Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Tsunade's screams caused Shibo to end her meal prematurely. She sniffed the air, sensing someone familiar close by. A smoke bomb went off, obstructing everyone's view, except Shibo's. She returned to normal, and licked her lips as her eyes turned blood red.
"Why are you here…?" Jiraiya and Naruto stood together where the smoke bomb went off. Jiraiya looked at his surroundings.
"I should be asking you the same, Shibo-chan." Shibo's soft smile turned to a slight frown.
"I can be wherever I wish. Stupid human." Naruto snarled at Shibo.
"Why do you keep calling us humans?" The opposing force all let out a chuckle, but Shibo let out a loud blood-curling laughter. She jumped off the rock, her hair turning jet black. Her skin quickly grew as pale as the moon, her blue yukata being replaced by a ripped and bloody yukata. Her shoes vanished as purple marks appeared around her green serpentine eyes. She put her finger up to her cherry red lips, a sneer upon them,
"I can be whatever I want to, cause I am not a human…" Kimimaro held Shibo's other hand, as if hoping that'd restrain her somehow. She started walking out towards Jiraiya, but stopped when she felt something hold her hand. She kept frozen there, and Kimimaro gripped her wrist. He looked up at Orochimaru for advice. Orochimaru nodded, and Kimimaro let go of her wrist. She changed her course to Orochimaru, and stood next to him. Naruto took a step back, but Jiraiya gave him courage.
"Even though she may change her form, she's still unstable…" He looked at Kimimaro, "If we get him into our possession, then she may stop…" Orochimaru laughed.
"You really expect that such a plan would work?" Kimimaro walked up next to Kabuto. Shibo lifted her arm, letting blood start dripping from her palm. The dripping blood slowly pieced together over her fingertips, creating long, red claws. Her other hand remained at her side. Shibo smiled blankly.
"I won't stop till I can see you dying under my feet…"Orochimaru chuckled.
"Go ahead, Shibo. Go spill some blood, you too, boys." Jiraiys ran at Orochimaru. Naruto ran at Shibo and Kimimaro. Kabuto ran at Shizune.
Naruto made six clones, and Shibo dispersed them quickly while Kimimaro kicked Naruto away. Naruto collieded with a rock. Shibo sneered, licking the red claws.
"Hopefully you won't feel anything as I rip you apart and tear your intestines apart…" Naruto tried backing up, but the rock kept him in place. Shibo raised her hand when a rock hit her head. Tsunade sat where she was, shaking profusely. Shibo glared at her, dropping her hand.
"I'll kill you…"
Orochimaru clashed with Jiraiya. They each were equally beat up, staring eachother down. Orochimaru bit his thumb, and Jiraiya gasped. He quickly bit his thumb as Orochimaru smeared the blood down the seal on his arm.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Three large snakes appeared, while Jiraiya summoned a puny frog. Shibo chuckled, and held her hand out.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu…" She summoned Hebi. Hebi looked at Shibo, and smiled.
"Master, you're not playing around, are you?" Shibo shook her head. Hebi walked over to the snakes, hissing to them. She turned to Jiraiya, her yellow eyes reflecting anger.
"You have tried to harm my masters. For that, we shall extract our revenge…" She lifted her arm halfway. The snakes lowered their heads, and launched themselves and Orochimaru at him. The small frog, Gamakichi, quickly hopped away as Hebi chased him.
"Get back here, little froggy, I haven't had some legs in a while!" She jumped up and transformed into a mini (but human-sized) version of Manda, gaining tail on Gamakichi. He hid behind Naruto as Shibo stopped her claws from cutting into Hebi. Hebi turned back into a human, and slipped behind Shibo.
"M'lady…I…" Kimimaro threw a bone at Naruto's head, missing it by millimeters. Shibo sneered at Naruto,
"You're over with, human…" Shibo raised her claws. Naruto yelled, and avoided them. Gamakichi popped out of his shirt.
"Yo, yo, yooo! Girlies, what ya doing?" Shibo snickered.
"Hebi, do you know how to cook frog?" Gamakichi shivered at Hebi's sneer.
"Of course. Father always said it'd be best to learn…" Kimimaro smiled.
