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We were in the middle of the mission. Literally. Only two weeks were left, we knew our parts down to each second. And of course there was a giant ambush waiting for us as we tried to return to the village inn we were using.

I was getting tired. These people had a small army, and they kept coming. I guess having two damn Uchihas on your team upped the ante a lot.

I noticed I wasn't the only one getting tired. Shisui was slowing down, only flickering when needed. Itachi had taken a nasty cut to his calf, which seemed to have cut a tendon because he was down on one knee for most of his battles now. Shikamaru was becoming very limited with his shadow techniques, its range was extremely limited now. Everyone looked like they had gotten hit by a bus. Hard.

In short, this needed to end, and soon. I was trying to come up with a plan, but they never gave us a chance to rest. I slashed through three people with my tanto, only to turn around to face five more.

I watched, frozen in place, as Shisui stumbled and the enemy nin jumped on him in seconds. He let out a loud yell as the swarmed around him. He was definitely in pain!

"No!" I snarled, and could feel my chakara boil. The nin around me stopped their tracks, unsure what to think. I could feel Shisui's chakara flicker faintly. He was still alive, but there was no way he was going to be able to get out of this without taking some major damage.

A strong wave a hatred and fear came out, surrounding me and the shinobi close by. My chakara bubbled around me in a dark blue haze. My nails and teeth sharpened painfully, eyes bleeding into a sky blue. With a last burst of chakara, translucent wings bloomed from my back. My borrowed ANBU cloak was torn to shreds as they unfurled.

"Shisui!" I let the chakara wings propel me above the group of shinobi. Cutting down anyone that dared get in my way with my short sword.

I flew forwards, knocking down the shocked rouges around my teammate with a wave of water. They were carried away, crashing violently into the rock face on the far side of the field. There was a volley of sickening cracks that rang through the battlefield as their spines broke. Their bodies dropped to the ground in a mangled heap when the violent wave dissipated.

Shisui was beaten, and bloody. The once proud ANBU mask was cracked in half, falling off his face. You couldn't tell what it was supposed to be anymore, ruby red blood was smeared across the porcelain. His chest labored to rise and fall, his breath was too weak. One of his arms was bent at an odd angle. I didn't even need to use chakara to know that it was broken.

"Shisui! Please, wake up!" I slapped his face a few times, not getting any response. A low growl escaped from my lips and in seconds, I had green chakara flowing through his body. With my other hand I created a flood of water, drowning all of the enemy nin in one go. I wove chakara around my teammates to protect them. There was no way I would let any more harm come to them.

It was a few minutes later when the water sluggishly brought over my two teammates. I sent out healing chakara to them as well, making sure they would be okay. Thankfully, they were not as bad as Shisui and their injuries were healed in a few seconds.

'Kit. Be careful!' Nekero spoke up for the first time in a while. She had floated to the very front of my mind, being called up by my rage. 'You're going to pass out! I don't have enough chakara to help you.'

'I know, but I need to save them!'

Nothing would stop me.

Well. Nothing besides chakara exhaustion. Which was kicking in… now.

My chakara flickered out, and I let out a long string of curses. I dug around my packs for a soldier pill, but it was already too late. I felt my limbs going numb and my eyes drooping shut before I could find one. Without the chakara wings to help me stay up, my body fell to the side and I landed awkwardly on my arm.

'Nothing broke yet, so I should be in the clear for now.' With a yawn, I relaxed, letting the chakara exhaustion run its course. Sharp pain ran up and down my limbs as the chakara pathways closed in on themselves. A headache was starting to settle in the back of my head, stress moved the dull feeling to the forefront of my thoughts. 'I should be fine after a quick nap… Man, this light is super bright.' I screwed my eyes shut, trying to block out the harsh sunlight that came from behind the clouds. There was no way I was going to get out of this without suffering.

"Heather!" At least he was feeling batter now. The Uchiha clan would kill me if he ended up in the hospital.

With a groan, I forced open one eye long enough to register Shisui hovering above me before I smiled and passed out.

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