Hikari wasn't at ease. She felt a strong presence, even Mangetsu told her to be careful and now she was on alert. She glanced at her company. "Itachi-san, are you being followed?" She could sense the shinobi and she was sure the Uchiha could too. "No."

"So he is following you?"

"Yes, and Itachi probably knows about him as well."

"So what's the plan?"

"Get the truth out what else?"

"Itachi-san."

"Yes?"

"Who is that?" Hikari asked him. "He ordered me to kill you." Itachi saw no point in hiding it. "So you lied."

"No, I was being truthful at first, however after your little display at the forest.." He trailed off. "He saw me as a threat." She finished.

"Yes."

"Well, what is it you're waiting for? Kill me." Itachi gave her a sideways glance.

"It shouldn't be too hard right?" If her words hurt he hid it well. "You're right." Hikari jumped off the tree she was on and unsheathed Mangetsu.

"Show me what you can do." She pointed her katana at him. Itachi activated his sharingan and stood in front of her.

"Hikari be careful."

"Don't worry about it. He doesn't want to kill me."

"How would you know-"

"He on the other hand.." Hikari eyed the man standing miles away. She could see him clearly, she was a natural born assassin after all.

She waited until he was reachable. Waiting. Waiting.

Her heart thumped loudly in her chest. "I have a bad feeling, Hikari,"

"Don't worry about it." She narrowed her glowing red eyes at the masked figure. She breathed in and waited for his attack.

One thing that has been drilled in her mind, the one thing she wouldn't forget no matter how much time passed was this. If your opponent can see you, don't initiate the attack.

Itachi noticed her unfocus on him. She was focused on something else. Exactly behind him. He felt it. He was right there, behind him both if them waiting for the other's initiative.

Hikari was growing bored, but didn't falter. She stood her ground and the moment she heard his intake of breath to speak she pulled her weapon out.

"Amat-" he didn't know what hit him but he found a hole drilled in his shoulder. The nerves were severed and his flesh singed. He looked at the fifteen year old in front of him scowling under his mask at her.

Hikari fired again, Mangetsu already sheathed. She never missed, heck if she wanted to kill him she would've by now. Or so she would like to think.

Itachi's sharingan was still ablaze. He didn't know what the foreign object she held in her hand was. It fired bullets, chakra bullets. It was a weapon he had never seen before. If he was honest he was surprised. Madara wasn't able to see her sheathing her katana back, and he'd hate to admit it, but he had missed the move as well.

Hikari's blazing eyes darted back and forth trying to predict his next attack. Before she knew it she was pinned against a tree. Fighting for air as her offendor put her in a chokehold.

Her instincts kicked in and she held his wrist trying to break it. Her struggle was proved futile nonetheless, but she couldn't exactly let him choke her to death could she?

She felt Mangetsu heating up against her hip. She suddenly smirked.

"Ninja art:-" Madara's eyes widened as she choked out. He had put her under a genjutsu she was supposed to be unable to speak. "Live weapon jutsu." She whispered and Mangetsu shot off her hip. It unsheathed itself and launched at him.

Mangetsu slipped through his hand, torso, and even head. The chokehold on Hikari's throat faltered slightly since he was distracted. She pulled the gun from behind her and shot it into his abdomen successfully injuring him.

She reached out her hand and Mangetsu hurled towards her. She caught it and began to move towards Madara. She was quick on her feet not giving him enough to complete his attack and it never reached her. Hikari yelped when she felt a kick to her stomach. Her eyes closed in pain and she spit blood. Shit.

She stood up panting. Leaning on Mangetsu for support. Her throat was internally damaged so it was already hard to breathe.

Itachi's calculating eyes stood at a distance. She was fast. She had amazing speed that almost overwhelmed Madara. Almost.

Hikari coughed. Breathing was proving to be much more difficult by the second.

I have to escape and quick. I don't have time for this.

She really wanted to get away as soon as possible.

"Hikari.." Mangetsu's worried voice snapped her out of her trance. If Hikari wasn't mistaken that man was headed to Amegakure as well along with Itachi. If he didn't believe that he killed her he would surely find her.

"Mangetsu, that attack he's been trying to initiate since we began fighting. Do you know anything about it?" Hikari asked.

"It's probably the Amaterasu. They're black flames that burn anything and everything the user desires, or until they want it to."

Hikari scowled. "Fuck." This wasn't going to be fun. She had to do something. Anything.

If what Mangetsu told her, her genius and creative weapon forging ideas happened when her life was in danger. It happened twice, so there's a chance it will happen again. She Just had to think of something before her life was in peril and focus on it.

Think, Hikari. Think. What could you do to-

"The sword Hikari! The sword! My soul is in the sword maybe if you-" she shook her head at Mangetsu telling him silently to shut up. That may be a good idea but there was no guarantee it would work.

"Amaterasu." Hikari's eyes widened. Well it's now or never. She had to go with Mangetsu's plan and hope for the best. Hikari felt a sharp pain on her feet. She looked down, black flames licked at her skin. She cried out in pain, tears welling up in her eyes.

She dropped to the floor and rolled around in a futile attempt to put the fire out. Her strength was leaving her as the seconds went by. She closed her eyes and screamed. She curled up in pain.

Stop. Make it stop!

Her eyes opened briefly to look at the masked man. She thought she saw Itachi's horror stricken expression and Madara holding out a hand to prevent him from moving any closer. Before they closed again.

The flames finally died out. Itachi stared at the ashes that now took her place.

"Why did we have to kill her?"

