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Kurei sat at the top of a tree. She watched as a brown hawk began to fly towards her. She let a bit of her chakra loss so the hawk could pinpoint her. She held out her hand and the hawk landed gently.
She removed a scroll from his leg and opened it as the hawk moved to her shoulder. She began to quickly decrypt the message before she heard a load voice.
"Oi! Baa-chan!" cried the voice Kurei knew belonged to a hyperactive blonde.
Kurei resisted the urge to jump down and chakra scalpel the brat's heart out, and her anger was seen in the temple throb. She motioned for the hawk to let go of her shoulder. When it was off she jumped down to the ground landing a few feet away from Naruto.
"I told you not to call me that." She said calmly.
"Yeah, yeah." He said not interested, "So when can we do real training?" he asked excitingly.
"When you can sneak up behind me!" Kurei said flicking him over the head, which sent him flying into a tree and into the stream that was behind it. As if to show Kurei was pissed, she jumped back up to her perch on top of the large tree to continue decrypting the message with the hawk on her shoulder.
Kasai smirked at the blonde and continued her meditation. The other four Jinchuuriki did the same.
"Gah! How can you guys just sit here and call it training?" Naruto demanded rubbing his head.
"Its to help you focus your chakra Naruto no baka." Kasai said calmly, not even opening her eyes, "I must meditate everyday in order to keep my blood line from going haywire."
"But how does it help you?" Naruto asked sitting beside Kasai who seemed to not even notice him.
"Well for one, it helps you to learn how to suppress your chakra. A since we are all missing ninja now, it will make it far harder for the villages to find us. And secondly, if you can control your chakra properly then when you do start learning jutsu you will be able to accomplish it or any other jutsu for that matter. Or so in theory."
"Really?" Naruto asked suddenly interested. Kasai nodded, "tell me how! Please!" Naruto begged rather loudly.
Kasai opened her eyes, "first you need to be quite." Naruto shut his mouth, "second get comfortable."
Naruto followed Kasai's instructions and after an hour of just laying around in the quite Kurei came down. She found everyone meditating on different levels.
Gaara, Saria, and Neji are all doing well. Kasai is doing excellent but she has more experience then the others. Kiba is doing well also but his already wild chakra will be hard to calm. A bit more practice and he'll be good. She concluded walking by the group. Then she came to Naruto and instantly her brow began to twitch. Naruto lay on the ground snoring loudly.
Kurei picked him up and threw him into the stream. Kiba's concentration was broken and he opened his eyes. Gaara, Saria, and Neji flinched. And Kasai didn't move at all.
"Keep working." Kurei said to Kiba. The brunette gulped and quickly went back into the breathing routine.
Naruto however was up and pissed that he had been thrown into the water.
"What the hell?!" he demanded loudly. Kurei glared at him and he quickly lowered his voice, "what was that for?"
"You're meditating. Not sleeping." She said in a dangerous voice.
"Well sorry. But it so boring I could help it." He said trudging over in the ankle high water.
Maybe that exercise would work better. Kurei thought. She let out a sigh.
"Come here you baka." She said. Naruto's brow twitched but he obeyed nonetheless.
"See that tree." She said pointing to a random tree. Naruto nodded, "I want you to climb up it without using your hands." She said.
Naruto looked at her as if she were crazy, "that's impossible."
Kurei sighed again. She walked over to the tree. As she walked she collected chakra to her feet and when she got to the tree she just walked up it, her chakra holding her there. She got to the lowest branch, which was about thirty feet in the air, before turning to Naruto.
"Concentrate a certain amount of chakra to your feet then walk to the tree. If you have to little chakra in you feet it'll be as if they tree is covered in oil and you'll slid off. Use to much and you'll just make a foot print in the bark and be push off." She explained.
Naruto nodded and attempted to do the same as Kurei. The first time he slipped and the second time he crushed the tree. After about thirty minutes of practice he began to get the hint of the exercise and could get a foot off the ground before his concentration slipped.
Gaara, Saria, Neji, and Kiba watched him from a distance while Kasai prepared food over a fire.
"Man I feel jealous. He's learning to walk on trees and we're not." Kiba said.
Kasai giggled catching their attention, "that is an exercise that helps to teach meditation." She explained, "You could already do that if you set your mind to it."
"Really?" Kiba asked excited before charging at a tree. He took one step then slipped. Everyone broke out laughing.
"Like I said, if you put your mind to it. And it might help to find out how much chakra you need to stick to the tree before charging." Kasai said, "You all should try it. Holding to a wall or tree can be useful in battle. Plus the circumstances are always changing in battle. Its helps you to shift gears quickly and easily. If you master if of course."
