A/N: sorry for taking so long to update and a huge thankyou to the readers who have added the story to their alerts! I am really great full! Here is the next chapter, mind you the romance will happen eventually.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto -_- tough luck

"Hinata…Hinata HINATAA! Please oh please Hinata get a hold of yourself, something like this should not bring you down!...HINATAAA!..." sakura kept on pleading to an unmoving, pale as death unflinching Hinata, rather Hinata's body. She tried her level best to pump chakra into her system, tried to jolt her body's chakra lines back to life, she had already halfway dislodged the already deep chakra chain that was impaled into her stomach dangerously close to her vitals. The surrounding battle meant nothing to Sakura right now, she was too absorbed in saving the ever sacrificing Hyuuga, but was gradually losing hope. Warm tears trickled down her wounded cheeks as she fought a losing battle.. "please hinata don't die on me, please…we are comrades, you can't do this to us! You survived Pein, so this should not be able to stop you….please…" such thoughts clouded Sakura's mind and she did not notice a stray jutsu coming her and the currently lifeless Hinata. Just as she noticed it was too late, she would not be able to react on time, that's when her vision was blocked by a mini tornado of pure chakra, the jutsu was deflected. Neji stopped his kaiten, his back to Sakura, he said in a visibly strained voice…which was a first from the usually cool prodigy, " please…. Sakura…save Hinata-sama, save my little cousin… I haven't been a promising elder brother but I still want to protect her and her nindo…I beg of you..save her..she d-doesn't d-d-deserve this!" the stutter was enough to bring Sakura back and work full force, " I will save you Hinata, I know your love for that idiot, I will not let someone who loves that knuclehead so much to the extent of giving up their lives, die without a fight!"

"Naruto, don't let your concentration stray from your opponent! This is a war and there is no mercy, the opponent is 6 times more powerful than you even with the kyuubi chakra, get it?" but Kakashi's warnings did not reach Naruto the way they should have. "…..time…" whispered Naruto more towards himself than his sensei.

"Naruto…."

"this is the second time she has taken the hit for me! Protected me! And I could do nothing but watch like a total dork, what kind of a man am I if I can't protect my comrade, I don't understand Kakashi-sensei! I don't want anyone to die anymore except for that bastard right there! There are so many people I want to protect but he keeps taking them away! First my parents, the bijuus and now Hinata! I will definitely kill him!" spat naruto, eyes filled with rage and contempt for the masked man standing in front of him holding off the reinforcements effortlessly due to the monstrous amounts of chakra that he possessed. He boiled with rage, he just wanted ti rip im to shreds and suffer for what he did, he was engulfed by hatred towards the man… "don't get too ahead of yourself kid….be patient.. I am thirsting for that bastards blood as much as you are but we have to do it the smart way, we don't want anymore unnecessary sacrifices" ground out Kurama "…like that Hyuuga kid….i wonder why she seems so familiar…" Kurama got lost in his train of thought.

"ofcourse she is familiar, she is also a konoha ninja!" claimed naruto.

But Kurama didn't bother answering, he couldn't point a finger on it (well claw in this case) something about her "…. Oh well chuck it, got more important things on hand like that arse out on the field!"

" this is getting to me, why the hell do these small fries think they can defeat me with their below average jutsus, its pathetic, I cannot be wasting time with them, I cant stray from my aim…kyuubi and hachibi..i have to have them for my plan!" thought tobi while he counter attacked a few ninjas using water style attacks combined with lightning style attacks.

