[ There's really no mistaking Naruto, no matter how far across the battlefield he is. There's also no way she isn't going out there to help him, no matter how terrified she is of stepping out into the open. The Noirian soldiers have been pretty consistently redirecting their attacks towards her whenever she stops to heal one of her fellow Heroes—but whatever her myriad shortcomings, she's never faltered as a healer, and she isn't about to start now.
So she swallows her fear as she runs to close the distance between them. He's managed to surround himself with enemies, but that isn't the most of her worries—it's the griffon riders flying steadily closer, their graceful movements in the air reminding her inescapably of Hinoka and Subaki. One of the riders readies their javelin, and Sakura realizes with a jolt of horror that they're aiming it for Naruto, and she can't tell if he's noticed yet or not. ]
Naruto!
[ There's an edge of panic in her voice that she can't curb. Her hands are shaking as she readies her bow, but she does it all by instinct, without thinking, as she'd practiced over and over again with her brother at her side—notch, draw, release. Her lightning arrow crackles through the air and buries itself in the griffon rider's chest, electricity bursting across their body. ]
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So she swallows her fear as she runs to close the distance between them. He's managed to surround himself with enemies, but that isn't the most of her worries—it's the griffon riders flying steadily closer, their graceful movements in the air reminding her inescapably of Hinoka and Subaki. One of the riders readies their javelin, and Sakura realizes with a jolt of horror that they're aiming it for Naruto, and she can't tell if he's noticed yet or not. ]
Naruto!
[ There's an edge of panic in her voice that she can't curb. Her hands are shaking as she readies her bow, but she does it all by instinct, without thinking, as she'd practiced over and over again with her brother at her side—notch, draw, release. Her lightning arrow crackles through the air and buries itself in the griffon rider's chest, electricity bursting across their body. ]