Love and Death
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Naruto Characters.
A/N: For this I had to do a bit of researching. I'm not that big of an expert on all of their techniques, so I had to research while I wrote. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the first fight scene of my fanfic...I took a while to write...I was supposed to have it up by yesterday, demo ga...gomen ne! Anyway, read up, and please remember to review!
Chapter 2-
The First Battle
"Get ready."
Both Sasuke and Miharu tensed at his words. All three drew out their kunais. "Neji..." began Miharu. She didn't have to continue. Neji knew what she was thinking.
"Got it. BYAKUGAN!" Grotesque veins appeared on Neji's face. He strained his eyes, looking all around. "There" He pointed to the bushes slightly up ahead, "There," He pointed to a partially hidden tree on their right, "and there." Last of all, he pointed behind them.
"Shit, so we're surrounded, huh?" asked Sasuke. "Too bad. Looks like they have to get hurt after all...I was hoping for something of a peaceful sort. I don't feel like bloodshed today..."
Miharu stared at her partner in disbelief. "YOU don't feel like bloodshed? That's one I've never heard before." She laughed. "For battle strategy, each person should take the one closest to them. What do you think about that?"
"Good idea." Neji said. "Now..." He turned quickly and sped to the back of the group. "I...see...you..." *
Miharu headed straight, to the bushes that blocked their path. "That's got to be the stupidest disguise I've ever seen. Come out on you own, or I'll have to force you out!!!" When no one emerged from the bush, she stopped. "Fine, be that way." Furiously her hands worked, creating a seal. "Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" she screamed. *
Sasuke, of course, changed directions and ran to his right. Quickly gathering his chakra in the soles of his feet, he began to climb the tree. He sighed impatiently. Running a full circle while still standing on the base of the tree, he threw one kunai into the space above him with every step he took, so that they could penetrate the leaves that were blocking his view and hit any hidden enemies.
**Neji's Fight**
Still using byakugan, Neji charged at his opponent, who had finally decided to reveal himself. He wore a plain black shirt and green army pants. His hitai-ate was tied around his neck. "So your from the Sound, huh?" Neji muttered to himself. "I can deal with you..."
Bringing his hand up quickly, he opened it so that his palm was facing outwards. Speeding up, he muttered "Houshou!" (Crushing Palm). His opponent dodged to the side, only too late. Neji's open palm had grazed his shoulder.
"Shit!" He moaned. 'If this is how much it hurts with him hardly touching me...then I had better not let him hit me full on!' he thought to himself. Straining to lift his left hand, the one which Neji had hit, he preformed a seal, although slower than it would have been had he had the full use of his arm. As he finished, he yelled out, "Doton Doryou Dango!" (Earth Element Mud Cannonball).
Neji's face widened with shock as he looked onward, only to see a gigantic piece of earth headed straight for him. "What the hell?" He muttered. He stopped abruptly and sped to the right, away from the attack. Looking behind him he saw that the Sound ninja was tracking his every move. He jumped onto a nearby tree and, gathering chakra in the balls of his feet, climbed to the top. He jumped from tree to tree, staying near the top the whole time.
When he was certain that the Sound had no idea where he was, he stopped. Calling down, he said, "So you can use earth attacks also? Aren't you Sound supposed to be all about manipulation air and sound itself?" His statement was followed by a short 'humph!'
Looking around nervously, the Sound ninja answered. "Heh. It depends on how advanced you are. I'm one of the top ranking ninja's of my village! I'm capable of using a wide variety of attacks!" As a last resort, he grabbed a kunai from his pouch and held it at the ready.
Quicker than the naked eye could see, Neji was upon him. He muttered softly, "Jyuuken!" (Gentle Fist) and touched the chakra holes on his opponents arms and legs, less than a second passing. As he watched his opponent drop to the floor, as good as dead, he spat in disgust. "If this is as good as your village gets, then what are the rest of you like?" He walked away, leaving the Sound ninja shuddering and jerking violently, to die.
**End Neji's fight**
At the same time as Neji's fight, Miharu's fight had commenced. **Miharu's fight**
"Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" She screamed, her hands working furiously. (Fire Element: Grand Fireball Skill). A large burst of flame escaped from her mouth and attacked the bush. Catching fire, it began to smoke. A slight coughing could be heard, but the figure refused to be moved. Miharu suspected that the enemy might have just backed away from the bush. "Fine!" she pouted. "Make it difficult!"
Grabbing shurikens in her right hand, and kunais in her left, she threw them simultaneously at the bush, forcing her opponent out from behind the burning bush. Landing in front of Miharu, she grinned. "What a smart way to get me where you want me...kid."
