"Talking"
'Thinking'
Flashback - "Talking"/ 'Thinking'
"Summons Talking"
Chapter 20:
-Hokage Tower; Konoha-
Back in the Konoha, Team 7 has been called back to the Hokage Tower not even a day after they returned from their failed mission to capture Mōryō.
All four members are now standing in front of Danzo, while the village elders are seating on the sofa, listening in.
"Lord Hokage," Kakashi addressed to Danzo. "Why are we here again so soon after our last mission? "I thought you said that we are free for a few days."
"I planned to let you 'stew in', for a little while after your failed mission," Danzo said, making Kakashi and Sakura sweat, while Sasuke scowled at being reminded of that. Sai was… well he is Sai, so he just smiled creepily. "But something has come up, and since you are the strongest team we have next to Team 9," Sasuke scoffed at this, thus, getting a warning look from Danzo. A few seconds later, Danzo continued. "And since they are occupied with another mission, I have decided to send the three of you."
"Ok," Kakashi said. "What is the mission?"
"Our spies in the Sand Village have just informed us that Kazekage has been taken by Akatsuki," Danzo said, getting narrowed eyes from everyone except Sakura, who gasped. "I'm sending you four to save Gaara and bring him here."
This surprised the members of Team 7. "May I ask, why?" Kakashi asked.
"Why what?" Danzo asked back.
"Why save him," Kakashi asked? "And why bring him here of all places?"
"It's simple," Danzo said. "I want him saved and brought here because I don't want the Akatsuki getting their hands on Ichibi, and also because once we have the Kazekage in our hands, we can force Sand to do as we want them to, if they want their leader back safe and sound." Danzo smirked as he said this. The smirk was matched by the elders. Members of Team 7 didn't show any expressions on their faces.
"Ok, we can do that," Kakashi said. "But tell us. Has the spy given any information about the identity of the Akatsuki and maybe where they are going? Not knowing where they are going, makes it impossible to find them unless we were to first go to the Sand and then track the Akatsuki from there."
Danzo shock his head. "Unfortunately, we don't know anything about either the members of the Akatsuki who attacked, nor we know where they went after they took the Kazekage," Danzo said, and noticed the members of Team 7, frown. Well, Sai didn't frown, but the other three did. "Which means, that you will have to go to the Sand Village, and then say how you were sent to help, not only because you don't want the Akatsuki to get their hands on one of the Biju, but also because you are hoping that this will improve the relations between the two villages.
"That would be a lie, of course, but they wouldn't know that, and will most likely accept our offer of help if for nothing else, then to get their Kazekage back. Once you find the trail and later Gaara, you can save him and then bring him here. IF, there are Sand Ninja with you at that time… dispose of them, and only return with the Kazekage. Is that understood?" Danzo asked after he briefed them on the mission.
"Yes sir!" All of them said.
"Good," Danzo said with a small smirk. "Now go, and don't waste time, as we don't know how far those two Akatsuki have gotten to, nor we know how long it will take them to extract the Biju from the Kazekage."
The Team Kakashi members nodded, and the left the office, leaving behind Danzo and the two elders. "Will they succeed in the mission?" Koharu asked.
"They better if they know what's good for them," Danzo growled. "They failed one S-Rank mission which was of big importance to the village. If they fail another, it won't end well for any of them."
"Well, we can't exactly punish the Uchiha too much," Homura said. "He is a loose cannon, and as such, wouldn't think twice to make a run to Orochimaru, just like he did three years ago. We have to keep him appeased in order for him to stay in the village"
Koharu nodded. "Homura is right," she said. "The brat only cares about power and his revenge against Itachi. He doesn't give a damn about this village nor anyone in it, but will stay here as long as he gets what he wants."
"I know that," Danzo said. "Sasuke has his purpose, though. Once that purpose expires, he will be dealt with. Of course, not before we make sure we have his seed to impregnate few woman of our choosing, which will give birth to the new Uchiha children as it would be unwise to run out of the Sharingan Eye."
Homura and Koharu nodded at that. They just hoped that they don't end up waiting to much in disposing of Sasuke, and he ends up running away before they eviscerate him.
XXX
-Daimyo Palace; Land of Springs-
The Daimyo of the Land of Springs has just received report from the Sand Village about Gaara's kidnapping, and since they are allies, and friends, she decided to answer the call and send help.
Because of that, there is a single person standing in front of the throne and facing Koyuki.
