Naruto Shippuden RP

IchigoShirosaki posted on Jun 29, 2010 at 06:27PM
hey, i wanted to start a Naruto Rp, it will start during the begining of Shippuden. hence the title. anyone can join at any given time

rules:

no spelling is reqired.

grammar doesnt count, but it has to at least make sense.

and most of all have fun!
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over a year ago IchigoShirosaki said…
Name: Kyouka Higarashi
clan: Higarashi(distant relatives of the Inuzuka Clan)
age same as Naruto
Race: Jinchurki Host of Gokushirou No Ookami
pet: Shiro, a large white dog, that almost looks like a wolf.
rank: Chunin
spiecality: fire, water and lighting ninjutsu, and Taijutsu other stuff.
personality: laid back, calm, hyper, playful and short tempered, knows how to be serious, impulsive, tends to do something without thinking
discription: short shaggy black hair
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over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Name: Shikaro Hitsurugi (He is of the Senju clan but hides this so that he is not hunted down)

Jutsu Element: Fire and Wood; also a Taijutsu specialist

Age: 17

Height: 6'0"

Weight: 190 lbs

Hair Color: Brown and blonde mix

Hair Style: Spiked buzzcut

Eye Color: Light blue

Birthday: July 15

Rank: Chunin

Build: Muscular and slim (like Kakashi)

Race: Jinchuriki but he does not know it.
over a year ago IchigoShirosaki said…
big smile
Kyouka sighs, as she lays down in the grass, leaning against Shiro with a piece of grass in her mouth as she looked at the sky.

it's surely nice out.. she sighed.

Shiro sighs, yep. perfect day to just lounge around...

i agree with you Shiro, there's not much to do around here, Granny Tsunade has given us a few days off.

i bet you wouldnt be so bored if Naruto was around..

she blushes slightly. shut up. that's not even funny.

i didnt say funny, i think its amusing, here you waste your time trying to help Hinata gather the courage to ask out Shikaro, and you cant gather the guts to ask out Naruto..

shut up, i just cant do it ok? i was just helping her out.

Kyouka blushes even more.

you know Sakura and Ino would gladly help you out...

oh god, hell no. they would make it worse, and besides, they argue to much about who would be with mr. im too cool for anyone..

you mean Sasuke?

whatever, he betrayed our village. he can go burn in a hole..

then she sniffs the air, and grins.

Shiro do you smell what i smell?

he sniffs the air, Ramen noodles?

she groans, no you idoit, i smell him! Naruto's back!

Shiro rolls his eyes, of course only you could smell him out from all the other scents..

"well let's go see our old friend! i wanna see if he's the same idoit i remeber!" she shouts out loud and stands up.

Shiro shakes his head, and gets up.

Kyouka jumps on Shiro's back and he runs into the village to the Hokage's office.

Shiro waits outside as Kyouka runs inside, she bursts into the room and sees Naruto himself.

upon her loud enterance, Naruto turns to her direction, and has a huge goofy grin on his face.

"Kyouka-Chan!" he yells and jumps at her, wraping his arms around her in a tight friendly hug.

she grunts, then laughs softly, "it's good to see you too Naruto-sama.."

"huh? hey, what did i tell you, stop being so formal towards me, just call me Naruto, or Naruto-Kun you goofball.." he mutters flicking her nose harmlessly.

she rubs her nose, "your a pretty big dofus yourself buddy.."

"yeah, but i have matured alot! see?" he exclaims as he backs up slightly so she can look at him.

she looks him up and down, she had to admit, he was a little more mature looking, he still had the same cute features about him, thenn she noticed something.

"Hey.." she mutters and holds her hand out to her head then out to his. "we're the same height now! i use to be a few inches taller then you!"

he grins his signature grin, "yep!"

"yeah but he hasnt matured Mentally at all..." Sakura muttered sourly.

Naruto mushroom sighed, "why do you have to be like that Sakura-chan?"

Kyouka giggles, "dont worry Naruto-kun, im sure you have an arsnel of powerful jutsu.."

Naruto beams at her with a overly prideful look on his face. "why yes i do!"

she laughs, "i guess we'll have to see sometime. but how about let's go to Ichiraku's, maybe we can bring Hinata and Shikaro along... do you want to come Sakura?" she asked, Naruto with an extremely excited face at Kyouka.

Sakura sighed, "i'd love to come, but im a little busy, maybe a rain check for some other time.."

"oh ok that's fine. see you later Sakura, we should get going before Naruto explodes from too much excitement.." Kyouka laughs softly and waves Sakura good bye as she drags Naruto out.

as they shut the door, Sakura Shakes her head, "they would make such a good couple, if only Naruto wasn't so oblivious.."

Shiro lifts his head up at the sound of thier foot steps and walks over to them.

"Hey Shiro, me and Naruto are gonna go find Shikaro and Hinata, and go to Ichiraku's, go home and tell Kiba and Ma that i might be home late.."

alright, dont be out too late, or Kiba might think your doing somethin pervy with Naruto again...

"shut up!" she yelled blushing.

Shiro just snickered and walked off.

"that stupid perverted old mutt.." she grumbles.

Naruto chuckles. "i know how you feel, try spending two and a half years with the Pervy sage.."

"how did you know what he said?"

"i guessed by the way you were blushing.." he laughs softly, lightly pulling on her cheek.

she blushes even more, and grabs his wrist, "whatever lets go find Shikaro and Hinata already.."

over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Shikaro and Hinata are sitting on the top of one the taller buildings in the village, looking at the clouds as they pass over.

Hinata looks over at Shikaro. "Why do you always like to look at the clouds, Shikaro?" He simply looks over at her and smiles. She then becomes neverous and starts to overreact. "I-I didn't mean anything by that, Shikaro. I-I was just curious is all."

Shikaro just laughs. "I know that, Hinata...I look up at the clouds for the same reason that you should: to relax. If you don't relax a little bit, then you will wind up dying of a heart attack."

Hinata blushes and smiles at him. "You are always worrying about me. No matter how many times we spar and you say that I am getting better, you still look out for me."

Shikaro walks over to her and hugs her. "I wouldn't be to good of a person if I let someone as close to me as you get hurt, would I?"

Hinata doesn't say anything; she just hugs him back.

Suddenly, Shikaro breaks their hug and takes a defensive stance.

"What's wrong, Shikaro?"

He looks to the edge of the building. "Someone's coming. Get ready, Hinata."

Just as Shikaro prepares to make some handsigns, Naruto and Kyouka appear. Naruto immediately shouts to them. "Hey there, Shikaro and Hinata-chan!"

Hinata is surprised to see Naruto. "N-Naruto, when did you get back?"

The blond headed ninja just grins. "I just got back a little while ago." He then looks at both Shikaro and Hinata. "Wow, the two of you really grew, especially you Shikaro. The last time I saw you, you were as tall as I am now. Now, you are another 3 or 6 inches taller."

Shikaro walks over and jokingly punches Naruto on the shoulder. "Yeah, you've definitely gotten taller, Naruto. I don't have to bend over as much in order to wail on you anymore."

They all laugh at this and then Kyouka speaks up. "Naruto and I were going to Ichiraku's. Do the two of you want to come?"

Shikaro looks over to Hinata, who nods her head in agreement, and then turns back to Kyouka. "Yeah, we'll join you. We don't really have anything else to do right now except to stay up here."

Naruto yells out. "Alright! Let's get going!"

They all run to Ichiraku's as fast as possible. Naruto and Shikaro arrive first, trying to make a competition out of who could get there first. Hinata and Kyouka take their time. After they have all arrived, they take their seats and order their ramen. While they are waiting for their food, Naruto blatantly asks, "So, are you dating Hinata, Shikaro?"

Hinata immediately blushes one the deepest of reds that she has ever blushed before, while Shikaro chokes a little on the drink that he was sipping on. After he regains his composure, Shikaro wraps his arm around Hinata and says, "Yep, we sure are. What made you guess that?"

Naruto laughs a little. "I guessed that because I can't think of any other reason that she would want to hang out with you."

Shikaro balls up a fist, but Kyouka punches them both on the back of their heads. "Now don't you two start fighting when we are getting ready to eat. If you do, then you'll have to answer to me!"

Out of fear, both Naruto and Shikaro start to nod their heads frantically. "We promise to not fight. We promise!"

Hinata looks on and asks Kyouka, "Don't you think that punching them was a little much?"

Kyouka turns and grins to Hinata. "Nope. With these two, you gotta be a little forceful. Otherwise, they would be starting fights left and right."

Just then, their food is brought to them and Naruto changes from fearful to excited. "Alright! Let's eat!"
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Naruto immediately dives into his ramen, enjoying the taste more than he ever has before. "Yep, I traveled all over the place during my training with that pervy sage and ate at many ramen bars. But, Ichiraku still makes the best!"

Teuchi, the owner of the ramen bar, just smiles at his longtime customer. "Really? Well then, at least I know to not change anything."

Naruto looks up at him and smiles. "Yeah, you don't need to do a thing. If you did, I'd have to go into depression from the lack of ramen."

Kyouka thinks to herself for a second, "Yeah, don't you dare change anything, Teuchi. I couldn't deal with Naruto in a ramen withdrawal."

Suddenly, Shikamaru and Temari appear in the ramen shop, having heard Naruto's voice. "Hey there, Naruto. How's it?" asked Shikamaru.

Naruto turns around and laughs. "I'm doing pretty good. Just got back from my training and wanted to eat some ramen..."

Shikamaru just shakes his head. "You don't need to go any farther than that, Naruto.....So are you back for the Chunin exams?"

Naruto then remembers that he is still just a Genin and turns to Kyouka, Shikaro, and Hinata. "Are you guys going to go for the Chunin exams?"

Hinata looks at him quizzically. "W-Why would we do that, Naruto? We are already Chunins."

Naruto looks on in disbelief. "WHAT??? When did that happen?!"

Shikamaru continues for Hinata. "Yeah, we are all Chunins, except for Neji. He's a Jōnin now; and I think that Shikaro is up for his promotion sometime soon."

Naruto looks down and sulks. "Man, that sucks. I go away and train for two years and then everyone decides to leave me in the dust."

Temari stares at him with her usual scowl. "Don't worry about it. You'll get it done eventually...C'mon Shikamaru, we need to get to the exam office."

Shikamaru and Temari wave goodbye and Kyouka tries to console Naruto. "Don't worry about it, Naruto. How about I pay for the ramen today. I've got plenty of cash on me and you can eat as much as I can pay for."

Naruto jumps in excitement. "Alright!!! Thanks, Kyouka!"

Kyouka smiles. "It's no problem. I'd do anything to keep you from being so down."

Shikaro shakes his head and thinks to himself, "Damn Naruto, how much more blatant does she have to be? She's loved you for as long as I can remember and yet you are still so oblivious." Shikaro then blurts out, "Now I remember what I wanted to say a few minutes ago."

"What is it?" asked Naruto.

"It's about Gaara," stated Shikaro. "He isn't a Chunin or Jōnin."

Naruto perks up. "Is he still a Genin like me?"

Shikaro shakes his head again. "No, he has become the Kazekage."

Naruto again hangs his head in disappointment while Kyouka elbows Shikaro out of his seat and into the street.

Hinata sits there wondering, "I really hope she doesn't do that to me just because I came with Shikaro." After sitting there for a moment, she runs out into the street and helps Shikaro up. "Are you alright?"

Shikaro laughs and says, "Yeah, I'm fine. Kyouka has hit me harder than that before." They both walk back in and Shikaro puts a hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Don't worry about it, Naruto. Your rank doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is how much heart you have, and you definitely have the heart of someone bent on becoming Hokage."

Naruto smiles and then eats a second bowl of ramen. After he has finished, Kyouka pays for the food and they all leave. As they are walking down the street, Kyouka comes up with an interesting idea. "Hey guys, what would you say to a little training session? Me and Naruto versus you two."

Shikaro looks over to Hinata who has a look of uncertainty on her face. He then turns back to Kyouka. "Why would you want to do that?"

She smiles and says, "Because I want to see what Naruto has learned and I also want to see what you've learned to do as well."

Hinata speaks up. "When do you want to do this training?"

Kyouka put a hand to the side of her head and scratches it. "How about at dusk, in the old training area?"

Shikaro puts his arm around Hinata's shoulder and says, "Sounds like a plan. We'll see you guys tonight." Shikaro and Hinata then disappear. They reappear in front of his apartment and they both go inside.

"Please sit down, Hinata," said Shikaro. "I know that it's not exactly what you're used to at the Hyuga mansion, but it's the best that I can do."

Hinata takes a seat on Shikaro's couch and smiles. "It's just fine, Shikaro. Though I have lived in the mansion, I do not particularly like the over-lavished lifestyle."

Shikaro then sits down next to Hinata, who blushes at being so close to him. "I was thinking that we could go over some strategies for our training battle later, Hina-chan."

Hinata blushes a deep red at the nickname. "Oh, a-alright. That's fine with me."

The two talk about strategies for about two or three hours. As they are discussing a particular strategy, Shikaro says something that Hinata finds peculiar. "Alright, while you look for Kyouka, I and my wood clone will come in and--"

She interrupts him. "Wood clone? How can you make a wood clone? Only the First Hokage could you Wood techniques."

Shikaro stares at her with a blank look on his face. He thinks to himself, "Damn, I've really done it now!" He takes a moment to collect himself and then tells Hinata, "I haven't been entirely honest with you, Hina-chan. My name is Shikaro Hitsurugi. However, I do have another name; my real name.....My birth name is Shikaro Senju. I am the last of the Senju clan."

Hinata stares at him in shock. "But I thought that Tsunade-sama was the last of that clan! How can you be from it as well?"

Shikaro hangs his head down. "I am descended from the First Hokage's second child. Not very many people know this, but his wife gave birth to twins. Tsunade is descended from the first child, while I am descended from the second. When the Senju clan collapsed, my great-grandfather went into hiding when the Second Hokage died and hid our family name with that of Hitsurugi."

Hinata begins to put the pieces together. "Then that would make Tsunade-sama your distant aunt, right?"

Shikaro continues looking down. "Yeah, it would." He then looks up, turns to Hinata, and takes her hand. "I'm sorry that I lied to you, Hina-chan. But I was always taught that I would be hunted down if I revealed my real name, but I couldn't hide it from you any longer. I trust you, Hinata...I trust you with my greatest secret."

Hinata grasps onto the hand that is grasping her own. "Don't worry, Shikaro. I promise that I won't tell anyone what you have told me. You have my word."

Shikaro hugs her tightly and then lets her go. "It's almost dusk. We should get going."

They both get up and leave for the training area.
over a year ago IchigoShirosaki said…
Naruto and Kyouka make thier way to the training field, going over thier plans.

"so i'll go up against Hinata while you take on Shikaro, then in the middle of my fight, i'll swtich places with Shiro who will be waiting in the bushes, then he will
transform into me so the rest of the time she thinks she's still fighting me, but in reality i would be going towards your fight with Shikaro and i'll suprise attack him
with Getsuga, and while he's down for the count, you attack with Rasengan.." Kyouka muttered.

"sounds good, but wont she be able to detect you with her Byakugan?" Naruto asked

Kyouka chuckles, "Naruto, i've trained with Hinata for a long time, i found lope holes around her skills."

Naruto looked at her, "really? you could have told me that when i had to go up against Neji!"

Kyouka laughs, "Neji is harder to get by, his skills are more advanced. Hinata always would hold back when we practiced, but she's really come out of her shell
with the help of Shikaro..."

"yeah, though she still stutters alot, i wonder why that is.." Naruto muttered.

Kyouka just shakes her head, its because she has this world wide crush on Shikaro...

they arrive just in time to find Hinata and Shikaro there.

"there you two are i was beinging to worry." Shikaro chuckles.

"ha, the only worry, you'll have to face, is the worry of losing." Naruto sneers.

"cocky and arrogant as ever." Shikaro shakes his head.

Kyouka laughs, "well we will see. how this is gonna work, is Naruto vs. Shikaro, and that leaves me against Hinata.."

Shikaro points out, "wait, it wont be even cause you have Shiro."

"im not gonna fight with Shiro, Shiro is gonna stand by out of veiw of the battle."

"alright then. Naruto ready?"

"you bet i am!" Naruto punches the air.

"alright then. lets get going."

the both leave, leaving Hinata and Kyouka alone.

"ready Hinata?" Kyouka asks getting a battle stance.

"yes of course."

"alright..." Kyouka pulls out a red pill, and eats it, she grunts as she takes on some features of a dog, and stand on all fours. "here i come, get ready Hinata!"

Kyouka tries to claw at Hinata, Hinata dodges lightly hiting her arms with her palms. "come on Hinata you dont have to hold back!"

the continue to fight, after awhile Kyouka sighs. now i should go...

she charges at Hinata, Hinata hits her in the stomach, but it turns out to be a subsitute.

where did she go?

Kyouka sits beside Shiro, "alright Shiro do your stuff."

he nods then transforms into her, `then jumps out of the bushes.

"alright.."

then Kyouka runs towards Naruto and Shikaro's fight.

she jumps down into a bush as quitely as possible.

she watches, when Shikaro is discracted she jumps out at him. "Getsuga!"
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Shikaro stands there, just looking at Naruto. "You ready, Naruto?" He takes his fighting stance.

"You better believe it, Shikaro," fired back Naruto. "It's about time I show you that I'm not a little kid anymore."

Both Naruto and Shikaro charge at each other. Naruto immediately starts attacking Shikaro, who defends every attack. Shikaro pushes Naruto back and then begins his assault. Shikaro sends a volley of punches and kicks at Naruto, but they are all blocked. They both create some space between each other.

Shikaro is panting. "Wow Naruto, you have gotten better. Looks like Jiraiya has been teaching you pretty well."

"Yeah, the old pervy sage is a good teacher," stated Naruto. "Now let's see you counter this...Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Instantly, 50 clones of Naruto appear around Shikaro. "How do you like me now, Shikaro?"

Shikaro starts laughing. "I was waiting to put my new cloning technique to the test but I didn't think that it'd be this soon."

Naruto looks on in shock. "New cloning Technique?!"

"Multi-Fire Clone Jutsu!" Suddenly, 20 small flames erupt around Shikaro and they quickly take on his form and appearance. "Now we can have some fun, Naruto."

The Naruto clones rush at the Shikaro clones and a long battle ensues. Soon enough there are six Naruto clones left, while there are no more Shikaro clones. Naruto is seen panting. "You and your clones gave me a run for my money, Shikaro. But it's time to end this." The Naruto clones begin to form Rasengan spheres in their hands. Three of them disappear, and the clones the are holding the spheres charge at Shikaro, along with Naruto.

Shikaro yells at his friend. "That won't work against me, Naruto." Shikaro makes several quick handsigns and then points the palms of his hands at Naruto. "Feel one of most powerful jutsu, Naruto.....Fire Style: Grand Fire Tsunami!"

Suddenly, flames erupt from Shikaro's hands and create a massive wave that charges at the clones. The clones do not stop and head straight into the flames. When the Rasengans make contact with the Grand Fire Tsunami, there is a massive explosion the warps the earth.

When the flames die down, Shikaro sees that all of the Narutos are gone. "Damn, it was a set up." He then hears something coming from above him.

When Shikaro looks up, he sees Kyouka above him. She yells out something at him. "Getsuga!"

He then realizes, "She lied to us. At least Hinata is only fighting Shiro."
over a year ago IchigoShirosaki said…
Kyouka starts to spin around, soon she's a blurred grey spining object as she barrels towards Shikaro.

well, this was unexpected i wonder how long she was hiding, i hope she didnt bang up Hinata too much..

he tries to think of a way to block her attack, he knew the damages of the attack, but he also knew it wasnt as effective when she used it by herself, but if he just sat there, was definately gonna suffer some kind of wounds.

though he was supprisingly calm about this, he sighs. and just as she is close to him, he disappears and Kyouka crashes into the ground, he goes to grab her but notices there is only a log there.

Subsitution... she's gotten better with that.. he noted.

he turns and tries to find her. then he heard something coming towards him, he turns quickly to see Naruto charging at him with Rasengan.

Crap!

he tries to jump out of the way, but it's too late, there was no doubt that he was gonna get hit by it.

Naruto starts to near closer to him, the Rasengan is just inches from his chest when....
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
The Rasengan makes its impact. A large explosion occurs and kicks up a cloud of dust. When the dust settles, Naruto is seen directly in front of Shikaro. Kyouka looks on in horror, as does Naruto when he notices what he has done. "Shikaro, I-I'm sorry. I just got caught up in the moment."

Shikaro starts to laugh and acts like nothing is wrong. "What are you talking about Naruto? I'm not dead."

Naruto is still in shock. "What do you mean? I just blew a hole in your chest!"

Shikaro continues to laugh. "Sorry Naruto, but you'd have to be pretty lucky to do this to me. Better luck next time!" He smile and then burns away into a smoldering flame.

Kyouka has a horrified look on her face. "What just happened, Naruto? Is he dead?"

Naruto begins to get frustrated. "Dammit, I can't believe that he did that!"

Kyouka is confused. "What do you mean? What did he do?"

Naruto looks back at her. "He played us for fools is what he did, Kyouka. He was able to anticipate that you would come here to help me and would leave Shiro to fight Hinata."

Kyouka has a look of concern on her face. "We better get back to Hinata before Shikaro kills Shiro!"

They both hurry back to where Hinata was fighting with Shiro. They are both stunned by what they see.....Shikaro and Hinata are sitting on the ground petting Shiro.

Kyouka is livid. "What the Hell is going on here?! Why aren't you guys fighting?!"

Shiro speaks up. "You really should have used your nose better, Kyouka. As soon as you left, Shikaro came out of the bushes and stopped my attack."

Kyouka's right eye begins to twitch. She looks over at Shikaro. "Is that true?"

Shikaro stands up and looks over at Kyouka. "I knew that you wouldn't keep your word about not using Shiro during the training session. You wouldn't have found it to be as much fun if he couldn't participate. So, on the way to the training grounds, I informed Hinata of that high possibility and told her my plan.....You should have realized that I would know this much about your behavior, Kyouka. I have known you for many years and have picked up on your habits."

Naruto finally enters the conversation. "So where does this leave us?"

Hinata stands up. "How about we call it a tie. You ended the battle with Shikaro, and Shikaro ended the battle with Shiro."

Kyouka grumbles. "I guess that I can accept that."

They all laugh and look up to the sky, gazing at the full moon that has risen above them. It shines upon the conclusion of their battle, and the continuation of their friendship.
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
The next day, Shikaro finds Hinata practicing in a training field, still a little frustrated over the fact that she didn't get to show him any of her new techniques. Shikaro laughs. "Just calm down, Hina-chan. There is no need to get worked up."

She still has a look of frustration of her face. "But I wanted to show you how much I have improved! I'll just have to train harder." She goes to kick a tree but it is stopped my Shikaro, who grabs her by the ankle.

He moves closer to her and she begins to blush. "Like I told you yesterday, you need to relax a little. We may be shinobi, but we must also know our limitations. That's why I'm going away for the day. It's nothing special, I'm just going into the forests for a day of rest."

Hinata smiles a little. "Could I come with you?"

Shikaro scratches the back of his head. "Not today, Hina-chan. Maybe next time, okay?"

Still smiling, she replies, "Sure. I'll be waiting here for you when you come back."

"Thanks," says Shikaro. And he runs off into the forest. He runs for a few hours and then finds himself to be in front of a very wide tree. He puts his hands on the tree and it glows for a second. A small door opens, revealing a stairway leading underground.

