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I watched how Kisame slashed at one of the masked guys with his humongous sword. Being of such a size he was incredibly fast and agile. I then cast a glance at Itachi who was still standing at the same spot, just a step in front of me. Three ninjas were running towards him and my eyes caught a blur of something as they threw it at Itachi.

'Oh shit!' I cursed mentally as I suddenly realized the wondrous fact that I might actually get hurt in all this mess.

Yet, quite surprised I saw how Itachi moved in front of me completely and took the blows of the upcoming ninja, at the same time counterattacking him and sending the poor guy into the nearest tree. The man hit the tree hard and fell, growling from the pain. At that time Itachi was already fighting two other ninjas and even though I wished I could understand what was really going on, they were moving far too fast for me to see. I suppose I was not granted supervision. Yet, in a few minutes or so, the bodies of the ninjas fell limp, blood trickling down to the ground and soaking the green grass. Itachi stood, staring at them for a moment. Then, he turned to me and I noticed his eyes suddenly widen. Then, anger flashed in them, and while I contemplated what had happened, I felt someone grip my right arm strongly and twist it behind my back as a sharp knife (I suddenly vaguely remembered it to be called a kunai) was put to my throat. I suppose I should have watched my surroundings instead of Itachi and I yelped in both fear and pain as the man's fingers dug into my wrist painfully. Kisame landed behind Itachi, probably done with his opponents and growled at us.

"Don't move or I'll cut her throat," I heard a voice beside my ear and shivered at the thought of dying so young.

I saw Itachi hesitate as he was evaluating his chances and I noticed the last few masked guys reappear around. I cursed mentally once again. 'I can't believe that idiot Itachi is gonna loose like this, just cause of me... wait, that's not the point... I might DIE!!!'

Realization struck me like lightning and I shrieked. "I'm too young to die here!!! And I'm NOT supposed to die from a ninja hand! I wanna get hit by a car instead!"

"Shut up or I'll send you to hell!" The ninja hissed and I felt the knife scratch the skin of my neck.

I yelped again as it broke my skin and I felt blood trickle down, yet, now it was rage that filled me and I hissed angrily, "Oh, I'll show you hell. Power..."

In a matter of seconds everything around me went blank and empty darkness engulfed me. After doing it dozens of times today I felt pretty much used to it already. I tried moving, yet, felt nothing. I shrugged. Who knew if it worked, yet, I hoped it did. I blinked a few times at the emptiness around me. Every time I came here I felt as if I was blind. Completely blind and senseless. Just not being able to feel anything was incredibly scary. I felt deprived of all my senses all at once and, frankly said, it was hellishly dreadful. I couldn't even imagine how it would affect someone else beside me. Perhaps, ninjas had some special training for cases like this one.

Well, hopefully, this worked the same way my other powers did. Meaning, the guy was touching me, so he should be dragged in here as well. I sat down mentally, having decided to wait for a bit. This was gonna get boring. I started to count the seconds to at least somehow keep the track of time. But I grew bored by the 300th, meaning, I've spent here merely 5 minutes. I sighed. 'This equals to like 5 seconds in real world.' I had no idea how this was gonna affect my attacker, so I decided to stay on the safe side and wait a bit more.

After waiting a bit longer, I finally decided I'd risk coming back. I concentrated and said mentally "Power".

Even though I had prepared myself for the sudden impact with the real world, still, the bright light of the sun blinded me and I blinked quickly adjusting my sight. My nose tingled as all the scents around me seemed incredibly strong and my ears buzzed and hurt from the sounds that assailed my hearing so suddenly. My whole head seemed to be swirling as my brains tried to cope with the sudden overflow of senses, emotions and information. I breathed in slowly, getting my shivering body under control. The ninja behind me, however, wasn't so lucky or self-controlling.

I had already felt that my hand was free of his hold and I noticed the knife was lying on the ground by my feet, splashed with fresh blood. Whose?.. I turned around to see where my attacker was and slightly gasped. The ninja was down on the ground, shaking uncontrollably, his hands on his ears as if trying to stop the flow of sounds. It was true that my ears still hurt and buzzed too, and even the slightest sound of the tree branches in the wind was ringing in my ears. He was bleeding severely, with cuts and stab wounds all over his body. I realized he must have tried cutting himself, trying to get out of that place, my place. Maybe he thought it was an illusion, but it wasn't. Everything there was real. And the wounds he inflicted upon himself were real as well.

The man was wriggling on the ground, wailing and screaming, muttering something incomprehensible. He suddenly shot up and then fell to the ground again, clutching at the strands of grass, picking it up.

"I! I feel it! Hahaha... hahahahhah!!! I FEEEEELLL!!!!"

He was now laughing madly as he stood up swiftly, blood splattering from his wounds onto the ground. I took a few steps back, a bit shocked. I had no idea it would have such an impact on him.

