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(PS. Still do not own Naruto or Naruto characters.)
Yumi had awoken in the guest bedroom with a note from him. 'Have meetings all day. Be safe. I trust you. - Gaara'.
A blush started to form on her face. I trust you. He trusted her. She shook her head, while it was light, she had only 12 hours more of freedom.
"Thank you." She carefully folded the note and placed it on the night stand. Turning over, she went back to sleep. 12 more hours then 4 more days...
24 hours, 4 days, see him, kiss him, sleep in the guest bedroom 24 hours, 4 days. It repeated again and again, until there were announcements and excitement over a public tournament to happen with the ninja children who were taking the exam.
"You need food." Yumi informed him dragging her feet as she shuffled from the guest bed to the fridge in the morning of her day off.
"Asami will buy some."
"Really? I found something your sand actually can't do?" She asked, half tired. She was mouthy when tired. She liked being mouthy, it was easy, especially when tired.
He gave her the look. Causing her to smirk, pleased with herself.
"You're so lazy. I'll get you food, well me food. You can pay me back." She shuffled her feet on the floor heading back to the guest room, maybe she'd nap before getting him food, well, her food.
"You realize I'm the Kazekage, right?" Coming up behind her, his arm wrapped around her, speaking in a low voice into her ear.
Gaara liked the 24 hours she was off. Every time she'd come in, she'd shower, dress in all cloth loose clothing, have her hair down, and her chest unwrapped...
"It's ok, everyone has their faults." She patted the side of his head. He smirked, his arms hugging her even closer. Her waist was narrow to him although she was probably average at best.
"I'll get food, you go back to sleep." He informed her, liking her staying here. Maybe she'd even stay after this. Her job would end once the chunin exams did, right?
"Mmmm, my hero... the lazy Kazekage." Yumi teased sleepily, smiling to herself.
Gaara instantly picked her up. He carried her to the guest bedroom where he tossed her on the guest bed.
"HEY!" She protested.
"Sleep." He commanded, closing the door with a smirk.
He had more meetings. At this rate the meetings were never going to end as no one could agree. The attacks had not been focused enough to unite them as completely as the great ninja war had...
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"SERIOUSLY!" She shouted pissed! She had JUST gotten back on shift, refreshed!
"Hn, didn't see me again, did you?" Ikiryo (genjutsu user, 2nd) smirked so very pleased. Even at the end of his shift, he was better than her.
Again, she was trapped in a genjutsu, his genjutsu.
"So, it's been 6 shifts... 31 days. Status meeting?" Yumi's head tilted as she inspected the older man. Technically as first rank, she was the highest rank of them, however she had one of the lower classes among them since she was always skipping the council meetings...
"Change of plans." Tenome (poison specialist, 7th) crossed his arms.
"Yes, supposedly we have to change." Nobusuma (wind style, 8th) sat crouched in the corner of the genjutsu.
"How we changing?" The brothers (taijutsu, 9th and 10th place) asked at the same time.
"There's going to be a tournament. And with it, two shifts." Now it was Tomohisa's (seals, 3rd) turn to talk.
"That will reduce our numbers." Yumi's voice showed skepticism in the plan already.
"Agreed." Basan (fire user, 6th) eyed the oldest among them.
"But it will place key members to assist with others weaknesses." Tenome countered. He knew genjutsus as well and had already spoken to a number of the members already while giving updates on the status of water and food quality.
"Who is doing what?" Mizuchi's (ice user, 5th) eyes were cold, also getting ready to disagree with this change.
"Better yet, who decided this?" Jinshi (earth, 4th) challenged.
"Please just don't tell me I'm off shift again. I seriously just got back on!" Yumi scowled.
"I know we all have captain or above captain titles, but we are need to follow the Jinkun on this one." Tomohisa raised his hands trying to calm the annoyed group before they out rightly dismissed the change.
"Till something happens." Basan crossed his arms, getting pissed. "And when something does happen, protection is our number one priority, not him."
"We already had our plans and positions laid out if things were to happen for any shift - why are we changing it now?" Nobusuma fanned Basan's anger.
"Is there new information?" Yumi asked in a lighter tone, recognizing a fight was on the verge of breaking out.
"Not quite, but yes." Tenome answered.
"The Chunin exam is moving into its final phase, a public tournament with these ninjas fighting each other, similar to our own... This has been the same area of the exam that attacks have occurred in the past..." Tomohisa started.
