Okay, um… School started, I'm slow I'm in Montana every weekend for the next two months. We have to work with what we got. So don't bitch, please. I've only been at school for 2 weeks and stress is already piling. (For those who have been with me since the start of Evil Angels, think of how relived I was when I passed Math and Speech. It's as stressful as that times 10.) Anyways. Enjoy my hard work.
Ana's P.O.V.
I won't lie. I was still in some pretty bad pain from my fight with Itachi. But I would manage. I had pretty much numbed it by shoving Ayu in a cage and sealing her mouth shut. Metaphorically. I just told her to shut up, sit in the corner and think about her life. She had tried to convince me that it was just stress getting to the both of us and he wouldn't leave me and he loved me. I was just fed up with her optimism. I didn't really think it was stress getting to us. I believed that our true feelings had come out. I decided that as soon as my work here was done, I would be going back to the old world and raising my child there. I was just done.
Itachi and I were currently tree-jumping to our location. "Ana. Come on. Let's set up camp. It's going to take a little bit with the two of us and our meetings with them are tomorrow." He said. "Fine." I said in monotone. I grabbed the branch I was about to land on and flipped under and to the ground. He began to set up the tent and I gathered some fire wood. We were set up as the sun began to set so I began to search to wear I would be meeting Naruto and every one else. I slipped my hand in to my pocket as I walked. I checked the papers. Good, there were still two. I wondered why I would be handing them these notes when I wouldn't be around for them. If Tabetha came and said I sent her, I wouldn't be able to catch up and tell them otherwise. I sighed through my nose at the thought. I hope Miranda can handle it.
"How the fuck am I supposed to find what path they take when they used repeating trees all the fucking time?!" I yelled at the ground. I sighed. Yelling at the ground won't help me any. I leaned against the tree I was standing by. As soon as my palm touched it, an image flashed across my vision and I suddenly knew where to go. Call me crazy but I think the tree told me. I walked on and found the place I would meet with everyone the next day. I threw a kunai in to the tree I would stand in. "Sorry." I said. I truly believed that I had lost it. I thought that trees had feelings and could talk. I am losing my mind. Just wait, next I'll start naming them.
I sighed and climbed my tree. When I was in the spot I would stand tomorrow, another vision flashed before my eyes. A girl. She was a red head and had green eyes. She was tall, that's for sure and wore a dress of multiple colors. Green, blue, red, yellow, lavender, white, black, and midnight purple. I thought it looked terrible. When I blinked the vision clear, I wondered if she was an Uzumaki and if I would meet her in the future.
I shook my head and hoped down and began to walk back to the campsite. I ended up tripping over a root and catching myself on the opposite tree. Again, I had another vision. Only this time I was talking to Minato and Kushina. Minato and I were fighting tears. Kushina was hugging me. I shook the vision from my head and glared at the tree. "Really, Raymond? You're going to pull this shit on me?" I asked it. I turned around and pointed at the tree that's root had tripped me. "And you, Wyatt! Tripping me in to him! Meanie!" I said with a child like pout. Then I realized what I was saying and facepalmed.
"Great, now I'm naming trees after the kids I went to school with. Hey, I wonder what those two are doing now. I wonder if Raymond made it as an actor. Did Wyatt become a lawyer or a male model… Or did he get a sex change? Won't surprise me either way." I gabbed to the tree between the two I had named after my two hilarious guy friends. I patted the roots. "You know what I'm saying, Katrina, right?" I said then smacked myself. "Ana, you are losing your fucking mind." I said to myself and picked myself up and dusted myself off. I began to head back to the camp ground. "See you guys tomorrow." I said. I swear I heard my old friends say "Bye Ana." I shook my head and went back. I nearly ran in to Itachi.
"I was about to go look for you. Did you get lost?" He asked. I blinked. "No." I said simply and walked past him. "I tripped. Over a tree." I said and pulled an apple from my bag. I had a feeling that my child would be allergic to apples by the time he/she was born. I sighed.
I wondered how my kids would grow up with out a dad. Would they be as calm and collected as I was, or would they be rebellious like Kira? Would they be getting drunk at age thirteen or parents at age sixteen? These thoughts scared me a little bit. Maybe after the baby was born and I was back in Idaho, I'd get back with one of my old boyfriends. My gut clenched at that thought. "I don't think they want to leave. I think they want you to stay with their daddy. Who the fuck told you to leave the corner? I thought through my entire thirteen years of life. Well think through them again!" I rubbed my temples in stress.
