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Ambushed!

Next day - Momo

We said our goodbyes to the Hyūga clan and headed back to Suna. Gaara had sent word ahead for Kankurō and Matsuri to meet us in the land of rivers. The scene looked familiar from when I was there the first time. As we got close to the edge, I started to feel an odd sensation.

"I see that the Kazekage doesn't have any security around him. Too bad." we heard a voice.

I tried to find the source but it seemed like a smoke bomb went off. I couldn't see anything and I held Kiyoto closer to me.

"Bakudō 26: Kyokko." I whispered, hoping that we wouldn't be noticed.

I could sense Gaara's spiritual pressure spike. I sent a hell butterfly back to Konha. I had hoped to would reach Yoruichi in time. I could sense something evil in the air. I almost started to panic. I saw the sky open up and hollows started to appear.

"Great, an ambush and now hollows." I muttered. I looked a Kiyoto and saw him smiling. "You stay here. I'll be right back."

I released the kidō spell around me, but kept Kiyoto hidden.

"Snap! Tobiume!" I cried as I charged at some of the hollows.

"There she is! Grab her!"

I sent some Kidō spells at the pursuers as I tried to take down some of the hollows. I felt a drop in Gaara's spiritual pressure.

'He must be reaching his limit. I have to hurry.'

I managed to take out the last hollow when I was hit from the side.

"Gotcha!"

I didn't recognize the technique but I saw everything go black.

Moments later –Gaara

I noticed that it got quiet and I lowered my sand shield to have a better look. I turned to look for Momo and Kiyoto.

"Sorry Kazekage, but she has our interest." said a hooded figure holding a limp Momo.

"Leave my wife alone!" I yelled as I sent sand after him. Right before it reached him, they vanished.

"Gaara!" I heard.

I turned to see Yoruichi and Kakashi coming from one direction and Kankurō and Matsuri from the other.

"Kiyoto…." I said looking around.

"Kiyoto!" I yelled louder.

"Don't worry Gaara, I found him." Yoruichi said as she released the kidō spell from around Kiyoto and picked him up.

"Mama?" he said looking at me. I scanned the area looking for where she went.

"Kakashi, there isn't much time and I don't know who is behind this. We need to find Momo." I pleaded. Kakashi nodded and summoned his ninken.

"If you could please, track Momo and let us know where she went." he said as he let them smell her cloak that was left behind. They took off in different directions.

"Don't worry Gaara. Momo will be all right. Why don't we get Neji, Tenten and Sakura to help us with the search? Kankurō, you and Matsuri take Kiyoto back with you." Yoruichi suggested.

"We should get Shikamaru too." Kakashi added.

"The attackers said something about being interested in Momo and not me. I think it's a bit odd but not too sure on what they meant." I said.

"Well, its not too often that someone from our world comes to this one. The last one to come was me and that was almost a hundred years ago. Before me, it's been about almost three hundred." she explained. "I'm not sure why they would want Momo, but they seemed to be interesting in something."

"We would have been here sooner when we heard about some of girls of the local villages being kidnapped." Matsuri said. "We just heard about it two days ago and we headed straight for here."

Kankurō took Kiyoto from Yoruichi. "Don't worry, Ki, Mama will be back soon."

I felt a warming sensation on my wrist. I pulled up my right sleeve and looked at the bracelet.

"Momo is hurt." I said recalling the explanation of the gift. "Kakashi, let's head back and get the others. The sooner we start, the better for me. Kankurō, please take care of Kiyoto. Matsuri, be careful and let Temari know of what happened. Yoruichi send word to your village and inform them that we may need their help."

We all left and headed in opposite ways. I could only hope that nothing terrible would happen.

Hour later – Momo

I could hear voices coming all around me. I couldn't see much in the room due to how dimly lit it was. I think I was underground, but I'm not sure.

"I see they brought another one."

"Should we see if she's alright?"

"Maybe in a while, we have to be careful when talking to each other."

I sat up and leaned against the wall. My neck hurt really badly. I started to use healing kidō. I was glad that I still had enough spiritual energy but I had to be careful.

"I see that Suna's princess is awake." I heard a male voice coming from the door to my right. I looked over trying to see who was there.

"What do you want with me?" I asked.

"You are the first in many years to come from the village of souls. I want to know the secrets of your village and how it would be like to be a shinigami." he sneered. "I want to rule over the shinigami."

"Good luck with that. For I don't know who the ruler of the shinigami are." I mocked.

"I know you are a shinigami. I can see that you don't know ninjutsu very well and use kidō more. I'll give you some time to think other wise I'll have to force it out of you."

My eyes got huge as he walked away. 'Force it out of me? How? Why does he want to take the place of the Spirit King?'

I heard some shuffling coming from the other direction. I snapped my fingers and produced a kidō lighted sphere. Three other girls shield their eyes.

"Are you all right?" asked the blonde.

"I'm okay, who are you?" I asked.

