When worlds collide
~Chapter 4~
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"Debalo," Yukia calls out to her uncle. Mad that he decided to target them while they were all sleeping. He'd pay for that. She'd make sure of it. Not thinking clearly.
Yukia leaps into the shadows aiming for the tall, muscular man. Not willing to give him enough time to aim another attack at her friends.
Yukia found him straight away. Despite him trying to hide in the darkness, her high scents made it easy for her to find him. Her teeth sinking deep into his right arm flesh. With his blood instantly splashing into her mouth, not being a huge fan of the red liquid being in her mouth, especially his blood. Yukia can't help the scowl that crosses her face, but she refuses to let him go.
A grunt of pain escapes from the dark-haired man's lips. A dark sneer coming to his face as his ruby eyes glare back at his young niece. His lips pulled up at the sides as he smirked at her. Noticing the look on her face when she tasted his blood.
"It's nice to see you to my young niece," the man grunts.His words to her, making her teeth dig further into his flesh. His blood splashing on her chest. Turning the blue fur on her chest to an almost eerie purplish color.
'You don't have the right to call me that,' she snarls internally. 'Youlost that right years ago'
Debalo begins to struggle against her, trying to get his arm free, from her strong jaws. He pushes against Yukia's chest. Pushing against her with his free hand, hoping she'd losen her strong grip, but to no avail.
Yukia was refusing to let him go. This was the first time she'd ever been this close to him. The first time she's ever seen any hurt on his face, she wasn't about to let him go.
Yukia had to admit, though it was weird to catch him, of guard. Debalo was usually quick and could have easily dodged her. So why all a sudden was she able to catch him? Was he taunting her or something? That bothered her internally. Being close to him like she was.
Yukia could easily make out the smell of thehuge amounts of blood on his clothing mixed in with sweat and other scents she couldn't quite place right off. Digging her fangs deeper into his arm. Feeling the bones in his arm cracking under her teeth. More of his blood splashing on her usually clean blue fur, using his other arm.
Debalo reaches back to his back where three long swords poked out, gritting his teeth, he pulls one out. A dark blade with a shiney silver hilt. From the tip of the sharp blade all the way up to the hilt of the weapon. blood covered it, and It was not just human blood Debalo wasn't too picky on what or who he killed as long as he was able to kill them, an evil smirk, crosses his lips lifting the huge weapon up into the air swirling it around his head, before he sends it crashing into Yukia's right shoulder pushing it deep into her flesh, a loud crack coming from her shoulder.
Yukia lets out a small whimper, pain instantly splashing over her face, as a single tear makes its way down her cheek. Despite the pain that washed over her like a tide a wave. She couldn't bring herself to let him go. she had never got this close to him, let alone been able to hurt him.
However, as the blade is pushed further into her flesh, the pain in her shoulder seems to intensify. She eventually releases his arm. Taking a few painful steps back.
Being free from her grip. Debalo does a few backhand springs, putting a distance between them. She would be stupid to try and attack him again, but she probably would regardless of her predicament, his young niece was very stubborn.
The evil man jumps into a nearby tree. The girls eyes trailing after him. With a low snarl rolling from her lips. Debalo crouches down on the low branch he was now standing in. Staring back at her. A smirk playing at his lips. He watches his young niece now struggling to keep herself up on her feet. The sword still buried deep into her flesh. Blood dripping freely down her shoulder. Almost like a moving current of water. The struggle to stay on her feet becoming more and more difficult with every passing second. Holding his bleeding arm with his free one, Debalo shakes his head.
"Your so weak," he mocks from his spot up in the tree. A sinister grin coming to his lips. Though he may as well not have grinned. The grin looked almost fake. "If you stopped hanging around with week humans and joined me, you might be stronger than you are now,"
A sharp snarl escapes Yukia's lips as she glares up at him. Knowing well on who he was referring to. Ignoring the sharp pain that comes over her body. As she takes a small step forward. The other parts of his words also catching her attention.
"You might as well get that thought from your head," she snaps. "I will never join you, I could care less about being week. I'd much rather die than be around my families murder. "
"I can arrange that, my dear niece." he muses Yukia's eyes, looking around, making sure her friends hadn't heard him call her his niece. She wasn't sure what they'd think about it. And, at the moment, she wasn't willing to find out. Luckily, she didn't see them...
Snarling up at him. Even so, how dare he call her that, and so loudly at that. Her body leaning closer to the ground as she prepares to lung up at him. However, a sting of pain in her shoulder makes her stop short. Biting her lip, she pushes back the urge to scream. That sharp pain in her shoulder it was pretty intensive, standing, and even moving just a little only seemed to cause more pain. If the look on the girls face was anything to go on.
