Konoha's Nightmare CYOA
Mar 7, 2011 22:30:08 GMT
Post by pyroflare77 on Mar 7, 2011 22:30:08 GMT
"Shizune, I think you should write and deliver the letter," Kakashi said upon opening his eyes, "These ex-Akatsuki are dangerous, and I'm simply more powerful than you are."
"I understand," Shizune said with a nod as she took a pen and a sheet of paper from Tsunade's desk. She leaned down to the desk's level and began to write. She turned to Tsunade and said, "You'll need to add some confirmation and stamp to Hokage seal on the document so they know it's genuine."
"Yeah, sure..." Tsunade sighed as she slouched in her chair, "...I could use some fucking sake right now..."
"So... what are we going to do in the meantime?" Sakura asked the Hokage. Tsunade turned her head towards her.
"It's going to be dangerous... but I can't sit idly by while there might still be people we can save. Naruto, Sakura... you will accompany Kakashi and I. We're going out into the village to search for survivors," Tsunade said.
"And... done!" Shizune exclaimed. She walked over to Tsunade and handed her the letter and a pen. Tsunade wrote something down and then took a rubber stamp out from her desk. She lightly touched the bottom, and, upon seeing that the ink was still fresh, stamped the paper with the official seal of the Hokage. Shizune had an envelope ready for the letter. She then folded up the letter, placed it inside the envelope, and closed it.
There was a moment of silence as Shizune looked down at the letter in her hands and then back up at the four other people in the room.
"Well then... I wish you all luck," Shizune said with slight hesitation as she tucked the letter into her robes.
"I... uh..." Naruto began, but his words became lost.
"Thank you for everything, Shizune-sensei!" Sakura exclaimed, her eyes tearing up.
"Oh, don't be too sentimental! Chances are we'll see each other again! You have Lady Tsunade on your side... what can go wrong?" Shizune said with a warm smile.
"Right!" Naruto exclaimed with vigor that Sakura thought he had lost, "We'll do our best!"
"Normally, I'm not the religious type... but may the gods watch over you..." Kakashi said solemnly.
"Yes! You'll be in my prayers, for sure!" Shizune said with a nod.
"Shizune..." Tsunade said quietly, her face turned away, "Please be careful."
"Don't worry, Lady Tsunade. I'll be fine," she replied with a confident smile, "I better get leaving now. Goodbye!" Shizune exclaimed with a wave as she walked over to the door. The other four waved back as Shizune opened the door without looking at it. She felt her heart stop beating when she saw their happy faces turn into ones of terror.
"LOOK OUT!" Tsunade screamed as she pointed behind Shizune.
(Rolling d100. 75 needed for success... 69 rolled)
Shizune turned around just in time to see a zombified Anko Mitarashi lunging towards her.
This moment would come to haunt Kakashi whenever he closed his eyes to rest, along with all of the others he could do nothing to save. He would remember seeing Anko in the doorway, her eyes completely white; mouth slightly agape, and, eerily enough, no visible wounds on her. He would remember Shizune's face, paralyzed with fear, as she could not react fast enough.
Anko sank her teeth into the left side of Shizune's neck. She yanked her head back, ripping off a piece of her neck, like it was some sort of trophy for the zombie. Shizune tried shoving Anko away, but her grip was far too tight. She leaned in to eat some more of the bloodied area on her neck.
Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi were still rooted in place by shock. Tsunade's emotions overpowered the paralysis of disbelief towards what was happening.
"SHIIIIZUUUNNEEEE!!!" Tsunade shrieked in pain and loss as she leaped over her desk and charged forward, a steady stream of tears flowing down her cheeks. She slammed her fist into Anko's head, snapping her neck upon impact. The lifeless body of Anko tore through the wall due to the sheer strength behind Tsunade's punch, and its flight would continue until it crashed through a window on the opposite side of the building and fell to the streets below. Shizune, now free, clutched her neck wound and stumbled backwards until she slumped over against Tsunade's desk.
"Sh-Shizune-sensei!" Sakura cried out as she, too, began to cry. Tsunade ran towards her attendant and kneeled down to her level. Tsunade hovered her hands over Shizune's neck wound, which began to glow bright green as her healing chakras began flowing through it. The wound was closing!
"Don't die on me, Shizune," Tsunade said, her voice hoarse from crying, "You can't die on me. I need you."
