Suigetsu stands at the door smiling at you before he left."Stay here ok, I'll be back in a few days." Before you could say anything or protest, he leaves shuts the door behind him. Leaving you, here...by yourself, in a place so unfamiliar to you.
The sound of the seagulls again filled the air, of this place which Suigetsu took you to. Unsure at first where you, where taken since he didn't tell you the name of this village, telling you it didn't matter since you wouldn't be staying here long to know once he came back. Though lucky for you, once you left the place in which he provided you to stay for shelter and actually went to look around the place, which reminded you of a sort of pier of some sort, like a beach sort of town. Though thankfully one of the local residents told the name, The Land of Waves. It was called, and it seem to live up to its name.
This place had many rivers that ran through it, a large mangrove like island. It was a bit foggy in some parts, an damp just like a beach town or cove. The smell of water filled the air heavily, and the seagulls's lovely sound, reminded you of the time your sister and father took you down by the beach for the first time. That experience was so thrilling, to actually see a beach for the first time was just amazing.
Walking along the sand, that stuck between your toes, how the cool water washed it away leaving your toes with a tingling feeling from the foam and seaweed.
Ah, what good memories a small remembrance smile creeps onto your lips, but stops mid way. Your eyelids slowly drop, looking around at the others, while you walked through the streets of this land. There where shops lined up, children playing, people just going about doing their own thing. While you remained alone, with no...one. Placing a hand upon the torn part, of where your forehead protector use to be now nothing was there.
Your fingers cringe curling up at the lost, ashamed that it wasn't there. Thinking back to what Naruto told you about it, and what Suigetsu informed you what it meant. Made your guilt and shame much more heavier, maybe he was right without it meant you could not go back. He told you, it was best to just keep moving like him. He wasn't able to go back to his village, though his words try to make it sound like it was a blast you just did not seem to see it that way.
Sighing heavily, you continue your walk through the place.
In the Land of Waves, the three whom Ryota hired finally made it. Knowing they where way ahead of Gaara and the others made this all the much easier, not to mention how they where in a sense able to delay them for a bit so they could finish the job. Standing at the entrance to the bridge that connected this Land to the rest. With not just the three, but a few others. Having run into some of Ryota's 'friends' to assist them in their mission.
Deranged wide looking eyes, look to the leader of their group."How are going to find her, in here?"they cock their head to the side.
The leader, holding their ninja gothic Ichimatsu doll affectionately. Their yellow-pupil eyes look up at the sign above the bridge reading it to themselves, before answer their comrade's question. Gently running their fingers through, the doll's black slightly messy straight hair.
"...Lady Saya..."the other teammate looks at them, waiting for an answer.
Saya finally feeling ready to speak, does so by walking forward. Though before starting, turning around to the extra man power giving them a commanding look."Don't break my new, toy."was all that came out of their mouth, before waving their hand in the air dismissing them to go. Giggling slightly, turning to their teammates."...We asks around..."answering their question, turning back to the bridge.
In the town Saya and the team, asks around for her missing 'sister'. Giving a description of her, some of the people haven't seen her while others did their best to remember, a few where slightly helpful. Hitting what seem to be a dead end everytime.
The other female member of the team was starting to become impatient at this chasing around."..."Watching Saya asks a few others, who did not know like the last few. Seeing them shake their heads, while one talked to their leader.
Once Saya was done, they make their way back to their teammates with a joyful cruel smile."Good news..."
Elsewhere in town, a certain short pink haired kounichi along with two other familiar faces delivered what seem to be a delivery of medical supplies. Stepping out of the warehouse, Sakura, Rock Lee and Neji. Turning around, Sakura signs off on that the delivery had been made, the man thanks her and the others for all their help.
Watching the man close the door to go back to work."Well, the mission is done."Sakura turns around to them."Thank you both. Having extra hands sure made this delivery much more easier."
Lee gives her the thumbs up."Anytime."flashing her his famous smile, making her sightly shiver but not wanting to be rude gives a him an a slight uncomfortable smile in return.
"We should head back now."Neji gets their attention."That was the last of the deliveries."
Sakura and Lee agree with him, turning heel they leave the warehouse. Walking down the streets of the town, brought back some good yet sad memories for Sakura. Doing her best to conceal, her own emotions. But that didn't stop the memories from coming in, anyway. She looks up at the clear slightly foggy lite sky, reflecting upon that mission many years ago. When...
"...May...?"Lee sudden mention of her, broke Sakura's wondering mind, she stops like Neji both looking in the direction of a confused Lee.
Neji looks at him"What?"
Lee looks to his teammate."I was certain...that I saw, May."he points in the direction in which he saw her come from."She was walking...no...more so like fleeing from somewhere."
Sakura and Neji look at eachother baffled, then back to Lee who was still certain he saw, what he saw."That can't be right, May's in Sunagakure. "Sakura assures him."I don't think she would be way over here."
But Lee skeptical look did not subside."...It was her, I am sure of it."
Neji gives his friend a look."Lee, ma-"before he could finish a loud explosion ruptured through the town, causing the ground to shake and people to scream and flee. Hearing the loud crashing sound of something large breaking, the three cover their faces from the sudden blast of shockwave. The shockwave didn't last long, quickly Sakura and the others spring into action racing towards the danger, while others ran the opposite direction.
