NARUTO
All I Need To Know
CHAPTER TWELVE
I Choose LIFE!!
And, wouldn't you know it, Trailmon dumped them out in a glade ruled by grizzly bears.
"AAUURRGGHH!!" Emma, Mari, Kai, Kin, Zaku, Dosu, Kankurou, Garaa, Temari, Shikamaru, Chouji, Ino, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata, Kiba, Akamaru, Shino, Neji, Tenten, Lee, Ai, Sore, Jaws, Pinku, Kakashi, Chou-Chou, Kamari, Itachi, Kisame, Yumi, Mushi, Musha and Hoshi screamed, as they ran for their lives, and the grizzlies gave chase.
"GRR!" Said the grizzly bears.
"AAUURRGGHH!!" Everyone screamed.
(Well, Akamaru, Jaws and Pinku weren't exactly screaming, but, you know...)
"OW!" Tenten tripped and fell.
Neji stopped immediately, and ran back to help her.
One grizzly lunged for them, but Naruto came flying out of nowhere and hit it with a round-house kick. Hinata came running back too, with Chou-Chou in her arms, as Neji and Naruto fought the bear.
Up ahead, more trouble took place, when Chouji fell down a hill, and one of the grizzly bears followed him.
"NOOOOOOOO!!" Mari howled, and dove in after them.
"Oh bloody hell..." Kai followed after her and Kin, Dosu, Zaku, Sore and Ai thought that they'd better go too and lend him a hand.
"Why the hell am I running!?" Kiba asked, slamming on the breaks.
"KIBA-CHAN!" Musha cried, as she came running back to him.
Mushi, Akamaru, Shino and Kisame were right behind her, as Akamaru growled and attacked the attacking grizzly, which was a particularly fat one, just like Chouji (sorry). Kiba joined in, glad for a little bit of action!
Lee, who had Itachi, suddenly felt a grizzly's claw around his ankle, and he fell.
Sasuke wheeled around. "ITACHI-CHAN!" He yelled, and ran back to help.
"SASUKE-CHAN!" Ino yelled at the same time Sakura screamed: "LEE-CHAN!" Both of them ran back too, followed by Kakashi and Pinku.
Emma realised that they'd all been separated, and she grabbed Kankurou's hand and yelled: "EVERYONE STAY TOGETHER!"
Suddenly, one of the grizzly bears grabbed onto her ankle.
She screamed, as blood splashed from the wound mirroring Lee's, and she and the bear crashed down another hill.
"EMMA-CHAN!!" Temari, Garaa, Yumi and Shikamaru all screamed.
Jaws went hurtling into the trees after her, and Yumi suddenly lost her balance too and fell after them.
The last grizzly suddenly attacked those still standing on top of the hill, and they had no choice but to fight it, until Kamari fell also.
"MY SON!!" Temari screamed, and Shikamaru had to grab her to stop her from going after him.
"EMMA WILL GET HIM, HE'LL BE FINE!" Shikamaru
shouted, as Temari sobbed. Shikamaru wasn't about to let her do what Mari had done for Chouji (though, technically, he thought that maybe his and Temari's son was more important to them then Mari's fiancé might be to her, but she'd probably have disagreed completely with him if he said that to her)...
"EMI-CHAN!!" Kankurou yelled over the cliff, and Garaa had to stop him from jumping.
Everyone started to feel a little suicidal in that forest just then...
Down in the canyon, Yumi, Jaws and Kamari watched in horror as Emma tangled with the 2 tonne grizzly. It was bloody and painful for both her and the bear, until Emma finally screamed: "SCARLET FIRE!!"
Fire redder then the reddest red lit up the glade they were in, scorching the bear alive until the smell of roasting grizzly filled their nostrils.
"It's dead." Emma assured the kids, who finally ran to her and threw their arms around her. She soothed them as, suddenly, Chief trotted into the glade, and Jaws circled like a vulture.
"Well, we have food and transport, so let's camp here tonight and then find everyone tomorrow." Emma said.
It turned out that Chief was wearing saddle bags and, in them, somehow, were:
. Three sleeping bags
. Marshmallows
. Meltable chocolate
. Thermoses for water
. And a book called How To Prepare A Grizzly Bear For
Three.
Emma and the kids ate, talked a little, and then Emma sung lullaby after lullaby until the kids fell asleep.
Chief grazed nearby, and Jaws dozed on his whithers, as Emma stared into the fire.
"I should go and look for the others." She decided and Tatsujuu thought this was a fine idea. So, he separated himself from her body, as they do sometimes, and Emma stood guard whilst Tatsujuu flew off.
Presently, he came across Sore and Gobi Karasu.
"Where's Emma?" She asked him.
Tatsujuu told her, and then said: "Emma, Kamari and Yumi were separated from the others. They've got that bird and the horse with them. She's hurt, but not too badly, she healed most of her wounds but she can't walk. She'll have to ride, but I don't think she will. She'll let the kids ride instead. Poor Chief. Anyways, we should all try to meet up at the same place."
"Okay." She agreed straight away. "Let's say over there, where the two mountains form a valley, that place is called Crystal-Brook Falls."
"Fine." Tatsujuu growled. "Just don't expect us to bring you any grizzly meat."
"Don't worry, we have our own." She smirked (can ravens smirk?).
They flew off in separate directions.
Naruto was standing on a rock.
"YOU WON'T BEAT ME, FOREST!!" He bellowed. "I CHOOSE LIIIIIIIIFE!!" He added.
Birds took flight in a panic.
"Oh boy…" Tenten muttered, as she and Hinata watched him.
Naruto ran off somewhere, calling over his shoulder that he'd be the one to find some food.
He was back, two minutes later, sobbing on the rock.
"WE'RE DOOOOOOOOMED!!" He wailed.
"Baka…" Neji murmured.