Hello everybody and welcome to the second part "The Lilium Goddess". Hope you guys like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Naruto or Elfen Lied.

Key:

"_" Summon/Demon Speak

"_" Human Speak

'_' Summon/Demon Thought

'_' Human Thought

The Lilium Goddess

Chapter 2

Lili blew a hair out of her face as she stood in front of one of the three stumps in Training Ground 7. Currently she was the only one there and possibly the only person on the team to go against her sensei's orders and ate breakfast. She knew for a fact that no shinobi or kunoichi would go to battle on an empty stomach. The others probably didn't see the hidden meaning to the Jonin's words like she had been trained to look for.

She looked up into the sky and saw the morning glow of the sun slowly bleeding into the sky ever so slightly. The sky was a mix of reds, oranges, yellows, and a bit of purple and blue. 'A rainbow in the sky.' She thought. She heard footsteps approaching and looked down to see Sakura walking into the training ground. A few minutes later Sasuke, the brooding king, arrived and leaned against one of the three stumps.

Lili sighed. Now they had three hours to wait until there sensei arrived to start the test. Lili looked around and sent out one of her vectors. Might as well have some fun before the test starts and by fun I mean setting up some very interesting and well thought up traps in certain places around the training ground. This work went unnoticed by her teammates who were busy doing their own thing. In this case Sakura fawning over Sasuke like a lost puppy and asking him on a date. Sasuke was continuously denying but Sakura wouldn't give up. This went on for three more hours with Sakura starting to get more and more furious.

There was a puff of smoke in front of them.

"Yo." Their sensei said. "YOUR LATE!" Screeched Sakura. Lili was quick to bop her on the head. "Not so loud. Some people are trying to sleep." Lili said to the pink banshee. "Sorry, I saw an old lady who needed help across the street." "LIAR!" She was bopped again by a fist courtesy of Lili. Honestly that girl wasn't cut out to be kunoichi. She just couldn't see it, but given enough time in the ninja world Lili could honestly say she had potential. Even if it was very small, there was a chance that Sakura could become a great kunoichi.

Kakashi stood in front of his three students. Then he took out two bells. "You see these bells?" He asked them. "Sensei there's only two." Sakura said. Lili mentally face palmed. 'How could you be stupid?' She thought. Of course there were two. "So nice to see you can count to two." He put the bells on his waist and walked over to the three stumps. He pulled out two bento boxes, set them on the stumps, then he pulled out a clock that was set for noon and placed it on the center stump.

Lili smirked when she heard her teammates' stomachs growl for sustenance. 'Serves them right for not seeing the hidden meaning.' She thought bitterly. Kakashi looked at his students when he heard their stomachs growl. But then he saw the smirk on his blonde student's face. He realized immediately that there were only two growling stomachs not three.

"Lili did you eat breakfast?" He asked her. The horned blonde looked at him with the same smirk on her face. "Yes…" She said causing her fellow teammates to glare at her. "…a shinobi or kunoichi wouldn't go into battle on an empty stomach." She added. Kakashi smiled underneath his mask. 'At least someone gets the moral of the life of a ninja.' He looked up at the sky. 'Sensei you would be proud.' He thought.

He looked back down and at his three genin students. He decided to get things started. "You see that clock." They nodded. "You have until noon to get the bells from me. Or you get no lunch." He said to them. "You'll need to come at me with the intent to kill otherwise you won't get the bell." At this statement Lili narrowed her eyes. 'There's something fishy about what he's saying.' 'Indeed there is kit.' Lili perked up at the voice of her tenant. 'Been a while since I heard from you Kurami.' 'Indeed it has kit.' Her tenant replied. 'I'd suggest getting those two to work with you.' Kurami told her.

Lili decided it was in best interests to do what her tenant was telling her. "But sensei you could get hurt." Sakura whined. He just eye smiled and said, "Don't worry I'll be fine. I'm a Jonin after all." That line made Lili start thinking. 'He's right.' She thought. 'There's no way rookie genin can take on an experienced Jonin such as Kakashi-sensei.' She closed her eyes and began to think. There was a purpose to the bell test. 'Jiraiya-sensei and Tsunade-sensei always said that the infamous bell test was used to divide them up.' She opened her eyes. They were wide with realization. 'I see. So this test is about teamwork.' 'I'll admit, you humans can be crafty when it comes to hiding something in plain sight.' Kurami told her. She was right too.

