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The next Day
Midori and Kyoko were woken by little Hanako and Neko.
"Shhh," Hanako told Neko, Neko just looked at her.
"Ok, you go to Midori-neechan and I'll go to Kyoko-neechan!" Hanako whispered as she tip-toed over to Kyoko.
"Ok, now!" Hanako yelled as she jumped on Kyoko's stomach and Neko licked Midori's face.
"AH!!!!! Help me!" Kyoko whined.
"Help you?! Help me!" Midori shouted.
"Haha! Good morning Kyoko-neechan and Midori-neechan. Hey, where is your other friend? What was her name...oh yeah Nami, where did she go?" Hanako asked as Kyoko sat up.
"Uh?" Kyoko looked at Midori.
"Nami, has gone on a trip," Midori said.
"Oh. Will she come back soon?" Hanako asked.
"We dunno," Kyoko answered.
"Oh?" Hanako was surprise to hear this, but didn't care that much because of her age. "Let's go play!" Hanako laughed and ran out of the room with Neko.
"I wonder what goes through a five year olds mind these days?" Midori asked.
"Probably kittens and all that little kid stuff that little kids like," Kyoko answered as she got up and went to get dressed.
"Yeah, kids are pretty crazy these days…" Midori said distantly.
"Hey you're not too worried about Nami still are you?" Kyoko laughed at Midori.
"Well excuse me for being kind and caring," Midori pointed out.
"You got a point there." Kyoko agreed nodding her head.
Nami (Aku)
Nami sat in a room alone, and it was dark; all you could see were very little parts of the room. She sat with her legs crossed and her hands on top of her knees, a new weapon in her hands. It was the sai. It had silver on the top and some Japanese words written on them, it said "Flame", and "Fox" on the sides. She got up and an object came after her. She pulled her sai in front of it and sand came pouring out. It was a sand bag. More and more came after her and it was training time. Aku was thinking of how she got these weapons of hers.
(Flashback)
"Tell, Aku to come here. I want to talk to her and give her something," Kunihiko ordered to Setsuko who was in the back beside the door and went to get Nami (Aku). Nami (Aku) came over, obeying her master.
"Yes, Kunihiko-sama?" Nami (Aku) bowed as she came through the paper sliding door. Kunihiko was sitting down on the floor, with his back to Nami (Aku) and Setsuko. He was in a Hakama, the top white and the bottom of his pants black.
"I want to give you something," Kunihiko continued, "Come here." Kunihiko waved to her.
Nami (Aku) came to his side and asked, "What do you have in your hands?" Nami (Aku) asked.
"It is a gift from me to you," Kunihiko smiled and handed Aku the wrapped gift.
"Thank you." Nami (Aku) bowed and opened the cloth to reveal two sai. The sai were dressed in red cloth on the bottom to give it a special touch and there was two words engraved on the sides they read, "Flame" and "Fox. Aku's eyes lit up with joy.
"What?" Setsuko eyes were filled with rage.
"But why, Kunihiko-sama?" Nami (Aku) asked and continued, "I do not deserve these."
"Let's just say you remind me of my own daughter, who sadly passed away and same with her mother. She was high spirited, and looked a lot like you, Aku. They were hers and I thought they suited you best. Anyways, I think that you could really do some damage with these little weapons, no?" Kunihiko smiled.
"I can't take these," Nami (Aku) protested trying to give them back.
No, she can't, Setsuko thought to herself and kept on going in her head. She doesn't deserve any of these things that he wants to give her. I mean I've worked for him way longer than this little girl will probably ever! Setsuko was about to strangle something.
"No, I think that you should have them! With these you could put a stop too two people that are a threat to me. A boy, Sato, and his sister Hanako from the Land of the Tea! They took the power that was rightfully mine and intend to bring upon evil of this land when I would do nothing but bring peace and nature. I know you will do so much for me, my daughter!" Kunihiko whispered the last sentence in her ear and went to the door.
"It would be my pleasure!" Nami (Aku) smiled.
"Perfect, well I better leave you with these for some practice and come back for some more training on how to summon that animal of yours," Kunihiko left with Setsuko.
Aku looked back and saw them exit out of the room, to leave Nami (Aku) to her work.
