EDITED: Jan 30th, 2008
Reading back all my authors notes.. wow, I had A LOT of time on my hands. I wrote almost this whole story in one month! … the last ten chapters took me the rest of the year x)
Mmhmm, can't think of anything else to write (x
OMFG, 10 more chapters of editing. SUCCESS!!
Happy readings!
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Not so Weak Anymore
Chapter Nineteen
New Tenshi
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Everything, was so calm,
So still.
So peaceful.
HIEYA!"
Or so we thought.
Clunk.
Falling onto the ground, panting heavily, a smile crossed the brunette kunoichi's face. Spreading her hands and arms out , she laid there in the grass, listening to the swaying wind. A good day of training, it was. Closing her eyes, she drifted off into her own little world.
It had been a full five months since everything started. The training, secretly spying on sound… everything. Training under Yugi's care was paying off big time. They all could use their elements with ease.
"Rin-chan!" a young feminine voice called out. Said voice belonged to a more matured Akira. She had grown stronger over time. Her Sharingan was progressing quiet nicely. She picked up fire techniques after awhile, and learned some basic medical jutsu's courtesy of Sakura.
"mhhmm?"
The sun that was beaming down on the Haruno suddenly disappeared. Opening her eyes, Akira's head was blocking the sunlight.
"Yugi wishes to speak with you."
Sighing, she sat up, watching her brown hair flow in the wind. Looking at her hair, she could see some pink strands coming back out.
"Alright, let's go!"
Akira and Sakura both grew into a sisterly relationship. They both matured physically and emotionally. Akira was slowly growing into young body and such. Her birthday passed a month ago, so now she was OFFICALLY fourteen. Her hair was still blonde and short, just like she preferred it.
Sakura's appearance hadn't changed much, still being in disguise and all. Her brown hair now reached her waist, which she was planning on cutting it short again soon.
Sakura and Akira walked over to the little cottage they created back a few months ago. After traveling all over, they hid in the mountains by the Mist village. It was the perfect place to be, with little activity going on in the village.
Akira and Sakura came to the cottage and opened the door, entering. Heading into the main room, everyone turned to the duo. Hinata, Tenten, Yugi, Ino and Ryo were all sitting at the table, while Akito, Sora, Kouji and Daisuke were leaning against one of the four walls.
"Looks like you've finally come to join us. Come take a seat." Yugi said pulling up two chairs for Sakura and Akira. They both sat down and everyone turned there attention to Yugi.
"Well, we've made it to the 5th month of training. Everyone here has been training hard and it's paid off. In truth, you ended your training two weeks ahead of my original date. But now, we must break off and round up countries. Myself and the boys will keep finding more info about Kenji and spy on sound. You girls will go from country to country, talking to the leaders. Rin, with you being formally Hokage's apprentice, you should easily win over their trust."
Sakura nodded. Yugi continued. "When in the presence of the leaders, you can reveal yourselves. Here is a map of the countries. There in all, there are the five great countries, but you only need to go to four of them, being water country which is where we are currently, earth country, wind country and lightning country. You will have to speak to the Mizukage, Kazekage, Tsuchikage, and Raikage. Tell the leaders of our purpose and why we need them. Do as you must to make them understand. I have faith in you girls. This is how your trip is to go"
Pulling out a red marker and unraveling his map, Yugi began drawing arrows, "Go to the leader of water country, which is where we are now. After that, you will take this route."
He continued tracing their path, "From there, go to Lightning country. After, skip Earth country and go to Wind. Getting Earth country to cooperate may be difficult. They dislike Fire country, but I'm sure you can change they're minds, but it would be easier if you talked to them last. Akira and Daisuke will stay with the boys and myself for the first part of this mission. We will meet up in Sand and then, we will see where we stand from there. We have five months to do this, so in three and a half months from now, we will meet you in Sand. Can you handle it?"
All four girls nodded. One thing puzzled Sakura though, "Why do Akira and Daisuke have to go with you guys?"
"Because you have to talk to three out of the four leaders in this first part of the mission. By bringing them with you can cause distractions. Also, they will be safer with us. Akatsuki is said to be roaming around, and if Itachi finds out that there is two more Uchiha out there, it could cause problems." Yugi said. Sakura nodded.
"My group will leave tonight. I will still stay in contact with Hyuuga and Nara, and will send you any news from Konoha. As for you girls, you can leave here whenever convenient. Anymore questions?"
No one answered.
Yugi grinned, "then let us eat!"
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"Thanks old man for the ramen!"
