42. Fleeing from Team 7

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"You weren't supposed to help her." He said slowly.

The man he was speaking to turned around.

"She was going to kill herself." He spoke lowly.

"She wouldn't. Unless you read her mi-"

"Yes, I did."

Silence echoed between the two men and the man clad in black only sighed.

"Maybe-"

"You aren't wrong." The second man said firmly as he left no more room for further arguments.

"Okay then, old friend."

"DON'T YOU DARE TAKE HIM AWAY, AKINA!" Shikamaru screamed furiously at the auburn haired girl.

Carrying Asuma's body, she turned around to see the pathetic Konoha team on the ground, defeated easily by the two members- the Zombie duo.

"Stripes, you know these dumb fucks?" Hidan couldn't help but laugh.

She gave them a stare devoid of emotions ignoring his question.

"Weaklings, the whole lot of you. If I'd stepped in Shikamaru, you'd be dead by now."

He struggled to stand up, but faltered and fell down again.

Angry tears formed in his eyes.

"I'll kill you all."

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Lies.

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"ASUMA!!" Shikamaru's anguished cries resonated in the forest as Akina let out an insane laugh.

"DIE ASUMA!"

She brought her kunai down in his heart and his eyes fluttered open as he turned to Shikamaru moments before.

He mouthed words to him and it was as if time slowed down.

'Tell Kurenai I love her'

Not caring about his injury, Shikamaru got up and began running, hands outstretched and tears escaping his eyes.

He breathed his last.

Blood splattered on the seemingly insane girl's face and she purred.

"He didn't go out with a bang after all..."

Akina's POV

"Konan nee?" I questioned.

She gave me a smile, closing her paper wings and fluttering down towards the ground. With the sunlight shining in her eyes, she looked like a true tenshi.

"I came to see your progress." Her soft reply came as she turned to look at Itachi and he nodded at her.

"I'm assuming it went well?"

"It did.. but we may wanna hurry since Kakashi sensei knows I was there."

Itachi stared at me sharply from the corner of his eyes.

This was new to him.

Konan frowned. "Hm, give me a piece of your cloth, Akina."

Without asking for permission, she took my Akatsuki cloak and tore it to shreds in front of my eyes.

My beautiful cloak.

Was ruined.

That damned cloak which I'd proudly wear.

I fell on to my knees.

"N...not my cloak..." I groaned.

Rolling her eyes, she formed origami birds and gave them each a piece.

"Go rub it against the trees and confuse the Konoha shinobi. Her scent should be traveling in all directions." Konan told us to follow her and she began walking.

Itachi took off his cloak and placed it on me.

"Its to mask your scent." He murmured slowly and a small blush crept up my neck and to my face.

"Thanks."

He walked ahead of me as I placed my hands in his sleeves only for it to cover my hands to go beyond and the hem reached my ankles.

"..."

It was huge.

And comfortable.

And warm.

And smelt like him.

How do I know how he smells like?

Brushing my stupid thoughts away, I followed them.

Third Person POV 

Location: Konoha

Time: the moment where Akina and Itachi encounter Konan

Tsunade roared at the Chunin.

"Who the hell told you to leave your damned posts at the gate you brats?!"

Scared shitless, the two Chunin remained silent which only angered the busty, blonde haired Hokage even more.

She brought her hand down on the table and it broke into two pieces.

Shizune gulped and her pig squealed in fright and they stepped back. 

That table was the latest model and was brought yesterday. 

Growling, she grabbed a large piece of the table and lifted it above her head, a terrifying expression on her face.

One of them soiled his pants a little.

"Who gave you permission to leave?" She pronounced each word carefully and slowly.

"H-H-Hokage sama, it w-was a v-voice."

"Who?"

"W-we d-don't know."

Shizune knew it was a bad idea to even talk to Tsunade at this moment but she felt bad.

Cursing her kindness, she spoke out loud.

"Tsunade sama, they were in a genjutsu when found. Kakashi san thinks it was a genjutsu master accompanying Akina."

The very name of her younger cousin triggered her to no end as she threw the table at the two Chunin who screamed like 5 year old girls and narrowly dodged the table.

Tsunade grew even more angry.

"GET THE HELL OUT YOU PATHETIC EXCUSE OF A CHUNIN AND NEVER SHOW YOUR FACE IN HERE AGAIN!"

The two ran for their lives, not caring about the fact that they'd been fired.

