The fighting had nearly stopped. I told my Uncle I was leaving for training but not sure when I would be back. He told me to send him monthly reports on how things were going.

I couldn't tell my love I would be leaving. I pleaded with my cousins to tell him for me, thanks be to God they said they would. Tobi I'm not so sure of but I know Hashi will.

I left in the middle of the night with three of my Clans Ninken. My personal favorites; Akiha, a beautiful Irish Setter; Koyuki, a grey Husky with one blue eye and one brown eye. And last but not least Ryouta, a feisty White Scotty, the sole male of the group. They all could talk which was somewhat of a rarity. True it was dangerous to travel at night but there was a less chance an Uchiha will spot me leaving alone. I was at least five miles away when I heard a scream. A female scream.

I veered off the road and into the forest. Not thinking there was the fact I could get beat up, killed or raped. Possibly all three. But I had my Ninken with me. I wasn't worried.

"Sick 'em!" I shouted.

My Ninken attacked the three men at my command. While they held the men down, I slit their throats without hesitation. I had their blood on my kunai and on my hands but I didn't care. What they were trying to do was vile and evil. I glared at the men's bodies for a moment before I turned my attention to the girl. I could barely see her in the light of what was barely a crescent moon.

She was pulling her shirt back on shakily. I noticed the symbol on the back of her skirt in the dim light. She's an Uchiha!

"Are you alright, Uchiha?" I asked, the second I spoke she froze.

"I know that voice..." She said slowly as she got up. What little moonlight there was shone on her face. "Toka Maria Senju..." She said slowly, shaking her blond hair out of her face.

Misako... "Who were those..." I glanced at their bodies in disgust. "Men..."

"I don't know. They were just some thugs who jumped me." Misako said as she reached for her backpack. A very large backpack might I add.

"Why didn't you just use your damn Sharingan against those bastards?" Koyuki said as she sat at my feet. Caring but foul mouthed and bad tempered, that's Koyuki.

"I was panicking... I didn't think..." Misako said. She suddenly shook her head violently. "Why am I talking to you guys?"

"Because I think we just saved your fucking virginity." Koyuki snapped.

"Koyuki..." Akiha said chastising her. "This girl has just been through an ordeal. Let her be."

"I think you should have let us had more fun with those ruffians before you killed them, Mistress Toka." Ryouta said jumping from side to side in a fighting manner.

I shook my head at them. "Always bickering..." I muttered. "Sorry about them."

"It's... Alright..." Misako said confused and uneasy.

"Where are you going? Long term mission?" I asked gesturing to her large rucksack.

"What's it too you?" She asked narrowing her grey eyes.

"She was just asking, hun." Akiha said calmly.

Misako ignored Akiha. "And where are you going? At this time of night and how far you are from home I'd say you only left a few hours ago."

"I would return the question but I'd be wasting my breath." I said, holding my chin high.

Misako looked defeated. "I'm running away okay? There I said it!" She glared at me.

This shocked both me and my Ninken.

"Running away never solves anything, hun." Akiha said. "It will only create more problems."

"It won't for me! I'm sick of the fighting! I'm sick of watching people die! I. Hate. It! I never even wanted to be a Kunoichi! I'm not a fighter! I-! I just don't..." She trailed off on the verge of tears. She blinked them away. "What are you doing out here anyway?"

"I'm leaving for training." I said.

"Do you know where you're going?" Misako asked.

"About." I said. "We might as well travel together. One It's safer. Two there's only one road for at least two more days travel."

She hesitated at first but finally nodded. "What are we going to do with those?" She pointed to the bodies. "Even though... We just can't leave them to rot..."

I looked at my Ninken and nodded to them. "You might wanna stand back." I told Misako as I jumped into a tree away from my Ninken.

"Ummm... Okay..." Misako landed on the same branch as me.

We watch my Ninken dig at top speeds sending dirt flying in all directions.

"Done!" Ryouta said triumphantly as he dragged a body into the hole he had dug.

"Actually I'm done." Koyuki said as she sat ontop of a mound of earth.

"Did I forget to mention she's modest?" I said to Misako who smiled at this.

I left my love behind without saying good bye. My rival ran away, I saved her from being raped. Now I had to keep her from getting into even more trouble. From what Izuna told me she was a trouble magnet. Great. I knew where I was going but as for how to get there I would have to rely on my gut instinct.

I had killed, had a rival but haven't hated. I had fallen in love with a man who I should never even have been decent to. And I think I just made friends with my rival. Man do I defy my Clan or what?

All I know anymore is that I have to get to the Mountain of Still Time, keep my rival out of trouble, keep Ryouta and Koyuki from killing each other and pray that the Uchiha's don't think I kidnapped and or killed Misako. Is my life screwed up or what?