by the highest noble people in Konoha. The elders here can decide whether the Hokage is making the appropriate actions or not and they also have the power to dismiss the position as well if Tsunade doesn't make the right choices. No one wants a Hokage that jeopardizes the people unless the civilians are willing to risk their lives to achieve a goal. The Hokage is not a one man… or woman army, there are people below her level who are also involved in keeping this place in order. A leader without his supporters is nothing."

"But the people know that the Sound has been taking over village after village, do they not?" asked Hinata not too happy to hear this truth, "Don't they realize that they are going to be next if we don't do something?"

"I seriously doubt they would do anything," stated the Death Knight with a smirk, "They are fateless cowards after all."

"Ni-chan, you gotta stop referring them as 'fateless cowards'," commented Sakura with a frown. However, Naruto's smirk only raised.

"Am I wrong though?" he questioned the entire group eyeing each one, "Trust me, I remember Tsunade brought up this subject around three years ago whether Konoha should participate in an operation involving eliminating the Sound's invasions so other countries would not need to suffer. Do you all recall that?"

"Yeah," answered Neji, "A vast majority of people refused the proposal."

"Why didn't you just go on with it, Hokage-sama?" Tenten questioned her with a frown, "You had to do what should be done!"

"Like Shikamaru-san said earlier," reasoned the Hokage somberly, "I couldn't just go on with it. Believe it or not, even civilians have an influence… an influence to make the chairman or noblemen decide whether I should continue on as the Hokage. It works in almost any noble clan, right, Hinata?" All eyes turned to the heiress at the moment, and she consented in response. "If I do things that a large majority of the civilians do not approve, even I don't know what may happen."

"Nearly all Konoha citizens are a bunch of coward fools," commented Naruto with a smirk, "They won't even bother trying to change things as long as they live in the end."

"In other words," added Sasuke, "As long as they can keep their lives, they are willing to serve any kind of leader whether it's good or bad…"

"You are not mistaken," said Neji with a sigh, "Kind of fighting a losing battle here, aren't we? Here we are trying to save the peoples' lives from misery and here they are not giving a damn about their future."

"It's more like a hopeless battle, Neji," Tenten spoke without much faith in anything. The Hyuga Anbu Captain only embraced her gently before she rested her head on his shoulders.

"But regardless if it is hopeless," stated Gaara seriously thus catching everyone's attention, "We are better off saving ourselves than try to help those who don't care. If an invasion does come here eventually, we need to know how to deal with it or we would be all killed."

"I seriously doubt the Sound will keep any of us high skilled shinobis alive knowing we do have the potential to influence and revolt," said Rin also, "When did the situation become so out of hand?"

"Ever since we didn't do anything to stop them from invading the Wave…" answered Sakura grimacing due to guilt and powerlessness.

"Or rather fateless cowards who refuse to get up on their asses to try to make the world a somewhat better place," corrected Naruto with his hand spinning a kunai before he slipped it back into his holster.

"What if we, I mean just us, went on with the operation without the people?" suggested Ino.

"You want to get us all killed?" questioned Shikamaru in a loud voice, "Are you out of your mind?"

"What do you mean, Shika?" she challenged back defensively, "Stop talking like that!"

"Although we are strong," explained Lee without any sign of foolishness, "The Sound's power is unquestionably immense. It is twelve on eight thousand. We would be overpowered for certain."

"Not to mention those three Itachi-san mentioned," added Hinata to remind everyone, "We don't even know how strong they are. But judging how Itachi-san told us before, those three would not be easy to handle and maybe even powerful enough to kill us as well."

"Are we that powerless to do anything?" Rin brought out this point.

"Let's hope not," said Tsunade, "Now, regardless, we need some first handed information on the current Mist village… or Sound village… We would need to send two people in there to go through an information gathering mission."

"Info gathering?" questioned Sasuke raising his brow with his eye opening a little.

"Wasn't our information sufficient enough?" asked Neji believing that their squad didn't do their tasks properly.

"No, it's not that," Tsunade told them, "But you went to that village to scout as Anbu members, there was no possible way you guys would enter that place without being noticed where you guys are from. What I need now are people who can enter it and not being suspected as undercovers."

"But… who can do that?" asked Hinata looking around at everyone, "None of us can go there and not get caught as Konoha spies…"

"Why not send Calamity and Raider to do it?" recommended Naruto smiling, "No one is going to know who they are if they act cool and normal. They could even do a skilled transformation and not one person if going to notice."

"Calamity-san and Raider-san?" asked Hinata a bit doubtfully, "I don't know…"

"We can't send you, Hinata-chan," said Naruto, "You are a Hyuga. I am a Death Knight and Orochimaru has all of us as his main targets here. We have to send someone who he may not be familiar with at all. Calamity and Raider would be our best bet knowing they would do the mission to the fullest if I give them it."

"Whoa," said Gaara, "You are willing to send your wife to a place like that, Naruto?" Hearing that point out loud, Hinata gave a small stare at her husband with a light pout. No husband should send out their wife like that, he was supposed to love her. After resting her head on his shoulder with the same pout practically ordering him to permit her actions, Naruto sighed knowing that it was futile to object. He simply allowed Hinata to rest on him.

"So it is settled," Tsunade spoke with authority, "Naruto, send Calamity and Raider out as soon as you can. I would like to have a report on that place in about a week."

"Roger…"

(Meanwhile at the Uzumaki Residence)

"How does onee-chan do this?" questioned the younger sister of Hinata, Hyuga Hanabi, rhetorically to herself. At the moment, the kids were there and Hinata asked her to help with the babysitting. Hanabi also asked Konohamaru, her boyfriend to help her out but he was nowhere in sight at the moment. She was certain that the two twenty-two year olds came in together but now it was Hanabi with the girls. Frankly, Hanabi loved children very much but she had to admit that it was quite energetically exhausting. Somehow, she wondered where Konohamaru went after he came in, it wasn't likely that he would escape this.

"Aunt Hanabi!" Kagari called as Umi, Yamase, Tsubasa came along, "You want to play a game?"

"What kind of game?" she asked amusedly with a smile.

"We don't want to leave you all alone, Miss Hyuga," said Umi cheerfully, "So we want to chat with you."

"Yeah… if you don't mind, Aunt Hanabi…" said Yamase timidly while Tsubasa sighed dully.

"Umi… don't you think Hanabi-san here needs to rest? She seems tired…" Tsubasa stated when she looked at the young adult Hyuga girl.

"Don't worry, I am fine," assured Hanabi smiling with shaking her hand. "But can you guys do me a small favour though?"

"What could that be?" asked Kagari willing to do anything.

"Can you look for Kono-kun and the boys for me? They seem to be missing for quite a while now…" That question made the girls eye widen significantly, even they didn't notice the boys weren't here anymore.

"Where could Shani-chan be…" Yamase whispered to herself with a blush.

"Shani-kun is so reckless," commented Umi with a flare of passion. "You guys are so unpredictable…"

"I got a bad feeling about this…" said Tsubasa rolling her eyes at Kagari's enthusiasm to find her precious oni-chan and Asuran. As Hanabi pushed her gently to hurry up, the Nara girl sighed again before picking up the pace.

(Currently at Shani's room)

"So, Shani-san," Konohamaru -who was now a jounin- spoke to the older Uzumaki twin with respect, "How do you like your aunt, Hanabi-chan?"

"Hanabi-chan?" questioned Shani with his right brow raised since his left was blocked by his silver hair, "You sure speak affection about my dear and gorgeous aunt. You two must be quite close. So, has the bed trip granted to you yet?" Asuran, Kuroto and Hikaru chuckled silently to themselves as Shani spoke with such a high level of sarcasm, they have gotten very used to it.

