Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Demon's of Konoha ❯ Youko ( Chapter 29 )

“Youko-san, everyone knows there is such thing as ninjas. They are just horror story parents tell their children to get them to behave. I don't know why you keep clinging to the notion that they exist. Next you're going to tell me the boogeyman is real” an annoyed Hinata told her co-worker as they pre pared to dust the living room of Lord Kumakura's manor. They were just inside the main hall with all of the cleaning supplies. Today was a light cleaning day, dusting and windows.

 

The girl in question, Youko Nakajima, was pulling a dark brown cloth over her lifeless scarlet hair, covering it from prying eyes. Her eyes were a muddy green color that had no spark of life in them, although Hinata thought at one point they held a lot of mischief. Her skin was pale and almost translucent, holding none of the color of a girl her age should possess. Her body looked frail, and Hinata suspected undernourished. No girl was naturally that skinny, as she seemed too fragile.

 

“It's true Hinata-san, ninja's really do exist.” Youko mentioned while simultaneously grabbing her feather duster and making sure her sleeves were pulled down covering the bruises that littered her arms, not that she needed to have bothered the long dress had matching long sleeves. “They are not just a horror story told to children to keep them in line.” Youko said with sadness in her voice and a far away look in her eyes. “No matter how much I wish they were” she muttered under her breath, not knowing that Hinata could hear her fine. “I hope you never see one in your life, Hinata-san.”

 

“How does Haku-san like her job?” Youko asked changing the subject of ninjas when she had the sickly feeling that Lord Kumakura was nearby. Over the years the feeling or even the presence of him being within twenty feet made her nauseous. She knew better than to talk about ninjas when he was around. Even though she hasn't seen him she knew he was there. Never once was she wrong in the feeling.

 

“Nee-chan likes working in the kitchen” Hinata shrugged at Haku's job before saying cattily “but that's not the job for me. I want to go places. Who knows maybe marry a rich Lord and own a house like this one? It's like a fairy tale dream come true.” Sometimes it came too easily for her to act like a bitchy pre-teen, but Hinata hoped it was because she never went through that phase. She had seen the changes to Youko as she asked about Haku as Hinata had the prickling sensation that they were being observed. She tensed up and looked paler than she already did. Hinata had a feeling whom ever made her this uncomfortable was nearby, so she didn't comment on the small changes. Hinata figured that a civilian wouldn't have noticed, especially a bratty twelve year old.

 

“Lets get cleaning” Hinata smiled as she grabbed her bucket along with cleaning supplies. “If we are lucky maybe we can have the rest of the afternoon off.” Hinata said with a smile on her face. “Then you can show me around our new town, and we can celebrate your seventeenth birthday. Sounds like fun right Youko-san? You have got to show me the sights and the best places to shop. I've never been in a big city before so you must show me everything. I've always wanted to go into town, but I was always told I was too young, but if you're with me I should be fine, right.”

 

“That would be nice Hinata-san” Youko agreed with a saddened smile darkening her face. She didn't have the heart to tell the new girl that going into town was never a good thing. She hoped Hinata never had to find out why, she just hoped she could protect her as long as she could. Youko just turned seventeen, and she was now officially too old to be of use to Lord Kumakura anymore. Soon she would have a new job after all she was promised to serve the Otokage of Sound by Lord Kumakura. Youko didn't think her sickly feeling will ever go away.

 

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Haku grabbed the nearest dry cloth and dried her hands on it thankful that the last set of pots and pans were washed. It had taken her two hours but she had finally finished the last load, careful not to have any water spots on the bronze colored pots and pans. Haku smiled at her accomplishment; yesterday it had taken her a whole twenty minutes longer. Her time was getting better. The down fall was her hair was held up by a couple of senbon needles under her cap and the cap made her head itch. It always seemed to itch the worse when her hands were elbow-deep in the soapy water. She couldn't take off the hat without revealing the weapons in her hair, so she was forced to endure the itchiness.

 

Haku had the hardest job description in the manor, being the only scullery maid. She had to clean everything in the kitchen from the utensils to the pots and pans, being careful of water spots. Being the new girl Haku was put through an initiation of sorts. Dishes that she had washed found back into the dirty dish water because of `water spots' that didn't exist. The floors were cleaned every couple of hours religiously by soapy water and a brush that Haku had to clean on her hands and knees. Her clothes were constantly wet as she wore a long almost floor length gown that was completely impractical for the job. Most days she felt tired from wearing a wet dress that weighed an extra ten pounds. With chakra restricting seals on different locations of her body Haku felt all ten pounds of it.

