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Misaki's POV
We had been traveling for some time, occasionally stopping to carve arrows in the trees for Choji to come find us.
"…There haven't been any traps here. I wonder what they're playing at." I quietly noticed.
"They're underestimating us. They think that the only one who will be following them is that Jiroubo. No one sets traps against their own teammate." Neji informed me.
"What? How dare they underestimate me? I'll kill them!" A vein throbbed in Naruto's temple when he heard that he was being belittled.
"But, this could give us the upper hand." Shikamaru smirked.
"Ugh, Jiroubo is taking forever." Kidomaru sighed. (A/N: The guy with six arms. I don't want to refer to him, Tayuya, and Sakon/Ukon as the spider guy, the potty-mouth, and the two-headed guy so I'll just use their names from now on.)
"Hey, guys. I've defeated them." Kidomaru turned to see Jiroubo's form quickly moving closer.
"What took so long you inferior dickhead?" Tayuya raged once he had come within earshot, "Get over here and carry the coffin."
"Yeah…" Jiroubo nodded and moved to take the coffin from Kidomaru. Kidomaru's eyes narrowed suspiciously at how easily Jiroubo took Tayuya's instructions.
Kidomaru jumped back, away from 'Jiroubo', "Jiroubo why are you being so obedient today?'
"Eh?" 'Jiroubo' seemed confused.
"Sorry, but I can't let you carry this coffin." Kidomaru tossed the coffin to Tayuya who caught it easily, "You're not Jiroubo."
"Hmph." 'Jiroubo' pulled out a kunai and charged at Kidomaru.
"Sakon and Tayuya, you guys go on ahead! I'll take care of this guy." Kidomaru easily blocked his slash. He smirked at the scowl on 'Jiroubo's' face, "Jiroubo always warns Tayuya for her use of words."
There was a puff of smoke as 'Jiroubo' transformed back into Shikamaru. He smirked, "I see."
"Ninja Law: Spider Chain," Kidomaru spit a spider web at Shikamaru sending him flying back into the tree behind him, he was held there due to the web Kidomaru had attached to him.
"Don't underestimate me!" I heard Naruto's familiar yell, Kidomaru looked up to see Naruto's shadow clones flying at him.
"Ninja Law: Spider Web Opening." He easily created a web that acted like a net between him and Naruto.
"Take this you creep!" While, he was distracted I jumped out of the tree I was hiding in and launched myself at him landing a good punch to the side of his face. He flew off the branch he was standing on.
"Now's your chance, Kiba!" Naruto yelled from his little net. "He can't dodge while he's in the air!"
"Piercing Fang!" Kiba shot out of the trees aiming at Kidomaru.
"Hmph, nice try kid." I scowled when I noticed Kidomaru had attached his threads the tree branch I was on. He easily yanked on them and pulled himself out of the way of Kiba's attack.
"You think, I'll let you escape?" Kiba skid to a stop on one of the tree branches.
'My words exactly, take a look at your feet." Kidomaru smirked. I noticed that Kiba had thoroughly tangled his feet into Kidomaru's web. When I took down I noticed that I had gotten tangled too when I wasn't noticed. I gaped, when did that happen?
"Hehe, bet you didn't see that coming did you?" Kidomaru sneered at us. I smirked when I noticed Neji had lunged from the tree he was in and was coming after Kidomaru.
Kidomaru noticed the presence behind him at the last second; he easily swung to a different thread successfully evading Neji's attack.
He turned and spit a web in Neji's direction, instantly trapping him in his web. "I'm gonna turn you into a cocoon right here." Kidomaru tightened the threads completely encasing Neji in a solid cocoon.
"Neji! Ugh…" I pulled a kunai from my pouch and bent down to try to saw the threads from my feet. I frowned when I noticed they wouldn't cut but instead just stretched the more I pulled at them.
"Why won't these webs cut?" Naruto yelled. He seemed to be trying the same thing I was.
"My webs are unbreakable; they can support the weight of two elephants." Kidomaru smirked. "Heh, Shadow Clones, eh?" His cheeks filled up with what I assumed to be his threads, he chewed thoughtfully. He then opened his mouth and stuck hid fingers inside pulling them out one by one to reveal a new kind of thread. Instead, of the usual pale, milky color these where more of a golden color. I grimaced, realizing that these threads had all come from his mouth…and they were touching me…
"This is beyond gross…" I muttered to myself. I watched as he bit down on the threads disconnecting them from his mouth.
