I don't own Naruto or anything made by Kishimoto (I think that's right). Other than that, original characters, some location names and plenty of Jutsu are my own making. Do not copy or steal those. Enjoy
UNSCHEDULED DEPARTURES
"Who do you think you ninjas are, approaching this village wearing those things on your head?" The question was barked for Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha had little patience for those who are unaware of their reactions. Nukarukuma was first to react, grabbing his bloodied headband. The Hokage, with all of her ninja skills did not need to watch Nukarukuma to be aware of what the young male was doing. With several yanks, Nukarukuma had rid himself of the head piece, casting it aside right at Tsunade's feet.
"Let me be the first to toss that shit aside." His words were far more defiant than they sounded, not wanting to go overboard on the rudeness in front of THE Hokage. Tsunade raised an eyebrow from her position in front of her massive desk, casting a gaze on just about everyone else there. Each and everyone grabbed their headbands and tore them away. Their allegiance with Sound had been on ice ever since they were thrown in jail and remained that way even after being freed. There was not one person there that had their doubts of the northern ninja village. The event that took place as they headed for Konoha solidified their doubts. Tsunade was well aware of the fact that Kabuto and eight other ninjas would make their way to Konoha in three days.
"We didn't have time to think about our apparel. The situation didn't grant us time for thinking rationally." Aojirotora spoke up admitting that even he didn't realize what was going on. Tsunade's eyebrow was only raised further as Aojirotora spoke. She looked the male over for the millionth time, disbelief striking her every time that she did.
"I wouldn't expect that from you." She had no knowledge of their names considering the rush they were in as they evaded even the skilled guards of the village. Aojirotora, now able to think understood exactly what she was saying, frowning in response to the high standards the woman had already plastered upon him.
"That's Aojirotora, he's a-"
"I know what he is! Who the hell are the rest of you?" Tsunade's snarl towards Rinori had him straighten up like a soldier being spoken to by his General. He couldn't control the reaction, thinking to himself that that was an indirect reaction towards his constant gazing at her features. "He's the only one who could possibly have any business hanging around here, while the rest of you can be viewed as missing-nin." The continued conversation had Kibanhana falling to her knees, unable to stand up any longer. Rinori was first to look at the girl, helping her up since she was next to him and no one else was next to her. Rinori threw an animal's glare at Tsunade causing her to return an equal glare at him.
"Let her see a doctor damn it!" The demand was left to hang in the air while Tsunade quickly analyzed Kibanhana. She then lifted her hands off her desk, folding them as she leaned forward.
"She's fine. Mor-"
"She's not fine! Are friggin' blind?! Look at the ga-!" Everyone was taken by surprise, including the silent Shizune who'd been at the side of the desk the entire time. Tsunade had lunged at Rinori, grabbing him by the collar as she shoved him back. The brute strength and the startling speed caused Kibanhana to be released, falling to the floor as Tsunade drove Rinori right through the wall behind him.
"Learn some respect before I'm forced to pound it into you."
"If we were your enemies we would have killed a few people to kill you." Rinori just managed to muster a few words as he felt an increasing pressure upon his throat thanks to Tsunade's hand.
"Spies don't need to kill people to get the job done. Assassins don't either. I'm low on patience right now, you can thank the Sound Soldier uniform those girls are wearing, and the Sound head protectors all of you came with, as if there was something to be proud of in that slimy village." Tsunade spoke with a voice full of malice, but Rinori resisted. No one else seemed willing to speak their mind other than Rinori who had malice of his own to counter with.
"Look at our bodies. Assassins and spies don't get hurt on the job. Get it through you-"
"Rinori!" Nukarukuma turned looked to the surprisingly powerful voice that came from Aojirotora. He didn't need to say much for him to be understood. Almost instantly, Rinori swallowed the words that wanted to come out, looking away from Tsunade's eyes as she then released him, letting his already wounded body to fall into a clump against the wall. His eyes remained directed at the floor not wanting to look back at the crowd that had gathered outside of the Hokage's office, or at his comrades that had arrived with him.