"Are you sure that that was such a good idea? Telling her that she's your daughter, when she's not!" Setsuko argued.
"I know just what I'm doing Setsuko do not argue with me. She is more powerful than you. She can almost summon an animal when you don't even know what animal is yours! Don't you dare ever question my plan Setsuko or you will go back where you came from," Kunihiko walked off from her.
Setsuko was left there and astounded at what she heard from her own, father.
(End Flaskback)
Nami (Aku) Training time
I will not disappoint you, father! Aku thought as she got a hold of two sand bags and wrapped her sai's around them and did a three-sixty in the air, back-kicking another bag.
I will be the best of the best and destroy all that come my way! Aku thought as she high kicked another sand bag and back flipped to the ground. When she got back up she dogged backwards, from two other bags and did a cartwheel, landed on the ground, front flipped back to the front and destroyed the two bags.
I will make sure you have what is rightfully yours! Aku saw her reflection in one of the mirrors in the room and was breathing very hard. She thought for a second, who was she? Where did she come from? Why was she filled with this much rage? Aku trilled one of the sai and threw it across the room and it hit one sand bag with a face of the tea symbol. Everything was over now!
Training for Kyoko and Midori
"Wake up! It's time to summon you animal!" Marieke announced, opening up the curtains.
"Mm…" Midori mumbled.
"No! The sun!" Kyoko yelled and instantly pulled the pillow over her head.
"Come on now are you girls kunoichi or just girls?" Marieke tried.
"I am a KUNOICHI!" Kyoko yelled.
"Yeah!" Midori cheered.
"Alright than give me another two miles!" Marieke ordered.
WHAT?
"Come on you heard me! Chop, Chop," Marieke clapped.
"Aw," Midori and Kyoko got up and went outside for another two mile jog.
"Hehehe. Have fun, girls," Marieke waved.
"I hate RUNNING!" Kyoko yelled to Midori.
"Yes, I know you told me yesterday and the day before that, and the day before that. Let's just finish this so we can get back!" Midori said.
In the Trees
"Those are your enemies, got that? They're not you're friends. They are on the other side not ours. They protect Sato and Hanako," Taro said.
"I understand," Nami (Aku) said.
"Good we strike tomorrow," Taro disappeared.
Nami (Aku) stared down at the two hustling girls blankly.
Kyoko and Midori
"Hey did you hear something?" Kyoko stopped.
"Now that you mention it…" Midori said.
"Someone's here," Kyoko said as she looked around.
There was no response. Then something came through the trees spinning crazy, not stopping Kyoko and Midori couldn't make out what it was.
"We're under attack!" Midori exclaimed as she dodged the weapon.
"I know that weapon!" Kyoko said.
"Are you sure?" Midori asked.
"You're asking a weapon expert, I'm sure," Kyoko reassured. "Show yourself right now. Who ever you are!" she demanded.
"Over there!" Midori pointed in the trees.
In the Trees
I'm out of here, Nami (Aku) thought and disappeared.
Kyoko and Midori
Kyoko and Midori rushed over to see a little wild boar that Kyoko had caught and made angry.
"Ow...ow sorry little thing." Kyoko whined and let go of the boar.
"A boar can't throw something like that. Unless it's a summoned animal…but it isn't, is it?" Midori said.
"I don't this so. Let's go back and show the weapon to Marieke-sensei," Kyoko and Midori went back to the spot where the weapon was. The weapon was gone.
"Where'd it go?!" Midori asked.
"I dunno?" Kyoko and Midori looked everywhere for the weapon but couldn't trace it anywhere.
"We need to tell Marieke right n—" Midori was knocked out by something or someone?
"Midori what hap—" Kyoko was cut off.
"Sorry but I can't let you think that you were attacked today. It was all a dream…" the voice said to them.
"Uh?" Midori said and only saw a little shadow of the figure. "Nami?" Midori fell back down.
"No it's Setsuko," the figure disappeared.
Ten minutes later/ Marieke
"Where are those girls? It doesn't take that long to jog two miles does it? I'll go find them." Marieke went off.
Kyoko and Midori
"Uh? What happened?" Kyoko put her hand on her head.
"I don't know…we've been knocked out by someone or something, but I don't remember anything else," Midori said as she woke up.
