Chapter 9:
A/N: Hello there everyone! It has been a while since I've updated(sorry about that!). I've been really busy with school so I've had to focus on that for a while, but school is almost over so do not fret my loyal readers! There are some things I need to address though. I'm considering changing the name of the story to any of the following titles: Naruto: The Root Chronicles, The Root Chronicles, Root, Konoha's Answer: Root or something a reader can come up with. If you come up with a good title to rename the story, let me know in a review! I've decided to change the name of the story(If everyone is okay with that, or else I wont change it) because I think as I've been writing the story, the focus of it has changed. At first the story was going to be mainly from Gikaru's point of view, but it has changed to include both him, his team, and in the near future(possibly), other members of Root. Also, the story is revolved around his Kazegan so I wouldn't want to scare people off by thinking the story is about some crazed dojutsu(which it is not). Also, I am in search of a Beta. If you would like to Beta for me, let me know through a PM(I LOVE THE NEW SYSTEM) or a review. Lastly, if anyone wants to do some fanart, that would be awesome. I'll be willing to send you a description of the character you are interested in drawing. I myself would love to see it :D! Anyway this chapter is kinda funny and there is some stuff you could consider fluff in it(not really, but kind of). Here it is then guys, the newest installment of Root: The Kazegan!(for now)
"Naruto sent back a reply," announced Miyuki as the team leaped through the forest. It had been about three hours since she sent the message and the team was questioning whether or not the message had arrived. Sakura motioned for the group to stop and they all leapt down onto the main path. Sakura found a spot where the Moon shone a decent amount of light on them and they opened Miyuki's scroll.
"Thanks for the update Miyuki. I was dealing with another team's problems and I had to dispatch a support squad. Took quite a bit of time but now I'm able to respond to you. Hopefully, you guys didn't leave anyone alive or let anyone escape. We don't need Iwa having the heads up on our arrival. You guys need to be as discreet as possible. As much as I'd like to help out the village—it is not our responsibility. In my opinion, the best thing to do would to be to somehow dispatch a message to Kusa and have them deal with it. As for the remainder of the mission, continue on with the plan and let me know of any new developments. Good luck!"
After the enthusiastic Hokage's voice faded from the tiny toad, Sakura spoke up, "Well there you go, lets continue on."
"My clone just dispelled itself. It has delivered the message and their leader has assured me that they will be sending back up to the village," said Yamato.
"That's good to hear but we need to get back on schedule," said Sakura.
"Sakura!" whined Kiba.
"I don't want to hear it Kiba! The border is up ahead and I plan on making it well into the Land of Earth before sunrise," barked Haruno, once again.
"Whatever Sakura," shrugged Kiba.
Sakura leapt back onto the trees and they all got into formation. Gikaru was tired but he didn't feel like arguing with the cherry blossom. She had quite a temper and if she could deal with the Uchiha-hime, she'd be able to deal with the people on this team with no problem.
Gikaru began to think about his pupils as he jumped from tree to tree. He wondered if any of them had gone to see their families—minus Takeru. Inokuza's parents were most likely around or tending to one of their family's businesses. Yokama's parents, who weren't shinobi, were without a doubt in Konoha. They had no business leaving Konoha since their whole life was in the enormous village. They owned a quaint clothes shop where Yokama had worked before she became a shinobi.
Apparently, Hinata had dragged Naruto into their shop trying to buy him a pair of clothes which didn't have orange on it and the moment they walked into the store Naruto sensed a very potent chakra signature. It was a large amount of a chakra for the average person, average for a shinobi, but the amount of chakra wasn't what he sensed; he sensed the fact that it was under extreme control. He walked around the store until he found its source, which turned out to be, Aomori Yokama.
He asked Hinata to look at the girl's chakra circulatory system and she saw that it had enormous capacity. Hinata told Naruto that the girl would have a very easy time molding chakra and that she should be a shinobi. Naruto then approached the girl, who had a strange look on her face, and asked to speak to her parents.
As for Takeru, his story was an extremely sad one. He came from a shinobi background; neither of his parents ever accomplishing anything special. They had both barely achieved chunin level and worked as patrols around the village. The day he entered the academy, his mother was sent on her first mission outside the village. The Godaime told his mother that her analytical skills were needed for a reconnaissance mission. Apparently, his mother was adept in detecting genjutsu.