"All of you, get back to what you came here to do!" the demand was taken more as a threat as those that had gathered, scattered quickly, filing into nearby rooms or going for the exit, not wanting to feel what Rinori had just felt.
"Shizune, could you look after that girl." The finger pointed to the one on the floor, as if she were a disgusting foreign object. For those who caught the expression on her face, it would be hard to disprove such a thought even though Tsunade spoke kindly towards Shizune. The short haired woman quickly stepped towards Kibanhana, picking helping her up.
"Don't do anything you'll regret. I am still a ninja." The threat was there, but Shizune covered it up better than Tsunade could ever have hoped. Kibanhana was promptly removed from the office as Tsunade then stepped back in taking a seat at her desk. She pulled out a bottle of what could only be sake, forgoing the glass and drinking it straight. Rubbing her temples shortly after setting the bottle down, she then clasped her hands in front of her face before looking up.
"Names; starting with you." She was looking directly at Akataka who was slightly started at being chosen first. Aojirotora was on her left and the first person as far as she was concerned. A nudge from Nukarukuma got her away from her thoughts as she spoke out.
"Mugoireppuu Akataka." Speaking in a small voice, she let her name be known to Tsunade whose eyes rolled over to Nukarukuma. Her eyes seemed to twinkle slightly as she recalled him being the first to toss aside his Sound headband. She knew it could all be an elaborate plot for destroying Konoha, especially considering the trouble they went through to get so injured, but regardless she approved of the gesture and the fact that Nukarukuma referred to his headband as 'shit'. She promised never to forget that.
"Shimoboon Nukarukuma." His voice was level, not confident per se, but strong enough to front it. Tsunade's eyes didn't leave Nukarukuma as she separated her hands temporarily to point to the ground.
"Nukarukuma-kun, who was the other girl?" She clasped her hands once again, as Nukarukuma took a moment to think. Aojirotora's mouth was opening but then Tsunade raised her right hand, signalling the Hyuuga to keep his words to himself.
"Kakkouii Kibanhana." Nukarukuma didn't take too long to answer the question, but his hesitation, taken to recall the family name didn't go unnoticed. He frowned upon himself for forgetting something so simple, but had to straighten his face quickly, not wanting Tsunade to make any negative assumptions from his expression.
"Hey, come in here." Tsunade threw her voice to Rinori who had remained outside slumped against the wall. Rinori remained unmoving even as Tsunade stood up at her desk.
"Nukarukuma, what's his name?" She asked.
"Setsuai Rinori." Everyone caught Tsunade's eyebrow twitch just as Nukarukuma said Rinori's family name. They didn't know why she did it, but it helped as Tsunade sat back down.
"Why is he like that, and where is the other Genin that was supposed to arrive?" Tsunade sent a loaded question at the group, but luckily it was one that resulted in one answer. Aojirotora volunteered taking centre stage as he replied.
"Rinori-kun is like that because of where the other Genin is. Kaguya Kurohone was apart of our team, and also Rinori's best friend out of all of us present, however we suffered a planned attack which resulted in losing Kurohone. We nearly lost Kibanhana, but we managed to pull Rinori off of an enemy's body and escaped." The summary provided by Aojirotora explained some of the questions the Hokage had for the five people present, but it still required some explaining.
"Pull him off of an enemy?"
"Yes. Half of the blood that is on him, is not his own. Of the six opponents that ambushed us, Rinori was the only one to cause fatal damage. Any other damage done was to us. Thankfully, despite Kibanhana's injuries, she was able to keep the opponents at bay while we made a run for this village. Even though we headed this way, after receiving a traitorous attack, we were unsure of how welcomed we would be. Thankfully, Kibanhana still had strength within her to keep those doubts aside long enough until we were in your presence."
"How did she do it?"
