Sum of our Parts
Divine Wind
***I do not own Naruto, after 20ish chapters I thought that would be obvious by now. ***
"Le gasp!" normal talking
'das fuken?' normal thinking
"set-you-on-fire-no-jutsu" Jutsu and other techniques
"I will murder you!" Tailed beast talking
***SooP***
'N-N-Namikaze!?' Again Kakashi mentally swore. Did Kami just decide that all of his bad luck should hit at once? The Hokage must have just won the lottery back in Konoha if he was stuck dealing with this in Suna.
The Cyclopean Jonin took a glance around at his remaining 'forces'. So far the only ones who were combat ready and at strength were Kurenai, Gai, Akane, Lee, Sakura, Tenten, and Hinata.
He was starting to feel drained with his prolonged use of the Sharingan as well as his use of Jutsu against Sasori.
Natsuko, though winded, was still combat ready. Unlike Sasuke who was barely standing after his Jutsu.
Unfortunately Sasori was still functional as well, and their newest opponent was completely uninjured.
The only hope they had was to take out Sasori in a quick blitz, with as few of members as possible, while the others held off until they could all gang up on the last man.
That and praying to whoever was listening that the Kamikaze hadn't grown even more powerful since the war.
After a few coded signals the remaining Ninja nodded before splitting up into two teams.
Lee, Sakura, Tenten, and Hinata would have to deal with Sasori while tending to the injured as best they could.
Meanwhile the Sensei, Akane, and Natsuko would hold off the remaining man.
***SooP***
Lee shot forward towards his opponent, moving fast enough that he appeared to be a blur to the outside world.
He aimed a quick punch towards the man's one vulnerable spot, after being told by Hinata what the situation was.
Sasori had seen it coming and raised his blades in a protective shell, forcing the boy to dodge to the side at the last moment and avoid being skewered.
Next he tried a low sweep, hoping that he could at least drop the puppet to the ground and increase his vulnerability.
Unfortunately the 'final' form of Sasori was even more loaded with traps than the others had been, and a compartment opened up on his waist to launch a grouping of needles at the boy.
Luckily Lee was one of the fastest members of the Chunin force, and thus was able to dodge even at close range.
The Taijutsu specialist back flipped away, allowing the distraction to give Tenten an unguarded target for a volley of kunai with explosive tags.
With an almost unnatural speed the redhead dodged out of the path, causing the explosives to go off without any damage.
He retaliated with another group of senbon, this time at the ranged combatant.
A wall of water rose up in front of her, trapping the poisoned weapons inside, courtesy of Hinata.
"This isn't working, he is too dangerous in close combat to hit anywhere except for his core and his blades protect that, and anything besides a devastating ranged blow won't put him down." Tenten analyzed while gritting her teeth.
"Hinata, go help the others. I will stay here with the injured since Genjutsu won't work on this guy anyways." Sakura urged.
The Hyuga gave one glance back at the injured Shinobi before nodding and stepping forward with her teammates.
"We need to start removing his weapons…" Tenten muttered before glancing to her two functioning colleagues.
"I have a most youthful idea!" Lee replied with a smile.
After a whispered explanation the boy charged forward, as he did so his bandages unraveled in an attempt to try and wrap the man up, or even better to engage him with the Lotus. As Lee reached his target the man slashed forward to disrupt the attack, earning a grin as the Taijutsu specialist slipped under his arm and put the man into a full nelson headlock, thus exposing his core.
Tenten responded with a smirk and had already launched a flurry of kunai.
Unfortunately the man still had a functioning spear trap in his stomach, which repelled the blades and impacted the Chunin in her leg as she dodged out of the way.
With a sick grin the man spun, preparing to smash the Kunoichi into a nearby building, only for Lee to break his hold and pull his teammate into a protective hold, taking the majority of the damage himself.
Though it saved the girl's life the spandex clad boy was seriously damaged from the impact, having been launched through two houses from the force.
Just as Sasori turned he realized his last folly.
He had forgotten about the Hyuga.
Hinata was already within melee range as the man shifted to avoid her attack on his single vulnerable spot.
Hinata was expecting it. She knew that even with her training she would never be able to deliver a strong enough attack with normal Juken to defeat the man.
Luckily she had an ace up her sleeve.
"Rolling Thunder: Five points of destruction"
The Kunoichi reached out with a single hand, and tapped five points on the man's chest using only her fingertips. To anyone not directly involved her 'technique' would have seemed almost like a few feather light touches, almost like the caress of a nervous lover.
