Monday, March 26, 2007

~Act: 01- Exciting Life, The First Meeting!!~

Sunlight shone through the big glass window facing the Hokage's Rock.
Each Hokage, 1-4, had his face carved in the mountain. A Chunin, Kuroneko stared
out the window lazily. She imagined the clouds, drifting in and out of view, were
fluffy balls of cotton candy, begging her to come and enjoy them. Her stomach
growled. She turned to her teammates.
"When's that Sensei guy getting here?" she asked, "I'm starvin'!"
Her teammate threw an eraser at her from her position at the chalkboard.
"You're always hungry!" Daikirai said grinning.
"What was that?!" Kuroneko yelled back.
"I said 'your always hungry' you deaf too?"
"That's it!" Kuroneko said. She jumped on Daikirai and the two began
to wrestle. A kunai came flying past Kuroneko's left ear and both of them stopped.
They both looked at their other teammate, Aki. She stood up and crossed the room.
"You two are pathetic," She said. Kuroneko and Daikirai stood up and
dusted their clothes off. Kuroneko posed as an army man and gave a quick 'yessir'
in a fake voice. Aki gave her an evil glare.
"Hey chill she's just kiddin'" Daikirai said trying to ease the tension.
Aki just laughed.
"Yeah well when the new sensei gets here I'll make him pay for making
me wait!" She said. The other two just smiled nervously at her. Suddenly footsteps
could be heard outside the door. They were faint at first but they grew louder
and louder until they stopped outside the door. The door slid open. A tall blonde
headed man in his late teens stepped in.
"Gottcha now!" Aki yelled throwing a kunai at the man. She froze when
she saw that he was only a little older than them. The kunai landed right between
the man's eyes and he fell backwards onto the floor, a crimson river of blood
pouring out of the wound.
"OHMYGOD!!!!" Aki, Daikirai, and Kuroneko yelled at the same time.
They all rushed to the man's side. Aki tried to think of an excuse.
"Oh, I thought he was out sensei! I only wanted to scare him, I thought
he would dodge it but he's not our sensei! Oh God I killed him!!!" She yelled
frantically. The other two just sat there amazed that Aki killed a man in cold
blood like that.
"He doesn't have a pulse" Kuroneko said, "This IS bad." The three
stood stone cold, one word kept repeating in the backs of their minds: MURDER.
Suddenly the man's body began to crumble. It turned into pure sand, and Aki's
kunai. The three sat in silence.
"Well that was an interesting welcome party" Came a voice from the
ceiling, "But next time just get me a present." The three ninja looked to see a
man standing on the ceiling. He looked down, arms crossed. He was slender, and
looked nothing like the other man. He held out a jar and the sand on the floor
flew into it. He corked it and placed it on his belt. He smiled but it was hard to
tell if he meant it because he kept one eye covered with his headband. His long
Yellow hair fell down in several spikes. Daikirai pointed and exclaimed, "It's
the 4th Hokage! But he's supposed to be dead!" The other two looke with
amazement. The man jumped down. He was ,infact, slightly taller than the girls.
"No no no, I'm not" He said, "My name is Kena. I'm your new sensei."
At that moment, it is said, Aki's face sagged into the evilest of frowns.
'He, he's just a kid!' She thought.

~Act: 01-Scene: 02~

Daikirai mannaged to pull herself together.
"Y-you?!" She cried, "Our Sensei?! How old ARE you?" Kena simply
smiled(again you couldn't tell if he really meant it).
"17, Give or take," He replied.
"Oooooh! 17? That's only one year older than....." Kuroneko stopped
mid-sentence. Everyone looked at Aki. She was pissed. "Uh, nevermind," Kuroneko
said backing off.
Dead Silence.
"So, maybe we should get to know each other?" Kena asked, a little
worried. Kuroneko raised her hand and jumped up and down.
"Uh, you?" Kena pointed to her. Kuroneko stopped and sucked in a
huge breath of air.
"¡Mi nombre es Kuroneko, tengo 15 años! ¡Señor! ¡Disfruto mucho tiempo de paseos en la playa, me imagino comidas, y películas románticas! ¡Señor! ¡Realmente disfruto comiendo todas las clases de fideos Ramen y clases diferentes compairing! ¡Señor! ¡El pollo sazonado es el mejor hasta ahora! ¡Señor! ¡A propósito amo su pelo Señor!*"
*for all you non spanish speaking ppls, My name is Kuroneko, I'm 15 years old! Sir! I enjoy long walks on the beach, fancy dinners, and romantic movies! Sir! I really enjoy eating all kinds of Ramen noodles and compairing different kinds! Sir! The spicy chicken is the best so far! Sir! By the way I love your hair Sir!*
Everyone just starred at her. Kena turned to Daikirai.
"Uh, does she do that often?"
"No, only on days she forgets to take her medicine"
"HEY!!!" Kuroneko yelled threatening Daikirai.
"I feel more like a referee" Kena said, "What about you?" He asked
looking at Daikirai.
"My name's Daikirai, but you can call me Dai. I'm 15, and I'm a
taijutsu and genjutsu expert. I wanna become a great kunoichi one day!" She said.
Kena clapped.
"Very good" He said, "You seem like a very stable person, unlike your
hyper friend. Now, what about........you?" He turned to Aki. She looked at him
and walked right up to him. She smiled and then punched him in the face. He
staggered back a few stepps.
"What the hell was with that Sand Clone?!" Aki yelled, "What you
don't trust us or something?!"
"Well you did throw a kuni into my/it's head."
"Shut up! And what's with hidding in the room?! You a pervert or
what?!"
"No, I just......Hmm, what was I doing in here?"
"You have some guts to think I'd tell you anything about myself!" She
stormed off and slammed the door behind her. A cloud of dust tagging at her heels.
Several minutes passed before anyone spoke.
"Uh, is she always like this?" Kena asked, rubbing his cheek.
"No" Kuroneko said, "It's probably cause you're a sand ninja." Kena
touched his headband. It's metal was cool to the touch and he could feel the
groove where the insignia of the Sand Village was. But he could also feel the
long scar that dashed through the insignia. A symbol that his allegence to the sand
village had crumbled to nothingness. This headband was that of his brother,
Gaara. A Memoir of his home country and his brother, the Kazekage.
"Her parents" Kuroneko continued, "Were from Sand. They moved
here when she was little. During Orochimaru's attack, her parents fought over
which side they should support. Her father chose sand, while her mother chose
leaf. In the end they were both killed and since then she hasn't expressed
feeling for either village. It's really sad."
"Wow, you talked a lot then" Daikirai said, "And you kept it sober
too."
"Yeah but now I'm hungry!" Kuroneko grumbled.
"So, she has had a rough past too," Kena said to himself. He smiled,
"This will be an interesting team. I can tell."
~End of Act: 01~

~Act: 02- Tsunade had a Choice?! The First Mission!!~

The days passed by and the team didn't make much progress. Aki
pretty much avoided Kena. Kuroneko and Dai were pretty much his only company.
Kena moved in with the other teachers and helped Iruka with his teachings. After
some time Kena decided to call a meeting. He asked Iruka what he should do about
Aki.
"Well" Iruka said, "Naurto was like that in the beginning too. But as
time went on he came to respect me." Kena looked out the window at the kids
running laps.
"But how did you do it?" He asked. Iruka smiled.
"Well, I just showed him that I beleived in him and supported him.
Maybe Aki just wants attention too?" Kena frowned.
"No, that would be Kuroneko and Dai that want attention." Iruka put
his head in his hand and frowned.
"I see" He said, "Maybe she's like Sasuke was. A loner?" Again Kena
frowned.
"No, both of the others said it was probably cause I'm from sand.
She doesn't like it you know." Iruka laughed loudly.
"Ha ha, you're joking right?" He asked, "Kuroneko pulls that stunt
all of the time! Let me guess, she told you about Aki's parents?" Kena nodded.
"That's just her was of joking. Aki's parents still live here in Konoha. She wears
that sand headband because she's in love with Gaara!" Kena looked surprised.
"Gaara?" He asked, "Why?"
"That's the question isn't it?" Iruka asked smiling.
"But that means....." Kena said, "Kuroneko lied to me!" He fell down
to the floor. "I thought students were supposed to respect their teachers!" Kena
said laughing. Iruka laughed.
"Maybe you just need to go on a big mission with them? You know
to break the ice?" Kena perked up.
"Yeah!" He said, "That's perfect!" He dashed out the door. Iruka
smiled.
"Go easy on em', Kena."
~##*##~

A ninja appeared before Hokage Tsunade.
"Ma'am!" he said, "We have news!" Tsunade looked up.
"What is it?" She asked, "I'm very busy!"*
*She was reading a Tabloid magazine. ^^
"We've received confirmation that the village hidden in clouds is
fighting with the Hyuga clan again! They've already sent assasins into Konoha!"
Tsunade's ears perked.
"Well can't we just blow em' up or something?" She asked lazily.
"No ma'am that would most likely start a war! It's only a small
fraction of the Cloud Village that's attacking. If we could take them out then
peace would probably be restored." Just then Kena strolled into the chamber.
His hands were in his pockets and he whistled as he walked. He smile at
Tsunade(again you couldn't tell if he meant it) and waved.
"Who the hell are you?!" The ninja asked.
"Kena? What do you want?" Tsunade asked. Kena smiled sweetly.
"Oh, I just need a mission. For my team," He said. Tsunade's lips
formed a small smile.
"Oh, really?" She teased, "Well I might have, SOMETHING."

~Act: 02- Schene: 02~
(reversed it's 2020)

"Good news everyone!" Kena said brightly to his students, "We've
got a mission!" Kuroneko and Dai groaned. True as it was the first few missions
were basic and not meant to test a ninja physically. The thought of this made
both the girls' stomachs ache.
"What is it? Finding a lost kitten?" Kuroneko asked.
"Is Kiba lost?" Dai asked.
"....." Aki added.
"Nope! We're gonna go kill people!" Kena said sweetly. Everyone's
ears perked up.
"Yay Violence!" Kuroneko and Dai said together, the two began
dancing around the room. Kena smiled(do I even need to say it again?) He looked
at Aki who was glaring at him.
"So what's your deal anyway?" he asked her. She did not answer.
"Do you have a problem with me?" No answer. She sat there motionless.
"Hmmm?" Kena bent down and looked at Aki's face, "You have sand
on your cheek, you know that?" No answer. Kena rubbed it off. Suddenly Aki's
cheek collapsed revealing an inner cavity. Before Kena had time to react, Aki
sprang up from behind one of the desks in the assignment room.
(I feel I should take this time to reveal a little about Kena and Aki's relationship.
It's kina like a cat and mouse deal. Kena is the cat at one point while at another
point he is the mouse. As far as their skill goes well...let's just find out right
now.)
Aki sent a kuni flying at Kena's head. It connected.
(pay attention and kids under 12 shouldn't read any farther, I'll tell you when
you can read again.)
Kena fell forward and his face fell into the fake Aki's lap.
(little kids can read again.)
Suddenly the fake Aki crumbled and Kena did too. Kuroneko and
Dai stopped dancing to observe the spectical.
"You really seem to like sand" Kena said from the ceiling, "Almost
as much as I like the view!" He winked at Aki below. Aki gripped her fists and
growled.
"You!" She said, "BIG PERVERT!!!!!!!!!!" She sent several kuni flying
at him. Kena pulled out a bottle and uncorked it. Sand formed a sheild around
him and stopped the kuni.
"That's enough" Kena said, "Settle down." Aki felt like throwing
more kuni, but some strange sensation came over her. She fell to the floor.
"Wha, what's going on?" She asked. Kena hopped down. He held the
bottle out and the sand returned to it. He corked it again and replaced it on his
belt. He knelt down in front of Aki and smiled.
"You haven't firgured it out yet have you?" Kena asked. He lifted
the headband that covered his left eye. A long slender scar ran down diagonally
through his eye. The pupil was solid red with little black marks en-circling
the cornia.
"That's one of my powers." Kena said. Kuroneko and Dai looked.
"The Sharingan!" They said together.
"B-but how?" Aki asked.