They looked at each other before picking a tree and attempting to walk up. Everyone but Kiba got it. And after about five or six tries Kiba got the hang of it.
"Remember how much chakra it took. That will be the amount you need to constantly add when doing this technique." Kasai said in a teacher like manner as she dished out food. Everyone but Naruto and Kurei came over to eat
"Oi kasai." Saria said as she accepted a bowl from the girl.
"Hmm?" Kasai said asking blankly.
"Were you ever a teacher? You sort of act like one." Saria said.
Kasai sat back and relaxed, "I guess so. Kurei-san often forgets that I'm a prodigy and pushes her other student really hard. I felt bad for her and often offered to help. She agreed." She said in a matter of fact way. They ate in silence after that. They even tried to stay up to see how long it how take until Naruto collapsed but none of he Jinchuuriki made it past midnight.
Kasai jumped up he tree her sensei was in and sat on the same branch that Kurei hung from.
"There asleep?" Kurei asked.
"Yeah. No one ever realizes how much energy meditation can take. Especially in the beginning." Kasai said closing her eyes. Kurei looked back at the girl and smiled.
"Tomorrow we change directions. We'll head east a bit and meet up with an old friend of mine. She says we join him for protection as we move to our new home." Kurei said.
When no answer came she looked up to see her student had fallen asleep. That's right. She may be a prodigy but she still is a child. And children can't keep up with a seasoned adult or some Jinchuuriki without stressing themselves.
Kurei got onto the right side of the branch and picked her student up, "don't worry once we're with the coven our pace will slow." She said carrying the girl down so she too could sleep by the fire.
She went back and found Naruto had also collapsed and carried him back. When all six children were positioned around the fire Kurei sat up for guard duty.
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Hikari, Yami, Dana, and Kaira had gotten use to the life in a coven quickly. Every morning the girls got up and helped cook or baby sit while Yami went off to cut wood or something. They all quickly became friends with Furai.
They had learned that Furai's blood limit allowed her to see over great distances and had met her pet hawk, Roland. They also noticed that the bird came and went often. At first they were worried but soon they were so entangled in the coven life they forgot all about it.
Dana and Hikari played with the children while Furai help clean he breakfast pots and Yami help break camp.
"According to Furai, we'll meet up with Kurei and her group in the canyon." Shiro said looking over a map. Some of the other Youma elders stood around him, "she said that they are going to lead us to a new spot in the land. Supposedly somewhere we haven't been to."
The others chuckled, "as if there's any part of the land we haven't been to." One woman said.
They quickly decided their next stopping place before joining in the bustle of packing.
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Everyone sat on a boulder in a canyon, meditating.
After Naruto could successfully walk up a tree, he found meditating easier. While none of the Jinchuuriki could fall as deeply as Kasai, they could sit there and meditate when a battle ragged around them.
Kurei sat on the cliff wall meditating herself. She opened her eyes when the sound of a mass amount of people came to her ears. Within minutes the Youma coven came into view, Furai in the lead.
The hawk that had been with Kurei flew over to Furai's and landed on her shoulder. The whole coven stopped when Furai did and four people stepped forward, to stand by Furai.
"It's been a while, eh? Kasai. Kurei." Furai said casually. Kasai opened her eyes and smiled at her old friend.
"It has." She agreed. She jumped off her boulder to go and see her friend. The Jinchuuriki opened their eyes curious to see what the commotion was about.
All of them were shocked. The demons within them roared with laughter
"Well well. Look at this! Were all together again!" Kyuubi laughed.
Dana, Yami, Hikari, and Kaira looked at the other five oddly. All nine demons are here? Dana thought. And we're going to be traveling together! She smirked. And I here I thought whoever dared to attack this coven before was mad. If they do now they have a death wish!
Neji stepped forward to the other Jinchuuriki.
"Well, looks like were all together now, eh?" he said smirking. Dana smirked back at him.
"I really feel sorry for the next baka to come attack us now," she said. Neji nodded and the coven began to move again. This time, Kurei in the lead.
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Neji activated his Byakugan. I've never seen a seal like this. He admitted as he looked at the complex design of the seal in front of him.
They stood in the middle of a vast valley just out side the land of fire. There were two trees in front of the coven and Kurei stood before the both. The seal was at her feet. She quickly made hands signs and slammed her palms on the seal. It glowed white and a swirling portal opened between the trees.
"Lets go!" Kurei said looking back at them and smiling.
Shiro smirked, "I guess we haven't been everywhere." He said. The coven began to slowly move inside the portal and Kurei and the Jinchuuriki helped. Hikari however was doing guard duty.
