I found my team travelling towards the tower with Kabuto. I hissed slightly. I do not trust Kabuto. He knows about Orochimaru. I jumped down from my tree to join them just as Sakura collapses on her knees. 

"For crying out loud," Sakura panted.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto kneeled next to her.

"That tower isn't getting any closer, how far have we even walked?"  Sakura complains.

I decide to make my presence known. "It seems that you've been caught in a genjutsu," I sigh, "You've been walking in circles,"

"Yeah," Kabuto agrees. I glare at him as he points to a centipede, "Look familiar?" He asked.

"Aw, man, no way!" Naruto complains.

"What's their game?" Sasuke questioned slowly. 

"They're probably trying to wear us down," I muse.

"Then strike when we're physically and mentally exhausted," Kabuto finished. 

"You mean like we are right now?" Sasuke realized.

"Right," Kabuto and I said at the same time. I glared at him, and he shifted his gaze away. Clones begin to appear everywhere, and I take up a defensive stance. 

"Well Naruto, you wanted a fight," Sasuke smirked. I laughed slightly. 

"Five against fifty, just the way I like it!" Naruto exclaimed. 

"Hahahaha, like cornered rats," One of the clones laughed. I flinched slightly. I hated being called a rat. To many bad memories!

"Cornered rats, are we?" Naruto punches one of the clones. It's side collapses into goop, and Naruto is send flying forward from the force of his punch. A new head grows from the open spot on the clone, and in its hand is a kunai.

Sasuke saves Naruto from the strike, but calls th clones attention to him. A kunai is thrown at Sasuke. I deflect the kunai and push Sasuke away, leaving Kabuto, who had thrown himself at Sasuke, to hit the ground.

"I can save my own teammate," I hiss into Kabuto's ear. He looks at me, obviously shaken, then smirks slightly.

Interesting, He thinks. Naruto creates clones for all of us, and we hide away in the bushes. I sit down, not interested in watching the rest of the fight. Naruto was completely exhausted, but still managed one last punch on the ninjas.

I smile to myself. He really is strong. Woah... is this the same Naruto? When did he get this... good? Sasuke thought. "It's his tenacity, his determination to prove himself that gives him the strength," I murmur into Sasuke's ear. He stiffens.

Can she read minds?!? He thought. "You just looked shocked by his power, so I thought I'd explain a bit," I chuckle.

That's it. She can SO read minds. He thought, though he didn't truly believe it. He refocused onto the ninja. They recreate their clones. Sasuke suddenly stiffens,

There it is again! A stabbing pain in my neck when I use my Sharingan! Sasuke thought. I sidle closer to him. "Sasuke-kun, the pain is caused by that... bruise... on your neck. When using your chakra it'll pain you and try and take over. I can do something that'll stop the pain, but it will still try to take over. Your will must be stronger then the dark chakra," I murmur quickly.

He nods painfully. "But... gotta try... one last time!" He exclaims, activating his Sharingan.

"Sasuke, no!" I yell. He does so anyway, then collapses with a shout of pain, clutching his neck. I leave Sasuke with Sakura, seeing that Naruto is in danger. I block the ninja's attack, pulling Naruto out of the way. Kabuto falls on the floor thanks to me again.

"I told you," I hiss, "I can protect my own teammates!" Kabuto looks up in shock.

But... she was all the way over there! How did she get here so quickly!?! It's... it's not possible! He thought in confusion. "Naruto, no! The real ones... aren't there!" Sasuke grunted, "They're all clones!" 

A clone strikes at Kabuto, but I make no move to rescue him. Hopefully he died! Oh, nope. Just a scratch across his nose.... Maybe that's how Iruka got his scar! The real ninjas appear out of the ground, and Naruto kicks them, toppling them like dominos.

All the clones dissapeared. "Ah, thank you Naruto. You saved my neck," Kabuto nodded. I glared. I walk over to the knocked out clones, rummaging through their pockets. I smile, slipping the scroll into my pouch. Heaven and Earth. We could go to the tower now. 

"What scroll do they have?" Naruto asked.

"I'm not comfortable saying it in the presence of the enemy," I say coldly, looking straight at Kabuto.

"Oh, c'mon, they're out cold!" Naruto shouted.

"They aren't who I was talking about," I mutter. I enter Sakura's head. Heaven. I think. She relays the message to Sasuke, who nods, as I whisper the same to Naruto.

"Alright, a heaven scroll!" Naruto shouts, scaring several birds away. Me, Sakura, and Sasuke facepalm. 

"Good for you!" Kabuto congratulates. I frown, but we continue on to the tower without delay. We enter the doors, bidding Kabuto farewell. We figure out the riddle on the wall, and open both scrolls. Iruka appears in a cloud of smoke.

He pretty musch ignores me. Well, I never was a super special, once in a lifetime student like Naruto, I suppose. And I didn't like him so much either. He just stood by as I got bullied. He was no better then the bullies themselves.

 He finally dissapears. Sakura grabs me and drags me to a corner. "You said you'd explain!" She sang cheerfully. I groan unhappily.

"Did I say that?" I question. She nods. "What do you wanna know?"

"How did you speak into my mind?"

"Um, well, let's see.... I can just do it? I don't know, I just sense your mental energy, find an opening in your mind, squirm my way through and voila! I'm in your mind," I explain.

"So, you can read minds?" I nod. "Once your in their minds what can you do?"

"Hm, I've been experimenting with that. You see, I already know that I can control someones mind, like I did to stop you from raising your hand," She nods, surprisingly calm. "What I want to try next, with an enemy or animals, of course, is shutting down the energy in the mind. Can I do it? Would it kill them? Could I control it enough to just knowck them out? I don't know anything, really," I sigh.

She seems to take it surprisingly well. "Am I the only one who knows?" She asks.

"As far as I know, yes. I've let myself get comfortable with you guys, team seven, so I've slipped up sometimes, anwering the questions in your head before you even ask them. Naruto, no offense, seems to be dimwitted enough that he suspects nothing. Sasuke, on the other hand---"

"Sasuke-kun is so cool and smart and catches evrything, so he probably suspects you, huh?" She cuts me off.

I sweat drop. "Sure," I agree. 

"Well, I think you should tell the team. You can trust us!" She says happily, but suddenly becomes serious, almost un-Sakura like. "If you're hiding anything, please tell me, or Kakashi-sensei, somebody! We can help and protect you, Keira-chan," She lays a hand on my shoulder then walks away, leaving me to stare after her in shock. 

I hurry after my team, lining up with them. They explain the preliminaries, then give us the option of quitting. Kabuto quits, saying his body isn't up to it, and to other boys from the Land of Rivers, Tanigakure, also quit.

The display board began to change through names quickly. My stomach drops and my fists clench slightly as it goes through the names. Who? Who will be going? The board stops on two names, and my teammates gasp in shock. 

My fists losen and a smirk appears on my lips.

Keira Boukyaku v.s Takara Mizushima

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Chapter Thirty Three!

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