Maybe I'll just say that Idaho was wiped out and I'm the only known survivor so far and go to Konoha. I thought. I tossed the core of my apple behind me. I heard it whack Itachi in the back of the head. Apparently we both had been lost in thought. "Ow." I heard him mutter. I fought down a smirk. "I'm heading off to bed now. Don't stay up to late. We are on a mission after all." I said and slipped in side the tent and in to my sleeping bag and fell asleep.
3rd person P.O.V.
Itachi stared up at the stars for an hour after Ana had fallen asleep. With a sigh, finally spoke. "I really messed up this time. What do I do to make it right again, mother, father?" He asked. He knew they wouldn't respond to him. He dropped his head and slipped his hand in to his pocket and touched a small jar. It contained Ayu's blood. Itachi found it funny. When Ayu first gave that to him on a mission, she told him that if he pulsed his chakra though it then she would come to him. Even though he had known she wouldn't have come to him, he had pulsed his chakra through it just before the black holes appeared and took the Akatsuki to that dimension. Maybe… He thought and pulsed his chakra through the jar.
The air around him shivered and grew cold. Itachi chuckled at himself. Of course she wouldn't appear. She was lying in the tent behind him.
"You called, Itachi?" A voice said. Itachi looked up. A ghostly pale girl appeared in the tree above him. It was Ayu from the last time he saw her. Anbu uniform, Namari blade on her back, mask on her hip, headband tight on her forehead. Itachi wanted to cry. "Ayu…" He said. "I know what you're going to ask Itachi. You want to know how to make things right between you and Ana." She said. Itachi nodded and sat next to Ayu. "I don't know what to do. Kira and I are working on a song to get her to stay, but, I can't sing that song." He said. Ayu sighed. "Itachi, you shouldn't be so prideful-" She started. "It's not a pride thing. It's her favorite song and I can't hit the high notes. I don't want to make her hate her favorite song because of me. I don't want her to hate me." Itachi sighed. Ayu smiled. "I have heard her favorite song two hundred thousand and twenty eight times. I'm sure that you can do it." She said. He shook his head. "Sing the chorus for me, maybe I can help." She sighed. He cleared his throat and sang the notes. She helped him figure it out.
"Well, it's time for me to go, and you should be heading off to bed. I don't think Kira will appreciate putting all that hard work in to this song and then you just die because you're too tired to fight." Ayu said. Itachi nodded and Ayu disappeared. He jumped from the branch and entered the tent. Ana was lying on her side, eyebrows pulled together and hand against her stomach. The baby wouldn't be kicking for another month, but Ana would still get messages from the baby. Itachi reached forward and stroked Ana's stomach. Her eyebrows twitched. "I know your upset about mommy and daddy fighting. Don't worry, kiddo. Daddy will make everything better again. I promise." Itachi whispered and lied down next to Ana.
Shay's P.O.V.
Early the next morning, everyone assembled to begin the extraction of Shukaku. Miranda and I sat with our backs to the wall half asleep as they all began. My phone buzzed at that moment with a text from Ana. "I'm on the move. How are things on your end?" She sent. "It has begun. Good luck with your delay." I replied. I felt my friend nod and continue on her way. Miranda sighed and pulled a small box from her pocket. "What are you doing?" I asked her. "What? We're going to be bored for three days. I thought we could entertain ourselves with card games." She said with a shrug. "Strip poker?" I asked. "Regular. I don't want to see you naked. I'm scarred for life by growing up with Ana." Miranda said. "Ana says, fuck you Miranda." Itachi said. "Bite me bitch!" She yelled back. "Challenge accepted, dick." Itachi said. Almost everyone laughed. It's funny because it was Ana's words with Itachi's voice. I'm sure that we all found it funny. Miranda was smirking and I'm sure Itachi was fighting laughter of his own.
Miranda and I began regular poker. "So, think every thing will be okay with Ana?" She asked. "I hope so." I said. "They better. I don't think I'd be able to manage life around here with out the girl with the most knowledge of this place around. Plus, I'd miss my best friend." I said. "Yeah, I would too. Ana's our strong card. We need her around. Letting her walk away would be like giving up a royal flush and having a straight flush in your hand. Then when you throw it down and now your opponent has the royal flush. Ultimately, we lose if Ana walks away." Miranda said. "You've been thinking this game through for a while, haven't you?" I asked, dropping my full house. She nodded and dropped a straight flush. "Yes, I have." She said and took the five dollars I set out with satisfaction in her eyes. I sighed. "All I can say is that after all this struggle, we better have the Royal flush to flush them out." I said. She nodded and dealed me more cards.
