Chapter 7
Hours Later:
Luna was sitting and watching Sasuke and Naruto race up a tree with kunai in hand while Luan was sparring with Sakura... of which the former had both hands behind her back and a blindfold. Luan sidestepped as she easily dodged a punch from Sakura, she then stuck out her hand with an open palm as she blocked a kick. She tossed Sakura's foot aside as the girl tried to elbow her, but Luan caught it too with ease as she pushed her back. Sakura fell to the ground as Luan said: "Wow, you really suck, I'm surprised you passed with your falling-grades, haha get it?"
"Grrr, well if you took this seriously I may just have a chance!" Sakura said as Luna turned around and looked at Luan. Luna saw her sister smirk as she shook her head in a 'no' fashion "Alright, I'll take this seriously," Luan said
"Luan, don't do it!" Luna said as Naruto fell to the ground
"Gah, man that hurt, so what's going on with Sakura-chan and Luan-san?" Naruto asked as he saw Luan take out her hands. Sasuke then landed as he turned to see what was going on "What's happening, what are you telling her not to do?" he asked as Luan vanished
"W-where did she go?!" Naruto shouted as Sakura felt someone tap her shoulder. Sakura turned around to see no one there as she looked in front of her to see Luan with her hand extended. Before she could blink, Luan shot her fist forward and a large burst of air was shot into Sakura's face. Sakura could feel her hair being blown back as Luans fist was half an inch away from her face. Luan then lowered her fist as she said: "You saw what I can do, if I took this seriously then you would be dead. Best case scenario... you have a dislocated jaw," as Sakura had a fearful look in her eyes. Luna sighed in relief as she turned back to Sasuke and Naruto "Alright you two, how did you do?" she asked as she saw their marks "You're doing well, but you can do better, now continue doing it until you can stay on there for more than a minute,"
"Aww, come on, Luna-sensei, we've been doing this for hours," Naruto complained
"Hmph, figures, you can't keep up with me, dope," Sasuke commented as Naruto grew a tick-mark
"What was that, teme?" Naruto asked
"You can't compare to me, dope," Sasuke replied
"OH YEAH! WELL, I CAN DO BETTER THAN YOU! JUST YOU WATCH!" Naruto shouted as he ran back toward the tree
"I'd like to see you try," Sasuke mumbled as he too raced to his tree. Luna had a small smile on her face as she continued to watch them while Sakura and Luan kept on sparring. This went on for a while until Sasuke and Naruto fell to the ground on their backs and Sakura was on the ground with bruises on her face "Why did you have to hit her back?" Luna asked as Luan shrugged
"Not my fault she wanted me to take it to the next level, wanna carry mine?" Luan asked as she held up Sakura. Luna was holding Sasuke and Naruto like suitcases as she said: "No way, dude, you can carry your own luggage, I've got full hands,"
"A full house, fine I guess... last one there is buying the winner whatever they want!" Luan said as she took off
"WAIT UP!" Luna shouted as they vanished in the wind.
When They Got Back:
Luna was eating with Luan at the table with Kakashi, Tazuna, and Tsunami. As they ate, Luna could tell something was bugging Kakashi "Hey, Kakashi, something wrong?" she asked
"I don't know... but I feel like something's wrong like I missed something," he replied
"Like what?" Luan asked
"I guess I'll have to explain when my genin wake up,"
"Tell us what?" Sakura asked as she, Sasuke, and Naruto appeared behind Luan
"JESUS! We need to put some bells on you!" Luan shouted
"Who's Jesus? And why do you want to put bells around us?" Naruto asked as Luna and Luan sweatdropped
"I-t's no one, now as you were saying, Kakashi," Luna said
"*Cough* Yes, well you see, Tracker-nin always get rid of the body on site, as you remember when that Mist-nin took away Zabu's body," Kakashi said
"Yeah, what about it?" Sakura asked
"He took the body while it was still intact, why didn't he destroy it?" Kakashi said
"He may just have that kind of thing," Luan said as Luna elbowed her in the ribs "OW!
