Rabbit Princess [Gaara] [1]

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"Shadow Clones?" Sakura asked. Tsukiko, breathing heavily, stared at the dozens of clones in front of her and Naruto. So, they've come down to this now...

"No, they're plain ones," Sasuke replied. "However, he's up to something, be careful!" Tsukiko glanced at him over her shoulder.

"Hah! If they are just clones, then there's one real body," Naruto said. Tsukiko nodded. "I'll kick their butts left and right until I run into them,"

"You idiot," Sasuke said. "Such a tactless thing..."

"I'm telling you!" Naruto told him. "I'm saying don't stick your nose in it!" He went rushing at the clones and Tsukiko followed him naturally. The two of them tried to attack the clones and Tsukiko found out their hands moved through them.

"Naruto-Kun! Tsukiko-Kun!" Kabuto said as he jumped in next to them. "Stop!" Tsukiko only looked up when she heard Sasuke scream but then went back to attacking the clones to see which one was real.

"Naruto, watch out!" Tsukiko shouted when one of the clones tried to attack Naruto with a Kunai and she dove for him, taking the two of them down but the Kunai caught her leg, tearing at her skin through her sock.

"Stop, Naruto, Tsukiko!" Sasuke shouted at them. "No matter how much you swing at them, the real body isn't in those clones," Tsukiko grimaced.

"If the enemy isn't among them, I will find them out!" Tsukiko grunted as she stood back up, trying not to wince. She knew she was acting out with her Chakra but she looked up. "Byakugan!"

Tsukiko felt a pain in her head and Usajii told her to deactivate the Byakugan immediately but Tsukiko quickly assessed the area around them and as soon as her eyes fell on the ground below them, she deactivated the Byakugan.

"They're under the ground! They're attacking from behind their clones! Earth Style!" Tsukiko shouted out information as she grabbed Naruto and jumped back from there. The three-man cell moved out of the ground rather quickly once they were exposed and struck Kabuto on the face, surprising him.

The three Amegakure Ninjas descended upon Kabuto, whose glasses had been knocked off and there was a slash across his nose, just like Iruka Sensei's. While the enemy was distracted, Naruto grabbed Tsukiko by her arms and swung her around, and the white-haired girl made sure her legs managed to kick every single one of the three across the head.

"Usa!" Tsukiko exclaimed as Naruto let her go and she landed on her feet. The three Ninjas laid sprawled across the ground in front of them as Tsukiko's kick had been strong enough to knock them out. Their clones vanished off in puffs of smoke, and Tsukiko and Naruto high-fived.

"Heh, 'it won't do to create an opening', right?!" Naruto said. Kabuto looked toward the two Jinchuriki as he sat up.

"Thank you, Naruto-Kun, Tsukiko-Chan," Kabuto said. "You two saved me," Tsukiko only nodded at him, too exhausted to say anything as she breathed heavily.

"We're all right, Naruto, Tsukiko!" Sakura called out to them. Tsukiko breathed a smile as Naruto dropped to the ground, similarly exhausted.

While the rest of them collected themselves, Tsukiko walked over to where the Amegakure Ninjas were laid out and began to search through them, hoping to find a Heaven Scroll. There has to be one... After all this struggle, they deserved that. She didn't even kill anyone...

"I found it!" Tsukiko shouted as soon as she found the white scroll and held it up for everyone to see. "Heaven Scroll! We've got it now!" She smiled brightly as she walked over to them, ignoring the pain in her body. She could rest now afterwards anyway!