Chapter 18
Hinata jumped in front of everyone as she prepared to stop the kunai's that was flying at them. Before she could start the spin necessary nine shadows came from a nearby tree and intercepted the weapons. In shock Hinata looked at the person walking out into view, "Really Ino I'm disappointed that you let them get this close before you noticed them." Inoichi said with the disappointment in his voice.
"I'm disappointed in them all, I know that the Hokage-sama taught you to be aware of your surroundings at all time Hinata and Funu." Chouza said.
Looking lazily at the ten intruding ninja's, "Is there any chance you will just give up, I was in the middle of a relaxing nap?" Shikaku asked.
A squad of ANBU's appeared, "The Hokage-sama has requested your presence immediately." one of them said.
"Can you get them to the interrogation squad?" Shikaku asked.
"Leave them to us." the ANBU said.
The group started to walk off, "Otousan how long was you there?" Ino asked.
"We was patrolling the area, you just happened to come by during our break." Inoichi answered.
(break)
Anko sat in the Hokage's chair with her feet up on the desk and her eyes closed enjoying the sound of birds through the open window when her feet was thrown abruptly off the desk. Opening her eyes she looked right into the unamused eyes of the Hokage and peeped around her to see everyone who was requested to be in this meeting, "Hokage-sama hows your day going?" she asked with a smile.
"Don't 'Hokage-sama' me Anko, now get out of my chair, and why was your feet on my desk?" Kushina asked.
Anko just laughed while getting up, "Is this everyone for the meeting?" she asked.
"Yes now can we get on with it." Kushina said.
"Well after much torture and interrogation I managed to get some information from Zen." she said proudly.
"It took all of ten minutes how much torture could you possibly fit in that amount of time?" Tayuya asked.
Anko just glanced at her then continued, "He was kind enough to tell me that he had 'factories' around every shinobi village, but no village accepted people from the village it was near and no 'factory' was actually inside a shinobi village." she told them.
"Did he mention how big these 'factories' was?" Kushina asked.
"Huge, he seemed to happy to brag about one being as big as the ANBU's head quarters, but for the rest they are small and scattered around the villages, to keep them from being to suspicious." Anko said.
Kushina sat back thinking this over, "Ok based on this information we wont need to get the other villages involved." she finally said.
"It would be to suspicious if an entire squad of Konoha ninja's started to appear around shinobi villages and started to destroy whore houses with no valid reasoning behind it, especially Iwa and Kumo." Shikaku said.
"What do you suggest?" Kushina asked.
"Teams of two or three would be enough to get in each country without being followed by ANBU's." Shikaku said.
"If we can prove that these whore houses actually have underage men and women then we could get the respective villages force to search their own whore house and now have to waste the resources to support such a widespread operation." Shikaku said.
"If possible I would like to help, my son is being held in one of those places?" Diao requested.
Kushina looked at her while thinking over everything, "Tsunade your in charge of this mission, make teams of two assign them an area to search." she told her.
"I'll get right on it." Tsunade said.
"Now everyone over the age of 16 get out." Kushina said.
They watched as everyone else walked out, "Whats up mom?" Naruto asked.
Kushina looked at them, "You all have the month off, Karin your things are currently being moved into an ANBU watched building, you will not be able to go to the restroom without me knowing about it." she said.
"What that's not fair, I did nothing wrong!" Karin exclaimed.
"Nothing wrong, you knowingly used your cursed seal to seal off Funu's sharingan, you knowingly let your brother kidnap my daughter and granddaughter, and you have yet to tell me why your really her. Its only because I don't like throwing kids in prison that your given what freedom you have, and if you interrupt me again it will be the last mistake you ever make." Kushina calmly told her.
The calmness of the threat sent chills down Karin's spine, "Yes Hokage-sama." she whispered nervously.
"Tayuya since your information led to the rescue of my daughter and granddaughter, I'm going to give you the chance to walk out, but you have to give me any information you have on Orochimaru, his plans, his hideouts, every ninja he has, and everything else he has been up to." Kushina told her.
"Oh lucky me, my freedom for information of someone I fucking hate, oh what will I chose." Tayuya said sarcastically.
