Chapter 9 Clash of Ninjas
The prince of the fire nation lied on the ground blood pouring from wounds he had gotten from his former girlfriend Mai. His right arm was covered by second degree burned from one of his sisters fire attacks and his other arm had been hit by hit by some of Ty lee's attacks taking away his fire bending on one arm. He was all but helpless against his sister and her friends.
"Time to surrender." said Ty Lee as she, Mai and Azula moved around the wounded prince like a pack of wolves.
"But we aren't taking prisoners." said Azula as she pull her flame covered fist back "It is time for me to become an only child."
"I failed…I failed everyone but most of all you mother and you uncle." thought Zuko as he lowered his head as he waited for the attack that would end his life to come.
"Die Zuko." stated Azula as she sent a massive wave of blue fire at her defenseless brother. For a moment Azula and the others stood around the flames waiting to hear the screams from the dyeing Zuko.
"Buy…buy Zuko." said Mai as she looked into the burning blue flames with hate in her eyes. Azula was also looking into the flames with a smile only Ty Lee wasn't looking.
"Ah…Zuko is right over there." stated Ty Lee as the three girls looked toward their right to see Zuko lying on the ground. Kneeing over him with her back to them was a new comer, a young woman maybe Zuko's age. She had on black boots which went about half way up her knees, with tan skirt with tight black shorts under them. Her top was a blood red sleeveless shirt however the strangest thing was she had pink hair which went down to her neck line.
"Who are you?" asked Zuko weakly as he looked into the face of the new comer, she had deep green eyes with a strange metal plate with the leaf carved into the metal over those eyes.
"I am the person who just saved your life." answered the young woman as she placed a hand on his burns and to Zuko's amazement they started to disappear as her hand ran over the wound. The skin was growing back but it was still bright red "I don't have time to heal it totally but that should be better."
"It is." Answered Zuko
"Now get out of here, I will handle those three and then we can all talk." Stated the woman as she stood up and glared at the three girls.
"Watch out those three aren't alone…they have a male who can bend lightening." stated Zuko
"You're talking about Sasuke." said the woman as Zuko's eyes widened
"You know about him?" asked Zuko wondering how she knew Sasuke.
"Yes, and he is busy with someone else." answered the woman as Azula, Mai and Ty Lee moved in. "I get to take care of the small fries."
Across the battlefield Sasuke and Naruto stood only a few feet apart with Aang's lying on the ground, Naruto's kunai the only thing stopping Sasuke's sword from cutting off his arm.
"Naruto." said Sasuke as his Sharingan eyes locked onto Naruto
"Sasuke." said Naruto "Long time no see."
"Who is that?" thought Aang as he looked the new comer, suddenly deep blue energy came off Naruto as an evil feeling purple energy came off Sasuke.
"Come to drag me back to the weakling Leaf have you?" asked Sasuke
"That is the plan." said Naruto as his and Sasuke's chakra did battle against each other.
"I don't think so." said Sasuke as jumped backwards into the air forming hand signs as he went "Fire style giant fireball justu!"
Aang's eyes widened as he looked at the size of the fireball coming right toward them at what should have been impossible speeds and large enough to enguflt Appa two times.
"Air style air bullet." yelled Naruto as the fireball spite in two burning the area around them but leaving them Aang and Naruto untouched. Sasuke had landed a few yards away as the energy around them faded away.
"He can bend air?" thought a stunned Aang as he looked at the young man maybe four years physically order them himself "Is he an air bender."
"I see the avatar thinks you air chakra." Said Sasuke as the two of them just looked at each other.
"Who are you?" asked Aang to the man.
"Ah where are my manners." laughed Sasuke with a grin "Allow me to introduce my former and soon to be dead teammate, Naruto Uzumaki."
"Sasuke this fight is between you and me no one else." said Naruto as he got into a combat stance. Suddenly Sasuke bolted across the battlefield at Naruto. Aang's eyes widened as he saw the newcomer blocked the attack which was almost too fast for him to follow not realizing that the attack was just a warm up.
"You have gotten better Naruto." said Sasuke
"You have no idea what I can do." said Naruto as he tried to knee Sasuke in the gut only to have him disappear in a puff of smoke.
"Where did he go?" asked Aang as he struggled to his feet.
"You avatar Aang?" asked Naruto not turning around to look at the 12 year old avatar.
"Ya, who are you?" asked Aang
"Someone named Roku came to our world and brought us here." explained Naruto
"Roku sent you?" asked Aang
"Yes, now get out of the fight and let me take down Sasuke." said Naruto as suddenly out of the ground came a lightening covered blade. Naruto jumped out of the way just in time to avoid getting cut in half by the attack.
"So you are not alone." said Sasuke as he popped out of the ground. "So tell me…who came with you? Kakashi…no you would bring her wouldn't you?"
Just out of sight of the battle between Naruto and Sasuke between Azula's team and the injured Zuko stood Sakura Haruno
"Who are you?" asked Ty Lee as she looked at the strange woman.