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As Shikaro is doing this, a man sitting on a small throne in a dark room calls forth three masked ninja.

The man says, "For the honor and glory of the Senju clan, I order the three of you to attack Konoha. Kill as many as you can"

"Yes, Lord Shikaro!" The three ninja then disappear.

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As Shikaro continues down the staircase, he comes to a door being guarded by two masked ninja. They both great him by bowing. "Greeting, Young Lord Shikaro."

Shikaro just waves them off. "How many times do I have to tell you guys to just call me Shikaro.....I'm going in to see my father."

They both did not listen to his first statement. "Of course, Young Lord Shikaro." They both open the door and Shikaro is allowed entrance.

Shikaro walks in and sees his father sitting on his throne. Unknown to Shikaro, his father is the same man that sent the three masked ninja to attack Konoha. Shikaro then kneels to his father. "Father, it has been a long time since I came to see you last. Please forgive my absence, as I have been fiercely training."

His father smiles a devilishly evil smile and says, "You do not need to apologize, my son. Nothing could destroy the happiness that I have on this day. It is ironic that the day that you return to me is the same day that Konoha shall meet its end.

Shikaro stands up and looks at his father in shock. "WHAT?!?!?!"

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Back at the training area, Hinata is joined by Naruto, Kyouka, and Shiro. They are all sitting in the grass, cooling off and drinking water. All of a sudden, three masked ninja, bearing the symbol of the Senju clan, appear before them.

Naruto jumps up. "Who the hell are you guys supposed to be?"

The middle ninja says, "We are messengers of the Senju clan. Today, the Leaf shall fall."

Naruto and Kyouka look on in shock, but Hinata is horrified. She remember the conversation that she had with Shikaro earlier.

---Flashback---

"Could I come with you?"

Shikaro scratches the back of his head. "Not today, Hina-chan. Maybe next time, okay?"

---End Flashback---

Hinata thinks to herself, "He can't have something to do with this! He just can't!.....I thought that Shikaro loved the village...And I thought that he loved me!"
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Naruto and Kyouka are even more shocked by what they see next.....Hinata has charged in and started attacking the middle Senju ninja. She screams at him. "You are lying! He would never do that! Never!"

Not wanting Hinata to be caught off guard by the other two Senju ninja, Kyouka and Naruto charge into the fight. After hitting the Senju ninja that he is fighting with a dumbed down Rasengan, Naruto quickly incapacitates his opponent. Kyouka does the same with her opponent by using her Getsuga. Hinata is the last to finish up. She uses the Gentle Fist in order to close a few of the Senju ninja's chakra pathways and then kicks him into the dirt. She is about to deliver a killing blow, when she is stopped by Naruto.

They take the Senju ninja to Tsunade, and are able to get some information from them. The Senju ninja that spoke to Hinata before says, "The Senju shall rise from the shadows of the forest and reclaim the Leaf that was stolen from them. Both father and son shall rule the Land of Fire and become the most powerful ninja in the world!"

Tsunade turns her head and tells the three ANBU members that are with her to take the prisoners away. She then directs her attention to Naruto, Kyouka, and Hinata. "You three shall go into the forests outside of Konoha and see if you can find their hideout. We need to stop this quickly so that it doesn't get out of hand."

Naruto bangs his fist on Tsunade's desk. "But why would the Senju be attacking? The first two Hokages were from the Senju clan, so why would they want to destroy the village?!"

Tsunade gives him a shallow look. "When the Second died, the last of the remaining Senju went into hiding because they thought that they would be hunted down and be killed by the First and Second's enemies. They blamed Konoha for not wanting to protect them and decided to turn away from the life of true shinobi. Now it would appear that they have decided to take their revenge.....As a true member of the Senju clan, I ask you to please find and stop whoever is doing this."

Hinata steps forward. "We will, Tsunade-sama. You can count on us."

The three Leaf ninja then disappear into the forests, looking for the Senju hideout.

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Back in the Senju hideout, Shikaro confronts his father.

"But why, father? Why do you want to destroy the village? It makes no sense!"

The elder Shikaro scoffs at his son's words. "You were a fool, son. I sent you into the village to study their ways and to report what you saw back to me in order to throw together a battle strategy. You were the perfect spy.....Now join with me so that we can rule the Leaf together and take our revenge for our fall from grace."

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Naruto, Kyouka, and Hinata burst through the doors of the throne room, having found the Senjus through Hinata's Byakugan...They are just in time to hear the words that Hinata was so desperate to hear from Shikaro.

"I will not join you father! These people behind me are from the Leaf and they are my friends. I have other friends there too, but these three are the closest to me...I have known Naruto and Kyouka since my days at the academy.....As for Hinata, she is the one person in this live that has been gentle with me. I loved her from the moment I met her and I grew to love her even more after I got to know her. If destroying Konoha means destroying my friends, then I would rather kill you than join you!"

The elder Shikaro glares at his son. "Not wise, son." He clasps his hands together. "Wood Style: Snaking Prison!"

Long posts of wood wrap themselves around the bodies of Shikaro, Hinata, Kyouka, and Naruto. As they wrap and constrict, Shikaro's father walks over to him. "Love? Friendship? Such things are an impossibility for you. Surely, you must remember the rules that I laid down for you: Do not talk with the people in the village and, if at all possible, do not even go near them.....Do you know why I gave you those rules?"

Shikaro winces through the pain and asks, "Why?"

His father smiles menacingly. "Because you are the Jinchuriki of the Moeagarimasu Shishi (Flame Lion)." He then releases his son from the grasp of his jutsu. "Now that you know what you are, there is no going back for you. Stay with me now and we can rule the leaf together. What do you say to that, son?"

Shikaro looks down for minute and then charges at his father. "I'll never join you! No matter who or what I am, I will never join to you!" He clasps his hand together and then thrusts his right fist at his father. "Wood Style: Spear of Despair!" A long wooden spear comes at Shikaro's father, but he is able to escape just in time. He counters with one of his own.

"I don't care if you are my son! I will plow through you if I must, in order to have revenge against Konoha!" He charges at his son.

Shikaro charges at his father, with a kunai in his left hand. "Fire Style: Cauterization!" The blade begins to glow red and Shikaro thrusts it forward in a stabbing motion. The blade makes contact with his father's heart and he sees the older man fall to his knees. Shikaro turns around and lays his father back into his arms.

His father speaks to him with a weak voice. "Son...I need to tell you the truth."

With tears in his eyes, Shikaro asks, "What truth are you talking about, father?"

"I am talking about the true intentions for this day. I wanted you believe that I garnered a desire to destroy Konoha so that I could gauge your reactions. I wanted to see if you would succeed where so many others of our family have failed...I wanted to see if you could become a true protector of the Hidden Lead, and you have exceeded my expectations.....Goodbye, son...I am proud of you."

The jutsu that bound the others is released upon the death of Shikaro's father. They all walk over to Shikaro and console him, especially Hinata.

Shikaro then takes his father's body into his arms and speeds to the Hokage's office. He makes it to the outside of the building until he is stopped by the ANBU. Tsunade comes out to see what is wrond and listens to what Shikaro says. "My name is Shikaro Hitsurugi, that much is true. However, that is not my full name. My full name is Shikaro Hitsurugi Senju. My father, here, sent those ninja to strike fear in Konoha and attempted to take revenge, but this was all a lie. He created a false motive and false order to destroy Konoha so that he could see if I could outshine our predecessors and become like the Hokages.....He wanted me to become a true protector of Konoha by defending it from him." Tears well up in Shikaro's eyes. "Therefore, I humbly ask you to allow my father a funeral befitting a hero of Konoha."

Tsunade walks over to Shikaro and places a hand on his shoulder. "Nothing would give me a greater honor than giving this man a proper send-off."

That night, a funeral for Shikaro Haito Senju, the father of Shikaro Hitsurugi Senju, is held in shinobi burial grounds. More than half of the village show up to pay homage to the perseverance of this man and his strong belief in his son.

One hour after the funeral ends and everyone has gone home, Hinata walks with Shikaro back to his apartment. Though she is being followed by her father and sister, Hinata pays them no mind and holds herself close to Shikaro.

When they reach his apartment, Shikaro pulls Hinata into a tight hug. He whispers into her ear, "I love you, Hinata." He then turns to enter his apartment. This action is interrupted by Hinata, who is still latched onto his arm. He turns his head towards her and asks, "What's wrong, Hinata?"

She smiles at him and blushes. She tell him that, "Nothing is wrong," and pulls him into a kiss. When she breaks their kiss, she tells him in a very soft tone, "I love you too, Shikaro Senju. And I will see you tomorrow."

Shikaro walks into his apartment and looks at a picture of himself and his father, and then at a picture of himself, Kyouka, Naruto, and Hinata. "I'm sorry that you can't be here for this, Dad, but I promise that I will do my best to protect the village. And I also promise that I will do whatever is necessary to protect Hinata and to equally return to her the feelings that she has for me."
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over a year ago IchigoShirosaki said…
Kyouka sighs as she entered her home. "Imuhōmu...."

Then she was suddenly kicked in face, "YOUR LATE!"

she crashed into the wall, she got up. "ow! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR MA!?!"

"your late!"

"how the hell am i late!?! its morning!"

"you didnt come home yesterday!"

"she was probably with Naruto the whole night.." Kiba snickered from his spot in the sitting room.

"SHUT THE HELL UP KIBA! NO ONE ASKED YOU!"

then she's kicked into the other wall. "then dont be late!"

"ow! what kind of Mother kicks around her own daughter!?!"

"the kind that doesnt approve of thier daughters not coming home! if you were going to not come home the least you could do is say so!"

"whatever i'll do whatever i want to! im not a little kid anymore!" Kyouka growls and goes to punch her in the face, but it ended with both of them having fists in thier faces.

both of them fall to the floor. Kyouka is the frist to get up. "screw this!" Kyouka sighs and goes back out the door. i wanna talk to Shikaro anyway..

she walks with Shiro down to Shikaro's appartment.

she knocks on his door. "Hey Shikaro, it's me, Kyouka, can we talk?"

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meanwhile, a Messanger bird lands on the perch.


"huh? it's a messanger from the Sand Village, i might be urgent."


the ninja grabbed the scroll and un sealed it. he opened it.


"oh no! this is bad!
the Kazekage has been Kidnapped by The Akaksuki!"
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Shikaro walks over to his door and opens it up. Still half asleep, he invites Kyouka and Shiro in. He tell Shiro that he can lay down wherever he wants to while he and Kyouka go into the kitchen. "So what do you want in this early hour of the morning Kyouka?"

She grumbles a little bit and sighs for a moment. "I just needed to get away from my mother. That crazy old woman will be the death of me!"

Shikaro laughs at her after she tells him what happened. "You should be happy that she cares so much about you. My mother left before I ever met you guys. When I asked her why she was leaving, she said that she could never care for a monster like me. Since I didn't know what she meant at the time, I just told myself that she just needed a break and would come back some day.....Then I found out that she killed herself a week later and wrote in her suicide note that her demon son would destroy the world. After that, I ended most of my actions in the outside world and focused my efforts inwards."

Kyouka stares at Shikaro until he bursts out with laughter.

"Then I met you and Naruto and then my life took a complete 180!"

Kyouka laughs with him, remembering all of the trouble that they used to get into together. Though Shikaro is the oldest of them, Naruto always took the lead in their pranks. She then decides to tell him the real reason that she came over. "I want to talk about you being a Jinchuriki. If that's alright?"

Shikaro nods his head. "I figured that was the reason that you came here. What do you want to talk about?"

Kyouka puts a hand on his shoulder. "I just want to let you know that we are there for you, Shikaro. Both Naruto and myself know that kind of pain and suffering that comes with being a Jinchuriki and we just want to let you know that we are there for you."

Shikaro smiles at her. "Thanks for the concern, Kyouka. To tell you the truth, I am glad that you told me that and I will probably need both your help and Naruto's help in the future. However, I'm coping with it pretty well. It actually makes me realize that my father didn't want me to have any attachments to anyone because he did not want me to hurt them or them hurt me. That he was always looking out for me.....But he never anticipated that I would have the friends that I have now. You, Naruto, everyone else of the Konoha 11, the Sand Siblings, and especially Hinata."

Kyouka smiles and rubs his shoulder a bit. "Yeah, you're right. He may have had a messed up way of doing things, but at least you know that he cared about you."

Suddenly, there is a knock at the door. Shikaro and Kyouka go to answer it. When Shikaro opens the door, he sees Hinata panting very hard. Seeing that she is about to collapse, Shikaro grabs ahold of her and brings her into his apartment. When she sits down at the kitchen table and is able to get something to drink, she tells them the news. "G-Gaara has been kidnapped by Akatsuki. I just heard it from Sakura and she told me that we are being grouped into a task force that is going to be commanded by Kakashi-sensei.....We need to get to the Hokage's office immediately to receive our orders."

When Hinata tries to stand up, Shikaro forces her back into her seat. "Not until you rest for a minute, Hina-chan. Suna is three days away and you won't be able to help Gaara if you collapse before we get there."

Kyouka speaks up. "So just sit on your butt for a minute and chill out. We may be worried about Gaara, but we can't be running around like chickens with our heads cut off either."

As they sit in Shikaro's kitchen, the same thought occupies the thoughts of the two Jinchuriki in the room. "If Gaara was taken, then which of us is next? I guess we'll have to rescue Gaara and find out for ourselves."
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
After resting for a few minutes at Shikaro's apartment, Shikaro, Kyouka, and Hinata speed off to Tsunade's office. When they arrive, they see that Sakura, Naruto, Kiba, Shino, and Kakashi are waiting there for them.

"Glad to see that you guys finally decided to show up," growled Tsunade. "I was getting ready to send Kiba and Akamaru after you guys if you hadn't have shown up."

Shikaro steps forward. "We would have been here sooner but Hinata was exhausted and needed to rest. We can't have her collapsing on the way to Suna because she can't breathe. Therefore, I had her sit down in my home and rest for a few minutes. However, we can't worry about that right now, Tsunade. Who is going to be leading the task force to rescue Gaara?"

Sakura thinks to herself, "He has a lot of nerve addressing her by name. But they are cousins, so I guess it doesn't matter."

Kakashi steps forward. "I will be leading this task force and the leader of Team 7. Hinata will be joining my team during this mission. That just leaves the rest of you."

Tsunade thinks to herself for a moment and then comes up with a proper solution. "Shikaro will lead Kiba as part of one two-man cell. Kyouka will lead Shino in another two-man cell. However, both of the two-man cells will be under Kakashi's command in the case of an emergency...Is that understood?"

Kyouka, Kiba, and Shino reply, "Yes, ma'am!" Shikaro just nods to her.

Tsunade continues. "Good, onto the mission. This task force is given the S-ranked mission of locating and rescuing Gaara, the Kazekage. Upon rescuing him, you will return him to Sunagakure. However, you must first go to Sunagakure in order to ascertain who was behind the attack. We know that it was Akatsuki, but you will need to know specifics in order to gain an advantage against them.....That is your mission. You are all dismissed."

They all salute and then exit the office. Half an hour later, they all meet up at the main gate of Konoha. Kakashi addresses his task force. "If you are all ready to leave, then we should get going immediately."

All but Shikaro reply to Kakashi with a "Yes, Kakashi-sensei," and begin to run towards Sunagakure. Shikaro takes the forward position with Kakashi, Naruto, and Kyouka. He notices that Naruto is clenching his fists and puts a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"Just calm down, Naruto. We'll get Gaara back."

Kyouka puts her hand on his shoulder and rubs it gently. "We will be with you every step of the way...We won't abandon you and we won't abandon Gaara.....That's a promise!"
over a year ago IchigoShirosaki said…
"i know you guys will..." Naruto mutters.


Kyouka stood by Naruto's side, comforting him, she would be lying if she said she wasnt at all worried, she was edgey over this situatuion, but for Naruto and everyone else's sake, she remained calm.

man Naruto is really upset, i hope he doesnt lose his temper, i dont like to see him when he is in Kyuubi mode..


she clenches her fist, for Naruto-Kun's sake, i'm gonna try my hardest to get Gaara... if it's the last thing i do..


she sniffed the air, she smelt a familar scent. "hey Kiba do you smell Temari?"

Kiba sniffs the air, he nods, "yeah smells like her.."

"thought so.."

Kyouka jumps down and starts running on foot, followed by Shiro.

"hey Temari!" she calls out once she notices the Sand ninja.

"huh Kyouka what are you doing here?"

everyone else jumps down with Kyouka and Temari, and Kakashi speaks up frist. "we were sent to vist the Sunagakure. we recived news that Gaara was kidnapped by the Akaktsuki."

Temari is startled by this news, she looks off to the side, in deep thought. i knew something wasnt right..

Kyouka jumps in. "it's seems you are just finding out about this, perhaps we can all join up and head to the Suna, you would know quick short cuts after all.."

Temari sighs, "that's fine, but no matter how we travel, it would take three days to get there.."

"then lets run as fast as we can to get there!" Naruto shouts.
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Nearly two weeks later, Kakashi and the others cross back into the Land of Fire. Having rescued Gaara, the Konoha ninja were preparing themselves for a nice "welcome home" from their families. As they are walking along the main road, Kakashi and his team are encountered by two ninja from the Hyūga Clan meet them in the middle of the road. One is a Jōnin and the other is a Chūnin.

The Jōnin steps forward and bows to Hinata. "Hinata-sama, your father, Lord Hiashi, has requested that you return with us at once. He desires an immediate update on what happened in Sunagakure."

Hinata is somewhat shocked that her father wanted to see her for a reason other than to scold her. "Oh, alright." She turns around to face her companions. "I guess that I will see you later, everyone. Please tell Tsunade-sama why I couldn't make it to the debriefing."

Shikaro walks forward and puts a hand on her shoulder. "Do worry Hina-chan. I'll make sure to tell Tsunade myself, and I will see you later."

Hinata nods and walks over to the two ninja, who grasp onto her shoulders and then disappear in a cloud of smoke.

Kakashi walks over to Shikaro. "It's begun, hasn't it."

Shikaro nods. "That would be my guess."

Knowing that everyone else is probably as confused as he is, Naruto approaches Kakashi and Shikaro. "What has begun, Kakashi-sensei? We just completed a mission, so nothing should be beginning."

Shikaro turns his head. "You'll find out in a few minutes, Naruto. You guys just stick close together. Whatever happens next is to concern me, and me alone."

The all continue to walk towards the village until they are about half a mile away from the Konoha gates. In the middle of the road stands Neji, with a kunai in his hand. Naruto tries to run towards Neji in order to greet him, but Kakashi puts a hand out in front of Naruto and motions for him to remain quiet.

Shikaro walks forward. "I had expected Hiashi to send you. He's starting to get a bit predictable."

Neji stands there; his face remains emotionless. "So I would suggest that you know why I am here."

"Yeah, it isn't that hard to figure out," stated Shikaro. "But you won't succeed in killing me, Neji. You may not know it yet, but I am far stronger than you could ever imagine."

Naruto and Kyouka both blurt out, "Kill you?! Why would Neji want to kill you?!"

Kakashi explains the situation to them and everyone else. "It's not a matter of what Neji wants; it is a matter of what Hiashi wants...Hiashi doesn't want to risk the chance of the Byakugan getting outside of the Hyūga Clan. So he is going to have Shikaro killed so that something like that has no chance of happening."

Even Shino can't believe what is going on. "Though it is a logical decision, I cannot agree with the moral reasoning behind it, as there is none. To kill someone out of fear of what might happen is in no way right."

Kiba and Akamaru nod in agreement. "You're right there, Shino. I bet those two Hyūga ninja from before came to kidnap Hinata under false pretenses too.....I thought I smelled deception in the air."

Neji decides to waste no more time and charges at Shikaro. He takes the kunai that he had before and throws it Shikaro's face. When Shikaro moves out of the way of the travelling blade, Neji attempts to hit him with the Gentle Fist, but misses as Shikaro has used a wood clone.

Suddenly, Shikaro appears directly behind Neji, with his Chūnin tantō at Neji's throat. "I'm not going to fight you, Neji. Hinata would be really mad at me if I wound up killing you."

Neji suddenly activates the technique "Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin". The technique creates a whirlwind of chakra around Neji that sends Shikaro flying.

Shikaro begins to laugh as he is flying through the air. "This is going to be a pretty easy win for me, Neji. The reason being that I know in your heart that you don't want to fight me. So, just give it up." Shikaro then flips backwards and lands on top of a tree.

Neji jumps up from the forest and quickly runs behind Shikaro. "Eight Trigrams Empty Palm". This technique sends Shikaro flying once again, but this time Shikaro is the target of the attack and more force is put behind it.

Shikaro once again lands on top of a tree and motions for Neji to try again. This continues for about fifteen minutes, until Neji begins to slow down from exhaustion. Shikaro then appears in front of him. "Your attacks don't have any effect because you aren't putting any heart into them, Neji. That ultimately proves that you don't want to fight me.....I have no intention of hurting your clan whatsoever. I just want to be with Hinata because I care about her...Please, help me to get her back and to convince Hiashi to call off the death warrant." Shikaro extends his hand.

Neji looks at Shikaro in shock; not just because he took so many hits without an apparent scratch, but because he doesn't understand why Shikaro would extend his hand in friendship to the man that tried to kill him. "But why would I want to help you?"

Shikaro just smiles. "Because I know for a fact that your relationship with Hinata has evolved for the better...You don't want to see her get hurt and that is exactly what is going to happen, if we don't convince Hiashi to lighten up.....What do you say?"

Neji grasps Shikaro's hand. "Fine, I will help you."

Shikaro's smile gets even bigger as he turns around. "Good. I would have really hated having to kill you to get to Hina-chan." Shikaro looks down to Kyouka and Naruto. "C'mon you guys, let's go. I'm going to need your help to get Hinata back as well."

Naruto and Kyouka both jump up to the trees and follow Shikaro and Neji to the Hyūga mansion. Kakashi just looks up and shakes his head. "Poor Neji, he didn't even realize that Shikaro kept on throwing out wood clones after each attack. The poor guy has got to be thinking that Shikaro is invincible or something right now.....I just hope that Shikaro can do what he is setting out to do. It will be easier said than done."
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Shikaro, Neji, Naruto and Kyouka (with Shiro) arrive at the outer walls of the Hyūga Clan mansion.

Naruto is the first to speak. "So what's the plan here? We go in and beat everyone up and then force them to give Hinata back?"

Shikaro shakes his head. "No Naruto, we aren't going to in there with guns blazing. I don't want to start a clan war with the Hyūga Clan.....Aside from that, if we go charging in there then Hinata could be placed in serious danger...What do you think we should do, Neji?"

Neji closes his eyes for a moment and takes a deep breath. "I have a plan, but it could be a bit troublesome."

Kyouka looks at Neji with a concerned look in her eyes. "What is this plan of yours?"

"Like I said, but it could be troublesome," Neji reiterates. "The plan is that I bring Shikaro before Lord Hiashi and state that he should have the honor of ridding Konoha of the 'pestilence'. I then suggest that Hinata be brought to witness Shikaro's death so that she will learn to never find a relationship outside of the Hyūga Clan. He would most likely agree and would have Hinata brought to the Hyūga Council Chambers. When Lord Hiashi goes to kill Shikaro, I can retrieve Hinata from her guards and get her out of there. Shiro can use his highly tuned sense of hearing to hear what is going on within the chambers and can notify Naruto and Kyouka of when to begin their outside diversion. While the three of us are taking care of our assignments, you can do your best to convince Lord Hiashi to call off the death warrant, Shikaro."

