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Tai was quite delighted to hear from Shiro personally. He reached out of the ice mirror and took the scroll. From within the mirror he read the piece of parchment. Tai gasped as he read the details enclosed with ink. His joints rattled uncomfortably. Tai nodded and without another word, the ice mirror returned to water and He emerged from his original viewpoint.

Jinzo was sitting on his front stoop in the Uchiha Compound, looking as blank as he ever did, as he was reading a scroll lined with red and gold frill. He looked up as something had gotten his attention. Some kid was walking through the compound that Jinzo had never seen before. He obviously wasn't a Uchiha, so Jinzo rolled up his scroll, put it into a loop on his belt and stood up. He dusted off his pants and slowly followed the kid, maintaining a low profile. He watched as the kid asked Itachi something, then strolled off the way he had come, looking quite pissed. Jinzo kept following him, making sure he was far enough out of range so as not to be seen. He followed the kid for a while, watching him ask person after person until he came to Neji and Hinata, who were talking happily. Neji seemed kind of annoyed by this intrusion, but apparently he didn't care and kept on talking with Hinata. The kid seemed even more angry as he walked away and headed for, surprisingly, Hidan. After talking with him, he went to see Kiba and Shino. "God. what is this guy looking for?" Jinzo asked himself quietly. Hey followed him even after the kid had left Kiba and Shino, and was now headed towards a house. Jinzo watched as the kid knocked on a door, out popping Asuma. The kid left there too, looking absolutely furious with himself. Jinzo seemed confused, as he followed the kid more, hiding behind trees and bushes and walls to avoid being seen.

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Ryu:

Ryu knew he was being followed after he had left Asuma's house so as he turned a corner within the village he quickly jumped up and hid on the opposite side of a hanging sign it was so sudden that when Jinzo came around the corner he would have to look around and would have no idea that Ryu had infact gone up. "God damn i cant fight rock lee or Guy anywhere and now im being followed by an Uchiha." Ryu thought to himself as he hid there he waited for the Uchiha to round the corner and look for him so that he could see what happened he was kind of curious as to what the Uchiha would do if he was unable to find where Ryu had gone right away being as how he had not used Ninjutsu to move the way he had the Sharingan would be useless in finding him and as his Chakra was little more then a blip it wouldn't be able to see him through the sign as it could for some other people.

8/?

David had flown backwards after dropping the sword from Loki's dying attack. his arm was numb and he couldnt feel it for a while as his curse seal shortened after changing his body back, it quickly became the same old cursed seal that was forever upon his chest. once he awoke from the flight by the gennin he looked around remembering what he had done, "Oh My God! I killed Loki! i dont know if i'll ever be able to join the Anbu now. damn maybe i could blame it on some other person that was there. i should probably go check how the organs have been growing though." David said as he walked back into the Uchiha district and began to think that his sheath seemed to be a little too light weight. "Oh s**t! i Dropped my Sword after Loki hit me!. i have to go get that before anyone realizes i dropped it." David then began to run forward until he got to a point where he saw Tai and someone else who seemed to be a sand ninja. David slowed down and looked at the person quickly and then continued to run as he began to search frantically for the sword he had dropped. "where is it? where is it?" he said to himself as he searched around the 3 houses in case it had been flung a bit but he didnt see anything at ground level. he then quickly jumped up to the top of the houses and noticed that it had gotten stuck in the roof near where he had just recently killed Loki Hyuuga. he quickly ran and grabbed the sword and began to yank on it as it was stuckin the roof top he then quickly turned the sword back and forth carefully ready to let go of the sword at any second if it began to take control of his body. "well this isnt working that well. and if i'm right its once the cursed seal activates it begins to gain more control of me then without. other then that chakra use give the cursed seal more control and strength and this sword seems to have the ability to take control of my body whenever the cursed seal is active and once that happens anyone could die." David said as he began to tug on the sword even more and it all of a sudden moved a bit out of the roof. "well not too much more is left inside the roof. i guess this should do it!" he said as he pulled backward on the sword that was hanging to the edge of the roof top. the sword instantly came out and David and the sword began to move backwards making it harder for him to ballance as it was already near the edge of the roof. he then jumped backwards and landed on his a** on the roof of the next house. he then decided to go check the organs of Loki Uchiha that he had luckily gotten before someone could use them for a chimera or something else. he quickly sheathed the sword and went to his house and walked past each of the traps and went inside "well i guess i cant relax now at any time i could be doomed. from what i over heard Shiro could come really soon or could come a long time from now. it sucks when you cant be for sure about these types of things." David sighed as he opened the door to the elevator and walked inside and locked the door he then began to move down into his underground lab complex. "time to check my research. then i should probably check any databases on what this sword could be and what the reason for it being like this could be." David said as he put on a lab coat and walked to a room that had been the home to a bunch of organs that were his friend that he had killed twice now. they were infected with a deadly parasitic virus that had been his main study so far. it was the Las Plagus which was very dangerous once it got into its final stages. Davids current idea was to take the plaguing viral parasite and reconstruct the body by altering the organ's and wrapping them in a synthetic skin that would allow for the parasite to reform the body safely while building a new organic body that would be better then his former friends. the best part of the body he was reconstructing was that it would have Loki's brain and that would allow the parasite to form a new pair o Sharingan eyes that would make it strong. aswell it was a great body to begin with. David after checking on the organs then left it and went to the elevator and would now begin his search to find information upon this strange sword he now owned. he then took his lab coat off in the elevator putting it on a hook as he was disinfected to make sure that the viral parasite would not stay on him after being in the lab for so long. he then exited the closet door as the elevator could be heard moving back down to the lab safely. he then exited the building as he walked past the traps careful not to set them off as usual although the traps would just work as a good way to get more training in, but at the moment that wasnt what he wanted to do. he wanted to go find some information on this sword strapped to his back. he quickly headed to the kage's building which contained the books on everything that he could have wanted to know. one of which was the gods and another was demons, but he didnt want to learn of them at the moment. all he wanted to know of was the sword and about the anbu black ops. he quickly began his research. he went to the section of weapons and found a book called Weapons of Legend. he opened the book and began to search. inside of the book he saw many interesting weapons pictures and their descriptions which were all very interesting. he then came upon a page with th word Akatsuki upon it and upon the page was his sword along with two other swords that had similar names. the first was the a sword that was able to increase the power of a tailed demon. the second was his sword which was obvious because of the golden handle and pure silver blade. it was called the Blade of the Cursed Servant. this made him feel special mostly because it meant that he had been chosen for being cursed by Orochimaru to get this very special sword. and he knew of the tales that Orochimaru had to his name mostly about the ones involving Sasuke and Itachi, as Orochimaru wanted their Sharingan so much he had died against Sasuke and lost a hand to Itachi. "damn why me? why did i receive this curse seal and this strange blade?" he then began to read the information on the sword as he realized that it was making him loose conciseness each time he used it with his curse seal active. he then looked at the last sword that was created by the Akatsuki. it was a strange one as it seemed more to be anyones use sword. he then put the book back and exited the library of the kage building and decided to see what was going on around leaf. he walked around the main area of the hidden leaf village looking at places where he could obtain some information.
(this may take some time to calculate XD)
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::Enter time skip::

