Uh Oh what is Sakima to do? The Raikage has challenged her to a duel - he is the wall that stands between her and her new life and dream. That's one muscled wall that promises not to be pushed over easily heheh

Or is that so?

I Do Not Own Naruto so anything from said anime/manga does not belong to me!

Sakima belongs to xTOkixDOkixInsanityx

Sakima became light headed and her eyes hazy – did she hear right? She has to fight the Raikage. The Raikage of Kumogakure one of the best shinobi villages in all the five nations! She was way in over her head.

As she proceeded to leave Bee grabbed her shoulder.

"You know you gotta stop doing that." She said passively to him.

"Kid I thought you had guts, now I see you're just a cluts." Bee said in a stern voice.

Sakima grew hot with anger again but what was she to do?

"Kuro Sakima I'll give you one day to think about it. I'm no patient man so you must make your decision by tomorrow otherwise you will leave my village." Raikage said with a nonchalant tone of voice.

As Sakima heard these words she left the office and thought deeply about the challenge. Behind her Killer Bee still followed. She turned,

"Why are you following me? Do you even care what happens to me?" She cried at him.

"I'll let you in on a secret kid." Bee started ignoring her vexed tone.

Sakima decided he was trying to be helpful so she calmed down and listened.

"There was a kid a bit older than you from Kirigakure who had run away too. He came all the way here and did exactly what you did – begged to be kept here and become a student. Now that kid had talent."

Sakima waited for more to be said,

"He got the same challenge as you – I'm afraid my bro isn't easy on outsiders. But the guy he succeeded and that's what you will do too."

Sakima was surprised – how on Earth did that boy beat the Raikage? Maybe he was well trained he was from one of the best shinobi villages in the five nations – obviously he had been taught before but...

"What happened to him? Where is he now?"

Bee laughed and Sakima was once again annoyed – this man really pushed her buttons.

"He ran away from here two years ago – and he was one of our best shinobi – it was such a shame. But whenever he returns he's always welcome."

Bee had such a nostalgic attitude towards Sakima – could he see that guy in Sakima too?

"And like you he found me rather annoying at times – don't worry kid you'll get used to it." He said with a sheepish grin

"Who doesn't find you annoying..." She mumbled under her breath but she smiled. If that guy could do it so could she.

She was Kuro Sakima! She didn't escape her village, travel endless nights and fight her way through the forests and ghosts for nothing. She would fight and crush anyone in her way!

Determined Sakima headed straight to the library. Over the years Sakima learnt the best way to train was to train your mind first – she had to brush up on her skills and decided scrolls on basics were the best way to start. However after some hours she felt progress was slow and she had to start getting practical, but she couldn't be seen training shinobi skills – if she was caught the consequences would be disastrous. So she decided to go to the forests – she left the village gates giving a wink to the gatekeeper who flushed as he finally realised Kuro Sakima was not an ordinary traveller.

"Another potentially great shinobi has come our way." Darui said casually surprising the gatekeeper.

"It's cool as long as she takes up the Raikage's challenge you won't be punished." He smiled to the gatekeeper who felt nervous and now found he was also hoping on Sakima.

She practised against some smaller trees, kick after kick punch after punch making marks on the wood until with her final blow she broke the tree in half. Sakima was not new on taijutsu at all and over her travels did make an effort to practise. She was blessed with quite a lot of power – another thing her clan were not so pleased about. However even with this much power she wouldn't be able to best the Raikage.

'Channel your anger through your taijutsu.'

When tat thought came to mind so did the painful memory of Hidan – for it was he who told Sakima that. He admired Sakima for all the things the clan didn't.

'That will work' she thought and continued welling up her emotions.

Anger was quick to come with Sakima but not easy to control – that was her weakness. So she decided the only way she had a chance was if she tried to channel it. Thoughts of her father, the elders, Hidan, the lost spirits all came to her and she began again on another tree.

Whilst practising her stomach felt on fire each blow had double the power and her eyes started glowing again. The next blow she made had not broken the tree in half but had left it partly charred. She was amazed. She looked at her limbs and saw no burns.

