Trouble in the Sand 2~~~Chapter 41

~~~Chapter 41
Rutsu rushed under ground, keeping herself hidden from enemies. But there was one she couldn’t get away from. Three wolves followed her closely, ready to pounce on her at any moment.
“I have to get above ground… where I can dodge,” she said to herself.
Then she felt it. A large room with only one man standing in it was above. She burst through the metal floor, pieces of steel and stone flying around on the floor.
“Bravo, you found me… or have I hunted you down?”
Hunter stood in the middle of room, petting a wolf at his side.
“Who are you?”
“Hunter… Orochimaru’s ‘hunter’”
“Orochimaru? Well then… I have to beat you!”
She rushed into battle, doing front flips towards Hunter, who jumped back. Once he jumped, Rutsu stopped and slammed both hands on the ground and earth itself grabbed Hunter. Rapped in rock, Hunter struggled to get free.
Rutsu put a red glove on each fist, and blew a small amount of fire onto to each of them, setting them into flames. She went into a fast and hard frenzy of punches into Hunter’s gut. Hunter coughed blood onto the ground.
“How’s that?” She asked confidently.
Suddenly, two wolves lunged at here from behind, and before she could counter them, they each bit one of her wrists and disappeared.
“I bet that hurt,” remarked Hunter as the ground receded, “and I bet this will, too!”
He flipped around, kicking her in the side of the head with the back of his foot, and then punched her into the ground. He then jumped into the air and did a few front flips before going straight into Rutsu with both feet. Jumping off, he grabbed her hands and threw her into a wall.

Outside the facility, Gaara could tell that Rutsu was in trouble.
“Rutsu…”
He rushed into the building after, even though the rest of the gang was yelling for him to come back.

Rutsu’s blood dripped heavily from her mouth as she shakily stood. Her fists still on fire, she began to spin her right arm at her side, before flinging it at Hunter.
“Flame cyclone!”
The fire spiraled off of her fist at Hunter, but Hunter easily jumped out of the way, appearing behind her. She spun around, her face full of fear, just before he head butted her, kneed her in the stomach, and put his fists together and slammed them down on her head.
Rutsu banged into the ground, denting the steal. Hunter kicked her in the side, moving her a few feet.
“Done already? It seems you’re too weak to face me!”
With that, he summoned a huge pack of wolves, all hungry and snarling.“The hunt is over, time to devour the prey!” He said, laughing…