"I am Sakura Haruno." said Sakura as she looked at the strange woman. One was dressed in way too much pink, while another had enough black cloths almost make Sasuke look happy. However the one that caught her eye was the one in the center, she was armored however it wasn't that, that got her attention it was her eyes; they were so cold just like Sasuke. She had a look of a cold hearted killer at such a young age.
"That name…I heard it before." thought Azula as she looked at the strange pink haired young woman. "However I need to know what I am up against first."
"Mai take her down." ordered Azula as Mai pulled out three needles before throwing them at Sakura. Sakura rolled her eyes at the speed of coming attack.
"I think a genin just out of school could throw those things faster." Though Sakura as she pulled a kunai and blocked the attack before they came close to touching her. The three needles fell to the ground.
"Is that really the best you can do?" asked Sakura
"How in the world? I aimed those darts at different spots on her body, there is no way she should be able to stop all of them!" thought Mai as another kunai landed at her feet, she looked down to see a flaming piece of paper attached to it. Before she could move the paper went up in a giant explosion sending her and Ty Lee flying backwards, somehow Azula had managed to stay on her feet, the dirt bouncing off her armor.
"Ty Lee!" yelled Azula as Ty Lee jumped to her feet and sprinted toward Sakura as fast as she could go. Normally Ty Lee would close with her enemies knock out their chi control and gain the upper hand. However Sakura had no intention of letting her get that close to her. Everyone watched as Sakura pulled her fist back; however instead of hitting an enemy she hit the ground. Ty Lee's eyes widened as all around her the ground started to break apart. Ty Lee jumped over one of the rising pieces of Earth.
"She is an Earth Bender?" yelled Ty Lee in middle air however suddenly Sakura appeared right infront of her, her fist at the ready.
"No, I am a Kunoichi." stated Sakura as punched Ty Lee in mid air sending her flying backwards with such force she bounced off the ground multiple times before coming to a stop.
"Ty Lee you alright?" asked Mai as she looked at her friend struggle to get up only to fall back down.
"Don't worry I didn't hit her hard enough to break bones." stated Sakura as she stood on top of one of the raised pieces of earth. She pulled on one of her black gloves tightening them. "So who is next?"
"You brought Sakura with you?" asked Sasuke with a grin as he looked at Naruto.
"Yes, we will bring you home." stated Naruto
"And what become the old team seven again?" asked Sasuke
"Yes." said Naruto as Sasuke laughed a bit.
"As foolish as ever deadlast." said Sasuke "I will kill you here, then get all the information I need to get home from the pink haired weaklings before I kill her too."
"I don't think so." said Naruto as he made a hand sign known all too well to Sasuke. "Shadow clone justu."
Aang's eyes widened as he saw three copies of Naruto appear out of small puffs of smoke.
"Same bag of tricks." said Sasuke as his sword became covered with lightening.
"As long as they work." said Naruto as the clones charged forward.
"That hurts." said Ty Lee as she tried to stand up only to fall back down to her knees. "Who is she?"
"I am a Kunoichi." answered Sakura again as she landed on the ground only yards away from the three fire nation woman.
"A what?" asked a confused Ty Lee
"A Kunoichi is just a big word that means female ninja." answered Mai
"Ah.. why don't they just call themselves female ninjas?" asked a confused Ty Lee
"Never mind we need kill Zuko, now." answered Mai as she noticed Zuko was moving away toward an empty space where he hoped Appa would land.
"He is your ex boyfriend?" said Ty Lee
"Key word is ex." said Mai as Sakura studded her surroundings. She could easy beat all three people in front of her however there was the injured boy behind her. He needed to get off the battlefield and get healed and then there was Naruto. The sooner she joined the fight the less of a chance he would get hurt.
"I don't need to hurt these girls, I need out of this fight more then I need to win it." thought Sakura as she looked up at the strange beast which flew overhead. "Time to leave."
Only yards above the battle Sokka and Suki looked down from Appa in a state of shock, in a matter of minutes these two newcomers had changed everything. The woman was fighting off Azula and her friends while the young man dressed in orange fought Sasuke.
"What is going on?" asked Suki to her boyfriend
"I have no idea; first that woman hits the ground causing a massive hole to appear in the ground and multiple copies of that man." said Sokka stunned "How is that even possible?"
"I don't know." said Suki as suddenly the woman disappeared along with Zuko."Where did they go?"
"Right behind you." stated Sakura as Suki and Sokka turned and looked at the new comer. She was sat Zuko down on Appa's saddle right next to Toph who was still working to save her. That is when Sakura noticed Katara still trying to save Toph and failing badly, blood was still coming out.
"Get out of the way." ordered Sakura as she pushed Katara out of the way.
"I am trying to save her." said Katara as she tried to push Sakura back.
"And failing big time." snapped Sakura as green healing chakra covered her hand. She placed her healing chakra on the wound and almost instantly the wound started to heal.
"This is Sasuke's work, only a few millimeters off from the heart. Luckily it only got flesh and bone, no major blood vessels or organs but bleed out is still high risk." Thought Sakura as she ran though what she need to do.
