The New Foe
Sakura, Ino, and Shizune are on their way back to the Hidden Leaf village from an important mission given to them from the Hokage, Tsunade.
"I'm ready to get back to the village, this mission has been so tiring." Ino said.
"Well Ino, if you actually kept up your training, you wouldn't feel so flushed." Sakura said.
"Like I need any advice from Brow." Ino replied.
"I'd expect this kind of behavior from a pig." Sakura said.
" Wanna say that a little louder!" Ino shouted
" SORRY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR EARS! I SAID I'D EXPECT THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR FROM A PIG!"
"Cut it out, both of you. Lady Tsunade would not approve of this behavior." *Shizune looks around*
"It's getting late, we should make camp and rest. Tomorrow, we are leaving as soon as the sun rises."
*They stop and set up camp*
"Sakura, Ino, come help set up the barrier. If someone approaches us, I will be able to detect it." Shizune says.
"Right!" both girls say.
*They put both hands together as Shizune opens a scroll and makes hand seals*
"Ok, it's done. Rest and get your strength. We need to get this package to Lady Tsunade as soon as possible." Shizune said.
*It's 4 am, and Shizune sits up and looks around*
She senses a presence. Someone entered the barrier.
"I don't want to wake those two, I will go check it out for myself." Shizune says.
She gets up and heads to where she sensed the intruder.
*Shizune runs for 6 minutes and hears a voice*
"Coming here alone, that wasn't very smart." A female voice says.
"Come out and face me!" Shizune says.
"Fine." the voice says and a woman appeared in front of Shizune.
She wore a Purple and Black Kimono.
"Who are you?" Shizune asks.
"I am Hikari from the outskirts of the Hidden Rain Village. I come here for the package that you and those two girls have. If you would be so kind as to hand it over, I won't have to kill you." Hikari said.
A suprised look came across Shizune's face.
" I don't know what you are talking about." she lied.
" The package in the blond girls bag. Go get it and hand it to me or you die." Hikari demands.
Shizune pulls out a kunai.
"Don't tell me you are going to try and fight me. It's pointless."Hikari laughed.
"Don't underestimate me." Shizune said and she threw the kunai.
Hikari catches it and grins.
"Have it your way."
Hikari appears in front of Shizune and punches her in the stomach.
Shizune coughs up blood as Hikari steps back.
Shizune falls to her knees and looks up.
"She's fast." Shizune thinks. I guess I have to use this.
Shizune reaches and gets a flash bomb and it goes off.
Hikari only looks and Shizune makes her escape.
She ran back towards where Sakura and Ino were.
Anyone as fast as this couldn't be defeated.
"Why do they always run?" Hikari asks herself as takes a step and appears in front of Shizune."Going somewhere?
Shizune throws a punch and Hikari grabs her fist and throws her to the ground.
Hikari makes hand signs,"Ninja Art, Dance of the Nine Geisha." she says and nothing happens.
"What is it that makes you think that those two girls could help you defeat me. You were obviously running for backup. But thats not going to happen today."Hikari says as she begins to circle Shizune.
As she walks around Shizune, every nine seconds, a clone appears, until there were nine Hikari.
"I won't go down without a fight, Shizune says, Ninja Art Poison Fog." she breathes a cloud of poison toward the Hikari, but they all jump in the air and thrown shuriken and kunai at Shizune.
Shizune dodges, but one Hikari appeared behind her
"Water style, Giant vortex jutsu!" the Hikari with the blue kimono says and water comes from her hands and blows Shizune backward.
"So, it seems you use water style, I have the perfect thing for you." Shizune says as she reaches in her pocket for a lightning scroll and she opens it and puts it towards the Hikari. Lightning came out of the scroll, but the Hikari with the white kimono comes to protect the other and makes hand signs,"Ninja Art,Wind Release" and wind comes from the Hikari and reflects the lightning back to Shizune, who dodges it.
"I was lucky." Shizune says as she lands on the ground.
She didn't realize the Hikari with the green kimono was behind her.
"Ninja Art, Petal dance!" the Hikari yells and flower petals begin to surround Shizune and they begin to cut her.
Shizune pulls out a scroll which has the fire symbol and it burns away the petals.
"Water style, Exploding water shock wave!" The Hikari with the blue kimono says and water comes from her mouth and water surrounds them.
All nine Hikari and Shizune stand on the water.
"I need to alert Sakura and Ino" Shizune thought.
"What's the matter, can't think of anymore attacks?" all the Hikari asked Shizune.
"Darn it!" Shizune thought. "I can't take all of them. I will just have to set off this paper bomb and hope the girls hear it."
Shizune reaches for a paper bomb, but the Hikari with the pink kimono throws a chain and it wraps around Shizune.
"Don't even try it." All the Hikari say to Shizune.
"I have no other choice." Shizune thought. "I will bring the package to you. You can have it. Just let me go and promise me you won't harm the other two."
Hikari only laughed.
"Keep the package. I have no use for it now. This wasn't a fair fight, and I want to take it, THE RIGHT WAY." Hikari said
Shizune felt a terrible evil when Hikari said that.
"Now for the finale." Hikari said and all the Hikari made a special handsign.
Shizune didn't notice, but out of all nine Hikari, none of them looked like the original!
The nine Hikari jumped in the air and vanished, and the original Hikari was in front of Shizune.
"Ninja Art,*the Hikari jumps in the air and makes hand signs* Phantom Ball!" Hikari said.
A purple sphere had came from Hikari's hand, and it went towards Shizune, but the closer it got, the larger the ball became.
Shizune's eyes widened with fear and the sphere made contact with Shizune, and it exploded, but there was no sound.
The entire battle area was destroyed, but the damage didn't make it to Sakura and Ino.
Shizune lay on the ground, blood coming from her mouth, clothes tore, and vision getting blurry.
Hikari walked towards Shizune and stood over her.
"Tell Tsunade I will be in the Leaf Village in exactly 10 days time. Make sure you have your best men on the line, because my goal is the unthinkable among your people. I will destroy the Leaf Village." Hikari said as she walked off laughing an evil laugh.
*8 hours later*
"Hey, Sakura, where's Lady Shizune." Ino asked.
Sakura sat up and looked around.
"I don't know. But its late. We should have left for the Leaf village long before now." Sakura said.
"We should go look for her." Ino said.
"Let's wait. She may have gone out for something important. Like medicinal herbs." Sakura stated.
She didn't know that Shizune was clinging to her life.
*10 minutes passed*
"Sakura, we should really go look for Lady Shizune." Ino declared.
"Yeah, we should. I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling." Sakura said.
They scouted the woods for 6 minutes, until they saw the trees gone. Nothing but a wasteland.
"What happened?" Ino asked with fear in her voice.
Sakura looked around.
"Is that?*she squints her eyes* Lady Shizune!" Sakura shouts.
She and Ino run to Shizune, who had blacked out.
"Ino,start medical ninjutsu!" Sakura demanded.
"Right!" Ino said.
They healed Shizune as much as they possibly could, but the damage was too great. Whatever did this, it was strong. And it definately wasn't over. The Leaf Village would be under seige. And without Shizune to tell them, it wouldn't be easy.