Snow Country
My hair whipped around my legs as I stood atop of my dragon. I had only summoned Ryuu two times before this so we weren't that well acquainted, but I knew that he loved a good fight. Just like my demon I merged myself with.
"So looks like we meet again snake," Ryuu growled out.
That struck me surprised a bit. "You know him?" I asked.
"Oh no, he doesn't know me, he knows my snake summon Manda. Right Manda?" Orochimaru asked.
The giant snake in front of me hissed at me and Ryuu. "You know the last time I saw you, you were purple. Hm, now your white which means you got old," Ryuu snickered.
'Hey when are we actually going to start fighting Saku?' my demon asked me.
Orochimaru's snake suddenly jumped at me and Ryuu out of nowhere. Ryuu flew upward and out of harm's way with me holding onto his head, not trying to lose my balance.
Well there's your answer, I thought back to my other half.
"That was a close one," I said to Ryuu.
"You got that right Sakura," he huffed out, "You know that this is going to be a tough one little girl. I almost lost against Manda all those years ago," then he turned a little to look at me with his big black eyes, "And why is your chakra different?"
"Long story short I'm merged with my demon at the moment and I have the Rinnegan. Now let's go kill the snake," I shouted.
"Sounds good to me," Ryuu shouted back as he dove back down.
I hate dragons, you know that don't you?
Why should I care? Now give me some of your power so we can end this quickly. I'm planning on using one of my brothers jutsus, and with you chakra and mine combined we could pull it off.
I'm guessing it has something to do with his gravity jutsus, am I correct?
You'll see.
Manda once again tried to bite Ryuu's head off, but my blue dragon was to quick for him. I looked back at Orochimaru to see him with that stupid tongue of his out. I really hated that tongue, it was just unnatural.
"Sakura-chan why aren't you attacking me? I'm a little surprised, knowing you have Tsunade's temper and Kakashi's fighting will you should have attacked by now. What are you planning?" Orochimaru asked me.
I looked at him straight on, my Rinnegan getting ever brighter as I did so, "You ruined everything for me. Because of you I was taken away from my brother, a demon was put inside of me, Sasuke became beyond helping, and I just don't like you and that stupid tongue. I have something planned for you that's quick and easy. I can make it quicker if you're just so impatient," I seethed, he was really starting to piss me off with his arrogant attitude and he needed to be brought down.
"Hm, I did all those things yes but...your wrong about Sasuke," he chuckled out.
"What do you mean?" I shouted back at him.
Kohona
Naruto, Kakashi, and Sasuke all went into the Hokage's office with different reactions to what they saw. Naruto with glee, Kakashi with indifference (as always), and Sasuke with a worried look on his face.
Gaara looked back from Tsunade to the group of three in front of him. He smirked a bit at Naruto and Kakashi, but his expression turned downright cold when he looked at Sasuke. Naruto noticed this and got a little worried but blew it off and went to his friend to give him his bone crushing hug.
"Gaara! I missed you so much, why don't I get to see you anymore?" Naruto yelled at Gaara as he stilled hugged him.
Gaara smirked and pushed Naruto off of him with his sand, making Naruto fall onto the ground.
"Unlike you Naruto I'm busy with the safety of my village and its people. Maybe you will know what that is like someday," Gaara said then he turned back to Tsunade who looked like she was about to scold Naruto and spoke to her, "I'm here regarding the letter you sent me Hokage-sama."
Naruto got off the floor and looked at Tsunade. She looked worn down, tired, and she had a big bottle of sake next to her. She took a quick sip and looked back at Gaara, folding her hands together in the process.
"Yes, the letter about Sakura," Tsunade said in a very somber tone, "I hope that you will not have any ill feelings towards her and her decision."
Naruto looked back at Gaara who had a sad appearance on his face. Naruto understood why, he knew that Sakura and Gaara had gotten closer over the years. After she had save Gaara's brother she became considered as part of their family in a sense. Whenever she wasn't on a mission or in Kohona she was in Suna. Gaara and Sakura became very close friends, like how Naruto and Sakura were, and she was very helpful towards Gaara's village.
Naruto remembered the first time Gaara and Sakura worked together on a mission concerning Akatsuki. He was on that mission as well. Let's just say that Gaara and Naruto said something wrong to her and they ended up a mile away from her. Naruto rubbed his jaw absentmindedly, remembering how hard her punches were. But they all became very close after that.
"No I understand. She wanted to protect Naruto and see her family. Knowing her I'm not surprised at her decision. She always did think about others before herself. But I do have a question for you Hokage-sama," Gaara said in that monotone voice of his.
