Here's where the chapters actually start. I'll explain some of the things that happens in the chapter at the end to avoid giving away any spoilers. Everything in the timeskip is canon up to manga chapter 458, after that it goes AU.
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I hate politics.
Kakashi was bored out of his mind as he listened to the other Kages debating on how to handle the war with Uchiha Madara.
Why did I agree to this again? Oh right, because Tsunade-sama is in a coma and they named me Hokage in her place after the other Kages found out Danzō was controlling Mifune with a transplanted Sharingan eye.
"Hokage-sama, what is your opinion on the matter?" the third Tsuchikage asked him, grabbing his attention.
Kakashi eye-smiled at him. "I believe we would win the war quickly if we allowed Killer Bee and Naruto to fight at the front lines," he replied, having actually heard the conversation.
The Kages started arguing again, some protesting the danger of allowing Madara's targets in range. Mifune, the samurai general, had to silence them again so it would not turn into a shouting contest.
Since I'm Hokage, I wonder if I can just order Shikaku to fill in for me...
Kakashi glanced at the scarred Nara, only for Shikaku to narrow his eyes. "Don't even think about it," he mouthed to the Hokage.
Nah, the other Kages would chase me down; even I can't outrun all of them.
Kakashi's hand was itching to creep back towards his pouch where he kept his Ichi Ichi books. It was not the healthiest obsession, but there was more to it than he let on. Pressed in-between the pages was a black rose, which he would stare at for hours. No one had ever tried to look in the perverted book, so his secret had stayed safe.
I guess the other Kages wouldn't appreciate my reading it at the moment.
"What about Uchiha Sasuke? He attacked Killer Bee! I want Konoha to list him as a missing nin immediately!" the Fourth Raikage demanded, slamming his hand on the table and causing it to crack a bit.
A voice from the doorway suddenly broke through the argument. "I'd give Sasuke one more chance, seeing as that I have some information to give him. It will probably bring him back to our side."
Kakashi immediately froze as his single eye widened in shock.
That voice... It's impossible. It can't be her.
When Kakashi finally worked up the nerve to turn his head, he was greeted by the sight of black pants, a black shirt, black hair, and green eyes.
"Katsumi..." he breathed quietly.
Only Shikaku heard him, but he took in a sharp breath in shock.
"It's been a long time, hasn't it, Kashi?" his long dead friend asked with a smile.
…..
A day earlier.
The sun shone down in a grassy clearing, which was filled with training equipment and one lone shinobi. As the woman struck the wooden posts with surprising force, the edge of the clearing suddenly wavered, as if suddenly struck by a heat wave.
Another woman suddenly came into view at the edge of the clearing. She looked to be around the same age as the other woman in the clearing, but was a bit shorter. She had black hair cut in a short bob, and was wearing a black skirt with mesh leggings with dark green shirt that showed a hint of cleavage. Her face was a pretty heart shape, but the most noticeable thing was that her eyes were a dark golden color and the pupils were slitted like a cat or snakes.
The other women glanced towards her before she stopped attacking the post and walked towards her. She was wearing black shinobi pants that fit a bit loosely, and a black, long sleeve shirt with a low cut neck that only showed a hint of cleavage. She had on black shinobi sandals and kunai pouches tied to both legs. Her long black hair flowed freely down her back and past her shoulder blades. It was parted a bit in the front and a few strands fell in front of her shoulders to frame her face. Her eyes were a lighter golden color, similar to the other woman's eyes, and like the other woman's, her eyes were slitted.
"Good evening, Okā-san," the one that had been training said with a smile.
The other women came to a stop in front of her. "Katsumi, I thought you might find it interesting to know that Kakashi-kun was named Hokage."
Katsumi eyes widened a bit as she grinned. "I never thought he would actually accept the position," she replied and then frowned. "But what happened to Tsunade-sama?"
"She's in a coma for now, but Madara's army is about ready to move out. Danzō was controlling the samurai general Mifune with Uchiha Shisui's Sharingan. When the other Kages found out, they kicked out Danzō and messaged Konoha to send someone else. Uchiha Sasuke killed Danzō after he left the summit," the woman replied and then continued filling Katsumi in on all the recent events.
