Red Clouds and Cherry Blossoms
Chapter 3
I know latley the whole ------ thing i use to border has been all jacked up but the width on my word pad is bigger than the one on the website. I tried to fix the first one but reased to much. I hope the extra isnt confuseing to anyone. Also please try to review i relly like and appreciate the reviews i have gotten even though they are few. Dont worry there is finally some action in the story. I know its kinda late for a story catagorized under Action/Adventure but i promise there is a decent fight in this chapter and i hope its enjoyable. Thanks to my readers and people who just clicked on this by accident and started to read out of bordem. I hope you keep reading but if you dont i will still continue writing. Boredom just like it did to that random guy i mentioned earlier will force you to do weird things, like writing a story that no one is reading or reading a story that you clicked on by accident. Either way this will entertain those fans of Akatsuki and an evil Sakura.
p.s Iam sorry Ten ten's name isnt typed Ten-ten but when she talked it would by strange like this "Ten-ten-(speech goes here)." Also when Neji does the reversal to Sasori
I dont know if I made it clear enough. Neji is bent over backwards with his stomach in the air. Sasori is stomach facing down in the air becuse the reversal has pushed him over Neji. I hope its easier to understand.
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With the previous reveal about he village hidden in Shadows Skura has been thinking wildly about her old homes actions as she continues to gather the few left of the identical folders. Thirteen century old files lay stacked on the freashly disturbed floor.
Deidara- Thats enough Sakura, we only need what youve gatherd so far.
Sasori- Deidaras right. Since he has the economic data and i have retreaved what i need we should go now He takes the notes copied down by Deiara and Sakura's 13 files and puts them into a white satchel bag with a black denim strap for the shoulder.
Sakura- Should I put out the torches?
Sasori- No there is no need.
Deidara- If we were taking specail care to cover our being here we wouldent have knocked Kakashi unconcious. Also we would have to spend time cementing back the passage way and fixing back the doors to their hinges.
Sasori- Sakura do grab one of the torches though and we can be on our way.
Sakura obideantly lifts an aflame torch from its bolted hinge on the round wall and holds it out half arms length in front of her.
Sasori- Deidara, hold the informations bag.
Deidara nods and slips the bag onto his arm and under his cloak right next to the two identical bags of special clay attached to his side.
Deidara- Lets get out of this underground abandonment. This filthy chasm is so damn deppresing, so onward and outward I suppose. He takes a step to the side letting sakura still holding the light infront of him to lead the way.
The group heads up the again repetitive stairs. The effort needed to go up the stairs doubleing than that of the effort needed on the trip down. Sakura lighting the way, then Sasori, then Deidara make their way through the narrow step way zoneing out to everything but the person in front of them's movement and the random waving of light on the stiring and resetleing dust of the dirt ridden floor with every foot step. This continues for a little over the several minutes it took to go down the ceaseless stairs. Finaly they near the top as the arch of the passageway crowns as the group walks into the large open library.
Sakura(the cold night air from thr open dors touch her cheeks)- Sigh Finally.
Deidara- Above ground finally. I could use some frsh air.
Sasori- I want to hurry. our plan was tobe out of here by sunrise and i want to acheive that.
Sakura- Yes sir.
The trio once again set out in their slow phantom, glide-like fashoin twords the large open double door sized passageway. The few streams of moon light that can bend on the ground wind their way through the passageway. As they pass high book shelf after high book shelf they grow to dispize the writers of this literature more and more with every foot tread. Wait, as they near the passage way they slow more and more. They sense somthing, somthing not right.
Sasori telepathicly- Sahura, Deidara, i know you must also sense it. The presence of at least 2 ninja outside...and it seems they are waiting for us.
Deidara telapahticly- This si no coinceidnce, they must no we're here. I wonder if they have any plans. Are they prepaired at all? Well any, way do you have any plans?
Sasori telepathicly- Yes, Deidara look up. They seem to have a sky light installed in the roof. Head up their and keep an eyeout from the sky. We probabaly wont need asistance but if it ends up taking to much time we could use some more options with you up there.
