I was originally going to make this a backstory chapter like the last one, but then I would be contradicting what I said earlier about only updating it with a story chapter, so here we are. This takes place after last chapter, which if I forgot to mention took place at night at 7-8 pm, with this taking place 30 minutes later. However, this takes place before Dipper is captured by Sasuke and his team, just to explain the special appearance of a familiar face.
Also, this is the last chapter of 2014, so no more updates in a while, promise!
Now read and enjoy, and happy holidays from me, Exotos135!
(At Pacifica's Cottage)
Dipper, Kiniriko and Pacifica were sleeping peacefully, although Pacifica could not sleep for long as she was soon woken up by something nearby. "What is going on outside?" asked Pacifica as she got off her canine companion.
As Kiniriko woke up and got off her bed, she followed Pacifica to the windows, where the two saw a pair of male figures, one as tall as a grown man and one as tall as Dipper, talk about something. "I hope for your sake, apprentice, that this mission does not end in failure." chided the adult tall shadowy figure to the smaller shadowy figure. "It is your first, and primary, mission until you carry it out. Do you understand that?"
"Yes...master." answered the smaller shadowy figure, bowing as he did.
The girl and dog exchanged worried looks before seeing the rest of the conversation. "Your mission, is to find the prime cypher host going by the name of Dipper Pines, and once you have managed to confirm that he's all alone..." the figure took out a small shuriken surrounded by a blue aura, which he handed to the smaller figure before he finished. "Stab him with this, so that the beast gets stronger."
Pacifica looked surprised and confused in response, but didn't utter anything and remained quiet as the two figures continued to talk. "I will do as you say, master, I'll find the host and impale him with this. Should be no problem."
"Do not underestimate the difficulty of this mission, apprentice of mine, the cypher host will be guarded by the people that love him and other people as well, you should act only when you're completely sure that he's alone with nobody nearby. Otherwise, you will fail the mission."
"Understood."
"Good. You shall begin the mission once I get some more information about the cypher host's location. For now, rest."
With those words stated, the figures jump away and leave no trace behind, Pacifica frowning and walking to the door after seeing the conversation.
"Kiniriko, stay here, I gotta go outside for a while." instructed Pacifica as she reached for the door knob. "Make sure Dipper doesn't get hurt and that nobody enters. I'll be back soon."
With that said Pacifica opened the door, closed it and then jumped until she landed on top of a tree, jumping from tree to tree to Hidden Gravity as Kiniriko went near Dipper and sit down, looking firmly at the boy while occasionally looking at the windows or door when she heard something.
(Hidden Gravity, Stan's House)
Wendy arrived at the house, taking off her straw hat and drying it as she walked to the door. It was locked, as expected, so she simply used her minimal strength to jump to the roof and went down the chimney. The teenager managed to land safely, briefly feeling a bit of pain as she crawled out and got up.
"This place always feels like home." remarked Wendy, groaning in pain as her stomach wound acted again. "It is my best option to stay here, since this wound's pain will react faster if I keep walking. I'm pretty sure Stan won't mind, either way."
With that said, the girl took off her sword sheath and put it on a wall nearby, taking off her straw hat and putting in on a table after she did the former. Wendy took a deep breath once she saw a picture of herself
"Mind answering what are you doing with that picture?" asked a voice like Stan's.
Wendy screamed and turned around to see Mabel and Stan standing nearby, her scream of surprise changing for a scream of pain as her wounded area reacted once again.
"Ouch!" shouted Wendy as she softly gripped her wounded area, continuing with an angry tone as Stan and Mabel went running to check her up. "Stan, I-I told you that scaring me is not a good idea!"
"Yeah, sorry, I thought you already knew we were here." apologized Stan as he helped the girl get up.
"So, where is Dipper?" asked Wendy, noticing that the boy was nowhere to be seen.
"He..." started Mabel, looking away as the teenager waited for an answer.
"He what?" inquired Wendy, with hint of worry in her tone.
"He left." finished Stan before explaining. "Since he became a cypher host, he decided to become a missing-nin so that he doesn't endanger our lives."
"I just hope he is okay."
The peace was cut off when Pacifica fell from the chimney, landing, crawling out and then getting up and shaking off the coal that covered her as the trio looked on shocked. "Is this the house of the family of Dipper Pines?" asked Pacifica as she got up.
"Why...do you ask?" replied the perplexed Mabel.
