EDITED: Jan 31st, 2008
New Tenshi! I wonder who that will be?
Its rather obvious.
x)
Happy Readings!
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Not so Weak Anymore
Chapter
twenty-six
Preparations,
and altercations
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A birds wings started to flap, as it got ready for take off. The girl, whose arm was being occupied by the bird ready to take flight smiled.
"Good luck." She whispered to the bird. The bird then took off, with a scroll tied to its leg. She watched the bird, until it was too far to see.
A gentle breeze blew, making the pink hair of Haruno Sakura flutter in the air. She had been sending birds to each village in alliance with Light, telling them to come towards the village of light, so they can march into battle with Kenji.
Sakura sighed as she gazed out at the village. It was a very peaceful and kind village. Villagers were very gentle and caring towards each other. It was a small village, but a beautiful one at that, which made Sakura understand why the Tenshi's worked so hard to protect it. The concept of putting your life on the line for the lives of others clicked in her head.
"H-hey Sakura! Y-you done up there?" Hinata's fragile voice called from the staircase leading up to the tower Sakura was currently up on. Sakura looked down the tower, to the next level, and there was Hinata, looking up.
"Yeah, I just sent the last bird that was going to Suna. Hey come up here Hinata and look at the view! It's so beautiful!"
Hinata nodded and came up the stairs, to the tower. Sakura continued gazing out at the scenery. It was breath-taking.
Hinata came up beside Sakura and looked out at the village. She stared out in amazement.
"Y-Your r-right Sakura, it is beautiful!" Hinata said smiling. Sakura nodded. The two stood up there, just admiring the view.
"I can't believe we're actually here." Sakura said. Hinata looked at her.
"What do you mean?"
"It's been nine months since this all started. I mean, we've grown so much. We're not the weak girls we were when we left Konoha. Now, we have to save the world. It just feels so surreal, you know?"
Hinata nodded with a smile, "Yes, I u-understand Sakura. It just seems weird h-how we were the c-chosen ones." Hinata said in a low voice. Sakura nodded and looked up at the sky.
"You know, I understand now why the Tenshi's gave up their lives in order to save those of others. This whole journey has shown me responsibility, and compassion towards others. I feel like we've all matured."
Hinata let out a little giggle, "yeah, likewise. E-Even without N-Naruto-kun around to m-motivate me, I feel a lot better then I-I did years ago."
Sakura grinned, "Still miss the knucklehead?"
The Hyuuga blushed. Sakura laughed.
"I'm just teasing you. Come on, lets go downstairs and find out what plans Yugi has in store."
Hinata nodded and followed Sakura down the stairs. Before she went down, she looked up at the sky.
I miss him more then I've ever missed anyone before. Please don't forget me, Naruto-kun.
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Downstairs with Yugi…
The gang, consisting of the five Tenshi girls, the two Uchiha's and the four boys came down into the meeting room in which Yugi requested their presences.
They all sat at the table, anxious to know what Yugi had called them in for. When he asked for them to meet, he made it sound rather important, so they didn't hesitate to get into the meeting room.
The door opened. Everyone turned to the door, to see who entered. In walked the three elders. Yugi cleared his throat.
"Girls, I never formally introduced you to the elders of the village. We are the council of the village, and we make all the decisions. You all already know Amaya," Yugi said pointing to the female elder. She and Ami had the same amber eyes, however, her hair had gone grey. She was rather short, much like the deceased Chiyo from Suna.
"She has ancestors leading back up to Rina Tenshi, which could explain why Ami is the reincarnation of her."
They all nodded. He then moved to the other elder.
"This is Isamu, the eldest of us. He has knowledge far surpass that of any of the great leaders of the five great countries. He also has ancestors, leading back to the parents of Sakura Tenshi. He gets the final say in most discussions." He explained. The elder man gave the teenagers a curt nod. He had no hair, and was just a little taller then Amaya.
"Now, we have plans to discuss." Yugi said. The three elders took their seats at the head of the table. All eyes were on the trio.
"We have exactly a month till we walk into war. The letters were sent to the villages in alliance with us, notifying them that we will be preparing to leave in soon time. We have asked that the leaders meet up with us in our village, and then we will all head out to Konoha as one single unit. We also need to make a battle strategy–an attack pattern that will work best with the abilities of each village. We should receive word from each village in a matter of days, and make arrangements." The elder Isamu explained. He then continued.
