Ushio pulled away from Sasuke as she heard a rustle in the trees, quickly tying the bandage around her eyes once more. Sasuke took a moment before opening is eyes and taking a look around, "What is it?" He asked the girl quickly, "Someone's tracking us, they're getting closer" She muttered quietly to Sasuke, turning to the trees. "Leave the bags… Let's get away from the village. We can throw them off our trail" Sasuke decided, leading the way into the forest, weaving his way between tree's and branches closely followed by Ushio. Ushio sighed; all the shopping they had just bought would go to waste but at least she picked up the katana that was something she would never dream of leaving behind. Sasuke paused. "We will both create a clone. The clone may throw them off our track" As he spoke he created a clone, Ushio copying him instantly.
Kakashi squad stopped dead as they reached a point in the forest. The team was led by none other than Kakashi Hatake, and then consisted of two other 'green' members. The members were exactly alike, one looking as if he were the younger clone of the other. Maito Gai and Rock Lee stood side by side behind Kakashi, the younger of the two looking up to his sensei wondering if it was really okay that he was on the mission with such a wonderful Sensei. "Gai, Lee, The targets are trying to throw us off their trail so be prepared to switch direction at any time." Kakashi stated without so much as looking at the two he directed the statement towards, "Summoning jutsu" Kakashi bit his finger and thrust a hand onto the ground were Pakkun appeared in a cloud of smoke. "Pakkun, we are tracking down him, Can you pick out which scent to follow?" "Of course I can, and whilst we are at it, shall we drag him back with us by letting him touch my paws?" The small pug-type ninken spoke in a gruff voice right before setting off at a speed nearly identical to Kakashi's. Kakashi and his team followed instantly; luckily the whole team had impressive speed and felt they could easily catch up with the targets.
Ushio and Sasuke arrived in a deserted clearing of the forest. The clearing was dry and covered in a blanket of sand, Sasuke stood smack-bang in the middle of said clearing and beckoned Ushio over. "We will wait here and then take them down, they seem to be keeping on the right track" Sasuke had activated his sharingan, keeping a sharp check on the area. Ushio nodded in agreement, no matter who appeared Sasuke and herself could handle it. Definitely. Sasuke picked up a clear signal of the approaching chakra, a thirst for blood crawling into his eyes. "It's him, a fellow Sharingan user…. This will be good practise for Itachi… If I can't beat this man then I have no chance against Itachi" Sasuke's words were quiet but Ushio heard, making a small grin. Today's enemies would help Sasuke reach his goal, and therefore helping Ushio reach her goal.
The silver haired shinobi soon reached the opening, receiving a stare down from his old student. Ushio shook as Kakashi reached the opening; something about him sent shivers racing down her spine. Sasuke's blood lust became clear to Kakashi who then lifted his head-band to reveal his own Sharingan and charged forwards with a chidori. Sasuke kept a straight face and simply stood still. The raven haired rogue sent chidori current through his hand reaching his newly drawn katana which began chirping and glowing in the blue, electrical chakra. The two forms of chidori collided, a smoke cloud forming. Kakashi leapt back out of the smoke cloud to withdraw his hand from being subject to a katana-type of chidori. Shit. Kakashi really hadn't been prepared for Sasuke to have changed his technique to such an extent. Sasuke emerged from the smoke after Kakashi, throwing a barrage of fire jutsu his way which all seemed to be countered by Kakashi despite slightly overpowering him. The two kept on throwing down there separate jutsu continuously.
Ushio noticed Sasuke's eagerness to take down this Cyclops-style Sharingan user, from that giving herself the privilege to take on the two left-over human sized gremlin looking things. She began chuckling quietly, until it grew uncontrollable. "I dunno what you things are, but you're my opponents now! Sasuke wants to take on Cyclops-Sharingan by himself so you better not be beaten to quick!" Ushio yelled out to Gai and Lee. "Gai-sensei! Are you sure it is okay to take down this girl? She seems younger than Sasuke-kun even!" Lee looked over to his sensei who gave him a nod, gaining a serious looking frown, "Lee, you can't under estimate this opponent. She is going along with Sasuke after all, For all we know she may have helped out…..in Konoha" Gai gazed sorrowfully at his student who began moping, then Lee wiped his nose and nose shooting a glare over to Ushio, "You mean, She was there when Sakura-chan was killed? I will beat you for Sakura-chan! Prepare yourself!" Lee darted forwards towards the kunoichi, followed closely by Gai. Ushio noticed the speed of the tai-jutsu users and unsheathed her katana, at least she could then counter there physical assaults with a slash from the weapon.
