Welcome to Gaia! ::

::Shiko looked up at the sky sadly and sat down next to the part of the river that her and Kotoro sad sat. She touched the spot where Kotoro had rested and sighed. She wants to go back to the Village so badly, but going back would mean her other mission will have to go incomplete. Shiko laid on the ground watching the clouds slowly moving. Her eyes narrowed *thinks* So that was the whole thing about me training so much, The Kazekage watched me closely all my life as though he wanted something from me, he often sent me to difficult missions as though he was testing me. So that was what he was doing, he was making me become ready to take HIS job.* Shiko thought about her past.::

::Shiko ran after a ball that the other children had thrown into the desert when she hit something hard. Shiko looked up and smiled slightly got up and bowed, "Sorry Kazkeage, But I must get the ball" Shiko was about to run when the Kazekage grabbed her and pulled her back "I'm sorry, but Shiko do you think they want to play? And also you should be training like I asked you too. Are you denying my orders?" Shiko dusted some of the sand off of her clothing and glared at him, "I do not see why I have to train so hard, my family is not back and also not like I'm going to do really anything with my life". Kazekage sighed slightly, she was diffently dumb at times, "Shiko, you are important to your Village and you have no idea why? Why I keep training and making sure you actually deal with pain? Sometimes Shiko, you should understand things around you, you have talent more than I can ever imagine, so why not use that talent?"::

::Shiko sighed again, *thinks* *So that is what he was blabbing about*::

((huh?))

::Shiko started to walk out of the village just to get a good walk in when she noticed a man in a dark cloak coming her way, when he got close enough, she noticed he was smiling::

::Karuto stared at her, *thinks* So I found you at last Shiko Shinuki*::

::Shiko continued to stare at the man in the cloak, she finally realized who he was::

"W..why are you here? what do you want?!?"

::the Dark cloak figure stared at Shiko and smiled::

"You are wanted home, now come nicely or i will force you to"

::Shiko got into a fighting stance, grabbing out her shurikens and kunais glaring::

::Shiko lunged at Karuto with amazing speed.::

::Karuto dodged not quiet easily but still kept his balance. He was smiling the whole time *thinks* I need to make her angry that is the only way I can actually see her true strength*::

"Come on Shiko, you where a lot stronger before. Did you get to soft and sweet?"

::Shiko growled angrily and tripped him and striked at him with her kunai::

::Karuto barely had time to get away, his cloak got somewhat ripped. He looked down at his cloak with surprise. *thinks* Maybe..I was wrong...*::

::Shiko looked up at Shunketsu::

::Karuto seized this chance and slashed her with a shuriken, he was smiling happily::

"That is terrible of you Shiko, you know you are not suppose to loose your concentration. Are you really going to do it Shiko? Are you going to lead?"

::Shiko growled angrily, ignoring the scratch that went across her face. Shiko lunged at Karuto again, the sand rapped and around him. Shiko smiled slightly::

"You where never much of a fighter. And no not until I do what I want I will not go back until then!"

::Karuto winced in pain then disappeared in a cloud of sand and reappeared next to her and used the blunt end of his sword to hit Shiko in the stomach::

"And you are not angry enough yet to defeat me Shiko! You have gone to soft! Everything that was taught to you, you just forget? I'll have to tell him about this"

::Shiko started to shake slightly then took a few steps back::

"Leave him out of this! He only humilated me even more!"

::Karuto smiled, his eyes narrowed as he watched Shiko::

"Shiko, how do you expect to go through it, if you are not allow yourself to train? All you did was relax and enjoyed the surroundings not even remembering your true purpose. Shiko you are pathetic"

::Karuto was about to disappeared when Shiko stopped him by slashing him with a kunai::

::Karuto took a few steps back. *thinks* Good she is showing her true strength now*::

::Shiko stand up straight and did a few hand seals. A sand barrier formed around her. She glared at Karuto angrily::

"I will not go back! Not now!"

::Shiko striked at him with the shurikens and kunais but they where not good enough he was easily dodging them. Shiko then decided she needed to do more jutsu. Shiko did another few hand seals and chakra started to go down her hands and create a sword. The green chakra flared brightly::

::Karuto stared at what she just did, *thinks* This is bad, I always had a hard time deflecting those. They are not ordinary weapons*::

"Shiko its good to see your Meitou no Jutsu again"

::Shiko slashed at him with her sword like arms ignoring the pain it brought to her::

::Karuto could barely defend as he got often slashed by them. He quickly jumped back and did a few hand seals. Sand grabbed Shiko and started to throw her into a whirlwind::

::Karuto glared at Shunketsu, still trying to dodge all of Shiko's attackes::

"This has nothing to do with you! you are not from the Hidden Sand Village so I suggest you do not interefere!"

::Karuto growled and went back to trying to attack Shiko. At last he hit Shiko with a harsh blow making Shiko fall to the ground::

::Shiko fell, trying to force herself to stand, blood dripping down her face from the cut to the ground::

"You will not get the best of you! I will fight you! I'm not going to back to do it ever!"

::Karuto got up quickly and held out his passport to show Shunketsu::

"I have every right to be here! More than Shiko does. She lies about her identiy isnt that right Shiko?"

::Shiko growled angrily::

"It is no business to you what I do!"

::Karuto smiled and laughed loudly.::

"So just because you do not want to be followed by people so they can kill you. You change your name and everything in your passport eh Shiko? One more time Shiko, come with us or I will go back and tell him! He will come here himself and take you away from your "friends" not that i knew you had any.."

::Shiko lashed back at him as he dodged it::

"Shiko you are only a chuunin right now and I'am a jounin stop trying to beat me. You mgiht be important "that" way, but just to him not me"