Chapter 3

Canna jumped off the futon and ran to a corner in the back of the room. "Please don't take the doll away from me." Canna said in a worried tone of voice holding the doll close to her. Ayane walked over to Canna and kneeled down beside her to face the sacred girl.

"I won't take her away from you Canna. Actually you could keep it..I didn't want that old doll anyway." The kunoichi told Canna glancing at the doll. "Really?" Canna asked coming from behind her corner. "I'm positive.. Hey, have y'all seen Kasumi lately?" Ayane asked Momiji as she rose from the floor.

"I don't know..Last time I saw her was about a week ago going out on an important mission." Momiji replied back to her as she left the room. "Hey, wait a minute Momiji!" Ayane called after her as she ran out following her.

"Momiji, What really happened to Kasumi?" Ayane asked her once she caught up to her. "It wouldn't be the right timing to tell you.." She answered trying not to face her. Ayane started to get annoyed with Momiji's excuses. "Fine, I'll just go and tell Master Ryu that you're hiding things from him. He would never forgive you if you were lying the whole time." Ayane said with a serious tone of voice.

"Master Ryu shouldn't know! When I tell you, its only going to between you and me, got it?" She said and turned to face the kunoichi. Ayane rolled her red eyes and disappeared leaving a trail of violet Irish petals behind her.

'I hope Master Ryu doesn't find out.' Momiji sighed and left leaving gese of fire behind along with the Irish petals.


"Where did she go?" Canna asked as she ran out the room into a dark hallway. "Probably to talk with Ayane back at the village." Hikaru said as she walked out the room behind her. "Oh, well I'm happy that she let me keep Daisy." Canna explained and looked from the doll to Hikaru.

"Daisy, I like that name." Hikaru told Canna as they walked out the Dragon Dojo back to the Hayabusa village. "The sunflowers on the dress gave me the name." Canna told Hikaru as they continued to walk deeper into the woods.

Hikaru kept having the thought that they were lost. She would have to turn back around here and there. Canna grew tired of walking, so Hikaru scooped her up into her arms and continued to find the right path.

As time past by, Canna fell asleep in her arms while Hikaru was trying to find the right way. She then got tired of walking back and forth on the same paths. Then Hikaru saw weird shaped bushes leading a path she didn't try yet. 'Okay, let's see where this leads.' she thought as she ran into that direction.

Hikaru suddenly stopped in her tracks and felt like someone was watching them. She checked her surroundings making she wasn't paranoid. Just then, a black shadowy figure jumped from the trees and landed in front of Hikaru and Canna.

"Well, well. I see that we found ourselves new prisoners. They should be part of our clan now.." The figure chuckled as he told Hikaru. "Who are you?" She asked nervously to the strange ninja. "You both are in our territory, I'm the one who should be asking the questions." He replied.

A couple of other ninjas came from the trees landing beside the ninja with Hikaru. "Now, let's have some fun with her." One of the other ninjas replied. With said, the ninjas slowly started walking closer to her and Canna. Hikaru decided to make a run for it since she didn't have any weaponry on her.

'It's okay Canna. I'll protect you and myself the best way I can.' Hikaru thought as she took a quick glance down at the peaceful sleeping girl still in her arms.


The two ninjas ended up at the Hajinmon Temple. Momiji was explaining everything to Ayane as they were sparring at the training grounds.

"Kasumi became part of the Black Spider Clan a week ago when she was on her mission. She was supposed to take out the threat, but something weird happened..I guess she got poisoned by them in order to follow their ways." Momiji explained to Ayane as she was dodging every move Ayane swung.

"So you mean to tell me that I can't tell Master Ryu what's happening to Kasumi right now? She could be dead from what I heard just now!" Ayane yelled in an annoyed tone of voice. She then stopped trying to attack Momiji and walked to the end of the training grounds to have a seat on the tree swing she made years ago.

"They threatened me if I saw anything and report it to anyone, they would go and hurt Canna and her mother. Don't tell Master Ryu, Ayane..I want Canna safe." She said as she approached Ayane swinging on the tree.

"Fine, but we have to save Kasumi..We are the only ones that know what happened to her. Wait,...Where are Canna and Hikaru? Did you leave them behind?" Ayane asked getting worried all of a sudden.

"I showed her how to get back to the village without getting lost. Except..." Momiji paused as she felt like someone was watching them. She quickly grabbed her bow and arrow then aimed it at the figure hiding in the bushes. Momiji then released the arrow and it stabbed the figure directly in the heart. The figure groaned and fell to the ground within seconds.

"A black spider ninja.." She said as she strapped her bow back to her side. Both of their eyes widen in horror and realized what happened to the girl. "They got Canna." Ayane said.