Shadows of Revenge Ch. 5
By Eliad Sholomovich

** Streets of Japan, several hours later **

Ibuki was walking through the dark streets, the wind blowing behind her.The wind caused her hair to flap and her clothes to ruffle due to its powerful surge.

Despite the fact she had just hung out with her 2 best friends and saw an hilarious movie, she couldn't help being sad. Her latest revelation on Jason was all the proof she needed to prove to her mom that the Thing she once thought as a man was indeed dangerous.

She thought she would be happy, but now she realized that her mom was really happy with him, She hated the thought of ruining that, but she knew what she had to do.

As Ibuki walked down the streets her gaze was mostly aimed at the ground as her in her mind thoughts raced. "What am I going to do? How am I supposed to break these news to mom? Will she even believe me? I don't want to hurt her, but I don't see any other option...Why do I always have to deal with these situations?" Ibuki thought and then lifted her gaze and looked forward.

She saw her house in the distance and sighed, she continued pacing slowly towards it. Then She noticed all the lights in the house were lit and she raised a brow. She looked at her wristwatch and then back at the house.

"What's the h*ll's mom doing up at 2am? I told her I'd be late, Well I guess its an opportunity to get this over with" Ibuki thought and broke into a short sprint. She approached the door and knocked on it. It opened slightly as she knocked on it lightly.

Now Ibuki was really worried "Mom never leaves the house unlocked, I have a bad feeling about this..." Ibuki thought and leaned against the doorframe and listened. She heard noise from within the house.

Then she opened the door slowly until it was half-open. She peeked through the opening. She couldn't see anyone from where she was located, Her angle made her line of site limited and all she saw was a small part of the kitchen which was empty.

She knew what to do, she inhaled deeply and then in a quick fluid motion pushed the door open, a second after pushing the door she somersaulted into the house.

She noticed a blue glint pass under her as she was airborne a split second before she landed on the floor and rolled to a crouching position. Ibuki then heard a swishing sound approach her and shifted her weight to her left, a metallic object passed right near her right ear.

Then she turned her gaze backwards and narrowed her eyes. She saw a large Ninja star stuck in the wall. Then she leapt to her feet and quickly scanned her surroundings as she sensed she was in danger, she cursed under her breath and somersaulted forward after seeing who was in her house.

This Choice of action had saved her from being sliced open by a gleaming Katana, which was swung at her abdomen. She landed from the jump inside her living room. She then threw a quick punch forward the second she rose to her feet.

Her knuckles crashed into a masked figure's nose, The man痴 head whipped backwards and then Ibuki took advantage of this and grabbed his shirt. Yet instead of continuing the assault she chose to send her foot flying backwards.

Her foot slammed into another figure's groin area. She then turned to resume her attack on the figure that she was holding but he managed to break her hold by slamming both fists into her chest.

Ibuki coughed the air out of her lungs as the blow crashed into her chest. She was pushed backwards and fell to the ground, she landed on her back and groaned to herself. Ibuki then shook her head and rose to her feet, only to see him spin around and fall victim to his roundhouse kick.

Ibuki reeled and fell back to the ground, she rolled to her side. Then she shook her head and rose to her knees. She panted and brushed aside loose strands of her hair. Then she saw the figure dash forward and jump forward, he extended his foot and descended towards her.

Ibuki rolled to her right and his jump Kick missed and instead crashed into another figure's face. Ibuki flipped to her feet. But before she could think or act two arms caught her from behind and wrapped around her waist from behind, then She was put into a bear hug.

Ibuki held her breath as she was picked up into the air. She sent both hands backwards and grabbed the man's head. He was wearing a mask, She felt the soft Cloth under her fingers and clenched her teeth as her lungs burned for Oxygen.

She put both of her hands onto his forehead and then stuck her thumbs into his eyes. The man cried in pain and let go of Ibuki, she fell and crashed onto the floor with a thud. The man hunched over and rubbed his eyes while muttering curses.

Ibuki coughed and then moaned in pain. Another Figure dashed forward kicked her in the ribs with his h*ll. Ibuki Cried in pain and was sent rolling backwards, She lay on her back, Then she shook her head while coughing. She Blinked a few times and then her vision focused. She gasped as she saw a figure descending towards her.

She quickly rolled aside and avoided a stomp, She rose to her knees and Somersaulted backwards. Her feet shot forward as she somersaulted, they crashed into one of the figure's chin and he was sent flying backwards.

Ibuki landed lightly on the balls of her feet and resumed her stance. While the figure fell to the floor With an audible thud, He groaned in pain and another figure helped him to his feet.

Then Ibuki looked around and bit her lower lip and looked around again. She was surrounded by four black clad figures all standing in martial arts stances and all had a tattoo on the right side of their face, Ibuki recognized the Tattoo and snarled.

""Black Dragon" Assasians...What the h*ll do they want with me?" Ibuki wondered. Her thread of thought was cut as she shifted her weight backwards, this move was used to avoid a deadly swing of a Katana.

One of two approaching ninjas was holding a well crafted Katana which gleamed in the room's light. He approached Ibuki and his green eyes shone coldly as he locked a gaze with Ibuki痴 dark brown eyes.

Ibuki took a look at it and clenched her teeth "That's my Katana...Why those lousy..." Ibuki thought and ducked under a wide swing. Then she rose into a quick uppercut. Her fist slammed into the ninja's nose. The man staggered backwards and Ibuki continued her barrage by punching his gut with a Chi enveloped fist.

After Ibuki shouted the word "Raida" she stepped forward and tried to grab the ninja痴 sword hand and force the sword away of him. But to her misfortune she was forced to step backwards in order to avoid more Katana slashes which came from her left.

