CHAPTER 9
He heard an ear splitting squeak and felt wood chips hit his face. "Big Ball Rasengan" came the shout. Kakashi opened his eyes to see Naruto storm into the chamber followed by Iruka, Gai, Sai Sakura, Genma, Raidou and the rest of the Ninken. The boy had good timing as always. "Kakashi! Oi Kakashi! Why are you just gawping? get yourself out of there!" Gai shouted loud as ever. Naruto hit the burial wall with another Rasengan, Gai followed with a few leaf great flash kicks where the Rasengan had cracked the branches. Meanwhile Genma and Raidou kept Yamato busy releasing his concentration from the technique so Kakashi could be freed. Kakashi coughed, finally being able to breathe easily and splattered blood across the floor. Gai and Naruto continued to destroy the burial wall. Iruka ran to him supporting his weight with Gai's help.
They all stood staring at Yamato who had retreated to the far wall of the chamber. He was still fighting the unseen enemy. Kakashi caught his breath "There is some sort of chakra here and that's what Yamato's fighting. This energy has the ability to wound Yamato; I don't know what it is, keep your guard up. He… he can't tell friend from foe, he can't seem to see us but does sense us and directs attacks at us" Kakashi explained. Kakashi looked at Iruka and his breath caught "I tried talking to him, but…" he shook his head and lowered his gaze remembering the cry that was still curdling his blood.
Yamato continued to fight whatever this thing was oblivious to his lovers' presence. "Your dead, why is it you can still hurt me?" Yamato growled. The leering face laughed "I am what you make me Tenzou; I need you to finish what I couldn't. You will be mine; I will have your body. Your mind. Your soul. For my use".
As the other shinobi's stood contemplating how to capture and restrain Yamato without hurting him, they felt the walls tremor and spears appear at them in all direction. They all managed to avoid them but found themselves cornered into one part of the chamber. Yamato was an elite and trusted Shinobi for a reason and this showed why. But before Yamato could finish his hand signs, Sai sent ink snakes at Yamato while Naruto ran at him to distract him and Sakura sent a tremor through the ground unbalancing their Taichou. Yamato jumped dodging Naruto's punch and the shattered ground with Sai's snake but he didn't see the ink beast and the Naruto clone from above that both caught him in a grip throwing him back to the ground in the restricted chamber. The snakes run up Yamato's legs binding his hands and feet. "Iruka Sensei, use your binding technique!" Naruto shouted whilst Sai used one of his owns. Everything happened so fast, the rest of the Jounins just looked on in surprise admiring the kids' team work. The next generation were a power to reckon with.
Iruka ran to Yamato weary that his lover wasn't himself and formed a binding seal to keep him where he was. Iruka approached Yamato cautiously "Yamato…its Iruka. No one's going to hurt you, we just want to help" he spoke soothingly and gently laid a hand on Yamato's cheek. Yamato screamed like Iruka had burnt him and threw his head back releasing the animalistic cry that had shaken both Sakura and Gai and now everyone else in the chamber. Sakura run to him trying to check him for injuries whilst he thrashed about. "Sai, Naruto hold him down, his going to hurt himself if he carries on. Iruka Sensei..." she laid a hand on Iruka's arm to wake him from his stunned state. "I'll bring him back" she said with a determined look moving him aside. Sakura checked him for internal bleeding; he was OK other than a few bruised ribs and a few deep but not dangerous wounds on his arm, face and a few more on his body. But it was his head that bothered her. There was unbalanced chakra flow to it and she didn't know how to correct it. The more she tried the worse the thrashing and cries of anguish got.
Yamato felt restrained, he fought whatever it was that was holding him down. "I will not do your bidding! You have made my life miserable since my earliest memories; you have destroyed me BUT I WILL NOT LET YOU DESTROY KONOHA OR ANYMORE LIVES!"
"Why do you fight me?" the face sneered drawing ever closer to Yamato. "Not so long ago you were more than willing to give up, why do you fight me now? You can't win, you bought me here, and made me what I am" it laughed. "You will do my bidding, your weak and you know it" it continued to laugh.
"You said yourself; I had a stronger will to survive. Before the path was lost for me in every direction I turned, I was enveloped by darkness. They'll stop me, Kakashi will stop me, if not I'll kill myself before you can totally take over my body" Yamato shouted back.
Naruto and Sai were struggling to hold Yamato down even with Bull sitting on top of him, he continued thrashing and screaming something incomprehensible. Kakashi still had his sharingan active and noticed the energy hovering nearby and began activating his Mangekyo sharingan.
Yamato thought he could feel Kakashi and Iruka near him and smiled. I have to live for them if not for myself he thought. I want to watch them grow old, watch Kakashi's back on missions and protect Iruka from his recurring nightmares. My charges, they'll soon outgrow me but I want to see them grow.
