Naruto, Time of Dawn

After Itachi and his party separated from Sasuke, they settled in the nearest town to recuperate.

But there's nothing to cultivate. Only a few people were really injured along the way.But Li Xiao was unconscious, Naruto was taken away by Kyuubi, and Sasuke also chased after him.As for the remaining people, they are all full of life!It's no problem to single out a bandit's den!At this point, they were unable to stay idle and were either guarding the house or wandering around in the street. (I am very grateful that Sakura did not inherit the "good tradition" of gambling from Tsunade-sama, otherwise they would have gone crazy in a hurry!)

At this time, only Neji and Itachi were left in the room looking at the unconscious Li Xiao.The two of them looked at each other in silence. Neji simply looked at Itachi openly and "quietly" for a long time, and then spoke slowly.

"To be honest, I really admire you when you know the truth about the Uchiha genocide. But I'm curious, what made you choose this way?"

Itachi tucked Li Xiao into bed and said, "Village."

"This is it?"

Neji was stunned. He had never thought that Itachi would embark on this path of no return just for such a simple reason.

He turned his head unnaturally and looked out the window to hide his panic. He happened to see the migratory birds flying to the south and murmured: "Actually, sometimes I wonder, is it worth sacrificing so much for the village? Itachi, I have been looking for this The answer to the question. But so far, I haven’t found an answer that I can accept.”

"Maybe you can ask Naruto."

Itachi followed Neji's gaze and looked out the window, his voice a little ethereal: "Naruto is a transparent person. Although he is usually careless and carefree, when he is serious, he is really similar to the Fourth Generation. He is better than any of us. See clearly.”

Yes, that reckless and sincere young man is like a dancing flame, and you can feel his warmth and dazzlingness just from a distance.

"That's true."

Neji seemed to have thought of something, and the smile he had evoked disappeared in an instant.

He asked hesitantly: "Don't you regret it? Because of your decision, Uchiha Sasuke has been living in hatred. He even wanted to destroy Konoha more than once."

"I'm sorry for Sasuke, but I will never regret it! Even if it happens again, I will choose this way."

Itachi's voice was filled with a decided coldness. If it were not Neji but a genin who had just graduated from school, he would probably be trembling with fear.

Neji lowered his eyes, his white eyes full of indifference.He is not Uchiha Sasuke, and he and Uchiha Sasuke can only be called acquaintances, so he doesn't know Uchiha Sasuke very well, but if he meets such a brother, he will probably go further than Sasuke, even more crazy!

"don't want……"

A small, subtle voice appeared in the room, which seemed particularly abrupt.The two of them glanced at each other and hurried forward to check on Li Xiao's situation.

The little guy was like a wounded animal, curled up into a small ball on the bed, his delicate eyebrows tightly entangled, as if he had fallen into the most terrifying nightmare.

"Li Xiao? Li Xiao? Wake up!"

Neji raised his hand and tried to shake the child awake, but before he could touch it, he was bounced away by an arrogant and powerful force.

This situation confused both of them.

Neji glanced at his hand that was bounced away, then his pupils shrank and he opened his Byakugan to investigate.

"How is this going?!"

Neji was directly frightened by the chaotic energy system in Li Xiao's body. How could he have such terrifying power even though he was just a child?

"what happened?"

Because his eyes had long been unable to see clearly, Itachi had no choice but to ask about Li Xiao's situation.

"I'm not sure either. Just look at him and I'll go find Sakura!"

Before he could finish speaking, Neji had already rushed out of the room.

"No..." Li Xiao's voice was still weak, which gave Itachi a bad feeling.

After a while, Itachi felt Li Xiao grabbing his arm. Although the force was a little weak, it was really there!

"Let's... leave quickly..."

Li Xiao's voice was very soft and intermittent, making it difficult to hear clearly.Helpless, Itachi had no choice but to bend down and put his ear to Li Xiao's mouth, trying to hear clearly what Li Xiao said.

"Those guys...chasing, catching up."

what?

There's something weird about Itachi.

Caught up?What caught up?

Could it be that he was remembering the danger he and Naruto encountered outside the village?

Before he could think about it carefully, Neji, who ran out in a hurry, suddenly burst in with a panicked expression.

"Take him away quickly! The people from 'Xiao' are catching up!"

Itachi was shocked, but his body reacted faster. By the time he could free up his brain to think calmly, he was already running through the jungle with Li Xiao, while Neji rushed back to inform him after sending him and Li Xiao away. Sakura and the others went.

