Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Naruto vs. Sasuke The Aftermath ❯ Fight for your Life ( Chapter 26 )

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As Kurenai and Hinata fight for their lives against Kabuto and his Oto forces, help is on the way, but can they reach the two kunoichi's in time? And even if help does arrive in time, how high may be the cost of their rescue?

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Chapter 26 Summary: As Kurenai and Hinata fight for their lives against Kabuto and his Oto forces, help is on the way, but can they reach the two kunoichi's in time? And even if help does arrive in time, how high may be the cost of their rescue?

Naruto vs Sasuke: The Aftermath

Chapter 26: "Fight for your Life"

"They have us surrounded."

Those four words nervously uttered by Hinata seemed to echo inside of Kurenai's mind for a moment before her Jounin instincts kicked in, as she silently began to assess their situation.

'This isn't good. An unknown and possibly hostile Shinobi force surrounds us. We're at least six miles from the village, and no one knows were here, so the possibility of reinforcements is nonexistent. Our only options are fight or flight. However, the odds of the two of us surviving against such a sizable force are low at best. Flight seems the only viable course of action for us, but I doubt that the enemy will allow that to happen, at least not for the both of us.'

"Hinata, do you still have your smoke grenades from your weapons pack?"

"Hai Kurenai Sensei."

"Good, so do I, here is what we are going to do. Get those grenades ready, when the enemy reveals themselves to us and upon my signal you and I will release them and blanket this clearing in smoke.

"Hai Kurenai Sensei, then what do we do?"

"We don't do anything. You Hinata will activate your Byakugan to navigate through the smoke and make your escape back to the village to get reinforcements, while I keep our friends occupied and delay them long enough for you to get away."

"N-no Kurenai Sensei, I won't leave you here by yourself!" Hinata stammered, the fear ringing in her voice.

Kurenai could hear the panic in Hinata's voice and appreciated her student's concern for her safety. But Kurenai knew she would have to be forceful with Hinata for the young girl to comply with her orders. In as stern a voice as she could muster Kurenai stated with authority.

"Damn it Hinata, this is not up for debate! I'm not asking you to leave me here; I'm ordering you to! I'm your Sensei and your guardian and you will do as I say! Is that clear?"

"H-Hai Kurenai Sensei." Hinata reluctantly replied, as her heart seemed to sink inside of her.

It was then that Kabuto and 32 other Otogakure Shinobi jumped into the clearing from the canopy of trees and surrounded the two kunoichi's. The leader, a gray hair colored young man wearing glasses step to the forefront and said with a smirk.

"My, my, what two lovely ladies do we have here? Why it's Yuuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Hinata, fancy meeting the two of you out here."

"Yakushi Kabuto, you're awfully far from home and your snake master Orochimaru. What brings you back to your former village traitor?" Kurenai spat in contempt, as she kept Hinata close to her.

"Kurenai-chan I'm hurt by the tone of your voice. Can't a former son of Konoha visit the village of his childhood?"

"Why yes, you may visit Kabuto-san. If you and your friends would follow me, I'll be glad to give you all a grand tour of the Village Hidden in the Leaves."

"That's most kind of you Kurenai-chan, but I'm afraid we don't have the time. However, allow me to reciprocate your kind offer and extend to both you and Ms Hyuga an invitation to join us in Otogakure."

"Thank you Kabuto-san for the invitation, perhaps another day. As with you, Hinata and I also don't have the time, we must be returning to the Konoha, we're expected." Kurenai contritely answered before she and Hinata turned to leave.

"I'm sure you are expected Kurenai-chan, but I'm afraid I must insist." Kabuto stated with certainty, as he motioned all of his men to move towards the two kunoichi's.

"I see." Kurenai quietly said before turning her head to Hinata and nodding slightly.

In the blink of an eye, Kurenai and Hinata whirled around and stood back to back with one another, while unleashing several grenades in all directions around them. Kabuto and his men jumped back in reflex before all the grenades exploded and covered the clearing in a shroud of dense smoke. Hinata immediately activated her Byakugan and began weaving her way through and around several blinded and coughing Otogakure Shinobi. Upon reaching the last Oto Shinobi before her, Hinata quickly drew out kunai and stabbed the nin directly in the throat, killing the man before he could scream. As Hinata saw his body drop, she then dashed off into the forest heading towards Konoha and help as fast as she could.

As the smoke began to dissipate, Kabuto looked around before his sight fell upon Kurenai expertly slicing the jugular of one of his Chunin Shinobi, as the man was seemingly wrapped up in a tree. Not far from this scene were the bodies of two other Oto nin's who had shared the same fate. Laughing out loud, he stated with admiration to the Genjutsu Mistress.

"Ha, ha, ha, very good Kurenai! You are indeed as talented a kunoichi as you are beautiful. In less than a minute you managed to dispatch four of my Shinobi, I compliment you on your skill."

'Four Shinobi, I only got to three?' Kurenai thought to herself before looking across the field and spotting another Oto Shinobi with a kunai protruding from his throat.

"Well done Hinata." Kurenai murmured before turning her attention back to Kabuto and the rest of his forces. After a moment of waiting, Kurenai watched Kabuto walk slowly over to where a frightened looking Hinata was standing. A wry smile spread across the crimson eyed Jounin's face as she looked on.

"Well, well Ms Hyuga, you appear quite upset at the sight of those bodies. I can promise you there will be no more killing if you and your Sensei will come along peacefully with us."

As Kabuto stood and waited patiently for the Hyuga heiress to reply, he noticed something odd about the girl, she wasn't breathing. Growling in anger, Kabuto pulled out a kunai and viciously thrust it into Hinata who immediately turned into a log.

"A Kawarimi no Jutsu (Body Replacement Technique), very clever of you Kurenai. But I grow weary of these games and I don't want to hurt you if I don't have to. I have very special plans in mind with regards to you."

"Well that's the difference between you and I Kabuto, I'm not playing games and whatever plans you may have can die right along with you in this field!" Kurenai confidently threatened to the Oto commander, as she began a series of hand seals.

Being a proficient Genjutsu user himself, Kabuto's eyes grew wide with fear, as he watched Kurenai begin to disperse into a shower of flower petals. Recognizing one of Kurenai's most prized Genjutsu techniques, he shouted out to his men to shut their eyes and fall back away from the petals, which were now flying around the field they were in.