Kushina looked at her blankly, "You have two hours to make your decision, and don't even think about trying to leave within that time or you will regret it." she said.
"Kushina, what will happen to my redemption team, without Karin in it I only have Sakura, not much of a team?" Ino asked.
"I'm aware of that, I will no longer hold you back because of her, Sakura has been making strides in the right direction now she needs to do that without you always there to protect her, and you will be added to the assassination team." Kushina said. She then looked at Naruto, Funu, and Hinata, "You three will become a team and take the upcoming jounin exam, you have three months to get ready for them." she told them.
"Finally, I will become an official jounin." Naruto cheered.
"Yea we are all happy for you, now get out." Kushina said.
(3 hours later)
Tayuya walked out of the Hokage's office and ran into Anko who was entering, "Your still here?" Anko asked.
"I was just leaving." Tayuya stated.
Kushina looked up to see what was going, "So are you going back to Orochimaru?" Anko asked.
"Hell no, I hate that fuck face, the Hokage agreed to let me leave as long as I don't have any contact with him." Tayuya said.
"Good, she will protect you from him." Anko said.
"At least someone is trying." Tayuya said bitterly.
"I tried and you know that." Anko retorted in guilt.
"Yea, you always try but never do." Tayuya said.
"What is going on, and how did you know her name before anyone told you Anko?" Kushina finally asked.
Anko looked at Kushina as she walked into the room, "I have known Tayuya her entire life." she said.
"How?" Kushina asked.
"She is my sister." Anko finally said.
Kushina dropped her pen and looked at Anko then Tayuya as she sat back in her chair taking that piece of information in, "Are you serious?" she asked.
"Very." Anko said.
Kushina continued to look between the two, "Why didn't you say anything sooner? We could have sent a squad to get her?" she asked.
Anko looked down at the ground, "I wanted to be the one who saved her." she whispered.
"Anko how did you expect to find her and rescue her while fighting off Orochimaru and all his ninja's?" Kushina asked.
"I don't know I would have thought of something." Anko said.
Kushina sighed, "Tayuya why didn't you say anything?" she asked.
Tayuya shrugged, "Your Anko's friends and I saw how you reacted to Karin and her brother, if I said something then there was the chance that she got the same reaction."she answered.
"So you did it to protect Anko?" Kushina asked.
"No, I did it to get away from Anko." Tayuya said.
"Why?" Kushina asked in confusion.
"She abandoned me, left me in the hands of Orochimaru and didn't give it a second fucking thought, now she is living the fucking life with three fucking kids and a damn husband, what do I get nothing but thrown to the damn side, my own sister forgot her own damn promise to come back for me." Tayuya said in anger.
"I didn't forget." Anko said.
"When was you coming for me? When Orochimaru dropped dead from old age? You made that promise when I was 5 years old, that was fucking 11 years ago, how long does it take to get help like you promised?" Tayuya yelled at her.
"Tayuya please you have to understand." Anko was cut off.
"Understand what, that you forgot you had a sister, that you forgot your promise, that you wasn't going to come back for me? I'm tired of waiting for you Anko, I'm leaving and will never see you again." Tayuya yelled.
"Tayuya you can't mean that?" Anko asked.
"Any last words before I leave?" Tayuya asked.
"At least meet them?" Anko asked.
Tayuya turned, "No." she said.
"What, they are your niece and nephews, don't blame them for what I did!" Anko yelled.
"I don't blame them, but I know what your trying to do, you plan on using them to keep me around." Tayuya said before looking back at Anko, "As I thought, you can't even pretend me leaving is hard to watch." she said after she saw that Anko didn't look as if she would stop her.
Anko and Kushina watched as Tayuya walked out and the door slowly closed behind her before Anko fell to the ground crying. Kushina looked at her not knowing what to say or do. She turned and looked out the window and saw Tayuya walking towards the main gate, "Anko get up and stop crying." she finally said.
"Kushina, I messed up so bad." Anko said while trying to stop crying.
"Yes what you did was bad, but your young, your only 22 and while what you did was preventable its not like it can't be fixed." Kushina said.
"Kushina?" Anko asked in confusion.
"Anko remember when I first interacted with everyone?" Kushina asked.
