I flew forwards again and he shoved a metal rod through my forehead. My vision turned red as blood seeped into my eyes. His gravity ability is really getting annoying.

"That wasn't very nice!" i made my way back to my feet and wiped at my eyes. The rod was forcefully pushed out of my head and the hole healed up behind it. "Were you trying to kill me?"

The glare already mareing his features strengthened and if looks could kill i would be buried 17 feet under.

"You killed Kohan."

"Hu? I didn't kill her. I just had to get her out of the way so i could kill you." i rubbed the back of my neck nervously and when i pulled my hand away there was blood all over it. "You know, i think we got of on the wrong foot. Maybe we could start over and e friends? Then i could bcksta you and kill you." i muttered the last part under my breath so he wouldn't hurt me but i'm sure he did anyway because he's a ninja.

He pulled me towards him again. At the last second right before he crushed my heart i did some weird air gymnastics and he missed. I landed a solid kick to the side of his head. I sent me flying into a tree, and i felt a shard of the tree lodge in my back.

The side of Pains face was bloody and i must have at least broke his jaw. There now he wouldn't e able to yell about me about hurting his girlfriend.

If only he would quit it with his magnetizing thing. It's a real pain. Pun definitely intended. I launched at him, this time of my own choice as he raised a hand to his jaw. I was on him before he could send me back, and i launched a punch on his stomach.

As long as i was the one attacking you wouldn't have a moment to make me go flying. I lept on him and punched him repeatedly. He coughed up blood and he managed to push me away. Instead of simply hitting the tree like i had before i flew through it, and the derbri flew everywhere.

"Ow! What did the tree ever do to you? It just wanted to be left alone." He glared at me in response. "Oh yeah! I completely forgot that i broke our jaw. I'm sorry about that by the way. I was going to make it quick and painless but you resisted." i shrugged and sent him a closed eye smile.

After a few seconds of him staring blankly at me he finally collected himself and moved over to bend over the girl. He held two fingers to her neck and a second latter smiled. Great! I really wasn't sure if she was alive!

"Ko-ha-n."

"Oh dear. You sound really bad. Maybe you shouldn't say anything and save my ears the pain." he honestly sounded like his throat was made of sandpaper and he was croaking.

He paid me no mind and lifted the purple haired lady over his shoulder and walked off.

Are you letting him get away? You're supposed to kill him.

"Nah. don't worry about it. I can't let the nice lady die, and there's to many wood pieces in my back."

That's stopping you?

"Well… it's kind uncomfortable."

You little brat. You're just making up excuses.

I pouted and began heading in a random direction. Well i guess it wasn't really that random. The direction i chose to go had the closes collection of souls i could see. There had to be somebody there who would help me get the wood out of my back.

"Ketsueki? What is your youthful self doing here?"

"Gai?" i turned around and smiled at the man. "Oh hey. I didn't realize you were heading in this direction."

Lee, Tenten, and Neji all said hello. Lee bowed low. Tenten smiled and waved. Neji however gave me a bored nodd in greeting.

Gai grinned and nodded, "yes! We had a youthful mission in the area!"

"That's nice. Could you help a youthful person out, and take some wood out of my back?"

"Wood? Why does somebody as youthful as you have wood in their back?"

"Well Gai… i was thrown through a tree." The four of them gave me strange looks and i chuckled nervously. "If that's a no, i'm going to continue on my way to the village."

"No! It would be youthful if we did not help you!"

I smiled at him and made to take my shirt off. "Eep! Don't do that! There are men present!"

Turning to Tenten i frowned, "so. I'm twelve. They wouldn't do anything, besides. They're just removing wood from my back." i showed them my back and peeled the rest of the bloody clothing from my back.

Hands quickly went to work and i stayed as still as i could for Gai and Neji. Lee and Tenten stood off to the side watching them. Lee cryin out "youthful encouragement" and Tenten making sure they didn't do anything shady.

"You heal very quick Ketsuki! It must be your youthfulness running through your veins!"

"No!" i laughed loudly and smiled warmly over my shoulder. "It's because i'm already dead." They fell silent and i frowned at them. "Did i say something wrong?"

"What to you mean you're dead."

"I meant it as i said it Neji. I died. There was a hole straight through my heart."

I felt a finger poke at the circular scar where the bullet had exited my chest. "This hole?"

I nodded and looked forwards again. "Yup. it went all the way through. It was really surprising, but at least i know that i killed him." i smiled as if remembering a warm memory.

"What does it look like when you die?"

"I can't really tell you that. I didn't go to heaven or hell. It wasn't my time to die yet. Heaven couldn't give me to hell because there was a chance i might change, and hell couldn't couldn't give me to heaven because i might have stayed the same."

When did this get so depressing?

"Ketsueki… where do you think you should've gone?"

"Hm. i'd have to say hell." i gave them a closed eye smile. "I killed just for the fun of it."

There was a moment of silence before Gai spoke. "Well, we're all done here. Perhaps we will see you again in the future."

Giggling i pulled my bloody shirt back on and nodded. "Yeah, maybe we will. I'll have to see if i can come visit you when you're an old man."

"What! I will be youthful forever! Like an ever blooming flower!"

"I'll be the ever blooming flower. I'll be 1000 and still look like this!" i twirled for them to see. "Well. i best be off. I have to find pain again, and kill him this time."

Gai blinked but nodded slowly. "See you?"

I waved and took off in the direction pain had run with the nice lady. Gai and his students faded away and i chuckled lightly. "I don't think i've ever had such an in depth conversation before."

It's because you're such a brat none of these people can deal with you.

"You should respect the dead more."

I am dead.

I pouted. "You're not very nice."

I have no reason to be nice. You're supposed to be doing in bidding, but instead you're going about have such strange conversations about your first death. You died and that's that.

"You really should try to understand the way the human mind works again. You're beginning to lose your human side."

Sutch a rude erened girl. I'm several centuries your elder anyways, so it would be you who respects me.

I huffed and ignored his comment. Why is it that people have to be so demanding of me? I just want to kill people, and now i have all these rules.

"Y-you! What do you want with Pain!"

I raised an eyebrow and looked to my side. Wow, i almost missed them. "Well nice lady, i have to kill him. He was supposed to die a long time ago, but somehow avoided it."

She looked scared, but at the same time she looked furious. "You have no right to say he should be dead!"

Laughing i clutched my stomach, "of course i don't! The shinigami do though so you can't stop me." i got control of myself and began walking towards her. Pain didn't move from where he lay sleeping with his head resting on his arm.

Leaning down so my face was centimeters away from hers, i gave her the most crazed smile i could manage. "Don't worry though. I'll kill him slowly while he sleeps, and you'll e unable to do anything about it."