"There you girls are. Sleeping on the job I see," Marieke appeared in front of them.
"Sensei!" Kyoko and Midori jumped up.
"I/ We got knocked out!" Kyoko and Midori said.
"I don't want to hear it. I just think you two need more sleep if you're falling asleep on a jog," Marieke said.
"But—"
"I said I don't want to hear it. Come. I want to show you one more time how to summon your animal and I can't waste any more time," Marieke ordered.
"Yes, sensei." the girls followed.
These girls…what could've happened to them? Marieke thought.
Aku
"Are you ready?"
"Yes, my master!" Aku responded as she got up from her bow.
"Perfect. Taro, Setsuko you two know what to do."
Taro and Setsuko nodded and disappeared.
"Now, Aku you are the most powerful out of anyone that I've trained. I've told you the hand signs to summon your animal. You still need a little more help on your chakra though, but we can get around that. Now this is a little thing that I've made up, it's sure to help you summon your animal. Now I will leave you. Your training starts now. Oh, and by the way if you do summon your animal and he or she asks for you name, say Kawa Nami and not Dai Aku." Kunihiko laughed and disappeared.
"Uh?" Aku was left in utter loss.
Something came through the paper sliding door, it appeared to be a person and it looked like Setsuko. You could see the outside now.
"Let's see just how powerful you really are!" Setsuko smiled, but her outfit was a different color, instead of blue and purple it was black and red. Her eyes were now black with a little bird inside of them it looked.
"What? Setsuko?" Aku dogged from her kick and ran outside.
"Hahaha. Running away, just like your friends," Setsuko muttered as she followed Aku.
"Why are you attacking me?" Aku pleaded as she ran behind a tree.
"Why, are scared of me?" Setsuko ran after her with a new weapon in her hand it was a Numchaku, it was made out of steel, and was glowing red like her outfit soon was. Setsuko threw the weapon and did a couple of hand signs along with words, "Bird Numchaku Entrapment!" It took a hold of Aku and she soon was locked in position. Setsuko looked up, and nodded her head looking up to Taro who was hiding above Aku in a tree.
"What the—?" Aku front flipped from Taro's hand, but was still in the Numchaku's grasped. Aku ran away as fast as she could from Setsuko and Taro.
"Come, come Aku we just want to play!" Setsuko laughed with the serious Taro following behind her.
"I need to get away from them, but I first need to get out of this trap," Aku hid behind one more tree as Setsuko and Taro passed the tree.
"Oh man…what do I do now? Wait... what would Kunihiko-sama tell me to do at this moment?" Aku thought of her training as she hid into a bush.
(Flashback)
"How was that?" Aku asked without any air left.
"You could do better," Kunihiko said.
"Ah!" Aku fell down on the floor.
"Now, Aku I want to tell you one more thing that's really important when you fight."
"Yes, what is it master?" Aku jumped up and sat in front of her master.
"You know when your opponent has a weapon and uses it against you, and you are trapped within it."
"I don't quite follow."
"Let's say your opponent has a weapon you're not familiar with and have no clue on it at all, and this weapon can trap you so you're easier to hit and destroy. Even if you think that's there's no weakness to this weapon there always is one. The weapon is most likely stubborn, if you're stubborn because you're trapped and are really pissed about all of this. Well the only way to break free is to become calm and say the same words your opponent said but you add one more word, 'release'."
"I think I understand now."
(End Flashback)
"That's it I need to become calm."
"There you are!" Setsuko yelled.
"Oh crap!" Aku yelled and was hit by two kunai and locked into a tree.
"Looks like we won the battle, eh Taro?"
"Hn."
"Now Taro don't tell me that you don't like this game anymore. You use to love it with all the other little ninja that thought they were the most "Powerful", that Kunihiko had ever trained."
"Setsuko!" Taro yelled.
"What?" Setsuko stopped.
"Look!" Taro pointed to Aku. She had turned into a log.
"What is it? Kawarimi? How! Why? When?" Setsuko looked around.
"We're not letting her get away! Go find her!" Setsuko yelled with rage. Her hair started to change color this time, to red.
"Fine," Taro ran off.
Aku
"I barely got away!" Aku said as she came to the end of the island where there was a cliff that lead to the sea with very, very, very sharp rocks at the end.
