By EliadS

While Ibuki is walking towards the table of her current neighborhood blackmailing Yakuza Dan another figure is eyeing her from a distant table in the back of the bar. It's the agent that followed her before.

"Holy sh*t! That girl's one dangerous piece of work...Minute I get some more info on this I'll go update the chief. Now this is odd…what the hell she's doing now?" The agent thinks as he drinks a glass of water.

Ibuki walks up to the requested table and slams the suitcase on the table. It makes all the glasses on the table shake. Her facade is cold and angry Piece of filthy sh*t…if he touched a hair on their heads…I'll kill him, I don't care how…I'll kill him…" Ibuki thinks.

The Dan chuckles and looks at her, his face flushed slightly red and eyes a tad dilated. "Hehe…nice job gaishou…you really can kick a**" He says and takes another sip of his glass.

Ibuki growls under her breath "Where's Sarai and Sakura?" She asks coldly while letting go of the suitcase's handle. And putting her two hands on the table giving the drunken man a very angry and cold glare.

"All in good time…Now…*cough*…Where's our disk?" He asks while yawning.

"You'll get it the minute I see my friends…that's the deal, remember?" Ibuki says eyeing the two guards who approach her with a "Don't f**k with me or I'll cut you to little shreds" look. They back off under the glare and stand each on one of their boss's sides.

"Hmm…I don’t' think so…ya see…I've changed my mind. So…give me the disk now…or I'll call my agents and your friends are dead" He says and returns her glare, his eyes now matching hers with seriousness and coldness as well as his voice.

"You f**king, lousy! Back stabbing…son of b*tch! I outta…" Ibuki begins while moving to unsheathe her Katana with lightning speed, it now gleaming in the dim light of the club. The blade inches from the man's throat.

Now now…flattery will get you nowhere…and if you so much as touch me, they'll both die a very slow, and painful death, after I'll have all my boys have some fun with them" He says and holds his bodyguards back.

Ibuki's grip around the hilt tightens and her knuckles whiten as the katana shakes in her hands. She snarls and pulls the blade back, bringing it descending downwards. It slams into the table cutting it in two in her act of anger frustration. Then she reluctantly sheathes the katana while glaring daggers at the Yakuza Dan her teeth bared.

"You'll pay for this…I swear…you'll pay…" Ibuki mutters angrily, panting angrily.

"I am Yashira! Leader of one of the largest Yakuza clans in Japan! I've fried bigger fish then you, so keep your pathetic threats to your little Shinobi friends. So give me that freaking disk…Now!" He shouts, not flinching at the sight of a now very pissed off Ibuki.

"I'll get you the f**king disk…but mark my words…soon enough I'll shove this katana so far up you’re a** it'll be able to clean that empty skull of yours" She says and storms towards the entrance of the bar.

"Promises, promises!" He replies and chuckles at her anger.

The agent meanwhile raises a brow as he sees Ibuki talk to the bouncer and take her bag. She rummages through it and takes out a small CD box before handing it back to him and walking back to the table.

She hands it to one of the guards not so gently, making it crash into his chest, making him bend over before shouting "This isn't over Yashira!" and storming off, grabbing her bag and coat from the shocked bouncer and leaving the bar.

Yashira gets up and dusts himself. "Lets go boys, she won't cross us as long as we hold her little friends…she's not stupid," He says and dusts his jacket. The bodyguards nod and the three walk out of the bar calmly.

Meanwhile at the other side of the bar, Ibuki's ever so hated foe Jason is watching the scene, his eyes hidden by a pair of dark sunglasses. He pushes them slightly down the bridge of his nose, unveiling a small portion of his eyes that are glowing in red. He scans the room, eyes glowing in red. Then Yellow letters and digits run across the illuminated fiberglass when he locks onto the agent.

He eyes the agent and the words "Searching Database" appear on his eyes, before numbers begin running on them in tremendous speed. Then Jason narrows his eyes as the agent gets up.