"The Jinkun wants to make sure we are playing to our strongest assets for this part since they believe this and the celebration after will be the two points of attacks. I tried to counter, but he vetoed us. Technically, we don't know who the target is other than all ninja villages or if someone will attack or how." Tenome finished. Yumi didn't quite agree with the change of plan, but without actively protecting someone or a solid hunch, no one could counter the Jinkun at this time.
"We're to support the ninja patrols." Ikiryo stated. "Myself, Jinshi, and Basan on nights. Yumi, Nobusuma, and Tenome on days. Mezu, Gozu on split shift 1. And Mizuchi and Tomohisa on split shift 2... per the Leaders, Kages, and our Jinkun..." Ikiryo stated to everyone, his eyes informing them this was already set.
"This is bullshit." Basan growled out, heated.
"Even though we are together - with this set up, they are putting themselves at risk."Mezu and Gozu jumped on the disapproving side.
"What hours?" Yumi found herself asking out loud. With everyone's annoyance, no one had yet asked.
"Days, 5am to 5pm, Nights 5pm to 5am, Swing 1 11 am to 11pm, and Swing 2 11pm to 11am. So every six hours we'll have a least one group being whether it's the days and nights or the swing shifts..." Temome explained.
"It's balanced enough between the overlapping of the shifts. So 5am-11am, there will be Yumi, Nobusuma, Tenome, Mizuchi, and myself. 11am to 5pm is again Yumi, Nobusuma, and Temone, but then Mezu and Gozu instead. 5pm to 11pm, Mezu and Gozu, but now Ikiryo, Jinshi, and Basan, and same with 11pm to 5am, Ikiryo, Jinshi, and Basan, and then myself and Mizuchi just back on... Also it should be playing to people's strengths, like Basan being able to see at night and needing to split up those of us who understand poisons incase that is how the attack occurs." Tomohisa went into detail.
"Alright. We'll go with this. But if an attack occurs, we may have to re-evaluate." Yumi's eyes set hard onto the older men.
"If this screws everything up, we will go back to what we do best." Jinish nodded.
"Leave it to Kages to think we need refreshment every 12 hours or something." Mizuchi's eyes deadpanned.
"You think this was the kages and not our Jinkun?" Gozu and Mezu asked.
"I do." Nobusuma nodded.
"Yes." Mizuchi's voice hissed an icy wind. He disliked kages and ninjas, and even having come from a samurai territory, he disliked them too.
"We can't do anything about it until there's an attack, so let's just go with it until then." Ikiryo's eyes looked everyone over once more.
Instant, Yumi found herself back in the market.
"Oh yeah, one more thing - Here's your tickets to the tournament. You're attending every day." Tomohisa appeared out of nowhere on her left quietly placing tickets in her and before vanishing again.
Was this the Kages who changed this or the Jinkun? Didn't they realize switching shifts this frequently while fighting would be a nightmare? Hopefully it wouldn't come down to that, else they'd just have to ignore the Jinkun, again...
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Yumi stood in the monstrous line waiting to get into the sand made stadium. If the Kages, had been the ones influencing the decision to change their rotation, had Gaara been involved? She couldn't think of that now, for now she needed to stand in the hot sun and be on guard, waiting in line...
"Can you believe Koda didn't make it?"
"Hana did not as well!"
"San's team did."
"I hear the students this year are not allowed to kill in the tournament, and the ninjas can intervene if someone tries to do so."
"I heard they are disqualified if they try to take out their opponent!"
"Can you believe that!? Ninjas unable to kill? Ninjas who are to protect the village, shouldn't be afraid of death!"
"Yeah, but since the last ninja war, these are all our allies - we can't just have our kids kill theirs."
"They should know it's a part of the risks of the job! They could easily go out on their next mission and die, they should risk death here too!"
"Yes, a ninja should never hesitate to kill even if it was a friend. Traitors and ex-nin are what caused the last ninja war to begin with!"
Conversations overlapped as Yumi listened in. Killing people, children this young, killing... Gaara had mentioned once he had been a monster, a weapon, killing others. He had stated he was a child at the time, had he been this young?
"If you don't have to, don't kill. Don't dirty your hands, don't bloody them! If you want to protect, then protect. I DO NOT WANT YOU BECOMING A MURDERER, IF YOU DO, WE ARE DONE WITH THIS HERE AND NOW!"
