Chapter Twenty Seven
8:15 am: Konoha…
Darui, the New Leader of the Land of Lightning decided to take the time to walk with Kakashi back to Konoha. The training had been hard work but through it they had just learnt from the most amazing teacher of lightning jitsu the ultimate lightning technique – the 'Destiny Blitz' jitsu. Named after its creator, she was respected and feared by those of every nation.
Destiny would not just teach anyone. All those who sought her wisdom and tutorage had to prove themselves by beating her in a contest in which all five elements of jitsu could be used… and she knew all five. What shocked both Darui and Kakashi was just how young she was… she was seventeen. The match had been difficult but thanks to Kakashi's Sharingan, a stale mate was achieved and the beautiful blonde warrior woman, nearly 6 foot tall and wearing a brown armour-plating bodice with matching skirt and boots, was happy.
"You are the first to have managed to place in a situation where I have not won. Congratulations, Kakashi-Sama. I will grant you my services to teach you and as the Raikage ensured you were prepared well and brought you here by himself alone, I will allow him to stay."
She was a truly awe-inspiring mentor, worthy of the journey to the highest mountain in Kumogakure. No-one could have taught him the range and breadth of lightning jitsu so quickly and expertly. Kakashi felt he had learned much more than jitsu from her. So much so he invited her to his hopeful-to-come wedding.
It seemed a quick journey back to Konoha took place and Darui decided to take the opportunity to say hello to Naruto.
"I better let you do that alone … under the circumstances." Kakashi said. Darui nodded.
"I am sorry… I find it so hard to remember you two are not on good terms." He smiled handsomely and as he placed his hand behind his head and grinned, a young konoichi who had just come from the flower shop and saw him had stars shining in her eyes; hands clung to her face, big smile … and promptly fainted onto the ground.
Darui looked extremely confused, his hand still where he had put it. He sniffed his arm pit and then shook his head. "Well, I smell okay. Why did she do that?"
Kakashi grinned at how modest Darui was and grinning at him behind his mask, told him. "I don't think the Raikage realises just how magnetic a person he is. She found you very attractive and became over excited."
"Oh." Darui said, still looking confused and putting his arm down quickly asked Kakashi. "What should I do? I hope she's okay. It didn't mean to hurt her." He then proceeded to walk to the pretty lady who had fallen down, seeing she was carrying a large bunch of tulips. He wasn't one for things like plants but he did like colourful and bright flowers.
"Miss?" He then knelt down, trying to help her up from the ground, holding onto the small bouquet so it did not fall. "Miss? Are you okay? I am so sorry…"
The petit blonde opened her eyes to not only see a handsome tanned man holding her to him but he also held in his open arm flowers. She giggled and grinning kissed him sweetly on the cheek.
"Whoa." Darui said with a smile, totally surprised but loving the sensation. "My name is Darui… what's yours?"
"Ino." She said smiling and putting one arm around his neck.
"Do you live nearby? With your permission can I see you home?
"Sure… but I warn you, my father will be there."
"That must be nice…" He started to walk with her and handing her the flowers, offered her his arm which she accepted and looped hers through his. She showed him the way and the two talked as they walked.
Kakashi froze on the spot … what is going on at the moment? Is it mating season or something for this generation of Shinobi? ... Getting a very visual image of Hinata from a few nights ago in his head, he then smiled and decided to head to his home to shower, change and then go to the Hyuuga Clan estate.
9:05am: Kirigakure…
The Ayiti Princesse, the Kirigakure Village Elder's heir and granddaughter had arrived just outside the main gates. News had spread to her from the remote islands just off the mainland of the Water country of rebellion and trouble to come.
She dismounted her beautiful companion, a light-grey thorough-bred horse with angelic wings called Nuage. Ayiti made a gentle clicking noise from her mouth and Nuage followed her, walked up beside her and they entered the village walking side-by-side. People seemed to be acting normally but certainly, there was a strange feeling in her village. Nuage whinnied in fear and Ayiti immediately came to her aid and help calm her, gently putting her arm around her neck and stroking her face softly. Nuage calmed under her friend's soft touch and Ayiti looked in the direction Nuage had done, to see a large statue of what looked like a snake-woman.
Ayiti patted Nuage on her back gently and the beautiful horse headed off in the direction of the Great Village Elder's home. The lady waited for her companion to have gone and then went up to the statue and examined it closely. The woman who some may call a monster looked incredibly beautiful and for a moment Ayiti lost track of time. Her horse detested snakes and for as long as she could remember, had never known Nuage to hate anything apart from them.
