Hey, how's it going guys. So yeah, I finished another chapter. I don't think it's very interesting though. But read and tell me what you think. Sorry it took me awhile, school.
Team Kakashi vs Team Yamato
It's been a week since Team Kakashi had saved the Kazekage, Sakura was hanging out with her teammates, Naruto was upside down on a tree as Sakura sat on the bench under it and Sasuke leaning against it. "We haven't been on a mission for a while…." Said Naruto, the rare lifelessness ringing in his tone.
"Mmhmm…." Expressed Sakura, her body leaned back on the bench and her body laying lifelessly on the wooden chair.
"That's no surprise…. Now that the sand has been attacked by the Akatsuki, the whole nation is shaken up… the jounin are all busy with other missions. Which leaves us….." said Sasuke, in his monotone voice.
"Argh! I'm so sick of doing nothing! Sasuke! Let's duel" said Naruto, jumping down and landing down in front of Sasuke.
"No, go duel with yourself, idiot" said Sasuke.
"You afraid?" mocked Naruto. Sasuke's eyes met his, challengingly. "Alright" said Sasuke. Sakura sighed "You two will never give it a rest, will you" she said.
"Nope" "Never"
Sakura smiled and got up "Let's go to a place where you won't destroy everything around you" said Sakura.
They found themselves a wide space for dueling, Sakura raised a hand in the air, her long hair flowing with the wind. The two males were ready, armed with a kunai each and their legs widened. Just when Sakura's hand was about to come down, a surprise call came from her direction.
"Sa-kura- chan!~" the voice called in an annoying slur. Two hands came from behind Sakura and hugged her from behind, she let out a squeak in surprise.
Two heads immediately turned her way, there was a stranger…. Holding onto Sakura! Two kunais flew at the guy behind Sakura, they flew past Sakura's head, grazing a little of her bangs. The mystery guy had to let go of Sakura to dodge the kunais. "Hee… what skill in handling your kunais….." said a deep male voice from behind Sakura, he received a very dangerous glare from Sasuke "Don't touch her…." He growled. Sakura was still taking in on what just happened, she blinked a few times. "Takuya, when did you get back" she asked, turning around.
"Just a couple of hours ago, I was looking for you" said the one she called, Takuya, a boy with messy brown hair, dark green eyes and his forehead protected around his neck.
"What about Sai-kun" said Sakura.
"Oh he's…. around here….. somewhere" he said.
"And may I ask, who are you" a voice from behind them said, it sounded more like a warning than a question.
"Hiroyama Takuya, and you bastards must be the two boy Sakura-chan has told me so much about" said Takuya, looping his hand around Sakura's shoulder like a lover.
Sasuke and Naruto gave a low growl, but before they could bite his hand off, Takuya gave a yelp and jumped up. Everyone was surprised by the sudden outburst, and immediately they knew why. "How many times do I have to tell you to stop flirting with Sakura" said a loud commanding voice, similar to Naruto's. Everyone turned around and noticed a boy with brown hair and wolf eyes and cheeks decorated with red marks.
"Kiba-kun" said Sakura in a smile. "Akamaru doesn't like that" said Kiba, coming to a stop and crossing his arms. Akamaru stood in between Kiba and Sakura and growled dangerously at Takuya. Naruto grinned cheekily as Sasuke smirked they were both thinking the same thing 'We owe you one, Kiba'
"Damn you, Kiba" spat Takuya, rubbing his sore bottom. Naruto had just noticed…. 'What's that white furry animal that just bit that bastard in the ass' he thought, then he leaned down and looked past Sakura. "Kiba, who's that scary oversized pup?" said Naruto.
"What are you talking about Naruto, don't tell me you forgot Akamaru already" said Kiba, patting Akamaru on the head. Naruto's jaw dropped to the ground. "A-A-Akamaru?" Naruto pictured the small little pup sitting on Kiba's head most of the time, and looked at the huge slit eyed dog looking at him now "He grew that big, in 2 and a half years?" shouted Naruto in disbelief. Akamaru barked.
"Let's drop the dag subject shall we" said Takuya, walking back into the group, Akamaru growled in warning to him to not get any closer to Sakura, but Sasuke's intensive glare was enough. "What relations do you have with Sakura-chan" said Naruto.
"We're teammates" said Takuya, with a smug on his face. Sakura nodded, before any of them managed to open their mouths, someone cut in "Kiba, we've been called in for a mission" said a muffled low voice.
Kiba and Akamaru turned and look behind, it was their teammate, Shino and Hinata. "Yo, Hinata. Looks like your hair grew" said Naruto, waving at her. Hinata blushed heavily and played with her fingers "E-Er…. Ye-yeah, It's good to s-see you're back….. N-Naruto-kun" she said innocently. Naruto smiled at her "Yeah, it's good to have you back, Naruto" said Shino. Naruto studied his face for a moment "Who're you"
Everyone sweatdropped. "You do not remember me? Naruto" said Shino, he turned around "I'm upset"
"Ah, he's sulking" said Kiba.
"I'm am most definitely not sulking, hurry. We've got a mission to attend to, no time for chit chat" said Shino and he was off. "Don't m-mind him, he's j-just sulking" said Hinata, then a voice shouted from behind "I am not!" Hinata smiled and bowed her head a little before jumping off with Kiba and Akamaru. "I'll leave Sakura to you two" Kiba called out.
