Tsunade amber eyes calmly yet strenuously reads over the report from Shizune, the woman doing her best to keep her demeanor from cracking listening to what Shizune was telling her.
"There are other reports too."her assistant was reluctant to keep going but did so despite her cracking voice."But for the most part, these attacks just happen villages where hit with luckily not so much causalities the other great villages managed just in time. The Land of Water and Lighting where able to apprehend a few of the assailants before they detonated, but...I can't say much the Land of Wind if not for the terrain of their area and natural defense, damage could have been high..."Shizune finishes with her report, awaiting what Tsunade would say."Lady Tsunade..."
"Detonated?!" Tsunade repeats the word that stood out from everything else that Shizune said.
Quickly her assistant re-reads it again."Yes, they just blew up, like a bomb. There seem to be no trigger or anything. They were live humans."
A look of disgust cross Tsuande."What do you mean?
Shizune fumbles through her words the best she could."Well, from was reported they just exploded something starting to leak out of them. Not sure what kind of substance, but once it started the explosion happen just a few seconds afterwards. And it seems they were alive when it happen."
Quickly standing up, Tsunade snatches the report in Shinze's hands scaring the woman a bit reading over it fast her eyes widen at the words."...How is this..."Slamming her hand down on her desk cracking it."Send who ever is available currently to the Land of Wind. I need you Shizune to gather a team and head to the Land of Lighting, I am going to send word to the Raikage on this matter we have the best resources here to do a full top autopsy. And have a message send to Sakura and Ino I need them back here, right away. And I know this isn't the right time, but send a message to the ones going to the Land of Wind to Gaara, I'm going to nee May's assistance too. "
"Y-yes M'Lady."Shizune bows."Right away."turning heel she rushes out.
After the unforeseen attack the numbers of casualties still rose in the Land of Wind, the hit was hard but luckily if not for their nature defense and terrain than the could have been a lot worse. The injured, young and elderly where treated first before anyone. Everyone had to lend a hand, no matter scouts where set up all across the border incase of another attack.
High and alerted, anyone whom they did not know or considered a threat was to be taken down no questions asked.
Baki lands down behind to scouts surprising them from his unannounced presence."Sir Baki."one gulps, they both bow to him.
"At ease."the councilman calms them."I've come to hear your report?"
"Nothing here sir, it's been quiet as mouse."
"Yeah, no one has come in or out."
"I see...well then.."the jonin gets ready to move when hears a running footsteps. Stopping he draws out kunai ready to strike, the men quickly try to follow his lead ended with them fumbling instead. Placing the Kunai in-between his fingers, eyes narrowed and focused drawing the weapon back and ready to strike. Stopping himself when a familiar face emerges into view.
Feeling yourself bouncing up and down, up and down upon something that felt somewhat like leather with small minor bumps and a smell that amphibious. Opening your eyes slowly, you look around seeing your vision go up and down at pretty fast pace. Moving a bit, you push yourself up.
"Hey, you're up."Gamakichi greets you. The orange toad looks up to you resting upon his head."Wondering when ya was going to. How do you ya feel?"
Rubbing your head, your mind still a bit sore from what happen. All you could do was make low moaning sounds before a full sentence."...I am well..."Looking around finding you both in what seem to be a forest."W-where are we?"
Gamakichi stops hopping, landing slightly hard which made you jerk just bit."Sorry, well you passed out after you and Naruto flew off. Well it was away from the Mount Myoboku, on the way back to the Land of Wind. Naruto said you just passed out, so he summoned me to watch you while he went on ahead. So yeah."
Still rubbing your temples recalling everything Gamakichi just said. It then clicked."The village!"Quickly you push yourself up and off the toad, stumbling and landing hard upon the ground. It didn't phase you one bit, getting up and shaking it off you hurry off.
"M-May wait!"Gamakichi hurries after you, his strides where a bit faster than you. With one more push he lands down right infront, putting his arms out making you come to a stop."Wait."he raises his voice.
"I must go, the village. Mr. Gaara and his village."you begin to float up only to be stopped by him, pulling you back down."Please, release me Gamachiki."
"I will don't worry."he tells you."But you need to listen, before I was summoned here. The Great Old Sage Toad told me something. There's something lurking in the shadows. Now I don't know what is it, but he said that we have to be aware and cautious. I told this Naruto before he left, so I'm telling you too. Who or whatever attacked the village might still be around. So we have to be careful. Ok?"
Wanting to object you understood."Yes, of course."
He lets go of you, you settle back down. He knew you wanted to hurry back to the village, the heavy guilt weighed your face down. He looks at you sympathetically, placing a webbed hand on you. A small smirk appears."We still got more ground to cover, so why don't we keep going."he tells you. Taking his hand off, turning around pointing to his back."You're going to need all your strength to help out."Nodding your head slowly, climbing upon his back he makes sure that you're secure, he starts back up.