Putting his money down on the counter and taking his leave, Naruto ran down the streets of Konoha. Naruto still mourned the loss of Hinata, Sakura, Ino and Tenten, but he still stayed optimistic. He didn't know that they were indeed alive though. Neji and Shikamaru thought that he was too much of a loudmouth and it was better if he knew nothing. Sasuke also didn't know either, seeing as Neji and Shikamaru still didn't trust him fully yet. No one knew, except for those two.
"OIE! TEME! NEJI! SHIKAMARU!"
All three boys turned to the loud mouth blonde. The four boys had all turned into Jounin now. They were there own ninja squad. Those past five months changed the four boys mentally, physically and emotionally.
Sasuke stayed loyal to Konoha. He did retrieve info from Sound and told Shikamaru and Neji. Secretly, the two sent that info to Yugi via bird and scroll. Neji and Shikamaru did get letters from the girls telling them how they were, and they would ask how things were in Konoha. Things looked good for the future.
"dobe, shut up."
Naruto glared. Shikamaru put his hand over Naruto's mouth before he could yell.
"Naruto, you're too troublesome. Tsunade thinks we've been working to hard, so she's giving us a day off, but if you so eagerly want a mission, go ask Tsunade." Shikamaru said dismissing Naruto. Naruto looked shocked.
"WORKING TO HARD? PAH I LOVE MISSIONS! LET'S GO SASUKE!" Naruto said grabbing Sasuke's arm and pulling him to the Hokage's office.
Sasuke glared at Naruto, "No. I'm not going." He said stopping and ripping his arm away from Naruto. The two started arguing. Neji shook his head.
"Morons." He stated. All of a sudden, something in the sky blocked the sun and cast a shadow over Neji.
"News from Yugi." Neji said looking up. Shikamaru sighed, "I'll go."
Shikamaru disappeared, reappearing onto a rooftop a few miles away from the group. The bird came to Shikamaru and landed on his arm. The bird was a hawk with large wings. It was a brown and had a piercing gaze.
Shikamaru took the scroll from the bird's foot and read the contents of the scroll. Readings its contents, he couldn't help but smirk.
"Only 5 more months."
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"You girls take care. We will meet you in Sand."
Waving goodbye as the group began disappearing into the forest, the girls watched until they were gone.
"Bye! Take care!"
Once out of sight, the girls headed inside the little cottage. Backpacks of clothes and many other necessities were piled up near the door.
Ino stretched her arms out, grinning, "Alright! I'm going to have a LONG shower, and wash out this orange colored hair. Ah, to be blonde again!"
Overtime, the hair dye faded, and they used wash out dye that lasted two weeks at the most. For the most part, they were all turning back their original colour. While traveling, they would each wear wigs–this way, in the presence of a Kage, they could simply remove the wigs and prove they are indeed who they are.
Everyone's hair grew out to waist length. Tenten put hers up in her usual two buns, while Hinata's hair was long when they left Konoha, so she didn't touch her hair. Ino put her hair up in her usual ponytail. Sakura however wanted to cut her hair again. It was too much of a hassle being a kunoichi and all with your hair flying about.
Ino began cut her hair, as Sakura asked. It reminded her of the chunnin exams when this all first happened, and Ino fixed it up for her. She remembered how she cut her hair to save Naruto and Sasuke.
Sasuke-kun…
Ino noticed a sadden expression on Sakura's face, "Don't worry forehead, you'll see him soon."
"Yeah, but I'll be against him in war."
Ino shrugged, "well I don't see why he would stick with Sound. They can't do anything for him now with Orochimaru dead. He'll join up with Konoha."
"Do you honestly think so?" Sakura said with a curious look. Ino continued cutting her hair smoothly. She then stopped and smiled at Sakura.
"I know so."
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The next say in the afternoon sometime…
"A-Are we r-ready to do this?"
Sakura gulped, "No, but we have to start somewhere."
Nervousness washed over the group of four girls. They knew they could do this, but Sakura remembered Tsunade tell her of the Mizukage's old temper. He was the oldest kage around, and raised a youthful core of young ninja. He was a nice guy, but with little patience.
Knocking on the door, Sakura held her breath, afraid.
"Enter."
All 4 girls slowly proceeded in slowly. There were two people in the room. A man with gray hair and a thin beard, with the Mizukage hat occupying his head. Also a girl with waist length black hair and amber eyes was leaning against the wall. From what they could see, she was very pretty, wearing a stripped green and white long sleeve shirt with the v neck, and a white tank top underneath. She has on jean capris and blue ninja sandals. Her shirt had a hood on the back and she had it on.
