Shinobi

[DrPhil2501]

Soon all the explosive clay dogs in the area were erradicated. All thats left were piles of clay pieces and torn up dirt were the explosive tags set off.

 

Kaneda walked back towards the group. "Well, that certainly was unexpected. Least I got some good exercise from it..."

 

Tategami glanced at everyone in the area. Karela and Sam were the only ones missing. "Is anyone injured?"

 

"What was the whole point of that?" Kaneda wondered. "Surely whoever sent those little critters could come up with something bigger to kill us all!"

 

"I dont think the sole objective of that assault was to elliminate us!" Tategami added. "But perhaps to drive us away. Scare Tatics designed to make us flee: this is clearly a warning!"

 

Kaneda hung his head down, thinking. He raised it back up and looked at the others. "We better find Karela and Sam before they get themselves killed."

[CommanderQ]

Akagi twitched his head towards Kaneda.

 

"I was chasing Karela for a time, but she was much faster. She was engulfed by some strange green light, then I lost sight of her. Sam, I do not know where he is."

 

Akagi sat down on his knees, settling down from the battle and cleaning his blade again. He then began to think on what had occured in the past battle, trying to analyze where Karela and Sam could've gone.

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Karela woke up in excrutiating pain.

 

W-What happend?

 

Something attacked us, some sort of tailed beast.

 

It...hurts...

 

You need to stay still...we took a real beating from that thing, we're both out of chakra and I think you landed on something sharp.

 

Karela put one of her hands on the left side of her chest and felt blood.

 

You're bleeding badly from various wounds as well, I just need a few hours of you lying still and I should be able to build up enough Chakra to start healing you.

 

Anything else I should know about?

 

One of your legs has been badly broken, I wouldn't try to stand on it, It might make it worse, your shoulder has been dislocated and you are extremely badly bruised. Just keep calm and lay still, I should have you good enough to move in a few hours. you won't be near 100 percent, but you'll be out of danger.

 

Fine, but don't do anything stupid.

 

I won't...

 

Karela closed her eyes and drifted off into the darkness yet again.

[DrPhil2501]

"I was chasing Karela for a time, but she was much faster. She was engulfed by some strange green light, then I lost sight of her. Sam, I do not know where he is."

 

Tategami nodded. He looked up into the night sky, and breathed slowly. He opened his eyes. "Hmph... Its difficult to track their scent with all the explosive resedue and clay dust in the air.

 

"Time to call for some assistance..." Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram As Tategami slammed his palm to the ground, the runic symbols spread from his fingers in a circular motion. There was a blinding flash, and eventually a figure took place where Tategami's hand took place.

 

It was a lion... a very big one. The size astonished Kaneda. Brown fur surrounded its neck, indicating it to be a male. There was a black marking on its forehead: a tattoo of some sort. There were spikes running across its back, and its limbs held metal gauntlets around its legs. Tategami formally introduced the beast to everyone.

 

"This here is Borma, one of the five summons I am able to perform. He specialises in tracking..."

 

"How do you do? the yellow eyes glowed at everyone.

[CommanderQ]

Akagi stood, but very slowly. He had never been in the presence of any of the rumored 'Five.'

 

"It is an honor."

 

Akagi bowed his head in reverance to Borma.

 

There wasn't much else to say, Akagi was struck slightly speechless.

 

But there was one thing to say.

 

"I sincerely hope that we can find Karela and Sam soon, I fear time is not on our side."

[Chevron 7 locke]

Karela could hear the beast's voice echoing in her head again.

 

Something's wrong, whatever that thing did has disrupted my ability to renew my Chakra. I won't be able to heal you as soon as I thought I could

 

W-What does that mean?

 

It means that for the next day, we're going to be an easy target for thieves and other unplesants.

 

Oh.

 

I know it's hard for you to hear me right now, but I've built up enough Chakra to stop some of the bleeding, your not out of danger yet, but you have a slightly higher chance of not dying.

