Naruto narrowly dodges Tigerclaws freeze ray, surprised by this mutant's choice in weapons was nothing neither him nor Gaara have ever seen not mention someone like him before. Sure there have been other things in this world that are strange but Tigerclaw, this half man half tiger that stood at least over 6 feet. Armored with weapons, one that could freeze anything it shot at, the other one shot out heated red energy that if hit clearly would cause painful damage. The trees around them had nothing but either heated holes or ice from his missed shots that almost hit both Naruto and Gaara.
Landing down a couple of feet away, Naruto could tell this guy was not playing around and was extremely skilled. His ferocious look matched his skill level, trying to think of way of to counter the mutant caused another opening for Tigerclaw, seeing this he takes aim again at Naruto. If not for Gaara who counters attack at the mutant. Seeing this out the corner, using his jetpack the mutant dodges just in time. Taking aim at the Kazekage, who uses his sand to put up a shield, expecting that using his freeze ray, Tigerclaw fires at it. Freezing it, in its place. Shocked by this, left Gaara distracted from Tigerclaw's attack, his foot comes crashing through the frozen sand to land a blow upon him.
"Gaara!"Naruto screams.
Sakura, Ino, Temari, Rock Lee and you make their way through the trees and into the Land of Wind, not the best choice really to be out in the open since whatever was after you might see you five. But what choice did they have, staying in the trees would give the enemy cover and from the look of it they seem to favor surprise attacks and to get you far away as possible from the fight. At least with this, they would be able to spot them. Lee stayed in-between Ino and Temari who took the end. Doing his best not cause you any more discomfort, apologizing as he ran with you, telling you that you would soon arrive.
All you could do was just nod and smile painfully. Which slightly puzzled him and Ino who saw your reaction to the pain. Both wondering why you had not shed a single tear, pushing that in the back of their mind it wasn't important right now. Becoming slightly impatient with Sakura for taking this long to find a spot to in a sense operate on you.
She snaps at her friend."Sakura! We need to find a spot now!"
"I know!"Sakura tells her, her answer wasn't good enough for Ino who looks back over at you, down to your injury the blood had stopped in a sense and dried up on from your knees down to your feet. The dark circles under your eyes showed you had lost a good amount of blood, she wasn't sure how much more you could take, what was wondering was where healing outline was now.
Like before, back in Amegakure. Why wasn't it up now? Seeing your head starting to drop slightly, she snaps again at Sakura who this time found a spot a small dune rock cave. It was perfect, she tells everyone to follow her. Speeding herself up, the others do the samething.
"We're almost there...don't worry May."she tells you. Almost there just a few more steps and she could work on you.
Things where starting to look good now, that is until a robotic hand pops out of the ground and grabs hold of Sakura's ankle catching her off guard. The girl trips hard, Ino jumps over her just in time along with Lee. Temari stops dead in her tracks, the robotic hand keeps a firm grip upon Sakura not letting go, no matter how much she struggled to get out. Having enough of this, she flips up pulling it out. The Foot Bot comes out with its buzzsaw at the ready, and lunges it at her.
Taking out a kunai quickly, she blocks it only for the energy saw to go straight through. Moving her head back from the spinning razor blade which cut just a few strands of her hair. She balls up her fist and goes to strike the thing. Who lets go of her, moving out the way just in time, landing behind her raising its weapon to come down on her.
"Wind Scythe Jutsu!"the force from Temari's attack was enough to send it back away from Sakura, who takes this opening, and lands a powerful blow on the robot breaking it into pieces. Making sure it was done, everyone rushes to the dune cave. When it started to sink, hearing a menacing dark laugh along with a growl.
"What..."Lee was both baffled and confused. His hold on you became tighter the girls surround him protectively. All eyes kept sharp looking around trying to pinpoint where the laughter was coming from. Temrai had her fan at the ready, Ino and Sakura both having a kunai drawn. The wind blew an eerie breeze. Something wasn't right, they knew it.
"Be ready..."Temari whispers to Lee, who nods his head getting ready.
Focusing the best you could, blocking out the pain as much as you could, wishing there was something you could do but there was nothing. Everyone a sitting duck, ready for the kill. Anxious and alert made them uneasy, when was this enemy going to come out. Clearly setting up a trap for them, wondering how they knew they where going this way. Coming to the conclusion there was more than just that mutant back with Naruto and Gaara.
