The Forgotten

Chapter Three: Troublesome Girl

"Just who the hell are you anyway?!" Kiba shouted at Sanosuke out of a confused frustration. Here he was faced with a new enemy and the enemy seemed to know more about the two of them, than the both of them knew about him combined. Sanosuke said nothing but flicked his nine tails around in response.

One thing was for sure Akamaru makes this Sano guy nervous as hell. I can smell the fear from where I'm standing. Hmmm, this can be used to our advantage. A ninken summon could end this quickly.

Kiba turned to Hinata and nodded hinting her to cover for him. Hinata's head snapped in the direction of Sanosuke in response.

"BYAKUGAN!" Hinata charged Sano a split second after she performed her clan's infamous technique. She threw hit after hit but was unable to land one on Sanosuke. The oversized fox was beginning to get annoyed and wondered why her comrade was doing nothing to help. His large cerulean eyes widened when he caught Kiba performing an all too familiar summoning jutsu out of the corner of his eye. It was too late too stop him, a puff of smoke filled the area and six ninken appeared before Kiba.

"Clever, I wouldn't have expected any less from a member of a member of the Inuzuka clan. But I'm afraid I'm going to have to shorten our little match. KITSUNEBI!" With that last word he breathed a massive ball of fire towards the two ninja and the pack of ninken. The group of nine jumped out of the way losing site of Sanosuke.

"We lost him Kiba! And we lost her!" Hinata looked at the ground and let out a heavy sigh. Kiba looked at her and smirked.

"We have my nose, Akamaru's nose, and my ninken. We'll follow the coward all the way to her." Kiba bore a toothy grin making him look more like wolf.

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"Well that didn't take long Sano…" Tennyo said as she slowed down her pace. She wove in and out of trees in the mini forest within the village.

"You ran away! Sano you coward!" Iyasu snickered at Sano knowing full well what happened. She remained perched on Tennyo's head.

"Leave him be Iy-" Tennyo felt the world spin beneath her as she fell forward. Her hands caught the ground in time but she was seized by a violent cough. She covered her mouth in hopes of hiding the blood she was bringing up.

"Lady Tennyo…climb on my back I'll carry you out of here." Sanosuke said crouching down to make it easier on her.

"Forget it Sano, my legs still work. And you know you can't keep up that form forever." Tennyo said half heartedly. A puff of consumed Sanosuke, it forced him to resume his primary form. "Don't worry about it Sano." Tennyo spoke warmly.

"I told you we'd find her in the village. She was too stupid to realize we were herding her the whole time." The sound ninja said in a mocking manner as he turned to his three comrades.

"Damn it…" She began making some rapid hand signs.

I wanted to conserve that little bit of chakra Iyasu gave me. Looks like I have no choice if I want to make a clean get away.

"Yuureijinkou!" She shouted, decaying and transparent hands sprung from the ground holding the four sound ninja in place. "I hope you've lived long fulfilled lives because you're going to die here today." She gave a weak grin to them.

"What the hell..?!"

"Disgusting!"

"She's a demon!"

"She raised the dead..?"

The four sound ninja spoke at once as the clawed and tore at their disturbing restraints. The pack consisting of Hinata, Kiba, Akamaru, and the ninken arrived at the scene. They were just in time, Tennyo had finished up her hand signs for her next and unperfected jutsu.

"Ryuuseiu!" Tennyo's voice won the attention of everyone. Dark clouds swirled over head, lightening cracked and lit up the bizarrely purple puffs. Fiery rocks and boulders began to fall from the clouds. The first few crushed and killed the sound ninja but the rest fell with no direction. They struck trees and nearly crushed the Kiba and Tennyo's group. Trees began falling in the midst of this and Kiba's group pushed through in an attempt to capture Tennyo. The six ninken were struck by falling trees and stray debris caused them to disappear in a puff of smoke. The strange purple clouds dissipated and the rocks stopped falling. Sanosuke and Iyasu did their best to defend their mistress. Akamaru lunged and latched onto Tennyo's left arm. She shook and threw him off, his body struck a tree and rendered him unconscious. The trees around them were now being uprooted and fell like dominos.