"I'm sorry Tsunade-sama. It is not my place to speak of her since I do not know her well enough." Aojirotora's apology was accompanied by a courteous bow. Tsunade didn't like that he wouldn't tell, but respected it enough to move on.
"Where are Kabuto and the two Jounin that were t arrive with you Genin?" Her hand was reaching for the sake once more, but suddenly Shizune appeared through the hole Rinori had been driven through, causing the Hokage to fumble with the bottle as she shoved it into the desk drawer, slamming it rather violently. "Shit!" the unexpected sound of shattering glass was followed by the expected cuss as Shizune shook her head in disappointment. She crossed her arms, to make the disappointment easily understood to the Hokage, who seemed humble in Shizune's presence.
"Serves you right Tsunade-sama you shouldn't be drinking on the job!" The scolding drew a few confused looks from the Genin as the powerful Hokage was putting on her best apologetic face as possible. "I came to tell you that the girl-"
"Kakkouii Kibanhana." Tsunade's interjection was meant to simply show Shizune that she was still on top of things even though she drank, but Aojirotora took it as a sign that she didn't forget things very easily.
"Yes, Kibanhana-san is stable right now." Shizune took the correction as she finished her sentence, receiving a nod from Tsunade before leaving the room. Tsunade's eyes followed Shizune, landing on Rinori once more. As she looked at him, she started feeling an annoying tug within her mind, trying to get her to do something. She fought valiantly, resisting the annoying urge but even the best of the best can't help but given in once in a while. She got up, walking over to the downed shinobi, taking her time as she let loose some mutterings that were obviously more cuss words. As she got to Rinori, she stopped in front of him, looking down at the teenager.
"Get up."
"…"
"Get up Rinori-kun." Her initial voice was stern and demanding but now, the act of including his name into her request softened up her tone, which she didn't like at all. However, it did work well as Rinori pushed himself off of the ground slowly. His actions seemed laboured, believably so due to the heavy heart he had. Tsunade looked at him, realizing that many people have simply come close to loosing someone, but broke down regardless. But here Rinori was, and he lost someone who meant something to him, so what he felt must have been immeasurable. Having gone through losses twice, Tsunade had more than an idea as to what Rinori felt, which was why her response came suddenly. Her arms had wrapped around Rinori. She expected a resistance.
"Get off of me! I don't want to be hugged! Get leave me alone you hag. I was happier…when…" His resistance was short-lived, being too close to Tsunade to push off of her, being unable to rid himself of her comforting. "Kuro…" the whisper that followed was all that needed to be said for Nukarukuma to look away, dropping into a seated position, doing his best to stifle his own crying, but letting out short gasps as the flowing tears of Rinori got to him along with the memory of Kurohone. Aojirotora's hands pulled down on his blind fold, allowing him to remove the tears that had gathered at his eyes. Even the hardened shinobi within the area felt some sympathy, for the entire floor was drenched in sadness. Akataka, had fallen next to Nukarukuma, doing what she could to comfort the dark ninja, but like him, she too had given in to the emotions being expressed by her partners.
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"Tsunade-sama, what are we going to do with them?" It had been hours since Tsunade had given in to her better judgement and hugged Rinori. She was now faced with a decision that had already been decided but involved some detailed work.
"Shizune, he reminds me of him. It's subtle but Rinori reminds me o-"
"Tsunade-baachan! What happened?! I heard everyone was crying in here! What did you do?!" The energetic disturbance drew two glares; Shizune's and Tsunade's.
"Him."
"Me?"
"Naruto-baka! I told you not to barge into Tsunade-sama's office!" The pink haired girl that came to the left threw a right, sending Naruto into the wall.
"Sakura-san, why didn't he go through the wall?"
"Sai this is Tsunade's office. Sakura's careful to cause minimal damage here."
"Oh."
"Sakura-chaaan that hurt!"
"Ahem." Tsunade cleared her throat, getting everyone's attention before any thing more time consuming could take place. "I see you've returned. How did the mission go?"