The person is a beautiful girl looking to be in her late teens, with a black hair rolled up and tied at the left side of the back of her head, with some of it falling at the right side of her face. She has blue eyes and seemingly child-like body, though that can't be seen to the full extent because of the red and purple kimono tied with a yellow obi, she is wearing. She has three hair pins with red flowers attached to her hair.
"Thanks' for showing up so quickly, Serafall," Koyuki addressed to the young girl, whose name is revealed to be Serafall.
"It's my pleasure, princess," Serafall said. "What can I do for you?" She asked.
"My friend and ally, Gaara, the Kazekage of the Sand Village, has been kidnapped by the Akatsuki," Koyuki said with a frown on her face, though there was a visible signs of concern in her eyes. Serafall narrowed her eyes in anger, not just because Gaara was kidnapped, but also because his kidnapping is making her Koyuki sad.
Yes, her Koyuki, as Serafall and Koyuki are not an employer and employee. They are much closer than that… not that anyone knows about that of course. As such, Serafall cares a great deal about Koyuki and will do anything for her, including eviscerating those who hurt her in any way.
"What do you want me to do?" Serafall's voice was anything but cheerful at that moment.
"I want you to go to Suna and help them in retrieving Gaara," Koyuki said. "Do whatever is necessary in bringing him back, safe and sound."
"It will be my pleasure," Serafall said. "I'm assuming I'm to take one of the flying ships."
Koyuki nodded. "Naturally," she said. "It would take you far too long to get to Suna any other way, regardless of how fast you are to move. With the flying ship, you will be there by tonight."
"Understood," Serafall said. "Should I bring someone else with me?"
"If you want," Koyuki said. "Though I doubt you will need any help. If there is someone close here who can come with you, then bring them, just hurry up, so you won't end up being late."
Serafall nodded, and then left the room, after she promised she won't fail her.
XXX
Two members of the Akatsuki who kidnapped Gaara, arrived in their hideout in the Land of Rivers, and have met with the leader of the organization, though he was not really there. Only his hologram was.
"You are late," said the leader with his strange ripple patterned eyes narrowed at the two Akatsuki members.
"Yes, well, the jinchūriki was not exactly easy to capture," said the guy with long blonde hair. His name is Deidara and he is an S-Rank missing-nin from Iwagakure. "Especially because we were in the middle of a FUCKING DESSERT, and he is a Sand user."
"Hm, you were just too slow," said the gruff voice of Deidara's partner. His name is Sasori of the Red Sand and he is a missing-nin from the Sunagakure. "I would have done the job much faster and we wouldn't have to make the other wait. I hate making other wait, Deidara."
"Don't give me that shit," Deidara said to his partner, after which, they started to argue. They were interrupted by the leader.
"Enough with you bickering," the leader said, before he performed some hand-seals and summoned a giant statue with many closed eyes and shackles on its arms. Once the statue was summoned, the holograms of the other members of the Akatsuki showed up as well, and each took a position on the fingers of the statue. Sasori and Deidara also took their positions on the fingers, and with the two of them, there were nine people, standing on nine fingers, with one remaining finger being free.
"Let's start the sealing of the Ichibi. It will take three days and nights to do it, so stay aware of your physical selves." The leader said. "Zetsu, have your physical body stand guard outside. Understood?"
"I know," replied the voice of the strange creature resembling a man coming out from the flytrap.
"Only three days and nights," said another voice. This once belonging to Kisame Hoshigaki, the missing-nin from the Kirigakure. "Isn't it possible it will take more than that, now that Orochimaru is no longer with us?"
"All the more reason to start this at once." The leader said, and the others agreed with this, before they all performed the same hand seal using the same hand which carries a strange rings.
Once they performed the hands seals, the fingers of the statue glowed with the kanji words appearing on each of them. A light appeared in the mouth of the statue, before the leader called the sealing jutsu. "Sealing Jutsu: Nine Phantom Dragons!"
The light extended out of the mouth and formed into nine bluish dragons, which went toward Gaara and engulfed him in bluish white light before Gaara was raised from the cave floor.
Soon, a reddish mist started to come out from Gaara's mouth, nose and eyes, indicating that the sealing of the Ichibi, has started.
XXX
Two of the Sand Shinobi were standing guard in front of the village entrance, watching carefully for the signs of anyone coming to their village for any reason.
They have been informed that they are to expect the arrival of someone from the Land of Springs, but they also knew that if their enemies were to find out that they are currently a Kazekage short, they might get attacked. Which means that there will be no laid-back attitude which is normal for the gate guards of every hidden village.
