Inhaling deeply, Konohamaru spews from his mouth a stream of a gunpowder like cloud from his mouth all around himself, you and his clones. Like a smokescreen it gave the two of you cover from Xaver, Sana and the others. Blocking their sight of the two of you, not wanting to waste any time the boy quickly hurries to you and helps you up hastily. You flinch a bit from the pain, but manage to stand up.
"Come on, we've got to move!"he tells you, he slings one of your arms over his shoulder allowing you to put your body weight upon him. Which he didn't seem to mind, it would be easy for his mind to become perverted now. Seeing as your chest rested right on top of his head, but now was not the time. It was life or death, and with these attackers. Thinking of something like that was not an option, double checking you where secured he signals his clones to cover the two of you. He pushes off up high into the trees and hurries his way away from the area. Back to his village.
Jumping from tree branch to tree branch, his eyes straight and focused. Though calm, his heart was racing rapidly, what the heck that was back there he was glad to be rid of it. He just had to reach back to the village with you, his speed wasn't the speed he wanted due to the extra weight but he just sucked it up. It didn't matter, by now though he knew there was a considerable amount of distance between the two of you and Xaver and his crew.
"May, are you ok?"he finally says something to you."Am I hurting you?"
"No, I am well."you tell him, as your energy starts to slowly outline you in a fading light."I just need to concentrate my aura around me. My injury is not fatal, though I inquire how are you?"
"I'm...fine."he grunts, giving you a smirk."You j-just worry about getting be-better."
"Konohamaru...what of Mirai!"you demand."I must find her, I must find Mirai!"
He could feel you starting to move off him, he grips tighter on you."May, hold on. Mi-"
Before he could finish, a shot was fired or what seem like one exploded right in front of the two of you. Catching the two of you off guard, Konohamaru lost his balance and trail. Falling right out of the tree, straight to the ground, you tumble out of his grasp a few feet away. Luckily the impact was not that bad, and you managed to heal just a bit of your wound. But you still felt the pain that shot from it, the unexpected attack knocked the wind out you both.
Konohamaru begins to pick himself up, shaking his head. Coughing just a bit."What the heck was that!?"He tires to process the type of attack, that was no kind of jutsu he knew. It was something else, still thinking about it he takes out a kunai and rushes over to you."May!"
Hearing his cries, you begin to pick yourself back up. Shaking your head, to get rid of the dizziness and muffled echoing in your ears. Touching your head, there was no clear damage done. Slowly you stand up, when you felt someone helping you. Looking you find Konohamaru, doing his best to sustain you.
"I've got you."he tells you."Just lean on me, I'll protect you."
The second those words left his mouth, a barrage of shoots came out of the shadows of the trees. Separating the two of you, you push him out of harms way, and dive the other way he went. He tumbles a bit, but quickly regains himself. Thinking quickly he makes a couple of clones, each holding a kunai at the ready. A few of his clones manage to deflect the incoming shots, while a some where not so lucky, others dodged the shots and charged towards the where the fires came from.
"..."you stood there lost for a second, before being brought back to your senses. The barrages of shoots turned towards you, snapping you out of your trance.
Moving quickly again, you look for cover stopping suddenly in your tracks when two shadow figures drop down from above. With little time to react, they manage to kick you right in the torso back.
Konohamaru who was focused on the spot where the shoots came from, pinpointing the location."Bingo.."he tells himself, he throws his kunai in the exact spot, hearing the sound of metal being deflected. He knew, that he hit his mark making another clone next to him. That starts to gather charka in a sphere shape for his rasengan. Feeling it was ready, he and his clone leap towards the shooter when out the corner of his eye he sees your kicked down to the ground and the two mutants walking towards you.
Forsaking his original plan, he redirects his attack towards them."GET AWAY FROM HER!"he yells to them, getting their attention.
The mutant shinobis look up, just as he came down with his attack. Expecting to land the blow, one of the mutant's quickly counters the young shinobi. Aggressively grabbing him by his wrist, yanking him down and destroying his clone. Without a care, they throw him ruthlessly into a tree trunk. Konohamaru's back hit hard, causing him to spit up from the pain. The throw was hard enough to crack the tree, it was hard to tell if the it was tree or Konohamaru's back that cracked the loudest.