Unfortunately, three of his Oto Shinobi failed to heed Kabuto's warning and seemed rather amused at the flower petals floating about them. So caught up were the Nin's in what they considered a harmless technique, they failed to notice that some of the petals were attaching themselves to their bodies. A moment later, one of the Shinobi let loose a blood curdling scream, as he stared at his hand in absolute horror. His two comrades quickly turned to see what the matter was and the sight they beheld was the man's hand and arm dissolving away before their eyes. However, before they could contemplate what was happening, they too screamed out in agony as the flower petals covering their own bodies began consuming them as well. A minute later, the only things that remained of the hapless Oto Nin's were a few bits of clothing nothing more. They literally had dissolved away into nothingness.

Kabuto could only sigh in disgust as he watched three of his Shinobi drop to the ground; their faces bore looks of unmistakable terror upon them. Kabuto didn't know if they were alive or dead, but judging by the bloodshot and dilated pupils of their eyes. Whatever they had seen inside of Kurenai's Genjutsu had at the very least destroyed their minds. Such foolishness and stupidity of those men, as far as Kabuto was concerned, they deserved death for being such idiots. However, he also realized that he needed to put a stop to this, as in a matter of a few minutes he had already lost nearly 20% of his forces to the Genjutsu Mistress of the Leaf Village. As Kabuto made the necessary hand seals and released the Genjutsu, he also took notice of the fact that the Hyuga girl was no longer there. Kabuto watched Kurenai reappear onto the battlefield, as her technique began to fade away. He stepped forward while clapping his hands and stated with praise.

"As I said earlier Kurenai, most impressive you are indeed a very beautiful and deadly Shinobi. You've managed to inflict severe damage to my forces all the while buying precious time for the Hyuga girl to escape back to Konoha and retrieve reinforcements. A very clever strategy on your part, I commend you. But it all ends right now!" Kabuto commented in a deadly tone of voice before barking out an order to one of his Jounin.

"Sub-commander Masashi, take 14 men with you and intercept and capture the Hyuga girl before she reaches the Leaf village. The rest of the men and your counterpart Sub-commander Takeo shall remain here with me to deal with the Genjutsu Mistress, now go!"

"Hai Commander Kabuto!" Masashi said with a bow before he and his squad jumped out of the clearing and into the forest.

As the men were jumping away, Kurenai leapt into the air behind them and unleashed a volley of shuriken at them. Unfortunately, the shuriken were intercepted by several kunai and knocked off their course. It was then that Kabuto suddenly blurred in front of Kurenai while she was airborne and delivered a vicious backhand to the Leaf Jounin, which sent her plummeting down to the ground. As Kurenai rose to one knee and wiped the blood from her swelling lip, she heard Kabuto say as he landed nearby.

"As I said Kurenai, all of your planning and strategy ends right now! A pity I had to damage such a lovely face. I can heal that for you if you would like?"

Kurenai merely held a kunai up and pointed it towards the glasses wearing snake apprentice, as if silently saying "try it if you dare."

Kabuto sighed heavily before saying in a voice filled with resignation.

"I can see you're going to be difficult about this. I have no desire to hurt you Kurenai-chan. No, in fact my desires with regards to you are focused on other of your attributes shall we say. So you do have a choice, you can return with me to Otogakure relatively unscathed, or you can go to the Sound village damaged. But you will accompany me one way or the other!"

Kabuto quickly moved his head to the side, as a kunai went whizzing by his ear and he glared at the hostile Leaf kunoichi before saying with irritation.

"Very well Kurenai-chan, you've made your choice. Sub-commander Takeo, you and your men take her down, but I want her alive and damaged as little as possible."

Kabuto then signaled his Oto Shinobi to converge onto their target.

Kurenai eyed the Oto nin's moving in on her warily, as she took a defensive Taijutsu stance and waited for them to attack. Armed with kunai's in both hands, Kurenai noticed most of men advancing on her had put on heavy flak jackets over their chest and torso's. The Flower Petal Genjutsu she used had taken quite a bit of her chakra to pull off and she needed some time to recover. This would be a Taijutsu and weapons fight now, although the flak jackets would prove difficult for Kurenai to inflict a killing blow. No matter, Kurenai could see the smirks on some of the faces of the men approaching her. She knew they were underestimating her Taijutsu skills, and that little mistake would cost them dearly. Maybe not with their lives, but she would see to it that they would never forget this fight of that she swore.

Suddenly, one of the Oto Shinobi rushed in on her, ignoring his commanders warning to stop, his mistake. As the Oto nin made a wild sideways slash at Kurenai, she dropped to the ground in a perfect leg split making his attack miss completely. Kurenai then thrust her kunai forward directly into the groin of the attacking Oto nin and twisted it, as the man made a high-pitched scream. A wicked smile spread across the Genjutsu Mistress face, as she withdrew the kunai and the enemy nin fell backwards screaming in agony, as he writhed on the ground and clutched at his nether regions.

All the other Shinobi including Kabuto had involuntarily jumped back and covered their own groins with their hands in response to what they had just witnessed. Kurenai smirked at this sight, she had to admit when she and Anko were friends and the Snake Mistress had taught her that little maneuver. Anko had promised that it would put the fear Kami into any man attacking her.

Kurenai had little time to celebrate her psychological message, as the Oto commander Takeo ordered in two of his men to attack her. The crimson-eyed Jounin quickly pirouetted on one hand and kicked her attackers back with amazing force. Kurenai then jumped vertically into the air and back flipped behind another Oto Shinobi while delivering a kick that sent him sailing into two of his comrades.

Suddenly, the Oto Jounin Takeo appeared in front of her and completed a series of hand signs, before striking the ground with his hands and saying.

Doton: "Dorou Doumu no Jutsu." (Earth Element: Earth Dome Prison Technique)

At which point Kurenai saw a wall of earth erupt from the ground before her and snake around to entrap her in a prison of dirt. Before the wall could complete its containment, Kurenai attached an explosive tag onto one of her kunai and threw it behind her before deftly rolling through the hole in the hardening dirt the tag had made before her earthen prison had been completed.

Rolling to a stop, Kurenai quickly unleashed another volley of shuriken in all directions causing the Oto Shinobi to scatter and give her time to catch her breath. It was at that moment she heard someone shout from behind her.

