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Chapter Twenty-One: Sango, Abunai!
"Since your other mission was successful, I will be giving you another C class mission. You are to investigate the disappearances of people from a nearby village. It is believed that one individual alone is responsible for these kidnappings. This man," Sarutobi gestured to the pale tired looking man to come over. "He came from the village that you will be going to. He can give you the in depth details on your way there. Time is of the utmost importance."
"Konichiwa….My name's Ono, Hiro." The man said squishing his hat up in his hands his eyes darting nervously to each of the kid's faces.
"I am their jounin sensei Ebisu. This is my Genin squad, Miroku-kun, Sango-chan and Kagome-chan. You three go get packed and meet at the gates in forty five minutes. I'll come back here to get you before that Hiro-san." Ebisu promised proudly puffing out his chest now that he had started to wear a jounin vest.
"Domo arigato [Thank you very much] for your hospitality." Hiro bowed, he just hoped these people could help him.
"Ebisu-san," Sarutobi called out when the jounin was about to leave. "I know it's been almost two weeks since we last talked but my findings are still inconclusive about those uncharacteristic dots in Kagome-chan's eyes. When I have some spare time I will continue with my research and Kakashi-san hasn't returned from his mission as of yet."
"Hai, I understand Hokage-sama arigato."
"Hiro-san, you said that people have been going missing from your village. When did it all start happening?" Sango asked looking up to the man who looked very uncomfortable to be sitting on top of Kirara's back. But the man refused to have Ebisu carry him. If they were to make it there in three days they'd have to cover a lot of ground in one day. His walking pace just didn't make the cut. At his rate they'd get there in a week.
"Hai…It started with a few pets disappearing, everyone just brushed it off assuming that they were getting eaten by other animals in the forest. Then some elderly people began to go missing too. The people just thought they had gotten lost we sent out search parties but we never were able to find them. Then my sick daughter….This cloaked figure appeared at our doorstep and she gave us all this money and said that she could help my daughter. I was foolish and I accepted her offer and handed my daughter over to her. After three days my wife said she couldn't stand it anymore …. So she went after her. When she didn't return the next morning- I just knew… that this person had taken her also so I got to your village as quickly as possible. It's been about a week and a half since my wife has gone missing," Tears fell on to his hands. "I'm almost certain they're both dead! I don't even know what happened to them!"
"That's what we're here to find out Hiro-san. Whatever has happened to them, you're preventing more people from getting hurt by this person." Miroku said with wisdom that was supposedly beyond his years.
"Alright guys it's time to set up camp, otherwise it will get to dark out then we won't be able to see what we're doing. Hiro-san you will have to share a tent with Miroku-kun and I. Sango-chan and Kagome-chan you'll have to share a tent also. I will take the third night watch."
"First watch." Kagome claimed as she pulled out the green tent from her backpack. She tossed it on the ground in the area everyone had agreed upon. Sango started to show her how to set a tent up. A tent would have handy to have when she had to survive in the wilderness…
"I'll take the last watch for even I need my beauty sleep." Miroku pulled out his sleeping bag while he waited for Ebisu to pitch the tent. Miroku wasn't allowed to touch the tent while it was being set up. Somehow he always ended up messing it up so he was banned from going near a tent until it was secure.
"Second." Sango rolled her eyes at Miroku's reasoning. Her tent was now set up and she placed her backpack inside. Lucky for Miroku she wasn't the one who would have to wake him up. If she did she would 'accidentally' kick him in the face a couple times. When the hair suddenly stood up on the back of her neck, she automatically grabbed Hiraikotsu.
Kagome felt three sharp pricks so she crawled out of her tent and warned everyone, "There are three youkai. They're approaching this way- fast but these don't feel to be too powerful so it should be okay. " She had learned when the feeling was sharper the stronger the youkai approaching would be.
"I'll take care of them then, be back in a second," Sango said running off. True to her word she came back almost as quickly as she had left wiping Hiraikotsu off in some nearby bushes to remove the guts and blood. "They were floating long wimpy worm type youkai, there was one with an imp head, another was just an eyeball and the last one looked had giant fly eyes and the last one was werid- it just had mustache."
"The mustache one sounded creepy." Kagome commented imagining what it had looked like.
"You-youkai?" Hiro asked in strained, panicked tone. There was never a case of one attacking in the area he lived in.
"Hai, no need to worry Hiro-san these are some of the strongest genin there are in our village. If they can't defeat them, there is always me! You are safe from this kidnapper." Ebisu proudly said rolling out the spare sleeping bag he had brought along for Hiro.