"Lady Tsunade..." Shizune said weakly as a single tear rolled down her cheek. Her breaths were becoming more ragged and her skin was becoming paler, "Please... stop. Healing me... won't work. You must kill me... while I'm still human."
"NO!" Tsunade fiercely yelled, "DON'T TALK SUCH BULLSHIT! I CAN HEAL YOU! I CAN HEAL THIS! I WON'T LET YOU DIE!!!"
Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi stared wordlessly at the scene before them.
"Please, Tsunade..." Shizune sobbed, more tears falling from her eyes, "You must... I don't want to endanger any of you."
Tsunade said nothing as she continued healing Shizune's wound. It had completely closed by now, but her condition wasn't improving. Tsunade's body shook with frequent sobs and frantic breaths.
Kakashi balled one of his hands into a tight fist. He was the only one with a clear mind right now... both Naruto and Sakura were still stunned. He walked over to Tsunade.
"I'll do it. I'll end her life," Kakashi said quietly as he laid a hand on Tsunade's shoulder. The Hokage shot him back of sheer spite.
"You do that, and I'll kill you," she said, her voice dripping with cold venom.
"Tsunade... don't do this..." Shizune whimpered, "He's doing the right thing."
Tsunade tightly gripped the folds of Shizune's robes that her hands were resting on as she bit her lip hard until she tasted blood.
"Give me..." she said, her voice barely audible, "...one last moment with her."
Kakashi sadly nodded as Tsunade and Shizune both shared a tight embrace. They whispered back and forth for a bit before Shizune leaned up and kissed Tsunade on the forehead. Tsunade then stood up and briskly walked away from Shizune, her back turned. Her face was contorted into a look of sheer pain and sadness.
"Shizune..." Sakura managed to say quietly as she stared at the weak and dying form of a close friend and teacher.
Kakashi pulled a kunai out of a pouch in his flak jacket and slowly walked over to Shizune. She looked up at him with a warm smile uncharacteristic of someone who was about to die.
"You know... I've had the biggest crush on you for the longest time..." Shizune said, "I just wanted to let you know that before I left..."
"You idiot..." Kakashi said as a large tear cascaded down his cheek, "You could have told me this anytime."
"I know... I'm too cowardly... and now it's too late... but can I get one kiss from the man I adore before I die?"
Kakashi said nothing as he leaned down to her body and turned his head so that a cheek was facing her.
"I'm sorry... but that plague runs through you. If we lock lips..."
"No... I understand..."
She leaned forward and kissed Kakashi's cheek. The silver-haired man stood up and looked down upon Shizune sadly.
"Take care of Lady Tsunade... she means more than the world to me..." Shizune said, her voice no louder than a whisper.
"I will..." Kakashi said sadly as he raised the kunai and prepared to drive it into her skull.
Shizune's look of contentment was suddenly replaced by one of pain as she lurched forward and began to cough. Her body shuddered with each hacking cough, and some blood fell from her mouth as she did so. As soon as the coughing started, it abruptly stopped. Her body was still.
Kakashi's grip tightened around the kunai's handle. The deed had to be done. He thrust the blade downward. Moments before impact, Shizune looked up at Kakashi, her eyes a soulless white.
Shizune's body fell to the floor as the kunai penetrated her skull. Tsunade knew not to, but she couldn't help it. She slowly turned around to face her fallen companion.
A shrill and haunting scream that sounded as if it could have resonated throughout the entire village filled the room. Tsunade sank to her knees and began bawling into her hands. Sakura and Naruto leaned down to comfort her. Kakashi knew that Tsunade's scream had endangered them. As much as he didn't want to, he had to drive the group forward.
"We have to go..." he said quietly, but sternly.
"What?" Sakura asked as she turned to Kakashi with a teary gaze, "But... Shizune..."
"Take the letter from his jacket..." Kakashi said, his voice faltering.
Naruto and Sakura did not move; instead, they just turned to look at the fallen attendant.
"WE HAVE TO GO!" Kakashi shouted fiercely, tears rolling down his cheeks, "We won't accomplish anything by standing around mourning someone's death! Shizune wouldn't want us to do this! We have to take the letter and continue our mission to rescue any survivors!"
Naruto wiped the tears from his eyes, "You're right..." he said lowly. Sakura merely nodded as she stood up and wiped away her tears. Tsunade stood up and wiped her tears away, but she said nothing. Naruto walked over to Kakashi's body and turned it over. He reached into her robes and pulled out the letter. He placed it in a pocket in his jacket and stared sadly at Shizune momentarily. He then stood up and looked at Tsunade, who seemed to regain most of her composure.