Following Baki, Naruto couldn't believe what his own blue eyes where seeing. If they could get any wider they would, such desolation and destruction not to mention death laid before his eyes. The he didn't need to sense emotions to know the agony, pain and suffering that lingered in the atmosphere. It was thick. The smell of burnt not to mention rotten corpses filled the air, creatures of the land had started to come and take their pickings on the lifeless bodies if they where not moved in time.
Medic-nins hard at work doing their best to heal what they could, others helping those with minor injuries, others clearing the debris. What could have happen to cause such damage? The boy wondered, taking another step forward not paying attention, if not for someone who caught him and hosted him back up properly.
"Whoa..."Naruto looks at the large gaping crater/ hole he wasn't sure. But one thing was certain if someone hadn't stopped him he would have seriously fallen in. Gulping hard at its massive size, looking at the radius it had to be at least 35 or 40 he wasn't sure."That's one long drop."
"Yeah..."Kankuro comes behind him, Naruto and Baki turn to see the jonin walking over. His chakra threads out upon Naruto, Naruto greets him but the Suna-nin's attention remained upon the hole. His brow furrowed downward."We didn't even see it coming..."he sucks in sharp air."If not for our natural defenses, if could have been worse...anyway."he turns giving Naruto his fully attention taking his chakra threads off."Did Lady Tsunade send you?"
Naruto gives him a puzzling look."...No, why did she send others?"
"Yeah. Come on though, so I can take you to Gaara."the puppeteer looks to Baki."I have it. Let's go, Naruto."turning heel Kankuro runs carefully, Naruto following behind.
Racing through the war zone, the blonde ninja saw others from his village helping out. He noticed a few familiar faces as he passed, wanting to stop and help or at least acknowledge his presence he didn't, instead kept his pace with Kankuro. Following his lead so that he wouldn't fall again.
"There he is..."Kankruo gets Naruto's attention."Gaara! Gaara!"
Looking up ahead, Naruto sees the young Kazekage lending his assistance while talking to someone. Hearing his brother call to him, Gaara finishes up his conversation turning around to Kankuro, surprised to see Naruto.
"Naruto? Did the Hokage send you here?"Gaara asks.
Naruto shakes his head."No, she didn't...man..."he looks around everywhere getting a full view of everything, the place was just total completely, smoke still rose and there was a few bush fires, people rushing here and there. Carrying the wounded, others barking orders for extra assistance , though it wasn't the whole Land of Wind it was enough to complete Naruto's imagination on what the land looked like now. The Land of Wind was hit pretty hard. Was this was what May saw or felt? Because she was spot on about it, no wonder she wanted to rush off so quickly.
Thinking of her now, he couldn't bare to think of what her reaction was going to be the second she laid eyes upon here. Feeling his gut twist uncomfortably and unsettling didn't help.
"The attack happen at least three days ago."Gaara fills him in."It was unexpected. No one saw it coming...the attack was instantaneous."Though his voice was calm, Naruto could feel the cold furiousness in his voice that reflected in his eyes that was out for blood. A trait that had not been seen in years in Gaara.
Gulping mentally in fear, while remaining calm outside. Naruto nods his head, looking at the Kazekage. Opening his mouth about to say something when...two voices call to him, well one was yelling in anger, while the other was in panic.
"Naruto!"
The voices rang through across the land, making Naruto, Gaara and Kankuro look. The second Naruto does, his cheek meets Temari's fist something no one saw coming. The power of her punch wasn't packing power like Sakura but it was still enough to sending back a few feet, her brothers look and a few other on lookers stun by what just happen.
Her fist still extended, the blonde tightens her fist again with burning anger written all over her face. She was ready to ripe him apart, Sakura and the others that lagged behind her caught up, Hinata gasping upon seeing what Temari did to Naruto.
Rubbing his now swollen cheek, no forming into a bruise. He would have easily gotten upset but the look that she gave him made it go away insistently."Damn IT NARUTO!"Temari yells at him. Swiping her hand through the air."Where is she? Where did you take her!?"
Gaara and Kankuro confused by her sudden accusation upon the boy. Who looks back at her slightly terrified, but knew what she was talking about.
May.
He opens his mouth about tell her, when he noticed a certain orange toad out the corner of his eye, hopping over to him slightly injured, holding their arm.
"Gamachiki!"Naruto rushes over to the toad's aide. Who manages to make just a few feet away where Naruto and the others where. Reaching the injured toad, seeing he was in need of medical attention. Pushing back her own anger towards her friend for his action. She and Ino race to heal Gamachiki, reaching him and get started. They both tell him not to move.
Breathing heavily, the toad looks at tiredly at boy. Who notices something was wrong, no someone was missing."Gamachiki...what happen? Where's May?"
At the sound her name, brought Gaara and Kankuro's attention towards the toad realizing the genin was not with Temari.
