I hate spiders. they scare me. and i'm getting stared at by my brother and his friend while i type this... weird. ANYWHO READ AND REVIEW PLEEZE!
Disclaimer: i STILL don't own Naruto or any of his peeps (and i don't mean the yummy marshmallow birds/bunnies)
Five minutes pass and Kaze pulls the liquid produced by the plants into another needled vial then injects it into Kiara's shoulder making her hiss and wince in pain.
"Sorry Kia. You should be ok now." Kaze says wiping her forehead with the back of her arm.
Kiara smiles weakly up at Kaze. "Arigato, Kaze-sama."
Kaze nods then leans forward. "You need to rest more before telling Sausy-chan more about Itachi. I don't think you'll be able get him to believe you until then," she whispers so only Kiara can hear.
Kiara nods. "Ok… will do." She says before slipping into unconsciousness.
Kaze pats Kiara's shoulder then stands up and starts to walk down the path. Sasuke jumps up to his feet and follows after her leaving Sai standing near Kiara, utterly confused.
"Where are you guys goin?" Sai asks.
"To find Kashi-sensei. He and the others haven't come back yet, I'm beginning to worry." Kaze says turning over her shoulder. "You stay with Kia just in case."
"Um ok…" Sai mumbles as Kaze and Sasuke continue walking away.
Sai sits down beside Kiara's head and pulls his knees to his chest and wraps his arms around his knees. The only sound that fills the night is Kiara's gasping and the quiet sound of crickets. Sai glances at Kiara out of the corner of his eye and his face becomes concerned.
She still doesn't look too good... maybe we should take her back to the village and get her some better treatment. But I can't just pick her up and leave, that'll only scare everyone even if I sent one of my birds to tell them. Kami-san would kill me if something happened to her on the way back. Sai thinks to himself, still watching Kiara struggle beside him.
"-Sama…" Kiara pants, catching Sai's full attention. "Itachi…sama…nng! NO!" Kiara cries sitting straight up, her eyes wide in fear.
Then before Sai can react, she's up on her feet, phasing into her wolf form and running off into the night. Seconds later after a shocked 'ah' Sai's chasing after her. Even though Kiara's going only about a fourth of her speed because of the venom, Sai is still having trouble keeping her in his sights. He chases her through the forest and is able to send off a message bird drawing to Kaze and the others. Eventually he sees Kiara jump between a man in a black cloak with red clouds and an African American man with funky clothes. Sai plays it smart and stays hidden in a nearby tree branch.
Kiara stands protectively in front of Itachi, her snarling muzzle turned to a shocked shinobi. Itachi stands behind her, shocked almost as much as the other shinobi.
Wh-What is she doing here? Itachi thinks. "What are you doing? You're going to get yourself killed!" he yells angrily. Kiara turns over her shoulder and smiles gently at him, her tail wagging back and forth slowly. Itachi glares at her through the Sharingan, his expression becoming slightly pained. "You baka… you're chakra's all out of wack… you've been poisoned haven't you?" Kiara's smile becomes sad as she looks back at her opponent, making Itachi clench his fists and bows his head as he tries to calm his rising anger. "You're going to get yourself killed…."
Kiara closes her eyes a small smile still on her face. I don't care…. I'd rather die than sit here and do nothing to protect you. She thinks even though she knows he can't hear her.
"What's this, yo?" the other shinobi says raising an eyebrow at Kiara. "Did you seriously call this wolf here to fight me?" he raps and failing at it miserably.
"Trust me, I didn't call her." Itachi growls under his breath, earning a snarl from Kiara.
"Hmph. I can't believe you'd mock me like that." The rapper continues, not hearing Itachi's grumpy reply.
Kiara snorts and shakes her head, getting angry at the man's stupid excuse for rapping. The man smirks at her then quickly draws eight swords out of their sheaths on his back. He grabs them in various places on his body like under his arms, behind his knee, and in his elbow and mouth. Kiara's eyes widen for a second then she crouches low with a snarl.
"Hmph." The rapper grunts then rushes at Kiara.
Kiara uses her back feet to kick Itachi out of the way before dodging the short swords herself. The lame rapper turns back and chases after Kiara with out a problem. He leaps up into the air after her and catches Kiara's side with on of the blade. At the same time Kiara latches onto one of the other blades with her teeth and slash at him with her fourth feet, gutting the man. The pair falls to the ground, the rapper lying on his side dead and Kiara lands on her feet, the rapper's short sword still in her mouth.
