Sorry, I was at my grandmother's house and she has no Internet. Usually I steal it from the people next door but they recently put in a password so I can't get on anymore so this is going to be really late.

I haven't written this week's chapter yet because I was so busy and I go to NY tomorrow...maybe I will have time then but I think I will most likely not up date this Saturday...sorry. Next Saturday should be on time and stuff.

Suna vs Konoha

Yuji slashed at the snake swiftly as Mr. Unimportant ninja threw whatever we had at the snake. We managed to make it bleed in many placed but it did not seem to be getting any weaker, just angrier. Mr expendable/unimportant ninja and I dodged the snake's tail since it's mouth was busy trying to snatch Yuji.

It seemed that was going to be how the entire battle went until the snake used it's tail to bat Yuji away causing him to hit a wall hard allowing it's teeth the freedom to come after unimportant ninja and me. Since we were busy dodging the tail and trying to throw things at the snake we barely dodged it's fangs. It came at us again and both of us knew we were not fast enough. Luckily for unimportant ninja and myself a huge toad appeared between us and the snake.

"I can take care of this snake. You can return to doing whatever you were ordered to." Jiraya called down to us from the back of the toad. I rushed over to where Yuji was and was relieved to see that he was attempting to get up on his own.

"Thanks." I called to Jiraya waving with a big smile. The snake made one last desperate attempt to attack us, since we pissed it off by harming it so much, but the toad slapped it away.

"You three did a good job on it by yourselves, so if you were ordered to fight the snake I wouldn't stop you from staying." Jiraya said smiling down at us.

"We have to make sure that the academy students successfully evacuated." I informed him.

"Plus my sword was pretty useless. I don't know why." Yuji muttered upset because he couldn't slash the snake into burning pieces of meat.

"You kids did alright, go." Jiraya said. Yuji and I nodded to him and I waved at the unimportant ninja before both of us ran off.

"Did you all get out safely, Iruka-sensei?" I questioned looking at where Naruto was fighting with my bloodline activated so that I could watch in a sense, wishing I could go help him.

"Yes." Iruka answered noticing where my eyes were traveling and what color they were.

"So now we have to stay here?" Yuji questioned not looking like he wanted to stay.

"Well Kakashi-sensei told me to make sure that the academy students made it out." I answered looking at Yuji and Iruka.

"Hey, Iruka-sensei, can I go out and attack any enemy ninja that gets close to here?" Yuji asked.

"Yes." Iruka told him as I looked back over to where I knew Naruto was fighting.

"Are you sure you're up to it, after that snake knocked you into the wall." I questioned, eyes fixed to the fight in the distance, doubting that he wasn't injured.

"I'm fine, I am more upset that I am not out there fighting." Yuji answered.

"Then go." I told him moving my hand in a dismissive manner.

"Bye." Yuji said and rushed off.

"Nami you can go to where they are fighting, I know you want to make sure that your first team is alright." Iruka told me.

"You don't need me here?" I questioned.

"No I think we have it covered." Iruka told me smiling.

"Thanks, Iruka-sensei." I told him smiling as I ran off without another word.

I ran directly through the forest towards where I knew Naruto and Gaara were fighting. I kept my Kekkai activated so that I would be able to continue to watch, even though it cost me lots of my chakra to keep it in control. Luckily there wasn't much water around that I could be affected by.

I ran first to where I knew Sasuke and Sakura were. I stopped in the small clearing and saw Sasuke passed out on the ground and Sakura trapped to a tree with sand. I deactivated my Kekkai so that I wouldn't have to focus on that anymore and so that I wouldn't waste anymore chakra that I might need. First I checked on Sasuke because he was closer. He's okay just unconscious. Then I jumped onto a branch to try and check on Sakura. The sand holding her up moved a bit as I got near. It would probably attack me if I got too close or something.

Suddenly the sand around Sakura fell down, no longer being controlled by Gaara's chakra. I didn't want to think about what that meant. I caught Sakura and let her down gently next to Sasuke. I was leaning over Sakura checking to see how she was when Sasuke's breathing pattern changed.

"Nami-chan." Sasuke said softly.

"Good you're awake." I told him looking away from Sakura for a moment to smile at him because I was happy he was not dead.

"Where's Naruto?" Sasuke asked looking around the clearing as if suddenly Naruto would appear or Sasuke would discover that it is possible to hide someone wearing bright orange in the middle of a clearing.

"I think he's still fighting. I am going to go help him." I informed Sasuke after I made sure that Sakura was just passed out due to lack of breath and stress.

"I am going." Sasuke told me.

"You need to stay with Sakura, besides do you even have any chakra left in that body of yours?" I questioned.

"And you have chakra left?" Sasuke shot back not wanting to stay behind.

"Yes, I didn't have a match and didn't use much on the way here." I responded.

"Fine, but if you are not back soon I will come after you."

"And leave Sakura passed out in a clearing, how mean." I teased.

"I'd take her with me." Sasuke said smirking at me.

"Fine, but give me some time." I told him hoping that he wouldn't just follow me. If anything happened to Naruto I was going to have to stop the hot sand ninja which would require me to use my kekkai freely.

I rushed through the woods, my kekkai once more activated so that I would know exactly where Naruto and Gaara were, and I reached the clearing that they fell into. I arrived in time to see both of them hit the ground hard.

"I won't let you harm my precious people!" Naruto told Gaara while Gaara looked at him confused. (I can't remember all of Naruto's inspirational speech to Gaara right now so I wrote this)

"I hope I am one of them." I questioned Naruto walking into the clearing deactivating my kekkai in front of them my blue eyes turning their natural green once more.

"Nami-chan!" Naruto said surprised that I was here. I rushed over to him and kneeled by his side.

"It's okay Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke are both fine. The battle is over." I told him once I realized that he was trying to keep fighting Gaara because he wanted to keep them safe. I looked over to Gaara and lost my self in his gaze once more. This time his glance was different, it seemed almost apologetic and sad, it was always sad but this time it was more so. I looked away when I was distracted by Temari and Kankuro coming into the clearing.

"Nami-chan..." Temari began but trailed off realizing that we were enemies. Sasuke also came into the clearing with Sakura on his back.

"Go." I told the sand ninja.

"What?" Kankuro asked stupidly.

"Go, take Gaara and leave. I don't want to fight you and if you stay much longer you will be captured by Konoha ninja." I told them as I gently scooped Naruto into my arms picking him up slowly.

"Thanks." Temari said as she helped up the battered Gaara. Gaara stared at me, with that heartbreaking guilty look, before he closed his eyes from exhaustion. Temari and Kankuro quickly disappeared into the trees before they could be caught.

"Why did you tell them to leave?" Sasuke asked me glaring at where the sand ninja disappeared to.

"I have many reasons." I told Sasuke not wanting to explain myself just then. I wanted to get Saskura and Naruto to a hospital as soon as possible so that they could be healed.

"And I am sure that you will have to share them several times in the coming days." a ninja said as he and many other ninja swarmed the small clearing.

"I will tell the council if that is what you mean." I told them annoyed that they were standing in the way of me getting my friends the help they need.

"That is what I meant." the ninja responded.

Preview from next chapter: Recuperation

"So you told the three sand ninja to leave why?" the council asked me staring blatantly.

"I knew that in a fight I could not take on both of them and keep my comrades safe at the same time. Sasuke was there but he was nearly out of chakra so it would have been dangerous for him to fight with me. I also considered who the three were. The three of them are the only children of the former Kazekage and I am sure that if I somehow beat them suna would have retaliated." I told them staring right back at them. I want to win the staring contest for once.

"You could have spared their lives but still attacked them." one council member suggested.