A/N: Alright people I've ultimately decided that there will be a poll; however, I will only be accepting votes for the following kunoichi and there will only be ONE winner. You all can choose from Anko, Kin, Tayuya, Temari, and Yugito. I would also like to point out that in the event there is a tie, there will be a second poll between the two characters. The poll will probably last about as long as or possibly even longer than the last two. Now this chapter will most likely introduce Tayuya and Kin and if not they will definitely be in the next chapter. So without further a due, here comes chapter eleven. (I gain nothing other than self satisfaction from writing this so you can't sue me!)
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Chapter 11: Two More
It was near midnight as Yugito stood in one of the few grassy training grounds that existed in Kumogakure as a thin wisp of smoke rose from her right hand. A log some five meters away from her was charred and smoking as a result of her Raiton technique. A thin layer a sweat adorned her brow below her Kumo hitai-ate which shone beautifully in the light of the nearly full moon.
The golden blonde kunoichi starred at her trembling right hand and clenched her fist as she spoke to her black haired tenant. "Nibi-chan, you said that the two like me coming towards the village contain Biju you are familiar with, correct?"
"That I did, Kitten," the black haired demon answered calmly. "One I know very personally, the other though is just a psychotic sociopath that only thinks of murder and sex."
The golden eyed teenager coughed as a faint blush came across her slightly tanned skin when her personally demon finished, then retorting, "I could've gone without knowing that last part." Quickly regaining her center, Yugito inquired, "Do you know how long it maybe before they arrive? And before you answer, don't go off on some tangent about what you plan on doing to that other demon you know personally, there are enough damnably disturbing images engraved in my memory as it is!" the cat container finished with a small cat-like hiss, a habit acquired from Nibi herself.
"I would say no longer than two months, Kitten, but I honestly can't wait for my old friend to arrive. Maybe his container is someone you'll find appealing," the demonic cat finished, poking at her container's buttons.
"You know the brat's ten years younger than me, at least according to mother. She mentioned him possibly being the son of that spiky blonde guy from Konoha who visited when I was seven," the cat eyed teen said.
"You should learn some manners and refer to him as the Yondaime Hokage, Kitten," Nibi said jokingly.
"You don't respect a damn thing so why should I? You're a bigger influence on me than my mother," the female Jinchuuriki shot back.
"That may be true, but- There's a rat! Kill it, kill it, kill it!!" the two tailed feline shouted in her container's head at the sight of the rodent.
Yugito watched the hairless tailed creature for a moment before pouncing on it like the cat within her and snapping the small mammal's neck with her unusually large canines. As she started to devour her prey, the golden blonde kunoichi thought only one thing, "Being a cat freaking rocks!"
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It was the weekend following Kyuubi's more or less humiliating defeat at the hands of the five kids and the group of nine was currently standing outside the local onsen in a small village that was just over the border that separated the Lands of Fire and Grass. The five kids were happy to say the least but Tsunade's eyebrow was twitching erratically and Anko and Shizune could only stare at the sign while Jiraiya giggled perversely.
In a strained and exasperated voice, the slug Sannin said, "They made it… coed?" Just as the blonde gambling addict knew the toad Sannin behind her was about to go on one of his perverted and annoying rants she turned and kicked him in the groin, sending the poor novelist flying almost one kilometer east. Taking a deep breath she turned to the golden blonde boy next to her and asked, "Naruto-kun, would you mind making a kage bunshin of Kyuubi, I need him to do me a favor?"
The fox-boy only nodded in fear and quickly performed the already familiar hand sign, revealing a Kyuubi that was half torn between laughter and fear. When he looked up at the slug mistress he said, "You Tsunade, deserved to be feared by any man who reads that orange book of his."
As fear subsided from Naruto he instantly remembered something he'd seen the last time him and the demon fox beside him had privately spoken. "Kyuubi didn't you have a bookcase full of those little orange books that Ero-sensei carries around, inside of your cage?" the golden blonde inquired remembering the Kyuubi standing over one of the said books a night when he'd gone to talk to the demon after falling asleep.
