Miri and Amari opened their eye at the same speed, and at the same time. Captain Magu was on their knees in front of them with a weak smile in front of them. The sisters looked at each other then looked at themselves. Magu laughed, he ticked his mouth and got up to his feet.
"I can tell you felt the ultimate power." Magu wiped a tear from his eye. "But don't let that allude you."
"What? I just became some dual angel demon thing! Like sleeping with girls and boys, how is that going to run from me?" Miri jumped up to her feet.
"And my mind got awoken to something hidden. I'll never forget that."
Magu rubbed his eyes. "You learned the ultimate ability in your dream sequence. It's nowhere near real life. You'll still need to go into the dream world to learn and hone your ability."
"Yeah right!" Miri stiffened her hand. "Demon arm!" Her index finger glowed red but quickly hovered off. "What?"
"You learned of the power you can get. But it's up to you to practice that skill."
"So even with this, we still can't fight Sean and bring him back." Amari looked down to the ground. Her arm sparked with electricity.
"Not even close. All we can hope for is that Jiraiya finds out the source of the Akatsuki and finds Sean along his journey."
"Jiraiya!" Amari and Miri both shouted.
"He's going off to the find Sean? Why can't we go with him? Whoever he is."
"Because he works alone. Besides, you already should know how your rainy village is. It's frankly a warzone, always guarded, traffic control. Nobody gets in or out, and how would we get the three of us inside?"
"The three of us? Ha. I only need Amari with me. Besides, we're rain ninja in the first place. We can get in just fine."
"Even so, you're in no condition to go there and fight him, if master Jiraiya is correct, the Akatsuki leaders are going to be there. Puts you two in a more of a disadvantage than before. So I recommend that you two take the time to practice the jutsus you learned."
"What are you going to do?" Amari asked.
"You aren't basic shinobi, I'm here if for any mission. I trust you can work on your own, if you need me for further assistance let me know. Or else practice the jutsu and meditation." He turned from the group and started to walk. "I mean, if you decide to betray me then I can't stop you."
The two faced each other. "Is he telling us to go there?" Miri asked surprised.
"I think he's saying that he trusts us to do the right thing. The right thing in his eyes."
"Right doesn't matter right now, we're on the mission to recover Sean. And that's what we're going to do, with or without them."
Amari and Miri waited till nightfall. They left through the front gate and set out to their old home. They knew they were close when the constant rain covered the land. They knew why the rain was a thing and knew they were watched. Three shinobi stopped the two from the front of the village. All three wore clothes that covered majority of the faces and had the rain village headband randomly placed on the wrapped cloth. The metal plates were like the sisters, they were scarred across the metal.
"Who are you?" one of them asked.
"I'm Miri Heteka, graduate of the Rain village."
"Amari Attana. Graduate of the Rain village. We return to the village after seeking work with Orochimaru."
The farthest guard walked into the small post and returned back with a scroll in his hand. He pulled it open and moved his eyes along the paper. "I see there is supposed to be a third one here. A Sean Ezenki."
"I know these ones now. He had a letter with the signature of Lord Pain. I guess these are his teammates that he said will join him later. Let them through."
The two walked through the front gates. "So, Sean is already expecting us." Amari shoved her hands in her pockets. "For all we know is that he could be watching us right now and will kill us whenever he is ready."
"He wanted us to come here, he was prepared for us." Miri looked at all the shops they passed. "He probably wants to speak with us first or else he wouldn't have invited us in."
"That's what I fear. Who knows what we will encounter once we see him. We could enter a room and see a bunch of people tied up with different kekki genkais."
"My worry exactly, theren't are people with the Sharingan so at least we know he won't be able to grow them but the Byakugan."
"Or ones we don't know about it. If I remember correctly, Orochimaru had one guy he had that had a thousand bones in his body. If Sean got a hold of a kekki genkai like that then he could be even more powerful and we wouldn't even know it."
Miri and Amari twisted to the side. Both felt something behind him but nothing was there, all they could tell is that a small brush of wind hit them. To them this was weird, but everyone is in a fake state of calm since Lord Pain took over. They took a moment of rest, they strayed off the path and rested at one of the quick shops.
Amari took notice of the small flower shaped papers in a vase and pulled one out. "Ma'am what is this?" Amari asked.
The woman from behind the counter turned to face the girls. "That? You wear the headband of a loyalist but you don't know what that is? Are you sure you're not an outsider acting like one of us?" she laughed.
"No, I've been away for a long time, me and my sister." Amari answered.
"It's just a protection of the angel. Something most shops and homes carry now days. If the time comes, the angel will come protect this home if the event ever arrives. Even if it never comes here, just the knowledge that she can protect us brings me assurance."
"Can you bring us a drink? We have quite a walk ahead of us." Amari reached in her bag and placed a few dollars on the counter.
"I got broth, soup, no solid drink though."
"We'll take the water of the chicken soup then." Amari leaned into Miri. "Weird she doesn't have any left over water."
"I know. The angel should just destroy this place instead of protect it."
The woman placed two cups on the table and returned to her original task. "Do you think that the Akatsuki holds Sean with Lord Pain?" Amari asked as she took a sip of her drink.
"We don't even know if Lord Pain is even a real person or just a council hidden in the shadows. We just got to find the secret hide out or something."
"Are you talking about Lord Pain?"
The two twisted around in their seats. Two men with flat and wet brown hair stood barely under the canopy. Their headbands had the long scratch across the plate. "Yeah, everyone that has one of these headbands are going to meet Lord Pain but you need ropes, chains, whips, the whole circle." The two men pulled out a kunai. "I mean if your into that kind of thing then sure."
"You disrespect the village by wearing those. Take them off outsiders and leave here before things get ugly." One of them spat.
Amari popped out of the seat. "Listen boys." She got up face to face to one of the men. "We're looking for the one with paper white hair, wears his headband over his eye, ring a bell?"
"You traitors look for the Ghost in the Rain?"
"Yeah. Now where do I find him?"
"Eat me."
Amari's hand glowed blue and tapped his chest. The man couldn't move, Amari cocked her arm back and pounded her fist into the chest she tapped. He flew back into the street and tumbled into the water. The other man slashed his kunai at Amari. She grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back. She pulled the knife from his hand and held it to his throat.
"So tell me, where do we find him."
"Don't hurt me! He goes into the gutters of the city where water constantly leaks down into! Nobody knows where he truly is."
Amari pushed him into the street. Miri got off her seat and came up behind Amari. "Wow, never thought I'd see you act like this."
"I just want to prove Captain Magu wrong, we're going to bring Sean back."
