A/N: Enjoy! And make me smile. I don't own Naruto but Shinzo is currently mine. I am so sorry it took so long!
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Aka Ame: Red Rain
赤雨
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We are who we are. We live to let others live a peaceful life.
We are ninjas, shinobi, human killing machines, and protectors, whatever you wish to call us. We have so many names but only one purpose and that is to obey our leader.
On my first day of the academy, I saw this boy. His name was Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto-kun was sunshine, laughter and warmth, everything that I had always wanted in my life.
I wanted to be with him, to laugh with him, and I wanted him to hold me. I wanted to be the one who would always have his attention.
And then I saw Sakura-chan.
I was jealous of Sakura-chan, I always was. She was pretty, strong, faithful, loyal and everything I always wanted to be but could never become.
I knew Naruto-kun liked Sakura-chan; I knew he maybe even loved her.
After that, Tou-san abandoned me, left me to fend for myself. I wasn't strong enough for him you see. Hanabi-chan was better than me, even at her young age.
You should know, even though I am a Konoichi, I 'm also a human being. I didn't know what to do; I didn't know where to go. But I somehow managed.
Naruto-kun now loved Sakura-chan.
When I first came to know, I wanted to hate her. I wanted to hate Sakura-chan, but I couldn't. I really couldn't, Kami-sama knows I tried. You couldn't hate Sakura-chan; she would always find a way for you to like her.
But then when I actually met her and talked to her, I realized that she wasn't perfect. No one was perfect, not even Naruto-kun, but Sakura-chan was close to it. She would get angry easily, currently that is the only bad thing I can think about her. But being angry isn't bad is it?
She would hit Naruto-kun on the head every time he said something stupid, but I knew she cared for Naruto-kun deeply. And Naruto-kun liked her a lot.
But after I met Sakura-chan, she, well inspired me when I told her about how everything wasn't going the way I wanted it to, she laughed and said:
"You're an idiot, Hinata-chan. Do you really think that everything can be so easy? Life is just a game you and I weren't meant to win, so if you don't want to lose, you just have to make your own rules and laugh at destiny. It is your life Hinata-chan, and no one can make you lead it the way they want you to,"
"You are your own person, you can't change for someone. You don't have to. You have your friends and Sensei's and everyone else behind you. You are not alone, so live your life to the fullest, enjoy each and every moment; you can't live it a second time."
"You cannot regain what you have lost. So stop putting yourself down, everyone advances in their own pace. You cannot expect a butterfly to hatch out a cocoon when it isn't ready to face the world. You are unique Hinata, in your own way, don't become like someone else. You know what unique means? It means that you're special."
A day after she disappeared, and didn't come back. I still remember those words, I will never forget them.
My name is Hyuuga Hinata; I am sixteen years old and am desperately trying to continue hanging on to Sakura-chan's words.
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Chapter 3: Left Out
-By Dark Angel Heart
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27th September,
2:48 pm,
Easter side of Konohagakure
"Move!"
The dust and smoke flooded through his nose he coughed and then covered his nose with his hand, "God dammit, move!"
Voices and screams echoed into his ears and he struggled to keep up with everything around him, he coughed again and tried to breath in some fresh air but there was almost none to begin with.
"Move kid, what are you waiting for?"
He moved as fast as his legs could carry him, he ran behind all the others who were running. Jonnins stood on either side of them, making sure they weren't going to get hurt. They were only civilians after all.
Another blast sent more pieces of wood and sand into their faces and he ran, and ran. He needed to if he didn't, he might just die.
A hand pushed him roughly on his back, making him stumble, but he still continued to run. He didn't know much now. Where were his parents? Was his sister alright? Who was attacking them?
"Move faster! Twelve, seventeen, thirty-one on you're right, seven o'clock."
"Hai!"
He could faintly see the people move though the smoke and attack, what he didn't know was that six enemy Nins got injured and one Konohagakure Nin got killed.
He was buying his Okaa-san some groceries when the first explosion had taken place and then suddenly they was fighting going on everywhere. He had frozen in place only to move when a Konoha Jounin had shouted at him to move.
There was blood and bodies all over the place; Jounin has assembled around the citizens to take them to safety, trying not to let any more innocent people get killed.
"No! My baby, please save my baby-"
He turned his face around and stopped running as he saw, in a distance, a man holding a crying baby by its head and laughing at the crying women who was trying to reach for it.
"No, no please stop-"
He had frozen again, not knowing exactly what to do. The man hit the women across the face and the lady stumbled to the ground, tears skidding down her face at a feverous rate, "My baby, please-"
"Shut up, lady. Watch as I kill your daughter right in front of you."
"NO! Please, please, I'll do anything. Please don't touch my-"
The lady received another slap and then the man kicked her torso as she rolled numbly on the ground, crying because of the pain.
No one was helping her, no one was there.
"I told you to shut up, bitch!"
She received another kick to the stomach as she cried out for her daughter again. The baby started to cry louder as if she could feel the pain her mother was in.
All he could do was stand still and watch as the man pulled out a kunai and held the baby by its head, not at all trying to be careful with it.
"No, please, please! Somebody, anybody save my baby, please save her."
"Oh, don't worry lady. No one is going to come to help you, not a single one," Suddenly his feet were moving towards the man even before he could stop himself.
But he was too late.
The man reached up and sliced the baby's neck into half and laughed cruelly as the blood flowed onto his hands and splashed onto the baby's mother face.
The lady had froze, like she had just been stabbed from the back.
He took another large step towards the killer not actually knowing what to do.
The lady lifted up her hands to her face and let out a piercing scream and the man laughed again.
He charged and caught hold of the man's hand which was holding the kunai and plunged it into the man's face. Blood poured onto his hands and face and all he could remember was the man's eyes.
Full of terror
The kunai slipped soundlessly to the ground, dripping in blood the man fell down, blood poured out from his face creating a pool of blood around him.
The lady let out another scream as the blood of the man reached her feet and knees.
He… he… he is dead.
The boy stared at his hand and skidded to the ground and tried to block out the lady screams. Monster, you just killed a person. YOU MONSTER!
The boy slowly raised his bloody hands to his ears and tried not to scream, No, no I am not a monster, he took deep breaths.
Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.
Blood. Blood. So much blood.
In his hands, on his face, everywhere. He killed, he fucking killed. Monster, you murderer, how are you going to live with yourself now?
Inhale. Exhale.
Blood, blood, his blood, the baby's blood. Can you live with yourself?
You killed, you killed a person. You are a bloody murderer; can you see your hands? Can you see them? Can you see the red, red-?
Everywhere, so red, can't breathe
"-Blood!"
The lady behind him screamed again and then moved past him to get to her dead daughter, "Yumi-chan, Yumi-chan. You're alive right? Speck to me, sweetie, please baby. I promise I'll get you that doll you wanted-"
The women sobbed as she drew the girl's batted body towards herself and held her close. Her body clothes were socked with the blood (Red, red, red).
"Move lady, can't you see what is going on? Move-"
The man stopped as his eyes widened as he saw the dead body which the lady was holding close to her. His eyes slowly moved over to the boy's frame which was shaking terribly. He was staring at his hands which were covered in so much blood, a kunai next to him.
The boy screamed.
"I didn't kill him, I didn't. I didn't," he moved and then clutched the ninja's pants and cried, "I didn't kill him, tell me I didn't kill him. I am not a murderer. I am not a monster."