"Also, you five unleashed the Tenshi's strongest power in your fight against the raiders. You must learn to properly control that power, in time for the final battle. Us three will oversee this training, However …" he paused. He focused on an empty chair beside Tenten.
"There is, another Tenshi." He said. Many of the teens gasped. Tenten stood up.
"What do you mean one more of us? Plus, it's a little too late in the game to be training another Tenshi!" she argued. The elder nodded.
"Yes, your right about training too late–which is why this is complicated. For one, we don't know who she is. It could be anyone really. Though, as the prophecy states, she will appear when the time is right. We just need to hope its sometime soon." He regarded. Tenten sat back down, not arguing someone much more wiser then she. Ayama now took over as the speaker.
"Regarding Kenji and his band of nin, we have heard that their army is expanding greatly. Akito, Kouji, Sora and Ryo–you four will go undercover and spy on them for half a month. Daisuke, this is an optional mission you are granted on attending." She said staring at the young Uchiha. He stared back, not even afraid.
"I accept." He announced. The elder smiled, "Good lad. You will be leaving tomorrow at the crack of dawn. You will go undercover as rouge ninja, wanting to join forces with them. On war day, we expect you five to join back up with us."
The five boys nodded. Then, all attention was aimed at Yugi.
"As for Konoha's status, they are still unaware of this upcoming attack. Nara and Hyuuga never received my message. The last we saw or heard from them, was in Suna the day we left. My sources tell me they're on a mission, and will finish it five days before the war date. It is still unknown at the moment of where they are, but I am set to figure out and inform them."
Sakura stood up, "About that, is Sasuke-kun still in alliance with sound?"
Yugi was silent for a few seconds, "No."
Sakura went wide-eyed. Yugi continued on, "Hyuuga and Nara talked to him, and he switched sides. He has been spying on sound, reporting it to those two, who secretively been reporting it to me. However, with the mission they have on them, there has been no communication between our ranks."
Sakura felt relief wash over her, knowing Sasuke was on the right side of the fight. She sat back down and waited for more instruction from the elders.
"That is all for now. You boys need to leave, and you girls need to go train. Does everyone understand?" Isamu asked. They all nodded.
"Well, lets get to it."
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"Come back safely, okay?" Ami said to Akito, as he and the group were leaving for Sound. They were all at the main gates of the village, bidding farewell.
Akito hugged her, "Don't worry so much. We can take care of ourselves. You be safe here, and master your powers." She hugged him back.
In the background, Sakura, Ino, Tenten and Hinata all awed at the cute sight.
"Man, I'm so jealous!" Ino whined. The other three girls laughed.
"I don't see any guy acting that way around you." Sora said from behind Ino, with an amusing smirk on his face. Ino whipped around with a murderous look.
"What did you say!?" Sora froze.
"Nothing. Nothing at all." He said fast. Ino smiled, "That's what I thought!"
Sora sighed, "Woman are troublesome."
Ino rolled her eyes, "Geez, he even sounds like Shikamaru now."
Hinata and Sakura giggled, while Tenten smiled. Sakura looked over, and saw Daisuke and Akira, talking. She walked over to the two. Daisuke looked up at her.
"You've grown a lot Daisuke. I'm proud of you." She said flashing a grin. He gave a small smile and nodded. Sakura put a hand on his shoulder.
"You take care. Your working with the big boys now." Sakura said jokingly. Akira giggled while Daisuke pouted.
"Whatever. I can handle this mission." He said proudly. Sakura unexpectedly hugged the young Uchiha, which caught him off guard.
"Yes, I'm sure you can. I have faith in you. Come home safely." She told him as she pulled away. He looked dumbstruck–due to the hug, but recovered and gave her a nod.
Yugi came out and the five boys got into a straight line in front of the elder. Yugi scanned the five.
"You all take care. I expect a report every week. If something is up, do warn us."
The five nodded. The five then turned around set to leave.
"Well be going now. Take care." Kouji said. Yugi nodded.
And with that, the five shinobi jumped off and away. Yugi turned to the girls.
"Lets get going. You need to start training your new power. Also, we need to pay attention to news we may receive from the other countries. I expect replies in the next few days."
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Yugi,
Its good to hear from you my old friend. Its also great to hear Ami has been performing well. I have enlisted an army of ninja ready anytime you ask for us. We are glad and willing to lend our services. We will arrive in half a three weeks time.