Valkyrie was done with her training with Sakura. She had turned out to be quite the teacher. Sakura was most certainly stronger from the training that she had went through. One other thing that she noticed was that she was also very hungry. She could hear her stomach growling from the lack of eating over the last several hours. It was time that she got something in her stomach, or she would probably faint from exaustion. She looked around and was fortunate to spot a ramen shop. She was bound to get something good there.

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She walked up to the shop. There were not a lot of people eating at this time of day. Of course, Valkyrie really would not care if the place was packed with how hungyr she was. She thought about it and realized that she had not eaten anything since the day before. That was certainly not good for her. She sat down and ordered a bowl of beef ramen. Her mouth was watering from the aroma just wafting around the ramen stand. The chef certainly made really good ramen here, possibly better then the ramen at the shop in hidden moon.

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Still she could not deny that she missed being home. But she had to get stronger as soon as possible so that she would be ready for the chuunin exams. Akira said that they would all meet back in Hidden Moon after registration and so that he could check their progress before they do what ever they feel they have to so that they could be ready. She knew that Aramaki and she were both training in Hidden Leaf but she was pretty sure that Aramaki had already left since she had not seen him in a good long while.

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Also Ichigo was training in Hidden Moon. It seemed that he wanted to get his clan techniques before he ventured out to train in other places. That was a pretty good idea. Getting all of those techniques out of the way would open the doors to learning even more techniques. Still That had to get boring after awhile. That is why Valkyrie did not just learn those techniques first. Besides, he did not really like the old guy who was teaching them. He was kind of a real pain in the rear for her to deal with him and she was not looking forward to training with him.

6

The ramen finally came and Valkyrie was forced out of her thoughts. The ramen smelled delicious. Valkyrie could not believe how good it smelled. IT just should not be possible for something to smell that good. Tears were welling up in Valkyrie's eyes at the smell of the ramen. The chef just chuckled. "I get that a lot from out of towners. I take it your not from around here?" Valkyrie opened her mouth ounly when she was sure that drool would not simply pour out uncontrollably. Needless to say that took a while.

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"Yea, I'm from the Hidden Moon," Valkyrie answered. "I see, I did not recognize the sign on the plate. It is needless to say that we do not get a lot of visitors from the Hidden Moon. But these days there have been an influx. I starting to get worried about that. Still, I guess all of these visitors mean no harm. It has been a while since the Alchemy has conquered a village. Besides, would they really go after one of the five great shinobi villages. That would not just be suicide, but that would get some serious retaliation from all of the other villages."

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"Yea I get what you mean. However, I am not a part of the Hidden Alchemy's army," Valkyrie said, slightly tersly. She would have stormed off if the ramen did not smell so good. "Oh! my mistake. You can not really blame me, I mean the Moon was one of the last villages to be conquered by the Alchemy. Though I did hear that the Moon did put up a great fight. It was one of the few villages that did fight back. Still against a army that keeps getting bigger the farther it goes. They were too strong when they went after the Hidden Moon Village."