~Act: 02- Scene: 03~

Kena helped Aki up and faced the group.
"Well" He said, "I suppose you're all wondering how I got a sharingan?"
"No," Kuroneko replied.
"Not really," Dai said.
"Perv!" Aki fumed. Kena was puzzled.
"You mean your not curious?" He asked. Dai jumped up and punched
Kena in the arm.
"Of course! Don't you get sarchasm?!" She ranted.
"Ok" Kena said, "If you really want to know......"
(15 minutes later)
"Wow" Aki said, "I would never have guessed!"
"Cool!" Dai said bouncing up and down.
"Awesome!" Kuroneko said. The story was very interesting indeed.
Now that he had that cleared up,
"Let's talk about the mission!" Kena said raising a hand in the air.
Everyone but Aki listened intently.
"Uh Aki aren't you gonna listen?" Kena asked.
"No, I don't like you!" Aki said defiantly, "Pervert!"
"Very well" Kena said. He crossed over to Aki. "You've left me no
choice!" Kena made hand signs, "Ne, Ushi, Tatsu, Mi, Inu, I , Ne, Tora,Hitsuji,
Tora!" His hands stopped in the Tiger form. "Now to use the ultimate obedience
technique that Kakashi Hatake taught me! Konoha's secret move! Secret Finger
Juts-......" Kena stopped mid-attack. He backed away from Aki. "You know" He
said, "I really don't think this is a good jutsu to use. Especially on a girl. Or a
guy." Kena's face turned a bright red. "How about we just pretend that didn't
happen?" Too late. Aki spun around and slugged Kena in the face.
"Your 17, and a sensei, grow up would you?!" She said. Kena appologized.
"But in all seriousness, we need to talk about the mission." He explained the
situation and told the team to prepare. "We're leaving tomorrow before the
sun rises. Pack all of your things you need and meet me on Hokage rock."
"Yessir!" The trio said in unison, even Aki.
~*~
That night Kena sat on his blacony. The moon was up, full as it ever
was. Some Genin were running around the streets playing pranks on the villagers.
There was a knock on Kena's door. He hopped down and opened it. It was
Shikamaru.
"Oh, Shikamaru! What a surprise come in," Kena said inviting him
in. "Thanks, but no thanks" Shikamaru said, "I'm not here to visit, I'm just here
to give you a message from Asuma." Kena's face looked more serious. "He wants
you to know that the cloud village has made another advance. They're sending
Jonin level ninja now. He's sure you can handle anything, but he's worried about
the safety of your students." There was a moment that neither said anything.
Kena was an exceptional ninja. Had he stayed in Sand he would've become the
Kazekage instead of Gaara. But Kena never wanted anything like that, he just
wanted a happy life, and a wife, can't forget about those.
and (stealing the lines of Kakashi in Naruto volume 2 page 102) Kena said, "I
will never let my comrads die." "That's exactly what Asuma wanted to hear,"
Shikamaru said leaving. Kena closed the door. 'Can I keep that promise though?'
he though starring out at the moon

~Act: 03- Parties, Pranks, and Genjutsu, The First Mission!!~

The team had agreed to meet at 2 a.m. that morning to head out. The
Cloud village of Kurogakure was located north-east from Konoha. The clock in
Kena's apartment struck 2 and he left for Hokage Rock. He waited atop it for
about 15 minutes. Suddenly Aki and Kuroneko landed beside him. "Sorry, we
overslept!" Kuroneko said. Kena waved at Aki who just turned her head. At 2:30
Dai finally arrived. "Where have you been?" Kena asked tapping his foot
impatiently. "Sorry, I'm not a morning person," Dai said rubbing her eyes.
Kena pulled a jar out of his bag and opened it. "Here" He said offering the jar
to Dai, "Smell this." She took the jar and put it to her nose. Her eyes shot open.
"Wow! Coffee grinds?" She asked. She handed the jar back. "Yup, I always carry
some with me. I'm not a morning person either, " Kena smiled. "Ok!" Aki yelled
pointing her fist in the air, "Let's go kick some butt!" "Right!" Kena said. The
trio left at full speed.
The country flew by faster than ever before. Kuroneko and Dai had
never been this far out in this direction. They'd gone to Kirigakure(mist) for
a field trip in ninja academy and some of the smaller communities had assignmets
for them. Aki hadn't been out this way either. She was from Sunagakure(sand),
like Kena, and hadn't ventured out this way much. Kena led them flawlessly,
they never got lost once. At sundown he stopped next to a waterfall. Aki and
the rest stopped too. "What's up?" Dai asked. Kena sat his bag down. "It's
night, time to rest. We'd be stupid to go into enemy territory at night." That
was the final word. After a while the girls began to moan about being hungry.
Kena went over to the lake at the bottom of the waterfall and used Kunai to
catch fish. The salmon was delicious. After eating the three girls grabbed some
clothes and started going into the woods. "Where are you going?" Kena asked
without looking up from his book. (Make-Out Paradise) "We're going to go take
a bath. And no you can't come pervert," Aki said cruely. "Well just don't go
too far, it'd be a pain to hafta hunt you down." Kena went back to the book.
The girls found a hot spring to bathe in. The water was warm but not
too hot and the girls really relaxed. "Better watch out" Kuroneko warned, "The
pervy-sensei may be around." She winked at Aki. "Be quiet, I'm relaxing," She
said. "How awesome would it be if we pulled a prank on Kena-Sensei?" Dai asked
washing her arms. "Mmmmm, that'd be great!" Kuroneko said, "We could replace
his sand with bugs!" Aki grinned, "What a coincidence" She grinned and pulled
Kena's belt from a cloth she had bundled up, "I snuck this from his tent!" The
other two smiled evily. Aki moved to hand the belt to Kuroneko but dropped it
by accident. When she pulled it back out of the water the sand was heavy and
clay-like. "Perfect!" Aki said. "Hey! Maybe we should pretend that one of us
got lost and need his help?" Dai asked. "Yeah! And then I could spring out and
scare him!" Kuroneko said. The three gave a quick high-five and initiated their
plan.
Back at the campsite Kena looked at the sky and noticed that it was
unusually cloudy tonight. "No moon," He said sadly. There was a rustling in the
bushes in the woods and he grabbed a kunai. Aki and Dai came running up to
him. Dai grabbed his arm and began to tug on it. "Kuroneko's lost, Kena-Sensei!"
She cried. "Please help us find her!" Dai said. Aki replaced the belt and pulled
on Kena's other arm. "I knew this would happen, I should've just followed you
three. Just a second." He put his Jonin jacket and his belt on and followed the
two into the forest. After so long Aki and Dai began to giggle. "What is it?"
Kena asked. "N-nothing!" Dai said, "We're crying cause we can't find Kuroneko."
They called Kuroneko but no answer. After so long Kena stopped calling and
held his hands out and stopped the two girls. "Wait!" Kena said holding them.
"What is it?!" Aki asked, "We gotta find Kuroneko!" Kena pointed to the sky.
"We've fallen into their trap. Look at the sky, it's way to cloudy." "So?" Dai
asked. "So we're trapped in a Genjutsu. And that means there may be enemy
ninja around." Suddenly there was a cry. "HELP ME! AKI! DAI! SENSEI!!!"
"They've got Kuroneko!" Kena yelled rushing off toward the cry, Aki and Dai
hot on his heels.

~Act: 03- Scene: 02~

Soon the team came to a clearing where they saw Kuroneko tied up
and gagged. Around her were 3 Sound ninja. Kena and his students stepped
cautiously into the meadow. The leader of the Sound ninja stepped forward as
well. "Who are you? Leaf ninja" The sound ninja asked, "What are you doing
here?" Kena pushed Aki and Dai back and raised his hand and pointed at Kuroneko.
"You have something of ours." The three sound ninja laughed. "Yours? No, she's
a prisoner of war!" The back left one said. "Who are you?" The one in front
asked again. Seeing no other option he gave his name, "I am Kena. That's all
you need know! And what is you name may I ask?" The one in front chuckled and
removed its mask. It was a she. "My name is Marika, Jonin of the sound!" At
that the other two ninja behind her lept forward. One had a strange device on
his back that resembled a flute. The other had weapons similar to Dosu's. The
one with the flute on his back(Kikira) cornered Aki and Dai. The other(Mi)
starred down Kena. "Attack!" Marika called.

~*~

Kikira grabbed the flute from his back and used it as a sword. He
lunged at Aki first and brought it down hard. Aki managed to jump back and
save herself but the wind pressure caused a small cut to form on her cheek. Dai
moved back a few steps to prepare a jutsu. No good Kikira anticipated this and
side-swiped Dai. Her side began to bleed slightly. This bought Aki enough time
to use Kunai. One managed to hit Kikira in the arm but it didn't seem to phase him.
He raised the flute above his head and began to spin it. Dai and Aki wer confused
at first but then a terrible ringing sound filled their ears. Dai fell to the ground
and Aki staggered. Kikira just laughed, "This is my speciality! This earsplitting
sound will fry your brains!" Aki managed to stand long enough to catch Kena's
battle start.
Mi wasn't a push-over, but Kena wasn't either. Mi didn't waste any
time in attacking Kena. His sound generators on his arms would create the same
effect as Kikira's flute when struck. Kena dodged the first few punches but
didn't make any counter attack. Finally he uncorked a jar and got ready to use
his sand. A wad of clay fell out of the jar. For a momment Mi stopped too.
'crap!' Aki thought as she saw this, 'Why did we do that?!" Kena only took a
second to notice this though. He jumped back and stabbed his thumb with a kunai.
"I really hate to use too much chakra on a weak opponent like you, but without
my sand I feel that I must use this!" Kena made a few hand signs and slammed
his hand onto the ground, "Summoning Jutsu!" A few seconds passed and nothing
happened. "Looks like you failed! Too bad!" Mi yelled preparing an attack. Kena
held up a finger and pointed, "Look behind you." Mi turned around. His boss,
Marika had been knocked unconsious. "What is this?" Mi asked, "Who is that?"
The thing that had taken out Marika was not a man nor a beast, but something
different. "That's my pal, MalKori, The fiend." Kena said as he waved to Malkori.


