The girl threw a kunai that was laced with poison at me and I dodged it, then weaved the signs for my raging waves. That slammed her against the wall since she was taken by surprise and now she looked angry.

"I told you that you were just going to make me angry!" She exclaimed and lunged towards me.

She tried to aim a kick at me, but I dodged again.

"Water style, water shurikens!" I exclaimed. The water shurikens hit her and turned back into water after cutting her. She grabbed a sword and slashed my arm. I used the water pellet technique and it made her flinch. 

Something was off. It was as if she was holding back.

"Okay, now you've really made me mad," She said arrogantly. Black marks started covering her face and body. "I'll make you wish you never messed with me!"

I didn't show it, but I was a little nervous now because I had no idea what was going to happen. However, the marks started disappearing and she hissed in pain.

"What the hell? Why isn't it working?!" She yelled.

I watched as her screams of pain became louder and she dropped to the ground. 

I didn't know how to react so I just continued watching.

"Why did it have to fail on me? Especially now of all times!" She asked and stood back up, flinching with pain. She staggered to her feet and swayed a little. "You're lucky because my power isn't working. If it wa working, you would've been dead already!" 

She lunged at me and I caught her fist with my hand.

It hurt and I was worried that she may have broken my hand, because her strength was almost inhuman. 

"Next time you cross me," She spat. "You won't be so lucky! If I wasn't in my weak state, I wouldn't hesitate to kill you!"

I slid my hand down to her wrist and gripped it. A burst of strength went through me and I flipped her onto her back.

"Kill me? You talk way too much. You'd never kill me because you barely left a scratch on me," I smirked.

Okay, maybe I did stretch the truth a little. 

She got angrier and I used the raging waves on her again. She dodged and then weaved a sign for an earth release. It was the stone shuriken. Dirt formed into the shape of a shuriken and she threw them at me. 

Some of them hit my face, but I managed to block a few. 

"Your face would be even prettier if it was covered in your blood," She taunted.

She reminded me of Nozomi, but she wasn't holding a grudge against me. It just seemed like she was power hungry. 

"So what was that about not leaving a scratch on you?" She asked. 

I used the water pellets to make her flinch again. She was right about her being in her weak state. That power she had seemed like it was fueled by hatred or revenge. 

"Water style: Mud wall!" I spat out a ball of mud and it hit her again. She gasped at the impact and yelped again. It wasn't me that made her yelp, so it must've been that power she had. 

"Who the hell are you?" She asked me, wearily. 

I stared at her for a few seconds. "Hana," I said. "Hana Uzumaki."

"I'm Rika and the next time we cross paths, you won't be so lucky. Your victory was just a fluke!" She shouted and passed out. 

I just weaved the signs for the water chains jutsu and it bound around her ankles and wrists so she couldn't go after me in case she woke up.

I ran upstairs, feeling a bit sore from where Rika had struck me. I don't understand where she got that power, but it seemed like she couldn't control it for some reason. 

I reached a door and attempted to open it, but it was locked. Another surge of strength ran through me and I kicked it down. I saw Mariko was tied against a post while Kazuki and some other men surrounded her. 

"Kazuki!" I shouted. "Stop right there!"

"You've come to help, Hana! These men just came and attacked us and then-"

I cut him off.

"Oh shut up. I knew it all along that you couldn't be trusted," I rolled my eyes and rushed over to Mariko and stood in front of her protectively. 

He smirked and his skin started to peel off. He had raven hair, amber eyes, and green painted lips. 

"So, you managed to see through my charade," He said. 

His voice sounded different.

"Who are you?" I demand.

"I guess I'm too blood thirsty to pose as Kazuki Ishida. My real name is Rentaro. I'm surprised my sister wasn't able to stop you, but then again, she's new to everything," He said. 

"I've manipulated the Ishida into thinking Kazuki betrayed him when in actuality, I killed him. Those men who attacked us earlier were Ishida men who tried to stop me," Rentaro explained.

I could hear Mariko sniffling. I knew she was upset because she just heard her father is dead. That just made me angry.

"What?! How could you!" I shouted.

