Portal to a New World

Chapter 10

Day One

Jordan, Dia, and I ran through the forest, not nearly as fast as a ninja should. We were damn slow... We eventually slowed to a walk and Dia sighed, "So... how're we suppose ta survive this?"

I shurgged, "Try our best I suppose."

Jordan smirked, "Lee taught me a few things yesterday."

We both just looked at her, "You... with Lee?"

"Yeah, he helped me a lot with taijutsu!"

Dia smirked, "Well Sasuke taught me how to throw kunai and shurikan!"

"Lee taught me that too!"

"Well I acutally learned jutsu!"

"..."

"HA!"

I rolled my eyes, "That's unfair, I don't know anything..."

Jordan pointed and laughed at me, I growled. Dia scratched her head, "Hey... maybe... I can teach you!"

Jordan stopped and thought about it, "Yeah... guess that'd help."

I frowned, "But what about kunai and shurikan? If I'm gonna learn, I'm gonna need supplies."

"Right... we'll get to that later, jutsu training starts now!", Dia announced.

A thought then struck me, "Wait! I wanna see Gaara kill those Rain ninja!"

Dia rolled her eyes, "Tonya, think logically. In this big place, we'd never find them, and even if we did, we'd prabably-"

"I JUST SAW HIM!"

We both turned to Jordan, she was pointing north, "I just saw Gaara, Temari, and Kankurou jumping in the trees that way!"

I grinned, "If we can keep up with them, we'll get ta see it!"

I ran north and Jordan followed, Dia growled and did as well, "There's no way we can keep up!"

My breathing was already heavy after a few minutes and Jordan was a bit ahead of me, Dia at my side, "How much longer?"

"How am I suppose ta know?"

It took another few minutes before we acutually reached them. We all stopped and hid behind trees, poking our heads out to see. Gaara, his siblings, and the three Rain ninja stood out in the clearing.The man had a smirk on his face, "Hey kid, you should be carefull about picking your opponents, you're all going to die."

Gaara just stared, "Cut the chatter, let's fight. Old man from the Hidden Rain Village."

Kankurou looked uneasy,"Hey Gaara! Shouldn't we follow them and gather information before we pick a fight? If they have the same scroll as us there is no reason to fight. Unnessesary fights are-"

He was interrupted, "It doesn't matter, I kill anyone we encounter."

The Rain nin pulled out the umbrellas from his back, "Then let's do this!"

He threw the umbrellas up and they stood airborn, he formed the tiger seal, "Die kid! Ninpou Jouro Senbon!(Sprinkling Needles)"

Needles began to fall from the umbrella and swirl around Gaara, who remained unfazed. The Rain nin smirk grew,"This strikes from above ,left, right ,and below. Theres no escape. The needles are regulated with my chakra and will attack the target!"

The needles then flew at Gaara when a large cloud of dust was brought up. I smirked as the cloud began to blow away and I climbed a tree for a better look. Around Gaara, was a barrier of sand. His glare easily seen through the cracks, "... Is that it?"

The nin's eyes widened, "What?! Not even one hit, he's unharmed?! But how?"

He made the seal again and more needles shot after him, another wall of sand protected him. Gaara's eyes narrowed, "A rain of needles eh? Well, then I'll make it rain blood..."

Not too far away, I could see Kiba, Hinata, and Shino as the umbrellas began to fall from the sky. I turned my attension back to the red head as the sand around him began to melt to the ground. The Sand nin just his head in amazment, "A wall of sand?"

Kankurou smirked, "That's right, it is absolute protection by the sand. He controls sand inside the gourd and hardens it with an enourmous amount of chakra. It is a technique only permissible by Gaara, and is used to protect his body. Regardless of Gaara's will, this is all done automaticlly. In other words, all attacks against Gaara are nullified. You can't beat our Gaara."

The Rain ninja cursed and ran at Gaara, "Don't take me lightly!"

Gaara formed a handseal and then stretched his palm out at the ninja, "Sabaku Kyuu.(Desert Coffin)"

Sand began to overlap the man's body and completely restrict him in a cacoon of sand, "I can't move!"

Gaara walked up to one of the umbrellas and opening it up, holding it above his head. Jordan below smirked, "I love this part..."

Gaara spoke, "I could just simply covor your mouth and suffocate(sp) you, but that'd be much too miserable on your part..."

The Rain nin just kept talking big until Gaara began to raise his palm up into the air, the cacoon of sand following. He turned away and looked directly at me before shutting his fist, "Sabaku Sousou(Argh, I don't remember how to spell it...)(Desert Funeral)

The sand tightened around the man's body so rapidly, his body exploded, blood erupting from his corpse. Falling like rain.

I stared in horror, the sight was much more masochistic than it was on TV. I could smell the blood. Jordan stared ominously out at the dead man, her brown eyes flooded with terror. Dia had her eyes shut, was clutching her head.

I gasped when I met Gaara's eyes. And people tell me my eyes are ice blue... I could feel my shoulders quivering and Gaara dropped the umbrella, "There was no pain, because there wasn't enough time to feel it. The tears and blood of the dead mixes witht he endless quicksands and further fuels the war."

