Chapter 3: While You Were Sleeping
A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the delay just been busy. Oh yeah there are fight scenes, borrowed from some cool anime, here so hope you'll like it. So here goes the next chappie for the Desert Rose. Please R n R.
It was long enough before Sakura fell asleep. What's wrong with this girl? She's probably the only person I know, who refuses to sleep. Before I fight to stay awake in order to control the beast inside me but now well, I can sleep knowing that even if I travel in my subconscious nothing will happen. I wonder what she fears so much when she sleeps. This thought plagued the red-hair shinobi ever since he noticed Sakura's distress before sleeping.
Gaara was now staring at the bonfire as Sakura was sleeping across from where he was with his back to him. He closed his eyes for a rest but not a sleep. Hearing a sudden sound, he instantly opened his eyes only to find that his pink-haired companion was now facing him but of course she was still asleep. Then, he stared at her again for the longest time. I don't know if it's just me or anything but she seems to be really peaceful. Well, peaceful wasn't exactly the word he was looking for. For the maiden that was sleeping was enchantingly beautiful with her hair slightly covering her face, then suddenly without further thought Gaara brushed away the few strands that hinder him to fully see her face.
As he brushed his hand across her soft cheeks, warm tears fell from the slits of her eyes and were caught by his hand. Upon feeling the warmth of the tears, Gaara instantly removed his hand from her cheeks as if he had touched something hot. "No, no more crying. The stars will cry for me." She uttered while she was still sleeping as still more tears were formed and escaped her closed eyes. Okay, what was that about? Why did I touch her? And why the heck is she crying? He debated with his inner self as he glared at the innocently crying but sleeping shinobi.
His trail of thoughts was cut short when he felt they weren't alone. Immediately his sand moved into action encircling him and his companion, Sakura was awakened by the sudden release of chakra and also quickly assumed battle stance placing her kunai in front of her for defense. As she did so, she felt she had cried in her sleep again but the only thing peculiar is that, it was as if she didn't shed a tear because her cheeks were dry. Upon instinct she spare a side glance at her companion, "What are you doing? Here they come." Gaara shouted as he felt her stare. And surely enough, about five ninjas threw their kunai to their targets. Sand rose from the ground and encircled the pair as it blocked the incoming kunai and rendered it useless. "This ninjas are different." Sakura informed Gaara as the sand were still surrounding them. "I don't feel a hint of chakra in their system but still they are well-trained." She added. This is impossible. She contradicted.
The ninjas ended their futile attack to their foes that seemed to be invulnerable with sand in their control. But still they stood there in plain view surrounding Gaara and Sakura as if giving an invitation to attack. Of course, Gaara was the first to initiate an attack but as he began, fog quickly enveloped the battle field. This did not stop him from attacking, he ordered the sand mentally to attack but nothing happened. Instead, the gourd in his back crumbled to a useless heap behind him. This is bad. Sakura was the first to notice that the fog seemingly "ate" their chakra completely.
As the gourd of the red-haired shinobi disintegrates, the ninjas resumed their attack. Weapons flew as the pair dodged it with great speed and agility. Sakura side stepped to the far left and was now battling with two ninjas. Since they were using only plain martial arts, she was now in a pinch because she's used to using her chakra on most of her battles.
Holding a katana, the shinobi was now ready to attack her since all she had with her was her kunai. He ran forward for a quick slash but Sakura jumped to a tree trunk and continue a wall run until she again jumped and landed behind the enemy making him completely defenseless. Since she had no chakra, she applied pressure on specific pressure points to temporarily shut down his nervous system. It worked well enough except for her deep wound in her right arm made when she evaded his slashing attack. Then another enemy came from behind, she quickly ducked to evade a huge hammer that almost pounded her head. She immediately kept her distance. Her foe though wielding a large weapon seems to use in with great deal of mastery since he swings it with little effort regardless of his little body framework.
Meanwhile while Sakura was battling with her attackers, Gaara was dealing with his as well. When one thoughtlessly attacked him from the front he immediately sent it flying with a phoenix kick. He caught him in the mid air and drove him into the ground with a great amount of force so that there was little chance of survival. Then as soon as the he dealt with one, another came from his right. Their battle only lasted for about ten seconds.
The shinobi was the first to attack, tightening his fist to reveal his tiger claws. His attacks were easily dodged by Gaara except for one that almost tore his face off. Instead, it only gave Gaara a shallow cut in his left cheek. Gaara feeling the trickling of blood on his face, immediately attacked his enemy. Dodging every attack until he was face-to-face with his foe, upon seeing the murderous look on Gaara's eyes, the enemy was paralyzed by his glare. It only took about a fraction of a second, now Gaara was grabbing the neck of his victim as it helplessly struggle for air. Gaara was about to snap his neck when a shuriken was thrown directed for his head. He caught it with his bare hands allowing the weapon to penetrate his skin and tolerate a great amount of blood to spill. The shinobi that was struggling before was turning purple so he immediately released him knowing that he wouldn't be able to fight for a while anyway. But his stare did not leave the one that threw the shuriken.
Whoah, that was close! As Sakura again dodged the massive hammer that seems to follow her every move, she smiled. She had a plan. She kept dodging all his attacks but she didn't let him leave his spot when he attacks. He only turns not move when he attacks, then suddenly. Crack! Her enemy's leg bones were now in a state of dismemberment, he fell to the ground. "What the! What did you do to me?" her enemy blamed. "It's not what I did but what you did." Sakura said intellectually as she approaches the now seemingly useless person. "What?" the bewildered statement from her foe. "You see as you kept attacking me you turned using only your left leg. This caused you're…let's say self-destruction. Your bones weren't able to tolerate too much friction from your sudden turnings so they gave up." Sakura added. "He he he, you maybe right but I still have my arms." The shinobi threateningly said as he quickly reached for his hammer but he couldn't lift it. Sakura only smirked at him and placed a foot on the hammer's head as she said "A lot of strength comes from your legs when you carry this thing so without them…" She no longer needs to continue.
Gaara and the last ninja stared at each other for the longest time until the fog again appeared. Once the fog resided, the ninjas were gone. "You're hurt." Sakura said as she approached Gaara. "Worry about yourself first." He replied. She now felt the pain on her right arm and the fast trickling of blood. Their chakra still didn't return so Sakura had to do their wound care "manually". She took out her medicine kit and forcefully took Gaara's hand to examine and medicate it. After that she wrapped it with bandage and put a small ban aid on his cheeks. I wonder why he didn't resist. She thought as she did her work. Then she took care of her own wounds. Gaara was too deep in thoughts to think of resistance right now. Who are those guys? What the hell happened to our chakra? No ones ever successful in sealing my chakra, except for today. Now it still hasn't return. Damn it! He tightened both his fist in anger only to find his injured hand were now wrapped in bandage. Seeing this, he glanced at Sakura, who was now dressing her own wounds and smiled.
The thought of the two injured ninjas were interrupted by the ray on the first sunshine that was now slowly enveloping the forest. Dawn has come at last.
A/N: Did you guys like the battle scene? Well, that's not exactly my forte so please forgive me.