When worlds collide
~Chapter 16~
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"About the mission at hand" Temari starts as her eyes look between. The sleeping Starfire and the tied up platinum blonde. Who was now sitting on the ground looking angry. "We will finish it, it's a few more days till we reach the grass village and where pretty fast, plus you need to get that girl back to the leaf"
Temari casts her eye down to the platinum blonde once more an uncaring look settling in her eyes. The girl sends an icy sneer back up at Temari. The girl clearly not liking being tied down.
Neji suddenly tugs her forcefully to her feet, almost making her fall fowards once more. Luckily she was able to catch herself before, she face planted the ground again.
The masked girl growls lowly up at the long dark-haired boy how badly she wanted to whoop his ass all over this forest to watch him wither in pain would be highly satisfying.
Neji for the moment easily ignores her. He really didn't feel the need to argue with her. Which he was sure that's where the conversation would lead to.
Yukia stands up. Having somehow ended up on the ground. Sitting on her knees. A little smile coming to her lips as she cast her eyes over the small group.
"Before we head out I can heal up everyone" she suggests sweetly. Forgetting about the blonde girl for now. And how she was ready to tear the girl apart just a s3cond ago. "I can see you all have some pretty bad wounds, and need at least a check up"
Everyone nods there heads at her words. With Yukia walking over to Temari.
Temari reluctantly pulls back the sleeve of her white shirt. Revealing a long nasty graze going from her wrist all the way up to her elbow bits of blood still oozing freely from the wound.
A grim look comes over Temari's face, it didn't cross her mind that her wound would look as bad as it did. Temari really couldn't feel any pain from it. That is until Yukia places her glowing hands on the start of the cut.
Temari, let's out a low hiss, avoiding the urge to winch away. From the Red-headed girl's touch she didn't want to show weakness towards the group of people around them though none of them were paying them any mind right now.
As Yukia continues to heal her. Temari could feel the pain start to decrease.
A few more seconds pass by and Yukia finally finishes on healing up Temari. The blue energy around her hands disappearing instantly.
Yukia gazes over where the cut had once been. Making sure it was all good. It was nice to see the wound completely gone.
Temari pulls down the sleeve of her white blouse covering her arm back up, giving Yukia a silent nod of thanks. It was nice that the pain was gone. Temari could now move her arm freely and it wasn't hurting to do so.
Yukia quickly moves on to Kankuro. Easily healing up a few small scrapes on his arms. Before moving on to Lee.
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After a couple hours. Yukia had managed to heal up everyone on the ground.
Bending her knees, Yukia easily jumps up onto the branch Gaara, had been standing on for the last couple hours. His back lending against the branch with his eyes not once gazing up at her as she approached him.
An unsure look comes over her face was he mad at her for some reason? Yukia walks closer to him her heart thumping slightly in her chest.
"Do you need something healed up?" She questions shyly, noticing how low her voice had come out.
Gaara's eyes barely flick over to her, he barely lifts up his left shoulder. Revealing a huge Nasty gash over his shoulder blade.
The blood around the wound having already started to dry up. Focusing her energy into her hands. Yukia, gentle places them over the huge gash.
Feeling him barely jump under her touch, his eyes momentarily, closing seeming to be trying hard to forget about the sharp pain that came over his shoulder all the sudden.
"I'm sorry if I'm hurting you" Yukia says in a low sympathetic voice. Her eyes narrowes as she focus on the wound. Knowing if she lost her focus she could easily mess up somehow and, she didn't want that. Healing really required her full attention most of the time.
Gaara reopens his eyes once again. watching Yukia carefully from the corner of his eye. Noticing the tired, strained look that comes over her face. With all the healing she had done already, there was no wonder she was getting tired. Yukia was wearing herself out.
Grabbing her hands. Gaara pulls them away from his shoulder. A surprised look coming over her face as she blinks her eyes up at him.
Yukia sends him an unsure look, while tilting her head slightly in confusion. His wound was not fully healed she had managed to stop what parts of it where still bleeding. For the most part. However there was a few disconnected nerves that would need reconnected again.
Yukia was honestly bothered about not getting to him sooner if she had known how badly he was hurt. She defiantly would have rushed over to help him first.
"Your wound it's not fully healed" Yukia tells him carefully. A caring look coming to her eyes.
Gaara releases her hands. Allowing her to lower them down to her side. Yukia, blinks her eyes once more. Gaara barely furrowed his eyes down at her. Wondering why she was so determined on healing him. He really couldn't figure out?
"Your getting tired" he states coolly, as he crosses his arms over his chest, casting his eyes away from her uncaringly.
"I'll be fine" He murmers in a low dismissive voice. Yukia Shakes her head in protest to his words.
