A BOOM! filled the air. Suzuna jumped from her position on the couch. She was waiting for Sakura to come home from the hospital. Suzuna rushed to the window and saw a few shinobi rush past. She jumped out of the window and tailed them. She noticed a few men with black cloaks that had red clouds on them. Oh no! It's Pein's attack! Suzuna knew everything would turn out okay but it was still devastating. She watched buildings crash and shinobi go through torture. Pein's attack may have not caused any permanent casualties but it definitely caused trauma, not to mention the total desolation of the village afterwards.
Suzuna jumped onto the rooftops and ran through the village. Whenever she heard a cry for help she would follow it. She helped multiple people escape the crushing weight of homes that had fallen. She helped heal a few but saved her chakra in case of battle. It was a good thing, too, because she was soon face to face with one of the Six Paths of Pein.
Like all of the Paths of Pein, this one had metal rods stuck all over its body and the Rinnegan. It had six arms and three faces, two of them on the sides of its head. It looked as though it had just come from a battle because its cloak was missing and there were a few scuff marks on its body. Suzuna remembered hearing that the Paths were actually dead bodies controlled by those rods. She figured they also had healing abilities as they wouldn't be as much of a problem if they didn't.
One of its faces had spotted Suzuna and the Path approached her, Suzuna just stood there trembling. The Path picked her up by her throat. "Where is the nine-tail's jinchuuriki?" Suzuna slowly brought her hands together to form seals and sucked in a large breath, gathering chakra into her cheeks. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" A giant fire ball torched the Path's face. It dropped her and backed up a few feet. Suzuna put even more distance between them by jumping back herself.
"Like I would ever tell you!" She smirked as she activated her Sharingan.
The Path lifted up its arm. Suzuna cocked her head to the side before gasping as the arm shot towards her. She jumped to dodge. Suzuna felt as though she had just been hit by a train. While she was dodging the arm, the Path had propelled itself forward into her side. Suzuna skipped across the ground like a stone. She groaned and got up.
The Path straightened and leaned forward ready to propel itself again. Suzuna stood there faced slightly sideways with her hair covering her face. The Path rushed forward. Suzuna smirked, drew back a chakra-filled punch and hit it straight in the face.
CRACK!
The Path continued past her. Suzuna's arm was still outstretched a look of shock and pain covered her face. She whimpered as she straightened her broken fingers and healed them. She looked behind her to see that the Path hadn't been damaged at all. Not even a scratch or a bruise. It's defense is amazing. I'll need to hit it with everything I've got. I don't know how much longer I can take this. Already Suzuna's 9-year-old body was worn out. He chakra was already down to less than a quarter.
Suzuna formed some hand signs and set off a round of fireballs at the sky. A fist collided with her stomach and she coughed up blood. She grabbed the fist and flipped the Path over her body and then jumped back. Storm clouds were forming over her head. I haven't had the time to perfect it but it's my last chance!
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Itachi and Sakura were running through the village helping anyone they could. Itachi would lift pieces of walls off of bodies and protect Sakura from stray kunai and jutsus as she healed the injured. Katsuya was doing her best but even then it was a stretch with so many injured and dying.
Sakura wiped her forehead and looked into the sky. She noticed clouds gathered over one spot and stood up slowly. She saw a giant strike of lightning reach the ground. Itachi had seen it too. "That's Sasuke's technique, Kirin." He rushed off in that direction with Sakura following closely after him.
Up ahead they could see a small figure collapse to the ground. The sight of raven locks flowing in the wind and a flash of green eyes sent a shock through Sakura's body. She rushed past Itachi screaming for her daughter.
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A chidori formed in Suzuna's hand and she raised it to the sky. Lightning connected. She molded her chakra into the lightning and thunderclouds. "KIRIN!" A giant lightning bolt shot down onto the Path. The Path collapsed. Half of its body was disintegrated.
