Author's Note: Alrighty, chapter 7 is here and is a day late X3 Sorry about that guy's :p This chapter was... well... I don't know yet XD I'm just now realizing just how much fighting is going to happen in this story, and I bet those who were looking for a romantic story are just looking at this like, "What the heck?! Where's the romance?! The kissing scenes?! The random erotic chapter?!" X3 Anyone who was expecting any of those things, I apologize :3 I'm just a huge fan of the realistic falling in love stuff X3 Kinda... I think only a few days has passed in the story and they're already starting to fall for each other XD Oops :p

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Mistuko was still in the room with her, watching her as he waited for her to tell him the secrets she held. When she didn't answer him after a few moments, his movements began to grow impatient. Grabbing a kunai from the table that sat in the windowless room, he quickly moved over to her and placed it against her face, "Erza, my dear, I'd hurry up and talk if you wish to get out of this in one piece." He grinned, the feeling of his dark energy giving Erza goose-bumps as she flinched away from the blade on her face.

"I have a feeling it won't be too difficult for me to get out of here anyway." She answered, almost immediately after cutting through the chains with her sword and smacking his hand with the kunai away from her. Holding the sword out at him, she watched his movements warily.

Rather than angry, Mistuko seemed amused with Erza's outburst, and stopped the others from attacking with a laugh and a wave of his hand. "Oh, Erza, you poor naïve girl. You can't fight me; you don't know the extent of a ninja's power. Remember how I defeated you in the first place? Genjutsu, or rather, attack on the mind. All I need to do is throw another at you, seeing as you can't even fight against the weakest one." He explained with a smirk, watching her as their eyes met.

Before the red-head could react, the man placed his hands together and in the next instant, she was in a room surrounded by darkness, unable to see anything. She couldn't remember anyone going near the candle, nor had it looked like a candle burning out. When she tried to move back, she found herself frozen and unable to move away.

Laughter could be heard to her left, but even though she looked in that direction, it was pitch black. "Like the technique? It would be much more effective outside, seeing as you could possibly blame the candle in a room like this. However, the Bringer of Darkness technique is still a favorite of mine." He grinned, and in the next second, she was once again free in a room filled with candle light.

Unable to see the man, she quickly whirled around until she found him behind her, smiling easily. Narrowing her eyes, Erza instantly requipped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor, swords appearing around her as she pointed more than a few at each of the people in the room.

Mistuko's grin widened as he watched, seeming pleased more than anything, "Incredible! It's one thing to watch from afar… It's an entirely different thing to be up close and personal! Wow!" he chuckled, sounding like a kid in a candy store as he looked at the swords in amazement.

Erza glowered at him, "I would not be so happy, if I were you. You are still unable to copy my ability, so it matters not where you stand when I perform it." When she spoke she pointed one of the swords in her hands at him, her posture threatening as she squared her shoulders, "Now, you die!" she ordered, and in the next instant the swords clumped together and aimed themselves for the surrounding men.

Mistuko disappeared in a cloud of dust as the swords hit the floors and walls. Ready to strike as she listened for movement, Erza was almost caught off guard when a few kunais left the cloud, stopping them with her blades almost instantly.

Mistuko jumped out after them and attacked with a kunai in each hand, Erza meeting each of his attacks as he tried to drive her back. One of the guards then joined in, and Erza noticed it was the one who had previously held a knife to her throat. She was being driven back as she was forced to increase the speed of her defensive blocks, sweat forming as she fended off the two attacks. She could see two other guards standing by the door, and she knew if they joined in, she'd be dead.

Requipping into her normal armor, Erza felt her back hit the wall and grimaced, knowing she was going to have to think of something fast. If they were outside, it would've been easier to fight with them. Unfortunately, they were in a cramped room that barely gave her enough room to fight in. Requipping into her cheetah-like armor, new blades appearing in her hands, allowing her to gain back some ground as she was better able to deflect their attacks. She saw the others preparing to enter the fight, and silently cursed to herself as she thought of a way to deflect each of them. There was a reason that a wizard shouldn't work alone, even powerful ones like her met their math eventually. With another grimace, she was reminded that they hadn't even used their full strength on her yet. They could probably beat her easily if they decided to use more of that 'jutsu' stuff they rely on in this world.

