Author Note: …I hate writer's block…I manage to type about a paragraph ever other day…whenever I happen to get a burst of imaginative power…so I figured some chapters will be short in comparison to others, but hey, a chapter's a chapter…and hopefully…I manage to write a good one…
KagomeXItachi
"I'm talking."
'I'm thinking.'
Flashback
Behold the wonders of Chapter 9! I'm kidding.
BEHOLD IT! I'M JUST KIDDING…
No one took one of their own in a fight. No one. They wouldn't allow it. They fought together, ate together, they were one. One mind, body, spirit. They just weren't aware of it yet. They were placed on the same team for a reason. It took them all a year to realize it after being placed on the team. Everyone seemed to notice it. They were the perfect team. Their abilities, skills and temperaments complemented each other. They just needed to grow a little more in order to become that perfect team.
Which is why team 4 felt the way they did. Kagome was bleeding, kunai still lodged in her chest. Itachi and Shisui both felt as if they had been stabbed as well. Itachi, though, for some strange reason, felt - he didn't know what he felt - almost as if it wasn't his own emotion, as if it was someone else's.
Shisui felt as if part of his world came crashing down. One of his only friends had been struck down. Aside from Itachi, she was his only way of venting, and releasing him from the pressures of their clan and the rest of the village.
This made them both angry beyond compare. Pure raging fury shook them at their core. Both gripped onto their kunai until their knuckles turned white. They flew through the air, each at their respective opponent.
-- S C --
Itachi used his kunai as it was his only weapon as of now. For some reason, everything to go on slow motion. Every time he slashed, he could see how his opponent's method of dodging. He could anticipate each of his moves, almost as if he could see ten seconds into the future, and in battle, your life could be taken in one measly second. Every second counts.
Even though he could see his opponent's next move, he still wasn't fast enough. No matter how fast he moved, his opponent was faster.
-- S C --
Shisui was having difficulties. His opponent was powerful, too powerful, and in his sense, being too powerful meant strong enough to take down his team. He was up against the leader of the Iwa Nin. That meant he was up against the strongest one.
'I knew I should've refused the mission. If I did, I might actually be alive by the end of the week…'
He was having the same problems as his partner, except he didn't have the sharingan yet. He fought back anyway. He wasn't going to feel sorry for himself. He may not have his kekkei genkai yet, but he was an Uchiha, and if he's going down, he's going down with a fight.
-- S C --
'Damn…no matter what I do, he dodges or deflects my attacks…I'm not fast enough! Damnit!' thought Itachi as he was pushed back. He roared as he jumped through the air and towards his opponent. He readied his kunai as he grew closer to the enemy. As soon as he was within arms' length, his kunai shot forward and embedded itself into his opponent's shoulder. As he staggered backwards with a hiss of pain, he didn't anticipate the pain that shot through his chest. He felt bones crack as he yelled in pain.
As he was about to pull the kunai from his shoulder, Itachi delivered a powerful kick onto the kunai, embedding it deeper into the man's shoulder, and slightly into the tree that he managed to push his opponent against. It wasn't much, but it was enough to stall the man until Itachi could pull all of the kunai still lodged into his own body.
-- S C --
'At least Itachi managed to buy some time for himself…I'm still dodging all the chick's attack's…' thought Shisui as he moved from side to side as he dodged the deadly kunai in the woman's hands. His was knocked from his hands earlier, and is currently embedded in a tree, resting peacefully as it left it's owner to fend for himself.
He was knocked out of his stupor as he felt his skin tear and a warm liquid run down his arm. He looked at the woman who had a smirk on her face. Scowled as he looked at her smug face. Word weren't needed. He knew she was laughing at him. Calling him inferior.
'If I don't pull something out of my sleeve, I'm done for. I'll truly be a mirage then…," he thought before his eyes widened, 'that's it! I'm so stupid, why didn't I think of this sooner?!'
