A look of sorrow crossed Naruto's face as your words registered in his brain. He would have to fight you. The only friend that he had known when he was little. The only person that understood his life. Your eyes glinted at his saddened features. This wiped the sad gleam from the young boys eyes. "We don't want to fight you Rika. But if need be I. Will. Kill. You." He seethed eyes boring into yours. You wanted to laugh. Him killing you? What a joke. But you would give him brownie points for his determination.
Your smirk widened as you took a step towards the blond. A slight fear shown on his features as he took a step back. He then shook his head as if just waking up. With defiance on his face he took two steps forward. "Don't take another step" he ordered now glaring at you. "And what if I do?" you questioned teasing your life long friend. Naruto's eyes darkened as he looked down to the ground. His bangs now shadowed his eyes. "I will forget who you are. I will attack you with everything I have. And I won't care if you live or die. You are not going to put this village in danger"
With a sadistic laugh, you took a step towards Naruto and challenged him. Was he really going to attack you? You sure as hell hoped so. This would be so boring for you if he didn't.
Snapping his head up. Naruto looked at you. His eyes were angry, he was ready to fight. Good. "I'm not going easy on you Rika" he all he said before shouting Shadow Clone Jutsu. Five more Naruto's emerged in a poof. They all looked exactly the same, as always. But what did he take you as? Did he really think that this was going to be hard for you?
Placing your arms down at your side you extended your fingers. A crackling sound was heard as ice slowly traveled down your arm and flowed from your fingertips. Slowly you formed a katana. Smirking you brought up your new sword. Examining it you brought your other hand up and ran your finger along the end. "Ice always was dangerous to play with" you whispered, your fingers dancing a long the blade.
With this Naruto had enough of your games. With one last glare from all five of his clones, he charged you. All of the clones were coming from a different direction. Two directly in front while two would attack from the sides. "Did you think I'd forget about the fifth, Naruto?" you questioned never moving an inch. Finally you moved once they were only a foot away. Crouching you stuck one foot out and spun knocking all of the Naruto's down. Smirking, you looked at the fallen boy littering the ground. Raising your other hand you formed four needles. Each of them landed in a clones heart. A poof sounded as they all disappeared.
"Now where oh where did the little fox go" you cooed taking a small step to the left. The forest was silent. Ronin stood off to the side just watching the fight. He was the only one in sight. "I dont believe that coward is in the Hokage's vocabulary" you spoke a flash sweetness filling your voice. Still the boy would not show himself. The falling snow was the only thing to be heard or seen. Holding your hand out the small white flakes fell gracefully into your hand. Bringing them close to your face you admired the small crystals. It would be wonderful to see the whole world covered in these little art pieces.
Suddenly two shuriken came flying at your head. With a sad sigh you dropped the tiny flakes to the ground and ducked. Naruto had planned on your ducking easily and thought for this. Thousands more shuriken came flying at you. Some from high, some low. They even varied in speed. Smirking you took on the challenge. Not that you had a choice. Dropping your ice katana to the ground you formed a total of eight senbon, four in each hand. Taking a deep breath you swung your arm. Left, right. Right, left. Up, down. Down, up.
Finally your rhythmic dance was done. Shuriken littered the ground and you held not a scratch. But this turn of advents would not slow Naruto down. Quickly him and his twenty some clones rushed towards you. With a quick scan of your eyes you found that you had enough time to get the sword that you had already made. Without hesitation you, threw your weight to your right side and flipped. Your hand reached the ground on top of your sword. Gripping the hilt you continued your rotation and landed on your knee. By this time Naruto and his shadow clones were only feet from you. With a slight demonic giggle you stood up. Now it was time for the real fun.
Quickly you spend to the left. You would takes these clones out in a circle. No special jutsu's would be needed. Nothing but your sword would you use. Tightening your grip on the sword you swung methodically at the Naruto's before. One went down hit in the chest. The next on the neck. The third the stomach. It when on like that till you were left with one last Naruto. His breathing was heavy as his clones were all gone. It took a lot of chakra to control the little pest. What a pity for him.
"Guess your ready to die then Naruto." You spoke your voice as cold as the snow surrounding you. "The village never did get to see the number one knuckleheaded ninja as Hokage now did they?" Naruto just narrowed his eyes. You were not his friend anymore. In the very being of his soul he wanted you dead. He didn't even care if he had to bring the old Rika with this monster before his eyes. He wanted you dead. With one last sadistic smirk you disappeared. Naruto's eyes widened and scanned the little field for you.
