I had him. I had finally found my sister's killer after all these years. He was just a few yards away from me and was on the run. He wasn't going to lose me, not this time, not after all these years.
I reached into my pouch and pulled out my kuni. As i got ready to aim, something slammed into me. I landed on my back, my attacker on top of me. It was a lion. As she poised to rip out my throat, i grabbed her head. We rolled and wrestled for a while. She scratched me with her claws, but I ignored the pain. I lost my grip and she shot forward. I thrust my arm in front of me. She bit into it and I screamed as i felt her teeth bite deep into the bone. Breaking through the haze that the pain caused, I reached into my pouch and and drew out another kuni. I stabbed it into her shoulder. The lion released my arm and howled in pain. As I pulled the kuni out she swatted my hand aside and pinned it to the ground. At that moment I knew that everything was over. I tensed, wanting to look my death in the face. Suddenly, a kuni embedded itself in the back of her skull. She went limp and fell right on top of me.
I pushed the dead lion's carcass off of me and looked around for my savior. Only, I had no intention of thanking this one. The person who had saved me stood twenty feet in front of me. Itachi Uchiha.
I threw my kuni at him and he successfully dodged it. I pulled out another kuni and ran toward him, screaming at the top of my lungs. He dogged me and I kicked. He grabbed my ankle and threw me. I flew through the air and hit a tree. Pain quickly spread across my back. I was sure I had cracked a rib. I got up and lunged at him, once again attempting to at least stab him. He grabbed my arm and twisted it behind my back. I cried out and was sure he had snapped something. My kuni dropped to the ground.
"Stop this. I don't want to hurt you, Riku." He said, throwing me again. I hit the ground with a really hard thud.
"Well that's the only way you're going to stop me," I said getting up, "because I won't rest until I see you dead!" I lunged at him again. He disappeared. I stopped and turned around, expecting him to be behind me, but no one was there. Suddenly, I heard a voice whisper in my ear.
"I'm sorry... Riku." There was a pain in the back of my skull, then everything went black.