CHAPTER 4: THE NAGASAKI TIGER

(back at the dorms)

Takeshi and Tatsuki were outside their rooms, sitting in the hallway, talking about how Nagasaki took a Shuriken to the gut.

"He didn't even notice?" Takeshi asked in disbelief.

Tatsuki nodded her head and said, "It all happened so fast he didn't even feel it at first." Tatsuki thought back to the night it happened. It was on their mission to retrieve some very potent ninjutsu spells from some of the rival clans and some traitors. Nagasaki was dueling with his renounced twin brother, Hiroshima.

-flash back-

Takeshi was retrieving some of the ninjutsu spells they had forgotten about while Nagasaki was dueling with his twin brother Hiroshima and poor Tatsuki could only wait and watch to see the outcome of the duel.

"Traitor!" Nagasaki yelled at his brother as they collided. Nagasaki used a battle scythe while Hiroshima used a trident. They were yelling insults at each other.

"Weakling!" Hiroshima retorted. He lunged at Nagasaki and stabbed the trident at him. Nagasaki dodged it and swung his giant collapsible scythe at him, but Hiroshima jumped, twirled the trident while still in the air and brought it down upon his brother. Nagasaki saw it coming, though, and used the stick of his scythe to block it between the prongs. Hiroshima dropped to the ground landing on his feet and they were stuck in a power struggle. Seeing that they were equal in strength and neither of them were gaining any ground they leaped back staring at each other. Hiroshima folded his trident and put it behind his back, he put his other hand behind his back and suddenly let out a storm of kunai and stars. Nagasaki twirled his scythe at the last minute, deflecting all but one kunai that pierced his stomach. Tatsuki called out to him but he didn't even hear her. He ran at Hiroshima getting to swing his scythe at him. Hiroshima ducked barley missing decapitation, punched the shuriken deeper in his stomach, struck his eyes with his fingers, backhanded him with his fist, punched him in the kidney and followed up with a double-handed thrust to the chest knocking Nagasaki to the ground.

"NO!" Tatsuki screamed. She activated one of the lightning Justus's she had and dashed at Hiroshima as he was about to finish off his brother. The two looked nothing alike; Hiroshima had white-blond hair with blue eyes while Nagasaki had dark brown hair with green eyes. She drew her twin knives and got there just in time to block his strike with her knives. She pushed him back and, still charged up with the lightning jutsu, lunged at him striking him faster than the eye could fallow dashing from one of his sides to the other , circling around him leaving as many cuts as she could until the magic finally wore off, leaving her panting and slouched over from the burst of energy. Hiroshima was bleeding in many places obviously enraged that she had interfered.

Takeshi and Kohaku-Sephou arrived at the scene. "Tatsuki, why is Nagasaki," he paused seeing that Nagasaki had a shuriken sticking out of his gut, Tatsuki was worn out, and Nagasaki's brother standing there. "HIROSHIMA!" he cried charging at him with Kohaku right next to him, his dragon fang glaive drawn. Takeshi drew his Wakazashi and stabbed at Hiroshima's gut missed and got his leg while Kohaku's glaive was raised, about to mutilate him. He cried out in pain and activated a ninjutsu that teleported him away from danger.

"Where'd he go?" Takeshi looked around but couldn't see where he'd gone.

"He's not here. That was a special escape jutsu. He's probably at least a mile from here judging by the energy discharge that gave out," Kohaku looked at Nagasaki lying on the ground, Tatsuki crying next to him.

"Nagasaki!" Takeshi cried out realizing that his friend was still injured.

"What happened?" Kohaku said as calm as ever.

"Hiroshima, he hit him with a shuriken while they where dueling," she said between sobs.

Kohaku checked him and declared, "He'll be fine as long as we get him to the village infirmary as fast as possible." He picked Nagasaki up and slung him around his back. "Do you still have the Ninjutsu spell's we retrieved?"

She nodded her head while wiping away some of her tears, "I used one though."

"Which one?"

"A lighting jutsu," she said,

"But you still have the new ones our clan devised?" a lightning jutsu wasn't really a loss, the new, more powerful, ones were far more important. They had no back ups for those ones, and half the mission was to get them back, the other half was to make sure none of them where used or studied by their enemies.

She confirmed that she still had the new ones and they hurried back to the village.

-end flash back-

"When do you think Hiroshima will be back," Tatsuki asked.

"Who knows? He may not want to make another move until he's fully healed. How did he get so many cuts though?" he didn't know since they hadn't talked about it much

"Oh, you know how I said I used the lightning jutsu?" he nodded his head; "well I used it to block Hiroshima from killing Nagasaki and tore him up with my knives."

"He didn't block or dodge it?" Takeshi asked in disbelief.

"I used the lightning jutsu remember? I was moving too fast for him to dodge, though he did try to block." She said to him.

"Oh yah, I forgot about that," he said looking at her.

She giggled and blushed from his stare. He kissed her on the cheek and she leaned forward to kiss him a little more passionately. He opened his eyes to the sound of someone clearing their throat. He looked up to see their Sephou staring at them.

"Umm, Sephou, hi! I didn't see you their, just how long have you been there?" he asked slightly nervous and a little embarrassed.

"Not that long; and how could you see me with Tatsuki hanging off your face?" they both blushed and looked away from each other. He smiled and said kindly, "There's nothing to be ashamed of, just make sure it doesn't interfere with your missions, got it?"

"Yes Sephou," they said in unison.

He walked away and they heard someone giggling at them. They both looked to see Keiko standing outside the door.

"Ooh, busted!" she said still trying to hide her laughter and failing miserably at it.

Tatsuki scowled and then smiled at her roommate.

"I wouldn't be talking Keiko; rumor has it that you were caught in the laundry room the other day kissing one of the graduate ninja." Takeshi retorted, making Tatsuki giggle and Keiko blush.

"Well… I just wanted to tell Tatsuki that lights out is in two minutes. If you guys wanted to get some smooching in you'd better hurry." She finished her message and went back in the room, closing the door behind her.

"She's right you know," Tatsuki said while letting down her hair and shaking her head a few times.

"Then we'd better hurry," he said.

"You read my mind," she said as she leaned in once again. He rested his hand on hers and she laid her left hand on the side of his head. She murmured something before their lips met and he accepted her mouth. After a few seconds he asked her what she had said and she whispered to him, "I said I wish the lights would go out," and almost as if by magic the lights faded and went completely dark. They waited another minute, and went to their rooms, wishing each other a goodnight and sweet dreams.

End chapter four.