Sakura waved them off then turned her attention to the 3 ninja boys. "What do you mean she's your teammate" said Naruto.
"We're Team Yamato, Squadron 14. We're Sakura-chan's temporary mission team when you morons left her to do your training" said Takuya.
Sasuke and Naruto glared at the boy. There was something in his tone that Sasuke really hated when he said they left Sakura to go train, it made him feel….. guilty.
"Hey! Who're you calling morons?" said Naruto.
"Both of you, especially you" Takuya, eyed Naruto as he said it. Naruto clenched his fist then pointed at Takuya "I challenge you to a duel! If I win, you'll take back what you said!" he declared proudly. "Challenge accepted" Takuya smirked as he said it, then he turned to look at Sakura, who tilted her head a little in question. "But if I win, I get a kiss from-" but before he could finish his sentence, he was cut off by Sasuke. "Denied" he said, putting his hand on Sakura's shoulder and pulling her back as he stepped in front of her.
The two boys glared at each other for what seemed like ages, before Takuya broke the silence "Don't get too cocky….. Uchiha" he practically spat Sasuke's last name. Sasuke could've sworn Takuya's eyes turned golden for a second. "I can say the same for you" Sasuke finally replied. Sakura could feel the intensity of their glares just by looking at them, she was petrified, afraid to even touch any one of them. Sasuke somehow felt Sakura's fear behind him and broke his glaring contest with Takuya and turned to look at her. He was surprised to see Sakura tense up when he looked at her, and a little hurt too. He turned back and bit his lip. "If you win…. I'll do whatever you want for a day" said Sasuke, reluctantly. After the words had escaped his mouth, his eyes widened as if he just found out what he just said.
Everyone stared at him like he was crazy, Sasuke faked a cough and straightened then turned and walk to Naruto. "You'd better not lose this one, loser" muttered Sasuke, his expression told Naruto the real sentence 'Lose this one and you'll forever be a loser' Naruto gulped and managed a weak smile. "Don't worry Sasuke, there's no way I'll lose to this amateur" he said, confidence ringing in his tone. Sakura noticed that she's been keeping quiet for the whole time, but she couldn't help it. What can you say that'll stop two rhinos from ramming on each other. There wasn't any other choice, but to let them handle it like men.
Sasuke and Sakura stood on different sides of the field, at the hand on Sasuke. The battle between Uzumaki Naruto and Hiroyama Takuya broke out. Takuya raided Naruto with a shower of kunais from above when he leaped into the air, Naruto took a few jumps back to avoid being rained on, then after he successfully dodged it, he took out a kunai and shot up in the air, colliding his kunai with Takuya's, both hands trembled and the light clinking of metal was heard, Takuya narrowed his eyes and suddenly Naruto was pushed back, he shot into the ground, crashing hard as Takuya landed swiftly on both legs.
A small gasp escaped Sakura, Sasuke became a little nervous. 'This guy isn't just all talk' Sasuke looked up as Takuya launched himself back into the air "Katon, Housenka (Fire Style, Mystical Flower)" shouted Takuya. Little fireballs shot into smoke where Naruto was in, and exploded. Sakura noticed something, Naruto's chakra isn't in the smoke anymore. Takuya gave a smirk as gravity pulled him back. "What are you smirking at, moron" a voice suddenly came from behind Takuya. His eyes widened. "Rasengan!"
"Tenraigan!" this took Naruto by surprise, Sasuke too. Takuya's pupils turned golden, his fingers held an unknown seal, then a light ding filled the air. Naruto's Rasengan was broken, and he was hit back with an blinding power, like a blast of air. Except it wasn't wind. It was as if light itself was pushing Naruto back. Naruto flew back, still trapped in the air, he flipped and landed on the ground after Takuya touched down, his eyes were returned back to normal. But he had no idea what that had been, but he was gonna find out. Sasuke watched Takuya's actions more carefully now.
Takuya's broad shoulders heaved up and down as he watched Naruto closely with his dull green eyes. "Oi, moron. What was that attack just now" demanded Naruto. Takuya scowled "Want to taste it again?" Takuya's lips twitched. Sakura fist tightened, she didn't like where this battle is going. Naruto grinned, "Bring it on" He formed a cross with his two fingers "Tajuu, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" 5 Narutos appeared. Takuya found himself surprised " Tajuu Kage Bunshin?" but before he had time to pull himself together, the Naruto(s) already charged. Metal clashing, Clones exploding in smoke, and Jutsus executed against one another.
Soon, both of them could barely stand. Takuya's legs wobbled unstably before he fell on all fours coughing and gasping for air. "Heh, what's the matter….. moron….. too –wince- tired to fight?" said Naruto, before he fell on one knee. The battle had been going on for almost 2 hours, Sasuke and Sakura doubt anyone of them could continue any further, he was about to step in when Takuya stood up, although his fatigue showed on his face, his body didn't seem tired at all "I'm gonna end this" he muttered, he formed a chain of seals continuously at an even speed. Sasuke recognized the pattern, it was a fire style, but he's never seen one with so many seals.
Sakura's eyes widened, she knew. Takuya was going out of control, his eyes showed the need to see blood, he was dangerous at this state. Takuya's eyes shot open "Katon, Seishin no Honoo (Fire Style, The Soul's Flame)" He was really gonna kill Naruto, all Sakura had in mind was to save Naruto. Red flames started to coat Takuya, a tiger made out of flames grew bigger and bigger above Takuya. He released it, The red tiger launched itself right at Naruto's fallen figure, he looked up and his eyes widened. There was a flash of pink and Takuya's bloodthirsty eyes disappeared and was replaced with eyes filled with shock and desperation, but he couldn't bring it back. Sakura was unprepared too, throwing herself in between the attack and Naruto was all she could come up of, not her brightest idea, but yeah.
