Disclaimer:No aminals were hurt during the making of this chappy, especially with jutsus that do not belong to me.
A/N:Sorry for the lateness. Here is chappy nine-o. So without further interruptions,pull up a chair, crack open a beer, and watch it come.
Chappy 9
Second day-Hmm…Trouble
"Ah, that was good," Chibi patted her stomach.
The two woke up to the second day of their travels. Unlike last time, Ryouko decided that they should have breakfast first to which Chibi had no objections with. They had gotten closer to the mountain they had seen in the distance yesterday and had reached the woods that surrounded the mountain's base. Behind them, the sun had just begun to raise, rays poking through the horizon to get to the earth's ground and begin warming the world. The birds' chirps had been quiet, but now with light beginning to come back for another day, it was time for the birds to begin their harmonious twitter and awake the other animals in the woods. Chibi could see the beauty in the birds now that her stomach was not growling and she had energy for the day.
"Well, let's go!" Chibi got up from where they had their breakfast and began to walk. Ryouko put what was left of the food in her backpack and dusted herself as she got up and followed her comrade. "Let's hope we don't run into any troubles" she said, swinging the bag onto her shoulder.
The ninja turned around and faced Ryouko while strolling along backwards. "Why do you say that? We haven't run into any trouble so far."
"Yes, which is why we must watch our backs even more."
"Paranoid much?"
"I'm not paranoid, I'm just cautious"
Chibi scoffed playfully and spun around to saunter along. "You have nothing to worry about. If the famous Ryuzaki said you were capable of this mission, then I'm pretty sure you're capable of watching your back…hmm"
Ryouko knew what came after a "hmm" from Chibi, she had the pleasure of knowing that yesterday.
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During Some Part of Yesterday
"Hmm…how old are you"
"Seventeen"
"Hey, we're the same age. What are the odds, huh?"
Ryouko did in fact find this to be a bit interesting. She had imagined that she would be working with people much older than her, but when she first saw Chibi, she was surprised to find her, a young teen, as her comrade.
"Uh…hmm…favorite color?"
"Don't really have one"
"Oh"
A brief pause. "What about a favorite food?"
"Anything as long as it tastes good"
"In other words, you're a picky eater" Chibi grinned. Ryouko just smirked.
"Hmm…" Chibi stayed in thought for a long period of time "…Where did you grow up?" Chibi asked. When Ryouko didn't answer, Chibi raised her eyebrow in confusion. Ryouko looked to her left and saw her partner's expression and sighed.
"Kinkobuji Town"
"…never heard of it"
The teen shook her head, "Not many have. Only those who have lived in it know about it" Ryouko paused, "because it got blown up"
Chibi had stopped walking when she heard this. "Blown up?"
Ryouko took a few more steps before stopping. "Yeah"
The ninja could only stare at her partner in shock. This revelation made more questions in her head and she wanted to ask them but…maybe that could be done in another time.
Ryouko turned her head to look at the ninja, she was surprised that she did not ask anything else. But then, perhaps as a ninja, she was being courteous about prying into someone's personal life. After all, Ryouko imagined that ninjas were taught not to mix emotions into the mission.
"I'm Sorry"
"Don't be, its fine"
And to Chibi's astonishment, the tips of Ryouko's mouth revealed that she was smiling, not a shred of gloomy demeanor was on her. The teen turned her head around and began to walk. "Let's keep going."
Chibi nodded and ran up to Ryouko. "Just one more thing…really, what's your favorite color?"
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They walked farther, with Chibi deep in thought.
"You're thinking of a question right?"
The ninja smiled at her partner's perception. Again Chibi turned to face her while still managing to continue walking "I haven't really seen your 'special' skill."
Ryouko raised an eyebrow in question at this.
"You're supposed to be skilled with a gun, aren't you?"
"Yes"
Chibi studied Ryouko for a brief moment. Her companion had a black cloak that went, from the front, down to her chest and, from the back, down to her knees. From what was visible there was no type of firearm on her. "Doesn't seem like you have such a thing on you"
"Good" Ryouko smiled.
"That's a good thing?"
"Yes, because then the enemy will not see this coming" And Ryouko slightly pulled back her cloak to reveal a large-caliber handgun. It had a polished coat of black and gleamed when the light hit it.
Abruptly, something in the atmosphere changed to Chibi. The ninja sensed something more than just the animals with them. In fact, there seemed to be no critters moving about in their usual stir.
"Hey…"
"I know" Ryouko had stern look and looked straight ahead.
'Maybe it's our third comrade…' Chibi thought for a moment.
'…but if it was then they would have no reason to hide' Ryouko thought along the same lines.