Tsunade breathed heavily, anger still brewing in the pits of her stomach.

Her baby sister entered the village, stayed for a day and left without any suspicion. 

And no one, no one, had a damn clue.

Kakashi followed her to a secluded place and confirmed it was Akina.

"She was singing." He said.

"That's not proof."

"In an unknown language."

"..it can be a made up song-"

"I smelled her."

"What?"  Her voice was dangerously low.

Kakashi sighed exasperatedly at how wrong that sentence came out.

"Akina's scent. I remember it clearly. And even if she isn't Akina, she's a lead."

Tsunade stood up. 

"Bring the Chunin on patrol. Kakashi, leave until further instructions are made."

He nodded and shunshined from there right in front of Naruto.

With a yelp, Naruto backed up. 

"Oy sensei! Can't you walk like a straight person instead of doing a shunshin?"

"How can he, when he isn't straight?"

Kakashi sputtered at Sakura's little comment.

"Hey, I am straight." He said hotly.

"Yet we've never seen you with a woman." Naruto grinned.

"I like woman who aren't clingy."

Sakura turned to the three boys, smirking.

"He's never going to find a woman."

"If he ends up with Gai, you guys owe me." Sasuke scoffed.

Kakashi paled at those disgustingly, vile thoughts. 

"Enough about my love life. Go get ready for a potential mission."

"Potential mission?"

"Yes, we may have leads." Kakashi chose his words carefully.

Sakura and Naruto gasped. 

Sasuke and Sai remained stony faced.

"Its only a prob-" Before he'd completed his sentence, the four students had already disappeared with a flash, eager to search for Akina.

"Call Team 7. Every single one." Tsunade growled.

Shizune left half running, half walking and met Team 7 in front of her.

"Kakashi san, I thought Tsunade sama told you to wait for further instructions."

"Maa, my nose is never wrong. And we have to hurry before we lose the scent."

Shizune nodded.

"Right, follow me."

"YOU GUYS ARE LATE!" Tsunade growled.

"I was only gone for thirty seco-"

Tsunade huffed and took deep breaths to calm down, bringing her eyes down and resting her hands on her hips.

After a minute she looked up and her hazel eyes which were filled with emotions- fury and sadness- were gone.

She wasn't a worried sister.

She was the Hokage first, and a worried sister next.

"Team 7, I give you a B ranked mission. Its status can vary to A as well. Bring back Akina Senju Uchiha alive. She came into the village dressed as a merchant with an unknown shinobi, a genjutsu master. Bring back her partner to, if possible. Dismissed!" 

Team 7 chorused a 'hai' and left in a frenzy.

"We'll bring Akina chan back, dattebayo! Right, Sasuke?"

"Hn."

Naruto and Sakura's eyes were shining with slight excitement.

Sai had an emotionless face as usual.

Tsunade knew Sasuke for three years now.

But she still couldn't understand his poker faces. For a young shinobi, he'd mastered his resting bitch face quite well.

Shizune stared at her shishou's back as she looked worriedly towards the horizon, her hands twitching behind her back and her feet tapping on the wooden floors at an unusual pace.

Akina's POV

"Can we stop please? I'm tired." I said softly as we neared an inn which also had an onsen.

Konan paused and gave us a tired smile.

"Lets rest and then continue. The Konoha shinobi would've given up by now."

Itachi merely followed us inside the inn as we booked two rooms, one for him and the other for Konan and I.

"Good night." Itachi closed his door.

Grumbling, I went towards the closet in my room and took out the rolled futon. 

"Sleeping already?" Konan questioned as she took a look at the scenery.

"Don't disturb my sleep or you might get impaled."

"You can sleep at the base as well."

"Not really. I am always alert since Hidan and Obi-tobi tend to wake me up. Hidan with his scythe and obitobi by jumping on my stomach."

My face was under the covers and I internally screeched at my slip up.

"Obitobi?"

"I like to call him that."

She couldn't see my bluff and I breathed a sigh in relief.

However, I wasn't completely reassured and my toes wiggled in nervousness.

"Do you know the story of Uchiha Madara?"

I paused.

"Of course. He and Hashirama Senju fought at the End of the Valley where he was killed."

She hummed slowly.

"Yes, however they never found his body."

I poked my head out of the blanket, not being able to breathe clearly and inhaled the fresh air.

