I looked behind me. There was still no sign of anyone following me, so either there's nobody following me, or they're being smart. I looked over at Fuu, she looked pretty shaken.

"Fuu-chan, how are you holding up?" I asked her.

She paused, "…I'll be fine." Her voice shook a little, so she was clearly uneasy. If anybody else tried to capture her again she might have a mental breakdown. That could get dangerous. I looked ahead of me; there was no sign of any traps. Where they really this dumb? I glanced to my left, and I noticed something. A dull corner of a paper bomb…

The bomb exploded as soon as I noticed it, the boom resounding loudly throughout forest.

A tall girl came out of hiding, and by the look of her she was likely a jonin. She had a triumphant smirk on her face. I didn't like it. The blast didn't completely hit me because I put up an ice barrier. I growled, *You're not going to be able to pull that off twice, wench.*

"Ah, so you're the one I've heard so much about," she said, "You're the Akatsuki's new recruit, right?"

I glared at her, "Yes. I guess Tsunade picked up on my movements fairly soon after my first meeting?"

"How should I know? I'm not the Hokage's lap dog or anything like that," she replied. This girl…She made we want to smack her. Her manner about things was so casual it seemed like an act.

I threw a shuriken next to her face. "What's your name?"

She smirked, "Miyuki…," she drew one of her blades, "Miyuki Sango. What about you?"

"If you've heard so much about me, then you should already know that." I readied some water, "I don't feel like talking right now anyway."

"Alright then, I'm fine with that." She charged at me with her blade, and aimed for my throat. I ducked in with not even seconds to spare, but I felt something graze my stomach. I looked down; it was another blade, attached onto her arm. I need to be careful of her, she's armed and loaded.

I sent a pillar shooting towards her stomach, but she bent back to dodge. I sent another pillar behind her, this time quicker so she couldn't dodge. That girl should've been stabbed to death by my attack, but she didn't. She spun around with her main blade and cut my ice in two…nobody's ever done that.

She leapt at me with her blade, attempting another blow. I could move my ice fast enough to hit her, so I had to use my taijutsu. I whipped up my leg and kicked her in the jaw. She hit a tree with a loud thump. I sighed with a bit of relief; taijutsu is probably my worst skill out of the three types.

"Hyouton: Arctic Prison!" My ice slowly crept up her body. She tried to escape, but my ice was already on her. Now it was encasing her left arm, too. She reached for her sword, but I wasn't going to let her.

"Hyouton: Shimo Otome!" I shouted. The ice formed spikes on the inside of the layer of ice, so they would impale her. However, she moved fast. She slashed her blade across the ice around her legs, freeing them just in time. But luckily for me, her left arm wasn't as lucky. The spikes riddled her arm with holes, making it completely useless. I was actually shocked that it didn't fall off.

She clutched her arm and was gasping for breath. I walked towards her, picking up her spare blade which fell off of her left arm. She looked up at me, her eyes…they held something familiar…they held the same exact same pain I did. She had known loneliness…she's seen death. Yet…she was trying to hide it, for whom though?

I sunk the blade into her right leg, far enough so she shouldn't be able to get it back out. Then I picked up the Shichibi and turned around to go back into the forest.

"W-where…do you t-think you're going?" she muttered. "Aren't…you g-going to kill me, Ms. Akatsuki?"

I sighed, "I don't want to." Her eyes widened, her expression was completely stunned. She didn't seem like she was able to fully grasp the situation. Maybe it was my sincerity of my words that confused her so much.

Either way, I didn't care whether she understood or not. I just wanted to get rid of this girl so my mission would be over and done with.

I turned back around to get back to our meeting point, but I heard Sango mutter something, "R-run…Takishira...san…!" I heard a kunai fly past my face, slitting my cheek. I turned around, but my attacker moved in too quick for me to get a good look. He drew two blades, aiming both at me. Did he even care about the Shichibi?! If he landed any of his hits he'd kill us both!! I put up an ice barrier as fast as I could. His swords got stuck inside the ice. This was when I finally got a good look at him. He had messy brown hair that was a bit greasy. His entire face was covered by a white Anbu mask. If I went by his build, he looked around my age.

"That was careless of you, Anbu. You could've killed the jinchuuriki. Who are you anyway?" I asked him.

He sheathed his sword, using his free hand to remove his mask. "So the rumors are true. You really have become even worse trash than I am, Tsubaki-chan." My heart practically stopped right then.

"In case you've forgotten, I'll reintroduce myself. My name is Hamaguchi Yuru, member of the Konaha Anbu and former member of Team Gensai. My mission here today is simple, to get rid of the garbage that's been lying around for much too long."