Doton: "Doryuu Katsu no Jutsu!" (Earth Element: Earth Style Split Technique)

Quickly turning around, Kurenai again spied Takeo slamming his hand to the ground, which caused the earth to rise up and split apart, as a chasm raced towards her position.

'This Oto commander Takeo is a Doton user, that's who's been hitting me with these earth element attacks. I need to take him out quickly, or I don't stand a remote chance of surviving this.' Kurenai thought to herself, as she immediately began back flipping away from the chasm while unleashing another explosive tag kunai at the Oto Jounin. Knowing the only way for her to stop this jutsu was to cause the man to remove his hand from the ground, as this will end the parting of the earth.

As Kabuto watched Kurenai back flip away from danger while simultaneously disrupt his Sub-commander's earth jutsu, he could only marvel at her talent and beauty. She was a fighter he silently mused to himself. Something he would definitely need to break her spirit of, but he had time. Kabuto smirked, as he watched Takeo release his jutsu but was unable to clear himself completely in time from the explosion of Kurenai's explosive tag and was rendered unconscious.

When Kurenai looked back and saw the Oto Jounin down for the count, she breathed a sigh of relief. However, the physical strain of this fight was beginning to wear her down. Kurenai gazed out onto the field, she could see there were still 10 enemy Shinobi to deal with including Kabuto, as she silently cursed to herself.

'Damn it, I burned away most of my chakra from my spar with Hinata and from my initial Genjutsu attacks in this fight. So all I can rely on is hand-to-hand Taijutsu and weapons. I've done well so far, but only because Kabuto has stayed out of the fight for the most part. I'm sure he's waiting for me to exhaust myself before he steps in. It's a good strategy, because I don't know how much longer I can keep this up? I know I can't win, but while I still have some strength left, I need to take down as many of these Oto bastards as I can before Kabuto does step in and finishes me off. I just pray to Kami I've bought Hinata the time she needed to get away?'

Kurenai watched as the remaining Oto Shinobi took up various attack positions and advance towards her. One of the Shinobi began going through a series of hand signs to activate a jutsu before an order rang out from Kabuto.

"No justu's, I don't want my prize damaged! There are nine of you, more than enough to take down one exhausted Leaf kunoichi by physical means."

A shiver went down Kurenai's back at being referred to as "my prize" by Kabuto and didn't want to dwell on what that meant. Quickly checking to see what weapons she had left to fight with, her hopes were dashed with what she discovered. One kunai and one exploding note was all she had left in her arsenal. Kurenai looked back up to see the Oto Shinobi had bunched up and were looking to overpower her thru sheer numbers and strength. Assessing the situation and the resources she had left to fight with, Kurenai knew there was only one option left, she had to either take out the enemy all at once or be captured. Standing up to face the Shinobi coming towards her, one lone remorseful thought went through the crimson-eyed Jounin's mind, as she prepared to launch her attack.

'I'm sorry Hinata. I know I promised I would always be there for you. I hope one day you can forgive me for what I'm about to do.'

Kurenai gripped the kunai she had tightly in one hand and kept hidden the explosive note in the other. Suddenly, Kurenai let loose a bloodcurdling war cry, something else Anko had taught her, before hurtling her kunai directly at Kabuto and then leaping directly into the group of Oto nin's advancing on her.

Kabuto barely dodged the kunai thrown at him before looking up in amazement as he watched Kurenai unleash a maelstrom of kicks and punches onto his Oto Shinobi. Surprisingly, she had them all on the defensive, but Kabuto knew she wouldn't be able to maintain this attack rate for very long and wondered what she was doing? It was then he noticed Kurenai put one of his Chunin into a hammerlock and slap an explosive tag onto his back that he realized what she was planning. Kabuto quickly Shunshin'd over into the battle and kicked the Chunin away from Kurenai and his men. Unfortunately, the unlucky Oto Shinobi did not travel very far before the explosive tag went off. The subsequent explosion obliterated the man and the shock wave knocked all of the combatants to the ground.

As a stunned Kabuto and his men rose from the ground, he noticed Kurenai was also on her feet. He then saw the Genjutsu Mistress deliver a powerful punch and kick onto two of his dazed Shinobi knocking them back down once more. Seething with anger, Kabuto quickly formed a chakra scalpel and precisely sliced through the back of Kurenai causing her to fall to a heap. Kurenai tried to move but found her legs unresponsive, as she looked up to Kabuto and heard him say.

"Don't bother struggling Kurenai, I've severed the L5 nerve in your spinal cord, your legs are quite paralyzed at the moment. But not to worry, it's something I can easily fix. However, your stubbornness in refusing my gracious invitation to return with me to Otogakure has hurt me deeply. I don't plan on fixing anything until we get back to the Sound village and you and I reach some sort of understanding."

Kabuto then flipped Kurenai over onto her back and sat on top of her straddling her hips, as he leaned in and stole a kiss while keeping the Leaf Jounin's hands pinned above her head. After he was finished, Kurenai spit directly into his face causing Kabuto to laugh, as he wiped the spittle from his face then lick it off his fingers before saying.

"You taste sweet Kurenai-chan. I wonder what other delicacies you have to offer that will taste just as good as this."

Kabuto then swooped in once more and licked some blood off of Kurenai's face from the bloodied lip she had received during her fight. Rising back up, Kabuto commented with praise, as he licked his lips.

"Delicious, a pity we can't stay here longer so I can sample more of your delectable treats, but we will have plenty of time for that once we get back to Otogakure."

Suddenly a voice roared out dripping with unbridled rage and vengeance.

"You'll be going nowhere because soon you will all be dead!"

Kabuto looked up and his eyes bulged with fear, as he saw Kakashi burst through the canopy of the forest surrounding them and rocket downward towards him with a Chidori lightning blade erupting from each hand and his Sharingan eye blazing. In a panic, Kabuto rolled off of Kurenai and screamed out to his men.

"St-Stop him!"

As Takeo shook his head while regaining consciousness, he suddenly heard a vengeful shout followed by a panicked scream and looked over to see a Leaf Shinobi hurtling towards his commander Kabuto-sama. Takeo acting on pure instinct to protect his superior officer, immediately Shushin'd in front of the attacking Leaf nin.

"Fear not Kabuto-sama I shall take care of him!" Takeo shouted, as he appeared in front of everyone and flashed some hand signs and striking the ground with his hands and saying.