9

Valkyrie had already began eating. The chef smiled and took that as a cue to stop talking. He did have a problem doing that. He really did not want to lose a customer over his big mouth. He went back to cooking ramen which relieved Valkyrie. She was beginning to feel real akward talking to the guy. HE knew a lot more about the battle then he should have. That was weird since the messenger from the Moon never made it to the Leaf village to ask for help since he was killed before he could get on the last boat. IT seemed that he had stopped to help a Gekkou out in a fight.

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::insert time skip::

Valkyrie had to get out of here. However the whole village was surrounded. This was not the smartest place to be at this perticular time. Fortunately for her she would probably have a way out if she played her cards right. She qickly finished her ramen and stood up. The chef seemed to be unconcerned about all of the soldiers who had surrounded the village. That kind of feeling of belief of security would probably get him killed. She still had one person in the village that she wanted to see before she left.

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Fortunately for valkyrie, the person that Kurenai had to deal with a little kid. She was back in shape so she would be able to train her. It took Valkyrie a few minutes to get to Kurenai's home. Looking in the ard Valkyrie saw that Kurenai was playing with her child in the front of the house. Kurenai looked up and stood up straight. She obviously knew what was happening. She was in her ninja gear, even though there was probably little chance that the village would allow her to go to battle. That was the kind of person that she was.

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Kurenai was Valkyrie without all of her faults. That is a mean way to put it but it is true. Kurenai is a kunoichi who holds mastery over genjutsu. She is strong and hardworking. She was also a protege. The only difference between the two of them is that Kurenai was not brash, disrespectful and cocky. She was very humble of her abilities even though she has every right to be simply because she does not think that cockyness is a trait that belongs in the ninja profession. That is just the kind of person that she was.

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However, I digress from the event at hand. Kurenai was surprised that a ninja was finding her at home. She squinted in the distance as Valkyrie walked toward her domocile. As Valkyrie came closer, Kurenai was able to make out the Moon crest on her head band. She suddenly grew worried. She knew that the Moon Village was a part of the Alchemy Nation, the army that had surrounded her village. She asked herself two questions. First, what was this ninja doing here, inside the village. Second, why was she comming to see her?

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Kurenai quickly motioned for her child to get into the house. If a fight was to ensure, she would not let her child see blood. Not when he was still innocent. She was rusty. Her edges were dull, but she was still one of the strongest ninja in the hidden leaf village. Her face was still in all of the bingo books of the Leaf's enemies. She hoped that she could still take anyone one on one if need be. She would most likely find out. Kurenai took her eyes off of the moon kunoichi long enough to make sure that her son was safely behind shelter.

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Valkyrie did not register that she had become an enemy of the village the second Shiro announced his war decree. That analysis was simply a logic jump that she did not take the time to take. However, she did know that even from a distance, something odd was happening. Valkyrie squinted into the distance and saw that the child was making her way inside. She also noticed that Kurenai's eyes were staring unwavering at Valkyrie. Valkyrie knew as a genjutsu user that several genjutsu required eye contact. Needless to say, it worried Valkyrie the concentration that Kurenai had on her.

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Ryu Genkotsu:

As Jinzo poked 'ryu' in the back of the head he fell forward off the sign and landed on the ground being nothing more then a dummy. Being as how no ninjutsu had been used to replace himself it was not a shock to Ryu thought the Uchiha had thought it be him. Ryu had used the speed of the gates to replace himself with a puppet he had crafted and was happy with the outcome that it had gotten, He 'flickered' next to the Uchiha switching off the first 2 gates as he did so he said, "Wow i cant believe that actually worked...." Ryu was grinning and was extremly proud of himself for having succesfully pulled the prank on the Uchiha without him realizing it, "I am Ryu Genkotsu what is your name?"

9/?

((HELL NO I WONT BE YOUR FRIEND!!!!!!))

Ryu Genkotsu:
"Im looking for Gai and Lee so i was asking around where to find them being as how I've already learned how to open two of the eight inner gates i can only learn Taijutsu from here on out and as such ive got to get to work i was on my way to Lee's dojo when you started stalking me." Ryu knew the kids game he was trying to make friends and through the look in his seemingly uncaring eye he saw the plan that was already forming if Ryu hadn't been friends with Loki a while back he would never have pieced together that the kid was trying to make a best friend just to kill him and gain Mangekyou. Though Ryu wasn't as lazy minded as Shikamaru he was as smart as him meaning that he already knew the Uchiha's plan, "I was in the compound asking Itachi if he had seen either of them and before then id asked alot of other members of this village as well.... i decided against asking Hidan after listening to his swearing fit...." Ryu said as he started to walk away, "Anyway i was off to Lee's Dojo to check there so... i guess ill talk to you later... tell Uchiha Sango you ran into me and i said hi if you see her if you would be so kind." Ryu said as he turned around he grinned to himself he was happy he had known about the secret Mangekyou technique and saved himself the trouble of having to fight someone off who wanted it.

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