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They all moved to the living room and sat down, Sakura finished the cut she was working on then moved to help Naruto in to join the group.
“Hey Sakura?” Naruto said as they stood up together.
“Hmm?”
“Well I was wondering what would happen if someone on our team like, lost a leg or something while on a mission? Could you help them?” Sakura looked at him confused.
“Well yes, I guess. I’ve been trained to deal with most injuries that can happen in the field. Why do you ask?” Sakura explained questioningly.
“Well would you like put them to sleep if you had to do that or would we just have to pass out or something?” Naruto said with fear in his eyes contemplating the scenario.
Sakura chuckled,“ No I have some anesthesia I carry with me to all our missions in case I have to do something like that, it’s in my bag upstairs. And your leg wasn’t that bad by the way.” She finished with a smirk.
They moved together into the living room where Kakashi had already begun talking. Sakura led Naruto to a coffee table that had been moved to make a bigger circle for them to sit in that was now part of the circle. Naruto sat down and Sakura continued to work on the smaller cuts on his back.
“…the attacks were clearly aimed at Gaara, both the Kankuro clone and the episode outside.” Kakashi finished.
“But they attacked Temari with those three kuni.” Kankuro questioned generally confused by the whole situation and blunt wake up.
“Yes but the attack on Temari was most likely just to move Gaara’s defenses away from him to open him up to a much larger attack. Which was also followed by an attack with many more kuni in case the first was deflected.” Kakashi explained looking at Naruto who had no hint of regret but wore an expression that said it was all fact and it all went according to plan. This made Kakashi smile slightly under his ever present mask even through the situation.
“So,” Kakashi continued, “We know that the enemy has the ability to make shadow clones of other people. Although we have no idea how many they are able to control at once. Our enemy has already proven to be a serious threat and very strategic. We need to decide where to go from here…” Kakashi was cut off by Naruto.
“Well obviously our first move is to get Gaara off this island.” Naruto stated matter of factly; looking at the ground as Sakura moved her hands away from his back and stated that she was finished. Naruto turned to her and thanked her.
It always amazes me how quickly he heals himself; his body had started healing before I even got to him. He is truly amazing. Sakura caught herself within her own mind and forced herself to focus on the situation at hand as she moved to take a seat next to Kakashi.
Gaara had closed his eyes refusing to make eye contact with Naruto as he gave his opinion on Naruto’s plan.
“I will not seem a coward and run from every threat that comes my way. Do you think so little of me? We will find this person or these people and eliminate them. A message will be sent that the Kazakage will not be intimidated by such people.” Gaara spoke with dignity and power as he spoke. Even though Temari and Kankuro liked the idea of getting there little brother away from this threat that had already bypassed his defenses, Gaara was speaking as there Kazakage now, as their leader. Hannah felt it to, the pride in Gaara’s voice as he spoke with absolute authority.
If Naruto felt it, he ignored it. “Whatever! Even I can see something’s going on here, we’ve got to go with the worst-case-scenario on this one and that means getting you out of here.” Temari began to speak possibly to remind Naruto that Gaara was the Kazakage and he was in charge, but Naruto didn’t give her the chance. “That guy that met us when we got here acted the same way to Kakashi, Sakura and I being here that the Kankuro clone did. That means that this goes all the way down to Gaara being invited here. Which means the whole invitation was a trap.” He rephrased himself just to get the point across. The main thing is getting Temari and Kankuro on board with getting Gaara out of here, something tells me they would go along with it if they weren’t bound to his Kazakage crap. Naruto kept pushing his point.
“Think about it, they picked the perfect scenario to trap Gaara! The island itself is too far for you all to call backup that’s why they didn’t want us here with you guys. From what the enemy has already showed he is able to make seemingly perfect clones of people. If they enemy took the Kazakage out on an island that he went to alone what do you think he planned to do then?!”
Naruto was standing now; anger building at his friend who he had sworn he would protect that wouldn’t even acknowledge him.
“Gaara look at me!!” Sakura flinched and Temari looked stunned.
Gaara slowly raised his head and glared at Naruto as he faced him. “They probably want to replace you with a clone and control the Sand village!”
Kakashi, who had long given up on calming his student, contemplated everything Naruto had said. It was a possibility, but not only that, it was likely. It was common knowledge that there were many that were unhappy with the new era of peace and the alliances between the great nations. No one thought the alliances would last forever but to some the sooner the alliances broke the better. Many of the smaller nations had heavily profited by the constant state of confrontation between the large powers by making weapons and armor. It was not so farfetched to assume someone would go to such lengths to break up the current alliances.
“Gaara open your eyes! Do you remember what you asked me after you lost the shukaku?” Naruto waited for Gaara to answer as he knew he would.
