Adult-FanFiction.org : Naruto

Walking Corpse	By : suomynonakun Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 7267 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
- 15
- 16
- 17
Everything about these sound ninjas oozed confidence. The ninja in front of Hinata also oozed sleaziness. She watched each one carefully before they attacked and neither projected any discomfort, despite the fact that one would be fighting an Anbu.

The man she was fighting stayed at a distance, which put Hinata at a disadvantage. She couldn�t close chakra holes if she couldn�t touch him.

�You obviously don�t know who you are dealing with,� the sound ninja said. A grin stretched across his face and his one visible eye was watching her intently. Hinata didn�t answer and he continued. �We�re two of the Sound Four. Guards of the North and West gate.�

With the Byakugan, Hinata could see Sasuke behind her, eyes wide behind his mask as his head flew around to look at her opponent.

That wasn�t encouraging, Hinata decided.

�Hinata,� Sasuke said, dodging several throwing needles. �Go back to the tower. Have the Hokage send any Anbu not at the battle.�

Hinata frowned. She felt extremely uneasy with the prospect of leaving him alone with those two. �Uchiha-san��

Both the Sound ninja�s stilled. The ninja in front of her suddenly had a manic gleam in his visible eye.

�Uchiha-san?� he said, a smirk on his lips.

Sasuke tensed.

The ninja with the senbon needles laughed as One-eye now ignored Hinata, moving closer to the Anbu. �I was hoping I�d run into you here, Uchiha Sasuke. Now that you aren�t Orochimaru-sama�s pet, I can finally pay you back for this,� he said, jabbing his finger at his covered eye.

The sun had begun to rise as the Sound ninja had been talking, and now sunlight was streaming through the branches of the trees that surrounded them, leaving small patches of light along the forest floor. As the Sound shinobi were illuminated, Sasuke wondered how he hadn�t recognized the two earlier. His eyes flickered to the ninja Hinata had killed. He was the guard of the South gate, Sasuke realized now that he could see his face. It was lucky he was the first to attack. He was the weakest of the four, and definitely not the brightest.
Sasuke returned his attention to his two enemies, wondering vaguely where the guard of the East gate was, and hoping that he would not have to fight that particular member of the Four.
Through her training with Neji-niisan, Hinata had learned many things, including how to read body language. Sasuke�s tense stance spoke volumes. His normal confidence had disappeared.

One-eye pulled out a kunai and suddenly, to Hinata�s shock, disappeared from sight. Her head whipped from side to side in search of his chakra, but it was nowhere to be seen.

Sasuke sheathed his sword and pulled out a kunai. His opponent�s sudden disappearance did not seem to surprise him and he closed his eyes. Hinata watched in amazement as he raised his kunai and blocked�nothing.

The Anbu�s stance, however, and the way his arms shook told Hinata that, although Sasuke looked to be blocking air, there was actually something there.

This ninja was masking his chakra from Byakugan.

Sasuke blocked several more invisible jabs, and Hinata watched grimly as a deep gash suddenly appeared along his upper arm.

One-eye had gotten a hit.

Sasuke stumbled backwards, clutching his bleeding arm.

He grit his teeth as three senbon imbedded themselves in his back. Hinata glared in the other Sound ninja�s direction. That had been a cheap shot. The nin already had six more needles ready to throw, three in each hand.

Sasuke blinked in surprise when Hinata appeared next to him. She spun quickly; creating a dome of chakra was around them that the needles bounced off of harmlessly.

�Hinata,� Sasuke said, pulling the only needle he could reach from his back. �Get out of here.�

�You can�t fight them by yourself,� she said, turning and helping him remove the other two senbon.

