Hey guys :)
I'm so glad you guys liked Ashley's new design, couldn't help laughing when a few of you said she's looking a bit sexy :3 You guys are funny :P
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Pic of Han and the Five Tails --->
Third Person’s POV
A man, clad in heavy, red steam armour, sits quietly by a small waterfall, cascading down from the mountain wall surrounding the Hidden Stone Village.
He takes a deep breath, closing his brown eyes and enjoying the peace and quiet of this spot.
The waterfall was one of his favourite places to go, away from the hustle and bustle of the Village centre.
Nobody ever came to his waterfall, they were all too afraid of seeing him.
The man releases a sigh, thinking of the times he’d be ridiculed and shouted at every time he went for a walk through the Village.
He’d come to despise the people of his own Village. He was sick of having things thrown at him, insults shouted from afar and worst of all, the hate filled glares he would get from everyone, even children.
He never chose to be a Jinchuuriki. He didn’t understand why they treated him so badly, when he himself didn’t want to be the Five Tails’ host.
Trying to shake any angry thoughts from his mind, Han focuses back on the calming sound of the waterfall and trickling water.
Han slowly feels himself relaxing, once again enjoying the peace and tranquillity of his favourite spot.
Another reason he loved this waterfall, was that it calmed his nerves.
When he was angry, sad, confused, this was the place he would come.
He had no friends or family to speak with, so he’d had to find some way to calm himself, or he might end up unleashing the Five Tails and attacking the Village.
‘……I feel a presence……’ a voice in Han’s mind says, making the large man nod.
Han’s eyes suddenly flick open, as he senses someone behind him.
He felt quite surprised at the presence.
People normally ran the other way of they came across him. That, or they’d throw things at him.
“Han” a voice greets sinisterly. “The Five Tails’ Jinchuuriki……We’ve been searching for you hm.”
Han peers over his shoulder, pushing his red kasa up out of his eyes so he can see his visitors properly.
He stares at the two men silently, taking in their black cloaks, decorated with red clouds.
They both have straw hats on their heads, white material hanging from the brims and covering their faces.
Han slowly turns around, still sitting down on a rock.
“What can I do for the two of you?” he asks in a deep voice.
The taller Akatsuki member chuckles, one hand shoved in the pouch on his hip.
“You can make this easy” he suggests. “Come with us quietly, or we’ll be forced to use less friendly means hm.”
Han narrows his eyes at the two men, wondering just who they are.
‘……I don’t like the look of these men’ the Five Tails, Kokuo, informs Han.
‘Neither do I’ he replies in his mind, slowly rising to his feet.
“What do you want with me?” Han asks lowly.
The taller man chuckles again.
“If we told you now” he says in a teasing voice. “That would ruin all the fun hm.”
“Let’s just get this over with” the shorter man says in a deep, sinister voice. “I don’t want to keep the others waiting……”
“Don’t worry my man” the taller man says breezily. “We’ll be done here real soon hm.”
Han frowns, as the taller Akatsuki member pulls his hand out of his pouch and holds it up.
“To capture you without killing you will be a pain” he sighs, quickly moulding the white lump in his hand. “But I guess-”
“You can’t use that here” the short man interrupts, making the taller pause.
“And why not hm?” he questions irritably.
“When it explodes, it will alert the Stone Ninja” the short man growls. “And they’ll come running. We don’t have the time to be fighting with an army of Stone Ninja.”
Han can’t help smirking to himself.
He knew that none of the Villagers would run to help. They knew this place was where Han lived, so they wouldn’t care any less if they saw explosions from this direction.
Not that he was going to tell these two that.
“I’ll just blow all of them up too then hm!” the taller man snaps.
“No you won’t” the shorter man commands gruffly. “Step back and let me take care of him. I will incapacitate him quickly and quietly.”
The taller man crosses his arms and mutters under his breath, seeming to give in to his partner’s demand.
Han narrows his eyes at the shorter man, wondering just what he’s planning on doing.
Suddenly, a huge iron tail shoots out from under the man’s cloak, making Han’s eyes widen.
He hadn’t been expecting that.
He leaps to his right, narrowly avoiding the tail’s sharp tip.
Han grits his teeth as the tail retracts, before quickly shooting back towards him.
The Jinchuuriki throws his arms out in front of him, ducking under the tip and swiftly catching the iron in his hands.
