Kyo

Oh no... Out of all times they had to be here?!

Quickly, Yuki went to the front and opened the door to see a rather serious looking blond hair girl and a very scary yet serious looking girl with her hair braided, both wearing casual clothes as they entered in our house much to my annoyance.

"Tohru." The Yankee panted, looking around as we realize they have been running. "Where is she? Please tell me she's here?"

Shigure, Yuki, and I all looked at eachother. We didn't know what to say, and we didn't want to say anything to make them even look more scared. But.. Why were they scared for exactly?

When we failed to answer the two girls, the Yankee and Hana looked at eachother before the Yankee decided to climb up the stairs to Tohru's room, I stopped in her tracks with my arms wide blocking her as she scowled at me. "Out of my way Carrot Top!"

"No, you're staying here and explain why you're panicking." I scowled back.

The Yankee then grabbed by the shirt and pulled me close surprising me while she still kept her scowl. "We can't tell you, but I will tell you this. It's a matter of life or death for Tohru!"

Hearing this shocked me as the Yankee threw me down while Hana followed right behind her without a second glance at us. I looked at Shirgure and Yuki who were also surprise by that.

"What did... She mean it's a matter of life or death for Tohru?" I whispered before I grew angry. "What did Tohru ever do!"

Looking at the stairs, I scowled as I was tempted to follow them. they had all the answers, and they knew what was going on even if we didn't say anything yet.

Yuki stopped me as I turned my scowling face at him, but his stern face just told me to stay down and wait for them as I reluctantly did. Upstairs, we could hear the Yankee curse upstairs very loudly before running back down with Hana who had a very distraught face.

They were about to leave until I stopped them by quickly closing the doors. Again the Yankee scowled at me along with Hana, but I looked up at them with an intimidating glare. "You tell us what is going on, Tohru's our friend also and we deserve to know."

"Damn it Orange Top, get out of my way!" "Uo, Stop." Hana said to her coldly, causing the Yankee to stop as she glared at Hana who didn't seem to effected by it as Uo gave a frustrating sigh before we gave them room to sit around us.

"Tell us, did a red scroll come this morning?" Hana asked while Shigure gave a nod. The Yankee's eyes hardened as she looked down at her lap, her fist clenching. "Damn it, then we're to late. They're probably long gone by now."

"Alright, who exactly is they? What is going on, and how come you seem to know what was going on?! What exactly is that scroll, and why does this person who kidnapped Tohru want it?" I growled, wanting my answers now while The Yankee glared at me softly before she started to explain. And when I meant by explaining, she meant by explaining the real story of their backgrounds.

"I guess we have no choice then, but you have to swear to keep this a secret or else I will kill you all. And that is not an empty threat." The Yankee said, glaring at all of us while we gave a shaky nod and motioned the two girls to go.

"Tohru, Hana, and I all use to live in the same village... Which is the Hidden Leaf Village. We all went to the ninja academy-"

"Are you saying that ninjas exist?" I asked gruffly while the Yankee growled at me. "Don't interrupt or I won't say anything." I kept my mouth shut.

"As I was saying... We all went to the ninja academy to become ninjas, but at that time. The three of us were friends and pretty much alienated from the other children since we were different, including a very good friend of ours Naruto Uzumaki." The Yankee then smiled from a fond memory before she went on. "When we became ninjas at age 12, Hana and I were not very bothered we were teammates, but we were pretty much bothered that Tohru became out teammate. At that time, we thought she was weak and an airhead, but she was much more that as we started to know eachother along with our stupid Sensei of ours, Koruko-Sensei."

"Unfortunately, our poor sensei passed at the same time The Third Hokage pass away from that invasion from the sound and sand but after that, Shikamaru and the three of us became chunin. It was then Lady Tsunade soon sent us to a mission to this land, and our mission is probably permanent till the day we die. Sure we get to see our home village and land for a while and our friends, but we are to stay in this land forever until the day we die, and three more will have to take the position in our place." Hana explained while Yuki blinked in confusion.

"What exactly is your... Mission?" Yuki asked while Hana and the Yankee looked at eachother before back at us.

"To tell you the truth... We're suppose to stop something from coming from the ninja lands to here, but we have no exactly idea what and Lady Tsunade didn't give us much information about it. So we've been on this mission blindly for years now and we still don't know what to do. But I have a feeling this is something we have to stop, not for this land and the ninja lands sake, but for Tohru's as well since they kidnapped her." The Yankee explained while I held my head on my palm as I let the information go through me.

I then spoke with a confuse tone. "What is in that scroll? That scroll that those people are after?"

"... A scroll that holds a massive weapon that could destroy both our lands and kill millions of people."

Tohru

It's been already three days and tonight was the night Yuki and the others are suppose to be here with the scroll, but I fortunately hid it somewhere where they would never get their hands on including the enemies.

Giving a sharp yelp, I was knocked back by a sudden slap before I was picked up by the shirt as the man growled at me. "Tell us now where is the scroll you insolent girl!"

Groaning quietly, I looked at him with no emotion in my eyes as I kept quiet before he threw me down, and I was certain I heard my bones crack as a flood of pain pulsed through my body.

I had a twisted ankle, I had 2 broken ribs, my shoulder was dislocated, a broken arm, a large wound which was bleeding from my side, and I had a concussion from when they kept throwing my head down on the wall or floor head first. I was lucky that I wasn't bleeding to death, and I could heal myself but my ankles and wrists were chained with chakra that kept sucking out all of my chakra no matter what I did.

I panted while the man finally left me alone while I tried to curl myself into a ball just so I could protect myself against the cold draft coming from the high window. But I couldn't move any more as I looked over at the new bruises that adorned my whole body as I winced at the sight.

If I was a normal girl, I would've been dead a long time ago, but I was a ninja who could withstand almost everything.

Trying to move my head, I looked up at the ceiling to the high window where the fading light was entering from.

Panting, I closed my eye and I was instantly thinking of Uo and Hana as I felt tears stinging in my eye.

I was hoping for them to come and at the same time I was hoping they wouldn't come. But more importantly, I hope they don't tell Yuki and the others where the scroll is.

Losing one life wasn't important as losing millions of lives just because of my mistake.