Deidara telepathicly- OK if you need any distractions, back up, or even transpoertation just wave me down.Finnaly I get a chance to streach my arms. He rumbles his hand around in his cloak concealed bags ans pulls out a head sized clay bird, artisticly sculpted. He without giving it a thought tosses it out about a foot in front of him. In a small unoticeable pop the clay figureine emmites a tiny amount of foggy smoke and morphs to a huge sized hawk like clay air craft. They bird is sized enough to fit up to all three of them and let them ballance atop easily. With a very powerfull jump he mounts the creature and puts his arms around its neck(and yes his arms have been reattached very succesfully) and pulls giving a command to the bird succesfully sending it soaring up to the top of the high ceiling. With one of his hands he quickly unhooks the lock holding it shut and silently drifts outside shuting the skylight behind him.
Sakura telepathicly- What do you require of me master Sasori?
Sasori telepathicly- Stay with me untill the battle starts. Once we start having to fight we use thier attacks as well as ours to, unknowingly to them, get the battle moved to the back, behind the building. There is a feild back there I saw on our way into this place. Once we get back there, witch wont be hard we should drive them apart. There is no telling what kinds of group attacks they might be able to use. Also for now put on your hat to protect your identity.
Sakura telepathicly- Understood Sasori-sama, quickly and efficiently.
Sasori and Sakura prepair themselves. Sakura fishing out a smoke bomb wonders to herself about witch tactics Sasori will use during this battle. Sasori seems to be standing completely still except for a timed, small clicking sound. A normal person would have thought nothing of this but Sakura knew "Just in case he needs a puppet he is readying the summoning scroll in his back. I wonder what types he will chose for this battle".
Sasori- It is now time. He takes one step closer to the broken doorway now more than 9 feet away to show his readieness.
Sakura-Yes, Sasori-sama. She takes a mimicking step forward as well but staying a step behind Sasori so he may lead the way. Her smokebomb ready and a quick to draw bag of shurikin at her side. She is prepaired herself for whatever ghost from her past awaits them outside.
They walk again in their slow gliding way to the enemys outside as they both dawn thier hats. With their bodies completely covered from the aked human eye they reach the masonry arch leading into the crisp cool night with the ripped metal hinges hanging from the sides. Then they take their final steps into the darkness.
Shrwded figure 1- Who are you? Seeing as how you forced the doors open into the Library I dont suppose you would have been welcome here during their open hours now would you?
Not far in front of them are two shrowded figures. They are adult male and female sized and wearing the green vest worn by all ninja chunin or higher. The slightly taller one steps into the florescent light of the aged lamp post. The straining lightbulb shows his true face. Sakura relizes it is Hyuga Neji.
Sasori- Your eyes... I can tell from your white eyes, your of the Hyuga clan.
Neji- Guilty as charged. But iam stumped on who you could be... Since you are'nt from around here would you mind clueung me in?
Sasori- Sigh Iam sorry... my partner and I cannot rveal our identitys to whomever asks. I must decline.
The second figure ventures closer into the amber wavering light revealing herself. THis is no suprise to Sakura, she knows exsactly who it is.
Ten ten- Well Neji, you and I may have to beat some onformation out of them.
Sakura- You may try at your own risk. She throws the smoke bomb to the ground. On impact the cracked sphere emits its rapidly growingplumes of black smoke masking the already cloaked missing-nin in the continueing waves of dark mist.
Neji- cough If you knowabout my clan than you should know as long as I have my Byakugan no smoke distraction can obstruct my vision. BYAKUGAN!!! He looks through the smoke quickly noticing the two as blurs of fast moving chakra quickly circleing the other two. Ten ten battle plan #13...now.