Ana's P.O.V.
I waited from my position on my tree perch. Once again, my crazy acted up and I had named the tree I was standing in Lia. Named after one of my most awkward friends from high school. I had smacked myself in the face three times for that. I felt the chakra of the four I was looking for. I raised my kunai and counted down. "3… 2…1…" I mumbled and then through the kunai as hard as I could. It flew across and stopped Chiyo, Kakashi, Naruto and Sakura in their tracks. "Who goes there? Show your self!" Kakashi yelled. "Kakashi?" I said and stepped out. "Naruto? Sakura? It really is you guys! I'm so relived. I thought that my traitorous cousin had realized she went right past me and was coming back for a fight." I lied. I pretended to notice Chiyo. "Who's your new friend?" I asked. "Oh, this is Granny Chiyo from Suna." Sakura said. I bowed. "Nice to meet you. I'm Ana Shinko." I said.
"Nice to meet you." She said. I jumped down and smiled at them. "Hey, Ana, did you come with Miranda and Kira?" Sakura asked. My smile dropped from my face and I stared past them. "No." I said. "Where are they?" Naruto asked. "They're… home." I said. "Ana, is everything okay?" Kakashi asked. "Yeah, every things fine. It's just over protective sister mode kicking in." I laughed it off. "I know that was aimed at me. Go back to the corner." I scratched the back of my head. "Anyways. What are you all doing out here? Mission?" I asked. "Yes. The Kazekage's been kidnapped!" Sakura said. "What? Garra's been kidnapped?" I asked. "You know Garra?" Naruto asked. "Well, not personally. I know his name. I was actually on my way to talk to him." I sighed. "Hey! Maybe you could help us get him back! Your Rasendori could help!" Naruto suggested. "I would love to, Naruto. But, um…" I said. "What?" Naruto asked. "I'm… not supposed to be getting in to any fights for a while." I said. Naruto gave me a confused look. "What?" He asked. A tick mark appeared on my forehead. "Naruto…" Sakura said. "What?" He asked. "She's pregnant." Sakura said. "WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN PREGNANT?!" Naruto reacted.
"She means there is a baby growing inside me." I said. For a moment, I thought Naruto was going to cry. "Wha~aaaat?" Naruto cried. "Calm down, Naruto. I'm pregnant, not dyeing." I said. "So, how did your boyfriend respond when you told him?" Sakura asked. I stared at the ground sadly. "Ana?" Sakura asked. I thought about how happy Itachi was when I told him. How he had pulled me right in to his arms with a stupid grin on his face. "I'm gonna be a daddy!" His words echoed in my head. I felt a little bit of loneliness and regret rise in me as a tear slipped from my eye. I drew a shaky breath. "I never got the chance." I said. "What happened?" Naruto asked, grabbing my hand gently. I looked up and wiped away the tear. "It's kind of a long story." I said. Everyone sat down and Naruto helped me sit gently.
I took a deep breath and began to lie through my teeth. "We were almost home, Kira, Miranda and I. We were laughing and having a good time and teasing each other. I hadn't told them I was pregnant yet, I was planning to surprise them with my boyfriend. We were only a mile away and I noticed that there was smoke rising from the village. Normally, I would have thought it was the smoke from the fires of the women making dinner. But there was something about this smoke that didn't seem right. We ran the rest of the way home and when I saw what was left… I screamed." I said shakily. "What happened?" Sakura asked, grabbing my hand. I bit my lip. I quickly stopped and took a deep and shaky breath.
"Everyone was dead. Men. Women. Children. Even the infants. We were terrified. We went searching the village, hoping to find someone alive. Then Miranda found him. Kira called me over. At first I thought something was wrong with Miranda. She was frozen to her spot. I didn't even think she was breathing. I asked her what was wrong and she said 'don't look.' I looked at what, or, who, she was staring at. It was my boyfriend. He had a sword, right here." I said and pressed my fist to my chest above my heart. I heard Sakura gasp. "He was still alive, but barely. He told me he loved me and said good bye. He said there were some people who escaped the attack. Then he died before I could do anything. We buried him and began to search for anyone else wounded, but alive. I recognized some Canadian uniforms." I said. "Canadians." Naruto whispered through his teeth. I nodded. "We hadn't found anyone else alive. Then we were attacked. By the last of the Canadians. There were six. We each went in separate directions, two to each of us. I was able to kill the two I fought, but Miranda, Kira and I were separated. I can only hope that their safe and maybe still home. As far as I know. I'm the only survivor." I said and ended my lie.