Said chibified demon instantly stopped laughing as his beautiful fire-red fur turned ghostly white as the blonde Sannin stared down at him with an evil and suspicious glare. He quickly rose to his defense, "I've been sealed in the Kit for four and a half long years and there are certain requirements a demon needs-" Before he could even finish, he was punted like a football in the same direction in which the white haired author had by the gambling addict, only to reappear as a new kage bunshin upon Tsunade's request a moment later grumbling incoherent curses.
"Now Kyuubi-sama I would like to ask that you stand guard out here while Anko-chan, Shizune, Hinata-chan, Temari-chan, and I go into the hot springs. If I find they have some sort of divider Naruto-kun, Gaara-kun, and Kimimaro-kun will join us," the slug mistress stated.
"And if they don't?" Anko questioned her fellow kunoichi, not really wanting to leave the three boys hung high and dry outside just because they were male.
That's when the blonde Sannin removed a scroll from her jacket and replied, "I've got my own for just such an emergency."
The snake mistress smirked and retorted, "You seem to be prepared for almost anything that would deny a perverted man like the Ero-Sennin of his fun."
"He's the reason why I have such a hate for perverts like him and those books he rights based on his 'research' just lead to people like stubborn Hatake brat," the busty medic explained. "It actually amazes me that Arashi was corrupted by the perverted baboon, though I can't say the same for Hiashi."
The teenage Kunoichi's eyes grew wide before blurting out, "By Hiashi, you mean Hyuuga Hiashi, the biggest pain in the ass to become head of the Hyuuga clan to date? He actually reads that shit?!" Tsunade simply nodded and her kunoichi counterpart broke out in a painful fit of laughter as she held her side in joyful agony. "That's gotta be the funniest and sweetest bit of info on a Hyuuga I've ever gotten. If I was still in the hellhole that would make grade A blackmail material," she said between laughs.
Ten minutes later, the entire group minus Jiraiya and Kyuubi were in the onsen, Tsunade's personal iron barrier separating the three boys from the group's five female members. Thanks to Anko, courtesy of all that sweet ryo she got off of Jiraiya, they were able to pay the owner to allow them to enjoy this once in a blue moon experience in privacy.
The golden blonde boy and the redhead were forced to pile several of the surrounding rocks in the spring to make acceptable seats so they wouldn't be forced to stand while the bone user, being tall for his age, had no such issues. The two Jinchuuriki drifted in and out of sleep as they felt completely relaxed and carefree for the first time in their lives and their older companion appeared to be meditating with the only indication of him actually still being alive being the faint growth and shrinkage of his nostrils.
On the other side of the barrier which Tsunade dubbed, My Iron Will, all of the females were enjoying the much needed relaxation. The female Sannin, with Hinata seated in her lap and Shizune had their backs to the bamboo wall that separated the springs from the village street, while Temari sat against the wall to their left, and Anko against the one to their right.
"Why the hell don't they have one of these back in Suna," the wind mistress said to no one in particular as she slowly let her mouth dip beneath the surface.
"I think you mean to ask why the hell didn't we stop at one of these sooner, Temari-chan," the snake mistress said back, resting the back of her head against the edge of the stress relieving pool.
"Just shut up and relax you two," the slug mistress lazily snapped, "We may not get to enjoy ourselves like this for Kami knows how long, and as far as I know there's only hot springs in the southern end of that mountain range that makes up most of the Land of Lightning so we won't be seeing any once we get there." The blonde medic then winced for a moment before releasing a drawn out sigh as she felt some of her stiff joints pop and crack.
The young Hyuuga present was more relaxed than the rest having fallen asleep with her small head resting against Tsunade's well endowed chest. The not so fortunate Shizune was envious of the teenager to her right who was four years younger than her, yet had bust that the black haired medic knew instinctively she'd never match. Putting these rather annoying thoughts into the back of her mind she tilted her head back and basked in the unending warmth that the spring provided her.
