Love and Death
Disclaimer: Why do we have to put this at the beginning of every chapter?
No, I don't own Naruto!
A/N: Evil flames! Evil! Oh well...I will give in to the flames and not write another "me included" fanfic! I wish to please everyone! (Naruto: Nani??? Mo, Miharu, baka yaro!) So, yeah, this chapter is a whole long fight...how am I supposed to do this?? Toughie...oh well, it's my story, and I've decided! None of you can make me change my mind! Mwahahaha! **Erm, I'm sugar-high right now, so sumimasen, o-kudasai!** I hope you enjoy my new chapter! Kampai! -^-___-^-x
Chapter 13-
Konoha Ninja vs. The Four Sound
"Holy shit..."
Ino's words carried through the trees into the clearing below. Sasuke, Neji, and the Four Sound stared in the direction of the Konoha's most prestigious ninja. It was only after a few minutes that Miharu cut off her steady stream of swearing to see what they all found so interesting.
A kunai came flying out of the pink-haired girl's sleeve, into her awaiting hand. Without hesitation, she threw it into the direction of which the voices were coming from. Listening for some sound of pain, or looking for the ninja to escape from the trees, she was surprised when she got neither.
Sasuke almost laughed at the bewildered looks upon the Four's faces. This was the group which had beat him so badly before he had decided to journey with them to the Hidden Sound? Looking over at Neji, he could see that they both shared the same feelings. Catching his eye, Sasuke smirked. Grinning back, Neji sat down upon the dirt floor, Sasuke following his lead.
Miharu's voice cut through the still air. "We might as well enjoy this..."
*
Sakura and the rest watched from behind the Four ninja. It was amusing that they were well known as one of Orochimaru's deadliest forces, and yet they could not even tell the difference between their actual forms and a simple copy. She looked around herself to see the others. They were all in proper formation. She was certain none could be seen by anyone on the path...except for, perhaps, Hyuuga Neji.
Lifting herself slowly, so that she could be seen by the rest of the Jounin, she proceeded to signal for them to move back slowly. When all were assembled a safe distance away, she started, once more, with the usual "I know you all are probably not too happy with me in command, but Naruto Hokage-sama seemed to think I was the best to lead. So, anyway..."
She seemed to be thinking over what she was to say. Nodding to herself, as if agreeing with her decision, she continued. "Well, this is going to be a big fight, and I wouldn't want us to all get tired at once. What we'll do is go team by team, leaving the strongest for last."
Shikamaru nodded. "You want the rest to fall back until one team is unable to fight?"
"Sou." Sakura nodded. "One team will fight until they cannot possibly take anymore. Then the next one will step up, then the next. I guess you all already know who's last, right?" She paused until she saw everyone nod, and then she continued once more. "Okay, now that that's clear, let's go on. What I want is for the second last team, whoever it is, to free those three. I don't care how you do it, so long as those four have no idea of what you are doing. Wakarimasu-ka?"
One by one, members of all four teams nodded. "So...S-sakura-chan..." Hinata asked meekly. This time, everyone listened. (^=^) "Do we...t-that is, the one's who a-aren't fighting at the time...stay here?"
"Until it's your time to fight, yes. Yosha!" Punching nothing but air, she cried out "Ikimashou!"
Lee walked forward, and TenTen followed, grabbing the still air- punching Sakura as she walked by. "Sayonara!" she called to everyone, as she was dragged from the small clearing of trees.
*
"Wacha!" Lee cried out happily, tears rushing from his unusually round eyes. Bunching his unnaturally thick eyebrows together, he grinned. "I'll make you so proud, Gai-sensei!" (TenTen: **sweatdrop** I'm going out with him and everything, but is he really still doing that after all this time?)
Using a tree as a push-off, the three sped at the Four below, stopping inches from where they stood. Sakura's face hardened at the sight of the four. "Omae..." she whispered maliciously.
Lee and TenTen both stared at Sakura. "You know them, Sakura-san?" Lee asked.
"Those are the four...who took Sasuke..."
Walking forward, the blonde-haired man smirked. "You're the girl who wouldn't stop crying, aren't you?" Pushing her roughly, he continued, eyeing her. "Much prettier now...aren't you going to cry again?"
Before he could blink, Sakura had a kunai at his throat. "Big girls don't cry." She whispered before jamming it into his neck. Grinning as she heard a poof, she stepped back before the cold, clear water could touch her. Doing the hand seal, she disappeared.
Lee and TenTen were both approached by the three remaining Sound. "Choose." Lee ordered her.