Humans did have a knack for hiding things in plain sight. These types of things were the hardest to find. Her senseis had always said that the best way to hide something was to hide it plain sight. In other words you put it somewhere where they least expect it to be. If Lili remember correctly Jiraiya-sensei and Tsunade-sensei had said that their sensei, the old man, had given them the very same test and it was given to when he was just genin. It seemed that the infamous bell test was a tradition of Team 7. The Donetsu no Sennin had been given this very test, Jiraiya had given this test to his team, and her father had given the same test to her sensei's team.

Kakashi saw the look of realization on the horned blonde's face and thought, 'She must have figured it out. I'll have to be careful now. No telling what she'll do.' He looked at the faces of his students for a good few minutes before he said, "Ready…" they tensed. Lili relaxed herself and had two of her vectors out. "Go!" He shouted. The three of them jumped away and hid somewhere in the forest surrounding the clearing.

He looked around. 'They know how to hide.' He thought looking around some more. 'That's good. But they're still rookie genin.' He felt around for their chakra. Two of the three on his team he could sense were somewhere forest. He was quite surprised to not even feel the third chakra. 'Well it seems one of them knows how to hide and mask their chakra. I'll give them an A+.' He thought as he tried to sense where the genin's chakra was.

Suddenly his danger senses kicked in and he dodge an uprooted tree courtesy of Lili. He landed somewhere away from where he originally was. The tree that was aimed for him made loud 'thuds' across the ground as dirt was kicked up. Once the dust cleared it was quiet. Too quiet for his liking. He quickly deflected a well thrown kunai. The Kunai puffed away in smoke to reveal Lili reaching for the bells.

His eyes widened and he quickly shunshined away leaving the girl to touch nothing but air. Lili stood up and quickly caught a kunai with her vector. The kunai was aimed for her jugular. She quickly threw the kunai back to its owner. Said owner puffed away in smoke and in their place was cracked log.

Kakashi's eyes widened when he saw his kunai stop just an inch from his student's neck. It just stopped and hovered in the air before it was turned in his direction and thrown. He cursed and replaced himself with a log.

'That was close. But what was that that made the kunai stop just an inch from her neck.' He wondered. Suddenly he spotted a tuft of pink below him. He smiled. 'Perfect.' He thought. He cast a Genjutsu over his pink haired student which caused her to scream and faint from shock. He sweat dropped. 'I didn't overdue it, did I?' He questioned himself. 'Nah.' He shook his head.

He shunshined from his place in the tree and was back in the center of the training ground. He heard a click and looked behind him to see a log coming straight for him. He sweat dropped. 'Well, wasn't expecting a log there.' He looked away before replacing himself with a log. He watched as the replacement log was knocked away by the flying log and thrown into the trees.

He dodged some kunai and saw the raven haired boy jump out of the bushes. He looked at the boy questioningly. "Wanting to take me on by yourself I see." He told his student. The boy smirked. "I'm an Uchiha. I have every right to face by myself." The Uchiha boy said. Kakashi sweat dropped. 'Arrogant as ever.' He mentally face palmed. The boy did some seals that he recognized right away. 'He shouldn't know that jutsu. A genin shouldn't have enough chakra.' He quickly replaced himself with a log as the boy blew a flaming ball of fire at him.

Sasuke's smirk of triumph was quickly wiped from his face as he only saw a flaming log in their sensei's place. 'What, where did he go?' He asked himself looking around. He got his answer when he felt a hand grab onto his ankle. 'Shit!' he cursed before he was drug under by Kakashi.

"Doton: Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu (1)." Kakashi said looking down onto the Uchiha. The boy was struggling to get out of the ground but it was no use. He was immobilized. The Jonin crouched down and looked his student in the eye. "You had me by surprise." The jonin said. "But surprise alone won't get you to pass." With that the jonin disappeared in a puff of smoke leaving the poor boy immobilized.

Lili sighed. She had to do everything didn't she? First she had to break the Genjutsu on the pinkette, talk some sense into her about the test, and now she had to get a revenge obsessed Uchiha out of the ground. She had to talk some sense into him and then formulate a plan. She looked up and scowled. All in under thirty minutes too. This just wasn't her day. Well she had a job to do and by god she was going to get it done.

After getting the Uchiha out of the ground and knocking some sense into him, took 10 minutes by the way, she had to formulate a plan to get the bells in under twenty minutes now.