Sasuke hissed as the needles were pulled out. �You�re the most stubborn Hyuuga I�ve ever met,� he said. �And with Neji under my command that�s saying something.�

A tiny smile appeared on her lips but she chose not to answer, instead saying, �Who are these guys?�

�Nobu,� he said, nodding towards the senbon user, �And Takeshi. They�re part of the Sound Four. The four best ninja�s in the Sound. They�re replacements for the ones Shikamaru and the other�s killed when they were sent after me when we were twelve, but they�re just as powerful and twice as vicious.�

�Why can�t I see Takeshi or his chakra?�

�He�s like a chameleon,� Sasuke explained. �He�s not invisible, but he can make himself blend in with his surroundings so well that we can�t see him. He�s also able to completely mask his chakra�I don�t know how.�

Several senbon flew at them and Hinata spun again, chakra easily protecting them.

�Hiding behind your female, Sasuke-kun?� Takeshi�s voice said from a distance in front of them. �After we kill you we�re going to have ourselves a good time with her.�

�Hinata, go back to the tower,� Sasuke said. He was actually worried for her. He could not let anything happen to her.

�Sasuke, Hinata is an important friend to me. She believed in me when I didn't believe in myself.�

She was special to Naruto, and therefore he would protect her from harm.

�I can�t,� Hinata said, not even giving him her full attention. She was looking towards the sky. She blocked several more of Nobu�s senbon.

�That�s an order,� Sasuke growled.

�No, Uchiha-san. I can�t. There�s a barrier of chakra around this area of the forest. I can�t teleport out.�

Sasuke frowned. Well, that explained where the fourth member of the Four was.

�Ready to fight yet, Uchiha?� Takeshi yelled. His voice came from the same position as the first time he had spoken.

Sasuke�s eyes flickered to Hinata, who had noticed what he had.

Nobu was behind them, tossing more needles on the chance that Hinata wouldn�t notice.

When no shield was erected this time, he grinned triumphantly, until both Hinata and Sasuke dodged the incoming needles, which flew by them. There was a yell of surprise as three needles stopped in midair, having slammed into Takeshi.

Sasuke had unsheathed his sword and leapt towards the three senbon that looked to be suspended in midair. The senbon dove away and they were pulled from Takeshi�s body and flung towards Sasuke, who used his sword to block them.

Sasuke swore under his breath. Now his visual was gone. He had to rely on his ears again.

�Don�t forget about me,� Nobu said, leaping in front of him. Sasuke tightened his grip on his katana, trying to listen for Takeshi�s movements without diverting his attention from Nobu.

When he had been with the Sound he had fought the Four often. Orochimaru enjoyed watching his future body battle with his best ninjas. Sasuke had lost to them as much as he had beaten them�and usually they were not permitted to go all out. Orochimaru didn�t want his body damaged. And Sasuke had never fought more than one at a time.

Fighting two, no holds barred�

It was a fight he wasn�t sure he could win.

Nobu preformed several seals and Sasuke found himself surrounded by six clones. He sheathed his katana and flipped out of the way as Senbon began to fly in all directions. He ignored the pain that shot up his still bleeding arm, trying to avoid any more injuries. It was reminiscent to his fight with Haku years before, but Nobu did not have the speed that Haku and his mirrors had. Also, with his fully developed Sharingan, Sasuke was able to dodge easily.

If he was only fighting Nobu, the fight may have been simple.

He heard Takeshi coming in just enough time to dive out of the way of his attack. He was now out of the circle of Nobus, but they continued to throw needles at him. Sasuke felt two senbon strike his side when he stopped moving to blocked a blow from Takeshi that he�d only known was coming because of his keen hearing.
An invisible hand reached out and Sasuke�s fox mask was pulled from his face and tossed into the forest.
�I want to see your pretty-boy face all twisted with pain,� Takeshi said, taking another swipe at him that he was barely able to dodge.
Sasuke was completely on the defensive. He didn�t even have a chance to pull out a kunai or any other weapon. Several more senbon flew at him and he dodged, feeling several graze his arms and cause small streams of blood to flow from the cuts.

Takeshi put on a sudden burst of speed and, while Sasuke could hear him coming, without being able to see the attack he was unable to block it. He felt the tip of a kunai bury itself into his left shoulder.

There was a loud cry of pain, but it wasn�t from him.

Takeshi suddenly flickered into sight for a moment, a kunai deep in his back.