Sticking her tongue out at him, she pointed at the pink haired girl. "Us girls got to stick together, you know?" She flashed him a quick thumbs up before disappearing and reappearing only inches away from her opponent. "Seems like I've got you. Think you can keep up?"
Still frowning, the pink haired girl stared. 'This girl can't be too hard to beat...she looks pathetic!' Yet still, she knew looks could be deceiving. The corner of her mouth lifted slightly to form a small smirk. Drawing a kunai from her pouch, she swirled it around her finger. "And what about you?"
"Eyah...figures they'd leave me with the two weirdest guys." Lee muttered to himself. Bracing himself, he decided he'd take out the big guy first. Grinning, he called out, "The bigger they are, the harder they FALL!" Rushing toward his opponent with unbelievable speed, he ducked under and kicked him in the jaw, sending him flying backwards.
The big man managed to land on his feet, surprising Lee a considerable amount. Landing in a distance away, he charged at Lee. Doing the hand seals, he called, "Doton Doryou Dango!" (Earth Element: Mud Cannonball) Lifting up a gigantic piece of earth from underfoot, he hurled it with all his strength in Lee's direction.
Just as it was about to smash into Lee's thick-eyebrowed face (couldn't resist -__-*), he dodged to the side, and ran towards the man, smashing his hand in the Sound's face, causing him to fall backwards. However, he got up slowly, shakily...but up all the same.
"I see that you have high endurance..." Lee started, unwrapping the bandages that covered his hands (I'm not sure if I described him with or without them, but he has to have them so...). "...But I have high endurance also!" Coming at the man at top speed, Lee once again ducked under his bulk and kicked him into the air. Jumping upward to follow the Sound in an aerial pursuit, Lee's bandages wrapped themselves around the Sound's body. Grabbing onto the loose ends, he tightened them and then yelled, "Omote Renge!" (Initial Lotus). As they began their decent, Lee spun them both faster and faster and faster, driving the Sound into the ground, and jumping away before any serious damage could happen to him.
Grinning weakly, panting heavily the whole while, Lee rose a shaky hand to wipe the sweat from his brow. "(pant)...I have...(pant)...a higher end...(pant)...endurance...(pant)...than any other..." Dropping to the ground heavily, he looked over at the spidery-looking Sound ninja. He wasn't going to be able to fight that guy just now. Someone would have to take his place.
*
The blonde-haired man scanned to forest from his place atop a forgotten tree. It was a safe distance from the rest of the fighting. 'Where'd she go?' he wondered to himself. Then he smirked. "Of course..." he said to himself softly. Forming the required hand seal, he called out, "Kai!"
He felt a swift change in the direction of the softly blowing wind, and looked around once more. Yet still, he didn't see her. Could the crybaby have gotten so good in that short amount of time? Then he felt it...a fairly strong amount of chakra...
"Above!"
Looking up, he saw the girl coming at him, a kunai in her hand. He dodged to the side as she landed on the ground, and watched her slim figure melt into nothing. "Nani?!" He quickly scanned the area around him, but saw nothing. Then he looked up. Nothing there either. "Where is she?"
Feeling something wrap itself around his ankles he looked down...and gasped in surprise. The hands, which were now tightly wound around his ankles, pulled and he was drawn into the ground in one quick movement. Looking up, he stared into the face of the young pink-haired shinobi. She smiled at him. "Thank Kakashi-sensei for teaching me that!" Winking, she told him "Doton Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu! It really does come in handy!" (Earth Type: Inner Decapitation Skill)
Stepping back from the now angry head of her opponent, she said to him softly, "I think I'll leave you for another to finish." Sakon spit angrily on the ground as she walked away, then realized...his hands could move slightly, underneath all this sand...and his mouth was still usable...
"Ah!" Sakura cried out as she was hit from behind. As she fell, she managed to gather enough strength to turn her head slightly and see what had happened. The blonde man was grinning...and then fading...
*
TenTen braced herself, thinking of what her first move would be. She hadn't really grown that much over the years, yet she wasn't weak. Her specialty had stayed the same...(you know those strings she uses in the first test of the Chuunin Exam? Her specialty is manipulating them in various ways).
'I know what I'll do!' She decided to thank her fellow ninja later on for helping her learn his attack...'So much for it only being for his clan!' She laughed softly to herself. She didn't have his doujutsu...the Sharingan...yet still, she could give it a try. But first...
She charged at her opponent, grabbing a kunai from her pouch as she ran. Both kunai clashed, as the two females used them as swords. Jumping back, TenTen grinned. This was perfect.