There was semi-thick dust that filled the air, caused by the destruction of whatever it was that caused these few shops to break. Hearing the sounds of someone fighting, they see a flash of golden light emit like a blast in the dust. Unsure what it was or who was fighting, all they knew was that others where in harms way.
Neji gets ready to activate his eyes, when something flies backwards more so like they where thrown out in their direction right passed them fast. Luckily they move out the way just in time, Lee being the quickest turns around first surprised to find...you.
"May!"he yells both happy and concerned at the sametime. Neji and Sakura turn around surprised to find you there on the ground, picking yourself back up.
"May...May!"Sakura hurries to you, hearing her familiar voice calling to you, while you pick yourself up coughing up the dust and residue that lingered in the air. Rubbing your arm, which had two small bite marks, paying no mind to that, your mind focuses on two things.
One Sakura presence and the others racing to you, and the one about to come. Afraid of what might happen, should the others get involved knowing you needed to draw away the ones who targeted you, not even bothering to greet the others you quickly apologize to them, telling them to stay and fly off away from them.
Your sudden take off pushed Sakura slightly back, but she managed to regain herself just fine. Covering her eyes to prevent anything for getting inside it, putting her arms down seeing it was alright she looks the way you flew off to. Confused just like the other two at your sudden departure.
Just as she was about to say something, something or things quick and fast bypass them like shadows in the same direction as you firing strange barrages of shots at you, hearing a superior sadistic laugh echoing from behind them.
Neji narrows his eyes."There aft-"
"May!"Sakura yells in terror, seeing one of the shots actually hit you, watching you fall out of the sky and crash land. Wasting no time Neji darts off before the rest of them could.
Lee and Sakura about to follow when they hear a familiar voice, call to them."Sakura!"Naruto calls to her, she turns to see him run through the debris followed by the rest.
"Naruto?! Kakashi Sensei."she was surprised to find him here, along with the others. Coming to a stop, Naruto looks straight at her either hard or something else, but she could tell he was greatly distressed about something."Wh-"
Naruto inturpts her."Where's May?"
Surprised that he just asked about her, before she could even say anything. Her eyes tighten worried, she looks to her friend."She's here, Neji went after her there some others on her tail too. She was shot down over that way. Close to the docks."
Hearing that, Naruto rushes off without a second thought the others follow him. Stopping when five figures drop out of nowhere infront of the."What the hell..."Kankuro looks at them horrified at what they saw.
Just as Sakura said, you where knocked down close to the docks, luckily you mange to stop your before hitting the ground catching yourself the air, keeping your self still in flight. Looking up through the slight mist, moving quickly as few figures come down, two of whom you knew though they concealed themselves so it was hard to get a read on their faces. But from the jutsu one of them performed you knew right away, from their long sleeve arm warmers covering their whole arm, a long large snake shoots out.
The predator opens it mouth wide its fangs out ready to take a bite out of you, moving quickly just in time didn't stop them. They land down, looking at your attacker, a male at least either 2 or few years older than you, with short spiky black hair and wide-open deranged eyes with noticeable veins. A bandana around his mouth. He wears an orange poncho around his neck, green midriff suspenders, and brown pants with long arm warmers and bandages around his arms. He didn't wear any forehead protector at all.
Landing next to him a female the same age as him, she also had her mouth concealed. She had long, light violet hair, tied up in a braid with two green hair-bands, and grey eyes. She wears a lime green and blue kimono with a brown corset and fishnet pants. She also has two wristbands and bandages wrapped around her legs. Like her comrade she didn't wear a forehead protector. Both hiding it, to hide the fact they where from the same village in which you became adopted in.
Landing behind you the rest of the figures, alarmed you turn to them. Gasping at their appearance, you knew exactly who and what a few of them where.
Foot bots.
The others, looked like humans, but there was something different about them. They where dressed as shinobs, but their overall appearance looked nothing human related at all. They seem to mirror mutants from back home, though more gruesome looking parts of their bodies seem to be replaced with no doubt tech from the Kraang. Everything about them seem like something out of Frankenstein. All their eyes the exact same color, a luminous green yellow like the Kraang, their dark greyish green veins protruded and pulsated from their skin. A few had some sort of dark green substance dripping from their mouths, like saliva.
And that wasn't all attached to their backs, you could see some sort of mechanical pouch that seem to be pumping in the substance, that you easily where able identify what it was.
Mutagen.
A rush of fear came over you, your mind started racing with so many things. Feeling the presence of Shredder and Kraang looming over you, and looking at these people, these poor souls forced to be subjected to these hindrance experiments against their will no doubt. Looking into their eyes, you sense their pain even if they didn't show it, only zombie like movements.
One of them move closer, still in the air hoovering above the ground just a few inches, you move back just a bit remembering the other two behind you. Stopping you look at them, both smiling sadistically with their eyes. The female, takes out sai pointing it at you.