"When do you think the help will arrive from the Land of Springs?" One of the gate guards asked the other.
"I don't know," replied the second guard. "I am worried though. I mean they are a small country and don't have a hidden village. Who could they possibly send that will be able to fight against someone who defeated Lord Kazekage?"
"I'm sure they will send someone strong," the first guard said. "They are a wealthy country, and even though they have no hidden village, I'm sure they have someone strong who protects the country and trains others."
"Hm, I guess you could be right." The second guard said, and then looked into the distance trying to see if there might be someone coming. He was quite surprised when he saw a sand cloud rising behind what looks like four figures running toward the village.
The two guards looked at each other, before they stood on guard and prepared for battle, just in case.
A minute later, they saw who the four figures are, and even though they didn't recognize them by their names, the Hitai-ate each of them was wearing were very distinguishable.
"Hold it right there!" Yelled on of the guards as soon as the four Leaf ninja was close enough. The members of Team 7 stood in front of the two guards, before Kakashi said.
"We come here in peace. We just want to talk to your leaders about helping with the search for your Kazekage."
"Leaf and Sand are no longer allies," shouted one of the guards, though inwardly he was sweating as he doesn't know how the Leaf ninja found out that the Kazekage is gone. This made him think that if the Leaf knows, then the other villages know as well. "Which means that there is no reason for you to be here."
"Please," Kakashi said, trying to calm down the two gate guards of Suna, as he didn't want to start any battle. At least not right now. "We just want to help. We might not be allies any more, but Akatsuki is a common enemy and we don't want them to get their hands on the Ichibi."
The two gate guards looked at each other, thinking about what to do.
Their thoughts were interrupted when Temari came from behind them and said. "What's going on here," she asked while glaring at the Leaf ninja. She, just like Gaara and Kankuro, hate everyone in Leaf because of what they've done to Naruto. Yes, it's true that she didn't know Naruto that well, and she found the kid a little bit annoying and loudmouth, but he was also a good guy and has helped her brother stop with his homicidal tendencies, and made him into a better man. As such, she felt she owed to Naruto. She was very sad when she heard about his death, before the sadness turned into hate toward the Leaf village and everything related to them. "Why are you Leaf Ninja here?"
Kakashi sighed, and again explained how the Sixth Hokage sent them to assist in saving Gaara as they don't want the Akatsuki to get their hands on the Biju, and because they are hoping to improve the relations between their two villages.
"I seriously doubt that the relations between our villages will improve any time soon, no matter what you do," Temari sneered at the Leaf Ninja. "But if you are willing to assist in taking down Akatsuki… then come after me. We don't have time to waste."
Kakashi nodded, and then he and his team, followed after Temari and went toward the hospital in the Sand village.
XXX
"Why are we in the hospital?" Sakura asked.
"Kankuro is here," Temari said.
"What happened to him?" Kakashi asked with a raised eyebrows, and immediately started to think of how to use this situation for the benefits of the Leaf Village.
"After Gaara was taken, Kankuro went after him and the enemy," Temari sighed. "He was poisoned by one of them, and we haven't been able to find a way to deal with the poison."
"Can I take a look at him?" Sakura asked, drawing the looks of everyone on her.
Temari frowned for a moment before she asked. "What can you do, when our resident poison mistress couldn't find an antidote?"
"I trained under Shizune Sensei," Sakura said. "She was Lady Tsunade's apprentice for years, so I learned a lot from her. I can't promise to be able to help Kankuro until I take a look at him, but you won't lose anything if I try."
Temari looked at Sakura for a few moments, before she cast a small look at the other members of Team 7. She saw that Sakura seems to genuinely want to help, which surprised her, but the faces of Kakashi, Sasuke and the third guy, who Temari didn't know, showed that they were not pleased with Sakura's offer. They hid it well though, and it made Temari wonder, what the Leaf ninja actually want.
Temari said nothing though, as they came in front of the room where Kankuro is currently lying surrounded by medics and two other, old looking man and woman.
The moment the four Lead ninja passed the entrance, and the people in the room turned around to look who it was, the old woman cast one look at Kakashi and immediately yelled and jumped at him.
"Youuuuu," she yelled while all but flying at the stunned Kakashi.
Sasuke reacted quickly and jumped to intercept the old woman, stopping her punch, and the trying to hit her, but she caught his fist with her own hand. A moment later, they disentangled and jumped backwards. "What do you think you are doing, attacking an Elite Leaf ninja like that, you old bag of bones?" Sasuke yelled.