Doton: "Doro Gaeshi no Jutsu!"(Earth Element: Mud Overturn Technique)

At that moment a large wall of earth rose from the ground separating the Oto forces from the incoming silver haired Leaf Jounin. The Oto Jounin smirked before his face took on a look of frightened shock, as Kakashi shot through the wall like a bullet. Takeo didn't even have a chance to scream before his head rolled off his body as Kakashi flew by him.

Tucking into a roll as he landed, Kakashi knocked aside several-surprised Oto Shinobi like a bowling ball scattering pins before skidding to a stop in front of one stunned Chunin. Before the man could react, Kakashi from his crouched position swung one his Chidori blades upwards and eviscerated the man from his crotch through the top of his head.

The sight of their comrade cleaved in half and his bloody organs spilling out of his body as he fell sent the remaining Oto nin's into a panic. However, Kakashi would not allow them time to recover their senses as he quickly jumped up and roundhouse kicked another Chunin while simultaneously thrusting a Chidori straight through the heart of another.

Kabuto cursed under his breath as he watched Kakashi rip his Chidori out of the chest of one of his Shinobi. In less than a minute, Kakashi had killed his Jounin Sub-commander and two of his upper-level Chunin with ease. Kabuto only had six Shinobi left to fight with and ordered them all to fall back to him. Kakashi for his part took up a defensive position between Kabuto and his forces and Kurenai and waited for them to attack.

As Kabuto stared at the Leaf Jounin before him, he shivered slightly. Under normal circumstances, Kabuto could stand toe-to-toe in a fight against the Copy nin. However, today was not a normal circumstance, as the killing intent radiating off of Kakashi was stifling. He was out for blood or more specifically Kabuto's blood.

'Damn you Kakashi, I'm not foolish enough to fight you alone when you're in this state, but I will kill you today! It will mean sacrificing the rest of my men, but who cares just so long as you die!' Kabuto silently thought, as he created another chakra scalpel and ordered his remaining men to attack all at once, while he waited for his opportunity to strike.

Kakashi smirked as he saw the Oto Shinobi rush in on him. With his Sharingan activated, all of them seemed to move in slow motion as they approached. One Oto nin unleashed a Windmill shuriken at Kakashi who caught the instrument of death and whirled around throwing it back to its owner who was sliced in half instantly. Kakashi then spied another nin attempting to activate a jutsu, as he and his comrades raced towards him. However, before the Oto nin could finish Kakashi Shunshin'd in front of him and drove his Chidori blade through the man's mouth and out the back of his head.

Turning quickly, Kakashi was able to parry a Katana thrust from another Oto nin, before applying a vicious front kick to the man's throat crushing his windpipe. As he whirled back around, Kabuto's three remaining nin's cautiously surrounded Kakashi while moving around him. All three of them were armed with some form of Katana or sword. Kakashi eyed his opponents carefully, as he deactivated one of his Chidori blades due to chakra loss and pulled out a Kunai. These Oto nin's before him were all upper ranked Chunin. They had to be at least that skilled to have avoided Kakashi's murderous rampage the past few minutes.

Suddenly, one of the Oto nin leapt at Kakashi, his Katana slicing through the air in a murderous arc. Acting quickly, Kakashi brought the blunt end his kunai down sharply onto the nin's wrist, forcing his arm downward and driving the Katana blade into the ground. This left his attacker wide open, as Kakashi in a savage sweeping blow with his active Chidori sliced through the nin's stomach and watched, as the man's intestines fell to the ground in a bloody clump.

Kakashi then saw through the periphery of his Sharingan another nin move in. Taking the kunai and throwing it at the man who easily dodged it, but not before Kakashi completed the necessary hand signs and said.

Katon: "Goukakyu no Jutsu."(Fire Element: Grand Fireball Technique)

Kakashi then blew a stream of fire which erupted into a large sphere of flames which incinerated the man. Turning back quickly to face the last Oto nin, Kakashi was momentarily blinded, as the nin had angled his sword blade to reflect the sun directly into Kakashi's eyes. This was the moment Kabuto had been waiting for, as he swooped in and delivered a quick strike to Kakashi's chest with his chakra scalpel. Unfortunately for Orochimaru's apprentice, he was unable to clear himself completely from Kakashi's wild sweeping strike of his Chidori, which cut through the sword and head of the last Oto nin, as well as slicing through the throat of Kabuto.

As Kakashi's vision returned, he saw the Oto nin with half a head drop to the ground. Hearing a gurgling sound behind him, Kakashi turned to see Kabuto stagger off, his hands glowing green as they clutched at his throat in an attempt to heal himself. Kakashi's cut had been deep, but not deep enough as it had missed Kabuto's jugular, but did slice through his vocal cords. Kakashi took a step forward to finish off the Konoha traitor, when a sharp pain from his chest stopped him in his tracks. Covering his Sharingan eye and deactivating his Chidori, Kakashi hesitantly took another step before he grabbed his chest in pain and coughed up some blood. It was then that he fell straight backwards and hit the ground with a resounding thud.

Kabuto smirked slightly as he watched Kakashi fall before he staggered off into the forest. This mission for the Uchiha brat was over as far as he was concerned. If Kakashi was here, then other Leaf village reinforcements might be around as well. And though it pained Kabuto to leave Kurenai behind, he would not risk his capture by trying to bring her with him. He needed to get back to Otogakure and his master as soon as possible.

Kurenai had watched Kakashi's fight in utter amazement and how quickly and viciously her fellow Jounin had dispatched Kabuto's remaining forces. However, the look of wonderment on her face changed to a look of terrifying fear the moment she saw Kakashi fall to the ground, unmoving. Tears began to well in her eyes, as she struggled to drag herself across the clearing to reach him.

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As Kakashi leapt down to attack Kabuto and his Oto forces, a few miles away and breathing heavily, Hinata could feel the panic of the situation, as she hastily jumped from branch to branch. The rustlings of the trees and the sound of footfalls behind her left no room for doubt; the Oto nin's were closing in.

'No!' Hinata thought worriedly after activating her Byakugan. 'I have to make it back to the village!'

Leaping off another tree branch, Hinata had reached a clearing. Landing in stride, she continued running at top speed through the grassy field when out of nowhere she jumped back to avoid an Oto nin who came bursting out of the ground in front of her, swinging a kunai at her neck.