"It went well, Tsunade-sama, but Naruto came close to beating the one who hired us; it was something about looking down upon others. We came very close to failing the mission, but we managed to make it into a success." Yamato spoke, holding a hand in front of Naruto just to let him know that an outburst wouldn't do in a mission report.
"Naruto…" The Hokage let a low growl escape her lips; she didn't have any words prepared to accompany the male's name, instead letting her tone do the work for her. She had to sigh after that, rubbing her forehead as her free hand unconsciously reached for her drawer, opening it up and reaching for her sake bottle.
"Tsunade-sama!" Shizune caught the actions, alerting the Hokage into the realization that she had destroyed her drink. The woman could only help but get even more agitated as she looked up, trying her best to regain her composure.
"Tsunade-baachan drinks at work!" the decision to point out the obvious didn't do any good for Naruto as Sakura struck him once more, causing him to break through the wall Sakura had punched him into earlier. The situation proved to be rather grim for him, as he decided to stay where he was on the ground.
"What an idiot. Doesn't he realize he will get hit?" Sai's question was rather sincere, causing him to receive a look from Sakura, which captured her confusion as to whether Sai had any observational skills himself. The attention was brought back to Tsunade as she impatiently tapped her fingers on her desk until even Naruto returned, unwisely standing next to Sakura again.
"I was going to let you four have a short break before your next mission, but an unexpected turn of events has forced me to change my plans. We've received a few new ninjas a several hours ago and I would like for you four to watch over them for now." They are down in the basement right now, under temporary care of several Chuunin guards." Tsunade waved the group off, wanting them to get on with their task but while the more mature people of the team turned around and began to walk away, one remained standing in place, before stepping forward to the Hokage's desk, slamming his hands upon the deep brown wood of the desk.
"Another low rank mission?! Why can't you give us a better mission? What is this one going to be? D-rank? Come on Tsunade-ba-"
"I figured you would be the most interested in performing this mission more than anyone else in this village, considering where they have come from." Tsunade raised her voice over Naruto's, however she didn't yell at him. Lord knows that yelling never worked with the male.
"Where they are coming from? Where do they come from?" Naruto was apprehensive about what Tsunade's words could mean, especially since she didn't yell at him for his slight outburst. From what little memories he could recall of his conversations with the woman, usually when she decided against yelling at him, it meant there was something beneficial to him. He frowned unsatisfied with the thinking he began doing before turning tail and heading out along with Sai, Sakura and Yamato.
"If you really want to know the answer to that, don't leave but go downstairs and ask them." Tsunade spoke to the orange-clad ninja's back. The simple fact that it was a mission guaranteed that he would do it despite the fact that he was completely against low rank missions like this one. He was more enthusiastic about the high rank missions, and to his credit, he did fairly well in them. However, it was risky allowing him to go into those types of missions. Often times he was not only accompanied by his team, but maybe one or more teams came along due to the fact that the ninja was a target. Akatsuki held no shame in targeting young ninjas who've had a troubling life thanks to the secret ninja techniques that were a last resort in saving the lands.
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"Caged."
"It'll do for now. At least were together and not likely to face any dangers down here." Aojirotora was least disturbed by his current predicament of being imprisoned along with his four companions. His response to Nukarukuma drew the worst of stares from just about everyone else considering the fact that just a week earlier, they were all locked up in the Sound village without a hope of escape. Chances were that an effort made to escape would lead to certain death during the time, and it wasn't too farfetched to think that the same would happen here. The Leaf village was full of ninjas who despised the Sound village, the place they fled. They made some major attempts at convincing the Hokage that they were no longer allied with the nation, however their current location was a good enough answer to their efforts. They were still considered enemies, but not the most dangerous. Given the chance, Nukarukuma would love to prove how dangerous he could be since the Hokage took advantage of their situation to have them placed in a cage instead of a guarded hotel of some sort.
