Naruto: The New Story
Chapter 29: Super Eyebrow Platonic! I'll Protect You Till Death!
"NARUTO..!"
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"JALEN..!"
...Urg...
"SASUKE...! SASUKE'S..! HE..!"
...Sakura..?
"NARUTO! JALEN!"
I opened my eyes to see nothing but sunlight. I winced, turning to the side as to not mess up my eyes. Did Naruto forget to close the curtains before we fell asleep? And... Why is the bed so hard? Am I on the floor? It feels like it...
After a while of contemplating whether I should get up or not, I yawned, my eyes still closed as I got on my knees. I'll kill Naruto for pushing me on the floor... Then again, why is he not up? Usually, he would be up by now...
I opened my eyes, and shut them immediately after that. I opened them again, but slowly, and regretted ever waking up. I'm in the Forest of Death. I got kicked and got knocked out... And now I'm awake, lying on a tree. What the heck..?
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Why... Do I hear sobbing? I gingerly got up, making sure to not put too much pressure - Or any pressure at all - on my right foot. I remember my ankle is twisted or broken or whatever's wrong with it. I looked around, and the sun was seeming to set. That's great and all, but where is everyone? It's too early - since I just woke up. It's not really early... - to just automatically sense where they are.
I put up a tiger seal - I almost forgot how for a second... Jet lag... - and closed my eyes, sensing all around me. I sense Naruto - Woah! He's low on Chakra... - and Sakura right over there. Wait... Why is she bent over? Is she... Crying..? That's... I can't bring myself to seeing her cry. Even if I yell at her a lot - in my mind, of course - I still don't want to see her crying. And... Where's Sasuke? I don't... Wait.
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She's bent over Sasuke and crying! I could hardly sense him! His Chakra is like that of a squirrel's! That's awful! What happened..!
"Sakura!" My voice was hoarse, but she still heard me. She swiftly turned around, a frightened look on her face. Tears were just streaming down her face as she recognized who I was, and she got less tense.
"Jalen..." She mumbled, wiping her eyes and looking at me again as if I was a hallucination. "Jalen..!" She got up, speed walking over to me. "Jalen!" More tears were running down her cheeks as she ran up and hugged me. "Naruto mmm... And Sasuke... And... And..!" She couldn't even talk right! She was so scared... And now she's so happy to see me. She doesn't care that it's not Sasuke, she just wants someone to... To be with her during this.
"...It's okay now, Sakura..." I awkwardly hugged her back, feeling a sting in my eye. No! I am not going to cry..! I am not going to cry! The thought that I'm a faker trying to steal her scroll didn't even cross her brain. Well, it probably did, but she must have disregarded it.
"What are we going to do..?" Sakura was still crying, but she was able to talk now. Although, it feels like she's hugging me tighter. "Sasuke's unconscious... Naruto's unconscious..! I don't... I thought you..!"
"Sakura." I grabbed her shoulder, gently pushing her off of me to look her in the eye. "Tell me everything that's happened later, but we need to find shelter and help them, okay? W-We have a lot to do... Making traps and stabilizing them, especially Sasuke. His Chakra is... Dangerously low." I told her, letting go of her shoulders.
"...Oh..." She nodded, wiping away tears. I bet she's pretty embarrassed about crying and all that junk. Whatever, I don't really care. I'd break down, too, if I was alone in a forest filled with freaks of all kinds.
"A-Ah... Uh, Sakura. You go find a good place to sleep for the night, I'll stabilize and see what's wrong with them here." I ordered, realizing I was spacing out. She furiously nodded, blushing, about to run off. "Wait!" I stopped her.
Clone Seal! A perfect Shadow Replication appeared next to me. "My clone will go with you in case of danger. I doubt there will be, but just in case." I explained. She nodded and then ran off, my clone following closely behind her.
~One Hour Later~
Sakura found this cave-like tree that looked just like it did in the Anime. We took Naruto and Sasuke in there and I put a towel on their heads. After that, Sakura put traps up while I desperately worked on them. Sasuke wincing now and then kinda scared me, but he'll make it... I think.
Anyway, it was night time now, and Sakura finally finished her traps. We were just sitting in the cave-like thing, looking over Sasuke and Naruto. I was eating my rice cake, while Sakura was drinking some water. This silence... Is kinda awkward. Oh, and I also fixed up my ankle again. Well, Sakura did, since she kinda knows how it's done, so she kinda fixed it up for me. With some rest, this ankle should be back to normal!
"His breathing is back to normal, but he still has a high fever." Sakura noted, bending over Sasuke. She looked over to Naruto and gave a sad frown. "We..." She started, looking at me. "We have to protect them!"