Ten ten- Ok With that Ten ten pulls out 2 scrolls and jumps high into the air while letting them unroll. Simultaniously Neji concentrates his chakra into his left hands index and middle fingers as he holds them uo to jab when needed. He rushes straight at the point where his enemy will be when he reaches that distance. Ten ten bites her finger and smears the blood on the scrolls in her hands while running straight ahead guided only by the confidence in Neji's timing. She commenses her twin dragon summon that unleashes a sea of weapons when activated while Neji gets close enough to aim directly for his opponents stomach. In a flash of clanknig metal weaponry and Neji screaming a war cry and the fury of the momment the attacks hit. As Sakura's smoke clears Neji and Ten ten are confident in their attack's victory. But as Ten ten can now make out her enemy she is unharmed with the barraige of launched shuriken and kunai weapons sprawled out at her feet with only her cloak suffering some tears. Neji also finally seeing his result is astonished to see Sasori's face, without his hat, calm and completely unharmed.
Neji- How...How could you be totally unaffected? Theres no way I could have nissed.
Ten ten- Me too. Only once, in my battke with Temari, has anyone escaped from that totaly unharmed.
Sasori and Sakura stand unchanged in the same stance humoring their opponents for their next attack. Now a decent couple of yards away.
Neji- It dosent matter. Ten ten dont hold back! A ying yang symbol appears to Neji through his Byakugan 8 trigrams, palms giant rotation.
Ten ten- Shower of kunai blades- Target reaction With that formerlly unseen wires wires reveal themselves attached to the kunai as she pulls them tight.
Neji- 1 point strikes, 2 point strikes, 4 point strikes, 8 point strikes, 16 point strikes, 32 point strikes, 64 point strikes, 128 point strikes, 256 point strikes. At the same time with every group of hits pushing him slightly back. It is over withen 30 seconds with dust roughed up into the air by Sasori's pushed back movements in an alomost rag doll like fashoin as he stand still taking the barraige of attacks.
Ten ten(same time as Neji)- With the wires tightend around her fist she pulls her arms upinto the air and as the weapons struggle out of the ground dust from the loosly compacted dirt is wafted into the air. As they shoot out into the air at an angle, all at Ten ten's controll with the wires, the different sized knifes, daggers, axes and hand held scyths start to converge on Sakura's position. As the dust once again settles from its lite disruption Ten ten sees and hears the thud of weapons zeroing in on her enemy and making a releaving contact. The sound of the sweet vibrations of the kanding attack ring trhough Ten ten's ears.
Meanwhile
Neji(standing up again)- It is over. But as Neji getsna good veiw of his trigrams victem he relizes the truth. Sasori still stands almost in the same spot and completly the same way except for one eyebrow slightly raised as if asking "is that all" or "are you through". Neji's Byakugan fades away. You... But you... How could you escape my palm rotation at a point blank range without taking a single hit?
Sasori- Tsk tsk tsk. Do you doubt your aim even though you yourself felt each jab hit thier mark?... Oh they hit, but you really didnt use your technique in a correct manner.
Neji- What do you mean?
Sasori- You know yourself. You didnt use your Byakugan, you only activated it out of your routine. You are very smart to have memorized most of the chakra and vital organ points. It is sad though that you dont have the common sense to use a gift that lets you see an enemys chakra weakness even when you are battleing a enemy you have never faced before, you dont know any of my techniques, and lastly when you know if you lose it probably means death. With the exact same practice over an dover you have become dull in your art of the gentle fist.
Neji- What type of weaknesses could you have? What makes you think that my Byakugan has to be used to find out what I already know about a ninja's chakra system?
Sasori- He he he...Why dont you look to find out?
Neji- Ugghhh BYAKUGAN Now with his kekigenki activated he can see cleraly the strangeness Sasori was talking about. The ninja's chakra is'nt in a system at all, it is all in a concentrated mass in his left chest cavity. It seems to be his heart. What the hell are you?
Sasori(Now standing behind Neji with his daggered stomach cable to neji's neck)-Just a puppet... without strings.
Menawhile
Ten ten- Neji! Don't worry Iam...
Sakura(Cutting her off)- Silence!!... your battle is with me and it isnt over. The many razor sharp weapons that cover her body now easily slide off to the floor with some clangs and thuds.
Ten ten- So it was just a genjutsu illusion huh?
Sakura(straightening her back to show her physical form)- No, you know me better than to think I would beat around the bush with a genjutsu.
