Chapter 13
Disclaimer: Nope I don't own Naruto…only Mayume! And my other friends own the 3 new Ocs in this story; Auku, Rinu and Minoru, whom will appear in the next chapter!
Author's Note: This story is NOT COMPLETE! I know it said that but it has now been changed to in-progress like it was supposed to have been all of this time…thank you for your patience. I have figured out the perfect ending for this story…and I think that I'm still pretty far away from finishing. ja ne!
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Cell 8 was running through the forest, each using their unique skills to search for any team that they could ambush and steal a scroll from, or anyone or anything that they should avoid. Hinata used her Byakugen, Kiba, his sense of smell and Akamaru, and Shino used his bugs to scout the area. Hinata and Shino were following Kiba, and when he suddenly jumped down to the ground, his two teammates jumped down right beside him.
"Ok, the area around the tower is a great place to start setting up traps guys." He spread out his arms, and with a triumphant grin on his face. "We should make our way to the tower as quickly as possible. Ultimately everyone will end up there." He stopped talking all of a sudden and he and Akamaru started to sniff around. "They've found us already. Huh? Where are they? Can you guys see them?" Kiba whispered to his teammates as his eyes narrowed.
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In the treetops above cell 8, 3-leaf genin in rubber suits were spying on them, getting ready for an ambush. "Stupid kids…they might as well be shouting 'ambush us', but from the sounds of things, they know that we're somewhere nearby. They just haven't figured out our exact location." He suddenly stopped speaking as he felt something drop on his neck. His face paled as he realized what it was.
"Hey what's wrong? You're as white as a sheet…are you feeling ok?" His teammate looked over at him and saw something on his neck. "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?" all three ninja looked up, only to see hundreds of slug like creatures falling from the treetops. The leaf team fell off the tree branch and onto the ground where Kiba, Hinata and Shino had laid out a net to keep their enemies tied up. As soon as one of the enemy ninjas touched a carefully laid out wire, the net sprung up into the air with all three ninjas in it.
Kiba grinned, happy that his trap had worked, "The flying leeches of Konoha Village can sense perspiration and body heat and then fling them selves in masses at their target. If you can't get them off of your body within 5 minutes, you're finished, and if you try and struggle to get them off…" Kiba chuckled slightly, "Well anyway, that's 1 team down…" and with that team 7 made their way past the slowly dying team, triumphantly towards the tower with two opposite scrolls…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Well that was fast!" Anko just smirked at the first cries for help echoing through the forest, while she stood behind the safety gate of training ground 44.
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Meanwhile with team 7…
"OMG!OMG!OMG! Did you guys hear someone scream? This place is creeping me out!" Sakura kept backing away from the direction in which the scream had sounded until her back hit a tree. She screeched loudly and turned around only to have herself being gagged and throttled by Mayume.
"You stupid, stupid ass! Could you scream any louder or be any more noisy? Do you seriously want to die? It seems that you have a definite death wish!" Sasuke had to pry Mayume off of Sakura before the Uchiha killed the pink-haired kunoichi. When Sakura looked up from where she had fallen on the ground, she saw something that made her blood boil. Her Sasuke was hugging Mayume! She stomped off to go yell at Naruto because he was about to pee in front of her. Naruto just walked into the bushes mumbling something about girls and PMSing.
What had actually happened when Mayume got pried away from Sakura was just the simple fact that Sasuke was holding down Mayume so she wouldn't try to kill Sakura again, but Sakura being the stupid, jealous, assuming person that she was just took it as Sasuke hugging Mayume…
Anyway… Naruto came back out of the bushes a few moments later "Oh man! What a relief!" Naruto grinned his stupid grin as he walked back to the group. Sasuke let go of Mayume after getting a promise out of her that she wouldn't attempt to kill Sakura anymore, and fixed his attention on Naruto.
"Naruto I thought that I told you not to talk like that in front of a lady!" Mayume just snorted at Sakura's comment about her being a lady, but quickly quieted as Sasuke ran up to Naruto and punched him in the face. Fresh blood flew out of Naruto's mouth from the impact of the punch as he landed with a sickening THUD on the ground.