"Well…" the Third's grandson scratched his head with embarrassment, "Wait… how do you know any of this? A ten year old shouldn't…"

"Oh," said the Death Knight smirking, "I have my sources."

"Shani," interrupted Kuroto, "Konohamaru-san asked you a question."

"I am sure we all want to hear more about your answer," added Hikaru in consent.

"Oh yes, that. I love my aunt Hanabi just as much as I like to see Konohamaru-san's corpse." Asuran merely smirked as he drank down his soda and Hikaru soon followed. "But I am sure Hanabi was delicious in bed, wasn't she? The way of your smiles when you talk about her is just so fascinating, you don't just adore her, and she is nearly everything to you."

"You are unbelievably sharp, Shani-san," Konohamaru told him honestly but not finding his dark humour strange in any way, "It's shocking to see you this aware about other people's business." It was then that the young Death Knight opened his eye in a glaring fashion.

"If this is my aunt, it's not just anybody," corrected Shani as he took a cookie and ate it, "I really care about her although I don't really show it to her. You, Sarutobi Konohamaru, take care of her well."

"I never guessed that I would be getting lectured by a boy…" Konohamaru smiled in a friendly way showing that he was only kidding.

"It's better than having the girl herself to deal with you," said Asuran. "Mother can really pin Father down well if he does something wrong."

"How often is that?" asked Kuroto very interested at his uncle's behaviour.

"Enough, I would say that.

"I am beginning to see why Hanabi is so concerned about you, Shani," said Konohamaru seriously, "You are exceptionally cold… even worse than your father. At least he welcomes people into his life but you make people believe that they aren't loved. Hanabi is quite hurt, you know." The jounin looked at the Death Knight with a sense of understanding but yet Shani only sat there -not in a dopey way- without showing any signs of passion.

"Yeah, you got that right," said Asuran sighing, "If I can see things right, Hanabi-san might think that you don't love her as anyone."

"We all know that she is trying really hard," Hikaru stated in agreement.

"Maybe she is trying too hard…" remarked Shani along with an unreadable face.

"Shani, please," said Kuroto in a hidden command.

"What do you expect me to do?" questioned Shani having a bored tone, "I am showing limited love to my parents and they are considered the closest people I've got. How can you expect me to show another person another set of this… love? She should be happy if she doesn't get in my way and I don't see her as a nuisance."

"How can she be happy because of that?" questioned Konohamaru not getting angry, just concerned. "You should just show her that you care."

"Easier said than done, Sarutobi-sama," stated the young Death Knight with another thick layer of satire, "She knows I love her…"

"If she does know," said Hikaru, "We wouldn't be having this conversation."

"Must you always be right, Hikaru?" questioned Shani with his eye looking at his friend's face. Just when Shani wanted to say more, the door opened revealing the girls and Hanabi standing at the back. Due to her height, the others saw her perfectly fine. Asuran looked at Kagari with a slight blush since she saw him in his eating form; it was somewhat embarrassing. Kuroto stole a small glimpse at Tsubasa -who was blushing since she knew Kuroto was looking at her. Yamase and Umi frowned when they saw their admirer staring at blank space as he chewed on another cookie. It was then when Kagari decided to break the silence.

"You like that cookie, oni-chan?" the Uzumaki girl asked her big brother innocently. Hearing her voice, Shani moved his head so his right eye would be looking at them. Hanabi made a quick note that her nephew's eyes could be even icier than her cousin Neji, who would've expected a boy to have such coldness at this age.

"Good, it's very good," he replied as he swallowed the last bit of the chocolate chip snack.

"Did you know Aunt Hanabi made it for us?" she continued to tell him with a sweet smile and voice. Once the boy heard this fact, he finally made eye contact with his aunt in a somewhat shocked expression. The snack was no doubt delicious and he was surprised that Hanabi made it for them all. Noticing his look, the older Hyuga simply smiled back very kindly which he responded by a grin. What tenderness and kindness his aunt showed to her family, and yet he never complied with anything other than a smirk and walking away. Kagari was right; Hanabi did love him very much as any aunt would.

"Thank you…" he said to Hanabi with a smile, "I liked it a lot…"

"You're very welcome, Shani-kun," Hanabi told him not minding it at all along with a smile that could make anyone grin back in return. Suddenly, Hanabi heard the front door open, and that only meant the others were back from the meeting with the Hokage. The two young adults wondered if they had any good news. Konohamaru and Hanabi told the boys to get up to meet their parents and soon they headed to the living room.

"We're back, Hanabi," said Hinata as she hung her jacket in the closet while Naruto took the others from the visitors. "Thanks for dealing with all the kids. Were they too much for you today?"

"No, nee-san," Hanabi told her sister warmly, "Everyone was great, I got Kono-kun to help me or it really would've been a major hassle." In the corner of her eye, she saw everyone was heading towards the living room to pick up their respective children. "So, how was it? How did it go?"

"Naruto-kun dispatched Calamity and Raider to investigate the new taken over Mist village," explained Hinata as she led her younger sister to the kitchen to fix up drinks for everyone while Naruto took on the role as a temporary host, "I really hope that they get some results…"

"I am sure that all they will find would be dead corpses, blood, poverty, suffering and such," Hanabi stated with a hint of hopelessness.

"We have to have more faith than that, Hanabi," reasoned the older Hyuga girl smiling warmly.

"I don't think we can put that much hope, nee-san. This is the Sound we are talking about, you can never expect the truth. If Calamity-san and Raider-san does look for info, the Sound would easily say that a tsunami or a small hurricane came by that place unexpectedly and wiped out everyone there. You can only expect some lame excuse like that and no one could challenge them because no one witnessed it first hand other than the Sound." What Hanabi said made Hinata sigh depressingly, what she said was absolutely true after all.

What guarantees did they have that the Sound would not make up any lies and excuses? This was Orochimaru they were dealing with, lies and deceit was what that man did best. Hinata gritted her teeth silently to herself enraged that Konoha was so powerless.

"Just hope Calamity-san and Raider-san bring back some good news, okay?" pleaded Hinata not wanting to deal with any more depressing matters. Seeing her sister becoming somewhat agitated, Hanabi decided to pursue no further and thought of something that might just lighten up the atmosphere. However, she thought of none.

"Should we meet up with the others, nee-san?" suggested Hanabi as she helped her sister with one of the trays on the counter.

"Sure," Hinata replied as the two Hyuga girls took all the beverages and exited the kitchen towards the living room. Yet, they didn't notice that one person was listening to their conversation the entire time. He was just going to get some water but seeing the two adults in there before him, he made the choice not to enter until they were done. Moreover, he listened to their conversation unintentionally. As the two adults walked past him since he was leaning on the wall with stealth, he finally went inside but their previous words were not forgotten.

Calamity and Raider to the Sound… Mother seemed to be quite depressed over this matter… what did those Sound bastards do this time… their ambitions appear to have no limits…

Keeping this thought in mind, Shani banished it to the back of his mind before going to the refrigerator to take out some milk and pour it into a glass before he placed his headphones into his ears thus isolating himself with the outside world. Although everyone was in the living room, he had no intention to join them.

(4 days later in the backyard of the Uzumaki Residence)

It was the early evening of an autumn day, and it was the perfect time for Hinata and Naruto to have a few practice sessions with their children. Kagari needed to strengthen her gentle fist style taijutsu and ability to locate tenketsu where as Shani needed more assailants style stealth. From what Naruto could gather, Shani's attack rate was not good enough with his scythe, he definitely needed more agility. For obvious reasons, Kagari went with Hinata and Shani trained with Naruto for the evening.

