Eye For An Eye

It's a rainy night in Amegakure. The rain droplets are falling heavily on the ground, making graceful ripples on Amegakure's streets. The howling sound of thunder obscures any other sounds in the area, strong enough to pierce the heart. However, the footsteps of a single shinobi seem to be heard clearly in the streets, as if the footsteps echo through the village stronger than thunder. That shinobi appears as a black figure walking around with an umbrella. She's clearly a woman as it is apparent on her attire. Even during the rain, she's dressed in heavily revealing clothes. She's wearing a crimson sleeveless Kimono with pieces of cloth wrapped tightly beneath her elbow then coming off loose, ending around her wrists. She's also wearing a red, tight skirt that starts at her waist and ends slightly above the middle of her thighs. Additionally, she's wearing black heels instead of sandals. Her attire is clearly proportionate to that of a Daimyō as it's made of silk. Her black hair dances slightly like silk strands as she walks in the streets. Her face is pale like snow, and she bears outstanding beauty.

Walking in the streets. Silent, not making a sound except for that of her footsteps as she takes slow strides. People's faces turn grim when they see her, let them be citizens or trained shinobi. It's similar to looking at a demon strolling in the street. The looks on people's faces only spelled a single word ... terror. Whispers begin to arise in the streets of Ame as everyone makes way for that mysterious Kunoichi as if she was a Kage or a Daimyō. "It's her" "It's that demon" "What brings her here?" these declarations and questions can be clearly heard amongst the people who saw that Kunoichi. Until one man comes out "It's her!!! It's ... It's ... It's the SHIKAZE!!!" the man says in terror with a frightened look on his face. The Shikaze hears those words, yet she's not startled by them as she continues in her way not even looking at the man.

The woman walks in a bar and closes her umbrella. This bar is filled with criminals and outlaws even missing ninja. Everyone in the bar halted all activities as they glared at the woman. Silence obscured the building. Each one in the bar stares at the woman with anxiety. It is even close to terror. Some of them start to sweat and whispers arise in the bar.

"It's her, the leaf chick." a man whispers.

"Yeah, her appearance is that of the Shikaze, I'm certain. But what brings her here?" his friend replies and questions.

"I heard rumors that she was here for three days. I don't know what's her business with Amegakure, but she's clearly the talk of the town." The man declares.

The woman walks in the bar making her way to the chairs in front of the waiter, neglecting all the whispers and the talk of the people. She sits, putting her umbrella beside her and she orders a cup of tea. The door of the bar opens once more. This time letting in a man with a blue jacket, straw hat, silver hair and an eyepatch. The man walks over to the so called Shikaze and sits on the chair beside her. The people in the bar are in awe at the bravery of the man. He clearly doesn't know who she is. The man sits and leans his arm on the table in front of him. "Long time ... Fūrin-chan." the man declares with a smirk.

The woman remains silent for a few seconds. "Indeed, Kinsei Saizen. Can't say I'm glad to see you though." the woman rudely replies to the man.

"Can't say I expected a different reply." Saizen sarcastically declares. "But you've certainly ... um ... grown in these few years, Fūrin-chan." he remarks as his eyes start to gaze at her cleavage.

"I see, you're still a foolish pervert. Although I do have to admit, you've changed. Last time I saw you, you had both eyes attached to your stupid fucking face." Fūrin replies harshly referring to Saizen's mysterious eyepatch. As she recalls him having both his eyes.

"Well yeah, I guess I came here for something related to that matter." Saizen says.

"The tea, miss." the waiter says anxiously as he places the cup of tea in front of Fūrin.

"Talk." Fūrin orders the man.

"Well, I have a job for you. Do it and take the price for your efforts. Simple, no?" Saizen says casually.

"Well it has to be something pretty big if you can't do it yourself, am I right?" Fūrin questions.

"Well ..." Saizen reaches for the cup of tea and grasps it. "I can do it myself, you see. However, it's not fun that way. I'll eventually clean the closet, but for now I'm gonna need your assistance since I know that if this fellow defeats you, he can't kill you. Other than that, I wouldn't have came to your dumbass anyways, I don't even bear being beside you for five minutes, asshole!" Saizen casually declares as he lifts the cup and starts drinking.

"ASSHOLE!!!!!" Fūrin's eyes widen at the insult as a rush of adrenaline surges through her body like lightning and with amazing reflexes she reaches for her sword and draws it directing a slash coming down towards Saizen's good eye. All of that happened in less than a split second that Fūrin didn't have the time to blink.

The screaming sound of blades colliding echoes in the building as sparks are sent flying in the atmosphere. Just as quick as the Shikaze's swift maneuvers, Saizen managed to lift his arm and conjure a kunai to halt Fūrin's blade, while not moving an inch from his place. He then put the empty cup of tea back on the table. "Damn, that was some good tea!" he says joyfully.

