Two green eyes stared into two blue ones. Yuki traced the second hand of the woman around her shoulder, stopping her father's sword a mere inch from her spine. If the attack hadn't been deflected, Yuki would have been decapitated. She exhaled slowly from sheer relief.

"That was too close for my comfort. You all right, Yuki?" her savior whispered. She stared deeper into the two eyes, trembling in awe.

The Jounin found it impossible to believe who had saved her. Help had come from an unexpected place.

"Mom?"

The older Hazukashii smiled, and flipped over her, yanking her husband's sword out of his hand, and launching it at Kabuto. In mid air, she thrust a foot into her resurrected husband's stomach, sending him skidding across the ground. Before the snake ninja could dodge, it slammed into his belly snake pinning the appendage to nearby rock. Yuki's mother glanced around anxiously before returning her attention back to Yuki, who winced from the protruding ninja tool in her shoulder.

"Sorry about the kunai. I tried to stop myself, but I was powerless to do anything. This is going to hurt a little. Hang on, sweetie."

She moaned involunatirly as the blade cut deeper into her shoulder before it was pulled free of her flesh. Yuki stared at her blood relative, who seemed as real as the clothes she wore. A smile tugged at her lips, and she didn't hesitate to hug her tightly.

"Yuki-chan. I'm not really alive. You know that I'm not, right?" Nagisa stated, nervously.

I could care less! I finally get the chance-

"I get it. Hehehe. Let me get a good look at you. My, you have matured. You've grown beautiful, just as I hoped you would. I'm sure you have his stamina, if I had to guess," her resurrected parent stated proudly.

Yuki buried her face deeper into the woman's chest, who held her tightly.

"You shouldn't let your guard down!" Kabuto taunted as he removed the tool from the rock. He then turned and launched it at Yuki and her mother.

Yuki started to flee but was held tighter by her godmother. She watched from the corner of her eye as the attack was repelled by an invisible barrier.

"I'd like to continue this conversation, but this really isn't the time or place. I won't let anything happen to you. Leave this fight to me."

The wind whipped up, as she was placed behind her blood mother. The rage Nagisa felt was as tangible as the very earth they stood on.

"You. How dare you play me against my daughter! How dare you treat me like your pawn! You will regret resurrecting me."

Yuki watched her mother dash forward, closing the gap in a matter of seconds. Her speed rivaled Yuki's own, and was nothing less than impressive. As Kabuto raised a hand to ward off the first punch, the older Hazukashii's hand shot through the empty space beside her opponent's head.

Oh no! She missed! Why? Poison?

"HEHEHEH! You call that an attack? You missed me completely. Now then-"

Before he could finish his statement, Yuki watched her mother's hand turn and form a claw. As she smacked him, Kabuto flew across the ground, blood pouring off the right side of his face.

As he stood back up, Yuki was startled by the sheer amount of flesh missing from his face. Bone and muscle was exposed to the cold dampness of the cave, and hung by a single piece of skin.

How did she do that?

Yuki watched in horror as her mother backpedaled as Kabuto made wild slash at where she had been standing.

"You bitch!"

"You made the mistake of forcing me to face my daughter. Now, I am going to make you regret that decision," the revived Hazukashii snarled.

Yuki watched with a smirk which faded slowly as her blood father landed behind her. She barely had time to react, ducking forwards, as a single blade bit into her skin. She let out a low whine, before parrying the next slash. She redirected the attack into the ground, ignoring the pain for the moment. She had no time to be soft. She formed a Raikiri and then thrust it into stomach, watching as he collapsed into a pile of ashes. The wound would slow him down for the moment being. She ripped a sleeve off and tied it around her shoulder. The pain subsided a little. Tenshi appeared in front of her and in the same instant; Anko appeared blocking the attack with an open hand.

What is this? She's using her Curse Mark!

Black marks wrapped themselves around her face and arms, and her eyes were a light violet. Before Yuki could speak another word, the woman thrust her hand through Tenshi's chest. As she pulled her arm free, Tenshi's clone exploded bathing Anko in blood.