Something about her made Sakura think.
she looks familiar…
"Is there something I can help you with ladies?" he asked the girls. Ino, Tenten and Hinata looked at Sakura. Sakura gulped.
"Y-Y-Yess s-sir." She stuttered.
She mentally slapped herself for stuttering.
There was a silence.
The Kage looked irritated, "Well spit it out!"
All four girls stared wide eyed at him.
"Well sorry! It's not everyday we have to confront a Kage, ask for assistance in war, and convince him it's a wise move!" Ino yelled at him in defense for Sakura. Everyone stared wide-eyed at her.
The kage blinked repeatedly, "War? against who?"
Sakura sighed, "This is Hyuuga Hinata, Yamanka Ino and Tenten. I am Haruno Sakura and-"
"Sakura Haruno? She's dead!" the girl said stepping into the conversation. The kage sighed.
"Sorry for the interruption ladies. This is Ami. She is one of the top chunnin, who's soon to be jounin. She was just finishing filling out a mission report." Sakura stared at her, thinking hard.
Damnit I know her from somewhere… where?
The Mizukage turned his attention back to the girls.
"This makes no sense. I had requested Haruno Sakura to teach some of the medic's here a thing or two and the Hokage turned me down because she died along with her other comrades."
"No, but I am her! I swear I am!"
"Prove it."
All four girls took their wigs off and let their hair out. Everyone was pretty sure he would believe them now. I mean, not many people have pink hair, and Sakura was the only pink haired apprentice Tsunade had.
the Mizukage didn't even flinch.
"Do you honestly think by showing me your hair color that I'm going to believe you? There are billions of people alive today, and one or two people are bound to have the same hair color as you four."
Ino pouted, "Well how do we prove this?!"
The Mizukage smirked and pointed to Sakura.
"Haruno Sakura was a well known medical nin. Show me your medical skills."
He got up from his seat, limping out towards Sakura, "Heal my leg."
He pulled his Kage dress up, so Sakura could inspect his leg. From what she could see. it was sprained pretty badly. She began focusing on his leg, letting green chakra poured into his leg.
Sakura could feel the Mizukage's eyes burning holes into the Haruno. Not intimidated, she made sure she healed it to the best of her abilities.
Pulling back after she finished healing his leg, she whipped her forehead. The kage twisted his leg back and forth, and then proceeded walking to his desk, not limping once.
Ami stared in amazed with at Sakura's medical abilities. The Kage sat in his chair, looking at the four girls.
"Please explain to me, if you are indeed who you say you are, explain why you went missing and are now appearing."
Sakura took a deep breath, "We went missing five months ago for a good reason… you see…"
Sakura explained the whole altercation with Yugi and how Sound was going against Konoha soon and about Kenji. She told him everything she knew. The other three girls added pieces into the story. The Kage nodded here and there, acknowledging their words. Once the word Tenshi was brought up, Ami flinched.
Tenshi's?
"…and so you see sir, without the Hokage knowing, we are rounding up everyone underground to take down Sound once and for all, so future generation's can enjoy the world. Now, will you join us?"
The Mizukage was in deep thought. He knew about the Tenshi clan's history and that sound was demolished not to long ago with the death of Orochimaru. He looked at Sakura, still unsure.
"I'm still not sure. I want one of you to battle Ami here so I can see the kind of power you possess."
Getting up and brushing past Sakura, knocking her off balance, he headed to the door, "Come."
Ino pouted as he ran into her friend, "What a grouch."
Ami chuckled, "Ha, that's nothing! You should see him when he's mad."
Sakura smirked, "You should see Tsunade when she's mad. She's a bull in a china shop."
Ami let out a laugh. It felt like some kind of friendly relationship was by just established by saying a few words.
The girls kept chatting amongst themselves, as the Mizukage led them down many flights of stairs and a few corridors. The Mizukage definitely had a bigger office then the Hokage.
After much walking and talking, they came to massive doors. He used one finger to push it open. Light shown through the doors as it opened. All four girls put there arm up to block the light from their eyes. Ami walked in like it was nothing.
Once the doors were fully opened, the Kage took steps in and the girls followed blinded by the sun light. Once they got used to the light, they looked around.
It looked like an outside training facility, like where the final part of the chunnin exam was. Trees were in certain areas and walls surrounded them. the sky was bright and blue and the sun shone down with a heated gaze.
"Okay Ami, show them what you got."
Ami smiled proudly. He then turned to the four girls, "Any volunteers?"
Tenten jumped forward, "I'll do it!" she said walking out onto the field. Ami stood across the field from her.
