Chapter 9: Earth Village Freedom
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh 5ds, Avatar the Last Air Bender or Naruto, I do own Kasumi and her deck which is based off of Fire Emblem Female characters also she does have one one male Fire Emblem Character.
Once again we were on our blimp. Aang, was making sure Appa was safe while Hanabi and I kept on taking turns watching for any other Fire Nation blimp that might try to confront us and ask us why we weren't in the Fire Nation. Luckily there weren't any confrontations. While we were traveling, it wasn't common for my friends and I to train on each other. Right now Takara was at my side while I was facing Hanabi Hyugga. Why was I sparing against my best friend? Well it was to practice on my Gentle Fist style and Hanabi even when sparing against Naruto besides Haku knew how to stop the Gentle Fist.
For a while Hanabi and I stared at each other with Sokka, Aang, and Katara watching.
"What are they doing?" Sokka asked Iruka-Sensei and Kakashi-Papa which Kakashi-Papa was reading his book for the hundredth time on the ship.
Kakashi-Papa didn't answer only lifting his head up from the book "I'm sorry, did you say something?" but Iruka-Sensei answered "Sparing."
"But aren't they friends?" Sokka asked.
"They are" Kakashi-Papa said "But it's imporant for Shinobi to brush off their skills especially on long missions, and sense none of the Genin except for Haku and Hanabi are the only ones that know how to stop the Gentle Fist it makes sense Hanabi goes up against Lady Kasumi."
"But" Sokka said turning to Haku "Why not you?"
"Simple reason" Haku answered "I'm the Lady Signer's bodyguard. Wouldn't make sense of a bodyguard hurting the one he protects now."
"Besides" Naruto bragged "My sister right now is the only one that can heal the injured. Isn't that right sis?"
"Wha?" I asked losing concentration in my spar with Hanabi only briefly then I managed to catch her own Gentle Fist within my own before jumping backwards skillfully landing on my two feet then I got what my older brother said and smiled "That's right, but let's keep my healing powers a secret, my mother only taught me how to brother, so I'm not sure if I can completely do it easily as she can."
"So she can heal?" Sokka asked as I neatly stopped Hanabi's Gentle Fist then tried to strike her with my own. This time she was able to block it but I nearly got her with a kick but she blocked it and used my weight against me to send me backflipping. I recovered skillfully on all fours then barely avoided her next punch but I was able to block it with an expert fist then nodded towards Takara. Hanabi nearly missed my nod and it almost cost her as Takara came at her. Hanabi was able to see her come at her just out of her Byucugan and tried to jump out of Takara's way but Takara opened her mouth and breathed fire. Hanabi's eyes widened a bit as she saw the attack come at her.
"This is it!" Kakashi-Papa smiled "I think Kasumi has this one in the bag."
Indeed I did have it as I knew Hanabi would take the fire attack and I was able to see a puff of smoke as she used Substitution Jutsu. I carefully looked around and spotted where Hanabi was coming out from and Earth Bended causing her to run into a rock taking her by surprise and then Takara and I came at her as she tried to recover, Takara jumped ramming her head right into Hanabi's stomach knocking the wind out of the Hyugga. Then my Gentle Fist struck her and I strike her in her chest and she drops.
"And my little sister did it!" Naruto shouted.
I then turned and helped Hanabi up "Are you okay?"
"I will be" Hanabi said gasping for breathe and coughing up some of her blood "Man, you are going to be a great Konochi, Lady Kasumi. Didn't see that plan coming."
"She cheated!" Sokka protested to Kakashi-Papa "She unleashed Takara on her and won that way."
Kakashi-Papa put his book a way "No Sokka, Lady Kasumi didn't cheat. A ninja uses all tools in his or her grip including the usage of using any animal. Trust me there is a clan known as Inuzuka Clan in Konoha, and they specialize with working with dogs to take down their enemy."
Sokka was speechless as Kakashi-Papa continued "And I too can attack with dogs watch this Summoning Jutsu!"
With this Kakashi-Papa brought his hands down and in an explosion of smoke came out four to six ninja dogs! At Kakashi-Papa's motion the dogs came at Sokka attacking him. Sokka then flinched watching the six dogs coming at him mercilessly.
"I'm sorry!" Sokka said "I won't insult you ninjas ever again, Kakashi please call your dogs off!"