Ten ten - Know you? Ive just met you. How could you survive if that really is your physical form? I saw and heard the atacks land on the mark god damn it!!! Who the hell are you? She throws a kunai at Sakura who dosent dodge it knowing its intentions. The flying metal knife shoots by hitting the top of Sakura's oriental straw hat knocking it of of her head and reveiling her true identity to an astonished Ten Ten. Sakura's now bare face is shown beutiful in the pale moonlight rays as the wind blows her white and black streaked pink hair. NO...it isnt, it cant...Saku...Sakura has been gone for over THREE YEARS. She puts her hands together, both middle and index fingers up and together in the normal jutsu hand pose, ready for jutsu. Release...sniffle...Release...cry...RELEASE THE DAMN JUTSU NOW sobsobsob.
Sakura- You would have to know sooner or later and if worse comes to worse it is a common curtosy for someone about to die to know the name of their killer. Also I am getting tired of having to cover an identity that I abandoned any way. Ten ten you better be prepaired to kill me. I dont care about any attachments you may have about our childhood non-sense and if you get caught up in that you will die. She moves from her still stance and concentrates her chakra emensly in her right fist. She punches the ground with such emmense force that it splits in many directions making ground crumble and shift in a wave twords the vulnerable Ten ten.
Ten ten(relizing her life threatining danger)- Woow She is totaly unbalnced as the earth beneath her is lifteed by the shifts of ground. She leaps and dives sideways out of dangers path and falls on her shoulder to keep from being engulfed by the crevace of earth and rock that is left where she once stood. She quickly gets up to her feet to anticipate the next attack coming but Sakura is standing in the same spot only facing Ten ten's direction.
Sakura- In case you were wondering, your scroll weapon attack earlier was spot on. You see when I was still a resident in this village i did have great potential but i liked the neacisary chakra. My super strength is caused by sudden bursts of chakra from my fists, legs and ect.. Now after much training I have the most chakra my body can safly handle so I can use it however I want. Your attack failed becuase like Gaara can use his sand around his body as a sheild i can use pure chakra to reinforce my body blocking pathetic attacks like that. That is why it has no effect.
Ten ten's inner thouhts- Damn, if thas the case then I'll have to think about htis in a different way. Most of my skill is in long range shurikein but her sheild protects her against that. If i get close enough to attack otherwise her super strength will pulverise me. If I even get nicked by one of those punches my shoulder or leg or somthing would be shattered beyond restoration. Oh, I worry about Neji. Is he ok with his enemy? I hope he isnt at as much a disadvantage that Iam. Looking over she sees Neji with Sasori's stomach cable to his throat. OH Neji you can get out of this, just hang on.
Meanwhile
Neji(Still with the cable to his neck)- A puppet? So... your a puppet user?
Sasori- It dosent matter.
Neji- sigh I guess it dosent matter. He slips down out of the cables grasp and front flips forward to get some distance between them. Once to his feet with a yard and a half between him and Sasori, Neji quickly checks for any supplies he may have.
Neji's inner thoughts- Oh crap, i dont have any shurikien, wire, smoke bombs, or anything remotely usefull. Well i dont know why I'am suprised. Ten ten and I were just heading to her old place to help her move into her new apartment. The only reason Ten ten has her old scrolls she used as a genin with her is becuse she found them in her stuff and was carrying them around for sentimental value. We thought it was just some punks loitering in the library after hours. We are in a bad situation and are'nt prepaired.
Sasori- Iam starting to bore of you. Make your move.
Neji- Is it wise to egg me on when your only powerfull attacks are from puppets. If you use your puppets I can easily cut their chakra strings and render them useless.
Sasori- There is more than one way to use the puppet jutsus. Also you drasticly underestimate my total mastery of the puppet techniques in general. His stomach cable retracts back into his cloak and then plants its tip into the ground. With a demonstration of the cables strength Sasori uses it and lifts his entire body of the ground balanced perfectly on the dagger tip of the cable. Now if one wer'nt able to see what is showing of the cable it would appear as if Sasori was floating in thin air.
