Zia seeks out The masked Kage

"God dammit!" She said, as she couldn't find him, and she was looking hard, untill, she think she found him... so she walked up and said, "Are you, The masked Kage?" She asked. She was wearing her normal ninja clothes, as she Was not sure if The kage knew she was Akatsuki.

I was on my way back to my lab after the killing of my brother when I noticed someone following me. A young woman who appeared familiar was walking towards me. When she got close enough and asked me if I was myself, I immidiately reckognized her. Zia. That woman I had met before the tournaments and member of the Akatsuki. What was she doing here? I thought the group retreated to their base. Without showing any of these concerns, I turned towards her and replied on my usual calm and serious tone:

"And who asks for him? Oh, I remember you. If I recall right, your name is Zia, isn't it? What can I do for you?"

"I have a question, How do you feel about your brothers death?" zia asks

I looked at her and acted as if I was shocked by surprise. I replied, in a surprised voice:

"What? My brother is dead? How do you know that? And how come I haven't been told of it yet?"

"O please, everyone knows, As if the Kage would be the last!" She said, Trying to get info out of him, and possiblely achive her plan.

I regained my serious and looked straight at her.

"Well, you asked me how I feel about my brother's death. That is how I felt when I heard the news."

"I wonder, What is going around in that head of yours?"

I couldn't help but to have a little laugh at that question.

"Well, even I ask myself that same question sometimes. But why are you asking all these questions? You seem preoccupied by something."

"O nothing, Just slightly annoyed..." She said

I tilted my head a little on the side.

"Annoyed? From what I remember of you, I can tell there wouldn't be much to annoy you. What is it really?"

"since i have a feeling you already know, Im akatsuki, and They don't trust me...'"

I kept my calm and continued on the same serious tone.

"I know who you are. Yet, why are you here, with me, even more, alone? I thought your group hated us, Kages."

"we do, but, UNtill i figure you out, You are not gonna die." she said, smirking.

I had a little laugh.

"Ah, still on with that objective of yours to see my face, is it?"

"How did you guess?" she asked.

"It is quite simple, actually. The first and last time we met, you were obsessed with that thought to be able to see what was being covered by this Mask I wear. Even thought some time passed, I doubt you could have forgotten something you wanted so much."

"And i won't stop if you don't show me!" she said

I laughed again after she had said that, once again.

"My, my, you sure are stubborn. Why would I even bother to show you? We both know it is not going to happen any time soon."

"okay, i guess..." She said, pulling out her bow, and readying an arrow.

I sighed at the view of her preparing to attack me. I didn't have time for that.

"I see you are using the same bow that you used on my brother. Even the arrows are the same, they are still covered in that Ninja Wolfbane you used. Even I have to admit you are a fine archer for being able to hit my brother in the precise spots you aimed to."

I stayed there, looking at her, ready to counter her move. Yet my body language told that I didn't care, almost as if it knew she wouldn't shoot. Well, no matter what, if she did shoot, I would be ready to make my riposte, as always.

"You see, your smart..." She fired the arrows into the air, then said, "But, can you save someone evil?"

I kept my eyes at her while the arrows went up. According to their angle, they should hit her when they fall back. Even thoug I was not looking at them, I could predict their landing point, and, if that had to change, I could execute a swift riposte. Still looking at her, I said the following:

"If you are referring to yourself as "someone evil", I am afraid I will not. Why would I save someone who uses his own life as a method to try and intimidate another? This is your problem, not mine."

She jumped up, and Kicked the arrows toward Wakitaro, they did not break, as they were made of hard wood. "Good, with that out of the way... i can get onto Buisness."

When I saw her jumping up and kick the arrows to send them in my direction, I have to admit that I wasn't used to see such a way of fighting. I dodged all the arrows, making sure that none would hit me, even through the use of some tricks. If there were some additionnal risk due to inhalating toxins and poisons, my Mask was always used as a filter, preventing infection through inhalation. Doing so, I stepped back. While Zia was coming down again, I asked her, still on my guards, though not showing any of it:

"Are you done? I have my own business to attend to, you know."

"Please, Why would i be finished? That would be no fun!" she said, smiling, then said, "Are you gonna ever ease up?"

I looked at her. She really was a strange person, but, at least, she knew what she wanted. That was a quality I liked in her.

"You are tellling me to ease up? I could tell you the same, woman. I have no time to waste in battling you."

Without letting my guard down, I took a step forward to where I was standing before.

"Now, tell me what you really want. Why would a member of the organization who threatened to kill us be standing alone before me?"

"Because, in truth, i don't want you dead, i, i kinda admire you, ya know?"

I laughed at that declaration.

"You say you admire me and don't want me dead, yet you joined an organization despising me aiming to kill me. This is really hard to believe. Plus, what would make me admired by another? I may be a Kage, but I have not made more than the others. And why would you want me alive while your friends disagree with that?"

"They know nothing, and the rest, i hate preetty bad." She says.

"If what you say is true, if you really don't want me dead, then why? What makes you different from the others?"

Deep inside, I was becoming a little suspicious. What was she really on about?