The man stared down at the boy, probably about twelve years old, the poor boy, "Come on kid, don't let it get to you, now get up. We need to get you somewhere safe."
"Not a monster, not a monster-"
The kid didn't even seem to be listening to him as he muttered that stupid mantra to himself, "Not a monster, not a murderer."
The kid slowly rocked himself forwards and backwards again; his hands covered his head tightly, "I didn't kill him!"
"Come on, kid" the man lowered himself and then lifted the boy into his arms and called out another man to help him with the lady who was still sobbing, but he didn't blame her.
He turned away and then proceeded to run towards their shelter, he could hear the lady's protests of leaving her child and tried to ignore her as she screamed.
"I didn't kill him, tell me I didn't-"
The man looked down softly at the boy and pulled him closer offering comfort, "Don't worry kid, you'll be alright." But the boy didn't seem to have heard him and the man sighed.
"What happen, Kaein-san?"
The man named Kaein cringed, "First timer, he killed a man. Must have been hard for him, huh? He is a civilian."
"I didn't kill him!"
The other man sighed, "Don't worry, boy. First time is always the hardest."
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27th September,
3:00 pm,
The Northern dessert of Sunagakure
Her eyes widened as she stared at him, she gently took a step back. She shook her head to clear her thoughts; it wasn't supposed to be this way.
"I love you, Sakura and I'll tell it a hundred times if I have to." her hands clenched till her knuckles whitened and her body stiffened. She didn't know what to do anymore.
Konan glared, and so did Hidan. Deidara's grinning stopped, but no one else moved as they stared at each other. Tobi looked confusingly between the Uchiha and Sakura, wanting to know what happened.
She regained her composure, her eyes held anger and coldness, "Liar" she whispered.
"What…?"
"You are a god damn liar!" Sasuke narrowed his eyes, "I never thought you would stoop so low, just so you could have me come back."
Sasuke was glaring now, "I wasn't lying"
"How am I supposed to believe that huh? You expect me to believe you of all people? You hurt me once; I don't think I want to go through that again."
"What the hell, I was fourteen, I didn't know any better. Hell, I was bent on revenge-"
"Stop lying!"
"I am not lying!"
"God dammit fuck you!"
Sasuke shivered, Sakura had never talked to him like that ever. But then again, it had been so long ago, what had he expected her to do, let go and come behind him like the love sick fan girl she was?
"Sa… Sakura-chan?"
Naruto shook his head; Sakura would never say anything like that ever. This must all have been a really bad dream, a horrible, horrible dream. Hinata shook behind him and Ino tried desperately not to cry.
"Fore… forehead!"
Sasori carefully looked at the expressions of the Konoha Nins, all having different, but what he was mainly interested in was the expression of a certain Uchiha.
Sasuke looked like he had just died, like his heart had been taken from him and stomped on by everyone. His face was twisted with many emotions. And then all of a sudden everything disappeared and Sasori realized why.
The wind blew gently as another cloaked figure joined them; he stood next to Sakura not bothering to actually acknowledge their enemies.
"We have to go, Sakura"
The wind gently blew his black hair in the wind, his red eyes took in the image of his new ally, and he didn't blink even once. But maybe he did, but it was too fast for anyone to notice.
"Itachi"
Itachi. Uchiha Itachi
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27th September,
3:05 pm,
Konohagakure Entrance: Main gate
Jumping on the next tree branch, Konohagakure no Shinzo set his lips in a grim line. His blond hair blowing in the wind as his deep green eyes hardened behind the mask.
Almost reaching Konohagakure, he could see the gates of the village greet him from just a few meters in front of him. Reaching the gates, he watched as two guards jumped in front of him. One of them asked,
"Name?"
"Takahashi Shinzo", he muttered raising his sleeve to show the guards his hitai-ate, wondering if that was evidence enough for them to let him pass.
"What purpose do you have here?"
"I am of ANBU, Registration no 012216.", again raising his sleeve higher to show them his ANBU tattoo with was on his forearm. The guard looked him over and then silently looked at his partner. After receiving the nod for him, he turned towards the ANBU and smiled.
"Sorry, for that Takahashi-san. Strict orders for the Hokage-sama, you know after the attack and all. Hope you had a nice mission", nodding towards the guards, he made his way past them running towards the Hokage tower. His mind making up suitable sentences to from which he could explain his sudden entry.
One thing Shinzo didn't know was what the guard meant by the attack.
Seeing the tower rise up in front of him, he sped up moving faster. The Hokage needed to know something important.
He saw two guards step forward from their seats, blocking him or his destination. Shinzo cursed, and raised his sleeve once again, hoping they could be able to see the tattoo.
"I need to see Tsudane-same. It is very important", without another word. The two of them allowed him inside.
Running up the stairs, he warily wondered why he hadn't just used a Transportation Jutsu instead. Sighting the door of the Hokage's office, he burst in.
Tsudane lifted up her head, gently raised her eyebrow. Her eyes were pushed together and she looked troubled as she looked at him with her beautiful colored eyes.
Silently thanking god, for the interruption hoping it will be a good reason for her to take a break for her paperwork and all her stress but somehow she knew that what the man had brought with him wasn't good news.
"Ah! Takahashi! How was the mission? It is good that you came here, we need more people helping cleaning up the mess those rouge Nins created."
"Gomenesai Hokage-sama but I have news for you. It's very important", seeing the worried look on his face, Tsudane sat properly preparing herself for the news. There was no reason for a successful ANBU black cop to be this worried. If it was that important, it must be bad.
Seeing that Tsudane was ready for the news, Shinzo opened his mouth.
"Akatsuki", hearing this one word, Tsudane raised herself. Frowning, she watched the man for more.
"I saw traces of them on the outskirts of the Sunagakure. Suspicious activity I presume. I was worried. Are they any Konohagakure Nin out on a mission near there because Kazekage-sama told me that he was suppose to receive a forbidden scroll"
Tsudane frowned.
Naruto!
"Oh my! I shouldn't have ever sent them on that mission. Takahashi go find Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Rock Lee and Tenzo as well. Quick!"
"Hai, Tsudane-sama! But…"
"What is it, Takahashi? Is there something else?"
"No but, what is all this about an attack?"
"Oh, some Rouge ninjas attack the eastern side of the village, but not many were hurt, we lost some Shinobi but it is okay, I suppose. The damage is great though, the ANBU along with the others are working on the repairs. One of them told me they thought that some of the Nins were from Otogakure, even though it is hard to believe since Orochimaru is dead, there in no one to lead them, but we obviously don't know for sure."
"We have some in custody but they aren't saying anything, we called for Ibiki he is currently interrogating them again. We need to know who conducted the attack on the civilians"
"Hai, thank you for telling me, Hokage-sama. The Kazekage-sama is going to send some people to look over what is happen, so that much, be of some help, but there is a sand storm, so we must go there from the North."
"Okay, now go and tell them." Tsudane sighed and rubbed her face with her hands as Shinzo left the room, jogging. Why was everything happen all at once? Must have been bad omen.
...let's hope they are alright.
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27th September,
3:01 pm,
Northern dessert or Sunagakure
"Itachi!"
The older Uchiha mildly guided his head towards the younger one who had called out his name. Sasuke's eyes held blind fury towards him and Itachi couldn't care less; he had better stuff to do.
"Let's go"
Tenten's eyes widened before narrowing, "No, where do you think you are going?"
But the other Akatsuki member where already surrounding them, all of them with evil grins on their faces, "Oh no, now what do you suppose to do with you all?"
