The White Flash

The Will of Fire

A.N. The above song is "No Glory" by Skane and Krale. When this >< appears is when I recommend to start the song. Hope you all enjoy!

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The village was already under attack, shinobi dashed about the rooftops. Sand, Sound, and Leaf alike. Ayumi and Sasuke were hot on the heels of the siblings as they fled from the battlefield. Leaping over rooftops in favor of the woods that would give them ample hiding places to heal their trump card. Ayumi sped her pace, closing in on Kankuro who was supporting Gaara's unconscious form. Taking him would cripple this operation, and when he woke she could get some damn answers. There was no need to kill either of them. Jiji was no idiot and if she had a bad feeling about today, her father did. There had to be countermeasures in place. Without Gaara, this operation was suicidal.

            Temari dove between her and the brothers. Ayumi grabbed the fabric on her shoulder and vaulted over. A force rammed into her side, a sharp pain piercing her side. She crashed into the roof tiles. A Sound shinobi stood above her, bloodied kunai in his hand. A bandage wrapped arm come from behind him. It gripped his collar and threw him back. Sasuke looked to her, "you need to watch your surroundings, idiot."

            "In my defense..." She trailed off, nothing really coming to mind. She pushed herself to her feet, wincing as the wound on her side squeezed and stretched. A sigh left her lips, "noted." The three forms of the siblings disappeared into the tree line. "Shit!" She moved to chase. Numerous figures fell from the air and surrounded the two, Sand and Sound shinobi. Sasuke brandished a kunai while Ayumi reached for Onimaru. Crimson flew through the air, an arrow piercing the eye of a Sand shinobi. A body dropped in front of her.

            "Duck!" Hiro's shout urged them both to obey, a silver chain swung over their heads-a weight smacking into the heads of some while others were struck down from a distance.

            "Hiro-kun? What are you doing here?" Ayumi asked, "what about the Genjutsu?"

            "Kohei got me out," he informed. "Sensei sent us after you."

            "You're chasing Gaara-kun, right?" Kohei asked as he joined them, his recurve bow held delicately in one hand.

            "They got away," Sasuke frowned, "we need to catch up."

            "We're not going to lose them," Ayumi stated. She ran her hand across her injured side and formed the seals. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

            "Hey, Yu, what do ya need?" Bisuke asked.

            "There! Don't let them pass!" Multiple voices came from the right, more shinobi ran towards them.

            Kohei and Hiro stood in front of them, holding their respective weapons at the ready. "Go on ahead, we'll cover you."

            "I leave them to you." Ayumi looked to Bisuke, "I need you to track Gaara-kun, he and his siblings went off in that direction." She pointed towards the woods, "I'll explain on the way."

            "I've got the scent," he reported and they took off.

            "I'll summarize it, Sunagakure and Otogakure are attacking. Gaara is their trump card, so we need to reach them before Kankuro and Temari have time to tend to his wounds." Ayumi reached into her weapons pouch and held a kunai out to the Uchiha. "We get Gaara-kun and this operation is finished."

            "Then how about we go faster?" Bisuke looked back to Sasuke, "oi, boy. Think you can keep up?"

            "Don't look down on me, dog," Sasuke frowned.