 

She had bathroom cleaning duties in both the servants' and guest quarters. The master quarters were done by maids like Hinata and Youko. The guest quarters were left with towels left of the floors in places that didn't have water. The fixtures were wiped and cleaned until everything shined with a high gloss. The towels had to be washed after every use and cleaned with special detergent and fabric softener. She had to clean the drains and all surfaces of hair from different parts of the bodies that people left in the tub.

 

The servant quarters were horrible. You would have thought that being servants they would be used to cleaning up. Technically they were until they finally got a new scullery maid after six months of not having one. The bathrooms were always a mess with towels always having to be washed and hung outside to dry. The worst part of it was, was Haku was constantly washing the toilet as everyone forgot how to flush. Two times the toilet has overflowed and Haku had to clean it up on top of her other duties. Haku had officially the worse job ever.

 

“Haku dear, since you are done there can you take these scraps to the compost heap outside with me?” Aikari asked holding up two buckets filled with the scraps from making lunch. Aikari was pretty much the only one in the kitchen that didn't try to make Haku's life harder. She was an older woman in her forties with a face that life was not kind to. She had noticed Aikari watching her intently as she scrubbed the floors before but she wasn't sure why, it was almost as if she was studying her. At one time Haku would have guessed that she was a very pretty lady, but she wasn't entirely sure. Almost all of the staff was sullen and quite. The work was hard enough as it is without the staff making it harder. When other staff members stared at her it was to criticize her for something. When Aikari watched her it was as if she was looking for something but Haku wasn't sure was.

 

“Yes, Ma'am” Haku replied with a soft smile on her face. She wasn't entirely sure why Aikari wanted to go outside with her but she wasn't going to complain to the help. Grabbing the two buckets from Aikari's out stretched hands with her own the two girls headed outside to the compost heap. The compost heap was almost on the other side of the property behind the barn. It was a fair walk and away from guests wondering eyes. Haku breathes in the warm air thankful it didn't snow in Tea since she was always wearing a wet dress.

 

“Haku-san I would like to ask for a favor” Aikari asked as the girls walked away from the house far enough so they wouldn't be heard by anyone in the neighborhood. “When you leave here I would like for you to take my daughter Youko with you. She deserves a life away from this where she could be happy and hopefully heal mentally. I tried to protect her as best as I could but there was nothing I could do.” The dress was like the weather damp and warm.

 

“I don't understand what you mean Aikari-san” Haku replied softly her voice showing confusion along with her facial settings. Nothing she said or did has betrayed her as anything other than who she said she was. “I'm just a farm girl whose family was killed in a fire leaving me with my sister to take care of.”

 

“Maybe at some point in your life you were raised on a farm but not anymore Haku-san. Right now I would bet my life you are a shinobi or you were one. In fact I would be willing to stake my life on it. I don't know what you are here for Lord Kumakura or for information on some of the Sound ninjas that are here, personally I don't care. I just want my daughter taken away from here. She has been forced to give up too much and I don't think she can take much more.”

 

“What makes you so sure I am a shinobi Aikari-san?” Haku questioned as she hesitantly put down both buckets in preparation of opening the compost holder. The frame itself was two thick metal posts that stood out of the ground the top had a loop through it looking like giant sewing needles. Inside the open areas of the posts was a metal bar that ran through the compost pile and into the other loop. On one side was a giant crank that turned the blades inside the cylinder mixing everything up together into small little pieces?

 

The compost itself was stored in a large metal cylinder that had openings on the top that sealed with a lock. Opening one of the locks Haku quickly tossed the waste into the giant cylinder trying to breathe through her mouth to avoid the nauseating smell that drifted through the air. Sealing the door again Haku went to the crank and began to turn it mixing the compost all together.

