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Stirring Emotions

Chapter 35

Saryie was working up a sweat as she was practicing her water barrier jutsu in the morning at the training grounds. Sai had left on his mission 2 days ago and Saryie was really trying to prove herself by somehow figuring out this jutsu. Saryie had just taken a break to catch her breath and grabbed a drink of water when the sound of explosions caught her attention.

Saryie went on the defensive as she curiously jumped up into a tree and took witness to the chaos that astounded her. Smoke was filling the air in different parts of the Village and a few buildings were in shambles. Another sound and strike of missiles hit causing the Earth to shake as Saryie began rushing back to the village, her heart was racing.

Saryie didn't know what was going on or who was doing this but she knew that this was an attack on the Hidden Leaf. As she rushed to find out what was going on, the sound of people screaming and buildings crashing were deafening to her ears.

Crowds of civilians were running every which way, causing a panic. Amongst the chaos Saryie heard a distinct woman's voice calling the name of their child. Saryie spotted the woman, seeing the woman struggled to keep her footing as people rushed by her. Saryie began looking around her surroundings, to see if she could see the child by chance.

Saryie rushed passed people as she climbed up the side of the building using her chakra to get a better view of the situation. Saryie spotted from up high a scared four-year-old child alone. Saryie's attention soon snapped to a new sound as she looked over to see a giant summoning that looked like a centipede barging its way through the buildings.

Saryie had no time to lose as she rushed to the small child. She officially was able to grab the small boy as the building that stood over him came crashing down from the centipede's path. Luckily other civilians were all out of the way as they paused to look at the centipede with stunned fear.

"Move! Get to the underground evacuation tunnels. Let's go," Saryie shouted at the frozen civilians as she carried the boy over to the mom that was looking for him.

The civilians seemed to snap out of it as they all began rushing away once again. Saryie delivered the boy to his mom who thanked her as she too rushed to one of the entrances to the tunnels. Saryie looked back to see the centipede continuing on its rampage as she helped escort the civilians to safety.

Once the civilians were all able to enter the tunnels, Saryie left them to find others in need or to find the ones responsible for all this mayhem. She was angry at whoever was doing this but she couldn't turn her back on those who were defenseless.

Saryie made her rounds through the streets, directing civilians to safety and helping those who were injured. As the attack raged on, the streets soon got more deserted as Saryie ventured out.

Saryie soon found a man whose legs was crushed by fallen debris. She called for other people to help as she tried to lift the fallen wreckage off the man. Soon three other Leaf shinobi came as they helped her lift the wreckage and they were able to safely pull the man out.

"Quick, someone must take him to the hospital," the jonin level ninja spoke.

"I can do it. Go on ahead," Saryie stated as she lifted the man's arm over one shoulder.

One of the Leaf ninjas took the man's other arm and did the same. "Let's go."

Saryie nodded and raced the man to the hospital with the other leaf shinobi helping as the man groaned wearily.

Once at the hospital, Saryie told the shinobi she could take it from here and took the man into the hospital as the shinobi departed and left.

The hospital was bustling and there were many patients lying on mats. The stench of blood and cries of pain filled the air. Saryie soon saw Sakura among all the injured and medics.

"Sakura! This man's legs are crushed, where do I put him?" Saryie called.

Sakura eyes caught hers as she headed over to Saryie. Sakura quickly took a look at the man's crushed legs.

"Go put him over there, I'll send someone to attend to him right away," Sakura stated, pointing to one of the empty mats.

Saryie nodded as she went to place the man down. The man was cursing and moaning. Saryie watched the man wither in pain, not knowing how to help. When a nurse came by to start healing him, Saryie left his side.

She needed to go back out there. She needed to see if there was anyone else that she needed to help. Saryie left the hospital and began running back through the streets of the Konoha.

As Saryie zoomed by the vacant streets, she spied a familiar figure running along the roof tops.

"Michi!" Saryie called as she quickened her pace.

Michi slowed to a stop. "Have you seen Miyu and Airi?!" Michi shouted, anxious.

"No, you haven't seen them?" Saryie asked as she jumped up to the roof of the building to join Michi, facing him.

