Troubles

As Ayame came down the mountain pass; she thought about what just happened. 'Where did that power come from? How did it happen? What is wrong with me?' she had asked herself over and over again. She had never encountered such anger before nor even a jutsu that strong. She bet none of the older ninjas ever did a jutsu like that…then again you never know. As Ayame rounded the corner she bumped into her brother, Seige.

"Oops, sorr-," Ayame was about to say, when he disappeared. 'Weird,' she thought 'He never acts like that. Maybe he went to grieve?'Ayame bowed her head as she remembered that her clan was now gone forever. 'No one will take us in. Not even the Yukikage.' Then it hit her. Why not the ask Yukikage to help her with her power? After all, he is the most skilled in the Village. Feeling very happy; she started running at full speed!

"WoooHooooo!" she shouted to sky.

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Ayame skidded to a halt once she got to the building the Yukkekage was at. When she stopped, though, she did a forward summersault landing on her hands. The two ANBU guards on duty saw what happened and came over to see if she was okay.

"Hey, kid are you okay?" one guy asked. He was wearing a cat mask with purple lines. The other had the same mask; but it had red lines. Her cousin, Kami, always talked to them whenever she got the chance...which wasn't to very often.

'I believe the one in the red is Lee and the other is Sho.' Ayame was telling herself, when Sho snapped his fingers in front of her. "Huh? What?" she exclaimed. "I asked if you were okay and you haven't answered me." Sho growled at her.

"Sho-san leave the kid alone! She just lost her family, OR have you FORGOTTEN?" Lee scolded his companian. "NO. I haven't forgotten but losing her family is no excuse to forget to be polite when she is addressed!" he snapped back.

The two continued to glare at each other, (or what it seemed to be glaring), until Ayame cleared her throat. "I'm sorry. I...I wasn't trying to be rude Sho-sama," the little Kashokagi told him.

He seemed to lighten up a bit at that because he told her "Ah...well...its okay...sorry for being a...well ya know." She smiled at that and got up from her sitting position on the ground.

"So Miss Ayame, how can we help you on this dreaded day?" Lee asked her. She fidgeted, trying to find the right words to explain. "Um, well you see...I was wondering if I could speak to the Yukikage," and hearing nothing, she added "Its important! It has to do-"

"Can you see the Yukikage? Boys not only has she lost her family but also her witts!" a very, very annoying voice interrupted. "Hahahahahahahahah!" laughter from all around sounded after the remark. Ayame whipped her head around to confront her attacker and saw that it was Kawato Kaishi. The village's bully...also the village's idiot.

He was tall, with shaggy black hair, and brown eyes. He was a young shinobi and he had many...jerky friends. His best friend was Yamauindo Leaf, a guy who she has avoided all her life. "I haven't lost my witts! The reason is more important than your missions!" Ayame roared.

"Oho, is it now?" Kaishi asked; lifting his eyebrows, "If it was so important I believe these ANBU would have let you passed already." "Aww, you know what I believe guys? I believe she's just making up stuff to get even MORE attention!" Leaf told the rest of them.

Now that he had his friends attention he continued with his so called 'theory'. "More important then our ! The next thing we'll know she'll challenge us to fight!" They all laughed at the last comment which made her very angry.

"I bet I can take you on; all of you are practically worthless to the village with your skills," Ayame retorted, then immediatly regretted her words. They had stopped laughing and were looking down at her with evil glares. Its a good thing that looks can't kill; cause these looks would have all ready put her six feet under.

"So you think that you can take us on?"hissed Kaishi, "You think a LITTLE GIRL like you can take us on. Us elite shinobi?" Back into her unfazed state she said defiantly "Yes, yes I do." The air felt heavy with tension. You could have cut a square out of it.

"Well then, why don't we meet in AREA 2? Be there if you can," and they sprinted off. As they went away she realized just what she had gotten herself into. 'Why is it always me that has to start the trouble?' she groaned inwardly.

"You aren't going to accept that are you?" Lee asked. "If you do then we'll come with you to help," Sho added and Lee glared at him, "You know to make sure they don't go overboard on you."

"Sho...-," Lee was about to say something when the little Kashokagi raised her hand. "I-I will try my best to fight them, " she looked at both of them before continuing.

"I don't want you two to get mixed into something I started. You guys can come if you want but I want to do this on my own," with a look of determination; she slammed her fist into her hand and finished, "They need to know that they are NOT the top ninjas here!"

The two ANBU looked at her, then looked at eachother. Lee held up one finger and the two started whispering. Normally a child wouldn't be able to here two elder shinobi whispering quietly to themselves, but for some odd reason Ayame could here every word clearly.

"What do you think we should do?" Lee asked his partner. "I think we should let her go at it. The girl needs to learn that she's not that tough; PLUS I want to see what she can do, " Sho replied.

Ayame winced at that. 'I am only seven what can I do that can stop them?' Lee sayed sharply to Sho, "So you would rather her get injured than help her!" Sho waved his hands in front of him and sayed quickly, "NO, no that's not what I meant. We can help her if she needs help, but other-than-that let the kid go at it."

Lee starred at him for quite some time before turning his attention back to Ayame. "Fine," he told her, "But if we think you need help then we will step in and stop the fight. Is that clear?" Ayame nodded her head vigorously.

Lee nodded his head too. "Great!" Sho clapped hius hands together and looked at her, "Now is the time we put that great speed of yours to the test. You ready?" 'I don't know am I ready' Ayame wanted to ask but instead sayed, "Let's do this."