Beginnings of War

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Summary: "When I died and came into the Naruto universe, I didn't think that I would be able to change much. I also thought that if I told anyone that they wouldn't believe me and I definitely didn't think that I could get a Kekkei Genkai either. But I was wrong on all accounts and I could not be happier." SEQUEL!

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NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

Everyone from all Five Nations had gathered in Konoha, and when I say everyone, I mean EVERYONE. Konoha was always busy and bustling with people, but this was a different level of busy. We were all gathered behind the Hokage monument; there was a large plain of woods behind Konoha which was being used to hold all eighty-thousands of us. Just like in the anime, all of us had been split into five different categories: mid-range, short range, short to mid-range, long range and the special division. Standing above is all were Tsunade and our commanders. Tsunade was the Supreme Leader of the Allied Forces, A was the Regimental Commander of the Allied Forces and Darui was the Commander of the First Division. Kitsuchi was the Commander of the Second Division, Jiraiya was the Commander of the Third Division and Gaara was the Commander of the Fourth Division. And lastly, Mifune was the Commander of the Fifth Division.

Looking around I could see everyone cheering. This was the first time that all Five Nations had ever met up together in one place, you could practically feel the excitement in the area. I was in Division Two. Originally, I wasn't meant to be in any Division at all, but I argued my point to Tsunade.

Smiling, I remember it.

Flashback

It was a day before the war and I had made my way to Tsunade's office. Since the war was so close, it was really hard to get an appointment with Tsunade, she was always busy. Most nights Tsunade didn't leave her office because she was that busy, and she hadn't even touched a drop of sake either.

Knocking on her door, I hear her shout. "Enter!"

Opening the door, I close it behind me.

Tsunade looks up from her work. "What do you need?" Tsunade asks, getting straight to the point.

"I want to fight." I say, not beating around the bush either.

Tsunade frowns and puts down her pen. "Akemi, you know the rules. You haven't mastered my technique yet, so what makes you think I'm going to let you in the field?" Tsunade asks, placing her hands on the table.

"Tsunade, I need to be out there fighting. I can't just sit on the side-lines, it's not my style." I say honestly.

Tsunade stares at me with a blank expression.

I sigh, seeing that I wasn't getting anywhere. "How do you expect me to fight Yukiko if I'm on the side-lines?" I ask her directly.

"You're not fighting and that's final." Tsunade says, a slight warning in her tone to not disobey her.

"She's right." Says a third voice.

Tsunade and I turn to the open window of her office and see Jiraiya sitting on the window ledge. He was looking at both of us with a serious expression.

Tsunade smiles smugly. "Thank you Jiraiya."

Jiraiya shakes his head. "No, I think Akemi's right, she needs to fight."

I grin, "Yes!" I pump my fist into the air, at least someone was on my side.

Tsunade glares at Jiraiya.

Jiraiya sighs. "It's not like she listened to you the first time." He sent me a pointed look.

I grin, not feeling embarrassed. He was right, I didn't listen when Tsunade said to stay out of the fight with Pain, I ended up joining in not even ten minutes after the invasion began.

I became serious again. "Even if you say no Tsunade, I will join in with this fight." I say, conviction in my tone. I was determined to not let anything get in my way.

Tsunade stares at me for a moment before she sighs in defeat. "You know, sometimes I wish you were normal."

I grin at her, "You don't really."

End Flashback

I was brought out of thoughts when I heard Hinata, who was standing right beside me speak up. "I-I'm a little nervous now." Hinata says, looking around with a worried expression on her face.

I pat her shoulder. "Everything will be fine Hinata-chan." I say, grinning at her in reassurance.

Hinata nods her head, feeling a little better, but she was still nervous.

"You've got to be calm in war!" Karui says, an excited look on her face.

Kurotsuchi was looking up at all the captains when she spots her father, who was the captain of our division. "Why is he our captain?" She asks herself with a confused expression.

Sasuke sighs besides me.

I look to him. "You okay?"

Sasuke nods his head.

"It's okay to be nervous you know? This is the first war we've been in." I say, keeping my voice low so no one else could overhear. I knew that Sasuke was too prideful to ever let anyone hear that he may be nervous.

Sasuke looks at me for a moment before looking back the Commanders above us.

I smile slightly, of course Sasuke would never outwardly admit that he was nervous.

Above us all, Tsunade looks to A, who was the Regimental Commander of the Allied Forces. "Time to motivate your army." Tsunade says with a smirk on her face.

A grunted. "Not a problem." He says, walking forward slightly, confidence oozing from his very being.

This simple action gained everyone's attention, even mine. I spare a glance to Gaara, in the anime, he was meant to be the Regimental Commander of the Allied Forces but this time around he wasn't.

A clears his throat. "We all have a common goal here, and that is to defeat the Akatsuki. They may be powerful, but we are even more powerful!" A shouts down, looking down at all of us. He was using his hands, making violent gestures with his arms by swinging them around.

Kumogakure seemed to be the only village that responded to A's speech. They were all shouting and chanting the Raikage's name over and over.

I send a glance to Sasuke. "He calls that an inspirational speech?" I say, looking slightly confused.

Karui turns to me with an angry expression. "What did you say?" She growls at me, anger shinning in her eyes.

I send her a blank look. "You heard me. That was a rubbish speech." I say it slowly, making sure she heard every word that I said.

"Take that back!" Karui shouts at me, attempting to lunge at me.

Hinata tries to calm her down. "C-come on, please don't do this." Hinata says in a pleading tone, the last thing she wanted was a fight to happen.

