The whole lot of girls ran towards Shinko, ready to attack her. However, that level of attack was nothing to Shinko, who dodged their attacks before hitting them on their pressure point, causing them to fall unconscious. The only girls that had not attacked was the pink-head, Sakura Haruno, and the blonde, Ino Yamanaka.
"You girls are pathetic excuses as a kunoichi." Spat Shinko, looking down at the fallen girls and then at Sakura and Ino. They stared wide eyed at Shinko, who didn't even break a sweat when fighting with the rest of the girls.
"Hm! You may be able to defeat them, but you won't be able to defeat us!" Ino said, putting on a handsign.
"Careful Shinko!" shouted Naruto, concerned about his first ever friend.
"Mind Transfer jutsu!" shouted Ino. Hearing the name of the attack, Shinko barely got out of the way before Ino's consciousness got to her. Ino's own body fell to the ground, waiting of her consciousness to get back to her own body after a few minutes.
Sakura looked around. Now it was only her that can fight her. But looking at Shinko's action during the fight, she was clearly on the losing end. Thinking of a way to win, she decided to do some physiological attack on Shinko instead.
"You might be strong, white-head, but all you did was to knock them out. You won't be able to kill us." That hit Shinko like an arrow. That word is going to be a taboo word from now on, in a mocking way, that is.
"What did you say?" replied Shinko, bangs covering her eyes.
"I said," this is not going to end well for Sakura, "you won't be able to kill us."
In a flash, Shinko was in front of Sakura, holding her by the collar.
"Do you think I can't kill you? You think I'm just a normal girl dreaming of being a ninja?" Naruto who was sitting on the sidelines was amazed at the girl's speed, but was also listening closely to the conversation.
"Bullshit." Said Shinko, bangs still covering her eyes. "I have killed hundreds of people already." Now that surprised both Sakura and Naruto.
"The first kill I had done was on someone that deserved to be killed. People that I had killed and deserved it, I felt nothing. But on the rest of the other hundreds of innocent people, I felt different types of feelings. Guilt. Remorse. Sadness. Anger." Then she looked up, but her eyes weren't the same. Instead of the crimson pupil-less eyes, there was a pupil in a form of a slit, like a cat's or a demon's.
"And I probably won't feel anything when I kill… you." A small snake appeared from inside her skirt pocket, slithering past Shinko towards Sakura, prepared to bite her with the venom on its fangs. Shinko smirked at Sakura's shivering figure, bloodlust shown in a blood-red eyes. The snake opened its mouth, fangs ready to pierce Sakura's fair skin.
"SHINKO NO!" Naruto's voice could be heard while he ran towards the two girls. Shinko jolted out of her own dark self, the demon eyes gone. She released Sakura, who dropped on the ground, still paralyzed in fear. It was then that Ino's consciousness was back with her body and woke up. She went to ask Sakura what was wrong, but was dragged by her away from Shinko. Shinko weakly fell to the ground, gasping for breath, she can't believe she lost herself like that.
"Shinko, are you okay?" asked a concerned Naruto.
"I'm fine, Naruto. I'm fine."
After lunch
It was now sparring time, and Shinko was back to her old self. Sakura was avoiding her as much as she could and her only answer was 'She was scary' whenever Ino or the other girls asked anything related to the fight or just plainly Shinko.
"Alright. The first pair to spar with each other are Naruto and Sasuke." Announced Iruka while the girls shout with joy.
Sasuke stood opposite Naruto, staring at him fiercely, he had no interest in fighting the blonde, knowing that he would win.
"I'm going to kick your ass this time, Sasuke!" shouted Naruto. They had competed for years but Sasuke would always win. Why? The person he is fighting against, Naruto, is not the one he pictured. He pictured his older brother, Itachi Uchiha, the person he swore he would kill.
Naruto ran towards Sasuke, fist drawed back. Sasuke blocked his punch with his hand and flipped Naruto off the ground and threw him back. Screams of the fangirls could be heard, while Shinko went to aid Naruto. Iruka sighed. It was always like this, he pitied Naruto, but was now glad that he finally had a friend- Shinko. But the thought of what Naruto reported just now was serious. He would have to tell the Hokage after this.
