Chapter 80

Komaru-sensei was welcomed back to the village and back to our squad with open arms, and I could tell he was glad to be home too. Tekuno-sensei was dismissed as our sensei, as Komaru came back.
Things were put right between Daisuke-kun, Lee-kun and myself, as we all went out one night over dinner and cleared up our misunderstandings.

Things were getting back on track until not even a month later when Naruto-kun brought home a guy called Sora, which lead to all sorts of mishaps and a huge attack on the village. But we pulled through!

Things went great again, until the Akatsuki showed up and lead to the death of Asuma-sensei. Naruto-kun's arm was severely damaged in his fight with Kakuzu, but he recovered.

Some time later, Orochimaru's death was announced. His murderer? Uchiha Sasuke. This caused a riot in the village, that now Sasuke was probably going after his brother, which caused Tsunade to come to a decision, to let Team 7 and Team 10 pursuit after Sasuke, and bring him home.
However, it didn't end as Naruto-kun anticipated. Sasuke killed his brother, Uchiha Itachi, and mysteriously vanished afterwards.

But as if things couldn't get any worse, Jiraiya fell in battle, against the leader of the Akatsuki, Pein. When Naruto returned from his search for Sasuke, and learned of the news, he hid himself away and spent the following month in complete isolation. It wasn't long after that until Naruto-kun started mysteriously vanishing into thin air, his location became unknown and not even our top ANBU could find any traces.

Today, I spent my time training against Komaru-sensei, because Lee and his team were away on a mission. He was helping to improve the strength of my water Ninjutsu, and Taijutsu.
"You're strong, but you've got a long way to go." He said, barely breaking a sweat.
"I.. wont believe.. that.. until I... beat you!" I said in between breaths. I was totally knackered.
"Hmp." Komaru's attitude turned smug. "I remember you saying that the first time. It's been four years."
"S... shush!" I pouted.
Komaru shook his head. "Time to call it a day."
"Aww..! Fine.." I pouted. We headed back into the main street, where we were greeted with panic.
"What is the problem?" Komaru-sensei grabbed a villager and stared down at him intimidatingly.
"W-We're under attack!"
"By whom?"
"A-Akatsuki!"
I gasped. "A-Akatsuki!?"
"Is that right.. well, you villagers should probably be evacuated." Komaru-sensei released the poor guy from his grip.
"What do we do!?" I asked, becoming frantic. "T-Those people killed Asuma-sensei!"
"And they've killed countless others. They may be a threat, but we're at a home advantage here. Don't panic so much."
"I'm not panicking!" I lied. "We have to tell the Hokage immediately!"
"I'm sure she already is aware."

I ran anyway, searching for Tsunade-sama. Komaru-sensei called out for me to stay by his side, but I was already too far away to turn back. As I was running, and saw so many shinobi scattering, ready for battle, I suddenly thought of Takashi and stopped.
"Oh no! He's defenceless!" I quickly spun around and headed home. I was interrupted by Kiba, however.
"Setsuki, what're you doing! Didn't you hear the order?! We're supposed to evacuate the citizens!" He snarled.
"Uh- that's what I'm doing!" I replied.
"Everyone from this end has already been cleared out! Turn around and go check the South-West area, around the Aburame compound!"
I looked past him, my house was down that road. "Are.. you sure everyone is?"
"What, do you doubt me?!"
"Very much!" I answered. Kiba's eye twitched, infuriated. I pushed past him and ran home. The front door was opened, so I ran straight inside. Kiba followed, throwing orders at me to leave.
"Uncle Takashi!?" I searched the whole house, every nook and cranny, but he wasn't there, and inside his bedroom, things were missing, so perhaps he was packed up and evacuated after all.
"I told you, everyone on this side has already been lead to safety!" Kiba gushed. I turned to him.
"Sorry." I half-heartedly said.
"Ngh. Come on." He groaned. Akamaru came running inside, barking. "Akamaru! There you are!" Akamaru barked at him, as if explaining something. "What?! Our compound is..!? Rgh.. then we'd better go help mum and Kuromaru at once!"
Akamaru nodded, and turned for Kiba to mount him.
"What's going on?" I asked. Kiba mounted Akamaru, then sort of turned to me.
"My clan's compound is under attack, I'm going to help out. So, smell ya later!"
I was about to respond, when suddenly the closest wall to me smashed and the house began to collapse beneath it. I gasped and escaped before I was buried under the rubble, but now I was trapped on the inside.
"Arh! Go to the door, Akamaru!" Akamaru obeyed, and I followed them quickly, but then the rest of the house collapsed with us inside. I wasn't quick enough to react, and a huge, heavy piece of timber landed straight on my arm, I heard a loud cracking noise, and suddenly my arm was in instant agony. I let out a scream.
"Crap! What happened!?" Kiba shouted. I couldn't move my arm or get it free, it became more and more painful by the moment.
"My arm! I can't..." I cringed and struggled.
Kiba and Akamaru were free, standing on top of the rubble. "Holy shit!" Kiba dug through some rubble to get to me. "Arm's aren't supposed to bend that far..!" He said. "Akamaru, lend me a hand!" The two put all their strength into lifting the timber off, to free my arm. "M-Move!" He hissed, struggling to hold it up. I rolled out from beneath it, gripping my arm tightly. It was wet, drenched in blood. Kiba immediately dropped it, and it caused the ground to shake a little. Him and Akamaru choked on the dust.
"Oi, can you stand?" Kiba spoke down to me.
I tried to pull myself up, but it was too painful to let go of my arm. "I.."
"... Akamaru, help her."
I looked up at him in surprise. He was looking the other way, as if trying to avoid acting compassionately.
Akamaru helped me to my feet, and just as I was standing, we were confronted with a trashed area. All the buildings were damaged in some ways, and others completely demolished.
"W-What a mess..." I commented.
"We can't worry about it now. There's a fight to be won!" Kiba declared. I nodded. ".. But uh... you shouldn't fight."
I looked at him immediately. "What?!"
"Idiot, you can't fight with an arm like that."
"I have my legs!"
"What good are your legs going to be!?"
"My legs can pack a punch! Don't you worry about that!"
"This is the real thing, Setsuki! Your legs wont prove useful at all! This is the Akatsuki we're talking about!"
I sighed, he was right.