But it seemed that I and Karui weren't the only people fighting. Every Division seemed to be arguing with each other and there was a lot of shouting. I look around and see people getting in each other's faces, all looking angry and unhappy. They all looked ready to fight each other and not the Akatsuki.

"This is going so well." Sasuke says with a sigh in his tone.

I nod my head, it looks like this war wasn't going to start on a positive note.

Hinata looks around, a concerned expression on her face as she watches two people from her unit fight. "It doesn't look like anyone is willing to trust each other." Hinata says, looking to Neji.

Neji nods his head. "It's understandable. It's difficult to ask people who have been enemies for many years to unite in just a few weeks. Particularly, Suna and Iwa."

Above us all, A stepped back, feeling quite proud of himself. However, when he looked to the other Kages, he saw they had blank expressions on their faces.

"What?" A says, looking confused.

"You call that a speech?" Tsunade says, arching a brow at him.

A growls. "You give it a try then!" In Kumogakure his people didn't need speeches, they were all ready to fight and he didn't usually need to motivate anyone. He had given a few speeches before, but obviously it wasn't enough.

Gaara takes a step forward. "May I?" He asks, looking for permission.

A scoffs, "Give it your best shot." He says, walking back into line with the other Kages and Commanders.

My attention was stolen away from Sasuke when I noticed Gaara step forward. I look at A's face and see an annoyed expression. It seemed as though I wasn't the only one who thought A's speech was lacking.

Just when things were getting a little too violent for Gaara's liking, Gaara's sand appeared before the few people there were fighting and separated them. This gained everyone's attention; everyone stopped speaking and just stared at Gaara.

Gaara clears his throat. "From the First Great Ninja War to the last, shinobi have been wounded and come to hate each other for the benefit of their own nation and village. That hatred led to the desire for power, and created someone like me." Gaara announces to all of us, making sure to make eye contact with a few of us. "I, too, was once full of hatred and power. I was a Jinchuuriki. I hated the world and everyone in it, I constantly thought of nothing but destroying it. I was no different than the Akatsuki now. However, a certain shinobi from Konoha stopped me! He shed tears me, his enemy. Even though I had hurt him, he called me his friend! He saved me. We may have been both enemies, but we were also both Jinchuuriki! The moment we understand each other's pain, our malice will disappear! There are no enemies here! We are all one, and it's because we've all been affected by the Akatsuki!" As Gaara spoke, his voice became filled with passion, there was not one person in the area not looking at him.

"We are now only shinobi!" Gaara exclaims, holding a hand over his heart.

That one line made everyone stand up straight and look up at Gaara in awe.

"If you still can't forgive Suna, then I will give you my head once this war is over! Our enemy is now after the very friend who saved me! If they capture him, it will mean the end of this world! I want to protect him! I want to protect this world! However, I am too young and naive to do so! That's why, I need all of you to give us your strength!" Gaara bowed his head, as a sign of respect and plea to everyone to listen to him.

The results were amazing. Instantly, everyone began cheering on Gaara, giving him the support he asked for.

I stare up at Gaara, I couldn't help the rush of admiration I felt when looking at Gaara. Hearing it in the anime was amazing, actually being here and listening to the raw emotion in his voice was a completely different experience too.

Sasuke smirks. "Not too shabby."

"If he hadn't proved himself before, he certainly has now." I mumble to Sasuke, watching as some people were crying.

People who were fighting just moments ago, were now apologising to each other.

Gaara nods his head and turns around, stepping back in line with the other Kages. They were all shocked, all besides Tsunade.

Tsunade leans over to A, "Now that's how you do a speech." Tsunade says, a smug and proud look on her face.

A snapped out of his shock quickly and huffed. A walked forward so now he was in full view. "Now, we move out!" He yelled to the crowed, pumping a fist into the air.

The crowd roared in agreement as Divisions began to move.

I take a deep breath as my Division moved out. "It's time, the war has begun." I mumble to myself.

Sasuke nods his head, his hand gripping onto his sword in anticipation.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

Haku observes the wooded area as him and his Division ran through the forest. Haku was part of the Third Division, ran by Jiraiya and in Second Command was Kakashi. Looking further ahead, he sees the two leaders, looking more serious than Haku had ever seen them before. It was understandable though, this was war.

The Third Division had received word from the Yamanaka in their group that Kankuro's ambush team had been successful and hadn't run into any trouble. It was a relief to Haku that things seemed to be going smoothly for now, but he wasn't a fool in thinking that everything was going to be stay so smooth later on.

Haku was pulled from his thoughts when he felt a pat on his shoulder. He looks up and sees Kakashi, who was now beside him.

"It'll be fine kid." Kakashi says, in his own reassuring way.

Haku grins slightly, though he was still feeling anxious. "I know, I think I'm just nervous." He admits with a sigh.

Kakashi nods his head in understanding.

The Third Division travelled for a few more moments in silence before they stopped in an open plain of grass. Just a few feet away was Kankuro's Ambush Division.

"Anything to report?" Jiraiya asks immediately, his aura radiating power and authority.

Haku couldn't help but look a little amazed. All the stories that Naruto had told of Jiraiya always included him slacking off and being a 'super pervert' as Naruto dubbed him. But actually seeing Jiraiya now made Haku realised why he was given the status of Legendary Sanin.

