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The Gigai are Destroyed

Separated from the captain, Hiyori Hyuuga is not happy. Soifon's nervousness has rubbed off on her, making her skin break out in a cold sweat. Even though she was surrounded by pedestrians amidst a busy street, she had tuned out all noise; allowing a deafening silence to overtake her senses.

'Think of the mission, the mission. Don't lose your cool.'

Hiyori had to force herself to think clearly; her fear prompting her to run, and her instincts were prompting her to prepare to fight. And then she felt it, the unmistakable feeling of rising spirit energy. Captain Soifon was engaged in battle, and from what she could tell her opponent was strong.

Even though stealth wasn't her forte, with the ability to sense the natural life force of humans implanted into her gigai, Hiyori could tell right away that she was being followed; though it was impossible to say by whom, or for what reason.

'Alright you jerks, let's see you keep up with a soul reaper's flash step.'

She quickly ducks behind a building, and disappears. Surely no human would be able to track her moving at such high speeds. However, to her horror, not only had her pursuers followed her movements, but they were still hot on her trail.

Hiyori was dumbfounded; it was if these humans had reached into a well of energy that, theoretically, did not exist. Hiyori realizes the mistake that she's made; a fundamental error that could not be avoided.

'Dammit! I had no idea that humans could have so much power; normal humans can't even see flash step; but these guys used it to pinpoint my position. I can't outrun them… I wonder if Captain Soifon made the same mistake?'

Hiyori races to the edge of a clearing, and the tree line leading out of the village. Hiyori turns, and stands rigid; a second later, three blurs cross her line of sight. The ANBU blacks ops have been tracking her the entire time; what was originally supposed to be a recon mission, was quickly turning hostile.

Hiyori could see three men standing in front of her; they were dressed in grey combat armor, and were wearing intricate white animal masks. She figures them to be some special patrol unit; she smirks, and sarcastically asks them what she's done wrong.

"There better be a good reason for stalking me, what do you people want?"

The man wearing an eagle mask on her far left speaks, "We have reason to believe you to be a possible spy. Surrender now or we'll be forced to take decisive action."

Hiyori frowns, there wasn't any way she was going to stand down; it was clear that these guys wanted to fight, and there wasn't any way to avoid it. She had promised the Captain Commander that she would not spill any human blood, unless threatened; and she was feeling pretty threatened right now.

She smiles and draws her sword, "I can tell you now that I am no spy, I am just a common traveler; however, if you threaten my rights, I'll have no choice but to defend myself. If you want to take me, you can try."

She quickly unleashes her spirit energy, fighting at maximum power without her zanpakuto. The ANBU suddenly find themselves amidst a violent windstorm that has seemingly enveloped the Hinata Hyuuga look-alike. It was unlike anything they had ever experienced; the energy didn't feel like chakra, but had the same characteristics.

Had the men been spirits, they would have been able to see the twisting energy pouring off the girl, rising through the air like giant tornado. Like many of the members, and former members, of Squad 11, Hiyori has tremendous levels of spirit energy, even without the use of a zanpakuto.

Before she can attack, her gigai senses yet another presence rapidly approaching her position. Yugao has left her previous battle to rejoin her squad, in case the other intruder proves to be hostile; sure enough her fears have been confirmed.

Hiyori strikes, catching one of the ANBU off guard; her movements being almost too fast to detect. She plows through two of the ANBU before crossing swords with the third. She kicks the man away, as the other two recover, ready to stand their ground against her.

The girls speed and ferocity is shocking to Yugao; she seems unfazed by her arrival, as if the prospect of facing four ANBU was no big deal. The girl's power was amazing; Yugao wasn't even sure if she was really a Hyuuga. Her eyes were callous, almost bloodthirsty, as if the girl had faced death countless numbers of times.

'She's unlike any Hyuuga I've ever seen; she's the exact opposite of Lady Hinata.'

