Chapter 4- Emerald Vs. Amethyst...
Tasuke looked at the expression of the Godaime and he thought that she was going to accept them already, however, she seemed to be more stubborn when Tasuke made his daughter fight. Tsunade was looking at her best shinobis as if trying to calculate who would be the best one to finish the fight. He knew that if Tsunade knew who was the last one fighting for their village, she would choose to fight her herself, but as she was not a mind reader, so she chose the second best contender, her own student, Hikari Itsumo. Tasuke narrowed his eyes as he watched the youth step up on the arena. Her eyes were like amethyst and her hair was blackish-brown. She was a bit short but just enough to pass as a beautiful girl in men's standards.
'Hmmm, this should be interesting...' Tasuke thought as he motioned for the fifth cloaked person who was besides the others. She closed the book immediately with a loud snap and walked casually towards the arena. Her cloak was white also but this time, it had snowflakes and roses on its lining and it was buttoned up instead of pinned to the side.
"I introduce to you my apprentice and next successor, Hikari Itsumo." The people from Konoha cheered for the girl who smirked almost immediately. She turned her head and smiled when Sasuke gave her a thumbs up.
"Tasuke-san?" Tsunade said interrupting his train of thoughts.
"Hai?" She gestured for him to introduce the last fighter but all he did was nod his head and grin like an idiot, a handsome idiot at that one.
"Oh, this, my friends needs no introduction. I am pretty sure that you all are acquainted with my daughter, in one way or another." Tsunade frowned but said nothing and motioned for them to start the fight. As Hikari positioned herself to attack the girl, she surprised them by punching the ground instead. Dust covered the arena as the rocks were disturbed. But what disturbed them the most was the fact that the girl stood on one of the jagged rocks jutting upward, her cloak had been torn and she was ripping the last of it from her body when everybody gasped while some others fainted. Tasuke smirked knowing what everybody were thinking as of now.
"What in the world is happening here Tasuke-san, care to explain to us why those we thought were dead keep on being reborn?" Tasuke smirked and looked at the two as they continued fighting.
"Well you see, it all started when..."
Hikari looked at her sensei perplexed but opted to follow instructions instead and headed to the center of the arena. She waited for the man to call on the opponent and introduce him but all they got from his introduction was that they all were acquainted with his daughter. As the girl reached the middle of the arena, a go sign was given and she started to position herself to attack the girl but instead pushed her fist downwards. She smirked knowing that nobody could survive that attack right now. But the girl was standing on the rocks jutting upward, removing the ripped cloak from her body, looking emotionless.
"What in the world is happening here Tasuke-san, care to explain to us why those who thought were dead keeps on being reborn?" She heard her master shout while the man smiled sheepishly and began explaining, as she was distracted, she received a blow to the gut from her kick.
"Itsumo-san, if you truly are as great as what they believe you to be, you wouldn't let yourself be distracted by it. They are arguing and are no stopping us from fighting, if I were you, I would keep my wits about me." Hikari glared at her before attacking her with a chakra-infused fist and punching her on the gut. Her eyes merely widened by a fraction before she sank to the ground coughing up blood while Hikari smirked at her and looked at the attention that everybody was giving her.
She approached her before pushing her face upward while holding her hair down and forcing the girl to look at everyone's expression.
"Look at them, bitch and take note that everything you see around here reveres me for my strength and not for being a weakling like you are. You should give up before I punish you even more." She yanked her hair even more causing some of the spectators wince and the people on the other side stand up attentively looking worriedly at the girl. She smiled cruelly and infused chakra to her hands again before slapping her on the face causing her to look on the other direction. She tightened her grip on her hair and slowly pushed her chakra to her shoulders as if to break it. They heard the sickening crunch of bone being broken and everybody winced waiting for Tasuke or Tsunade to stop it but the two were merely looking at the two seriously, in the case of Tasuke, and disbelief, in Tsunade.
"Tss, you are still weak just like before, and that will never change. You should know that maybe when this is over, your own father and teammate might even choose me ove- ahhh!" They all seemed awaken from a trance as they heard Hikari scream in pain. They noticed that the girl she was holding was looking down now, her chakra flaring from her body and looking as if she could kill everyone in the room already.
"Hn, baka no Hikari... Such a big mouth for a petite girl like you. Just because you were able to deceive and make them and your master choose you, don't think for a second that you are stronger than me." She attacked Hikari but before she could reach her, she disappeared confusing Hikari. Tasuke smirked again and everyone in the other side seemed to calm down for a bit.
"W-where are you, you coward?" Hikari stated while tying to calm her fried nerves. She suddenly appeared in front of her, her chakra calm and serene. Her eyes were totally in a different pattern on the left eye as if it was covered with small diamond-like shapes and had a cherry blossom on the middle.
"Oyasuminasai, Hikari-san." And that concluded the battle when Hikari stared into her eyes, she felt herself being pulled from reality and transported into another realm totally different from hers.
"Wait a minute, what is this?" She asked while panicking before blacking out again.
Tsunade felt her brain flash in big signs INFORMATION OVERLOAD!, after all the girl they all thought died back then was standing there in front of the form of her best apprentice looking like this was the best place to be in.
"S-sakura..." The girl didn't seem to hear her since she only looked at her father who nodded proudly at her and she turned around walking towards her teammate when Naruto and Ino approached her with such speed that she stopped immediately from the disruption.
"Sakura-chan, w-what are you doing here? Tell me that you aren't an illusion, tell me that!" Naruto screamed while Sakur merely flicked her hair and walked towards her teammates again.
"Saku-chan, tell me please, what happened?" Ino begged while Sasuke and the others tended to Hikari's unconscious forms.
"What happened?" She asked this in a slow manner while everyone held their breaths to hear what was her answer. Tsunade felt her palm go sweaty when she opened her mouth, looking emotionless as ever.
"She happened." Sakura answered before walking back towards her group who were waiting for her. Hinata seemed to return back to her old self looking shy and gentle but when she caught Naruto looking at her, her eyes turned steely and cold.
Tsunade felt her knees go weak and she sat down to support herself. Everybody was awaiting the verdict and she stated it weakly while looking at Sakura who seemed to be colder than usual.
"Shiyuuki village has passed the initiation rites, they are now our allies completely." And everybody was met by silence that seemed to be deafening and they all clapped awkwardly, after all, what would you give someone who whipped the butts of the best in Konoha?.
"Hm, I look forward to meeting you again, Hokage-san. Per agreement, I will leave behind those five people who fought to make them even more used to this village, I need to oversee some more things. Till we meet again in a month's time and my daughter's shall make their judgements." And he vanished from her sight almost immediately along with the last two contenders with cloaks who she believed was his wife and another person.
She rubbed her aching head and looked at everyone, she seemed to be emitting a deadly aura that it caught everyone's attention, well almost everyone. The five new allies just talked among themselves like nothing was amiss and it infuriated her even more for some unknown reason to see Sakura smile with them and not even spare her a glance.
'Damn it Haruno...' She calmed down a bit when someone cleared his throat and she tried to gather her wits about her and speak with the most powerful tone she could muster to deliver the verdict.
"Okay, since we have concluded the battle, everyone may leave now except for Rookie 12 and the five of them. Adjourned!" This was going to be totally troublesome!
~Author's Notes~
Wew, so sorry everyone for not updating for quite a long time. I have no excuse, it was because of my own negligence, but anyway, here it is, finally! I sure do hope that you find it okay now.. And uh, don't hate me for this... Thanks for those who supports my story, luvluv and stuffs...
~FROME~