Tsunade looked at him and knew what was coming, "Go on."
Gaara's eyes just got harder as he looked back at her and asked, "What is the Uchiha doing here. Didn't he try to kill Naruto and Sakura in Cloud?"
Naruto looked back at his friends with sad eyes but spoke before Tsunade could, "Sasuke-teme over here says that it was all just an act. I don't believe him though."
"How many times do I have to tell you that I'm not lying you idiot?" Sasuke said.
"Well lets see-" Naruto said but was cut off by Kakashi.
"Tsunade we have a problem," he said in an urgent tone. Kakashi was always so laid back, and Naruto knew the only reason he would get like this is if he or Sakura were in trouble. He was fine so it had to be the latter, he thought with a shiver.
"What is it Kakashi?" Tsunade asked and then stood up from her desk.
"I made a jutsu that lets me know when Sakura uses a certain summoning I told her not to use," he said, pulling up his sleeve to reveal a mark that looked like a small diamond, "and she just used it, which means that she is in trouble."
"Wait what summoning are you talking about? Since when can she summon?" Sasuke asked in confusion.
"I'm guessing that it is Ryuu, correct?" Gaara asked completely ignoring Sasuke and his questioning.
"Yes," was all Kakashi said. Naruto saw the urgency in his posture and started to get even more worried. He had seen Sakura use this twice before. Once when just the two of them were on a mission, and a second time when they were on the mission with Gaara. When she used it she almost died because of using too much of her chakra.
"Uchiha get me Shikamaru now!" Tsunade shouted.
"But-" Sasuke started to say.
"Go now and then we will tell you more," she interrupted him.
Naruto saw the reluctant look on his face but he went out the door without another word.
"Gaara," Naruto said,"you remember the last time she used him? We almost lost her that last time. Who do you think she is fighting that she would need to use Ryuu?"
"With the Akatsuki on her side, I don't know," Gaara said then he looked at Naruto again, "but I am determined to find out."
Little did Naruto and Gaara know that she was doing more than just summoning the great blue beast. She was doing something that she had never done before.
Snow Country
Snow started to come down harder as I looked at Orochimaru who had glee in his eyes. I knew that he knew I still harbored a little of feeling towards Sasuke. He was just playing with me, that's what he does right?
"Hm, how about you come with me and you will find out," he slithered out, sticking out that disgusting tongue again. I swear if he does that one more time I'm going to rip it out.
"I don't think so," I said as I raised my hand in the air then I yelled, "Banshou Tenin!" The wind blew my hair forward as I threw Orochimaru and Manda into the woods with a crash. I saw Pein use this jutsu during a training session and picked up in it instantly. In a way I was like the Shaningan, able to copy anything I saw. Speaking of the Shaningan I looked behind me to see we were a safe distance from where Itachi used his Amaterasu.
Those flames wouldn't touch me as long as I stayed a mile away from them, and with the flying and pushing Orochimaru back he were a good three miles away from the flames.
My interval of five seconds was up so I was able to use that gravity jutsu again. I wonder what Kisame would say about that, but I had to put that thought aside. Because at the moment Manda was coming out of the huge crater he created in the forest, and was heading straight at me. And worst of all not only he but Orochimaru looked pissed off.
"Gouryuuka no Jutsu!" I shouted and did some hand signs. Then a fire dragon erupted from my hands heading straight towards Orochimaru and Manda. Ryuu also blew out fire to make the dragon even stronger making all the snow and trees in the fire dragon's path get turned to ash.
Problem was that Manda dogged it and only got skimmed by the fire dragon, and the dragon dissipated as it passed the giant snake.
Well that didn't work very well now did it Saku?
Shut up. And I'm guessing that since now my hair is at my ankles that you have transferred the needed chakra to me?
Right. Now go and get this over with...this fight has already weaken me enough and I have a bad feeling that if we don't use your brother's ultimate jutsu soon Orochimaru is going to catch on.
Got it.
My hair was indeed now at my ankles, good thing that the wind was blowing at me or I would have to cut my hair off to get it out of the way like when I was a gennin. Then Ryuu started to scream. I looked down to see another one of Orochimaru's smaller snakes bite Ryuu's tail.
"Ryuu hold still!" I shouted at him.
I sent some kunai at the snake and hit the mark on top of his head. The snake then disappeared with a poof. But I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my shoulder. I gasped and went down on my knees holding my shoulder in pain.
