A/N: Hey, readers. Sorry for the long wait for the next chapter. I'm afraid I was a little busy over the holidays and I didn't get a chance to get on the internet during that time. But here's the next chapter.
As you know, Rin just finished telling her sad story, as well as Kakashi's. But have no fear or worry, there is quite a bit of humor in this next chapter. No more sadness! At least not for a while. If there was an actual title I'd give this chapter, it would be 'Sparring Match#1: Kakashi vs. Rin.' Hehehe, this should be interesting.

Read and review please.

Chapter 13

Rin finished her story, her eyes full of tears but she wiped them away and tried to smile. She was in pain remembering all of those sad details but she knew that she could not leave anything out. Though she did not tell Naruto that it was his father that sealed the demon fox inside him. That would be way too painful to bear.

"And that's my story, Kakashi's story."

She finally looked up at the sad looks on each of her listener's faces. Both Sen and Sakura were in tears, both hugging each other with one arm and holding hands while they looked at Rin with teary eyes. Naruto was blubbering and trying to wipe his eyes but it didn't work. His entire sleeve was soaked in tears. Both Sasuke and Chiro was looking away with sad eyes but they were the only ones not crying. They just sighed at the same time and shook their heads.

"So that's it." Sasuke spoke in a very low voice. "That's why Kakashi is the way he is and why he won't ever tell us anything."

Rin slowly nodded as she looked at the boy. "That's it. Obito was our best friend." She told him quietly. "That's why he is so hard on you and why he keeps telling you to look out for one another. You three remind him so much of us. Sasuke, you are the one he worries about the most because you are so like him. He just doesn't want you to push your friends away and think that they are slowing you down. He wants to help you by not following the same mistakes that he made."
Sasuke just looked away.
"Naruto, you are so much like Obito. So wild and carefree and straining to do anything you can to surpass your rivals." Rin told him softly. "You need to slow down before you get hurt."
But like Sasuke, Naruto looked away, his eyes full of sadness.
Sakura shook her head as she released Sen and dropped her hands into her lap. "I guess you're going to say that I'm like you in a way. That I'm the weakest of the group and how I can't keep up with the guys." She muttered. She saw both Sasuke and Naruto look at her with worry.

"Nope." Rin said smiling. "You are not like me, Sakura. Sure, you care for both of Naruto and Sasuke like I did for Kakashi and Obito but you are way stronger than I can ever be." She shook her head. "Kakashi told me what you've been through, all of you. He's told me how strong you've become. Sakura, you are so strong, so smart and so special." She reached over and gently brushed the pink haired girl's bangs out of her eyes. "That is why your sensai protects you whenever you get into trouble. He's just like Master Minato protecting me. It's a memory thing." She shrugged. "But soon enough, you are never going to need someone else to protect you."

Sasuke frowned as he tilted his head, looking back at her. "There's still one thing I don't understand." He said, making everyone look at him in confusion and curiousity. "Exactly how did Kakashi do it? How could he let you go like that? He promised Obito that he would take care of you, but he still let you leave."
Rin smiled at him. "He let me go because I needed to be let go. He knew that I needed time to grieve for Obito. Obito was my first and very best friend. Maybe even my first boyfriend, I guess you can say since he was my first kiss. It hurt so bad to watch him die." She shook her head as she looked back at Obito's name and traced it again. "He...he was more close to me than anyone else was." She said softly.

"AHHHH!" Naruto exclaimed grabbing his hair and nearly tugging at it. Everyone looked at him in alarm at his actions. "Knock it off! I can't stand sad stories! Isn't there anything funny you can tell us?! What does Kakashi look like?! You haven't said anything about what he looks like yet!"

Sakura made a face before she reached over and punched him over the head. "Naruto! Knock it off! Stop being so demanding!" She snapped. Rin laughed and shook her head as she folded her arms. "It's okay, Sakura. Naruto's right. I haven't told you how I've seen his face yet." She then paused, blinking. "Now that I really think about it, I've seen his face twice. When I gave him Obito's Sharingan and when I took off his mask, myself." She saw the grins on Naruto and Sakura's faces and could almost see Sasuke looking very interested in it too.

"COME ON! TELL US! TELL US!" Naruto cheered as he threw his fists above his head, then winced when Sakura made a fist to warn him. "Um, please."

