The group got out of the boat and started to head toward the gates. Umi looked ahead of the group; she could see a figure walking towards them, and by the way she walked and her red cloak, Umi knew instantly that it was Mikiito.

"It's freak." Umi stated and narrowed her eyes.

Jatsu gritted her teeth and clutched a kunai in her hand. "I forgot we'd have to get through her too..."

The six stopped walking as Mikiito advanced slowly. Her hood was over her face, and she slowly pulled the hood back. Kazue's eyes narrowed as she watched the woman carefully. She was fairly thin, and the red cloak hung loosely over her body. She had purple hair, and her eyes were covered with a mask. Her lips were turned up into a smirk as she faced the group of six. She bowed her head shortly and spread her arms out.

"So, this is it." Her voice sounded melodic, and mesmerizing; almost lyrical.

"So she isn't a mute." Haruko chuckled.

"Fifteen years, and she finally speaks to us!" Umi rolled her eyes.

Mikiito's lips flattened and her arms fell back to her sides. Her head tilted slightly, looking like a doll now standing in the middle of the path. Kazue shivered slightly. She could tell that this girl was more powerful than what she had initially thought.

Jatsu sighed and looked over Mikiito. "Are we ready to end this?" She smirked.

"I know I am!" Haruko chuckled, his body growing a light purple aura.

Nikito unsheathed his sword, ready to strike.

Mikiito continued to stand in her spot, unmoving, head still tilted while she watched.

Kazue grabbed her bow and an arrow, pulling the string back and aiming at Mikiito. She let the string go, and it flew purposefully towards Mikiito, glowing brightly. Mikiito still didn't move, even as the arrow pasted right through her. The arrow disappeared.

Haruko sighed. "I never have faced her..."

"She won't make this easy... stay on your toes..." Jatsu whispered to Kazue.

Kazue nodded and pulled out another arrow. She aimed it again, pushing some chakra into the wooden stick before letting the string go. Half way to Mikiito, the arrow suddenly disappeared, reappearing behind Mikiito and passing through her back. Mikiito still stood there, head cocked. The arrow flew towards Jatsu at a fast pace.

Jatsu's eyes widened as she jumped out of the way. She looked to Kazue before back at Mikiito. "Let's see how she reacts with close combat..." Jatsu disappeared before reappearing behind Mikiito, taking her kunai and plunging it into her back. By what Jatsu thought she had penetrated by an inch, turned to what she had missed by. Mikiito stepped forward and turned around, head leaning to the other side.

Jatsu narrowed her eyes with a sigh. "How do we get through that?"

"Fighting Genjutsu with Genjutsu..." Haruko smirked. "I knew I felt something off... She is a Genjutsu user like me."

Mikiito disappeared and reappeared inches behind Haruko. She leaned in so that her mouth was inches from his ear. "Very good..." She breathed.

Haruko hissed and jumped forwards before turning around. He quickly formed hand seals and narrowed his eyes on Mikiito. "There aren't enough Genjutsu users around this place... it'd be nice to test your skills..." He snickered.

A smirk slowly formed on Mikiito's lips and she lowered her head. The atmosphere around the seven shifted and changed. Haruko closed his eyes as he calmed his breathing until it was barely audible. The clouds seemed to swarm and locked in on Haruko and Mikiito only. He reopened his eyes and let out a breath.

Mikiito laughed lightly and she turned to look back at him. "Black Night..." The edge of her lips twitched.

Haruko growled. "How could you figure it out that quickly?"

Mikiito lifted her hands and placed her hands together infront of her face. Her lips moved, but no words came out. A whisp of wind picked up around them, and the noise grew louder as the tree's all around began to whip violently around. The winds battered against everything in every direction, but both Haruko and Mikiito stood still, as if there was no wind.

Haruko gritted his teeth - he never expected her to be so skilled. He glanced around the the changing illusion and growled. "Make a hit already then!" He hissed.

All around, the area began to turn darker, until all around was pitch black. Mikiito faded from the illusion, and looked around at the others who intently watched, waiting for an opportunity to attack. She smiled as she turned her face to Itomi. She stuck out her hand towards him and as if she wanted to take his hand. Itomi eyed her hand intently, waiting for something to happen. Her smile slowly disappeared, and her lips flat lined again. Itomi took a step forward, and another.

Jatsu watched Itomi with confusion. "I-Itomi?"

Itomi's eyes softened as he continued to walk forward. He stretched out his hand and took hers into his. It was soft to the touch, and she pulled him closer. "The blonde is beautiful..." She whispered gently.

Itomi nodded and turned to look at Jatsu. "She is." He stated with a nod.