Gritting my teeth I looked at my shoulder to see a large gash and then I looked up to see a smiling Orochimaru. Realization hit me hard then. He used that smaller summon to distract me in helping Ryuu, leaving myself completely open. He had used that sword that came out of his mouth to get me in the shoulder.
But I wasn't an ANBU for nothing.
I trained my body a couple of years ago to heal itself when it was injured. This gash was pretty deep and probably had poison in it from the sword. The poison I would have to get out later but I could heal the major pain of it enough to not notice the pain that much.
"Sakura are you alright?" Ryuu asked me, his eyes still trained ahead at Orochimaru.
"Yeah," I said while slowly standing up, "just a little cut I'll be fine."
"Good, I was a worried there for a second little girl."
I laughed a bit then noticed what he called me again, "Hey I'm not little! I'm average."
Ryuu sighed, "This is not the time and place to fight right now. Shut up and use whatever you can to end this, I'll help out in any way I can."
I looked forward at Orochimaru, whose arms were now crossed, and knew Ryuu was right. I now had enough chakra to use that jutsu. I just had to get Orochimaru and Manda distracted. I went through my element ninjutsus that I knew, wind and fire. These were the two elements I was best at. Though I was better at genjutsu I knew that it would take up to much chakra, so I stuck with a wind jutsu for a distraction.
"Hana Chirimai!" I shouted doing the hand signs as I well. A spinning vortex of flower petals engulfed Orochimaru and Manda. I added a little more chakra into it making the petals sharper and cut them when they came in contact with a petal. Using my Rinnegan I looked through the flower vortex and saw Orochimaru struggling and bleeding all over. This was just the distraction I needed.
I put my hand out hoping that this would work, it was the first time I ever even tried it. I had asked Pein about this jutsu and he said that it could only be used by Rinnegan users. Time to test it out I guess.
"Shinra Tensei!" I shouted.
I heard a loud bang before I passed out on Ryuu's head.
Snow Country-with Itachi and Kisame
Itachi was watching the battle between Orochimaru and Sakura from a far distance, what he deemed was far anyways. Kisame was next to him, yelling at him.
"What the hell is your problem Itachi! She could die out there we need to get back to her now," Kisame shouted at Itachi for the tenth time.
Then the blue dragon Itachi had seen Sakura summoned flew up into the air away from Orochimaru's snake.
"She can handle herself fine," Itachi simply said.
When he looked back at her he really didn't want to leave, but something in those Rinnegan eyes of hers told him that he could trust her. Itachi never got worried about anyone besides his little brother and Kisame. He could care less about anyone else.
But as he watched the battle progress with his bright red eyes he got a pulling feeling inside of him. He wanted to go and help her, and kill Orochimaru himself so that Sakura wouldn't have any blood on her hands. But he knew he couldn't.
Kisame was still shouting at him but Itachi knew that Kisame knew that Sakura was capable of doing this and not dieing, that's why he was still here. Itachi saw that ever since Kisame had met Sakura when she was younger he thought of her as a little sister that he needed to protect and care for. Same went for Itachi for when Sakura was younger she reminded him of Sasuke.
But she had grown older and stronger and he knew that she would be alright. She was the sister of their fearless leader after all.
The battle in front of Itachi's eyes looked like it was at its closing when Orochimaru and his snake got caught in what looked like a vortex of flower petals. Itachi never knew she could do two different type of nature jutsus in such a short period of time, he would have to ask her if she knew more fire type based jutsus after this was over.
But then Itachi got this horrible feeling in his stomach when he saw a very large explosion, and that was an understatement. His red eyes widened as he looked more closely at the explosion. This looked like it could wipe out an entire village from the looks of it.
Kisame stopped talking and just started ahead. Itachi knew that it took a lot for that shark to be able to shut up, this explosion was one of those things from what he could tell. Itachi had never seen something of this large caliber ever. He was just shocked.
But then shocked was replaced with deep worry with Kisame's next words.
"Itachi I can't see her, where did she go dammit," Kisame said as he tried to look through the dust cloud that covered a very large crater.
And that was the thing they had no idea where she went. But a sudden gust of wind and snow cleared the dust from the explosion to reveal Orochimaru and his snake on the ground dead. Relife flooded through Itachi, but he still couldn't find Sakura. That was until the huge blue dragon that she summoned shot up into the air.
And it headed straight towards them.
~And ther is another chapter! My first major fight seen...if the jutsus Sakura did confused just look them up online and you'll get it. I thought they were pretty selff explanitory though.
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