Chapter 6 :D within the scroll is a weapon you have seen on another character, not that exact weapon, but rather one much more powerful. :D its gonna be awesome!
It had been three weeks and Hinata had been released from the hospital, she still mourned the loss of her child and the elders had been furious when they had found out. That is why, today, Nana and Hinata had a meeting with them. Hinata sat under the tree on a bench with her face propped on her chin. She had never seen anything like the blades Nana held. She had seen katana and chokuto before, but never had she actually seen a dual edged blade quite like Nana's.
They came to a triangular point and both sides were sharp, unlike the blades she had seen. It reminded her of a kunai, but it was flat. What amazed Hinata more, was where the blades were stored. Nana had begun wearing low cut halter tops that were backless and showed off a large portion of her stomach. It was odd, in Hinata's opinion, at first. But once she had seen the markings that Nana had placed, Hinata had begun to get curious so she had asked Nana if she could follow her to training. She had the kanji for Sakura, tattooed in dark red just above her navel. She had the kanji for Tsubaki tattooed… tattooed between her… breasts. She had sealed the swords within her own body.
It was rare Nana carried the blades with her anywhere anymore. When she did, they were strapped to her back. Hinata was confused as to what Nana was actually preparing for, but you could see it in her eyes that whatever it was, it was personal. Hinata enjoyed watching Nana train, it was rather entertaining. You could feel the raw power her chakra held. You could see the confidence in her dual wielding stance. Her speed was unmatched and even awed Lee.
Nana finished slashing at the practice doll and it burst into shreds of cloth and stuffing. Nana held Tsubaki, point down to her chest and resealed the blade. She held Sakura above her navel and the seal swiftly sheathed the blade and pulled it back within her body. Hinata watched her sister as she strolled over. There was a resemblance between the two of them, but the resemblance was minimal. Her resemblance to Nana was just like the resemblance between Sasuke and Itachi.
Hinata herself had the bluish black hair that was only a trait she had inherited from the Hyuuga. Neji looked like the rest of the Hyuuga had, while Nana had this deep, deep inky black hair. Come to think of it, over the past few months they had been back, Itachi's hair had darkened! It was no longer the dull black that it had been, it wasn't as black as Nana's hair but it was still black now instead of a really dark grey. She guessed that meant he was getting healthier.
She smiled, all of them were getting better at a fast pace and that was good. Over the past few weeks, Sasuke had gotten to walk around more and he could now run just as fast as he had before he had gotten sick. Naruto had left to go training somewhere and had actually stopped to ask Sasuke if he wanted to join him to get stronger as well. Surprising the entire village and Naruto himself, Sasuke declined and had told him that he had found something more important than endless training and he wanted to make sure that it didn't disappear on him. Hinata smiled softly, she knew he was talking about her.
Nana walked over and tapped Hinata on the shoulder with a smile. "Hinata, you should go on back to the compound and get some rest, I'm heading out somewhere on a personal quest. I will be back in no time at all." The elders will have to deal with the fact I have little interest in their stupid meeting." Nana said with an unamused glance, and Hinata nodded. Nana started to walk away but she stopped and turned to Hinata. "Would you like me to walk you home?" Nana asked and Hinata nodded. "Yes, I would like that. Since Neji-nii has been busy lately I haven't had anything to do. And Sasuke and Itachi went to the Uchiha hideout to gather some things…" Hinata sighed and Nana smiled.
"I know how you feel, I was mad when Itachi had vanished and hadn't even told me he was going somewhere. But, I'm his friend and I don't have the familial rights to know everything he does or everywhere he goes. That would be like him wanting to go to the Hyuuga shrine and me denying him. Oh, speaking of the Hyuuga shrine, I believe uncle Hizashi had left you and Neji something there long ago. I haven't found it but it may just be one of those things that react to the chakra of the person its for, like my gift was." Nana said and Hinata nodded.
"I will take Neji down there and we will check that out sometime. Umm… Nana, why are… uh... why are your swords so important to you?" Hinata asked out of nowhere. Nana furrowed her brow. "My swords are not weapons. My swords are an extension of my own body, and if I am not one with the addition to my body then I will be doomed to fail. I have grown one with my blades because they are an extension of me; my mind, my body, and my soul." She said and Hinata nodded.
"I see, so that's why Sasuke's chokuto is always by his side as well…" she said and Nana nodded. "His chokuto is an extension of his being, just as my blades are." Nana said with a smile. "Well I must be off, I have to gather a few things before I go, so let us be off." Nana said with a smile. Nana walked Hinata home and Hinata waved her sister off. Nana trailed back to the Uchiha compound and gathered her things; a surprise visit was in order.
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Sasuke groaned as the Cat woman and her grand daughter pummeled the two of them. All she was doing was nagging at them for fighting and such. "Nekobaa-chan…" Itachi groaned as she whacked him over the head with her cane. "What on earth where you two thinking!? You both had me worried to death!" she snapped and Itachi rubbed his head. "I had no choice…" Itachi grumbled and Sasuke nodded. "Uh… misunderstanding?" Sasuke offered, unsure if the old woman would hit him for that answer or not. And she did, she hit him right in the head where she had hit Itachi.
