Chapter shout out!!!!! D1D3VV, firegypsy, SammiNanny, PerfectOptimist, and starskygirl1411!

WHOOOO!!! Only 1 day late!!! New person record!!!!! I think that deserves a cookie!!! (>^o^

I have no idea why, but I am finding this chapter and this whole arc extremly hard to write. I don't know why, but I find it easier to write about her nearly mauling Kotori apart than writing about her meeting with Tsuande. I am sorry if this chapter is crap compared to my previous ones, I just had no idea what words to string together to make it work, so I just wrote what came to mind, and then hating it, but not coming up with any other ideas on how to re-write..... Gah.... I dislike this chapter with a passion.

I don't own any of the original characters from the manga; the ones I do own are Harmony, Suteki, Nala, Rin, Kotori, and that one kid from the academy that was in what, one maybe two chapters at the beginning. I think his name meant Dragon, or something like that. But just like him, you guys came beat up Kotori until you hearts content. OH! You can also beast up the guys from the Nightmare gang.... Never really like them either......

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I still haven't told you guys what harmony's one jutsu is called!!! Any guesses?

And now on to the chapter!!! (That I despise so much.)

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Chapter 42 -

I despise all of you ... With a passion.

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'You know... Thinking it over, it might not have been the best thing to do to ask Tsunade for help tonight...' Suteki said as I stood by the doors of the hot springs that I had written about in my note to her. I looked up at the clock that was on the wall, they were an hour late.

"Huh? Why? We only have a week left, so why not tonight." I responded as I rubbed my arms. I was a little cold wearing only my sleeveless kimono.

'... She was drunk... AND she went to have more drinks with Jiriaya... Why the hell do you think it's not a good idea to bring her tonight?" She said, emphasizing the last word, but I simply shrugged.

"It doesn't really matter if Obasan is drunk or not. She is a professional medic-nin, and the best one around. If she feels that something is urgent and she is drunk, she quickly snaps out of it like she never had a single drop in the first place." I told her, trying not to shiver as a cold just blew through me.

'Then explain that.' She said as a very drunk Tsunade came staggering with the help of Shizune, who was also holding the pig from before in her other hand. I stared in shock as Obasan saw me and then trip over nothing, making her and Shizune also fall. 'I hate you right now.' I said sourly as I slowly walked to the two of them as Shizune tried to regain her balance. 'Wait... Shizune... Where have I heard that name before?'

"Sorry we are late, Harmony-chan, Tsunade-sama ended up going to a gambling house after her and Jiraiya-sama had some drinks, so it took me a while to find her." She told me as she lifted Tsuande-Obasan by her arm tried to hold her up... But Obasan seemed to really like the ground right now, so she refused to be lifted. I sighed and walked over, holding up the over side and grabbed the pig before I set it down on the ground.

"It's okay; I really should have expected this from her, seeing as today she went through so much. Here, let's set her on the bench." Shizune nodded and grunted as she lifted Obasan up higher before we shuffled over a few feet and plopped a completely drunk aunt down on the bench. When we made sure that she couldn't fall off on her own Shizune turned to me again, but this time bowed.

"I really am sorry. In your note you sounded very urgent, and we needed up being late and in this state." She told me as she bowed. I stared at her for a few seconds before I looked away, semi-embarrassed that she was bowing to me.

No, it's okay. I really should have expected Obasan to be like this, seeing what she went through today. It was really selfish of me actually to call you out tonight." I told her, not looking at her, hating that Suteki was right. It just felt wrong! I mean, having a person who is your senior bow to you like this is just wrong! And have Suteki right about something made it feel that much worse.

'Hahahahahahaha!!! I told you!! I told you!!! But did you listen to me?!?!?! NOOOOOO!!!!'

'Shut up old hag.' I growled at her, but it must have made some noise because Shizune suddenly stopped bowing and was starting at me funnily.

"Did you just... Growl?" She asked slowly. I quickly shook my head.

"No, I just shivered. It's really cold out her tonight, and I am only wearing this.... And yeah...." I said that last part slowly, feeling an awkward silence creep in.

'You really suck when it comes to covering stuff up.' Suteki said, commenting on my lame excuse. All I wanted to do was snap back at her, but I was unsure if I might say something or do something again, so I stayed quite, looking at anything that wasn't Shizune or my drunk aunt.

"Harmony." Shizune suddenly said, breaking the silence. "In your note to Tsunade-sama you said that you didn't want to talk about Orochimaru and the deal he made, but about a person that was with him. How did you know that he wasn't alone?" I turned and looked at her before I sighed and pulled out a vial of sand I had collected at the wall.

"Simple, because I know the people that were with him, and this only confirmed it." I told her as I shook the vial, disturbing the sand. She gave me a look that told me to explain, so I did. "Well, even without this sand I knew that there would have been a person with Orochimaru, named Kabuto, or as I call him, the rat bastard. He is like his right-hand man, so no way would he have not gone with his master. The second person that was with him was the one the sand came from. A shinobi named Kotori, who purposely left the sand there for me to find. I don't really know why he was with Orochimaru, but all I can guess is that he is an undercover spy or him because during the chunin exams I knew him as a Hidden Sand guy, but there is no doubt in my mind that that his loyalty lives with the Sound."

