8spider and fox

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Last Time on animal oxymoron: A long and chatty episode Tanar explains her past and guess what Kakashi ease drops and learns most of her past/ That night Kakashi uses his Sharingan Eye on her again/ Tanar has accepted the fact that she must become what she has hated most of her life a ninja (may the gods look kindly on her tortured and bitter sweet soul)

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She woke up to the sound of a loud bird. It's cheerful morning song revealed it thought it could sing while the world thought his words out of tune and out of Rhythm. She grunted and sat up while rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She felt strangely impulsive this morning. She tried her gift for the first time with a childhood ignorance and ease. She focused her energy in finding the bird. It was a small common species. She forced her mind into the bird like putting on a sock that was to tight. She felt for the bird's voice box. She manipulated the bird's body and made the bird sing one shrill note. The note was too high and shrill for the bird's voice. The piercing cry rang through the woods in one strained yell. She forced the bird to lose his voice.

With satisfaction of knowing the bird would not sing his annoying song to greet the sun for at least a week she recoiled her mind from him. Kakashi and Line had woken with a start at the disturbing noise. They saw Tanar stare off into a part of the wood. A small brown bird fluttered onto a tree a few meters away from them. The bird cocked its head at Tanar and opened its mouth. No sound was uttered. The bird was defeated. She pulled up her mask but even Kakashi got a glimpse of the smirk on her face. Using her gift once more she ordered the bird to fly to her. It landed on her shoulder head down in submission. She spoke kindly to him for his feathered breast showed his heart sink. "little brother of the sky, learn from this and know to learn from others that are enjoyed more and you will attract more females this way" She commanded quietly. The little bird listened with earnest and he knew what she commanded and he learned from this experience. He flew away heart beating to learn and copy other songs.

She watched the bird fly away and she stood up. Silently she waited for Line and Kakashi to awaken and prepare for the journey. She noticed that Kakashi was firmer and more secure when he moved. But she voiced her concerned "Are you well enough to speed up the mission ninja?" They held no secrets from one another. (They never would be able to any more) He nodded his head and so the three companions set off at an easy jog across the woods. It took her awhile to remember the path but she found her trail and pressed on. Talk was sparse but it was not needed. They knew how much each could handle. The night before was a revelation into each others physical strengths and mentality. They forded a stream about midday, they ate on the run. This was a simple life this was the easy part of her job. They both relished the uncomplicated steps of moving their bodies. The tiger beside them loped with an easy grace. It was amazing how much was accomplished with the words last night that had passed in between the humans and Line. It was mid afternoon when Line caught the sent of human inhabitation. Kakashi and Tanar leaped into the trees and found a sight worth repeating.

A fire was burning. If a fire could be healthy with orange and blue flame this fire was not. A column of green smoke lifted into the air lazily. The human's went back to the ground and proceeded with extreme caution. Tanar told Line to stay close to her and be absolutely silent. Line was surprised and silently scared at the sudden change in manner in both humans. They both carried weapons in their hands. Each muscle was tense in their shoulders. The green smoke burned their eyes from the stench. It was also farther away then they planned. The minds of all three were alert to every sound. Line could hear no other animals. Tanar sensed no feral minds. Kakashi suspected a trap. Sweat began to roll down Kakashi's back. Line's fur was raised. Tanar felt a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. Kakashi signaled for them to go around the other end of the fire so the wind would not blow the smoke into their sensitive faces. Tanar agreed. Line realized that they nearly brushed the village homes when they circled around the fire and he told Tanar his finding. Tanar was still tense, even jumpy she was not ready to enter the village to deliver the scroll just yet. They reached a clearing. The green smoke was pouring out of wood logs that had been soaked in a liquid that caused a smell so horrific the humans were glad they wore masks. Tanar voiced her concern for Line's sensitive nose and he replied silently he would wait just on the tree's edge. A middle aged man stepped out from the back of the fire.

