Little Reminder: Akemi/Naruto, Yuna/Ino, And Hana/Hinata
Chapter 9: Meet Raiga
Shortly After arriving at Tazuna's house, Tsunami; Tazuna's daughter ushered them into the house sitting them into chairs and Offering them food.
"This is alot of Escourts Father" Tsunami said with a polite smile, Tazuna laughed nervously while Kurenai Glared at him
"Apparently, You father decided not to give us the full information, Though we can understand because you guys do not have enough money, The Hokage thought there might be something fishy so he sent us all together, Its good practice for our teams anyway" Kurenai said sipping her Tea. It was only then did Inari stomp into the room bodly glaring at the Ninjas. Tsunami who was oblivious to his glared smiled widely
"Inari, Greet the nice people who escorted you father back home, They will help him finish the bridge as well"
"No, I don't know why you guys are here, your just gonna die anyway. Not even if you are a ninja. Hero's are people who save the world. They are just people who act brave but die in the end" He yelled at them tears gathering in his eyes. Tsunami Gasped and gave him a disappointing look
"Inari Apologize now" She said,
"No" He yelled "I'm sick of people trying to act like heroes, No matter how hard you train, you will never be able to beat Gato's men. In the end you will always be weak and die. Nobody. So why don't you turn around and leave and Stop acting brave because it's just stupid" Akemi had enough of his yelling and slammed her hand down on the table. Her eyes bled red as she fixed them on Inari giving him a cold stare
"Shut the fuck up you annoying little brat. You don't know nothing about being a hero, You're a pathetic little boy who can't stand up for himself. I could kill you right where you stand without moving a inch Would you rather us leave and let you grandpa be killed by those pest?" She yelled at him, Inari shrunk back and shook his head "Then either shut the fuck up or Be a man and fight for you life cause in the ends thats all that matters, Even if you do die"
Akemi stomped out the door pushing Inari down to the floor and fixing him with one last cold glared before stomping out and slamming the doors. Sasuke made a move to go after her but Haku grabbed his arm
"Don't, Give her some time alone. My sister has always hated when someone puts down a hero even after there hard. She has always hated people who don't have hope that maybe this time the good could prevail over the evil, Its always been her nature to be the hero in everything even if she knew she wouldn't win. She would push herself to her limit until she was really really sure she wouldn't be a hero this time, But now that she's grown up and she's many things in the world she pushes even harder. Sometimes I swear that girl can go against destiny and fate" Haku said with a hint of a smile on her face. Inari started sobbing and ran away. Tsunami turned towards the ninja's with a sad look
"I'm really sorry about Inari's behavior, He has been the same since his father died" Tsunami said telling the story of Inari's father Kaiza. [A:N: You guys know the story and I really don't feel like typing it]
Akemi roughly kicked a stone of her way as she fiercely moved her way through the forest. She plopped down in front of a river with huge purple flowers growing at the edges of the river bed. Inari came running out the trees where she just was and paused to catch his breathe, Akemi sat down at the river bed and turned away from him. Inari walked over to a big tree and picked a couple of Red and Yellow Tulips and brought them over, He picked up two of the purple ones and put them together before offering them to Akemi. Akemi stared at Inari in shock, He smiled slightly
"My mom always told me that when a girl was mad to leave her alone, But if didn't want to leave her alone cause I Was afraid that Sge would leave me then Buy her flowers and chocolate. But since I don't have any money to buy that stuff, I just picked some of these flowers, I hope you like them" He said giving her a hopeful look. Akemi stared for a couple of minutes more before a smile blossomed on her face, She gently grabbed the flowers from Inari before smelling there sweet sent.
"Arigatou Inari-kun" She said patting the spot next to her. "I'm sorry for ealier, I really shouldn't have said such horrible things to you"
Inari held up his head "No, I should be the one to say sorry, You see my father Kaiza was a great man. I considered him a hero and he once told me 'If something is truly important to you… even it's heart-breaking, even if it's sorrowful… you keep on trying and trying, even if you lose your life, you keep on protecting it with these two arms! Then even if you die, you leave behind the proof that you are a man… forever' But when he died I felt that those words didn't mean anything anymore, And I was just lonely, I felt that there was no such thing as a hero, Because it would only lead to your death."