"You see Hana," Rentaro ignored me. "They weren't trying to kill Mariko. They were trying to kill me. The truth is, is that I took Mariko as my hostage and gave her that bogus story about trying to heal her. I could care less for a useless girl anyway, she's just a part of my mission. Once I was finished, I just planned to kill her,"

I couldn't believe this guy. 

"So you decided to manipulate an innocent child and only to kill her in the end? You're terrible! What do you even want with her?!" I demand.

"I can't tell you that," Rentaro said.

I lunged towards him and he just grabbed me by the throat and held me up against the wall. 

"Hey Yukio! Grab the girl and run!" Rentaro shouted and I heard Mariko scream. 

"Hana, help me please!" She shouted.

I struggled in Rentaro's grip and I kicked him where every man's weakness is.

He let go immediately and fell to the ground.

"Bastard," I kicked him again as he doubled over in pain. I ran towards where I heard Mariko yelling. 

Suddenly someone punched me to the ground and held me there. I couldn't get up because they had such inhuman strength. 

What the hell?

Mariko screamed again and I couldn't get up. I was struggling, wishing I could help her right now. 

A loud noise was heard and dust went everywhere while a bright light shone down in this room and it was almost blinding. 

"Guys, go, now!" Rentaro yelled, still sounding like he was in pain.

The dust cleared up and the room was empty. I looked to where the light was and saw Naomi with a bunch of men behind her. They somehow managed to break this wall down and get in here.

"Naomi?"

"Hana!"

I looked around desperately for Mariko and saw Kakashi was holding her.

"Kakashi?"

Another army of men was now surrounding us and I sighed. We're screwed.

"Wait!" Naomi shouted.

We all looked at her and she stood protectively in front of me while the men behind her were also protecting us. 

"That Kazuki Ishida was an impostor this whole time!" She said and the army of men gasped.

"Explain yourself!" Someone shouted.

"A few days ago, three men attacked us and I told my comrades here to go on without me. When I was about to take the last guy down, he told me what happened. Kazuki didn't betray you," She said. "That guard knew that the guy who was posing as Kazuki was an imposter. He wanted to take him down and thought we were a part of the imposter's group,"

Now I was surprised.

"She's right," I added. "The man who was posing as Kazuki is named Rentaro and he told me himself that he killed Kazuki,"

The army put their weapons down and questioned us further. Turns out that the army that Naomi had with her were part of the Ishida Clan and they knew about Rentaro posing as Kazuki. I guess Rentaro just caused the Ishida to split as a part of his plan so he could take Mariko. Mariko was also a royal who was supposed to rule the clan next.

Naomi started clutching her eyes and couldn't use her byakugan anymore, Kakashi was about to fall over, and I was hurt from Rentaro and Rika's inhuman strength on me. Mariko even had a long gash on her back from the third one who was named "Yukio."

My pride was now broken since I let her get hurt. If I wasn't held down by whoever it was, I would've gotten to her before she got hurt. I was also bothered by the fact that whoever held me down was able to knock me down with one punch. 

The Ishida Clan's medics helped us heal and gave us a bow of respect before we left. I told the medics that I knew of someone in the Leaf Village who could help treat her heart problems and they let her come with us, as long as she comes back. 

She held onto my arm, feeling scared after everything that happened. She was also tearing up since Rentaro killed her father. 

"Kakashi, Naomi, are you two okay?" I ask as we left for the Leaf Village. 

"We'll I overused my byakugan and now my eye hurts, so when we get back, I'll have to ask my father if he can heal them." Naomi said.

"I'm fine," Kakashi said. "If it weren't for Naomi, I would've been taken down." 

He explained how the guards were strong and Naomi used her air palm to get them to back off and that's when they ran to come and help me with the other army from the Ishida Clan.

"And what did that green lipped freak do to you, Mariko?" I ask.

"I couldn't see, but they dislocated my left arm and cut my back." She said and held onto her chest since her heart was starting to act up now. We had to get back soon so they could help her. 

Naomi was the only person who was in the condition to lead us back to the Leaf Village, so we followed her back. 

"Minato-Sensei is going to kill us.." I said to myself.