"No. They were out on an errand this morning for mom when this whole thing started," Michi explained.

"I'll help you find them," Saryie stated, determinedly as Michi nodded.

They began roaming through the streets together from on top of the roof tops. They soon came to a stop as Michi began forming hand signs. Saryie watched as Michi slammed his hand on the tiled roof.

"Summing jutsu."

Markings showed up on the rooftop as hundreds of lizards began to scatter in every direction.

"Hopefully that will let me find them faster," Michi stated, his face serious.

Saryie and Michi began moving again and it wasn't long after that Michi felt the lizards had found his sisters. Michi changed directions and Saryie followed him to his sisters.

They spotted them kneeling in an alley way on an abandon street that had suffered damage. Miyu hovered over her sister, keeping a watchful eye as Airi was holding her leg and had a pained look on her face.

"There you two are. What happened?" Michi questioned, concerned as he moved in to take an assessment of Airi as Saryie kept guard. The lizard that had informed Michi's of his sisters' whereabouts crawled up onto his shoulder.

"Airi sprained her ankle when we were dodging falling debris," Miyu expressed, evenly.

"It really hurts," Airi spoke, quietly, her eyes on the brink of tears.

"Yea, I know. It'll be ok," Michi spoke soothingly as he petted Airi's hair. "Come on we got to get you two moving to somewhere safe," Michi declared as he moved to pick up Airi.

Once Airi was in his arms, the group heard another explosion go off nearby. Michi quickly performed hand signs and let his reptilian armor cover them as the ground shook. When nothing had fallen on top of them, they decided to make a break for it.

"Let's go," Saryie spoke as Michi took off running with Miyu beside him and Airi in his arms.

Saryie took up the rear as the four of them raced out into the open of the torn up street towards the evacuation location.

The group was soon stopped by the presence of the Naraka Path of Pein that had orange hair and metal studs in an upside down v on his nose and cheeks. Michi and Miyu took a step back at the foreign intruder that wore a black coat with red clouds on it. Saryie soon realized it was the Akatsuki and she moved her hand slowly to her kunai holster.

"Where is Naruto Uzumaki?" the Naraka Path asked, in a deep voice, his all-seeing eyes looking over them.

Saryie knew she needed to be cautious, but… she had Michi's sisters to think about and she knew Michi would be thinking the same thing.

"If it's Naruto you want…" Saryie drawled, gaining the Path's attention, knowing Michi was watching carefully.

"You can go to hell," Saryie stated as she threw her kunai quickly at the Naraka Path and disappeared.

The Pein easily caught her kunai in his fingers that was aimed at his eye and looked unimpressed until he saw she was gone. She soon came around beside him at her full speed and kicked the Path away.

Michi took that time to hand Airi to Miyu and activated his reptilian armor jutsu once again.

"Take Airi and get her out of here," Michi voiced as he stood protectively in front of them, facing where Saryie had kicked the Naraka Path.

"I can help!" Miyu protested with Airi's arm draped around Miyu's shoulder.

"Look at your sister Miyu! Airi needs your help more," Saryie stated as she watched the Naraka Path get up.

Miyu looked at her sister's face to see that Airi was scared. Making a wise decision, Miyu nodded as her face slowly became determined.

"Miyu, Airi, use the reptilian armor jutsu and get out of here as fast as you can," Michi stated, serious as he let the lizard from his shoulder travel onto Miyu's.

Miyu nodded as she performed hand signs and activated the reptilian armor jutsu. Miyu began to make a break for it with Airi limping along with her sister's help.

"I'm only going to ask again, where is Naruto Uzumaki?" the Naraka Path's voice droned as he neared menacingly. Not in the least bit interested in Miyu and Airi's escape.

"Who wants to know?" Saryie asked, unamused.

"Pein."

"That's funny, you're going to feel pain in a minute," Saryie stated. "Michi, attack pattern B."

Michi began performing hand signs.

"Earth Style. Shifting Landscape."

Michi performed more hand signs on top of that as the Earth became uneven like a moving tide.

"Earth Style. Dust Barrage."