"Ah! You crazy old bat!" he snapped and she laughed. He blinked in confusion before her cane came right back around and hit him in the abdomen. He hit his knees holding his stomach. "You crazy old bat…" he managed to get out before he grabbed the staff that was aimed for his head once more. "Alright, since that's over, can we get down to business?" one of the cats muttered and Itachi chuckled. "Yes, forgive us. It's been, different lately. We were all brought back to konoha and the Hokage and the rest of the kage have decided that as long as we are allied shinobi, we are of no threat." Itachi said and the cane hit the ground.
"You… returned to konoha?" she asked in shock and Itachi nodded. "It wasn't just us either, Itachi's girlfriend too." Sasuke said as he attempted to stand which earned him a punch to the head from Itachi, who glared darkly down at him. "How many times do I have to tell you-" he began but the old woman laughed lightly. "She's that Nana girl isn't she, the one who saved you from yourself that night?" she asked and Itachi looked down, then looked back up with a small smile on his lips.
"Yes, that's exactly her." Itachi said and Sasuke eyed Itachi oddly. "Saved you?" he asked and Itachi nodded. "Yes… the night I had to do that… I would have been dead that very night, had it not been for her. Nana forced me to my feet, she forced me to run. She is the only reason I am alive, she was always trying to get me to keep on going, even if I had given up." He said and Sasuke nodded. "I see, so… then… why haven't you told her you loved her yet, I mean me and Hinata hit it off long before-" "Stop talking." Itachi said and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Ne, ne! Sasuke has found a lucky girl, so why not you?" the old woman prodded and Itachi sighed. "She is my friend, and that's all she sees me as. Trust me. She dreams of getting married, but I am most definitely not the one she thinks of when marriage comes to mind. She discusses it with me like I'm the gay best friend." Itachi said and turned to browse through the weapons the old woman had. The old woman glared at him and resisted smacking him with her cane.
"Have you ever tried asking her? I mean she could be trying to get a reaction out of you… Like everyone else…" the old woman muttered and Itachi chuckled. "She gets enough of a reaction out of me, especially when she bad mouths the perverts on the street." Itachi chuckled and Sasuke laughed as well. Sasuke opened his mouth to go more into detail on how she treats the random guys on the street and Itachi glared at him. The glare was one that sent a chill down Sasuke's spine, which was new…
"Don't you dare say what she says in front of them! They are ladies!" he snapped and Sasuke sighed and nodded. "Yeah yeah, I keep forgetting that Nana was around Hidan for way too long…" he sighed and the old woman's brow twitched. "I met that Hidan once, makes me glad he's stuck in a hole somewhere. Curse words every other word he spoke, the vulgarity of that man!" Nekobaa grumbled and then her glare focused on Itachi. "She better not be like him!" she snapped and Itachi sighed.
"Nana has a very crude and vulgar sense of humor, but she does not curse like a sailor." He said and the old woman purred in delight. "Good to know!" she said in a chipper tone, confusing the brothers.
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The guards at the suna entrance were caught off guard by the cloaked person that had randomly appeared. The person had refused to remove their cloak and thus the kazekage had been requested to dispose of the person. He touched the ground, his siblings behind him. His eyes went wide when he felt the familiar chakra. "What a surprise… I had heard you were back in konoha… but I didn't think they would give you free roam just yet." He said and the cloak pooled around her feet.
"Hello, Nana." Gaara greeted and Nana grinned and hugged him. "Hi Gaara! Look at how much you have grown! Temari and Kankuro too!" she said and smiled. They smiled back and welcomed her into the village. She told them all about her new life in konoha and she had even sparred with Gaara. "So how is your training going, Temari-chan?" Nana asked and Temari smirked. "I bet I could beat your wind." Temari said and Nana burst out laughing loudly. Temari blushed in embarrassment and looked away.
"Not to be rude, Temari, but my wind is my strongest technique now. I transferred my water skills to Hinata. She can now use more advanced water jutsu, she just doesn't know it yet." Nana said and Temari blinked in confusion. "How?" she asked and Nana smiled. "Same way I transferred my ice based chakra to Itachi… ice was stronger than wind or water, so I separated that part of my chakra and I used it to bring him back… I just didn't know that doing so would nearly cost me my life. I gave up the Rinnengan and most of my ice jutsu. I can freeze simple things but that's all." She said and Temari nodded.
"I see…" Kankuro said and propped his head on his hand with a smug look. "So this Itachi guy, he is your boyfriend, right?" he asked and Nana nearly choked on the water she had begun to drink. "What! No! He… he is my friend…" she said and Kankuro smirked. "Friend, my ass! There's something more to it isn't there!" Kankuro laughed and Nana slammed her hands down on the table. "No! There is nothing more to it!" she yelled and stormed out.
Needless to say the kazekage and his siblings were confused by her sudden angry outburst.
She went to the inn she had dropped her things off at and curled up on her bed. She placed a hand on her chest and the dull ache began to return. She clenched her hand to her chest and drifted off to sleep. Nana's eyes snapped open the next morning and her heart was racing. Something didn't feel right. She jumped up and gathered her things. She rushed to the door and yanked it open, almost running into the group outside her door.
