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Hello there, rah I have officially decided that my three favourite bleach characters are Toushirou, Urahara and Rukia. Although I've only seen a bit so that could change, hehe, Toodles!

Chapter 11: Sluggish Snake, Foolish Frog.

Kianna continued to look at the black fire with anxiety. She suddenly felt her body become heavy and her eyelids droop. She fell backwards and, luckily, was caught by Jiraiya. He looked at her semi-conscious form with a proud gaze. She had done well, but she pushed herself so hard that her mind and body were exhausted. Although she had suffered the full extent of the mangekyon sharginhan, he knew she would recover. He laid her down on the floor and examined the black fire surrounding the hole. Naruto was, too, very curious and went to touch it.
"Dont go near it!" Shouted Jiraiya in a panicked voice.
He unleashed a scroll and began to write on it.
"Fuuinjustu Fuukahouin!" The fire was sealed in the scroll, where it could be kept safe.

The wall began to disappear and a body emerged from its walls.
"Sasuke!" Naruto ran toward the small helpless individual now slumped on the floor. Jiraiya flung the now completely unconscious Kianna over his shoulder, either that, or she had just decided to take a short nap. The justu must have vanished because she fainted, just like her to try and keep it going until she burns out Jiraiya thought to himself. He looked at the distraught Naruto and his unconscious friend. Sasuke had obviously not managed to conquer his hatred and sorrow. Suddenly, a Kunai flew past them, embedding itself in the wall. A figure ran and jumped in a kicking stance ,shouting,
"DYNAMIC ENTRY"
"Gai!" Yelled Jiraiya before being greeted by Gai's foot, which decided the best greeting would be smashing Jiraiya's face in. He went flying along with Kianna, who was still on his shoulder. A priceless expression appeared on Gai's face when he had realised who he had just kicked.

"I'm sorry I hit you. I forgot my mirror. I used my forehead protector as mirror but it was blurry and I mistook your rugged face for a foe." Said a bashful Gai, he had a small dog on his shoulder with a bored expression on its face. The very annoyed Jiraiya didn't feel like forgiving him any time soon.
"Is that supposed to be an apology?" He roared. He was about to say more, but then he realised that his shoulder was vacant and Kianna's body was sprawled on the floor. She was conscious again, but unable to move, and an expression of pain was etched upon her face. The small dog jumped onto the floor and looked at Kianna with that same expression.
"Ow...You call this reinforcement, Pakkun?" she whimpered.
Jiraiya helped her sit up, Pukkan sat on her lap, and Gai began to repeatedly apologize to Kianna.
"Don't worry about it Gai..." said an exasperated Jiraiya "Just take Sasuke to a medical squad. His arms and ribs are broken. Also, he took psychological damage from an eye technique and was knocked unconscious."
"What about Kianna?" He asked, looking at her weakened form.
"She will stay with me. She has also suffered from the same eye technique, but I trust her strength and stamina enough to know she will recover on her own. I will take her to a local hospital to have her shoulder wound looked at."
"Ero-sennin, is Sasuke okay?" piped up a concerned Naruto.
"It looks like he has taken heavy psychological damage."
"Why? What did that bastard do to Sasuke?" Naruto's fists clenched and fury flowed through his veins. "I'm going to find those black coats and beat them up. They want me right?! Then I'll go to them."
"Shut up!! Even of you go to them now, you'll only get killed." Jiraiya replied back, "You're weak!" Naruto shivered with rage and took Jiraiya's words harshly. He remained quiet. Looking at Sasuke's pathetic form.
"I'm sorry Gai" Continued Jiraiya, "I should have helped Sasuke earlier."
"Kakashi was affected by the same techniques as Sasuke and Kianna. He is unconscious right now. We don't know when he will regain consciousness." Gai solemny said.
"Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto yelled, troubled that another person he cared for had been hurt by these monsters. An awkward silence ensued as everyone reflected on those that had been hurt. Kianna struggled to keep her emotion intact and the tears pouring from her eyes. It was Gai that broke the silence,
"When a student is injured, from the bottom of my heart, I wish that she were here, the medical specialist."
"That's why we're looking for her!" replied Jiraiya. The three other ninja exclaimed in shock and looked at the turtle hermit in surprise.
"Yes her...A Sannin, like me, the healing specialist and the slug tamer. The woman with the word 'Gamble' on her back, Tsunade-hime."