Just when she was starting to lose hope, a loud noise filled the room as the door was busted open by a large rock, causing the ninjas to jump back in surprise. In a matter of seconds, the rock was replaced with a couple of ninja, and Erza thought she had never been more relieved than in that moment.

Kakashi stood at the head of the misfit group of ninja, a brown haired one with a dog standing at his left next to Naruto as she tried to recall ever seeing him. "See? Told you she was here." The boy grinned, seeming proud of himself as his dog barked in agreement.

"Good job Kiba, Akamaru." Kakashi nodded, looking first at the boy and then the dog before turning to face their enemies, "Sorry to drop in like this, but it appears that you've taken a friend of mine, and I intend to get her back." He added, practically smiling at Mistuko.

When Erza glanced at Mistuko, she saw nothing but pure hatred in his gaze as he looked at the copy ninja, and a chill ran down her spine as she glanced between them in worry.

"Erza, are you alright?" Kakashi asked after another moment, looking at her while remaining on his guard.

She nodded in return, "Yes, I am fine. Thank you, by the way, you really do have impeccable timing." She told them with a small smile, requipping into her normal armor and replacing her swords with a single sword.

Kakashi grinned, "Actually, I would've been here a tad sooner but I got caught up, hope you don't mind." He told her before turning to Mistuko once more, "Hello Mistuko, long time no see. Why don't we head outside and finish this ordeal? Just you and me, so we can finally see who's the better ninja and end this once and for all."

Mistuko laughed at his words, shaking his head at him, "Sorry Kakashi, but no can do. I'd much rather keep your girlfriend here close by, just in case she tries to pull any stunts."

Not bothering to correct the man, Kakashi glowered darkly, moving aside his headband as he revealed the sharingan below. "Wrong answer." Was all he said as he pulled out a kunai and leapt for the man, gaining everyone's attention as he then spoke to Erza, "Erza! Take the others with you, follow Kiba back to the entrance and then hide! I'll meet up with you guys later!" He ordered, dodging an attack from Mistuko as he looked her square in the eyes.

She nodded, silently willing him to be careful as she turned and raced towards where the others stood by the door, quickly ordering them to run as well. "What about Kakashi-sensei?! We can't just leave him there!" Naruto exclaimed, seeming to fall back a little as he glanced back at his teacher.

Erza quickly shook her head, looking at him sternly, "He can handle himself, I promise you that. He needs us out of there so we don't get in the way, and the least we can do to help is follow his orders." She explained, keeping an eye on each of them as they ran through the halls. Glancing behind her, she saw the three guards from the room following closely behind, and Erza cursed again. It was good only because Kakashi was no longer outnumbered, but it was bad because now the students were in danger.

Exiting the lair through the mouth of a cave, Erza realized they had been inside the base of a small mountain the entire time. Once they were a little ways away, Erza stopped and turned to face their pursuers, requipping into her Black Wing armor. The others stopped as well, looking at her in confusion, "What are you doing, Erza? We have to get going." Sakura said, gesturing towards the forest where they could hopefully lose the attackers.

Erza shook her head, "Sakura, you're in charge. Get everyone to a safe place and hide, I'm going to take care of these guys." She told them, giving a smile of reassurance, "I'm gonna be fine, don't worry."

Despite her worry's, Sakura moved to follow orders until she was stopped by Naruto, who looked at Erza with fierce determination, "We already left Kakashi-sensei, I'm not leaving you too. You can't fight them all alone, we can help." He insisted, and Kiba quickly agreed.

"Yeah! You seem strong and all, but nobody should have to fight against three people when they have friends around." The brunette grinned, and Akamaru jumped to the ground with a bark as he voiced his eagerness to fight.

"Yeah, I mean, you are new to this kinda thing." Sasuke added, looking at her with a small smile.

Sakura was beaming as she nodded along with everyone else, "Definitely! Kakashi-sensei would stick around to help you out, so we will too!"

Erza couldn't help but see her own team as she looked at the people in front of her, each of them reminding her of the people she missed most. Fighting the tears as she nodded to them, she turned once again to face the enemies as they approached, smiling smugly at them, "Let's do this."