"Yea you almost killed us all, what does that have to do with this?" Anko asked.
"I was able to fix that situation, and it was much worse then this one, I mean you didn't try and kill her, and she still sees you as her sister, but if you let her walk out of your life now, she will forever be gone from your life and the life of your kids." Kushina said. Kushina waited for a few minutes for a reply but when one never came she turned to see the door open and Anko gone.
Tayuya stopped and looked at the person that was now standing in front of her, "What the fuck do you want Karin?" she asked.
"You ruined my new start at life, your going to pay!" Karin stated.
"Karin I really don't have the patients for you, now move before I make you, painfully." Tayuya threatened.
Karin pulled out two kunai's, "Make me." she said.
Tayuya walked up to Karin and dodged as Karin struck out at her, "I told you once, if you try me you will pay." Tayuya said as she planted her fist into Karin's stomach.
"You got luck." Karin said through pain.
"Fine, don't complain when I kill you." Tayuya said as she ran at Karin.
Karin waited as Tayuya vanished and appeared right in front of her pushing her down with one hand as her blade came out of the sleeve of her other hand, "Shit." Karin managed before blood sprayed over her face.
"Anko what do you think your doing?" Tayuya asked.
"We need to talk." Anko said.
"I have nothing to say to you." Tayuya told her as her blade slid out of Anko's hand back into its seal on her wrist.
"Well listen to what I have to say." Anko said as she ignored her bleeding hand.
Tayuya started walking pass her, "I'm done with you." she said.
Anko grabbed her arm, "But I'm not done with you." she said.
Tayuya reacted by hitting Anko in the face sending her into the growing crowd, "I said I was done with you now leave me alone!" she yelled.
(break)
"Whats going on?" Suteru asked.
"I'm not sure, but that kunoichi sure doesn't like Anko very much." Haku answered.
"Why isn't Anko fighting back?" Kirei asked.
"Good question." Tenten told her.
(break)
"Please don't follow me Anko." Tayuya said before she ran out the gate.
"Whats with the crowd?" Funu asked walking up with Hinata and Naruto.
Anko took off through the gate, "What was that about?" Naruto asked confused.
"We are still trying to figure that out." Tenten said.
"We should follow her." Hinata said.
"We can't, we are only chuunin's, we need a jounin to be able to leave." Naruto said.
They all turned to the others, "Well what are we waiting for?" Tenten asked as she ran out the gate with the others following.
(break)
An ANBU appeared in front of Kushina, "Hokage-sama you should know that Anko ran after Tayuya." he said.
"I know." Kushina said as she looked over a proposed law.
"But she was followed by Tenten, Haku, Suteru, Kirei, Naruto, Hinata, and Funu." he told her.
"What who gave them permission!" Kushina yelled as she stood up in anger.
"Tenten led them out." the ANBU announced.
"Is that so?" Kushina asked before jumping out her window and vanishing.
(break)
Tayuya stopped near a bridge to catch her breath. She knew she was fast and hoped she was faster then Anko, "Why wont you listen to me?" she heard.
Tayuya turned in surprise, "Why wont you leave me alone?" she yelled.
"Why wont you listen to me?" Anko asked trying to remain calm.
"Whats there to say?" Tayuya asked.
"I'm sorry." Anko said.
"Your always sorry, well it wont work this time." Tayuya said.
"Tayuya please, if not for me then for Naru, Ruto, and Mari?" Anko asked.
"I can't." Tayuya said.
Anko watched helpless as she started walking past her again, "I tried to get you, I tried a lot, I just could never beat Orochimaru." she admitted.
Tayuya stopped, "But you gave up." she said.
"I'm trying now." Anko said.
"Now maybe to late." Tayuya said.
"Why is it to late?" Anko asked.
"What do you mean?" Tayuya asked.
"The Hokage, she almost killed all of us, her entire family when she first met us, but once we broke the genjutsu on her she has done everything to protect us, I just want the chance to protect you like she protects us." Anko said.
"How touching." they heard.
Looking to the side they saw a group of ninja's, "Orochimaru, why are you in Hi No Kuni?" Anko asked getting into her fighting stance.
"Oh Tayuya how I have missed you so much." Orochimaru said sarcastically.
