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"How will we search for this Kabuto guy?" one of the asked.

"Well it's a summoning so he must be hidden close by in order to keep control over all of the people he revived." she said thoughtfully. "If that's the case…" she quickly performed some hand seals before stopping on the seal of the tiger. "Earth Style: Shadow Clone." The ground around them suddenly lifted up taking the size and shape of the brunette user. Soon their appearance began to clear up leaving three identical copies of Sayuri.

The four men looked at the clones in amazement. It wasn't often that they got the chance to see a ninja make clones up close.

"We'll split up." She ordered. "We will search the North while my clones will search the East, South, and West areas of the land for Kabuto."

"Right!" the three clones gave their original a firm nod before leaping in off in three different directions.

"All right let's…" Sayuri trailed off upon noticing two figures hiding amongst the trees. Sensing the two foreign chakras as well, the samurai took out their swords trying to figure out where the strangers were.

Slowly Sayuri crouched down and placed a palm on the ground making a single seal with her other hand. Her head snapped to the right where one of the intruders was located just before their chakra flared.

"Light Style: Beast Running Jutsu!"

"Scatter!" she ordered and quickly leapt away from the area, the samurai following her example just as a lightning shape hound pounced on them sending lighting sparks around the area it landed on.

"Water Style: Water Bullet!"

Sayuri's eyes widened in shock as five large dragon shaped water jutsu headed towards each person in the clearing. "Earth Style: Earth Barrier!" The brunette crouched to the ground a dome covered her and the four samurai just as the dragon struck. The domes fell in muddy clumps as the jutsu wore off, having absorbed the impact of the water bullet. The lighting hound roared but did not move from its spot at the center of the clearing

"You've grown, Sayuri." A soft voice caught the brunette's attention as she turned around.

"I'll say. Look at you executing advanced jutsu!"

Her breath caught in her throat as she stared at the two women before her. "Mother…Aunt Kaminari…" she managed to say as they stepped into the clearing.

"Sayuri." The silver haired one of the two smiled.

Vulnerability

There had been many times in the past that Sayuri had wondered what it would have been like to have a mother. When she recovered her memories, she wanted to know what would have happened if Tobi hadn't killed her. Would they be in constant arguments? Like she had seen Sakura and her own mother do so many times before, or would they have been close? Something told her that if the circumstances had been different she and her mother would have been close.

"You know these women?" One of the samurai asked as he and the rest of the men took a defensive stance, hands hovering over their swords.

"The one with the silver hair is my mother, the other is my aunt."

"They're summons from the Edo Tensei!" behind her the samurai tensed. "Does anyone have seals on them?"

"I do!" one of them exclaimed.

Kaminari tilted her head to look behind Sayuri who stood too stunned to move. "Samurai?" she asked before turning her gaze to Sayuri. "You're working with samurai now?"

"We're at war." Sayuri answered. "It's an alliance." Kaminari's eyes widened in surprise, beside her Nagisa simply stared at her daughter.

Her eyes are different…The silver haired woman thought. Her chakra is the same as before but her eyes…The older woman wondered as she continued to stare at her daughters now light and dark brown eyes.

"That would explain the different chakras dispersed across the land." Kaminari murmured as she rubbed her chin thoughtfully.

"What?!" a samurai exclaimed from behind. "How does she—?"

"Aunt Kaminari was in the ANBU as a tracker." Sayuri answered earning a smile from the dark haired woman.

Nagisa nodded at Sayuri with a gentle smile. "How is your father…?" Sayuri tensed. "I don't sense him here. Is he back in the village?"

"Yeah, where is my brother? I highly doubt he would let his only daughter go to war on her own."

When Sayuri didn't answer Nagisa frowned as she took in her daughter's rigid posture and downcast eyes. "What is it Sayuri?"

"Father…father died nine years ago."

"What…?" the silver haired woman asked taken aback. "H-how?!"

"Danzo poisoned the entire clan during the lantern festival, and burned the entire compound to the ground. I was the only one to survive."

Kaminari growled and clenched her fists. "I thought that after I died the clan would have been more alert. I guess I was wrong."

Nagisa glanced up at the sky. Her husband was dead, her sister in law was too, the entire Marihasha clan was gone, and her daughter had grown up without a family for nine years. While Kaminari seethed Nagisa turned back to her daughter with a saddened look.

"Calm down Kaminari. There's nothing we can do about it now. Besides we have another problem." The dark haired woman turned to her companion. "We're being manipulated. Whoever summoned us is making us attack them on purpose. I'm going to assume that we were chosen to serve as a distraction."

