Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Crossing to the Other side ❯ Fight ( Chapter 2 )

 

 

A breeze rustled the pink hair of a young woman as she reclined against the railing of the bridge she was standing on her teammate was perched on the railing itself a book in his hand a lazy expression on the corner of his face that was visible. The Kunichi groaned as she realized what book the silver haired man was rereading, it was the one Naruto had giving about 2 years ago when he first returned to Konoha. Shaking her head she looked off into the distance where she made out to figures headed in their direction over the rooftops.

“Their almost here.” She announced to no one in particular since she knew Kakashi had seen them even though he gave the fair impression of being engrossed in his book.

“Yo.” He called to the two young men as they landed lightly at the end of the bridge, Naruto's ever-present grin greeted them.

“Hey I never thought I would see the day you got here before me.” Surprise and astonishment written on the young mans face.

“Well I try not to make it a habit.” A small `duh' sounded from the area where Sakura was standing but when the Jounin looked at the girl her face was blank and she was already talking to Sasuke and Naruto.

“Well since we are all here I'll explain the mission.” Hopping down from his perch Kakashi removed a scroll from his pouch and handed it to Sasuke.

“This is a map of Hidden village of Sound, its still largely unexplored and since this is an A-Rank mission because of the area we are going instead of sending genin. Its not very big so it shouldn't take to long to map out the section we don't have.” He looked at each of them as they studied the map he had given them, Naruto was the first to speak.

“Well then lets get started.” He grinned and rubbed the back of his head in an unconscious gesture from his childhood that he had yet to grow out of.

“Right we'll meet at the gates in an hour.” Its was a simply enough mission but with the Leaf and Sound still some what at odds this mapping of the area itself was more of a good faith mission and even more so since Tsunade-sama was sending team 7. Kakashi watched as each of his team vanished in poofs of smoke back to there homes to gather supplies he had no doubt why the Godimane was sending them especial them, the high level of shinobi power she was sending into the sound was telling them that the Leaf was strong and in no danger of being over run, effectively putting the Sound village on notice that she could and would crush them all very subtle on her part the obvious part was sending Naruto it showed him as being power enough to send to some one whom had tried to kill him in the past as well as showing she would trust them with some very important to her.

Heading towards the gate he whistled a tune that was stuck in his head from last night, his pack was ready to go that morning but it was relatively little considering the impression he gave Naruto that they would be gone longer then a week. His visible eye crinkled at the corner and his mask shifted as he smiled, yes the surprise was going to be worth it he just hoped that the blonde would be alright till then.

 

 

 

 

Kat shifted uncomfortably in her chair, her butt was getting sore and her left foot was trying to go to sleep. `Why did I even bother trying to go see him?' she asked herself for the third time since arriving at school. She grunted and jiggled her foot in a vain attempt to shake the tingling sensation out of it. At the head of the class the teacher was droning on about events in the past that had nothing to do with her and if she was honest with herself if it didn't cover martial arts, pizza, new movies or any combination of them she was bored. How she managed to make passing grades was hard to understand her mind wondered continuously back to her morning exercises and how to improve them or she was sleeping very inconspicuously her head propped on her knuckles and her bangs shielding her closed eyes from view. She smirked remembering how many times she slept through an entire class, oh her teachers where always suspicious but since she could answer the questions when they asked most had given up trying to catch her in the act.

It was during her last class that the sinking feeling she had avoided for half the week crept up on her. It was Wednesday the middle of the week and she still hadn't figured out a safe way to get out of being Jesisa's next conquest. During the past few days found her up three hours earlier than usual pounding away at the practice dummy till her knuckles bleed and her legs where black and blue, bleeding in a few places. Wrapping her hands in bandages helped the fracture she acquired after one particularly vicious punch that was yesterday her mother was not happy with her for the `new look' her daughter was now sporting. She managed not to tell the older woman the real reason for the wrapping which wasn't that hard since the woman didn't really care as long as her daughter made it to the alter on Saturday.

“Shit.” Kat gasped she had clenched her fists and now her right hand was throbbing the exclamation didn't go unnoticed by the teacher, he stood up from his desk ruler in hand making his way back to her. Kat swore under her breath again, great now she would have swollen knuckles on top of the broken bone in her hand.

“Swearing is not allowed in my classroom young lady!” the mans black hair looked greaser up close and she meet his gaze carefully keeping her own blank.

“Yes sir.” She kept her voice neutral in hopes he would give some leniency, no such luck.

“Put your hands on the desk.” When she only put her left up his toe taped an impatient rhythm on the floor. “I said both!” His voice rose in pitch cracking at the same time causing a round of snickers in the room.