Shikaro nods his head once again. "I happen to find this plan trouble-free.....Now let's get Hinata out of here."

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Thirty minutes later, Neji appears at the front gate of the Hyūga mansion with Shikaro in shackles. The gate is opened and Neji leads them to the Hyūga Council Chambers. Neji pleads his case to Hiashi who, surprisingly, agrees with everything that Neji suggests.

Fifteen minutes later, Hinata is brought into the Hyūga Council Chambers. When she sees Shikaro, she tries to run to help him but she is stopped by her guards. The immediately seat her against a wall near the door. Hiashi then re-enters the chamber and glares at Shikaro, who has been shackled to the center of the room. He speaks to Shikaro for the first time. "Do you know why you are here, Shikaro Senju?"

Shikaro glares back at him, but with a smile on his face. "I'd have to be a pretty big idiot to not realize why you have brought me here.....You want to make an example of me in front of Hinata, to prove to her that someone outside of the Hyūga Clan is not acceptable for her to have a relationship with."

Hiashi looks at him quizzically. "You had anticipated this?"

Shikaro shakes his head. "I had, but not for that reason...The reason that I had anticipated this is that you seem to despise anytime that Hinata is happy. You have this innate desire to see that she is miserable."

One of the Hyūga Council members that is present glares at Shikaro. "Insolent boy, do you have any respect for elders within you?"

Shikaro turns to the Council member and yells at him. "How can I respect any person that would put politics before the happiness of their own children?! If you are going to do something like that, then you shouldn't even bother having children!"

Hiashi closes his eyes and then speaks. "That is enough talking. Let's get this over with.....Rise, Hinata. I want you to see the look on his face when he takes his final breath."

Hinata stands up, tears streaming down her cheeks. She looks at Shikaro. "I'm sorry for having gotten you involved in this, Shikaro. Please forgive me."

Shikaro gives the signal that Shiro can hear. "I'm not dead yet, Hinata."

Hiashi wastes no more time and prepares to use the Eight Trigams Empty Palm technique, but he is stopped by an earth-shattering blast emanating from the outside. Two Hyūga ninja then appear behind Hiashi. "Lord Hiashi, the Kyūbi Jinchuriki and the Gokushirou Jinchuriki are attacking the guards stationed in the courtyard. The blast that you just felt was the Kyūbi's Rasengan."

Hiashi turns around to face the ninja. "Send everyone that is available to stop them...We can't have them interrupting us." He then turns around to face Shikaro. "Now, die!!!" He launches the Empty Palm and blows a hole directly through Shikaro's stomach.

Hinata screams at the sight and begins to sob profusely. Shikaro looks down at the hole and then looks up at Hiashi and begins to laugh. Hiashi is shocked by the reaction. "You laugh at your death?"

Shikaro continues to laugh. "You really are arrogant Hiashi, to think that I would be captured so easily and would be killed so easily.....You might want to look to your left to see Hinata."

Hiashi turns his head to look at Hinata but does not see her standing there. Instead he sees Shikaro standing there, with Hinata's guards strewn around his feet. "How did this happen?!"

The Shikaro standing where Hinata once was snaps his fingers and the bound Shikaro disappears. Shikaro then jumps to the center of the Council Chambers. "It was all apart of the plan...Neji didn't bring me here so that you could kill me; he brought me here so that the two of us could save Hinata from being controlled by you."

Hiashi carries a stunned look on his face. "Neji helped you?!"

Shikaro nods his head. "Yes, he did. In his heart, he could not kill me, nor could he allow Hinata to be hurt in this way. So I convinced him to help me get to Hinata in exchange for making sure that you don't put a death warrant on his head."

Hiashi shakes his head. "You shouldn't make promises that you can't keep."

Shikaro glares at him. "And you should know when you are outmatched. I am not only the descendant of Harshirama Senju; I am also the Jinchuriki of the Moeagarimasu Shishi!!!" Just then, a dark red chakra surrounds Shikaro's body and begins to melt the ground that he is standing on.

Hiashi stares at Shikaro in shock. "The Moeagarimasu Shishi.....The Flame Lion.....You are it's Jinchuriki?!"

Shikaro's eyes have become like a cat's and are as red as the chakra surrounding him. "Yes, I am...Now if you don't want to be melted where you are standing, I would suggest that you call off the death warrant on my head; do not take any action against Neji, Naruto, and Kyouka; and that you let Hinata be happy!"

Hiashi regains his composure. "I will not consent to any of your demands."

Shikaro then powers down his Jinchuriki powers. "Well, if fear won't do it, then I guess I'll just have to beat you into giving up. But I don't want to kill you."

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While running through the halls and trying to get outside, Hinata and Neji sense the spike in Shikaro's power, but they also feel it subside.

Hinata looks to Neji. "What was that spike in chakra, Neji?"

With a small amount of fear in his eyes, Neji says, "That was Shikaro's chakra. I didn't know that it could go so high!"

Hinata visibly shows that she is worried. "But the spike subsided. He might be in danger!" Hinata then begins to run back to the Hyūga Council Chambers.

Neji calls out to her. "Hinata, stop!" But she does not listen to him. She just keeps going.

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Back in the Hyūga Council Chambers, Hiashi and Shikaro have begun fighting each other. Hiashi employs the Gentle Fist, while Shikaro dodges the blows. Shikaro kicks the ground, flips himself backwards, and then sends a couple of fireballs at Hiashi. Hiashi just blows through them. "You will have to try harder than that, Shikaro Senju!"

"You damned fool, I'm not trying to kill you!" Shikaro yells to Hiashi. This only angers the Hyūga Clan Leader, who takes out several kunai and throws them at Shikaro. Shikaro dodges the first two with ease and dodges the third as well, but it heads for the door to the Chambers.

Just then, Hinata bursts through the door, not knowing that the kunai is headed in her direction. Surprisingly, Hiashi moves to try and grab the kunai, but he is not fast enough.

It appears that the kunai is going to pierce Hinata directly between the eyes, but it does not. Just before it gets to her, Shikaro stands directly in its path and takes the kunai into his back. Hinata stands in the doorway, horror has taken over her face. She then begins to cry once again and hugs him tightly. "Why did you do that?! Now you are going to die!"

Shikaro hugs her back but then lets go. "I am not going to die, Hinata...No one is. But I must take care of something first." The dark red chakra begins to surround Shikaro once again as he removes the kunai from his back. He makes a couple of handsigns. "Fire Style: Cauterization!" He then turns around and then charges at Hiashi.

The Hyūga Clan Leader has no time to react and prepares to face his apparent death. But it does not come to him. Instead he looks down to see that the kunai has stopped centimeters from his throat. All he can say is, "Why?"

Shikaro takes the kunai away and then looks at Hiashi. "I just told Hinata that no one will die today and I am going to keep that promise...I just want to be with her, Hiashi, and she wants to be with me. Why is that so wrong in your eyes?"

Hiashi glares at Shikaro. "That is just the problem: the eyes. If the Byakugan was to fall into the hands of another clan it would--"

Shikaro interrupts him. "What would be wrong with that, Hiashi?! By being with Hinata, I am risking the Kekkei Genkai of Wood Style jutsu to be passed on to someone from outside of my clan. Did you ever think about that?!.....Things aren't the way that they used to be in Konoha, Hiashi. I would never allow anyone from my clan to abuse the Byakugan and I would welcome the opportunity for someone in my clan to receive the honor and privilege of being able to use it."

Hiashi is stunned by those words but is still skeptical. "But would you be opposed to someone from outside of your clan to receive the ability of using Wood Style jutsu?"

Shikaro shakes his head. "I would welcome such a thing.....Different clans being able to use the abilities of other clans would further unite Konoha. If that could happen, then the desire for one clan's power by another clan would be gone...Many wars would be stopped and many lives would be saved."

Hinata walks forward and grasps Shikaro's hand. "He is right, father, and you know it to be true."

Knowing that he is now trapped in a web of moral logic, Hiashi agress. "Very well, I hereby relieve you of the death warrant. I will not press any punishment to your co-conspirators. And....." He pauses for a moment. "And I will allow you and Hinata to continue your relationship with my blessing."

The one member of the Hyūga Council that spoke out against Shikaro before seconds the motion announced by Hiashi and the two teenagers are allowed to leave.

Neji meets them in the hallway as they are walking out of the Council Chambers. "I guess that it is safe to assume that Lord Hiashi has conformed to your way of thinking."

Shikaro smiles and puts a hand behind his head. "Yeah, though it did take some thorough convincing."

Neji looks at the two of them, turns around, and then says, "I will go and gather up Naruto and Kyouka and report to Tsunade-sama with them. I will tell her why the two of you couldn't make it to the debriefing."

Hinata smiles at her cousin and puts a hand on his shoulder. "Thank you, Neji. Thank you very much."

Neji then disappears and leaves the two of them alone. Shikaro then picks Hinata up. "What do you want to do now, Hina-chan?"

She smiles at Shikaro. "Do you want to go and look up at the clouds?"

Shikaro laughs at the suggestion and then holds her close to him. "There is nothing more that I would rather do than look at the clouds with you, Hina-chan." Shikaro then kisses her like she did to him the night that his father died and then disappears with her in a cloud of smoke.
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over a year ago IchigoShirosaki said…
Kyouka sighs as she enters her house after filling in for Iruka at the acadamy, luckily her mother was too busy to kick
her in the face or anything.

she streches out, cracking her back, Shiro walking over to his bed on the floor in the living room.

Kyouka walks into the Kitchen, her mother is washing some dishes, while Kyouka grabs something to drink.

after gulping down a glass of milk, Michiyo notices her daughter is home, "hey Kyouka..."

"hey.."

"so how was teaching at the acadamy?"

"boring as hell... i thought i was gonna fall asleep teaching it.."

Michiyo sighed, "sounds like it."

after a few minutes of chating, Kyouka goes upstairs and decides to take a shower.

she jumps into the shower sighing as the warm water hit her back, relaxing all her tense musscles.

Naruto thought about asking Kyouka to some ramen, considering, besides Shikaro and Hinata, Kyouka was
the only one that would come with him no matter what.

he walked into Kyouka's house, greeted by a friendly bark from Shiro.

Michiyo looked out from the kitchen, noticing Naruto's enterence.

"Hey Naruto." she greeted.

"hey Michiyo, is Kyouka home?"

"yeah she went upstairs, go ahead up."

"ok.."

he goes upstairs, and enters her room quietly, and just kinda looks around.

he notices a few pictures on her window he glances at them.

there was a pic of her and Shiro, a pic of her and Kiba along with thier team mates and sensei, him with her at Ichiraku's
taken back before he left for training, another one of them together, a pic when he was in the hospital, and Kyouka was
kissing him on the cheek to cheer him up.

he laughed at that pic, picking it up, and just staring at it.

meanwhile Kyouka gets out of the shower from across the hall, and wraps a towel around herself, and exited to her room,
not aware that Naruto was in there.

she opened the door, and as she walks in, she looked up to see Naruto there, he turns at the exact time, and
notices her, they both blushed the same red color as Naruto's nose slowly bled.

here in 10 feet away fom him was Kyouka soaking wet and wearing nothing but a towel.

Kyouka's head begins to start spining, she starts to feel light headed, as she lets out a scream, then tries to throw
something at him, but misses as she falls over, and onto the floor, as she faints.

"K-Kyouka!" Naruto yells, running over to her and dropping to his knees beside her, lightly shaking her shoulders.

Michiyo, hearing her daughter scream, stops what she is doing and runs upstairs just in time to see the scene before her.

here, hovered above her barely dressed daughter, was Naruto, Naruto gets nervous, and jumps up and waves his hands
in front of him "M-Michiyo..! this..this isnt what it looks like!"

Michiyo grew a vein, "Naruto..." she growls. "KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER YOU PERVERT!"

she kicked him, causing him to go flying up and through the ceiling.

meanwhile Shikaro and Hinata are staring at the clouds when she notices something.

"Shikaro... is that Naruto?"

"why that it is... judging by the angle, and direction, most likely he's coming from Kyouka's house.."

Hinata sighs as they watch Naruto crash into the ground.

they get up and rush over to help him. "what did you do this time Naruto?"

"i didnt do anything, Michiyo kicked me.."

Shikaro laughs, "so in other words you pissed off Kyouka's mom... good one."

"yeah.. Naruto sighs.

"well lets get over it with some ramen.." Shikaro sighs, immidently Naruto brightens up, and soon Naruto is dragging
both of them to Ichiraku's.

once they get settled and they get thier food they dig in.

Shikaro, after slurping up a noodle asks, "so what did you do to piss off Michiyo?"

"well i went to Kyouka's house to ask her if she wanted to come here, and i guess Kyouka was in the shower, i went
her room to wait, and she came in soaking wet and in a towel, then she got all red faced then screamed and tried to
throw something at me, but missed and fainted. i went over to wake her up, then her mom comes rushing, jumping
to the wrong conclusion and then she called me a perv and kicked me."

Shikaro bursts out laughing, Naruto doen't get it. "what's so funny about it?"

Shikaro puts his arm around his friend, "Naruto, dude, the only reason she fainted, was because she was embaressed
and she is really into you, like i mean she's crazy about you ever since i could remember."

Naruto thinks, but it doesnt really occur to him, Kyouka couldnt like him that way could she?

he laughs it off and just digs into his Ramen, "yeah sure whatever.."

Shikaro sighs, how he wanted to knock sense into that boy, he was clueless, Kyouka has had the world's biggest crush
on him since forever, and he's still oblivious.

Hinata sighs as well the both look at each other, it was hopeless to just bluntly tell him, obviously there is someting
that will open his eyes, but for now they just let it go and enjoy thier meal.
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
As Shikaro, Hinata, and Naruto are eating, two ANBU members appear behind them. One of them steps forward and grasps Shikaro's shoulder. As he does so, Shikaro prepares to throw him back out into the street but stops upon seeing that the person grabbing him is an ANBU member. "You reflexes are exactly as the Hokage had reported.....She requires you to appear before her, and we have been sent to bring you to her."

Shikaro looks at the ANBU member quizzically. "What is this about?"

The other ANBU member steps forward. "If you want to find out, then we suggest that you go before her."

Shikaro stands up and then prepares to walk out of the bar. He looks to Naruto and Hinata. "You guys stay here. I'll be back in a while."

Shikaro walks out into the street and disappears with the two ANBU members in a cloud of smoke. Hinata looks at Naruto with concern. "What could Tsunade-sama want with Shikaro, Naruto?"

Naruto just shakes his head. "I don't have a clue, Hinata. Baa-chan is always doing strange things so I can't pinpoint the reason for this one.....Maybe we could stake out her office after I finish."

Hinata looks down to the ground. "Okay, Naruto. That would make me feel a bit better about this."

As soon as Naruto finishes, he and Hinata run off to the outside of Tsunade's office. When they arrive, they see Jiraiya sitting there, trying to hear what Tsunade is saying. When he sees them, he motions for them to squat down next to him as they look into Tsunades office.

The Hokage can be seen speaking with Shikaro about something. He just stands there with his usual scowl when he is in her presence.

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(In the office)

Tsunade stares at Shikaro with her hands folded together and her elbows on her desk. "Do you have any idea as to why I have called you here?"

Shikaro just scowls at her. "No damn clue. No one's told me anything."

One of the ANBU members that brought Shikaro to Tsunade prepares to strike him. "How dare you speak to the Hokage that way!"

But when his strike prepares to connect, Shikaro sidesteps the blow and puts a kunai to the ANBU member's throat. "How dare you try to strike someone in such a sloppy manner."

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Naruto and Hinata are somewhat shocked by Shikaro's reflexes.

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(Back in the office)

A mischievous grin comes across Tsunade's face. "You are just as quick as your sensei told me."

Shikaro continues to scowl. "Yeah...I guess that I should thank you for the compliment, but I'm debating on whether I should or not."

Tsunade continues to grin. "Funny thing that you begin talking about choices. I was beginning to reconsider making you a Jōnin but I am not so sure now."

Shikaro's face becomes serious, all of a sudden. "What's the price that I have to pay to become a Jōnin, Tsunade? Is it to start respecting you?.....If it is, then there is no way that I can become a Jōnin while you are Hokage."

Tsunade laughs for a moment. "No, I'm not asking you to deny yourself your natural born nature, but I do have a price.....I want to know why you don't show your superiors any respect, save Kakashi, and why you only seem to respect Naruto, Kyouka, and Hinata."

Shikaro lightly chuckles at the price. "That's a pretty low price, considering you could have had me take on an entire squad of ANBU members...Fine, I'll pay the price."

A feeling of accomplishment comes over Tsunade. "Alright, get on with it."

Shikaro waits a moment and then begins his explanation. "The reason that I don't show respect my superiors, except for my sensei and Kakashi, is that no one in the village would respect me no matter what I did. It wasn't until after I revealed myself to be from the Senju Clan that the Elders of the Konoha Council began to acknowledge me as a person. As for you, the reason that I don't show you respect is that we are cousins and I don't see why I should have to give honorifics to my cousin."

Tsunade nods her head. "I had figured as much. Please, continue."

"As for Naruto, Kyouka, and Hinata," began Shikaro, "I respect them because they deserve respect more than anyone in the village. Naruto was all alone in this world for most of his life and was shunned by the people of this village, and all that he wanted was to have them accept him as one of their own. Kyouka was the same, except for the fact that she had her mother, but she still felt alone and could only find refuge in Naruto's company. They were my first friends and even saved my life when I was young.....Those two that had been shunned by everyone saw it fit for me to be their friend. I couldn't help but respect them."

Tsunade closes her eyes and sighs. "What about Hinata?"

Shikaro laughs a little. "Hinata came a little bit later. I met her in the Academy and became friends with her. I thought that she lived the perfect life but I soon found out that she was the victim of many verbal lashings from her father...I helped her to ease through that pain until I graduated (he graduated a year earlier than Hinata and the others). I respected her because of the fact that she would never give up, no matter what her father said, and I respected her for her perseverance. But now, I do more than respect her. I have grown to deeply care for her and only want her to be happy."

Tsunade nods her head. "Yes, I have heard this report from her father, Hiashi Hyūga."

Shikaro's eyes widen. "He told you everything that happened at the Hyūga mansion?!"

"Yes, he did," said Tsunade. "And don't worry, the fact that you are a Jinchuriki will not be released to the public, unless you want it too."

Shikaro thinks for a moment and then tells her, "You can let it slip out to the villagers. I don't care."

Tsunade nods and then hands something to Shikaro. "This is the vest that is to be worn by Jōnin from this village.....I hope that you can wear it proudly."

Shikaro accepts it and then puts the vest on. "Thank you, Tsunade, but I have one request."

"What is it?" asked Tsunade with an eyebrow raised.

Shikaro takes a moment before telling her. "I want Hinata to be kept from receiving any missions for a while. I've just got a bad feeling that something is going to happen."

Just as he says this, Hinata comes flying through the window. "How could you say that, Shikaro?!"

The taller ninja's eyes widen. "Hinata, I--"

She doesn't let him speak. "I am a ninja to, Shikaro. I can take care of myself...You don't have to baby me!" Hinata storms off to the outside of the office. Shikaro follows her.

"Hinata, I'm only looking out for you. I wasn't trying to say that you are a bad ninja...I just don't want to see you get hurt."

Hinata then turns around to face him. She has an angry look in her eyes. "WHY?! Why do you care so much about me, Shikaro! No matter what I do, you are always trying to protect me. Why?"

Shikaro can't bear to see her like this. He looks into her eyes and sees anger and fear at the same time. She looks like she is about to start crying. So Shikaro does the only thing that he can think of: he kisses her.

Hinata pushes him away after taking a minute to realize what he is doing. "That doesn't explain why you are smothering me."

Shikaro finally speaks to her. "I am so protective of you because I love you and I don't want to lose you! Other than Kyouka and Naruto, you are the only person to accept me for who I am, not what I am.....No matter what I have told you about myself and my past, you have always stuck by me and I don't want to lose that." He drops to his knees and tears go down his face. He says to her in a hushed tone, "I don't want to lose you like I lost my mother."

Hinata holds him close to her and whispers in his ear. "You don't have to worry about losing me like you lost her, Shikaro. I promise that I will never leave your side, but I still don't want you to smother me out of fear of loss." She helps him to stand up. "You can love me without being overprotective. Just protect me when the time calls for it, okay?"

Shikaro laughs a little and agrees. "Yeah, I promise that I won't smother you anymore."

Hinata hugs him and nods her head proudly. "Good.....By the way, congratulations on being promoted to Jōnin."

Shikaro thanks her. "Thanks, Hinata. I guess we should go let Naruto and Jiraiya know that you haven't killed me yet.

Hinata is stunned by what he said. "You knew that we were out there the whole time?"

Shikaro nods. "Yeah, I could hear that old perv stammering at how cute you are. I swear that if I ever see him do that, I'll trap him in a wood prison.

Hinata laughs as they both go outside to tell Naruto and Jiraiya the news. After telling Shikaro congratulations, Jiraiya leaves to go speak with Tsunade and leaves the teenagers in the middle of the street.
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
As they stand in the middle of the street, Shikaro notices that Naruto is a bit disheartened and immediately realizes that he still feels guilty about the business with Kyouka. He then looks at Hinata and then back to Naruto. "Alright you two, as my first official act as a Jōnin, I order the two of you to follow me."

Though confused by the order, Hinata and Naruto follow Shikaro. When they reach their destination, Naruto immediately realizes the residence at which they have stopped. "HOLD ON, SHIKARO!!! I don't want to die today," yelps Naruto as they are outside Kyouka's home.

Shikaro turns around to face him. "Don't worry, Naruto. Since you left, Michiyo has kinda gotten into a habit of listening to me and believing what I tell her. Though I don't know why."

Still quivering a little, Naruto asks, "So, are you going to tell her that everything was a misunderstanding?"

Shikaro nods as he knocks at the door. He makes sure that he and Hinata are shrouding Naruto from any line of sight as they see the door open. Michiyo happily greets the two that she can see. "Shikaro, Hinata, it is good to see the two of you. How have you two been?"

Shikaro puts a hand behind his head and grins. "Just fine, Michiyo. Hinata and I were just walking by and wanted to talk to you about something."

Her curiosity getting the best of her, Michiyo asks them, "What about?"

Both Shikaro and Hinata take a sidestep to reveal Naruto behind them. As soon as Michiyo sees Naruto, she attempts to charge at him but is stopped by Shikaro. "Calm down, Michiyo. Let me explain what happened."

Once he was confident that Michiyo wouldn't decapitate Naruto and feed his head to Shiro, Shikaro let Michiyo go and told her that everything that happened earlier was an accident. That Naruto did not know that Kyouka had been in the shower, and that he was only trying to help her after she had fainted...Much to Naruto's surprise, Michiyo actually listens to what was said and even apologizes to Naruto for kicking his ass earlier. After that was all said and done, Michiyo invites the three ninja in to see Kyouka, who is lazing around on the couch.

Kyouka looks up to see Shikaro, Hinata, and Naruto standing in the doorway to the living room. She turns a little red when she sees Naruto, but does not let it affect her. "Hey guys, what's up?"

Hinata is the first to speak this time. "We just wanted to stop by to say 'hi' and tell your mom that what happened with you and Naruto was a complete accident."

Naruto is surprised by Hinata's bluntness. He thinks to himself, "Shikaro is starting to rub off on her, I guess."

Shikaro just laughs. "Yeah, he had no idea that you had been in the shower and didn't quite know how to react when you showed up in nothing but a towel."

