Chapter 25: Dying Words
"But how?" Naruto asked confused.
"Remember when you asked me how I get my chakra Naruto?"
Naruto nodded.
"Well I draw it from the surrounding area," she explained, "Every living thing has chakra in it. The concept is impossible for any normal person to learn, but as you know I am not a normal person. So Naruto how about it?"
"Of course," Naruto replied.
"Ok, I need you to find that chakra and make it surface, can you do that?"
Naruto nodded and closed his eyes.
"Do you really think I'll just stand here and watch?" Kirakazuka asked as she ran at Sayuri with her sword at her side.
Sayuri prepared for the attack. She withdrew a kunai and three shurikens from her pouch. She threw the shurikens at Kirakazuka, who dodged them with ease. The sound of the clink of metal echoed through out the area as Sayuri blocked Kirakazuka's attack with the kunai she held in her hand.
Kirakazuka's eyes widened in horror. She could here the shurikens coming back at her from behind. She shifted her position as two went flying past her head. The third came at her from the side as she leaned back to avoid it Sayuri took advantage off her off balance, kicked her in the stomach and she was sent flying back to the ground again.
Sayuri sensed the Nine-tail demon fox chakra surfacing from Naruto.
"This might hurt a little, I'm sorry,"
Sasuke and Sakura had opened their eyes out of curiosity when Sayuri had been sent flying in to Naruto. They had witnessed the events and stood there in shock. Sakura could not see the movements of Sayuri and her sister they were so fast and Sasuke was just barely picking it up with his sharingan.
Sayuri had ripped open Naruto's shirt at his stomach and placed her hand their. Sasuke and Sakura had noticed there was some sort of design on Naruto's skin that they had never seen before. Before they could get a good look at it Sayuri had placed her hand over it. Sayuri had submerged her fingers into Naruto's skin but it was not causing Naruto's skin to tear. A powerful red chakra was snaking its way out of the spot on Naruto's stomach and up Sayuri's arm, where it was being absorbed into her skin.
Sasuke and Sakura did not know what they had just witnessed as Sayuri withdrew her hand from Naruto and her fell to the ground.
What did Sayuri just do? Sasuke asked himself.
"Don't worry I did not hurt him, I just tired him out is all," Sayuri stated, she had sensed her friends worry.
Sayuri felt as if she was being reborn. The power of the Nine-tail fox was incredible. Sayuri felt that blood thirst that came so naturally during battle return. This power! She had almost taken it all from Naruto and totally drained him. She had almost lost herself in the power itself. Sayuri knew that she would have to be careful.
Stepping forward to her sister on the ground she looked into her shocked face. Sayuri wondered if Kirakazuka knew about the power within Naruto. It seems as though she did since Sayuri saw a flicker of fear in her sister's eyes. Coming back to her senses, Kirakazuka stood; she picked up her sword and prepared herself for battle. Sayuri smiled, this battle was turning around indeed. Sayuri had already tired Kirakazuka out a little bit but Sayuri's strength had just been replenished.
"Shall I make this quick?" Sayuri said.
"But the fun has just only begun,"
Kirakazuka lunged the blade at Sayuri. Sayuri jumped and placed her hands on Kirakazuka's shoulders. Landing behind Kirakazuka, with her hands still on her sister's shoulders, Sayuri kicked the spot behind her knees and Kirakazuka fell. Sayuri pulled Kirakazuka's back into her knee. Without any warning Kirakazuka swung around with a kunai in her hand and stabbed Sayuri in the leg. With her other free hand Kirakazuka hit Sayuri's side and Sayuri was tossed aside and landed on the ground.
That was no normal attack. Both the kunai and Kirakazuka's hand had been surrounded by chakra and the hit had damaged Sayuri's internal organs. Sayuri spit up blood and the world seemed blurry. Kirakazuka drove her foot into Sayuri's stomach. With only a split second to react Sayuri grabbed Kirakazuka's foot and swung her into the ground. Pulling the kunai from her leg she stabbed Kirakazuka's stomach with it and rolled away.
Apparently that was not enough though, Kirakazuka stood and pulled the kunai from her stomach and threw it at Sayuri. Sayuri knocked it off its path and felt Kirakazuka's fist make contact with her face. Ducking before the next hit had time to hit her Sayuri kicked upwards at Kirakazuka and sent her sister flying into the air again. Sayuri spit blood onto the ground. She would have to get this done and over with because she felt the effects of the Nine-tails wearing off already.
Kirakazuka landed on her feet not far from Sayuri. They both stood there shakily. Sayuri noticed that Kirakazuka's sword was at her own feet. Kirakazuka spit blood onto the ground and then started at Sayuri. Sayuri kicked the sword on the ground and caught it. Before Kirakazuka had the chance to process what had happened. Sayuri stepped forward and plunge the blade through Kirakazuka's stomach as she ran right into it.
They paused there for a minute. Sayuri withdrew the sword from Kirakazuka's stomach and she fell to the ground. Sayuri felt a tear stream down her face. Before she had time to second think she plunged the sword into Kirakazuka again and dropped down beside her sister. Kirakazuka looked up into Sayuri's eyes and Sayuri saw a reflection of herself.
"If I had not found friendship, I would be you right now," she said softly, Sayuri reached out and brushed the hair out of Kirakazuka's face, "I'm sorry it had to be this way. No one deserves to die alone,"
Kirakazuka choked up blood but Sayuri could not stand to sit there and watch her die. She stood up and started walking towards Naruto to make sure that he was ok. A noise from behind her caught her attention. She turned around and saw that the Kirakazuka's sword had lifted out of her and was pointed in Sayuri's general direction.
"You will suffer," were Kirakazuka's dying words.
The sword started forwards but Sayuri noticed it was not headed for her. Sayuri followed its line of fire and saw Sasuke frozen in fear in its path. She took off towards Sasuke but feared that she would not make it in time.
Blood splattered across Sasuke's face and a scream of pain echoed through out the area.