(A/N: Well, talking about the fights was actually pretty fun. Kinda hard. But still fun. I really enjoyed doing this one. I tried not to get into detail too much, cuz I end up confusing people… which isn't very fun. So I hope y'all enjoy it and please RnR)

Yukie concentrated a great amount of chakra in her legs and hurled herself into the air. Anko flung an attack at the same time, but Yukie was too quick. Anko knew if this kept up much longer, she was done for. There was only one way to end this; by killing both of them. Luckily, Yukie landed right by the entrance wall. Taking advantage of this, Anko threw several shuriken at Yukie. Before she could regain herself, Yukie found she was pinned to the wall behind her.

One shuriken was painfully stuck in her left elbow, dislocating it at the joint. Another two were deeply plunged into the top part of her right shoulder and a little lower in her armpit. Two shuriken pinned her to the wall by scraping her sides above the waist and clipping flesh. And for the finishing touch, one shuriken maimed on each side of her neck to keep her from moving.

Anko was at her side in the blink of an eye. "It's time to finish this," Anko said in Yukie's ear before beginning the jutsu. She took Yukie's left hand, knowing Yukie couldn't use it because of the shuriken, and performed a jutsu using Yukie's hand, Double Snake Assassination.


Kotori drew back for the final blow but stopped when she smelled her mistress' blood. Out of the corner of her eye, she also saw the boy who called himself Neji running to the other human's aid. Kotori stood her ground, pinning the fat human below her. Neji leapt to attack Kotori and she jumped back and performed Shadow Leap. Behind her, darkness grew and seemed to swallow her. Instead of landing on Kotori, Neji found himself tackling Chouji. He cursed under his breath and jumped to his feet, searching for the cat. What he saw almost stopped his heart.

Across the make-shift battlefield, where Yukie was pinned, Anko was in the process of completing a forbidden ninjutsu that would kill both the girls. Yukie was bleeding badly and had no hope of escaping, until the huge black cat leapt from the shadows and pounced on Anko, claws out and teeth bared. Things seemed to move in slow motion as Kotori latched onto Anko with her razor sharp claws. Yukie pulled herself from the wall with a series of sickening cracks and a cry of pain, quickly silenced. Neji moved before he knew what he was doing, determined to help Anko. Kotori lurched forward, mouth open, ready to sever Anko's head. Yukie jumped forward to intersect Neji, although bother her arms were incapable of moving. But, before any damage could be done to any of the four ninjas, Orochimaru arrived with his army of Sound ninjas.

Leon came from the group of ninjas riding a huge two-tailed wolf. He jumped from the white wolf's back and slid into place between Yukie and Neji. Once Neji made eye contact, he found he couldn't move, trapped in a genjutsu; Paralyzing Glare. The wolf ran to the side and yipped at Kotori. The cat stopped and looked over at the wolf, which yipped again. Kotori seemed almost to sigh as she turned back to Anko. Instead of biting her head off, Kotori used a jutsu, Night's Sleep. It was the same jutsu Yukie had used on Sakura and Anko was asleep in moments.

Leon turned to the two-tailed wolf and called, "Good job Koton. Let's go. Good luck Yukie and Kotori." Yukie nodded and Leon jumped back onto Koton's back and led the way as the Sound Ninjas invaded Konoha.

Yukie took advantage of Neji's current condition to heal herself with a jutsu, Healing Shadows, and smiled at him as her body slowly healed back to normal. "I want this fight to be fair," she explained, "You've never fought the real me. Luckily, I've fought the real you. In the meantime," she turned to the cat that now stood next to her, "My Pet, it appears that fat oaf has run off with our back-up hostage. Be a dear and fetch them for me?" Kotori seemed to nod and ran off in the direction Chouji had fled when Kotori had been preoccupied by Anko.


Two minutes passed as Yukie stood, ready to fight but still healing and Neji waited for his body to move again. Neji flexed one of his hands, happy to find it was beginning to cooperate. Yukie sighed blissfully as the shuriken that had been embedded into her left arm finally fell out and the wound closed. Yukie looked over at Neji when she saw him take a wary step toward her.

"Take your time, Neji," Yukie said as she stretched her newly healed limbs, "I'll wait until you're ready. Like I said earlier, I want this fight to be fair. You don't have to push yourself so much."

"Enough talk!" Neji shouted, activating his Byakugan and standing in ready position for Juuken Ryŭ style fighting.

Yukie smiled, activating her own bloodline limit jutsu. "Hasty, hasty," she mused as she performed a jutsu, Shadow Hands. Only, this time, instead of her now black fingers flying out to attack, her hands and fingers merely turned black. She also situated herself so that she was standing in a ready position that greatly resembled Neji's Juuken Ryŭ stance. "Now, I want to fight you at your full potential," Yukie said in a relaxed tone, smile wide and threatening, "So let me remind you that if you lose, I will take advantage of it and destroy your whole village. You once told me that it was your duty to protect your village." Her black eyes narrowed, her stance strengthened and she said in a dark voice, "So protect it."

Yukie rushed Neji and as soon as her first chain of attacks was released, he instantly regretted teaching Yukie the little he had on Juuken Ryŭ. She had learned a very different style of fighting before Neji had taught her. Her style was surrounded around physical ability and her strength in aerobatics. Her attacks involved her twisting and turning, ducking and leaping, and used an assortment of hand and foot centered attacks. This made predicting her attacks almost impossible. Yukie's bloodline limit eyes were a lot like the Hyuuga Clan's; she could see chakra in people. It wasn't as distinct or detailed at Byakugan, but she could find the general place where the chakra was centered.

Unfortunately, Neji had decided to use this as a starting place for teaching her Juuken Ryŭ. She combined her unpredictable style with Juuken Ryŭ, throwing Neji completely off guard. But he told himself not to show restraint. She was the enemy and would take advantage of every chance she got. He could not be afraid to do the same. He could do this. He had to do this.