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Pein's POV
"Pein!" came the voice that had screamed only seconds ago. It came from behind me, so I quickly swerved backwards, running in that direction. I ran faster than I thought possible, not even thinking about slowing down. If I was going to do anything, I was going to speed up.
As I ran, I felt a drop of water hit the top of my head. Three more hit me as I continued. In only a few seconds, it was pouring. Still, I didn't slow down in the least.
Although we had only been separated for a few minutes, Konan could easily be miles away. Not only was she whizzing through the air in her paper form with extreme speed, but we were both traveling in opposite directions. I wondered if she had obeyed me when I told her not to fight the beast alone.
As the grown got wetter, I found myself slipping in a puddle of mud. I fell on my knees, but quickly got up, ignoring the brown that covered my legs now. I continued my running, the sound of the rain encouraging me to go forward. "Pein!" I heard Konan's voice yell again.
I watched as two figures came in from opposite sides of me. At first, I thought they were animals, but a quick glance told me otherwise. It was Deidara and Tobi.
"Leader-sama! Leader-sama! That scream came from Konan!" I heard Tobi shout.
I ignored Captain Obvious as I continued to run. There was no point in wasting my much-needed breath on someone who knew little about how dangerous this situation was. I continued to run, occasionally slipping on the muddy ground.
Finally, I saw a group of paper butterflies flying towards us. They were getting wet, but I knew that wouldn't hurt Konan if she quickly returned to human form. Deidara, Tobi, and I skidded to a stop, mud staining our Akatsuki shoes.
I watched as the butterflies unfolded and began to layer themselves. Pretty soon, we had a full Konan in front of us. She was wet, and her paper flower was so soggy that it fell off of her head, into a pile of mud. She panted wildly, as if she'd been running for hours.
"What happened?" I asked, walking towards her. Tobi and Deidara followed.
Konan's golden eyes looked around frantically. "I was going around in my direction, when I saw the creature. It kept swatting at me, so I started to fly off. I knew I couldn't yell for help while in my paper form, so I changed back before I took off again." she panted out.
Just then, the ground began to shake. A loud sound came from behind Konan. I watched as Deidara shoved his hands in to the bag of clay, preparing to attack.
Just then, a loud roar shot through the air like a kunai through skin. I looked forward, watching as a giant lizard, nearly the size of the trees around us, began to run towards us. I noticed it was aimed at Konan in particular.
The giant lizard had a large, metal tail with some big spikes on the end. I watched as it reached us, swiping its tail at Konan. She quickly jumped out of the way, leaving a good-sized space for me to take aim with.
I quickly made a hand seal. I then rose my hand, watching as a few puddles of water on the ground molded together in the air, forming a giant shuriken. I used a big force of chakra to throw it at the lizard. It hit the beast, but unfortunately only ricocheted off of the lizard's metal tail, falling onto the ground. It melted back into regular water.
I heard a loud explosion come from my left. I looked over to find that Deidara had shot a few spider bombs at the lizard. When the smoke cleared, you could see large slabs of skin hanging off of the thing, but it definitely wasn't dead.
Once again, the creature lashed out at Konan. She sidestepped, too panicky to change completely into paper. She was, however, able to use it. I watched as some paper shot from out of her Akatsuki sleeves, forming into the shapes of kunai. They shot at the lizard, scraping across its face.
I watched as Tobi slipped on the muddy ground. Knowing we couldn't fight correctly when the ground was this slippery, I jumped up, into the trees. I was soon followed by the other three.
Unfortunately, it was even mistier up here. I couldn't see very well, but I wasn't able to activate my rinnegan to help it. Sighing, I tried to listen for the lizard.
It was then that I heard it. A sick warning sound of metal hitting flesh. I barely saw blood spatter against the wood below my feet. I heard a loud gasp.
I jumped from tree to tree frantically, searching for what had happened. I felt with my hands, but I couldn't find anything. Then, I saw her.
It was Konan. She was leaning against a tree, holding the right side of her stomach. There was a large amount of blood seeping through her fingers.
"Konan!" I shouted, running up to her. I looked at her worriedly. She stopped leaning against the tree, looking me in the eyes.
"I'm fine. It's tail just grazed me a bit is all. Quickly, let's get down there and kill it." she said with a firm voice. I heard a small break in the last word, as if she'd been holding something in.
I nodded, helping her down. When we were both on the ground, I heard another explosion. Tobi and Deidara were both battling the lizard again. The creature had large gashes everywhere, and his skin was hanging off in some places.
I glanced at his tail, enraged to find Konan's blood on the tip. It was slowly being washed off by the pouring rain. Angry, I summoned as much water as my chakra would let me, forming a huge shuriken. Using much of my strength, I threw it exactly where I wanted to.
At the non-armored area of the tail.
A sickening sound told me the story that I'd just written with my actions. I watched as the tail flung off of the beast, blood gushing from it. The beast collapsed, dead in seconds.
"Yay! We killed it!" shouted Tobi, jumping up and down. He hugged Deidara, but Deidara quickly shoved him off. It was then that I remembered the situation at hand.
Konan came up beside me. She grinned a bit. "Good job." she said to me.
I looked at her with gratitude. "Thank you." I murmured.
It was then that I saw it in her eyes. She moaned, grabbing the wound on her side. I watched as she blinked rapidly, as if her vision was blurring. Suddenly, her knees buckled.
Luckily, I was there to catch her. I took her in my arms, looking worriedly at her pale face. It was growing paler by the minute. "Konan!" I shouted.