Kankuro nods his head. "Yeah, we saw many people leaving their base, but they all seemed to avoid us. We managed to land a hit on their base though." Using his puppets and his other team mates, they had managed to create some damage to their enemy's base, however there didn't seem to be any retaliation.

Jiraiya nods his head, he already knew who those people where. He had been briefed by Akemi about past Ninjas being reanimated and brought back to life. Jiraiya had the sense of foreboding that it was Yukiko who was bringing them back by using a forbidden Jutsu.

Just then, the ground begins to shake violently.

"Dammit!" Jiraiya curses loudly, "Jump back now!" Jiraiya yells out to his Division.

Everyone follows quickly, not hesitating at all.

Haku jumped into a tree not too far away from the upturned ground. At first nothing came out of the ground. But in seconds, hundreds of White Zetsu crawled out and infested the area within minutes, almost like when spiders infest an area.

"Attack!" Jiraiya yells out.

People let out battle cries and the battle begins.

Haku jumped from his perch and attacked the White Zetsu, making sure to kill every single one he sets his eyes on. While fighting, he glances to his teammates, they were all doing the same as him. It was a kill on sight mission. Everyone knew that the enemy had more troops than them, so the aim was to get them down, cut down their numbers as much as you can. Kakashi and Jiraiya seemed to be killing the most with ease while others did look like they were struggling.

Slowly, but surely, the White Zetsu's numbers seemed to be going down.

Kakashi began looking around with a suspicious look in his eye. "Something doesn't seem right." He mutters mainly to himself.

Haku was close enough, so he heard this. "You're right." Haku says, looking around. This happened to easily, the enemy knew where they were and only sent White Zetsu which was strange.

That's when Haku felt it.

A familiar chakra.

Looking up, Haku could see mist coming into the area and his heart began to pound in his chest. Haku's eyes widens when he looks at the mist that consumes the area.

Haku knew that mist, it belonged to Zabuza.

Just as he thought this, seven shadows stepped into the battlefield, all armed with large swords. All seven figures were imposing and made people stop and stare. When people realised that the Seven Swordsman of the Mist was in the area, the tension in the air increased tenfold.

Haku's eyes widen, but his gaze only focuses on one.

Zabuza Momochi.

Standing not too far away was his old master, someone who cared for him as a child and taught him everything he knew. But something was wrong, it was Zabuza, but not at the same time. It took a few seconds to realise why, Zabuza had been brought back to life through the Reanimation Jutsu and the whites of his eyes were now a black colour. Zabuza was being completely controlled, and he knew exactly who was controlling his former master.

"So she's really gone and done it." Jiraiya sighs to himself. Seeing it now in the flesh, he realised how far Yukiko had fallen.

In a flash, the Seven Swordsman of the Mist attacked.

Kakashi jumps forward, aiming for Zabuza.

But a hand stops him.

"He's mine." Haku whispers, staring intently at Zabuza, who didn't blink as he began mowing down people.

Kakashi looks at Haku for a moment. Kakashi could see the determination and sadness in his eyes. Eventually, Kakashi nods his head. "He's all yours." He says before going for a different enemy.

Haku nods, and jumps for Zabuza, aiming a kick for his head. He may have been his old master, but Zabuza was now Haku's enemy and he couldn't let his feelings get in the way. Just as Haku's attack was about to hit, Zabuza uses his sword to block the attack.

Haku jumps off the sword, using it to propel himself. He quickly makes some hand seals, "Suiton: Rekkū Suigeki!" Placing his fingers over his mouth, he shoots numerous amounts of extremely large jets of water from his mouth at high speeds.

Zabuza uses his sword to cut most of them in half, but he doesn't get all of them. Some end up hitting him, sending Zabuza flying into a tree with extreme force.

Haku lands, but he doesn't get much time to recover. Within seconds, Zabuza had got back up and flung himself at Haku, his sword poised to kill Haku.

Grabbing a kunai from his pouch, he stops Zabuza's attack but just barely. It was Haku's kunai against Zabuza sword and Haku was struggling. That sword weighed a lot, and Zabuza's strength on top of that made it even more difficult.

Just as Zabuza was about to put more force into the attack, he stops. The whites of his eyes were no longer black, but now a grey colour. Zabuza looks around the battlefield and then he sees Haku in front of him, his eyes widen and he lowers his sword.

"Haku…" Zabuza whispers in shock.

Haku looks up, and sees the difference in Zabuza. "You've got control." Haku says, his eyes widening when he sees Zabuza's eyes.

Zabuza scoffs. "Only because that woman gave me it." He of course was referring to Yukiko.

Haku grit his teeth, how dare Yukiko use Zabuza.

"How's the brat been treating you?" Zabuza asks, trying to seem nonchalant but really he wanted to know how his old student was doing.

Haku smiles. "Akemi's my Imouto now."

Zabuza nods his head slowly. "I'm glad." He mutters to himself, it was so low that Haku couldn't hear him.

"She's given me a family, and I couldn't be more grateful." Haku says, a happy look in his eyes.

Zabuza could see this. He could always read Haku just by looking into his eyes, it was the most expression thing about the kid.

"I have a request that you will accept." Zabuza demands, not leaving any room for argument.

Haku nods his head. "What is it?"

"Free me, I don't want to be anyone's puppet." Zabuza sneers.

Haku smiles. "I will, don't worry."

Zabuza smiles behind his bandaging, but it soon turned into a grimace. Zabuza yelled out in pain as the whites of his eyes turned back to black.

Haku's eyes widen, the tears that were gathering in his eyes now streaming down his face.

"Haku!" Kakashi calls out.

