Chapter 5: New threat

Sakura

Sakura and her team were jumping through the trees, the forest of the death was a dark and looming place and she was grateful for her company. Even if Izuna did make her uneasy, the forrest was still worse.

"Alright let's take a break." Izuna called out to Sakura, they dropped to the ground in sync and Sakura sat down with a deep sign.

"Man this place is horrible." Sakura said she looked to Naruto who had removed Zabuza's blade from his back and started to clean it. She looked to Izuna next who had taken a book out from seemingly nowhere.

"Hey isn't that the book Kakashi always reads?" Sakura asked quietly.

"He reads a book series, not one book. Also yes it is." Izuna responded without even glancing at her.

"Well is it good?" Naruto asked, he had stopped cleaning his blade to listen to the conversation.

"Oh yeah… definitely." Sakura was about to ask another question but Naruto beat her to it.

"What's it about?" Sakura wanted to know as well, she had seen Kakashi giggle his head off so many times while reading.

"Well it's basically porn with a story." Izuna said with a deadpan expression, Sakura and Naruto took a few moments to process what she said.

"WHAT!" they screamed together, they couldn't believe it was she really reading porn? Right now?

"Oh please… we are ninja."

"Izuna are you seriously into that stuff?" Naruto yelled.

"Don't be such a prude." was all Izuna said in reply, Sakura was at a loss for words, Kakashi read porn in public all the time and now Izuna.

Naruto

Naruto and the rest of team seven had been traveling through the forest for hours and still hadn't run into anyone else. He was thinking about Kakashi and Izunas reading habits, he still couldn't believe she was reading it he knew in her mind she was far older than her body but to everyone else she was a thirteen year old girl reading porn. He would be lying if he said he didn't find it interesting. He was brought out of his thoughts when he and the team landed in a small clearing, he could sense killer intent and he looked to Sakura who was trembling in fear.

A man in a yellow shirt with a purple around his eyes, snake like slits for pupils came strolling out of the tree line.

"Really? A little killer intent, that's all you got?" Izuna asked in a bored tone, the man giggled for a few seconds.

"Ah how interesting, to be so unaffected by my presence. Truly amazing." he said in his low almost seductive voice. Naruto reached for his blade but Izuna stopped him.

"Grab Sakura and go." Naruto was about to protest but saw the look in her eyes, he nodded and left taking Sakura with him.

Izuna

Izuna drew one of her purple blades after Naruto left and made hand signs with one hand. "Fire style: fire dragon jutsu," the flaming dragon tore across the land in an attempt to kill the snake man. He avoided this attack with a grin never leaving his face.

Izuna channeled a chidori through her sword and sped towards the man and started slashing and stabbing, the man avoided all her attacks with ease which annoyed Izuna. She channeled more chakra into her sword and extended the chidori, the extra few feet allowed her to cut off one of his arms.

Izuna smirked at the damage she caused but it was short lived, hands shot out of his mouth and forced his jaw open. Another completely fine snake man was now in front of her.

"What the hell is this bullshit?" she asked herself quietly, the man heard her and laughed at her. This angered her, she was about to use her dojutsu and take the fight seriously but didn't get a chance. The man in front of her burst into hundreds of small snakes and before she could even glance around for the real one she felt an immense pain on her neck.

The snake man had bitten her, but the pain was nothing like it should be. She screamed in pain as he continued to hold her with his teeth. Once he finally released her she stumbled forward clutching her neck in pain. She refused to fall or drop her weapon, she turned to look at him but he was already disolving into the ground.

"I'm going to kill you." she threatened the space he had once been standing. The pain was intense but she had dealt with worse before, so she jumped through the trees looking for her team. She wouldn't pass out until she found them, no matter how much agony she was in.

Sakura

Sakura didn't know what to do, Izuna had stumbled through the trees and passed out as soon as she got within a few feet of Naruto. She had a mark on her neck and she was burning up, Naruto was calm and controlled the whole time. But Sakura was a mess, she was once again useless to her team and to make matters worse she was freaking out. Izuna was the strongest person she knew and she was out of action which means whoever took her out was no joke.

Sakura wanted to help or contribute in some way, but every time something happened she was useless and was driving her nuts. She was jealous of her teammates skills, she knew they weren't trying to make her feel this way but she couldn't help it. They were so strong and she was so weak, if Naruto wasn't here and another team attacked she was sure Izuna would die and it would be all her fault.

Naruto

Naruto was freaking out, on the outside he was calm, controlled and confident. But on the inside he was in full panic, Izuna was beaten and he didn't know how it was possible. He wasn't stupid enough to think he and Izuna were the strongest in this world, at least not yet. But among genin they should be without question the strongest, so this led him to believe that whoever beat her was not a genin. The mark on her neck also had him worried, he could feel natural energy in it and didn't know what to make of that fact.

His shadow clone on guard duty popped which alerted him to three sound ninja approaching.

"We have company, wait here and look after her." he said to Sakura and he stepped out of their hiding place, he drew his giant blade off of his back and held it loosely in one hand. Naruto needed to vent his frustration and decided to play with these three idiots. He jammed his blade into the earth and stepped away from it, he crossed his arms over his chest and waited for them to make a move.

A/N: really short one i know but im new to this and im working on some other stuff as well.