The shorter man growls lowly, as Han leans back, throwing all his strength into pulling the tail from the man’s body.
“I don’t think so” the man says sinisterly.
The material around his mouth suddenly falls from his face, revealing a strange mechanical looking jaw.
The man’s lower jaw drops open.
Senbon needles suddenly begin shooting out of his mouth, making Han’s eyes widen.
He releases the iron tail and does a back flip, before gritting his teeth.
He gathers chakra in his arm and throws it forward, as if trying to punch the spray of needles.
Han’s chakra forms into boiling hot steam, streaming out of his skin and countering the needles, sending them flying in all different directions.
“Aarrgh!” the taller man cries, running around to avoid being hit by the needles.
The short man easily deflects the needles with his tail, eyeing Han warily.
Capturing the Jinchuuriki without killing him was going to be a bit more difficult than he first thought.
If they merely had to kill Han, things would be so much simpler.
They’d be able to kill him in about five minutes, but since the Boss wanted him alive, things had been made about ten times more difficult.
He wasn’t used to fighting people and only trying to render them unconscious.
Every fight he was in, his opponent always ended up dead.
Han takes a breath, knowing full well that the man he’s fighting isn’t fighting anywhere near his fullest capacity.
He seems to just be toying with Han for the moment.
Han briefly wonders if he should just unleash some of Kokuo’s power and wipe the floor with these men, before shaking his head.
He wanted to see how far he could get on his own first.
“This really is growing tiresome already” the shorter man sighs, pulling up one of the sleeves of his cloak.
Han’s eyes widen, as he sees that the man’s left hand is shaped like a torpedo.
‘What is he?’ Han wonders, finding his mechanical jaw, iron tail and ability to shoot Senbon from his mouth rather disturbing.
The man holds up his torpedo arm and suddenly shoots out some small canisters, blowing them in all different directions.
The taller man dives behind a large rock, knowing what was coming.
Han gives a shout of surprise, as the canisters suddenly burst open, spraying Senbon needles in every direction.
Han hurriedly spins around, causing a dome of chakra filled steam to rotate around him.
The poison laced needles ricochet away from the dome, falling to the earth harmlessly.
As the steam slowly begins to dissipate, Han leaps into the air, forming more steam around his arm.
The shorter man looks up, a moment too late.
His eyes widen, as Han brings his elbow down on the man’s back, the hit made stronger by the burning hot steam.
Han hears a sickening crack sound, before he bites his lip in pain.
That crack had been his elbow.
Suddenly, the man’s iron tail wraps around Han’s waist tightly, and lifts him high into the air.
Han is thrown violently against the rock wall, before he tumbles to the ground, groaning in pain.
“How c-can you not be hurt?” he wheezes, looking up at the man with the tail. “That hit sh-should’ve killed you…”
“Armour” the man replies shortly, not interested in talking.
“This couldn’t get any more boring hm” the other Akatsuki member complains, leaning his elbow on a rock and placing his chin in his palm. “This fight is lacking in the theatrics department. Needs some beautiful explosions hm.”
“Shut your mouth brat” the shorter man snarls nastily, making him pout. “I’m going to-AARRGGHH!”
The strange man interrupts himself with a shout of pain, as a stream of boiling hot steam blasts against his face, burning his hat and the neck of his cloak.
Han swiftly leaps onto the man’s back and wraps his arms around the lower part of the man’s tail.
Gritting his teeth, Han throws all his strength into pulling the man’s tail up, trying to tear it from his body.
The shorter man growls angrily, beginning to thrash his tail around, trying to free himself from the Jinchuuriki’s grip.
“Come…….onnn!” Han grunts, hearing cracks and pops as the tail slowly begins to break lose from the man’s body.
“Get off!” the man shouts roughly, as his partner watches on with interest.
He’d been told not to get involved, and he was going to do just that. Even though his partner sure looked like he could use the help.
“What are you waiting for?!” the short man shouts to his partner, making the tall man smirk.
“I thought I wasn’t allowed to help hm?” he asks teasingly, making his partner growl.
“Don’t mock me brat” he hisses, as the man rises to his feet.
“Fine, fine” he laughs nastily, before looking up at Han with a grin.
The man suddenly swings his arm forwards, throwing something toward the Jinchuuriki.
He places his hand in front of his face, folding two fingers down and keeping two up straight.
“Katsu!” he shouts gleefully.