Rin laughed again and nodded. "Okay, okay. I'll tell you. The first time I've ever seen his face, it was a pretty hot day and we were near the Land of Waves, on a beach. Minato-sensai was trying to talk a boater into letting us ride with him with Obito next to him, bouncing around in excitment. I was standing next to Kakashi on the docks, looking out at the water." She then laughed really hard at the memory.
"Sometimes Kakashi goes into these kind of like trances when he's staring at water. He finds a lot of peace when he's staring at waves. Well, I took advantage of that and made a couple of practice grabs towards his mask. He didn't even seem to notice. So I just went for it. I reached behind his head where the drawstrings to his mask was and quickly grabbed them, pulling off his mask.
It kind of startled him really bad that he jumped onto a bad board on the docks. The board was so bad that it broke right from under his feet and he fell through and fell into the water. I had his mask though. I got to see his face because he was too busy yelling at me without realizing that I had his mask in my hand. He was the finest boy I've ever seen. His face is really smooth actually and he had no scars anywhere on it. And there is nothing wrong with his face at all. He's actually rather perfect." She wrapped her arms around her stomach but was joined by a laughing Naruto and Sakura. "But he was SO mad at me for the rest of the trip that he refused to talk to me." She said with a laugh. Sasuke just smirked to himself, covering his mouth to keep himself from laughing out loud while Chiro was chuckling.

"Are you done telling them stories about me, Rin? Or are you going to blab more of my secrets?" Someone, obviously Kakashi, said as he walked up. Everyone turned around with a jerk to see an annoyed Kakashi walking up to them. It was clear that he had heard most of that story and was not happy at all.

"You're late!" Naruto and Sakura shouted as they pointed at him, probably to serve a distraction from Kakashi being mad at Rin.

Kakashi rolled his one revealed eye as he approached. "Well, I saw this poor little kitty on the streets while I was coming here and I decided to let my Ninken chase it up a tree." He said lamely.
That everyone but Rin stared at him with wide eyes. Sakura began to twitch and her face went red as she pointed an accusing finger at him. "Hey! That is so mean! You let your dogs chase a little cat up a tree?!" She screeched.

"Cha! Lemme at 'em! That is just SO mean! Poor kitty!" Inner Sakura yelled, punching at nothing in Sakura's head.

Rin just laughed as she covered her mouth. "Oh, Kakashi. You are so lame. Come up with a better excuse than that!" She laughed. Kakashi shrugged lazily before tilting his head towards her. He wasn't looking too thrilled. "So, you decided to tell them, huh? I didn't tell them for a reason you know?" He asked, dryly.
"Oh, please, Kakashi." Rin said folding her arms as she stood up with the young Shinobi. She turned fully towards him, now poking a finger at his chest. "You should have been honest. They are your students and they wanted to know more about you. Like it or not, they should know." She told him ruthfully.

Kakashi still gave her a dry look. "And what if I didn't want them to know about me?"

Rin smirked at him, her eyebrow raising. "I would have told them anyway. Because it's not just your story, Kakashi. It's mine too. And Obito's. Sasuke is Obito's cousin and he wanted to know more about someone from his clan." She shook her head as she nodded to Naruto. "Besides, I owed Naruto an apology and a peace offering. He asked me, so I told him." She said simply with a sly smile. Kakashi just rolled his eye and shook his head. Then dropping his arms, he sighed. "Fine. Fine. Whatever." He then looked at the three smirking young Chuunins. "So, now you know. Satisfied?"

"Not really." Sakura said flipping her bangs back out of her eyes. "There is only one more question I would like to ask."

Kakashi sighed again, slouching a little lower before giving Rin a dry look. "Now you've done it. My students aren't going to leave me alone about my past now." He said dryly but then nodded to Kakashi. "All right. Let's have it. What's your question?" He asked sounding very bored.

Sakura folded her arms behind her head as she kicked at rocks under her feet. "Well, it's hard to ask without you getting mad. So I'll just come out and say it." She now looked at him seriously. "Why in the world would she still look up to you if you were so mean to her? I know she said that you were the way you were because of what happened to your dad, Sakumo, but seriously! You said some really mean things to her but she still looks up to you."
She had been right. Kakashi did look very annoyed with the question but then he glanced at Rin when she moved forward. "I, Sakura, looked up to Kakashi because he was my friend. No matter how much I annoyed him, no matter how useless I was, I could never be mad at Kakashi. Life is hard on people." She motioned to Naruto. "Naruto, of all people, would know the most. There's just some people who makes it their duty to make people like Naruto feel good about theirselves. The reason why I treated Kakashi the way I did, because I wanted him to be happy."