I nodded. "Yes, we do." I agreed, but I was getting pretty sleepy... At least I know the Sound rats won't attack us during the night. They'll wait till daybreak.
"Hey, Sakura." I yawned, gaining her attention. "You can tell me what happened, now."
"Oh." She looked tired, too, but she nodded nonetheless. "Well, when you fainted, Orochimaru took out a senbon with poison in it and stabbed Naruto straight in the stomach. He then threw Naruto somewhere, but I managed to make sure he didn't fall down."
That's... Good. He didn't seal the Nine Tail's power, but it's also bad because Naruto's more poisoned, now... Hopefully the Nine Tail's helps him... Because I don't have anything that can cure poison... I don't think...
"...Sasuke started fighting that guy after that. He actually managed to win! But, I... I don't understand... He just got up with half of his face burned off... It was like... It..." She started shuddering, tears welling up in her eyes. "His voice changed... And his neck extended and he bit Sasuke on the neck! And it left some weird bruise... He then burned our scroll... Showed us his Sound headband... And left... But, he said that we'll meet him again..." She put her hands on her face as she started remembering all the details in her own mind. That must have been scary for her...
"Well, I have a clone keeping watch over us, so we can get a little rest." I yawned again, sprawling out on the ground and closing my eyes. "But, Sakura, as soon as you wake up, wake me up, alright?"
She weakly nodded, starting to fall asleep sitting up. I chuckled slightly, before trying to drift into sleep. I'll try to sleep, but it's unnerving now that I sense those Sound rats close... Even though they won't attack, yet... I'm going to have to kill tomorrow...
Am I ready for that? Back in my world, I would have never killed anyone, unless they killed someone or was trying to kill someone I care about. Well... I guess this is the same thing. They want to kill Sasuke... And I reluctantly care about him a little... And they'll try and kill Sakura and I... And Naruto...
I won't let them. I'd rather blow everything up than allow them to kill anyone.
I'd kill them first. Although, I'm pretty sure I've said that, like, ten times already...
~The Next Day: Early Morning~
"Jalen! Jalen..!" Sakura shook me awake, much to my annoyance. I woke up, muttering a few suggestive words, but stopped when I saw her terrified face. She was holding a kunai in her hand, but she was trembling! Did they attack already?!
"What's wrong?!" I asked, grabbing my orange scroll in instinct. She just pointed to a bush that was shaking. I took out a kunai, as well, glaring. Well... If I didn't just wake up, I would be able to sense what it was, but I still have a bit of jet lag. That's why I hate being woken up!
Wait, I'm getting off topic. Something's rustling in that bush... And... And..!
A squirrel came out of it.
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Sakura and I sweatdropped. If she was Naruto, I would have hit her on the head... But, she's not, so I can mentally hit her!
"Sakura, it was a squirrel." I said, my voice was in monotone. "What is wrong with you? Paranoid much?" I teased, yawning slightly as I stood up. I stretched a bit, but a deadly realization hit me. It's morning time... And, I can't take a shower...
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Oh, shit...
"Geez, don't scare me like that." Sakura sighed in relief, before realizing the squirrel was running towards one of the traps she put up. She quickly stood up and gasped, throwing the kunai in her hands at the squirrel. The squirrel dodged by the luck of God, and ran away, terrified. "That was close..." Sakura sighed in relief again.
I snickered, even though I was still pissed I couldn't take a shower. I don't know what I'm going to do... I need a shower to fight to my fullest potential! Oh... This... This isn't good...
I quickly ignored that thought, being able to sense those Sound rats again. I took out all of my scrolls, opening and releasing all of the contents in them. My green scroll had all of my shuriken in it. My yellow one has all of my explosive tags. My silver one has all my kunai. My red one has all my explosive kunai. My blue scroll has the medical kit. And my orange one, as you all know, holds my staff.
"Why're you opening all of that?" Sakura asked, but realization hit her faster than expected. "Don't tell me..! They're..!"
"Yes, Sakura." I answered. "If you need to throw anything, use any of my weapons, except my staff. If you get hurt, use the medical kit." I thought about anything else we need to get ready for. "If I go out and fight them, you will back me up by throwing anything you feel would help."
She nodded, but... It looked like...
I face palmed. "Oh, God, Sakura! Don't tell me... You didn't sleep?!"
Her eyes widened, before sheepishly smiling. "Well, someone had to take care of them..." She answered. "But, I did doze off a little. I just woke up about a minute before I woke you up..." You're pathetic, Sakura...
Suddenly, we heard a deep chuckle, making us both tense up. "Not sleeping and taking the watch for the entire time." I recognize that voice... It's... It's... The freak; Dosu!
