Chapter 11: Countdown, 5 days until the finals

Jess's POV

When I got up the next morning I decided to train some more so I can work on my chakra control, I got up and had a shower before going downstairs to find Georgia reading a scroll "wha' cha reading?" I asked getting myself some breakfast "it's a list of handsigns and some low level jutsu, just things like the shadow clone jutsu and substitution jutsu" she replied, rolling the scroll back up "cool, so what happened yesterday when I was shopping? I heard there was a commotion at the hospital" I said taking a seat opposite her "well yes, you see Momo woke up first and started saying that it was her fault that Tamara was hurt. She then toke off crying and sorta went missing. Well when Tamara woke up she asked where Momo was and we had no idea, well Tamara exploded. She really got pissed off, her eyes were red and her chakra went through the roof, she tried to leave to go look for Momo but because of her injuries Uta and I told her she couldn't, she then started throwing things and setting things on fire (unintentionally of course) not to mention she just about literally kicked us out and threw punches or objects at anyone who tried to walk in the room" Georgia explained "you idiot, you actually told Tamara that she couldn't look for someone she cares a lot for?" I asked in disbelief, Georgia nodded sadly and sighed "well after 10 to 15 minutes of her rage, Momo turned up at the hospital with someone you'll never guess" she told me "Sakura?" I guessed, Georgia shook her head "but no one else comes to mind" I told her "she came with Neji-"

"What? You're fuckin' joking, right?" I asked in utter shock, that the cold-hearted, stick up the ass guy who spouts destiny crap brought Momo back to the hospital, Georgia shook her head "no, Momo was clinging to his leg when she called out to us, it was so cute" she said, little sparkles in her eyes.

"Okay" I replied, laughing nervously for I had never seen her like this before "I'm going training with Yuki" I added backing away "okay, have fun and don't over do it" Georgia told me, waving me off.

I left the house and walked down to the closest training field and called Yuki out. Yuki materialized next to me "so you want to train some more, huh?" she asked "of course" I said, grinning.

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Georgia's POV

After Jess left the house I decided to go to the hospital to visit Tamara and Naruto if he was up, gathering my things I left the house locking it up after me.

Walking down the main Konoha I noticed that there weren't many people up so I decided to stop off at Ichiraku for a late breakfast, walking in I saw the owner (couldn't remember his name) and Ayame "welcome" she said "hi, is it to early or can I order now?" I asked not really knowing when they open "nope you can order now, we opened around half an hour ago" the owner called out to me, I checked my watch, 10:00, and put it to memory that they opened at 9:30 "well I hope its as good as I was told, I've heard nothing but great things about Ichiraku ramen from Naruto-kun" I told them as I sat down "oh, how is Naruto?" Ayame asked "good, he's in the hospital now but he'll be fine by the finals" I told her, Ayame placed a bowl of ramen in front of her "well here you go, hope you like it" she said cheerfully "thank you" I said and started eating, I looked up to see Ayame and her father looking at me strangely "um, is there something wrong?" I asked, they looked at each other before looking back at me "you didn't say 'ikadekimasu'" Ayame's father commented, my eyes widened "oh god, I'm sorry. It's just that where I come from we never say anything before we eat" I told them slightly bowing "oh really? Where do you come from?" Ayame asked sounding really interested "I come from a long, long way away. I come from a place called Australia it's over the seas" and dimensions but no need to mention that I thought as Ayame grinned "wow that's amazing" she said as I began eating again, when I was finished I chatted with Ayame for a little while, I jumped when my phone went off "what the-?" I pulled out the phone and answered the call "hello?"

"Ge-chan?"

"Sara? Why are you calling me?" I asked as I pulled out some money that I got from the Hokage to help us settle in "well I'm worried shitless about Nii-chan and no one was answering their phones, now tell me… HOW IS NII-CHAN?" Sara shouted, I held the phone away from my ear as I handed the money to Ayame "I gotta go, I'll be back sometime" I told them and walked out of the shop "now Sara don't shout in my ear. Tamara is fine, she is in hospital again with a nice big slash going down her back-"

"WHAT? I'LL KILL THAT FUCKIN' IMMORTAL BASTARD!" Sara screamed, I heard a few rustles and clanks before a slam "umm…?"