"Oh wait, I have an idea, how about we take care of them while you two get out of here?"
"Tch"
Naruto leaped as he moved forwards trying to stop Sakura from leaving with the older Uchiha, "No, Sakura-chan" but Sakura didn't acknowledge him.
(Liar, liar you are a fucking lair Sakura, you said you would be there right? You said it yourself, you said you-)
The sound of two swords hitting each other echoed through the trees, Hidan stood in front of Naruto blocking his way so that he could not reach Sakura, a devilish smirk on his face.
"Get the hell out of my way!"
"Why little Jinchūriki, are you scared? Are you going to pee in your pants?"
Naruto jumped over Hidan, Aiming a kunai, at his head. He flung it, and then didn't even look back to see if it hit its mark. He could sense his best friend right behind him and heard the shout of the male Hyuuga telling them to go and not to worry, that they will handle it.
"Let's go, Teme"
"Hn"
(You said you loved me, you can't just turn it off like that! Sakura, Sakura you are the liar here, so why, why is heaven's name did you play with my feelings?)
They both jumped and sped into the large trees and ran towards the chakras of their targets. Sasuke had his Sharingan blazing to its maximum. The wind harshly hit their faces but their masks protected them to some extent.
Naruto numbly looked forwards, his insides swirling weirdly like as if he was going to throw up. He quietly bent down top avoid hitting his head on a branch and then looked towards his companion.
"Hey Teme"
Sasuke didn't seem to hear him; he was too much caught up in his own thoughts anyway. His leg brushed against some think branches but he didn't even seem to notice.
Ne, Sakura-chan will you come back, not only for me and everyone else but especially for him too…?
An almost inaudible grunt reached Naruto's ears and Naruto blinked, "What's wrong?" He knew Sasuke well enough to know that look on his face.
"Someone's coming…"
"Who?"
He didn't answer but instead stopped on a branch facing to his right, a hand gently resting on his katana's head ready to pull it out anytime.
A few moments later, Naruto could see the faint outline of three people running towards them. When they got close enough, they came to know that two of them looked like men and one a woman.
Sasuke sighed and lowered his hand from his katana and looked slightly relaxed.
"You know them?"
"Juugo, Suigetsu and Karin"
Naruto blinked and then registered what Sasuke had just said and then finally glared, "What Teme? We don't have time for this, we have to go and get Sakura-chan, and you can have a happy reunion later after we bring Sakura-chan back-"
"Shut up dobe, they can help us."
A red haired girl was now standing in front of Sasuke with a big grin on her face, looking like she had just found something that she had lost. The other two were standing behind her one had a big sword wrapped to his back and had blue hair. The last one had spiky orange hair.
Naruto noticed the three commas on his neck, but realized that they seemed different from Sasuke's but didn't dwell on it for too long.
"Hey, Sasuke-kun!"
Sasuke nodded and turned towards Naruto, "They can help," he looked unsure for a moment, "I guess"
He then turned towards them, "What are you doing here?"
"We were moving towards Konohagakure, since you were more than likely to be there. But then suddenly Karin here sensed Him and you, so we followed."
"He's with someone else, a girl I think…"
Naruto's face grimed, "Sakura-chan!"
Juugo seemed to understand and he smiled, "We'll help"
Sasuke nodded, turned and jumped onto the next branch.
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27th September,
3:30 pm,
Halfway between Sunagakure and Konohagakure
"Are you even sure we are going the right way?"
"Shut up, Inuzuka-san, I don't mind you being worried because of your friends but your whining is really getting annoying now."
"But who knows what would have happen by now!"
"They are not all that weak, Kiba-san so please can you let Takahashi-san concentrate on finding the way?" Shino turned and looked at Kiba through his dark glasses. Akamaru gave out a small yelp, as he rubbed his face on Kiba's.
"Fine… I'm just worried that's all, sorry if I am irritating you Takahashi" Kiba looked down not bothering to look at the man and then raised his head and looked at Shino, "What are your bugs telling you, Shino?"
"They're telling me that we are going the right way, Inuzuka-san." Shino sighed as he jumped over a rock which stood in his way. They were going as fast as they could.
"Let us move forward for the sake of our youthfulness! We must save the others from those evil beasts!" Rock Lee grinned widely as he pushed his hand above his head.
"Idiot" Yamato sighed and shook his head. Why was he stuck with these people anyway, on the bright side at least Shinzo was there to give him some company. Yamato looked forward and sped up to come closer to Shinzo and sighed again.
"How much longer, Shinzo? I think we have to get there faster if we have hopes of saving them from the Akatsuki."
"I know that! But really Yamato, don't you think we are going as fast as we can? And besides there is a sand storm coming up anyway, so we have to be careful not to get caught in it, what if it changes it course? Then we can forget about saving them!" Yamato knew that Shinzo didn't mean to look so annoyed and nodded.
"Move it! Faster!"
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27th September,
3:39 pm,
Between The Northern desert of Sunagakure and the Outskirts of Sunagakure.
Konohagakure no Ami's eyes watered. The dust was getting worst, and becoming annoying since it kept getting into her eyes. With one free hand, she rubbed the sore part of her other shoulder.
Just next to her, laid a brown haired girl who was drifting in and out of sleep? Ami had somehow managed to stop her bleeding.
Closing her own eyes, she knew she had to get both of them out of her. Tenten was in no shape for fighting and neither was she. If they got caught in another fight, it would surely be the end of both of them.
She needed to get the two of them out of her. Go somewhere far away, and wait for the others to catch up. That is if there were any alive.
She briefly wondered how many of them were alive. She hoped Sasuke and Naruto were. They were the only two not injured since they had run behind that pink haired girl.
Coughing, she covered her eyes form the oncoming dust. She silently wondered if a sandstorm was coming up.
How far away were they from the fight? Will they get out alive? Will the Akatsuki realize a few of them are missing? With they come after them?
A small voice in the back of her head told her to leave Tenten and go. She would move faster if she had. And maybe, just maybe reach a village nearby.
She pushed that voice to the darkest corners of her brain. She couldn't leave Tenten now. Tenten needed her. And for the first time in her life she wanted to prove that she is worthy of being a konoichi.
Silently she wondered if she would really keep her word.
I WILL.
"Ami-san?" Ami felt Tenten shift beside her, sitting up. Protesting, Ami muttered to her that she shouldn't move. Pushing her down, she looked sadly down at her.
"I managed to stop the bleeding. But I couldn't heal you're injuries completely, sorry".
Tenten didn't answer, only nodded, giving her companion a small, tired smile. Feeling a sick sensation in the back of her neck, she silently scratched it. The feeling was gone when she instantly coughed out a small amount of blood.
She didn't feel sleepy anymore. Tired? Definitely! Raising her head higher, she watched the small fluffy clouds pass by vaguely wondering why Shikamaru liked to watch them so much. It wasn't the time to think about things like that but she couldn't help it.
How much more time did she have to live? Would all of them get out of it alive?
She didn't want to die. There was so much for her to still do. She at least had to become a Jounin. Become respected some more. What about her dream to become an ANBU member? She couldn't let that so easily could she?
What about Neji and his training? She still had to get Lee to get himself a new haircut not to mention a new mentor. Gai-sensei was just getting weirder by the moment.
And…… and Sakura-san?
"Do……. Do you think we'll get through this, Ami? Are the other's alright?" Tenten shifted, slightly raising her head to look at the purple haired girl.
