Magnus: Welcome to the next update of this story, this time featuring an intermission chapter, and for all the readers who asked for Kushina, she'll be included in this chapter, enjoy!, and remember, Read and Review!
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Chapter 31
Ghosts of the Past
Danzo was walking to one of his secret chambers, for some weeks, he has been losing more and more Ne ANBU, some of them, killed in front of him, and the killer was still a mistery, once, and only once, he managed to notice a white blur, but only that, nothing useful to track such kind of shinobi, not even chakra a spike or signature to pinpoint the assassin
"If the blur I saw had been green... but no, I got the report, Gai was lost in action... but who else specialises in only taijutsu and weaponry?...", Danzo asked to no one in particular, his only clue, was a white feather on every scene, but that pointed to nothing
"It seems that I have to activate my new secret weapon early, I want to see this assassin interrupt this plan too", Danzo muttered, while reaching his secret chamber, there he had one of the forbiden items that could grant him a quick execution, a Black Soul Gem, where he trapped a very powerful soul, a soul that he'll use to fuel a powerful golem he created with forbidden techniques
"It was a good thing that I trapped the soul of that bitch all those years ago", Danzo said to himself with pride, while entering his secret chamber, where he had a beautiful crystal box, where he had neatly stored a shining black gem, shining with the soul of a woman that long ago was feared and loved, said box was currently empty, with a white feather on top of it...
"WHAT THE FUCK??!!!!", Danzo shouted with a fury that he hadn't felt before, whoever was messing with him, death will be too good for said troublemaker...
Meanwhile, in a dark room...
Ankiseth was looking at his reflection on a beautiful silver full body mirror, it was so fine and exotic, that it was fit for a very pretty Princess or Queen, if not for a very little strange thing, it wasn't reflecting anything
"Such a beautiful thing... incomplete... but soon, very soon, you'll shine with life, true life, and your purpose will be fulfilled far beyond the expectations of the witch that created you", Ankiseth said at the lifeless object, soon, two figures entered the room, both of them dressed in white leather hooded robes, one was as tall as an adult, the other was a small child
"Boss, we got it", the adult said, while lowering his hood, showing his face, the face of the seemingly harmless Desmond Miles
"Ah, I knew I could count on you, Altair, or do you prefer Desmond?, it's hard to tell, with you acting like two completely different persons", Ankiseth said with a smile
"I think it'll be better if you call me Desmond while not in my, work outfit, so I don't merge completely, not yet, some memories of my ancestor are still foggy, and I don't want to be confused in a pinch", Desmond replied, while nodding to the smaller figure, who upon lowering his hood, revealed to be Ranmaru
"Here is the gem you asked for, I sense a human soul inside, but the gem stone itself is evil", Ranmaru explained, while handling the Black Soul Gem to Ankiseth
"Don't worry little one, this gem, born of darkness and greed, will serve a holy purpose today... TO BRING A SMILE TO MY DEAR CHILD!", Ankiseth declared with a macabre joy, and soon he placed the black gem into the mirror, who started to shine, and when the light faded away, on the mirror a redhead woman was standing, with a confused expression on her face
"Where am I?, where is my child?, did my husband save the village?", the redhead asked
"Don't worry dear, your child has grown on very caring hands, as for your husband, you'll be able to see him soon", Ankiseth replied, and the redhead looked at him, memories returning to her
"Ank... is that you?"
Early next day...
Konoha was in an uproar, and it was due to two returning teams of genins, the loved team, leaded by Kakashi, and the hated team, leaded by Anko, and they were only at the gates...
"LEE!!!", Reiko shouted while jumping into Lee's arms
"Reiko!, I missed you, how were you battles while I was away?, full of glory I hope!", Lee replied
"We'll talk about it later, YOUR COUSIN HAS COME BACK!!!", Reiko replied full of excitement
"EXCELLENT!, LET'S GO TO THE HOKAGE SO WE CAN GO ON OUR WAY!!!", Lee exclaimed, and Reiko joined them in ther way to the hokage tower
"It seems that we'll have a wedding very soon!, can I be your Best-man?", Naruto asked
"Of course Brother!, I'll have no one else!", Lee replied
"Then I'll be the same for Reiko!", Hinata squealed, during all this time, Kakashi and Sasuke were plotting how to report team seven to the Hokage, so he could order to execute them, while Neji and Tenten were thinking on making said wedding a double one
Hokage Tower, some minutes later...
The jounins entered the office, they were expecting to have a fight in front of the Hokage, and then let him decide what to do of the situation, what the didn't expected, was to find two other women inside that office, much less to see that one of them was one of the legendary sannins
"Tsunade-sama...", Kakashi muttered, there was no need of more, the room went silent, the two women looked at the two jounins and their genins, Kakashi knew that he must move carefuly, if he wanted the sannin to train Sasuke
"LITTLE SISTER!!!", Lee shouted with great happiness, breaking the silence, while walking toward the women
"BIG BROTHER!!!", the woman besides Tsunade shouted back, walking toward Lee, and then both shared a warm hug
"Whate the?... Shizune, what's the meaning of this?!", Tsunade demanded, too shocked to think on the rest of the people
"Little... Sister?!, Lee, just how much family you have?!", Reiko asked startled, she will have to deal with this other woman just as she did with Thrud, just to be safe
"Shizune?, that is how you are named now, Idun?", Lee asked, breaking the hug but not the smile
"Well, I needed a name to move here in Midgard, but what about Lee, isn't it weird even by Midgardian standards?, eh, Tyr?", Shizune asked back
"Hey!, it was the name that I had before waking up!", Lee defended, but Shizune showed a mischievous smile, that startled the God of War
"AAAWWWWW!!!!, MY BIG BRO IS NOW MY LIL BRO!, SOOOO SSWWWEEEEETTTT!!!", Shizune exclaimed, while pinching Lee's cheeks in a very sisterly way
"Hey!, stop that, he's mine!", Reiko jumped to separate them
"Yours?!, brother, who is this midgardian girl?", Shizune asked, startling Reiko
"Midgardian?", Reiko muttered, not able to recognize the word
"She is my fiance", Lee replied with a prideful voice
"Oh!, so, the apple is for her!, she shows bravery in her eyes, a very good choice!", Shizune praised, and Tsunade finally snapped
"Shizune, explain this already!", Tsunade shouted, there was just too much that was making her insane, in just a few minutes
Meanwhile...
