Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…or else Sakura would NEVER have said to Sasuke when he left: 'Take me with you'
Arene woke up and stared at the white ceiling.
(Arene's view)
How did I…ah…Shino and those bugs…wait…I…Sas-…I couldn't…crap…I…failed my mission…
(Norm view; outside of the hospital door)
Tsunade, Jiraiya, Anko, Shizune, and Kakashi stood at the door. Tsunade sighed.
"She should be fine. At least…physically…but mentally…I'm not so sure…" Kakashi nodded.
"You mean it's going to be a while before she even gets close to getting better…do you have any idea when?" As she shook her head, Tsunade paled before running into the room. The others followed, before pausing at the door, gaping. Arene was gone, but gray flames consumed the bed, along with a huge hole in the wall.
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"…No…Jiraiya…" The male Sannin nodded, grim.
"Yep…it looks like activating her curse mark, the going of the Uchiha boy, and all that stress she has finally made her lose control." Jiraiya turned to Anko and Kakashi. "You need to round up as many ANBU as you can and have them scout the area for Arene. As of right now, she is a danger to all of Konaha, and possibly more. Kakashi, you need to get ready to perform that curse sealing of yours, we're going to need all the help we can get. Shizune, you need to get Sakura, Ino, Hinata, and Tenten to come over to the hospital pronto. Hurry up you all. Right now, Arene is close to becoming an S-ranked ninja." As the three shinobi left, Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya as she ran her hand over her face.
"You're taking this rather calm…care to explain how? I could use it right now." Jiraiya shrugged.
"Just trust in Arene…you know she's not going to lose complete control without a fight. She told me that she made a jutsu that can help her direct the chakra and keep it from going haywire. She can hold it for three hours. Surely by then they'll find her and bring her back before anything bad happens. But my question is…" Tsunade watched Jiraiya walk up to the hole in the wall, before jumping out. "Why did she run in the first place?"
Arene leaned against the tree, before sinking down into a sitting position. Panting, she performed hand signs, causing her jutsu circle appear, surrounding her. Once completing the jutsu, Arene took off her kunai holder and threw it outside of circle, along with a variety of other arsenals. Soon weapon free, Arene leaned back and tried to stay conscious, before gasping in pain; the skin on her leg opened and healed itself. Biting her lip, Arene tried to hold back the stinging tears as other parts of skin opened and mended. Now regretting activating her curse mark, Arene winced as another wave of blood lust tore through her body.
(Arene's point of view)
…It will take Jiraiya about…five minutes for him to send ANBU after me. So…probably…Kashi, Jiraiya, or Tsunade will find me…and they'll freak. Hn…maybe I should pass out when they come so I don't have to listen to them panic.
[Normal view, somewhere else in the forest
Pakkun, Kakashi, Gamakichi, Jiraiya, a clone of Katsuyu, and Tsunade stopped running in the woods to pause. All paled at the ghastly feeling that surrounded them. Jiraiya frowned.
"It looks like she almost snapped. We need to hurry before we lose her." Tsunade stared at her old squad mate.
"You mean she'll die?"
"If she can. If she knows she can't hold it, she'll try to kill herself in order to save the village." Kakashi took a step forward.
"Then lets hurry. I don't want to lose another comrade." The others nodded and ran towards what each felt as their impending doom.
Arene was thinking. She became numb to the pain a while ago, and she was now analyzing her situation with fresh (but slightly blurry) eyes.
(Arene's view)
If I can't control this…Konaha will be destroyed, along with other villages. I can't let that happen, so I either need the others to come…or…I need to die. My kunai and stuff are outside of my circle, so, for the current moment, that's not an option. So I need to hold out until-"
[Norm view
Arene paused as she saw something move along the shadows. As she watched, several wolves came and sat in a circular arrangement, surrounding Arene. There were mixtures of black wolves along with a whiter kind, all staring intently at the Chunnin. Arene smirked.
"I'm taking a guess when I say that you are waiting for me to crack?" No reply. "I'll take that as a yes." The wolves then began rummaging through Arene's discarded items. One wolf pup touched a scroll with a seal on it, as a result, the pup squealed before running to its mother. All the wolves paused as mother comforted her pup's stinging nose. Arene laughed, before wincing.
"Careful, if you become too nosy, you'll get hurt. But don't worry, the stinging should go away now." Sure enough, the pup stopped whimpering and was now chasing a bug that was flying by. Before the young wolf caught its prey, it paused before running to its mother, again. But this time, the wolves bristled up; all glaring toward the tree clearing. Arene glanced over at the area to see six shadows going towards her location. Soon, she could distinguish the shadows' identities' as: Pakkun, Katsuyu, Gamakichi, Kakashi, Tsunade, and Jiraiya.
(Arene view)
About time…
[Norm view
Jiraiya and Kakashi came up to Arene. The weary girl pointed to the scroll outside of her jutsu circle, and then passed out. Jiraiya opened the scroll and whistled.
"Kami…this crap is complicated…and she made this up herself? Kakashi…help me out here…" Between the two, the men finally came up with the instructions and performed the jutsu. A light flashed in the circle and struck Arene, who limply flew and hit a tree. Tsunade appeared, out of breath.
"Lets not kill the girl." The medic-nin quickly checked the girl and frowned. "We need to get her to the hospital, she barely has a pulse, and she doesn't have anymore chakra. Lets go!"
Sorry this was a little rushed, my mom is barking at me to get off the computer, and the computer already lost this about five times…but I never listen to it and continue to write.