An instance later the girl leapt back.
A moment following that the man's mechanical body exploded into debris and mechanical parts, utterly annihilating any possibility for him to mount any type of attack or defense, much less be recognized as anything more than a pile of scrap.
His core was shredded as the various weapons and tools burst outwards in a shower of shrapnel.
The poison that had been stored in his body dissipated harmlessly into the air.
The life of 'Sasori of the Red Sand' had finally been ended.
***SooP***
Gai had never been one for waiting, especially when a chance to 'one up' his rival was involved, that and the lives of his students hung in the balance of him ending this fight quickly.
Leaping into action the Taijutsu master crossed the battlefield in a fraction of a second, his fist already in a backhand motion towards his opponent's face.
Unfortunately he hadn't been aware of the 'bloodline' ability that all Namikaze seemed to possess, ultra fast reflexes and reaction times.
The blonde haired man had easily seen the attack coming, and despite being impressed with his adversary's speed, ducked under the attempted strike.
Just as Gai's own senses told him that his blow had not connected, and he began his follow up, a blast of concentrated wind threw him to the side and through the wall of a nearby structure. The impact was had been strong enough to cave in the roof, thus removing the man from combat for the moment.
Less than a second later the Namikaze was forced to dodge backwards from a barrage of earth spikes, courtesy of the younger blonde.
As the man landed he quickly spun on one heel and slammed his fist into the Genjutsu mistress' face. Thus revealing her position, that had been previously been completely concealed by her own abilities.
'Damnit! I thought for sure that would work, how the hell did he see through Kurenai's illusion?' Kakashi questioned as he watched the woman be launched across the area from the Chakra empowered attack.
If the silver haired man was lucky she would only be temporarily stunned and not knocked out of combat completely.
Gai had emerged from the rubble a second after the woman landed, and rushed forward to distract their joint opponent.
Meanwhile Akane sprinted from behind, her sword already unsheathed as she prepared to split the man in two.
Everyone present gaped when the blade was stopped from cutting into his arm by what appeared to be slight wisps of wind surrounding the man.
Gai was behind a split second later, only to receive a damaging kick to the stomach as the man's abilities allowed him to balance on one foot in ways that shouldn't be possible.
The Namikaze grabbed the Genin's sword bearing arm, and pulled in her for a face strike, only to be impressed as she managed to barely dodge at the last second, her own reflexes having been heightened with all of her training.
It did not prevent his considerable experience from landing the next elbow strike to her chest, or the open palm to her face, throwing her backwards from the force.
Any follow up was prevented when he was forced to dodge a series of wooden spikes that had been launched from the girl's sister.
***SooP***
Kakashi watched on in horror as this man began tearing his team apart. Gai was widely accepted to be the greatest Taijutsu master alive and even he had yet to land a single blow on the man.
If the cyclopean Jonin didn't know any better he would swear the man was a Hyuga, with three hundred and sixty degree vision.
Something had to be done or else they would lose this match, even if the others managed to take down Sasori.
With Sasuke still recovering it looked as though Kakashi was the only functioning Ninja who could wield the natural advantage to wind.
And wield it he did.
***SooP***
A massive fireball roared forth from the Sharingan implanted man, tearing apart the ground as it approached the Namikaze.
Kakashi had just noticed man sinking down to his ankles in the ground, a byproduct of Natsuko's intervention no doubt.
It looked as if the attack would connect, and at the very least deal a devastating blow to the man, maybe even force his retreat.
Imagine the former ANBU's shock when, with a wave of his hand, the sphere of death began to shrink and eventually fizzled out long before it reached him.
"Don't you think I realize that wind has a disadvantage against fire? The interesting thing about this 'relationship' is that fire is dependent on air. It is child's play to create a vacuum in front of the attack, thus robbing any fire Jutsu you can use of its power." The Akatsuki member called out in a lecturing tone.
Kakashi wondered if the man realized that what he had done had never been mastered to the degree in which he used it. Sure there had been rumors of Suna Ninja using such techniques before but never to this extent, and certainly not without hand signs.
This time the Jonin would not escape without retaliation.
A slight gesture from the blonde and Kakashi could see his death, yet with exhaustion setting in after that last overpowered technique, he knew that dodging was impossible.
He was only faintly aware of his best friend pushing him out of the path, and taking the blade of concentrated air instead.