On a hill some one hundred meters away, Jiraiya and Kyuubi sat viewing through identical telescopes at the sight of the Tsunade and Anko, neither really giving a damn about the two children or the black haired flat-chest who sat between the two busty maidens. The young Hyuuga however blocked most of the view of the blonde medic much to the two perverts' displeasure. Their fun didn't last long as without warning, the white haired Sannin was struck dead in the forehead with a wooden bucket that left its mark where it impacted. The demon fox fortunately just laid flat against the ground as another bucket flew over him, just grazing the ears he quickly pressed down against his skull. "Note to self: Do not stay in wide open spaces with varying projectiles and a pissed off Tsunade," Kyuubi mentally noted. "But to hit him with that kind of accuracy at a hundred meters… No it just must be dumb luck combined with Jiraiya's magnetism for insane punishment."
"Did you get them?" Anko asked lazily as Tsunade lowered herself back into the water and allowing the dark blue haired Hyuuga to sit on her lap once again.
"Got the baboon, but I missed the fox," the slug Sannin replied only slightly irritated.
That's when Kimimaro and Naruto's heads popped over the oversized barrier as the golden blonde asked sleepily, "What's happening over here, I was taking a nice nap." Then without warning, both boys were struck right between the eyes by a bar of soap, one thrown by the snake mistress the other by a now completely red wind mistress. This knocked the fox-boy back down into the water, but completely unaffected the pale green eyed boy.
Looking down at Temari, who had turned away from him and was covering herself, slightly annoyed, the bone user said, "I think you forgot I change the density of my bones, Temari-chan."
The teenage kunoichi across from her then caught an evil glint in the eyes of the girl across from her as she reached for her battle fan, and quickly jumping at Tsunade, Hinata, and Shizune, Anko yelled, "Hit the deck!"
"Stop staring you pervert! Daikamaitachi no Jutsu!" the sandy blonde roared, opening her fan as she swung it. Kimimaro quickly ducked behind the wall, but unfortunately for him and the other two boys behind it, they along with the slug mistress's precious barrier, were swept up by the devastating winds that the teal eyed girl had created. The golden blonde, the redhead, and the silver haired all landed face first on the barrier some ten meters away, much to their discomfort and the blonde Sannin's displeasure.
"Oi, Temari-chan," the snake user said sitting up and rubbing the back of her hand lightly. Temari turned to the teenager with a cocked eyebrow, as she continued, "You got some serious anger issues to work out, kid." The sandy blonde huffed as her cheeks slightly reddened again earning a laugh from the other four females.
That's when she caught a faint glimmer of light where Tsunade had previously thrown the two buckets and picking up a bar of soap as it floated by, the wind mistress hurled it with all her might at the glimmer which disappeared seconds later and was replaced by a barely visible puff of smoke.
Inside of a now unconscious Naruto's mind, Kyuubi grumbled, "If it's not one of the women trying to kill ya it's another, and Nibi's about ten times as worse as Anko, Tsunade, and Temari put together."
Hearing his tenant say this, the young blue eyed boy asked, "You think she'll end up killing us Kyuubi?"
"Kit, worry about making it to Kumo before worrying about what trouble is waiting for us there," was the demon fox's reply as he rubbed a small lump above his left eye. Then thinking to himself, "Though I suppose worrying about what that crazed feline is going to try to do to me when we arrive, is something that we could worry about, especially if she's already detected me and that damn tanuki are heading closer towards her."
Said tanuki was curled up into a tightly compacted ball as he whispered to himself, "I'm not going insane, because only the insane talk to themselves for three days straight, and I've only been talking to myself for sixteen days, so there's no way I can be insane if I've been talking this long." If anyone were capable of hearing the many other things that Shukaku whispered to himself in the dark corner of his cage where he no longer saw or heard what was happening on the outside, they would not wonder but easily know that the sand spirit had long ago gone insane and he had just taken it to a new level.
