"Ouch," Naruto yelled as Sakura wrapped him up in bandages.
"Next time don't get injured so badly!" He sighed and looked up at me. Everyone from our team was inside the tent with us. It was kind of the perfect time to tell them. I wanted to tell them individually but, what the hell.
"Ashelza..."
"Naruto..." I mimicked. "Fine, I'll tell you just stop with the weird glare!"
"Tell us what," Kakashi asked.
"Ashelza apparently knows what's going to happen when it didn't happen yet, like the future," Naruto said plainly. "And she still hasn't explained!"
"How is that possible," Kakashi asked.
"How can I put it simply...?" I said stroking my imaginary beard. "Well, you guys know I'm not from here and Naruto found Taylor and me in the woods. Apparently, when I was little, Aunt Tsunade sent us to a different world trying to get us away from evil people in our clan."
"How does that explain what we asked?"
"I'm getting to that! Anyway, in the world we were sent to there are no Shinobi and the world is separated into countries and continents but I well get to that later. More importantly, Naruto's life and this world is a TV show." They all stared at me like I was crazy.
"Prove it!" Naruto said.
"Fine, when you were training for the Chunin exams Jiraiya threw you into a giant hole in order to summon one of the toads, effectively saving your life."
"That just proves you're a stalker..."
"Fine! Kakashi was a jackass when he was 12! His friend was crushed by a boulder that killed him, which is how he got his Sharingan eye... Uhhh let's see... Oh yeah, and his sensei was..." I yelled when Kakashi slapped his hand over my mouth. "Guess you believe me then."
"And Naruto," I said grabbing his collar. "You will march your ass over to Hinata and ask her to be your girlfriend. I will not accept it any other way."
"Ashelza you're starting to freak me out.
"Anyway... You say it's a TV show. So does it show Sasuke at all," Sakura asked.
"Yeah it does and the next part makes me sad..."
What happens?"
"I can't really tell you because I don't know what will happen if I do. I don't even know what changed now that Taylor and I are here. But I will say this... Someone is going to die. He had an order that ruined his life years ago."
"Who?"
"I just said that can't tell you!"
"Fine! Wait, who's your favorite character?" Crap.
"Obviously it's me," Kiba said coming in. "I mean she is my girlfriend."
"Why Kiba instead of me," Naruto yelled.
"I'm not going to tell you because it should be obvious. I'm going to sleep now."
"Hey guys wake up," I heard a voice say. Shooting up I saw Kiba in the entrance.
"Hey Kiba what's up..." I could see an evil grin spread across Naruto's face.
"Lady Tsunade has been relieved of her Hokage duties and some guy named Danzo is the sixth Hokage. Oh and Ash? Shizune was looking for you. She said it was urgent."
I left the tent just as he was telling the others about Sasuke.
"Ashelza!" Turning I found Shizune and Tonton running towards me. "I need you to come with me." I followed her to the Hokage's tent and stepped inside.
"So this is her?" one of the elders asked.
"My name is Ashelza Yamada," I said bowing. "If I may ask, what am I doing here?"
"We were going to appoint Danzo the next Hokage but it seems your aunt has other plans." I glanced over at Danzo slightly afraid. "It says here that if anything should happen to her then you should take her place. So as of now you are the sixth Hokage." My eyes widened but I bowed regardless.
"I accept the position."
"She cannot!" Danzo said. "This girl has no experience whatsoever."
I looked straight at him and said, "That may be true but I am the Hokage's niece. I will do what I feel is right."
"That will be acceptable," an elder said. "Now you are expected to travel to the Kage Summit tomorrow. You may take two guards to go with you."
"I believe I should go," Danzo said.
"I appreciate your offer Lord Danzo but I believe that it is my decision. I will take Neji Hyuga and Shikamaru Nara," I told them.
"Very well then Lady Hokage. You may go tell them of your decision. You leave at dawn." Bowing I left in search for my two guards. Naruto and Sai came by all bruised up.
"Let me guess, the Hidden Cloud girl?"
"Oh shut up," he said as Sai and I added more bandages to his face and chest. Kakashi and Yamato came inside.
"Are you sure you don't want one of us to go with you?" Kakashi asked. Naruto looked confused.
"No I need you guys here."
"Very well Lady Hokage."
"Hokage?!"
"You explain. I'm going to find Neji and Shika," I sighed. I wandered out of the tent searching for the two geniuses. I finally found Neji with his teammates Tenten and Lee.
"Ashelza. What are you doing here," he asked.
"I've been appointed Hokage by my aunt. I need you to come with me," I told him.
