Sands of Time, Winds of Change (7)
Dunnanunnanunnanuna NARUTO!
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Everyone awoke quickly, anticipating the arrival. Kiba closed his eyes and listened hard. Clank, swish, crack!
"They're fighting!" He said, surprised. "I hear the sound of clashing metal.."
"That's a good sign?" Choji asked.
"It means they're not dead...I hope." Neji confirmed. Shikamaru looked towards the gate.
"It's troublesome, but...we have to fight. So get ready to get in the middle of this." Shikamaru said, not looking at them.
"I wonder if Sakura's alright." Naruto said. "And Kakashi. And Iruka. And Tsunade and Jiraiya and Konohamaru and—"
"Naruto!" Shikamaru said. "Focus on the goal! It's too troublesome to have too much hope that everyone will be okay. Just don't be devastated if.." He trailed off, staring back at the gates. Kiba motioned for everyone to get off Akamaru.
"We'll walk from here." He said. "I'll need Akamaru." Shikamaru nodded.
"We'll all split up." Shikamaru said. "Focus on fighting, not on finding out if friends and family are okay. We can do that after this is over.." He said quietly. Everyone got quiet.
"Well? What are we waiting for!" Naruto cried, jumping up and down. "Let's go!"
"Alright. Let's go." Shikamaru said. Temari nodded, and brought out her fan. They all ran into Konoha. Shikamaru made a dash for the fields, and Temari followed him. Naruto ran into the shopping vendors' part of the town with Kiba, and Neji and Choji ran to the training arenas.
Shikamaru and Temari skidded into the fields, to find massive battling in front of them. Strange human-like warriors with wings and gruesome claws were battling it out with the shinobi of Konoha.
"Shikamaru!" Someone gasped. Asuma.
"Asuma! What's happened!" He said. Asuma ducked down to dodge a shruiken that whizzed past his head into a tree. Several shinobi were falling to the ground at an alarming rate. Blood splattered the ground, the grass dyed red.
"They're too strong! They have immense power...where are the sand nin?" He said, dodging more attacks from the strange bird-people of Ryuu.
"They wouldn't come. But Temari is here." Temari nodded. Asuma gaped.
"One person will not make a difference, Shikamaru!" He cried helplessly. A Chuunin fell to the ground at his feet, hacking up blood, eyes glazing over. Shikamaru gasped.
"What are they!" He cried.
"Bird-hybrids. They're like a flock. But their ninjitsu is powerful enough to overcome our forces in one fell swoop. If it wasn't for Tsunade's medical tactics, we'd all be dead." He said. Temari smirked.
"Well then we'll have to give it all we've got. Kuchiyose: Kirikiri Mai!" She cried, waving her fan. Kamatari was summoned, and began decapitating the rival shinobi. They screeched as they fell to the ground. At first Temari thought they had won, but more came quickly. She gasped. "There's too many!"
"Asuma! What do we do!" Shikamaru asked, eyes wide. He shook his head.
"We have to fight! There's nothing else we can do now!" He said. He used a fire jutsu, hardly making a dent in the wild stampede of the Ryuu people. Temari jumped in the fight, as did Shikamaru.
"Kagemane no Jutsu!" Shikamaru cried, capturing one of the creatures in his shadow. "Heh." He said with a smirk. The creature screeched and tried to move, to no avail. "Kage Kubi Shibari no Jutsui!" He cried. Shadow hands crawled up the creature's body, causing it to cower in fear. It screamed as the shadows clutched it's throat, and fell to the ground, dead. Temari was holding her own, whipping the creatures like there was no tomorrow. Shikamaru was shocked. 'She is so violent…but she's risking her place in Suna to help us. It's troublesome…I wonder why she did it…' Suddenly, Shikamaru found himself surrounded by several of the featured shinobi. They laughed manically and cracked their claws like knuckles. They did a strange jutsu, and many shuiken-like needles began to fall towards Shikamaru, casting a deadly shadow above him. His eyes widened. 'I guess this is it..' He thought, closing his eyes, waiting for the impact. He heard a strange swishing, and then nothing. No impact, no pain. He opened one eye, and both widened in surprise. Sand had formed a makeshift shield around him, and he looked to his right, seeing the one person he least expected to see.
"Gaara!"
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Ninjitsu Used:
Kuchiyose: Kirikiri Mai - Summoning: Quick Beheading Dance
Kagemane no Jutsu - Shadow Imitation Technique
Kage Kubi Shibari no Jutsu - Shadow Neck Bind Technique
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