Kurokawa had stood over her large war axe in hand. His eyes were murderous. Whenever he carried that war axe of his, the massive menacing war axe. His hands gripped the axe with whitening knuckles.
"I'm not a murderer." She, as a small child, in a tiny voice answered.
His eyes cooled, but still that look, the silence, the ominous air around him... Murderer, he was the murderer...
Yumi smiled at him, the large man with killer eyes and ice water for blood. The man who gripped an axe that made those who could be a Demon with Clubs seem like a playing clumsy child. He had slaughtered before, even as a kid when she couldn't quite put her finger on what she was seeing, she knew the looming dark cloud was there, so she smiled.
"I'm going to be like you. A body guard and protect people. Not kill." She told him in her small naive voice.
His eyes softened, but he did not lay down the lethal axe.
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Yumi made it inside the sand stadium. Masses of people were crowded into the seats. Every open seat was slowly being filled as the constant flowing stream of people flooded the already crowded stands. Yumi tried to keep her pleasant demeanor, but in a situation like this, guarding just one person would be difficult, everyone would be nearly impossible. Who was the enemy? Were they going to attack like they were predicting?
Yumi glanced at her ticket: Section 4, Row 44, Seat 14. Fours were unlucky numbers, sounding too much like the word death for most. To her, it was purposely done by Tomohisa or Ikiryo to warn her. There was, most certainly, going to be an attack.
Briefly the hair on the back of her arms and her neck stood up. Briefly, she became acutely aware of everyone around her, everyone in the sand made stadium, everyone outside of it, feeling all of their bodies of chakra. Briefly, she tensed, the tension before the strike. She had been ready since the Jinkun had asked her. She had been set and prepared. She may have hesitated momentarily, but not now – not anymore. All or nothing. Go or no go. Briefly Yumi's eyes flashed to those of a seasoned veteran guard, a person willing to die for what they protect. No one, unknown enemy or not, would make it past her to attack those she protected… Yumi's eyes were hard, focused, and serious.
With a slight shake of her head, Yumi went back to her friendly, casual, helpful self. There was no need to draw attention to herself, to cause distress, but there was a need to find her seat. Section 4, Row 44, Seat 14.
"Now we present this generation of genin who have made it this far to become our next Chuunin." The announcers voice boomed out right as she finally was sitting down. If she had been any bigger, she would not have fit through the swarm of people, let alone the two larger strangers on either side of her. However, her short height was causing a problem seeing over people!
"And our Kages and leaders, the hosting Kazekage, Konoha's Hokage, Iwa's Tsuchikage…" The list went on listing off every kage, ninja village leader, and other leaders. Yumi's eyes fell on to the Kazekage. He had his brother on one side of him and the half masked-man Baki on the other. A large hat covered most sides of his head, his robes pristine, his face expressionless, but he was pleased and being diplomatic. Being the kage of the hosting village, would he speak? She had heard stories of his speech during the war, how inspirational it had been. Would she get to hear that? Yumi wanted to hear Gaara speak. While physically he was so far away, she felt so close to him, proud of him, glad for him…
Applause erupted at the end of the list of names. The group a sign of peace, alliances, and cooperation. Thunderous applause and shouting. The young children, the participating genin, below grinning proudly, or standing even straighter. Yumi found her own self smiling and soon clapping though she had tuned out most of the announcements.
And silence. Motionless, complete silence.
"Hahaha. Greetings hopeful chunin." The voice was dark.
Her body absorbed an unknown chakra from something.
Silence.
She was still standing in front of Section 4, Row 44, Seat 14 and as was everyone else around her, but it was motionless silence. Yumi made no obvious movements carefully looking around. This was not a part of the exam. Was this an attack and if so, what was the purpose? Everyone was stopped in time, mid clap, mid yell… No one coming in to the stadium to inspect the sudden silence. Did this jutsu, genjutsu, seal engulf the whole village?
Yumi's thinking changed instantly. Her mind and senses carefully searched the bodies of chakra and life force, looking for movement, an attack. Five moving bodies were below in the center of the tournament where the genin and the announcer had stood. Slowly, carefully, she leaned. If they used a long distance attack against her, she would be too slow. She needed to get close, hand-to-hand.
"What a wonderful day for a test. Let's have a little test, shall we?" There was a smile in the voice but no friendliness, no kindness, just venomous joy.
Yumi's eyes hardened a thousand times over. This enemy was targeting the ninja children!