But one thing you knew watching his young body fall straight to the ground, he didn't move for a few seconds. Your eyes stayed focused upon him, in your mind you screamed for him to move. But he didn't, your eyes tremble with fear and regret. Your mouth became dry, looking at the motionless body of the young boy. First Mirai, and now Konohamaru. It was just...Xaver's words slowly started to echo in your mind mixing in with that horrible vivid dream that seem to haunt you. The image of all those dead bodies, your innocent eyes where forced to see.
So much motionless, so much fading life. Everything seem to grow cold, the grip of death seem to grab hold of you from everything that has been happening. Still hearing Xaver's words echo in your mind, and what he said about back home didn't help. The image of what your mind believed had happened. Broke something in you, you didn't know what it was. But you knew this heavy weight, that weighed in you now became heavier.
"..."your eyes drop, whispering his name from your lips. The mutant shinobi that took him out, looks at him making sure he not going to get back. After a few more seconds they turn back to you, and slowly begin their way to you.
Their left hand slowly begins to change shape, as that strange ooze started to pump through their bodies. Their veins starting to pulsate, you hear the grotesque sound of their flesh ripping and transforming. It had to be painful, the way it changed. The mutants get closer, you didn't realize this until you felt their cold and desolated presence looming above you. Your eyes shoot up towards them, wide and consumed with paralyzed fear. So many questions shot through your mind, that you couldn't process them all at once. Images of your life back home with April and the others, having a good times or during a mission.
Their smiles and voices echoed in your mind, along with Naruto and everyone else in this world. They mashed together, you didn't know what this was, why everything was flashing in your mind. Everything good, when it faded into black quickly and there lunging out of the darkness Shredder came along with Kraang and Xaver, Tigerclaw and Razor, Shredder slashes down at you. Cutting you right across, making everything go dark, everything seem lost.
You felt yourself falling, even though you where not. You tried to grip onto something, calling out for April or anyone. You scream in your mind, feeling yourself difting downward, whatever this feeling was. It scared you, reminded you so much of the dark. Darkness that wrapped around you, the darkness and evil you starting to engulf this world with the Shredder's and Kraang's presence. A presence you brought here, just as Xaver said.
The screaming of your voice stopped in your mind, everything froze.
Hanging their weapons above you, the mutant shinobis don't waste this and plunge them straight at you. Though your eyes could see, they felt blind and lost. Everything around you was dark, until...
A gasp.
A small gasp was heard, a gasp that sparked a small little light in the darkness you saw. The gasp was weak and barely heard. But you heard it, the gasp didn't have form, but it started to bring you back to your senses. Why you came out here, slowly the light became brighter and your mind started to remember...Mirai. There she was, slowly fading and becoming whole in your mind. There was bundled up, safely a light shinning behind her that made her smile. A small infant laugh escapes her lips of joy. Around her, slowly starting to form arms. Arms that where holding her safely, you see the arms connect to a body. The body started to form, forming into Kurenai.
There she stood holding her baby girl, with pride and joy. The two of them smiling at one another. Gasping yourself, you look at Kurenai who seem to feel your eyes on her. She turns and looks towards you, her red eyes staring deeply into yours. There soft, reflecting warmth and trust. She opens her mouth repeating the same words she did, before she left. Next thing, this image of Kurenai holds her daughter out to you.
*Mirai!*you remember, the blindness your eyes saw dispersed quickly. Your vision came back, the second it did you see the attack coming down on you.
Quickly you jump out the way, just as their attack made impact. You roll a few feet away, not wanting to waste time and pick yourself up off the ground. Looking straight at Konohamaru, who now you saw and could sense he was still alive. You didn't understand why you could not before, but that didn't matter now. Rushing over to him, calling out his name.
Which he heard, the sound of your voice gave him some form of energy that he started to pick himself up slowly. Stopping when he felt, a hard foot slam down on his back. Pushing him back to the ground. He screams out in pain, from pressure of Xaver's foot upon his back. The cruel mutant, didn't care one bit about the screams coming from the boy.