"What's he going to do with that?" Shikamaru murmured. I grimly watched as they froze into the form of some sort of club except with a curved tip.
"Hehe, you're my first prey so I'll play with you first." Kidomaru pointed at Naruto's clones in the net. "Let's play the guess the body game, okay?" Kidomaru pick up one of his clubs, a chucked it at one of the Naruto's in the net. The club easily impaled Naruto, I gasped.
"Naruto!" I yelled. I let out a breath of relief as the clone dissipated into a puff of smoke.
"Hm, then this one next!" Kidomaru chucked another one of his clubs at one of the clones; I flinched openly but then breathed out when the clone dissipated. There were only four clones left in the net; the next hit would be a 25% chance of Kidomaru getting the real Naruto.
"Naruto! Do something! Get out of there!" I shouted, "He might actually hit you next!"
"Wow, what a lucky guy, then next we'll do two at once. It's a fifty percent chance this way!" Kidomaru smiled sadistically. He chucked his two clubs at the Narutos. They instantly dissipated in a puff of smoke.
"He's soooo lucky!" Kidomaru laughed loudly, as if it was actually funny, "But this time it's going to be one of them."
He threw another club at one of the clones, it easily dissipated again. I trembled as I watched helplessly; the last clone had to be Naruto.
"Well, he actually made it to the end but right now the game's gonna end." Kidomaru chucked the last club at Naruto. I screamed and closed my eyes not wanting to see the demise of my closest friend. I startled when I heard the familiar sound of a clone vanishing.
I opened my eyes just in time to see Naruto aiming a punch at Kidomaru. He easily blocked it and jumped out of the way. He used one of his threads to wrap around Naruto's wrist; he yanked on the thread pulling Naruto off the branch he was on and towards him. Just as Naruto fell off his branch, there was a blur of white and brown which I soon recognized as Neji. What really startled me was how he had cut the thread that was attached to Naruto's wrist. I gaped and stared at him as he deftly caught Naruto and returned him to safety.
I realized that he had also freed Kiba and Shikamaru while I was distracted with Naruto. He easily cut the threads wrapped around my shins for me with a quick swipe.
"How…how did you do that?" I was awestruck. Neji just smirked.
"Things that are made of chakra can be destroyed by simply putting chakra into it." He explained simply. "It looks like this guy can only be dealt with using my Jyuuken. You guys go."
I thought for a minute. So that's what Father was trying to teach me…looks like that guy actually did teach me something useful for once. The silence was a bit tense as we wondered whether it would be okay to leave Neji alone to deal with this guy. He was way stronger than the fat guy from before. But then again, Neji was pretty strong; he was a genius at the Jyuuken. It was truly a pity he wasn't born into the main branch. It only took me a minute to decide that it would be okay to leave Neji here. He could deal with it. I had to believe in my teammates.
"Neji…you better beat this guy. As a fellow scout, it would be a shame if you were to lose." I surprised him by speaking first. I gave him a grin and the 'nice guy' pose. He gave me a strange look and a shadow of a smile before he nodded.
"Naruto..." Neji spoke breaking the silence. "You have better eyes than me. You're the only one who can stop Sasuke."
I smiled; it was true in a way. Naruto did have great eyes. He could see past any mask you put up. Well, he was a bit dense but he always had good intentions. He understood Sasuke on a level that no one could understand, they were like brothers, best friends, and rivals, and enemies all at the same time. It was complicated and impossible to understand.
"Alright, let's get going. The more time spent here, the farther Sasuke gets." Shikamaru nodded and jumped off to the trees. Naruto and Kiba followed shortly.
"Neji." I caught his attention, "Don't lose." I patted his shoulder before quickly followed after Naruto and Kiba. I realized that this was a mission and this could truly be the last time I saw him. Even if I didn't know him very well Neji was an excellent ninja and I felt a bit of respect for him. I just hope he survives.
"Looks like it's only the four of us left." Kiba sighed heavily as we jumped from tree to tree.
"Don't worry Neji and Choji will catch up soon." Naruto smirked knowingly, "I can tell because Choji has his trump card and I fought Neji before in the Chuunin Exams."
"So what?" Kiba asked.
"He is a true genius." Naruto said solemnly. I cocked my head. That was true Neji really was amazing.
I paused, I felt a disturbance, someone was nearby if I listened closely enough I could feel the vibrations, "Guys…I think we've caught up to them.'