Sakura wished she had come up with a more intelligent idea, it was too fast for her to activate her Kaiho and use her barrier, she shut her eyes and waited for the burning. But all the burning she felt was a warm firm arm wrap itself around her waist and pulled her against something, or rather. Someone. She looked up and found her body pushed against Sasuke's chest, sideways. Sasuke held up one hand against the flames, he looked like he was taming it. Hot air rushed against Sakura's face as she watched the flames get directed away like it was the most easiest thing to do in the world. Once it was over, Sasuke's closed his fingers and rubbed them a little before dropping his hand and looked down at Sakura, she stared at him with her green orbs so innocently, he nearly lost himself in her eyes.
After awhile, only had he noticed that he was still holding her to him. He drew back his hand like it had just touched magma. "I-I'm sorry" he stuttered, before his expression changed and he faced Takuya. "You bastard, were you trying to kill him?"
"So what if I was" snapped Takuya "You could've killed Sakura" said Sasuke. Takuya's eyes traveled from Sasuke to Sakura "Sakura-chan, you're not hurt. Are you?" he asked, concerned. Sakura took in a big breath "I'm fine" she said firmly. "Takuya….." she muttered as she came from behind Sasuke and started walking to Takuya. "Yes?" he asked. Sakura raised her hand.
PAK
Takuya had just received a smack across the face….. by Sakura. He looked startled, but he knew why. He had tried to hurt her precious teammate, if he actually killed him, Sakura would never forgive him, but he would never forgive himself if he had hurt Sakura. His eyes softened and he faced her again, he smiled "Alright….. I'm sorry…." He muttered. Sakura smiled back and turned back to her teammates, Sasuke was helping Naruto back on his feet. She could heard Naruto shout out some defense for himself.
A blurry black figure landed down in the clearing, they all looked at him. "Sai-kun" said Sakura, they all went over to meet him. "Sakura-san, it's good to see you again" said Sai. Sakura gave him a hug, which earned him 3 very deadly glares. He gulped and let go of her. "Sakura-san, these two….." he trailed off, his eyes traveling to Sasuke and Naruto.
"Sai-kun, these two are my teammates" said Sakura, she went behind Sasuke and pull her hands on his shoulders "This is Sasuke" she said peering over Sasuke's shoulder to look at Sai. Then she moved over to stand next to Naruto then put a hand on his shoulder "This guy is Naruto" she smiled. Sai stared at Sasuke for a few seconds then moved to Naruto, examining him. "You seem….. dickless"
Stone. They were all turned to stone. After what seemed like ages, Naruto finally exploded. "What did you say? You little shit!" he cursed Sai with all he's might, struggling as Sasuke and Sakura held him back from launching himself at Sai. "N-Naruto, calm down. He's just a little too honest, that's all. He says whatever's in his mind" said Sakura, quickly. Which didn't exactly help cause it still didn't hide the fact that Sai thinks Naruto doesn't have a penis as his first impression of him.
"Did I say something wrong…..?" Sai whispered to Takuya. Who just facepalmed.
After Naruto had calmed down, Sai told them that they had been summoned for mission.
At The Hokage's Office….
"What took you so long? Sai! I told you to get them half an hour ago!" scolded Tsunade. Sai lowered his head "Right….. we had a little problem" said Sai, his eyes rolled over to Naruto, who was beside him. Tsunade sighed and massaged her temples "No matter, we're lost too much time, I'm going straight to the point. Kakashi and Yamato are on a special mission for the jounins. Which leaves us in lack of capable commanders, so for this mission I'm sending two combined squadrons, but without a jounin rank. You are to go to the Hizen Prison of the west and assist the shinobi there. There has been a security breach and the prisoners are scattered everywhere. This is an urgent mission, I didn't have time to be picky about my troops, this is an A-rank. Do not mess up. Sasuke, I'm appointing you team leader" said Tsunade.
Takuya's jaw dropped.
"Understood" Sasuke answered.
"Fifth, There is no way I am taking orders from that….. that arrogant….." Takuya was cut off.
"Hiroyama! We don't have time to argue about this. Sasuke has the most amount of leadership sense, you will follow as he says" said Tsunade.
Takuya clenched his fists, "Yes, ma'am…" he said, reluctantly. They met up at the gate, Sasuke and Sakura was last to arrive. "What took you so long. Leader" Takuya snared. Sasuke was actually just waiting for Sakura to get her things ready, but he didn't say anything. "It was my fault. Takuya. I was packing some antidotes to bring along in case of emergencies" said Sakura. "Oh that's fine, you're always so thoughtful. Sakura-chan" he smiled. The deadly tone he used with Sasuke was totally gone as if he was a different person.
Naruto and Sasuke watched as he continued showering Sakura with compliments in his smitten voice. They sweatdropped. Sakura rubbed the back of her head in flattery. "Oi, loverboy. Stop flirting and let's go" said Sasuke. He jumped off. Takuya turned to Sasuke who was jumping off and glared darkly at his disappearing figure. "What did you say you bastard!" he yelled at him with an annoyed voice. Sakura shook her head and followed behind the boys.