Hearing a malice giggle, another figure steps out of the shadows, Saya, she walks in-between her two teammates, her appearance visually like a gothic lolita , complete with her light blue hair in two pony-tails with bangs framing on both cheeks and wearing a red and purple kimono with her hem shredded, a light grey corset, a pair of separate, furisode-like sleeves in the same colour. A ribbon tied at the middle of her hair in a bow, pointing straight up. Her fingernails are polished in black. Her most striking feature, however, is the makeup she puts around her yellow-pupiled eyes and the lower part of her face concealed. Red in colour around her eyes. Holding their gothic Ichimatsu doll like a little girl. Pressing it upon their cheek, looking at you happily with a dominating pleased smile.
Her smile made you uneasy, everyone's whole presence made you uneasy. Eyes darting all around, not sure who would strike first but you where ready none the less, your hands start to glow as you put them up defensively. Those nearby on their boats or on the dock frightfully race away seeing the fight was soon to fight. Scurrying away as quickly as they could.
Saya snickers light joyfully."My, you're cute."she creases her doll against her cheek."And even your name, May."she looks you up and down."I wonder, if after we kill you. I can keep your corpse as a doll."
Hearing her words sent a shiver through your whole body, her smile though joyous was not the least. It was creepy and you knew she meant what she said about taking your corpse.
"Then again...do tech...technorganic. That's right."she reveals her knowledge about you and more."You're not from this world at all, you came from some strange portal or something...you're some thing, put together piece by piece infact..."her calming chipper icy voice seem to wrap its way around you."You're designed to f-"
"Stop!"you fire at her, she moves out the way just time along with her teammates, landing on a tree branch giggle in delight.
"Lady Saya."the deranged male looks at her, awaiting her orders looking back to you itching to attack his snakes at the ready.
Saya smirks under her mask."..."she snaps her fingers, with that the Kraang bots and mutated shonibis respond to her command. Ducking just time, as one of the Foot bots comes at you with a buzzsaw, landing on the ground you push off to get distance.
Only for a surprise attack to come from above, by the deranged male shonibi. He drops down and flings his snake at you, quickly you grab it yanking him forward, he surprised by your reaction. Before he could blink you spin him around and throw him at the Kraang bots knocking them over like bowling pins, ducking and dodging as the mutants hand changes into some sort of firearm, mirroring the Kraang's blaster, they start to fire at you.
Evading the shots, protecting yourself with a shield not paying attention until it was to late something hard hits you from behind sending flying to the ground hard. Hearing Saya laughing, picking yourself up turning around to find what look like large sand looking figures. Another fire of barrages come at you, from the mutants, along with from the left the Kraang Bots, narrowly dodging them. The male shonibi comes back attacking you ruthless with his snakes, while enjoying himself.
Feeling yourself becoming cornered, and under pressure not like the now enclosed space. Clasping your hands together, your energy gathers as it starts to expand rapidly. Putting more into it, Saya realizing what you where doing. Retreats quickly, her teammates seeing this move just in time as you expel your energy in a dome like shape blasting those close by back. Pushing away, a flash of bright light came from your attack.
Saya the others besides the mutants and Foot Bots close their eyes. The flash only lasted a few seconds, once it dispersed she looks in the spot that she last saw you.
"She's not there!"the other female shonibi screams upset. Looking to Saya, who just stayed fixated upon the area you last where. From the look of it, and the many times she seen you around the village did not seem like you where as powerful as she thought. A pleasing smile creeps slowly on her lips, her eyes widen in excitement, turning into obsession.
Only for it to go away when she felt a presence above her, looking up quickly she and her teammates see you with a furious look in your glowing eyes, diving down with a medium size energy orb behind you. Clinching your fist the orb shoots out smaller light tendrils that fire towards her and her team.
Moving quickly before the impact, just in time your attack destroys a part of the area, the three of them look back at devastation you just caused. No doubt that was not even a fraction of your power. A cold sweat upon her other two teammates. Looking at the demolished part of the dock that was now shattered.
The broken wood floated in the water like drift wood. Feeling a gripping presence, they look up to find you right infront of them with a fearsome look, in your now pupil-less eyes. Your hands charged ready to attack, Saya stands up not the least bit frighten by you, her lips thin out into a smug grin at you.
"I really want you, as my new doll."she snickers, her eyes widen hysterically. She raises her hand, you dive for her just as she moves her fingers forward, your fist drawn back ready to attack. Stopping when she pulls infront of her from her chakra threads a bystander. A fisherman, your fist stops just inches from his face, his eyes widen with terror at the prospect of you almost landing your blow. Saya sees your hesitation upon inflecting harm upon him, her hand wraps around his throat, gripping it tightly. She starts to squeeze it slowly."What's wrong?"she tease you. Knowing fully well the answer. Her smile curls more, like her teammates. "Don't you want to end this..."her hold on the man became tighter and tighter, he tries pleading for his life but her grip was tight on him, so all he could do was just choke for air.
Looking at her pleadingly. You drop your whole attack, defenses and everything."...Please...do not hurt him."you plead to her.
She looks at you enjoying your submission."...No."she tells you her grip clamps around his throat, cutting his air fully. And what followed next, her female teammate takes out her sai and stabs the man right in the torso, digging it deep inside him. He tries to scream from the pain, but nothing came out. Saya covers his mouth, muffling his screams. You scream in horror from the sudden action, moving to them.
