A/N: Panda is back again! Not much to tell only that I am extremely sorry for being late . I hope you will enjoy it and see ya next time! And i am still looking for someone who can make art of umi for the cover of this.. so contact me if you can please :3 Now enjoy!
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2 weeks had passed since the chunin exams and the passing of the 3rd hokage. They had rebuild the village after the attack had happened as luckily there wasn't too much damage done. Naruto had gone out of the village with one of the Sannin, jiraiya. They had brought back a new hokage. The new hokage was the 5th. Tsunade senju. The granddaughter of the first hokage and one of the sannin.
Umi laid in her bed as she hadn't had a chance to speak to her but she knew it would come soon. Kakashi hadn't spoken to her about the kunai from minato but she knew that it would come quick. Her wounds had also healed fast thanks to the kyuubi.
She hadn't spoken to him as she was still mad at him. How he betrayed her couldn't be forgiven in 2 week time. She wondered if he had just acted her whole life just for that moment to betray her. She didn't care anymore as she stood up from her bed and started to eat.
There was a sudden knock on her door as she walked towards it in her pyama's and opened it. Kakashi stood in front of the door reading his perverted book. "Yo! Kakashi-sensei is something the matter?" she asked him as he looked up from his book. "You are summoned by the 5th". He said and poofed away. "C'mon! I haven't even eaten anything." Umi said and sighed as she just had to eat while going there.
She quickly dressed in her normal outfit and walked out of her apartment. She bought a apple and ran across the roofs while eating as she saw the hokage building and jumped at the entrance. She walked in and ignored the glare from the receptionist.
She knocked on the door as she heard a voice say. "Open". She walked inside and saw a busty woman sitting at the desk of the hokage. She had blond hair in 2 pigtails and a dot on her forehead. "Goodmorning". Umi said and took a bite from her apple and looked around the room. She saw kakashi and asuma standing there with shikamaru.
"It is noon". The lady said sighing. "Umi this is the new hokage, Tsunade". He said as she made a little bow. "Pleasure meeting you, my name is Umi!". She said and looked up as she threw the apple away. The hokage nodded as she walked in next to kakashi.
"Can we go to business?". Shikamaru said bored as tsunade nodded. "Yes we can". She said and looked at the young ninjas in the room. "I have seen the video of your fights in the chunin exam". She said and stood up. "I have decided to make both of you chunin!". She said as umi smiled. Shikamaru only muttered something about it being troublesome.
"Here are your uniforms". Said tsunade as she grabbed to chunin jackets. Umi looked in disgust. "I am not wearing THAT!". She said and pointed towards it. Shikamaru only sighed and grabbed it. "You don't have to wear it only on events or as a jonin". She said and threw it on her.
She pouted and grabbed it. "I need to find sasuke so he can burn it". she muttered as tsunade only sighed. "Now umi we need to know something what happened in the fight with gaara". Tsunade said as she looked at her and showed the video of her throwing the kunai of minato.
"Where did you get that umi". Said kakashi as umi looked away. "Classified information". Umi said stubborn as everyone sighed. "That kunai was not a normal kunai". Tsunade said as she could still recognize it. "I may or may not have met the fourth". She said as kakashi gasped. "Where?!". He said and grabbed umi.
She sighed and sat on the chair. "Well it is hard to tell". She said and started to think of how to best explain it. "Troublesome". Shikamaru muttered as he sat down as well. "Shikamaru this is probably S-rank information". Said his teacher. He sighed and stood up. "He can hear it". umi said smiling. "he wouldn't tell secrets". Umi said as tsunade approved.
"well first of all I was training for the exams before the arena fight". She started. "Then I thought I would pay kyu-chan a visit". Shikamaru looked at her. She looked at him and smiled. "Oh yeah forgot to mention I am the kyuubi jinchuuriki". She said smiling as he only muttered bothersome girls or something like that.
Shikamaru wouldn't judge someone on that. He was one of the few people who were allowed to play with her. Why? She didn't know but the Nara's were lazy but they looked beyond the cover so they didn't mind if you had a town wrecking beast inside of you.
"We are friends for a long time and I needed his power so he said that if I removed the seal he would grant it". she said as everyone sighed. "But before that I was stopped, by a hand". She said and smiled. "the fourth had placed some chakra of his in the seal for this moment". She said and smiled. "He had stopped me and we started to talk". She said and smiled. "About what?". Kakashi asked. "About if you are still a perverted ninja". She said and giggled.
