6. Team Two's Fight-

The steel door closed behind Reiko and the other ninjas decided to let them go and do what they think was right. When Reiko left the base, she saw Maasaki running after Musashi and followed quickly after them. "Should I be doing this?" Reiko thought in her head. Reiko caught up to her team.

"Reiko, what are you doing here?" asked Musashi.

"I'm obviously here to help you guys," she responded. "Hurry, we have to find Shin before we meet Ryouma."

Musashi then tripped, and Maasaki did the same thing. Reiko stopped and stared at them with a look of annoyance on her face. She then fell over.

"What the hell is happening!" yelled Musashi. As he finished talking, he looked down and realized that the three of them were standing in a giant puddle of mud. The mud started becoming more solid and rose off the ground forming a humanoid shape. The three stared in amazement as more of the mud became more humanoid shapes. They tried to back away, but their feet were stuck inside the mud.

One mud creature then attempted to attack Reiko. "Smoke Teleportation!" yelled Reiko. She put her hand on the mud and a giant gust of smoke circled around her team and in a couple of seconds, the smoke disappeared and team two was gone.

"Damn it!" yelled Ryouma as he jumped down onto the ground from the nearby building and slammed his fist onto the ground causing a small crack. "These kids are a lot more skilled than others at their age."

Meanwhile, team two fell down a hundred feet away from their original location with a dull thud. "What the…" said Musashi. "Reiko, when did you learn to do that?"

"I always knew," she replied. "There was never an opportunity to use it though."

The three heard footsteps approach them. "You guys didn't get very far," said Ryouma. "By the way, look at who I found." Behind him, his mud creatures were carrying an unconscious body.

"Shin…" said Maasaki.

"Yeah it's Shin. I've finally stolen all of the souls of that team that tore me away from the crystal. He didn't have the crystal though. I'm angry so I'm going to out my anger on you little weaklings."

"Fire Release: Flame Shower jutsu!" yelled Musashi. Fireballs shot down from the sky hitting the area around Ryouma and he put up his hand to block the fire. Once the smoke from the attack was gone, he saw that they were gone again. Ryouma created a crack in the ground again.

"We can't keep using Reiko's jutsu forever," said Maasaki. We have to fight back.

"He probably has the power of a Jonin!" yelled Musashi. "We only became Genin 2 days ago! What can we do against him without Shin?"

"We can try," said Reiko. "The town is deserted. Everyone left before he managed to put up the barrier. We might be the only ones left in town. Without Shin, there's no one else to help us. So we have to do this ourselves."

The three heard footsteps again. "This is like déjà vu," said Ryouma. "While I was looking for you, I decided how I was going to kill you. I will first crush your bones with mud and then harvest your souls. Mud Cage!" Mud appeared on the ground underneath them and started rising and creating an orb around them.

"Protective Shield jutsu!" yelled Maasaki. The mud tried to close in on them, but the shield protected them and the mud became dust.

"These kids are definitely too skilled for their age," Ryouma thought in his head. "Since you guys seem so skilled," said Ryouma. "I've changed my mind. I'm going to make it so that I get to hunt you guys down." He appeared behind Reiko and grabbed her by the neck. "You two guys, go in different directions or I will kill this girl". They were at a crossroad between the buildings and the two had no choice so they went in opposite directions. Maasaki went to the left and Musashi went to the right. Ten minutes past. The two were no where in view so Ryouma let Reiko go. "Now you, go down that path." Reiko walked straight ahead. She was afraid of looking back. It had sunk in that the three of them would most likely not leave this village alive. Ryouma decided to go after Musashi first because he had singed part of Ryouma's hair during his fire technique. He walked down the path to the left.

Musashi was walking slowly down his path. Looking back every once in a while, but he couldn't see much because of the newly created mist (It was about 4 in the morning). Mud creatures appeared in front of him.

"Giant Fireball!" yelled Musashi. The fireball melted all of the mud creatures in front of him. More mud creatures rose from the ground. "Small Flame!" he yelled. His fingers were engulfed in flames and he slashed the creatures in half. He continued destroying the creatures, but was kicked in the back, sending him flying through a wall. Ryouma approached Musashi, who was struggling to get up. Ryouma placed his hand on Musashi's forehead and took his soul. Musashi's body fell unconscious and Ryouma started back to the crossroads.

Meanwhile, Maasaki decided to stop walking and sit down, hoping to sense chakra to find his teammates. Ryouma's mud creatures then started coming from the ground.

"White Laser!" he yelled. The laser pierced through the mud creatures and cut them in half. "White Laser!" he yelled again, but the technique didn't work. "Crap, I must have run out of chakra," he thought in his head. "The shield technique must have drained most of my chakra." The mud creature approached him and punched him in the stomach. He fell to his knees from the horrible pain. The mud creatures were much stronger than they looked. He heard footsteps behind him. He struggled to get up and turn around, hoping it was Musashi or Reiko. It was Ryouma (big surprise). Maasaki fell down to the ground, face-down…

Reiko looked behind her and saw that Ryouma was no longer watching her. She heard a crash from the left. "Damn, I think he found Musashi," she thought. She ran to the right, hoping to find Maasaki. She tripped on a puddle of wet mud. As the stood up, she saw that a mud creature was hovering over her. She kicked its "face" away and yelled, "Wind Cutter!" The gust of wind ripped the mud creature in shreds. A group of mud creatures then formed from the ground. "Air Blade!" she yelled. The blade of wind sliced the creatures in half. She was then pulled back because someone was grabbing her hair.

"You're lucky I saved you for last." Reiko couldn't escape because of her hair holding back. She pulled out a kunai from her pocket and attempted to slice it off, but Ryouma struck her hand, sending the kunai flying a couple of feet away. Reiko elbowed Ryouma in the stomach, loosening his grip and pulled her head away from his hands causing many hairs to rip out.

"Wind Cutter!" yelled Reiko. The sharp wind sliced at Ryouma's face, pushing him back against a nearby wall. She rushed over to the kunai she dropped and threw it at his face. He deflected it with his hand and ran over to her, grabbing her by her neck and tossing her onto the ground. He then proceeded to steal her soul. Reiko's body was motionless as Ryouma walked away.

Meanwhile, at the secret base, two figures were standing at the top of a nearby building. "We've found their secret base," said one of them.

"Master Ryouma will be happy about this," said the other.