"Look out!" Gai shouted as sharp vines flew forward towards the girl who resembled Kazumi. When the vines got close enough to her lily's started to form on the base of the vine, they were just like the one that blew up the ground beneath Kazumi. Once the lily's formed they quickly went off into small explosions that would do a lot of harm if she were to get caught in them.

To dodge the explosions she had to do series of back flips to get away from them fast enough. Once she was in the clear she quickly formed her hand sign, when she did her own sharpened vines went flying out towards Nina. Nina quickly jumped back and swung her hand forward directing her vines to block off the others. Their sharp ends hit each other like blades but in the end they ended up destroying each other.

"Hana!" Yelled the blonde young man that looked familiar to Kazumi. "Are you alright?" He asked as he stood by her side drawing his sword. "I'm fine Sato." She replied with an annoyed tone of voice. "You're jutsu isn't as strong as the last time we fought." Nina said with a smirk. "From the looks of it you've already used too much chakra." Nina slowly formed a hand sign but was quickly interrupted by her comrades who had just jumped from a building to behind her.

"Nina!" One of them yelled. Nina sneered at their interruption but listened. "We have to go, reinforcements have arrived." He placed his hand on her shoulder. "Tch." She scoffed at him. She wanted to ignore him and get some pay back to this girl but her mind quickly changed when the reinforcements suddenly appeared surrounding them.

Nina looked around at them in a hurry to get a count. "How many of our people are left?" She asked quickly. "No a lot, these outsider ninja's are tougher than we thought." He replied. "Dammit.." She cursed under her breath. She quickly looked back to Hana with a wide grin on her face. "Sorry to cut this short but we gotta run. Don't worry though...We'll see each other again real soon." She gave them a small giggle at the end that made them all sneer at her.

"Hurry get them!" Gai shouted quickly sprinting towards them along with Asuma. The ninja quickly followed his commands and drew their weapons but before they could get close enough to strike vines came flying from the ground underneath the strange ninja wrapping around their bodies completely till you couldn't see any part of them.

Gai and the others looked at them confused, when they saw the vines start to swell their eyes grew wide and they quickly jumped back out of the way dodging the sudden explosion coming from the vines. They had to quickly fall to the ground to dodge sharp edged vines flying in the air.

When it was clear they all slowly sat up and looked around seeing the enemy was now gone. "What the serious hell.." Said Asuma quietly. "No kidding, who the heck were those guys.." Gai said looking around more. "We can explain." Gai and Asuma both looked to the side seeing Hana and Sato walk over to them. "But perhaps it will be better if we speak to a leader of yours?" Hana said raising her eyebrows. Gai and Asuma both exchanged eye contact and than looked back at them with a nod.

"Do you know what happened with the princess?" Sato asked. "Who?" Asuma furrowed his his eyebrows down. "Her name is Chiyo, she is our princess." Sato shortly explained. "We don't have anybody by that name." Gai replied. "What are you talking about we just saw her before the others appeared." Sato furrowed his eyebrows down.

Asuma stared at him in confusion a bit more but than it all slowly came together, at least what he could make of it all. "Are you..by any chance talking about Kazumi?" He slowly asked. Sato and Nina both looked at each other and than back at him confused. "That's not really her name, it's just what we call her. She was brought to the village by a friend of ours about a month ago with no memory." Asuma explained. "That's her..." Sato looked relieved but also nervous.

"Kakashi fled with her not to long ago...Were those people after her?" Gai looked at them both. "Yes.." Hana slowly looked down. "It would be better if you could take us to a leader of yours so we can explain everything." She looked back up at them. Asuma and Gai both nodded. Asuma turned back towards one of the other ninja. "Go to Kakashi and Kazumi and tell them both to go to the Hokage's." He instructed him. The ninja nodded and quickly vanished. "Come one, we'll show you the way." Asuma said beginning to walk with the others following him.

While Kakashi and Kazumi sat under the tree he was looking up at the sky trying to listen for the fighting but it had all gone quiet. "Is it over?" Kazumi slowly asked in a quiet voice. "I think so..I don't hear anything.." Kakashi replied. "Is that a good thing?" She asked looked up at him. "Not always..." He said with a sigh. "Well..Maybe-" She was cut off by the stare that Kakashi gave her. "Kazumi, don't worry. Just rest." He said with a soothing but also concerned voice. Kazumi slowly looked down and nodded.

Kazumi looked down at her dress as she clenched the bottom of it with her hands. She felt like she wanted to cry more but she was too tired for it.

They both jumped and stiffened up when they heard shuffling near by but relief came over them both when saw it was just a Leaf village ninja. "Is the fighting over?" Kakashi quickly asked getting to his feet. "Yes, the enymy has fleed." He replied. Kazumi let out a loud sigh of relief. "The two of you are to go to the Hokage's office." He quickly instructed them. "Alright..Are the casualties bad?" Kakashi slowly asked. "Yes..The rest of the Leaf Ninja are tending to the injured and the bodies." He gloomily replied.

"I see.." Kakashi sighed again placing a hand in his pocket as he looked down. The ninja slowly looked to Kazumi meeting eye contact, he stood there for a short while examining her. Kazumi looked at him confused and worried. The ninja took on last look at Kakashi and than vanished. 'Why did he look at me like that?' Kazumi wondered as she clutched her chest. "Kazumi." Kakashi's voice quickly snapped her out of it. She quickly looked at him. "Let's go." Kazumi replied with a nod as they both began to walk off.

As they walked through the village they could see the injured being tended to and bodies scattered on the ground. Kazumi clutched her chest as they walked by them. It was a horrible scene and she felt responsible for it. Kazumi was so spaced out she didn't realize that Kakashi had stopped walking until she ran into his back causing them both to stumble over.

Kakashi quickly caught himself and than turned around looked at her. "You okay?" He asked concerned. Kazumi replied with only a nod, Kakashi looked into her eyes and could tell she wasn't okay but he didn't push the matter further. "Come on.." He said lightly as he pulled the door open and walked into the building with Kazumi behind him.