"Oh… sorry about last night…" she said and they shrugged. "Its fine. I pushed the boundaries." Kankuro sighed and she smiled, but it had a worried edge to it. "You heading home?" Gaara asked and she nodded. "Yes, forgive me for just dropping in and leaving so quickly, it's just something doesn't feel right and I'm worried about my sister, she just got through a bad situation and I don't feel right." She said looking down at her hands worriedly. "You're talking about the attack, correct?" Gaara asked and Nana nodded. "yes… because of him, her and Sasuke lost their child…" she said and Gaara blinked.
"So she and Sasuke did get together, figures, they were always with each other back in our genin days…" Temari said with a small smile. "Yeah, but Sasuke and Itachi aren't home and Neji's just gotten out of the hospital so I'm afraid I must go." She said and Gaara nodded. "Be safe Nana-nee." The three echoed and Nana blushed lightly. "Alright, same to you three…" she said before she took off running as fast as she could.
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Hinata saw the destruction as the summons rampaged all over. The six orange haired people were attacking anyone and everyone. She ran to go help people, but every time she got there, it was already too late. Hinata bumped into someone and she turned to see Sakura and Ino. "Ino, Sakura…" Hinata greeted and they nodded at her. Their relationship had gotten a bit better under threat of a Nana beat down, but Hinata believed that Ino was the only one who truly meant her apology.
The blue haired origami woman hovered in front of them and they took this as an advantage to work together. "She's made of paper Hinata, so it's your go while we distract her." Sakura whispered and Hinata nodded. Sakura and Ino lunged for the woman. "Water style: waterspout jutsu!" Hinata yelled and her cheeks swelled with water. She sent a huge water spout at the woman, much larger than any she had ever done before; which truly amazed her.
It did little to no harm to the woman though. She just shook off the water and made more paper clones. "Hinata, go get her, we can't do this without her." Sakura said and Hinata's eyes went wide. "Alright, I will go get her!" she said and took off running towards the Hyuuga compound. Hinata slammed her palm against the dojo floor, where Nana had placed the emergency summon. "Kai, we need Nana!" Hinata said and the large crow cawed once and took flight.
The enemy was fast, she would give them that… the entire village… its man power was decreased within moments. Tears filled Hinata's eyes as she saw all the injured and dead people everywhere. That was moments before she saw the leader of the group begin to levitate. Hinata took off running in the opposite direction as fast as she could, and that was when the man destroyed everything she was living to protect. She shoved the rubble off of her and she took in the obliterated village.
She tried her best, but even she hadn't been strong enough to save the village. She wiped her eyes and attempted to steel her nerves, but it wasn't helping. A familiar spark of chakra and the group had stopped moving towards the outer edge of the village. "Nana-nee!" Hinata cried out in relief. But her relief was short lived as Nana swiped the scroll from behind her and unraveled it. Horror filled her being at the evil aura that emanated from it.
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"You…" the orange haired attacker, now known as Pein, said in slight shock. "I had heard you were dead…" he said and she unraveled her scroll to drape it over her arm. "I should be, but I'm not. Hatred was defeated by the truth." She said simply and he sighed. "Are you going to fight me?" he asked and she looked around her at the desolate pit that was once konoha. "You did this… to my home…" she said and he frowned. "So you are going to fight me then…" he sighed and she nodded.
"And if I die, I can be completely at peace." She said and he nodded. "Then let me give you divine retribution." He said and sped forth. Nana bit down on her thumb and drew an odd design in blood on the scroll. A huge white rectangular object came from the scroll, and Pein flipped backwards to force himself to stop. His other bodies surrounded Tendo Pein. "How did you come across that!?" he asked, it seemed he was a bit frantic. Nana smirked and grabbed the object by the metal ring on the end.
"It's a family heirloom, I've always had it, or did you not realize that it has been with me all this time?" Nana asked and Pein furrowed his brows. "Why do you wish to fight me?" he asked and she frowned. "It's not just you. Tobi killed my sister's child." Nana said and Pein's eyes widened a bit. "I see…" he said and Nana spun on her heel and she smacked the mechanical Pein with the object in her grasp, then she sent him flying without even having to open it. they didn't seem all too phased that she was fighting with the closed object.
"I guess I'm going to have to open it then, huh?" she sighed and held the object above her head. "Fan of the crow sage, seal release!" she called out and the fan sprung open as if held by a spring. The black crows that were printed on the inside of the fan were intricate and realistic. She swung the fan around lightly and the gusts of wind it produced were as big as the ones Temari made. Nana knew there was one downside to using the crow sage's fan; the fan uses a massive amount of chakra, chakra she didn't have anymore.
She had given a large portion of her life sustaining chakra to revive Itachi, she had given the majority of her water based chakra to Hinata, so all she had left was the minimal lightning chakra and her wind. "Here we go then…" Nana said and swung the fan up and then in an arc, creating a massive cloud of dust that covered the entire area. "Tornado drop." She ground out and swung the fan with a strong half spin. The huge ball of wind collided with one of them and she smirked as she controlled it and made it turn around to aim for another, but it missed and she furrowed her brows.