Neji- Opponent...You are no shinobi. He reactivates his own Byakugan. You are only a sad monster...and what would a monster like you want in a public library? Its not as if we store classified information in there for all to see.
Sasori- You live a sad life yourself. Every day risking your life for a petty government that deceives you about the information it holds. What makes you so sure you dont have ant valuable informaton hidden in that building?...Also while I have this chance to converse with you, why in the universe would you activate your kekigenki again when I have'nt the normal chakra system for you to see? You are using up chakra unnescisarily that you cannot affoard. Also why stand in that gentle fist taijutsu style stance when it has already proved useless. Your giant palm rotation of the 8 trigrams isnt an attack used litely. With a rotation of 256 point strikes you unleshed an amount of chakra from your hands 510 times. 510 jabs must have used much of your chakra. From what I gather by watching your attacks you have about 3/5 of your chakra at the most. You are being foolish by carelessy wasteing your chakra.
Neji- Shut up! You know nothing about my chakra levles or how much it takes out of me to use those attacks. Iam well able to finish you off anyway. But Sasori was right. He had been wasteing chakra carelessly and couldnt affoard to use to much anymore.
Sasori(His cable lowers retracting him to a lower point)- Well if you choose to remain in a pathetic denial. He jumps from his slightly suspended position fully retracting his cable and lunging forward into a run. His run quickly gains a devistating speed as he aims more and more concentrated twords Neji full throtle.
Neji's inner thoughts- At least io have made some decent space between us He takes a more deep roted stance and puts out his two open hands, eagerly awaitng to intercept the attack. His body in the perfect standing position for a persicion reversal like he had done so many times in his child hood to Lee before he learned bette tactics than a straight head on attack. He knew what he had to do to easily avoid this tackle, he would put out his hands on the stomach and chest of the enemy and while arching his back far over he would use the force of their run to lift up their body throwing them over hmself while he would escape free of injury.
Sasori gaining the optimum amount of speed covers the last long steps to Neji. Then right as two concentrateing ninja meet at an angle that would have hit a normal person in Neji's position hard in the chest, damageing the heart and lungs, there is a woosh of Neji's hands. Bending backwards in a way only someone with exstinsive training could, Neji pushes his hands on Sasori's stomach and chest, combined with the force of Sasori's run, witch launches him over Neji. In a moment almost stoped in time Neji's arms stop pushing on Sasori as he is paralell inthe air right above Neji. Neji's arms shoot behind him to catch his backwards fall. With Neji's arms hitting the ground he steadies himself in a crab walk stance and has a momment of pride thinking he has dodged it. clickclick
Sasori- He he he He uncloaks his hands to his forearms in an almost slowmotion momment as he is only about a foot past Neji but still paralell to his body.clickclick
Almost dodged it.
Neji confused, looks suspisciously at the clicking arms. Sasori opens his palms as wide as they can as the final click is heard and the arms emite their streams of fire from hi flamethrower arms aimed right for Neji's head. Neji's eyes widend at the sight of the flame born snakes heading twords his vulnerable neck and face and if he hadnt forced Sasori up as high as he did he wouldnt have had the time taken by the fire's travle to dodge at all. With a lightning fast movement that had no thought behind it at all, reflex in its purest form, he trough himself spining to the side. He resembled that of a person rolling down a hill but in the air, for a few seconds before suffering a hard impact to the ground. Has he escaped? Is he unharmed? At first yes is what Neji thought, but no. Burning the cloth of his clothes off from his left shoulder to half way down the forearm.
Neji's inner thoughts- Gaahhh! What the? Aggh damn, my arms burned pretty bad. I don't think it is serious enough to be amputated but Iam definetly gonna have some bad scares to prove this story. He gets up with no time to spare. Sasori lands feet first just 3 yards away. Neji instantly and without taking his eyes of Sasori's movements rips off the fabric of his left pant leg and uses it to wrap up his left arm tightly. After the seconds it takes to wrap his arm he pulls it tight, one end of the cloth in his good hand, one in his teeth.