Now a little pissed with Shikaro, Kyouka goes over to him and prepares to punch him. "You OVERGROWN APE!!! You thing that was funny?!" As she prepares to punch him, she then notices his new vest and calms down. "You didn't get made a Jōnin, did you?"

"Yeah, I did," Shikaro admitted proudly. "The old wrinkle sack (his personal nickname for Tsunade, when she is not within earshot) finally made me a Jōnin. She said that she guessed that I deserved it because of my actions in aiding the village. That, and because of what happened at the Hyūga mansion."

With that said, they all sit down in the living room for a while and tell each other what they remember from their childhoods. After about half an hour, Michiyo walks in. "Who want to go with me to see, Kakashi?"

Though he wanted to go and see his sensei, Naruto wanted to go and eat some ramen at Ichiraku's. Hinata needed to get back home and make a formal report of what happened at the mansion. Kyouka was feeling lazy and didn't want to go anywhere. When the time came for Shikaro to answer, he tells Michiyo that he will go with her.

After about five minutes, Michiyo and Shikaro arrive at the hospital entrance. It takes them a few minutes longer to get to Kakashi's room because there had been a medical emergency in the hospital and the hallways needed to be cleared. When they finally enter Kakashi's room, they see that Jiraiya is already there, talking to the son of Konoha's White Fang. The Toad Sage greets them. "Well, if it isn't the mother of my pupil's unknown love and newly promoted Senju brat. How are you two doing?"

Michiyo answers him with a half-smile, half-scowl. "We are doing just fine. We just wanted to come and see how Kakashi was doing."

Though none of them can see Kakashi's face, they can all tell that he is smiling. "You guys didn't have to come and see me. I'm coming along just fine.....By the way, Shikaro, Jiraiya told me about your promotion. Good job."

Shikaro bows to him. "Thank you, Kakashi-dono." As stated before, Kakashi is one of the only people that Shikaro actually shows respect to.

Jiraiya then walks over to the newly promoted ninja. "It was a good thing that the two of you came here anyway. We needed to tell you something."

Jiraiya then explains that Tsunade is going to have Michiyo lead Kyouka, Naruto, Shikaro, Hinata, and Sakura on a mission to make contact with Sasori's spy. Jiraiya then explains to them, in great detail, the tailed forms of both Naruto's and Kyouka's demons. "There may come a time when a special seal is needed to seal their demon forms again, if their current seals become weak.....That is why Tsunade has told me to give you the information of how to reseal them, Shikaro."

"The only downside to resealing them is that it won't completely seal the demons, right?" asked Shikaro.

Jiraiya nods in agreement. "That's right. And since you are the last remaining person in the First Hokage's bloodline, except for Tsunade, only you can use the Sealing Jutsu on them. In other words, you are the guardian of two Jinchuriki."

Shikaro looks down at the ground. "Looks like the 27 Tails of Konoha aren't out of the woods yet."

"27 Tails of Konoha? Who is that?" asked Michiyo.

Shikaro answers her calmly. "The 27 Tails of Konoha are Naruto, Kyouka, and myself. Each of us contain a demon with nine tails. If you multiply nine three times, you get twenty-seven. Hence, the 27 Tails of Konoha."

Jiraiya laughs sheepishly. "Yeah, it's hard to believe that the three of you, being so close, are all Jinchuriki. It's also a bit hard to believe that your demon doesn't want to destroy anything. But I'm not gonna argue with that good fortune."

Shikaro laughs with him. "Yeah, neither will I."

Suddenly, an ANBU member appears in the room and informs Shikaro and Michiyo that the Hokage is calling their team together. They bid farewell to Kakashi and Jiraiya and then disappear in a cloud of smoke. They reappear in Tsunade's office.

Kyouka gives her mother a look of disappointment. "It took you long enough to get here. Naruto even got here before you did."

Michiyo just ruffles her daughter's hair and smiles. "That is one of the advantages of being a Jōnin, Kyouka. You can be late to a summons when you know what is going to be said."

Tsunade then explains the mission to the gathered team. "Michiyo is going to lead the five of you on this mission." The Hokage glares at Shikaro. "You don't have a problem with that, do you Shikaro?"

Shikaro just shrugs his shoulders. "No, I've got no problem with it."

Tsunade nods to him. "Good. Now, the mission is that this team is going to make contact with Sasori's spy at the Heaven and Earth Bridge in Kusagakure. Once you make contact with him, your orders are to obtain whatever information that he has on Orochimaru and then bring him back to me. UNDERSTOOD?"

Everyone, except for Shikaro, bow and say "Yes ma'am."

It takes the team, consisting of Michiyo, Shikaro, Naruto, Kyouka, Sakura, and Hinata, several days to reach the Heaven and Earth Bridge. The first night, the team was able to stay in a hotel but, for the rest of the journey, Shikaro had to make lodgings for them, due to his wood techniques. When they, finally reach the Heaven and Earth Bridge, the team hides in the thick forest on their side of the bridge and come up with a plan. Michiyo pitches the plan. "My plan is that Shikaro makes a wooden copy of Sasori that I can hide in. I can use a special jutsu that allows me to copy voices and can then make the deception convincing. While I am doing that, the rest of you will remain in the shadows and wait for me to give you the signal to trap him. We will then take the spy into custody and return him to Konoha."

They all agree to the plan and Shikaro quickly makes a copy of Sasori's puppet, Hiruko. Michiyo climbs inside of the puppet and uses her jutsu to clone Hiruko's voice. She then goes down to the bridge and waits for the spy to show up. When the spy finally shows up, he reveals himself to be Kabuto Yakushi. Suddenly, Orochimaru appears and is about to kill Kabuto as a traitor. Michiyo goes to help Kabuto but the supposed spy cuts of the head of the puppet. With her cover blow, Michiyo calls her team to offer assistance.

The second that her team appears, Michiyo notices something different about her daughter. Her suspicion is confirmed when she hears what her daughter says to Orochimaru.

Kyouka's voice becomes raspy as she says, "I'm going to kill you, OROCHIMARU!!!"
over a year ago IchigoShirosaki said…
"K-Kyouka wait!" Michiyo yelled after her daughter, but it was too late Kyouka had already zoomed passed Kabuto and
was charging toward Orochimaru.

"YOU SELFISH BASTARD!" Kyouka yelled in pure and utter anger, as she started to take on a slightly different apperence,
her normal human ears were covered by hair, and there was wolf ears on top of her head, her canine teeth grew shaper
along with her nails, and there seem to be a crimson black aura radiating off her body.

"YOU COLD HEARTED PRICK!" She yelled punching him, she just started to repeatingly punch him out of anger. "You... WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT!" she yelled and
swings her arm back, demonic chakara being forced into her arm, she brought her arm forwards, and dug her nails into his face, as her hand made contact with it,

from the force of the impact, it caused him to go flying at least farther then a mile. more like 5 yards away.

Sakura just stared at her, is this really Kyouka? she effortlessly knocked him like he was nothing.. and so far too...

Kyouka turns and looks at Kabuto who smirks, "you really have grown well, Kyouka, you are truely a monster.."

Kyouka says nothing and just stares at him with full blood lusting hatred.

Naruto tries to run toward Kabuto, but is stopped by Michiyo and Shikaro. "you bastard! dont call her that! she's not a monster!"

Kabuto chuckles, "have you gotten a good look at your friend Naruto-kun? she has lost all sense of reason, she is after all, the Jinchuriki of the most destructive
demon to ever grace this world, The Gokushirou No Ookami is a demon with pure and utter hatred over the human spieces, it's power is fueled by her desires
and her hatred."

then he glances at Shikaro, "i can clearly see why the brought you with them, you, besides Tsunade, are the last known living breathing member of the Senju clan.
the decendant of the Frist Hokage one of the founders of the leaf village, and the only known shinobi to use wood Jutsu.. you are fully cabable of tempraliy
resealing the seal last used by Shira Higarashi himself.."

"Shira Higarashi?" Sakura muttered confused.

Michiyo sighs, "in other words, Shira Higarashi was the one who sealed the Gokushirou within Kyouka, and is Kyouka's biological father..."

everyone looked at her startled by the news, "so in other words... he is dead?" Sakura asked.

"that i am not sure, he disappered after i had given birth to Kyouka and he had sealed the beast within our child's body..."

"poor Kyouka... to grow up and never know who your father is.." Hinata muttered.

Michiyo chuckles softly, "it really wasnt that bad for her, i had easily performed both duties of parenting, i had Kakashi's help too, and the Third had given me his
blessings. the Third was like a grandfather to Kyouka, she was so close, which could explain her hatred toward Orochimaru..."

"and so speaks the sbling of the devil himself.." Kabuto sighs.

"what does he mean by that?"

"it's just him telling a bad pun, but it holds truth... what he is refering to by Devil, is Orochimaru... and when he refered to me as a sibling, he meant that i am the
sister of Orochimaru.."

Shikaro looks at her. "that means, Orochimaru is Kyouka's uncle?'

Michiyo sighs. "unfortunately yes."

Shikaro chuckles to himself. "talk about a bad relation, you look nothing like him, niether does Kyouka.."

Michiyo agrees. "that it is, i inherted my mother's looks and not my father's, the only simularitiy is the color of my hair.."

then they heard Orochimaru chuckle. "our mother was a fool.."

Kyouka turned to Orochimaru. he chuckles. "you do have a reselblance to me, your a monster just like me.."

she growls, "dont... you dare compare me to you! you... you bastard!"

she leans forward seemingly groans in pain slightly, soon even more reddish black chakara was radiating off of her body, this time more so forming some kind of
cloak around her, and two tails made of Chakara appeared.

"I AM NOTHING LIKE YOU! YOU COLD HEARTED SNAKE!"

suddenly a extreme amount of this Chakara is unleashed, and the air becomes dense, so dense that anyone except for Oroichimaru and Kyouka herself was barely
able to completely stand.

Naruto stared at Kyouka in shock, was this really Kyouka? this power, it was so strong..

right before his very eyes, his friend, his frist real friend before anyone else, was changing into some monster before him.

Kyouka... what has happened to you? what are you doing to yourself?

he remembered what the pervy sage said.

'Kyouka is a Jinchuriki like you, but the monster inside her is much different then the Kyuubi, it's the father of all the tailed beasts, the Gokushirou No Ookami
is the oldest tailed beast, and the most powerful one. it's number of tails is the same amount as the Kyuubi's, but the number of tails doesnt tell of it's full power.
it's power is the power of the Kyuubi's... only times 20 of that.. it has an non stoping hatred of humans, it desires the world to be brought down to nothing and
if the seal is broken, that is exactly what will happen...'


Naruto glups, what was he to do? go out there and risk his life to stop Kyouka from transforming? he could barely move because of the dense air.

Shikaro lets out a 'tsk' noise and sighs. i dont like where this is going... if im not careful... it could cost me severely. i could risk it happening again... it could
happen again... the 4th tail could appear again... just like before..


a shiver went down his spine. he had frist handingly had witnessed a large potental of the strength of the Gokushirou's power, along with Michiyo, he and Michiyo
had such a hard time calming her down. with the given situation, this could be worse.

he tries to plan out something, he glances and Sakura and Hinata, they are both on the floor unable to bare the weight of the dense air.

then he looks at Naruto as he slips out of Shikaro and Michiyo's grasp and drops to his knees out of hopelessness.

he was shaken, this was the frist time he had witnessed this side of Kyouka, and quite frankly, it was worse then when Kyouka was just pissed off at him.

he was almost truely afraid of her, but at the same time, it hurt him to see her like this.

he refused to beleve she was truely a monster, she wasnt. he was so confused, he didnt know what to do, for once he was too afraid to move, not that he could
anyway.

he had to do something, Anything. would be helpful.

Shikaro sighed, Poor Naruto, hopeless and so helpless.

then he stared at Kyouka, who by now, had three chakara tails, and slowly the air was becoming lighter, Kyouka growls and starts ti charge at Orochimaru.

Kabuto, smirked and formed some Chakara on his hand, then he charged at her, she turned around and swung her arm forwards, creating a large sonic blast that
even slightly pushed her back as it hit Kabuto, causing him to go flying towards the others and a large crater that made the bridge start to crumble.

Kabuto goes flying into both Sakura and Hinata, knocking them over, they both hit thier heads hard on the ground both blacking out instantly.

"Sakura, Hinata!"

Michiyo goes over to assit them, as she reaches them the bridge crumbles into pieces, causing all three to fall.

Shiakro reacts quickly, summoning a giant wood hand he caught them and brought them to safety, along with Naruto.

he goes to wake up Hinata. "Hinata, come on wake up, this isnt the time to be unconious."

she slowly wakes up as well as Sakura they both sit up carefully, though a large pain shoots through thier heads.

"are you both alright?" Michiyo asks. they both nod.

then Michiyo looks out toward where Kyouka use to be standing, was now chasing after Orochimaru in the woods, on the other side out of thier view.

then she looks at Shikaro. "you know what to do.."

he nods silently, then summons a wood clone.

"go investigate what is going on out there, report to me when you have gotten anything."

the clone nods and goes off to the same direction as Kyouka.

as the Shikaro clone heads out, there is a even larger blast of Chakara as a blast of wind comes towards them, the Shadow clone summons a wood barrier to protect
iteself.

as the blast hit the other, they grunted as he braced against it. Hinata is the frist to speak. "w-what is happening? what's going on with Kyouka?"

Shikaro just smiles. "you dont have to worry Hina-chan.. i got this under control... nothing will happen to Kyouka, Tsunade trusted me with this task, and failing is
not an option."

Naruto looks at him, "what do you mean nothing has happened to her!?! have you not seen her?! she's possessed by that monster!"

Shikaro puts his hand on Naruto's shoulders, "Naruto calm down.."

Naruto sighs and slips to the floor, he felt so helpless, Kyouka needed his help and he was doing nothing.

he put his head in his hands, he didnt know what to do, he is lost in thought, he was hurting because he couldnt protect Kyouka.

Shikaro sighs, i dont like the feeling i am feeling, but i think it may be too late..

the Shikaro clone managed to get to the scene, he jumped into a tree, to get a good view.

he stared in shock. "shit... i was too late..."

there before his eyes was Kyouka on all fours with 4 chakara tails.

the Clone sighed, and reported to Shikaro.

meanwhile with Shikaro and the others. he heard the news and sighed.

"i was too late it has already happened... the 4th tail has appeared.."

Naruto looks up confused "4th tail?"

Shikaro nods, "unfortunately, Kyouka has lost all awareness and sense of reason, i have to do something soon, if i dont then Kyouka could completely give into the
Gokushirou's power.."

Michiyo sighed, 'it's worse then before isnt it?"

"yeah there's more chakara seeping through. much more." he sighed.

"this is bad..."

Kyouka... please, come back to your senses, come back home, come back to us..

meanwhile with Kyouka, she growls and charges at Oroichimaru, smacking him with one of her tails.

Orochimaru catches himself mid fall, the chuckles, "truely amzing... you are truely a monster. Kyouka, a fine speices."

she growls and hold out her hand and a black chakara ball formed in her hand, she threw it at him, it turning to a blast of chakara.

he quickly summoned his Rashomon, the blast hit that though caused a large dent into it.

he chuckles. truely un believeable... such an attack enough to leave a dent in my Rashomon...

she growls again and charges at him, just swinging her arms at him, missing the whole time.

she has lost all sense of reason... there's no turning back for her, but if i dont stop this soon, she'll kill me..

he jumped back a few paces, he took note that she cant move too much faster now, must be the Chakara, her body cant handle all of it.

then suddenly she crashes her arms into the ground, and it shook, and soon a large chakara hand comes out and goes after Orochimaru.

he dodges it, as it continues to follow.

then he gets caught of guard and she hits him with the attack, into the ground.

the hand pulls back and goes back into her body, when suddenly the ground shakes, then out comes Orochimaru's head with his sword tonuge.

it hits her where her heart is but doesn't pierce through the cloak, it just pushes her back through the woods, and she slams into the ground 10 feet away from Naruto
and the others surrounded by smoke.

once everything is clearing, Naruto looks out toward Kyouka, and his eyes widen in disbelef and utter shock at the sight before them.

at frist he doesnt reconize her, she was so different.

'w-what is that?"

Shikaro sighs. "dont you reconize it? i cant blame you, but that would be what has currently become of Kyouka..."

Naruto stares at even more shock. this was it? this is really Kyouka?

he didnt want to believe it.

the sword tried to pirece through her chest, but failed too, she just grabbed the blade and threw it out towards them, they dodged it.

the force of the throw was intense to knock Orochimaru over and the sword was drewn back.

Naruto just continues to stare at Kyouka, or what has become of her at this moment.

flashbacks of the past flashed in his mind, the good times.

in his mind he imagined Kyouka before this transformation, when she still looked innocent and carefree.

'Naruto-sama!'

her voice ringed in his head, like if she was calling him right now.

then he put the image of what Kyouka was currently, her voice only being the sound of low demonic snarling.

his body began to shake, tears uncontrolably fell from his eyes.

this isnt right. Kyouka isnt a monster, nor does she ever have to be.

if he wanted to do something, now was the time.

he got the strength to move, he bolted up and ran full speed toward Kyouka.

"Naruto dont! it's too dangerous!" Shikaro yelled calling out to him.

but Naruto continued to run,

"Kyouka! come on! Wake up!" he yelled. "this is not who you are! you arent a monster!"

he skidded to a stop in front of her, she turned and stared at him.

"Kyouka.. it's me... Naruto Remember?"

a look of reconition resigsered on her face. Naruto...

but then she groaned in pain, and grabbed onto her head. "Kyouka?"

she growls at him and strikes at him, slashing into his arm with her claws, he fell backwards onto the floor, he squinted as he held onto his wound.

Naruto.... Naruto-sama, he's hurt.. why?

shee stands still, and Shikaro takes the chance to get her, he summons wood to wrap around Kyouka's body, it hold her still.

she starts thrashing around, snarling loudly, he mutters, "sorry Kyouka but this might hurt a bit.."

suddenly she's surrounded by wooden pillars, with three spikes on each, she continues to thrash around, and try to escape.

she lets out a loud roar, as she continues to struggle as Shikaro begins his jutsu.

Naruto stares at her, as she struggles, he can see her struggle to break free from the Gokushirou, she stared at back at him.

Naruto-kun...
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over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
While gathering the final bits of chakra needed to activate the jutsu, Shikaro notices the distraction that Naruto is creating for Kyouka. He then makes a decision that could possibly kill them all. "Naruto, when I break away the snaking wood, I want you to hug Kyouka hard! It might be the only thing that can distract her long enough for me to activate the suppression jutsu."

Naruto tries to interject. "But I don't think that she will care, Shikaro. If I go near her she might kill me."

Shikaro then loses control of his anger for a second. "Listen to me, Naruto! If you don't do what I say, Kyouka is going to kill everyone and everything that she comes into contact with. That means you, me, Hinata, Sakura, even her mother will all be DEAD!!!"

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Naruto prepares himself and then jumps at Kyouka. The warped wood prison around her breaks free just as Naruto clamps onto her. Michiyo watches as Shikaro has gathered just enough chakra.

Shikaro takes a kunai and uses it to carve a symbol into his hand and then holds that same palm towards Kyouka. "Now, to send this thing packing. Hokage-style: Sixty-year-old Technique - Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-bringing Hands!"

As he says this, a line of blue chakra shoots towards the gem around Kyouka's throat. She begins to thrash about, attempting to throw Naruto away. However, the suppression of the Gokushirou has already begun to take effect. The cloak of chakra surrounding Kyouka is beginning to dissipate. Within seconds she reverts back to her three-tailed form and then the Gokushirou's chakra cloak disappears. Naruto is soon seen standing the with a greatly injured Kyouka in his arms.

Michiyo runs over to Naruto and helps him to lay Kyouka on the ground. She yells for Sakura. "Sakura, heal her now! There is no time to waste."

Sakura immediately begins healing Kyouka. As a result, Kyouka's skin begins to reform on her body and she is soon stabilized. Shikaro looks on at the sight of Kyouka's deteriorating form. "Another thirty seconds and she would have been too far gone. It's more than fortunate that Jiraiya told me about that technique when he did." He then notices that Kabuto is about to make his getaway. He charges at the grey-haired ninja. "You're not getting away after all of this, Kabuto!"

Seeing that he is being tailed, Kabuto prepares his Chakra Scalpel technique to strike Shikaro, but he doesn't get the chance to. Hinata comes up from behind him and seal his chakra points. Shikaro, still charging at Kabuto, hits the grey-haired ninja with a personal wood jutsu of his own. "Wood Release: Crushing Boards"

With the activation of this jutsu, Kabuto's body is crushed, while he is standing, between two tall boards of wood. Still charging, Shikaro infuses his fist with his chakra and punches one of the boards with it. Kabuto is busted through the other board and falls to the ground, unconscious. He then wraps Kabuto up in a snaking wood prison and then carries him over to where the others are with Kyouka. Hinata follows him.

"How is she recovering, Sakura?" asked Shikaro.

Sakura looks down to Kyouka. "She's going to be okay, but she does need to be properly looked over by a doctor. I would suggest that we take her to Tsunade-sama."

Naruto is conflicted about what to do, but finally voices his opinion. "As much as I want to get to Sasuke, I've gotta agree with Sakura. We need to get Kyouka back to the village so that Baa-chan can take a good look at her."

Michiyo looks at Shikaro and then back to her daughter. "However, we can't afford to take such a long journey right now. If I know Kyouka, she would be furious to find out that we turned back on a chance to get Orochimaru, just because we were worried about her."

Having already figured out what Michiyo was hinting at, Shikaro kneels down to Kyouka. "Well then, I guess it's up to me to fix this."

Naruto puts a hand on his friend's shoulder. "What are you talking about? You already saved her from becoming the Gokushirou. What else is there to do?"

Shikaro looks up at Naruto. "You wouldn't know this since you do not have control of the Kyūbi, but I am able to utilize my demon's powers to create a healing aura. It is basically the same thing that allows you to heal so quickly. The only difference is that I can use it at my own command and on other people."

Michiyo looks down at him. "I know it is a lot to ask of you, but please help her."

Shikaro just laughs. "It's fine, Michiyo. Kyouka is one of my best friends. Not helping her would be a great dishonor to me." He looks down at Kyouka and puts a hand on her shoulder. "You are going to be just fine, Kyouka." Shikaro then makes several handsigns and places his right palm over Kyouka's face. "Demon Style: Supernatural Healing"

Immediately, a blood red aura rushes over Kyouka's body. Within seconds all of her injuries are healed and she wakes up. The aura then dissipates, allowing her to sit up.

The second that she does sit up, she looks at everyone's faces. "What the hell happened to me? The last thing that I remember seeing was Orochimaru...and then I remember seeing Naruto getting hurt."

Michiyo puts a hand on her daughter's shoulder. "None of that matters now, Kyouka; now that you are okay."

Kyouka then looks up at Naruto and then notices the claw marks on his arm. All of her memories of the incident immediately rush back to her mind. She holds her head and breaks out into a cold sweat. "I did all of those things. I attacked Orochimaru, I tried to break away from Shikaro's grasp when he was trying to help me, and I was the one that hurt Naruto."

Michiyo tries to reassure her daughter. "Just calm down, Kyouka. Everything is going to be okay now."

Kyouka yells at her mother and throws her hand off of her shoulder. " Everything is NOT okay, Mom! I tried to hurt my friends--my two closest friends!" She looks at them and then back to her mother. "How can I ever trust myself around them again?! And how can they ever trust me again?!" She is surprised by what happens next.

Naruto hugs her once again. "I will always trust you, Kyouka-chan. You've always been there for me and I will always be there for you."

