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Suna:
It was a peaceful day in Sunagakure, at least it was until the guards spotted two figures approaching the gates at a fast rate. One guard brought up his binoculars to assess whether the shinobi was a threat.
To his relief, he saw they were Konoha shinobi and two he was familiar with, however, he wondered why they looked upset. Turning to another guard, he ordered him to inform Lord Gaara of incoming arrivals. Sai and Lee finally reached the gates of Sunagakure, where they found two guards waiting for them. One guard held up his hand, "Halt! State your business," he said.
Sai spoke, "Guard san, my teammate, and I have just come from a rescue mission in Amegakure; the rest of our team has stayed behind but are on their way. We have a shinobi in need of emergency help and we are requesting the help of your village," he said.
The guard was about to reply, but before he could Gaara appeared along with Temari, Kankuro, and Baki. At the sight of their Kage, the guards bowed in respect, Gaara ignored them, more concerned with why Sai and Lee were there.
Gaara spoke, "Lee san, Sai san, what's wrong, has something happened," he said.
Sai bowed, "Lord Gaara, please forgive our intrusion, but this is an emergency. We've just come from a rescue mission in Amegakure, and we have a shinobi who needs emergency help; the rest of my team is on their way with her as we speak," he said.
Gaara looked worried, "Rescue mission? Sai san who exactly is one that's injured? Do I know her," he said.
Sai and Lee looked sad before Lee spoke, "I'm sorry, Gaara san, but the shinobi that needs help is Naru chan," he said.
Silence
Gaara felt his world stop for just a moment, "Naru needs help? What the hell happened!" he wondered. He turned to Kankuro, "Kankuro, please inform the hospital to have a medical team on standby," he said.
Kankuro snapped to attention at his brother's command and gave a quick bow before taking off to complete his mission, silently hoping the blonde brat would be okay for his brother's sake.
Once Kankuro left, Gaara turned to his sister, "Temari please stay at the gates and wait for the rest of the Konoha team's arrival, Baki, Sai and Lee come with me. I want an explanation on exactly what happened," he said.
The four shinobi then headed towards Gaara's office, but not before he ordered a guard to inform him immediately once the rest of the Konoha team arrived.
The journey to Suna was quiet as everyone was lost in their own thoughts. For, many of sight of seeing their dearest friend in such a state had left a traumatizing mark upon their minds.
Shikamaru kept glancing at Naru resting against Kakashi's back. He felt sick looking at her, she looked so broken.
Broken was not a word he ever wanted to associate with his blonde friend, but there she was looking like a broken doll that someone had gotten bored with and threw away. It wasn't right!
Naru was one of Konoha's most loyal shinobi, and how did she get repaid for that loyalty? By getting betrayed by a village elder, no less. For what? Because she held something out of her control because she had something a terrorist organization wanted.
He wanted Danzo's head!
Neji ran ahead of the group so he, fortunately, didn't have to look at Naru; however, it didn't stop him from being angry at the situation, a situation that should never have happened. "So why did it," he wondered.
It just didn't sit right with him.
He had always believed Konoha was above the other nations because of their respect for their comrades, but after seeing what happened to Naru, it destroyed those beliefs.
Naru had worked so hard to gain the respect of the village and her fellow teammates, to show them she was more than just the container of the Nine-Tailed Fox, and to see that despite all of her hard work she was still seen as just disposable ignited a rage inside of him, he couldn't explain.
The question though was what Lady Tsunade was going to do about it. If she let Danzo get away with this then he would find a way to deal with it himself, and he knew quite a few others that would help.
Shino ran beside Neji in quiet contemplation, this whole situation extremely disturbed him.
That someone within his village sent Naru on a suicide mission, left him with feelings he wasn't sure he understood. He felt betrayed like this was a personal attack against someone he dearly cared about?
"Because it was," his inner voice said.
Yes, he realized it was a personal attack against his friend because she held something out of her control.
An unfamiliar emotion took over him, anger.
He wanted whoever did this to pay, so this could never happen again, and he would ensure it never did.
Kiba stared at Naru's bloodied back with sadness and rage.
It wasn't fair!
He couldn't understand why anyone would want to hurt the blonde, sure she could be annoying sometimes, but never anything to deserve this.
It didn't matter to him if she held the Kyubi, Naru was Naru his friend and comrade whom he trusted with his life.
Kiba stared at Naru's bloodied back with sadness and rage.
It wasn't fair!
He couldn't understand why anyone would want to hurt the blonde. Sure, she could be annoying sometimes, but never anything to deserve this.
To be honest, he wanted to rip the person who did this into a million pieces and he knew Akamaru would be more than happy to help.
For now, he needed to focus on making sure the blonde didn't die because he wasn't sure what he'd do if she did.
Author's note: So this is part one of the reactions, I might try and post part two before Christmas but no promises. Let me know what you think of the reactions, so I know if I need to improve them.
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.