EDITED: Feb 1st, 2008!

I wanted to finish editing before February started T.T

Ah well. It should be all clean and finished today : D

Someone made a Kunoichi tribute with the theme song of W.I.T.C.H, and in a way.. It fits my story so yeah, go watch it yoo! It's under my profile!

Hm, nothing more to say…

Happy readings!

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Not so Weak Anymore

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Let the battle begin!

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"WHAT?!"

Yugi rubbed his temples. This was something Yugi was praying wouldn't happen. It surely threw off the plan they had assembled earlier.

"Ah, what do we do?!" Ami asked nervously. Yugi sat there in deep thought, contemplating the many decisions they have left to attempt.

"I haven't been in communication with Nara, nor Hyuuga in awhile, so I can't have them alert the Hokage." He said to everyone. The Raikage spoke up.

"Well, why not send a messenger bird with the details to Konoha?" He suggested. The light nin who had entered with the scroll earlier shook his head.

"Some of the birds are too tired, and some are out at the moment. The only capable bird we have left, is that of the shinobi in sound." He said referring to the boys spying on sound. Yugi nodded and then sighed.

"Is this all the boys sent?" he asked the light nin. He shook his head.

"No actually, they sent a list of how many shinobi sound is sending into war. One of the decoder nins in deciphering the information"

At that exact moment, the decoder nin came in with a scroll in hand. He handed the scroll to Yugi. Yugi looked it over slowly, taking in what he was reading. The room was silent as they watched the elder look over the list. They held their breaths with anticipation.

After a few minutes, the old man sighed, "They have greatly outnumbered us, even with the Konoha shinobi added. However, they have a lot of genin ninja who lack experience."

Tenten hit her left fist in her right palm, as if she had an idea, "Alright, well since we don't have any communication with Konoha, why don't we send some of the army to Konoha and alert them. Then we should also send a chunk to sound for a sneak attack, to cut their numbers down. Our shinobi are more experienced."

Many people around the table nodded.

"Yeah, it sounds reasonable. Plus, in one of the earlier letters from the boys, (I did not write this before. I'm adding this in now) Sound is sending in half of its army in the beginning of the battle, and then they will send the other half of the army sometime later, so most of the Konoha shinobi are already tired and injured. Some of us can go in and attack the other half waiting in sound." Ino said.

Sakura continued, "Plus, they will probably have the group of genin stay in sound and attack later when Konoha's numbers are low. This plan is well devised and it can benefit all. Don't you agree Yugi?"

The old man sighed for what seemed the millionth time today. He closed his eyes and rested his chin on his hands, as his elbows were propped on the table.

"I have lived through many ordeals in my lifetime. I've seen much, and I didn't think I'd live to the day, where I would be the one to find you girls and lead you girls into this war. As much as I'd like to make the decisions for you all, it's up to you six girls to decide. You are the reincarnations and this is your war. I cannot decide for you. Whatever you six decide, I will fully respect your decision and I am behind you all one hundred percent."

The 6 girls looked at each other.

"What do you all think?" Sakura said. They all looked at each other and shrugged. Sakura looked at Yugi.

"We need time to talk privately." She stated. He nodded and got up. Everyone else who wasn't a Tenshi followed. Once the door closed, Temari grunted.

"Damnit, why couldn't that old man decide?" Temari said leaning back in her chair. Ino scoffed.

"you don't realize the mess we're in now, do you!?"

Tenten stood between the two, "Girls come on! This is not a time for fighting! We got bigger matters to deal with righ–"

"You stay out of this Tenten! This is between me and pig tails here!" Ino said glaring at Temari.

Hinata shivered, "Guys… w-were–"

"Excuse me Ino?! What's with the attitude?!" Tenten fought back.

Ino beamed at her, "I didn't ask for you help! Temari's never really been a team player, and I for one am sick of her snotty attitude!" Ino yelled. Temari sat up and slammed her hands on the table.

"Who are you calling snotty, pig!"

Sakura growled. She put her two fingers in her mouth, and made a loud whistle.