"I guess I need to-" Katsumi broke off from what she was about to say and looked around as two more people entered the clearing.
One was a man around thirty years old with spiky blond hair and piercing blue eyes. Beside him was a woman about the same age with bright red hair and violet eyes.
"I have a feeling you will succeed this time, Katsumi. So Minato and I came to wish you luck and say good bye," the woman said with a smile.
"Arigato, Kushina-sensei, Minato-sensei" Katsumi said and stepped forward to give each of them a quick hug.
As they broke apart, Kushina looked up at the other woman. "Natsumi, would you like to come with us to visit Jiraiya-sama?"
The woman, Natsumi, nodded. " Hai, I'll be right there," she said before turning to Katsumi. "In case you do succeed, remember everything we have taught you. You have had the privilege of having many great mentors while you have been here," she told her before embracing her in a hug.
Katsumi returned the gesture tightly before taking a step back. "I will, Mother."
Natsumi walked over to join Minato and Kushina; all three of them waving goodbye before fading away.
Katsumi smiled before shaking her head and started fading away herself. "Time to go talk to Kami again," she said just before she disappeared.
…..
"Not you again," Kami said with a sigh as the golden eyed shinobi appeared in his personal area again.
He was about ready to leave to go play cards with the other deities and was not about to have her tag along and ruin his game.
"You know why I'm here," she said, stepping towards the giant sized form without hesitation.
Kami shook his head and shot her a glare. "I still want to know how in the world you get in here," he told her and then sent her a calculating glance. "Tell you what, I'll discuss the idea with you if you tell me how you get in here," Kami offered her.
Grinning, Katsumi motioned to herself. "Deal. The answer is; you forget who I am," she replied, her slitted eyes sparked with triumph.
Narrowing his eyes, Kami shook his head. "I know who you are! You are Shisou-" He suddenly groaned in annoyance as he realized what he was saying. "I must be getting old," Kami, grumbled before waving his hand, causing all the shadows in the room to disappear.
Katsumi simply crossed her arms and looked entirely too smug, but he pretended not to notice.
"Alright here's an offer, I'll send you back exactly the way you are now, but you can't have children and your chakra will be the level of a civilian's," he told her, but Katsumi shook her head.
"No, I want to be able to have kids if I want to, and I need my chakra to fight in the upcoming war," she replied and tapped her foot, waiting on the next offer.
"How about this, I'll send you back exactly as you were when you died, that way everything will be back to normal," Kami offered, but received another negative glare.
Pinching the bridge of his nose, Kami glanced down at the figure that had been annoying him for nineteen years. "How about I send you back as an Outside creature, like a vampire or werewolf?"
Katsumi winced and shook her head quickly. "You know I don't want to hurt anyone and those are highly dangerous creatures," she retorted, her gold eyes flashing in distaste at the very idea.
Scratching his chin, Kami pondered the situation for a few moments before a large, yet slightly evil looking, smirk slid onto his face. Kami snapped his fingers and a golden scroll appeared in Katsumi's hand.
"There are the terms of the arrangement. I believe you will find most of them satisfactory, but I'll let you read over it once you are down there," he told her and turned to walk away.
"Wait-" Katsumi started to protest, but Kami cut her off by snapping his fingers, causing her to disappear in a flash of green light.
"Finally. Maybe now I'll get some peace and quiet," he grinned and disappeared.
…..
The bright sunlight painfully hit Katsumi's eyes when she first opened them, causing her to roll over on her stomach a few moments before she stood up. Looking around, she realized she was in a clearing next to a lake. Birds were singing nearby as a gentle breeze blew through her hair.
Katsumi quickly realized that the area had a different feel to it than what she was used to for the past nineteen years, causing her to grin.
"I'm back," she whispered and then stepped over to the lake.
Kneeling down beside it, she looked at her reflection and was pleased to find that she looked exactly the same as a few hours earlier. She quickly reached out to the water and placed her hand in it, causing the water to shoot up in small pillars.
"I still have my chakra and still look the same. I wonder what the price is for this," Katsumi sighed and then glanced down at the golden scroll still clinched in her hand.
She quickly broke the scroll's seal and unrolled it.
The scroll suddenly dropped to the ground as she froze in horror after reading it. After a few moments Katsumi took a deep breath and picked up the scroll, reading though it once again.