Kaminari crossed her arms and turned back to Sayuri. "You're going to have to go all out on us, understand." The brunette and the men straightened up. "Fighting is something that's completely unavoidable right now."

"I used to be a hunter nin when I lived in the Hidden Mist, like everyone in that field I specialized in silent killing. I use water and lightning based jutsu so stay on your toes."

"I use lighting based jutsu, I was also one of the fastest ninja in my village." Kaminari pointed at the lightening hound that had been standing quietly in the center of the field. "I can also hold chakra outside of my body and shape it any way I wish. I have the Zenshihai which means that I can detect your chakra and change mine to counter yours. You men," she smiled at the samurai "…are not exempt from that, everyone has a chakra nature."

"Stay alert Sayuri." Her mother ordered before raising her hands to her chest. Behind her the hound howled making the men take out their katana.

"If I were you I'd put those away. Metal is a good conductor for electricity." Kaminari said just before the hound pounced.

"Wind Style: Wind Barrier!" a dome of air caused the lightning hound to split into different directions as it collided with the shield.

"Good, but not good enough." The remnants of the hound quickly turned into four more each one facing one of the samurai.

"Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu!" Sayuri turned to her mother as the jutsu took its effect.

"Sayuri move!" Kaminari ordered just as she was about to strike her niece with her kunai.

The brunette stumbled back dodging her aunt's attacks as she swiped at her time and time again. Suddenly the older Marihasha was gone, only to reappear on her left sending a kick to the girl's abdomen. Sayuri collided with the ground face up only to watch as her mother suddenly yanked her up by the collar, pressing a senbon to her jugular.

"Captain!" a samurai yelled as he raised his katana to strike her mother. Nagisa pushed Sayuri back before disappearing into the mist. "Are you ok?" the man asked as he pulled Sayuri up.

She was about to respond when she heard the man cry out in pain. Behind him stood her mother with a bloody senbon lodged into the samurai's neck. She pulled it out allowing the man to flop down to the ground with a dull thud. Sayuri's brown eyes widened as she stared at her mother who, with a flick of the wrist, managed to free the senbon of blood.

"This is no time to hesitate!" She disappeared again this time appearing directly in front of her, the same senbon raised and aimed at her neck. Thinking quickly, Sayuri raised her arm causing the senbon to embed itself on her limb while at the same time punching her mother on the head sending her flying across the field.

There was a loud yell and clanging of metal against metal, suddenly one samurai after another were sent hurdling in her direction. Kaminari appeared after them weighing a katana she took from one of the men. The three samurai stood with much effort taking a defensive stance as they faced Kaminari.

"I apologize for the trouble I'm causing you men." Kaminari said as she allowed her chakra to spill all around her body and into the katana. "Sayuri," the brunette looked up. "I know this is hard for you, and that you don't want to fight us, but this is war. You are the captain of this squad. Your job is to keep them alive. Not have them protect you." She said sternly.

"But I—" Sayuri was cut off just as her mother appeared to her right aiming a kick at her head making her crash against a nearby tree.

"That's enough Sayuri! You're not a little girl anymore. You are a grown shinobi, act like one!"

Sayuri clenched her fists and pushed herself up, ignoring the sharp pain in her head. She wiped the blood from her lip and narrowed her eyes. They were right, she wasn't a child and she did not need protecting. She glanced at the men that stood back to back in an attempt to keep themselves from being attacked.

Suddenly her mother was nowhere to be seen, only to reappeared in between the men ready to strike them. Cursing under her breath Sayuri tackled her mother to the ground twisting her arm behind her back and shoving her face down on the dirt.

"Atta girl!" Her aunt exclaimed just before she rushed at one of the men, the katana still conducting the electricity.

"Move back!" Sayuri ordered as she kept her hold on her mother who struggled below her. "Don't let her touch any of you. If she does she'll paralyze you."

The men did as they were told leaping back and away from the dark haired woman. Sayuri's eyes widened as two large water dragons formed around her, both facing in her direction before they came crashing down. The brunette barely managed to back flip away as her aunt turned her attention to Sayuri who took out her own katana and blocked the strike meant for her heart.

"Nice job." Kaminari pushed the borrowed sword against Sayuri's own before her chakra quickly spread across to the other, reaching Sayuri's arm. The girl pushed back with a smirk as her aunts purple lighting jutsu began to spread all around her. "What…?"

"I mastered the body current jutsu long ago." Sayuri continued to push Kaminari back. "I haven't been able to use the Zenshihai but I can still manipulate different chakra natures, it's something Moriyo has been helping me in." Kaminari's eyes widened as her lightning suddenly burst away from Sayuri's form pushing the woman away from the brunette.