-Whistle Noise- xD

"GIRLS! Stop fighting!" Sakura yelled. Everyone just stared at her.

"Konoha is going to be attacked in a matter of days, and you're here bickering when it's your jobs to save them! We've been handed a difficult task–not a task we wanted either! But you know what? We were chosen for certain reasons–reasons I'm still not quite sure of yet, but I want to live up to whatever the task might be! For years, I've stood in the shadows of Naruto and Sasuke-kun! It's our time to take the spotlight away from the males counterparts, and show them our team power!"

Ino and Temari looked down with saddened faces.

"We're all in this together. We're a team of bright, beautiful girls who have stood in the shadows of our male peers. I'm tired of being second to my male teammates. I'm tired of Sasuke-kun always thinking I'm weak, and I'm tired of Naruto and Sasuke always saving me, and I'm tired of Naruto telling me lies about how strong I am! This time, I want to be the one's saving them!" Sakura professed.

She put her hand out, "But I can't do that, without you girls. We are a team destined to save the world. We are a team who has bonded and trained hard to reach our full potential. We're a team who needs to prove themselves once and for all–to prove we're not so weak anymore! So let's start acting like a team!"

Tenten smiled and put her hand on top of Sakura's, "I second this motion. We may not all like each other at times, but we need to put our differences behind us, and work together."

Hinata put her hand on next with a smile, "Y-You girls are the c-closest I've ever had t-to friends, o-or a family for t-the matter. We've grown into a family o-of sisters."

Ami put her hand on next, "I may not know you all as well as I would like, but you've all given me confidence into getting stronger, and I'm happy I'm here."

Everyone looked at Ino and Temari. Before Temari could do anything, Ino put her hand on.

"Even though I don't agree with something, or someone I'll always be here for you girls." Ino stated. Now everyone stared at Temari.

She smirked, "You expect me to put my hand in?"

Sakura raised an eyebrow. Before Sakura could say anything, Temari put her hand on.

"One for all, and one for all."

Sakura smiled, "Welcome to the team."

-

"Are you sure you're up for this Akira?"

She nodded, "I want to help!"

"Yeah, going to Konoha without me is surely helping." She said sarcastically. The girls came upon the decision to sent part of the army into Konoha with the warning, and for some back-up, and then the other part would sneak into sound.

The plan went like this:

Ino, Tenten and Temari would lead Sand and Earth country ninja into Konoha. This included Gaara, Isuma and Akira.

Sakura, Hinata and Ami would lead part of Lightning country and Water country into battle in Sound. The boys were sent back instructions, so they knew of the plan.

Oddly, Akira wanted to go to Konoha. Sakura wasn't really sure why she would want to, but didn't want to press the issue on anymore. In truth, she was proud that Akira took the chance and wanted to go out on her own, but a little surprised she wanted to go to Konoha without her.

Akira huffed, "Well, I think it would be best if I wasn't near you or Daisuke to protect me all the time! I want to show I'm strong too!"

Sakura nodded immediately, understanding her motive, "Just promise me, you won't die. I want to see you in battle alive and I'm more then positive Daisuke would want the same. Just don't die."

Akira hugged Sakura, "I promise I wont."

Sakura smiled at the little Uchiha, "It's a promise then."

Ino came up behind Sakura and patted her on the shoulder, "We'll, were about to leave forehead. You take down Sound!"

Sakura giggled, "You bettca!" Sakura turned around to face Ino. The two stared at each other for a minute.

Ino spoke first, "We've been through a lot Sakura. We've fought over Sasuke, we've battled in the Chunnin exams, and we both became medical ninja. However, in all those area's, you were stronger."

Sakura looked somewhat surprised by her words, "Ino…"

"I knew you would bloom into something strong and beautiful Sakura. truly, you are the reason why I've pushed myself so far to become so strong. I wanted to keep up with you. Right now though, I don't care about that anymore." She said. Sakura continued staring.

Ino sighed and then smiled, "Your friendship has meant the most to me, through everything."

Ino turned around, "Sakura, you do your best! I'll see you in Konoha, ne?"