She heard two men talking from behind the statue and from the tones of their voices, recognised one of the men in question. She paused a while and listened.
"… Trust them?"
"They seem okay to me, why do you always want to fuck things up for us with you reckless need to break things apart?" Jūgo's voice was raised and she then heard a small growl from the other person.
"I like to split things in two, it's my way." The man's voice sounded light, almost care free.
"You want this girl, right?" Jūgo said, with a sigh.
"Yeah. Why not?" The guy answered.
"Then why don't you wait for Joleen to do her thing without kidnapping her or forcing her because she's going to do it anyway?"
"Tell me, what do you think of dog boy? Are you happy with her being his bitch? Don't you kind of want better for her? At the moment, she's too into the love thing to see she's making a mistake. We have to save her from that. Tonight, we'll free her from a stupid mistake."
"Shit," Jūgo said with a hard, evil chuckle. "You want them both… both sisters."
"Sisters should stay together…"
Ayiti had no idea how this Joleen lady was or who the man wanting to kidnap her was … but the other voice, it had to be Jūgo. But what was he doing Kirigakure? She had not seen him since that time during the war and his reappearance here could not be a good thing. Ayiti decided to wait for the men to stop talking and leave as they would most certainly see her move from where she stood. After 10 minutes listening to the two men argue heatedly, she heard them reach a stale mate in their conversation and walk away, back towards where the prisoners after they had been released live.
She decided to immediately walk to the Mizukage's Office to report what she had seen … she will see her grandfather and Nuage later. This was seriously important…
9:30am – Mizukage's Residence…
Joleen woke up to see she had spent most of the night on the couch in the main living room and the sight of Kiba's socked foot to her right hand side. Akamaru was there, sitting in front of them, bright eyed, his tail wagging and gave a quick wink to the Konoichi.
She laughed softly and sat up, carefully removing the Kiba's jacket and stepping over him so as not to wake, landed gently on the floor. Joleen gasped with a smile as a pair of hands grabbed her from behind and she was pulled towards (to what she thought was) the Inuzuka Leader.
"Good morning gorgeous." He said gruffly, his eyes still closed but having a brilliant smile on upon his face.
"I thought you were asleep." She said quietly, not moving away from the embrace.
"You smell too lovely… it's as if I can smell every move you make now." He now sat up and held her lightly to his chest, nuzzling her neck and making her giggle.
Hinata then came into the room with Pakkun, before stopping dead in her tracks, mouth open, eyes wide and quickly turning on her heels and out of the exit. Joleen however hadn't noticed and although Kiba briefly smell Hinata nearby, he was having too much fun…
"How could you have been embarrassment by that, of all people?" Pakkun teased the indigo beauty as they walked now to the entrance way of the house. She couldn't answer him.
10:30am: Mizukage's Office…
"I see…" Mei said, nodding at the young woman who just gave a very interesting report. "The man you saw talking with Jūgo is a former Kiri-nin, more recently an Akatsuki member and then a missing-nin. His name is Suigetsu."
Suigetsu-Sama … She remembered him now. The way he hacked her team-mates limbs and then cleaved then in two, right in front of her. She was only fresh out of the academy and on her 1st mission. Baby sitting a civilian's four children whilst she had to go to work. They didn't know that the woman's family happened to possess at that time from her husband the sword Kiba, one that would then be handed to the next 'Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist'.
She remembered a young boy, around her and her team mate's ages. He'd managed to escape their knife attacks by turning his body into water and first of all, closing the door of the sleeping children's nursery, returned to the bound and gagged newly fledged Kiri-nin. Suigetsu took his time and hacking off both boy's arms and then legs, the blood going everywhere. She remembered the sicken glee on the murder's face as he went about waiting for them to be on the brink of bleeding them to death before hacking them in two around the waist.
Whilst he was attacking them, she managed to free her hands and sadly was too late to save her friends. However, she did manage to save the sword.
She remembered how happy Suigetsu looked when he saw her stand, her arms and legs now free, the gag removed from her mouth. "I always like saving the best to last…" He tried to lunge an attack at her but failed to realise how power a Genjitsu specialist she was. She had him trapped in a world of his own fantasy, when he would not leave quickly. She let him fantasise about her giving him the sword and letting him kill her softly and painfully.
