"What do you mean kill Ai..?" I stood back and I could feel my eyes contracting

"Ai has been showing signs of defection since the Chunin exams. He seems particularly interested in Konaha. He could leak critical information leading to a war. The only options are either murder Ai or thousands of other Shinobi die. If you do not kill Ai, we will kill you and Ai. Its in your best interest, Kibo." Paper fluttered again, and Konan was now holding a paper Spear "Or I will force you to"

"No! I will not murder my best friend! We knew each other since we were babies! Id rather die than hurt him! Come at me!" I drew my scroll and bit down on my hand. It bled a bit but I knew I could beat Konan with this. I placed the blood on the seal, and my Grandma's whip was summoned. Its a black base, with a white rope, and black jewels at the end, laced with a neurotoxin. It was known as the Domino, as if it was spun fast enough, a domino would appear. If you hit them with the jewel, it would hurt them, but if they stood inside it, it would wrap around their leg and the whip's jewels would cut the skin and the toxin would enter the blood-stream. My grandma had given it to me when I was little in the scroll on her death-bed and had told me that I would learn how to use it later. I hoped she was watching me...

"You plan to kill me? Hah, a pathetic excuse of a Ninja like you must die. And Sasori will be pleased with your Domino there" She chuckled under her breath and ran at me with her spear in hand "Now drop dead!" She threw her spear at my chest, but I jumped up and it missed. I activated my Byakugan and spun the Domino around mid-air and it came crashing down on her head.I heard a fluttering of paper as she reformed behind me and attempted to take me by surprise. I used my substitution jutsu and spun my whip around extremely fast behind her. She attempted to run towards me, and jumped above the jewel, but landed on the white rope. It wrapped around her leg as the jewel hit her, the neurotoxin entering her blood-stream. Trickles of blood dropped onto her foot.

"How..." Disbelief flooded her face as she started weaving hand seals "I'm not down yet... Shikigami Dance" A huge spear was formed, and was sent crashing towards me. I leaped to the left, but it caught my right leg. I was pinned down. "Now you're dead" She walked over and created smaller shuriken. "Goodbye Kibo" The shuriken flung towards me, but I blocked them with my right arm. They hurt as much as regular shuriken even though they were paper. I squinted in pain, but I managed to weave the seals

"Protective 8 Triagrams 64 Palms!" My Byakugan activated again, as I hit the air repeatedly. The spear became looser on my leg, and I could see the massive hole it had left. My stomach churned at the image. I felt sick. At 32 palms the spear had been hit off. I managed to stand on my left leg and formed the special seal I created. It was for situations like this and I named it the ant seal"Scorch release: Extreme Steaming Murder" 2 Orbs appeared as I pointed in the direction of Konan. The first orb skimmed Konan, barely missing her. The second was so close to hitting her, but she turned into *erflies and fled. "You coward! Get back here now!" I screamed, as she flew away

"Kibo! Oh my gosh are you okay!?" It was Ai's voice... Relief poured through me as the blood trickled through the gaping hole.

"Ai... We need to run. Konan and Pain are after you... Take us to Konaha... I know people there..." I was lying, but it was the only way we could live...

"No I need to take you to a hospital!" Ai was desparate, as he looked into my eyes.

"They'll kill us if we dont... Now lets.."

My vision became darker, as I stumbled around, collapsing onto the floor beside Ai.