"True, but then even if he was alive, why wouldn't he attack Konoha again? Why are you telling me this?" 

Konan turned to me and unveiled her hands as an origami paper flew out of it.

I outstretched my hands and it landed on my arm, taking a few steps and fluttering its little paper wings.

She smiled.

"The life of a ninja is unpredictable. Sometimes,  you don't know for sure if an enemy is dead which can cause a lot of backlash."

"Are you telling me Uchiha Madara is alive?"

She giggled. 

"Obviously not. But what if he was?"

I paused for a moment.

"Then he'd be like Sasori."

Her expression fell. She wasn't expecting this answer.

"Sasori?"

I nodded.

"He'd control people like mindless puppets. Like he's the puppeteer and the world is his stage."

"Don't you think people would realize someone as old as him was alive?" She sat in front of me and I rolled up into a sitting position as well.

Was she purposely dropping small hints or did she want my opinion?

I paused for a minute.

"No. If he were alive, then he'd have a group of strong individuals to his every beck and call, controlling everything behind the scenes."

Her voice reduced to a whisper.

"Would he want world peace?"

An owl hooted into the night and I turned my gaze from her sharp orange eyes to the moon.

"After all that he's seen.. I'm sure he'd want world peace but not the right way."

"What is the right way?"

"As long as there's love.. there's suffering, Konan nee."

"But we're stopping it." 

I gave her a small smile. "By imposing your will on others. Do you really think everyone is going to accept this?"

Her face hardened.

"If they want peace.. then they will."

"And if they don't?"

"We remove them." She spoke sharply.

"You mean.. killing. But then their loved ones wouldn't be happy, right?"

She clenched her hands into a fist.

"Its for the world. We will make sure it happens."

But war never stops. 

Even in Boruto..

My heart constricted painfully at such dark thoughts.

"Sure." My answer wasn't sarcastic, nor showcasing acceptance. 

It was flat, dry, like I had resigned myself to the future of war.

Konan suddenly got up and rolled her futon next to me.

"Good night dear."

"Good night, Konan nee."

Body physically tired, but mentally active, I brushed the conversation we had and began making a small plan.

A plan to save the future.

"Nope. We're staying here for another day." Itachi's eye twitched.

"Why?" His voice was ice cold.

"I want to enjoy the onsen."

"Hot water is a facility provided to us in our bathrooms as well. Its called a hot shower."

"Yes but there's a difference."

"What's the difference?" He had no emotion on his face, but I somehow knew he was tense.

Worried about Konoha finding us.

I gulped.

"We won't get caught if that's what you're worried about."

"You're not my responsibility. Stop acting like a child and accept the fact that we have to move on." 

I grew annoyed. 

"Why don't you stop acting like a dick and enjoy your life for once! Every one deserves to have a fun time."

His gaze was dark as he replied.

"Not us."

I flushed with anger.

"Could you stop blaming yourself?! It was Danzo's fault!"

"But mine for accepting it."

The first thing I have to do..

"Please, just take one evening off." I pleaded.

He sighed.

"No."

is make him experience life..

"So what? You're just gonna die because of Sasuke? Is that your life- what you've been living for?"

"I stopped living the day I activated my sharingan."

"Oh look how the tables have turned! I promise you Itachi, I'll help you find your peho.. your hope since you helped me find mine."

"I'm not interested."

Growling, I grabbed him by his arm.

"One day. That's it. Fuck Konoha. You've done enough."

His face was unusually pale, his stress lines popping out more.

He looked...

beautiful..

In a tired way but his eyes, posture, selflessness is what attracted me to him in the first place.

Both in my previous life and in this.

"One day. And then, we stop."

"Stop?"

He sighed, tiredly.

"I propose a deal. I'll do whatever to help you, even if it means enjoying this 'free day' as you call it. But you have to promise not to interfere in our battle."

I released his arm and took a step back.

"O-our battle?" My voice was weak.

"Yes, me and my otouto. This is a battle between brothers. Only."

My heart withered at the thought of any of them dying.

Itachi was annoying.

As fuck.

To the extent where I was wondering why I even fangirled about him so much.

Annoyingly serious, stubborn, calling me names.. being given a second chance- a chance to return to Konoha even after all he's done.. 

I'd take it in a heartbeat.

But, I had a duty to fulfill.

He didn't.

Selfish. That was the perfect word to use for him.