"I don't want to be in here. It's gross and those guards are behind a DOOR. This isn't even a normal cell. That door is made of iron." Kibanhana was now much better, but her chakra was next to depleted. The cell they had been shoved into –literally- was the usual metal bars and all, but the walls were reinforced with concrete and the door featured iron reinforcement. It was a secured location even without the guards because of the sealing Jutsu plastered to the outside of the door which regulated chakra. It limited the ninjas to staying seated and keeping their movements to a minimum, otherwise they'd be subject to having their chakra drained rapidly until unconscious. It was a rather strong method of subduing ninjas that had already been established as being no threat.
"That's what pisses me off. We aren't dangerous to anyone, but we're locked up in this bullshit because they thi-"
"Hey in there, shut up! You're in jail." A Chuunin's voice was surprisingly audible from behind the cell reinforcements and caused they cell mates to mutter a few choice derogatory words about the ninja amongst themselves.
"If that door opens up, I'm ready to walk out and talk to that damn Hokage again." Rinori spoke up for the first time in a short while. He still was hurt from his loss, but slowly, he was coming around to being his normal self. His companions looked at him, pleased to see that he was still 'alive' within himself.
"Are they in here?" the muffled question was picked up by those that remained attentive to what was going on, on the other side of the iron doors. Aojirotora, being as skilled as he was easily sustained his Byakugan behind his blindfold throughout the ordeal and took a look at those that had gathered behind the doors. He twitched at what he saw, not out of surprise but because of the person he recognized.
"I remember hearing one of Sasuke-kun's conversations with someone; a rare occasion considering how quiet he remained, and how Orochimaru kept him from the rest of us. He spoke of one of his former teammates, a ninja of his age who constantly wore orange. He spoke in detail of his inability to be a normal ninja, due in part to his attire. But he did point out how much energy the ninja had." The sudden change in conversation topic drew confused looks from everyone, unfamiliar with whom Sasuke had been affiliated with.
"What the hell are you talking about, man?" Nukarukuma wasn't the only one who couldn't follow where Aojirotora's conversation was going but he was the only one who chose to voice his inability to understand the Hyuuga's ramblings. The blindfolded male didn't answer his companion immediately, instead remaining silent with his head facing the iron doors. It would be only seconds before everyone began to get annoyed with Aojirotora's silence but just as someone was about to say something, the iron reinforced door slowly creaked open a bit. Everyone's eyes were now focussed on the small opening that would only allow for something the size of a basketball to pass through. A blond head peaked through looking into the room before focussing on the people that had gathered on centre. The blue eyes analyzed each and everyone in there before pulling back, leaving the door as it is.
"These are the people we have to watch? I can beat them all with my eyes closed." Naruto's challenge didn't go unheard as Rinori was the first to get up, dashing at the door with the little energy he had. Aojirotora had noticed that by the pace Rinori took off with, he wasn't loosing any energy which meant the room's spell only worked with the door closed; completing the spell in the process. Rinori got to the door in time, yanking it open as best as he could. The angry orange haired male was met with two fists; one for each of the guarding Chuunin before the door was slammed shut, reinstating the room's spell.
"Assholes…let us out!" Rinori shouted from the ground.
"This is annoying." Akataka pointed out after spending most of the day silent. She was stared at, before a light-hearted laughter overtook the room. A slight nudge from Nukarukuma who was nearest to her had her wobbling on the bench seat edge she sat on.
"No shit. Even he could figure that out." Nukarukuma's hand pointed at the male who remained on the ground after being punched. The orange hair spun around to throw a glare at Nukarukuma who simply kept up a smirk plastered on his face. Rinori turned to his right instinctively as if Kurohone remained there, but the fact that the shorter ninja wasn't present dampened his raised spirits. Everyone else caught this and felt a similar effect as the laughter died out almost immediately. However, the silence wouldn't last very long as the cell was opened up, this time by a Jounin who had Naruto and his partners behind him.
"Whoa. A Hyuuga." Yamato spoke, realizing one of the outsiders wasn't supposed to be an outsider.