Forcing himself to calm down, Itachi quickly discovered something was wrong.

Damn!

How could he ignore such an obvious fact?When Naruto and Fei first started fighting, they had deliberately retained their chakra, but then they suddenly switched to using ninjutsu to bomb!If you pay careful attention to the before and after comparison, you will find that there are many articles in it.What's more, that guy A Fei is not an idiot. Naturally, he will not designate Naruto as the number one target even though he knows that Li Xiao possesses the Nine-Tails Chakra!

"Uncle An..."

Li Xiao's condition looks very bad, and the little color he had just gained has long since disappeared without a trace!

"Li Xiao, don't speak for now and maintain your strength."

Itachi instructed as he quickened his pace.Li Xiao can't stand the long-term downturn now, and he must find a safe place to stay as soon as possible.

However, Li Xiao seemed not to have heard anything and continued feebly: "From here all the way to the northeast, there is..."

"what?"

Before Itachi could ask, Li Xiao fainted again, as if he had never woken up.

Due to the influence of his eyesight, Weasel was not sure where to go. In the end, he simply treated the horse as a living horse and ran away in the northeast direction.

………………

"Hmph! These guys are really haunting!"

Sakura and Donghai Lin cooperated tacitly and stayed together as soon as they discovered the abnormality to avoid being attacked by people with malicious intentions in the dark.

These people were all wearing black and red cloud robes. It seemed that Naruto not only failed to calm A Fei before, but actually made him get worse!

"Sakura, be careful!"

Donghai Lin clenched the kunai in his hand, his eyes flashed with a sharp cold light, and his whole person was on high alert.

"what."

Sakura answered casually, with an upward pitch in her voice, as if she didn't take these guys seriously.

The battle began quickly, and ordinary people did not dare to watch. They could run and hide for a while. Such an extremely chaotic battlefield inevitably made them restrained.

Ninjas wearing black red cloud robes tightly surrounded Sakura and Donghai Lin. One look at their postures showed that the two of them wanted to escape. It was difficult!

Although Sakura and Donghai Lin showed a strong fighting spirit, they were worried about each other and had no desire to fight. Therefore, with the purpose of escaping, they joined forces to attack one side, hoping to get rid of these annoying guys as soon as possible.

"You two!"

After all, it was too late when Neji arrived, and at this time Sakura and the two people were fighting fiercely with Akatsuki's people.You must know that over the years, Sakura and Donghailin's cooperation has become even better.If this trend continues, sooner or later it will be another blade and shield for Konoha.

When Sakura heard this, she didn't react much. She just punched and dug a deep hole on the spot. Compared with Tsunade-sama, her strange power was simply better than her!Donghai Lin was obviously numb to this, and cooperated with Sakura to clean up these difficult guys without changing his expression.

Ningci clicked his tongue, saw the opportunity, used a blind trick, took the person's feet into the wind, and flew away!

"Where are Li Xiao and An?"

After calling Itachi for such a long time, Sakura couldn't change her mind.Just keep calling and you'll save yourself a lot of trouble.

"He took Li Xiao one step ahead. Don't worry, I put a spell on Li Xiao and will find them."

Neji replied like this, and then turned the conversation to Donghai Lin, who was lagging slightly behind.I didn't notice it just now, but now I noticed that Donghailin's face was extremely ugly, like a piece of white paper, so white that it was a bit scary.

"How are you, Takuma? Are you okay?"

These words immediately made Sakura's nerves and Donghailin's scalp feel a chill in their souls!

"It's okay! Let's go quickly! We'll be in trouble if they catch up."

As a ninja, who doesn't have hands stained with blood?And patience is also the most basic quality of a ninja!So Sakura, don't look at me like that!

Dong Hailin swallowed his saliva, silently buried the fear in his heart, and stepped on it a few times!

Sakura originally wanted Donghai Lin to stop first, but now was obviously not the time to be willful.The top priority is to get rid of those people and join Li Xiao and the others as soon as possible!

Seeing that Donghailin couldn't hold on any longer, Xiaoying decisively slowed down and walked to her boyfriend's side, using her strange strength to lift him up on her back.

"Sakura!"

Donghai Lin exclaimed.

He is the boyfriend!Even if he's injured, he's still Sakura's boyfriend!How could he let Sakura carry him? !

"Shut up if you don't want to be hugged by the princess!"