"What if this kidnapper- is some type of youkai, then my daughter and wife they-they really would be dead by now. It took me too long to get to the village! What if they're still alive right now? You have to save them! I'm begging you! Let's continue traveling after all you're a bunch of strong shinobi… onegai….I'm nothing without them."
"Hiro-san we've already set up camp and we need to rest so we can get our energy back," Kagome stated as she took a gulp from her water canteen. "You've been riding on top of Kirara so you're probably not as tired as us, but we've actually been running all day."
"Maybe if we travel far enough tomorrow we can make it to your village by nightfall." Miroku said thoughtfully as he continued to arrange pieces of wood for a fire.
"We would have to wake up earlier than we planned to and we would get there really late but then none of us would have to keep watch, so all of us could sleep," Sango expanded on the idea dropping more firewood beside the fire pit. "Then the day after we arrive we can start our investigation."
"If everyone agrees on this…" Ebisu got a nod of confirmation from everyone. "Okay, well I'm going to see if I can find us some food." Kirara trailed after Ebisu as he went to go find something to kill so that his team could have some food in their stomachs.
"Little girl, what are you eating?" Hiro asked the one with the blue eyes who was happily munching on something. The two girls sort of reminded him of his own daughter before she became horribly ill a month ago. He and his wife tried to do everything that they could think of to save their only child- but nothing worked.
"My names Ka-go-me and these are blackberries this a bush full of them, here have some they're good." She gave a giant handful of berries to the man then picked some more.
"Toss some over this way you pig." Sango said opening her mouth getting ready to catch the flying berries, until Miroku quickly grabbed them out of the air and greedily shoved them all into his mouth.
"Yum, those berries are most scrumptious indeed." He soon found himself crumpled on the ground clutching the back of his legs in pain.
"Throw some more over!"
"How do you think Naru-kun is doing? It feels like forever since I last talked to him and Sasuke!" Kagome said as she chucked a bunch of berries over to Sango.
"I'm sure they're both fine. Sasuke will take care of Naruto if he gets into any trouble. He knows how much you care for that blonde." Sango smiled, it was cute the way Sasuke acted whenever he was around Kagome. Unfortunately for him Kagome was rather oblivious when it came to his affection and maybe Sasuke wasn't yet aware of his feelings for her either.
"But Sasuke despises Naru-kun though and vice versa."
"I think it's more of a brotherly hate between the two of them. Since both of them know the feeling of what it's like to be alone in the world," Miroku piped in taking a handful of berries from the bush. "They're more alike than they're willing to admit."
"Miroku's right those two guys constantly push each other to become a stronger shinobi than the other person." Sango tossed a fresh log into the fire to keep it burning.
"Who is ready for some rabbit?" Ebisu asked returning with a four dead bunnies. "Once you've all eaten go to bed, unless you have first watch because tomorrow we depart as soon as the sun rises."
Sango groaned as she felt the strong urge to go to the bathroom, she must have drank too much water. They had arrived in Hiro's village a couple of hours ago but because the village was so small and space was limited, they were sleeping in their tents even though almost all of the houses had been abandoned because everyone was scared of this kidnapper. She felt bad for waking up Kagome since she was especially tired from taking the first watch yesterday. "Hey- I'm going to use the bathroom okay?"
"Mmk…" Kagome nodded her head before snuggling back into her sleeping bag, immediately going back to sleep seconds later.
'That girl is perfect. She's what I've been looking for. Oh she will do. Exactly the thing I've been waiting for as a new test subject for me to play with. This is a fresh clean human palette to work with. Better yet, it's still a child.' A cloaked figure thought sinisterly to itself as it poured a strong chemical she had specially mixed into a cloth and silently crept over to her. Then using her spider like legs the handkerchief was placed over the girl's mouth. Sango elbowed the mysterious attack in the chest and struggled to turn around while kicking her legs wildly in the air, at were the person's legs should have been before slumping to the ground. 'This girl is a fighter how completely excellent. I have something special so special planned for you. All of this is just too good to be true. Lucky I felt like going for a stroll tonight. I'm going to have so much fun rebuilding your body.'