His blond hair contrasted with his mineral green eyes. His face was unblemished but strangely smooth and white. His cold voice betrayed no emotion. It was slick like a snake's scales "You saw my signal Assassin good." Tanar did not let her guard down. She smiled in contempt her manner arrogant and disdainful. "I have the item I want my money." The man walked around the fire toward them. He stopped briefly right by Kakashi "I thought you loathed ninja's company, but I see you have with you the Ninja of a thousand Jitsu's." She nearly spit in his face. (She had forgotten how truly repulsive her client was.) She placed herself in between the client and Kakashi "He is my training partner no more no less." The client lifted one greasy blonde eyebrow and faced her. His breath smelled like roasted meat. "The scroll?" he demanded she retorted "my money?" He shrugged the question aside. He sauntered away before continuing. "You killed my father and his ninja's correct." An odd question she wondered but nodded her head. He lifted his hand and inspected a set of well manicured finger nails. "Ah see there is the problem." She interrupted "What problem?" The boy looked at her with eyes as scumy and slimy as green pond algae. "I wanted to have those ninjas under my services, but since you seem to have killed them I will have to capture you using hired ones instead." The danger to her was immediate and she acted just a fleet of foot. Tanar and Kakashi began to run. A trap a double crossing trap was set and sprung.

They were running to the town. Line was with them. She panted to Kakashi "Look at the scroll and tell me what it does." While running he took it out and read. He nearly tripped on a log when he scanned its precious contents. He stopped and read trembling to Tanar "It is a scroll that can cure any death wound and reverse the age of that individual" She shook herself and cursed "Damn it I'll spit on the inventor's grave for making this scroll." A cold male voice answered "See that is the problem with you Assassins you never appreciate what we do." She couldn't see the man who said it. The green smoke seemed to have followed them and blocked her view. "Really ninja what is it that you do that I do not" the male voice answered in her ear. "We make killing people an art" A knife pushed it self into her yielding flesh. (The blade was covered in poison) She screamed as a burning point sliced into her right arm. She felt a struggle happen around her as Kakashi fought the man that had stabbed her. She saw around 15 more men melt into solid forms as they came close to her.

They had weapons risen. Kakashi was strong, but not that strong. She yelled at the man "You miss calculated ninja just like all the others before you who have tried to kill me. You stabbed the wrong arm" She lurched herself up and threw an oriental star at him. A bloody gurgle was slowly silenced as he fell to the ground. "I am left handed" she whispered The other 15 men paid no heed and leaped at her and Kakashi. She swam in the poison that had penetrated her every cell. She struggled weakly as the other ninjas bound her. (She noticed the symbol of Sand, Sound, and even some Hidden Leaf Ninjas) The ones seemed not to notice that Kakashi was one of them and seemed not to care as he slipped away into the forest as she slipped away from her consciousness.

She awoke to feel something poking at her chest. She moved her arms violently, but of coarse they were tied together above her head. She opened her eyes. Scumy green eyes looked straight into her blue ones. She lifted her head. Her right arm was feeling a searing heat and she had hot flashes rake her whole body. The client stepped back and examined her. She was tied to a tree naturally and her arms were tied to a rope that was knotted to a hanging branch far above. She was on her tip toes which made her arms stretch out causing the blood flow in her right arm to move freely causing more pain. The client had a seductive look on his face. His body blocked all of her limited field of vision. The poison was working well; her vision was covered in a static green. She wasn't sure how else the poison was incapacitating her, or if it would kill her quickly or slowly. The client raised his hand and began to stroke her face. She realized her mask had been pulled down. He traced the curve of her jaw. He cupped her ear. Brushing her hair line, her eyes, her lips. All the while an expression of lust dominated his countenance. His fingers lingered on her mouth; she opened her mouth and bit down hard. His eyes squeezed shut in pain. He yanked his finger out of her mouth. She had held on tight and some skin came off as he pulled his finger away. He glanced at his bloody finger as his life liquid flowed down his hand. He glanced up at her as she spit his flesh out of her mouth. He raised his other hand and slapped her across the face. He leaned in close and whispered in contempt "You pay a price for doing that."

He stepped back and revealed a blood drinkers dream. The fire was still going and on top skewered on a spit in the middle of the fire was a skinned tiger. A once beautiful orange fur coat lay on the grass beside it. She could see with sickening horror the diagonal line that was on one side of the fur. The stench that permeated the air with its foul aroma was her dearest friend's roasting body Line.

Her eyes glazed over but she saw. Line's muscles were charred a brown crust. Black blood splotched on his ripped carcass like a disease. His ears had been cut off all that was left were strings of tissue. His eyes were black ash pits and stared with dark abyss. Muscle's of his neck and back were untouched, but his stomach was torn and flaps of his flesh folded back revealing white yellow bone. The client's green eyes watched her with satisfaction. She looked away she couldn't look at this site of butchery.