The next few days went quick for Kianna. Most of the time she spend clinging to Jiraiya's back when they were travelling, Pukkan walking by their side, it seemed her legs didn't want to work. She had wondered why this dog hadn't disappeared yet, she had given him numerous instructions to do so, but the dog simply said that he would stay. When they got to their wanted destination, Jiraiya got her arm looked at and it was fixed quickly. She spent her time sleeping in the hostel in the city, trying to recuperate her strength - Pakkun always keeping her company. She kept having nightmares disturb her sleep, of her family and their deaths, the same ones she had when they were first murdered. At times she wound see a drunk Jiraiya fall onto the bed. Naruto came to tell her that he was learning the Rasengan, which she was pleased about, but most of the time she slept. She managed to get up to have a few meals with Naruto to check how he was doing, but, yes, most of the time she slept. Then one day, Jiraiya came into the room, his expression one full of triumph.
"You found her?" Kianna asked from her bed on the floor.
"Yes!" He exclaimed full of glee. "She's in Tanzaku City, gambling obviously. You feeling like a little trek?"
"Yea, I feel so much better today"
"Still having the nightmares?"
She nodded grimly, "But I'm sure they'll go eventually..." She said uncertainly

Jiraiya and Kianna watched Naruto as he succeeded in the second task of the Rasengan. The explosion from the rubber ball was so fierce that Jiraiya had to catch Naruto and stop him going flying. Kianna was amazed that he got so far this quickly. They all set off to find Tsunade afterward, much to Naruto's annoyance, and this time Kianna was able to walk on her own. As they walked on, Jiraiya showed Naruto the third step to completing the Rasengan and he started to try immediately. They were soon at the city and had come into contact with Tsuanade. Naruto had made a bet with Tsunade that if he could master the Rasengan within a week, he could have the unique crystal around her neck. Kianna thought he didn't have a chance in hell, but tried to support him all the same.

Naruto and Kianna both sat in their new hostel room. This time it had proper beds, three in all. Kianna laid down on hers, exhausted from the walking, she was still far from being fully recovered. As soon as she hit the pillow, she was fast asleep. There was a meek knock at the door and Naruto went to fetch it.
"I'm sorry to disturb you, but I need to talk with you for a while. I don't want you to get the wrong impression of Tsaunade-sama. Also, I need to tell you about the necklace...
"Like I care for that old hag..."
"She not the type of person you think she is!" Shizune compassionately exclaimed, "Along time ago, she wasn't like that. She was a kind person who loved her village. But she has changed ever since she lost her hope, love and dream. That necklace is all that remains, she shouldn't use it in a bet."
"I don't care, she brought it up!"
"That isn't a normal necklace you wear, everyone who wears it...dies." She explained Tsunade's story and the tragedy she had faced. Unbeknownst to both of them, Kianna had been woken by the talking and was listening in on the conversation. Although, Jiraiya had already told her Tsunade's story and, so, was familar with it already. After Naruto had heard the story, he left without hestitation, wanting to train; Shizune was left on the doorstep puzzled by his behaviour. Pakkun jumped from your bed (he had been lying on it also eavesdropping) and grabbed the bottom of Shizune's trousers to get her attention. He then ran, jumped and landed on Kianna's stomache, causing her to sit straight and yelp in surprise,
"Kianna-chan?!"
She looked up at Shizune and smiled nervously scratching the back of her head..
"Ummm...Hello Shinuze. Errr, how are you?"
"Were you eavesdropping?"
"Well yes, but I know everything about Tsunade. I did travel around with Jiraiya, you know?"
"Did?"
"Enough small talk..." Came another voice belonging to a small, very annoyed looking dog. "Shizune, Kianna was injured a while ago; maybe you can help her healing process." He remarked,
"I'll have a look."

It was the next morning and Kianna jumped out of bed with great enthusiasm. Shizune had done a great job on her and she felt even better, although she said that Kianna had to rest for a whole week otherwise she would make herself worse. A whole week She thought grimly It's so unfair! She decided to explore the town they were situated in and buy Shizune a present. Also, she decided to buy Pakkun some food since he was keeping her from getting lonely. Another day had soon past. Then another and another. Kianna saw no sign of Naruto, making her worried - she hoped the poor boy wasn't torturing himself by training too hard. She didn't worry about the absence of Jiraiya though, as he was probably 'sake' bonding with Tsunade, trying to get her to become Hokage. The night before the deadline Shizune stormed into the room, carrying an unconscious boy, waking a tired Kianna.