Seeing this as an opening, Saya throws his body to the side into the water, and because of your heartful nature you fly after him, catching the man just before he hits the water. With your back turned, gave them the opening they needed, to attack you.
Just as you get the man, out of the water jumps the Foot Bots and mutant shinobis, they surround you like a dark cloud. Realizing their plan, it was to late they come down at you, the mutants's arms transform into their guns and fire barrages at you, while the Bots throw kunais with explosive tags attached. Saya watches the guerrilla tactic plan happen with extreme delight. An explosion came from the attack, the water shoots up like a geyser from the attack sending a slight shockwave around. Water falls from the sky, afterwards.
A high pitch blood scream cries out for the man."Ryu!"a woman screams from her boat, Saya and the others turn around to her with not an ounce of regret in their eyes, only enjoyment. The woman, clearly a housewife freezes from Saya's glare her tears still streamed down her face from the death of her husband.
The deranged member's snakes slowly slither out of from his sleeves."No witness..."he cackles running over to her, the woman seeing him come hurries and runs to get of her boat, only to have one of the snakes wrap around her quickly holding her tightly. They coil around the poor woman, squeezing her tightly muffling her screams. He lands just a few inches away from her, both still on the boat, she looks at him with tearful pleading eyes. But he paid mind to it, looking into he eyes as her life slipped away.
Saya turns back to the where the attack happen on you, waiting for the smoke to settle. She knew there was no way you made it, victory was her's holding her doll smiling."You will have a new, playmate."
"Lady Saya!"her female teammate screams alarmed pushes Saya down and out the way just as a something was thrown right over them at high speed. It hits her other teammate knocking him back hard into the water, his snakes uncoil themselves from the woman whom they fling up in the air. The woman was unconsciousness, her body dropped back down.
About to land hard down, when a golden glow surrounds her stopping her setting her down gently. Saya and her teammate look, seeing one of the Foot Bot's upper half that was thrown over them on the boat. Watching the woman being dropped down slowly, they look back just as they do a blast of water blows them off the docks separating them both as they crash land onto nearby boats.
Bruises and cuts appear on them, frustrated yet calm Saya gets up quickly looking around. Seeing her other teammate across from her, her eyes where fixed on upon something. The gothic kounichi squints her eyes to see what it was, seeing a fast approaching light she grabs her doll and jumps out of the boat just in time as the attack hits blowing up the boat.
Getting up quickly, her eyes sharpen looking around you some how survived the attack. Unsure where you where, but knew you where close by. Hearing something come out of the water she turns around quickly finding her two teammates they host themselves up and out. Drenched from head to toe. Breathing heavily.
"...Lady Saya..."they address her, the attack on them clearly took a lot out of them.
"Sana..."Saya calls to the other female, who looks at her. Before she could say anything, a water comes out of know where and strikes them back. They crash again hard on the dock. Doing their best to block out the pain, picking themselves up. When something glowing in the fog coming towards them, their eyes widen at who it was.
The tip of your toe lands gently down on what was rest of the dock, making Saya's teammates flinch in fear. Your eyes glowing looking at them calmly. Behind you the man whom you managed to save floated behind you outlined in your healing cocoon, just like the woman. They watch as he is sat down next to the woman, they turn their eyes back to you, you where wet from head to toe which added more to your daunting look. Balling up your fist, which energy formed into balls, they saw golden yellow either veins or some sort of vine symbols start to slowly form on you.
The water around you started reacting to you, a two pillars of water shoot up and start to slowly spin around you slowly increasing its speed spiraling around, with a bit of water starting to move up and slowly mix in with your energy. The bruises, marks and cuts on you, you paid no mind to them.
Holding your hand out to them, they knew what going to follow after. A tight grip made them freeze, Sana and the deranged male look at you with pleading eyes. You paid them no mind, your eyes on Saya mainly she looks back into your emit glowing ones, a rush came over her. She wasn't sure what it was, but the exhilaration was like a drug. The power she saw in you, she wanted it...Badly.
Ready to attack, a slithering smile comes across Saya' lips. Making that split second you noticed to be your mistake. Bursting out of the water behind you, one of the mutants. Before had time to react, it clamps its legs and arms around you tightly, like a straight jacket, pinning your arms down to the side. It puts all its weight on you, making you fall out of the air. Its arms start to become like melted elastic, encasing you. You try to get out, but it no use.
Falling to the down hard back to the ground, when a Foot Bot comes back out, ready to strike you...
"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"Compressed air shoots at the Foot Bot, followed by a heavy Gentle Fist by Neji. He manage to break the bot, before it did any damage to you. Turning back around, remembering you. His eyes activated, he gets into a stance. Shocked at what his eyes relived to him, with this mutant. Pushing that back in his mind, he goes to strike."Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"he strikes the create that was bound around you. Hitting each mark, striking certain areas of their veins, the creature screeches and releases you. Stopping mid way, Neji grabs hold of you pulling you into him, quick thinking he takes out a kunai with a explosive tag on it and flings it at the creatures. It lands, covering you to protect you from the explosion.
He lands ontop of the water using his chakra to keep him from falling in. Taking your head from Neji, looking back at the scattered remains of the mutant.
