~I'll get the background information up on this sooner or later. Enjoy!~~

A branch snapped and as if on cue the three Akatsuki members jerked back around. The thick foliage of the forest hid any motion that might have caused the noise. Their black cloaks swirled as they moved in the direction they had heard the noise come from. Another snap resounded through the air and they leapt forward landing on the bank of creek.

A girl with long black hair sat at the base of a tree, frozen in place with a stick in her hand as she stared at the three men. One was nearly seven foot tall, with blue skin, blue hair, gills and a massive sword on his back, Kisame Hoshigaki. Hidan, a silver haired man of about six feet, held a long scythe in his hand as he stared at her. The last man was Zetsu, also six feet, with dark green hair and surrounded by a Venus fly-trap.

For a moment no one moved and then in an instant the girl leapt up and dashed off behind the tree, leaving behind the stick she had been snapping. The three men leapt over the creek, giving chase immediately.

I tore through the woods, over fallen trees and brush. As I ran I could feel the chakra signatures behind me moving rapidly closer. Then without warning one blinked out. Fearing an attack from above by the vanished man, I kept an eye on the sky as I ran on. Just as I rounded a large boulder Zetsu appeared in front of me. I leapt back into the air and the flytrap on his cloak snapped shut inches from my foot.

A growth of vines sprang from his hands and lashed viciously through the air towards me. I summoned my chakra and sent a cloud of fire towards him. When the flames cleared he was on the other side of a small clearing that had just been formed by the fire. It was then that Kisame and Hidan caught up with us.

I turned to run again, but froze dead in my tracks as a scythe embedded itself in a tree trunk; its long handle blocking my path. Twisting back around, I faced the three men.