Sasori- I congratdulate you on your fast reflexes by letting you wrap your wounds. I normally would have used that as an oppertunity to finish you off but then again not many people have the reflexes to dodge being fired at that closely. You are'nt one of Konoha's total failures... Still my freind and I wanted to be out of here before sunrise so I must finish this quickly.
Neji- You wont get out of here if its the last thinh I do!
Sasori- Fhh He throws 3 shurikien stars and they land at Neji's feet. Dont be one of those fools that make that pathetic oath. One of these days you will find an enemy that takes petty promises seriously and it will be the last thing you do, by that enemy's hands.
Neji's inner thoughts- Damn him!...Those who make oaths that are worthey of being are no fools. They are the greatest leaders of all. Promises are never petty. I once thought the same way about oaths I saw as impossible...But I still remeber who taught me otherwise.
Flash Back Fog
3rd Exam Instructor- This is a one on one match between Hyuga Neji an Uzumaki Naruto. They are autherized to use any techniques even ones doubed lethal. Becuase of this Iam able to intervine and doub a match over at any time I feel a ninja is unable to continue. Any questions?...No.
Neji- Any last words?
Naruto- Only what I said to you before. He holds out his fist. For Hinata, I vowe to win.
Flash Back Over
Neji's inner thought- I have to stop this ninja from winning and leaving the village...I have to stop him like I know Naruto, Hokage-sama would do if he was here in my place. most of my jutsu are unuseable now. With my left arm burned so bad I can't do any complex hand signs. Wait I want to take a look at his chakra again. He activates his Byakugan and looks deep inside Sasori's strange chakra system. Wait there isnt even any left over chakra in his arm or hands. Come to think of it his hands were right in front of me and I didnt see any hand signs. That could only mean it wasnt a jutsu. No...what am I saying? It had to be a jutsu of some sort. If he had some sort of machine like a flametrower I would have seen it attached to his arm. He wasnt holding anything...was he?
Sasori- What are you thinking about? You are an enemy that takes time to think alot. It is a good trait but I doubt it will do any good in our match. You, like Ive said before, are starting to bore me... I suppose since you were using your kekigenki, you were checking my chakra once again. I suppose also that you found nothing. I would advise you stop using that wretched family trait of white deamon eyes. No matter how many times you use them to look into my chakra you will never find a weakness.
Neji- No shinobi is without weakness!
Sasori- I never said I was without weakness. I have one very deadly weakness... but as I recall I said you would never find a weakness.
Meanwhile
Sakura- You cant avoid this. Iam not the girl from your childhood you once knew.
Ten ten- I know, Iam only thinking of my next move like a good ninja always does.
Sakura- Well if you insist on boreing me with petty excuses like that. Maybe a "good" ninja should learn to think on her feet. Sakura focuses a small amount of chakra to her feet for better traction while running and so she will have to exert less energy while jumping high. She takes off twords Ten ten's position at a bliding speed.
Ten ten- Fine by me. She jumps into the air just as Sakura converges on her old spot then flickerwoosh.
Sakura- Pathetic, I was hoping after you had attained the jounin rank you would have learned some better tricks.
Sakura after using the chakra on her feet to jump high and fast, is behind Ten ten in mid air. Well withen arms reach Sakura using cakra only to increase the speed of the attack, elbows Ten ten into a fast headfirst dive into the ground. Right before Ten ten would hit the ground below Sakura again appears with a burst of superhumen speed. Sakura stands right where she knows Ten ten will land and closer she comes. Right as Ten ten would have crashed into her Sakura gives a super humanly fast kick wich sends Ten ten skiping across the ground. Ever few feet she is touching down and bounceing up again but with less momentum. Once again Sakura speeds out of sight and reappears as Ten ten skips in her direction. As Ten ten skips of the ground one last time and is in Sakura's range She uses another fast punch to send her into the ground with a deviststing impact hat will leave some bad bruises. Sakura walks a few yards away leaving Ten ten face down in the ground untill she as a curtisy to Ten ten's ego turns around to face her again.
Sakura- Its obvious how good all that thinking like a good ninja worked for you.