Blood streamed steadily down her shoulder, covering the green grass below into an almost eerie crimson color, closing her eyes momentarily somehow hoping the pain would fade away. She could heal the wound if it weren't for the sword being there. Plus, on top of the sword. she was positive her shoulder had been fractured,and. She was not good at healing real bad fractures, small ones here and, there yes. But not massive ones. Like she was sure her shoulder was.
Opening her eyes once more. She freezes, the heart in her chest seeming to stop beating, despite the warm feeling of her blood running down her shoulder. She could swear her whole body had grown icy cold, almost like she'd been in a freezer for days and was unable to find any warmth. Her uncle now loomed right in front of her face. A dark, scary look on his face as he seems to watch her closely. His lips barely pulling up at the sides, as he smirks at the discomforting look on her face.
Despite her charging at him like she had. Yukia couldn't help the small fear that seemed to feel in her gut. Debalo reaches his uninjured hand towards her. Her blue eyes widening further, as she took a few small steps away from him. Not wanting him to touch her. Who knew what he was thinking. However, before the man, could go to do anything more to her. A couple exploding disk speedily fly towards him.. Just as the disk began to explode one by one.
A Black orb surrounds Yukia's body. Before effortlessly pulling her back towards the dark empath.
Raven places Yukia carefully on the ground beside her. With the dark energy around her vanishing. Raven now bends down beside her young teammate.
Yukia had one of her eyes open, and the other slammed closed. Her one eye watching the Raventte a relieving look coming over the young girl's face. At seeing one of her friends. And being away from him..
"You idiot," Raven hissed in an almost toneless voice. It was unclear whether she was angry, upset, or what. Raven was good at keeping her emotions in check.
Raven looks over the point where the sword had been plunged into the girls shoulder. It was unclear how deep the blade had been pushed, but seeing as the blade was completely gone and, all that was seen was the hilt of the weapon. Raven already knew it was in deep. The damage done was gonna be very severe.It was a bit impressive. Yukia was still even awake. With the blood that was coming out, she should have passed out already. If not from the blood loss, Then, from the pain she must be in.
"I guess I deserved that," Yukia mumbles. With a small smile crossing her lips, even her voice was beginning to sound weak.
Raven shakes her head. trying her best not to get too irritated with the young girl, it wouldn't help the situation none. Placing her hands carefully on the swords hilt, Raven slowly tries to pull the sword out. The notion causing Yukia to yelp loudly, her eyes slamming shut, as a clear line of pain comes to her face.
"Is she going to be ok?" Beastboy asked, jumping down from the nearby trees now taking a stand beside his two teammates' concern coming to his green eyes.
"I don't know," Raven tells him honestly. "I'm not sure the intensity of the injury yet,"
Taking her hand off the hilt of the weapon. Raven sends Yukia a small apologetic look, knowing the pain had to be bad, but they had to get the sword out. One way or the other.
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Naruto focuses some of his chakra into his feet. before bending his knees and jumping up on a low branch opposite of the dark-haired man. Focusing some more chakra into his body, he does a few familiar hand signs
"Multi Shadow clone Jutsu," Naruto shouts as a cloud of white smoke quickly surrounds him, blocking him from sight. When it cleared, perfect clones of the blonde stood around him.
Debalo watches him. A brow raised interestingly. reaching back with his uninjured arm, he pulls out a navy blue sword and holds it down by his side. Naruto leaps towards the man without warning. holding out his right hand. One of his clones helping him build up his chakra.
Debalo barely widens his eyes at the now huge ball of blue chakra in the blondes hand. The clone disappears into a cloud of white smoke. Debalo puts his sword up, preparing for the boys attack he was actually looking forward to fighting this boy. However, before he could go to thrust, his sword forwards a huge cloud of sand wraps around his arm. The sand instantly squashing his sword.
The sand makes its way up his arm. A scowl making its way onto Debalo's face as the sand starts to crush his uninjured arm.
There was no way Debalo would have another one of his arms injured, especially by these stupid humans focusing some of his power into his arm. A small red and yellow fire begins to dance around Debalo's flesh. the hot fire grows bigger and bigger, intensifying in heat. Burning at the sand around his arm. Until it finally burns the sand completely of.
Debalo jumps away from the small group around him. A loud cry from above makes him snap his head up, his ruby eyes widening as Naruto grew closer to him his arm back. The blonde throws his arm forwards aiming a powerful chakra filled punch to Debalo's face.
However, Debalo quickly catches the boys fist in his hands, the boys eyes widening in silent shock. Debalo slams his knee into the boys' ribs and pushes him away. A low grunt comes from the blondes lips. However, the boy vanishes into a cloud of white smoke.
