Alright...I guess some people have been getting a little antsy over this next chapter, so here you go. Those of you who have been waiting for YAMI and YOMI to appear...Here you go!
SOMEWHERE ELSE...
"So...The Uchiha prodigy has defected from Konoha?" A voice asked.
"Yes. Frow what we could gather from our intelligence network, Uchiha Sasuke was arrested for assualting his superiors, a small girl, and caught when he tried to defect. He was going to get the death sentence, but Orochimaru had his followers break him out of prison and are now en route to him. We can only ascertain that he intends to take the Uchiha's body as his own." Another voice added.
"I sense that is not all? What is that foolish group my father started up to these days?" The man asked, bored.
"No, it is not, my lord One-Fist. It seems as though they have taken on an apprentice...All of them." The spy replied.
"Hn...I thought that after killing their first one, that Shirahama Kenichi brat, they would learn...Loki. Who is this new brat?" The One-Fist demanded.
"The apprentice is a young boy from Konoha and one of their ninja, one Uzumaki Naruto, thirteen years old and he recently earned a promotion to Chuunin. He was the dead last of his Academy class, but it is highly likely that his grades and education were sabotaged. Yet, during the Chuunin Exam finals, he not only defeated the Hyuuga prodigy, Hyuuga Neji, but also Uchiha Sasuke himself and Gaara, the Suna Jinchuuriki, without resorting to using his demon chakra. However, any information beyond this and his basic statistics is beyond my means. It seems as though his records were destroyed or non-existant." Loki replied.
"What? Why would they do that to a Genin of that quality?" One-Fist inquired. It seemed like a horrible waste of talent, but it spoke highly of his potential if he came this far on determination alone.
"That is a mystery to me as well, sir. However, there are signs that point to the boy being a Jinchuuriki." Loki reported. This piece of information greatly intrigued the other fists.
"Really? How so?" Agaard Jum Sai, the Muay Thai master of YAMI, asked. Loki cleared his throat to continue.
"According to what my spies within Orochimaru's camp had reported, the boy was able to tap into a different power and hold Orochimaru himself at bay, killing off one of his larger summons singlehandedly and stopping another cold with brute force. Then, there is his unnatural stamina and seemingly endless reserves of chakra. Lastly, according to the records from over 12 years ago..." Loki added, with another master cutting him off.
"The Kyuubi incident...We know this already, Loki." A woman drawled out. She was Kushinada Mikumo, the Bewitching Fist.
"According to my spies within Konoha's walls, the boy has been spit upon since his birth...The very night of the Kyuubi incident." Loki supplied.
"But it was widely known that the Yondaime Hokage killed the beast and himself in the process..." A massive, hulking man with a mask, Diego Carlo, the Steel Laughing Fist, said in disbelief.
"But the boy is of the right age..." Hongo Akira, The God Fist, replied.
"Hmm...The boy must have gone through a very harsh life, but to have thrived as he has, his fighting spirit must be very strong." Sehrul Rahman, the Fists of Brahman, stated.
"Ka ka ka ka ka! The boy has a REAL demon in him!" Silcardo Jenazad, the Demon Fist God, surmised and cackled. To the rest, understanding dawned on them as it was no mystery as to how Jinchuuriki are created.
'The boy is the holder of the Kyuubi and he can control a portion of it's power...On top of being so young, he would be a boon to our cause once his power matured...had he not been contaminated with my father's ideals. He is now a critical threat that must be dealt with, but we must first gauge his strength.'
"Hmm...Send out the apprentices to test the Uzumaki. Tirawit and Boris should be enough, Tirawit to fight him and Boris to bear witness. I wish to test how strong the disciple of my father is." The One-Fist decided. He turned to a group of shadows.
"Agaard...Aleksander...Inform your disciples of their targets. They need to head out to the Fire/Rice border and await their target." He ordered.
"Got it. He's been telling me he's been bored lately." Agaard complied.
"It will be done, лидер (Leader in Russian Cyrillic)." Aleksander answered.
"What about the Uchiha, Lord Saiga?" Loki asked.
"...He is of no interest to me. If he interferes, Tirawit and Boris may dispose of him." The now named One Fist answered.
Agaard Jum Sai and Tirawit Koukin hail from the same island nation as Apachai, as well as his form of martial arts. While Apachai knew Muay Thai and taught it to Naruto, there was another aspect to it that Apachai hid from him and for a good reason. While Muay Thai is lethal enough by itself, it's ancestor Muay Boran is far more effective, which is what Agaard and his disciple specialize in. One especially lethal technique is called the Yan Erawan, which can kill someone with ease courtesy of a very powerful knee thrust to the heart and inducing deadly heart trauma, capped off with an elbow to the crown of the head.