During her mission, she was killed by a group of rogue ninja. When his father received the news, he began to change. The man began to take out his pain on his son by hitting him in drunken rages or cursing him when he was frustrated. Soon after, the Godaime noticed the man's change in personality and discharged him as a shinobi due to a fragile emotional state.
Takeru, who was nine at the time, pledged to become a medic-nin so that he could heal people who suffered. He devoted his time in the academy to researching medical techniques and ways to refine his chakra and control it well. As he grew though, so did his father's punishments. His father would beat him more and lock him inside his room. Eventually Takeru's mental state was weakened also and the instructors at the academy noticed and made a report the Hokage. The report was made right around the same time Root was commissioned so she added him to the program so that she could refine his skills and get him away from his father.
His father was told that Takeru was being taken away due to physical and mental abuse and that the custody of Takeru was to be determined by the Hokage. Since that day, his father nor Takeru have tried to find each other.
Gikaru was interrupted from his thoughts by the Haruno girl, "We're officially crossing the border. Welcome to the Land of Earth."
"About time!" shouted Kiba. His nin-dog barked in agreement.
"How far to the closest town Haruno?" asked Kisame.
"About 30 minutes if we keep this pace."
"Good, I need a good night's sleep," said Kisame with a sigh of relief.
"But, were not stopping," said Haruno much to the group's surprise. Both Kiba and Kisame's eyes nearly popped out of their heads.
"May I ask why we aren't stopping?" asked Kurenai.
"We just finished killing a strike team of Iwa shinobi. I'd rather let the aftershock die down a bit before a large group of suspicious 'merchants' arrives in a village not too long after."
"I guess they would notice if a bunch of shinobi just never came back," pouted Kiba.
"However, I do want to make some observations of the town," Kiba's eyes brightened up. His pet began to wag its tongue. "I want to know if the rumor of the Tsuchikage stationing teams of shinobi in every little town is true. Apparently, due to the Land of Earth being enormous, the Tsuchikage decided that it would be very difficult to defend his outer villages with the main hidden village being far away from the borders. As a result, he supposedly stationed teams of shinobi in every town in order to serve as a protective measure and a warning of any intruders to the main village."
"I believe it would be best for one person to go in the town and gather supplies. I don't know about you guys but I prefer not to be living off this canned food and ramen," Gikaru added.
"I'M DOING IT!" yelled the Inuzuka.
Kiba had disguised himself as a middle-aged nomad; it was actually pretty believable. He left Akamaru behind due to the fact that it would draw too much attention. He kept the same backpack he carried while he was traveling, but replaced his black ninja suit with a long grey robe with a white undershirt. As for his face, he replaced his black scruffy hair with long brown hair. He gave himself a more defined nose and pointier jaw. To him, this was the look of a worn down man.
He walked into the village with his head down. He tried his hardest to hide his chakra signature. The transformation jutsu constantly emitted chakra, so he had to keep the chakra emission as low as possible. Even the slightest jump in his chakra levels and he would be detected and the situation would get messy.
He kept his arms on his backpack straps and began walking towards the marketplace of the town. It was still early and the Sun was slowly rising in the morning sky. He raised his head and watched the sky as he walked. The sunrise in this town was awfully similar to the one in Konoha.
The sunrise was always something Kiba enjoyed watching. It gave his body its constant flow of energy. It was as if the sun rising had a direct effect on his spirit.
Kiba suddenly felt something, or someone, slam into his right arm. He looked to his right and realized he had run into a shinobi; an Iwa shinobi!
"I-I'm sorry sir," he stuttered. If he didn't have to keep up his disguise, he would be kicking this guy's ass for walking into him, "I was just paying attention to the sunrise and didn't notice where I was walking."
"Watch where you're walking next time idiot," the ninja grunted. As the shinobi walked away, Kiba cursed him under his breath.
"What was that old-man?" The shinobi yelled. Shit.
"I didn't say anything sir," pleaded Kiba.
"I'm pretty sure you said something you sack of bones." He walked up to Kiba and pushed him to the ground. Kiba growled and caught the man's attention.
"Did you want to do something, old-man?"
"Kiba-kun! What have you gotten yourself into?" yelled a blonde haired, middle-aged woman who was running in Kiba's direction. She ran to his side and lifted his neck. "I'm really sorry mister. My husband can be so absent minded."
