Konohagakure's Secret

Chapter 3

Tsunade

I had finished writing the scroll that would be delivered to Akemi. Even she decided to be a priestess, she still had matters to attend for her clan is a shinobi clan. I took a sip from the clay mug in front of me, finding relaxation from it

"Shizune, I need Kakashi to be in my office" I commanded her. Only he could do the mission that I would be giving. Due to Akemi's location, the mission was rated as A, but can turned to S if there would be rogue ninjas near the location

After a while, Shizune came back to the office carrying Tonton, behind her was the famous Copy cat Ninja

"Kakashi, due to your ninja hounds and the ninja foxes near Akemi Jipoto's location have an agreement, can I entrust this scroll to you and deliever it safely to the reciever?" Ninja foxes were a comkon sight in the temple's location. The temple and Konoha are in one Country, The Land of Fire. We were assigned to protect them in one way or another. But for the past months all our shinobi are out doing missions, we could only provide them with foxes at the mean time

"Hai, Tsunade-sama" I gave him the scroll and he secured it in his weapon pouch but the sadness in his eyes didn't slide my gaze. He remembered someone precious to him. She had the same name

"Akemi Jipoto?" Shizune asked curiously

"The girl who got rushed in the hospital. She got stabed in the chest six years ago, luckily none of her arteries were damaged based on The Third's file of her" I explained. I cannot give more information because her file was top secret. But I knew of sensei's condition

Akemi

I couldn't sleep at all. My roomate was up all night, reading a book and I felt that he would glance at me every now or then

I sighed and looked at the ugly scar on my chest.

I was looking around. Blood sprayed on walls and there were even pools of it in one of Konoha's district. I looked for anyone who could still be alive. There must be someone

I ran around, cautious of my surroundings. Then I heard a voice. A childs voice screaming at someone. I dashed as fast as I could to the scene and stood in between of the man and child. When my feet landed in front of the young boy, I felt something sharp entered my chest and exited at my back. I coughed, my throat is dry like I haven't drank anything for weeks. I looked at the boy who I protected and mustered my strenght

"Run and don't look back" I didn't knew what happened after for the darkness had finally swallowed me

I snapped back to reality. I took the towel and wrapped it around my hair. I wore my underware and took my white Kimono. Tracing the harp symbol at the back with my finger. I miss my parents, I miss my clan. I miss my dead sister

I decided to not waste any more time and put on my kimono, securing the red obi. I started to bun my hair like usual and used an elastic. I got out of the bathroom to see Itachi, leaning on the door. He opened his eyes revealing the sharingan

"Pein-sama had requested your presence in his office as soon as you finish fixing yourself" I just shrugged my shoulders and followed him, keeping a safe distance between ourselves. I can't risk Itachi doing the same thing he did to me when we were in the Leaf Village. We knew each other far back ago but it would be better not to go back on how our friendship ended

Shisui, Itachi and Me

We entered Pein's office. As usual all of them were there. All eyes landed on me. The tension in the air grew, Pein decided to brake the ice

"Hidan and Kakuzu went back to the temple you were kidnapped in order to collect a bounty. They didn't expect to see the copy cat ninja talking to one of the foxes which are abundant on the border of the Fire Country" I glared at him intensly. I knew Kakashi and back to my childhood, he was knew to be an eye catcher, even to the civilians

"We didn't do fucking anything to that bitch than knock him our asshole. Jackass should be fucking overjoyed because I hadn't offered him to Lord Jashin yet!" Hidan screamed, waving his scythe like it wouldn't chop a head off accidentally

"Quiet, Hidan. They got a scroll from him that was addressed to you by the Hokage. We took the gratitude for you to read it" and he tossed the scroll to me. I catched it, luckily and opened it

Akemi Jipoto,

I failed to announce in advance to you that the Third Hokage had already passed over a year ago. He left a note that even after his departure, you are ordered to follow his conditions. But that was only the beggining of my letter. There is another thing that may sadden your mood. It is about the Jipoto Clan. They were all killed by a mist ninja, but do not worry the tracker ninjas had already dispose his body when they captured him. I give you my sincerest condolences and I look forward to seeing you back here at Konoha
Tsunade Senju
Godaime Hokage

I looked at the leader, daring my tears not to spill. Pleased by my control of emotion he spoke up

"You are the Akatsuki's prisoner. You can go to Konoha and go to your parents grave with the agreement of being a spy for the Akatsuki for a month"

"You wouldn't" I spoke in disbelief

"We need to know the village's strength and weaknesses. The Kyuubi is currently training with one of the legendary sannin and won't be back for a while. When he returns, we would perform an attack when alk eight bijuus have already been extracted"

No I won't allow this. I want to return to my village but I don't want to be a spy. I balled my fist, letting my anger get the best of me. Their ideals are far to wrong for me to comprehend. I felt something burning within me. Is this chakra? I focused it on my hand, transparent strings sprung into life. I glidded my fingers on all of the strings. The Jipoto's kekkai genkai. Impossible

I looked at them and saw all of them in a trance. I took this opportunity to run away and follow my instincts to where the exit is. After a few dead ends and turns, I saw light. An Exit

I continued to run to where the light was coming. A window four feet tall had greeted me. I looked down and saw a river. If I jump then I would be swept away with the water and have a sly percent of survival, If I stay here the Akatsuki would surely imprison me and would take use of my new found power. I broke the glass and looked behind me, Kisame and Itachi were only a few kilometers away from me. I can't risk this chance. I jumped down the window and waited for the water to engulf me. It didn't take to long before it actually happened