The wind silently kissed her neck. Whispering caressing words in her ear, "I'll never let you go, never let you sacrifice yourself."
Haunting memories, taunting and twisting words.
"Who fooled you to think you're the one who must be the tool!"
Acting as he never did before. Spilling all emotions into the air. Loving they way he cared, hating the way he was scared.
"This is something I have to do for the safety of the village!"
She walked with her head held high into the battle. A Massive snake emerged from the ground. Using the advantage of its shadow, she stealthily crawled towards her victim. A sudden stop, holding her breath, but it was too late, she narrowly dodged a kunei. This seemed to go on forever, but the battle had progressed away from the village. She moved with the cover of nightfall, breathing heavily with each step. Blood crawling down her body, gasping for air. Scorch marks stinging against the cool breeze. The true enemy finally transpired before her.
"You are foolish if you think you can stop me."
She could only stand there glowering at him trying to regain her breath, clutching her side. The harder she pressed, the more pain shot through her body.
An eerie, piercing laugh echoed through the forest. She looked up and saw her opponent laughing. It's amusing to see your victim in pain and thinking she just wished to die. Mistake number 1. Buying her time, distracting him to build enough charka for one last move. One shot was all she had, knowing full well she didn't have enough to kill, but enough to injure him for many years to come. Her hair fell out of its usual braid and covered her face. A good to not let him see her eyes, so he couldn't read her mind. She fell to her knees, her palms touching the dirt floor.
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A stinging pain coursed through her body. She couldn't stop she was so close. Ducking to dodge a tree branch overhead, she felt so weak. Her eyes weighed heavy, creating another difficult task. She needed only one rest to catch her breath. She jumped down from the tree and walked slowly on the forest floor. Avoiding the road so as to bypass any travelers. Lifting her gaze she saw an old wooden bench. She painfully sat down in a position that wouldn't hurt as bad. The cool air felt good in her lungs. Her heavy breathing could be seen against the fog.
She jumped up quickly to dodge a kunai, grabbing one of her own to defend herself. She was in a low crouch staring around her, searching for the culprit, her next victim. The silence begged for her to keel over and die.
"After all these years you still give more attention to Sasuke and Sakura!"
She straightened up, flinching from the pain. The voice that broke the killer silence complained long enough for her to follow the noise. Silently peering around the massive oak tree.
The only person in her line of sight a pink-haired girl sitting on the floor rolling her eyes. She Jumped up to the lowest tree branch. Hidden in the leaves, she could see the argument unfold.
Leaning against the tree near the bubble gum haired girl was a young male around the same age. He seemed cool, collective, and had dark hair. Another male, older by about 10 years was a silver haired jounin. She then saw the boy who was complaining endlessly. He had blonde hair, blue eyes, and cat-like markings on his cheeks.
Looking further in the clearing she saw many wooden targets, all of which had quite a few kunei's lying around them, untouched, and unharmed. A soft breeze chilled her neck, rustling the leaves below. The four ninjas beneath her didn't suspect a thing; they should have known that the leaves moved in an opposite direction they should have when a soft breeze pushed them. She reached into her side pouch and grabbed a weapon, thrusting it below.
The timing was almost perfect. She threw her weapon below, knocking the other one out of the air and to the ground before hitting it's loud blonde target.
"What the hell!" The obnoxious ninja said in shock.
She leaped down from her perch, landing in front of him, flinching as she did so. Staring around to find the attackers.
Now with a closer look, she saw that the dark haired ninja was of the long perished Uchiha clan. He and the masked jounin were on their guard. The pink-haired girl was slowly coming out of shock.
He came lunging swiftly from behind. Side-stepping around him, her kunai caught him on the side. She pulled back, holding in tears and screams of pain, showing no weaknesses. Not exactly getting away with it. The young woman, apparently a medic, saw the many wounds on her body when her cloak flipped open.
Two enemies fell to the floor. She struggled to get up, only to fall back down to her knees, coughing up blood. A kunai sticking out of her right shoulder, darkness enveloped her eyes. Reliving every horrible moment in her miserable life was torture enough, falling flat on the floor. Her eyes closed.
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"Sakura!" The young male of the Uchiha clan yelled to the medic.
'What is she doing!' He thought as he saw her dashing to help the mysterious female ninja.
"She could be one of them," he said to her as she pulled the kunei and started to heal the open wound.
"If she was, then why protect Naruto? Did you not see her headband? Its of Konoha." The medic replied hastily. She confused him endlessly, on and off missions and training.
"She could easily be one of the Akatsuki, fooling us to get to Naruto, sh-"
"It's no trick, she is of Konoha." The silent jounin said while wiping blood off his shuriken.
"Do you know her?" Sakura asked in amazement.
"We need to get her to Hokage Tsunade immediately." He replied curtly, ignoring the question and picking up the woman. Without saying anything else, he hastily went towards Konoha, leaving the three students in puzzlement.
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