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Chapter 2:
Hinata was trying desperately to defend herself and protect Naruto at the same time. But, her attacker was very skilled with his tanto. All she was able to do was dodge and block, never having the opportunity to attack him herself. Eventually, one of his attacks proved too much for her to counter and she was sent to the ground. She bit her lip and clutched her bleeding forearm.
"You die here demon lover." The masked man brought his blade down on the Hyuuga heiress. Hinata's last thoughts were on Naruto and how she couldn't protect him. She wasn't able to protect in saving the one person she cared about. She was a failure and now she waited for her death.
And waited.
And waited some more.
Nothing happened and after a few seconds Hinata opened her eyes, not realizing she had actually closed them t begin with. The cold metal blade was only a few inches from her face. She could see her bruised reflection in the steel. However, the blade was being held in place by a thin line of red chakra. Her eyes followed the powerful chakra to the source.
Standing with his arm out stretched was none other than Naruto Uzumaki. The hole in his chest was clearly visible and you could see straight through, but it looked as if it had no effect on him at all. Red chakra began to shift around his body. His eyes were glowing read with black slits and his whisker marks looked more defined. "Don't you touch her." His voice had a demonic quality to it. The ANBU jumped backwards and resumed his offensive position.
"So the real monster shows himself." He charged again and swung his blade in a wide arch.
"You call me a monster?" Naruto dodged the tanto easily and sent a kick to the ninja's abdomen. "You, who attacks someone half dead, and one of your own ninja?" He blocked another punch. "You are the real monster here." Naruto smirked and pulled a kunai out of his weapon pouch, twirling it dangerously. "You are a disgrace and pathetic." With his last words he threw the kunai with all his force and pierced the enemy's mask, skin, and skull.
Hinata watched in awe as the kunai embedded itself into the tree behind the now dead man. Blood began to pool around the deceased man's head. She quickly turned to look at Naruto. The hole in his chest was almost completely healed as were the other minor cuts and bruises. The red chakra receded back to where ever it had come from and he started to sway on his feet. She barely had enough time to catch him when he fell to the ground. She did a quick diagnostic jutsu and was relieved to find he was only suffering from chakra exhaustion. She sighed and waited for Naruto to wake up or the retrieval squad to show up, which ever came first didn't much matter to her at the moment.
Back in Konoha:
Kakashi ran through the gates of Konoha without any setbacks. The gate guards had recognized the last Uchiha and let them through without any questions. Kakashi took to the roof tops and was able to make it to the hospital in record time. Sakura arrived a few seconds behind him.
They were met with a rather worn out looking nurse who recognized Sasuke and Kakashi. She led the small rescue party to the ICU unit where they were met by Kiba and Ino.
Kiba Inuzuka was heavily bandaged. Some blood had leaked through the white strips of fabric. It was obvious he was in pain. Every time he moved he would cringe visibly and some more blood would leak onto his bandages. A nurse would come by ever so often to heal him again, change his bandages and then insist on him taking a room, which he promptly refused saying he would wait for his friend. The only thing missing was his faithful dog Akamaru.
Ino Yamanaka on the other hand was much better off. She was not injured at all but her emotional state was in shambles. Her eyes were wide with worry and her knuckles were bleeding a bit. The chair next to her was a just a pile of sticks now from when she released some of her worry and frustration.
"Ino-pig what are you doing here?" Ino didn't respond at first and glared at her and then Sasuke. Sakura jumped in front of Ino in an attempt to shield her beloved from the hate.
"I am here waiting for my friends who almost got killed thanks to that evil Uchiha traitor."
"Don't you dare call Sasuke-kun evil!" Sakura was shocked to hear her rival say something bad about Sasuke.
"He is a traitor Forehead so don't you protect him." She spoke and clenched her fists. "Because of that…that bastard our friends are in there-" She couldn't bring herself to continue talking instead she just glared at them again and sat back down with Kiba. A few moments passed in silence and Kakashi went to bring Sasuke into the room reserved for boy. As time passed the parents of the injured genin arrived to the waiting area. Kiba's sister, Hana, immediately went to where Kiba had said Akamaru was being treated. Every clan head with a child in the Rookie 9, except the Hyuuga, was present in the room. Everyone was silent as they waited for one of the medic-nins to come out and give them news.
Finally, the doors opened to reveal two women. One was a very buxom blonde who everyone recognized as the 5th Hokage, Tsunade. She was wearing a green coat over her grey shirt and blue pants. On the back of her jacket was the kanji for "gamble." The other, younger, woman had short dark hair. She was dressed more conservatively, in a black fitting kimono. Her name was Shizune and she was Tsunade's faithful apprentice, right hand woman, and part time moral compass.
"Tsunade-sama, how are they?" Choza Akimichi asked.
"They will be fine, but they will be in the hospital for at least a week maybe two." Tsuande said. A look of relief passed over everyone's face. "Now, where are Naruto and the Uchiha?" Everyone turned expectantly at Sakura.
"Sasuke-kun is in the room down the hall with Kakashi-sensei." She pointed to the only open door in the hall.
"And Naruto?" Tsunade started to walk down the hall to Sasuke's room.
"Probably still in at the Valley with HInata. He had a hole in his chest so I don't think he was going to be moving." Sakura said without thinking. Tsunade stopped just outside the door. She could see Kakashi standing over Sasuke as he was lying on the bed. "Tsunade-sama, you have to hurry, Naruto-baka might have hurt him really bad."
"You left him?" Tsunade directed the question at both the teacher and student. Kakashi looked up.
"Our mission was to get Sasuke back was quickly as possible. We had to leave him." He tried to justify leaving his student dying on the rocks. The Hokage didn't seem to like the excuse. Faster than anyone could see she pulled back her fist and let it fly. She punched a sizable hole through the wall only a few centimeters form the Sharingan user's head.
"How could you leave him! Sakura said he had a HOLE in his chest! Is this true?" Her voice carried deep into the hospital. Reluctantly Kakashi nodded. Tsunade turned on her heels and walked back down the hallway.
"Tsunade-sama! What about Sasuke-kun?" Sakura screamed after the village leader.
"Shizune, have another doctor look over him and I want a squad of ANBU on him at all times." Shizune nodded and went in search of another doctor as her teacher left the hospital. On the way out Tsunade ran into her teammate and another one of the legendary Sennin, Jiraiya. He smiled when he saw her and job up. His white spiky hair bouncing as he went
"Tsunade-hime! Has the gaki come back yet?" He saw the look on her face and became serious. "What happened?"
"They left him." With those three words she took to the roof tops and raced over the city towards the Valley of the End with Jiraiya right behind her.
Sorry if the chapter ain't that good I had to show a bit of what was happening back in Konoha. Review like before. The story will get going next chapter which will be up most likely soon since I have no life during the summer. Stay Beautiful People!