Shikaro nods in agreement. "Exactly. You are our friend, Kyouka. We could never abandon you."

Once Naruto lets her go, Kyouka wipes a lone tear away from her eye. "Thanks, guys. But what do we do now? Orochimaru got away while I went on a rampage."

Shikaro laughs for a moment. "Not exactly.....When Kabuto revealed himself to be the spy, I immediately made a wood clone of him, just in case Orochimaru showed up. Once he did, I had the clone follow him and is continuing to follow him right now. And since we have to real Kabuto with us, there is no chance of the clone being found out...Once the clone arrives at Orochimaru's Hideout, I will know where it is and can take us all to it."

Sakura looks at him with a smile. "That was some pretty quick thinking, Shikaro. I guess you didn't make Jōnin for nothing."

Shikaro continues to laugh. "Yeah, you're right. But I wouldn't mind resting for about five minutes. Suppressing the Gokushirou and the healing Kyouka kinda took it out of me." As soon as he says this, Shikaro falls backward and passes out.

A frantic Hinata tries to wake him up, but Michiyo stops her. "If you keep shaking him like that, Hinata, you will wake him up. He needs to rest after all that."

Hinata then activates her Bykaugan to see what she means. She is shocked when she sees that Shikaro's chakra level is so low that he should be nearing death. However, she also sees that it is rising at a good pace. "His chakra level is low, but it is rising. Given about five to ten minutes and he will be back to full health."

Naruto then laughs at his friend's situation. "That guy's nuts. He's always doing things like that."

Sakura then shakes her head and thinks to herself, "You are one to talk you crazy knucklehead. You, Kyouka, and Shikaro are always going to whatever lengths necessary to save your friends. I guess that's one reason why the three of you belong together."
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
About five or ten minutes later, Shikaro wakes up. When he opens his eyes, the first person that he sees is Hinata. "Why do you look so worried, Hinata? I thought that I said that I needed to rest for about five minutes."

Hinata just smiles down at him. "I-I was just worried about you. Your chakra levels were dangerously low and I thought that you were--"

Shikaro sits up and puts a finger to her lips and smiles at her. "Well, I'm not dead yet. So quit worrying so much." He gets to his feet and then helps Hinata up. They both walk over to the others, who had given Shikaro some space while he rested. "Hey guys, what'd I miss?"

Kyouka immediately stands up and walks over to him. She stands in front of him for a moment and does not look up at him. Right when he attempts to say something, however, Kyouka punches him in the face. The punch sent him down to the ground. "That's for using up all of your chakra to keep me alive you big, dumb ape."

Shikaro just laughs and then stands up. "This is probably the only time that I don't mind you punching my lights out.....And don't you worry about a thing, shorty. I'm just fine now."

Michiyo then stands up and walks over to Shikaro. "Glad to see that you aren't dead yet. Hinata here was a bit worried when she looked at your chakra levels with the Byakugan."

Naruto begins to laugh. "Yeah, Hinata began shaking you franticly, trying to wake you up. I thought that I was going to die from laughter.....Usually it's me being the one that's shaken until their brains are scrambled."

Shikaro looks over at his blonde-haired friend and grins. "Maybe that's because you have never learned to keep your mouth shut around Sakura and Kyouka...About the only time you ever get shaken is when you make a wisecrack about Sakura's looks or when you piss Kyouka off."

Naruto grins as well. “You know that you used to do the same thing, Shikaro.”

Shikaro nods his head in admission. “That may be true, Naruto, but at least I stopped the first time. You, however, seem to be a glutton for punishment.”

Sakura walks over to the both of them and gives them both a hard knock to the head. She then looks down at them. “If you guys haven’t forgotten, we are on a mission.” She looks to Shikaro, who has already gotten up. “Has you Kabuto clone gotten to Orochimaru’s hideout yet?”

Shikaro nods his head. “Yeah, it just got there…Apparently, Orochimaru has had suspicions that the clone is not really Kabuto, but it appears that he has waived off those suspicions.”

Michiyo walks over to them. “Or it could be a setup and he is just trying to lure us into his hideout.”

“For Orochimaru, that would be the most logical assumption,” stated Shikaro. “So what is your plan, Michiyo?”

Michiyo scratches the back of her head for a moment then laughs sheepishly. “Sorry, but I can’t really think of a plan right now.”

Naruto shakes his head. He says, without thinking, “I guess that is where Kyouka gets some of her cluelessness from.”

Kyouka then hits Naruto hard on the top of the head. “YOU”RE ONE TO TALK, NARUTO!!!”

Naruto cowers in fear of Kyouka while Shikaro shakes his head. After thinking for a moment, Shikaro looks at Kyouka and Naruto for a moment and then back to Michiyo. “We can split into teams of three people…Naruto, Kyouka, and myself can comprise one cell. You, Sakura, and Hina-chan can comprise the other. The sole purpose of these two teams is to infiltrate Orochimaru’s base and find Sasuke Uchiha.”

Michiyo immediately doesn’t like the idea. “You shouldn’t create a team without a medical ninja. That just spells disaster.”

Shikaro walks close to Michiyo and whispers in her ear. “That’s the point. Our team is basically going to be a bait team to draw Sasuke out. You and yours is supposed to be the support team that comes in after we have been wiped out.” He then places a hand on her shoulder and smiles. “Don‘t worry, Michiyo. The 27 Tails of Konoha can withstand anything.”

Though she is not entirely sure of his statement, Michiyo agrees and they all head for Orochimaru’s base. When they arrive outside of the base, Shikaro sets Kabuto down and summons a wood clone. “You aren’t going anywhere.” He then rejoins his group and enters the hideout.

After going through countless rooms, they hear a large explosion. Sakura, who found Shikaro and his team after she had lost Hinata and Michiyo, was the first to arrive at the scene of the explosion. The blast ripped out the top portion of Orochimaru’s hideout and left a gaping hole in the center of the building. When Sakura runs out, she looks at the edge of the crater and sees a figure standing there. She immediately recognizes the figure but remains quiet and motionless at the sight of him. When the 27 Tails run out, they all look to where Sakura is looking. Naruto’s reaction is the same as Sakura’s. Kyouka just glares at the figure. She is visibly angry but does not let her anger control her. Shikaro just looks up at the figure with an emotionless look on his face.

The figure is, in fact, Sasuke Uchiha. He just glares down at the Konoha ninja that stand before him. “So, you are the ones that have decided to come…..Pathetic.” He looks at Kyouka and Shikaro. “I know why Naruto and Sakura have come, but why the two of you.”

Kyouka clenches her fists hard. “Because I want to protect the bond that Naruto-kun has with you…I may hate you beyond all reason for deserting the village, but Naruto wants to save you. So I want to do the same.”

He then looks to Shikaro. “And you?”

Shikaro continues to watch Sasuke. “Me? I’m here to make sure that Naruto doesn’t die. Though I do want you to come back to the village, I know that you have become too corrupted by the desire for revenge to do so.”

The Uchiha continues to look down at them. “As I said before…pathetic…..Perhaps I will end your attempts before they further cloud your minds.” After he says this, Sasuke suddenly appears beside Naruto with his sword drawn. “You will be the first to die, Naruto.”

Before his sword hits Naruto, Sasuke is blocked by Shikaro’s tanto and is pushed back by a punch from Kyouka. Shikaro smiles and says, “Like I told you before, I’m here to make sure that Naruto doesn’t die.”

Kyouka smiles as well. “The same goes for me.”
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Sasuke just stares at Kyouka and Shikaro. "Do you two honestly think that you can defeat me? If such a belief exists, then you are more foolish than I thought."

Shikaro takes his tanto and returns it to its sheath behind his back. "To tell you the truth, Uchiha, I don't think that we have a hope of defeating you. But you should know this, Kyouka and I will not give up."

"Very well then," began Sasuke, "I guess that I can use my full power to crush the both of you then." He then disappears and then reappears in front of Kyouka, who is a few feet away from Shikaro. He has drawn his sword and charged it with a Chidori. He then thrusts his sword towards Kyouka's heart.

Seeing what is about to happen to her, Kyouka moves her heart away from the blade's path but it does impale her through her lower left torso. The lightning pulsing through the blade damages her nerve endings and paralyzes her.

Sasuke looks down at her in disgust. "Pathetic...I will save you for last. You can watch as I tear each and every one of your friends to pieces, before I do the same to you."

Naruto is frozen where he stands. He cannot believe that Sasuke would attack him, much less Kyouka and Shikaro. He then looks at Kyouka's current state. She is kneeling on the ground with a sword in her gut, Sasuke is standing over her and showing no emotion, and he notices that he is becoming increasingly angrier because of the fact that Kyouka is in danger. Giving in to his anger, Naruto charges at Sasuke with a kunai in his hand. He throws the blade at his former teammate but it is blocked by the latter's sword, which has been pulled out of Kyouka's body. Sasuke attempts to slice Naruto's head off when he gets within range, but his attack is dodged by Naruto and is moved out of the way by a kick to the side. Naruto then scoops Kyouka up and moves over to Sakura so that she can begin healing Kyouka. Naruto looks back to Shikaro. "Hold him off, while Sakura heals Kyouka."

Shikaro nods his head and makes sure to position himself between Sasuke and his own friends. "I was hoping that it wouldn't come to this but it seems that I have no other choice."

Sasuke stares at him. "Wouldn't come to what? Using your clan's infamous wood release jutsu?"

Shikaro shakes his head. "No, not the use of my wood ninjutsu. I am talking about the use of my inner demon. The use of Moeagarimasu Shishi, the Nine-Tailed Flame Lion."

As Shikaro says this, Sakura, Naruto, and Kyouka look at him with shocked looks on their faces. Sakura can't believe that Shikaro is going to use his demon's powers to fight Sasuke.

Shikaro looks back at her. "Don't worry, Sakura, I won't kill him." He then turns his attention back to Sasuke. He makes several hand signs and then says, "Demon Seal: Four-Tailed Release." When he says this, a blood-red aura surrounds Shikaro's body. His short, brown hair suddenly extends down to his calves. Four solid tails jut out from his lower back and whip around him. The nails on his fingers become pointed and appear as if they can retract. The iris of his eyes are now blood-red and his canine teeth are now sharper. Finally, his skin is no longer white; it now has a light red hue to it. The aura begins to dissipate and Shikaro's new form can be clearly seen.

Naruto looks at Shikaro with his mouth agape. The only thing that he can think about is what happened when he went four-tails against Jiraiya and when Kyouka had entered the same state a short while ago.

Kyouka can't believe how different Shikaro's Four-Tailed form is from her own. He is not surrounded by an aura that eats away at his body, rather he is in a good physical state. Unlike Naruto, Kyouka is able to speal but she does so very slowly. "Shikaro...are you...okay?"

Shikaro then turns around to face his friends. They all become a bit hesitant when he turns around, believing that he is going to attack them. But he is able to put their minds at ease with a smile. "Relax, you guys. I'm not going to go ballistic and kill everyone in my path."

Having wasted enough time, in his point of view, Sasuke charges at Shikaro. He attempts to behead the newly transformed Jinchuriki with his Chidori-charged sword, but his sword is caught by Shikaro's bare hand. Sasuke is surprised that someone was able to block his attack. "How did you catch my blade? The electricity from the Chidori should have kept you from grabbing it."

Shikaro stares down at Sasuke. "There are two reasons for catching your sword, Uchiha. The first is that my demon eyes grant me the ability to see the flow of chakra. The second reason is that the palms of my hands now have a felt-like covering over them. This covering allows me to grab onto some of the hardest and sharpest things in existence."

Shikaro then thrusts Sasuke away from him and then charges at his opponent. The claws in his hands extend outward and Shikaro begins slashing at Sasuke. Sasuke attempts to block the incoming blows, but even he is not a match for Shikaro’s newfound speed. When he is finally able to create some distance between himself and Shikaro, Sasuke notices that he has been slashed many time but that the wounds that he has received are not so deep. He then jumps back up to the edge of the crater.

The Uchiha looks down at the Senju, glaring at him. “You should have killed me when you had the chance, Senju...Now, your hesitation will be your undoing.” Just as Sasuke says this, he raises his sword and it becomes supercharged with a Chidori, only this one is radiating much more chakra than the last one. Hinata and Michiyo have finally reached the others and immediately go to help Kyouka. When they reach her, they look at Shikaro and Sasuke, amazed by the power that they are giving off. Sasuke looks over at the two new arrivals. “You two will die here as well.”

Sasuke prepares to bring his sword down but is stopped by Orochimaru. “That is enough for today, Sasuke. I believe that you have already proven your point.

The Uchiha turns to Orochimaru and stares at him with an emotionless face. “What’s wrong? Would you feel guilty for causing the deaths of your sister and niece?”

“Not in the slightest,” stated Orochimaru. “However, I do believe that we should fall back for now.”

Kabuto then appears next to Sasuke. “That is correct. We can always kill them later. It isn’t like they won’t be coming after us.”

Sasuke sheathes his sword. “Very well, I will listen to you this time Orochimaru.” He looks down at the Konoha ninja before. “But remember this: the next time that you face me, will be the last moment that you draw breath.”

With that said, all three rogue ninja disappear in burst of ash. Michiyo asks out of wonderment. “How did Kabuto escape? He was under watch.”

Shikaro turns around to face his comrades. This is the first time that Michiyo and Hinata have gotten a good look at him. “That is my fault...When I enter this form, any clones that I have generated disappear. But I believe that Kabuto would have escaped regardless. We can’t forget the fact that he was trained by Orochimaru.” He walks over to Kyouka and kneels down next to her. “You okay, Kyouka?”

She takes her right hand and grips his right shoulder as hard as she can. “If I wasn’t paralyzed right now, I’d show how okay I really am.” She smiles while saying this.

“That’s good to hear,” said Shikaro. “I guess we’ll have to wait and see how okay you are later.” He laughs as he gets up and then turns to Naruto, who is still stunned by Shikaro’s new form. “That is exactly how I imagined your reaction to this form.”

Michiyo walks forward and pulls Shikaro aside while the others tend to Kyouka. “I know that you probably had a good reason to go into this form but if the Konoha Council got wind of this, they may start distrusting you again. Plus that, Kyouka and Naruto‘s reputations will be put in further jeopardy if we write up the fact that Kyouka was unable to control herself in her Four-Tailed form.”

Shikaro nods his head and adds, “Due to the fact that she is close to me, Hinata would also be put in danger. I say we just tell Tsunade what happened and she can Shizune falsify some reports to please the Konoha Council.”

“Would the Hokage go for such a plan?” asked Michiyo.

Shikaro laughs at that statement. “If I know her as well as I think I do, then there is no doubt in my mind that she will agree.”

Michiyo is reassured by Shikaro’s confidence in the Hokage and goes to get the others ready to leave. Hinata then walks over to Shikaro. She stands in front of him for a moment and then hugs him. As she does, she feels the long hair extending down his body. Hinata then steps back and turns a bit red. “I have a feeling that this new form will take me a little while to get used to.”

Shikaro places his hand on her head. When he does this, the blood-red aura surrounds his body once again and generates a small flash around his body. When the aura disappears, Shikaro’s normal form is revealed. “Is that better?”

Hinata, not knowing what to say, nods a little and Shikaro puts an arm over her shoulder. She smiles and they both walk over to the rest of the group. Sakura looks up at her teammates once they get over there. “Kyouka is doing better, but I can’t heal her wounds in conditions like this. We need to get her back to the village before any of this damage become permanent.”

Michiyo takes a step forward. “I guess that I will have to carry her back to Konoha.”

Naruto stands up and looks Michiyo in the eye. “No Michiyo, I will carry her. It is the least that I can do after standing there and just watching her be attacked by Sasuke.”

When Naruto comes to pick her up, Kyouka’s cheeks become flushed with embarrassment. Naruto notices her red cheeks but attributes it to her medical condition.

They all rush off for Konoha and pray that they get there without any further interruptions.
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Fortunately, the team of Michiyo, Naruto, Kyouka, Shikaro, Hinata, and Sakura are able to get back to Konoha within one day. This was due to the fact that they never stopped moving.....Naruto immediately took Kyouka to Tsunade who, along with Sakura, was capable of completely healing Kyouka. However, Kyouka was told to remain in bed so that her brain could begin to send the proper pulses to her nerves slowly.

As soon as Kyouka was healed and out of danger, Michiyo and Shikaro immediately spoke with Tsunade about what happened during the mission. Tsunade just kept glaring at Shikaro during the entire explanation. When Michiyo was finished giving her report, Tsunade stood up and directed herself to Shikaro. "So, you want me to falsify reports and cover up Kyouka's incident and your demon release, right?"

Shikaro just turns his head away from her and closes his eyes. "What's the price this time, Tsunade?"

Michiyo is confused a little by the display but soon remembers Shikaro's utter abhorrence for respecting Tsunade. The Hokage walks up to him and looks up at him. She surprises him with her response. "There will be no price this time. You and Michiyo got the others home safely. That is good enough for me."

Shikaro finally looks back at her. "You are absolutely sure that I don't have to give you some sort of payment."

"Only if you want to," snorted Tsunade.

Shikaro just shakes his head and then surprises Tsunade. "Thanks, Tsunade. I'm a bit tired after this one and I don't think I could handle paying you for something like this."

Tsunade, who has begun walking back to her desk, turns around to face him again. "Then go and get some rest. That's an order."

Shikaro then disappears, leaving Michiyo alone with Tsunade. Michiyo then steps forward. "Thank you for healing my daughter, Tsunade-sama."

Tsunade smiles as she sits down. "It was no problem at all. Despite our little spats, I could never turn Naruto or Shikaro down when something important to them requires my permission or assistance.

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Shikaro returns to his apartment after talking with Tsunade. As soon as he gets home, he lays down on his couch and falls asleep. All that he can dream about is his fight with Sasuke.

After resting for a couple of hours, he wakes back up and begins talking to himself about the fight. "His power was beyond anything that I have ever felt before. I have a dark feeling that even the Gokushirou's power wouldn't hold a candle to Sasuke's if he was able to completely harness his power. Even my Moeagarimasu wouldn't stand much of a chance against him.....If he is able to reach his full potential, then it would take all three of us in our Nine-Tailed Forms to defeat him."

Just then, Shikaro hears a knock at his door. When he answers it, both Hinata and Sakura are standing in front of him. Hinata came by to talk to him about his Four-Tailed Release and Sakura initially came by to see if he needed healing. However, the pink-haired kunoichi decided to stay and hear what Shikaro had to say. Hinata's first and most important question was: "Why is your Four-Tailed form so different from Kyouka's?"

Shikaro then explains to them that he is in complete control of his demon's powers and that such a form is only present in wild and overwhelming power. Though he does further assert that his powers are nothing to be trifled with either, which makes both of his guests laugh. Sakura then finishes healing Shikaro's minor injuries and decides to leave so that she can check up on Naruto, who is still with Kyouka at the hospital.

Hinata looks over at Shikaro with small amount of fear in her eyes. "Are you sure that you are in full control when you go into your demon forms?"

Shikaro realizes what she is hinting at and decides to answer her honestly. "I am sure up to the seventh tail form. I have never tried to go past the seventh tail, but I have been meaning to try it. I just haven't had time to train with those forms yet."

Hinata then begins to become less and less fearful. "That's good. I was a bit worried about you and wanted to make sure that you were okay when you entered those forms.....But I was thinking that maybe you and I should go away from the village for a while and train together...So that we can hone our abilities for any dangerous missions that will be coming up."

Shikaro smiles at her. "That sounds like a good idea, Hina-chan...It would give me a chance to train with the Moeagarimasu, it would give you a chance to further improve your own abilities as well, and it would give us a both a good chance to spend some time together."

Hinata blushes at the last thing that Shikaro says. "Alright...That sounds good. I will go and get packed for the trip."

"Alright then, I will go and tell Tsunade that you and I will be going on a training mission for a couple of weeks and I will also tell Naruto and Kyouka about our plans."

Hinata nods in agreement and they both leave Shikaro's apartment and leave for their respective stops.

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Shikaro first stops by Tsunade's office to tell her of their plans and so that he can have her do something for him. He then goes to the hospital to visit Kyouka and Naruto. He meets Naruto in the main lobby of the hospital. "Hey Naruto, how's Kyouka doing?"

Naruto smiles at his friend. "She's doing just fine. Baa-chan really fixed her up good.....What are you doing here, though? Usually, you wouldn't show up with such a serious look on your face if you didn't have something important to say."

Shikaro chuckles at his friend's surprising observation. "Well, Hinata and I are going on a training journey in about an hour and won't be back for a week or two, possibly longer."

Naruto nods his head. "I understand. You are also a bit worried about how Kyouka is going to react." Shikaro nods. "Well, just tell her and I'll calm her down after she tries to kill ya. Deal?"

Shikaro nods again and follows Naruto to Kyouka's room. He enters alone so that he can tell Kyouka without any interruptions. Once he finishes telling Kyouka his plans, she yells at him. "How can you just leave after a mission like that?! Orochimaru got away and Sasuke nearly killed all of us. We should be thinking of a way to find them and counterattack them before they attack the village!"

"I know that, Kyouka. That is the entire reason that Hinata and I are going on this training mission. I've got to finish mastering my demon so that I will be of better use in the future."

Kyouka continues her rant. "What about me and Naruto, Shikaro?! My mom told me everything that Jiraiya said to you....You are supposed to be the guardians of the Gokushirou's Jinchuriki and the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki, yet you are abandoning us so that you can further your own power!"

Shikaro has had enough of her yelling by now. "I can't be a guardian over two Jinchuriki if I can't master my own demon's powers, Kyouka! Then it would be the blind leading the blind, and I am not willing to endanger the village by not being strong enough to stop you or Naruto if one of you goes on a rampage!"

"No, you are just going to endanger the village by leaving us now when we are most vulnerable!" fired Kyouka. She then says something that Shikaro never thought he would hear. "I thought that you were our friend."

Shikaro then closes his eyes and turns his back to her. He walks towards the door. "I am your friend, Kyouka.....That is why I am leaving to train; so that I don't wind up betraying our friendship." He then exits her room and leaves the hospital.

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About one hour later, Shikaro meets Hinata at Konoha's main gate. They begin walking away from the village when Hinata asks, "Where are we going to go for our training?"

Shikaro looks down at her and smiles. "We are going to go to Sunagakure.....I had Tsunade send a messenger bird to Gaara to let him know that we were coming."

"Alright...that sounds just fine to me."

Shikaro then surprises Hinata by picking her up. "That's good, but I want to get there faster so that we can get to training. So I am going to carry you to Suna, okay?"

He does not give Hinata time to respond. He immediately speeds away with her towards Suna and their future training..
over a year ago IchigoShirosaki said…
it took Naruto a few moments before he gathered the strength to walk into the room. Kyouka was shaking, he wasn't sure if it was out of anger or something else.

"Kyouka-chan?"

her hand was gripped tight on a vase beside her bed, "K-Kyouka-Chan calm down, you dont want to hurt yourself now.."

"how could he Naruto? how could Shikaro abandon us at a time like this?" she muttered.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head, trying to come up with a way to calm her down. "w-well i'm sure there is a reason he and Hinata are going away..."

she growls lowly and throws the vase, Naruto ducks quickly, and the vase shatters as it makes an impact against the wall. "But Orochimaru and Sasuke could attack
at any given time, and who's going to stop us if both of us go Ballistic?!" She yelled as tears fell from her eyes.

