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Interlude: A new day Pt 5

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2nd story: The summoning of the sword master and the return of the genius
Chapter One: The Honourable Siblings, at your service

A bit less than twenty-six hours later, Sakura, Nekomata and Lee were called to the Hokage tower. Sakura felt quite doubtful, somehow. “Do you think that they are already here in Konoha?”
Nekomata was surprised about the question. “Why else would Hokage-sama call us? Well, we shouldn't let her wait.”
Lee knocked on the door. “Come in!”
“Can we do anything for you, Hokage-sama?”
“Well, not really… It seems that the honourable siblings did their second nickname, »the flying swordsmen«, credit. They reached Konoha half an hour ago. That's why I called you.”
Sakura was astonished. “Where are they, Hokage-sama?”
“I think that they are already here, in this room. Or would you not agree, Kamikashi-dono?”
“Ki-hi-hi-hi…” a high voice giggled girlishly but dangerously, seemingly out of nowhere in the room. “You really are as great as they say, Tsunade-sama. How and when did you notice us?”
Tsunade smirked. “Just recently. It seems that you are out of breath.”
“Oh, is that really so? Well, I guess the flight to Konoha was a bit more exhausting than we expected.”
“Please reveal yourselves right now.”
Three voices called unison “All right!” and in a whirl of a misty cloud, a figure in a long dark coat with a high collar, wearing a conical hat made of bamboo appeared, hanging from the ceiling while two others in the same outfit suddenly materialized in the same manner on both sides of Tsunade's desk.
For a split of a second, Sakura stood there frozen before she attacked the hanging person. “Akatsuki! How dare you to come to Konoha!” But without a warning, the other two figures stood suddenly in front of and behind Sakura, stopping her attack with two drawn katana.
“Don't you dare to lay a single finger on our sister, bakayarou (complete idiot).” a male voice said, coming from the left person. “Otherwise we would have no choice but to tear you apart.” the other one, a female voice, said in a low and dangerous tone.
The one hanging from the ceiling jumped down, landing with a perfect somersault. “That is far enough, o-toto-chan, i-moto-san. Revealing ourselves means also revealing our identity and explaining ourselves. Take the hats off and open your coats, now. And before I forget, let her go and put your blades back where they belong.”
“Hai!” A second later, two young women, the one who had hung from the ceiling wore a sword basket on her back, and a young man stood in front of the Konoha ninja, the hats pushed to their backs.
“It looks like you are not used to the traditional ninja outfit of Kami gakure, young lady. It is true that it looks quite similar to the Akatsuki outfit, but… do you see any clouds on our cloaks? No, there is a phoenix in a forest printed on them instead. And also, our forehead protectors are not struck out.” The woman with the sword basket spoke again.
Sakura watched them closely, lowered her fist and opened the hand again. “I am sorry, Honourable Siblings. Would you be please so kind to introduce yourselves?”
“I am Kirikumo Kamikashi, and these two are my brother Keisuke and my sister Inariko.”
“Good afternoon, young ones.” “Hello.”
“Well, I guess we should make it official by now… Hokage-sama, the honourable siblings, at your service. What can we do for you?”
Tsunade smiled again. “Ask the girl who attacked you, Kamikashi-dono. It's all about her. The only question I have is what we have to pay for it.”
Sakura grimaced, but then she told to Kamikashi and her siblings about the defection of the Uchiha Sasuke, about Naruto's death and her loneliness. “I once entrusted Uzumaki Naruto the wish of my lifetime: to bring back Sasuke. Now he's dead… which brought you here. I cannot take it anymore and I as well as Konoha lack the strength to bring him back. So I beg you: please bring Uchiha Sasuke back!” Sakura was crying and her two friends stepped by her side and tried to comfort her.
Meanwhile, Kamikashi was thinking hard. “I see, you love that Uchiha boy… that would not be all that easy.” She took a look at her siblings, who nodded, and turned around. “Hokage-sama, in that case we renounce a material payment.”
“What do you want instead? I mean, this is not a small favour we ask for.”
“Something, or to be more precise someone I have been after for about 14 years already.”
Now Tsunade got curious. “Who are you talking about, Kamikashi-dono?”
The sword mistress smirked and closed her eyes. “Hatake Kakashi.”

