Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any characters. This is purely for fun :)

Author Note: Hey guys! Sorry if the story is starting to feel rushed. I'm trying to bring it to a close in a few more chapters. As I said before this is my very first fan fiction I've written, ever. I hope you have enjoyed reading it as much as I have writing it. Because that's all that matters is having fun with it? Right? If you would like to follow me, that's awesome! I'll follow you too! If not, that's cool too:) Anyway, here's what I have for chapter 11. I'll be posting chapter 12 in a few days when I finally get a day off!

Gai, Kakashi, and Kenchi were dashing through the trees as they followed Pakkun. Kakashi silently hoped to himself they would get to her quickly.

"How much combat experience does Miki really have?" Kakashi asked Kenchi, genuinely curious. He felt a small pang of envy that Kenchi knew Miki in some ways that he didn't. Kakashi notice Gai lift a busy eyebrow, he was curious as well.

"Well," Kenchi kept his gaze ahead. "She has been on a few missions with me, but I can't tell you anything about that. She may not have as much experience as we do, but I've seen enough to know she can handle herself."

Hearing that did give Gai a sense of relief as he commented, "She doesn't really train much from what I've seen."

Kenchi smiled and shifted his eyes to Gai momentarily. "She didn't want anyone to know. I train with her on a regular basis."

Kenchi noted to himself how far she's come along with her training over the years. He had brought infinity, her weapon that she specialized in using during her training. She was almost flawless with it, part of him was eager to see her in action. If Gai and Kakashi knew half as much as he did about her, they probably would be as worried.

"Why are you smiling like that?" Gai glared at Kenchi.

"Just a memory." Kenchi smiled wider.

"You have some sort of weird thing for my sister?" Gai asked wearily.

Kakashi's eye shifted to Kenchi momentarily before looking ahead again to follow Pakkun.

"Not in the way you're probably thinking." Kenchi cut his eyes at Gai.

"You better not." Gai mumbled.

"That's weird." Kakashi noted.

"What?" Kenchi asked.

"They shouldn't have gotten this far. We should have caught up with them by now." Kakashi said.

Nami brought Miki into a large room where a man was meditating. Miki tried to hide her shock to see someone else here. Rowan had told her it was only them. Maybe he didn't know? She thought to herself.

"Miki, I'd like you to meet Blitz. He is our contact with Orochimaru." Nami introduced them to each other in her overly sweet voice. Her tone made chills creep up her spine.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." The blonde man said to Miki without opening his eyes.

"Yeah." Miki replied skeptically. "You too."

"Don't be rude, Blitz." Nami tapped her foot impatiently.

"Forgive me." Blitz said, his tone bored as he stood and opened his eyes.

Miki almost gasped when she saw his eyes, they looked strange. The pupils were bright blue instead of black, the rest of his eye was black. She averted her eyes quickly and thought of how she hated it when people starred at her scars.

"It's ok." Miki said.

"My eyes scare you." Blitz commented.

Miki brought her gaze back to his, more steady this time. "No, your eyes don't scare me. I just find them unusual. That's all."

Blitz began to walk around Miki in a circle, sizing her up with his creepy eyes. She kept her eyes ahead with a blank expression until he came to a stop in front of her. She really wished she had her weapon, infinity, with her.

"I would like to do a little...test with her, if that's ok with you, Nami." Blitz kept his gaze on Miki.

"I'm fine with it and I'm sure Miki is up for the challenge. Aren't you Miki?" Nami's tone still sickly sweet.

Miki glared over at Nami.

Nami continued to smile innocently as she said to Blitz, "Just don't do any permanent damage."

Blitz only answered with, "Hmph."

The world changed around Miki as she blinked. She was no longer standing in the big empty room with Nami and Blitz. She was bound to a pole with her hands behind her back, alone.

Miki forced deep, even breaths. She needed to remember her training for a situation like this, giving in to panic was not an option.

Blitz appeared in front of her. "I may not have mind capabilities like you or Nami, but I am highly observant."

Miki swallowed hard, refraining from squirming in her bonds. She would not give the bastard the satisfaction of showing fear. He paced in front of her, watching her with his abnormal eyes. Miki noted to herself she would describe them as appearing to be inside-out. Miki had two fears...one of them was being in a situation she couldn't control. Kenchi had trained her on controlling this fear, by putting her in similar scenarios. She hated being tied up, but thanks to Kenchi, she was able to remain calm. This wasn't like being in someone's mind, when she was in someone's mind she could still move around freely because she wasn't part of it. She was merely an outsider existence observing what the mind allowed her to. For the most part, she would just go along with whatever the person did to her in their mind to give them a sense of control. This would usually result in the person letting his or her guard down because they think they have the upper hand.

But her other fear... well that wasn't exactly something Kenchi could train her on overcoming.

Miki sucked in a trembling breath and steeled herself as she replied, "Oh yeah? And what exactly did you observe?"

Blitz approached her slowly and reached for the top button of her high collared green shirt. He trailed his fingers down her neck slowly before reaching the button and unhooking it. Miki felt anxiety rise in the back of her throat as she swallowed hard. He unbuttoned the next one, exposing her neck and cleavage completely.

"I noticed you have some interesting scars." He traced the scarred flesh lightly with his finger.