She felt stupid right then, they all had linked eye sight. She cursed under her breath as she sent him spiraling to the ground. "Crow bomb!" she yelled and cut open her thumb and drug the bloody appendage over the fan. She swung the fan in an arc over her head and a cloud of crows shot from the surface of the fan. She reared the fan back to send another barrage of bombs out as they exploded, but something hit her and sent her sprawling to the ground, the fan snapping shut and impaling itself in the ground far from her reach.
She jerked her head up just in time to roll out of the way of one Pein's foot that was going to stomp on her head. She rolled to her feet and flipped backwards to avoid Tendo Pein's foot. Nana swiped her hand and her fan rattled in the dirt. She did so again and it opened and came flying towards her, but the mechanical Pein grabbed her fan. He grinned at her before he snapped her fan in two. Nana's anger grew and she fisted her hands. "That… was a gift from my uncle…" she said, her voice was quiet, but her anger was evident.
"We do not care where the fan was from, as long as it is gone we can proceed." Tendo Pein said and Nana grit her teeth as the wind whipped around her. She took a deep breath and released it, she wasn't sure why she was trying to calm herself, but it was evident that it wasn't going to work. The mechanical pain lunged for her and she released another breath. She was about to attack right back but before he could attempt a hit on her, someone else got in his path and was sent flying across the way.
Nana's eyes went wide and she turned to look at the person. "What the hell were you doing? What kind of idiot are you?" the person snapped trying to get off the ground, but failing to do so as the mechanical Pein did a knee drop on his back. "Neji!" she yelled as blood sprayed from his mouth. Nana fisted her hands and yelled her anger, the rapid winds whipping her hair all about and causing the mechanical Pein to smirk. "What will you do now?" it asked and stomped on Neji's shoulders, causing his face to go deeper into the dirt.
Nana could feel her chakra coming back to what it had been before, she was pulling in chakra from somewhere else. Tendo Pein's eyes widened a fraction then they slid into an amused glance. "I knew your power wasn't gone. I figured your body was trying to keep you alive so it sealed it away…" he muttered, his tone monotonous. She held a hand out to the mechanical Pein and she focused on him, Tendo Pein noticed this and made an effort to return the mechanical one to his side and not hers.
She released her pull on him and he went flying towards Tendo Pein. "I'm not match for you, I know this." She said and Tendo Pein cocked his head to the side. "Then why fight me?" he asked and she smirked. "Because I have to waste time for the one who is to return." She said and he shook his head. "There is no one in this village strong enough to defeat me, I am a God." He said and she clicked her tongue. "Nagato, you are no God, You're human, just like me. You're just stronger… You should know that even people like you and me, there are people who care. They stand by our sides even if we continuously hurt them." Nana said as she held a hand over her chest.
"I would listen, but the fact is… the ones who cared for me died long ago, one mentally and one physically. Your pathetic attempts at trying to change my mindset are not going to work." He said and his voice was suddenly very close. Her eyes went wide and her mouth went agape. "N-nani?"
"Nana!" not even the person yelling her name truly registered, she had to move, and fast… but she couldn't she was stuck now. Five of them descended on her and pinned her to the ground, a spike jabbed in each shoulder, through the backs of each leg, and her hands were pinned together in front of her face. She hurt, but there was nothing she could do at the moment. She began focusing chakra into the center of her body, she had an idea, but it was going to be risky with him coming so close.
Tendo Pein trailed ever closer and she watched his feet. She focused on the spinning of the chakra in her chakra core. She slid her eyes shut and focused, once it had reached a certain speed she was going to release it. she was going to release it when he grabbed the spikes in the back of her legs and wiggled them roughly. "Break that concentration of yours and its over. Lets see if you can keep it up." He said in the same monotonous tone. She tuned him out, or at least tried, but he continued to jerk on the bars pinning her to the ground, making her scream out in pain.
She grit her teeth and the massive pulse of chakra spun outwards from her body and sent him skidding backwards. She had sent the poles in her hands flying and then she forced her legs up and off of the ones there. She ripped the ones from her shoulders and panted as she jerked her head up to glare at him. Her hand hovered over her chest once more, but this time the red handled blade rose from the tattoo between her breasts, the black handled blade slid from the mark on her stomach and she dropped into a dual wielding stance. She knew she couldn't take him on alone, but she was going to wait until Naruto or Itachi returned.
She sped forwards, but they ran around her and kicked up dust like she had. She attempted to activate her Byakugan, but found she no longer had that particular Doujutsu. Come to think of it, she hadn't used those eyes since she brought Itachi back. Go figure… she sighed and held her blades in a defensive manner as she blocked off their rapid attacks. She saw her reflection in the blades, those eyes had never gone anywhere… those fear inducing eyes.