Several hours and many bandages later, the nine members of the group had split in three, one being Jiraiya all by his lonesome in a room that the slug Sannin had locked from the outside, Tsunade, Shizune, and Anko in a room of their own, and the five kids who managed to weasel their way into getting the largest room.
Inside the three kunoichi's room, the snake mistress and gambling addicted blonde were guzzling down sake while Shizune tried desperately to get her first good night's sleep in a long while. "Temari-chan's gonna to be twice as scary as you are by the time she's and adult, Tsunade-sama," the purple haired teenager said in a drunken slur.
It was unclear if the medic kunoichi heard her or if she simply wasn't able to understand Anko's sentence in her intoxicated state which slowly worsened as she downed another cup of the throat burning liquid. "Oi, Anko-chan," Tsunade started say, hitting her drinking partner in the back and accidentally hurling her into the nearest wall, knocking her out. The blonde Sannin stared for a moment before breaking out in a short fit of laughter before falling backwards onto the bed where her apprentice lay. Cursing to herself, Shizune knew this would be another unpleasant night.
The kids were enjoying themselves in a much more peaceful manner by quietly watching television with all of them sitting on the king sized bed that the room offered. Temari sat in the middle in the front edge of the bed with a giggling Hinata on her lap. To the two girls' right, the tanuki container lay flat on his stomach with his gourd resting against the bed in front of him. The golden blonde boy had already fallen asleep lying peaceful on his left side at the head of the bed. The tallest member of the group, Kimimaro sat on the wind mistress's left with his legs swinging lightly off the foot of the bed.
"Temari-chan," the bone user said after a small yawn, "Tomorrow if we get a chance, would you and Gaara-san care to spar against me and Naruto-san?" the pale skinned boy had had but the one training session against Kyuubi with the sandy blonde and apart from her display with the Fuuton: Daitoppa and her flying ability he had seen little of her other abilities, which he secretly wished to see firsthand.
"Maybe," was the wind mistress's only reply as she toyed with Hinata's hair which over the past few months had grown from just touching her shoulders to about halfway past them. Temari enjoyed training, but unlike when they fought Kyuubi and when she had sparred with Naruto the one time, the teal eyed girl really didn't think she'd enjoy having to dance around a clearing avoiding the swords that Kimimaro used constantly. Plus, she had a bad feeling that if she fought the bone user, her fan that her mother had left behind was far too valuable to her to risk getting sliced to ribbons by a boy with a very overused bloodline limit.
"Come on Temari-nee-chan, it'll be fun," the redhead encouraged his sister.
The wind mistress looked at her pale jade eyed brother and replied, "Fine, but it's me and Naruto-kun against you and bone boy, Gaara," finishing with a small huff. It wasn't long before everyone was comfortably resting; Temari was cuddling close to the fox-boy she had begun to adore, while Gaara and Hinata snuggled together in a rather cute and adorable fashion. The eldest and lankiest child however, was tied down to the chair by the sandy blonde as what she considered punishment for acting like Jiraiya. The young kunoichi also warned him that if he broke the ropes and she found him anywhere near the bed when she awoke, that he'd fear her more than the snake and slug mistresses, all while wearing a slightly maniacal grin that wasn't too much different from the one Anko wore when she got into a fight.
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The next day, the group began traveling east towards the Land of Lightning, though between them and their destination stood the Lands of Rice Fields and the Sea. They'd traveled for about ten kilometers uneventfully barring you excused the few times that Hinata, Gaara, and Naruto got lost in the grass for which the country was named after. Sometime after noon, they were able to find a clearing devoid of the grass that went up to the wind mistress's nose and the perverted bone user's chin.
The snake mistress cooked up her own homemade dango balls that she had gotten the ingredients for back in the hot spring village. Everyone was impressed with variety of food that the teenager was able to cook, and though she accepted the compliments she only said that it had been the Sandaime Hokage that had thought her most of the recipes she knew and that she had borrowed the dango recipe from the shop in Konoha and added her own little tweaks to it.
