Chapter Three

-Always the one to save me-

Genmas head felt as if a wild horde of bulls had been playing punching ball with him. He felt dizzy and was all sweaty, barely noticing that his shirt was gone.

Carefully he opened his eyes and shut them again as bright sunlight was greeting them brutally. A tortured groan escaped his lips.

Someone chuckled. "Back to the living?"

Genma opened his eyes again. Iwashi´s face just inches from his own, blocking the sun. Iwashi grinned down at him, than, without a word he left.

It took him a moment, then he remembered what happened… at least some parts of it. "What happened? Where is… Raidou?" He groaned again and tried to get up but someone pushed him gently but determined down.

"Shh, Genma. It's ok." It was Shizune. "Don't try to move. You were poisoned. I retrieved most of the poison from your system but it's more difficult than I expected. But you're out of danger now."

"Where are we?"

"We're at the border, between the land of rain and the land of fire. We had to stop so I could have a look at you."

"Where's Raidou?"

"Raidou´s here, don't worry. Iwashi is looking after him. I think someone sedated him with some sort of tranquilizer, but he's ok now. Just asleep."

Genma closed his eyes. His head was aching. "Good. What about the mission? What happened?"

Shizune looked at him. "I was hoping that you could tell me that. I will start with my part. Iwashi and I were able to steal the scrolls without much of resistance. So we went to our meeting point. Suddenly there was an explosion and every villager was awake. We found you and Raidou unconscious and brought you immediately out of enemy's territory. What happened to Raidou and you?"

"You just found us? There wasn't someone else?"

Shizune shook her head.

"There was a Rain-ninja. He overwhelmed Raidou and tried to kill me. He poisoned me with his stupid little needles." He took a look at his bare chest. Where he could see four little bruises, the colour of his skin had changed into an angry purple and thin lines spread from it, forming a threatening pattern. "I injured him badly but he got away."

Shizune reached behind and gave him something disgusting to drink- without grumbling he took the medicine. Shizune helped him drinking by gently holding his head.

Raidou grumpily sat up. Iwashi had held him some very effective smell powder under the nose and he awoke unwillingly.

Iwashi grinned goodnaturally at him. "Are you ok, buddy?"

Raidou rubbed the back of his head and frowned. "What was that?"

With an innocent look on his face, Iwashi hided the powder behind his back. Then he leaned down to Raidou and whispered. "Couldn't let you miss this scene." He motioned with his hand.

Raidou grinned.

Genma was lying on the ground, letting Shizune help him drink something that looked suspiciously like one of those evil, smelly medicines from Tsunade.

"Do you think he's actually enjoying this?" Iwashi wondered out loud.

Raidou snickered. "Taking this medicine is pure torture. I can imagine HER enjoying this."

"We shouldn't stay here for too long. Konoha is still some days away." Genma said after having finished drinking the bitter liquid.

Shizune nodded. "Yes, but we'll have to carry you. You're still too weak."

Genma signed. "Why is it that every mission we got together I end up being saved by you and have to be carried home? This is humiliating."

Shizune smiled warmly at him. Then she gently touched his sweaty forehead absentminded, a sad expression on her face. "You should take better care of you."

Yep, here´s Shizune. Would be nice if you hit the reviewbottom and tell me what you think. I have many ideas in my head but don´t know in which direction the plot will go. Hm... I love Shinobiaction, so there will be definitely some action ...and romance, of course...hm...