A/N-Here's chapter 29. Thanks to those who reviewed chapter 28-Elemental Dragon2.0, Yargy the Pirate Queen, Duckichan87 and Kyiri Makrono. Read and Review!

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Chapter 29

It took about three months before Michelle had completely left behind her old life and acclimatized to Konoha. One by one she had severed her ties with the old world…starting with the matter of her neighbors. For her to simply disappear without a trace…that would lead to months of investigation and the like and would be…messy to say the least.

Or there was the simple way.

It had helped, firstly, that her living room was trashed from her fight with the Hyuuga and that, since her training room was where she went when she was wounded to heal herself, there were a few small bloodstains here and there. She added to these by giving her arm a light slice and scattering her blood in random patterns. After healing her cut, she moved all of her training equipment to the Hokage tower, leaving an ordinary looking basement covered in blood. She asked her ANBU friend to come to her world temporarily and spar in her basement so that it would look like a struggle had taken place. Once this was done, she turned an empty box into a flesh and blood clone of herself, one that looked like it had been beaten and stabbed which used up a lot of her chakra. Once this was done…she called in her own murder, summoning the police to her house.

"I hate seeing myself like that." She muttered dryly to the ANBU as she looked at her replica body, which lay in a pool of blood in the middle of the floor. "Come on let's go."

Through the next week Michelle took some interest in watching the police solve her case…She watched as they carted out the fake body, watched as they collected as much trace evidence as they could…

Watched as they puzzled as to how a girl would be killed in a room locked from the inside. "That…was a lovely added touch 'Chelle. They will be puzzling about that for weeks." Smirked Seyann as they watched the 24/7 CSI show.

Her dorm that she had been assigned had belonged to Seyann and Mika before they had gotten married. Instead of the soft pink it had been when they had moved it, it had been repainted black with different random designs on the wall. In other words, it looked like someone had handed Mika and Seyann a bunch of paint and two paint bushes and they had just gone nuts.

She met her little cousin Itachi and was relieved that this Itachi was nothing like the first one…he was a sunny little boy with the Uchiha looks. She had also met Hinata and Naruto's son and had been enchanted by his clear pupiless blue eyes.

Hyuuga Neji, however was another matter. The secondary Hyuuga treated the young new immigrant like a speck of dirt, making no secret of his open dislike and mistrust of the Uchiha. When Michelle wasn't around high-ranking friends such as the Hokage, the Hokage's wife, Lady Mika or his cousin, the Head Hyuuga, Hinata…(in other words when she was alone) he would sneer at her and call her 'powerless' or 'foreign Kunoichi.' These sessions always then lead to her reminding him how she had beaten his sorry butt when they were in the other realm and more often than none had them almost come to blows with the Hyuuga.

Aside from that only negative in her life-being the Hyuuga which was counteracted by the rest of her friends and family- she was enjoying her life as a Kunoichi. She particularly was fond of her ANBU friend who she grew close to as she met with him. She had never asking him his name however…there was something alluring about the mystery.

"And so, when my parents died…I felt so horribly alone because my friends had already made the choice to leave while I stayed alone. Tsunade, had given me the choice of course, but I didn't want to interfere on the life that they were building. So I trained hard…I became as good as any ANBU." She said with a nod towards her friend. "But I'll have you know that my personality changed more than one would expect…you saw me that day when I was fighting that ninja…I killed him without batting an eye."

"But you're not like that now." Michelle looked up at her friend, smiling slightly. "No…I'm not like that now." Her eyes narrowed. "That's what I don't like about Hyuuga…what ticks me off the most…it's that he thinks I'm so powerless when, in a real fight I'd kill him. He calls me a foreign ninja when I am a legal ninja of Konoha." She didn't noticed the ANBU tense when she mentioned Neji. She pounded her hand against the roof in frustration. "Kakashi has also given me an assignment as an ANBU…I go on my first mission in a couple days-solo because I'm used to working alone."

