Blah. Voila!
Lights… Camera… ACTION!
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Perfection. What is it? Is it, in a person when they smile. Or is it god? Who knows?
"This is a perfect time. They have lowered their guard a bit. I see loop holes in their systems."
"Yeah?" Deidara leant lazily on the wall, "Namely?"
"Their Shinobi." A glint of white sparked in the darkness. You could vaguely see the dripping blood from the snow, white fangs. The mouth closed itself and remained silent for a moment. Crimson eyes pierced the darkness around the fangs, "GO NOW!"
Deidara leaped out of the room, Pushy, pushy. He ignored his master and jumped on with the rest of the crew.
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Aki stopped at Tenten and Lee's room, leaving them plenty of gifts. Cautiously approaching her brother's room, she knocked. There was nothing, she knocked again and put her ear to the door. A faint mumble was heard. Aki turned the door knob and let herself in.
She found Neji awake, but couldn't get up. He twitched his mouth a little, as if to smile, when she entered. "Hey." Aki sat down on a stool at the foot of the bed, "Got gifts for you." She piled the chocolates and such on his feet. Neji gasped quietly because of the weight but paid no attention to it.
"How?"
"How what?"
"How can you walk? You were hurt worse than me, and I still can't even stand."
Aki stared for a moment and put her finger to her lips, "It's a secret." She smiled and got up. She was about to leave when she spotted a red ribbon sticking out from the drawer of his bedside table. "Hey, that's mine. A long time ago, my father told me that my mother gave it to me."
"That means that my mother gave it to you, considering that we're twins." Neji lifted his upper torso a bit and opened the drawer, using his chi, he let it fly towards his twin. Aki caught it with her left hand and smiled.
"Man, this is going to take some time to get used to. It's weird to have someone on my side for a change. Thanks nii-san." Aki excited the room, grinning wildy.
"Thanks Aki."
Aki whirled around, Neji's head was lying on his pillow (uhm… shouldn't it be?) his eyes were closed and his breathing was light. Aki turned towards the hall again, Must have been my imagination. She shut the door behind her.
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Ramen. Ramen, ramen, YEAH! Ichiban RAMEN! Naruto's order came up at the touch of a bell. He grabbed his chopsticks and started stuffing the noodles down his hungry throat. He was on his third bowl of ramen and was still hungry. "Hummm hu hummm!" He hummed happily as he slurped down the last remnants of the bowl. He was about to order another steaming bowl when something appeared in the corner of his eye. Naruto froze and stiffened his body. He quietly moved his eyes back and forth, striving to listen. Slowly, but surely, he turned around so he could see the figures hazily at the corner of his eye. They were like normal people, dressed in normal clothes. Yet something was different about them, something in their aura, their eyes. They just didn't seem normal. There were two of them; one was a guy, and the other a girl. The guy was wearing something sort of a samurai's costume. The girl was wearing a short kimono. By the way she had weapons and a large shuriken blade slinging off her back, it was a battle kimono and was probably wearing shorts under it. The pair stood there for a while, just staring. Then, Naruto blinked and they were gone.
Heh, heh… Naruto scratched his head, That was weird. Oh well… MORE RAMEN! And so, Naruto ordered his fourth bowl.
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"That was him right?" The girl named Hamano Minawa said softly to her partner, Deidara. Minawa had dark brown hair that was tied in a loose pony tail. Hair drifted by here and then. Her bangs were held back by a black fishnet headband. She had piercing violet eyes that when looked at, makes you want to hide. Her skin was tanned a bit but she was still considered beautiful.
"Yes, do you think he saw us?"
"Most likely, let's just hope he was the only one. Come on, we have to 'put to sleep' everyone else in the village. Well, everyone, except for them."
"Yeah, it's just…" Deidara put his left hand on the back of his head grinning, "How? We can't just drug someone without anyone noticing."
