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Unfortunately, there was only so much she could do without even her basic supplies. She could tear cloth to strips for binding and bandaging, and she could help those who were still ambulatory but otherwise in shock outside to cleaner air, and she could move some of the lesser rubble if she needed to without too much of a ( problem. )

The night after the gala asplosions.Despite the warm days in the Fire Country, the nights were cool. It was blessed relief from the smells the heat had caused all during the day, though blood and the smell of bombs hung in the air. It still made something cold and uneasy curl in his stomach, those smells and the memory of the sounds. Some shinobi ( Read more... )

Set the day after gala asplosions.The day after the gala was not a quiet one, of respite and recovery after a hellish fight. It was the beginning of picking up the pieces and trying to put them back into place. Countless had been injured, a few had died, and it was a total mess. Chunks of stone were everywhere and the acrid smell of smoke and soot ( Read more... )

Set the day after Hizashiko arrives at the temple.It was, perhaps, unsurprising Hizashiko hadn't slept well during the night. Every noise outside had woken her, every shift of the young monk outside had made her jerk out of her bed. And yet it was probably the most sleep she had gotten in months, despite her exhaustion. Nervously, she paced in her ( Read more... )

The attack had been over quickly, little to compare to the hours spent clearing wreckage and tending to the wounded and the dead. Kakami had been helping mainly with the former for most of the day that the group had spent at the palace to help. But now it was evening again, and the sky, mostly cleared from the dust and silt that had been shot into ( Read more... )

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Ibiki and Asuka were not to be easily found, Sachiko quickly realized as she and Sakurai scoured the panicked mass. Not good, she reflected. Maybe she ought to have told at least one of the kage bunshin to find Asuka and/or Ibiki before scattering them, but too late now. Especially because the crush of people had pushed ( Read more... )

There was a lot of running. Even with all the training he regularly went through, Hinaji was beginning to feel out of breath. The dodging, worrying, running...everything was merging together to push against his still-fragile respiratory system ( Read more... )

[set just after the decisive battle with Deidara]

It'd been a long time since Rin's second priority had been the injured and the dying, but unless they found and dealt with the other Akatsuki there would be no purpose nor possibility of saving anybody. Bombs. For the gods' sake, bombs - who knew what the other one might be capable of if the blonde ( Read more... )

Tobi had decided that she was having a grand old time. There were people everywhere, running and laughing screaming and it was totally awesome. She moved from place to place, flitting here to there, trying to talk to people. It made her a little sad that no one wanted to talk to her and would run away when she came close, but she guessed that was ( Read more... )

When your charge had food allergies, it was good to know right away when said charge got sick. Suzumo was a little irritated then that no one had told him that Hanabi had apparently thrown up some time ago. Since the boy had only seemed upset, and wasn't swelling, it was probably all right... but Suzumo was still concerned. This WAS Hanabi, and it ( Read more... )