Her grin faded and she coughed as the kunai drove handle-deep into her stomach. Instead of spitting up blood as would normally be done, the figure instead dropped into the ground, kunai still planted into its thick bark. From behind her, the pink-haired ninja heard, "Ninpou: Sofuushasen no Tachi!" (Ninja's Art: Windmill Triple Blade)
Before her opponent had time to react, TenTen threw many shuriken, attached to various thin strings, at the Sound. As they wrapped around the girl, TenTen pulled them tighter, ensuring there was no way for her to escape. Pulling them toward her, she watched her opponent crash into the ground, struggling to be freed.
Standing straight, while panting heavily, TenTen realized that she now had the perfect chance to finish her opponent off. But before she could, she felt something attach onto her from behind. Looking back, she saw a thick, sticky web attached to the back of her shirt. Her face turned a sickly shade of green. 'Eww! Spider!'
Looking further down, she saw that the web's origin was the mouth of a man who bore much resemblance to a spider. He was grinning at her. Jerking his head back, he sent her flying into a tree. She hit the trunk with a sickening CRACK! and dropped to the ground heavily, unconscious.
*
From behind the bushes, Ino looked over at her two teammates. "You guys feel like having a go now?" she asked them anxiously. Shikamaru looked at her as if she was asking him the biggest favour in the world.
"Oh, how troublesome. Demo...I guess I have no choice then...fine, we'll go." He said, as if the world now lay upon his very shoulders. Chouji nodded as he frantically tried to finish his newest bag of chips.
Standing up, Ino took charge. "Yosha! First we need to get them safely out of the area of battle! Then we start. Formation, InoShikaCho!"
"Ah!" Shikamaru and Chouji both answered with a nod of their heads.
Quickly they sped into the battlefield, grabbing the bodies of their comrades, and returned back before the three standing Sound had realized that they were gone.
Sakon looked over at the fallen Jiroubou. "He's pathetic, really. Against a kid half his size, no, make that one sixth of his size...and he still can't beat the kid!" Pulling himself, with great trouble, out of the ground, he stretched and walked over to Kidoumarou and Tayuya.
Tayuya raised a suspicious eyebrow slowly. A dark, quiet voice escaped her lips. "Is that all?"
"All what?" Sakon questioned her.
"Where are the rest of their shinobi? Their kage wouldn't send only one team to look for them," jerking her head in the direction of their hostage team, she continued, "when they're of such high importance. Where are the rest?"
"We're right here!" Came Ino's high, mocking voice from behind them. Swivelling around quickly, they looked at her and the two who accompanied her. "This is all they're going to send us to fight?" Asked Kidoumarou in scorn. "This is pathetic." Forming the hand seals, he opened his mouth wide. "Ninpou; Kumoshi Bari!" A large web escaped his mouth and flew towards the three Konoha ninja. They dodged in different directions, yet all landed simultaneously in a somewhat co-operative line.
Ino looked up, face shining. "Minna! Formation Ino..."
"...Shika..."
"...Cho...!"
Looking at her largest teammate, she nodded. "Go for it, Chouji!" she called to him.
"Oh!" He answered. Forming the hand seals, he called out, "Multi-size no jutsu!" One by one his head, arms, and legs all disappeared into his clothes, which were now as big and round as a tank. "Nikundan Sensha!" Sending his body into a roll, he charged at the spindly Sound.
The blonde haired man (0_o5:: I have a name!!! It's Sakon!) charged at Ino, fist drawn back. Suddenly, he froze in his tracks. Slight surprise wound itself into the fearless look of his eyes. Cocking his head to the side, he rolled his eyes to his left, to stare at the male teammate of his enemy. Looking down, he saw that one long shadow connected the black-haired man and himself. (Is it black or just dark brown?)
The young man grinned as he looked right at the Sound, Sakon. Although no sound escaped his mouth, Sakon knew exactly what his opponent had said when his lips formed the silent words "Kagemane no Jutsu."
Ino looked at the female Sound with a smile upon her face. At seeing this, Tayuyua began to feel slightly unsettled. It wasn't usual for opponents of the infamous Four Sound to have such a carefree smile upon their faces. Was this girl so skilled that she could stare upon the face of the bringer of death with such confidence?
Tayuya realized only too late that she wasn't paying much attention to her opponent. Snapping out of her daze she heard her opponent call out "Shintenshin no Jutsu!" Then her world went black...