Haku turns his head and see Kakashi motioning him to come back. Haku looks briefly back to Zabuza, who still seemed to be in pain, and jumps away from him while wiping his eyes of tears. He lands next to the Copy Ninja, "Yes?" Haku asks.

"We need to bind Zabuza, that's how we'll stop him. They can't die, so no matter how many times we hit them, they'll come back." Kakashi explains to him.

Haku nods his head. "What do you need me to do?"

"Distract him while we set it up." Kakashi instructs. He had been given orders by Jiraiya to get rid of Zabuza first and then the mist will be gone, making it easier on everyone else who was struggling.

Haku grins. "Done."

"I'll give you a signal when it's time to get out of the way." Kakashi says before jumping away to finish preparations.

Haku looks to Zabuza, feeling determined. He would free Zabuza from Yukiko's control no matter what.

Sensing Zabuza behind him, Haku jumps out of the way just in time.

Zabuza swung his sword down, just barely missing Haku, leaving a deep scar in the earth below. Haku grabbed his own weapons and began attacking him, keeping an eye out for the signal that Kakashi was meant to be giving out.

Haku makes some hand seals. "Hyōrō no Jutsu!" Ice began forming on the floor, encasing Zabuza's feet.

Zabuza looks down and sees the ice covering his feet and calves. He tries to use his sword to break himself free. But it was no use, the ice was a lot stronger than his sword.

"Now Haku!" Kakashi yells out.

Without hesitating, Haku jumps away from the scene. Haku watches as the binds crawl towards the trapped Zabuza. The binds wrap around Zabuza, casing him away until he couldn't be seen anymore. Maki, the one who sealed him away, places a talisman on the binds.

"With this here, they cannot be summoned." Maki says, looking at everyone with a proud expression on her face.

Haku nods his head, Zabuza was away from Yukiko's control. Now he could breathe a bit easier now.

Looking to the battlefield, he could see that the battle had just begun. With the mist gone, the other six swordsman of the Mist were visible and no longer shrouded by the mist. With the mist, they had coverage and were able to attack and not be detected. A lot of people were injured and others were still fighting the White Zetsu in the area along with the Six Swordsmen.

The war was still only just beginning.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

Looking around the battlefield, all Akemi could see was destruction. The Division that she was in was fighting hard against the White Zetsu. Akemi couldn't say how many exactly where there, but it was in the hundreds at least. Akemi could see Sasuke fighting the White Zetsu with ease; they were easy to fight because they didn't have Yamato's DNA from the First Hokage, but there was just so many of them to fight at once.

Akemi could see Hinata and Neji fighting together as a tag team.

While the rest of her Division was killing the White Zetsu, Akemi was capturing them so she could use the Re-animation Jutsu later. Akemi was grabbing scrolls left, right and centre, capturing the White Zetsu inside them. These scrolls were crimson red in colour and had a mint green line on them, curtsy of her Tenshi no Chakra.

"How you holding up guys?!" Akemi yells out, capturing more and more White Zetsu.

Sasuke answers her first with a scoff. "It's like a walk in the park." Sasuke says, slashing three White Zetsu at once in half.

"Just like a spar." Neji answers just as sarcastic as Sasuke.

Akemi rolls her eyes at them, of course those two would act sarcastic in a situation like this. "Don't come crying to me when you get injured then." Akemi mocks them with a smirk on her face, throwing punches and kicks that were infused with chakra.

"Wouldn't dream of it." Sasuke says as he passes Akemi, killing at Zetsu that was behind her.

Akemi mock salutes him, and gets back to work.

Akemi could see some of Shizune's medical team, they were treating the injured. Akemi knew that she should be with them because she hadn't actually learned Tsunade's Jutsu, and it took a lot of convincing on her part, but she had managed it. Akemi is a healer, but she could not stand on the side-lines and let things happen.

It seemed like hours they were fighting, but eventually it looked like the number of White Zetsu were going down. They were appearing more sparingly than before, whereas before they were like a wave, appearing out of nowhere. Satisfied with how many White Zetsu she had captured, Akemi put away her scrolls. She would use them a little later when she deemed it necessary. Tsunade still didn't know about this little plan of hers, but there wasn't much she could do now.

"Enjoying yourself, are we?" Says a feminine voice from behind Akemi.

The hairs on the back of Akemi's neck stood up on end and she froze. Slowly, Akemi turns around and sees Yukiko standing there, looking as smug as ever.

Akemi could sense Sasuke and Hinata coming towards her, but Akemi held her arm out and they stop immediately. "This is my fight." Akemi says, not looking away from Yukiko.

"But Akemi…" Hinata protests, looking at Akemi with a concerned look. She knew about the prophecy and to say she wasn't happy was an understatement.

Akemi shakes her head, still not looking away from Yukiko's smug expression.

"Listen to your pathetic friends, you don't stand a chance." Yukiko mocks with a condescending expression.

This time Akemi smirks, making Yukiko's eye twitch. "No, this time you don't stand a chance." Akemi says before grabbing three kunai from her pouch and throwing them at Yukiko.

Yukiko dodges with ease, not putting much effort into her dodge and only moving her head to the side. That's when she noticed that paper bombs attached to the ends. Her eyes widen as she dashed to move out of the way, barley making it.

The smirk doesn't leave Akemi's face as she watches Yukiko jump away from the explosion cloud with an angry expression on her face.

"What a childish trick." Yukiko hisses at Akemi, brushing the dust from her shoulders like it was nothing.