Hiyori begins to laugh, "You corner me like a common animal and challenge me to a fight to the death; yet, none of you has the nerve to attack me. How pathetic…"

Even though her mask hid her emotions, Yugao was extremely nervous; this girl could easily kill all of them if they attacked recklessly, fortunately Yugao did have a plan.

"Use shadow clones to attack!"

If this girl was anything like her comrade, then the shadow clone jutsu should confuse her long enough for her and team to trap her within a sealing jutsu. The ANBU quickly make the hand signs, and with a puff of smoke suddenly double their numbers.

Hiyori stares, what had been a four on one, was now an eight on one; her gigai confirms all the humans standing in front of her have the same amount of life energy.

'This makes no sense, humans cannot clone themselves… well, it doesn't matter; I'll cut them all down! I don't care if there's eight or a thousand of them!'

The ANBU leave the fight to the clones, concealing their presence. Hiyori slashes one of the clones across the chest, drawing blood. Shockingly, the clone disappears in a cloud of smoke, catching Hiyori off guard; she feels the blade of another clone slashing her shoulder a second later.

Yugao and her team use the precious time to prepare their secret containment jutsu; it requires quite a bit of chakra to perform, and they only had one shot to get things right. The rate the girl was defeating the clones was alarming; it was putting a strain on their chakra to keep making clones, while focusing on the containment technique at the same time.

Yugao was beginning to worry that their fight would soon draw the attention of the resident jonin in the area with the amount of power the battle was emitting so close to the village. They had to end the fight now…

Hiyori didn't understand, her gigai was telling her that these 'people' in front of her were real, when they clearly weren't. Every time she managed to deal a blow, said person would simply turn into a puff of smoke. It was infuriating. To make matters worse, more clones appeared in their place; she's lost count of how many of the things have been defeated. She can also feel a drag on her spirit energy; fighting at maximum power without her zanpakuto, with little spirit particles in the air, was starting to take a toll.

Yugao smiles, the jutsu was ready… now came the hard part, setting things in place. The technique requires four people, as well as one person to aid the summoning. Yugao creates another shadow clone, and gives the signal for her team to move in.

Hiyori sees yet another clone of the purple haired woman jump down in front of her, she sees the woman quickly pull out a large scroll, unroll it, and slam her hands to the ground on top of it, as she shouts "Summoning Jutsu: Four Corners Containment Barrier!"

Hiyori quickly slashes the woman, who turns out to be yet another fake. Suddenly a bright light surrounds her, as she finds herself trapped within a sphere of light covered by a square dome. Outside the dome, she can see four more people.

Hiyori can feel the sphere of light beginning to constrict around her, pulling her body towards the center of the scroll. Hiyori unleashes more of her spirit energy, futilely trying to break the technique with sheer force.

'This damned technique is sucking away all my spirit energy! If only I could use Sekennomei, we could blow this barrier away.'

Even with the sphere draining her powers, the ANBU were still struggling to confine the girl. The containment barrier they were using was special, it was designed to seal away the powers of a jinjuriki; once started even Naruto could not break out of the technique.

'She's trying to overload the barrier, even with the sealing sphere draining all of her chakra… but it won't work.'

Hiyori can feel her energy being drained from her at a rapid rate, even though her reserves of spirit energy were deep, she wasn't nearly as powerful as Yachiru or Captain Kuchiki; she wasn't powerful enough, not here, in the world of the living. She was about to resign herself to her awaiting fate, when she remembers something; reaching into her pocket, she grasps the soul candy.

'I can't! I promised Captain Soifon that I wouldn't use this. If I enter my gigai again, I won't be able to get out.'

The soul candy would animate her body with a one- time- use artificial soul; she was given a glove that would allow her to reenter her gigai, but without any means of getting out again. Hiyori closes her eyes, and quickly pops the soul candy into her mouth. A sense of liberation overcomes her, as her soul is wretched from her body, revealing her soul reaper form.

