Chapter Text
April 29
The trees seemed endless as they ran, leg muscles burned with adrenaline and chakra to jump higher and faster.
Her heart would beat in her ears and eyes were clouded with fear.
She could not afford to get caught, not by these men.
Her pack neatly strapped on her back under her long brown coat. Boots protecting her from the harsher layers of wood from the tree branches.
With no sense of direction left in her system, zigzagging was not a good option, even avoiding the trees and branches on her way was hard enough.
She could still hear them though, they were pissed.
Of course she would not let them or anyone catch her without giving her all, and that is why the ugly side of the coin played on their favour.
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At first they wanted to have fun, play with the girl before her capture.
Wrong.
Her instincts were those of a true shinobi as were theirs. The game was over and the need for a more serious attack came faster as she almost got away from their grasps.
A little bit of their poison was enough to bring down a grown man, so why the hell was she still running?
Playing dirty was their best tactic, using a child as bait to take advantage the heart of gold they knew any medic in their right mind had. She fell like a mouse in a trap.
But of course she found her way out even injured and poisoned, the mixture of almost deadly ingredients and a good sprinkle of hallucinogens mixed in would give their victim a trip of a life time as they slowly fell into an almost coma.
They needed her to be out for some days as they travelled back to their leader to fulfil the mission.
But whatever they threw at her, she would counter and keep her distance… but she can’t run for ever.
The thought caused a twisted grin as they noticed she was starting to panic in her run.
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It had gone from bad to worse.
What day it was… she did not know, there was still sun, her scenery seemed to morph and twist too much for her liking.
Her poison suppressants could only do so much, her resistance to toxins the worked hard to build was not ready for this strange combination.
Her mind screamed at her, she could feel it, but could not understand what was going on.
Her memory of how she became to be running from God knows where to wherever her feet would carry her.
She felt like she was flying and at the same time falling.
Her stomach was empty and her mind was full with colours.
All her senses were on overdrive, the noise of creatures following her with glee as they cut through the forest towards their prey.
Towards her.
She hoped and wished she could find a hole and hide from the world, maybe sleep for days until she was ready to emerge back from her high.
But lady luck seems to be on vacations at the moment, up ahead there she could hear them… more shinobi, bickering and hiding their signature quite well except for one.
Where they backup? Was she just heading to another trap?
Her sensitive hears could hear sound but her mind could not decipher they words, her nose was stuffed with smells of the forest and the effects of the toxin she breathed a while ago… it felt like it happened ages ago.
Her mind went blank as she fell to the ground face first.
Head spinning and mind fogy, she blinked and stared at a lonely and slightly surprised eye… his face was covered by a mask and a headband with a silver plaque on it… with the symbol of a leaf.
What the-?