There was a long silence between everyone. All eyes were on Kakashi as he just stared at everything else but Rin. He seemed to be taking it deep into though though. But after a long moment, he looked back at Rin, almost softly. "Hmm. That's a lame excuse. You need to come up with something better than that."

Rin snorted to herself before she reached up and gently bopped him over the head. "Okay, buddy. I'm not a little girl anymore. So I'm not going to be nice to you like I used to." She then grinned mischieviously. "Besides, I still need to teach you a lesson for those stupid books you always read."

"Hey! My Icha Icha books are not stupid." Kakashi complained with indignification. But the three Chuunin were laughing with the two forigners anyway. Naruto was grinning as he pumped his fists into the air. "Great! Do we get to see a fight?! I wanna see what Rin-chan can do!" He cheered.

Kakashi rose an eyebrow but was clearly smiling as he looked at Rin. "Now you've really done it. Looks like I'm going to have to show you a lesson on teaching my students without my permission." He said teasingly. Rin smirked right back, her body immediately snapping into a fighting stance and she rose both fists at him. "Bring it on, Kashi. Like I've said, I've been training all these years. You'll be surprised of how much I've changed."

"Hmm. I still doubt that you're better than I am." Kakashi bragged.

Rin gave him a fiery stare at his remark. She definitely looked a little offended. She even started shaking a fist at him. "Oh! That's it! You're dead!" She growled before lunging at him. Immediately, Kakashi moved away at top speed and she followed.

All three Chuunins and the two foreigners just watched with smiles or excitement. Naruto was grinning and bouncing on his feet as he watched his sensai avoid Rin's attacks. He was actually very excited to see what Rin could do, and in his opinion, he hoped she was good enough to beat up Kakashi. He figured that Kakashi could use an ass whooping right now, anyway. Sakura looked just as excited as he did while Sasuke, on the other hand, looked only interested. "Exactly, He began quietly. "How good is Rin-chan, anyway? We haven't seen her fight yet."

Chiro grinned at him, his strong arms folding over his arms as he leaned against one of the posts. "Oh, she's really good. She's very fast, one of the fastest ninja I've ever seen. She has the skills of Shinobi and Shadoai, which I taught her myself." He nearly laughed when all three Chuunin looked at him dully, as if they were unimpressed.
He knew what they were thinking. He remembered the last time they had seen him fight was when he was already beaten down but they hadn't actually seen him fight the way he usually did. "Oh, you haven't seen the fighter side of me just yet, kiddos. I haven't really shown you my real fighting side and sooner or later you will, but I promise you," He paused looking towards the two old friends. "You will find this fight very interesting. Rin's a whole lot better than she lets on. Things are going to get very interesting." So they all just watched.

At first, the two old friends were only testing each other's Taijutsu. They moved swiftly in and out of each other's fists and feet, blocking and then swinging. And it actually surprised Kakashi that Rin was actually blocking his moves. Years before, she had never been able to but now, she was doing very well. So it was very clear that she had gained some new skill over the many years.
And then he noticed something odd about the way Rin looked. During the entire sparing match, he noticed that not once Rin had blinked. She just stared at him with almost lifeless eyes. That was odd in deed. And the last time he remembered, Rin was very talkative during fights. But she had not said a word.

A second later, he realized why.

While he was dodging her attacks, he couldn't help but notice something about the ground. This definitely had his attention. While Rin was moving around, avoiding his fists and attacking him back, her shadow did not move at all. He immediately recognized this as a Genjutsu, so he quickly leapt away, though she did not follow. She just stood there, smiling slyly at him.

"Interesting jutsu you have there, Rin." Kakashi spoke as he straightened himself up. "Genjutsu, right? Looks to me that it's a Shadow Clone."

Rin just smiled at him as she quickly made several hand signs and to everyone's surprise, the shadows everywhere began to shrink, moving towards only one tree, but still there were no shadows at all. Not even Kakashi's shadow.

From the side, Chiro chuckled as he just kept looking towards the two, while the others were looking around with shock. He didn't look too worried at all. And neither did Sen as she smiled softly and placed her hands into her lap as she continued to sit next to Sakura. Sakura noticed the smiles on their faces and decided to ask, "Do you know what's going on?"
Both Shadoai looked at her before they nodded and turned their eyes back onto Rin facing Kakashi. Sen tilted her head as she looked directly at Rin, who was already moving forward again to attack Kakashi as another Shadow Clone moved out from behind the large tree where the shadows had vanished. It surprised Kakashi but now he was fending off two Shadow Clones.
"Yes." Sen said as she watched with amusement. "The number one friend of a Shadoai is the shadows, their selves. Hide the shadows, hide the Shadow puppet master." And she got surprised looks from all three, Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke.

