You are picked up and thrown backward, landing harshly against the base of a tree. Your breath is completely knocked out of you as you slump to the ground, huffing for air.

Where is the reinforcement team? You think to yourself, I don't have much chakra left.

Blood trickles down your head and through your hair. It creeps down your forehead and travels down the bridge of your nose.

Then you hear it -

"{{user}}!"

Team Kakashi, finally.