Lee made his move first, dodging round to Ushio's side before throwing a small barrage of punched towards her. Ushio started by ducking, pulling her spare hand back into a first before launching it into Lee's stomach. Lee was taken into the air by the punch, pounding back into a nearby tree. Gai then leapt to the girl, he sent forward his 'strong first' attack but was taken aback when the kunoichi countered by blocking his fist with her katana. He felt a strange sensation seeing the young girl over power himself, causing him to retreat a step backwards. Lee – still over by the tree – lifted his orange leg warmers and removed the weights from around his ankles, darting forwards a second time but this time nodding to his sensei who then shot towards Ushio. Gai moved first, "Leaf strong whirlwind!" The green clothed sensei concentrated a spinning back kick at great speeds, directing it towards Ushio. Ushio jumped backwards only to find a kick to the back sending her into the sky. The smaller green-clothed shinobi's speed had increased by nearly 10 times its previous amount as he used the Leaf great whirlwind attack to send a series of kicking attacks into Ushio's back. Lee quickly finished it with a heel drop, sending Ushio hurtling towards the ground. When hurtling towards the ground a strange sensation occurred in Lee's spine. The black-haired kunoichi had rocketed up and smashed a kick into Lee's head at the speed of light and now he was the one hurtling towards the ground, the ground were a long black bandage lay. Gai looked astounded as he saw his student collide with the ground at a bone-shattering speed. Gai leapt upwards, he started to open the gates due to the shock of his student began taken down so easily. Five large dragon-head fireballs rained down onto the Jonin, subjecting him to intense heat as he fell back against the tree barely conscious. With-in a flash Ushio stood in front of him holding her katana to his face. The Jonin shivered when looking into the girl's eyes, pure blood-red Sharingan staring back at him. Ushio teased the Jonin, cutting his face downwards carefully with the katana before the silver haired shinobi intercepted her from the side. She pounced back out of his way.
Kakashi's eyes grew wide. He was already worn down and battered from Sasuke, the Uchiha whom was still eager to tear the Jonin to pieces, but to add to it, this appeared. Kakashi looked to Gai and Lee who were in an even worse state then him. "Gai! We have to retreat now" Gai looked over to his eternal rival but his sight was directed to his student who was unconscious in his very own hole in the dirt. The boy was lying in his own puddle of choked up blood. The green Jonin darted for his student, swinging the boy onto his back before lunging out of the clearing. A barrage of kunai and shuriken followed him despite Kakashi blocking his comrade. Kakashi gave the Ushio and Sasuke one last glance before exiting as fast he possibly could.
Ushio dropped to her knees, panting and spluttering. It had been an extremely long time since she used the Sharingan and her abilities to that extent. Sasuke on the other hand was raring to go, just about to pursue his prey before he noticed his comrade. "Ushio?" He looked away from her but offered his hand which she took. "If you want, go after him. I'll be fine" Ushio panted, coughing every now and then from exhaustion. "We will head back to the hut for now. We can plan our next move tomorrow" Sasuke had a forceful tone to his voice as he supported Ushio and the two headed back through the forest towards the hut. Sasuke helped her over to the chair and began to walk away before realizing she had clung to his shirt, her head firmly against his back, she was shaking, despite the strength she showed she had the rogue Kunoichi was shaking in fear, "Sasuke…. I'm sorry" Sasuke stepped back and sat next to her, placing a finger under her chin to make her look him in the eye, he then leant towards her till their foreheads touched lightly. "No matter what… Never apologize to me for nothing" He whispered into her ear before pulling her into lip to lip contact. The Uchiha boy let his hand run through Ushio's hair and he began stroking it, then letting his hand fall down her back keeping her held close to him.