Hey again! It's me with another chapter for you all! Not many reviews for the previous chapter so...

Lyfe.exe: You'll get your Naruto in the next chapter.

RLnaruhina: It's not just another Sakura but... Oh yeah, for the sake of the other readers, please do not comment about the first part of the chapter, with the smoking and all.

Announcements: Sorry folks, but no fighting in this chapter. I tried to include it, but then it seemed like this chapter would be dragged out. Kind of like chapter three, which didn't feel that good to me because it was dragged out I guess... But I babble on...

I do not own Fire Emblem or Naruto or Guilty Gear.

Onward!

Chapter 4: Divine Intervention?

A lone figure was out walking at night. The moon was full but shrouded by the trees in the park, leaving the person only partially illuminated. Taking a box from his pocket, he pulled out a cigarette. He thentook out his sword and pushed his chakra into it. The blade began to glow a hot orange as he put the butt of the cigarette against it, lighting it. He expelled the chakra out of his sword and put the cigarette into his mouth before taking a deep draw from it.

He wore black. Or something dark-colored that matched black. The material was light, allowing the figure to stay cool during hot times. He hadhis sword placed cautiously at his side, attached to his belt. He looked young, looking not a day older than twenty-two.

His sword was an amazing piece of work, as if it had been crafted by a master weapons smith.

Then again, He crafted it along with everything else, so it was a sword with a one-hundred percent guarantee for awesomeness.

The river flowed gently next to him, whispering soothing words. He paused for a moment before smiling.

"Ah, it's good to see you once again," a voice behind him said. An old man with graying hair stepped out from the darkness of the trees in the park. He was dressed in a deacon's robe. "Our last meeting was interrupted."

"Oyaji, I don't know how you manage to find me whenever I'm around your area," the man said.

"Oyaji? Speak for yourself!" the old man laughed. "You're more than thirty times my age!"

"Whatever."

"As for your question, I'm a deacon. I should be able to feel your presence. And, because you're my friend. Want to talk a bit?"

"Fine. It's not like I have anything better to do," the man said. The pair sat down at one of the conveniently placed tables next to the river. There, they engaged in conversation, the man listening, offering pieces of advice, and giving his thought on the minister's topics. Eventually, they got talking about the old man's grandson.

"You know, he really wants to meet you one day. It's his goal," the old man said.

"I don't know. It'll depend on whether or not I want to see him."

"I told him that. Do you want to know what he said?" the old man claimed, a small smile on his face.

"What?"

"He said that-"

A faint ringing came from the man's pocket.

"Damn it. You'll have to excuse me," the man said, taking out a cell phone. The young man told him that it was a cell phone, and because of who he was, the old man took it as a fact.

"Did He call you again?"

"Yeah," The man said. He walked away a bit before answering it.

"What do you want?"

"…"

"Yeah, I'm fine. What do you want?" this time, the man sounded aggravated.

"…"

"That really small one? Yeah, I know him."

"…"

"So what do you want him to do?"

"…"

"WHAT?" this outbreak thoroughly shocked the old man.

"…"

"The last person we did that on freaked out and almost died! And I hated her!"

"…"

"Look, isn't there some other way?"

"…"

"How is this going to be beneficial to me? I just get another person that I have to look after and-"

"…"

"FINE! I give up! I'll do it! I'll have him give the seal."

"…"

"Involve WHO? We can't let him get involved, especially his-"

"…"

"Alright, alright! I'll ask him for help."

"…"

"Yeah, whatever. Bye." The man hung up. "God damn it!"

His cell phone began to ring again. The man looked at it.

"Yeah, I know you heard me!" He pocketed the phone and turned to the black sky.

"I bet you can see this too!"

The man made an obscene gesture at the sky.

The old man simply smiled as the man walked away from him. "Did He give you a job again?"

The man stopped and turned around. "Yeah."

"Well, whatever He wants, He gets."

"Hmph. That crazy bastard. I mean, you'd think that I'd be exempt from doing His jobs." The man turned around "You said that you have a grandson, correct?"

"What does my grandson have anything to do with this?" the old man said.

"It turns out that we're going to need his help." The man offered the old man his hand. "Come on, we need to be fast about this."

---

"Oh my god! You have to be kidding me!" Sakura cried out loud into the night.

It turned out that they were distant cousins and were around the same age.

"No, that was what happened!" Maeka exclaimed. "And you know what else?" she made a gesture to Sakura to lean in before whispering something into her ear.

