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Sixth Day in the Cha no Kuni and with Nami

"Are you ready my children?" Kunihiko asked.

"Yes, father," the three slaves said. (Aku, Taro and Setsuko)

"Good, I first want one of the future leaders of the Cha no Kuni, I don't care who it is, also if you see that sensei and her two students show no mercy," Kunihiko got up from her chair and looked through one of the windows. Aku and the others were in bowing position with their heads down.

"Sir?" Aku asked.

"Yes, Aku?" Kunihiko said.

"Why now and not earlier or later?" Aku asked.

"The reason of the timing of this plan...is because tomorrow is the coronation and everyone will be rushing here and there. Most won't be able to know they are under attack, you see?" Kunihiko asked.

"Yes, master."

"Alright wait until the right moment," Kunihiko commanded.

"Right," Aku, Setsuko and Taro disappeared.

"This is going to be an interesting," Kunihiko smiled.

Running through the trees

"Alright. Setsuko you go to the east of the village and I'll go with Aku, to tell her the way we do things like this," Taro ordered.

"Fine." Setsuko left the two.

"Are you ready?" Taro asked, Aku only looked at him. His hair was flowing with the wind, the leaves were falling right off his face, not a scratch. His face was serious.

"Aku?"

"Huh?" Aku asked.

"Pay attention!" Taro said as he was in the lead.

"Oh, right! I'm coming!"

Sato/Kenji

A small carriage that looked like a farmer's cart being pulled by a young strong man was outside a house waiting for its two travelers, Sato and Kenji.

"Are you ready?" Kenji asked as Sato followed behind him.

"I guess," Sato said back.

"Why... tomorrow is the coronation of the leader of the Cha no Kuni, and you are the leader. You should be very proud," Kenji said.

"Yes, but...but I don't know how to be one," Sato said walking closer to the carriage.

"Don't worry I will be beside you the whole time," Kenji said, him and Sato.

"I guess. But what if something bad happens?" Sato asked as he and Kenji walked in the carriage and gave the signal for the young man to go. The young man started running.

"As I said before. Don't worry Sato nothing will happen to you," Kenji said.

"And Hanako?"

"Her either. You're both safe."

The young man running with the carriage at his hands smiled.

Marieke and her students with Hanako (Hours Later)

"Man, I am so beat from training!" Kyoko yelled from the floor.

"I know what you mean. I thought I would die from lack of air," Midori said.

"Kyoko-neechan, Neko-chan and I want to play!" Hanako jumped on Kyoko's stomach and Neko licked her face.

"Ow..ow..please...s…top! That tickles Neko-chan!" Kyoko said.

"Hanako, I think you should get off of her," Midori said.

"Oh…" Hanako stopped.

Kyoko had drool coming out of her mouth and her eyes had X's on them.

"Kyoko? Kyoko? KYOKO?" Midori yelled.

"Huh?"

"Wake up silly!" Hanako said.

"Alright. I'm up I'm up."

"Good evening girls. How are you?" Marieke came outside and sat on the porch.

"We would be even better if you didn't make us run," Kyoko muttered under her breath.

"Did you hear? Sato is coming back home today. I'm so excited," Hanako squealed with joy to see her older brother.

"Yes, we did hear and tomorrow is the coronation of your brother as well," Marieke smiled.

"I'm so happy," Hanako squeezed Neko in her arms.

"So does that mean, we're finished with this mission tomorrow?" Midori asked.

"Yes, the day after tomorrow and we head home," Marieke said.

"And rub this in Nami's face back home. That we got to finish the mission and she didn't get too." Kyoko laughed.

"I wouldn't advise it. But maybe it's because I'm too nice of a friend," Midori joked.

"That's it," Kyoko agreed with a nod. "Do what you want, but its a once in a lifetime chance."

"I wonder when he'll get here?" Hanako jumped up very eager to see her brother, Sato.

"Very soon. Very soon, Hanako-san," Marieke said peeling a fruit she picked off the nearby tree.

"Maybe it was for the better that Nami left," Midori whispered to Kyoko. "I don't know how much longer she could've stood Sato-san."

"Yeah."

"I can't wait," Hanako said.

