"Rescue or Assassinate"

by R.S.W.D.W

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in any way or form. (Sob's)

Kimmekoo tried asking Kotetsu and Izumo, for the fourth time, who the blonde in the market place was, but they avoided her question, repeatedly. She also noticed they were quietly conversing again,

with every eye blinking, head tilting, glaring, and chin or head scratching. Kimmekoo quietly came to the assumption the two men were looking for an escape route to flee from the monastery.

So, does that mean they've made their decision? Are they going to honor her request and kill her?

Or nab her and run, for some hair-brained reason.

Izumo and Kotetsu finished walking her around the perimeter. After a lot of disagreeing, they finally agreed on an escape route. The route lead from Kimmekoo's bedroom window and into a robust maple tree that sat between the monastery and perimeter wall, then into the forest, complete with lots of shadows. Meanwhile, they just have to wait for nightfall.

On the way back into the temple Izumo stopped and looked towards a tall pine tree in the direction of the forest. "Hey Izumo, you ok?" Kotetsu asked, Izumo shrugged and whispered back "Ya, just thought I felt something a minute ago but..." "There are three grass ninjas sitting there." Kimmekoo interrupted. The two chunnin shared a glance and shoved her through the door, then hurried her to her bedroom to get dressed for her daily visits with the monks. Safely in her room, Kotetsu begins checking behind every little thing and death glares every plant he came across.

Satisfied Kotetsu would handle any unseen threat, Izumo turned to the girl and asked "How did you know there were three grass ninjas there?" She watched as Kotetsu scrutinize her house plants and explained. "I can smell them, they smell like grass reeds, we don't have reeds around here. Also, Konahoa is not the only hidden village I sent a correspondence to. I've sent a request to Leaf, Grass, Sand and Mist." The two men pale, after listening to Naruto's stories abought the mist nin, Zabuza and the boy Haku, they definitely did not want to have to face off with any mist nin.

Izumo bent down to straighten her robes and whispered as quietly as possible to her. "We're leaving tonight, as soon as Monk Sho dismisses you to you're room for bed. Dress in dark clothes, nothing binding, nothing long and flowing. Pack as light as possible, nothing big and bulky, nothing noisy." Kimmekoo blinked a bit then smiled and nodded in agreement. Just then, Father Sho walks in to see Kotetsu shooing away a noisy squirrel from the window and Izumo fussing over a sloppy sash that did not want to behave and straighten, the three looked to him and smiled.

"Come along now, you three dinner is ready, then Luki will have her quiet visitation and discussions with the other monks." Kimmekoo fumed, Izumo and Kotetsu glared at the man. This guy doesn't even try to remember her name, just plucks one out of thin air when he needs one. That's what the thirty seventh name today! Izumo grumbled to himself as Kotetsu mused his own thoughts. Those so called discussions are more of them whispering and plotting against her maybe even teasing her, with all that finger pointing they do."

"Fine!" Kimmekoo huffed loudly, Monk Sho blinked several times as the two boys glared at him. Izumo knelt down to her. "Now Kimmekoo this isn't the time for that, ok? I said I would take care of it later, all right?" Kimmekoo blinked at him then smiled in agreement.

Izumo's right, he is going to take care of it. He and Kotetsu are going to spirit her away, away from the monks, away from the ridicule, away from the people who think she's nothing more than a tool for them to use at their convenience. Hopefully, she'll no longer feel like a prisoner.

Evening finally fell, the sun set over the temple and Monk Sho suggested that the two young men that the half-breed demon girl had taken a liking to so well should escort her to her room so that she could bed down for the night. As the rest of the monks filtered out to go to bed themselves, the three calmly walked down the hallway to Kimmekoo's room as they had done since the two men had shown up.

End

I'm so sorry! This is super late and super short. My comp is dead to the world taking all my stories with it. I'll get the third chap up soon as I can and hopefully it will be longer.

Hope you R&R, thanks for being so passionate.