Your eyes sadden for it, mourning for them."Are you alright?"Neji asks, breaking your short mourning, you look up at him. He looks back down.
Standing up fully."Yes..."you tell him.
Neji's scan you over, seeing the minor bruises, cuts upon you. But nothing serious."Good, now be ready."he tells you turning back quickly. Just as he does, he pushes you away, to seperat the two of you, just as the deranged shonibi's launches his snakes at you both, he whips them at you and Neji. Luckily Neji moved you both in time, Neji goes to strike him. The guy was luck enough to move just in time.
"Neji!"you scream for him, you dive to his aid, only to stop and dodge incoming kunais. Looking you see Sana, she smirks at you, jumping at you, her sai out to strike. Putting your arms ready to take her, when two things shoot up from the water, two more mutants. One expands their and swings at you, the blow lands knocking you back right into the docks, breaking it right down the middle.
Neji blocks the attacker's strike. Seeing what happened to you."May!"he strikes a few chakra points, limping one of the snakes.
Back with you, you where a bit dazed from the attack. That hit was like steel, shaking yourself out of it, hearing someone yell for to get up. Sensing the same mutant over you, their arm out slugging down on you. You quickly fly up, just as the impact happen the blast blew you back just a bit, you ended up on dry land.
Hearing Saya laughing, you see her standing ways away, using her fingers like a puppeteer with the two mutants. Whom she had attack you, the one with the large arm came at you again. Luckily you moved out the way, but that didn't help. Sana comes from behind you, she tries to strike you but you managed to block her. The other mutant under Saya's control, forms their blaster and fires at you, this time the shots where much more dense than before.
Dodging them, was a bit harder than before. Weaving in and out, keeping Sana at bay, left you open to the attack from the slugging mutant. Who struck you again, this time in the back. Though durable, your body could only take so much. But you sucked in the pain, remembering that Neji was still here, in harms way. Looking quickly over to him, he manages to strike his attacker. Only to be grabbed by the ankle by Foot Bot's hand, it tries to drag him down below, to take him off balance.
Neji sees this, he goes to strike the bot, who grabs him by the wrist and flings him hard into a few boats. Your heart filled up with worry and fear, seeing him being thrashed around. Remembering the last time, how he protected you for your carelessness. Knowing he was Hinata's cousin, you couldn't have him ripped from that. Not like you.
Flipping yourself over, regain yourself stopping your collision in mid air. Using your eyes, simulating a possibility to make to Neji. Seeing an open, Saya quickly picks up on it, she commands the mutants to attack you. But you evade them, just barely along with Sana. Flying right by them, taking this opening, Saya flings her sai at you with perfect accuracy, it lands on its target, right in your shoulder. With her chakra infused with it, the blade pierces right through you.
Feeling it, you bite your lip blocking out the pain. Reaching where Neji was thrown into, two more bots come out and surround him. Neji gets back up ready to go. Getting ready to do another technique, when you land right infront of him. Quickly, you turn around to him mumbling something and place your hand upon his chest, he felt something warm from your touch.
Seeing you applied it, you turn back around to the Bots, who draw their weapons. They lunge at you, and you lunge back flipping and blocking them. One you managed to break in half. The other two, turned their attention away from Neji, following you.
You draw their fire away from him, moving further down the docks, people still there ran. Saya seeing follows the chase. Neji realizing what you where doing, hurries after you. Stopping when someone calls his name.
Landing right next to him, Naruto."Neji."Hinata lands next to Naruto looking at her cousin happy he was alright.
Neji sees them, with Temari, Gaara, Sakrua and Kai. He quickly turns back the way you flew off."May is drawing off their fire."he tells them leaping off without any other word. To hurry after you.
Naruto and the others follow him. Looking up ahead they see a spec of you, fighting."May!"Naruto yells, speeding up racing passing Neji.
With you, you do your best to put up a fight, you managed to demolish another bot. But you still had the one more, the two mutants and Sana, not forgetting Saya. Sana who stayed on land uses a Jutsu that wrapped you up in a sandstorm cutting off your vision making it harder for you to see. Though luckily you where able to sense them. But it wasn't enough, the mutant managed to shot you down. Saya comes with the other one, who lands a hard blow, reacting quickly you stop it with one hand. Still the power blast from it, broke the dock blasting you back, you skip on the water.
Not having time to leave yourself open, remembering what Tsunade said. You pick yourself back up, as the same mutant comes at you. Using the water, you form a dome, which it crashes through. Moving out the way, just barely. It grabs your ankle and flings you back, your shoulder with the sai still in it digs in deeper. Biting your tongue once again.
"May!"you hear Naruto's voice scream out to you, along with Temari and Sakura.
Looking in the direction, of their worried screams your eyes widen seeing them. Wondering why they where here. Saya notices your attention on them seeing it the Kazekage with them, her heart froze knowing full well what would happen should she and her teammate be caught. Looking to you, she wanted her doll so badly. But then again she didn't want to get in trouble remembering what Ryota said. Thinking of plan where she could have both.