“I asked you why you would come after me knowing the Akatsuki was after you as well.” Gaara answered, obviously confused as to how this applied to the current situation.
“And I said it was because you were my friend. And you were more important than me anyway.”
This conversation was news to everyone else in the room and they listened eagerly to Naruto as he recounted the event.
“Not only because you were the Kazakage, but because you had a family. Something I don’t have, something more important than anything else!”
There was pain in Naruto’s voice as he spoke, and it had nothing to do with his injuries. Gaara briefly looked to the ground before looking at Temari and Kankuro. He had nothing, no defense against Naruto’s words. Naruto continued; raising his hand to point at Gaara’s siblings as they sat together on the couch opposite him.
“We have already established that our enemy isn’t stupid! If they plan to replace you with a stupid clone, don’t you think they would assume your own brother and sister would notice!! That would mean they would have to replace them too!”
This time Gaara stood and faced Naruto. “So you expect me to leave! You think I will sit idly by safe on my way home while I let them and you stay and look for this faceless enemy! I will stand and fight to protect my comrades and my family just as you do! What gives you the right to stand and fight while I run and hide!?” Gaara yelled with anger.
“Because I’m not their target! They don’t care about me! They’re not gonna stop hunting you! You’re the Kazakage! And I don’t expect you to leave them here to defend you! I expect all of you to get the hell out of here and let us handle it. We will send for backup and find these creeps! But we can’t fight and search the island while worrying about you three the whole time! We stand a better chance of finding whoever is behind all of this crap if you are safely away from here!”
“How so? Leaving the three of you here alone leaves you defenseless. And our presence at least keeps the enemy close!” Gaara yelled back at his friend.
“So what, you want to be bait!? Like we are going to let you stay just to be bait for the enemy! We do not use such tactics Gaara.” Naruto calms his voice, knowing he has presented his argument to its fullest and it’s the right course of action.
“Gaara you are my friend, and I will defend you and your siblings and eliminate those who are threatening you, I promise. And I always keep my word, cause that’s my nindo, my ninja way!”
Finishing his speech with a smirk on his face, Naruto moves out of the square of couches and moves behind Gaara’s seat and walks away.
Well as always I appreciate any constructive critizism, It help me more than anything else. Leave any comments you want, and please tell me if you liked it!! And if you didn't, don't just say you hated it, tell me why and what I could do differently to fix it!
“Hey Sakura?” Naruto said as they stood up together.
“Hmm?”
“Well I was wondering what would happen if someone on our team like, lost a leg or something while on a mission? Could you help them?” Sakura looked at him confused.
“Well yes, I guess. I’ve been trained to deal with most injuries that can happen in the field. Why do you ask?” Sakura explained questioningly.
“Well would you like put them to sleep if you had to do that or would we just have to pass out or something?” Naruto said with fear in his eyes contemplating the scenario.
Sakura chuckled,“ No I have some anesthesia I carry with me to all our missions in case I have to do something like that, it’s in my bag upstairs. And your leg wasn’t that bad by the way.” She finished with a smirk.
They moved together into the living room where Kakashi had already begun talking. Sakura led Naruto to a coffee table that had been moved to make a bigger circle for them to sit in that was now part of the circle. Naruto sat down and Sakura continued to work on the smaller cuts on his back.
“…the attacks were clearly aimed at Gaara, both the Kankuro clone and the episode outside.” Kakashi finished.
“But they attacked Temari with those three kuni.” Kankuro questioned generally confused by the whole situation and blunt wake up.
“Yes but the attack on Temari was most likely just to move Gaara’s defenses away from him to open him up to a much larger attack. Which was also followed by an attack with many more kuni in case the first was deflected.” Kakashi explained looking at Naruto who had no hint of regret but wore an expression that said it was all fact and it all went according to plan. This made Kakashi smile slightly under his ever present mask even through the situation.
“So,” Kakashi continued, “We know that the enemy has the ability to make shadow clones of other people. Although we have no idea how many they are able to control at once. Our enemy has already proven to be a serious threat and very strategic. We need to decide where to go from here…” Kakashi was cut off by Naruto.
“Well obviously our first move is to get Gaara off this island.” Naruto stated matter of factly; looking at the ground as Sakura moved her hands away from his back and stated that she was finished. Naruto turned to her and thanked her.
It always amazes me how quickly he heals himself; his body had started healing before I even got to him. He is truly amazing. Sakura caught herself within her own mind and forced herself to focus on the situation at hand as she moved to take a seat next to Kakashi.
Gaara had closed his eyes refusing to make eye contact with Naruto as he gave his opinion on Naruto’s plan.
