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Chapter One - Old Friends

Gazing Around lazily as she walked down the street, Xana, as she was known to her friends, Entered through the gates of the Hidden Leaf Village. As she looked around, her hood obscuring her face and Deep brown hair from view, her deep purple cloak billowed in the wind. She had been traveling for two years now, wondering if she would ever find what she was looking for. She missed them greatly, and set out to find them when she woke up after those terrible events that separated them.

"Could they be here?" She muttered under her breath. The streets were oddly empty, like all the people were hiding. Xana walked to the corner of the street, where it crossed with another. Something was wrong, why were all the shops closed? And for that matter, where were all the people? Was it a day of mourning?

"Where is he?" A voice rang out through the air, almost like it was trying to answer her suspicions.

This voice shocked Xana. There had been no one there just a moment ago. But when she looked at the path she just traveled, there were two men, Wearing large black jackets that had red clouds on them. And, as if that weren't enough, they were wearing straw hats with bells on them. One of them had a large sword on his back. It seemed that they had attacked the guards, but killed them silently.

"Well, where is Naruto?" The other man asked, his voice seemed to have a natural growl to it, and this more direct query seemed to alarm the first man. Apparently they were working toward some sort of goal, but what, Xana wondered, could that be? She had no time to wonder who Naruto was or why these men were looking for him.

"Kisame, don't let our targets name slip so easily, the Boss wouldn't like us failing again, not with those two as Shinobi now." Said the unknown man, who, despite his strange appearance, looked like he knew the village well. Perhaps he had been here before, or else he knew people who lived here?

"Whatever you say, Itachi, but can I at least have this one? I haven't had a good fight in days." Said the man known as Kisame, who had reached up and grabbed the handle of his sword. His skin was blue, Xana observed. Though she wondered why, she realized now was not the time to ask. That man Kisame was going to attack at any moment, and Xana had to be ready.

"All right Kisame, you can have your fun, but first lets find out what she knows." Itachi said as he focused on Xana now. "What do you know about a boy named Naruto?" He asked, his eyes fixed on Xana, almost piercing her with his gaze. "It's very important we find him."

"Naruto? Never heard the name." Replied Xana sharply, hoping to get away from these two as fast as possible. "Why are you looking for him, if I may have the privilege of knowing?" She asked fiercely, pulling a knife from out of her cloak. She would fight her way out of this if she had to, though she hoped it wouldn't have to come to that.

"That's none of your business." Kisame replied. Suddenly he drew his sword into a swing at Xana. "Let's see you dodge this!!" At that moment a fast thrown kunai knife barely missed Kisame's foot, forcing him to jump back. And then she heard it, the deep, thoughtful voice she hadn't heard in two years, and it made her realize just how lucky a person she was to have come here today.

"There will be no killings today. Leave now. The ANBU Black Ops are on their way." Said the man, whose long silver hair swayed out behind him in the wind. A sword dangling at his side, tied to his large black jacket. But if that man was here, surely the other was too. Then the Silver haired man jumped down and turned to Xana

"Xana, get out of here. We'll catch up later." She nodded and took off down the street. He wondered if she had been searching for the two of them. Regaining focus, he shouted "Justin, let's go!" at what seemed to be nothing at all

"Hmm, so they think attacking from afar will help them? that's not going to work at all, it is Kisame?"

"Oh Yeah? Try this on for size!" Came a voice from above them, and as they looked up, they saw a man in the air In front of this man were about 50 kunai knives, more than any regular ninja could carry, let alone throw simultaneously.

"Get out of the way!" Yelled Kisame, Picking up his sword and spinning it to deflect most of the kunai, as Itachi dodged the ones that fell toward him, grabbing one in midair and throwing it back at the man. The man dodged it as he hit the ground behind Itachi and Kisame, slipping, and falling to his knees.

"Heh, one each Seph?" The man said, with a grin on his face as he got to his feet. "I've been waiting to fight with Itachi here for a long while." He said as he pulled his long black hair out of his face revealing his golden eyes.

"Whatever you say, Justin." Sephiroth replied, as he drew his sword and rushed at Kisame. Justin drew forth a sword from on his back, smaller than that of Sephiroth's, and faced Itachi. Itachi merely

"You can still run you know. I'm not going to stop you." Justin said, pointing his sword at Itachi. "But if you continue to linger, I'll have no choice but to take you down." And with that Itachi merely glared at him, almost like he was trying to predict Justin's next move.

"Hmm, so you don't want to see how your friend does against Kisame? Well, it should be interesting, to say the least." Replied Itachi, before averting his gaze away from Justin entirely, and focusing on the battle ensuing nearby.

Kisame and Sephiroth were jumping through the air, their swords clashing. As it dragged on, Sephiroth seemed to be slowing down, as if stopped by Kisame's sword. "Why, can't I use and jutsus?" Sephiroth wondered. "Every time I focus my chakra and rush at Kisame, it always seems to run out before I connect the attack. How am I supposed to beat him?"

"And that is the beauty of Sharkskin." Itachi explained. "Kisame's sword has the power of draining a foe of their chakra even when in such fast paced combat as this, so your friend doesn't stand a chance." Itachi started to laugh, and this wound Justin up even more. Sephiroth, Justin thought, has been preparing for this fight for months now. There was no way he could lose!

"Don't let him get to you Seph!! You can beat him!" Justin yelled, hoping this would help. But as he looked up to see how the fight was going, the two fighters were about to clash, and Kisame swung his sword, slashing Sephiroth across the chest. As he flew backward through the air, his clothes torn, and losing blood quickly, a scream broke out, piercing the silence left by the battles two onlookers.