And her full name was Kasen Maeka. Almost seconds after meeting her cousin, Sakura already told her how they were on the run. Maeka almost immediately made herself a 'bodyguard' for Sasuke saying how she "had to join in on the fun".

Sasuke watched in aggravation as Sakura's eyes suddenly opened. "No way! They did not do that together!"

They seemed inseparable. Sasuke brought his face to lean on his palm. They were sitting around a fire, having just eaten some rabbits (courtesy of Maeka). They had already set up tents, ready to sleep. "Maeka," Sasuke said. The girl turned to Sasuke, her expression suddenly gone hard. "I…" Sasuke hated speaking in a flowery manner, but… "hate to interrupt you, but I need to ask you some questions."

Maeka turned to him, looking fairly excited. "What do you want to know?" she said cheerfully.

'Who the hell are you?' "Where do you come from?"

"I come from the Kasen Clan, a shinobi clan of archers," Maeka pointed to her crest, a golden bow and arrow pinned at her shoulder. "We liveclose to the border between the kingdoms of Rock and Fire."

'Why are you so damn annoying?' "Why are you trying to kill Kiba?"

Maeka shot Kiba a dirty look. He met her stare with his own, anger seething in both of their eyes. She turned back to Sasuke. "He stumbled onto one of our family secrets."

"It was an accident," Kiba said. His right shoulder had already been bandaged and taken care of thanks to the ever-quiet Hinata.

"And you're lucky the council decided upon that, bastard!" she yelled at Kiba. She gave a huff before reverting her attention back to Sasuke. "Because of the council's decision, we gave Kiba an ultimatum: either marry into the clan or face execution."

Sasuke turned to Kiba. "What did you do?"

"I ran."

"Figures. All guys are afraid of commitment now," Maeka sassed.

"What does commitment have anything to do with this?" Kiba yelled at her.

"Nothing, asshole."

"Hmph." Kiba crossed his arms and looked away.

"…"

"Bitch."

The next second was a blur.

What Sasuke saw at the end was Kiba flat on his back, a red mark on the side of his face in the shape of a fist. Maeka was standing over him, an arm outstretched. She was about to swoop down to continue punching Kiba when Sasuke stepped between them, his Chidori drawn and pointing at her neck.

"I don't care if you're traveling with us as a 'bodyguard' or not. You will not attack Kiba or anyone else within this group. Otherwise, I will kill you myself." Sasuke withdrew his Chidori, placing it within its sheath. "It's getting late. I'll take night watch." With that Sasuke stood up and left the circle, leaving the glade that they camped in.

He walked past the first few trees, staying close enough to see the fire. Looking back, he saw that Kiba doused the fire before heading towards his tent. He cast a wary eye at Maeka before entering his tent. Sasuke turned away and faced a tree.

Walking up to it, he was now mere inches away from the trunk.

He closed his eyes before slowly leaning his head back and…

Thunk

Leaned it back forward, letting gravity do the job of physically connecting his forehead and the tree trunk.

This… trip was taking a toll on him.

Thunk

Both physically.

Thunk

And mentally.

…

Someone's hand had come between his head and the tree. Out of reflex, he drew out his sword and pushed the offending hand away. However, another hand pushed him forward into the tree, his body colliding painfully with the wood. Turning his head to the side, he could only faintly make out pink tresses from the dim moonlight.

"Uchiha-sama."

'Thank god it's Sakura and not her cousin or someone else,' Sasuke thought, 'but I still don't like this position!'

"Please, others are going to sleep. I must ask that you desist in your… actions."

"You didn't have to push me into a tree to tell me that, Haruno-dono!" he hissed quietly. She gently lifted her palm from his back. He quickly stepped out of the sandwich formed by her and the tree before sheathing his sword.

"I know that," Sakura smiled.

"Then why did you-," it suddenly dawned upon Sasuke that he was not talking to Sakura. A small giggle came from behind him. Whipping around, he saw the real Sakura stepping out of a bush and running over to her cousin.

Raucous laughter filled the void.

"Haha! Gotcha!"

"Oh my god, that was so good!"

"You should have seen his face! It was like-"

Sakura made the silliest face he had ever seen her make.

"Yeah, that was a good one..." The laughter died down and footsteps marked the leaving of the pair.

Sasuke turned back to the tree. He closed his eyes and exhaled.

The pair was going to drive him insane.

He brought his head forward like before, expecting the dull and slightly painful thud of his forehead against the tree.

Once again, he felt a hand come between him and the tree. This time angry, he caught the person's wrist in his hand and turned, twisting the person's arm. He turned around to see locks of pink hair spinning in midair to relieve the tension on her arm (he knew it was a her because only two girls had pink hair in this… troop) before landing gracefully on her feet.