It was after lunch that the kids decided to have their little spar. As the two blondes prepared to fight the redhead and the lanky silver haired boy, the lavender eyed girl sat over on the edge of the clearing with the others. No one apart from Anko was worried about what kind of damage the four young shinobi would do to each other especially after what Temari had done the previous day.
"Tsunade-sama, you know that Temari-chan may end up nearly killing Kimimaro-kun for what he did yesterday, ne?" the purple haired snake user said to the blonde Sannin who only cocked an eyebrow out her.
"Well if Kimimaro-kun doesn't want to get caught and killed, then perhaps he shouldn't have asked her to spar," was the busty medic's reply. "Temari-chan and Naruto-kun are both headstrong but aren't really the type to hold a grudge for a long time, while Kimimaro-kun and Gaara-kun are both a little insecure when it comes to relying on others which actually makes these two teams good for all four of them."
"How exactly do you figure that, Tsunade?" the toad master questioned his long time teammate.
"Though they all get along and proved that they can work together in a pinch, I noticed that Naruto-kun didn't particularly like taking orders from Temari-chan and I'm pretty sure that she'd be the same way if it was Naruto-kun giving out orders. As for Gaara-kun and Kimimaro-kun, with it being just the two of them, they'll have to open up their emotional barriers a little so they can truly depend on each other without a second thought," was Tsunade's long winded answer.
"And when did you notice all of this, because I never remember the two blondes arguing over anything other than who passed out first for the few days after that spar they had," the snake mistress said, shooting another question at the gambling addicted medic.
The slug Sannin sighed heavily and simply retorted, "Just watch, they don't have radios this time around so when they start shouting orders at each other you'll see."
Then, without warning, a Kyuubi enhanced Naruto and an equally fierce looking Temari ran towards their two opponents. "Naruto-kun, you stall Kimimaro and I'll get my otouto, it shouldn't-" the sandy blonde started to say as they ran before being interrupted.
"No way, you take Kimimaro and I'll get Gaara. That giant fan of yours can block his bones these tiny claws can't!" the golden blonde shot at his teammate, clearly not wanting to risk anything against the bone user who he knew had the upper hand against him.
"Fine, but don't get caught; I can't win on my own!" the wind mistress spat at the fox-boy showing that she really didn't like taking orders, especially from someone younger than her.
"My thoughts exactly, Temari-chan, though I doubt Kimimaro's a match for that fan of yours," the now crimson eyed boy said.
As the two ran towards their opponents, the green eyed boy and the pale jade eyed boy were having their own disagreements. "Gaara-san, don't bother wasting your sandy and chakra to defend me, my bloodline is more than enough."
Gaara was only lightly surprised by what his partner said as he called his sand back away from the older shinobi. Looking nervously at Kimimaro he said, "Kimimaro, don't blame me if my nee-chan knocks you out again, she has a very bad temper and you made her pretty made yesterday."
"I did nothing wrong, I only tried to talk with Anko-sensei and Tsunade-sama yesterday; she's the one who overreacted," the bone user shot back coldly as he prepared for the two oncoming opponents.
The lanky boy let the fox-boy rush by him towards his teammate, while he raised both his arms and blocked the downward swing Temari sent at him with her fan, causing the bone user's feet to sink into the ground. As the sandy blonde backed off for a moment, she used her affinity for wind to hover in front of Kimimaro for another moment before bringing her fan down against his hardened arms for a second, third, and fourth hammering swing. This successfully pinned the bone user almost knee deep in the ground, leaving him immobile.
The silver haired boy cursed to himself as he looked behind him momentarily to see Naruto dancing around the ever-flowing sand his partner was using to try to stop the fox-boy. He thought, "Perfect, two minutes in and we're going to lose!" his competitive attitude began surface. He then watched as the kunoichi a few mere centimeters out of his reach, sat on her fan and flew over him and towards the combating golden blonde and redhead.