Fūrin's eyes widen at the man's nimble movement. She glares at him in awe. "He-... He blocked my slash with one arm. He didn't move an inch ... his body was not disturbed at all to the point where he was able to swallow the tea, despite the force I put into that slash! He didn't even look at me! The strength of force of that slash is enough to move even an elephant!" These lines echoes in Fūrin's head as she glares at the man in amazement as her sword remained resting on his kunai.

"Fūrin-chan, do you think that you can get a scratch on me?" Saizen states as the whole bar is amazed at the man who was able to halt an attack performed by the Shikaze at such high speed. Saizen then smirks "You can't even get a scratch on my straw hat!" he says with arrogance.

"Is he ... underestimating me? ...." Fūrin questioned herself. "Alright, then. Want a challenge? You got one, brat!" she says as Saizen remains unfazed. "Shikaze!" she whispers as a green light surrounds her sword. "SHIT!" Saizen says as his eye widens. At the blink of an eye, Fūrin's sword dashes down, slicing Saizen's Kunai clean-cut and creates a shockwave that destroys the wooden floor and a portion of the wall. Saizen appears from thin air just beside the broken floor. He seems to be unscratched. "Phew, managed to dodge that just in time." he says. Fūrin sheaths her katana "Or did you?" she questions Saizen. A moment of silence obscures the place as everyone in the bar is speechless at the amazing display of Shikaze's skill. Suddenly, Saizen's straw hat is clean cut into two halves and falls off of his head. No man utters a word as they glare at the two.

"Well ... It's seems you only got better, Fūrin-chan. If I was a split second late on that exchange I would have been done for." Saizen sarcastically comments. "I could have made my strike faster, you know." Fūrin arrogantly remarks as she returns to her seat. "Do you intend to talk about the business you require me in or not." she continues. "I prefer we chat in private hehe. Your place maybe?" Saizen replies with a smile as he scratches the back of his head.

Both of them head to Fūrin's room in the hotel she booked in. She sits on the couch and crosses her legs as Saizen takes a seat as well. "Look, all I need you to do is to kill a girl and bring her to me. She should not be a problem, at least not to you." Saizen says casually. "Well, if it is that simple, why don't you do it yourself?" she questions. "Well, you see that's not part of the plan. You see, that girl has a brother, his name is Kiyoshi, he's the one who took my right eye. And of course, he'd be looking for you after you kill his sister." Saizen continues. "Don't try to convince me that you're scared of this man. I'm actually amazed he managed to touch you let alone take your eye. How did that happen?" Fūrin questions out of curiosity as she acknowledges Saizen's skill even though she hates to admit it. She's amazed that someone was able to take his eye.

Saizen sighs "It's a long story ..." he crosses his arms and looks at the ceiling.

Flashback

''I was hired by some criminal to take out a shinobi by the name of Kiyoshi Yuri. The price on his head was amazingly high that I couldn't let down the offer. It was a chance to get some quick money. I took the information and I searched for the man. Oh and I remember that day so clearly. It was a rainy night, I managed to track him down at a rocky area close to Kumogakure. And the fight raged on. I thought I had the advantage. I didn't have any problems even though he was tough. However, he decided that he wants to leave the battlefield and tried to pull a quick escape as he found no reason to fight me. Of course, I ran after him and caught up with him in no time.''

"Oy, don't run like that it's a pain in the ass to chase you in this rain, you know." Saizen declared.

"Fighting you is meaningless, I don't fight futile battles." Kiyoshi replied.

"Sorry, bro. I'll have to force you to fight this particular futile battle!" Saizen states with a smirk.

''Then I started to get serious, while still holding back a bit. Then it happened ... He came rushing at me with a Kunai, and he had that one trick up his sleeve. As I waited for him I looked into his eyes, and there it was. His eyes changed and suddenly I felt much heavier. He was trying to pierce the center of my skull, I moved. However, that darned technique slowed me down for a split second. I couldn't avoid the strike completely and it took my right eye... I was shocked and in pain. It took me about five seconds to get out of the trauma of losing my eye. In those five seconds... he was gone.''

End of Flashback

"And that's about it." Saizen says.

"Wait, his eyes changed? I hope you don't mean-" Fūrin says before being interrupted.

"Yes" Saizen interrupts. "Yes, it's the sharingan. And not only that..." he tilts his head and looks at Fūrin with his piercing eyes. "It's the mangekyō sharingan!".

"No way! Are you certain?" she questions.

"I'm a hundred percent sure, I know what I saw." Saizen replies.

"Well why do you want him to go after me? Why don't you have your revenge yourself?" Fūrin questions.

"Oh I will, but he'll taste the true meaning of grief before that happens. He will surely come for you, so all you have to do is give him a way to find you. And, when the battle is over, just tell him these words ..." Saizen then tells Fūrin a quote to say on behalf of himself.