"Retrieving her was never my primary mission. It is because of you..." Chiyo said, "That I am bringing her back to the Kazekage. Otherwise, she'd be dead- and the tailed beast would be brought before Isamu sealed in a tea kettle. Though... I may have underestimated him."<br/><br/>The woman smiled, looking at the place where her arm was supposed to be. Hitomi stood up, "Right. Well, I wasn't about to let you roast out there in the sun."<br/><br/>The mercenary looked down at the puppeteer. The woman laughed softly to herself and produced a small bag of coins, which Hitomi took and promptly pocketed. "You ninja are all crazy..." She said, "To think I'd get mixed up in all this... tailed beast nonsense." The swordswoman threw her hands up in the air, "As far as what you do with<em>her</em>... it's none of my concern."<br/><br/>"If you think to go back the way you came..." Chiyo began to say, as she pulled out the small scroll that was delivered to her just before the battle with the tailed beast, "I am afraid that will be impossible for you. By now... the Land of Rivers should be completely under siege. In fact, I would say... the safest place to be as an enemy of Suna is within the Land of Wind."<br/><br/>"I'm not involved." Hitomi replied, "This is a fight between shinobi."<br/><br/>The girl between them began to awaken, Aimi's golden eyes opening one by one as she softly moaned.