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Chapter 88
Note: When you don't want to hurt anyone, the best things to do is dodging, planning and staying hidden
~Laura's POV
I quickly hide behind Itachi, Kisame and Sasuke to stay hidden from Tsunade; I really don't her to see Kahlan and me while we're… meant to be fighting against them. I really don't want to fight against them; they have been nothing but kind and nice to us and have never hurt Kahlan or me.
I slowly look up to the three guys in front of us who seems to be staring at Tsunade like they are confirming that this is indeed a war.
"Sasuke!" I hear a familiar voice yell as I slowly slide out to the side to see pass Kisame. Naruto is standing beside Tsunade, he looks a little happy but also serious at the same time, it doesn't help that his eyes would switch from red to blue every few seconds.
I watch as Sasuke steps out in front of our group while looking to Naruto, "Naruto, we'll settle this later in the war," Sasuke calls out to him as Naruto now looks shocked before nodding his head, knowing them it will probably be one of the last fights.
"What are you two hiding from," Kisame seems to ask while gently grabbing my wrist and pulling me from behind the two men. The moment he lets go of my wrist and go straight back to hiding behind the two. "This is not a game," Kisame says while turning away from Tsunade and kneeling slightly down to meet me eye to eye, "The weak are meat, the strong eat, I've told you that many times in our training sessions, my student," he says with his normal shark-like grin.
"It means that the weak are eaten by the strong and only the strong survive, the survival of the fittest," I say while recalling what he told me before.
Kisame nods his head before standing up, "you either kill and stay alive or die without meaning," he says with a stern look before turning around and facing Tsunade again, she seems to be glaring at the three men but mostly Kisame for some reason.
I look down to the floor before looking to Kahlan she is glaring at Kisame looking back to Tsunade.
"Anko… Gai…Kakashi…Gaara, eliminate them," Tsunade says with a small frown before looking to Naruto, "help the citizens to safety," she orders as he nods and like that, is gone in a flash.
I watch as the four ninjas look to each other before jumping down from the top of the building. I quickly raise my hand to make a sign while thinking 'Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu' before breathing out, letting the mist cover our group and a good two blocks of the area.
I nod to myself before grabbing Kahlan's hand and guiding her out of my mist and duck behind a corner, pulling Kahlan with me.
"Great escape," Kahlan comments as I nod my head softly, what to do now? "We should get to an area where the Akatsuki wouldn't be," she says as I nod my head and think carefully, I have an idea of a place right now.
"Let's go to our apartment," I say with a nod as she looks to me slightly confused as to why. "I'll fill you in on the details when we get there okay," I say with puppy eyes as Kahlan slowly nods. I smile slightly before looking around the area, "we should create some clones so they don't know we're at the apartment, they will think we're on the battlefield," I say with a nod before making the tiger sign and imagine myself. I slowly turn the chakra in my stomach before I end up throwing up quite a bit of water, about five clothes worth of water. I take a long sigh before creating my clone out of the water I spit out… eww… still disgusting. "Water Clone Jutsu," I grumble as my stomach turns a little from the loss of water.
I wipe my mouth with the back of my hand and look to my five clones; they look so much like me that we could be twins… five twins… I have no idea what five kids born at the same time is called… aha.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu," Kahlan says while making the clone sign which is different to the tiger sign, she closes her eyes for a second before five clones of her own appear behind her, and they all look the same which is bingo great.
"Okay," I say before looking to our clothes, "each of you pair in twos before travelling round town, if you must fight, dodge, do not attack, if you are hit you go 'poof'," I say while moving my hands to show the poof sound.
Our clones seem to nod as I look to the original Kahlan and nod, this should go well then. I make the sign to separate which they do in all directions.
"Let's go," Kahlan says while running off in the direction of our apartment. "And up," she calls while I watch her make a sign while running towards the tall building. I nod my head and make the same sign, brining my chakra to my legs as she runs up the side of the building and soon I do too. I thank you Kisame for teaching me how to climb trees with my feet and walking on water.
It takes a few seconds before we reach the top and I look around, screaming, smoke, patches of blood all over our town.
I frown at the sight before looking down the building, I really don't like this, why couldn't they have just waited till they could have found a way back instead of trying to kill one another.
"Let's go," Kahlan says through gritted teeth before jumping off of the building, her feet glow red and continue to grow till she reaches the ground, I see, she's uses her chakra to lighten the blow when she lands.
I nod my head while forcing my chakra to my feet before pushing my fears behind and jumping as well. I close my eyes to focus and soon reach the ground, a shock running through my body but no pain.
I look up to Kahlan and nod before following behind her as we rush though the vacant streets, no one seems to be out and there are parts where Deidara's bombs have dropped as well as kunai knifes sticking out of buildings and trees… but I don't see any… dead people… so I guess no one is hurt around here.
"Is it safe, Kahlan?" I ask as we duck behind another building, being careful and on edge at all times. I watch as Kahlan pulls a small makeup mirror out of her pocket before moving it round to the edge of the building, using it to see what is going on around the other side.