In the Trees

"Neither can we," Taro said.

Aku stared down at the group.

"Come Aku, we have to get ready," Taro said.

"Right." Aku followed.

Sato and Kenji

"We're finally home," Kenji said with a sign of relief.

"Yes, we are aren't we?" Sato said. "It's good to be home."

Hanako and her Bodyguards

"Sato! He's here, he's here!" Hanako yelled jumping up and down as she heard the cart.

"Alright you can go see him," Marieke said as she got up and walked with her.

"We'll come along too," Midori said. "There would be no excuse if we don't greet the future leader of Cha no Kuni."

"Fine." Kyoko got up.

Sato and Kenji

The young man pulling them smiled with a little laugh. The ride finally came to a stop and the young man took the bags from Kenji and Sato and stood in front of them...not moving out of their way.

"Thank you, but we can take it from here," Kenji said trying to take the bags, but he wouldn't let him.

"I don't think so," the young man said with a grin.

"What? What are you talking about?" Kenji asked.

The young man took off his hat and appeared to be...Setsuko!

"Sato I'm so glad to..." Hanako was frozen with shock.

"Oh, it's the little girl again. Happy to see me?" Setsuko laughed.

"Why are you here you big meanie?" Hanako pouted.

"Hanako stay out of this," Sato ordered. "Go back in!"

"Oh, and the little boy tries to be a man!" Setsuko laughed. "You make me sick!"

"You should never talk to the future leader like that!" Kenji said.

"What are you going to do? Fight me?" Setsuko asked.

"I don't fight women," Kenji said, as Midori and Kyoko came to the scene.

"Girls watch Hanako!" Marieke said.

"Aw, but I want to get in on the action!" Kyoko said.

"Shut it Kyoko!" Midori ordered, throwing an arm protectively in front of Hanako. "This isn't game! Be serious!"

"You're surrounded Setsuko. You have no where to run!" Marieke said.

"I'm so scared, I'm quaking in my boots! Someone save me! Haha! Please, get real. None of you could take me on," Setsuko said.

"I don't know about that," Marieke said.

"Oh I know that future leader over there should be bowing to my master and not the other way around," Setsuko said.

"Why you…You asked for it now!" Kenji said and ran towards Setsuko.

"Kenji! NO! Don't!" Marieke tried to stop him but was too late.

"A trembling old man, you think you can beat me, huh?" Setsuko disappeared and reappeared in the back of Kenji, and punctured his neck and arms, paralyzing him.

"Kenji!" Hanako yelled with fear and ran into the house.

"I knew you would go off and do your own thing," Taro said from a tree and jumped down in front of Setsuko with Aku (Nami) beside him.

"Huh?" Setsuko said.

"Just like I said, right Aku?" Taro laughed with Aku looking forward and not saying a word.

"Nami?" Kyoko asked. Nami didn't reply to her.

"Nami! It's us, Midori and Kyoko! What are you doing over there?" Kyoko asked.

"Who are you talking to? Yourself?" Aku asked with an eyebrow raised.

"ARGH! What is wrong with you, you...you baka!" Kyoko yelled.

"Kyoko, please!" Midori said.

"What?" Kyoko asked.

"Nami, what happened?" Midori asked.

"Nami, what are you doing? We thought you were back in Konoha?" Marieke asked.

"I don't know who this Nami person is, but I know that you're my enemy and I must destroy you! As father demanded," Aku yelled.

"Aku!"

"Huh?" Aku asked.

"Not here, you know why we are here and we already have what we came for," Taro said and disappeared into the trees.

"Right," Aku disappeared the same way Taro did.

"That was weird," Kyoko said.

"Yeah. Wait! Where is Sato?" Midori asked.

"They have him!" Marieke said.

"They also have our friend! We need to save both of them!" Midori said.

"Are you sure?" Kyoko asked.

"Of course we will save them both," Midori said, eyeing Kyoko for a second. "But what was all that 'Aku' business?"

"We can save Sato for sure, but I think we already lost Nami! Come on, she didn't even remember who she was. She's on the other side and she's our enemy right now! Why do you think they named her 'Aku'?"