"You will not be fine" She replies copying his tone. A small chuckle coming from her lips. As she rolls her eyes upwards
Why did she have to fall in love with the stubborn one? Though she guessed it would be calling the cannel black she was quite stubborn herself at times.
Gaara, remains quite, with His expressions staying emotionless, as he continues to act like he was ignoring her though he couldn't help it, when his eyes flick to her watching as she takes in a deep hreath.
Yukia lowers her head in defeat, not wanting to argue with him. She just wanted to help if she could.
"Let me heal you please, I'm alright I promise" She insures him calmly her eyes staying on the ground for the moment.
Yukia wanted to help him so very badly, the many times he had helped her in the past couple of weeks without being asked she figured it was the least she could do. And, Aside from that he was her friend. She didn't want to see him hurt. If she knew she could help.
"Fine" Comes the quiet grumble. "But stop if you get to tired"
Smiling to herself, Yukia lets her energy run over her hands once again, gently placing them back on his shoulder.
"By the way, thank you" She murmurs lowly keeping her eyes a little on the branch they where standing on. "If you had not stopped me back there I could have hurt someone"
Gaara, turns his head to look at her. Her eyes focused on healing his injured shoulder.
Yukia, could feel the disconnected nerves, reconnect back together, a small discomforting look comes over the boys pale face. As he feels the nerves reconnecting. Which honestly, hurt though he was trying hard to act as if it didn't bother him.
Yukia flicks her eyes up to him small flashes of concern coming into her eyes, as she had managed to catch the small pain, that had crossed over his teal eyes. Before he had managed to shake it away. She silently hoped that he would be ok.
Since the sand ninja where heading off alone Yukia, wanted to make sure they all would be good and, healed up. She would hate for something bad to happen to them, Him.
"Done" Yukia states after a few more seconds of silence. The blue energy around her hands finally fainting away. A triumph look coming over her face as she chuckles lowly to herself. "Know you will be fine"
Gaara sends a small glare, down at her. However the glare quickly vanishes. Only to Be replaced by a softer look.
".. .Thank you....." he silently mumbles after a few minutes. While moving his now healed arm back and forth.
Yukia lends back against the tree beside him a smile on her lips at his words. Her eyes casting down to the others still standing around on the ground. Happy that she was able to heal them all up, before her energy completely ran out.
"Your healing is amazing" She hears Gaara murmur from beside her. His teal eyes not once, moving to look back at her.
Yukia peeks her eyes over at him from her lashes a small pink coming over her checks, having heard the words from his mouth. Her head barely nodding in silent graduated. Gaara honesty didn't seem like the type to give out compliments all the tine, so hearing him compliment her on her healing made, her feel actually quite good inside.
"Thanks" she whispers lowly under her breath. "It could be better"
"Shut up" Raven suddenly explodes from the ground.
Dark energy flying around her eyes, it was honestly a matter of time. Before she would eventually explode.
Soto's constant whining, and complaining, was really starting to get on her last nerves.
The dark-haired boy closes his mouth stopping himself from continuing his ongoing rant, as he stares up to Raven surprisingly.
The creepy girl now loomed over him a dark glare in her eyes. With dark energy swirling around her hands.
"I swear if you don't shut up..." She spits down in his face her brows knitting together. As her anger continues to flare up around her.
Soto cowers away from her trying hard to hide his face under his arms. His bottom lip trembling in fright.
Raven was quite scary possibly even more, scarier then the wolf girl up in the trees. The other three Titans all sweet drop unsure if they should stop the enraged female Titan or not.
Lee hides himself behind a bored looking Neji the Hyuga still holding the rope that bound the blonde girl. Even she seemed to be getting annoyed by Soto's constant whining and, was silently glade someone finally said something. Tenten widens her eyes unsurely, staying back by her two teammates.
Temari and Kankuro step back as well. Not having seen the female titan angry before.
Raven grits her teeth, hot white steam rolling out the top of her head. Raven quickly turns on her heals. Deciding it was best to get away from the annoying boy. Before she ended up doing something that might get her and, the others in trouble. she needing to calm herself down or else.
Soto not noticing the girl had left keeps his eyes closed a sweet bead on the side of his head.
The three Titans move to the side allowing Raven to storm by them her powers almost knocking them over.
Beastboy, was glad for once her anger wasn't aimed at him, huffing an angry breath.
Raven, floats up into the trees. Needing to meditate! It was hard to believe there was someone actually worse at pouncing on her nerves, other then Beastboy.
"We should head out I guess" Temari speaks up slowly sounding a bit uncertain of the situation.
Temari would have to remind herself not to get on. Raven's bad side. Not that Temari was thinking on getting on the female titans bad side. But now she was sure. It wasn't a good idea.
Kankuro sweet drops as he bends down to pick up the small boy on his back. Soto was obviously scared of the female Titan if him still not willing to open his eyes was anything to go on..
