"Well, its time to go!" Yukio sighed as they approached the gate, "is everyone ready?" he asked
Drake frowned at him. "Yukio, shut up. Of course we are ready!" he snapped
Yukio looked at his feet and mumbled "Then let's leave already!"
The six Chunin and the dog leaped off into the woods without word, they were heading for the Hidden Rain Village where they hoped to catch clues of where the enemy was at. Half way there, Justin yelled "GUYS! Wait!"
Everyone stopped.
"I gotta take a leak…" he mumbled
Yukio put his hand up "Uh, same here!"
Lupe barked and whined, he needed to pee too.
Rio blushed and almost laughed. Drake, Kane and Aki all face palmed at the same time. Then Kane turned and sighed "have fun!" and went to go sit down on a tree branch. Aki and Drake stood there and Rio had a hand over her mouth laughing.
When the boys returned from their bathroom adventure, they continued on. Just when they reached the Rain Village, it started sprinkling. "I see why they call it the Rain Village!" Yukio grinned, the first one to speak in over an hour. Little did he know the rain was the worst part of the Rain Village.
Suddenly a man skidded out in front of them. Not knowing if he was safe or dangerous, they jumped into fighting position. The man was buff, a beard was thick on his face and he wore a Hidden Rain headband.
"Uh, who are you?" Yukio asked.
The man stood up "Oh! I'm Daisuke! Don't worry, I'm no threat!"
The ninja relaxed.
"So, uh, who are you guys?" Daisuke asked
Yukio nodded "We're Chunin from the Leaf Village and we're tracking down a serial killer that's killed many people throughout the lands! We heard he attacked your village! Do you know anything about it?"
Daisuke sighed "yeah, he took my three kids. They were ninjas, horrible loss for everyone. However I looked into it and found out more about this guy!"
Drake leaned forward seriously "Would you mind telling? We need all the info we can get!"
Daisuke hesitated but then said "Alright, only if it will help! The enemy's name is Satsugai, I believe. He uses blades when he kills, so do his men, which he had about 5 of, but we killed one in battle here. This is all I know, I hope it helps…." Then Daisuke put a hand on his neck and ran off.
Yukio smiled "That guy was nice, but what was his rush?"
Rio clenched her teeth "That guy was acting weird! You sure we can trust him?"
Kane nodded "yeah, and why did you tell him so much about us Yukio?"
Yukio shrugged "I don't know, but it got us information!"
Kane growled "and it gave him information, dumbass!"
Yukio mumbled "Oh yeah, so where are we going now?"
Drake pointed ahead and sighed "we could probably head over t-"
sHING!
Drake hit the ground with a yelp. Thunder rumbled and suddenly the scent of blood was strong. Yukio shouted, "Drake! Are you okay?" and he ran over to where the slashed Chunin lay.
cRASSHH!
Rain began to pour down hard, sending mud flying off of the ground everywhere. It drowned out all the panicked calls of the Leaf Shinobi.
sLAM!
Aki hit the ground, coughing in pain. Rio gasped and a small scream passed her lips, she looked up at the looming dark figure in front of her. She pulled out her sword, blades clashed once. Drake sat up and rubbed the bloody slash wound on his shoulder. There was also a figure in front of him, he activated his Sharingan.
Lupe leaped over Kane, "Man Beast Clone!" Kane growled. Lupe transformed into an identical copy of Kane and began growling. Lupe leaped to the side and jumped up, spinning. Kane followed but ran to the other side. "Fang over Fang!" Kane turned and slammed into a hidden enemy who Kane had smelled earlier, located behind a huge boulder. The boulder smashed on impact, the enemy gasped and was hit immediately. He rolled backwards, mud splashed everywhere and hit his head on a tree, out cold. Lupe transformed back into dog form and shook water and mud from his fur. "Heh, can't hide from us!" Kane smirked
Rio gripped her sword tight; she was locked up with the enemy's sword. Then Rio secretly grabbed a poison kunai from her pocket and stabbed him right in the leg. The poison shot down into the guy's blood stream which made him pass out only seconds after. Rio wiped the blood off her hand and went to help Justin, who was being held by the neck by an enemy waaaay bigger than all the other ones.
Drake's hand began sparking up, the enemy he was facing looked really weak, Drake seemed almost disappointed. With one blow of his electric hand, the opponent fell to the ground screaming and shaking. "Too easy" Drake frowned.
"Another one?" Yukio screamed as yet another enemy leaped into battle. Yukio was running around avoiding his opponent's kunai which were flung at him really quickly. Yukio leapt up and did a few hands signs, 3 shadow clones appeared. The 4 Yukios surrounded the opponent from all four corners. "Yeah right, like that's gonna fool me" the enemy bellowed. Yukio stayed quiet, he sent one shadow clone up into the air and drilled the opponent, missing. The second attack missed too! And the third! The The enemy laughed loudly, "you suck!" and he stomped over to the real Yukio, suddenly he was stopped in his tracks. "Stab him!" a voice grunted, it was Aki. He was holding his dripping wet fan above his head, a man-made shadow held the opponent in place.
Yukio pulled out a kunai and stabbed the enemy in the neck, blood spurted everywhere. It turned the thick mud everywhere a dark cranberry color as it hit the ground. Aki turned pale but smiled. Yukio ran over to his friend "You said you were bad at shadows!"
"I didn't say I can't do it at all!" Aki said
Kane limped over to them, "that was so easy!"
"Too easy" Drake frowned, AGAIN!
Justin and Rio came over next, "our guy's dead!" Rio smiled.
"So, that makes five…. you think those we're Daisuke's guys?" Yukio asked
"Maybe, but let's not drop our guard! Let's keep going" Aki suggested
They leaped off again, jumping from tree to tree. The rain was still pouring and everyone was wet and cold, but they were motivated. Kane had fallen far behind everyone else, he couldn't keep up but he was trying to anyways. "I can't do this, my leg's killing me. But I told everyone it wouldn't slow us down, but I just can't go any further" Kane thought, stopping. Rio heard Lupe bark and looked over her shoulder. The others were moving too fast and they would get separated if she stopped, but she had to help Kane. She turned around and knelt by her comrade, Lupe licked her face. "What's the matter? We got to go or we'll lose the others!" she said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
Kane looked up at her and then down at his leg, the opponent's blood was splattered on the brace. "Why are you telling me? Go ahead and catch up, leave me here. It would help you guys out. I'm totally crippled with this stupid leg." he angrily wiped mud off his face with the back of his blistered hand. His clothes were plastered to his body and his messy hair was matted down.
Rio sighed loudly "that's bullshit", then she picked Kane up and slung him over her back. Rio was in bad shape as well, her hand was bleeding heavily and her long, dark brown bangs fell in front of her small eyes that failed to inherit the Byakugan. Kane growled at her "what the hell, put me down!"
Rio turned her head and smiled at him "I don't think so!"
Kane rolled his eyes. "Girls..." he said under his breath. Lupe wagged his tail and followed close behind.
"Wait, where did they go?" Rio said, stopping.
"I don't smell them, weren't they just here?" Kane asked, nervously.
"DAMN IT! We lost them!"
A.N. okay, so maybe this isn't as good as I thought it would be, but I see a lot of you guys like it! Please review and favorite and stuff! It makes meh happee!