 

Outside Haku looked as if the line of questioning confused her. Inside though was a completely different story. `What gave me away that I was a shinobi I wonder.' Haku thought to herself. `I know it's not my chakra as that's been sealed away all but enough to make an ice bushin but that's not above a civilian. Unless she is a Hyuuga she can't see my chakra coils and her eyes are a muddy green color so that's out of the question. I don't carry myself like a shinobi and I definitely have nothing suggesting I am in my room or anything. I wonder where she got that idea. What ever it is there are two ninjas on the roof behind us most likely listening in to our conversation. I hope this isn't just some elaborate plot to kill me.'

 

“Your hands give you away Haku-san. Before I came to work for Lord Kumakura I was married to Youko's father who was a shinobi. He had calluses in the same places you do Haku-san. Places like on the tips of your fingers and the palm of your hands. Your knuckles also have old scars on them from broken skin, most likely because of fighting. Those are not things you get from working on a farm Haku-san, but I can guarantee no one else has noticed. You have everything else done perfectly so much that it took a couple of days for me to be sure.”

 

“The only reason I looked as hard as I did was to find away to warn you about Lord Kumakura and his perversity. It was then that the signs started to point out you were a ninja.” Aikari pleaded hoping to be able to free her daughter, not realizing the shinobi on the roof behind them or even hearing the two soft landings of them jumping from the roof behind the girls. “I just need you to please get Youko out of here. She never deserved this type of life and if her father was still alive we wouldn't have been forced to endure it. His second-cousin Ms. Urite got us a job here; or rather she sold us to him.” Bitterness ran through her voice before continuing “I'm not saying you are a shinobi Haku and I'm not saying your not. I just need a better life for my daughter. I want to be able to die happy knowing she is taken care of.”

 

“Don't worry Ma'am; our Otokage will take good care of her. He's always looking for a guinea pig to experiment on. Now what's this about someone being a shinobi in disguise?” Aikari turned around, eyes widening in surprise only to have her chest slashed open with a kunai. Clenching her chest Aikari fell down on the grass blood trickling from her mouth, her mouth opened in horror. Haku turned around in time to see the kunai slashing towards her. Swiftly grabbing her assailants' arm Haku twisted under it before ramming his kunai into his own belly and slicing it, twisting the kunai up and towards her Haku tore through his sternum making him unable to scream as his body acid began to destroy his skin. As his body dropped Haku threw the kunai into the other attacker's neck as she watched Aikari fall to the ground bleeding.

 

Checking that both were dead Haku went over to where Aikari was quickly bleeding to death. “H…Ha…ku….s….an p…l……ea….se………s….ave… ..Y….y…..ouk….ko……..a……an…d ……….t..e…ll….h…er………& #8230;..I….l..l..ove…..h…er. P…r..om…ise….me……p…l…….ea&# 8230;…se” Aikari struggled to get the words out as she tried not to choke on her own blood. Haku cried out in frustration, she didn't have enough chakra to save Aikari, the wounds were too severe. Grabbing Aikari's hand Haku clasped it in her own, seeing her mothers face instead of Aikari's and again Haku was eight years old. It was like watching her mom sacrifice herself so that Haku could live all over again. Tears flew from Haku's eyes as she did something in that moment she has never done before, she made a promise to a dying woman. “I-I promise” Haku cried softly as Aikari died with a thankful smile on her face. Snow flakes started to fall gently from the sky melting quickly in the warm air.

 

Allowing herself a few more moments she quickly prayed for the people who died before she felt her bloodline activate, her veins began carrying frozen water along with blood. Her tears were freezing instantly as they fell from her eyes in the moist warm air, completely against nature. Blissfully unaware of the changes she closed her eyes as she tried to think out her next steps freezing her emotions so she could finish her job. She was a shinobi she would mourn later. First she had to make a clone to alert the others of the change of plans. Second she had to dispose of the bodies. Third she had to find away to get Youko out of there without blowing their mission. Opening her eyes Haku found herself staring at an ice bushin watching the snow flakes fall around her before realizing she didn't use any hand signs.

 

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Tacky. That was how you could describe the inside of Lord Kumakura's manor and it wasn't the high quality tack either. It wasn't even the cheesy tack that you would find in a cheap love motel or anything like that, no this was a tack that made your eyes want to bleed. For the fourth time that day Hinata was thankful she wasn't born with the Byakugan. She simply didn't think she could handle this house in a more vivid, up close manner.