"Y-You can do i-it Tenten!" Hinata said cheering on her friend. Ino and Sakura joined in cheering.
"This should be fun." Ami said getting into her fighting position. Tenten did the same and smirked.
"It will."
"You may begin." the Mizukage said.
As soon as the Mizukage said that, Ami disappeared. She then reappeared in front of Tenten trying to punch her. Tenten caught her punch, and then tried to kick her, but Ami evaded it. Ami jumped back a few feet from Tenten, and then charged at her with kunai in hand. She then disappeared and then reappeared behind Tenten. Ami punched Tenten directly in the back, but the sound of a 'POOF' indicated she was a log. Ami scanned around.
"Where is sh-"
BAM!
Ami went flying in the air. Tenten emerged from the ground punching Ami in the chin. Ami came down and hit the ground hard. She tumbled for a bit and then stopped. She slowly rose to her feet. She smirked at Tenten.
"Not bad." She said wiping the blood from her mouth. She then performed hand signs.
"Doton: Iwayado Kuzushi! (Earth Release: Rock Lodging Destruction)"
Large boulders broke from the ground and went flying at Tenten at high speeds. Tenten acted quick and performed hand signs.
"Doton: Doryūheki (Earth Release: Earth Style Wall)!"
A huge wall of mud came up and protected her from the flying boulders. Ami cringed.
"You know earth techniques too huh?"
Ami did a few more hand signs, "Doton: Yomi Numa (Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld)"
Tenten suddenly started sinking into the ground. The ground around her was turning into mud, with her feet were stuck.
I cant move!
"COME ON TENTEN! YOU CAN DO IT!" Ino yelled. Sakura and Hinata hollered at her as well. Tenten nodded and regained her composure. Moving would only make her sink more. She relaxed and performed more hand signs.
"Fūton: Daitoppa! (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)" a huge outburst of wind came from Tenten. The mud surrounding Tenten was slowly moving away and then went flying through the air and landed all over the battle grounds. Some of the mud had landed on Ami. She wiped it off of her in annoyance. Tenten just didn't give up.
The fight was getting more and more intense. Both girls were getting tired, and Tenten was now getting annoyed with all these earth techniques. She threw kunai's at Ami. Ami threw her own kunai's and they hit Tenten's. Tenten did a kage bushin and three other Tenten's appeared. They all ran at Ami. Ami was standing there trying to figure out which one it was.
She was too slow.
One Tenten punched her in the gut. Another one kicked her in the hip. Another one exploded in front of her so there was a smoke screen. The real Tenten had a chakra infused punch and punched her in the gut. Ami felt like she was going to puke. She was still trying to stay strong.
I cant lose!
Tenten's hand was still in Ami's gut.
and then oddest thing happened.
A bright light appeared in Ami's stomach and Tenten's hand. The light was blinding. It was like an explosion, and no one knew what was going on.
"What is this?" Ami yelled. Tenten was unsure herself.
I-I-I… Don't know!"
Everyone shielded their eyes from the binding light. Tenten felt the power surge every time she used her techniques, but it felt like a certain amount of that power was leaving.
What is this? Why is it leaving?!
Ami could feel power enter her. A burning sensation went onto her hand. It was hurting beyond belief. This power was overwhelming.
Tenten's tattoo on her stomach started spinning, scaring her. The light was brightening. It was shinning brighter and brighter until…
BAM!
The lights stopped. Ami and Tenten stood there for a second, motionless. Everyone moved their hands from their eyes and stared wide eyed. Both Tenten and Ami then collapsed.
"TENTEN! AMI!"
The group ran over to the duo on the ground, who laid there, motionless. They were knocked out cold. Sakura checked their pulses. Everyone stared at Sakura waiting for a response.
She sighed, "They'll be fine. They're just out of chakra, but I have no idea what that light was."
Hinata noticed something, " L-Look at Ami's h-hand."
Her hand had a design of vines with leaves intertwining around her fingers.
Ino looked jealous, "it looks so cool, like a henna tattoo!"
Hinata then thought of something, "C-Check Tenten's tattoo."
Ino lifted Tenten's shirt up a bit to show her belly button. It looked different. The flames and circles of wind still circled the belly button, but the leaves were gone. All the girls looked at each other.
"You don't think…" Ino started.
"Maybe…?" Sakura said unsure. They heard the Mizukage chuckle.
"I believe you girls are from Konoha now. No question about it, but I think Ami is also one of you."
"Say what?"
The Kage smiled, "There were six main Tenshi leaders, with five main elements: Fire, Water, Lighting, Earth, and Wind. Tenten was given three elements to maintain. Ami here, is the reincarnation of the Earth leader, therefore, when in contact, the powers were transferred, so therefore, Ami is also a Tenshi."