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" he asked a tinge of fear on his voice. "Yeah I'll be fine…I know that this is a different fighting circumstances than what I'm used to but I have to get adjusted somehow." She glanced over at him, her black hair gleaming in the moonlight. "I'll see you when I get back…I'll be too busy to talk until then."

On an impulse Michelle wrapped her arms around her friend. He was tense in her arms temporarily until he relaxed and wrapped his own arms around her slender wiry frame. "I'll miss you until you get back."

Finally the time had come for her first mission, escorting an ambassador form Mist back home. Kumiko had come with an Mist ANBU honor guard however they had had to leave thus leaving Konoha with the responsibilities of getting her home safely.

It was perfect for Michelle's first mission.

As the girls walked along the path on the three-day journey to the Mist village, they discovered that they liked mostly the same things and were enjoying conversation about an interesting novel they had both read. Kumiko was describing how she thought the plot symbolized one thing while Michelle was convinced that the plot was something entirely different.

A rustling in the bushes startled her out of her conversation. She instantly was on alert and, turning on the Sharingan, she pulled a Kunai out of her holster as she stepped in front of Kumiko to protect her. Looking around she noticed something…odd.

One of the 'trees' was a ninja. "I see right through your genjutsu." She whispered and she threw the kunai right at the ninja.

He flipped out of the way and landed a few feet away from where the two girls were. "Heh…so you have a Sharingan." Michelle looked back at Kumiko and said, "Why is the first thing they always comment about the Sharingan? I don't get it." Turning back to the ninja, she noticed he had a Grass forehead protector. "Why are you attacking us I thought Grass and Leaf were aligned…it makes sense."

The ninja, who had a buzzed head and black eyes said "Oh they were…but the Hokage decided to talk with Mist about an alliance and he didn't renew the one between Grass and Leaf. So, if that girl dies in the protection of a Leaf ninja…I daresay it won't go over well."

Michelle narrowed her eyes. Kumiko watched as her friend turned from a friendly girl to the hard assassin. She formed rapid hand seals and did the Phoenix Flower Jutsu that Sasuke had taught for her. When he dodged them, Michelle decided to resort to Taijutsu before using the Chidori, which she could use, but it really drained her chakra. The fight went on for about an hour before she used it.

She missed.

With most of her Chakra exhausted, she landed on the ground on one knee, using her katana sheath as a crutch. "So…what am I going to do with you…you're almost out of chakra. When you die I'll finish the Mist ninja off."

In a final attempt to defend Kumiko, she struggled to her feet and drew her katana. This was an attack that she only used when she was in a no-win situation…she had used it several times against that bastard who had toyed with her. Closing her eyes, she turned off the Sharingan as she poured the remaining chakra into the blade. A light blue sheen surrounded the sword and she opened her eyes to glare at the Grass ninja.

"If…this doesn't get you…. I don't know what will." She murmured in pain as she twirled around and swung the sword in the ninja's direction…hard. The chakra fell off of her blade and flew in the direction of the ninja at lighting speed.

It was ideal for the blades of chakra to hit the ninja in his chest as to kill it…it hit his shoulder.

He smiled cruelly. "Time's up."

Michelle collapsed to the ground, very close to blacking out. She lolled her head on the ground. Ninja's, she discovered, were a lot tougher here than they were when she was an assassin. The ninja used a kunai and threw it at her body…She heard Kumiko scream.

A black blur landed in front of her…she knew him… but then she blacked out.

When she came to, Kumiko was bending over her with some medical supplies, healing her wounds. Upon seeing she was awake, she gave the half Uchiha a chakra pill so she could move. She tried to sit up but still couldn't. Lying a few feet away was the body of the grass ninja.

Rolling her head around to take in her surroundings she caught sight of the back of a figure. "Who…" she said in a thick, groggy voice. He turned around and she saw…. a Konoha ANBU mask.

"Welcome back 'Chelle." He said, in a clearly relieved voice.

A/N-With this chapter I have put a one-shot in 'Pieces of an Altered Reality' about Seyann and Gaara's family relationship. Check it out...I actually like how this one turned out!

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