"Where?"
"The one with the blindfold, idiot." Was Sakura's response to Naruto's lack of observational skills.
"You for come with me, but you will wait until someone comes to pick you up." Yamato quickly began as if they were his own underlings. Aojirotora didn't need an explanation as to why he would remain but that was him.
"Why the hell isn't he coming with us? He's apart of our tea-"
"No, he's apart of the Hyuuga Clan, and because of that, they will deal with him. But the rest of you are ours now. We do as we please with you, so come on. You'll be getting used as soon as possible. And while were at it, you'll be losing those ugly Sound village clothes." Yamato's instruction had Nukarukuma, Rinori, Akataka and Kibanhana rising from their seating positions and walking towards the door, stopping in front of the ANBU turned Jounin sensei. "You can call me Yamato; this is Naruto, Sakura and Sai." Each of the younger ninja's looked at each other, bowing respectfully or shaking hands.
"I'm Kakkouii Kibanhana, this is my best friend Mugoireppuu Akataka, that's Rinori and this is Nukarukuma. The brown haired female said, grabbing at her camouflage collar, ready to have it removed. Akataka smiled gave a small bow to each and everyone one of Yamato's students before being pushed aside by Rinori who got in Kibanhana's face rather quickly.
"That's?! You say that like I'm worth nothing. I was the one who stayed behind and protected you while yo-" The rant went incomplete as Kibanhana's knee nestled between Rinori's legs, causing his face to go red before hitting the floor. A long drawn out moan escaped his voice as the guys of the room, except Sai, favoured their southern regions.
"That's mean…I don't even do that to Naruto." Sakura said to herself. Her voice didn't go unheard as the one she spoke of looked at her, recalling a few incidents where he had been put in the same position as Rinori.
"I can introduce myself." Nukarukuma spoke plainly as he bent down, grabbing hold of Rinori, and helped him to his wobbly feet. The glare that escaped his eyes was lethal, but Kibanhana fought it off by not even looking at him.
"Well…" At a loss for words, Yamato didn't expect to see another team fighting amongst each other in the way that his did, but then again, if that was the way they were he hoped at least they had similar skills.
"Shimoboon Nukarukuma and this is my good friend Setsuai Rinori. He's a little hard headed so- a lot of the times so it might take a while before you can really say you like this bastard." The chummy expression on Nukarukuma's face wasn't approved by Rinori who maintained his glare, throwing it at Nukarukuma. "What..?"
"I'm not hard headed, asshole. She is…hard kneed." Rinori let out the one thing he hoped would give him some pain relief but to no avail. His efforts worked against him, leading to more than a few snickers to escape some mouths. He frowned at it since that was all he could do. They turned to Aojirotora who remained where he was, unmoving and unspeaking; releasing Rinori, Nukarukuma went over to the one person he could honestly consider his best friend, giving him more than the average hand shake before patting him on the back.
"Wherever you go, and whatever you do, man…remember we're still a team and family...that's my word." Rinori saw the exchange, feeling a little guilty that he didn't take the initiative to make a proper departure from Aojirotora, especially considering the last unscheduled departure he had. The male swallowed his pain, walking over to Aojirotora and touched fists with him.
"Ao-chan, don't die on us." The words that Rinori spoke were gentle and heartfelt as he held his fist against Aojirotora's. The Hyuuga nodded in response to Rinori. The orange haired male then pulled away, joining the leaving crowd. Kibanhana and Akataka turned around for a short second as they left to wave 'bye' to Aojirotora. Though they were not familiar with him enough, they were sure of the fact that he was strong and no matter what they would see him again. Their leaving was only a temporary thing.
