Drip...drip...drip...drip...
The ever constant movement of water on the surface of the cave gave all its few travelers a maddening background noise. With the darkness of the void itself and the masses of spiders creeping along the ground, the cave would feel like that of nightmares to many. The black creatures skittered along the ground whilst others elected to build their webs upon the wall and ceiling. The sticky webs created a slime upon the walls, unpleasent for any other creatures aside from their kin to touch. Carcases of rats and bits of wings from many types of bugs littered the sides of the cave.
Sachirin Komatsu, a female shinobi, kneeled atop the safety of a ledge. The rock below her was soaked with old ground water, making it a slick place to be. A trickle of water was moving along beside her, creating grooves in the rock from years of use. She attempted with what energy she could to calm the fear welling up within her body as she lingered blindly in the darkness. She wore a pair of black ninja issued pants with blue accents, black ninja issued shoes, and a traditional cloth wrap around her chest and abdomen with a black shirt that lacked any back or sleeves over it. Her bright orange hair with blood crimson streaks was fraying with humidity from within their two braids. She folded her hands as she kneeled, her eyes fixed on the figure of an unconscious girl beside her.
"Byakugan!" Her partner, Koto Hyuga, firmly whispered as he looked outside their hiding spot. The entities of massive spiders rested at the end of the east side, making the laid back man wince in disgust. His long and untamed black hair fell in front of his eyes as he looked below. His jacket rustled with his movement as he turned around, looking back to the woman. He was wild for a Hyuga whom were always seemingly calm. Koto, however, was the member of Sachi's team that was always the jester or sarcastic in some manner otherwise.
"What do you see?" Sachirin's airy voice rang, breaking rhythm of maddening sounds. Koto simply sighed before resting on a reply he deemed suitable.
"I hate spiders." Koto grimaced.
"Oh are you going to faint on me too?" She shot back sarcastically. She became frozen with her fears when she laid her own eyes on the spiders too much for her liking already. The thought of seeing spiders more made her shudder as well.
"Hush." He said with a roll of his eyes and turned his back to her, facing west. "There is an exit to the west of us! If ye can send some of the spiders back and I carry her, we could make it." His odd accent kicked in as he excited himself with the thought of the potentional freedom from the cave. They had been stuck there longer than any of them were comfortable with, really.
"You're sure of this?" She questioned as the plan became clearer in her mind.
"Hai." He responded with a nod in the darkness.
Sachi rose to her feet, giving her pants a quick brush before looking about in the darkness. She scanned what she could of the west end of the cave as Koto moved to pick the genin girl up. As Koto neared her side, Sachi sent a blaze of lightning to the ground. The spiders leaped and scattered like waves on an ocean. Without delay, the two bolted down the cave, leaving their spidery hell behind them and re-entering the blinding world of light.
Images attacked her mind as she was taken off guard by the light outside of the cave, causing her hands to fly up to her face as her shoe covered footfalls found the grass.
"SACHI!"
CRASH!
The sounds of war, cries of pain and grunts of those still fighting the hords reached her ears. The thick stench of blood invading her nose and the sound of Zetsu's growls at her ears. She was motionless. Ever so motionless.
The sounds of a heron cawing in agony and rage reached her ears...shocking her from her nightmarish daydream into the reality once again.
Author's Note
Hi there, Demon here~ I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. It isn't much, but it picks up where Dreamer and I left off in our story. I got a tad carried away when writing this, methinks. Enjoy reading.