Chapter 4

I safely landed on a branch as Tai fell down all the way, or, so I thought. Kiba and I completely forgot about his shape-shifting friend, because it changed into a large bird and caught Tai.

"I thought that would get him, if only I remembered to kill that little creature before I used Shadow Possession Juitsu. Oh well, I will find another way." I said aloud.

Tai came back up as I did. This weird mark thing started spreading around his body, and as it stopped, his chakra got a lot higher. Akamaru came back with the note in his mouth.

"What is this? A letter? Here dog, let me see it." Tai told Akamaru.

Akamaru refused and ran back to Kiba and me.

Kiba read the letter aloud. "I am not able to come and help you this time. I am still badly hurt and recovering from the mission to get Sasuke. I hope that you will be alright." The last line was to smeared to read.

As Kiba finished reading this, Tai jumped at him. Kiba went flying and laid motionless. Akamaru ran over to him and just laid there. As he fell to the ground, Sapparishita got up and helped out with the fight. I was so happy that he was okay, but still, no form of life came from Kohaku. And now even Kiba was injured badly.

"I'm glad you're okay, Sapparishita, but, Kohaku, is not okay." I told him.

He turned and looked at Kohaku, his eyes swelling and about to burst.

"She'll be okay, right Kogane?" He asked me.

I told him, "I don't know…"

Tai ran at me hoping he would hit me with the same move that got Kiba, but I was smarter then that.

"Shadow Style, Shadow Protection Juitsu!" I yelled.

This caused a black shield to mold around my body. Tai hit me and damaged my chakra flow. Since I am from the Fenikkusu Clan, I specialize in Shadow-Based Juitsu. If my chakra flow is damaged, I cannot use my good juitsu's until it recovers.

"Shadow Style, Shadow Lunge Juitsu!" I yelled.

This move involves my staff that Naruto gave me. I control my shadow to lunge itself at my opponent, hitting his shadow, which hurts him.

"Muhaha, you forgot that my body regenerates itself." Tai said mockingly.

"Oh my god, we need to stop this monster!" I screamed in my head.

This is when Ganjou jumped in.

"Sapparishita, Kogane, go rest. I will fight for a little bit." He said.

"But," Ganjou interrupted me as I started to protest.

"Its okay, I am going to be Hokage, remember? I am strong enough to hold him off, now go! Grab Kiba and Kohaku and find a safe place to rest!" He said, as we started to run.

"Stop!" Tai yelled chasing us as Akamaru tailed us.

Luckily, Ganjou was there and simply kicked him and he went flying. It seems that he has a canceling move that cancels out his auto regeneration, because it didn't heal. When we found a safe place to hide, Sapparishita decided to do some protection juitsu's.

"Secret Arts, Tree Growth Juitsu!" He yelled. This caused trees to grow, hence the name.

"Water Style, Master Bubble Juitsu!" He yelled. This caused a huge bubble to surround us.

Meanwhile… Naruto was recovering in the hospital.

"Why can't I go training with Pervy Sage?" Naruto asked Sakura.

"Because Naruto, you are still to hurt from that fight with Sasuke. You will be better soon, I promise." She lied through her teeth. Later on though, Naruto will be a great hero, but that is for a different tale.

Naruto was itching to go outside and train, but, because of his injuries, he was unable to. Sakura was feeling sorry for poor, little Naruto, but what she didn't know at the time was, she would be there beside Naruto in the Final Fight.

"Naruto, I have a confession to make, I…"