-Gahh! It's my first fanfic =D Please be nice!

Hmm…I want to get away from the whole point of 'since they're ninjas, they can fight' sorta thing. I want to make them not be able to fight so I don't have to add so much detail to their fighting scenes…but there will be some fighting scenes, just not the high-action you see in the manga or anime.

It was a terrible day. The girls and I wanted to get to our rented cabin house quickly, so Sakura suggested we take a shortcut. That shortcut led us into a very large forest, one in which we couldn't get out of because of the dark sky and the endless batch of trees.

"Sakura…you're stupid…" Ino called out loud as she desperately tried to catch up with the group.

"Hey, I know what I'm doing, okay? We just need to pass by…a couple of trees and we're there." Sakura said in an unsure voice.

"Ino is right…we've been walking for hours. If we'd followed our normal route, we would've been there by now." I said as I tried to move my sore legs. Tenten loudly sighed in frustration when Sakura didn't answer. We didn't even once stop to rest ever since we began our journey.

"Tenten, I get it. We're lost okay? But at least I'm trying to find a way out of this forest." Sakura continued.

"Y'know what, let's just camp for the damn day. I'm tired as hell and I don't need this kinda shit right now!" Ino yelled as she stomped away to a nearby tree and sat down, not making any signs of moving at all. Sakura threw her hands to her forehead to control her throbbing headache, but we all nodded and followed Ino to her spot. We opened our bags, grabbed a couple of snacks and ate in silence. I created a small fire and the rest of the girls tried to think of a way to get out of the forest.

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"Alright, we've all decided that once it reaches dawn tomorrow, we make our way back to our original route, right?" Sakura announced loudly.

"…yes…" The girls and I said in unison.

"Now, we don't want to be attacked by anything tonight. So we will take turns watching over each other." Sakura announced.

"Hmm..I think it will be wasteful if all of us are tired because of staying up. I suggest we use one person and during the day we could just carry that person." Tenten recommended.

"I think Hinata can do this," Ino shouted, Tenten and Sakura nodded.

"Ehh?! I can't stay awake all night! If a bear comes around, what will I do?" I yelled pitifully.

"Don't worry Hinata! All you have to do is wake us up and we will think of something. Besides, we will carry you around during the day." Sakura persuaded me by arguing a bit more until I finally gave in.

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It had been hours ever since they all slept. My eyes slowly began to close and my head gradually fell in between my knees but I quickly snapped my head up.

'…I…hate…this.' I silently thought as I placed my head in between my knees, readying myself for sleep.

Just as I was about to drift to sleep, I heard a twig snap. My head shot up and I jumped onto my feet. I could hardly see anything but I had this eerie feeling crawling up my neck. There were no more sounds; the rustling of the leaves ceased.

"…Hinata?" Someone whispered quietly. I turned my head in the direction of the voice. Sakura was slowly getting up as she rubbed her eyes and yawned. "What's wrong?" She said as she walked towards me.

"I-I don't know…I heard a twig snap so I'm seeing what's happening…" I whispered as I relaxed my tense body. Suddenly, several twigs snapped in one direction. Sakura flinched and immediately went to wake up the other girls. I held my small pocket knife in my hand, having already known how to fight. My eyes focused and tried to make out what was in the pitch black shadows. The girls quickly ran to my side and Ino and Sakura clutched onto each other while Tenten was in a defensive position. We all waited, but nothing came at us. The girls relaxed and told me that it was a false alarm.

"C'mon Hinata, there's nothing here, so let's go back to sleep." Sakura said as she stood in front of me with her arms outstretched, almost asking for the figures in the shadows to come at her.

"Sakura, get out of the way," I said cautiously. There is no doubt that there is something in the shadows.

"Give it up; I'm pretty sure no humans would be in this forest. If it was a bear, it would've come out by now, don't cha think?" Sakura said in annoyance.

"…Fine, let's go back to sleep." I quickly agreed. Before any one of us moved, a pitch black fog engulfed Sakura. We all panicked when we heard Sakura scream.

"We have to save her!" Ino screamed. I stared back at her, confused whether if I should. But without hesitation I readied myself as I was about to launch myself into the fog. As quickly as the fog appeared, it quickly disappeared.

Standing before us are four males. A tall man, who was hidden by shadows, stood in the middle of the mass holding Sakura in his arms. Another man stood beside him looking as equally bored as the taller man. The two others did not look like them. They were creatures with terribly arched backs; their necks were encased with big and bulky leashes, their eyes and mouths were stitched closed but their cold aura sent us shivers as they stiffly swayed from side to side.

"Go," the tall male said. Suddenly, the creatures cracked their necks upward, released an inhuman shriek and quickly began to charge at us. They jumped over me and slammed Tenten and Ino into the ground. I spun around trying to get to them to help them but my body froze. I couldn't even move a finger. My eyes traveled down my body; thick, transparent black chains trailed my body. It looked like some sort of spell.

I heard footsteps walking towards me from behind; they were deathly slow and taunting. The slightly shorter man made his way into my view as his bright blue eyes bored into mines. He tilted his head to one side, almost like he was curious. My teeth were clenched as it was made clear that I was caught by him. After staring for a long while, I felt the spell wearing off as I was able to twist my fist around. Once I was in full control of my body I quickly ran, shoving him out of my way and at my friends. I swiftly jumped into the air, split my legs apart and knocked both of the creatures on the head, pushing them off of the screaming girls.

"RUN!" I screamed at them as I fled the scene. I knew very well they would take my command seriously.

