After her routine match with Shikamaru, she was walking by the Yamanaka flower shop, and saw a white rose. She stopped, looking at it a moment before walking in. She took it between two fingers, twirling it by the stem, a distant look in her eyes as she thought of someone important to her…someone she lost forever…She was snapped out of her thoughts by the sound of the door opening, and turned to see a girl her age with bright blonde hair and blue eyes run in, breathless. "Dad! Dad! Dad, mom's in trouble!" Michiko perked up at these words, and asked, "What happened?" "We were ambushed by thugs and they took my mom. I got away, but I need my dad!" Michiko sensed for chakra in the building, and said, "He's not here." She turned to the girl. "Show me where your mom is and I'll try to help." The girl seemed unconvinced, until she saw the headband around Michiko's neck. "This way." She followed her out of the gates, and she showed her where they were. Michiko hid in the trees after telling the girl, Ino, to go find help. She took out two kunai, and looked at her odds. There were ten of them and one of her, but she had an advantage, height, shelter, and surprise. She decided to freak them out a bit before attacking them directly. She threw a kunai, hitting a man in the heart, before jumping, too fast to see, to another tree on the other side.
They started panicking, and she sighed silently, feeling they were being a BIT unprofessional. She threw her other kunai, hitting a man between the eyes, before jumping down to the bushes and hiding effectively, masking her chakra. They were really freaking out now, and she smiled at their paranoid nature. She took out a handful of shuriken, and threw them, hitting three men either in the throat or the chest. She moved quickly, careful not to snap any fallen branches, and quickly threw a kunai with an exploding tag. Before it could explode, she grabbed Ino's mom and jumped behind a tree, feeling and hearing the almost deafening explosion. Ino's mother was unconscious from before, and Michiko sighed before looking at the clearing, making sure no one had survived. That's when a twig snapped, and she grabbed a kunai. Ninja wire tied her to the tree, leaving Ino's mother free, and Michiko cursed. She tried to use the kunai, but a man appeared beside her, and stepped on her hand, making her release the weapon.
She gritted her teeth in pain, glaring at him. She didn't notice, but her eyes flash cat green, and she said, "You better untie me before I get REALLY mad…" He obviously didn't believe her, and she tapped the heel of her foot on the ground, showing a kunai, and, with one swift movement, cut the ninja wire and kicked him in the gut.
"Just like a true ninja…" she saw the headband on his arm, with a musical note on it. She thought of the signs for the villages, but she didn't remember this one. He threw a kunai, catching her sleeve onto the trunk, but she had moved already, ripping the sleeve, and punched him in the face. He grabbed her wrist, twisting it hard before putting a kunai to her throat. She forced a scream of pain down her throat, and bit her lip so hard she drew blood, just to forget about the pain. "You know…my boss might be interested in you…a young prodigy…he likes those…" "I'm not going anywhere…"
The sound of a thousand birds chirping caught her attention. 'Chidori!' she thought hopefully, when the bright attack was thrust through the shinobi's heart. "Michi, are you okay?" "Dad!" she hugged him tight, and noticed his ANBU mask was on top of his head and his other mask was lighter than usual. He held her close, asking, "Why in the WORLD would you do something so reckless?" "Because I didn't want anyone else to lose their mom…"