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This chapter was revised on May 26th 2017. Most grammar errors should have been addressed (Hopefully :P) I did a few enhancements and changed a few things around but the story remained unchanged

Saving old bonds

Chapter 19 (Revised)

Kiba, Shikamaru and Ino were near the enemy camp. They had isolated a guard who was patrolling the area. The guard had not notice them yet, Shikamaru concentrated his chakra and put his hands together "Kagemane no Jutsu" suddenly his shadow began to fly towards the enemy guard and attached itself onto his feet. The guard was surprised that his abilities to move were gone, but the shadow did not stop there, it kept on creeping up his body until it reached his mouth. The guard was now unable to move and talk "Now Ino!" he whispered to her

Ino got into position and began doing hand signals "Shintenshin no Jutsu" suddenly she collapsed and Kiba caught her. Shikamaru released his shadow bind and the guard turned to face them. They were surprise to see that it was actually a girl. She seemed to be wearing glasses and an armband that had an insignia with the number eight on it. Sshe quickly joined them to confirm it was a success

"Alright, you know what to do right?" Shikamaru asked

"Yes, scout their camp, find out how many there are and whatever else I can find out. Just take care of my body" she said

"Don't worry, I will protect it and make sure Shikamaru doesn't take advantage of it" Kiba said with a grin

Shikamaru sighed "How troublesome… Anyway, get going before they suspect something"

Ino went back into the camp. It wasn't what she expected the men and women were having a good time. Almost like a party around a bonfire. She looked around, there were a lot more then she though. And they all whore the same clothing, black kimonos with the exception of a few that had the white cloaks. Suddenly one of men with a white cloak got up, he had the number one on his back and wild orange hair, he began to speak.

"I would like your attention please" He asked as everyone stopped drinking or dancing or talking "I just want to say that I am proud of all of you. With your hard work, we have been able to push these weaklings back and forced them to retreat into their fortress. The leaf village is going to be one of our biggest challenges yet. It will be much harder to attack then the mist village. They have strong fortifications on all sides as well as many skilled ninja's. However, they are no match for us! We have yet to face a single combatant able to give us any problems. So, party, celebrate, because tomorrow as the sun sets we will march into their village and TAKE IT" everyone cheered as their leader inspired their confidence "I want all captains and vice captains to join me in the command tent for a strategic meeting" he said before walking away

"They're going to attack tomorrow? We need to warn the Hokage right away" she though as she was about to head back towards her team when suddenly she bumped into a rather tall man

"Nanao Chan, there you are!" he said with a smile, he was dressed oddly, he had a black Kimono, as well as a white cloak, and finally, some other cloak with flowers all over it "Didn't you hear what the Kurokage said? We don't want to keep him waiting"

"Uh, of course not, lead the way" she said trying not to sound nervous, what was going on? Where were they going? She wanted to run but she knew she was stuck in the middle of the enemy's base camp and trying to flee would end badly. She thought about cancelling the Jutsu, but she was too far from her body. Her consciousness could get lost and drift into the void. She had no choice, she had to keep up the charade at least for now.

The man led them to a rather large tent with multiple guards around it. As they entered, the tent was full of people a total of 24, not including herself and the man she just walked in with. They took their place at a rather large table. Twelve of them had the white cloaks with the numbers one threw thirteen, except the number eight was missing. the other twelve simply had their black kimonos, but like her they had an armband with the numbers of one threw thirteen. So if she had eight then that must mean the man sitting next to her with the flower cloak over his white cloak had eight on his back "The people in white must be the captains, and the people with these badges must be the vice captains…Wait if that's true then the one with the number one must be their leader! And… This must be a strategic meeting on the attack against Konoha! This is perfect, I couldn't be in any better place to gather intelligence on these people and the attack!" she thought happily to herself

"Alright, I will make this meeting brief, I know we all want to get back to the party so let's begin with Byakuya. Did we learn anything new from our spies?"

"Yes Kurokage Sama, although they have tightened up security we were still able to slip through. We have learned something new about their leader and a possible weakness we could exploit if we were forced too"

"Perfect, what is it?" The man with orange hair asked. Byakuya put a picture down on the table as everyone got a good look at it. Ino was in shock, it was a picture of Sakura as she left the hospital

"Her name is Haruno Sakura, she is one of their highest ranking medical ninja's. She is the executive doctor of their hospital"

"Although I agree that she would make a fine target, but what does this have to do with being a weakness to their leader" he asked

"Our agents have noticed her spending a lot of time with him. At first they thought she was just meeting with him for official business regarding the hospital but as they kept on their surveillance it became clear that she is more than just a friend to him"

"I see, that is excellent. Do we know anything about her abilities?"