'Where did that fire come from?' She wondered.

She tried again only this time she thought of the future, her dreams and goals. Her stomach no longer burned but mellowed and a cold rush ran through her veins. This time the blow she gave the tree had uprooted it instead of broken it.

These two different attacks had come from her she realised and her feelings. One was fiery and the other something more earthy. These mood swings had her head swirling but she decided this was something new and great to build on. If she could work on these feelings her chances tomorrow had liven up a bit more.

She was ready to give the Raikage a "pleasant" surprise.

Sakima had fallen asleep on the forest floor among the pile of trees she had massacred the night before. As she woke she jumped to her feet. What time was it? She stared at her silver sundial that told her it was almost noon.

She ran through the gates giving the gatekeeper a brief morning while heading towards the Raikage's office. The gatekeeper sighed and shouted,

"It's Konichiwa." He smiled and inside felt greatly relieved. The Raikage wouldn't kill him today.

BUMP

"Sorry but I'm in a ru..." Sakima began profusely apologising and tried to run again before being grabbed by the shoulders. She knew who it was then,

"Hey kid why in a hurry?" Bee said with a grin.

Sakima scowled at him which morphed into a grin as they bumped fists. Bee hoisted Sakima up on his shoulders with her protesting loudly to put her down and off they went to the Raikage's office.

As they reached the blue building another man came their way. He had short blonde hair and a smart looking face.

"Konichiwa Killer Bee is this the new recruit?" He asked looking at Sakima who slightly flushed.

"Well hey C, not just yet but she will be." Bee said confidently.

"Nice to meet you...C?" Sakima said slightly bewildered.

C smiled and nodded in their direction before continuing his duties.

"What a strange name." Sakima thought aloud.

"Not really my bro's name is A." Bee said matter-of-factly

'Letters for names is that common here?' She thought to herself.

She was distracted by this trivial fact that she didn't notice the loud greetings of Killer Bee's team.

"Omoi will you shut up or will I have to make you?" said an angry dark skinned girl with red hair that seemed to match her fiery attitude as she raised her fists threateningly.

"But who knows maybe this isn't really Bee and he's a shadow clone playing tricks on us – he's done that before. He could be anywhere getting in trouble, or maybe this clone is more than a shadow clone and it's connected to..." The boy named Omoi was rambling on about – what Sakima thought – farfetched things. Killer Bee was standing right in front of him.

Bee ruffled the boys head and said,

"Chill Omoi I'm here, now I gotta go to..."

"Hold it right there Bee-sensei you haven't trained us in a month! You've been skiving off as usual and..." The red haired, dark skinned girl began but Bee only bumped fists with Omoi and continued his rush to the Raikage's office. Sakima followed suit.

"Samui can continue training you right Karui!" Bee shouted back to the angry red haired girl Sakima now knew was called Karui.

As they approached the office door Sakima became hesitant. Bee encouraged her to go on and as she turned the knob there was the Raikage yapping at his secretary – he abruptly turned to see Sakima.

"I accept."

He simply smiled at her and started to laugh heartily.

"Kid you really do have guts challenging me – I like you. You're in."

Sakima looked at him dumbstruck – she's already accepted. But what about the challenge she had been training all night for? What happened to the 'fight me or get out' attitude this muscled man had said in the scariest of tones.

"Respect and strength is the most important part of being a shinobi – and it all starts with guts. Besides from what I hear you got a lot of strength." He smirked at the last bit and Sakima spied Killer Bee in the corner of her eye sheepishly grinning. He spied on her!

She wasn't sure how she was meant to feel – angry, happy, grateful? She welled this up and gave Bee a punch on the shoulder. This time you could see the pained look on his face that broke into another grin.

"Welcome to Kumogakure kid."

That's exactly how she felt strangely – welcomed.

Sakima has finally got her new life that she's always wanted but there are more characters to come that will bind this story together. Keep reading and you shall find out.

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