"WHAT? KID? I'm not a kid, you asshole! I'm an ADULT! A-D-U-L-T!" Miharu screamed, pointing at her opponent with shaking hands.
"Heh. So what do you suppose you're acting like now? Huh, kid?" Miharu glared once more at the blonde girl. Her hair was in those Chinese- style buns atop her head, like the ones Miharu had only seen once before. She wore a dark blue vest over a white T-shirt, and had on the same army pants as her partners, the only difference being that they were blue and white, not green and gray.
"Shut...up." Miharu breathed through gritted teeth. "Enough. Let's get on with this." She advanced slowly, in a crouch, towards her opponent, who, from the look of her hitai-ate (which was tied around her forehead), was one of the powerful Sound ninja.
"That's fine with me." Her opponent replied. All of a sudden, a strong blast of air hit Miharu, pushing her back. "How do you like my Zankuuha?"(Air Slicing Blast)
"Not very much..." Came Miharu's reply, from somewhere up above. The Sound ninja looked at what her windblast had hit, and gasped in surprise. "Kawarimi no Jutsu? She used that and I didn't realize? But then..." She looked around her nervously..."where is she?"
"Don't worry too much." Came Miharu's voice. All of a sudden, ten kunais flew towards her opponent. "I'm right here!" Flipping backward twice, the ninja had managed to dodge all but two of Miharu's kunais. Blood spurted out of the wound on her cheek and arm.
"Shit....this isn't good at all..." she muttered to herself. "Time to change to a different tactic. "Swinging to the direction of where the trees rustled the most, she threw a handful of senbon with bells attached. Grinning as she heard a low murmur of "Shit!" she pulled the nearly invisible string held in her hand, hearing the ringing sounds the bells which the string was attached to were making. As Miharu fell out of the tree, hitting the ground with a thud, the Sound ninja laughed softly. "Guess you're just a kid after all!"
She gasped suddenly as a figure grabbed her from behind. "Guess again!" Came Miharu's voice in her ear.
"How did you?" The Sound ninja breathed softly. Miharu chuckled in her ear, pissing her off.
"Bunshin no Jutsu. I had a feeling you were going to try something like that. You are a SOUND ninja after all. All I had to do was create a clone of myself, and use it as a distraction, while I sneaked around behind you. It was quite simple, really." Miharu concluded with a small laugh.
The sound ninja looked at the evaporating clone in horror. "No..." she gasped.
"Yes." Miharu replied. "Your time has come to an end. Now I'll finish this. A move I like to show off...one that only the ANBU and one other know of...you don't count, since you're about to die anyway." Still keeping the ninja entangled in her arms, Miharu freed her hands and began the seal furiously. "Kanashibari no Jutsu!" (Body Bind Skill) she yelled. She let go of the Sound ninja, and watched her drop to the ground, bound together, unable to move. Stepping back, her hands worked once more to form the finishing seal. "Katon Housenka no Jutsu!" (Fire Element: Mythical Fire Flower Skill).
Bursts of fire flew towards the Sound, now immobile, shurikens hidden within their depth. The ninja screamed in pain as each blast of fire, each shuriken, pierced her flesh. "Warui..." she began... "demo ga..." without finishing she left her opponent to die.
**End of Miharu's fight**
At the same time as these two fights, Sasuke's fight had commenced.
**Sasuke's fight**
After each kunai had pierced a notable hole through each bushel on the tree, Sasuke's opponent had given up on his hiding. Landing squarely on the rough dirt road below, he cocked his head upward to glare at Sasuke, who was now facing downward, slowly walking down the tree.
Jumping from four feet, Sasuke, too, landed squarely on the ground in front of his opponent. Glaring at each other with murderous intention, they circled one another slowly. As his eyes became red, the trademark colour of his sharingan (Copy Wheel)Sasuke sized his opponent up. About the same height and weight as he, the young man wore a black sleeveless shirt, completed by black pants, the same as his partners. The symbol on his hitai-ate, which was tied loosely around his waist, was that of the Sound. "As I suspected." Sasuke finished his thoughts aloud.
The Sound ninja across from him obviously did not feel like chatting. His hands quickly preformed the seal necessary for his ninjutsu. "Kokuangyo no Jutsu!" (Black Cloak of Darkness Skill). He said, as a thick black fog cloaked Sasuke. Quickly he backed away from the fog, to ensure that it did not ensnare him also.
