Chapter 14: The Sannin Reunited
Ryouske woke up in their hotel room and rubbed a hand over his eyes, he then sat up and shook his bed head out as the events of the previous evening came back to him.
-Flashback jutsu-
Everyone in the bar stared at Naruto after his outburst at hearing that Tsunade was to become the next Hokage. Ryouske shook his head and waved his hand towards Naruto, "Sit down, Naruto. Let the Granny answer," he said, making Naruto hesitantly sit down and Tsunade glare at Ryouske, already not liking him.
Jiraiya continued to look at Tsunade, who seemed to be deep in thought, when she then put down her hand of cards and sigh, "Impossible, I refuse. Only a fool would want that job," she said making both Naruto and Ryouske glare at her, Ryouske only glared because she had just insulted his best friend Naruto's dream.
Naruto stood up once more and grit his teeth at her, pointing his finger at her, "Listen, old lady. I don't care if you are one of the Legendary Sannin, Don't EVER insult the title of Hokage in front of me. I am Naruto Uzumaki and I WILL be Hokage one day." This of course made Tsunade raise an eyebrow and stand up, a vein popping in her head from the "old lady" crack, "Let's take this outside runt."
It was then that Tsunade's assistant Shizune, Jiraiya and Ryouske were standing outside of the bar, looking at Naruto and Tsunade, who stood glaring at each other in the streets. With a smirk, Tsunade raised one finger, "All I'll need to beat you brat is ONE finger," she said making Naruto growl at her cockiness. Ryouske chuckled and leaned back against the building with his arms crossed, thinking that this should be interesting.
Naruto charged towards Tsunade, drawing a kunai as he ran, and swung at her, only for her to grab his wrist, twist it, take the kunai from him and shove him away. Naruto then turned and ran at her once more with Tsunade swinging the kunai at his head, making Naruto stop in his tracks as the kunai knocked his headband flying up. Naruto blinked in surprise and his eyes widened as he saw Tsunade's finger curled in front of his head and, with a smirk, she flicked his forehead, sending him sprawling across the ground.
Ryouske whistled, impressed at the strength she had in just a single finger flick, and wondered just how strong she could be. Naruto stood up groaning in pain and glared at Tsunade, "I'm not out yet, I still have my new jutsu," he said, making Ryouske's eyes widen, he and Naruto had only just reached the third and final step of training, there was no way Naruto could have mastered it so soon.
Naruto held his hand out as a clone appeared and slashed at the air above the real Naruto's hand, making a swirling sphere appear and when it was finished, the clone disappeared and Naruto launched at Tsunade, the sphere thrust forward. Just when he thought it would hit Tsunade, she dodged to the side as Naruto went flying past and crashed into the ground, making a small crater as the jutsu failed.
With a raised eyebrow, Tsunade looked at Jiraiya, "Jiraiya, why would you teach this boy the Rasengan? There is no way he can master it," she said, making Naruto git his teeth and hit the ground. "I'm also trying to learn it, do you think I won't be able to master it either?" Ryouske asked Tsunade who shook her head in answer, but both looked at Naruto when he shouted out at Tsunade, "Don't underestimate me, granny. I will master this jutsu in no time."
Turning to look at him, Tsunade chuckled and held her necklace, which was a blue piece of crystal on a string with 2 tiny crystal balls either side of it at the top of the crystal where the string went through, out for all to see, "All right squirt. If you can't master that jutsu in one week, I will take all the money you have," she said, getting a few raised eyebrows, "but if you somehow can master it in one week, I'll admit that the Hokage job isn't for fools and I'll even throw in this necklace."
At Tsunade's gamble, Shizune cried out her disagreement, but it fell on deaf ears as Naruto thrust his fist out, "Just give me three days, three days and I'll have that jutsu down," he boldly claimed. "Count me in too. I'll also try for the chance to shut you up, and for that sweet looking necklace," Ryouske said making everyone look at him, with Tsunade nodding her agreement.
-Flashback Jutsu end-
After remembering last night's events, Ryouske looked down at his right hand and clenched it tight, determined to get this jutsu made. He then got dressed and headed to the forest outside of the town, which they had discovered was called Tanzaku Town, to practice the Rasengan, eager to add a new jutsu to his arsenal. Soon after, Naruto arrived to also practice, but was surprised to find Ryouske sat against a tree, seeming a bit out of breath.
