Naruto:Blast to the Past

Chapter 39: In the Midst of Despair Part II

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"Hmm…."- Bijuu

Chapter 39:
In The Midst of Despair Part II

Kushina didn't know what was happening. It was like an apocalypse had suddenly rained down on her home village. Everything was happening so fast that she didn't know what she should do. The young girl could only stare in shock as she saw all the destruction around her as well as all the bodies of the people that had once been her family.

After her emotional breakdown in front of her parents, the young girl had decided to take some time for herself and away from everyone else as the world she knew was crumbling down on her. Her sudden realization of her feelings for a certain blond, her apparent departure from her home to another place that she knew nothing of. It was all just too much. So she had left. She had walked aimlessly around the village for the past few hours until everything around her really did collapse.

Kushina didn't know how, but the barrier that protected all of them had somehow fallen. Even she already knew the importance of the barrier in keeping them safe from the other shinobi nations. But it had been breached. And now, the destruction around her raged like a raging wildfire.

The young Uzumaki could only stand in shock as she continued to look at the fallen bodies of her fellow Uzumaki around her. Her brain still couldn't comprehend how all of this was happening. It just didn't make any sense. How could any of this be happening right now? Was this reality? Or was she just having a nightmare? Kami, she hoped it was a nightmare. She didn't want for this to be real life. It wasn't fair. Her life had been perfect. And then, out of nowhere, everything around her really was crumbling. And there was nothing she could do to fix things.

But Kushina was forced to come out of her thoughts as four chunnin from Kumo made their presence known as they jumped down from a nearby rooftop to the street below where the girl stood.

"Well, well, well," one of them begin with a smirk as he looked at Kushina, "what do we have here?"

"Heh, it looks like a lonely genin to me," another said as he noticed Kushina's headband. "What a damn shame for you to run into us, girl."

Kushina took a step back with wide eyes, her face expressing full terror. All that training that she had gone through in the academy and with her parents…..at this moment, Kushina forgot it all. She had never fought against a real opponent before in her life. Add to the fact the circumstances that she found herself in. Her mind was shutting down. She didn't know what to do. Her knowledge of how to protect herself had left her brain.

Taking notice of this, the four chunnin closed on the girl, intent of having some fun before the rest of their forces arrived. After that, they would have to march onto the heart of the village. Right now, they were just raiding the outskirts in order to throw off the Uzu shinobi before they could properly organize themselves.

Pulling out a kunai, the chunnin that had spoken first smirked as he neared the shaking Kushina. But before he could get another foot closer, his eyes rolled to the back of his head as his head was sliced off with a clean sword swipe.

The other three's eyes widened as Kaito suddenly appeared out of nowhere among them, his sword drawn. There was silence for a few seconds save for the burning buildings around them and the blood on the blade's tip dripping down on the ground. Then, as if a button had been pushed, the remaining three chunnin charged at the jonin only to be met with death as Kaito easily cut them down like he had done so with the first chunnin.

The Uzumaki jonin t'ched as he looked at the fallen corpses of the chunnin before he turned his attention to his shaking sister.

"Kushina, are you all right?" he asked as he knelt in front of her, placing his freed hand on her cheek.