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Ninja quickly scampered through the woods. "How long is this tunnel thing?" complained Kiba. "Very long. You might not want to complain anymore. Sakura will punch you again." Tenten snapped at the dog-like ninja. Kiba just crossed his arms and walked after Akamaru.

"Hey! I see a light!" Neji said a little excited to be getting fresh air again. Kakashi caught up to Sakura as she got back into the fresh air. "How about we rest for a while?" Kakashi said sounding tired. Sakura glared at him with her 'I am evil' white eyes. "No." She simply said. Kakashi pointed at the tired ninja, and then at the sky. It was pitch black. Night had crept up on them. "Fine. But only for some sleep." She sighed.

There was huge camp sight for the ninja. Sakura, Kiba, Neji, Kakashi, Yamato, Kakashi, and Akamaru stood watch. Everyone else slept. Shikamaru was supposed to help stand watch, but fell asleep and fell out of the tree he was in. Ever since Naruto had left, Sakura could not laugh but stare blankly a head and think she saw Naruto in front of her.

Yamato did not want to worry Sakura about Naruto, so he talked quietly with Kakashi. "Now that he could actually find Sasuke, the Kyuubi could take over Naruto again. We have to hurry." Yamato said looking around. "I know. But we are not the demon army, we have a limit to our energy. Yamato nodded and looked away with a worried expression.

Sakura started to cough. Kiba noticed this and went over to her. I will take over your post. Why don't you go get some food and a little water? Sakura nodded and jumped to the ground. Sakura was a little creped because her backpack was next to Gaara and his gourd. She crept up to her supplies and jumped when she heard a voice come from behind her.

"Naruto is not dead yet." Gaara said. "WHAT!" Sakura screamed excitedly. "Uzumaki is not dead yet." He repeated. The conversation had gotten the 'guards' to see what was going on. Sakura explained what Gaara had said. She would have asked Gaara more, but he purposely had fallen asleep.

"Oh come on! How do you know! How do you know!!!?" Sakura screamed as she shook Gaara back and forth. He just stayed asleep so Sakura tossed him to the side. I hope Gaara is right. Sakura thought as she took her place of watching the sleeping ninja.

Sakura tapped her foot until dawn came. She punched the ground very hard and woke all the ninja. Getting Kiba to get up was a problem. He wanted to stay on the ground longer. Shikamaru didn't want to get up either. So she tied the up with rope and dragged them. They ended up getting up from the loss of their backpacks.

Sakura would shout insults to the slow ninja and yell at the faster ninja to go even faster. The ninja got annoyed, except for Gaara. They had become good friends. Because they were out of the tree tunnel, Akamaru had to track Naruto again. "Sakura. I am still tired!" Kiba complained. "Hey Akamaru! Stop for a second." Sakura shouted. Akamaru stopped and bounded to Sakura, tail wagging. Sakura instructed for Kiba to ride on Akamaru like he usually would.

"Finally he shut the hell up." Temari said as she caught up with Sakura. Kiba had fallen into a deep sleep and was snoring. Tenten laughed and ran up to the huge dog and tied his owner to his back. "Is Gaara usually right about stuff?" Sakura asked. "Most of the time he is. Sometimes he is a little off, but most of the time he is right…." Temari was cut short when Kiba woke up screaming like a little girl.

"What did you do now?" Tenten yelled at Kiba. "I don't know! Why did I scream?" Kiba yelled trying to slice the ropes. All the ninja had now stopped. "I don't know! I am not the idiot tied to his own dog!" Tenten screamed. She delivered a loud slap to Kiba's face.

The two continued the yelling fight, getting louder and louder.

Akamaru continued to walk as Tenten and Kiba continued to shout. Everyone stayed back incase Kiba blew his head off in anger. Sakura was getting very pissed at the two immature idiots. "GAKI!" Tenten shouted as Kiba tried to claw her. "The right word that describes both of them is gaki." Sakura whispered to Ino. "Yah. They have been fighting for an hour. When are they going to just shut up!?" Ino complained.

There was a whining sound coming from Akamaru. The big dog was getting annoyed. "Wow. Everyone is getting pissed with the two fighters. Why can't they save the fighting for more exams?" Lee grumbled. "AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Sakura had blown her cap. She ran over to Kiba and knocked him out. "Finally it is quiet." Sakura sighed.

The trip got quiet since Kiba was totally quiet. Sakura actually was getting board, and tired. We are finally looking like we are getting closer to Naruto. And closer to saving him. Sakura thought to herself.

"How much longer do you think it will be until we get to the sound village?" Kakashi asked Jiraiya. "It should not take much longer. We got out of the tree tunnel a while ago, and we are making very good timing. We might even catch Naruto in Orochimaru's hideout." Jiraiya answered sounding very hopeful. " As long as we find him, I think he will be fine. In less we are too late." Kakashi commented. "We will find him in time." Jiraiya answered looking ahead the whole time.

"Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" Kiba kept saying from Akamaru's back. Sakura tried to ignore it. Then she finally screamed "NO! IF I UNTIE YOU, WILL YOU JUST SHUT THE HELL UP?!!!"

"Yes." He said smiling. So Sakura got tricked into untying Kiba.

"Thank you." He said as jumped off of his dog's back. "Just shut up and walk." Sakura growled. "Fine." Kiba agreed at the thought of Sakura's punches. Akamaru began to bark and Bark and tried to bring the group to the left. Finally the ninja veered off to the left and into a huge cluster of trees.

They came to a clearing and hid behind bushes and in trees. Some of the ninja had to go ten feet away from the clearing to not have to sit on others. Something came out of the trees and into the clearing. Sakura and others gasped. There were to of the people one on the back of the other.

The person fell over and the human on the back of the other rolled off. Sakura quickly jumped down and ran to thee two. The two were Naruto and Sasuke. Sasuke was injured with deep cuts and major bruises. While Naruto had extremely deep cuts, bruises, and many scratches. Naruto was in a much worse condition from losing to much blood.

Sakura felt like she was going to puke. But instead started to shout directions. "Jiraiya! Akamaru, and Kiba! Come here now!" She shouted. "Okay, Jiraiya, you carry Sasuke, and Akamaru and Kiba, make sure Naruto does not fall off. Akamaru will be carrying Naruto." Sakura instructed. Sakura laid a thick white blanket on Akamaru and Naruto on top of it. She then tied Naruto down, and put a blanket on top of him. She also tied that down.

"Okay. If we want to save Naruto, we have to move quickly. Eat and drink while walking and we can not stop! Sasuke is fine, but Naruto is close to death! Let's move" She instructed. Then they started to jog the way they came. As they were walking, Sakura took off Naruto's headband so he did not over heat.

"Come on! Move! Keep moving!" Sakura shouted to the crowd behind her. Gaara ran up next to Kiba and Glanced at Naruto with a worried expression. Then he backed off, but stayed very close. Every so often he would check on Naruto, and then he would slow down again.

Sakura stayed very close and never let Naruto out of her sight. "MOVE IT!" She would shout every time she had the felling they were slowing down. And they would speed up.

I just hope we were not to late.

Please review! Hope you like this chapter and hope you do not think I left it on a cliffy!
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