Her and Chi ran around the out skirts of the valley looking for any sign of any ninja. After ten minutes she and chi just ran, not really watching for ninja.
Hikari took a sharp right turn and saw a dark figure. She tried to stop herself but was unable to. There was a large crash and Hikari rubbed her head.
"Sorry." She said trying to get off whomever she had run into. She looked over and only saw red eyes.
Hikari heard Hachibi growl, "Uchiha." Was all the demon said.
"Uchiha?" Hikari asked more to herself.
"If you don't mind I would like up." Itachi said. Hikari felt her face grow warm but she quickly got up.
"Sorry." She said again. Chi came over to Hikari and rubbed her head in her hand. Hikari looked down and assured the cheetah that she was fine.
Itachi stood up and dusted off his cloak.
"What were running so fast for?" Itachi asked.
"It's been a while since I ran so I felt rushed." She explained before standing up, "what are you doing here, Itachi Uchiha?"
Itachi raised an eyebrow. Perhaps I under estimated them? He thought. He didn't respond to her question. Instead he walked away.
Hikari watched him go and felt her body relax. She burned the image of the black cloak with red clouds into her head. Hachibi had told her about the Uchiha clan and about its prodigy Itachi Uchiha.
Shiro will want to know about this. She concluded. Reaching down she unlatched he weights on her legs and ran to the coven.
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Kurei watched as the last wagon went inside. She looked back when she felt a pulse of chakra. Hikari came skidding to a halt in front of her.
"Where… is Shiro?" she asked panting.
"He's busy organizing the coven. What happened?" Kurei asked concerned.
"I… saw Itachi Uchiha." She paned leaning on her knees. Kurei's eyes opened wide.
"Get inside." Kurei said softly. Hikari looked at her confuse, "don't question me! Do it now!" she yelled.
Hikari looked at Chi and did as she was told. With the last of the coven in, Kurei cut off her chakra and the portal closed.
She took a breath and let her senses sharpen. She could sense Itachi walking west, away from Kurei and the others. How many more will you destroy? She wondered. How many more lives will you destroy?
She saw Itachi look back in her direction, have sensed her chakra. He smirked at her before continuing to walk away. Kurei watched him until he was to far away. But even when he was out of her range she waited for ten minutes before reopening the portal to allow herself to enter.
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Naruto gasped at the sight in front of him along with several other people. They stood in the middle of a beautiful valley. Around its edges were white sakura trees. The white petals drifted slowly down to the ground.
"Its beautiful." Neji said for everyone.
Kasai nodded, "Kurei-sensei told me that her brother did this for her when she was young. It was a present to insure her that he would come back from the war with the rock village. Unfortunately, he never came back. Kurei-san comes here when she wants to think." Kasai said remembering the times her sensei disappeared.
"Is this even a place? Or is it all an illusion?" Naruto asked, awed by the beauty.
"Its real. The seal was just to transfer us here. In fact were on a small island by the land of the waves. Those two oaks and the seal Kurei-san's brother made are the only way back to the main land." Kasai said looking over at Naruto.
"She wasn't kidding. This is defiantly a new place." Shiro said.
"I've only been here once. I think to the east is a clean river. To the west are vast fields." Kasai said, " and we should get everyone situated. Don't want them to scrunch up."
They all nodded in agreement and began directing the Youma coven. Within half an hour Hikari came through the portal as well. Yami looked up at her and saw she was unusually pale.
"You ok?" he asked his twin as he portal behind her closed.
"We were being followed." Hikari said as the other Jinchuuriki gathered around her, "we were being followed by Itachi Uchiha."
Everyone flinched at the name, but none as bad as the ex-leaf ninja. They knew that name all to well.
Yami's eyes flashed to orange, "are you ok? Did he hurt you? If he did I swear I'll kill him."
"No." said Hikari to stop her brother, "he… he didn't hurt me."
Kasai came over, "where is Kurei-san?" she asked concerned.
"She just told me to come here." Hikari said. They all looked at the portal. Please Kami. Kasai prayed, please don't let her fight Itachi.
When Kurei did not join them they got worried. And when Shiro yelled for them to help they sent silent prayers for the blonde woman.
After an other half hour passed Kasai heard the familiar sound of the portal opening. Kurei walked through with no evidence that she had been in a fight.
"Where's the food? I'm starved." She said. Kasai relaxed and went to hand her sensei a bowl. Kurei accepted the bowl and sat with her student.
Naruto smiled. He could tell Kasai was happy her sensei was ok.