"and what about the Akatsuki?! what if they come after us like they did with Gaara? it isnt right!
Shiakro is abandoning us! Naruto it's not fair! it's not-"

she was interuppted when Naruto had bolted fowards and hugged her carefully, so he wouldn't hurt her. "Kyou-Chan you have to understand, Shikaro is doing this
for the both of us, he needs to train to protect the village, he can't protect us both if he isn't strong enough."

she sat there stunned, blushing at her newly found nickname. "N-Naruto-Kun.."

Naruto wipped her tears from her face with his sleeve, "Shikaro is doing his best to protect us, he protected you when i couldn't.."

Naruto shook suddenly, he chuckled as tears fell from his eyes he wipped them quickly with his other sleeve, "i barely was able to save you from the Gokushirou's
grasp, i should have done something more, but i was too much of a coward.."

Kyouka looked away from him, "were you a coward because you were afraid of me?"

"no, i was a coward, because for the frist time i felt helpless, i didnt know what to do..."

Kyouka sighs, "Kabuto was right... i am a monster.... i had hurt you, and i endangerd everyone else..."

"No! your not a monster! i know you didn't mean anything.."

"but-"

before Kyouka could finish Naruto placed his finger on her lips.

"no buts. Kyou-Chan.."

"O-ok.." she sighed in defeat. Naruto sits down beside the bed, he stares at Kyouka.

"what is it Naruto? something bothering you?" she asks, after a few moments of silence.

"i wanted to ask you one thing..." he muttered

"what?"

"well, i was a bit confused, Michiyo, said that your father had sealed the Gokushirou within you... and i was wondering what was the story behind the Gokushirou... and your connections to it..."

Kyouka sighs, "it's a long story..."

"i have all day... you can tell me all of it if you want to.."

Kyouka sighs, "alright i'll tell you..."

Naruto puts his full attention to listening to Kyouka, he sits intensely. "i'm all ears."

Kyouka scratches her head, "well where do i begin?"

"did you recive it like i did the Kyuubi?"

"not exactly... you see Naruto, i'm not the frist host of the Gokushirou..." Kyouka muttered.

"huh?" Naruto asks, cocking his head to the side cutely in confusion.

"i'm not the frist host. a man by the name of Tokugin Higarashi was." she answered calmly.

"and who was he?"

"he was the son of the founder of the Higarashi clan, he lived a really long time ago, longer then how old Tsunade is.."

"that's really old, but how could the demon be passed down to you with such a long time difference?" he asked.

"a long line of hosts. i'm the 50th host of the Gokushirou..."

Naruto stares at her, "really?"

"yeah as you probably know, The Gokushirou is the father of all tailed beasts, 150 years ago, when the Gokushirou was still a living demon, it reigned with terror, cause
you see the Gokushirou was able to transfrom into a human, with demonic features. he detested humans, so one by one he butchered them all, until, Tokugin's father stopped him.."

"how did he do it?"

"he fought one on one with it, and tricked the demon and forged out his soul, and sealed it within his then newborn son, which was Tokugin.."

"oh."

"yes. and sadly, Tokugin's father died shortly after sealing the beast. over time, our family had descovered new methods of sealing it without the risk of death."

"wait.. why did they keep it alive?"

"because, Gokushirou was a destructive demon, if not sealed within a host, it would surely manafest and become living again. the Gokushirou posses unique healing abilities.. so to protect the leaf village, and the other surrounding villages, my family dedicated thier lives to surpressing the Gokushirou.. it was the Leaf's best kept secret, surely, other Nations would want it's power, so it was kept secret, no one knew besides the hokage, and any ninja involved. of course over time, it became known to the whole village, but it was a secret that stayed in the village and no one ever spoke of it."

"so what your saying is each generation of Higarashi members became the host of the Gokushirou?" Naruto asked.

"yes." Kyouka answered. "it is the only way. my family had discovered secret sealing jutsu, it allowed the person to seal the Gokushirou's spirit without any risk or consinquences of usage. a newborrn Higarashi, the second it is born, the process begins, where the Gokushirou spirit is removed from the body of the current host, then the process continues without hesitation, they begin to seal the spirit within the newborn, with the use of alot of chakara, which is why there are more then one person involved, 5 trained ninja that know the technique sit in a circle, and consintrate thier chakara towards the newborn, while, a member of the Higarashi clan uses the techinque to seal the spirt."

"what happens to the former host?"

"depending on thier current health satus, and age. they either will die after the spirit is removed, or live until they eventually die, of old age i suppose.."

"ok, so what your saying is, you didnt have a choice in the matter?"

"of course not, the person is only an infant there is nothing they could do, it's my family's darkest secret... it's our fate... our destiny, to be a monster..."

Naruto suddenly clentches his fists, "it isn't fair! you dont have to be a monster!"

"i dont have a choice, Naruto this is my fate..."

"but because of this tradition, you were shunned by the villagers! they looked at you like you were a horrible monster!"

"everyone has a fate, rather it is good or bad..."

"i refuse to let it be this way!" Naruto continues to shout.

Kyouka shakes her head, "there's nothing you can do. any being after me of the Higarashi bloodline is doomed to have the same fate as me and the members before me.."

"but what if, what if both of that newborn chid's parents are hosts?" Naruto asks.

"i dont know. either way, it would be an issue. you see Naruto... i'm the frist female host of the Gokushirou, things are different for female Jinchuriki.."

"how so?"

"well, when we are in labor, that is the time, the seal is at it's weakest point, which is a chance for the demon to try and make it's escape, with all this, the process of labor is longer then an average female's. after giving birth, normally, there would be a process of resealing the demon, but in my family's case, the demon's spirit is taken out from the host's and of course sealed into the newborn, it is done that way, so they dont have to go through the process when they are on thier death bed. or on the verge of dying." she sighs.

Naruto thinks for a moment, "i still say it isn't right.."

Kyouka sighs. "i know you dont Naruto, but that's life, it sometimes takes people longer to understand things."
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meanwhile Jiraya was talking with Tsunade over the issue with Kyouka loosing her control over her forth tailed form.

"so how exactly are you going to handle the situation if it worsens?" he asks, looking at his old friend.

Tsunade sighs and places her chin on her hands, deep in thought. "i dont know.. Kyouka is puting herself in danger with anything involving Orochimaru, knowing how she has an uncontrolable loathing for Orochimaru, that concerns a major issue."

"yes, but you know she wont listen to you if you refuse to let her come on any missions dealing with Orochimaru and Sasuke.." he noted.

"i know. that's why i need a destraction.."

"a destraction?"

"something that will keep her busy while i think of a plan of action for dealing with Orochimaru.." Tsunade answers.

"hm.. in other words, you want me to jump in, and keep Naruto and Kyouka busy?"

"not only that... but, i want you to take Shikaro and Kyouka on a mission to investgate into the Akatsuki, more so confronting their leader. Pain."

Jiraya is slightly taken back by Tsunade's request. "Tsunade, that's a dangerous mission to take, an A ranked mission by the sounds of it, Kyouka isn't prepared for that kind of mission.."

"that's why, i want you to take Naruto and Kyouka to train, while Shikaro is away with Hinata at the Suna, and when he gets back, and both Kyouka and Shikaro have healed from their training you will take the both of them and leave for your mission.."

Jiraya sighs, "exactly what am i suppose to train them?"

"Kyouka needs to learn to control herself, in her 4 tailed form, this will prepare her hopefully."

"and if it doesn't work?"

"just make sure she doesn't go over 4 tails, or if she can't keep control, stop her at all costs."

"got it. so what does Naruto have to deal with this?"

"well according to what Shikaro and Michyo reported to me, it seems that Kyouka seems to have a temporary moment of awareness when she sees Naruto, it surpresses the demon's girp for a bit. if i am quessing right, and i'm beting my money on this, by training with Naruto, perhaps, it would help her keep control over herself, because due to her love for Naruto, she is resentful, and slowly begins to gain awareness."

"ah of course, her love for Naruto, and Naruto in general, is her grip on reality, he is her only thing that could stop her."

"that is what i am betting on. that is one reason i have believed for quite sometime, and the incident with Orochimaru proves that."

"perhaps it is vice versa for Naruto?"

"perhaps, that is why ever since i had become hokage, i made sure Kyouka was pared up with either Shikaro or Naruto. she looks up to Shikaro, as an older brother and friend. and of course with Naruto, she has a grip on reallity." Tsunade concluded.

Jiraya nods, "then it's settled then, though i am a little iffy still about risking Kyouka's welfare.."

"you do not have to worry about it. if the training suceeds, then i will promote Kyouka to Jounin." Tsunade assured him.

Jiraya raises an eyebrow. "just for training?"

"that, and her attempts to help with team 7, i have been debating this for awhile, ever since they got back from thier mission on rescuing Gaara... what Kakashi reported, i think Kyouka deserves it by now.."

"very well then, i guess i should go gather up the two Jinchuriki brats, wish me luck."

Tsunade shakes her head, he'll need more then luck...
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over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Shikaro and Hinata arrive in Suna within one day, though Shikaro was exhausted when they did get there. Gaara greeted them personally at Suna's gates and had them housed in an apartment close to the gates, as was requested in the messenger bird sent to Sunagakure by Konoha.

Hinata fell asleep as soon as she laid down on her bed, but Shikaro did no such thing. As soon as he was sure she was asleep, Shikaro left their apartment to go speak with Gaara in his office. "Gaara, I know that it is late but I need to talk to you about a few things."

Though Gaara showed no emotion, he was actually concerned with what his friend had to say. "What is it that you wish to speak about, Shikaro?"

Shikaro looked out the window of the Kazekage's office and gazed at how the stars shined on the desert city. He then looked back at Gaara, who was now joined by Kankurō. "The first thing that I want to know is if the training area for Hinata and I has been finished?"

Gaara nods yes, but Kankurō doesn't let it go so easily. "Why did you come here to train instead of just training in Konoha or the forests that surround it?"

Shikaro then turns to Kankurō. "The main reason for that is that I can't have any interruptions during this training. If a passerby just happened to see what I was training to do, then....things wouldn't turn out so good for them. In order to avoid such an occurrence, I sent a message to Gaara and asked him to use his sand manipulation to create an underground training area for us."

Kankurō pushes Shikaro for more information. "Just what kind of training are you going to be doing?"

Gaara puts up a hand and turns to Kankurō. "That kind of question does not need to be asked, Kankurō. The only thing that is to be known is that Shikaro and Hinata Hyuga will be training in solitude.....Nothing more, nothing less."

Kankurō nods in a reluctant agreement, while Shikaro continues his questions. "Thank you, Gaara. I promise you that this secretive training is for a good reason. I just can't have anyone finding out what it is for.....Aside from that, has our arrival reached the ears of Suna's public?"

"Not yet, but the guards might say something to their families and then it will filter through the village...Do you want your arrival to remain secret?" asked the Kazekage.

Shikaro shakes his head. "Not really, it's just a question that I always ask.....My last question is: how are you handling things without your demon?"

Gaar displays shock at the question, as no one has really asked him about it. "I am in one piece. That is about the only way that I can and wish to describe it."

Shikaro laughs at the answer. "I guess I can take that as an 'I am doing ok.'...Well, I need to get back to the apartment before Hinata realizes that I am not there."

Kankurō's eyes widen for a moment. "You two aren't sleeping in the same bed, are you?!"

Shikaro laughs hard and shakes his head. "No, no, we aren't sleeping in the same bed, Kankurō. She just has this special way of sensing when I am not near her."

Kankurō sighs in relief as Shikaro leaves.

Shikaro gets back to the apartment within a few minutes. He checks on Hinata, who is sleeping in the apartment's one bed. After seeing that she was asleep, Shikaro goes into the living room and sits down on the couch. After sitting in the silence for several minutes, Shikaro falls asleep sitting up. When he wakes up the next morning, he finds himself lying down on the couch with a blanket over him. As he sits up, he sees Hinata sitting at the table in the apartment, sipping on a cup of coffee.

She looks over at him and smiles. "How did your meeting with Gaara go last night?"

Shikaro chuckles a little and goes over to the table. "It went fine.....I should have known that I couldn't sneak by you, but I needed to make sure that everything was ready for us."

Hinata continues to smile. "I had figured that was what you were doing. So, was he able to create the training area that you needed him to create?"

"Yeah, he was able to," stated Shikaro. "However, I can tell that he is very distraught about losing the Shukaku. I can see in his eyes that he doesn't feel as strong as he was before and that he is also worried about it being used by Akatsuki for their evil plans."

Hinata then stands up and places a hand on Shikaro's shoulder. "He will be okay, Shikaro. Gaara is a strong person and is surrounded by family that supports him...He will pull through."

Shikaro nods to her. "Yeah, you're right, Hina-chan.....Let's get going. We have a long day of training awaiting us."

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During the rest of the day, Shikaro and Hinata train hard in their underground training area.

Shikaro finally enters his Eight-Tailed Form and learns to control it, while Hinata continues training in her hand-to-hand combat capabilities without her Byakugan. She also trains in mastering several new jutsu that she found on scrolls in the Hyuga library.

However, trouble arises when Shikaro tries to enter his Nine-Tailed Form. During this time, Hinata has activated her Byakugan in order to monitor Shikaro's chakra flow. She immediately notices that his chakra network is beginning to implode on itself, due to the enormous burst of power. Shikaro is seen to be forcing himself to go through the pain, but this does not work. He is blasted backwards due to the strain and can be seen struggling to get up.

Hinata runs over to him and looks to see if he is okay. She keeps him from standing up in order to check his injuries. When she is finished, she asks, "Why are you pushing yourself so far, Shikaro?"

Shikaro looks down for a moment, then looks at her seriously. "I am pushing myself like this so that Naruto and Kyouka can be happy."

Hinata looks at him quizzically. "What do you mean?"

Shikaro sighs. "The Gokushirou has been passed down in Kyouka's family from generation to generation. The first child born of their bloodline has it sealed in their body at birth.....I know that those two are going to wind up together and I know that they will one day want to have kids, so I am trying to amass enough power to either seal the Gokushirou in a non-living object, or to kill it."

Hinata looks back to him with concern. "But if you kill yourself trying to gain the power, then you won't be able to help them."

Shikaro stands up and then helps her up. "When they first made me their friend, I vowed to do whatever it takes to make them happy, even if it cost me my life.....Just as I made the vow to protect you no matter what the cost."

Shikaro again tries to go through the process of entering his Nine-Tailed Form, but he fails again. He then tries two more times and continues to fail. After the last attempt, Hinata tries to convince him to give it up for today but he refuses, continuing to remember his promise. He then tries one last time before promising Hinata to call it a day. This last time proves to be successful for Shikaro, as he is able to enter his Nine-Tailed Form and is able to control.

Happy with their progress, Hinata and Naruto return to their apartment for a good rest. They remain in Suna for one week and half of another in order to train more and then rest their bodies afterwards. When they decide to leave, Gaara, Kankurō, and Temari see them off. Gaara steps forward. "It is good to know that you were able to complete the training that you needed. The two of you are welcome to come to Sunagakure at any future time."

Hinata smiles and then bows. "Thank you, Kazekage-sama. We will always remember your hospitality."

Shikaro nods in agreement. "Yeah, you can count on that....Goodbye, my friends."

Kankurō and Temari wave goodbye to their friends as they walk off towards Konohagakure. Once they are out of sight of the Sand Siblings, Hinata moves close to Shikaro. "Are you going to carry me back to the village like you did going to Suna?" She laughs as she says this.

Shikaro laughs. "Not this time, Hina-chan. If I show up in Konoha half-dead from going that distance in such a short time, Kyouka would be very disappointed.....I would have stolen her opportunity to kill me herself." They both laugh at this as they walk back to their home and their friends.
over a year ago IchigoShirosaki said…
Naruto, Kyouka, and Jiraya stood in the middle of the woods, Jiraya looked at Naruto.

"Naruto dont interfere, i'm going to fight Kyouka to bring out the Gokushirou, but be ready for anything.."

right.." Naruto agreed.

Jiraya faced Kyouka, "you ready?"

"more then ever." Kyouka muttered

"alright now i want you to let your emotions get the best of you this time, but when you feel like your about to lose control, try to surpress it with everything you got.."

"ok..."

they prepare to get ready, Kyouka goes and enters the two tailed form, she has control over herself, she jumps at Jiraya and tries to claw him, but misses.

"Come on Kyouka! your going to have to try harder!"

Kyouka tries again but misses again. "Kyouka, come at me as if i am an dangerous killer, dont hold back! i can take it!"

Kyouka pushes herself more, and the third tail appears.

Kyouka still had awareness, she jumped at him.

"blades of blood!"

Kyouka flings her arm, manages to cut slghtly into his chest, Jiraya ends up with claw marks on his chest, but nothing to serious.

"try a bit harder Kyouka, inflict more damage then that!" he encouraged.

Kyouka came at him, but still wasn't geting any farther.

Jiraya sighed, he knew what he had to do, but it might push it too far but he had to do it.

"come on Kyouka! your never going to be any good enough against Orochimaru or Sasuke, your just going to keep loosing unless you try harder!" Jiraya yelled, knowing he probably hit a nerve.

Kyouka growls and tries to attack him but misses, she catches herself and slides on all fours.

she could feel the power starting to become to strong, as the fourth tail started to appear, what Jiraya said repeats in her mind, she growls lowly, and bends down in pain.

she groans in pain.

"Kyouka?" Naruto asks.

she growls lowly as she starts to enter the 4th tail form.

Jiraya braces himself, 'any minute now...'

"Naruto get ready!"

"right!"

soon there is an explosion of Chakara and Kyouka jumps out and at Jiraya in the fourth tailed form. she barely misses and sits there and growls lowly as she glares at him.

Kyouka comes at him and gets him good, she slashes into his chest and deepens the cuts.

it has become from a training session to a fight for survival, Kyouka has lost all awareness and has pure intention to Kill him,

Jiraya sighs.

'she's gone.. i dont think she can control hersef... i have no choice..'

Jiraya takes out a Kunai, and prepares himself.

Naruto notices the killer intention on Jiraya's face, he stares at Kyouka then back at Jiraya, suddenly Jiraya charges at Kyouka and charges up a Rasengan, he stares in shock at Jiraya.

'what is he doing!?! he's gonna kill her!'

Naruto suddenly was surrounded by red chakara and suddenly he's in his 4th tail form, but he still has awareness.

he goes after Jiraya and stops the blow by harmlessly pushing him away.

Naruto realizes that he is capable of controling himself, he turns back and notices Kyouka going after Jiraya.

Naruto runs after her and tackles her into a tree, and pins her down.

Kyouka growls at him, suddenly Naruto is back to himself, he clutches Kyouka's shoulders ingnoring the burning feeling on his hands.

"Kyouka wake up! your stronger then this, you need to come back to us! i wont let you hurt Pervy sage! if you want to kill him..." Naruto steps back a couple of steps and holds out his arms. "then you'll have to kill mme frist!"

Kyouka glares at him, and growls lowly but doesnt move as her tails twtiched.

"you can do it! you can bring the Gokushirou into submission!" Naruto yells.

Kyouka growls and charges at him, Naruto closes his eyes tightly waiting for the deadly impact, but it never came.

he looked up to see Kyouka stilled, and not moving.

"Kyouka?"

she groans and grabs her head, then suddenly the chakara cloak dissapates and soon Kyouka is seen, she looks up at Naruto.

"Naruto-Kun..." she mutters as she falls forward, he catches her.

Naruto smiles. "it's good to have you back Kyouka..."

Jiraya is startled, Kyouka seems virtually unharmed, her body was in perfect conidition, compared to the last time.

Jiraya sighs, "well good job guys you have sucessfully controled yourselves upto the 4th tail.."

a few hours later...

Kyouka stares straight at Tsunade, who is completely composed.

Tsunade smirks and stands up and hand Kyouka her Jounin vest, "congrats Kyouka you deserve it.."

Kyouka stares at the vest, and puts it on, and zips it up. she sighs. "thanks i guess.."

Tsunade senses that something isn't quite right, she places her hand on her shoulder. "is there something wrong Kyouka?"

"well.. i wanted to ask you somthing.."

Tsunade walks back to her desk and sits down and places her head on her hands. "what is it."

"it's been on my mind... but can you make an exception?" Kyouka asks.

"For what?" Tsunade inquires.

"well i mean can you consider, making an exception for Naruto becoming a chunin without taking the exam?"

Shizune speaks up, "that's not possible! the laws clearly state to become a chunin, you must take the exam, and the council will consider it..."

Tsunade sighs. "i will put in consideration..."

"b-but Tsunade-sama!"

"Naruto has already completed the exams once, i think he may deserve a chance..."

Kyouka sighs. "thank you Tsunade..."

suddenly the door opens and reveals...
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
...Shikaro and Hinata returning from Sunagakure. Shikaro begins speaking as soon as he walks through the door. "Alright Tsunade, we're back from.....Oh, hey Kyouka. How are you doing?"

Still shocked by his sudden appearance, Kyouka just stares at him for a moment. "I'm doing alright."

Jiraiya then jumps through one of the windows. "You should be doing better than 'alright'. You gained control of your Four-Tailed form and you just got promoted to Jonin!"

Shikaro smiles at his friend. "That's great news. Congratulations, Kyouka."

Kyouka thanks him, but their conversation is soon interrupted by Tsunade. "It's a good think that you showed up when you did, kid. I've got something that I need to tell you."

Shikaro scowls at her. "What is it this time, Tsunade?.....Are you going to make me a teacher at the Academy or something boring like that?"

Tsunade shakes her head. "No, nothing like that. I am sending you and Kyouka on an investigation mission to Amegakure...Jiraiya will lead you on this mission."

Kyouka turns around to face Tsunade. "Why Amegakure? It would probably take too long to get into the city and, even if we do, we would be under constant surveillance."

Jiraiya then steps in. "This mission isn't exactly going to be of the legal nature...From what I have found out, it is highly probable that the leader of Akatsuki is holed up in Amegakure and has made himself the leader of the village.....If we can infiltrate Amegakure and find out where the leader is, we could possibly end Akatsuki with one swift stroke."

"Don't worry though," stated Tsunade. "The two of you will be given a period of two days to rest and prepare for your mission.....You are dismissed."

Everyone, except for Shikaro and Jiraiya, bow to Tsunade and they all exit the office. Hinata goes on ahead of Shikaro so that she can speak with her father. Naruto, who was in the room the whole time but did not say a word, left with Jiraiya to go and eat at Ichiraku's. Kyouka, however, stopped Shikaro in the middle of the hallway. "Shikaro, I need to talk to you about something."

Shikaro sighs and gives her a serious look. "I know what you want to talk about, Kyouka. And I want to apologize to you for the way that I acted...I should have waited until you got better to leave for training. You were hurt and still a bit distraught over what happened at the Heaven and Earth Bridge." He smiles at her and chuckles a little. "It was a big moment of stupidity on my part."

Kyouka shakes her head. "No Shikaro, I'm the one that should apologize.....Even though I was in pain, I should never have said what I said. You are my friend and have been there for me for a long time. I also know that you were training for both my sake and Naruto's sake...I should have taken those things into consideration before I opened my mouth."

"No Kyouka, I'm the one to blame."

"No Shikaro, I am."

"No Kyouka, I am."

"Shikaro...I'm the one to blame."

"Sorry little Kyouka, but you won't take the blame for this one."

"No, you dumb, overgrown ape, I am the one to blame. And if you ever call me little again, I'll be the one to blame for you decapitated head in Shiro's bowl. YOU GOT THAT?!"

After realizing that they are fighting over whose fault it was that they fought in the first place, both Shikaro and Kyouka burst into laughter.

Shikaro is the first to speak. "How about we both agree that we were both wrong.....Does that work?"

