When they arrived in the Land of Fire, it was only hours before receiving a message from Hashirama. They needed the Uzumaki soon because the Uchiha were already starting a battle. The last messages were sent out later than they should have been. This was going to be sooner than expected, so they needed to get to the battlefield quickly. With no time to punish Miyo, they went on their way while including her. She could not be sent back now and the Senju were all busy fighting to take care of the stowaway. It had taken a few hours to get deeper into the land for Mito to even be able to sense the Senju but they were finally getting close. All the waiting had Sakura on edge, she had no idea what to expect when they got there.
They were going straight into battle from here while she and Miyo were to help what medics the Senju did have. Luckily one of Team Wada's members, Yono, was her student for a short time and had some healing capabilities. There was no telling how many medics the world even had at this point since most Shinobi were raised to fight and kill instead of heal.
"We are getting close to the battlefield. Be very careful and mind your surroundings!" Mito ordered as they leaped through the trees.
"Hai!" they all replied together.
Mito landed first, blocking a few kunai from hitting an injured Senju. Sakura landed next to him and had him lean against the tree, immediately starting to heal his wounds. He was in too much pain to object. Miyo landed next to Sakura unsure of what to do as the rest ran off to battle. Mito rushed after the Uchiha duo ahead, ready to fight.
"Who are you?" the man asked with a hoarse voice.
"I am Uzumaki Sakura. We have been sent to assist the Senju in battle," she said while moving her hand from around his lungs and to his neck.
"But why?" he said, starting to breathe a bit easier.
"We were asked to..." she started, signaling Miyo to help. "By your Clan Leader, Senju Hashirama."
After she said that the man was no longer tense. The girl put her hands over Sakura's to amplify her Chakra and increase the healing speed. Not even a minute later she was able to get most of his wounds healed so he was able to stand. As soon as he stood, Sakura grabbed his sword from the ground and blocked an attack from an Uchiha. She pushed towards him with some strength to get him to back up and stumble off balance and took the chance to punch him in the chest, sending him flying across the forest.
"How..?" She turned to see the man staring at her with shock.
"Miyo, where are the injured?" Sakura asked.
"Everywhere," she said with her eyes closed. "Wait, most of the injured are about two miles ahead with some major Chakra coming from that way!"
"Are you sure those are not Uchiha?" the man asked while taking the sword Sakura handed back to him.
"I cannot tell but that is where most of the injured are so regardless half could be Senju," Miyo replied looking at him.
"Doesn't matter right now, we have to go anyway. Miyo you can sense the injured so find all the stragglers and help them."
Miyo nodded and ran off while Sakura went ahead, the Senju following. If there were many up ahead then that would be the battlefield. Miyo could handle herself now and it was the best way to get her to stay away. Sakura was a medic and she could fight while healing others so she could survive in the middle of it all. Things were going to be different now, she would be the strong one to protect everyone and make sure people came out alive.
Just as they got close enough, a Senju jumped down and pushed the two out of the way of a lava attack. Sakura looked up in shock but shook her head to snap out of it. Since when did the Uchiha use lava style? The matured Uchiha revealed himself as he started making hand signs. Before the man could attack, he moved out of the way of a surprise attack from behind. Sakura jumped up to the tree and leaped over the falling Senju and punched the Uchiha straight to the ground, creating a huge crater. As they landed, all the men looked at Sakura with a mixture of amazement and fear.
"How many injured?" the previous Senju asked the others for her.
"Most of our own but they are still battling."
Sakura was already sprinting towards the sounds of swords clashing. The first thing she did was brace herself and grab a sword that headed for an injured woman. The three men behind her went forward to attack the Uchiha. As soon as Sakura could, she turned to the woman and started to heal her wounds. One of the men stayed behind to protect them while the other two chased the man down.
"What is going on?" the brunette asked in confusion.
"The Uzumaki have come to back us up. It seems Hashirama-sama was right in his decision of an alliance," he said looking down with guilt.
"We may have had trouble getting here on time but I can still heal many of the wounded. I need you both to cover me while I heal as many as I can," she ordered, helping the woman up. Both nodded in response without question and made their way across the battlefield to help their allies.
Miyo placed her hand on a younger Senju girl's wound. Instantly the severe wound began to heal quickly as Yono stayed close to protect her. He was the other medic but couldn't do much to anything more than deep gashes. It had been hours since they arrived and trying to heal everyone was getting exhausting but Miyo pushed on. She made sure the woman had no internal injuries before helping her stand.
"Your Chakra is getting low. You need to get out of here," Miyo told her.
"I am staying to fight," she retorted, looking down at Miyo.
"Medic's orders. You need to retreat," she said, gritting her teeth. No one ever listened just because she looked younger than she was.