Kankuro couldn't blame the boy. Raven's sudden outburst had gotten to his nerves as well.
Gaara, focuses a small amount of chakra into his legs before jumping from the tree, easily landing on the ground below.
Yukia, looks after him with a tired smile gracing her lips. Before she to leaps down from the tree branch, almost falling over when she hits the ground. However, Luckily she manages to keep her balance.
Yukia walks over to the Titans. An amusing look coming over her eyes as she watches Stsrfire sleep peacefully in Robin's arms. With him holding her proactively against his chest.
"You two are just to cute" she soothes teasingly knowing well Robin barely showed his softer side like this. Especially infront of people.
Rolling his eyes under his mask Robin decides to ignore Yukia for now a small pouty look coming to her face. He was no fun when he didn't argue back with her.
"Will report back to the leaf village when this is all over" Temari speaks up dryly. Getting several nods from the leaf amd titans.
Finally parting ways with the sand ninja the Titans and the three leaf ninja start heading back in the direction of the leaf village. It wouldn't take long till they reached the village gates.
Raven floats down from the tree she glad went up in a while back, her anger having vanished for now. Thankfully they wouldn't have to deal with soto anymore.
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Feeling something hit him in the back of the head Neji, turns his head to glare darkly back at the blonde she walked behind him with a not so pleasing look on her face however she gives him a sorta innocent look when she notices him glaring at her eye brows raised in silent question, the hyuge rolls his eyes in annoyance, he knew perfectly well that she was the one throwing rocks at him the innocent look couldn't fool him, he would just have to ignore her for now turning his head he focuses back on the road in front of him Tenten and Lee walk a little a head of him with the Titans and Yukia walking a head of them feeling another small rock hit the back of his head the hyuge rolls his eyes again this girl was quite annoying maybe he should make someone else pull her a while
"You no that's not going to help you get away" Neji speaks up boredly. His silver eyes flicking back to the blonde who was just about to throw another rock at him she snorts lowly her green eyes rolling darkly at him.
"Maybe not, but if I knocked you out with one of them I would be satisfied" Comes the cold reply.
"To scared to pay for what you did?" Neji questions bluntly.
"What have I done?" The blonde asked tilting her head to the side scrunching up her nose "I'm sorry I didn't know jumping through the trees trying to get home was a crime"
"Your still with Orochimaru" He states pointedly.
A small sharp pain come to the back of his arm. Feeling small trickles of blood dripping down his forearm, before dripping of and, onto the ground he easily ignores the small stink of pain, the rock that had hit him lands on the ground behind him a satisfied smirk crossing the blondes face as she walks by it seeing a few speaks of blood on the small harmless rock
"You'll be interrogated back at the leaf village" Neji says in a low toneless voice.
The blonde stops a minute her eyes sneering at the hyuges back, she wasn't able to stay stopped long Neji, ruffle pulls her forward again almost making her tumble over her own feet lucky she was able to catch herself before she could hit the ground a low growl rolls from her throat she spits out insults from under her breath focusing a little chakra into her feet she uses the back of her heal to kick up a few small pieces of rock Catching them easily in her hands. She Bounces them up in her hands catching them easily as they fall back down into her palm, she smirks to herself before throwing a rock at Neji's back again an irritated sigh coming from the males lips as one hits his shoulder the village gates slowly begin to come into few the blonde pausing in her tracks her green eyes widening slightly Neji stops momentarily his silver eyes gazing over at her uncaringly
"You scared?" He asked arrogantly getting an irritated eye roll from the blonde
"No" Comes the snippy reply. She would not admit it out loud especially not to this arrogant leaf ninja, but she was quite scared of the leaf village she was an S rank criminal, she had killed many people, the blonde wasn't sure if she was in the bingo books or not but it wouldn't surprise her if she wasn't, on top of being with the likes of a snake-like a Orochimaru, the odds where not in her favor this village was going to kill her! Neji pulls her along behind him again. Making her almost stumble over her own feet though she easily keeps her balance.
Neji would quickly go to the Hokage's office and report everything that had happened, and would also have this annoying girl turned over to the Intel core. He would have to be patient for now.
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"So you were attacked?" Lady Tsunade speaks up flatly. Her Carmel eyes flicking over to Yukia and, Neji, before going to the young scared blonde girl standing behind Neji the scared look, being quickly shacked away when she catches the Hokage staring at her a dark glare coming to her eyes as she stares back at the older woman, almost unfazed by the hokage.
Lady Tsunade raises an eye at the young girl.
"What is your name kid?" She questions. Getting an irritating eye roll from the young blonde girl her head turns around her nose up in the air, she had her back faced towards the Hokage arms crossed.
"I don't have to answer that" She snaps lowly. An aggravated mark appearing on the side of the Hokage's head how dare this little brat disrespect her she stands up from her desk her hand slamming down hard on the surface of the desk.