"No! We can still save her," Midori said confidently. "We've known her for years. They've only known her for days."

"Midori," Marieke said quietly. "People have two paths to take and Nami... just decided to take a detour."

"You mean…" Midori asked.

"Yes, people choose different lives to live, and we can't change the past or the person. Nami is now our enemy and we can't do anything about it. But we can change our future. We can start by saving Sato," Marieke said and Midori along with Kyoko nodded. "Stick with the mission."

"But where is Sato?" Kyoko pointed out.

"He's...he's...not to far from here," Kenji tried to say.

"Yes, go on with it," Marieke said and helped him up into the house. When Kenji was finally laid down and wasn't as paralyzed he could talk. He told the girls the location of Kunihiko's lair, at least…where people had seen him.

"Alright so tomorrow we strike, and take them all down! Along with Nami!" Kyoko pounded her left hand into her right.

"…Yes, but we need a plan," Midori said.

"No," Marieke said.

"What?" Midori said in disbelief. "…I don't follow, sensei."

"They want us to have a plan, and use it against us. All we're going to do is set on saving Sato and that's it," Marieke said.

"…Right," Midori nodded.
"Get your best weapons together and get ready for a fight," Marieke said with a challenging grin.

"This is where I put your training to the test."

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Sato was tied up behind his back and sat in the middle of a dark room with a little light over his head. He couldn't see anything beyond two feet, and was too weak to even think where he was. All he could do was open his eyes and barely move his head.

"Where? Where...am I?" Sato said with not much strength.

"Where do you think?" a voice asked him.

"Uh? Who...who was that? Who are you? Answer me!" Sato yelled.

"Don't have to yell. Alright, alright. I'll show my face." the voice came out of the darkness and into the light.

"Nami?" Sato said.

"No. Now why does everyone call me that, instead of my family?" Aku smiled as she sat in front of Sato with a piece of fruit in her left hand.

"You've...you've changed," Sato said with some strength coming back to him.

"How?" Aku asked as she took out a kunai and started to cut the fruit in her hand.

"The color of you're outfit. And...and you're working for the enemy."

"Really? The last time I checked you were my enemy," Aku laughed.

"No, this isn't you. You might hate me, but these people aren't your real friends or family as you call them."

"I knew you would tell me this."

"Really?"

"Yes, father, well you know him as Kunihiko told me you would," Aku put a piece of fruit in her mouth and ate it.

"Kunihiko isn't your father!" Sato yelled.

"Can you stop saying that?" Aku yelled back. "I know he isn't my father, but he treats me like I'm his daughter so I will call him what I like!"

Silence.

"Fine," Sato said.

"Huh?" Aku looked down at the depressed boy.

"You win. You're better than me. If that's what you wanted to hear."

"Huh?" Aku was confused now.

"Don't act stupid! You know what I'm talking about!" Sato said.

"What are you talking about?" Aku asked.

"Remember the fight! The one that got you banned from the mission in the first place?" Sato said back.

Aku looked at the boy. "I have no clue what you're talking about."

"You don't? …Are you serious?" Sato asked.

"Yes, now when I think about it. I don't even remember how I got here. Why?" Aku and Sato where both in silence. Aku started feeling weird and wasn't feeling so well she told Sato.

"What's happening to me? ARGH!" Aku's eyes were glowing a different color. Her hair was flying up and her outfit color was changing from her real color to the other color of clothing.

"Nami! What's…What's wrong with you?!" Sato asked shakily.

"I... don't... know!" Aku replied back. "AH!" Aku went through this moment for less than a minute and when it was over she was silent, and her head was down.

"Nami? Are you ok?" Sato asked.

Aku was still silent and when she finally looked up, her eyes were white and she was pale.

"Nami, talk to me!" Sato demanded.

"…Help…me…" Aku said and fell on the floor.

"Nami? Nami? Na..." Sato said before something behind him knocked him out from the neck.

"I see this one is stronger than I thought," the voice said, and picked up Aku and left Sato in the room alone.

Marieke and her students (one hour later)

"Alright is everyone ready?" Marieke asked.

"Yes. We have everything that we need." Midori answered back.

"Good," Marieke said.