Ami slowly turned and looked at her. Her eyes watered and she looked so scared.
"I don't know Tenten-san! I want this all to be a bad dream, a really bad dream. And then I can wake up and be happy that none of this is really happening to me".
Tenten looked at her sadly, poor girl she didn't deserve to be caught up in all this. Sighing she threw a tired, bloody smile at Ami.
A yielding drizzle started to fall, but the sky looked hardly cloudy. Tenten wondered if it was because of the battle going on, but then maybe it was because there was no possibility of rain in a dessert, if it did rain it would probably be too cliché.
She dimly remembered the fight she had some time ago. She was confident that she hadn't won. She, then, wondered why her opponent hadn't killed her. She remembered hitting her head when she had blacked out.
"Do you think you can move, Tenten-san? We need to get out of her as fast as we can!" Tenten shifted her legs; her side didn't hurt as much. Moving her hand and pushing it into the ground, she tried to get up. Two hands helped her sit up and Tenten shot a smile Ami's way.
No 'thanks' was needed to be said between them since they both knew that Tenten was grateful. Ami slung Tenten's hand over her shoulder. Raising her leg, she stepped forward towards their escape.
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27th September,
3:41 pm,
The Forest of Kazesenpu, Western Dessert of Sunagakure
"Rasengan"
The gust and the small specks of wood from the barks of the trees fought to enter her eyes as she closed her eyes lids to stop them.
Karin covered her face with her arms and then, narrowed her eyes to look at the battle going on but couldn't because of the dust and smoke produced because of Naruto's attack.
Turning around she jumped on to a tree and tried to get a better view at her surroundings. Once, spotting her orange haired teammate she smiled to herself and then jumped down for the branch and ran over to him.
"Juugo!"
Juugo turned around and looked at her and then after a moment, he smiled and nodded his head in her direction and then turned fully towards her. Juugo moved forward meeting Karin halfway and nodded.
"Karin? Are you hurt?"
"No, not by much, Sasuke-kun didn't want me to fight, he said something about healing and stuff. What about you?"
"No, I am not hurt though I would be if that Naruto-san hasn't stopped Haruno-san from hitting me with his Rasengan."
"Oh"
Karin smiled up at Juugo and then turned around trying to see through the dust in her surroundings, "What about the other's? Are they okay, too?"
"I don't know about Sasuke-sama but Suigetsu-san and Naruto-san aren't hurt."
"Oh"
Karin sighed, she could still sense Sasuke's and Suigetsu's chakra signals, they both were doing okay and Naruto's chakra was flaring. But now she could sense some new chakra coming towards them, powerful chakras and now they were getting pretty close to both herself and Juugo. Her eyes widened.
"Juugo! Get down!" With a single jump Karin tackled Juugo into the ground saving both of them from the gigantic blast of water which went past them from above.
"What was that?"
"I don't know"
Juugo answered looking uncertainly over both of them into the fallen trees from where the blast has come from; he could see a shaded outline of a person.
"Someone's there and his chakra is too strong"
A huge frame came into view; the figure seemed to have sharp teeth and a big sword hanging on his shoulder, a devilish smirk on his shark like face, wearing a black clock with red clouds.
Hoshigaki Kisame.
"My look what we have here, more people to kill"
Karin got off the ground and came to stand beside Juugo, her eyes narrowing and let her lips resided themselves in to a frown.
"Let's start, shall we I really do want a good fight the last one I had wasn't worth it."
"Who are you?" Kisame grinned, who were these people who didn't know his name? They surely would be punished.
"My name is Hoshigaki Kisame, one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist and a member of the Akatsuki, shouldn't you know that girl?"
"Why is it that you told us about yourself, aren't you afraid? We could use the information against you", Kisame laughed, the nerve of this girl to tell him such things.
"Because you should know the name of the person who is going to kill you", Kisame grinned and then making a hand sign muttered, "Suiton" (1)
A large burst of water erupted from his mouth making Karin and Juugo leap backwards and then they steadied both of their footing because now they were standing on water.
Looking forwards, Karin noticed that now, there seemed to be a large lake surrounding them both and Kisame was standing on the other end of the lake, looking quite pleased with himself.
"Now prepare to die: Suiton: Suikodan no Jutsu!"
Large bursts of water shot up towards them from the water which was surrounding them both, Karin's eyes widened. Juugo immediately grabbed Karin's hand and made them both jump upwards, successfully dodging the water bullets attacking them.
Looking down Karin saw Kisame looking towards them and then, he slowly raised his hand and muttered something which she couldn't hear but was sure that it was another jutsu.
"Juugo move!"
But they were too late; a big blast of water hit them both directly and enveloped them both in water making them both gasp for air.
"Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu"
Two clones appeared next to him and he grinned evilly, he then pulled his hands down making the water which had covered Karin and Juugo fall back into the lake.
Karin grasped for air and then pushed chakra into her feet so she could land on the water without falling into it. Juugo landed right next to her.
"Karin we have to fight"
"I know"
Juugo jumped towards Kisame, who looked like he could care less and this fight was getting boring since both of them weren't attacking him.
Aiming a punch at Kisame's face Juugo grinned when he hit Kisame directly making Kisame's face reel backwards but then Kisame's body dissolved into water and fell back into the lake.
"Juugo it was a water clone the real one is in the water."
Juugo looked downwards wondering how he was going to attack someone who was now in water.
"Now, why don't you join me for a swim?"
Before Juugo could react he was pulled into the water by a hand on his leg, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He opened his eyes and looked around, trying to find his attacker but could not see anything expect water all around him.
He gave up searching and swam upwards and almost reached the surface when a hand on his leg stopped him, looking down he saw a hand on his leg.
"Leaving so soon, why don't I make it easier?"
A powerful and damn painful punch was delivered to jaw making him fly upwards and then shoot out of the water and then ten feet in the air.
"Juugo!"
Karin gasped and immediately ran towards Juugo to catch him before he falls but before she could reach him, water shot up before her and then started to take the shape of Kisame.
"You are next, red-haired bitch"
Karin gasped and then stumbled backwards from shock. Kisame grinned, liking the scared look at the girl's face and said.
"Are you scared?
"No"
"Really? I don't like liars and let's forget the fact that I myself am one."
He grinned and lifted his arm to catch hold of Karin but before he could reach her he was hit on his right, taking him off guard. He flew leftwards and then skidded to a halt, holding something in his hands. The person was small and petite, and had the weirdest hair color.
Haruno Sakura.
"Karin"
Karin turned around at the call of her name and looked at Suigetsu and Naruto running towards her. They both looked tired and were panting heavily.
"Suigetsu"
But then she remembered Juugo, who was trying to stand up, and ran towards him and then helped him get up and then asked him if he was okay.
"Yeah"
Karin nodded and then looked in the direction of her attackers, Kisame was already standing up straight and was holding the pink haired girl in his arms, and they both seemed to be talking quietly.
Karin watched as Sakura said something which made Kisame angry but she didn't seem to care and then Sakura moved away from him, standing on her own.
"Sakura-chan!"
Naruto stepped forward and called out to her again, a long cut was now on his tanned cheek and his clothes were dirty and hand small slashes in some places.
Karin and Juugo were now standing next to Suigetsu and Naruto was standing a step in front of them all, looking sad and even more tired.
"Enough of this fighting, Sakura-chan you can just come back with us and everything will be all right."
Sakura's eyes narrowed but before she could say anything Kisame was already stepping in front of her and getting ready to speak.