"Well, we don't need to hunt one down." A small bone dagger grew through his palm, "It's right here…" Gamakichi hid again. Naruto growled.
"Oi, you won't hurt him with me here!" Shibo looked at Naruto blankly.
"Hebi, what does human taste like…?" Naruto looked at her funny. Hebi sighed.
"Depends where it comes from, what it eats…just like pork…" Shibo nodded.
"I see…" Shibo turned, and vanished. She appeared on one of the snake's heads, sitting down. She let out pained sigh. Hebi looked at Kimimaro, and nodded at Shibo. He nodded, and ran to Shibo. She looked at him, her skin slowly regaining color.
"My chakra's almost drained…" Kimimaro held her lightly, dodging a hit from Jiraiya. Orochimaru stood next to them, panting.
"You two take your romance elsewhere." Shibo growled.
"Can it, father." Orochimaru chuckled. He turned and saw Naruto and Kabuto fighting. Kimimaro turned also, then turned back. Shibo stood up and walked in front of Orochimaru and took a punch for him. Orochimaru tried to pull her away, but she stayed still. Jiraiya stopped in place, looking at Shibo.
"What are you doing?"
"Defending my father." Kimimaro pulled Shibo away, but Shibo lashed out at him. Jiraiya went at Orochimaru again, this time both Kimimaro and Shibo defending him. Shibo heard Kabuto yell, and turned. He said on the ground as Naruto collapsed. Hebi ran over to Kabuto, seeing to what extent his injuries were. Shibo sighed, and pointed at Tsunade. Jiraiya smiled,
"Looks like he'll live." Shibo shook her head.
"I can tell from here that Kabuto attacked him at the heart." Orochimaru smiled, and jumped off the snake. Jiraiya followed, but was knocked out by Kimimaro. Shibo followed Orochimaru over to Tsunade. She was trying to heal him, but all the blood was causing her to shiver in fear. Orochimaru sneered, and pulled Tsunade away from Naruto. Shibo kneeled down next to Naruto, her claws gone, but a kunai in her hand. She raised the kunai, and pulled it down, but stopped just before stabbing him in the chest. She kept the kunai there, still. Kimimaro looked at Shibo.
"Shibo…?"
"She's telling me not to..." He tilted his head.
"Who?" Shibo pointed to her temple. He nodded, know she meant the vampire.
Orochimaru stabbed Tsunade in the chest.
"If you won't help, you're better off dead." Shibo walked over, and took the Kusangi.
"Don't make her die right away." Jiraiya looked up, in clear pain. Nnnnng… what is she…? Shibo raised the sword, and swung down onto Tsunade's shoulder. It sunk deep, but ran deeper as Shibo pulled it out of her shoulder. Tsunade fell over, trembling profusely. Jiraiya gasped. Shibo sneered, lifting the sword once again.
"Slice them to pieces, make em bleed to death…!" Orochimaru took the sword. He watched Tsunade bleed out, then her trembling stopped. He gasped, and pushed Shibo away as Tsunade got up and punched him in the face. Shibo yelled, and caught him. She growled at Tsunade as Hebi walked over with Kabuto on her shoulder. Orochimaru felt his cheek, and smirked.
"Well, you're not fearful of blood anymore…" Tsunade slowly stood up, wheezing. The marking on her forehead quickly transformed to a seal on her face. Her wounds quickly started to heal as Shibo healed Orochimaru's cheek.
"How dare you…I know you, Orochimaru…that's why I must refuse!" Shibo walked out in front of Orochimaru.
"You do not know, Tsunade. How can you say you don't want my mother to be with my father when they love one another? How can you say you don't want the ones I care for be healthy and happy?" She teared up, "I understand that you want to protect your home, b-but…" Shibo wiped her tears, and sighed. Tsunade took a bit of her blood and smeared it down her arm. Orochimaru did as well as Jiraiya hurriedly did the same.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Manda, Gamabunta and Katsuyu appeared. Shibo, Orochimaru, Hebi, Kimimaro and Kabuto stood together on Manda's head, Jiraiya stood on Gamabunta's, and Tsunade stood on Katsuyu's. Manda looked up at his group.
"Why did you summon me when you've already summoned my strongest?" Shibo cleared her voice.