Nagisa turned her attention to Kaminari as she skid to a halt before attacking the men who fused their chakra with their swords and blocked her attacks. Gradually the mist became heavier making it harder for the men and Sayuri to see. A sharp cry of pain echoed in the clearing catching Sayuri's attention. She turned back to her aunt as she slowly began to disappear behind the mist. She heard another cry and a thud before she realized what was happening.

She rushed to their general location cursing herself for being such an idiot. Her mother and aunt were splitting her up from the samurai on purpose. They weren't after her, they were after them. The samurai were the most vulnerable in this situation not her.

Bird, hare, horse, ram! Sayuri formed the seals as she reached the two women. "Wind Style: Wind Wave!" Sayuri took a deep breath and exhaled causing a sharp gust of wind forming pushing the two women back, their backs colliding with the trees. Two men were struggling to get up from the ground while one stood with his katana out facing the two women.

"Can you move?" Sayuri asked as she sat the two men up both of them giving her a firm nod before standing up and picking up their swords.

"What do we do?"Asked the one that had managed to evade Nagisa's and Kaminari's attacks.

"We stick together." Sayuri stepped in front of them and watched as the two women pulled themselves up, their wounds automatically healing. "And you attack when I tell you to. Fuse your chakra with your swords."

"Right." The men tensed as Nagisa pulled out two kunai while Kaminari shaped her chakra into a sword.

"It took you too long to figure it out, Sayuri." Nagisa scolded. "You must be more alert."

"Yes mother." Sayuri smiled at her before Kaminari decided to attack.

Eyes turning bright red the woman formed a single tiger seal. "Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!"

"Water Style: Water Wall!" Just as the fireball hit the water Sayuri quickly formed eight new seals before clapping her hands together. "Water Prison Jutsu!" Nagisa and Kaminari gasped as two water clones formed behind them, before encasing them into two domes of water.

Nagisa quickly formed two seals and broke the jutsu before disappearing into the mist. "Although it's a good jutsu to keep Kaminari in place, you should have known better than to use it on me."

Sayuri closed her eyes and waited. She felt as her clone struggled to keep her aunt inside the jutsu. In a blink of an eye Sayuri moved quickly in front of the last samurai on the left, a katana in hand as she held her mother back. The woman raised her fist but Sayuri caught it, just as the silver haired woman turned in an attempt to elbow her daughter. Catching on to her mother's plan, she pushed the woman away before leaping into the air on her side as she twisted her body with one foot out, aiming for the silver haired woman's face.

Nagisa leapt back, sharp light and dark blue eyes widening in surprise at the small crater that had formed where she had been standing not too long ago. She turned to her right where her daughter appeared and managed to catch her wrist just narrowly escaping being struck by the girls wind blade. Just as she was about to break Sayuri's hand, the girl took her by the neck.

Sayuri's, light and purple eyes began to shift into two different yellow hues. "Lightning style…" she closed her eyes sadly as she felt her mother grasp her hand. "…Electromagnetic murder." From her hand she managed to electrocute her mother who cried out in pain at the intensity of the jutsu. "Now!" She yelled.

The three samurai jumped and ran their katana through Nagisa's sides and back reminding Sayuri once again of her mother's death. She pulled back and stared into her mother's eyes. "Seal her while we still can!" she ordered the men one of which quickly took out two a seals and placed them on the silver haired woman's back.

"You knew I'd escape first." Nagisa smiled as she slowly began to heal, Sayuri nodded. "You've grown into a great konoichi." She smiled at her daughter. "I'm proud of you…and I'm sure you're father would be too."

A tear ran down Sayuri's cheek as he mother was sealed off, the body she was using falling to the ground quickly turning into ashes. The mist around them began to clear up allowing them to get a better look at the fallen ninja. Sayuri turned to her aunt who remained trapped within the jutsu.

"You did wonderful Sayuri, gentlemen." She applauded. "However it's going to take a lot more than that to seal me away."

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There was a light tap as Sayuri's earth clone landed on a branch. She looked around the area before deciding it was safe to move back down to the ground. The girl reached for the grass with one hand, forming a seal with the other as she closed her eyes.

She had to find Kabuto and stop the summoning as soon as possible. Her other clones were elsewhere searching the land for Orochimaru's lackey, as far as she knew they still hadn't found him yet either. She frowned when the chakra's she was able to sense all belonged to other ninja. Taking a look at the sky Sayuri's clone sighed before she pushed up from her knees in order to get up.

The clone gasped, eyes widening in horror as she felt something run through her abdomen. She managed to turn her head in order to face her attacker recognizing him as Black Zetsu before crumbling to the ground.