"Ana, come back to Konoha with us." Sakura said and squeezed my hand. I thought for a moment. I thought of all the girls in the Akatsuki and Tabetha and Tobi. Would they all manage on their own? Could I continue to dig myself deeper in lies and return to Konoha? Would it really feel like home to me? I reached my conclusion and I smiled at Sakura. "Thank you for the offer, but I have to refuse. As far as I know, Miranda and Kira could be hurt. There could be others out there that need me. I'm now the governor of what's left of Idaho. I have to find everyone and get them together." I said, making up my mind. "Okay. And when you do, come to Konoha, okay?" Sakura asked. I nodded in agreement. "I will." I lied. Sakura and Naruto hugged me. "Well then! We all better get on with our quests!" Naruto said as we all stood. "Oh, right! Sakura." I said and pulled the notes from my pocket and handed them to her. "When you get home, give the other note to Hinata. And you can't read these until January. Okay?" I said. "Okay. I won't read them until January." She said. "Promise?" I asked. "Promise." She said. I smiled and went on my way. "Bye guys!" I called. "We wish you the best of luck, dear!" Chiyo called after me. I dashed off. I found Itachi just barely in hearing range.
"You are a good liar, Ana." He said. "You heard all of that?" I asked lowly. He nodded. We stood in silence. "Well, time for you to get on with your mission. I'll meet you back with the others." I said. "Yeah." He said and we started apart. "Ana." He called. I looked back at him. "Yeah?" I asked. He struggled to find his voice. "You'd make a good actress." He said at last. I felt the hope in my heart drop. "Oh, thanks." I said and left.
Shay's P.O.V.
(A/N: I'm going time skip because I want to get this over with.) The three days were up and Garra was dead. Everyone had disappeared and we now sat in wait of Naruto and the others. Miranda sat on Deidara's lap and I sat on Sasori's back. "Ready for this?" Miranda asked me as we heard the second thump of them trying to break in. I nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be." I said and we wrapped our dragon necklaces around out wrists and in to our fists. Ready to show them before we made our run for it. With a sigh, Miranda kissed Deidara and I raised my hand to flip off Neji.
Neji's P.O.V.
"One is flipping me off." I said. Naruto laughed.
Shay's P.O.V.
"Alright. It's time." I said and on cue, Sakura broke through the wall. We braced ourselves. As they looked at us. Miranda kept her face hidden from everyone while I kept my face up proudly. The only one who could recognize me would be Naruto and He was too pissed off at Miranda and Deidara for sitting on Garra. "Garra! Wake up!" Naruto yelled. "Sorry, kiddo, He's dead and won't be waking up for a long time." Miranda said. Sakura blinked. "I know that voice." She said. "Let's skip Sasori's and Deidara's art argument and get along with the chase, shall we?" I said. Deidara and Miranda pouted at me. I rolled my eyes and Deidara tossed out the bird that scooped up Garra's body and flew out. Naruto and Kakashi chased after him. "Okay, girls, lets get all this blah blah over with. I'm Shay, that's Sasori, yes Chiyo, your grandson is a puppet. Okay, fight now." I said and sat down at the back of the cave and began to play solitaire. I got strange looks from the two women and then they skipped to putting the Chakra strings on Sakura.
Sasori caught Sakura with his tail and immobilized her. And to all the SasoSaku fans out there, NOT THAT TAIL YOU SICK AND PERVERTED BASTARDS! Ahem. Anyways. Sasori caught Sakura and began to talk. "I've know your every move from the start, thanks to Shay over there. As it turns out, she can see my future and she used a jutsu or technique of some sort called the Bokura Shidoku to show me. I would kill you, but as it turns out you are required to live. Just as it is required for me to tell you that I am supposed to meet a spy of mine in Orochimaru's flock at this bridge." He said and handed Sakura a paper. She warily took it. Then she finally heard the part about the Bokura Shidoku. "YOU'RE A SHINKO?!" She yelled at me.