Causing Yukia and Neji both to jump slightly Shizuna steps back her dark eyes looking to the girl, why did she have to push her mentors buttons? Tsunade was already hard to deal with sometimes a silent sigh escapes from the black-haired woman's lips. Tonton rest lazily in the girls arms a small oink coming from the little pink pigs lips.
"Give me your name kid" Tsunade hissed loudly, her Carmel eyes quickly blazing with anger.
The blonde girl teasingly sticks her tongue out at the Hokage almost childishly, but keeps herself quite her arms still over her chest. Still ignoring the Hokage's hot orders why should she answer her questions for she wasn't part of the village anyways.
Suddenly something collides into the back of the girls head. Causing the rope to swiftly Fly out of Neji's grip.
The young girl swiftly flies towards the door breaking it on impact sending splitters of wood flying around her. The girl collides heavily into the hallway wall. A small crack forming behind her head. With her eyes spinning dizzily in her head. Ridding them of the dizziness the girl let's out a low grunt. Only to widen her eyes when she spots. An in raged hokage jumping towards her hands balled into tight fist.
"Lady Tsunade" Shizuna cries in surprise. Her eyes wide in shock.
Neji and Yukia both sweet drop. Trying there best to Stay out of the cross fire of the hokage rage.
"I'm glade me and my friends didn't get hit like that" Yukia whispers lowly to herself. Getting a silent nod from Neji.
Lady tsunade ends up on top of the young blonde girl. Focussing a huge amount of chakra into her fist, before sending it forwards aiming a powerful lunch to the young girls head.
"My names Zora" She cries out frantically. While covering up her head with her arms.
Lady Tsunade suddenly stops her hot pursuit. A poisonous glare in her eyes as she stares up at Zora. Her fist Barely missing hitting Zora. Instead she hits the back wall making it crumble.
"Zora huh?" The Hokage questions flatly, as she steps back bending down. "That's a nice name"
Lady Tsunade grabs the end of the rope. That still binds the young girl before turning to walk back into her office dragging, Zora behind her effortlessly. Dark insults where being fired from the girls lips not approving of being drug at all.
Lady Tsunade drops her end of the rope on the floor in her office before walking back around to sit at her desk. Looking as if nothing ever happened.
Yukia steps back from the older blonde woman a small fear of the women filling inside her. Neji shacks his head riding his shock his bored expression coming back to his face.
"Your friends are ok" The Hokage speaks up randomly, her eyes flicking towards the other two people still in her office before, resting them on. Yukia patiently awaiting her answer.
"Y.. Yes. There ok" Yukia quickly response, pretty much stuttering her response.
"Good" The women soothes her arms resting on her desk, with her hands, folding in front of her mouth. As she stares once more at Zora who was still grumbling insults under her breath.
"She's with Orochimaru" Neji speaks up getting a small look from the hokage. "She and a few other weird things attacked us. While we where taking a break"
"Because you attacked me first" Zora grumbles rudely under her breath, her green eyes sneering up at Neji, who skillfully ignores her. He was going to pay for this.
"Ibiki Come in here please" Tsunade suddenly orders.
Only for A large white smoke cloud to quickly feel up in the room. Revealing a very tall man as it clears out of the room.
Yukia couldn't help, but think he was possibly even taller then she was in her wolf form. And her wolf form was pretty big.
"Yes, Milady" He speaks up his voice deep, and musky his uncaring eyes skimming over the three teens standing around the hokages office.
Lady Tsunade points to Zora with her eyes. A flat look on her face. As Zora only stares up at the tall man seeming to look scared.
"Take that girl with you" Tsunade starts up Dryly. "See if you can get any valuable information from her"
Zora widens her eyes at the tall man, as his uncaring eyes rest on her. Drawn to her sound village head band. A cold glare settles on the man's face. Before his head turns to gaze back at the hokage. His eyes hooded, as he nods his head.
"Report back to me when you find out anything out" Tsunade commands. "Dismissed
Ibiki nods his head at her, saluting her with one finger. Before him and Zora suddenly disappear once more into a cloud of white smoke. The smoke lingers in the room for a couple short seconds before slowly vanishing.
"What will happen to her?" Yukia wonders slowly her blue eyes partly hooded as they look at where the young blonde had been.
Yukia was not completely fond of the blonde, Zora was the one who hurt Starfire but for some odd reason she didn't want the girl killed. Or anything. Even though she almost tried to qkilled Zora herself.
"She will be asked a couple questions" The Hokage answers, her eyes gazing towards her other two guests. As she clears her throat.
"You both can leave now" she adds him rudely. "Unless you need to tell me anything else"
Neji bows his head respectfully before turning to walk towards the broken door, with Yukia turning to follow after him wanting to get back to her friends. And, check on Starfire.
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