The whole journey to the prison was in silence. Takuya stayed close behind Sakura watching her with heart shaped eyes, which was beginning to bug Sasuke very much. Sakura didn't even seem to mind that he was being too close to her. Sasuke didn't even want to think about how close he'd been with her during missions when he was gone, Sakura might have already…..
Sasuke gave himself a mental slap. No no, if he did that, he'd have to destroy him. They were close to the prison now. They'll reach in another half an hour. But of course it's never that simple. A kunai flew past Naruto, just barely missing his neck and then stabbed into a tree behind Sakura. "What was that!" said Naruto before he was tackled to the ground by a giant sized escapee.
"Naruto!" shouted Sakura. When the smoke cleared, Naruto had a kunai pointed at his face, the escapee was pushing it down on Naruto, who struggled to keep the kunai out of his face. "Get….. off….. me!" struggled Naruto. Sasuke quickly switched direction from forward to backward by pushing his legs against the branch and flipped backwards, he landed swiftly on the ground. He then appeared next to the struggling Naruto and escapee. He landed a kick on the escapee and he was sent flying sideways, crashing into the trees.
A pink flash jumped down and beside him before a clang of metal was heard, Sakura knocked a skinny, bloodthirsty looking guy out of the way when he charged at Sasuke when a kunai. "Thanks" Sasuke said to Sakura. Naruto hopped back on his feet. "Where did they come from?" he said, arming himself with a kunai.
"They've gotten this far already….. tch. Looks like we're spending out whole day here" said Sasuke. Sakura chuckled a little "We might as well make the best of it" said Sakura. The two escapees got back on their feet. And looked at the three. They tightened their grip on their kunai and charged. Sasuke and Naruto went against them, both sides clashed and broke out into a kunai combat battle. Just when Sasuke had the skinny one in a dead lock with his kunai, he was about to put a genjutsu on him with his sharingan, before a voice called out "Katon, Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" Sasuke looked up and saw a fireball hurl at him and the escapee. It would hit them both, they broke out of the deadlock and jumped back, letting the fireball scorch the ground.
Sasuke looked up at where Takuya was standing, he narrowed his eyes at him. Before the escapee charged at him again. Sasuke threw his kunai at the escapee, but he jumped out of the way, and Sasuke saw a kunai flying at him from the opposite direction, Takuya had thrown the kunai from behind the escapee, hoping to hit him too. Sasuke's quick reflexes acted out and he tilted his head to avoid it. Takuya had blocked it off. The two boys glared at each other "Stop getting in my way" Takuya growled. "That should be my line" Sasuke deadpanned. "Sasuke! Above you!" shouted Naruto, who was blocking the fat escapee's punch. Sasuke looked up, the escapee was jumping down on him.
Sakura shot out of nowhere and tackled the escapee out of the way, they rolled over on the ground and the escapee ended up on top of Sakura, strangling her. Sakura was holding his wrists, trying to pull him off, but his nails were digging into her skin, three kunais few from the left and stabbed into the escapee's side before a kick collided with him that sent him ramming through 3 layers of bark.
Sakura sat up, coughing and rubbing her neck. Sasuke knelt down next to her "You alright?" he asked. Sakura smiled "Yeah, thank you" Sasuke helped her up before Takuya and Naruto rushed to her "Sakura-chan!" they both said in unison. "Are you alright? Where is that bastard!" shouted Naruto, impatiently looking everywhere. "He needs a beating" said Takuya.
"You can beat him up all you want later, but now someone has to go check the situation of the prison, we can't tell the escapees get any further. Sai, you go. The rest of us will round up the rest of the escaped prisoners" said Sasuke.
Sai has just finished tying up the fat escapee with his ink snake. "Understood" he answered and unraveled a blank scroll and drew an huge bird on it. "Ninpou, Choju Giga (Ninja Art, Superior Beast Imitation)" the bird he drew jumped out from the paper and flew into the sky before swooping down and letting Sai jump on it.
Sasuke turned to Sakura. "Sakura can you track them down?" he said. Sakura nodded before taking a deep breath and closing her eyes. After moments for memorizing all their location, Sakura reopened her eyes "None of them has gotten as far as here yet, but there are around 65 of them scattered across the forest.
"How close are the closest ones" said Sasuke. "30 degrees from the north, about 100 meters forward. And another one 60 degrees south, about 80 meters forward" said Sakura. "Great, we'll split up into 2 teams." Said Sasuke. "Sakura's coming with me" he quickly added. "Hey no fair!" shouted Naruto.
"Yeah, Uchiha. Just because you're the leader doesn't mean you can boss everyone around" said Takuya. There was a pause "Wait I thought that's what he's supposed to do" said Naruto. "Whatever, point is that. I'm not letting you team up with Sakura-chan just like that" said Takuya. "We don't have time for this, at this rate. We won't be able to finish rounding up the escapees by sunset" said Sasuke. They all broke out into an argue. Sakura watched from the side, helpless to do anything. "Why can't they get along….." she muttered.
"Then we let Sakura decide" said Takuya. Sakura jumped a little when everyone looked at her "E-Erm…. I'll stick with Sasuke then" she said nervously as if she was just trying to get everyone to stop staring at her. "Then that settles it" said Sasuke, he jumped off with Sakura following him, leaving a very angry Takuya and Naruto.
