Scroll Four

"Mom, why won't Zaku-sensei let me train with Sora nii-kun?"

"I don't know, Oni. Has Otomaru tried training with you and Sora?"

"Zaku sensei says I should be training with my teammates."

"Then screw that idiot Zaku! It's your training, sweetie, you train with whoever you want. How else do you think your father and I met, married and had ten children?"

"Your sensei let you train with him?"

"Right you are, Oni. Right you are. Keep in mind my father taught me but he was still twice as amiable as Zaku. Zaku and Sasuke are very, very contentious, even right after they wake up."

"What's all this about Zaku?"

"Oh, hey Kabuto."

"Hi dad. Zaku-sensei won't let me train with my family but Dosu-sensei and Kin-sensei will let Otomaru and Sora train with family."

"I've had enough of Zaku's crap! First, he insulted your mother and I when she became second Otokage, now this! Wait'll I get my fist in his face!"

"What'd Zaku sensei do now?"

"Welcome home, Aayame, Momiji, Momo. He won't let Oni train with her family."

"That's not fair!"

"Kabuto! Otokage-sama has a new mission for you!"

"Coming, Kisame! Bye, all. Love you!"

"Love you too dad!"

"Love you too Kabuto-kun! How you kids manage a chorus like that, I will never know."

"Mom, when are you and dad gonna have another kid?"

"I don't know, Momo."

"Mom! I want a younger brother!"

"Welcome home Hatori, Shigure, Rin, Kagura. How was your first day back at the day care?"

"Mom, when are you gonna have another kid?"

"I don't know, Rin. Sora is ten and is going to the Chunin exams. Oni and Otomaru are ninjas even though they aren't going to the chunin exams."

"Hey, all. I have good news and bad news."

"Hey, dad. What's the good news?"

"Bad news first, Renate. The kids are to stay inside until we get our hands on the rogues in the country. All of them are Leaf rogues and all five of them were ANBU. Well, we think they were. They were dressed like ANBU, but it was probably a disguise."

"Okay, you heard Orochimaru, kids. Get and stay inside until I tell you it's safe to come back out."

"Yes ma'am!"

"Okay, Renate, you're hiding something."

"Okay, I'll spit it out but only if you promise not to tell."

"Cross my heart, hope to survive sticking a kunai to each eye."

"Come in my room."

"Okay, What's up?"

"Okay, no one's eavesdropping. I think I'm pregnant again."

"What?"

"I think I'm pregnant again. What's your good news?"

"I…Oh that. One of the rogues lost their mask in the fight. Sakon and Ukon claim that the rogue looked like an older version of you with brown eyes. Kimimaro says that two of the others mentioned Sasuke and Itachi, while one of the younger ones mentioned us. I'm not sure, but I think the ones that mentioned Sasuke and Itachi are their parents. Tayuya thinks that the older version of you is your mother and the younger one was your brother and the youngest was either Sasuke's or your sister."

"Then why did you let them go?"

"They defeated the Sound Five with a very vivid genjutsu."

"An illusion beat the Sound Five?"

"Yup."

"Wow. Either the Sound Five are idiots or those rogues are good."

"I'm going with the latter. In the meantime I'm going to inject the Sheika kekke genkai into sixty-five orphans without one. Later."

"Sixty-five? Are you insane? And what the hell is a kekke genkai?"

"Yes, sixty-five, No, I'm not insane and a kekke genkai is a bloodline limit or ability. The Uchiha kekke genkai is the Sharingan. The Sheika kekke genkai is to extend our body parts and with extreme emotions, a different color chakra comes out in the form of a bijuu. Kaguya, Kimimaro is the last of his clan and he is able to manipulate his bones, so that ability will most likely turn into a kekke genkai. Besides, I already went through this with them and the sixty-five that stayed are willing to die trying to get into a clan with a strong kekke genkai. The process should only take a few weeks, two months tops. If you're quite finished, then I'll be off. Bye!"

"Bye! Come back when you're done!"

"Renate-sama! We have the fake ANBU - black ops members!"

"Great! Well done, Akatsuki, Sasuke, Kabuto-kun! How'd you do it?"

"Itachi and Sasuke convinced them with the Sharingan. Turns out two of them actually were Sasuke and Itachi's parents. And the other three were your mother and siblings!"

"Cool! Dad went off to Amashi's hideout so he could inject sixty-five kids with the Sheika kekke genkai. Okay, kids! You can come out now!"

"Yay!"

"How do they create a chorus like that?"

"Renate nechan? Konohamaru-kun?"

"Sora? Nii-kun?"

"Yes! Finally a familiar face!" He yelled as he tore is mask off. "This shorty is Onichikimi, our sister. Rumor has it that she is a miniature of dad like you are of mom."

"Wow! She sure as heck does! I think we should just call her Oni-chan and stick to calling you nii-kun! My son will be the Sora in the family. I named him after you, you know. Kabuto-kun can be niisan."

"Holy crap! Orochimaru!"

"Hey, all! I'm back! Welcome home, Sora, Oni, Kana. How was the twenty-six year vacation?"

"Horrible snake. We were on the run from tracker ninja most of the time."

"Wow that does sound horrid. Oh, Renate, this is your mother."

"My mom? You're my mom? Unbelievable."

"Hey guess what? Sasuke, Gaara and Itachi are getting married."

"No way! To each other?"

"What? Ew, no! Sasuke is marring Hayete Gekko's niece, Jazmin. Itachi is marrying Ikari and Gaara is marrying your Tenten friend. You know, Haku's twin sister."

"Sweet. Thanks for the info niisan. I'm gonna get a long mileage out of this one."

"Huff…pant…" Tayuya ran up to Renate two days later.

"What's up Tayuya?"

"…Atuko…san…killed…Kana…sama…"

"WHAT? I'LL KILL HIM! I'LL SHRED HIM! I'LL-"

"Renate, calm down!"

"Calm down…CALM DOWN! How can I calm down! Do you WANT me to go into my Sheika Jinchuuriki form? Where's Atuko? What's his punishment?"

"He…was…uh, well…he was kicked out of the village. Orochimaru-sama looked like he really wanted to kill him. Sasuke said it was a miracle that Atuko wasn't killed then and there. He also said that if Atuko was found in the country again, it was free for all on who killed him. Scary for Atuko, huh?"

"Yeah, especially since I'M gonna be the one to kill him. Thanks for the info, Kabuto-kun!"

"What about your brother and sister, Renate? And more importantly, what about our children?"

"They have their fathers, don't they?"

"W-wait! Ren-chan! You can't kill him until he's in the country after he's left it! Sigh…"

Thirty Minutes Later Orochimaru is looking for Renate and approaches Kabuto to find her whereabouts.

"Kabuto, I've got something I need to tell you."

"Orochimaru-Senpai! Of course, what is it?"

"Why don't you just call me Senpai? Just to make it easy. After all you are my son-in-law. Have you seen Renate? Atuko is back in the country in an attempt to get his things. Do you know where she is? She's the best candidate for the job since she has a major grudge against him."

"She ran off to kill him half an hour ago. At the rate she was running she'll have him caught, killed and be back in Otogakure in an hour."

"Well, that's not a shocker. All right then, I'm off to give Sora his first shinobi mission. The older Sora, that is. I believe you are calling him Nii-kun? All that aside, Kana is not Renate's biological mother. Renate and Kana are only related through my marriage with Kana. Renate's biological mother's name is Tsuku Yomi."

"Yes, we are. I…had no idea."

Meanwhile Renate is fighting Atuko and has just stabbed him in the leg.

"AUGH! You…you…you bitch."

"Hark who's talking Mr. I-kill-any-kunoichi-that-won't-have-sex-with-me. You killed my mother and now it's your turn to die. Not to mention you're a J-rank felon. Say bye-bye, and tell me how you want to die."

"Quick and painless, if you can kill me."

