"Eh? What's that?" Obito asks.
Kakashi responds before I can. "Trouble."
Chapter 20: Trouble
"Hey!" I yell at the pair yelling for help. The pair of academy students stop short.
"Nami..kaze..-san!" They are both out of breath, panting between words.
"What's going on?"
"Aimi...sou...ma" The platinum blonde gets out.
"Taken." The pudgy boy wheezes. My eyes narrow to slits, a frown plastering itself on my face. Is something going on?
"What do you mean TAKEN? Is she with Kushina?
"Was. Isn't... any...more... Tea... drugged...sleeping."
My face remains stoic while I use all of my will power not to strangle answers out of these two students for more intel. It won't get you the information any faster.
A flash of purple appears over the trees, creating a large egg-shaped barrier. "Rin-Obito, stay here with these two, get more information. Kakashi, with me."
"What?" I could hear Obito demand, but I was already on the move.
Namikaze Aimisouma
I let out a loud gasp as I was tossed roughly to the ground. I was in the middle of a tall rocky outcropping in a large meadow. Am I still in the city? I think so...
A thud lands sounds above me. I can see a splay of vivid red.
"Kushina-san?" I ask hopefully, but she doesn't move. The only reassurance I have is the slow rising and falling of her chest. Tears threaten to well in my eyes. NO!
Rule #25: A shinobi must never show their emotions.
I will not allow my kidnappers that satisfaction of seeing me cry. ...Maybe Minato can...NO! No-one knows what has happened, so I need to make a plan.
I look around the meadow that I was dropped in. I can see a chain-link fence surrounds it. A training ground! That must mean I am still in Konoha!
My eyes wander around me. The grounds look well used. The grass is flattened in many areas, the trees look as if they have been kicked quite often, and patches of the grass look as if their had been a fire recently. The rocky outcropping I rest on is made up of several round spires, rising unevenly. Kushina is near the top, laying in a comatose heap.
Kushina's purse and my satchel have been dumped on the ground. A tall figure, wrapped in a black cloak, is rifling through the bags. They pull out the accordion style book that I had transferred most of my sealed stuff into. The person reads it carefully, looking for something. Seemingly unhappy, the person turns to me.
"Kushina?!" I yell, but she does not stir.
"Looks like you went and found a new little family. What a shame, they seem so nice." A feminine voice coos at me from under the hood of the cloak.
"Leave my family alone!" I bellow at her.
I look up at the woman, who is crouched over me. Her face is slightly obscured by a hooded cloak, but I can see dark eyes glaring out at me. I shiver at the coldness in them. Her mouth is contorted into a hateful sneer. I think she would have been quite pretty if she wasn't so mean looking.
"Sorry, cutie-pie. No can do." She says, voice dangerous and low, not matching the words she'd spoken. She runs the back of her index finger gently across my cheek. "Where's the sword?"
"Huh? I have several swords..." I answer honestly.
"The sword of peace, smart aleck." Her eyes glowering at me irritably.
"I don't have it." It was an honest reply. It was with the pineapple head from the arena. He wanted to study it.
"Where is it? We know that you used it." She says, grabbing a fist full of my hair, pulling my head back painfully against the rocks.
"I DON'T KNOW!" I yell at her. I really don't. It could be anywhere in the city. My head hurts, and she pulls tighter on my hair.
"Well, fortunately for you, we don't need it. It would have been a nice bonus on my paycheck, though." She signs, clearly disappointed. Then nods to the shorter one of the men who abducted me and Kushina.
He sits cross legged, and claps his hands together, as if he was praying. He shifts his arms, one grabs Kushina's arm, and the other touches the rock spire.
A sphere of purple erupts from the man. A barrier, built by one man with out seals. Mama said that only her family could do that.
"I said leave 'er alone!" I attempt to kick the woman who is grabbing me, but easily blocks. Her fingers still intertwined in my hair, she pulls upward, lifting me off the ground. Pain radiates from my scalp as my toes rise off the earth. "Ahh!" I can't stop the exclamation before it escapes me.
"Calm down, brat. You'll get what's coming to you soon enough." She relinquishes her grasp on my hair, and I tumble to the soil beneath me. I let out a sigh of relief at the abating pain.
I take several steadying breaths. Now would be a really bad time to freak out. I'll do that later. Right now, I need to get out of here! No. I can't leave Kushina-neesan! My hand clenches in the dry, loose dirt.
I am pulled out of my thoughts when the woman's slender fingers wrap around my bicep. She pulls me to her body and something thin and cold traces a line on my throat. I've been here before. I think sourly.
Moments later, Minato saunters out of the woods, walking towards the barrier. "Namikaze-san." The woman says, but I get the distinct impression she isn't talking to me. "How nice of you to join us."
"Let them go. Now." He orders, his voice barely containing the rage he must be feeling.
"I don't think you are in the position to be giving orders." She quips, a sadistic grin spreading across her face. "You best do what I want, if you don't want the girl to get hurt."
"What is it that you want?" Minato asks as Kakashi arrives.
"First, I want the girl's sword."
"What?" He ask dumbfounded, probably playing stupid.