Kidoumaru looked at the huge tank-like ball heading straight for him. He had heard of it before, and of its users, the Akimichi clan. Although it could be a force to be reckoned with, he knew the perfect way to cancel it. Once he did, that boy would be in no position to fight again.
Grinning at the boy whom was headed in his direction, he said to him, "Sorry, fat ass, but your time is up!" Doing the hand seals, he called out, "Ninpou: Kimoshi Bari!" A thick web escaped from his mouth and stretched across the road, separating him and his opponent.
Not able to stop, Chouji rolled right into the Sound's trap. Because the web was enforced with its user's chakra, Chouji couldn't break out of its sticky hold. He was stuck. The tank disappeared, and his true form could be seen. He looked as if he was going to be sick.
Kidoumaru grinned and advanced on his fallen opponent, opening his mouth wide. 'Time to finish this one of,' he thought to himself. Before he could begin the hand seals, a rush of wind swept over him, and the chubby man he had been fighting was nowhere to be seen. In his place was a boy-and-dog team.
Shikamaru knew his hold on Sakon's body was about to break. He began thinking of what he should do once it did break. Though he was the most intelligent Jounin, he did not have much strength when it came to actual fights. His Kagemane no Jutsu was his most effective jutsu, in fact.
Realizing that his hold had just broken, Shikamaru sprung to the left just as two kunai came speeding his way. He smirked. Maybe his skill had improved after a-
Sakon smirked as the young man fainted from the hit which had just been delivered to one of the power points on his neck. 'The boy was so pre-occupied With my diversion that he did not even realize that my chakra had changed directions.
He watched, wide-eyed, as the man's lifeless body was lifted into mid-air by apparently nothing, then carried away. Then he realized what it must be. His assumption was confirmed when he saw a young purple- haired woman in front of him, hands in the seal of the concealing jutsu, eyes that of a Hyuuga. He wondered if she would be worthy...
Tayuya woke up suddenly, surprised that naught but a few scratches were upon her. Looking down, she saw the blonde Konoha shinobi lying, unconscious, upon the rough dirt floor. Could it be that her attack had missed? Perhaps her soul had not yet returned to her body...
She walked up to the Leaf and prepared to kick her, but her foot was grabbed in mid-kick by a man who wore dark, round sunglasses. She looked at him, mildly surprised that the blonde ninja was nowhere to be seen. Releasing her foot, he stood and faced her, holding out a hand. She watched as, slowly, a bug came and perched upon his outstretched finger.
Sakon stood straight and frowned. One man was down, and he was not sure when this steady stream of shinobi would end. "Tayuya, Kidoumaru, we take our leave." He sprinted over to their biggest teammate, and lifted him upon his shoulder with apparent ease. "We have no more time to be wasted here fooling around. Ikimashou!"
Both Kidoumaru and Tayuya straightened also, and followed his lead as they sprinted from the forest. The purpled flames which surrounded team 00 disappeared as the Sound's chakra slowly diminished. The remaining team appeared, carrying all of the fainted bodies. Kiba's team walked over to the others.
"This completely SUCKS!" He complained loudly. "We didn't even get to fight!" He punched the air miserably, while his canine companion barked in equal agitation.
Gaara slowly turned his head in the direction of the noisy duo. "Urusai." He said in a deadly whisper. Akamaru shivered, and Kiba said nothing more, but glared at the red-headed man. They both remembered the time of their Chuunin Exams in the Death Forest.
"Thanks, you guys!" Miharu exclaimed. "Wow, you really have gotten stronger!" She took the hand that Neji offered her, using his help to get up. She assumed this was a guesture to say he was sorry, and smiled at him in forgiveness. Sasuke nodded his head at the twelve shinobi who had come to their aid.
"Don't thank us." Temari stated bluntly. Everyone (who was conscious) realized what she meant and turned toward the quietest of the twelve. "It's Hinata who realized you might be in trouble." Miharu smiled warmly at the girl.
A slight blush warmed her cheeks, and she stuttered out a meek "A- ano!" as she turned her head away. However, through the corner of her eye, she watched her cousin for any kind of reaction.
He looked right at her, seemingly in deep though. Then, in a very boy- like manner, he kicked at the ground and muttered, "Thanks."
End Chapter 13!
A/N: Sorry I took so long to update, but I have a good reason why. On Friday, I broke my wrist playing basketball. And to top it off, it's my right one. So I'm not able to type with that hand at all. The cast's going to be on for the next six weeks, and I'm not sure how long it will take for me to finish & update the next two chapters, so please keep checking! Thank you so much! Ja ne! (Please review!)
