As someone has pointed out to me, the reason behind the other Akatsuki members attacking Sakura and her companions will be revealed soon, so just hang tight. XD And if any of my information of anything in this is wrong, just send it through to me. ^_^ Thanks and enjoy (hopefully).
Chapter Eight: Suffocating
The water surrounding her, Sakura dropped like a stone, trying to reach her destination; the very centre of the sphere. Her legs curled up under her as her emerald eyes opened, the slight sting of the water disappearing as she got used to the water. Her vision blurred but clear enough to see her target; his eyes shut, bracing himself against the sudden current of water pulling and pushing at his body.
With perfect control of her chakra, Sakura managed to manipulate the water around her so she could move freely within the sphere. Within seconds her target was reachable, her fingers stretching out as her face wrinkled in concentration.
Wrapping her hands around the head in front of her she gripped it tight. Her fingers forcing their way into their mouth and yanked their jaw open, almost painfully.
With slow movements due to the liquid around them the man below her struggled against her unmoving fingers as she finished prying open their jaw before stabbing a kunai straight into their mouth, again and again.
The kunai was stabbed deep into their tongue, the blood gushing out and spreading through the water like fire in a dry forest. Choking, gurgling sounds were ripped from the victims throat as Sakura jammed their jaw together once again, trying to get the blood down their own throat.
Red… red was all they could see from outside of the sphere. Deidara stood with his eyes wide, not knowing what to do; whether to trust his captain or to jump in their after her. His hands shook at his side as he tried to trust his captain, but all he could do was worry. Was she ok? Was Kisame?
As for the Konoha ninja; every single one of them was in shock. It took Naruto the least amount of time before he began to run towards the last place he saw his love disappear from: The sphere. 20 feet… 13 feet away, he was almost there before vines began to wrap around his legs, stopping him where he landed and swung him straight into a thick tree to the right of him. With a grunt he landed heavily on the ground, feeling his ribs crack under the pressure. Blinking away the pain, Naruto stood with a yell of anger only for sometime to jump in front of him and attack Zetsu in his place.
Long yellow hair… Deidara had stepped in front of him. With confused thoughts swirling in his mind he only caught the last of what the Akatsuki member yelled at him,
"… not your fight!" Explosion after explosion followed the yelled statement as Deidara threw bomb after bomb at the plant-like Akatsuki enemy, trying to keep him back and away from both the Konoha ninja as well as the sphere that contained his two teammates.
As the smoke cleared a figure laying motionless on the ground about 5 feet from the now churning sphere had Deidara's heart nearly stopping. His friend… his teammate… on the ground. He wasn't moving. So much blood. It couldn't be.
With a shout of pain Deidara threw bomb after bomb at Zetsu, his desperation, if only that, pushed Zetsu back far enough for Deidara to reach Kisame, dropping to the ground next to him he checked for a pulse. No pulse.
Without a second thought he yelled at the Konoha ninja, his need for help outweighing his wariness of their so called enemy. After all, they were missing-nin; S class criminals. "Whichever of you are a medic, please help him! NOW!" Before sprinting back up to meet Zetsu in battle once more. Whilst inside the sphere more problems were occurring…
The hand around her ankle tightened, her bones protesting to the strain as bubbles fled her mouth; the last of her oxygen escaping. With frenzied movements Sakura tried to escape his hold, but the grip on her ankle plus the blood mixed with the water obscuring her view made it impossible for her to escape the hold Hidan had on her. Kicking him in the face again and again only seemed to make him tighten his grip until she felt her bones shift; pain searing through her nerves as she felt her eyes droop from lack of oxygen.
At least Kisame was out, that was all she could think. Her last act of heroism was to gather her chakra in her hand and forcefully shove Kisame out of the sphere and prayed he would survive. Now that Kisame's blood had washed away from Hidan's mouth as well as Hidan swallowing about a gallon of his own blood which could easily camouflage the small amount of blood Hidan had swallowed of Kisame's and thus, the hold he had over her teammate would be broken.
Only now she was under the water with her vision quickly blurring knowing that the immortal below her could easily outlast her in the water.
Her eyes stinging and her entire body screaming in agony she thought about just giving up. Kisame was safe. Her team was safe. And there was no certain future for her if she managed to get out of the sphere. There was still Zetsu, and the Konoha ninja. Knowing that she was alive now, there was no way Naruto would let her go and she would not live a life on the run.
Snapping her eyes open she mentally slapped herself for her thoughts of giving up. That was the cowards' way out, and she was not the weak kunoichi she was all those years ago. She was THE Sakura Haruno, Hime of the Akatsuki. Genjutsu master, and surpassed apprentice of the slug princess Tsunade.
Doubling her efforts Sakura snapped her hands together, her chakra practically jumping at the chance to be used, and with one last effort she performed a fire jutsu, setting the sphere alight and smashing Hidan in the face once more, just enough to escape his hold now that he was disorientated with the fire licking at him.
Bursting from the sphere she hit the ground hard, what little oxygen she had left in her body escaped with a 'whoosh'. She rolled a few times before finally coming to a painful stop. Her eyes opened only once before they shut, darkness enveloped her and her breathing ceased. Cerulean eyes were the last thing she saw.
Bow chicka wow wow!! How was that MM? And everyone else of course? It was kinda full on, with long paragraphs and jumping everywhere so if anyone has any issues (not flames) they are welcome to run it by me so I can see what I can do to make it more enjoyable to read. I liked it though. So exciting!!! Haha ^_^