Jatsu narrowed her eyes and gritted her teeth debating on attacking. Her eyes glanced to Haruko who was standing as still as a statue. "Neither of you are Genjutsu users, are you?" Jatsu whispered to Nikito and Kazue who stood behind her.

Nikito shook his head. "I'm only Taijutsu, and Kazue is the same as you."

Jatsu sighed. "Umi, you have Genjutsu... think you can help out Haruko?"

Umi nodded slowly, and began to slowly step closer to Haruko, keeping her eyes locked on Itomi and Mikiito.

"I hate her..." Mikiito whispered through clenched teeth. "I want you to kill her."

Itomi narrowed his eyes at Mikiito, but then his expression softened again. He felt as if he just couldn't reist her request. He nodded slowly and turned to Jatsu. In a quick, fluid motion, he stuck his hand towards the ground and ran towards Jatsu with a fast speed. His hand began to glow a dark black colour as he gritted his teeth. Jatsu's eyes widened. "Nikito! Get Kazue away!" She screamed, jumping to the side to avoid Itomi as Nikito pulled Kazue further back.

Jatsu narrowed her eyes at Itomi. She knew he wasn't in control of his own body and worse, she knew he hated close combat. "Itomi! What has she done to you?"

Itomi stopped quickly, not too far from Nikito and Kazue before turning around and charging at Jatsu again. He made a few hand seals and jumped into the air. The ground rumbled beneathe Jatsu as the ground broke up and a dragon like created crawled out, swatting at Jatsu. Jatsu growled as she tried to avoid the attacks the dragon attempted to make. She quickly tried to jump out of the way of another blow when his other claw came out and hit her, sending her back into a tree. She gasped in pain as she tried to sit up again, her vision slightly blurry as the wind had been knocked from her. She stumbled back against the tree and sheaded her cloak in order to make moving through the air more swift.

Itomi was quick to move directly infront of her, a foot away from where she was. He narrowed his eyes at the girl before him and went to knocked his fist in her face, but his fist stopped an inch from her nose. His eyes twitched as his breathing began to become irregular. A flash of terror crossed his face, and his eyes widened.

Mikiito grunted and a frown formed on her lips. "Kill her!" She shouted at Itomi.

Itomi's eyes narrowed at Jatsu and he pulled his fist back before slamming it into the tree right beside her head. He let out a gasp of air and leaned his forehead against hers. "I'm...sorry.." He breathed and laughed awkwardly.

Jatsu's heart was racing as pain shot through her back. Her eyes were wide as she looked into Itomi's. She let out a weak breath and nodded. "Y-You s-scared me..." She choked out, wincing as she tried to regain her breath.

"I tried to fight it, but I couldn't in time to hit you." He whispered and pressed his lips to hers. "Are you alright?"

"Wh-When I can breathe again I-I will be..." She smirked slightly.

He laughed and pulled back, turning around to face Mikiito's frowning face. "You're right, she's a heck of a beauty." Itomi smirked.

Mikiito stood there, as if glaring at Itomi.

Umi had already snuck up to Haruko and tried to get him from the illusion. She when had touched his arm, he's flung his arms in her direction, as if blinded and couldn't see her. She tried numerous ways to pull him from the illusion, and the only one that seemed to work was when she punched his stomach with enough strength to knock the wind from him. Haruko gasped in pain as he fell back onto the ground, clutching his stomach and gritting his teeth. "D-Dammit..." He hissed in pain.

Umi knelt down and placed her hand on his shoulder, biting her lip. "I didn't mean to hurt you.. but there was no other way that was working.."

Haruko shook his head. "I-It's fine... thanks..."

Umi laughed nervously and helped him to his feet. Haruko took a few deep breaths before he could breath normally. He gave a small smile to Umi before glaring at Mikiito. "So, she's too skilled in Genjutsu... and both close combat and long rage attacks don't work... How do we beat this chick?" He hissed.

Umi narrowed her eyes and then gasped. "Maybe... I mean, if you're Genjutsu, and so am I... We could use each other and try to overpower her."

Haruko kept his eyes on Mikiito and smiled. "Good thinking..."

Kazue had snuck away from Nikito while he was deep in thought and made her way quietly behind where Mikiito stood. Quickly, she withdrew five arrows and shot them towards the woman's back. Just as Kazue had suspected, they passed right through her, and slowly disappeared. Mikiito slowly turned around to face Kazue. As Kazue stepped forward, she began to fire arrow after arrow consistantly. The arrows disappeared, one after another until Kazue was a few feet from Mikiito. But just at the last second, each and every arrow that was shot reigned down from the sky, and fell towards Mikiito. Mikiito quickly snapped her head to look upwards when the first few arrows struck Mikiito. The woman gasped and fell to the ground, leaving Kazue with a smirk.