She rises her right hand and sends the other mutant with the gun at them, the canisters of liquid on their backs empty's out as their body starts to expand. Having a feeling of what she was going to do, you hurry and fly to get to the others. Seeing this, Saya has the other mutant shonibi attack you, they raise up their arm and like a sledge hammer it comes down hard on you, sending you like comet into the water. Creating a huge splash.
"My doll!"Saya screams realizing she put to much into that attack, she was about to go after you, if not for Sana who stops her.
"Lady Saya, we have to leave."she tells her, which Saya reluctantly agrees. The two of them rushes off before being seen.
The expanding mutant reaches Naruto and the rest, though more focused on you after seeing what happen. But now they had bigger problems, this thing looming over them starts to explode. Gaara quickly has his sand shield everyone before the blast could reach them, only to be a few seconds behind. With Naruto infront the light from the explosion engulfs him first.
"Naruto!"Sakura and Hinata screams before the light engulfs them to.
Not to far away, Kakashi, Kankuro, Lee, Akamaru and Kiba make just as they see the explosion, the blast radius was enough to sent a powerful force, blowing away and demolishing anything nearby. The boats and docks became nothing but scattered firewood. They cover their faces, from it.
The blast only lasted a few seconds, others close by saw the massive explosion. A enormous mushroom cloud was all that was left of the explosion. Kakashi and the others put their arms down looking on trying to see if the others where alright, but it was hard with the thick cloud. Jumping down they race over to it. Kankuro hurries to his brother and sister.
Reaching the area, they look up as bit of debris mixed in with water fall from the sky like rain. Keeping their eyes peeled for any sign of them, their hearts raced really not hoping for the worst. While the looked, Kakashi noticed something in the water. He dives down leaving the others. Waiting seem like hours, wishing they had x-ray vision right now.
"...Gaara...Temari..."Kankuro looks for them.
Lee's sharp eyes notice something."There!"he points, everyone looks up to see the others just fine encased in a glowing water like sphere safe. Kankuro sighs seeing they where all well, the sphere then disperses and they each land down using their chakra to stay ontop of the water. Looking around, Naruto looks down at hands, then starts to feel all around his body. He was alive, exhaling hard pleased. He sure saw his life flash before his eyes.
"Lady Hinata."Neji goes over to her, Hinata turns to her cousin."Are you alright?"
She nods her head."Yes...May."she then remembers, getting everyone attention back. They look around for any sort of sign of you, but found none.
"May!"Naruto starts to call for you, with Sakura and the others.
But all that was returned, echos. And seagulls calls, but no sound of you. They kept it up for a bit, really hoping the worst had not gotten you. Hinata and Neji activate their eyes, when they realized they could not see your chakra so there was no hope of finding you. Sakura gets ready to call for you, when she notice something coming up from the water, it was a faint glow. Looking at it fully, Kakashi comes jumping out. He lands just fine on top of the water, with on his back encased in a thin outline of your energy around you. Knocked out.
"May..."everyone races to you and Kakashi, waiting for you wake up.
Naruto calls to you excited. But you didn't open your eyes at all, seeing this made them panic worriedly. Naruto kept calling to you but you didn't even flinch. There was no movement from you, Temari calls to you softly in hopes you might respond but there was nothing for you. Sakura looks you over, coming to the heart breaking reality. She reaches out a hand to determined distraught teammate, stopping when he screams at you.
"DAMN IT, May! Wake up!"he screams, looking at you with burning sad anger. Refusing to believe your lifelessness to be true."YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP! BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T...THEN YOU OWE ME RAMEN!"there was no response from you. Tightening his fist, he looks at you tearfully but kept his tears back. His words shaking pleading with you."May...May you have to wake up...you have to come back...home. I promised to bring you back...and I never go back on my word...that's...my nindo...way"he cries places a hand on your wet hair, tenderly. Still nothing from you. Feeling Sakura's hand upon his shoulder, made his body feel heavy.
He gets ready to lift his hand off your head, when the outline around you goes away. Your eyes start to flutter open, Kakashi notices your lively presence. He looks down at you."Well, hello there sleepy head."he greets you with a smile behinds mask. Looking to the sound of his voice, it was hard to make him out but you knew it was him.
Hearing Kakashi's speaking, everyone looks to find your eyes open half way hazily. Trying to focus on a pinpoint. Smiles of joy and relief come to them, Lee starts to cry. Naruto eyes light up at the sight of you alive.
A bit dazed, you look around trying to process what was going on, and what happen. Seeing everyone, blurry like hearing what sounded like muffled voices to you happy to see you, asking if you where alright. All you where able to get out was, everyone well. As they clamored over you, your grip on Kakashi tighten, a tired yet joyous smile comes slowly to your lips."...May..."Naruto felt you move, everyone goes quiet when they hear you say something.
The on your face rolls down from eyes and hair, your eyes squint happily like you where ready to cry."Everyone's...ok..."you softly say. It was low, but they heard it, burring your head in Kakashi, you say it again."Everyone's...safe..."
Kakashi smiles at your words."Yes, they are..."he tells you cheerfully.
Your grip becomes tighter, but then slowly loosens when you fell someone patting your head lightly. Looking you find Naruto, he gives a grin."Hey May...found you."