She's using the cursed mark! Not good!

"Yuki. We have to stop that mark! She's abusing its power. She doesn't have any more chakra in her body to keep fighting!" Kakashi shouted to her. His voice was urgent, and she quickly devised her method of attack.

Here I go.

She slid underground, and closed the gap between her and Anko. Once she was behind her godmother, she pulled herself up, and locked the woman in a half nelson to restrict her movements. Anko fought against her grip, and Yuki winced in pain as her shoulder ached from the abuse.

Yuki could sense the change in her mother as she fought to keep her under control.

"Mom! Stop! It's okay. Calm down…please!"

"I won't let him…I WON'T LET HIM HURT HER-!"

She gritted her teeth, and held hehr ground, the force of her mother struggling, causing her back and shoulder to protest the abuse. Yuki reached quickly, and grabbed a sleeping pill from the bottom of her ninja pouch which hung on her hip.

For your own good.

She forced the medicine into her godmother's jaw, pinning her mouth shut in a swift motion. It only took five seconds, before she stopped resisting and fell slack.

"You let your guard down," Kabuto jeered, as he appeared in front of her. Yuki turned her back on her opponent, shouting out as his hand tagged her right shoulder, deadening her arm.

"And now….YOU DIE!" Kabuto shouted triumphantly.

"Not quite."

Yuki smiled as the Copy Ninja appeared behind Kabutomaru, his kunai at his throat.

"Very impressive, but too slow, Kakashi." The substition faded from view and Yuki watched as her godfather's life was threatened by Kabuto. Her godfather winked, and Yuki instantly understood.

In an instant, two things happened simultaneously. Yuki across the room, laying her godmother out of harm's way. Kabuto slashed through Kakashi's throat, the lightning clone paralyzing him in place.

Yuki shifted her weight, and watched as Nagisa dashed towards Kabuto. We got him!

As he ducked under her attack, Yuki's eyes narrowed.

She's wide open.

Yuki didn't think twice about attempting to block the attack, but she was interrupted by her father's blade slashing towards her heart. The jounin diverted the attack, taking the slash through her left bicep. Blood poured from the wound, and she smacked his weapon out of her skin, wincing as it opened the cut more. Her peripheal vision caught sight of a dragon which held in orb in its hand.

"Damnit!" she swore, blocking another fist from her father. Before she had time to react to anything else the world turned pearly white, and her body became paralyzed by vibrations which rocked rattled her brain in her skull. She pressed both hands to her ears in an attempt to ward off the powerful technique, paralyzed by the light and sound. And just like that, the world turned black. Sound ceased to exist, and she became lost in darkness.

I died…

I am dead.

Without even, telling-

"Yuki. I don't have much time. If you can hear me, than listen up. You need to enter Fotou," Nagisa whispered, urgently.

Yuki recognized the voice in an instant, and immediately, sat down in the void. She concentrated deeply, and let all distractions fade to nothing. Almost immediately, the genjutsu dissipated, and the ringing and vibrations failed to affect her. As she opened her eyes, she noticed that the battlefield had shifted. Kakashi was on knee, holding a hand over his Sharingan. Her blood mother was standing above her. The wind echoed around her, and Yuki stood up, her vision enhanced. The pain from her wounds faded into the background of her mind, as her healing process sped up, healing the worst of the wounds in a matter of seconds.

Wind chakra. A barrier…Very nice.

"Well, it seems Kazuyo followed through. I'm glad she taught you Fotou. Now comes the hard part."

Yuki stood up and clenched her fist. She could sense the very fluctuations in the air as the barrier prevented anything from penetrating or attacking the shinobi inside. She smiled and dug her feet into the ground. She had only eight minutes, but that was more than enough to take down every shinobi in the room. She glanced to Kakashi who gave her a thumb up. He was fine, and she could assume by the lack of Tenshi and Tenkei that he had absorbed them into Kamui.