"But why would he leave sand for you to find. I mean, how would they know that you would come to this city for Tsunade-sama." She told me, voicing her suspicions. I put the vial away.

"The reason he left sand for me is because he knew that if I had ever came to this city and saw it, he knew that I would know that he was the one who placed it there. He has probably has done this in dozens of cities and villages, hoping that I might spring up in one of them, and hoping that if I did, he and I would get another chance to fight. He still probably wants to get revenge on me for beating him up so bad and refusing his offer."

"Offer?" She asked, clearly surprised. I nodded and felt like punching something because we were talking about him.

"Yeah, offer. During the third test of the chunin exams it seemed like he ended up taking a liking to me or something, so as he was destroying my village and cutting down my comrades he offered that we ran away together so something! Needless to say I turned him down and bashed his face in. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep my promise to him. I promised that I would kill him where we stood back then, so if I see him again, this time I will go through with it." By the end I had clenched my right fist and my left hand had grabbed my right arm and headband. "This time I will kill the bastard that ruined my life. Just knowing that he is around is enough to send me into a blinding fury.... But this time, I won't let him go...."

'Yup, you really do take after me!!!!!!! Such a wonderful thought of you killing him. Hey! Do you have any popcorn I could have? It would go excellent with this thought I'm watching of you slowly squeezing the life out of him... Hehehehehehehe." She joked as my right arm suddenly stared to burn, catching me off guard.

"Ugh... Not right now, Suteki.' I told her as I held my arm, and breathed, trying to see if calming down you stop some of the pain, but it only brought on a headache.

"I'm sorry... I'm suddenly not feeling all that great... I don't think I can continue talking right now. Can we meet here tomorrow night? I'll tell you the rest then." I told her as I tried to not think about my arm.

"Are you sure Harmony? I can bring you to the hospital i you want. You are looking very pale!" She told me and took a step forward, making me take a step back. I gave her a smile as my head and arm throbbed.

"No, it's okay. You already have someone to take care of. It's no wonder that you are Dan Kato's niece. All ways thinking and caring about others, just like him." I told her when I finally realized where I had heard that name before. Obasan use to tell me all the time about his niece and how she would one day be a great medic-nin. I had all ways wondered what happened to her.

I moved towards the hot springs. "I'm just going to soak in here for a little bit. Water has all ways seemed to calm me down." I told her before looking at the now sleeping drunk Tsuande. "Make sure she gets to the hotel safely."

"Wait! You shouldn’t' be alone if you are in this kind of state!" She told me, clearly not convinced that I'd be alright. I gave her another pained smile.

"It's okay then, seeing as I'm never alone anymore." I told her before turning my back at her and slowly walking into the hot springs. The moment I reached the changing rooms my legs buckled from beneath me and arm began screaming, making me almost scream too. I grabbed the ledge of a bench to keep myself semi up off the floor as I breathed heavily. It seemed like my head ache was already going away though.

'Huh. Really looks like you would pass out because you simple talked about him. Maybe you popped a few veins from all the anger and stress?'

"I doubt it... If that was the case then my arm wouldn't feel like it just got a taste of Hell's flames." I told her as I tried to stand up. When I finally could I took another deep breath and winced when my arm throbbed again, but was mildly surprised when it stopped hurting as much. That seemed to be happened a lot with me, but mostly headaches. "And besides, maybe it's a good thing this happened. If I hadn't stopped I might have got into such a furry that I would have gone looking for the bastard." I told her as I began to strip slowly, trying to not use my arm if possible, I didn't really want to push it, even if the pain was slowly resending. I carefully grabbed a towel around me and took off my headband, looking grimly down at my mark.

"You know Suteki. No matter how many times I look at all my 'tattoos', this is the one that I hate the most. It's the one that reminds me the most that I now am stuck with you."

'Ouch. And I thought we got along so well together." She said, clearly faking being hurt as I opened the paper door to the hot spring pool. Already the smell of it had a calming effect on me. I walked over and kneeled down, staring at my reflecting. It started back to me with a grim look.

"You know, that though scares me. The fact that we do get alone so well together. I'm afraid that I'm not myself since you came, and I'm afraid that I am." I told me as I dipped my hand in the water and moved it, destroying my reflection before I stood up and took off my towel and stepped into the hot water, feeling it soak right through me. I slowly sat down on one of the ledges and felt the water lick at my shoulders and the nape of my neck.

"I mean, look how I have been living my life. Ever since my family died when i was four I have been constantly searching for a new one, but all ways moving like I am on a thin sheet of ice, afraid that I do one thing wrong that ice will break and I will swallowed in its frigid waters. But now the ice under my feet has so many cracks that I don't know what to do. I don't know if telling everyone about what's happening to me will be the reason why it break, or if it will break from being under so much pressure all the time. And now, I'm not even sure who will save me, if it will be the people I love and care for, or if it will be you and insanity."

