Quote of the chapter: "Never give up." -Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto

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cнαpтer 24

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The blaring outbursts had caused the citizens to break out. As the leader, Tsunade had sent out multiple shinobi to protect the village.

By the training site, Sakura and her companions were all down due to the crash.

Suddenly, Sai had appeared after jumping from his hawk made by ink and helped them get up. "Hokage-sama had sent us orders."

"The E plan?" Rina asked, rising up with the help of her best friend.

"Exactly," Sai replied, explaining further. "You all know the emergency plan. Genins evacuate the villagers. Chuunin up to ANBU rank, fight."

"Yeah, but fight who?" Sakura questioned just as a couple of odd-looking people with shady and dark gear dropped by and started attacking.

They all reacted to the quick appearance and they fought, using their basic skills.

"They're experiments," Sai managed to say as he casted his ink beasts. "We saw a whole flock of them coming by here."

"Seems like the hokage is prepared." Kiba muttered as blood spattered once he slashed the kunai right at one of the experiments' neck and kick off the one behind him.

Tenten glanced at Sai with a slight nod as his art led the experiments crash into the kunais that Tenten tossed.

With their limited number, the others paired up as well to double up the power and finish off the enemies in a faster rate.

Just when Rina scattered and threw her shurikens, Shiro added his flaming fireballs into the steel metal as it caused the experiments' body burn into ashes for every weapon that Rina had thrown.

On the other side, Sakura charged at the opponents and used hand-to-hand combat to send the enemies right to Sasuke and Kiba's part as they finished off the experiments that Sakura had sent to them flying.

Their teamwork had immediately wipe out the experiments in their entire area. However, one of the experiments-whom they thought was unconscious-stood up with much more power.

"Sakura watch out!" Tenten yelled when the enemy launched at Sakura with murky orbs.

With his sharingan, Sasuke quickly teleported and released his katana from its sheath.

When he landed softly, the experiment had its body and head broken apart with violet substance splattering over its body.

"These are Orochimaru's experiments," Sasuke began. "Kill all of it before it rages and activates it cursed seal." He continued and showed them the cursed seal diminishing from the experiment's body. "They're basically corpses."

"So it's from Oto?" Tenten asked.

"Can it be?" Sakura mumbled to no one in particular, but she did get everyone's attention.

"What's wrong Sakura?" Kiba questioned as Sakura walked to the corpses.

She ripped the pitch-black clothing from their right shoulder and it unveiled an upright music note. "S-Sasuke-kun, it's-"

In a split of a second, a small tornado wrecked the training grounds as it separated the whole team in different locations in and outside of the village.

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Sasuke caught his balance as he flipped and descend on the ground without a sweat. He firmly clutch his katana once a new comer flashed before him.

"Fast as I remember, huh?"

"You again."

"Good, you remember me. I suppose you know my name as well?"

"Taiki..." Sasuke sneered.

Smirking in disbelief, Taiki scoffed. "I should be the one who's mad," He menaced, extending his arm as he formed seals. "Because you killed my partner in crime." He launched a powerful breeze towards his opponent, though Sasuke managed to dock and escape his attack.

"Then I guess you should join him as well." Sasuke replied, his adrenaline rushing in excitement to fight.

It was his first time to face in a battle since the fourth ninja war-this was exciting to him. So much exhilaration that he may just kill every single corpse that was in his sight.

"When you see him in hell, tell him I said hi." Taiki angrily backfired, tossing a kunai over to Sasuke's head.

Of course, he dodged it. However the blade was surrounded by Taiki's chakra, which gave Sasuke's cheek a slight cut.

Sasuke's lips curved up in fury as he wiped the scarlet blood trickling down from his wound. "I don't need to. Because you're going with him." Then Sasuke's onyx orbs mixed into crimson streaks, sharingan activating.

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Just as Kiba had his rough landing, he felt a kick from his belly that sent him to hit a rigid wall that split up paths.

He groaned in pain and sighed when he saw an enemy coming. Though he can tell that it was not an ordinary corpse based from its attire.

The man had a formal gear for battle. His dark suit was connected with strings as he control an armored mannequin.

"Who are you?" Kiba uttered as Akamaru barked anxiously.

The man jumped nearer, commanding his puppet to take the first action in fighting while he spoke. "Your worst nightmare."

"Why did I have to ask..." Kiba had rolled to his left direction to avoid getting squished by the sword that the mannequin had brought out. He hopped to Akamaru's side in a lion position-his fangs showing up. "Why are you here?" He growled, charging into the man however the puppet refused to let him.

"Why would I tell you?" His opponent remarked while Kiba tossed a couple of weapons and fought the mannequin with taijutsu. Kiba attempted to punch his chest to sent him flying, but the mannequin crossed the swords against his chest as if covering it.

The man laughed continuously while he watched Kiba fight. "You can't even lay a finger on me."

"Go Akamaru!"

Just when Kiba gave the signal, Akamaru ran and leaped to the enemy, his saliva dropping to the man as he bawled.

To Kiba's dismay, the enemy had poofed into thin smoke.

"Not bad." A voice stated, catching Kiba and Akamaru's attention. They were fighting a clone all along.