He could heard them argue already. He felt so relieved when Sakura chose to stick with him, he wasn't being desperate or anything, he just didn't like leaving Sakura to anyone else. Sakura suddenly gasped "What is it" said Sasuke. He could tell Sakura was concentrating really hard as her eyebrows were creased and her eyes looked focused "The numbers have suddenly increase, 13 of them are headed out way" she said, not turning to look at Sasuke. "We'll just have to face them head on" said Sasuke with a very excited smirk. Sakura smiled, how typical of Sasuke, always wanting to challenge himself. "But we can't underestimate them, remember these criminals are strong enough to get themselves thrown one of the most secured prison in the fire country" noted Sakura.
"Fine, it's not my fault if I accidentally kill one" warned Sasuke. Sakura giggled "Okay". Sasuke looked over his shoulder to see her smile and felt a grin creep it's way to his face, but his face fell and he turned to carry Sakura off and safely avoid a bunch of shurikens with paper bombs attached to it. He and Sakura landed on a branch above the explosion, he set Sakura down and they crouched low to avoid the chances of being seen.
"Thanks" said Sakura. "How many are there" said Sasuke. "Only three, but the rest are close by" said Sakura. "Good, stay here. I'll be done in a second" He ordered her before jumping down into the smoke, big mistake. A new explosion occurred in the smoke, Sakura turned away and covered her face to prevent the smoke from going into her eyes, after the explosion blast ended she looked down, her eyes frantically looking for Sasuke, at least a little glimpse of him or his black hair and white jacket. Sakura's breathing became abnormal, she knew he was alive, but she wasn't sure if he was in any condition to move, what if he was jumped.
She formed a seal and a blast of wind blew the smoke away clearing her vision. Sasuke was standing on three full grown men stacked up on each other. He looked up at Sakura and grinned at her, proving to her that he really needed only a second. Sakura smiled down on him, Sasuke's expression became frightened all of the sudden. Sakura quickly spun around and a tanto slammed down on her kunai, a man with golden eyes looked at her as if she was a meal. Dark brown hair that reached his shoulders and looked like he hasn't been combed for several years.
He pressed his weight down on her, Sakura struggled to get the advantage. Sasuke as going to help, but was interrupted when a gang of 5 men jumped him, blocking out all his exits to Sakura. He growled and activated his sharingan and watched as the men started to doubt their chances of winning "A-An….. U-Uchiha….." stuttered the man that Sasuke was looking at. "Move. Aside…." He said through his teeth. A war cry sounded behind Sasuke and the two escapees him decided to attack. He was pissed off enough that Sakura's in trouble, he decided to be quick with this, he put them all under a genjutsu spell in a flash. Just when he was about to run up the tree, a voice came from above.
"Sasuke! Heads up!" he knew that voice, Sakura. She was okay, well, not that he doubted her or anything. But what did she mean by heads up, he looked up and an unconscious body was coming down on him, he was nearly squashed under the man if it weren't for his quick reflexes. She smiled down at him before jumping down herself. "Well, that makes 11 of them down" said Sasuke.
"There's something weird about Naruto's side" said Sakura, worriedly. "What do you mean" said Sasuke. "They haven't even taken down one of the escapees" said Sakura. "Those idiots probably have no teamwork" said Sasuke. "Shouldn't we go help them" said Sakura. "Yeah, but we should take care of all the escapees on this side of the forest" said Sasuke.
Sakura nodded,
Meanwhile.
"Katon, Goukakyuu no Jutsu"
"Wa-wait! You moron!" Naruto stuttered as he was wrestling with a blind escapee with bandages around his eyes. A fireball shot right at Naruto, It would take down the escapee, but it would do the same to Naruto. The fireball engulfed the both of them, then there was an exploding puff of smoke and a screaming of a man. When the flames disappeared, all that's left was a burned man, lying on the ground.
"You moron! You could've killed me!" shouted Naruto, standing on a branch above Takuya. "That won't be my problem, now will it" snapped Takuya. "What did you say?" said Naruto, ready to launch at him in a split second. But their fight was interrupted by a flash bomb. "Dammit…." Cursed Naruto before the bomb exploded.
They were really in trouble, neither one of them could see. "This is all your fault, you dumb blonde" said Takuya. "I'm not the one that keeps trying to kill his partner, moron" said Naruto, rubbing his eyes. Naruto felt a rush of wind coming at him, he quickly leaped into the air. "Fuuton, Kako Kiryu! (Wind Style, Downburst)" Naruto was slammed down to earth, the heavy wind pressure crushing both Takuya and Naruto.
A blur of pink and white shot out of the trees, Sasuke appeared beside the culprit, it took the man awhile to notice Sasuke's presence, when he did, Sasuke slammed his leg into his gut and sent him flying to a tree. The technique was dispersed, Sakura went to check on the two boys, who were already getting up. "Ah, you two shouldn't move just yet" said Sakura.
Takuya's ears sharpened "Is that…. Sakura-chan?~" he said, excitedly. "Sakura-chan, Sasuke didn't do anything perverted to you right" said Naruto. Both of them still couldn't open their eyes, Sakura checked them for any serious injuries, but thankfully there weren't any.
"You both aren't seriously injured, but you'd better be careful, Naruto. Anymore pressure on your left knee and it might crack" said Sakura. Sasuke landed next to her, Sakura gave them a smile even though they couldn't see it. Sakura suddenly tensed up, everyone seemed to have sensed her fear "Sakura-chan, is something wrong?" said Naruto.