"I summoned Hebi in a moment of need. I wanted to know what frog legs tasted like." Shibo smiled as Gamabunta cringed.
"So, you're Hebi" He said, "You look much like your mother…" Hebi hissed loudly at 'Bunta.
"Can it, you damn toad." Shibo snickered. Manda looked up at Orochimaru,
"Why did you summon me?"
"In a moment of need. I know you would not like it if we just had your eldest daughter here amoung your old friends and she would be killed." Manda hissed lowly.
"Do not say she will die." Shibo punched Orochimaru's shoulder lightly.
"Don't say that, that's like saying I'll die in front of you…" Orochimaru nodded slightly. Kimimaro went up to Shibo, whispering in her ear,
"What happened to Hebi-chan's mother…?"
"She died while giving birth to her and her siblings…" Kimimaro looked down, feel guilty. Here, he was thinking he and Shibo had it worst, while Hebi never knew her mother. But, that'd be better, not to even know your mother, for her to die giving you life….
"I am stronger than my mother. She was a half-breed, unable to retain her form for long. But, I can change my form at will." Katsuyu moved a bit. Hebi glared at her harshly, making Katsuyu freeze in fear. Shibo looked at Hebi.
"Hebi, take Kimi-kun and protect him." Hebi nodded, and looked at Kimimaro. Kimimaro looked at Shibo. She looked at him, and nodded. He hugged her quickly, and jumped off on Manda with Hebi. Shibo smiled softly, then turned and glared at Tsunade and Jiraiya. Orochimaru looked at her, and sighed. Bunta grabbed the hilt of his sword.
"I've always wanted a snake-skinned wallet." He blew smoke in Manda's way. Shibo hacked on it. Manda lowered his head, getting everyone out of the smoke.
"Funny, cause I've wanted Hebi-chan to make some frog legs for dinner for a while now." Gamabunta charged at Manda, but Manda dodged him easily. He charged at Katsuyu. She spat acid in Manda's way, but he dodged her and coiled around her. Bunta turned quickly as Katsuyu divided herself into smaller versions of herself. They slipped out of Manda's grip and reconstructed back together. Gamabunta drank something.
"Get out of the way, Tsunade!" Jiraiya weaved a few signs, and stat fire out whilst Bunta spat out oil at Manda. Manda quickly got ensued in flames. Hebi remained calm while Kimimaro showed a look of worry. When the flames lowered, only a large snakeskin was left. Jiraiya looked down as Manda came up from the ground. But, Tsunade was prepared. She swung down Gamabunta's massive sword right into Manda's mouth. Hebi gasped, but stayed in place. Shibo jumped up next to the sword, trying to pull it out. She fell back, and remembered something. Concentrate your chakra into your muscles you can lift anything then. Shibo focused for a second, and grabbed the sword. She slowly lifted it up and out of Mnada's mouth, throwing it to the side. It landed in the ground a few feet from his jaw. She ran to her father, almost drained of chakra.
"F-father…!" She blocked a punch fro Tsunade, but got another in her shoulder. Shibo remained in her place, trying to push her back. Tsunade tried to push forward, but was actually getting overpowered. Shibo ushed her back, panting heavily.
"I won't let you…hurt daa-daaa!" She screamed, and threw her kunai at Tsunade. She dodged it and ran at Shibo. She punched her in the stomach. Shibo grabbed her wrist, growling. She tried to twist it, but her muscles were slowly getting weaker. Tsunade threw her at Orochimaru, who in turn caught her. Tsunade took the moment and punched Orochimaru square in the jaw. He flew back, and in a split moment, Shibo appeared behind him. They crashed right into the sword. Shibo felt a pain in her head, then darkness.
Shibo sat in the pale moonlight, her head hurting beyond anything. The vampire sat in front of her, her eyes closed.
"You passed out. A fragment of your skull stabbed your brain, 'killing' us instantly" She looked up, "Was that pure reaction to seeing your father getting hurt?"
Shibo nodded softly. The vampire smiled.
"She hurt my father in more ways than physical…I…wanted to stop his suffering…" The vampire nodded.
"Your bond runs deeper than that I've seen in a long time…" Shibo looked up. The darkness started fading into a dark room. Her head was bandaged, and Tayuya sat next to her bed.