"You really should not do that Uchiha-sama. It's not good for you," This time, he knew it was Sakura; she had a sword secured at her hip.

He gave a sigh and dropped her wrist from his grasp. "What is it with you and your cousin?"

"We have been known to… fool around together a bit when we were kids."

"Well you shouldn't be fooling around now!" Sasuke said, as quietly as he could despite his obvious anger. He turned his back to her in disgust.

An uncomfortable silence made itself present.

"I know why you want to be night watch," Sakura said.

Sasuke's demeanor faltered. "W-What are you talking about?"

"You don't want the others know that you cry at night, do you?" It was more of a statement than a question.

"…"

"Isn't that what you want?"

He turned his body towards her a little. "Yeah…" he whispered.

She gave a small smile, as if in triumph. "I'll take night watch with you then."

Sasuke simply turned away before answering, "Go ahead."

"You know," Sakura walked up next to him, "people go mad when they're overstressed."

"How can I not stress?" Sasuke exploded, "My family is dead, all the kingdoms havemy face on a wanted sign, and half the time you're the respectable 'Haruno-dono' that I know and for the other half you're 'Sakura-sensei,' my impudent teacher!" He harshly kicked a stone away with a small yell. "I swear you do have Multiple Personality Disorder," he whispered

Silence.

"What if I did?"

"Huh? What are you implying, Haruno-dono?" Sasuke whipped around.

"Would you still dislike me for suffering from it?"

"I-"

"I know that you hate me when I play the role of your teacher," she turned her back to him. Sasuke remained silent. "We must be going. You can't be a night watch if you stand in one place." She began to walk away, but his hand reached out and held onto her shoulder.

"Wait. Do you have Multiple Personality Disorder?" Sasuke earnestly asked.

Sakura turned her head to look over her shoulder, her green eyes radiating a piercing glare. "What do you think, Sasuke-kun?" She icily said his name as she brusquely removed his hand from her shoulder and walked away.

He watched as her form disappeared into the darkness, her pink hair vanishing from sight. A feeling of regret and sadness tugged at his heartstrings. She had only been trying to help. Trying to help him.

---

Walking through the halls, a short, squat man with round sunglasses carefully observed his surroundings. Although none were visible, he was sure that the ANBU, the shinobi force under the direct order of the king (all kings had this), were watching his every move.

Then again, which shinobis were not under the direct control of their king?

Cautiously looking around once more, he opened the door to the throne room.

A red carpet was laid out in front of him leading to the seat that Uchiha Itachi sat in. He wore fiery armor similar to Sasuke's coronation armor (except that what Itachi wore would actually protect him) along with a black cape. The man bowed low to his king.

"You may enter, Gatou," Itachi said. The said man walked in tense under the king's glare. "What are the whereabouts of my brother?" the last part he said with disgust.

"We have reports that Sasuke was at the Hyuuga city, accompanied by Haruno Sakura, two Hyuugas, along with a man with a dog and a women carrying a pool stick," Gatou said. "Perhaps he is disguising his group as traveling mercenaries?"

"It is a possibility. Do we know where they are heading?"

"Although it is not certain, rumor has it that he is fleeing to the Rock Kingdom. We have also heard that they are traveling at a… leisurely pace. Should we send our troops ahead of them and cut them off before the border?"

"We simply cannot send just any troops," Itachi said. "My brother carries the Chidori with him. Have them send Mumoichi-san and his squad to cut Sasuke off at the border.

"Very well," Gatou shuddered. "What shall we do about the Harunos? Their daughter is conspiring with him!"

"We shall arrest the Haruno house. They claim that they had nothing to do with Haruno Sakura's betrayal, but something is going on…" Itachi trailed off. He thought back to the day he claimed the throne. Sakura was able to realize that he had killed the family and warn Sasuke about it. "You may leave, Gatou-san."

Once again, Gatou bowed before hurrying out of the king's presence. The name Mumoichi sent chills up his spine. That man's strength was unnatural; he carried a gigantic sword with one hand! Add on the fact that no one knew where he came from or anything else about his background information and Mumoichi seemed to gain an ethereal aura about him.

Zatou was simply reassured by the fact that Mumoichi was not after him.

---

The next morning came and the group set off at daybreak.

To be honest with him self, Sasuke felt like crap. He was tired and felt covered with grime and sweat. But mostly, he felt like there was a gap between him and Sakura now. Even he knew that such a gap in this situation was threatening. And so, he set out to do something that he rarely did.