"I am so ready for this!" Kyoko yelled.

"Wait!" Hanako whined as she came outside to meet the girls.

"Hanako?" Kyoko said trying to get the crying girl off her leg.

"I don't want you to go! I don't want to loss another friend," Hanako cried.

"Hey. You can't cry," Kyoko said.

"Huh?" Hanako said wiping her tears from her cheek.

"You're a big girl, and in order for your brother to be saved you have to let me go," Kyoko said.

"Alright."

"Good. Now go back to Kenji and be a good girl for us," Kyoko said.

"Thanks, Kyoko! Kick their butts!" Hanako hugged Kyoko and ran back to Kenji waiting behind them.

"You got it." Kyoko smiled with a thumbs up.

"Hmph. That was strangely mature of you, Kyoko," Midori smirked.

"Well…I try."

"Alright. Let's go!" Marieke ordered.

"Right!"

The three trio of ninja went off for one last task...to save Sato!

Kunihiko's Hideout

Sato laid unconscious on the ground, with his hands still tied and drool now coming out of his mouth, his head finally started to move and he started to wake up and come to again.

"Wha...what happened?" Sato asked. "Huh? Nami? Nami where are you?" Sato yelled.

"She's not here. But don't worry she's still here with us and well... if that's what you wanted to know," another voice said.

"Who are you?" Sato asked.

"Like you've never seen me before," the voice laughed and came into sight just as Nami did before.

"Taro... I should have known," Sato said.

"Yes, you should've known, blah, blah, blah. Now I didn't come here to chat with you and be friendly," Taro said.

"Then why did you come here?" Sato asked as his head followed Taro's movement circling around him.

"I came here to tell you...stay away from...Aku or Nami as you call her."

"What? What are you talking about, and why does everyone call her Aku?" Sato yelled with fire in his eyes.

"Temper, temper," Taro laughed.

"Taro! Tell me what you're talking about!"

"Alright you want to know? Fine! I'll tell ya. Nami is not herself, and when I say not herself I mean she doesn't know who you are and doesn't remember who she is either. All she knows now is that everyone except Setsuko, Kunihiko-sama and I are her enemies and she must do her duty. Now with all these people calling her Nami, she is starting to remember a little and wants to know why her enemies are calling her by this name. The jutsu is wearing off and she soon will have total self control. There I told you everything...happy?" Taro grinned.

"What is this...some kind of joke?" Sato asked.

"No, it is not a joke and my purpose for coming here must be fulfilled and for that to come true you must play along as well. No more calling her Nami and making her think you know her. GOT THAT?" Taro ordered and looked at Sato with his face to the floor and making any facial expressions. Taro waited for a minute and after that exited out of the dark room.

"I don't believe it...it's my fault...all my fault," Sato said looking back up. "I knew I couldn't handle this…"

Marieke and her students

Marieke and her students were flying there the trees, with the leaves blowing past them. They were getting closer to the hideout and closer as the minutes past by.

"Are we there yet?" Kyoko whined behind the two others.

"Kyoko I swear if you say something like that again I will take you off the mission as well." Marieke warned. "Ninja don't complain about such petty little things."

Kyoko shrunk into a chibi like person in her imagination and was crying, with puppy dog eyes after to ask for forgiveness.

"There it is!" Midori pointed with her hand to the small figure that looked just like Sato's house to them just as it did for Nami when she encountered this place.

"Alright...is everyone ready?" Marieke asked as she and her students finally stopped to run on foot for there on. The two other girls nodded back to their sensei.
"Good...now let's go!" Marieke ordered and the three nin ran off to save Sato and Nami, not knowing what laid ahead of them.

Kunihiko's Hideout

"Taro, Aku, Setsuko come here," Kunihiko commanded from his EVIL chair. Within seconds the three ninja, appeared before him bowing towards him.

"Yes, master what it is that you want for us to do?" Taro asked.

"We have some visitors and I want you to take care of them," Kunihiko continued on. "And when I mean "take care of" I mean I don't want to see them every again. Do I make myself clear?" Kunihiko asked his ninja.

"Yes, Kunihiko-sama," the three ninja said together.