~Act: 03- Scene: 03~

"Who is that?!" Mi asked. "I told you, a fiend named Malkori." Kena
smiled. Malkori was dressed in all black and his eyes were covered by his
headband. He had a single black shirt that had a long flowing cape attached.
His pants(black) were torn and tattered. His hair was the only part of him
that wasn't black. It was long and silver. "Marika!" Kikira cried lowering
his flute sword. The horrid noise subsided and Aki and Dai recovered. Kikira
realized this and took a few steps back from the two girls. "Heh heh can't
we call a truce or something?" He asked. "No Deal!" Aki and Dai said cracking
their knuckles.
(This next part is very graphic so I'll spare you the bloody violence. Yay
violence! ^^)
"Now, what should we to with you two cloud ninja?" Kena asked.
Kikira and Me were bowing at his feet, "Please Forgive Us! We Were Wrong
To Attack You!" They pleaded. Kena smiled, his eye covered. Malkori threw
Marika on top of the other two cloud ninja. "Shut up!" He said, "You're lucky
we don't kill you!" Kena grinned, "Easy Malkori, after all, they're only human."
There was a pause. The two bust out laughing and started talkign and play
fighting. "They seem like good friends." Dai said untying Kuroneko. "I say we
kill those cloud ninja!" Aki said rasing a Kunai. "Please" Kuroneko said, "You
wouldn't go against Kena-Sensei's orders. I think that you sort of like hi-"
She was cut off. "Please Spare Out Lives!!!!" Mi screamed. Kena and Malkor
were using them for shurikin target practice. All the while they laughed.
"Just like the kids they are!" Aki scowled. "Boys will be boys," Kuroneko said.
"Yeah, and then they read 'Make-out Pradise'" Dia added.
*Later by the waterfall*
Malkor appeared with a report on the other ninja. "I turned the
Cloud ninja over to a Hyuga clan camp close to here. It's the last one, so we'll
have to kill the rest." With that said Kena kept expending his chakra so
Malkori could enjoy the celebrational party. There was food and drinks and
plenty of fish. Malkor and Kena even had a drinking contest, the result of
which I cannot tell. ^^ After the party Malkori vanishied in a cloud of smoke
and things settled down. After a while Kena grabbed some spare clothes and
walked off towards the woods. "Where are you going?" Dais asked. "To take
a bath," Kena replied. "By yourself?" Aki asked. "Uh-huh," Kena said waving
back at them. "Hold It!" Dai called after him......Five minutes later...... "You
know you don't have to watch over me! I"m a freakin' Jonin!" Kena protested.
Never-the-less the three girls kept Kena company while he bathed. All the
while singing songs to annoy him.
They worked.


~Act: 04- The Small Village, Konoage~

The team walked slowly through the woods. Kena held 'Make-out
Paradise' in front of his head and did not talk to the girls. Aki followed behind
him, Kuroneko and Dai behind her. "Oh look at the pretty flower!" Kuroneko
exclaimed trying to lighten the mood. Kena did not respond. "Aw, come on
Sensei. You can't still be mad at us about last night can you?" Dai asked. "I
can understand" Kena began, "That you were just concerned about my safety.
However, what you three did with that sponge was unforgivable." All three
girls giggled quietly. "Well, Sensei, I didn't know you were so, um, MATURE!"
Dai said under a laugh. All the girls bust out laughing. Kena just scowled and
read his book faster. After a while there was a rustling underneath Kena's
feet. Suddenly a trap sprung and Kena was pulled up and left hanging upside-
down from a tree branch. A little kid, perhaps ten years old, jumped out from
behind a bush with a pitchfork. "I caught you now! You dumb ol' rabbit!" The
boy yelled. He froze when he realized that he had caughed a person instead
of a rabbit. There was a tap on the kid's back. He turned around to see Kena
smiling and waving at him. Just then the othe Kena transformed back into
a tree stump. "You're good kid, you almost caught me!" Kena said in a kind
voice. "Who are you?" The kid demanded. Kena was taken slightly aback by
the kids directness but this just made things go faster. "My name's Kena, I'm
a ninja see?" He pointed at his headband. The kid saw that the headband was
from Sunagakure not Kurogakure. "Cool! Mister will you come with me to my
village?" The kid pulled Kena's arm. "Ok!" Kena said picking the kid up, "Just
point the way!" After so long Aki started walking beside Kena. "Why're you
giving him a piggy back ride? You like kids?" She asked. "Sure, I'm great
with kids," Kena replied. The sunlight shining through the trees made little
marks on Kena's face that made him look somewhat nobler. Or maybe he was
just trying to impress Aki? Who knows.
"I'm so sorry that happened to you" The boy's mother said after
the group reached his home, "We don't get many travelers ever since Geo
took over." She served up some food for the four to eat. Kuroneko and Dai
ate the food two spoonfuls at a time. "Much better than Kena's cooking!"
Kuroneko said. "Much better than your cooking!" Dai said to Kuroneko. "What?
You wanna go?!" Kuroneko shouted. "Sure!" Dai said. The two lunged at each
other wrestling on the floor. "Oh, my do they always do that?" The lady asked.
"Yeah, pretty much," Aki said eating some chicken. "So who's this Geo person?"
Kena asked, an apple in his mouth. "Oh, well our town, Konoage, is very small.
Geo was an ambassitor from Kurogakure, but all he wanted to do was take over
everything. He mannaged to gather several rouge ninja from the land of
Lightning and then cut us off from the others. He made this village independant
but at the same time became a tyrant. And recently he's been attacking the
Hyuga clans close to us. He says he's trying to start a war. Of course the
officials in Kurogakure and even the Raikage don't really care about him. They
just think he's a worthless bandit that won't cause them any trouble. But they're
wrong, once he's done with us and the Hyugas he'll attack them and unleash
turmoil into this world. He's pure evil and greed." The boy had his head down
and Kuroneko and Dai had stood up by now. "Sounds like he's just a bully" Kena
said, "Picking on innocent villages and causing trouble." "Looks like we know
who the target is now," Aki said. "Yeah, seems so," Kena said tossing the apple
core into the trash.


~Act: 04, Scene: 02~

The next day the sun beamed down on Konoage. Kuroneko was up with
the old lady fixing breakfast. Aki, Dai, and the kid were playing cards. Kena
hadn't even ventured out of bed. "You're very good at cooking," The old woman
said. Kuroneko smiled, "Thanks, I try." After a while she set the table and called
everyone to breakfast. Aki and Dai bolted from the living room and took their
places at the table. The kid put the cards away and joined them. "Where's
Kena?" he asked looking at the empty chair. "Probably still sleeping" Kuroneko
said with a grin, "He had a rough night last night. Dai and Aki leaned in intently.
"I heard lots of weird banging noises coming from inside his room, I think he
snuck a girl in!" Aki leaned back in her chair and twirled a fork, "Puhlez, he
doesn't have that kinda luck." Half-way through breakfast Kena came stumbling
in. He didn't have his headband on, he just closed his left eye. He only wore his
regular clothes, (EG, what Kakashi wears). "morn-ning," He said lazily. He sat
down and his head fell face first into his plate of eggs. "You seem rested," Dai
said in-between bites. "mgh mmph, mmghpt," Kena replied. (this meant, "Oh?
You noticed?") The old woman perked up, "Well since you have so much energy,
you can go shopping for me this afternoon." Kena just lifted his head, gave a
quick 'uh-huh' and proceeded to make bubbles in his drink.
The old woman handed Kena some money. "Make sure to buy plenty
of turnips and mushroom. Oh, why don't you take Kuroneko with you? She
knows her way around a kitchen. She can help you!" Kena went into the main
room and grabbed Kuroneko's arm. "Come on, you gotta help me find some
mushrooms." The sun was increadibly hot today. "I'm dying here!" Kuroneko
complained. The front of her shirt was covered in sweat. "Yeah, it's like a
wet t-shirt contest everywhere you look." Kuroneko just realized that Kena
was looking at her too. "Hey!" She slapped him. "Sorry," He said, though he
continued to stare. The stores were small and most only had a few products.
The vegetable stores had the most. It turned out that Konoage was a farming
town. "Ok, you need to get a Pumage mushroom, don't get the Kokaku one, that's
posionous." Kuroneko said. "Oh," Kena said putting the purple-ish mushroom back.
"That'll be twenty-three dollars," The man that ran the store said. They
handed him the money. "Such a nice couple," He said.
After a while the point of the shopping trip was lost. Kuroneko
eventually dragged Kena into clothing stores. "Oh! wouldn't this look great on
me?" She asked. "I guess," Kena said. They bought a few clothes and walked
around. "So" Kuroneko said, "Tell me, why did you leave Sunagakure?" Kena
looked at her. He led her to a bench. "Well, it's true I could've been Kazekage
if I had wanted to. But I couldn't stand that. I guess I had other reasons that
I left. One's more important. But I can't remember most of them. But there is
one place that I have to go one day. And I can't be the Kazekage and a world
traveller. But I also made a promise to a certain someone that I'd fight them
one day. But he left, and I can't find him. I guess it's kind of a stupid reason,
huh?" Kuroneko smiled, "No, I respect that." She leaned on his shoulder.
"It's a pretty sunset."
"Yeah."
"I guess we should head back?"
"Five more minutes...."


Midnight's Pain, Kena's Torment and Anguish!!~

"Where the hell have you two been?!" Aki yelled as Kena and Kuroneko
walked through the door. Kena held up a basket, "Shopping" "Why did it take
so long?" Dai asked giggling. "We got held up in traffic what can I say?" Kena
tossed the basket at Aki and headed for the stairs. The old lady came in with
the little kid following her, "Aren't you going to eat with us tonight?" She asked.

"No, I'm not very hungry"

Later after supper the three girls sat in the main room. "I wonder
what he does in there all night?" Aki asked. "Wanna find out?" Dai asked
with an evil grin on her face. They crept up the stairs and kneeled outside Kena's
door. Dai plucked one of her hairs and slid it under the door. She made a few
handsigns: "Seeing Eye Jutsu!" The hair on the other side of the door formed
a circle. Dai put a finger on Kuroneko and Aki's heads. Suddenly all three of
them could see inside Kena's room. Scrolls littered the floor and Kena stood
in the center of the room holding the Tora hand sign. He looked at the scroll
on his desk. "Right, next is...." Kena formed more complex handsigns and finally
stopped on one. "Now! Ninja Art! Rising Jutsu!!" A flicker of chakra left Kena
and hit something on the desk, it looked like a dead mouse. The chakra bounced
off it and hit Kena in the stomach knocking him down and causing a loud thud.
"Argh! Damn I can't do it yet!" He got back up. He looked through the scrolls
and tried it again. The result was the same. After about 15 minutes of this he
sat down on his bed. "I can't do it, I'm not strong enough......I'm sorry sister."
Dai undid the Jutsu. "we shouldn't watch anymore...it's not right."
She said. The other two agreed. The next morning Kena was up early and making
breakfast before the others even got up. "Good morning everyone!" Kena said
as the others entered the kitchen. He served up what appeared to be bacon of
some sort. "My, you have a lot of energy this morning." Aki said lazily. "Yup,
I have news!" Everyone turned to Kena. "I sent Malkori out last night, He's
found out quite alot. We now know where Geo and his goons are located." Dai
and Kuroneko cheered, "YAY FIGHTING!!!!" Aki bit into her bacon-thingy.
She threw it at Kena, "THIS STUFF'S HORRIBLE!!!"