Aleksander Gaidar and his disciple, Boris Ivanov, both hail from another continent far to the west which holds the country of Russia. There, they have a special division of their army which is highly trained, fanatically loyal, and lethal to a near inhuman degree and could give the shinobi a hard time called the Spetznaz. They even developed their own combat style which centered around grappling. The key was to induce as much pain as possible with various joint-targeting locks and holds, with throws and striking mixed it to even it out. It is called Command Sambo. Among the elite, Aleksander and his protégé stand out amongst them as the elite of the elite.
The two masters informed their students of their tasks, who took to it with seeming indifference. Boris was simply following his commander's orders and while Tirawit seemed indifferent due to the fact that his target is younger than him by at least four years, he was wanting to test himself against a Jinchuuriki. He had heard no end of stories of their power. He had also heard of the Uchiha clan's Sharingan and it's ability to copy anything it sees. He was glad that he was authorized to eliminate the Uchiha if necessary, since he abhorred it so much. Stealing styles and not having to work for it was considered sacrelige, a cardinal sin for those who followed martial arts as they did.
Saiga looked at the target picture once again, but something caught his eye this time. It was the expression on the boy's face...It reminded him of the one person he once considered a critical threat.
'This boy...He looks like Cousin Minato, only younger...Could he really be...And could father know? If he is Minato's son and related to us by blood...His potential will be phenomenal, even without the Kuremisago blood within him.' Saiga wondered, but shook it off.
"Loki, I need you to get more information on the Uzumaki. Do whatever it takes." Saiga ordered as he himself withdrew into his thoughts once again.
'I WILL reclaim my daughter and keep the secrets of the Kuremisago for myself...Shizuha was foolish for protecting her from me...'
EN ROUTE TO RICE COUNTRY...
Pelting through the forest at a rapid clip was the Sound team, making their way back to their master with one of their prizes sitting in a barrel lashed to Sakon's back and little Sakura, under a forced sleep, being carried by Karin. Kabuto did that when Sakura wouldn't stop struggling and Orochumaru would have their heads if she was damaged in anyway. Initially, Sakura's struggling had set them back a little bit, so they were running behind. They had only just reached the halfway point when Tayuya set the barrel down when it was her turn to carry it, complaining of stiff shoulders, but Karin knew that it was a ploy to buy enough time for the inevitable rescue team to catch up to them and leaving them obvious clues.
Their plan was to stall as much as possible, since Karin made frequent excuses to stop and check on the Uchiha's status, since she was the only one among them who really knew anything about the Curse Seals. Even Kabuto wouldn't question her on that subject, so her ruse would work as long as she made it believeable. Each stop took more than 15 minutes and she checked him twice an hour, buying the search teams valuable time...
BACK IN THE VILLAGE...
In a matter of hours, Jiraiya had gathered together a team to track down the escaped convict, kidnappers, and the victim. Over the course of an hour as the word spread, many who were friends of the family, Naruto, or both were throwing themselves at the Hokage, begging to be allowed onto the team. Even Ino had volunteered to go on the mission and a member of the Inuzuka volunteered to go to make amends for Kiba's deplorable actions, one Inuzuka Hana, a Chuunin and expert tracker and medic.
"Okay...Team assignments are Shikamaru, Hana, Naruto, and Ino on team one. On team two, we have Kisara, Takeda, Hinata, and Raichi..." Jiraiya rattled off as the mentioned shinobi confirmed it. He was just about done when the door burst open again to reveal Chiaki, clad in her old Chuunin vest and kunoichi clothes, ready for combat.
"Hokage-sama...Chuunin Haruno Uzumaki Chiaki requesting reinstatement and assignment to the rescue/retrieval team." She practically demanded, determination burning as brightly in her eyes as it did in her elder sister's.
"I'm sorry, Chiaki, but the slots have been..." Jiraiya was about to tell her, but a voice cut him off.
"I'll stay. I...Don't want to stand between a mother and her daughter. Sakura's my best friend...I wanted to see her again and help to make up for the horrible things I said and did to her and Naruto-kun, but it would be better if her mother went instead of me." Ino stated.
