Memories of the Blossom Heart

Chapter 20: Blossom's Rage

The kunai knives and shurikens had clashed with a couple of clunking noises being made, whereas each of them kept throwing punches and kicks without backing down. They still weren't able to use their ninjutsu, nor even summon a weapon or an animal. They had to fight physically which they were not used to.

As for Lee, he is very skilled with his taijutsu and can take out their enemies by attacking them with his most common technique; the Primary Lotus. Neji and Hinata, both also possessed the kind of powers they hold since they've been trained hard by their fathers. The Hyuga bloodline is absolutely powerful because of the vision and chakra circulatory system, similar to Uchiha, Uzumaki, and other clans.

Choji, Kiba, and Kankuro continued to pummel Mingyu on the front and back. Shino and Sai had to create a human slingshot, using clothing for Ino to jump and land her foot on top of Raki. She beat him up so rapidly and gave him scratches on the side of his face because of her long nails and blew a sleeping powder to make him dizzy.

Contrarily, Naruto, Sasuke, Tenten, and Hinata had been throwing other tiny metal spike blades across Hara and Zanchi, who were avoiding them all at once. However, the two rogue ninjas still received cuts on their arms.

By distracting them, they decided to pull out colorful smoking bombs, whereas the dark-haired ninja reminded Naruto and Hinata that he will be the one to search for Gaara and Sakura.

"We'll see you guys later!" The seventh Hokage said loudly.

"Be careful!" Hinata added in.

"Same goes to you too," Sasuke replied back and escaped from the battle. He then tries to activate his Mangekyo Sharingan to find them, but he isn't able to. He scowled and decided to run as fast as he could to pass the tree shrubs and hopped from the uneven rocks.

"Damn... If only those bastards didn't get in my way, I would've been with Sakura right now..." His fists were clenching firmly and keeping his focus towards the front. His eyes began to darken and didn't want to let any thoughts or ideas get through his mind.

Meanwhile for Temari and Shikamaru, the explosion had them perturbed as they both were hurrying themselves over to where it was taking place.

"Did you hear that?" She asked suspiciously.

"Sounds like trouble," he stated the obvious.

"We need to make sure they are all safe," Temari noted.

"Trust me. They are. They can handle things on their own," Shikamaru said.

"Not for Sakura in her condition," Temari pointed out.

"Yeah, yeah. I get it, but don't worry... I'm sure her friends are with her. The more we panicked, the more the situation will get worse," Shikamaru murmured reassuringly.

"It already is," she said, then was running at a faster pace ahead of him.

"Aye, woman," Shikamaru sighed with a mumble and plainly shook his head to go catch up with her.

Through the depths of the forest lies beyond the ancient roots of every tree that were known to be rare. The flowers and plants have been altering in different seasons, and some have bloomed faster than the others while the rest are withering.

For Gaara and Sakura, they were both mesmerized in awe of the majority of the fireflies swarming the area, so they stopped for a moment to notice a huge tree, just a few kilometres away.

"Where are we now?" She asked blankly.

"I don't know. I've never seen something so alluring," he uttered.