 

The outside of the manor had been deceptive with nice cement lions on both sides of the driveway. The entire estate was surrounded with a black gate that locked behind carriages with a guard standing on each side of the driveway. The outside of the manor was built using different design styles. It seemed a mixture of Victorian, Gothic, and Modern housing styles. To the girls it appeared as if someone took all of the styles mixed them together, then threw up to make the house. Hinata and Haku had acted dually impressed at seeing the large grounds and huge house.

 

The inside though was worse than the outside. Everywhere you looked inside countless paintings and artifacts were on displayed. Not tastefully done to display it to their full potential; instead it was done to show off the wealth of the owner. If the girls had to guess Lord Kumakura wasn't born into his wealthy lifestyle and instead was elevated into it. Someone born with wealth would never live with such tack. Even Tani cringed repeatedly at how the badly the place was done. None of the rooms had a theme to them or even a focal point. Instead it just screamed `Look at me I've got money.'

 

Youko and Hinata had divided up the house into two areas to clean. Youko having the most experience cleaned the bigger rooms, the ones holding more priceless artifacts, while Hinata had the smaller rooms that didn't have as much inside them. Both girls had to finish before they moved to the second floor. The first floor was the showcase. The second was the living accommodations. The third floor which was originally the attic was now the servants' quarters. From what the girls could tell it was stifling hot and muggy in summer and warm and muggy in winter. They had to constantly clean to fight against mold.

 

Hinata was cleaning the windows in the guest room when she felt it, the slight tingling sensation of she got when a surge of chakra had occurred. Her hand stopped in motion the rag forgotten as she looked out the window trying to see what caused the surge. Peering outside Hinata noticed that none of the ninjas she could sense went to investigate. `Well this is something unexpected' Tani mentioned looking out through Hinata's eyes.

 

`What was that surge Tani? None of the ninjas are investigating it, this is weird.' Hinata asked as she felt someone walk into the room with her. Hinata resumed cleaning humming lightly acting like she didn't notice anything different. `Is that snow, over there?'

 

`That's because they can't feel it.' Tani answered before summoning a servant into her seal. `Roiyaru, I need you to investigate that surge and let me know immediately who it is. Now go' at his orders the little raccoon disappeared only for Hinata to see him running through the grass towards the surge. Moments later he appeared before giving Tani the news in a series of noise. `That's very interesting I never would have suspected. Thank you Roiyaru for your help.'

 

`What's going on Tani?' Hinata wondered as she continued cleaning the windows. `What was that surge? Was it a fight, someone from our side what?'

 

`Our friend Haku is definitely full of surprises. Her talents with ice don't completely come from her bloodline limit. In fact it comes from her bloodline itself. I will explain after the mission, I need to do some research on this.' Tani answered grabbing a book off one of the massive shelves in her library and taking it to one of the leather chairs in the room. `By the way Hinata, Hake mentioned something about the mission needing to be completed tonight as she had to kill a couple of ninjas and that we have to get Youko out of here.'

 

`Great nothing ever goes as planned does it' Hinata thought. `Tonight it is now then how to get Youko out of here without scaring her.' Hinata asked herself as she moved onto on one of the last couple rooms and proceeded to wash the windows in there. Humming to herself Hinata acted like she didn't hear the footstep s of someone treading across the carpet to where she was working. The steps were light as if the person had some type of formal training.

 

“You are doing a wonderful job Hinata-san” Lord Kumakura stated his voice sounding oily. “Who knows maybe someday at the way you are progressing in your work you might be able to be Mistress of a place like this. You do what I say and I can guarantee you a life of luxury.” He had heard overheard part of the discussion between Youko and Hinata and was practically drooling at the thought of the new young girl. “Of course that means harder jobs for you to do. You wouldn't want you or your sister out of a job because you were unwilling to work would you?”

 

“No sir, I wouldn't both nee-chan and I like our jobs. What kind of other jobs would I need to do to someday be able to own a nice place like this? I know if I get started learning right away I shall have it perfectly done by the time I reach sixteen.” Hinata said with a glowing smile, acting like she had no idea what kind of jobs those would entail. “Oh Lord Kumakura what type of jobs would I need to do I can't wait. Please tell me” Hinata exclaimed bouncing on her toes in excitement, her yes shining brightly. Oh yes Hinata was proud of her acting skills, it pays having Anko as a teacher.