"Surprised to find you out here, Ryo," Naruto said, making Ryouske shrug in response but then grin as an idea came to his mind, "Hey Naruto? Why don't we race to see who will master the Rasengan first?" he said making Naruto grin and nod as they fist bumped their agreement. They both spent the day practicing the Rasengan, as much as they could, until they tired themselves out, causing both of them to lie on the forest floor, asleep.
The second day of their training went as well as the first, with both of them working themselves to their limit, both determined to learn the Rasengan and prove to Tsunade that it was possible for one of them, if not both of them, to master it. While they trained, neither of them were aware of Shizune, hiding in the shadows, watching them with a sad look on her face.
Just as she turned to leave, however, a kunai flew from Ryouske and hit the trunk of the tree that she was hiding behind, making her come out from behind it to show herself to the two of them. Ryouske held up 3 kunai that were between his fingers and glared at her, "Why were you watching us? Are you spying for that old bag?" he asked making Shizune shake her head quickly, "No, no. I was watching because…well…the both of you need to cancel this deal with Lady Tsunade."
Naruto crossed his arms, eyes closed as he raised an eyebrow, "Why would we do that? One of us is going to win that bet and shut her up," he said, with Ryouske nodding in agreement, "Yea. So go back to her and tell her to polish that necklace for one of us," and with that they went back to training as Shizune disappeared back into town.
They spent the night, once again, on the forest floor, out of breath and tired from all the chakra that they had used in the actual training. It was at the end of the third day that they went back to the hotel to get some rest before he next day where they would try and win that bet with Tsunade, but just as they were about to get ready for bed, there was a knock on the door. With a raised eyebrow, Ryouske opened the door to find Shizune standing there, after a while he let her in and then sat on the edge of his bed as he listened to what she had to say, with Naruto sat on his bed.
"I came to beg you, once again, to stop this bet with Lady Tsunade. That necklace is cursed and only Lady Tsunade can wear it," she said making Naruto eyes widen and Ryouske raise an eyebrow, obviously not believing in curses. Finally it was Ryouske that spoke as he looked at Shizune, "What do you mean that it is cursed?" he asked and with a sigh, Shizune sat on a nearby chair, "that necklace brings death to anyone who wears it, apart from Lady Tsunade," Shizune then went on to explain that Tsunade had given that necklace away on two occasions to people that she loved, once to her little brother Nawaki, who was then killed while on a mission, and the other time to her lover, and Shizune's uncle, Dan, who also died while on a mission.
After a moment of silence, Naruto broke it by grinning, "Cursed or not, that necklace will be mine," he said making Shizune shake her head wildly, "Naruto, you can't go through with it. That necklace is important to Lady Tsunade." Ryouske just sighed at his friend's determination and looked at the ceiling, wondering just how much pain Tsunade had gone through.
After Naruto showed how determined he was to win that necklace, Shizune left the room to let them sleep. The next morning, they woke up and got ready to begin another day of training, when all of a sudden Shizune barged in looking frantic. "Naruto, Ryouske. You have got to help Lady Tsunade, she is in trouble and I'm worried she might do something she will regret."
Ryouske raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean? What has she got herself into?" he asked making Shizune sigh, "Orochimaru showed up the other day and—, "she began but was cut off by Ryouske standing upright, utter fury on his face. Naruto looked at him worriedly as Ryouske headed to the balcony, "Ryo, are you ok?" he asked his friend.
Ryouske looked at them with a snarl, "If Orochimaru is involved then you just KNOW that it is NOT a good thing, tell us what that snake-pedo wanted on the way," he said as he got ready to start jumping on the rooftops, when all of a sudden a kunai flew past his head and got stuck in the wall and when they turned to see who had thrown it, they were surprised to see Jiraiya perched on the balcony with his arm outstretched and panting hard.
A few minutes later, they were sat on the balcony, listening to Jiraiya as he explained what happened between glasses of water. "Last night, I went with Tsunade to get to catch up on old times, it wasn't going too bad, she didn't hit me at least. After my 3rd drink i began to feel numb and weak and it wasn't until I collapsed that I realised, she slipped me a weakening drug," he explained making Ryouske chuckle and raise an eyebrow, "So she slips you a mickey and you fell for it? Geez, you are pathetic."