"I was just about to—," said Kiba as his 'wife' slapped her hand onto his mouth. The woman had jet black hair which was about shoulder length. She had green eyes and a long brown coat that covered her mouth and a pair of baggy pants. This woman's attire was similar to the girl on his team; the medic.
"You're lucky you came to your poor old man's rescue," said the Iwa shinobi as he grabbed her shoulder and pulled her towards him. "It's a shame. You're a cute little thing. He probably can't keep up with you, can he?"
The very moment the jerk from Stone touched her shoulder, Kiba saw the expression on her face change. He could tell she was holding back from doing something. But, the moment he implied what he implied, he could tell she couldn't hold back anymore.
"Alright asshole, I thought I was being helpful but pieces of shit like you just don't deserve any pity," said the woman as she cranked her arm back and slammed her fist into the man's cheek. Kiba saw the man quickly hit the ground from the force of her blow.
"Are you crazy bitch?" The shinobi stood up grabbing the left side of his face. The woman didn't wait for the man to respond. She swept his feet from under him and slammed her fist once again into his ribs. She then took her right elbow and dropped her whole body, elbow first, into his neck.
"That should keep him from talking like that," said the woman coldly. "Let's go honey."
As the 'married couple' walked away, he saw the man squirming on the ground holding his neck, gasping for air.
"What did you do?" asked Kiba to the strange woman.
"I taught him a lesson."
As Kiba walked with the woman, he found out that it was Yamamoto Miyuki who had saved him. He didn't really know the girl, but she seemed pretty nice. As they walked, he realized she was very reserved. Nice, but reserved.
They were on their way to the marketplace to pick up the materials they needed. Kiba kept his nose perked for the scent of any shinobi who might be following them in case someone suspected anything about the beating of the Stone shinobi.
"Why did they send you after me anyway?" asked Kiba.
"Does it bother you that I came?" replied Miyuki feeling insulted.
"No no! It's not that, I just want to know why they didn't think I could handle it on my own. I am a jounin you know," said Kiba frantically. He didn't want to meet the same fate as the last guy.
"Apparently you couldn't handle it yourself," Miyuki giggled.
"I had that situation under control!"
"I bet you did."
"I did!"
"I didn't say you didn't."
"But you implied it!"
"No I didn't."
"Ahhhhh! Whatever."
"Sakura-senpai is somewhere around here too. She's just observing though and seeing how many shinobi are around," Miyuki added.
They walked up to the first food stand they found. The marketplace was already full of people. The sun had barely risen but people were already out and about. Chatting, shopping, and hanging out. They had no idea what was going around in the ninja world around them. Wars that could start at any given moment, they were oblivious to. They didn't seem to care that there were almost no guards around to protect them in case of an attack.
Miyuki started picking out a variety of fruits and paid the vendor. They then kept on walking and went over to a meat vendor.
"What kind of meat should we get Kiba," she asked.
"Huh?" responded Kiba, his head still in the clouds. "Beef. We can make BBQ beef."
"Oh really Mr. Chef? And who is going to cook this, BBQ Beef?"
"Sakura-chan of course! She's a great cook."
"Sakura-senpai is not going to want to cook you your meals Kiba."
"She loves cooking. Uchiha told me," he grinned.
"I'll take three pounds of beef, six steaks, and five racks of ribs."
"I'm-so-hungry!" Kiba exclaimed.
"Thank you very much sir," said Miyuki as she took the massive amount of food from the merchant. She handed the load to Kiba who had a disappointed look on his face.
"Why do I have to carry it?" he whined.
"Because it's proper etiquette."
"Alright," Kiba sighed as Miyuki handed him the groceries. Every sentence Miyuki muttered was quick and to the point. It could be seen as rude, but Kiba found it funny. It was a nifty little personality quirk.
"So why am I here exactly?" complained Kiba as they walked through the stands of the marketplace. The Sun was rising a little bit more in the sky every time he looked up.
"To carry the groceries," said Miyuki as she handed a vendor money for some vegetables.
"I, Inuzuka Kiba, jounin of Konohagakure, am carrying groceries! I should have a genin team doing this me!"
"Pretend that you're my genin team," Miyuki mustered a small grin.