Soon the layers of the ground that were shifting under Saryie's and the Naraka Path's feet were surrounded in a dust storm that rose up from the ground which limited visual perception. Saryie smirked as the Naraka Path could no longer see her.

"Water Style. Twin Water Blades," came Saryie's voice as she moved in the direction of Pein.

She began to attack him and he seemed to be able to dodge her swings of her blades. She was cautious in her attacks, the training she had with Sai coming in handy as she used her speed to her advantage. She was able to land a couple of kicks to him and was able to cut part of his arm's sleeve.

The dust began to thin out and clear; Saryie jumped back as the dust barrage ended. The Naraka Path's eyes left Saryie's as his vision swept the surrounding area, immediately realizing Saryie's other teammate was missing.

Before the Naraka Path had a chance to move, Michi popped out from under ground beside Saryie as the ground underneath the Path's feet exploded. Smoke rose up as the Path was caught in the explosion from underground.

"How are your sisters?" Saryie asked, quietly as they watched the bombs go off.

Michi took a moment, concentrating with his eyes closed. "They're fine. They're safe now," Michi spoke calmly as he opened his eyes.

The smoke began to clear and were surprised to see nothing there.

"What? He escaped?" Saryie called, confused, her eyes narrowing.

"Mere child's play," the Naraka Path's voice droned from behind them.

Michi and Saryie quickly turned around to face him but he was quick to catch them by their throats. Saryie dropped her chakra weapons from the sudden contact and struggled at the hand on her throat. Michi seemed to groan as he too was having a hard time maintaining his chakra for his reptilian armor. Their eyes soon widened as they saw a big headed statue. Its mouth was open and purple flames lit the ground under it.

"Now the King of Hell will judge what you know," the Naraka Path smoothly spoke.

Saryie struggled harder as she felt her tongue being summoned by the King of Hell Statue. Saryie could hear the cracking of Michi's armor as she concentrated on her chakra and separated from her body, leaving a water clone in her place.

"To hell with you!" Saryie shouted as kicked at the hand that held Michi.

The Path dropped Michi as Saryie grabbed her water sticks once more and went after him. She noticed the statue had disappeared from her vision as she leapt after the Path. The Naraka Path dodged and brought out a black rod from under his coat and went to battle with her.

Soon Michi followed her into battle once his reptilian armor was intact again. Saryie was able to cut through the rod with her water blade but the Path kept growing it back.

The Path was able to kick Michi away and as Saryie went to strike the Naraka Path, a black metal rod cut through her shoulder. Saryie faltered in her step and the Naraka Path was able to kick her away too. Saryie hit a crumbled wall, hurting her head. Saryie slowly tried to move. Her head was dizzy and the pain in her shoulder was excruciating.

"Saryie!"

Saryie heard Michi calling her as she struggled to get up. Blood ran down her head and dripped from her mouth. She lazily looked up to see the Naraka Path was blocking Michi from her as he fought vigorously against him.

Saryie tried to stand, her feet failing her as she tried to take a step forward. She was on her knees, drained. It felt as if the whole Earth slowed down as she felt disoriented. She looked down and saw her water stick a few inches from her.

She reached slowly for it. She had to get up. She had to get up and help Michi. Saryie grabbed her water stick and was beginning to infuse chakra into it as she looked back up.

"Saryie! WATCH OUT!" Michi shouted, leaving himself open as the Naraka Path attacked him.

Saryie was about to move to help Michi when suddenly she felt a hand on her head. She was frozen as she felt foreign chakra invade her system. She couldn't move, couldn't blink, she could barely breath.

She had been caught and felt the familiar waves of invasion as someone combed through her mind. She was helpless. She saw Michi caught in the grip of the Naraka Path once again.

"She knows nothing," a different Path's voice commented, the one holding her.

Soon she left levitated as she felt as if her spirit were being ripped away from her body and everything went dark.

Ooooo sooo how you like that? So yup Saryie was a causality in the Pein attack. What will happen next?

BTW the two paths that Saryie and Michi battled is the one Konohamaru battled and the one to steal Saryie's soul away was the same one that stole Shizune's away.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I own Saryie, Michi, Azumi, Airi, and Miyu.