"I wont ask again." Anko said.
"How many times have we done this same dance Anko? Have you not realized yet you will never be able to beat me?" Orochimaru asked.
"This time I wont lose." Anko stated.
"Oh and why is that?" Orochimaru asked.
"Because she has us with her." Tenten said as she stopped next to Anko with the rest of the group.
"What are you doing here?" Anko asked.
"We are here to help anyway we can." Tenten said.
"What could you possibly do to give her even a chance at winning?" Orochimaru asked.
Tenten put her thumb on her left wrist and a long scroll appeared in front of her which she immediately opened and threw on the ground in front of her, "Release!" she said down on one knee next to the scroll.
Everyone looked in amazement as a large spiked ball appeared in front of them with Tenten on top of it, "Wow that's huge." Naruto said.
"Explode!" Tenten yelled. The weapon flew in the air, "Explode, explode, explode, explode!" she yelled making a distinct trail of smoke headed right for Orochimaru, "Take this!" she yelled as she grabbed the handle and used the momentum to swing it over her head right at him.
Orochimaru watched as it got closer before he bit both of his thumbs, Summoning no jutsu: Demon Wall he said. A large green wall appeared in front of him and stopped the weapon, "Nice try." he said before vanishing and appearing above Tenten and kicking her back to the ground.
Multi-size no jutsu: right arm Suteru yelled as her arm hot out catching Tenten.
"Thanks." Tenten said once she was brought back to them.
"Leave Orochimaru to me." Anko said then shot off towards him.
Tayuya watched as Anko attacked Orochimaru even though none of her attacks came close to him. She looked around and saw the people from Konoha fighting the people from Oto, "Why do they fight knowing that with Orochimaru here they can't win?" she asked herself.
"Because even if they don't win, they will fail knowing they gave it everything they got to protect whats most important to them." she heard.
Turning in shock not expecting to receive an answer, she was surprised to see the Hokage standing there, "Hokage, why are you here?" Tayuya asked.
"To protect me family, without them I'm nothing but an empty shell." Kushina said before she started walking towards where Anko was being knocked around by Orochimaru, "Anko I'll handle him." she said.
"No." Anko said surprising her.
"What do you mean no, he will kill you?" Kushina asked.
"I don't care, I will fight him until Tayuya realize that I will do anything for her even if I have to die in the process." Anko said as she struggled to stand.
"Why are you so stubborn?" Kushina asked.
"Konan fought you knowing she couldn't win and it got you to remember who you was, I will fight until I can't fight no more to get my sister back." Anko said before she ran at Orochimaru only to get knocked back.
Tayuya looked at Anko then Kushina, "Why wont you stop her?" she asked.
"I can't, it would only make things worse if I interfere." Kushina said.
"Your the Hokage, she has to listen to you!" Tayuya stated.
"Anko never did what the previous Hokage said, when she sets her mind to something, no one can stop her, that's why she will win." Kushina said.
Anko stood up after being after being knocked down again, "Why do you keep getting up, this is pointless?" Orochimaru asked.
"Because you ruined my family!" Anko yelled and ran at him again.
Orochimaru dodged and sent her flying with a punch to the face, "You did that yourself when your ran away, I just prevented you from coming back." he taunted.
Anko stood up, "I'm going to kill you." she promised.
"How? You can't even protect yourself, how do you plan on protecting your sister or your kids?" Orochimaru continued to taunt.
"Leave them out of this." Anko said.
"Make me, if you can." Orochimaru continued to taunt.
Anko concentrated her chakra then pushed her palms into the ground, Secret Art: Snake Assassination she yelled.
Orochimaru jumped into the air, "I taught you that attack, it wont work on me." he said.
Anko was already finished with her hand signs, Doton: Flying Mountains she yelled as the ground around her broke and started to float into the air, Fuuton: Great Tornado she yelled as the wind picked up behind the pieces of earth sending them at Orochimaru. Anko then proceeded to go through some more hand signs.
Orochimaru was able to use his flexibility to flip off the first piece of earth and back to the ground, "You sneaky little." he was cut off.
"This time I will take you out for good." Anko said from behind him, Raikiri she then stuck her hand through his heart and out the front.