"How in the world?" asked Sokka as he watched the skin actually grow back.
"I am a doctor." stated Sakura as a fireball passed by Appa burning some of the fur of the beast.
"Sokka take us up higher." order Suki as the Appa rose higher up into the sky to get out of range.
Down below the Naruto clones did battle with Sasuke. While the clones did battle with Sasuke the real Naruto hung back with another clone. Aang's eyes widened as a ball of blue energy formed in the real Naruto's hand.
"Rasengan!" yelled Naruto as the clone launched him forward toward Sasuke, who seemed to know it was coming.
"Chidori!" yelled Sasuke as lightening danced around his arm. The two massive attacks hit each other and for a moment the two attacks fought for power until suddenly they both exploded. Causing the ground below them to give bring down half of the cliff side with it. Aang's eyes widened as he began to fall toward the sharp rocks sticking out of the sea below.
"Aang." cried Katara as she looked on from Appa. "Sokka save him."
Sokka didn't even have to guide Appa down, he knew what to do. The moment he saw Aang falling Appa dove though the sky. The animal and friend to Aang for years went after him, not carring for his own life weaving though the mass of falling rocks until he was right below Aang.
"Aang take my hand." yelled Suki as Aang grabbed his friends hand as she pulled him down into the saddle. While Aang was being saved Naruto and Sasuke kept up their fight. Jumping off the large pieces of falling rock as if it was nothing. Above their heads Azula and her friends had reached the edge of the cliff right above Naruto and Sasuke watching as the two of them kept fighting. Sasuke sending fire and lightening justus at Naruto while he sent back wind based attacks and kunias. Finally they crashed into the water only to keep fighting, standing on top of the moving sea like it was nothing.
"There is another person who can stand on water?" asked Ty Lee as she watched the two young man do battle on the water. Azula didn't care about the fact that there was a battle raging on the water, what got her attention was the fact that the man fighting Sasuke was dressed in orange.
"Naruto." said Azula with a smile "Looks like Sasuke gets to kill another person on his list."
"You can't beat me Naruto." stated Sasuke as he tried to cut Naruto in half.
"Let me give you my power." said a voice in Naruto's mind he knew all too well.
"Leave me alone Kyuubi." growled Naruto back as he fought back the rush of demon chakra which the Kyuubi was flooding his body with. "I will do this on my own."
"I don't think so." said Kyuubi as Naruto's eyes became red silted as the chakra moved though his system. "The sooner you get that Uchiha the sooner I am free of you."
Sasuke backed up as red chakra covered Naruto, he knew what was going on and he knew that he had to kill him before he was killed. Demon chakra was the most dangerous forms of chakra.
"Chidori!" yelled Sasuke as he charged forward only to be forced back by a wave of chakra. High above Sakura felt the surge of chakra and knew what it meant, her blood became as cold as ice.
"Get me to Naruto-kun now." yelled Sakura as she stopped working on Toph.
"Naruto?" asked Sokka
"The guy who is fighting Sasuke." snapped Sakura as Aang took Appa's controls and headed toward the chakra covered Naruto.
"What is wrong with him?" asked Suki as she saw Naruto twist and turn as red chakra danced around him.
"He is in trouble." Said Sakura as she jumped off Appa falling over fifty feet landed on the water yards away from Naruto.
"Just us my power boy and then it will all be over." said Kyuubi
"NO!" yelled Naruto as he sent all the demon chakra toward Sasuke. Sasuke's eyes widened as the wave of chakra came flying at him. Sasuke couldn't get out the way as the chakra slammed into the cliff side. The cliff couldn't take the force as the entire rock face began to fall into the sea.
"Run." ordered Azula as she, Ty Lee and Mai ran away from the falling cliff side with Mai helping Ty Lee moving.
Aang's and everyone eyes widened as the entire cliff side gave away and crashed into the sea causing the sea to rise and fall.
"Naruto-kun!" yelled Sakura as Naruto fell into the water out like a light. He was luckily that Sakura was there to pull him out of the water for a moment she just sat there holding him in her arms."Wake up…please wakeup."
"Get on board!" yelled Aang as Appa flew just above the water. With that Sakura grabbed Naruto and got on Appa as the beast took off into the sky. A few minutes later Sasuke pulled himself out of the rocks.
"You got away this time Naruto." growled Sasuke as he put his sword away before heading up to meet Azula.
Nearby the battle stood a man with a black cloak with red clouds on it.
"So we have found not only the nine tails but Sasuke Uchiha too." said the white half of Zetsu
"Yes, Madara will be pleased." said the black half of Zetsu "Our plan worked perfectly. They didn't know we hid ourselves with a shrinking justu in their packs."
"However we can't follow that flying animal." stated the white Zetsu
"No matter we need to contact Madara and Pain." said black Zetsu as he made a clone of himself before it disappeared, sending the information back to the original Zetsu who was waiting to pass the information on to Madara and Pain.
Well I hope you liked this chapter and the fight between Sasuke and Naruto. I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75