"Come on! She couldn't have already gotten that far! Damn it!" Naruto yelled agrily as he ran through the forest trying to find Kisuna. "Where the hell is she?" Naruto jumped down from a tree. He landed behind a bush in which he peeked through. 'What is she doing?' he wondered.
In the clearing stood Kisuna. She stared straight ahead. "So, you must be Kisuna, the assassin giving a bad name to the village." said a voice. "Yes. And you are?" she asked. "All you need to know is that I'm here to kill you, but my name is Karomaru." Naruto looked up to see a young man with disheveled hair step out from behind a tree. He was dressed in dark green pants and a black shirt. He had an eye patch on his right eye. His hands were shoved into his pockets, which he now took out and reached down to a leg-holster. 'Wow! It's like action TV. Only live!' Naruto yelled in his mind. 'Go Kisuna! Oooh.... damn she's so tense. She reminds me of Sasuke, only Sasuke's face makes me want to hurl.' Naruto chuckled to himself.
"Go." said the man and pulled out multiple shuriken. One by one he hurled them towards Kisuna's weak points: the neck, stomach, feet, and face. Naruto cringed, awaiting the sight of Kisuna's tender flesh being ripped open and her blood pouring from the wounds. He gasped when Kisuna bounded into the air and kicked off a tree. She flew straight towards Karomaru. "Too slow." he said and stepped to the side which sent Kisuna flying over his shoulder.
"Not exactly." Kisuna retorted. A shuriken was heaved into Karomaru's back. A smirk spread across her lips once she landed. In a minute she had jumped next to Karomaru and kicked him in the back, shoving the shuriken in farther. Karomaru screamed in agony as he fell to his knees.
Naruto stared at Kisuna. 'Vicious thing... I would hate to face her.' Kisuna looked in his direction. "Come out, Naruto. I know you're there." Awkwardly he crawled out. "Heh... heh?" Kisuna kicked Karomaru in the back just as he was trying to get up. He fell down again.
Kisuna walked up to Naruto and stared into his eyes. Panic swept over Naruto. He gulped. A few seconds past and Kisuna was still staring into his eyes. She opened her mouth to speak but a dreadful cry came out instead. Her knees buckled under her and she fell onto Naruto. Naruto looked behind her to see Karomaru reaching for another kunai. "You jerk! You shouldn't attack when someone's back is turned!" Naruto yelled.
"Art of the Dopple Gangers!" Naruto shouted. At once about 18 copies of himself appeared. But these weren't just illusions, they were flesh and blood. The Dopple Gangers charged at Karomaru and began tearing at him.
Karomaru stood and defended himself against the offenders. There was too many of them! By the time he hit one, another was onto him. Kisuna stood, blood gushed out from the back of her knees. "Damn you...." she growled. "Hey, you ninja, Naruto." Naruto blinked and clumsily pointed to himself. "Me?" Kisuna rolled her eyes and nodded. "You got a kunai?" she asked. He nodded and handed her one of his. As soon as the knife hit her hand she chucked it towards a small tree. A deafening crack filled thier ears. The tree's trunk snapped and fell towards Karomaru.
The Dopple Gangers ran to safety except for one. It was one that Karomaru had knocked out. He laid on the ground, right where the tree was going to fall! Naruto yelled for it to move itself. "Ne?" Kisuna gasped. In a green and black flash she was gone. She reappeared picking up the Dopple Ganger. She looked up, it was too late. The tree was bound to crush them both!
The tree crashed. It's branches bounced from the force of impact. Naruto's breathing was rapid. All of the Dopple Gangers had been pulled back. He opened his eyes to see the crash an inch below his eyes. He breathed in relief. "You..." He looked under his arm to see Kisuna staring at him with wide eyes. She had removed her hands from covering her head. "saved me...." she finished softly. "Yeah, you tried to save me, ya know? Return the favor." he said in his cocky manner. "Thank you." she whispered.
"Naruto! Kisuna!" Naruto sat up and turned to see Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke running to them. The three stopped and Kakashi pulled Naruto to his feet. "Are you okay?" Sakura asked. Kisuna stood and held her head. "What happened?" Kakashi asked. "It looks like the village became tesy and sent an assassin after her." Sasuke commented. "Another assassin...." Kakshi mumbled and glanced at the lifeless hand that crookedly stuck out from under the tree. "You did that?" he asked Kisuna. She gave a brief nod as a reply.
"Okay, I'm...." Kakashi began but trailed off. Sakura gasped. Naruto turned to see Kisuna collapsing. Sasuke took a single step forward. Kisuna fell easily into his open arms. "Nice catch." Sakura congratulated. (Inner Sakura: What!? No fair!! Why don't you ever catch me like that!? Nooo faiirrr!) "What happened?" Sakura asked. "The back of her legs, they're covered in blood. It's drained her energy as well." Sasuke explained from sheer observance.
"Okay. I'm going back to the village to collect our fee. Sasuke, you carry her to the gate." Kakashi told them. "Where are we taking her?" Naruto asked. "Back with us." his teacher answered. They froze. "Back to the Konoha village!?!" Sakura and Naruto exclaimed in usion. Kakashi nodded and started toward the priest's place. "You three go on. I'll catch up." He took off. Sasuke picked Kisuna up with ease and held her securely to his back. "Come on," he told them and began towards the gate.