Unfortunately, I do not own Naruto. If I did, it STILL wouldn't have me in it. lol.
(a/n) Uh... just read the Chapter 10 one... countdown... Only 4 more chapters after this one!!!
Rated T: For some 'naughty' words, if you don't like it, don't read it.
Chapter Eleven:
Kate glared at her least favorite character for less than a second, before drawing back a fist and punching him directly in the nose, feeling it break under the pressure, and causing him to fly back four or five feet.
Dee turned to look at her, eyes wide, "Where'd that come from?" she asked with incredulity.
"I just really hate him," Kate said, smiling, "Let's go!"
"Uh..." Kiba started, "I think that we should stay behind and just make sure that he doesn't come after us."
Kate shrugged, "I might as well stay too," she said, and after Temari pushed Kankuro to join, the remainder of the group set off again. 'Damn,' Dee thought, looking back as she ran, 'Kate was smart! Not only does she get to beat up on the person she hates the most, but she gets to avoid Naruto tooo!!!'
"Something wrong?" Temari asked her, to which Dee's response was simply a shrug as they continued onward.
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Kabuto staggered to his feet, wincing slightly and violently snapping his nose back into place. "Why you little bitch!" he yelled, spitting out the blood that had just rushed into his mouth from the river that was once his nose.
Kate smirked, "What of it?" she asked, happy that she could finally take out her frustration on someone, "Do you have any idea how early I woke up this morning?" Kiba and Kankuro turned to look at her, unable to predict what she would say, or do, next.
Akamaru yipped, causing Kate to jump; he had been quiet for the entire trip, and his sudden declaration of his presence took her by surprise, which was exactly the kind of opening that Kabuto had been waiting for. He lunged, and Kate's eyes were wide, she was suddenly frozen with shock.
'Wham!' Kabuto groaned as he collided dead-on with Karasu. Kankuro withdrew his chakra strings and smirked down at the grey-haired heap.
"That was too easy," Kiba said un-easily, looking around. Kate was still frozen on the ground, the heap in front of her; when suddenly, it disappeared in a puff of smoke, to be replaced by a dead corpse.
Kate cringed at the sight of it; the smell was almost more than she could stand. She looked over at Kiba, his sensitive nose was being shielded by his fur coat, and it appeared as if Akamaru was hidden in there as well. One thing was certain, however, he definitely wasn't in any condition to fight.
Next she looked over at Kankuro, although his nose was wrinkled in disgust, he wasn't paralyzed like Kiba seemed to be. 'Where is he?!' Kate thought, looking around frantically now, 'WHERE?!'
As soon as the thought passed through her mind, she noticed a glint, just over Kankuro's shoulder. Her eyes were so wide, it seemed as if they would fall out of her head, but she wasn't stuck on the spot anymore.
She reached for Kankuro's leg, pulling it out from under him, just in time to allow him to move, technically 'fall,' out of the way of Kabuto's kunai swing.
"Very nice," she heard the man say, "but not quite what I was going for." His hand continued downward, down, further. It was so quick, that Kate barely had time to move, which she didn't.
The next thing she knew, the tip of the knife was through her hand, holding her firmly down onto the floor. She swore, loudly, not willing to move, for fear of tearing her entire hand off.
"That was a cheap shot!" Kankuro yelled, his hat flying off as he and Karasu lunged for Kabuto again.
"Too slow!" Kabuto responded to Kankuro's movement, but ignored his statement.
"What the hell are we going to do now?" Kate muttered, staring at her hand.
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"Temari?" Dee called, from the back of the group, visibly tired, "Do we even know which way we're going?" Stopped, dead in her tracks, and looked at Dee for a second. Finally she shook her head.
"Nope," she responded, now frowning.
"I know!" Naruto yelled, and the three girls flinched, "Hinata can use her Byakugan!" All three of her comrades stared at Hinata, waiting for her answer.
"Okay..." she squeaked, "Byakugan!" There was a short pause before she said, "The prison seems to be pretty near here, we need to go straight, take a right, then a left, and then run to the end of that, and open a door."
"Sounds easy enough," said Temari, and the others agreed as they continued to run onward.
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"SHIT!" Kate yelled, finally deciding to pull the kunai out of the back of her hand, blood spilled on the floor, making her feel nauseous. Spinning the knife around in her palm, she suddenly lunged for Kabuto, who was just about to corner Kankuro, after easily by-passing Karasu.
As she stabbed him, she raked the knife down his back before pulling it out again, before plunging it in deeper. Kabuto screamed in agony and spun around, punching her in the neck.
Kate wheezed, barely able to breathe, and now she was stuck. Kiba was cowering in the corner, unable to move from the smell of rotting flesh, and Kankuro was standing behind Kabuto, utterly useless.
She got up, jerkily, but she still had enough strength to stand. She staggered over to Kabuto, who was looking at her, a single eyebrow raised.
"What's your plan now?" He taunted her, drawing two more kunai, one in each hand. She didn't stop, and didn't let her own fear get the better of her. He crossed his arm in front of his body, forming an 'X' with the points on the knives facing her. When she was close enough, he brought them down swiftly, achieving a shallow diagonal cut in each cheek as he moved.
Kate clenched her teeth and stared at him, unafraid. She spit, hitting him in the eye, causing him to fall backwards in surprise. Instantly she kicked him in the groin; Kate smirked as he flew backward, doubled over in pain.
"You...crazy...bitch!" He managed to shout, before vomiting from the pain. Kate laughed in his face.
"I don't give a shit what you think!" She shouted, kicking him in the head.
Kabuto raised his head to look her dead in the eye, "That's what you think," he spat viciously.
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"Is this it?" Dee said, looking around the cell.
"D-Dee?" She heard a cracked voice say. Her eyes widened in shock as Valerie stood and walked into the light so Dee could see her, only, it didn't look like Valerie. The person who stood before Dee had eyes, sunken in to the point where one could hardly tell the color. Her cheeks were bruised, and her entire figure was covered in dirt.
Dee blinked, could it be true?
"Koori," Valerie said, straining her voice, "My friends are here! We can finally escape!" Dee peered into the cell again, noticing another person leaning against the wall.
"Who's he?" She asked the person who was supposedly Valerie.
"I don't think now is exactly the time for that," Temari said, bluntly, "We need to figure out how to get this cell door open."
Dee nodded and looked around, wishing a key to appear from nowhere.
"I've got it!" Temari said, smiling, "Everybody stand back!"
Temari drew her fan from her back, creating a gust that pushed Dee into Naruto, who caught her, and then stepped back to ensure her safety. Dee shrugged him off, at least a little glad that she didn't end up on the floor.
"Make sure your back," Temari yelled to Valerie, and her cell-mate, "this is going to be wild!" Temari bit her thumb, running it along the widest part of her fan, then picking it up, she yelled, "Kamatari!"
Dee blinked. When she opened her eyes, the bars were demolished, and no where to be seen. "Nice," Dee said, before running over to help Valerie walk.
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Kate didn't know how it happened, but all of a sudden, she was pinned in the corner by Karasu, Kankuro was on the floor, hands tied behind his back, and Kiba stood in the corner, still as useless as ever.
"Damn!" Kate yelled, "Damnit! Damnit! Shit! God!" Kabuto stared at her as the random string of profanities escaped her lips. Finally, after quite a lot of yelling, her knees gave out from under her, and she fell onto the floor, head hitting against it, causing her to yell in agony again.
"Kate!" she heard Naruto's whiney voice from off in the distance and, for the first and last time in her life, was glad. Before all she could see was blackness.