"Yet you fell for it either way." Akemi says, allowing herself that moment to gloat slightly.

Yukiko's glares dangerously at Akemi before charging at her, kunai in hand. Akemi grabs her Sais and charge towards her too. They clash in the middle, each trying to get a hit on each other. However, Akemi and Yukiko seemed to be evenly matched in strength. They clash again and this time they stop in the middle, each one of them trying to outdo each other in strength.

"You don't stand a chance against me, I taught you everything you know." Yukiko hisses lowly in Akemi's ear, pushing forward.

Akemi pushes back. "You didn't each me everything." She snarls back.

Akemi jumps back and make hand seals. "Suiton: Suihou no Jutsu." She spat a powerful beam of boiling water at Yukiko, but at the last minute she dodges. The water hit a tree behind her, causing the tree to burn and fall over behind her.

Yukiko briefly looks at the tree and glares back at Akemi. "Doton: Katana no Jutsu." Slamming her hands into the ground, she pulls up a sword made of earth. She charges towards Akemi, killer intent in her eyes.

"Two can play it that game." Akemi says before making more hand seals. "Mizu no Yaiba." A sword made of water appears in her hands, her Sais now back in her pouch.

Yukiko and Akemi's sword clash, its ring echoing in the battleground. Akemi jumps back and makes additional hand seals. "Shadow Clone Jutsu." Three extra clones of Akemi appear by her side, each armed with a water sword.

Yukiko glares at her clones and charges at Akemi with great speed. One by one, she killed of Akemi's clones until it was just her left. "Well that was easy." Yukiko openly mocks her.

Akemi glares at her, before charging at her again.

Their swords clash again, but this time Yukiko plays dirty. Using her free hand, she tries to grab Akemi's throat, with her chakra scalpels activated. Akemi's eyes widen, if Yukiko got her, she would tear her throat to pieces, obstructing her breathing dramatically.

Akemi jumps back immediately, but Yukiko was on her tail and appeared behind her. Akemi turns her head to the side and managed to block Yukiko's attack, but just barely. Feeling a presence behind her, Akemi could see another Yukiko – a water clone. Not being able to block this one, Akemi quickly activates her chakra shield and lets the sword hit her shoulder.

It hurt, but there was no visible mark on Akemi.

Yukiko scowls when she sees no mark. She jumps away and begins to make her hand seals. "Doton: Doryuudan no Jutsu." A large mudstone structure appears from the ground in the shape of a dragon's face. The dragon opens its mouth and shoots multiple mud cannon balls, all aiming towards Akemi at high speed.

Akemi quickly makes hand seals, "Fuuton: Furyuu no Jutsu." A dragon formed from wind appears in front of her. The dragon opens its mouth and shoots shoot Kaze Bakuhatsu from its mouth.

Yukiko and Akemi's attack met in the middle, causing an explosion.

When the dust cleared, Akemi couldn't see Yukiko anywhere.

"Peekaboo." Yukiko says from behind Akemi.

Akemi whirls around, only to feel a stinging pain on her cheek. Akemi's hand immediately goes to the wound and she feels a deep slice on her face. Looking at Yukiko, Akemi could see a kunai covered in blood in her hands and a smug look on Yukiko's face.

Anger coursed through Akemi, she could feel the Tenshi no Chakra surge angrily through her. A coat appeared around Akemi, this time a yellow colour as her face contorted in rage. "I'll kill you." Akemi hisses at Yukiko, her eyes turning a dark colour.

Yukiko's eyes widen as she takes a step back from Akemi.

Akemi revelled in her reaction.

Seeing pure fear in Yukiko's eyes made Akemi happy.

On the side-lines; Sasuke, Hinata and Neji had stopped fighting and were watching. Sasuke's eyes were wide watching, while Hinata looked worried. She had never seen this power before, and the look in Akemi's eyes made Hinata almost scared.

Akemi charges at Yukiko, taking half the ground with her as she jumped off it. Akemi came at Yukiko with such speed that Yukiko never saw it coming. Grabbing Yukiko by the throat, Akemi clenches her hand, her nails digging into Yukiko's neck. Yukiko gasped for breath. The wind being knocked out of her when Akemi pushed her back into a tree with so much force she knocked the tree from its roots.

Yukiko claws at Akemi's hand, but her hands only became burned as she touches the Tenshi no Chakra around Akemi.

"How does it feel Yukiko?" Akemi asks, a mocking smile on her face. Akemi was revelling in the pain she was causing Yukiko, now she understood Hidan's obsession with it.

Yukiko couldn't answer her, she was too focused on trying to get Akemi's hand loose from her throat.

"I'm going to make you regret messing with me." Akemi hisses at her, the anger only getting stronger as she watches Yukiko struggle to breathe.

Using her free arm, Akemi thrusts it forward through Yukiko's chest, making sure to not hurt any major organs. Akemi didn't want Yukiko to die too quickly and before she had her fun.

Yukiko shrieked loudly in pain.

Akemi twists her hand from inside her, making Yukiko shriek like the banshee. Yukiko continued to shriek in pain, withering and trying to get away from Akemi to avail. Akemi wasn't letting go of her anytime soon.

That's when Akemi felt a pain in her heart. She had used the Tenshi no Chakra for too long. That was a warning that she needed to stop now.

Sighing deeply, Akemi calms down the anger from inside me. The Tenshi no Chakra began to recede, the yellow cloak around Akemi disappeared into thin air. Once the cloak was gone, Akemi let go of Yukiko and removed her arm from inside her chest.

