Tapion woke up covered in dust and dirt. He felt a heavy weight on his chest. He propped his head up and saw that Hikari was lying on top of him. He lifted his arm and checked her neck for a pulse. He let out a sigh of relief. She was still alive. He could feel his muscles ached as he moved his arms around her and shifted her to the side slowly. He then sat up and checked his body. Everything seemed all right but when he tried to get up he fell down almost immediately. He gripped his right leg. He pushed and prodded the leg a couple of times checking to see where it hurt. 'Good, its not broken but I tore the muscle' he thought to himself.
He looked around and placed his hand on the ceiling above them. The wall didn't completely fall on them instead it made a small pocket with them trapped under an unknown amount of rock and wood. "Talk about your tight spots." He looked over at Hikari. "You're going to get a kick out of this when you wake up."
Eastside of the Village
A dozen soldiers were moving down the streets in a box formation with one soldier out in front as point. The scout turned the corner and spotted a large building still in tact. He went back to his squad. "Captain, I found a place to set up a barricade."
"Good, private. Sarg, bring up the rear." The Captain ordered. The squad split up into three groups. The captain led the first group into the building. They entered the building slowly. At that moment they heard gunfire behind them. The captain yelled out. "Everyone inside now!" His group provided cover fire for the rest of the squad. Seven of the original twelve made it inside. Sarg came in with a shuriken in his arm. The team set up defenses in what appeared to be a lobby.
"Sir we're pinned down." Sarg took the clip out of his rifle and put another one in. "What should we do?" He cocked his rifle.
"We still have the bomb. Take Bower and set it up inside. Our mission is to set it up as close to the center of the village as possible and I think this is the closest we can get." Sarg nodded and grabbed a large bag and went inside the building.
They found a room down the white hall. Bower bent down and opened the bag. Inside he opened a panel and typed in a code. Sarg stood at the door with his rifle poised. Bower was about to arm the device when he felt something against his head. He looked back and found Sarg pointing the gun at his head. "What are you doing?" Sarg was shaking a little but didn't move.
"I don't know I can't control my body." He was confused and didn't know what was going on. At that moment he smacked Bower in the back of the head rendering him unconscious. He could move again after that. "What is going on?" He yelled. At that moment a woman came up behind him and knocked him unconscious. She was in a hospital gown and carrying an IV with her left hand.
She walked out to the entrance of the building. The soldiers were all lying on the ground. Four Shinobi stood in the middle of the mess; they looked at her. She confidently walked up the closest one. "There are two men back there along with a high explosive device. What's the status of the crisis Konohamaru?"
The new Jounin looked at the three chuunin, they nodded and proceeded into the hospital. He then tuned back to the woman. "Are you okay Ino?"
"I'm fine. Most of the hospital has been evacuated but a few were to sick to be moved. I stayed to protect them until you showed up. Come on I'll take you to them." He nodded and then followed the blond jounin.
Inside the mountain
The attack took everyone by surprise but as the time dragged on, Konoha was able to take control and the battle was heading toward an end. Saitou sat there frustrated. On his way back home he was suddenly herded in here by chuunin. He knew an attack was going on; He sat in this very same spot five years ago. He slammed his fist on the ground. He should be out there fighting instead of waiting here. He was no longer a child. Not like last time he thought to himself.
Eastside of the village
Hikari woke up with a bad headache. Her body felt heavy as she flexed her muscles throughout her body checking for damage. Her side stung, it may be bleeding. Suddenly she remembered why she was in her situation. 'Where's Tapion?' she thought. She turned her head for the first time and looked over and found him sitting up next to her.
Tapion held his leg carefully with both his hands. He closed his eyes to concentrate. He took his hands off his leg and did a couple of seals and then his hands began to glow a dim green color. Hikari recognized it was chakra but what was he doing she wondered. He placed both hands on his leg and held it there a long while not moving. He had his eyes closed. Whatever he was doing it took his complete attention. After a while Hikari managed to sit up and she just watched him. She ripped a piece of her shirt and tightened it around her stomach.
Tapion opened his eyes and his hands stopped glowing. He then stood up and walked around a bit. He limped the three steps back and fourth and bubble they where trapped in. He looked satisfied and then looked at Hikari. She glared and he smiled. At least some things are still the same he thought. He sat back down next to her. "You're hurt." He motioned to where she had the make shift bandage. She relaxed.
"Its nothing I can't deal with until we get out of here." She answered. He shook his head. "What was that you did with your leg?" Tapion smiled.
"I tore a couple of muscles in my leg in the fall. It took a large chunk of my chakra and I couldn't completely heal it but I can walk now so I'm not complaining." He explained.
"No, I mean when did you learn this?" She asked curiously.
"My mother," He paused. "She was a medic, one of the best. This was one of the first techniques I learned." He laughed a little. "I was a very clumsy kid, I still am." He put his head down. He missed her and hoped she was okay. Hikari put a hand on his shoulder.
"It's going to be okay, I'm sure she's safe inside the mountain with everyone else." Tapion raised an eyebrow. He actually heard emotion in her voice.
"Thank you, thank you." He smiled. "What about you? Do you have anyone waiting for you in that huge chunk of rock."
She looked down. Tapion put an arm around her not knowing what to say. She put her head on his shoulder. "It's going to be okay." Tapion said hopping to lift the mood. She lifted her head and looked at him with watery eyes.