Regards,
Mizukage
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Girls,
Glad to hear from you. Aoi and Hiroshi are excited about fighting in battle along side with you girls. We have only a limited amount of Shinobi we can offer to help your cause. Even though we are in short amount of Shinobi, they are willing and able to join forces. We will embark to your village in about two week's time. Until then,
Best of luck,
Raikage
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"Come on girls! You can do this!" Yugi hollered at the Tenshi girls, who were out of breath and lying on the ground. Ami sat up.
"Its not -pant- as easy as -pant- you think!" she said through breathes.
Yugi sighed, "You have a limited amount of time to learn this. Making things worse, your short a Tenshi. You need to learn this. Now, power up."
The girls grumbled as they got to their feet. Their tattoo's started glowing, as the procedure of this attack was starting.
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Yugi and Tenshi's,
Its good to hear you got out of Suna safely. Naruto bombarded me with questions, but I did not give away anything about you all.
I am sending Kankuro and Temari to your village to discuss plans on Suna in battle. They have left already, and will arrive in four days time. Reply back once the matters in which they are to discuss are fulfilled.
Respectfully,
Kazekage
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Sakura and fellow Tenshi's,
Isuma here–my father is too busy at the moment, recruiting shinobi, so I decided I would reply on his behalf. Things are going smoothly here. We have a wide group of people willing to fight.
Sound shinobi had surprised attacked us not too long ago. They took some of our shinobi–forcing them on their side. In the end, we were able to drive them away. However, they did take a wide variety of our army. Nonetheless, we still have a great group who are ready for action.
By the way, four Konoha shinobi came here on a mission not too long ago. The blonde one of the group (who was extremely loud by the way.) kept saying some girl he saw in Suna looked a lot like someone really close to him. He also described her to look exactly like Mya. Is this your doing?
On a side note, my father has said we will head to your village in two and half weeks. Until then,
Take care,
Isuma
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"Ah, you must be Temari and Kankuro–so nice of you two to make it! I am Ayama and this is Isamu, we are the other two elders of this village." Ayama said, greeting the Suna shinobi accompanied by Isamu. They bowed in the presence of the two elders.
They then led the Suna shinobi to the training fields, where Sakura, Ino, Tenten, Hinata and Ami were sprawl out on the ground, breathing heavily. Yugi and Akira were on the sidelines, watching them. Yugi then noticed the Suna duo.
"Ah, Kankuro, Temari." He said greeting the two, "I'm just training a new technique to the girls."
The girls noticed the two siblings and smiled.
"H-hey -pant- Temari and Kunkaro!" Sakura said with what strength she had left. The two looked puzzled at the group on the ground.
"They looked half dead." Kunkaro remarked. Yugi sighed, "The technique takes a lot of chakra. They've been training all day."
Temari smirked, "They don't look like they've accomplished much." Tenten scowled.
"Shut it Temari. –pant- this is a lot harder then you know!" Tenten said getting to her feet.
Temari chuckled, "With that venom in your voice, it sounded like you were still bitter about the chunnin exams some time ago."
Tenten glared, "I could take you on any day!" she said getting into a fighters stance.
Temari smirked, "Bring it."
Yugi shook his head, "No, girls stop this–" He didn't even get a chance to finish, as Tenten rushed at Temari with a kunai in hand. Temari armed herself with one herself.
CLING!
The kunai's hit each other making noise. The two pushed against their kunai, trying to knock each other off balance. Tenten let out a battle cry and pushed hard, knocking Temari off balance.
Then it happened.
White light surrounded the area. It looked almost exactly like what happened when Tenten and Ami fought, and Ami became a Tenshi.
As the process of powers switching from person to person, the three elders stared on. Isamu smiled,
"The sixth Tenshi has arrived."
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Dear Kazekage,
Sakura here–I've decided to reply back. I got big news!
Your sister turned into one of us! Be proud my friend. Temari and Kunkaro discussed matters with the elders, and things are set. Your brother will return with the news, while Temari will stay here and train.
She was reincarnated as Sasha Tenshi, leader of Wind country. LUCKILY, she knows a lot of wind jutsu's already, so the training won't be that hard for her in the limited amount of time, thought she may be deprived of the actual power she contains. Yugi said if her training is far from over by the time the war starts, he'll have to use some kind of jutsu he wouldn't tell us about.