Orochimaru looked at the hand sticking out of his chest, "You actually landed a hit." he said.
"Shut up and die." Anko said as she pulled her hand out. She dropped breathing hard.
"You actually had me scared for a minute." she heard.
"Impossible," she said in fear as she looked to see Orochimaru standing and alive, "how?" she asked.
"That's a secret, now its my turn." he said.
"You have to go through me first." Tayuya said as she slid in front of Anko.
"Orochimaru you can't win, your life is over." Kushina said from behind him.
"Oh what makesy ou think you have won?" he asked.
"Look around, your ninja's are dead, your the last one left and if you think your getting away your mistaken." Kushina said.
Orochimaru looked around, "I seem to have underestimated you this time." he said.
"A deadly mistake." Kushina said as her kunai went through him.
"How did he get away, I know it was him, I made sure it was him before I struck him." Anko asked.
"We all make mistakes sometimes." Kushina said.
"No I didn't make a mistake, it was him my jutsu hit, that assassination technique I used wasn't just to get him off the ground but to mark him." Anko said.
"We will figure that out later, lets get the dead back to Tsunade so she can run some test on them." Kushina said helping Anko up.
"I'll come if its ok with you Anko." Tayuya said.
"Really?" Anko asked.
"I would like to get to know my niece and nephews." Tayuya said.
The others walked up to them, "Ok what the hell was all this about?" Naruto asked.
"I would like to introduce you all to my sister, Tayuya Mitarashi." Anko said.
"Sister?" they all yelled in question.
"Which would explain why Tayuya was willing to help us find our sister and niece." Anko said.
"But, she is with Orochimaru." Naruto said.
"So was I." Anko countered.
"Yea but that was so long ago." Tenten said.
"Can we trust her?" Funu asked.
"Did you forget it was me who led you to Xailong, and I told you about Karin trying to shutdown your fucking sharingan or does that not count now?" Tayuya asked.
"Don't take offense Tayuya, she has a bad history with long lost sisters, and yes Funu you can trust her, I would bet my life on her." Anko said.
"Let me heal you Anko." Hinata said.
"No I think I'll let them heal naturally, I could use a vacation." Anko said.
"Why didn't you ever tell us you had a sister?" Suteru asked.
"Why do I get the feel that I'm being interrogated?" Anko asked.
"Last two times we met long lost family, one tried to kill Funu and the other kidnapped Ayame and Ami." Naruto said.
Anko looked at them, "I'll fight the entire world be fore I ever put my kids or family in danger and if you don't trust my decision to bring my sister around then that's your problem, but after I spent your entire life protecting you from everyone who tried to harm you, only for you to run off with Rin and Konana the first time you ever met them is hypocritical, don't question my decision on my sister because she isn't going anywhere." she told him.
"Sorry, I didn't mean it like that." Naruto said.
Kushina looked at Naruto, "You ran off with Rin and Konan the first time you ever met them?" she asked.
"They told me they was my aunts and I was only 5 at the time." Naruto defended.
"Still Anko has a point, you can't talk about this decision if you made one similar to it." Kushina said.
"Well I can and I still don't know if I trust her yet." Funu said.
"As to be expected, you know nothing about her." Anko said.
"You fucks do know I'm still here and can leave if you don't stop talking as if I'm not here." Tayuya finally inputted.
"Where will you go? You have Oto nin's looking for you, being here is the safest place you can be." Tenten said.
"Its also the first place they will look." Tayuya countered.
"Enough, Tayuya isn't going anywhere and any Oto nin's who comes looking for her will die." Anko said.
"Finally you put your foot down on something." Tayuya said.
"Whats that supposed to mean?" Kushina asked.
"Anko has always let others lead, she never took charge always following orders never giving them." Tayuya said.
"Unlike you who was spoiled, otousan didn't give a flying fuck about me, I had to learn to take orders to survive." Anko said bitterly.
"Ok lets drop this topic, we will have this conversation when we get everyone in the compound." Kushina said putting her foot down on the subject.
(break)
Kabuto walked out from his hiding spot up to where Orochimaru was killed at, "This isn't good, she actually almost managed to kill you." he said.
"She got lucky." Orochimaru said standing next to him.