Sakura's eyes were a little fierce, and even Neji who stopped was startled!In the end, he simply ignored Dong Hailin's eyes asking for advice and led the way without squinting.

Donghai Lin: "..."

What about the promised companionship?Are you feeding the dog like this? !

………………

"dark!"

When Sakura saw Itachi, the older one and the younger one were hiding on a boulder on the cliff.And at a glance, you can tell that this position is easy to defend but difficult to attack.I have to say that the Itachi God is truly worthy of being the Weasel God!

Itachi nodded slightly. If he hadn't known early on that Uchiha people were all taciturn and paralyzed, he would have been completely trying to attract hatred.

"How is Li Xiao?"

Neji asked and walked towards Li Xiao, but Li Xiao's face looked much better now, making him unsure of what was going on.

Xiaoying put Donghailin down and was checking Donghailin's body carefully when she heard the conversation between the two people. She couldn't help but frown and asked: "Did something happen to Li Xiao?"

Neji opened his Byakugan to investigate, and found that the energy in Li Xiao's body had stabilized, and said, "He's fine. Let's check on Takuma first."

After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and found a seat to sit down. Sakura carefully inspected Donghailin's body.

However, as the examination progressed, Sakura's brows became tighter and tighter, as if she was about to fight.

"Don't frown."

Donghailin raised his hand and gently smoothed the wrinkles between Xiaoying's eyebrows.But the pain caused his pale face to look particularly weak.

"It's okay, I believe you. Don't be afraid."

Although he didn't spend as much time with Sakura as Naruto and the others, he really understood her.He knew that Sakura was not as strong as she seemed.She had always been afraid that someone she cared about would die and she would be helpless.That's why he soaked himself in the Konoha Library night after night, constantly training and improving his medical skills.

But not only did his comfort not get the desired result, but it actually made Sakura burst into tears.Crystal tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes and slid down, and his voice was choked with sobs.

"I'm sorry, me, me!"

As she said that, she hugged the person in front of her and threw herself into his arms.

Donghailin hugged Xiaoying tightly, looking a little dazed.Neji and Itachi on the side also came to them immediately after hearing Sakura's cry.

Sakura is Tsunade-sama's disciple. If even Sakura is helpless, then...

"Sakura, don't cry. First tell us how Takuma is doing."

Neji comforted him, his colorless eyes showing unbearable and extraordinary calmness.

Itachi walked around behind Donghailin, hoping that he could see something.But his eyes were no longer good, and his vision at such a close distance was blurry. This made him feel invisible sadness for the first time.

Sakura quickly calmed down but did not let go of Donghai Lin, saying: "There is something in Takuma's body sucking his chakra and eating his meridians. If it cannot be taken out as soon as possible, those things will suck his life energy."

Neji: "Can't you take it out?"

Sakura shook her head and even collapsed: "There are too many, we can't even wait for us to go."

She couldn't save Takuma, she couldn't save him when there was nothing!

why?

From the time she started studying medicine to now, she has saved so many people!Many people even said that her medical skills were comparable to those of her master, but why couldn't she save her lover in the end? !

What an irony!

"There is still a way."

Itachi, who had remained silent, said: "Those things will continue to eat away at the host's body and energy when they enter the human body, but as long as there is enough chakra supplied to Donghailin, it will be able to last until we return to Konoha."

Sakura frowned. It was not that she had never thought of this method, but if someone else's chakra was forcibly poured into Takuma's body, it would probably have the opposite effect.You know, chakra cannot be given just by asking.

"Thank you, Yami."

Sakura wanted to smile, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't form a decent smile.In the light green eyes, there was only a dull gray silence.

"Leave him and me alone for a while."

Sakura let go of the person in her arms, but kept looking at him tenderly.

Sadness, tenderness, self-blame, and annoyance merged in her eyes, like a whirlpool that could instantly suck people into her sadness.

"Aunt Sakura."

A small voice sounded around her, and Li Xiao, who had been unconscious, came to her side at some point.

Li Xiao's eyes were full of exhaustion. During this period, he could hear the voices around him, but he just couldn't wake up, so in order to wake himself up temporarily, he put in a lot of "efforts".

"Li Xiao?"

Sakura's voice trembled slightly, and Neji and Tokai Lin were directly frightened.

this kid!

How dare he? !

Neji took a deep breath and knelt down next to Li Xiao, preparing to take him to bandage.

Li Xiao dodged feebly, and then stabbed the back of his right hand with a knife.If it weren't for the pain on his delicate, doll-like face, they would have almost thought he wasn't pricking their hands.

