Chapter 2: Showdown

Naruto smirked and charged, the woman rolled her blue eyes and muttered a little something. Naruto knew what this was and jumped up and flipped over to find the real her there.

"Impressive," she said and pulled out two shurikens.

"You haven't seen anything yet lady…" he yelled out and all his clones were ready to do the Naruto combo.

She saw this coming and closed her eyes. With her fingers moving swiftly, Naruto didn't know what was coming next. She opened her eyes and they were red, her arms went on fire and her shurikens did too. Her smirk grew bigger and she finally shot them.

"Die!" she cried out in a husky voice. Everyone saw the shurikens heading towards Naruto and just before it hit him, Tenten threw some of her kunais to stop them.

"Arigato Tenten," he said and smiled, "Damn you lady!" he multiplied even further.

"Just because there's more of you doesn't mean you'll get better," she moved her fingers again, "But I'll play your game of cloning," she pulled out one kunai and threw it at him, muttering something, as soon as Naruto dodged the kunai, it multiplied and ended up piercing him anyways.

"Damn…" he muttered, with about ten kunais attached to his shirt.

"Naruto-kun!" Hinata cried out. She charged at the lady and raised her arms.

"Oh, I see that this girl wants to fight me one on one?" she scoffed and punched Hinata in the stomach. It disappeared into a log, and Kiba and Akamaru came out of no where and they attacked her.

"No way," she said and looked up to see Sasuke and Neji, "You guys sure like using the same tricks over and over again."

A rush of chakra flowed through her and out of her hands. They pushed the real Kiba and Akamaru that were rushing to her, but she couldn't sense Neji and Sasuke. The two came up from the ground and they both jabbed her somewhere with their kunai. Also Chouji came tumbling in and almost crushed her.

"Curses," she muttered and jumped away.

The three sand ninjas came out of no where and attacked her all at once, but not even Gaara's desert tomb was good enough. Temari blew her away and right into Shikamaru's shadow technique.

"This is troublesome," he said, he moved side to side then did the chiken dance.

"Why don't you just finish me now?"

"I'd love to, but I want to see you squirm first," he turned to his side to see Sakura, Lee and Ino fighting the monster, "That beast of yours, is it a pet?" he asked.

"Yes, actually my favorite," she smirked, "You think you can kill him?"

"Of course," he rolled his eyes, "There's a lot of us, and only the two of you, although I have my doubts, you seem strong, but so far, you don't have a chance…" he went into his thinking stance, "Hmm…You are a strong one, I need to think this over…"

She looked at him with curiosity. The Shadow began to fade, "Well, your times up young man…" she jumped away, and angelic wings sprout out of her, she muttered some things and her fingers went hay wire, "Die…"

The whole floor shook and it rained meteors, she laughed, "Well, I might be seeing you later loves," she winked, "It was fun while it lasted!" Her pet followed her, the pet only was injured a bit, and Sakura was healing Lee and Ino.

They all looked up, Neji and Hinata did their best to reflect them and everybody did the same. It was hard, and only some was destroyed.

"Oh shit," Shino said, the first time he talked that night…

The nest day, the hospital was busy. All of them were checked and they all stayed in the same room. Gaara wasn't damaged too much, he sat outside and waited for everyone to come out.

Eventually, Neji came out, "Gaara," he said, "Your siblings want you…"

Gaara nodded and walked inside. Neji sat down, he only had a cast on his arm, "I wonder how my team mates are…" he remembered seeing them last night, they weren't so bad, but looks can be deceitful.

"Neji-kun?" said a voice, she opened the door, it revealed Tenten, "Are you okay?" she asked him quietly.

"Of course I am," he looked at her with intense eyes, "Are you?"

She blushed slightly, "Of course, it was nothing," she looked down and her casted foot. She held her crutches tightly and slightly smiled, "It's not that bad…"

He closed his eyes, "It was, there was all of us there, and, we still got injured. Well except for Gaara, he was only injured a bit," he opened his eyes and looked at her, he walked up to her, "Be careful now, she might come out of no where, and, I don't want anyone to get hurt, especially not you."

She blushed even more and rubbed her arm, "You don't have to worry, I'm fine. I'm strong enough."

"True," he said and sat down again, "You are strong, but we don't know her full potential, and I don't want anything bad to happen."

She smiled slightly and sat next to him, "Your so sweet sometimes!"

Suddenly Rock Lee came out, he actually jumped out, one eye sparkling and wet, "My other eye!" he exclaimed, he touched the bandages and sobbed, "It's so weird! I can't believe that our youth power didn't destroy that evil woman of evilness!"

