Chibi-dog: Hello everyone! Ladies and Gentlemen the polls have been closed! Thank you for your wonderful insights, we now have a winner!
Tsunade: What are you a timeshow host?
Chibi-dog: No…..Yes…Maybe…but without further ado do, I give you to Protégés of Pride and Lust!
Tsunade: Ahem? Aren't you forgetting something Chibi?
Chibi-dog: …. Am I?
Tsunade: Yes!
Chibi: Annnddd we have your contestant for *drumroll* Disclaimer Week! Now, Tsunade for you to win this paid trip to the land of Hot Springs, you have to say just one sentence. What it that sentence?
Tsunade: Oh Oh I know this one! Chibi-dog does not own any of the Naruto characters! *confetti rained on her*
Chibi-dog: You've won! Enjoy your trip to the hot spring! *whispers to batnut* get the story rolling!
Tsunade: Yes! Wait…..Damnit! Chibi!
Neji and tenten: Prides joy
Neji watched with calculating eyes as Tia, Niko, and Venus took their protégés and moved back besides tsunades desk. They apparently mentioned something to them but Naruto being Naruto didn't understand with they said from the way sasuke shook his head, and niko slapped her forehead. Venus just smiled and swished her pigtail. Suddenly JinJi held up her hand which happened to be glowing a soulless grey along with her earrings. In front of her hand was a senbon…well not 'senbon' more like senbons. The senbons actually spelt out one word, 'NEXT'. JinJi looked at Venus who just shrugged her shoulders and yawned. Now, exactly when she had the time to throw 12 senbons still leaves even her comrades clueless. LiLi cleared her throat and began to speak.
"Alright! Now I didn't mention this but there are actually two tests. You see, those three just choose a protégé but the rest of us decided to take a protégé and apprentice! Now you will still be picking your trainer." Started LiLi then JinJi stepped up after dropping the senbons to the displeasure of Venus.
"But the protégé and apprentice must establish a connection unique to each other. Only then will your trainer revel herself and claim her protégé and apprentice." Said JinJi grinning before walking up to her sister. The twins grabbed one hand and raised their other unoccupied hand up and somehow fireworks appeared in the background.
"Let the test begin!" they said in harmony. Lee suddenly pulled out the handy dandy notebook and took notes.
"Fireworks background and harmonious talking! Such youthful ideas!" he said still writing in his book. Tenten grumbled out an 'oh great' and crossed her arms. She caught a glimpse of Neji from the corner of her eye. He seemed to be concentering on the three women over there. She sighed and looked at the remaining women to choose from.
'There the deadly sins? I've always thought my parents were joking when they would say the wrath flame would create nightmares for me if I didn't get enough sleep, but there she is in the living flesh.' Thought tenten as she remembered the stories her father used to tell her. Her favorite was the one about pride.
She was once a beautiful woman, a beauty she took pride in. She got everything she wanted, money, clothes, heck she even got a house on her looks alone. But one night she was tricked, it was a regular day of her fans falling for her beauty except for one. The man didn't even look at her, which had to change quickly. She introduced herself and flaunted her charms, which seemed to be working. They had a date for that very night; they were to meet at the park.
'Why would we meet here?' she heard a rustle in the bush, she turned and looked but nothing was there. She shrugged her shoulders and turned back around. When she did there were three men standing a few feet ahead of her. They notice the pretty lady and decide to 'talk'. She tried avoiding them but they perused her. Those men had their way with her, no could hear she cries of agony. She was later found dead in the alley by the park. Worse case too, the man she was going on the date with was in on this. That very man died two week after her death. At his funeral, some say they as a shadowy figure standing in the distance. That shadowy figure was the very woman who was killed two weeks ago. She vowed on her death that she will show the damage pride could do, as it did to her. She became a sin, a sin so common it would kill even you.
'Pride is awful, but too much is terrible.' The figure whispered before diminishing.
She remembered that tragic story for she burned it into her memories. She felt for the beauty and took it upon herself not to have too much pride. She believed it could make or break battle. She looked towards Neji; she's tried teaching the hyugga that. But no matter what she says he refuses to listen. Even after Naruto kicked his ass in the chunin exams, he was still prideful. Her eyes widen as Neji suddenly started to walk toward the woman in purple. She rushed in front of him causing him to stop and look down at her.
"Tenten, move." He plainly demanded. Tenten shook her head and crossed her arms.
"How do you know if she's the right one?" asked tenten
"She's wearing purple." He said. She stared at him for a minute.
"What?" she asked, cleaning out her ears.
"She's wearing purple. Purple means royalty therefore that is my trainer." He said trying to go around her. Tenten pinched the bridge of her nose.