Ignoring the brat's comment, Jiraiya finished the glass of water he was holding and sighed, "My chakra has replenished about half right now, my body still feels heavy though, i was barely able to throw that kunai," he said making Ryouske narrow his eyes as he thought, "barely able to throw it my ASS! The bastard almost took my ear off"
After that they began to head off to where Tsunade was meeting Orochimaru, while on the way Shizune told them about the deal Orochimaru had made, "During the recent attack on the leaf village, Orochimaru had his hands damaged by Lord Third so he could not do any Jutsu, but he asked Tsunade to heal them for him in exchange for a gift," she explained and Ryouske narrowed his eyes, not liking where this was going as Shizune continued, "He offered to bring her brother, Nawaki, and her lover and my uncle, Dan, back to life."
Jiraiya grit his teeth hearing this and glare straight ahead, "That creepy bastard dares to tamper with the dead?" he said and Ryouske looked at him, "I just hope Tsunade will decline," he stated hopefully. They eventually arrived to their destination to find an expansive open field, where Tsunade was standing with Orochimaru and Kabuto, and thankfully fighting against them.
Upon seeing Orochimaru, Ryouske clenched his fists tight, wanting nothing more than to go over and belt the villain to a pulp. Instead, Jiraiya went over to Tsunade, who was still glaring at the villainous duo, "Did you honestly think I would heal your arms and let you continue committing such monstrosities?" she said making Jiraiya smile proud of her, he then turned to Naruto and kabuto. "You runts take out four eyes, Orochimaru is ours," Jiraiya said, making Ryouske hesitantly agree.
Ryouske and Naruto stood in front of Kabuto, who smirked at them and Naruto looked at him with confusion, "Kabuto, why are you here?" Ryouske narrowed his eyes as he saw the headband around Kabuto's head, it wasn't the symbol for the Hidden Leaf Village that was on the headband, it was the musical note symbol for the Hidden Sound village. Ryouske glared at Kabuto with hatred in his eyes, "I KNEW you were a spy, you helped Orochimaru destroy the Leaf Village," he exclaimed, making Kabuto just laugh and push his glasses up his nose, "That's right, laying waste to that village was rather fun," he said, smirking like the evil prick he was.
"I'll make you PAY for betraying the village," Naruto cried out as he rushed at Kabuto, kunai in hand, determined to take him down. Kabuto merely brushed off Naruto's attacks and struck back with his own fierce attacks, while Ryouske flanked Kabuto from behind, swinging a roundhouse kick to Kabuto's head while Naruto swung a punch also at Kabuto's head, only for Kabuto to catch both attacks and throw the pair of them away.
Deciding to end the fight quickly, Kabuto charged up chakra in his hand until it flowed around them visible to everyone, then with astonishing speed, he rushed forward striking at Naruto's body, seeming to not do any damage, until Naruto fell face forward, unable to move any of his limbs. Ryouske watched his friend fall, confusion on his face, as Kabuto chuckled and looked down at Naruto, "My chakra scalpels severed your nerves to your limbs, you won't be moving them for a while."
Grtting his teeth, Ryouske charged forward with his katana drawn and swung at Kabuto, who was unprepared for the assault, and slashed down his back causing Kabuto to yell out in pain. Kabuto was about to turn around and retaliate, when to his and Ryouske's shock, Naruto stood up, apparently able to still move his limbs. Kabuto glared at Naruto and charged at him, but Naruto merely summoned a clone and began to charge up a Rasengan in his hand. Ryouske expected that Naruto had not mastered it yet, but was surprised when Naruto shoved the sphere into Kabuto's abdomen, "Rasengan!" Naruto yelled as he pushed the sphere into Kabuto's abdomen sending him spiralling into a boulder, with his abdomen damaged.
Tsunade could not believe her eyes as she looked over at Naruto, who was looking close to collapsing, he ACTUALLY mastered the rasengan in three days, she could not believe that she would lose the chance to gain some more money, but for now she had more important things to worry about as she glared at Orichimaru, who was busy fighting Jiraiya. It was then that Kabuto stood up with his abdomen all healed and charged at Tsunade, blood dripping down from his abdomen and when she saw it, she fell to her knees, terrified of the sight of the blood.
