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"one day, i decided to take a step, and it hurt less than standing still" -william bortz _____________________________
"Uzumaki Naruto is here! Also, what was the password again?"
At Naruto's loud voice, Satoru slowly opened his eyes. He could only assume he was slung over Naruto's shoulder due to his view being only the Uzumaki boy's but and the tree branch he stood on.
Satoru tilted his head slightly to look at his painful arm, which was horribly bandaged and still bleeding. Although, it had slowed down from his fight with the Grass Ninja. Naruto must've found him and tried to patch him up.
Satoru finally started to come back to his senses as he wondered where the hell was he exactly? Where was the creepy Grass Ninja? Were Sasuke and Sakura okay? What happened while he was out?
"No, but, really. What was that password again?"
"Come on, Naruto. We know it's you." Sakura shouted, breaking Satoru out of his trance.
Naruto sat Satoru down on the tree branch, finally allowing him to see the situation. Below the two was Sasuke, Sakura, and the Grass Ninja. He could tell that the three of them had battled while he was unconscious. The thought only made his stomach tie into knots. Why couldn't he have defeated that Ninja? He could have saved his teammates from being in pain.
"Naruto! Take Satoru and get out of here!" Sasuke yelled, his voice strained. "You don't know what you're up against! Leave, now!"
"So, Naruto, you managed to get away from my friend, and it seems you've saved your own. I surely thought he was going to bleed out and die." The Grass Ninja spoke up, her body long and disgustingly stretched out. She somehow wrapped herself around a tree, just like a snake.
Satoru clenched his teeth at the Ninja's words. She's right. He should have died. But he didn't. He was going to make her pay for leaving him alive. The Tsukinaga boy slowly stood up, standing tall beside Naruto. His entire body had a slight tremble to it, his arm was causing him unbearable pain, and his vision was blurry, but he was determined to stand with his comrades. To fight with his comrades.
"Okay, okay, okay! I don't know what's going on here, but you've been picking on my friends, and I don't like that! So, you should just slither back into whatever hole you came out of snake lady, before I made a pair of shoes outta ya!" Naruto raised his arm up, pointing a finger at the Ninja.
The entire battlefield was quiet, no one making the first move, until Sasuke spoke up.