Hinata had had to watch very carefully as Sasuke dodged to follow Takeshi�s movement. As soon as he�d gotten the hit on Sasuke, she�d been able to discern where he was, although, she realized that she had taken too long to be of any help to the now badly injured Anbu.
Takeshi had become visible only briefly when he had been hit, but he pulled the kunai from his back and had disappeared from view once more.
Sasuke wrenched the kunai from his shoulder, ignoring the sharp pain it caused. He held the bloody kunai in his hand to use as a weapon in case Takeshi attacked right away.
Nobu had immediately turned and launched several senbon at Hinata after she had hit Takeshi with her kunai. She blocked the needles with her defense of chakra.
When she released the dome of chakra Hinata suddenly found herself choking. She couldn�t see but she could certainly feel the arm that was wrapped around her neck, holding her tightly against an invisible body. Her hands gripped the unseen arm, trying to pry it from her neck. She stilled her struggling as a kunai became visible, hovering next to her throat.
Sasuke saw the kunai and made a move to go help her, but stopped when Takeshi�s disembodied voice rang through the forest.
�Come any closer and I�ll kill her,� he said, moving the kunai closer to prove his point.
Sasuke smirked.
�What the hell are you laughing at, Uchiha?� Takeshi asked angrily.
�You should have kept your distance,� Sasuke said, his eyes on the small pale hands that were gripping the invisible arm. They were glowing slightly as she shut of the flow of chakra to Takeshi�s arm. Hinata�s left hand then swiftly moved, grabbing what Sasuke could only assume was Takeshi�s wrist, easily pushing the kunai away from her throat and twisting the arm from around her neck.
Hinata kept a firm grip on Takeshi, who had begun to struggle judging by the way her hands were jerking around in midair. She knew if she let him go they would lose track of him again�although most of the chakra holes in his right arm were now closed, as well as the ones in his left wrist.
Nobu tried to use his senbon, hoping that he could get a hit on her because of her distraction. But she turned quickly, using Takeshi�s body to block the needles. Her chakra reserve was quickly dwindling and she didn�t want to waste anymore creating a shield.
With movements that Sasuke needed the Sharingan to follow, Hinata had relinquished her grip on Takeshi�s right arm and slammed a chakra laden fist into what he guessed was Takeshi�s stomach.
Finally, Takeshi appeared. He fell to his knees at the hit, his left arm being held in midair by Hinata. Hinata let go of his wrist and he crumpled to the ground.
She moved towards Sasuke, her eyes now focused on the only threat left�Nobu. The sound ninja had closed his eyes, his face grim. She took this for defeat.
Sasuke�s eyes were still on Takeshi. Hinata saw this.
�Don�t worry about him,� Hinata said, releasing the Byakugan to conserve her chakra. �His chakra stream is in chaos right now. He�s not going to make it.�
�Hinata, can you break through the chakra barrier?� Sasuke asked, his eyes flickering from Takeshi to Nobu.
�Probably, if I�m able to come in direct contact with it.�
