Sound.
/Sound/ vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear.
He could practically taste it. if you listened hard enough you could hear everything. The birds in the trees a few miles away, the unsettling amount of crickets in the air, even the gurgling of blood pouring from the wound on his chest.
He grimaced looking over at his partner, Shino- or what was left of him- his head had rolled somewhere behind him. He glared at the body feeling his eyes glaze over adding another body to the count. '3' he thought numbly, the rookie 6 now. Ten-ten had been the first. killed on a mission in Iwa, they had found her naked body splayed across a tree almost christ like. Next had been Chouji- his body was never recovered but was reported to have been in the area of an explosion that had destroyed a smaller village on the border of Fire country. Neji and Lee had both suffered major organ failure due to poison and died painfully in a hospital. Sasuke was on the opposing side and thus didnt count anymore. Now shino.
Curling in on himself he forced chakra toward the hole in his chest feeling it start to knit over itself over. He briefly wonderd why they had left his alive but just threw it off as a mistake. He looked at the sun- he had been unconscious for about three hours now. He stood up wiping dirt from his pants and surveying the battle. They had been in the forests just inside the border. They were getting more confident. He sat next to Shinos body his eyes glazing over slightly, he could cry when it was over he thought as he blinked away the tears and sealing the body into a sealing scroll he had in his pack.
Why had they left him alive though? It was starting to creep up on him now- It had been 7 to 2 they could have easily killed the two of them shouldent they have checked the bodies? Had they been scared off or in a hurry? This thought raised alarm, what if they were part of a larger group heading toward Konoha? Tsunade had told him of the rumors of a larger attack heading for the village.
A sudden wave of pain swept through his body as he took a step forward. He paused and pulled up his shirt eyebrows raising as he realized it hadn't been healed. It was deeper then he had thought, crossing all the way from his hip to his shoulder- that would leave a nasty scar. Gritting his teeth he took off his shirt wrapping it tightly around his torso trying to stop most of the bleeding the blackened blood crusting over his pale skin. Poison.
"Mother-" He let out a grunt gritting his teeth. it would take about a day to reach konoha but at his hindered pace it could easily turn into more. He forced chakra into his knees to keep him from falling over and raced forward. Each step hurting more than the last.
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He stumbled slightly the gates ahead of him now. He waved to the guards as the came out asking for his ID he reached into his back pocket retrieving the item his knees starting to shake in exhaustion. They hurriedly scanned it and had him hand over his forehead protector for them to look at the back of. He smiled grimly at them as they handed it back and returned to their posts. The village was on high alert and had been so for about a year and half- no one got in or out without documents.
He limped toward the hokages tower, at the last second deciding to go in instead of up the wall. his chest still hurting like a bitch though the bleeding had finally during the night. He supposed he would have to get it checked out, at one point he was sure he saw bone.
He yawned as he reached the door causing a wave of pain to race through his chest. Licking his lips he handed over his ID to the secretary at this point it was not necessary to present his headband as it was handed back she gave him the OK to head into the office. The blond turned around silently pushing the door open and walking up to the desk.
"Tsunade."
She looked up quickly her eyes wild for a second as she pushed back the paper she had been working on. Her eyes filled with concern, he only called her that when-.
He reached into his back pack before handing over the scroll containing Shino. She sighed grabbing it from him and placing it on the stack.
"Report."
"The mission was a success,"This time he handed her a different scroll "With only the loss of Shino-san." His gaze hardened as he continued "We were ambushed after little conflict in retrieving the scroll. It was seven to two- And both Shino-san and I are only Jounin vs. the Anbu, though it concerns me as to why I survived seeing as I killed three of them and we are at war." Tsunade also looked confused at this but urged him on. "I believe they were in a hurry they could be part of a larger group coming here."
She pushed back her blond hair in thought. "Thank you- that will be all. Your mission report will be expected in the morning." He turned to leave before her voice caught him "And also Naruto, please go to the hospital that looks serious." She smiled at him slightly and he returned one before finally taking his leave.
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