'So it has to be an enemy' both thought. Before they could say anything else, a deafening BANG echoed through the woods.
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Misa was very worried. All Light did was sit in front of a computer and the sound of clicking was starting to annoy her. When she offered food, he refused to take it. Maybe it was a new diet he was trying but it still upset Misa. Although, all the apples she did bring were scarf down by a very happy Ryuk.
"Light-kun has not eaten anything" She stood by the door of the rotting building. Another thing she was tired of. She had tried to spruce the place up a little but when she tried to pull the curtains down, Light had reprimanded her, saying that people would be able to see the light from the screen. She still felt bad for not thinking about that.
"I'm not hungry" the genius kept his eyes on the screen. Misa puffed out her cheeks.
She was angry, but not at anyone in the building and certainly not at her Light. She was mad at the "leader". It was his fault that Light had to research for a person just to kill them. It was his fault that Light could not cleanse the world of evil properly. It was his fault that she could not get married to her Light. She didn't even care if the one who they were looking for killing was evil like the man had said. Light had told her that the leader himself was evil and the only reason he was following his orders was to find out his real name. Misa had the shinigami eyes, which allowed her to see anyone's fame if she saw their face, but since the leader always wore something to cover himself, she never had a good look. And that made her feel useless, the only thing she had to offer and she couldn't help. Misa began to cry.
Light sighed "Fine, I'll eat something if it stops you from crying." If anything was worse than Misa's voice, it was when she was crying. She would cling to Light and begin to talk. And a talking, crying Misa was not pleasant.
That and he was always taught not to make a girl cry. No matter how much he wanted to. He still had his manners.
The blond perked up when Light said that. She was not crying because of the food but he was going to eat for her! This made Misa very happy.
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The unexpected move did not surprise Chibi…it only scared the daylights out of her!
"A little warning next time?" Chibi looked at a shadow trying to flee. Ryouko shot again at the moving target. Every time is seemed that it was going to hit, a loud CLUNK was made and the shadow kept moving about. It stopped on a tree branch for a second and then charged at Chibi. The teen took out a kunai and blocked the attack. The figure jumped back and finally faced them.
From the looks of it, this was a ninja. Male, strong build, wore black pants and a green vest, the usual ninja attire but what set this ninja apart was that he wore a hard-hat and he carried a shovel on his back.
"What's with the shovel?" Chibi wondered outloud.
"Look" Ryouko pointed to the shovel were dents were visible. "He blocked my bullets with it."
'…pretty smart' Chibi thought. "What do you want?"
The ninja did not answer, merely looked at Chibi and then at Ryouko, a flash of confusion seen in his features.
Ryouko grinned "you're after her aren't you." Ryouko pointed to Chibi.
The enemy's eyes narrowed.
"And you thought she was traveling alone"
The last thing they expected from the ninja was for him to smirk. "You are correct."
At this, Chibi took a step forward, tightening her grip on her kunai. "Do you mind if I take this one by myself?"
The gunner took a step back and crossed her arms. "Not at all go right ahead"
"Before we begin, allow me to introduce myself, I am Terran. Now you will die knowing the name of your killer. Tell me the names of whom I will destroy."
"I'm…"
Ryouko suddenly moved as if trying to tell Chibi something but her comrade stopped herself before she continued speaking.
Chibi paused as something flashed into her mind
'Chibi' is an alias, isn't it?
Well, even if it was your real name you shouldn't be going around saying that it is, just in case.
"Why should we tell you our names? Just know that you will go down not knowing them!"
The enemy ninja scowled and took hold of his shovel. "Have it your way." He charged at Chibi once again with shovel in hand and slammed it down on her with full force. The teen managed to hold it back with one kunai while she took out shuriken from her pouch with the other and threw them at him. Terran pulled back and reflected the shuriken with his shovel. Before Chibi attacked again, he planted his shovel down on the ground.
'Why would he place his main weapon aside?' but Chibi did not had enough time to ponder over it as her enemy threw a few kunai at her. She was ready to reflect them off until she noticed the tags attached to them.
"Ryouko, move back!" Chibi shouted as she jumped high into a tree. Her partner did as she was warned, managing to cover herself before the tags exploded. Smoke rose from the explosion covering the battle field. The enemy scanned the area looking for the teen. High up, safe in a tree, Chibi looked down at her opponent. She had her kunai tight in her grasp and ready to attack, until she saw Terran making handsigns.
'What jutsu did he use?' No later that she thought this, her kunai started to gravitate towards the man on the ground. Chibi let go of it if not she would have been dragged down. Of course, letting go of the kunai gave away her location so she quickly jumped to another location. Good thing too because in a few seconds that the tree exploded into flames. The teen took a quick glande down and jumped out of the tree she was in. Again, it blew up. This time she did not stop going from tree to tree because every time she landed into one it was attacked.