"Do you even know if Hime-chan wants to come back?"
Hime-chan…?
"I'm not talking to you, I am talking to Sakura-chan" Who says Naruto can't be ignorant?
Kisame looked even angrier than he already was and opened his mouth to speak again but stopped when Sakura put a hand on his shoulder.
"Sakura-chan I even brought Sasuke-teme back like I promised, so come back."
"…"
A short silence followed and Sakura looked like she was contemplating on what to say next and Kisame looked annoyed but was controlling himself from shouting again.
"What makes you so sure-"
Her voice was gentle, not like the other voices Karin had heard before, it was soft and sweet and looking at the girl's face Karin couldn't even know that she was with the Akatsuki.
"-that I want to come back?"
Naruto gasped and then looked taken aback, "Sa… Sakura-chan? What do you mean?"
"I meant exactly what I said Naruto, I don't want to come back."
"Enough of all this talking, can we please get back to the fighting part?"
Kisame looked like he had enough of Naruto speaking to Sakura and had decided to stop both of them, Naruto glared at Kisame and he just grinned.
In an instant, hands made out of water shot up from the lake surrounding them, making them all jump up in to the air again. Expect for Suigetsu who dissolved in to water.
Immediately, right after they had jumped up, balls of fire shot at them.
"Bunshin no Jutsu"
Naruto allowed the shadow clones take the hit for them, making sure that the ball of flame didn't hit any one of them. They all landed on the lake again and Suigetsu turned back in to his normal form.
"Hey, I remember you!"
"Huh?"
"You! You are that small sweet kid who always kept smiling and had that habit of cutting off your enemies heads, right?"
Suigetsu grinned and nodded conforming Kisame's question, "But that doesn't mean I am going to go easy on you"
Kisame and Sakura looked like they didn't even move from their place and looked like they hadn't even broken a sweat in attacking them. Sakura raised her hand, her palm facing towards them, and a small ball of fire shot towards all of them, but mostly at Naruto.
Naruto just moved to his one side, dodging the fire ball but Suigetsu glared watching as Sakura smirked. Suigetsu turned back and the next thing he saw was a gigantic fire ball behind them.
"MOVE"
All of their eyes widened, the fire ball flew directly towards all of them not stopping. Suigetsu turned himself into water almost instantly the others dodged. The fire ball hit the water from the lake and a huge amount of steam ruse upwards filling the atmosphere around them.
Suigetsu rose from his watery state and looked around himself trying to find his comrades, Naruto was some distance away from him and Karin and Juugo were standing on the other side.
"Anyone hurt?"
"No, we're fine."
It looked like no one was hurt and they all had dodged the attack before getting hit. The steam was subsiding now and they all could see properly. But Sakura and Kisame were nowhere to be seen, it was like they both were hiding from them, but what reason did they have to hide?
"Naruto"
Naruto turned back and then saw Sasuke running towards him, his Katana in his hand and he looked beaten up but still looked like he could go on fighting. His face slightly held confusion and some anger.
"Hey, teme what happen? Where are Sakura-chan and that shark face?"
"I don't know, but Itachi suddenly disappeared"
Karin and Juugo walked forward and now were standing close to Naruto and Sasuke. Karin blinked, trying to find the chakra signals of Kisame and Sakura.
"I can't find them, they seem to have used a teleportation jutsu, and I can't even find Uchiha Itachi."
Sasuke sighed and looked at Naruto and asked, "What about Sakura?"
"She… She said that she didn't want to come back."
Sasuke blinked and then sighed again, "I guess we will have to make her come back then."
Naruto's eyes brightened and he got a grin back on his face again, "Yeah"
"Now, let's go back to the others they might need our help" all of them nodded.
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27th September,
4:15 pm,
Outskirts of Sunagakure, Northern Dessert
Ino cried out in pain as her broken ankle toughed the ground. Tripping over a stone she silently braced herself for the hard landing which soon too came. Her body, heavily, hit the ground making some of the dust to fly around her.
Tears threatened to leak from her eyes. She shut her eyes to stop herself from sobbing. Biting her top lip, she tasted the metallic taste of her blood.
She urged her body to get up and move but groaned in pain when her body didn't comply.
Her clothes were cut and torn in the edges, a burnt hole on the cloth covering her shoulder, easily, showed what she had been through. A small trail of dried blood could be seen from her lip to her jaw.
Her eyes tired, all she wanted to do was lie down and sleep. It didn't matter to her if it would be uncomfortable. Her ankle was twisted after she had managed to get away. She hadn't noticed the sprained ankle in her haste to get away from instant death.
She had only noticed it after she had fallen for pure exhaustion a few minutes ago.
Is surprised her that she was even able to move, a miracle perhaps. Her head hurt, she felt like she was going to throw up. She was hungry, tired and so, so scared.
This was her first near to death experience and she hated every single moment of it. Everything was so wrong; nothing will ever be the same again.
She knew wishing would never work. This, sadly, was reality. Right now, she hated ever choosing to become a Ninja. When she was small, she had seen them come back to be greeted by the villagers with flowers oh all kinds, pretty, pretty colors. She had seen their names being engraved on stones, watched as the villagers praised them for the bravery.
She wanted to be like them, wanted to be praised. To be respected.
Sighing, she tore a piece of cloth for her already torn cloak and tied it to her broken ankle. She could heal it after she regained some more chakra.
She flinched when the wound stung.
Taking a deep sigh, she gathered as much as air her lungs could fill it selves with. Digging her hand into her torn pocket she searched for the solider pills that were supposed to be there. Finding them, she pulled the small container out the packet and popped two of them into her mouth.
The rest was for later, she decided there was a bigger chance for her to get in to danger, serious danger.
Her eyes widen when she sensed two chakras coming her way. She couldn't really find out who they were all she could do was pray they were allies.
'MOVE'
Her mind screamed at her and she did her best to comply. Using a hand to lift herself up from the rumbles, she forced her already weak legs to stand. Her knees buckled under her as she tried to steady herself.
Shaking she stepped forward trying not to trip again. Vaguely, she wondered how many times she had tripped so far.
This wasn't the way it was suppose to be. Her life was never suppose to be like this, they…they were supposed to be happy. All of them this…. All that was going on here, it was so wrong.
Every inch of this was wrong.
"INO", snapping her head towards the side, she watched as two blurry figures walked in a slow pace towards her. Her muscles urged her to move, run away but they knew her name. It couldn't be any of the Akatsuki members. They didn't know her name. So…
"INO!"
That sounds like Ami.
Ino stopped and turned around fully, looking at the people calling out her name. Through the dust and smoke she could see the faint outline of the two people, but she could slowly see them clearly.
"Tenten! Ami!"
Her eyes widened, both Ami and Tenten looked beaten up, maybe even worse than herself. She limped towards them, a smile growing on her face.
"Ino-san!"
Tenten removed her arm from Aim's shoulder and caught Ino in a hug, making sure that she didn't press on her injuries, "I am so glad you are okay."
"Me too"
Ino laughed and hugged Tenten back and then shot Ami a smile and then asked her if she was doing okay, "You okay, Ami-san?"
"Yeah, I can survive", Ami smiled back at Ino and then sighed, "Ne, what are we going to do now?"
"We have two choices, either look for the others or get the hell out of here", Tenten answered, she herself not knowing which one she was going to chose.