Shisou Katsumi
I know you are wondering what the catch is to this. As you have noticed by now that you look as you did up here, and that you still have your chakra.
You can still have kids if you wish, so as you can tell, everything about you is normal. The only thing I did was change your diet.
You can now only drink human blood. I know you hate causing others pain, so I figured that that this would make a good payment. Here is the fine print on the subject:
1. You can only drink from one person at a time, meaning that you can only change donors if said person dies.
2. I've made sure for now that your first donor will be your precious Kakashi-kun. Don't worry, you do not need enough blood that it would kill him, just two pints every four to five days is enough. I've made sure that you are equipped with the tools necessary for the feeding. In simpler words, you have extendable fangs.
3. As I said, I only changed your diet to that of a vampire, so you are not immortal. Remember this though, you cannot kill yourself to come back here and argue with me again. The only ways you can die is either in battle (no walking in defenseless either), age or illness, or have Kakashi, and only Kakashi, kill you, and we both know what his thoughts on the matter would be.
Have a nice long life; I really do not want to see you again too soon.
Yours truly, Kami-sama
Sighing, Katsumi glanced up at the sky. "You are in so much trouble when I get back," she whispered.
Even though there were no clouds; thunder rumbled across the sky.
Leaning over the lake, Katsumi opened her mouth to find that all her teeth looked normal. After a few moments of concentration though, her top canines slowly extended down into extremely sharp points.
Sighing again, Katsumi stood up and let the fangs retract again while thinking back on the conversation with her mother. "I guess I'll be making my debut at the summit meeting," she said and walked over to the tree line. Once there, she stepped into a shadow just before sinking into the ground.
….
Katsumi emerged from the shadows of a building in the land of Iron. Nearby she could see the entrance to the Kage summit, which was surrounded by samurai guards. Katsumi quickly Henged her eyes to a normal green before stepping out of the shadows and walking towards the guards.
The samurai immediately spotted her and drew their swords. "State your purpose here and surrender your weapons!" one of the guards commended, pointing a sword at her.
Katsumi quickly raised her hands in surrender. "Take my weapons, but I'm here to see the Rokudaime Hokage, Hatake Kakashi. I have some important information to tell him about Uchiha Madara," she told them calmly.
"State your name and which village you are affiliated with," the guard ordered.
"Konohagakure. My name is Katsumi," she replied.
"No clan name?" the samurai asked suspiciously.
Katsumi nodded. "I have a clan name, but it is an S ranked secret that can only be revealed with the Hokage's permission."
The samurai glanced at each other before nodding. "Very well," the leader nodded.
Three guards stepped forward, two held swords to her neck while the other one search her for weapons, removing her kunai pouches and scrolls.
Afterwards four of the guards and Katsumi headed up the long staircase towards where the Kage meeting was being held.
A few minutes later the samurai stepped forward and opened the door to the meeting room. As Katsumi stepped inside, she could hear the Raikage shouting about hunting down Uchiha Sasuke.
Katsumi quickly spoke to grab their attention. "I'd give Sasuke one more chance, seeing as that I have some information to give him. It will probably bring him back to our side," she explained, causing the samurai general, all the Kages, and the guards to turn and stare at her.
Katsumi watched as the one she instantly recognized as Kakashi, stiffened, and slowly turned to look towards her. She noted that his hair deified gravity even more now and he kept his hitai-ate pulled down over his right eye, leaving just his left eye to stare at her in shock and disbelief.
Katsumi saw him whisper her name, which caused his guard, Shikaku if she remembered correctly, to look at Kakashi in shock.
Smiling, Katsumi addressed her friend for the first time in nineteen years. "It's been a while, hasn't it, Kashi?"
…..
I can't believe it! I can recognize her chakra signature from here.
"I thought you were dead," Kakashi said quietly, only Shikaku and Katsumi recognizing the shake in his voice.
Mifune narrowed his eyes at her while the other Kages glanced at Kakashi in confusion and curiosity, but turned back to Katsumi when she spoke.
"I had to fake my death to avoid assassination attempts. I've been training on the edge of the element countries for the past nineteen years. I've decided it was finally time for me to return," she replied, her Henged green eyes gazing at him intently.
