Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Dense forests while the perfect place to hide, a shitty place to be chased in. One, because if you didn't go in with someone you're the only one going to be there, so don't expect any unexpected help. Two, because there are too many animals and obstacles that can either be extremely useful or get in your way especially if; three, you are looking for someone, who doesn't keep up to their promises of a rendezvous point.

There were four shinobi- Hunter nin- to be exact- chasing after her, as she tried to get them off her trail, making a quick dash to the left and leaving a summoned animal in her wake to search in her stead she found that one of their chakra signatures disappeared; to where she didn't know. Most likely to ambush her or report to the captain that they still hadn't caught her.

Grinning to herself, if she wanted to stand any kind of chance with her chakra at an all time low, she needed to stop them here; maybe get something to eat while trying to look for the man that should be helping her in the first place and maybe give him a good beat-in and the talk of his life when she finally did find him.

Coming to an abrupt halt, she checked her condition as she waited for them. Two broken ribs, sprained left wrist, gash on the head –fortunately not a concussion- and her vision was becoming blurry from the lack of blood combined with the exhaustion, hunger and stress she was feeling right about now; looking down at the blurred image of her hand, she could tell it was shaking.

Fate's a bitch.

The hunter nin came to a halt, one scoping the area where she suddenly stopped as the other two stared her down for any sudden movements. Turning around to face them, they watched as her dark hair and pale face stained with the blood of their comrades looked back at them on the face of a young woman. Holding the hilt of a small katana hanging behind her with an unsteady right hand.

This was bad.

They needed to get this woman and the one she was travelling with under custody and back to the village as soon as possible. Or at least buy enough time for their captain to come with the rest of their squad in tow.

"Surrender yourself Minako! And the locat-" The Hunter-nin's voice was suddenly cut off by a katana cleanly stabbed through his throat, with the man's mask falling off and his eyes looked like they were going to bulge from their sockets combined with his wheezing that sounded as if there was a dying seal nearby.

The Hunter-nin though, were quick to react to their comrades death and as one prepared a jutsu the other came jumping up and coming down at her full force with a katana very much like her own except much longer. Quickly blocking his blow, the other Hunter-nin threw hard shots of compressed water her way since her only useable hand was occupied with blocking; the shots made a direct hit, making Minako fly and fall face first in the dirt.

The Hunter-nins wasted no time and ran towards her –semi-conscious self- with all the intentions of tying her and binding her down until their captain got here. They cornered her as she found the strength to jump up a tree and came charging front and back at the same time, using their advantage in numbers; she clicked her tongue, these Hunter-nin weren't the average joe.

She decided on one, grabbing her katana with a desperate hand she charged the one in front of her, dodging his attack and grappling him as a means to push him in front of her, literally becoming a human shield that his comrade sliced with his katana. His comrade though went straight for her.

Damn, these guys really were pros.

Not even batting an eye? That's cold.

Keeping her sarcastic thoughts to herself, she took her sword one last time as the man made a side swing for her, crouching to a height only a shinobi could pull off she then dug her own sword straight through the man's stomach, pushing harder and harder for the best result until the last of them fell and she grabbed her sword with as much strength and speed she could muster in this situation.

She couldn't stay here.

They were still coming.

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