Kagari's eyesight with the Byakugan had certainly improved for she was aiming for Hinata's pressure points with much effectiveness. Based on her speed, Kagari should be able to do the 64 strikes and Kaiten no problem but she was undoubtedly too young to learn it since it was not only chakra consuming, it was also stamina exhausting as well. When Kagari got older, Hinata would not have a problem to teach her and she was more than willing to do it. However, to substitute those two moves that she couldn't possibly learn for now, Hinata taught her the Fan of Knives ability. It was very useful when she had it as a genin, Hinata was certain that it would be very beneficial for her daughter. After some basic hand to hand combat training, Hinata moved on to bless her daughter the Fan of Knives.

Naruto decided to test his son's reflexes in a massive legion style attack. In his opinion, Tenten had much more talent than he did when it came to weapons for she could use almost anything other than a scythe. Regardless, all Naruto needed was to release a wave of weapons at Shani and his task was to defend and penetrate through his attacks. The goal was of course to increase his stamina and agility. As Naruto whipped at least eight kunais directly at Shani, the young Death Knight smirked as he destroyed all of them in one horizontal slash. In less than a second, Naruto continuously tossed wave after wave of daggers and stars to increase the difficulty. However, Shani's expression remained unchanged.

"Baka…" Shani whispered to himself as he rotated his scythe like a barrier therefore deflecting everything that came at him. Not only that, he was breaking every ninja weapon to a state that it would be useless in the future. Hinata sighed a little knowing what a waste it was to see perfectly good weapons turning into garbage in less than a second into combat. Kagari soon called her to resume on the training -which Hinata eagerly continued.

After getting bored of such easy tactics, Shani gave another upward slash thus blocking another wave of assault, and then took a sprint towards his father while dodging and evading every single weapon being thrown at him. Seeing that his suppressing attacks were penetrated without difficulty, Naruto knew his son would now be attacking him. Raising the scythe above his head, Shani slammed the blade downward heavily hoping it would hit. Unfortunately for him, Naruto simply took one step back and the blade smashed through the soil and grass.

"You are being too reckless, Shani," Naruto told his son as he unsheathed his blade to defend the next unexpected slash, "Your movement and stamina is very impressive but you are not attacking with accuracy."

"What do you mean?" questioned Shani as he dashed at his father with another swing –which Naruto blocked with the tip of his sword. It wasn't long before Shani tried with a dangerous stab that nearly rushed through Naruto's torso. To Naruto, that would be near child's play but he defended anyway and showed Shani how that move could be countered if he didn't stab correctly. It was then that they both stopped.

"See how I easily countered your attack, Shani?" explained Naruto as he walked forward with no intention to perform any sneak attack. Once the boy sensed it as well, he lowered his guard. "You are allowing the ambition of winning to cloud your judgment. Because of this rage, you are merely attacking but not necessarily doing it with precision. Instead of believing that your attack would hurt the person, think about carefully before you strike."

"Which is…" Shani said while gesturing his father to continue.

"What I am trying to say is, attack calmly and remain cool so you won't make any mistakes. Rage and anger only dulls your judgment…" At that moment, a fist hit Naruto's face. To make it worse, it was quite strong thus his lip started to bleed.

"Is that what you mean, Father?" questioned Shani with his dark smirk before looking at his fist, "Wow, having a clear mind sure helps me punch better." If Naruto could get any less serious, a rather large anger mark was on his temples. Was it just him or did Shani always took his lessons the wrong way? However, in the end, the young little Death Knight always did what was right. At that instant, Shani's face turned solemn and began to observe the skies; Naruto wondered what he was doing until he sensed it as well. He was surprised at how his son detected the presence before he did, Forbidden could be even stronger than Kyubi in some ways.

"I already know you are here," declared the mini Death Knight to the air, "Show yourselves."

"Looks like Forbidden is really doing wonders in that kid," came a voice in the middle of nowhere that caught Hinata and Kagari's attention. They didn't notice it since they were very concentrated with their own tasks. Naruto simply smirked hearing it.

"Calamity, Raider," greeted Naruto as his eyes turned teal due to his bloodline limit, "Good to see you guys back from the mission." Both revenants soon landed and the two women came to join the crowd.

"Hinata-sama," Raider stated as both of them bowed for the sake of respect, "Good evening."

"Good evening to you, too, Raider-san, Calamity-san," Hinata returned their greeting with a smile while holding Kagari's hand gently. Kagari only observed the two demonic revenants with her head tilted to the side innocently, "And please don't call me Hinata-sama, that kind of respect isn't needed here. It kind of makes me feel old…"

"I apologize." Raider replied promptly since he clearly knew the minds of women after living for Kami-sama knows how long. The Hyuga girl kindly shook it off saying it wasn't a bother at all.

"So," Naruto interrupted meaning he was trying to get to the real deal, "What did you guys find over there?" Although that question was asked, Calamity and Raider did not answer immediately. Instead, they were signaling to Naruto that the kids were still there right next to him.

"Are you sure that you want them to hear it?" Calamity asked politely to the Death Knight. After remembering Shani and Kagari were still here, Hinata quickly –as if on impulse- gently guided her children back inside to the house but of course both of them wanted an explanation. Curiosity was something that was high in them.

"Kaa-chan, I want to listen, too!" reasoned Kagari as Hinata gave her a cup of juice. Shani, on the other hand, still stared out the slide door with an unreadable face but he was definitely trying to read lips.

"That is not for a child like you to know about," justified Hinata with a smile. To make her words more effective, she cooed a little. "It doesn't concern you, okay, Kagari-chan?"

"But is it something bad?" she continued to ask her Mother like a child, "Is something bad going to happen? Is it, kaa-chan?" Kagari's concerns for people only made Hinata giggle lightly. She then patted her daughter on the head before giving her a soft kiss on the cheek.

"No, of course not, Kagari-chan," reassured the Hyuga heiress as she smiled. "You and Shani-chan find something to do now, okay? You did great today in training." That remark flattered Kagari a lot and she soon kissed her mother where as the boy displayed nothing. Not long after that, Hinata went back outside leaving the two children in the kitchen. After finishing down her cup of juice, the younger twin then looked at her big brother with a delighted face but soon fell when his expression was solemnly grim.

"What's wrong, oni-chan?" she asked as she held his hand with worry all covered in her voice.

"Just thinking about the question you asked kaa-san earlier," Shani responded making a small eye contact with her.

"Which one?"

"The one that you asked whether something bad is going to happen… I am more than certain that whatever this something is, it is likely to affect everyone here." The Uzumaki girl blinked a several times consecutively trying to understand what he was trying to say. She knew better than anyone that he was being very serious about it but she seemed to be lacking something critical.

"What do you mean by that?" she questioned him confusedly.

"You are better off not knowing, Kagari-chan," Shani replied as he began to walk towards his room, "In a world like this, knowledge is no different from fear." With that said, Shani put in the headphones again before he opened his bedroom door and entering soundlessly. Kagari stood their dumbfounded, and it wasn't long before she cursed a little but she didn't want this conversation to stop. In an immediate reaction and not thinking about anything else, she dashed from behind him and embraced Shani tightly. It was no surprise that the young Uzumaki boy stopped right at his tracks.

"Oni-chan…" she moaned in his back, "Tell me what's wrong… I don't want to see you like this…"

"It's nothing," lied Shani as he turned around to face her. His hands went around her narrow waist since she was starting to go through the stages of puberty and soon tugged her closer to himself, "Don't worry about me, okay?"