"Genin, you want to become ninjas, then let us see… will you protect your imbrued revolting stained kages and villages, or will you let them die to protect yourselves?" The same voice asked in an even more toxic tone with a hint of humor to it.
"We'll protect our Raikage!" One kid yelled back, the volume in his voice trying to cover up his fear and apprehension.
"I won't let you hurt Suna!" Another kid shouted even louder, but Yumi could feel a few of the chakra bodies down there shuffling backwards, afraid.
"Then we'll test your determination and have your leaders witness… if you back out, we'll just involve everyone." The malicious tone was not a statement but a vicious threat. Yumi started to pick up on small movements of the strangers' hands, they were getting ready to perform a jutsu or move the group, similar to how Gaara transported her, how Nobusuma, Basan, and the others. She had to go with. She had to join the children's group.
"And me too? Is that why I'm free too? To take this test as well?" She pitched her voice up making it have a child-like naivety and confusion to it. She purposely was sounding ditzy and ignorant. She needed them to not attack her from a distance…
The group of children below, the 5 strangers, and all the leaders eyes looked in the direction of the female voice. Yumi started moving forward, purposely tripping over seats and bodies, stumbling as if she was a klutz. She needed them to not attack her. She was so ridiculously slow, she would not be able to protect herself, let alone others.
Gaara, Kankuro, Baki, the Hokage, Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, all watched in frozen immobile bodies as the source of the voice appeared in the still crowd. It was Yumi, barely able to make through the crowd. Gaara tried to flex his hand, to summon his sand, but it was the same as when the 5 figures first appeared – nothing, he could do nothing. Gaara scanned the crowd looking for others who had somehow avoided this trap, who could save her and intervene, but no one else's eyes moved, all others were completely frozen.
Yumi could now see them clearly as she slowly, clumsily, timidly, and ridiculously made her way down to them. She noticed how they glanced among each other wondering how she had not gotten caught in their jutsu, but made no motion to attack her, allowing her to come towards them at the pathetically slow and ungraceful pace. Making it down to the wall that circled the tournament ground, Yumi looked down. This was going to hurt…
The young petite woman, maybe 20 years, with black hair pulled back, with baggy plain pants and a cloak that was probably a man's, jumped down from the stands landing with an thud and roll. Her face grimaced at the landing and weakly stood up, sand now covering her clothes. The genin all looked at her unsure what to say, most did not know her, nor did she wear anything indicating a specific village. The strangers, the enemy, showed no emotions or thoughts. They had not purposely left her out of the jutsu. She was not a ninja, obviously, and she was kind of stupid – not staying hidden in the crowd. The woman started to shake.
"Are you volunteering to die?" The man with the same voice as who was speaking before asked her. Yumi drew one leg back, raised one arm, and went into a shaky, pathetic, poor-form of a fighting stance (on purpose). She created small vibrations up her legs by putting her full weight on her toes causing her muscles to do micro-adjustments to keep balance in the poor form – creating the shaking, eyes uncertain but determined despite the obvious fear.
"She's the Kazekage's lover!" One girl whispered loudly enough for all to hear once she realized who this person was. The leader started to chuckle in a low deadly tone.
"Wonderful." He grinned ear to ear like tiger before devouring its prey. "then let us take our test." He announced. Yumi just stood there making no motion. Two of the 5 were physically present people with a lot of chakra… but for the other three, she could not determine – it was almost if they were clones, mannequins, or some sort of physical shadows of themselves – not really fully there.
The jutsu and chakra movements she had felt, finished their task and transported the genin, herself, and the leaders outside of Suna. As if she was surprised and uncertain, Yumi looked around. They were easily 7 miles north of the Suna, with only sand and desert around them.
"If at any time, you wish to forfeit, you may – but if all of you forfeit, the village will be left vulnerable, and if one of you forfeit but the rest are killed, then again, we'll destroy the frozen parents, children, and ninjas just like you have in the past… But if all of you fight, win or lose, we'll spare them. This is your test to prove your ninja way, determination, and perseverance." The man smiled, eyes murderous and cold.