Let's be done with this.

"Incapacitate Kabuto and then I will make him release Edo Tensei."

"Got it," she whispered. She used her superior speed and jumped up to the ceiling, dashing in a zig zag pattern. She dropped down, her left hand drawing back to throw a punch. Her opponent blocked her fist, a shockwave issuing from the blow. Yuki spun and threw her left foot up at his head, watching as he ducked under. She caught herself with her right hand, and watched his counterattack carefully.

As his hand was within a millimeter of touching her left hand., the only thing keeping her on balance, she formed two seals, and inhaled.

Avoid this!

"KATON: ZUKOKKU (FIRE RELEASE: SEARING MIGRAINE)!" She expelled the flames, watching as they exploded like a wave of water from her mouth, swallowing Kabuto whole. Before he could escape the technique, she increased the heat of the flames, turning them bright white. She heard the back end of the room crack as her jutsu started to break it down. Smoke filled the room, and her lips were chapped from intense heat radiating from her mouth. She released the technique and stared at the petrified shinobi who stood before her, his skin charred black.

Did I get him?

She jumped upwards, her eyes staring down as Kabuto emerged from underneath her, a chakra scalpel a mere inch from tagging her. Her eyes took in his wide eyed state, and she examined every single detail on his body.

He didn't avoid it. He took some damage, but he avoided the brunt of the assault. All well. Doesn't matter.

She landed smoothly, and watched him, his eyes wary of her next move. She didn't hesitate, dashing forward, her movements erratic and unpredictable. As soon as she was within range, she fired a single flame covered senbon towards him, watching as he dodged it with ease. She flicked her finger once, and fired another senbon, which he avoided by jumping. She fired one final senbon, flicking her index and middle fingers outward. As soon as he was dead center of the three senbon she had fired, she thrust her hands together radiating lightning chakra through the invisible strings she had attached before hand. As her attack touched his skin, she watched it melt through with little resistance, yet she knew a lot better than to judge an attack by mere appearance. As he rematerialized on the ground, she was there, a Raikiri, thrusted directly at where Kabutomaru would be. Her attack landed, as her attack pierced through flesh and bone.

"You're pretty slippery, but I got you now, you snake," Yuki taunted with a smirk.

"Not bad. I'd only have expected Kakashi to have been able to lay a finger on me. But don't get cocky just yet. You've left yourself open for my counterattack," Kabuto stated, pushing his glasses up.

Yuki watched as he lunged at her throat, only for it to be deflected by a barrier of wind.

"Not so fast," her mother stated, emotionlessly.

Yuki turned back to her mother, and smiled. She'd protected her like she had promised.

Yuki's eyes narrowed, as she caught sight of movement underfoot. She felt the earth rumble underfoot, and yanked her arm free of Kabutomaru's body. She launched herself away from him, watching as spikes made from bone erupted from the earth. She flipped mid air, and turned, coming face to face with a weird spider like web above her.

Not good!

The spider web snagged her before she had time to counter it.

"And now…you die!"

She felt a single hand burrow through her skin and into her heart. Her eyes widened, and a smile touched her lips, as she coughed up blood.

"I die? Nice try…but no."

The web exploded in a conflagration of fire and wind as the shadow clone detonated. Kabuto fell from mid air, his body floating down freefall. As he recovered from the attack, landing on the ground, Yuki shot upwards from where he landed, grabbing his ankle. She then jumped, forming a Raikiri mid movement. She watched as he ducked under her attack.

Dangit!

She flipped, her foot catching him under his jaw and sending him into the air. She quickly gave pursuit and as she came above him, she slammed the lightning release into Kabuto's body before he had a chance to recover. The impact knocked the wind out of her lungs, and created a crater several meters wide. She squinted through the dust, and frowned. He'd substituted out of her attack. She smirked. She'd thought she had him that attack. She turned quick, but not fast enough to prevent the slash from him. Mid attack, he froze eyes widening. He ducked a millisecond too slow, as Yuki's mother appeared behind him, dashing sideways. She engaged him at close range with a small kunai, which he quickly smacked away.