"I think we should get out of here"
"Me too, it is best for all of us, the other either got away or…"
Ino trailed away in the end, not wanting to think about what might have happen if the others had already lost their battles. All three of them diverted their eyes, elsewhere not wanting to look at each other.
"Fine then, we better get away for here, fast", Ino and Ami nodded, and helped Tenten walk straight.
"You want me to heal that wound, Tenten?"
"Nah! Its fine, we need all the chakra we can have, in case we do get attacked."
"Yeah! Tenten-san is correct."
Ino rolled her eyes and then pushed her foot forwards, carrying almost half of Tenten's weight, the other half being carried by Aim.
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27th September,
4:24 pm,
North of Sunagakure, Northern dessert
Neji was first.
"Katsu"
A big explosion followed right after Deidara said that word, his previously made sculpture had exploded taking his enemy with it. Deidara, himself would be surprised if that Hyuuga boy comes out alive.
A body shot out of the smoke coming directly towards him and took Deidara by surprise; he didn't even have time to move out of the way. Neji's one hand which was now glowing with chakra hit Deidara straight in the chest. Deidara's eyes widened when he felt, more like couldn't fell hit arm anymore.
Deidara stumbled backwards and then glared at the long haired ninja standing before him with a smirk on his face, Deidara growled.
"If you hadn't moved back there, that hit would have killed you."
Deidara glared, holding his arm to his side and thought about what he should do now. Neji's smirk widened, steadying himself, he got back into a battle position.
"It is going to wear off soon, so I better finish you off."
Deidara smirked now; this idiot just thought that he could beat him that easily, besides this stupid Hyuuga just gave him an idea.
Holding out one of his hand, he let the mouth go to work within a few seconds a small bird made out of clay stood on his hand. Deidara grinned and then proceeded to enlarge it and then sent it towards Neji.
"Katsu"
Another loud explosion took place, sending dust everywhere.
But the bird had exploded even before it had reached Neji, but the explosion was big enough to hurt him so Neji jumped backwards and then waited for the smoke to clear.
But he didn't need to because a big gust of wind followed the explosion, sending the dust away.
Deidara was standing on another big bird, high up in the sky but Neji could see him clearly because of his Byakugan. Deidara still had that grin on his face.
"If this wears off, then I will just have to wait for it to, yeah? Till then I shall send you my little pieces of art, to entertain you, un."
Another group of clay birds flew towards him, making Neji's eyes widened. If they all explode together then he surely wasn't going to be lucky.
He turned and then, pushing chakra in to his legs ran away from the birds. Successfully dodging one, he jumped to the other direction hoping to get away from the blast.
Another one blasted right next to him sending him crashing into the big rocks some feet away from him.
Coughing, he tried to get up but was stopped by a bone crushing punch which was delivered onto his jaw. Blood poured out of his mouth, his back hit the rock again, painfully.
"Look at that, I can move my hand again, yeah"
Neji coughed, the blond artist was mocking him. Deidara laughed cruelly, before shaking his hand to put emphasis on what he had said earlier.
"You are a fool, yeah. If you hadn't told me that this would wear off then you probably would have had a chance to hit me, un"
Neji cursed himself for his foolishness, not openly of course. He didn't want to show any weakness before the blond Akatsuki. Suddenly Deidara seemed to space out for a moment and then a grin came back to his face. A leaned his head down a little and his grin widened.
Another blow was delivered to Neji's torso sending Neji spiraling to his right. Neji coughed out some more blood, and then sat up and opened his eyes, only to see a clay bird flying towards him.
He couldn't move. Fear had already engulfed his whole body. There was no way for him to dodge his attack; he was too tired to move.
The bird came closer and then exploded a few feet away from him and then, Neji could fell a great amount of pain and then all he could see was black.
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27th September,
4: 55 pm,
Outskirts of Sunagakure, Northern Dessert
Konohagakure no Tenten sighed as Ino cursed again when she hit her foot another stone, Ami just giggled as she watched the two.
They were away from the fighting now -or at least they thought they were- because now they couldn't hear the explosion anymore. It was almost like the fighting had stopped.
"Ino, stop cursing"
"But these stupid stones keep getting in the way and make me lose my footing."
"Then, why don't you start by watching where you are going."
"Because… um… Shut up, Tenten"
"Why? Don't have anything to say?"
Ino scoffed and the turned away from Tenten's face which now had a big smirk on it. Ami smiled as she watched the two, it was almost like all the fighting never happened.
"My, my look what we have here. A group of fucking konoichis fighting with each other."
All three of their eyes widened and they quickly turned around to look at the person who had just spoken. A tall figure stood on a big chunk of rock, behind them.
Akatsuki no Hidan.
Ami gasped and then stumbled back, making Tenten move backwards too. Ino just stared at Hidan, looking scared and not knowing what to do.
"Now instead of fighting with each other, why don't you fight with me?"
"What do you want from us?"
"Nothing much, but now is the time for me to give Jashin-sama his daily offerings and you people are the only ones here who have blood and can scream, t will be fun tearing you apart!."
Tenten's eyes widened, understanding what Hidan meant by what he had said. But before she could say anything more, Hidan was suddenly standing right before Ami holding his sword over his shoulder.
"Move"
But a powerful blow sent Ami flying halfway across from them, making her almost instantly lose consciousness and a small trail of blood flow down from her face.
"Ami!"
"Don't fucking worry about her, you should fucking worry about yourselves."
Tenten glared and then took out a kunai from her pouch and sent it flying towards the Akatsuki member, but it was deflected even before it reaching close to him.
"A fucking pathetic attack"
Tenten's eyes widened and then she took a step back, trying to think about what to do. She turned her head to her right and then looked at Ino who was just staring at Hidan, looking dazed.
"Ino! What do we do now?"
Tenten whispered to Ino, Ino just continued looking at Hidan, who was just standing there grinning; now she just looked scared.
"I don't know"
Tenten cursed, they were going to die, and this guy looked blood thirsty and would probably kill them without a second thought.
"I am fucking getting tired of waiting, are you fucking not going to attack me?" Hidan charged, "If u won't fuck attack me I will attack you!" he laughed and Tenten wasn't fast enough.
"Tenten!"
Tenten was now just laying there in a big pool of her own blood, a distance behind Ino. She wasn't moving anymore, she looked as good as dead by judging the strength in that blow received by her.
Ino almost cried but didn't see Ami and Tenten get up, she didn't see Ami reach for Tenten and hold her shoulder.
"Looks like you're next, fucking blonde"
Hidan's hand twitched and reached for his sword making Ino gulp. She almost thought about begging for her life but that would do her any good, Akatsuki members were merciless.
Besides she was a konoichi and she was not going to beg for her life, Ninjas live with the constant fear of dying, so why should she be afraid.
Ino leapt back to dodge the swing by Hidan, if she was a second too late she would have been killed by now but right when she landed, she lost her footing.
Her eyes widened again.
What now?
She could see Hidan's shadow come over her and she gripped her hands when she saw his tainted smirk. No she couldn't give up now.
"Well, aren't we freaking clumsy?"
Her ankle hurt and she so badly wanted to sleep. Her breath was coming out in small puffs and now she was feeling so cold. Her wound was opening again.
"Time to die and become an offering to Jashin-sama"
Ino gasped and then in a quick motion brought her hands in to a small circle hand sign and then pushed her chakra, this was the last one. She directed her remaining amount of chakra into her hand and inhaled. Oh Kami-sama please let this work! Please.
"Shintenshin no Jutsu"
"Ino!"
