Mikoto was nearing the location of her target so she decided to rest for a moment so she will be at full strength going avoidant her target. She read the scroll that her father gave her and there wasn't much on him only a missing-nin had been spotted in the area. She activated her Byakugan looking for large chakra signatures that would be expected of a B-ranked missing-nin. She noticed chakra signatures all over the place, the same chakra. There were two things she was sure of one, that someone didn't like unexpected guests and two they were skilled in Fuinjutsu. This was more complex than she had ever seen. If this was the same Shinobi that she was looking for it was hard to believe they were only a B-ranked Shinobi, it was rare to come across a Fuinjutsu master and by the look of theses seals she was going to be dealing with one soon.
She stepped past the seals and her Byakugan was going crazy, all around her she saw human chakra signatures, she deactivated her Jutsu only to see trees and not a single human in sight. It seemed the purpose of the Fuinjutsu was to make tracking the missing-nin here impossible by standard tracking methods, she was sure that a sensor would pick up his chakra all over the place and she was sure their scent all over the place as well. She ran carefully thru the trees her eyes scanning the area for any signs of movement. The area was much larger than she had originally thought which made her job that much more difficult because he could be anywhere in the forest.
She sat down to clear her mind to figure out what here next move was, "I am impressed most would have given up by now," she looked up in the tree and there was a man with gravity defying grey hair, the lower half of his face was covered by a mask. His eyes were dark grey; he was currently reading a little orange book. This must be him, the missing-nin. He was much older than she would have thought him to be in his mid to late fifties if she had to guess.
"How many more is he going to send after me? But to send only one, he either thinks highly of you skills or he wants you dead," the elderly Shinobi said coolly still reading his book, "but I will give the chance to return to Konoha."
"Don't underestimate me," she said glaring at him from behind her mask.
"I may no longer be in the spring time of my youth but I am not yet in the winter of my life either," he looked down at her and the bottom of her stomach dropped out he possessed the Sharingan. She was under the impression her father was the last wielder of this Jutsu. He put the book away, and she activated her Byakugan and did her best to focus on the man. She pulled out a kunai and threw it at him he rolled out of the tree but he vanished before he hit the ground. Her eyes darted around the forest but his Fuinjutsu would make it impossible for her to fight him here she had to get out of the forest away from the Fuinjutsu. She began to spin forcing chakra from her body in an attempt to flatten the area around her to drive the missing-nin out. She deactivated her Byakugan but there was still no sign of him.
"A Hyuga..." she froze at the sound of his voice behind her. She turned to strike him but she passed right through him. She then heard a chirping sound, it was like a thousand birds had been frightened into a frenzy. She looked down it was her father's Jutsu, she jumped back and was able to block his wrist preventing him striking her heart but he did manage to get her shoulder. This man was no B-ranked missing-nin. His skills in Fuinjutsu and speed alone should have been enough to warrant him being an S-class, but he also knew how to perform Chidori and possessed the Sharingan. What had her father been thinking sending her here along to fight this man? She aimed a kick at the man's head but he vanished before she could make contact with him.
She looked around frantically trying to find her foe. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a beast made of lightning rushing towards her. She used Hakkesho Kaiten to counter the Jutsu. All she could do was hope that her defenses held up until she figured out his Sharingan's Jutsu.
"Let's see how well you know your basics, Shinobi skill number one Taijutsu," she could believe anyone would be so willing to charge head on with someone skilled in Gentle Fist, but as she engaged him in close quarters combat it quickly became apparent that he highly skilled in hand to hand combat. His Sharingan reading predicting her every move and on top of his superior speed it was evident she was out matched but she wasn't going to give up. With each passing minute she became angrier at his apparent lack of interest in the fight with a bored expression on his face. He was mocking her, telling her she wasn't worth his time. As the fight wore on she became sloppier with her technique, "never allow your opponent behind you Konohagakure Hiden Taijutsu Ogi: Sennen Goroshi!"
She looked back with no time to react as he formed the tiger seal and a murderous look came over him and he poked her in the butt sending her flying forward leaving her embarrassed but otherwise unharmed, "lesson two Ninjutsu Doton: Moguragakure no Jutsu."
She watched as he vanished beneath the ground but with the Fuinjutsu he had activated she wouldn't be able to find him, "Mogura Tataki no Jutsu!" She turned to see him pop up with a stick in hand he bopped her on the head before vanishing again. Over and over he popped up bopped her on the head before vanishing. This guy was really starting to piss her off with the way he was toying with her.
"Are you ready for the final Shinobi art?" He asked in a cool tone. She knew what was coming that meant she would have a chance to counter but if it was one of the more powerful Sharingan Genjutsu there wouldn't be much that she would be able to do about it, "lesson three Genjutsu."
Leaves began to swirl all around her and she tried to release it but the leaves turned into shuriken and began to rain down on her. Pain like she had never felt before coursed through her body, "it's only Genjutsu, it's only Genjutsu," she repeated over and over again.
"Does that comfort you at all knowing that the pain is all in your head, does it make the pain feel any less real?" He asked calmly. She all her might she broke free of the Genjutsu, she felt weak and tired. She got to her feet and ran. She ran as fast as she could away from the missing-nin, she couldn't beat him and if she stayed any longer she would die. She was no match for him and they both knew it the only thing that wasn't certain was if he would let her leave this place alive. She didn't even realize that she had lost her mask to her foe who still stood holding it at his side, "things are about to get interesting," he said to himself before vanishing once again.
She saw the edge of the forest in sight with all the strength she had she pushed forward. But her heart sank as she bumped into something every solid. She looked up to see a man. A man that she had seen before only in image the man known as Naruto. His bright blue eyes studied her it felt like they were looking into her very soul. But there was something about his face that was strangely familiar it was as if she had seen it every day of her life but she couldn't think were. His eyes fell to her injured shoulder and he placed his hand on her shoulder. She felt a warm sensation running through her and the pain in her body was gone. She felt like new, Sakura widely accepted as the world's greatest medical-nin and she wasn't this good.
"She is a skilled Shinobi but her basics could use some more work and if you nullify her Byakugan she struggles," she turned to see the missing-nin that she had been fighting leaning against a tree reading a book holding it front of his face with one hand and in the other he held her mask.
"Why are you telling me this Sensei?" Naruto asked. She jumped back away from Naruto, was she going to have to fight him as well a man her father didn't even want to cross with Suigetsu and the others at his side.
"I think you should train her," Kakashi said lazily.
"What?!" They both replied simultaneously.