Suzuna dropped to her hands and knees, panting. She heard a rustle from up ahead and glanced up. The Path was slowly getting to its feet. She could see its cells regenerating and soon she was looking at a fully formed Asura Path.
The Path rushed forward swinging punches. Suzuna dodged weakly. A sharp pain exploded from her back, directly behind her heart. Suzuna choked on her gasp as she looked behind her. I wondered where that went. hehe There behind her the detached arm of the Path from earlier had plunged a kunai into her back. The Path reattached its arm, kunai included. It plunged the kunai straight into her heart from the front before twisting. Suzuna gasped for breath. The Path walked away. When he was out of sight Suzuna finally gave in and collapsed tothe ground.
Suzuna turned onto her back and looked up into the blue sky. The clouds had dissipated after her Kirin attack. All for nothing... Pathetic. Suzuna chuckled halfheartedly. She could faintly hear the sound of footsteps and the sound of her name before she drifted off.
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"SUZUNA!" Sakura rushed to her daughter's side before scooping her gently into her arms. Her body was so limp. Her eyes were dull and staring up at the sky. Sakura placed her hand on Suzuna's wound. She pumped chakra into the heart. "Suzuna! Wake up! This is.. This is your Okaa-chan telling you to. Get. UP!" She took her hand away and placed it on Suzuna's shoulder and gently shook her.
Sakura gathered her little girl into her arms and screamed into the blue sky. Tears streamed down her cheeks before she buried her face into Suzuna's raven locks. Itachi stood over the scene looking up at the sky. His Sharingan was deactivated and tears were streaming down his face. His fists clenching and unclenching.
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Arashi struggled against the Hyuuga bodyguard's grip. "I have to help! That's my okaa-chan down there! Let GO!" He was released just as Pein put the final rod through Hinata's body. Arashi skid to a stop watching wide eyes as Hinata didn't get up again. Then, everything exploded. The Kyuubi gained control of the fight and took Pein to the outskirts of the village.
Arashi looked around and saw Sakura healing a fallen shinobi. She had a dead look about her but Arashi ignored it as he dragged her down to Hinata. Suddenly a statue erupted from the ground. A blue light came from its mouth and released a bunch of light blue spheres. Arashi grabbed his kaa-chan's hand and looked desperately at her face. He sobbed in relief as her eyes fluttered open. Arashi flung his body at Hinata for a hug.
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"I can't believe we're stuck here! I should be out there fighting alongside Itachi!" Kenji yelled. Ayako rubbed her temples before socking him in the face. "Shut up! This cave echoes!" she growled.
When they first heard the BOOM! Itachi had immediately grabbed the twins' arms and dragged them to the evacuation cave in the Hokage mountains. Since then, the only news from the battle outside was the entrance every now and then of another civilian and the explosions from outside.
Kenji continued complaining despite Ayako's punishment and logic. She slapped a hand over his mouth. "SHH!... I don't hear anything..."
Just then a shinobi burst into the room with an amazed grin on his face. "Uzumaki Naruto defeated Pein!" The cave just got a whole lot louder as cheers erupted. The civilians flooded out of the cave to greet the returning hero.
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Sakura looked around her as people they had thought were dead came back to life, seemingly okay. She gasped before rushing to a medic tent. Her hand trembled as she pulled back the curtain to reveal Suzuna smiling and sitting upright on the edge of a cot.
"I told you so." she said smugly before being engulfed in a hug. Sakura laughed. "You idiot! Couldn't you have told me earlier?" Suzuna pouted, "Are you saying you didn't believe me when I said it was going to be okay? That hurts kaa-chan. The hurts right here." She pointed to her heart.
Sakura stared at the place where she pointed. She remembered blood being there last time she had seen it. A cold little body limp in her arms. Tears filled Sakura's eyes as she hugged her daughter again. " Don't ever do something like that again... Don't, don't leave me..." Suzuna smiled and hugged her kaa-chan back, "Hai."