"But… I know you are concerned over something…" she argued and not long after she kissed him on the cheek. He only gave one back. "Oni-chan, please tell me…"

"Like Mother said, it does not concern you."

"How did you know then? Did they tell you and not me?"

"Mother and Father wouldn't be that unfair now, would they?" Shani asked her with his eye looking at her skillfully. In other words, he was putting faith in his sister to trust him and which she did, "I overheard something Mother and Aunt Hanabi talked about the other day…"

"Like what?" she spoke to him in the need of answers and reason, "It's serious, isn't it, Shani?"

"Quite…" he gave her the vaguest answer he could muster, "There is just this… unshakable irritation about it…"

"Share it with me, oni-chan," she commanded softly as she held him closer to her body. Being Shani, his face did not change but his heart abruptly felt warm. In a brotherly instinct, he moved his arms around her waist once more before giving her an affectionate hug. Kagari blushed lightly when she found out how loving her brother could be, and it was then when she kissed him on the lips –no tongues involved.

To any other sibling this may be weird but for these two… it was natural. Of course they loved another very much and Kagari was the first person that Shani ever trusted, it was no doubt that he treasured her more than anyone else in the family. After Shani gave a bit of force to kiss his sister, she instantly pulled back along with a thick blush, the older twin barely grinned at her endearing actions. Then he decided to kiss her on the forehead.

"Kagari," Shani called her name as she buried her face into his chest, "In order to have nothing bad happening, we have to be strong. We must work hard so no one gets hurt or feel depressed. You promise me that?"

"I will…" she said in a muffle but moving her head up and down to comply.

"It's getting a little late, I am going to bed, okay?" Hearing that, the girl immediately looked up at him with one of the most charming face he had perceived. Shani knew better than anyone that she was up to something.

"Can you read me a story first, oni-chan?" she pleaded cutely while batting her eyes. A kiss and a hug were effective tools to get what she wanted. After pecking her back on the cheek, Shani –miraculously- agreed. Taking his hand into hers, Kagari pulled her poor brother to her room without asking his consent. She giggled happily knowing that she would have another great sleep tonight where Shani was the one to provide it for her. She knew she loved her big brother with all her heart could give.

(Next day at the Conference Room of the Hokage's office building)

No one was content after hearing the report that Calamity and Raider gave Naruto last evening. Hinata expected this, Hanabi was right; the Sound did make up a fake story to cover up. A whirlpool or a natural disaster struck the Mist killing thousands and the Sound was there to give a helping hand. Hinata and the others were not that foolish to believe in such blasphemy, and who was that incredibly insane to trust those words? As far as anyone could remember, the Sound were never people who would do things like assisting countries that may be in need and Tsunade wanted to damn that bastard so badly. He was intelligent, he used the fact that the Mist was near the ocean to justify the natural phenomenon to make nearby countries believe those stories of lies. Bad came to worse for it didn't end there.

Calamity and Raider found plenty of survivors from the invasion. Also, the Sound had practically confiscated children away from their families. Yes, confiscated as if they were equipment. From what they could gather, the Sound would put all the children in boot camps or something similar to that and make them official ninjas. Undoubtedly, they didn't give those poor children a chance to decide at all. Calamity also said that some of them are now under some sort of enhanced drug called the Gripheptan that to ensure loyalty forever. What a sick sense of morality it was.

In addition, the women and men who did not have the capability to become ninjas –or useful weapons as the Orochimaru put it- they were ordered to become farmers and vassals for official Sound members. Having such numbers to produce food, the Sound was on a path to prosperity. However, this prosperity only applied to Orochimaru and the most loyal Sound soldiers and minimal amounts were given to the survivors. In other words, only first citizens of the Sounds and their descendants have a significant advantage over the ones who were not in terms of both socially and politically. The living class style was evident; it was stability or poverty. Calamity and Raider sympathized for these people and yet they couldn't do a thing to help them. Just picturing Orochimaru made their blood boil.

Unfortunately, both revenants did not manage to find the elites that Naruto told them to find. Since Naruto did not know how they looked like, it was difficult for them to indicate who they maybe since it could be anybody. Not only that, they did not get to have a first hand look on Orochimaru or any of his new subordinates; Hinata seemed disappointed hearing that. Not having the need to ask, a major proportion of this mission was to figure out how much stronger did the snake sannin's forces grew. Everyone did not blame Calamity or Raider for this result; it only showed that the Sound was very cautious about their weapons and secrets. It was rational since even Konoha had their own secrets. Having two demonic families wasn't something that Tsunade should brag about to other Kages. Overall, the search was a success and Konoha had much to repair on if anything drastic did happen.

Only one word was in everyone's minds at that moment… Kuso…

(Sometime later)

"So who could tell me what is the most effective way of using a kunai…" That was it, he couldn't take it anymore. Putting his hands on his head in an irritated fashion, Shani shifted agitatedly for two seconds before leaning on his table and glaring at the preaching Iruka who was up front. Supposedly, Iruka should be teaching but now it was no different from sermonizing. Judging from Kagari's facial expression, even she didn't appreciate this. Think about it carefully, who would? Ruffling his hair one more time with pure frustration, Shani began to emit angered grunts under his breath. What he didn't notice was that Yamase seemed worried. The Hyuga girl was sitting beside him today and kept taking secret glances at least ten times in half an hour. Umi also had been watching the Death Knight and envy was evident in her face for she was unsatisfied that Yamase got to sit next to her admirer. At the same time, she also felt concern for her good friend –who was on a verge of taking a kunai and stab himself than to listen to this garbage. To be precise, everyone seemed to be annoyed at Iruka's teaching.

Preaching… a word that no child or teenager would want to face. Why, you may ask? It was simple actually. Children and teenagers get preached all the time from people everywhere such as teachers, parents, youth leaders, pastoral staff, elders, grandparents, counselors, and much more. One of the last things that they would want to face was more preaching. Preach is teaching in a way but the method of teaching is persuasion. Recall some of your memories of someone preaching to you, what do they normally say? 'I believe this….'; 'I think this is…'; 'You should be this…'; 'I am certain that this way….' etc? It is all in their opinion and think about it closely again…. No one gives a damn if it is all "your opinion" without giving some actual evidence that "your" method is worth to try out –or possibly even effective to a degree.

Just because it is "your opinion" does not mean it is the only option, always have evidence to back up your statement. In reality, no one cares about what "you" think unless some proof is given. And for the same reason, everyone disliked Iruka's lesson.

"And that class is the end of today's lesson, have a good lunch, okay?" These words escaped Iruka's mouth forty-five minutes later, and in a mere instant the class soon gave very satisfied sighs. Kagari finally had a smile on her face and immediately approached Asuran with that heart-warming smile that he always loved. After taking his backpack, Asuran took Kagari's hand –which she blushed immediately- and guided her out of the classroom before the fanboys wanted to join her in the lunch period. The young males hurried themselves up when they saw their beautiful princess being taken away by the evil force of nature, they couldn't allow Asuran to have her all by himself, it would be immoral, it would be absurd! Not giving them another second to escape, all the fanboys who were similar to loyal slaves to Kagari immediately took action and headed towards the door. However, somebody managed to stop them before they started. Or rather… a whole group of girls.

This class was unlike any class in the entire academy. Aside from the fact that they had a teacher, good students, disciplined procedures, there was just something that other classes lacked. That would be series of fanclubs. Not only did the people who were admired popular, at the same time their lives could be a living hell. Kagari was the number one girl for any boy to have a crush on, she was strikingly gorgeous, gentle, treated everyone with the same level of respect, never bitched, smiled all the time, what more could anyone want from a girl? Simple actions were the most profound actions and even kids noticed it well. They felt appreciated, that was what made Kagari the ideal model for them to follow.