Kakashi, however, had heard that small bit and it did make him frown as he ducked under two fists from the Rin clones. He quickly danced away and made a quick sweep of the area for the real Rin. He knew she was there somewhere, but where was she? He couldn't see any sign of her at all so he knew he had no choice, for there were more Shadow clones appearing out from behind the tree and charging at him. He quickly shoved up his forehead protector and opened his Sharingan eye. And to his surprise, six Rin clones before him was the real one. They were all Shadow clones.

But where was Rin?

Suddenly the hairs on the back of his neck stood up and Kakashi felt like there was someone standing right behind hm. He knew that there was someone there so he quickly spun around only to find Rin standing very close to him, her kunai close to his throat. Her nose was almost touching his while her honey colored eyes were looking directly into his.
"Not bad, Rin." Kakashi spoke from behind her, making Rin's eyes lit up in surprise and tilt her head to look behind her to see Kakashi standing there. "You've managed to sneak up behind my own Shadow clone."

Then to his surprise, Rin smiled at him, looking so sly. "Thank you, Kakashi. But what makes you think that I'm the real Rin?"

Kakashi's own eyes flashed before he heard the movement behind him again and he started to turn around. But he stopped when Rin jumped onto his back, latching her arms around his neck, but loosely so she wasn't choking him. So the Rin still standing before him, it was a Shadow Clone. But it had seemed so real. Even to the Sharingan. It didn't even look like a Shadow Clone. It then became aware to Kakashi that this Genjutsu Rin was performing was not just only illusions or anything but was playing tricks on his eyes, Sharingan or not.

"Hmm. Not bad at all." Kakashi said with amusement to the Rin on his back.

Rin just smiled as she leaned forward to look around at his face. "Like I told you before, Kashi, I've learned some really good new tricks. I'm glad you're impressed. Because the magic show isn't over just yet." She told him before she did something that stunned the Copy nin and his students.
She kissed him right on the cheek, her lips pressing against the mask.
Very stunned, the real Kakashi Hatake let go of his jutsu and Rin yelped as she fell to ground after discovering she was hugging a cloud of smoke and leaves. The stunned audience were still registering what just happened and once they did, all of them burst into hysterical laughter. Especially when a hot red Kakashi stepped out from behind a tree, scowling at the laughing Rin on the ground. "Okay. Now that was embarrassing. What was that for?"
Rin smiled as she turned around on her behind and gave him an innocent smile. "For teasing me last night, you butthead. Also, I'm surprised at you. You forgot a very important Shinobi rule."

Kakashi frowned as he placed his hands onto his waist and shifted his weight almost impatiently. "Oh yeah? What's that?"

"Important Shinobi rule; A Shinobi never lets his guard down." Rin told him before she vanished in a puff of black smoke and shadows.

Kakashi's eyes flashed wide open as soon as he realized that this Rin had also been a clone. He immediately tensed up and looked around to try to locate Rin before she attacked him. He tried to jerk around when he heard someone fall down from behind him but it was already too late. Rin jumped down from the tree where the shadows had vanished into and crouched down low as Kakashi tried to turn around. With only a sly smile, she swept his feet right out from beneath him and he came crashing down to the ground with a loud "Oof!"

Rin smiled as she bent over him, looking down into her friend's eyes as he gave her an astonished look. "See? I've gotten better." She told him pleasantly.

Kakashi just stared up at her before he snorted and pushed himself up to a sitting position. He couldn't help but rub his head as he continued to look at her. "I'll say you have." He told her as he pushed himself up. "That was a neat jutsu. I couldn't even see it, even with the Sharingan. I thought it was just Shadow clones you were pulling. I'm curious to know exactly how I couldn't even see the real you. Were you up in that tree the entire time?"

Rin nodded as she stood up and brushed herself off before she looked up at him. "Yeah. I moved up there just before we got started. You were fighting my Shadow Clones the entire time." She told him.
"I'm still curious. Usually I can see right through the Shadow clones." Kakashi told her, his head tilted to the side. "So how come I could see them as real when they weren't?" He was ignoring the fact that Naruto and Sakura began a song about how Rin had kicked his butt and had kissed him. He would make them pay later.