"Then I'll make it slow and very, very painful. Multi Shadow clone Jutsu!" Suddenly forty doppelgangers appeared from nowhere. They charged and summoned a snake from inside of each doppelganger's mouth. From out of each snake's mouth came a bulky sword with the Sheika clan crest on it. Sure enough, when each shadow clone had gotten her sword into his limbs, his limbs were paralyzed because of the sword wounds. Renate went up in the fork of some tree branches and laughed at his agony. She stayed there for thirty minutes and got down to see if he was still alive. He was and he looked at her with pain filled eyes. She knew that by now he knew that this was the end. She surprised him with a dying wish and he wished that she would not hurt his pregnant fiancée and her unborn child. She grudgingly complied and set his feet on fire. Millimeter by millimeter the fire slowly crept up his feet and when it got to his ankles she ignites the palms of his hands.

When she realized that the fires wouldn't spread because of his blood she was furious. He yelled in agony as she thought "Fire style: Fireball technique!" Sai, a Konoha shinobi, had been spying on the once mysterious ANBU and followed them. When Renate used the Jutsu he saw a huge flame two meters wide shoot from her mouth. Upon seeing Renate's abilities Sai decided to play it safe and go. He pulled out a scroll, drew a bird on it and used one of his techniques to bring it to life. Within minutes of his escape Renate caught him, tied him up and took away his weaponry which consisted of a dagger, book, art set, scroll, painting brush, and ink. Renate, thinking it was very foolish for Sai to get caught, used doppelgangers again. This time the sixteen of them split into four groups. Team one escorted Sai South to Otogakure, while Two, Three and Four would go North, East and West.

Not long after the teams set out, each of them encountered another Konoha shinobi. They told the ninjas that if they wanted to see Sai alive again that they should return to Konohagakure. Then the searching doppelganger vanished as well as the ones making sure Atuko was dead. Knowing that the Leaf shinobi would probably return to Konoha, Renate pelted for home away from Orochimaru's office.

Two months later we find that no one survived getting the Sheika clan kekke genkai injected into them.

"Dad, can I talk to you?"

"Of course, Renate. What is it?"

"Well, I've been wondering about what we are going to do for the names that two people have."

"Just look at the one you are talking to."

"Oh. Okay. Thanks!"

"Hey, Renate."

"Aye?"

"Have you picked five shinobi to be your bodyguards yet?"

"No. Why?"

"You're going to need them when you go out of the village. Try to pick them soon, Okay?"

"OK. Will do. Night, dad."

"Night, all. I'm going to bed."

"Good night."

"Good night, Orochimaru-san."

"I'm gonna go look for some bodyguards like Sensei suggested. Bye every body! Have fun!"

"Wait, mom! Where are you going?"

"Yeah we wanna come with you!"

"That's a very generous offer Otomaru, Onichimaru, but it's bedtime and this is a very dangerous mission assigned by Orochimaru-san."

"But you are the Otokage."

"I'm Second Otokage, not first. I still have to obey his orders. Besides, he said that the mission could take days, even weeks. He also said not to return home until I had given at least two people a curse mark. Now, go to bed, both of you. Your father will handle your curfews until I get back and I already told him lights out time. Now, go to bed, before you get in trouble. Besides, this is a very dangerous mission."

"Yes ma'am. Good night."

"Good night."

Three days later we find Renate at Kirigakure trying to recruit one of the seven swordsmen of the Mist. She finds Zabuza with someone not much younger than Sasuke. Zabuza and his apprentice are hanging out with another swordsman of the Mist.

"Um… excuse me but…um…could one of you please tell me where I might be able to find one of the seven swordsmen of the mist?"

"Hahahahah! Kid you're looking at two of them!" Man, this kid's an idiot. How in the world did she become a ninja?

"You have no business with us. Begone." Sound? This kid is with Otogakure? Didn't Orochimaru found that village? Was he really desperate enough to recruite kids this dumb? "Hey kid, who founded your Hidden Shinobi Village?"

"Orochimaru-sama. He wanted me to get some recruits for the village since we're kind of between a rock and a hard place. He thought that if we could recruit rogues from the five great shinobi villages, then Otogakure's economy wouldn't struggle so much."

"That's why he sent you? To get recruits for a tiny village in what country?"

"Land of Rice Fields."

"What? That little country? Man, Orochimaru must have been desperate."

"Do you think he'd be desperate enough to kill Yondaime Kazekage and Sondaime Hokage?"

"That was him?" Raiga stared.

"Uh-huh. And he beat the crap out of Jiraiyah in one hit, not to mention he fought the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki in its four tailed form."

"Impressive. And your abilities? Surely he had a reason for recruiting you."

"I'm his daughter. That was reason enough for him."

"You're Sheika Renate? The kid that survived one hundred brown recluse bites without so much as a scratch?"

"Yup, that's me!"

"Wow. Never thought I would be able to meet you in person," Haku marveled.

"Ah, yes, how rude of us. I am Zabuza Momochi and this is my apprentice, Haku."

"I am Raiga, and inside my backpack is my apprentice, Ranmaru."

"I take it he can't move his limbs?"

"That's right."

"Hey, Ranmaru. I can give you back the use of your limbs if you and Raiga go to Otogakure."

"You…you'd do that?"

"Of course Orochimaru-san would require a curse seal to be able to do it."

"Curse seal?"

"I'm up for it, Raiga. May I?"

"All right, for Ranmaru. How do we get one?"

"There are only two people that are able to perform the technique necessary: myself and daddy."

"All right then, let's do it."

"You sure you want to do this, Ranmaru? Uchiha Sasuke was unconscious for hours when he received his curse mark. Which reminds me, the curse marks can be removed, but only through another Sheika-only technique. And by Sheika only technique I mean that only Sheika's bodies are able to perform it due to the Tryakugan."

"Tryakugan?"

"The extension of body parts and other snake like abilities such as venom, which creates a curse seal with a hand sign of course. All Sheikas are able to summon snakes as a part of the Tryakugan as well."

"Okay. I still want the curse seal though."

"Heaven or earth?"

"What's the difference?"

"Where I bite you."

"Oh. I think I'll go with Earth."

"Okay then. Earth, it is." Renate's neck extended to the point where her head was three meters away from the rest of her body. She bit Ranmaru on his chest and her neck immediately went back to her shoulders.

"Gah! What…what's happening? Why does everything hurt?"

"What have you done to him? What did you do to Ranmaru?"

"I tried to warn you. I told you it would hurt and cause you to lose consciousness, but you insisted."

"Why, you! Ninja art: Hidden Mist Jutsu!"

"Summoning Jutsu!"

"Renate! How dare you summon me like this!"

"I'm sorry Manda! I didn't mean to!"

"Holy! Okay, I surrender!"

"Waaaah! Raiga! Raiga-sensei!"

"Ranmaru!"

"Oh, by the way, the heaven seal is much worse. It only has a ten percent chance of survival. You have earth, so you should be okay. There's only one person that has received the Earth seal and died from it. Sasuke's curse seal was the Heaven one, so he's lucky to be alive. Only a Sheika can remove the curse now."

"Where is Otogakure, again?" Raiga fumed.

"Land of Rice Fields. You might check Konoha though. We're merging with them right now. Konoha had a war with Kumogakure and even though they won they suffered heavy losses. They decided to merge with Otogakure as soon as they realized they were in trouble due to the lack of survivors. Know what I'm saying?"

"All right, then. I'm off to Otogakure. Coming, Zabuza?"

"I don't know. What's the seal look like and what does it do?"

"Give me a pen and paper and I'll show you what it looks like. It gives you a stronger chakra and in stage two it gives you a new stronger form."

"Pen and paper. So, what's it look like?"

"Just to make it easy, I'll make you a graph:"

Earth

Heaven (sealed)

Kikyo's

Nibi no Nekomata

Sanbi no Isonade

Four tailed pheonix

Gobi no Houkou

Rokubi no Raijuu

Shichibii no Kaku

Yamata no Orochi

Uso (lie)

Hane

"I haven't given any of them out. Well, at least with survivors. Kaelii, my half-sister, did manage one person till they took it too far in combat. Or, so I've heard."

