"Run!" I yelled. the village was being attacked and it wasnt good.
"Watch out!" i heard someone yell and about that time a boulder came whizzing over my head. I ducked and continued to run. We had to get out of the village. We had been preparing to evacuate for quite some time now due to the fact that an army was basically camped on our front steps. As i was running i saw an enemy ninja attacking a little girl. I whipped out a set of shuriken and threw them at the enemy ninja and he dropped dead. I continued to run but i scooped up the little girl on my way. I made it to me and my dad's apartment and grabbed my bag which was sitting by the door by the empty spot where my dad's bag had been. The only reason that we were evacuating was that our forces had been cut by nearly 60% with another 10% in the hospital suffering from critical injuries. The hospital had been evacuated about a week ago to Suna which was where the remaining ninja would be fleeing. Most of the villagers had evacuated about three days ago leaving only the shinobi and a few families that refused to leave and even most of those families had started to filter out of the village last night. As i continued to run i picked up stray people, shinobi and children that were having problems making it out of the village due to the fact that they werent strong enough to stand up to the rock shinobi that were invading the village. As i continued to make my way out of the village with the small group of about thirty people and five shinobi a familiar Anbu agent started to run at my side.
"Hi Sano, so where is everyone else, did they make it out safely?" i asked and from the silence that followed i could tell that the death toll was high. "There were some that didnt make it, among them was my nephew" I nearly stopped dead in my tracks when he said that. his younger brother had gotten married not too long ago and they had a six month old son named Kizo.
"Im sorry to hear that Sano" i said as i continued to run, we were nearly at the gates of the village and luckily the villagers were keeping up with us. I spotted a couple of shinobi that were waiting at the gates for us and as we ran through them the shinobi took point to lead us to where the rest of the remaining shinobi were waiting to head to Suna. Almost immediately after we joined the group i found my dad and then i located Sano and I's old Sensei, Temari Nara and her three kids and her husband. Then i looked around for the third member of Sano and I's old Genin team, Tenji Hyuga. I looked around for several minutes until i located him and i sighed in relief when i did. I continued to wander around the group of us who were now refugees.
After everyone had reunited with their respective families and the count was taken on who was missing we started on what would be a nearly week long trek to Suna. As we trudged on I walked here and there talking to some of my friends. After about half an hour I found Sano who was walking towards the back of the crowd to protect the group from an attack from behind. "Are you ok Sano?" I asked him. We had been rivals since we were little but during the Chunin exams I had gone up against Tenji in the qualifying rounds and a blow that he made to the side of my head close to my eye activated my Sharangan that i had somehow inherited from my dad. During the Finals i went up against Sano and just barely beat him. Since then we've been both rivals and teammates. Right now I'm not really sure what to classify my relationship with Sano as due to the fact that here lately he's been acting a little different around me. Like when we're sparring and he has me pinned in any way he turns a vibrant shade of red. I'm confused so until i figure it out I'll continue to stay confused.
~~~Several Hours Later~~~ The sun has nearly set and we're on the border of Fire Country territory. Tonight we will be staying in a border village. I can see it in the distance right now but i have a bad feeling about this village. Border villages are notorious for being full of shinobi during times of war. I was still walking beside Sano and when we were on the outskirts of the village my dad came up behind us nad told us to make a sweep of the village and to take out any hostile Shinobi. Sano and i walked into the village by ourselves and as we reached the center of the village a Rock shinobi holding a large hammer walked out in the middle of the street.
"Konoha Shinobi huh?" he asked as a horde of Rock shinobi started to appear from the shadows. Sano gripped the set of short foot and a half long Katana that he weilded and i pulled out a pair of two foot long war fans. the shinobi just laughed at me, apparently he didnt think that i looked very threatening seeing as I am more heavily endowed than Hinata-san and I have an extremely feminine shape(curse my curvaceous body). I growled at the ninja holding the hammer and i unstrapped my shoulder brace that kept it from dislocating itself. I had figured out how to strengthen that arm and use it to fight without having to worry about it dislocating. I tapped on one of the many blue Xs that lined my right arm. Almost immediately the muscles in my arm started to bulge and the veins popped out on the back of my arm. I charged the ninja and he raised his hammer and i met his swing with my fist. The head of the hammer shattered and i kept swinging and hit the ninja dead in the jaw. I felt something underneath my fist crack and the ninja went flying. "Did you really have to do that?" Sano asked me.
"Of course i did, I didnt appreciate the way that he was looking at me, you know what he was thinking" i said as i strapped the shoulder brace back up due to the fact that the chakra in my arm had disappated. Then i backed up against Sano's back and pulled my fans back out. The remaining ninja were closing in.
"So what do you think he was thinking?"Sano asked me. Neither of us were worried about getting hurt, these ninja were way below our level, in fact we would have no problem killing everyone of these scum.
"Sano you perv, you know exactly what he was thinking and if I'm right you're thinking the same thing right now" i said and he just laughed.