"Eliminate him…before he can pass any data to his superiors…" Xavier's voice echoes inside the cyborg's head. Jason nods gets up and walks behind the agent, Pushing his glasses back to their original position to cover his eyes as he follows him stealthily.

The agent exits the bar and walks down the streets; he looks around as he does until he finds a phone booth in a side alley. Then He looks left and right, before turning around. He sees nobody and exhales in relief.

After looking around and seeing the streets are empty he enters an alley beside him. He walks towards a phone booth. When he reaches it he opens the door and closes it behind him. Then he takes out a credit card puts it in the appropriate slot and dials a number quickly.

Jason grins as he hides in a small side alley and waits a few seconds. When he hears his footsteps again, he continues his pursuit.

The agent holds the phone to his head and taps on the booth's plastic wall nervously. He hears the dialing and waits for his superior to answer. A few seconds later a voice answers on the other side. "Hello? Who is this?" A feminine voice answers him casually.

"It's me John…listen, I can't talk much…I've trailed the Shinobi girl like you asked…and she's…" He says before he hears running footsteps and looks upwards.

"What the?" He says in a shocked tone. His eyes go wide as a figure dashes towards the booth pulling back its fist. Then it throws it forward and a loud crashing sound is heard. The tough plastic of the booth shatters as the hand breaks through it easily.

John chokes as the powerful hand wraps around his neck and chokes him. "What…Ar…yo?" He mutters as he's suddenly pulled forward and his head crashes into the plastic booth.

Then the hand's grip tightens considerably and it smashes his windpipe, then it lets go of his neck and grabs John's chin before twisting his head 180 degrees, till his neck snaps with an accompanied sound. Then the hand lets go when John is 100% dead.

Then the body drops to the ground of the booth, after he lets go of it, blood coming out of the mouth and smearing the floor of the booth and shards on it.

"John! John! What's wrong? Answer me!" The woman on the other side of the phone shouts frantically, as she grips the receiver tightly into the receiver. But All she can hear is choking sounds and then an audible banging. Then a groan followed by snapping sound is heard, then a thud and silence.

She curses repeatedly and keeps trying to call him in vain, understanding John's fate. She sniffs and slowly her voice grows weaker, till it's only whispers.

Meanwhile Jason cracks his fists and brushes the sharp plastic shards off his now torn sleeve. He sends Xavier a message through his built in Comm link stating the target has been eliminated. Then he looks at the corpse of the now dead John and snarls.

"One day…Ibuki will be like that…at my hands" He thinks and walks away, melting into the shadows of the dark streets on his way to execute his next task. He activates his satellite GPS maps, to reach the spot as quickly as possible and walks quickly.

Meanwhile the woman on the phone disconnects and a small tear falls from her eye. "D**nit…John…they got ya…why you, my only real friend in this blasted Interpol organization. Ooh I'll get them for this…I swear by god…Your death won't go unavenged, those Yakuza will pay… " She thinks and wipes the tear gently, Now believing falsely that it was the Yakuza who eliminated her partner.

"And as for you Ibuki…I don't know what's you connection to this…but I'll find out…you just wait…till we meet again…" the woman thinks and walks out of the room she's in.

Meanwhile Ibuki is storming down the streets angrily, while shaking her fist. "Ooh…I knew he'd do it…but it still makes me so mad…He is soooo gonna pay for this…" She thinks and exhales sharply. In her anger, her senses are cloudand she takes a much longer route towards her house, but doesn't notice this, preoccupied by loathing Yashira.

She walks towards the vague direction of her house, but then stops abruptly in the middle of the street. People don't seem notice or care and keep on passing around her, to their respective business and requested places. "What the hell am I waiting for? I can't afford to lose time, can I? Ah Cr*p my body aches all over…" She thinks and rubs her neck and grimaces as it hurts greatly.