"Good...now go and get out of my sight." Kunihiko ordered with the wave of his hand and the three nin were gone.

Outside the Creepy house

"Alright I just want to say one of us might not come back from this fight. So I want to say if anything happens to me, and I can't fight I want you two to not retreat, or run but make sure you get Sato to a safe location, got it?" Marieke asked.

"Yes, Marieke-sensei. We understand," Midori said with a nod.

"Yeah so let's go, and kick some butt!" Kyoko yelled with joy.

"Ok. Let's go," Marieke replied to her girls and they all ended up in front of the door, and it suddenly opened with no one there to see who opened it.

"That's creepy," Kyoko said.

"No kidding. Should we go or not?" Midori asked.

Marieke just stood there, as the two girls looked at her for a response. "We must go no matter how 'creepy' it is," Marieke said and entered the house with Midori and Kyoko behind her.
SLAM!

"Alright who's there?" Kyoko yelled with her joy all gone.

"Hahaha," a voice laughed as it's shadow disappeared.

Kyoko threw a kunai at the shadow, and it hit a wall.

"Kyoko, get a hold of yourself!" Marieke ordered.

"Now, now, now what happened to all your joy you had outside...before you came in here? Did it disappear?" a voice said that was a little familiar to them.

"I think it did," another voice said.

"Nami? Is that you? Show yourself!" Kyoko cried.

They waited for a response from their enemy, after a couple of seconds light turned on and Setsuko,

Taro and Aku all came into sight to the three nin.

"Hehehe," Setsuko laughed with her hand over her mouth.

"What are you laughing about?" Midori asked.

"Oh nothing...just thinking about how funny it is that you three think you can defeat us," Setsuko said.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Kyoko yelled with fury.

"What do you think it means?" Taro said.

"Can we stop talking and just get to the fighting?" Aku proclaimed.

"Nami. I never knew you would end up like this." Marieke said.

"For the last time...I'm not Nami!" Aku said charging for Marieke.

"I don't want to hurt you," Marieke said taking out a kunai.

"You don't have to do the fighting! I will! AH!" Aku yelled.

"Nami!" Midori cried.

"AH!" Aku threw her kunai at Marieke who dogged it, and looked to see Aku still coming at her with a punch. Marieke put her kunai in front of her and Aku was still for a moment not making a sound. "But if you insist!"

POOF!

"Nami?" Midori said.

"It was only a Kage Bunshin?" Kyoko said.

"They're all replications. They're somewhere else ready for an ambush," Marieke said.

"So you figured it out good thinking," Taro's clone said and disappeared along with Setsuko's clone.

"Where are they really, than?" Midori asked, glancing around.

"I don't know, but Midori, I want you to go look for Sato and me and Kyoko will hold them off."

"But I thought you said no plan!" Kyoko pointed out.

"I know what I said, Midori just go!" Marieke yelled, and Midori ran off to find Sato.

"So you think you can save Sato, what an imagination you two have thinking you will win!"

Setsuko said as she appeared in front with two daggers in her hand and others on a little slip packet hanging from her neck dangling down to her waist.

"Yes, it is quite interesting isn't it?" Taro said who appeared with a four-foot sword in his right hand with the design of a red bird around it.

"One, two...wait where's Nami?" Kyoko asked.

Midori

Midori ran as fast as she could and looked through each room, and didn't see any sight of Sato yet. Midori heard something and whipped around, slicing the air with her arm. The Hikari Suishou had started to glow and the chakra running through her arm reflected some kunai.

"Oh great I have company," Midori said and ran off dogging the other kunai and shuriken coming her way.

"Oh come on I just want to play," Aku said.

"Nami?" Midori stopped and turned around.

"No, Aku," Aku said and threw her sai at her. Midori bent her head back and did a back flip, dodging the sai just barely.

Where did she get that new weapon from? I've never seen such a thing! Midori thought.

"I think you should be running now. I'll give you a head start since I have to retrieve my sai," Aku said. "Go ahead, you'll need it."

Midori looked at her for a moment as Aku came closer walking, taking her time. Midori took Aku's gift and started running.

"This is gonna be fun," Aku laughed.

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