Chapter Eight: Behind the Scenes
(A/N-S: Hello people of the world how -whoa... Why the hell are we here? We already posted a chapter didn't we?)
(A/N-K: Yeah we did.)
(A/N-Y: I got GM NASAI to give another chapter!)
(A/N-S: WHAT?! But I was kicking Kana's a** at Halo!)
(A/N-K: Oh please I was kicking your a**. I am the Queen of Halo!)
(A/N-S: That's not the point! We only give two chapters a week!)
(GM NASAI: I made a deal with Yuuki.)
(A/N-K: What deal?)
(A/N-S: Yeah, and why do you look miserable?)
(A/N-Y: GM NASAI bet me that I couldn't give Tora-baby a bath, groom her and put a pretty bow on her without one single scratch!)
(GM NASAI: I lost. Obviously.)
(A/N-Y: ... Tora-baby?)
(GM NASAI: That's what I said. Unfortunately Yuuki won and now I have to call that... thing... Tora-baby.)
(A/N-S: Sucks to be you right now.)
(A/N-K: You know Yuuki could've just healed herself. She is the medic.)
(A/N-Y: GM NASAI wasn't watching me.)
(GM NASAI: I chose to live rather than go through whatever hell Yuuki went through to give... Tora-baby a bath.)
(A/N-S: Ahh... So another chapter? Well what are we waiting for? The sooner we get this over with the sooner I can get back to kicking Kana's a**)
(A/N-K: F*** you!)
(GM NASAI: Kana! That's Itachi's job.)
(A/N-S: SHUT UP!)
(A/N-Y: GM NASAI does not own Naruto! She only owns us!)
People might ask to see the future and while it was handy, it was hard! If we weren't careful, our minds would fail and we wouldn't be able to tell what was real or not. Seeing everything before it happened had that potential. Especially when you were dealing with the 'who lives', 'who dies' questions. Most true psychics ended up committing suicide just to get away from it. Unfortunately we didn't have that luxury. (Not that me and my sisters were suicidal or anything. Dying once was enough).
But that little complication right there was why Lady Izayoi had us split the responsibility of seeing things. I couldn't see what my sisters saw and vice versa. It still allowed us to see the future but not everything. We just saw the necessary things. (We hadn't really paid much attention to the show when we'd watched it. Well I hadn't, I just paid attention to the battles and the funny parts.)
Luckily for us everything was going exactly the way we'd seen in the show.
The Preliminary Exams went as they should have, with the exception of Sasuke not being tired or having the Curse Mark. He still finished his fight with the same time because his opponent loved to talk and explain his jutsu. (What's the point of having a secret jutsu if you're just going to tell exactly what you can do with it in the first three minutes?) Orochimaru never noticed anything since Kana was still using her mind power on him. Although how she replicated chakra was a mystery to me.
Kabuto and his team didn't make it through the Forest of Death, which was primarily our fault that they couldn't get past didn't let them (I still didn't like Kabuto for helping Tobi during the War); which left Orochimaru in a sulking mood since Kabuto didn't remember him.
From where I'd been hidden using my invisibility Orochimaru was very put out. (Kana talked Yuuki and I into watching from the beams of the ceiling instead of having Orochimaru know we were in Konoha right now.)
(A/N-S: I didn't know Orochimaru was in Konoha before this.)
(A/N-K: It was a precaution. I wanted the element of surprise.)
(A/N-Y: You've been reading that 'The Art of War' again, haven't you?)
(A/N-K: Sue me but I would rather surprise Snake Face during the last exam then let him know we're here in Konoha right now.)
(GM NASAI: Then I suggest you continue with the story. Unless you want to reveal any other secrets?)
(A/N-K: Oops. Sorry. Continue reading people!)
Now that everything was going as it should be, we had to split our concentration for the rest of the month. Things tend to either end up going really good or going really bad at this time. All you had to do was watch a movie to know that some idiot screws it all up at this point and I was not going to let that happen here. We worked too damn hard!
(A/N-Y: Which movie does that happen in?)
(A/N-S: Basically every movie we watch. Someone always comes in and screws with the plan because they either wanted to help or it was just an accident/trap.)
(GM NASAI: She's right. Even happens in the cartoons nowadays.)
(A/N-K: Which cartoon did you watch that does that?)
(GM NASAI: Rise of the Guardians. Jack left the Guardians unprotected because he heard his sister calling him. Trap.)
(A/N-Y: HEY DON'T DISS JACK! I LOVE THAT MOVIE!)
(GM NASAI: Just saying. Anyways continue reading.)
Two weeks... Two weeks since the end of the Preliminaries and I had nothing to show for it.
I sighed from the rooftop I was on. To anyone I would look like I was reading a book, which I was, but I was also keeping an eye on Danzo and the two elders who were having lunch down below. (Like I said we had to split our concentration.)