"Sister? I had a twin sister. I don't know what happened to her though," Haku muttered.

"Really? What was her name?"

"Tenten."

"Oh my gosh! January ninth, right?"

"Yeah."

"Then I know what happened to her! She's in Sunagakure and is getting married to the Kazekage, Gaara!"

"Really? But Sunagakure doesn't want an ice user like me."

"No. But Otogakure does. Besides Akatsuki is in Otogakure and they've recruited Kisame-san. They also recruited Uchiha Itachi-san, Hidan-san, Pein-san, Konan-chan, Diedara-san, Kakuzu-san, Zetsu-san and Tobi-senpai. They've also recruited one other person, but I can never remember his name. Oh, yeah! Sasori no Akasuna!"

"I think I'll go to Otogakure since Raiga and Kisame are already there. Plus Haku's wanting to go," Zabuza shrugged, having nowhere else to go.

"So, Haku, curse seal or no?"

"Thank you but no thank you."

"Okay! Happy travels!"

"Thanks! You too, Renate-sama!"

"Oi! Renate-sama!"

"Hn? Ah, Ikari! Long time no see!"

"Hey have you seen team Gai from Konoha? They've got a girl with one of Orochimaru's curse marks on her hand. They're calling her Kikyo. Yeah, you have a lot of half-siblings to save."

"Six! Wonder if dad will let me off the hook if I get a few of them out of their village?"

"He probably will. What's their names and genders?"

"Hebimaru and Orochikage are twin boys, and they're mini's of dad; Kaelii and Shinigami are miniatures of their mom, all four through Tsunade. Then Orochigaara somehow ended up looking just like Sabaku no Gaara, only with pale skin like dad, and his mom is some random suna ninja. See ya, Ikari! Thanks!"

"Where are you going?"

"To Konoha!"

"What? Why?"

"To get Kikyo!"

"Be careful! They're still on alert since your kidnapping of Sai!"

"Kay! Thanks nechan!"

Renate gives herself amnesia with one of Kabuto's techniques and a day later arrives in Konoha. She is found by Hatake Kakashi, who then takes her to the fifth Hokage. The Fifth Hokage turned out to be another one of the Sannin, Tsunade. She assigns Kakashi and Yamato to look after her until Renate recovers her memory. Yamato was upset at first but he calmed down when Kakashi reminded him that Renate, who he nicknamed Rin, had amnesia. Uzumaki, Naruto and Haruno, Sakura come into the clearing followed by a very unkept Sai. They, having just returned home from retrieving him from Otogakure, were shocked to see Rin (Renate) and were furious.

"Kakashi-sensei, what is she doing here?"

"Now, now, Sakura. Rin here has amnesia and can't remember a thing before her arrival in Konoha. You - we - have nothing to fear except her shinobi village coming to get her."

"Yeah, but she attacked us!"

"Like Kakashi-senpai said before she has amnesia. I myself was uneasy at first but seeing her reactions to things, I do not feel that she is not a threat."

"I'm sorry."

"No need to apologize for what you can't remember, Rin."

"I'm sorry."

"Oh, now you apologize! It's probably because we're a threat!"

"Like Yamato and I have said before, she has amnesia."

"It's all right, they won't hurt you. Kakashi-senpai and I won't let them. Introduce yourselves."

"Uzumaki, Naruto. I still say we can't trust her. Believe it!"

"Haruno, Sakura. I have Tsunade-sama's inhuman strength and I will use it if you hurt one of my teammates and I agree with Naruto for once."

"Sai. I can make my art come alive. I'm actually neutral on this."

"Hatake, Kakashi. Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and formerly Uchiha Sasuke's teacher."

"Yamato. I can make wood out of my chakra."

"Cool. Nice to meet you all."

"What happened to your ninja headband?"

"I was a ninja?"

"Never mind Naruto. He's a clumsy idiot."

"Oh, Okay."

"You'll be staying with an orphan named Kikyo. We'll take you to her home."

"Okay! Thank you so much."

"Hey, Kikyo! We've got amnesiac boarder for you!"

"What's an amnesiac?"

"Someone who's lost his or her memory."

"Oh, hi! You must be Rin! Hokage-sama told me about you! She also said that you were trying to get your memory back."

"Yes. I'll tell you my real name as soon as I remember it."

"All right then. I'll show you to your room."

"All right then. We'll leave the two of you alone. Bye!"

"Bye! Thank you Kakashi-sensei, Yamato-daijou!"

"Your welcome, Rin! Have fun!"

"Um…the room."

"Oh, right, I'm sorry!"

That night Rin lay in bed wondering how to get her memories back. She lay thinking about what Sai had said. He had mentioned her owning a ninja headband. What village? She wondered. Who led my village? So few questions were answered in her time in the room and many, many more were brought up. Soon, there was a tapping on Rin's window. She opened it and a black owl flew in and rested on her arm.

"A messenger owl? From Otogakure? What the hell…?"

Dear Renate or whatever your new name is,

By now you should be in Konohagakure. If not, then erase your memory and continue trying. If you have, get in your boarding house. If you are there, find the hostess, Kikyo. She is you half-sister-different mother. She has a curse seal on her left hand. It looks like four diamonds pointing toward each other. She will most likely be covering it with a glove so do not pry. She will tell you when she's ready. You are to bring it up once and leave the subject if she is uncomfortable. Always remember that I love you more than words can describe. Your mother was the only woman I married. After she died saving you from Gannon I vowed to protect you and any half-siblings you would possibly get. Please come home soon, Angel. I love you,

Orochimaru-sama

"Orochimaru…the name rings a bell."

"Rin! Dinner!"

"Renate…My name's Renate. My name…"

"Hey. What took you?"

"Renate. My name; I remembered it."

"Really that's great! Looks like my herbal tea is working already!"

"So that's what it was. I was gonna ask you what it was."

"Glad to hear you liked it."

"Hey…um…I've been meaning to ask."

"Yeah?"

"What's with the glove on your left hand?"

"Oh. That."

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"No, it's all right. You know Uchiha, Sasuke?"

"Sakura brought the name up. Why?"

"It's like what happened to him in the forest of death." She took her glove off to reveal Orochimaru's curse mark. "Orochimaru gave it to me."

"Orochimaru… the name rings a huge bell…I just can't remember why!"

"He's our dad."

"Nanii? But…that means…you…you're my sister?"

"Half sister. But, yes. Gai sensei said that neither me nor my half sister looked like dad except she had dad's eyes. I presume he meant you."

"Kakashi-sensei did mention my eyes…"

"Wow. I finally know something about my dad."

"Cool, huh?"

"Hey there's a girl being abused by her father in a nearby village. Want to go help her? We could tell Hokage-sama that we are going to gather herbs for the Konoha Hospital."

"You bet! If there's anything I can remember, it's my foster parents abusing me. Wait a minute… that's where I remember Orochimaru-sama! He saved me from them! My godmother was the one to give me to them and Orochimaru-sama gave me to her."

"Huh?"

"So are we gonna go help her or not?"

"Yeah, let's go!"

Meanwhile, Orochimaru was preparing to go to the same village.

"Kabuto, we're going back. Something is wrong, I can feel it in my chakra. Something to do with Aiko."

"Yes, sir. Do you think they found out?"

"Most likely they did. That and Renate has left Kohohagakure. Remember everything I told you about her."

"Yes, sir. Of course. And Renate?"

"If we find her, we bring her back. She'll guide the sound five to Kikyo."

Meanwhile, Aiko was preparing to see Orochimaru again. In her religion snakes and females were wicked. Her parents tried to be rid of her and had burned her eyesight to the point that anything brighter than a candle would cause her to pass out. She had met Orochimaru the night before and was eager to see him again. Her father had seen her in the garden and asked why she was there.