He was the opposite of me.

And yet decided to help me.

However, he was selfless at the same time.

I groaned loudly and held my head, as contradicting thoughts flew in my head.

He was a big ass mystery box, filled with contradictions and impossible to figure out.

My stupid heart couldn't understand whether I didn't like him or did like him.

In a friendly way, of course.

"You. Are. Annoying." I slowly said each word.

"Well you finally know how I feel about you."

"Fine!"

He blinked. "You accept it?"

I gave him a mirthless grin.

"Yes. At least I'll hopefully make you realize the meaning of life."

He remained silent at that to stare outside the window of his room, the birds chirping loudly.

He should know..

I turned around and walked out of the room, my footsteps echoing in the silent hall and I closed the door with a loud bang.

He should know..

Walking towards my room, I opened the door. 

"Konan nee?" 

She looked up at me, her orange eyes bright.

"Yes?"

"How did shishou train with his rinnegan? Do you have any idea on who taught him and how?"

She smiled. "Of course I know. When we were young kids, we met the legendary Sannin of Konohagakure. Jiraiya sama, Tsunade and Orochimaru. We were starved orphans and in the midst of the war between the great nations, in the middle of the battlefield, we saw them battling Hanzo- a man with great power...."

He should know..

That he's met someone of his own caliber.

That I'm not going to let it happen.

Not when I'm alive.

Because Itachi Uchiha...

My eyes flashed purple for a second as Konan told her story.

Her pain and suffering.

You just met someone much more stubborn, selfish and determined than you.

And you're going to live.

Breathing deeply, I listened to Konan's soothing voice.

"Pain always imagined that his life or the others lives were in danger, and so out of reflex he used to form a chakra force field around himself. Its saved us multiple times."

I closed my eyes and focused on my chakra, tuning everything out.

Chakra in a sphere..

Chakra..

Sphere..

Protection..

I raised my right hand outwards and I heard the rustling of paper.

Snapping my eyes open, I saw paper shuriken headed towards me.

I released my chakra and a weak sphere was formed as it blocked a few shuriken and disappeared.

I hissed in pain as the shuriken hit me.

"Good. Use your chakra to strengthen it. Again."

I repeated the same process again.

This time, the field was weaker.

Taking deep breaths, I calmed myself down and focused.

"Again."

From morning to afternoon around 3, we practiced with the most basic rinnegan jutsu.

"You're improving, however its slow. Pain was faster." Konan chastised me.

"Hn." I brushed her off and focused on my wounds.

"You look tired."

"I am tired."

"Lets go and visit the onsen. Then, we'll begin again."

My day brightened up and I flashed her a smile. "Sure. Lemme just inform Itachi!"

Rushing to his room, I opened the door without knocking and jumped on his back.

"Itachi! Let's go."

"Go where?" His body was tense.

"The onsen, where else?"

"..."

"We had a deal." I reminded him sternly.

Sighing, he nodded and I stopped hanging like a monkey on his back to get down.

His hair was open...

My eyes widened at how pretty he looked in open hair.

"Can I do your hair?" I blurted out.

He raised his eyebrow. "What?"

"I want to do your hair."

He stared at me for a few moments. "Get out."

I smiled. "What about our deal? You said you'd enjoy yourself and help me with whatever I wanted."

His finger twitched with irritation. 

"I really doubt that's help you."

"See, that's where you're wrong. It'd help us both so sit down." I pointed at the floor.

Giving me a look filled with mild annoyance, he sat down. I knelt down on my knees and ran my fingers through his hair gasping at how soft and silky it really was.

"You maintain it well." I murmured softly, massaging his scalp.

His tense body relaxed after a few minutes and I could tell he was enjoying this.

Grabbing a comb from the dressing table, I untangled the small knots in his hair and brushed it neatly as I grabbed a rubber band and formed a loose ponytail just the way he wears his.

I smiled at our comfortable silence and got up heading towards the door. Opening it, I turned around to look at him still sitting there, but noticed his eyes were closed.

"Don't forget to come to the onsen." I whispered softly and left.

I really hope we made some process there.

"Konan nee, it feels so nice relaxing in this onsen, doesn't it?"

Konan smiled at me. "Yes, it feels quite pleasant. In fact, its my first time visiting one."

"Really?! I've visited it only twice before. Now that I have you all to myself, I intend to make it an amazing day for girls only!" I punched my fists in the air.