Jatsu had gotten to her feet, using Itomi as balance as she looked wide eyed at her little sister. "What did you do? I thought nothing penetrated her?"

Kazue smirked and shrugged. "Shere luck. I would've imagined she would have some kind of blind spot."

Kazue looked down at where Mikiito body laid, and suddenly her body began to dissintegrate along with her cloak. Kazue narrowed her eyes and looked back at the others after she had completely disappeared. "I...What was that?"

Nikito sighed. "Seems like a dirty trick to me..."

Kazue nodded and moved to pick up all the arrows, returning them to her bag. "I don't feel her near anymore. Maybe it was a clone? But that would've been a weird clone."

"It that was a clone, I'd hate to see what her real body can do..." Nikito growled.

Jatsu sighed deeply. "Not good... I seriously forgot that we'd have to fight her.."

Itomi bent to pick up Jatsu's cloak and pulled Jatsu up onto his back. "Here's your piggy back ride." He chuckled.

Jatsu smiled slighty. "Thanks..."

Nikito sighed deeply as he tried to think of possiblites. "Should we move on ahead? Maybe that was her body..."

"I doubt it was..." Haruko sighed. "But we should get into the building..."

The six of them carried on cautiously, waiting for an ambush from Mikiito. Eventually, they reached the outter gates to the main base.

"This still seems too easy." Umi murmured. "And something doesn't feel right."

Jatsu nodded as she jumped off of Itomi's back and stumbled to Umi's side. "She's probably with the leaders..."

Haruko sighed and steped to the gates. "Be ready... I'm going to open them..."

The five stood on their guard as Haruko went and set his eyes to the scanner waiting to hear the click. When he did, he jumped back a bit as they all peered beyond the gate. The coast was clear, and they made their way quickly past the gates. The gates closed after a few seconds, leaving the six now trapped.

Umi shook her head, narrowing her eyes. "H...Haruko, do you feel that?"

Haruko gritted his teeth and nodded. "I wish I didn't..."

Umi gasped and quickly jumped forward, turning around to see Mikiito just behind the last two to come in, Nikito and Jatsu. "Look out!"

Everyone's eyes widened. Mikiito actually stood behind Umi. Haruko quickly grabbed Umi and pulled her to him before pushing her behind himself. "Coward..." He hissed to Mikiito. "Hiding behind illusions... even I don't do that..." He growled, gritting his teeth.

Mikiito disappeared again and reappeared behind Umi again, reaching out and pulling Umi against herself and moving back. Umi struggled at first, but then her eyes closed slowly and she stopped struggling, as if she had fallen asleep. Mikiito smirked and shook her head slowly, a quick few laughs escaping her closed lips.

Haruko clenched his fists. "Let her go, Mikiito!"

Jatsu narrowed her eyes at Mikiito, ready to attack.

Mikiito held tightly to Umi with one hand and used her free hand to turn Umi's face to look at hers. She peered down at Umi's calm expression and laughed lightly. Her thumb brushed lightly over Umi's cheek and she moved her head up to look at Haruko again. "Feelings towards others are prohibited in the Affani." Mikiito spoke clearly.

Haruko growled and stepped closer to Mikiito. "I said, let her go!"

"You...love this girl. I can feel it." Mikiito said just over a hush as she inspected the girls features closely.

Haruko growled and charged for Mikiito, ignoring her statement. "Haruko, don't!" Jatsu yelled but he had already advanced to Mikiito and tried to throw a punch at her face. Mikiito smirked as her body slowly faded away as his fist pssed through her. Umi's eyes opened and she straightened, eyes widened as she looked at Haruko.

Haruko growled as he watched Mikiito disappear before looking at Umi. "A-Are you alright?" He asked nervously.

Umi's expression softened and she moved closer to wrap her arms around his neck. "I'm fine now." She smiled.

Haruko's face twisted in confusion. "Th-Then what are you doing?" He stuttered.

Umi moved her face closer to his and breathed lightly. "Haruko...d-do you love me?"

Haruko's face deeped in colour. "Th-This isn't a time for that..." He murmured.

She moved closer so her lips were barely touching his. "Do you?'

"Y-Yeah..." He stated, his voice trembling.

She moved her face past his and pressed her lips near his ear. "Would you like to kiss me?"

Haruko bit his lip before grabbing her shoulders. "What is wrong with you?" He hesitated. "Th-This isn't the Umi I know..."

Umi smirked and wrapped her arms around Haruko's torso. "Oh, Haruko.." She whispered gently and began to chuckle lightly. She pulled a kunai from her sleeve and aimed to for his back. Before the kunai could penetrate his skin, Kazue shot an arrow at her hand. The arrow collided with Umi's hand and poked out the other side; the kunai dropped and Umi gasped in pain, pulling quickly away from Haruko with widened eyes.