Sakura stared at Ino's back for a moment, but then smiled back, "Yeah you too Ino."

Ino and Akira walked off to the gates, where everyone was waiting. Yugi came up behind Sakura.

"I'm going with the pack to Konoha. I would like to talk to the Hokage. I leave you in charge of the fleet to Sound."

Sakura cocked an eyebrow, "But what about the two other elders? Aren't they going to be coming with my group or your group?"

Yugi shook his head, "Who's going to protect the village if they leave? We may be old, but we also posses immense power, and without some of the light Shinobi around, the village isn't stable."

Sakura nodded.

"All the Kage's have returned to their countries except Gaara." Yugi said. Sakura turned to him shocked.

"Wh–"

"Same reason why the other two elders aren't leaving either."

Understanding, Sakura slowly nodded her head.

"So why is Gaara staying?"

"He wants to help Konoha. He said something about a guy named Naruto, and how he wants to repay him again."

Sakura smiled, "Well, we should all be going then."

She turned to Yugi, "Thank you, for everything."

Yugi nodded, "Take care."

And then, off went the fleet to Konoha. Sakura stood at the gates of Light by herself. She moved to the gate doors and leaned on them.

"Good luck."

-

Elsewhere, twelve hours later…

"BAA-CHAN! BAA-CHAN!" Naruto's voice rang out through the halls of the Hokage tower.

Tsunade's eye rose in annoyance. Naruto then burst through the front doors, breathing heavily. To her surprise, the rest of his team, consisting of Sasuke, Shikamaru and Neji all came in behind him in a similar manor.

"Get an army ready!" Naruto screeched.

The Hokage raised an eyebrow," And why would I do that?"

Sasuke looked up at the Hokage, with his cold gaze, "Sound is going to attack."

-

"We're a day's travel away from Sound." Sakura said to the fleet behind her. Behind her, were Hinata, Ami, Aoi, Hiroshi and Lightning and Water Shinobi. They had left a day after the Konoha pack had left.

"Oie, lets camp for the night." Ami said. Sakura nodded and signaled everyone to rest for a bit. She didn't have that big of a group with her, but these shinobi were packed with experienced. One guy was even sixty, and was still an ANBU. Most of the army left with the Konoha fleet, so Sakura took what she could.

Sakura sat down against a tree and pulled out her water canteen. She guzzled down a solid amount of the cold liquid. It was around eight at night, and it had gotten dark. Some lightning nin had started a fire and began cooking, being as quiet as they could. Ami and Hinata came and sat with Sakura. Hinata looked worried.

"Tomorrow S-Sound a-attacks Konoha. Do you think K-Konoha will be ready?"

Sakura shrugged, "Depends how fast the Konoha fleet moves. They should be there sometime tonight."

Ami leaned back and looked at the stars, "Do you think we can really pull this off?"

"Do you doubt us?"

"N-no! it's just… this is the biggest fight of our lives! It's a do-or-die situation. You heard Yugi – either we die, or we live!"

"Ami–"

"We'll I don't see why your so worried. We obviously have the advantage of unknown circumstances." A voice said. All three girls looked up, and there were Aoi and Hiroshi with cups of soup in their hands. Hiroshi handed Sakura a cup, while Aoi handed Hinata and Ami one.

"What do you mean 'unknown circumstances?' " Ami asked.

Aoi smiled, "Well, first, they don't even know of your existence. They think your dead, so the element of a surprise attack is key!"

"Oh yes brother! Not only that, but we are sneaking up on them from behind, so they'll never know what hit them!"

"OH brilliant assumption brother! In addition, Konoha will have an army with them to fight back, so they will be able to defeat the Sound ninja attacking them!"

"Oh I think you hit it right on the nail brother!"

The brothers continued babbling back and forth, as the three girls sweat dropped. It was like watching Rock Lee with a brother.

Sakura finished eating her soup and sat it aside. She laid back, "Enough babbling. We should get some sleep so we have energy tomorrow."

The girls nodded.

Lightning ANBU and Water ANBU would be on patrol at night, so the girls could get their sleep–after all, Tenshi's need their beauty sleep to kick some ass.