She laughed.

All the women around us were chattering quietly among themselves. The door slid open and another female walked in and sat inside the onsen.

I sighed happily, inhaling the fresh scent of the water.

"Oh, Naruto you do have a dick!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP SAI! YOU KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT DICKS HERE AND DICKS THERE! WHAT IS YOUR OBSESSION WITH THEM? OF COURSE I HAVE A FREAKING DICK!"

I choked loudly as my eyes flew open with amusement.

Sound familiar..

At this moment, I could only blame my mind for not working faster. And Itachi.

I also blame Itachi.

As much as I hated/ loved him (I have no idea what to feel about him), I also kinda owed him for bringing me back to normal.

Konan next to me laughed slightly and shook her head. "Boys will be boys. Yahiko and Nagato did the same thing when they were younger."

I snorted. "Yeah well now Nagato shishou can compare it all he wants with Yahiko's."

She gave me a stern glare but the twitch in her mouth ruined it.

I heard a bubbling voice next to me and saw a pinkette.

"S-Sakura?" I whispered, frozen.

I quickly stood up catching the attention of other females due to my size, eyes lingering on my chest and they all whispered unashamed.

Bad mistake on my part for Sakura soon noticed me.

She screamed and got up, naked in front of every single one which wasn't saying much since I had no clothes on too.

"AKINA!"

"Nice to meet you, Sakura! Now I gotta run!" Grabbing my towel, I wrapped it around my body as she did the same.

We might be running/ chasing each other, but we first needed to be decent to do that.

No matter what, we both were grown women now.

I winked at Konan and she nodded, knowing the drill as she closed her eyes and raised her hand up.

I ran outside the onsen, into the changing room to grab my clothes.

Sakura reached me at the same moment as I completed wearing my bra and underwear.

She glared at me.

I glared at her.

Two women, one with pink hair and emerald eyes, the other with auburn hair and onyx black eyes, one clad in a small pink towel, the other in her underwear only glared at each other in annoyance.

I gritted my teeth.

"No matter what, don't reveal that you have the same eyes as me." Pain said.

"Why not?"

He sighed. "Just to keep you safe. You are our weapon, our secret. No one should know your powers."

"Akina.. you have some explaining to do."

I wrapped a robe around me as Sakura did the same.

We had no weapons whatsoever.

I scoffed. "I don't have to explain anything to you all. And before you ask, no I'm not coming back to Konoha."

I opened the sliding door and ducked as Sakura sent a basket at me.

Growling, she thundered towards me and I ran towards the room I staying in.

Entering my room, I wrapped Itachi's Akatsuki cloak around myself as I unwrapped the robe and grabbed Konan nee's bag.

Opening the window, I jumped out as soon as Sakura attempted to grab me.

It surely was a sight to see.

I could only imagine a civilian watching a girl falling towards the ground from the third floor, a cloak billowing, revealing her baby pink colored underwear, a pink haired girl wearing a robe following the other.

Great job, Akina.

This is the most humiliating moment of my life.

Landing on the ground, I ran as fast as I could with Sakura chasing me at a slower pace.

I saw Konan and Itachi in the trees. 

Wondering at how Itachi was already prepared, I halted to a stop.

Four chakra signatures were closing on me.

Rapidly.

I turned around to see Sakura, a smirk on her face.

"So you sensed them, huh?"

My eyes flickered to the forest.

"NEE CHAN, WEASEL, RUN! I'LL CATCH UP!"

They both hesitated.

I frantically shook both my hands at them as if I was driving away a pigeon. 

"Get the fuck out! Shoo, shoo!"

Konan nodded and she turned into a bunch of paper as she fluttered away.

I swore I could see Itachi saying come back soon to me.

He turned into a flock of crows and left.

I really need to learn that.

Zipping up my cloak properly, I sighed and waited for the inevitable.

Five pairs of footsteps landed in a circle around me and stopped.

Sai.

Sakura.

Kakashi.

Naruto.

Sasuke.

Yamato wasn't here which was odd since Kakashi was supposed to be injured but I kept my mouth shut.

A tense silence weighed heavily on all of us.

Tension so thick, I could cut it with a kunai.

"So, we finally meet after three years, Akina." Kakashi began speaking.

I turned to face my old sensei.

"It seems as if we have."

No wind was blowing here, the air was still.

"Akina chan.." Naruto said softly.