"Um...Sasuke…I appreciate the chivalry and everything, but I think that that was way over the top." Sakura was biting her fingernails as she worried about Naruto for once in her life.
"What was that for?" Naruto sat up and wiped the crimson liquid onto his sleeve and threw a death glare at Sasuke.
"What have you done with Naruto?" Mayume was now the one holding Sasuke back so that he wouldn't try to hurt Naruto again. Naruto just huffed and responded "Hello! I'm right here in front of you bleeding!" This really got Sasuke's blood boiling, so much in fact that he was able to tear out of Mayume's tight grip. As the Uchiha boy ran towards Naruto he uttered a few simple words, "his kunai pouch is on his right side and there's no scratch on his face…you're even worse at disguise jutsus than the real Naruto!"
The two present kunoichis gasped as 'Naruto' poofed and was replaced by a masked ninja from the rain village. "Since you've forced me to reveal myself, why not do the same for me? Now which one of you 3 has the scroll?" When no one answered, the rain nin ran towards Sakura, "It seems like I'll just have to find out myself!"
Mayume and Sasuke were standing on opposite sides of Sakura and the rain nin. They caught each other's attention and nodded, and as if on cue they started two different lines of hand seals at the same time. Mayume was having a bit of a hard time doing hand signs since she could only slightly move her casted and slinged arm, but she managed to follow through and end off with the sign of the dragon, whereas Sasuke had it easy, activating his Sharingan and jumping into the air, only to end his jutsu with the sign of the tiger.
Mayume: "Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu" (Fire Element Grand Fireball)
Sasuke: "Katon Housenka no Jutsu" (Fire Element, Phoenix Fire)
Both attacks were launched at the same time and were fired at the same spot…the nin from rain. The nin cried out as the heat from the flames of both attacks nipped at his clothes. As their attacks waded, the Uchihas followed the nin, throwing kunai all the while. It was like a dance between the 3 ninjas as they threw attacks and evaded them just before they hit.
"Hey Mayume…Free Naruto, he's right underneath you. I'm going to finish this guy off." Sasuke jumped after the rain nin as Mayume sighed and nodded her head, 'Oh man! He always gets to do the fun stuff!'. Hearing Naruto's voice calling her name from directly below her, she suddenly stopped and flipped down off of the tree branch, and landed beside a tied-up Naruto, and with a swift flick of her right wrist, she had cut her orange-clad team mate's bonds. "Thanks a ton Mayume!" Naruto gave one childish grin as he rubbed his red wrists.
Meanwhile, Sasuke hadn't been having the easiest time defeating the masked ninja in front of him. Sasuke had just swung up from underneath a tree branch and had failed to notice the rain nin, "Lucky for me you left an opening!" the nin shouted out. At that moment, the nin threw a kunai at Sasuke, and with a thud, it hit the branch right above his head. 'Hah! You missed!' Sasuke's grin quickly faded to pure panic as he finally realized that there was and explosive note attached to the kunai.
KABOOM!
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Lets just say after the confusion of the explosion, Sasuke dug a kunai deep into the chest of the nin, whom ran away, fatally injured.
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Group 7 sat down in a circle after making sure that the nin had truly left. Mayume was last to sit down in the circle, which made everyone promptly look at her. "OMG! What's wrong with your eyes?" Naruto jumped up and started yelling and pointing at her. "They're like Sasuke's…" "What's wrong with them? Do I have pink eye or something?" Mayume just blinked a few times and rubbed her eyes, "they feel fine Naruto…what are you talking about?"
Sasuke kneeled closer to his cousin who was sitting to his right side and looked carefully "It seems that males aren't the only ones in the Uchiha clan that can gain and posses the Sharingan. It seems that your right eye is still at its first level and your left eye, at its second level. That fight must have triggered it…" He leaned back just in time because Mayume jumped up and threw out her arms and laughed, "YES! I've got the Sharingan! …wait…how do I turn it off?" Sasuke just slapped his hand to his head and sighed, "You kinda just…think about it…like turning off a light switch."
