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Chapter Forty-Nine
As Rei and the others got closer to where most of the fighting was Rei turned to the others and signaled for them to split up. They kept moving, but stayed hidden so that they could ambush the enemy. As Rei jumped from building to building she stopped and hid behind a building by using chakra to hang on to the side. She listened closely and heard footsteps nearby.
"What is it?" She heard someone say.
"I thought I heard something."
She moved towards the edge of the building and jumped into a tree. She hid in it and watched as two shinobi from the sound village stood on the roof of the building. She took out two kunai and threw them piercing the men's necks. She frowned and moved on, but before long she ran into more enemies. She wasn't able to hide and so she got ready to fight. She moved quickly towards them dodging the shuriken that were thrown at her. She made some hand signs.
"Shadow clone jutsu!"
Two copies of her appeared by her and attacked the men while they were distracted she made some more hand signs.
"Fire style: Great Fireball!"
The men had no time to escape her attack. She moved on and encountered more enemies. She blocked a surprise attack from a sand shinobi and kicked him away. She turned and slashed at another enemy. However, it was a clone. She turned around and moved to the side as the real body tried to hit her with a kunai. She flinched as the kunai hit her upper arm. She looked up and saw the shinobi heading towards her. She took out the kunai in her arm and threw it at the man, who dodged it. She jumped back and dodged the man's attacks. She grabbed his arm and threw him a few feet back. She threw some kunai at him and hit him.
She left, but heard a battle nearby and then heard someone yell. It sounded like Zakyo. She hurried towards the source of the sound and frowned as she saw Zakyo slumped against a wall. She could see some blood on the girl's clothes. She growled and ran towards the Otonin who had injured her friend.
"Look, another brat." One of them said.
They threw some shuriken at her, but she dodged them. She saw a windmill shuriken stuck on the wall and moved towards it. She took it and stopped. She used it to block some kunai and shuriken that were thrown at her. She stood up and glared at the men.
"You really shouldn't have hurt my friend." She growled.
She moved towards them as quickly as she could. The men weren't able to see her and she appeared behind then. She slashed at the men with the shuriken and got rid of them quickly. When she was done she hurried over to her friend. She kneeled next to her and examined her wound. She had a large gash on her side. Rei frowned and began to treat it.
"Rei-san…?"
"Be quiet Zakyo, you're hurt."
"Sorry, I guess I was still a bit tired from our fight."
"It's alright."
Zakyo sighed and closed her eyes as Rei worked. Rei sensed someone nearby and took out some shuriken. She turned around and threw them.
"Whoa, calm down, it's just me." Okoru said as he dodged the weapons.
"Sorry, I'm just a bit strung up."
Okoru froze when he saw his cousin he hurried towards the girls.
"What happened?" He asked.
Rei noticed that the color had left his face.
"She'll be fine, but we have to get her out of here. Where's Yu?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen her."
"You called?"
They turned around and saw Yu standing there.
"Yu, I need you to take Zakyo away. Take her back to my house, it's not too far from here. Okoru, you should go too."
"What about you?"
"I'll be fine."
Okoru thought about it and shook his head.
"No, I'll stay with you. You'll need some backup. Yu, take Zakyo back to Rei's house. We'll meet you there later."
Yu nodded and picked up Zakyo. She left and Okoru turned to Rei.
"How do you feel?"
"I'm alright, but we should leave, someone could attack us if we stay here for too long."
Okoru nodded. They left and he glanced at Rei. He noticed that she was sweating and looked tired. He wondered how long she would be able to keep fighting. He knew the previous fights against Yu and Zakyo had been tough on her.
"Okoru, look out!"
He looked to the side and saw some Otonin. One of them was close enough to attack and he didn't have time to dodge. He was suddenly pushed to the side, but not before he received a bad cut on his side. He looked up and saw Rei holding back the man with a kunai. She pushed the man back and turned to Okoru.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah." He said as he stood up.
Rei looked back at the men and made some hand signs.
"Wind Style: Wind Scythe!"
The wind mixed with her chakra and advanced towards the men. Two of them were taken down by the attack, but there were still three more left. Okoru stood next to Rei and noticed that she was panting heavily. He wasn't feeling too well either. The men smirked and advanced towards them. Rei frowned and rushed towards them. She tried to punch them, but they were fast and dodged her attacks. Okoru went up against a shinobi that had tried to hit Rei while her back was turned. He tried to kick the man, but he grabbed his leg and threw him back into the wall. Okoru looked up and moved to the side as some shuriken headed towards him. He stood up, but the man was already next to him. He kicked him back and the boy felt the pain from his injury increase.
Rei struggled against the men as they were fast and she was tired. She punched one of the men and turned to the other. She blocked his attacks with a kunai and kicked him. She looked over at Okoru and frowned. She made some hand signs.
"Earth Style: Earth Spikes!"