The sand master was struggling and he knew it. The Kyuubi enhanced Naruto before him kept easily dancing out of the flow of his sand and he'd yet to land a hit. Yet, while the fox-boy kept dodging, he had somehow managed to get three good punches past the Suna no Tate and Gaara now had a nicely forming bruise under his left eye.
It was as soon as he heard the cry, "Move it, Naruto!" that the tanuki container realized just how much trouble he was in. He watched as his fellow Jinchuuriki jumped over his head and went for a roundhouse kick as he came down. At the same time, the redhead's sister was dropping from about five meters up with that oh so heavy fan dropping toward him like a large black piston. The sand master quickly sent all the sand inside his gourd and created as thick a shield as possible above him.
Then a mere second before impact, Temari slid off the top of the fan where she'd been kneeling and kicked the thin side, sending it and her in a full moon arc that brought the opposite end of the fan on a crash course with Gaara's jaw. There was a sickening crunch on impact as Gaara didn't even fly up a foot when his face crashed into the heavily condensed shield of sand he created.
On the edge of the clearing everyone, pardon Hinata who covered her eyes, hissed as they saw Gaara take a one way trip to pain city.
Naruto was rather shocked at how badly his partner had just injured her brother, who was now half covered in sand with blood pooling out of his mouth and his jaw slightly twisted. Both blondes then looked at Kimimaro who was now using his bones like picks to try and unearth his legs desperately, not evening turning at the sound of his partner's jaw being shattered.
Before the two could even try to finish the fight, Tsunade appeared in front of them and said, "I think you two won fair and square. Now go wait with Anko-chan and the others while I help Kimimaro-kun and tend to Gaara-kun's injuries."
As the teal eyed girl and the once again blue eyed boy got over to where the others had watched the match, Anko was the first to speak, "You are one freaking scary kid when you use that fan, Temari-chan. I think I'll get my own sometime; it'd be great for keeping perverts away." The sandy blonde sweat dropped lightly at this imagining the snake mistress knocking copies of Jiraiya into the horizon with a battle fan that looked very similar to her own.
Laughing nervously, the wind mistress said, "Just promise you won't use it to punish us during training, ok Anko-san?" The teenager's eyes lit up at this and Temari went from nervous to just plan scared. "You wouldn't really do that, would you Anko-san?"
Anko scratched the back of her head and replied, "Don't know, I guess it would depend on just how badly you screwed up and what mood I was in." The teenage kunoichi put a finger to her chin and thought for a moment before saying, "Actually, I think I'd just use it to punish Gaara-kun, Kimimaro-kun, and Naruto-kun."
Said fox-boy nervously swallowed the lump in his throat before yelling at his fellow blonde, "You baka! Why'd you have to give her that idea; I happen to like living you know?!"
Temari only smirked as she eyed Naruto in much the same way she had Kimimaro the previous night. She picked her fan up and quickly slammed it down, missing the golden blonde completely by one or two millimeters. The fox-boy took a step back as the wind mistress said, "Do you want a broken jaw too, Naruto-kun?" in a very unnerving manner, causing the Jinchuuriki to sweat bullets, shake his head negatively, and quickly take cover behind the purple haired teenager in less than a second.
Shaking like a leaf, Naruto quickly responded, "I-I take it b-back Temari-ch-chan; you're n-not a baka, you're a g-genius! And I really like living so don't hit me, please!" begging for his life.
Temari's smile quickly changed to a genuine one as she waltzed over to the fox-boy and said, "Thank you, Naru-kun," before planting a light kiss to everyone's surprise, including Tsunade's and a certain bone user who were wide eyed with shock. Both blondes were now blushing a deep shade of red that easily rivaled Gaara's hair.
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The group was stuck waiting two days for Tsunade to completely repair the redhead's jaw, which was aided along by the minor healing abilities provided from the tanuki sealed with in the sand master. It was a total of four days after the sparring session that the band of nine shinobi and one pig arrived in a rather rundown and deserted village in the Land of Rice Fields. Anko had noticed that little by little the Ten no Juin on the back of her neck was beginning to hurt worse as they neared the Land of Sea, where she had been found almost seven years previously by Konoha ANBU. This however, was something she kept to herself.
