Chapter 37: New Enemies

Four days have passed since Kakashi and the others have left Konoha. Kakashi was reading a book as usual which Tori just gave him a stare of the book he was reading. She always wanted to see what was so interesting about that book that made grown men go idiotic. Can't be that fascinating since Jiraiya made the book...but then who would read anything what he puts out anyway but perverted men.

Naruto and Sakura were dragging their feet behind the rest of the group, feeling extremely tired for some reason.

"Is it just me or have these weights gotten heavier since we first put them on two months ago." Naruto asked Sakura, barely talking at all of his dried mouth wanting water.

"I know what you mean. I felt like this since this morning. Why do I get the feeling Tori is behind this." Sakura said in the same situation as her friend.

"I say you two, you guys have been holding us back all day. What happened to the high sprit yesterday." Temari said frustrated as they were behind schedule.

"Hey you try walking with weights on the whole time!" Naruto said defending himself.

"Lee having no trouble with it." Temari pointed out as Lee rubbed the back of his head of embarrassment.

"Lee doesn't count." Naruto told her.

Tori eyes behind her then back in front as she smirked. She realized sooner or later they were going to figure out she changed there pounds in their weights last night. To tell the truth she was surprised they didn't figure it out yet. Tori told herself they haven't learned anything still. But it was getting late out so they got lucky today as she cleared her throat to speak.

Tori gave a slight hand sign to her bodyguards surrounding the area of them going into town for the night. The guard that was her father personal bodyguard received the message and headed off to tell the others.

"Were going into town for the night. We can relax their and head out the morning after. There really is no rush in getting to Jishin, so an extra day or two is fine by me." Tori explained.

"For two days but why?" Temari asked puzzled of her decision.

"Because we have been walking for four whole days and sleeping outside. I think we can enjoy ourselves for a little bit." Tori said really wanting to relax.

"But..." Temai was about to protest.

Kakashi cuts her off. "I agree. We can stock up on fresh supplies as well." Kakashi said to the others of becoming the leader of the group even though Tori was a Jounin as well.

"Yes! Let's go!" Naruto said rushing passed everybody as they give him a clueless look.

"I thought he said he was tired." Temari gave him an awkward look.

"That's Naruto for you." Lee said with a smile.

Thirty shinobis were gathered deep in the forest, being out of site from anybody to know their presence. They all looked like hired thugs from different countries that have gathered into one spot to raid a small village. They all differ from height and weight as there was one female in the group that didn't assort herself with any of the guys, as they were resting almost in a complete circle. The girl was sitting on a rock fifteen meters away from the group, with her hands together under her chin, as her knees supported her elbows. Her expression looked deep in thought as she smirked.

The girl was sixteen years old, ruby red hair that came to her shoulder and red eyes which made people think she was a demon but she was very pretty. Unfortunately, it would make guys look at her more if she didn't have an emotionless face all the time, only in battle did her true expressions come alive, which scared her comrades when they were put on missions with her. Some hated being around her as she had no feeling for her teammates if they were in trouble which got her banished from her own village, as she had a forehead protector of four waves meaning from the Hidden Mist Village.

She wear short-sleeve black top and pants, as her pants stop at her ankle revealing her ninja shoes that was also black. Her pants had one pocket on the right as her pants had red zigzag design on them. Around her hands that went up her arm meeting her short-sleeve shirt, were white bandages, as the end of both bandages was hanging down at her wrists. On her back she had a black katana, with a chain dangling from the base of the hilt as the sword seemed normal, but her teammates knew it wasn't, as even they stayed away from it.

Five male Jounin shinobis circled around each other as they looked the strongest in the group of the other men. They were eyeing a map of each country as they had Jishin village circled. One guy with an eye patch on his left eye, points on the map of their current location now.

"We must intercept them before they reach Jishin," said the man, "Once they are in their borders then the plain for attack is useless. The shinobis in that village are true demons and the men we have with us, will not venture towards their as they have guards posted around the borders of the village. It will be like walking to our deaths as they give their enemies no mercy of the deadly and forbidden jutsu they use in which Konoha Shinobis don't want to cause problems with them."

"Hmph," Another guys in the ground smirked. "Sounds like fun. A village that used to be powerful is still causing many powerful villages to fear them. I wonder why they don't create wars with other countries to get their reputation back as they can easily overpower them."

"Because Jengo, they share the same ideas as Konoha as you are forgetting some of the clans that use to be in Jishin went to Konoha. It's only natural to be allied villages." Another man assured him with a tranquil face expression that matched his handsome face. His dark blue hair came down to his back, tied by a string at the bottom of his hair, containing his hair from coming out.

"But why would somebody hire thirty men to assassinate one little girl..." said Jengo and looked of Tori picture and smiled. "And a pretty girl if you ask me. I wouldn't mind having her for myself." He licked his lips.

"Because...that little girl you're drooling over is not what she seems," said The blue hair man. Jengo eyes him. "That girl is a high level Jounin ninja and probably the village best prospect to come from the village too. She taken down many Jounin and S-Rank missing-nin that you can think of. Some shinobis that are chased by her give up because of deadly Jutsu she uses to control another ninja's mind in battle and make them her puppets."

The others eye them of not hearing much about this girl but somehow they all felt anxious to meet her.

"Now I want to meet her even more. I wouldn't mind becoming her slave. You worry too much Sado." Jengo chuckled.

"You don't get it do you," said Sado always annoyed by Jengo stupidity. "Let me put it on your level of understanding how powerful she is. She became a Jounin at the age of twelve." They all shoot him a serious look. "This girl shouldn't be taken lightly. If you come face to face with her, use your full skills with her or she will kill you with one move for underestimating her."

"Sure, sure." Jengo said still unaffected by his words being too trap by Tori beauty.

"We will move out tonight and attack while their resting in the small town that I know they have reached for the night from my sources." Sado explained.

"Just remember she have her bodyguards from her village with her and bodyguards from Konoha village as well," said the guy with the eye patch. "We must separate them and move in quietly inside the village undetected or face confrontation with them which can become too risky. Will split the men up into teams. The objective is to kill the girl. Once that is done everybody retreat understood."

They all nodded their heads of the plan.

"Get them ready we move now." Sado said.

"Alright let's hurry up and move out!" A man around forty years old with one arm inside his black coat hanging out half way, of being one of the five Jounin shinobis commanded the other men to move out.

Sado started to walk over to the girl as his black long rugged trench coat was blowing in the wind, which made his hair blow in front of his face as well. His eyes were blue like the color of his hair that would make a woman give him her first kin. He had two volkoth fighting axe,damascus acid-etched blades and braided genuine leather wrapped handles on both of them, placed on his back. He bends down to her side, as the girl was still in the same position before hearing their entire conversation.

"Were leaving now Tsuki-sama," said Sado. "You're our mane weapon against this girl. I only serve you if you don't like the plan to back off from it."

"We want to meet her," said Tsuki calmly. Sado curiously eyed her. "We want to find of our true existence." Her sword started to react to Tsuki words as it spilled out a black chakra around the sword.

"Then I will see to it..." said Sado and bows his head. "...Master."