The thing he had thrown suddenly explodes, throwing Han backwards and making his partner slide back a few feet.
“You idiot….” his partner growls, sending him a murderous look.
“I believe the words you’re looking for are thank you hm” the taller man smirks, placing a hand on his hip.
“I think you’re missing something my man” he suddenly starts laughing, pointing at the tail wrapped in Han’s arms.
“I know” the short man hisses, angry that his tail had been snapped off. “That’s going to take some time to reattach……”
Han slowly sits up, feeling quite dizzy and light headed.
He groans, the impact of the blast having caused him some significant injuries.
Glancing down at his body, Han sees some burns on his skin, slowly seeping with blood.
‘At least I got his tail” Han thinks wryly, looking at the huge, iron weapon in his arms.
“Let me finish this my man” the taller man says, throwing a small white object up and down in his hand. “It won’t take long hm.”
“Just don’t kill him……” comes the gruff reply.
‘Han……allow me to assist you’ Kokuo offers politely, making the man nod.
‘I think I’m going to need it’ he replies, ready to allow the Five Tails’ chakra to flow into his body.
“Art…..is an explosion!” the tall Akatsuki member suddenly exclaims, throwing the white object at Han.
Han’s eyes widen, seeing the man do the same hand sign as before, his lips forming the word Katsu.
Suddenly, a powerful blast of wind blows the bomb away from Han, causing it to explode over the top of the two Akatsuki members.
Han blinks in surprise, as one of Kokuo’s white tails appears behind him.
What had just happened?
“You idiot…..” Han hears the short man growl again, as the other man coughs from the smoke.
“How was I supposed to know he’d blow it back hm?!” comes the annoyed reply. “He didn’t even move! Dammit! Where’s my hat gone hm?!”
“Long time no see boys!” an amused voice calls, making the two Akatsuki members freeze.
“Oh no….” the taller man complains, slamming his hand onto his face. “Please not her……”
“Again?” the shorter man asks, releasing an aggravated sigh. “I really hate keeping others waiting, and this is going to delay us even further, no doubt……”
As the smoke begins to clear, all three men look up in the direction the voice had come from.
Ashley’s POV
“Oh great!” the taller guy complains, his shoulders drooping. “It is you again!”
I grin widely behind my mask.
“Not happy to see me again Deidara?” I ask, making him glare up at me.
“I’m never happy to see you” he says rudely, his ice blue eyes looking highly unamused.
“Aww, that hurts my feelings” I say sarcastically, flipping down from the wall and landing in front of the man I’m guessing is Han.
Considering there’s a large white tail attached to him, I’d say my guess is correct.
Deidara rolls his visible eye, the other hidden underneath his long blonde fringe.
“I really don’t care” he sneers. “You’re such a nuisance hm. Why do you keep stalking us?!”
I shrug, eyes widening when I see that Sasori’s puppet has had its tail ripped right off.
‘Wow’ I think. ‘That Han guy must be pretty strong.’
“I’m not stalking you as such Deidara” I say sweetly. “You’re not attractive enough to be stalked.”
Deidara’s face darkens as he glowers at me hatefully.
“I am too attractive enough to be stalked” he informs me lowly, making Sasori sigh with aggravation.
“Deidara you idiot” he hisses. “We don’t have time for this.”
“Well, we’re making time hm!” the blonde shouts, fists clenched. “I want to kill her so bad!”
I shrug, placing a hand on my hip.
“You can try if you like” I offer tauntingly. “But you haven’t been able to so far. What makes you think this time will be any different?”
Deidara grits his teeth, his eye twitching with irritation.
You could say I enjoy making him mad. I’ve discovered that it’s actually quite easy to get under skin.
He suddenly disappears from my view.
I suck in a breath, feeling sharp metal suddenly being pressed against my neck.
“I’m going to enjoy hurting you” Deidara whispers in my ear.
“Didn’t you ever learn that it’s incredibly bad manners to hurt a girl?” I ask from behind Deidara, making him whirl around.
He growls as the ‘me’ in his hands disappears, making me smirk behind my mask.
“How do I even know if you’re a girl?” he asks rudely. “You’re always wearing that mask!”
“Do I really look like a guy to you?” I ask dryly.
I see his visible eye drop to my chest, a cheeky look on his face.
“Definitely not” he smirks, making me blush behind my mask.
Good thing he can’t see my face….
