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Naruto was seen the next morning speedily making his way through konoha to the hokage tower with heavy laden eyes that also beamed with sadness. Unlike his usual self, He formulated a plan because he wasn't prepared to take any chances.

"Sakura chan…. hinata…." He said to himself before picking up his speed. He had lost a few of his friends and there was no way he was going to lose more. He barged into tsunade's office "tsunade no baachan where were they ambushed?" he asked.

Tsunade replied by just staring at him. Naruto stared back and tsunade sighed. The gaze in his eyes was the gaze of " I am definitely going to do it whether you like it or not." She sighed again. "naruto" she started "right now, you know the relationship between the fire country and the earth country is slightly off balance. The situation is so bad we are expecting war between the two countries. We suspect they might be involved with both sakura and hinata being missing. So, we've sent out our best reconnaissance anbu squad to scout and search for them. They will be found, so do not be troubled."

"But baachan, it's been four days!" naruto yelled.

"Yes I know but….."

"But nothing!" naruto yelled interrupting her. "I have to find them."

Tsunade sighed again then started "in the event of an unforeseen attack on the village, the higher ups have imposed a seal surrounding the village. Nobody gets out or comes in without permission until information from the reconnaissance squad gets to us and they definitely are not going to make you an exemption."

Naruto sighed in defeat and slowly said to himself "the earth country."

Tsunade noticed his change in mood and trying to make him feel better said "They will be found. The boundary of the fire and earth country isn't far from here news will reach us soon."

Naruto swiftly looked up and said to himself "The border! That's where I can begin my search."

"Nobody comes in or goes o…."

"Tsunade no baachan I have to go" naruto said interrupting her.

And with that, there was a loud poof and then smoke. "kagebunshin" tsunade said to herself in realization. she slammed her fist into her table yelling "narutoooooo."

Meters away from the gates of konoha, naruto tightening his konoha headband heard his name being yelled. His clone had done a perfect job as he anticipated that tsunade would not let him go. He had slipped out in the early hours and sent a clone back before the seal was imposed on the village. Now, he knew where to begin his search. He brought his hands together, closed his eyes and just then, the kyuubi's chakra began to seep out of him. "sakura chan…. hinata…. I will definitely find you" he said to himself as he took off.

Naruto arrived at the border a couple of hours later. Due to help from the kyuubi's chakra, he was able to make it faster than a normal person would. From his location on top of a tree, he scanned the expanse of land consisting of mostly trees. With a nod to himself, he yelled "taju kagebunshin no jutsu." Concentrating, he was able to share the kyuubi's chakra with his thousands of clones. "Your senses of hearing and smell have been increased. Spread out and find them" naruto said ordering his clones.

Close to the base of a waterfall, a clone picked up a scent "I've found them" he said to himself before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.

"Found them" the real naruto said to himself while heading to their location. "The sound of the water would disallow hearing of any cry for help and the and the scent of the water would give tracking type animals a hard time also" he thought to himself as he arrived. With his senses still heightened, he followed the faint scent of his friends to a cave behind the waterfall. His heart began to beat faster because he wasn't sure what he was going to see. He went deeper into the cave. "Their scent is stronger. They must be in here" he said to himself.

Naruto felt a huge lump form in his throat at the sight before him. A bloody and battered sakura was kneeling close to a bloodier and more battered hinata obviously trying as much as possible to keep up the healing jutsu she had began ministering. Naruto's eyes quickly examined hinata's body and noticed that she had more damage than sakura with most of the injuries close to her eyes.

"Naruto!" sakura yelled while sobbing as she proceeded to give naruto a hug.

Naruto had been broken from his trance by sakura's yelling. He moved hurriedly past her completely ignoring her and proceeded to kneel by hinata's side. "H-hinata" he said softly.

Sakura had gotten used to being naruto's centre of attraction and was shocked at his response towards her. With his back facing her, she watched as he slowly stroked the hair of the sleeping hinata.

"S-sakura chan…" naruto stuttered "w-what h-happened?"

Sakura noticed the sadness and anger in his voice and tried to calm him down. "Naruto I am sor…."

"Sakura chan…. just tell me. What happened?" naruto yelled surprising sakura.

Sakura was surprised firstly because she thought she heard him sobbing and secondly, he just yelled at her. She sucked up and began explaining anyway. "We were ambushed by earth ninja's who explained that they needed to have hinata's byakugan for the upcoming war they were planning to wage against konoha. They captured us and…." Sakura paused as she turned her gaze to the floor "they t-tried to remove her eyes."

Naruto's eyes widened at her response. He wiped the tears that had formed in his eyes and looked towards hinata noticing the cuts below both her eyes with a long slash on the left eye. He felt his heart pound hard against his chest there was no way this was happening to her. "Why? Why haven't you brought her back?" naruto yelled while facing sakura again.

Sakura was dumbfounded naruto had never yelled at her before. She took her gaze to his eyes and noticed they were just forming the red like slits. "Why have you not brought her back?" naruto yelled again.

"N-naruto kun pl-please, d-don't yell at sakura san" hinata said wincing in pain causing her to stutter.

"Hinata! You're awake" naruto said as he proceeded to help her sit up.

"Sakura san h-helped me escape and….."