Doing a back flip, she landed safely on one knee, but still had a small cut on her neck. Standing back up, she gazed into the eyes of her attacker, an Otogakure Jounin by the name of Masashi.

Masashi smiled evilly at the young woman before him, as his group of 14 other Oto Shinobi surrounded Hinata.

"End of the line girl!" Masashi snidely remarked, as he smirked while eyeing the cut on Hinata's neck.

He looked down and saw his kunai had a little blood on it. Licking his kunai, he grinned maliciously before saying.

"I'll have to be more careful, I almost forgot, Orochimaru-sama ordered us not to kill you."

Stepping forward with the bloody kunai still in hand Masashi asked.

"So are you going to come along peacefully? Please say no, I love it when they try and struggle."

"There's no way out of this?" Hinata muttered under her breath.

Activating her Byakugan, Hinata knew the odds were against her. She slipped her body into the Jyuuken fighting stance, thus giving Masashi his answer.

"Excellent!" he grinned. Glancing at his men, "Take her!" The 14 other Shinobi moved on command, darting towards the girl they had circled.

'Not good!' Hinata thought, seeing that she was vastly outnumbered.

But that wouldn't stop her from trying. She had to get back to the village at all costs. Not just for herself but for all the people counting on her as well. Flying through hand seals, she slammed her hands on the ground, as she stared at three oncoming Oto nin's and shouted.

"Binshou-Suna Kangoku no Jutsu!" (Quick-Sand Prison Technique)

Masashi and the rest of his men jumped back instinctively, thinking the girl had released a Doton element jutsu. They were puzzled when nothing had happened, when suddenly the three nin's that had been closest to Hinata began flailing their arms and legs about and screaming for help that they were being buried alive. After a moment, all three nin's fell to the ground in a heap, their eyes wide with terror, but unconscious nonetheless. As the rest of the nin's wondered with confusion what was going on, Masashi finally figured out what Hinata had done and angrily spat.

"Genjutsu!"

Looking up, Masashi saw Hinata disappear from her spot, as she went to engage the Oto nin's who had escaped her Genjutsu. She reappeared in front of one of them and threw her palm forward striking the man in his chest and shutting off the main Tenketsu point to his heart killing the man instantly. However, before Hinata could plan her next move she heard a shout of.

Katon: "Okibi Hebi Dageki no Jutsu!"(Fire Element: Blazing-Fire Snake Strike Technique)

Suddenly, Hinata was hit from the side by a stream of flames that blasted her away. She only stopped flying through the air for a moment, when Masashi appeared in her path and landed a kick that sent her in the other direction.

Hinata eventually came to a stop when she crashed into small stream. The Oto ninja regrouped, as she struggled to get to her feet. Looking at her enemies, Hinata put on a fierce face and went through some hand seals and shouted.

Suiton: "Suiton Tama Kyodan no Jutsu!"(Water Element: Water Bullet Projectile Technique)

It was then that several spheres of water rose from the creek Hinata was standing in. Hinata then thrust her arms forward and all the spheres were launched at incredible speed towards Masashi and his men. The spheres flew so fast that they tore the ground beneath them, as they raced towards the enemy ninja.

"Benso!" (Defense) Masashi cried out.

Two of the Oto ninja quickly stepped up and performed a series of hand seals before and shouted.

Doton: "Doryuu Heki no Jutsu!" (Earth Element: Earth Style Wall Technique)

Immediately the Oto nin's began spewing a line of mud onto the ground in front of them. The mud quickly began to grow and harden into a large mud wall to defend against Hinata's incoming attack and shield them from the bullets. The water was no match for the thick layer of earth and smashed against the shield wall doing very little damage to it.

After the attack, four Sound ninja jumped out from behind their earthen shield and charged at Hinata. One of the nin's leapt at the Hyuga girl and threw his right fist forward, which Hinata ducked under and quickly sidestepped. She would have countered, but had to do a hurried battle roll in order to avoid the barrage of shuriken that came from two of the other nin's.

As she recovered, the last of the four Oto nin's appeared behind her doing a leg sweep, which Hinata jumped to avoid. But this left her vulnerable to a roundhouse kick by the same nin that sent her crashing into the stream once more. With Hinata still in the creek recovering, Masashi and two of his men appeared high in the air above her. Going through the necessary hand seals, they each shouted.

Katon: "Goukakyu no Jutsu."(Fire Element: Grand Fireball Technique)

As Hinata looked up, she saw the three Oto Shinobi blow a stream of fire, which erupted into a very large sphere of flame heading directly towards her. Quickly running through a series of hand signs, she shouted in defense.

Suiton: "Mizu Tatsumaki no Jutsu!" (Water Element: Tornado of Water Technique)

It was then that a spinning water vortex erupted around Hinata and shot upwards extinguishing the flames and knocking two of the Oto nins unconscious, but missing the Oto commander.

Masashi landed on the ground and stifling a laugh, said with amusement.

"I'm impressed girl! I must say for one so young and pretty, you certainly put up one Hell of a fight. A pity Sasuke-sama wants you all for himself, or I wouldn't mind having a go with you.

After using the Suiton jutsu, Hinata fell to her knees exhausted. Trying to catch her breath, she heard what the Oto Jounin had said and began to realize the truth.

'This is all Sasuke's doing, that bastard! I'd rather die than be with him.'

As Hinata watched the eight remaining Oto Chunin Shinobi regroup with their Jounin commander Masashi, she shook her head in disgust as she thought to herself.

'There's just too many of them.'

Hinata was confident that if it were just one and one, that she could beat any of these guys save perhaps Masashi. But she was so terribly outnumbered that it seemed hopeless.

'There has to be a way.' Hinata inwardly cursed.

Looking around at her surroundings, she was suddenly struck with an idea.

'That's it!' Hinata thought, finding a glimmer of hope.

Focusing her attention on the battle again, she realized the Oto nin's had her completely encircled again.

"No way out, Hyuga!" Masashi taunted, as he slowly began walking towards her. Hinata knew what she had to do and going through some hand seals.

"Not this time." Masashi quickly threw several kunai that implanted themselves right into Hinata's body, stopping her from making the seals. Masashi was grinning until a smile crossed Hinata's face, and in a poof of smoke her body turned into a log completely covered in explosive tags.

"Shit, get away!!!" Masashi yelled, as a large explosion took place, covering the battlefield in a thick layer of dust and debris.