Akemi smiled at the words "Yea, But would you rather be a coward and die without having your name remembered or would you rather die a Hero and have your name honored through the land you tried to protect. I'm sure many people in the village remember Kaiza-san as a good honorable man. " Inari nodded to her words
"I would want to be a hero then" He said looking out at the water
"Then Promise me that you will be a hero from now on" Inari stood up and cupped his hands around his mouth
"I, INARI OF THE WAVE WILL PROTECT THE VILLAGE WITH MY OWN TO ARMS JUST AS MY FATHER DID AND I WILL BECOME A HONORABLE MAN FOREVER, AND THATS A PROMISE" He hollered into the clearing. Akemi giggled
"Such a loud voice for such a small man" She said teasingly, Inari turned beet red and plopped down. Akemi laughed and through her arm around Inari squeezing him into her chest making him turn into a even darker shade of red
"Listen to me Inari" Akemi began in a serious voice "I take promises extremely seriously, and I do not forgive easily when someone breaks them, So I just trust that you will keep your promise for a lifetime"
Inari nodded his head "Maybe I'll even become a ninja later in my life"
"Maybe, Now lets get back, They might have some food for us"
As Akemi and Inari walked back to the house hand in hand, A young man around the age of 16 watched her walk away 'Your doing good Akemi'
~Later~
After Tsunami had fixed the Ninja's some food in which the had to sit outside cause it was so many people the Jonin Sensei's decided it was time for some training. They led the groups towards the until the stopped in front of a row on trees
"What are we doing here Kakashi-Sensei?" Sasuke asked cluelessly
"We're gonna learn how to tree climb...Without using your hands!" Kakashi replied cheerfully while gesturing to Itachi to show them how. Itachi nodded and gathered some chakra into his feet, He placed one foot on the tree and then the next and he walked up the tree until he was standing upside down on a tree branch. He came them the famous Uchiha Smirk and Landed on the ground gracefully.
"Now Take a Kunai out of your pockets and you will mark where you left of and you will try to go higher and higher until you reach the top" Kurenai said
"BEGIN" Yelled Asuma. The genin's gathered Chakra into their feet and ran full speed up the tree. Sakura and Rika got to the top of the tree first while the males either blew of the tree or fell down. They growled at the girls.
"How did they reach the top like that?" Kiba growled out, Akemi sighed
"They have smaller chakra reserves then you guys, Probably coming from little Chakra or no Chakra training at all" She said to Kiba patting his shoulder "Get to working Dog-boy, Your strong and the more you practice the better you get, Now Again, BEGIN"
Once more running up the trees, Shikamaru got four inches higher, Sasuke got 5 Inches higher, Kiba got 3 inches higher, Shino got 7 Inches higher, Chouji got 1 inch Higher [But he got a little higher when Akemi Yelled "KEEP GOING CHOUJI"] Sai got 5 inches higher and Yukio got one and a half inch higher. Theymarked where they left off before jumping down and catching there breaths.
"Good work guys, I bet you'll have it down before dinner and if you don't you'll always have tomorrow" Akemi said, She kissed each boys forehead [Making them blush] And said "Good luck" Before heading back to Tazuna's house.
The next morning most of the boys had gotten the Tree climbing and them along with Sakura and Rika had started on Water walking. The only ones left behind where Yukio and Chouji. Akemi gave them the example of how to water walk and leaving them to practice. As She and Inari walked back to Chouji and Yukio she stopped to listen to what Yukio was saying
"Chouji, Your a fatass. Why would you try and become a ninja anyway. If you fight your flab is just going to get in the way. Konoha doesn't need pigs as ninjas" Yukio sneered as Chouji lowered his head.
"Katon: Goukakyuu No Jutsu" Akemi yelled out shooting a fireball out at Yukio. It caught on to his body as he screamed but it was not burning as Kyuubi had control of the flames, In his mind he felt like he was burning. Akemi gave him a fierce glared before punching him in the face. She rounded on chouji who took a step back in fear
"CHOUJI" She almost yelled at him "Why do you let them talk to you like that?"