"I'm here to take in the flowers' scents if you must know. Are you now to ban me from here as well?" She demands, wishing he'd turn off the light but also knowing he wouldn't.

"Now that you mention it, yes I am. We don't need you to defile our flowers and herbs." He sneered. She wished so strongly something bad would happen to him. Something terrible.

"I will go where I please." She hisses, nothing would keep her from meeting with Orochimaru again.

"You will not be allowed in the gardens any longer, lights will be placed here to keep it well lit." He snarls, seizing her arm and dragging her from the gardens. She struggles against him, knowing his sleeve covered his hand so she wouldn't be touching him skin to skin. She smirks and plants her feet, she wasn't going to let him control her anymore. She shoves her right wrist into his face. Immediately he releases her but then backhands her to the ground. "Stay down demon, if you know what is good for you." His voice was cold, she wished that she could use her eyes.

"I am no demon." She growls. His foot finds her stomach after the words leave her mouth.

"You are a demon, a sinner, and an abomination. If killing your own flesh and blood wasn't a sin you'd be six feet under already." He sneers somewhere near her ear.

"If I am flesh and blood to you and a demon, what's that make you?" She grates out, holding her throbbing stomach. She hated this, feeling so helpless. Again he kicks her, in the back this time and continues to until she cries out. Then his footsteps faded from her mind. Aiko lies there for a long time, mindless to everything except the pain in her back, stomach, cheek, eyes and heart. Slowly her pain turns to more hate that is stored in her soul and she stops her tears. Slowly she sits up, crying out again in a raged pain as her back sears in protest. She lies herself on the ground again and waits for the pain to subside.

Just when she thought she would have to drag herself all the way back to her room she heard footsteps. She tenses and lifts her head as much as she could without moving her back.

"Aiko…" Came Orochimaru's voice of music as his eyes land on her. The silver haired man was besides him. She lowers her head once more.

"I'm sorry I wasn't in the garden, they kicked me out." She coughs out, clenching her teeth against pain.

"You're hurt." Orochimaru states bluntly, kneeling besides her, the other man on her other side.

"It's nothing." She protests, trying to stand again and again falling back from the searing pain.

"Don't move!" The other man snaps, pinning her shoulders down. "Did some one take a branch to your back?" He asks, lifting her shirt. She makes a pained noise when he touches it.

"No, don't touch it! It hurts!" She cries out, trying to move away from him.

"Shh little Aiko, hold still. Kabuto is a medical ninja, he'll help you." Orochimaru's voice filled her head, pushing the pain at bay for a moment. She stills, trusting his words.

"Hold her down, it will hurt…" She heard the man, Kabuto, whisper then felt Orochimaru's hands on the uninjured part of her back, holding her still. "Aiko, I'm going to heal you but I'm going to need to touch you. You've got to lie as still as possible or I could make it worse. This will hurt." Kabuto says in a calming way to her.

"I'll try." She whispered. Then pain engulfed her again as Kabuto's hands descended on her lower back. Then she felt nothing.

Aiko was numb to everything as Orochimaru's arms cradle her healed body a little while later. He was carrying her somewhere. His voice fills her mind but she can't find the energy to focus on the words. The pain had been unbearable at first but then she must've blacked out. Only just now had she regained her awareness. She felt his arms slowly sliding away as she sinks into a bed that was far too soft to be hers. Aiko's hands latch on to his sleeve with some reserve of energy she doesn't know she has.

"Don't go." She begs, struggling with her eyes to stay with the waking world.

"It's all right Aiko. You are away from them now. One of my clan members found us there and ran to get the Hokage. It wasn't her place to step in but she did anyways. I guess you could say it was a wordless mutual understanding between Sannin."

"Hokage-sama …is a … Sannin?"

"Yes, she is. Tsunade, a wonderful medical ninja and my sister-in-law. My wife and her husband were siblings. A shame my father had to kill them both. Kana protecting me and my daughter, and Dan protecting The Ocarina of Time."

"Hn?" Daughter? There's no way he'll treat me like her. Wonder what her name is.

"You'll understand when we get to Otogakure. My clan, the Sheikas, call it home. Sadly, there are only eighteen clan members left, not including myself. Ah, I forgot the best part: Renate came very close to killing my father a year ago. With much more training she will be as good as me. Heh…chip off my block, Renate. The only reason I haven't killed my father myself is that his attacks can only be reflected by the Master Sword, AKA, The Sword of Time, which Renate wields. Good night, little Aiko. Renate was the one that alerted Tsunade. I will tell you more in the morning."

"Good night Orochimaru-sama. When will I be able to meet Renate-sama?"

"When we get to Otogakure, Aiko. Now go to bed before you make Orochimaru-sama mad."

"I am in bed. I'm used to sleeping in the daytime, but I'll try to sleep. Good night, Kabuto-san."

"You'd better."

"Some are trying to get some shut eye if the two of you will quit it with all this pointless talking."

"Sorry Orochimaru-sama."

"Yeah, what she said."

When Aiko woke up she was not in the bed that she had slept in the night before. After laying in bed for five minutes she hears a young woman walking by singing a song. By the sound of her voice she is in her mid-twenties.

"Natsuhiboshi naze akai! Yuube kanashii yume wo mita Naite hanashita. Akai meyo. Natsuhiboshi naze mayou? Kieta warashi wo sagashiteru. Dakara kanashii yume wo miru."

Soon Aiko gets out of bed and walks into the hallway, prepared for bright light. Utterly shocked that the whole building is lit by candles she feels that she is made for this building.

"Ah, Aiko! I was just about to come check on you. There's someone that Orochi-senpai and I want you to meet."

"Senpai?"

"Yes. I was on orders not to call him that when we are away from the Land of Rice Fields, which by the way, houses Otogakure, the Village Hiding in the Sound. Do you want to meet Renate or not?"

"Yes, I do very much!"

"All right then. Let's go. Oh, some little bits of info Senpai forgot to mention last night: Renate is my wife and Senpai's daughter."

"You're married to Orochimaru-sama's daughter?

"Plus the father of her ten kids, Senpai's grandkids. He's in his early forties mind you. He was fourteen when Renate-chan was born and she was seventeen when she gave birth to Sora, our firstborn. She named him after her brother. She didn't know he was alive. She just went off stories Senpai told her. Hm…by the sound of it she's singing Hatori or Shigure to sleep. Our youngest two. In order of age we have Sora at age ten, Onichikimi at age nine, Otomaru at age seven, Aayame, Momiji and Momo - triplets at age five, Rin at age four, Kagura at age three and finally, Hatori and Shigure - twins at age two."

"Wow. That's a lot of kids. How many girls?"

"Well, there's Onichikimi, then there's Aayame and Momo, then there's Rin, and then Kagura. So, in short, Renate included, in the immediate family there are six girls. Why?"

"Girls are considered abominations in my clan."

"Yeah, I know. Senpai told me."

"Kabuto-kun! Dad! Hello! Is anybody back yet!"

"Down here Ren-chan!"

"That's Renate-sama?"

"Yes. It's best you be quite before you disturb her. I could have sworn she was singing Natsuhiboshi."

"Natsu-what?"

"Natsuhiboshi. It's one of the clan lullabies that Ren-chan has given us. She's got a lot of lullabies. There's Kalinka for someone who's having a bad day; Natsuhiboshi, for singing people to sleep. I'll tell you the rest later; she's coming downstairs."

"Kabuto-kun? And someone else…I don't recognize your chakra. Are you new to Otogakure?"

"Yes, she is. And don't turn on a light. Any light above candlelight will cause her to lose all eyesight."

"Oh, poor thing. Who did that to you? I'll grind them into a state that not even Aunt Tsunade can heal."

"My…my dad."