Hinata immediately emerged from the cloud of dust, and went running into the forest once more heading in the direction of Konoha. As the dust died down, Masashi could see Hinata getting further and further away and angrily shouted.

"After her, and don't let her get away! Lieutenant Kioshi, go release those three idiots under the Genjutsu and see if you can awaken those other two. Apparently we are going to need them back on their feet, since the rest of you morons can't take down one 14 year old Leaf Genin Kunoichi! Well what are you idiots still standing around for, go get her!"

Trying to recover from the explosion, the group of seven Oto nin's immediately scrambled after the runaway Hyuga.

Racing through the forest, Hinata jumped from tree to tree with her Byakugan active.

'They're getting closer...' she thought, as one of Oto Shinobi started gaining ground.

'It's now or never.' Hinata mused, as she jumped off another tree branch and landed on solid ground.

She turned around to face the oncoming enemies just as the first Oto nin arrived. He landed on the ground in front of her and threw a punch, which Hinata blocked and pushed him off to the side a bit. Focusing her Byakugan, she took a step forward and quickly struck the enemy nin in his stomach, followed by a fatal Jyuuken palm strike to the heart.

The Oto Shinobi fell to the ground dead, as Hinata ran off just seconds before the other Oto ninja's got to the battlefield. Wasting no time, they ignored their dead comrade and continued their pursuit.

Hinata ran for another minute until the Oto nin's began to gain ground. Hopping down from her branch, she only had to wait a few seconds until the first Oto nin arrived. He began going through some hand seals but Hinata didn't give him time to finish, striking him in the face, and then finishing him off with a Jyuuken palm thrust to the chest. Moments after that nin fell to the ground dead, Hinata then had to jump back to avoid several shuriken and kunai.

Seeing that she was now outnumbered once again, as more Oto nin's began arriving, Hinata turned around and continued running through the forest once more.

"Damn her! That little coward!" shouted one of the Oto Shinobi, as they chased after her.

With the enemy hot on her trail, Hinata jumped off one branch and did a 360° spin in midair, throwing several kunai laced with explosive tags, as she faced her enemy's direction.

"Look out!" One of the nin's yelled, as they all scattered to avoid being caught up in the blasts.

Hinata continued jumping through the trees but was beginning to get slower as the fatigue of the battle was taking its toll.

'I have to do this! I can't give up now!' she thought with determination.

She knew that she had to make it back to her village no matter what it took. Thanks to her Byakugan, she could see that her pursuers were beginning to catch up once again. She figured those explosive tags wouldn't slow them down for long.

One of the Oto nin's was breaking away from his group and quickly catching up to Hinata. Going through a series of hand signs, he leapt into the air and yelled.

Katon: "Goukakyu no Jutsu!"(Fire Element: Grand Fireball Technique)

Hinata landed on the ground and instantly started spinning around in place, performing the Hakkeshou Kaiten in the process. She was releasing chakra from her entire body creating a whirling shield of charka. When the fireball attack collided with the vortex, the flames were sent flying in all directions. For one unlucky Oto nin, that was an unexpected result of the fire attack, as he was suddenly caught up in the flames and incinerated.

Keeping up her fast pace, Hinata darted upwards high in the air and met the Oto Shinobi who had launched that last fire attack. Hinata landed two deadly strikes, one to the nin's stomach and one to his heart. Her enemy hit the ground dead and she took into the trees once again mere seconds before the other Oto nin's made it to her location.

"We can't let her get away or Orochimaru-sama will have our heads!" yelled one of the ninja.

It was then that Commander Masashi, Lt. Kioshi, and the five Oto ninja he had revived rejoined the last three surviving Oto nins of the original seven who had begun this chase. One of the remaining three nin's of the original chase group angrily groused.

"Yeah, but how are we supposed to get her when she just keeps attacking and then fleeing?"

"Of course!" Masashi thought, as he had a revelation.

"Everyone stay together!" Masashi ordered.

He pointed to a couple of his Oto nins who were about to break away in pursuit of Hinata and shouted.

"You guys get over here! I want everyone to get back in formation right now and don't break rank!"

"What's wrong, boss?" asked an Oto nin who appeared next to him.

"I know what she's doing." Masashi replied, as his remaining forces were coming back together.

As soon as his men were in formation, Masashi explained while they all pressed forward.

"She's using a hit-and-run tactic. When we were in the field she used that log with explosive tags to make her escape, and to get us all scattered and confused. She knew we would make capturing her our top priority and wouldn't even think to get back in formation since we'd be too busy recovering from the blast and trying to keep up with her before she could escape."

"I still don't get it." One of the nin's stated with confusion, before Masashi continued on.

"She realized that every Shinobi has a different top speed, so she kept running knowing that the fastest Shinobi would get to her first. She quickly disables him and then keeps running. Then, the next fastest ninja eventually catches up, she disable him and keeps running. She just keeps repeating that process to pick us off one by one. Those kunai with explosive tags that she threw while you guys were chasing her was to add more confusion to the group and make sure we would stay separated."

One of the Oto ninja had a surprised look on his face, "That's a smart plan." he said somewhat impressed.

"But not smart enough!" Masashi replied, in a dark tone of voice.

The rest of Masashi's men inwardly shivered at the tone of their commander's voice, as they could almost taste in the air the annoyance and rage he was feeling. Masashi hated being played like a fool. The Hyuga girl wasn't going to slip away from him, especially not after this.

Further along in the forest, Hinata had been running for several minutes with no signs of the Sound ninja.

'Where are they?' She wondered, as she started scouting the area while still running at a quickened pace.

'Oh no!' As Hinata realized the horrible truth, as her Byakugan enhanced eyes allowed her to catch sight of the Oto Shinobi.

The Oto nin's were very much back in formation and catching up quickly. Hinata was moving as fast as her body would allow but she was just so tired. Her legs were burning like never before and her lungs felt like they were about to explode. The tragic flaw of a long hit-and-run strategy is that is requires an unbelievable amount of stamina. Naruto had warned Hinata of this when he first taught her this strategy.

Hinata's worst fears were realized when the Oto nin's had caught up enough to catch her in their sights. Masashi took a huge leap through the air and fired a powerful shockwave of concentrated sound waves from his hand.

'It's too fast!' Hinata thought as she leaped off a tree branch.

She couldn't dodge in the air and the blast hit her square in the back. Aside from knocking the wind out of her, the force of the attack also sent her slamming face first into the ground.