For the girls, Asuran would be their goal. Not only was Asuran the number one rookie in class –where as Shani was actually much stronger than he was- he was also very handsome. The indigo raven hair; his height; those golden orbs that could attract any girl; his exceptional skills in academics and combat; all the girls wanted to get his attention. The only girls that were not affected by Asuran's "charm" would be Umi, Yamase, Kagari and Tsubasa but the Uzumaki girl was the only one who admired him deeply more than just a friend. Moreover, Asuran admired her as well. The Uchiha boy –like Kagari- never rejected any of the girls and accepted them as friends. He talked with them from time to time so at least he would show some acknowledgement and giving them some of the attention that they wanted. However, those actions merely made the fangirls believe that they actually had a chance to win Asuran's heart where Kagari captured it long ago. This resulted in the boys envying Asuran greatly and the girls being very jealous of Kagari.

"Kagari…" called Asuran as he pulled her gently to himself as if he was protecting her, and the girl's cheeks began to show a shade of crimson a few seconds afterwards, "You hear something?" he asked her with vigilance.

"No…" she replied sheepishly still carrying that blush. I can only hear my heartbeat…

"Listen carefully…" he demanded softly with a solemn face. Once Kagari actually bothered to hear the sounds, she stiffened immediately when trampling footsteps were heard.

"Asuran-kun!" came a voice from one of the corridors that made the Uchiha cold sweat with fear, "Asuran-kun, where are you?"

"Oh, crap…" cursed the Uchiha as he took Kagari and hid into a small gap to conceal themselves from the crowd, "Shit… why are those girls doing here?"

"They are following you again?" asked Kagari as she moved herself a bit closer to feel his warmth.

"Yeah… where is Shani when you need him? He would be able to Blink us out of here…" Unknowing to him, the girl was pouting the entire time after he said his last statement. After a few seconds of delay, Asuran finally looked at Kagari and a frown was the only thing present.

"How could you not remember about my abilities, Asuran…" she said as she buried her head into his chest, "I have Blink, too." The Uchiha's eyes opened up in an instant.

"What are you waiting for then, Kagari? Get us out of…" Even before he finished his sentence, Asuran already found himself outside somewhere that he did not recognize, "Here…?" Where were they, Asuran thought to himself as he immediately looked around to recall if he ever been here. Soon, he realized this was the roof top of the academy but he wondered if this was a good place to hide out. The only thing he needed to fear was if the mob of fangirls would know this location. Not that it mattered though; they were safe for the time being.

"We should be okay for now," Kagari spoke catching his attention, "Asuran, you want to sit with me?"

"Yeah, sure…" he called back still with an intuition that something disastrous was going to commence. Kagari soon merely walked up to him and took his hand. In less than a few seconds, she guided him to sit at a comfortable spot and she rested her head on his shoulder while not allowing him to object. Not that he minded, he liked it after all. "Kagari?" he called telling her to look at him. The young girl responded by leveling her iris so she could see him.

"What, Asuran?" she purred peacefully.

"Thanks for saving us back there."

"Don't flatter yourself," she responded teasingly, "I was just trying to save myself. You only happened to be there."

"Ouch," Asuran stated as he placed his hand over his heart with raw sarcasm, "That hurt. I never have faced such rejection from Uzumaki Kagari before. I am so hurt…" The girl immediately giggled adorably hearing his words, no wonder why she liked him so much.

"I am only kidding, Asuran," she told him as she leaned closer again to kiss him on the cheek. In an act of instinct, the Uchiha turned away when she pulled back. Kagari knew that he was blushing since her cheeks were burning as well. "Asuran?"

"What is it, Kagari?"

"Do you like me?" That question easily made Asuran recoil. Why did she ask him that all of a sudden? Sure, they were alone, no one was in sight, she was blushing with a charm that lure any men in, his heart was beating way too quickly for its own good… he just didn't know how to answer it.

"Kagari… I…" Words were just choking at his throat making his speech useless.

"We have been friends for a very long time… Don't you like me a little bit?" Kagari pursued this topic further as she moved another inch closer. The girl did not know what had came over her but her mind and heart told her to do so. She really liked Asuran, and merely looking at him made her want to kiss him. No, it would not be a simple kiss on the cheek, she would make it passionate, real, and full of tranquility. Could it be lust, thought Kagari to herself at that moment, was that something that powered her mother and father to be intimate with another? She did not know but yet she couldn't control herself.

"Kagari… of course I like you…" he replied while heat continued to emit from his body. She looked so pretty, he told himself mentally, and that blush suited her so perfectly fine. At the same time, looking at her sweet, small, gentle lips only began to stimulate his mind into kissing it himself. It was tempting him as if it was his to claim where no one else could take it away from him. Also, Kagari would never allow another man –aside from her father and Shani- to kiss it.

"Kiss me…" she moaned softly to attract him. Asuran would not wait any longer, he moved his head slightly to the left before slowly leaning in to kiss the girl of his dreams. Kagari reacted in the same manner with a high level of anxiety, their hearts began to race but just when their skin were millimeters away from another, they heard a distressed voice. Although they wanted to ignore it and hope that person to have a nice life and hopefully survive, they soon realized it belonged to Shani.

When Shani was in trouble, it was never a good sign.

"Shani-kun…" pleaded the mob of fangirls who were searching for Asuran. The Uzumaki boy's eye twitched continuously trying to look for a way to get out of this hopeless situation.

"What do you want?" he hissed dangerously but the girls appeared to be unaffected.

"Can you tell us where Asuran-kun is? Please…" Their persistent tormented him to no end.

"Find him yourself." Shani stated having no interest to continue with this conversation.

"But you are his friend, right? Can't you help us?"

"Who the hell are you people? Do I even know you?" Despite the fact that Shani may be in the same class as these girls, his knowledge of them were lower than acquaintances. In no time, he took out his primary weapon and pointed at all of them. Did the girls react now? Yes.

"You people have exactly five seconds to get out my sight," he declared as his right eye gleamed with deadliness while he pointed the spearhead directly at one of the girl's head. "I don't know where he is nor do I have the damn intention to tell you where he may be, I will start from-"

"You look really cute when you're serious, Shani-kun," said a girl trying to persuade him to back down and give in. If Shani was any other male, he would be easily convinced and be putty in their hands. However, that comment only showed negative effects.

"You people just don't learn…" Shani hissed with amusement as he fired energy flares randomly at them. At this point, the girls screamed in terror and immediately ran off in different directions hoping to escape the Death Knight's wrath. The boy's right eye continued to show excitement as he unleashed each beam, their cries of mercy were similar to elegant music. Once the girls were far away from here, the young Death Knight sighed to himself before putting in his headphones thus letting his mind roam into the world of his meditation. Little did he know, Kagari and Asuran were watching him from the rooftop the entire time, their previous mood to kiss another was instantly forgotten when they heard those screams and yelling with fear as their source of power. It looked like they had to wait until next time…

(Moments later)

She didn't know she was looking for him. It wasn't like he would get himself into trouble, would he? Yamase couldn't fully understand why those girls suddenly wanted to look for Shani but she knew the result of it would not be good if they tried too hard. She then recalled Asuran taking Kagari out of the classroom in much of a hurry, maybe that was why the girls wanted to ask Shani knowing he was his friend. Yet, she worried about his safety since girls always want to get what they wanted by any means possible. At the same time, Yamase knew she always had faith in the young Death Knight, she could tell that he was fine but yet maybe it was that she was too anxious to see him.