"Was that a smile I saw?" teased Kiba.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Miyuki kept on walking, her face returning to its normal serious glare.
"How much longer till we're done? These bags are getting heavy," Kiba had bags of food drooping all along his arms.
"Just go back to camp. I can get the last few things myself."
"Are you sure?"
Miyuki, not responding, turned around and kept walking through the marketplace. "She's a special one," Kiba thought.
Gikaru heard rustling in the bushes. He stood up and scanned the forest around him. He looked at Hinata and pointed to his ear trying to tell her he heard something. Hinata put her hands in a seal and activated her Byakugan.
A second later she spoke, "It's just Kiba-kun Gikaru-san." Kiba walked out from the bushes as Gikaru sat back down.
"You almost got killed you know," stated Gikaru.
"How'd you know?" he asked with a look of surprise.
"You weren't following me in the wind or anything like that were you?" he asked.
"I thought you were an enemy and almost attacked you," Gikaru rolled his glowing, yellow eyes. "What are you talking about?"
"First of all, where is everyone else? And where is Akamaru?" wondered Kiba as he looked around the small clearing they were camping in. "Did everyone abandon you and Hinata?"
"Captain Yamato and Kisame are scouting the area. Kurenai and Akamaru went to look for water. Sakura is observing the town and Miyuki is supposed to be with you. I hope you didn't leave her alone" Gikaru responded.
"Well um, she said I could come back and bring these groceries! They were getting heavy!" said Kiba as he waved the bags he was carrying. Suddenly Kiba was knocked over by his enormous ninken, Akamaru.
"Stop licking me Akamaru!" Kiba laughed as his dog and he rolled around on the ground.
"Stop acting like kids and tell me where the Miyuki girl is!"
Gikaru caught Kiba's attention and he pushed Akamaru off him, "Who exactly do you think you are talking to me like that?"
"This isn't the time to argue about your ego. You left our medic alone in an enemy town and apparently you were almost killed. I'm assuming something happened where you got into a fight. If you got into a fight someone is going to try and get back at you. And if you killed someone that's going to cause a lot of problems and then-"
"I didn't kill anyone!" Kiba interrupted. "Well, at least I didn't. I'm not sure what happened to the guy who touched Miyuki."
"He touched Miyuki?" asked a concerned Hinata.
"Yeah he put his hand on her shoulder and started saying a bunch of crazy things and she beat the crap out of him." Kiba scratched his head.
"Miyuki-chan doesn't like people touching her," Hinata put her hands to her face in frustration. "We need to find her. Was it a shinobi who grabbed her?"
"Yeah, it was an Iwa shinobi."
"AKAMARU! COME BACK!" yelled Kurenai as she also ran through the bushes. Water was splashing everywhere from the large bucket she was carrying. "Oh hi everyone," she blushed. She set the bucket down next to Hinata and asked her why she looked so frustrated.
"I'm going to find her and see if she's okay," announced Gikaru.
"I'll come with-" Kiba was interrupted.
"No you're not. You're the reason we're in this mess now."
"May I come Gikaru-san?" asked Hinata.
"I rather go by myself since it would be easiest for me to go unnoticed. Thank you for the offer though Hinata-sama."
"It's going to be hard to miss you with those eyes," Kiba whispered to Akamaru.
"I'm going to be in and out of wind currents, hiding behind whatever I can find. Think before you speak baka," scoffed Gikaru.
Kiba formed a fist and started shaking it at Gikaru. Akamaru began to lick him.
"I'll be back. Notify Sakura where I've gone when she comes back."
Gikaru perched himself upon a tree over the village. He stood there overlooking the unsuspecting villagers going about their normal lives. He scanned the crowd trying to find Miyuki and couldn't find her. He decided that he should find the marketplace since that is where Miyuki would most likely be.
He jumped from tree to tree, scaling the wooden barrier around the town. From the distance he saw a pink-haired kunoichi doing the same as he was doing before. Her face suddenly turned to one of disbelief as he landed beside her.
She jolted and turned to see Gikaru right next to her, "You scared the daylights out of me Gikaru."
"I'm here to find Miyuki. That Inuzuka idiot left her alone. Apparently, they got into an argument with an Iwa shinobi and Miyuki ended up fighting him and leaving him unconscious. "
"It's too late. They have her."