No, I don't own Naruto!
A/N: Evil flames! Evil! Oh well...I will give in to the flames and not write another "me included" fanfic! I wish to please everyone! (Naruto: Nani??? Mo, Miharu, baka yaro!) So, yeah, this chapter is a whole long fight...how am I supposed to do this?? Toughie...oh well, it's my story, and I've decided! None of you can make me change my mind! Mwahahaha! **Erm, I'm sugar-high right now, so sumimasen, o-kudasai!** I hope you enjoy my new chapter! Kampai! -^-___-^-x
Chapter 13-
Konoha Ninja vs. The Four Sound
"Holy shit..."
Ino's words carried through the trees into the clearing below. Sasuke, Neji, and the Four Sound stared in the direction of the Konoha's most prestigious ninja. It was only after a few minutes that Miharu cut off her steady stream of swearing to see what they all found so interesting.
A kunai came flying out of the pink-haired girl's sleeve, into her awaiting hand. Without hesitation, she threw it into the direction of which the voices were coming from. Listening for some sound of pain, or looking for the ninja to escape from the trees, she was surprised when she got neither.
Sasuke almost laughed at the bewildered looks upon the Four's faces. This was the group which had beat him so badly before he had decided to journey with them to the Hidden Sound? Looking over at Neji, he could see that they both shared the same feelings. Catching his eye, Sasuke smirked. Grinning back, Neji sat down upon the dirt floor, Sasuke following his lead.
Miharu's voice cut through the still air. "We might as well enjoy this..."
*
Sakura and the rest watched from behind the Four ninja. It was amusing that they were well known as one of Orochimaru's deadliest forces, and yet they could not even tell the difference between their actual forms and a simple copy. She looked around herself to see the others. They were all in proper formation. She was certain none could be seen by anyone on the path...except for, perhaps, Hyuuga Neji.
Lifting herself slowly, so that she could be seen by the rest of the Jounin, she proceeded to signal for them to move back slowly. When all were assembled a safe distance away, she started, once more, with the usual "I know you all are probably not too happy with me in command, but Naruto Hokage-sama seemed to think I was the best to lead. So, anyway..."
She seemed to be thinking over what she was to say. Nodding to herself, as if agreeing with her decision, she continued. "Well, this is going to be a big fight, and I wouldn't want us to all get tired at once. What we'll do is go team by team, leaving the strongest for last."
Shikamaru nodded. "You want the rest to fall back until one team is unable to fight?"
"Sou." Sakura nodded. "One team will fight until they cannot possibly take anymore. Then the next one will step up, then the next. I guess you all already know who's last, right?" She paused until she saw everyone nod, and then she continued once more. "Okay, now that that's clear, let's go on. What I want is for the second last team, whoever it is, to free those three. I don't care how you do it, so long as those four have no idea of what you are doing. Wakarimasu-ka?"
One by one, members of all four teams nodded. "So...S-sakura-chan..." Hinata asked meekly. This time, everyone listened. (^=^) "Do we...t-that is, the one's who a-aren't fighting at the time...stay here?"
"Until it's your time to fight, yes. Yosha!" Punching nothing but air, she cried out "Ikimashou!"
Lee walked forward, and TenTen followed, grabbing the still air- punching Sakura as she walked by. "Sayonara!" she called to everyone, as she was dragged from the small clearing of trees.
*
"Wacha!" Lee cried out happily, tears rushing from his unusually round eyes. Bunching his unnaturally thick eyebrows together, he grinned. "I'll make you so proud, Gai-sensei!" (TenTen: **sweatdrop** I'm going out with him and everything, but is he really still doing that after all this time?)
Using a tree as a push-off, the three sped at the Four below, stopping inches from where they stood. Sakura's face hardened at the sight of the four. "Omae..." she whispered maliciously.
Lee and TenTen both stared at Sakura. "You know them, Sakura-san?" Lee asked.
"Those are the four...who took Sasuke..."
Walking forward, the blonde-haired man smirked. "You're the girl who wouldn't stop crying, aren't you?" Pushing her roughly, he continued, eyeing her. "Much prettier now...aren't you going to cry again?"
Before he could blink, Sakura had a kunai at his throat. "Big girls don't cry." She whispered before jamming it into his neck. Grinning as she heard a poof, she stepped back before the cold, clear water could touch her. Doing the hand seal, she disappeared.
Lee and TenTen were both approached by the three remaining Sound. "Choose." Lee ordered her.