Temari tries to sense it in the wind for anything, only to come up empty. When the ground started to shake, knowing now where their attacker was."MOVE!"Temari yells at everyone, jumping out the way just in time as boney earth spikes shoot up. Luckily no one was hit by it, Lee flips backwards landing with you.
"Are you alright?"he asks. You slowly nod your head, when that laugh was heard again through the wind.
A snarling deep voice speaks sending chills down their back."I love the smell, of your fear...it smells delicious!"
Knowing that voice, that gruff rugged deep dark snarling voice. Before you could say his name, another attack came this around all of you, boney earth claws shoot up at least three large ones and come down attacking. Trying to either grab or slice everyone. These claws where quick, everyone moves out the way. Temari attacks with her jutsu able to shatter one but another one just came sprouting up in place two more came up in its place.
The claws swung wildly lunging at them like appendages, Lee did his best to dodge them. But with out him able to counter them, he was pretty much a sitting duck. Luckily he had his speed, but it still didn't seem like enough. Knowing he had you, and you where the priority right now.
"We have to make a path for Lee."Temari tells the other two females.
Sakura crushes a claw."Yeah...Lee!"she yells to him, hitting another back she races to him."Ino! You need to go with him!"
"Right!"Ino agrees, dodging a claw races after her friend. Lee flips over another claw, landing on another one pushing off that one twisting in mid, one shoots up at him. Seeing this, he lets go of you still holding you with one hand and lands a blow, shattering it. Pushing back again, he gets ready to land when a dark large figure shoots out from the ground.
Sensing another presence, Temari turns around seeing the figure behind Lee and you. Her eyes widen in panic with Sakura and Ino's."LEEE!"they yell at him.
Seeing the look in their eyes, and the shadow that cast over him the unexpected young man. Turning to see this large boney skeletal humanoid massive mutant dog with gleaming yellow glowing beady bloodthirsty eyes. Before Lee could even blink, Rahzar raises his large claw and strikes Lee and you back with such force that you flung out of his grasp. Both of you land hard on the ground.
"LEE!MAY!"Sakura hurries over to the two of you, her fist drawn back ready to land her blow. Seeing her coming, made the mutant smile getting a delicious look in his eyes he turns to her.
"My, you look tasty."he licks his lips, disgusting her but she pushed back behind her mind. Going to strike the creature, he saw it and ducks to the side catching her off guard. He takes this and strikes her back hard right into Ino and Temari who where coming to aid her. Chuckling darkly, Razhor turns his attention back to Lee and you.
Lee was able to shake off the blow, but was still a bit taken by it."May...May are you alright?"he asks you, pushing himself up quickly regaining himself he sees you struggling to push yourself up despite the pain. Using your arms you start to pull yourself on the ground dragging your legs to move towards Sakura, Ino and Temari who laid out on the ground. He saw the desperate look in your eyes of concern for them."...May..."he turns around to see them three females knocked out by Rahzar."AH! Sakura!INO!TEMARI!" Remembering the attack from that creature, he looks back into the direction of it, to be hit square in the face by the mutant's fist. Sending him a few feet back.
"LEE!"you scream for him, cursing yourself for not being able to do anything but watch them be taken out and down. Your eyes tighten sadly at the sight, your throat became dry wanting to cry but you couldn't. You get ready to call out to Lee again and the others, stopping when felt Rahzar presence looming over you. It sent chill through your spine, feeling his hot breath upon your skin like a dragon's snarl. The smell of decay and bones filled the air.
At a part like this, either Leo, Raph, Mikey, or Donnie would come in even Casey or April. To take him out, but there was no one to come. Turning around to him, he saw fear in your eyes that made him smile. In one quick motion he grabs you by your throat, his whole hand wrapped around it with great ease. Hosting you up, your feet dangled freely. He brings you to eyesight, and stares right into your eyes hard.
"I beat, you're wondering how we got here? Aren't you?"he laughs sickly. His grip tighten more around you, you began to claw at his hand to let you go. But it made his grip tighten more and more, watching you slowly start to slip away."Master said to bring you back...never said anything about not bringing you back half dead. Have a good rest..."
He watches your hands and arms go limp falling to your side and your head go limp...then poof. You became a cloud of smoke. Surprising Razhar who baffled by this, he brings his hand back finding no there. He snarls angrily.