Sasuke was not bothered in the least by his attack. From a Sound ninja, he expected no less. However, he didn't want this fight to drag out. They were on a mission, and these interruptions were troublesome. As he thought this he grinned at the usage of his old friend's words. It seemed memories would still remain strong, after all this time.
Doing the required seals, he called out "Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu!" softly, then blew from his mouth a steady stream of fire to light the area around him. It worked. Very faintly he could see the outline of the Sound ninja. Cutting off the fire abruptly, he charged straight at his opponent. 'No time for bullshitting.' He thought as he charged. 'I'm serious.'
Once more he preformed the hand seals (of a different ninjutsu) as he charged at his opponent. Time for that one...the one that needed all the quickness he was capable of. Time for... "Chidori!" (Thousand Birds). As he ran toward the Sound, the chakra in his hand became larger and larger and larger. In less than two seconds, he was nearly face to face with his opponent. He grinned. "Enjoy." He whispered, as he whipped the chakra at his opponent.
"Doton Doryou Heki!" His opponent cried out. His counter was ineffective. Because of the speed Sasuke had been moving at, along with the large amount of chakra he had gathered, and his ability was practically undefeatable. As soon as the ball of chakra hit him, the Sound ninja died. Sasuke knew and looked away. "So much for no bloodshed." He muttered as he walked away.
**End of Sasuke's fight**
As the three Jounins came together in the center of the forest, they each nodded once, to signify that their charge had been taken care of. Neji looked over at the bodies. "The Hunter Nins will be by here shortly. There's no need to bother with these." He began walking.
Miharu and Sasuke followed. "Only a few more hours until we reach our destination." Sasuke stated, rather obviously.
Miharu nodded enthusiastically. Running ahead of the group, she turned and barred their path. "I can't wait!" She cheered, jumping. "Let's go!"
End of Chapter 2!
A/N: So??? How was it?? That was the first ever fight scene written by me. I had always wanted to see how I would fare at this. I hope I did well. Please review with suggestions or anything else that could help, or that you wish to put. I really want to improve whatever I can. I hope the characters **at least, Neji and Sasuke** weren't OOC in the fic. I tried to make them as normal as they could be, eight years later and all. Anyway, I really hope you enjoyed it. The next chapter should be up tomorrow. A really big surprise is in store for you guys! Ja!
A/N: For this I had to do a bit of researching. I'm not that big of an expert on all of their techniques, so I had to research while I wrote. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the first fight scene of my fanfic...I took a while to write...I was supposed to have it up by yesterday, demo ga...gomen ne! Anyway, read up, and please remember to review!
Chapter 2-
The First Battle
"Get ready."
Both Sasuke and Miharu tensed at his words. All three drew out their kunais. "Neji..." began Miharu. She didn't have to continue. Neji knew what she was thinking.
"Got it. BYAKUGAN!" Grotesque veins appeared on Neji's face. He strained his eyes, looking all around. "There" He pointed to the bushes slightly up ahead, "There," He pointed to a partially hidden tree on their right, "and there." Last of all, he pointed behind them.
"Shit, so we're surrounded, huh?" asked Sasuke. "Too bad. Looks like they have to get hurt after all...I was hoping for something of a peaceful sort. I don't feel like bloodshed today..."
Miharu stared at her partner in disbelief. "YOU don't feel like bloodshed? That's one I've never heard before." She laughed. "For battle strategy, each person should take the one closest to them. What do you think about that?"
"Good idea." Neji said. "Now..." He turned quickly and sped to the back of the group. "I...see...you..." *
Miharu headed straight, to the bushes that blocked their path. "That's got to be the stupidest disguise I've ever seen. Come out on you own, or I'll have to force you out!!!" When no one emerged from the bush, she stopped. "Fine, be that way." Furiously her hands worked, creating a seal. "Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" she screamed. *
Sasuke, of course, changed directions and ran to his right. Quickly gathering his chakra in the soles of his feet, he began to climb the tree. He sighed impatiently. Running a full circle while still standing on the base of the tree, he threw one kunai into the space above him with every step he took, so that they could penetrate the leaves that were blocking his view and hit any hidden enemies.
**Neji's Fight**
Still using byakugan, Neji charged at his opponent, who had finally decided to reveal himself. He wore a plain black shirt and green army pants. His hitai-ate was tied around his neck. "So your from the Sound, huh?" Neji muttered to himself. "I can deal with you..."
Bringing his hand up quickly, he opened it so that his palm was facing outwards. Speeding up, he muttered "Houshou!" (Crushing Palm). His opponent dodged to the side, only too late. Neji's open palm had grazed his shoulder.