"Why me?"
"Because Danzo wants to go and he gives me a weird vibe. I don't trust him. I want you and Shikamaru to come," I said.
"When do we leave?" he asked.
"First thing in the morning," I said walking away. After finding Shika, I had the same conversation.
"Danzo is following us," Neji warned.
"I figured he would. If he has enough common sense then he'd stay as far back as he can," I said. "How close?"
"Ten meters back," Shika said.
"Let's just focus on getting to the summit. If he makes a move then we fight," I told them.
"He can't be the Kazekage! He's too young!"
I lifted an eyebrow and glanced at both boys. "Well I can see how this will play out for us."
We entered the room where people were yelling. They didn't seem to be paying any attention to me.
"And who are you?" Guess I spoke too soon.
"I am the Hokage." The Raikage threw his hands up in the air.
"This is ridiculous. What happened to Lady Tsunade?"
I took my place and looked around. "Recently one of the Akatsuki attacked our village. I fought with Naruto and managed to defeat him. In the process of saving the villagers lives, my aunt ended up in a coma."
"How is your pathetic village?" the Raikage sneered leaning in towards me. Neji and Shika leaned forward slightly.
"Boys," I warned. The glanced at me but stayed where they were. I sighed and continued. "My village is fine. We are not here for my village though. Are we?"
"No you are right," the Mizukage said.
"Sasuke is here. So is your sister," Neji whispered in my ear.
"Go. I will be there momentarily," I whispered. Nodding he disappeared.
"Where did your ninja go?" Mifune asked.
"Sir! It seems that Sasuke Uchiha is here!" The Raikage yelled and rose to go after him.
"No!" I yelled standing up. "You will leave him to me. He has my sister and I want her back. Danzo may have ordered him to be killed but he is not the Hokage, I am. My ninja and I will deal with him on our own." The big man growled but sat back down. "Stay here Shikamaru."
"Are you crazy?" he said. "I won't let you take him on your own."
"I can take care of myself," I told him.
"Kiba would have my head if anything happened to you. I'd rather keep it," Shika argued.
"Fine. You win this time. But only because I know how protective Kiba is and I don't want one of my ninja injured," I sighed.
Together, we ran out of the room and headed downstairs.
"Ash!"
I looked where to voice was and saw my sister helping Neji fight. I let out a sigh of relief. One less thing for me to do. I went to help them but a barrier of sand appeared in my way.
"Let me go Gaara," I said turning around. The redheaded Kazekage glanced at me before moving the sand around me. "Gaara let me out," I yelled. Knowing his sand is his ultimate defense; I sat down and crossed my arms.
Eventually he let me out of his sand. I walked up to him and punched him in the arm.
"That's for not letting me out."
He rubbed his arm and said, "Shikamaru made it clear that you were not to be touched."
I would have replied with a sarcastic comment but I was jumped on from behind. I landed on the floor face first.
"Taylor, I love you to bits but you've got to get off of me," I gasped. Neji helped her to her feet and I stood up. "We need to get back to the meeting. Where did Sasuke go?"
"Some random Akatsuki member appeared and sucked him up," Kankuro said.
"It was Tobi," Tay whispered.
"We will discuss this later," I told them.
When we got back to the room I could hear Tobi threatening to declare war.
"You will not get Naruto," I yelled. He turned to me but I couldn't see his expression because of that stupid mask.
"Well, if it isn't little Ashelza," he said. I guess he was smiling. "I haven't seen you in years. How have you been? And Taylor, you're a bad girl for leaving."
My sister turned red from anger. She lunged at him only to have Neji lock his arms around her waist. He whispered soothing words to her until the tension left her body.
"Leave my sister out of this," I growled.
"Since you want war, I will leave you with a little present," he giggled. That is very strange.
"What are you talking about," Gaara asked. As soon as he finished his sentence I started screaming. It felt like hot lava spreading across my skin. I grabbed the source of the spreading. My pendent was boiling hot. It felt like the skin was melting right off of my hand. The burning spread to my arms and legs before making its way to my head. What's going on? The pain was finally too much when I surrendered myself to the awaiting darkness, ending up in my inner world with Hoshiko.
"Hoshiko?" I yelled. He was curled up in a corner screaming. "What's happening?"
"I-I don't know," he started to say and continued to scream. His eyes turned dark and his fur started to grow. His body started getting bigger and his fangs sharpened.
"Hoshiko?"
"Stay back!" he yelled as his eyes went completely black. He dropped his head and didn't move.