Anyway, once you received the news you needed from Kunkaro, write back on plans on coming and such. Till then,
Sincerely yours,
Sakura
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Yugi and Tenshi's,
This is Ryo and Daisuke writing here. We safely got into sound and join forces. It took a lot of work, but they accepted us. We don't know anything rather valuable at the moment because they just let us in, but we will report anything important. We hope everything's fine in the village. Keep up the good work in your training girls!
Ryo, Daisuke, Sora, Kouji and Akito
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Yugi sat at his desk, looking over letters from other villages and the boys. Only two weeks left. The girls had managed to get that technique down pat, but with Temari coming at such a late time, the training was crazy.
From the crack of dawn, till sunset, they trained her. Yugi was contemplating using a forbidden jutsu, sending you to an alternate dimension, where time stood still. One day in the outer world, was one month in that dimension. Even though it was the best thing to do in the limited time they have, he didn't dare try it–there was too much going on at the moment for him to take her to a different world and train her. She was already a skilled kunoichi that knew many wind jutsu's, so it was also unnecessary.
Yugi gazed at the latest letter he received, it came from Gaara in Suna. He said three weeks time, around the same time as the Mizukage would arrive.
A knock was heard at the door to his office, "Come in."
The door opened, and Akira walked in.
"Yugi-sama, soldiers from the village hidden in the clouds have arrived. The Raikage is among them."
Yugi nodded and got up, "Well lets go greet them."
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At the village gates,
"Ino-san! Hinata-san!" Aoi and Hiroshi said at the same time, seeing the two Kunoichi. The two cringed upon seeing the two brothers. Before they could make a move to the two girls, the Raikage came up behind them and held them by the collars. The boys sweat dropped.
"Hello girls, nice to see you again." The Raikage said with a smile. The girls all had hearts in their eyes again.
"Y-Yeah its n-n-nice to s-see you t-too." Hinata stuttered. Yugi came up behind them he stuck out his hand for the kage to shake.
"Please to meet you Raikage-sama. I am Yugi–one of the three elders of the village." He introduced himself. The Raikage shook his hand.
"Please to meet you Yugi-san. Its an honor to meet you. I'm sorry, but I could not create much of an army to help you out. We are in short supply of shinobi."
Yugi shook his head, "No, its alright. We'll take what we receive. Now lets go get settled in. We have matters to attend too."
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3 days later
"Isuma!" Sakura said hugging her green haired friend from Earth country. The group from earth country had just arrived to the village, with an HUGE army of people. It made Sakura's head spin, because a good chunk of their army was taken away. She could only imagine how big it could have been if Sound didn't attack!
"Good to see you too." He greeted back. Since the episode in Earth, Sakura and Isuma had become great friends and only friends. His father, the Tsuchikage came up behind him. Sakura bowed.
"Nice to see you again Tsuchikage-sama."
He nodded at the pink-hair girl. Yugi came up, followed by the other elders and the Raikage. They all greeted each other formally.
Two nations joined, two more to go.
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"YOSH! The mission is done! The hyperactive blonde chorused out, as he and his comrades left the village of mist. That was the last part of their mission, and they were shown out of the village rather fast. It seemed like half the village was heading somewhere. Neji and Shikamaru had come to the same conclusion.
The girls.
They were not sure if it was a good thing or not, but they could only hope it was a good thing. They left and were a week away from returning to Konoha.
As they were walking home, a downpour started. The four shinobi growled in annoyance.
"Oie, there's a small mining village not to far from here. We'll stay there for the night." Shikamaru told his team. They all nodded and picked up the pace, wanting a dry place to stay for the night.
As they were running, Sasuke felt a familiar chakra not to far from them. He narrowed his eyes.
Rei.
He figured it was about some news in sound. He was sure he would talk to him in the village.
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After a good while, they finally came across the village. They checked in at a motel and took shelter for the night. Naruto went for a shower, while the other three shinobi sat in their room.
Lightning flashed in the background outside, as the storm got more and more violent.
Sasuke gazed out at the storm, and saw a figure outside. It was undoubtedly Rei. Rei did a few hand signs, translating into a code. Sasuke understood the code and stood up.
"I need air."
Before he could leave, Neji got up.