~Act: 05- Scene: 02~

"Rain!?" Kuroneko complained. The window was being splattered by
drops of rain. Every shop in the village had packed up and everyone was taking
the day off. "Man, There's nothing to do!" Dai said, "Kena's held up in his room
and won't come out, he's been listening to Malkori's info all morning." The old
lady sat in a chair reading a story to the little kid. "When's big brother Kena
gonna play with me?" He asked. "Soon I promise," The lady said, not reallly
knowing if it was true. "Tsk, he's been so detached lately" Aki said, "He's
usually reading his perv book or looking down our shirts but all he seems to do
now is lock himself in his room and not come out." There was silence and then
there came a low hum from the stairs. Dai and Aki followed it while Kuroneko
stayed downstairs, trying to keep the kid from stabbing himself with one of
her kunai. Dai and Aki listened at the door, it was muffled but they could make
some of it out. "...Then there's this," Malkori said, there was a sound of papers
being handed. Silence as Kena read them, "But this is......it can't be!" another
silence. "Then Geo is her murderer? He killed her?" In her mind Aki could
imagine Malkori nodding. They heard footsteps and they ran silently back down
the stairs. Kena's door slammed open and he walked heavily down the stairs.
Malkori followed him. Kena's face was red-ish. He grabbed his coat and walked
briskly out the front door into the rain. "What happened up there?" The lady
asked Malkori. "Something bad," Malkori said. He disappeared. This meant
that either Kena didn't want Malkori around or that he was to shaken to keep
the Jutsu up. Aki, Dai, and Kuroneko grabbed their coats and followed. The
lady put the book up. "Well, we'd best let them be," She said.
Outside the rain was freezing. They were in the northern part of
the world so it was much cooler than Konohagakure. The looked for about 5
minutes before the found him sitting on the edge of a well. His head was down
and his face was covered by his hands. Kuroneko touched his shoulder and he
jumped. He raised his head up to look at them. His face was bright red. He
looked like someone had just murdered his mother and insulted him at the same
time. Bright tears crept from the corners of his eyes and ran down his cheeks.
He did not have his headband on so they saw his Sharingan eye too. Both eyes
were now red. One from crying. "What happened?" Dai asked after the
picture of their sensei crying finally sunk in. Kena's voice was shaky but at
the same time it seemed angry, "Malkori, he found out where Geo is. In addition
he found out something else. You see I'm not Gaara's real brother. Not by
blood anyway. The Kazekage adopted me from an orphanage. That's how I came
to be raised in Sunagakure, but before that, I was the son of a weatly mearchant
from Kurogakure." This shocked the three girls, their sensei was acctually from
the Cloud village instead of Sand? "I had a sister" He continued, "She was all
I had left after my parents were killed by bandits. We were placed in the
orphanage and left there, forgotten. One night I'd head a scream and went to
investigate. I found my sister there, DEAD! She had been killed by a Cloud
ninja that apparently had a grudge with our father. They traced many suspects
but no one was ever charged with murder. Then I remembered seeing my uncle
there, he was there that day before the murder. I never found out why. Uncle
and Father never got along, they were brothers but they acted like enemies, I
always thought that it was one of his men that did it but I never knew for sure.
Then Malkori did some snooping and discovered that he had kept a sort of
journal, in which he bragged about killing her. Malkori made a quick copy and
showed it to me. That's why I ran out like this, I couldn't deal with it. And
now he's my mission, my assignment, and I fear that if I get the chance I won't
turn him over to the authorities, I'm afriad I might just kill him." Kena burried
his head in his arms again. His crying came in uncontrolable spasms and he
began to cough. The ran began to fall heavier, as if the sky was crying with
Kena, as if it too, felt his pain. The others just stood there. 'After all we've
been through' Aki though, 'I'd forgotten that he's only slightly older than us.
so it shouldn't be so surprising to see him break down like this, should it?' Dai
and Kuroneko sat on opposite sides of Kena and tried to comfort him but he
didn't look up. His bright yellow hair never looked darker......That day, was
also maked on Kena's calender, it was his sisters, 14th birthday.


~Act: 06- Downward Spiral, Kena's Resolve Lost!!!~

That night Kena slept on the couch. The lady made the fire as warm
as possible. Kena had a fever of over 100. His face was drenched in sweat and
he talked in his sleep, most of the words were unidentifiable. "Looks like the
stress and the dampness got to him" The old lady said, "He's really sick, worst
I've seen in a while." The three girls did what they could but Kena didn't seem
to relax the rest of the night. The next morning Kuroneko made a soup for
Kena to eat. She fed him small spoon-fulls. "Well this sucks!" Aki said, "Malkori's
the only other one that knows where Geo is! Kena'd better hurry and wake up!"
No one even seemed to notice her. The morning was spent at the house, mostly
keeping Kena's clothes dry, for he seemed to be sweating an awful lot. Around
lunch everyone(but Kena) sat at the table quietly. Kena's soup lunch wasn't ready
yet so he had to wait. There was a loud knock on the door. The woman got up
to answer it. She returned followed by a rather tall fellow that had just begun
to grow a beard. He was dressed in rags mainly, but he seemed to think highly
of himself. He pointed at Aki, "Where is he?" The man asked. "Who?" Aki
replied. "Kena, where is he?" "Kena's resting right now, can we help you?" Dai
replied coldy, this man was very rude. "Ah he is is he?" The man said. He walked
away and found Kena breathing heavily on the couch. He popped his knuckles,
"WAKE UP CALL!!"
The guy punched Kena so hard in the jaw it could've broken. Kena sprang up
from the couch. "WHAT THE HELL YOU FREAKIN' TURD!!!" He stopped.
The two looked at each other. Kena fell back on the couch, "I'll be damned."
The three girls, the old lady, and the kid now stood in the doorway. "Who are
you?" Aki asked stepping forward. The guy turned to them, "Mey, Mey Koshaku!"
He replied. "This turd's my friend" Kena replied, "But I haven't seen him in...."
Kena passed out again. The lady and Kuroneko rushed to his side and helped him
lay back down. "What happened to him?" Mey said, asking no one in particular.
"He stayed out in the rain too long," Dai said. "That idiot, he's older, but he's
still the same pineapple head he always was," Mey said.
"Pineapple Head?" Aki, Dai, and Kuroneko said in unison.



~Act: 06- Scene: 02~

Rain again fell from the heavens. Kena had recovered enough to stand
but fighting was still beyond him. The lady made things other than soup for him
to eat and his strength quickly returned. One day at 2:00 in the morning he
called to his students. They came down still wearing their PJ's. "Sensei it's
2:00 in the morning!" Aki complained. Dai fell forward and started to sleep
again. "Cmon down! where's that spirit that I've come to expect from you three?"
Kena asked smiling. "ASLEEP!!!" They all replied. Never~the~less he managed
to get them outside. The rain was freezing. "Today you'll all learn how to use
your chakra to create a kind of barrier between you and the rain," Kena said.
Kena demonstrated this, and was able to walk under the rain without being touched
by it. "This is also efective against attacks from the sky." The girls didn't really
want to learn a new technique so early, but they had no choice. After about an
hour of training the girls went back inside soaking wet. "I knew that's what he
wanted!" Kuroneko said. Their shirts were wet agin. "Oh come now, how could
I have possibly known that would happen?" Kena asked innocently, completly
dry. The morning went by slowly. Breakfast was boring and the eggs were crunchy.
Mey woke up about noon and grabbed some cereal. He sat down on the couch next
to Kena. "So whats the plan?" he said eating the cereal. "Excuse me?" Kena said
looking up from 'Make-Out Paradice: The lost Years' "The plan, your girls
filled me in on what happened, Pineapple," Mey said. "There's no plan, they aren't
ready to fight such a dangerous opponent, Ya Turd," Kena said grinning at
the book. "True, Chunin aren't that powerful, Pineapple," Mey said taking out
his own copy of 'Make-Out Paradice'. "We'll practice for a little while, then
we'll attack him, Turd," Kena said reading the book. "Hey do Miria and Kisi ever
do it?" Mey asked looking at Kena's book which was two volumes ahead of his.
"No, Kisi finds someone else and Miria goes all EMO and kills himself," Kena
said. "Oh, really? Pineapple," Mey said putting his feet on the coffee table.
"Yeah, ya turd," Kena replied.


~Act: 06- Scene: 03~

Supper was good that night. Everyone's spirits seemed higher. Mey
and Kena decided to have a drinking contest for old times' sake. Aki, Kuroneko,
and Dai played cards with the boy, again. Everyone seemed to be enjoying
themselves. "My house hasn't been this lively in years!" The old lady exclaimed
sitting in a chair. Later everyone began to get sleepy. Kena and Mey were in
the middle of singing 'I'm Too Sexy' when they passed out on the floor. "What
a disgrace to ninja!" Aki said looking at her sensei. "He is a Jonin. You'd think
he'd at least act like it." Kuroneko said. "Ha! I win again!" The boy said
laying his hand on the table. "What?! That's the fifthteenth time in a row!" Dai
yelled, "One more try!" "Just give it up, Dai" Kuroneko said," The kids too
good." It was true five minutes later Dai was defeated again. The old lady,
who had gone upstairs, came back down with several wet towels. "I'm afraid you
three'll have to sleep down here tonight" She said," Your roof's sprung a leak."
The three girls groaned. Kena and Mey were passed out so they slept there too
and the girls knew that the five of them in the same room could equal trouble.
Several hours into the night Aki awoke to a strange smell. "OMG!!!!" She was
horrified to see that Mey's foot was in her face and he was sleep talking.
"No, you're the prettiest! *grumble* What? no really? Well if you insist...
*mumble* yes I like leg warmers too..." She pushed his foot out of her face,
and tried to go back to sleep. She rolled over and starred at the wall but
sleep did not come. Finally she sat up and looked around; Kena was not there.
She got up and wandered around the house. She finally found him outside on
the swing. He had his headband off and his left eye closed and his right was
looking at the trees. "What're you doing out here? You wanna get sick again?"
Aki asked walking toward him. "Sorry, Aki. I'm just looking at the leaves,"
Kena said, not really looking at her. "What about them?" She asked setting
next to him. "They just seem to look better at night, the dew glistening on them
in the moonlight," He said in a dreamy voice. "I gotta say sensei, I'm seeing a
different side of you, and not the perverted one either!" Kena did not acknowledge
this. He seemed lost in his own little world. Time slipped by and Aki slowly fell
asleep. The next time she woke up was right before sunset, she was in the main
room wrapped up and warm.....
(Up next: Assult on Geo's HQ!! The Battle For Konoage!)