One of the ninja set their Heaven scroll on the ground and backed up, "We'll give you the scroll! Please don't kill us!"

Gaara raised both hands and sand crawled up their bodies. They began to scream. My eyes welded up in tears and poured over as Gaara shut his fists, killing them as well. I let out a sob and I bit my hand to prevent making too much noise. The heavy smell of blood in the air made me light headed and the sickening sight still stuck in my mind haunted me.

Kankurou nonchalantly walks up to the scroll and picks it up, "Well how convenient, the Heaven scroll. Okay, let's head to the tower."

Gaara turned to our group, "Shut up, I still haven't had enough..."

I gasped, was he going to kill us too?! He was easy on Kiba, Hinata, and Shino... but what about us?!

Kankurou raised his hand, "Let's stop Gaara."

"Are you afraid, coward?"

Kankurou growled and walked over to Gaara, "Gaara, you may be okay. But it's too dangerous for us! We need one set of scrolls. We don't need anymore."

"You slacker, don't order me around."

He raised his hand up in our direction. Kankurou grabbed his brother by the brown, velvet strap, "Cut it out!"

His hand lowered, "I never thought you two as siblings. If you get in my way, I'll kill you."

He pushed Kankurou's hand away and raised his palm back up at us. Temari's eyebrows were knitted together and she took a small step closer, "Gaara, stop, don't be so cold. This is your big sister asking you, okay?"

Her reasoning didn't work. He pointed his hand at Kankurou and back at us. I twitched and was about to run, but my legs wouldn't let me. Dia was curled in a ball and Jordan was bitting her lip.

Sand began to gather at his hand and I shut my eyes tightly. Gaara closed his fist and Temari screamed, "GAARA!"

Gaara looked at the cork in his hand and placed it back in the gourd. I sighed in relief as it was the same result. Jordan fell to her knees and wipped sweat off her brow. Dia looked up past the bushes curiously at the group of sand nin.

"Fine."

Gaara began to walk away toward the tower when my body suddenly gave out. I fell out of the tree, "OW!... SHIT!"

I scrambled to my feet and they were all staring at me. Temari blinked, "You again."

I attempted a smile, "Uh... hey... just... dropping by!"

Kankurou clenched the scrolls in his hands, "Are you gonna steal our scrolls?"

I shook my head , "No! Of course not! After that?! HEll NO!"

Jordan and Dia came out from behind the bushes. Dia threw a quick wave and retreated her hand just as quick. I tried to smile again, "Hey Gaara. I guess we bump into eachother on a regular basis now, huh?"

"..."

I sighed, 'Of course, no answer', I thought, "Uh... well... s-see you later, we're gonna find someone easy ta take down."

Jordan frowned, "Tonya, who's weaker than us?"

"Uh, Mandy?"

We all suddenly stopped, and I smirked, "Hey... there's a group we can take!"

Dia smirked, "Perfect! I just hope they have the Heaven scroll!"

I gave a small wave to the sand siblings before running off, "See ya at the tower, Gaara!"

We ran through the forest and Dia seemed to still be shaking, "You okay?"

She nodded, "Yeah... I just, never thought it'd be so... so much worse when your actually there."

I nodded, "Yeah... that was prabably the first time I've ever seen someone die..."

"Well your about to see one of your friends die girl!"

We all stopped walking and looked around, trying to locate the voice. Jordan gritted her teeth, "Who the fuck was that?!"

"That's what I'm tryin' ta find out!"

Suddenly, three men from the Sound village jumped down from the trees.(Not Dosu, Zaku and Kin) We all screamed and the ninja surrounded us. The leader pointed his kunai at us, "What scroll do you have?"

Jordan crossed her arms, "That's for us to know, and you to find out."

Dia and I glared at her, "You idiot!"

The leader smirked, "Very well them. C'mon, let's kill them and get the scroll!"

I cursed under my breath as they lunged at us. We got out of the way and began to run away. But they easily caught up to us. One grabbed me by the hair and pulled me back. I screamed and he threw me to the ground. He searched me for the scroll and grabbed it out of my shurikan pouch, "Perfect, the Earth scroll. Alright, kill them and let's go!"

The man was just about to bring the kunai down onto my neck, but was stopped... by Naruto?!

Naruto tackled the man off from me and stood infront of me, "Stay back!"

I nodded and backed up. Naruto formed a seal, "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!(Shadow Clone)"

He created four clones and they ran at the man, attacking him. I turned to Dia and Jordan. Dia was saved by Sasuke. While Sakura helped Jordan,(Jordan did most of the fighting, remember, Sakura's still a wuss) They all finished off the sound nin and they ran off. Naruto was about to chase them down, but stopped. He turned around, "Hey, you alright?"

I nodded and stood up, he had a grin on his face, "Hey, your Tonya, right?"

I blinked, "Uh, yeah. How'd ya know?"

"Mandy told me about ya!"

I smiled, "Oh, cool. Well... uh, nice ta meet you Naruto."