Ten ten's inner thoughts- Damn. Her attacks dont have to have blasts o chakra behind themselves to do damage. When she uses chakra to increase her speed it also increases the speed of her attacks. Even with just the speed bonus in her attacks they still do so much damage, I cant take one where she increases strength too. A shot taken with both speed and strength would damage my bones beyond repair, infact if the attacks hit anything but a limb the result would be paralysis or death. She gets up checking for injuries. What a releif she dosent have any. She pulls out a scroll from a pack on her back. I need a way to prolong those attacks of hers and with this I might be able to do just that. I just need to get closer for a sneak attack. If Iam up close she will transfer the chakra to her strength more than her speed. I'am betting that if I start close combat she wont think to use that damn chakra sheild of hers and maybe I can get her with a sneak attack. She makes sure a kunai is ready to be drawn. I just hope I get a chance to draw it. Looking back to Sakura she runs in a zig zag pattern(to avoid any ground punching) twords her location.
Ten ten- I acknowledge it will take a lot to beat you but dont make the mistake of thinking I havent grown any. Scroll of the Weapons Master, ninja's chainstaff. Her summoning scroll emites a puff of white smoke and in its place is a plain looking solid black staff. I have grown in my power as well as you. Her staff seperates into 3 different parts all conected with about 2 feet of chain. She, holding the middle and longest section twirls the staff in one hand above her head letting the attached sides swing in the same circle motion her hand makes the middle section twirl in.
Sakura- Very well if you insist on such trivial attacks with such basic weaponry. It is as you wish.
Ten ten- She runs in Sakura's general direction but keeps zig zaging to avoid a direct hit. Closer and closer she gets as Sakura waits pataintly. Finally she is withen striking distance. She hurls the staff with an almost blind fury aiming at Saskura's neck for a kethal hit. The staff hits. Theres no block no wepon to stop it...wait NO.
Sakura(Now behind Ten ten)- Sakura grabs the already swung staffs dangleing end section and wraps her wrist in the connected chain to keep a good hold on it.
(whisper) Remember what you said when your first attacks failed. Well That was genjutsu. She pulls the chain caught around her left hand tight. Sakura useing her chakra speed jerks Ten ten backwards and pulls on her end of the staff. The jolts makes the other end section swing rapidly and then catch Ten ten's right wrist. With the chain now tied around Ten ten's wrist Sakura has her right where she wants her.(Whisper) It is over. With a giant force of her super strength she lifts up Ten ten by the staff connecting them. Sakura then swings untill Ten ten is up in the air and after 3 full swings Sakura pulls purposely breaking the chain on her side of the staff letting Ten ten be thrown yards away in Neji's direction and breaking her wrist in the process.
Meanwhile
Neji- Well to me your opinions dont mean much to me. Neji puts alot of his chakra into his right hand. His Byakugan fades away as he memorizes the position of the large mass of chakra in the left side of his chest. His feet prepair themselves for one last strike as he stances in concentration.
Sasori- If you are confident in your power you are right, my opinions are meaningless. He throws the kunai a foot away from him. When you cross that line I will take you seriously and fight you further. If you dont have the courage to cross it then this fight is over.
Neji- He starts his run at the top of his possible speed even using a tiny bit of chakra in his feet for traction(most ninja cant concentrate and regulate their chakra enough to improve physical abilities. they can create traction like neji is, but very few ninja can impove strength and speed like Sakura our the fith Hokage can/could. in mine the fith is dead.) He aims the chakra fused hand ready to strike.
His speed is getting faster and faster with the more traction he can generate. Sasori shifts from his totally calm stance and opens his palms ready to see where this attack will lead. Neji is closeing in.
Neji's inner thoughts- Even if I get hurt badly it'll be worth it. I just have to land this hit to that chakra spot. He said even though he had a weakness I wouldnt guess it and he would have been right. Why would any normal ninja attack right where his opponent is his strongest. Its not like his body would be weak around the one place that is keeping him alive. I ve got to hit that spot. Even though a normal attack might be vulnerable to whatever deffenses he has around that spot my chakra shots should hurt it without effecting me.