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"So Moriyo became your sensei?" Kaminari asked as she avoided a kick to her abdomen and swiped her hand to send a few lightning senbon in Sayuri's direction, all of which the brunette avoided as she back flipped away from them. Kaminari's eyes began to turn bright red and she wove through a few hand seals. "Fire Style: Dragon Jutsu!"

"Yes…" Sayuri rolled off to the side and watched the Samurai attack her aunt head on. "But she came after Kakashi-sensei."

"Kakashi?" Kaminari echoed momentarily distracted allowing one of the men to strike her leg. He pulled back ready to strike again but caught the man by his collar and punched him in the abdomen before throwing him away from her.

Noticing how her eyes changed from red to green Sayuri rushed to the samurai's aid, pulling him away just as the ground spiked up from under him. Suddenly Sayuri yelped and held her abdomen leaving an opening for Kaminari who quickly rushed up to the brunette, arm holding a molded wind blade. A samurai quickly blocked it and pushed the woman back just as the other two aimed their swords at her back only to strike the air as the woman swiftly moved aside. Bright lilac eyes turned to Sayuri who held her abdomen, her face devoid of color before suddenly turning and around and throwing up. Kaminari stopped attacking and watched as her niece panted trying to regain her breath.

"One of your clones was struck down, wasn't it?" Sayuri held the back of her hand to her mouth as she turned to the older Marihasha. "That's a downside of our kekkei genkai. While we have the ability to change our chakra natures and manipulate clones for longer periods of times and greater distances than others, it is also what makes us vulnerable." She pointed at her currently lilac eyes as they slowly reverted back to their normal golden hue.

"Through our eyes our enemies can see our chakra natures and plan accordingly." Then she pointed at the center of her chest. "And every time we make a clone, it's like a piece of our soul goes with it. There is a stronger bond between us and our clones than there are with other people. The pain they felt we feel." Kaminari began to move again, disappearing into thin air.

"Where did she go?!" One of the samurai demanded as he looked around the clearing.

"Damn it, she moves too quickly for any of us to be able to tell where she might strike next!" Another exclaimed as he raised his katana and scanned the area. Sayuri stepped back trying to locate her aunt until her gaze fell to the ground.

Acting quickly Sayuri made five seals. "Earth Style: Earth Flow Wave!" The ground below them raised the samurai and Sayuri high into the air taking the shape of a wave, creating a crater, and leaving Kaminari in the center.

"Good move…" She acknowledged before leaping up after Sayuri. "Lightning Style: Art of the Rampaging Tiger." Sayuri leapt down from the rock while making the other rock shaped waves holding the samurai move around protecting them from the jutsu.

"Earth Style: Earth Roots!" The ground below them shook as the roots from the surrounding trees latched on to Kaminari holding the Marihasha down just as Sayuri leapt into the air taking out her katana and formed a single seal. "Wind Style: Beast wave palm!" she rose her arm and swiped her hand down catching Kaminari by surprise.

Not being able to pull away in time she closed her eyes and took the hit. She was send flying back up against the crater. Quickly Sayuri formed three seals making the roots shoot out and pin the woman down.

"Let's move!" A samurai yelled as he leapt down throwing two seals at Kaminari, one at her chest the other at her abdomen.

The woman smiled at Sayuri who leaned on her knees panting heavily. "You did great Sayuri!"

"Thank you." She managed to say as she fell to her knees.

"Be careful with your chakra. Your mother noticed it too, I'm sure of it." Sayuri turned to her aunt in confusion. "It's giving you trouble because you haven't mastered it, that's another thing about our clan. We're all inclined to using jutsu but we are the worst at controlling our chakra. It takes years for us to fully hone our own power. Your father was one of the best at that. You and I are similar in that our chakra is still not under our complete control."

"It sure didn't feel that way to us." Grumbled one of the samurai who held his hand in a single seal.

Kaminari giggled and shook her head. "Believe me, had it been Yūkan fighting you'd all probably be dead. Be thankful that it was me and not him you had to face off against." She turned her attention back to Sayuri. "Hurry and find whoever is doing this and stop him." Sayuri nodded. "Oh! Tell Moriyo thank you…and tell Kakashi…" the woman hesitated. "…Tell Kakashi that I still love him." She grinned.

"I will." Sayuri watched as her aunt slowly turned to ashes slipping through the roots that had held her down.

A.N.

Sorry for the delay, my computer was acting up on me and wouldn't let me connect to the internet. I'm working on the next chapter and I'll upload it as soon as I can. Thank you for being patient with me and please review and tell me what you think :)

P.S.

Noel Ardnek, I'm going to make the adjustments and finish up your drawing :) I'm sorry it's taking so long.