Kakashi suddenly felt something brush against his leg. Glancing around at the other Kages, who were still staring suspiciously at Katsumi, Kakashi took the opportunity to glance down. He quickly noticed a familiar tendril of blackness had worked its way onto his lap, shaping into message meant only for him.
'Play along. I'll explain everything once we are alone.'
Kakashi quickly looked back up, knowing for certain now that it was truly her.
Mifune raised his hand to grab everyone's attention. "Are you here on business for Konohagakure, or does it involve the other villages?" he asked her.
Katsumi tilted her head towards him. "Both," she replied lightly.
The aged samurai nodded slowly. "Very well then; you may continue."
"Arigato, Mifune-sama," Katsumi said with a short bow.
"Drop the Henge!" Ao, one of the Raikage's guards, ordered. He had been staring at her intently with his covered Byakugan eye.
Katsumi did not reply or attempt to do so, but instead looked over at Kakashi. "Permission to reveal my true self, Hokage-sama," she asked formally.
I guess the Sandaime orders would still be in effect...
"Do you believe that you are capable of defending yourself from any potential attacks now?" Kakashi asked her, watching her with his single eye while fighting the urge to read her chakra strength with his Sharingan.
Katsumi nodded. "Hai. Actually we'll have to spar in ninjutsu sometime, Kashi. I believe I am still on par with you in that area," she replied a grin.
Oh boy... I kind of look forward to that, but I also dread it if there is going to be witnesses.
"Then I hereby give you permission to tell anyone you wish about your clan name," Kakashi told her, while bracing himself for the others reaction.
"Hold on a moment. I need to check and make sure no one is spying on us," she replied and then closed her eyes with a look of concentration.
"We have five Kages in the room. We would be able to sense if there were any spies," the Tsuchikage said, insulted.
Katsumi did not reply, but frowned a bit as she sensed someone move away as she tried to search for them. After making sure she had run them off, she opened her eyes and glanced at the Kages.
"It's clear for now," Katsumi said with a nod and then released the Henge with a poof.
As the clouds dispersed, her true eyes were revealed, causing quite the reaction.
Sand started swirling protectively around Gaara as he and the Raikage stood up, glaring at her.
"Orochimaru, I thought you were dead," the Raikage said as he tensed, ready for an attack.
"That's not Orochimaru," the older Tsuchikage said, sounding slightly worried.
The Mizukage nodded in agreement. "Dark hair, black clothes, gold slitted eyes. Those are the classic traits of the Shisou clan," she said quietly. "I was not the Kage during the First and Second Shinobi wars, but we have many scrolls on the clan seeing as they wiped out thirty percent of our forces on their own."
"But I had heard years ago that the clan had been wiped out!" the Tsuchikage observed, gaining his composure back after a few seconds.
"What is the Shisou clan?" Gaara asked, his sand disappearing for the moment as he sat back down.
"That's what I was wondering as well. Kumogakure has never faced any of their major shinobi clans beside the Hyūga clan" the Raikage explained.
It's not my place to explain the Shisou clan.
"Katsumi, as the last of the clan and as an adult, you are now clan head, so it is your decision regarding how much to tell them," Kakashi told her, still in awe that she was back.
Katsumi shrugged, her gold eyes glancing at the other Kages. "I can tell them, but I thought you all had gathered to discuss the war with Madara."
"That can wait. I want to know a bit more about this mysterious clan if we are going to believe that you can bring Uchiha Sasuke back. Plus you claim to be the same level as Kakashi, which is Kage level," the Raikage demanded, once again slamming his hand on the table.
Katsumi narrowed her eyes at the order, but nodded. "Fine," she replied and then walked around the table to sit on the arm rest of Kakashi's chair, receiving a small nod of welcome from Shikaku.
It feels so right to have her back at my side.
Kakashi's eye took in her older form in a few short moments, noticing the few changes that age had done to her, all of which were good. He forced himself to look away from her cleavage before she noticed his staring.
I really hope she never finds out about my favorite books. I would really hate to die so soon after she came back.
Katsumi took a deep breath before she began her explanation. "Actually Kazekage-sama, my kekkei genkai is similar to your sand manipulation," she said, causing Gaara to tilt his head towards her.