Jiraiya had to admit, trading a rookie Genin out for a seasoned Chuunin was a good trade off. She turned to Naruto and gave him a kiss on the cheek. It was a friendly one, almost platonic, but the other females in the room could tell there was real affection within it. Hinata and Raichi weren't terribly happy about what had transpired, believing that Ino was only after him due to his advancement in rank and skill, just like when she was after Sasuke.
"Stay safe out there, Naruto-kun...Shika..." She told him and told her teammate, Shikamaru nodding.
"Ino...We need to talk...When I get back." Naruto replied, turning sharply to the door. She simply smiled as she went home, satisfied with his desire to at least converse with her.
Jiraiya was reluctant to allow Chiaki to join this mission. "Chiaki...Did you even get released by the hospital before you changed and came here?" Jiraiya sighed.
"Erm...Eh heh...No?" She replied sheepishly, making him sigh again.
"Just like your sister..." He muttered as he cleared his throat.
"Since there's no knocking any sense into you, you can take Yamanaka Ino's slot on Naruto's team. Now, the most direct route to Rice Country will pass through the Valley of the End. This is the route you all should take heading in. We have no idea as to their force strength, but two of the known shinobi are Yakushi Kabuto, a Jounin-class traitor and medical specialist, and Kaguya Kimimaro, one of Orochimaru's most fanatical supporters and the last known user of the Shikotsumyaku. It allows him to use his own bones as weapons and both of them are extremely dangerous A-Class threats. If they managed to take off the seals we put on the Uchiha, he will also be a threat, around B-Rank due to the Curse Seal and his eyes. All enemy shinobi are expendable, however, special priority goes to the Uchiha. He must not be allowed to escape." Jiraiya stressed as they left for the gate.
KONOHA MAIN GATE
The two teams were going over final checks to equipment and getting final farewells and advice before they left on the mission. Renka, who wasn't a kunoichi, couldn't go on a sanctioned mission, so she was forced to remain behind but not without giving her affection to her husband to be. Naruto stumbled back to his team, Hana ribbing him slightly.
"Lucky brat..." She chuckled as Kisara and Takeda added to it.
"Yeah...But he's a good kid." Kisara added to it.
"Those girls of his are all really cute, Miu-chan is a smoking hottie, but her grandfather is insane...But who is this lovely vision here?" Takeda asked of Hana.
"Inuzuka Hana...Chuunin and medic." She replied playfully, much to Kisara's ire as Jiraiya appeared at the gate to see them off, all of them snapping to attention.
"You all know what has to be done, so I won't beat a dead horse. All I ask is that you all watch out for each other out there. Dismissed!" Jiraiya bellowed, sending them on their way.
"Kami be with you all..." He muttered, heading back into the village. Jiraiya turned back, but didn't notice a group leave from over the walls.
"Apa! We're going to help rescue Sakura-chan, right?" Apachai asked Miu, who slapped a hand over his mouth.
"Shh! We need to follow them without them knowing and I don't want Grandfather and the others to stop us. I don't want any of them to get hurt if I can help it." Miu replied, Shigure behind them agreeing. She had followed them stealthly and keeping an eye on the only remaining family she has left.
'Do not worry, Miu. We already know and I have come to help.' Shigure thought as she tailed them. She had gained an semi-autonomous status in return for her excellent service record, somewhat like what the Sannin enjoyed.
In through the gates right after the main group left came Kakashi, back from an A-Rank mission out of country and intending on resting a while. It seemed as though since he threw himself at Naruto's mercy, the nightmares were waning, but still frightening. He knew that he would have to work very hard to earn his forgiveness.
"Huh...I wonder what happened?" He asked himself as he ventured over towards the tower to make his report and sleep.
OUTLYING FORESTS NEAR THE RICE-FIRE BORDER.
The teams made their way through the forest, following the scent left behind by the kidnappers and escapee. Shikamaru thought that something was suspicious, like all of these clues being left behind on purpose and leading them into a trap. Shikamaru then advised that they split apart into two teams, one lead by Hana and her Haimaru Triplets and the other by Chiaki Haruno. Hana led her team in the direction of the clues while Chiaki and her team took a parallel route to avoid everyone getting caught in an ambush and to cover their backs...Until they felt a dark and heavy chakra pulse rip through the forest just ahead of them.
Near them, Karin had halted the team so she could 'check' on the Uchiha's seal again, however, Kabuto was growing suspicious of her behaviour.
"Karin...A word, my dear?" He told her sweetly. She suddenly jolted in fear. Not matter how hard she tried to fight it, she was quivering with fright. She wasn't meant to be a fighter, only a scientist, so she would stand no chance against Kabuto. He slowly backed her into a tree as he stared her down, taking in her current state. He now knew that something was wrong.