Kyouka nods her head. "Yeah, that sounds pretty good to me."

They both stand there for a moment and then decide to go their separate ways. Kyouka goes to see if Naruto has eaten himself into a stupor at Ichiraku's, while Shikaro returns to his home in order to rest from the long journey home.
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
The two days prior to the investigation mission pass quickly. Kyouka spends the first day finishing her training with Naruto, while Shikaro surprisingly spends it Tsunade and Shizune. On the second day, both of them spend the day together with Hinata and Naruto. They mostly talk about Shikaro and Kyouka's upcoming mission, but they also talk about how much they have improved compared to the time that they entered the Shinobi Academy.

When the day arrives for Shikaro and Kyouka to leave with Jiraiya, they are both seen off by Naruto and Hinata respectively. Naruto speaks to Kyouka first, smiling while he speaks. "You had better be careful, Kyouka. I'm not going to be there to pull you out of any messes that you are bound to get yourself into."

Kyouka smiles back at him and then light punches his arm. "Don't worry, Naruto. I can take care of myself, and it's not like Jiraiya isn't going to be with us the whole time."

Naruto mutters to himself. "That's what I'm afraid of."

While Naruto and Kyouka are talking, Shikaro is reassuring Hinata that he will return just fine. "Don't worry about a thing, Hinata. I'll be back within a few days. And I promise to not kill Kyouka for any stupid reason while we are away."

Hinata, face as red as usual, looks up at him and smiles. "I know that you will be okay, Shikaro. I just can't help but worry about you."

Shikaro then hugs her tightly. "I know, Hina-chan...I know." He lets go of Hinata. "Goodbye, Hina-chan."

She looks up at him and smiles. "Goodbye, Shikaro-kun."

Seeing that Shikaro and Hinata are having one of their seemingly MANY moments, Kyouka grabs Shikaro and puts him in a headlock. "C'mon, you big ape! We need to get a move on!"

Shikaro breaks free from Kyouka's hold and then puts a hand on top of her head. "Don't go blowing a fuse, shorty. We don't want to let all of Amegakure know that we are coming with the steam coming from that hole under your nose."

Kyouka prepare to punch Shikaro's lights out for that comment, when Jiraiya comes in and breaks up the fight. "Alright you two, that is enough."

Naruto and Hinata laugh at the spectacle but then wave to their friends as they walk away towards Amegakure.

The majority of the journey is a quiet one. Shikaro is mainly kept occupied by Jiraiya's constant ramblings of past loves and his ideas for a new book. Kyouka, however, appears to be deep in thought about what happened during her training with Naruto. When Shikaro finally gets a moment away from Jiraiya, he asks Kyouka what is troubling her. When she tells him, he has to hold back a small urge to kill Jiraiya for bringing an intention to kill against someone that he considers his sister. Fortunately, Kyouka is able to keep him from doing such a thing.

After several days of travelling, they reach the outlying area of Amegakure. Jiraiya suggests that he infiltrate the village alone, but Kyouka persists that they all enter. When Jiraiya questions her as to how she expects to get into the city undetected, Shikaro steps forward. "I've got that cover, Jiraiya. You use your toads and we'll use our way.....We'll contact you when we have the information we need."

Jiraiya then summons a toad and disappears, leaving Kyouka and Shikaro alone. Kyouka looks up at him. "Do you really think that you can do it?"

Shikaro makes a few hand-signs and then thrusts his palms forward. Suddenly, a wooden pod large enough to fit both of them appears out of a cloud of smoke. The pod then goes under some modifications. Three pipes protrude from the top of the pod. Also, small fins jut out from the sides and back of the pod. When the modifications are done, the pod looks like a mini-submarine. Both Shikaro and Kyouka climb inside and then dive down into the river leading into Amegakure.

Though it takes them a while to find a hole in the walls of the city, Shikaro and Kyouka do find one and enter into the city via the submersible. They travel along the docks of the city, until they find one with a lone Amegakure ninja sitting at it. Once they are confident that no one else is around, Shikaro sends a wooden beam at the Amegakure ninja that wraps around him and pulls him into the water. They bring him into the sub and have him pinned to the wall. Kyouka grabs the ninja by the throat and stares into his eyes, allowing the Gokushirou's eyes to become hers. The Amegakure ninja is horror-striken by Kyouka's eyes and looks over at Shikaro. However, he soon turns away from Shikaro, as the Amegakure ninja can see the eyes of the Moeagarimasu shining through Shikaro's.

Kyouka is the first to speak. "Tell us, now! Who is the leader of this village?!"

Out of fear, the Amegakure ninja answers her. "Pain is the leader of our village, as well as our god."

Shikaro then questions him. "Is this Pain also the leader of the rogue ninja group called Akatsuki?"

The Amegakure ninja hesitates to answer Shikaro, but he soon loses his hesitation due to the fact that Kyouka begins to grip his neck harder. "He is...He is the leader of Akatsuki." Tears form around the ninja's eyes. "Now please, let me go..."

"Sorry, but we can't have you reporting our presence to this Pain person," answered Shikaro in a flat tone.

Kyouka grinned mischievously at the Amegakure ninja. "We aren't going to kill you though. We are just going to leave you in this sub while we go and kill Pain.....Goodnight." Kyouka then pinches a pressure point on the Amegakure ninja's neck and then releases him. "Let's get going, Shikaro."

Both of them exit the sub and swim to the top. They soon meet Jiraiya, who has gathered the same information they did. They then proceed to infiltrate Pain's tower and are able to do so without any problems. However, Jiraiya has Shikaro and Kyouka hang back and let him lead.

As soon as this happens, they encounter Konan, one of Jiraiya's former students and the only female member of Akatsuki. Jiraiya and Konan immediately begin fighting, while Shikaro and Kyouka stand back and watch. This does not last long though, as Pain appears in front of Jiraiya and lures the Sannin away from Kyouka, Shikaro, and Konan. Konan then turns her attention to Kyouka and Shikaro. She sends hundreds of her Paper Shurikens at them and slices them up pretty good. Both of Kyouka's arms have small cuts on them and her face has one small cut on her left cheek. Shikaro however is all cut up. He stood in front of Kyouka so that he could take most of the hits that were meant for her. He has hundreds of slashes across his back and a few on his face.

He turns around to face Konan, who looks at him with disgust. "Why did you protect her? She could have clearly survived the hit, so why endanger yourself?"

Shikaro wipes away some blood that has fallen in front of his eye. "I don't expect someone like you to understand this, but we Jinchuriki from Konoha look out for one another. And this one here, I consider to be by greatest friend, if not a sister.....Now, DIE!!!" Shikaro makes a few hand-signs. "Fire Style: Enraged Fire Tsunami!!!"

A giant wall of flame erupts from Shikaro's hands and speeds towards Konan. She immediately begins sending thousands of pieces of paper at the flames. She is not able to push them back but she is able to keep them from getting any closer to her. Soon, both Konan and Shikaro end their jutsus and just stare at each other. Shikaro then receives this innate feeling that something bad is about to happen. He acts rashly and kicks Kyouka, who is still standing behind him, far away from himself.

Kyouka quickly rebounds and begins to yell at Shikaro. "Why did you do that, Shikaro?! What has gotten into you?!" She begins to walk back to him, but he then yells at her.

"STAY AWAY, KYOUKA!"

Just as he says this, one of the other Pains bursts from the ground and grabs Shikaro. They both travel high into the air and Shikaro is stabbed through the stomach by a long black rod coming from Pain's hand. Pain then throws Shikaro, by the rod, into the ground right next to Kyouka. Pain then moves next to Konan as Jiraiya is led back into the same room by the Pain that lured him away. Suddenly, all of the Pains appear next to Konan. Kyouka runs over to Shikaro in order to help him remove the black rod that is in his stomach. She has to go into her One-Tail form in order to remove the rod but deactivates it after the removal and helps her friend to sit up.

Kyouka looks down at Shikaro as she holds him up. "Shikaro! C'mon, wake up! Shikaro!"

He slowly opens his eyes and looks up at Kyouka. He quickly pulls his left hand to his mouth and coughs up some blood. "I guess those cuts that blue-haired chick put in me were a little deeper than I initially thought."

Kyouka laughs a little, trying to hold back her anger as well as tears. "Not to mention that you just got stabbed in the stomach with a rod, you idiot. You're lucky to be alive."

Meanwhile, Jiraiya has been fighting the Pains with his Sage Mode, but has unfortunately been losing. When he finally gets a small break, he looks over at Kyouka and Shikaro. "Kyouka! Get him out of here and don't you dare come back!"

Kyouka turns her head towards Jiraiya. "But what about you?!"

Jiraiya yells back at her. "Konoha can handle the death of an old perv like me, but it can't handle losing one of its Jinchuriki....Get him out now and take this message to Naruto!" Jiraiya then throws a scroll to Kyouka, who is able to catch it. She then puts one of Shikaro's arms around her neck and disappears with him in a cloud of smoke.

With his mission accomplished, Jiraiya fights the Pains to his last breath, but he is, unfortunately, killed. His last thoughts dwell on Naruto and the hope that he represents to the future of the Ninja World. Konan looks down at the Pains from up high. "Should I go and kill his two companions?"

The Pain that initially attacked Jiraiya appears next to Konan. "No Konan, we will let them return to Konoha.....Let them speak of the pain that is to come to their precious village."

As Kyouka is carrying him through the forests, Shikaro raises his head. "He's gone now.....Jiraiya, the Toad Sage, has fallen to Pain."

Tears form around Kyouka's eyes as she runs through the forests.

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One day later, the guards stationed at the Gates to Konoha are struck with surprise. They look off to the distance to see a short person dragging a much taller person. When they are able to get a closer look at the two people, they recognize them to be Kyouka and Shikaro. One of the guards rushes to the hospital to get a medical team, while the other rushes out to the two approaching shinobi, who have collapsed from exhaustion.

Word travels fast through the village that only two of the ninja sent to Amegakure and the rumors quickly reach the ears of Michiyo, Naruto, and Hinata. All three of them rush to the hospital in order to see who has returned. They immediately burst through the door to Shikaro and Kyouka's hospital room and are shocked by their discovery. Kyouka hardly has a scratch on her but she is in bed sleeping due to exhaustion. Shikaro, however, is covered in bandages. Tsunade and Sakura are both watching him closely when they group of three enters.

Tsunade immediately looks to Michiyo. "Kyouka is going to be alright. She is just exhausted from having to carry Shikaro."

Naruto looks at Tsunade with a confused look on his face. "She carried Shikaro?!"

Sakura nods to him. "Yes, she carried him all of the way here from Amegakure. But Naruto, there is something you should know..."

Shikaro immediately grasps Sakura's wrist as he struggles to sit up. Tsunade, however, forces him to lay down. "Stay down, you idiot. You don't want to kill yourself."

Shikaro yells at her. "Shut up, Tsunade!!! If anyone is going to tell him, it will be either me or Kyouka!"

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Hinata has remained quiet throughout the entire display. She cannot believe the condition Shikaro is in, nor can she believe that he is alive due to his condition.

She then walks over next to him and grasps his hand, knowing that he is in pain.

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Having heard Shikaro's yelling, Kyouka wakes up and sees Naruto standing next to her. She is speechless when she does wake up, but that is soon ended due to Naruto's next question.

"Kyou-chan, where is Ero-sennin? Is he.....?"

Kyouka eyes water a little bit as she tells Naruto what happened. When she finishes, she adds, "Jiraiya sacrificed his life so that we could live, Naruto. He also sacrificed his life so that we could deliver a scroll to you....It is in Shikaro's pouch."

Naruto takes out the scroll and looks at it. It is just a sequence of numbers that doesn't make sense to him. Naruto puts the scroll down as tears come to his eyes. Kyouka looks up at him. "I'm sorry that we couldn't save him, Naruto. But he told us that it was our duty to get that scroll to you and that it was our duty to live in order to protect the village. I'm so sorr--"

Naruto doesn't let her finish. He just hugs her and whispers into her ear. "I'm just glad that you and Shikaro are okay Kyou-chan. I'm just glad that you made it back."
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over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
After Kyouka had woken up, Shikaro requested that he be moved to a different room so that she could be by herself. In his mind, he believed that Kyouka needed some time alone to clear her head about Jiraiya's death. Hinata, however, did not leave his side. She couldn't bare to.

Shikaro was in the hospital for several days due to his injuries. He would have healing sessions with Tsunade every three hours in order to keep his wounds from reopening. Hinata, who remained with Shikaro during the healing sessions, could notice that Tsunade was in some sort of pain during the healing sessions.....As much as Shikaro and Tsunade clashed, Hinata could tell that it impacted the Hokage greatly to see her cousin cut up like this. So Hinata decided to approach Shikaro about it. "Shikaro, can I talk to you about something?"

Shikaro, who had been looking out of the window at the clouds, turned to Hinata and smiled at her. "Sure, go ahead."

Hinata sits down next to his bed and looks down a little. "When Hokage-sama was healing you a while ago, I noticed that she looked a bit troubled. She seemed saddened by the fact that you were hurt."

Shikaro sighs but still smiles. "Yeah, I kinda figured that was the problem.....You see, Tsunade has seen a lot of people hurt in her life but she gets hurt herself when someone close to her gets hurt. And despite our numerous clashes over the years, I do think that she cares about me."

Hinata laughs a little. "I kind of find that hard to believe, considering how hotheaded that the two of you get."

Shikaro laughs along with her. "Yeah, we can get pretty heated sometimes, but we have kinda calmed down with each other. We talked a good bit before you and I left for Sunagakure, and I think that we were able to settle some things."

Hinata smiles at him. "That's good. Hopefully, she will be okay."

Shikaro nods his head. "Don't worry, Hinata. She will be fine.....But I don't think that it was just me getting hurt that sent a shock through her."

Hinata looks at him quizzically. "What do you mean?"

"It might be better for me to show you," stated Shikaro. He struggles to get up and Tsunade attempts to keep him down, but he eventually convinces her to let him get up. Once he is up, he turns his back to her and removes his shirt. Once it is completely removed, Hinata's eyes widen by what she sees.

Hinata shivers a little. "What is that thing on your back, Shikaro?"

Shikaro sighs again as he turns around and puts the shirt back on. He then sits back down onto the bed. "That is the seal that was used to seal the Moeagarimasu inside of me...Unlike most Jinchuriki, my seal is on my back rather than the front of my body."

And that it was. The seal covered the entirety of Shikaro's back, but it immediately stopped at his shoulders. What was so unique about his seal, other than the fact that it was on his back, was that it looked like a tattoo but it also looked like it was cut into his skin.

Hinata takes a moment to collect herself but then looks back to Shikaro. "D-Does it ever hurt?"

Shikaro smiles at her. "No, it doesn't hurt at all. It just helps to serve as a reminder of who and what I am."

Hinata doesn't say anything. She just looks down and remains quiet for a moment. She sits down next to him on the bed. "I'm sorry. I didn't know."

"You don't need to be sorry about anything, Hina-chan," Shikaro admitted as he put an arm around Hinata's shoulders. "It's who I am and I have no problems with that...And though I was ridiculed by a lot of people because of it, my life was made better by making the friends that I have."

Hinata smiles and rests her head on his shoulder. Surprisingly to Shikaro, Hinata falls asleep while resting her head. He holds onto her tight and then begins to think of all the friends that he has made. He thinks of all the pranks that he and Naruto had pulled. He also thinks about all of the hilarious arguments that he and Kyouka have had. Then he thinks about all of the time that he has spent with Hinata. How much she has grown since he met her and how much he has grown because of her help."

"I promise to never let anything happen to you, Hina-chan. Even if it costs me my life."
over a year ago onix11 said…
Name: Blaze Yutano

Age: 17

Jutsu Element: Water/ expert battle analyst

Height: 6'0

Weight:195

Hair Color:Brown

Hair Style: Military style with a little bit more on top.

Eye Color: Brown

Birthday: Sept 28

Rank: Chunin

Build: Husky toned

over a year ago onix11 said…
A strange man is seen standing on a cliff. He looks around, surveying the land.

Blaze: Damn it has been a while since I've been in this village. I wonder how everyone has been. (he is seen walking in the village talking to the people, shaking hands. He finally come to the hospital. he hops up and looks into one of the room windows. He looks in and sees who is looking for.) Hinata could you open the window.

Hinata: She looks out and sees blaze, she opens the window. She hugs blaze as if they had been friends forever.) Its been so long. Where have you been?

Blaze: I was in a village that was far away and trained on my powers. Lady, Tsunade, how has everything been.

Tsunade: Fine thank you.

Blaze: Who is your friend.

Shikaro: The name is Shikaro.

Blaze: It's nice to meet you. how did you end up in that bed there?
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Shikaro looks at Blaze with a lot of confusion. Not once had he ever seen this person in the village, nor did he have any idea of how Hinata knew him. He looks at Blaze with a scowl on his face and motions Hinata to take a step back. “Before I tell you anything about myself, I want to know just who the hell you are.”

“Shikaro!” called Hinata out of surprise at the obvious insult to Blaze.

Shikaro looks back to Hinata. “I’m sorry Hinata but I can’t trust anyone that I don’t know right now. With all of this business with Akatsuki going after the Jinchuriki, I can’t be too careful.”

“I know that, Shikaro,” replied Hinata as she walked over to him. “However, I think you should trust him. You have my word that he is an alright person to be around.”

Though Shikaro nods to Hinata in agreement, he still doesn’t trust Blaze. He can’t help but shake the feeling that an ally just popping through the window is too good to be true. “So, how do you know Hinata, Blaze? I have known Hinata most of her life and have never once encountered you at all. Can you answer me that question?”
over a year ago onix11 said…
Blaze just looks at him and smiles.

Blaze: I am a shinobi from the Village hidden in the mist. I travel to the five main villages of the land. Reporting to each of the current events. I spend about a month in each place. The last time i came here, I meet Hinata. During my month stay, we learned much about eachother. I did have to leave to go back to my work. I say it's been a year since I've seen her.

Shikaro: So why have you not meet me.

Blaze: I am only allowed to talk to the leaders of the villages. Hinata and I ran into eachother while i was running to meet Lady Tsunade.

Shikaro: Fine, do you have a locally known name.

Blaze: (He just looks down.) The needle in the haystack.
over a year ago wolfmaster3000 said…
wooo this is something that i've been wanting to do forever


Name : Masura Inuzuka

age : 20

Height : 6'1

weight: 200LBS

Hair : unkempt and messy just a little past his shoulders

Justu : Ninjustu master ( given this title by lord third )

weapons master ( if you think ten ten has skills XD should see Masura )

look : Masura wears his head band to the left ( like how Zabuza had his ) he wears the standard Jouin look but he has visable wraps going up both his right and left arm his inuzuka markings are one red line ( like kiba ) on his left and righ cheeks and also two more coming off of where his eye brrows begin and ending where the bags of his eye's are.


Rank : jouin/ Anbu cheif ( he commands 1/4 of hidden leafs anbu )

speed : 5+ ( I do it out of five just like on the naruto wiki )

hand sgins 5+

genjustu 2


taijustu 5+

commpaion : fang ( fang is his ninja wolf because all inuzuka's have a dog compainion )

Backround storey : Masura was an all around hidden leaf pridogey but he didn't compare to his squad partner and best friend Mira who was a Uchia he was always trying to be better than Mira and to impress his crush / best friend Izumi he loved them to death but was easyily jealous of Mira but respected him there sensi Anko was always thought Masura was a slacker until he demanstraded a perfect useage of Taijustu and ninjustu in the chuin exams as well as military intellegence Masura is often laid back and relaxed and perverted on his spare time he is useually trying to get some hard core training time in he also like's to eat epic amounts of food . Masura has never failed a mission and is one of the hokages top ninja people often compare him and kakashi.

Mission count :

S-rank completed : 5,268

A-rank completed : 1000

C-rank completed : 500

B-rank completed : 25

D-rank completed : 5


this is a pictures of Masura with fan and him on his day off as you can see he looks ticked off this is because Izumi had just ditched him to go see Mira
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wooo this is something that i've been wanting to do forever 


Name : Masura Inuzuka  

age : 20
over a year ago onix11 said…
I guess i should of put my character description a little better.

Outfit: A jacet that has a red line wear the sides connect. Flower petals form all around it. Same thing with the pants. They are puffed out at the bottom and also consist of a flower petal pattern. The sleeves of the jacket conseals his hands.

S-rank: 0

A-rank: 3

C-rank: 300

Brank: 300

D-rank: 7,000

Background: Blaze is a shinobi of the Village hidden in the mist. He is a hard worker and with every d-rank mission he completed in less than a day. He soon became an emmisary for the Five main lands. He is now becoming a permenant resident in the hidden leaf village. His teacher died during one of his A-ranked missions.
over a year ago wolfmaster3000 said…
this is my own persnal storey BUT all are welcome to join just give some indication that you are joining.


it was beautiful Leaf Village day the sun was shineing brightly a few birds flew across the village everyone was doing there own thing but in the inuzuka house hold it wasn't as peace full for Masura inuzuka ( when ever you see mother= Masura's mom, Masura is also the uncle of kiba and the brother of his mom, he's younger whenever I say dad= Izumi's dad until I get names )


Mom : MASURA GET YOUR LAZY A** UP AND OUT OF BED ( Masura's mom is strict about training. Yeah that's right Masura is 20 and lives with his mother ) YOUR LATE FOR MORINING TRAINING


Masura : *jumps out of bed* GAHHH YOU ALWAYS WAKE ME UP ON MY DAYS OFF WOMAN, WHY CAN'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE!!

Mom : YOUR IN MY HOUSE MY RULES

Masura : you always pull that on me i'm 20 I don't have to take your crap

Mom : your pushing your luck *grinds teeth*

Masura : *in a scarce voice* I just rembered I need to work on throwing Kunais *Masura runs out the door in his Pajamas*

*Masura ends up running all the way to Izumi's house and along the way bumps into anko one block before Izumi's house*

Anko : well if it isn't my least favourite student ...Masura

Masura : *out of breath* gee....*gasp* nice to see you to sensi *gasp* why are you out here *gasp*


Anko : i'm here because you me and Izumi have a mission, why are you in your Pajama your mom scare you out of the house again ? *anko laughs sarcasticly*

Masura : as a matter of fact she did there something wrong with that...*a slightly ashamed look is on Masuras face*

Anko : you know something your pethectic, hard to believe you out RANK ME !! *anko than laughs and slaps Masura on the back*


Masura : so what was that you were about a mission ON MY DAY OFF *Masura is slightly confused*


*a girl wearing a Kimono dress mix with a red sash just below her brests wraps around her wrist a gold bracelt just under her shoulder a yellow ribbion in her hair socks and sandles* ( I will post a picture so you can under stand better )

*Masura blushing* : hey...cutie..I mean Izumi


*Izumi giggled* : hey Masura , Anko sensi, Masura why are you in your Pajamas ?

*still blushing* Masura : long storey

Anko : you can share later we got buissness NOW LET'S GO !!!

Masura : hey can we stop at my house so I can get dressed


to be contuined

picture below is Izumi



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this is my own persnal storey BUT all are welcome to join just give some indication that you are join
over a year ago wolfmaster3000 said…
-the Mission-


Masura,Izumi and anko are all standing in front of lady Tsunade in hokage tower

*Tsunade* you 3 are the only ninja that are vaccant also the squad leader for this mission is Masura because he hasn't failed a mission yet this mission is above S-rank and is theup most of top secert witch is why there is no one other than my self in the room
also 1 squad of anbu will be with you, this mission was discussed by 3 damimio lords and the 5 kage you are on a mission to kill the 4th daimio the daimio of the hidden mist. *Masura looks calm like he's done this before, Izumi looks shocked , anko is surprised*

Izumi : what !? I THOUGHT THE 4 DAIMIO WERE ABOVE HOKAGE LEVEL !!

