After a few minutes she was on her feet again. The rest of the mission went without any problems and the next day we were on our way back to Konoha. We walked side by side in silence. After a while, Naruto broke the silence: "Tell me, Kari-chan ..." I looked up from the path, straight into his, currently pensive, face. "How is it that you can actually do katon, suiton and healing jutsus, but so far do not know any exercises for chakra control, such as walking over water?" "Hm ... well you know, I learned from Akatsuki and Chakra control was important, but jutsus always came first. ”“ But to be able to perform difficult jutsus you have to have a good grip on your chakra, right? ”interjected Sakura. "That's right, but since I had to go on missions straight away and there wasn't much time for that, I was only taught to do jutsu. Onee-san took control, or I gave it a chance," I replied. "But that only works because our chakra circuits are closely connected. We could separate them like the other Jinchuuriki and Biju, but why." You could think that the vixen smiled. Naruto was satisfied with the answer and so the silence fell again.
When we got to Konoha, my first mission in Team 7 was successfully completed. In the next few days we continued to train and in the next few days we got a few more assignments. I had even taught in the academy. So the months passed in which everything went its orderly course. But the whole time I felt tense, I was aware that this was the calm before the storm that something was about to happen. And so it happened.
Just as my life was going the direction I always wanted. Naruto and I were happy together, and he had long since adopted Vulona as a sister and I, Kyuubi, as a brother. Then came the day that destroyed everything again.
"The state of emergency is declared. The village is under attack. All civilians and children please go to the shelters. All ninjas are asked to help with the evacuation and defense of the city! The state of emergency is declared!" Naruto and I had just had dinner, as the announcement echoed across Konoha. As if stung by the tarantula, we hurried to the main gate.
We stood there indecisively with many other ninjas and waited for further orders. In the crowd we couldn't make out either Sensei, Sasuke or Sakura. We turned our gaze to Tsunade-sama and lifted Vulona to be safe so that she would not be trampled by a ninja.
"Shinobi! The state of emergency is declared, the village is under attack. The Akatsuki are planning to destroy the village and get what they want." I and Naruto froze at the same time. We knew 'what they want' meant us. The Hokage continued, "Therefore, we will do everything in our power to prevent this from happening.We form 2 teams. "With one arm movement, she separated the crowd in the middle." One, "she pointed to the right." Will evacuate all civilians. And the others, "she pointed to our group." Will take over the defense for the time being. The other half will be added later. SWEEP OUT! "
All ninja jumped to their assignment area at the same time. We stooped and ran out of the village to join the others. It wasn't long before the ten nuke-nin came into view. Panicked, I grabbed Naruto's arm, who tried to calm me down, but was no less excited himself.
When they reached our defensive wall, the member stepped forward who had been standing in the back row of the small procession the entire time.
“I now have eight of the nine bijugeisters, which means I need one more, and the joubi itself. It's child's play.” Tobi, the member who, from the outside, didn't want to fit in with the rest of the Akatsukis, was him secret head of the gang.
“Uzumaki give us Naruto and the girl!” There were shouts around us, they all said something like “No!” “No way.” “Naruto is a member of our village.” These sentences touched me. In the past few months I had seen how friendly people were to Naruto, and I was delighted. I made up my mind. I couldn't let the village and the people who welcomed me die, which seemed inevitable in this situation. I released my grip on Naruto's arm and put Vulona down too. She looked up at me and met my eyes for a split second. Without a word she understood and together we made our way out of the crowd. The Chaos Ninja followed me, but stopped in the front row of ninjas while Onee-san and I took another step.
"Hikari, you haven't seen us for a long time. I hope you haven't forgotten us.", Pain, the official leader of the Nuke-Nins, spoke mockingly. "How could I," was my answer. "Well, if you had stayed a good girl and continued to support our plans, your 'great love' wouldn't have to die.", Kisame laughed. "What if he didn't have to die at all?" I asked quietly, but everyone had heard it and the Akas seemed briefly irritated. Then they recognized my plan.
"Uma, Tora, Saru, ne, Tori, Ne, I, Hitsuji, Inu, Ushi, Mi, U, Tori!"
My finger signals were quick, barely noticeable to the human eye. As if in sleep, my fingers formed the marks, as if I had done it many times before. However, this was the only time. And the last time.
