Another Naurto Story.
AU.
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"Control it! Don't let it consume you!" my sensei, Mikita, shouted a few yards away from me.
"Easier said then done," I snapped as my charka, a vibrant green, whipped violently around me. I curled myself in, balancing myself on the small wooden pole. I focused on the center of my body, my abdomen, directing the heat of my charka to the jewel in my naval. The charka resisted as the beast inside of me raged to control my body, but I wouldn't let it. I could control Shakkri and I would.
But she was being unreasonable today.
Since my training three months ago, my sensei had forced Shakkri out of me and told me to force her back in, showing the beast that I was the dominant one. I nearly killed myself the first time, but I rested for only a few hours. My injuries were still fresh since the old ones never healed and new ones continued. It was a never-ending cycle. A painful one too.
Shakkri momentarily stopped struggling and I took the time to force her charka into me, nearly falling of the narrow wooden pole at the force of my might and her rage. Fatigue and blood loss probably attributed to my lack of balance. However, I managed to stay up, slowly lowering myself in a sitting state. I looked off into the horizon as the sunset, turning the once lush green world in gold. I raised my head as breeze blew over me, sensing everyone in the vicinity and beyond. I felt one team to the east and a tad south while the other team was a bit west of them. A simple game of cat and mouse, really, but the Konoha ninjas were spoiled in their training. Nothing was ever serious to them, so when the time came to be serious, perhaps only a rare few actually knew what to do.
"You feel them too, Sana?" the question came to the right of me.
I nodded. "I always do."
"I wonder why that is." It was a general statement from my left, but it was a question the three of us had asked ourselves numerous times. We sat there, staring off into the golden orb of light as it disappeared and Darkness took over.
I didn't mind the Dark.
She was made up of twinkling stars, silver against a backdrop of blues and blacks, possible even violets. She cooled our bodies and rested the Earth. There was nothing to fear from her. She was eternal, like her sister, Light. I preferred Dark to Light, but I was envious of both sisters. I too wanted to be eternal, but I was grounded to this fate as a life used at whoever's whim.
"Sana."
"I know, Heni," I said, addressing my teammate to my right.
"They are getting closer," Cara said in her monotonous voice.
"Point out the obvious," Henri spat.
"I state facts, unlike you."
"Both of you, shut up," I said calmly, standing up.
They listened. They always listened.
I jumped down, landing silently in front of Mikita. Heni and Cara followed, both make a slight, almost inaudible noise. Almost. Whichever group was coming was coming fast and in large numbers. Enough that we could handle, but backup, if summoned, would be a problem. I gasped at the familiar sense of charka closing in.
"You recognize it, Sana, don't you?" Mikita stated. She knew I did. She always knew what I was going through, yet she asked me out of formalities. It bothered a great deal.
"It is familiar," I answered, "but I do not understand. Who is it?"
"Whoever it is," Heni commented dryly, "they are in a great hurry."
"A Sanin is with them too."
I nodded, feeling the energy of a Sanin, but, again, which one? Jiraiya? Tsunade? Or…I shivered at the thought of the last Sanin. I despised him with a passion. My blood burned in revenge for what he had done to my family and to myself. I wanted his blood. I wanted his heart.
I would achieve in killing him, no matter what form he took.
"Sana, you know what to do," Mikita ordered, disappearing. She placed herself fifty yards away in a tree branch. The tree overlooked the valley we were in, giving the woman a bird's eye view of things. I quietly took a kunai from my pack, hidden underneath my loose clothes.
"Cara," I whispered and heard her silent chant and hand signs. "Heni."
"Hm." He too chanted and made the hand signals for his jutsu. All the while, the large group from Konoha surrounded us, sensing or seeing our presence. I was glad that we were in the middle of the valley, giving ourselves some advantage over them.
"When Mikita gives the signal," Cara started before Heni interrupted her by saying he knew. Cara and Heni had never gotten along, yet the managed to kill our opponents with ease. I never questioned how. As long as the job was accomplished, I was satisfied.
However…
A short burst f charka split the air. Mikita's signal. At that moment, both Heni and Cara finished their jutsus, but I felt something wrong. There were too many charka signals being felt. Especially from behind. I had a feeling that we had been….
"Stop!" I hissed, pulling them back. They both hit the wooden pole with a thud and an "oof" noise. My heart was racing as my body searched the area. We had been cleverly surrounded without mien or even Mikita's knowledge. Both teams were working together to get us. But…why?
"Sana-"
"Two Hyuugas," Cara said softly, "one of the side branch, the other the main."
"Neji and Hinata," Heni answered, though he did not need too.
"Two specialist in taijutsu, one without any ninjutsu or genjutsu. Four females, one of the Sand, the others Leaf. Kazekage is here as well."
"Well, we fell right into a checkmate," Heni commented.
"We still have behind us," Cara said.
"No," I responded immediately, stepping forward. "Hebi is there."
"Hebi? But I thought…"
"Apparently, we all thought wrong," Heni spat, infuriated with himself.
"Apparently," I agreed emotionlessly.
"So we're just going to-"
"Calm yourself, Heni," Cara scolded softly, lowering her voice in a warning to lower his.
Heni grumbled, but none-the-less quieted himself down. I stayed rooted in my spot, my mind thinking of the slim ways to get ourselves out of this mess.
"How could they trick us so easily?" Heni asked a few silent moments later.
"We were careless," Cara added, trying to be soothing.
"No, we were blind."
"Blind?"
"Yes, Heni, blind."
"How so?"
"Think," was all I said.
It only took him a moment. "Mikita." He said her name in a whisper.
I nodded. "Mikita."
Hope you all enjoyed. I didn't want to end it there, but I feel like crap so I have to go. Blah.
Chapter Two soon (I hope) No, it will be :D
M. Neko
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