"AKAMARU!" Kiba was too far to reach his beloved friend, when a large oak fell in his direction. Tennyo slid out of Hinata's reach and made a mad dash for the puppy. She was winded but exerted what little strength she could muster. Akamaru was scooped up and nearly out of harms reach when the tree struck Tennyo. She lost her balance but never lost her grip on the puppy. When she landed Tennyo was curled up around him. She knew full well she had screwed up and the trees would crush them but there was a chance to keep this boy's dog safe.

"Are you all mad get out of there!" Tsunade screamed at the genin. She ran in with arms swinging, she knocked and stopped the domino effect of the tree. "Well where is she?!" Tsunade screamed to no one in particular. Sanosuke spoke up wearily.

"She's under those fallen trees over there. I can feel her and the mutt's chakra." He muttered as if it were all Akamaru's fault. "We need to get move the trees and get them out." Sanosuke said leaping to the large heap of fallen lumber. He primary form was too small and weak to do anyone any good but he wanted to help all the same.

"Wait! We can't just move trees, it could cause some to collapse and crush them!" Hinata retorted out of worried reason.

"She's right…Hinata use your byakugan. Kiba and I will fish Akamaru and the girl out." Tsunade said in a much calmer tone realizing her hysteria did no one any good.

"BYAKUGAN! I see them! Take the top two trees off and the one to the left of that one. Be careful with that last one Tsunade-sama!" Hinata said as she directed the rescue effort. Kiba was taken back by the sight he found. Tennyo was wrapped so protectively around Akamaru. The puppy hadn't a scratch on him. He plucked Akamaru from her arms and Tsunade picked Tennyo gingerly so she wouldn't further injure the girl. Tsunade looked over her shoulder at Iyasu and Sanosuke.

"We're taking her to the hospital, you should come with us. You and your mistress will be safe from here on out, you have my word." Tsunade spoke in a hushed tone and began walking towards town, the rest of them followed her.

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"You've done well Kiba and Hinata. It isn't necessary for you to stick around any longer. I have ANBU members on guard for her, in and outside of the emergency room. She is going to be fine, now that she's being treated for wounds and the corrosive poison in her system." Tsunade sounded the most serious she had ever sounded in her whole life. She left Kiba and Hinata in the waiting room. Akamaru lay in Kiba's lap still out cold from the blow he took. Tsunade had no time to worry about Akamaru now. She had to face the head of every family and those who were truly looking out for the princess from the Land of Heaven. She reached her office and pushed open the doors to find chaos. The families were arguing with one another. Then the representatives from the Land of Heaven were arguing with the nine tailed fox?

Geez! What the hell is going on here?!

Tsunade coughed loudly to get everyone's attention, no luck, so she did what she was good at.

"ENOUGH! Stop squabbling like chickens and lets get down to business!" Tsunade spoke now as the fifth Hokage. Everyone quieted down and watched her take a seat behind her desk. "Now first order of business what are we going to do about Tennyo?" She asked raising an eyebrow knowing she had just stuck her hand in Pandora's Box.

"As a vassal of the Land of Heaven, I'll tell you what we're going to do! We're taking her home where she'll be safe, she is next in line for the throne. Her country has grown unstable and weak without the presence of a proper ruler." The short tempered woman with Forest green and violet streaked hair spoke. Her voice was tainted with and angry arrogance and her black eyes narrowed while looking upon Sanosuke. It was an open dare for the nine tailed fox to speak out against her.

"That's a good one Rakurai! Because you did so well protecting her oldest brother and father! We didn't even know her real father had been dead for three years! You Akuma women are so damn stupid! She is in no condition to travel and wouldn't know the first thing about running things! Tennyo is still a target for our enemies she needs proper training and protection!" Sanosuke growled at Rakurai bearing his teeth. He was still in his primary form giving him the fright factor of an unarmed house cat.

Sorry this is so long! I should've chopped it in half or something…but whatev!