Ok…a few minutes later after Sasuke had made sure that Mayume could activate and de-activate her Sharingan on cue, Sasuke came up with the idea of a password…
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He's not telling us something! I just know it…but still it's a good idea, even if I probably won't be able to remember it. So I just shrugged and agreed with his idea. Then the password was said…
"Ok so remember this and listen carefully because I'm only gonna say it once…It's a poem called 'Ninki' or 'Ninja Opportunity'. When I ask for it, you respond, 'we thrive in the chaos of enemy tide. Quiet shinobi don't need dens to hide, our only concern is to watch and wait, until the enemy lowers the gate.'" Sasuke just grinned as he saw Naruto's faces and mine. He knew that we couldn't have memorized it…crap…
"And you expect me to remember that how?" Naruto and I called out at the same time. "We need a better password…how 'bout…Swordfish?" Naruto looked around quizzically "I totally agree with Naruto!" I smiled happily as did Naruto.
Sasuke on the other hand just sighed and stood up, "I'll take the scroll."
Suddenly a huge gust of wind came and blew us all away from each other. Naruto and I were holding onto the first tree that we could grab for dear life, and Sasuke and Sakura had blown into the bushes somewhere around the area. A log came lose from the ground and knocked Naruto off of the tree. I wasn't really worried; I mean he couldn't have gone to far…right? Any way I've just gotta worry about staying on this tree and when the wind stops I'll go look for everyone!
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A few minutes later the torrential winds stopped blowing and the 3 mysterious grass ninjas appeared behind the bushes nearby. "Stick around you two…this could be fun! I'll go in alone!" and with that said, the grass nin with the abnormally long tongue left his team mates in a whirlwind of snakes.
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Sasuke and Sakura stepped out of the bushes simultaneously, but Sasuke, being the paranoid prick that I mentioned before, just had to ask Sakura the password. "Ninki, ninja opportunity." He stated simply as he pulled 2 kunai from his pouch. Sakura quickly stated the second part of the poem "We thrive in the chaos of enemy tide. Quiet shinobi don't need dens to hide, our only concern is to watch and wait, until the enemy lowers the gate." She smiled sweetly and blushed at Sasuke and instantly he knew that it was definitely the real Sakura. "Ok lets go find the others."
At that moment, Naruto walked out of the bushes. "Hey guys is everyone ok?" Sasuke took his kunai out again and demanded for the password. "We thrive in the chaos of enemy tide. Quiet shinobi don't need dens to hide, our only concern is to watch and wait, until the enemy lowers the gate." Naruto smirked, Sakura sighed in relief, but Sasuke threw his kunai at Naruto.
"So this time you're good enough to dodge my attacks are you?" Sasuke pulled out 2 more kunai and some shuriken. "Wait Sasuke I don't understand! He said the password properly!" Sakura looked back and forth, worried about her two team mates. "Exactly! I purposely made the password long and something that Naruto and Mayume would never be able to memorize by just hearing it once. This can't be Naruto…"
The person in front of Sasuke and Sakura vanished in a puff of smoke and was replaced by the grass ninja that had returned Anko's kunai. "Well done! What gave me away?" Sakura shivered at the sound of the creepy nin's voice. "I knew that you were underground eavesdropping on everything that we said. That's why I chose a password that the real Naruto and Mayume would never be able to memorize." Sasuke smirked at his own smartness.
"I see…wait and watch is it? This is going to be more fun than I thought!" Sasuke's smirk faded as he got into his fighting position alongside Sakura.
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Naruto got up shakily after the big gust of wind blew him to the ground. 'Oh shoot where are Sakura-chan, Mayume-kun and Sasuke-teme? Crud! That wind must have blown me pretty far away!' Naruto held his aching head as he looked around. The only thing he failed to notice was the mouth of a giant snake closing slowly around his body. He turned around at the last second, only to discover he was already being eaten alive.