Hiyori jumps into the air, watching solemnly as her now still gigai is pulled into the center of the scroll. Their objective complete, she watches the purple haired woman secure the scroll, as the four ANBU quickly leave the scene.

From the sky, Hiyori opts to pursue, quickly flash stepping to catch up. The retreating ANBU were none the wiser; as a soul reaper, Hiyori Hyuuga was invisible to all.

Soifon stares at her adversary with intrigue; she could barely even sense his approach onto the battlefield. Soul reapers in general were not adapted for recon missions; stealth wasn't something that could be learned inside the Academy. Only Squad 2, the Patrol Corps, and the Special Forces Unit excelled in the art of stealth; and there was no one in Soul Society better than Soifon. For someone to catch her by surprise was quite rare indeed.

She blinks, her eyes taking in the man before her, "That girl was a Captain wasn't she? So what does that make you?"

The man laughs lightly, "I guess that makes me her mentor, I was an ANBU Captain myself back in the day."

Soifon stares blankly, the man didn't appear to be physically any older than she was; perhaps he was lying to intimidate her, but his subtle display in speed suggested that he was stronger than he was leading on… she had to be ready for anything.

"My name is Shaolin Fon, I am a merchant from the Land of Grass; I have business with the Hyuuga clan. I would appreciate if you'd let me pass without trouble."

The man held his ground, "I'm sorry, but I can't do that. The Hyuuga are a prestigious clan, practically royalty; their secrets are too important to this village to let anyone suspicious get near them. Though I'm not sure why the Grass Land would choose to send such inexperienced assassins, especially during wartime."

Soifon's eye begins to twitch; the last sentence striking a nerve with her. Only someone with a death wish would dare say something like that to her; though she supposed she did deserve it in this instance. She knew practically nothing about this village, its people, or the powers they used. She was basing the success on the mission on hope and luck; even the best ninja's were destined to fail with those odds.

"I'm not an assassin, nor did I come here to commit espionage or treachery."

"I doubt you're a simple merchant either; your skills are too advanced to be considered an ordinary civilian. You've been trained in the ninja arts, I presume?"

"Yes."

"So what are you, exactly?"

Despite her emotionless appearance, Soifon inwardly chuckles; if the man only knew…"I'm sorry, you wouldn't believe me if I told you."

The man sighs, "I came here to give you the option of surrendering peacefully; if you are in fact whom I think you aren't, I'm sure Lady Tsunade would be happy to grant you a reprieve."

Soifon grins, "Allow me to ask for your name; a warrior of your caliber must have a reputation that proceeds him."

The man laughs, "I'm flattered, but unfortunately you're right; it's not everyday that I meet a ninja claiming residence from the Fire Country that hasn't heard of me. My name is Kakashi Hatake."

"Well Kakashi Hatake, what happens if I refuse your offer?"

The man was silent for a second, before lifting the corner of his headband, revealing the weirdest looking eye that Soifon has ever seen; it was blood red and had an odd pupil pattern in the shape of a spiral.

"If you refuse, I'll take you by force."

Soifon crotches and prepares to defend herself, "I offer you to try."

She disappears, sword drawn and defenses on edge; she moves quickly, but Kakashi moves faster intercepting her with a kunai knife. To the untrained eye, the two would appear to be blurs, dancing back and forth in some battle dance of melancholy swiftness.

Soifon gracefully dodges a set of shuriken, and throws one of her own kunai knives; Kakashi matches her trajectory, and knocks her weapon out of the air with another kunai.

Soifon throws two more kunai, and tries to use her speed to catch the man off guard; however, every time she seemingly finds an opening against the man he blocks her attacks effortlessly.

As the two break apart after a stalemate, Kakashi quickly forms hands signs, much to Soifon's interest, "Fire Release: Great Fireball!"