***SooP***
Blood poured from the over enthusiastic man's mouth as the attack dug into his chest, leaving what appeared to be a massive sword wound diagonally across his torso.
Luckily Gai's release of several Chakra Gates had dampened the attack enough that it hadn't damaged any internal organs.
To the former ANBU everything that happened next was a blur.
He remembered shouting to Hinata for medical attention.
He remembered the rage building as he instinctively drew upon his most powerful technique.
The journey across the battlefield was missing from his memory.
The shock at watching his opponent catch his fabled Chidori in his hand like it was nothing… that image was burned into his mind forever.
Was this how his Genin had felt when they went up against him during the 'bell test'? This feeling of hopelessness and despair, the instinct that roared in your mind of disbelief, that what your senses were telling you was not possible.
Did they too feel as if there was no victory, that no matter what they did, no matter how hard they tried or pushed themselves that their opponent stood, not on a platform above them, but rather on a mountain that could not be climbed?
Regardless, Kakashi now knew that victory against this man wasn't possible. He had always known that there was a gap in strength between ANBU and Kage… but he had never imagined it to be this great. Were all the Hokages this powerful? Had he truly never seen what his Sensei was capable of?
Sure he had heard the war stories, tales of him absolutely decimating entire groups of Shinobi by himself, but the silver haired man had always thought them to be hyped up with propaganda and trying to make the man look stronger for future conflicts.
But this… this man before him wasn't even human.
Kakashi's mind was forced back to the present as a powerful burst of, what he could only assume to be wind, despite it feeling just as solid as rock, impacted his stomach.
Bile threatened to spew from his mouth as he was launched backwards across the battlefield, and came to a skidding halt next to his friend.
It was now that he was truly able to see the extent of Gai's damage, all taken from a technique that hadn't even required hand signs. All taken to protect him.
***SooP***
By the time Kurenai had managed to recover the situation she beheld looked hopeless. The only ones still standing were her three students, Sakura, and Tenten. If they all managed to survive this she would be rubbing the situation in every Shinobi's face for the next year.
Hinata and Sakura were trying to stabilize Gai and Kakashi.
Tenten stood with the two Uzumaki sisters, staring down the man who had yet to receive a scratch from their combined efforts.
The Jonin was just close enough that she could hear Akane call out to their opponent.
"It's not sensing you use the air don't you?"
Kurenai was confused, what the hell was the redhead talking about? Whatever it was caused the man to smile slightly.
"Your good kid, if you weren't a Jinchuriki yourself I would offer to take you and your sister along to join us. You are the first one to realize that after just one fight."
"What is he talking about Akane?" Tenten muttered out in confusion.
"The reason he could see through the Genjutsu and react to every threat despite the angle. He is able to sense disturbances made when objects move through the air. That's why no one can sneak up on him, quite impressive."
Kurenai's jaw dropped, for any Ninja to perfect such a technique was absurd… for a Genin to pick up on it after only a few minutes of fighting was frightening.
"Let's see how well that air shield you have surrounding you can absorb hits."
An instant later the redhead's challenge was realized as she charged forward at near Jonin speeds, slashing towards the man who easily pushed the blade aside without effort.
His eyes widened a moment later as the Kunoichi adopted a different stance, one where she pulled the handle back behind her and held the sword in a stabbing motion.
This time the man dodged backwards, only to be forced into another dodge as the girl came at him again.
The reason for his reluctance was realized the first time her technique came into contact with a solid object, a wall that he leapt in front of.
Her blade cleaved through the solid stone as if it were made of paper, causing the house it was supporting to partially collapse in on itself in the process.
"Looks as if your technique can only dissipate force, not stop it completely. Which means any type of heavy piercing blow will tear through it… and you." The girl analyzed.
"Very good, but the question is can you hit me with your technique?" The Akatsuki taunted.
Akane's eyes narrowed before leaping back to where Natsuko was catching her breath.
"You got a plan onee-chan?"
"Yeah what do you need Akane?" Tenten chimed in.
"You won't be fast enough to hit him Tenten-san, the only way you might have is explosives which he can redirect. It is the same situation as when you battled Temari-Sama."
"So help Sakura and Hinata?" the girl asked in a somewhat defeated tone.
"Keeping the others alive and getting them recovered is just as important. There is no guarantee that my plan will work anyways."
Tenten nodded before running back to the fallen warriors.
"So?"