'A clone, huh?' Debalo thinks internally to himself. Debalo once again jumps away just as another Naruto clone tries to kick him in the stomach. Debalo throws out his fist, hitting the clone in the chest. The clone quickly vanishes.
"Rasengon!!" Naruto shouts from behind him. The blonde runs at the dark-haired man, the blue ball of chakra swirling around his arm, thrusting his arm forwards Naruto aims the powerful move at Debalo's stomach.
Debalo quickly leaps to the side, barely avoiding being hit by the powerful move. He lands in a crouched position on a high tree branch.
The blondes powerful move hits the trunk of the huge tree he was previously in, causing the huge tree to tumble to the ground, a loud thud sounding through the forest splinters and debris flying everywhere.
Naruto lands opposite of the dark-haired man blue eyes narrowing what was up with this guy. Nothing Naruto did seemed to be hitting him. A huge green and blue mixed substance hurdles its way towards Debalo, breaking a few branches off the nearby trees as the powerful move pursuits forwards. however, before the move could reach him.
Debalo vanishes suddenly almost like a ghost in the wind both Starfire's start bolt, and Cyborg's sonic cannon continue onwards going until both moves hit a couple more trees causing them to all tumble to the ground more loud thuds booming in the forest. Shaking the earth harshly.
"Where did he go?" Naruto asked, sounding a bit perplexed, his blue eyes gazing around the destroyed forest frantically.
Sakura was instantly at his side, her green eyes looking over him, making sure he was ok. Of course he was there was really no damage done to him.
"His scent is gone, so I'm assuming he left." Kiba puts in Akamaru, letting out a low relieving growl before jumping up on his human partners
"It's over, for now, it seems," Shino mumbles dully, his voice low as always. It was sometimes hard to hear the quiet male unless you were right next to him.
"Let's head back to the hut," Sakura suggests as she turns to head towards the remains of the small hut.
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"Yukia, stop moving. I can't get it out," Raven hissed, irritation clear in her voice.
Yukia was very hard to deal with right now. She was hurt badly. Yet the sword in her shoulder had to be pulled out. Every mere inch, the sword was tugged back.
Yukia would move away, a pain filled expression clear on her face. Raven knew that with Yukia being in her human form, it wasn't any better either she may have been easier to deal with if she had remained in her wolf form, butit was harder to see the damage in her wolf form.
Yukia begrudgingly had to stay in her human form. The thick fur in her wolf form made it hard to see any visible wounds. And, it was the only way Raven could see the full extent of the injury better.
"Sorry" Yukia mutters lowly as she sucks in a painful breath her eyes slammed completely shut it was getting harder to keep herself conscious, the pain in her shoulder was hard to bare, it felt as if she would pass out at any given moment now. Yukia's strong will was the only thing keeping her conscious.
Plus, Raven had already told her she had to stay awake due to losing so much blood if she fell asleep, she may not wake up. Yukia wasn't too keen on dying right now.
"May I try?" Sakura asked as she jumped from the trees beside them, her green eyes already looking over Yukia's injury.
Raven looks back at the Pinkett, studying over the girl carefully she hadn't grown to trust these people yet. Could she really trust Sakura with her teammate?
Raven finally nods her head at the girls offer. Even if Raven wanted to continue to heal Yukia. She knew she had to go meditate. She was starting to lose control over her own emotions, and right now, Raven couldn't afford that. Sakura sits down on her knees in front of the red-haired girl.
Yukia blinks her eyes at the pinkette in front of her. Her head tilted to the side. Almost like she wasn't sure who it was sitting in front of her.
"It's going to be ok," Sakura insures her cheerfully, gently patting the girls uninjured shoulder comfortingly
"Thank you," Yukia mumbles, having recognized the voice, her lips barely pulling up into a tight smile.
"Sakura, is she ok?" Naruto asked as he jumped down from the tree he was in, focusing chakra into his legs. He lands safely on the ground. Now standing right beside his pink headed teammate, with his arms folding over his chest blue eyes, steadily watching her.
"I'm not sure I haven't looked yet" Sakura answers him with an irritating look crossing her face she had gotten here the same time he had yet he still asked her if she knew if Yukia was ok?
She quickly shakes her irritation away it was not a time to let her blonde teammate distract her. Sakura's green eyes focus in on Yukia's deep wound, the sword in her shoulder still awfully deep. Pulling it was going to be extremely painful for Yukia.
"Could someone please come and help pull the sword out?" Sakura speaks up suddenly. Starfire walks over to Pinkett and sits down behind Yukia. Her eyes wide as she looked over the nasty stab wound. How Yukia was managing to stay conscious was beyond her.