"I'm Joycelyn from Tanigakure in the land of rivers. I've seen you pass through before." she introduced. "This is Iridessa from Amegakure," she pointed the brunette "and Aria from Ishigakure," pointing to the red head.

"Wait a minute, you're all from villages surrounding Suna. Why are you here?" I asked.

"Kabuto thought that we would know something about you and snatched us." Aria said.

"Apparently he's afraid of death and wants to find a way to be immortal." Iridessa sighed.

"Even shinigami can die. There is no way to overcome that. We might age a lot slower but we do eventually pass on." I said. The girls looked at me with worried eyes. "Where are we?"

"We're in Otogakure in the land of sound." Joycelyn said.

"Why would he want to force the information out of you anyway?" asked Aria.

"Force? Out… That's it!" I almost shouted. I was glad that my sword wasn't taken away. The others looked at me curiously. "I'm not an normal human, I'm more of a spirit. Can any of you see spirits?"

"We can. Why?" asked Iridessa as I extinguished the kidō light. I made sure that Kabuto was nowhere close to watch.

"Where we are going, there is going to be a lot of spritits around." I said. "Get up and get ready. We're leaving."

I pulled my katana out. I bumped the gourd charm and smiled. "Gaara, I'm coming back to you."

I heard them get up and waited behind me.

"Open!" I yelled as I stabbed the air. The senkaimon opened and I started to walk in. "What ever you do don't touch anything."

Soon we were all in and we headed to the Seireitei. I sent a red hell butterfly to Yoruichi and the head captain.

Hours later – Gaara

We had reached Konoha and managed to find the others to join us. We had sent word to Naruto and Hinata to be cautious on their honeymoon. I saw a red hell butterfly coming towards us. It landed on Yoruichi.

"It's a red one. I thought they were usually purple." I said.

"This is a special one. Incase of an emergency the sender will have the color changed." she grinned as she waited for the message. "No wonder it's red. It's from Momo."

"She's all right?" I asked. Just then we heard a howl as one of Kakashi's ninken appeared.

"More than that, she's furious. Change of plans everyone, we're heading to the land of sound." she announced. "Gaara, send word to Suna and have them send a small unit to meet us there too. Kakashi gather a small unit from the land of rivers and stop by Amegakure and Ishigakure too. Let them know their girls who were kidnapped are safe."

"What?" we all yelled.

"Apparently Momo wasn't the only one kidnapped. Girls from Ishigakure, Amegakure, and Tanigakure were snatched too. Apparently Kabuto wanted to get information about Momo and about shinigamis. Momo is safe with the girls back in the seireitei. She's going to inform the other captains about this plot and we are to meet them in the land of sound to capture of dispose of Kabuto." she explained.

"What did you find Pakkun?" Kakashi asked the ninken.

"Well, the trail does lead to the land of sound, but then it disappeared. There were some others there too." Pakkun said.

"You mean Kabuto is still around?" asked Tenten.

I couldn't help smiling. 'Momo, what are you planning?' I thought as I sent a message back to Matsuri. Shortly after, we all headed out. I could kinda hear Yoruichi and Shikamaru talking on strategy.

Seireitei – Momo

We reached the other end and were greeted by Ichigo and Tōshirō.

"Is everyone all right?" Tōshirō asked.

"We heard what happened." Ichigo growled.

"We're fine, just shaken up." I said as the girls kept following me.

"We should have Isane check everyone. Head captain had received your message and one from Yoruichi. We're assembling a team to meet them."

"Who's all going?" I inquired glancing at Tōshirō. I could see that he was upset.

"Byakuya, Hanatarō, Izuru and I in one group." he said. "Ichigo, Karin, Soifon, and Shunsui in the second."

"This will be interesting." I smiled.

"Oh, Tessai and Kisuke will be meeting us there. They will protect the girls and you. That is if you don't want to join in on the fight." Ichigo grinned.

We reached the fourth squad and Isane check us over.

"You know Momo, this is a very beautiful place." Aria said. I noticed Joycelyn and Iridessa nodding in agreement.

"Hey Momo!" called Karin, "We're going to be leaving in the morning, so you and the girls can get some rest."

"Sounds great." I smiled. "Send word to Yoruichi then, please."

"Oh, Momo… there is something you should know before you leave." Isane started.

Next day – Gaara

I noticed how quiet it was when we reached the land of sound. We found the hideout where Pakkun had lost the sent of Momo. Shikamaru and Yoruichi waited for the other groups to join us.

I noticed a red hell butterfly coming towards us. It landed on my hand and I watched as the message began.

"Gaara are you alright?" Temari said as she arrived with a group from Suna. "You look like you've seen a ghost again."

"I just got word from Momo. She'll be heading back here with two groups, but she'll have to stay hidden if any fighting start." I started. "Temari, she was checked over by her medic there and we're to expect another little one in about six months."

I noticed everyone's jaw dropped. Temari gave me a hug.

"Don't worry, we'll protect her and the baby." She smiled. "You know that everyone will love to see more added to the family."