"Shit!" He moaned. 'If this is how much it hurts with him hardly touching me...then I had better not let him hit me full on!' he thought to himself. Straining to lift his left hand, the one which Neji had hit, he preformed a seal, although slower than it would have been had he had the full use of his arm. As he finished, he yelled out, "Doton Doryou Dango!" (Earth Element Mud Cannonball).
Neji's face widened with shock as he looked onward, only to see a gigantic piece of earth headed straight for him. "What the hell?" He muttered. He stopped abruptly and sped to the right, away from the attack. Looking behind him he saw that the Sound ninja was tracking his every move. He jumped onto a nearby tree and, gathering chakra in the balls of his feet, climbed to the top. He jumped from tree to tree, staying near the top the whole time.
When he was certain that the Sound had no idea where he was, he stopped. Calling down, he said, "So you can use earth attacks also? Aren't you Sound supposed to be all about manipulation air and sound itself?" His statement was followed by a short 'humph!'
Looking around nervously, the Sound ninja answered. "Heh. It depends on how advanced you are. I'm one of the top ranking ninja's of my village! I'm capable of using a wide variety of attacks!" As a last resort, he grabbed a kunai from his pouch and held it at the ready.
Quicker than the naked eye could see, Neji was upon him. He muttered softly, "Jyuuken!" (Gentle Fist) and touched the chakra holes on his opponents arms and legs, less than a second passing. As he watched his opponent drop to the floor, as good as dead, he spat in disgust. "If this is as good as your village gets, then what are the rest of you like?" He walked away, leaving the Sound ninja shuddering and jerking violently, to die.
**End Neji's fight**
At the same time as Neji's fight, Miharu's fight had commenced. **Miharu's fight**
"Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" She screamed, her hands working furiously. (Fire Element: Grand Fireball Skill). A large burst of flame escaped from her mouth and attacked the bush. Catching fire, it began to smoke. A slight coughing could be heard, but the figure refused to be moved. Miharu suspected that the enemy might have just backed away from the bush. "Fine!" she pouted. "Make it difficult!"
Grabbing shurikens in her right hand, and kunais in her left, she threw them simultaneously at the bush, forcing her opponent out from behind the burning bush. Landing in front of Miharu, she grinned. "What a smart way to get me where you want me...kid."
"WHAT? KID? I'm not a kid, you asshole! I'm an ADULT! A-D-U-L-T!" Miharu screamed, pointing at her opponent with shaking hands.
"Heh. So what do you suppose you're acting like now? Huh, kid?" Miharu glared once more at the blonde girl. Her hair was in those Chinese- style buns atop her head, like the ones Miharu had only seen once before. She wore a dark blue vest over a white T-shirt, and had on the same army pants as her partners, the only difference being that they were blue and white, not green and gray.
"Shut...up." Miharu breathed through gritted teeth. "Enough. Let's get on with this." She advanced slowly, in a crouch, towards her opponent, who, from the look of her hitai-ate (which was tied around her forehead), was one of the powerful Sound ninja.
"That's fine with me." Her opponent replied. All of a sudden, a strong blast of air hit Miharu, pushing her back. "How do you like my Zankuuha?"(Air Slicing Blast)
"Not very much..." Came Miharu's reply, from somewhere up above. The Sound ninja looked at what her windblast had hit, and gasped in surprise. "Kawarimi no Jutsu? She used that and I didn't realize? But then..." She looked around her nervously..."where is she?"
"Don't worry too much." Came Miharu's voice. All of a sudden, ten kunais flew towards her opponent. "I'm right here!" Flipping backward twice, the ninja had managed to dodge all but two of Miharu's kunais. Blood spurted out of the wound on her cheek and arm.
"Shit....this isn't good at all..." she muttered to herself. "Time to change to a different tactic. "Swinging to the direction of where the trees rustled the most, she threw a handful of senbon with bells attached. Grinning as she heard a low murmur of "Shit!" she pulled the nearly invisible string held in her hand, hearing the ringing sounds the bells which the string was attached to were making. As Miharu fell out of the tree, hitting the ground with a thud, the Sound ninja laughed softly. "Guess you're just a kid after all!"
She gasped suddenly as a figure grabbed her from behind. "Guess again!" Came Miharu's voice in her ear.
"How did you?" The Sound ninja breathed softly. Miharu chuckled in her ear, pissing her off.