~Act: 07- Assult on Geo's HQ!! The Battle For Konoage!~

That same morning Kena slammed his fist on the table at breakfast.
"That's it! After breakfast we're going after Geo!" Everyone stopped what
they were doing. This was weird for the three girls. Up until now, Kena had
not shown any interest in the mission what-so-ever. All he wanted to do was goof
off and read his books. "I expect you all to get your weapons and get ready!"
He said again. The three girls perked up and finished their food in a flash. They
ran upstairs to change and get ready. "So you're leaving then?" The lady asked
clearing the table. "Yes, thank you so much for all you've done, but we do have
a mission to complete," Kena said. "I see, here take this" the lady said handing
Kena a small band, "That belonged to my husband, use it to tie your hair neater."
Kena smiled and used it to keep his ponytail in place. He felt a tug at his cloak
and looked down to see the kid. "Mistah, you weaving?" he asked. Kena picked
him up and gave him a piggy-back ride. "Yeah, but I'll come back soon, and we
can hang out more ok?" "Ok"
"OK listen up!" Kena said addressing the girls outside the front door,
"Today we will take Geo and kill him. That is out mission that Lady Tsunade has
entrusted to us, we must win!" Kuroneko clapped. "Great pep talk, Pineapple!"
Everyone looked to see Mey sitting in a tree. (k.i.s.s.i.n.g first comes love then
comes marrige, then comes Dai witha baby carrige. Sorry I couldn't resist)
He jumped down and slugged Kena's shoulder. "I'm comin' too!" Kena stood a
moment. He looked confused, and then smiled broadly. "Ok, you'll be a big help!"
Kena lead the way to Geo's hideout. The hideout was deep within the forest
that surrouned Konoage. The three girls stuggled to keep up with the pace of
the two Jonin. Kena signaled for the team to stop. They stopped in a tree that
bordered a clearing. A large mansion stood in their path. It had at least 4 levels
and that didn't include the possibility of a basement. There were 4 guards at
the front door and there were more spread out along the wall that enclosed
the mansion. "I thought this was a poor country," Aki said looking at the gold
plated windows. "It is" Mey said, "Geo keeps all the money for himself!" Kena
wasn't paying attention. He was counting the guards. 17. There were only 5 of
them(6 if he summoned Malkori) so they probably wouldn't make it in unnoticed.
He motioned to the others and they swiftly moved around to the back of the
house. There wasn't a back door, and there were fewer guards on this side.
'if we go in one of the windows, we'd be doing something unexpected' Kena
thought. 'we'd only have to take out a few guards and get in really fast.' Kena
whispered his plan to the others. Kena took a jar and opened it. Sand slithered
down the back of the tree out of sight. He motioned to Aki who used the sand
from the ground and thus aided Kena's sand attack. The sand crawled over the
wall along the ground and put the legs of the unsuspecting guards. A guard yawned.
The trap was sprung and sand tied and gagged the guards on this side of the
house. It took only a second and was completly silent. They jumped out of the tree.
They ran to the window and used a Kunai to pry it open. They slipped inside and
latched the window back. They were inside the house. Silence fell.



~Act:07-Scene:02~

The room they had landed in was some sort of kitchen. It was very
nicely decorated and smelled of ginger and vanilla. The three girls relaxed.
"This is really pleasant" Kuroneko said. The three began to slump and grinned
broadly. Mey and Kena knew that this was a form of Genjutsu. They quickly
undid it and the girls felt really silly. "Be careful of more traps," Kena warned.
The girls nodded and followed silently. The hallway out of the kitchen was also
deserted. They followed it and stopped. Kena looked cautiously up the stairs.
No one. 'This is too easy' He thought 'Why aren't there any guards?' He
whispered to Dai. "Hey" he whispered, "Use your seeing eye jutsu to look at
the top of the stairs." "What? How did you know about that?" She asked. "I
could tell you were watching me that night. Just hurry up and use it." She
plucked a hair and formed a handsign. It began to slither up the stairs slowly.
Once it reached the top she used it to see around the corner at the top of the
stairs. "Five doors" she said, "I can see five doors. Two on each side of the
hallway and one at the end of it." Kena lept up the stairs two at a time. She
was right. The doors were all the same except for the last one at the end. It
was a bright red. A sign was above the red door.
"I have awaited your return to Kurogakure, Kena. I await you at the top of
the stairs behind this door. But first you must put your lackies to the test.
One must go in alone. One to each door. They must claim the key from each
room to open all four locks on this door. Good luck."
Kena felt sweat run down his face, his students would have to fight alone. He
felt little pain from when Mey puched him in his shoulder. "Don't worry about
a thing" he said, "Just have faith in us!" With that Mey entered the room that
had his name on the door. It slammed shut behind him.
~*~
The room Mey had entered smelled very strongly of dirt. He walked slightly
inward and kept his back to the door; his front facing the room. A man stepped
out of the darkness. He was a cloud ninja. He had a key tied around his neck and
wore little protective clothes. He wore a broad smile on his face. "Hi" he said
waving, "I'm Kojusuke. I'll be your opponent today!" This man's straightforwardness
was remarkable. Mey had expected to be ambushed or something but no,
Kojusuke seemed like a totally honest person. "Hey, I'm Mey Koshaku. I guess
I'll be YOUR opponent today." "Yes, I think you'll be pretty tough. Would
you like to surrender now?" Mey was taken aback by this but didn't loose his
composure. "No, I just want that key so my friend can go kick Geo's ass." Mey
said. "I see" Kojusuke said looking down, "I'd hoped we could be friends. But
I guess not." "Sorry, but Kena comes first. And Dai before him." Mey said. At
that Kojusuke got into battle stance. "Then we shall fight." Mey was ready for
just about everything. He had planned on Kojusuke using 100 different attacks,
and had a counter attack for each one. Unluck for him, Kojusuke used attack
number 101. He stomped the floor and a sword made of dirt rose up. It shivered
for a momment and then became solid steel. 'So he can make the dirt from the
floor into anything he wants?' Mey thought bracing himself. Kojusuke charged
at Mey and raised his sword. Mey didnt' move. KLANG!!! The sword stopped.
Mey had used his metal headband to stop the attack. Mey took a quick slash at
Kojusuke before he jumped back. "Clever" Kojusuke said, "I wasn't expecting
that at all." Kojusuke made another sword and attacked again. Mey was forced
to sidestep it and lost his balance. He hit the ground and grunted. Then he felt
a sharp pain in his right shoulder and saw that a sword had been crammed through
it.
(TO BE CONTINUED...)


~Act:07-Scene:03~

Kojusuke formed another sword. "Now it's time for my special
technique!" He stood over Mey. "86 Sword Cuts Taijutsu!" Mey could hardly
see Kojusuke move, but cuts had begun to appear all over his body. He screamed
in pain. "34,35,36-" Kojusuke counted. Mey was losing too much blood. Soon
he would pass out. Finally the last cut was made and Mey was barely conscious.
The sword that held him down snapped and Mey shot up and put distance between
him and Kojusuke. "Darn" Kojusuke said, "I'd hopped that that would've killed
you. Guess I've gotta try harder!" The smile had not left Kojusuke's face and
Mey was having a very hard time reading his thoughts. "Before we continue"
Mey said, "Tell me why you work for Geo!" Mey demanded. Kojusuke smiled,
"Well, I guess it all started a while back. I was a lowly Gennin with no skill.
One day I was walking by an orphanage and I saw a man kill a child. I realized
that the man was very strong and the child must've been weak. It was then I
realized that only the strongest of the strong survive in this world. So naturally
I found a strong person to follow and I just wound up with Geo. But as for Geo
himself, I have no real connection." Mey grinned, "Ok, that's all I want to
know. Since you really don't care for Geo, I won't kill you!" Kojusuke's smile
didn't waver, "Well you wouldn't've killed me anyway." Kojusuke charged with
his swords raised. Mey dodged and Threw a shuriken with a bomb letter at
Kojusuke. It exploded on impact. He swaggered and faced Mey again. Mey
formed 34 handsigns in less than a second and touched the ground. "Earth style:
Reversed Lighting Strike Jutsu!!" The ground surged yellow and it began to
crack. "What is this?!" Kojusuke asked jumping back. "When lightining hits the
ground it doesn't stop, it goes through the ground too!" Mey shot back. In that
instant a bolt of lightning shot from the ground and surged through Kojusuke's
body. He fell to the ground badly hurt, but alive. Mey walked over and took
the key from Kojusuke. "Next time you want to find a strong person to follow,
look me up!" Mey said as he left the room.
~*~
"You're bleeding!" Kena said as Mey entered the hallway again. Mey
shrugged, "Yeah, but I still won. Here!" Mey threw the key at Kena. Kena
caught it and stuffed it in his pocket.
~*~
Dai had now stepped up to take her turn at fighting. She opened the
door that had her name on it and entered the room. The door shut behind her
and she found herself in a rather elegant looking room. There was a woman
sitting at a table in the center of it. "Why, hello there!" She called to Dai. The
woman motioned for Dai to come and sit down. Dai held a kunai behind her back,
just in case. The woman smiled revealing several holes in her brownish teeth.
"I don't get much company these days. Would you like some tea?" She asked.
Dai eyed the cup that seemed to be hers. The woman stirred her own tea. Dai
looked at the spoon and realized that it wasn't really a spoon that the woman
was stirring her tea with. It was the key.



~Act: 08- The Cat and the Mouse!!!~

"Well now deary, would you like a cup of tea?" The old lady asked.
Dai stood wondering if she really was expected to fight this feeble old woman.
The woman jerked her head as if she had just remembered something. "Oh, how
rude of me!" She started, "I haven't even introduced myself! My name is
Robomiko. And you are?" Dai again hesitated, "D-Daikirai. That's all you need
to know." The woman grinned again. "Well would you like a cup of tea?
Ms. Daikirai? Or perhaps you'd fancy a game?" She motioned to the chair
opposite her. "A game?" Dai asked. "Yes, you see my husband, Earl, he loved
games of chance. But he wasn't any good at them. Infact that's how he died.
But I too share his great love of chance games. What about you?" The woman
asked. "I don't mind games really," Dai said. "Good! Take a seat then!" Dai
walked slowly toward the table and sat down. So far so good. Robomiko
retreived a box from under the table's tablecloth. She opened it and exposed
four brown cups and two tiny lead figures. One figure was a cat, and the other
was a mouse. "Now, here's how the game works" Robomiko explained, "We
each take turns hiding the two figurines under two of the four glasses. Then
the other has to pick the cups that don't cover the cat and mouse. Of course
neither of us can look while the other shuffles the cups, just to make it more
fair. And if you pick the cat or mouse, you get a fun surprise!" She handed Dai
the figurines; allowing her to go first. Robomiko turned around and shut her
eyes. 'this is really dumb' Dai thought, 'but if i get the key then who cares
right?' She placed the cat figurine under the first cup from her right and the
mouse under the next cup after that. She then shuffled the cups as fast as
she could. "Ok, I'm done!" Dai said. Robomiko turned around and instantly
grabbed up two cups. Neither held the figurine. "Oh, what luck!" She
exclaimed, "Now you must turn around!" Dai did this and Robomiko shuffled
the cups. When she was done Dai picked up her first cup; empty. She picked
up her second and her stare was met by that of the cat's. Dai saw a blue stream
of Chakra leave her hand and flow into the cat's eyes. "What? What is this?"
Dai asked. "Oh, I see you have bad luck" Robomiko said, "You see, if you get
the cat or mouse, you get your Chakra drained. I'd say a Chunin like you can
get the cat or mouse, 4 times. After that you'll lose all of your Chakra and die."