“Wh-Whatever!” I growl, suddenly growing serious. “You’re not taking Han with you!”
“What do you care?” Deidara asks, brandishing his kunai at me. “He’s just a Jinchuuriki that no one cares about.”
“I care” I snap, pulling out my own kunai.
Behind me, I feel Han getting to his feet, tossing Sasori’s tail to the side.
“Who are you?” he asks me lowly.
“You can just call me Kuzuri” I reply, eyeing Deidara warily.
I know he’s fast. I’ve seen how good he is.
I don’t suppose he’d be in the Akatsuki if he wasn’t……
I suddenly lunge forwards, prompting Deidara to run and meet me head on.
Deidara smirks at me, as we fend of each other’s kunai.
Behind me, I feel Han engage Sasori in battle as well.
Good luck to the Puppet Master. Fighting a Jinchuuriki without killing him will be difficult.
“We haven’t really fought properly before hm” Deidara tells me, as I shove him backwards, leaping up and doing a flip in mid air as he swings a kick at me.
“Lucky for you” I say smartly, flinging my kunai at him as he does some back hand springs, wanting to put distance between us.
He chuckles, easily dodging my kunai.
“Arrogant girl aren’t you?” he asks, reaching his hands into the pouches he has on his hips.
From what I’ve observed in my past run ins with Sasori and Deidara, the blonde carries clay in those pouches.
He infuses it with his chakra, which enables him to create objects that he can control, and cause them to explode like bombs.
“You can put as much distance between us as you like Deidara” I smirk, racing towards him. “But I’ll always catch up to you. I pride myself on my speed.”
“Good luck getting past my defences” he retorts, throwing a handful of tiny white grasshoppers at me.
I skid to a halt, not having seen these ones before.
I turn around and run in the opposite direction, not too surprised when the white insects follow me.
I suddenly veer to my right, leaping up onto the mountain wall and running up it.
To my annoyance, the grasshoppers change direction and follow me, slowly beginning to catch up.
‘These things are fast’ I think wryly, pushing away from the wall and flipping back down to the ground.
I squeak as two grasshoppers leap at me, and explode right beside me.
The impact sends me skidding back a few feet, but I’m not actually harmed by them.
I hear Deidara laughing at me, sitting down on a rock and thinking that his little clay things will dispose of me.
‘Too bad I’m not quite that easy to get rid of’ I think indignantly, ducking as a few Senbon needles shoot towards me.
Turning around, I see Sasori shooting canisters of poison laced needles in all directions, aiming for Han.
As one of the canisters near the large man explodes, he swipes a steaming fist in front of him, the wave of steam blowing the needles away.
I see Sasori’s plan…..
Since he can’t kill Han, he’s going to try and wear him out. He’s making Han use up as much chakra as he can.
Well, since he’s also got the Five Tails’ chakra, that’s going to take quite some time.
I almost laugh, as I see Sasori quickly grab his broken tail, while Han is distracted.
Suddenly, a grasshopper explodes right beside me, sending me flying straight back into the rock wall.
Groaning with pain, I drop to my knees.
Dammit! Momentarily forgot about them……
Scowling as the remaining crowd of insects bounce towards me, an idea suddenly pops into my head.
Hopefully it’ll work.
The grasshoppers seem to explode when they get close to me, so maybe……
Jumping to my feet, I swipe my arms at the ground, using my Katsuryoku to blow a powerful current of air at the earth.
The blast of wind blows me right over the top of the grasshoppers, allowing me to land on the ground behind them.
Realising that I’ve changed direction, the insects quickly whirl around, jumping towards me swiftly.
Smirking behind my mask, I race towards Han and Sasori.
I leap into the air, flipping over Sasori and landing beside him, just as Han tackles him to the ground.
I narrow my eyes as the grasshoppers leap for me.
“Sorry Han!” I shout, blasting us both away from Sasori with another gush of wind, as the grasshoppers all explode.
They all explode right above Sasori, the blast painfully pushing him down into the ground.
“Sasori!” Deidara cries, leaping to his feet.
He glares at me as I tumble across the ground, holding my arm in pain.
I slowly sit up, glancing down at my arm and seeing a small burn mark, blood beginning to drip from the wound.
Unable to see through the smoke, I sense for Han.
I feel him lying in the shallow part of the waterfall pool, also slowly trying to sit up.
I suddenly feel something travelling through the ground beneath me, making my eyes widen.