�Go,� he said. �Go now. Get as far away from here as you can and don�t come back to help.� He never looked at her and without the Byakugan she didn�t see what he was looking at until she turned her head.
She gasped. Nobu stood in the same position, black lines appearing on his skin. His hair began to grow longer as they watched, and Hinata swore that it almost appeared sharp, much like the senbon he was so found of throwing.
But if Nobu surprised her, nothing prepared her to see Takeshi, who by all means should have been dead, slowly rising to his feet, wavy black lines crawling along his arms and face.
�We�ll take our time with you, Uchiha,� Takeshi said, a feral grin spreading across his face. His teeth looked almost like fangs now, Hinata realized.
�Hinata, go. Quickly,� Sasuke said, unsheathing his sword.
Hinata turned to argue, unable to fathom leaving him alone to face shinobi this powerful. Her protest died on her lips, however, and she forced herself to bite back a cry of shock, stumbling away from Sasuke.
What looked like black flames similar to the black marks on the Sound ninjas were now covering most of the Anbu�s skin and, while the pupils of his eyes were still red from the Sharingan, the whites of his eyes had turned black. Underneath the black flames his face was set in grim determination.
�Run, Hinata. Don�t look back,� he said.
For the first time, Hinata listened.
~*~*~
�There�s no sign of them,� Shikamaru said, glancing around from atop of the western boarder�s wall.
�I sense chakra,� Sakura said with a frown. She and Shikamaru had been sent to look for Sasuke and Hinata, who had not returned from scouting the borders.
�Where?� Shikamaru asked. As a medical nin Sakura could easily sense chakra that normal shinobi would miss. He followed her outstretched finger, gazing into the forest outside of Konoha�s walls. �Is it them?�
Sakura shook her head. �It�s not a person. It�s a huge amount though.� She leapt from the wall, landing on the ground with grace only a woman could achieve.
�We should go tell Tsunade-sama,� Shikamaru called to her.
�You go ahead,� she said. �Something isn�t right. I�m worried. I�ll go check it out.� With that she headed towards the forest.
Shikamaru sighed, leaping down and following after her. He couldn�t just let her go off to investigate an unknown source of chakra by herself.
Women. So troublesome.
~*~*~
Neji flipped away as the ground below him exploded, clumps of dirt flying into the air.
The ex-Cloud ninja had lobbed a kunai with an exploding tag at him, but he easily saw it coming and dodged.
This guy knew his weaknesses, but he wasn�t using them to his advantage. He knew exactly where his blind spot was, he knew how Byakugan worked, and he knew to remain out of close range, and still all he was doing was trying to throw exploding kunai at him?
Battles were raging around them as Konoha shinobi fought the Akatsuki, but Neji and this ninja weaved around the others, focused solely on destroying one another.
Neji pulled out several kunai. If he couldn�t get close, than at least he could slow this guy down. He let three kunai fly towards his opponent, anticipating the dodge and sending two more immediately after. The Cloud nin managed to avoid all of them but one, which sunk into his thigh. Neji smirked as the ninja fell. He moved forward, planning to end this simply with a gentle fist strike to the heart.

