Yay! My first fanfic! Okay, not first, but first on the Internet!!!!! Woooohooooooo!
A/N: I DO NOT own Naruto, Mononoke Hime, Sailor Moon, or any of the other movies/shows like Howl's Moving Castle that I threw into the mix. I also do not own the character Zan Kaida; she is my friend's character. However I do own Icucarina Uchiha, Shakuma Uchiha, Ryugakakure, Chigakakure, and the Chikage and Ryukage.
Description: Kaida and Sasuke are helping to fight the 3rd Great Ninja War, but Sasuke gets badly injured…what will happen to him?
Chapter One: Saving Sasuke! True Zan Revealed!
Kaida murmured the names of the hand signs as she made them. "Ino, Inu, Tori, Hatsu, Hitsugi…Summoning Jutsu!!" She shouted the last two words. A glow emanated from her few moments, then disappeared. Behind her was an enormous dragon, the same dragon sealed inside her at birth. It had the same green eyes and wings of fire that she had. Working quickly, she jumped on its back and directed it towards the dragon ninja Sasuke was fighting off. The dragon easily knocked them aside. Kaida used the Uchiha Clan's Dragon Fire Technique to be rid of them.
Sasuke ducked down as Kaida and the dragon she had summoned plowed through the Dragon Village Nin. Noticing she had missed one of them, he threw a couple kunai at the ninja. He blocked them, and then rushed to attack with one of his own. Sasuke dodged, tapping a paper bomb onto the ninja's back. He made the sign of the tiger with one hand and it exploded, killing the Nin instantly. He did not notice the ninja from the Village Hidden in Blood behind him. The Blood ninja pulled a katana out of the sheath at his waist. In one swift movement, he jabbed the katana into Sasuke's side.
Finishing off the Dragon ninja, Kaida glanced behind her at Sasuke. A Chigakakure Nin was pulling a katana out of his side. "Sasuke!!" She threw a shuriken at the other nin, knocking the bloody katana out of his hands. He made the sign of the Tiger with one hand and disappeared. "…Unnh…" Sasuke's eyes closed halfway. He fell hard to the ground. "SASUKE!!!!!" Kaida shouted again, even more concerned. She rushed over to him, landing on her knees by his side, tears streaming from her eyes. She layed a hand on his shoulder and gently shook him. "Sasuke…wake up…please wake up…."But he did not wake. The wound in his side bled badly. "Oh, Sasuke…I'm so sorry…"
Shakuma, Neji, Itachi, and two specially trained Medic ninja carefully walked the battlefields, Itachi leading. Seeing a flash of bright, flame red, Shakuma ran ahead. She knew that color. Had Kaida summoned the Dragon at last? Yes, she had. But the ninja around her were all dead dragon and blood Nin. The girl was kneeling on the ground, wings folded. Shakuma ran faster. Then suddenly, she stopped in her tracks. There, in front of Kaida on the ground, was her brother Sasuke. The ground was stained red with blood, as was her brother's shirt. Tears came to her eyes as she slowly walked over and knelt next to him. Kaida looked up at her.
"I'm sorry Shakuma…I tried…"
"No, it's not your fault. Those ninja are very stealthy. You may not have even known."
Shakuma carefully rolled her brother onto his back, his head in her lap. She stroked his deep black hair, tears splashing onto his face as they fell from hers. She looked down by her brother's feet. A katana, drenched in Sasuke's blood, also in the crescent-moon style of Chigakakure, lay there. Then she looked back, noticing a bit of movement out of the corner of her eye. He stared up at her, his once bright black eyes now dulled in pain.
"…Sasuke…"
He smiled feebly. Kaida wiped her eyes. "Sasuke…I'm so sorry…" He looked at her slowly. "…No…you did not…unhh…see him…I…do not…blame you…" He coughed violently, bringing up blood. Shakuma's eyes widened in concern for her brother.
Trudging after his sister, Neji and the Medic Ninja in tow, Itachi thought to himself: "Why did she run off like that?" Not realizing he had said it out loud. "That's why." Said Neji softly, also running ahead. Itachi and the other two ninja ran after him.
"Dear Hokage…Oh My God…Sasuke…" he said, staring at his younger brother and sister. Though her rarely ever did anything that involved his siblings much, her went and knelt next to them. Neji stood behind his wife (Shakuma), tears beginning to fill his eyes. Itachi was full-out crying, though silently. Sasuke screwed his eyes shut as pain shot through him, making him cough up more blood. His sister slipped her hand into his; wincing when he gripped it, as he tried to endure the pain the gash in his side caused him.
He heard singing, a soft, gentle voice. Slowly, Sasuke opened his eyes. His younger sister Shakuma was singing the song their mother had sang to them when they were young. Many called it 'The Uchiha Lullaby'. It was meant to sooth young children to sleep, but some of the clan sang to someone close to death. Tears slipped down his face as he closed his eyes and listened to Shakuma's sweet voice.
So? What did you think? Was it good? I had to change a few things from the original, but I think it turned out all right. R&R please!
Uchiha Shakuma