"but then I explained about the exam and he gave me the kunais which worked for me~". She said as she got her 2 kunais out. "Let me see". Kakashi said as he started to examine them. "they are real". he said and gave them back. "Yeah only a shame I can only use them once". She said sheepily as she put them back in her pouch.
"can you communicate with him?". Kakashi asked as umi shook her head. "it was a onetime thing". Umi said and sighed. "Anymore questions?". She asked as everyone shook their heads. "alright can I go home now?". She asked the hokage as she just shook her head. "I have a mission for you and shikamaru can leave". She said as umi smiled. "Finally!". She said smiling.
"what is the mission!?". Umi asked excitedly as tsunade only motioned her to sit down. Umi sat down and waited as Hinata and Sakura came into the office. "y-you wanted to see us h-hokage-sama?". Asked hinata as she was like usual fiddling with her fingers.
"yes I have a mission for the 3 of you". She said as umi looked at the girls. "Alright who will be our sensei?". Sakura asked as they always had a teacher with them on missions. "None you will go alone". She said as sakura gasped and umi smiled. "yes! Freedom!". Umi said smiling as she only got a glare from sakura.
"Alright I will be the leader then". Sakura said sighing as umi laughed out loud. "What?!". She said annoyed as umi calmed down. "The one with the higher rank is the leader right tsunade-chan?". Umi asked as tsunade only sighed and nodded. "Yes that is true". Umi smiled again. "Now tell us tsunade-chan who is a chunin here?". She again sighed and pointed at umi.
"No! she isn't!". sakura said not believing what she just heard. "Yes I am!". Umi said pouting as tsunade stood up. "SHUT UP!". She yelled and sat down taking a sip from her sake. Everyone instantly sat down not wanting to anger her anymore.
"Umi is the team leader because she is a chunin and that is why you won't have a sensei". She said as everyone nodded. "This is a pretty simple job if you use your smarts". She said and leaned over. "One of the towns near the border of the wind country has a problem". She started. "We don't know what happens but they say that there are bandits or something that kills their livestock and wildlife, ruin their crops and attack at night and even once made the sky turn black".
Umi nodded. "When do we leave?". Umi asked as tsunade stood up. "Now!". She said as umi smiled. "Gladly tsunade-chan". Umi said and walked out as she heard a yell. "IT IS HOKAGE-SAMA FOR YOU BRAT!". Umi smiled as she had again, annoyed a hokage.
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Umi sat at the main gate, closed eyes as she was waiting for her team mates to come. She had already thought about the mission. It weren't bandits but ninjas that for sure. Missing nin probably. She thought and read through the binko book.
She came across a familiar face. "Itachi uchiha, S-rank missing nin". Umi chuckled he was one of the most dangerous men in the world by now probably. "Hey!". She heard sakura say as she saw hinata walking behind her.
"finally". Umi muttered and stood up and waited for them to join her. "alright the plan is simple, You follow my lead". Umi said and walked out of the village with a angry sakura. "Just because you are a chunin doesn't mean you are smarter than me! Remember you were the class dumbo". Umi smirked at the comment. "That was just an act sakura-chan". Umi said smiling as they started to argue with hinata behind them sighing.
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They were half way to the town. Umi and sakura had finally stopped arguing as they walked through the forest. "so what do you think the cause the evil doers are?". Umi asked as she looked back at the 2 girls.
"Missing nin?". Said sakura as umi nodded. "Probably maybe ghost or vampires~". Said umi teasingly as she started to make scary noises. "Of course they aren't ghost!". Sakura said annoyed at the immature umi.
"Yeah Yeah..". umi said smiling and started to walk again, not saying anything other than sometimes a tease.
Suddenly Sakura grabbed Umi and Hinata and pulling them into the bushes. "What?!". Umi yelled as Sakura covered Umi's mouth as she pointed at 2 men walking by, wearing black cloaks with red clouds on them.
One of them looked like a shark and had a big sword on his back that was covered in bandages. "Hoshigaki kisame..". umi whispered, recognizing him from the bingo books. She looked at the second men next to kisame.