 

“There are a few jobs that you could do that Youko used to do. You can personally clean the windows in the Master Bedroom instead of her. In fact why don't you make that your last stop, then afterwards you can go into town alright. Doesn't that sound like fun?” Kumakura asked his smile beginning to look creepy.

 

“That sounds great Lord Kumakura. I only have a few more rooms to go so I could be in town in the next hour or so. That's great Sir.” Bowing deeply Hinata said “thank you for this great opportunity.”

 

“It's alright Hinata the pleasure is all mine” Kumakura replied as he waved exiting the room. `I have an hour and then she is all mine. I had better find Youko for a warm up, don't want to break Hinata's spirit too soon.'

 

`No the pleasure is all mine' Hinata thought as she crept out of the room to see where Lord Kumakura had gone watching as he moved lightly on his feet. Hinata narrowed her eyes `he's definitely had some type of training. He shouldn't be that silent with how big he is, especially being a Lord without a clan.'

 

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Haku raised her hand in wonderment as she caught a few snow flakes in her hands not feeling the cold. She raised her head to the sky letting the snow flakes fall on her face. She smiled softly at the familiar snow fall around her. This was different than the snow they got in Konoha; this was the snow they get on the outskirts of Mist where she had lived. This snow was as familiar to her as her own mother. `It's time Haku-chan' heard softly from the snow the voice sounding eerily like her mother. `Your bloodline is awakening. Finish your mission and get to a safe place. I will hold it back as long as possible. Please go, Haku-chan.' Opening her eyes Haku steeled her resolution before sending the clone to alert Anko and Kusanagi about the change of plans. Haku turned and looked at the little raccoon sitting before her watching her in interest.

 

“I know that you can understand me” Haku said to the little raccoon as he slowly backed away from her. “Tell Tani-sama and Hinata that we have to finish the mission tonight. I had to kill a couple of ninja's so our mission might be compromised soon.” At hearing his masters name the little raccoon disappeared back to relay the message.

 

Swiftly disposing of the bodies Haku grabbed the pails and headed back into the house by the servants entrance. Walking into the kitchen Haku swiftly dunked under the counter trying not to alert anyone to her presence. Placing the buckets safely under the counter that she was crouching under Haku proceeded to sneak out of the kitchen carefully to not draw any attention to her hiding spot. Only when she reached the servants stairway did she finally began to breathe. Treading carefully to not make any noise on the steps she swiftly made it to the second floor before turning and looking out into the seemingly empty hallway.

 

“No please don't I beg of you” Youko cried softly as she was being dragged into Lord Kumakura's room on the far right of the hallway by two ninjas. The room only had one room close to it and it was across from it.

 

“Silence, you know the drill. His Lordship wants to see you now” one of the ninjas said before knocking on Kumakura's door. A few seconds later the ninjas entered with a crying Youko, shutting the door behind them silencing her cries.

 

Hinata's fists tightened as she heard the Youko's scared cries willing herself to wait for Haku before going through with the mission on her own. She was in the room across from Kumakura's acting like she was washing windows when she heard the commotion. They didn't expect her to go straight to that room after she watched Kumakura sending two ninjas out in search of Youko. Judging by their chakra level they were Jounin. Hinata waited until they returned with a crying Youko in return which made her want to attack them. When the locked themselves in the room with Youko Hinata poked her head out of the door way looking around for Haku before finding her hiding at the top of the stairway. Gesturing to her companion Hinata soon found Haku by her side.

 

“So what's the plan?” Haku asked as she hid in the room with Hinata. She had her back to the wall but away from the door so no one would spot her in passing.

 

“It looks like there are two guards that brought Youko-san in. Both appear to be low Jounins or high Chounins. Since Kumakura's arrival I haven't seen any other than those two come and go. I don't feel any other chakra so I suspect it's just the two of them. He's expecting me in another forty-five minutes but I say we go now, but I suspect he's had some type of formal training. He moves to quietly” Hinata strategized to her partner. “If we have to we take them one at a time. In fact that might be the easiest since we want to get Youko out of here.”

