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Chapter Six

The rest of the day went by without any other disruptions as Shikamaru held his wife and son while listening to everything the others had to say. About how Hinata and Naruto, and Neji and TenTen were now dating, and how Ino was training to be a doctor, how Gaara owned a weapons company and Kankuro owned a line of strip clubs (to which Shikamaru just shook his head at the obviousness of it), how they had met Sasuke and Sai and why, and how they came to be lost on this unknown island.

They talked for hours, all sitting around the table of the largest hut, which, they found out, belonged to the leader of the village who they had met before with blonde hair and hazel eyes; a woman named Tsunade. Interesting enough, they also found out all about Sakura, to which all listened with rapt attention as Shikamaru briefly explained that she would be what they would call the 'princess' of this village.

She protected the village and the villagers with everything she had, and on more occasions than once, she had nearly lost her life because of it. Every single person in the village owes her their life.

Shikamaru had just began explaining more about the village and their customs when a horn began to sound; a low sound that carried throughout the village.

Lots of movement from around the village had them all to their feet, as Shikamaru's eyes widened in realization,

"We are being scouted for!" And only with that did he push them all back into the hut and told them to stay there as he went to go outside, if not for the hand that grabbed his arm. Temari had grabbed him and was pleading with her eyes for him not to go, to not leave her again just as she had gotten him back.

"Temari…" He trailed off as tears gathered in her eyes at the thought of losing him again. He cast his gaze outside, to the panic outside, and back to his wife, trying to decide who needed him more.

"What do you mean, 'we are being scouted for'?" Naruto asked as he cradled Hinata in his arms and looked around curiously.

"None of your business, just stay down and out of the way," a voice from the doorway behind Shikamaru said, as Sakura stepped into view. Her attire slightly different to what they had previously seen her in; instead of her bow and arrow, two beautifully designed Katana's rested at her hip, crisscrossing at the back.

At their shocked expressions Sakura just scoffed, before turning back to Shikamaru and speaking quietly, "Kie ho surita?"

With a bowed head, Shikamaru spoke; "I am staying here with my wife, and our friends. I will make sure they don't leave the hut."

Sakura's face, filled with shock, grew angry before she spun on her heel and walked out, her feet hardly making a sound on the wooden floor as she made her exit.

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Shouts of preparation sounded around the village as hut doors were shut and soon not a single sound was heard throughout the clearing.

They all seemed to wait with batted breaths as voices from the sky were soon heard, speaking a language they could not understand.

Their voices echoing from above, the trees obscuring the unknown enemies from view as the voices grew closer and closer until they seemed to be right above the clearing, flapping around.

A hand on Temari's shoulder made her jump and gasp out loud if not for the hand that was placed on mouth, stifling the sound before it came out. She turned to see her brother leaning over her shoulder and trying to peer out the window in curiosity, his red hair casting shadows around his face as his gaze sought out the pink hair he was unknowingly yearning for.

The silence throughout the entire village was eerie as the voices continued from above, their voices harsh, yet airy as it floated and seemed to caress Ino as her eyes glazed over and she took those few steps to the door and swung it open, before stepping out onto the wooden bridge and opening her mouth to scream.

The piercing sound sent chills up and down the villagers' spines as the unseen enemies from above let out a victorious cry and the sound of flapping wings became louder before a figure flew into view, their light blue skin in deep contrast with their yellow eyes and black wings. Their teeth seemingly sharpened to a point as its jaw opened wide, aiming straight at Ino who's eyes were still glazed over, her body seemingly lifeless as it stood there, awaiting her death.

The villagers', as well as the newcomers, held their breaths with fear-filled eyes as the monster grew closer and closer and just as it was about to grab Ino, its claws outstretched and ready, a body came hurtling from the shadows, colliding solidly with the monster. They watched with wide eyes as the two figures fell to the ground, and with a loud thump both went sprawling, unmoving, the dust settling around them before a collective gasp echoed throughout the village.

Pink hair strewn across her face hid nothing as a deep cut from temple to cheekbone adorned her face, obviously inflicted from the sharp claws of the monster in a tumble of limbs and wings to her left, his back obviously broken as he lay over a fallen tree used as a balancing log for the children. His eyes staring lifeless up into the skies, were a few seconds later, two identical caws of fury sounded, pulling Ino out of her reverie, her eyes blinking rapidly as she tried to remember what was happening. A groan from below had her looking down only to see a twitch of a limb and dazed emerald eyes opening to slits as Sakura tried to move only for her body to be wrecked with pain and her eyes shut as a single tear leaked from her eye as the pain spread like a fire through her body. Falling from such a height and surviving was a feat in itself and now she was trying to get up, her body denying her the wish as she collapsed time and time again, all the while people just watched with hand covered mouths as the surviving two monsters circled from above, waiting for a clean shot to attack.

Their chance came as one of the children that Temari had seen attach themselves to Sakura came running towards her, crying out Sakura's name as she ran. With a cry of fear Sakura sat up despite her injuries and watched as the little girl of barely 5 ran towards her, the two monsters arrowing in on her full pelt from the sky.

Before anybody could react Sakura drew her Katana and threw it with precise aim at the closer monster and skewered it straight through its neck, instantly killing it as it drowned on its own blood. The second monster never even batted an eyelash as it swooped in and grabbed the girl, its claws piercing her back as it threw her into a tree, the limp body falling to the ground heavily, even as Sakura threw her broken body on the back of the surviving monster, feral anger making her forget the pain for that instant and drive her second katana straight through the monster's heart, and as it lay there breathing its last breaths Sakura looked in its eye with no pity in her gaze as it coughed up blood, until finally the heart stopped pumping and it died, the blood covered Princess the last thing his now lifeless eyes saw.

The village was dead silent once again until bodies came bursting out of the huts, Kiba there to catch her as she fell, her body shutting down as her eyes shut and her breathing became shallower, the bloody body of the 5 year old Cara being worked on by Tsunade the last thing she saw as she fell into deep unconscious, not hearing her name fall off the red-haired man's lips in fear or the fact that his eyes were wide in horror as he watched her body fall limp in Kiba's arms, blood dripping from her drenched clothing and mouth. His heart pounding and his body shaking he couldn't stop the sick feeling in his stomach if she didn't make it.

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Translation:

"Kie ho surita?" = "Are you coming?"

Haha, when I first wrote 'Chapter Six' I wrote 'Chapter Sex' instead, hehehehe, I thought it was funny. XD Enjoy and please review.