"It's safe, no one over there," she murmurs before slowly walking out and round to the other side, "Laura get over here!" she calls loudly as I nod and follow after her but soon stop in my place at the sight… Deidara's bomb hit… a large crowd of people… and… no one is alive…
"Kahlan…" I whisper while slowly bringing my hands up to my eyes, I rub away the tear that start to fall as my eyes shift from one spot to another, blood, corpses, broken buildings… that's all.
I look to Kahlan as she walks over to me and pulls me close, "it will be alright… I won't let them hurt you… okay," she whisper softly as I nod my head a little, tears won't stop falling and I'm scared. Scared more now than ever.
I slowly feel my legs collapse inwards and feel my knees hit the ground, I don't want this… I want this to end!
My hands shiver and shake as I bring my hands to my eyes, they won't stop, my tears won't stop.
I look up a little as I see Kahlan kneel down in front of me, tears also running down her face. "I'm scared as well," she says while giving me a tiny smile, "but… I'm not giving up," she says before standing up slowly and holding out her hand for me.
I smile softly while rubbing away the remaining tears before grabbing her hand, letting her pull me up from the ground. "Laura… Kahlan!" I hear a somewhat familiar voice call us as we both look to the source and see a head of auburn hair.
"Mei?" Kahlan questions as Mei jumps down from one of the turned over buses before running over to us, a small smile on her face as she does that.
"Oh my goodness, are you two okay? You're both not hurt are you?" she questions while looking us both over, a very worried expression on her face.
"Mei…" I say slowly while blinking my eyes, getting rid of the tears which threaten to fall again… she's okay… Mei is completely fine… she's… still alive "Mei!" I yell while quickly hugging her, wrapping my arms round her, she's still alive and here, thank you lord.
I continue to hug her as I bury my face into her shoulder; my tears seem to continue to fall as I feel her hug back, and rubbing my head softly like you would with a child.
"I'm fine, I'm so glad you two are alright," she says as I shiver a little… why do I have such a bad feeling in my gut right now… why.
"We're fine, is everyone okay on your side," Kahlan asks as I slowly pull away from my hug before rubbing my eyes again, they hurt a little from the crying now.
"When I left everyone was fine," she says while letting me go, giving me a small smile, "I'm sorry that you two are involved in this," she says with a small frown before letting me go, "you two should get to a safe place with the other citizens," she says before pointing to the opposite direction of our apartment, "the others are leading them towards the edge of the town, near the beach.
I nod my head slowly before grabbing Kahlan's hand, squeezing it a little as Mei gives us both a small smile, a peaceful at most.
"We need to get something before we go," Kahlan says as I nod my head, I need to tell her about the whole Naruto place, everyone and what should happen with everyone… especially their plan and with… 'Tobi'.
"Alright, you two be careful-" she says but is soon stops, I blink confused but watch as she coughs slightly, blood coughing out of her mouth.
My eyes widen as I look at the chakra spear through her heart and gasp as the spear multiplies, piercing her whole body…
"Mei!" I yell as I watch the spears disappear and she slowly collapse onto the ground backwards, the blood seeping out. "Mei," I murmur before kneeling down beside her, tears showing themselves as she looks to me, a small frown on her face. "I'll… be fine… get… to safety," she murmurs as I watch her green eyes shading over a little but soon after they shade, her body is replaced with steam and smoke before disappearing… was… she a clone?
"That wasn't a clone," someone answers my question as I look up from where Mei was to see Sasuke pointing his hand, his chidori still intact as it soon disappears. He gives a look of thought before glaring at us; I wipe away the remaining tears before slowly standing up from the ground. Kahlan is glaring at Sasuke but isn't saying anything and neither do I. "You'll both die if you stand in one place too long," he says before looking up into the sky before looking to us both, "Hn," he grunts before jumping off of the turned over car before sprinting away… that's all… he just… killed someone.
"Laura, let's go," Kahlan says at last while rubbing eyes, a new spark in her eyes.
I look to the place where the smoke is still coming from on the ground before nodding my head, if Sasuke is right; staying here to long will be dangerous.
I look round for a second before running off into the mass of trees and climb to the top of one before jumping to the top of the tallest one. Now where is our apartment… if it's still there.
I glance round the area till I spot it, it's about a maybe ten minute walk from here but the bad thing is… I can see Deidara's bird just outside the place. I jump down from the tree and tell her this which only makes her sigh heavy.
"Looks like we're going to have to sneak in," she says as I huff and puff, from what I know from Sasori and Deidara… they help each other in their weaknesses. Deidara is low in stamina while Sasori is very high in it. Deidara and Sasori have high Ninjutsu levels if I remember correctly and Sasori is one of the smartest in the Akatsuki… so yeah… damn.
"I have an idea," I say while walking towards the apartment with Kahlan before hiding behind the building opposite our apartment, "well a plan, I'll distract Deidara and you can get what you need from the apartment, be careful of Sasori, he is very-very smart," I say while nodding my head, "one of the smartest ninjas here," I add while clearing my mind, I'll just… do what Itachi told me to do before… act cute… and helpless… though do NOT die. That should work well.
Kahlan gives me a small nod with a questioning look. I grin a little to Kahlan before grabbing her hand and adventuring towards the apartment. I know what to do; hopefully Kahlan can keep Sasori off of her back.
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