"My pretties' mama's home and I've brought all of you a new friend. Don't you worry she looks ugly now but I will make her look as beautiful as the rest of you." The woman said removing the cloak. The little hair that she had on her head was curly and grey with streaks of white. Her fingers where long and boney, while the top half of her was old and human while the bottom half of her had once belonged to a spider youkai. She carried the unconscious girl's body over to an empty surgical steel table. As she made her way to the table the woman passed her other gorgeous creations she was working on. Giving them a toothless smile, most of them still needed to be traded. Then she would have their memories adjusted to the person, who she was trading with, their requirements. She could make it so they would be willing to do whatever the person wanted. Unfortunately not many knew of her amazing talents, if they did her precious babies would definitely be high in demand.
For many years she was in the business of creating monsters. It started out with using dead bodies and sewing other dead body parts to them from animals. Then she started working closely with a man who wouldn't tell her his name. But this man would work through his 'son' a freaky looking guy named Orochimaru. He provided her with all the demon parts she could ever imagine. Since then he lost interest in what she did only sometimes requesting her services to stitch up a wound. She hated to move around a lot but now she had to in order to get a human on her operating table.
It was a real pity that many of her splendid creatures ended up dead after she worked so hard on attaching the youkai parts to them. Many jars full of body parts floating in special preserving liquid, that was her own creation it took many years to perfect, lined the back wall. It was a truly magnificent sight to behold her wondrous collection. After placing a rubber mask onto Sango's face, to keep the girl sedated, the old woman went into her basement that was filled with even more marvels and wonders. A small bed was hidden away in the corner, it was hardly ever used. She ran her fingers over many glass jars. None of them had labels but she knew exactly what was in them. After a couple moments she pulled one out containing an ogre's arm, then another two that had special eyeballs floating around in it. 'These will do nicely for now.'
"Don't worry I have something extraordinary planned for you girl. I just have to finish up with this man over here first. He'll look rather dashing with this ogre's arm. I'm almost certain I've used up the rest of the parts on one of my other pretties long ago." An old radio was clicked on and the woman placed the two jars filled with eye balls next to the girl. Then she proceeded to dance her way over to the man laying on the table while she twirled around with the jar that had the arm in it. Taking a saw she proficiently hacked off the man's human arm. That was the easy part. After dumping it down the garbage shoot, where useless human parts and dead bodies went down she had to spend the next couple of hours carefully connecting the tissue and muscles together so that it would work like a normal arm. The sun had well already risen by the time she was finished.
"Ah and I had hoped there would be time to work on you my dear, but even I need to take a break. In five hours I will come back and the first thing I will do is fix those eyes of yours and make you beautiful," Her hand ran down the length of the young girl's face. Soon the tank that was storing the gas, which was what kept all of her creations sedated, needed to be replaced. Going back to the thought prior to her noticing the almost empty tank she told the girl that the only other young girl had pathetically died even before she got to work on her. "But I was blessed with you in return wasn't I?" Her legs scurried over the tubes, chords and wires on the floor appearing next to sickly girl's mother. The woman was beginning to look better. Sharp red horns were on top of her head. While the hair had changed into a light yellow color, ears were replaced by pointy elf ones, a long horse's tail was also successful attached and she was thinking about adding two grey tentacles after cutting off the woman's arms but those would have to wait.
Five hours later, like the old woman had promised she returned standing next to the untouched human. Many more jars, floating with different part, had been placed on the table next to the girl. "Now it wasn't easy getting my hands on these precious organs, I had to trade five of my lovelies made completely from scratch but then again this was a long time ago. This is now and I think these eyes are the first step I will take to make you into a fearsome beast and once I'm done with you, I can always trade you for more body parts. Children have always been high in demand from customers. I'll make a lot of profit from your body."
As the insane woman cut into the eye area she cautiously pulled eye out and used a scalpel to remove it making sure to keep all the working bits intact. Grabbing the eyeball out of the jar and quickly rinsing it in a unique saline solution three or four times then she shook off the liquid and connected everything before popping it back into socket. It had taken two and a half hours to do. The old woman's back was breaking, her fingers had become numb as well, to top it off her neck was cramped, and now her eyes were giving her grief because had strained them too much. That was always the reason why she rarely messed around with people's eyes, it way too much work. There were still another two and a half hours to go for the other eye. She preferred cutting off body parts and sewing a different one on it was much more satisfying. Though once done she did have a fresh tasty eyeball to snack on so it wasn't an utter waste, such a delectable tasting thing.