The man suddenly turned to me, his eyes burning with madness and I flinched, backing away, feeling somewhat scared. I only took a few steps until I bumped into someone, who grabbed my shoulders firmly. I looked up and met Itachi's eyes, now bloody red with small black dots. The Sharingan. Surprisingly, my body relaxed slightly and for some reason I felt really safe in his strong, yet, gentle arms.

Then, I heard some chuckling and I directed my gaze towards the man, who now suddenly dashed towards me. I felt Itachi tense up behind me, but the man only ran to the kunai. He picked it up as he laughed madly and suddenly stabbed his leg above the knee. I gasped in surprise.

The man stabbed the kunai again as he shouted in pain, "YES! I feel it! I can FEEL it! Hahahahahahah…"

I stared at the man in shock and horror, as I realized he was slowly losing his sanity. He was still laughing crazily as some of his friends grabbed and dragged him away, disappearing into the forest.

"Should I go after them?" Kisame hissed as he readied his sword.

"No," Itachi narrowed his eyes slightly. "Leave them be. You," he looked down at me and I felt something flutter in my chest as his eyes peered into mine. "What did you do to him?"

I stared back at his red eyes and suddenly I realized I might understand what my love-struck friends saw in him…

"Liz?" He narrowed his eyes, boring into mine intently.

I blinked a few times, trying to get rid of my stupid daydreaming and shook my head. "Nothing much."

"Nothing much?! Ha!" Kisame laughed out putting his sword behind his back. "The guy suddenly bled almost to death for no apparent reasons and went nuts, cutting himself all over, and you say Nothing much!"

"Is this another one of your… jutsus?" Itachi was still looking down at me.

I frowned and tried wriggling out of his grip. "Do you enjoy holding me THAT much or what?.."

Itachi glared at me and let me go, slightly pushing me away. Being the normal girl I was, I lost my balance and fell down on my butt.

"Damn!" I cursed. "Did you have to push me?"

Itachi smirked. "You asked for it."

"I did not," I pouted as I got up and dusted myself off.

"Geez, let's just go," Kisame growled.

Itachi nodded. "Yes. Let's leave this place first. You can tell us what happened later."

I only shrugged. It's not like I actually had something to tell. I myself had no idea how I did that. And, frankly, I did not have even the slightest wish to do so again. I had no idea it would affect others in such a way…

"Follow us closely, and don't even think of running away," Itachi said as he turned away and suddenly disappeared. Kisame followed him and suddenly I was left all alone.

I blinked a few times as I cursed in my head. How the hell was I supposed to follow them?! I didn't have even the slightest idea as to where they went. Well, before I could think of anything, Itachi and Kisame reappeared in front me, Itachi glaring at me angrily.

"Why are you still standing here?" He hissed at me.

My brow twitched in annoyance as I hissed back, "Well sorry, Mr. World-Marathon-Champion, but I can't run at the speed of light!"

"Whaaat?.." Kisame looked down at me in confusion.

Itachi narrowed his eyes, still glaring at me, as I sighed, having lost all hopes to have a normal conversation with them.

"What do you mean?" Itachi asked warily.

I sighed again. "I'm not some super duper ninja, that's what I mean! I can hardly run a few hundred meters without losing my breath."

I frowned as Itachi and Kisame stared at me in a slight shock.

"What? Is it that hard to believe?" I frowned again irritated with their reaction.

"Whoah… Hold on a minute," Kisame hissed. "Are you saying you can't even keep up with us?.."

I glared at him and scoffed back, "Well if I could, I wouldn't be standing here now and we wouldn't be having this stupid conversation!"

"Are you making fun of us?!" Kisame roared at me. "You can perform high-leveled jutsus, yet, you can't even run?!"

My brow twitched a bit in annoyance again as I glared at him hatefully. "I'm not a damn ninja!"

"Then, who are you?" Itachi asked me relatively calmly, considering the situation we were in.

I looked at him and blinked a few times surprised at his question.

"Well… that's kind of… complicated," I finally muttered in reply.

"Is it?" Itachi narrowed his eyes watching me.

I avoided his gaze as I turned away and chuckled slightly. "Yeah, it's a long story."

"I have time," I heard his soft voice right behind me and shuddered. This was not good. I turned around to face him and looked at him. Itachi was standing right in front of me and you could feel his warm breath on me.

This world… this world was real. Everything here was real. I cast my glance down. 'If I get killed here, do I die for real?..'

Then, I looked at Itachi again. I remembered my friends telling me he was one of the strongest characters here. What would I do if I made an enemy out of him?.. Would my tricks really help me out? He might kill me even before I say "Stop".

"Well?" Itachi was staring down at me somewhat curiously.

"There's nothing to tell," I said, looking him at the eyes. Even if I make an enemy out of him, what else can I do? Would he believe me if I told him the truth?.. Hardly. I could never tell him the truth. No. That is not an option. All I can do is make up a believable lie. Or keep quiet.

Anything but the truth.