'How does he know where I am?!' Chibi thought. The explosions stopped and so Chibi took the chance to look down to where the man was. He just stood there with a hand sign. Chibi raised one eyebrow in confusion. 'Why is he just stand--' Her eyes widened as she heard a whistling noise behind her. She managed to jump just in time to dodge some shuriken. Upon inspection of the ninja stars thrown, she distinguished them as her own (she had special made ones of her own, courtesy of her brother.) 'I see now…' A light bulb lighted as something clicked(1). She jumped down to where her rival was, running away from the various shuriken following her. The enemy ninja smirked as he made another series of hand signs "Doton(Earth element); Stone Needles!" Strands came out of the ground and rushed towards her. Chibi jumped up in time so that the ninja stars and the needles collided with one another.
Throughout the battle, Ryouko stood to the side, beginning to grow impatient. She didn't really enjoy watching as much as doing and right now she either wanted to join in on the fight or for it to end. The gunner continued to look into the battle until she saw the man sweeping his feet from underneath Chibi.
Terran smirked as he was about to land a big hit on Chibi. He did not see that Ryouko had taken out her gun again. Two shots were heard as they hit their intended target. Blood oozed out from the enemy's shoulder and leg. He stared at Ryouko, looking disbelievingly at what the gunner had done. On the ground Chibi also gawked at her partner's action until she vanished into a puff of smoke. Ryouko cocked an eyebrow in confusion.
"Why'd you do that for?!" A voice said. Ryouko looked past the fallen body to find Chibi walking towards her, the ninja's hand extended out in front of her as something swirling in her hand vanished. "I had him!"
"Not from where I'm standing you didn't" the gunner put her gun away "And either way, you took too long"
Chibi rolled her eyes "whatever, lets just try to get some information out of him before he dies from the shots you gave him, and keep in mind, those gun things usually don't work on ninjas, only when they are distracted"
"I'll keep that in mind"
The man held his wounds trying to stop the blood that was seeping out at a fast rate.
"Answer our questions correctly and we'll leave you here in the state you're in" Ryouko stated, standing in front of the enemy.
"Um, don't you mean 'or we'll leave you here?'"
Ryouko turned to Chibi and then back at the man. "Answer our questions correctly or we'll leave you here"
Chibi rolled her eyes before looking down "Who sent you? Who do you work for?"
The man lay on his left side in a pool of blood not looking up. Both really did not expect a reply from the wounded ninja on the ground. But after a few second he responded.
"I was sent by my leader. I work for my leader."
"Hey, he answered" Chibi responded, her surprise evident in her tone.
"Useless answers but answers nonetheless. Who is your leader?"
A few seconds of heavy breathing before "My leader is the god of the new world(2)"
Both girls shared a look before turning their attention back to Terran, Ryouko resuming the interrogation.
"And what is your goal?"
"My goal is to serve my leader"
"Where is the location of your leader or at least the nearest post?"
"I will not betray my leader by telling you this"
"Agh! Stop saying that! Give us straight answers!" Chibi was getting really annoyed. Her partner pulled her aside.
"Well, he seems to be loyal to this 'leader' of his" Ryouko sighed.
"So what do we do?"
The gunner crossed her arms 'Maybe torture but if he doesn't answer at the state he is in, I doubt he would in any other circumstance.'
"Ryouko!" Chibi rushed to where the ninja named Terran lay. The gunner followed to see what was wrong and soon found out. Blood was now gushing out not only from his shoulder and leg but also from his mouth. The man had bitten down on his tongue and the shallow breathing that he was emitting before was no longer there. Ryouko bent down and took his wrist. She scowled as she held it.
"Damn," Ryouko spat as she felt no pulse come from Terran. She let go of his wrist and looked up at Chibi. "Dead."
Chibi merely sighed.
"Well…just think of it this way…you didn't kill him, he killed himself"
"Gee, thanks."
Unknown to them, a figure in the shadows disappeared.
1-Chibi saw her kunai by Terran's shovel, levitating with the help of chakra and pointing to where she was. She figured out a plan here. Virtual cookie to who ever saw her shadow clone jumping down.
2-no its not Light. He is referring to the man in the black cloak
A/N:Again, Sorry took so long, was/am working on other stuff, namely school. Also, I have just released my new fanfic called LiveLive Fruit [yesh, I sux at titles, gimme a break=] it is a death note fic, check it out if you want ^-^
EDIT:IM SORRY FOR SPELLING MISTAKES! this is why i need someone to go over my stuff, geez.