Naruto: The Toad Sages Apprentice

The Losses Begin

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Chapter 95: The Losses Begin

Smoke was rising high to the west, the ninja of division three all looked ominously at the smoke, they knew that it was their destination and once they made it the first major battle of the Fourth Shinobi war would begin, and they were determined to make sure that it ended in victory.

At the front of the group Kakashi Hatake was leading them, refusing to let up on the pace he had set, as the longer he took to arrive at the scene the more time Madara's army had to harm the members of the Ambush Division. 'We're on our way guys, just hold out a little longer' the copy ninja thought as he pushed off from a tree with the large army following close behind.

(Meanwhile)

things were were not going too smoothly for the Ambush squadron more Edo ninja had shown up along with what appeared to be the first wave of the white Zetsu, while the Zetsu were not all that much stronger than the average chunin their numbers made the difficult to deal with, and because of this the sealing of the Edo ninja had become far more difficult.

Sai was causing some rather welcome problems for the Zetsu army as he would drop kunai with seals created by Naruto that would explode and destroy large groups of Zetsu and forcing several Edo ninja to reform.

Kankuro was currently controlling three puppets that were slashing through the enemy, every so often they would be forced to return back to protect the puppeteer from the approaching waves of enemy forces.

They had been fighting like this for almost half an hour before a ink bird landed on a blank piece of paper containing information from Sai. More enemy waves incoming. Eastern defensive bunker almost over run. Kankuro read the letter again while his puppets engaged another large group of Zetsu clones. 'Fucking hell, this is insane, we need to fall back, but at the moment we just can't! There are way too many of them to retreat safely and I doubt Madara is one to take prisoners' the leader of the Ambush division thought angrily.

(Unknown Location)

Sasuke sat with bandages over his eyes while Sakura sat beside him her hands glowing green from the medical jutsu she was using to help heal the avengers eyes.

"How are you feeling Sasuke-kun?" the Pink haired medic asked.

Sasuke clenched his fists in frustration. "I feel like I am wasting time here, how long until my eyes are ready?" he asked angrily.

"It should be ready by tomorrow morning. Then you will be able to leave, and I promise I will follow you no matter what you have planned" Sakura said.

"Hn, I guess it is useful to have a medic around. But if you get in my way I will leave you behind. You're expendable after all" Sasuke said coldly.

Sakura didn't seem to mind the Uchiha's attitude in the slightest and just continued to examine his eyes through the bandages, aiding in the healing process. "So what are we going to do once your eyes are healed?" she asked lovingly.

"I'm going to burn Konoha to the ground and kill the Dobe. And once everyone from Konoha is killed, my revenge will be complete" Sasuke said.

"Then we can be together, we can even start our own village" Sakura said picturing her with Sasuke who was leader of a village like Konoha.

"Hn" was Sasuke's only response, he clearly didn't care about anything other than the complete destruction of Konoha and everyone who still had connections with the place.

(Back with Ambush Squadron)

things were looking bad for the Ambush squadron, two more outposts had fallen and they had lost at least ten ninja already.