"Oh, Karin...Karin...Betraying us, are we?" He asked her in a mocking tone.
"Wh-what? N-no! I wasn't..." She tried to protest, but Kabuto grabbed her by the throat.
"You are a very poor liar, Karin-chan. I know that you have been stalling us so that a rescue team can catch up, but why? Let's see...Oh! I know! You are an Uzumaki...just like Sakura-chan here...And Tayuya-chan, too? My, my...Lord Orochimaru will have much breeding stock to choose from once we return." Kabuto stated aloud dramatically, mocking the two kunoichi.
"Shit...That fucking four-eyes found out..." Tayuya growled as she lept over next to Karin, knocked Kabuto away as she handed the girl off to Karin.
"Karin...Run. I'll hold them off as long as I can. Just run back toward Konoha and hand the girl off to them." Tayuya ordered.
"But...Tayuya..." Karin tried to reason with her, but was cut off.
"JUST FUCKING GO! MAKE SURE THAT BRAT GETS HOME!" Tayuya screamed as she activated her Curse Seal to fight the others off. Karin was about to run, when Kabuto intercepted her with a glowing palm to her chest, making her lungs seize up.
"I'll take that." Kabuto said quickly as he snatched the girl from Karin and lept away, just in time for the Konoha team to show up. Tayuya didn't notice them, but saw Kabuto take Karin down.
"I won't let you take her to that Snake bastard!" Tayuya yelled as he ripped after Kabuto, the rest of the team following them.
"What the hell happened here? They were fighting each other, but why?" Shikamaru asked.
"...I don't know...But that girl...She feels familiar." Naruto said quietly.
"H-Help...Sakura..." Karin croaked out in pain before collapsing.
"! Hana! Help her!" Chiaki yelled to the team medic, who complied immediately. Hana immediately found the problem and re-expanded her lungs, allowing her to breathe properly.
"Now...What did you say about my daughter?" Chiaki asked the teenage girl firmly. Karin looked at her and noticed that she had the same eyes as the girl and herself and Tayuya, as well.
"Her...mother? Help Tayuya...She is *cough* trying to rescue her and take her back to your village...I stalled them as long as I could..." Karin grated out.
"So that was on purpose...What do you have to gain by helping us?" Shikamaru asked.
"I'm...An Uzumaki, too...I thought...Tayuya and I were the last...We decided that...We needed to protect that girl..." She replied painfully. Naruto's eyes went wide.
'There are more? We aren't the last...' Naruto thought as he strode toward her.
"I'm an Uzumaki, too. Where is their meeting point?" He asked her gently.
"It's...The Valley of the End...That is where they are headed." Karin answered her.
"Hana-neechan...Can you take her back to the village for treatment? She deserves the benefit of the doubt." Naruto asked of the older Chuunin.
"Of course, Naruto-kun. I'll be back as quickly as I can." Hana answered as she hefted her onto her shoulders and sped off.
"Now that we know where they're going, let's go." Naruto growled, the rest seeing no reason to argue.
"...Alright. Let's go!" Kisara roared as they all tore off in the direction of the fight they witnessed.
Miu, Apachai, and Shigure landed in the clearing behind them, trying to keep up with them but stay back far enough where they wouldn't be spotted. They overheard the whole dilemma, but opted to continue on, hoping that Hana made it back to the village alright.
BACK IN THE VILLAGE...
Hana had just made it to the villages gate in a very short amount of time with a wounded person, sprinting nearly the whole way to the hospital to admit her. Upon getting her there, she immediately reported to the Hokage, who was just de-briefing Kakashi from his mission.
"Hana? What happened? You haven't even been gone for a couple of hours!" Jiraiya exclaimed. She quickly explained the whole situation to him, making his eyes go wide.
'There are more? I guess it's a good thing that they turned on ol' Snake Face to protect what little family they have left, or they would have been long gone by now.' Jiraiya mused as he thought of what to do. However, a solution presented itself.
"Hokage-sama, I will go and back them up further and to replace Hana. I'm sure she's tired and I can use my summon hounds to track them down and catch up." Kakashi said, volunteering to go in her place. He'd been waiting for a chance to redeem himself in Naruto's eyes and to make up for how much he failed his two remaining students. This was the chance he was waiting for.
"Are you sure, Kakashi? Can I really trust to you do the right thing?" Jiraiya grilled him. He needed to know who's side Kakashi was really on, the village or the Uchiha's.