~Act: 08-Scene: 02~

'this is crazy!' Dai thought, 'how is this a fair game? she probably
has it rigged somehow so that i will always get the cat or mouse!' A bead of
sweat rolled down her cheek. 'well i can't just sit there, everyone's waiting for
me outside! especially mey!' Robomiko turned around again. Dai shuffled the
cups even faster. Again Robomiko picked an empty cup. 'how does she do it?'
Dai wondered as she looked away from the cups. Then Dai heard it. It was
faint, but she heard the cups scratching the surface of the table. Left, Right,
Right, Right, Left, Right, Left, Left: Stop! Dai turned around again. If she was
right; based on the position of the cat and mouse where she had left them and
the sounds the cups made... "This one!" Dai yelled picking up a cup. It was
empty. "Yes!" She said. Robomiko looked impressed, "Well, you've figured out
my game have you? Not many people do. As a resident of Kurogakure, I have
a hightened sense of hearing. So in games like this, my ears act as a second
pair of eyes! Oh, how wonderful it is that you were able to do that! Earl
would've loved you!" Her voice trailed off. She handed Dai a cup of tea. It
had the key as a spoon. "Here" She said, "I've been beaten. The least I can do
is give you some good tea." Dai took the tea and got up, "Gotta run!" She said
and she hustled out the door. Robomiko put the game away, "Oh Earl..."
~*~

"Dai! You did it!" Aki and Kuroneko yelled as they jumped up and
down. The three of them giggled as Dai told them about Robomiko. "Looks like
they're having fun," Mey said. "Yes" Kena said, "Yes it does." "I am so next!!!"
Kuroneko said raising her arms above her head. "What?!" Aki said, "No fair! I
wanted to go next!"
~*~

Kuroneko entered the room that had her name marked on it. The room
inside was small, but not too small. It was empty. A man in a large cloak stood in
the center of the room. His face was hidden by an Anbu Black Ops mask. "Hello,"
the man said. "Hi!" Kuroneko said. The man said nothing. "Not very talkative are
ya?" She asked teasing him. The man said nothing. "Hey come on talk alittle!"
she said getting angry. The man said nothing. "Fine let's see how you like this!"
Kuroneko threw twenty kunai towards the man. In a flash he threw twenty
pieces of paper and hit each kunai. They each exploded instantly. "What? What
was that?" Kuroneko asked. The man said nothing. "Fine take this!" She formed
several handsigns and held her right hand. Then three sharp claws emerged from
her knuckles. "Cat Clawz Jutsu!!!" She charged at the man and swipped her
claws at him. He stepped back letting her miss him by only a few inches. Not to
be outdone, Kuroneko launched a counter attack and again missed him by only
a few inches. 'this is crazy' She thought, 'how can he dodge it like that?' Again
she tried to hit him but again she missed. "Argh! Stand still!!!" She swipped faster
and less accurately. The man's back hit the wall. Kuroneko swipped at him; he
dodged to her left and grabbed her left arm. He pulled it up her back and forced
her to her knees. She grunted as her Jutsu wore off. "Checkmate," He said.
Kuroneko couldn't move. Her arm hurt far too much. She knew that he could
break it at any moment. He did. He pulled her arm up just a little bit more and
she felt the pop and heard a loud crack. She screamed in pain. Then she
collapsed on the floor. "Well, that was easy" The man said, "Now for phase two!"

~*~

A key came flying out from under the door to Kuroneko's room. It
landed at Kena's feet. There was a note attached to it. Kena picked it up and
read it silently. 'Dear Mr. Kena, I'd like you to have this message from Lady
Tsunade. She says that you need to hurry up with the mission. As punishment I
have been sent here undercover to motivate you. I am Yosukeyama of the Anbu
Black ops. I hope that you understand that your Chunin are not as strong as you
may beleive. I suggest that you keep better care of them. Kuroneko will stay
with me until Geo is defeated. Your job is resting on this. -Yusukeyama.'

~Act: 09: Fallen Glory!!~

Kena turned to Aki. His face was smiling, but it was obvious that he was worried. "Aki, I guess you're up last. Be
careful okay?" Kena asked. Aki grinned, "Please Kena, what do you take me for, A Genin?" With that Aki brushed
past Kena and through her door.
Aki's room was....FREEZING!!! She folded her arms and tried to warm herself up. "Guess today wasn't the best
day to wear short shorts. She chuckled. A piece of ice from the ceiling fell and crashed to the ground. A slim and
skinny man stood on the ceiling. 'Oh great' Aki thought, 'Another perv!' "Hello my dear," the man said. He flicked
his tounge across his blue lips. "I bet you taste good huh?" Aki took a step backwards. "Oh are you frightened?
Don't worry, I'll only eat you after your dead, so you don't feel a thing. Sound good?" He advanced. The thought
of being eaten, whether alive or dead, did not appeal to Aki in the least. *Hand Signs: Ushi, Tora, Tatsu, Inu, I,
Hitsuji* "Earth Style: Sand Vortex Jutsu!!" A cyclone of sand formed on the ground. In an instant it shot upward
and inveloped the man, named Hikogawa. He screamed but did not move. "OH YES!!! YOU DO LIKE THE ROUGH
STUFF HUH?!! OH BAYUHBE!!!" Hikogawa withstood the attack and grinned as blood seeped out of his cuts.
"What?!" Aki yelled. "Oh yes, did I mention? I'm not that easy to kill!" Hikogawa jumped down and lunged at Aki.
*Stab*
"I'll splatter....Your guts!!!" Aki crammed a kunai into Hiko's forehead. Hikogawa stood there. He grinned, "So it's
true. You are ruthless. The Akatsuki would be proud to have you...." Hikogawa fell. The room's temperature warmed
and Hiko's body began to melt. "Feh, just as I though" Aki said, "An Ice Demon." She picked up her kunai.
~*~
"Here's the last key!" Aki said handing her key to Kena. Kena thanked her. He turned to the door to Geo's room.
Mey's Key, Dai's Key, Kuro's Key, Aki's Key. He put the keys into their slots and turned them all. The door swung
open. A long spiral staircase led up. Kena climbed the stairs without hesitation. After a few minutes the entered
the main room. It was presumably at the top of the tower and very open. Geo sat at the far side, unguarded. "Geo!
You bastard! Give Kuro back!!" Dai and Aki said raising their kunai. Kena held them back. "No, He's mind," Kena
said. His eyes were dark, far darker than the pervy sensei's eyes that Dai and Aki knew. "First, you killed my
sister....And now You've kidnapped one of my students, Geo, I swear, before the day is up, one of us will be
dead!!!" Kena raised his headband. His Sharingan eye came into focus. Kena took off his cloak and gave it to Dai.
"You two, stay out of this. Turd, do what Aki and Dai say," Kena stepped forward. "Are you ready? Geo?" Kena
asked. Geo smiled, "Kena, you seem to be under the delusion that I killed your sister. What rubbish. You want
the truth? You are responsible for your sister's death!!!" Geo pointed at Kena, "It was your fault for being so
damned weak! You couldn't protect her and you have no place to be angry!!! You weak weak dog!!!!!!!!!!" Geo stood
up. "I may have been weak...." Kena said, "But, I'LL PROVE TO YOU JUST HOW STRONG I TRULY AM!!!!!!" Kena
broke every bottle of sand he had on his belt. The sand danced around him. He charged at Geo. "FINE THEN!!!
SHOW ME HOW STRONG YOU TRULY ARE!!! KENA OF THE SAND!!!!!!!!!!"
~Act: 09: Part: 02~

"SAND COFFIN!!!"
The sand around Kena flew ahead of him and towards Geo. Geo threw a shuriken. *hand signs* "Shadow Shuriken
Jutsu!!" The one shuriken became many. The sand easily weaved through the shuriken. "Yes! Now the Sand Coffin'll connect!" Dai said. The sand fell to the floor. Kena had lost his concentration while avoiding the shuriken. "Hey" Aki said, "I thought the sand acts freely like Gaara's." Mey shook his head, "Nope, Gaara's sand is different, Kena's is just regular sand manipulated through chakra. Gaara's is infused with his mother's will and doesn't need Gaara
to tell it what to do." This put Kena at a disadvantage since his opponent had used so many shuriken. Kena retaliated by tossing two kunai. Geo caught them with between his fingers. They had bombs attached to their hilts. They
exploded and sent Geo flying. "But" Mey continued, "Kena is a Jounin." Kena rushed forward calling the sand to him. It formed around his hand making a gauntlet of hardend sand. He slammed his fist down into Geo's stomach.
Geo's body exploded in a cloud of white smoke. 'damn! a clone!!' Kena though turning around. Geo slugged Kena hard. Kena was pushed back but didn't fall. The sand left Kena's hand and began to transform into a sand clone. Geo threw his variation of a bomb shuriken at the clone. It exploded and sand went everywhere. *hand signs* "My ultimate technique!! Majusoyii: Shuriken Rain!!!!!" Geo jumped back to safety. Shuriken began to fall from the ceiling. Kena did not have enough time to dodge. He gritt his teeth and bore it. Hundreds of shuriken tore at
his skin and ripped his clothing. He could feel his blood escaping his body. After about a minute the shuriken stopped falling. Kena was cut from head to toe and an ocean of blood was at his feet. "Kena!!" Aki and Dai yelled
together. *hand signs* "Sharingan Mirror Move: Majusoyii: Shuriken Rain!!!" Kena's Sharingan eye flashed a blood
red. Shuriken tore through Geo's body just as it had done Kena's perviously. Geo let out painful screams and
began to tremble. "Please!!! S-stop!!!! I'll Leave This Village!!! I Swear Just STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPP!!!"
Kena didn’t' stop, he poured out all of his chakra into keeping the jutsu going. More, and MOre, and MORe, MORE!!
Geo's screams quieted and his body slumped forward. Finally Kena released the jutsu. Geo's body fell to the floor with a thud. Kena called the sand to him again and formed another guantlet. He rushed over to Geo's unconsious
body and began to pummel it. This was Geo's real body. After ten hits the sand around his hand dispersed. He had
used up too much chakra to keep it there. Kena swayed and fell over. The battle was over.
The floor of the room was left quite different from when the four had arrived. Sand, blood, and thousands of
shuriken covered the floor. Mey Picked Kena up. He put him on his back, "Aki." Aki turned to him. "Take this" Mey
threw her a small box, "It's a bomb. It's set for five minutes. Set it over on Geo's chair and push the red button."
Aki did this. The box flashed five minutes and counted down. "Ok, let's get out of here and get Kena to a doctor!"
Mey led the girls down the stairs and through the hallway with the doors. Down the stairs again, and towards the front enterance. There was no need to be stealthy now, the whole place was about to blow so to hell with being
sneaky. Guards stopped and stared at them as the rushed by. One even tried to hit them with a kunai, but he'd be
blown to cinders soon enough.
The explosion of Geo Tower shook the earth. The villagers from Konoage looked at the huge plume of smoke
comming out of the forest. The old lady and the kid looked and smiled. "Hey! Kena must've won!" the kid jumped
with excitement. A moment later the ninja landed in the middle of town. "Hey!! We need a doctor over her now!!"
Dai yelled out at the villagers. The next series of events were very fast. Medics came and took Kena to the town's
only hospital where they had had another patient with a broken arm earlier that day. Mey and Dai explained what
had happend. Aki went with Kena.
~Act: 9 1/2: Reunited- Team Abunai~

