Chapter 4: Battle

just so people know i didn't take Naruto Shippuden plot into consideration when i was writing this fiction so a few things will be different in this fic. Also, I'd like to give a huge thanks to YungHime and Ayrmed for reviewing! ^_^
Ps: i just watched frozen. It was awesome! I love little Olaf!

Disclaimer: Me no own Naruto. Me own Naruto drawings. Lots of 'em.

Ino leaped back just before a paper bomb exploded at her feet. Yamato, Shino and Choji stopped behind her and took out their weapons. Once the smoke had cleared, a tall woman stood in front of the team. She had blazing red hair that was tame on the right side, but wild on the left. Glasses framed her face along with a vicious smile. She wore a zip up purple shirt and shorts. Beside her was an army of Zetsu.

"No one is going past this point." She spoke calmly.

"Not if we can help it! And get a haircut. That hairstyle sucks!" Ino exclaimed while wagging a fist in the other girl's face.

She scrunched up her face and shook her head. "Why you Bitch! Zetsu! Kill them all!"
Don't order us around, Karin." One of them scoffed. The creatures moved forward in a dazed like state and Ino backed away, disgusted. Shino, Yamato and Choji stepped forward.

"We'll take care of them, you go after that girl." Yamato ordered.

"Got it!" Ino pulled out kunai from her weapons pouch and threw them in Karin's direction. Said women easily dodged them and threw another paper bomb in Ino's direction. Jumping back, Ino took a flower from her pouch and launched it in Karin's direction. Karin dodged it but the flower exploded and poisonous gas filled the air. Ino motioned for Shino, Choji and Yamato to back away. Karin coughed and breathed in some of the fumes as did a few of the Zetsu. She became paralyzed with an annoyed expression on her face. Ino made a single hand seal and pointed her entwined fingers at Karin. "Shintenshin no Jutsu!" Karin's expression widened and changed instantly as Ino's body went limp. She took out a few paper bombs and started wrapping them around her body. After covering herself, she took a deep breath and made the tiger seal. Explosions were created all over Karin's body and when the smoke cleared, all that could be seen was ripped open flesh and carcass. Choji ran to Ino's body and desperately shook her.

"Ino! What did you do! Answer me!" He cried. Her eyes fluttered open and she grinned. "I'm alive!" Ino chirped.

"Don't ever do that again!" Choji sniffled twice and hugged her. "Haha! Don't worry! I won't!" Ino smiled and returned his hug. Yamato and Shino had finished their batch of zombies and rushed to the two hugging friends.

"That was really reckless, Ino." Yamato sighed. "Ahaha! Well, i had to kill the bitch" She laughed nervously and scratched her head. Suddenly, a Zetsu crawled behind Ino and raised a kunai. Choji noticed and shoved Ino behind him just as the hand came down. Choji waited for the sting to come but found none. He looked up go see that bugs were crawling all over the clamped hand. White Zetsu screamed as the bugs completely covered him. "That was close." Choji sighed.

"You two okay?" Yamato rushed up to them.

"Yes, Thanks, Shino!" Ino said, breathless. Shino nodded and spoke, "We should get going. We still haven't found Sasuke."

"Agreed. Let's go team." Yamato said.


Tenten, Neji and Gai had a pretty quiet route. That was until they ran into a phsyco. Neji dodged another punch and leapt back. Tenten threw deadly weapons in Jugo's direction. They were all dodged by his humongous arm. Gai came from behind and started a volley of punches and kicks to Jugo's face but he blocked all of them. Jugo grabbed Gai's leg and swung him around, letting go after a few circles. Neji caught his flying sensei just in time. Even though there are three of us, we haven't made a scratch on him! He narrowed his eyes and strained his Byakugan.

"Gai sensei! What should we do?"

