A/N: Just a series of shorts I've had bouncing around in my head. No specific characters/pairings, just random insights on daily lives/occurences. Fleshing out some of the background characters.
Genma flinched as the senbon harpooned it's way down in to his thigh. Raidou had taken the advantage of the over-extended Sound nin and had neatly decapitated him, but the damage had already been done.
He dropped to one knee, hands supporting himself as his body suddenly seemed to turn into mush. Breathing suddenly seemed to take far more effort than he ever remembered before, and his ears filled with a crashing roar.
His partner pushed him up and shook him violently once, pulling the senbon out with a swift tug. He sniffed it, eyes dark.
"Stay with me, Genma," he demanded as he pulled him into a rough fireman's carry. "Stay awake."