"Say hello to my dear mother for me, will you?" you whispered in his ear as you stabbed your blade into his stomach. Pain filled his eyes as he doubled over in pain, hands gripped down towards the spot where your blade had pierced him. And then he was gone in a puff of smoke. He was the last Naruto clone. You were left alone with only Ronin on the side and the snow. Where had the real Naruto gone?
"You can tell her yourself!" Naruto screamed from behind you. Quickly you spun, but not in time. A blade came whizzing towards you. Your eyes grew slightly as the blade pierced you through your stomach. A gasp escaped your mouth as you looked down. A dagger stuck out from your flesh. Slowly you fell to the ground your eyes wide and showing pain.
Naruto watched in satisfaction yet horror. Ronin couldn't move. Was his sister was she going to die before his eyes? No one moved. Time seemed to stand still. Only the soft crunch of the fallen snow meet their ears. Everyone watched your kneeling body, hands gripping the dagger.
Suddenly you looked up at Naruto. "You got me" you stated with a smirk. Slowly you stood up hands still wrapped around the dagger. Once fully standing you lazily pulled the sword from your body. Naruto's eyes widened as he stared at the sword. Nothing was on it. Not one drop of blood. "Frozen hearts pump no blood" you stated throwing the dagger to the side. "You'll have to do better then that".
The light snow falling around you started to get thicker. It was now a full ragging blizzard. Next to you Reizo shuttered from the cold. At the moment you could no longer feel the cold. Your skin was too numb, to frozen to detect pain.
You and Reizo were sent to guard the south side of the city. What fun that proved to be. Nothing had happened other then the increase of the flakes. With a bored sigh you placed your hands on your hips. Still not a word has come out of Reizo. It was quiet odd for the constant talker. Ever since you met him he hasn't stopped talking, even with a sock in his mouth.
Side glancing the young boy you could see the concern on his face. At a time like this he shouldn't have been split up from Ronin, but this was just another duty of the shinboi. Taking your eyes off the purple eyed boy you again scanned the trees. What you were looking for? You had no clue. All the Hokage said was to look out for anything different. This was still a new city to you. Everything was different.
Suddenly two figures walked out of the forest. Locking your eyes on them you strained to make out any detail on who they were. Reizo stopped shaking and too focused on these two people. They were two far away to even make out if they were male or female. You were betting that at least the one on the right was a girl.
As they came closer relization hit. Fear took over as you stared at the two men in front of you. Akuen and Kankei. But you did see how you got a girl out of Kankei. He needed a hair cut and bad. A growl came out of Reizo's mouth next to you. It was as if he could sense the evil that these men harbored in their soul. But they again it was hard not too.
"Dear Reizo. You've grown" Akuen stated an evil gleam in his eyes. "Who the hell are you?" Reizo growled from next to you. At this Akuen laughed. "Remember the weeks your sister was gone on a mission?" Kankei asked a taunting tone in his voice. Reizo said nothing, just worsened his glare. In an instant Akuen had disappeared. You took your eyes off of him for one minute and you lost him. Cursing yourself you scanned the tree line, anywhere he could hide.
"I tortured your cousin everyday. I marked her. She is mine." Akuen whispered in Reizo's ear. Reizo looked stunned. It was obvious to you that he had no clue why his cousin was gone. And to find out this way? Well that wasn't pleasant. "I'll kill you" Reizo whispered glaring daggers into Akuen.
Suddenly Kankei appeared behind you. After doing five signs he placed his thumb on your neck. A shock was sent coursing through your body. Your muscles tightening. Squinting your eyes you tried to deny the feeling of pain that filled your body. Kankei just watched smirking. He hardly ever talked but his actions spoke much more. And this action hurt like a bitch.
Attention was drawn back to you neck as a fire seemed to burn through your nerves. Slowly it traveled down your arms through your body and down your legs. Numbness quickly followed once burning sensation dulled. This was Kankei's special attack. Attack when unsuspected and the nerves. Soon all of the feeling in your body was gone. You were as good as a human paper weight.
Quickly Kankei grabbed you around the waist and placed you on a low tree branch. Sitting next to you Kankei continued to drape his arm around you. You glared into the middle of the filed for you could not glare at Kankei. Reizo stared up at you. His eyes then shifted to Kankei. A glare was set firmly on his face. You could tell that he didn't like Kankei that close to you. Not that you were all that thrilled.
"What the hell do you want" Reizo growled turning his attention back to Akuen. "I want to fight you. Dear cousin." Reizo didn't even seem to second-guess this, he was ready to fight. But would he be able to survive a fight with Akuen you truly doubted that.