Rin continued to smile up at him before she let her eyes flicker over to Sen. She looked almost like she was asking for permission to explain the jutsu to Kakashi. And then it hit the silver white haired ninja that she was. It occurred to him that the jutsu that Rin had performed had actually been a Shadoai secret.
Sen smiled as she pushed herself to her feet and moved forward, her hands folded together. She glanced over at Chiro, who had not moved from where he was standing before she returned her gaze to Kakashi and Rin. "Go ahead, Rin. Kakashi has saved both of our lives and it's more than likely he just copied that jutsu with his Sharingan. So I grant him permission to know the Secret Art of Shadow Puppets."

"Shadow puppets?" Kakashi asked in surprise.

Rin nodded as she folded her arms and shifted her weight. "The clones you were fighting were not just Shadow clones, Kakashi, but Shadow puppets. The Genjutsu I just used allows me to create shadow puppets with the very shadows that are cast on the ground. That's why the shadows vanished inside of the tree I was in."
She pointed to the tree she had jumped out of. "I was hiding in that tree. When I call upon the shadow arts, it hides me completely from view and while in hiding, I can create shadow puppets with my hands. That's how you make shadow puppets." She paused tilting her head before she bent down and looked down at the ground. She was looking at her shadow, which had returned with everyone else's. She began making shadows on the ground with her hands. "Think of how you can make Shadow puppets with the light of the sun. It's the same way of using the Shadow Puppets. Only I can make them look like real people." She turned her honey colored eyes back up to Kakashi, who was taking in all of the information, as was Chiro and Sasuke. Naruto and Sakura were still giggling over the sight of Kakashi getting kissed, so they weren't really paying much attention to them.
"You know that saying, Kashi. 'The Shadows plays tricks on the eyes', well it's true in the case of the Art of Shadow Puppets. They play tricks on your eyes. It makes you think they're actually real. Even if you have the Sharingan eye or not. It's a Shadoai technique that the Shadokage made hundreds of years ago. And it's really effective."

"Hmm, very interesting." Sasuke said, finally getting the attention of Naruto and Sakura. They wanted to know what was so interesting to Sasuke when he was never interested in anything. "I'm curious to know something though. Those moves remind me of Shikamaru Nara's shadow techniques. His clan can control Shadows."

Rin slowly nodded before she glanced over when Chiro was walking forward. "Nara, huh? That sounds a little familiar. If I didn't know any better, that's actually an old Shadoai name." The large warrior told everyone. "If I remember correct, the clan of Nara has ancient ties to Shadoai. So that's how the Nara clan members can use Shadow manipulation."

"COOOL!" Naruto sang, jumping up and down. "So Shikamaru could easily be Sen's far away cousin, right?!"

Sen smiled with a shrug. "It's possible. The Nara Clan is tied to the Shadoai and it could be possible we share the same family tree." She told him.
Kakashi just shook his head, looking amused. He pulled down his forehead protector over his left eye again, before looking at the young Shadoai girl. "It's a real interesting technique. I suppose mostly only Shadoai use it, huh?" He got a nod from her. "Does Caligo and Sei Zangetsu know it?"

"Yes." Sen sighed, now looking tired, her smile gone. "They know it very well. And they'd probably use it against you if they knew you didn't know it. I thought it wise that you probably knew it. Just to be prepared for the next fight with them. I know for a fact that Sei would use it. Caligo, I'm not so sure about. He uses his Shadoai skills, yes. But not all of the time. He likes a fair fight of Taijutsu. He's more honorable than Sei is." She told them.
Kakashi slowly nodded, taking everything in and once he had everything, he could understand it all. He was impressed with Rin's new abilities and skills. She had definitely grown a lot stronger than he last remembered. She was more different than he last remembered too. "Well, Rin." He said, looking at her with almost pride. "You've grown up and are a whole lot stronger. Master Minato-sensai would be proud."

Rin smiled at him, feeling herself swell up with pride and happiness. This, coming from Kakashi, meant a lot to her. "Thank you, Kakashi."

Kakashi nodded before looking at Naruto and Sakura who were still laughed at Kakashi and trying to come up with an idea of how to blackmail him with it. They were figuring that they should let the entire village know that Rin had actually kissed him, just to humiliate him. "Naruto, Sakura," Kakashi sighed. "You tell anyone about this, I will let everyone else know your own dark secrets."