When she was reaching for the other glass jar, with the matching eye floating about in it, the gas gauge caught her attention. The pointer was so close to being empty- swearing she scuttled down the stairs as quickly as she could to bring up another tank. It was her very last one. She lugged it up the stairs but four of her legs got tangled up in the many tubes, cords and wires on the ground. In order to keep her body from falling she grabbed onto the metal railing but dropped the tank, the sound of glass shattering made her absolutely livid. Untangling her legs she used the nearby table to help her up but tipped over the tray that had the other jars she had placed next to the girl. The glass jars shattered when they connected with the cracked dirty cement ground, fluid spilled everywhere and glorious body parts were now contaminated but that was the least of her worries. The gas tank had made a dreadful noise that signaled it was totally empty.
"." Warm puffs of air were snorted down her back of her neck and acidic drool dripped onto shoulder burning through the thin clothing and the half spider half woman's flesh. Many glowing angry eyes surrounded her. They were her completed ones that needed their memories to be adjusted. Since she gave them a lower dose of the gas, they had awakened rather quickly. The ones she was currently operating on were given more of the gas so they didn't move or feel anything when she cut into them.
"Iie! You're all not ready to be woken up yet! IIE! LISTEN TO ME, I ORDER ALL OF YOU TO GET BACK!"
"How do you know your friend is this way? Oh, this is my entire fault too if I hadn't have urged you to come here so quickly your friend would probably still be alright! Why am I such a failure in life?" Hiro would have tugged his hat down over his entire face if he wasn't holding onto the fur of the neko youkai for dear life.
"I can sense her aura coming from this direction-"
"Did anyone else just hear that scream?" Miroku asked they picked up even more speed. Ebisu had given him the duty of wake the girls up. Miroku had a sneaking suspicion that his sensei didn't want to get hurt by a sleeping Sango or Kagome….mainly Sango. There had been a time when Ebisu had gone to wake Sango up and received a black eye that had been 'out of reflex' in her defense. Ever since then Miroku had been given the job. He opened the girl's tent only to find Kagome and Kirara were occupying the space. Sango's sleeping bag was empty and she had left Hiraikotsu behind. Even if she had decided to go somewhere in the middle of the night, without telling anyone, she would have at least brought her weapon to protect herself.
"That didn't sound like Sango's voice, someone else is in trouble." Ebisu said his eyes landing on a house in the far distance.
They came to a grinding halt outside of the home. A huge metal door was torn off its hinges leaving it open for everyone to see the claw marks, blood and broken glass everywhere on the floor. "It smells so horrible." Kagome clutched her nose as her eyes watered at the foul stench of chemicals and decomposing things.
"I'm going in, you guys stay outside there is too much broken glass."
"The odor is coming from this container filled with human body parts. There are also entire bodies in here- they look like they've been sewn together with youkai parts." Miroku turned green and ran off to the nearby bushes and vomited. 'Who would think of doing such a thing?'
"Hiro-kun?" A feminine voice floated to the man's ears he looked up there was an unfamiliar woman who called his name. No, that was not true. He could recognize that face and those eyes he had fallen in love with.
"Hai….? Yasuka-chan!" Hiro grabbed her out of Ebisu's arms and spun her around holding her tightly. Tears of happiness ran down his face he praised the lords up above.
"For the most part Sango-chan seems to be fine, except for this fresh cut over her right eye," He placed her body on the ground. 'It reminds me of the scar that Kakashi-san has….' Ebisu wondered- 'could Sango-chan have gotten-?' He shook his head, that was absurd….but what about the cut? He would have to wait and see. "I'm going back inside to check if there are any more survivors."
"How is she?" Miroku asked Kagome who had healed the cut on Sango's eye and was kneeling beside her body that was laying a good distance from the house. He felt better once he had emptied out all of his stomach's content. The taste of bile slightly burned the back of his throat but he was more concerned for their friend's well being, she finally opened her eyes. "By-byakugan?"
"Argh, what the hell? Why are you guys standing over me like that?" Sango grumbled her head was killing her and the light was so bright. Sitting up she brought up a hand to rub at her itchy eye but was stopped by Miroku's hand. She glared at him. "Seriously what's your problem?" He pulled out the pocket mirror that he carried around with him and handed it to her. Her eyes….they were mismatched. One was brown and the other- Hyuuga snow white. Turning her head from side to side she watched as her reflection did the same. Closing one eye at a time she could see equally well out of both eyes maybe even slightly better in her right eye. It really was…her…but how-? And when-? What the-
"The old woman she said our daughter died. She told me that she didn't even have time to operate on her. I'm glad she didn't have to go through what I did but- she's gone Hiro! Gone…" Yasuka told her husband who burst out into tears of remorse.
"It's okay Yasuka-chan. We still have each other." He answered comforting his wife.