"Huge… chakra….. behind us" she barely managed to get it out of her mouth. A dark chuckle sounded from behind Sakura and Sasuke. Naruto and Takuya looked up, trying to open their eyes. Sasuke turned his head behind and looked from the corner of his eyes.
"You're not bad….. Ojou-chan" he had a deep, manly voice. Sakura turned behind and met his cold, silver eyes. "A-A-Akizen….. Suou" stuttered Sakura. They haven't seen Sakura so nervous since she reunited with her old mentor, Takumi.
"What's wrong, Sakura-chan" said Takuya.
"I saw his information on Tsunade-sama's files when I was arranging them. He's the top criminal in Hizen, single handedly took down 3 squadrons of jounin, Kakashi-sensei was one of them, they were out of action for 2 months. He was being scouted by the Akatsuki, but Tsunade-sama managed to take him down without anymore casualties" said Sakura.
"The Akatsuki?" said Naruto.
The man threw his head back and laughed "Aren't you a smart one" said Suou. Sasuke growled at him. Suddenly a voice sounded from behind "Katon, Karyuu Endan! (Fire Style, Fire Dragon Flame Bullet)" three fire dragons shot out from behind Sakura and Sasuke and attacked the man, standing on the branch. But he didn't move, nor did he try to counter it. He merely smirked and held out his hand. Sakura's eyes widened "Takuya! Stop!" she screamed.
But it was too late, all three fire dragon had connected with the man, but they all seemed to be absorbed into his hand, but a second layer of flame circled the dragon and shot right at Takuya, scorching him. Everyone looked panicked. Sakura ran over to check on him as the two boys covered for them. "What did you do, you bastard!" shouted Naruto.
Suou laughed again "I was just merely returning his greeting" he chuckled. Sasuke gritted his teeth. Naruto charged, followed by Sasuke. Both of them shot up into the air and slammed a leg down on the Suou, he grabbed their leg, and looked up with his wild eyes. Suddenly Naruto and Sasuke felt as it their legs were snapped in half, they let out a cry of pain before Suou threw them down, they came crashing down like a meteor, creating two craters.
"Sasuke! Naruto!" Sakura shrieked. Then there was a chuckle, Suou jumped down from the branch. "Well, as soon as I take care of you, I can go find the Akatsuki, so….. hit me with your best shot" he challenged her, half hearted. Sakura's back was still facing him, she had made sure Takuya was still alive, she had her head low, she removed her hand from Takuya's chest and stood up. "Kai…ho" she said in a low voice and her whole body exploded in green chakra.
Suou looked genuinely surprised, Sakura still had her head low as she formed some hand seals "Fuuton, Kaze Arashi (Wind Style, Windstorm)" she looked up, revealing her piercing green eyes as wind blew from all direction, Sakura's long hair whipped around wildly, Suou raised his eyebrows and smirked. He made a diamond with both his thumbs and index fingers and all the wind was suddenly direction into the diamond, he shaped Sakura's jutsu into a little ball and held it in his hand like a toy. "Hou…. What luck, bumping into Tsunade-hime's apprentice…. Haruno, Sakura" he said with a smirk.
Sakura clenched her fist, "Once I capture you, I'll hand you over to the akatsuki" he let out a sinister chuckle. "I'll be welcomed in with open arms" he finished, then held on to Sakura's jutsu "I think it's about time I return this to you" as the last word escaped his mouth, he created a diamond with his fingers again, this time, Sakura's jutsu sat in the middle of the diamond, wind shot out, just like Sakura's attack just now.
Sakura blocked it off with her chakra barrier. "Oi…." A voice sounded, along with the sound of crumbling rocks. "Don't…. lay a finger on Sakura" Sakura perked up "Sasuke…!" The smoke from the impact cleared, Sasuke stood in the middle of the crater, his body fell limp, he brushed the dirt off his hair. "Ah, Sasuke. You shouldn't move yet" said Sakura.
"Sakura, check on Naruto …" Sasuke lifted his head "I'll take care of this bastard" said Sasuke. Sakura heard Takuya get up. "Bastard…. I'll be sure to get you back…." Cursed Takuya, he walked past Sakura, and faced Suou boldly. Sakura couldn't say anything to stop them now, the only thing she can do now to help is to check on Naruto.
"You brats can still stand after getting hit by your own attack huh…." Suou smirked. Sasuke disappeared, Suou seemed to have seem through his move as he turned to his left were Sasuke threw a raid of kunai at him, Suou dodged it easily then his eyes moved back to Takuya who disappeared too, Sasuke and Takuya came running at Suou from both sides. "Naïve.."
Sasuke and Takuya swung their kicks at Suou, who blocked it off easily. Both of them looked shocked Suou was no ordinary man, being able to block both their superhuman kicks. But instead of him flying off, Sasuke and Takuya shot off, flying almost 100 meters back. "Sasuke! Takuya!" shouted Sakura. "Don't move!" Sasuke shouted from where he laid. "Don't….. do anything….. Sakura…" Sasuke's voice almost pleaded. He stood up again, and charged once again. Suou still hasn't moved from that spot, which pissed him off more.
Both Sasuke and Takuya went against him head on, but before Sasuke was able to lay a finger on Suou, he threw Takuya at him, the two boys crashed against each other, and ended getting thrown back again. "Dammit…. That damn bastard…. How dare he throw me…." Cursed Takuya, jumping back on his feet. "Oi, Hiroyama." Said Sasuke.