The jerk from before put her in a really bad mood. She tried to stop from herself from hurting him, but he pushed her too far. Fortunately, she had been around Kiba who helped her get over her anger. He was funny, witty, and kind of cute. If it weren't for Hara, she wouldn't mind getting to know Kiba a little better. The more she thought about it though; she realized it wouldn't matter because if she wasn't good enough for Hara she wasn't good enough for a famous shinobi like Kiba.
All she needed to pick up were a few more spices and some sauces. Maybe she'd pick up some noodles and rice. Yeah, she would have to get that too. She kept walking and found a nice stand where an elderly woman was selling various wheat products.
"Hello there young lady, can I help you with something?"
"I need ramen," she smiled.
"Oh I have the perfect noodles for ramen," said the kind woman. She pointed to a bag of high-end noodles and Miyuki picked them up to read the contents.
"This is great. I'll take them," she handed the woman some money and took three bags of the ramen noodles. She kept on walking in between stand and stand and saw a trio of what seemed to be genin team. They each had Iwa forehead protectors wrapped around their foreheads and seemed to be looking for something. She wondered if they were on some sort of D-rank mission and how the assignment process worked when this town was so far from the hidden village. Whatever they were looking for would be hard to find since the marketplace was filled with people by this time.
"It's the bitch who attacked me! Get her!" Miyuki heard someone yell from behind her. She immediately spun around to face whoever was after her. It was the man from before who had a neck brace around his neck and four other shinobi who were wearing chuunin vests.
"Brats get over here!" yelled the injured shinobi to the group of genin she had seen before. They walked up to him with a strange look on their faces, "That's the woman who beat you up sensei?" asked one of the genin.
"She caught me off guard!"
"She's not even a shinobi," a black haired girl shook her head.
"Well she's not an ordinary townswoman! Get her!"
Miyuki dropped the bag she was holding and began to run in the opposite direction of the shinobi. She flipped over various merchant stands and slid between groups of people. However, the four chuunin were keeping up with her, not getting deceived by her less-than-adequate stealth tactics.
Two of the genin from before appeared in front of her and one of them slammed their hands into the ground, "Earth Release: Mud Wall Jutsu!" A wall barely a foot taller than Miyuki and about four feet wide rose up in front of the kid. She jumped onto the top of the wall and used the genin who used the jutsu as a step for her to make a leap for the town's barrier.
As she was midair she was tackled down by a blur she didn't see coming. She hit the ground first, feeling a striking pain in her back. The chuunin who was on top of her was putting the weight of his body on her legs and trying to restrain his arms. The situation she was in reminded her of too many things that she never wanted to remember.
She mustered all the strength in her legs and pulled them from under the shinobi. She tried applying some chakra to her feet and slammed them both against his chest, which sent him flying back a few feet. It was nowhere near anything Sakura could do but it was enough to get her out of that compromising situation.
The two other shinobi flickered to both of her sides and the man from before, who she assumed was a jounin, was face to face with her.
"What do you want with me?"
"I'm getting back at you for doing this to me," the jounin said as he pointed to his neck.
"You brought that upon yourself asshole," Miyuki got in a defensive stance and began to back up from the two chuunin.
"Don't think you're going anywhere!" yelled another genin that appeared from under her trying to drag her underground. She jumped and escaped the child's grasp and landed a few feet back.
"Drop the guise; it's obvious now that you're a shinobi!"
"What makes you think that?" asked Miyuki sarcastically. As she spoke her transformation jutsu melted away. Her outfit was once again her typical white jacket with extra long sleeves and white pants. Her hair went from being blonde to a darker more golden color that was about shoulder length.
"If you want me you have to come and get me," she said as she withdrew two kunai from within her sleeves. She charged at one of the chuunin first and dropped down to his knees and swept his legs from under him with her left leg. From her crouched position she lunged towards the other chuunin slamming her shoulder into his gut.
The ninja she had thrown off her from before was above her trying to drop kick her. She slid to the side and attempted to slice his throat as he came down, but she missed and tumbled forward.
"Shit," she thought. The last remaining chuunin was performing a jutsu while she was down, "Earth Release: Earth Prison Jutsu!"
The ground beneath her began to wrap around her, constricting her arms and legs and trapping her up to her neck. She struggled to get loose, but it was no use. She was captured.