"Hoshiko," I yelled running up to him. He chuckled and lifted his head, revealing a Hoshiko I didn't recognize.
"I do say, I have to thank that no good Uchiha," his deep voice boomed. "If he hadn't come here today then I would never have turned back into my original form!"
"O-Original form..." I stuttered.
"Yeah. That other puny form would release when I was full power. Lucky for me, the nine-tails kid leaked tons of chakra so it went a lot quicker than I expected."
"What happened to the old Hoshiko," I demanded.
"He was just an illusion! Your father was stupid enough to put an evil spirit in your mother when she already carried a goody two shoes! What a baka!" he snarled. "Well looks like your time is done but I hope I get to do more rampaging the next time!" he grinned and disappeared.
Shikamaru POV
We heard someone new in the room with all the Kage's. He was wearing an Akatsuki cloak and an orange mask. It sounding like he was declaring a war if he didn't get something.
"You will not get Naruto," Ashelza yelled. He turned to her but we couldn't see his expression because of the mask.
"Well, if it isn't little Ashelza," he said. "I haven't seen you in years. How have you been? And Taylor, you're a bad girl for leaving."
Taylor turned red from anger. She lunged at him only to have Neji lock his arms around her waist. He whispered soothing words to her until the tension left her body.
"Leave my sister out of this," Ash growled.
"Since you want war, I will leave you with a little present," the man giggled.
"What are you talking about," Gaara asked. As soon as he finished his sentence Ashelza started screaming.
"Ash," I yelled catching her as she fell. She continued screaming as her hand found the pendent around her neck. "What did you do to her?"
He laughed but didn't say anything about it. "This is your last chance. Give me what I want or all of you will be destroyed," he said before vanishing.
Ashelza went limp in my arms as he disappeared.
"What happened to her," Taylor asked.
"I'm not sure," I said.
Suddenly her body flew up, like she was being controlled with chakra strings. Her eyes turned blood red, her teeth bared.
"Ashelza," Neji asked. She turned her head and fell to her knees. Slowly she stood up, her back arched and arms flailing. She lifted her head up smiling evilly.
"Ashelza's not here right now," the deep voice said.
"Give her back," Taylor screamed.
"She's already long gone," he barked and charged at us. Gaara's sand wrapped around her waist just as she was about to reach us. Her eyes faded to her normal chocolate brown.
"Shika," her voice whispered. "Help," she managed to get out before her eyes went red again. She gripped the sides of her head screaming.
"What's going on," the Raikage asked.
"The masked Akatsuki member did something to her before he left. Right now, Ashelza is fighting whatever it is controlling her. Neji, can you seal whatever that is," I asked.
"I should be able to," he said. He poured chakra in his hands and did the hand signs for the sealing. Gaara's sand moved out of the way but kept her from tearing our throats out. I lifted her shirt just enough to expose her stomach. A small spiral appeared on her stomach as Neji performed the seal, her body going limp.
"There. She should be waking up soon but it will be difficult for her to move. I had to seal most of her own chakra along with the abnormal chakra," Neji said sighing.
"While we are here I suggest we join forces and end this war," the Mizukage said. "I nominate the Hokage, Ashelza Yamada." After a few more hours it was decided that Ash would lead the war with Gaara.
Normal POV
Shikamaru carried me most of the way home because Neji ended up sealing all of my chakra. We met Naruto and the others on our way home. The others being Kakashi-sensei, Yamato, Sakura, Kiba plus Akamaru, Sai, and Lee. Once they found us Kiba took me from Shikamaru and carried me the rest of the way.
Apparently Naruto, Kakashi-sensei and Yamato went to talk to the Raikage before he reached the border. Sakura and the others went after Naruto to make him see reason. She thought that if she confessed then he would forget all about this but Naru wasn't fooled.
When everyone was asleep Sakura and I headed off to find Sasuke. We ran through the forest and reached the bridge where Sasuke and Danzo fought. Below it was Sasuke. He stood with his chidori over Karin.
"Okay, you jump down and distract him until I can get her away. Then we can kick the crap out of him." Sakura nodded and jumped down.
"Sasuke!" I heard her yell as I jumped to the trees behind them. There was some mumbled chatter but I finally heard the last part.
"Kill her to show your allegiance!"
"But this is your comrade!"
"She is no use to me now!" Sakura walked over to Karin. She's faking it right?! Sakura stood there ready to attack when a chirping sound distracted her.
"Couldn't do it huh?" Sasuke said thrusting his arm to her heart, missing by a shadows counterattack. I didn't even care who it was, I grabbed the two girls and pulled them away.