He laughed and I looked over to Dia and Sasuke. Dia was acting as if she could've taken them.

"Yeah... you give me a weapon and I'd powned(I don't remember what it's spelt like) them."

"Pown?"

"Yeah! Y'know, utterly beat someone?"

"Oh... well... it doesn't change the fact I saved your dumb ass and you owe me."

"FINE!"

He scowled, "Why do you have to be so loud?"

"Why don't you ever smile?"

"Why don't you ever shut up?!"

"Why don't you?!"

"I don't have to!"

Dia growled and made a fist, "Stupid Uchiha jerk!"

I rolled my eyes, "Oh, yeah, call him that and you'll really hurt his feelings..."

Sasuke just arched a brow, "Bitch."

Jordan began to laugh and Sakura was debating on stopping them. Dia growled, "Basterd!"

They continued to throw insults at eachother, and... that's pretty much how the rest of day one went!

KaTrena's Team's Day

They ran out the gate and into the forest, sadly just as slow as us. Mandy was in the lead with KaTrena a bit ahead of Heather. Mandy began to yell out, "So how are we gonna find the Earth scroll?"

KaTrena responded, "I saw Tonya get the Earth scroll..."

Heather scoffed, "Are you kidding me? We can't fight Tonya, Dia, and Jordan! They're... well.. y'know!"

Mandy laughed nervously, "Bigger than us?"

"Yeah..."

KaTrena sighed, "This is unfair..."

"I know!", Mandy squeaked.

They slowly came to a stop and not too far away they heard screams of men. Mandy yelped and flinched away, Heather tripped, and KaTrena stared in the direction of the scream in horror, "What happened?"

Heather groaned and got back up, dusting herself off, "I don't know... Maybe someone's hurt."

"Should we help?"

Mandy shrugged, "We should but... it could mean that there's someone strong over there that can kill us too."

"Oh..."

Heather sighed, "I leaned a bit about throwing shurikan and kunai along with jutsu yesterday but... not very well."

Mandy smiled, "So did I!"

KaTrena nodded, "Same here. I learned how to walk on water!"

Mandy and Heather stared at her with utter confusion, "How?!"

"Well... can't show you now 'cause there's no water around."

Mandy made the goat handseal, "Watch what Naruto taught me! Henge! (Transform)"

Mandy's body was shrouded in a colum of smoke, after it cleared there was nothing but a rock were she was. Heather blinked, "Mandy?"

There was a giggle but KaTrena and Heather couldn't find out where, (They don't watch Naruto that much), "MANDY!"

The rock began to laugh, "I'ma rock!"

Heather and KaTrena screamed and jumped away, Heather pointed at he rock in accusion, "ROCKS TALK IN NARUTO?!"

The rock continued to laugh and KaTrena blinked, "...Why does it sound like Mandy?"

"Becasue I AM Mandy!"

Smoke exploded from the rock and faded, Mandy was standing in the exact same place, "Naruto taught me how to transform into a rocks or any other object! Oh! And animals!"

"Do it."

Mandy made the same seal, "Henge!"

Smoke followed and a cute yellow lab puppy was in her place. Heather squealed, "AWWWWWW! IT'S SO CUTE!!"

She grabbed Mandy/puppy and hugged it. Mandy had an anime sweatdrop and transformed back. Heather was hugging the real Mandy now, "Hug. Too. Tight!"

Heather jumped away, "Oh, I'm sorry!"

They all laughed and Heather smirked, watch this!"

She grabbed a kunai from the pouch on her theigh, KaTrena blinked, "Where did you get that!?"

"Kiba."

Heather threw the kunai at a tree and it hit in the middle, the bark slightly cracking around it. Mandy blinked, "Nice..."

Heather then took out a two shurikan from the pouch on the back of her waist and put them between her fingers. She threw them at the tree and they hit in a vertical line up above the kunai. Mandy and KaTrena stared in awe, "Can you teach us that?"

Heather smirked and nodded. Then KaTrena spoke, "Hey, Heather, I got something to show off too!"

"Like what?"

"Hit me first, it won't work if you don't."

Heather blinked, "Hit you? Why?"

"It only works if someone hits me!"

"Uh... okay..."

Heather walked up to her and raised her fist, punching KaTrena in the jaw. The second her fist hit, KaTrena dissapeared in a puff of smoke, her body replaced with a log. Heather blinked, "Oh my God!"

Mandy arched an eyebrow, "Where'd she go?"

"Woohoo!"

They looked up and KaTrena was high up in a tree, smiling, "How's that?"

Heather's mouth was gapped open, "How'd you do that?"

"Shino taught me!", she jumped down from the tree and infront of Heather, "It's called Kuwarmi! It's when you get hit, you quickly replace your body with an object and move to a different area. While your enemies confused, you counter attack!"

Mandy laughed, "Cool! Can I learn that?!"

KaTrena laughed as well, "Okay, here's the deal. Mandy, you have to teach Henge to us. Heather, you have to teach me and Mandy how to throw kunai and shurikan, and I will teach you two Kuwarmi, alright?"

They both nodded and the day went on through training.