Chapter 17:

"Tsunade-sama, I have a question." Tenten re-entered Tsunade's office.

"What?" Tsunade asked. She was surrounded by mounds of books, files, and papers.

"Um...is there a way to release your 'ninja' powers without opening the world itself?" Tenten asked, remembering her talk with Lee and Gai.

"They have 'powers' so we need some if we ever plan to beat Orochimaru."

"That's what I've been looking for." Tsunade replied as she opened another file. "Jiraya is searching in another cabinet..."

"Can I help?" Tenten asked kneeling down.

"No, how about you gather the whole Akatsuki over first." Tsunade said shooing Tenten away. "Oh, and Lee." She added.

"Okay." Tenten agreed, silently wishing she could help too. She turned obediently and ran back to get them.

"Temari!" Tenten called as she ran over to the dorms. "Temari?" She knocked on her door as hard as she possibly could.

"What, what?" Temari yawned as she opened the door.

"Oh, Temari!" Tenten cried as she jumped onto Temari.

"...So that's what happened." Tenten had told Temari the whole story. "Okay, okay calm down." Temari said as she brushed Tenten's hair back like Tenten's Mom used to do for her. "So, what are we waiting for?" Temari said starightening Tenten's shoulders.

"?"

"Don't ask stupid, we still need to follow Tsunade-sama's orders don't we?"

Tenten nodded.

"Then let's go!" She said and got up.

Tenten smiled and followed Temari to get the others.

"You've all gathered?" Tsunade asked.

"All but one." Sasuke said, but was quickly shut up by Sakura, who pointed to Tenten.

"Good." Tsunade smiled, pleased. "There's good news and bad news here."

"What's the bad news?" Sasuke asked.

'Normally, you would ask what the good news was...but he's an Uchiha so oh well.' Tsunade thought and continued.

"You kids have to go by yourself, no adult supervision." Tsunade said.

"What?" Ino argued. "But...why?"

"Because Orochimaru's not going to excpect this..." She paused to look at Tenten. "And it'll be easier to maneuver with 12 small people. (12 since Neji's gone but we added Lee.)

Ino wasn't satisfied, but she shut up anyway.

"Okay, for the good news." Tsunade continued. "I did figure out a way to reawake your powers though."

"Really?" Lee asked excited.

"Yes." Tsunade said. "Come with me." She said and led them to a door in the very back of the building. The door was rusted and old, there were at least 6 locks on the doors although they were all unlocked now, and the sign that said "DO NOT ENTER" was peeling.

When they entered, they were all awed by the room. The room was shaped like a cone with the bottom cut off that was attached to the ground. The side had a metal walkway with railings to keep any normal way of getting to the center impossible. When you looked down there where there were screens, desks, buttons, levers, and many others that the group could not identify. Tsunade went to the very back portion of the railing where there was a hand-eye identification. Once she passed, stairs unfolded out to the center. Tsunade stepped down carefully at first since she hadn't been on the stairs for a while and each kid followed after her.

Jiraya was already down there waiting for them.

"Ready?" He asked and attempted a 'cool' smile. Tsunade rolled her eyes.

"Yes, we are ready."

"Okay." Jiraya said, turned around and typed a few things and pressed a few buttons. Tenten guessed that he was activating something, but she could never be sure.

Suddenly, the figures that had been un-noticeable in their silent and dead state, started to come alive, surprising the group.

"It's a little rusty since it hasn't been used in a while, but it's still in good shape." Jiraya reported.

"Good." Tsunade said as a hand came down and handed her a scroll.

The group watched her in question as she recieved it.

"The ninja world itself was perserved in a scroll. The scroll is quite large since it had to hold such a world. But the 3rd Hokage, knew that something like this would probably happen and perserved each person's ability in an individual scroll." Tsunade explained.

"Wait, but that doesn't make sense. We were born after the ninja world was developed, so don't we technically not have powers at all?" Sasuke asked.

"Yes, that's true." Tsunade said and smiled. "So he made a scroll for each individual family too. It reacts to anyone who has the blood of that family within them, regardless of whether they have their individual scroll or not."

"...W-What happened to my parents scrolls?" Tenten asked. She wanted to see them very much but was worried that they weren't there since they had no one to go back to.