During this time, her Nuage came to the door and taking the prisoner, placed him on her back. It was then the Military Police arrived at the civilian's home after 4 guardsmen were found dead and hidden near the entrance to the village and a hunter-nun tracked the killer there. They were disgusted when they saw how young the boy was and Nuage helped the police in taking him into custody. She then took away the Genjitsu and smiled slightly as she heard the boy scream in anger…
The Princesse looked directly into the Mizukage's eyes – Mei saw the control within them and slight hatred at the name of the man that she has just spoken.
"I have met him once."
"The two have been working closely together for many years. They have a strange sort of like-hate partnership between them. This information is extremely useful. Your Highness has not just saved those girls but also the peace treaty … the lady Joleen is a Leaf ANBU member who just after her birth was taken to Orochimaru to be experimented upon."
"Mizukage-Sama, I would like to help prevent these men from carrying out their plans."
"I understand." Mei smiled; she knew the Princess's story well. It was sadly one of many that in the past were as common and multiple as rain drops in a storm. She glanced to Chōjūrō who nodded at her with a smile and went to her side. "With you permission, I would like you to meet Joleen and the rest of the leaf ninja at my house… is this acceptable with you?"
"Yes." The Ayiti Princesse had no need to hesitate or deviate … there would be blood soon spilt and it would not be hers or any innocents … it would only be Suigetsu. It would be his turn to feel her smiling sweetly at him whilst she dismembered him, bit by bit.
11:30am: The Hyuuga Estate…
"Uh?" A big question mark and exclamation mark seemed to process themselves through Neji's mind.
Maybe this was not such a good idea. Kakashi thought as he knelt on the floor of the Hyuuga Clan's main living room, though it was so large and empty it felt more like a vacant hall. Well, empty apart from himself in his white suit, the two Clan leaders… and Hinata's father. Hiashi seemed slightly peeved at the man in the white suit, asking them for permission to marry his daughter.
"Forgive me, Kakashi-Sensei," Hanabi began. "But aren't you a little…"
"… Old for Hinata." Her father ended. "Besides, it was our intention that the Hokage be her suitor. His position and her affections for him cannot be disputed."
Kakashi could not believe the way in which this man lied to him. They all knew what Naruto had tried to do to Hinata because of how her feelings had changed … thank Kami they did not know that reason was due to him.
"Hiashi –Sami, I want to prove to you three, Hinata and her family … everyone that I love your daughter and will do all I can prove my worth to you." Hiashi burst into a cool spout of laughter and Neji looked at Hanabi and the two shared a blank expression … they had no idea that Kakashi loved Hinata.
"Hatake-Sama," Hiashi spoke, still smiling after his burst of laughter. "I hate to sound harsh, but your father became the disgrace of our village. You have indeed become an incredible shinobi, worthy of so many wonderful and great things … but you cannot have Hinata."
Kakashi looked cool, not letting the insult to his father's memory get to him. He smiled at Hiashi and began to talk again.
"Naruto and I will have a match tomorrow. He intends to take Hinata as his if he should win. If I have your permission to carry on with this fight, I will do so with your feelings in mind. If she does not want me, she does not have to be with me. Hiashi, Neji, Hanabi… I am in love with your beautiful Hinata. It has taken time for my feelings to come to the surface as I could not risk hurting Hinata when I too felt she loved Naruto. Times have changed now. I dare to risk my heart and life for her… do you accept me to carry on with this duel? If so, know she will be under no obligation to anyone. I just want her happiness."
Hiashi arched an eyebrow at the man in his 30's. He was a clearly over a decade older than his daughter but it seemed he spoke truly. Kakashi did not rise to the bait when he insulted the memory of the White Fang, Kakashi's father. Naruto would not have shown the same control.
Hiashi turned to the two clan leaders, who now looked to him.
"She is our sister, Hiashi-Sama. You are her father. This must be your choice. Just know your decision will have our backing."
Hiashi thought for a moment, thinking of his own meeting with his wife's father to ask permission to marry her. He smiled at the memory and just how hard a meeting it was. His father-in-law showed no mercy and he was never more serious about any decision than he had upon wanting to marry that beautiful blue-haired goddess.
"I accept your terms. If you beat Naruto and she accepts you, I will stand by her decision. But if you fail in your match, Naruto will marry her."
Kakashi bowed his head to the ground to show his happiness and acceptance of their decision.
"Thank you." He said.
"Er, Kakashi-Sensei… please don't bow." Neji said, looking uncomfortable. "It feels too strange."
Kakashi apologised and as he rose, had a circumspect grin on his face which even through his mask could be shown through the outline of the material.