The redhead sighed, slightly annoyed at what she was going to have to say to her sister.
"Alright fine… let's do the Uzumaki Barrage."
"YAY!" the blonde happily squealed.
***SooP***
"Such bullshit… I'm still getting mocked because of my attack names during the Chunin exams and they can still name things like that…" Kiba muttered out.
"Yeah… and Natsuko is still adorable." Sakura added in a teasing tone.
"And Akane?"
"Are you really going to make fun of Akane?"
"Good point."
***SooP***
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The excitable blonde called out, filling the entire area with her patented technique.
"You do realize that none of those will be even able to hurt me correct? I can probably just walk past them without even…" The Namikaze was interrupted as the horde began charging forward with a battle cry.
The cloaked man sighed before casually walking towards one.
It was only his survival instincts that caused him to dodge at the last second from a flanking maneuver.
Somehow the redhead had hidden her movements, or his senses were being clogged by the blonde's Bunshin.
"Clever girl…" The man chuckled before he threw a vicious punch towards the girl's back.
She vanished in a flash of crimson before he could even make contact.
"How the…"
Once more he was forced to leap backwards, again the redhead coming from the side to attack him.
'How the hell is she doing this!? No one is this fast! No one can move without disturbing the air!'
Another blow of his was dodged as the girl appeared next to a group of clones, who once more charged forward, thus blocking the man's view.
***SooP***
As the cycle of dodging and attacking continued Kakashi could only look on in shock, he hadn't believed it when the redhead had first used the technique but now he was sure.
She was using the technique made famous by his own Sensei.
The Hiraishin
He wasn't surprised she could use it after all she had gone on a three year training session with a Sanin, and the man who taught the Fourth Hokage.
No, what was surprising was that the girl hadn't through any Kunai, or placed any seals. She seemed to be teleporting around the area without anything guiding her movements, at least none that Kakashi could pick up on.
***SooP***
"Enough!" The criminal roared out, he had already been injured several times due to this new technique and had yet to lay a hand on the girl.
Plus the Bunshin were beginning to annoy the hell out of him.
With a single hand sign the man summoned forth a massive tornado to spiral outwards from him, tearing the clones, and surrounding area, apart.
After the ability subsided he spotted the redhead standing next to her sister, apparently unharmed.
This time he was going on the offensive.
Just as the blonde formed the hand sign once again he made a slight gesture of his own, prompting the redhead to push her sister from the path of the attack, and receiving a devastating injury instead.
"ONEE-CHAN!"
It was over, the blonde was exhausted, and without the redhead's interference there were no more Ninja standing capable of defeating him.
He would take the two Jinchuriki, locate the Kazekage, and then leave the village.
Arashi nodded at his plan and began walking towards the two girls.
***SooP***
He had to do something. Too many times had he let them down, turned a blind eye towards their suffering while he was busy locked in his own depression. Too many times had they been ignored and tormented simply because no one would stand up and say 'enough'.
Not this time though. Even if it killed him Kakashi Hatake was not going to stand by and watch as the two innocent girls before him suffered.
"W-wait!" the cyclopean Jonin was surprised that he was even able to call out that loudly.
"Listen if you are going to say some idle threat or give a speech about…" The Kamikaze replied in a bored tone.
"Have you ever encountered a woman by the name of 'Tsunade Senju'?"
The man paused, before a spark of recognition entered his eyes.
"Blonde, brown eyes, diamond on her forehead, wicked temper, huge…" The Namikaze made a gesture to imply the size of her 'assets'.
Kakashi chuckled painfully and nodded.
"Yeah we had an 'encounter' a couple decades ago, why?"
"I knew your son."
That brought the criminal to a wide eyed halt.
"M-my son?"
"What, you think that 'Minato Namikaze' was given your last name for shits and giggles?"
"There are other Namikazes, maybe she just…"
"Sought out the other members of your near extinct clan to sleep with them?"
The blonde's mind was going through information so fast he was developing a headache.
"Those two girls… they are your granddaughters."
This time the man took a step back in shock.
'Granddaughters?' It was emotionally taxing enough to learn he had a son that was a war hero, a Hokage, and then had died for his village. But to learn that two of those he was hunting to eliminate were his own relatives…
He had to think about this, had to get away for a bit.
"This is a onetime deal, next time we meet don't expect me to walk away." The blond man replied loud enough that those present could hear him.