Her eyes widened at the sight of him. "No..". she whisper as suddenly his eyes had found hers. She knew that she could trust him but it wasn't certain from his friend that also looked at the hiding girls. "Fuck!". Umi said and this time grabbed Sakura and Hinata and jumped out of the bushes.
While she was in the air she grabbed a explosive kunai and threw it towards the missing nins. itachi had easily dodged the kunai. They landed and looked at the 2 men. Kisame had already his sword in his hands, thirsty for blood but was stopped by the hand of itachi. "Leave them to me..". he said and walked towards them.
"Don't look into the boy his eyes!". Umi yelled thinking of an escape. "Why?!". Sakura said as she stood in a defensive position. Umi looked back in annoyance. "Do you wanna die?!". Umi asked mad as Sakura shook her head. "Then do what I say!". Umi yelled.
As she looked back itachi was already in front of her. He looked down on her as he grabbed her by her neck and lifting her up in the air. She looked into his sharingan and instantly she was transferred to his illusionary world.
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Once she opened her eyes it was dark. The moon was big but it wasn't the moon but a sharingan that was big. She looked around and saw itachi standing there. one hand out of his coat and looking at her.
"We meet once again..". he said and smiled softly. It was probably one of his rare smiles. "Yo!". Umi said as she walked closer. "I don't even want to know how you have become friends with sharky". Umi said smirking as Itachi only sighed.
"It is complicated to tell but we are out hunting". Itachi said as he looked at umi, a somewhat mature one. "For what?". Umi asked as she sat down on the ground looking around the world she was in. "The 9 tailed fox". He said smiling.
Umi looked up at him. "uhm..". she said nervously as he only smiled. "Don't worry.. we need to collect the other 7 beasts first before you". He said as she sighed. "That doesn't make me feel comfortable itachi-san". She said as he chuckled.
"Don't worry when it is your time.. I am already.. gone..". he said slowly, thinking about something. Umi just nodded seeing how Itachi became sad out of the sudden and his cryptic words umi understood that she didn't need to go further on the topic.
"So I see you became a ninja". Itachi said looking at the konoho head protector. Which she had on her neck. "You know you need to put it on your forehead..". itachi said as umi only glared. "It isn't pretty there!". she said stubbornly as itachi only chuckled.
"Yeah Yeah little genin". He teased as umi glared at him. "For your information I am promoted to CHUNIN!". She said and proudly. "yeah whatever". Itachi said.
He turned seriously and looked at her. "How is my baby-brother?". He asked as umi nodded. "He is good I guess. He isn't social able, doesn't talk that much..". umi said and looked at itachi. "I guessed that much.. keep an eye out for him". He said as umi nodded.
"Are you on a mission?". He asked as umi nodded. "Yeah.. we need to help out a village that believes that there are bandits ruining everything.. and they made the sky black or something..". umi said as itachi nodded.
"Turn the sky black..". itachi repeated thinking of something. "I think I know who it is you are dealing with". Itachi said as umi looked up at him. "Zuzuok Hyumak". Itachi said as umi got her bingo book out.
"He is a Genjutsu-user.. Turning the sky black and within controlling everything with illusions.. something like this but far weaker". Itachi said. "Is he strong?". Umi asked looking him up. "No.. he is a coward that is why he uses genjutsu.. he makes himself look strong but he isn't". itachi said.
"Found him!". Umi said. It was a 23 year old man. He had a scar running up his nose towards his eye. He had long black hair tied up in a know. He looked strong and scary but what she heard from itachi he wasn't.
"but I warn you.. he has a strong body guard". He said as umi nodded. "The body guard uses slow, but deadly blows with taijutsu..". Itachi said thought a little longer. "he has about 4 or 5 other low life bandits but I recon you and your teammates can defeat him". He said and smiled.
"But I guess we better go out of this genjutsu". He said as umi quickly looked up. "wait!". She said and stood up quickly. "You may or may not know this but… the 3rd died..". she said as this came to a shock to itachi.
"How and who?". He asked knowing that the hokage wasn't a easy opponent. "His own student… Orochimaru.. the 3rd used the Shinigami to try and seal that snake! But he got away!". Umi said getting mad.
"thank you for this information..". itachi said. "I will not break the genjutsu.. I wish you luck on your mission..". he said as umi got back to reality.