"As you wish" Kakashi-Papa said.
With this Kakashi-Papa canceled his summon and the dogs vanished.
"Besides" Katara told her brother "We'll need everything the ninjas of Konoha have to help Aang save the world."
"I'll buy that" Sokka said looking at Takara "But I can't still shake the fact that the Lady Signer's pet fox can breathe fire that big." he turned to Hanabi "And yet you don't look even the slightest burned."
"That's because I'm not" Hanabi said "I used my Substitution Jutsu in time luckily."
Finally after one more hour of traveling Hanabi recovered and the group landed to get some more fuel for the ship with Kakashi-Papa and Iruka-Sensei discussing themselves as Fire Nation soldiers and taking the blimp to the Fire Nation to get fueled up promising that they'd return.
"Well" Naruto said "Now what do we do?"
"We continue our mission in protecting Aang" I told him.
"Yeah but who's in charge?" Naruto asked.
I sighed "Don't look at me even though I am a Signer, and I have lead the charge against the brainwashed Signers, I just don't know the area much soo."
All eyes turned to Haku and he turned "Me?"
"Please?" I asked him.
He sighed "Alright."
"You forgot someone" Sokka told me "I could be a leader!"
"Yeah well..." I began "Haku's been in fights more than you have, plus he is a great bodyguard."
So with the two boys arguing we made our way on the ground when we heard a thump! Hanabi and I activated our Byucugan or for me my Psychic powers in their Prime State. Only for me to sigh with relief as Naruto, Haku, Sokka, Aang, Takara, Hanabi and I saw the man. He was a young man older than me by about six years. His eyes widened as he saw our faces. What must've made him even more scared was probably our head bands. I reasoned with myself that it was the head bands as he took off.
We followed closely and he was trying to escape us he did lose Aang, Katara, and even Sokka but he couldn't shake Shinobi of the Leaf Village easily. We easily used the trees to our advantage.
"What are you running from?" Naruto demanded "Just because you can Earth Bend doesn't mean you shouldn't run from us!"
"Way to go Naruto" Haku muttered "Now he knows were following him."
The person we were facing heard them and saw us in the trees but Naruto pressed his hands together "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
With this five identical Naruto's appeared taking the guy by surprise, long enough for me to press my hands together making the hand singal "I don't want to do this but...Shadow Possession Jutsu!"
The guy was startled from Naruto's clones wondering what to do and was still debating on how to out run them when my shadow struck him preventing his movement "What?" he asked he looked down and saw his shadow connecting to mine then he made eye contact to my concerned but gentle eyes "Success!" I spoke out silently "It's okay we don't want to hurt you, we just want to talk."
It was then Aang, Katara and Sokka appeared with Sokka out of breathe "So this is where you are" he said in between breathes.
"They stopped him" Aang said cheerfully but at this we noticed that nearby people we watching wondering why I had stopped the man.
It was then the guy pleaded with me to let him go "P-P-P-Please let me go, I'll come willingly."
"What?" Hanabi and I asked each other.
"Come willingly where?" Naruto asked scratching his head.
"Aren't you ninja?" the man asked.
"We are" Haku answered as he ordered me to let the poor and terrified man go as he stood there still not moving "But, we are ninja of Konoha not Otagakure"
The man looked confused "Then you're not with the Fire Nation?"
"Hell no!" I told him "They tried to capture me multiple times."
"What for?" a woman asked and I could tell she was his mother "You don't seem to be a Bender?"
I turned to Haku whom nodded as he stood up "This is Lady Kasumi Aki Fudo," he said as I removed my sleeve and revealed my Mark of the Dragon.
"A Signer!" a villager shouted "She could be any type of Bender though."
But I decided to show them I was an Earth Bender by Earth Bending.
They gasped "You shouldn't have done that Lady Signer" the woman said "The Fire Nation occupy this village and kill Benders."
"I'd like to see them try to kill my sister" Naruto told the woman grinning from ear-to-ear.
"But you are a ninja just like your sister?" the woman asked.
"That's true" Naruto said "But let me tell you this and you BETTER believe it! My sister has dealt with these Fire Nation soldiers head on and won against them multiple times and plus we are Ninja of Konoha the strongest Ninja Village, and I am going to be it's next Hokage! I'll dare these Fire Nation soldiers to take her with me around!"