The girls gaped. Ino spoke up excited, "Are you serious!?"
The kage smiled, "I'm pretty sure."
Sakura had a surprised look on her face, "Oh.. my.. no way!"
Both girls started to stir. Everyone turned their attention to them. they slowly opened their eyes and got up.
"Wha-What happened?" Tenten said clutching her stomach. It hurt like hell. Ami's hand was in pain. Looking for a bruise to be the source of pain, she was sadly mistaken.
"WHAT IS THIS?" she screeched pointing to the tattoo. Tenten was in a daze. She looked in bewilderment.
"Hey, I had that marking!" Checking her stomach, she noticed it was gone. She looked at Sakura, Ino, Hinata and the Kage.
"What's going on here?!"
The Mizukage sighed, "Ami here, is a Tenshi like you girls. Her reincarnation died in the war and your reincarnation was given her powers. But the leader of Earth and Wind made reincarnations of themselves as well. So Ami being the reincarnation of the leader of Earth, got her powers back when you two made contact." H
Tenten nodded knowingly, and then turned to Ami. She was looking at her hand, not letting her gaze leave the marking. Tenten remembered the first time she had gotten the powers. It was overwhelming.
"So… what does this mean now?" Sakura asked the Mizukage.
He flashed an old grin. For someone who had an impatient attitude, he can be cheery sometimes.
"Well, I am more then willing to lend Water countries services to Konoha, and I am also giving permission to Ami to travel with you girls."
Ami stared wide eyed, "What? I have to leave, and I am a Tenshi?! I left the village of light to get away from that!"
Realization hit Sakura, "YOU! You're the Ami Akito was talking about!" Sakura said pointing to Ami. Ami's eyes widened when she said Akito.
"You know Akito?" Ami said looming in on Sakura. Sakura nodded, remembering that night when she was on the rooftop with Akito and he sung that song to her. The song was about Ami!
"Yes, Akito trained us to use our powers, along with Old man Yugi, Sora, Kouji, Ryo-"
"Wait? You know all of them?" Sakura nodded. Ami cast her look to the ground.
"Akito…"
"You miss him huh?" Sakura inquired. She slowly nodded.
Sakura grinned, "He misses you too, believe me. Please come with us Ami! You can see him again!"
Ami started thinking. She already liked the girls. They were nice people, and pretty strong. Her mother and her ran away from the village of light, and came to Mist. Her mom had died three years ago and she had nothing left here, and she was DYING to see Akito.
Ami smiled, "Yeah. I'll go."
The girls screamed and hugged Ami, the newest addition to their group. Laughing echoed through the training area.
Ino stopped hugging Ami and then turned to the Mizukage. She furrowed her eyebrows.
"Hey wait, how did you know so much about the Tenshi clan? You seem too calm about the whole situation." The Mizukage laughed. The other four girls turned to him.
"Yugi came by yesterday and told me the whole story. He had already explained the whole situation and I already made the decision to side with Konoha. He didn't tell you he did so because he wanted me to test you girls."
Sakura, Tenten, Ino and Hinata all fell down anime style.
"Your kidding me…" Sakura said. The Kage smirked.
"I'm afraid not." He said laughing. Hinata got curious.
"Did w-we pass?" The man nodded, "with flying colors."
Hinata still had one more question, "d-did Yugi know about Ami being a T-Tenshi?"
The man shook his head, "No, he knew no such thing. He just told me what you already told me."
All five girls nodded. The Mizukage clasped his hands together with a grin on his face.
"Well, how about we go get some food and you girls plan your next step?" he said walking to the door. Sakura stood up and brushed the dirt of her clothes. She grabbed her wig, put her pink hair into a small ponytail and put the wig on. She turned to the four other girls.
"Well, let's get going then."
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Ugh, its like 11:30, and I am DEAD HUNGRY.
This took all day to edit. Can you say, procrastinate much?
So yeah, Ami is a Tenshi. She's a created character, and not the Ami in the beginning of the anime that picked on Sakura. that chick can go fall in a ditch for all I care.
Ami was from the village of light. She left the village to get away from the whole Tenshi thing. She was friends with Sora, Kouji and Ryo, but had a strong relationship with Akito. However once her father died on a mission, her mother wanted to leave the village, which they did. Her mom died three years later after settling into the village, causing Ami to live on her own. However, the Mizukage took good care of her, making her a strong ninja! –thumbs up–
Me go get food. Review, yeah?
Shellzonfire.