"How is he?" asked Kianna, looking at the slightly intoxicated Tsuanade.
"He has grown weak of severe exhaustion, and there is a chakra burn on his hand. In this condition, he won't wake until the day after tomorrow"
Shizune gasped.
"Tomorrow. Please don't go tomorrow."
Kianna knew exactly what they were talking about. During the brief times he was here, Jiraiya told her everything he had found out. She watched as fight between student and pupil ensued and ran over to help when Tsunade hit Shizune hard in the stomach. She managed to heave Shizune into her bed and pull the covers over her. She then sat on Naruto's bed, watching for any sign of consciousness, slowly drifting off to sleep.

"Kianna, get off me! KIANNA!"
She woke up with a start, and a thobbing ear, cuffing Naruto around the head for being so obnoxious. Then, when she had realised that the Naruto before her had completely recovered, she pulled the little boy into a great big bear hug - causing him to go a slight shade of pink. This commotion woke up Shizune, who demanded to know the date and time.
"I recover from most injuries after a night sleep." Naruto explained to the two, "It's always been like that."
Must be the power of the nine-tails wondered Kianna, looking at the young boy with awe.
"Anyway, where's that old hag. The deadline is today."
"Where you successful with the technique?" Shizune asked
"It's not complete yet, but I can still hope to get it right in front of her."
Kianna giggled, causing Naruto to give her a quizzical look.
"That's the Naruto spirit" She beamed ruffling his hair. Shizune ran to the window, obviously wanting to catch Tsunade, but was stopped by the sight of Jiraiya at the window.

"Geezzzz, what have you done to yourself now?" scorned Kianna, jumping out the window and observing Jiraiya's horrid state. Shizune and Naruto soon followed her out of the window and they gathered round Jiraiya,
"Damn that Tsuanade, she drugged my sake." Jiraiya moaned, "I can't mold Chakra properly. On top of that, my body is numb and I can't throw knives properly."
"Did she deceive you with some perverted trick, you Ero-sennin?"
"Shut up!"
Kianna couldn't help but giggle.
"Naruto" She explained to him "Tsunade is a medical specialist and she can only make a tasteless, odorless drug that works against ninjas."
"I didn't expect her to poison me, even if I was slightly drunk." Jiraiya's face was serious and angry. Shizune had fetched some water to help Jiraiya recover,
"Hey Shizune," He said determined, "you're going to tell me what you guys talked about with Orochimaru, now!"
She held her stomach, "Follow me, I will explain on the way."

They stopped at the castle, well what used to look like a castle. The walls had crumpled and the floor was desecrated.
"Woooo, looks like Princess Tsunade got a bit wild here!" Exclaimed Jiraiya. Tonton, a small pig which Kianna heavily disliked, found Tsunade's coat sniffed it and ran in a certain direction - everyone followed. Pakkun, who had situated himself on Kianna's shoulder, couldn't help but feel slightly unwanted.

They got there just in time. Kabuto was about to strike Tsuande with a kunai, when Jiraiya threw a smoke bomb which threw him off track (and also made a good entrance for the four of them.) Kianna noticed the guy she saw at the Chuunin exams - so did Naruto.
"Ahhh, Kabuto-san?" yelled Naruto.
"Naruto-kun."
"I see, you two know each other." Jiraiya smirked
"We took the Chuunin Exams together. Why is Kabuto-san here?" He moved forward, but an arm lashed out in front of him, stopping him from going any further.
"Stay away from him, Naruto!" Kianna said to him calmly
"Get out the way!" Tsunade pushed Jiraiya out of the way and sent him flying. The pig which had been on his shoulder fell on his face,"I'll defeat him." She tried to punch and kick the grey haired boy with her unimaginable strength, but to no avail. She managed to trap the boy between a rock and herself, but when she went to punch him, he used a weapon more effective than any kunai or shuriken.

He used his blood.