With this Naruto accidentally Fire Bended causing all of us to sweat drop.
"What?" Naruto asked as Haku face palmed.
The villagers began to back away seeing at he was Fire Bender as I turned to him "Simple brother what element do you bend?"
"Darn it!" Naruto shouted then he turned to the villagers "But I'm not like those Fire Benders from the Fire Nation, if I was do you think I'd be standing here without turning this young man in?" the villagers didn't answer him "This is like Konoha from the beginning, anyway, would you think I'd be standing here with my younger sister, her friend Hanabi, and even two Water Benders?"
The villagers were silent but getting it Naruto wasn't a Fire Bender from the Fire Nation rather in Naruto was a Fire Bender of Konoha.
So the villagers let the group spend the night but Katara and I were walking with the young man we befriended. We heard something collapsing like a cave then someone's voice shouting "Help!"
We followed the voice and found an old man but something bugged me even as he asked Katara, the young man and I for help. Katara saw my eyes narrowing "Lady Signer, he's in danger of losing his life."
"I know" I told her "But something doesn't feel right."
Katara ignored this and asked the guy or me to help him but I refused knowing that this old man was up to something, I couldn't put my hand on it but wasn't going to do anything in order to make sure this wasn't a trap.
Katara then explained to the man that even though he lost his father to the Fire Nation somewhere but the old man needed help. Convinced the gentleman Earth Bended the old man out of the situation.
I kept a good eye on the old man still not trusting the man. I knew my instincts were right and I explained the situation to Haku during the night.
"It wasn't that I didn't want to help out" I told Haku "But something like my woman's intuition told me that wasn't the case."
"I agree" Haku told me and Hanabi he turned to Naruto "Have you found the captured Earth Benders?"
"I haven't" Naruto said "Why?"
"For we're expecting company" Haku told him "Sense you're a Fire Bender find the place the Earth Benders are and report back."
"You got it!" Naruto said jumping away and beginning his next mission.
Night fell and while Sokka, Katara and Aang slept, Haku stood first watch due to the information we told him. We heard footsteps coming just as the young man stepped outside. He heard me Haku, and Hanabi come out of hiding with Hanabi's Byucugan on and my Psychic Powers in their Prime State.
Sure enough the Fire Nation was coming. Just as he stepped out a the touches of the Fire Nation Soldiers shown on him and the old man earlier shouted "There he is, he's an Earth Bender!"
"You're coming with us!" The closest soldier shouted but he didn't get very far as a needle came out striking him in the neck.
The soldier fell backwards then two Kunai's flew out striking their targets and the Fire Nation Soldiers fell down injured.
"Whose there?" the leading soldier asked.
Then they saw me, Haku, and Hanabi.
"That girl from earlier" The old man said.
"How could you betray this Earth Village?" Haku demanded to the old man "And when someone tried to save your life. In reality you really shouldn't have been saved."
A soldier trembled "T-T-T-They aren't Sound Ninja" He told the leading soldier "T-T-T-T-They are Leaf Ninja."
"Of Konoha" Haku told the guy "And now if you want this gentleman you'll have to get threw us first!"
Haku, Hanabi and I presumed the Manji formation with the man in our center weapons drawn. The Soldiers could tell we were serious and some wanted to retreat a wise move the the commanding officer in charge berated them "Take them all them!"
"Big mistake" Haku warned them.
With this we began our defending the man. I easily Earth Bended against the Fire Nation Soldiers as if I had nothing to worry about which I didn't.
"That ten year old's a great Earth Bender" a Fire Nation soldier announced as he took a rock to his neck dropping. Two Fire Nation Soldiers thought it be wise to attack me in close combat, big mistake as I easily used my Gentle Fist on him.
"You're not getting this Earth Bender!" I told them as they dropped stunned by my hands.
"Her hands" a Fire Nation Soldier began before he lost consiousness "Have death hands."
"It's not only her" another losing consious Fire Nation Soldier replied as he and five others were knocked down by Hanabi "But the girl with the white eyes has it too."
"I'm a Hyugga" Hanabi told them "My clan is the strongest in the leaf for this reason."
IT was then Haku surprised the soldiers by Water Bending a huge wave of water rushing over them.
"That ninja is a Water Bender?" one asked before getting up.