"How is he?" "He's okay, resting mostly" "He looks like a mummy" "Hey! Dai! Don't write on him!" "Girls are so crazy" "Who you callin' crazy?" "Yeah!" The doctor barged in. "Will you three please be quiet?!? This man needs
his rest!!" Mey, Aki, and Dai settled. "Heh heh, they're always like that," Kena said weakly. "huh?" Everyone looked
at him. He had a hand over his left eye. "It hurts" The doctor looked at him, "You mean your Sharingan? You over-
exerted your self. You're lucky you didn't die." Kena sat up, "What about Kuroneko?!" Mey slugged Kena in the
arm. "It's a funny story..."
"And then Yusukeyama brought me here," Kuro said finishing her soda. "So he broke your arm, kidnapped you, and
then took you to the same hospital that he was sure we'd end up at? Just who's side is he on?" Aki asked. "He's
a member of the Anbu Black Ops. He's on Konohagakure's side," Kena said happy to have Kuro back. "Okay
Pineapple, you're still recovering, back to your room for rest! Mey led Kena out the door. "Hey Kena-Sensei," Kuro
called after him. "Yeah?" Kena asked turning around. Kuro, Dai, and Aki were all grinning. "Don't you just love the things the hospital gives you to wear? Nice boxers!" All three girls busted out laughing. "Yeah, they're the team worth fighting for all right," Kena mumbled. "Yeah, but those girls grow on you," Mey said. "Whatever, you turd"
"Shut it, Pineapple"
~The End of the Geo Story Arc! UP Next, The Akatsuki Targets Kena: Turmoil!!~

~Act: 09: Part: 02~

"SAND COFFIN!!!"
The sand around Kena flew ahead of him and towards Geo. Geo threw a shuriken. *hand signs* "Shadow Shuriken
Jutsu!!" The one shuriken became many. The sand easily weaved through the shuriken. "Yes! Now the Sand Coffin'll
connect!" Dai said. The sand fell to the floor. Kena had lost his concentration while avoiding the shuriken. "Hey"
Aki said, "I thought the sand acts freely like Gaara's." Mey shook his head, "Nope, Gaara's sand is different, Kena's
is just regular sand manipulated through chakra. Gaara's is infused with his mother's will and doesn't need Gaara
to tell it what to do." This put Kena at a disadvantage since his opponent had used so many shuriken. Kena retalliated
by tossing two kunai. Geo caught them with between his fingers. They had bombs attached to their hilts. They
exploded and sent Geo flying. "But" Mey continued, "Kena is a Jounin." Kena rushed forward calling the sand to
him. It formed around his hand making a gauntlet of hardend sand. He slammed his fist down into Geo's stomach.
Geo's body exploded in a cloud of white smoke. 'damn! a clone!!' Kena though turning around. Geo slugged Kena
hard. Kena was pushed back but didn't fall. The sand left Kena's hand and began to transform into a sand clone.
Geo threw his variation of a bomb shuriken at the clone. It exploded and sand went everywhere. *hand signs*
"My ultimate technique!! Majusoyii: Shuriken Rain!!!!!" Geo jumped back to safety. Shuriken began to fall from
the ceiling. Kena did not have enough time to dodge. He gritt his teeth and bore it. Hundreds of shuriken tore at
his skin and ripped his clothing. He could feel his blood escaping his body. After about a minute the shuriken
stopped falling. Kena was cut from head to toe and an ocean of blood was at his feet. "Kena!!" Aki and Dai yelled
together. *hand signs* "Sharingan Mirror Move: Majusoyii: Shuriken Rain!!!" Kena's Sharingan eye flashed a blood
red. Shuriken tore through Geo's body just as it had done Kena's perviously. Geo let out painful screams and
began to tremble. "Please!!! S-stop!!!! I'll Leave This Village!!! I Swear Just STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPP!!!"
Kena didnt' stop, he poured out all of his chakra into keeping the jutsu going. More, and MOre, and MORe, MORE!!
Geo's screams quieted and his body slumped forward. Finally Kena released the jutsu. Geo's body fell to the floor
with a thud. Kena called the sand to him agan and formed another guantlet. He rushed over to Geo's unconsious
body and began to pummel it. This was Geo's real body. After ten hits the sand around his hand dispersed. He had
used up too much chakra to keep it there. Kena swayed and fell over. The battle was over.
The floor of the room was left quite different from when the four had arrived. Sand, blood, and thousands of
shuriken covered the floor. Mey Picked Kena up. He put him on his back, "Aki." Aki turned to him. "Take this" Mey
threw her a small box, "It's a bomb. It's set for five minutes. Set it over on Geo's chair and push the red button."
Aki did this. The box flashed five minutes and counted down. "Ok, let's get out of here and get Kena to a doctor!"
Mey led the girls down the stairs and through the hallway with the doors. Down the stairs again, and towards the
front enterance. There was no need to be stealthy now, the whole place was about to blow so to hell with being
sneaky. Guards stoped and stared at them as the rushed by. One even tried to hit them with a kunai, but he'd be
blown to cinders soon enough.
The explosion of Geo Tower shook the earth. The villagers from Konoage looked at the huge plume of smoke
comming out of the forest. The old lady and the kid looked and smiled. "Hey! Kena must've won!" the kid jumped
with excitement. A momment later the ninja landed in the middle of town. "Hey!! We need a doctor over her now!!"
Dai yelled out at the villagers. The next series of events were very fast. Medics came and took Kena to the town's
only hospital where they had had another patient with a broken arm earlier that day. Mey and Dai explained what
had happend. Aki went with Kena.
~Act: 9 1/2: Reunited- Team Abunai~

"How is he?" "He's okay, resting mostly" "He looks like a mummy" "Hey! Dai! Don't write on him!" "Girls are so
crazy" "Who you callin' crazy?" "Yeah!" The doctor barged in. "Will you three please be quiet?!? This man needs
his rest!!" Mey, Aki, and Dai settled. "Heh heh, they're always like that," Kena said weakly. "huh?" Everyone looked
at him. He had a hand over his left eye. "It hurts" The doctor looked at him, "You mean your Sharingan? You over-
exerted your self. You're lucky you didn't die." Kena sat up, "What about Kuroneko?!" Mey slugged Kena in the
arm. "It's a funny story..."
"And then Yusukeyama brought me here," Kuro said finishing her soda. "So he broke your arm, kidnapped you, and
then took you to the same hospital that he was sure we'd end up at? Just who's side is he on?" Aki asked. "He's
a member of the Anbu Black Ops. He's on Konohagakure's side," Kena said happy to have Kuro back. "Okay
Pineapple, you're still recovering, back to your room for rest! Mey led Kena out the door. "Hey Kena-Sensei," Kuro
called after him. "Yeah?" Kena asked turning around. Kuro, Dai, and Aki were all grinning. "Don't you just love the
things the hospital gives you to wear? Nice boxers!" All three girls busted out laughing. "Yeah, they're the team
worth fighting for all right," Kena mumbled. "Yeah, but those girls grow on you," Mey said. "Whatever, you turd"
"Shut it, Pineapple"
~The End of the Geo Story Arc! UP Next, The Akatsuki Targets Kena: Turmoil!!~


~Act: 10- Return to Konoha: Noodles and Blood!!!~

The next day the group left the hospital. "You're a fast healer," Kuroneko said to Kena. Kena smiled, "Well Konoage
has some great medics. I owe it all to them. Say, how's your arm?" "Oh it's better," Kuro said holding it up. Kena
grabbed it to look at it better. He quickly noticed Kuroneko blushing. He quickly pulled away. "S-sorry."
"Aww you're leaving?" the kid asked Kena. "Yes, but I'll be back soon okay?" "Okay..," The kid said. "So you'll
going back to Konohagakure today? That's too bad," the lady said to the three girls. "Don't worry, we'll be okay,"
Aki said. The lady smiled. "Well I hope so." The group left the house while waving back. Sometime out in the
forest they heard rustling. "Heeey!!!" A creature fell from above and landed on Kena, HARD. "M-Mey? What the
hell?!" Kena said in pain. "You were plannin' on leaving without saying goodbye to me weren't ya?" Mey asked
glaring at Kena. "Oh darn, you found me out," Kena said sarchastically. Mey jumped up, "Well It's not like I wanted
a big tearful reunion anyway. I just wanted to say bye....to you!" Mey pointed at Dai. "Oh Daikirai! I promise that
even though we live so far apart I'll visit you every day!!" He grabbed her hand and kneeled. Bam! Kena hit Mey
on the back of the head. "Don't harass my students! That's my job!" "Fine, but I will come visit everynow and then."
"Fine!" Mey and Kena turned their backs to one another. "See-" Mey said. "Ya-" Kena said. They started walking in
opposite directions. "That's kinda harsh," Dai said moments later. "What is?" Kena asked, now reading the new
edition of Make-Out Paradise. "You were pretty rude to Mey. I thought you were friends," Dai said skowling. "Oh,
we are. I just don't like being nice to him, and vice versa."
The time flew by much faster than it had when they had been going toward Konoage. They soon arrived back at
Konohagakure. They stopped once they were back inside the main gate. "Well it's getting late. I'll see ya
tomorrow!" Aki called. She ran off to her house. "I've got to go fill out the mission log so I'll be seeing you guys
tomorrow too. We'll meet up at the Ichiraiku Noodle shop if you want." Kena said. "Oh! I love that place!" Kuroneko
said happily. "I want an extra large bowl sensei!!" Dai said just as happily. "Yeah, but that's tomorrow. For now
get some sleep." Kena smiled warmly at them and then disappeared. "I can't wait!" Kuroneko sang. "Hey! Let's go
there now!" Dai said to Kuro. The two hyped up girls dashed off.
"So the mission was a success?" Tsunade said vacantly. "Yes lord Hokage," Kena said in a very military tone. "Oh
come now, you mustn’t be so formal with me Kena. I am, after all, a good friend of yours," Tsunade replied. "Yes,
well now that you are the Hokage I guess it just comes naturally for me," Kena said smiling. "Yes, I suppose it
doe-" Tsunade was cut off by a Jonin barging into the chamber. "L-Lord Hokage!! We've got big trouble!!" "What
is it?" Tsunade said standing up. "Two rouge ninja from Kurogakure have appeared inside the city walls!!" "So what? Ninja always come here. It's the capitol of Konohagakure!" Tsunade said dismissing the case. "But Lord
Hokage, they are with the Akatsuki!!" Tsunade's and Kena's ears perked that the mention of the Akatsuki. "I see.
Very well, send the ANBU Black OPS to-" Kena cut Tsunade to the chase. "I'll go!" Kena volunteered, "I can
handle two of them." Tsunade looked at Kena for a moment. "Okay, but we'll have the ANBU close by just in
case of emergency." "Hai!" Kena dashed out of the room at full speed.
The streets of Konoha were lively after dark. It could be said that the people loved to party at night. So when two
people, a guy and a girl, came walking down the street wearing long black cloaks, they just assumed they were
just a couple of late-nighters. But Magi and Ne were not just ordinary people, they were members of the criminal
organization known as the Akatsuki. "How will we ever find this Kena guy in this big city?" Ne said looking up at
her partner Magi. "Relax. He will find us," Magi said quietly. "If you say so, but I'd rather be alone with you
instead!" Ne said moving closer to Magi. "I told you. I won't do something like that, until you are eighteen." "You
are no fun Magi!" Ne said pouting. Ne suddenly jumped. "Do you feel that Chakra?" She asked Magi. "Yes. It's
coming from in that alley," Magi said nodding in the direction. "Could be a trap," Ne said. "I doubt it," He replied
walking into the alley. "Welcome." Kena said evilly, "To Konoha!" Kena opened a bottle of sand and poured it out.
"Well, he has come right to us," Magi said smiling slightly. "Yes!" Ne said, "This'll be a quick mission!" "Don't
count on it!" Kena said still grinning.