"And you, there is no forfeiting for you since you already chose to be a whore to a kage." He commented to Yumi. Yumi took a step back, she needed them to attack her with their hands, close range… She was too slow to initiate the attack herself, she needed them to come to her, to think they could torture her or something…
"Now for the audience." The second actual human spoke, the voice gender neutral and monotone. The vicious leader's hand flew into symbols and instantly black ooze poured out from them, falling down onto the sand and running towards the Kages, leaders, and their escorts. One of the kids ran forward only to be violently throw back. Yumi had seen it was not a fatal attack on the kid and thus stood still. She needed her opportunity, one wrong move and she'd be dead with most likely them dying shortly after…
The ooze circled the still frozen people, creating a net of black lines and symbols in the hot desert sand. She watched as it climbed up them, symbols and seals painting the clothing on their legs and torsos, pulling them down into a seated position. The tar would split encompass and reconnect, creating a massive seal around and under the leaders and their escorts.
Then the second one moved, a single gesture to grant the leaders freedom only to be bound by the black tar seal. He was the one who controlled the jutsu that froze the village in a still state.
"You cowards! Fight someone your own ability!" Naruto shouted struggling to move, to stand. His chakra un-flaring…
"The other ninjas will break free, we just need you to hold out briefly." One of the people she didn't recognize spoke. They too seemed to have muted chakra. Sensing them, Yumi noticed all of them had muted bound chakra. Even Gaara did not have a trace of it outside of his sand armor. The seal not only sealed their physical bodies but their abilities too…
"Leave them be and focus your hate on us. We are the leaders of the villages, not them. Let us bare the sins you wish to punish us for." Gaara spoke voice easily heard across the desert.
"Until all ninja villages are in rubble and ruin, and all ninjas seen as the source of pain, we won't stop. Today will be your chunin hopefuls, tomorrow – who knows." The bitter man spoke. The genin all went into fighting stances facing off with the five men.
"It's not us your fighting. But your ninja pasts..." One of the clone/shadow people spoke, and as the words trailed off, white bodies appeared around them, everywhere – just like the ninja war!
Yumi felt herself tense. This was bad, 5 people would be easier than an army for the genin. However, to her, this was a chakra supply without life-force – she didn't have to worry about accidently killing these things and they were strong enough, and there was enough of them to supply her with enough to heal herself, fight back, and keep defending.
"I feel sorry for you. If you leave him right now, reject him, we'll have you join the other villagers…" The monotone one spoke to her.
"WHAT!? She's a kage whore, who opens her legs at the mention of the title." The malice one snapped back to his own. Yumi noted that they did not have a 100% consensus or teamwork.
"No. I pitied her after the illness taking her strength. A couple times we have gone to eat, but she has no relationship with me, it's just a rumor." Gaara spoke. Yumi's eyes went directly to his and burned a hole through his head.
Yumi knew, logically, he was trying to protect her. She tried to calm herself, knowing why he was saying what he was, that it was a smart decision and the same one she would do if their roles were switched, but her personal emotions stirred at hearing it actually out loud. Plus she was a Jieti-erito completely capable! And just who was he to dismiss their relationship like that!?
"Heh, she doesn't seem to think that." Laughter sparked Yumi's internal anger more.
"Then we are officially broken up as of now. The council would have never approved of her anyway." Gaara spoke again.
"It's true. She is only a part of Suna by a side comment made in a meeting and the council despises her. You saw how she moves, such a weakling is only a liability for a kage. That is the stance they will never let go of." Baki added to assist his Kage. He knew the woman was important to Gaara, but he also knew just how weak she was, unable to dodge a poorly thrown kunai…
"And they are right. Now, leave the genin alone and attack us instead." Gaara turned the conversation around, eyes unmoving.
"No, genin sealed their fate when they decided to leave the academy. But we will leave the woman alone, for now." The bitter man spoke taking pride in seeing the unmasked anger and hurt in Yumi's eyes. Yumi dashed her eyes somewhere else. She needed to get a handle on her personal feelings. Gaara was only trying to protect her, but it was so hard to ignore those words, his words, Baki's words, his agreement… Anger burned in her.
"You asked me to break up with him. I did not." She informed them seriously, needing them to attack her. She needed to stay in the fight for she would not be able to get close enough otherwise. More so, she was pissed! Her eyes glanced over to the white men that surrounded them, 20, 50, 80, 140, 200, 260… hundreds of them encircled them.
"Then you are also choosing death." The bitter soaked words laid heavily upon the genin children.
"Aki, use your – mmmmmm" The Mizakage's shouted quickly but was cut off as the tar wrapped around them more.
"No helping, just witnessing." The monotone one spoke.
"Now, Fight!" The announcement was given.
"Ah, I forfeit, I forfeit!" One kid shouted instantly as the white group of men rushed in.