"I'm guessing this is the sister Taylor told me about," Karin said weakly. "Where is she? Is she okay?"
"Taylor is fine," I said softly.
"That's good," she whispered.
Sakura and I jumped down under the bridge, standing upside down, planning our next move. I jumped down by Kakashi-sensei to help him get Sasuke.
"Sup Kakashi," I waved.
"You are such an idiot!"
"Let's go!" I said running towards Sasuke. I froze water around my hand and swung at his chest.
Well hello again Ms. Yamada," he said coldly blocking the attack. "Happy to see your sister again?"
"Shut up!" I yelled leaning my sword closer. He pushed me back and I stumbled to my feet. Sakura was right behind him with a kunai to his back.
"Too slow," he yelled smiling evilly about to hit her with a chidori.
"Sakura!" Kakashi yelled as a black figure jumped down and grabbed her at the last second.
"Sasuke..." Naruto said turning to face his old friend. Sasuke jumped back. We took that moment to regroup. Yamato and the others were at the tree line waiting.
"Don't let your guard down. He's not the same Sasuke as before," Kakashi warned. No shit Sherlock. Naruto set Sakura down on the water and stood in between Kakashi and me.
"Sasuke... I heard the truth about Itachi from the guy named Tobi. I'm not sure if it's correct or not... But it doesn't matter! What you have been doing is... Understandable!" Sasuke clenched his fists.
"Naruto... I told you before. You don't have siblings or parents or family! You were alone from the start! How could you understand how I feel?"
"Dude, you don't know half the shit he's gone through," I yelled. "Don't act all high and mighty when you have no room to talk!" Naruto put a hand on my shoulder as I finished, "No matter what he will always try to rescue you!"
"Rescue me from what exactly?"
"From revenge," Naruto said. "I want to free you of all the chaos!"
"Well you're a little too late for that!"
"Well I figure by the dead body of Danzo on the bridge there." I pointed out.
"What?" Naruto yelled as I pointed to a giant hole in the bridge. Naruto gritted his teeth together.
"No," Kakashi said putting his hands out in front of him. "You three get out of here, or you'll see something you never want to see!"
"Kakashi-sensei..."
"Go," he yelled. Naruto and Sakura jumped back but I stayed where I was. "Ashelza."
"As your Hokage, I'm ordering you to finish this however you see fit," I told him.
"Yes Lady Hokage." I nodded in satisfaction. "Please move back so you don't get hurt." Without another word I jumped back to Kiba and the others. He wrapped his arms around my waist growling.
"Don't you ever do that again."
"Hey," Taylor said looking around. "Where is Naruto?" I looked around and found him by the water still fighting Sasuke.
"That son of a..." I cut myself off.
"Naruto!" Sakura cried. I manipulated the water under them to push them apart. Naruto and Sasuke flew back, almost hitting the rock wall. Kakashi caught Naruto and the plant guy appeared catching Sasuke. A swirling noise was heard as we saw a black vortex, that goddamn Tobi appearing behind them.
"I told you to go to the base and rest... I guess your fight with the nine-tails is done for the day," Tobi said as Sasuke lifted himself up.
"Wait... Naruto why are you so fixated on bringing me back?!"
"Because you're my friend!"
"FRIEND-ZONED!" Taylor yelled. "What?! Ashelza would have said something worse!" I shrugged, she was right. I was going to say Sasuke and Naruto sitting in a tree or something but, "I'll save that for another day.
"You know Sasuke..." Naruto said completely ignoring the epic dis by Taylor. "If we battle again, we will both die..."
"But what about your dream of being Hokage?"
"How can I be Hokage if I can't even save one friend," Naruto yelled locking down into the water.
"Come on Sasuke," Tobi said swirling away.
"Later."
I broke free of Kiba and stalked up to Naruto.
"Ash," Kiba called. I ignored him and smacked Naruto upside the head.
"You were specifically told to stay out of it. I ordered Kakashi to take whatever means necessary. That does not mean you screw it up. I understand you want to get Sasuke back but you went against me. War is on our doorstep. Do not make any more reckless decisions. I'm warning you now. I will do what's necessary to keep my village, and its people safe. If Sasuke plans on destroying Konoha then I will have no choice but to eliminate him. Do you understand?" Naruto looked angry at first but then he dropped his head.
"I'm sorry," he whispered.
"Just don't do it again. If I tell you to do something then it's for your own good," I sighed pulling him in for a hug. "You are like a brother to me and I don't want to see you get hurt."
We stood there for a few minutes before Kakashi told us it was time to go.
