Ch. 27 Assassination

A thick fog engulfed the forest and a mysterious figure walked amidst the fog. He had brown curly hair and wore a black cloak with red clouds. Mean while a lone squad of three ninja swiftly and silently made their way through the forest fog.

"Damn, this fog is thick; I can hardly see a thing." Don said to himself. While he was walking and struggling to see two inches infront of his face, he ran into a tree and fell flat on his back.

"Stupid tree! Stupid fog!"

He got up and continued on his way. Eventually he arrived at a rather large shrine with a huge oak tree standing infront of it. The remainder of the area was surrounded with forest and running alongside the shrine was a large stream that ran a large distance; a huge waterfall was at its end.

Don entered the large shrine and sat on a stone bench that was placed against the wall. Don looked around the room. Everything was hard wood flooring; in the center of the room was a fountain. The fountain's center was decorated with a mountain with small bonsai trees in random locations; at the top was a full grown bear.

Don got up and walked around the fountain and began to analyze it with fascination. Then a beautiful voice called out to him.

"I see you have taken an interest in my fountain."

Don turned around to see a beautiful priestess standing before him. She was young and had a well curved body. Surprisingly for a priestess, her clothes were revealing; her top covered her breasts perfectly but her stomach was completely revealed and her pants were nearly translucent to where it seemed as though she had nothing on underneath them. Her blonde hair fell just short of her shoulders, however it was hard to distinguish her face because a veil covered her mouth; all that could be seen was her deep hazel eyes. Don took her hand and kissed it.

"Quite the gentleman, you aren't like the others who have come visited me before, however my answer is still the same, I will refuse to conduct business with the Akatsuki."

Don, with his head still down near the priestess's hand, smiled devilishly. "You see, that is where the problem lies. I've come to finish our business with you and I do not intend on leaving until I get what I want." Don squeezed her hand tightly and the priestess screamed in pain.

"You are going to tell me what came here for or I will slit your pretty throat."

Don pulled out an earth knife and held it to her throat.

"Fine, I will show you." She said and walked to the fountain. She held her hand up and her hand was illuminated by chakra. She ran her hand along the bear's back like she was petting it. The bear came alive and went down the mountainside to a cave that was at its base and entered the cave.

The fountain's water was drained and the stones that made it up began shifting around. A stone stairwell was revealed and the priestess took the first steps into the new passage. Don followed after her. She picked up a torch and they walked down the stairwell.

"No tricks or I won't hesitate to kill you." Don said. He couldn't help but see some familiarity in her figure. He looked down at her waist and then below it. Hmm, she has a nice looking butt. He reached down to poke her butt then the priestess stopped him.

"If you sexually harass a priestess, the penalty is death."

Don stopped and grunted in anger. They eventually made it to the bottom of the stairs.

"We're here." She said and led Don into the large chamber. Don approached the small shrine; he picked a small glass orb.

"Perfect, this is exactly what I have been looking for."

In a blink of an eye, a kunai knife was pressed to his throat.

"There's no way in hell that I will let you take that." The priestess said.

Don smiled, "You know, you look stunning in that priestess get-up, why did you never try that on me Temari?"

Temari threw her veil to the floor and grunted angrily. "You're a traitor to the village and our allies. You are a sick bastard and I will never forgive you, ever!"

"Oh boo-hoo, you're mean words have hurt my feelings. You know if you are going to wear a disguise, you should wear something less revealing, you nice butt gave yourself away."

Don put the orb in his cloak and jumped up into the air. He made a hand motion and reached into the stone ceiling setting off explosions causing rubble to fall. Temari fled to the surface and arrived in time to see Don shooting from the ground.

Temari leaped towards him with her fan raised over her head and swung at him, impaling her fan into the ground. Chunks of earth shot up and with her fan opened to all three moons, she swung at full force sending the chunks of earth beaming at Don.

He was hit hard in the chest by every chunk that was sent his way. Don snapped his fingers and an explosion went off and Temari was sent flying towards him. She landed in his arms coincidentally and he smirked at her. For a second she blushed then turned red with anger. Don felt a rush of chakra burst through him and he dropped Temari and fell to the ground. Don looked up to see Hinata glaring at him.

Neji appeared from behind a tree and joined Hinata.

"It's time for you to die Don." He said. Don noticed he was in the shadow of a tree. He vanished into thin air. Don reappeared by the stream and began to run. The three ninja caught up to him. Temari pounded Don on the side of his head with her fan sending him spinning, then Hinata and Neji stepped forward and in sync jabbed him, sending fatal bursts of chakra into him. The orb fell out of his cloak and Don fell into the river. Temari watched as Don's body was sent downstream then they watched as he went over the falls.

"It's done. Not even Don could have survived that." Neji said and he and Hinata left to go back to Konoha for a mission complete. Temari thought back, she saw the look in his eyes as he floated down stream. She looked down in disgust and returned to the shrine. "Too easy." She said to herself.

Don's body floated down stream and a pair of soft and gentle hands caught his body. Those same hands dragged him ashore and held him close. Don's eyes opened.

"Temari? Is that you?"

She held Don close and pressed her lips against his.