Shredded Silk

[ink]

Sineah gasped as she forced herself to sit up, pain wracking her body. The weasel-bastard must have poisoned me! she realized. Wishing she had learned some medical jutsu, she forced herself to stand, hobbling out of the cave.

Blinking at the sunlight, Sineah abruptly put her hands on her knees as she hunched over, hacking. Blood speckled the ground below and she swore.

"Bastard must have gotten me worse than I thought," she muttered to herself before straitening as best she could.

She groaned, starting to walk forward before collapsing again.

"Dammit," she wheezed before letting out a chakra flare.

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Daisuke was amazed at how easy Yuki had beaten Sasuke. It was like he was a genin, she had delt with him so easy!

"Damn..." he muttered under his breath.

Suddenly he felt something that he almost didn't believe. It felt like Sineah's chakra! He looked at the medics and demanded, "Did you feel that?!"

They nodded fervently and Daisuke dashed off to where he felt the chakra come from.

[YukiTen]

Yuki landed and ground below her feet broke up and almost exploded from the impact, her animalistic body shattering in the sunlight. All that was left was a pissed off little girl, frustrated tears flowing from her eyes and blood spewing from gashes and stab wounds. The only thing holding her up was the fact she had beaten Sasuke as easily as he should have the first time she fought him.

Her body was in ten times more pain than before she went into her Redemption form, her lungs ceasing to work. Everything hurt. Everything hurt her a lot. She could feel the blood oozing from her wounds, cracklin against her bruised porcelain skin.

She choked, a brutal knot forming in her throat. Hot, angry tears continued to flow, blood continued to slide down from her injuries, and her lungs and heart pounded, working harder than they should be.

It hurt so much. It was unbearable.

She collapsed with a loud thud beside the defeated Uchiha, her body broken.

[ink]

Daisuke rushed through the trees at breakneck speeds, branches flashing under his feet and thoughts rushing through his mind. Although, in all honesty, the thoughts centered mostly on: Is she alive, oh God Sineah's alive!

Minutes and foliage rushed by as he raced to what he thought was Sineah.

He desperately wished and hoped that Sineah was alive.

As he got close, he let out three chakra flares, two long and one short, a code asking for a reply flare. When he got one back, he nearly collapsed in relief, sagging against a tree trunk. But he rallied himself and stood up strait, then sprinted off even faster than before, a huge grin on his face. Trees whipped past him and he barely felt the branches beneath his feet.

He could sense the sparking energy that was her chakra before he could see her.

When he rounded that corner, he sprinted to where she was propped up against an outcropping of rocks, sweeping her up into his arms, hugging her tightly.

"Sineah!" he cried out, happier than he could believe.

She yelped, "Daisuke! You're holding on too tight!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," he said desperately, not wanting to hurt her at all.

She smiled and his whole world lit up, "It's ok, you silly baka," she said affectionately.

He just laughed, overwhelmed with her presence. "I thought you were dead!" he laughed, still smiling huge.

"I thought I was, too," she murmured, tracing his jawline gently.

Daisuke simply smiled softly and leaned into her touch, loving her every very alive breath.

He shook himself out of his reverie with a bright grin, "Come on, we have to get going, can you move?" he asked her.

She shook her head, "I think the clan-killing bastard poisoned me."

Daisuke tried very hard not to get mad. "What?" he growled.

Sineah rolled her eyes, "I know, but we have the medics right?" she narrowed her eyes, realizing something, "I thought I told you to get them out of here." It wasn't a question, it was a demand.

Daisuke sighed and looked away, scratching the back of his head, "Well, you see..." he started hesitantly.

"Get on with it!" she snapped, going into commander mode, even though she was injured on the ground.

"Ok," he said shortly, "We were running awa--"

"Making a tactical retreat!" Sineah interrupted him.

"Oooookay, making a tactical retreat," he said, putting special emphasis on tactical retreat, "And then I noticed the medics weren't with me anymore, and it turns out they found Yuki, all beat u--"

"Yuki?" Sineah demanded, "Is she okay?"

"Will you just let me tell the story?" Daisuke asked, exasperated.

"Okay, okay, go ahead," Sineah apologized.

"Thank you," Daisuke said before continuing, "Well, anyways, we found Yuki all beat up, and the medics healed her for about an hour, then she woke up, screaming about Uchiha Sasuke--"

"Lots of Uchiha's around these parts..." Sineah murmured.

"Yeah, well, then she transformed into the Redemption form that you told me about, and Sasuke showed up, and she went all crazy on him and kicked his ass. Then I felt your chakra and came running," he finished.

"Wow, I missed a lot..." Sineah said, "My time was nowhere near as exciting. Ita--" she corrected herself, "Uchiha just stared at me a lot then left."

"Huh," Daisuke wondered, "You know why?" he asked her.

"Nope," she shrugged, "But he left me with Kagetora!" she grinned fiercely, gesturing to the four and a half foot long nodachi next to her on the ground.

Daisuke laughed then said, "Come on, let's get you to the medics and get you all healed up." He smiled at her.

"Are you..." Sineah started hesitantly, obviously unhappy, "... going to... carry me?" she said the last two words with great distaste.

"Yep!" Daisuke replied cheerfully, grabbing Kagetora and handing it to Sineah, "Carry this," he instructed, then scooped her up, much to her displeasure.

And then he sprinted back to the medics, witha living breathing Sineah in his arms.