The sight of him, your smile grows a bit bigger."...I shall, owe you...Raman."you tell him, a light tired laughter escapes your lips, making Naruto laugh at what you said, the others join in, though Gaara and Neji just smirk.
Naruto lightly pats your head affectionately."Some other time."he tells you.
You nod your head slowly. Looking away from him, your eyes land upon Gaara."Mr. Gaara, are you well?"your question to him stun the Kazekage, all eyes fall on him. He looks at you, awaiting his answer, when everyone should be worried about you, you manage to shift it to him. Throwing out your own well being. Unsure what to say, all he did was just nod his head. You smile at him tiredly."Good, I'm glad."your eyes slowly move to Neji."Neji, what about you? Are you well?"
He nods his head."Yes, I am. Thank you."he assures you.
Happy to see they where all well, you smile at everyone content. Resting yourself back on Kakashi, Naruto took his hand back. Blinking a few times, before your eyelids closed to rest."Why don't we get you somewhere to rest."Kakashi tells you, though you didn't respond Temari did.
She comes over to you, soothingly running her hand upon your hair."Yes, lets."
After what happen, Kakashi managed to find a place for everyone to rest at a nice Inn. Sakura and Kai went to work on you, but found everything that was fatal, was healed just a few scrapes but nothing else. Your slept for a bit at least two days before waking back up. A bit more recharged than before, seeing you well everyone leaves, The Land of Waves. Naruto offered to carry you all the way back to the village, climbing onto his back he makes sure your secure.
While you rested, he talked non-stop to you, smiling at what he said. The others walked closed by, reaching the end of the bridge you look back to the place, when you noticed what the sign said over the bridge. You read it outloud.
"The Great...Naruto...Bridge..."you read, Naruto stops along with the others, looking admiring the name of the bridge. Dropping your eyes to the bridge itself back to the Land of Waves to end of the bridge.
"Cool isn't?"Naruto boast, chuckling proudly.
You nod your head in agreement."Yes, it is...Naruto..."
He looks up at you."Yeah..."
"What is a nindo?"you asks him.
He thinks about it before he answered."Oh, it's a ninja's own code. Like mine is I never go back on my word."he tells you."How I told Gaara I would bring you back, and I did."
"I see..."you look back up at the sign. He felt your grip on him tighten."I do not have one..."
"Hmmm..."Naruto looks at you a bit lost."What do you mean?"
Your eyes drop sadly."...I do not have one..."
"...Of course you do."He tells you. You look at him. He smiles at you cheekily.
"How can I have one...if I have caused such distress upon the previous events..."you tell him."I lost my forehead protector, once one loses that they are not consider a shoinbi...I have dishonored Mr. Gaara for the trouble that I caused, as well tarnished his kindness...Others where attacked...how can I have a nindo way...it is only logic...I wished to repay his kindness but now...I am not even of the village...so I do not de-"
Naruto groans cutting you off."Seriously..."he looks at you annoyed, before you knew it he starts to jump up and down with you catching you off guard. His sudden handling of you made the others panic. Sakura snaps at him to stop, but Naruto doesn't listen. The blonde starts to laugh, bouncing you up and down, realizing what he was doing made you smile. You start to laugh with him. He stops after awhile."Let me show you something."he tells you. You nod your head agreeing. Smiling still from his playfulness. He turns you both around, to face the others. The look at you both. Smiling."Look, everyone came to find you. If you where no longer part of the village, Gaara and the others wouldn't be here...don't think because we came after you, that we wanted to get attacked. We came for you, even Sakura, Lee and Neji. They where done with their mission and came to save you. I don't care what you say about logic, remember kindness goes both ways. Not just one way."
Listening to his words, they resonated in you. They had much truth to them, something that Master Splinter would tell you, from the words you could almost sense his presence."..."you smile in Naruto's hair.
"To be honest, I think you have your nindo way."He tells you.
You look at him questionably."How so?"
He chuckles lightly."You're really pure of heart May, you want to protect everything...like me in away."
"I still do not see how this is my nindo way..."you tell him."Is it the same as yours?"
He shakes his head."No, I can't tell you. But I'm sure you're going to figure it out."You think about it, only to have yourself being jerked by him once he started running. Which caused you to slip out of his hold, landing hard on the ground. He stops realizing what he just did."Ah...May!"
The others come around you, Hinata helps you up with Temari."Naruto!"Sakura growls at him, drawing her fist back her glaring hard at him with furious anger.
"You idiot!"Temari snaps at him, taking her fan off her back. Opening it wide, drawing it back she sends a gust of wind at him, right after Sakura knocks him high above, everyone hears his painful screams. You look up in the direction he went, he comes back down hard and fast. Flapping his arms wildly like a bird to stop the impact.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"he screams, covering his face, only to stop just inches from the ground he opens his eyes looking to see himself hoovering above the ground. Outlined in your energy, he looks to you.
The others do as well, you set him up right. Releasing him from your hold, he looks at you surprised. But, you just smile at him before you break out in a hearty laughter, covering your mouth but it still came. Naruto understood and started laughing with you as well. The others didn't get it, but Kakashi did he smiles at the two of you. When he noticed something from your laughter how nature reacted to you. The leaves of the tree seem to flourish more, he looks back at you still laughing, noticing Akamaru who responds to your current state as well.