"Huh" Takuya answered roughly "Don't get in my way" Sasuke said with a heavy glare then an off again, leaving a really angry Takuya. 'This bastard's gonna try and capture Sakura….. I can't lose….' Thought Sasuke. His Kusanagi no Tsurugi lit up in sparks. Suou smirked at the challenge and faced him, Sasuke swung his sword upwards, missing Suou by a centimeter, Suou attempted to punch him, but Sasuke saw through it and moved back, but that was a feint. Sasuke's eyes widened as Suou appeared behind him. A kunai was ready to be stabbed into his back.
CLANG
Sasuke was facing Suou, his Chidorigatana trembling as he pushed it down on Suou, then it lit up in sparks, it immediately cut through Suou's kunai and dug itself into Suou's shoulder, blood sprayed out. Suou's eyes widened, he swung his legs in for a kick, Sasuke jumped back, dodging it. Just then a figure rushed past him, Takuya. "Katon, Housenka!" little fireballs shot at Suou. He smirked and absorbed them, but that was just a diversion. Takuya ended up below Suou and landed an upper kick to his chin, sending him flying upwards and forward. Nearly ramming into Sasuke. "Oi! Watch where you throw him" said Sasuke. "Don't tell me what do you, Uchiha" said Takuya. "You were the one-" Sasuke's eyes widened as he suddenly found kunai stabbed through his gut.
'When did he...'Suou's lips twisted into a smirk "Don't look down on me….. brats. You're a hundred years too early to be able to defeat me" said Suou. "Bastard" said Takuya, he drew his kunai and charged at Suou. Suou pulled out the kunai from Sasuke's gut and Sasuke fell on his knees, coughing blood. Suou directed his attention to Takuya, they broke out into a kunai battle. But at last, Takuya was hit on a vital spot, his side was stabbed by Suou and he fell face down as his blood ran out of his body, panting and unable to move. Suou chuckled "I need to thank you, kid. If it weren't for you jutsu, would have been in trouble. My wound's all heal now. See?" he pointed a finger at the wound that should've been there on his shoulder.
Sasuke's arms trembled as the energy drained out of him like his blood soon his body fell limp on the ground, no longer moving. "Sasuke! Takuya!" Sakura shrieked. Her pupils shrunk and her body was trembling. Then Suou walked towards her, Sakura felt his shadow on her and looked up and met his terrible silver eyes, that cry the thirst for blood. "Y-You Bastard….." she growled and threw a raid of kunais with paper bombs attached to it at Suou, making him jump back a few steps. Sakura's green chakra shot up into the sky, her whole body emitted a heavy amount of chakra, which made Suou more eager to capture her.
She suddenly disappeared, Suou's eyes rolled over to the side as he countered a punch from Sakura, only to realize, he couldn't hold it and he few back, crashing through tree after tree. He stood up and pushed a tree aside "How careless of me….. you're the apprentice of that damned slug princess. I shouldn't have underestimated you" said Suou, he looked at her and cracked his knuckles before charging at Sakura, who slammed her palm down into the ground "Doton, Hachi Josho Doryu (Earth Style, Eight Rising Earth Dragon)" dragons made out of hardened soil rose from the ground and crashed down upon Suou "your weakness is that you can't absorb particles any denser than liquid, this should deal some damage" said Sakura.
"Hou…. Not bad, for someone who only lived half my age" said Suou, he was in the middle of the eight earth dragons, but he had his arms crossed and he didn't look affected at all. Sakura gasped "How…." She breathed "My body has been trained to withstand strong impacts, and besides, if I drain out most of the chakra from the attack before it hits me then it won't have any effect now, will it" said Suou as the dragons crumbled. Sakura took a step back before Suou appeared before her and took her into a strangle hold behind her. Sakura let out a strangled scream. Suou chuckled sinisterly "Now the akatsuki awaits" he said.
Sakura felt her strength being drained out of her. "You have an amazing amount of chakra, don't you. Stubborn little brat, no matter how much you struggle, I already took most of your chakra" said Suou. Sakura's clouded eyes rolled over to check on Sasuke and Takuya, then Naruto. 'Good, their chakra seems to be stable. At least their life's not in danger' thought Sakura. Then three different coloured chakra shot up into the sky. Sakura's eyes widened.
"You will let go of her, now" a deep cool male voice instructed. "Bastard, You're gonna pay for knocking me out like that" Naruto's pissed off voice sounded. "I won't forgive anyone who tries to hurt Sakura-chan" Takuya's low smooth words were stained with poison. All three of their overwhelming chakra made Suou nervous. "You three….. you're going to regret standing up again" said Suou. "The one who's gonna regret anything is you, prepare yourself!" said Naruto, he charged. Suou held Sakura in front of him and he stopped dead in his tracks. "Sakura-chan!"
"Hahahaha! Any movement from either of you and this girl is as good as dead" said Suou. "I dare you to say that again" Takuya was suddenly behind Suou. Suou panicked and tried to stab Takuya with the kunai he was holding. Sasuke stole Sakura form Suou's grasp before Takuya blasted him away with his mysterious ability. Naruto shouted a war cry before pouncing on Suou like a predator. Sasuke put Sakura down on a branch and checked to see if she was severely injured, he let out a breath of relieve when he found out she only had a few bruises here and there. "Sasuke….?" Muttered Sakura.
