She kept walking until the clusters of trees ended and she came to a small clearing. 'Guys? Ready?'
'Yup!'
Tatski closed her eyes then saw the forms of both Ame and Yami, she felt her entire chakra then opened her eyes to see two huge forms before her, but she also heard a thump behind her; she turned to see Saya passed out on the ground.
"Shit! ... Saya?"
" .. heh ... you ... you've gotten ... strong," she said.
"Yeah ... sorry."
"It's cool," Tatski helped her sit up, she looked up at Ame and Yami. "O.o wow ... since when can you summon Ame like that?"
"It's been a while."
"That's his true form?"
"Yeah."
Saya smiled, "oh my ... I thought I could come, find you, warn you and maybe kick your ass ... my goodness ... your aura alone renders me useless."
"Happens to a lot of people I know, don't worry about it."
"Yeah ... could you kinda ... summon them back and repress your chakra, and aura?"
"No prob," 'Sorry guys,' Yami and Ame disappeared into smoke then Tatski suppressed her aura and chakra.
"*sigh* ^_^ thanks ... so," she got up, "when do we start looking for your boyfriend?"
"You wanna look with me?"
"Duh ... I haven't seen you since childhood, I gotta spend some time with you."
"*sigh* .... so I take it you're leaving eventually, huh?"
"Yup ... sorry, but I gotta take care of things on the other side."
"True ... okay, let's get to the outskirts of Konoha first, at the moment, we're too far."
Naruto and the others had already began their search, but now they split up, but so far no leads.
'Sasuke's aura...?' "Found him ... he ain't alone though ... that's weird.'
"What?" asked Saya.
"Okay, Sasuke's ... there," she pointed, "so is Deidara ... but the third aura seems similar to ... Sasuke's? ... Maybe Itachi's there ... nah ..."
"Why not?"
"Itachi travels with Kisame, someone like Kisame I would have felt by now."
"Then who is it?"
" ... I don't know," 'feels like that stupid Tobi boy.'
'Tobi? ... the guy with the swirly mask?' asked Ame.
'Yeah,' answered Tatski.
'How are Tobi's and Sasuke's auras alike?' asked Yami.
'Hard to tell ... it's like Itachi and Sasuke's though ... never mind ...' said Tatski.
'Uh ... Tatski, you're blocking something,' said Ame.
'What's wrong?' asked Yami.
'Nah ... don't worry about it, really. It's nothing.'
'Liar,' said Ame.
"Aura's split ... Saya, you go left, I'll go right, send anything into the air once you find something, okay?"
"Yeah," they split and sped up.
Tatski kept going then felt Sasuke's aura thicken, but his chakra was low. She kept going 'till she came to a clearing, she looked up then saw Sasuke and Deidara.
"O.o ...a ... hawk?" Sasuke's skin was a dark shade of blue and from his back, he had one wing, the other was three snakes sprouting out. Sasuke was currently fighting Deidara on a huge clay bird. '... nice bird ... but ... whoa.'
Before she took another step she noticed Deidara's chakra building up. 'Well ... it looks like Sasuke has gotten stronger ...'
'What's with the emphasizing mocking?' asked Ame.
'Moron, still can't tell the difference between an original and a clone.'
'Deidara's a clone?' asked Yami.
'Yup ...' she saw Deidara scream, but then he melted (clay). Sasuke, thinking he was victorious, just stood there, then Deidara's hand popped out of the bird and got a hold of Sasuke's leg. Deidara expanded then blew up.
'... right ... I should probably check up on him ... after that stuff's gone.' Tatski could easily see the particles in the air.
'Tatski, these things are earth, you can destroy them with lightning, then you can get to Sasuke!'
' ... oh yeah ...' she exerted lightning from all over her body then walked into the smog.
'Dang! I can feel a whole lot of chakra, I just can't see anything ... that really sucks,' Saya kept going, but found no sign of anyone. 'Goddamn it!'
Tatski soon came to stand in front of Sasuke and Deidara.
"Tatski?" both Sasuke and Deidara asked.
"Heh, hey."
"What the hell, ugh ... are you doing here?!" demanded Deidara.
"Cruising ^^"
"Tatski! Get the hell out of here!" yelled Sasuke
"... umm, no," she felt Deidara's chakra build, she turned to see him undoing a stitch on his chest, "ew."
"Ew my ass! This, this is art! I turned my body into a work of art!" yelled Deidara.
"You certainly are some piece of art... Sasuke," she turned over to him, "get rid of that wing and those snakes."
He couldn't help but smile, he turned back to his normal self.
"You're dying, you know that?"
"No, but thanks for the encouragement," he said.
"Whatever, you go and I'll take of Deidara," said Tatski.
"No, he's stronger than he looks, I-"
"Oh, shut the hell up, I can take him!"