Sparing one last glance towards the two young girls the man promptly disappeared in a Sunshin.
***SooP***
"Are you sure you can't stay longer?" Temari asked, her gaze drifting to her younger brother, who was busy being fiercely hugged by Natsuko.
"Yes, now that we have confirmed the Akatsuki have left Suna we need to be heading back towards Konoha to report to our Hokage. Besides I'm sure Kazekage-Sama would like to be able to move again." Kurenai answered with a slight frown.
"Actually I think he secretly enjoys the attention and the physical contact. He certainly did not have much of either growing up, especially not in a positive sense."
"That seems to be the norm concerning people like them unfortunately. I am glad to see that you two have recovered, and we would like to thank you for providing facilities to use for our own recovery."
The blonde nodded.
"It is the least we can do. It is a miracle that the only ones who lost their lives in this battle were two enemy Ninja. Also I would like to thank you for Kankuro, he has been locked up in his 'work room' ever since you gave us all of Sasori's remains and puppets."
The Jonin smiled warmly towards the girl, "Well he was from Suna originally so we figured it would be best if you took care of the remains. I am not sure what the Hokage will want done with Deidara's body, however." The woman finished, while gesturing towards the storage scroll that had been used to secure the body.
"Who knows, we sure as hell don't want it though. Take care and be sure to come visit us some time!"
"We will, and next time I'll make sure to tell Shikamaru that his girlfriend is lonely." Natsuko happily replied, having been pried off of the red haired boy and rejoining the other Konoha Ninja.
"Wh-what? I don't know what you're talking about…."
The Uzumaki merely giggled before skipping off, with her sister following closely behind and the rest of the group moving to catch up.
"Quite an interesting pair aren't they?" Temari muttered out as her brother walked up to stand next to her.
"Indeed, one is like me and the other is quite opposite… very interesting."
Temari gave her brother a knowing glance.
"Very strong as well,"
"Yes they are."
"And brave" the Suna Kunoichi continued, while her brother shifted to automatic responses.
"Quite"
"Pretty cute too."
"Very much so… wait what?"
The wind user just giggled before walking back to find her other brother.
***SooP***
"Hinata-san,"
"Yes Neji-Sama?"
The man seemed to wince a bit at the use of honorifics, he had long ago picked up on Akane's use of formalities and since he had begun training with Hinata he had encouraged her not to use them when they were away from other Hyuga.
"I was curious as to the technique you had used to end your battle so… decisively. I was not aware that you had developed another Taijutsu style."
"Yeah Hinata-chan that was totally awesome!" The blonde Uzumaki praised from nearby.
"Th-thank you Natsuko-chan, I had help creating it from Hokage-Sama during our training sessions. It takes a great deal of control to do so, which means that I am currently limited to only using one hand at a time. Trying with two would tax my control to its absolute limit."
Neji nodded in understand, "regardless, to be able to end a fight with only five light strikes is truly a terrifying ability. With your medical skills and improvements in Ninjutsu I am curious as to why you are still listed as a Chunin."
"Hokage-Sama wishes me to gain more experience before moving up to the next rank. This was the first time I had used the new style in anything more than practice since we couldn't use it on a living person. We still aren't sure what the exact affect would be against an opponent."
"It seemed as though the living portion of your opponent was unharmed, save for the shrapnel that impacted him. I wonder if that is because you struck the puppet portion or if it is due to something else." Akane analyzed.
"I'm not sure. What I do not understand is how you two are not Jonin yet though, with all of the skill and ability you showed during our matches I would think the promotion would be obvious." Hinata replied, directing her gaze to the two sisters.
"We were gone a really long time Hinata-chan, besides I think you deserve the promotion more than we do." The blonde happily praised.
"I do not feel as if I do. I have trained for almost all day every day since you two left and I feel even inferior than before those three years. I do not think I will ever catch up…"
"You're wrong." Akane said with finality, "You are far stronger than you believe. Most people do not have the strength to push themselves as hard as you have. Without you in this mission we could have lost well over half of our group, something that neither Natsuko or I could have prevented. You are quite amazing Hinata."
The Hyuga Kunoichi turned bright red at the praise, forcing herself not to pass out in happiness.
"That does raise an interesting question though Akane, what was that technique you used against the Kamikaze?" Kakashi inquired with an eye smile.
"Namikaze clan secret."
All of the Ninja sweat dropped at how quickly the girl remarked.
"Mah mah, surely you can trust me though right?" The eye smile seemed to get even bigger.
