Trouble in the Sand 2~~~Chapter 37

~~~Chapter 37
Somewhere in the desert, just a bit from where Naruto and the group were, a cave opened up into the earth.
“The sun falls… the moon awakes… and the red rain begins!” Said someone from the darkness, but all that could be seen was a pair of solid white eyes.
“Tonight… the blood will be mine!” Said a man, clothed in black rags covered in blood stains.
Blood dripped from his lips, and drenched his black sword. He licked his lips anxiously, thirsty. He looked out into the desert, just within sight of the gang…

“We’re going to have to camp here tonight!” Demanded Jiraiya.
Rutsu then rose here hands up, and a house made of ground rose from the sand. Everyone stared in awe, before rushing into their new hut.

The full moon shone brightly in the night sky, and the devilish man trudged up the stone camp, smiling insanely, manically chuckling at the door.
“Scream… Yarizymo!” He yelled, sending a wave of blackness from his sword as he slashed, blowing in the doors of the rock home.
He dragged himself into the building, looking from side to side at the different ninja lining the walls in sleeping bags. Somehow, he hadn’t woken anyone.
“Absorb… Giazatsu!” He yelled, stabbing his sword into the ground.
Suddenly, tentacles shot out next to each ninja and stabbed into their backs, sucking out all the scarlet blood. Everyone, that is, except for Itaru and Shibo. The two of them had sensed the man and had been awake since.
“What’s going on? Who are you?” Asked Shibo.
“I’m Eeda, the blood thief, and I am currently replacing your friends’ blood with utter blackness, which will kill each one of them by absorbing them from the inside. And I get all the delicious blood!” He laughed, turning his to the sky and shaking.
He suddenly shot his down and picked up his sword. He dashed at Itaru with his hands flailing behind him. He threw his sword at her, and she dodged easily, but he jumped behind and grabbed his. He made a slash at her, but her mechanical legs carried her out of reach.
Two cannons shot out of Itaru’s bag, into each of her hands. She fired a beam that looked deadly, but Eeda danced onto his sword, jumped up, and grabbed it as he came back down and jumped for Shibo.
Almost like instinct, Shibo pulled her sword out of her mouth and went into a sword fight with Eeda, while Itaru tried to shoot him down. But his flexibility and swiftness knew no bounds. He countered and danced around every attack, until he was able to slice Shibo.
“Vibrate… Letabuo!” He yelled.
His sword began to vibrate quickly like a buzz saw, and he brought it down on Shibo, who yelled in agony. But that wasn’t enough in Eeda’s books. He also stabbed her through the side.
Shibo coughed up a large amount of blood, which Eeda caught in his mouth and swallowed. With that, he danced around to Itaru and sliced her across the back.
Shibo could barely stand; she stood shakily as more and more of her blood spilled to the ground. Itaru was only able to support herself due to her machines.“What wastes… don’t worry, I’ll be sure to lick up every last drop of it!” said Eeda, a sadistic look on his face…