Chapter 12

A/N: So I've been hella busy lately getting back at school. Sorry for such a delayed update. I went back and did some editing to previous chapters thanks to a reviewer who tipped me that my grammar was slacking. You know how it is when your brain's working way faster than you're typing. No content has been changed so it's up to you if you want to go back and reread. Updates still might be slow because of school.

Disclaimer: Naruto's not mine


It's been another long day on the training field but Jayne was determined to learn as much as she possibly could.

"Jayne, are you ready to learn your clans hidden technique? Your father was the best at it. It's right here on this scroll," Zabuza handed her a scroll that was decorated more elegantly than the others.

Jayne unrolled the scroll and read the jutsu, "Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals." She quickly scanned over the hand signs and other instructions to perform the jutsu.

"This jutsu surrounds the enemies with mirrors that you can travel in between. It's impossible to escape when perfected."

"This jutsu looks like it takes a lot of chakra. I don't have very much left from all our training."

"I know. I want you to get a feel for it now and then we can spend all day tomorrow working on it. Start with creating a single mirror," Zabuza commanded.

"Hai!" Jayne started to get to work on learning her new jutsu.

-/-

Yori and Tsutomu where sitting inside the hideout sharpening their weapons after their last kill.

"You know what I don't understand?" Yori asked.

"Want me to start making a list?" Tsutomu said sarcastically.

"Idiot," Yori rolled his eyes, "What I mean is I don't understand why Zabuza brought in a little girl and that busty bitch. Wasn't he the one that made the no women rule in the hideout?"

"That only applies to women used for pleasure. If they are working like the rest of us then it doesn't matter."

"Exactly, those girls aren't doing either! So what are they doing here?" Yori began stroking his beard as he began to think.

"Zabuza and his little monkey have been disappearing with them during the day. The two little brats come back pretty exhausted and the bitch hangry" Tsutomu said.

"We should track them and see where they went. Then we can find out what they've been up too," Yori stood up ready to take action.

"If Zabuza see's us we'd be dead for following him."

"They've been gone since this morning. They won't be thinking about somebody following them this long after they've left," Yori snatched Tsutomu's sword from his hands so he had to stop what he was doing.

"Alright, I will go with you, but if we get caught I'm going to beat your fat ass," Tsutomu stood up and took his sword back.

The two men followed the tracks left in the snow through the forest until there was a large clearing. They hid behind some bushes and looked out to see the four people in question gathered around. The women was sitting on top of a rock watching the others. Haku was standing next to Zabuza while they watched the girl practicing some kind of jutsu.

"What are they doing?" Yori pushed Tsutomu to the side to get a better look.

"Looks like some kind of training," Tsutomu said while repositioning himself.

"Zabuza have some kind of obsession with kids?" Yori grumbled.

Tsutomu wacked Yori on the back of his head, "You're a dumbass. He's using them as tools. Finding 'em young and helping them makes 'em loyal."

"What makes this girl good enough to get noticed by Zabuza then?" Yori focused in on the training that was going on.

They watched as the girl was focusing hard trying to perform a jutsu. She did some hand signs with hard concentration and a tiny mirror appeared made out of ice.

"I did it!" She punched her fist into the air.

"Hardly," Zabuza huffed. "You have to be able to actually fit into the mirror in order for the jutsu to work." The girl drooped over in defeat.

"Ice mirrors? I thought that was a Kushinada thing? Haven't you ever heard of Rindoh Kushinada's infamous mirroring jutsu? They called him Rindoh of the Demon Mirror!" Yori said with his excitement rising.

"The Kushinada clan is in the dirt, how is she doing this?" Tsutomu asked.

"What about a Yuki? They also have Ice kekkei Genkai."

"They're all dead too. Most of them were killed after the war because of the fear of kekkei genkai."

"What if that's not true? Think about it. If this girl really is a Kushinada, we could sell her to the Mizukage! We'd be set for life!" Yori exclaimed.

"How would we even get ahold of her? Zabuza won't let anyone close to the girls."

"They sleep in a room separate from everyone else, we could sneak in and grab her at night."

Tsutomu began processing the plan in his head, "alright, but absolutely no one else can know about this. If someone else found out about our little discovery here, half of Kirigakure will be after the same girl."

"I know, let's go and get ready," Yori got up.

Yori and Tsutomu made their way back to the hideout discussing their new plan to get rich. Deciding to act tonight, they slipped into the shadows waiting to strike.


The sound of late night shuffles woke Jayne up from her sleep. It was too loud to be just Kin. She sat up and rubbed her still sleepy eyes.

"Mmph!"Kin's voiced came muffled from the other side of the room.

"Shut up!" A man's voice came with the sound of more shuffles.

The adrenaline kicked in and Jayne flew out of bed ready to attack the intruders.

"Hold on girl, one wrong move and we slash her throat," a gruff voice said.

As her eyes began adjusting to the dark room she could make out the glint of a knife being held at Kin's neck. She knew these men would keep word to their threat.

The man with the large muscular frame moved closer to her, "hands out."

Jayne slowly held out her hands. The man grabbed her arm then twisted her around so it was pinned to her back. She felt cold shackles slip over her wrists and tighten.

"Now don't try any funny business," The same man was now tying a cloth around her mouth to act as a gag.

Kin tried pulling away from the heavy man holding a knife to her throat. As she did this, the knife cut into her neck drawing a little bit of blood. The wound was worth it as she broke free of his hold. Jayne watched as Kin tried to fight the man but she wasn't having any luck. Because of his knife, she couldn't get close enough to strike. Kin looked worried and glanced in Jayne's direction.

Jayne did her best to keep a composed face. She wanted to call out and tell her to run. Kin was tough, but these two men would kill her in an instant. Right now her only hope was Zabuza. Boy was she missing her teammates right now. They were probably so ashamed and disappointed in her for running away. Every night when she lays in bed she realizes more and more what a selfish act running away was. Yet, she has been able to learn so much from someone that was a student of her father. Jayne tried to imagine the faces of Shisui, Itachi, and Ayato to distract herself from her situation.

"Jayne, don't worry, I'm going to get help!" Kin said then ran out of the room before one of the two thugs could catch her.

"Dammit, we gotta hurry before she gets to Zabuza," the round guy grumbled.

"Move!" The large one pushed Jayne forward. She used all the might in her tiny body to resist. The man seemed pretty fed up and resorted to simply throwing her over his shoulder and carry her out.

Jayne tried to kick and scream but it was of no use as the two thugs carried her away into the snow covered forest.


As Kin began searching for Zabuza, she noticed the whole hideout seemed to be in a state of chaos. Kin finally found him rounding up some men.

She ran up to him, "Zabuza! Jayne-"

"What are you doing out here? It's not safe. I already have enough to worry about without you getting in the way." Zabuza cut her off with his voice full of annoyance.

"Jayne's been kidnapped!" Kin yelled a little louder.

"You've got to be kidding me! I don't have time for this. We're already under attack!"

"Probably by the same people who kidnapped Jayne," Kin concluded.

"No," Zabuza growled, "It's the leaf ninja"