Chapter 16
Shizukas pov.

"Forest of death. Coolio" I commented, silently praising the name. "Mizu, Rai, scan the area." Okay let me explain what's goin on. Anko came, brought us to this place, told us not to die and get some scrolls, then just threw us in here. So. Yea.

"Sound nin, 1 o'clock. Rai?" Mizu muttered under his breath with his eyes closed and veins popping in his forehead.

"Three of 'em. Probably in a higher level than genin." Rai added facing toward him where I'm supposing the three were.

"Aright. Protect the scroll, get out alive. My orders. Got it?" I barked as I readied my stance, my dragon senses kicking in.

"You don't give us enough credit Ryuu sama." Mizu scoffed/laughed. Rai simply nodded his head in agreement. "We're not dying. Not by a long shot honey."

After about ten minutes of waiting I narrowed my eyes, "they aren't coming toward us." I stated as my vision an hearing slowly shifted back to the normal human senses. The duo shrugged before slouching.

It wasn't even three seconds after we all relaxed before the smell of blood pervaded throughout the forest. My eyes widened as I recognized the scent, "SASUKE!" I blasted chakra to my feet, stomping and flying through trees, destroying whatever the fuck as in my way. Mizu and Rai following close behind me, hopping from the clutter trail I formed behind me.

My heels skidded to a stop. In front of me Sasuke had a large gash on his thigh as he jumped from a ...

Snake.

I masked my chakra and analyzed the field, finding a female sound ninja responsible for this ruckus. Ryuu sama, she's not one to be associated with. I suggest we leave before things get out of hand. Rai telepathically suggested.

You dimwit, Ryuu sama ain't leavin her teammates in the dust. You should know this by now. Mizu scolded as the two began to fight yet again. Water and electricity clash a lot.

Oy you two, stop your lil lovers quarrel, in summoning the rest of them to take care of this woman. I bit my tongue to draw blood before placing it on my seal.

"Wassup Ryuu." Akuma said out loud.

The snake lady snapped her head towards us, the snakes stopped attacking Cherry and Duckass for a moment as well. "Well shit. Thanks Akuma." I deadpanned.

He sweatdropped, "sorry kid."

"Aish. Now that that's out in the open, let's do this shit." I disappeared in a flood of sparkled buying me some time to bark out orders, Mizu, Rai, you two, I want you guys together battling any excess snakes.

Hai Ryuu sama.

Yoru, I want you and dasu protecting the three, make sure non of them die.

Got it.

Akuma, I want you with me against the snake lady. And if you can, bring out your animals, we could use their help.

I'll try.

Okay. And lastly you three, I want you in your dragon forms as backup in case we need it. Stand aside for now and fend off any other intruders.

And with a quick nod of their heads they dispersed, leaving Akuma and me to fight the snake lady. "Who are you little girly?" She asked in an eery tone, her tongue flicking from side to side.

"None of ya business. Akuma, eyes of a thousand deadmen, scatter them along side the rest of the crew. Keep an eye on them." I ordered, my feet parting slightly getting into a fighting stance. He humphed before a hundred tiny purple globes floated about then scattered away.

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Eyes of a thousand deadmen- a special jutsu Akuma has where purple eye like spheres appear and watch over people when we arent around them.
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The lady threw three kunais at us, each laced in some sort of liquid. Perhaps snake poison. We dodged with ease but there were definitely more things up her sleeve. "It ssssseems like you're a lot tougher than the last one. You're not sssssshaking and ssssstanding like a tree." She purses her lips before quietly saying something that I couldn't catch onto for kunais seemed to come at me from all the angles. "Assssss much asssss I would like to sssstay and chat, I would very much like to find that uchiha boy. You can busy yourselves with these two for now." She said as two snakes slithered out of her sleeve (ironic huh) then she flashed away.

I growled. Rai Mizu, keep an eye out. The lady's coming for the emo one. " fire style! Dragons breath!" I yelled as both of us spat purple fire from out mouths. The snakes dodged before striking down from above, "Wind style, A hundred wings!" The trees swayed with the wind as it hurtled the two snakes into the trees nearby. Everything was silent before the hissing sound came back and my eyes narrowed. Akuma glared at the two from the corner of my eyes, "Akuma! Tag them with your saliva! The uzumaki kid blew up the snake he was trapped in, let's try the same thing." He nodded wordlessly before hopping away.