~Act: 10- Part: 02~

Bam! Ne's fist connected with Kena's cheek. Kena stumbled backwards from the hit. 'she's though!' He thought
regaining his composure. Kena tried to retaliate. Bam! Another clean hit. 'she's fast too!' Kena thought. "You
might as well give up" Ne teased, "I'm the strongest kunoichi around!" She posed for Magi who turned his head.
"Fine!" Ne pouted. She lept at Kena again. Kena ducked just in time to dodge a mean right from Ne. She continued
to attack not letting up for a second. 'she's not giving me much of an opening!' Kena thought to himself. Bam! Ne
connected for a third time. Kena coughed a little blood up and jumped back farther. His back was now to the end
of the alley. "It hurts doesn't it?" Kena's head jolted up. "Why not join us?" Magi asked, "You could escape the
pain and you wouldn't have to fight us anymore." Kena pressed his back against the wall, "In your dreams!" Kena
threw a punch at Ne. He missed. She kicked him hard in the stomach. Kena stumbled backwards again. "Is that
all you've got? I thought you were a Jonin. I thought you were a nomination to be the fifth Kazekage. You're
pathetic!" Ne taunted. Kena raised a hand. "I didn't want to do this, since it hurts me too" He said grabbing his
headband, "But I'll show you something special!" He raised his headband. "Eww! Your eye has a gross scar!" Ne
said pointing. Magi looked surpised as Kena opened is left eye, "My, what a treat that is..."
"So I'm thinking pork ramen. Or maybe beef? Oh I don't know. What are you getting Dai?" Kuroneko turned to
Dai who was sitting next to her. "Umm, I'm not sure. Something spicy!" "I'd prefer sweet things," Kuro said
looking at the menu again. "Yeah, like Kena -sensei," Dai teased. "Shut it!" Kuroneko said threating Dai with a
fork. Ichiraiku's was pretty lively tonight. Dancers lined the streets and several people were talking happily.
"Hey, did you hear?" "What?" "Some Jonin is fighting these really shady dudes over in Dykon district!" "No way!"
"Yeah, He's from Sunagakure and has really yellow hair!" "Dude! He sounds like a hippie!"
"Hey Kuro?" Dai said without looking at her. "Yes?" "That sounds kinda like a certain sensei we know. Doesn't it?"
She asked. "Uh-Huh," Kuroneko said. The two got up and decided to investigate.
"He's not here!" Dai scoffed. "He was look," Kuroneko pointed at the wall at the back of the alley. It was scratched
and sand sifted out of them. "It looks like he was fighting some serious opponents and was forced to retreat."
"Too tough for even Pervy Sensei? We might need help on this one." Dai grabbed an emergency flare from her
pack. She lit it and it flew upwards. It exploded with a bright red glow. "That flare is used by ninja to summon
the ANBU Black OPS. They'll be here shortly," Dai said. "Okay! I'm going to go ahead and look for Kena-Sensei.
You stay here and wait for them," Kuroneko said jumping over the wall. "Yeah, leave me out of all the fighting,"
Dai pouted as she kicked the dirt. The sound of metal hitting a wall caught her attention. She looked down to see she had kicked a headband that was lying on the ground. She picked it up and dusted it off. A Sunagakure insignia rested in the middle of it. The insignia had a long gash through it. Dai shuddered, "This is Kena-Sensei's" "Ahhhh!!" Kena fell backwards. He coughed again. "Wow, you sure are weak!" Ne taunted. "Even with the Sharingan you can't beat her. Why don't you use your full power?" Magi asked. Kena struggled up. "My full power?" He asked. "Yes, your eye has been hurting a lot recently. Has it not? I'm sure you know why," Magi said. It was true. Kena's eye had been hurting. And he knew why. Kena focused his chakra again. His left eye began to change. The pupil was no longer encircled by 3prongs, but it was encircled by a pinwheel shape. "Mangekyo Sharingan!!!" Kena's glare shifted back to Ne, who was his first target. He disappeared. Bam! Kena landed a solid punch. Ne turned into a stump and the real Ne mounted a counter attack. Ne froze. 'He’s using his Mangekyo abilities now,' Magi though as he wove hand signs. "Sonic Burst!!" Sound waves ripped the ground and tore into Kena. His concentration broke and Ne was released. "Give it up. You should just join us. Think of the power you could have." "SHUT UP!!" Kena said getting more and more frustrated. Kena threw a punch aimed at Magi instead of Ne. Magi caught Kena's fist with little effort. Magi squeezed Kena's hand. Bones began to pop. "You are not strong enough to beat me. Just like you were too weak to save your little sister," Kena stopped struggling. 'That’s exactly what Geo said. And now this guy. Am I really that weak?' Kena's head slumped forward. Tears leaked from his eyes. "Why are you…" Magi started. "CAN YOU REALLY MAKE ME STRONGER?!!" Kena asked starring fiercely at Magi. "Anything
is possible with he Akatsuki," Magi replied smiling slightly. "THEN DO IT! I MUST BE STRONG!!" Kena yelled.
"Kena-Sensei!!!"
Magi, Kena, and Ne turned to see Kuroneko running toward them. She ran up to Kena and caught her breath. "Kena
I came as soon as I heard! Are you okay?" She asked. Kena looked down at her. "What's wrong?" Ne punched
Kuroneko in the stomach. She dropped to the ground. "What the hell?!" Kena and Magi took a step back. "Kena-Sensei?" Kuro coughed. "I'm sorry Kuroneko...." Kena said, "But I'm not your 'sensei' anymore." With that the three
ninja disappeared. A while later Dai arrived with the ANBU. By that time Kuroneko was sobbing and Kena was
long gone......

~Act: 11- We Will!!!~

Aki had missed the action of the previous night. She had gotten dressed the next morning thinking nothing of the dark clouds that littered the sky. She ran out the front door and headed towards Ichiraiku.
"He did what?!!" Aki stammered after Lady Tsunade told her what had happened. After Aki reached Ichiraiku she met up with Dai who quickly took her to the Hokage's Mansion where Kuroneko was. "He's become a rouge ninja,"
Lady Tsunade said calmly. Aki clenched her fists. "I understand that you're upset, Aki, but you three will remain here until I can find you all a new sensei. He might target you after all you four were-" Tsunade was interrupted.
Aki turned her back to Tsunade and began walking towards the door. "Where do you think you're going?" Two ANBU ninja said holding their hands out to stop her. She glared at them, "TO BRING THAT IDIOT SENSEI OF MINE BACK!!!" Her eyes were fierce and veins poped up on the back of her tightly clenched hands. "Yeah right!
You are just a Chunin. You could never hope to defeat someone as strong as Kena," The other ANBU ninja said.
"OUT OF MY WAY!!!" Aki was growing impatient. Clapping could be heard. Aki turned around again and saw
Tsunade standing and applauding. "That's just what I wanted to hear!"
"Your mission is not to kill Kena. It's not even to defeat the Akatsuki. It's simply to bring him back," Lady Tsunade said. "And to do this I will appoint you two other teammates. One's that will be very helpful I'm sure!"
She opened a door and two young men stepped in. "Mey?!" Dai said standing up. "Hey Dai! I said I'd come visit didn't I?" He grinned and gave her a thumbs up. The other one was quite skinny. He had short black hair and
wore tight revealing clothes. "Hello, I am Sai," he said smiling. Silence filled the room. "Five dollars says he's a male stripper," Aki whispered to Kuro. She nodded in agreement. "Mey Koshaku is an exceptional ninja from
Kurogakure which I'm sure you've met before. I know he'll be good to help bring Kena back. And Sai is a full fledged member of the ANBU now and he's a very nice kid," Lady Tsunade said. The mission would start the next morning. Aki, Kuroneko, and Sai decided to get to know each other better in that
time while Mey latched onto Dai all day. "I can't wait for tomorrow!" Mey said as he and Dai walked down a road together. "Yeah, we set out to find Kena-Sensei," Dai said with a smile. "Oh yeah, but I mean't that we'd be alone
in the wilderness. You know, huddled together for warmth and-" Dai shot him an evil look. Mey quickly became quiet. They continued walking in silence for a few moments just watching the other people as they went about
their daily lives. "Don't worry" Mey said at last, "We'll bring back that idiot. I've got to punch him extra hard since he wasn't here to greet me today!" He raised a fist and punched the air. Dai laughed and smiled. (um, you'll just have to pretend you know what that looks like since she keeps her face covered) "And so then Naruto just goes crazy and Orochimaru's all like freaking out and stuff," Sai said eating a rice ball. He was telling Aki and Kuroneko about his adventures with Naruto and Sakura. "Wow, that's really great," Kuro said sarcastically. "You can see his belly button and everything!" Kuroneko whispered to Aki when Sai wasn't
looking. "I know," Aki said starring. "So why are you going with us?" Kuroneko said changing the subject. Sai's head jerked around, "Huh? You say something? I was just thinking about how small Naruto's P***s is." Aki and Kuroneko jumped up. "What?!!!"
And thus Team Abunai was re-formed.




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