Sakura and Naruto looked at him before they both smirked. The pink haired girl pointed at him, looking smug. "You have got nothing on us, Kakashi-sensai, that no one knows about already!" She told him.

Kakashi smirked at her sly, making her smile falter and even Naruto started looking nervous. "Are you sure about that, Sakura? How about I tell who stole her jug of sake and hid it on the roof? I'm pretty sure she's still wondering where it is." He told her, who paled at that idea.
Then Kakashi looked at the laughing Naruto. "Or, should I inform Neji Hyuuga who has been spying on his cousin while she gets dressed in her room? I'm pretty sure he won't be happy to hear that you've been spying on Hinata, Naruto." He said smugly, while Naruto went ten times paler than Sakura. "That's what I thought. No secret telling."

Everyone laughed as the two young ninjas slouched over in disappointment that they couldn't blackmail their sensai but Rin smiled as she nudged Kakashi. "Be nice, Kakashi. Don't be so mean to your students."

"Or what'll you do?" Kakashi asked lightly, smiling right back at her. "They're not my students anymore but I'm never nice to anyone."

Rin smirked as she gave him an innocent look then reached up and lightly tugged a small strand of his hair. "You be nice, Kakashi, or I think I'll just inform Lady Tsunade that it was you who snuck into her apartment and stole her bra and hung it up on the Hokage flagpole when you were really suppose to be training with Master Minato-sensai and me."

Now Kakashi paled, giving her a wide eyed look. "Hey! That wasn't me! That was Obito!" He argued.

Rin just smiled at him, while everyone else was laughing. "Yeah? Well, it was your idea and you helped him get the bra in the first place." She told him. Kakashi now looked dully at her, his shoulders slouched a little. He knew for a fact that Tsunade would take Rin's for it, even if it was half true. "I was right about you, Rin. You have changed a lot since we were kids. You're mean." He told her.
Rin laughed into her hand, as did the three Shinobi and the two Shadoai. Kakashi then looked at Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke. "Well, let's get to it. We came here to train, so let's train. We'll start with our favorite session." He told them as he dug into his pack and pulled out three bells. "And this time, you can't blackmail me into losing concentration by using Make Out Paradise against me. I've read all of the books and there's no new books out just yet."

Naruto and Sakura groaned while Sasuke didn't look like he cared either way.

Rin, however, got very bright eyed as soon as she saw the bells and her smile grew bigger. "Oh! The bell test! I'm real good at this one!" She got dull looks from the three Chuunin. "Oh, don't look like that. There's actually this really good team technique I can show you into cutting the test in half." She paused to look at Kakashi. "That is, if you don't mind, Kakashi. Mind if Chiro, Sen and I joined you three?"

Kakashi glanced at his three students, looking very amused but then he nodded to Rin. "Sure. This should be very interesting. In fact, why don't we make this very fun. Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke and Sen against you, me and Chiro." He told them. Everyone nodded, looking interested. So they began.

Far from the Hidden Village of Leaf, hidden in a cabin on the far side of the Forest of Death, the Shadoai bandits were rejuvenating after being beaten nearly to death by the Shinobi. Caligo Zangetsu was in the back room where Sei was sleeping soundly as a kidnapped medical ninja was looking after him.
During the time of his healing, Sei had been drifting in an out of consciousness. His fight with Kakashi had taken a great toll against him. His once handsome smooth face was now disfigured with bumps and bruises, as well as cuts and gashes all over his body. His eyes were swollen shut, but they were healing quickly due to the medical nin. The medic was extremely frightened though. He knew that if he didn't heal Sei Zangetsu properly and something wrong happened, his life would probably end at the hand of Caligo. He had already been threatened by the dark ninja several times. And the dark looks on Caligo's faces were terrifying enough.

Problem was, he was running low on Chakra.

For two days straight now, he had been healing this tyrant's brother, almost non-stop. Every time the medic thought about taking a break, Caligo would be found standing over him, giving him a dark look to continue. But now, his power was flickering out. He was too exhausted and he had had no sleep for two days.

And to his horror, it finally died out.

The very minute the medic stopped healing Sei, Caligo turned away from the window he had been looking out and gave the man a dark look. To the medic, he looked like a Boogeyman in the darkness.
"What do you think you are doing?" came the dark voice of the Shadoai tyrant.

