I'm not sure why, maybe it was the adrenaline of the mission or the fact that I finally got sleep for the first time in a while but, my entire being just seems lighter. My feet and arms basically moved themselves, its a lot better than having to drag myself everywhere. I'm just glad that Uchiha's wound is healing better than I originally thought, and I figured it wouldn't even leave a scar.
I finished putting my hair up, a wide smirk etched across my face. I knew today I just had to prove that I'm an equal rank to those to egomaniacs! And today, despite my stomach churning for no reason, I have a feeling that something important is going to happen. I don't think it'll be particularly bad or good, but neutral. I sudden wave a of nausea went over me, but I shook my head and blinked it off. Alright, maybe my fortune telling isn't that good.
"Yamanaka, are you coming?" I heard Neji's voice echo through my head for a couple of moments before I blinked.
"Uh, yeah..." Shaking my head, I speed up my pace to keep up with their long strides (I swear it comes naturally with the ego.) Sasuke opened the gate that had a giant 'WARNING' sign in red bold letters and yellow and black stripes.
'Well, that's not good' I thought to myself as we entered the 'cursed cave'. Neji lit the lantern and held it over his head, getting a clear view of the second security gate that blocked our path.
"These people went threw all this trouble to keep people out..." I mumbled aloud and Neji took it upon himself to open the second gate.
"Hn." Sasuke scoffed, but I realized his eyes where narrowed as I nervously glanced up at him. I couldn't read his face, but something told me he didn't think something was right.
The loud squeaking of the three-man-size gate opening knocked me out of my thoughts. Neji lifted the lantern back above his head and pushed the gate open enough for all if us to get through.
"Alright, we all need to be precarious from this point on. Stay alert at all times, all these people didn't die in here for nothing, We also have no idea what it looks like past this point. Not yet, at least." I nodded numbly, oddly enough taking in every word. I can't afford to fail this mission!
We walked threw the iron rods, I stayed a step behind until I knew the ground where safe.
"Neji?" I questioned loud enough to grab his attention. "Why don't you just use the your kekkei genkai? If would be very helpful." I gulped silently, my eyes attempting to adjust to the darkness.
"That wold be a good idea, but we can't afford to waste any chakra now."
"But chakra is useless if we die falling into a bottomless pit!" I hissed in annoyance. Neji glared at me.
"I don't need you yelling in my ear, you know. The walls echo." I grunted, and my eyes twitched. Either way, I stopped, knowing that this I pointless.
We continued walking, over boards that the first people that came in here set up. I heard the squeaking of the old wood, that made me a little nervous. However, I continued to walk between Neji and Sasuke, seeing how I'm the medical one; do they think I started off as a medical ninja? NO! I was a full fledged battle field as well, but they seemed to have oh-so nicely forgotten. I sighed into nothingness.
"Did you hear that?" Sasuke broke the silence, oddly enough activated his Sharigan.
"What? My sighing?" I rose an eyebrow, and Neji rolled his eyes.
"I didn't hear anything Uchiha, your wasting chakra." He grunted, Uchiha glared and I rolled my eyes. Seriously, they can't let their ego go for a couple of minuets. Superiority complex much?
"Will both of you knock it o-" My sentence was cut short by a creature about a inch away from my face. Lucky enough, Sasuke caught it and stabbed with his sword. I caught my feet and looked around, those things where everywhere!
Pulling out a kunai, I slapped some chakra on it before I let it go, effectively killing 7 of the things. When one reached on my foot, I stabbed it before it could do anything. I killed another after another, but there where still so many! I looked to see Neji and Sasuke doing a nice job, but not good enough!
"Guys, I don't think this will end anytime soon!" I called to them.
"What are these thing, they have so much chakra!" Neji commented, stabbing more. "And we'll run out of kunai too soon at this rate. They just keep coming from the walls!" He growled.
"Wait!" I looked at the walls, carefully looking at where that rise from. Stabbing more with the same kunai, I noticed something. The walls had different shades, one peculiar lighter. I looked around and I noticed that they all come out of particular spots, and that there are lines connecting them!
"Sasuke, take a look at the walls, they form a symbol! I think that they hold chakra!" I called to him. He glanced at me, and then the walls. Following the almost invisible lines, he circled around slightly. I closed my eyes for a second to think, but as soon as I did something touched my leg. My eyes shot open to see one of those black things crawling up my leg. I stabbed it, but I felt a sharp pain. I cringed as I felt my chakra draining as a terrifying rate.
"Guys, don't let them touch you! The things connect nerves!" I warned, felling lightheaded. I had to thing of a way to stop these things, and fast!
"Ino!" I heard Neji call out. I gulped and closed my eyes. I felt my chakra drain more, but that isn't the problem here. I opened my eyes and looked at the symbols, carefully studying how they work. I scowled as I had an idea. I took out my last kunai, and slapped an explosive tog on it. Putting my last of chakra in it, I shot it at one of the main symbols. Falling to my knees, the bright light of the explosion hurt my eyes. The force traveled threw the lines to the other one, then the next. The ground shook and my hands gripped the floor.
Neji and Sasuke easily sent chakra to their feet, but they obviously weren't ready for this pacific attack, seeing how that both went into a slight mode of shock. The ground settled, and extra parts of dust partials fell onto where we where standing. The black things dissolved into the dirt, and I leaned o n my left on for support.
Gasping, I just stayed there for moment, before putting my hands up in the air and laughing. I continued to laugh breathlessly, falling on my back and spread my legs and arms out, staring at the ceiling in amazement.
"It worked," I breathed. "It actually worked..." A wide smile etched across my face as I continued laughing.
"Your lucky it did," Sasuke commented. "Because if it didn't, you would have killed all three of us." He rolled his eyes and me.
"If it wasn't for me, you would have been dead by now." I ginned, not moving from my current position.
"I don't even see how the attack worked in the first place." Neji commented. "It makes no sense how the explosion spread like that."
"Hee-hee, you two better not call me stupid ever again." I cackled. "I sent the rest of my chakra to the kunai. When it reached the chakra-set-symbol, my chakra spread with the explosion." I began, Neji and Sasuke by now where just standing on either side of me. "Those things sucked the chakra out of me and to the seal, making it endless so long as it has victims." My eyelids lower slightly, and I put a hand on my forehead. "I'm completely drained, but I'll be alright." I blinked to see two different hand reached out to me. Opening my eyes up more, I saw both of my current 'teammate's' hands reached out. With a wide smile, I took both of them as I was lifted up.
"Thanks" I said quietly, trying to walk on my own.
"Hn, you know that our mission isn't close to done, right?" Sasuke asked, putting his hands in his pockets. I chuckled lightly.
"Trust me, I couldn't deal with just this. Then it would be one boring mission." I sneered at him, noticing both of their smirks. I got back on my own feet and smiled, forgetting all about my light-headed issues.
Yeah, I know it sucks, but you can't have a serious problems and not have some action scenes! And I FAILED! expect chapter 4 soon!
and for all of you who are like, 'dude, wheres itachi! I want complicated romance like romeo and Juliet' GUH! I KNOW I KNOW! Listen, i can't just have itachi walk in after the fight being all like 'hello Ino, which i suddenly know you name. Im itachi, a brother wo isn't really dead. Oh, you'll be my messanger as well to update on the brother that 'wishes i was alive again' 's status. you are in love me with and at the end i will love you back, (BTW: this might be a twist) goodbye. Oh, helllo sasuke and neji.'
erm, no.
Till next time,
candy