12:25pm: Mizukage's Residence…
Joleen laughed at the idea of Suigetsu and Jūgo trying to kidnap and Suigetsu wanting both her and her sister. Kiba looked psychotic and Mei was happy that the rouse mission set for Suigetsu and Jūgo to protect the statue both this afternoon and evening was accepted by them. How could even they refuse a mission that would put them in the perfect spot to help them in their plan and as they had been doing it for the last few days, they would not be suspicious.
"Princesse Ayiti, I am so appreciative you warned me about those jackasses. The next question is what should we do next?"
"Leave me to deal with Suigetsu." Answered Ayiti. Her voice was strong with conviction and Mei nodded in agreement at her words.
"Your Highness, Kirigakure royalty, for you to attack Suigetsu would be the best situation." Mei answered and Nina simply nodded grinning wickedly. She knew just her lethal an opponent the Princesse could be – they were at the academy together and fought side-by-side on many occasions.
"Then I will deal with Jūgo." Joleen answered, the two women nodding.
"I think you should revive your sister as we agreed." Mei said seriously and the shinobi around her looked curiously at her. "I know it will seem strange but this might be the best way to test everyone's loyalty. Better we know our enemy now than later."
"My sister could make things very difficult for us." Joleen said. "The fight we will have could become dangerous if it indeed becomes three against two."
"Who said you two would be going without us?" Kiba voiced angrily. "You are not going to be in any danger whilst I have breath."
The ANBU konoichi patted her man on the arm and he blushed. "We can take care of ourselves, Kiba. But I love your words very much." The sharp features on his face softened and trying hard to keep serious, had to shake the smile from his face.
"As a Leaf ANBU, your life politically is very important to the treaty," Yamato stated. "I agree that her highness and you have us near, though I admit I enjoy watching you two kicking the idiotic pairs' butts."
Joleen smiled and the Princesse laughed lightly. Nina then added more to the conversation.
"To ensure the treaty is not affected in anyway, we should say Kiri-nin only fight Suigetsu and the Leaf to fight Jūgo."
"Nina-Sama," Ayiti responded. "You must not enter this fight. You are going to be the next Mizukage and as such must not waste themselves on such a fight."
"Your Highness is the future Village Elder…" Nina said with a smile and gesture so elegant Shino sighed.
"Touché." Ayiti said grinning and the two former comrades winked at each other.
"Mei-Sama," Shino asked the Mizukage. "Would you allow me the opportunity to track the two missing-nin? I hope you don't mind but I have already placed insects upon Ao and am awaiting a report from them at 4:00pm."
"Though I prefer you asking in advance before you spy on a member of this village, I do agree with what you did and plan to do."
"I apologise Mei-Sama and thank you for understanding me."
"With your permission Mizukage-Sama," Ayiti queried. "May I stay here until tonight? If that … man is not due to come here then it would be best I'm not tempted to go after him myself."
"Your Highness is very welcome here." Mei replied warmly. "Now, let us eat and discuss the match for tomorrow."
"Match?" The Ayiti Princesse asked and Mei proceeded to inform her of what had happened that past year and of the recent week's events…
3:15pm: Outside Kirigakure Prison…
Doctor Kiri had been walking through the streets until he came up to the building where he felt his lover's chakra reside in. Please be patient Kirra… I will come and get you as soon as I can. I swear. He felt a familiar grip on his shoulder and smiled, turning to see the Byakugan bearing man in front of him.
"Ao-Sama, you are looking well. Preparing for tomorrow?" He sneeringly asked. Ao merely looked at him, a soft curl about the corners of his mouth and took his moment … oh, how he had been waiting to tell the sucker this. The bitch he loved … this was going to be fantastic.
"Oh yes. Almost as much as I have been for this moment." Kiri looked at him hard.
"What do you mean?" He then snorted a chuckle. "Are you going to kill me?"
"No…" Ao said, the lips making now a small smile but his eyes showing danger. ".. I'm just going to give you some advice."
"I don't need it." The doctor said, about to walk away but his attention became caught as the former tracker-nin spoke to him.
"She had another lover Doctor Kiri … Kuro."
"Liar." He said turning and speaking calmly. "He hasn't even met Kirra. If they had met, I'd have known about it."
"What? With your chakra sensing rain?" Ao tutted and walked to bridge the gap Kiri had made between them when he had moved away. "Kuro is a hunter-nin. He has ways to evade your pathetically common technique."Kiri face adopted a snarl which made Ao feel extremely satisfied. He watched the doctor's face start to contort.