Tenten gasped, Hidan looked like he had struck her. Ami was holding Tenten tightly in her arms and her hands tightened some more when she saw Ino's eyes roll to the back of her head.
But Hidan was now just standing there, not moving. Tenten was sure Ino had used a jutsu but which one? All she could do now was hope that Ino was okay.
Hidan raised his head now, his face looking scared and then he turned his face towards Ami and Tenten and his eyes widened. His mouth moved by no words came out; he looked like he was petrified. His hands gripped his sword tightly and he took a step back.
And then in the next instant, he disappeared.
"Ino"
Ami pulled Tenten up and then moved both of them towards Ino and when they reached her the both fell down next to her. Ami pulled Ino's head into her lap and then brushed her bands away from her face.
"What happen to Ino?"
"I wish I could answer, Ami"
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27th September,
4: 59 pm,
North of Sunagakure, Northern dessert.
Konohagakure no Nara Shikamaru tightened his kunai pouch as he continued to limp his way to a place he didn't know. He had somehow managed to escape his battle when a loud explosion had taken place right next to them; he knew Neji and that blond Akatsuki member where having their fight there.
But after some time their fight had stopped and Shikamaru began to fear the worst. What would happen to them if Neji died?
Shikamaru shook his head and then continued to move forwards in an agonizingly slow pace. He was so tired and almost completely beaten up. He lightly raised his head and then looked up to see the clouds. The clouds were small and really high up and it was becoming dark.
He hoped that everyone was okay.
He sighed and then pushed himself forwards again, it was best if he moved away, if that Akatsuki member finds him now, he was a goner.
"Shikamaru?"
He swiftly turned his head to the sound of the voice only to see an Akatsuki member standing there, looking different than he was supposed to.
Shikamaru stood straight and then pulled out his katana from its sheath, glaring at the person, "How do you know my name?"
The blond Akatsuki member's eyes widened and then he looked like he was taken aback. He shifted and then held his sword tighter.
"Shikamaru"
Shikamaru glared harder, and then proceeded to think about what to do now, this guy looked evil and wasn't going to spare him for sure. But something was wrong with this guy.
"Shikamaru, it is me"
"What are you going on about?"
The Akatsuki member looked down and moved back only a little and then raised his head and stared at him. Shikamaru blinked and then narrowed his eyes.
"Shikamaru, it's me Ino"
"What?"
Shikamaru's eyes widened and then he continued to stare at Hidan. Hidan stepped closer and placed his sword next to him.
"What happened to you Ino?"
"You believe me?"
"Well, I doubt an Akatsuki member would act like that."
Hidan gasped and then threw himself at Shikamaru and held him close, tightly giving him a hug. Shikamaru's eyes widened.
"Get off me!"
Hidan gasped and then stepped back leaving some space between himself and the Konoha member. Shikamaru shifted uncomfortably, I mean how was he suppose to act when an Akatsuki member was hugging him.
"Well… um sorry I was just-"
"It's okay, um now I am sure you aren't Hidan"
A big grin appeared on Hidan's face making him look even more evil, even that grin didn't help him look nice. Shikamaru sighed now what were they suppose to do?
"How did this happen?"
"I used the Shintenshin no jutsu on Hidan"
"And it worked?"
"Well, yeah I am in this body now and gosh how can you guys be, so muscular and this body is just so weird."
"That won't do", Hidan blinked and raised his eyebrow, "What do you mean?"
"You have to start acting like Hidan if you want to go through this and when the hell is your body?" Shikamaru asked, and then sighed again.
"It's near Ami and Tenten, they'll take care of it, I think, I came from that direction", Hidan lifted his figure and pointed westwards, "About five Kilometers"
"What?"
"The fight, Hidan attacked us and then hit Ami really hard and then hit Tenten on her wound and the attacked me, and I didn't have any chose but to use this jutsu and then I ran out of there searching for you."
Shikamaru sighed, "Okay, so now start acting like Hidan after you get it, I'll go and search for your body and maybe meet Ami and Tenten along with it."
"How does Hidan act, I only know that he is blood thirsty and curses with every sentence?"
"And he worships Jashin"
Hidan blinked and then nodded, thinking about everything Shikamaru had said, "Then what?"
"We are going to have to tell the other and you are going to have to act like one of them, that literally means no getting scared and then start cursing, Ino. And on the good side, you can find out more about them and tell us everything, and maybe you can make Sakura come back."
Hidan's eyes saddened when he heard Sakura's name and Shikamaru just continued, "Just don't get caught, Ino"
Hidan nodded and grinned, "Don't worry about that-"
"Hidan"
Shikamaru's eyes widened and then he turned behind him to find Kakuzu standing behind him and next to him stood the same demonic tiger shadow, it's tail wagging.
"What are you doing here Hidan?"
"Fuck, Kakuzu I was about to kill this guy until you came in the middle." Hidan's eyes were unfocused; if Kakuzu was standing a big closer then he could have seen it.
Good, Ino keep acting like that.
"When are you going to stop cursing Hidan?"
"Fuck you"
Shikamaru stepped back and then looked t the two of them, Hidan looked almost like himself expect for his eyes which were looking different and Kakuzu looked like he didn't notice anything different.
"Now why don't I finish this guy so we can get going?"
Hidan's eyes widened only a fraction and his grip tightened on the sword, "NO, I'll do it."
Kakuzu's eyes narrowed, "You seem to be acting differently, Hidan"
"Really? Fuck maybe you are fucking imagining it."
Hidan sure looked different and Kakuzu glared and then spaced out for a moment, but so did Hidan. Shikamaru watched them, but mostly Hidan.
"We have to go; maybe we shall continue this later"
Shikamaru caught Hidan's eyes and saw that he looked scared, only a little. What was Ino suppose to do now? Kakuzu stepped closer.
"Let's go Hidan."
A fire ball hit the ground in front of Shikamaru making him fly back from the impact; it probably came from that tiger. After the dust cleared Hidan and Kakuzu were nowhere to be seen.
Shikamaru shifted and then looked at the direction where Ino had said that her body was, sighing he pushed chakra into his feet and then started to run.
It was best if he got there quick. This mission was getting very troublesome.
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27th September,
5: 01 pm,
Outskirts of Sunagakure, Northern Dessert
"How much longer, Karin?"
"Stop whining, Suigetsu"
"I will when we get there, red-haired bitch!" Karin jumped on him, starting to hit his head really hard, "Don't you ever call me that again, you heard me? I will kick your ass to space!"
"You won't even be able to kick my ass till there, how can you expect to kick my ass into space? And Bitch! Get the hell off me! You are fucking heavy!" Karin fumed and continued to hit Suigetsu as he tried to pull her off of him.
Sasuke glared at the tall man and then sighed; this was getting out of hand. Karin and Suigetsu were arguing since they had started.
Naruto, for one, would have grinned at the look on Sasuke's face if they weren't in this situation. He jumped from the rock he was standing on and then got into step with Sasuke.
"Do you think the others are okay?"
Sasuke turned and then shook his head; it was obvious, they were fighting Akatsuki for goodness sake, they would have been very lucky even to be alive.
"Hey I can sense three chakras in this direction, think it might be your friends."
Sasuke nodded and then followed Karin in the direction.
After a few minutes of running they could see three figures in a distance. Two of them were sitting and one was standing. After getting a bit closer they could see that another figure was lying down.
"Shikamaru!"