 

Where are the others?

 

I don't know. I hope they come looking for us though, it's way to dangerous for you to be out here in your condition.

 

What should we do now?

 

You need to sleep, I'll wake you up if anything important happens

 

Karela nodded to herself and drifted off into the black void of sleep yet again.

[Jedi_Man]

Sam finally got a response from Takai

There, just 30 more meters and your there.

Sam made a barely discernable nod and put a little more chakra into his run. Three seconds later, there was Karela, laying on the ground. Sam ran over to her, her side was bleeding profusely.

" Well, lucky you I know the basics of theis type of medical procedure..." Sam said mostly to himself. Out of his pack Sam pulled some gauz and a little antibiotic rub. ' This'll sting, just hold still" He muttered to himself, it helped him think she will make it through this okay.

The first layer of gauz was bloodied up almost instantly, but the second and third layer were good, so he cinched it shut tight. Karela groaned in pain.

Boy, your forgetting something, Try laying me next to her

Sam did as he was told. What looked like a strand of blue fog connected from Karela to Takai.

There, she'll make it through the night, just make sure she doesn't make any for bad falls... heh heh heh.

Sam nodded again, and waited, for either more enemys or some friends.

[Chevron 7 locke]

W-Whoever is next to us...get them away!

 

What's wrong?

 

What they're doing hurts! Get them away!

 

Listen to me, stay calm.

 

NO! Make them go away!

 

Stay calm, he's a friend.

 

I can feel something in there with him! He's not a friend!

 

Stop this! Your hallucinating! And right now you can't even stand! Just stay calm.

 

N-No I'm not! We need to get away!

 

Listen to me! You are hallucinating! That's Sam! Sam is a friend.

 

No! He's not!

 

I'm sorry, but your hallucinating, I'm going to take control until someone else shows up.

 

No...

 

Rest.

 

Karela drifted off into an uneasy sleep.

[DrPhil2501]

Borma nodded his head, acknowledging Akagi. The lion glanced at everyone in the area. "I'll keep a steady pace so you can catch up with me..."

 

Borma lifted his head up in the air, and Kaneda could see the nostrils moving. Borma locked onto Karela's scent, and confirmed.

 

"Follow me..."

 

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Minutes have passed as everybody soared through the forest. Eventually they caught sight of Karela lying on the grass, while Sam tended to her wounds.

 

Everybody stopped to look over. Kaneda was the first to say something. "Sam, how is her condition?"

 

Tategami patted Borma on the neck for good work. The lion walked over and sniffed Karela's body.

[SkywalkerRules]

((Sorry I haven't been doing much posting, guys. Had to do the ACT test at school.))

 

Asuka was still surprised to see a huge lion with their group. It was the most astonishing creature she ever saw to be that huge. As the group continued on their journey, they spotted Karela lying on the ground. Luckily, Sam was with her.

 

She bit her lower lip nervously. "Oh. Not good..." she said worryingly. The young girl really hoped that Karela would feel better soon.

 

"If only I could heal..." Asuka thought to herself.

[CommanderQ]

Akagi stared at Karela, lying in the grass. He then looked to Sam.

 

"Do you know how long she has been in this condition?"

 

Then the lion went over and sniffed Karela's body.

 

Akagi tried his best to recall from memory any medical information that may help in the worst case scenario.

[Chevron 7 locke]

They're here.

 

Karela silently opened her eyes to see a big pair of eyes staring back at her.

 

What is that?!

 

I have no clue. It might be a summon.

 

Karela silently closed her eyes again.

 

How's my body?

 

You really aren't going to like what I have to say about that.

 

Try me.

 

Your leg is still broken. I won't be able to fix it for a few days, the bleeding from your side has stopped but you did land on something sharp and that means that there'a big hole in your back right now. If you try to move, you'll start bleeding from it again. Your shoulder is also still dislocated. And you have bruises all over your body.

