Shones walked over to the group. “Good morning! Master Shones!” The three ninja bowed. The guy looked a tad confused. Shones laughed, “Nothing to worry about Mironus. Kakashi sent word that you were coming.” All four of the ninjas looked confused. Shones laughed, again. “You didn’t know that I know Kakashi. It’s a common mistake.” Mironus looked relieved.
Shones chuckled. Everybody stared at her. “I know where he is, too, along with Itachi.” Shones stated. “My brother is with Kakashi?” Sasuke clinched his fists. “Don’t worry about them. They’re fine. They’re not gonna kill each other. I made sure of it.” Sasuke relaxed a little. Whoosh! A blast came from behind Shones. The blast sent Shones flying up and far away. Everyone stared open mouthed.
Kakashi froze in his step. He turned around. Itachi looked back at him. “Why’d you stop?” Kakashi silenced him. “Listen!” Itachi lowered his fist. He could hear and see something falling from the sky. “Get out of the way!” Kakashi pushed Itachi to the side. BOOM! The blast made a huge crater where the two ninja had stood.
Smoke came out of the crater. Kakashi leaned over the hole and looked down. A girl, with singed clothing, lay at the bottom. “Shones.” Kakashi jumped down the hole, followed closely by Itachi. Most of Shones’s body was exposed. Itachi took his black & red trench coat off and laid it on the ground. Then, he took his shirt and put it on her. Itachi picked up the lifeless body, put his coat on her, and lightly kissed her cheek.
“Hey!” Itachi yelled in pain. Shones’s claw dug deep into his skin. She jumped up and looked at him. “Sorry. I thought you were someone else.” she gave him a hug, “Thanks for the clothes, though.” Itachi held his arm and glared at her. “Hey, it’s not like I can’t fix it!” Shones took his arm and rubbed it gently. The wound disappeared. Itachi looked surprised, “Why would you help me?” Shones smiled. “You’re not that bad. You helped me so I returned a favor!”
Shones’s hair was a mess. The bun on the right side of her head was half undone. Itachi stared at her image, as the black and red trench coat blew in the wind. Shones came closer to Itachi. He slightly bowed to her. “I want you to have this, too.” Itachi took off his bead necklace and put it on Shones. “I don’t…” Itachi kissed her. A tear ran down his cheek. He collapsed on the ground in front her.
Shones bent over Itachi’s corpse. A shuriken was embedded in his spine. The shuriken had a strange glow around it. “Derog.” Shones’s eyes glowed bright red then yellow Genkai. Kakashi looked up as a shadow jumped over the crater. “Get him to safety.” Shones growled. Before Kakashi could say another word, Shones shoot a blast into the wall of the crater. It formed a cave. “Go and follow that cave to the end.”
Kakashi did as he was told. Shones leaped out of the hole. She could see Laizen and the others running towards her. “Get back!” Laizen didn’t listen. Instead, he looked at the other side of the crater. “Look out!” he yelled. Shones leaped into the air. When she landed, she could see Laizen laying on the ground twitching. “Derog! Get out of him! You’re not taking him, too!”
Paulwow looked up from behind a tree. CRACK! Kay fell on his head. “Son of a marshmallow!” Kay cursed the tree. “That was lame wasn’t it?” Rebecca laughed. “Shhh. We’re supposed to be hiding!” Ray warned. “Oh, heck no!” Sain burst, “I ain’t gonna sit here and watch! I’m gonna help!” Frick jumped up, “Oh, what the heck! I’m with ya, too!” Everybody else stood up and yelled, “America, heck yeah!” Then, they all laughed.
“Inuyasha!” Kagome called, “What are you doing up there?” Inuyasha looked down at Kagome and the others. “I sense something. A demon.” Draco A looked around, “I sense it, too.” Inuyasha fell out of the tree. “Are you OK?” Kagome asked. “I’m fine. I think Shones is in trouble. We should hurry. She’s this way.” Inuyasha ran off towards the east. The others followed him.
Shones stood her ground. Laizen shot a fiery blast at her. She deflected it back at him. It missed and destroyed the ground where it hit. Shones leaped into the woods where the others hid. “I need you guys to distract him while I get some help.” Shones lowered her head and a wind blew around her. “OK guys! Lets get give him a piece of our teamwork!” Keshma yelled.
Challow sat up in bed. He could hear Shones calling for his help. “I wonder what’s wrong.” Challow told himself, “She never calls for help.” He sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed his face with his hand. When he looked up, he saw Kakashi jump out of a crater in front of the bedroom. Kakashi seemed to be carrying something on his shoulders. Challow slipped on a pair of shoes and a shirt. He felt a tingling feeling on his leg.
Challow looked down to see if anything was there. Sure enough, there was a snake slithering up his pant leg. It was near the zipper and was working its way up. Challow grabbed the snake by its jaw. He flung it out a nearby window. “Man, a lot of weird things are going on today.”
“Hey stoner. Get out of bed and go help Shones.” Challow turned to see Shikamaru standing in front of him, “Or should I say Bo-Bo.” Challow glared at Shikamaru. “How’d you know about that?…Never mind I already know.” Challow stood up. “This is getting very weird.” Kakashi walked into the doorway, “The quickest way is through that hole.” Challow walked over to the hole. “Here I come Shones. You must be in some bad trouble to need anyone’s help.”
When Challow had joined the others, he smiled at them then asked, “What’s going on?” Keshma greeted him and explained what had happened before he had arrived. Shones smiled and stood up. Rebecca and
Shones looked at the others, then at the rampaging Laizen. “OK guys are you ready to kick some butt?” Everybody looked at her and stood up. “We will fight to we can’t fight no more!” Challow answered. Shones smiled, “That was quick.”
Shones jumped out in front of Laizen. “Bring it, you coward.” she held a small knife behind her back. Laizen laughed at her and drew his sword, Sharieng. “That’s right draw your sword.” Shones whispered to herself.
The demented Laizen held his sword high. Flames blew from the blade. A huge portal of fire formed above the tip. Shones pressed lightly on the blade of the tiny knife. A toxic needle came out of the tip. She flung the knife at Laizen and he fell back sending the flaming ball of energy at Shones. The fire blast caused an explosion that engulfed Shones.
Rebecca gasped and looked around for Shones. “Shones, where are you?” Rebecca cried. Everyone walked over to the huge crater. Keshma looked down inside the crater. “Do you see that?” Challow walked to the edge of the crater and looked down. Itachi’s necklace lay at the bottom, crushed to pieces. “…oh no…”
Rebecca screamed and ran away. She couldn’t stand the thought that her best friend was gone. After running for awhile, Rebecca stopped and sat down on a nearby rock. Her first thought was of Shones. She couldn’t stand being away from her best friend. This had happened before but, this time Shones was really gone.