"Bunshin no Jutsu. I had a feeling you were going to try something like that. You are a SOUND ninja after all. All I had to do was create a clone of myself, and use it as a distraction, while I sneaked around behind you. It was quite simple, really." Miharu concluded with a small laugh.
The sound ninja looked at the evaporating clone in horror. "No..." she gasped.
"Yes." Miharu replied. "Your time has come to an end. Now I'll finish this. A move I like to show off...one that only the ANBU and one other know of...you don't count, since you're about to die anyway." Still keeping the ninja entangled in her arms, Miharu freed her hands and began the seal furiously. "Kanashibari no Jutsu!" (Body Bind Skill) she yelled. She let go of the Sound ninja, and watched her drop to the ground, bound together, unable to move. Stepping back, her hands worked once more to form the finishing seal. "Katon Housenka no Jutsu!" (Fire Element: Mythical Fire Flower Skill).
Bursts of fire flew towards the Sound, now immobile, shurikens hidden within their depth. The ninja screamed in pain as each blast of fire, each shuriken, pierced her flesh. "Warui..." she began... "demo ga..." without finishing she left her opponent to die.
**End of Miharu's fight**
At the same time as these two fights, Sasuke's fight had commenced.
**Sasuke's fight**
After each kunai had pierced a notable hole through each bushel on the tree, Sasuke's opponent had given up on his hiding. Landing squarely on the rough dirt road below, he cocked his head upward to glare at Sasuke, who was now facing downward, slowly walking down the tree.
Jumping from four feet, Sasuke, too, landed squarely on the ground in front of his opponent. Glaring at each other with murderous intention, they circled one another slowly. As his eyes became red, the trademark colour of his sharingan (Copy Wheel)Sasuke sized his opponent up. About the same height and weight as he, the young man wore a black sleeveless shirt, completed by black pants, the same as his partners. The symbol on his hitai-ate, which was tied loosely around his waist, was that of the Sound. "As I suspected." Sasuke finished his thoughts aloud.
The Sound ninja across from him obviously did not feel like chatting. His hands quickly preformed the seal necessary for his ninjutsu. "Kokuangyo no Jutsu!" (Black Cloak of Darkness Skill). He said, as a thick black fog cloaked Sasuke. Quickly he backed away from the fog, to ensure that it did not ensnare him also.
Sasuke was not bothered in the least by his attack. From a Sound ninja, he expected no less. However, he didn't want this fight to drag out. They were on a mission, and these interruptions were troublesome. As he thought this he grinned at the usage of his old friend's words. It seemed memories would still remain strong, after all this time.
Doing the required seals, he called out "Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu!" softly, then blew from his mouth a steady stream of fire to light the area around him. It worked. Very faintly he could see the outline of the Sound ninja. Cutting off the fire abruptly, he charged straight at his opponent. 'No time for bullshitting.' He thought as he charged. 'I'm serious.'
Once more he preformed the hand seals (of a different ninjutsu) as he charged at his opponent. Time for that one...the one that needed all the quickness he was capable of. Time for... "Chidori!" (Thousand Birds). As he ran toward the Sound, the chakra in his hand became larger and larger and larger. In less than two seconds, he was nearly face to face with his opponent. He grinned. "Enjoy." He whispered, as he whipped the chakra at his opponent.
"Doton Doryou Heki!" His opponent cried out. His counter was ineffective. Because of the speed Sasuke had been moving at, along with the large amount of chakra he had gathered, and his ability was practically undefeatable. As soon as the ball of chakra hit him, the Sound ninja died. Sasuke knew and looked away. "So much for no bloodshed." He muttered as he walked away.
**End of Sasuke's fight**
As the three Jounins came together in the center of the forest, they each nodded once, to signify that their charge had been taken care of. Neji looked over at the bodies. "The Hunter Nins will be by here shortly. There's no need to bother with these." He began walking.
Miharu and Sasuke followed. "Only a few more hours until we reach our destination." Sasuke stated, rather obviously.
Miharu nodded enthusiastically. Running ahead of the group, she turned and barred their path. "I can't wait!" She cheered, jumping. "Let's go!"
End of Chapter 2!
A/N: So??? How was it?? That was the first ever fight scene written by me. I had always wanted to see how I would fare at this. I hope I did well. Please review with suggestions or anything else that could help, or that you wish to put. I really want to improve whatever I can. I hope the characters **at least, Neji and Sasuke** weren't OOC in the fic. I tried to make them as normal as they could be, eight years later and all. Anyway, I really hope you enjoyed it. The next chapter should be up tomorrow. A really big surprise is in store for you guys! Ja!