Staring intently into Akuen's eyes you found yourself hating this man even more. Which was starting to become pretty hard. "What do you mean cousin?" you seethed finding it hard to not attack this guy right now, but you needed answers. Rushing in would do you no good. "Why you dont think that only you Ronin and dear Rika survived?" he said a huge smirk on his face. Now that was the only thing you needed to hear.
Throwing your feet out to the sides you placed your hands to the sides. Akuen mimicked your every move. Glaring you continued your main plan and slammed your hands together. Akuen still followed your every move. Finally you did a total of seven symbols the last one being known only to your clan. " Koutetsu Aisu" you and Akuen streamed at the same time. Shock filled you as a silver light surrounded you while a dark royal blue surrounded Akuen.
"Air. Now that'll be quiet different" Akuen stated placing a finger on his chin. "But lets see how well you can stand up against water." Now a sadistic smirk crossed his face. This two was going to be new for you. The only one able to use the Koutetsu Aisu that you fought was Rika. Ronin and you never spared for you were far to annoying to him. But Rika controls ice, not water.
Quickly Akuen rushed towards you, a sword raised high above his head. Barley dodging the on coming attack, you jumped to the side. Glaring at the man before you, you reached into your pockets. Feeling around the depths you found the weapons you were looking for. Gripping a shuriken between each of your fingers you turned. Stupidly Akuen still stood in the middle of the field directly in front of you.
With a smirk on your face you sped off towards your enemy. Akuen too smirked. Now glaring you were going to make sure that you cut that smirk off his face. A foot in front of Akuen you disappeared. Still Akuen seemed calm and uncaring. Closing his eyes he folded his arms over his chest. From your place in the tree you had jumped you watched him carefully. He would be on you would have to out trick. Holding out your hands you suspended the eight stars in the air. Controlling the air you attached a small string of air to each of them to keep them in place. You then jumped to a branch on the opposite side of the small field. In on quickly movement of your hands you release the shuriken. With the shuriken attacking Akuen from the front you jumped from the tree ready to attack his back.
Suddenly once you were only a few feet away from your cousin, a creak sounded behind you. Slightly turning your head you could see that the roots of the trees were being ripped from the ground. 'Shit' you thought as you changed your direction and landed far away from Akuen. You now had other things to worry about. Again the creaking sound erupted from next to you. Jumping you barely missed a tree branch rushing in your direction. Crouching down on the ground you surveyed the situation. All of the trees in the tiny field were now uprooted, all of them ready to attack you.
With a sigh you ready yourself for the dance that was sure to follow. Closing your eyes for a brief second you collected a small about of air. Using it you added height to your jump as you desperately tried to get away from these roots. With a tight jerk to your ankle you were sent toppling towards the ground. Glancing back you could see that a root had tightly wrapped itself around you. Quickly you reached back and severed its tie with one quick motion of your shuriken. In a matter of minutes you were over whelmed with roots. Two attached to your legs and arms and one tightly around your waist. You couldnt move. Desperately tired to free yourself. No good.
"Your annoying" Akuen stated as he stood on a branch directly in front of you. Anger boiled throughout your veins as you glared at him. If only looks could kill. "You were never very good at fighting, Reizo" he continued. While Akuen was occupied with himself, you glanced around moving only your eyes. On the ground not even two feet away was three shuriken. "You were always the one that found it easier to joke around." Concentrating all of your power you lifted the shuriken. Dangerously then hung in the air behind Akuen as he continued to speak. A smirk crossed your lips as you set the three weapons hurtling towards your own family.
Akuen's eyes grew wide as the stars sunk deep into his skin. One stabbed him directly in the neck as the other two got in him the back. Startled he took a step backwards. Your bindings loosened with his sudden lose of control over the water within them. Quickly you jumped away from the roots and to the other side of the field. Loud bangs echoed through the forest as the heavy tree roots fell limply to the ground.
Gasping for breath Akuen placed a hand on the tip of the star. More then half of it was embedded in his skin. Coughing he pulled out the blade with one quick movement. Not even one drop of blood was on the tip of the blade. His Koutetsu Aisu was as advanced as yours, if not better. Gripping his throat with a smirk the only thing he said was, "That tickled."