"Your DAD did this to you? Oh, man. That brings back a lot of memories of when I was in an alternate universe. Dad had to get me out of there himself. No one else was strong enough to defeat my foster parents and their guns. Guns pretty much shoot tiny shuriken called bullets at blinding speed and hit you as soon as you hear the gun going off. That is of course unless their aim was off and the bullet hits a nearby object. Not to mention they broke a bone every day after I tricked them. The trick was that every anime fan that went to school or worked in the town I studied in would be able to come here. The trick succeded and I was punished by Tsunade. She thought I was going with the ninja I hated most, and I thought I was going with the ninja I admired the most. Lucky for me I made a mistake when she asked who my least favorite ninja was. I answered with the name of my ninja idol."

"Who was you ninja idol?"

"Same as it's always been - Daddy. Hey, you want to be able to get revenge on your dad faster?"

"Renate, you still haven't given curse marks to five people have you? How many people did you get and who?"

"Ranmaru has the Curse Seal of Earth. He's the only one I gave one to. I was thinking about Aiko-chan here since she's like Sasuke and wants to get revenge on someone. The Curse Seal of Earth hurts less and it gives you a more powerful chakra on top of the fact that is makes your kekke genkai stronger when you use the curse. Cool huh?"

"Yeah! How do I get it?"

"That, I'll have to get dad's permission to do. On second thought, never mind about permission. You want the Curse Seal don't you? If you do, then take off your shirt."

"Yes ma'am!"

"I cannot believe you. Seducing an innocent girl."

"Get over it."

"Can we hurry up? Hey is there a Curse Seal that can give me wings?"

"You don't want it. There's only a ten percent chance of surviving that one, and besides it hurts more. Lots more."

"I don't care. I want that one."

"You sure? There's another one that gives you a demon-like ability if you want it.

"I want that one. Anything to get revenge on my father."

"Okay. You asked for it." Renate extended her neck again, this time aiming for Aiko's right wrist.

"Ow! You weren't kidding a bit."

"Genjutsu time, Ka-kun."

"Sigh…why I help you in your shenanigans I have no idea. Oh, yeah, I'm married to you. Anywho Ninjutsu: Extended Slumber Jutsu."

Aiko nodded off and fell asleep quickly. When she awoke she had the mark on her wrist: "Well, Aiko-chan, I'm going to go find someone that is the host of well, pretty much all of the jinchuuriki but the Kyuubi and Shukaku. In other words the one and nine tailed demons are the only ones I won't be looking for. Later! Stay here with Kabuto-kun and I'll teach you some techniques when I get back OK, Aiko?"

"Yes ma'am!"

"If that's the case, then I want you to call me Renate-sensei, or just Sensei for short."

"Hai, Sensei!"

Renate quickly found the jinchuurikis. In other words, all she needed to do was to make a curse seal that allowed her to boss them around, even in demon form. She quickly made two different seals allowing her to do so. She knew she needed a stronger one for eight tales so she used the Kanji symbol for snake for the eight tales. She had no idea what the Sanbi and the others' "curse tags" as she liked to call them, would look like. She approached the Nibi Jinchuuriki first.

"Hi, there. Can you tell me where I can find a Jinchuuriki? I really want to meet one. I've heard how most are shunned by their village and I know how that feels. I want to meet one in person. Do you know where one is?"

"You're talking to Nibi. Do you know what it's like to be rejected by just about every soul in the town? Only my squad mates gave me any respect."

"Yup. Only my teachers respected me in the other dimension. It was horrid. I felt like being in a freak show."

"I want to go to your village. There are other Jinchuuriki that are being rejected by their villages. I know Ichibi is Kazekage and Kyuubi has tons of friends in Konohagakure. The others don't have any friends but the Jinchuurikis. Please, um…"

"Renate, daughter of Orochimaru, one of the Sannin. My home is Otogakure. Dad says that any Jinchuuriki in the village should have a Curse seal of Controlling. The seals are different for every jinchuuriki and they will allow us to control you in your demon form. Just in case you lose control like the Kyuubi did. Ok?"

"Ok, I guess. If it means being in a village that will actually accept me."

"Trust me, if they know that we can control you when you are in your demon form, they won't be as scared of you. Heck, knowing them, they'll think of you guys as trump cards for the village. I don't think that but they might."

"Get it over with, please."

"Okay." Renate yet again extended her neck, this time aiming below the jinchuuriki's neck. Right in the middle and just below the neck, she knew, would make it look like an animal's name tag for a pet, and that's exactly where she bit her.

"This hurts but before I pass out from pain, what's the mark look like?"

"Three L's that kind of connect at the center. It's weird to describe, like all curse marks. I'll have to draw it out for you when you come around."

"Thirty meters in each cardinal direction you'll find a different Jinchuuriki. Sanbi to the North, Yonbi to the east, Gobi to the West, and Rokubi to the South."

"All right. Thanks. They'll be easier to convince now that you're with me. I'll wait for you, ok?"

"Fine by me, if you're willing to wait that long. They'll probably move before I come around, though. Go and get them while I rest. I'll be fine."

"You sure?"

"Yes. Now please, Renate-sama, go. I'll be fine. I'll spit fire into the sky if I need help."

"Works for me. I'll be back as soon as I can. Sleep well."

"I'll try." With that reply from the jinchuuriki of Nibi no Nekomata, or the host of the two tailed cat demon, she used four doppelgangers and headed in the four directions that Takatsuki had told her about. To the West she found Gobi no Houkou, the demon dog of five tails. It was not hard to find but she still approached her with caution.

"So you're the Gobi no Houkou."

"Yeah. What do you want? How old are you?"

"Offering you a place to live and twenty-seven. However the village will require you to have a curse seal, just in case you lose your will to the bijuu. Why?"

"You look younger than that but think older and wiser."

"Uh…thanks. Takatsuki already accepted the offer. So are we gonna do the curse seals or not?"

"Do it. But after we get the rest where Takatsuki is. She always was the hardest to convince." By the time they were back in the campsite with all seven demons, Takatsuki had woken up.

"All right." She extended her neck and bit the demons with three, four and five tails exactly where she had bit the two tails. "Hey, look Gobi, your curse mark is the Kanji symbol for wolf. Cool. Weird but cool."

The other three demons, the six, seven, and eight tails, prepared for combat and were poised and ready in case they were attacked. They were all too aware of how many people were trying to kill them because of the demons inside them. And yet, here was this girl, willing and ready to accept them and to force her village to accept them not for their demons but because they were actual people. She treated them like they were actual people and not like they were demons like their shinobi villages had done. A few hours later all of the ones with cursed seals regained consciousness. With them regaining consciousness, Renate extended her neck thrice more and gave curse seals to the remaining jinchuuriki. They, too, passed out in pain and had Kanji for curse marks. While they were unconscious a band of tracker shinobi from Hoshigakure came. The battle was easily won, even though Star outnumbered Sound three to one. Renate had defeated one-third of their enemies and with a comment of "See, guys? If you hadn't been there to back me up, me and your comrades would be dead." from Renate, they settled back down to their relaxed but ready for combat stance. Renate had told them about how Konohagakure was merging with Otogakure. She told them how Konoha was nearly destroyed by the stone village and how Orochimaru saved Konoha by summoning his largest snake, Manda. The Stone shinobi had either been eaten by Manda or run in terror at his size. Konoha was merging with Otogakure because there were less than one hundred ninja left and they needed the backup. Otogakure was moving to Konohagakure's location because they had a bigger country to back it up, and the two villages had agreed that since they were moving to Konoha's old location, they would go under the Sound shinobi's symbol: an eighth note. She told them how the two villages were merging so they could recover from the war that they had been in with Kumogakure. She told them how Orochimaru had once lived in Konoha but left them to found Otogakure, and how Konoha would once again be the home to all three of the Sannin. She explained everything that had happened to the Sheika clan. She also told the jinchuuriki that she was the clans future. She was furious when they told her that the Kyuubi was in Konohagakure. What they wanted to know was if Sunagakure's kazekage was really getting married and she told them that he was. As soon as they regained consciousness Renate showed the jinchuuriki their curse marks with the same chart she had shown Ranmaru.