To her shock, the man shoots a large fireball at her at point blank range. Soifon manages to dodge, but the attack leaves her singed. With barely any time to counterattack, Kakashi engages her in hand to hand combat. His attacks were too quick, and too strong for her to dodge efficiently. She retreats, flash stepping deeper into the forest away from the village.

'He's good, even better than the girl. I have to use more power, I'm no match for him like this.'

With his Sharingan eye activated, Kakashi can see her every movement. The technique she used was intriguing, it seemed almost like a body flicker but done more efficiently; in fact, her technique eerily reminded him of his late sensei's Flying Thunder God Technique done at a slower pace.

Kakashi shoots another Giant Fireball at the woman, the attack incinerating everything in its path. Soifon ducks, landing in a clearing beside a large pond; Kakashi lands on the water, and begins forming hand signs at a rapid rate.

Soifon stares with widened eyes, his hands moving so quickly she couldn't even see them, and the fact he could stand on the water without falling in was unnerving. Kakashi finishes his technique, "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"

Soifon watches in awe, as two large dragon heads rise out of pond and rush towards her. With no room to dodge, she takes the attack head on, the force of the water slamming her backwards, sweeping her away in a raging torrent of water. She watches in horror, as her opponent crotches down and forms lightning into his hand.

'Fire, then water, and now lightning! This guy can manipulate the very elements of nature itself!'

The man's power was amazing to Soifon. Some soul reapers could control the elements with their zanpakuto's, but rarely could they control more than one, let alone three simultaneously. All she could do at this point was duck and dodge.

Kakashi moves swiftly on top of the water, his Chidori turning up a wake in its path. The woman was elusive; barely managing to avoid electrocution.

Soifon decides to fight fire with fire, or in this case electricity, she raises her finger for a kido attack, "Hado, Number 4 Byakurai!"

The electric attack moves swiftly, catching Kakashi by surprise. Soifon smiles, at last she had managed a direct hit on the 'super human.' Her glee turns to surprise, and frustration as the man's body explodes into a gush of water. Kakashi, was equally surprised.

'What kind of jutsu was that? I didn't even see her use a hand sign.'

Soifon uses the brief moment of silence to power up a stronger attack, the man was far too quick and would likely be able to dodge a binding spell; she would have to use a destruction spell with an incantation to defeat him.

She begins to recite loud and quickly, "Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws."

Kakashi listens, the woman's behavior was odd; however, with his Sharingan he can see the displacement of energy around the woman beginning to shift; she was building up energy for a finishing blow.

Kakashi creates a shadow clone, and makes his presence known; Soifon finishes her incantation, and fires her attack.

"Hado, Number 33 Sokatsui!"

A massive wave of pure blue energy flies directly at Kakashi, but he manages to counter at the last second.

"Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!"

A giant wall of earth explodes out of the ground and intercepts the blast; her attack strikes the wall, causing a large explosion. Soifon grits her teeth, and shields herself from the blast.

'He can use earth element too?'

She pears through the damage, and smirks; there stands her opponent struggling to stand. Her gigai confirms that the man has taken a direct hit.

Soifon smirks, "My attack too strong for your barrier huh?"

Her victory party is short lived, as the man evaporates into a puff of smoke. Soifon curses in frustration, "Damn you Kisuke! I'll kill you once I'm done here!"

The clones these people used were seriously beginning to piss her off; her gigai couldn't even tell her if she was fighting the real thing or a fake.

'Where did that bastard go now?'

She was in full combat mode now; it was taking everything she knew just to keep up with this man. She looks right, left, in the trees, in the water, she looks down to the ground…

"Oh hell no!"

She flash steps away, just as Kakashi's hand breaks through the surface. He gives chase, and in a brief moment, Soifon notices something disturbing. She catches a glimpse of his weird red eye, and sees the spiral shaped pupil spinning like a pinwheel.

'I wonder, is that eye the secret to his power?'

She stops, and engages the man in a stare down, taking a defenseless pose.

"Tell me something Kakashi Hatake, is that eye of yours the source of your power?"