"To scared to show your true self?" Kiba mocked with his mischievous smile.

"Very well, if you defeat me. I'll tell you what you wish to know." His enemy offered.

"Then shut up and fight me, old man!" Kiba scowled in impatience as they both sped up with their assistants and clashed to fight.

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"Urgh..." Sakura grunted as she composed herself, standing up as she saw a foe in front of her.

"Weakling." The man had spoken and muttered a jutsu as stones flew to attack Sakura.

Hearing the insult, Sakura's anger ultimately increased while she blocked every stone with her fist. With the last stone, she used her right foot and engaged a kick as the rock hit the man's shoulder which resulted to a slight injury.

"What is your purpose that you have to destroy Konoha?" Sakura asked, holding back her massive anger. "What did Konoha ever do to you?"

"Shut your trap and fight!" The man screeched, summoning rocks as it created a circular wall around them.

"Game on." Sakura irked a challenging grin, mustering up her strength before her fist had met the ground.

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"It's too bad, I have to face a handsome guy like you."

Shiro heard a voice say once he gained his senses.

He promptly stood up and prepared in a fighting position once he caught sight of an unfamiliar girl. He noticed that it was not an allie due to her suit and she had a tattoo with an upright music note on her shoulder.

He was listening attentively to Sakura's words and paid attention to her actions to know more about the enemy. So far, if he doesn't familiarize the person, if it is weird-looking, if it has dark clothes and an upside down music note tatoo, then he was positive that the it was an enemy.

The girl's features were bright that she looked like an innocent teen excluding her eyes. Her white hair reached above her waist as her eyes were dark like a corpse's and her pale skin. She was beautiful-if she was not a corpse.

"What do you want?" He asked with Blade at his shoulder who barked in arrogance.

"In my sixteen years of existence, all I ever wanted was to be loved. But it seems I've found you in a wrong interval."

"That's because I'm the wrong guy." Shiro ignited his fire as he swiftly threw them to the enemy.

Although, the girl rapidly skipped the attacks as she smiled in awe. "Strong too, huh? I sense a powerful aura in you."

"You talk too much." Shiro stated as fiery flames covered up his arms with his eyes show a burning glint.

Blade also activated his power as his illuminating flare surrounded his small frame while he barked angrily.

Sighing, the girl put up a dejected frown. "I guess I'd have to kill you both then. Just when I started to like you." She pertained to Shiro and exhaled once more. "Life is so unfair."

Just as she mentioned, Blade had already jumped to her ti attack. Though, the enemy convoked her power as bolts of lightning struck Shiro's partner in battle, Blade.

"Blade!" Shiro yelled, expelling his powers while he sprinted towards his unconscious dog.

"Why..." Shiro murmured, "Why did you have to do this? Why have you come!" He shouted back, fuming and he held back his temper as hard as he can.

"Konoha's downfall for Orochimaru-sama's glee, of course." (1)

"He's dead."

"Certainly, that's why we've cone to finish the job." The girl tilted her head with a teasing smile. "You look hot when you're angry."

"Shut your trap." Shiro blurted, standing up as he opened his palms and kindled, spreading it to his arms. Much more pissed than before.

The girl shook her head in disappointment. "Such an ideal guy." She whispered before gathering her chakra to electrify her opponent as they both clash.

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"Super Fang Wolf Fang!"

Cracks at the ground were caused by the strong attack as the opponent dropped down, out of chakra and out of energy, his life fading in any minute.

"You've defeated me..." The opponent coughed out blood as it splat the cemented floor.

His puppet was no longer moving since the master's life was about to cease. Kiba had found out his weakest spot-which was inside the mannequin's body. Turns out, the heart of the human was inside his puppet's chest so that other people would rather go hit the one who's controlling the mannequin.

However, Kiba saw through it by his observation skills when he tried to land his various punches on the puppet's rib cage because the man had prevented Kiba from doing so.

Kiba transformed back to his original figure as Akamaru switched back to his innocent self once they have finished their ultimate move.

He held his enemy's collar with no mercy. "Now, tell me what you want. Why are you here?" Despite the fact that the man was going to die, Kiba still managed to howl at him like a real beast.

"C-Capture the kyuubi..." The man muttered weakly. "Uzumaki N-Naruto..." (2)

His eyes widen in shock as he released his grasp from the man unknowingly.

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For every barricade and attack that the enemy would pitch, Sakura would always break away from it and crash the man's body in return.

But by this point, the foe started to act strangely weird as if he was on drugs. His mind was crazy. Which subtracted Sakura's guard due to the questions fluttering inside her brain.

"Right? Why can't cats chase cockroaches instead? I mean why does it have to be a mice?" He laughed in a scary manner as Sakura took a coupke of steps back due to the man's random persona. "Rats just run away. Which is why they should be dead!"

At this time, the man had trapped Sakura against a stony wall and caught the kunoichi by the neck while he raised her up with his hand and she choked for air.

"Just like you." He said in disgust.

"Wh-Why are you h-here?" She managed to speak.

He cracked up once again, "I believe you know him, we need to kill Uchiha Sasuke." (3)

END OF CHAPTER 24

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//PUBLISHED.6.3.15//

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