Birthday Disaster chapter 13
Itachi and Kisame were sitting down to rest. Itachi was against a tree, while Kisame was cleaning his bloody sword. It was a lot of work, running for an hour with two kids on your back.
Then, Itachi heard a rustle from behind him in the bushes.
"Did you hear that?" Itachi asked Kisame. He nodded and looked around.
Suddenly, kunai's were being thrown from all directions. Kakashi and Sasuke came out from behind a tree ready to fight. Sakura, Temari and Kankuro checked on Gaara and Naruto.
Sakura took Gaara off of Naruto and checked his injuries. Gaara had cuts all over his body, and he was completely out of chakra. His head had a huge bump on its side, and his back was a full painting of black and blue. Sakura explained his condition to Temari and Kankuro and got to work.
First, she healed all the cuts and bruises that were on his chest. She continued to his arms and legs.
Temari watched as all the bruises were getting smaller and smaller until they vanished. Soon, Gaara's eyes were opening.
"W-Will he be….o-okay?" Gaara asked. Temari and Kankuro looked of in surprise, not expecting to hear his voice.
"I don't know yet" Sakura said.
"S-Save our…brother" He said, and lost consciousness. Sakura heard this and quickly checked on Naruto.
He was lying face down, so she flipped him over, his head on her lap. As far as her eyes could tell, she saw that there were bruises on his neck, where you could tell a hand had grabbed him. Naruto had cuts on his cheeks as well as his arms.
She healed those first, and started to get tired, mostly because she had started with Gaara. She didn't know if she could heal him all the way.
Sakura healed the bruise that were upon his neck, but not enough for it to competly to go away, considering she didn't know anymore of the damage that could possibly be around his body.
'Why isn't the Kyuubi healing any of these?' Sakura thought. She knew of its powers and couldn't figure out why.
Sakura opened his shirt to reveal a bleeding stomach. The Chidori Itachi used had caused his skin to burn and go deep. The Kyuubi had healed a little of that.
She quickly bent over and put both hands over his body. Green chakra filled the area with the surge of power, while it started healing the wound little by little.
Sasuke and Kakashi were fighting now. Luckily, none of them were hurt…yet. Itachi received a blow from Sasuke, while Kisame was bleeding from his shoulder. Kakashi had gotten around his with a shadow clone and cut him with a kunai. All four of them were breathing heavily.
Kisame ran towards Kakashi with his sword held high. Kakashi stood still till the last, possible, moment, and then jumped into the tree. He ran a few trees away, as Kisame followed.
The air had gotten chillier.
Sasuke and Itachi were three feet apart, staring at each other, waiting for someone to make the first move. Then, Sasuke pulled out his katana and showed Itachi his bloody sword. He hadn't cleaned it since its last encounter.
Sasuke charged at his older brother, leaving deep foot prints in his tracks. Itachi disappeared and reappeared right behind Sasuke. It reminded Sasuke of how he first left Sakura on the bench before he left.
He activated his Sharingan and moved out of the way. Before Itachi knew it, Sasuke was behind HIM with a Chidori.
Itachi tried to move out of the way. It proved difficult as Sasukes Chidori hit his shoulder, but only enough to make his cry out in pain. After trying to stop the bleeding, Itachi yelled "Kisame! Retreat!"
Itachi ran towards Kisame, leaving a blood trail. He caught up and disappeared.
Sasuke curse, and walked to where Kakashi had been. Kakashi was on the ground, bleeding from his arms. He was laid up against a tree, clutching his chafed arm. Kisame had done a deal, by shaving his skin off. Sasuke appeared at the scene and ran up to him. He grabbed Kakashi unharmed arm, and put it around his neck. They both walked to where Sakura and everyone else were.
When they arrived, Sakura was still healing Naruto's stomach. It was pretty deep, and had ruptured a lot of arteries. Kankuro and Temari' hands were over Sakuras, lending her their chakra. Naruto's wound was healing slowly. His breathing was becoming less and less, his heartbeat slowing.
"No! Naruto stay with me!" Sakura yelled and put more chakra into her hands. Sasuke put Kakashi down by a nearby tree and helped Sakura out. When Sasuke put his hands over Kankuros, the chakra was raging. Sasuke had a lot of chakra so Temari and Kankuro pulled away, as to save theirs from running low.
Naruto's heart beat and breathing was still very slow, but it was stable. He still had many cuts and scraps, but there wasn't enough chakra to even touch them up a bit. Kankuro carried Naruto; Temari help Kakashi, and Sasuke carried both Sakura and Gaara. Sasuke held Sakura bridal style while Gaara was on his back.
Talk about pain.
They both headed to Konaha so Lady Tsunade could give the final verdict on how they would do.