-

"Are you four telling me the absolute truth?" Tsunade said, staring hard at the four shinobi in front of her. It was late at night when the four boys returned, and frankly, this wasn't making to much sense to the Hokage.

"We swear Baa-chan! Apparently these three knew about it all this time, and never told me!" Naruto said assertively. Tsunade chuckled to herself.

'I don't blame them.'

Tsunade sighed, "So your telling me, Sound has had a hidden army, Sasuke was on sounds side, then came on our side, and then reported to you two boys," she said referring to Neji and Shikamaru, "and you kept this hidden, for the fact you worried about Konoha going into mayhem?" she said suspiciously. Neji and Shikamaru nodded.

"How can I be sure you boys aren't making something up. It's a little late in the game to come up with information like this. May I mention, our ANBU would have reported something by now."

"well maybe your ANBU shinobi aren't as keen as you think." Sasuke retorted with attitude. The Hokage glared at the Uchiha.

"And what happened to this messenger of yours?" she asked. Sasuke said nothing, which caused the Hokage to smirk.

"You killed him no doubt then. But something puzzles me however." The Hokage said. She turned to Neji and Shikamaru

"And how did you two boys across this piece of information?" Shikamaru stared hard.

"Well, we–"

"And don't tell me you stalked Sasuke and found out about this, which I'm sure you did. However," The Hokage stared hard at the two boys, "I'm sure there's more to this. Truly, I'm one hundred percent sure your hiding something from us."

Naruto and Sasuke stared at Shikamaru and Neji with curiosity. The two boys looked at each other from the corner of their eyes. They both nodded at each other and turned back to the Hokage. It was about time everyone should know. Neji took a small step forward.

"Hokage-sama, We–"

"TSUNADE-SAMA!" a voice called out coming through the halls. All five ninja turned to the door. In came Shizune.

"Forgive me for interrupting, but an ANBU spotted a large fleet of shinobi coming towards Konoha!"

-

Tsunade, the four male shinobi and Shizune all rushed out to the gates. ANBU crowded the front gate to protect the village. Many ninja had come out to the gates of Konoha, ready to battle.

Kiba, Chouji, Shino, Lee, Kakashi and Gai were all there as well. Kakashi came up to Sasuke and Naruto.

"I'm guessing you boys have something to do with this?" he said shutting his book Icha Icha Paradise closed. Sasuke scoffed and turned away, while Naruto smirked.

"I guess you could say that. We might…"

Kakashi rolled his eyes.

The Hokage her made in front of the ANBU, so she could see firstly the group of people coming. From what Shizune said, they had cloaks on, and their chakra levels were high. Some chakra's the ANBU said felt familiar, but they couldn't pin point the owner of the chakra's exactly.

Over the horizon line, three cloaked figures emerged. All Konoha shinobi stared out. Behind the three hooded figures, an army of thousands of ninja stood, also cloaked. For some reason, all the boys could feel familiar chakra's, like their deceased teammates. Tsunade stared hard.

"Who are you, and what do you want?!" she asked aggravated. Slowly, the three hooded figures grabbed their hoods, and pulled them down, unmasking their true identities. The one with blonde hair grinned.

"Long time no see!"

Many gasps were heard through out the ninja public. Neji and Shikamaru smirked at seeing their teammates come into Konoha at such a perfect time. However, everyone else, like Naruto and Sasuke were stunned.

"I-Ino and Tenten are still alive?!" Naruto blurted out. The Hokage gapped at the site before her.

"What's going on here?"

Through the three girls, emerged four figures. One being Gaara, another being a little girl with blonde hair and a boy with green hair while the last one being a small old man–precisely Yugi. The Kazekage and the old man walked forward, towards the Hokage. From behind the Hokage, emerged Shikamaru and Neji. Yugi grinned at the two boys.

"Well, I think we arrived in the nick of time, ne?" Yugi joked.

Shikamaru smirked, "Ah, you couldn't have come at a more satisfying time."

The Hokage looked pissed beyond belief. Neji cleared his throat.