"Sara has gone to kill Hidan" Tayla's voice came through the phone "well I'm not worried, he'll live. And Tamara's not hurt hurt, I mean yea she's hurt bad but the only thing that was bad is she completely demolished the hospital room when she woke up because Momo was missing" I said dismissing the whole thing as I walked towards the hospital "yea, that's sweet. Anyway you're staying in Konoha right? What are you going to do about the invasion?" Tayla asked, I sighed and looked up at the sky "well we haven't talked about it but knowing Jess she'll go after Gaara without a second thought, Tamara will most likely go after her and I will go to the wall to help with the summons. Uta and I can take them out" I said with a grin "I really shouldn't have asked, I should have know that" Tayla replied, I could hear the smirk in her voice "yes well I also think that Jess might also go for Orochimaru, after all he is the one that gives Sasuke the final push to leave the village" I explained as I stopped moving "well that could be bad, she is no match for that guy" Tayla commented "I know b-"

I was cut off as loud bangs and thumps coming from the phone "what was that?" I asked, I waited for a few minutes before Tayla replied "it looks like Sara found Hidan, I wonder if he's going to be alright?" I paused in walking "he? Don't you mean she?" I asked, Tayla laughed "unless you're calling Hidan a girl, no. you know what Sara's like when she's angry" she replied, I smiled "I guess, but what if Hidan doesn't hold back?" I asked "well nobody is allowed to kill us under threat of you guys exposing all their secrets" Tayla told me, the sounds of the fight getting louder "well I better go, I'm about to intervene on Sara's fight" Tayla added "alright I'll talk to you later" I said before hanging up.

As I walked to the hospital I saw Hinata walking around "Hinata!" I called out and watched as her head snapped towards me "uh-uh who a-are y-you?" she asked as I stopped next to her "hi, I'm Georgia"

"You're o-one of the o-ones th-that appeared o-out of n-n-nowhere" Hinata stated, I nodded "yes that's me, I was wondering if you would like to come to the hospital with me? I'm going to visit my friend Tamara and going to see if Naruto is awake, you want to come?" I asked her "um… s-sure, th-thank you f-for inviting m-me" Hinata replied "don't worry about it" I said with a smile and started walking again with Hinata trailing behind me.

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Normal POV

When Georgia and Hinata entered the hospital they saw a lot of nurses running around "what's going on?" Georgia asked, one of the nurses closest to her stopped "one of the patient is on a rampage I think it was, at first she was complaining about not being permitted to leave the hospital then she started screaming and before we knew it we were forced out of her room" she said, Georgia sweat dropped "please don't tell me that the patients name is Tamara?" she questioned "um yes I believe that's her name, do you know her?" the nurse asked "yes, can you please take me to her" Georgia replied, the nurse nodded and took off down one of the corridors with Georgia and Hinata behind her "is T-Tamara-san always like this?" Hinata asked "well… yes and no, she is only like this when she's pissed off or I think this time it's because she's in the hospital (don't like 'em). Anyway, most of the time Tamara is so quiet that you'd forget she's even around" Georgia explained "o-oh"

When they reached Tamara's floor they could see chaos everywhere, there were scorch marks and wet patches all around the corridor with Tamara standing in the middle "Tam!" Georgia shouted, Tamara's head snapped up showing her tear filled eyes that were swirling red and blue "Tamara what's wrong?"

"The… pain…" she gasped out, Georgia's eyes widened "oh right" she said quietly "that is another reason" she said quietly to Hinata who was staring wide eyed at Tamara "if there is one thing that scares Tamara to no end, its pain. Sometimes this is the reason why she is so emotional, but its physical pain she's dealing with right now, and she probably held it in when she got the wound and now in all came at her full force when the morphine wore off, but what can I do..?" Georgia wondered "would you like me to stop her, harm free of course" Uta asked as she materialized beside Georgia "you can do that?" Georgia asked, Uta snorted "can I do that she asks" she said before flinging a hand out towards Tamara, a bunch of pink feathers flew around Tamara and after a few seconds she slumped to the floor "wh-what did you d-do?" Hinata asked as Georgia ran over to her friend "oh I just put her to sleep" Uta replied as Chi materialized next to Tamara "and where were you?" Uta asked as he picked Tamara up "I couldn't get anywhere near her with her powers that out of control, I also would have gotten hurt" He said with a sigh "her powers?" Georgia asked, Chi sighed "it's hard to explain so I'll write it down with a brief explanation" he told her as he laid Tamara on her hospital bed, he then grabbed a pen and paper that was sitting on the nightstand and started scribbling words down "so basically the best way I can put it is… you noticed Tamara's eyes change colours right? Well that's because her mood changed, so to put it simply her eye colour and ability change with her mood like so" he explained and handed the sheet of paper to Georgia who read it.