He quickly began to make hand signs, though he wasn't quick enough to dodge her sudden onslaught. Blood began to fly, but he was determined if he was going to pull this off. With his hand signs finished, he smirked as the kunai went right through him. He seemed to fade as a confused look came across the woman's face.
She turned and his image seemed to appear and disappear around her. Each image faded away if looked at closely…almost as if he was a mirage…
She attempted to hit each image, though her efforts were in vain. She didn't seem to realize that none of the images were real.
Shisui hid behind a bush as he looked through his pockets. He soon pulled out his hands and in his hand was a small silver whistle. He blew on the whistle, though no sound came out, his eyes shone with relief. With the whistle blown, he returned to the fight as his jutsu began to dissipate. It wasn't a mastered technique yet, so it wore off quickly.
'I really need to perfect this…' thought Shisui as the woman realized she had been tricked so easily. In pure anger, she attacked the already injured Shisui, injuring him even more so than he already was, making him sluggish. He was in some serious trouble.
-- S C --
As the rock ninja struggled to pull himself free from his current situation, he didn't realize that Itachi was making hand signs. Once finished, Itachi's chest began to feel warm. The heat grew in intensity as it rose up his throat, not injuring him in the least. As his mouth opened, an enormous fireball, heading directly towards the pinned enemy.
It moved closer and closer, and grew even bigger as it moved towards its target. Though, Itachi was caught by surprise when his enemy burst from the fireball itself. He threw a punch, though he managed to dodge, it wasn't even meant to hit him. Instead, the hand reached out, and grabbed onto his neck with a tight grip, preventing oxygen from entering itachi's system.
Itachi's system was lacking air due to the fact that the man's grip was incredibly strong, and only now did he notice the man's muscles. He had no chance of escaping using strength alone, and currently, he was in no position to try anything. He began to gasp for air as he was being lifted into the air with ease.
With the strength he had, he grabbed onto the man's heavily muscled arm in an effort to lower the strain on himself. He began to cough as the grip around his neck tightened. He took that moment to look at the man who was slowly, not to mention painfully, killing him.
For the first time, he noticed the man's features, dark, shaggy hair, harsh face, tall and intimidating, and his eyes were what stood out the most, dark, black, almost like his own, with one obvious difference, the desire to kill.
"Ryoga," Itachi was knocked out of thoughts at the sound of a deep voice, "My name is Ryoga. That is the name of the one who will kill you. Remember it for it will be the last thing you know." Itachi glared with a sudden coldness that took Ryoga off guard, though the grip did not loosen.
As the pressure increased, itachi's coughing began to increase as well, until blood was coming out. His body needed air, desperately. He stopped coughing as his breathing became labored. His eyes began to cloud over and droop, and his sight grew fuzzy. He looked at Ryoga, and spit the blood that was in his mouth at him, hitting him effectively in the face.
"Bastard. That's what you are, and all you'll ever be, a Bastard. Nothing more, nothing less, just like the rest of your team. I hope the wolves tear you apart, and give you a slow painful death," were the words that escaped Itachi's mouth as his arm released Ryoga and drooped lifelessly to his side.
Ryoga grew angry and slammed the unsuspecting Itachi against the hard ground. Then lifted him into the air once again, and drew him close to his face. Itachi could see the anger flare to life in Ryoga's eyes.
"You dare insult me! Look at you! Pathetic, weak, and worthless! You couldn't even save your teammate! You are in no position to say this! Especially since you are the one about to die!" yelled Ryoga. His rage grew at the smirk that adorned Itachi's face. Though his eyes were shadowed and invisible to him, he could still see that taunting smirk.
"No shit. I'm not stupid you oaf. I know perfectly well that you're going to kill me since I have no strength left. Though I'm glad to know that the wolves will tear you pieces, and you'll literally become dog food," replied Itachi as Ryoga growled.
Next thing he knew, he was flying through the air. Ryoga had thrown him, not to pleasantly either. His back crashed straight into a tree with a sickening crack. He felt blood run down his chin, and even with his blackening vision, be saw Ryoga approaching with a kunai.