�You depend too much upon those special eyes of yours, Neji-kun,� the Cloud nin said, pulling the kunai from his leg and standing, a sudden grin upon his face. �All you Hyuuga do. None of you even consider the possibility of�� He raised his hands, doing several quick seals in succession. Neji tensed. He didn�t recognize the seals. ��not being able to see. Kokuangyo no Jutsu!�
Neji stumbled back as the jutsu hit him, looking wildly from side to side.
Nothing.
Everything was in darkness. He could see only himself.
The sounds of the battle raged around him but he could not see what was happening. Taking a deep breath, he tried to calm his rising panic. He released Byakugan, knowing all it was doing now was wasting chakra.
�What good is a blind Hyuuga?� the Cloud nin�s voice said, surprisingly close to his ear.
A fist connected powerfully with his face, knocking his mask off and sending him stumbling backward. The punch was followed swiftly with a kick to his stomach, forcing him to double over. Before Neji could process what was going on a hand grabbed his hair, and what felt like a knee slammed painfully into his face. His hair was released and he fell to all fours, fairly certain that his nose had been broken.
�This is the genius of the Hyuuga clan?� his opponent�s mocking voice said.
Neji got to his feet, not bothering to wipe away the blood he could feel trickling from his nose. He listened desperately for signs of the Cloud nin. Another punch to the jaw sent him reeling back.
The noise around him was too great; he couldn�t pinpoint his enemy. He hated this. The ninja was right�he depended too much upon his eyes.
The sound of several flying weapons reached his ears and he spun quickly, creating a dome of chakra as a shield.
�Well, at least you aren�t completely incompetent,� the Cloud nin said. To his right. He was to his right. His right hand clenched tightly around the hilt of his dagger.
Keep him talking, Neji thought. �Unlike your father?� Neji said. �He couldn�t even kidnap one helpless little girl.�
�Shut up!� the Cloud nin screamed. �At least my father wasn�t sent off to his death by his own brother!�
Neji�s sightless eyes flashed angrily, but he�d gotten what he needed. He swiftly raised his right arm and his dagger flew from hand. He heard the surprised cry of the Cloud nin and the jutsu was released. Neji blinked as his sight abruptly returned and his attention was quickly focused on his enemy, who had fallen to his knees, Neji�s dagger protruding from his stomach.
�How did you know where I was?� the Cloud nin asked, eyes wide.
Neji�s pupil-less eyes flickered to the wall, where Tenten stood. He watched as she argued with Temari and sent two kunai over her shoulder without bothering to look at her targets. Two more men fell from the wall. One can�t spend fourteen years training and fighting side by side with an expert weapons master and not pick up a few tricks.
Neji looked back at the Cloud nin. �Byakugan,� he said, as he stalked towards him.
~*~*~
Shikamaru and Sakura appeared on the wall of the Northern boarder. Sakura looked around frantically. �There!� she said to Shikamaru, spotting the raven-haired Anbu they had come in search of in the midst of the chaotic fighting.
Shikamaru nodded and leapt from the wall, Sakura right behind him. They made their way through the battle as swiftly as they could, occasionally fighting off Akatsuki members that attacked them.
�Neji!� Sakura said, when they were within hearing range.
Neji turned at the sound of his name. He reached down and ripped his dagger from the stomach of a bruised Akatsuki member wearing a cloud hitai-ate and flicked the blood from his weapon. Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at the Hyuuga�s obviously broken and bloody nose, but wisely made no comment.
�We need you to come with us,� Sakura said. �There�s a huge chakra barrier in the woods of the Eastern boarder.�
Neji looked uninterested. �My orders are to fight here.�
Shikamaru sighed. How troublesome. �Uchiha and Hinata went to ensure that the boarder wasn�t under attack and haven�t returned. Now there is a large barrier of chakra. We think something may be wrong.�
At the mention of his cousin Neji became more attentive. As a member of the branch family it was his responsibility to protect her, not to mention the fact that they had grown to be friends over the years. He would protect her even if it weren�t his duty.
�Let�s go,� he said, disappearing without another word.
~*~*~
The barrier was humongous, Neji discovered as he looked it over with the Byakugan. Plus, the chakra was continuously flowing, which meant that whoever had created it was concentrating on little else besides maintaining it. That also meant that when he broke it someone would be aware of their presence.
Shikamaru and Sakura stood on either side of him, waiting for him to make a move.
He channeled his chakra to his hands, slicing through the barrier with ease. Anything made of chakra could be cut with chakra, especially if someone can see what he is cutting.
When the barrier was removed they all could suddenly sense other chakra.
This was the chakra of people, but it was an irregular amount. Neji and Shikamaru exchanged glances and quickly made their way towards what seemed to be a battle. They had felt this type of chakra before.
There was the sudden sound of someone running and the three shinobi tensed, Neji drawing out his dagger in preparation. The petite form of Hinata came barreling into view, skidding to stop when she noticed her comrades.
�Are you okay, Hinata-sama?� Neji asked, immediately sheathing his dagger and going to check on her.
Her eyes were wide and she was panting, and he could tell she was low on chakra, but she appeared unhurt. �Uchiha-san�� she said, seemingly unable to come up with the right words.
Both Neji and Hinata�s heads suddenly snapped in the direction of the abnormal chakra.
�What?� Sakura asked.
�What was that?� Hinata asked Neji, ignoring the pink haired woman.
�Huge influx of chakra to one of those fighting,� Neji said. He hadn�t felt chakra of this amount since Naruto had nearly lost control of Kyuubi earlier that week.
�We have to help Uchiha-san,� Hinata said. �He can�t fight those two alone. They were drawing on some source of power�there were lines all over them.� She decided not to mention that Sasuke had similar lines on him as well.