 

“Fine but if you're in there for longer than five minutes I'm coming in after you.” Haku surmised taking off her cap and purring her senbon needles out of her hair. Quickly she braided her hair so she can see at all angles of attack. “I've got the scrolls strapped to my thigh so they think we died. I've got three kunai also how about you?”

 

Hinata grabbed the edge of her sleeves she rolled them up carefully exposing two perfectly clear wrists. I've got five kunai each in these seals. After they are used up they will disappear instantly.” Watching Haku raise an eyebrow at her Hinata had to ask “you don't see them do you?” At Haku's nod Hinata took a deep breathe before saying “it's part of the demonic glamour, it also hid the seals hiding my weapons, so I look even more harmless.”

 

“Good thinking now let's stop us a pedophile.” Haku said as Hinata plastered a fake cheerful smile on her face as she went to knock on Kumakura's door. Knocking briefly Hinata called out “Lord Kumakura, its Hinata. I'm ready to wash those windows now.”

 

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Kumakura gave a pointed look at one of the guards standing by the door, his kimono open in his state of undress. “Stall her for a couple of minutes. Do a good job and I might let you have a turn.” He jerked his head at Hinata's knocking. “The girl is early. It looks like I need to break her in sooner than I thought.” Turning to look at Youko whose eyes were swelling shut and sporting several new bruises on her arms from where he hit her. He was disgusted; it was too easy scaring her into submission. He loved new challenges. Her dress was being held up to cover her chest as she was sobbing heavily trying not to make any noise. She was lucky this time that Kumakura was interrupted but fearful of her new friend.

 

“You” he said pointing his attention back at Youko “dress yourself and say nothing. If you're lucky I will let them heal you. If you're not, you won't be recognizable when I send you to your new master. He has great interest in experiments being done on live subjects.” Kumakura began fixing his kimono and trying to fixing his hair to not scare his new target. Thinking that something was weird about the situation he looked to his blade resting on the wall behind him.

 

A few moments later after the guard had left the knocking continued.

 

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Hinata watched as the door opened swiftly and a man towering over Hinata appeared. The man was easily six-three and looking in his early thirties. “Hey there little girl, you are early. Why don't you talk to me some? My name is Jun, what's yours.”

 

“Hinata” Hinata answered softly as she smiled cheekily at Jun. “Why do you have a funny plate on your head with a weird symbol on it?” Raising her hand Hinata pointed at the object resting on his forehead. `What's with this guy? Does he think I'm a little kid or something?' Hinata thought to herself feeling like she was being talked to like a child much younger than twelve.

 

“This is called a hitae-ate and it shows I'm a ninja from the Hidden Village of Sound.” Jun answered checking Hinata out as he untied the band from behind his head handing it over to the small girl. He liked to gain a little trust from his victims before he destroyed them. It just made it that much more pleasurable to him.

 

“You're funny mister; everyone knows there is no such thing as ninjas. Are you going to a costume party or something” Hinata asked acting annoyed at someone claiming to be a ninja. She really didn't like the way that he was looking at her, but she was glad for the distraction. Haku was slowly freezing his legs as Hinata was working on his body temperature. She was thankful that she was able to do this without chakra, but doing to much would alert him to what was going on.

 

“Nope I am a ninja and an elite one at that. I have had the privilege of meeting the Otokage himself.” Jun replied before he tried taking a step towards Hinata. Finding himself unable to move Jun looked down seeing his legs unable to move. “What the hell” he started saying before Hinata shoved a kunai into the bottom of his head straight through his jaw to his brain. Pulling the kunai out and swiftly slicing his neck to speed up his death Hinata wiped her kunai clean.

 

His blood was squirting over Hinata covering her in blood splatters, making her hair look a dark bloody red with the occasional dark blue black highlights. Catching his body Hinata pulled it into the room where Haku helped drop his body onto the ground. Using her skirt Hinata wiped her face cleaning off the blood splatters. “That was annoying shall we go again?”

 

“Yeah but this time I will get him from above” Haku moved her hand out to the side of her quickly forming a dagger made of ice. “I don't know how much time we have left so let's get this over with quickly.” Hinata went to stand in front of the door as Haku jumped into her clasped hands planting her feet on the ceiling making sure her chakra was still undetected. Tucking her skirt in between her legs Haku crouched down preparing herself for anything. Nodding to Hinata she was ready Hinata raised her hand and knocked on the door again.