I turned to see his cerulean blue eyes filled with sadness bore into mine and I almost flinched. 

My hands shook and I hastily retracted it into the billows of Ita- no, my new cloak.

"Naruto.. I can't come back. Its best if you let me go before I hurt you."

"And why can't you come back dattebayo?!"

"Its.. something you won't understand." 

Sai spoke up then. "Isn't that a cloak of the Akatsuki? Those who want to capture dickless and captured the Kazekage?"

The air became colder if possible as all of them noticed my cloak, patterned with a red cloud.

"Yes, I am an Akatsuki member." I said softly.

Naruto visibly flinched.

Sasuke who remained silent until that time spoke up.

"Enough, Akina."

My heart constricted at his dark voice.

"We know why you killed Shimura Danzo."

I froze. 

"Y-you do?" His sharingan eyes bored into mine.

"Its because he was planning to kill us, wasn't he?"

I shut down the exclaim of surprise, deep inside my heart, but his sharingan doesn't miss anything.

"We just need proof. Then you can come back. Enough of hurting others, Akina." 

I shook my head slowly. 

"My objective.. is different. I killed Danzo since he creates havoc in the future, its not all about you guys."

"Then what is your objective?" Sakura asked slowly.

I turned my head, slowly to face Naruto's eyes.

"My mission..."

is to save everyone.

Using my power.

".. is to help the Akastuki capture the Jinchuriki of the nine tails along with Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki both of whom you've encountered before. To create havoc in the world."

Naruto and Sasuke both flinched at what I said and Kakashi moved to protect Naruto.

"He's my student and you have to get through me first." 

Once upon a time, sensei, you said that to Zabuza Momochi regarding me.

Look at how the tables have turned hm?

"You're lying dattebayo!" Naruto shouted, his eyes filled with murderous anger.

I giggled.

"Of course Naruto, you always see the best in everyone."

"He's right. Akina you confided to me regarding this- how you want to save the world for fucks sake!" Sasuke growled taking a step towards me.

I gave him a solemn stare.

"That was before I realized that war will never stop. The Akastuki are planning to get the world rid of war and negativity. Maybe then.."

"I don't believe you!" Sakura shrieked at me, an irk mark on her forehead as she raised her her fist threateningly.

"Who can see the future here?" I mocked her and all hell broke lose as I launched myself at Naruto.

To save the world..

You need to show them that you're the villain.

I saw Sasuke appear before Kakashi and I, as he aimed a punch at me.

In mid air, the only thing I could do was release a jutsu.

"Fire style: fire ball jutsu!"

Sasuke chanted the same and a wall of fire covered us.

I landed on the ground.

"SHANNARO!"

Watching as cracks made their way towards me, I jumped up and landed on a small tree.

I want to escape so badly..

Kakashi and Sasuke both activated their sharingans as they headed towards me unbelieving fast.

Sasuke was on par with Kakashi sensei and I dodged their attacks, jumping back.

Landing on the trunk of another tree, bunshins which had hidden themselves around me screamed and jumped.

"RASENGAN!"

I attempted to put my hand on the wooden trunk, until I realized that a large ink snake had wrapped itself around me and began suffocating me.

"Nngmf!"

I felt ninja wires being thrown at me as they curled around my wrist and they pulled.

I couldn't control my arms anymore.

Ninja wires which Sasuke was using.

I conducted a lightning nature chakra throughout my body as it traveled through the conducting wires and reached Sasuke.

He dropped it to avoid getting electrocuted and freeing my arms, I held the snake tightly and began to squeeze it.

Ink sprayed all over me and I breathed heavily.

I looked up to see their shocked faces and I smirked.

"You guys weren't expecting me to know all five chakra natures, were you?"

"All five.." Kakashi's voice was faint.

"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" 

Naruto formed clones as Sakura did hand signs.

"Water style: water puddles!" Multiple puddles formed nearby me and I was now standing in a puddle.

What in the world..

"Chidori stream!" Sasuke brought his hand down in one of the puddles and I screamed in shock and pain as I felt myself being electrocuted.

How..?

Stumbling, I turned around to see Naruto's clone behind me.

WHAT THE FUC-

"Its the water, Akina chan. Sakura and sensei somehow mixed their water jutsu and the Kamui to make it as a portal."

My eyes were wide open in plain surprise.

"So that means, we can go anywhere."