Xaver smiles maliciously, in a flash he grabs hold of the scarf around Konohamaru's neck, and pulls on it tightly. Slowly cutting off his air supply, poor Konohamaru began to struggle to be set free. But Xaver's grip was too tight, the more the boy struggled and tried to fight back. The tighter it became, still with his smile on the mutant fish still in his transformation jutsu looks directly at you.
You stare back, with a still look. You stop in your tracks, contemplating what to do. The sounds of Konohamaru's struggling, made your stomach cringe sickly. Xaver just kept smiling delighted at the power he was holding over you. He brings his foot up again and slams back down on boy. A painful scream escapes Konohamaru's mouth, echoing through the trees.
You could feel your muscles start to tighten in fury. You move an inch, which promoted Xaver to tug harder on the scarf, making you stop. "No, no..."he waves a disapproving finger at you."Tsk, tsk...now you don't want two more deaths on your hands...do you?"
Hearing that word, you knew what he meant. Those words held power over you, he saw it in your remorseful eyes. You look at him a pleadingly."Please, do not hurt him."you beg."Release him, and Mirai."Your voice becomes stern, looking at him with demanding eyes.
Xaver stood there pondering the thought, but quickly discards it without a thought."And not provide my Master with healthy subjects. You must be naive as you are stupid little girl. Look at you, trying to act strong in this world. You try to give me a killer look. But you don't have it in you, not at all. In this world, if you haven't figured it out yet, you have to have the strength needed. Both mind, body and spirit. A killer instinct, something you like."
The shinobis make their way behind you, surrounding you their weapons drawn. Ready to attack, you notice them remembering what Xaver told you before."I will go with you."you tell him, which surprised the henchmen."The Shredder, you said needs me. I shall surrender, but you must release Konohamaru and Mirai. I shall trade myself for them."
Xaver's eyes scan you over, to see if there where any sort of discrepancy from your shaky voice. But he saw none in your eyes. Hearing what you said, Konohamaru tries to object to it, but was silenced by Xaver's foot on his face."Hush boy."he hisses. He chuckles to himself."Trading your life, for theirs...you truly are weak..."he slowly slides his hand behind his back and pulls out something. It was a folded fan."Just like someone else I know..."
Your eyes widen at the sight of the fan, the symbol you saw made you gasp sharply. If your eyes could get any bigger, than they would, seeing the terror struck look in your eyes. The bottom of your lip started to quiver slightly, your throat became dry. No words formed at all, you couldn't believe what you where seeing. Xaver began to fan himself with the fan.
"Like I said, weak...like someone else I know."he snickers mockingly. He throws up the iron fan, and infuses it with lighting chakra, like a Frisbee he flings it straight at you."Catch!"He laughs manically, the speed and force that he threw the iron fan was fast. Still in shock from the symbol, that you paid no mind to the incoming attack. With Konohamaru pinned down, struggling to move seeing the heartbroken look that shattered the brightness he was so use to seeing. Enraged him, he tries to push the mutant off him, to be meet with Xaver stomping on him."..."Xaver growls at him.
If tears could be formed now from you, then they would streaming down your face. You just couldn't believe what you just saw, and his words made you understand what and who he meant. In your mind there was just no way, no way at all. Gripping the area over your heart, the something that felt like a void started to burrow its way into you. Making you feel cold and empty. But at the same time, something seem to emerge from it. Unsure what it was, Xaver with a eager twisted bloodlust look in his eyes. Couldn't help but laugh like a madman at the suffering he saw in your eyes from his words. It delighted him, giving him a sensational rush that even creeped out Konohamaru. Who could still nothing but, lay helpless on the ground.
*May...*Konohamaru screams in his mind.
The fan like a razor blade, gathered more speed. Like a sharp knife ready to slice into it victim, spun around and around and explodes the second it landed impact. A bright electric blinding flash came from it, Xaver covered his eyes. Chuckling like a madman.