"The Sword of Peace. Honestly, you Namikazes are all so dense. Ya' know, it is a big ol' thing. Has an almost three-foot blade, used to help create specialized barriers. She isn't carrying it around, it's not sealed in her scroll, and it wasn't in your guy's apartment. Bring me the sword." She says, with a condescending tone while wearing a deadpan expression. "It would be best if you hurry. My associate is using your wife's chakra for the barrier. We don't want to use it all now, do we?"
Minato's eyes widen slightly as he takes in the information. "Is that all that you want?"
"No, but it's a great place to start."
Minato turns and whispers something to Kakashi; who nods and disappears in a shunshin. If it had not been for my advanced hearing, I would not have been able to catch what he said. "Go inform the Hokage and retrieve the sword."
"He is getting the sword." He spoke again, much louder this time.
"Very good." She coos, as if giving positive reinforcement to a small child.
"It's on it's way. Let them go, and I will guarantee you safe passage out of Konohagakure."
The woman laughs, "You are in no position to negotiate, Yellow Flash."
"You said the sword was a start. What else do you want?"
"Many things, including your death. Now that we are alone, I can get down to the real business. Your wife and sister will live if you are willing to seppuku."
"Excuse me?" He questions.
"End your own life, and we will spare theirs. Harakiri. Seppuku. Suicide. Your life for theirs."
NO! I can't allow that! My left hand clenches harder around the fistful of dirt. I have the dirt, still. An idea starts to form in the back of my mind.
"That will not be happening." A new voice echos through the clearing. Calmly walking in was a tired looking old man.
"Hokage-sama..." I whimper, my voice betraying me.
"You!" The woman snarls from behind me. "What are you doing here?"
"I was out for a stroll when I learned from two very distressed academy students that Kushina-san and Aimisouma-chan were being abducted. I thought it might be worth the trouble of looking into. However, that is not what is important right now. The really question is :Who are you and why are you in MY village?"
"Ha! As if I would tell you treachous-" the woman went on a swearing rant about the village for a good minute. "Now, give over the sword and kill the yellow flash, or this little girl gets it." During her rant, many other shinobi have gathered. I recognizes Fugaku, the pineapple head with my sword, the snake-guy, Jiraiya-san, and a few others.
"Wow. Mama would wash your mouth out with a lotta soap." I mutter before I can think any better.
"Shut up, you little brat!" She screeches in my ear. Ow! But this could be the opportunity I need...
"I mean, didn't your parents teach you any manners? Kidnapping people isn't very-"
"I said," She moves the hand holding the kunai at my neck to cover my mouth. "SHUT U-OOOW!" I had bitten down on her hand, hard. She dropped my to the ground again. As an added bonus she also dropped her Kunai. Her hand was bleeding.
"Why you little-" Her fingers wrapped around my wrist and pulled me back towards her.
The little combat training I have kicks in. I drop my weight to the ground and kick at her knee. It makes a weird popping noise as she falls over.
"Typical, you can't even handle a child." The man who had carried me out of the tea shop loom over me. My left hand still a fist around the dirt, my right reaches for the fallen kunai. "Oh no you don't." His fingers grab my ankle and pull me away from the blade. Coincidentally, in doing so, he pulled me closer the book that I had transferred ALL of my stuff into.
"Aimisouma!" "Misou!" "Aimi-chan!" I can hear voices calling out, some offer advice on fighting, others telling me to run away. Some people just stare passively at the fight. I want to cry when I hear Minato's quiet "Imouto."
The man stands over me, bending at the hips. I take a deep breath, and throw my fistful of dirt at his eyes.
He caught my wrist, but not before I let go of the soil in my grasp.
"Gah!" The man yells, wiping at his eyes with his hands. I roll over, scrambling on my hands and knees to my sealing book. I start running through the hand seals.
Open - Inside - Outside - Release
Halfway through the seals, the man staggered towards me. "Now, listen here, you little half-pint-" I slammed my hand onto the cover, not having enough time to search for the object itself.
I am not ashamed to admit that I enjoyed the sound he made when I dropped two dozed bales of hay on his head.
The woman was pushing herself to her feet. She seemed unable to put weight on the leg that I had kicked. She stoops over, and lifts her kunai out of the dirt. She takes several lurching steps towards me. I go through the seals again, faster this time.
Open - Inside - Outside - Release
"Whatcha gonna do? Throw some more hay at me?" She says, standing three feet in front of me.
"Nope." I slam my hand down on the cover of the book once more.
"YEAH!" I hear Obito yell from beyond the barrier.
The bear rematerializes in front of me, paw raised and ready to strike. My vision goes hazy for a moment, but returns to normal when I shake my head.
The woman screams and the bears paw runs across her torso. I release another object from my scroll. A stream of swear words comes from the shifting pile of hay bales. A hand suddenly emerges from it's depths. Forcing its way upward, revealing itself in the afternoon sun. He won't be in there for much longer!
I need to get the barrier down, since I cannot fight these guys for long.
Without a better idea, I charge towards the rocky spire.
A/N:
So this is the first fight scene I had ever written.
I initially did it months ago, but before posting it (rn) I redid a bunch of it. Tell me what you think!
Also, I am writing chapter 30~ish, and was wondering if you want Aimi-chan to have any love interests? I have three in my head that could kinda make sense, and was wondering if y'all have any preferences/ideas?
Read & Review, and as always, if you see any grammar mistakes let me know.
~~Aurelia Azyton~~