With a smirk on your face you appeared behind Akuen a katana in your hand. Angrily Akuen turned around and gripped your throat. "I wish for you to die" he whispered. A chill shivered down your spin from the tone in his voice. "I want you to die as well" you whispered causing Akuen to laugh. But his laugh was cut short. Limply his body fell to the ground, his severed head a few feet away from his body. Blood poured to the ground announcing the breaking of the jutsu. Akuens cold dead eyes still stared at your breathing heavily form. But finally it was over.
With a sigh you fell backwards landing on your back. Your jutsu fell as well showing the bruises you acquired on your wrists and ankles. Looking up in the tree nearest to you, you found Kyoko sitting in it looking down on you. "Can't you ever stay on your feet klutz" she said a slight smirk on her face. You smirked back as well. But you had to wonder, where did the brother go?
Naruto stared at his kuni thrown harmlessly to the side. How was he going to beat someone that could not bleed? Now that was a real problem in the chunin's head. He no longer looked at you as a friend he wished to protect. No, now he saw you as a treat to the village that he must get rid of. A smirk formed on your lips. This is exactly what you wanted.
"You. Are not. Rika." Naruto growled as if he needed to tell himself that one last time before he attacked you this time. All his focus was no on killing you. The snow surrounding you grew violent. It was now a full raging blizzard. Finally the full extent of your jutsu was coming out. Your eyes followed the trails of the snow as it fell to earth. Only a few more hours and it would all be complete.
Suddenly a strong blast of chakra gained your attention. Looking back at Naruto you could see that he was down on all fours. A strange red aura was surrounding him. You smirk grew. Now this would prove as an interesting fight. Naruto let off a low growl as his nails grew longer. Three long marks grew on each of his cheeks as well as two sharp fangs. His eyes became more animal like as the full extend of his demon chakra exploded.
In an instant the boy charged at you. The snow blew away in his wake announcing his arrival. Once Naruto was a foot away you crouched down. He still charged full speed towards you not noticing your new position on the ground. Running into you he fell over your back. Once his back collided with yours, you filled him over. Then turning you held a total of three ice shuriken in your right hand. Carelessly you tossed them in Naruto's direction. An angry growl erupted from deep within his throat. Gripping the star that sunk deeply into his shoulder he glared at you. Pure hatred filled his eyes. Ecstasy filled you as you saw the bloodlust in his eyes. It made your blood lust, your angry and hatred rise. A sadistic smirk filled you as you again rushed the boy. His eyes watching your every move.
The second you appeared in front of him, he snapped. In a blind rage he swung his clawed hands in your direction. Smacking you in the face he sent you flying into a near by tree. A sudden sharpness filled your lungs. No pain was felt, yet the air was knocked out of your lungs. Now it was your turn to growl. Looking over at Naruto you glared. This little game was wearing on your nerves. Slowly you stood up and walked towards the blond. If he wanted to die, you'd be happy to sign his death certificate.
The wind howled as neither one of you moved. Each of you was watching, waiting for the next attack. It was Naruto that snapped before you. On all fours he rushed at you his teeth baring. It looked as if he was going to rip your head off with on his teeth. A low laugh erupted from the depths of your throat. You would love to see him try.
Sudden Naruto froze. His face filled with pain as he stared at you. You eyed him in slight wonder as his body started to fall to the ground. Limply his body lay in the ground with him knocked unconscious. Slowly your eyes trailed to the man standing behind him. There stood Ronin. In his hand was his katana. In his fist was the blade of the sword. A thin line of blood trialed down his arm were the blade had cut into his flesh. "This is my fight, Naruto" he whispered. The only answer he received was a soft grunt out of the ninja laying on the ground. His head was going to hurt in the morning after being hit in the head with the hilt of a katana.
Ronin's eyes traveled from Naruto to you. A mix of a glare and sadness filled his features. A sadistic laugh filled the air as you stared at your brother. He cringed. No way could be believe that this monster before him was truly his sister? "I will be the one to fight you" he said staring deeply into your eyes. "Can you kill someone that looks so much like your sister" you asked placing your hands on your hips. Ronin narrowed his eyes. "If your not her then where is she?" he growled now gripping the hilt of his sword. "In here" you stated pointing towards your head. Shock filled Ronin. What the hell was going on here? Now that was not going to be answered anytime soon. "Come and fight me" you said opening your arms wide. Ronin hesitated. Now what was he going to do?
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Slowly your eyes shifted. Black was the only thing you could see.
A haunting laugh filled the field emitting from your throat. Lazily you watched as Ronin franticly tired to find your location.
Slowly Gaara walked out of the tree line. A frown was set deeply on his face as he just stared at the scene before him.
"Why do you care?"