Other side of town
Sasuke ran through the streets. Something didn't smell right. How could the military pull this off? Better question was why? Shinobi were considered a military power yes but were never used to attack nations in any traditional way. Black ops were their specialty. He jumped up on a rooftop saying hidden in the shadows. Below him in the street was a firefight. Enemy soldiers had taken up defensive positions in the alley and the chunnin could not get any closer. He noticed one of the chuunin silently moving around the fighting to try and flank the soldiers.
Sasuke watched him ready his attack. It was nothing out of the ordinary but what happened next surprised Sasuke. The chuunin was in the middle of a hand seal when a sword struck him down from behind. The man dropped the sword and begun doing hand seals. He didn't finish his technique however.
Sasuke came out of the shadows and struck the mysterious ninja with his own knife. He then searched the body. He found no head protector or any sign of markings representing any village. He remained kneeled next to the body when suddenly it came to him. He rolled the body onto its back and cut the jacket on the body. He sighed as he spotted the tattoo, the same one on Gouda; that of a triangle with a circle around it.
Eastside of the village
After several hours Hikari finally gave in and let Tapion take a look at her wound. He grinned and did several hand seals. His hands resumed their greenish glow. Hikari unwrapped her makeshift bandage and lifted her shirt a little. The wound wasn't very deep but it was larger than normal. It was the size of a baseball.
Tapion closed his eyes and touched the wound with both hands. Hikari shifted a little, his hands were cold but soon settled down and got used to it. Hikari could tell that this technique took a lot out him. She noticed a drop of sweat on his forehead. He was using a lot of chakra to help her. To help her, she thought and laughed partly because his hands were tickling her a little but mostly because of other reasons.
After almost an hour Tapion removed his hands and opened his eyes. His breathing had become heavier. Hikari looked down at the wound. The wound was still there but it was reduced to about a third of the previous size.
"I couldn't completely heal the wound, I have enough chakra but I still lack the skill." Tapion said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"It's alright. It feels better now, the pain isn't that bad anymore."
At that moment the far wall started to shake. Tapion and Hikari got up and stared at the wall. The rocks started to move away. They heard a voice. "Hey is anyone in here?" Tapion and Hikari felt relieved.
"Yes we're in here." Tapion answered back. Tapion approached the other wall. "Can you hear me?" He yelled.
"Yes, hold on I'll try and get you out." The voice answered. Tapion and Hikari could hear rumbling and shifting of rocks outside. Tapion and Hikari went over and helped widen the hole from there side.
Center of the village
Once Sasuke found the enemy shinobi everything fell into place. He gave out the signal that summoned all the jounin back to the main building. He returned as quickly as possible. When he entered the room, the sixth and most of the jounin. They all looked at Sasuke. "Why did you call us during the current situation?" Kiba asked.
"I know you all have been wondering this question since the attack started. How they were ever able to pull this off. I found one of Gouda's shinobi here. They broke our defenses and let the military in. The military forces are nothing but a distraction, a big enough decoy for them to enter undetected." All the jounin nodded. Each of them has seen the evidence of this over the village.
"And it's working. The distraction is something we can't ignore. The threat of the soldiers is very real." The Sixth stated. "I want you all to stay on alert and warn the others about this. This fight just got bigger. We got two fronts now." All the jounin in the room nodded and left to carry out the mission. The Sixth took off his hat and left to ready himself for whats next to come.
At the entrance of the village
Shino, Tenten and Rock arrived at the entrance. On their way back to the village they had encountered many shinobi. It had taken them a while to through the forest. "This doesn't look good." Shino said. "The enemy ninja seem to be striking at certain points in our defenses allowing the soldiers to do considerable damage on the village."
"Our first task should be to eliminate the soldiers." Tenten said. They entered the village hearing fighting a few blocks away. "What do you say Rock Lee?" She asked her former teammate.
Rock Lee smiled. "I say let's stop talking and save 'our' home. Even if one hasn't stepped foot in it for many years." Tenten smiled and nodded and the three shinobi joined the battle.
Eastside of the village
Soon a light shined through. It took almost an hour but soon Tapion and Hikari managed to emerge from the rubble. Tapion had never been happier to feel the wind and the sun. The woman who found them felt relieved. She was average height with red hair and emerald eyes. He held out a hand. "Thank you."
She smiled at the two genin. "You're welcome."
"How did you know we were underneath all that rubble?" Tapion wondered.
"I was scouting this area out looking for the enemy when I noticed a pulsing light. It was a marble." She held it up. Tapion looked back at Hikari who only shrugged. "Now lets get out of here. Its not safe here for you two."
"You couldn't be more right, my dear Sakura was it?" Her smile disappeared and she became serious. She reached behind into her pouch and pulled out a kunai. A man stood a few yard from the three shinobi.
"Gouda." She said emotionless. She turned back to Tapion and Hikari. "You two get out of here." Tapion was about to object when Hikari grabbed his arm. He turned back and she shook her head.
"We should go, this is out of our league." Tapion reluctantly agreed.
"I have no interest in you or them. Where's Uchiha?" Gouda asked sternly. Taking his hands out of his pockets.
"Right here. What are you going to do about it?" Sasuke appeared between him and Sakura. "Sakura, take the two genin and get out of here." Sakura was about to object when Sasuke cut her off. "This is my fight!"
Sakura reluctantly nodded and grabbed Tapion and Hikari. Sakura led the two of them to the mountain and to safety. "What was that about?" Tapion asked Sakura.
She rolled her eyes as they ran through the streets. "We used to date."
A/n: Whew this chapter's in the bag. Things just got more complicated. Where's naruto when you need him. Can Sauske take Gouda? Is Tapion's mother safe. Rock Lee has returned but can he help. Everythings spiraling out of control. Tell me what you guys think. Reveiw!