"White Fang of the Leaf! I'll kill you for what you've done to my son," the old lady said, not even paying attention at Sasuke, which caused him to sneer at her.
Seeing that this can turn really bad really soon, Kakashi decided to say something before they are all kicked out of the Sand Village, which would mean that they would have failed their second S-Rank mission in just few days. If that happens, they might as well become missing ninja since they would have higher chances of survival instead of going back to the Leaf, where Danzo will most likely execute them all… well, maybe he would leave Sasuke alive since he is an Uchiha, though Kakashi wasn't sure.
"No, no, wait," Kakashi said, trying to calm down the old bag before she started a war. "I'm not…" unfortunately, she didn't listen and was about to attack again, when.
"Take a closer look at that man, sis." The man as old as the lady, stopped in front of her and stopped her.
The woman looked from her brother back at Kakashi, who was waving his hands with an eye smile on his face. "It's true that there is a resemblance," the old man spoke again. "But this man is not the White Fang of the Leaf."
The woman still looked at Kakashi, trying to determine if her brother was telling the truth. "Besides," he spoke again. "If you might recall, the White Fang of the Leaf died long time ago. Remember how you wept in frustration once you heard, because it meant you will never have your vengeance." By then, the old woman was leaking sweat drops down her face.
"Isn't that right, sis?" The man asked in the end.
The old woman looked at Kakashi one more time, before she apologized and started laughing like a maniac, while everyone in the room, looked at her in wonder and shock.
They were interrupted by Kankuro's yelling, as he was rolling over the bed, while gripping his throat as if he was feeling a pain from it.
From there on, Sakura proceeded to find what's wrong with Kankuro, what kind of poison was used on him, and then she used her medical jutsu to extract as much poison as she could from his body, before, with the help of the Sand Village medics, she prepared the antidote for the traces of the poison still left in Kankuro's body.
While she was curing Kankuro, Kakashi, Sasuke and Sai were seating in front of the room, and waiting. The old woman, whose name is Chiyo, and her brother, Ebizō, were seating with them.
"Hey Kakashi," Sasuke called to his sensei, who was in the middle of reading one of the Icha Icha books. Kakashi grunted at Sasuke, indicating he heard him, but didn't bother to look at him. Normally, Sasuke would consider this to be disrespect toward him, but he knew Kakashi, and new he will never get better answer then that. "Who is that, White Fang, the old bag was talking about?"
Chiyo was almost insulted by this, but then she remembered that the brat is an Uchiha, and she knew that that Clan, has no respect for anyone and anything.
Kakashi sighed, closed his book and then looked toward the ceiling. "How to put this," he said. "Well, in a word. He was my father."
Chiyo stammered when she heard this, as she was surprised. Her brother was equally as surprise, while Sasuke rose his eyebrows. Sai didn't show any reaction to this, meaning that he probably either new, or he simply didn't care about the information.
"Was he strong?" Sasuke asked, wanting to know how powerful and how famous his sensei's father was.
"Yes," Kakashi said. "He was about as powerful as Lord Jiraiya, who is the most powerful among the three Sanin."
"Really?" Sasuke questioned Kakashi, both on the fact that Kakashi's father was that strong, and the fact that Jiraya, as ridiculous as he looks and acts, is actually stronger then Orochimaru and Tsunade are.
"Yes," Kakashi confirmed.
"Why aren't you that strong?" Sasuke asked, as he knew that Kakashi was not as strong as any of the Sanin, and if his father was on that level, that means he is weaker then him as well.
Kakashi looked at Sasuke for a few moments, before he said. "I don't know," Kakashi said. "Maybe I lost my drive to improve after I left the ANBU, or maybe it's something else, but I never reached that level. Of course, I'm still not too old, and I can improve."
"Well, you better improve then," Kakashi said. "If you have talent and the chance to grow stronger, you shouldn't waste it. You never know when you might need that additional power."
Kakashi thought about Sasuke's words for a while, before he returned to read his book. He will have to put some more thought in Sasuke's words later.
"I've extracted most of the poison from his body, so that should put him out of any immediate danger," Sakura said, much to the joy of the Sand ninja and medics. Kakashi, Sasuke and Sai entered back into the room and listened to Sakura. "Though, there are most likely traces of the poison left in his body, so I will need to put up an antidote. I will need a list of the medicinal herbs you have in the village, and then I will need…" From there, Sakura started to all but give orders, while the Sand Medics ran around the place following the orders.
"You remind me a lot of that old Slug Queen, Tsunade," Chiyo suddenly said as she approached Sakura. "Isn't it a bit strange that you are here right at this moment?"