Kakashi did a double take, claiming to be from Fire Country and not knowing his name was one thing, but not knowing the Sharingan was on a totally different level of ignorance. He doubted there was a ninja village in existence that didn't know about the Sharingan eye and its power.

'This woman is intriguing; she uses jutsu without hand signs, or displacing any chakra; however, she lacks common knowledge that even Academy students possess. She's a skilled fighter nonetheless.'

"The Sharingan? No, it's not."

Soifon mulls over his answer, it was hard to imagine a single human possessing control over so many elements; and his speed… he was even faster than the girl she had fought before. There was no way that an ordinary human could possibly keep up with her speed… then it hit her, the answer suddenly making her skin crawl.

'I see, that eye of his allows him to see high speed movements. I guess I have no choice then…'

"That eye of yours is really something incredible. It allows you to see high speed movements, so I guess I have no choice but to use my full power against you."

Kakashi's eyes widen, 'Full power?'

The Sharingan gave him more than just the ability to see high speed movements, but if the woman was planning to use raw power to overwhelm him, he had to be ready for anything.

Soifon was out of options, Shunko was the only thing left. This man was truly extraordinary, and she was feeling a sense of overwhelming bliss from this fight. It was rare that she ever got to use her ultimate technique in battle; it was a shame, if this Kakashi Hatake was a soul reaper, he would make one hell of a sparring partner.

She stares at the ground, slowly building her energy. She reaches out with her right arm with her palm outstretched, "Shunko…"

Energy explodes around her, enveloping Kakashi in a whirlwind of chaos; the shoulders and upper back tear off of her outfit, as large rocks were lifted into the air. With the Sharingan, he can see the fine details of the wind swirling around her. It was as if the woman had suddenly summoned all eight of the Inner Gates at once; however, this energy definitely wasn't chakra.

'What kind of power is this? This can't be chakra; I can't sense anything from it.'

It had been since the Winter War twenty years prior that Soifon had last used Shunko; she was out of practice. She shudders, as she involuntary releases a crushing wave of spirit pressure from the atmosphere. Amazingly enough Kakashi remains on his feet, unscathed.

Soifon laughs, 'This man has no spirit energy, and yet I'm forced to use Shunko to beat him. I should be ashamed, but I'm not… the other Captains wouldn't even have a clue how to combat these ninja and their crazy techniques.'

Kakashi on the other hand was sweating bullets; whatever technique the woman used, has brought her power to staggering levels he hasn't felt since his battle with Pain.

'It's too risky to fight her head on, since I don't know what this technique does; I have to finish her quickly, before this fight gets way out of hand.'

Kakashi closes his eyes, as Soifon smirks; was he giving up? The power of Shunko was so great, that even humans with no spirit energy at all could easily feel its affects. Soifon frowns, she poises herself to attack when her gigai detects something unsettling… the man's energy was rising.

'His energy… it's growing at a rapid pace; he's focusing his power for one final attack… surely he isn't thinking about attacking me?'

Soifons eyes widen; blue energy begins to envelop the man, and unlike spirit energy, she can not only feel this power, but she can see it as well. The energy explodes, swirling around the man violently, giving off an affect almost as dramatic as her Shunko… and then, suddenly, the energy disappears.

"I'm sorry Shaolin Fon, but I have deemed you too big of a threat to this village to be left alive; I have no choice but to kill you."

Kakashi opens his left eye; Soifon gasps, his eye has changed shape, going from a pinwheel shape, to a lotus shape. A vortex suddenly materializes in front of her, catching her off guard. To her horror, she can feel the vortex beginning to suck her body into the center.

'It's that eye! It's that goddamn eye of his! He's created a black hole; it's sucking away all my spirit energy!'

In a battle of wills, Soifon tries to use Shunko to advert the vortex. That eye of his was the cause of this hellacious technique; however, she can tell that it was taking a tremendous amount of energy to maintain the force of the technique.