"Lead the way," the Hokage muttered quietly to Kakashi.
Tsunade, Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura all silently said goodbye to Shizune (and, to a lesser extent, Anko) as they exited the room. The door was shut behind them, showing that it was time to move on.
They descended the stairs of the Administration Building in mostly silence. No other zombies were nearby, but they could be heard in the distance. The distant moans and the syncopated rhythm of the footsteps of the four were all that was able to be heard at the time. The silence would soon be broken by Naruto.
"I said SHUT UP!" Naruto indignantly exclaimed.
Sakura, Kakashi, and Tsunade turned towards Naruto with concerned looks on their faces.
"Are you okay, Naruto?" Sakura asked with worry. Naruto realized that he had unknowingly shouted those words aloud.
"It's n...nothing..." Naruto said quietly as he hung his head low, "...let's keep going."
"Whatever the fox told you," Tsunade said as she resumed walking, "is most likely bullshit."
Sakura gasped and looked at Naruto. "Did the fox really-"
"Yes..." Naruto said lowly as he trudged behind Tsunade. Sakura and Kakashi looked at each other for a bit, silently communicating their anxieties. They then followed the other two. They were in the lobby of the Administration Building, and they were heading towards the entrance...
The door was slammed as the four exited the building. The sun's bright light caused the four to shield their eyes as they adjusted to the brighter natural light. By squinting, it could be deduced that none of the walking dead were nearby. A slight breeze drifted by, the scent of death being carried along with it. A crow cried out as it realized its proximity towards the four survivors. It flapped its wings and flew away from the body it had been pecking at. Sakura paled as she saw that the crow had been eating a dead zombie.
"Do you think the crows will become...?" Sakura asked, unable to finish her question.
"It's unlikely..." Kakashi said, "...I'm pretty sure that whatever is creating the zombies either only works on humans or only can be transmitted when the zombies are 'alive.'"
"Kakashi is correct," Tsunade added, "on his second point only, though. Animals can be affected by this plague."
There was a moment of uneasy silence. Obviously, Tsunade had experience with these undead creatures, but she refused to explain herself. And now hardly seemed the time.
Kakashi took a deep breath and managed to push back all of the bad memories of Shizune, just like how he assumed the others had done. Now was not a time to be distracted by the past, he had concluded; it could cause lives to be lost, and that would only cause further pain.
The silence was unexpectedly broken when Tsunade announced, "We need to split up."
"What?" Naruto asked with worry as he turned to Tsunade, "Split up? Why?"
Tsunade sighed as she looked down at the ground, her countenance not a bright one. Obviously, she didn't like this, either. "We need to cover more ground," she said, "it increases the chance that we'll find more survivors."
"It also increases the chance that one of us might get killed and turned into one of those things!" Naruto shouted indignantly. How could Tsunade seriously be considering splitting up?
"Don't think of that!" Sakura cried out.
"Because if we just stay in one group," Tsunade replied to Naruto, using a more firm tone, "then we might not stumble upon somebody in their time of need, and there's one less person we can help."
Kakashi saw the friction between Naruto and Tsunade, so she spoke up. "I... I think it's better than traveling together. Together, we'll attract more of those... things..."
"And don't forget about the rogue Akatsuki," Sakura added, "if we're together, both of them will attack us. If we're split up into two groups, then it's more likely that they'll split up to attack us, too."
"Or they'll team up to take one of the groups out, and then crush the other one," Naruto said grimly, "and what about Shizune's letter? What if the other group runs into someone who can deliver it?"
"Enough," Tsunade said harshly, "Kakashi, you and Naruto will search the left half of Konohagakure for survivors. Sakura and I will take the right half. Since Naruto already has the letter, he will be responsible for it. We meet back here at sundown. If the other group isn't back by nightfall, then... we assume that they are dead."
"Are you kidding me?" Naruto asked in disbelief, "We can't-"
"Please, Naruto," Sakura interrupted, "it's for the best."
There was a brief moment of silence as Naruto frowned and hung his head. This seemed to be the time to speak up to change everyone's mind...