Upon entering the village initially, the slug mistress said, "It looks this town was raided not too long ago by bandits; we should see if we can find anything of use and be on our way." Everyone nodded in agreement, including Hinata who was beginning to understand more and more that some places made even the hell she went through in Konoha seem like a paradise. They split into four groups, Naruto and the wind mistress sticking with Anko; Gaara with Shizune and Tonton; the lavender eyed girl with the slug Sannin; and Kimimaro with Jiraiya.
The group searched the town for close to half an hour with little success and were preparing to give up hope on finding anything when they heard a high pitched scream that could rival Temari's and the sound of shattering glass. They all converged on a rundown house that was one of the more intact buildings in the village, though the shattered windows and tattered sheet that was used for a door didn't do it much justice.
Anko and Jiraiya were the first to enter to find a rather drunk and disgusting looking man corning two young girls, a fiery red head holding a broken sake bottle as she stood over a cowering black haired girl. Both are wearing nothing more than dirtied grey shirts that are covered with dirt, sweat, grim, and blood in the case of the redhead. Before either the snake mistress or the toad master could do anything, the man lunged at the girls, but was stabbed in the right eye by the seemingly fearless girl who shouted, "Take that, fucker!" much to the surprise and distaste of those present.
Then, grabbing the other girl's wrist, the redhead pushed past the injured man before running straight into Anko's legs. Before the redhead could shout anything at the teenager, the purple haired kunoichi shouted, "Get outside now, both of you!" Muttering an inaudible 'thanks,' the two girls ran outside and this time into Temari and Kimimaro, the former being knocked down on her rear.
Rubbing her head, the redhead looked at the fallen wind mistress and barked, "Watch where the hell you're standing, bitch!"
The still shaking black haired girl then said, "Tayuya, y-you really should watch your language," with a bit of a stutter.
The girl called Tayuya then barked at her companions, "Shut up, Kin, I can talk however the hell I want to!"
That's when Tsunade walked over to the flaming redhead and said, "Your friend is right, it's extremely impolite to use such vulgar language." Tayuya then looked up at the slug Sannin with an ice cold glare and spat at the busty blonde's feet before standing up.
"And what would an old hag like you know, you're not my damn mother, and I know so 'cause she's dead," the dark brown eyed girl coldly stated. As Tayuya helped Kin to her feet, the black haired girl staggered, wincing in pain as she clutched her left leg.
Her built-in concern as a medic-nin kicking in, the chronic gambler said to Kin, "Let me take a look at your leg, I should be able to help." Before the black eyed girl had a chance to answer, her redheaded companion stepped between her and Tsunade and shook her head.
"We don't need your help or pity!" Tayuya shouted defiantly. "We've been fine on own for a year, we don't need-" before she could finish however, the slug mistress kneeled down and pulled the raving redhead and her black haired companion into a motherly hug.
As she brushed both of their trashed, and unwashed hair, Anko and Jiraiya stepped out of the ruined house, and she said to the girls, "It's ok, everything's ok; you two can take a nap then we'll talk." For the next few minutes, Tsunade stayed like that with the two girls as they both slowly fell asleep, and rested peacefully for the first time in months.
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A/N: That was a tough ending there, but I got through it and wrapped up another chapter. Hope you enjoyed the hot springs bit and the little fight between the two blondes and the redhead and bone boy. Now I have a one poll to add that will be only up until the next chapter comes out and will actually decide the next chapter. I want to know if you want me to do a chapter for the Land of Sea where Anko will get some memories back and the group meets Israbi or if you want them to head straight to Lightning and the encounter with Yugito and Nibi. You have until the end of Wednesday to vote so get to it. Please review like always and I'll see you for the next chapter. Ja ne!
New Character Ages:
Tayuya – 6
Tsuchi Kin – 5
Translations:
Daikamaitachi no Jutsu: Great Cutting Wind Technique