Ibuki dodged the slash and leapt backwards, She somersaulted backwards while in the air and landed 3 feet away. She looked forward and gulped. Now All her assailants were armed with Katanas and by the looks in their eyes They weren稚 happy with her resistance.

"I can't keep this up...I need a weapon...and fast..." Ibuki thought and looked around. She located a broomstick a few feet to her left in the kitchen. She dashed towards it, her assailants right behind her. She grabbed it from its base and twirled it around. The assailants were forced to take a step backwards and gave Ibuki a chance to think of a possible strategy.

One of the Ninja's lunged forward and brought his Katana swinging downwards towards Ibuki's head. She raised the broom and blocked his swing soundly, a small crack appeared in the base of the broom but Ibuki didn't notice this.

Then she swung the Katana to her left, this took the Ninja's hand with her. She forced his hands downwards until the Katana's tip touched the ground, then she let go and swung the Broom's edge in the opposite direction.

The stick crashed into the man's chin forcefully, successfully pushing him backwards. Then Ibuki slammed the broom's tip into the man's abdomen, It crashed against his muscles and the man was forced to bend forward from the force behind the blow. Ibuki then took further advantage of this and brought the broom's other tip crashing into the man's face in an upward slashing motion. The man was picked off his foot and catapulted into the air and landed on the floor 2 feet away.

Then Ibuki heard something and held the stick behind her head, the stick blocked the Katana. Then Ibuki then spun around and sent the broom crashing into the ninja's jaw. Ibuki continued her spinning motion and in her momentum she continued to extend her foot and nailed him with a powerful roundhouse after spinning again.

The man reeled backwards and Ibuki leapt forward and kicked him in the solar plexus with both feet, the massive drop kick sent the man flying, he crashed into the wall from the force behind the blow and fell forward.

Meanwhile Ibuki flipped backwards and landed on her feet. She heard footsteps and tried to sidestep, but she was too late. She winced as a burning pain flashed in her back. She turned around to see a ninja holding a blood covered Katana, Her eyes narrowed in anger and she continued to dodge his follow-up swing.

Then Ibuki brought the broom crashing into the ninja痴 groin with all her strength. The man groaned audibly, then Ibuki slammed the broom onto his back. The man fell forward and crashed face first into the floor tiles. He busted his nose and crimson flowed down his face, He rolled backwards and leaned against the wall.

Ibuki shook her head and grimaced as the pain in her back bothered her greatly, She felt a warm liquid flow down her back and cursed under her breath in Japanese. Unknown to Ibuki was the fact that with each blow she landed on the Ninjas, the cracks in the broomstick multiplied and grew larger.

She blinked away the haze from her eyes and brought her staff up to protect herself from the last Ninja's swing. But Her Father's Katana cut the cracked up broomstick easily, it broke into half and shattered into pieces. Ibuki dropped the fragments and stepped backwards.

Ibuki then sidestepped quickly as the Ninja tried to Impale Ibuki while she was vulnerable. But Ibuki痴 sidestep saved her and the blade passed under her arm, it's blade slammed into the refrigerator.

Ibuki then then stepped forward and punched him in the nose. The man reeled backwards, then Ibuki continued her barrage by punching his abdomen three times with great speed and force. Then she kicked his Chin. Then she leapt into the air and her foot was enveloped with Chi and crashed into the man's jaw.

He bit his own tongue and coughed and spat blood. Meanwhile Ibuki shouted "Kazekiri" and then after the blow connected she somersaulted and landed on her feet. She then stepped forward with a sidekick to his solar plexus.

The final kick forced the man to let go of the Katana as he was thrown backward. Ibuki then grabbed the hilt of the Katana and released the Blade from its binding, she swung it in a crescent motion and her eyes shone with cold fury.

The ninja's looked at her and she approached them, they in response stepped backwards. Ibuki coughed "I'll give you...10 seconds to get your a**es out of here, before I slice you to shreds...And if you do it in 5・ won't go tell Sensei and make the Shinobi eradicate your lousy clan..." Ibuki said menacingly.

"She's a Shinobi? He didn't say anything about that?" One of them whispered.

"We aren't allowed to mess with the Shinobis, we aren't ready for a war yet, lets retreat, Sensei will understand..." Another reasoned.

Ibuki痴 piercing gaze didn't waver as the ninjas discussed their options, She was alert and ready for any possible Trick which the ninjas might try to muster against her.

Ibuki was gambling and she knew it, Ninjas never quit a job without a reason, Her back was pounding and she started to feel nauseous, dizziness invaded her senses, but she masked it by choking it down.

She prayed that the threat of a full scale Clan war was enough to make them fall back. She was fortunate that her gamble was right. Then the Ninjas looked at eachother and nodded, then they gathered themselves and left into the night.

The minute they did Ibuki collapsed and fell to her knees, She panted and coughed, her face was flushed and her hair moist from sweat. She coughed and held her head in her hands as her head pounded and her ears rang.

She lifted herself to her feet and touched her back gently, She winced as she touched the wound, she traced her fingers on the gash while clenching her teeth.

She sighed and gulped "I'm very lucky I moved when he hit me, The slash isn稚 too deep, no major damage done, but if I'd been a little closer I'd be dead now, Thank god for quick instincts..." Ibuki thought and lifted herself to her feet.

Then she heard clapping and her head snapped towards the source, When she saw whom it was she snarled and her grip around the Katana's hilt tightened. "Jason..." She muttered and shook her head then she started approaching him.

He crossed his arms a amused smile on his face as he say her look at him angrily.