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Saliva- a dragons saliva can be potentially very dangerous depending on the type of dragon. A demon dragon like Akuma has explosive chemicals in his for when in contact with flames they explode.
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"That should do it, Dragons breath!" Fire erupted from my mouth catching the two snakes by surprise. Then before they knew what was going on, they were mere chunks of flesh. "Okay, let's go find the others." You three on guard, you can rest now. I'll call you guys back if I need it later I commanded the sankyoi. They floated back into the seal obediently as I jumped from tree to tree to find the other three.

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"SASUKE MOVE YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" I screamed as I dove headfirst into him, pushing him away from the incoming snake.

"RYUU!" Sakura and naruto exclaimed both at the same time as a breath of relief escaped their lips.

"Don't start celebrating just yet. Akuma and I couldn't beat her snakes without a little bit of chakra, If not a little then a lot. This woman's powerful if we could barely beat her mere minions." I growled as I looked up to see Yoru and Dasu panting. "What? You two are worn out already?"

"Sorry - Ryuu sama- " Yoru coughed in between phrases, "that lady's fast. Like really fast."

I scrunched up my nose and furrowed my brows, "alright. You two back in the seal, heal up. We got this." They disappeared soon after. Mizu, Rai, we need you guys here. ASAP

I looked over to Sakura whom was by naruto looking at me worriedly then to sasuke whom was still frozen. "You motherfucker nows not the time to freeze!" I sent a hand whipping across his face. That seemed to snap him out of it.

"RYUU SAMA LOOK OUT!" Rai yelled from above as a strike of lightning bolted into the snakes head, causing it to die on the spot. He jumped onto the same branch as me, ready to kill. But before I could even react the woman was gone. I looked down and sasuke was too.

Focusing my chakra into the roots of the tree I was on, I focused on my surroundings. "Sasuke, 12 o'clock. Let's move. You two too!" I commanded at them, gesturing for them to follow me.

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"WHAT THE FUCK. HER FACE IS MELTING. HOW DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN?" I screeched at the lady holding a hand over half her face while the other half melted off. Beneath it was a pale mans face with - "AHAHAAHA HES WEARING PURPLE EYESHADOW AND EYELINER!" I laughed out loud making the six people around me sweat drop.

The man glared at me before charging at sasuke, I narrowed my eyes, "not on my watch!" I raised my hand and strikes it down sending a bolt of lightning at the man. He dodged with ease, my eyes widened, "what? How?!"

Realization hit me like bricks, "RAI MIZU AKUMA, GET SASUKE NOW!"

They flinched at my sudden scream as they raced toward the boy like their lives depended on it. Everything happened in slow motion. Rai collided with the man, Akuma with sasuke, and Mizu in the middle of both.

All a second too late.

The man chuckled before disappearing.

"NO!" I scrambled over to him as the three hung their heads in shame and Akuma poofed back into my seal. I placed a hand on his neck, tracing over the curse mark. "Dammit" I muttered.

"Our apologies Ryuu sama. If we were faster perhaps-"

"Don't apologize. That man was strong. Stronger than us even. You guys tried your hardest, don't be so down. At least everyone's alive right?" I cracked a smile, cradling sasukes head on my lap, softly brushing his hair out of his face. "Naruto Sakura come here! Sakura hold onto sasuke while I check naruto for cuts." She nodded quietly as she made her way over to me.

"Mizu, healing rain!" I said in a calm voice as a small drizzle appeared over head, healing any cuts on all of us. "You okag naruto?"

He opened his mouth to say something before wobbling over. I sighed. "Mizu, Rai. You two each take one of the boys. Sakura come with me. We're gonna find someplace safe to let them rest."

"Okay" she said sullenly as she jumped over to me. "Do you think they'll be alright? Maybe if I was more-"

"They'll be fine Sakura. Don't worry. Narutos just exhausted as well as sasuke. They'll be up and fine in a little while. Right now they need to rest."

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"Here seems like a nice place. Sakura you should rest too, I can keep guard." I offered as my two dragons shifted back to their original form and curled at my feet.

She waved me off, "it's fine. How about we switch on and off? I'll take the first half, you can take the other."

I pursed my lips, "alright. Wake me up if you need anything Kay?"

"I will. Get some rest Ryuu. I got this."

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