“I will not seem a coward and run from every threat that comes my way. Do you think so little of me? We will find this person or these people and eliminate them. A message will be sent that the Kazakage will not be intimidated by such people.” Gaara spoke with dignity and power as he spoke. Even though Temari and Kankuro liked the idea of getting there little brother away from this threat that had already bypassed his defenses, Gaara was speaking as there Kazakage now, as their leader. Hannah felt it to, the pride in Gaara’s voice as he spoke with absolute authority.
If Naruto felt it, he ignored it. “Whatever! Even I can see something’s going on here, we’ve got to go with the worst-case-scenario on this one and that means getting you out of here.” Temari began to speak possibly to remind Naruto that Gaara was the Kazakage and he was in charge, but Naruto didn’t give her the chance. “That guy that met us when we got here acted the same way to Kakashi, Sakura and I being here that the Kankuro clone did. That means that this goes all the way down to Gaara being invited here. Which means the whole invitation was a trap.” He rephrased himself just to get the point across. The main thing is getting Temari and Kankuro on board with getting Gaara out of here, something tells me they would go along with it if they weren’t bound to his Kazakage crap. Naruto kept pushing his point.
“Think about it, they picked the perfect scenario to trap Gaara! The island itself is too far for you all to call backup that’s why they didn’t want us here with you guys. From what the enemy has already showed he is able to make seemingly perfect clones of people. If they enemy took the Kazakage out on an island that he went to alone what do you think he planned to do then?!”
Naruto was standing now; anger building at his friend who he had sworn he would protect that wouldn’t even acknowledge him.
“Gaara look at me!!” Sakura flinched and Temari looked stunned.
Gaara slowly raised his head and glared at Naruto as he faced him. “They probably want to replace you with a clone and control the Sand village!”
Kakashi, who had long given up on calming his student, contemplated everything Naruto had said. It was a possibility, but not only that, it was likely. It was common knowledge that there were many that were unhappy with the new era of peace and the alliances between the great nations. No one thought the alliances would last forever but to some the sooner the alliances broke the better. Many of the smaller nations had heavily profited by the constant state of confrontation between the large powers by making weapons and armor. It was not so farfetched to assume someone would go to such lengths to break up the current alliances.
“Gaara open your eyes! Do you remember what you asked me after you lost the shukaku?” Naruto waited for Gaara to answer as he knew he would.
“I asked you why you would come after me knowing the Akatsuki was after you as well.” Gaara answered, obviously confused as to how this applied to the current situation.
“And I said it was because you were my friend. And you were more important than me anyway.”
This conversation was news to everyone else in the room and they listened eagerly to Naruto as he recounted the event.
“Not only because you were the Kazakage, but because you had a family. Something I don’t have, something more important than anything else!”
There was pain in Naruto’s voice as he spoke, and it had nothing to do with his injuries. Gaara briefly looked to the ground before looking at Temari and Kankuro. He had nothing, no defense against Naruto’s words. Naruto continued; raising his hand to point at Gaara’s siblings as they sat together on the couch opposite him.
“We have already established that our enemy isn’t stupid! If they plan to replace you with a stupid clone, don’t you think they would assume your own brother and sister would notice!! That would mean they would have to replace them too!”
This time Gaara stood and faced Naruto. “So you expect me to leave! You think I will sit idly by safe on my way home while I let them and you stay and look for this faceless enemy! I will stand and fight to protect my comrades and my family just as you do! What gives you the right to stand and fight while I run and hide!?” Gaara yelled with anger.
“Because I’m not their target! They don’t care about me! They’re not gonna stop hunting you! You’re the Kazakage! And I don’t expect you to leave them here to defend you! I expect all of you to get the hell out of here and let us handle it. We will send for backup and find these creeps! But we can’t fight and search the island while worrying about you three the whole time! We stand a better chance of finding whoever is behind all of this crap if you are safely away from here!”
“How so? Leaving the three of you here alone leaves you defenseless. And our presence at least keeps the enemy close!” Gaara yelled back at his friend.
“So what, you want to be bait!? Like we are going to let you stay just to be bait for the enemy! We do not use such tactics Gaara.” Naruto calms his voice, knowing he has presented his argument to its fullest and it’s the right course of action.
“Gaara you are my friend, and I will defend you and your siblings and eliminate those who are threatening you, I promise. And I always keep my word, cause that’s my nindo, my ninja way!”
Finishing his speech with a smirk on his face, Naruto moves out of the square of couches and moves behind Gaara’s seat and walks away.
Well as always I appreciate any constructive critizism, It help me more than anything else. Leave any comments you want, and please tell me if you liked it!! And if you didn't, don't just say you hated it, tell me why and what I could do differently to fix it!
