A/N: I have a new story up called Heaven's Memories. It will be one shots relating to Reaching for the Sky. Whenever I have an idea for that, I'll post something in it, so don't expect too much. :) I've got a couple more planned out for Heaven's Memories like Hemlox's background, and one for an OC that won't show up for a long time.

Disclaimer: The plot is mine and Bobby is ANBU33's. Naruto is Kishimoto's. He won't give it to me for Christmas. :( Pooh.

Chapter 15: Sake's Blood

"A hero always arrives late."

~Uzumaki Naruto~

"So, you've decided to travel with us?" his mother asked as Bobby stared at the pink haired girl that walked beside him. Of course she didn't realize he was staring at her, since he was wearing his blindfold.

"Yep," Tsunade answered.

"After what you did, I can't believe you have the nerve!" Jiraiya snapped, looking like he was going to cry from the trauma at any minute.

Tsunade rolled her eyes. "It wasn't that bad, so stop complaining. Even my little apprentice complains less than you."

Sakura laughed. "Thanks, Shishou," the pink girl said, taking the strange sort-of-compliment well.

Jiraiya pouted while the others chit chatted amongst themselves. "Hey, kid?" Tsunade asked.

"What is it?" Bobby asked.

"The chunin exams are coming up. Have you thought of entering them?" the busty woman demanded.

"No! But they sound awesome! Can I enter them, Kaa-chan?" Bobby asked, jumping up and down with excitement.

"No, you're not ready for them. Besides, we don't belong to a village, so I doubt they would let you enter," his mother informed him.

Bobby pouted. "Ahh, but I wanted to go..."

"Hmm, how about we go watch the chunin exams?" Jiraiya asked.

"No," Tsunade responded immediately.

Jiraiya sighed as he looked at his teammate. "Tsunade, we could wear henges. Besides, it'll be fun."

"No, it won't," Tsunade argued.

"Tsunade, I'm not going to make you stay in the village. We can watch the test, and then leave," Jiraiya explained.

Seeing the hopeful faces from everyone around her, Tsunade replied, "No! I just... I just can't!" In a huff, she left, most likely to a bar or gambling den.

"Oh, great." Jiraiya muttered as they all ran off after her. She quickly managed to lose them, years of losing people trailing after her to get their money back helping her accomplish this. Soon, Bobby was separated from the rest of the group.

Great, now where could they be? Bobby thought as he walked down the quiet street. No one was out of their house, and as he passed, people glanced out of their windows curiously at him after moving the curtains. Okay, something is seriously up here. This place is mega creepy...

"Hey, kid, what are you doing here?" demanded a voice behind him.

Bobby whirled around. "It's you! Hey Hemlox. Why are you here?"

The masked blonde snorted. "I asked you first."

"Oh. I got lost. We were chasing after Tsunade, but the others were running too fast, so I got left behind," Bobby explained.

"Ah. Well, I'm here on a mission. This place is really dangerous, with an S-Rank missing-nin patrolling it, and terrorizing the people around here," Hemlox stated as he grabbed the boy and dumped him on the roof of a house near them.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" asked someone from behind them. When they turned around, they saw a man with silver hair and lavender eyes, wielding a scythe easily in one hand.

"Shit," Hemlox muttered. "There's the missing-nin..."

"I'm gonna have fun sacrificing you two to Jashin-sama," Hidan said, a devilish grin on his face as he moved forward at lightning speed, only to be flung back as someone punched him straight in the stomach.

A pissed off Tsunade stood before them in all of her glory. "What the hell are you thinking taking on a missing-nin with a kid right beside you?"

"I was thinking that I needed to get him out of there, but it wasn't an option at the time," the man snapped as he grabbed Bobby and jumped away, to a much safer distance.

Hidan stood up from where he had been thrown. "Bitch!" he snarled as he ran at her, scythe ready to slice her. The woman dodged easily, and kicked him in the back, throwing him from the tiled roof onto the ground, and most likely breaking a couple of bones.

Hemlox patted Bobby's shoulder. "I'm gonna go evacuate the civilians from the area with you. This isn't gonna be a pretty fight."

Bobby nodded as he was pulled away, his eyes on the battle all the while. Tsunade had jumped from the roof, and had created a hefty crack from the force of her landing. Hidan had jumped over it and his scythe was slicing through the air towards her.

Snarling, Tsunade dodged the blow, and lashed out with her fist, hitting the arm that hit the scythe, easily breaking the bone.

Hidan howled in pain. "Asshole! I'm gonna kill you!"

He ran at her, scythe in his other hand, and managed to kick her hard in the chest, sending her backwards and causing blood to fly from her mouth.

"He managed to break two of my ribs," Tsunade murmured, right before she caught sight of the blood, and froze.

"Shit!" Hemlox snarled as he saw what had happened. Bobby continued evacuating the civilians, though he looked very worried. What's wrong with Tsunade?

Just as Hidan was about to slice her with his weapon, Hemlox appeared in front of the man and parried the blow with his katana. The sword was jerked out of his hand by the scythe immediately afterwards, but it had given him time to form several one handed signs.

Finishing the signs, Hemlox shouted, "Fire Style: Great Fireball no Jutsu!" Fire flared towards the ninja, who yelping, was pulled out of the way by several long, think, black threads. The man's partner appeared on the roof where they had been before, the structures coming out of his body supporting the unconscious and burnt missing-nin.

"You deserved that, Hidan," the man muttered to his partner as he shunshined away with the silver haired man.

"Tsunade?" Bobby questioned as he moved forward towards the comatose woman. She didn't respond. Just as he was about to touch her shoulder to shake her out of her stupor, and hand grabbed his arm.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. She might accidentally kill you right now if you're not careful. We should probably find her assistant and see if she can't wake her up," Hemlox explained through the ANBU mask he wore.

Bobby nodded as the other ninja left to find the others. Bobby moved a hand in front of her face, and when that didn't do anything, moved it back and forth, trying to get any sort of reaction he could from her. Bobby frowned when she still didn't react, and decided to wait for the other to get back and see if they could help her better than he could.

"Tsunade? What happened?" Jiraiya asked as the others came, shock tinting his voice.

"She helped fight one of the bad guys, but suddenly froze," Bobby explained.

Jiraiya noticed the blood on the ground just as Shizune hugged her mentor, finally waking her up. "Huh? Shizune? What happened?"

"You got into a fight, Tsunade-sama. It appears that you saw blood, and froze," Shizune explained, carefully making sure that she was blocking the blonde woman's view of the blood on the ground.

"Oh..." Tsunade whispered.

"Come on, princess. I think we all need a trip to the hot springs," Jiraiya stated.

Question: How are my fight scenes?

My answer: I think that a lot of practice would help, and that I need to make them longer. My sister has also told me that I need more details in my fight scenes, so those are going to be what I'll try to focus on when I write more of them. I would actually like people to point out my mistakes for these. Please. :)