`AH, Shit.' She groaned inwardly, `this is gonna hurt like hell.' When the first blow landed she bit her lip she managed to raise her left just enough to not be noticed but enough that it took the blow the next three that came should have ended it but the man was pissed off at being laughed at and all because this girl who he just knew slept in his class, was defiant. Sweat broke out on her upper lip as the ruler finally connected with her busted hand, it was bad enough he broke the new scabs on her knuckles but she wouldn't last long and keep her dignity if he hit her hand again. She wanted to scream at him and hit him but she bore with it internally beating the teacher bloody as he begged her for mercy. The blood was starting seep though the bandages when he stopped glaring at her.

“Now go stand in the hall!”

She stood up and bowed to him “Hai.” Her mind growled and she felt the heat rising in her chest once she was out in the hall she made her way to the water fountain directly across from the classroom. `If he only knew I could kick his ass!' she hissed as the cold water ran over her uncovered knuckles soothing the pain and washing the blood away, on her way out the door she removed the ruined bandages and thrown them in the thrash. Staring at the pink water flowing down the drain absently her mind closed off and for once was quiet, it was in this state of blankness that her sensei showed up what he was doing there she didn't know and at first she thought she was seeing things.

“Katania-san, you are needed.” His raspy voice sounding like sandpaper on rough wood.

“What do you mean?” She stared at him hazel eyes confused. His brown eyes sparked with fire, as he grabbed her elbow and pulled he after him.

“Do not question me girl just follow quickly!” she didn't resist as he lead her out the door dropping the elbow he held once he knew she was following.

“Hai.” The old man was moving at a rapid clip and she had to jog to keep up, ignoring the pain in her hand, this wasn't the first time he came to get her from school though it was odd that he was doing it in the middle of the day. They passed thought he city quickly and where on the outskirts in time, when he changed directions and was headed into the wooded park. She loved this park it was were she first meet her sensei, once she convinced him to teach her with a lot pleading, demanding and bribery thrown in for good measure. They reached a secluded section where you couldn't hear the sound of cars engines it was like stepping into a bubble where the only sounds where that of nature and the buzzing of some bees.

“Take your stance.” The old man ordered she looked at him cocking her head to the side.

“Are we sparing Sensei?” She knew she sounded dazed and stupid, in answer he lunged at her forcing her back a few steps before she finally came out of her stupor and returned the attack. She spun on her toe as he punched at her chest coming back around attempting to strike with the back of her arm and fist, taking hold of her arm he planted his left palm flat on sternum just above her breast his right hand released her arm but she couldn't move. She concentrated hard turning over in her mind what he might have done to paralyze her muscles while she pondered his right hand moved in front of his chest fingers moving so rapidly she couldn't follow the hand on her chest began to warm heating uncomfortably until it actually felt like it was burning her skin.

“WHAT THE HELL?!” she yelled her muscles strained to break the invisible hold when she heard a popping sound and the world went black.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“What is taking you so long, Naruto?” Sakura yelled. Three days into their journey found them just on the border into Sounds territory with a sulking blonde and a very irate Uchiha. Naruto grunted the Hot springs they stopped at provided an opportunity he couldn't pass up though he hadn't picked up all of Jiriaya's habits he was male and women now that he was older interested him to no end. Sakura was not please to say the least when she found him flirting with a young woman from the village they had just passed though not a few hours ago. She was irritated one because it was obvious the girl followed them or more to the point she followed Naruto and 2 the girl insulted her calling her breastlss to the other girl who came with her, Sakura just happened to here that comment when she was headed to the pool to was the dirt from the road off. Oh she entertained thoughts of ringing the others neck, `CHA! The bitch is going DOWN!' inner Sakura growled at the idea, and 3 though 1 and 2 where enough she already caught the girl pilfering the baka's bag where he left it in the locker room.

Gritting her teeth and biting the inside of her cheek she tapped her foot, the girl was clinging to Naruto's arm pressing her large breasts into his side and smiling a sickingly sweet, in her opinion, smile up at the blonde idiot. He ignored her glower which was a first paying avid attention to the girl holding his arm, even Kakashi was getting irritable at the delay he was about to take the blonde ninja to task when they all stiffened at the loud explosion the wind picked up speed around them whipping the leaves on the trees and swirling the ones on the ground into a small tornado. Naruto was the first to leave heading in the direction of the blast, Sakura grinned evilly at how fast her teammate shrugged the useless strumpet off no she wasn't jealous of her she just knew what was best for him and he was like a brother to her after all Sasuke still occupied a large portion of her heart and mind.

Jumping from tree to tree the group slowed as they neared the area of the explosion, Sasuke, Naruto and Kakashi already scanning the area for chakra and more exploding tags. Sakura hung back she was the medic and allowing the others to fight and keeping herself out of most of harms way was her duty. The men disappeared farther ahead of her and she leaned against the tree truck kunai in hand poised at the ready.

