Chapter 25
Ayumi felt her heart beating in her chest, and didn't feel blood leaking out of it. 'I'm…alive…' she opened her heavy eyelids to see the pure blue sky, spotted with white cotton clouds. She sat up, feeling light-headed, and saw Naruto, demonic, fighting Orochimaru. "Naruto-kun…" when he heard her voice, he froze. He never though he'd hear it again. "Ayumi-chan…" She stood, slowly, and Naruto's demonic power ebbed away. "Your…alive…" She could see the relief and joy in his eyes, and it warmed her heart.
Before he could run over and embrace her, Orochimaru cut him in the back. Ayumi's eyes widened, and she clenched her fists. She started forming a powerful Rasengan under her clenched fingers, and Orochimaru got closer. "You want to see my power? Well, here it is!" she opened her fingers, showing a Rasengan that was glowing so brightly that it almost looked like Chidori. "RASENGAN!!!" She slammed it into his chest, making him fly away. The moment the Rasengan made contact, she'd made the maximum amount of chakra smack into him, and then the Rasengan drilled into him.
Kabuto's eyes widened as the Rasengan dissipated, and she ran to Naruto's side. She healed the cut, saying, "Naruto-kun! Naruto-kun! Are you okay?" "…I'll be fine…as long as you're here…" she smiled, saying, "Then you'll always be fine." She helped him up, when she felt a blade at her throat. "You're coming with us." Kabuto's familiar voice said. Ayumi saw Naruto's eyes flash red, but she said, "Don't do it, Naruto-kun…he's not worth it…" Tsunade was mad, and so was Jiraiya. "Hey, Kabuto…" Ayumi smirked. "Have you ever felt what its like to be burned by hell's fire?" He didn't like that tone. She did some hand signs, saying, "Fire Release: Phoenix Tornado jutsu!"
She the fire started building around her, burning him, and she started spinning. He jumped back, but the tornado went after him. When it had effectively burned his right arm, the fire dissipated, and she held two kunai, saying, "Lets see you fight me now." That's when a sword nearly impaled her again, but the Ayaka Sharingan activated, and she dodged. "You know you can't beat us all by yourself." She cracked her knuckles, and punched a tree over. "I'll manage." The commas started spinning, and her chakra started swirling around her. "I'll finish you off now." She ran at him, fist pumped to the max with chakra, and she punched him in the face.
Her
fist was stuck in a sticky substance as he turned into a strange
clone. "What the HELL?!" she couldn't pull her wrist out of the
goop, and it started spreading up her arm. Naruto ran over, trying to
pry it off, but it wouldn't yield to the kunai. "What IS this
crap?" she questioned, until she felt drained.
"Naruto-kun…it's…draining my…chakra…" "Ayumi-chan!
Don't pass out! I'll get it off!" Naruto was frantic as he
tried to rip the goop off, but Ayumi was starting to lose
consciousness.
"Ayumi-chan!" she fell to her knees, feeling
too weak to trust her legs, and saw the goop on the floor move
towards her. "What the…?"
She tried to move away, but the goop grabbed her leg. She fell backwards, though Naruto caught her. "Naruto-kun…I can't…hold on…much longer…" Naruto looked pleadingly at Tsunade, who ran over. She used her super strength to rip it off her arm, but she notice small holes in Ayumi's arm where the goop had been. "It drills small holes and drains your chakra through them…" Tsunade ripped the goop off Ayumi's leg, but Ayumi still wasn't strong enough to move. Naruto lifted her up bridal style, saying, "I'll take care of her." Ayumi rested her head against his chest, and started drifting off to the beating of his heart…