The Black Leaf (Part 1)

Chapter 17: True Identity

I started leaping on the trees and suddenly something didn't felt right, I knew right away, I was poisoned. My body started to feel numbed and I fell on the ground. I tried to get up quick but a sharp pain in my stomach prevented me from taking another step. I started coughing blood as I reached a tree and leaned on it to keep myself up. I tried to take another step and when I was about to collapse, he caught me, "got you," Kakashi said.

"It's poison," someone else said, but I didn't bother to look.

"The boy?" I whispered trying to keep my eyes open.

"He is fine, don't worry," he looked at me and I could see he was concern, "seems like you been poisoned, we got to take you home." He picked me up and I lost consciousness right after.

Kakashi's POV

"She is right up front," Pakkun said and I followed him as we leaped through the trees, "there."

She was leaning on a tree, and blood ran down her arm, she was hurt, I thought. Then, I saw a broken sword sticking out of her arm, "shit" I saw her collapsing and rushed towards her. "Got you," I told her as I held her up, I saw the blade and there was blue tint mixed with her blood.

"It's poison," Pakkun said.

"The boy?" she whispered with lidded eyes.

"He is fine, don't worry," I told her looking at her pained face, "seems like you been poisoned, we got to take you home." I picked her up and headed to the waterfall where the Kiyoshi was waiting for us.

"Is she okay?" Kiyoshi immediately stood up, "she was poison?"

"Yeah, do you know anything about it?" I asked him

"We have to take her back to the Leaf, it will kill her if she doesn't get the antidote," he said picking up his bag, "I can walk, luckily, my wind shield slowed down the arrows and they didn't cause much damaged."

"Were you poisoned as well?" I asked him.

"Yeah, but we were giving a dose of antidotes before coming, for precaution," he leaned to look t Yami's pale face. "She has three days tops and she will be in so much pain, so we have to stop the bleeding and hurry."

I placed Yami down and took the blade out carefully. Kiyoshi held her steady, as I wrapped the bandages around her arm. Kiyoshi pointed to her back and I saw the blood through her shirt, I lifted her shirt slightly to see, it was just a scratch that wasn't deep. I was surprised to see all the scars she had on her back, "why is she so scarred, was she tortured?" Kiyoshi asked me.

"I don't know," I said wandering if it was all from the training she mentioned. I finished the bandages and picked her back up. We headed out and I could feel as Yami's body started to burn. Shit, she got a fever now, I thought. Soon after that she started whimpering and murmuring stuff. "Can you keep going?" I asked Kiyoshi who was holding his chest.

"Yes, we are almost there, just a few more hours," he said looking at Yami.

We leaped through the trees in silent and Yami started to murmur stuff again. She called Sasuke's name multiple times. Then, she said something that caught my attention, "Shisui... don't... leave me" she muttered. I looked at her sort of confused but now that I looked at her features, her abilities, there was no doubt, she was an Uchiha. No wonder the Hokage was keeping her existence a secret. It all made sense now, her relationship with Sasuke, her fighting style was just like Shisui's. She went on and started murmuring again, this time I couldn't make up what she was trying to say except one word, his name... Itachi. I looked at her face and saw the tears leaving her closed eyes.