Of Tales now and Long Ago

Of Fear and the Kekkei Genkai

Chapter TWELVE

All it took was a glance into those eyes, and a Killer Intent like never before hit them.

Sasuke realized that he couldn't move. He then saw the kunai coming towards him. He had just managed to reach his own kunai when something grabbed his wrist and he found himself flying through the trees.

"Sakura...?"

The pinkette smiled down at him. She stopped on a branch and put him down. "Trying to mentally over power me doesn't work." She said. "Inner's very angry at the moment."

That made Sasuke feel just a little bit better.

"Watch out!" The two instantly jumped away as a snake crashed through the trees, flying towards them. It went after Sasuke as he jumped onto another branch.

Sasuke's eyes widened as he saw something within the snake's eyes, and in panic, he threw a few kunai at it, quickly killing it.

"Suke, come here." At the serious tone of his teammates voice , Sasuke did as told. Sakura had her Byakugan activated. She probably saw something he couldn't.

A second later, something emerged from the snake's back. "I wonder, little girl. Why do you have the Byakugan?" He asked. "You're not a Hyuuga, and your eyes were green."

Sakura scowled, refusing to answer.

"What do you want from us?" Sasuke asked.

The Kusa ninja just chuckled evilly at him as he brought out his earth scroll. "I know that you have the heaven scroll." He said. "And I know you would just love to get your hands on our precious earth scroll."

Sasuke twitched in disgust as he watched the ninja swallow the earth scroll whole.

"It's just too bad, isn't it?" He asked.

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A red blur shot out of the trees. Sakura glanced up and noted that Naruto's blue eyes were now a glowing red. Sasuke let out a pained groan on the ground beside her.

'Feel it?'

Sakura nodded. 'Kurama. I hope he listens.'

The shemale dodged the straight attack and threw Naruto into the trees. Said blonde flipped, kicking off heavily from the trunk. The force of his kick, as well as the Kyuubi's chakra left a crater on the space he had used to spring off.

Still, the shemale was skilled. Very skilled. He moved around Naruto's attacks like it was nothing.

'Even if Naruto's stronger, it won't mean anything unless he can land a hit.'

Sakura threw a handful of shuriken and the shemale knocked them away without even looking at her. Then, with a move only the most experienced could perform, shemale twisted midair and grabbed Naruto, throwing him into the trees again. Shemale then yanked up Naruto's shirt. Shemale's fingers began to glow, and he then slammed his hand onto Naruto's stomach. A seal appeared, and Naruto was sent flying through the forest. Sakura threw a kunai to keep him there, knowing that a fall from that height would probably lead to sever damage.

Shemale turned back to them.

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"Sakura! We don't know what we're up against." Sasuke said. He wasn't at top condition, but he had recovered enough to stand and move around a little.

Sakura shook her head. "What he wants isn't the scroll." She said. "If that's what his wants, he could have simply killed us then taken then take the scroll. He's skilled enough for that." Sakura lowered into a stance. "He's after something else."