"Don't worry." Tsunade smiled again. "I have kept them. There are only a number of them after all." She said as she turned back to Jiraya. "Type in 'Uchiha'!" She ordered. Jiraya typed it in without objection.

The hand, or claw may be more correct retracted into a room, where the scrolls probably were. Tenten imagined the claws picking up the scroll like a UFO catcher as Jiraya directed it with a stick thing, that sadly wasn't on his control panel.

The claw came back holding a scroll that was quite big. Tenten guessed it had to do with the strength of the clan, since she was pretty sure the 'Uchihas' had been strong.

"Okay, Sasuke. This is your chance to prove yourself better than your brother." Tsunade grinned. Sasuke only responded by narrowing his eyes. "It took your brother 2 tries to do this, so lets see if you can get it with 1."

"Wait, Itachi has his...powers?" Sasuke asked.

"Oh, the previous Akatsuki members did." Tsunade said. "And no you will."

"What do I have to do?" Sasuke asked.

"Okay, you'll need a sample of your blood to prove that you're an Uchiha. Unroll it, press your blood on the directed spot, and press your hand down on the outline. Pressure will be necessary and it'll work easier if you have more of the bloodline ability."

Sasuke quickly untied the scroll and it flew open. He bit his thumb out of instinct and pressed the blood onto the center. After pushing his hand to the outline, he started to apply pressure to his hands. He added more until his eyes were closed tightly. Then he felt a surge of something running through his veins, spreading throughout his body. The feeling was starnge but at the same time familiar, as if he knew this was what was suppoused to be happening all along.

'Like adrenaline...' He thought to himeself as he kept his eyes closed. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Then suddenly, words went through his head, words he knew and at the same time, had never heard of.

Fujiraretashinnochikaragayouyakutokeru...

Mezamero!

Sharingan!

He opened his eyes and Tsunade was impressed.

"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura was the first to step forward. He looked up and Sakura took a step back when she saw his eyes. They had a strength to them, that she felt couldn't be under estimated.

"Well, well." Tsunade smiled, impressed.

Sasuke glared at her for a second, but his attention was disturbed by the biting pain in the back of his neck.

"...Ororchimaru's mark." Tsunade bent down. "It'll start to hurt now that you can use your power, so be careful."

'Orochimaru must've been planning it.'

"Jiraya, how about 'Hyuuga'?" Tsunade asks.

"They would have the 'Hyuugas', Tsunade." Jiraya says sighing. Tsunade ignores him as the scroll comes down.

Hinata takes the scroll in trembling hands. Tenten pat her shoulder and she smiles weakly. It takes her a while to get any blood out of her, but she copies Sasuke's way. It takes her 2 tries, but soon she starts to hear words as well.

Kakusaretahimitsuwomitoosume...

Mezamero!

Byakugan!

When Hinata opens her eyes she falls back a little. Naruto catches her and she looks up at him, but doesn't see him. She's seeing other things, she tries to touch the translucent lines she's seeeing, glowing and taking the shape of a human body.

"...Hinata?"

She blinks and then everything is back to normal and she sees his face again.

"Naruto-kun...?" She mumbles. He smiles and then hugs her, turning her face bright red.

After a while, Tenten is the only one left. Temari is holding her fan, Gaara his sand gourd, Kankuro his puppet, and all the others have all changed at least a little and seem stronger. Tenten hopes she will be like that too. She bites her lip and waits as Jiraya types. Each click goes into her head, bouncing off the wall as if it will never go away. She closes her eyes and tries to get them out.

The claw comes back and everyone stares in silence.

'Is it that impressive?' Tenten slowly opens her eyes out of curiousity.

I'm sorry for ending it there, and you might hate me but oh well.

Oh yeah, I made the words Japanese on purpose, just in case you were wondering, and I perfer you don't know what it says. (Don't ask why, I just do.)

Sorry I skiped some people but it would've been pretty repititve and I didn't want to put you through that. I did Hinata and Sasuke cuz there in important families and were the easiest to do.

Please review everyone! I know it's troublesome, but please!

This has been one of my funnest chapters and I hope you thought so too!