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So, now is suppose I am expected to wait here until someone from my clan can come and retrieve me. Retrieve me…I suppose I am nothing more than an object that needs to be retrieved. Surely no one there hopes to see me. In fact, it would not be far from the truth to say that I have been forgotten up until now. Of those that have heard of my return, I'm sure at least half of them are denying my existence right now. They wish the other Branch House member does not exist; the one who was born out of wedlock; the bastard of the Hyuuga family. I may not have been around to hear those words, but I am well aware that they floated about for sometime. It would be in their best interest not to look down upon me…they have already abandoned me, so I am not bound by their law or their beliefs no longer. Aojirotora's thoughts came out in a constant stream the moment his Byakugan could not see anyone that had been with him. He was certain of his thoughts, even though he was not around to be apart of the Hyuuga family. A lot of his knowledge was simply 'word of mouth', but despite the rumours, deep within him that Hyuuga blood that flowed constantly sustaining his existence, confirmed these so called rumours to be true. It was only the fact that he wasn't able to witness it that he felt he could easily disassociate himself from his family. He would have gone on thinking about but that plan was axed as the iron reinforced doors swung open.
"The traitor!" Hiashi. The head of the Hyuuga Clan stood at the door, along with Tsunade. The man's hair was kept combed back, looking as neat as his white kimono despite his temperament being that of an infuriated beast. "How dare you return here after discarding your family!" The man stepped forward until he was only a metre away from Aojirotora. "Shiroto-"
"I do not go by that name." Aojirotora spoke solemnly. His head never turned up towards Hiashi causing the need for the Hyuuga head to combat himself from striking the lesser Hyuuga in front of Tsunade.
"Then what blasphemous name do you go by now?! You've already desecrated the Clan by living outside of it. Do you think there is a hope in the world that you will exist ne-"
"Hiashi-san." The stern call from Tsunade called the man to attention, leading him to forcefully restrain himself. "He will exist for as long as I wish. You aren't here to bring him any harm." Tsunade informed. Hiashi reluctantly nodded and bowed after turning to look directly at his Hokage. His gaze then returned to Aojirotora, his face less angered as he bottled up his fury.
"My name is Aojirotora." The simple name caused Hiashi to flinch. The name was similar to what it originally was, but that wasn't good enough. Even to be considered a proper Hyuuga, he would have had to have his name remain the same.
"What brought forth this ridiculous change in name?"
"My rebirth."
"Your rebirth? So you've decided to spew even more nonsense."
"Will both of you carry this argument elsewhere? I still have some business to attend to and I'm not interested in mediating this anymore." Tsunade broke the two males from their quarrel, leading to Aojirotora rising from his seat.
"We will continue this on Hyuuga grounds."
"And I expect him to be alive on those grounds. I expect to see him back soon with an update on what role he will play within the Clan. I do plan on using him as much as I use the other four." Tsunade said as she turned around, leaving Hyuuga Hiashi to lead Aojirotora out of the jail cell.
"You better keep up. I have no intention of slowing down." Hiashi spoke coldly as he then made his way up the stairs.
"Don't talk down to me." Aojirotora's words were a command, not a request. Hiashi turned to look at him. The older male's hand ended up being held by Aojirotora next to his left cheek.
"Hiashi, I've lived a life less protective than you have in this village. It is not my style to speak rudely, but I will kill you if you decide to force me to do so. Do not let this blindfold fool you…I'm ready to fight every millisecond that passes." The calm threat crawled into Hiashi's ears, burrowing under his skin from there and crawling about his body. The relaxed look of the facial features the old man could see let him know that Aojirotora wasn't making an idle threat.
This boy thinks to threaten me? I command the entire Hyuuga Clan. One delinquent, broken off Clan member has no power over me! The man had to use his thoughts to reassure himself of his status. Having his hand released by Aojirotora, instead of him forcefully freeing himself left an unsettling feeling within his body as he turned around, and continued to lead the way out.
YYYEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! Finally done this chapter. My first version of it included the battle that was about to begin in the last chapter (I had a good 3 to 4 pages of it too) but then I got too lazy and decided to restart. In this redo, I tried out a little emotion. I won't make the argument that it's the best; instead I'll leave that to the reviewers. Hope it was good overall. Til' the next one, PEACE.