"I see the little girl is lost again," a voice said.
"Huh?"
"There you are! I finally got you now!" Setsuko yelled as she seemed like she had grown and was in a lot of rage.
"I'll teach you to never run away from me again," Setsuko knocked Aku off the cliff to her death.
"Ah!" Aku yelled, but she couldn't get a hold of anything.
Kyoko and Midori
"Alright who wants to be first?" Marieke asked.
"Oh me, me, me!" Kyoko begged.
"Looks like Kyoko does," Midori pointed.
"Alright Kyoko come here," Marieke said.
"Yeah," Kyoko ran to her.
"Here's what to have to do," Marieke said.
"Hi, Midori-neechan," Hanako said with Neko beside her.
"Oh hi Hanako. Shouldn't you still be asleep?" Midori asked as Neko jumped in her lap.
"Yeah, well you guys woke me up. Also Sato went somewhere with Kenji for some materials for the coronation. He won't be back till tomorrow, and it's hard to go back...a...sle..." Hanako fell back asleep beside Midori, with her head on Midori's shoulder.
"So you think you got it, Kyoko?" Marieke asked.
"Draw some blood, yell out the magic words, and draw out some chakra. I totally got it this time," Kyoko was counting with her fingers and continued, "Yep! I got it!"
"It isn't just steps. You must draw out the right amount of chakra, remember. Well, then go right ahead." Marieke backed away.
"Ok, here I go!" Kyoko bit her thumb with some blood coming out.
Aku
What do I do? Aku thought. Is this the end? No, I remember now! Aku bit her thumb with blood coming out as well.
Kyoko and Aku
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Kyoko put her hand on the ground and Aku put her hand in front of her.
"Come forth, wolf!" Smoke scattered everywhere for both Aku and Kyoko.
"Yeah I think I did it!" Kyoko cheered to soon find out she only released a pup.
"Oh!" Kyoko started to cry.
"A doggy!" Hanako woke up from Kyoko's yelling, and was really happy to see another small animal.
Aku
When the smoke disappeared, Aku had her eyes still closed and opened to see she wasn't drowning instead she was on a twenty-foot fox with two large earring's on one ear, a cloak on that had the fire kanji on it and yellow-orange fur, with green eyes.
"Who, who are you?" Aku asked.
"I am Noriko, leader of the foxes and who are you?" Noriko announced.
"I'm, I'm..." Aku remember what Kunihiko said.
(Flashback)
"Oh and by the way if you do release your animal and he or she asks for your name, tell them Kawa Nami and not Dai Aku." Kunihiko smiled and disappeared.
(End Flashback)
"Uh, uh…" Aku was in loss.
"Come on I don't have all day! What is it? Are you so forgetful that you cannot even remember your own name?" Noriko said.
On top of the cliff
"What is that thing?" Setsuko asked.
"She did it, she summoned her animal," Taro said looking down. "And it looks like she summoned the leader."
"You mean that little pest, actually summoned her animal…when I'm clearly stronger than she is?!"
"You never know she could be stronger," Taro walked away.
"Don't you dare say that to me, do you know who I am?"
"A royal pain?" Taro chuckled with his head down.
"Oh I see. I see you like her don't you?" Taro stopped and reappeared in front of Setsuko's face.
"I knew it. I knew you like her, it was your idea to make her join, not hers," Setsuko said.
"Don't you ever say anything like that again. Got that?!" Taro said.
"Or what?" Setsuko smiled.
"You're not worth my time," Taro walked off and didn't turn back.
"You think you're so strong, I'll show you strong, Miss Aku. Maybe a little visit to her friends would help!" Setsuko laughed.
Aku (Nami)
"Tell me you're name!"
"It's Nami, Kawa Nami," Nami (Aku) finally answered.
"Kawa Nami, you're a strong little girl, if you're able to summon me! Why did you summon me?" Noriko yelled. "I was in the middle of something highly important!"
"I was in danger and the only thing that I thought could save me was...uh...you?" Nami (Aku) said. She felt tired, almost completely drained.
"I see well I must leave now."
"But why?" Nami (Aku) asked.
"I'm no of use here, and you are saved like you wanted to be," Noriko walked off in the sea that made waves.
