TheDarkestShinobi: Well…. I normally do Naruto fics but I've decided to expand my horizons, This is a Kasumi/Ryu (also known as Hayabusa) fic so they will end up together… I think…. Anyway on with the story. The first two chapters are too short, I apologize for that.

I'm going to say in these few lines

That none of this stuff is mine

So owner please don't sue

I have no money to give to you!

Story start

A ninja is someone who breaks the law

A light blue blur passed by the surrounding trees without making a sound, she was followed by three others, one green, one black and one dark blue.

The laws of physics, of mankind

Kasumi jumped into the air and flew over the trees backwards landing behind the tree chasing her, not wanting to fight she ran the other way, backtracking, hoping they would lose her trail and forget about her, no such luck.

They are stronger, faster, swifter, smarter, and just better than normal people.

The three stopped and one motioned to the other two, they all turned swiftly and ran towards the runaway.

They are in tribes, both loyalty and honor is key to the lives of such powerful creatures

Kasumi stopped as they surrounded her, turning quickly she vanished leaving only flower petals behind. The three ninja entered the clearing and then sprinted off to the left.

When one abandons their village, their tribe for any reason, they become a nukenin

Kasumi looked over her shoulder to see them chasing her and gaining on her, she was hungry, and tired, they caught up to her while she was trying to sleep.

A shinobi

She jumped into a tree and calmed her breathing down, she panted before someone jumped into the tree slicing where she was before she jumped back. The other two cornered her.

A shinobi is hunted by the village, by the best ninja and is killed for their treason

Kasumi lowered into her stance as the third one joined the first two, the bird next to her continued to sing, unaware, or just unaffected by the silent shinobi

There were no exceptions,

They moved closer and she drew her small katana, holding it out in front of her, waiting for the first attack.

A shinobi could run all they wanted, eventually they were killed.

The one in black leapt for her and she spun around him jumping up and disappearing once again in a swirl of petals.

That was the way of the shinobi

She sat on a tree branch panting and looked for the three chasing her; they had not found her, yet. She put her katana back in its pouch and drew a kunai, waiting. She would wait, because in this state she couldn't keep running, she had to fight.

And to kill them way the way of the ninja

The three chasing her started running back the way they came from, leading them was the man all in black.

And that was the way of the world

She kneeled holding the kunai as the three ninja approached the clearing where she was hiding, the bird next to her continued to sing, unaware, or just unaffected by the silent shinobi next to him.

But in the world, the only constant, is change…

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She crouched down on the tree branch she was on, she was kneeling so that her right foot was by her left knee, her right hand on her right knee and her left hand on the branch, loosely but firmly griping the kunai she had in it. Her hair was hidden in a dark blue bandana that matched well with the blue dress type outfit she wore. Her sword was perched on her back where she could easily access it if she needed to.

She opened her doe colored eyes and stared at the ground below her, she could feel them coming, more ninja sent by her brother to kill her. She could smell them and could practically taste them in the air. She lowered her breathing to a nearly impossibly audible sound. She followed the sound of moving bushes and crouched lower as they ran into the clearing.

"I'm sure I sensed her here..." The first one said in a low voice. All three of them had a kunai out and a weapon strapped to their back.

The first was a man clad in black. He had a sword attached to his waist It was about three feet long and had a black hilt with a golden dragon on it. He had a black face mask that only revealed his brown eyes.

The second was a shorter man, clad in a very dark blue. He had a three sectional attached to his back and two smaller swords were on his waists. He was standing up and was the only one that let down his guard. He did not have a mask and revealed a very handsome man; the only fault was a scar that ran across his face narrowly missing his eyes.

The third was a girl judging by the smaller body physique that she had compared to her two teammates. She was in dark green gear that made her blend in very well and her weapon was unknown to Kasumi, she had a black case type cloth on her back that obviously held a weapon, but kept the type of weapon a secret. Her mask covered everything but her brownish hazel eyes, a rare color in Japan.

The shinobi jumped off her branch and landed right behind the man covered in dark blue. Her left hand almost touching his neck and the kunai in front of it, ready to cut and a seconds notice. Her right hand was hovering by her kunai pouch with her fingers relaxed but ready to move. She was looking at the two ninja who were facing the other way, in front of her with indifferent eyes.

"Leave, before I am forced to hurt you." She could have easily killed one or two of them before appearing in front of them but she didn't like killing, despite the fact that she was a ninja and had the ability to kill in many different ways and styles.

"Ieto Kasumi" The woman said spinning to face her,
"Hayate sama sent us with orders to kill you, why would we simply leave?" Kasumi knew what she was doing, stating the obvious to buy them time, it was useless, she wasn't a high caliber Kunochi for nothing. She knew all the tricks. She brought the kunai closer to his throat and watched him simply blink. He smirked a bit, did she really think they'd back down? Do or die. There was no surrender for ninjas, especially when it came to a nukenin, a shinobi, a traitor.