"I'm Pacifica Northwest, better known as Pacifica Inuzuka to my clan and a select other ninja, and I come here to tell you two things." answered Pacifica. "The first one is that Dipper is safe with me, he's sleeping at my cottage and I left my canine companion back there, so she could defend him."
Wendy smiled and, although Stan narrowed his eyes in response, Mabel acted the most excited as she jumped up and down repeatedly. "That is good to know!" Mabel's excitement changed to worry once she realized the remaining thing Pacifica spoke of. "Just out of curiosity, what is the second thing about?"
"It's that he's in danger." bluntly stated the blonde, with the girls looking worried and Stan looking serious before she continued. "But don't worry, I have a plan that will definitely save him from being stabbed with a strange shuriken."
"How do we know we can trust you?" questioned Mabel, crossing her arms.
"Can you trust anybody else?"
Silence strucked the room and Stan, Mabel and Wendy had practically nothing to say in response, so they simply decided to go along with Pacifica. "What's your plan?" asked Mabel.
"Okay, so this is how it goes..."
(Shortly after the explanation)
"Are we clear?" asked Pacifica.
There was a long silence as both Mabel and Wendy nodded in response, while Stan was motionless, with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. He then opened them and gave the blonde his answer.
"I don't think we should do this, I mean, what if the trap doesn't work?" replied Stan. "And what if Mabel gets hurt? Have you thought about that? One of my grandchildren is already in pain, and I'm not willing to let the other suffer as well!"
"Everybody can die in this world, some sacrifices have to be made for the greater good." that wasn't enough to convince Stan, so Pacifica then added a more important detail. "And there is also the pretty important detail that, if Dipper Pines is killed, the beast will be released with his current strength, and go look for a new host, leaving thousands of innocents, civilian and ninja alike, dead along the way. Do you want that to happen?"
That was when Wendy and Mabel saw one of the rare times where Stan showed neither seriousness or anger, but a different emotion. The emotion in question being fear and shock. "No." Stan opened his eyes and stated the next with a serious tone. "Fine, you convinced me, but if this doesn't work, you're going to get a pretty huge complain from me!"
"I didn't expect any less." replied Pacifica before handing the trio three walkie-talkies. She then walked back to the chimney as she continued. "Okay then, memorize the plan, wait until I tell you with these walkie-talkies when the figure is starting his mission, and I'll go back home and give Dipper the news."
The girl went inside and then climbed the chimney, the trio exchanged worried looks as the girl left.
(Back at Pacifica's Cottage)
Pacifica opened the door and then closed it, somehow making enough noise to wake up Dipper. He yawned for a moment before opening his eyes and seeing the girl walk to him.
"Pacifica? Why are you up at this hour?" asked Dipper.
"I visited your house in Hidden Gravity, to deliver your family some news. Don't worry, I'll tell you these news pretty soon." stated Pacifica, Dipper getting a worried look before the girl finished. "Somebody will be on the hunt for you in a few days."
"WHAT?!" shouted Dipper in horror.
Pacifica covered the boy's mouth with her hand and then did the "shh!" gesture, looking around before she spoke. "They still don't know you're here, so be quiet unless you want to be stabbed by some strange shuriken." chided Pacifica before releasing the boy's mouth. "For now, Kiniriko and I will have our ears up if anybody tries to attack. You sleep over here and relax, we'll take care of any intruders. We also handed them a few walkie-talkies in case the figures are on the move, so that's covered too."
The girl and Kiniriko went back to their bed, Dipper covering himself and trying to sleep well after hearing what Pacifica told him. "By chance, did you knew how these figures looked like?" asked the boy.
"All I could notice was that one was as tall as a man, and one was as tall as you." replied Pacifica as she and her canine companion yawned in unison. "Again, don't worry, Kinirko and I will take care of them or anybody who tries to get you, so relax and go to sleep."
"That's easier said than done." thought Dipper.
Dipper closed his eyes and tried to get asleep, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do it. Pacifica noticed this, so she got off her bed and walked towards him, sitting on a side and covering herself with the bedsheet, turning to Dipper as the boy opened his eyes and noticed the girl looking at him.
"If you want, I could sleep with you until you're good to sleep alone." assured Pacifica, giving the boy a wide smile before she finished. "And before you say anything, I insist."
With nothing to say, Dipper simply smiled and hugged the girl before starting to sleep, Pacifica looking slightly shocked before she returned the hug and started to get sleep as well.
The End