'I forgot, he started basing emotions and decision by what color people are wearing. Usually he's right but this is a sensitive matter.' She thought. She blocked him again, gaining a growl from him.
"Tenten, Move out the way." He started but tenten pushed him back. She narrowed her eyes and balled her fist.
"Don't go make decisions like that! Based on color! I've told you, too much pride in ability is dangerous!" she shouted at him. Neji sneered at his teammate and walked back up to her. With her being 5' shorter then him, her towered over her.
"And I've told you, that's preposterous. You're only telling me and lee this because of some kids' story. Pride doesn't kill. Ninjas kill Ninjas. Now it's time to grow up tenten. Stop basing your life on that stupid myth." He said to her. She snapped and threw a punch in his direction but a soft hand grabbed it and held there in midair.
"Connection Established." Said the woman in purple in a cynical voice. She let go of tentens hand.
"What connection?" asked tenten placing her fist down.
The woman took off her hood and revealed her curly violent hair and striking magenta eyes. She motioned for tenten to stand beside Neji. She raised her hand to her chest and waved it around in a circle. After she waved her hand in the circular motion, a purple seal appeared. She motioned for Neji and tenten to reach inside. Neji walked up cautiously and reached inside, when he pulled his hand back out, he was holding a bird pendent. The bird was an eagle sitting on a purple gem. Neji held it up to get a good look at it. As he was looking the eagle's eyes turned silver before settling for his lavender eyes. His eyes widen before looking at the woman who motioned for him to put it on. He put the pendent on and could hear a slight whistling noise.
Next tenten walked up to the magic circle and hesitantly reached inside. Once she pulled out her hand, a black charm rested on her wrist. On the charm was a purple gem. Five more loops were on the charm, meaning she could put more on it. She touched the gem and it started to glow faintly. She pulled her hand away but a purple energy came out of the gem. It swirled around her hand and made a black trench knife. Tenten stared at it in disbelief.
'What is this?' she thought. As if reading her mind, the woman spoke.
"These are how you will stay connected. The pendent around your neck is the Igurushiingu-me. It connects with the users eyes and can be seen through the eyes of an eagle. The gem is called Washi no Homotsu, what it can do is up to you to find out." She said to Neji then turned to Tenten.
"Your Charm is called Aijin; it works like a charm giving you the power to use what is on the charm. The gem is called Seimei no honoo. As you've witnessed before it can create what the wielder wants." She explained. Then she bowed.
"I am Leanna Cooper Jones but you may call me Lea. Neji you are my Protégé and Tenten you are my Apprentice." She said staring blankly at them.
Tenten and Neji walked behind her. Tenten sighed as Neji smirked down at her. He bent down to her ear and whispered.
"I was right wasn't I?'
Before she could say anything, Lea beat her to it.
"You may have been right today uma kanoko but remember this, Pride is awful, but too much is terrible. Pride can be your downfall if you are not careful." She said without trying to look at them. Her voice didn't sounds cynical, this time it sounded hurt. Tenten and Neji looked at each other. It's crazy how she even heard him. She must have the ears of a hawk. The twins looked at Lea with sadden eyes.
Hinata and Ino: Blooming Lust
'Ugh! Curse that lazy ass for being so damn smart!' thought Ino as she watched him speak with his sensei. She watched as they laughed with the group. She sighed and thought:
'He's never laughed like that with us. How is it that a genius like him can't see what I feel for him.' she thought pouting. She felt a hand on her arm and looked over at Hinata who was smiling softly at her. No one knew but she and hinata were best friends. They shared a passion for flowers. It was how they met really.
Flashback
"Daddy! I'm going to the playground now!" shouted a 7 year old ino running out the house. She ran to the playground and saw all the other kids playing on the swings. But she's played their many times already. She looked around and saw this small opening near the monkey bar.
'What's that?' she thought and like any curious 5 year old, she crawled through the hole. On the other side was this beautiful filed of flowers. It had lilies, lavenders, roses, forget-me-nots, Orchids, Daisies, Bauvardia, Carnations, Iris and her favorite Amaryllis. She grinned and ran through the field laughing.
'This is better than the playground!' she thought picked up a red amaryllis and putting it in her hair. But then she heard a sniffle. She looked around and she a girl about her age. She had Dark blue hair in a hime cut style and lavender eyes. She walked up to the girl.
"Hey. Are you ok?" she asked. The girl looked at her and shook her head. Ino sat next to the girl.
"Why are you crying?" asked ino
"M-m-my f-father c-called m-me weak." She cried out.
"Why?" ino asked confused
"I c-cant b-beat m-my sister i-in a d-duel. I d-don't even h-have an h-home anymore." She said with tears running furiously down her face. Ino may have been seven but even she knew what happened to the girl. She saw a patch of Iris. She looked at the girl and took her hand surprising the girl. She took the girl to the patch and started to make a little crown of iris. She placed the crown on the girls and smiled.
