A.N-Sup! I hope you've liked it so far. If you do, I won't keep you waiting! Disclaimer: I don't own anything but story and characters I make up.
Meanwhile, in Kohna...
Emi found Hiroki at the Hyugua compound, where he and Hinata were training with Neji and Mamoru. Neji and Hinata were just getting into the tradtional Hyugua fighting style and activating their kekkei genkei.
"Byakunguan!"
"Byakunguan!"
Emi went over to where the boys were and plopped right down in the middle of the two. 4 clear-colored eyes stared at her. She whispered to both of them.
"When they're done, I want to fight you."
Mamoru grinned at her as he nodded.
"You're on, Uzumaki. I'm going to wipe the floor with you."
"You wanna bet on that? Because I begged a differ."
"Let's see what you got." The three children whipped their heads around to see Neji and Hinata coming toward them. Emi stood up.
"I'm sorry for dropping by unexpected, Neji-san..." Though technically Hinata was the head of the Hyugua clan, she had somehow conviced the council to let Neji be somewhat head, kind of like a deputy, since she was living in the Inuzuka compound with her husband and son.
"It's fine. So let's see what you got." Hinata nodded. She wanted to see, too.
Mamoru grinned at her.
"Yeh, Uzumaki, let's show 'em." Emi smiled.
"You're on, Hyugua. And you're next, Inuzuka!" She told Hiroki.
She and Mamoru made their way to the middle of the training field. Mamoru got into his stance and activated his Byakunguan as Emi took out a kunai.
They were about to fight when the girl heard someone calling her name. She turned to see Akimichi Yukio yelling her name. When the breathless boy reached her, he said,
"Emi, your mom needs you. It's about your brother. I don't know the details, but it's important."
Emi nodded and, after saying good-bye to the Hyuguas, followed Yukio to the woods.
After they were out of sight, Yukio suddenly disappeared and in his place was a sound nin. Emi knew from her parents' stories of Orochimaru. But this one seemed familiar. Not like she'd seen him before, but that she should know him. She went through her parents' descriptions of Orochimaru's most important followers: Guren, the Sound Four, Yuukimaru, Sasuke, Kabuto... Wait! Kabuto! Emi glared at him.
"Kabuto." She snarled. Kabuto looked pleased, somehow.
"Well, well, well. Looks like Naruto and Sakura have told you a bit about Orochimaru-sama, heh. Good. Now come with me." He lunged at her like he had at Fumiko but, unlike the Sand nin, Emi was ready for him. She jumped up on a tree branch and, taking out a kunai, dive-bombed him with the intent to kill.
Kabuto dodged and, his hand glowing that deadly blue, grabbed her leg, spun her around, and with his other hand, also glowing blue, hit her in the chest.
And Emi, like Fumiko, felt the pain, doubled over, and blacked out