I slam my hands down on the ground, causing part of it to shoot high into the air.
Deidara also shoots up out of the ground, a surprised look on his face.
He flips in mid air and lands on his feet gracefully, casting me a wary look as I sit on the ground.
“How did you do that?” he growls, wiping some blood from a scratch on his face.
“Secret” I reply wryly. “But I will tell you that I sensed you under the ground. Try to be a bit more subtle, instead of crashing through the earth like a Rhino. Just a tip.”
Deidara grows an anime vein.
“You’re really beginning to annoy me hm” he growls, narrowing his visible eye at me.
I shrug, slowly climbing to my feet.
“I can’t really say I care” I inform him smartly.
As Deidara opens his mouth to reply, he is suddenly slammed in the back by a giant white tail.
My eyes widen as he flies past me, colliding heavily with the rock wall and tumbling to the ground.
I look to my right, seeing Han staring at us, three tails whipping around behind him.
He sends me a nod, before turning to Sasori and wrapping a tail around him.
He lifts the severely damaged puppet into the air and throws him at the wall powerfully as well.
I jump backwards, narrowly avoiding having Sasori fall on me.
“Unghhh……” I hear Deidara groan, slowly sitting up and holding his head.
He opens his eye and glares at Han.
“Damn Jinchuuriki” he mutters, forming something in his hand. “This would be so much easier if we could just kill him hm….”
I laugh to myself, earning a sharp look from the blonde man.
“And you’ve just made our mission so much more difficult hm!” he snaps, throwing his hand at me, releasing a swarm of small bird like creatures. “Try and avoid these girl! They’re homing devices hm! You won’t trick them like the others!”
My eyes widen as the birds dash towards me, even swifter than the grasshoppers.
Their wings make little flittering sounds, like paper flapping in the wind.
I turn on my heel and race the other way, as Deidara begins working on moulding something else.
I splash through the waterfall pool and run beneath the waterfall itself, hoping to hide my body heat with the cold water, but the birds keep following me.
“Dammit!” I cry, leaping high onto the mountain wall and racing up it.
The birds follow me easily, making me bite my lip.
Below me, I see a large white bird appear next to Deidara.
He and Sasori climb onto it, before it hastily rises into the air.
“Until next time Jinchuuriki….” I hear Sasori growl ominously, as Deidara waves at me.
“I’d say the same to you hm!” he calls teasingly, a nasty smirk on his face. “But you’ll be dead very shortly!”
I scowl at him, as the large bird swiftly carries the two Akatsuki members over the mountain wall and away from the Village.
I slam my palms together and perform some swift hand signs.
“Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!” I shout, whirling around and blowing out a huge fireball at Deidara’s clay birds.
They all begin bursting in the fire, their explosions much larger than I anticipated.
I lose my footing as a wave of hot air, almost like a sonic boom, blows me away from the wall.
I try to focus my Katsuryoku as I speedily fall back towards the earth, but I find that I can’t make a wave of air strong enough to slow me down.
The Katsuryoku requires perfect concentration to use properly, and being over stressed or panicked is a great way to make it not work.
“Damn!” I shout, annoyed at myself. “This is gonna hurt!”
I flip around in the air, prepared to land on my feet.
I’ll probably break a leg or two, but at least that’s easier to heal than a broken back.
Actually, I don’t think I could heal a broken back.
‘What was all that training in the Land of Ambience for if I can’t even focus my Kekkei Genkai under extreme circumstances properly?’ I ask myself angrily.
I squeak in surprise, as something soft suddenly wraps around me, just before I hit the ground.
Looking down, I see a large white tail wrapped around me.
It gently sets me down on the ground, before completely disappearing, along with Han’s other tails.
“Good catch Han” I smile, despite the fact that he can’t see it. “Thanks.”
“You’re welcome” he replies wearily, sitting down and closing his eyes.
“You seem to have quite good control over your Tailed Beast” I say carefully, not knowing how Han feels about being a Jinchuuriki.
Han’s brown eyes pop back open, and he regards me with a questioning look.
“Who are you?” he asks quietly, but remaining on his guard.
“I can’t tell you that” I sigh. “But my codename is Kuzuri.”
“Wolverine?” Han asks, looking confused.
“Yes” I laugh. “Don’t ask, that’s the name I was given before my mission.”