"Do as she says," a man said sternly, landing near them.
"Hai... Tobirama-sama," she turned and ran off away from the battlefield with a few clan members by her side. Miyo could tell they were all running low on Chakra and needed to stick together at this point.
"What took you all so long to get here?" Tobirama asked Yono. He turned to him but continued to look around.
"Our lead Medic told us the messages received were sent out too late and took too long to get to us."
"Aniue..." he mumbled, irritated.
"Split up," Miyo shouted as many fireball's came crashing down towards them.
The three split off as quickly as possible to avoid getting hit. Miyo saw Yono take the chance to escape completely, leaving the other two to deal with the four Uchiha who came through the flames. She immediately slammed her fist to the ground to shake things up so the one who landed close to her would stumble. Unfortunately he regained himself and shot a fireball at her.
"Suiton: Suijinheki." Tobirama used his jutsu to create a wall of water to block the attack on time. "Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu." Within seconds water formed into a dragon and hit their enemies.
He then ran off ahead, deeper into the battlefield. Miyo could sense most of those in the area who were previously injured were now on the move and in battle so she followed him. She could only guess her Sensei had been able to heal those who were now fighting again. She knew her Sensei was a great healer but the rate everyone seemed to be getting back to the fight was incredible.
Tobirama drew his sword and went after the two younger men in front of him. They fought back, barely able to keep up, even with their Sharingan activated. Miyo jumped from the trees and landed behind Tobirama in time to redirect the kunai with explosive tags. He threw his sword at one of the Uchiha, hitting him straight through a gap in the ragged armor right into the chest. He grabbed it and shoved him off before slashing at the other, soon repeating his previous actions.
Miyo jumped out at the older woman who readied both her swords. At the last second she dodged to the side and landed while swiping her foot, attempting to trip her. She lunged back before slashing at Miyo. She moved enough to dodge the first sword, maneuvered her foot to slide and dodge the second and quickly placed both hands on the ground. The woman looked shocked, unable to move.
She looked down with a struggle to see a white circle around the two of them with symbols all around it. Through the light, she could see vines coming out of it, clamping her legs and already climbing upwards on her body. Miyo smirked, seeing the vines wrapped around her entire body beneath the Uchiha woman's clothing. It started to show by her hands, wrapping around her fingers and then her neck. Miyo looked away as she was slowly strangled and could no longer breathe. She released the jutsu seal, the Uchiha falling lifeless. She never realized how deadly it could be but this was war after all and she had no choice. Though no one said she had to like it.
"Futon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" She immediately grabbed a sword and jumped back, looking over to face two more Uchiha, both already injured. The first one repeated the jutsu as the other one rushed off in seconds.
Miyo did a backflip before jumping into the trees to avoid the flames. The other Uchiha's Chakra suddenly appear behind her, about to strike. Yono jumped from a tree and kicked him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Miyo jumped through the trees to avoid the kunai the other one threw at her. She suddenly felt very uneasy, sensing more people coming their way. The second she lost concentration, an Uchiha lunged from above to attack. Yono grabbed onto her, the last strap to his chest armor, in order to get her out of the way.
"Where is the rest of your team?" Miyo asked as she saw the three Uchiha regrouping.
"Wada and I are the only ones alive," he said, trying to catch his breath. "Kechi and his men are still out there somewhere."
"What!?" Miyo shouted in shock, fear setting in fast.
"Wada is with Mito-sama as far as I know. We have to get to them," he said, grabbing her arm and leading her away.
If Wada and Mito were together then they stood a chance but Miyo didn't know any combination attacks thus she could not help Yono do anything. She didn't understand why a team that needed more than one person for jutsu was sent out to the battlefront. It made no sense and the fact the other two were already gone proved that.
"Katon: Bakufu Ranbu." One of the previous Uchiha blew out a spiraling flame aimed directly at them.
Both Uzumaki dodged to the sides and threw kunai at him. He jumped into the trees with a smirk, continuing his retreat. Miyo turned in a panic and froze upon seeing Yono stabbed through the chest with two tanto, facing the enemy as he protected her from the attack. He held onto the collars of the two Uchiha as tightly as he could even with them sticking the two swords through his chest to the hilt.
"Mi-Miyo... run..." he said, making a hand sign with each hand still slightly grabbing on the two.
She nodded and ran past them, leaping into the trees to try to find her way to Mito. How was it possible that they got to her without her sensing them? She held back her tears for later, trying to pick up speed. A minute later a huge explosion hit her and the shock waves spread quickly, knocking everyone within a few miles off balance. She almost slipped and fell but was grabbed in time, held until the blast subsided.