"So." Kurei said when finished, "it needs work. But what do you think? We could build a paradise here." Kurei offered.
"We like it." Neji said. Naruto and Kiba nodded in agreement.
"So do we." Saria said, Gaara nodded his head.
"The quiet is nice." Yami said lying down on his back. His pet tiger jumped onto his chest and rested there. Dana and Hikari also agreed that this place was far nicer then the rock village.
Kurei looked over at Kaira, "and you?" she asked.
Kaira looked at her and smiled, "not like I got any better place to go to." She said.
"Well then. I guess we'll start construction tomorrow." Kurei said setting down her empty bowl.
"And we'll assist." Shiro said walking over, "I have discussed it with the Youma elders. With your permeation, the Youma clan wish to join you here."
Kurei and the others looked at them shocked before they all smiled.
"The more the merrier." Kurei said.
For the next few months the Jinchuuriki and the Youma clan built. In the valleys to the west, they made farmlands using the animals and seeds the Youma clan had. The portal acted like the village gate and the valley in front of it was were houses were made, for those who weren't farming.
Everyone was happy and Kurei had to teach the all the hand signs to use the gate. When they all knew it she placed guards on the other side of the gate. One day Shiro came back from guard duty early and with guests.
There was a nock on the door to Kurei's small house. She went and opened the door to see Shiro and two ninja. Both wore a black cloak with blood red clouds.
Kurei kept herself from gulping and let the missing ninja in.
"What do you want?" she asked feeling several Youma clan members begin to collect in the walls, incase the ninja decided to try and attack her.
"We wish to join you here in Sakuragakura." The male of he two said. He had bleach white hair, like the Youma clan members, but he also had white eyes with several rings.
"And tell me. Why should I let you? From what I hear, all Akatsuki wants is to capture the Jinchuuriki and use the demon's within them." Kurei said narrowing her eyes.
"Rumor was, this is the place for all run away. Besides you have a very good grip on them." he said, "all we would do here is use this place as a base camp."
"And the children?" Kurei asked.
"We can teach them. Make them stronger. Besides you think we're the only ones who want in? The kages are just dieing to figure out how to get in. you'll need ninja strength, and while the Youma clan is strong there aren't many of you." He said to Shiro.
"There aren't many of you either." Shiro pointed out.
"True. But I know of another wondering clan. A strong clan. With us, the Jinchuuriki, the Youma clan, and the Chishio clan now one could come and crush you without a lot of support." The Akatsuki leader said.
Kurei raised an eyebrow. She had heard of the Chishio Clan and their unique ability. She thought it over for a minute.
"If I find out that you have harmed a single one of their heads, you will find yourself in the deepest, darkest pit of hell." She threatened.
The Akatsuki leader nodded his head, "agreed."
Kurei let out a sigh, "I can' believe I but. Welcome to Sakuragakura."
The Akatsuki member's smiled at the name of the quickly building village. How appropriate for a village of missing ninja. The Akatsuki leader thought. Both members bowed and left to get the other members of their group.
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The leaf ninja all wore black in the rain. They gently placed white flowers down on the monument of the third Hokage.
"How did he die?" one person asked, "I thought lady Tsunade healed him."
"He had some disease she couldn't cure, I think." Another said.
Tsunade stood in the rain, pretending to pry for the fallen Kage. In truth she was remembering.
"Was it worth killing him Tsunade?" Jiraiya asked standing next to her.
"Yes." Tsunade said, "You didn't have to listen to him Jiraiya. He was going to send every ninja we have there to try and kill them. All of Kohona's ninja would have died. I had to do something to make sure it didn't happen and this was the only thing that would work."
Jiraiya looked over at Tsunade. Her usually blonde hair was pale, her eyes seemed dull. She had slight bags under her eyes from not sleeping. She regrets it. Jiraiya thought. He let out a sigh.
"And if the next Hokage decides to follow in his footsteps?" Jiraiya asked.
"Then I will leave. I'll go and join them in Sakuragakura." Tsunade said in her serious voice. Jiraiya could tell she wasn't kidding.
"Well then. We wont have to worry. The console has asked me to inform you that they have chosen you to be the next Hokage." Jiraiya said walking away. He knew she would be shocked. Lead us to a new age Tsunade. He thought, lead us to an age where we look to he future instead of the past.
The following week of the thirds death Tsunade was made Hokage. She spent the following years trying to pay of loans and seemed to ignore Sakuragakura, as if she thought it wasn't that big of a deal. She however, knew it was and inside she cheered for their success.
wel i hope you liked it.
could somone please reviuw and tell me what they think so ne and allana can make it even better.
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