Taking advantage of her fear, Kabuto swung a kunai at her, but was shocked when Naruto appeared in front of him and grabbed his hand, the kunai cutting at Naruto's hand. With a glare, Naruto tried to force Kabuto's hand away, "Don't you EVER attack Granny Tsunade, you scum!" he exclaimed. Kabuto hesitated but swung a punch at Naruto, who took it on the forehead, glare still in place, as Tsunade stared wide eyed at the young boy, with Ryouske appearing beside her.
After seeing Naruto's determination to protect her, Tsunade rose to her feet as Naruto began to fall backwards and caught him, resting him on the ground just as Ryouske launched forward with a vicious kick and booted Kabuto away. Slicing his shirt open, Tsunade began to heal his wounds while Ryouske watched, "He never ceases to amaze me," Ryouske said as he smiled down at his best friend, just as Tsunade placed her necklace around Naruto's neck, he had earned it.
Tsunade then stood up and faced the direction where Orochimaru was, ready to fight her old teammate, "Stay here and look after Naruto, we will handle Orochimaru," she said, her resolve ever stronger. Seeing that he would need to up his game, Orochimaru called for Kabuto, who jumped to his side and rolled Orochimaru's sleeve up, revealing a summoning seal on his dead arm, which Kabuto ran his blood down and formed the handseals to summon, slamming his hand down when he was done.
When the cloud of smoke that had appeared dissipated, Orochimaru and Kabuto were standing on the head of a gigantic purple snake that had green, lidless eyes and long fangs. Its body was at least 40 feet long and was a venomous purple with a black underside. Jiraiya and Tsunade then slammed their hands down and summoned their boss summons, with Jiraiya summoning the chief toad Gamabunta and Tsunade summoning the boss of the slugs, Katsuya. Katsuya was a giant white slug with wavy blue lines going down her back.
As the sannin began to fight, a fourth cloud of smoke appeared, making the combatants look at it and when it disappeared they were surprised to find Ryouske's boss dragon, Valora, standing there in all her glory.
Jiraiya glared at Ryouske, "Hey kid, I thought Tsunade told you to watch over Naruto?" he asked but Ryouske just grinned and hiked his thumb down to the ground, where a clone of Ryouske was sat next to Naruto and Sizune, who was trying to heal Naruto, waving up at them. Tsunade shook her head at his disobedience and grit her teeth, "What do you think you are doing brat?" she demanded. Ryouske looked at her with a determined look and the pointed at Orochimaru, "If you guys are going to fight Orochimaru, then I will be fighting that bastard also, I have a score to settle with him."
Deciding not to argue with him over it, Tsunade just sighed and waved her acceptance. The dragon looked up towards her head, where Ryouske was standing, and snorted a bit of smoke out of her nose, "Oh, it is my handsome little human. What can I do for my little Ryo?" she asked him, causing him to grab at his collar nervously from her flirting and pointed at Manda, "W..we..need your help to skin that snake and his summoner".
When he saw Valora, Manda, Orochimaru's snake, began to shake with worry and hesitation, "V..va…VALORA?!" he yelled out in fear at the black and silver dragon, who just looked at him in surprise and then looked back up to Ryouske, "You summoned me here to fight Manda? Awww Ryo, you sure know how to treat a woman," she said with a wink, chuckling when Ryouske went bright red and looked as if steam would come out of his ears.
Tsunade raised an eyebrow at Valora's flirting and shook her head, making sure to ask about it later. Valora grinned at Manda, who was still shaking with some fear, and grinned showing razor sharp fangs "Did you miss me, Manda?" she asked mockingly. All of a sudden, Manda began to shed his skin, with the discarded skin falling to the ground, where it began to rise upright as if it was alive and, to their disgust, it began to grow a body, until the skin had become a complete clone of Manda.
"That…is disgusting," Ryouske said with a grimace, with Valora nodding her head, "I've always thought so," she replied then turned her head to Tsunade and Jiraiya, "You guys take care of the real Manda, leave the clone to us," she said making them nod in agreement. The Manda clone charged at Ryouske and Valora as Gamabunta and Katsuya charged towards the real Manda, both snakes hissing fiercely.