She saved me again. D-Oh no!

She stood up, and deflected her father's sword with a lightning enhanced kunai, jumping up, and out of harm's way. She inhaled again and expelled another stream of fire, which he passed through harmlessly.

Dang it! Come on! Just die already!

She landed on a toe, and inhaled as deep as possible, mixing her Fotou with the oxygen.

Ok. Survive this jutsu!

She released several small fireballs, which homed in on her father's location, as he tried to duck and weave through all of them. She continued to spew fire, ignoring the strain on her lungs, as she exhaled forcefully. Her eyes tracked his movements, and she smirked as he made a mistake of leaping into the air. She inhaled deeply, exhaling a giant flame which obscured her vision of everything in front of her. The heat from her own jutsu seared her skin, and sucked the very moisture out of the air, her mouth becoming extremely dry from the attack. The explosion rocked the ground, bringing everyone to a knee, as it struck her father dead on, at point blank range.

Yuki let out a sigh, and stared at the body which was petrified from her flame, and remained motionless. She put a hand to her knee and started to stand, when her left knee started to tremble.

Dangit. I didn't expect to reach my limit so fast in real combat. It's not too bad just yet. I have maybe another three minutes in me. These next three minutes will decide everything. Worst case scenario, I can rely on my untapped chakra reserves to continue fighting.

Still…this is very bad!

She forced herself to stand, and turned, watching her mother slide underneath another attack from Kabutomaru, whose face was the epitome of frustration. As he leaned forward to attack again, she faded through his attack ethereally. A nanosecond later, she grabbed his wrist, and turned him to face her, kissing his lips sensually.

WHAT THE-?

A second later, her mother's body went slack and Kabuto caught her body, laying it gently on the ground.

"Neat, huh?"

The feminine tone in her ear spoke. She turned, and exhaled a breath of relief. A poof of smoke confirmed her beliefs as her mother put an arm on her shoulder.

"A shadow clone? I didn't expect you to use a jutsu like that," she jested, relaxing and letting her Fotou fade to nothing.

"Use it or lose it, sweetie. Hehehe. On a more serious note, follow me. I don't think your father intends to stay put for much longer, and I'd much rather get this over with. He hated when I used this jutsu, but that's why it's forbidden. Not as forbidden as-that, but moving on."

Yuki glanced at her mother whose face turned sad, and she wondered what the woman hid behind her eyes.

"YOU BITCH! WHAT-WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME? MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOPPPP! PLEASE…I'M BEGGING YOU! KILL ME!"

Yuki faced Kabuto and followed her mother to stand in front of their enemy whose veins showed all over his face. Yuki felt her body stiffen as they neared. Blood poured from his nose, eyes and ears.

"Wha-what did you do?" Yuki whispered astonished by the expression on Kabuto's face. His arms were rigid with what seemed Rigor Mortis, only he was fully alive. It didn't make sense. His arms and legs seemed to be overly bruised like a ripe banana. He looked as though he was bleeding from the inside out.

"This is one of my forbidden jutsus. There are two jutsus I developed that made our clan known by many. Up until grandmother started experimenting with our kekki genkai, our clan was thought of to be weak. Pathetic, as the Hyuuga and Uchiha claimed. I helped finish a jutsu created by your great great grandmother, and brought it to our clan's head. Through it, we rose to great heights. This was also what brought about our downfall."

Yuki watched as Kabuto's eyes shook in fear.

"Genjutsu is bad enough. This forbidden technique forces the very essence of all nightmares down my victim's throat. It's a poison to all and kills if not controlled. Kabuto here only had a taste. The problem with it is that in order to use the jutsu, I also am exposed to the taste of it. Now I am going to make him release Edo Tensei. Before I do, Yuki…let's take a moment to talk."