"I won't give up here!" Naruto said. He climbed to his feet, glaring at the boy in the mirrors. He formed the hand signs of the Shadow Clone Jutsu. "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" He yelled.
"Naruto stop it!" I screamed while Sasuke screamed, "Don't!"
But like last time, Haku destroyed all of the clones, and threw senbon at Sasuke and I. Naruto fell to the ground, landing on top of me.
"Get off me!" I snarled. He jumped off and landed beside me.
"What the hell?!" I ignored him and stood up, rubbing my sore stomach. Sasuke stood next to me, looking lost in thought.
"What are you thinking nii-san?" I asked. He glanced at me, but said nothing.
"One more time!" Naruto said, and sent more clones to be destroyed. Sasuke ran over to a puddle of water and kicked it up and watched the droplets. Then I saw it. A faint movement sent the droplets flying.
I screamed out as Haku included Sasuke and I in the same attack as Naruto. I'm flung back again, landing near Sasuke sprawled out on my left side. Sasuke sat up again, staring intently at the mirrors. He shook me gently, making sure I was ok. I brushed him off and sat up, holding my head from where in it made friends with the ground. I moved my hand to look at it to see it bloodied.
"Oh joy..." I muttered. I place my hand to the bleeding spot right above my left temple. I waved off Sasuke's look and stood back up, fighting off the dizziness trying to claim me and make me fall. "Damn..." I cursed. I had a concussion
"Naruto, do that again," Sasuke said. Naruto looked confused for a moment before noticing the determined look in Sasuke's eyes. He nodded.
"Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" He said. Naruto sent his clones at the mirrors again, and I moved out of the way of Sasuke as he started to make the hand signs of the Great Fireball Jutsu. For a moment everything seemed to stop, the fireball flying up toward the mirrors, and Naruto seeming to hover in the air before everything snapped back to normal. Sasuke did it once more as Haku started to come out of the mirrors, and for a brief second I smelt something burning.
"Sasuke I think you got him!" I said in an undertone. After Naruto fell back, I grin.
One of Haku's pant legs is burnt.
"Damn it! We were so close!" Naruto cursed under his breath.
"Naruto! Can you still move?" Sasuke asked. Naruto turned his head slightly to glance at Sasuke.
"Of course I can! I'm ok!" Naruto said heatedly. Sasuke looked away from him, thinking. Then he smirked.
He has a plan... I thought, looking intently at him. I glanced up at the mirrors and they gleamed again, letting us know Haku is ready to attack.
"Naruto, Aira! Run! Get out of here and attack from the outside!" Sasuke said, performing hand seals. I nodded and rushed after Naruto, but Naruto gets thrown back into me.
"You ok?" I asked, wincing as we hit the ground hard. He nodded and tries again and I ran the opposite way, hoping maybe Haku wouldn't be able to stop us both. Haku threw a senbon at Sasuke and kicked Naruto away from the opening in the mirrors. When I reached the one I was heading to, Haku jumpped in front of me.
"Nice try," He snapped, kicking me back. Sasuke stepped in my path and caught me before I hit the ground. He set me gently on the ground again, my head spinning.
"I'm fine Sasuke," I said, holding my head shakily.
"No you're not," He said, and stood back up. "That was good Naruto. Let's do it again."
Naruto stared at Sasuke a moment before answering. "Okay!" He agreed quickly. Sasuke looked at me.
"Stay here!" He ordered, but I stood up defiantly.
"Not on your life, sport," I snapped. He glowered at me, but said nothing else. He knew it was pointless. Naruto ran towards an opening, and Sasuke another. I run after Sasuke, heading towards the one to his right.
"This isn't going to work how you want it to," Haku says. "I'll get you first." He throws a senbon at Sasuke, heading to pierce his leg.
"Sasuke!" I gasped. I jumped in front of him, taking the senbon for him instead. I gaspped in pain, hearing Naruto cry out as well.
"Aira!" Sasuke gasped. I fell to the ground and smiled shakily up at Sasuke.
"I'm fine Sasuke. Don't worry about me. Just do what you have to," I said. He nodded. Somewhere outside I heard Sakura screaming Kakashi's name, and my heart leaped into my throat.
What's happening to Kakashi?
I climbed to my feet and look worriedly towards the direction I heard Sakura screaming from.
"Kakashi-kun..." I whispered, unaware I said it aloud. Sasuke glanced at me but said nothing.
So she likes him? Should have figured... He thought, rolling his eyes.
"Sakura-chan..." Naruto choked out quietly, lying on the ground not far away. I moved over to him.
"Naruto I'm going to pull these senbon out ok?"
"Ok..." He muttered. I pulled them out of his back gently, trying not to hurt him any worse, but he had already passed out.
"Naruto..." I muttered quietly. I rolled him over and cradle his head in my lap and glance up at Sasuke. "He can't do anymore Sasuke. He needs to see a doctor, but since that's out of the question..." I muttered. I glared up at the mirrors darkly and Naruto opened his eyes.
"I'm not out yet!" He said weakly and got up slowly. I sighed, but said nothing. I wouldn't be able to get through to him no matter what I tried anyway. He focused his chakra into his feet and ran at a gap, but Haku stopped him again. He did a back flip and ran around, trying to get away from Haku, but Haku only ran through the mirrors, keeping up easily with the blonde.