�Lines?� Shikamaru said, his stomach dropping. �Uchiha�s fighting Sound ninjas?� He had a feeling these weren�t just normal Sound nins either.
Hinata nodded. �They�ve broken the treaty.�
�Sakura,� Shikamaru said. �You need to go tell the Hokage. If there are Sound shinobi attacking we do not have enough people at our borders.�
Sakura hesitated, looking in the direction Sasuke was, then nodded and disappeared.
�Hinata-sama, you should go back to the tower too,� Neji said, looking at his cousin.
�No.� She shook her head, a determined gleam in her pale eyes. �I want to help.�
�Hinata-sama��
�Neji,� Hinata said briskly. �I�m going to help.�
Neji sighed and then nodded. �We need to hurry.�
They had only made it a few hundred yards closer to the fight ahead of them when a cloaked figure leapt down from a tree and stood in their path. The person made not a sound as she pulled down the hood of her cloak, revealing a young face and long raven hair that flowed down her back.
�I�m afraid, my friends, that is as far as I can allow you to go,� she said, in a soft voice that rivaled the volume of Hinata�s. �Sasuke-sama and my comrades are working out a few old issues.�
They were surprised at her title for Sasuke, before all three uncomfortably remembered that for three years Sasuke had been something like Sound royalty. Neji and Hinata saw two of the chakra signatures from the fight in the distance suddenly dim as one flared dangerously.
�Which of you broke my barrier?� the Sound ninja asked in her quiet voice.
Neji inclined his head, not bothering to verbally answer. He was too busy watching as the remaining chakra signature moved in their direction.
�Impressive,� she said. �Unfortunately, I have to kill you all now.�
They all tensed as she raised her hands to perform seals.
�Kimi,� a deep voice said.
She paused, smiling slightly. �Sasuke-sama.� She looked up to see Sasuke standing in a tree above her.
Neji, Hinata, and Shikamaru were staring up at Sasuke, mouths agape. He was holding a bloody katana loosely in his now clawed hand. He no longer had the black flames over his skin, which was dark brown rather than the pale color they were used to. A short black line ran vertically down his nose, while another one crossed it horizontally, similar to the scar Iruka-sensei had.
Once pitch-black hair was now pure white and it had grown longer since they had last seen him. But what really caught their attention, were the thick leathery wings protruding from his back.
�Where are Takeshi and Nobu, Sasuke-sama?� Kimi asked, seemingly unperturbed by his appearance.
�Dead,� he answered, a wide grin on his face that showed his newly acquired fangs. His wings twitched, as if itching to fly.
Kimi sighed. �Well, I need to finish our mission.�
�And what exactly is your mission?� Sasuke asked with one eyebrow raised.
The trio from Konoha was surprised when Kimi answered without any hesitation. �Infiltrate Konoha and kill the Hokage.� There was a pause and she added, �And anyone in my way. Care to help me?� she asked, a grin on her lips.
Sasuke gave a wicked smile and leapt from the tree, wings flapping to allow him to land gracefully in front of Neji, Hinata, and Shikamaru. Neji pulled his dagger from its sheath, standing his ground, but Hinata and Shikamaru took a step back. This amount of chakra�even Shikamaru could feel the unnatural strength that Sasuke was radiating.
His clothes were covered in blood, but in his current state they couldn�t tell if it was his or the other Sound ninjas�.
Sasuke�s red and black eyes landed on Hinata. �I thought I told you not to come back,� he said.
�Why?� Neji spoke up angrily. �Because you didn�t want anyone to witness you betraying Konoha? Again?�
Sasuke�s eyes slowly moved to Neji. �That�s no way to speak to your superior, Hyuuga,� Sasuke said. �I just didn�t want anyone to witness this.� He gestured at his figure.
�Then why rely on that power?� Shikamaru asked.
�Because Nobu and Takeshi would have killed us both,� Hinata said, remembering how many times Sasuke had told her to get back to the safety of the tower. �You did it to protect me.� She looked at him in questioning. They barely knew each other, why would Sasuke do such a thing?
Sasuke turned his head from her inquiring gaze, his wings twitching. �Naruto wouldn�t forgive me if anything happened to you when you were with me. You�re an important friend to him.�
Hinata�s eyes widened and she blushed.
Sasuke turned his back to them, facing Kimi. �Kimi, get out of here, or I�m going to have to kill you,� he said calmly.
