Chapter 25: Daughter Of An Assassin

Mitsuki dropped to her knees right after she put Kabuki down. "Ughn…I-I can't move much w-with these needles in my neck…" Fenrir whined. "It's okay Fenrir. I-I'll be okay…" She looked up. "This forest seems endless. Where are we?" She turned back to Fenrir. "Fenrir, watch Kabuki. I'm going to have a look around." She got up and left.

"Sure thing Mitsuki!" Fenrir became serious and stood regally by Kabuki. "I won't leave your side Kabuki." He paced back and forth, looking out for any suspicious movements.

Rustle rustle.

He spun around and lowered his ears. "There's something in those bushes. But what?" He sniffed the air. "That doesn't smell like anyone I know…Show yourself you bastard!"

"Damn, where'd that bitch get to?" A man with a cloth covering his face came out of the bushes. "I'm gonna make her pay for what she did to me…" He held his bloody arm. "I--?" He saw Fenrir in front of an unconscious Kabuki. "What? It's that girl!"

Fenrir took a step forward. "Oh no you don't you prick. Back off!" He growled.

"I don't know why you're protecting that brat, wolf, but you're in my way."

"Filthy human!" He charged at the masked man. "You won't lay a finger on my master!"

The man side-stepped and wrapped his arm around Fenrir's neck. "Ha ha, how's this for animal cruelty.

Fenrir let out a cry. M-Master!

"KAAAH!"

The man dropped the wolf and stumbled forward. "Dammit!" He held the back of his head and turned around.

"I th-thought you learned your lesson earlier…" Mitsuki panted and she put her leg down. "…Misumi…"

He smirked. "Look at you! You can barely move with those needles in your neck! Why don't you just let me take your 'unruly' child off your hands, hmm?"

"Never!"

"Then I'll just have to kill you!" He charged at her.

"…Bastard…" She tried to move, but she couldn't. "Wh-What? M-My Body…It's numb!" She tried to lift her arms. "Agh!"

"Too late!" He punched her.

"AAAH!" She hit the ground. "Why can't I move?"

"Why don't you …" Misumi pulled her leg back. "…GET UP!" He kicked her in the stomach.

"AAH!" She hit a tree. "Kabuki might have missed my vital spots, but she hit a nerve! I-I can't move!"

"That's a shame, isn't it!" He grabbed her by the hair. "Now what're you going to do?"

"Go to hell!"

"Grr, bitch!" He punched her again.

"I-I…can't…go on…" She coughed out blood.

"I don't know what Kabuto saw in you, so I'll just have to beat it out!" He kicked her in the side.

"AAAGH!" Her headband flew off and she hit her head on a tree trunk.

"This was pathetic." He turned his attention back to Kabuki. "Hmph…" He walked over to her and reached out for her neck.

Kabuki's eyes shot open. "NO!" She threw five senbon into Misumi's stomach. "Mommy?" She ran towards her mother.

"Gah, no you don't!" Misumi grabbed her by on of her ponytails and threw her back. "You're not going anywhere near her!"

Kabuki got up. "Ack…ah…" She looked at her mother. "…Mommy…!" A purple headband wasn't too far away from her. "…Mommy's headband…" She glared at Misumi. I can't let him get away with this!

"I should have you know that even though you're a little kid…" he smirked, "…I won't show you any mercy."

"…Good…I didn't ask for it…" The cruse mark on her neck appeared again. "AAAHHH!" She ran at him, only to be kicked. "GAH!" She managed to stand up again.

"Just stay down you little brat!"

"N-No…I…I don't back down…"

"Hmm?"

"Never…I'm…not afraid of you…I might be a little…A little kid but…I have a Nindo, my ninja way…" She tied the purple headband to her forehead. "AND BACKING DOWN ISN'T PART OF IT!" She put her fingers in front of her face. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Four more copies of herself appeared and they charged at Misumi.

"Ha ha, it's unless!" He grabbed one clone and threw it at another. The two clones smiled as one grabbed the thrown one's hand and tossed it behind Misumi. "What?" The clone behind him pulled out a kunai. "I'm gonna crush you!"

"Over here!" Another clone threw a kunai at him.

"Grr! Stop playing games!" He jumped out of the way and the kunai was headed straight for the clone behind him. She hit the kunai in the air with her own, then another clone hit the kunai that was in the air to the right.

"Eat this!" Kabuki threw needles at Misumi, but he jumped to the right.

"Little girl, you can't touch m-" The kunai from before hit him in the back. "GAAH!"

"Now what were you going to say?" Kabuki said with a smile. "I'm smarted that you think!" She started to do a hand sign. "Okay, here I--UGHN!" She fell to her knees and grabbed her neck. "Wh-What h-happening to me!" She shivered. "C-Can't…move…"

Misumi's eyes widened. "So he put that thing on you, didn't he…" He grinned. "Perfect!" He charged at the girl and kicked her in the stomach. "AHAHAHA!"

"ACK!" Pain spread throughout her body like a wildfire. "AAAHH!"

"What's wrong?" He wrapped his arms around her body. "Does it hurt?"

"L-Lemme go!"

"I could snap you in half if I wanted to…"

"Stop it!"

"If you come with me, I won't kill you."

"NO!"

"Fine then!" He began to squeeze her.

"AAAAHHH!"

A kunai came out of nowhere and hit him in his bad arm. "ARGH!" He released Kabuki and spun around, only to receive a blow to the face.

"Picking on little kids? Aren't you ashamed of yourself? And whatever happened to "Guys shouldn't hit girls", hmm?"

"Wh-What!"

Kabuki smiled. "DADDY!"

Kakashi grinned. "Hey."

"K-Kakashi!" Misumi shouted. "I gotta go!" He suddenly disappeared.

"Damn, he got away…" Kakashi looked around.

"Daddy!" Kabuki ran to him and leaped into his arms. "D-Daddy…" She started crying. "Wh-Where have you been!"

Kakashi hugged her. "I'm so sorry I came late, Kabuki…"

She looked at him. "M-Mommy hurt!"

"What!" He looked at Mitsuki. "Mitsuki?" He ran over to her and bent down. "These needles…! Who did this!"

Kabuki looked down. "I…I did…"

"Wh-What!"

"I-It was an accident though! It was Orochimaru's fault! If he didn't attack me and get me on edge, I wouldn't have hurt-"

He froze. "Did you just say…O-Orochimaru?" She nodded. "No!" He grabbed her by the shoulders. "Did he do anything to you! Anything at all?"

"H-He…" She put a hand to her neck. "H-He…" Another kunai came out of nowhere and just grazed Kakashi's cheek. "Daddy!"

"Grr…" Kakashi turned around. "You?"

"Long time no see Kakashi…" The man jumped down from the tree and approached them.

"Kabuto!"