Everyone grabbed their gear, put on the custom flaks we had made to ensure that we knew who was who, and then gathered around the door. I took this time to grab all of my gear and stood in front of them.

Me: "All plans have been roughly scratched. They are fully aware of the situation and are going to know we are coming. We will still head for Dantako's building, as I'm sure he has retreated there along with many of his force."

Suddenly someone busted through the wall. It was Mao along with one of the ANBU. Mao then hit the ANBU member in a vital spot in his neck, and then threw him to the side.

Mao: "Lord Dantako has retreated to his building. He has alerted all of his elite ANBU and Jounin of the situation. They are heading this way now. If you are going to attack, go now!"

Me: "Right! You best go before someone sees you here!"

Mao disappeared quickly, running from the scene to not be discovered. We all ran outside of the house and jumped onto the top of it. We looked around, spotting a few shinobi heading our way.

Me: "We need to get out of this district. Mao has been doing some work for us and was able to relocate all of the shinobi that are not under the influence of Lord Dantako to this area of the village. The other areas are either abandoned or have only his shinobi. Once we are in that area, anyone and everyone is an enemy."

The Group: "Right!"

We all started running towards the area of Kusagakure under Dantako's control and began engaging enemy shinobi.

All that could be heard was the clash of kunai hitting each other and the occasional explosion. We were slowly making our way towards Dantako's office, but there were so many shinobi to fight that we couldn't advance any faster.

We broke into our separate teams and headed into different divisions to cover more ground. Team 2 took the left flank, Team 3 took the right, and we headed straight down the middle towards Dantako's building.

*BOOM*

There was a large cloud of smoke that appeared in front of our team. What is this? A summoning? Explosions?

Aida: "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

Aida brought up a large gust of wind which blew away all of the smoke. Standing there were two Jounin and three of the five most elite of the Kusa ANBU.

Me: "Watch out, these are some of Kusagakure's strongest shinobi!"

We all had a bit of an awkward pause. They were accessing the situation and we were thinking of what to do. I then took a scroll off of my back and unrolled it on the ground. Aida and Tetroz jumped in front of me to insure no interruptions.

-POOF-

Four puppets appeared in front of me. Throughout my time training as a Chuunin and completing various missions, I was assigned to travel to Sunagakure and take part in an interrogation of a shinobi that was captured near that land. As I was there, I met a puppet master, who taught me how to control puppets, and helped me make these four puppets.

Me: "You two fight the Jounin first. I will try my best against the three ANBU."

Tetroz: "Holler if you need help!"

Tetroz grinned and he and Aida charged towards the two Jounin. I rose my puppets up and charged them straight towards the ANBU members.

Tetroz: "Sorry pal, but I'm going to end this fast."

Kusa Jounin: "Yea right, take this! Water Release: Wild Water Wave!"

The man started shooting water from his mouth towards Tetroz. Tetroz dodged it at ease and was behind the guy.

Tetroz: "Good bye!"

Tetroz gathered chakra into his right fist, reared back, and slammed his fist into the man's back.

*BOOM*

The guy went flying far into the distance. One down. Tetroz jumped in with my puppets and started helping attack the three ANBU.

I took a glance over at Aida, and, what!? Aida started running towards the three ANBU to help out, and the Jounin she attacked was, lying in a puddle of blood. Scary…

Me: "Alright, I'm joining in up close!"

My puppets disappeared into the scroll and I ran up to help engage in hand to hand combat. I formed a hand sign.

Me: "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

I made three other clones and we were all fighting hand to hand against the three ANBU. The sounds of our kunai clashing each other and the occasional hit that landed here and there went on for two minutes. Then..

Kusa ANBU: "Fire Release: Big Flame Bullet!"

One of the members shot a huge bullet of fire towards us, while the other two jumped to the side.

Me: "Earth Release: Earth Dome!"

I covered us with a large dome of earth. When I released it, we scattered fast to throw some confusion in the air.

Two of the Kusa ANBU darted after Aida, one after me. Tetroz noticed that they were focusing on attacking Aida and ran after them to help her.

Me: "Aida!"

Kusa ANBU: "Your fight is with me. Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"

The man shot a huge wave of fire towards me. Lucky me, I get to fight the fire user. The fire was too vast and fast, and was able to hit me.

Kusa ANBU: "Got you."

Me: "Not so fast! Water Prison Technique!"

Kusa ANBU: "It was a shadow clone…"

I was standing behind the ANBU member, hand out, with a sphere of water that had him incased in it. I left his head out of the water to talk.

Me: "Now, where is Dantako?"

Kusa ANBU: "…"

That's right, he is an ANBU member. They are trained to not speak a word about anything.

Me: "Fine, I will let you die here, now. Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

A shadow clone appeared and I switched control over to him holding the water prison. Then we covered his head with water, and I ran off towards Aida and Tetroz, leaving him to drown.

I was almost caught up to Aida and Tetroz. I could see them in front of me fighting.

Kusa ANBU: "You honestly think a water prison can keep me contained?"

The ANBU member that I thought was going to die was behind me, and grabbed me, with his arms locked under both of my arms. Great, I can't move.

*BOOM*

Out of nowhere, Nitooko appeared above me and hit the ANBU away.

Me: "Are my parents safe?!"

Nitooko: "Yes."

Me: "Thank you, and thanks for saving me there. Please help Aida and Tetroz best you can. Now I am going to finish this guy off. Death Technique: Returning Soul Play!"

I summoned out three shadow clones and one of them darted underground and appeared behind the ANBU member, and then he pushed him towards the other two who were running at him the entire time. Now he had three clones holding him in. I quickly ran towards him while grabbing a kunai out of my pouch.

*SLASH*

My clones disappeared and the man fell down, with a large gash in his chest. I turned towards Aida and Tetroz, and they were standing there, wide eyed, looking at me.

Me: "What happened to the other two!?"

Tetroz: "We managed to take care of them. The better question is, where did you learn such a gruesome technique!?"

Me: "That isn't important."

I started laughing. We all snapped out of it and started back running towards Dantako's office. Surprisingly, there were no more shinobi trying to fight us for the rest of the run to Dantako's building.

Aida: "I wonder how everyone else is doing. Since there has not been any shinobi in between here and the last fight, it must mean that the other shinobi were dispersed to the other sides to fight."

We were here, at Dantako's building. The four normal guardian shinobi were already gone, which either meant they were in the battlefield fighting now, or he has called his shinobi to his general office location to serve as a final defense.

We decided to wait a few minutes before entering, in hopes that back up would arrive. Then we heard footsteps coming from around the building.

Bri: "Tetroz!"

Bri and her team came around the corner, and she ran and tackled Tetroz with a big hug. I knew it! They do like each other! Trina and Judo were still with Bri, which meant that they had no casualties and were able to make it. I looked the other way, and there was still no sign of Team 3.

Me: "We probably need to get going."

Aida: "What about Yahara's team!?"

Me: "I don't see any sign of them, and the longer we wait, the more time Dantako and his men have to prepare."

Judo: "Well, let's go then."

We all walked inside the building, and just as Trina was about to seal off the entrance, we heard someone's voice.

Yahara: "Wait!"

Aida: "It's Team 3!"

We stopped for a minute and then saw Yahara and Katara run in through the door.

Me: "Where is Sarah?"

Yahara: "She…didn't make it."

We all stopped for a minute, and just, gave Sarah a moment of silence. We knew there would be casualties on both sides, but, no one can ever be prepared for a death of someone close to you. We all had grown close through all the training sessions; we were like one big family.

Me: "Let's go."