"As most if you know, the founders of Konoha were Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama . And you also know that Hashirama won the war and Madara fled," she waited a moment for everyone to nod in agreement before continuing. "What you don't know is that centuries before that, the Uchiha's and Senju's were on good terms and many of each clan were marrying each other in hopes of establishing the Wood Release and Sharingan eyes into one clan."
The Mizukage scoffed. "They should have known that they couldn't have controlled the way kekkei genkai are born." she said, hearing mummers of agreement from those around her.
Katsumi merely nodded in agreement. "True, but they tried anyway. One good thing about the two strong kekkei genkai was that it was almost guaranteed that the children would have some ability or another, but the Shisou clan was born instead."
Katsumi motioned to her gold slitted eyes. "When the Uchiha's saw our eyes, they thought we would have a powerful Dōjutsu like them, but instead, the Shisou's eye sight was just really good at night along with just being sharper all together. That was the only sign of any abilities that was shown at first, but then once the Shisou children were able to focus their attention for more than a few moments on one thing, their other ability was revealed."
"Which is?" Gaara asked, curious how it was similar to his ability.
Katsumi grinned and tilted her head towards the wall that was still in shadows due to the lighting. The whole room teased as something started moving as the shadows seemed to lessen. After a few moments the shadows were completely gone and in their place stood a large jet black wolf.
"What kind of jutsu is this? I didn't feel you use any chakra," the Tsuchikage said, looking past his warty nose to scrutinize the wolf.
Katsumi shook her head and held her hand out, causing the wolf to trot over to her and she placed a hand on its head. "It's simple shadow manipulation. Since it's a natural born ability, it's requires little to no chakra. I can control shadows and turn them into solid objects."
Once Katsumi finished her explanation, the whole room was staring at her in shock, except for Kakashi, who was eye-smiling, and Shikaku, who was smirking a bit.
"The possibilities for that... are endless," the Tsuchikage said quietly.
Kakashi nodded and continued eye-smiling. "Katsumi always managed to beat me in most ninjutsu spars because of it," the silver haired Kage told them.
After a few moments of silence at the revelation, The Mizukage spoke up. "Since Orochimaru had the same eyes, did he have the kekkei genkai?"
Katsumi closed her eyes and sighed. "Orochimaru was my first cousin. My grandmother's sister had married someone outside the clan, causing the bloodline to become too thin. Ochi-san only inherited the Shisou eyes and the ability to sense if anyone was in the shadows," she replied and then released her hold on the shadow wolf, allowing it to melt away and the shadows to return to their proper places along the wall.
"Ochi-san?" the red haired Kazekage repeated with an eye twitch.
"One last question and then we'll get on with the purpose of this meeting. We all know that the Nara clan uses shadow jutsu. Are they related too?" the Raikage asked, glancing at the Nara that Kakashi had as a guard.
Katsumi shook her head. "No, the Nara's just used their exceptionally high IQ's to study the Shisou clan's shadow manipulation and make jutsus for some of the abilities, though they can do some things with jutsu that I can't do with shadow manipulation," she explained with a shrug.
The Raikage nodded at the explanation. "Now if you will leave, Shisou-san, we have a meeting to continue," he told her.
Oh no; I'm not letting her out of my sight.
Before Katsumi could protest, Kakashi spoke up. "Actually, since we are allowed two guards, I wish for her to take position of my second guard," he announced.
The Raikage eyed the newcomer for a moment. "Fine then, back to the matter at hand. How are we going to fight Uchiha Madara? His space-time jutsu along with the Sharingan makes him almost impossible to beat."
"It will have to be a sneak attack that doesn't use chakra and that he can't see coming. Maybe now that Shisou-San is here, she could use her kekkei genkai to kill him once and for all," the Tsuchikage suggested with a slightly condescending tone.
Katsumi winced slightly, but did not protest. "I'll be happy to help in any way I can, but I doubt I could kill him with one blow. He would just use his Izanagi ability to get out of it and then start watching for me from then on. Please don't ask how I know this, but Madara has already used Izanagi once and lost an eye. But he has replaced it now with a Rinnegan eye," she informed them, earning disbelieving looks.
"The Rinnegan is just a myth. And what in the world is Izanagi?" the Tsuchikage asked, narrowing his small eyes.