"Yeah, I can smell them. We're close." Kiba sniffled confirming the smell of the enemy.
"We've got two more enemies, so it's 4 vs. 2. If we do this right we can finish this in the next encounter." Shikamaru informed us.
"No. It's 5 vs. 2." Kiba replied, Akamaru barked in agreement. "Let's finish them with our new move, Akamaru!"
"Don't worry if things get tight we can just use my Shadow Clone Jutsu." Naruto bragged. I chuckled openly; they were such knuckle-heads.
"That's good to hear, but strategy comes first, got it?" Shikamaru said firmly.
"Heh, looks like we finally caught you, ne?" I stopped on the tree branch directly in front of what was left of the Sound Four. I smirked at the annoyed looks on there faces.
"Dammit, what were Jiroubo and Kidomaru doing?" Tayuya cursed.
"What else would they be doing? Losing, of course." My comment only seemed to annoy her even more.
Before she could say anything her teammate stepped forward, "Yeah, yeah. I'll kill you all within seconds anyway." He lunged at us with impressive speed, enough to rival my own. I barely had enough time to dodge the punch he aimed at me.
"There!" Naruto threw a kunai in his direction which he easily dodged. Naruto summoned a clone which he instantly started to form the Rasengan with
He made a seal before he lunged at us again, "Mach Punch!" He threw a flurry of punches; I jumped in front of Naruto covering for him as I was hit numerous times.
"Hehe," I laughed before my figure exploded in a puff of smoke. He looked around bewildered before noticing that Naruto had already completed the Rasengan with his clone
Before Naruto could hit him with the Rasengan, he stepped forward and grabbed his arm. The ball of chakra instantly vanished. "If I grab your arm before you let that thing go, then its checkmate." He smirked.
"Piercing Fang!" Kiba came from behind 'Naruto' just as the clone exploded. Ukon managed to doge right in time. He gasped when he realized Kiba wasn't aiming for him in the first place, he was flying right for the coffin directly behind Ukon.
"You won't get us with a dirty trick like that!" Ukon ran at Tayuya trying to grab the coffin.
Tayuya tried to dodge only to find herself caught in Shikamaru's Shadow Bind Jutsu. Shikamaru moved she was directly in front of the coffin. "Shit…dammit!" she cursed.
"Tayuya, get out of the way!" Ukon yelled right before crashing into her. Kiba stopped right in front of her, easily twisting to grab Sasuke's coffin and tossing it in my direction. I easily caught it.
"Success! Let's get out of here now!" I jumped away from their direction.
"You little fuckers…" I heard Tayuya yelled after us. I turned to stick my tongue out at her. I was surprised to see Ukon already up…and he had activated his curse seal.
"YOU'E NOT GETTING AWAY!" He rushed at us. I frowned, he was faster than before.
"Wow, he's already gaining on us. And he's faster…" I murmured.
"Akamaru!" Kiba handed Akamaru an exploding tag, Akamaru barked his understanding before jumping out of his jacket and unto a tree branch, placing an exploding tag there. "Hurry up, when you're done setting the trap."
Akamaru tried to hurry back in our direction when the tree branch snapped under him; he faltered briefly letting out a loud whine.
"Akamaru, run! The tag is gonna blow!" I yelled. Kiba rushed forward trying to make it to his dog before the tag exploded. I noticed that Ukon was getting ever closer.
"KIBA!" I yelled just as the tag exploded.
"Dammit…" Naruto and Shikamaru cursed. I was relieved when Kiba emerged from the smoke tightly holding Akamaru to him. I gasped when I noticed that Ukon had also emerged from the smoke, and they were falling into the large crevice in the ground we had gone over.
"Look, the other's coming!" I was alerted that Tayuya was running at us full speed.
"This is really not good…" I mumbled to myself as I set down the coffin getting ready to fight. But, seriously? She really just had to get up again?
"Misaki, Naruto, take the coffin and go, I'll take care of this." Shikamaru ushered us off.
"But…Shikamaru…" I attempted to protest.
"Hurry!" Shikamaru yelled. I was about to say something back before I was interrupted.
"What? Why did you…Kimimaro!" Tayuya yelled in surprise. It was only then did I notice that there was another close presence behind us.
"How…how did he sneak up on me…?" I spun around to face the white-haired man behind us known as Kimimaro. "Hey!" I yelled as he knocked the coffin out of the tree we were on. He pushed off the branch we were on and grabbed the coffin before it could hit the ground. Before I knew it he was in a different tree a few yards away from us.