 

Is there any good news?

 

No, not really.

[CommanderQ]

Akagi looked closer and noticed that Karela's eyes had opened.

 

Well, at least she's alright, he thought to himself. He tapped Asuka and pointed to Karela.

 

He then also noticed that someone wouldn't be completely comfortable if they woke up with a huge lion staring at them eye to eye.

 

He tapped on the lion's back, and with all the respect he could muster, he spoke.

 

"Borma, would it be alright if you backed up a bit, I'm not sure how much Karela appreciates you being so close to her face."

 

Akagi hoped that he did not offend the lion, but something needed to be done.

[Jedi_Man]

Sam looked at Karela, She wasn't looking any better, but at least she had stopped bleeding. He tapped Akagi's shoulder.

" As far as I can tell, she's been like this for about... ten to twenty minutes?" Sam said, then conferring with Takai.

Yeah, about that long.

" Yeah, ten to twenty minutes" Sam affirmed. Akagi nodded, apparently he still loathed Sam's internal organs.

Well, some things never change.. Takai thought with Sam.

Sam noticed a stickiness in his armpit. He looked and one of the clay dogs had either blown up to close for comfort or had bitten him.

" Great..." Sam mumbled.

Just a moment, this'll be much easier than your friend Karela over there... That was a real test of my mediocre skills.

Suddenly, Sam's armpit was whole again... the chunk from his side litterally disappearing from him.

Much better ,Sam thought.

[Chevron 7 locke]

Karela looked past Sam and stared at Tategami

 

"I couldn't even touch it. Not even when I unlocked the four-tailed seal. It was just too fast."

 

Karela turned her eyes toward the forest.

 

"I couldn't even get a good look at it. but at the end, It's power rivaled the Nine-tailed demon fox's. It might have been even stronger."

 

Karela was starting to feel sleepy again.

 

"Watch the Shadows. It strikes from the shadows at incredible speeds.

 

Sleep.

 

Karela drifted off to sleep yet again.

[CommanderQ]

Akagi raised an eyebrow.

 

"I think she is still recovering indeed, delusional, at least what it looks like. We need to get her in a safe area, her leg doesn't look so good, and she may have lost alot of blood in the last 20 minutes."

 

Akagi moved forward, awaiting his friend's replies. They needed to work together on this.

[Jedi_Man]

" Alright, what do we do, I know nothing more than the basics..." Sam said. He blew a strand of blue hair out of his eyes. and noticed something in the shadows...

Probably just nothing, after all, we are in the forest.

Sam doubted it, Takai was smart, but he was wrong on occasion. Sam left his hand of the grip just to be safe.

" We could make a splint and carry her to the nearest village, but that could take a while..." Sam said.

[Chevron 7 locke]

It's watching us...It somehow managed to follow us without me picking it up.

 

Why hasn't it tried to kill us yet?

 

I don't sense any hostility from that thing, only curiosity.

 

Where is it now?

 

It's...Thats strange, it's turning around now. It's heading back toward the land of waterfalls again...and I can't sense it anymore. Whatever that thing is, it's fast.

 

Karela moaned in pain as she rolled over and her back started to bleed badly.

 

Why did you move?! I haven't built up enough chakra to heal that yet!

 

Sorry...I need to warn them...they need to know what it is...What it's capable of...

 

You've been fighting my efforts to heal you for too long. If you don't go to sleep and stay asleep, I'll take control of your body until I've built up enough chakra to heal you.

 

You wouldn't.

 

I will. Now rest.

[DrPhil2501]

"Four-tail seal?" Kaneda wondered outloud to Karela. "You're a Jinchuuriki?"

 

We need to get her in a safe area, her leg doesn't look so good, and she may have lost alot of blood in the last 20 minutes."

 

"Yes, I agree..." Tategami approached Karela, lifted her up and placed her on his large shoulders. "Lets find a secure spot to treat her wounds." Kaneda was amazed at how small Karela looked compared to Tategami when he is carrying her.

