Ascension (Sequel to Ruination)

[7] Wind

As usual this is not edited because I'm lazy as fuck.

Yuzuki watched as Sakura backed away from the large boulder, readying her fist for knocking down the boulder. The Hatake didn't know what seal was placed on the boulder or what jutsu to use to move it out of the way so the only way they could enter the cave was to destroy the boulder.

"What is she doing?" Chiyo asked from beside her, narrowing her eyes at the pink haired girl.

"Just watch," Yuzuki smirked. She turned to Kakashi who held a finger to his com, waiting for the signal that they could take down the boulder. "C'mon," she growled, clenching and unclenching her fists. She wasn't sure how long they'd been performing the extraction for, but if they were too late... he'd be dead. She wouldn't ever forgive herself if he was dead, knowing she could have done something to stop his death.

Her eyes flashed back up at Kakashi as he gave the go ahead to break the boulder. Yuzuki tensed as Sakura ran at the boulder, "Cha!" She slammed her clenched fist into the boulder, the rock visibly vibrating from the impact of her chakra charged fist against the stone.

The rock began to break, cracks forming around her fist and outwards. They made their way across the large boulder, then it crumbled into the water, revealing a dark cave behind it. Yuzuki and the rest of the ninja charged into the cave, standing atop the water that had flooded in across the entrance as they searched the cave.

The young Hatake's golden orbs flashed towards the two Akatsuki members sitting, not on the ground. On top of Gaara. "No," she whispered shakily in disbelief. Her heart clenched at the sight of his lifeless body being used as a seat. Her features formed into pure rage at the sight of them. Deidara and Sasori.

"Finally," the blonde Akatsuki member sighed. "Now which one of you would be the Jinchūriki?" He looked up at them as he asked, eyeing each of the ninja. A gravelly voice echoed through the cave.

"I didn't think you would side with them over something like this, Yuzuki," Sasori's voice caused a cold feeling to run through her body.

"I always figured she was soft," Deidara smirked at her. Everyone in the Akatsuki knew that she had ordered for Gaara to be off limits. She figured the blonde was relishing in the fact that he'd done this.

"You bastards!" Naruto roared, his fists clenched. The air in the room shifted and she glanced over at the boy, noticing that the marks on his cheeks had become more pronounced and his eyes—they'd become a deep, hateful crimson color. That's what the feeling was. It was the feeling of pure hatred. "Where do you think you're sitting?!"

"That's him, that's the Jinchūriki alright. He's the one that charges in and barks first," she watched as the blonde turned toward Sasori. "Itachi was right."

Itachi had helped them. Out of everyone in the Akatsuki she thought he was the one that would keep a promise. It seems that she'd read him wrong. She was going to give the Akatsuki hell. She wouldn't have to keep her cover forever, after all.

"I'LL KILL THE BOTH OF YOU!"

Naruto began to call for Gaara to get up. He was in denial that Gaara was gone. Yuzuki's rage began to spill into her actions, chakra thrumming throughout her body. She was going to attack first; screw the plan. In a flash, she was behind Deidara, pressing a kunai to his neck. The Akatsuki member only smiled as he opened his hand, a small clay insect immediately jumping in her face. The girl jumped back, grabbing the clay bomb and throwing it as far away as she could.

The bomb detonated, leaving a pile of rubble in its wake. Sasori jumped back away from Gaara's body while they were distracted, letting Deidara take the body and leave with it on a clay bird. "Sakura!"