The breathing was still smooth, no heavy panting. Or sweat. Or anything. This enhanced body was amazing. Too bad snake-face was never going to get the chance to use it, it was her's now.

"Over here!" Called a male voice from behind.

The girl thought quickly and dived underneath a large tree, burrowing down to the tree's roots in a matter of seconds. Five men in camo gear landed where she had been standing not a few seconds before. After a minute of searching, and not finding a thing the men moved on to continue to look for the her. Not that they would find her now.

The girl sighed with relief and crawled out of the little hole she made and began run again. Her long raven black hair flew out behind her, and her ink black eyes darted back and forth across the leafy landscape, doing a search of their own. What was she looking for? One thing, she was looking for a safe place. However, her secrets she would keep. She would never tell anyone the full truth, only say that the Sound was after her and she needed a place to hide.

"Oh Umi." Said someone. And the girl, Umi, flinched and leaped away.

"Kabuto." She whispered.

"Dear Umi, your not yet ready to leave. Come back and I will finish up." Said Kabuto, smiling that sweet and kind, and oh so fake, smile of his.

Umi didn't reply, but the hurt on her face was plain enough. Not physical, but emotional.

Just a minute of them staring, then Umi leaped away as Kabuto attacked. She could see the blue chakra glowing on his hands, and knew not to let him touch her.

Pouring as much strength into her legs as she could, Umi jumped away from the fight. Getting quite high into the air quite fast. Touching down a ways away she pushed forward and kept running. Eventually Umi was running beside a river, she jumped in and dived down, like with the tree only swimming, and let the current take her farther from the one that broke her heart.

The water was murky and she couldn't see even a foot in front of her. So Umi closed her eyes and sensed her way around the rocks protruding from the bottom of the river.

It was difficult, and this was real. Not a dream just in her head. If she was hurt, it would actually hurt. Good thing she had some medical ninja training.

Umi thrust her hand out of them water, caught the riverbank edge and pulled herself out. She rested for a minute, laying where she had come out, half in, half out of the water. Just catching her breath. Then dragged herself up and ran into the now thinning forest.

Leafs fluttered as she went past, too oxygen deprived to think clearly and cover her tracks. She found a small run down cabin not top far in. With gratitude to whomever had built the place Umi went in and settled down for more of a rest in the coming night.