Yukiko fell to the ground, her gasps for air coming out strangled and uneven.

"W-what w-as t-that?" Yukiko gasps out, looking at Akemi with horror on her face.

Akemi looks down at her with a blank expression on her face. "A power that you will never have access to." Akemi says with no emotion in her voice.

Akemi grabs her Sai from her pouch with her bloodstained hand, ready to end this here and now.

Yukiko's eyes widen when she realises what's about to happen. "P-please d-don't k-kill me." She whispers, desperation in her eyes.

Akemi ignores her and raises the Sai.

Akemi tried to lower the Sai, but she couldn't do it.

Akemi couldn't kill Yukiko.

Gritting her teeth, Akemi tried throwing the Sai at Yukiko, but she couldn't let go of it. Everything that Akemi tried, she couldn't do it. Something inside her was stopping her from finishing off Yukiko. Akemi couldn't understand it, she had literally just teared a hole in Yukiko's stomach and she couldn't kill her.

Sighing deeply, Akemi lowers her Sai.

Yukiko looks up, tears running down her face. "Y-you're not going to kill me?" She asks, hesitance in her voice.

Saying nothing, Akemi turns around and walks away feeling ashamed of herself. Why couldn't she kill her? Yukiko had betrayed her and hurt her, yet she still couldn't kill Yukiko.

Suddenly, Akemi hears a demented laugh coming from Yukiko. "You're weak! You couldn't even kill me!" Yukiko laughs hysterically.

Akemi clenches her fists and grit her teeth.

"You're not worth it, that's why." Akemi says, looking at her with a blank expression.

That shut her up. Yukiko immediately stopped laughing and stares at Akemi with a void expression on her face.

"You're nothing to me or to anyone for the matter of fact." Akemi says, making sure her words hurt Yukiko. If she couldn't kill her physically, she'd try a different approach.

Akemi turns back around, walking back to where her Division was fighting.

"You bitch!" Akemi could hear Yukiko scream behind her.

Akemi ignores her however.

Big mistake.

Like lightning, Yukiko's chakra signature appears behind Akemi in an instant. Akemi turns around and hears a cry of pain, but it didn't come from Akemi.

Turning around fully, Akemi could see Hinata in front of her with her back facing Akemi.

Yukiko had stabbed Hinata in the chest with a kunai.

Once that realisation hit Akemi, she screamed.

Yukiko let Hinata fall to the floor, but Akemi grabbed her before Hinata could hit the floor. Akemi cradled Hinata in her arms, looking at the wound. It was deep and looked very painful with its jaggered edges.

"H-Hinata, why?" Akemi ask her, sobbing with tears running down her face.

Hinata smiles up at her painfully. "B-because I-I ca-care fo-for yo-you."

Realising that she was wasting time, Akemi began trying to heal Hinata. Akemi was sobbing while she was doing it and trying to remain calm while doing so. Akemi felt another presence and saw the person was part of Shizune's medical team, with her help, they began to heal Hinata.

When Akemi felt it was safe to look up, she did so and saw Yukiko smirking at her, looking like a mess. Her usually pristine hair was a mess and her expression was insane.

Yukiko laughs hysterically. "Oops." She says, like she was a child that was caught doing something she shouldn't have.

Seeing Yukiko snapped something inside of Akemi.

Akemi steps away from Hinata and the woman healing her. Akemi continued to walk until she was a safe enough distance, trying to keep her anger in check as she did so. Sayuri's words echoing in her mind about the people she care about being hurt when they were too close by.

Once Akemi knew it was safe, her power exploded around her.

Akemi's Tenshi no Chakra exploded around her, a violently bright colour yellow surrounded her as she let out a scream of anguish. The sound echoed for miles, the wind around her became violent and dangerous. The earth beneath her crumbled to dust, leaving a crater where she was standing.

Akemi looks at Yukiko and felt nothing but pure, white hot anger.

"Suikusari no Jutsu!" Akemi yells out the Jutsu, letting the chains made of water surround Yukiko and her feet. However, with her Tenshi no Chakra it made the Jutsu stronger and also chained her hands so she couldn't perform any hand seals.

"You die now." Akemi hisses out, pure rage in her eyes.

Yukiko tried to struggle, but she couldn't move. She began looking around frantically, as if waiting desperately for someone to come and rescue her.

Akemi makes the necessary hand seals and slam her hands onto the ground "Suiton: Haran Banshō!" A grey cloud appears above Yukiko, and in seconds a massive amount of water from the sky, crashing it onto Yukiko. Akemi watches as the water continues to fall and flood the surrounding area in water, also taking out many White Zetsu still left. Akemi spares a glance behind her, Hinata, Sasuke and everyone else was still safe and not in harm's way. That Jutsu was dangerous because of how powerful it could be, and her Tenshi no Chakra just fuelled it further.

When Akemi felt Yukiko had enough, she cancelled the Jutsu.

Once the water was gone, Akemi could see a crater from where the water has crashed down, but she couldn't see Yukiko.

"Impressive Jutsu." Says a voice.

The hairs on the back of Akemi's neck stood up, her Tenshi no Chakra flaring up again. Akemi looks sideways and she sees Obito standing not too far away from her, holding an unconscious Yukiko on his shoulder.

Akemi turns to him. "Give her to me." She hiss at him lowly.

"Another time, Akemi." Obito says, before disappearing along with Yukiko.

