"Lee-kun! Stay out of his way!"
"Bu-"
"No! Leave him to Ritsuki! Get her!" I pointed at the man coming for Lee, my arm shaking.
"Hai!"
We were under attack and the enemy definitely had the upper hand. Even though there were six of us and only three of them they were kicking our Genin asses. Kakashi-sensei was locked in combat with a giant, purple haired, beast of a man. I couldn't tell which was winning. Naruto-kun and Ritsuki were trying to ward off a green haired boy who couldn't have been older than eight but he was a bout as strong as Tsunade-sama. Lee-kun was fighting a blonde girl who seemed about fifteen. She was –no doubt- the strongest of the three.
Hinata-san and I were hurrying after the other four, healing any injury they got and somehow managing to live. I heard a loud thud and whipped around to see Kakashi-sensei breathing heavily, his foot on top of the man's chest, a twinkle in his eye.
"W… weakling." He gasped out the words then slowly started to fall backwards.
Hinata-san was behind him in a flash, lowering him to the ground carefully. She whispered a couple of words then quickly started to heal him. I heard a cry of pain and whipped around again, sure that I was going to give myself whiplash.
"Sakura-chan! Hurry and help Lee! We can't fight both of them!"
I jumped over to Lee-kun and went about healing him. About a minute into the process I heard the girl's yell of fury as the younger boy got flung into a tree. I looked up to see Ritsuki standing behind Naruto-kun, a kunai flying straight at his chest, aimed so the hit would be fatal.
"Na-Naruto-kun! Move!" I abandoned healing Lee and pushed Naruto-kun out of the way, forgetting Ritsuki was there.
I heard a cough and the sound of a think liquid splattering on the ground. I slowly turned, still holding Naruto back and gasped. The kunai had hit Ritsuki right in the chest, where his heart was. He was staring at the wound as he got peppered with other weapons. Dark, thick blood was gathering in the corners of his mouth and falling to the ground. I cursed and ran over to heal him, knowing that it would be useless. He would be dead within a few seconds.
"S-Sakura-chan…." I looked over to Lee-kun to see what he wanted and followed his gaze.
The girl was flying at me, forming hand seals. I feebly put my arms in front of my face and waited for the impact. It didn't come. I lowered my arms in confusion and found the girl hanging from Kakashi-sensei's arm. He had used the Chidori to kill her, saving me.
Kakashi was panting and swaying as Naruto-kun took the girl off of his arm. He started to again so I caught him and put him oh the ground, next to Lee-kun.
"U-um S-Sakura… What sh-should I-I…" I looked over at Hinata who was holding the lifeless form of Ritsuki.
I sighed and shook my head. "Just… just leave him for the second. Come and up me with these two." I beckoned Hinata-san and Naruto-kun over.
Hinata sat beside Kakashi-sensei and prepared to finish the healing she had started. I started to heal Lee-kun once more and didn't notice as Naruto draped his arm around my shoulders.
"You okay?"
I looked up at him and gave him a small smile. "Yeah…"
"Kay. Anything I can do?" He could tell I was lying but knew not to push me.
"You can do something with the, uh, bodies."
He nodded and went to work at it. It was times like these when I really loved Naruto-kun. He was mature and helpful instead of hyperactive and a pain the in the neck.
"I think it is time for us to get out of this place." I smiled down at Lee, happy that he was conscious.
"Yes, I think so, too."
"Kid's right. I'm pretty sure Pakkun has lost Shizune's scent and we want to leave before we lose the way we came."
"I-I'll try t-to f-find a p-path we c-can take."
Naruto-kun came back over and sat down in front of us, sighing. "Mission unsuccessful?"
Kakashi-sensei scratched his head and sighed, too. "Mission unsuccessful."
"Are we going to rest here for the night?" Lee slowly sat up, wincing in pain at the bruises I couldn't heal.
"Yeah…"
Sasuke-kun… It sure would be great if you were here.