"Good night sweetheart," was the last thing Miyuki heard before she felt a foot kick her across the side of her head.
"We need to go after them," stated Gikaru calmly. He wasn't all that worried about the safety of his teammate. He was more worried that these lowly shinobi would discover their mission.
"We're outnumbered. We should back for help," suggested Sakura.
"You're one of the Konoha Twelve and the Godaime Hokage's apprentice. One jounin and a few genin won't trouble you that much."
She put her hands to her temples and thought out the possibilities. The others would be fine; they were some of Konoha's finest. Gikaru was the head of Root; he could handle himself. She was Konoha's Healing Blossom and a member of the Konoha Twelve. Why was she doubting herself?
"Alright. Did you see in what direction they went?"
Gikaru pointed to the northwest end of the village. They both jumped over the village's gates and began a pursuit of Miyuki's captors.
Sakura and Gikaru were on top of a house next door to the building the Iwa shinobi were carrying Miyuki into. They were trying to decide what they course of action would be. They could either break the door down and rescue Miyuki or they could silently assassinate them. Sakura wasn't suited for the latter, but Gikaru was. Gikaru could easily level the fragile building with his wind jutsu and Sakura could effortlessly break the building apart plank by plank, but if they barged in by force it would attract too much attention.
"Can you materialize right into that building?" asked Sakura.
"I can't go through solid objects or appear where I want to. I can only go where the wind takes me."
"Well where is the wind going to take you right now then?"
"Let us find out," Gikaru put his hands in a concentration seal and whispered, "Kazegan."Sakura watched him as his once blank yellow eyes formed a tiny green pupil in the center of each one. The veins around his temples began to bulge much like the Hyuuga when they activated their Byakugan. Gikaru focused his eyes on the air currents around the building. To him, the currents glowed blue like chakra. There seemed to be an air current parallel to the one in front of him that went right alongside a second floor window. He would have to jump on the current in front of him, and then jump off and onto the one parallel to it.
"I have a path that I can take from here to that window over there," said Gikaru as he pointed to the window he was looking at before. "Once I'm in, I'll create a distraction and lure all the shinobi to where I am so you can go in and rescue Miyuki."
"I suppose I'm taking the front door?"
"Correct."
"It shouldn't be too difficult to disperse of them. They won't be able to use their earth jutsu since they're indoors. Be careful though, there might be more of them, but I doubt it."
"Got it. Move out," Gikaru jumped off the roof of the home they were on and merged with the current in front of him. He could hear Sakura gasp in the background and he slightly smirked. He swiftly glided with the air, invisible to everyone around him, and for a split second as he reached the neighboring current, materialized and glided over to it to continue his path to the window.
He reached the outside of the window and he hovered in front of it as he checked for anyone inside the room. The only things in the room were a few beds and two clothing dressers. Gikaru reached out of the current with both hands and opened the window slowly. If anyone was watching all they would see is two floating hands.
He put his legs in first and jumped into the room. He scanned the room for any air currents which he could merge with, but there was nothing stable enough for him to travel on. He crept through the room and poked his head out to see if there was anyone in the hallways. No sign of anyone. He saw a room on the other side of the hall to his left and quickly rolled to the other room. The hallway was only about a meter wide and he was able to do it in one roll.
Gikaru kept his senses keen and tried to listen for any noise. A sudden scream broke the serene silence of the building. He assumed it must've been Miyuki and he quickly dashed out of the room and towards the sound. It was from the direction he came from and ran past various empty rooms until he got to the source of the sound.
"Miyuki!" said Gikaru surprised. She was tied up to a chair with the three genin from earlier sitting around her. A relatively large, brown rat was sitting on her lap and she was frantically flailing around in the chair trying to get it off her.
"Team Zeta Assemble! We have an intruder! I, Nezumi Eri, will lead my team to defeat you!" proclaimed a short, dirty looking, and black haired genin. "Kuri, charge the enemy shinobi!"
The rat sitting on Miyuki's lap hopped off of her and began to charge at Gikaru. He tilted his head confused at what this rat could possibly do and he figured it out when he heard the rodent's owner activate his jutsu, "Rapid Rodent Growth!"