Sai and Itachi run to Kiara's side as she shifts back to human form and collapses. Itachi gets to her first and takes her into his arms but Sai, not trusting Itachi's cloak, shoves him away and takes Kiara into his arms himself, all the while glaring at Itachi. Itachi starts to walk towards them again but Sai draws his short katana and points it at Itachi while putting himself between Kiara's unconscious form and Itachi.
"Stay back, Akatsuki." Sai says sternly, still glaring at Itachi.
"You don't understand! If you don't treat her now that wound on her side will kill her!" Itachi yells in angry desperation. He swings his hand to the side to stress the importance of his words. "Let me help her!"
"No! You're the enemy!" Sai yells. He's right though… I need to treat her and soon…
"Please… I don't… I don't want her to die…" Itachi says, his expression becoming worried and sad.
Sai watches Itachi warily then steps aside allowing him to kneel beside Kiara. He quickly takes of Kiara's shirt and starts to treat her wound but Sai doesn't miss the blush that forms on his cheeks. Sai's eyes widen in shock once he sees the color.
He can't… he can't love her, can he? If I remember right, this Uchiha Itachi… he's the one that annihilated his clan in one night except his little brother, Sasuke-san. Sai thinks, silently watching Itachi lift Kiara's shoulder closer to him so he can wrap up her wound.
Suddenly a small bolt of bluish lightning flies through the air and hits Itachi in the left side of his chest sending him backwards through the air and hitting a tree. Sai turns to see Sasuke, Kaze and the others run in to where they are. Everyone but Kaze seems angry while Kaze seems shocked and scared at once. Sasuke runs up to Itachi and grabs him by the throat and pins him to the tree.
"What did you do? Why is Kiara here one the ground bleeding!" Sasuke says angrily. Behind him Sakura and Kaze have knelt down beside Kiara and they are healing her.
"This is bad, the venom from the spider is messing with the healing process…" Sakura murmurs, not bothering with Sasuke and Itachi in the background.
"I know, I know." Kaze grumbles.
"St…op…him…" Kiara whispers. Both Kaze and Sakura jump then look down at Kiara to see her eyes full of tears and pleading. "Please… stop… Sasuke-kun… he's… going… to kill… Itachi…"
"Are you kidding! He deserves to die for what he did to Sasuke-kun's clan!" Sakura says.
Kiara shakes her head. "No… It… wasn't… Itachi's… fault…"
"She's right, Sakura." Kaze says softly. "The village elders forced him to. If he didn't then the Uchiha and the village would have started to fight in a bloody battle."
"So he killed off the clan, leaving Sasuke-kun alone, to protect the clan? That doesn't make any sense!" Sakura says angrily.
"He… couldn't… kill… Sasuke-kun…" Kiara gasps. "He… loves… him… too… much…" she says then turns to Kaze. "Please…. Kaze-sama…. Save… Itachi… he's… gonna die…"
Kaze bites her lip in indecision then she shakes her head. "Your life is more important right now, Itachi's eyes are saying the same thing."
Kiara shakes her head, tears rolling down her face. "No, no, no, no…"
"Stop it Sasuke-san!" Sai yells grabbing Sasuke's arm and pulls his hand from Itachi's neck. Itachi slouches forward and begins to cough while the others are watching Sai with shocked faces.
"What are you doing!" Sasuke shouts, yanking his arm back from Sai.
"Protecting the one who saved Kaira-chan!" Sai yells back, glaring at Sasuke.
Kaira-chan? Itachi thinks looking up at Sai.
Sasuke stumbles backwards, his face shocked as he looks back down at his coughing brother. "What? He saved her?" Sasuke shakes his head in denial. "I don't believe you."
"If he hadn't started treating her when he did then she wouldn't be alive." Sai says lowering his tone.
"You're part of the Black Ops, Root division, why didn't you start treating her?" Sasuke asks.
"I don't have the supplies." Sai lies.
"Right. Sure you don't." Sasuke says sarcastically.
"I don't." Sai repeats.
Sasuke turns his glare back onto his brother, then to Kiara's weakened form. He gives off a grimace before muttering a curse and slamming his fist into the tree trunk above Itachi's head. Kiara sits up, her expression concerned. Sasuke sees her sit up and turns to her. He sighs then walks away with out saying a word. Kaze glares in the direction Sasuke walked off then she stands up.