"SAKURA!" Sakura looked up from hinata's lifless body toards the source of the voice calling her. She saw Ino and Kiba rushing towards her. " how are her vitals, any sign of a pulse…?" asked Ino with worried and tired eyes, yet she showed immense determination, this war we are talking about, she cant afford to lose here! Sakura gave a faint yet hopeful smile to her childhood best friend, " I just found a faint pulse, so yeah she is not completely a goner, we can still save her! There is but one way, but the thing is only shizune-senpai and tsunade-sama knows the jutsu…we have to take her to her….." sakura trailed off realizing how limited their options were. " I will take her to shizune-san at the main base HQ…she is my team mate and also a very good friend…let me take her Sakura.." pleaded Kiba, his voice laced with sorrow and hope, akamaru whined in agreement. "Fine! I will go with you kiba, if one medical ninja is with you theni could keep providing first aid to her an keep her vitals in check.." responded Ino with a firm voice that left no place for arguments, sakura couldn't refuse at the fire she noticed in her friend's eyes so she merely nodded. Kiba gently lifted hinata bridal style and then placed her on akamaru…he pointed ino to ride on akamaru and hold hinata and they immediately sped off with kiba running alongside akamaru rather than on top of him as ino and hinata where already there.

Sakura gazed at that retreating figure for a bit longer and then turned around to face the gruesome scene in front of her, she pulled down he gloves and pinned up her hair and thought to herself, "please be okay you three, now to get to work! Shannaro!"

Kiba and ino were deep into the forest already, ino's hands kept glowing with the greenish-blue chakra keeping check for any changes in hinata's vitals, as they neared a clearing they spotted a few shinobis walking towards them their killer intent making itself highly visible, kiba thought they were being betrayed by the allied nations, but that was before he noted their strange movement pattern! They were the earlier fakes! "Shit! I thought they were already over with them…these bastards never know went to give up" kiba got ready to attack with his getsuuga but he needed akamaru and ino and hinata were also with him. He turned to ino and said, " please take hinata with you and go on ahead, akamaru and I will catch up after we finish with these sons of a gun!". Ino didn't want to leave him behind, she wanted to fight along with him but the thought of the already injured hinata getting involved was something she didn't want, she simply nodded and sprinted off thinking. " hurry up kiba!" as she ran on she heard kiba snarl "GETSUGA!" and a few trees blown to smithereens. Ino ran of for some more time but she was too worried about kiba, he had not yet caught up to her, as she thought about it, she lowered hinata and made her rest her back against a tree and sprinted back to see what was wrong. They were already nearing HQ so there would have been no enemies where hinata was lying now.

"Hiiiinaaata…..hina-chan, open your eyes my dear….little hina, can you hear me…", hinata heard a voice calling her, it was not shrill or too low, it was angelic like a warm hearth on a cold winter night, soothing her aching nerves. She wanted to keep listening to the melodious voice, but it was calling to her, so it will only be right if she responds. The voice was calling for her again but this time with a little more firmness yet the melody remained. Hinata cracked pen an eye….the last thing she remembered was being impaled by a chakra chain and her painful fall to the ground, she shuddered at the thought of a broken spine and the pain it would cause if she moved too much. She began to move slowly and carefully to avoid the pain, but shockingly she didn't feel any. She opened her lavender tinged orbs to meet a similar but more prettier than hers, lavender swirls staring back at her. She unconsciously "eeepd" at the sight, and she heard the voice again but this time she saw the owner of the voice too, " thankgod, gained consciousness at last, I thought you really did give up on your aspirations and decided to stop living, thankyou for small mercies oh lord!". The owner of the voice stood up from her previous crouching position and looked at hinata as if she was expecting something, a small amused smile playing on her lips.

"ummmm….ano….is t-t-this a-af-ft-terlife, a-am I d-d-dead w-who are you, a-and you have the same eyes of H-h-hyuuga?" the woman just smiled, a smile that showed tinges of amusement, mischief, adoration, pride and knowing….. 'just who is this lady? Where the hell am I ?' was all hinata could think at the moment….

Okaaaaaaaay so that was that, kind of a cliffhanger, sorry this chapter seems to be a little short will make up with a shocking plot in the next chapter! All you hinata fans out there are gonna love this new avatar I have planned for the shy heiress! So look forward to it.. btw I will be concentrating on hinata's story and character development for the next few chapters hence naruto and the others fight will not be spoken about for a while, so kindly bear with me, oh and you won't be disappointed! Reviews pweeeeaasee! Peace \m/ we out!