Chapter 2

Konoha Forest

A sense of accomplishment settled on Hinata as she finished setting up the trap. But she had no time to celebrate. The enemy sensed her movement and hadn't shot the arrow yet. She decided to take advantage of this situation, and started forming seals again.

"Hengen!" Four replicas crouched down next to her, waiting for direction. Taking a deep breath, she readied herself for the next part of her plan. "Here we go" She whispered, directing two of the replications to run towards the figure with the bow and arrow, and two more to run towards the figure to her left.

She saw the arrow coming, and one of her replicas poof away from the right side. She grabbed her kurenei and watched the arrow coming for her. She had to time this just right.

Putting the reel of ninja wire between her teeth, she pulled two times the length of her arm and tied the end into a loop. Then she threw the loop at the oncoming arrow and pulled hard, keeping the momentum of the arrow while the loop fastened on the end of the shaft. Twirling it in the air for a few moments to gain velocity she fed her chakra into the wire, and then released it towards the figure to her front. She then guided the arrow right above the heart of the enemy, and watched it hit. She didn't want to kill them, she just didn't want them bothering her anymore, or at least until she could get to some help. She watched the chakra flow of the enemy cease, and she watched the body fall.

She cut the wire with the kurenei and put it back in her pack. Unfortunately she had to pass the body of the recently fallen figure to get to the village. At least the person was down. She made a mental note of where her trap wires were and began to make a run for it.

Jumping to a tree branch, she slapped down an explosive seal on the bark, and then retreated. So far this was going good, and she hoped her luck would suffice.