"We would… but the mask makes you seem untrustworthy, sorry Kaka-kun. Maybe if you showed everyone what you were hiding then…" Natsuko chirped in.
"You know what that's alright. I think I can figure out how you did it without any help. Thanks though."
Gai's laughter echoed through the woods.
***SooP***
"I still can't believe how strong they have gotten, even with the improved Sharingan, intense training from both Kakashi and my brother I still feel miles behind them in terms of ability."
"Think about how I feel teme, I got my ass knocked out before anyone else did."
"Well Kiba that is because you charged an S-Rank Shinobi head first before seeing what they were capable of… what did you expect?" Sakura scolded.
"To kick ass, take names, and chew bubble gum?"
Even Akamaru seemed to roll his eyes at the boy's reply.
"Don't feel too bad Sasuke. Remember you also missed out on training during your 'evaluations'. Plus once your Chakra reserves increase you will be able to tap into more of the Uchiha clan techniques which give you a definitive edge from what I have heard." The Sensei answered, his face stuck in his orange book.
Sasuke seemed to ponder this for a second before shaking his head.
"Even if that is true I wouldn't count those. Those two have no clan secrets to learn and improve upon. They have no one to train and tutor them in their most powerful abilities. As ridiculous as it sounds I actually hope that I never exceed them. I think I would feel guilty if that were the case." Sasuke replied, while staring into the campfire.
"Well at the rate those two are increasing I don't think you have anything to worry about Sasuke. Mokuton is said to be able to trump even the most powerful of Uchiha and Akane was the only one among us who even injured a Kage level Ninja. By the time you truly master your abilities they will probably be working on something even more absurd." Kakashi replied.
"Plus once I master all of the amazing Inuzuka clan techniques I will be better than you as well teme, so if you feel the need to get your ass kicked again I will be happy to do so."
"Remind me of what happened during our last spar kibbles?"
"You got a lucky shot asshole."
"I punched you in the face…"
"AND IT WAS LUCKY!"
"Shut up both of you, or else the next time you spar I am going to join in…" the pinkette threatened.
Both boys shivered at the memory of when Kakashi had all three do a training spar, and forbid Sasuke from using his Sharingan. Both boys were still trying to get the memories of her Genjutsu created Yaoi strip club from their minds.
***SooP***
"So Akane-chan… any chance you could give me and Hinata a hint at how your technique works?" Kurenai inquired lightly, though secretly she was hoping for a full blown explanation. What she had witnessed was still amazing to her.
Natsuko gave a hopeful smile to her sister, who sighed and gave a confirming nod.
"I'll show you!" with that the bubbly blonde began pulling down her pants.
Hinata's nose erupted in blood, which she barely managed to cover in time.
"N-Natsuko!"
"What? I was just going to show you this…" The Uzumaki revealed a small seal tattooed on her lower abdomen.
Kurenai recognized it as the Hiraishin seal from the Jonin files. Suddenly the secret hit her.
"You weren't teleporting randomly, you were teleporting to her Bunshin." the woman gasped out.
The redhead nodded.
Shock filled the red eyed Kunoichi. The solution was so obvious and yet so clever that she wouldn't have even thought of it unless it had been explained. For two 'Genin' to create such a technique was mind boggling.
"D-do you h-have a-any other s-seals N-Natsuko-chan?" Hinata stuttered out, praying to every God she could think of to make the next one just a bit lower than the last.
"Sure, onee-chan also gave me this one."
The girl pulled up her shirt to reveal her bra, and another tattoo located directly above her heart.
Hinata fainted.
"Oh no Hinata-chan!"
The Team eight Sensei let out a deep sigh. She had been hoping that the Hyuga would have grown out of that by now…
"She will be fine Natsuko-chan, I am curious as to what that one does though."
"It is a minor diagnostic seal. Basically it informs me if the bearer is ever close to death, which allows me to teleport in and remove them from danger if need be. I have also put seals in various places throughout Konoha and the elemental nations should we ever need to go on the run." Akane answered.
"That is very impressive, any chance you could put those two on me should I ever need them?"
"Of course Kurenai, I was going to offer to do so when I had time anyway, I wonder if Hinata…"
The girl immediately shot up, wide awake with only one thing going through her head.
Akane's hands, slowly and deliberately brushing seals onto her body, lightly caressing every inch of her creation… in any place the Hyuga girl wanted…
Hinata fainted again.