'I'm sorry Kagome, Shisui, Raizen, Raiden, I failed. I wasn't strong enough,' were the thoughts that passed through his head. His eyes slightly widened as he saw Kagome's Body glow a soft pink. Then, he thought it was his imagination, but he looked down, and he was glowing a soft blue. He then looked up to face Ryoga, but instead, he saw a flash of silver before his body gave out. In mere seconds, he was passed out.
-- S C --
Shisui was still having difficulties. He was bleeding heavily, and he became dangerously slow and sluggish. If he didn't of blood loss first, the woman was going to kill him.
He stumbled as the woman began to close in on him. Risa. That was her name. she had introduced herself in the same fashion her teammate did. She stopped mid-attack however, when she saw her teammate struck through with a sword wielded by a mysterious silver-haired stranger. Not to mention his teammates began to glow. This moment of distraction was taken advantage of. Shisui was not going to let this opportunity by if he could help it.
"Now!" he yelled. Risa was caught off guard as flaming fire closed in on her. She screamed as the fire burned her skin, and the ice trapped her in place.
'I love that whistle,' thought Shisui as the ice grew in size, completely covering her form, obscuring her from view. Though, even with the flames intensity, the ice refused to melt as she burned inside her frozen cocoon.
Shisui could not turn from the sight, for he knew, that since he was a ninja, he would have to get used to these sights, no matter how gut-wrenching it was. Though, he did not expect the ice to travel towards himself, Itachi, and Kagome. He knew it would not hurt them, since it was Raiden's ice. The ice covered their wounds, preventing them from bleeding.
Then he understood, Raiden was healing their wounds enough for them not to die. Raiden wasn't the best healer around, but it will do, until they can get proper medical attention. He smiled in relief, since the ice would completely cover his teammates if they were dead.
Once his worry was gone, curiosity began to set in. he wondered who the silver-haired stranger was, and if he was a possible threat. He took a step forward, but collapsed under his own weight. He expected to hit the floor, but instead, landed on something soft and furry.
"Take it easy kid. Sesshomaru is not a danger to us. Just take it easy and sleep. Raiden is checking on Itachi and Kagome at this moment. Just sleep and rest, you need it. You're in no danger anymore," a deep voice said calmly.
"Thanks Raizen, you rock," Shisui said with a smile as his eyes drooped, sight became fuzzy, and blacked out due to his blood loss.
Raizen adjusted Shisui onto his back as soon as he passed out. Being mindful of his injuries, Raizen carefully, yet swiftly walked over towards his brother, who currently had Itachi draped across his back. They simply nodded to each other as the one known as Sesshomaru walked over to them holding Kagome in his arms. Making sure team 4 was stable in their injuries, they walked towards the forest, disappearing in its shadows.
No one at the moment noticed the glow surrounding Kagome and Itachi shifted. Kagome, instead of pink, began to glow a bright crimson, and Itachi went from a light blue to a cerulean, almost indigo color, and for a brief moment, both flashed a menacing yet strangely calm, raven black color. Though it disappeared before anyone noticed, since it happened in a split-second.
BLAH…
Eh, this is what I managed to squeeze from my brain…my tiny pathetic brain which has begun to fail me recently…stupid brain…seems that I work better under music…it gives me inspiration I guess…oh well…wow…barely four pages…the other chapters are usually seven or eight pages…dang…this chapter's short…
I managed to type most of this at around 3:00 in the morning…without my parents knowing I'm awake…I suffer from the annoying sleep disorder known as Insomnia…it has come in handy though…like right now…
Anyway…aside from my personal problems…I need to help…and you guys are going to help me if you want…
Kagome's going to have a couple more summons…my problem is that I haven't decided what they should be, or what they should do…that's where you guys come in…think you can help me out?
You know, give me a species of animal or something, it's name, gender, and special abilities…all suggestions are welcome…
Well…'till next time! And hopefully my writer's block will dissipate…even if just a little…
-Taichou was here