"So fast…" I gaped at the sheer speed. I was the fastest on this team but even I couldn't beat that.
Everyone stood in tense silence waiting for Kimimaro to speak, even Tayuya. I felt inclined to wait for him for some reason, he radiated authority.
"You're too late, Tayuya…" Kimimaro finally spoke, "Also, where are the other three? You, who were once one of the 'five'."
"You…why are you…you're body is no longer…?" Tayuya tripped over her words. I cocked an eyebrow, why was she so afraid of this guy?
"I'm not moving with my body anymore, this is the power of my will." He answered easily. I perked up at that, what did he mean by power of will?
"I can understand now, this is the form of my consciousness that isn't bound by the body any longer. It's as if I've touched the lining of Orochimaru-sama's dream."
"Orochimaru?" I growled angrily. That snake guy? He really grated on my nerves. Naruto seemed equally angrily at the mention of that guy's name.
"This is an important vessel for that dream…but you were a little too late, Tayuya." Kimimaro set his hand down on the coffin. His eyes narrowed into a sinister glare at Tayuya, she visibly flinched.
"Hey, you! Quit babbling senseless things! Give back Sasuke!" Naruto jumped at Kimimaro. I was more than surprised when Tayuya jumped in front of him and sent a bone-crushing punch at Naruto, hitting him squarely in the jaw. He was sent flying in our direction; I barely caught him in time preventing him from crashing into the tree behind us.
"Tayuya…" Kimimaro called out to Tayuya as she landed on a branch below us, "the reason I have yet to kill you is because you still have a mission to accomplish by staying alive…take out those three trashes over there." With that he jumped away with the coffin leaving us behind to deal with Tayuya.
"What? You dare to call me trash? You bastard, I'll skin you alive." I called out angrily after his quickly retreating figure.
"Calm down, Misaki." Shikamaru called out to me. I huffed but obeyed and sunk into silence.
"I clean you pieces of shit up in seconds!" Tayuya taunted us.
"I have a plan; from now on do what I say." Shikamaru said, I nodded and leaned into listening to what he had to say.
"Hmph, what can you guys possibly come up with? A stereotypical close-ranged idiot who can only fight using Shadow Clones and a useless piece of trash ho loves the shadows!" she called out.
I smirked, "What are about me, eh? You have no idea what I can do."
She scowled, "Shut up!" I watched as she pulled a flute out a slit in her dress.
"Let's go!" Shikamaru shouted. "It's 3 on 1, there's nothing we can't accomplish!
"Let's see what you got!" she smirked, beckoning us forward.
"Don't underestimate our teamwork!" Shikamaru ran at her, kunai in hand. She used her flute to block his attack, "Naruto, Misaki! Now!"
Naruto went first, "Eat this, you bastard!" He feinted a punch at her before going straight over her while she was bracing herself. I quickly ran past her while she was confused.
"See you later, Shikamaru; make sure you don't slack off, okay?" I yelled over my shoulder cheerfully.
"I'm counting on you Shikamaru!" Naruto called back.
"Shit! You tricked me! What kind of teamwork is that you damn bastards?" That was the last thing I heard from Tayuya before we successfully got out of earshot.
We emerged into a field. I instantly zeroed in on Kimimaro's figure. Naruto and I landed behind him. I frowned, why would he stop for us? That meant he had the intention to fight us…which meant he was underestimating us.
"Now…how should I kill this one?" I looked down at the sleeves of his dress thing to see a sharp point of something milky and white poking out.
"Naruto, do you-" I turned to Naruto before I paused taking in his appearance. His eyes were red and his pupils had turned to slits. The three lines on his cheeks had gotten longer as had his canines. He bared his teeth and let out a feral growl.
"…You…" Kimimaro turned around and was also surprised to see Naruto's new appearance.
"What does Orochimaru want? Why is he after Sasuke?" he yelled angrily.
"Naruto." I said firmly, "Calm down." I was annoyed when I didn't receive an answer but he did stop growling which was a step forward.
"…" Kimimaro seemed to consider his question before he answered, "Orochimaru has already completed the jutsu of immortality, in order to acquire all jutsu and the world he needs time."
"What does that have to do with Sasuke?" I asked.
"Immortality doesn't indicate the immortality of his body; he must replace his body with a newer and stronger one before the current one succumbs."
