"HIYA!" Clash

"GRHA!" Trump

Roll to the side, dodge, jump, strike left, twist right, duck!

There was no noise save for the sound of fighting, of metal against metal, chakra against chakra and person against person.

"You're gonna have to move faster than this if you have any chance of surviving!" Kisame said, swinging Samahada down. Natiri met it with her own sword, charged with chakra to match Samahada's strength.

"Who say's anything about surviving?" Natiri asked, a smirk playing on her lips as she pushed Kisame back. "I plan on winning!" Kisame smirked too, crouching down with Samahada sticking out to the side.

"We'll have to see about that." Kisame said, sprinting at Natiri. Smiling, she jumped up into the sky, flipping so as to dive at the ground. Together, Samahada and Nat's sword clashed, sending Natiri up into the sky and creating a crater under Kisame's feet.

Flipping once again, to land on her feet this time, Natiri crouched down at the edge of the crater, panting slightly as the glow of chakra from her sword disappeared.

Looking up, Kisame smiled, also panting lightly. "Not bad kid, You lasted longer then you did before, and you're chakra's starting to resist Samahada." Chuckling, Nat looked back down at him.

"Be carefull, I'm already catching up to you." She said with a devious smile. "You're already getting tired, you have wounds and soon you're sword won't work against me. I just may defeat you, sharkskin swordsman." Chuckling, Kisame jumped out of the crater, landing next to Natiri.

"You just very well beat this legendary swordsman kid." He said, patting her head. "You did a good job, you're training with me today is finished." Natiri pouted, but stood up non-of-the-less and followed Kisame inside the base to meet the appraising looks of the Akatsuki.

"Good job Nat." Pain said, the corner of his lips hinting the start of a smile. "You're learning fast. Already you're at jonin level. If you keep of the good work, you'll be at sanin level before your birthday." Smiling, Natiri bowed slightly.

"Thank you." She said, straitening back up. "Maybe sometime soon I'll be at your level, or even past yours." Smirking, Pain patted her head.

"Don't get too ahead of yourself kid." He said, rubbing her hair affectionate. "You don't want to mess with a god." Smirking, Natiri looked up at him with determination in her eyes.

"By the time I'm 18, I'll be the strongest ninja around. Then I'll be able to protect all those that I cherish and help you guy's bring peace to the world." Natiri exclaimed, putting her fist up. "I will protect all those that need it with my own fists! Nothing will be able to stop me from protecting those precious to me!"

All the Akatsuki members smiled at her, hearts warming at her exclamation and determination.

Natiri had been with the group for almost a month now, starting her training a few days after she woke up, and already she had climbed the ranks, surpassing the organization's expectations and is currently one of the strongest Kunoichi around. Every time she reaches a rank, she takes the test and is promoted to a new level. Already she has passed Genin, Chunin and is now Jonin, all while still 14. (take that Itachi)

It's her chakra level that really surprises the Akatsuki. It's undetectable. Only when she does a huge justu or is in distress are they able to detect the levels. And each time they do, they are in awe.

A week ago she learned of what Hidan's religion is and what he does (sacrificing) and has openly accepted it, allowing him to sacrifice at the base once again. Occasionally there will be a time where she just freezes for a few moments before coming back, all the while completely unresponsive. The group still has no idea what is under the wrappings an often try to take a peak whenever they can.

"You may be able to pass Pein's level, but you'll never be able to take me bitch." Hidan said, crossing his arms with a playful smirk on his face. Over the time they've been together, Natiri and Hidan grew a sort of sibling-rival relationship and more often than not play fight with each other.

"What makes you say that Yaru?" Natiri teased, hand on her hips and matching his playful expression.

"I'm immortal bitch, no one can beat me." Natiri snorted, grin growing.

"Please, everyone here can wipe the floor with you. And being immortal just means we can go all out on you without the worry of killing ya, so really that only makes you weaker." In response, Hidan tilted his chin up and glared down at Natiri.

"Say's the girl who can actually DIE!" Natiri just raised an unamused eyebrow at him.

"Really, that's your comeback?" She asked. "Can you get any lower?" As the two bickered, the others rolled their eyes continued as they normally do.

"Nat, you want to come shopping with me?" Konan asked, wallet already in hand.

"Sure! Let me get ready." Natiri responded happily, running to her room. Although she was happy being around the guys, she just absolutely loved spending time with Konan. She saw her as an older sister and sometime's like an aunt. She wasn't sure if she could ever see anyone as a mother. She just didn't know what a mother would be like, but she was sure it wasn't like what her mother was.

Coming back with her headband around her neck, proudly displaying Amekagure's symbol and money stashed in her pouch, she headed out with Konan. The guy's shook their heads. When the girls found out they had a lot in common, they became inseparable.

Elsewhere with Kana

Kana was happily playing with her friends. She was great friends with Choji, Shikamaru, Naruto, Kiba, Shino and Hinata. Occasionally she would talk with Ino, who was a little nicer then she expected. She really didn't get along with Sakura though, and often avoided her when possible. When she found out about Naruto's crush on her, he got the scolding of a lifetime and some sense knocked into him. When she also found out that Hinata had a crush on Naruto, she immediately went to work on trying to get those two together.

Every day after getting out of the academy she walks with Kiba over to his place to figure out how to make a better clone so that the wolf could stay longer. She also learned the language of the dogs and about them in general so as to better understand the wolf clone.

After some time, Kiba's mom came up to Kana and told her that she was already like family and that they were going to officially adopt her into their family, which made Kana ecstatic. Kiba, well, he was just happy that he got more time to spend with his best friend.

Once it was made official that she was now and Inuzuka, she moved into their compound. She still has her last name Hogashi, but now it was more her middle name, leaving Inuzuka as her new last name. Kiba's mom also told her that when they find her sister, she can be adopted into the clan to if she wants, or Kana can live with her on the compound if she didn't.

Everything was looking up for the two sisters, they were happy and becoming who they always wanted to be. While Natiri focused on becoming the strongest she could be, Kana did the same, preparing to get her team soon as well as becoming a genin.

Little did they know their lives were about to get significantly more interesting and that they were to meet sooner than either would expect.

Yo! I've finaly got this chapter up! It's way different than the one I had origionally written, but I think this helps me to move forward even more with the story and saves me a lot of filler chapters! And that means it will immediately go to the story. Hopefully I'll be adding more chapters to this, and thanks for reading my stories! Remember, I don't own anything save for Natiri. Ja ne~