“What is your mission?” Han asks, resting his right hand in the opening of his black kimono, the sleeves torn from it. “And why did you help me fight them?”
I lean back against a rock, performing some hand signs.
Han stiffens, making me chuckle.
“Relax” I say, placing my now glowing hand on top of my burn. “I’m just healing myself. I’m not here to try and hurt you.”
Han nods, relaxing again.
“Then why are you here?” he inquires again. “Normally people would be excited that I was going to be taken captive.”
I scowl at the ground.
“Yeah well, people are ridiculous” I growl. “They should be thankful that you’ve been keeping the Five Tails under control. They don’t realise that without you to house it, the Five Tails would probably be destroying the Village right now.”
Han tilts his head at me, my words foreign to his ears.
“You don’t fear me then?” he asks softly, making me shake my head.
“Nope!” I smile. “You seem very nice in fact. Not scary at all, although that weird steam thing you’ve got going on is pretty cool.”
“Arigato” Han replies, smiling under his red mask.
“As for why I’m here……” I begin, finished healing my wound and moving to heal Han’s. “Well, first of all. Those men are members of a criminal organisation called the Akatsuki. They all wear those black cloaks with the red clouds. If you see them coming, it’s best to avoid them.”
Han nods, gazing at me seriously as I heal his burns from earlier.
“Secondly, about a year and a half ago” I continue. “I was given the arduous task of finding out as much information about them as I could. I’ve spent the last one and a half years hunting the members down, and tailing them when possible. It’s been hard, and I can’t tell you the amount of times I’ve actually feared for my life, but I have managed to find out a few things about them.”
I narrow my eyes at Han.
“The Akatsuki seem to be after Jinchuuriki” I inform Han.
“Why?” Han asks me, eyes wide.
I sigh, shaking my head.
“I’m afraid I don’t know” I admit, done with healing Han and rising to my feet. “I’m not sure why they chose to target you today, but they did come after the host of the Nine Tails a few years ago.”
“The Nine Tails?” Han repeats, sounding confused.
I shrug.
“I don’t know what the Akatsuki want with the Jinchuuriki, all I know is that they’re targeting you guys for some reason.”
I glance around me, seeing a couple of tiny fires, smoke floating high into the air.
I sigh, peering at Han over my shoulder.
Despite the loud explosions, the fire and the smoke, no one had come to see if he needed any help.
They obviously didn’t care whether he lived or died.
I feel my hands clenching into fists.
“Please be careful Han” I say softly, catching his attention. “I can see that the people here don’t care for you, which is incredibly wrong, but don’t let the Akatsuki get you. I have no doubt they’ll treat you even worse.”
“You seem to understand me very well Kuzuri” he speaks up kindly. “Why is that?”
I smile sadly at him.
“We’re more alike than you need to know” I inform him. “So long Han, and good luck.”
“Farewell then young one” he replies, raising his hand in a wave, as I run towards the mountain wall, tears filling my eyes. “Thank you for your help.”
I was praised and loved in my Village for hosting the Ten Tails.
The Minami’s all understood the burden of carrying the great creature inside of me, and they were always grateful to me.
They all realised that in having the Ten Tails sealed inside me, the Village and its citizens would be safe from its terrible wrath and destruction.
Using my Katsuryoku to create a small platform of rock, I drag myself high into the air.
There aren’t any Ninja guarding this side of the Village it would seem.
Either they expect Han to dispose of any intruders, or they care so little for him, that they’re willing to leave the Northern part of the wall unattended just so Han has no protection.
It’s all very sad really.
‘I wonder if this is how Naruto was treated when he was younger…..’ I can’t help thinking.
If I’d known Naruto as a kid, and people treated him this way, I’d probably get so angry that Hakuba would be released.
Jinchuuriki’s everywhere should have the respect of the people in their Villages.
They deserve that at least, considering the pain and trauma they go through dealing with their beasts.
Eventually reaching the top of the mountain wall, I begin the long descent back down to the other side.
“I wonder how Naruto’s going with his training” I say out loud, smiling at the thought of his goofy, grinning face.
Ever since I’d left for the Land of Ambience two and a half years ago, I‘d been missing my Leaf Village friends so much.
As much as I love my Minami friends, I considered the Leaf Village my home.
They helped me through some hard times……They helped me trust and have faith in people again.
I can’t wait to go home and see them all again.
As I’m still going down the mountain, something yellow suddenly appears next to my head.
