Where Would I Be Without You? -mhud07
Hey guys, I know that last chapter was TERRIBLY short. It looked a lot longer on my computer. Lol. Anyway, I'll push for 1200 words this chap.
Also, there is an OC in this chapter, though she will be killed off here too, as I only want to use her in the coming fight. Also, its pretty gory at the end of the fight.
R&R and enjoy!
"Talk? About what?" Naruto asked in confusion. He had rarely seen Jiraiya this serious.
"I'll tell you when we get to the Hokage Tower." He then summoned a decent sized frog. "WOW! How did you do that?" Naruto was stunned at the appearance of this frog.
"Get on." Naruto jumped on with a smile and a wave in Hinata's general direction. She wouldn't see it though, as she was once again flat on her back in front of the gates of the Hyuuga compound.
"So, what's up?" Naruto asked Tsunade, they had just arrived at the Hokage Tower.
"Naruto, Akatsuki has kidnapped four Konoha nin, and we believe they are holding them somewhere in Amegakure.
"NANI?" Naruto screamed, "Who? WHO?" "We have determined that the four nin in captivity are Akimichi Chouji, Hyuuga Neji, Inuzuka Kiba, and his partner Akamaru."
"What? Couldn't Chouji or Neji escape by using jutsu?" Naruto asked. "And I just saw Hinata a few minutes ago. Does she not know what's happened?"
"No, none of the gennin know. You were the first gennin to be told. As for your other question, we don't know ourselves, that seems to be a question that will be answered upon arrival."
Naruto stood up. "So what do we do?" Tsunade looked at him, fingers interlaced as usual. "You will make only a 4 man team, plus Jiraiya, as intel states that only 2 members of Akatsuki are present at the Ame base. We believe this means their base location is changing.
"Okay! I'll get right on it!" Naruto said, heading for the door. "Naruto!" Tsunade said. "YOU are not making your own team. Your team has already been told to come to the Tower."
Just then, Shikamaru poked his head through the door. "Tsunade-sama, the three gennin you requested have arrived." "Send them in." she replied.
The door opened wider and in walked Haruno Sakura, Aburame Shino, and Hyuuga Hinata. "Have a seat." Tsunade said. "I'll get straight to the point."
"Akimichi Chouji, Hyuuga Neji, Inuzuka Kiba and Akamaru have been taken by Akatsuki. You 4 and Jiraiya will go to Ame to bring them back."
Hinata gasped "Neji-nii-san, and Kiba-kun and Akamaru-kun?" Sakura just stood there, shocked. Shino showed no emotion.
In Ame country, one Akatsuki was laughing wildly. "What are you laughing at Ryoku?" Sasori said. "I just can't wait till they get here." She replied, "It will be fun."
Sasori looked at the newest member of Akatsuki in disgust. "Do not underestimate them, one of the Sannin is with them, as well as a Jinchuuriki."
"So what?" she asked. "I'm Akatsuki. I can handle anything!"
"Whatever." Sasori said, and left the base to join the others. He knew that he was going against orders, but he also knew that nobody cared for the weak brat anyway. "Her becoming an S-class nin must have been a fluke, she will die today."
Ryoku looked at the four prisoners in the corner. "Good thing Sasori-kun gave them chakra suppressors, they won't interfere." She knew she wouldn't be able to sit in that cave till they got there, so she decided to go meet up with them in the forest. She left in the direction of Konohagakure.
She would not get far though. After a few hundred feet of traveling she spotted the group on the horizon. "How did they get here so fast?" she wondered. She decided to head back to the base, just to be safe.
She was to make a mistake, however. Realizing that the Kyuubi was right on her tail, she made the incredibly idiotic mistake of not placing the boulder back in the entryway.
So it was that when they got there the entire team ran straight through the doorway and stopped in front of Ryoku.
She wasted no time. "Katon: Housenka no jutsu!" Fireballs rapidly erupted from her mouth, at a rate of about four per second.
"Shimate! Move!" Jiraiya yelled. He jumped in front of them. "Suiton: Suiryuudan!" The water dragon rose up, and coiled its body tight around the group, acting like a circling wall of water.
Ryoku ceased her barrage, and the dragon technique was released. "Very impressive." She said. "I suppose you would be Jiraiya, of the sannin. No matter."
Jiraiya looked at the girl of no more than 20 in front of him. "How did you manage to fire off those blasts at that rate?" he asked.
"I have mastered the Katon." She said. "Nobody is better." A look of realization came across Jiraiya's face. "That means it's the only element she can use. You can only completely master one element!"
"Let's go!" Naruto said, and they rushed forward. "Split!" Jiraiya yelled. They ran off in different directions. Just then, Naruto got an idea. He put his hands into his favorite seal. "Kage Bunshin no jutsu!"
Nine other Naruto clones appeared. All of the clones headed off towards Ryoku. Naruto, however, went into a corner behind a nearby statue and waited.
Ryoku now looked at the group of 12 coming at her, and settled into a defensive stance. Sakura reached her first, aiming a swift kick at Ryoku's head. Ryoku ducked the kick and then grabbed the oncoming backhand.
Ryoku used the momentum of Sakura's body and threw her across the cave. Two of Naruto's clones instantly raced after her in an attempt to catch her. Meanwhile, four clones jumped at Ryoku. She dropped to the ground and came up on her hands, legs spread in a helicopter spin, long black hair spinning with her.
The clones disappeared in a puff of smoke. She came up and punched another clone. Now Hinata had reached her. "Byakugan!" she said. She came at Ryoku as fast as she could. Throwing fierce chakra filled strikes. Ryoku just weaved in and out of them. "There's no way I can hit her, she's too fast!" Hinata thought as her punches began to slow.
All of a sudden, Ryoku dodged a punch and went straight down and did a backflip, bringing the toe of her right boot straight up. It hit Hinata just under the chin. There was a sickening crack as Hinata's jaw shattered. "Hinata!" the remaining clones shouted, catching her as she flew backwards, and disappearing. Naruto, still in the corner, watched as his friends were hurt, and he was getting madder and madder. Soon enough, his eyes were turning red.
"What is that baka Ero-sennin doing just sitting there? Fight!" he thought. Jiraiya had been sitting throughout the fight, meditating, preparing his chakra. It was at this moment he chose to stand up. "Air Bullet!" he yelled, and a pure mass of chakra infused air shot at Ryoku.
But the bullet would miss, only grazing Ryoku. The force sent her into an involuntary spin and she found herself unable to stop. "Now!" Jiraiya yelled. Naruto made a clone and they leapt out of the corner, heading for the spinning Ryoku. The clone made the familiar swirling ball of chakra in Naruto's outstretched hand and disappeared. Naruto leapt forward.
"Rasengan!"
Cliffhanger! Lol. Wow 1300 words. W00t!
Also, I loved your reviews last chapter. Thanks so much!
Note: The reason there were only a few jutsu's this chap, is because I don't know them hardly, those are really the only ones I know off the top of my head. If anyone knows a link to a list or something, I would appreciate it!
-mhud07