"The Rinnegan does exist; the former leader of the Akatsuki possessed it. As for Izanagi… I have no clue," Kakashi replied, knowing the other Kages would not be as quick to dismiss him.
Katsumi sighed, trying to decide how much to tell without saying how she knew it. Finally she just decided to tell them and if they wanted to know she would tell them that her sources were classified.
"Izanagi is a kinjutsu that transforms reality into a genjutsu for a short time, so even if I landed a killing blow on Madara. He could use Izanagi and come out unscathed. The cost of it though is high. For each time it's used, one of his Sharingan goes blind," she explained and then crossed her arms, sending everyone a death glare worthy of the Uchiha's, daring them to even try ask how she knew so many details.
The glare must have been quite effective, because none of the Kages questioned her.
"I do have an idea of how to take out Madara's space-time jutsu," Katsumi added after a few minutes of more arguments.
Kakashi smiled behind his mask.
With the mentors she's had access to over the years it's not a surprise that she has an idea. I wonder how much she knows about what has happened while she has been gone.
"Then let's hear it," the Mizukage told her, interrupting Kakashi's thoughts.
Katsumi nodded to her and then turned to the other Kages. "Seals can be quite powerful, but we know that with Madara's knowledge and power that he would be able to remove or disrupt a chakra suppression seal. So we need to use a seal specifically made for him that he won't be able to remove without weeks of studying," she said, looking around to notice that others had nodded in agreement.
She must have been training with Minato-sensei and Kushina-sensei. Only they would consider using seals first thing in a major war.
"I assume you already have a seal in mind?" Kakashi asked, for once completely serious.
Nodding, Katsumi held her hand over the table, creating a small shadow. The shadow darkened and rose up off the table, forming into intricate swirls and kanji writing. "If we can place this seal on Madara's skin, he won't be able to use his space-time jutsu," she explained, enlarging it and turning it so everyone could see it.
All of the Kages knew a bit about seals, so they were highly impressed from what they could understand.
"Did you come up with this by yourself?" the Raikage asked her as he leaned forward to get a better look at the seal.
"No, but my sensei was a seals master and when my contacts informed me of the war he came up with this seal," Katsumi said in a voice that left no room for questions.
None of them tried to ask and soon started making more plans for the war.
…..
Uchiha Madara was talking to Kabuto when the black side of Zetsu rose out of the ground nearby.
"What are you doing back so soon, Zetsu?" Madara asked, his Sharingan and Rinnegan eyes staring intently from behind his mask.
"Someone else showed up at the meeting about an hour ago. I was never able to get a good look at them though because I could feel something searching for me. I quickly moved out of its sensory range, but whatever it was never retreated enough for me to go back," he replied in his rough voice.
Madara narrowed his eyes. "Most likely it was just a type a sensory nin they brought in for precaution. We'll continue with our plan. For now go check up on Sasuke-kun and makes sure he hasn't become impatient about removed his bandages," the masked Uchiha ordered before turning back to Kabuto as Zetsu sank back into the ground.
"A sensory nin that can detect Zetsu-san must be quite powerful," Kabuto observed, his snake-like tail slowly sweeping back and forth.
"Hn. Sensory nin are not much of a problem in battle," Madara replied. "Now, you were about to explain the details of Impure World Resurrection..."
…..
The meeting continued on for a few days, the Kages trying to come up with a strategy to be able to get the seal on Madara, but getting nowhere.
One thing Kakashi did notice though was that Katsumi was acting strange whenever they took a break for a food. She would eat, but he noticed a small black vortex in the palm of her hand that the food would disappear into as she raised it to her mouth.
When Kakashi raised an eyebrow in question, she simply shrugged and glanced away.
What is she up to? She wouldn't be worried about the food being poisoned or else she would stop me from eating too.
"Enough! I think we should take off for three days and then come back when our minds are refreshed," the Mizukage suggested, earning nods of agreement.
"Before we go I would like Shisou-san to answer one question," the Raikage suddenly said.
Katsumi tilted her head towards him. "What is it?"
"What are you planning to tell Uchiha Sasuke that will bring him back to Konoha?"