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Itachi had rushed Sasuke from nekobaa's hideout, he adored the old woman, but they were behind on their schedule to get back to konoha. Itachi grabbed the Uchiha scrolls from the secret room in the hideout. The secret room was located behind the supposed throne in the back center of the room. He wondered how Nana was fairing; he knew she had gone to visit the kazekage and his siblings. She had always enjoyed the company of the sand siblings. Temari proved to be a fast learner when it had come to wind techniques, which he knew Nana had found interesting. She had begun training the siblings and had enjoyed doing so. She taught Temari wind, Kankuro about the different poisons and their antidotes, while she had tried to get Gaara to realize he wasn't a monster and that there was just one inside of him.
He hadn't believed her of course, but the red haired boy had looked up to her. Itachi sighed and Sasuke glanced at him, but before either of them could say anything a shock zapped through them. Itachi had chills go down his spine. "Sasuke… grab the things, we need to go now." Itachi said and Sasuke nodded. The brothers grabbed the majority of the scrolls and sealed them into an even larger one so they could carry them easier. They exited the hideout and ran as fast as their legs would carry them.
Sasuke skid to a stop then performed a summoning jutsu. "This will get us there faster, hop on." he said and Itachi nodded and hopped atop the hawk along with Sasuke. The bird sped off and Itachi had to crouch down and grab a hold of the bird's feathers to avoid being flung off. He noticed that Sasuke had been doing the same since the bird took off. They burst from the trees and expected to see the village bustling with activity, the buildings just as tall and colorful as they had been.
Sasuke's jaw dropped and his fingers loosened on the bird's feathers slightly, but then tightened back down. The Uchiha compound lay in rubble, the crest laying there was the only thing signifying what it had once been. Itachi's shoulders slumped. "I fought to protect this village… all my life…" he said softly and Sasuke's gaze softened. "How could this happen?" he whispered then they heard a scream. It had sounded like Hinata. The bird did a nose dive right at the site of the dust cloud. Sasuke jumped off and landed right beside Hinata. Itachi landed beside them.
"Hinata… what happened?" Sasuke asked, but Hinata didn't say anything. She pointed. Pointed at the shinobi on the ground, then she pointed a little further up, at the woman fighting. "Neji-nii… Nana-nee…" she managed and the two brothers turned just in time to see who the winner of the match was. The twin blades clanged together as they hit the ground. Itachi's body felt numb, he hadn't even realized he'd scattered into his crows before he had landed behind Tendo Pein.
"Nana…" his voice didn't sound like his own, it sounded broken. He didn't get to dwell very long on how he sounded before three ground shaking thumps hit the ground behind him. He turned to see Naruto standing upon the toad summon. Nana's blood stained the ground, and the black rod that protruded from her back. Tendo Pein removed the bar from her chest and grabbed her by her shirt. He tossed her to the Resurrection Pein. He and the others tossed her into the summon and it spit her out soon after.
"I couldn't let her body go to waste, she is quite strong." Tendo Pein said and Itachi fisted his hands. "I see she brought you back from the grave…" Pein said, but Itachi gave no reply. Nana's body stood and Tendo tossed the blades to her. Sakura and Tsubaki sank right back into her body. The only bars Nana had were noticeable. One in each shoulder, one in the back of each hand, she had three bars in her nose, and a single industrial type bar through each of her ears, she also had one on each side of her stomach right below her ribs.
Her eyed matched his, and Itachi couldn't quite tell if they had changed back or had been changed to match his and the rest of his other bodies. "She makes for a good host, it's hard to get one that isn't dead. The dead ones are never as strong as the ones that still have a heartbeat, well except for this body of course..." Tendo Pein said and Itachi's eyes went wide. He stared at Nana, who stared back at him with blank ringed eyes. She was the odd one out, the dark haired Pein.
"If you defeat me, I will set her free." Nagato said and Naruto grit his teeth. "That's one hell of an evil thing to do." He snapped and Nana began walking forwards, and the battle began. Itachi went after Nana, he knew he could take her down, he was stronger than her after all. She got close to him and he froze up, he couldn't hurt her and he knew it… "Help…. Na… ru… to…" her voice croaked as Sasuke and Hinata dropped down. They had taken Neji up to the medics before they had arrived.
"We won't kill her." Sasuke said as he drew his blade. Itachi gave her one last glance before he made his way to Naruto. "I'm your backup. They will keep Nana at bay. If she joins in as well then this will be more trouble than its worth…" Itachi droned off as Nana walked towards a broken object that was dug into the dirt. She picked it up and as if by habit, sealed it away. Sasuke nodded to his brother then dropped into the all too familiar kenjutsu stance, his chokuto grasped tightly in his hand.
"So Hinata, how do you think this guy is controlling her?" Sasuke asked and Hinata furrowed her brows. She activated Byakugan and then sighed. "He's using a minute amount of his chakra to manipulate hers." She said and Sasuke frowned. "So what does it mean?" he asked and Hinata dropped into the jyuuken stance. "It means he isn't bound by his own chakra limitations when he controls her. Meaning, in a nutshell, he could get her to do whatever he wants her to do, such as be a second Tendo." Hinata said and Sasuke looked over at his brother, who was attempting to get close to the real Tendo Pein.