I could feel my face redden as she laughed. I was glad to see that the rest of the group from Suna smiling. Kakashi returned with a small group from the land of rivers along with Kisuke and Tessai. He informed us that the other villages were relieved to hear that the kidnapped girls would be returning to them unharmed.

"I'm wondering who is coming with Momo." Temari voiced.

"Why? Is there someone you're looking for?" Yoruichi teased. I couldn't help laughing as Temari punched my arm and her cheeks turned pink. "Looks like we're going to find out."

The senkaimon opened and out came the two groups. I grinned as I saw who came through.

"Gaara, if you're all right with this, I would like my group to take the north and south side. Your group can take the east and Konoha can take the west." Tōshirō said as he met up with us. "Kakashi, you're group will be support to either the east or west group."

"That will work with what Yoruichi and Shikamaru came up with." I said.

"Gaara, I think someone is looking for you." Karin said as she stepped aside to reveil Momo. I ran over to her and hugged her.

"Are you all right?" I asked. I could see her eyes smiing. "Where are the other girls?"

"Never been better since I'm back with you. We brought them back to their villages." she whispered. I held her tighter and buried my head in her neck. I pulled away and gave her a kiss.

"Yoruichi, I think we need to take care of Kabuto. He can't be allowed to go free anymore." I said. "The fact that he had to kidnap innocent girls just because he's wants to rule the shimigami is not called for."

I noticed the others nodding.

"Let's draw him out into the open and then he can fight us to see if he should rule us." Soifon smirked.

Everyone split into different groups and headed out. Tessai stayed with Momo.

"I heard the good news." he said as he set up the barrier.

"Thank you." she said.

Moments later

It didn't take long for us to get Kabuto out and into the open. We took out his henchmen and I noticed that Byakuya's group was fighting Kabuto. Shikamaru's went into the hideout to make sure that is was clear. Kakash's group joined them.

"It's good to see that the shimigami have come. I shall rule over you!" Kabuto yelled. I could see that the others were not impressed with the decloration. Kabuto summoned his giant snake.

"Oh great." I muttered.

I could see the other shimigamis were trying to bind it with kidō. I noticed that Shikamaru's group came out. He and Tenten were trying to help with binding the snake. The snake wailed and tried to fling his tail around. Right before it came crashing down it stopped. I couldn't figure out why at first and then I saw the chakra threads. They led back to where Momo was.

"Now Sakura!" Momo yelled as she concentrated on the threads.

Sakura threw some special kunais at the snake. It screamed in pain and fell to the ground. Everyone jumped to get out of the way. I could tell that the snake going down distracted Kabuto. I had my sand surround him.

"Sand coffin." I muttered as it closed in around him.

We heard his errie scream as the sand crushed him to death. My sand disappeared from his body. Sakura was about to check the body.

"Don't Sakura!" I yelled as I had my sand shield her.

We could feel the evil in the air. Kabuto reappeared as a ghost and his chain of fate was broken. He started to turn into a hollow. I quickly moved Sakura back by Momo.

"This is not good." Yoruichi said as the rest of the shimigami moved back. The hollow formed into a bigger snake.

"Such immense powers." he said. I motioned for the other groups to retreat.

"All yours Yoruichi." I yelled. Kisuke and Tessai had put up barriers to protect us and we left this part up to the shimigamis.

"Can't we defeat this monster?" asked Neji. I shook my head.

"This is no ordinary monster. It's a spirit monster." I said.

We watched as Tōshirō froze it and Ichigo swung from behind. I had completely missed the kidō spells that were holding it down from the other shimigamis. We heard an explosion as the snake disappeared and a ghost of Kabuto reappeared in its spot. Soon we heard a rumble and a huge door appeared from the ground.

"What is that?" Sakura asked as the shimigamis moved away.

"That is the gate of the underworld." Momo explained. "Kabuto is going to be take down there and not able to return here nor be able to go to the village of souls."

We watched as Kabuto screamed as he was dragged through the gate and disappeared as the gate slowly went back into the ground. Everything returned to normal. The shimigamis joined us by Tessai and Kisuke as they lowered the shield.

"Kakashi, we should report this to all respective nations and make sure things in the hideout is destroyed. Then we should all head home." Yoruichi said. We all agreed and head towards the hideout. After everything was checked out and destroyed, we left.

"Thanks for everything." I said to Tōshirō. He nodded as Soifon opened the senkaimon and the shimigami left. I turned to everyone else. "Good work and let's go home."

After we said our goodbyes, Momo and I joined Temari and the rest of our group. I would be nice to get back home to Suna to rest from all of the excitement from the last few days. It was enough excitement to last us for a while.

"It would be good to get back." Momo said.

"Why is that?" I asked.

"I'm sure that Kiyoto is driving the others crazy." she said.

"It will be good for him. Especially since you're expecting another." Temari laughed.

"Indeed. The more reason to get home too." I grinned as I wrapped an arm around Momo and we followed the others.

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