 

“Get the damn door will you” Kumakura scowled at not being able to finish putting his kimono on properly. “I thought I told your buddy to stall her but no you just get impatient, now answer the DAMN DOOR” The other guard opened the door and stepped through it before instantly collapsing on the floor. “WHAT THE HELL” Kumakura yelled as his guard fell revealing Hinata in his place. “HINATA?”

 

“Lord Rumiko Kumakura, it's truly been a pleasure working for you” Hinata replied as she stepped over the body of the fallen. Behind her he could see someone land on the ground behind her. “I am sorry but this is my resignation. I fear a conflict of interest has occurred and I already have a job. Haku go guard the door, and make sure we aren't interrupted.”

 

“On it” Haku closed the door behind her locking it into place. Freezing the bottom of the door to the floor Haku was confident that it would hold for a few minutes before giving way. “Sorry Lord Kumakura but we really must hurry; do you have any last requests?”

 

“How do you expect to beat me” Kumakura asked before bringing his hands behind him grabbing his sword by the sheath. Pulling it out he threw the sheath behind him as he brought his katana into a defensive position in front of him. “I've already checked, neither of you have any or little chakra. I've had people come and assassinate me before but as you can tell I am still alive. I was a samurai before I became a Lord. Now bring it BITCHES.”

 

Running towards the girls Kumakura lifted his sword high above his head before swinging down attempting to hit the girls. Waiting until the last minute the girls separated making sure they didn't get hit. Kumakura quickly rotated as he moved into the next kata in the set trying to bring his sword around in an attempt to behead someone. From years of practice of dealing with swordsmen the girls knew when to dunk. Swiftly Haku grabbed a kunai and grabbed her wrist as she prepared for this sword to hit her kunai. She was not disappointed as he brought it down to swing at her, allowing her to stop his sword. As he moved to strike her again Haku swung in hitting him in the liver as she left her kunai there as she finished dodging out of the way.

 

Hinata seeing an opening threw her kunai hard enough to penetrate wood only to have him turn. The kunai instead of hitting him in the side lodged itself into his back straight through to his kidney. Kumakura dropped down onto his knees unable to scream because of the sheer pain only to fall onto his hands. Pulling the kunai out Hinata quickened his death by allowing his bodies toxins to kill him without mercy. “That was completely a lucky shot Hinata and you know it.” Haku said inspecting the damage. “It was buried to the ring on the handle and that killed him. That's got to be a fluke.”

 

“I wasn't planning on that happening Haku” Hinata explained. “If he didn't move I would have hit him in the side at most injuring him. It just feels wrong knowing I've literally stabbed him in the back, even though it wasn't intentional. Good news is he is suffering. A kidney shot like that is like being kicked in the balls for a guy. Without a medic there is no way he can live through this?”

 

“Alright lets make dead copies of us and lets get out of here” Haku said grabbing the scrolls from her thighs. Opening one up she took one of the scrolls and placed blood onto it watching it poof into a dead copy of her self beaten to death. “Catch Hinata” Haku tossed the other scroll to her friend watching her make a dead copy of herself, stabbed repeatedly. “Youko-san” Haku smiled softly at the terrified girl in the corner. “Let's get you out of here.”

 

“No don't. Don't come any closer” Youko cried terrified. She wasn't able to see all what had happened but she heard the sword fighting and the sounds of a body falling to the ground. “Please don't hurt me. I won't tell I promise I won't tell.”

 

“We don't have time for this” Hinata said biting her lip thinking of something to do. Making up her mind she crossed the room before lightly touching Youko in the middle of her forehead with chakra, knocking her out. Grabbing another blank scroll Hinata wiped some of the blood that was on the corner of Youko's mouth making another dead copy this time of the girl. Grabbing her arms and wrapping them around her neck, Hinata tugged the sleeping girl on her back. Walking back to Kumakura Hinata kicked him for good measure satisfied that he was dead before going his balcony window. “Let's go Haku I want to get home; I need to wipe this blood off of me.”

 

Haku quickly checked to make sure Kumakura was completely dead before opening the door. Taking one last look at the room behind her Haku looked back into the night sky. “Yeah let's go. We are done here.” Jumping off of the roof the three disappeared into the night.