Miki forced an amused smile and said, "If you think these are interesting, just wait till you see the ones I'm about to give you."

Blitz pulled away from her, taking a few steps back as he snickered. "You've got spirit. I'm going to enjoy breaking it."

The ground around her feet ignited as flames roared to life. Miki's eyes widened, she could not hide her fear. This was her most deepest fear, being burned alive. She had nearly died from it years ago and the pain was something she would never forget.

Miki tried breathing calmly and reasoned to herself that this had to be a trick, there was no way this was real. She almost had herself convinced until she felt her feet began to heat up.

"Your scars suggest you were severely burned." Blitz purred like an evil beast watching its prey.

Miki ignored the heat and stuck her chin out as she replied bravely. "Yes I was."

"Do you remember what it felt like?" Blitz raised an eyebrow.

The flames were getting higher as Miki fought the panic, she was beginning to hyperventilate. Her skin was beginning to tingle; she bit back a scream as she felt her skin begin to peel.

"I thought so." Blitz laughed as the flames drew higher.

Miki felt the familiar searing pain as it curled her skin back and made it bubble. It took her a few minutes to realize she was screaming. The last time she was in this much pain, she lost consciousness, but in this twisted world...she remained awake. I should be dead by now, she thought to herself, if anything from carbon monoxide.

"Its fascinating how the mind retains every trauma its ever experienced, isn't it?" Blitz smiled viciously at her through the flames. He hated her kind, he worked hard to use his genjutsu; while her disgusting clan was able to just waltz into anyone's mind and look around. It was as easy to them as breathing, they did it naturally and he hated them for it. But, with Orochimaru's help, he would be able to harness their ability. Then the forbidden mind control jutsu would be his... and his master's of course.

Miki continued to scream in blood curling agony as the flames grew hotter. She began to feel her consciousness search for the sweet release of death, but it wouldn't come.

She felt her mind slip back in time, she was with Kenchi after an intense sparring session. They laid in the grass together, covered in sweat.

Too bad ninja don't just fight with their minds, she had commented.

There are some that do, Kenchi answered as he sat up.

Like me? Miki turned her head to gaze at him as she asked.

No...Not exactly. You actually enter a person's mind. You can look at their thoughts, fears, and memories..But what I'm talking about is Illusionary Techniques known as Genjutsu. It requires very precise chakra control and very high intelligence. It is used to attack the victim's mind, it can make the physical body believe it is experiencing pain. It can be a highly effective tool for breaking the victim's will. Kenchi had explained carefully.

So how do you fight back? Miki had asked.

Kenchi was watching birds fly over them when he replied, The attacker's chakra flow has to be disrupted somehow.

Miki opened her eyes wide as she realized that must be what is happening now. Blitz was using some sort of Genjutsu to make her believe she was being burned alive. This wasn't actually happening. Realizing this, however, did not make the pain subside in the least. She was going to have to get inside his head somehow.

"Yes." Miki glared at Blitz's creepy eyes through the flames. "I do remember what this feels like. The question is, how do you feel about that?"

Blitz's eyes widened in surprise at her unexpected question.

That was the opening Miki needed, she had to disrupt his chakra flow somehow. She concentrated on his eyes.

"It's amazing what the human brain is capable of, isn't it?" Miki grunted in pain. She saw a flicker of a young boy standing alone, in the rain. "It can remember all types of pain it experiences...including being left alone in the rain."

Blitz's eyes widened as the flames faltered.

Miki took the opening as her pain began to lessen and continued her verbal onslaught as she peeked further into his mind. "You're no stranger to rejection as well."

"Shut up!" Blitzed yelled as the flames nearly died down.

"Rejected by-" Her voice softened with pity, "your own father..."

The illusion unraveled itself instantly as they returned to reality. They were once again in the big empty room with Nami. Miki fell to her knees, sweat dripping from her forehead. Her muscles felt like jelly as she fought not to collapse completely. She could hear muffled sounds of arguing.

"You promised to keep her safe!" It was Rowan and he sounded angry.

"She is safe. It was just a little test, she couldn't be hurt physically." Nami explained sweetly.

"You didn't tell me that he was here!" Rowan exclaimed as he moved protectively next to Miki as she knelt on the floor, dazed.

"Rowan calm down, he just got here not too long ago. I would never lie to you, brother." Nami said with a calm, reassuring voice.

"He was hurting her." Rowan glared at Blitz.

"It was only an illusion." Blitz said flatly.

Rowan knelt down next to Miki and pulled her into his arms. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, Rowan." Miki smiled weakly at him. Even though she wasn't hurt physically, Blitz's little test hurt her psyche. She felt battled, her mind had retained the trauma she just experienced mentally. Mental fatigue was just as real as physical. Between Rowan and Nami, escaping from them would have been fairly easy. But with Blitz in the picture, it was going to prove to be more difficult.

Pakkun finally came to a stop at the base of a large mountain, the team caught up to him. He stood in front of an opening to a cave.

"Why is it always a cave?" Kenchi sighed.

"Don't tell me you're scared." Gai teased.

"What?!" Kenchi raised a fist. "That's ridiculous! Even if I was, at least its an understandable fear...unlike being afraid of a cat."

Gai's face reddened as the vein on his forehead bulged.

"That's enough." Pakkun interrupted as he peered into the cave. "They definitely went in there."