Sands of Time, Winds of Change (8)
HOKAY,
Since you're all upset that the characters are "a good likeness to the American version of the anime", I've been watching all the episodes I've seen in the English version in the Japanese version on YouTube! THERE! And besides, it's not like they're THAT MUCH DIFFERENT IN EITHER! Sheesh x.x I mean, wow you guys. Talk about obsessive. AND REMEMBER: IT'S AFTER THE FREAKING TIMESKIP! LIKE: SHIKAMARU IS 19! SAME FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE ELSE, BUT TEMARI, WHO IS 21! Okay. I'm done ranting. No, wait, not yet. And Gaara may seem OOC! Well, that's because he's the Kazekage and if you've read the manga he's sort of lightened up. Especially after the Rescue Gaara arc.
Thanks (I guess..),
WudaiMarsWind
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"What...why!" Shikamaru gaped. Gaara kept holding the sand shield, adding more each time it was punctured.
"People in Konoha accepted me, cared about me. I wasn't alone." He said simply. "And besides, if Temari goes to help you, going against my orders...hn." He smirked. "She must really like you. Although I don't see why." Suddenly he took the shield down. The creatures had moved to another victim.
"Thanks?" Shikamaru said, still kind of creeped out that Gaara was being...nice? Not creepy?
"I brought shinobi." He said, gesturing to an army the size of Konoha's, now attacking the Ryuu shinobi. Shikamaru smirked. 'I guess I did lead a successful mission...but it won't matter if Konoha's destroyed.'
Minutes later, most of the flock had been destroyed, but more kept coming. All of the Konoha ninjas were taken back, and most were getting easily wounded because of their exhaustion. Only a few nin from Konoha were standing along with the sand nin, including the Rookie Nine and their teachers.
"We're not gonna make it!" Neji said, his Byukagen slowly turning blurry from using it too long. He blinked, and was hit in the stomach, causing him to skid to the ground. He got up to his knees, only to be cut by a shuriken grazing his shoulder. He fell to the ground, unconscious. His attacker moved on. Tenten came to his aid, kneeling down by him.
"Sakura! We need you to heal Neji!" She cried, fear cast upon her face. Sakura was fighting one of the creatures, and quickly stabbed it in the heart with her shuriken, and rushed over, rubbing her eyes.
"Okay, okay." She said, sounding tired. She closed her eyes and put her hand on Neji's injured shoulder, where he was losing blood fast. "Shōsen Jutsu!" She cried. A small amount of chakra appeared, then dissappeared. She looked at Tenten, sadness on her face. "I can't do it. I don't have enough chakra." She said quietly. "I've been using it all day. Drag him to a safe place and get back to fighting." She said. Tenten looked down and nodded, tears falling from her face.
"Alright." Suddenly another cry was heard, and Sakura ran off to try to gain more chakra to heal. Kiba was on top of Akamaru, a long spear-like weapon in his hand.
"Die bird-freaks! Die!" He howled, stabbing them. "FOR KONOHA!" He cried, letting out another war cry, leaving a horrified Hinata staring after him. Ino looked at her.
"That was weird." She said. Hinata fainted. Ino sighed. "Great."
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Naruto was still in the village place, facing many Ryuu shinobi using his many Shadow Clones. The fatigue was taking over his body, but he kept going. His clones turned into smoke and he fell to his knees. "No." He said hoarsely, looking up at the bird shinobi. "I won't let you win!" He cried, red chakra gaining on his body, fiercely. He closed his eyes and clutched his head. "AHHHHHHHHH!" He cried, getting up, eyes closed, hands on his head. The red chakra gathered like fire around him. The nine-tails. The bird shinobi looked frightened.
"This could be bad." One said. The other punched him.
"Ya think, idiot!" The shinobi, obviously female, said.
"RASENGAN!" He cried, his eyes opening to reveal a shocking red. The two shinobi looked at him with twitching eyes.
"…shit." One said. They were dead within the second, the Rasengan plunged into their heart. Naruto twisted his wrist around, sparks crackling, blood dripping. He grabbed his wrist and winced in pain. He heard a scream and ran to help fight in the fields.
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Temari was fighting a bird shinobi also, a large one (compared to her size). "Birdbrained fighter, eh? And I suppose you don't work out either!" Temari smirked, leaning on her fan as if there wasn't a war going on. The shinobi growled and tilted his head forward with a smirk. The forehead protector on his forehead caught her eye. She gasped.
It wasn't like a forehead protector of the normal villages. It had a single word on it.
Loyalty.
"What!" She whispered. "That's not—SHIKAMARU!" She cried, waving to him. He was up against three of the enemies, catching them in a shadow.
"What! I'm kind of busy." He said, exasperated. He was shaking from the immense amount of chakra he was molding to hold the warriors.
"The protectors!" She said, turning to face him, forgetting her oponent. "They're—ahhhh." She cried, falling to the ground on her knees, then onto her stomach.
"Temari?" Shikamaru said, turning around. His opponents, caught in the shadow, did the same. "TEMARI!" He screamed, running towards her. A large kama was stuck in her back, and blood dyed her clothes red. Her fan lay broken by her side. The bird-creature closed in for the final shot on a vulnerable Temari."Stop!" He cried, dropping the shadow from the creatures, his focus gone. He kneeled down by her. Everyone turned, several shuriken were stabbed into the distracted Konoha warrior, lining his arms. But he couldn't feel the pain. Temari's eyes blinked open. She took a weary hand and pulled the shuriken out of his arms. Seven shuriken lay in a pile of blood at her side. Shikamaru looked at her in horror. 'What…she…' His thoughts were racing around, a throbbing heartbeat caught in his throat. Hot tears ran down his face. 'Oh god, not this again. How…troublesome…' He thought.
"Once a crybaby, always a crybaby." She said hoarsely, with a small laugh. "What the hell are you doing? You're gonna die if you don't do something now." She said angrily. Blood poured down her back. He pulled the kama out of her, watching her wince in immense pain, but not cry out.
"You're…" He said, looking down at the huge gash on her back. "I…" He said, at a loss for words.
The one damn time his 200 I.Q. couldn't do jack.
"The forehead protectors, idiot." She said softly, and fell unconcious into his ready arms.
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The next
chapter's already out. Go read it.
AND STOP CRITICIZING!
WudaiMarsWind
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List of Ninjitsu used:
Shōsen
Jutsu - Mystical Palm Technique
Rasengan - Spiraling Sphere