*Turning Point. What you choose here will affect many events to come.*
A. Naruto's arguments have merit. Rescind my previous statement and support Naruto.
B. Partner up with Naruto.
C. Partner up with Sakura.
D. Partner up with Tsunade.
1. Search the left half of the village.
2. Search the right half of the village.
"I understand," Shizune said with a nod as she took a pen and a sheet of paper from Tsunade's desk. She leaned down to the desk's level and began to write. She turned to Tsunade and said, "You'll need to add some confirmation and stamp to Hokage seal on the document so they know it's genuine."
"Yeah, sure..." Tsunade sighed as she slouched in her chair, "...I could use some fucking sake right now..."
"So... what are we going to do in the meantime?" Sakura asked the Hokage. Tsunade turned her head towards her.
"It's going to be dangerous... but I can't sit idly by while there might still be people we can save. Naruto, Sakura... you will accompany Kakashi and I. We're going out into the village to search for survivors," Tsunade said.
"And... done!" Shizune exclaimed. She walked over to Tsunade and handed her the letter and a pen. Tsunade wrote something down and then took a rubber stamp out from her desk. She lightly touched the bottom, and, upon seeing that the ink was still fresh, stamped the paper with the official seal of the Hokage. Shizune had an envelope ready for the letter. She then folded up the letter, placed it inside the envelope, and closed it.
There was a moment of silence as Shizune looked down at the letter in her hands and then back up at the four other people in the room.
"Well then... I wish you all luck," Shizune said with slight hesitation as she tucked the letter into her robes.
"I... uh..." Naruto began, but his words became lost.
"Thank you for everything, Shizune-sensei!" Sakura exclaimed, her eyes tearing up.
"Oh, don't be too sentimental! Chances are we'll see each other again! You have Lady Tsunade on your side... what can go wrong?" Shizune said with a warm smile.
"Right!" Naruto exclaimed with vigor that Sakura thought he had lost, "We'll do our best!"
"Normally, I'm not the religious type... but may the gods watch over you..." Kakashi said solemnly.
"Yes! You'll be in my prayers, for sure!" Shizune said with a nod.
"Shizune..." Tsunade said quietly, her face turned away, "Please be careful."
"Don't worry, Lady Tsunade. I'll be fine," she replied with a confident smile, "I better get leaving now. Goodbye!" Shizune exclaimed with a wave as she walked over to the door. The other four waved back as Shizune opened the door without looking at it. She felt her heart stop beating when she saw their happy faces turn into ones of terror.
"LOOK OUT!" Tsunade screamed as she pointed behind Shizune.
(Rolling d100. 75 needed for success... 69 rolled)
Shizune turned around just in time to see a zombified Anko Mitarashi lunging towards her.
This moment would come to haunt Kakashi whenever he closed his eyes to rest, along with all of the others he could do nothing to save. He would remember seeing Anko in the doorway, her eyes completely white; mouth slightly agape, and, eerily enough, no visible wounds on her. He would remember Shizune's face, paralyzed with fear, as she could not react fast enough.
Anko sank her teeth into the left side of Shizune's neck. She yanked her head back, ripping off a piece of her neck, like it was some sort of trophy for the zombie. Shizune tried shoving Anko away, but her grip was far too tight. She leaned in to eat some more of the bloodied area on her neck.
Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi were still rooted in place by shock. Tsunade's emotions overpowered the paralysis of disbelief towards what was happening.
"SHIIIIZUUUNNEEEE!!!" Tsunade shrieked in pain and loss as she leaped over her desk and charged forward, a steady stream of tears flowing down her cheeks. She slammed her fist into Anko's head, snapping her neck upon impact. The lifeless body of Anko tore through the wall due to the sheer strength behind Tsunade's punch, and its flight would continue until it crashed through a window on the opposite side of the building and fell to the streets below. Shizune, now free, clutched her neck wound and stumbled backwards until she slumped over against Tsunade's desk.
"Sh-Shizune-sensei!" Sakura cried out as she, too, began to cry. Tsunade ran towards her attendant and kneeled down to her level. Tsunade hovered her hands over Shizune's neck wound, which began to glow bright green as her healing chakras began flowing through it. The wound was closing!
"Don't die on me, Shizune," Tsunade said, her voice hoarse from crying, "You can't die on me. I need you."
"Lady Tsunade..." Shizune said weakly as a single tear rolled down her cheek. Her breaths were becoming more ragged and her skin was becoming paler, "Please... stop. Healing me... won't work. You must kill me... while I'm still human."