The tiny rat grew to a large three foot long which leapt in the air and began spinning like a wheel and tackled Gikaru to the ground. Gikaru shoved it off to the side and went towards its master. The three genin cowered in fear as Gikaru towered over them.
"Call your little rat off," Gikaru ordered.
"Kuri don't give up!" was all Eri could mumble before Gikaru slammed his fist across the child's face.
"That was harsh," Miyuki stated.
Gikaru did not respond to hear because the only thing he could hear was the rat's overbearing, ultrasonic chirping. The next thing he knew the four chuunin were at the door to the room he was in and had their weapons drawn.
"Who the hell are you?" asked one of them. Gikaru dug his hands into his equipment pouches and launched several shuriken at the chuunin. Three of them scattered, while one of them with nowhere to go took three shuriken to his chest. Gikaru quickly diverted his attention to Miyuki and untied her constraints.
"We need to get out of here," she said.
"We have to kill them first."
"We can just leave without killing them. It would be a lot less messy."
"They will send a message to Iwa about their village being attacked and our cover will be blown."
"Good point," said Miyuki as she nodded in agreement.
The two shinobi ran into the hallway and each grabbed a chuunin and began to beat them. Gikaru managed to impale one of the shinobi's throats with a kunai leaving two chuunin; one more for him and Miyuki's opponent. The other ninja that Gikaru was dealing with charged at him with a giant hammer, but Gikaru quickly performed a jutsu to keep him away, "Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!" He took a deep breath, distended his stomach, and punched himself in the gut to release three consecutive balls of compressed air and chakra at the shinobi. They hit the man in the stomach and sent him flying through the wooden walls of the building and down into the town.
He figured that would be a sufficient signal for Sakura to come barging into the house. He turned around and the jounin from earlier punched him square in the nose causing him to fall to the ground; his nose dripping blood as he made his way down.
"How dare you?" yelled the angered jounin. Gikaru merged with the static air around him, causing the man to believe he disappeared. He looked around and saw Miyuki still brawling with the last chuunin who seemed to have cracks in his skin; probably some sort of earth jutsu. The jounin, not worrying about where Gikaru went, began to run towards Miyuki who had her back to him. Gikaru reappeared and grabbed the man by the shoulders and pulled him to the ground.
Behind him, he heard an enormous crashing sound and the breaking of glass. He hoped that was Sakura taking care of anyone who was downstairs. Gikaru looked down at the man he had knocked to the ground and said one last thing to him, "Enjoy the afterlife," Gikaru brought a blade of wind right down the middle of his face.
Sakura healed Gikaru's nose while Miyuki patched up any minor injuries she had. The Iwa shinobi were too distracted by women and games to interrogate Miyuki as to why she was in their town. They told her that they'd be back for her later and that the genin's mission was to watch her.
When Sakura arrived in the building, there was another chuunin who was keeping watch while the jounin ran upstairs to see what the trouble was. Sakura easily defeated him with herculean strength and made her way upstairs to check up on Miyuki and himself. None of them, even Gikaru, were able to bring themselves to kill the three innocent children; it was not the way Konoha-nin operated. The chuunin were already old enough to be responsible for their own actions and the genin were most likely just learning how to be ninja. In turn, Sakura placed a sleeping genjutsu on the three genin and the rat, and they trio were each carrying one of them back to camp so that Kurenai could implant genjutsu in their minds to forget about what happened.
Gikaru was frustrated with how messy things had gotten. If everyone would have just gone along with the plan, none of this would have happened. However, there was nothing he could do about it now and hoped they could get to Iwagakure without any more trouble.
A/N: In case anyone was wondering, Eri's last name means rat in japanese. His clan is going to play a part in this current arc. This chapter was a little longer than the others, but more focused. Personally I liked it, there were some hints of KibaxMiyuki =P I'll keep for Hara...I think! I've got a lot of cool ideas for the upcoming chapters/arcs of the story. Theres definitely a lot of ideas I want to get down in the story. I've got a bunch of different things jotted down on my reference paper for the story. Abilities for shinobi/jutsu, characters that will be in the story, a possible spin-off(hehehe SasxSak) and a bunch of other stuff. I hope you guys liked the chapter, I worked hard on this one. Don't forget to tell me what you guys think about the possible new title for the story and I need a beta and someone for fanart too! Till later my friends and dont forget to review!