In a way she felt responsible for killing him. Her gift had given him a conscious. Her gift had given him feelings morals emotions. The tiger that had a sharp stick plunged the full length of his body was no animal. It was a being who could live and be human. The only difference was his outside skin and fur. She made him a person that probably wondered why he was going to die. Or where he would go after his life fell away from him. Her gift made him realize how young or old he was. This was a massacre. Her stomach rebelled against her and she held it down with sheer will.

Her arm was now a constant and painful throb that had engulfed the length of her arm. It was seeping into her chest. Her skin was hot to the touch and a fever kept sweat on her forehead. Her vision was clouding over in a green haze. The poison was slow and steady. It was killing her. The sun's light seemed to echo her body's pain. A red sun was low in the sky sinking fast. The pink and yellow clouds seemed ripped gashes in the heavens. Her client left to get his finger bandaged. He placed one guard beside her. The ninja looked familiar. He wore a Hidden Leaf Village head-band. Using a voice that seemed not to belong to her she asked "The Hokage does not know you are here does he?" The guard turned to face her. His eyebrows were the size of small bushes. She remembered through the fog of her brain. The man she had stolen the backpack from was him. His eyes betrayed no emotion, he did not hate her, he thought of her as common thief. He was surprised that she knew the Hokage. He answered softly "My orders were to capture the Scroll that you stole." She searched his eyes. She found no malice. She risked her life on some truth "Did the Hokage tell you what I vowed in front of him?" The man shook his head slowly. Her blue eyes as well as her voice tried to make him understand "I vowed on my blood not to harm any ninja bearing the Hidden Leaf brand."

He retorted "I can do nothing now for you, but if another ninja from my village comes to you then I will also help." She smiled wanly (she thought briefly of how unlikely Kakashi would rescue her) "Then there is no chance of you getting me an antidote for the poison that runs through my veins." That one statement shocked the ninja to his core. He cursed colorfully "My orders also consisted of bringing you back alive." She sighed in pain and drowsiness. He watched her. "I can see why he likes you" he said. She laughed quietly, but the laugh quickly became a cough. "Who would like me enough to do anything but look at me for a moment?" He bit his lip. She hung her head in sorrow and defeat. She was dying she could feel her body beginning to shut down. "Just tell me what your Hokage wants with me" He answered carefully "He wants to perform the scroll's message on you." She smiled again "So you get me out of this death and you place me in another how charming." He nodded. She was not surprised at the ninja's acceptance of her fate. They were all the same. The ninjas were always the same. Kakashi and Iruka they were all the same. She wondered if Kakashi got away or if he was roasting on a spit as well. They wouldn't do that to Kakashi, they were killers but not cannibals. Now she wasn't so sure. She watched the sun sink behind the green fire, but she couldn't bear to look at Line as the sun set.

She concentrated on breathing. It was becoming harder for her. "Look I maybe be stronger and faster then you, but poison kills anyone, and I'm beginning to feel it." He gave her a skeptical look, not trusting her. (As well he shouldn't) "Look I'm not asking you to untie me or anything just keep me from dying" She nearly spit on him. She didn't have time to argue for long or the strength. He paused long and staring at her, she held his gaze with her icy eyes. He nodded and walked into a nearby tent. He came back a moment later with another guard. She raised an eyebrow. He answered with an ill conceived sneer on his "Won't want you to run away now." She also sneered at him. She knew what he wanted her to do. Thankfully the ninja guard that was replacing him was a member of mist country. She could kill him first and then worry about untying herself. The Hidden Leaf ninja went away hopefully getting her the antidote.

The other guard had his back to her that was his mistake. Her mistake was she trying to find a position were she could kick him squarely in the neck to kill him. A kunai knife sped from behind her and nicked her already weak right arm. The mist ninja turned around at the sound of a grunt. He got the small knife stuck in his throat. The familiar gurgling sound of gushing blood made her close her eyes as rain drops of his hot blood splashed onto her. She heard something being shoved away but she kept her eyes closed. She still had blood on her eyes. If she opened them well the red liquid would spill into her eyes. She felt callused fingers brush lightly the blood away from her eyes. She had felt those hands before. She opened her eyes. A white mask with red painted lines to ascent the shape of a fox greeted her foggy eyes. (The mask wearer's arm held the symbol of the hidden leaf village) The same hand that brushed the droplets of blood removed the mask. She closed her eyes in relief. Kakashi stood before her. He untied her hands. Her right arm fell heavy against her side. The rest of her body collapsed afterwards. She sunk to the soft earth bellow her feet. She waited for her to get her breath. She heaved herself up.

