Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Author: iamwildatheart
A/N: On a whim, I couldn't help but write this loosely thought up story. Be warn that updates will be sparse if I ever do update.

The Elite
Prologue
A Fast Break

She was running. Or trying to, at least.

Her lungs were quickly filling up with fluid, most likely from the stab wound. A large chuck of flesh from her left hip was missing when they managed to slap a explosion note there. And she was cradling her right arm as best as she could because she was pretty sure her arm was not suppose to be able to bend that way.

The pain was excruciating and she did not know how much longer she could stay conscious.

Any minute now, they would catch up to her. Which meant time was running out. Her window of escape was quickly closing and she refused to be dragged back to that wretched base where she would—

Suddenly, the tree to her right exploded.

She felt herself collide with the hard ground and pain unimaginable filled up her right shoulder. All that could be seen was red as a loud ringing took to her ear. A few seconds later when she manage to make sense of anything she was seeing, a charred arm laid sprawled across the ground from her. It was only when she recognized the familiar leaf ring on the finger did she realized that that was her broken arm.

Despite all the resilience training she had, hysteria bubbled in her throat as she tried to scream. Instead, she gargled the blood and bile that rose in her throat. Quickly, she rolled to her side and emptied whatever that was left of her pitiful stomach.

Tears blurred her eyes as she struggled to stand using her remaining limbs. Pain seared through her in every way imaginable.

And still she trudged on and took to the trees.

Her hysteria had not lessened by any bit after seeing her limb detached from her body. In fact, all she really wanted to do was curl into a ball and puke some more. But dying was more frightening to her than the risk to wallow in self pity and lose the lead she had on her powerful enemies.

In an effort to clear her mind, she summoned the majority of all the chakra she had left and concentrated it in her core. Whatever that was left of her chakra was being channeled into her feet to quicken her steps.

She was close to her destination. Only a two more kilometers and she would make it. The emergency transport post to her village was an instantaneous seal that could be activated if a recognizable chakra was applied. And she would be home. She would make it.

A minute passed and it was unreal how close she was. She could see the complex seal hidden carefully under bush. A few more seconds and all she had to do was touch it with a tiny bit of her chakra and she—

A kunai grazed her cheek.

"You're quite the resilient brat, aren't you."

Unfortunately, in the last 50 meters left before reaching the post, they had finally caught up.