"Not only that" Haku told them making hand signs "Lady Kasumi, Hanabi! Let's do this be ready to take a lot out with this."
He turned smiling "Water Style...Hidden Mist Jutsu!"
With this mist appeared over the area causing confusion as the Fire Nation commander asked "What's going on here."
Surprisingly this drawn the attention of Aang, Katara and Sokka as Sokka asked "What's going on what's with this mist?"
I turned to the The man that the Fire Nation tried to arrest "Now go inside, things are going to get deadly."
The man nodded and ran off. It was then Aang knew what was going on "The Fire Nation is attacking!"
"Let's stay back till this mist unfolds" Aang suggested.
Hearing this Haku pressed on his attack as Hanabi and I threw Kunai with explosive tags at the Fire Nation Soldiers the reason being was because we saw them because of our usage of our Psychic Powers or Byucugan.
"Now, Water Style, Water Dragon Jutsu!" Haku announced with this water emerged forming a huge water Dragon slamming into twenty Fire Nation Soldiers causing them to go slamming into trees some killed by the force of the blow and some stunned with their backs broken from hitting the trees.
With this the Mist cleared and the Fire Nation Soldiers were confused as Aang, Sokka and Katara came over.
"What is this about?" Sokka asked.
Hanabi pointed to the old man "He betrayed this village! He tried to have the Fire Nation arrest that young man!"
"Told you he was up to something" I told Katara whom sighed "Well he looked honest to me."
The Fire Nation commander looked at us "What are you waiting for get them!"
"Not this time" Haku said to the man "We win this round."
The man watched as Haku made hand singles "For I'm not only a Water Bender but as a Ninja that has Water Ninjutsu and Ice based ones, then I can use it against you...Like this dangerous water ninjutsu...Water Style, Water Vortex Jutsu!"
With this Haku completed his Ninjutsu and water swirled into a vortex taking the rest of the Fire Nation Soldiers head on knocking them out with the commander and the old man alive and trying to retreat. However they found it impossible to do so.
"What?" They asked then they saw my shadow on theirs.
"Thanks to the fire from the lights that are on" I said to them "I guess you can call this Shadow Bending but it's really a Secret Ninja technique from another ninja clan in my village."
"You two won't be going anywhere" Haku told them.
It was then Naruto returned "Hey guys!"
He saw the knocked out Fire Nation soldiers then he began sulking "Oh-man, I missed out on the action."
Haku turned towards Naruto "You're sister can't hold them off for long."
"That's true" Naruto told him and the Fire Nation commander watched Naruto closely "Sister?"
"Yeah" Naruto said demonstrating that he was a Fire Bender "I have an Earth Bending little sister so what."
"Aren't you going to take her?" the commander asked.
"I'm not a Fire Bender of the Fire Nation" Naruto told him "Plus why would I do something evil to my sister? I'm not like this Fire Lord Ozai or any Fire Nation soldier."
This got the two men as Naruto turned to me "I'll handle them" he turned pressing his hands together "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
With this Naruto summoned two clones he then instructed each of them "Make sure these two don't get away, even though I've come with great news."
With this the Shadow Clones tied the captives up even as I retreated my shadow.
"You'll only have to monitor them until Kakashi-Sensei and Iruka-Sensei show up, they'll know what to do with" Haku eyed the old man "Traitor."
"I was framed" The old man pleaded "They made me do it."
"Yeah, yeah" Haku said "And looks like the plan backfired."
With this we explained to Aang, Katara and Sokka why we had done what we had done.
"We'll you had to" Aang said "Plus Lady Kasumi would do anything to help those in need,"
"Just like my father would" I told him "He knew the right thing to do for his family and friends and so did I. Something just didn't look or feel right."
Katara turned to me "How could've I missed that? I mean I completely ignored your warning."
"You'll get better" I told her "Not all of us are perfect, not even I am, I mean I could've been wrong."
"But what did I miss?" she asked me again.
This time I answered her truthfully "Simple, you failed to notice that the old man was the only one coming out, there weren't any more people even when he Earth Bended the guy out of there. If the mine was collapsing on it's own there'd be at least more people in it."
"That's what one would expect" Haku admitted "Although like the Lady Signer said anyone could've made that mistake."