Was it love or infatuation? She was certain that her affection was not like a fangirl but yet stalking her admirer like this was not something she should be too proud of doing. It was just one little peek, that wouldn't be such a big deal, would it? She was just here to see if Shani was okay, and if he was, she would leave and that would be the end and she would go back inside. After making that dedication to herself, she completely forgotten it when her eyes spotted Shani. He was sitting there on top of a tree branch staring at the horizon with his headphones in his ears. Although his back was facing her, her face was draining all the blood from the rest of her body due to blushing. He looked so handsome in her eyes and she couldn't admit it out loud to him, what should she say to her admirer, what could be said?

After few seconds of pondering, she knew that her mind was blank. If she encountered him now, she would appear like a fool and she did not want Shani to picture her as a lowlife. Who would when it came to the person they admired? Any logical person would want to show their best traits to charm others. To avoid being seen, Yamase decided to just watch him from afar but her efforts were wasted when Shani called her name out loud without needing to turn around. The Hyuga girl gave a small squeak knowing she was found easily.

"Yamase-chan," Shani said as he turned his head to the right slightly so she could see his right eye. The girl barely made eye contact for her timidity took the best of her. Regardless of how much she wanted to hide after being discovered, she suddenly felt her chin being tilted up gently thus forcing her to look at the person. Her cheeks increased another notch of red when Shani's face was inches away from hers. Yamase's lavender eyes trailed onto his lips, they seemed soft and lovable, and if she didn't have any discipline she would have taken him right there.

"Yes…?" she asked no louder than a whisper.

"Do you know how much I want to thank you?" the Death Knight suddenly told her warmly with a smile. A smile, a genuine smile, Yamase longed to see it again. However, she did not understand why he would be saying this right now. He was indeed the unpredictable one.

"What do you mean, Shani-chan?" Yamase questioned as he held her closer.

"I know you were the one that gave me this Mp3 player, Yamase-chan," Shani said in a clearer voice, "Don't lie to me, I know it is you."

"How? How do you know? You're not supposed to know… it's my secret…"

"Well," said Shani still having that considerate smile, "You make it too obvious."

"Am I that bad at hiding stuff?" she asked him sadly while her cheeks were current flushing, "But… do you like it though?"

"Yamase," he said as he embraced her. The Hyuga girl wanted to melt in his arms forever, "This thing has given me a lot of happiness during the last four years of my life. It had helped me more than you can ever imagine and what makes me even happier is that you gave it to me. My favorite relative actually cares that much about me."

"I was your only relative back then, Shani-chan," Yamase said as she giggled softly. At that moment, his eyes ventured down to her neck and the silver necklace that he gave her three years ago was still there. Shani guaranteed that she never took it over all this time. Did he feel touched? Somewhat but delightfulness suited this situation more. "Shani-chan…" she suddenly spoke when she felt the jewelry, "I still remember the day that you gave this to me on my birthday… I would never forget it…"

"We were pretty crazy back then giving that present at nighttime, weren't we?" he inquired with an amused grin. Shani was a little taken aback when she shook her head in response, "Yamase?"

"It was worth it, Shani-chan," the girl ensured sweetly when she rested her head on his shoulder, "I loved it back then and I still love it today. I am so happy that you bought it for me."

"Don't worry, it's all worth it for you." Those words easily caused her blushing to deepen. Not knowing it, Shani only made her affection for him to increase, and her heart immediately raced another pace as if she could suffer from another heart attack but an attack of love. It was now or never, she was charmed so badly by him and he was looking at her as if she could kiss him right there. When she finally had the courage to lean forward with her gentle lips ready to osculate his. Still, she was one step too late when Shani first took the initiative to kiss her forehead.

After summoning all that courage wanting to kiss her admirer, he suddenly took her by surprise. Yamase had to admit that she would always love Shani's kisses but not only did it diminish all the audacity she tried so hard to build up, it drained all the blood from her body and to her face. Lacking the sufficient amount of blood for the body to function, she simply fainted forward but luckily the boy caught her before she crashed. The Death Knight wondered what he did to make Yamase faint again, he gave a sigh before picking her up bridal style so he could get to the medical office. He smiled one last time and brushing a bang aside from her cute visage as he proceeded inside.

The moment Shani carried Yamase inside, Uchiha Umi revealed herself from behind a large tree with a face full of jealousy…

(2 years from now)

"Finally," declared Orochimaru in the forest area with the Sound troops along with Kiba and Akira, "The moment is upon us! After today, Konoha would be nothing more than a plague in our memory. Soon, Konoha would officially be its end… Do you hear me, Tsunade, its END!"

"Yes," commented Akira with a smirk, "I am kind of excited myself that we would see this pitiful village burn to the ground… after seeing Chaos have disappeared after our last sneak attack."

"Where do you think she is now?" Kiba brought up this question suddenly.

"It doesn't really matter now, Kiba," the Paladin told him with a wave of his hand, "Chaos is more than likely to be killed. Besides, she was only an experiment."

"I guess you are right…"

"Kiba," Orochimaru said to get his attention, "Where are Tayuya and the others? They should be here by now." The beast manipulator grinned to respond, the sannin wondered why he would be so confident today. Could it be that Kiba would finally have his revenge on Naruto? Orochimaru didn't care that much, all he wanted to know was where his elite soldiers were.

"They will be here shortly, Orochimaru-sama," Kiba retorted calmly, "My squad is very punctual."

"Yes, I know they are," stated Orochimaru, "And when they get here, I need to give them the final instructions before they go on their rampage. Their orders would be the same ones that I gave you. Remember, I want you to lead the initial assault and Akira to stay here with the medic squad."

"Sir." After making a salute, Kiba headed off to the other squads to give them the final orders and best of luck. It was then when the snake leader found those three by the doctors to receive their Gripheptan drug medication. Soon popping the caps open, the three elite living soldiers consumed the contents and tossed the bottle like a piece of garbage hoping mother nature would do her best to make use of it. Just when they were about to commence their mission, Orochimaru halted them.

"What is it, Orochimaru-sama?" asked Kidoumaru somewhat anxious to get things started. Jiroubo remained silent where as Tayuya seemed annoyed that she was being slowed down.

"Don't kill the male vassals, women, and children when you enter Konoha. I would need them to be useful for the Sound later on in the near future," Orochimaru told them cautiously so they would keep this in their minds, "You do remember that, don't you?"

"So I can do whatever we want with the shinobis, right?" asked Jiroubo smirking.

"Right?" Kidoumaru said snickering darkly.

"Shut up, you fools," snapped Tayuya rudely before she took off without them. Again, the girl was being her bossy self, the males did not know how they could stand her after all these years. Not even bothering to argue back, they just followed suit. Once those three were finally out of sight, the snake sannin finally paid attention to the aerial attacking squad who was standing by the entire time.

"Orochimaru-sama," reported a Sound captain as he saluted with respect, "Everyone is ready to attack at your command."

"Good," said the Sound Leader, "I want your projectile attacks to penetrate a portion of the village's defense line. In other words, provide a devastating distraction for the Three to enter the place safely. Yes, please launch in three… two… one… FIRE!" Coordinately, the launchers have catapulted –or use any kind of method to release explosive kunais over the forests to the borderline of Konoha. The snake sannin only awaited the beautiful fireworks that were to come as the Three headed towards another sector at high speed.

(Meanwhile at the academy)

He didn't know how it happened but he knew something was wrong as soon as the rain of explosives struck the first defense towers at the West Gate. In less than three seconds, the guards and five towers were obliterated thus killing everyone within it. Also, in the next thirty seconds after the initial attack, Konoha's emergency alarms rung all across town signaling an enemy had breached in. Over these years, this was the first time this alarm had went off. No questions needed to be asked about this, almost everyone began to panic –especially the academy children.