"There! Now you are the Queen of irises. You symbolize Faith, hope, passion, and purity." She said. The girl looked at ino but then looked down.
"I can't b-be a q-queen. I'm n-not strong enough." She said but her hand was brought back up by ino.
"Queens don't have to be strong. She has to have faith in her people and that faith the people have in her make her strong." Ino said. The girl stared at her in amazement. Ino then gave her a bracelet of a white iris and white amaryllis. The girl took it and placed it on her wrist.
"This is a gift from me the Amaryllis queen. I would like it if the queen would be my friend." Ino said. The girl handed ino a blue iris and orange amaryllis hair tie. Ino replaced her old tie with her new tie. They smiled at each other.
"My name is Ino Yamanaka."
"My name is Hinata… Hinata Airisu"
Flashback Over
That was the day, she met hinata and found out she was no longer a hyuuga. The only reason she kept the name was to keep everyone out her personal life until the right time. Only ino, her father and mother knew about it. Hinata didn't live in the hyuuga compound. She lived on her own in that field of flowers. Ino's dad helped them build it. They still had the gift they gave each other all those years ago.
"He'll see it in time ino. Just wait one day he will fall for you." Hinata whispered without the stutter. She hasn't stuttered in years since she and ino met the only time she does is around naruto.
"Yeah same with you. Then you can do all the naughty thing in your book to naruto-kun." Ino teased watching as hinata blushed. They giggled silently. They always talked about things like this on days off. Just sitting in their field.
"Your friendship is very beautiful." Said a soft voice. Ino and hinata turned to the woman in pink who had walked silently up them. She pulled her cloak off and threw to Niko who wasn't looking.
"Ack! Hey!" Niko Shouted
The woman ignored her and put her hands together. A pink mist gathered around her hands. In the pink mist, two flowers appeared in her hand the mist disappeared as fast as it came. In her hand was an Iris and Amaryllis. She placed the Iris in Hinata's hair and the Amaryllis in Ino's hair. Once she moved her hand the flower petal twirled for a bit and settled by their ears. The petals on their flowers formed earrings on their ears. The girls looked at her in shock. The woman just smiled.
"My name is Ana Flora Uriel. You two will be working together by making love and lust, with Hinata as my protégé and Ino as my apprentice. This is perfect for I didn't expect you two to be friends." Ana said clapping her hands and dragging them with her. But then she suddenly stopped before turning to hinata.
"This is a new life for you. I think it's the perfect time to reveal who you are now." She said. Everyone looked at Ana confused as to what she said expect ino who smiled at hinata and nodded. Hinata took a deep breath and looked to her peers.
"You have known me as Hinata Hyuuga. Well the truth is that I haven't been a hyuuga or part of the hyuuga in 10 years. I am and have been since 7, Hinata Airisu." Said hinata bowing. Everyone's eyes widen. The hinata everyone knew never lived in the hyuuga compound.
'Airisu huh? It…it fits her.' Thought naruto looking at hinata in a new light. He stared at her as she talked with ino. Hinata saw him staring and blushed before waving at him. He blushed as well and waved back with a grin. Ino giggled at the exchange as did Ana. Ana looked at Niko who still held her cloak. She walked to Niko who handed it to her. Ana walked past her cloak and hugged Niko and planting a kiss on her cheek making Niko blush and look away. Ana giggled before whispering.
"Thank you for holding this for me, Sutekina Ikari." Ana said, taking her cloak and moved to go back to her but Niko pulled her back and whispered in her ear giving her the shivers.
"You're welcome, Sekushina Yokubo." She whispered hotly. Ana blushed before walking away while Niko just grinned at her retreating figure. The others just rolled their eyes at their antics. The twins sweat dropped.
'Why do they have to do that now?' they both thought.
Chibi-dog: Another Chapter in the bag! Thank you so much for helping me choose Ana's protégé ^^
Tsunade: Hey is ummm
Chibi-dog: What?
Tsunade: You know...* looks at Niko and Ana*
Chibi-dog: Ohhh… I Don't Know
Tsunade: *Strangles me* what the hell do you mean you don't know!
Chibi-dog: Ack!
Niko: Umm? O.O
Ana: Reviews are welcome! Thank you and come again.
Dictionary
Igurushiingu-me- Eagle's Seeing Eye
Washi no Homotsu- Eagles Treasure
Aijin- Mistress
Seimei no honoo- Flame of life
uma kanoko- Idiot Child
Airisu-Iris
Sutekina Ikari- Lovely Wrath
Sekushina Yokubo- Sexy Lust