13 finger signs that would decide the fate of many people.
A bright, glistening light spread from me. It pushed the Konohashinobis back, but included the Akatsukis with me and Onee-san in it. It acted like a protective shield that enclosed the danger. "KAI!"The seal that was placed on my body 12 years ago came off, releasing all the power I had. My body was again enveloped in white light, and this carried over to Vulona as well. It began to grow and take on a human form. When her transformation was complete, she looked like me, only she wore white fox ears and a white fox tail. Her whiskers remained. The sand swirled at my feet. The glowing light wrote the seal, which was still on my body until a few seconds ago, in an enlarged form on the earth. In the middle of it, where I was standing, the word 'Joubi' was to be read. The names of the other bijus were recorded on 9 branches on the outer edge of the seal construction at regular intervals. Directly behind me was the place of the 'Kyuubi' and to the left of it that of the 'Ichibi'. Slowly the glow went out and I was ready.
"What you are doing is nothing more than madness!" Shouted Tobi, no Madara. "Maybe ..." I stretched out my arm and threw my chakra threads at the mask wearer. They twisted around him and reached under his cloak to the scrolls. The scrolls in which the eight Biju spirits were sealed. The hostile ninjas who had been my family for years watched paralyzed as I came into possession of their hard-won roles. Madara growled, but couldn't do anything about it, so I managed to open the 8 rolls and put them in their designated places. Once again I made finger marks, this time those of Kuchiyose no Jutsu. Gerotora, one of the toads of the Myobokuzan, appeared in a cloud of white dust. “Hikari? Why did you summon me?” I looked at the toad and said, “Gerotora-sama, I need the yinchakra of Kyuubi no Yoko.” I couldn't see it, but I could feel that Kakashi, Tsunade- sama and Jiraya, who had come to the scene but were forced to wait by the seal barrier, were shocked that I knew about the whereabouts of the chakra. Onee-san, turned to her and said in a slightly disapproving tone: "You know that Kari-neechan is Biju guardian, it goes without saying that she knows something like that!" This explanation was more than plausible to her.
The toad seemed to hesitate for a moment: "The role ... mh well, I'll give it to you, that's my job after all, but are you really sure?" "Yes." Was my firm answer.
The white smoke reappeared, and when it cleared there was another scroll in Geratora's place. I put them on the sign behind me. "Naruto ... please come here ..." The blonde didn't ask, he trusted me, and to everyone's surprise, he walked through the barrier without any problems and came up to me. I pointed to the kyuubi's place and he obeyed. As soon as he stood on the sign, the seal shone through his orange training jacket and the circle of seals began to shine again.The Akatsukis knew what was going to happen, and it was time Naruto knew too. "Naruto, this Jutsu causes the powers of all Bijugeisters to unite and release the Joubi. However, I will die afterwards." The light became a bit brighter and completely surrounded me again. "Kari-chan, please say that is not true. Please ..." Tears ran down my friend's cheeks. The light continued to envelop me as it slowly lifted me up. When I hovered 2 meters above the ground, the bill moved into my body, but I stayed where I was. After Onee-san, I too had gone through a transformation. I had grown shiny white wings from Joubichakra, and instead of my clothes I wore a dress the color of my wings. Vulona was now in my place on the sign 'Joubi' of the seal. I put out my hands and the red bijuchakra, and Vulona's white one beamed and focused in my hands. It was still impossible for the opponents to move, and it was probably one of the few moments in their life when they were really scared. You could see it in their eyes. But there was no turning back. "AAHHHHhh" The chakra shot towards the ten and invaded every body. They screamed and their faces were twisted in pain. Then, the screams stopped abruptly and they fell motionless to the ground. I too floated to the ground again. My wings disappeared, as did the scrolls and the seal on the ground.
“Hikari-sensei!” Two academy students came running towards me from the side. The barrier was also gone. "Akari-chan, Tatsu-kun." "Is it time? I don't know if I can ...", my student's voice was low. "It's your decision. When I was teaching at the academy, you caught my eye. From the first moment it was clear to me that you would be chosen to be the next Jinchuuriki of Joubi. Still, it's your decision alone." my hands on her shoulders. "Don't worry, Akari-chan. I'm still here, I'll support you." "Thanks, Tatsu-kun. I'll do it." I