"What's going on, Iruka-sensei?" Tsubasa nearly screamed with fear but Kuroto held her securely so her worry lessened.

"Are we going to die?" Yamase whispered to Shani while holding on to him as if her life depended on it. Judging by the expression and sweat on Iruka's face, he was very worried about the current scenario nearby. However, it was his job to calm his students down and he prayed to Kami-sama that he could actually get his class back in control.

"It's okay children," he said out loud in the most persuasive way possible, "Everything is going to be alright. You all have to remain calm…" Yet, the class seemed to be the same as before, loud and unwilling to settle down. Who could blame them, they just had first hand experience on hearing a tremendous ignition. Shani, Kagari, Asuran, Kuroto, and Hikaru were not affected at all by this but concern for their loved ones were certainly plastered on their faces. It they told anyone that they were okay, Kami-sama would immediately damn them to hell.

"Shut up!" shouted Asuran angrily very unexpectedly. The volume of his voice even shocked Shani, "What good would you guys do if you keep panicking like idiots? If we want to survive, we better get our acts together and calm down!"

"But what about my mommy?" a child asked Asuran wanting to cry.

"My father is in trouble, too!" said another with equivalent amount of sadness.

"They can take care of themselves," justified Asuran at the verge of breaking down himself trying to wonder if his own grandfather and mother were okay, "They would want you to get to somewhere safe so you won't pointlessly waste your lives out there! Now get your act together so you would be more useful to the village than a sitting duck." All the students soon quieted down after experiencing Asuran's outburst, Kagari kissed him on the cheek after that and the rest of his friends gave him a pat on the back. Shani, however, continued to observe the outside. He cringed insignificantly as another explosion took place at the west end of the village.

"Come on, children," Iruka called them as he got them to get in line, "We are going to take shelter under the Hokage monument. I want everyone to get in single file and let's leave this place as soon as possible." After receiving an understanding, every class in the academy proceeded to the emergency shelters in case an invasion did happen. The main priority right now was to get the women, children and other non-shinobi members out of sight until the stage 3 counter-attack. Iruka seriously hoped that the invaders' tactics were not a blitzkrieg method or all the children and himself would be slaughtered before they reached their destination.

Elsewhere at the exact moment, Hinata and Naruto suddenly felt an immense amount of chakra signatures coming from afar. As soon as the emergency alarms started their infernal ringing, both elite shinobis knew what they sensed was not a mistake. Hinata looked worriedly at her husband as he placed down his teacup, Naruto eyes even managed to identify a familiar essence of chakra, he only wondered if his wife felt it as well.

"Hinata-chan," Naruto said to his lovely wife while holding her hand. The girl only responded by giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Do you feel it…"

"I do, Naruto-kun…" Hinata told him as she squirmed lightly due to the uncomfortable aura in the air. Saying no would make her a terrible liar.

"We have to get going, now,"

"I know… Please be careful for me…"

"You should, too, Hinata-chan," Naruto said as he kissed her on the lips delicately but Hinata pulled him in for a hot and passionate one. Not that he minded, he could sure use all the best wishes from his wife before the actual battle started. After giving her the most acceptable passionate feeling he could gather since they were at a public facility, the two couple ran out of their home and took flight to the sector that was under heavy siege. From this distance, both of them noticed a large section of it was on blazing fire.

(Following… at the hills of the Hokage monument)

"Come on, children," Iruka hurried as he guided around half the kids inside to the designated shelter, "Once you get inside, I can guarantee that you will be safe." As Asuran and Kuroto entered the shelter, Shani constantly scanned around the west area as if he should not be keeping his eyes away from it. Now he was ordered by Iruka and remain in this cowardly shelter while the other noble shinobis would be fighting for the village. The little Death Knight already figured out this was more than likely to be an invasion of the Sound, he had been training for this day for so long, and he wouldn't simply forfeit this opportunity to defend it. As Iruka guided the second last person –who was Kagari- Shani suddenly turned around refusing to enter.

"Sorry, Iruka," he told him solemnly while his eye contained that shade of teal, "I can't stay here."

"Shani, what are you talking about?" Iruka stated in disbelief, "You have to come in now."

"How can I enter this place when everyone else is fighting? This is our home and those who have power to do something should do something instead of sitting on our butts hoping that someone else would save us. A ninja… no, a person should not be living in this world like a coward if they can do something!"

"What are going to do, Shani?" the chunnin instructor said hoping that he could get some sense into the young Death Knight, "If you go out there, you will be killed! I can't let you go and that is final."

"You are in no position to decide what I should do! At least I can be more useful by going ahead and help out. All we need to do is defeat all the enemies that must be defeated!" He had wasted enough time here chatting with a coward, he should've left minutes ago already. As he generated enough chakra to outstretch his now much stronger devil wings, Shani violently flapped it and immediately gained altitude. Gaining another thrust, the Death Knight instantly turned around and took off without saying another word. It was then when Kagari came out.

"Sensei!" she shouted thus Iruka turned to face her. By the looks of her panting, it seemed like she ran out here in a hurry, "Where did oni-chan go? I thought he was with you!"

"He… Shani…" The girl did not appreciate this kind of hesitation at all. She immediately glared fiercely to make him tell her what actually happened.

"What about Shani?" she pushed on.

"He took off saying that he needs to fight…" Iruka replied sadly but Kagari did not accept his moping look.

"And you just let him?" she questioned with outrage, "How could you let my brother go out there and die? Why didn't you stop him?"

"I did, Kagari," argued the chunnin, "We can talk about this–"

"Then you didn't try hard enough, Iruka!" Kagari scolded angrily, "How could you…"

"Let's not talk about it now, Kagari," persuaded the chunnin instructor, "Let's get inside."

"I'm not going in!" the girl declared, as she slapped the chunnin's hand away, "I won't let Shani die like this… I can't let it happen!" In an instant, the girl engaged her own feathery angelic wings and reached towards the skies. Iruka stood there completely gawking at her beauty as Kagari flew towards the west end where all the commotion was. Wherever Shani was going, she was determined to follow knowing how reckless Shani could be at times during combat. Naturally, the girl prepared for the worst.

(Meanwhile at the South Gate)

"Looks like the West Gate needs more men to defend it," spoke a chunnin captain to his squad at the South Gate's patrol defense line.

"So we are needed to get there, I assume?" asked another, "Those Sound bastards… how dare they infiltrate this place believing that we would just surrender?"

"No matter what the case is, we are ordered to get there." Exactly that instant, their bodies turned ice cold with fear while a cackle was heard. They didn't know who did that but for people who had some common sense they all knew the enemy already had them. The captain couldn't take it anymore, "Show yourselves!"

"You should be worrying about yourselves before caring for others," a voice suddenly emitted from nowhere but they noticed it was a woman's.

"Your corpses would fear us, fools," another sinister voice came aback.

"What…" As if on cue, one of the watch towers incinerated into flames therefore killing everyone who was on it. The Leaf shinobis only watched helplessly as the tower collapsed on the ground while they couldn't even detect where the enemy was fully. "What the hell…"

"You fools…" Tayuya said as she appeared right in between them. Just when they finally saw the Sound girl right in the crowd, their bodies were hacked into halves at the waist killing them in one shot. As ten shinobis fell lifeless on the ground, Tayuya smirked when she spotted her other two teammates began their onslaughts on the rest of the weaklings. Watching those Konoha chunnins actual attempting to hit Kidoumaru was quite amusing, their efforts were futile. Not giving any precautions, the East Sound male launched a web from his mouth striking a chunnin from the torso. In a violent swing and then a slam, Kidoumaru easily crippled his spine with one blow.