Sticking her tongue out at him, she pointed at the pink haired girl. "Us girls got to stick together, you know?" She flashed him a quick thumbs up before disappearing and reappearing only inches away from her opponent. "Seems like I've got you. Think you can keep up?"
Still frowning, the pink haired girl stared. 'This girl can't be too hard to beat...she looks pathetic!' Yet still, she knew looks could be deceiving. The corner of her mouth lifted slightly to form a small smirk. Drawing a kunai from her pouch, she swirled it around her finger. "And what about you?"
"Eyah...figures they'd leave me with the two weirdest guys." Lee muttered to himself. Bracing himself, he decided he'd take out the big guy first. Grinning, he called out, "The bigger they are, the harder they FALL!" Rushing toward his opponent with unbelievable speed, he ducked under and kicked him in the jaw, sending him flying backwards.
The big man managed to land on his feet, surprising Lee a considerable amount. Landing in a distance away, he charged at Lee. Doing the hand seals, he called, "Doton Doryou Dango!" (Earth Element: Mud Cannonball) Lifting up a gigantic piece of earth from underfoot, he hurled it with all his strength in Lee's direction.
Just as it was about to smash into Lee's thick-eyebrowed face (couldn't resist -__-*), he dodged to the side, and ran towards the man, smashing his hand in the Sound's face, causing him to fall backwards. However, he got up slowly, shakily...but up all the same.
"I see that you have high endurance..." Lee started, unwrapping the bandages that covered his hands (I'm not sure if I described him with or without them, but he has to have them so...). "...But I have high endurance also!" Coming at the man at top speed, Lee once again ducked under his bulk and kicked him into the air. Jumping upward to follow the Sound in an aerial pursuit, Lee's bandages wrapped themselves around the Sound's body. Grabbing onto the loose ends, he tightened them and then yelled, "Omote Renge!" (Initial Lotus). As they began their decent, Lee spun them both faster and faster and faster, driving the Sound into the ground, and jumping away before any serious damage could happen to him.
Grinning weakly, panting heavily the whole while, Lee rose a shaky hand to wipe the sweat from his brow. "(pant)...I have...(pant)...a higher end...(pant)...endurance...(pant)...than any other..." Dropping to the ground heavily, he looked over at the spidery-looking Sound ninja. He wasn't going to be able to fight that guy just now. Someone would have to take his place.
*
The blonde-haired man scanned to forest from his place atop a forgotten tree. It was a safe distance from the rest of the fighting. 'Where'd she go?' he wondered to himself. Then he smirked. "Of course..." he said to himself softly. Forming the required hand seal, he called out, "Kai!"
He felt a swift change in the direction of the softly blowing wind, and looked around once more. Yet still, he didn't see her. Could the crybaby have gotten so good in that short amount of time? Then he felt it...a fairly strong amount of chakra...
"Above!"
Looking up, he saw the girl coming at him, a kunai in her hand. He dodged to the side as she landed on the ground, and watched her slim figure melt into nothing. "Nani?!" He quickly scanned the area around him, but saw nothing. Then he looked up. Nothing there either. "Where is she?"
Feeling something wrap itself around his ankles he looked down...and gasped in surprise. The hands, which were now tightly wound around his ankles, pulled and he was drawn into the ground in one quick movement. Looking up, he stared into the face of the young pink-haired shinobi. She smiled at him. "Thank Kakashi-sensei for teaching me that!" Winking, she told him "Doton Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu! It really does come in handy!" (Earth Type: Inner Decapitation Skill)
Stepping back from the now angry head of her opponent, she said to him softly, "I think I'll leave you for another to finish." Sakon spit angrily on the ground as she walked away, then realized...his hands could move slightly, underneath all this sand...and his mouth was still usable...
"Ah!" Sakura cried out as she was hit from behind. As she fell, she managed to gather enough strength to turn her head slightly and see what had happened. The blonde man was grinning...and then fading...
*
TenTen braced herself, thinking of what her first move would be. She hadn't really grown that much over the years, yet she wasn't weak. Her specialty had stayed the same...(you know those strings she uses in the first test of the Chuunin Exam? Her specialty is manipulating them in various ways).
'I know what I'll do!' She decided to thank her fellow ninja later on for helping her learn his attack...'So much for it only being for his clan!' She laughed softly to herself. She didn't have his doujutsu...the Sharingan...yet still, she could give it a try. But first...
She charged at her opponent, grabbing a kunai from her pouch as she ran. Both kunai clashed, as the two females used them as swords. Jumping back, TenTen grinned. This was perfect.