"NO!" Tsunade fiercely yelled, "DON'T TALK SUCH BULLSHIT! I CAN HEAL YOU! I CAN HEAL THIS! I WON'T LET YOU DIE!!!"
Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi stared wordlessly at the scene before them.
"Please, Tsunade..." Shizune sobbed, more tears falling from her eyes, "You must... I don't want to endanger any of you."
Tsunade said nothing as she continued healing Shizune's wound. It had completely closed by now, but her condition wasn't improving. Tsunade's body shook with frequent sobs and frantic breaths.
Kakashi balled one of his hands into a tight fist. He was the only one with a clear mind right now... both Naruto and Sakura were still stunned. He walked over to Tsunade.
"I'll do it. I'll end her life," Kakashi said quietly as he laid a hand on Tsunade's shoulder. The Hokage shot him back of sheer spite.
"You do that, and I'll kill you," she said, her voice dripping with cold venom.
"Tsunade... don't do this..." Shizune whimpered, "He's doing the right thing."
Tsunade tightly gripped the folds of Shizune's robes that her hands were resting on as she bit her lip hard until she tasted blood.
"Give me..." she said, her voice barely audible, "...one last moment with her."
Kakashi sadly nodded as Tsunade and Shizune both shared a tight embrace. They whispered back and forth for a bit before Shizune leaned up and kissed Tsunade on the forehead. Tsunade then stood up and briskly walked away from Shizune, her back turned. Her face was contorted into a look of sheer pain and sadness.
"Shizune..." Sakura managed to say quietly as she stared at the weak and dying form of a close friend and teacher.
Kakashi pulled a kunai out of a pouch in his flak jacket and slowly walked over to Shizune. She looked up at him with a warm smile uncharacteristic of someone who was about to die.
"You know... I've had the biggest crush on you for the longest time..." Shizune said, "I just wanted to let you know that before I left..."
"You idiot..." Kakashi said as a large tear cascaded down his cheek, "You could have told me this anytime."
"I know... I'm too cowardly... and now it's too late... but can I get one kiss from the man I adore before I die?"
Kakashi said nothing as he leaned down to her body and turned his head so that a cheek was facing her.
"I'm sorry... but that plague runs through you. If we lock lips..."
"No... I understand..."
She leaned forward and kissed Kakashi's cheek. The silver-haired man stood up and looked down upon Shizune sadly.
"Take care of Lady Tsunade... she means more than the world to me..." Shizune said, her voice no louder than a whisper.
"I will..." Kakashi said sadly as he raised the kunai and prepared to drive it into her skull.
Shizune's look of contentment was suddenly replaced by one of pain as she lurched forward and began to cough. Her body shuddered with each hacking cough, and some blood fell from her mouth as she did so. As soon as the coughing started, it abruptly stopped. Her body was still.
Kakashi's grip tightened around the kunai's handle. The deed had to be done. He thrust the blade downward. Moments before impact, Shizune looked up at Kakashi, her eyes a soulless white.
Shizune's body fell to the floor as the kunai penetrated her skull. Tsunade knew not to, but she couldn't help it. She slowly turned around to face her fallen companion.
A shrill and haunting scream that sounded as if it could have resonated throughout the entire village filled the room. Tsunade sank to her knees and began bawling into her hands. Sakura and Naruto leaned down to comfort her. Kakashi knew that Tsunade's scream had endangered them. As much as he didn't want to, he had to drive the group forward.
"We have to go..." he said quietly, but sternly.
"What?" Sakura asked as she turned to Kakashi with a teary gaze, "But... Shizune..."
"Take the letter from his jacket..." Kakashi said, his voice faltering.
Naruto and Sakura did not move; instead, they just turned to look at the fallen attendant.
"WE HAVE TO GO!" Kakashi shouted fiercely, tears rolling down his cheeks, "We won't accomplish anything by standing around mourning someone's death! Shizune wouldn't want us to do this! We have to take the letter and continue our mission to rescue any survivors!"
Naruto wiped the tears from his eyes, "You're right..." he said lowly. Sakura merely nodded as she stood up and wiped away her tears. Tsunade stood up and wiped her tears away, but she said nothing. Naruto walked over to Kakashi's body and turned it over. He reached into her robes and pulled out the letter. He placed it in a pocket in his jacket and stared sadly at Shizune momentarily. He then stood up and looked at Tsunade, who seemed to regain most of her composure.
