Warnings: Slash; violence

Disclaimers: Naruto, sad to say, is not mine. heavy sigh Too bad...

'Blah' - thought

"Yammer" - talking

Chatter- telepathy

symbolsymbolsymbolsymbolsymbol - switch of POV or scene

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Kakashi glared at the board in front of him and tried to find a way out of this mess. He cast an angry glare at his opponent and reluctantly moved a pawn across the board.
"What brings you out here anyways?" he asked, watching as the wiry red head cast a studious glance over the board and moved a rook, putting him into check again. Kakashi grumbled and sacrificed his remaining bishop, leaving him with three pawns, his king, and a rook.
"I suppose just saying I felt like it wouldn't suffice..." she said calmly, moving her queen one square and making Kakashi scratch his head.
"That's because you don't really do things just because you feel like it," Kakashi pointed out, electing to move his rook into a potential blocking position. An evil smile curled across the woman's lips and she moved her rook again.
"Checkmate," she said calmly, leaning back and folding her arms behind her head. She grinned at him briefly then became serious again.
"I'm here hunting a demon Kakashi-kun. It's psychic with some very nasty skills with the pole arm weapon it carries. It came through this region a few years ago and was seriously pounded by the local fox demon. This left him weakened enough for me to handle him now; however, he's regaining power with every kill. I've traced him to this region and have thus come to at least try and stop him," she said seriously, picking up her tea and sipping. Suddenly her eyes flew wide and she dropped the cup in her lap. Kakashi felt it too. Both were on their feet and out the door within seconds, only taking the time to collect their weapons before tearing off.

Naruto grunted as he slammed into a tree again and sent another spray of blood around.
"Naruto?!" Sasuke called in alarm when he slumped. Naruto held up a hand to let him know he was still alive, something he was doing regularly to keep Sasuke calm. Although what difference it made at this point he had no idea, not even Naruto's doppelgangers had made any difference against this kid.
'Yo Fox, you're help would be really nice right about now,' he growled in his head, biting his lip and forcing himself to his feet again. Dammit, if he was gonna go down then he was either gonna do it fighting or take that little shit with him.
"DUCK!" Sasuke said suddenly. Naruto did and barely avoided a shuriken aimed at his throat.

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Sasuke let out a sigh of relief when Naruto ducked just in time. His whole body ached and he was losing a lot of blood, but for some reason that didn't matter as long as Naruto was ok. Gritting his teeth and pulling out the last of his shuriken he took aim and hoped against hope that he would connect with at least one. To his utter shock, he did.
"You little..." the boy snarled, holding his side and whipping his attention back to Sasuke. Sasuke matched his cold gaze with one of his own and prepared himself for the worst.
"That is ENOUGH Yami, you have done more then enough," a cold female voice cut in suddenly. All three faces turned to the source, revealing a tall, thin red-headed woman with flashing violet eyes and utter defiance in her eyes. The boy, Yami, snarled and took a leap backwards.
"What in the hell are you doing here? I thought I lost you, you stubborn bitch." The woman smirked and was joined by Kakashi, Iruka, and Sakura. Sakura spotted them and made a move towards them, but the woman's hand shot up, blocking her path.
"Let me get Yami out of the way first. It's too much of a risk to all of you if you just cavort over there," she said calmly. Sasuke sighed and collapsed, his battered legs finally giving in.

Naruto watched Sasuke fall, a brief moment of terror flashing through him. When Sasuke remained sitting though, he relaxed. Gritting his teeth with effort he made his way over to his teammate and collapsed next to him. Sasuke turned his head slightly and bobbed to acknowledge Naruto's presence. Naruto smiled to himself and grimacing, nudged Sasuke.
"Hey, turn around and sit back-to-back, that way we don't have to worry about our backs and we can stay upright," he said. Sasuke said nothing, just turned.

menoryutsuki

Chapter 2 la fin! Onwards men!! (And women of course... and children... and teens... ah, you get the idea)

-Lethal-chan