"We need to lead these stray Uchiha to the battlefield before they cut down anyone else," Tobirama said, looking back towards the blast as he let her and sprinted off. Miyo only nodded to herself, chasing after him.
"Leave!" Sakura shouted to the group she just healed, having them retreat until she was finished.
Sakura stood her ground as they ran off. There were at least five enemies just ahead, according to Uzashi. He had already gotten many of the injured away, some with reluctance. Sakura was a medic and could not bring herself to harm the children who were in battle, even if they were Uchiha. She was a bit surprised when some of the Senju said nothing about it and let her do what she needed.
Conveniently most of the jutsu she encountered had been familiar either from experience and research from her own time or from training with Mito. Until now she was able to counter her enemies and impress many on both sides of the front. So as soon as she saw the fire headed her way she jumped up into the trees, using extra Chakra to leap up higher. Once she was in the air and they were in view, she made hand signs.
"Futon: Kaze no Uzu!" She sucked in and blew out a vortex of wind that went straight through the trees and broke them down.
Now that they were out in the open she gathered Chakra into her fist and slammed it into the ground as she landed. She rushed at the group with the Senju coming from behind, ready to fight. She came face to face with the lead Medic for the Uchiha. The woman was deadly, being able to break joints and confuse the nervous system with a few single touches. No real information had been given about their medic except she was able to fight when necessary.
She grabbed a kunai to block the scalpel as the woman slashed at her. She did her best to avoid any physical hit as well, which wasn't too hard. The Uchiha tried her best to grab onto Sakura constantly which gave a few openings. Something was not right, no Uchiha would give an easy opening like she did with the kind of skill she had. Her only conclusion was that she wanted her to take an opening so she could get her own hit on her. Sakura was able to analyze her movements instead and find a way to get away from her constant attacking without getting hit and not going for a hit of her own.
She moved to the side and struck past her cheek, causing a small cut with just her hand. The Uchiha gasped in shock, jumping away and getting in a fighting stance. In her training Sakura had practiced techniques she had heard of or was told about and found a way to use them. The Chakra Scalpel technique that Kabuto had used was a prime example. It took some time but it made her feel good inside knowing she had this woman uneasy.
They both rushed at each other, attacking with hand to hand combat. The woman had a scalpel in one hand and a kunai in the other, using them to block her attack as best as she could. Sakura had been able to get a few cuts on her hands but not without a few scraps of her own here and there. She ducked down to avoid a hit and shifted her leg. The Uchiha jumped away to the clearing by the water, to get away.
In that moment Sakura leaped forward with a few hand signs as she gathered Chakra. She slammed her fist into the ground causing an upheaval. The woman smirked as she jumped atop one of the boulders, swiftly making her way to her. Suddenly a force of wind came right after the smash making everyone in the area come to a halt, some of them barely staying on the ground.
The Uchiha was blown back with trouble keeping her body steady to the ground. When the wind stopped she coughed from the dirt, uncovering her face to look for Sakura. She wasn't ahead of her like she had been before. She looked around to try to find her. Unfortunately by the time she got a glimpse of pink, Sakura already had her fist ready. She punched the woman hard and sent her flying down the river, creating a huge splash as she fell in.
Sakura ran off to finish what she started. There was no way that had killed her but it would be enough to keep her focus on the pain more than attacking. If there was one thing she had learned from training, it was her punches were powerful enough to cause so much intense pain that one could not function properly if they continued to fight. And this woman may be a medic but it would be difficult to heal herself and fight at the same time.
She stopped when Mito jumped in front of her. Her right sleeve had been torn off and she was panting slightly, facing back to the forest area. Sakura quickly grabbed her bloody arm and started to heal her. She looked over where Mito was as she started to relax. The enemies she had dealt with fell to the ground after Tobirama attacked. Miyo ran straight to the two, hugging Sakura tightly.
"Yono's dead," she sobbed. Sakura let out a small sigh, placing an arm around her.
"He and Wada both used that jutsu to sacrifice themselves," Mito mumbled.
"Where is Uzashi?" Miyo said, looking up with worry.
"He is back with the Senju fighting. Don't worry he isn't going to die easily," Sakura reassured her.
"There is a much bigger problem at hand," Tobirama interrupted, looking further down the river.
"Uchiha Madara," Mito said, looking in the same direction.
"Miyo, I need you to head back to Uzashi. There aren't many injured anymore but there are still a few who need help," Sakura instructed.
"Hai," she said without argument, running off to Uzashi.
"Mito-sama, how many do you sense around us?" she asked, wondering how far down the Uchiha had gone.