"Lead the way," the Hokage muttered quietly to Kakashi.
Tsunade, Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura all silently said goodbye to Shizune (and, to a lesser extent, Anko) as they exited the room. The door was shut behind them, showing that it was time to move on.
They descended the stairs of the Administration Building in mostly silence. No other zombies were nearby, but they could be heard in the distance. The distant moans and the syncopated rhythm of the footsteps of the four were all that was able to be heard at the time. The silence would soon be broken by Naruto.
"I said SHUT UP!" Naruto indignantly exclaimed.
Sakura, Kakashi, and Tsunade turned towards Naruto with concerned looks on their faces.
"Are you okay, Naruto?" Sakura asked with worry. Naruto realized that he had unknowingly shouted those words aloud.
"It's n...nothing..." Naruto said quietly as he hung his head low, "...let's keep going."
"Whatever the fox told you," Tsunade said as she resumed walking, "is most likely bullshit."
Sakura gasped and looked at Naruto. "Did the fox really-"
"Yes..." Naruto said lowly as he trudged behind Tsunade. Sakura and Kakashi looked at each other for a bit, silently communicating their anxieties. They then followed the other two. They were in the lobby of the Administration Building, and they were heading towards the entrance...
The door was slammed as the four exited the building. The sun's bright light caused the four to shield their eyes as they adjusted to the brighter natural light. By squinting, it could be deduced that none of the walking dead were nearby. A slight breeze drifted by, the scent of death being carried along with it. A crow cried out as it realized its proximity towards the four survivors. It flapped its wings and flew away from the body it had been pecking at. Sakura paled as she saw that the crow had been eating a dead zombie.
"Do you think the crows will become...?" Sakura asked, unable to finish her question.
"It's unlikely..." Kakashi said, "...I'm pretty sure that whatever is creating the zombies either only works on humans or only can be transmitted when the zombies are 'alive.'"
"Kakashi is correct," Tsunade added, "on his second point only, though. Animals can be affected by this plague."
There was a moment of uneasy silence. Obviously, Tsunade had experience with these undead creatures, but she refused to explain herself. And now hardly seemed the time.
Kakashi took a deep breath and managed to push back all of the bad memories of Shizune, just like how he assumed the others had done. Now was not a time to be distracted by the past, he had concluded; it could cause lives to be lost, and that would only cause further pain.
The silence was unexpectedly broken when Tsunade announced, "We need to split up."
"What?" Naruto asked with worry as he turned to Tsunade, "Split up? Why?"
Tsunade sighed as she looked down at the ground, her countenance not a bright one. Obviously, she didn't like this, either. "We need to cover more ground," she said, "it increases the chance that we'll find more survivors."
"It also increases the chance that one of us might get killed and turned into one of those things!" Naruto shouted indignantly. How could Tsunade seriously be considering splitting up?
"Don't think of that!" Sakura cried out.
"Because if we just stay in one group," Tsunade replied to Naruto, using a more firm tone, "then we might not stumble upon somebody in their time of need, and there's one less person we can help."
Kakashi saw the friction between Naruto and Tsunade, so she spoke up. "I... I think it's better than traveling together. Together, we'll attract more of those... things..."
"And don't forget about the rogue Akatsuki," Sakura added, "if we're together, both of them will attack us. If we're split up into two groups, then it's more likely that they'll split up to attack us, too."
"Or they'll team up to take one of the groups out, and then crush the other one," Naruto said grimly, "and what about Shizune's letter? What if the other group runs into someone who can deliver it?"
"Enough," Tsunade said harshly, "Kakashi, you and Naruto will search the left half of Konohagakure for survivors. Sakura and I will take the right half. Since Naruto already has the letter, he will be responsible for it. We meet back here at sundown. If the other group isn't back by nightfall, then... we assume that they are dead."
"Are you kidding me?" Naruto asked in disbelief, "We can't-"
"Please, Naruto," Sakura interrupted, "it's for the best."
There was a brief moment of silence as Naruto frowned and hung his head. This seemed to be the time to speak up to change everyone's mind...
*Turning Point. What you choose here will affect many events to come.*
A. Naruto's arguments have merit. Rescind my previous statement and support Naruto.
B. Partner up with Naruto.
C. Partner up with Sakura.
D. Partner up with Tsunade.
1. Search the left half of the village.
2. Search the right half of the village.