"Sasuke needs to be put down for the sake of everyone everywhere. If Orochimaru gets his hands on the Sharingan, no one anywhere will be safe. If he manages to get hold of Sakura, I will never be able to face Naruto nor his parents or my friends in the afterlife. I'll do everything I can to make sure Sakura comes home safely and Sasuke's head comes off." Kakashi swore.
Jiraiya scrutinized the now seemingly reformed Scarecrow with a very critical eye, as if he were peering into his very soul. Finally, after a tense moment, Jiraiya shifted.
"Alright, Hatake. Go join them and for Kami's sake help bring them all home." Jiraiya dismissed him. Kakashi was gone in a flash, racing out to back up the rescue team at a breakneck pace.
'I have to get there in time...I need to redeem myself.' The copy-nin chanted in his mind as he increased his speed even more.
Jiraiya turned his attention to the girl that Hana had brought back, Karin. Tsunade had already been there to see the girl and further treated the injury Kabuto inflicted on her, as well as questioning her.
"Now...Let's cut to the heart of the matter, shall we?" Tsunade inquired, looking like a lioness prowling the foot of her bed. Karin was almost willing to face Kabuto again seeing the expression on the face of one of the Sannin. She steeled herself and explained what had happened.
"W-well...I suppose I should start at the beginning. You see..." Karin went into detail in explaining the situation that caused them to rebel against Orochimaru, about them being Uzumaki. Tsunade ordered that the blood sample that had been drawn be tested against Naruto's and her own and she got the results back half way through the story.
'S-she's telling the truth! It can't be...' Tsunade gasped in shock. She turned and regarded the girl.
"Your story checks out. Blood can't lie, especially the blood in our veins. There are very unique markers in our DNA that cannot be found anywhere else. Yes, I am an Uzumaki too by my grandmother, but I am a Senju as well. Due to your actions in assisting our pursuit forces by slowing them down, we would like to offer you asylum here." Tsunade offered.
"B-but...What about Tayuya? She's just like me. She tried to give me a chance to escape back here with the child, but Kabuto cut me off and took her. She went after him but she can't fight them all off alone." Karin replied, her worry clear as day.
"Don't you worry. The forces we have in pursuit have already caught up and have engaged them, thanks to the time you bought for them." Tsunade assured her.
BACK WITH THE PURSUIT TEAM
The teams had quickly caught up to Kabuto and his team and a fight quickly ensued. One by one, the Sound team peeled off to fight with the Konoha nin. First, Sakon had peeled away to fight the team of Hinata and Raichi. The twin headed nin regarded his opponents like one would a bug, something not worth his time.
"Looks like I got the easy draw. I'll be done with you two and be on my way shortly." He commented non-chalantly, but Hinata was in his face with a Jyuuken strike to his hand.
It was all she could strike as he pulled away, but it was no less effective. Sakon felt his hand go limp, since she fried the nerves and left it unresponsive. Before he even had time to recover from his shock, Raichi let him have it with both barrels using her signature Suiken style and scored several damaging hits. The punishment continued for a few moments until he found a brief moment to activate his Curse Seal. The resulting pulse of chakra pushed the pair away from him and gave him a little more breathing room, but his arm was still useless, just dangling at his side.
"Brother...Why don't we separate for now?" A seemingly disembodied voice suggested.
"And go level 2? I don't see why not. If anything, we can rest for a bit after we've taken out the trash." Sakon replied as they felt another build-up of that dark chakra. Hinata's Byakugan eyes widened a bit, but Raichi had a plan already.
"Rush 'em, Hina-chan! I'll keep their attention on me while you shut them down! We can't waste time with these guys!" She hissed to her fellow bride to be.
In a snap, Raichi launched a brace of weapons at the still transforming nin while Hinata rushed in behind them. Sakon was forced to dodge them, but sailed right into the path of the enraged Hyuuga. He tried to swat at her to make her veer off course, but she slapped the pitiful strike aside easily and went into the HAKKE ROKUJOUYONSHO, shutting him down completely. Sakon and his conjoined twin were only half seperated when they went down, looking like two torsos growing from one body. Sakon and Ukon looked at their opponents with mortal terror in their eyes, frantically trying to reuse the seal, but their systems just wouldn't respond, like it wasn't even there.
"Not so smug now, are you?" Raichi glowered down at the fallen nin, Hinata's Byakugan enhanced scowl next to her making the normally kind and gentle girl look frightening.
