Hehe, only one reviewer guessed right, it was the Sound! Good job, Twighlight13! Lots of action in this chapter!
The question is still up, SasuSaku or ItaSaku.
Beta: Sango Twin
Rainy Feelings-Chapter 5
"Who do you think it is?" The first voice repeated.
"It's your personal entourage, we're here to welcome you to the hidden village of the Sound."
The figures moved from the alcove of the trees and stepped into the light.
"It's you. I knew your aura felt familiar." Sakura said.
"If it isn't the weakling kunoichi. Ah, and the blonde one is here too." A girl with long black hair spoke.
"Lets see, your names are Zaku, Kin and Dosu." Said Shikamaru. "Am I correct?"
"Yes, I remember you too, you were the one with the shadow technique." Dosu said.
"Lets see if you've gotten any stronger." Zaku sneered, with a menacing smile on his lips.
"What? Do we know you?" Naruto asked while rubbing the back of his head. He barely dodged the kunai that Zaku whipped at him. "Nani? What was that for?"
"Naruto shut up and fight!" Shikamaru yelled as he dodged a slew of shuriken. While Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji, and Naruto were busy with Dosu and Zaku, Sakura took the liberty of fighting Kin.
"Look at you, with your pink hair." Kin sneered.
"Do you have a problem with my hair? I remember last time, you grabbed my hair and I cut it off."
"I have to say, you're pretty confident. You should head back to your little village; the battle ground is no place for a weak girl who cares more about her looks than her enemy." Kin taunted.
"I'm not weak any more, Kin. Why haven't you made a move yet? Are you afraid?"
Kin growled and attacked Sakura. Sakura easily dodged the swipe to her neck and then tried to punch her. Kin tried to dodge, but wasn't fast enough. Her cheek was only grazed, but it still sent her spinning.
She wiped the wound and looked at her blood. "Hm, looks like the little girl got stronger." Kin threw five senbon needles past Sakura. They hit the trees surrounding Sakura with a thunk.
"You missed, Kin." Sakura remarked.
Kin grinned and replied, "Did I?" Sakura was confused at first, but understood as a light ringing was heard. Sakura turned only to see the bells on the senbon, and the gleam of the wire that lead from the needles to Kin's hands.
Sakura ran forward, hoping to knock the girl off balance and sever the wires. When she did, the girl moved her fingers, causing a loud ring. The ring echoed through the forest and through Sakura's ears. Sakura stopped to clasp her hands over her ears.
Looking over at her teammates, she noticed that it affected them too. When the ringing stopped they were all on their knees.
"Good job, Kin." Dosu remarked. Kin nodded. Zaku walked over to Naruto, but was stopped, shaking in his tracks. Dosu and Kin also stopped moving. Sakura looked over at Shikamaru and sure enough, his shadow was connected to the three sound nins.
Chouji proceeded to make hand seals and his arms extended and scooped the three nins up, pushing them together.
"Do you think that can stop us?" Zaku asked. With his arms pinned beside him, he started to emit sound waves. The waves hit the ground, causing the ground to shake.
The two tried to stop him, but failed. They were forced to release their hold when the sound waves became too painful. The sound nin's dispersed as soon as they were free. Sakura and Ino looked around, hoping to catch a trace of the three.
"Are you looking for us?" Kin appeared behind Ino, Dosu behind Sakura, and Zaku behind Naruto.
Kin twisted Ino's arm behind her and forced her to the ground. Her other arm gripped Ino's blonde locks firmly. "Such pretty hair, so strong and shiny. How long does it take you to keep it this way? It won't matter in the end however, because you will die by my hand."
Ino took out her kunai. "What are you going to do to me with that?" The sound kunoichi questioned.
With the help of Shikamaru, Sakura freed her self from Dosu's grip and appeared behind Kin.
"Why do you keep your hair so long and so shiny?" Questioned Sakura as she grabbed Kin's hair and thrust her forward, stopping a millimeter away from Ino's kunai.
Ino gripped her kunai tighter and pressed it against her jugular.
"Tell us, why are you here? Who sent you?" Questioned Sakura from behind the raven-haired girl.
"That is none of your concern, you'll have to kill me first."
"Sakura-chan! Watch out!" Naruto yelled. Sakura and Ino turned, only to see Dosu dashing straight towards them. Sakura and Ino jumped away, landing only a few feet from the rest of their team.
"Why are you here?" Naruto yelled.
Dosu tilted his head to the side, "We were sent to kill you."
"You can't kill us! We're too strong for you to kill! I'm going to be the next Hokage, after all." Naruto taunted.
Dosu rammed his arms through the ground. The group looked in wonder.
"Wait! I've seen this before, everyone get to higher ground." Sakura said as she leaped onto a tree branch. The rest followed suit and landed on other branches.
They watched from their perch as the ground turned soft. The trees started shifting and they had to relocate themselves often.
When jumping from her perch, Ino felt a strong presence behind her.
"Hello, little leaf." Zaku said as he attempted to kick her. Ino blocked the attack, but it forced her off course and into the sandy depths below.
"Ino!" Sakura growled softly. Sakura looked up into the green treetops. Her eyes caught movement from above. When Sakura could clearly see it, she smiled.