Then a man bumps into her shoulder forcefully. She grimaces and is pushed back and the strap of her heavy bag pulls on her shoulder, straining the tired muscle further. The man bows and apologizes sincerely from the mistake and continues on his way.

Ibuki nods and continues walking home; she rubs her now aching shoulder. "I better rest and meditate first…or I'll wound myself more…can't get myself injured or killed…too much at stake…D**n! D**n! D**n! Curse this all to hell!" She thinks, hating the situation she's in greatly. She sighs and her face faults as she continues walking.

She walks towards her house quickly now, wanting to reach it as soon as possible. Her bag is slung on her left shoulder and her feet aching from all the evening's battles. Her gear and Katana are still strapped to her uniform under her thick coat. Around an hour later she reaches her house. She is sweating, tired and her face is flushed.

He uniform is damp and clings tight to her frame, making it difficult to walk and her bag is getting heavy as exhaustion begins to consume the youth. She exhales tiredly and stumbles up to the door; she opens a zipper in her bag, and grabs a set of keys.

She unlocks the doors and walks into the main room and turns around to pull the door shut. Then she locks it and puts the key in the same compartment.

"You disappoint my master greatly Ibuki" Jason's voice speaks inside the room. Ibuki head snaps sideways in lightning speed toward the source, her eyes now narrowed angrily.

"What the f**k are you doing here? And what the h*ll are you talking about?" Ibuki shouts and her body tenses, her exhaustion quickly being forgotten in the face of rage and anger. Adrenaline pumping inside her veins as she feels the deep hatred towards him resurface.

He's sitting cross handedly on the couch in her living room, eyeing her with a cold face, his eyes hidden behind a pair of sunglasses. He smirks and chuckles "Oh you're so funny when you're angry girl, but the lord isn't amused…You were trailed by an Interpol Agent and he almost passed information on your actions to his superiors." Jason says

Ibuki glares daggers at him "I know he followed me…I'll take ca…wait a minute…were trailed? Almost? What the hell did you do?" Ibuki asks suspiciously.

"The problematic fool has been removed from the equation, be more careful next time…we wouldn't want anything to happen to darling Kumiko if you didn't, would we?" He asks and gets up.

Ibuki's jaw tenses and her eyes glint with cold fury "You murderous b*st*rd! Why'd you kill him? Are you stupid or something? You've probably alerted Interpol on this and now they'll suspect me! Sides I can take care of myself! I don’t need or want your f**king help!" She says in exasperation.

He grins "I know they suspect you're connected, that's my bonus…ain't that dandy…oh Lord X likes seeing you under pressure, and regarding helping you, I wasn't…only assuring you have a harder time." He says and grins.

"Now, Now…no hard feelings, don't forget your original mission girl, the part…and get it fast, the lord is getting impatient" He says before Ibuki unsheathes her Katana.

"Get the f**k out my house! You freaking piece of scrap metal!" She shouts her Chi blazing bright as she channels it through the Katana. She readies it and eyes his angrily.

"Suit yourself, this house isn't my style anyway…oh and don't forget…we've got our eye on you, so don't try anything, or Kumiko will pay the price " He says and calmly walks towards the door.

He then puts his finger near the lock and tap on the wood, a clicking is heard, and the lock is breached and unlocked. He smirks and calmly walks out "Oh and work on that temper of yours, you'll get high blood pressure if ya don't!" He shouts.

Ibuki snarls and sheathes her Katana. "That f**king b*st*rd! Oooooh I hate him so much! I'll cut his freaking cyborg head off! Ooh Yes! When the time comes…I'll finish him off good. Then I'll pick my bone with this X. But first…I need to rest before I go to the Yakuza base, somehow I got a feeling that this won't be easy", She thinks and sighs tiredly, the adrenaline rush stopping and being exchanged with exhaustion and weakness.

Then she locks the door again and sighs. She picks up her bag and ascends up the stairway to shower and rest before she begins the difficult mission of both saving Sakura and Sarai and finding the Venom blade part.