Mito was going to answer but suddenly jumped back, still getting grabbed at the ankle and being dragged under the water. Without a second thought Sakura let her Chakra go so she could go under water. She saw the two figures go under quickly, being taken by the strong river current. She dove down, grabbing Mito and using her to go further so she could kick the woman. She let go of Mito but grabbed onto Sakura instead.
She used the Chakra Scalpels to cut at her but pain started to set into her body. Her ankle broke with a single twist of the Uchiha's hand, and she was starting to get slow. This was what she had been trying to do in the beginning, get a hold onto the lead medic and disable her abilities. One thing she had not developed with her skills was holding her breath for a long time, thus Sakura started to struggle for air.
Before they knew it the current slowed and they were moved harshly by a strange current. Both rolled onto the ground as the water subsided, Mito at Sakura's side as fast as she was able to. She didn't understand what the hell had just happened but she was thankful it did. She tried to heal her ankle but her nervous system had been damaged and she could barely move right away let alone channel Chakra.
After a minute she could move again but only a bit. Mito was at her ankle twisting it little by little and placing a hand over it to heal. It was a damn good thing she had been watching and learning from Sakura in her spare time. The Uzumaki then began to give her Chakra to Sakura, slowly trying to fix the nervous system. Sakura looked up to see Tobirama running to them. He was known for his water jutsu so her only guess was he had gotten them out of the water.
"Sakura-chan, are you able to move now?" Mito asked.
"Yeah. I should have had you find her before getting distracted by Miyo," she groaned.
"At least she has been dealt with," she replied, both looking over to the Uchiha. Tobirama had taken the chance to finish her off as soon as they landed on the ground.
"We need to get to Hashirama," Sakura said standing.
"You go. I need to help out here. I am in no condition to protect myself if something goes wrong. Besides there are a few injured up the river no thanks to Madara himself," Mito replied, standing.
"See you soon," Sakura nodded, running off with Tobirama.
This was a draining battle and even with her helping many lives were still lost. She could only imagine how many were killed the last time this happened. Kechi and most of his men were taken out one by one with ease once they got separated. When she saw Ashina again, there would be some words, if she didn't use her fists first, and she was not going to hold back. He did not want to sacrifice his clan's lives yet only sent out a dozen men.
"Not too many medics can fight that well, especially against Ki. I can tell you are not an Uzumaki by birth but you do have extraordinary power. I now see why Hashirama had been persistent on having you aid us," Tobirama admitted, glancing at her.
"Should I take that as a compliment?" she asked, jumping into the trees to speed things up.
"Would you rather me insult you and nag about what mistakes you made?" he replied with a tone.
"If any mistakes were made it was because I was in the middle of a fight and had no time to fix them," she gritted her teeth, her eyebrow twitching. "Besides, I think of it as improvising."
"Your temper can pose a problem in battle. You need to find a way to analyze things before rushing in, otherwise you end up sloppy," he knit picked.
She growled, jumped down and went back towards the water. She wanted to chew him out but instead needed to focus on her task at hand. Right now she needed to heal some of the injured who had a chance to live. Luckily not many were severely wounded. She got them to their feet and away as fast as she could. It only took a moment before she froze, looking out to see Hashirama land near her and Madara land on the other side.
"You all made it in time," Hashirama said with relief, looking back at her. They both were panting, running low on Chakra and exhausted. The battle was long, neither side wanting to give up.
"Watch out," she rushed and grabbed him out of the way of a fireball.
She then had to jump to the side to avoid Madara as he slashed at her. She moved just in time to evade the attack. Only a few strands of hair were cut but Sakura instantly went wide eyed when she saw her ribbon was cut and fell into the water. Something inside her snapped. She glanced at Madara and in that split second she was back on that battlefield. It was fresh in her mind, starting when Madara made his way to their location. From Obito facing Kakashi, to saving Naruto's life and then Madara gaining his full Rinnegan. From there it was the tree, then Kaguya's appearance and the battle that team seven faced together before…
She was not about to break here. She regained her composure and decided it was time to use that rage against Madara this time, possibly standing a chance. As soon as he went to maneuver and attack her, she grabbed a hold of his sword, repeating what she had done to Hashirama when she first met him by punching the man straight in the face. Madara went flying right through the trees and causing damage as he crashed. She was now focused, furious and this battle was on.
Author's Note: It took FOREVER to write this. I suck at battle scenes so this was a challenge for me. I am still proud for what I have been able to accomplish with this regardless. Not to mention this is like TWO chapters in one. Instead of a few chapters spread out I amusing this as a starter so the next is the bigger part for battle. Thank you all for reading and the reviews, favorites and follows.
Also, for those who may question it... Aniue is the Japanese word Tobirama uses to address Hashirama (As I noticed when watching the recent episode) meaning brother. So I decided to use it.