"Hokage-sama, This is Yugi. He for-fronts the Tenshi's."

Tsunade's eyes widened, "The Tenshi's?"

The old man nodded, "The legend lives on. Its not a myth anymore."

Tsunade stared hard at the old man, "You mean …" Tsunade didn't even finish her sentence, as she was sure this old man knew precisely what was going on.

He indeed nodded. The Hokage turned around to the Konoha shinobi.

"Listen up!" she blurted out. All Shinobi shifted their attention to their leader.

"Get as many Chunnin, Jounin and ANBU leveled shinobi as possible. We will be fighting a war–a war that could either destroy Konoha, or we could destroy Sound. You have till–"

"No." Yugi said. The Hokage turned to him, "There is no time. The army will arrive within the hour. We must meet them far enough from Konoha, so Konoha is not in harms way." He stated. The Hokage sighed.

These were times she wished she had her shake.

-

"Kabuto, how long till we reach Konoha?" a sinister voice asked the medic. Kabuto re-adjusted his glasses.

"An hour or so. If we move faster we can cut the time down."

Kenji smirked. Something however was puzzling Kabuto, "Kenji-sama, If the Tenshi's no longer exists, then why attack Konoha?"

"Why wouldn't I attack Konoha?" He said changing the question. Kabuto said nothing, and continued walking

Kenji on the other hand continued smirking.

With no Tenshi's in my way, the world is mine for the taking.

-

"Alright, move out!" Tsunade instructed. Her ninja made their way North, towards the incoming sound army. The Konoha ninja joined in with the other armies, courtesy of Earth, Sand and the Light villages.

Tsunade turned to the old man.

"Why am I just being notified of this now? Obviously Shikamaru and Neji knew about this."

Yugi nodded, "For precautionary reasons. We have our reasons, but now is not a suitable time to discuss the matter."

The old man then turned to her, "Are you going to be following in after this fleet? Or are you sticking around in Konoha?"

Tsunade stood there in deep thought, "I must go. It's my job to protect th–"

"But who's going to watch the village? It would be best if you stayed here." Yugi said. Before Tsunade could speak, someone interrupted.

"Oie! Old man!" a loud voice exclaimed. Tsunade and Yugi turned around, and saw none other then Naruto.

"Where are Hinata and Sakura-chan?" he asked in a serious tone. Yugi shook his head.

"There is no time to–"

"Just tell me if they're alright." Naruto said looking Yugi straight in the eye.

Before Yugi was going to reassure the blonde they were indeed okay, an explosion went off in the distance, causing the ground to shake. Everyone around stumbled a bit, but then looked at the source of the explosion. A mushroom cloud has accumulated. Yugi grunted.

"Its time to get this show on the road." Yugi said taking a few steps forward. He turned to Tsunade.

"Stay in the village and assemble a team to come fight with us later." And with that, he jumped off. Naruto's mouth dropped.

"HEY! WHAT ABOUT ME!? AND WHAT ABOUT HINATA AND SAKURA-CHAN!?" he asked chasing after the elder. Tsunade stood there, as the wind blew.

"May you all do your best."

-

Yugi continued jumping with the fleet, till he reached the front of the fleet where Tenten, Ino, Gaara, Akira, Isuma and Temari were.

"We'll stop here and ambush them." he shouted out to all shinobi. The group nodded, and the fleet of Konoha, Suna and Earth shinobi stopped and hid within the trees, sealing their chakras. Sasuke had managed to advance up to the front of the pack and hide in a tree branch, shared with a blonde girl. He stared at the girl with a confused look. He then noticed something out of the blue.

This kid had the Sharingan.

He activated his Sharingan and turned to the girl, "Who are you?"

The girl turned to Sasuke, her eyes widened. She was standing next to one of the other remaining Uchiha's. She stared in horror and took a step back. She however landed on a weak tree branch, causing it to break. She let out a squeal as she started plunging down to the ground. Sasuke cursed and managed to catch the girls hand in time. Akira looked up at the Uchiha with a smile of relief as he saved her. However, in the distance the sound of stomping feet echoed.