"Hey, Jiroubo," Kidoumaru called grinning, "Leave this sector to Tayuya and I, you can take the ones on the far end so you can block the rest of the Leaf's reinforcements."

"Don't worry about it," Jiroubo said back as he smashed another poor man in the face, "I will team with Tayuya."

"I thought I was doing you a favour for aiding that bitch for you."

"I heard that!" Tayuya shouted angrily with a twitching brow. How did he dare to call her a bitch!

"Yeah, thanks," Jiroubo said back before heading towards another sector leaving the other two here. At that moment, a watch tower began to fire at Kidoumaru. Giving a smirk, the East Sound nin licked his lips before commencing his attack. Taking out an arrow while leaping back to evade, he suddenly jumped high to the air reaching the same height as the attackers in the tower.

"Destroy!" yelled Kidoumaru as he pulled his bow ready to fire his arrow. In an unexpected turn of events, Kidoumaru's face was struck heavily by a kick. The attacker was no other than Shani. As of result by this deadly blow, the Sound-nin descended quickly to the ground making a heavy impact as he hit bottom. Seeing someone was actually trying to defend their target, Tayuya snickered as she jumped down to the support of the tower.

Without hesitation, she pulled her trident back before slashing the support stands off thus the tower ended up collapsing thus the Death Knight's efforts were wasted. Shani didn't even realize Tayuya until now, just when he tried to blast her with a beam she quickly ran off with the Death Knight chasing her in flight. What he didn't notice was Kidoumaru got up from the ground –he was indeed enraged.

"Why you…" the arachnid male yelled hoarsely as he readied himself to release his arrow, "Eliminate!" Once the spider freak's angering aura was detected by the Death Knight, Shani immediately shifted his body making the attack a complete miss but Kidoumaru was not someone who would simply give up. To be accurate, neither was Tayuya.

"Damn those bastards…" cursed Shani as he saw Tayuya coming at him at the corner of his eye.

"Who the hell is this kid?" questioned Tayuya as she performed a downward slash with her trident but only to be defended with a scythe. Once both of them saw an energy arrow being fired right at them, both warriors broke out of their weapon clash to evade.

"I don't know, Tayuya," answered Kidoumaru in a frustrated voice, "But he knows how to fly… how annoying…" A ranged and a close range fighter, the Death Knight clearly knew the odds were against him. The two were not your natural shinobis if they had the capability to wipe out over thirty chunnins in a several minutes, Shani soon decided to take out Kidoumaru first. Gathering some chakra into his scythe, he called forth a wave of Chain Lightning downward. However, when Kidoumaru made an effortless twist to the left, Shani knew his attack was just a dead miss but the East nin fired back only to be avoided again.

"You missed, you baka…" taunted the North nin snickering. The spider boy simply ignored her as he wisely moved himself into position. Attempting to seize this second perfect chance, Kidoumaru knew this was a great time to fight back. Just when he tried to aim accurately, Tayuya was only a several feet in front of him.

"Get out of the way, Tayuya!" grunted the spider boy with annoyance.

"You're the one who's in the way!" scolded the fuchsia haired girl fiercely as she unleashed two concentrated beams at Shani with accuracy. Tilting just a bit, the scythe warrior escaped it but not before giving a counter attack with his own Mana Burns. It was predictable, as Tayuya would say, and as of result she slashed all three beams to nullify it. The girl smirked evilly when she saw the annoyed grimace on his face.

"She's good…" Shani said to himself quietly while he flew back giving off another wave of Shadow Strikes as suppressing fire as the opposing forces charged at him preparing to strike. As Tayuya slashed a several poison chakra daggers to create an opening, Kidoumaru promptly seized this opportunity to strike.

Since Shani didn't expect such a counter, he had no other choice but to prepare himself to take the hit. Despite his readiness, it didn't mean that it didn't hurt. As far as he was concerned, an arrow forcefully tearing his muscles off was not something that was considered soothing. Just as Tayuya quickly fired another chakra beam from her trident, the Death Knight –without even considering any other possibilities- evaded using Blink.

Coming from nowhere at all, Shani's back suddenly was hit by a boulder sized bomb. At the next second, it ignited with ferocious outcomes therefore causing the Death Knight to falter in the air miserably. No questions were needed here, Kidoumaru and Tayuya both had great faith that Jiroubo was the source of their assistance. Not wanting their teammate's secret effort to be in vain, the remaining Sound-nins immediately took action.

These bastards…

In a swift movement, Tayuya jumped up to the air with her trident raised over her head thus giving Shani a tremendous swipe at the chest area. Luckily the Death Knight turned slightly to block the assault with his scythe's blade but yet the stamina and energy put into it was more than sufficient to cause Shani to fall down quicker. The amount of force was indeed great, he could not imagine such strength came from just one strike. In other words, this was a simple detection that Tayuya had much secret abilities in terms of abilities and strength. Shani was certain that Kidoumaru was no different. Although Shani wanted to recoil and commence a counter, he found it completely impossible when the arachnid freak was suddenly above him with a snicker. Talk about speed and power.

"It's the end…" Kidoumaru hissed darkly when he opened his mouth while charging for a poison venom web assault. Shani's eye opened with stun when the Byakugan read the intensity of the chakra within that one single attack. Judging from the strength of it, he would not even survive. He didn't know who these people were, however, it did not take a genius to figure out they were abnormal. Not even realizing what Kidoumaru had done, Shani finally witnessed him fire the web directly into his face. It was hopeless; he couldn't dodge it.

"Oni-chan!" yelled a female voice mysteriously as she came right in between Shani along with a dagger to intercept. Tayuya and Kidoumaru were stunned seeing that the poison attack completely deflected with ease but even more stunned when the new challenger immediately confronted them with a wildfire of Chain and Forked Lightning beams.

Quickly gaining some agility from their bodies, Kidoumaru shifted aside while Tayuya jumped high henceforth saving themselves from being electrocuted.

"What…" cursed Kidoumaru angrily with a cringing face.

"…" the Sound girl only chose to be silent while observing the new enemy.

"An angel?" Jiroubo asked with slight awe seeing such beautiful wings on the girl.

"Kagari…" That was all Shani could say, he was still too shocked that his life would've been over if she didn't intervene. Then it hit him, why was she here? She should be in the shelters for heaven's sake! Why did she risk her life in being here? Kagari remained absolutely serious as she prepared herself for the worst possibke outcome, with her Sight of Divinity it wasn't hard to find out how powerful the Sound nins may be. However, this was not the time to ponder when the enraged aura of the East Sound nin violently erupted in similar to a volcano.

"Damn it…" he shouted with raw fury to Kagari, "What the hell are you!" In that instant, he engaged without Tayuya and went ahead. The girl –on the other hand- seemed very amused by Kagari's entrance.

"A devil and an angel… looks like it's going to be fun…" she said to herself before taking charge as well.

"I don't care who you are… But you die as well!"

AN: The Naruto and Hinata VS Kiba will be out next chapter, please be patient! Yes, this battle is inspired from the battle of Orb in episode 38 of Gundam Seed where Raider Gundam and Forbidden Gundam engaged Freedom Gundam. So, please don't sue! If you got any questions for me, feel free to ask and I hope to answer some of them in a review just in case I cannot update soon enough. If this thing is not updated after two weeks or so, check this stories' review section to see if I replied. Thank you all for reading my fiction up until now, your consistent efforts do make my day believe it or not. Take care of yourselves out there!