A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away...
It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has
been destroyed, Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from
their hidden base and pursued them across the galaxy.
Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet ---
Umm…excuse me? What do you think you're doing here?
Whoa…uh…um…this is the right place, isn't it? Where's the dramatic star backdrop?
Sigh…not another one. Listen, this isn't Star Trek.
Star WARS!
Whatever. Anyways, this isn't Star Wars, so…be gone, you random yellow words!
What?!?! I think we may just have to destroy you now!
Destroy me? Heh, I doubt you can destroy me. The most you'll do is give me a painless bruise. Heh. Heheheh.
Just watch me.
Oops, spoke too soon. They're armed!!! 'flees the area'
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Dunno who they were. Anyways, on with Chapter Four.
Although the other groups weren't doing as well, Team 8 finished pretty quickly, starting right away and ending not long after. They had devised a plan to use their abilities to their advantages, and managed to record everything in the time it took for.
"We finished pretty fast." Shino said. "We should go back now."
Hinata nodded. "I suppose we should." She murmured in her quiet voice.
As they were walking, Hinata suddenly felt like they had forgotten something.
"Um…are we missing anything?"
"I don't think so…we recorded everything that we both found, didn't we? And we also…"
All of a sudden, Shino froze in his tracks.
"You were right, Hinata. We are missing something. Or, someone, rather."
She had realized who that was the second he said that.
"Kiba….and Akamaru." Hinata whispered.
"You go that way, and I'll go this way." He instructed, and they were off.
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"Sakura-chan, this hallway is awfully long…do we have to do this?"
Sakura sighed. "Nothing will get you out of this, Naruto."
"Not even sucking up to you?"
"No, you idiot! Anyways, I'll take the left side of the hallway. You take the right. Got it?"
Glaring at the ground, Naruto said. "Great! Now you're starting to sound like Neji." But when he looked up, he saw that Sakura was already working on her side. Walking over to the right side, he moaned. However, an idea had started to hatch in his head. The staircase was right there. And Sakura's back was turned. This was his chance.
Naruto looked back one more time to make sure she wasn't looking After all, they did have twelve hours. Why not work later? He thought to himself. I guess there was something to get me out of this, Sakura-chan. Grinning, he made his escape, opening the door and sneaking down the stairs as silent as possible.
And Sakura didn't notice a thing.
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Hinata looked in one store, then in another. She didn't see Kiba and Akamaru anywhere.
"Hinata! Kiba's over here." Shino called out from the other end of the hallway.
She smiled with relief, and ran over there. "Where?"
Shino pointed toward a bench. Hinata looked, and saw Kiba moving frantically. Exchanging glances, Shino and Hinata walked over there.
"Um…Kiba-kun…what's wrong?" Hinata asked, concerned.
Kiba stood up, freaking out, and shouted. "I lost Akamaru!"
She gasped. Kiba never lost Akamaru before. Why now?
"Where'd you last see him?" Shino was as calm as ever.
Kiba banged his head on the bench. "I don't know! I thought he was following me, and then he was gone!"
They helped him up. "Alright, calm down. We'll find him. How far can a dog go in a mini mall anyways?" Shino pointed out, and they started to call for Akamaru.
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By this time, Naruto was already downstairs. "Now what?" He asked, and walked a little. Scratching his head, he looked around, waiting for something good to show up. Suddenly, he felt like he was being followed, and thought he had seen something move in the corner of his eye. Turning around, however, Naruto saw nothing.
"Hm…must be seeing things.." He shuddered, but when he turned around, he saw a familiar furry friend in front of him.
"Akamaru?! What are you doing here?" He scooped Akamaru in his arms, and let the dog lick his cheek. "Why aren't you with Kiba?"
Akamaru barked, and Naruto sighed. "Well, I guess we gotta bring you back."
However, when Naruto started to walk away, he saw a door right next to him. Curious, he read 'Employees only.'
"Hehe. C'mon Akamaru." Naruto said, opening the door and grinning.
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"Naruto? You better be working over there." Sakura turned around. "Naruto?"
Walking over, she looked both ways. Sakura searched the area with her eyes. But once she saw that the staircase door was open, she had realized what had happened.
"Idiot…" She muttered angrily, and walked down the stairs.
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"Akamaru must be somewhere near. Like Shino said, he couldn't of gone far." Hinata reassured Kiba.
"I hope you're right." Kiba muttered.
Sakura suddenly heard voices, and turned to see Shino, Kiba and Hinata coming. "Oh, it's you three. Have you guys seen Naruto anywhere?"
Shino shook his head. "He left?"
She nodded. "He escaped while I wasn't watching him."
"Have you seen Akamaru at all?" Kiba asked.
"No…maybe we should all look for both of them together." Sakura suggested, and they now added a member to their search, walking down the path. However, Naruto and Akamaru were only behind the door a few feet away from them, and they just went the wrong direction.
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"Phew…they're gone…" Naruto sighed with relief, hearing their footsteps and voices fade. He walked in, still holding Akamaru in his hands.
"What is this place?" He asked, finding himself in a strange office. Putting Akamaru down, he walked over to a desk, noticing it had some sort of box on it.
"What is this? It looks electronic….and there's a labeled button." Intercom - Building…he read the label allowed in his head.
"Intercom!" He squealed with delight. "Hehehe...this is gonna be awesome…"
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Notes:
---- Now using four dashes for moving from one gorup to another.
Intercom - you know when you hear a voice announce something through a microphone-like thing to the whole building? For instance, those announcements that say someone left their lights on? They use intercoms, which are intercommunicating devices to reach other rooms. The one Naruto found is used to announce something to the whole SuperMart.
Thanks for the reviews, and I apologize if you think this chapter wasn't as well-written. I hurried a little on it, so, yeah. Next one will be better, I hope.