Kakashi looked around the training ground. It was quiet. Too quiet. He closed his book and looked around. Something wasn't right. He suddenly felt himself getting dizzy and realized he was in a Genjutsu. He dispelled the Genjutsu only to see his students in front of him smirking like mad men. He wondered what was so funny when he spotted an orange book he had come to love so much in the hands of a certain pink haired banshee.

He also noticed that the bells on his waist were gone too. He scowled. "Give me my book back." He said seriously. "Nope…" Lili said. "Not unless you pass us." Sakura added. No one was going to read any smut in front of her. It was against feminine code.

"If you want your back you'll pass us. Otherwise good old Sasuke here is gonna light it up." At the mention of 'light it up' Sasuke had already prepared the seals for his fire jutsu. Kakashi weighed his chances. On one hand he could pass them and get his book back. On the other he would have his book burned. Regardless they would pass anyway.

He sighed. "You pass. Now can I have my book back?!" Sakura gave him his book and all three watched as their sensei hugged his book like it was his love. They were immediately freaked out by the show of… something.

Once he had gotten over his love fest with his… book… he stood up. "Starting tomorrow we're officially Team 7 and can begin missions." He said proudly.

That night they celebrated by going out to eat. They all decided, after much deliberation and the annoyance of Lili, they went to Ichiraku's Ramen.

One month later

We see our faithful Team 7 returning with scratches on their faces, Sasuke and Sakura that is. These scratches were from a certain black cat with a pink bow tied to its ear. This cat was the cat every genin hated. It always ran away whenever they returned it and when the returned it, it would run away a minute later. Needless to say that cat had earned the name 'Demon Cat of Konoha'. This cat was called Tora.

Meanwhile the Daimyo's wife was hugging the breath away from Tora the demon cat, Sasuke and Sakura were thinking, 'Just a little more, c'mon that's it.' Lili just sweat dropped at the hateful looks her two teammates were giving the poor cat. 'No wonder it runs away so much. It's owner hugs her too much.' She thought.

The Daimyo's wife paid the genin and walked out the door.

The Sandaime looked through his stack of missions he had for the team. "Let's see. We have painting Mr. Hicomo's fence, picking potatoes from Mrs. Shi's vegetable garden…" He was interrupted by a loud screech of, "NOOOOOOO! No more of these stupid D-rank missions. Come on Hokage-sama, give us a better mission." This came from a certain pink haired banshee who was bopped on the head by an irritated Lili.

"Quit doing that. Your gonna bust our ear drums if you keep screeching like a banshee." Said an irritated Lili. The Sandaime sighed. This happened every day. Every time Sakura made a loud screech she was immediately knocked upside the head by Lili. This happened so many times that he just learned to ignore it. But sometimes it could get annoying.

Iruka was about to reprimand them but Sarutobi told him to sit down.

"But Hokage-sama?" Iruka asked. Hiruzen gave him a look. The chuunin teacher sighed leaned back in his chair.

"Kakashi-san. Do you think they're ready for a higher ranked mission?" Said Jonin sensei looked up in thought. In truth they really weren't but they had been complaining about a higher ranked mission for about a month now so why not. "I think they're ready Hokage-sama." Said Kakashi.

The Sandaime nodded and looked through a stack of C-ranked missions until he found one that involved escorting and guarding a bridge builder. "Here we go. An escort mission to Wave. Do you accept?" Their sensei nodded. "Alright then, you can come in now Tazuna."

The door opened to reveal an old man who reeked of Sake and wore an outfit that made him out to be a civilian not from around here. He had a bottle of sake in his hands and a glasses on his nose.

Tazuna looked at the ninja before him and scowled.

"What's this? I asked for ninja not some snot nosed brats. The kid with a head shaped like a duck's ass doesn't look anywhere capable, the pink haired harpy would stick out like a sore thumb, and the blonde wouldn't even last a day out there." There was a collective thought of 'Oh shit.' Sakura and Sasuke were mad but their anger stood nowhere near the anger of their teammate.

A sudden rush of killing intent filled the room and everyone was finding it hard to breathe. Some were on their knees while some were smack dead on the floor. Even the seasoned shinobi found it hard to stay in their seats or even breathe for that matter.

Everyone looked in Lili's direction. Behind her, coming from her back, were 57 transparent arms that reached a length of 12 meters. They were thrashing around violently. Her hair was also split into nine different parts. Her eyes were glowing a deep scarlet and red was bleeding into her long blonde locks.

You could see this even with her head bent down.

The air felt like it was burning as everyone was finding it even harder to breathe.