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"I suppose that you'd like to steal our earth scroll, wouldn't you, considering that you have the heaven scroll!" The creepy rain ninja laughed as he took an earth scroll from his pocket and showed it to Sasuke and Sakura before putting it in his mouth and swallowing it whole. Grinning menacingly, he stated simply " Now it will be a fight to the death!"
As the grass nin looked up at them, Sasuke and Sakura suddenly felt themselves swerve backwards as a kunai was thrown at each of their heads. As the kunai hit, the illusion disappeared and Sasuke fell to the ground, throwing up the food that he had eaten that morning while Sakura just fell to her knees, shivering uncontrollably. 'Who the hell is this guy? I looked into his eyes and felt death…Crud! If we don't retreat now…we're gonna be dead!' Sasuke looked over at Sakura then again to the still grinning ninja.
"I imagine that you're paralysed now…" the grass nin said as he pulled out 2 kunai. Spinning them expertly, he flung them at the 2 paralysed members of team 7. At the same time, Sasuke had taken out a kunai and stuck it into his leg. Stimulated by pain, he sprang up and grabbed Sakura by the waist. 'Heh…just as I thought. There is far more to this boy than I thought…' the nin licked his lips with his snake like tongue as he stared after the 2 Konoha ninja.
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Naruto had had a hard time figuring out how to get out of the giant snakes stomach. That is until he remembered the time when he and Sasuke had eaten too much and thrown up. "That's it!" The blond shinobi shouted.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" (Shadow Clones)
The giant snake of course exploded from all of the internal pressure and Naruto ran off to help his friends.
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Meanwhile, Mayume was taking her sweet time looking for her teammates, not knowing the amount of trouble that they were in. She only stopped to wonder where they actually were when she heard screaming coming from the north, and not to far away from her. She ran off into the direction of the screaming and came upon a scene that confused her. "Oy Naruto…is that you?" she called down to the blond that was holding back a giant snake from hitting Sakura and Sasuke. Naruto had a kind of blood lust around him that the Uchiha girl was not used to. "Ya Mayume it's me." Naruto grunted, as he had to push back harder on the snake's snout in order to prevent it from harming his other teammates. "What's the password." He shouted out once more before he fully pushed the snake off of the branch.
"Isn't it swordfish…that's what we agreed on isn't it." Naruto just laughed and smiled back. "I knew that it was you Mayume…now come help me kick this guys ass…" Naruto pointed to a pale man in the middle of the clearing, whom was now standing on another snake. Mayume activated her Sharingan and jumped down to join Naruto. "So give me a quick summary of what this guy can do."
The two shinobi jumped back and forth striking at different points as Naruto relayed a list of attacks that he had seen the nin use so far, to Mayume. As he finished off with the nins ability to summon snakes. "He doesn't seem that hard!" mayume smirked as she jumped towards her enemy.
"Katon Housenka no Jutsu" (Fire Element, Phoenix Fire)
She blew the fireballs at the rain nin, not paying attention to Sasuke's warnings as Naruto had told her that something was wrong with him. The rain nin dodged the fireballs with ease, then disappeared. Mayume landed on a branch, crouching down into a defensive position. As she heard a whooshing noise coming up from behind her. She jumped away from the branch and onto the oncoming snake. As she stabbed a kunai into its throat, she felt herself being pulled back by cold hands as the snake disappeared.
"Kanashibari no jutsu" (Body Freeze Skill)
Mayume felt her body go limp but she could still see and hear everything that was going on. She felt the tongue of a snake lick her cheek as a soft, bone-chilling voice whispered, "You're a pretty little thing, aren't you?". She shivered as she saw the creepy rain ninja lick his lips as he embedded a kunai into her right shoulder. She screamed in pain as the nin dug the kunai deeper into her flesh and then let her fall from his hands. As she lost consciousness, the last thing she remembered was being laid down by an orange clad figure.