No fear, these were very seasoned shinobi, of course they were no match for her in skill, with her being the strongest Kunochi in the world, but this meant that she would actually have to kill them, something she really didn't like doing. She knew it was useless but she smirked to try to scare them away.

"Last chance"

They all shared a goodbye. It was simply and the way there looked at each other, or the way their finger moved. No words need be spoken. Words were useless for a team; everything that needed to be expressed could be expressed in subtle movements.

Gomen nasaii

She said it to herself as she blinked, for the man that would never hear another word. For the man who could never know she said it, and would never know she was sorry. She said it every time she killed. She was truly sorry and if she had any other choice she would take it. But she didn't, not in a world like this.

They all looked to her and knew they faced their death by her hands. However that doesn't mean they were deterred in the slightest. The man pocketed the kunai and drew his sword as the woman drew two more kunai; the second man threw himself back onto Kasumi.

Kasumi's eyes widened slightly as the man threw himself back on her, she leaned back awkwardly to avoid the hit and quickly sliced his throat. Blood squirted out and she spun to move out of the falling body's way. It fell with a thud and she looked towards the two left with cold calculating eyes.

They were already dead.

She had a trail of blood on her from the first man and wiped the drop that was on her cheek off her face. She leaned back as the first man swiped at her, she then sidestepped to avoid the kunai the girl threw. She lifted her hand and caught the second, then she threw it back to hit the third and they both fell to the floor. She crouched to avoid to man's next swipe and jumped up, grabbing the dead man's small swords.

She flipped and landed on a tree branch. She tossed the sword up a foot and caught it by the side without the hilt. She grabbed it tight enough so that it wouldn't fall, but loose enough that it wouldn't cut her. She jumped off the tree and disappeared into rose petals. She appeared next to the girl with the sword extended, the other still in her hand like it was before.

The girl spun quickly to hit Kasumi in the back when she fell to her knees, blood coming out of the wound across her chest.

"You will die Kasumi" Kasumi said nothing as she stepped back. The woman got back up, blood dripping steadily. She reached into her pouch and Kasumi eyed the other man who was watching.

The girl yanked out two tonfas and the man lunged for her. She leaned back so that they both missed. She tossed the first sword up high and used the second to block his sword, her hand catching the tonfa of the girl. She jumped up, kicking them both in the chest and flying up in the air.

She grabbed the first sword and caught the second by the hilt. She threw them both and the two ninja split up. She landed on the man, like she was sitting on his shoulders backwards. She then thrusted her hips and curled her body so that he flew up in the air and slammed into the floor, his sword landing a couple of feet away. He groaned and she rolled away from the woman who was about to punch her. He rolled to his sword and picked it up looking at the two women.

Kasumi climbed up the woman and stomped on her until she was level with the ground. Kasumi then turned around stepping off her and brought out her sword blocking the man's strike. She then put her sword back in its pouch. She then stabbed him with her fingers in his stomach; she quickly stepped forward and struck him again, and again. She then hit him once more and he collided with the tree behind him. She then kicked the girl behind her in the shoulder with her right leg, then the other shoulder with her left and then with her right leg kicked straight up, catching the girls chin and knocking her up into the air and backwards.

The ninja flipped and landed on her feet. She had her tonfas and whipped them out to strike Kasumi's shoulders; Kasumi ducked down and kicked out her legs beneath her. The girl fell and coughed up a lot of blood, her injuries finally wearing her down. Her tonfas lay on the floor a few feet away from her. The red portion of her chest was dripping blood that was all over the battlefield. She lost too much of it. But she was not going down like this; she would fight until her last breath.

Kasumi drew her sword once more and parried with the man. She sliced him on his left arm and then went to stab him in the chest, the man disappeared and Kasumi stepped back to avoid the woman's attack.

Gomen nasaii

Kasumi brought her sword down quickly and sliced off her head. She heard the dripping of the blood on her sword and turned to the man who was in a tree. He was crouched on the branch. She ran toward another tree as her threw three shurikin at her, she ran up the tree and two of them landed where her feet were seconds before. She jumped off the tree and tilted her head so the third went sailing past her.

The man jumped back as Kasumi sliced the branch off the tree, but she didn't stop there, she sliced once more and the two swords met, she pushed hard on his sword then pulled hers back quickly and stabbed him in the heart.

Gomen nasaii

Kasumi watched him fall and then turned away, her brown eyes filling with sadness, she hated killing, but in this world it was kill or be killed. She wiped the sword on the first man's clothes.

"I'm almost home" She whispered as she took off into the forest of her home village.

Soon...

Very soon...

Chapter End

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