Her grin faded and she coughed as the kunai drove handle-deep into her stomach. Instead of spitting up blood as would normally be done, the figure instead dropped into the ground, kunai still planted into its thick bark. From behind her, the pink-haired ninja heard, "Ninpou: Sofuushasen no Tachi!" (Ninja's Art: Windmill Triple Blade)
Before her opponent had time to react, TenTen threw many shuriken, attached to various thin strings, at the Sound. As they wrapped around the girl, TenTen pulled them tighter, ensuring there was no way for her to escape. Pulling them toward her, she watched her opponent crash into the ground, struggling to be freed.
Standing straight, while panting heavily, TenTen realized that she now had the perfect chance to finish her opponent off. But before she could, she felt something attach onto her from behind. Looking back, she saw a thick, sticky web attached to the back of her shirt. Her face turned a sickly shade of green. 'Eww! Spider!'
Looking further down, she saw that the web's origin was the mouth of a man who bore much resemblance to a spider. He was grinning at her. Jerking his head back, he sent her flying into a tree. She hit the trunk with a sickening CRACK! and dropped to the ground heavily, unconscious.
*
From behind the bushes, Ino looked over at her two teammates. "You guys feel like having a go now?" she asked them anxiously. Shikamaru looked at her as if she was asking him the biggest favour in the world.
"Oh, how troublesome. Demo...I guess I have no choice then...fine, we'll go." He said, as if the world now lay upon his very shoulders. Chouji nodded as he frantically tried to finish his newest bag of chips.
Standing up, Ino took charge. "Yosha! First we need to get them safely out of the area of battle! Then we start. Formation, InoShikaCho!"
"Ah!" Shikamaru and Chouji both answered with a nod of their heads.
Quickly they sped into the battlefield, grabbing the bodies of their comrades, and returned back before the three standing Sound had realized that they were gone.
Sakon looked over at the fallen Jiroubou. "He's pathetic, really. Against a kid half his size, no, make that one sixth of his size...and he still can't beat the kid!" Pulling himself, with great trouble, out of the ground, he stretched and walked over to Kidoumarou and Tayuya.
Tayuya raised a suspicious eyebrow slowly. A dark, quiet voice escaped her lips. "Is that all?"
"All what?" Sakon questioned her.
"Where are the rest of their shinobi? Their kage wouldn't send only one team to look for them," jerking her head in the direction of their hostage team, she continued, "when they're of such high importance. Where are the rest?"
"We're right here!" Came Ino's high, mocking voice from behind them. Swivelling around quickly, they looked at her and the two who accompanied her. "This is all they're going to send us to fight?" Asked Kidoumarou in scorn. "This is pathetic." Forming the hand seals, he opened his mouth wide. "Ninpou; Kumoshi Bari!" A large web escaped his mouth and flew towards the three Konoha ninja. They dodged in different directions, yet all landed simultaneously in a somewhat co-operative line.
Ino looked up, face shining. "Minna! Formation Ino..."
"...Shika..."
"...Cho...!"
Looking at her largest teammate, she nodded. "Go for it, Chouji!" she called to him.
"Oh!" He answered. Forming the hand seals, he called out, "Multi-size no jutsu!" One by one his head, arms, and legs all disappeared into his clothes, which were now as big and round as a tank. "Nikundan Sensha!" Sending his body into a roll, he charged at the spindly Sound.
The blonde haired man (0_o5:: I have a name!!! It's Sakon!) charged at Ino, fist drawn back. Suddenly, he froze in his tracks. Slight surprise wound itself into the fearless look of his eyes. Cocking his head to the side, he rolled his eyes to his left, to stare at the male teammate of his enemy. Looking down, he saw that one long shadow connected the black-haired man and himself. (Is it black or just dark brown?)
The young man grinned as he looked right at the Sound, Sakon. Although no sound escaped his mouth, Sakon knew exactly what his opponent had said when his lips formed the silent words "Kagemane no Jutsu."
Ino looked at the female Sound with a smile upon her face. At seeing this, Tayuyua began to feel slightly unsettled. It wasn't usual for opponents of the infamous Four Sound to have such a carefree smile upon their faces. Was this girl so skilled that she could stare upon the face of the bringer of death with such confidence?
Tayuya realized only too late that she wasn't paying much attention to her opponent. Snapping out of her daze she heard her opponent call out "Shintenshin no Jutsu!" Then her world went black...