Neji pulls back his arm readying for the jab he will have to shoot. The pain from his burnt other arm pushing him faster and harder into the last yard untill the attack. The last few feet covering in a rush of anger. Neji's arm releases right for its mark at point blank range. It makes contact and the sound of splintering wood rings out.
Neji's inner thought's(Eyes still shut)-Wood splintering? Who cares. I hit and that was probably just the defense he has around it or somthing.
Sasori(Grabing Neji's good arm)- Are you through?
Neji- What He opens his eyes to see his hand stoped by Sasori's. The hands resemble that of a referee clling time out. Even though Sasori's hand did take some minimal damage it is still usable.
Sasori- What a pitty. You've slightly damaged my hand. Ill have to repair it.
Neji- What? How? When did you...?
Sasori(now glaring in Neji's direction.)- Pathetic speed. He still having ahold of Neji's good arm, knees himin the stomach and in an instant later kicks him with his other leg sending Neji higher than Sasori's head. While Neji is in mid-air Sasori uses his stomach cable to tie up his ankles. Neji hangs upside down held up by the cable. It is over. While Neji hangs suspended by the cable still, Sasori does a spin to gain speed and then delivers a power full kick that when combined with the force give by the cable throws Neji's limp body skipping yards away next to Ten ten.
Neji(looking around after the startleing impact)- Ughh...Ten ten?
Ten ten(slowly getting to her knees)- Neji are you ok?
Neji(grabing his wrapped arm)- Dont worry about that now. The problem with the guy Iam fighting is that he is invulnerable to my gentle fist style becuse of a weird chakra system. He only has one spot I think might be vulnerable and I cant hit it with no weapons or smoke bombs on me.
Ten ten- Wait She rumbles around in a bag on her side. Ive got three smoke bombs take one just in case. Also I have some of these. She holds out two brown pills. There not soldiar pills but they will give you energy for one good jutsu like a palm rotation.
Neji- How come your having so much trouble with your enemy?
Ten ten- Well I cant land a hit on Saku... I mean her. She uses chakra controll for sudden bursts of speed and strength.
Neji- The 5th Hokage's technique.
Ten ten- Ya but she can cover parts of her body in chakra and uses it like Gaara's sand suit for defense.
Neji(eating his pill)- If this pill does what you say it can do than I should have one good palm rotation in me. If we switch enemys I can try to stop your's chakra use and with your weapons you can stop mine and try to hit his left chest cavity, where I saw what I think to be his weakness.
Ten ten(eating hers)- Well then lets go before they can get together again.
They get up and run in the opposite directions they were thrown from. Running in the darkness looking for any glimpse of movement from out in the distance.
Neji- I see someone very faint up ahead, now At the signal of now he throws the smoke bomb he obtained from Ten ten. On impact with the ground it cracks and in all directions spews a thick black smoke like that of Sakura's before. The dark mist covers everything very quickly
Neji's inner thoughts- Where is she? I know I saw someone up here and I have to beat her to avenge Ten ten. Damn, if I didnt have to save my energy for that palm rotation I could use my Byakugan to see through this smoke. Wait. He sees not to far away the black sillouette of a women, all color and most of the detail gone but really there. The smoke dosent move through it so its no genjutsu. He runs faster and Faster twords the silouette almost reaching it untill... he does.
Neji- BYAKUGAN!!! 8 Trigrams, Palm Rotation.
Meanwhile
Ten ten's inner thoughts- Must hurry. She unhooks two scrolls and unrolls them ready for a weapon summoning. Where could this mystery guy be?...OH there! She sees a figure and instantly unleashes her smoke bomb. Best if he dosent see its me not Neji coming but now where is he?...Hey is that?...It is! Theres the bastard. Just alittle closer and now. She makes out a mans unfeeling face but to blured to make out color or detail through the smoke.
Ten ten- Yes, There you are you son of a bitch. She jumps into the air, scrolls swirlg. Masters choice weapons, the greatest of ninja tools I summon the...
To be Continued
End of Chap.3