"I find it fascinating how the demons with kanji for curse marks have their kanji meanings corresponding their demon's animal: Gobi no Houkou, wolf; Rokubi no Raijuu, weasel; Shichibii no Kaku, Demon; Yamata no Orochi, Snake. Hey, Takatsuki, weren't you once from Soragakure?"

"Kumogakure, but yes, I was from the hidden Cloud Village. You said Hidden Sky Village."

"I know. I said sky because I don't know the kanji for cloud."

"All right. No need to get angry. Shall we go to Otogakure?"

"Why not?"

After they got to Otogakure they met up with Kabuto.

"Welcome home, lovely. So, these are the jinchuuriki?"

"Yup! Number of tails ranging from two to eight. Good to be home, handsome."

"Welcome to Otogakure. I'm Kabuto. I'm one of the Jonin. I'm also Renate's husband and the father of her ten children."

"Hello, Kabuto-san. I'm Takatsuki, the two tails jinchuuriki. Thank you for your welcome. Does Otokage-sama know that we're here?"

"Not unless Ren-chan told him. You did tell him, didn't you love?"

"Nope! Not yet. I wanted to see you first. Besides we got all day. Where is dad anyhow?"

"Otokage-sama is your dad?"

"Renate's not mine. But you get the gist, Takatsuki-san."

"I say the Sheika clan celebrate and sing the fighting dreamers!"

"Couldn't agree more, Renate-sensei!"

"Aiko-chan! Good to see Tsunade-chan healed your eyes like I requested!"

"Hey, Renate, are we gonna sing the Fighting Dreamersi or not?"

"Yes, do tell. These are the jinchuuriki, I presume?"

"Dad! Yes, these are the jinchuuriki."

"Good girl, and I didn't even request that you get them. This compensates for not getting bodyguards like I did request," Orochimaru huffed, but Renate was already singing to the tune of her own drum.

"We are Fighting Dreamers! Takami wo mezashite
Fighting Dreamers Narifuri kamawazu
Fighting Dreamers Shinjiru ga mama ni
Oli Oli Oli Oh! Just go my way!

Right here Right now ("Bang!")
Buppanase Like a dangan LINER!
Right here Right now ("Burn!")
Buttakitteku ze Get the fire!

Right here Right now ("Bang!")
Buppanase Like a dangan LINER!
Right here Right now ("Burn!")

Kewashii shura no michi no naka Hito no chizu wo hirogete doko e yuku?
Gokusaishoku no karasu ga Sore wo ubaitotte yaburisuteta

Saa kokoro no me Mihiraite Shika to ima wo mikiwamero! ("gete!")
Ushinau mono nante nai sa Iza mairou!

We are Fighting Dreamers Takami wo mezashite
Fighting Dreamers Narifuri kamawazu
Fighting Dreamers Shinjiru ga mama ni
Oli Oli Oli Oh! Just go my way!

Right here Right now ("Bang!")
Buppanase Like a dangan LINER!
Right here Right now ("Burn!")

Oto wo tatezu shinobiyoru kage ga Itsumo bokura wo madowaseru
Yuugenjikkou Ooki na kaze ga Uneri wo agete fukiareru

Kazashita surudoi katana de Onore no asu Kirihirake! ("Yeah!")
Hoshou nante Doko ni mo nai sa Naa Sou daro!

We are Fighting Dreamers Takami wo mezashite
Fighting Dreamers Narifuri kamawazu
Fighting Dreamers Shinjiru ga mama ni
Oli Oli Oli Oh! Just go my way!

Right here Right now ("Bang!")
Buppanase Like a dangan LINER!
Right here Right now ("Burn!")
Buttakitteku ze Get the fire!
Right here Right now ("Bang!")
Buppanase Like a dangan LINER!
Right here Right now ("Burn!")
Buttakitteku ze Get the fire!

We are Fighting Dreamers Kono nakama-tachi to
Fighting Dreamers Subete wo makikomi
Fighting Dreamers Kokorozashi Takaku
Oli Oli Oli Oh!

We are Fighting Dreamers Takami wo mezashite
Fighting Dreamers Narifuri kamawazu
Fighting Dreamers Shinjiru ga mama ni
Oli Oli Oli Oh! Just go my way!

("Don't forget your first impulse ever")
("Let's keep your adventurous ever")

("Don't forget your first impulse ever")
("Let's keep your adventurous ever")

Right here Right now ("Bang!")
Buppanase Like a dangan LINER!
Right here Right now ("Burn!")
Buttakitteku ze Get the fire!
Right here Right now ("Bang!")
Buppanase Like a dangan LINER!
Right here Right now ("Burn!")
Buttakitteku ze Get the fire! Bam!"

"Wow, that was amazing, Sheika-sans and -samas."

"Thank you, Jinchuuriki-kuns."

"I feel like singing What's This from Nightmare Before Christmas. I also feel like singing Natsuhiboshi."

"Nice try, Renate, you're not singing either till you get yourself some bodyguards."

"Ranmaru can be one with some proper training. We could use, oh say, one of …"

"You most certainly will not. Not without their permission."

"Um…Orochimaru-sama, isn't it?"

"Yes. What is it?"

"I'll be one of Renate-sama's bodyguards if she wants me to."

"I…That'd be great, Oni!"

"Oni…meaning demon…what demon are you host to?"

"Yamata no Orochi, the demon snake of eight tails."

"I thought I felt a tie between us. I didn't think it would be snakes, though. Do you want to summon them, or have you had enough of them?"

"Yes! I'd like that very much. Sir."

"Very well." Orochimaru drew blood and put on his summoning seal. "Summoning Jutsu!" A large boa appeared with a large scroll in its mouth. It put the scroll gently on the ground by unwrapping its tongue from around it. As Orochimaru opened the scroll, Aiko bit her thumb, drawing blood. She signed her name with it and pulled of the required hand signs to summon the snake. As soon as she did this, her birthmark started hurting. What she thought was a birthmark was actually a means of summoning snakes, and on her first try she summoned an eight inch long snake.

"Sigh…well, it's a start. Keep trying Aiko-chan. You'll get the hang of it. I can't believe that your "birthmark" is actually the snake summoning tattoo."

"Um…I, um…may I become one of your bodyguards/students Renate-sama?"

"Of course you may! What's your name?"

"Reoko Taiyoukai, host of Gobi no Houkou."

"Welcome to Team Bijuu, Reo-chan."

"Team Bijuu? What's up with that, Ren-chan?"

"What's wrong with it?"

"Well, it's kinda mocking the jinchuuriki, if you know what I mean."

"No it's not! Right guys?" The jinchuuriki eagerly agreed with Reoko; after all, it was Renate who had freed them from their felonhood. They had been labeled felons because they were Jinchuuriki and had left their villages to live with other Jinchuuriki, and as soon as Renate had found them, she offered them a place to stay. They were in her debt and were all too eager to repay her for her kindness.

"Well, it's settled then. Renate's Team can be labeled Team Bijuu. Have fun. I have to go back to work."

"Bye, dad! Love you! Thanks!"

"Bye, Love you too!"

"Your dad is Orochimaru-sama, Renate-sensei?"

"Yup! Oh, and Ren-sensei or just sensei for short. Guess you could say "Ren" has become my name instead of Renate."

"I want to be a member of Team Bijuu as well, please."

"Sure. The limit is six students. Let's see, there's Aiko, Reoko, Oni, and now you. What's your names and demons, anyways? In order of tails starting with two would be nice."

"Takatsuki, host of Nibi no Nekomata, the two tailed cat."

"Yuukimaru, host of Sanbi no Isonade, the tree tailed turtle."

"Kumo, host of Yonbi no Sokou, the four tailed phoenix."

"Reoko Taiyoukai, host of Gobi no Houkou, the dog of five tails."

"Raine Uchiha, host of Rokubi no Raijuu, the six tailed weasel."

