I almost forgot that I was used to taking long walks to get from one place to another. The way out of the Cloud village was difficult, and I decided to take a break by stopping at the Village of hot water. It became a peaceful Ninja Village in recent years which was why Hidan, a former inhabitant, slaughtered some of his fellow villagers and eventually joined Akatsuki. Being the Village of hot water, the only thing it was famous for now, was the hot springs which was where I headed first.

After refreshing myself for some time at the hot springs, I intended to treat myself to some food at a local Restaurant Bar. The food there was not as good as the Leaf Village's, but it sufficed. As I was about to get up and leave, I heard a slap followed by a familiar voice. It was female, and loud.

'You … Pervert! Why is it always me, eh?' I was tempted to look in that direction. The 'Pervert' was red in the face after the slap. He seemed to be of a high position, as he wore shinobi garments. He left quickly after being publicly humiliated like that. I couldn't quite believe that the woman who slapped him would be here of all places. It was such a big coincidence. Now, was I going to say 'hello' to her immediately, or wait a little until she calmed down. Well, what the heck. She always had a temper back in the old days, she still had it. And besides, she was like an older sister to me anyway.

'Hey, Misa ne-chan! It's me Masakhi!' Upon hearing my voice, she turned and looked towards me. She flicked her voluptuous golden tresses and smiled at me. She was several inches taller than me, three years older than me, fairly muscular (especially in the legs) and wore a revealing attire in which her massive, yet beautiful legs were showing. It was almost no wonder the pervert did what he had to do. Nevertheless, I was unfazed by her appearance. Setsuka was still the most beautiful woman I had ever laid eyes upon.

'Masakhi-kun, it's been a while hasn't it? I guess you heard me just now', her expression changed. After Misa and I both paid for our food, we went outside for a quick walk to catch up on things.

'So, what brings you here, sis?' I asked.

'Well, like you I have been travelling about and by travels brought me to the Shinobi world. I'm here specifically in this village, after they wanted some experienced warriors to help them teach the children here some self defense skills. The pervert back there was a grass village Jounin. He was also a teacher here, though not for much longer I hope.'

'Oh, a teaching group. Reminds me of the old days with Hiroshi-sama', I replied nostalgically.

'So anyways, what have you been upto in the shinobi world?'

'Well… since arriving in the shinobi world, I have had a tendency for getting into trouble. Though somehow I have gotten stronger and have gone through it all!'

'You seem happier too… may I ask why?' Misa was right, I was happier. When we last met, I was rather shy and gloomy, but since then things changed.

'I am a more powerful warrior. I have defeated several shinobi, including some from this terrorist group called the Akatsuki. I am also deeply in love with a girl from the Mist village. I'd take her with me, but I simply can't risk it. It's like trouble is my middle name!', I laughed as I said that.

'Wait, I heard of someone called Deidara from the Akatsuki, who supposedly got his ass whooped. That was you? But more importantly, my little Masakhi is in love, how sweet! So, what's her name… eh Masakhi-kun?' I forgot how chatty she was.

'Her name is Setsuka!'

'Awww… Setsuka. That's such an awesome name! Anyways, let's cut to the chase, I want to see for myself, how strong you have become. Masakhi Mishima, I challenge you to a sparring match!' It's not like I couldn't refuse, though hopefully I could see in battle how much Misa had changed from the old days.

We found a desolate area of the village to fight in. It was a very dry part of the village, despite the village having many hot springs. So there was no chance to use any water-style jutsu.

'Masakhi-Kun, try not to underestimate me!'

'And the same to you, sis', I optimistically replied

Without wasting anymore time, we began. Misa quickly charged at me with her staff, I threw a shuriken at her, but she jumped and attacked vertically with the solid staff. I blocked with my two swords. I then attacked aggressively with the style that Killer Bee taught me, Misa initially had a hard time blocking, since she was used to the fencing style that Hiroshi-sama taught me.

'I see you changed your swords, and how you attack with them! Very impressive, but can you keep on going?' Evidently not, her super strength allowed her to wield that staff of hers like a feather, she found an opening and kicked me away with her stallion-like legs. Atleast, I was at a long distance though and for a second, I thought I was safe. Then I remembered, she was also an apprentice of Hiroshi-sama, which only meant one thing.

'Dark arrow: Shadow clone jutsu!' Misa fired her dark arrows at me, I would have done the same but I lost my arrows at sea before arriving at the cloud village. Nevertheless, I was forced to jump and Misa was already airborne. It was an obvious diversion, as she attacked with her staff once more. As we descended to the ground quickly, I lost focus in the weapons rally and she quickly disarmed me.

'Shadow clone jutsu!' I summoned several shadow clones, and we all attacked Misa, to create a diversion for the next jutsu.

'Dark Rasengan!' A clear shot! I got her right in the abdominal area, and she was blasted away, but she didn't give up.

'So… you managed to take Dark energy to the next level! Hiroshi-sama would have been proud!' She was about to weave some handsigns, I was going to weave the same, though her jutsu was done almost a millisecond before mine.

'Summoning jutsu!' we both shouted almost simultaneously. I was going to summon all five of my angels, Misa would summon one, and the most powerful one.

'Arise, Lady Sigarda!' My angels appeared too, but then I realised something.

'Mother!' they all said. Sigarda was indeed their 'mother'. All summoning angels were related to one another. In a situation where angels were summoned against eachother in a fight, the angel(s) summoned first, would stay on the battlefield whilst the other(s) would be unsummoned back to the Angelic dominion, their home. Hence, my five angels disappeared in an instant, and both Sigarda and at full speed, I used my lightning style to escape quickly. However, I was still a little clumsy with the Raikage's technique.

It was difficult to fight against two people, so I had to be cunning. I summoned some lightning clones, who in turn would distract them with lightning jutsu, but somehow, fighting back to back Sigarda and Misa repelled the attacks. Then, as my attacks became ever fiercer, they created a barrier. They then weaved some handsigns, the same handsigns together in perfect harmony. After which, they stood still. I needed to break down that barrier. It was almost as strong as Susanoo, and therefore I knew exactly how to take it down. I summoned some shadow clones, and at breakneck speed we used Dark Rasengan to break the barrier down, but by then it was too late. Their jutsu was complete, and a blinding light came from the barrier. There was no longer Sigarda, however Misa had taken on some of Sigarda's characteristics, like her six wings for example.

'Masakhi, this is Angelic Sage mode!' Misa said with pride. It appeared that Sigarda and Misa were indeed one being, though it was Misa who spoke. Misa then flew towards me and attacked me with great speed and strength. I felt the full force of her kick, as I was sent flying, but I was resilient and I had plenty of chakra left. As Misa was about to charge towards me again, I gathered my breath, and summoned two shadow clones and gathered the necessary power for my ultimate jutsu. I regretted doing this, but if Misa was going to go full power, so was I. The scene was perfect, it was like she was going to fly into Rasen Go-hadou! But, before I could even complete my jutsu, she got out an arrow.

'Dark arrow: Multi Shadow clone jutsu!' This was her final attack, it looked as though more than a thousand dark arrows were headed for me, and I was just a sitting duck! Although some were destined to be sucked in, the rest were too quick to be sucked in and hit most of my chakra points and other parts of my body. I was defeated, and I began to feel the effects of dark energy for myself. I was drifting … away…