"I-I'm not a good ninja at all. All of them are geniuses and I'm just a Fatty who can't complete one simple Technique" Chouji said before a loud "SMACK" sounded in the clearing. Inari and Chouji gasped at the same time before chouji grabbed his burning cheek
"Don't you ever let me hear you talk like that again" Akemi hissed "A genius can be a loser and a Loser can be a genius, No matter what. Your doing better in tree climbing then I ever could. It took me two weeks to learn that technique, But I didn't give up no matter what anyone said to me. You wanna know why?"
Chouji nodded "Why?"
"Because I had my friends and my sisters, They helped me. You have Shikamaru and Asuma. Hell you even have me. I care Chouji and thats why Your going to get your ass up there and run up that tree and show me that a Loser can be a genius. You won't let me down will you Chouji?"
Chouji stared at her before tears gathered in his eyes. He threws his arms around her "Of course not Akemi-Sensei"
"NOW GET TO WORK CHOUJI" She yelled and pushed him. He grinned and with a new determination set in his heart he gathered more chakra ran up the tree up tree all the to the top with out tripping or stopping..
"Good work Chouji, Practice that three more times to make sure you have the hang of it"She told him grinning before she turned towards Yukio."Get to work asshole" She hissed at him.. He glared at her but when her eyes bled red her shivered and took a step back. before running back towards his tree.
~Three days Later~
The teams woke up early to prepare for heading with Tazuna to complete the bridge. Itachi being the caution person he was told them to bring there ninja supplies. Heading out early Akemi left a few clones to stay back and protect Tazuna's family though she did place her trust in Inari. Haku packed some food and brought it along with them. Hana took of her trench coat and tied it around her waist and puller her hair back into a bun. Ino did the same and Akemi took of her vest to reveal the white button up shirt.
"Alright, Lets get to work" Tazuna said rolling up his sleeves. There was a Chorus of "ALRIGHT" before everyone started working while engaging each other into a conversation.
"How are those Jutsu's coming along Sasuke?" Itachi asked his little brother
"I completed the Flame Bullet Jutsu and the Fire dragon flame bullet. All I have left is Blazing Shuriken Dance and Akemi said she would help me with that. It could be our combo attack" Sasuke replied with a small smile while hammering nails. Itachi smiled proudly
"I'm proud of you Outoto, I know mother and father will be too" Sasuke grinned in a non-uchiha way but no body cared at the moment.
"I finally finished the water walking technique" Shikamaru drawled to Chouji. "I'm working on my shadow jutsu's now, I've completed most"
"Good for you, Akemi-Chan said she would train me when we got back to Konoha" Chouji said.
The others were engaged into similar conversations, Before Kurenai eyes widened.
"EVERYBODY GET DOWN" She screamed, Nobody dared to disobey as they all dropped to the ground and huge boulders came flying over them. Akemi eyes widened 'What the hell' She thought to herself before standing up and helping Haku and Hana up.
"Looks like you did betray us Zabuza" A deep voice sounded from the far end of the bridge.
"Hn, What are you doing here Raiga?" Zabuza asked, The man finally let them see who he was. He was tall with long greenish brown hair and Blue eyes. The man called Raiga wore a Dark Brown sleeveless vest, A light grey belt and Ligtht grey Pants. On his feet were Black Shinobi Sandals.
"Haku, Who is he?" Akemi asked Haku who was standing on her right. Haku glared at the man before replying
"He's another missing nin who Gatou asked to kill Tazuna-san" Haku replied.
"Uh, This makes me happy, Maybe when I defeat you I can have that Cute brunette who wishes to protect you all the time" Zabuza pulled out his sword at the same Akemi pulled out her blade from now where
"YOU WILL NOT TOUCH HER" They screamed at him in Unison. He looked at Akemi and he licked his lips. Zabuza Growled at him again
"You sick pedophile" Zabuza Screamed enraged at Raiga. Raiga smirked at took out two blades
"You'll never beat me Zabuza" He replied calmly. Zabuza wanted to run forward but he stopped to look at Akemi, And she nodded
"Leave a piece of his ass for me and Haku" Zabuza grinned and went straight for him.
Thanks Guys for reading, I'll try to update faster from now on! :]
Ciao: Ririchiyo-Chan