Naruto was the first one of recognize the figure standing and Shikamaru raised his head and looked in their direction a smile coming to his face.
"Naruto, Sasuke"
Shikamaru stepped closer and then nodded, before turning back to looked at the people sitting. Ami's eyes had widened when she had heard Sasuke's name and was now turning around looking at him.
"Sasuke-kun!"
"Ami"
Karin blinked and then looked at the purple haired girl sitting down, her eyes narrowed. Who was this girl talking to Sasuke like she knows him?
"Who is she?" But no one answered her and Karin just glared at everyone.
"Ano, what happen to Ino?"
Shikamaru moved uncomfortably, and then ran a hand through his hair and scratched, "She is in an Akatsuki members body"
"What?"
"She used that jutsu, Shintenshin no jutsu, and got inside Hidan's body", Sasuke's eyes narrowed. Why would Ino do such a thing?
"But that's hardly possible but what if something happens to her? What if she gets caught?"
"I don't know but nothing has happen to her body till now, so she must be okay"
Naruto nodded, "What about you, are you okay?"
"I'm not all that hurt"
Naruto grinned and nodded and then leaned down to stare at Tenten and Ami.
"Geez, I'm fine too thanks for asking, Naruto", Naruto grinned nervously and scratched the back of his head and reeled back from her glare.
"Hehe, Tenten, I was going to ask."
"Sure you were, Naruto, sure you were."
Karin, Suigetsu and Juugo just stood there not talking. Karin was currently glaring at the purple haired girl who was staring at Sasuke.
"What happen to Sakura? Did you get her?"
The instantly saddened atmosphere was not hard to find out. Naruto's smile had slipped out of his face and Sasuke had just moved his gaze somewhere else.
"I am guessing you didn't get her."
"So what huh? We will get her next time, Sakura-chan was just waiting for us to get her wasn't she, Teme?"
Sasuke couldn't meet his gaze; his face could not be read. He was just glaring at his feet, Tenten smiled, "Hey don't worry about it, now we need to find the others."
"Are you sure Tenten? Can you walk?"
"Yeah, it is just two broken ribs, don't worry about it, Ami almost healed it but she ran out of chakra."
Naruto blinked and then turned his gaze towards Ami who was still looking at Sasuke, waiting for him to look her way.
"Ami, what about you are you okay?"
"Yes, I am Naruto-kun, just a twisted arm, that's all"
"Oh, okay"
Naruto grinned faintly, at her and then stood up straight and then turned to look at Sasuke, "What now?"
"We find the others." Sasuke looked forward.
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27th September,
5: 08 pm,
Sunagakure, Hokage tower
The Kazekage-sama glared at the new brought to him from his messenger. His eyes narrowed and he glared deep and hard, clearing showing his anger with the message give to him.
"What the fuck do you mean by that? The elders don't want us to help them? Are you fucking mad?-"
"Enough Kankuro"
Kankuro cursed again before shutting up and folded his arms across his chest, his face was twisted into a frown and his eyes held too much of anger. Garra looked at the messenger, making him squirm unconsciously.
"Now tell me… why wouldn't the elder want us not to help when this includes Konohagakure ninjas and the Akatsuki? Konohagakure is one of our comrades and allies we cannot just abandon them like this."
"I don't…don't know why Kazekage-sama"
"You might as well!" Garra had never raised his voice above than that was needed. He had never felt the need to shot at anyone mostly because there was practically no one in the first place. His childhood consisted of sadness and loneliness. His early childhood was spent killing people like in the chunnin exams.
And for the first time, Garra felt mad, he felt like tearing something apart preferably the elder's heads. He felt like killing someone, he hadn't felt like this since his early childhood, before he met Uzumaki Naruto.
Naruto was sunshine, laughter and a hero and he was just there ever time you needed him and that was called being a hero. If he wouldn't have been there then Garra would have never been able to take over his inner demons who asked him to kill. Without Naruto he wouldn't have possible been able to know that there were other purposes in life, better ones.
"Fine. You may leave"
The messenger nodded and literally scrambled out of the room, his face showed fear. Kankuro glared some more, he really wanted to break something right now.
The door suddenly opened and in came a very annoyed Kiba, "What the hell are you still doing here? Shouldn't you be making arrangements for us to save them?"
Garra sighed, moved his arms in front of him and stared at the man, "We are going to have to take the permission of the elders and currently I suppose there is discussion going on between them."
Kiba glared, "What discussion? You don't have to consult them too do you?"
"The case does involve the Akatsuki doesn't it? Well then, we must think hard about letting our most powerful ninja's to fight them-"
"Bullshit! We are your allies! Don't you need to help us? I thought when Takahashi-san came here you said you would help us! And so what is the Akatsuki is involved? Aren't they enemies? Don't you want to get rid of them once and for all?"
"We wouldn't have come here in the first place! But then the sandstorm changed its course and headed north so we turned, if we knew you wouldn't have helped us then we wouldn't have come here!"
Garra reeled back as he saw Kiba shout, he wanted to help them or how much he did. But he couldn't not without the elder's permission but right now he was considering disobeying their order.
The others had entered the room now, Shino tried to calm Kiba down but it was of no use, Kiba continued growing even angrier, "Naruto is involved! What if something happens to him?"
Garra shifted and got up, moving he walked towards Kiba, "Where are you going?" Kankuro had witnessed the whole shouting, he watched as his brother stopped and turned to look at him, "I'm going to help them."
He said it like it was the mort simple thing to understand, Kankuro grinned, "You're not listening to the elders, this might just cast you your place as Kazekage."
"I asked they're opinion, they gave them. Now it is time for me to do what I feel like doing. Get Temari, she might come in handy. And you, take care of the elders"
Kankuro stood there grinning as he watched them go out of the room, Kiba's face had lighted up and his scowl had been replaced with a grin. After some time Kankuro realized what Garra had said, "Oh Kami no, why do I have to take care of those old geezers?"
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(1)Suiton: Water release
A/N: You guys really didn't think that I would Sakura jump off with Sasuke and make them both make out in a bush did you? I mean seriously? That would just be pathetic! But then again, I do have a story line and a plot and I have already played out the whole story in my head! So sorry about it.
Poll: Should I kill a person in this story or shouldn't I? Do answer guys I want to know!
Rant: Ahh! Every time I write Garra, he reminds me of awesome-chan! Because she is oh so cool! I am your slave! And yes we shall rule the world someday; do you want to join our epic quest? And Cherry-chan finally replied! Did you know that both of you are the loves of my freaking life? And that includes QS-chan too because she is awesome!!
Rant: I got myself a BETA yes, yes, do bow down to my awesomeness!
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Well okay… not many reviewers but I am thankful because you guys make me happy and fuzzy inside and make me want to write faster because all of you are oh so cool! I worship you. And I noticed that all of my old reviewers aren't reviewing don't you like this story anymore?
Review people, please? Is that too much to ask for some feedback?
New stories: One-shot!
Waiting on moments: //AU. SasuSaku// He had fallen for her when he was five and didn't know her name. When he was eighteen years old he finally had her in his arms. He wasn't Prince Charming but he was her Knight in shining armor. //OOC Sasuke and maybe an OOC Sakura. Enjoy//
Obscure Illusion: //AU, SasuSaku// Haruno Sakura is the girl who has held his heart captive since kindergarten, when she hit you can called you 'a big fat meanie' for taking Naruto's crayon. //Slight lemon//
That's it guys! Review please? I will write faster.