Aru's nerves went numb after 40 handsigns, good. She stabbed herself, nothing. No pain. She charged full speed at a tree and sliced at it. Pretending it was Orachimaru all the way. After two strikes, the tree was knocked down. It was really thick too.

When she switched targets, the trees were knocked over with one punch. " Yes SENSEI!" she yelled," I've nearly defeated the slayers of you." When she flipped over, she felt a bad splitting noise. Crap! Her scar!

She landed on the ground. Blood went around her stomach and leaked on the ground. " uhhhhh," she groaned. Clutching her stomach it made her remember what had happened.

" Sensei!" Aru yelled," look what I learned." She made a handsign," Transform!" She turned into a mirror image of her sensei. Miharu was hanging upside down on a tree. Ima was throwing kunais on a small target.

About five seconds later, Aru turned back into herself. " I can't hold the illusion very long." She shook her head. She was only eight years old. So she was advanced.

Miharu flipped down and shot a spiral of fireballs in the sky. Aru jmped and went spiraling through the middle. Ima was next to her and they threw a bunch of shuriken.

" Spiraling Shuriken Tycoon!" the trio yelled. They all landed in three point positions.

That's when the shuriken came raining down. Sensei Depen blocked all of them. " It's an ambush!" he yelled," you three run, I'll hold them off." Aru stayed put. " I think we can take them Sensei!" she yelled. She stood by him. A bunch of Sound Ninja lept from the bushes.

" Da," Sensei said, " Orachimaru's probaly behind this." He pulled out a kunai. "Aru, run." Aru stayed put." Sensei, I want to help."

She did a handsign. Two sound ninja came at her. She jumped, since she was about half their hieght, it looked weird. She palm struck pessure points in their neck. They both landed uncouncious. When four charged she flipped and did the same.

One snuck up on her, her stomach was slashed. She screamed really loud. Her Sensei turned to see what was wrong, but a giant snake threw him against a tree. A loud crack rang out. "SENSEI!!!!!!!!" Aru yelled. Ima and Miharu came and drug her away.