 

Borma had vanished back to his dimension, and the group began moving. Kaneda walked next to Asuka. "Did you know? About Karela being a Jinchuuriki, I mean."

[Jedi_Man]

Sam lead up the behind of the group, if anything tried a surprise attack, he'd take care of it personally. Sam closed his eyes, reaching out through his senses as his Sensei had told him to do. The forest teemed with life, but nothing showed intentions of harming them, yet.

Boy, the beast, it's following us, a little more thant a kilometer out it's satying parallel with us!

Sam gripped on the handle a little tighter.

" Uh, guys? The thing that got Karela... It's still giving chase! We should hurry!" Sam said.

[Chevron 7 locke]

They know about me don't they?

 

I'm afraid so.

 

It was nice while it lasted...but I suppose all good things must come to an end..

 

Don't worry. If anyone messes with you, they'll have to deal with me!

[SkywalkerRules]

As Asuka continued to walk with lots on her mind, Kaneda came beside her.

 

"Did you know? About Karela being a Jinchuuriki, I mean."

 

The young girl glanced at Kaneda with worried eyes. The first time she ever encountered a Jinchuuriki was when she was in a duel. She nearly got herself killed and barely escaped. But she didn't want to talk about it. Not yet.

 

"No. No, I haven't known that. Guess this means the Bijuu sealed inside Karela might be deadly, huh?" She was getting more worried about the situation.

 

Suddenly, she heard Sam yell out an urgent.

 

" Uh, guys? The thing that got Karela... It's still giving chase! We should hurry!"

 

Asuka nodded. "Agreed."

[Chevron 7 locke]

" Uh, guys? The thing that got Karela... It's still giving chase! We should hurry!"

 

Why won't it leave us alone?! Why are we so interesting?!

 

I don't think it's interested in the others. I think its interested in you and me.

 

Oh? And why do you think that?

 

Think about it. You are the only one with a Bijuu sealed inside you. It has to be interested in something.

 

Sam has something sealed inside him. It could be chasing him.

 

I somehow doubt that.

 

What do you propose we do?

 

I don't know. Right now, that thing is way too tough to fight, I suggest we run until we come up with a plan.

 

Karela forced open her eyes and looked down at the ground.

 

Someone is carrying me.

 

Yup, It's the big Jonin.

 

"You need to run, that thing is stronger then all of us put together at the moment. If you try and fight it, you'll die."

[DrPhil2501]

Tategami paused and looked back behind him. He sniffed the night air, and eyed through the trees. I can feel it too... its faint, but I can feel something...

 

"Wait!" he halted everyone. Kaneda listened in, and saw through the forest of trees a white light. It came close and closer.

 

"Uh... should we run?" Kaneda wondered outloud. No sense in keeping it to himself, if Tategami already knew what he was thinking.

 

"No... Just wait..."

 

The light came closer and closer, until it formed a figure in the short distance. It soared through the trees, maintaining its white glow. The soaring figure had a pair of wings... It eventually came up close to the group, and flew up into the sky. It white figure eventually disintigrated.

 

"What in the heck was that thing?" Kaneda said. Tategami looked up at the sky where the shards of white light rained down. Tategami looked down at the grass.

 

"Chakra... White Chakra... That thing that attacked Karela, was only an illusion! A Shadow of something powerful ahead..."

[Jedi_Man]

( Actually, it's sealed in the sword. but its cloe enough for me)

Here it comes, boy. Takai said.

Sam pulled Takai out of it's sheath, holding it at the ready, only to find a white bulbous mass of chakra floating through.

Holy!... Takai, we need to get moving, any ideas on how to get everyone going faster?

Takai paused, then answered; No, boy, whatever is going to happen is by your voliton, not mine, you can't come running to your dad or mom everytime a bully hits you in the face

Sam sighed, trying to find the words to get everyone moving.