Sasuke perked up "Just stay here, we'll take care of the rest" he assured her. Sakura felt dizzy, she couldn't feel anything other than Sasuke, she was too weak to even lift her head, that's how much chakra Suou drained from her. "Thank…. You" she managed with a breathless voice. Sasuke smiled "You have done your part, rest for now" he said and ruffled her hair, Sakura smiled before the darkness closed in.
Sasuke stood up and looked down at the heated battle between Suou, Naruto and Takuya. His cursed mark began to cover his body and dark purple chakra engulfed his body. He jumped down and held his hand in front of him his left hand held his right wrist, his finger closed in like he was holding an apple and white-blue sparks lit in his hand, he furrowed his eyebrows and the spark grew larger. "Naruto, Hiroyama!" he yelled at them. They jumped back from Suou and glanced at him, instantly, the powerhouses knew what he wanted to do.
It was time to show Suou their true strength. Suou has just recovered from some super powerful punches from Naruto and Takuya. He looked at the three of them that had him surrounded. He looked at Naruto, who had a harmless looking spinning sphere in his hand, thought the surrounding didn't quite agree with his theory as anything that closes in gets sliced to pieces, then his ears went to Sasuke who had overwhelming sparks of electricity in one hand, finally he turned to Takuya who had his eyes closed, Suou went for him. Big Mistake.
Takuya's eyes shot open, they wear a piercing shade of golden."Tenraigan!" the escapee suddenly felt a dark pulse hit him, his senses dulled and the next thing he knew, he was sent flying, his body ached in every possible way. He looked to his right, Sasuke. His left, Naruto. They had followed him up. "Chidori!" "Rasengan!" they both slammed it down on him, they sent him shooting down like a meteor, they followed him as he fell. A big crash was heard and the ground shook.
Meanwhile.
Sai had just finished rounded up the last of the escapees, he loaded them onto his giant ink bird and he suddenly felt the ground shake. "Dickless and the others must be going all out huh. Poor enemy" Sai jumped onto the bird and took off.
The smoke had cleared and Suou laid in the middle of the huge crater, Sasuke and Naruto of either side of it, backs facing each other. They turn and Naruto gave Sasuke a thumbs up. Sasuke smirked and their palms smacked against each other's. Takuya made his way towards them, all beat up like the rest of them, he managed a smile and shook hands with Naruto and Sasuke. They grinned at each other.
Sakura was watching them from the tree she was put on, she smiled.
"I still don't like you guys" said Takuya. Their handshake ended and they were back to being enemies. Sakura tried to move her body, limb by limb and soon her whole body was functional again, she got on her feet, feeling proud of herself.
Before she slipped and fell "Eep!"
A leave floated down onto the ground….
"Oh-to…."
Sakura was in Sasuke's arms their eyes were locked as a soft breeze hit them, Sasuke swallowed hard, as Sakura's shimmering eyes overwhelmed him.
Thonk
A rock was thrown at his head
"Sasuke you bastard! Let go of Sakura-chan!" yelled Naruto, angrily. Shaking his fist at him from a distance. Sasuke's face remained dark, then he started emitting a very strange aura, he put Sakura down and turned around to face Naruto. "You looking for a fight huh, loser!" he yelled at him. Naruto slammed his forehead against his "I'll take you on!" challenged Naruto, the two boys started pushing against each other, gritting their teeth and try to kill each other, soon the fight became a messy ball of smoke. Sakura watched in awkwardly then sighed. Takuya took that chance to get closer to Sakura.
Slowly, step. By step. Too slow. Someone took him by the shirt and dragged him into the fight too. Sakura laughed as she clutched her stomach, Sai's ink bird swooped down, and he jumped down, the bird went back into the scroll. "Hou…. Having fun now, are we" he said in his monotone voice. "Ara, Sai-kun. What took you so long" said Sakura. "Because of some slacking teammates, I had to round up the rest of the prisoners by myself" he said, slightly irritated.
Sakura swallowed hard, guilty of not being able to do anything. "Hehe, we accidentally bumped into Akizen Suou….. it took us awhile, but we managed to take him down" said Sakura, motioning towards the huge crater. "You killed him?" said Sai.
"I-I don't think so…. I still sense some chakra in him." Said Sakura. "I'll bring the dead man to the prison then, you guys can head back now" said Sai, unraveling his scroll, a bird flew out and he jumped out. Sakura waved him goodbye and attempted to split the fight. She sucked in and walked toward the rolling ball of smoke. "Three of you, cut it out!" she scolded. The fighting froze, Sasuke was pulling on Naruto's cheek as Naruto did the same to him, Takuya was strangling Sasuke as his leg was jabbed in Naruto's stomach. Sasuke was stepping on Takuya's foot.
"Sakura-chan…" said Takuya and Naruto. "Let's go home" she smiled. The guys blushed and got on their feet.
I know it's not a very good chapter, I just wanted to introduce Sasuke's new love rival. Thanks for reading. Don't forget to review, the next chapter will be a treat to InoShika supporters. I'm pretty busy these days cause of school, but no worries. I'll definitely finish what I started so please be patient and don't leave me. See you guys next time.
Next Chapter: Fight, Denial, Abduction
"Sakura~ –hic- Shikamaru's such a jerk!"
"I think we should help them"
"Hah? Why should I go to apologize to that troublesome woman"
"They plan on finding the secrets of the InoShikaCho combination"
"Dammit Ino, where are you…"