"Hm... This is a tough opponent. If only Lee was here! Tenten, distract him with weapons while Neji and I go from behind." Nodding at her teacher's command, Tenten unravelled a scroll from her pouch and started summoning various types of deadly weapons that could skewer even the toughest opponents. "Hahahaha! Is this all you got! Give me more!" Jugo screamed and laughed like a maniac. He crouched low and got ready to face all those weapons.
Tenten however was not planning to let all of her tools fly. She pulled back a few with chakra strings and hid them out of sight. Releasing all the other strings, she waited for Jugo to catch the bait. Sure enough, he did. Sidestepping each of those weapons easily, Jugo started to look up to give another snide remark to the idiot throwing such obvious projectiles when he was met with a very spiky chain ball, right to the face. The blow sent him flying in the air, where another weapon was waiting for him. This time, it was a huge hammer. How the hell that thing got there he had no idea. Not like he cared at the moment. It slammed him in the back, sending him spiralling for the ground where a shinobi waited.
Just before Jugo hit the ground, Neji gave him a good palm strike right in the middle of his chest. He was thrown back at Gai, who gave him a good punch in the gut and finally in the head. He fainted, and Gai grinned, shining his teeth. "This battle was most youthful! Let us continue!" Neji went over to the body and kneeled down beside it. "Well, he's dead. Just to make sure, Tenten," He held up a hand and Tenten handed him a kunai. Taking the blade, Neji plunged it into Jugo's heart.
Wiping his hands off, he stepped over the bleeding mess and strode to the exit. "Let's go. We need to find Sasuke."
Tenten and Gai both nodded and followed him.

Lee was still lying on the ground, exhausted when his teammates arrived at the battlefront. Tenten's eyes widened when she saw the green beast sprawled on the floor and rushed to him. Checking Lee's pulse, she sighed with relief and turned him over, creating a few hand seals and laying her hands on his chest. Soft green chakra enveloped her hands and Lee's expression went from pained to soothed in an instance. Neji activated his bloodline and checked Lee's chakra system. "Looks like he used 4 of the gates, Gai sensei."
Gai's eyes widened, and then narrowed at the same time. He marched up to Lee just as he opened his eyes and smacked him hard in the face. Lee went flying in the opposite direction.
"Lee!" Tenten's eyes widened.
Gai ran to Lee's body and started crushing it to death. "Lee my boy! You made me worry so much!" After being crushed to death, Lee was finally able to breath and he told his story. Neji nodded and told what happened to them. After the exchange, Lee managed to get up but Tenten stopped him.
"You aren't going anywhere yet. Let me heal you." She forced him to lie back and started the process of healing.
Neji sat down beside Tenten and sighed.This is gonna take a long time.


"Sasuke-kun..." Tears welled up in Sakura's eyes after finally seeing her beloved so close. He turned around and looked at her with indifference. Obsidian eyes showed nothing but coldness. His poster was tense but Sakura was blind to all of this. The only thing swirling in her mind was that he was there, waiting for her. She reached out a hand, and smiled. "Sasuke-kun, please come back! Everyone is waiting for you. I'm waiting for you." She pleaded.

"Sakura, eh? I would have preferred to kill Naruto first but you'll do. After all, you are my old teammate."

"Eh?" Sakura's questioning look amused Sasuke. Let's see how long i can torture her for.

"Please look away from the darkness, Sasuke-kun! You don't have to stay there! Come with us! With me."
Why won't he listen? Can't he see how much i care? Sakura's eyes went as wide as saucers when Sasuke's cold face turned into a vicious smirk. "Get away from the darkness?! I live for it! What do you think, that it's so simple to turn away?!" He ran towards her and grabbed her throat. Sakura clutched his hand in an effort for him to let go, but it was futile. Tears poured down Sakura's eyes as her breath left her. No... This is not the Sasuke-kun i knew.
Suddenly, a sharp blade whizzed by Sasuke's ear followed by a well-aimed punch. He stumbled back and strong hands grabbed Sakura's limp body and leapt away. Crimson eyes met cerulean as they narrowed considerably. "Naruto" Sasuke growled clenching his hand. The blond shinobi handed Sakura to Hinata's awaiting arms. Hinata gently put Sakura down and started pouring chakra into her. Naruto winced as he surveyed Sakura's body. Her cheeks were completely stained with tears and red marks covered her throat. Naruto turned to the villain that did such damage to his precious friend. "Sasuke, you've gone too far this time!" Sasuke chest rumbled with malicious laugher. "Too far? Who are you to order me around! She is a useless idiot that should have learned her lesson a long time ago. I hold no such feelings for her." Sasuke's taunting smirk added to Naruto's anger.
His eyes changed from cool cerulean to blood red. His teeth turned into sharp fangs and the whisker marks on Naruto's face blackened. He clenched his hand into a fist and growled. "I can guarantee you won't get away from this unscathed. I will bring you back to Konoha, ripped to pieces..., or dead. Take you pic."

Yay! A cliff-hanger! I'm gonna go hide now. If you liked this chapter, Review! If you don't like it... Well, Review! :P

Ps: The next chapter is called Friend and there will be big changes. It will take me some time to type it so I'm not sure when I'll post it. However, it will be before the New Year.

~Thejollyhyuga