Yuuki went to Gaara to try and talk sense into him. (Apparently he was the reason she was shy to even talk to him and his siblings. Which I found funny since Yuuki could charm Sasuke without blinking an eyelash.)To befriend him before the fighting happened. The only reason I allowed that was because I knew he wouldn't hurt her. What with them being soulmates and all. I actually saw them go into a weapons store because Yuuki wanted a new set of kunai. They seemed to be getting along fine, sort of.
Yuuki was dragging Gaara along.
Kana was making sure Kakashi was being a good sensei by actually teaching his students. Though since the preliminaries had ended she'd gave Sakura some more medical books and weekly visits to the hospital and to Anko (Despite my protests, I had to very grudgingly admit that Anko was good for her). We also left Kana to deal with Jiraiya peeking into the woman's onsen; the only way to do that was for him to train Naruto. She might have asked Jiraiya to teach his Godson the Rasengan much sooner. (He did learn it in a week.) But as long as I could bathe in peace I felt no regret in leaving her with the pervert.
That left me with tailing Danzo for the perfect opportunity to get rid of him. (Sarutobi didn't know this nor was I willing to share). Well him and the two elders he practically controlled.
But since they ate either in the comfort of their own home or out in public I really couldn't do anything without someone seeing me, or at least getting someone fired. I sighed putting down my crime novel, Izayoi had allowed me to keep this and it was also in English. (It gave me new ideas on how to kill).
Killing them was going to be harder than I thought, but I held out hope. I couldn't give them heart attacks since they weren't old enough, and let's face it they're ninja. I doubt they'd get scared enough to actually have one anytime soon. Nor could I pretend to be an enemy ninja without having the Chuunin Exams cancelled or postponed, and that was out of the question. Nor could I just go up to them and kill them. They were still Konoha Elders seen as 'good'.
Which left me with either poisoning them or just having Kana control them into doing suicide; and that would be a huge tip-off.
'Lady Izayoi? Do you have any ideas for this?' I prayed. She didn't answer but I know she still heard my plea.
I looked down at the street to see an herb store. I suppose I could look for something there. I did need some sage and thyme for spaghetti tonight. I put my book away and jumped off the roof. Killing Danzo would have to wait, for now.
I entered the store to smell various spices.
"Hello!" A young girl asked. "Do you need any help?"
"No, I'm just here for sage and thyme." I said distractedly seeing a bottle of oregano.
"Oh, I can get that for you." She smiled glancing at my headband. I don't think I had told her future. Great. I nodded not bothering to answer her. No doubt I wouldn't have to pay for anything from here.
My attention span soon broke. I ended up looking all around the shop for anything I could use for later. Paprika was a good alternate to sneezing powder. (Trust me, herbs were good for almost every occasion). My eyes fell on a small golden flower with black specks on its petals.
I frowned. That had certainly not been here when I'd walked in. Nor was it exactly listed as an herb anywhere. I picked it up.
A vision hit.
'Danzo and the elders were drinking tea, talking over some political crap. Inside the tea pot was the golden flower. It released a black substance that blended into the tea. When Danzo poured it the black substance turned amber. The Three old hawks drank the tea. It didn't take long before they started to choke. Within a few seconds they were dead.'
I smiled as my vision ended. Since the girl wasn't back yet I tucked the flower into a stasis seal.
'Thank you Lady Izayoi,'
"Here you go." The girl appeared from the back with two bags of herbs. I nodded touching her hand to see her future. I pulled back with revulsion.
"You should stop seeing your father's friend or you'll never find yourself worthy of your future husband." I grabbed my bags, put some money down and left. I hated seeing those... details.
I shuddered again before jumping back up to the roof.
Kana and Yuuki met me at the bridge Team 7 always met at later that evening.
"Any luck with the hawks?" Kana asked. I nodded feeling triumphant.
"Finally figured out the secret, it should be over and done with soon enough." I said. They nodded.
"What about panda-chan?" I asked Yuuki. She blushed.
"Don't call him that." I snorted.
"He's my future brother-in-law I'll call him whatever I like." Yuuki blushed even more.
"He's slow… Well actually he's dense. But I know he'll change before the final exam. I just need to convince his siblings of that."
"What about dog?" I asked. Kana rolled her eyes.
"The man is a mess. I don't blame him though. With some hard core managing he could get better. But his tardiness is going to be a thorn in my side. So is his asshole tendency."
"If he's still an asshole than there's still hope." Yuuki giggled.
"Besides, don't you have a thing for assholes?" I asked.
"Shut up." Kana growled. I smirked before waving my hand.
"In that case, we should reach our objectives soon. Orochimaru is still moving despite Kabuto's lack of remembrance."
"He's still going to attack?" Yuuki asked. "His want for revenge must be strong."
"Right on schedule." Kana said. "He still thinks Sasuke has the Curse Mark."
"He'll die this time." I said firmly. "Naruto doesn't have to worry about losing Sasuke anytime soon."
"In that case, we should get back to our hotel. I'm tired and I have to deal with Kakashi all day tomorrow." Kana yawned.
"You know you love his sexiness." Yuuki said. We laughed as Kana turned red. I teleported us to our temporary housing.