"That you're a nice piece of ass and that there is no way in hell that you could beat me?" he said and i elbowed him in the back.
"Very funny smart ass but this is what I'm currently thinking about you" i said and i heard him groan, "You're just a pretty boy with a set of swords that is going to hurt himself" I said as i laughed and i could practically feel Sano rolling his eyes. "Well this is what i actually think of you" he said, "I think that you're a strong, beautiful Kunoichi that really needs to move out of her father's apartment" he said and i just smiled.
"Awww, thats sweet Sano, but technically my dad no longer has an apartment so i did move out of it and if we were still in Konoha where would I have to live?" I said as i threw a set of shuriken and hit two ninja in the neck. The majority of the horde of ninja came at us and we were having no problem taking them out. "Well if we were still in Konoha there is extra room in my apartment" Sano said and i jsut laughed.
"If you're saying what i think you're saying things could get interesting between us, maybe we can figure something out when we get to Suna, afterall my dad is going to be busy trying to help keep the peace and get everyone setteled so I am going to need somewhere to stay" i said and i could basically see Sano blushing as we continued to attack the rock ninja. There were only about twenty left and they were all holding back due to the fact that we had slaughtered the rest of the ninja and their boss was laying in a heap with his jaw bone stuck through his skull. The remaining ninja scattered as Sano and I jumped towards them. Sano and I started to pile the bodies of the dead shinobi and in the process we raided their bodies for weapons and any other useful items such as scrolls. As we were piling the bodies the villagers of the town came out of the buidlings that lined the streets. An elderly looking man walked up to Sano and I as we drug the last two bodies to the pile.
"I would like to thank you for ridding our village of those Rock Ninja, they have been reaking havoc in our village for three months now. We are in your debt, if you need anything just let me know" he said, Im pretty sure that he is the head of this boarder town.
"Well you see we're fleeing from Konoha" I said. "Dont tell me that the great village fell" he gasped.
"Im afraid it has, we were sent ahead of our group to check for any hostile activity. We are currently on our way to Suna. There is but one thing that we have to ask of you and that is that you would let our group stay here. Many of us were injured while we were fleeing the village. We are tired and hungry, the rest of our group is waiting outside of the village and with your permission we will bring them here" Sano said, he is much more eloquent with words than i will ever be.
"Absolutely, we have surplus food that we were able to keep hidden from the rock ninja so we can supply you for your journey, the rest of your group is more than welcome to come here" he said and Sano and I bowed.
"We'll be back, thankyou" Sano said and we ran out of the village towards the rest of the survivors of the attack. From what i could tell the only people that remained were Shinobi of the village. I'm guessing that the civilians that had escaped the village had left to find somewhere else to settle. We walked around unitl we found Naruto, Shikamaru and Kakashi who were all gathered in one spot, they were probably having a meeting of some sort.
"How did it go?" Naruto asked.
"We cleaned the village out, there were thirty some rock ninja in that village and according to the head of that village they have been there for several months. They were grateful when we got rid of them and they said that they would allow us to stay there and that they will also help us stock up on supplies for our journey" I said and Naruto nodded.
"Everybody listen up!" he yelled, "We will be staying in the village for tonight and we will head out tomorrow morning, the sooner we leave the better. We can get to Suna in two days if we only stop to eat and sleep for four hours at a time, now lets get to the village so we can get some sleep, Raizo and Tenji have first watch, Sano and Kazumi got second, Kiba and Hirzu have third" Naruto said and the fifty of us started the five minute walk to the village. When we got there the leader of the village met with Naruto, Kakashi and Shikamaru. Sano and I walked around to make sure that everyone had somewhere to sleep and to comfort those who had lost we had made our rounds we went and found a place to sit down and eat some supper which consisted of riceballs, some instant ramen and a piece or two of sushi. After that we leaned back against the wall of the house that we were sitting by. Sano was amazingly quiet, in fact i was starting to wonder if he was dead.
"Are you ok Sano?" I asked and he just nodded, "What's bugging you, you're never so completely quiet unless something is wrong" he sighed.
"Nothing has been going right here lately, I mean first we find out that my dad is starting to go blind from using his Amateratsu too much, then Konoha is cornered and we have to flee and in the process my nephew was killed by a bunch of fucking Rock Ninja!" he yelled, he had finally lost his always present cool.
"Everyone has been having problems here lately Sano, you arent the only one that the world has decided to take a dump on, I have had problems too, I mean my father was badly injured and im lucky that he's still here, you remember what i was like after he was hurt, and Naruto has been targeted for assassination several times this year, you cant say that you're the only one that has problems because you arent" I said and Sano just looked at me like i was crazy. I leaned over and put my head on his shoulder, "Now hold still because I'm going to go to sleep and you're not about to be able to walk off and pout somewhere" and with that i closed my eyes, snuggled up to him and fell asleep.