Tsunade stood frozen to the spot. Kabuto had struck his hand with a kunai causing the blood to splatter - including to splatter on Tsunade herelf. She shivered and backed away, horrified that this substance was on her.
"Dealing with two lengendary Sannin will be too much trouble" He said, the light glinting of his glasses. "I'll immobilise one for now" He punched her hard and Tsunade flew into Shizune arms. Kianna stood there in shock, surprised that Tsunade-sama could be defeated so easily. She felt a tug on her jacket,
"Kianna, why is Kabuto fighting old woman Tsunade?" He said, gesturing wildly. She didn't know how to answer him, to tell him somebody he had known as good was, in fact, blacker than black. Kabuto decided to answer for her,
"You're real slow at noticing things, aren't you Naruto?" He chuckled, "That's why you can't compete against Sasuke-kun."
"Look at his forehead protector closely Naruto..." Kianna remarked, not looking at his face. "He's Orochimaru's subordinate..."
"Yes, I was a spy." He smirked that evil smirk again,
"What are you talking about? Tell me you're lying..."
"I wanted to gather information from you, so I helped you in the Chuunin exmas and I found out that you, Naruto, have no talent as a ninja." Kabuto cruelly commented.
Kabtuo said many things that agitated Naruto, and Naruto lost his temper, trying to strike Kabuto. He was thrown into the arms of Shizune. He leapt away and took a blood replenishment pill, then helped Orochimaru to fight.
"Eh? Looks like the boss is going to fight?" Jiraiya observed the two evil men "Shizune, you fight the guy with the glasses. Kianna, you help me fight Orochimaru. Both our strengths are not to their best, so it would be wise for both of us to fight." They both nodded bleakly at the man and Kianna gulped.
"What about me?" Naruto said in earnest
"You stay and guard Tsunade and the pig."
"But I can fight -"
"No!" Jiraiya interrupted "Glasses guy said it too. You are at a lower level."
He was suddenly distracted by the glasses boy, who made a movement to summoun Orochimaru's snake. Jiraiya started to make hand signs quickly to summon the frog boss, but he summouned something else, something rather distrubing.

