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Chapter 27

Her favorite assassin katana was tucked into her belt as she sat on her normal location for lookout- the roof of a tall apartment building, one that she could see the entire city from. Her senses were on high alert and she was aware of everything moving around her. As the sun sank below the horizon and activity died as the neighborhood went to sleep, she lowered her guard and began to think.

She was being offered the chance of a lifetime…again. She pondered this, as she reclined against her roof into a laying down position, and considered all the pros and cons for staying in this world. Pro-She had a home here as well as some friends here.

Con-All her friend as well as her last remaining family was over there.

Pro-…she realized at this that there were no more pros to staying here…only cons.

But her parents…they were still here…all her memories…. she clung to them like an old blanket, refusing to release them. She sat up and drew her knees up to her chest, resting her chin on the top of her knees. "What am I going to do?" She asked herself softly

He stood in the shadows of the rooftop, his ANBU costume dancing in the breeze. Hokage-Sama had assigned him to guard his wife's friend. While she was an excellent ninja, Kakashi knew this girl too well…she too could allow emotions to get in the way of her battling abilities.

He had to wonder though…why him? But that didn't matter. He made sure his mask was firmly attached to his face…it wouldn't do to have her recognize him…he uttered a silent prayer of thanks that the mask changed the way his voice sounded.

From the first second when he had seen her defending Sienna, when it became obvious that she would defend the girl with her life…he found this odd because, to the extent of his knowledge, she had never met the Hokgae's daughter before this.

Then he found out who she was…the third foreign Kunoichi, the missing one, Michelle Uchiha. He also found out…he rubbed his shoulder, stiff from where she had been twisting it…that she was one hell of a fighter. She had pinned him…him with merely three kunai and her bare hands. If she stayed here, Konoha would be losing out.

He suspected that Hokage had told him to protect her in the hopes that he would persuade her to come back…not that he minded…

He wanted to get to know this girl better.

Coming out of her revere, she glanced around at the neighborhood, making sure that everything was still ok, sliding her obsidian eyes this way and that. Her black hair danced on the breeze as she closed her eyes and sent out her chakra, sensing for anything amiss. Eyes suddenly shot open as she leapt up and yanked a kunai out of her holster, pointing it at the shadows behind her. "Don't think I don't know you're there…" she threw the knife at the person hiding in the shadows and heard it thunk against the wall.

A person-male-stepped out of the shadows, twirling her kunai in his hands. He was dressed in a leaf village ANBU costume, indicating where he was from. He threw the kunai into the roof at her feet, saying, "Relax, I'm not going to hurt you."

She was still, however, wary. "Are you rouge?" She said, keeping her eye on him as she bent over and wrenched the sharp weapon out of the roof. "My allegiances are to Hokage-Sama, as they always have been."

Satisfied, to a point, she sat back down, sliding the Kunai into her sleeve, just in case. "I hope you're not tricking me…I'll feel sorry for you if you are." She said, before indicating he should sit on the roof beside her. "So why are you here?"

"Lady Seyann was worried about you so she asked her husband to send an ANBU to protect you." Michelle rolled her eyes. "That's just like her… I'll bet you anything…this is how it is." She slid her obsidian eyes over to the figure beside her. "She thinks that because I'm making my decision…I won't be able to fight as well. The truth is when they left me and my emotions were on high…that's when I did most of my best fighting. It's like…my emotions were my chakra and because they…were so high…I had more power than ever."

"Well at least I know you aren't here defenseless…you sensed me way before I intended you to." Said the ANBU in a dry voice. Michelle gave a sarcastic laugh and said, "Do I look like an idiot-honestly-to you?" The ANBU laughed and said "No…I guess not."

Michelle let out a half smile before dropping her face to a contemplative expression. "The reason…she sent you…the reason I am so emotionally…shall we say unstable? Right now…I just need…someone to talk…hmm?" She jerked her head around and leapt up, drawing her katana in one fluid movement. "Michelle-san…what's going on?" She shifted her eyes from side to side. "Don't you sense it?"

And suddenly he did. He was up too, tense for battle. "Ahh…so the lone guard has a friend. How sweet." Michelle tensed. "I've been hunting this guy for a while." She muttered to the ANBU. "He always manages to either leave me bleeding on some roof top-but never kills me-or runs away. And he's never told me his name."

The foreign nin stepped out of the shadows where the ANBU had come from. "Well…now that you have some help, maybe I might have a challenge." With that he leap forward, forming hand seals as he came. "MOVE!" Michelle shoved the ANBU in the other direction as she got out of the way of the blades of air that came towards them. "You always start with the same move. So predictable."

The foreign nin smirked. "Well what's the fun in starting out with something that will kill you right away?" Michelle narrowed her eyes, Sharingan turning on. "Well if that's the case…than I can predict exactly what you are going to do next." As such, she leapt backwards as the ninja leapt forward again, slashing with a kunai. Putting chakra into her limbs, she ran over to where the ANBU stood, looking amazed. "You fight him the exact same way each time and you still can't beat him?"

Michelle never took her eyes off of the enemy. "No…not the exact same way. He always throws in something different." She positioned her katana in front of her. "And the last time he attacked me…I'm surprised I survived. If I lose the upper hand…he won't be merciful this time…the only way one of us is leaving this battle is dead."

"But you're not fighting alone this time. My assignment is to protect you…and I will die fulfilling it." He said, raising two fingers in front of his mask. Michelle smirked. "Well I could use the help…but if we get the upper hand…I get his life. This guy's ticked me off too many times for me to just let a random ANBU kill him. But…since I have someone else now…I have a plan." She lowered her voice to murmur it to the ANBU.