I ran deeper into the forest, jumping over logs and pushing at branches that came in my way. Every now and then I would turn my head to see if he was following but he was never there.

Surprisingly, when I turned my head to the front there he was, standing only a few meters away from me. I was running so fast that I wasn't even able to stop myself as the distance between us shortened. I shut my eyes, waiting for the impact with his body, but it didn't come. Instead, thick black strings shot out of the ground and wrapped around my arms, legs and waist; the man grabbed my chin with a tight grip and forced my head straight. I slowly opened my eyes; staring back at me were demonic blue eyes. He slowly but gently dragged his thumb around my left cheekbone while his other fingers were still holding my chin. He lifted his free hand and placed it on my forehead like he was checking my temperature. Suddenly, I felt a surge of energy entering my body through my forehead; I immediately lost control of my body as it became limp. My mind struggled to move my body, at least a finger, but nothing worked.

The thick strings began to retreat. The man caught my falling body and hoisted me over his shoulder. He then casually walked back to the area I ran from.

When he met up with his other friends, the creatures already had my friends in the same position as me.

'What are they…?' I thought.

"She's still awake." The man holding Sakura said. The man holding me didn't respond, instead, his arm curved backwards and skillfully struck a pressure point on my neck. My vision eventually faded to black.

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My body was sore as it was being carried rather harshly. I opened my eyes only to see that we weren't outside anymore; the walls were grey and looked very old. I quickly groaned as I tried to move.

"W-Where am I-I-I?" I stuttered, damn my stuttering. I waited for a long while, but he never answered.

I grunted at my headache when he sharply made a turn around the corner. I lightly began to kick his chest to get his attention; soon, my kicks became harder and more frequent.

"Where are you taking me?" My voice croaked as I tightly grabbed onto the back of his shirt. After asking several more questions, he still didn't answer.

Eventually, we arrived in front of a room. As quickly as he could, he opened the door, tossed me in and shut the door.

I screamed as I flew into the room, along with my scream, I heard some others too. I realized that I was hovering above a couple of people, ready to drop onto them. I fell with a dull thud and moaned at my extreme back and head pain.

"So I guess they wanted us to say good bye to each other?" A familiar voice said. I looked in the direction of where the voice came from, it was Ino. I stared at the other unfamiliar faces in the room. There are about 10 people in the room, most of them female.

"Why are we all here?" I said, completely confused about the situation. One of the captives sighed.

"We're here because we are going to be killed." A female said. I stared at her in shock, before I was able to say anything else, Tenten beat me to it.

"Sakura…Sakura was chosen as the king's bride…" Tenten said as she stared at the ground, playing with a piece of string that came from her torn clothes. "I don't know why he would like that bitch…but what I know for sure is that soon…we are going to be entering a dome where all of us are to fight for our lives. If we die, we die; if we survive…they will make good use of us…" Tenten whispered sadly. I couldn't believe my ears.

"Don't call Sakura a bitch! Besides, isn't Sakura going to save us…since she is the king's bride, she can get what she wants, right?" I said, as hope flickered in my voice. Everyone stared at me in disgust, one man snorted at me.

"That bitch didn't even try to save any of us…" One of the males started.

"The king gave her a choice whether if she wanted any of us…either as slaves or just friends around this damned place…" Tenten continued.

"But she looked at us, especially us, laughed and said no, clearly knowing that we would be killed anyways…" Ino finished. I was clearly about to burst into tears at that moment. My eyes were stingy red and my hand bled from squeezing my fingernails to my palm.

"This can't be true…" I whispered.

"WELL IT IS! She deserted us just because she wanted to be a FUCKING QUEEN!" One of the males screamed. I let all the information sink into my head before a single tear slipped from my eyes.

"The three of us already knew she was this kind of person, that if she received something, she would gladly take it. You even know she wasn't a good friend." Tenten quietly tried to comfort me as some scolded me for being so emotional.

I slowly crawled to a corner, brought my legs to my chest and placed my head in between them. Ino and Tenten made a small attempt to comfort me again, but the others suggested that they shouldn't.

The door suddenly slammed open and all of our attention was brought to the man with blue eyes. He threw food at us and like dogs and the captives scrambled all over the floor to retrieve what was there. I didn't even move from my spot when one of the female captives stole my portion and shared it equally with the others. The blue-eyed man stared at me when I didn't make a move for my food; I shivered under his gaze as I dug my head deeper into my knees.

He was leaning on the closed door with his arms crossed. Minutes had gone by ever since he had fed the prisoners. He should've left, but instead he stayed and continued to watch me. All was silent in the room, the prisoners felt frightened because of his presence. I slowly lifted my head and stared back at him. He still kept his emotionless face as he continued to stare. Just when I thought he was going to approach me, he leaned off of the door and left the room. I stared back bewildered.

"What…was that all about…?" A female captive muttered. In no time, everyone got back to their usual chatter about nothing. I, on the other hand, drifted off to sleep.

Hmm…! I'm guessing you all know who this 'blue-eyed man' is =P and who is this king which I speak of?

I don't know =| but you may suggest any one through reviews or PMs, or else I will just randomly pick someone!

I'm so sorry for all that Sakura bashing, I don't hate her, but based on a lot of the fanfics I've seen already, it had 'inspired' me to make her the bitchy one in this story . sorry to all you Sakura fans!

I was reviewing my other version of this story and decided to do a little editing to make the characters not as OOC as the last version.

Damn! That means I will have to edit (or most likely redo) the entire story =P

Please review! Suggestions, comments and random stuff are welcomed =)

Flames are also welcomed, but don't be too mean!

-wtfreak?!