The back of the small hand was dripping with blood, dripping along the tiny fingertips.

This posture scared them quite a bit.But Li Xiao didn't care. His childish voice was filled with pain, but he didn't seem to be panic at all, and he was even very calm.

"Aunt Sakura, please help me untie Kashin-senpai's clothes. Uncle An, I remember you know how to use fire escape. Which direction should you use it at that time?"

With that said, Li Xiao threw out the kunai in his hand, and the kunai was firmly inserted into the wall behind Itachi, with no sign of the softness before.

But this kid must be holding on!

The light blue eyes scanned everyone one by one, and the calmness, calmness, and undoubted tenacity made people subconsciously want to believe it.

"Believe me, I can save him!"

Although his words were sonorous and powerful, his voice contained a tiredness that could not be ignored.Realizing this, Li Xiao without any ambiguity condensed the light green chakra kunai in his hand again, and greeted the back of his hand silently.The wound that had just healed was torn open again, and the severe pain severely stimulated the nerves in his brain to prevent him from falling into a deep sleep.

"If you want to save him, just do as I say!"

He doesn't have much time to stay awake, let alone using such an extreme method?The idiot dad doesn't know when he will come back. If he doesn't hurry up, there's really nothing he can do.

The childish voice is tinged with majesty that cannot be ignored.Sakura was silent for a while and finally made some move. .

Although I can’t believe it, what if?What if this kid can really save Takuma?

Sakura slowly untied Kaizhen's clothes without any rush from Li Xiao.In their eyes, he is just a child, but not everyone is as willing to give him full trust as his idiot father.

After Sakura took off all Donghailin's shirt, Li Xiao slowly stood up and handed the kunai in his hand to Sakura.

"Save it if you find my eyes wandering. If you really want to keep Takuma-senpai alive."

After saying that, Li Xiao began to examine Donghailin's body.From time to time, thin needles condensed with chakra were inserted into Donghailin's body.He was blocking some of Dong Hailin's nerves to prevent severe pain later.

Just as he was thinking about injecting a needle into the back of Donghailin's neck, he suddenly felt his vision go dark. He quickly stabilized his body and gritted his teeth and said, "Sakura-chan!"

This kind of title can be said to be very rude, but it is saving people!Even a small mistake in the process may lead to a big mistake!

Sakura was a little hesitant and didn't dare to make a move.Li Xiao grabbed the kunai and put it on his forearm.Scarlet blood dripped, Sakura and Neji were frightened by the momentum again, and even Itachi was shocked.

Neci hurriedly stepped forward and took the kunai from Li Xiao's hand. At the same time, he glanced at Li Xiao and said clearly: I'll do it.

Li Xiao couldn't deny it and re-condensed the fine needle to pierce the back of Donghai Lin's neck.

This is also the last shot.

Li Xiao took a deep breath, the next step was the most exhausting and dangerous time.

"Uncle An."

Li Xiao called out, obviously asking Itachi to get ready.

When he finished speaking, he saw Li Xiao holding a kunai in one hand and a thousand bonsai in the other (both condensed by chakra) with a solemn expression.

Just now, he not only blocked part of the nervous system but also determined the specific location of those things.

I saw that he started very quickly, slicing the flesh with one hand, and quickly picked out those "meat bugs" with the other hand. Then, using his wrist as an axis, he threw the Senbon onto the wall where he had previously positioned it with a kunai.

Ding, ding, ding...

The sharp-eyed Neji soon discovered that even without looking at Li Xiao, he could accurately throw Senbon to the same location.

Donghailin's body was soon dripping with blood.However, he found that he couldn't feel the slightest pain. He thought it was the kid Li Xiao who had done something.

During this period, Neci slashed Li Xiao's forearm twice, but the force was well controlled and no muscles were injured.

Soon, Li Xiao picked out all the "meat bugs" in Donghailin's body.

After confirming this, Li Xiao, who had been holding on to prevent himself from falling, took a breath. As soon as he relaxed, fatigue hit him like a scourge.

"Stop the bleeding and bandage!"

Sakura has absolutely no problem with this simplest medical foundation.Li Xiao was sure of this and immediately fainted completely.Itachi quickly caught it, took the person aside, cleaned Li Xiao, and bandaged the wound on his hand.

After hearing Li Xiao's words, Sakura and Neji quickly got to work bandaging people.Otherwise, Donghai Lin, a Jonin, would have died of excessive bleeding.