Chapter 8 - Lost in the Woods
(AN: Sorry this took so long, my laptop went to the blue screen of death, and I couldn't do anything for a week! Anyway, I'll get to it, read, review and most of all, enjoy! This chapter is dedicated to night dae! Thanks!)
The forest grew rapidly dark, and Kaida, Nobu and Meio, made camp for the night in the tops of a tree. They rested soundly, taking turns at watch, til dawn. Not being disturbed by anyone gave them good strength in body and mind for anything that may come their way.
They spent the first few hours of the morning searching for tracks, and laying traps. Kaida had become proficient in trap making because of her umbrella, tiny switches and wires leading to the capture of anything she wanted to catch.
The first catch of the day was a trio of Sand Nin.
Kaida was the bait.
Laying in the grass, whimpering in pain, she feigned injury. The Sand Nin spotted her from the trees, and they wondered what had happened, obviously she'd been attacked, and her team mates? Probably dead. She might have a scroll…?
The Nin approached her cautiously, watching for attack, when none came they hurried over to where she lay. Towering over her, they gave off an air of intimidation and superiority. Kaida pretended to cower and whimpered a little more.
"You got a scroll?"
The words were spoken by the tallest one, the self-appointed leader of the group. He leaned down, catching her chin in his rough hand. Pulling her up a little, forcing her to look in his eyes, she nodded through the tears starting to roll down her cheeks.
The three smiled and pulled it from her grasp, grinning all the wider, they took out the Heaven scroll, to make sure they had what they needed.
Kaida smile was sinister.
The tall one noticed, and swore, loudly.
Nobu leapt out from his hiding place underground, and pulled down the short, timid looking, one that had been carrying the scroll. They disappeared under the rock and grass, a high pitched scream of pain reaching the ears of those still standing.
The tree behind the man with the scarred face… moved. Meio emerged, and sucked him back into the tree, locking him in her Genjutsu. He stilled after a few efforts to escape, and remained unconscious.
The last man standing, holding one scroll in each hand, threw them down to grab his weapons, Nobu's hands pulled them underground, the man cried out in anger and surprise.
He and his team mates had been tricked! He looked around for means of escape, but Kaida's foot slammed him into a nearby tree, so hard his scull cracked.
Leaving the three men tied to the tree, they left them and made towards the tower in the centre of the forest underground, and undetected. They clambered out of the earth, Nobu first, then Meio, and finally Kaida who had been laying traps all along the passage incase anyone else found it. If triggered, the whole tunnel would collapse, crushing anyone inside.
They went to the highest point of the tower and waited for the time to run out, surrounded by traps to protect themselves. It almost seemed too easy.
However, nothing was as it seemed in this forest. The true trial was about to begin.
Late that night one of Nobu's traps was triggered. It woke him with a start, and he quietly shook his team-mates, brushing his fair locks out of his eyes. Meio and Kaida's brains and bodies sprang into action as soon as they realised something bad was going down. They moved into the darkest corner of the room, which just happened to be conveniently located underneath a large air vent, large enough to use as an escape route.
The door to the room creaked slightly as something applied a little pressure to it, a sliver of dim moonlight crept in. Kaida froze, her eyes watching the door, ready to set off the trap they had rigged the entrance with. Nothing happened for three long minutes, Meio relaxed and started to stand… and that's where it all went to shit.
The misted glass in the top of the door exploded inwards, the shards skittering across the tiled floor and thudding into the wall opposite. Meio ducked just in time to avoid the kunai reaching her heart, but not fast enough to stop it pinning her to the wall through her shoulder.
She made no sound, just shut her eyes and bit her lip for the pain. Nobu readied his own weapons, but didn't move, instead he waited for Kaida to make the next move. She watched for a few seconds more, their opponents also still waiting. She gingerly moved one finger into the visible light. Kunai thudded into the floor where her finger had been.
The accuracy was good, it looked like they would be up against some tough nin. But that was one good reason to take her umbrella. It had been under construction many times, the defensive and offensive capabilities heightened over and over, and now was the right time to use it.
Kaida pressed herself flat against the floor, drawing her specialist weapon/shield out silently. She pressed the catch that would open it, and slid the latch up, opening the umbrella to it's widest point. The she stood at a slight crouch, and used the umbrella as a shield for Nobu and Meio to get out of the room. Nobu pulled the kunai out of the girl's shoulder and pushed her ahead of him into the vent.
Kaida edged backwards, deafened by the noise of kunai ricocheting off the umbrella, but now was the time to attack. Slowly, she started to move forwards, towards the door. Reaching up into the depths at the tip of the umbrella, she twisted a button, and at the tip of every spindle, a large lethal spike now protruded.
Kaida heard a slight shuffling noise and threw kunai at that spot, whoever was there dodged out of the way with no scratch on them, but that was what she wanted, now they were directly in the path of her umbrella.
She rammed the door through and collided with the person, their scream of pain echoing up the air vent. Kaida spent as little time as possible with the three, she didn't even bother to check what village they were from. Then dashed up the vent to her comrades. They couldn't help but spend the rest of the night awake and alert, unable to sleep, they cleaned their weapons for the morning.
(AN: Well folks, what do you think? Leave a review so I can make it even better! Also, thinking of a little bit of Kakashi action between Kaida and Iruka, drunken threesome anyone?)