"Really?" Deidara laughed, Tatski turned to see a tongue sticking out of Deidara's chest mouth ... she also saw dark chakra consuming Deidara from within.
"Well ... that's new."
"Tatski! Get out of here!"
Tatski took a stance, "I'm fighting!"
"Moron!" 'Bastard's taking this guy seriously but no me!? Hmph!'
"If you think you can survive this, you're sadly mistaken."
"Hmm?"
Deidara was now consumed by dark chakra, now he expanded. A small white orb formed and it too expanded.
"This work of art will leave a memory behind! It will leave a scar on the face of the planet!" he yelled.
"This guy's insane," Sasuke leaned on Tatski.
"Yeah, but that's about to blow up."
"Yes, it is, and you can't run! This thing will reach at least a mile in diameter!"
"... shit!" Tatski turned around and pushed Sasuke against a tree then she slammed her body against his.
"Ow, baby, please no tough love at the moment."
"Shut up!" She placed his arms around her then glowing purple chakra covered them, soon it turned solid and the barrier grew thicker.
-BOOM!-
"Fuck! ... my barrier isn't going to hold!" she looked up at Sasuke, "you can't add to it?"
"No ... but you can summon Manda to block the rest."
"Oh, yeah."
"You don't need a scroll, right?"
Tatski did a few hand signs as well as she could. A huge puff of smoke appeared then Manda took a huge blow from the explosion.
"Holy fuck!" Saya was still running away from the explosion, though she was already in good distance. She kept dashing then reached a small nearby village. She stopped then went back to staring.
"Hey! You're Tatski's friend," Saya turned to see Sakura.
"And you're Sakura ... right?"
"Yeah, have you seen Sasuke?"
"No, I'm Saya, just so you know. Tatski was looking for him and I'm positive that the explosion over there's gotta involve her in some way."
"Shit! ... Sasuke, you okay?"
"... heh, yeah," he had his arms around her and his eyes were still shut.
"The shaking stopped, guess the explosion's over."
She let the barrier down only to be pulverized against Sasuke.
"You just really ... want it? ... don't ya'?"
"Shut up!" she gasped then concentrated her chakra. She pushed Manda back then finally stepped away from Sasuke. "Hurry up and move!"
"I'm injured! I can barely walk!" he limped over to Tatski and again leaned on her. She let the giant snake fall and pulverize the tree. She turned then helped Sasuke to lie down.
"Just stay still, k'?"
"Yeah," she removed what was left of his shirt then began healing his small wounds. She then sat him up and began healing the huge cut on his back.
Didn't take long before the rest of Hebi arrived. Karin got mad. Suigetsu and Juugo just stared at the giant snake.
"Damn ... which one of you summoned Manda?" asked Suigetsu.
"Me, why?" asked Tatski.
"Nothing, it's just that even Orochimaru couldn't control Manda ... well, just barely," said Suigetsu.
"Hnn ..." she pressed down on Sasuke's wound and he squirmed.
"Fuck ... Tatski, go easy ..." she pressed down a bit harder, but he refused to show pain, so he moaned.
"You want us to leave you alone?" smiled Juugo.
"Shut up, said Tatski.
'You're saying shut up too much,' pointed out Ame.
'Well, because I'm trying to be serious, while these morons run around doing and saying idiotic things.'
"Baby, I heard that," purred Sasuke.
'... I'll ... kill ... that ... bitch... ' Karin glared, but Tatski didn't mind.
"There, now get out of here, Konoha sent a group to find you, since they have Kiba you should really get going. Kiba can easily get a hold of your scent, especially since you're sweaty."
"Fine," she helped him up, "you don't want Konoha to find me?"
"It's not that ... they just don't understand. You just to find Itachi ... though, after you take care of him, will you come back?"
"Don't see why not, I haven't done anything wrong, except go with Orochimaru, but I killed him, plus I freed many innocent people."
"So you will come back then?"
"Yeah."
They looked up at Karin and she had a blank face, "you killed Orochimaru-sama?!"
"Sasuke?"
"Yeah?"
"She's dumb."
"Heh, can you carry me?"
"Hell no!"
"I got it," said Juugo.
"Nah, it's cool," said Tatski. "Elemental Dragon Summoning," the white dragon rose and Tatski helped Sasuke up. "Can you guys keep up?"
"Yeah, no problem," said Suigetsu. 'No wonder Sasuke likes this chick, she can repress her chakra at an unbelievable level. Even though she just used some, she still repressed the unused. She's bound to be strong if she can do that.'
"Tatski? Let me see Sasuke's shirt, I can make his scent go in different direction," said Juugo.
"Oh, good idea, here," he tore the shirt up into small pieces. He called over some birds then tied the pieces to their legs.
"That should confuse Kiba's nose," said Sasuke.
"Let's go," said Karin, she led the way.