"She's a threat." Itachi glanced at Madara. Honestly she had him. His right shoulder's nerves were severed and singed. His right arm was completely useless now. His stomack bleeding heavily and his mask cracked. She had him good.

"I don't think so. She doesn't remember who she is or anything about herself really. She barely remembers her own name."

"You're too trusting, Itachi." Itachi frowned at those words. No he wasn't but he knew when someone was sincere when he saw them. She didn't have a malicious bone in her body. Well until she got angry. Twice. He couldn't understand why her eyes turned a bright red when she was angry. Was it a part of her kekki genkai.

She obviously had one, since she could control weapons and even create ones he had never seen before. He sighed. Well, he'll never know.

"Let's go Itachi, we still have a long journey ahead of us." Madara turned away from the burned spot in the middle of the forest.

Itachi nodded and followed him.

Yuki -san is gone. He thought.

Hikari opened her eyes. Glancing around in the pure white plane around her. The brightness hurt her eyes. She groaned.

"Oh, You're awake!" A voice called. She winced and looked around. There was no one around. "Ugh, great! Am I dead?" She asked to no one in particular. "No, Hikari. Your plan worked." A figure materialised in front of her.

A boy no older than her stood smiling at her with pointed shark-like teeth. His hair was white with a tint of blue. His purple gaze was soft. Affectionate even. "Mangetsu?" Hikari eyed him wearily.

"My God! I haven't been able to do this for so long." Mangetsu laughed and pulled her in a hug. She barely reached his chest but his hug was, dare she say, comforting. She gripped his blue shirt and squeezed her eyes shut and tears streamed down her face.

Mangetsu smiled and stroked her hair. "Hey, it's okay now. You're okay." His kind smile stayed on his face. "You did well, Hikari."

Hikari nodded and pulled away from him. "I missed you," she said quietly.

"I missed you too. When are you planning in getting out of here?"

"You want me out so soon?"

"Of course not! But you obviously can't stay here for long." His words brought her back to reality.

She was literally in her sword. She glanced down to her hips. "The katana!"

"It can't be here, Hikari. You are inside the katana." Mangetsu sweat dropped.

"Oh yeah!" Hikari said. "Say Mangetsu?"

"Yes?"

"How did you die?" she asked.

"Well..."

Itachi couldn't close his eyes without seeing that pain filled expression. She had looked at him straight in the eye as the Amaterasu's flames burned her.

Her tear stained cheeks, her eyes that had turned from red to a deep violet in an instant.

Itachi sat up in his bed after he had arrived at the Akatsuki hide-out. He put his hand to his forehead and leaned against the headboard. Itachi sighed.

Another night without sleep.

"I don't know how to!"

"You mean to tell me you came in here without knowing how or when you'll go back?!"

"Yes!"

Mangetsu deadpanned at her words. "Are you an idiot?"

"Me?!" Hikari stared at him wide eyed. "You're the one who told me to consider this!"

"I thought I could help with a plan"

"Exactly! Where is that plan?! I thought you knew most of my family's techniques!"

"A family's secret is still a secret Hikari I don't know all of them! I don't even know how I got stuck here in your katana!" Mangetsu hissed." Of all people to be stuck with after death," he mumbled.

"What was that?! You do realize that it's your fault I'm stuck here!" She growled.

"No it's because of me you're still alive! You better be grateful!" Mangetsu scoffed. "Maybe if you had used that genius brain of yours-"

"Maybe if you weren't such an asshole!"

"Hikari!" Mangetsu stared at her shocked. "Watch your language you little shit!" He hit her on the head.

"It's all your fault you bastard! You're one to talk!"

"Me?!"

"Yes!"

Hikari and Mangetsu glared at each other for a moment before turning away from each other with a 'humph'

"Well what are you gonna do?" Mangetsu asked sitting beside her water bottle in hand.

Hikari shrugged. "There has to be way to get out of here." Hikari muttered her chin resting on her hand. "Just let me think." Hikari closed her eyes

Mangetsu frowned and stared at her. Putting his own hand under his chin.

Hikari frowned with her eyes closed. A trail of sweat streamed from her temple Mangetsu's gaze burning a hole through her head.

She lurched her shoe at him hitting him straight in the. "I can't think with you creepily staring at me you piece of shit!" she yelled

Mangetsu held his head tears prickling at the corner of his eyes. "Are you trying to kill me?! You pest!"

"You're already dead, dickhead! Leave me be!" She shouted back and closed her eyes again.

Mangetsu eyed her every now and then. It was so quiet, which he didn't mind. He was used to the silence unless he wanted to contact Hikari.

She stayed like that for a few more minutes before perking up. "I got it!"

Mangetsu yelped, startled at her sudden outburst.

"Say, Mangetsu?"

He hummed. "You think I can get out anywhere I want? I really don't want to travel all the way to Amegakure."

Mangetsu frowned, but then shrugged. "I honestly don't know. Give it a try we have nothing to lose."

"Right?"

"Well that worked." Hikari stood up rubbing her sore butt.

"Where are we now?"

"At the entrance of Amegakure. We have business here." She said her thoughts drifting to Yagura's words.

"If you want to know about your clan then head to Amegakure. It's a shame this happened to you."

"Aren't the Heiki's from Kirigakure? Why would their documents be here?"

"I guess we'll never know until we go in and ask right?"

Hikari nodded and stepped through the gates. Today was the day she'd find out what exactly she can do. And who she is.

Her determined gaze never faltered as she masked her presence. Wouldn't want to alert the masked man to her would she?