Two kids instantly were attacked, one receiving a broken leg and the other a snapped arm. Some of the genin could defend. A lightning strike from one of the hidden mist village teams pushed back a number of the attacking group. It was mass chaos and the genin were being defeated.
"Forfeit! Me too! Please!" A boy screamed begging.
"Me too, me too!" A girl cried out in pain, blood splattered everywhere.
This was a slaughter, torturous uneven slaughter.
Yumi felt herself tense, she was too slow. Carefully, purposely she rushed forward at her pathetic pace. A kunai sliced her leg, another long distance attack she could not defend against. Four white bodies grabbed her, moving to break her arms, and crush her bones.
"You Cowards!" Naruto and others yelled, enraged at the sight before them.
Four of them would be enough. She would use two of them to regenerate her body, and two to give her strength to guard. Yumi's eyes gleamed though no one noticed it as a fifth wacked her in the head. Without effort and instantly she moved to throw her body as if she was defending from all of them, but truly simply, she just pulled all their chakra into her causing all 5 of them to vanish into a puff as the jutsu could not hold without chakra.
Quickly she put one hand around her two fingers near her chest, revitalizing herself and healing her body. It was a chakra sink hole, using up half of the stolen chakra instantly. Her eyes scanned the genin group around her, she needed to push back the attacking force, heal those who were seriously injured, guard the genin and then work on taking out the malicious man who controlled the frozen jutsu over Suna.
In a single, poor-form, out-of-practice leap, Yumi went from one side of the genin group to the other. Muscle memory took over and she twisted into a round house kick taking out (stealing the chakra of) another white attacker, after which she elbowed one in the face, and threw another. Again, she took the extra chakra to repair her own body further, rebuilding her strength.
A slight hop brought her to a new area around the group of genin, ninety degrees from where she had been. A block of one attack, let her pull his chakra but she added a punch to pretend it was that which made him vanish, to hide her ability (a habit Kurokawa had drilled into). An upper cut, kick, knee, and haymaker, took out six more of the attacking men in an instant, adding to her chakra supply.
She jumped up and kicked two in the chest, throwing herself backwards into the genin group. Performing the transfer jutsu, she quickly healed the closest, most injured, genin – transferring it to herself, feeling her own bones breaking, cuts opening, internal bleeding occurring. Standing, she pushed chakra to her injuries, healing herself, revitalizing herself until she was without a single scar. Kurokawa also drilled that into her, about making sure to heal her own self until there were no scars.
"Holy cow." Naruto's voice was very loud.
"That's your girlfriend?" The Tsuchikage's voice had interest in it.
Ingoring them and focusing on protecting those being attacked, Yumi's body went into motion again.
She was rushing forward. Now she had enough strength to be on the offensive and still guard. She focused on throwing back the hundreds of attackers.
Within moments of being hit, pushed, kicked, blocked, or assaulted by her the white bodies would disappear. Once she pushed them back enough she switched to healing the injured genin again by transferring their injuries to herself. The genin mostly stood back unsure if they should try to help or not. To others it looked like she had a strong impressive taijutsu skill-set, which included limber, strong, and fast.
She kept fighting pushing people back, every now and again moving to another genin's injury and transfering it to herself before resuming the fight. Instead of tiring it seemed like she was becoming stronger, as if she was re-acquainting herself with something she knew so very well and did so very easily.
Yumi flipped back and took out another side of the attack, keeping a tight circle of safety around the Genin. A few small injuries appeared on her from the white human-things attacking. Blocking those behind her was more important than her own safety.
Standing, Yumi quickly healed herself, using the regenerating/recovery jutsu she knew so well. Briefly her eyes drifted over, making direct unyielding eye contact with the strangers who started this whole thing.
None of them had moved when the white men had appeared, nor had their chakra fluctuated like Gaara's did when his sand moved with little indication from him. She wondered if they were actually in control of these white men or not. It did not seem like they were. However, there were a few things she knew for sure - The monotone one was the one who held the village captive and the malicious man was the one whose seal held the leaders...
"If you bring the village or others into the fight, then they too will have to fight for their lives." The clone/shadow one spoke seeing the look in her eyes.
"No, that's my job. I'm Jieti-erito, I'm the one who fights for others lives. I'll risk my life on it." Yumi spoke in a serious tone. Gaara's cloak was mostly torn up showing off her black amore and wrappings on her forearms.
The malicious one smiled, blood thirst and anger in his eyes...
Yumi smirked. It was go time.