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The ground shook under what felt like an earthquake. It stopped...BOOM! Boom boom boom boom! There were several loud explosions nearby and a tree landed close to the group. It had been derooted.

"...Yes of course, but first...what happened to that tree?..."Shino turned attention to the tree.

"It can't be anything good..."Kiba said, now standing next his group members.

Akamaru growled as he got off Ed and backed towards his owner.

The flailing and muttering were brought to an abrupt halt when the ground shook. Spontaneous earthquakes were rarely signs of anything good, after all. Ed and Al watched, both caught somewhere between shock and amazement, as the tree flew into the open. The elder brother barely even registered the fact the dog had gone back to his master.

Oh. But they all seemed so calm about it...was this normal or something? The siblings glanced to Hinata when she spoke. This was just training? If that was training, neither boy was too eager to see how Sakura and Tsunade handled real fights...

"Just training?" Edward said, pulling himself up off the ground, "An earthquake and a tree flying through the air and its just training? Geeze how crazy are the real fights, then?" Even if he didn't want to witness it, he couldn't help being curious.

Every hour they spent in this odd town strengthened the strange, nagging feeling at the back of Al's mind. People who could uproot a mature tree and send it sailing through the air were not commonplace in their town. In fact, most with such strength either used alchemy as an aid or simply weren't human in any sense of the word.

"Let's just say you don't want to fight ether of them. Or alot of other ninjas." Hinat said, turning to them and deactivating her Beakugan.

Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. And they'd gone and promised to help Sakura and her team. They were gonna die.

Ed glanced to Alphonse who was fidgeting nervously. Al gave his brother a look which clearly said something to the effect of 'we're in over our heads', to which Edward responded with a little gesture that could be translated as 'relax, we've handled crazy stuff before'. The two actually continued to converse in looks and small gestures for another thirty seconds or so before Al finally sighed and let his usual small smile return. Edward was right, after all, if it came right down to it they could hang back and try to offer some kind of long-range support.

Hinata ran over to Sakura."Are you ok?" She asked, worried.

"...Oh boy, come on Hinata let's go..."Shino said starting off.

"Shino...you change your mind so quickly..."Kiba faced-palmed himself.

"Arf!"Akamaru barked.

"...If you two want you can come...we need the help..."Shino looked over at the brothers and then glared at Kiba.

"What did I do to offend you this time?!"Kiba was obviously pissed off.

Akamaru whimpered and hid behind Al.

"...I didn't say anything that gave you that idea, now did I?..."

They continued to fight while Hinata helped Sakura up.

~Saito raised a portion of his head out of the ground, enough for his eye's~
`I see people but no one important looking`
~Saito went back into the ground and kept moving closer~