Kidoumaru looked at the huge tank-like ball heading straight for him. He had heard of it before, and of its users, the Akimichi clan. Although it could be a force to be reckoned with, he knew the perfect way to cancel it. Once he did, that boy would be in no position to fight again.
Grinning at the boy whom was headed in his direction, he said to him, "Sorry, fat ass, but your time is up!" Doing the hand seals, he called out, "Ninpou: Kimoshi Bari!" A thick web escaped from his mouth and stretched across the road, separating him and his opponent.
Not able to stop, Chouji rolled right into the Sound's trap. Because the web was enforced with its user's chakra, Chouji couldn't break out of its sticky hold. He was stuck. The tank disappeared, and his true form could be seen. He looked as if he was going to be sick.
Kidoumaru grinned and advanced on his fallen opponent, opening his mouth wide. 'Time to finish this one of,' he thought to himself. Before he could begin the hand seals, a rush of wind swept over him, and the chubby man he had been fighting was nowhere to be seen. In his place was a boy-and-dog team.
Shikamaru knew his hold on Sakon's body was about to break. He began thinking of what he should do once it did break. Though he was the most intelligent Jounin, he did not have much strength when it came to actual fights. His Kagemane no Jutsu was his most effective jutsu, in fact.
Realizing that his hold had just broken, Shikamaru sprung to the left just as two kunai came speeding his way. He smirked. Maybe his skill had improved after a-
Sakon smirked as the young man fainted from the hit which had just been delivered to one of the power points on his neck. 'The boy was so pre-occupied With my diversion that he did not even realize that my chakra had changed directions.
He watched, wide-eyed, as the man's lifeless body was lifted into mid-air by apparently nothing, then carried away. Then he realized what it must be. His assumption was confirmed when he saw a young purple- haired woman in front of him, hands in the seal of the concealing jutsu, eyes that of a Hyuuga. He wondered if she would be worthy...
Tayuya woke up suddenly, surprised that naught but a few scratches were upon her. Looking down, she saw the blonde Konoha shinobi lying, unconscious, upon the rough dirt floor. Could it be that her attack had missed? Perhaps her soul had not yet returned to her body...
She walked up to the Leaf and prepared to kick her, but her foot was grabbed in mid-kick by a man who wore dark, round sunglasses. She looked at him, mildly surprised that the blonde ninja was nowhere to be seen. Releasing her foot, he stood and faced her, holding out a hand. She watched as, slowly, a bug came and perched upon his outstretched finger.
Sakon stood straight and frowned. One man was down, and he was not sure when this steady stream of shinobi would end. "Tayuya, Kidoumaru, we take our leave." He sprinted over to their biggest teammate, and lifted him upon his shoulder with apparent ease. "We have no more time to be wasted here fooling around. Ikimashou!"
Both Kidoumaru and Tayuya straightened also, and followed his lead as they sprinted from the forest. The purpled flames which surrounded team 00 disappeared as the Sound's chakra slowly diminished. The remaining team appeared, carrying all of the fainted bodies. Kiba's team walked over to the others.
"This completely SUCKS!" He complained loudly. "We didn't even get to fight!" He punched the air miserably, while his canine companion barked in equal agitation.
Gaara slowly turned his head in the direction of the noisy duo. "Urusai." He said in a deadly whisper. Akamaru shivered, and Kiba said nothing more, but glared at the red-headed man. They both remembered the time of their Chuunin Exams in the Death Forest.
"Thanks, you guys!" Miharu exclaimed. "Wow, you really have gotten stronger!" She took the hand that Neji offered her, using his help to get up. She assumed this was a guesture to say he was sorry, and smiled at him in forgiveness. Sasuke nodded his head at the twelve shinobi who had come to their aid.
"Don't thank us." Temari stated bluntly. Everyone (who was conscious) realized what she meant and turned toward the quietest of the twelve. "It's Hinata who realized you might be in trouble." Miharu smiled warmly at the girl.
A slight blush warmed her cheeks, and she stuttered out a meek "A- ano!" as she turned her head away. However, through the corner of her eye, she watched her cousin for any kind of reaction.
He looked right at her, seemingly in deep though. Then, in a very boy- like manner, he kicked at the ground and muttered, "Thanks."
End Chapter 13!
A/N: Sorry I took so long to update, but I have a good reason why. On Friday, I broke my wrist playing basketball. And to top it off, it's my right one. So I'm not able to type with that hand at all. The cast's going to be on for the next six weeks, and I'm not sure how long it will take for me to finish & update the next two chapters, so please keep checking! Thank you so much! Ja ne! (Please review!)