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Not a minute had passed in the reality as she was still held up by her throat. She looked around as much as she could as hinata and sakura were already in a defensive position. Umi looked back at Itachi as he had his bored and emotionless face again.
He let go of her throat and looked down. "Not even worth my time..". he said and walked right past her and the 2 genin without even trying. "Come Kisame we need to do something..". he said as the shark like man walked by them towards itachi.
After the they were out of sight umi stood up walking to the girls. "Who were that?!". Sakura said. "The shark was Hoshigaki kisame..". she said and rubbed her neck. "and the other one?". Sakura asked as umi looked down.
"That man..". she said and looked where itachi had walked to. "Is the reason why there is only one loyal uchiha..". she said annoyed, knowing that itachi was far more loyal than anyone can imagine. "Uchiha Itachi..". she said as the 2 girls looked in horror.
"T-that man.. w-was the r-real uchiha itachi?!". Sakura said going almost crazy. Umi nodded. "yes and be glad he didn't attack you with that sharingan..". she said as they started to walk.
"y-you were trapped?". Hinata said softly as umi nodded, feeling weak from that genjutsu itachi had used. "Yes I was..". umi said almost falling as Hinata grabbed her arm and put them around her to help and support umi. "What did he do?". sakura asked.
"Not much.. he asked about the current events of the village..". she said. "But that genjutsu takes the toll..". she said almost fading out. "But! I know who our possible target is!". Umi said smirking as she fell unconsciously in the arms of hinata.
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Once umi awoke she was in an inn or house. She sat up and looked around. She was on the second floor at least as she looked out of the little window that was near her. She was in a town and behind that town was a whole field of wheat.
She stood up and instantly had a massive head ache. "Shit..". she cursed under her breath. She walked to the door and heard voices. She could recognize Hinata's and Sakura's but the other she could not.
Umi opened the door as instantly all the eyes were fixed on her. "You are awake!". Sakura says as umi only nods. "Yeah I am..". umi said as she saw a elderly woman. She stood up. "You must be the leader..". the old woman said.
Umi nodded and made a bow. "Yes and I guess you are the mission giver?". The old lady nodded. "Yes I am Tai..". she said and smiled. "Want some tea?". She asked as umi nodded. "Please". She said and sat down.
"You were sleeping for 2 days..". hinata said as umi looked at her. "really? Cool". She said smiling. "So have you 2 already searched the area and questioned the people?". Umi asked as they nodded. "Yes.. the so called bandits had poisoned the water supply..". Sakura said as umi nodded.
"luckily I read how to extract the poison..". Sakura said. "Really? Good work". Umi said and started to think. She grabbed her bingo book and flipped through it until she got to the page of zuzuok. "this is him.. a genjutsu user". Umi said as they looked.
"how do you know?". Hinata asked as umi only sighed. "Uchiha Itachi..". umi said. "He gave me the information in return that I would say the current events of the village..". she said and looked at the tea.
"This night it will happen again..". Tai said as umi looked at her. "What will happen?". She asked as the lady turned grim. "The black sky comes again..". umi looked at her and smiles. "Really? How convenient!". Umi said smiling as she looked outside. "1 hour until evening..". she said and grabbed her sword.
"what are you going to do?!". sakura asked. Umi turned around and smiled. "Killing this plague!". Umi said and smiled.
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The town had one road, a long road going from gate A to gate B. umi said in the middle of it, it was evening and everyone was in the houses, knowing that the sky will turn dark. Sakura and Hinata were in the house, looking out of a window.
Umi sat with her sword against her shoulder, waiting on someone or something. Suddenly the whole sky turned black in a minute. Umi looked up and suddenly someone walked through the gate. He wore weird clothes, his face was covered by shadows. He hadn't any feet and floated. You could see his arms were covered in bandages as he came further into the village.
Umi stood up calmly. Hinata and sakura tried to gesture Umi back but she ignored them. Umi got her sword out calmly like usual, she pointed it at the weird think that was floating to her. "Zuzuok hyumak!". Umi yelled as the weird thing stopped for a moment, getting a sword out, ready to attack her.
"Come out of your disguise.. coward".
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A/N: And with that we end it here.. with a cliffhanger! I hope you have enjoyed if you did R&R! PANDA OUT!