We both turned around to see the three Sound rats, Dosu standing in the middle with Zaku on his right and Kin on his left! Zaku was sitting down on a boulder, Kin was just standing straight, and Dosu was standing with his arms hanging like they weigh too much, or something.
"But there's no need to do so..." He started again after that pause. "Can you wake Sasuke? We want to fight him."
"And why is that?" I asked calmly, making sure not to show my nervousness. And also to stall until Lee gets here. Sakura was showing how terrified she was by all the trembling she was doing.
"We have our reasons." He replied, making his two teammates smirk.
"Bullshit. We know a guy Orochimaru is behind all of this." I told them, feeling the air get colder as soon as I did. They looked pretty shocked... Heh. Don't underestimate my information skills!
"What's that weird bruise on Sasuke's neck?!" Sakura suddenly asked, standing up. "You want to fight Sasuke after you did this to him?"
A cool breeze blew by...
"I wonder, too, what is that person thinking?" Dosu mused, his creepy voice sending shivers down my spine.
"But now that we heard that, we can't ignore it." Zaku said, smirking. "I'll kill the boy and girl, too. I'll even kill the Sasuke guy." He stood up, now standing on the rock.
"Kill me? I'm sorry, you're mistaken." I started, arming myself with the staff. I'll finally be able to try out my new technique. "You're the one that's going to die here. Believe me."
"Cocky, aren't you?" Zaku glared, about to jump down.
"Stop, Zaku." Dosu demanded, making the other boy turn to look at him.
"Huh? What is it?"
Dosu didn't reply, he started walking up, and I silently prayed he would flip the switch and the trap would kill him. "How unoriginal." He commented, bending down and putting his hand on the grass. "The color of the dirt indicates that it has just been dug up. There's no meaning to a trap of it isn't made well." He tore the dug up grass off of the ground, making the trap useless. But, there's more than that...
"Tch. How dumb." Zaku commented. "So she threw that knife so that the squirrel wouldn't get caught in the trap."
"WAIT!" I screamed, probably almost giving Sakura a heart attack. "...Why is that girl not talking?" I pointed to Kin, who looked kinda shocked at me recognizing her. "Actually... Have I ever heard her speak? You two must talk too much, you never give her time to at least yell 'die' or something." I sighed, but then gasped. "Is she a mute? Oh my God, she is, isn't she?!" I faked surprise, but sighed at their undisturbed reactions. "Okay... That didn't work, you Sound rats must have no sense a humor. I can honestly tell you I've spent all night thinking of that... And-"
"Kill them immediately." Dosu ordered, tilting his head as if he was confused. And on that cue, they jumped at us.
"Aww... I thought you liked my hair." I smirked, nodding at Sakura to start her trap.
She smirked as well, taking out her kunai and cutting the invisible wire, making a giant log come for them while they were in the air.
"A log?!" Zaku yelled, surprised.
"Oh, no!" Dosu screamed as the log was super close to them. "Not." He placed his hand on the log and then did a tiger seal, sending Chakra to his palm. The Chakra burst through the log, creating a giant hole big enough for them to fly through. Well, not fly... More like glide...
"To be blunt, you two have no talent at all." Dosu dissed us, him and his team falling down towards us. "People like you need to work harder!"
"Yo mama!" I yelled, grabbing three explosive kunai and desperately trying to aim it at them. Although, I don't think I have to, because I sense a new Chakra level approaching..!
"Konoha Whirlwind!"
A boy in a green spandex came out of nowhere at a lightning fast speed, kicking Zaku, Kin, and then Dosu on the ground. They didn't fall on the ground hard, more like fell then got on their feet, skidding back. I wouldn't let them get the opportunity to rest, I threw the explosive kunai at them, not caring if I got the aim right. Dosu and Kin managed to jump away again, unscathed, but while Zaku jumped up it exploded quicker than he expected, knocking him on the ground. He wasn't dead, but at least I did hurt him a little.
Lee quickly flashed in front of us, making Sakura gasp and bring up her kunai in front of her. I guess... That's her shield tactic? Wait... Why is there a squirrel on his shoulder..? Isn't that the squirrel from earlier..?
"He's..?" Sakura put the kunai down, staring wide eyed at Lee.
"Then the three of you also need to work harder." Lee remarked, in his fighting pose.
"Who are you?" Dosu asked.
"Konoha's beautiful blue beast... Rock Lee!"
There was a moment of silence. Dosu, Zaku, and Kin just staring at us from a distance, Lee in his fighting pose right in front of us, and Sakura and I on our knees with a kunai and staff in our hands respectively. A light breeze blew by, making the silence seem right, or something like that.
"Why are you here?" Sakura broke the silence, staring up at Lee.