"Mei Tsuki, host of Shichibii no Kaku, the seven tailed badger."

"Oni, host of Yamata no Orochi, the eight tailed snake."

"Interesting. So, which of you will become my students? Aside from Aiko, Reoko, Oni, and Sora. Raine, you will be taught by a fellow Uchiha clan member."

"Okay."

"Um…I guess I'll be one of Ren-sensei's students, if she wants me to."

"So will I."

"Takatsuki! Mei! Oh, by the way Takatsuki, you've got the same curse mark as Tayuya."

"Please, Renate-sama?"

"I…sure, but…I hadn't planned to only have one student that was a Jinchuuriki. I had also planned to help Ranmaru with his disability."

"Raiga will take care of Ranmaru. Suigetsu is currently training under Zabuza-san, as well as Haku. Sasuke and Raine are training under Itachi-san, and Kikyo, Niisan, and Oni-niichan are training under Orochimaru-san."

"You've been awful quite, Kabuto-kun. What's up?"

"Well, I…uh…it's kind of a private question Ren-chan."

"Alright. I feel like singing uh…what's that song called? Oh, yeah! Under the Sea."

"I feel like singing Closer. You know, the fourth begin theme of that one show…it was really wild. Not as wild as Fighting Dreamers, but wild. I also feel like singing the first and third open themes of that show. The second was a piece of crap. Those songs and Fighting Dreamers."

"You just sang that last one."

"I still feel like singing those theme songs."

"OI! YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY! YOU'VE BEEN DRIVING ME CRAZY FOR THE PAST DOZEN YEARS!"

"AMA NO BAKA, SASUKE! YOU SHUTUP! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, GIVING THE SECOND OTOKAGE ORDERS? SHE ANSWERS ONLY TO HER FATHER!"

"Habataitara Modorenai to itte Mezashita no wa Aoi aoi ano sora. Kanashimi wu mata oboerarezu Setsunasa-wa-ima Tsukami Hajimata Anata e to idaku kono kanjou-no Ima kotoba ni kawatteku Michi naru sekai no Yume kara mezamete Konohane wo hirage tobi datsu Habataitara Modorenai to itte Mezashita no wa Aoi aoi ano sora Tsuki nuketara Mitsukaru to shitte Furikiru hodo Aoi aoi ano sora Aoi aoi ano sora Aoi aoi ano sora."

"You did not just sing the third theme songii of -."

"Yup I did."

"You're crazy."

"Isn't that why you married her?"

"What happened to your date with Jazmin, Sasuke? Don't tell me it was cancelled by your being late again."

"Oh, crap! I forgot about that! Bye!"

"Renate-sama! We have Kikyo-sama, Hane-sama, Suku-sama, Mimi-sama, Yunachi-sama, Abunai-sama, and Yogosu-sama!"

"Way to go Sound Five! How'd you do it?"

"We had some Akatsuki members help us."

"Seriously? You had Akatsuki help you?"

"Yup!"

"The only thing Otogakure needs now is Renate's foster parents."

"I'LL KILL THEM, I'LL SHRED THEM, I'LL- "

"Here we go again."

"What the hell is wrong with Renate-sama?"

"TEAR THEM TO RIBBONS, I'LL SQUASH THEM LIKE THE BUGS THEY ARE, I'LL-"

"RENATE, SHUTUP!"

"DON'T TELL ME TO SHUTUP YOU WORTHLESS BAG OF CRAP! IF YOU TELL ME TO SHUTUP AGAIN I'LL BREAK EVERY BONE IN YOUR BODY!"

"Renate, sweetie, calm down before you kill someone."

"Calm down…CALM DOWN!"

"Yes, Renate, calm down. If you continue to lose your temper like this I won't let you teach anyone and Sasuke will be teaching your students."

"No, no. I'm cool."

"Are you sure?"

"Yup."

"Hey, Renate-san, can I talk to you? Alone?"

"Yeah, sure. What's up?"

"Are we alone in the room?"

"Yeah."

"You know me and Itachi are getting married right?"

"Aye. What's up? You want me to be in it?"

"No, of course not! I want you in the audience. You do know that when I was kicked out of the village I was with Kisame-sensei before you got me back in the village and your dad recruited him?"

"Really? I didn't know that. Surely that's not what you wanted to talk about."

"You're right. I need help with the wedding. Tsunade-sama is going to do the vows; Sasuke is best man; Tobi and Deidara are the groomsmen and Konan is the flower girl. I need bridesmaids."

"Bull. Okay, Kisame is going to walk you down the aisle, right? Konan is bridesmaid; I can't see her as flower girl. Haruno, Sakura of Konoha can be bridesmaid along with Tayuya and just for kicks and giggles why don't we have Karin be the flower girl?"

"Good ideas. I think I'll go with that. Thanks, Renate, you're a lifesaver. I don't know what I'd do if I had no bridesmaids at my wedding, and yes, Kisame-sensei is going to walk me down the aisle."

"Your welcome."

A week later Renate has just finished watching the wedding and everyone is celebrating. Ikari and Renate's third "OddBall" companion/sister came from Sunagakure with her fiancée, the Kazekage. His brother and sister also came to the wedding.

"I still don't get why we had to come Gaara."

"Quiet, Temari. Tenten wanted to come and I wanted to come with her, not just to support her but to try and patch things up with Otogakure and Akatsuki."

"Gaara's right. If we can become allies with Akatsuki and Sound, we as a country and shinobi village don't have to worry about them being a threat."

"Kankuro! What about our alliance with Konoha? You're the Kazekage, Gaara! You should know about alliances being broken because of alliances with enemy countries!"

"I do, Temari. Now, as the Kazekage, I'm asking you to be quiet."

"Yes, sir."

"Temari, Kankuro?"

"Yeah. What's up, Tenten?"

"Why isn't Akatsuki after your brother like they were in the past?"

"That's because we're under orders not to attack a Jinchuuriki. That's our new boss telling us, not Pein. Believe it or not, Pein actually split himself into six different people and Orochimaru-sama still won the fight, sparing only the real body."

"Wow. And to think, you're friends with his daughter, Tenten. Hey, maybe you can give us a little help with the alliance that Gaara's wanting to make."

"Konoha has already allied themselves with Otogakure because of the threat Akatsuki could pose on the Kyuubi."

"So, who caught the bouquet and the whatcha-macallit?"

"I caught the bouquet and Sasuke caught the uh… the uh… that thing that the groom throws."

"Yeah, that. Wait…you caught that Tenten?"

"Yup! Renate, Ikari, Jazmin, you will come to the wedding, won't you?"

"I will since you came to mine."

"Hell yeah! The only way I'd miss it was if I was having a kid!"

"That was unnecessary, Renate! I'll come to though, if you want me to, Tenten!"

"Yay! The OB Girls are reunited at last!"

"Renate, Shut up! And WTF is up with OB Girls?"

"OB Girls; short for Odd Ball Girls."

"Hey, Renate what's the name of your brother?"

"His full name is Sora Naruto Sheika. Why?"

"Just wondering. Hey shouldn't we be gearing up for Jazzy's wedding?"

"Yeah, you're right. So Jazzy, who's doing what in Sasuke and your wedding?"

"…sniff…snivel…"

"What's wrong?"

"He dumped me because my brother raped me when I was ten. He's marrying Sakura Haruno now. I'm marrying Sakon now."

"Oh my gosh. I'm sorry about Sasuke dumped you and your brother raped you all those years ago, but congratulations on getting married to Sakon!"

"Thanks, Renate. That makes me feel a little better."

"Your welcome."

"Hey, question. When is Sasuke getting married? I wanna break his nose."

"A week from tomorrow."

"Nani?"

"Yeah."

"I'm gonna break his nose for breaking up with you just cuz you were raped. That's what rape means: sex without the consent of one of the participators. In this case, you. No offense, Jazz."

"None taken, Ikari. But, what's done is done. He's marrying Sakura."