***SooP***
"Well we're home" Kurenai called out to the various members of their group.
"I need to get home my mom is going to be worried if I don't."
"We can go with you kibbles after all I am sure that your mom and sister will want to hear about your 'legendary exploits' during the mission, specifically the parts where you spent with your ass on the ground." Sasuke taunted as he began making his way towards the Inuzuka compound, with Kiba chasing him and shouting profanities and threats the entire time.
"I'm going to go make sure they don't kill themselves. Hopefully we can have a girl's night and catch up soon." The last part was directed towards all of the younger Kunoichi before the pinkette ran off towards her teammates.
"Team nine! WE HAVE TRAINING TO DO!"
"GAI SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"GAI SENSEI!"
"I'm going to go relax and take a bath…" Tenten muttered, while walking off towards her house.
Neji did his best to ignore the two hugging members of his team, until he was nudged by Natsuko.
"What are you waiting for, an invitation? Go join her!"
The boy stuttered for a few moments before subtly walking off to follow his teammate.
"Ummm Akane-chan, is there any chance we could do the… you know… sealing now?" Hinata shyly inquired, trying to keep her blush down.
"Of course Hinata, Natsuko why don't you come with us, we can catch up while doing it."
Hinata almost fainted, before giving a rapid nod and walking with the two sisters towards the Senju compound.
"That means the two of us are going to be doing the mission repor…"
"Sorry Kakashi, I promised Anko that we would meet up after the mission to give her all the details. She promised me quite the beating if I didn't immediately tell her what happened with her 'sisters'." Kurenai replied before leaping off.
Kakashi glanced at the only two remaining Shinobi in the clearing, who were still hugging, and gave a deep sigh. He was already dreading having to make this report to the Hokage.
***Omake***
"Since Kurenai-Sensei is still unconscious that makes you the highest ranking individual Hinata." Akane noted.
"Yeah Hinata-Taichou, so what are our orders?"
The Hyuga girl blushed, so many thoughts ran through her head… so many possibilities… so many… abuses of power.
"W-well w-we sh-should…" The girl cleared her throat, before taking a deep breath and settling her nerves.
"First things first I need to ensure you are both recovering from your battle wounds."
"Hai Taichou!" The blonde quickly began undressing, until she was left in only her bra and panties.
Akane had followed, with a bit less enthusiasm.
Hinata was glad that they were alone in a room provided by the Kazekage.
Her eyes roamed over Akane's toned form, taking in the muscles, and even the scars that decorated her skin.
Natsuko was considerably less fit, but had a far curvier figure.
The Hyuga gulped.
"Taichou, are you injured at all?" Akane inquired.
Hinata's eyes widened to epic proportions.
"You seem tired after all the healing you did Taichou, do you need help undressing?" Natsuko innocently inquired.
Hinata nodded almost instantly.
The two sisters walked over and began to slowly undress the girl, their hands gliding over her skin in an almost sensual way.
Once that was complete Hinata realized what the next step had to be.
"Seeing as how you are both recovering nicely I believe we sh-should take a sh-shower… you know to make sure all the s-sand is clear so that we do not track any into bed…"
The two girls nodded before they began making their way to the private shower, while slipping the remains of their clothing off as they walked. The Hyuga's gaze was glued to their bodies as they did so.
Hinata just about fainted when she heard the water and Natsuko to call out if she was joining them.
The Kunoichi nearly sprinted to the private bath room, and peered through the concealing steam to see…
Hinata bolted up in her sleeping bag, before glancing around in a confused fashion.
They were still on their way back to Konoha, Kurenai was perfectly fine, and she had never been put in charge.
Hinata nodded, as if confirming these facts, before silently, and methodically, making her way out of the team tent and down a nearby path.
She navigated the darkness perfectly until she came to the nearby lake, where she stuck her head in the water to muffle her scream of frustration.
***A/N***
Damn that was a fun chapter to write!
Hopefully no one was disappointed with the developments that our favorite team has made in their three years. I was trying to make all three seem badass while not overpowering them too much.
The sword technique that Akane used was based on Saito from Rurouni Kenshin.
Also it was fun having my original character kick the hell out of all of them.
More drama to come in next week's chapter, especially regarding the 'mission report'.
I feel a little bad with what I put our favorite Hyuga through… but she's just so much fun to tease…
Hopefully everyone is enjoying the story so far, I know I have been!