"Helped you escape? I thought they took the both of you?" naruto said looking confused.

Hinata looked up behind naruto to face sakura before closing her eyes and smiling "we both escaped and because I am still weak, we decided to stay here and avoid a battle because she wouldn't be able to protect me and also fight on her own."

Naruto sighed. "I am sorry hinata" he said with a hint of sadness in his voice before picking her up carefully in order to avoid causing her pain "we're going home." "If this has anything to do with the fact that we both killed sasuke, I will ne..never forgive you" naruto said as he stopped by sakura on his way out. Sakura looked down and thought for a second before following him out.

They had only gone a few kilometers from the cave in silence each lost in their own thoughts when "so that's where you are" echoed through the forest. Naruto took his defensive position with hinata in his arms and yelled back. "Who are you? come out!"

Two men donning the earth country's headband landed a few feet in front of naruto. He didn't need an answer of who they were as hinata's reaction on seeing them told him all he needed to know.

"Now young boy.." the first ninja started "Just hand the girl over to us and we'll let you leave here alive" he finished. Naruto watched as hinata clutched tighter to his shirt and began to feel anger building up within him. Hinata was practically scared of them and nobody absolutely nobody was allowed to scare her especially when he was there. He looked up at them with his now slit like eyes and spoke. "let us pass and none of you gets hurt."

There was silence after naruto's proclamation before strings of laughter echoed through the forest. "D-did y-you h-hear the brat?" the second ninja asked amidst laughter. "Enough!" the first ninja yelled. "Let's get him." They were however surprised when they turned to see clones covering for the hyuuga to their left and the real naruto and sakura in their fighting positions.

"Kagebunshin? So you are that kyuubi brat of konoha" the second ninja said while shivering and looking at his other. "Don't let that scare you, we can take him besides, remember the plan" the first ninja responded calming him a bit.

Naruto was getting frustrated. "What is the problem? Didn't you want to get rid of me to get to her? Saa, de te koi!" he yelled earning a smirk back from the ninja's. "We did warn you."

"Naruto kun!" hinata yelled as a previously unseen ninja came out from under him and landed a punch bringing out a sword before naruto who was flung into the air landed. Disoriented from the sudden attack, he didn't see a sword heading towards his chest. The sound of a sword piercing through skin echoed through the forest.

Naruto's eyes widened as blood began dripping on his stretched out hands. "H-hinata, why?" "Be-because i-I l-lo…." Hinata flinched in pain from the sword impaled in her. She had sensed the surprise attack and jumped in.

"Now we have no use for you brat" said the third ninja as he removed his sword and shoved her away. "H-hey you sh-shouldn't have done that" the second ninja stuttered "he looks really angry" he completed in fear.

The whole events had just played out in front of sakura who was shaking as she saw naruto begin to transform into his tail's state. She looked over at hinata and thought to herself. I have to get her out of here.

"Oi let's get out of here" the second ninja asked shivering as naruto began transforming into his fourth tailed state. Naruto looked at the unconscious hinata as his skin began to peel off. He remembered how yamato had told him he injured sakura and he knew if he completed the transformation hinata would be in terrible danger. But it was too late as the fourth tail had almost reached its completion. Sakura closed her eyes as she heard bones being broken, flesh being ripped and screams filling the air.

She opened her eyes slowly after the screams of pain stopped and was shocked to see naruto in his four tailed form staring at hinata. Remembering what happened to her during her encounter with the four tailed naruto she yelled for him to go away when she saw him slowly turn back to his normal self without any injuries. She thought about it and concluded that naruto was now able to control the powers of the kyuubi.

"Boy, we can save her."

"But how?" naruto asked while sobbing.

"Well, you do have control of my chakra and you can heal her the same way you heal. Just find a way to pass chakra into her" kyuubi answered.

Naruto nodded and leaned in locking his lips with hinata's. He stirred as he felt his chakra leave him but felt happiness overtake him when hinata's face scrunched up. He stopped and lifted his head up in time to see all her injuries close up.

Sakura had never felt so useless since she began training under tsunade. She only watched yet again as naruto not only fought but just accomplished in a term, a kind of medical jutsu. Naruto lifted hinata who was now sleeping carefully before facing sakura. "You can make it home on your own right?" sakura only nodded as she watched naruto with hinata in his arms take off at a speed she knew only he was capable of.


A/N: Sorry it took so long. I think I was experiencing what you'd call a writer's block. Anyways, the last and final chapter is going to be updated soon if I am not too busy. The turnout of Alerts from Naruto: Time Travel was great. It got me to make out time to write the following chapter. Though it is taking longer than expected, I'll try to update it soon. Thanks to all of you that have taken time to review any of my stories you all are what keep fiction writers going and to all invisible readers, I was once one of you so, keep on reading dattebayo.

"Saa, de te koi" one of my favourite phrases from pain. It means "Now, hurry up and come!"

Please review and let me know what you think.

The turnout of Alerts from Naruto: Time Travel was great. It got me to make out time to write the following chapter. Though it is taking longer than expected, I'll try to update it soon. Thanks to all of you that have taken time to review any of my stories you all are what keep fiction writers going and to all invisible readers, I was once one of you. so you can keep on reading dattebayo.