"That…THAT'S WHAT SASUKE'S FOR?" Naruto yelled angrily.
"Yes. Exactly." Kimimaro lifted up his arm. I gasped when I realized his bone was the sharp object I saw coming out of his sleeves.
Naruto didn't seem to notice I stepped away when I realized that Naruto's chakra was leaking out of him. I felt like it I came any closer to him the chakra would burn me.
"I WON'T LET YOU DO SUCH A THING!" Naruto made a seal. I gulped.
"Naruto. You need to calm down. Please." I begged. I knew if he continued to get angry he would lose control of himself. If that happened then I wouldn't be able to stop him anymore.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu." Naruto ignored me, there was a large puff of smoke that engulfed us when I opened my eyes there was an army of clones around us; there had to be at least 1,000 all surrounding Kimimaro
"Holy…" I gaped at the sheer amount of chakra that must have taken. Once again, Naruto has amazed me.
Kimimaro and Naruto stared each other down, "Come." Kimimaro finally spoke. I watched in disgust and awe as the bones slowly shot out of his palms in the shape of spears.
"I'll crush you." Naruto's hands tightened into fists. I watched as all the other clones mimicked before they rushed at him the same red chakra surrounding him. I didn't move from my spot, even if I did decide to attack I would be of no help with that many clones in my way, I would just get lost in the mass of them.
I stood in fascination as he quickly took down the clones surrounding him. He then slowly started to unzip his shirt. I blushed.
"Hey, stop that. Wh-what the hell are you doing? No one wants to see you strip!" I stuttered in embarrassment. He shrugged the piece of fabric off his shoulder; I watched a bone poke out of his shoulder with a crackling sound. I cringed at he easily ripped the bone out of his body and the wound easily closed up. "…That's just gross…" I muttered.
Nonetheless, I pulled a few shuriken out of my pouch and whipped it at him; he easily blocked them with his bone-sword.
"Wow. That should have at least left a mark…" I murmured to myself.
"These bones are compressed to maximum density; they are the equivalent to steel." He explained.
"So what? I'll break those bones of yours to pieces!" Naruto growled.
"I have mastered the fives dances, don't think you know everything about me." Kimimaro replied easily. "Behold, the Dance of the Camellia."
"I'll crush you!" Naruto only seemed to get angrier at his indifference. The clones rushed at him once again, it only took a few moments before Kimimaro had destroyed the remaining clones until only Naruto and I were left.
"Wow, you're good." I was in awe. All those clones and not one of them had landed a single hit. It was then I noticed the coffin behind Kimimaro was starting to fizzle and release chakra.
"It's almost time, the first stage of Orochimaru-sama's ambition it taking place." Kimimaro said. The coffin soon exploded; when the smoke cleared I wasn't surprised to see Sasuke standing there staring at his hands like he had never seen them before
"Sasuke…" Naruto stared like he had seen a ghost. Then he broke out in a smile and waved his arm happily, I was glad to see that the fox like features on his face had finally disappeared, "What are you doing with these guys? Come on! Let's head back."
"Haha…HAHAHAHAHA!" Sasuke didn't seem to hear us as he laughed evilly.
"Sasuke…can't you hear Naruto, dammit?" I called out. I was surprised when he didn't even turn to face us and instead ran in the other direction quickly disappearing out of the fields.
"Hey! Wait! Get back here, Sasuke!" Naruto stretched a hand out to stop him.
"Useless." Kimimaro appeared behind him, "Die."
I sprang into action appearing behind Kimimaro, aiming a punch at his head. He jumped out of the way just in time to avoid it.
"Watch it Naruto. We can't let out guard down." I said eyeing Kimimaro up.
"You're fast." He commented.
"I could say the same to you." I said; I was surprised when he appeared in front of me.
"You're not fast enough though." Just as he was about slash me in the neck there was a blur of green and the next thing I knew Kimimaro was on his back all the way across the field.
I was too shocked to say anything while Kimimaro and Lee stood up and faced each other, "…And you are?" Kimimaro asked.
"The Leaf's proud green beast has reincarnated, I am Rock Lee!" Lee declared proudly.
"Lee…what the hell are you doing here? Did you take the surgery?" I shouted.
"Thick Brows…why? What about your body?" Naruto seemed equally as surprised.
"Please don't worry about me. You gotta get Sasuke! Leave this guy to me." Lee said.
I frowned, "Naruto, you go ahead. I'll stay here and help Lee." I said.