Haruko looked at her hand before looking to Kazue. "What the hell? She's on our side!"

"She would have stabbed you if it weren't for Kazue acting quickly." Itomi stated. "Neither of us would've had time to reach you..."

Haruko's eyes widened as he looked to Umi. Jatsu groaned in annoyance as she finally understood. She walked up to Umi and gripped her shoulders shaking her roughly. "Umi! Don't let her win! You have way too strong of a will power for this!"

Umi narrowed her eyes at Jatsu and shoved her away roughly. "Don't touch me." She hissed and turned around, walking towards the door that led directly into the base. She put her eyes to the scanner, and the light lit up. The door opened and Umi walked in.

Jatsu growled as she chased after Umi and pinned her to the wall inside the door. The others quickly followed. "Mikiito! If you're trying to be Umi, having her almost kiss Haruko and shove me away is complete opposite from who she is! Now get the hell out of her body!"

Umi smirked and closed her eyes. When she opened them, her eyes were black again. "Umi is currently without a will power right now, please leave your message and she'll be with you...never."

Jatsu growled and shoved Umi harder to the wall. "You will not win this, Mikiito." She hissed before looking at Haruko. "You know what to do, right?"

Haruko gulped and nodded. The purple aura consumed his body as he stepped closer to Umi's body, Jatsu still pinning her to the wall. "Please forgive me for this, Umi..." he murmured before lifting his hand that glew purple, pushing his hand into Umi's stomach and pulling Mikiito from her body and whipping her into the opposite wall with his eyes narrowed.

"Umi?" Jatsu asked, looking at Umi while the others kept their eyes on Mikiito.

Umi's eyes were widened and she slumped in Jatsu's arms. Her eyes was still a jet black colour. "U-Umi?" Jatsu tried again, moving to hold Umi in an embrace.

Umi's eyes suddenly narrowed and she shoved Jatsu away, storming over to Mikiito and grabbing the collar of her cloak to pull her to her feet. Mikiito smirked. Umi gritted her teeth and slammed the woman's body into the wall before throwing her to the ground. She moved over and kicked Mikiito in the side, sending her flying down the hall. Before Mikiito stopped tumbling, Umi was already by her side and grabbed her quickly, throwing her to the roof before she landed on the ground again.

Umi growled and reached out to grab hold of Mikiito neck, clenching her fist tightly. Mikiito could feel her chakra being depleted and she hissed. Umi's nails penetrated the neck of Mikiito, and blood began to trickle down her throat.

"Don't ever...control my body like that again. You disgust me." She hissed.

"You broke the rules." Mikiito winced.

Umi hissed and threw Mikiito towards the other five. Her eyes were narrowed on Mikiito as her shoulders sagged. Umi collasped to her knee's and she lowered her head, breathing hard. Jatsu bent down and slashed Mikiito's neck with a kunai. Itomi bent down and placed his hand to the lifeless body. His hand glowed a light gold and her body began to collapse, dissentegrating and disappearing.

Haruko walked over to Umi and held out his hand. "Want help up?"

Umi lowered her head further and sighed, trying to push back the emotions that flooded her body. She looked up at Haruko and took his hand, slowly climbing to her feet. "Thanks." She muttered.

Haruko nodded before grabbing Umi's other wrist to inspect her hand. "Itomi..." He muttered, looking over at him.

Itomi glanced up from where Mikiito once was to look at Haruko. He grunted.

Haruko gestured to Umi's bleeding hand. "Gonna help her?"

Itomi nodded and made his way to Umi. He reached his hand out to grab hers, but she quickly pulled it away, glaring at Itomi. Haruko frowned at Umi. "He can heal your hand..." He whispered, searching her eyes.

Umi's jaw was set as she looked at Haruko. "No..." She whispered and turned away slightly.

"It won't assist you any when we fight with the leaders." Itomi said.

Haruko grabbed Umi's wrist again. "What if he doesn't touch you?"

Umi bit her lip and closed her eyes. She nodded slowly. Haruko held her hand flat on his to spread the wound out clearly before nodding to Itomi.

Itomi's hand was hovering over her wound as it began to glow a light green aura. After a few seconds, the wound began to slowly close up. Once it was done healing, Itomi pulled his hand away and smirked. "See, no physical contact."

Umi turned her head to glare at Itomi. "Good."

Haruko dropped his hand back to his side and gave Umi a small smile before glancing at the others. "Are we ready to go to the leaders?"

Jatsu nodded. "I'm bursting with excitment..." She smirked.