"Well, well..."he looks at you, he wasn't the only who noticed.
Naruto and the others return you back to the village safe and sound like he promised. This time though Lee carried you back after what happened. It was a enjoyable travel, it was good to be back in the village on the way there you thought of your nindo way. Looking around at everyone, you felt it forming inside you, but couldn't get it out.
Reaching the village, the shoinbi informed the councilmen that Gaara was back, they come to greet him, Kankuro and Temari. Ebizo made his way over to you, happy to see you well. Welcoming you back, along with Shira who was there that day in the village. Not to mention Kaito comes running over, with Onyx who was now flying. The two of them greet you back. Kai watches his son's joy on your return. A few other villagers welcoming you back, mainly the patients from the hospital.
You happily thank them all, with warm welcomes upon returning. Temari tells the others you needed rest so she and the others escort you back to her place. While Gaara and Kankuro had to attend a meeting. Lee gently let's you down, Sakura helps you down and inside. Your legs where much better now, so you could stand on your own. Though Sakura tells you to rest, which you promised you would do.
With you returned home, the others get ready to leave, not wanting to be rude you say your good-byes though Temari told you it had to be at home. Not at the entrance of the village. So you telling them good-bye, telling Hinata next time the two of you will spend time together and informing her how you will be attending her family's party, which she was glad to hear. With Sakura, she told she wants to team up with you later on missions and maybe the two of you could test your skills against one another. With Lee, he just cried on you and Sakura had to pull him off of you. Akamaru licks you non-stop nuzzling you, Kiba tries to act cool but tells you he can't wait to see next time. With Naruto, he had to keep his distance since Temari didn't want him so close to you, but he promised to team up with you on missions and told you find your nindo way. Kakashi, just wished you well, commenting on how special konuichi you where. Lastly Neji, he looks over you, before saying anything.
"Thank you."he tells you. You nod your head to him."..."he uses his sleeve, and gentle takes off some dirt on your face."There..."you look at him smiling.
"Thank you, Neji."
He looks down at you, his eyes soften. Upon his aloof face, your eyes brighten looking at him. Hinata with the others, gets ready to call her cousin when she notices the look he was giving you. She couldn't help but smile to herself, never had she seen her cousin look so calm. Inside she wanted him to do something, but she saw nothing.
Still, he kept his eyes locked with you longer than anything she's seen with him. And when she watched you smile at him, placing your hand on his chest she was sure she saw a faint hint of blush come to his cheeks."Look at Neji..."Lee comes behind her, startling her a bit, he apologies to her, looking to her friend.
Hinata looks as well."..."she smiles.
The two of them watch him say bye to you. Bowing his head to you, he tells you something then turns and leaves. He sees Hinata and Lee looking at him, they quickly look away pretending to look elsewhere. He just ignores them.
You watch them leave the village, waving bye to them, they turn back to you waving back. Kaito stood next to you waving by to them as well. With them out of sight, you go inside with him.
The day turn into night, you where sleeping in your room just fine. Onyx resting next to you like always. While you slept, someone creeps into your room they stand over you, watching you sleeping peacefully. Feeling someone presence, your opens a bit, sitting up looking around for them. Not seeing anyone, but up now, you slip out of bed being careful not to wake up Temari you slip downstairs, and out the door, and sit on the steps of the place looking up at the stars.
"..."sensing someone looking at you, you look to find Gaara. He was coming home late again, his job didn't stop but he was more surprised to find you up. You smile at him, patting the spot next to him, he walks over to you and sits down next to you, you both look up at the stars."Thank you...Mr. Gaara."you thank him, he looks at you. You kept looking up at the dancing stars, smiling.
"..."Gaara notices you pulling up your knees tightly to you, and your hands shaking just a bit. The light in your wide eyes slowly started to fade even if you where smiling. Something was bothering you, but you wouldn't say. Reaching out hand, he places it on your hands that rested on your knees.
You look at him, smiling at him, but saw passed it. Sensing that he was able to see passed it, your eyes drop before you smile slowly follows after. His hold on your hand, grips tightly. He puts his arm around you, pulling you in closer for comfort. You rest your head upon him, he felt the tension you had slowly melt away."..."Your eyes where still looking down.
"You should look up, you don't want to miss anything."he repeats your words to you. Smiling, you nod your head and lift your head resting it on his shoulder."I'm sorry, May."he apologizes to you. Surprised by this, you look at him he kept looking up before turning to look at you. He stares into your eyes, you could see the guilt he had for reasons unknown to you. His eyes soften at you, they tighten into sorrowfully. Without another word, you hug him. To comfort him.
Smiling softly, on him."...It is alright...Mr. Gaara. Do not worry."you tell him. His arms frozen, but inch their way slowly around you. But stop just centimeters away, feeling something soft upon the mark of his forehead, that lasted to him like hours. But was only a few seconds, the soft weight on his mark lifted off. He looks up at you, now standing up cupping his face gently. You smile down at him, he looks at you captivated and stun. That he didn't hear a word you said, as your lips moved. Snapping out of it, when he felt your hands fall from his face as you go back inside.
Sorry this chapter is long, I just had a lot to put out plus a burst of energy. :)