"You really are becoming better and better at this, soon you'll be able to do field surgery without my aid!", Doc praised his student
"Thank you, Doc, but it's only because I have the best teacher, that I'm becoming better", Sakura returned the prise, using her best cute face to add to the effect, but their current patient wasn't exactly fond of the situation
"Hey Forehead!, If I didn't know you better, I'll say that you are no longer interested in Sasuke!", Ino teased, to say the truth, she was losing interest in the last Uchiha very fast too, but she didn't thought that she'll see this kind of sight
"So what if it's that?, shouldn't you be happy about it?", Sakura asked, unfazed by Ino's comment on Sasuke
"Well, actually I'm worried that you may be falling for an older man, I mean, I never thought that you liked them older", Ino teased again, but unlike most males, Doc actually caught the idea, but had no chance to speak
"Ino, who I date is not your business, I expect you to respect our friendship now that the Uchiha is not between us!", Sakura replied with a maturity that Doc recognized as his, he was truly rubbing into her, he hoped that not in that many ways
"Well, I think it's time for me to go to my training with my team, I look forward for this night, Doc-kun", Sakura added while leaving, crushing any hopes that Doc had to prevail alone in his journey on this world
"I don't care if you are an outsider or not, ninja or not, you harm her, and you are fucking dead", Ino threatened, and Doc could only smile nervously
'And I thought that I'll have it easy on this place...', Doc finally thought
Back at the Hokage's office...
It has been a long and complex explanation, and it only brought more questions than answers, of course, Reiko was cuddling even more with Lee, she was fascinated with the idea of marrying the actual God of War, while Tsunade was eyetwitching
"So, you are a goddess?", Tsunade asked to Schizune, who had a massive smile on her pretty face
"Yes I am, and I'm sorry for not telling you that, but please understand, since we lost our realm, we needed to be secretive, more I, one of the weakest of our kind", Schizune replied, but there was something wrong about the way the sannin was looking at her
"Screw that, what was about the apples you mentioned?", Tsunade asked with a glossy expression, and Schizune felt the need to not answer
"I think we need to go to my finace's home, we must talk to her father for the ceremony to start", Lee said, and then they left, with Tsunade hot on their tail
"Let's go as well, I'm sure that the Hokage is honorable enough to send our payment to our home, I can't wait to start a relaxing session of amorous massages with you", Naruto said in a seductive voice that Hinata couldn't refuse, so, she ended dragging him outside
"Yeah, right, run away, let Anko to deal with this alone!", Anko whined, but when she turned to face the Hokage, she found that Neji and Tenten were gonne as well
"Hokage-sama, I have to report that Anko and her student Naruto are under the influence of the Kyuubi", Kakashi quickly said, and Anko frowned, she was expecting to be asked first about the mission, but it seems that Kakashi had other plans
"And I should care about that because?...", Saurobi replied, shocking both jounins to the core
Later that night...
After what he learned from his true father, Naruto thought that nothing else would be able to startle his core again... he was wrong in so many levels... even Hinata fainted by the shock
"Naruto-sochi... it's me, your mommy... I know this will be hard to deal with... but at least I got reunited with you again", Kushina said from the other side of the mirror, his new gift, a medium to talk to his mother
"Mom... who did you this...", Naruto asked, it's not that he wasn't happy of seeing his mother, but to know that for her to be like this, it only means that her soul was stripped from her body, otherwise she'll be like Minato, with a true body to enjoy the life again
"A man that is part of the council, his name is Danzo, but we'll plan our revenge later, first, tell me everything, from your childhood, to your girlfriend, and don't hide anything from your mommy!", Kushina stated
Meanwhile...
"How?... how can you be that powerful?... are you immortal?", Hidan asked to the cloaked figures, but only the crowned one replied, the same that has just slain Hidan's companion
"Yes, we are immortal, and unstoppable, and your destiny, is to fall before us", Minato replied, and Hidan grinned madly
"Tell me!, how can I get such power?!", Hidan shouted, holding his scythe, ready to strike
"Do you want this power?, to be invincible?", Minato asked, and Hidan nodded madly, he never cared about the Bijuu crap, he only wanted power
"Then put this ring, and serve me, and you'll be granted more power than any mortal could dream to have", Minato explained while offering a golden ring to Hidan, who put it on his finger without hesitation, in his place, another wraith appeared
"Only three more to go... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Magnus: There ya go! I hope you liked it, there will be at least one more intermission chapter before the main even, THE CHUNIN EXAMS!, so, stay tuned, and see ya in next chapter!