Sakura smiled. "Well, I was trained by Lady Tsunade's apprentice, Lady Shizune, so I know a lot about medicine and healing. As for me being here, well, I guess that was a coincidence. We didn't know that there was anyone else in danger outside of the Kazekage."
"And why are all of you here," Chiyo asked again? "Leaf and Sand haven't been in alliance for the last three years, which means that there is no reason for you to want to help in saving the Kazekage."
"That might be the truth," Sakura said. "But as Kakashi sensei said, Akatsuki is a common enemy, and even if us helping you doesn't improve the relations between the villages, we will still be satisfied if we take out some members of the Akatsuki before they extract the Ichibi from Gaara."
"Is that right," Chiyo questioned while looking at Sakura and then her sensei and teammates. She didn't like any of the guys in the team from the moment she laid her eyes on them, and she didn't know why, but with Sakura, she felt that she was a nice girl, and that she wants to help, though she still feels that there is something wrong with the girl, she just can't figure out what it is.
"Well then, you should know that we have already sent a request for help to the Land of Spring Daimyo," Temari butted in and said. Members of team 7 all looked at her in shock, and Sasuke sneered.
"What can they do," Sasuke asked/sneered? "They are just a small country with no ninja. What can they do that we can't?"
"Calm down, Sasuke," Kakashi said to his student, trying to calm him down so he won't do or say something stupid. He then looked at Temari. "Was that really needed? You knew that Akatsuki is a threat to us as much as everyone else, so it stands to reason that you should have sent us a request for help, even if we are no longer allies."
Temari scoffed. "You got rid of your jinchūriki for doing his job," she sneered at them with hate in her eyes. "As such, you no longer have a jinchūriki, which means that Akatsuki has no reason to target you. Unless of course, they decided to go after you on principal, as you have effectively killed your Biju, which means that they can't get their hands on it until it resurfaces back, and that will take a while."
Kakashi held his anger inside, as he was reminded of Naruto, which he doesn't like to be reminded off. "Regardless if they come after us or not, their ultimate goal is unknown," Kakashi said. "As such, they can't be allowed to get their hands on the Biju no matter what."
No one said anything for full minute, before Kakashi spoke again. "Now, let's not waste more time," he said. "Can someone tell me, what have been the results of the search so far?"
The Sand ninja looked at each other for a few moments, before they all looked at Temari, who sighed, but said nothing. Seeing that she want speak, and has decided that someone else should do it, Baki spoke.
"Kankuro went after the Akatsuki by himself, and you see the results of that chase," Baki said. "After that, we sent a tracking unit, but as of right now, we haven't heard from them. And then there is the fact that Captain Yura, one of our council advisors, has gone missing. We have no idea if he is even alive at this point."
"So basically," Kakashi spoke. "You have completely lost track of the Akatsuki." He was annoyed by this, as its making his job of finding the Akatsuki, that much more difficult. On the other hand, the Suna Shinobi seem to be incompetent, at the very least, which means that, even after what happened to Leaf and all the power they lost in the last three years, they still seem to be above Suna, who he knows has improved quite a bit in that same time, as they are now in the alliance with Wave and Spring.
"Lord Baki," one of the Suna medics called, drawing the attention of Baki as well as the Leaf Ninja. "Kankuro has regained consciousness."
They all approached closer to Kankuro's bed. "Kankuro," Temari called while leaning over the bed.
"Temari," Kankuro talked slowly and with raspy voice. "I'm sorry. I couldn't bring back Gaara. I couldn't do anything against that Akatsuki."
"It's ok, Kankuro," Temari said. "We will find another way to save Gaara."
"I might be able to pick up the scent of those Akatsuki, as I'm known to have a pretty good nose for tracking," Kakashi spoke to Baki. "But you will have to tell me where Kankuro's battle took place."
"What are you doing here," Kankuro asked as soon as he heard Kakashi's voice, and then saw him and two of his students through the bleary eyes. "You are not welcome here!"
"Calm down, Kankuro," Temari spoke. "No one is happy that they are here, but they offered help in saving Gaara as the Akatsuki is their enemy as well. Besides, that girl… Sakura, is the one who saved you from the poison. You would have died without her help."
"It would have been better if I died," Kankuro growled, surprising everyone in the room. "Who know what they'll ask of us now when the only reason I'm alive is because of one of their ninja."
"We will get to that later, once Gaara is back in the village," Temari said, though she cast a dirty look at the members of Team 7, minus Sakura, as she was not there. She went to work on the antidote with the other Sand medics.