Ino closed her eyes and prepared for the death that awaited her. Ino landed with a thunk. But when the sandy death never came, Ino cracked open her eyes. She looked down at her feet, it seemed like she was sitting on paper. She looked up, only to see the back of someone. When she looked again, she realized who it was.
"Temari, land over here!" Sakura motioned to the older blonde. Temari complied and landed next to Sakura.
"Hm, weak as always. Ninja's from the Leaf can never surpass the ninja of the Sand." Temari said with a grin.
"Hm. Maybe, maybe not. But I see you're late as always." Sakura replied. As the three got into a fighting stance.
"We don't have time for you, Sand. Why don't you get lost?" Zaku said.
"Calm down, Zaku." Cautioned Dosu.
"Our mission is to eliminate the Leaf's, not the Sand." Kin reminded them.
"We should retreat." Dosu said.
"Stop talking and pay attention to the fight." Kankuro growled. When the Sound nin's looked up, they noticed wire all around them. The wires closed in on them, starting to constrict them.
"Fine, we'll retreat" Zaku whispered to his two comrades. The sound group jumped up and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Cowards." Naruto mumbled as he jumped down from his perch.
Chouji and Shikamaru jumped down from their branch and landed between Kankuro and Temari.
"Where's Baki?" Shikamaru asked.
Temari and Kankuro looked around before pointing into the bushes. And Baki stepped out.
Temari started looking at Shikamaru, but Ino caught this and stood beside him protectively. Temari's eyes narrowed a bit, but there was no change in her demeanor or aura.
"So who's the leader?" Baki questioned.
"How troublesome," Shikamaru mumbled only so that Ino could hear. Ino giggled a bit. "I'm the leader." Shikamaru said with a sigh.
"Hm, let's talk about our plan of attack. We need a good plan so we don't get ambushed or worse."
"No, let's set up camp first." Shikamaru interrupted. Baki looked at him a minute before complying.
When the group finally set up camp, Shikamaru motioned to Baki to follow him into his tent. "Now we can talk about strategy.
When Shikamaru and Baki were safe in Shikamaru's tent, Naruto and Chouji started arguing about which food is better, barbequed food or ramen. Kankuro was busy carving something out of wood, a miniature puppet no doubt.
The girls were sitting around the fire.
"So, how was your trip here?" Sakura asked.
"It was alright. We actually watched most of your fight before jumping in. You guys had a really rough time, considering it was five to three. I never thought the Leaf were so weak." She teased.
"We aren't weak! We were caught off guard. The people that are here, we really can't deal well with sound attacks." Ino argued.
"That's what training's for." Temari took out a mini fan and handed it to Sakura. "This is from Gaara, he told me to give it you. It's his thanks to you for helping the Sand out with that nasty illness." Sakura took the fan.
"Thank you. It's beautiful." Sakura said as she opened the fan. On the fan were butterfly imprints and a few butterfly charms. The paper was a light pink color and the spokes were made of a dark oak.
"It's not only a fan, you can also use it as a weapon." Temari took out her own mini green fan and demonstrated. She bit her finger and smeared the blood on it. She then made seals with one hand. When she finished, she swung the fan once and aimed it towards Kankuro. A slight breeze fluttered towards the unsuspecting puppet master.
"Temari!" Kankuro yelled. Ino looked over only to see the puppet master's hand encased with ice.
"That's neat!" She exclaimed.
"If I can't fight because of you, you know who to blame if we lose." He mumbled. Sakura approached him, "Here, let me help you."
"Katon: Housenka no Jutsu." Small flames flowed from Sakura's mouth to Kankuro's frozen hands, melting the ice and warming his fingers.
"Thanks." Said Kankuro as he glared at his older sister.
Naruto sat there, spell bound at the jutsu that Sakura had just performed. "How did you do that?"
"I learned it from Kakashi-sensei when we had free time." Sakura replied with a shrug.
The group looked over as the flap of Shikamaru's tent rose. Baki looked a bit puzzled, but he still kept his composure.
"Ok, lets get some rest, we're going to have a long day tomorrow." Baki stated. When he passed Temari, he whispered, "I can see how he beat you at the chunnin exams, he's very intelligent.
Temari nodded and followed Sakura and Ino to their tent.
Notes: Hehe, I like focusing on the kunoichi's more than the guys. So that's probably why the guy's weren't mentioned that much in the fight.
Baki might be OOC, but I don't know what his character is like, he only appeared like… twice through the entire series…. So yea…I'm playing his as a, 'kids can't be better than adults' kind of guy. Hm, if anyone knows his character, could you please tell me? And does anyone know what attacks he uses? Any info on him would be lots of help and is greatly appreciated.
Hm… Happy (late) Holidays and Happy New Year! I hope you had a great holiday and if you celebrate Christmas, I hope you got lots of cool things, I got Naruto manga books 7 and 8. I got some sweet gift cards too.
Remember, Sasuke or Itachi! Your vote might make a difference. Right now, I'm on vacation; so I might be able to write some chapters ahead of time, so vote as soon as you can!
This chapter was short, ne? Sorry about that. I wanted to update yesterday, but ffn wouldn't let me upload. I was sad. :(
Spoiler Alert (for chapter 289) Have you seen chapter 289? Eeeep, Kabuto! A spy's spy spy? He's very… crafty… And Sasori's back! WOOT! Sasori!
I'm also aware that Dosu dies, dueto Gaara, but let's pretend he didn't. End spoiler
LWB