Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Warnings: blood, violence, language, OC death, and maybe some sappiness.

Chapter 14

"How is this possible! I killed you!" Daaku shouted. Mayu looked in the direction that Daaku was facing and saw Kakashi standing on the branch of a nearby tree with a kunai in hand and his Shaningan showing.

"Well next time, you should finish what you started." Kakashi said to Daaku. "Now you get away from her."

"I don't know how you survived, but I swear that this time I will kill you." Daaku said as he prepared to attack Kakashi. But then he felt someone grab him from behind, and the next thing he knew he was surrounded by clones of a blonde kid in an orange outfit.

"Naruto!" Mayu said in shock. Well, part of the reason she was shocked was because she had never seen a genin use the Shadow Clone Jutsu. All the clones managed to grab hold of Daaku.

"All right, get him Sasuke!" shouted Naruto.

"Fire Style Jutsu: Phoenix Flower!" shouted Sasuke as he sent the fire attack Daaku's way.

"Let go of me you little bastards!" Daaku shouted as he struggled out of the clones' grip. He managed to escape before the flames could hit him, but his arm got singed and all the clones were destroyed.

The real Naruto was fine because he was actually in one the trees, and he has only sent the clones after Daaku.

Meanwhile, Sakura rushed to Mayu's side.

"Mayu, are you alright?" she asked.

"I'm fine." said Mayu as she stood up. Then she ran over to Daaku, who was busy fighting with Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi, and punched him, so hard into a tree that it fell over.

"What are you guys doing here?" asked Mayu.

"Well, Kakashi-sensei taught us that only scum would abandon their friends. Believe it!" said Naruto.

Mayu gave Kakashi a dirty look that seem to say "why did you bring your students into this?" and "what are doing getting in a major battle, just when you finally recovered from your injuries?" But actually, she was touched that they came to help her.

"Hey, don't look at me. I didn't say that they could come." said Kakashi, who didn't want to admit he was just as surprised by Naruto and Sasuke's attack as Mayu was. He was so concerned about Mayu; he didn't even realize his students had followed him.

"Well, just stay of this. This is my fight." said Mayu.

"Mayu, you can't do this alone." Kakashi said as he took hold of Mayu's hand. "Sorry, but it looks like I'm involved now. I'm not going to let him harm you anymore Mayu."

"Kakashi…" said Mayu, now starting to show how touched she was by Kakashi's show of affection.

"Oh, how touching." said Daaku sarcastically as he got up rubbing his head. "As much as I'd hate to interrupt this scene, I have to kill you all, except for the Kigaro woman."

"What do you want with me?" asked Mayu.

"Well, I would love to kill you, but my employer wants you alive." answered Daaku.

"Who is this employer of yours?"

"Sorry, can't tell you."

"Well then, we'll just have to beat it out of you." said Naruto.

"You three stay out of this. This fight is for Mayu and me alone." Kakashi said to his students.

"But Kakashi-sensei…" Sakura and Naruto began to protest. But Sasuke interrupted them, "You heard them, this is their fight. It's not our place to get involved." Then he pulled Sakura and Naruto a safe distance from where the battle would take place.

"All right, let's get started." said Daaku as everything around them turned pitch black. The genin tried not to show how freaked out they were because they couldn't see a thing.

Mayu and Kakashi looked around the darkness, trying to find Daaku. Then Kakashi was cut from behind.

"Kakashi!" Mayu shouted.

"So the Great Copy Ninja fell for the same trick twice." said Daaku as he went after Mayu.

"Why you…" said Mayu as she and Daaku started another taijutsu match. Then Kakashi pulled out one of his scrolls, unrolled it, and smeared his blood on it."

"Summoning Jutsu!" he called out. Then to Daaku's surprise, he was suddenly held in place by a bunch of dogs that came out of nowhere.

"Don't underestimate me.", said Kakashi. Then Mayu took this as an opportunity to finish Daaku off.

"Secret Jutsu: Sword of Heaven." she called out as the yellow chakra in her hands took the form of a sword. (That's the kekkei genkai I made up for the Kigaro clan." Then she aimed for Daaku's heart.

"NO! THIS CAN'T BE THE END!" shouted Daaku right before Mayu stabbed him in the heart. The sword and the dogs disappeared as Daaku hacked up blood and died. Just as Daaku breathed his last, the darkness in the area began to disappear. Mayu fell to her knees. Partly because of how much chakra she used and the other part being what she just did.

Then a male voice said, "Dammit! I guess Daaku wasn't as good as they said he was."

Team 7 and Mayu looked in the direction where the voice came from. A man with a large suriken on his back stepped out of the fading darkness. He then put on a headband revealing that he was from the Hidden Light Village.

"Obio!" Mayu said in shock.