Nana held her hands up and her face was expressionless as she tore open the palm of her hand with her teeth. Hinata and Sasuke were slightly disturbed by this, but kept their guard up. "Let's meet the guardians of the sage fan, shall we?" She asked; her voice monotonous, just like the rest of the Pein's. She splattered the blood all over the ground around her and everywhere a drop landed a crow sprung from a sealing mark. By the time she was done slinging the blood about, there were nearly a thousand crows around her. None were the exact same size, but they all had the same eyes. Those horrid Rinnengan eyes... "Scatter!" she said and they took flight.
Her shoulders shook in silent victorious laughter. "There's no winning now." She said and Sasuke looked over to his older brother who was watching the crows hover in the air with a shocked look on his face. She was right in Sasuke's face before he even had a chance to move. Her fist came down and he flipped backwards out of her reach and nodded to Hinata who rushed at her but Nana sent Hinata flying with a kick to the stomach. Hinata forced herself to stand back up and rushed at her once more, Sasuke rushing at her from the other side.
Nana pulled the swords from her body and hit Hinata in the face with the hilt of one and then over the head with the hilt of the other. She then spun and with the sides of her blades; swept Hinata's feet from under her. Hinata hit the ground and Nana spun and her blades clashed loudly with Sasuke's. Nana sighed and instead of forcing more pressure down on his blade from above she spun from over him and before he could pull his blade away and move, her feet connected with his back and he was sent sprawling forwards.
"You cannot defeat this body, you are weak. She is weak. Nana has transcended the boundaries of humanity today. She is now on par with me, she holds the power of the Kami..." Nagato was saying until Nana's mouth chomped shut and her lip began bleeding profusely. She pulled her hands in front of her shakily and held up the sign for jutsu release. Before she could release the summon, the mechanical Pein's arm shot at her, grabbed her by the neck, and yanked her over to the main group. Two of them held her while two fended off Naruto and Itachi. Tendo Pein pulled two more of the chakra receivers and motioned for the summoner to hold her hand out.
Tendo Pein smashed the receiver through each of her hands and reached to rip two of the spiked receivers from the mechanical Pein. "You have quite the will, forcing yourself out of my control… But your will of iron is now mine, and you will obey." He said and screwed the receivers into her collar bones. The moment his hand dropped from her, she attempted to bite his arm and he raised a brow. "So I need to add more do I?" he seemed slightly surprised, but he shrugged and before she could even struggle, he had inserted four more receivers into each of her arms.
Her eyes held anger and pain, which meant she still had some control of herself. Tendo Pein chuckled at this. "You seem to be more focused on rebelling against me than you are saving your little sister…" he said and she sneered at him. "I'm stronger than you think." She snapped and he chuckled and shook his head. "But… as this may be… I will always be stronger than you." He said and her eyes shot wide as less chakra was focused on the other Pein's bodies, and more so, on hers. "You're a pawn in my war… now act as such." He said and her arms dropped to her sides weakly.
The Pein's released her and shoved her forwards. Not even ten seconds after he had released her, she shot forwards right at the two that were attempting to get in between Pein and Naruto once more. Her blades slid from her body and she swiftly grabbed them. Hinata dropped into a taijutsu stance and Sasuke landed right beside her. They rushed right at Nana, but just as Hinata's palms flew at Hinata Nana twisted to the right and spun past her. Sasuke spun at her with his blade raised and when she looked at him he begun to bring the blade down on her, but she dove straight down at the ground and slid through the loose dirt and right back to her feet.
They spun to face her and she paid them no mind whatsoever. The tips of her blades were both pointed behind her, so they had no idea what she was going to do at this point. All attention was focused on Nana at this point, which meant Naruto and Itachi had turned to watch her as well. Itachi lunged for Nana and she ducked to the left and spun around him, her movements spinning her in a full 360 before she continued past him. Naruto realized it was him that she was after and he slid down into a familiar stance, one with two clones at his sides.
The high pitched whine of his chakra alerted them to what Naruto was doing. Nana's eyes narrowed but she continued to run right at him, not even his yell of Rasenshuriken slowed her pace. Hinata's eyes went wide and a scream ripped from her throat as Nana ran right at it. Nana swiped her blades up at the rasenshuriken at the last possible moment and sent it up into the sky, where it collided with a large group of the Rinnengan eyed crows at first impact; but spread and completely engulfed the entire flock of birds. The impact of the rasenshuriken against Nana's blades had sent her flying backwards.
She hit the ground a few times but it still didn't slow her that much. Hinata and Sasuke exchanged glances and nodded at each other only to swiftly run around in front of Nana and grab her arms tightly, sending the both of them skidding back as well. Sasuke held Nana down as Pein continued to try and make her struggle, but Hinata was ripping the offending rods from her body limiting the control he had on her. A familiar set of eyes opened and a smile crossed her lips weakly. "Thank you…" she said as her eye slipped shut once more.