"Guess, I over did it...HAHAHHAHA."he throws his head back."Master Shredder won't be please, but I guess bits and pieces of her will do. Then again..."he pulls on the scarf tightly, with his foot pressed upon the young shinobi's back."I still have you and that infant. I wonder what Stockman will turn you into, or the baby...I'm sure he will have something plan for you both. Just like this world..."he laughs sickly at his own dark humor.
Gagging and helpless. Konohamaru slowly started to succumb to the lost of consciousnesses, Xaver watched with sickly delight as the last breath was released from the boy's lips. He watches as his arms fall to his side and his body becomes limp, seeing no movement Xaver shrugs his shoulders nonchalantly.
"Well..."he release the scarf, letting the body fall down."I was expecting more...is everyone in this world weak?"he spits to the side."And they call themselves ninjas...please."
Taking his foot off the boy's back, he thought to himself the mission was in a sense a success. He gets ready to signal Karin and Sana, when unexpectedly a blast or it seem like one hits him square in the face. With enough force to sending him back crashing to the ground. Taken back by this, he quickly regains himself to be met with another punch in the face. Sending him flying back, realizing he was under attack by this brute force. Trying to gain some sort of control over this predicament, he flips himself over, placing his feet hard into the ground skidding across it.
Digging his heels into the hard ground, stopping himself. Feeling something trickle down from his lip, he wipes it realizing it was his own blood, this surprised the crazy mutant, yet angered him at the same time. Growling like an animal, he yells in frustration.
"Who DARES!"he growls. Seeing no one beyond the thick dust clouds, his eyes move around sharply for his surprised attacker. A murderous look in his eyes, remembering his training he forms four clones of himself. The benefits of this world, where just amazing. He tells his clones to keep their eyes open, reaching behind his back he unhitches the Kraang blaster and holds it straight. Hearing it charging up, he kept his eye on point ready for anyone or anything.
Seeing a shadow move, he fires at it. Only for the shadow to move, seeing another one he fires there a few shoots. But hits nothing, another shadow races around him, he does the same thing. When he wised up, that someone was playing with him. Increasing his anger, yet he smirks praising their valiant effort on their tactics. But he would not be taken down that easily.
His eyes find the hidden shadow, and follow their movement. Bringing the gun up, he aims in the spot they leap towards,"Bingo..."his shot landed on the shadow. He smiles to himself, that was easy way to easy.
Relaxing a bit, letting his guard down. Setting the gun to his side, a shadow cast over him, surprising him. He turns around to be meet with a fist aiming towards his face, luckily he had his clones. One of them, intercepts the punch and grabs the wrist of the attacker throwing them over their shoulders. The attacker lands down on the ground, skidding back a few feet. Their dust cloud covered them, making it hard for Xaver to see who it was, it didn't matter he takes out his gun and aims for them. Waiting for the dust cloud to settle, as the dust cloud started to settle relieving his attacker.
Naruto.
Naruto stares hard at Xaver, a deadly look in his eyes, holding in his hand a rasengan. Xaver gives the teen a grimace smirk, chuckling to himself. Making Naruto's look darken and harden.
"I don't know who you are..."Naruto spits at him, his words fierce, tight and filled anger."But whoever you are, I won't let you near May."
Xaver took his serious words as joke. He looks at Naruto with a mocking expression."Hehehe, I was right..."he saw Naruto's eyes look at him questionably."The senorita is just as I said..."he gestures behind him."She's doesn't fit in this blood filled world. Though my Master needs her, other than that. I can't think of any reason for a weakling. She was weak back home, just as she is here."he scuffs."But, if the oth-"
Enraged by his words Naruto, snaps him to shut up."SHUTTUP!"he hollers.
His outburst stunned Xaver, but just assumed him. He gets ready to say something, when heard someone else on behind him on his sides. He turns around to find there with their eyes activated and just as fierce and angry as Naruto, Hinata ready to attack. She gives him a cold stern look. On his other side, he finds Kankuro with his puppets out and ready. With the same expression as the two.
"Seems, we will be having a festa!"Xaver laughs."Well, then...shall we start?"