Flashback
Naruto ran towards Iruka.
"What is it, Naruto?"
"Iruka-sensei, just now during lunch time, Sakura and the other girls started a fight with Shinko!" Iruka's eyes widened.
"What happened next?"
"Shinko easily dealt with the rest of the girls knocking them unconscious while Ino tried her jutsu but failed and was unconscious as well." Iruka said nothing, prompting Naruto to continue.
"Sakura was the only person still conscious. She said something about Shinko not able to kill them and after that, Shinko's eyes suddenly had eyes like a demon and they were filled with killing intent!" Iruka's eyes widened even more.
"What happened to Sakura? I found her weird after lunch too."
"Shinko almost killed Sakura until I stopped her." Shinko tried to kill Sakura? That is not to be tolerated. Iruka decided to report this incident to the Hokage later.
Flashback ends
Iruka sighed.
"Alright, the winner is Sasuke." The girls' screams are heard. Their high-pitched screams might even defeat the toughest opponent. Iruka sighed, yet again.
"Okay. The winner shall compete with Shinko." Iruka hoped that Shinko won't become what Naruto said.
Despite the screams of encouragement from the girls, Sakura's was the loudest. But it wasn't of encouragement, but of danger. Even Sasuke found it weird. Sakura was one of Sasuke's biggest fans but here she was, telling him to be careful. On the other side, Shinko keep telling herself to keep calm. She does not want to turn back to that part of herself again.
And here again was Sasuke and Shinko, standing opposite of each other. Both, at the same time, went into taijutsu stances. They started with simple punches and kicks but later moved on to ninjutsus. Everyone was amazed that Shinko could be able to keep up with Sasuke, but Sakura and Naruto was hoping that Shinko won't turn into the monster they both saw just now.
"You're quite good, but this ends here." Smirked Sasuke.
"I could say the same to you too." Shinko smirked back.
Sasuke flipped through a few handsigns and so did Shinko. Both of them ended with the Tiger seal.
"Fire release: Great Fireball Jutsu!" screamed Sasuke, putting his hand shaped like a ring on his mouth and blew out fire.
"Fire release: Dragon's breath jutsu!" screamed Shinko, blowing fire out of her mouth at the same time Sasuke did.
Both fire collided, trying to overpower each other. In the end, the flames extinguished. After the smoke cleared, Sasuke was kneeling on the floor, panting and so was Shinko. That took a lot out of them, since they tried to overpower each other's flames.
"*pant* looks like I found myself a rival." Said Sasuke, smirking at Shinko.
"To be commended by the great Uchiha, *pant*I'm flattered, to say the least."
Naruto, Sakura and Iruka sighed in relief to see Shinko's eyes are normal.
"Alright. The spar between Sasuke and Shinko is a tie. You guys go home to rest, since its sunset already." Both of them nodded.
Hokage Office
Two knocks came from the door to the Hokage's Office.
"Come in." called the Hokage. In came Iruka, bowing in respect to the Hokage.
"Ahh… Iruka. What are you doing here?"
"Hokage-sama. There is something I need to inform you about Shinko Mitarashi." The Hokage's wrinkled eyes narrowed.
After telling the Hokage about the report from Naruto, Iruka was dismissed. Hokage was alone thinking.
'Eyes like a demon? Could she be a jinchuuriki? No, I don't think so. But the only ways the eyes are like that are possessed by members of the Doragon clan, also known as the people of Dragons. But that clan was already extinct from the intruders.'
Hokage went into one of the rooms that kept the scrolls of each clan in Konoha, extinct or still present, all the way to the creation of Konohagakure.
He looked around the shelves, trying to find the scroll about the Doragon clan.
'Ah! Here it is.' Thought the Hokage, who had finally found the scroll.
Hey guys! fanfic31 here! This is another chapter of A Kunoichi Tale.
A slight cliffhanger. You will know what the Doragon clan is in the next chapter.
Well that's all! Tata!