"No, Misaki. You need to go." Lee protested.
"Absolutely not. I've been leaving everyone behind all day. Plus, you only just recovered; you're not at the top of your game yet. I'm staying. Naruto. Go." I said stubbornly.
Naruto looked between the two of us, "Okay, Misaki, Lee. I'm counting on you. You better come back or I'll kill you! Do you here me?" Naruto yelled.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll be fine. Get going!" I yelled back. I watched him leave the field, "Hmph…don't you know if I die you can't kill me. Idiot." I scoffed. "Anyways, Lee. You need to be careful. This guy uses his bones as weapons."
"Bones…?" Lee said. Kimimaro held out his bone sword as if on cue. They started to run at each other.
"Konoha Great Spinning Wind!" Lee aimed a kick at Kimimaro's ankles at an attempt to knock him over which Kimimaro easily jumped over. Lee jumped up and aimed a kick downwards towards Kimimaro's head. He ducked and jumped back. Lee maneuvered his body so that he could kick Kimimaro in the head. Kimimaro just moved back again.
"So fast…" I gasped at how fast they were moving; they looked like blurs to my eyes.
"You're surprisingly flexible and you move with good precision." Lee said.
"And you're very linear…just like your name…let's go." Kimimaro's eyes narrowed.
"Please wait!" Lee held out his hand to stop Kimimaro, he obeyed and looked at him in confusion.
"What is it?"
"Excuse me, but it's time for my medicine! I'm sorry, but I must drink it." Lee explained pulling a bottle out of his pouch. I gasped when I noticed the label on the side of the bottle.
"Lee, wait!" I tried to stop him but it was too late he already put the bottle to his lips and started to drink it. "Ugh…medicine always has a bad taste…" Lee suddenly stumbled forward. I rushed forward and caught him.
"That was sake you idiot! Don't tell me…you're drunk?" I panicked. I looked at his face, his eyes were half-lidded and he was blushing. No doubt about it. He was drunk.
"Ahhh…hic." Lee broke out of my hold stumbling forward again. He stood up straight staring Kimimaro in the eyes, "Whash're you lookin' at?"
"Sake…?" Kimimaro spotted the bottle Lee had dropped on the ground.
"HERE I COME!" Lee charged forward. He sent a flurry of punches at Kimimaro until he finally landed a kick. He didn't stop though and went straight after him. Kimimaro blocked his kick with his sword.
"Dance of the Camellia!" Kimimaro went in for a flurry of stabs at Lee which he easily dodged.
"He cannot be drunk and still be able to fight. He's better than we he was sober…" I gaped at Lee's skill.
Lee grabbed Kimimaro's arm before sending a kick at his stomach. He took a step forward hooking his legs around Kimimaro's before punching him in the gut again sending him flying away.
"…Hic…" He hiccupped at Kimimaro's fallen figure. Kimimaro picked himself off and slipped off the top of his dress thing completely.
"Didn't that brat over there tell you that I have bone morphic abilities?" Kimimaro glared as the bones in his arm pierced his flesh. He ran at Lee aiming a punch, Lee easily caught it. Kimimaro took the chance to shoot bone out of his ribs Lee jumped away only getting away with two scrapes on the side of his face.
"This is my blood inheritance. Unpredictable, isn't it?" Kimimaro said. "You're sober now, right? My bloodline inheritance allows me to control the bone creating and destroying cells and also the density of calcium. The normal human body has over 200 bones…but that number can change."
Lee frowned and appeared behind him moving in for a punch. Kimimaro turned around just in time.
"Dance of the Pines." The bones in Kimimaro's torso all shot out nearly piercing Lee. I knocked him out of the way just in time using my own arm to block Lee from the blow.
"Lee…don't push yourself too hard. You just recovered, right?" I reprimanded him. I was distracted when I heard the familiar crackling sound of Kimimaro's bones. I looked forward to see that his ribcage had trapped my hand so I couldn't even pull away.
"Useless, saving your teammate? Well, this is the end." Kimimaro said. He reached his hand out towards my face. A bone slowly protruded with that sickening crackling sound. I scowled tugging on my arm urgently. I was more than surprised when a grainy substance suddenly exploded in my face.
"Misaki-chan!" Lee yelled, he reached out and caught me at the last moment. I didn't even notice that I had knocked into Lee though I twisted my head around to see a very familiar figure standing over us.
"Gaara?"