'Na, I wouldn't save you. I would watch you desperately try and swim.' She told me, making my chuckle a little,

"Haha. I guess you're right. You would be the kind that would do that. You would probably ask if any one has any popcorn so you could enjoy it even more." I told her before I moved so I was in deeper water a dunked my head, letting the water completely surround me.

'But I wonder if everyone else would join her in watching...'

'You know, if Nala was here to hear all of this, she would beat you senseless.' I laughed when she said that and stretched my arms over my head.

"Yeah, I guess she would. So I know that I have one person who will stay by my side, and she's a talking kitten.... Great..."

Sensei note: well, she's depressing.....

---------------------Tsunade POV-------------------

Dear Tsunade-Obasan.

I need your advice and help with something’s. If you wouldn't mind, could you please come to the hot springs on the edge of the town tonight at 10 p.m. don’t worry; I'll explain what this is all about when we get there.

Your favorite niece

Harmony.

P.S. This has nothing to do about Orochimaru or whatever deal he might have struck up with you... Well... it might have a little bit to do with a person that was with him... Again, I'll explain later.

I stared down at the note that Shizune had given me before, saying that Harmony had given it to her on their way to the hotel.

"Tsuande-sama, what do you think this is all about?" Shizune asked as I put the note away and stood up.

"I don't know, but it must very important for her. She's the type of girl that doesn't want to bother people by asking for help, so she does things on her own." Shizune placed a finger under her chin thoughtfully.

"What confuses me is how she writes that she needs help and advice, but then she does talk about anything ad leaves after she looks like she was in great pain. And that boy, Kotori. Wasn't he the one that was still bandaged up and had a broken arm? She said she fought with him during the chunin exams, but that was three weeks ago, for him to still be that injured after that a month of time with a medic-nin with him should be impossible unless what he was now is minimal compared to what he had then."

"I have no doubt in my mind that he was almost dead three weeks ago if Harmony is that angry with him still.... But what confuses me the most is why in the hell is Harmony wearing a dress?!" I said as began walking towards the hot springs. "And did you notice that every now and again it would look like she was talking to someone else? Something is up with that girl."

"Tsuande-sama! What are you going to do?!" Shizune said as she ran after me. I looked at her as I ducked under the flap.

"I'm going to go and ask her what the hell this IS all about." I told her before I walked through the halls to the changing rooms. I had placed a hand on the door to open it when I heard Harmony talking inside.

"You know Suteki. No matter how many times I look at all my 'tattoos', this is the one that I hate the most. It's the one that reminds me the most that I now am stuck with you."

'Suteki? As in lovely?' I wondered as I heard the doors to the hot spring pools open and then close, telling me that she had left the changing room. I slowly opened the door and walked to the other set of door that she had just walked though.

"You know, that though scares me. The fact that we do get alone so well together. I'm afraid that I'm not myself since you came, and I'm afraid that I am." She said as I heard the sound of disturbed water.

Tsuande-sama? Who is she talking too?" Shizune whispered to me, but I placed a finger to my lips, signally for her to be quite.

"I mean, look how I have been living my life. Ever since my family died when i was four I have been constantly searching for a new one, but all ways moving like I am on a thin sheet of ice, afraid that I do one thing wrong that ice will break and I will swallowed in its frigid waters. But now the ice under my feet has so many cracks that I don't know what to do. I don't know if telling everyone about what's happening to me will be the reason why it break, or if it will break from being under so much pressure all the time. And now, I'm not even sure who will save me, if it will be the people I love and care for, or if it will be you and insanity." After a few seconds she laughed slightly. "Haha. I guess you're right. You would be the kind that would do that. You would probably ask if any one has any popcorn so you could enjoy it even more." She said before I heard her take a breath and then the sound of moving water was heard, telling me that she had gone under. I slowly opened the door and walked though, Shizune right behind me. We watched in silence as Harmony resurfaced, her back to us, and stretched as she laughed.

"Yeah, I guess she would. So I know that I have one person who will stay by my side, and she's a talking kitten.... Great..."

"That's better than nothing, isn't" I said out loud, making her spin around, surprised.

"Tsunade-Obasan!!!" She yelled in shock when she saw me. She stared at me for a few seconds before she recomposed herself and crossed her arms. "You where pretending to be drunk the whole time, weren't you." She stared as she glared at me.

"No.... Tsuande-sama really was that drunk." I heard Shizune mutter, and I had no doubt that harmony heard too. She looked at the two of us before sighing and getting out of the water and grabbing a towel to cover her. I found it odd that after she covered herself and walked over to a chair to sit down on her looked as if she was concentrating on something very hard, but trying not to show it. After she sat down I went over and sat down on the opposite chair to her. She didn't look at me as I sat down.

"Harmony, who's Suteki?" I asked her. Her head snapped up and looked at me with wide eyes.

"How-?"

"We heard you talking to someone, and you called them Suteki, but there is no one here, I know you cannot do a mind jutsu to let you talk to someone that is not here, and you don't have any wireless communications on, so who is Suteki."

---------------Harmony's POV----------

Sensei Note: it was taking me too long to write it in Tsuande's POV.... That little thing took me all most five days..... :(