"Here's your hitai-ite you left behind. You can wear it like this," Kagome said tying it on slanted so it covered Sango's new eye. "Kakashi-kun wears it that way too. I think it looks really cool."
"Un, I like it." Sango patted the metal that now covered her mismatched eye. She took Hiraikotsu from Kirara and gave her neko a good scratch under the chin. Happy they had come before something worse had happened to her.
"Everyone I want you to get back to the village. I've placed many explosive tags in the house because it needs to be destroyed." Ebisu warned as he watched everyone go he waited until Kirara roared. That was the signal that meant everyone had gotten back to the village. Then he tossed two kunai with explosive tags at the house. There were just too many body parts. Some of which belonged to clans from Konoha. Some secrets needed to die with the person they belonged to. All that remained was a giant crater remained where the house, with the many glass jars of body parts, had once stood. The next day once everything was in order they returned back to Konoha.
"Naruhodo [I see] you know I have to inform the head of the Hyuuga clan, Hiashi-sama about this. Sango-chan I have a moment to spare now to bring you there now, as this is of great importance and a danger to the delicate relationship between our village and the Hyuuga's. The rest of you are free to go." Sarutobi said calling in a shinobi to go tell the head of the Hyuuga clan of the Hokage's unexpected plan to visit, to talk about very urgent matters over a cup of tea. 'I'm almost positive the entire Hyuuga clan will have an absolute fit when they hear about this…'
"Why can't we all go with Sango?" Kagome asked. "I don't get what all the fuss is about. When you found out that I had the Sharingan all you did was take me behind the Ichiraku Ramen stand! How come I never got a cup of tea?"
"Kagome-chan I would have done the same thing. That was if the Uchiha clan head was still alive. He would have been informed straight away, but as you know Sasuke-kun is the only living Uchiha left here in Konoha."
"Anyways that shouldn't concern your young mind. You should be practicing the Suiton Suijinheki! Why is it that you still haven't been able to produce a complete water bullet? Hmm- and Miroku I think it's about time you learn another genjutsu! See there is no time to stick your nose's in places they don't belong." Ebisu told his two student's while pushing them out of the Hokage's office.
"Mou I just can't do it. I can do the fire and the mud one but I can't help it if the water one doesn't like me." Kagome's groan could be heard down the hall.
"Hiashi-sama can't brand me with that cursed seal justu can he?" Sango wondered aloud. Tenten had told her that this was the seal Neji was given when he was young. Which was the reason why he acted so bitter towards everyone. If a simple hand seal by the 'main branch' of the Hyuuga clan was given that would cause a 'branch' member a lot of agony and it could easily kill that person. Tenten had also told her that Neji's father was a twin to the head of the house and he had been sacrificed to save Hiashi. She didn't know why Tenten had all those facts memorized- or even why she was recalling them now- it must be from shock.
"That's what I'm afraid of Hiashi-san will most likely want to do to you. Sango-chan you must understand that he is just trying his best to protect the secrets of the clan's Byakugan at all costs. You have come into possession of something that rightfully belongs to the clan. I hope that you can see how much of a danger it poses to all of them."
"Hokage-sama please you can't just let him mark me! I didn't ask for some crazy person to drug me then shove this eyeball into my socket in the first place!"
"Sango-chan you must calm down and act extremely respectful towards the head of the Hyuuga household. If you step out of line and offend him he won't even hesitate to brand you. Even then I won't be able to stop him. His clan is one of the noblest that still exist here today. Upsetting him would not be a wise decision. That's why I'm going with you. I am going to try and reason with him." Sarutobi informed the worried intelligent young girl sitting across from him. Before calling in his secretary to clear his afternoon schedule and told her that he would be at the Hyuuga compound, so if there happened to be an emergency- that is where he could be found.
"Hokage-sama, Hiashi-sama is now expecting you to visit."
"Arigato that will be all."
"I don't want him to put that curse seal on me. I can't stand the thought of someone having the power to control me or kill me in an instant." Sango was starting to understand how one could come to hate the main branch of the Hyuuga clan. 'I think I'd rather die.'
"I am going to do everything that I possibly can." He told her. As they neared the compound he placed his hand on her shoulder for support while they followed the branch member. They were led to the room where Hiashi was already waiting with the finest pot of tea.
"Hokage-sama." Hiashi greeted his eyes flickering over to glance at the lowly commoner girl that was standing outside the door.
"Hiashi-sama as you where informed. I have matters with the utmost urgency to discuss with you today. I apologize for dropping in so unexpectedly without giving you more warning."
"Hai." He motioned for the branch member waiting outside, to close the screen door.