Hinata smacked him with a final blow to the head, taking him down and out for at least a couple of days. Without waiting, she and Raichi set to work on binding him and taking him back to the village so they could get back out there with the one they loved.
TAKEDA AND KISARA
For the second fight Kidoumaru, had hung back to fight Kisara and Takeda. In the beginning, Kidoumaru thought that he had a glaring advantage over them since they seemed to favor Taijutsu, but their immense speed and striking power knocked him for a loop whenever they connected. He had to resort to summoning his spiders to aid him in his fight. Kisara tried to shake them off, but she was eventually bitten.
"Agh! Wh-what the hell...?" She staggered until she collapsed, her breathing labored. Takeda was at her side in a flash.
"Kisara? Kisara?" He tried rousing her, but she was out for now. Her breathing was fine as was her pulse, but her coloring was beginning to pale.
"You bastard...What did you do to her?" Takeda growled.
"You like? Don't bother with trying to save her since won't be leaving here alive, either." The spider-man wannabe sneered as more spiders came down at his target.
Takeda saw them and responded with a special technique he had been experimenting with.
'I hope this works...For Kisara-chan's sake.' He thought as he activated his state.
AUTO-RHYTHM!
Takeda became a whirlwind of fists, creating a perimeter of blows that the spiders, no matter how numerous, could not penetrate. Kidoumaru was now getting angry since his attacks weren't getting through, so he decided to get personal...very personal. Using his special webbing, he crafted a bow for himself and used that same material for an arrow, which he aimed directly at Kisara and fired. Having only fractions of a second to react and still being in Auto-Rhythm mode, he was able to react more quickly and managed to snap her out of the way before the arrow struck, but got grazed for it.
"You got lucky that time, but how about another one, hot shot?" Kidoumaru yelled as he attempted to transform into his Second State.
Like the others, this took a little bit of time, but Takeda wasn't a Chuunin for nothing so he recognised an opening when he saw one. Gathering his chakra into his legs, he darted towards the spider nin with alarming speed. Kidoumaru barely had time to dodge the first incoming blow after the transformation had completed before a second impacted dead in the face, launching him away.
"Damn…I wanted to keep him here and punish him a little more." The ashen haired pugilist grunted as he chased his quarry back down again, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Where the hell is he?" Takeda muttered, but an arrow answered his question. He was able to avoid a critical hit, but his right shoulder had been pierced through, leaving a near gaping hole and crippling his effectiveness.
"What's the matter, hotshot? Not feeling very well?" The grotesque nin taunted as he strung up another shot and fired, this one hitting Takeda's left leg and further robbed him of his mobility.
"S-shit…Kisara-chan…" He bit out through his pain, reaching for her.
"Aww…Can't avenge your little girlfriend? Don't worry after I finish you, she'll join you in hell!" Kidoumaru laughed as he strung another shot, but a sudden breeze brushed it's way passed him. Suddenly, he felt it impossible to breath, as if…
In a spray of blood, Kidoumaru's head slid from from his body, the look of total shock forever frozen on his face. Takeda was just as shocked that he and Kisara had been saved, but he couldn't see or even detect his their rescuer. Suddenly, the air shifted behind him and he whirled around as quickly as he could to find one of the Ryouzanpaku masters standing there, Shigure.
"You don't know how glad I am to see you…" He grunted out as he tried to stand himself up, using a tree for support.
"Just stay here…I will signal a medic team that is coming soon to your location." She told him as she waited there for them to arrive.
In the meantime, she took to administering a small anti-venom of Akisame's design to Kisara that brought some color back to her cheeks, much to Takeda's comfort. He cradled her head and released a shuddering breath, thankful that she was going to live through this. Kisara's eyes slowly opened up to see her long time friend staring back at her, a sad smile on his face.
"Takeda…What…happened to me?" She asked.
"You got bitten by one of those spiders…But Shigure-sempai helped me save you. I don't know what I would have done if I lost you too…" He confided in her. Kisara was stunned to hear such a confession from him, but was somewhat moved by it none the less. However, she still had a reputation to uphold.
"Don't get all mushy on me…but…Thanks." She replied as they waited for a medic to arrive to flush the poison from her system completely.
A/N: Here's another chapter for you! They will be splitting off in pairs to deal with the runners since they have larger numbers and more experienced personnel on this mission. Also, Kakashi is coming much earlier than before and the runners had been stalled, along with Jiroubo being dead and Tayuya defecting so several things are different from canon.
Anywho, thank you to those of you who voted for me in Brown Phantom's poll!