uzumaki shira | naruto

Act 9: "It's the Snake Sannin, great."

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The redhead jumped from branch to branch. She didn't know where that giant gust of the wind or the giant snake came from but she knew. She knew that whoever the guy responsible for this was beyond Chunin level. That kind of summon must have belonged to someone who was Jounin.

Her feet were suddenly caught in a vine and she lost her balance, causing her to fall from up the tree. She landed roughly on the ground with a hiss. Concentrate. Your teammates are in trouble. Focus. Don't let anger cloud your judgment, Shira! And with that, she sprinted once more.

Her chakra levels were near exhausted so she couldn't possibly use more than necessary and still fight. That was suicide.

Once she reached their location, she found no one but she knew they were there, she could feel their chakra.

"Snake!"

Her head snapped towards the direction of Sakura's voice and she saw Sasuke carrying Sakura, dodging the very same snake she encountered just prior. Sakura jumped out of Sasuke's hold, to give him more mobility in the air.

The snake charged towards him and Shira wondered why he suddenly panicked. "Get away!!" He threw several shurikens on its head, killing it almost instantly. "Sasuke! Sakura! Over here!" The both of them quickly landed on her side and Sasuke quickly grabbed both of her shoulders. "What's the password?!"

"Shut it, 'ttebane. This is no time to be panicking." Sasuke visibly calmed down as soon as he heard her verbal tick, so did Sakura. With all these deceptions, they couldn't help but panic. He hugged her out of the blue and Shira decided not to push him off. She knew he was scared out of his wits.

He wasn't functioning properly and Sakura was not much of help in the presence of a predator. She was strong, honestly, but her strength didn't lie in frontal assualt.

"What's going on? Who's targeting us?"

Sakura spoke up, "It was that grass-lady before the exam." There's not much time, she's still here, Sasuke thought as he pulled away from Shira. Suddenly, a fourth voice joined in a voice that belongs to the grass-nin.

"You guys shouldn't relax even for a bit. Prey should always run away... in the presence of a predator, that is." The voice came from the direction of the dead snake and much to their horror, the grass-nin came out of the snake. The sight made them want to vomit in disgust.

The snake lady caught sight of Shira and she couldn't help but smirk in delight. Honestly, she expected this but she didn't expect for the Uzumaki girl to defeat her snake so soon. The girl had annihilated her snake so fast that she thought someone else had defeated it.

It seems like this Uzumaki girl was stronger than she looks. Deciding to take an advance, she slithered around the tree but abruptly stopped when a few shuriken embedded itself above her.

"I'm sorry Sasuke but... I forgot the password!" In all his glory (not) and courageous self, Naruto stood there with a triumphed smirk on his face. His sudden entrance distracted everyone and Shira took this chance to grab both of her teammates and put some more distance between them and the grass-nin.

"Great job, Naruto!" Sakura praised, to which Naruto grinned at. Shira, despite the situation, playfully rolled her eyes. Yup, that her twin brother alright. "Naruto, I know you think you're cool and here to save us... but forget it!! Run away!!! This one is on whole 'nother level!"

Both Uzumaki narrowed their eyes at Sasuke. It wasn't like him to act this way. Yes, he was gripped with fear but for him to act this way? Shira could only call him a coward at this moment.