Kaneshi!
Chapter 21
By: HeavenlydemonxXxo

It's getting near the end.

I would NEVER own Naruto.

It wasn't as strong as I intended it to be, but nonetheless, everything slowed down. Well, it seemed to. Everything was going just as fast, but this time I could follow him with my eyes, catching every detail that he did. Sometimes I lost him, but the fire technique that Sasuke was using always got me back on track. I took off my jacket and threw it to Sasuke.

"COVER YOURSELF WITH IT!"

The needle round came once again. Focusing on every bit of motion around me, I managed to dodge half of the needles. Sasuke followed what I said and covered himself. He was unharmed. On the other hand, Naruto was on the ground, looking worse than ever.

"Damn, we were so close!" cursed Naruto.

I understood Haku's pattern now. He moves from reflection to reflection, at the speed of light. From how the mirrors are arranged, he could move to another mirror within a 3 to 6 radius horizontally. And same vertically.

"Naruto! Get out of this and attack from the outside!" ordered Sasuke. Naruto started running.

"As if that could happen." The mirror's flashed and Naruto was pushed back a little.

"Like, I would give up!" shouted Naruto, and he kept on running. I saw it again. That green blur. It was moving towards Naruto, when a fireball came in the way. He only slightly moved to dodge it and kept going. Soon he was right in front of him and kicked him away.

"Damn!" Naruto cursed again.

"Let's do this one more time." said Sasuke.

"Things won't go as you wish. I'll start with you!" Both Naruto and Sasuke ran in different directions, when another round of needles hit Sasuke. Then Naruto. All of a sudden Sakura'sscream pierced the air. I had to do something. So far I haven't done anything except analyze the enemy. Naruto started running again. He was seriously injured, and in no position to attack. Haku fired another launch of needles at Naruto. He fell back and laid there, unconscious. I ran over to him. This wasn't getting any better for us. Another needle launch came at us. Sasuke blocked them all. It was like he could see all of Haku's movements.

It was all a blur again.

"Kaneshi! Run!" Sasuke picked up Naruto and ran to the other side. Shortly after I got away, another attack of needles landed where we were. 'Sasuke...' his eyes were ...'Sharingan!'

Haku didn't stop there though. Launch after launch he fired and Sasuke got hit to protect the both of us. Blood was dripping down from him. As I watched him, tears were welling up in my eyes. This wasn't how I imagined my first real battle. I wasn't sitting beside an unconscious teammate while my other was dying for us. The agony from watching all this started suffocating me. Naruto stirred. I wanted to scream. Then slowly, as Sasuke fell to the ground, my breathing returned to normal.

"SASUKE!" shouted Naruto.

I covered Sasuke with my jacket. "Naruto, let's get wild."