Konoha's New Yellow Flash

Eat or be Eaten: Panic in the Forest!

He launched at us. Sasuke jumped up and performed some hand signs. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" fire balls went for the enemy. The enemy avoided all of them.

So I ran up to him with kunai in hand and we clashed blades.  He jumped in the trees and clashed blades with Sasuke too. He then proceeded to run away. I threw my kunai by him and flash stepped next to him. "I don't think so!" I then punched him hard and he hurtled to the ground and crashed harshly.

I grabbed my kunai and jumped down towards him and noticed Sasuke threw his kunai at the roped restraining Naruto, freeing him.

"Better keep your mind on the game!" What?! I turned fast to see some knives thrown my way. I use a tree branch to take the brunt of it. However one had a familiar piece of paper that was currently on fire. A paper bomb. It blew and I was thrown back from the shockwave.

I landed harshly on the ground. Ow. "Sorry, but this is one test you fail. Now hand over the scroll or die." The enemy now stood behind me, kunai to my back.

Ah crap. Suddenly the familiar sound of hitting could be heard. I turned behind me to see Sasuke standing protectively in front of me and the ninja on the ground, slowly getting up.

I smirked as he jumped away to avoid Naruto's kunai. Sasuke used his chakra to stick the kunai to the bottom of his foot. I noticed he activated the Sharingan as he kicked the kunai towards the ninja.

Sasuke jumped up. The ninja avoided the kunai, but Sasuke was in front of him and had stabbed him with another.

Whoa. "Are you alright?!" Sakura asked. Sasuke looked over to her. "Don't just stand there Sakura! Chances are this guy isn't alone. Watch out! The others could strike any minute now!"

He was right. I jumped towards Sakura and had my kunai at ready. There should be two more. "I wish. I came alone so I wouldn't arise suspicion. Big mistake."

The ninja was alone? He used this opportunity to escape. So we're fine. For now at least.

After that we gathered back together. "That proves that we can't just trust appearances. We have to come up with a way of knowing that each of us is what we say we are and not just some imposter using a transformation jutsu."

I nodded and Sakura asked what. "We need a password. A secret one. Something only known to the three of us. And don't trust anyone who doesn't know it. No matter what."

Sasuke had a point. We can't risk someone else impersonating one of us. "Okay, listen because I only want to say this once."

We leaned in to listen carefully. "The question will be; when does a ninja strike? And the response is; a ninja waits until the time is right. When the enemy sleeps and drops his guard. When his weapons lie forgotten in the stillness of the night. That is the moment for the ninja to strike."

I sweat dropped. Naruto is so not going to remember that. The key word in password Sasuke is 'word' not 'speech'.

Sakura naturally got it, and don't get me wrong, I get it too. "You got one . . . a little shorter one?" Naruto asked. I knew it. So Sasuke and Sakura started giving him a hard time and Naruto claimed he knew it.

Sasuke stood. "Alright, I'll take the scroll." I guess I don't mind that. Naruto was about to argue but a gust of wind caught our attention.

"What was that?" Naruto asked. We looked into the forest for any signs of people. And that anesthetics and blood chakra smell wafted into my nose. Uh-oh. "Guys get away-"

Too late. A giant gust of wind smacked into us and flung us away. "Ghaa!" I flipped backwards as the wind pushed me but felt something grip my wrist.