Minawa didn't reply, in fact, she wasn't even there anymore. She was standing on a nearby fencepost, eyes targeting someone. Deidara saw her eyes grow bigger for a moment as they locked onto someone. A sharp point pierced through the air, hardly visible enough for the human eye. It struck the bare arm of the person, and then rocketed back to its owner. Minawa jumped away from the post and landed in a fully grown tree. Deidara followed her and they sat, hidden under the many leaves of the tree. One by one, each villager fell into a deep slumber. Each one within a 20 meter radius from where Minawa was originally standing had fallen onto the ground. Deidara stared, " Okay that works." They then shot out together, needles in hand, ready to drug/kill the city.
They drugged the guards at Hokage tower first. Each one fell at their feet, not even able to let out a gasp or a cry of pain. They just fell. The two hurried up to the Hokage's room but ran into some obstacles. A few kids. The Akatsuki did not like to kill children, only what they needed. So the children blocked their ways, Minawa and Deidara flinched for a moment but then needled them anyway. Their flinching caused a ruckus over the remaining guards who heard one of the kids, Konohamaru, yelp when his companions hit the ground before he did.
Deidara and Minawa slugged the kid hard on the head and he crumpled to the floor. The two then ran off before the chunins and jonins came by, discovering their comrades on the floor.
Minawa knocked on the Hokage's door. Nobody answered. Minawa knocked again, Oh WTF! Using her foot, she knocked open the door. Looking around the room, she found that it was empty. A ceiling fan was blowing and gave Minawa a chill. She walked in a bit and was about to turn back when something smacked her on the side of her head.
She fought with the smacker and after her vision cleared, figured out it was the Hokage fighting her. She pushed his face away with one hand and aimed at his heart with the other. It was a clear hit. The Hokage slumped on top of her and she rolled out from under him.
Deidara came huffing into the room and saw Minawa on the floor and the Hokage, not moving, lying beside her.
"Did you?" He twitched his head towards the Hokage.
"I don't know; come on," Minawa got up and walked out the door, stopping to say, "Let's go."
They arrived at the mansion in less than three minutes. They tried opening the door, but it wouldn't budge. So they forcefully let themselves in.
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Aki walked up and down the market place streets. She was looking for someone. The Akatsuki told her there was a biju here, in the Fire country. The only large enough city in the Fire country was Konoha. Aki was looking for anything peculiar, like thrashed stalls or large footprints in the sand. She came across an alley. There was a young girl in the center of a circle. Boys, way larger than her, were kicking and thrashing her about. Aki hid and watched, and she did nothing. A boy at least two years older than herself rushed into the alley from behind her. She saw him fight back the bullies, when they ran, he sped off to the little girl (about twelve or so) and knelt beside her. She was crying; you could hardly see her ice blue eyes behind the sparkling tears. Her face was badly bruised, and it was even more obvious because she had pale skin. Her dark blue hair (I know it isn't possible… shut up. REVIEW) was tied up, but it was falling apart after her beating. She looked as if a car ran over her. She had on a Ninja academy jacket that had many rusty colored stains on it. Her skirt, which was up to her knees, was tattered so that you could see the shorts she was wearing underneath. Her kunai pouch was on the ground, the blades scattered over the floor. Aki thought she even saw one that looked as if it had pierced through skin. The girl looked at her companion, and then she closed her eyes and fell. The boy had quick reflexes and caught the falling girl. By the way he acted; Aki saw that this girl was his sister. He picked her up and carried her out of the alley way, possibly back to their home. Aki stood there, pretending to be reading a paper she grabbed off the shelf. She was wishing that she did something to help the girl before her brother came. A sudden surge of guiltiness passed through her. She let the paper down and teleported to the house that she had seen when the boy had passed her. (A/N: She read his mind.)
"Come on Mimi! Michiyo come on!" The brother, Nakashima Ryou, talked to her the whole way. He had a really worried look on his face. But according to his thoughts, this has happened many times before. Aki had arrived at their house, or more like a hut. It was made of mostly straw on the outskirts of town. The roof was falling apart, and the furniture was horrid. There wasn't even a bed. Aki felt so bad. She waited for the siblings to arrive.