"What kind of thing?" Naruto asked as Luna waved it off
"It's nothing you should worry about, but I think I get the idea," Luna stated as she glared at Luan
"Yes... I still believe Zabu is alive,"
"IMPOSSIBLE! You checked her pulse and there was none!" Sasuke said
"I know it's hard to swallow, but ANBU are trained to know every part of the body... even points on the body that can cause a temporary death," Kakashi explained
"So, she's still out there? Waiting?" Naruto asked
"That's what I'm hearing, so what do we do about it?" Luan asked. Kakashi crossed his arms as he leaned back into his chair "Well, I can certainly tell that you have improved since this morning, and I have no idea how to thank-you two for doing that," Kakashi said as he thanked Luan and Luna
"It's nothing, we're always happy to help," Luna said
"But why though? Why help us?" Naruto asked
"We may be neutral, but I'm hoping that we can form an alliance, acts such as this can improve our relationship between our villages," Luan said
"I see, you seek peace then?" Kakashi said
"Yup... that and-"
"And what?" Kakashi interrupted Luna
"We need to see the Snake Mistress... Anko Mitarashi," Luan continued her sisters' sentence
"Is it because of your marks?" Kakashi asked as Luna and Luan put their hands over their marks "I see, then I guess there's nothing I can do, really... but I would like some more helping training my little genin," he said with an eye-smile
"Alright, we'ed be glad to help, dude," Luna said with a smile
"Well, I guess sensei saw how much stronger we got, good! Cause things can only get better from here! Believe it!" Naruto said with a smirk
"Oh yeah, well I don't believe it, nothing good is going to happen!" said the voice of a young boy. They turned to see an 8-year-old boy wearing a green jumpsuit with a yellow shirt and a simple pair of sandals. He also had a blue and white striped hat on his head with spiky black hair poking out from the bottom and dark brown eyes "Who the heck are you, brat?" Naruto asked
"INARI! Where have you been, eh?" Tazuna asked as he held his arms open. The boy grew a small smile on his face as he raced to Tazuna and hugged him "Grandpa, welcome back!" Inari said
"Inari, that was very rude about what you said to them," Tsunami said as she scolded him "this ninja helped your grandpa and brought him here safely,"
"It's fine, it's fine, I'm rude to them too, nothing big," Tazuna said as he hugged his grandson. Inari stared at them as they stared back, he then looked at Tsunami and said: "Mom, don't you see, these people are going to die! Gato and his men will come back and kill them without mercy!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY, BRAT!" Naruto shouted as he stood up and pointed at him "Will listen here, do you know what a super ninja is? Well, that's me, but only a lot better! I'm going to become Hokage and this Gato or Blato or whatever his name is, is no match for me, a hero. GOT IT?" Naruto said with pride as Inari looked down
"There's no such thing as a hero, you're just full of stupid ideas!" Inari said with a glare
"WHAT'D YOU SAY?!" Naruto shouted as he was held back by Sakura
"Naruto, calm down!" Sakura said
"Yeah, calm down man, there's no such thing as heroes in this world," said a voice as they turned and saw Lincoln standing in the hallway
"Bro, you're up!" Luna said as she hugged him
"Are you alright?" Luan asked
"Yeah, I'm fine, but the kid speaks the truth... there's no such thing as heroes," Lincoln stated
"Did you hit your head on your way down here?! Of course there are heroes!" Naruto shouted
"Hmph, he understands, if you want to stay alive then go back to where you came from," Inari said as Lincoln walked toward him. Lincoln looked down at the kid as he raised his hand and struck Inari in the head "LINCOLN!" they shouted
"Why did you do that?!" Luna shouted
"Stupid brat, heroes wouldn't exist because there are no villains. Therefore, Gato isn't a villain, just a normal person trying to live," Lincoln said as Inari has tears
"Y-you hit m-me," Inari said
"And I'll do it again if you keep on living in your world, a world where heroes don't exist, but still there wouldn't be villains either. So tell me what makes more sense?" Lincoln stated as he bent down to his level "A world where there are no villains and heroes. No love, no war, no death, no hunger, no nothing. Or a world with heroes and villains, filled with war, love, death, hunger, everything. A world where living has a meaning as opposed to a world where everything is perfect, a dull life where the only exciting thing that can happen to you... is sit and die," Lincoln asked. Inari didn't know what to say as he began to walk away "Inari, where are you going? It's getting late," Tazuna said
"I-I want t-to be a-alone... I-I'm g-going to l-look a-t t-the ocean," Inari said as he left
"Shouldn't we stop him?" Sakura asked
"Let him be, he needs time to think," Lincoln said as he stood up "now where's the food?"
[Hope you enjoyed the chapter and sorry it took so long to make]
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