'I can't maintain my Shunko much longer; but it looks like neither can he. I won't give up; I can't allow myself to be defeated by a human!'

Soifon manages to draw the point of the vortex away from her chest, and to her arm. She screams as the vortex constricts, and tears off her arm at the shoulder; she falls to the ground in a cold sweat. She looks up and gasps, blood was pouring from the man's eye.

Using Kamui was already taxing enough; but the woman was able to fight off the affects with that technique of hers. Kakashi clutches his eye; he was bleeding, and his vision was beginning to blur. Exhausted, he collapses. His charka was at its limit; she has the advantage now.

Soifon struggles to her feet; her body was shaking with fear and adrenaline. She was grateful she wasn't using Suzumebachi; the arm that was torn off of her gigai was the one she normally used her zanpakuto with.

'This is insane, whatever that technique was, it was powerful enough to kill a soul reaper Captain! This man… he's so powerful and he isn't even the village leader.'

She begins to walk slowly towards the injured man; reaching into her jacket, she draws her last kunai knife.

"Tell me Kakashi Hatake, are there others in this village as strong as you?"

Kakashi manages a weak grin beneath his face mask, "As strong as me? No… there are stronger."

Soifon's eyes widen, and she takes a step back. She registers the presence of another person a split second before she's hit with a punch strong enough to send her sprawling a hundreds yards, slamming her body into a giant boulder. She opens her eyes, and looks weakly at her new adversary. It was just some kid with blond hair, wearing an orange and black jumpsuit.

While their battle did not cause much of a disturbance once they moved away from village, one person has tracked their every move. When Kakashi disappeared, Naruto entered Sage Mode, and followed him. Feeling his sensei's chakra levels drop dangerously low, the boy has taken decisive action.

"Kakashi- sensei, are you alright?"

Kakashi's voice was weak, "Naruto, we have reason to believe that woman to be a spy, trying to sabotage the Hyuuga clan; she's too dangerous to be left alive."

Naruto growls, while he and Hinata weren't exactly dating, he has developed strong feelings for the girl since their battle against Pain; anyone trying to hurt her or her family would immediately answer to him. Silently the boy forms two shadow clones…

"I see Kakashi- sensei", the boy answers solemnly.

Soifon watches, awestruck, as the boy uses the clones to form a swirling mass of energy in the shape of a giant shuriken above his head. The energy the weapon was emitting was so overwhelming, she was being suffocated.

'What in God's name… If that thing hits me, I'll be killed!'

While the technique wasn't nearly as powerful as her own bankai; in her weakened state, it was more than enough to kill her if she took a direct hit.

Soifon was silent, 'I have no choice now.'

She reaches for her soul candy at the same time the boy throws his weapon; she pops it in her mouth, and liberates herself just moments before the blast hits. She's thrown backwards, flailing around struggling to find her bearings. She comes to an abrupt halt, landing awkwardly on her back; she opens her eyes, and gasps. The explosion has destroyed everything around her, the trees, rocks, the pond… everything is gone; nothing but a large crater remains.

Soifon wails in frustration, and punches the ground…

Her gigai has been ripped to shreds in the explosion, and she can see bits and pieces of burnt flesh and clothing strewn around her. She struggles to her feet, and checks over her body; her right arm was still intact. Oddly enough, she had lost her left arm in a fight against one of Aizen's Espada twenty years earlier.

She watches the boy lift the man onto his shoulder, and disappear. Her first instinct was to follow them, until she realizes that she already discovered vital information.

"That girl called the village leader the Hokage, and that man repeated the name 'Lady Tsunade' several times; she must be the village leader."

Her mission was to gain information from the Hyuuga clan, but Kakashi Hatake claimed them to be a powerful and influential clan; getting near them might be too dangerous now. The Hokage would be able to answer all of their questions.

Soifon takes to the air, and flash steps away to find Hiyori…