Sky Blue – Sad/ Depressed – Water.

Red – Angry – Fire.

Dark Emerald – Determined/ Nervous – Earth.

Hazel – Happy/ Surprised – Air/Wind.

Dark Blue – Scared/Pain – Lightning.

Black – Nothing – Darkness.

Purple – Love/ Embarrassed – Medical/ Plants.

"I think I get it now" Georgia said "cool, oh and also can you give that sheet to Neji he told Tamara that he'll help train her with her powers (ever though he has no clue what they actually are)" Chi told her, Georgia nodded "sure" putting the sheet in her pocket "I'll look around the training area's when I go visit Jess" she turned to the doctor that had just walked through the door "how bad is her wound?" she asked "are you family?" he asked "yes" Georgia replied without hesitation "well to tell you the truth her wound is healed, granted she has a huge scar across her back but other than that its fine" Georgia sighed "so it was that pain"

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Tayla's POV

After hanging up I walked down the hall towards the banging and crashing sounds, I came across a room I think was a rec room or something "you bastard! I'll kill you!" I heard Sara shout before half the room was engulfed in flames barely missing me in the door way "you bitch! What did I do?" Hidan shouted "what don't you do?" I asked making my presence known "and Sara stop attacking him, Tamara's fine, yes she's hurt but she's already up and about" I added looking over at Sara who was being held back by Tobi, Sara stopped struggling "really?" she asked, I sweat dropped "yes and you would know that if you listened to everything Georgia was going to say instead of running out to try and kill the idiot" I told her, she laughed nervously "I knew that" she said rubbing her neck "alright I'm hungry time for food" she said cheerfully as she rushed out of the room "what was that about?" Hidan asked, I turned to look at him, he had lots of burns covering his body and a few minor cuts and a major cut along his arm "she found out Tamara's condition" I told him "you're a bit better looking than I thought you would be when Sara found out Tam was in the hospital" I added and left the room to follow Sara to the kitchen "clean up before you leave" I shouted to him and smiled when I heard a string of curses coming from Hidan.

"You should be careful, these are criminals you're dealing with, every single one of them has taken a life" Sayu spoke up suddenly materializing beside me "I know but I also want to try and make them at least a little good… they are all going to die (laugh) hell I could even tell you the order in which they die" I stopped and looked out the window watching as the rain pounded against it "I just want to do something to stop that… I don't want anyone to die. Even the Akatsuki have hearts whether they want to believe it or not and Tamara agrees and wants the same thing" I told her, Sayu gave me a side hug as one of her tails curled around my waist "so that's what you whispered about before she left, I'll try and help as best as I can" she said, I smiled up at her "thank you, if this works, hopefully there will be no war"

I turned around and scanned the area "is something wrong?" Sayu asked, I shook my head "no it's fine I just though I heard something" I said turning back around "now let's go eat before Sara demolishes the kitchen" I added laughing.

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A shadow waited until Tayla and Sayu were out of the corridor before stepping out of the shadows "is it possible for no war? She did say we all die, does that mean that Akatsuki fails?"

"I don't know much about these girl but I do know that they have never been in wars before" the person spun around to see Itachi standing there "Itachi, you were listening in too?" the person asked "yes, I feel that the girl was telling the truth… what do you think Konan?" Itachi asked, Konan looked back at the window where Tayla was standing "I don't know what to think but it looks like Tayla doesn't want any of us to die, even though she knows what kind of things we've done, I want to talk to Pein about this before I make any decisions" she explained and began to walk off "Konan" she turned to look at Itachi "it might be just me but it also sounds like they know about him" he told her before disappearing, Konan sighed "I thought that to but what can we do?" she said to herself.