Only when he was gone did Akemi realise how much pain she was in. Akemi's Tenshi no Chakra had disappeared when it had become too painful for her to sustain. She fell to her knees as she breathed heavily, Akemi's whole body was in pain. She could feel something moist come out of her ears and eyes, but she was much too tired to even check.

Akemi could hear footsteps walk over to her.

Weakly, Akemi raises her head and sees Sasuke standing before her.

Akemi smiles at him weakly, "H-hey."

Sasuke says nothing, but he kneels down and picks Akemi up, holding her with surprising gentleness that Akemi didn't think was possible with Sasuke.

"We need a medic here." Sasuke shouts over.

"I-I'm fine." Akemi protests weakly, feeling herself wince as she breathed.

Sasuke looks down at her, not missing the wince at all. "You are bleeding from your ears and eyes, don't you dare lie to me." Sasuke whispers to her, she could hear the underlying rage in his voice and she could see it in his eyes. He wasn't happy with her at all, but he seemed to be restraining himself at the same time.

Akemi said nothing as the medic came over to her and healed her, which took longer than Akemi had hoped. All while this happened, Sasuke wouldn't look away from her, he was staring at Akemi and he wouldn't her out of his arms, even as the medic finished healing her.

It was only after the medic walked away did Sasuke begin to speak again. "What is that?" Sasuke asks, referring to her Tenshi no Chakra.

Akemi sighs deeply. "It's called Tenshi no Chakra, it's very powerful."

Sasuke snorted. "I can see that."

Akemi smiles slightly.

"Can it kill you?" Sasuke asks, but it felt more like a demand than anything.

Akemi shakes her head, "No, but it's very painful if I use too much." Which she had today. If she hadn't of used it the second time, she would have been fine. But she had to push the boundaries and use it again.

Sasuke stared at Akemi again, silently scrutinising her, making her feel uncomfortable and nervous at the same time.

"Don't overdo it next time." Sasuke says with a sigh in his tone. He very well knew that she was going to use it again.

Akemi smiles at him. "Now let me see Hinata, I want to see if she is okay." Akemi says, looking for the Hyuuga Princess.

Sasuke didn't say anything and carried Akemi bridal style over to Hinata, not once letting go of her, even when she started protested. But even with all her protesting, Akemi quite liked being carried like this and it sent a fluttering feeling into her stomach, making her nervous.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

Not too far away from the battlefield where everything was peaceful, Obito materialised along with Yukiko. Once his feet touched the ground, he threw Yukiko off his shoulder, not caring that he would injure her more than she already way.

Yukiko hisses in pain as she hit the ground, waking up from being unconscious when she landed painfully on the floor. "Why'd you interfere?" Yukiko struggled to raise her head. She did it, but she found it very difficult.

Obito looks to Yukiko, glaring at her from behind his mask. "Akemi Nakahara is to not be touched."

Yukiko growls under her breathe.

"Do you want to go against his orders?" Obito questions the woman, a severity in his tone that made the tension rise steadily.

Yukiko stilled where she was and her growling stopped.

"Madara made it clear that she wasn't to be touched until he said so, yet here you are disobeying his direct orders." Obito hisses at the end, putting stress on the two words.

"I don't see what's so special about her." Yukiko mumbles under her breathe, feeling an underlying rage. Why did Madara even want Akemi? Yukiko was all he needed, he didn't need a child and a pathetic one at that. She's show him, Yukiko would show Madara that he didn't need Akemi. Madara would see how useful she was when she killed the little brat and made her pay.

Obito says nothing as he walks up to Yukiko, only stopping when he was right in front of her.

Yukiko look up at his imposing figure with a scowl. "What?"

Obito kicks Yukiko in the face, the force making her lay flat on her back. Yukiko cries out in pain as she cradles her now broken nose, with blood dripping down her face fast. She had already lost quite a bit of blood, anymore would be deadly. However, Obito's attack didn't stop there. He walked around her and once he was close enough, he used his foot and placed it on her throat, cutting off her air supply.

"If you dare disobey a direct order again, I will not hesitate to kill you." Obito whispers, the threat ringing out clear as day.

Yukiko gasps weakly, trying to get his foot from her throat, but he was too strong.

Only when Obito says Yukiko turning blue did he remove his foot. Yukiko gasps loudly, taking in as much air as she could since her lungs had been starved of it for mere moments.

"Do I make myself clear?" Obito questions.

Yukiko weakly nods her head.

"Besides, you wouldn't stand a chance against her." Obito says, a scoff in his tone.

Sending him a scathing look, Yukiko attempts to sit up, which she does with much difficulty. "What do you means?" Yukiko demands.

Obito turns away from her. "Akemi has gained another skill, one that is very powerful. She managed to nearly kill you many time. If she had a killer instinct then you would have been dead ten times over."

Yukiko stops and stills. Obito was right, and she knew it. During that fight, Akemi had used something that was so powerful and scary that it made Yukiko freeze. She had never seen Akemi like that; it was almost animalistic. Then Yukiko had made the foolish decision of hurting one of Akemi's friends, she knew how protective Akemi was of her friends. But that look in Akemi's eyes was beyond anything Yukiko thought she was capable of.

Clenching her fists on the dirt, Yukiko couldn't help the wave of anger as she thought of Akemi. How dare she gain this new power? The whole reason Yukiko agreed to train her was so she'd knew Akemi's whole arsenal.

Raising her head, Yukiko looks to Obito, his back turned to her. "Why did you save me?" Yukiko asks, an unhappy look on her face.

