All Naruto characters belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, the respectful owner of Naruto Shippuden. I only own Rei Miharu.
So here is the next installment to the story!
The War
Their letters had grown scarce; it was almost every three weeks did they write to one another, the war made it nearly impossible to do so. They both knew it was more important to tend with the situation at hand then preoccupy with the pieces of paper or sending small messages when they had to defend the peace within the Shinobi world.
"Hey Neji, maybe you should take a break."
"I'm fine, Kiba" the Hyuuga prodigy whipped his head in Akamaru's direction, pointing, and glaring accusingly.
"Fine my ass! You can't even tell between a human and a dog!" he accused, "Tiring yourself out isn't going to impress anyone!"
"Hmph."
"Why I ought a!" The Inuzuka clenched his hands into tight fists, growing impatient with Neji.
"Kiba, calm down." Shino was quick to interject having just checked on Hinata. "Yelling at him won't solve anything…"
"Then you take care of him."
Kiba could feel Shino glare at him through his dark lenses, it gave him the creeps. He just swallowed the lump in his throat and turned in Hinata's direction, there was not a thought that passed his mind. All he ever wanted was to keep her safe, he had been able to do so on many occasions but it seemed recently he nor Shino couldn't keep her hidden any further. She was strong indeed; stronger then ever with knowing that the war was being fought to protect Naruto. She had easily taken up Neji's post after his collapse on the job.
There was a shuffle that brought him back from his thoughts, his head turned as he noticed that Neji was trying to get back up. "LAY YOUR ASS BACK DOWN, HYUUGA!"
"Behind you!"
The young brunette spun around, extending her leg out as it slammed into the white Zetsu. Sweat trickled down her cheek, they had been fighting for hours, her own energy was depleting fast. There seemed to be no end to the army, they had them cornered and for a moment she even found herself contemplating if she would survive the war.
"Thanks, Akito!"
"It's what I do" he shot her a quick thumbs up before turning back to the task at hand.
Their task had been to gather information on their enemy, infiltrate and extract. It appeared to be much more difficult, their team heavily outnumbered and it left them with one option… retreat. Again, it appeared to be almost impossible. They worked diligently, throwing jutsu after jutsu just to escape.
"Kagami! Take Rei and get out of here!" there seemed to be an unspoken word between the two before the green eyed girl nodded.
"Let's go on ahead!" the brunette, girl got to her feet, coming out of a jutsu that incased a majority of the Zetsu's within the hardened earth.
Rei panted turning to look, giving a short nod of the head. "Be careful!" she called back.
"Tch, I will!"
Her brows knit together at his cocky attitude, she wasn't sure to trust him or not but had no other choice, she had to believe he had a plan up his sleeve, which wouldn't surprise her if he did.
The two Getsugakure kunoichi took off, skimming through the trees, weaving and dodging attacks from various directions. Rei winced removing a lodged kunai from her thigh, it wasn't appearing to be easy, but she certainly didn't allow some blood to stop her.
Kagami looked at her then over her shoulder before uttering any words. "Take cover…"
"Wha-"
There was a loud explosion, the surrounding area engulfed in light blinding her field of vision. She hadn't known that her teammates plan had been suicidal; there was a tug on her arm her body moved toward the ground. She recalled Kagami performing hand seals before succumbing to the darkness of the blast.
Word quickly got out that Naruto had escaped along with Bee, the two Kages from Konoha and Iwa interjected the two, not that it made a real difference, when the blonde had something in mind it was almost impossible to stop him. It was really all they needed, that final push from the two remaining jinchūriki to push this war forward and tilt it in the alliances power.
"Did you hear? Naruto is fighting on the frontlines, cutting through the Zetsu's with ease…"
Kiba listened in, looking at Hinata, he knew she could hear and the worry on her face was evident. He leaned into her and placed a hand on her shoulder, giving a soft squeeze of reassurance.
"He'll be fine. Naruto is too thickheaded to die," he shot her his usual Inuzuka grin before dropping his hand.
The alliance was exhausted, but they could literally taste victory, all that was left was really leaving Naruto to do his bidding. They all knew what was waiting at the end but no one dared to speak of Sasuke Uchiha and Kiba didn't want to worry the Hyuuga heiress anymore then needed.
"Thank you, Kiba…" she whispered getting to feet, heading back to her post. Through out the entire war she had been determined, she didn't falter back and it really only helped to reinforce that she had become strong and worthy of being called the Hyuuga Clan's heiress.
"No problem…" his voice trialed off as he looked to Shino.
It really was only a matter of time before word would get back to them, declaring the end of the Fourth Shinobi War.
It was almost surreal; Kiba couldn't place an exact amount of days or months since they had started fighting. He hadn't been greatly injured, small cuts here and there that usually required him to rest for a day then he'd get restless before getting up and heading out. He couldn't stay in one place for too long.
"What have you gathered?" The Inuzuka asked looking to his former teammate. "I can smell the two chakras clash…"
Shino gave a nod of his head, "My bugs are witnessing from a safe distance…"
It was almost surprising that the bug master was just as interested in what was happening. "What's happening?" his voice was low.
"It appears Naruto has the upper hand…"
A smile broke through his face, looking ahead at the destroyed scenery; it really was just a matter of time.
Rei had been pretty much unable to participate in the rest of the war, the blast had done a number on her and she had gotten lucky. Seconds before they were hit Kagami had surrounded them in a shield of earth, but it hadn't been strong enough to endure the explosion.
She sat up wincing in pain, she had multiple broken bones but had been healing quite nicely through the help of some of the skilled medics, and many of them were from Konoha. So, it was only expected that she would get word that the war was over still hospitalized.
The cheers echoed in from the outside, it really was over, and all she could feel was a sense of relief and disappointment.
The War
This chapter… I am not so sure how I feel about the entire thing, it's really up to you to decide if you enjoyed this chapter so please do comment and give me constructive criticism, it never hurts it just pushes me to improve,
R&R por favor.