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Tamara's POV

I slowly opened my eyes "what happened?" I asked out loud "you got the full blast of pain from your wound on your back" was the answer I heard, slowly sitting up I saw Georgia, Uta, Chi and… Hinata? Sitting around my bed, I winced as I got a sharp sting in my back when I sat up "don't move it'll hurt" Chi said "it's a bearable pain" I replied and looked at Hinata "hello, I'm Tamara, I'm sorry if I caused you any worry or scared you before" I said with a soft smile on my face "o-oh no i-it's fine, my na-name's Hinata Hyuuga, it's n-nice to meet you" Hinata replied slightly bowing in greeting "nice to meet you too, you don't mind me calling you Hinata do you?" I asked, Hinata shook her head "o-of course n-not" she replied, I smiled "thank you, how are you feeling?" I asked and watched as Hinata gave me a confused look "I mean you got pretty hurt in your match with Neji so I was wondering if you're alright" I explained, Hinata's eyes widened "oh I'm f-fine" she said going red a bit "oh good that means I won't have to hurt him that much" I said happily then laughed at the questioning looks I got from everyone but Chi "well the first time I met Neji I gave him a small lecture the stomped on his foot for what he did to Hinata in that match, you should have seen his face" I told them with a huge grin, Hinata looked surprised while Georgia was shaking her head with a small smile "I think his ego and pride was hurt more than anything, I mean getting hit by a girl with no ninja training, I would be hurt to" I added then paused "wait no I wouldn't, where I come from no one has ninja training, oh well"

"I think we get it Tam" Georgia said with a smile "you also might want to call Sara, she called this morning and when I explained what had happened to you she ended the conversation with, and I quote 'I'll kill that f****** immortal bastard!' so I think you should let her know you're okay" I sighed and shook my head "so she ended the conversation with an oxymoron, that's Sara for you. Alright I'll call her now I guess" I grabbed my phone from the bedside table "then, in that case I'm going to leave, I need to give Neji the paper and then go find Jess and have lunch, Hinata would you like to have lunch with Jess and I we'll only be having raman" Georgia said, Hinata nodded "sure, I'll be happy to" she replied, I frowned "what paper?" I asked, Georgia pulled out the sheet of paper and handed it to me "it's what I know about your powers" Chi explained "I asked her to hand it to the boy 'cause you're not going anywhere anytime soon" I frowned and looked around "what cha looking for Tam?" Georgia asked "a pen or pencil" I replied "oh I h-have one i-if you like" Hinata offered "I-I needed t-to go shopping l-later, so I c-carry one w-with me in case I n-need to add a-anything to t-the list" she explained, I smiled "you don't have to explain Hinata it's fine, thank you" I told her taking the pencil from her "what do you need one for anyway?" Georgia asked "just jotting down a little side note for Neji, please make sure he reads it before you leave" I told her as I scribbled down my request.

Folding the paper again I handed it back to Georgia and waved as the three girls left "wait where's Momo?" I asked noticing the missing weasel "she was sleeping at the end of the bed a second ago" Chi mentioned looking around himself, I was about to fling the sheets off and go on another rampage when the door opened to reveal Uta "just to let you know Momo has decided to come with us, she said that she wants to see Nii-chan" she told us "what n-"

"Thanks Uta, tell her she needs to stay with him until Georgia or Jess comes to get her" I told her cutting Chi off, Uta glanced at Chi before nodding and leaving "why? You know I hate humans, so what makes you think I want to leave my daughter in the hands of one?" Chi growled. I sighed "Chi I know you hate humans, but you're willing to try and trust me, I love Momo and I would never ever leave her with someone I didn't trust so please trust me" I told him without hesitation which made him hesitate "I promise you Chi, if he ever did hurt Momo, an angry you will be the least of his worries" I added "…fine, but I still don't like it" he complied, I smiled "you don't have to, Momo likes it enough for the both of you" I told him, he frowned "why she likes that boy so much I don't know" he said, I looked away from him as I grinned evilly "maybe she's got a crush on him?" I suggested looking back over at him and nearly burst out laughing at the look on his face, he had his eyes wide and his jaw dropped "no way in hell! Hurry up and get up, we have to stop them from reaching him! No daughter of mine is go-" Chi stopped his ranting when I burst out laughing "what?" he asked "I was (laugh) only kidding" I replied trying to calm myself "but the look on your face was worth it" I added as he frowned "your evil" he stated bluntly, I grinned "I know, I try" I said making him roll his eyes "hey, why did you want me to get up too? You know I'm not supposed to (not like that would stop me but anyway)" I asked him referring to his earlier rant, he rubbed his neck "haha well you see I actually can't go any further then 30 meters away from you when I'm in this form" he explained "same with the others" he added, I nodded "okay, that's all I wanted to know. Now to call Sara"

A/N: sorry for the very long break, I've had a lot of problems with family and school and I also keep starting other fanfics so I forgot about this one. I've got a couple of fanfics I want to start so I want to complete the ones that have been started like this one, so I will complete this fanfic no matter what. I hope you can stick with me until the end. R & R