Chapter 2

"Height: 5'7?"
"Check"
"Weight: 115?"
"Check"
"Hair color: Black?"
"Check"
"Does she match the picture on the paper?"
"Pretty much..."
"Alright. Lets do this."

Tani took a deep sigh. She had been walking in the desert for two days since she had left the Hidden Village of Sand. Beginning to wonder if she was ever going to get out of the desert, she took a short break near a small oasis and cooled herself off.

Tani thought to herself "I must be reaching the Land of Grass soon...I have been traveling forever." when suddenly she spotted a kunai out of the corner of her eye. She quickly dodged it and yelled "Whose there?"

"Might Tani; you are to be apprehended by the special forces of Kusagakure. Please drop your weapons and come with us." A mysterious figure shouted from atop a dune.

"My weapons? My bo staff?" Tani thought and then replied "Sorry, my bo isn't the type of weapon that likes to be mishandled. Im not dropping it, and im not coming with you. I have to be somewhere."

"Then I will capture you by force." The mysterious figure said. He stepped forward to reveal himself as a young man, wearing a green cloak with the symbol of the Land of Grass on it.

"This should be interesting." Tani thought to herself with a smile.

Tani entered a defensive stance. Her opponent rushed and quickly launched two swift punches to her head, only to have them blocked by one arm. She quickly launched a counter-attack, sending her elbow straight into the solarplex of the young ninja. The ninja didn't budge.

"You think you can hurt me with such a feeble attack? You underestimate me. I have stone skin...my bloodline specialty." The ninja said with a small chuckle.

Tani jumped backwards, still in a defensive position. Tani then rushed, this time going on the offense. She landed a 3 punches combo to his face then sweeping kick leaving him wide open. Tani quickly diverted chakra to her fist, and landed a powerful fist to his gut while still in the air, sending him flying backwards into the sand.

Tani sighed, and then lowered her fists. About to turn away, she saw him stand up out of the corner of her eye.

"You don't understand, do you? I have stone skin. You will need to do more than that to get by me." said the nin, standing up out of the sand and pulling out two short swords.

Tani grinned, replying, "You are persistent, I will give you that...but you still stand no chance against me". She pulled a wrapped object off her back. "Ill just be one second" she said, unraveling the long object.

The nin gasped. "Is that...the Tsugoken?" He said while in awe.

Tani was holding a long, black, and metal bo staff with two "2" painted on the ends. Tani smiled, and put one end of the Bo on the ground, causing the ground to shake. "You ready?" she exclaimed, beaming a smile.

The ninja then charged Tani, swords held back, ready to strike her. Tani, right as he was about to reach her, knocked the swords out of his hands with her bo. She then thrust the top end of the Bo into his stomach, leaving him without air. Using his opening to her advantage, she used the bottom end of her bo as an uppercut to his chin, sending him flying into the air.

Tani jumped up behind him, and stuck the Bo around his neck, and started spinning at an abnormal speed. "Omote Renge!" she shouted, and plummeted the ninja head first into the sand.

Tani stood up, and shook some of the sand off her and put the bo on her back. She was somewhat sad to leave the ninja alone in an almost paralyzed state in the middle of the desert. It didn't faze her though. She began walking away, but took one more quick glance back. She looked forward again ready to continue her travels to Konoho, when suddenly a pink haired ninja wearing a green cloak appeared right in front of her face.

Tani asked "Who...Who are y-" before the ninja blew a pink mist into Tani's face, causing her to loose consciousness.

"I have to do everything around here, don't I?" The pink haired ninja complained, picking up the young ninja and Tani and walking away.

Chapter 2 Part 2

Betrayal...

Lies...

"Shut up, you piece of shit. Like we actually cared about your feelings"

"So this is the famous Might Tani? Pitiful. Quickly Kazan, lets dispose of her. She knows to much."

"ZAKARO!" Tani screamed, just waking up. She was sweating heavily and breathing hard. "It was...just a dream." She thought to herself, now sitting up. She looked around the room she was in. She was incased in a small prison. She looked out a tiny window and saw nothing but woodland surrounding her. Tani yelled, "Where the hell am I?" only to be returned with the words "God, do you ever shut the hell up!".

A small door opened up near the front of the cage, in which Tani saw the pink haired nin beaming down at her. "So you are finally awake? Jeez it seemed like forever that you were screaming in your sleep." she said.

"Who...who are y- Oh yeah! You are that girl who blew dust into my face! Why the hell did you do that? I have a headache now..." Tani asked

The pink haired nin laughed and replied, "You probably have a headache because you were sleeping for 3 days. My name is Tori, and my stone skin associates name is Gero. Those are our codenames. We aren't allowed to give you are real names because we are the special forces of our hidden village"

"Ok 'Tori'...where are you taking me, and why?" Tani questioned, with a annoyed look on her face.

"We are taking you to our hidden village, Kusagakure. You are wanted because you are the only person to see and fraternize with the S-Rank criminal Hashito Zakaro for such a long period of time. We need you for questioning."

Tani's eyes quickly changed. She glared at Tori, and her fist clenched. "What do you know about Hashito Zakaro?" she asked with a trembling voice. Tori replied "Nothing" and smiled. "Very few people AND countries know about the name Hashito Zakaro, but those who do know understand the threat that he poses." she continued "Our Kage wants to talk to you about him. He wants any information on him he can get. I'm sure our Kage knows a little about this man too."

Tani regained her composure and sighed. "Alright, ill come with you. Any information I can gain on that man will help me out." she said with a smile and then continued, "Do I really need to be locked up in this cage though? And is there any food? I'm starving!" when suddenly a large piece of fruit came down through the hole and into her hands.

"There, now will you stop whining?" An outside voice said."Whining? Ill show you whining! Come back her and say that to my face! You would be whining too had you not eaten in 3 days and you were in a smoldering hot cage! Who is that? 'Gero'? I've kicked your ass once, you want another serving?" Tani yelled as an argument ensued between the two. Tori laughed, and went back to sitting up front. "Maybe I should put her back to sleep" Tori pondered as she leaned back against the cage, dozing off into sleep.