So we waited and didn't have to wait for long until Kakashi-Papa and Iruka-Sensei appeared. We told them the situation and Katara agreed to find the man's father and restore the Earth Village and it's Earth Benders. Kakashi-Papa was able to converse the two to us where they were keeping the Earth Benders. Well when I said convince them I mean use his Sharrigan on them.
Only then did they tell us willingly we kept the prisoners under watch of Naruto's clones and we found the area a ship.
There we burst into the ship's compound taking the Fire Nation Guards buy surprise. They were surprised to see Konoha Ninja whom were key intent on freeing the Earth Benders. Where we held a brief conversation with them. Most of the Earth Benders had lost their hopes saying that they thought the Avatar was just a ledgend but when Aang demonstrated his Air Bending Skills that all changed even while Iruka-Sensei, Kakashi-Papa, Haku, Hanabi, Naruto and I were protecting the group from the soldiers.
Seeing this it was enough for the Earth Benders to get into action. Sure we were on a ship out of anywhere near where Earth Bending could happen but the ship itself had coal. With this Coal we could Earth Bend. This proved to be the Fire Nation's downfall. With the Avatar and the Lady Signer at their side they knew things have turned.
Were they right as I came at five Soldiers using my speed, and Gentle Fist to take them down. Then together with the other Earth Benders including the man's father and himself we Earth Bended the Fire Nation Soldiers into the water.
Haku's Water Bending and even the amount of Water Bending Katara knew used it against the Fire Nation's Fire Benders. Naruto was having fun with them spawning Shadow Clone after Shadow Clone and using his Fire Bending to take the Fire Nation Soldiers by surprise and down. Although Naruto's Fire Bending made the Earth Benders uneasy, that was until Naruto and I fought side by side then Bended together.
Hanabi's Gentle Fist and Rotation abilities blown the Fire Nation Soldiers and Benders into the water.
Haku came at the closest Fire Bender then as they collided fist shouted "Secret Art: Thousand Needles of Death!"
Ice needles appeared underneath the combatant's feet then rained down on a row of Fire Nation Guards and Fire Benders like rain. They dropped killed.
Kakashi-Papa was in serious war mode and Sokka's eyes were poping out of his sockets as he watched my adopted father fight against hordes of enemies taking them down with swift strokes of his Kunai Knive and using everything in the Copy Ninja's aresonal.
"And now" Kakashi-Papa said eying one last guard gaining in Chakra "Let me introduce you to this...Lighting Blade!"
With this Kakashi-Papa charged the Fire Bender and sense the Fire Bender couldn't dodge it took the lighting blade dropping instantly. Kakashi-Papa then proceeded in using this against the Fire Nation taking complete rows of enemies out. In other words in my eyes Kakashi-Papa was a true ninja untouchable.
Iruka-Sensei was using his ninja skills as well and took two rows of enemy soldiers out.
Now Naruto and I were back to back "Ready for our big finally sis?" Naruto asked.
"You bet!" I said this was something Naruto and I practiced on every time we spent time as a brother and sister now was the time to use it!
I smiled as I began my run with Naruto quickly following behind me, running besides me was Takara my pet Vulpix. We ran towards the last row of Fire Benders and Fire Nation Guards whom were now nervous. Then after pressing my fingers together had Takara transform into another me then she breathed fire while I Earth Bended and focused my Psychic Powers to combine around me and Takara then we spun around.
"Volcanic Fang over Fang!" I announced as we made contact. Some Fire Nation Guards and Fire Benders fell into the water some were dead. In the end only two remained remained and Naruto let them have it as he and one clone was gathering in Chakra in one of his hands then he shouted "Rasengan!"
Naruto's attack strikes home and forces the two remaining Guards backwards one I could tell was horribly injured and possibly dying and the other was just stunned but the two fell into the water. And just like that the Earth Village was freed. After this with Aang at it's side we went into the village and we sunk the boat and went into the village the next afternoon. With this we continued to liberate earth Villages then one last time headed straight for Haku's home the Northern Water Tribe.
It felt good to bring back hope back to a land where there wasn't.
End of chapter.
With this the new chapter in Kasumi and the Avatar is over. This chapter was supposed to be the same episode as the one where Katara helped the Earth Benders out by using herself as bait. So this is the end of this chapter. The next chapter is Chapter 10: Haku vs. Master Pakku; Duel for Katara's Training!