"Your sister is right, Kankuro," Kakashi spoke. "Once we deal with the Akatsuki and Gaara is back, we will talk about everything necessary. We hope that helping you will lead to the rise in the relations between our villages, and the things go back to how they used to be three years ago."
Kankuro glared at Kakashi for a full minute, before he sighed and looked away toward Baki. "Where are my puppets," Kankuro asked? "I'm assuming they were recovered along with me."
A minute later, the remains of Kankuro's puppets were laid down right next to his bad in the hospital wing.
"When I got to them," Kankuro started. "The one who fought Gaara, carried him away, while the other stayed. "That means that you can't track the one who took Gaara, but you can track the one who fought me. I made sure of that."
Kankuro then revealed that in a hand of one of his puppets, there was a scrap of clothing, which Kankuro cut of before he passed out after his battle. "Getting that scrap of clothing was the last thing I did, as I knew that without it, we wouldn't be able to track them down."
Kakashi took the piece of clothing, and looked at it. "You did a good job getting this, Kankuro," he said. "You are right. Without this, it would be nearly impossible to find them unless there was some scent of them remaining at the scene of the battle."
Kakashi then moved out of the hospital room, and into a hallway, before he performed a summoning jutsu.
Eight dogs of various sizes and shapes and all wearing blue vests with blue Konoha Hitai-ate, appeared from the puff of smoke. "Kakashi," the smallest of the dogs, Pakun, spoke. "What do you want?"
Many were surprised by the way the dog was addressing his summoner, but let it go as no important. Of course, Kakashi, and his students knew what the problem is. They knew that the dog summoning's were not happy with what happened with Naruto, and Kakashi was barely able to convince them to not remove him from the contract and stay his summoning partners.
Kakashi sighed, before he showed the scrap of clothing to the ninja hounds. "This belonged to a member of the Akatsuki," he said. "I need you to track him down as soon as possible."
The hounds gathered around Kakashi's hand and sniffed at the scrap of clothing for a few moments, before they all run away. Before he left, Pakun said that they will return with the new when they got something.
Once the hounds were gone, Temari looked at Kakashi and asked. "Are they even going to bother and do as you asked them," Kakashi give her a stink eye at the question, making Temari smirk. "They didn't seem to be happy with you. I wonder why that is?"
Kakashi decided to stay quiet as he knew that if he lets his anger out, it will not end well for him and his team. Instead, he kept quiet, kept his anger in check, and even kept Sasuke's mouth from running, and saying something they will all regret.
Instead, Kakashi looked as Chiyo and her brother approached Kankuro's bed and asked him. "Kankuro," Chiyo spoke. "I need to know. Is it true that the opponent you fought, was Sasori?"
Kankuro looked away from Chiyo and frowned. "Yes," Kankuro said. "Sasori of the Red Sand. He introduced himself to me."
Kakashi, Sasuke and Sai were listening carefully, and were wondering who Sasori was, as they didn't know about him. Kakashi spoke. "Who is he," he asked? "You seem to know something about the Akatsuki, so will you tell us?"
Chiyo looked at Kakashi for a few moments, before she sighed.
XXX
Few hours later, right after Sakura has given Kankuro the antidote for the poison, and told him to rest until the numbness passes, a Sand Shinobi run into the room. "Lady Temari, Lord Kankuro, Lord Baki," he called to the three highest ranking ninja currently in the Sand. They all looked at him, and waited for him to speak, instead of asking him what's up. "The help from the Land of Springs has arrived," he said, making every Sand Shinobi in the room, widen their eyes, while the Leaf ninja, minus Sakura, narrowed theirs.
"Where are they?" Temari asked. Before the ninja could tell her, a voice was heard from the entrance to the room.
"Here I am, Lady Temari." A female voice said, making everyone look toward it, only to see a very beautiful Serafall, walking into the room along with another Sand Shinobi, who seems to have escorted her there.
Everyone in the room looked at the woman, some in wander, and some with lust in their eyes, mainly Sasuke.
Kakashi though, he looked at the woman with terror in his eyes. "Y-you, you a-are…" he couldn't even finish because of how shocked he is to see the woman. Kakashi's stuttering and terror visible in the eyes, draw the attention of everyone in the room.
Serafall looked at Kakashi, and recognized him immediately. She didn't say anything to him, though. Instead, she walked toward Temari and Kankuro, before she introduced herself. "My name is Serafall Leviathan. It's a pleasure to meet you all."