"Sasuke, Hinata, Itachi… get the hell out of here." Naruto said and they stared up at him in shock. "Go!" he snapped and Itachi crouched beside Nana. "He needs us to go. So we should go." Itachi said and Hinata looked up at him with angered eyes. "Coward." She snapped and stood. Sasuke stared at her in surprise. "Hinata…" Sasuke began but she turned and glared at him. "Go home then, go be a coward." Hinata snapped and he furrowed his brows at her. "I'm no coward… but I know when I'm outmatched. You should know this as well. You saw what he did to Nana!" Sasuke snapped and Hinata's eyes softened.
"All the more reason for me to fight for her." She said and Sasuke grabbed her wrist. "Hinata, please, don't do this." He said and she looked at him with unsure eyes. "But… what if Naruto can't do this alone… what if we lose him too?" she whispered and Itachi stood once more and turned to face the younger shinobi. "That is why we must leave, we are only a distraction to him, further interference from us could get him killed. Now go, I will follow soon enough. I have to get Nana on her own two feet once more." He said and they hesitantly nodded.
They took off running and not long after, Itachi lifted Nana to her feet. "You can stop pretending to be unconscious now, Nana." He said and a slow smile crossed her lips. "I was only resting my eyes, that was quite a blow I took, not to mention now I'm filled with offending holes." She sighed and began healing herself. "One of these days you're going to need to learn you need to use that one thing that Orochimaru taught you." Itachi said and Nana eyed him with a frown. "Nagato is not worth the trouble of it." she said and he sighed.
"That's fine, but just know… if we need to… I can assist you." He said and she smiled at him, her eyes soft. A hand reached up and placed itself on his cheek. Her thumb traced right below his eye and a frown crossed his lips. "You've been too kind to me, my friend." She said and he could tell there was something in her eyes that brought him sadness. He couldn't quite place it though… "I've not been kind enough. Let's go assist Sasuke and Hinata in finding survivors." He said and she nodded and followed him, but not before she stopped and picked up her blades and sealed them away in her body.
He turned to say something to her, but his eyes went wide as he found her nowhere in sight. "Nana!?" he called out only to look over and see Naruto pinned to the ground by spikes. The rest of the Peins were no longer there they seemed to be deceased as of the moment. His eyes widened as he turned to see Nana standing before the final Pein, her blades out once more. This time she locked the hilts together to create something similar to a staff.
"Nana!" he yelled, but she had already lunged for Pein. He dodged each of the swipes of her dual ended blades, but she didn't mind; she wasn't fully focused on her it seemed. "Itachi, what's going on?" Hinata asked as she rushed over to him, breaking his gaze from Nana and Pein. "Nana took off, she was following me and then she wasn't…" he said through gritted teeth. He turned on his heel to see Nana's blades spinning like a demon wind shuriken, she had thrown them. They spun right at Naruto and broke three of the spikes holding him down.
His eyes trailed back over to Nana, who had run right at Pein and the moment he reared back to hit her she hit the ground and slid right under him through his legs. She rolled forwards as soon as she had slid away from him, but she was not fast enough she ended up with a spike running through her shoulder, pinning her ground. Itachi's eyes widened and his hands began to shake as yet another spike found its way into her body, right in her other shoulder. He found himself frozen in place, unable to move a muscle in his body.
From his peripheral he could see Hinata struggling against Sasuke, who had grabbed her from behind and lifted her off the ground slightly so she couldn't try and run, his face buried in the back of her shoulder to conceal his face. He could hear his younger brother telling Hinata things and begging for her to stop struggling against him. His gaze became shaky as he watched as Nana craned her head up to face Naruto, the bright smile crossing her lips as she spoke to him. He deactivated his eyes because he knew what was happening. He didn't want to know her final words. He wanted nothing to do with the idea, but he was too frozen to move.
He was stuck in place, and despite the fact Pein was slowly walking over to her, a final spike within his grasp; he couldn't find it in him to break free from his trance and move. The only thing he found himself able to do as the spike came down on her, was fall to his knees and bury his face in his hands. He couldn't bear to watch, but he still managed to see through the cracks of his fingers… he still managed to see the spike come down from an angle and pierce her right through the pale skin above her hip and right beside the center of her lower back. He still managed to see the look of agony in her eyes and on her face as she coughed up a blob of blood right into Naruto's face.
A high pitched scream ripped through the air and both Sasuke and Hinata hit the ground next to him, Sasuke still fighting to keep his hold on her as she struggled to try and get away. Her shoulders began to shake and she turned to face him with angry tear filled eyes. "Why… why didn't you go help her?" she sobbed and his arms hit the ground beside him. "I… I froze…" he whispered, but the rage in Hinata's eyes was distracted as an animalistic screech pierced the air. Their heads shot up to see Naruto cloaked in the nine tail's chakra.
The tailed beast circled Nana and sniffed at her before it let out another ear splitting screech. He pulled the spikes from her form carefully before moving her out of the way with three of his tails and screeched once more. Naruto lunged at Pein and the battle began. It was devastating, the destruction was unbelievable. Once they had made their way out of the general area with their fighting, Itachi rushed down to Nana. He hit his knees beside her and brushed her blood soaked locks from her face.