He nodded and they both leapt at the nin at the same time.

The enemy narrowed his eyes, a smirk on his face. This would be perfect. This ANBU… she would be worried about him. Which meant that she would be less on her guard. So, the first thing he did, was subtly slide a kunai into his hand and wait.

Her suspicions were aroused. He wasn't attacking…he was merely waiting. Her eyes widened with horror as she realized what the enemy was going to do…he had almost skewered her liver with this move. "Wait!" She called to the ANBU but it was too late. He already had too much momentum and was too close to the enemy to stop. He let out a grunt of pain as the kunai dug into his midriff, before collapsing onto the enemy's arm.

The enemy twisted the kunai out of the ANBU's gut, throwing the ninja to the ground while the ANBU held his stomach, blood gushing out from the wound.

Michelle's eyes were wide with shock, her katana point on the rooftop, blade threatening to fall out of her hand. Her fist, however, clenched around the handle as her anger grew. "Ok…it's official. You're a dead man. That ninja was sent by a friend to protect me…" with a cry, Michelle charged the enemy, raising her sword above her head.

"But Uchiha, how do you intend to fight me when your emotions are controlling your body?" Her eyes narrowed. "You weren't around to fight me when my emotions were at their highest then…"

She launched a kick at the enemy, still holding her sword above her head. When he went to reach out take her leg and throw her, she swung her sword down, not giving him time to move, and glanced the blade off of his forearm, catching him offguard. When she landed, she had a second for recovery before lowering her sword and running back towards him.

He was angry now. She had actually managed to get blood drawn. As she rushed towards him, he preformed two hand seals that were a Jutsu he had created just to kill this girl. The chakra that ebbed out of his body wrapped around his hands and made them start to glow. This made his face glow eerily.

Michelle landed on the rooftop, gasping for breath. This new Jutsu of his was powerful…she wouldn't be able to take another hit…and it seemed that he didn't want to kill her so crassly. He powered down his Jutsu and sauntered towards the limp Kunoichi. "Well…so much for the Uchiha." He slid out a kunai and flipped her limp body. She just stared up at him, a hateful look in her eyes. He straddled her body, swinging the kunai back to kill her. Suddenly, she smiled, a smirk more than a smile…

And her body turned to leaves beneath him. "Substitution!" He snarled.

Suddenly, something tackled him from the side, causing him to go flying and land, in a heap on the rooftop. As he struggled to regain his footing, he saw, standing where he had been…the ANBU. His eyes widened as he looked towards where the ANBU's body had been…where there was a pile of leaves as well.

From behind him and above him, he heard the swish of a sword. Looking back, he started to tremble with fear.

Michelle Uchiha stood there, hair forming a black curtain over part of her face. The other half had a look on it that said 'You are a dead man.' The katana was held out to the side.

"Good-bye…" with one slash of the sword, the enemy nin breathed his last.

Using the sword as a crutch, she collapsed onto one knee. She panted, recovering her breath and, as she did, she looked at the ANBU. "Well…so much for sticking with the plan." She said wryly. "Why did you tackle him?" "Because your substitution faded early." She nodded. "Smart."

She sheathed her katana and they sat back down on the roof. "What I was saying before he came was…but first I want to thank you for helping me there…I probably would've died if you hadn't. But to continue…I hardly know you but…I need someone to talk to."

The ANBU cocked his head and said, "Well go ahead. Talk."

"The reason that Seyann wants me to be protected…is because I have to make a hard decision and it's weighing on me…she thinks that my emotions will slow me down in battle." "What's the decision."

She looked over at him. "To stay here or go back to where you're from."

The ANBU let out a dry chuckle. "Well that sounds like a no brainer. You have nothing here. Even I can attest to that." Michelle shook her head. "You don't understand. My life is here. I'd start over again if I left."

"So you start over. You have friends in that world, as well as family. And before you say anything…I've heard the stories…about how your parents were killed. About how you were almost killed as well and the guilt that you feel for having survived drove you to stay here…." Michelle interrupted the ANBU, saying "That part's not entirely true…I never felt guilty about surviving…I knew I had no say in that."

The ANBU continued, appearing to have not heard her. "Have the Hokage erect some sort of memorial for your parents you could go and remember…that way you still have a place that you can remember them in."

This made perfect sense to Michelle and she wondered why she hadn't thought about it earlier. And because of this, in a moment of perfect clarity, she knew what she had to do.

She no longer belonged in this place.

"Thank you." She said in a sincere voice to the ANBU. "Come on!" Putting chakra into her feet, she leapt off of the building to the next one, until she was home. Barreling through the front door as if it wasn't there, she raced down the stairs into the basement.

She only paused momentarily in front of the mirror to look around her training room. "What's wrong?" Asked the ANBU. "Nothing…just nostalgic." The Kunoichi then proceeded to grab a photo that hung next to the mirror before leaping through for the first time.

Two ANBU flanked the door of the mirror room, when they heard a commotion inside. Running inside, they took in the scene. One of their own was helping a black haired girl to her feet, while she coughed and sputtered from liquid-like plasma of the portal. Looking up she caught sight of the masked ninja.

Flashing a smile she asked in a breathless voice "Hey…can you please tell the Hokage's wife that she has a visitor?"

A/N-I should tell you readers that when I wrote out this chapter to begin with…there was no fight sequence in it. I wrote it spur of the moment…tell me what you think about it.

Also, tomorrow (or today…today being the 17th of July, depending on when you read this), if I have time I will be writing a one-shot that would have an interaction between Michelle and this enemy ninja from earlier…as well as the next chapter.

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