Obito didn't once turn around to look at her. "You've got work to do. Now stop being a burden and get up."

Obito began walking away, not really caring if Yukiko followed or not.

Yukiko grit her teeth. It took her a few attempts, but eventually she was able to stand up with much difficulty. She'd have to wait for her chakra to come back before she could heal herself. Yukiko wasn't a fool, if Akemi's attack had landed on her, she would have been dead by now.

'I'll get my revenge, just you wait Akemi.' Yukiko thought to herself, stumbling after Obito.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN

To say Naruto was bored was an understatement. Ever since he, Itachi and Itachi's ANBU squad had arrived at the moving island, Naruto had been thrown into training. Finding Killer B was easy, it wasn't like he was hiding either. In the few weeks he had been on the Island, Naruto had already got really good grip at his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, trying to get the Nine Tail's help though wasn't easy. But once he had earned his trust, Naruto learned the Nine Tail's name: Kurama. Once Naruto learned his name, he began focusing on Kurama Mode, making him even more powerful. The highlight of the whole entire trip was when he got to see his mother for the first time, he had seen his dad and now his mother. He couldn't help but feel happy, and it got even better when she told him how her and his father met.

But he was done learning things, now Naruto was just practising and it was becoming boring and very repetitive.

It also didn't help when the older Uchiha refused to train with him too.

Sighing, Naruto just watched the waterfall with a blank look.

"What's wrong?" Itachi asks, walking over to the Uzumaki. He had noticed the change in him very quickly. Usually Naruto was very bubbly and loud, but he had been the exact opposite since leaving Konoha.

Naruto sighs again. "I miss my friends." He says, looking at the water's reflection. He could see himself looking glum and Itachi looking blank as always.

Itachi nods his head. He too missed his little brother and everyone else that he called friends.

Naruto wasn't an idiot. He had been told honestly why he had been put into hiding, but that doesn't mean he liked it. He wanted to be out in the war helping his friends, not sitting by and letting everyone else fight for him. Naruto had tried to escape the island a few times, but every time he came close, Itachi would always catch him and drag him back.

Itachi taps his finger lightly, feeling awkward. He doesn't know how to deal with a down Naruto, Akemi usually did this. Uchiha's were never one for emotions, the most you'd ever get was a pack on the back. He didn't really know what was wrong with Naruto, but Itachi could see the guilt in Naruto's eyes.

"You want to be fighting out there, don't you?" Itachi asks, looking to the waterfall.

Naruto nods his head. "I do, but I know that I need to stay here." Naruto answers, still looking glum.

Itachi nods his head slowly. Itachi also wanted to be out there, fighting alongside his comrades. If Tsunade hasn't given him a direct order, he would have objected to guarding Naruto. But Kisame was still a threat, and since Itachi had been his partner for years, Itachi was the best candidate.

"You haven't used your Sage Mode in a while, why don't you practice with that?" Itachi suggests, still feeling awkward.

Naruto sighs, "I guess I could."

Naruto stands up and in seconds, he was in Sage Mode. His blue eyes now yellow and his round pupil resembled a minus sign. Around his eyes appeared orange paint and a red short sleeved coat appeared on him, along with a large scroll. Taking a deep breathe, he focuses on the chakras around him. Once he grew bored of that, he decided to branch out.

Sneaking a quick glance at Itachi, Naruto began looking for his friends. It took a few minutes, but he could sense them. He could feel his friend's chakras, and this made him feel calmer than he did before, they were alright-

Something wasn't right.

Sasuke and Neji's chakra was fine.

Akemi's was unstable, it flared dangerous and powerfully. It made Kurama inside him whimper and act up, which was painful. This happened twice that Akemi's chakra became unstable.

But then he felt Hinata's chakra.

His heart nearly stopped.

Hinata was injured, and not slightly but badly.

Naruto put two and two together, and it only made more sense when he recognised Yukiko's chakra signature. Akemi went ballistic when Hinata got hurt and he felt Yukiko's chakra flare up too.

Yukiko had hurt Hinata.

Anger rolled off Naruto in waved, his could feel Kurama's chakra travelling into his system. He would kill Yukiko, she would pay dearly for hurting Hinata.

"Naruto."

Naruto snaps out of it when Itachi calls his name. Kurama's chakra disappearing in an instant.

"What happened?" Itachi demands, glaring at the Uzumaki. He could feel the demonic chakra rolling off Naruto, he knew in that moment that something wasn't right.

"I need to leave, now." Naruto says, seriousness in his tone.

Itachi arches an eyebrow. "You know I can't let you do that."

Naruto nods his head. "I know. But Hinata is hurt, I need to see her." There was an urgency behind his tone, one that Itachi hadn't heard before in him.

Itachi sighs. "I'm sorry Naruto, but I can't let you leave this island."

Anger appears in Naruto's eyes. "I don't need you permission." Naruto growls lightly before turning around to walk away.

Itachi appears in front of Naruto's path.

"Get out of my way." Naruto warns him.

"You're not going to listen to me at all, are you?" Itachi asks, but he already knew the answer. Itachi had never seen Naruto react so strongly before to something, obviously Hinata meant something to him, something important.

Naruto nods his head. No matter Itachi said, he would leave this island and nothing would get in his way.

"Fine." Itachi says with a sigh in his tone.

Naruto's eyes lit up. "You're letting me leave?" Naruto asks, a happy look on his face.

"Not without me." Itachi says, a small smirk on his face.

Naruto grins widely. "Let's go!"