The Manda clone swung it's fanged maw right at Valora, who merely batted it away with her tail and slashed her front claws at the clones body, only for it to duck underneath the swipe and lunge underneath her but Valora jumped over into the air and landed away from the clone. The clone then used it's tail to pick up some nearby boulders and, with a hiss, threw them towards the dragon, with Valora swishing her tail, making silver spikes shoot from it and into the boulders, shattering them.
While Valora dealt with the clone, Gamabunta was trying to swipe at Manda with his blade, but the serpent twisted around the toad and began to squeeze, trying to squeeze the life out of him only to be knocked aside by Katsuya slamming into him. She then spat out acid towards Manda who dived underground to avoid it and soon came up behind Katsuya and wrapped his entire body around her, squeezing her tightly. To his surprise, however, she broke apart into millions of tiny versions of herself and crawled away from him, just as Gamabunta jumped at him, blade thrusted forward.
Valora clashed with the clone, her head butting against the clones as Ryouske tried to maintain his balance. Valora then twisted the clone around and grabbed it's tail and, with a fanged grin, slam it onto the ground as if it was a hammer, but lost her grip when the clone slapped her face with his tail. "Keep an eye out Ryo. I'm gonna end this fight here and now," she said making Ryouske wonder what she was going to do and his eyes widened when she grabbed the clone by the tail once again and threw him high into the air. As the clone flew, she inhaled deeply and with a mighty roar, she breathed a torrent of white hot flame right into the air, where it engulfed the clone and began to burn it to a crisp in a mass of screams and flailing.
Ryouske whistled at the literal firepower she held and looked down at her"That was amazing, Val," he said making her shrug her shoulders and look up at her ehad, "What can i say? I'm HOT stuff," she exclaimed, chuckling at her own joke. Ryouske then looked over to where the Sannin were fighting and saw that Katsuya was being attacked by Manda as she tried to protect Ryouske's clone and Naruto. Valora also noticed this and charged towards Manda, who was now being blocked by Gamabunta, and slashed her claws down his back, causing a yell of pain to erupt from the snake.
Gamabunta then threw his blade at Manda to try and impale the snake, when Manda caught it in his mouth and threw it back to Gamabunta, who dodged out of the way and saw the blade land in the ground near Katsuya. Gritting her teeth, Valora readied herself to attack, when she saw somehting happen near Katsuya and, with a fanged grin, jumped on his bakc to hold him down.
Wondering what she was planning, Manda attempted to throw her off, when all of a sudden a shadow appeared over him and when he looked up, he swore loudly. The shadow was Gamabunta's blade falling down towards Manda's head...with Tsunade holding it. Before he could even break free of Valora, the blade impaled into the ground, right through his mouth, caushing him to let out a muffled scream of pain. Breathing heavily from the pain, Manda looked up at Valora and snarled as bets he could, "Don't think this is over Valora. One day i WILL kill you and take my rightful place in your realm," he vowed making Valora wink in response, "Any time, any place Manda. Me and my Ryo will always be ready for you."
Manda then disappeared bakc to his realm to heal his wounds, but just then a long tongue zoomed up to Tsunade standing on the handle of Gamabunta's blade and wrapped itself around her throat, it seemed Orochimaru was not done with Tsunade. With a smirk, Orochimaru thought that he would be able to strangle Tsunade, but his eyes widened when she broke free of his hold and grabbed his tounge, yanking it upwards, making him fly up towards her, where she pulled bakc her fist and gave him a punch to the jaw, unintentionally sending him flying over to Valora.
Clenching his right fist, Ryouske looked down at Valora, "Valora, throw me at him now, i have a parting gift for that bastard," he asked getting a nod from Valora, who bucked her back in the direction of Orochimaru, sending Ryouske flying towards the man. As he flew, Ryouske held his right hand out and charged a Rasengan in his palm, making the sphere grow in size until it filled his entire palm. Orochimaru's eyes widened as he noticed the Rasengan and swore loudly just as Ryouske collided with the man, shoving the Rasengan into his abdomen, "GO TO HELL, MOTHERFUCKER!," Ryouske yelled out as the Rasengan pressed into Orochimaru's abdomen, sending him flying to where Kabuto was watching his master with deep concern and where Orochimaru landed, making a small crater.