'Now I can't hear what they're talking about.' She fidgeted around with her hitai-ite making sure it was securely attached to her head and wouldn't accidentally slip off.
"Sakimitama you know that you're trespassing on private property." Neji was surprised to see her standing outside the main branch house. No, he was actually more surprised that she was allowed to stand there and hadn't been escorted out of the compound.
"That would be the case if I wasn't brought here by the Hokage-sama. Do you really think I'd be stupid enough to come here? On second thought don't bother answering that." Sango would have called him 'Hyuuga' but … everyone here went by that last name.
"What business do you have with Hiashi-sama?" His eyes narrowed as he spat the honorific out, in his opinion that man didn't deserve such a title.
"Absolutely nothing that concerns you." She muttered snapping back around when the door slid back open. Revealing Hiashi who was taking great pleasure in looking into her eye with utter contempt, it was the way his eyes had narrowed and his mouth curled just by seeing her. There must be something about her that all Hyuuga's found repulsive or maybe it was their mentality which was passed from one generation to the next.
"Sango-chan please come and join us. Hiashi-sama would like to speak to you."
"Remove your hitai-ite," Hiashi demanded once the door was closed. "Look me in the eyes girl," One brown eye and the familiar snow white eye that belonged to his clan met his intense gaze. "Are you going to try and train yourself to use the Byakugan once you leave these premises?"
"If I may as Hiashi-sama, what would be the repercussion of such an action?" Sango bowed her head again. She hadn't forgotten the training her father had given. She had always suspected that one day he would marry her off to another clan, as a sign of peace to an opposing clan but as she grew older that fear vanished.
"You would immediately have a seal placed onto your head. Then if needed you would have to relocate yourself into the branch family house." Hiashi replied sipping his cup of tea. The girl was smart and she knew how to properly act towards nobility, unlike the rest of those fifthly villagers.
"Permission to speak freely for a moment Hiashi-sama," Sango wanted to grit her teeth together. "Is it possible for me to never show or speak of this eye by keeping it hidden under the Konoha hitai-ite, in return for training lessons on how to properly use it? I hope you can forgive me if my request is out of line. Currently there are only three other people that know if its existence but I give you my word that they won't speak of it."
"Hokage-sama who are the others she speaks about?" He contemplated the offer looking at the crown of her head that was still bowed to him. It was long overdue for the clan to add some fresh genes into their small gene pool.
"Her genin sensei, Ebisu-san and her two teammates Kushimitama, Miroku and Higurashi, Kagome I can also give you my word as Hokage that once they are informed none of them will speak of it." Sarutobi was surprised as she was trying to strike up a deal with the frightening clan leader.
"Hmm, I will allow you to keep that eye of yours and you will receive training on how to use it. However once you come of eighteen years age, you going to be marry someone of my choosing from within the clan and you are to live within Hyuuga compound walls or if you are ever to reveal that eye of yours willingly. You are to receive a cursed seal and move into the branch family house, effective immediately. Do you agree to these conditions?" Hiashi pulled out a scroll from his robe and dipped the end of a quill into a pot of ink writing everything one of the terms down on the piece of paper.
"I want you to really think about this Sango-chan." The Sandaime would let the girl decide for herself. This conversation was going a lot better than he thought it would. 'Hiashi must be in a pleasant mood.' Some sacrifices had to be made in order to get the things you want in life.
"Hai, I agree." A cunning plan had already formulated in her head.
Sarutobi closed his eyes. It pained him a great deal to think that a young girl would give her life away at such a young age. The sliding of the scroll in his direction made him open his tired eyes and he took the scroll and read it to make sure everything was exactly what she wanted to agree upon. He handed to Sango who read it twice then signed it and gave it over to him to sign as her guardian. Once everything was in order he handed the scroll back over to the clan leader who looked it over, rolled it up and then placed it off to the side of the table.
"Your training starts tomorrow come here directly after you're down with your squad I will have my first daughter, Hinata test your skills."
"I understand domo arigato gozaimashita [thank you very much]." Sango bowed respectfully before replacing her hitai-ite over her eye. Leaving the grounds with the Hokage following close behind her, she could tell that he wanted to say something to her but kept his opinion to himself. It didn't matter she could always move away or fake her death before eighteen. She smiled happy to know that she still had many options as long as she didn't have that cursed seal.
Preview: Uh-oh looks like Naruto, Sasuke and Kagome managed to get their hands on sake- and what's going to happen now that Kakashi is finally back in Kohana?
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