He was going to apologize to Haruno Sakura. He was going to march up to her and tell her that he was sorry. Sorry for being such a jerk. Sorry for being ignorant. Sorry for dragging her into this mess.

If planning it out in Sasuke's head had made him feel better, he was not showing it. The group had already packed away the tents and set off towards the Rock Kingdom. They stayed quiet, the air around them tense. Kiba and Maeka were silently at each other's throats while he and Sakura were at odds with each other. And though they did not show it, Sasuke had a feeling that there was some sort of rift between Neji and Tenten. The only bystander to these arguments was the quiet Hinata.

The best way seemed to be that he asks Sakura to stay behind with him so that he could apologize. Gritting his teeth, he walked up next to her.

She distanced herself from him. He walked closer and before she could slip away, he gently put his hand on her shoulder.

"Haruno-dono, I-"

A poof and a rustle were heard in a nearby bush. Without a moment's hesitation, Sakura was in front of him, her sword drawn and a defensive position. Maeka had notched an arrow and was aiming at the location of the sound. Tenten prepared her pool stick while Kiba pulled out a kunai and Akamaru prepared itself to jump. Neji and Hinata were in the front, their Byakuugans activated.

The twoHyuugasimmediately stepped out of their stances, seeing what was inside the bush. It stepped out, revealing itself to be the tiniest full-grown fox they had ever seen in their lives. Walking over, it watched as the group lowered their weapons. Akamaru however stayed on guard. It went to each member sniffing the air before finally bounding back towards Hinata.

As it reached her, it came to a slow trot before crouching low. In one spring-loaded leap, it jumped onto her shoulder and sat facing foward, as if it was the most normal thing to do in the world.

Surprised, Hinata would have fallen down had she not caught herself on a tree trunk. She looked over at the fox. It looked like it could fit in the palm of her hand. Shefelt its tail swish back and forth on her shoulder blade before it looked back at her. She stared into the fox's red eyes. She felt warm staring into them.

The tiny fox then began its only jutsu it knew. 'Foxy Eyes no Jutsu!'

"Can we keep it?" Hinata blurted out to the group. She quickly covered her mouth with her hands and blushed a deep red.

"Hinata-san, it is not the smartest idea to take care of a wild animal as well as Uchiha-sama. That would be splitting your priorities," Neji said. "Besides, how would we feed it?"

"I… I could take care of it…" Hinata quietly said, tapping her fingers together.

"Then how would you feed it?" Neji berated her.

"It's a fox right? I could just get a rabbit or something…"

"Hinata-san, you still need to train. Even if you could catch food for it," Neji walked closer, "it would only be a distraction." He reached over to pick the small fox off of her shoulder.

"Don't touch it!" the entire troop turned towards the voice to see a teenage boy the age of fifteen running towards them. He had black hair and wore a yellow shirt with beige pants. He also carried a wooden staff with a large golden circle on top with a hole in the center. It looked as if the area of the hole was only a little smaller than the area of the circle. He had a hip pouch with its strap over his shoulder.

"Who are you?" Neji asked. Walking up to the boy, he prepared himself, in case the child would lash out at him.

"My name is Konohamaru and I am a jutsu specialist."

"And why shouldn't I touch this animal?" Neji said.

"Because to do so would be putting your life in jeopardy. Besides, you guys are heading towards the Rock Kingdom correct?" Neji nodded.

"How do you know?"

"It's actually the other way. Some pranksters fixed the sign a ways back to say that the Rock Kingdom is this way."

I've decided to have a mini-bio for my OC's. So here's the one for Maeka!

Full Name: Kasen Maeka

Surname Translation: Fire Arrow

Name Translation: Beautiful women/Beautiful flower

Attitude: Hotheaded, swears, not afraid to physically hurt people. Enjoys making pranks, especially with her cousin Sakura.

Hair: Pink

Eyes: Purple

Family: Member of Kasen Clan (For all those wondering, allfemales born within theKasen Clan have pink hair.), cousin of Haruno Sakura (Potential Triangle Attack?).

Weapon of Choice: Family-style bows and arrows. Uses metal gauntlets to protect fingers and arms as well as a melee attack.

I have a request. Does anyone have the song "No Mercy"? It's the music for Guilty Gear X when its Sol versus Ky. It sounds awesome and I would like to have the song or sheet music for it. If you do, please e-mail it to me. Thanks!

P.S. For those waiting for Product Shinobi, chapter two is eight pages long and still working on it! Hang in there! I think it's so long because I have to explain systems and whatnot, since it isa HUGE AU.