"What the hell!"he snaps, next thing nine dogs come out of the ground and each dog bites upon Razhar holding him down."W-what! What is this!?"he demands.
"It's called Summoning: Earth Release: Tracking Fang Technique."Lee tells him walking over to Razhar."I must say, you're going to feed them well."Next thing smoke surrounds Lee and he changes into Kakashi. Sakura, Ino and Temari poof away as well.
Rahzar snarls at upset at shinobi."Just who are you!?"
"Me."Kakashi nonchalantly points to himself."I'm Kakashi Hakate..."he starts up his Chidori."You look confused."he noticed the confused look in the mutant's eyes."If you want to know where May is, she's perfectly safe and sound being tended to now by Sakura, Ino and Kai. Before coming here, there was an exchange, having a feeling you might do something like this. We felt it safest to pull a fast one. Now then, tell me why you want May and what are you?"
A cocky sadastic grin appears on Rahzar."...I'm going to claw that mask right off your face, and eat it!"
Over with you and everyone else, the real ones. Kai took out the first kunai, it was so painful that you wanted to scream but choose not to. Because of how deep it was Lee had to hold onto you so you wouldn't lash out at anyone. Kai looks at the deep hole in knee from it, along with Sakura and Ino."...That was deep...wrap it."he tells them. He goes to the other one still charged up."Ok, hold her down. May this is going to hurt a lot..."he grabs hold of it, without getting shocked and discharges the tool, he places one hand on your knee firmly while the other one pulls out the kunai.
He had to tug and wiggle it, everyone could hear the metal upon the bone, blood, tissue and flesh. It sounded disgusting but luckily they all had a stomach for, it. You on the other, endured the pain. The best way you could, with a painful smile of agony that the others took differently. Ino, Sakura and Lee noticed you had not at all produced any tears. The three look at eachother confused and concerned.
Kai was really trying to get out the kunai, but this one was lodge in pretty well. He had to stop for second and wipe his brow."What's wrong?"Temari demanded.
"This one...is much deeper than the last one..."Kai looks at weapon trying to figure out how to get it out."..."
"Do you want me to try?"Sakura asks, Kai shake his head.
"No, your chakra enhanced strength might cause more damage than good."he tells her, studying your injury."If we don't get it out...then...you know let's try that. Sakura."he ushers her over, he gentle places her hand upon the weapon."Now, I'm going to count down to three, once I do add a bit of strength in it and yank it out in one pull alright. If it's a second after it won't work, if it's a second before you might get it stuck in there deeper. Ok?"she nods her head, he begins to count down and once he hit three. She carefully uses her strength and pulls it out in one move. Seeing it was out, he tells Ino to quickly wrap the wound.
"Go it!"she starts wrapping it.
The pain was enough to put your body in shock, Lee assured you that it was over. Kai and Sakura study the kunai they notice something different about it. The man takes it from her to study it more.
"...This kunai..."hear rustling, everyone turns to see who it was, getting ready to attack whom it might be. Waiting for them to come out, when they do it was Naruto.
Everyone relaxes seeing him."It's just you Naruto."Ino sighs, then snaps at him."Don't startle us like that!"
Naruto flinches from her yelling."Sorry..."he apologizes his eyes on you, seeing the weapons where out and in Kai's hand who was still studying them.
"So...how is she?"he asks.
Ino looks at you slowly coming."She's fine..."she tells him.
Temari noticed that Gaara was not with him."Where's Gaara?"she asks.
"Oh..."Naruto walks slowly over to Kai."He managed to fend off that guy, he told me to go on ahead while he went to see about the others."he tells her, he turns back to Kai and kunais."So...those are some strange looking kunais..."
"Yes, they are...I believe they where made mainly for May..." Kai tells him, Naruto looks at them with great interest. Temari looks at him suspiciously, something didn't seem right. Something was off...
"They seem to be made of some sort of strange...metal..."Kai stands up."I'm going to have to report this to the Kazekage."he wraps them up in cloth. He turns back to you and the others."Make sure she gets back to the village there I can offer more assis-"it happened before anyone could blink, a grimace smile appeared on Naruto's lips. Slipping out from behind his back, Tigerclaw's pistol which he presses against Kai's abdominal area pulling the trigger. Shooting the unexpected man through the chest.