There was a brief moment of silence. Finally, the Hokage spoke again. “Kakashi? What do you want from him?”
“That is not all I want, Hokage-sama. I am not talking about killing him, however. I answer your question later.” The tone switched now to business talk.
“What else do you want?”
“An unlimited visa for me and the rights to build a combined blacksmith’s forgery and head hunter station in Konoha. That's all.”
Tsunade nodded. “It could be arranged. I will repeat my question: What do you want from Kakashi?”
Kamikashi sighed. “I want him to keep his promise. Approximately 14 years ago, Kakashi travelled through the land of sacred beasts, violating the limits of a raijuu [雷獣, white thunder weasel] territory. The angry sacred beast attacked him, injuring him life-threatening. I do not know if it was just luck or fate, but on that day I was on watch in that area. Following the rules, I had to save him before he would have been electrocuted to a crisp without killing the beast. That doesn't mean that it wasn't quite a violent method. Afterwards he had to stay three weeks in our hospital and I was ordered to keep an eye on him, for he was a foreign ninja after all. And before he left, he promised me something. Now I am here, and I want him to keep his damn promise!” At the end she raised her voice, forgetting self-control partly.
“Easy, Kamikashi-dono. I think a meeting between the two of you can be arranged… if you bring Sasuke back.” The Hokage turned to the three younger ninja. “I don't think that you still have to be here, Lee, Nekomata. You may go now.”
“Hai!” The young couple stood to attention, turned around and left, closing the door quietly.
Tsunade shifted her attention back to Kamikashi. “Just another question before my pupil asks it: how do you plan to lure Sasuke out of his hiding?”
Keisuke grinned. “Well, that's the easier part of it. Simply announce to the public that the three of us are ordered to hunt down and execute Uchiha Itachi. We are sure that he is going to attack us if we have his brother in tow, chained and in an iron cage. That bait is just a bit too big to ignore it.”
“The hard part will be to burn out the cursed seal and ensure his return to society. That's my job.” Kamikashi was back to business mode again.
Tsunade started to worry. “If you want to capture Itachi, you must deal with his partner, Hoshigaki Kisame, the monster of Kiri gakure, too. Isn't that a bit too much for you?”
Kamikashi smiled. “Simply announce it, Hokage-sama. They are just two Akatsuki. We are the »honourable siblings of Kami gakure«, remember? That will not be such a problem. Anyway, we are three, they are just two.”
Now the Hokage sighed. “Okay, but it is at your own risk. Kirikumo Kamikashi, Kirikumo Keisuke and Kirikumo Inariko: I as the Godaime Hokage of Konoha gakure no Sato ask you to capture Uchiha Itachi alive in order to execute him here in this village in public. If you stumble across Uchiha Sasuke, you have to capture him alive as well. Any further questions?”
Kamikashi shook her head. “I think not. And don't worry, Sakura-san, we will bring him back for sure. This is a promise.” The blacksmith kunoichi began to search her coat and took out a ninja kodachi in a scarlet saya which she presented to Sakura. “This sword is called »Thirteen Cherry Blossoms«. It is a gift and the sign of our promise.”
Sakura was astonished but she took the blade. “Thank you, Kamikashi-sama. Just a last question: how is it possible that you speak for the other two?”
Now Inariko spoke, to Sakura's surprise. “A quite useful auxiliary Kekkei Genkai of ours, Spirit reader, allows telepathy, Sakura-san. We argue wordless. That’s why Kamikashi knows already what we think. Anyway, we are siblings, remember?”
The young medic ninja nodded. “All right, I get it. Good luck, everyone.”
Tsunade turned to Sakura. “You may go now, Sakura.”
“Hai,” she answered and left, relieved somehow.
Inariko folded her arms. “Let's get back to business, Hokage-sama. Do you have any information on the whereabouts of Uchiha Itachi?”
“Please, wait a second. I am sure I got something here…” Tsunade began to search her desk. “Ah, there it is!” She pulled out Jiraiya's last report on Akatsuki from a tall pile. “Uchiha Itachi and his partner Hoshigaki Kisame had been seen the last time at the borders of the Land of Earth; they were heading towards the Land of the Waterfall.”
Keisuke bowed to the Hokage. “Thank you, Hokage-sama.”
“Just make sure you get them.” Tsunade declined. “Have a good hunt!”
“Hai!” In another Misty cloud the trio disappeared.
I was in the mood to post that, so...
Welcome to the interlude universe stories.
These stories cover the life in Konoha between the prologue and chapter one of "Father" by :iconmeje2:.
Full title is Interlude: A new day, a new way.
This is the second story, "The sword master and the Genius"; in which several changes are going to be made to the main story, "Father", and some OC's are introduced.
READ/ENJOY/FAVE/COMMENT/WATCH ME PLEASE!!!
I would appreciate it.
Arigato gozaimasu.

Disclaimer: Naruto© Kishimoto Masashi; extra characters are owned by me (Kamikashi)


Wordless Pt 1: [link]
Wordless Pt 6: [link]
Father prologue: [link]
Interlude Pt 1: [link]
Interlude Pt 2: [link]
Interlude Pt 3: [link]
Interlude Pt 4: [link]
Interlude Pt 5: here
Interlude Pt 6: [link]

Father Chapter 1: [link]

And for the confused who cannot follow the storyline: [link]
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