“Keiji” I greet my loyal companion. “I’m so glad you didn’t come down there with me. There was lots of fire.”
Keiji visibly shivers, before sitting himself on top of my head and riding back down the mountain with me.
When we finally do reach the bottom of the mountain, I jump down from my platform, landing in a crouched position.
Suddenly, a poof of smoke appears beside me, making me fall over with fright.
“Milady?” Ace asks, peering down at me as I sweat drop. “What are you doing lying on the ground?”
“You scared me Ace!” I cry, smacking him upside the head. “How many times do I have to tell you? If you’re gonna summon yourself, don’t do it right next to me!”
“Anna anteeksi….” Ace sighs, rubbing his head. (Please forgive me….)
“Don’t worry about it” I say brightly, making Ace sigh again. “What are you here for anyway?”
“Well Milady” Ace begins, ducking his head as Keiji tries to land on him. “I was merely coming to see how you went with those criminals, and if you were going to do what we discussed about two weeks ago.”
I pull a face.
“Firstly, I went fine fighting the two Akatsuki members” I inform my Guardian, rolling his eyes as he kicks Keiji away from him. “It was Deidara and Sasori, but Han, who’s the Jinchuuriki they were after, and myself got rid of them. It was pretty easy though, so I’m sure they’re up to something.”
“They may possibly come back Milady” Ace suggests. “They may not have wanted to fight you and the Five Tails at the same time. I am afraid your efforts may have been in vain.”
I regard Ace with a serious look.
“Maybe so” I reply lowly. “But if I hadn’t done anything this time, he’d already be gone. At least now Han knows to look out for the Akatsuki.”
“Very well” Ace agrees, peering up at me with his visible eye. “Now what of the other matter we discussed?”
I let out a sigh.
“I suppose I’ve been doing this for a suitable amount of time” I say, chuckling softly. “I could use a rest.”
Ace nods, aqua eye shining brightly.
“I am happy to hear it Milady” he says, giving me a hint of a smile.
Third Person’s POV
“I can’t believe that girl showed up again!” Deidara cries, throwing his arms in the air with frustration. “She’s like……..a disease or something hm! She just doesn’t stay away!”
“Be quiet…..” Sasori growls from inside his puppet, Hiruko. “You give me such a headache….”
“But Sasori my man!” Deidara protests, turning around and looking down at his partner. “We had that damn Jinchuuriki hm! Why didn’t we just stay and finish the fight hm? She’s not that strong!”
“Hush Deidara” Sasori sighs, fiddling with his broken tail. “We’ve kept Leader waiting long enough, we had no choice. That girl was going to cause as much trouble as possible, delaying us further.”
Deidara dumps himself down on his clay bird, crossing his legs and sighing.
“But we don’t have the Jinchuuriki” he mutters darkly. “Leader won’t be happy about that.”
“Never mind” Sasori growls. “Leader has another assignment for us anyway.”
Deidara glances over at his partner.
“Oh?” he asks. “And what would that be hm?”
Sasori looks up at Deidara, his puppet’s nasty looking eyes creeping the blonde out slightly.
“After I fix Hiruko” Sasori explains lowly. “We’ll be going after the One Tailed Shukaku……”
Just a couple of things to mention.
1. I have no idea what Han is really like, nor the Five Tails. Their personalities and fighting styles are completely made up by me, except I do know that Han fights with steam somehow. If in time Han is in the anime/manga more, I apologise if my portrayal of him is completely off.
2. I have to say, I'm sorry if any of my fight scenes seem a little lack lustre. They're the hardest thing for me to write, and I also hate writing really long, detailed fights. Seriously, watching a good fight scene is awesome, but reading it is SOOOOOOOOO boring. I know that when I read a really long, super duper detailed fight in a story, I skim over it.
3. I HAVE to know this, and I've been meaning to ask for the longest time. I love Keiji, but what is it about him that you guys like so much? I mean, everytime he's in a scene, you guys are like 'YAAAAYYYY KEIJI!!! <3 <3' Lol, not that I mind, I'm really glad you like him :) I'm just curious.
4. His name is KEIJI. Alot of you have been calling him Kenji or Keji ever since he came into the story, and I'm so slow, only mentioning this now.
His name is K - E- I - J - I !
I pronounce it like Kay-Ee-Jee. Sorry for not saying earlier xP But now you know :D
Byeeee!!!