"I do not believe you."
"You know I am telling you the truth. Didn't you notice over the last year that Kirra seemed to have time away from Kirigakure around the same time he had 'secret missions' to go on when no other tracker-nins had been assigned on it with him or one of their own for quite some time?"
Kiri seemed frozen to the spot as he listened to more words from Ao. "She drugged me for almost a year and tried to use me as a toy in their own pathetic attempt of revolution… I almost feel sorry for her. She had no idea that she was just being used by him just as a tool."
Kiri then slowly smiled, cocking his head slightly to one side. "Ao-Sama, are you sure this isn't a bit of revenge your trying to carry out here, making me the tool you use to punish the woman who in effect, tortured you?" Kirra's drugs had certainly made Ao infirmed for considerable periods of time. She did a good job as to make sure no one caught her injecting him with the subtlest traces of chemicals so no one could appear on any test results and yet be potent enough to be effective.
"Perhaps," Ao replied before turning away and saying. "Perhaps not, Doctor Kiri." He then left the man to stand there whilst he walked away and towards the Mizukage's home. Kirra truly had turned him into a docile zombie without him being able to do anything, leaving Hanabi to be able to pray upon his weakness and raiding his mind with pain. He knew pay back was coming to her now and again, a feeling of sweet peace washed over him.
5:45pm: The streets of Kirigakure…
The group of shinobi had agreed that they should proceed with their plan earlier than was scheduled to the knowledge of Suigetsu and Jūgo. The element of surprise then would be with the two Konoichi. Shino had informed the Mizukage of Ao's secret meetings with Doctor Kiri and this greatly surprised her.
"They are going to try and start a war again…" Mei said within the safely locked study in her home, as Chōjūrō nodded with his arms folded.
"Yes, using Hinata and me as bait to distract them. This would make sense. Ao apologising so much and then showing some classic signs of hatred… it's a means to an end and killing two birds with one stone: revenge against my mother and a great way to start an attack when the military are most likely to be stretched the most."
"It might be best to force their hands and use the element of surprise. Firstly, we should end the battle with Suigetsu and Jūgo quickly. Let's leave the house at around 5:00pm and at that time I will go to my Office to send out the word that the match between Ao and Chōjūrō will begin first thing tomorrow morning…"
The two konoichi walked up to the guards around the statuesque figure in front of them. Ayiti had placed a Kiri ANBU mask on, as had Joleen.
"Good evening." Joleen said to Suigetsu and Jūgo, looking at the mask wearing shinobi and laughing.
"Is it fancy dress night tonight, Joleen?" Suigetsu smirked. Ayiti did not react to the killer who just spoke. She remained calm, in control and ready to pounce when needed.
"No." She said, cocking her head to one side as casually as she could. Looking at the statue, she started to change. Her skin became silver, her hair ash white and eyes black. She hovered slightly in the air. Suigetsu and Jūgo both looked shocked and tried to talk to her.
"Wait!" Yelled Jūgo "we need Yamato here to cage her. She'll get loose…"
The Mizukage had sent word quietly to all of the town's people to remain within their homes until they saw a red butterfly hovering outside their windows. Everyone was in their positions and waited for the sound of laughter.
Joleen gently laughed and it sounded like sunshine would do if it had a voice. The sky seemed to lighten at the sound and the grey statue near the two men started to crack. As the laughter got louder, the quicker the cracks deeped and very quickly, Momoiro's scaly tail slammed through the shell of her prison.
"Joleen!" Momoiro's voice was raspy, quiet but angry. She quickly looked around seeing her sister, the Princess and the two men hissed loudly. "How disssssapointing…." She muttered. "… I've no choicccce Joleen but to jjjoing you." Looking slightly taken a back, Joleen looked at her sibling quizzically, watching her slide to her side against the two men.
"Excuse me, Momoiro boot I was the one who did that to you…"
"Doessssssn't matter at the moment," she nodded her to the former Akatsuki males. "They need to be taken out by ussss firssssst."
Joleen was very mistrustful of the woman who had killed their mother and kidnapped her to be a lab rat, so she took some steps to the side, away from Momoiro and towards Ayiti.
"Why are you so eager to help us beat these men before we resolve our differences?" Joleen asked and Momoiro liked the air with her tongue, smiling and enjoying the taste of fresh air.
"No-one makesssss me their whore." Momoiro simply answered and Joleen accepted that answer … for now.