The medic shivered in fear as he looked over at the Shadoai, but he was trying his best to look brave. "I'm tired, master ninja. I need to rest before I can continue healing your honored brother. I have been healing him for two days straight now without rest." He told him, though his voice trembled. "I must rest."

Caligo gave him a dead stare, looking almost threatening. And when he started to stalk forward, he smirked when the medic flinched in fear. "So, you need rest, medic?" He asked darkly. The medic drew back as he quickly placed a hand over Sei again, as if he was going to attempt to heal him some more. But then Caligo slowly nodded. "Very well. You shall rest."

The medic blinked in surprise before looking at him. "I'm sorry, my ninja lord?"

Caligo slowly nodded as he dropped his hands from behind his back. He looked almost understanding now. It was a big relief that he didn't look angry anymore. "I said, you shall rest. You are correct. You have been healing my brother for two days now, so you have earned your rest."

"Oh! Thank you so much!" The medic said gratefully.

However, Caligo lift his hands and lazily made a few hand signs in front of him. "Shadow of Death Prison." He spoke in a low voice.
The action started the medic but before he could say anything, the shadows of the room jumped forward and wrapped around him, making him cry out in fear. They wrapped around the medic like a dark cocoon. Within in the dark cocoon, the medic screamed in fear but his screams sounded like they were muffled by cloth. He was struggling as the shadows felt like they were going to squeeze him. He begged for help, begged Caligo for mercy.
But Caligo did not listen. Instead, he held up a hand and slowly closed it into a fist. "Shadow Crush." He spoke calmly. And then he watched as the shadowy prison crushed the medic till he was dead. Blood began to drip all over the floor boards before with a fling of Caligo's hand, the shadow prison flung the dead medic to the side of the room with a loud thud.

"Caligo…you fool." Caligo turned slowly and looked at the half opened eyes of Sei. The younger brother had seen and heard the entire commotion. It had woken him up from his restful state and he had seen what his older brother did. "…..Killing that medic was foolish. Who's to heal me now?"

Caligo smiled darkly as he practically stalked over to Sei's bedside. He bent down to one knee and looked down at his younger brother. "Ah, Sei. So you are getting better. Good." He shook his head as he only glanced over his shoulder at the dead medic. "Don't worry about that weakling. He's served his purpose. We'll get you another healer soon." He turned his dark eyes back onto Sei, almost lazily. "Though, I am relieved. I had thought that Kakashi Hatake would have been the end of you."

"Hm." Sei sighed as he closed his eyes for a minute. Then he looked back at the older brother. "You speak as if you know him. Did you see him?"

Caligo nodded, his eyes peering right into Sei's. "Yes. I have seen him, have met him. I went to deliver Rin a message and he was with her." He shook his head. "I still don't understand what you saw in that wench. She's beautiful, yes, I'll admit that. But she was, is weak." He told his younger brother. Sei made a weak face as he closed his eyes again. He didn't want to get into another arguement with Caligo about how he had once been in love with Rin. It was pointless now to think about it. "What happened when you met with them? Did they try to fight you?"

"Yes." Caligo chuckled darkly. "At least Kakashi tried. But it wasn't much of a fight. I did catch them a little surprised." He then shook his head. "Don't worry too much. The only thing we must concentrate on right now is you resting and getting your strength back before our brother shows up and coming up with a plan to get the Diamond." He told him then he frowned. "There is one little problem though. I do not think Sen has the diamond."

Sei frowned weakly but he gave a nod to his older brother for him to continue anyway. "Why do you think that?"

Caligo shook his head as he rubbed his chin. "I'm not sure. I guess it's a gut instinct. But I believe that someone else is hiding the diamond. It might as well be Chiro holding onto it for her. We'll still have to kill the little brat. She is the so called next Heir, after all." He then shook his head as he smiled bitterly down at Sei. "As for your old girlfriend, she'll definitely have to go."

"Feel free to kill her then. She's no interest of me anymore." Sei said darkly as he looked away. "She's still too into Kakashi." He said the Copy Nin's name as if it was poison.

Caligo gently patted Sei's shoulder. "Don't worry, little brother. They will both die. But right now, rest. I will go, myself, to collect another medic nin. In another day, when you are completely healed, we will make our attack on Konoha Village. We will have Okami's Diamond within the week. If we don't, it won't just be Sen, Rin and Kakashi that will perish. It will be the entire village." He then stood up and looked out the window, a cruel smile on his face. "I think it's time to give Konoha a small little warning right now of what we are capable of."