I'M BA-ACK! I have missed you all so much… kiss, kiss… Okay I'm joking, I really wouldn't kiss you people. But I have to tell you people this now. In the chapters before I called my friend Shadeath a 'she'. He is not. And he is mad. And he hopes that you can actually forget about my foolish mistake. And oh yes: I DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT OWN NARUTO.
Here to StayChapter Thirteen: Level S Missing Nin
"Tsunade wishes to see you in her office…"
Some random ninja told this to Neji and Tenten a few minutes ago. Now they were in front of Tsunade who was lounging in that nice looking leather chair that I love…
"Okay let's start from square one… Where were you Tenten?" Tsunade suddenly slammed both of her palms downward on the desk startling both of them.
"Places… Many, many places…" Tenten drifted off.
"Okay… that was off topic." Tsunade suddenly gave them a friendly smile. They both started to feel very scared… "The real reason why you are here is that I'm going to assign you a mission.
No duh… But for some odd reason I don't think it's what we'd bargain for…
"This is a B-rank mission. We have six missing nin who have been reported to be seen in or around Konoha."
"Your point?"
"I want you to talk to them and try to convince them that coming back to Konoha is their best alternative. But if they do not agree and suddenly resort to physical means than this will ricochet in to an A-rank mission."
"Okay… What's the catch?"
"No catch. It's just the fact that they're all Level S missing nin." She threw a heavy file full of papers on the desk. "This is the information on the six. Good luck."
As they left Tsunade's voice trailed after them. "And if any one of them gets killed bring me the body."
So that was then. This is now.
Neji flipped through a few of the files with disgust. "They each must have some large tainted history…"
"Okay Neji… Why don't we first find the names of those we need to find?" Tenten split the pile and took away half for herself.
"Okay I got Paloma Kuragari, Axel Kuragari and a Diego Ragougra… you?" Tenten looked up after an hour of going through sheets.
Neji looked up and blinked, adjusting to the sudden light of day. "Shuuhei Takémura and Anjyl Komicana. I'm not quite done yet…"
"Wow you're a slow reader for a prodigy…"
"Hn…" He ruffled through the remaining sheets. "I don't believe it…"
"What?" Tenten perked up at the sign that she may be able to leave this room. "Who's the sixth person?"
"…"
"TELL ME YOU MARSHMALLOW STEALING WHITE EYED FREAK!"
"I don't like marshmallows…"
"Just tell me."
"…"
"TELL ME! PLEASE!"
"…"
"Strangely enough this feels like déjà vu…"
"…"
"ON YOUR PART ONLY!"
"…"
"Look Neji, if you want to live your life like a hermit who talks in riddles only that's fine with me. But if you shape your future to be a hermit who doesn't talk at all… you're going to have me to deal with… SO TELL ME ALREADY!"
"Cynara Ibara…"
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A beam of sunlight snuck it's way through a rather large gap in the ceiling of a rather large cavern and struck the surface of a shallow pool of water that was constantly disturbed at the gentle pounding of the glistening sheet of cascading water. For the feeble-minded it means 'waterfall'.
"So… they continue to tread wearily through the muddy and frozen waters of the truth that has been tainted with lies…" A tall girl stood at the base of a waterfall staring intently at its crystal depths.
"Shoot Paloma. We got no time for your riddles. Just tell us the simple and plain future." A boy with dark blond hair and brown roots complained. It was quite comical since she was twice his height.
"Patience Shafear! We cannot rush Shanger for the truth!" A rather familiar purple and blue haired individual growled at the smaller boy.
"But—"
"Would you like to have the future to be constantly twisting and turning and rather unpredictable for you? Or would you rather have a rather boring and mechanical future where everything runs like a clockwork for your entire life?" A sarcastic voice cut through the shadows as a dark aura entered the cave.
"What do you mean?" Shafear was uneasy at the newly arrived presence.