"Ladies, two-on-one is exactly my kind of fight..." Suigetsu said, pushing Jūgo aside as he went towards the sisters but was stopped when he heard a voice. A very familiar voice.
"Suigetsu-Sama … I'm the one for you in this fight." He then saw the woman from his dreams and his eyes bulged, mouth bursting into a grin and then licked his lips.
"Oh…" Suigetsu stared at her with maniacal intent, straight into the eyes of the light-hair haired konoichi. Oh, how she had tortured him with such a beautiful Genjitsu that he thought it was real… until she had taken it away from him and by then he was almost imprisoned. Thank Kami I can fight on my feet. Finally, I'll get to her scream for me for real. At last! He felt the world go red as he walked towards her and started to engage her with his sword, thrusting and lunging it at her torso. She fought back hard but …
"Sui?" Jūgo called out to his team mate who had just frozen to the spot, drooling as he kept the large grin on his face with his mouth slightly open. "Sui!"
He was about to shake his friend from the powerful Genjitsu when he was stopped by an attack from Momoiro's tail, trying to strike at his head.
He looked impressed by the medusa-looking woman in front of him, the banshee-konoichi floating by her side. His skin started to darken and develop scales and using an excessively large right arm, picked Momoiro by her tail and swung her through the air and then let her go. Joleen quickly scooped her sister as best she could in her arms and safely brought her to the ground. Before trying to focus a scream at him. He dodged the sound attack almost easily and tried hard to swing at her, but she easily dodged the slow attacks by swooping through the large gaps he left in the air. He then saw a pattern to her attack and just as he was about to clip the side of her abdomen, he felt something warm and wet hit his eyes. He cried out in anger and rubbed the eyes, Joleen and Momoiro laughing at him.
What just happened? Jūgo wondered when he then saw out the corner of his eye a young man with purple tattoos in black grin and call out something.
"Good boy, Akamaru."
Jūgo growled and upon seeing the men, was set to run at them when Nina put her arms around the man and the dog, and then evaporated away with them.
Jūgo was angry, but realising the konoichi had stopped their attack get too his comrade. He saw him merely standing there whilst Ayiti was walking away upon seeing him approach, smiling with satisfaction, with Suigetsu sword upon her back.
He shook Suigetsu's shoulders with the more normal looking arm of his and with Suigetsu suddenly coming round and now safely out of the Genjitsu, he examined him. Suigetsu looked dazed, and somewhat pissed at what she had done to him. Princesse Ayiti had cut off his both his forearms and stolen his sword, he felt the comfortable weight if it on his back now gone and looked at her in her blood—stained clothing, the hilt of the sword showing above her head. He then began to curse her.
"Damn you, bitch. With or without my hands, I'm going to get you." He tried to snarl at her but found he could not. How come? He thought briefly but began an assault of words at her.
She enjoyed every moment of anger coming from him, watching the blood flow sweetly from him and onto the floor. When he paused for breath, she took her opportunity to really enjoy herself… he hasn't realised, has he? She thought, laughing to herself.
"How are you going to get me?" She asked, savouring every moment of this
"I'll bite your head off." He snapped and Ayiti laughed hard.
"But you have no teeth… I have your teeth." She then took from a blood-stained pocket a set of sharp, jagged teeth. Suigetsu quickly opened his mouth so Jūgo could explore it for him. Jūgo tried not to laugh but did so anyway, nodding.
"She's right, Sui. She got you good, huh?"
"But I don't understand how she did this so quickly…"
"Sui… you've been out for a while. She obviously learnt to work quick."
"Any way, shall we leave this asylum of freaks and I'll get my sword back after I've got my arms and teeth sorted out."
"But what about the konoichi?" Jūgo asked whilst pointing at the two women he was fighting. "I can't just leave without giving them a decent fight, can I?
Mmmm, he knowssss how to pleasssse a girl. Thought Momoiro carefully.
"I'll come with you, Jūgo." Momoiro said and Joleen dropped to the ground. Surprised at the effect her words had on her baby sister, she then addressed her. "Don't worry, sssiiissss. We'll meet again. We have a sssscore to sssettle."
She then slithered to the two men, ushering then onto her back and somewhat confused, they obliged and the three quickly sped through the village with a thing noticing them along the way.
She really is a snake in the grass, huh?" Kiba joked and Joleen groaned, going to him and kissing him gently.
"You did a good job with Akamaru then." She said smiling proudly at him.
"Ah, it was nothing." He said with one hand behind his head whilst the other patted his best friend Akamaru on the hand. "It was a piss of piss, really."