Arisu's eyes flew open as she sat up. A light blanket fell off of her and onto her lap. She was lying on a futon that was in a small dark room. Panic filled her as she tried to remember what happened.
She was watching from behind some of Sasuke's men as they fought her friends from home. Then Sasuke came out of a black hole and took them somewhere in the darkness. She didn't remember coming out of there, though.
So where was she now?
Arisu stood up and folded the blanket at the end of the futon. She slowly opened the door and peeked out. There was a long hallway running on either side of the door.
The hallway was poorly lit as she started down the right side. Her steps echoed off the walls as she continued down. There were very few doors as she turned the only corner. She didn't dare open any of the doors.
Finally after a few more minutes of walking, she could smell the saltiness in the air. A small window of light was now at the end of the hallway. Arisu increased her speed of walking until she made it out the door.
The strong sea air hit her face as she looked down over a cliff. The fall to the ocean was a steep drop to the crashing waves below. Arisu turned around to see a large mountain with a door cut in the side where she came out of. There was nowhere else she could go but back inside.
She turned back to the sea and closed her eyes, drinking in the scent of the sea. This place was calm and relaxing, her mind was free for a brief moment.
'What about everyone back at Konoha?' she finally thought to herself, 'is everyone ok?' She stopped herself from that train of thought and started on things here. 'Where is Sasuke and his group? Where is this place anyways?'
Arisu turned around again to see Sasuke just outside the door. "Ah…"
"Come." He said simply as he went back inside.
Arisu followed five feet behind him as he led her down different hallways until they got outside again. They were lower on the mountain, and in a clearing by the looks of it.
"I want to see how strong you are."
"What?" Arisu asked him. Before she could ask anything further; a gust of wind pushed her into the middle of the clearing. Coming out now was Kurama.
"Hey!" he said energetically.
"Ah, what's?" Arisu started.
"Sasuke wants me to fight you. If you win the next guy will come." Kurama explained.
"But I don't want to fight!"
"Just like him." Sasuke said.
Before Arisu could respond, she was attacked with another blast of wind. It seemed less offensive than how he had attacked in the previous fight.
"Come on!" Kurama complained, "I want to show what I can do too!"
Arisu did a few quick hand signs before five copies appeared.
"Clones?" Kurama giggled, "I can beat them easy!" He did a few hand signs of his own as a mini tornado came towards the group of Arisu.
Three Arisus jumped up and out of the way as the other two started doing hand signs together. Just before they got hit by the tornado, water came out of nowhere from between them and headed for it.
Poof, the two clones disappeared. Kurama had run to the side and tossed kunai at them. The water still hit its target as the tornado was overcome and disappeared.
He spotted one of the Arisus, and after a few hand signs, threw three shuriken. They were going faster than normal, encased in wind.
She dodged, but the stars curved slightly and hit a clone that was hiding behind the first. The first rolled on the ground and threw a few kunai of her own.
"Weak." Kurama commented as he blocked them with his wind.
"Really?" Arisu had appeared behind him at some point as she poked him in the back.
"What? When?" he tried to ask.
"You failed," Decarabia responded as he entered the clearing now. Kurama left the field and sat on the ground near Sasuke.
Arisu slipped into her fighting position. She was starting to get into this.