Masura : this is what it's like on the anbu squad Izumi if you don't like it leave


Anko : don't be mean scum bag, and I agree with Izumi's point

Tsunade : well the time has come for an election of a new damio but he won't give up his postio and has killed any one whose tryed to take his place, mist ninja will also accompany you.


Masura : *seris voice* very well I kill the damio wih my own hands.


*Izumi Anko and Masura leave Hokage tower and the village while there traveling there they have an argument*

Izumi : this isn't right we shoul leave it how it is the hidden mist will use this in a way to decalre war agasint us


Anko : Izumi your to kind hearted and think to much the hidden mist trust us also this is a mission above S-rank and top secret shouldn't the anbu be doing this mission ?


Masura : stop both of you the only anbu available are the 4 members we have from team wolf ( Team wolf is the team that Masura controls and is now 1/4 of the hidden leafs also that 1/4 of only anbu answer to Masura or the hokage ) and us the other leaf village ninja are looking for Peins lair and Orochimarus hide out

*Anko* who ?

*Masura* nevermind i've said to much


*Izumi* like alway *Izumi sticks her tounge out playfully*

*after 2 long days they arrive at the hidden mist wearing the hidden mist head band to blend in the members of team wolf are useing transformation justu to look like normal villager*

*hokage tower at the hidden mist*

Mei : so your here for that D-rank mision eh ?


Anko : yes we are

Mei : follow me

Masura: very well Lady hokage

*Mei, Masura and Izumi and anko end up going to a room with just a table and 4 chairs mei sit's at one, Masura sits beside mei, Izumi sit's across from Masura and Anko sit's across from mei.*


Mei: you can put on your head bands now, the daimio's castle is just one mile away it has 4 floors and I can give you about 30 men most of witch are chuin the jouin and anbu are too scared of the damio the reaon why were in a conferance room is because it has no cameras , he's been keeping survallance of us ever since we sent our messanger hawk to hidden leaf a few week ago.



Masura : it's a four floored castle with how many men ?

Mei : 2 gaurds at each door and about 10 men on he first 3 ,at the damio's thrown room he was 11 body gaurds 20 ninja and 5 samurai.


Anko : sounds like it's not gonna be easy

Izumi : hmmm how many medical ninja do we have beside's me

*mei and Masura at the same time* only you

*mei* how did you know ?

*Masura* here's the battle plan we have 37 men the daimio has 35 we out number him the remaing two men from our group will take out he gaurds at each door and the ten men on the three floors we will than rush in than we break into teams we have 5 men keep watch at the first floor -third floors we also than break up into squads of into squads of 10,to squads will be 11 thee will be aproimitly rows of 6 we than have our squads of 10 take them out and i'll go for the damios thorat with the silent killing move.

Anko : WOW you did all that in your head ?

Izumi : I didn't know you were that smart

Mei : sounds good


will Masura's plan work , or will the damio of hidden mist not fall to masura :O find out next time
over a year ago TakashiUchiha said…
Name: Takashi Uchiha

Family: Kakashi Hatake and itachi uchiha

Rank: jonin

ninjutsu: (all that kakashi and itachi have mastered) invented 5 other jutsu

Age: (biologically) 16 (chronologically) 116

Appearence: has the eternal mangekyou sharingan and wears what kakashi wears but its all black, including his hair. also. all hidden leaf symbols are uchiha crests except for his anbu symbol and head band.

Personality: a mix of kakashi and minato namikaze

covers his eye... for looks.

over a year ago TakashiUchiha said…
(all this stuff is black and he also has two blue eyes.) [IMG]link
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over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Blaze stays in the room for a few minutes longer but soon leaves with Tsunade, who decides to return to her office in order to relieve Shizune. However, before she leaves, Tsunade does something that Shikaro would deem unusual.....She places a hand on his shoulder and looks directly into his eyes.

Once she is out of the room, Hinata moves off of the bed in order to help Shikaro stand up. He takes a few moments to find his footing before walking over to the window to open it. While he looks out at the village, Hinata, who is standing right next to him, begins to grow concerned about the seriousness of the look on his face. “What’s wrong, Shikaro? Is there something on your mind?”

Shikaro turns to her and smiles. “Yes, there is something on my mind, Hinata. . . .Jiraiya shouldn’t have died back in Amegakure; I should have.” He then turns his attention back to the village.

Hinata places a hand on his shoulder. “I know that you feel grief for him, Shikaro, but that doesn’t mean that his death was your fault. Remember, he died so that you and Kyouka could live.”

“That is true, Hinata, but he wouldn’t have had to sacrifice himself if I had been serious in my fight.”

Hinata moves the hand that was on Shikaro’s shoulder to his chin and turns his face towards her. “From what I heard, it was your quick thinking that kept Kyouka from being pummeled by one of the Pains. So you shouldn’t sell yourself short and you shouldn’t let yourself feel guilty for something that wasn’t your fault.”

“But, Hina--”

Hinata shakes her head. “No ‘buts’, Shikaro.” She turns to look out at the village. “So, what are you going to do now?”

Shikaro looks out to the village as well. “I don’t know yet, Hina-chan. About the only thing that I can think of to do is to train until Pain comes. And once he does arrive, I’ll do everything in my power to protect you, Naruto and Kyouka, and the people of this village....That’s about all I can do.”

“How is it that you can think of training when you were nearly killed?” asked Hinata while laughing. “You and Naruto are too much alike.”

Shikaro laughs with her. “I guess that’s why we get along so well.”

Hinata nods her head and begins to walk away. “I’m going to go and check on Kyouka. I’m sure she could bear to see someone other than Naruto or her mother.”

“Alright, I’ll see you in a while, Hina-chan,” Shikaro called back to her as she exited the room.

As he stands there alone by the window, only one thing goes through Shikaro’s mind. “No matter what happens to me, you will not die, Hinata. That is a promise!”
over a year ago onix11 said…
Blaze is in Tsunades office. He looks around because it had been a while since he had been here.

Blaze: (Takes a seat) "So i guess you wish to hear a status report?"

Tsunade: "Go ahead please."

Blaze: "There have been five dissaperances in each of the villages that i have visted. And i have relayed this to all of them. You are my last stop. The people have not been found yet and their places were ransacked."

Tsunade: "Anyone Important?" She has a worried face.

Blaze: He stalls for a bit. "Everyone of them that are missing were Jonin...and they all went missing the same day."

Tsunade: She stops her pacing. "They went missing the same day."

Blaze: "We think it was a tactical movement.Because every village dissaperance happened on the same day as well." There was a long moment of silence. But Blaze was the one to break it. "MY lady, may i ask. Why is it that shikaro does not trust me?"

Tsunade: "You never made yourself known, so he does not trust you. He also is very protective of Hinata. So just be carful."

Blaze: "Maybe if i trained with him, he would have more trust with me."

Tsunade: "Who knows, but do be carful if you do. He has something inside hima that you won't want to see. You are dissmissed.

Blaze: He stands up and bows, then he dissapears. "I have to find Shikaro, he knows something, and training with him might be the only way to figure out what he knows."
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Shikaro continues to stand by the window until he hears a knock at his door. He tells the visitor to come in and turns around to see who it is. When he sees the face of his visitor, he is rather shocked. “Blaze? What are you doing here?.....If you are looking for Hinata, she isn’t here right now.”

Blaze shakes his head as he sits down in a chair. “It might come as a surprise to you, but I actually came here to see you.”

Shikaro walks back over to the bed and sits down. He never takes his eyes off of Blaze. “What’s you angle, Blaze?”

“I’m sorry?” asked Blaze with a quizzical look on his face.

Shikaro continues to glare at him. “What is it that you want from me? Do you want information, knowledge of my jutsu; do you want to get to me by hurting Hinata? What is it that you want?!”

Blaze puts up his hands and tries to calm Shikaro down. “Take it easy, Shikaro. All I want to do is talk; nothing more, nothing less.”

Not buying what Blaze is saying, Shikaro takes a kunai that he stashed under his sheets out and rushes at Blaze. Not expecting the sudden move, Blaze remains still so that he doesn’t make any mistakes. However, Shikaro stops and puts the kunai to Blazes throat. “Now you listen, Blaze, and listen good. If I ever find out that you are just going to use me to get to my friends or if you ever try to use them to get to me, I promise you right here and right now that I will carve my initials into your heart......Do we have an understanding?”

Not in any position to argue and not wanting to make Shikaro mistrust him more than he already does, Blaze nods his head. Shikaro then takes the kunai away from Blaze’s throat and returns to the bed. Blaze chuckles a little. “You sure know how to throw the welcome wagon out, Shikaro.”

Shikaro looks back at him and crack half of a smile. “It’s a gift.....Now, what did you want to talk about?”
over a year ago onix11 said…
Blaze smiles a bit.

Blaze: "I want to know if the rumors are true."

Shikaro: He keeps a strait face. "What are you talking about?"\

Blaze: "Don't try to play it off. I learned about it last time i was here. That a shinobi in this village had one of the legendary demons inside of him. And then when i was standing by you, i sensed a unusal chakra within you."

Shikaro: He stares out the window. "Are you sure you want to know?"

Blaze: He nods his head. "It will help me know how hard i should go when we train together. Which is the second thing i wanted to ask."
over a year ago IchigoShirosaki said…
(once again, just like in the FMA post, this post was parcically made by me and the rest was made by Bleacher1001)

Kyouka sighed as she walked through the streets with her hands in her pocket, heading back to Naruto's house after offering Shikamaru help at the Acadamy. Over the past few days she had been spending it with Naruto, who hasn't said much since she had returned from her mission and given the news of Jiraya's death to everyone.

'Naruto-Chan seems so upset lately, I wish I could cheer him up, I haven't felt so helpless in my life... it's all the same.. Old man Sarutobi, Sinuichi, Jiraya... Why do I keep making the same mistakes?

Kyouka looked up at the moon as she takes in a deep breath she closes her eyes. Naruto is at the Hokage mountain again... Of course that is to be expected... it's one of his favorite places to be besides Ichiraku's..

Kyouka sighs, and jumps onto a rooftop and travels to the Hokage moutian.
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Meanwhile Tsunade here's a knock on her door, which had caused her to wake up.

"who is it?" she calls as she gets up groggily and slowly walks to the door.

"it's me Michiyo, I'm sorry for bothering you at such a late time, but there is something I need to talk to you about Tsunade-sama.."

Tsunade rubs her eyes and fixes her hair, then opens the door. "this better be pretty damn important.."

Michiyo sighs, "it's just something that has been bothering me for a bit.. Sorry Senpai.."

"it's fine.. Sake?" Tsunade grumbles and holds out a sake bottle.

Michiyo chuckles lightly, "you haven't changed at all Sensei, but sure, I'll have some..."

They both drink some Sake, Tsunade speaks. "so what is it that was bothering you?"

"well, I wanted to ask you, and I doubt you'll give me a straight answer... But how has Jiraya's death affected you truely?" Michiyo asks, flincing lightly while preparing to have a fist in her face.

Tsunade doesnt speak right away, she stares off deep in thought then looks at her former student. "it has affected me just as much as anyone else.." she answers flatly

Michyo looks at her, "really? I mean I know you two butt heads alot in the past, but he was your teammate after all.."

"your point?"

"well I know it has affected you more then you are willing to admit, you miss him, it has affected you as much as it did-"

"dont you dare say it Michiyo, if you want to live long enough to see Kyouka have children.."

Michiyo sighed, same old Tsunade, when is she gonna stop being so defensive?[/]

"I am just saying Tsunade-sama, you can tell me..."

Tsunade sighs, with slight blush on her cheeks that could have been from the sake, Michiyo wasn't sure, "....like I said... it's affected me just as much as anyone else.."

Michiyo gives up, "alright then I guess you win, but.." Michiyo smirks. "I'll get it out of you one of these days you crazy old hag.."

Tsunade suprisingly doesn't get pissed off about being called old, she just smirks. "the day you get anything out of me, is the day I loose a bet."

Michiyo shakes her head, "since when have you won a bet all the time?"

"Touche.."
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Kyouka laid opposite of Naruto, thier backs facing each other, not a single word spoken.

[I]how? How do I make him feel better? Someone tell me... I can't simply tell him that this is all a dream, and when he wakes up Jiraya will be there waiting for him... How... How is it all these times before, Naruto was the only thing that made me happy, yet, I can't do anything for him to make him better... it's all my fault, I couldn't help. I could have save Jiraya, if only... Yes if only Shikaro hadn't gotten in my way, I could have assisted Jiraya and he would still be alive, and Naruto-kun would still be happy...


Kyouka sighs, ...no... That can't be it, it was my own fault..

Kyouka shook lightly and curled into a ball, tears springing to her eyes.. this is pathetic... I'm pathetic... Naruto-kun doesn't deserve me...

She sobbed softly, barely audioable sobs, but none the less Naruto heard them.

He sat up and looked at her. "Kyou-Chan?"

"I-I'm sorry Naruto, I really am.." she sobs.

"what do you mean you didnt do anything wrong.."

"no I did.. It was my fault I couldn't save Jiraya, it's all the same... I'm pathetic... I know I am... Just pathetic.." Kyouka sobbed.

For a moment, Naruto didn’t know what to do. It hurt him terribly to see Kyouka in this state, more so than Jiraiya’s death. So he did the only thing that he could possibly think of: he grabbed Kyouka and hugged her.

Kyouka stopped sobbing seconds after Naruto started hugging her. It took her a moment to get the will to speak.

“N-Naruto-kun.....what are you doing?”

Naruto pulled back for a moment so that he could see her face. “I figured that was pretty obvious, Kyou-chan. I’m giving you a hug so that you will stop crying and so that you will stop saying such things about yourself.”

Kyouka turns her face away from Naruto out of shame. “But it’s true; I am pathetic. I couldn’t help Jiraiya because Shikaro stood in my way and I did nothing to help him....Due to my inabilities, Jiraiya is now dead, Shikaro is all messed up, and you are forced to grieve for your teacher. It’s all my fault!”

Kyouka begins to sob softly once more, but Naruto turns Kyouka’s face towards him and forces her to look at him. “Now you listen to me and listen good, Kyou-chan. I may be sad that Jiraiya is gone but I am also thankful that you and Shikaro are alive and safe. And you are not pathetic either, Kyouka. You were able to follow Jiraiya’s orders when it mattered most and you were able to save Shikaro by getting him back to the village...Instead of degrading your accomplishments like this, you should be proud of what you were able to do.”

After thinking for a few minutes about what Naruto said, Kyouka finally starts to calm down a little bit and completely stops sobbing. “I guess you’re right, Naruto-kun.”

Naruto puts on his trademark grin. “Of course I’m right, Kyou-chan.....Now, I just have one question.”

“How exactly did Shikaro get hurt? You said that he got in your way, but you didn’t go any farther than that.”

Why did he have to ask that is what went through Kyouka’s mind as she told Naruto what happened.

“So, he got hurt while he was trying to protect you. Though I do hate the fact that he got hurt, I am glad that Shikaro did what it took to protect you.”

Kyouka gives Naruto a confused look. “Why do you say that?”

Naruto’s cheeks become a little flushed and he stutters as he speaks. “W-Well, it’s just t-that I really care about y-you, Kyou-chan. And since I couldn’t protect you, I am glad that Shikaro did.”

“Really?”

Naruto nods his head. “I’m absolutely sure. I would probably kill myself if something were to happen to you.”

Kyouka’s face turns cherry red after Naruto has said this. After about five minutes of silence, Naruto decides to come up with something to do, but to no avail. “What do you want to do, Kyou-chan. I can’t think of anything to do.”

Kyouka thinks for a few minutes before she finally comes up with something. “Why don’t we go to Masura and see if he will train with us.”

Naruto agrees and they both head off to the fields to find Masura. When they do finally find him, he turns to greet them and asks them what he can do for them. Kyouka steps forward.

“I want you to train me to use your secret technique, Masura.”
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over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Shikaro looks down for a moment and then stares at Blaze. “I haven’t heard any rumors as of yet, so I will tell you what I know....I am, in fact, a Jinchuriki. Within my body is the Moeagarimasu Shishi (Flame Lion) which is supposed to act as a guardian for the Kyuubi and Gokushirou. I’m sure you have also heard that I am the last remaining person that carries the surname of Senju. I can use the Wood Release ninjutsu that my ancestor, Hashirama, was famous for and I am also fluent in nearly every use of fire ninjutsu. Finally, I am the only one of the Konoha Jinchuriki that has completely mastered control of their demon and its powers.......Is that what you wanted to know?”

Blaze laughs a little once Shikaro is finished. “Wow, you sure do have a history behind you. If you do agree to train with me, I hope that I live to regret asking you.”

Shikaro’s stare turns into a glare. “And why is it that I would want to train with you, Blaze? If you haven’t forgotten, I don’t trust you; and I don’t train with people that I don’t trust.”

Blaze shakes his head. “That’s a shame. I bet Hinata would hate to hear that you aren’t playing nice with me....”

Shikaro crosses his arms and thinks for a few moments before coming to a conclusion. “Give me two hours and I’ll meet you in the fields to train.”

Blaze jumps out of his chair and heads for the door. “Alright, I’ll see you in two hours then.”

However, Shikaro doesn’t let Blaze leave without a parting gift. He rushes up behind Blaze and grasps his left shoulder hard. “Just take what I told you before to heart and I just might think about trusting you. But if you make one wrong move, I’ll personally see to it that you don’t make another move again.”

Blaze nods his head once again and then leaves. All the way down the hall, only one thing runs through his mind: Man that guy sure has a bad attitude. I guess I will have to be a bit more careful than I thought when training with him.
over a year ago onix11 said…
Blaze is now walking around the village, he has a nervous look upon his face. Everyone is looking at him because they had never seen him before.

Blaze: (Thinking to himself) "They must be a little bit scared, good lord this is going to be a long two hours." He continues to walk whenever he smells something. "Is that flowers, the smell is coming from over there." He walks to the shop and looks in the window, he is suddenly struck dumb and gets a smile on his face. "Wow, she is beautiful, i wonder who she is? Should i go meet her.?" He paces back and forth and finally decides to go in. When he enters he is overwhelmed by the smell of flowers.

???: The girl just smiles. "Hello, how can i help you?"

Blaze: He straightens his posture and walks towards the counter. "I'm new here and i was just site seeing, do you run this place yourself?"

???: She fixes some flowers. "Pretty much, what's your name?"

Blaze: HE stumbles a bit but then gets it out. "I am Blaze. Who are you."

Ino: "Well my name is Ino..." She is suddenly inturupted.

Sakura: "Hey Ino"

Ino: "What do you need Sakura?"

Sakura: "I just came to say hi."

Blaze: As they are having their conversation, blaze slowly sneaks out. "I guess i might as well keep looking around."

Blaze continues his walk, waiting for two hours.
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over a year ago wolfmaster3000 said…
---the secert Hidden Inuzuka Kin Justu !---

*Masura had just gotten back form his mission from the hidden mist he was releaxing when he heard a loud knocking on the door , he was deperssed at Jiryias death as well because he had been really close friends with Jiryia*

Masura : *thinking to himself* first Sarutobi-sama than you Jiryia-sama ...am I next in this unforget able cycle of death ? *he got up stretched he opend the door , Naruto's eye's widend with shock and a little fear , Kyouka smiled and said* HEY NII-SAN *Masura perked up his eye brrow* can I help you ?

Kyouka : *steps in the door cutely and acts all cute* rember when your 14 just before Daddy died *she said cutely , Masura gave a sharp look of sorrow at Kyouka* you want to know the family secert move sorry I cannot teach you that it's only meant for the head of the clan to know or the future head of the clan sorry siss

Naruto : HOW DARE YOU WE CAME ALL THIS WAY AND SHE CAN'T LEARN ONE SIMPLE MOVE HOW STUPID IS THAT *Masura didn't hesitate he full on Punched Naruto in the face*

Masura : *inraged* DO NOT TALK ABOUT MY CALN OR MY FATHER THAT WAY SAY THAT AGAIN AND I'LL KILL YOU

Kyouka : Naruto-kun please don't talk about our clan that way i'm nicer than my brother but if you do talk about our caln like that again I too will be forced to bust knuckel's upside your head *Masura chuckled*

Masura : there's one thing worse than a Inuzuka male that's a Inuzuka female , now you want to learn the Beast emergance Justu unfortunely becuase you have a kyuubi it will be too difficult for you to control though my Chakara exceeds the hokage's i'm not up to teaching it to you , plus as head ofthe caln

Kyouka : I have no right to ask about such things blah blah blah your the same as dad was...MOM WILL TEACH IT TO ME

Masura : sorry but only dad knew it and i'm it's only secssour infact i've surpassed the one who made it and dad and I surpassed the cerator and dad ...so have fun trying to get it me to spill the beans

Kyouka : so your suggesting a bell test of just me and you ?

Masura : exactly


TO BE CONTUINED
over a year ago bleacher1001 said…
Shikaro sits down on the hospital bed and begins to meditate, trying to connect with the demon within him. For the first time in a long time, he has a little trouble communicating with it. However, he is still able to make the connection. When he enters into the communication zone, Shikaro is standing in front of a large cell with an open door. Moeagarimasu, can you hear me?

An extremely large creature walks out of the cage and catches fire. The flames die down and the creature’s light-brown fur can be seen; however, the creature‘s mane remain aflame. Yeah, what is it that you need this time?

It’s about this guy that wants to train with me. Something tells me that he wants to know more than about me than my fighting style.

Are you sure it’s that, or is it the fact that you might be a bit jealous of this guy? I mean, you did seem to get a bit pissed off when he was talking with Hinata.

Shikaro, who hardly ever gets angry with Moeagarimasu, becomes infuriated. Did someone cut out your brain and feed it to you Moeagarimasu?! I AM NOT JEALOUS OF BLAZE!!!!!

Moeagarimasu reacts in kind. REALLY?! You sure could’ve fooled me kid! If you haven’t forgotten, you and I share the same body so I know when something is bothering you and I KNOW when you are jealous of someone!

Shikaro hangs his head down in defeat then looks back up at Moeagarimasu. So, do you think that I should trust him?

If you want my professional opinion, I would say that you should, especially since Hinata trusts him.

Shikaro cocks his head to the side out of confusion and sends Moeagarimasu a sly grin. So, you are starting to think a lot of Hinata, are you?

Moeagarimasu takes a step back. That is not it at all, Shikaro. I meant that she is a good judge of character and that she wouldn’t associate with an improper person.

Shikaro keeps his grin on his face. Whatever you say. . . . .Well, I need to get to the training area. Goodbye for now, Moeagarimasu.

Moeagarimasu nods his head. Alright, but be careful. You don’t know what kind of jutsu this guy can use.

Shikaro nods his head and exits his inner realm. When he returns to his body, he immediately moves off of the bed and goes over to the closet and gets out his combat suit (He has been wearing hospital clothes the entire time). Once he has gotten into his combat suit and checked himself out of the hospital, he makes his way to the fields on the outskirts of the village. He finds Blaze waiting for him.

Blaze rises to greet him. “It’s good to see that you finally decided to show up. I was starting to wonder if you were ever going to get out of that hospital.”

Shikaro grins at Blaze. “Well, I figured that I’d humor you and see what you’ve got.”

Blaze smiles in return. “Then let’s get this show on the road, Shikaro.”