"But we have a contract!" Nami (Aku) said.
"Yes, but that doesn't prove anything. How do I know you're really Kawa Nami. You could be a liar, and when the real Nami summoned me you probably did something to her and now she is nowhere to be found," Noriko declared. "You look too weak to summon me anyway. You're so small and scrawny."
"That is not true! I'm the one who summoned you, so you have to obey me!"
"Oh really?" Noriko smirked.
"I'll prove to you that I'm really Kawa Nami," Nami (Aku) said.
"Alright, if you prove that you are, than I will be at your will," Noriko smiled.
"Ok, so what do you want to know?" Nami (Aku) asked.
"Show me your team," Noriko demanded.
Oh crap! Where the heck is my team?! Nami (Aku) thought. "Alright," Nami (Aku) said aloud.
Kyoko and Midori
"Nice job, Kyoko!" Midori said.
"Shut up! At least I tried!" Kyoko said.
"Hey whoa, that was meant as a compliment!" Midori said, slightly offended.
"I like this wolf it's really cute!" Hanako said.
"Cute! Cute! Nothing cute will get through this world of ninja!" Kyoko said, everyone heard a grumbling sound right after that.
"Calm down Kyoko, you can try again tomorrow. At least you were able to summon something that looks remotely like a wolf. I think it's time for lunch now. You two take Hanako back and make sure she is safe, and have some lunch. After that come back here, it's Midori's turn to summon her animal!" Marieke said.
"Oh, I just can't contain the joy and excitement I'm feeling right now," she sighed. Midori picked up Neko who was on her lap and walked off with Hanako and Kyoko at her side.
"Something…or someone is near," Marieke muttered.
Marieke walked off, right to the sea and saw a big fox with a girl on its nose.
"Noriko? So Nami, you didn't go back after all. I knew you would do this. But how did you summon the queen of all foxes? That's amazing," Marieke smiled.
Nami (Aku) and Noriko
"I don't really know where my team is though," Nami said.
"Oh, so you really aren't Nami," Noriko said.
"I am NAMI! I'll show it to you!
This is going to be good! Noriko said to herself.
Nami jumped off Noriko's nose and was now on the land.
"Alright I'll be right back! Stay here!" Nami said as she ran off.
Noriko stood.
"Ah, Marieke. Long time no see," Noriko said.
"It has, hasn't it?" Marieke said with a grin as she came out from behind the tree.
"Why have you come?"
"That is Nami, she's my student, and for a while now she's disappeared and I guess you're the one who found her."
"Ah, and why has she gone missing?"
"She disobeyed me and she paid the price. I sent her back to Konoha and I guess she chose a different road. She took the scroll from me and I guess started practicing with it."
"What a student you have trained for her to know everything."
"Yes, she is. But.."
"Yes?"
"She's different from my other two students."
"How? If memory serves me right you were far different from your teammates as well."
"If Midori or Kyoko were sent to back Konoha most likely they both would go back and not disobey me, but Nami...Nami did and I don't know what I should do about it. If she were to do it again, there may be more dire consequences."
"I think that you should do what you think is right. I'm but a fox and have nothing to do with humans and their flaws."
"I see you still haven't changed your ways." Marieke laughed. "But, I guess I will let her do what she thinks is her way of life, I'm not her mother and thank goodness I'm not. I think I'll give her one more chance and take her back."
"You haven't changed either," Noriko continued. "Go, she's coming back!"
"Good-bye old friend."
Nami came running back with no air left. "I'm back," Nami said taking big clumps of air in.
"You are Kawa Nami and I believe you. Now will you leave me alone!" Noriko started walking off.
"Really?"
"Yes."
Nami fell on the ground with her eyes closed and a big smile on her face.
"Thanks Noriko," Nami lastly said.
Noriko stopped in her tracks and said back, "You're welcome."
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As for updates, it may help to know I might be updating on Thursdays from now on. The deal is, I usually upload the chapters from my computer, but since its like, ancient history now, I'll be uploading them on a different computer. The thing is, I have to use a different computer (my home computer has Dial-up. Yeah, go ahead and laugh) so I may be a little random with the updates. However, I'll try to keep up the weekly updates...well, weekly. Thank you all! Until next time!
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