 Fury took over me and I slammed my hand on the tree.

"You guys.. underestimate me! I'm going to capture you Naruto and make Leader sama proud!"

I hope that sounded convincing enough.

The tree I was on shuddered as my chakra ran through it.

I smirked as the other trees did the same.

The chakra had flown through the tree to reach the soil. Dissolving in the soil, it entered the water stream and my chakra spread to other plants and trees.

The branches shot out at an incredible speed as it impaled Sakura and Naruto who cried out in pain.

Sai, Sasuke and Kakashi dodged the attack and I thrust my hand forwards, as the tree branches all attacked the three shinobi.

I didn't have any weapons.

No kunais or shuriken.

Cursing my luck, I kept the three busy as I impaled Naruto with another wooden branch, this time in his hand.

He snarled and an orange chakra began taking over.

My eyes widened.

Kurama..

A wood jutsu I never learnt from Yamato or any of the Senju scrolls were how to control a Jinchuriki's chakra.

Two tails covered Naruto, and he punched me harshly.

Not being able to dodge his attack, I went flying through the trees to hit a rock harshly which cracked upon impact.

Head spinning wildly, I wasn't able to get up.

Three shinobi landed in front of me.

With difficulty, I realized that it was Sai, Sakura and Kakashi.

Kakashi raised his hand up and I faintly heard a thousand birds chirping.

A wet feeling.. 

Blood..

I felt it fall on to my forehead, leaving a stream as it went down.

Sakura said something and I knew Kakashi was going to incapacitate me unless I did something.

Breathing heavily, my head aching in agony, I looked towards the ground and activated my rinnegan. 

I made my hair cover my eyes, and as soon as Kakashi walked a few steps towards me, I threw out my chakra in a force field.

I need to protect myself.

Please work!

Kakashi brought down his hand and it hit the force field. His chidori didn't reach me.

His eye widened in surprise and I saw him turning to Sai and Sakura.

"SHANNARO!" 

Sakura's punch failed too as I strengthened the flow of my chakra.

Feeling nauseous, I rested my head back against the rock.

The blood was now on my chin.

Two more blurry figures approached me.

Each one of them attacked with their jutsu.

All of them failed.

I grinned. 

"I-It isn't gonna work. I have more power than you could ever imagine."

Black spots danced in my vision.

I had to escape.

With the support of the rock, I stood up on my shaking legs.

I used almost all my chakra in strengthening the sphere around me as I walked slowly towards a tree, Team 7 watching me helplessly.

I gasped as all of them attacked at once, clear emotions of fury, anger, desperation and sadness displayed in their eyes.

My chakra faltered and touched the tree.

The rest is history.

So which author is supposed to be studying for her shitty exams but updates anyways?

This bitch right here.

I've been stress writing..

Writing this fic helps me calm down and I hope Im well prepared?

I mean my Physics paper is on Monday aaand Idk how imma do it.

Whatever the case, hope y'all enjoyed this chapter!

Because it was fun since we're finally moving to the plot after all those damned fillers.

Smh...

Q: Why is life so shitty?

Btw.. so Idk if I mentioned this before but Sasuke is acting ooc. Like, why'd he choose Akina to like out of all the girls..

Why not Sakura?

ThERe's A rEASon fOr thAT!

haha so Akina seemingly goes insane.

wonder what happens hmm..

lol i actually wrote the whole asuma scene on a whim but i knew it was gonna happen anyways.

an extra long chapter + a small cliffhanger because I definitely won't be updating next week

(I mean I hope.. I really should get off wattpad temporarily)

Mmmm..

Well its 11 pm here so good night!

(yes I sleep early- im more of an early riser than a late sleeper)

And one more thing before I go..

*was gonna say something imp but forgets - wtf why does this happen to me??!!*

*remembers after 20 fucking minutes*

Its 11:20 here. 

I just wasted 20 minutes of my fucking sleep trying to remember what I was gonna say.

Great.

Now I'll be sleep deprived.

Oh! 

I'm sorry since I'm not able to reply to ur comments but I promise that I do read them all and most of them make me laugh lol.

Its just that I've been busy lately and I hope u guys understand.

Q: Which character would you be reborn as in this world?

A: I'd choose Sakura or Hinata.

Actually, I wouldn't mind being a guy.

If I were a guy, I'd be Neji.

:)

Good night/morning/afternoon!

~Blue