When they did, she stepped out from behind the house. The brother immediately jumped up and set his sister down. "Who are you?" He asked almost right away, as if by natural instinct. Aki said nothing, a pitiful look in her eyes. She took a step forwards, seeing the brother did nothing, she took another step. But then he lunged and stabbed her right in the heart. That Aki disappeared in a puff of smoke, replaced by a single red leaf. The brother stared in bewilderment. He turned back to his sister on the ground and found the REAL Aki bending over her. She had her hand, which was glowing, over Michiyo's face. She moved it carefully up and down her body, leaving a shimmering path. Ryou stared.
Aki finished and the golden dust fell upon Michiyo and when it touched her skin, healed the wounds. Aki stepped away from her and stared at Ryou, "If you treasure anything in that house, I advise you to take it out now."
Ryou said nothing, but then muttered something, "Yes. Wait." He ran into the house and came back with a little treasure chest in his hands. Aki found out later on that the wedding rings of their mother and father were in there. Aki read his mind and found out that his parents passed away in a war.
"I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"Your parents." She focused on the ground and wished it to open up and swallow the house. It did, and the house disappeared in a flash. Ryou watched in surprise.
Aki then focused her powers of wood, water, fire, metal and earth to make a new house. She used wind to help her handle the supplies and in less than half of an hour, a new house was built; big enough for six people, and beautiful. It stood taller than the trees in the thicket it was built in. Was pure white and was the perfect dream house that the brother, Ryou, had always thought of. She had brought it to life.
Ryou gaped at the new house. "G-go in." Aki held her stomach as she said this, struggling not to fall in front of the new found stranger. He saw her struggle and rushed up.
"Are you okay? What's wrong with you? What are you? Why did you help us?"
Aki closed her eyes and cringed; she then slowly opened one eye and smiled slightly.
"You deserved it. This house is powered by your willpower. I-It will slowly disappear completely if you lose hope and you stop striving. Don't stop, there is always hope. The house is already fully furnished, and if you want more furniture, I won't be here to supply it."
"T-Thank you."
"You deserve it. Give me the box." Aki reached out for the treasure chest that Ryou held in his hands. He gave it to her, It was the least he could do. Aki opened the box, it played music. It played the tune, This I promise you by N'Sync. (Or whatever the boy bands were at the time) It almost brought tears to Aki's eyes, but shinobi don't cry.
She staggered a breath and she took the rings. Carefully, she used her powers to enlarge them. They grew bigger than her head and then she took the box and enlarged it too. She changed the shape of the box into a flower with red velvet inside. She placed the large rings into the box and threw it as hard as she could straight over her head. A large pole came out from the ground and the flower box landed neatly on the pole. Aki added ribbons that flowed like a river through the air from the pole. A force field was also added to make sure thieves and lightning wouldn't get to the precious rings. She lowered her arms again and fell on her knees. Ryou helped her back to her feet and she leant on the pole she had just created.
"How do you do that?"
"I'm magic." Aki smiled, then disappeared, in a flash of a dazzling white light. Ryou felt his fingers as if searching for any remnants of Aki. Aki stood on a high tree watching over the two. She saw the girl, Michiyo stir and wake. Then they started crying in each other's arms as they thanked the gods for their new home, and the miracle blessed on them.
Aki was proud of acting kind to these people. They did truly deserve it. Carefully using her powers over wind, she created wings that helped her fly through the sky. No, they were there already, she just never noticed them. Launching herself through the air, she spread her white wings and flew, like an angel.
Yay! It is done! Well, sorry it took so long. But please review. Thanks to: Achillea - the most supporting personI have ever met in cyber world! Thanks Achillea for supporting my story! Well, chapter 15 will be coming someday...
Here's a clue:
Day goes down to night
Everything goes quiet
At the time of ritual
The altar is set - each a symbol of their own.
Help can't come; it never comes.
Well that is finished. There'll be another clue next time too! So review, come on! Click that button, i know you want to... I need support.