"When you are in danger, I will appear at anytime..." He answered, gently picking up the squirrel and placing it on the ground. "Not. It was all thanks to this squirrel." I wonder how some random squirrel can lead you to us... But, whatever. Just fight, and I'll back you up if I feel like it.
"But, right now, we're your enemy, too." Sakura... Do you want him to leave us?!
"I told you before." Lee replied, smiling. "That I will protect you to the death."
Even after she said all that bad stuff to you? That's either real love, or plain ignorance. Let's just go with the first one, since he's trying to save us. Like I said, trying.
"Oh..." Sakura seemed to be in thought. "Thank you."
"We have no other choice." Dosu sighed, taking out the Scroll of Earth. "Zaku, I'll give Sasuke to you." He threw the scroll back and Zaku caught it. "I'll kill these three."
"I wouldn't give him the scroll, since I'm killing him first." I said loud enough for them to hear. "I'll end up taking it and then killing you. Although, I might leave the girl alive... She hasn't said anything to piss me off." I mused, placing my staff down and getting ready to back Lee up.
Dosu didn't respond. He pulled up his sleeve to reveal his gauntlet thing and suddenly charged at us. Sakura armed herself with a kunai and threw it at Dosu's feet. He easily avoided it, still running, and jumped up. Lee then dug his hand in the ground and picked up a giant log, making Dosu jump off of it.
"Jalen has already told me the trick to your attack." Lee remarked. "I won't dodge in a normal way." Dosu's eyes widened, he probably forgot about that. Ha, we'll end him now!
"Sakura, I'm sure Lee can take care of this guy, I'm going for their scroll." I told her, grabbing my staff and running out to the field. "And for the kill..." I mumbled, heading straight for Zaku.
"Don't interfere, Kin. I'm tired of his voice, I'll be the one to kill him." Zaku said, his voice dangerously low.
"Shuddup." I smirked, swiping at him with my staff. I have so much Chakra in it that if I graze you it'd sting like hell! "I know about you techniques, too." I said while swinging at him, him dodging all of my attacks. I'll just get in his head a bit. "Your sound abilities or whatever can smash boulders and even turn the hard ground as soft as a pillow. I don't understand how, though..."
He jumped back and ran up at me, catching me a little off guard. He had a kunai in his hand, so I took out my own, clashing it with his. It was like a test of strength then... Him pushing against me and me pushing against him, but then I added a bit of Chakra and I got the upper hand. I decided to kick at his stomach and he flew back with a groan of pain. I'm awesome!
"You also have wittle holes in your palm that can push out air." I smirked, throwing an explosive kunai at him. He just dodged it, pointing his hands at me.
"Die!" And that's when the air came out, threatening to push me off by feet. I stood my ground, though, doing hand seals. I'm gonna have to try out my new technique now..!
"Yah!" I tossed my staff at him then did one final hand seal. A bunch of seals started appearing on my staff and it then exploded in a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared, however, the staff had explosive tags all on it! He didn't see that coming, and the staff hit him head on, exploding on contact. Not before he put his arms up to block the attack. There was another explosion of smoke surrounding him, and I did another hand seal, making the staff appear in my hands. I'm glad I headed to the Hidden Leaf library... I would have never found out this technique. It was unnamed, though, and it has many different versions...
"GRAAAA!" Zaku charged out of the smoke, blood dripping from his head. I sent Chakra to my staff again, blocking a punch at my face. "How did you know that?! All that information about us?!" He asked, grabbing onto my staff. He winced at the Chakra coming into contact, but held on tight anyways. "What are you, some spy or what?!"
"A spy? No, no, no... I can see the future." I replied nonchalantly, even though we were inches close. How is he even alive?! I'm not going to let this bastard get under my skin! "Remember when I said you were going to die?"
I grabbed an explosive tag, placing it on his arm.
"I wasn't lying." I smiled, placing my foot behind his and pushing him to the ground. I jumped on top of him, holding his arms to the ground to make sure he wouldn't take the now burning tag off.
"Ahhh! Get off!" He screamed, thrashing under me when he felt the fire on his arm. Oh, he'll be feeling a lot more than a burn.
"This is going to hurt like hell, so at least stop struggling." I monotoned, watching his now distressed face. "Bye nii~!"
And that's when I felt the most pain I've ever felt in my life.
Yeah... Don't worry, Zaku's not dead. Jalen's going to kill him more Ninja-like. Anyway, review! And check out my newest story, Naruto: Path of Shinobi! Bye nii~!
Oh, and if you don't like this story, why are you still reading up to here? I respect constructive criticism, but I hate flamers. Just... Stop. It's actually pretty annoying, but it's also stupid because you keep reading the story. Maybe I should have put this earlier, but if you don't like, don't read.
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Bye nii~!