Panting, Ryouske feel down to the ground to be caught by Valora, who then stood him on the ground before she turned to her human form and stared at her summoner ," You enjoyed that didn't you?" she asked as she crossed her arms, making Ryouske rub the back of his head, grinning. "I'm going to head back now, i need my beauty sleep after that battle," Valora stated to the grinning boy, who raised an eyebrow, "Nah, just sleep. You are alreayd quite beautiful," he said, his face rather red, which only turned more redder as Valora kissed his cheek and puleld his fac einto her generous cleavage, "Awww, you say the tweetest things," she said before she disappeared, causing Ryouske to fall flat on his face.
Tsunade and Jiraiya then came over, after dispelling Gamabunta and Katsuya, and Jiraiya grinned at Ryouske, writing furiously in a notebook as he did so, "Oooh. What is going on between you and that summon of yours, eh kid?" he asked with a perverted grin on his face. Ryouske just shrugged his question off and looked at Tsunade, "What happened to Oorochimaru and his stooge?" he asked, noticing that they had dissapeared also.
Shizune then came up to the, Ryouske's clone having disappeared, and was carrying Naruto on her back. Ryouske smiled at his friend and swayed on his feet, feeling Jiraiya wrap his arm aorund Ryouske's shoulder to support him. It was a few days later that the 6 of them, 5 with the addition of Tsunade's pet piglet ton ton, who was a pink pig wearing a beaded necklace and a small red coat and was being carried by Shizune, reached the gates of the Leaf village.
With a sigh, Tsunade looked at the gates of her former home, wondering if she could go through with this, when all of a sudden Ryouske put his hand on her shoulder and smiled at her, "You ready to go in, old lady?" he asked, making a vein appear in her head and pucnh down onto his, "WHO ARE YOU CALLING OLD LADY?!"
Jiraiya, Shizune and Naruto chuckled at the antics of the two, but Naruto stopped laughing when he realised the reason why he went searching for Tsunade in the first place, "Grandma Tsunade, c'mon. You need to go to the hopsital to heal Sasuke," he said, causing Ryouske to nod in agreement, knowing one perosn in particular he wanted to see healed. At the hospital, they gathered around Sasuke's bed as Tsunade held her hand over his head and green chakra began to flow around her hand.
When she took her hand away fr0om his head, Sasuke opened his eyes and sat up, only to be glomped by a crying Sakura saying how "glad she was to have him awake," this of course caused Naruto to look away sadly, which did not go unnocited by Ryouske, who looked at his friend with concern. It was then Ryouske's turn to drag her somewhere as he and Tsunade entered into Karina's room, with the occupant smiling at Ryouske and frowning at the woman.
"Karina-chan, this is Lady Tsunade. She is gonna heal you," he said with a smile as Tsunade got to work healing Karina's wounds. Once healed, Karina looked at Ryouske and pulled him into a hug, causing the boy to blush crimson and walked to the door with steam pretty much coming out of his ears, which made Tsunade smile with a raised eyebrow, "So the tough guy has a soft spot huh?" she thought.
A few days later, Tsunade was standing on top of the Hokage building, the Hokage hat perched on her head as she looked down at the villagers, "I promise to guide this village into greatness and to pass on the will of fire to the next generation of ninja. I will protect this village and it's people with me life as...the Fifth Hokage," she said out loud to everyone, getting cheers of joy and celebration in response,
Leaning against a wall with his arms crossed, Ryouske watched Tsunade's speech, smiling at how good of a Hokage he thought she would become, when all of a sudden he was broken out of his thoughts by Karina, who had appeared in front of him. "Hey squirt," she said with a smile, "Why are you over here all by yourself?" she asked. Ryouske just looked at her and shrugged, "Just felt like being alone with my thoughts," he said, getting a look of confusion from Karina, but she shurgged it off.
"I heard that you only went to look for Tsunade because you wanted me to be healed, is that right?" she asked with a cheeky smirk on her face as she leaned closer. This of course made Ryouske's face go as red as a tomato, "I..I wanted her to heal the village that's all," he replied, looking away, only for his eyes to widen as Karina kissed his cheek softly, "Thank you, Ryo," she said, wlaking away.
Watching her leave, Ryouske put a hand to his cheek and smiled brightly, but then the smiled dropped as he looked towards the sky, he had a feeling that something bad was soon going to happen and that the village's troubles would be far from over.
AAAAAAAAAND CHAPTER END.
Bloody hell this was long to write, damn muse.
Hope you guys enjoy it, as always no flames please.
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