Jiraiya, Naruto and Kianna looked at it with shock.
"What's up?" It said. They all looked in horror at the small frog, Gamakichi. Orochimaru laughed at this and figured out that Jiraiya must have been poisoned. At Orochimiaru's words Naruto got angry, trying a summon of his own. However, he did not succeed either, summouning Gamakichi's stupider brother, Gamatatsu. The two snake heads suddenly dived and aimed for the group. One head went for Jiraiya and Kianna, whilst the other went for the rest. The two heads smashed into the ground causing earth and stone to fly everywhere and separate them. Kianna managed to find Jiraiya and leapt onto his bit of earth. They noticed one of the snakes clash it jaws around Naruto, but before they could help him, they were confronted by Orochimaru. Kianna unleashed her Sharinghan, ready to fight, and they both started to perform the same hand seals.
"Doton Yomi Numa!(Earth Element, Hell Swamp)" They both yelled and a Swamp appeared trapping the two snakes. However, it was not big enough to submerge them completely.
"Looks like we've both still handicapped Kianna," he said to her, grimacing
"At least its trapped them for now, it can't move."
"Lets' begin!" They faced Orochimaru, whose neck began to stretch, and his teeth were bared.
"Kianna get near me!" Shouted Jiraiya, fearing the worst. He began to make numerous seals, "Ninpou Hari Jizou!(Needle Guardian)" His white hair began to sharpen and wrapped around him and Kianna. Orochimaru's foot collided with the needle shield and it pierced his foot, which he used to pull the shield down, managing to bite Jiraiya's neck.
"Damn it...My technique isn't working either." Jiraiya mumbled, glad that Orochimaru's technique had not worked.
"Although we all have handicaps, can't you see the differance between us." Orochimaru remarked, still clasped onto Jiraiya's neck. "You two should just give up." He let go of Jiraiya's neck and the shield softened, revealing Kianna underneath. She looked up concerned for Jiraiya, his breathing had become heavy and he slopped forward dangerously.
"Jiraiya-san, you used to be the insanity of the village." Kianna looked up the other Sannin, listening to his speech, "but now you're carrying children around and working for the village. You've fallen. My ability to see some bodies talent is top notch, and that kid is just ordinary. Even the Uchiha you have taken under your wing was never 'gifted.'"
Kianna clenched her teeth and gave Orochimaru best death stare she could. Jiraiya smirked, "There's no fun in raising a genius kid that learns fast."
"I see. You can't leave them alone because they remind you of your old self."
Kianna tried to imagine Jiraiya and Orchimaru looking young, but failed miserably.
"Naruto cannot beat a competent Uchiha that can use the Sharinghan to its full potential. A ninja can determine its strength by whether he can master all the techniques in the world -"
"Wrong!" Kianna piped up shocking Jiraiya, "A ninja is somebody who stands and endures it. The talent of a ninja isn't his number of techniques; it's to have the guts never to give up!"
"Yea" Jiraiya continued for her, "Naruto has that!"
Orochimaru laughed at him, "You are both fools!" His head jetted out again, attacking Jiraiya and pushing him off the snakes.
"Jiraiya!" Kianna yelled at the diminishing body as it headed for the swamp.
"You better worry about yourself more..." Ororchimaru said a sadistic smile on his face, his head aimed for her and she took a large leap, quickly forming seals.
"Fire Dragon-Jutsu" She yelled, spurting out a fire-dragon that aimed for Orochimaru. He just managed to dodge the flames and he could smell his singed hair. She landed again and Orochimaru tried to kick her in the face. She caught his foot and slammed him down on the snake skin, causing him to yelp in pain. She was in pain herself, as her still unrecovered body protested being put under such stress. She didn't let go of his leg and smashed his body into the ground once more. She suddenly let go, swaying and Orochimaru kicked her in the face. However, he could not remove his leg as the woman was melting, turing into a sticky liquid that smothered his legs. It started to spread and, in no time at all, was on his torso. The sannin hissed and dispelled the illusion easily. He was quickly attacked by the real Kianna, kunai in hand. He dodged her furious strikes and, with anticipated glee, noticed the girl was waning. She paused, trying to catch her breath - big mistake. Before she knew it, Orochimaru had shot out his long tongue, wrapping it around her throat. She struggled to breathe and felt her chakra becoming dangerously low. In her hand she started to form the Chidori,
"If you don't let go, then I'll rip your tongue in half." She spat at him. He started to unravel his tongue, wanting to keep it fully intact. The chidori still in her hand, she charged at the man, but his neck stretched and bit her own neck. The chidori faded in her hand and he kept a tight grip. As she felt the darkness consume her, she heard Orochimaru's laughter fail and felt a pair of strong arms.

She woke up with a start and immediately raised her hand to check her neck. There was a horrid pain around her neck. Actually, her whole body was in a lot of pain
"Don't worry," She heard behind her, "that bite was just a bite, no nasty after-effects. But you've pushed yourself too hard, and your recovering has regressed." Kianna turned around; it was Shizune with an unconscious Naruto by her side.
"Naruto!" Kianna yelled, crawling to his side and taking him in her arms. Shizune smiled and told her not to worry, explaining what had just happened. Kianna felt the massive Chakras and turned again, her eyes were greeted by the sight of three summouned bosses, along with the sannin. She watched in awe as they fought and was relieved when it was finally over. She slowly walked toward them, carrying Naruto in her arms. She saw how tired and hurt they both were and started to become concerned.
"Kianna!" Jiraiya cheered, "You're awake!"
"Aye, you look awful, Ero-sennin!"
"Don't call me that! Not after I saved you from Orochimaru. You should be thanking me on your hands and knees."
"If you hadn't been so bloody useless and got pushed off that bloody snake I wouldn't have been in that position!"
"Disrespectful Student!"
"Incompetent Ero-Sennin!"
"Don't call me tha-"
They both suddenly stopped their little brawl and looked at Tsunade, who was coughing violently. She looked the worse out of all of them.
"The technique is starting to wear off..." She mumbled to herself. She looked at the Naruto in Kianna and smiled putting the necklace around his neck
"You were never good at gambling, Tsunade." Jiraiya sighed. She suddenly gasped and her skin came winkily and old. "Tsunade!" Jiraiya exclaimed.
"It's not Tsunade anymore; call me...The Fifth Hokage!"
An odd object just jumped onto Kianna's shoulder,
"Where the hell did you run off to?" She grumpily asked the dog.
"I don't do scary snakes and sannins" The dog simply replied
"Coward!"