The Otonin fighting Okoru backed away and Okoru stood up. He looked over at Rei. As he looked towards his friend he saw one of the Otonin she had been fighting against stand up. He was frozen for a minute, but Rei saw him staring at something and turned around. The man was already too close to her. She put her arms up as the man kicked her. She was slammed into one of the spikes she had created. She looked up and put her arms up again as more shuriken headed her way. She flinched as they sunk into her flesh. Okoru rushed in front of her while making some hand signs.
"Water Style: Water snakes!"
The water formed around him and then went after the tow remaining men. Then wound around them and Okoru changed his hand sign.
"Snake Bite."
In a moment the two men were dead. He turned to his friend and frowned. She was removing the shuriken that were stuck to her. She looked up at him and grinned.
"Are you alright, Okoru-baka?"
"Yeah, sorry, I should have been more careful." He said frowning.
"No, it's alright."
She stood up slowly and flinched. Okoru frowned and helped her.
"We should go back to where the others are. You can't keep fighting like this."
"No, I'm alright."
Okoru was about to protest when there was a loud sound in the distance. They looked towards the forest and saw a large…thing moving around. Rei frowned as it was in the direction Sasuke had went off to. Okoru knew what she was thinking and looked at his friend.
"Rei, we have to go, the other shinobi will take care of the rest. We've done enough."
Rei frowned and watched as the new enemy moved around. Suddenly there was a cloud of smoke and a large toad appeared.
"What the hell is going on?" Okoru mumbled.
Rei glanced at Okoru and saw that he was distracted. She took the chance and left. She ran towards the forest, ignoring her friend's calls.
Okoru watched as Rei left and knew he couldn't stop her. He sighed and headed towards Rei's home to check on his friends. He just hoped Rei would be fine.
Rei ran as fast as she could and as she approached the battle she began to feel tired and weak. She stopped for a moment to rest and saw that she was bleeding from various cuts. She frowned and reached into her shuriken pouch. She took out some bandages and covered her wounds. She had various cuts in her arms and legs and three large cuts in her sides. She sighed and once she was done she left. Soon she could feel the tremors from the battle among the giants ahead. She hurried and stopped suddenly when she saw a spot of black to the side. She turned towards it and grinned when she saw who it was.
"Rei? What are you doing here?" Sasuke said.
Rei went over to where he was and saw that the curse mark had spread. She frowned.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, but why are you here? You should have stayed where you were you idiot, it's dangerous here."
Rei ignored him and looked towards the battle. She saw a giant leopard thing made of sand and on top of it she could see Gaara. She then looked towards the toad and saw Naruto on its head. She was surprised to see her friend using such an advanced jutsu. She knew Summonings were very difficult and took a lot of chakra. She turned to Sasuke and kneeled next to him.
"Sasuke, what happened?"
Sasuke didn't respond. Instead he looked at the girl in front of him and frowned as he saw her injuries. He felt like it was his fault that she had gotten hurt.
"I don't know. Gaara was too strong, I couldn't defeat him because of the curse mark."
Rei frowned and looked back at the fight.
"Well, I guess it's up to Naruto now."
They watched as the fight progressed. Apparently the toad wasn't able to get a hold of the sand demon. Suddenly the toad transformed into a very familiar being.
"The kyuubi?" Rei said in surprise.
Sasuke just looked on as the now transformed toad got a hold of Shukaku. Naruto then jumped off as the toad transformed back. She watched as Naruto struggled against the sand and tried to get closer to Gaara.
"Sasuke, stay here I'll be back in a minute."
Sasuke looked at Rei and grabbed her arm.
"No, leave this to Naruto. He might be a loser, but I think he can win this. Besides, you're hurt."
Rei sighed and looked back up at the fight. Sasuke was right, although she hated to admit it, Naruto would be able to win, she knew it. As she thought about this Naruto managed to get free of the sand that was holding him down and got close enough to Gaara to head butt him. Shukaku disintegrated and turned back into sand. Rei grinned and headed towards Naruto to help him and Sasuke followed closely. They passed Sakura who had been freed from the sand binding her to a tree when and Sasuke caught her before she could fall and left her on a tree branch with Kakashi's dog. They reached Naruto who was laying on the ground before Gaara and Sasuke approached him.
"You can stop now Naruto… Sakura's safe. Gaara used up all his chakra the sand around Sakura is gone."
"…oh good…"
Rei smiled at the boy. She then sensed someone approaching. She knew Sasuke had sensed them as well from the look on his face. A moment later the other sand shinobi showed up next to Gaara.
"It's alright…I quit." Gaara said suddenly.
Everyone was surprised to hear this, even his comrades. They picked Gaara up and left. Rei sighed and let herself fall to the ground. She sat there for a moment and looked at Naruto who was asleep. She smiled and looked up at Sasuke.
"I guess he really is strong."
End Chapter Forty-Nine
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