"What I mean is that it's better to not to know every single detail on what's coming up… Diego honestly!" The owner of the voice stayed in the dark but was seemed as sharp as to cut the tension in the air. "And Cynara… I rather did not like how you imitated me. None of us are fools, we know you love getting wet… Oh and change your hair back to it's original shade… You look as if you went to the hair salon and got drunk!"
Cynara hung her head sheepishly but suddenly jolted back up at the sound of the voice of Paloma.
"Where is my brother? If he went to go find it I'm telling you it's hopeless!"
"Oh quit your bellyaching and scry a tad more Shanger. It would help if you didn't cause the rest of us to get migraines the size of the moon!" Cynara suddenly threw her hands up in the air. Diego yelped at the sudden movement which knocked him off his perch.
"Then eat an aspirin!"
While Cynara busied herself, rummaging through her bag for the aspirin Shafear started muttering. "Paloma you can't say that it's hopeless…"
At this Shanger exploded. "NOT HOPELESS? Look at us Diego. Our families are gone, are dead! Because of what we are! They've left this world and it's all are fault! And yet my brother insists to search for a so-called cure that doesn't even exist!" She raised her hand. "Look this was caused by our curse!" She pointed to her scarred neck.
Suddenly a shuriken was deeply lodged between the Paloma's knucklebones. She winced in pain as a pair of gold eyes glared at her with intense rage. "Consider it as a gift rather then a curse! There is no need to snap at us! We are in the same position as you except perhaps worse! Your brother may be looking for a fantasy but at least he has a dream!"
Oblivious to their exchange Cynara stood up. "Okay guys this isn't funny… Which one of you took all the aspirin from my bag? I had at least three bottles in here…"
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"So. What do we do now?" Tenten looked at Neji. They were both heading from the cliff where they had last seen the body.
"We're going to bring Cynara's dead body to Tsunade to examine." Neji explained quietly.
"How?"
When they reached the riverbanks they found a dead body all right… But it was deeply rooted into an oak tree.
"I don't know how. I was planning on getting Lee since it seems as if he enjoys abusing trees. Or logs at least."
LATER"Thanks Lee!"
Tenten waved a good bye to the idiot who still hasn't noticed that his third teammate has come back. Neji just shook his head and started toward Tsunade's office.
LATER"ARE YOU TWO FOOLS?" Tsunade's voice echoed through the halls. "AND YOU CALL YOURSELVES NINJA!"
Tenten cowered slightly but stood her ground as she tried to keep her voice firm. "I don't understand. We brought you the body…"
Tsunade looked at her. "Look. Are you telling me that you can't tell that this is merely a doll?"
"Then it's quite a lifelike rotting doll."
"… If you looked closely you'll see that the hair is very, very thin plant fibers and that the teeth are small pebbles. The skin is a thin paste that's made from bark and leaves. Inside this hollow shell is more of this paste except thicker. And maggots don't come and eat the eyes out until five hours after the death!"
Now when Tsunade told them this they both saw that it was true. It was just a lifelike doll made of plants.
"If you had read the file for Cynara back to front you would've known she specializes in plants!"
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"They just noticed your doll Cynara…" Paloma told her as Cynara dressed her wounded hand.
Diego snorted in disbelief. "Wow… They really are the idiots you told me about… And to think that one of them is the great Hyuga prodigy…"
"Don't laugh at them… My sōmoku nisemono (A.K.A. Plant Imitation) jutsu has drastically advanced up. My skills are probably better then yours."
"… Are you guys fighting?" A tall red headed (As in blood red not red head red) character with a pair of emerald green eyes and a scar that trailed below his right eye. He wore a floor length black cloak. "What happened to your hand Paloma?"
"So your finally back. And a shuriken magically found it's way in my hand. Don't know how."
"… You're an idiot."
"Ah brotherly love. So bitter." Diego said trying not to laugh.
They both turned to face Shafear. "SHUT UP DIEGO!"
I'm finally done this. Everybody send me all the emo quotes you can I'm making a list on my website. I also have a blog on that very same website it is… - Shadoom