"Your dead, you don't exist, I will not let you rule me!" Yamato was now determined to rid himself of this nuisance whatever it maybe. "Arrrggggg" he shouted
Yamato from nowhere managed to shoot out a chakra infused tendril towards the back of the chamber pinning the energy to the wall at the same time Kakashi sent it to a different dimension activating his Mangekyo sharingan. Yamato's incoherent screaming eased but he was panting hard and still thrashing against his captives. Sakura glanced at her Sensei's, Kakashi's expression was unreadable but Iruka looked like he would shatter any minute watching their lover and she knew Kakashi must be feeling the same inside. Sakura couldn't take this anymore; it was her fault he had gotten in this state trying to save her. Glancing back once more at her Sensei's she punched her Taichou in the face hard enough to bruise and knock the wind out of him, but not hard enough to cause damage.
Yamato's movement stilled. The whole chamber became silent as they all stared at Sakura in shock. Iruka grabbed Yamato's head pulling him to his chest and Kakashi stumbled to Yamato's side panting hard. "Sakura! What is wrong with you" Iruka growled. "You're supposed to treat him! I don't approve of your medical ways. Was that really necessary?" Iruka ranted at her frustrated and misdirecting his anger. Kakashi laid a hand on Iruka's shoulder and squeezed to keep him calm "Iruka" he gently spoke catching his eyes. Iruka looked at his former student who was cold and tired and just as worried about her Taichou as he was. "Sorry, Sakura" Iruka sighed feeling guilty as the pools gathered in Sakura's eyes. "I don't like seeing him hurt" he gave her a soft smile "Forgive me". Sakura reddened "Sorry, Sorry…I didn't know what else to do. It usually works on Naruto" she replied nervously.
Yamato heard murmurs above his head. His whole body ached, the pain in his head was now worse. His eyes felt like lead weights and he struggled to open them. "Ka…Kashi? Iruka?" he asked not believing his vision. "Yamato" Iruka and Kakashi responded in unison looking down at him with hope. "Ooo" he groaned "wha…what happened". Three more faces appeared in his vision looking down at him with anxious expressions. He saw Naruto's mouth move but didn't hear anything as he fell back into the darkness.
"We need to get him back to Tsunade Sama. There's an imbalance in his brain and I don't know how to fix it Kaka Sensei" Sakura looked at him apologetically. She then examined his injuries which were many and great and took off the cloak he had wrapped around her, he needed it more now. "Kaka Sensei, I need to stop your bleeding lie down now" there was urgency in her voice which alerted Iruka. He looked at Kakashi to find his face pale and eyes blood shot red. He had just gotten back one lover and was now on the verge of seeing another's life in danger. Iruka cupped Kakashi's face stroking his fingers along the pale cheek "Kakashi, do as she says babe, I've got Yamato in my arms now, he'll be ok".
Sakura was weak but she needed to stem the bleeding so Kakashi could breathe easier. The burial technique had cracked and bruised many of Kakashi's ribs and damaged his muscles and his left arm was broken in two places. She worked on him fast repairing the hairline cracks to the ribs and reattaching damaged tendons. She felt her chakra drain further but she needed to do this to make up for her failure. Kakashi found he could breathe much easier and opened his eyes to see the strain on Sakura's face. "Sakura, I feel much better. Heal yourself with the rest of your chakra, I'll be OK" he told her crinkling his eyes smiling at his student, his words getting caught in his breath. "I'm fine sensei, I… just your arm to heal, I need to set it with a splint" and she carried on working as Kakashi looked at her "Sakura…" he felt the tears on his arms but he knew there was no stopping his stubborn student. When she had finished she sat back on her heels wheezing, she felt drained and was finally touched by the cold seeping in from her wet clothes causing her to shiver and her body to sway. Sai grabbed her before her body hit the ground from physical and chakra exhaustion. "Sakura-Chan" Naruto cried in alarm and run to help Sai lay her down, taking of his cloak to wrap her shaking body.
"Let's make a move back to the village. Kakashi, are you going to be OK?" Raidou asked looking Kakashi over and checking on Sakura, lifting the unconscious medical-nin into his arms gently. "I'll carry him back, don't worry" Gai beamed before Kakashi could say anything. Kakashi smiled at him nervously "Ahh…Thanks Gai but I wouldn't want to trouble you any further. How is Sakura?" he asked always thinking of his charges first. "She'll be OK, fever and chakra exhaustion mainly" Raidou replied looking at the Shinobi in his arms, hoping she'd be OK mentally.
"Don't worry rival, Yamato and Sakura are still in the prime of their youth, as am I!" Gai beamed back with a nice guy pose. Iruka found himself laughing; the tension of the day was finally easing. Genma approached Iruka to take Yamato but was stopped by him. "Ah thank you, but if it's OK with you, I'd like to carry him back. I just…" Genma smiled as he wrapped Yamato in his cloak "It's OK, I understand. Let me know if you need a hand". They all headed back to the village, the rain still falling but they didn't notice it, they had Yamato back.
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