She was staring right into Kakashi's face. Tanar was holding her breath. Her vision had turned a green haze. "I know you could kill me now, Why?" He grabbed her hand and pulled for her to follow. She stumbled after him. A shout was heard from inside the tent where the other Hidden Leaf ninja was. He pulled her again. She stayed where she was. "We must leave" Kakashi commanded. "Kakashi I can't see." He stopped and she could feel his body very close to her. She looked up with bleary eyes. All she could see was his pale skin and gray hair. The fight from inside the tent become more violent. The hidden Leaf ninja rushed out of the tent. A surprised greeting form Kakashi "Guy?" the ninja now identified as Guy the Jounin answered "Kakashi?" The client of Tanar rushed out of the tent as well. He was stumbling with a tiger's skin cloak wrapped around him. He was screaming in a whining rage. She suddenly let out a wild cry of rage of her own. He was wearing Line's coat.

The baby spawn of a demon was clawing his dirty scummy hands on her friend's skin. She sped toward him in uncontrolled rage. She pounced on him and he managed to pull the tiger's fur away from his face. He saw the Assassin coming toward him. Her blue eyes were ringed in yellow from the poison. He was pinned to the ground. The Assassin had her knees on his hands and a small knife against his neck before he could untangle himself further. Her face was so close to his the client could smell her breath. It smelled like burning flesh. He found a reserve of strength and heaved the Assassin off. Tanar rolled quickly and picked herself up again the rage would not last to long. She had anger give her strength before, but never feral rage. The green haze was clouding over but she could hear the client pick himself up. Her hunched shoulders and her right arm was now useless. Guy yelled "Stop assassin I have the antidote" He held up a small vial with a dirty white liquid. Tanar had lost all human thought, she did hear him, she didn't use her reason. The client shouted for his hired minions. They came on quick feet. Fourteen other highly trained ninjas had surrounded Kakashi, Guy, and Tanar, but the Assassin saw only her client still clutching Line's coat.

The green-eyed human began to laugh cruelly. He spoke "You are surrounded and blind and you are dying you cannot hope to win Blue Wood Assassin." It was her turn to laugh. Light flecks of blood jumped out of her mouth as she laughed. "I care not for being surrounded, I am blind, but there are other ways to see, And as for dying scum eyes I can live long enough to KILL YOU!" She ran to were his voice had been. He was not fast nor experienced enough to dodge. Her rage faded away as she felt her blade sink into his soft flesh. He fell to the ground. She wrapped her hand around his face and felt his mouth. She traced her hands down blindly until she felt cold bloody steel next to her fingers. She had killed him her blade had gone upward at the base of his chin. She turned around. Her keen sense of hearing and smell had vanished. For in her rage she had gained her defeated friend's (Line) senses. Her body had altered itself to that of an animal. It could not have lasted. "Kakashi, Guy, they both nodded I hope you can handle these fourteen thugs for me…" She closed her eyes. The rest of her senses died into blackness. She could no longer feel herself as she fell toward the ground. The two Jounin ninjas nodded toward one another.

Kakashi ran weapon in hand to dispatch with the other ninjas. Guy ran to Tanar and he pried her mouth open and poured the white cloudy antidote into her mouth. Three already dead by Kakashi Guy called him over. Again without words Kakashi passed Guy a weapon and then he passed the scroll over as well. Guy helped Kakashi get a hold on Tanar. The two ninjas one clearing the way for the other with the precious human burden the other with the scroll sped off back to Hidden Leaf Village the Night had fallen. Did the axe on Tanar's life fall as well?

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For the faithful readers of my story here is an answer to the question that was e-mailed to me earlier on. The question was Why names of animals for the chapter titles? The answer is the title of the story. Animal Oxymoron the fact is that Kakashi and Tanar hopefully have nothing in common. But if under the circumstances they may come to like one another. Hence the saying, A bird can never love a fish and a Fish can never love a bird. So the titles are animals that have absolutely nothing in common.

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