Katsumi closed her eyes and shook her head. "All I can tell you is that I have a message for him. I can't guarantee that it will bring him back, but at least it should sever his ties to Madara and allow us to only have to focus on fighting one Uchiha," she replied.
The Raikage simply scratched his chin and nodded; seeing her point about one less enemy.
After arranging what time to meet again, the Kages and their guards quickly departed, soon leaving only Shikaku, Kakashi, and Katsumi in the room.
I wonder if she will explain yet?
Kakashi kept a close eye on his newly revived friend before mentally shaking his head.
No, she'll let me know when she is ready.
Katsumi was sending glances towards Kakashi, and he could tell that she wanted to say something, but was avoiding it.
"Shall we go back to Konoha?" Katsumi finally asked, her slitted eyes darting between Shikaku and Kakashi.
"Konoha is quite far from here. So I assume by your offer you must have mastered shadow traveling… with passengers," Shikaku observed, arching an eyebrow.
"How much chakra will it cost you though?" Kakashi asked, sounding a bit worried.
Shrugging, Katsumi led her comrades over to the shadows of the doorway. "Traveling by myself only requires about the same amount of chakra Kawarimi does, but with two people outside of the Shisou clan the chakra requirement is about what one Kage Bunshin cost, which still is not that much for me," she explained and then held her hands out for the other two to hold on to. "I know you are wondering how I'm alive, but I will explain tomorrow once I get settled in and get some sleep," Katsumi added as Kakashi and Shikaku gripped her hands, though Kakashi used a bit more force than necessary, as if to make sure she did not disappear.
Soon I will know if she is here to stay, or if this is a very good (or bad) dream.
Kakashi eye-smiled at her before she grinned and the trio merged into the shadows.
Okay, first off on the whole Kami resurrection deal. The Kami I used is kind of like the one you see in fanfictions where it's more of a humor fic or where a character has a bad day, looks up at the sky and shouts 'What else are you going to throw at me?' and it starts pouring down rain. lol
Also I believe Kami resurrected her for his own amusement to annoy Fate or something like that. It really isn't a major part of the story, but it was just needed. Moving on...
Reaction to Katsumi's appearance: Kakashi knows Nagato resurrected many Konoha shinobi, so someone being back from the dead isn't that big of a shock. The fact that it's Katsumi is what surprises him, but he an't let the other Kages know it or she could be used against him at some point. We'll get the full explaination and reaction next chapter... lol, Gai will be very happy.
Here's what is AU so far: Sasuke did not attack the Kage summit, but Madara made his appearance. When the other Kages found out Danzō was controlling Mifune, they kicked him out and Kakashi was elected as Kage as in canon. Sasuke attacked and killed Danzō after he fled from the summit, so the other Kages were not involved and have no reason to be angry at him. Madara mentioned that he still needed Naruto and Killer Bee, so the Raikage is only mad at Sasuke for trying to take Killer Bee and knows where Killer Bee is hiding.
Naruto has not met Killer Bee yet and most of the shinobi are still in the village doing repairs, plus preparing for war.
I think the village should be pretty close to being rebulit (some places still need to be filled and furnished though). There are the earth elemental shinobi that can fill in the crater, grass can be replanted, and they have Yamato for crying out loud! He can make rows of buildings with his wood release (granted, he would have to take many breaks. lol).
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I've posted a link to Katsumi's picture on my profile. I wish I could've drawn it, but I did the best I could with photoshop.
For those who haven't checked out my other stories, I do have a one-shot crackfic for Orochimaru and Sasuke. Check it out if you want a good laugh.
I have the main plotline laid out already, but if you have anything you'd like to see happen in the story, send me a PM or leave it in a review. If I can come up with a logical explaination, then I'll see if I can work it in. At the moment it doesn't look lik this will be a long fic chapter wise (word count though is averaging 5k a chapter) but I wouldn't mind an excuse to stretch it out, though I do have plans for another AU fic like this I could fits some ideas into.
I like turning bad guys good in an in character manner... so I'll eventually take the ultimate challenge of getting into Orochimaru's mind with an AU fic of Katsumi returning sooner, but it will have a completely different plotline and be Ochi-san centric :D It'll be after I finish this one before I start on it though.
*Hands a virtual cookie to those who read all that*