"Don't ever… consider me incapable of not lasting long enough outside this village." Her tone was deathly close to murderous and the intent to do so was evident in her voice. "If you do I will rip off what makes you man and stuff them down your throat." To make sure her threat reached everyone in the room she had one of her vectors grab onto the spot where his manhood was. He was sweating bullets.

"Do we have an understanding?" She asked suddenly in front of him. He gulped and nodded vigorously. The atmosphere in the room suddenly changed to what it was before.

"Glad we have an agreement." Lili said cheerfully.

"Now that is cleared up meet me at the main gate in an hour. Don't be late." Their sensei left in a puff of smoke.

An hour later and they were all set for their trip to Wave. Lili was the first to arrive. She had to wait several minutes before Sakura arrive followed by the brooding king. Soon Kakashi-sensei and their client joined them. The client was drinking happily on his sake while their sensei was reading his book.

Kakashi looked at his students and said, "Did everyone pack for the trip?" He asked them and they nodded. "Good, now let's get going." He said and they left the village to begin their Journey to Wave.

It would be a while before they reached the country of Wave, about a three day's walk. The country of Wave, the last time she saw it, was in a very desperate state. The streets had homeless everywhere you went. There was barely any food for a midsized family. The state of unemployment was high in the country and very little people had any hope. The state the country was in was brought about by a tyrant by the name of Gato. He would always send his lackeys to do his dirty work. He also had taken over the shipping industry in the country too. That was Lili knew about the country from what she had seen when traveling with her senseis.

Tazuna was trying to save his country by building a bridge that would break Gato's hold on the people of Wave and bring prosperity to the country. She admired the man for his courage. She might as well help him to the best of her ability. The whole of Team 7 should help him with the best of their ability.

By the time the first day came to a close they had set up camp away from the main road on the way to Wave. Kakashi had assigned them to watch at specific times. They would work in shifts. Once it was the end of one of the shifts they would switch.

She had the first shift; Sasuke would have the next, Sakura after him, and finally Kakashi. The night went without much incident other than the feeling Lili was getting as they traveled. This feeling went on for most of the night and well into the next day. On day two of their travel nothing really happened other than the feeling that Lili had of them being watched. They set up camp like they did before and then continued moving the next day.

The third day

Team 7 walked along the dirt path on the way to Wave when Lili happened to spot two puddles. She looked at Kakashi and sent him a silent message by glancing in the direction of the puddles.

'That's weird. There hasn't been rain for at least a week.' He thought looking at the puddles. He then looked at Lili and nodded. Lili then acted like she didn't notice the puddles by putting her hands behind her head. Right as she passed over the puddles did two people spring up wearing matching gray outfits.

One of them launched their claw at Kakashi and the claw went through the Team 7's sensei. "Sensei!" Screamed Sakura as she saw her sensei get ripped to pieces. "One down." The one on the left said. The left one aimed his claw for Sasuke but his claw didn't get to reach Sasuke as it was stopped by one of Lili's vectors. He tried to retract his claw but it was no use and he had to take off the glove.

The other one charged at Sasuke who was quick to deflect some shots to his gut before he was thrown back by a punch to the gut courtesy of Lili.

The Demon brother was quick to right himself up and charge at Lili who was on him in seconds. Lili had her fist cocked back and the next thing he knew he was out like a light. "You bitch!" Shouted his brother. "I'll get you for that!" He charged her but only met the same feat as his brother.

It was at that chosen moment that their sensei reappeared with no injury whatsoever. "Good job guys." He congratulated them. Lili smiled while Sasuke smirked. "Now I have a sneaking suspicion those were the Demon Brothers of the Mist. If I'm not mistaken they were aiming to kill you." Kakashi said turning to Tazuna who was sweating bullets. "Might as well fess up." Tazuna looked around nervously but he sighed defeated and explained things to them.

"I see." Kakashi said after Tazuna's explanation. "Well I don't know about you guys, but I say this guy needs help." Lili said crossing her arms. "Yeah, considering the reason he did so." Sakura said. "As much as I hate to admit it, they're both right." Sasuke said begrudgingly. Kakashi seemed to smile at the prospect. "Well then Tazuna-san. I think we'll be continuing the mission." He said to the bridge builder who let out a relieved sigh. "Thank you. You don't know how much this means to me." He said.

They continued onwards to Wave without much incident.

TBC

Well the second chapter is finished. I don't what you guys think of it. I guess that's the reason for reviews.

Anyway R&R

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