He patted her cheeks in an attempt to wake her, but her form was limp and unresponsive. "Nana…" he whispered and attempted to scoop her up in his arms, but four hands stopped him from doing so and shoved him away from her. He looked up and saw the blonde girl and the pink haired girl begin their work on trying to heal her. They flipped her back on her stomach and began working on where the final spike had hit. Once that was healed somewhat they carefully turned her over and began cleaning out the exit wound.
They had gotten the wound almost completely healed, but she was still not breathing. Ino began doing chest compressions and Sakura attempted CPR, but they still received no response from her. They lifted her upper lip and checked her gums for signs of paling, but other than what it had paled from the final spike, no more paling had occurred; meaning there was no more blood draining internally. After ten more minutes of attempting CPR, they quit. "I'm sorry…" Sakura said and looked at the older woman.
"I'm sorry for everything, Hinata… Itachi…" she whispered and Hinata looked up at her with tear filled eyes. "It's alright, Sakura… you did your best." Hinata whispered and Ino looked at the blunette with tear filled eyes as well. "Forgive us…" she said and Hinata shook her head. "No, I should have tried to stop her… it was none of your faults…" Itachi whispered as he sat back and pulled Nana into his lap. "I should have gone after her, but I froze…" he whispered, his hair covering his eyes.
"Go find survivors, Sasuke, Hinata, you two as well. I will stay here with her… I'm not going to leave her here alone…" he said and they all stood. Sasuke led Hinata away, despite her disagreements. "I'm sorry, Nana…" he whispered as he pulled her closer to him. He ran his finger through her hair once he had crossed his legs and pulled her into his lap to hold her tightly to him. "I'm sure this was what you were feeling when I had passed…" he whispered into her hair.
"This intense pain… this despair…" he whispered as tears streaked over his cheeks. "I'm telling myself I'm an idiot, I hope you know…" he said with a frown. "All my life… I've always had you there… had you right by my side, whether we were on the same team or not, you were always there." he said as he loosened his grasp on her slightly. "In the one moment you actually needed me, I was frozen. Caught light a deer in a hunter's gaze…" he said and brushed her hair out of her face.
He used the sleeve of his shirt to wipe the blood from her lips and a frown crossed his lips as he noticed she was smiling. "You knew you were going to die, didn't you?" he asked softly. A thought flickered through his mind as he remembered his own death. "I smiled… I knew I was going to die and I smiled." He said and a small smile graced his lips despite his tears. "I smiled, because I knew my younger brother was going to be safe… I knew he was going to believe he had done what was right…" he said and looked up at the sky, which was such a brilliant blue despite the aura of sadness, despair, and fear.
He sat there, continuously stroking Nana's inky black locks as he did so. He must have sat there for nearly thirty minutes because the sun had set further in the sky, and clouds had begun to roll across the sky. He supposed that time flew when you weren't paying attention to it. He looked down at Nana with saddened eyes that no longer shed tears. He'd sat there with her for so long, tears could no longer fall from his eyes, nor could they form any longer. The dry streaks they left on his cheeks were the only reminder that he had actually been crying.
A shockwave of chakra rushed over the land and as it washed over him he had to lean in to avoid the dust that followed it across the surface of the ground. As soon as it faded he felt the urge to stand and see exactly what had created the rush of chakra, but something stopped him. A small whispy sound reached his ears and he couldn't figure out where it was coming from. He leaned up and scanned over his surroundings, but there was nothing there, nothing surrounded him. No humans walked about, nor did any animals move. He heard the whispy sound once more and it sounded closer to him than before. That's when he noticed it… that was when he noticed exactly where the sound was coming from.
"Nana… you're breathing…"
Thank you so much for reading! I will get you more soon enough! In the meantime, keep an eye out for updates on these other stories of mine!
Veil of time's prequel –Chapter four is already up and five will follow soon!
Different- chapter 6 has just a little bit left on the chapter for me to write so it will be up soon as well!
His sunny place- chapter 5 is at about 1,200 words at the moment, so it needs a bit more work than the rest, but it will be up as well!
A crack in time- I had accidentally skipped an entire chapter and wrote the one after the one that is supposed to be up, so I have to take a minute and write the next chapter and then you will get a dual update for it!
Bad influence- I've begun on the next chapter of this one, but like his sunny place it will be a bit longer for an update since I have to finish writing it.
I also have two stories I had already posted and I hope you will read them and tell me what you think while I work on the next chapters for the stories above!
The trouble with time- this one is yet another madahina, which I hope you will all like. It has to do with an woman named jikan(the name means time, thus the story is called the trouble with time) who uses reality shift style jutsu, and has issues with the Hyuuga clan, you might read the summary and think oh this is going to be crap, but I would surely hope you'd read it before you judge haha…
There For You- It is almost completely canon(omg what? Me? canon? No way!) its not quite finished yet, but it is a series of one shots that all have to deal with naruhina, sasusaku, and other pairings. The only non-canon pairing really is Tsunade and ay (Yes… yes I did. I did just sail that ship lol)
I really hope you will enjoy all the updates I will be bringing you!
And at some point I have two new stories I will add to my list, Glory and gore A skyrim/ Naruto crossover, and I have a Destiny/Naruto crossover(currently unnamed).