It was Michiko's first C-ranked mission with her Genin squad, and she was so excited she told everybody. Her squad consisted of her and two other boys. One was a fiery red head named Taiki, with dark black eyes and fire-based jutsu. The other was an icy blue haired boy named Shun, with light blue eyes and water and ice based jutsu. She'd originally been the only one to pass at such a young age, and she had to wait for two more people to become Genin. They were twelve years old, but she was usually the one saving THEIR butts. Her sensei was also a bit new to the job, and was a dark haired wind jutsu specialist named Haitori. Personally, she was a natural at both earth and lightning jutsu's. She'd been practicing with her twin katana, and she'd finally passed her seventh birthday.
The mission was to go to Suna and give something important to the Kazekage, and Michiko was eager to set off. She packed plenty of water and cool summer clothes before going to meet her squad at the main gate. Her white tank top and jean shorts were cooler than Taiki's dark red shirt and black jeans, or Shun's dark blue shirt and dark jeans. "You guys didn't think to prepare to travel through a desert?!" she hit both boys upside the head. "We forgot!" Taiki said. "We're going to SUNA!!! Village hidden in the SAND!!! Where'd you expect us to go!?!" The vein pulsing in her head made both boys back off, and she glared at them, muttering about how stupid they were, and sat against a tree trunk, waiting for Haitori to arrive.
He came right on time, and they started off. She was ahead of them, being faster, but she slowed down when they finally reached the desert. Taiki and Shun soon finished off all of her water except for a personal bottle she kept at her side. "You guys wouldn't last in the desert without me…" she muttered, feeling how much lighter her pack was. After a few hours of walking, she felt like the atmosphere around her squad and sensei had shifted. She thought it was because they'd sensed someone, and raised her guard. That's when all three of them stopped walking, and she asked, "What's wrong?" "Nothings wrong…but its time we did what we came here for…" she was confused, and said, "But we haven't reached Suna yet…" "We were never going to Suna." Her eyes widened at her sensei's words as he continued. "You must have noticed something was wrong…you're a smart girl…which is why Orochimaru is interested in you…"
She pulled out her katana, holding them in a defensive position. "So you were going to take me by force…where I wouldn't have any help…" "You do have a lot of friends." Taiki pointed out, making a fire sword. "We couldn't have them interfering…" Shun added, his ice sword making rainbows from the sunlight. "You can't win, Michiko…just give up…" her eyes hardened, and she twirled her katana expertly. "Sorry, but those words aren't in my vocabulary…" Taiki ran at her first, and she blocked his sword with one of her own, and she kicked him in the stomach. Shun cut her side, but she slashed at him, catching his sword arm.
That's when she heard Taiki shout, "Fire Release: Fire Dragon jutsu!" She did some hand signs, saying, "Earth Release: Earth Dragon jutsu!" Both dragons clashed in midair, and she punched Taiki in the face, making him fly away into a sand dune. Shun threw his sword at her, which morphed into a spear in midair, and she cut the head of the spear off before knocking it off course. That's when a barrage of kunai flew at her, and she did some hand signs, whispering, "Earth Release: Inner Decapitation jutsu!" and disappeared underground. She pulled Taiki underground, and appeared aboveground again. "I'll deal with you later…" she said, a dangerous edge in her voice, when a kunai hit her in the back of her shoulder.
She gritted her teeth in pain when the weapon melted into water. Shun ran at her with a kunai, but her reflexes were faster, and she grabbed his wrist, kicking his arm so hard she heard a snap. As he fell to the ground, she breathed heavily, feeling disgust and pity bubble up in her stomach. That's when a huge gust of wind almost sent her flying, but she kept her footing by concentrating chakra to the bottom of her feet. Another kunai hit her in the stomach, and she fell to her knees, coughing up blood. "Not so tough anymore…but if you come with us, then you'll be as strong as you could ever possibly be…"
"Orochimaru…the snake Sannin…banished for using the bodies of his comrades to make new jutsu's…" she glared at Haitori. "I wouldn't want to be anywhere NEAR someone like that…" Haitori kicked her in the chest, and she fell back. She sat up with difficulty, and was breathing heavily. "I can't wait to go back to Konoha though…I wonder what you'd do if I were to threaten your little friends…" her eyes flashed cat green. "Leave them out of this!" "You've given me no choice…" Taiki had dug himself out by now, and was walking over. Her dark blue eyes swirled to cat green, and her pupils narrowed to slits. "LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!!"
There was an immense burst of bright green chakra from her body, and it sent all three of them flying, and sent sand and rock flying miles into the air. After that, her eyes faded to dark blue, and she fainted from sudden lack of chakra. She was lucky that the explosion was seen from Suna, and they found her a couple hours later. The thing was, they never found the rest of her squad…