"Nothing for sure but it is believed that she may be as strong as their last leader as she was her pupil"

"If that is true we are going to need a captain to take care of her then, any takers?"

A small white hair boy with the number ten on his white cover stood up "I will take her, I can trap her using my ice abilities without hurting her and if needed, she can be used as bait if you wish my lord" the young boy said with a calm voice that sent chills up Ino's spine

"Excellent Toshiro, and unlike with her master you won't need to hold back on her. Maybe get some revenge for the marks she left on your face" he said with a slight grin

"These marks will heal, I bare no grudges against her. I wish only to serve you and my country Kurokage Sama" he said as he sat back down

"Retsu, how are your preparations going?" Ichigo asked her

A rather frail looking woman stood up. She had the number four on her cloak "The fourth division is ready to move out. Our first aid supplies have been replenished and we should be able to take care of any injury on the field" She said as she sat back down, Ino guessed that it must be their medical division

"Perfect, how about our plan of attack?"

Once again the man with the number six stood up and opened a map of what seemed to be Konoha on the table. And it seemed to be recently made including their new fortifications "Our spies were able to sketch blue prints from their locations. I just received these, there is no weakness in their defense. So, I suggest we create one" he said simply

"How do you propose we go about doing that?"

"We use a large part of our forces to assault their front gate making them think that's our main target. When in reality, we take some of our strongest people and hit them here" he said while pointing at a spot on the map "Once we are in we begin attacking them from the inside creating confusion enough for us to open the main gate for our forces to storm the village"

"That's a good plan, but I would rather we had a backup just in case they don't fall for it"

One of the other captains got up, he had twelve on his cloak "I suggest we just use brute force and blow their main gate open if they leave us no choice. My men are experts in the arts of destruction. Leave the main gate to my division" he said with confidence

"Perfect, Byakuya you lead the attack on the other side along with 2 other captains and the best men you can find while we create the diversion. If after half an hour, you still haven't open the gate, we will destroy it from our side"

"Understood Kurokage Sama"

"Alright, everyone, tomorrow will be a big night for us, it will also be a full moon. We will show these weaklings the true power of the night country! Now go out there and have some fun, you all deserve it!" he said as everyone got up and left the tent. Ino wanted to get back to her team right away, but she was stopped.

"Nanao, where are you going so fast?" the man who she guessed must have been her captain asked her

"Uh, I was thinking about going to bed early" she said, wanting to get away from him

He raised an eyebrow "Really? But you promised you would dance with me tonight, please dance with me Nanao Chan!" He said while holding her close into an embrace, these two must have been lovers of some sort Ino thought to herself. How would she get away from him? But suddenly he pushed her away and looked at her with hateful eyes, he even took out his Katana "Who are you? And what have you done with Nanao"

Ino was surprised. Was her cover blown? And if it was, how? "Uh what are you talking about? It's me Nanao"

Some of the other captains had begun gathering wanting to know what was going on "No you're not. First of all, we are night country ninja, we don't go to bed at this time of night! EVER, that was your first mistake. Your second one was to not blow me off after I asked you to dance with me. And finally, you did not slap me when I hugged you, Nanao would have tried to knock me out by now! So, who are you" The other captains had begun taking out their weapons and had them pointed at her

"So, they finally got a spy inside our ranks huh? Clever of them, using one of our own like that" Ichigo said with a grin as he grabbed her arm, she pushed him away as he laughed but she wasted no time in creating hand sighs

"Shinranshin no Jutsu!" she said while targeting as many people as she could. Suddenly they turned their weapons on each other. Unlike mind transfer, she had just casted mind body disturbance Jutsu. It would make enemies turn on each other. they were not going to kill each other but it was enough to create an opening for her to get away as they began to fight each other. She ran as fast as she could towards her teams last position, and when she could feel she was close enough she released her mind possession Jutsu.

Ino was back in her body "So did you learn anything?" Shikamaru asked

"Talk latter, let's get the hell out of here before they find our position!"

"What did you do?" Kiba asked

"MOVE NOW TALK LATER!" she demanded, the guys didn't argue as they began returning to the village as fast as they could

End Chapter 19

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