"Okay, ow! And yes." I said. "Don't you know of what's become of your village? How could you betray Ana like that? She trusted you!" Sakura screamed. "Yo, pinky, will you shut Dafuq up for ten minutes and come with me outside? We'll have a little 'chat' while we wait for the family reunion to be over." I said and put away the cards in my pocket and began to walk out side. "And Danna." I called over. "What?" He said. "Go ahead and show granny your art and I'll be back in a few minutes. Oh, and don't kill her. I don't need another bitching at because you fucked up." I said. He groaned. "What, are you his mother?" Sakura asked as I walked past. I spun and punched her in the back of the head. "I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND YOU JACKASS!" I yelled. "Ow!" She said, rubbing her head. I dragged her out side and dropped her in the water. She pulled herself up and coughed. "What the hell?" She asked. I rolled my eyes. "Quit bitching and listen up." I said. She glared at me. "And get comfy." I said and sat down. On the water. Like a bad ass.
"Yes, I am a Shinko, and yes, Ana does trust me. To be a spy for her. She explains it all in her cute little notes to you and Hinata. She didn't know which one would go to who, so she starts both notes with 'dear Sakura and Hinata'. I'm going to give you a preview." I held up my wrist and showed my red and silver dragon coin necklace. "There are six other necklaces like this one in my hand. Including Ana's, Kira's and Miranda's. Each necklace is a different color. Mine is red, obviously. The others are black, amethyst purple, blue, chocolate brown, jade green and dark green. Trust them. We're still working on the symbol for the guys you can trust, I'll get back to you on that. Are you with me so far?" I asked.
"Uhm, trust red, black, purple, blue, brown, and the two green necklaces, you'll get back to me on the guys." She said. I nodded. "Good you've been paying attention." I said.
"There is another necklace out there. Orange. Don't trust that one. She's Ana's traitor cousin that I'm spying on along with a few others. We have revealed the truth of the future to some of the guys in the Akatsuki and they are on our side." I said. "Oh, so you took me out here because your boyfriend isn't on your side?" She asked. "No, baka. He is trusted. I didn't want Chiyo to hear." I said. "Why?" Sakura asked. "You'll find out. Trust me. Now, back on topic. Miranda and Kira are also in this spy group. And yes, there was once and Idaho, but not anymore. Ana will more than likely join us soon. Maybe. Now, Ana doesn't want us to release too much before the wa- erm… before it's time. So I've told you all I can. Now it's time for me to get my ass out of here. SASORI! TIME TO GET SHIT IN GEAR!" I yelled.
Sasori came running out, Hiruko gone. Chiyo ran after him. Apparently her plan was to turn us against each other. "You, girl! What is your view of art?" She yelled. "What? Is Deidara back and disguised as an old woman? True art, is life itself. Duh. Sasori, lets go!" I said and grabbed his arm. "Catch ya' on the flip side, pink brain!" I said Sasori and I teleported Dafuq outta there.
"Mission report?" Ana asked as the smoke cleared. "Mission status: fuck that up, Kishimoto! We kicked your plot line in the balls!" I said. Ana laughed. I wondered if Ana had just been sick because Ana was Ana-like again. Then I felt the fake of her laugh and knew Kira hadn't launched yet. Miranda and Deidara poofed in. "Cover blown to Kakashi and Naruto!" Miranda said. "Cover blown to Sakura and Chiyo." I said. "Good." Ana said, all seriousness returned. We all began our three hour trek home.
By the time we actually reached home it was dark. Itachi and Kisame and Amanda were already there. Amanda ran right up to us. "Oh, my Jashin, guys. It felt soooooo good to punch Lee in the face! And you totally missed when I popped out of the water, punched Neji in the face and He landed on Tenten and they kissed! It was like a party!" She said excitedly. Miranda and I laughed really hard. Ana had ducked quickly past Itachi and went in the direction that I assumed was the medic lab that Pein had granted her. "Okay, seriously, what the hell is wrong with my best friend?" Miranda asked with a scowl.
"We got in a fight." Itachi said. "And I think she broke up with me." Itachi said. "WHAT?!" We yelled. "FIX IT JACKASS!" We yelled. "Kira and I are working on it!" He said. "I hope by this time tomorrow, everything will be right again." He said. "It better be, or you will need the Irish Gods to help you and more." I said.
Okay, first of all, to get this cleared up, I do not know if the Irish have more than one god or not, I just made it that way so my story will work because I think Irish sounds like a very mystic language. So there.
IMPORTANT: Now, for next chapter, I ask you all to have Falling Slowly by Celtic Thunder ready for next chapter. Or Falling Slowly by Damian McGinty. Not downloaded, you can listen to it from a lyrics video on YouTube. Just start playing it when I tell you to go ahead. I can not let you imagine the epic-ness of this song because it is to epic of a song, plus it's my favorite song. Ok, see you later guys. If your good I'll make cookies!