"Naruto behind you!" Sasuke yelled. I tried to get over to him to block the senbon, but I was too late. Naruto fell over, landing on me again. "Aira is he ok?" Sasuke asked. I shake my head as Naruto tried to get up. "Don't waste your chakra like that anymore! Thats what he wants us to do!" Sasuke snapped.
"I know..." Naruto said, before falling back into my lap. I gently pull out the new senbon to let him rest a little easier.
"Let me finish this now," Haku said. He threw senbon at Sasuke, but Sasuke stooped down a grabbed one of the ones I pulled out of Naruto and blocked them all. Sasuke glared at me and Naruto.
"Stand up baka!" He spat at Naruto.
"I am! Stop being so annoying!" Naruto hissed back and sat up. I stood next to him slowly. Haku threw more senbon, but Sasuke blocked them, keeping them away from Naruto and I. He hit us away and dodged a row of them heading for Naruto and I, but still stuck in his leg.
"Sasuke!" I cried, starting to feel faint as another senbon pierced my back and I screamed.
"Aira!" I fell to the ground, everything starting to black out. "Aira! Naruto! Neither of you had better faint, got it! I can't cover for you any longer!" Sasuke snapped. Naruto tried to get up, but he ended up falling back to the ground, unconscious. I staggered slowly to my feet, standing over Naruto, my eyesight fading quickly.
"Sasuke... I can't... I can't keep this up for long..." I gasped my voice faint. I heard Haku talking to Sasuke, but my body decided to give out. I fell to my knees, everything seeming to move in slow motion. I looked up, thinking I see Kakashi's face close to mine, and I smiled. I reach up, trying to touch him, but he disappeared.
"Aira!" I heard Sasuke say. He caught me and picked up Naruto under one arm and dodged more senbon. I broke free of him and reach behind me, pulling the senbon from my back. I gathered Naruto in my arms again.
"I can defend him Sasuke. Worry about yourself now," I said. He shakes his head.
"I know you used a lot of chakra in the previous battle with Haku. The ice needles cost you a lot of energy."
"Tsch. It's nothing I can't handle," I said. I looked up into his eyes and grin weakly. "I see you activated your bloodline limit, Sasuke." His normally onyx eyes are now bright red with two comma's swirling in them. I held Naruto to me, trying as best I can to block him from the barrage of senbon. I saw Haku take his gaze off Sasuke for a moment and looked over at me and the unconscious boy in my arms. I leaned over Naruto, glaring at him. Haku disappeared from the mirror and headed toward us. I tilted my head down, my hair coming out of the bun and falling in Naruto's face in my desperate attempt to protect him.
"Uhh." I look up when I hear a sharp intake of breath and my eyes widen when I saw Sasuke standing over Naruto and I. Naruto woke up then, not noticing my trembling.
A few feet away, Haku laid motionless on the ground, and Naruto grinned from ear to ear.
"You did it! Sasuke!" Naruto said happily.
"You're a burden... Naruto..." Sasuke muttered with a hint of humor. He turned his head to look at us, the life in his eyes slowly fading. "Look at yourself..." He smirked. "You... Baka..."
"Nii-san no..." I muttered, tears standing in my eyes. "Not again please..."
"Why?!" Naruto asked, climbing off my lap to sit up. "You protected me... Us..." Naruto muttered.
"Who... knows..." Sasuke fell backwards and Naruto caught him as he fell. I scrambled to his side, looking into his eyes.
"Sasuke please don't leave me too!" I cried quietly.
"Sasuke!" Naruto screamed.
"That man... I didn't want to die until I killed my brother..." Sasuke looked up at me. "I'm sorry... Onne-san... Aira... I... I tried my best..." He turned his attention back to Naruto and raised a hand slowly. "Don't... Die..." He said as his hand fell limply to his side.
"Sasuke!" I cried. Naruto lays him gently in my lap as my tears slipped from my eyes onto his scratched face. "SASUKE!" I screamed again. "Don't leave me! Please!" I cried, hugging him to me. I felt a great power surrounding us and I looked up, tears pouring down my cheeks and landing on Sasukes face like rain. The ground around us started to steam for a moment, before bursting into red, flaming chakra. "N- Naruto?" I asked shakily. I reached up to brush his face, but I pulled my hand back and gasp when he looked at me.
His normally bright, beautiful blue eyes were a shining, flaming red, and the three lines on his face stood out more prominently than before. His nails grew longer, and his canine teeth sharper.
The power of the Kyuubi... But Kakashi told me it was sealed!
The senbon that I hadn't pulled out yet, flew from Naruto's arms and legs and fell harmlessly to the ground, and his wounds healed as though he hadn't been hit.
"You will pay..." He said, his voice a low growl. "I will kill you!"
Rest in results!
"Be safe Naruto..." I whispered as the Kyuubi boy ran off towards Haku. I looked back down at Sasuke, wiping my tears that had run off onto his eyes, making it look like he was crying. Naruto crouched low to the ground, making the fox like appearance even greater.
"Oh Sasuke... Why did you to that? It should have been me... I should have died instead... I... I couldn't protect you like I promised... Oh Sasuke please forgive me..." I rambled on, rocking his body back and forth gently. "Oh brother... Oh Sasuke-kun..."
Amnesia ~{Hatake Kakashi}~ Scroll 15
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