Slowly lifting her head, Hinata could see she was surrounded once more. Masashi walked over to her as she tried to get back to her feet. Putting his foot on the back of her head, Masashi pushed down causing her face to smash back into the dirt. He looked at the girl with contempt, as pushed his heel into her head, forcing Hinata to wince in pain.

"You cocky little bitch!" Masashi stated the anger clearly evident in his voice, before turning Hinata over and lifting the girl by the front of her jacket to face him, he spat right into Hinata's face and sneered.

"Did you really think you could outsmart me?"

Masashi then viciously punched Hinata in the stomach causing her to cough up some blood before he dropped the Hyuga heiress in a heap back onto the ground.

"Commander Masashi, remember we can't kill her and Orochimaru wants her damaged as little as possible." Lt. Kioshi said to remind the enraged Oto Jounin.

Masashi waved his hand and began walking away from the girl.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. Tie her up and let's get out of here."

However, before any of the ninja could carry out the order, Hinata had slowly gotten to her feet and yelled.

"Byakugan!"

Masashi slowly turned back around and eyed at the Hyuga angrily, as all of the remaining Oto nin's prepared themselves for battle once more. Hinata looked around at her enemies while in her Jyuuken fighting stance, trying desperately to catch her breath. She knew she couldn't run, not anymore. She was too exhausted and they wouldn't give her the chance to run anyways. Hinata knew she would have to make her stand right here and right now. Just as Hinata was about to move forward to attack Masashi, one of the Shinobi cut her off.

"Oh no you don't!" The Oto ninja shouted.

He pulled out a kunai and disappeared from his spot. He reappeared behind Hinata who instantly ducked under the kunai swing he made. She grabbed his arm and expertly snapped his wrist causing him to cry out in pain. Just as Hinata was about to finish him off with a couple quick Jyuuken palm strikes, she had to jump away to avoid several kunai's that were thrown from behind her.

Landing onto a tree branch, Hinata didn't know how much longer she could last? Her chakra was severely depleted, and her remaining strength was waning, but one thing was certain. She was going to take as many of them down with her as she could. Hinata jumped from the branch just in time to avoid being hit by a Kunai.

Appearing in the air above all the Oto ninja, Hinata brought out her last remaining Kunai and drove it into the forehead of one of the Oto Shinobi as she landed. Unfortunately, before she could retract the weapon, two of the man's comrades appeared behind Hinata and each landed a chakra-induced kick that sent her sailing back to the ground. She landed hard, but quickly rose and tried to figure out her next move, but her foes weren't giving her the time to think. Dodging a punch and then catching the nins' arm, Hinata flipped him over her shoulder into another Oto nin who was approaching using a Taijutsu maneuver Naruto had taught her.

Jumping back to get distance from the other Oto Shinobi, Hinata prepared herself for another attack, as she slipped into her Jyuuken stance. But just as she did this, Hinata felt a sensation of pain in her back. Her Byakugan let her see it without having to turn around. Masashi had pierced her back with a kunai from about 50 yards away. Falling to her knees, Hinata turned her head slightly to see Masashi's complacent grin plastered on his face.

"Give it up girl; this is the end for you. You're coming with us to Orochimaru-sama." Masashi declared with a smug look.

"No!" Hinata angrily declared, as she reached around and pulled the kunai from her back.

Rising to her feet and turning to face Masashi, Hinata proclaimed with defiance.

"I can't give up, I won't give up! For Kurenai-Sensei and Naruto-kun, I will never give up!"

Activating her Byakugan once more, Hinata focused on Masashi and sprinted towards the Oto Jounin.

"I don't think so!" Masashi shouted, as he threw several kunai's at the onrushing Hyuga.

Masashi was stunned when Hinata deflected all the kunai's away using her own and continued to charge forward. Masashi took a step back with a bit of fear in his eyes.

"Stop her!" Masashi yelled and his men all threw shuriken and kunai, but to no avail, as Hinata either deflected or dodged the incoming weapons while she closed the distance between her and Masashi. Hinata was bleeding profusely from the wound on her back and her blood was staining the ground as she ran.

But it didn't matter.

The look in her eyes showed her resolve clearly, nothing was going to stop her now. When she got within striking distance of Masashi, he began to panic at the fierce look in her eyes. He pulled out a kunai and swung at her. Hinata sidestepped his attack and pulled her arm back. Thrusting it forward with all the strength she had left, Hinata drove the kunai directly into Masashi's chest and through his heart and watched with satisfaction as the Oto Jounin fell to the ground...dead.

There was dead silence as Hinata looked at the dead Jounin commander while struggling to remain conscious. Turning back around Hinata slowly stumbled forward towards the remaining Oto nin's who looked scared after seeing her kill their leader.

A smile graced Hinata's face, as she looked around at the Oto Shinobi before she stopped and began to fall forward in what seemed like slow motion. As she fell down and hit the ground face first, lying there motionless Hinata thought of two people before losing all consciousness.

'I'm sorry Kurenai-sensei.'

'And I'm sorry... Naruto-kun, I, I love you.'

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Kurenai had finally managed to crawl over to where Kakashi's prone body lay on the ground. Propping herself up onto her elbows, she could see his lone visible eye was closed. In a panic, Kurenai frantically called out Kakashi's name, begging the silver haired Jounin to wake up. A sense of relief went through Kurenai, as she saw his eyelid flutter before slowly opening to look at her. After a moment, in a coughing and scraggily voice Kakashi said.

"What's up Kurenai, (cough.)"

"What's up Kurenai? What's up? Is that all you have to say Kakashi?" Kurenai stated, angry and irritated at the frivolous nature of his greeting given their current situation.

"No, (cough) it isn't. Are you hurt Kurenai?" Kakashi softly replied, the concern for her evident in his tone.

Kurenai felt guilty at getting annoyed with the man who had most certainly saved her from a fate worse than death. She reached up to pull Kakashi's mask up over his mouth to help him breathe better. Kurenai nearly burst into tears when Kakashi coughed up some blood which spilled over his face, as she answered in a choked voice.

"I'm, I'm alright Kakashi. A few cuts and bruises and Kabuto did something to paralyze my legs, but he said it wasn't permanent. So I should be fine."

"I'm sorry you were hurt Kurenai. (cough) It's my fault; I should have gotten here sooner (cough.)"

