Meeting New People & Old Friends

GG: ne, sorry for the last chappie, i sorta made it all weird. ah... i don't really feel like doing a disclaimer. if u want one please refrence to one of the earlier chapters. thank you & enjoy!

Naruto smiled and said, "Did I introduce you to my uncle, Krad?" He pointed to the blonde man beside him. Sakura hit his head.

"Stop changing the subject!" she yelled. Arashi glared at her.

"No one can hit this dobe on his head but me," she growled.

"Oh, yeah?" Sakura growled back, rising to the challenge. The two girls engaged in a heated argument. The spotlight was soon on them, and Naruto was forgotten on the bed.

"Oi. OI. OI!" a voice yelled. Arashi turned to snarl upon the poor victim. She laid eyes on the speaker, and her insult died in her throat.

A young woman, about Kakashi's age, (he's only 20-something) was calmly watching them with purple eyes and a tray that was balanced on her head. She wore a black turtle-neck sweater and a pair of jeans that had intricate flowers climbing up the legs. Her hair was bound in a bun and skewered with senbon needles. Fubuki sighed and took the tray off of the woman's head.

"Naruto. I believe it's time for your medicene," he smiled. His voice was a soft baritone which made the other girls melt.

Naruto leaned back on his pillows and pouted, "But I already took my medicene!"

"If you took your medicene, why did Sensei have it?" Naruto blinked. Arashi sighed loudly and threw up her hands.

"How can you be realted to me?"

The woman smiled softly. In the blink of an eye, she shoved a tablespoon filled with the icky medicene into Naruto's mouth while pinching his nose. In his surprise, Naruto swallowed. He immediantly started to gag.

"To tell the truth, I forgot that that was on my head," the woman laughed. Her voice was soft yet clear.

"Then what areyou here for?" Lee asked curiously.

"Ah..." There were loud crashing sounds. Ninjas came in from the windows.

"That's right!" the woman realized. "I was here to tell you that assassins came and were gathering outside your window!"

The young chuunins, plus siblings, relative, and sensei, readied for battle. The assassins were quite skilled. Fortunately, so was everyone else. Naruto, Suki, and the woman sat on the bed watching the show. (this isn't really a big battle so i'm not gonna go into the details)

After a while, the only one left was the leader and two underlings. Krad turned around to look at the woman.

"These men were after either you or Naruto. Since you did nothing and are Naruto's sensei, I think you should take care of him, Akiko," he growled.

"As you wish, onii-chan!" Akiko said happily. The two underlings shuddered.

"We weren't told that we were hunting Akiko of the Blood Fan!" they hissed at their leader who said nothing.

"Akiko of the Blood Fan?" Temari repeated. Akiko smiled and drew out a blue fan that had a red dragon on it.

"That's my nickname," she explained. Nothing moved. Everything was still.

The two underlings hurled themselves at Akiko. The next moment, their bodies were flying one way while their heads flew another. Akiko sighed, hiding her face behind her hand. Blood dripped down the fan and onto her hand

"I didn't exactly want to kill them, but it's not like they have any useful information." Her eyes suddenly became those of an experienced killer who enjoyed their job. "On the other hand, you could be quite useful."

The two nins leaned forward slowly before running towards each other and engaging in battle. Well, it was more like the assassin attacked while Akiko blocked every blow with her fan. Dark suddenly appeared.

"Stop playing with your food, onee-chan!" he yelled. The leader nin twitched.

"Sorry, Dark. I'm just trying to think of a creative way to kill him. Ah! I got it!" Akiko dodged the next attack and chopped off the leader nin's arms and legs. "Now... let's see if you know anything."

There was a glow next to her and a being sudenly appeared. He had long blonde hair and white wings. His clothes were... extravagant (his clothes are to weird to explain!). He smiled gently at the nin and reached down to touch him.

The nin screamed something and activated the explosive notes he had strapped onto himself. Smoke and fire enveloped the room causing an early demise for our heroes...

BLAHBITTY BLAAAAAH!

BLAAAAAAAAAAH!

BLAAAAAAAAAH!

(...aw, who am I kidding? they're still alive. just... read on)

Everything was covered in feathers when the group opened their eyes. Krad, Fubuki, Suki, Akiko, and Arashi had sprouted wings and protected them.

Krad's wings were white, Fubuki's wings were darkblue with black at the tips, Suki's were pure gold, Arashi's were pure black, and Akiko's were black with purple tips and jagged red stripes running through them.

Arashi sighed with relief before realizing that she was hugging Sasuke and shoving him away.

Fubuki laughed at his sister and smiled at Hinata whom he was holding bridal style since she was in the path of a rather large chunk of debri.

Suki was crying into Naruto's neck with relief. Akiko was checking to see if there was anything left of the assassin. She sighed and stood up.

"Is everyone okay?" There were choruses of yes.

Akiko scanned the crowd to make sure no one was lying. Her eyes landed on Kakashi. She walked up to him with a strange look on her face.

"Kakashi?" Kakashi blinked.

"That's me." Akiko smiled.

"You don't recognize me, do you?" Kakashi blinked again. Akiko laughed and turned to the others.

"I take it you all are Naruto's friends. My name is Shinkami Hazumi."

Kakashi crossed his arms for a moment, trying to recall where he had heard that name before. His one eye suddenly opened and he let out a surprised gasp. He grabbed Hazumi by her shoulders to face him.

"Hazumi!" he gasped. "Hazumi as in the Hazumi who once owned this black gubou?"

One of his hands dove to the base of his neck and tugged on a black necklace. At the end of the thin chain was a black dragon in the shape of a pentagram. (a/n: pentagram is that star in a circle, right?) Hazumi smiled softly.

"So you do remember me!" Sakura looked from one adult to the other.

"How do you know her sensei?" she asked uneasily. He turned to the younger nins, surprise evident in his eye.

"Hazumi of the Shinkami clan was once the wife of the Yondaime."

GG: so... how was it! R&R pleez!

TRANSLATIONS:
shinkami: "shin" means true "kami" means god
gubou: pentagram - star inside circle
Hazumi: spring
Akiko: "aki" means black "ko" is an ending for a girl's name

GG: according to my religion, it is NOT a sign of the devil!