On the last day of the month I infiltrated Danzo's kitchen. Of course I was surprised at the two guards who were unfortunate enough to be patrolling (Seriously the guy has an entire army and he only has two on patrol?) but that was quickly remedied. I just went invisible and snuck into the kitchen. I 'accidentally' dropped the poisonous flower into the tea that tasted, to the unaware victim, like honey. I'd made sure of that by soaking it in the honey last night before throwing that out.
Of course it was fast acting and just like in my vision the Elders died soon after ingesting the flowers toxin. Any of the staff that saw were regrettably slain.
And since we didn't need anyone to know these guys had died until later, I hid their bodies in a stasis scroll. I just made a clone of the Elders and the others to keep the guards unaware.
My job still wasn't done since I still had to get evidence of Danzo's betrayal for Sarutobi. Which happened very quickly since Danzo had a filing cabinet of tests and theory's for Uchiha eyes. I decided very smartly not to look under the bandages on Danzo's arm. I wasn't that cold-blooded.
"Talk about easy as pie." I murmured getting all the files and doing a shunshin to the Hokage's office. "Sarutobi."
"Shina, nice to see you." Sarutobi smiled benignly. He gladly put aside the pile of paperwork on his desk. "What brings you here?"
"Unfortunately I have another stack of paperwork for you to look through." He sighed.
"Always with the endless paperwork. Why hasn't anyone made a cure for this dreadful curse?"
"They did." I said, amused. Oh Danzo's body could wait a few seconds. I wanted to see this play out.
"Then please, tell me!" Sarutobi insisted. I chuckled.
"It's actually very simple Sarutobi. Even Naruto learned about it though he doesn't know how it works exactly." Oh Sarutobi's expression was enough to have me laughing after this.
"My dear I am old. So before I have an aneurism, I beg of you to spare an old man's suffering and tell me the secret to this curse."
"Ah, gonna use the old man card huh?" I sighed disappointed. "Well if you insist. You know your sensei Tobirama Senju invented the jutsu Kage Bunshin right?"
"Of course." He nodded frowning not seeing the connection just yet.
"Have you ever used it?"
"Only when I needed to spy and that was very rarely in my life as an active shinobi." I chuckled not being able to help it.
"Then you'd know that whatever your clone knows gets transferred back to you, right?" I waited one full minute as the truth and clarity hit.
"… I have been such a fool!" He slammed his head into the desk.
"Lord Hokage!" Cat cried. I laughed aloud as she and Bird tried to stop Sarutobi from bashing his brains out.
"Stupid… stupid… stupid…" He muttered.
"I think I'll just leave this here and come back later." I said politely, not bothering to hide my snickers.
"Unmei would you-" I teleported out before Cat could ask me to help stop Sarutobi from killing himself. Honestly that image kept me laughing for the rest of the day. I didn't even pay any attention to the stares I got as I walked around.
Well, as it all played out, after Sarutobi stopped trying to kill himself and read the papers I'd put on his desk he sent ANBU to arrest Danzo. And since I made Koharu and Homura act as his loyal followers who knew everything Danzo had been doing, everyone started hating on my clones. Who I had fake their deaths. It was a perfect way to switch the clones and the real bodies. Not that anyone would give an autopsy.
Ninja's are too cool for that.
As the lies and betrayals were surfaced, no one cared much anymore about Danzo and the elders. In fact once Danzo's lair was found, everyone wanted to burn their bodies without honoring them properly.
The lair was full of the various clan members who'd gone missing through the years. Most of them were, sadly, dead. But enough were alive to testify that Danzo had been the one to hurt them, which made me feel better about burning the bodies later while no one was looking.
Not that anyone would see anything but a fire coming out of nowhere.
And there you have it. In a very spur of the moment type of thinking along with a few other accidents. I killed Danzo and the Elders.
A/N-K: Getting kind of full of yourself aren't you.
A/N-S: Hey at least I didn't kill Kabuto while I was at it.
A/N-K: What? Kabuto's dead?
GM NASAI: Yeah Yuuki killed him. About… three scenes ago before she met you and Shina on the bridge.
A/N-K: How the hell did I not know that?
A/N-S: You were too busy with Kakashi and Sasuke.
A/N-K: … That… sounded very perverted.
GM NASAI: Perverted or not it was true.
A/N-Y: I GOT ICE CREAM!... What'd I miss?
A/N-K: Why didn't you tell me you were killing Kabuto? I wanted to help with that!
A/N-Y: You were with Kakashi and Sasuke.
A/N-K: Grrr… That's not the point.
A/N-S: Well that's all the time we have for today!
GM NASAI: You can all thank Yuuki for either getting me to post another chapter after the last or for killing Kabuto. Doesn't really matter to me. But I can tell you not to fear. I will still be posting on Monday. This was just because Yuuki and I made that bet. Which I will not repeat any other time in the future. I have to say I'm very proud of this story. I got 540 already since Tuesday. That made my day. Oh and Thank you to Molly Grace 16 for reviewing the last two chapters. Read, review, and for Kami's sake stay insane! Efcharisto! (I believe that's Greek)