Chapter One
New Missions
The cool midnight breeze blew at my face as I descended the steps towards the hidden house. I stopped once my feet touched the bottom, and waited for the door to open.
"Rayanalise," a voice whispered from my side, "you finally arrive," a short, and round man stepped from behind the bushes on the left side of the stairs.
I snorted.
"Still don't have that great of manners, Raynie?" he smirked.
"Well what's with you sneaking up on me?" I grumbled. I didn't even notice he had been in that bush.
"Just wanted to see if you still couldn't sense me," his eyes started changing into silted, gold animal-like eyes. His face began resembling something like what a snake's would be. His mouth opened and long black hair flowed down his side and pressed against his back. Fangs grew from his normal teeth as his long tongue slid from his mouth and towards me.
I blinked.
"Raynie? Are you alright?" the short chubby man asked me, smiling.
"Uh, yeah," I stuttered, "I'll just go inside now," I walked towards the sliding doors as they opened. The short man followed behind me taking his time. I took one step into the building, and looked around.
I felt something slither over my feet, and I looked down. I was frozen with terror. Snakes. I took a few slow breaths.
"One… two… three…" I breathed out, "meigetsu."
My eyes began lightly glowing yellow, and the snake evaporated into air. Must have been a hallucination, I sighed. I looked up to see three men standing behind the short man.
"You may call me Hallow," he smiled, "and these men… you don't need to know their names," the three behind him smirked slightly. Hallow turned around facing the three men, "go wait in the back while I inform Rayne of her new mission, alone."
The three turned and exited quickly from the building, and I was left alone with Hallow.
"Rayanalise, I'll pay you in the millions for your cooperation," he smiled, again, at me, as he removed a bag from the inside of his kimono, "you'll get a couple of these every full moon."
"What do you want me to do?" I asked staring intently at the rather large bag of money. All I wanted to do right then was grab it out of his hands, but he only had one at the moment… it'd be a waste, I might as well do it.
"All you have to do is remain in Konoha and collect information for me," his smile grew bigger.
"You're paying me so much for that?" I raised my eyebrow at him.
"Well, you will need to act like you are staying there for awhile. You will have to act like you are just a normal person, and not a ninja. So you will need money for a place to stay, food and money for clothes and everything else you may need. There is also enough left over for you to save, or whatever else you'd like," he grinned flashing some of his teeth. They looked sharp, and something screamed from within me.
I blinked, and Hallow was just smirking normally at me. My hallucination are acting up more than usual today.
"Will you do it Rayne?" he asked.
"Yes," I paused, "I will do it."