"Stop talking such nonsense, I'm grateful you arrived when you did, if you hadn't, I might be dead or something worse. But, but, I don't understand, how did you even know I was in trouble in the first place Kakashi?"

"It's, it's a long story Kurenai (cough.) I'll let Tsunade and the others tell you when they arrive (cough.) Tell me, where's Hinata?"

"I sent Hinata back to the village to get reinforcements when Kabuto and the Sound Shinobi attacked us. I, I, hope she made it, but I don't know? Kabuto sent several Oto nin's after her that I was unable to stop. She could be dead right now for all I know! Kurenai exclaimed, as tears began streaking down her face.

Kakashi saw the tears start to flow from Kurenai's eyes and reached up to squeeze her hand and comfort and reassure the Genjutsu Mistress about Hinata's fate.

"Don't worry, Hinata is alright Kurenai. (cough) Kabuto and his Oto forces were sent to capture Hinata, not to kill her. Of this I am certain."

"I'm, I'm not sure that's a better fate for Hinata." Kurenai replied with sorrow.

"I know Kurenai, but we have to have faith in her. (cough) Hinata is the strongest kunoichi of her generation and was taught by one of the best Jounin Konoha has, (cough) I'm sure she got away. But even if she didn't, (cough) Hinata won't go down without a fight. So capturing her will not be an easy task, and reinforcements are coming; I made sure of that (cough, cough, cough!)"

Kurenai quickly looked up to see Kakashi coughing up some more blood. Taking solace in Kakashi's words about Hinata and knowing there was nothing she could do for her at that moment. Kurenai's attention became focused on Kakashi's condition, as she asked.

"Oh Kami Kakashi, how badly are you hurt?"

"Me, (cough, cough) I'm dying." Kakashi nonchalantly replied.

A look of shock spread across Kurenai's face and it felt like someone had kicked her in the stomach, as she stammered out in disbelief.

"Wha-what are talking about Kakashi, you, you can't be dying?"

"Well, (cough, cough) I'm pretty sure I am. I, I, don't know what Kabuto did to me? (cough) But knowing him, I'm quite sure that it's fatal (cough, cough.)"

"But, but even if that's true Kakashi, you said Tsunade is on her way. So, so you just need to hang on until she gets here and she can reverse whatever Kabuto did to you and save you ok." Kurenai asserted in a panicked voice.

"That, that may be true Kurenai, but I don't think I'll make it before she gets here (cough, cough.)"

Kurenai screwed her eyes tightly shut, as fresh tears began spilling forth. A feeling of rage and despair began to wash through her body at knowing that Kakashi had sacrificed his life in saving her. Even more infuriating to Kurenai was the fact that he was so calm about dying. Lashing out in anger, as she pulled her hand away from his and slammed it to the dirt, Kurenai asked in frustration.

"What is wrong with you, how, how can you be so calm about this Kakashi?!"

"I'm not happy about it Kurenai, (cough, cough) but knowing that you're going to be safe and ok, I'm at peace with it. If I die, it was for a good cause as far as I'm concerned (cough.)"

"But why Kakashi, why? You threw yourself into that battle with Kabuto and those Sound nin's without hesitation to save me, and now it's cost you your life! Why did you do that?" What makes me so important that you would sacrifice everything and not even care that by saving me, you've been killed because of it?" Kurenai pleadingly asked while sobbing in sadness.

"(Cough, cough) why I did it and why you're important to me is the same reason Kurenai. It's because I…….I love you." Kakashi tenderly confessed, as he reached up to cup Kurenai's cheek in his hand and brush a tear drop away with his thumb before adding.

"It's, it's because I love you, that I don't mind or even care if I have given up my life in order to protect you, you're worth any sacrifice to me (cough, cough.)"

Kurenai mind and heart seemed to shatter simultaneously upon hearing Kakashi's admission of love for her. She felt his hand cup her cheek and brush away the tears that were now flowing like a river from her eyes. Countless thoughts raced through Kurenai's mind, as she attempted to come to grips with everything she had been feeling with Kakashi and herself over the past few months. Finally in a voice crackling with heartache she softly asked.

"Why, why have you never told me this before Kakashi?"

"Why? (cough, cough) Well, I guess you could say that Hinata wasn't the only one afflicted with doubt about sharing their feelings with the person they fell in love with (cough.) In fact, it was hearing about Hinata overcoming her fear and then seeing her with Naruto and how happy they were that finally gave me the courage to admit my feelings for you, (cough, cough) not only to myself, but to you as well. And now that I have, (cough, cough) Kur, Kurenai, do, do you have any feelings for me?" Kakashi nervously asked, as he wiped away some more of her tears.

As Kurenai gazed at the pleading look on Kakashi's face, her mind began screaming for her to say.

'I do love you Kakashi! ……………… Say it, say it! Damn it! Why can't I say it?'

Unfortunately, the speech center of Kurenai's brain seemed to malfunction at that moment, as all that came out of her mouth in a hesitant and sputtering reply while her head dropped down.

"I, I, I,"

Kakashi took note of Kurenai's hesitation and inability to answer his question, as her answer. A single tear slowly rolled down his cheek, before he grinned and said.

"It's alright Kurenai, (cough, cough) I understand. I didn't really expect someone as special as you to feel the same way about me. It was just a foolish dream on my part (cough, cough.) You deserve someone much better than a rogue like me. I'm, I'm, (cough, cough) just happy that I finally (cough, cough, cough) was able to share my feelings with you. Even if you don't love me Kurenai, (cough, cough) know that I will always love and care about youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu."

When Kurenai heard Kakashi's final drifting word and felt his hand fall away from her cheek, her voice returned, as she looked up to the heavens and screamed in anguish and misery.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!"

For Kurenai knew without even looking, that Hatake Kakashi had just …… died.

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Author Notes:My apologies to my readers (if I have any left) on this site for my neglect in updating this story. My life has become a hectic mess and coupled with the fact that I've lost the disk that contained these upcoming chapters to the story. Hence the woefully long period since my last update. Upon realizing that I may never find that disk again, I decided to just copy and paste my story from another website I publish it on. So I should be able to upload a new chapter here every week for the next several weeks. Thank you if you've stuck around patiently waiting for my next update.

Kingkakashi

School time:

Nonchalant

Definition: Having an air of easy unconcern or indifference

Etymology: French 1734

Part of Speech: Adjective