"I feel like singing the remix of Christmas Don't be Late by Alvin and the Chipmunks."

"Christmas Don't be Late! Okay, there. We sang it."

"Hah, Hah. Very funny Ikari."

"Shut up Renate."

"Hey, guys. What's up?"

"Naruto Niichan!

"Nii-kun! It's nii-kun damn it!

"Whatever."

"Hey, Sora, why do people call you by your middle name?"

"Because there was another Sora in the family and nobody in the family was being called Naruto. Why do you need to know?"

"We were just wondering. The only one who wasn't wondering that was Renate because she was the one who gave birth to and named the other Sora Sheika."

"Yeah. Hey, did you girls watch the Dosu vs. Kabuto - UR Gay skit? That was fucking hilarious. That probably would have pissed you off, though, Renate."

"That skit drove me nuts. We're making a new one though and in this one, other ninja will be brought into the "UR Gay!" fight. And this time it will be a girl and her dad who break up the fight. That one will be freaking hilarious. Naruto, why do you cuss? Kabuto and I only cuss when we're angry. What's up with that?"

"Renate, I've always cussed and I always will. I tried stopping once and it drove me fucking insane and made me turn into Jiraiya for a while."

"It turned you into Jiraiya? Now, that's serious. I can't believe dad was on the same ninja team as a pervert like Jiraiya."

"Me neither. I still can't believe Orochimaru is my dad. That freaked me out at first but once I got to know him, I regret not giving him a chance before."

"Yeah. Well, we should probably head back to the village."

"You're right. Now that dad and aunt Tsunade lead the same village together, it's gonna be chaos. Wonder if we should suggest to them that they should settle the Who-is-the-next-Hokage ordeal with a Rock-Paper-Scissors contest."

"Good idea, Let's do that."

"I'm-"

"Don't you dare start singing Barbie Girl!"

"How about Natsuhiboshi?"

"All right, I guess."

"Yeah! Natsuhiboshi naze akai! Yuube kanashii yume wo mita Naite hanashita. Akai meyo. Natsuhiboshi naze mayou? Kieta warashi wo sagashiteru. Dakara kanashii yume wo miru."

"Okay, that's enough singing until we get back to the condo."

"No. I'm the second Otokage. I'll sing as much as I want."

"All right, but if you're going to sing can you at least sing the 3rd Shippuden Opening Theme or Girlfriendiii in Japanese?"

"I'll go with the first. Habata itara modoranai to itte

Mezashita no wa aoi aoi ano sora

"Kanashimi" wa mada oboerarezu

"Setsunasa" wa ima tsukami hajimeta

Anata e to daku kono kanjou mo

Ima "kotoba" ni kawatte iku

Michi naru sekai no yume kara mezamete

kono hane wo hiroge tobitatsu

Habata itara modoranai to ittte

Mezashita no wa shiroi shiroi ano kumo

Tsukinuketara mitsukaru to shitte

Furikiru hodo aoi aoi ano sora

Aoi aoi ano sora

Aoi aoi ano sora

Aisou sukita you na oto de

Sabireta furui mado wa kowareta

Miakita kago wa hora sutete iku

Furikaeru koto wa mou nai

Takanaru kodou ni kokyuu wo azukete

Kono mado wo kette tobitatsu

Kakedashitara te ni dekiru to ittte

Izanau no wa tooi tooi ano koe

Mabushi sugita anata no te mo nigitte

Motomeru hodo aoi aoi ano sora

Ochite iku to wakatte ita

Soredemo hikari wo oi tsudzukete iku yo

Habata itara modoranai to ittte

Sagashita no wa shiroi shiroi ano kumo

Tsukinuketara mitsukaru to shitte

Furikiru hodo aoi aoi ano sora

Aoi aoi ano sora aoi aoi ano sora!"

"There. If you don't have it out of your system you're welcome to song Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne in Japanese."

"Hey, Hey Anoko wa ima ichi; Ne ne atara shii koi shiyoh; Hey hey, Atashi no teki ja nai; Hey hey, Atashi niwa wakatteru; No way no way himitsu ja nai; Hey hey, Atashi gamete ageru; You're so fine, I want you mine, you're so delicious. I think about you all the time you're so addictive. Don't you know what I can do to make you feel all right? Don't pretend, I think you know I'm damn precious, and hell yeah, I'm the Sound Princess. I can tell you like me too, and you know I'm right. She's like, so whatever. You could do so much better. I think we should get together now. And that's what everyone's talkin about. Hey, Hey Anoko wa ima ichi; Ne ne atara shii koi shiyoh; Hey hey, Atashi no teki ja nai; Hey hey, Atashi niwa wakatteru; No way no way himitsu ja nai; Hey hey, Atashi gamete ageru; I can see the way, I see the way you look at me. And even when you look away I know you think of me. I know you talk about me again and again. So come over here and tell me what I want to hear. Better yet, make your girlfriend disappear. I don't want to hear you say her name ever again. Because she's like, so whatever. You could do so much better. I think we should get together now. And that's what everyone's talkin about. Hey, Hey Anoko wa ima ichi; Ne ne atara shii koi shiyoh; Hey hey, Atashi no teki ja nai; Hey hey, Atashi niwa wakatteru; No way no way himitsu ja nai; Hey hey, Atashi gamete ageru; In a second you'll be wrapped around my finger cuz I can. Cuz I can do it better. There's no other; so when's it gonna sink in. she's so stupid what the hell were you thinking? In a second you'll be wrapped around my finger cuz I can. Cuz I can do it better. There's no other; so when's it gonna sink in. she's so stupid what the hell were you thinking? Hey, Hey Anoko wa ima ichi; Ne ne atara shii koi shiyoh; Hey hey, Atashi no teki ja nai; (No way, No way!); Hey hey, Atashi niwa wakatteru; No way no way himitsu ja nai; Hey hey, Atashi gamete ageru (No way, no way, Hey Hey!); Hey, Hey Anoko wa ima ichi; Ne ne atara shii koi shiyoh; Hey hey, Atashi no teki ja nai (No way, no way, Hey Hey…); Hey hey, Atashi niwa wakatteru (No way!); No way no way himitsu ja nai; Hey hey, Atashi gamete ageru; Hey, Hey!"

"Whoo, man! If your foster parents caught you singing that, they'd kill you! But if dad caught you, you wouldn't be in trouble at all. Heck, he'd probably reward you for doing so good on memorizing a Japanese song so fast!"

"Yeah. Hey, how would you react if I got that in German?"

"I'd flip. I hate German thanks to You-know-who."

"Yeah, she drove me nuts too. The other German classes were fun, it just depends on the teacher's way of teaching. In this case, it sucked like hell for you and it was sleeping gas for me."

"You fell asleep?"

"I had her first hour. Besides, her stories were really, really boring."

"Go ahead. Sing it in German. I want to see what the hell it sounds like anyways."

"Nah. I think I got it all out of my system."

"Hey, Renate? What do you think of your foster parents?"

"I fucking hate them! They were such liars! I fucking hate them! They were so mean to me!"

"Dang, girl. No need to yell your head off. So, what are you gonna do when you get back to the Village? On that note, what are you gonna do if you get reunited with your foster parents?"

"I'm gonna use a chakra coffin like Gaara uses with his sand. Then I'm gonna make them explode! I can't wait for August. Why? Because the 12th is my birthday!"

"Wow."

"I'll be sure to be at the chunin exams on that day. If the chunin exams are in August."

"I also can't wait till the Chunin Exams. Did you know that three of my students were Chunin before they left their Villages?"

"No, I didn't. So, when's the next Chunin exams?"

"I don't know."

"We'll have to ask dad, won't we?"

"Yeah, we will."

i I don't own any of the music in the fanfic! This is the Fourth theme song from Naruto. It was at the end of the Chunin Exams

ii This is the Third Shippuden Theme Song, called Blue Bird.

iii This is the Japanese translation of Avril Lavigne's song Girlfriend.