Holding his arm as Sakura healed it."...Re-remember...wha-t the Grand Sage T-toad said?"he says in-between breathes. Naruto nods his head. Sucking in the pain, Gamachiki looks at him."..."With the little bit of strength he had, he looks over his shoulder the way he came."They where...waiting...like...a shadow...May.."Next thing another explosion went off in the far distance in the direction that the toad came. Alarmed, Temari, Tenten and Hinata along with Kankuro and Gaara rush off with a couple of other ninjas to join them. Depleted of his strength the toad drops his head."I gotta go back...ya..got get to M-May..."his last words and in a puff of smoke returns back to his home.
Knowing his friend was going to be alright, which was a relief. Standing up knowing what he had to do, filled with regret for leaving May alone while he made his way to the Land of Wind, he races off Sakura and Ino follow him.
A hard swift landed right in your core, pushing you back and using you to flip off kicking you again under your chin. It was enough force to send you flying back but not enough to cause you damage. Coughing a bit, you stop yourself from sliding standing up and facing your assailant. It was that konuichi you saw, in your mind back on the mountain, her whole body concealed, except for her blue eyes. That looked so familiar.
She stood a few feet away from you, her deadly eyes marking you like a target. Afraid to blink or even gasp because who know what would do next. She already managed to ambush you and Gamakichi on the way here. She dropped out of the trees, throwing something sharp at him, slicing his front left arm causing him to fall forward, throwing you off his back. Before she came at you, she went to deliver blows upon the poor toad who didn't know what hit him.
If you had not jumped in the middle between them his life surely would have ended by the move she was about to give. It involved her hand becoming ablaze like a sword. You had tackled her down just in time, before she delivered it to him. Pushing her back you tell Gamachiki to hurry while you held her off.
Something you wish you didn't do, but had no choice, it was the logical thing. With your guard up, she forms three hand signs: Tiger, dog, tiger. The hand flame sword reappears again on her right. Feeling your heartbeat racing, you start to outline yourself for protection. Her eyes twitches for a split second, making you react, which was what she wanted. Your focus was solely upon her that, the slightest move or gesture distracted you.
Like it did just now, she took that opening and came at you fast. Raising her flamed sword high she comes down to strike, quickly you block it. But it wasn't good enough, this jutsu was strong. The blade meets with your wrist and she blazes the fire more. Pushing you back, the heat from the blade started sizzling upon your defense. Feeling it get closer and closer slowly burning you.
Holding in from screaming, not wanting to alarm the others who where busy with the newest of explosions. Turning back, you up your energy expanding it outward, till you pushed her back. She quickly flips and lands just fine, quickly she whips out something and does the same handsigs like before, the object she held ignites, with flames surrounding it. She throws at you with quick efficiency, followed by three ignited kunai. Quickly, you dodge but it wasn't enough, one of the kunai manages to hit its mark.
Right in your knees, but instead of feeling fire like you expected. It was more like electricity. That surged painfully in your knees. Making you go limp, you fall down in pain trying your hardest to move your knees. But it wouldn't, like an EMP. It just shut down your knees, reaching for it you grab hold of the still electrified weapons that stuck out, only for it zap your hands badly. Jerking it back, this just wasn't possible. There as no way someone or something would have know to use certain frequency of a EMP to disable you. Back home, only the others knew this which was why Donnie was always careful if he had one. Or if the fight involved one, you would have to stay out of it.
Trying again to move your knee, it just would not give. It was just dead...scared now try to stand up on your other leg only to have some sort of wire wrap around you pinning you back down. Struggling from the pain and to get out. You didn't notice a looming shadow over you, till they used their foot to roll you over and pick you up by the wire. Holding you with one hand like it a loaf of bread.
Realizing you where no longer on the ground, you turn and come face to face to those red eyes, you open your mouth about to scream when their cold dark eyes tell you no. Like staring into a bottomless pit, his eyes reflected no ounce of remorse, compared to your bright ones that reflect the opposite.
"So...you're the one."his voice so calm and cold. His eyes glace you over."...I don't see it...still."with his other free hand he draws his blade and charges it with electricity. He saw your eyes widen in fear. Drawing it back he plunges it forward right at your torso. Closing your eyes tightly, and scream inside from the pain. Only for it not to come.
"..."you open your eyes to find to your horrified surprise, Tigerclaw. Who stopped the boy from plunging his blade right through you. Relieved by this, but not the fact Tigerclaw was standing right here infront of you. The mutant tiger, tightly holds onto the boy's wrist, the two of them in some sort of dominance staring contest.
"The Master wants her alive."Tigerclaw growls, taking out his rung and aiming it at his head. Hearing the gun's whirling sound ready to fire. The boy was not at all intimidated by him, and neither was the mutant."Discharge it..."he presses upon the clicker of his weapon. Hearing the crackling sound of his blade just a few inches from your torso made you nervous and frightful. Swallowing hard, you really prayed the boy would do as he said, because if that blade touched you...