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Fallen Leaves
Chapter 9
"Ow, my head. Naruto, Shikamaru? Oohh." Gaara shifted and a whole bunch of black ashes and sand fell into his face. "Oohh, why do these things happen?" He asked himself as he coughed up a storm. The fire must have stopped because he couldn't hear any flames nor could he feel them. His sand had protected him as the hospital fell, he didn't know about the others though. It was quiet, too quiet. When he finally worked his way up through all the rubble he found the town deserted. "Where did everyone go I wonder." He asked himself and started searching for Shikamaru and Naruto under the rubble. As he did so, somebody grabbed his ankle making him jump. He pulled his foot out of the rubble taking a coughing Shikamaru with it.
"-Cough- is Naruto out yet?" He asked and coughed again.
"No, I still have to find him, are you ok Shikamaru?" he asked as he started to search for the missing ninja in the rubble.
"-cough- yeah, I think I'll be all right. What about Kankuro and Temari?" He asked and started to search as well, still coughing.
"Kankuros fine. Kyuubi knocked him out though." He said and continued to search not making eye contact with Shikamaru.
"Um… and Temari?" Shikamaru stopped searching through the rubble and stared at Gaara, who still didn't make eye contact. When there was no answer, he threw a piece of wood at the Kazekage to get his attention. "And Temari?" he urged.
Gaara stopped then looked up solemnly and faced Shikamaru, who swallowed at his strait face. "She's dead." He said quietly and continued searching.
"Dead! How could she die! She's always calling me the weak baby and she goes and dies! Yeah right, Gaaras just playing with me." Shikamaru thought and smiled. "Come on were is she?" he asked again and looked at Gaara, who continued to search with a strait face. "OI!" he screamed and tears started to fall down his face. "I SAID WHERE IS SHE!" He screamed again then threw a bigger piece of wood at Gaara, who didn't even flinch and continued to search.
They sat there for who knows how long, Shikamaru bawling and trying to hide it, and Gaara, still searching for Naruto in the rubble. Until Gaara pulled out naruto who was near unconsciousness. Gaara started to slap his face. "Snap out of it naruto." He said and slapped his face again. Naruto groaned and sat down on the splintery ground.
"Yeah, I'm out of it all right." He said then coughed.
Just then a small dirty white thing jumped onto Shikamaru's lap and started licking his teary face. "Hi Akamaru, your alright I guess." He said quietly to the dog. "Temaris not though." He said and the dog whined sadly. "I never did get to give her the sloppy kiss." He went on and looked up at the slightly cloudy sky.
Naruto rubbed his multicolored eyes and yawned. "Well, now what?" He said and sat there with Gaara wondering what to do.
"Well, we can go get Kankuro and try to find were the rest of the village went." He replied and stared at Naruto's odd new eyes.
"Yeah. Man we've been through a lot. I don't know what I'd do with out you guys. I mean, if anything ever happened to you, I would just crumble, you know." He said out loud and grinned. They all smiled and agreed with Naruto on this one, they got up and went to fetch Kankuro so they could leave.
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Somebody hiding in the rubble among the three ninja smirked and went to plot his next move with this new information.
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After getting Kankuro they were off, luckily, there were still some peoples footprints left in the sand, so they followed thoughs. Gaara helped Shikamaru along with his sand, since he still couldn't walk very well and they got the feeling, that even if he could, he wouldn't try, all he did was sit there looking up at the sky with Akamaru in his lap, petting the dog once in a while. The wind was getting stronger and Gaara suggested that they should tie themselves together just in case it gets any worse. They did so and were off again.
"Man, are we there yet? My feet hurt." Naruto whined to himself as he was in the lead, still trying to keep an eye on the footprints that were slowly fading away because of the sand.
"Hehe, I guess in a way, I'm lucky you know. Being stuck in a cramped little cage does have its benefits." Kyuubi giggled in naruto head.
"The sands getting pretty heavy." Kankuro said behind him.
"Shut up you!" Naruto barked out loud to Kyuubi. Kankuro looked at him oddly.
"Jeez sorry, grumpy guts." He murmured and kept on walking.
"Hehe, er, sorry Kankuro I didn't mean you." Naruto said awkwardly and kept walking, with Kyuubi laughing even harder now.
If only Gaara had eyebrows to raise. "After all he's been through, he's finally lost it." He thought to himself as Naruto started shouting at no one in particular.
Alittle while of silence and just plain walking around in the blinding sandstorm, naruto stopped. "Uh, guys! The footprints are gone!" Hey yelled out to them so they could hear him in the sandy wind.
"Crap, now what? We don't have a clue where we are, or where were headed." Kankuro thought angrily at what position they were in.
"Alright, we should just sit here until the storm lets up!" Gaara said. "We can then see if were near anything when were able to see a bit!"
"IF, the storm lets up anytime soon that is, and what do we do if there's nothing but sand when we are finally able to see!" Kankuro yelled grumpily, he didn't really like being the black cloud in everyone's hope, but they had to learn the hard truth. Sandstorms in this area usually let up in a couple of weeks, if not months. By that time, they could be piles of sand in the desert. They all sat there thinking for a moment when Shikamaru yelped making them all jump. When they turned to look they saw that the rope they were tied to was being eaten away by the sharp grains of sand hitting against it.
"Ok everyone, lets just keep a hand on another's shoulder, that way we wont get los-" Gaara started but sighed when he found everyone was gone from his view. His only hope now was that they weren't stupid enough to start walking around trying to find one another.
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"GAARA?" Naruto barked out "Where the heck did they all go?" He asked and put his arms in front of him to see if anyone was in front of him. "Well, guess I should start looking." Naruto thought in his mixed up logic (He and I both have that in common, yay I'm like Naruto!).
Kyuubi giggled at what Naruto was thinking of doing but kept his mouth shut. This should be interesting.
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"How troublesome." Shikamaru thought sadly. "You can't see the clouds in all this sand." He pet Akamaru on his lap as he waited for somebody to find him, and somebody did.
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"Man, naruto better not start walking off in all this. I hope this damn storm lets up soon." Kankuro thought to himself as he stood in the sandy wind. Then he heard somebody scream, then silence. He sighed and was about to sit down when someone grabbed onto his shoulder, throwing him backwards.
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"I wonder if I can get my sand to search for them?" Gaara wondered, he had never tried something like that before. Just as he was about to do it he heard somebody scream, then after alittle while he heard another. He had felt it before but had thought nothing of it, now he really knew. They weren't alone.
Chapter EndThere we have it, the 9th chapter, read and review. Or I'll make you hehehe… please don't ask me how I will, just know that you wont be alone at your computer desk if you don't review. MWAHAHAHAHA -cough cough-.