“OI SAKURA!” Naruto shouted, “THERE'S A GIRL HERE!” he wasn't far away from her, leaving her perch she dropped to the forest floor beside Naruto who was kneeling beside a young woman about their age dressed in black with red brown hair her eyes where closed and she was lying on her side breathing deeply appearing to be asleep, both her hands where bandaged blood was seeping though the right her pants leg was pulled up reveling bruises and some kind of shoe Sakura had never seen before it was black with red piping on the seams, shaking her head she knelt down next to Naruto channeling her chakra into healing she examined the girl only on broken bone in her right hand it was the blusters Sakura detected on the other woman's chest above her breasts that worried her. They weren't life threating but the shape was in that of a hand and that surprised her the most like someone tried to kill the girl by burning her and some how she escaped and was now lying unconscious on the ground in front of them.

After scouting the rest of the area Kakashi and Sasuke found them still kneeling next to the girl she still hadn't woken up yet under her head was Naruto's balled up jacket Sakura healing the brake in the girls hand.

“We should make some shelter.” Sasuke stated doing just that, he knew better then to advise going back to the hot springs he hadn't trusted the girl either more so when Sakura told him she tried to steal so of Naruto's things. It was one thing for the blonde Dobe to flirt with a pretty girl once in a while when they all went on missions but it was something else to do it this close to Sound country.

“I'll help.” Naruto grinned up at him standing and heading off to get water at the stream.

“Ursatonchi” Sasuke grunted at the blonde before setting up the tents and a fire while Kakashi talked to Sakura.

“She's pretty.” The Jounin remarked and was rewarded with a glare from Sakura.

“Pervert.” He held up his hands in defense.

“I am NOT Jiraiya!” she turned back to the still sleeping girl ignoring her old sensei, she did admit to herself the girl was pretty full pale red lips relaxed in sleep red brown hair loose on the pillow of Naruto's jacket her figure was slight like her own from what she could tell it was the bruising on the girls legs and arms the made her curious wanting to wake the girl to ask her questions. She could tell Naruto thought the same as Kakashi having stared the most at the girl and privately Sakura hoped the girl was better then the one from before and not another stalker or enemy shinobi.

An hour later found them sitting around a fire cooking their dinner of fish and mushrooms a few slices of fruit from the provisions adding a touch of sweet. Kakashi was reading his book Sasuke and Naruto were arguing or more precisely Naruto was arguing and Sasuke was grunting occasionally adding a baka or ursatonchi for good measure when Sakura felt the girl stirring awake, her suspicion that the girl knew something about being a shinobi confirmed when she keep her breathing even and deep while damping her chakra almost imperceptibly.

“So, your awake.” It was Kakashi he was squatted down next to the girl his eye smiling at the girl but Sakura could see the tension in his body language he was gauging the girls reaction. She surprised them all even catching Kakashi off guard the leg closest to him shot out kicking his legs out from under him as he rolled away from her gaining his feet he turned to face a now arms crouching tigress with hazel eyes rapidly changing to pale blue ringed in black her face was blank a kunai held in front of her face as she regarded them. The surprising part, it was Kakashi's kunai she held because not one of them had ever seen Kakashi bested by anyone let alone a girl.

“HEY!” Naruto shouted at the girl she turned her eyes to him briefly flickering them around at all of them in turn but it was Naruto she kept returning to while still keeping a cautious eye on Kakashi. Sakura saw the look she could tell the girl was sizing them up but it was Naruto she was fascinated by if the flicker to the blonde was any indication.

“We would hurt you.” Kakashi was standing now his hands held out to the girl palms facing her in a gesture to reassure like with a cornered animal. `Sniff your hand don't rush her.' He repeated in his mind hoping Naruto didn't rush the girl at the same time. Luck was on his side the blonde remained motionless watching the girl.

“What'd you do to my hand?” her voice was low and husky she shifted slightly putting more distance between them and her.

“I healed it. It wasn't that hard or that bad of a brake.” Sakura told her keeping her voice low and soft, `Watch me.' She canted in her head as Sasuke slipped around behind the girl.

“What'd you mean you healed it, I just broke it this morning it takes weeks for bones to heal? Who the hell are you people?” panic was present in her voice at the last and she was backing into the woods.

Kat flexed her injured hand it didn't hurt neither did her legs this just didn't make sense she must be unconscious or asleep, that was it she was asleep in class again in one of the most vivid dreams of her life. She hadn't realized she spoke out loud until a pair of strong arms wrapped around her and some one spoke in her ear.

“Your not dreaming..” they didn't finish acting on instinct she dropped her weight fully on her opponent buying a moment of confusion at her unexpected weight he stumbled his arms shifting up to take her weight better she jammed both elbows back a satisfying grunt was heard further loosening the grip on her. She dropped all the way to the ground slapping her palms flat and kicking one leg straight up and into her attackers face she made to stand when someone else grabbed her this time she pulled her attacker into her body and threw him over her shoulder slamming him onto the ground follow after with a punch only to find smoke in her face she frowned, `What the..' the same person grabbed her again then there were four of them holding her a fire flared illuminating the scene.

Kat's jaw dropped they were all the same person all dressed the same with blonde hair and for the second time in 24 hours the world went blank and the last thing she heard was screaming.