"Don't move." He instructed her. Through the leaves, the two could see a group of shinobi jumping in the trees, and some marching on the ground.

Akira could feel her hand slipping through Sasuke's grip, no matter how strong his grip was. Both of their palms were sweaty which only helped her grip loosen.

All the 'good' shinobi around watched Sasuke holding this girl's hand, praying she wouldn't slip through. Tenten was literally biting down on her tongue.

Right at this moment, the group of Sound shinobi we're right under them. One man was wearing a black cloak, masking his face. All other shinobi were wearing the normal sound attire.

Akira bit down on her tongue. She was only slipping more and more as time went on. Sasuke would have pulled her up, but the sudden movement could be spotted by any Sound ninja. All the Konoha, Earth and Sand shinobi continued watching with anticipating.

But of course, being the author, I do as I please.

Akira's grip on Sasuke continued slipping, to the point where she slipped out of his grip and into the shinobi below her. The sound shinobi noticed the girl falling and watched as she plunged to the ground.

Akira wanted to cry as she plunged to her death. Normally, she could have landed on the ground safely, but below her were many armed shinobi prepared to attack her. There was no hope for her.

Akira then remembered something.

Minor Flashback

Akira huffed, "Well, I think it would be best if I wasn't near you or Daisuke to protect me all the time! I want to show I'm strong too!"

Sakura nodded immediately, understanding her motive, "Just promise me, you won't die. I want to see you in battle alive and I'm more then positive Daisuke would want the same. Just don't die."

Akira hugged Sakura, "I promise I wont."

Sakura smiled at the little Uchiha, "It's a promise then."

End of Minor Flashback

'I can't die! I promised!'

The little Uchiha started performing hand signs. "Katon: Karyuu Endan!" As she fell, she put her hands up to her mouth and fire started coming out, aimed for the Shinobi below. Most shinobi jumped out of the way, but there were the select few who got caught in the line of fire. They instantly died.

Akira landed on the ground and staggered forward. She however was not reacting fast enough to the on coming shinobi. A jounin level shinobi ran at her with his katana. She put her hands in front of her in an attempted to protect herself.

CLING!

The sound of crashing metal echoed all around. Akira opened her eyes and was met with the back of Sasuke. Akira instantly armed herself, as more shinobi came at her. She began throwing kunai.

Sasuke has blocked the attack intended for Akira, but swiftly and vastly maneuvered around the shinobi and stabbed him with katana. He then went back to back with Akira.

"Explain the Sharingan in your eyes." He demanded. Akira saw this coming, as he would obviously want to know.

In the tree's, Yugi grinned.

"Well, its time to crash this party."

And then the blood battle began.

-

"Hinata, NOW!"

Sakura cupped her hands like a step. Hinata ran and landed on Sakura's hands. Due to Sakura's inhuman strength, she threw Hinata up high.

"Suiton: Suijinheki" Water sprayed out of Hinata's mouth. Towards the genin sound shinobi. Sakura also performed hand signs, and lightning from the sky wrapped around the water attack coming from Hinata's mouth.

And well, the rest is history.

Ami swiftly dodged the incoming kunai coming at her, and threw her own kunai's with explosive tags on them. they died immediately.

She turned around and was greeted by Hinata and Sakura.

"I think we got all of them in this sector." Sakura said. Hinata and Ami nodded as the three of them headed out of said sector.

Upon arrival, the shinobi broke off to take down the five sectors. They had the front sector, which they took down easily. They truly did not like to kill young shinobi–or people for the matter, but that is the way of the ninja. These ninja were rouge and out to take over the world. They could not let this happen.

The three girls started running out of sound, and into the forest. Behind them, the boys caught up and followed behind. Soon, many other shinobi had caught up till the army was fully assembled. They all ran as fast as they could into the depths of the forest, hoping to come across their fellow ninja.

'Hold on guys, we're coming.'

-

My ear hurts for some reason…

Oh right, the chapter!

Fillerish? Next chapter is going to be intense!

Wow, I'm almost done editing :D Sick.

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