The young woman appeared thoughtful for a moment, her brow furrowed. Finally she spoke. �I think I�m going to go now,� she said, as if Sasuke hadn�t just told her to leave and the entire idea was her own.
�Okay then,� Sasuke said, sounding for all the world like she was announcing that she was leaving a party.
They watched as she pulled up her hood and leapt into the trees, disappearing from view.
�That was simple,� Shikamaru said. Hinata and Neji watched her until she was out of their range of vision, then both released the Byakugan, trying to save their remaining chakra.
Sasuke sheathed his sword and as they watched his wings began to shrink, disappearing until the only evidence they were even there was the two ripped holes in the back of his shirt.
When he turned to face them again he was his old self, black hair, pale skin, and wingless. They were all surprised to see the wounds he had. The long gash along his arm and the shoulder injury were still bleeding, but Hinata noticed he had acquired several others, including two very serious looking wounds in his abdomen and a cut that was extremely close to his neck.
She was surprised to see his fox mask attached to his hip. He had taken the time to go find it.
�Kimi�s apathetic to just about everything. Kind of like you,� he said to Shikamaru. �It�s lucky that she is though. She�s stronger than Takeshi and Nobu combined. I sure as hell don�t want to fight her.�
He turned, preparing to head back to the tower.
Had either Hyuuga been using Byakugan they would have detected Nobu�s chakra before he�d had a chance to attack. As it was though, Sasuke only managed to catch movement with the Sharingan, dodging just enough to prevent the hit from killing him instantly.
�Uchiha-san!� Hinata cried out watching in horror as what looked like a huge needle pierced through Sasuke�s side. The momentum of the weapon tossed him from his feet, sending him sliding along the ground.
Nobu appeared from where he had been hidden, his left arm draped over a profusely bleeding stomach wound. He was still on level two of his cursed seal, looking more like a demon than a man. He reached his clawed hand to his hair, cutting off a clump of it. It was infused with chakra, Neji and Hinata could see. Then they realized that the hair was actually what had hit Sasuke in the first place. Hair hardened by chakra and used as a spear.
Sasuke struggled to his feet. Shikamaru, Hinata, and Neji grimaced as he pulled the spear from his abdomen. They realized where his other two wounds had come from as he now had a third to match them.
Sasuke swayed unsteadily and fell to one knee.
�This is it, Uchiha,� Nobu said, throwing the spear from his hand with massive power.
The spear hurtled at Sasuke, but never made it to him. All four of the men watched in shock as Hinata leapt in front of Sasuke. The spear impaled her right below her ribcage, and the force sent her flying backwards.
Using energy he didn�t know he had left, Sasuke pushed himself to his feet, catching the young woman before she could hit the ground.
�Hinata-sama!� Neji said, rushing towards them.
�Shit,� Shikamaru said, following.
Sasuke looked down at the woman in his arms. �Why did you do that?� he asked, his body numb with shock.
�You�re much more special to Naruto than I am,� she gasped out quietly. �I�d never forgive myself if I didn�t protect you for him.�
Sasuke�s hold tightened. Neji arrived at their sides and Sasuke looked over to Nobu, who was creating another spear of hair. Blind rage began to overtake him, and he gently handed Hinata over to Neji.
Standing, his left hand began to glow blue. Shikamaru and Neji felt their hair began to stand on end at the sheer amount of electricity in the air as Sasuke called on the Chidori.
Nobu recognized the technique and backed away, having never felt Sasuke call a Chidori this powerful in the three years he had trained with the man. The chakra in his hand began to sound like the frantic chirping of birds�the noise escalating until it was painful to listen to the high pitched noise.
Nobu was dead before he even had a chance to consider dodging.
~*~*~
A/N: Okay, so writing this chapter was like, the greatest undertaking of my life. I had major trouble with Neji�s fight scene, among other things. I hope it came out all right.
The description of Sasuke in level two of the curse seal came directly from the manga. It�s in black and white obviously so I�m not completely sure on the colors. I don�t know if the episodes have gotten that far, but if they have and I�ve gotten the colors wrong please let me know so I can fix it.
- 15
- 16
- 17
You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.
Report Story

Walking Corpse