Neji and Tenten were broken from the moment and they eyed Lee, Tenten spoke up, "Are you okay?"

"Yes," Lee stated sighing, "Sakura-chan healed most of my injuries out on the battle field, and Ino-chan was a big help on defending that beast. All I have injured is my eye, and I just had to get out of there…"

"Why?" Neji asked.

"Naruto and Sasuke are arguing as usual," he sighed again, "I hope Sakura-chan is okay, she didn't heal herself, only us," Lee looked at the door, and Neji and Tenetn looked at each other.

Again, someone came out, it was Chouji and Shino, they both looked okay except for their neck braces. Chouji pouted, it was hard for him to eat, and Shino just stood there, with two bugs running up and down his brace.

Lee stared at the door and inhaled and exhaled, thinking about Sakura and his fellow comrades, he told the others that he was going to see them.

Inside the room, the other ninjas looked at him and waved. They weren't too bad, just one part was badly injured, but they'd probably be up and running in a day or two. But did they have one or two days? You never know when she will strike again. They had to be prepared. Lee looked where Sasuke and Naruto was, they were still bickering, but they weren't as loud as before.

"You idiot! You should of thought more, instead of just charging like that like you usually do," Sasuke glared at Naruto and Naruto just rolled his eyes.

"But Sasuke-teme, by now you should know, that's just how I fight," Naruto gave up on arguing, and used the truth as his defense. He smiled slightly and slowly got up. He found his t-shirt next to him and put it on, "Sasuke, if you have a problem with who I am, then that's your problem, I haven't died yet, and I'm not planning to. I may be an idiot, but that's just me. I'm tired of being angry, I'm tired of you always being right. I'm the one who is right, and you're the one lying their and glaring at me for telling the truth."

Everyone in the room stared at Naruto, this was a side they never saw. The usual uptight Naruto was gone for that moment, they saw a serious side to him. Sasuke softened his glare, and blinked, "Okay Naruto…You win…" Sasuke got up and rubbed his cast, he started to walk out and waved to the others.

"Wow, Naruto," Kiba said with a smile, "I never knew you can actually be serious," Akamaru barked.

"Kiba."

"Yes?"

"Shut up," Naruto walked out and left the room.

"Ouch man," Kiba said glaring.

Ino-chan shook her head and turned it to Shikamaru who was looking at the ceiling, "How is your leg Shika-kun?" she blushed slightly when he turned to her and smiled.

"I'm fine Ino," his smile faded, "I just don't know what'll happen next."

He slowly got up, and as soon as he did, Ino got up too. Her rib cage hurt, but she wanted to stay with Shikamaru.

The sand nins sat next to each other on the same bed. Gaara looked at the floor, and Kankorou at the ceilinbg, Temari looked straight ahead as Shika left.

"You guys okay?" Gaara asked.

The other two nodded, and Gaara got up, "Don't be so careless next time."

The other two were about to protest, but nothing came out. The two muttered a sorry, and they left the room.

Lee, who was still there was surprised by the intensity, they weren't that badly damaged. He turned to Sakura, she smiled at him, "Are you okay?" she asked quietly.

"Yes," he said and smiled, "Are you?"

She winced, "I'm fine, just don't strain yourself, tell that to everyone."

"Speak for yourself," Lee said looking at her bandaged forehead and cast, "You were able to heal Ino and I pretty well."

"But Ino's rib cage must still hurt, and your eye…" she looked away from him and to the ceiling.

"It's fine Sakura-chan," he smiled and his eyes sparkled, "You protected me, and I must protect you."

She nodded, "Thanks Lee-kun."

His smile widened and his heart jumped for joy. Ever since she had lost interest for that Uchiha boy, they've been getting closer, and Lee is getting closer to his goal of winning Sakura's heart.

Sakura got up and winced, "Let's go see the others outside…" he nodded and they began walking outside.

Hinata and Kiba were left, they sat on their beds and looked at each other, "Be careful," Kiba said, "I don't want anything really bad to happen to you."

"Don't worry," she said, "I have you to protect me, and I'm pretty strong."

"Yeah," he said and smiled slightly, "Plus…"

She looked at him with curiosity.

"I think Naruto loves you too…" he looked at her blushing face, "He of course will protect you also, and we both know how strong he is."

She nodded and the two got up and walked out of the room to the others…

A/N: Ok, a little bit of OOC, but its because of the moment they're in…Please R&R!