Darkness Falls

Chapter 34

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Sakura grunted as she ripped out the kunai that had embedded itself into her thigh before tossing it down in agitation before covering the wound with her hand, allowing her chakra to meld into the injury, slowly healing it. A needless process, but she couldn't risk the Uchiha questioning how such an injury could heal so fast without proper treatment, hence why she was utilizing Iryo-ninjutsu to mask her hanyou healing.

Across from the pinkette, sat the sole Uchiha. A cold sweat covering his face as he shook violently, still suffering from the effects of the killer intent the strange genin had unleashed upon them just moments earlier. Seeing this, Sakura scowled before reaching over and grabbing the raven haired teen by his shirt collar, harshly pulling him forward so that their faces were mere inches apart.

"Snap the fuck out of it Sasuke." She hissed in a low tone. "How the hell can you claim to be an 'elite' if you're just going to freeze up and piss yourself every time someone directs a little killer intent at you?"

Finishing her piece, the pink haired hanyou roughly shoved the Uchiha away from her, as if insulted by his mere presence. Turning her attention instead to their surroundings. Noting that it had become entirely too quiet. No birds singing, no insects buzzing around. Nothing. Narrowing her eyes, she stretched out with her senses, hoping to catch something, anything to give her any indication as to where their mystery attacker was hiding.

'There is no way in hell that that bitch is a genin.' Sakura thought to herself, with her inner self agreeing wholeheartedly. 'The chakra from her killing intent was too dark and cold.'

As she continued to reach out with her senses, her eyes suddenly widened. In the blink of an eye, Sakura delivered a stiff kick to the Uchiha's chest, knocking him back and out of the way while she used the momentum from the attack to launch herself away into a series of back flips, just as a large snake, roughly the size of a two story house, struck the ground the two members of Team 7 were at just seconds ago, hissing in anger due to missing it's intended target as it turned it's attention to the pinkette.

"Alright, you want a piece of me." Sakura growled at the serpent as she reached down, only to find that her kunai pouch was missing, causing her to widen her eyes in surprise.

'Shit. Must have lost it when I got hit by that bitch's kunai.' She cursed, as she recalled getting struck by the strange kunoichi's attack. Striking her right where she had her kunai holster secured. 'Guess I have no choice.'

Bringing up her right hand, she brought forth her dark blade, allowing it to take the form of a short tanto, holding it in a reverse grip position. A mocking smirk spreading across her face.

"Come and get it, bitch." The pinkette taunted. "I am sure Anko-chan would love a new snake skin coat."

The snake appeared to take the pink haired hanyous taunt personally as it launched itself towards the pinkette with blinding speed, prompting her to jump out of the way, thrusting her left hand forward, sending a volley of dark projectiles towards the giant serpent. As they struck the serpents skin, the giant snake hissed in pain before lunging at Sakura once more, only to receive a vicious right hook from the pinkette that sent it reeling into the side of the tree, causing the massive timber to shake under the impact.

The massive snake shook it's head, attempting to shake the cobwebs from it's addled mind before rearing up to it's maximum height, baring it's fangs menacingly at the pinkette that was standing defiantly before it.

"Is that it?" Sakura taunted with a confident grin, as the pupils of her emerald green eyes become slits as her hanyou blood that flowed through her veins screamed out for her to crush this foolish snake that challenged her and slake the earth with it's blood. "I expected more, how disappointing."