"Uchiha." He said, stopping Sasuke in his tracks. Sasuke turned around and stared at him. After just staring at each other for awhile, Neji nodded, letting Sasuke go. Sasuke go and opened the door and left. Neji sat back down.
"Its him."
Shikamaru understood what Neji was talking about, and dropped the subject.
The bathroom door opened, and out emerged Naruto with his sleeping attire on. He stretched his arms up and yawned. Afterwards he looked around the room. He blinked.
"Hey, were did the teme go?"
Shikamaru rolled his eyes, while Neji didn't budge.
"He's gone for some air."
Naruto sensed some uneasy feeling in the room, and dropped the subject.
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"What do you want?" a very annoyed Uchiha asked his former partner. The two were in the middle of the forest, as the rain continued to fall. Rei smirked.
"I'm just checking up on you. You haven't had any contact with Sound in some time."
Sasuke scoffed, "Your point?"
"Alright, I'll get to the point. We're attacking Konoha in a week's time, which is two weeks ahead of our original time. Kenji does not want to wast–"
"Why is it always about this Kenji guy? You're too much like a well trained dog Rei–too obedient." He remarked. Rei rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, and you're like a cat–never wanting to be bothered. Kenji expects you ready to fight for Sound on war day."
Sasuke stared at him blankly, "What if I don't want to be on Sounds side?"
Rei's eyes widened, "Are you switching sides, after everything they've done for you?"
"Is that what your implying?" Sasuke spoke. Rei growled.
"You bastard. I knew you could never be trusted." Rei said. In one swift motion, he was behind the Uchiha with a kunai to his neck.
"You leave me no choice but to kill you. You can go join your pink-haired girlfriend in the afterlife. I knew it was worth killing her."
Sasuke's eyes flashed Sharingan, "You, killed her?"
Rei pressed the kunai into Sasuke's throat. Some blood oozed out, "Is that what your implying?"
Sasuke growled, "You'll wish you never met me."
Rei smirked, "May the best man win and live."
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Naruto sat on his bed with his arms and legs crossed. He had been wondering where his teammate was. It had been an hour since he left, and it was still raining quite heavily.
Neji sat in a chair, by the table meditating, while Shikamaru was lying down on his bed. No one had talked since Naruto asked where Sasuke had gone.
Just then, everyone turned their heads to the door. It opened violently. In walked the Uchiha, with bruises and cuts all over him. He had blood stains all over his outfit. Everyone sat up and stared at him.
"W-What happened to you!?" Naruto asked. Sasuke looked up.
"Konoha's going to be under attack in one week."
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2 Days After…
"Alright. Now that everyone had arrived, we have matters to discuss." Yugi stated. Yesterday, Gaara and his army, and the Mizukage and his army arrived in the village. Today, they were to discuss matters of the war.
"I thank you all for joining up with us in this war. Being in alliance with Konoha is not an easy task for some of us in this room, due to past altercations." Yugi stated, reflecting on past wars Konoha was affiliated in.
"But, we've all come together to bring peace and prosperity to the world. Kenji is a man who had more power then many people could ever dream. Your cooperation is thanked greatly. Now, getting down to business. We have a week till this war starts, and it takes about a five days journey from here to Konoha. From what we have gathered, we are outnumbered, but we are most skilled."
He then sat in a better upright position, "This is the game plan…" He pulled out a map.
"Each country will be led by one of the girls. Ami with earth, Hinata with water, Ino with lightning, Temari with wind, and Sakura and Tenten will work at the backend with the rest of us from this village. The plan is simple…" Yugi explained the plan to all of the leaders and Tenshi's. Everyone would occasionally nod once in awhile, approving of his ideas.
"We need to be in sync with each other, and work together as one. Does everyone understand their position?" Yugi asked with authority. Everyone nodded.
"Alright, lets get to work then!"
Everyone was about to get up and make their leave, but someone came hurdling into the room.
"Yugi-sama!" one of the few light nin's, who was out on the observation deck. She had a paper in her hand. She ran and gave it to the elder. Yugi scanned the letter.
"My good lord." He said. Everyone raised an eyebrow.
"What's up Yugi?" Sakura asked. Yugi cleared his throat, as he was about to read the letter.
Yugi,
This is Akito. We have a dilemma–They plan on attacking Konoha in five days. Get going.
Akito, Kouji, Sora, Daisuke and Ryo
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LET THE WAR BEGIN!
Filler, but meh. Things should get interesting now!
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