"Now, can someone come and hold her still?" Sakura asked."Pulling the sword out isn't going to be easy for her, "
Hinata comes over to them. Sitting on the ground by the injured red head. Starfire places a gentle hand on Yukia's uninjured arm, not wanting to cause her friend any more pain than what she was already going through.
"Don't worry, friend Yukia," the Tamerainan says softly.
"Make sure she doesn't try to move away." Sakura orders her eyes, glancing barely over to Hinata, who only nods her head in silent answer.
Sakura easily focuses chakra into her hands, with in seconds, a light green energy immediately coveres over them. Sakura then places her hands gently on Yukia's bloody wound causing the girl to tense up and, let out a loud hiss, the sudden movement sending a sharp pain through her body, her teeth now gritting together.
Sakura gives Yukia a sympathetic side longed glance. She knew the next few minutes were going to be hurtful.And, really, there wasn't much she could do to ease the pain. Nodding her head at Starfire, commanding her to begin pulling out the bloody weapon. at which Starfire is quick to respond. Pulling the slowly towards her. A low scream escapes from Yukia's lips at the sudden rise of pain feeling in her body. Her eyes slammed shut, trying hard to suppress the screams that wanted to emit from her lips. Yukia hated this she really did feel weak at that moment.
Unable to handle the pain much longer, Yukia suddenly pulls away from the three girls. Deciding she wanted away from the pain, it was beginning to be to much for her bare. Hinata keeps a hold of the girls arms, trying hard to keep her from moving. As Starfire continues to pull out the sword inch by inch.
Yukia lets out a very loud scream at the sudden increase in pain. The intents pain, causing her to struggle harder to get away. She just wanted away. She had to get away
Robin grits his teeth together in clear irritation, not liking at all to see the young girl in such pain. Beastboy stood back feeling absolutely horrible for his young friend, her screems where hard to listen to, and it was hard to stay around deciding he wanted to find Raven the green teen turns to a small bird and flies upwards. Cyborg lends his back against a nearby boulder, one foot propped up. His eyes watching the three girls around his young teammate concerningly.
Shino stood up on a low branch, his eyes looking over the forest, a few insects flying around his head. Kiba set below Shino on the ground, patting Akamaru gently on the top of the head. The small puppy laying comfortably in Kiba's lap, the animals tail wagging happily at the affection the male was giving him.
Kankuro and Temari stand away from the leaf ninjas and young heroes mumbling a few things to each other.Not paying them any attention. Gaara watches the girls around Yukia. Feeling a little concerned about the young girl. But was unsure why? he didn't know her much, so why should he care that she was hurt? Taking a few steps towards her, his siblings turning to glance over at him questionable.
Naruto stayed beside His pink haired teammate. Bits of uncontrolled worry in his blue eyes.
Yukia suddenly manages to break free from hinata's grip. Starfire also loses her grip on the sword and falls back on her butt grunting lowly to herself, Sakura's chakra descends from her hands having lost her focus, after being knocked back as well, breathing out a deep breath.
"Damn it," She says irritatingly, an anime vein coming to the side of her head as she stands up and wipes some loose dirt off her skirt.
"You have to keep trying," Robin orders in a low shaky voice.
Silent tears streamed down Yukia's checks; it was hard for him as well as for the others to see her in such pain. But there was nothing they could do for her out here, except for getting that sword out and stopping the bleeding as best they could.
"I know, but she just doesn't sit still long enough for us to pull it out," Sakura tells him, her green eyes gazing at the ground as it had somehow become more interesting
"Well, we can't just let her die, can we?" Cyborg exclaims his robotic eye shiftimh from Yukia to the three girls.
A determined look comes over Sakura's face as she bends back down in front of Yukia. Her chakra quickly coming back over her hands.
"Let's try one more time," Sakura says, confidently putting her hands back over Yukia's wound, her head nodding at Hinata and Starfire. Who quickly jump back into action.
Yukia breaks away from them again, not wanting to have more pain. She just wanted the pain to go away regardless of how it went away. Suddenly, someone grabs hold of Yukia's hand, holding it tightly in there's.
Yukia squeezes the hand holding hers in an almost death like grip. Whoever it was didn't seem to be bothered by the hard grip, but for some strange reason, it had managed to calm her down slightly. The tears in her eyes barely flowing out. Sakura, Hinata, and Starfire glance at each other unsurely before smiling. This was their chance.
"Please let them heal you," a voice soothes lowly in her head. The voice sounding raspy. Though Yukia doesn't reply back.
"Keep a hold of her hand ok" Sakura orders as she focused back on healing Yukia. "With her calm, we may be able to get it out without her breaking away again and causing herself more damage,"
"Ok," the voice mutters tonelessly.