Chapter Four: Meeting you again
Sakura stared as they started to run she wanted to run after him but she knew she couldn't it was killing her. Kakashi noticed as she looked away. Reaching for his communicator they established earlier he contacted team Gui.
"Gui where are you?"
"Can't talk right now Kakashi." There was grunting in the background. Kakashi sighed. They were on our own.
"We have to take care of this first Sakura but well be on their tail as soon as possible."
"I understand Kakashi-sensei."
"That won't be necessary." They look back and see Chiyo step up. "I will take care of this person you go on ahead."
"We really couldn't do that."
"Nonsense, go before you lose them." Kakashi looked where they left. She was right this was an opportunity they couldn't pass.
"Understood, let's go Sakura, Hinata."
"Hai." Sakura ran to catch her teammates. Hinata though looked back and thought.
"Could you guys go without me? I'll stay here and help Chiyo-san."
"Are you sure Hinata?" Kakashi looked worried.
"I can handle it. I'll catch up to you later."
"Very well. We'll see you soon." The two of them left as Hinata and Chiyo faced off against the Akatsuki member.
"Well, if it isn't Granny Chiyo. Took you long enough. I was getting impatient."
"Sasori."
"Um… Do you know him?"
"He is Sasori of the Red Sand. He is a missing-nin from our village, and he is my grandson as well." Hinata looked shocked but her mood darkened.
"Chiyo-san let me take care of this."
"I couldn't let you do that. This is a member of the Akatsuki."
"I will not let you fight like this with your grandson. Family shouldn't do this to each other."
"Ha, you alone? That's so funny." Hinata smiled.
"You will not think that when I'm done."
Sakura and Kakashi were on Naruto's and Sasuke's trail. They went through the trees desperate to find their missing teammates. They were also curious as to who that girl was. Why would she be with them? Did it have anything to do with why they both disappeared? They're answers would be answered soon because they found Naruto and Sasuke right before the mountain.
"What do you two want?" Naruto eyed them lazily.
"Naruto how can you say that." Sakura was desperate on the verge of tears. "We all thought you and Sasuke were dead. You were nowhere to be found. We were all worried about you."
"All of you?"
"What?"
"Never mind. Anything else?"
"Yes," Kakashi interrupted. "A few actually. What are you two doing together? Didn't you fight at the Valley of the End?" At that Sasuke chuckled a bit.
"I can't believed that fooled you. I though Konoha would be smarter than that."
"Don't you get it? It was a set up, a prank you could say, and you fell for it." Naruto smiled but his smile was unrecognizable. It still reached ear to ear, but it was dangerous, dark, unfeeling. All of those things Naruto tried to tell people he wasn't.
"It was all planned." Sasuke explained. "But we'll let you figure out the rest." It looked like They wouldn't get anything else. Kakashi moved on.
"Who was that girl with you?"
"Can't say." They turned to leave. "See ya." Sakura look changed from desperate to rage.
"You're not getting away." It was time for her to show off what Tsunade was teaching her. She ran straight at them and went straight to punch them, but they didn't flinch, they didn't move. When the punch was about to connect an arrow shot into the ground chakra flared into a wall and Sakura's punch collided with a wall. Sakura jumped back.
"What was that?" Kakashi looked around.
"You're late Megumi."
"Shut up Naruto. You guys didn't even try to dodge." They looked up and saw the girl that was there before, Megumi. She was sitting on a small cliff above them. Her bow in her hand.
"That's because we know you will come." She jumped off and landed in front of them.
"I'm not always with you. What are you going to do when I'm not?" She sort of pouted.
"You're here most of the time and that's what counts." She looked irritated and they just sort of laughed. Sakura froze, it was like they were in there own little world. They didn't even look on edge that there were two enemies there right in front of them.
"Kakashi-sensei, what are we going to do?"
"I don't know. Let me try something." He did a few hand signs and earth opened up, but it didn't go farther than the wall of chakra. It got their attention though.
"Don't bother. Nothing gets through it." She looked at Naruto and Sasuke. "Friends of yours."
"Hardly, besides do you get it?" Sasuke ignored the question.
"Yeah." She held up a scroll and handed it to them.
"This exists?" Kakashi wondered what it was.
"You're welcome." She is impatient. "Can we go now?"
"Wait just a minute…" Kakashi wanted to speak up but it was too late.
"Yeah, let's get out of here. I'm hungry." Naruto said.
"You still haven't changed baka."
"Shut up teme." Megumi looked irritated again.
"Let's just go."
"Don't let them get away."
"Of course Kakashi-sensei." But it was too late. Megumi shot another arrow but this one didn't produce a shield. Instead smoke came out and soon they were gone.
"Dammit." Sakura fell and punched the ground. "Not again."
Hinata stood in the middle of the remains of the battle. Chiyo looked on in awe.
"I win." Hinata said darkly and just like that her darkness faded and Hinata returned to be sweet and kind.
"Chiyo-san, would you not tell anyone about this."
"Of…Of course." She wanted to know who this girl was. Hinata went to see Gaara who was still blacked out."
"Gaara-san, please wake up." Gaara opened his eyes slowly. He saw a girl. He tried to remember her name. I think I saw her in the chunin exams. What was her name? I think it was Hinata. Was she the one who saved me?
"…Hinata…"
"Don't worry the Akatsuki members are done with, but we have to reach Kakashi and Sakura. Can you stand?"
"I…think so." She's so kind… and pretty. How did she know I was in danger and why did she interfere? Soon Hinata had him on her shoulder and they slowly made it toward Sakura and Kakashi.
Soon they arrived at the clearing.
"Oh, good everyone's okay. The Akatsuki?"
"Gone." Chiyo answered and Hinata silently thanked her. "Any luck with you?"
"They got away." Sakura looked so sad.
"You know they are alive Sakura-chan." Hinata encouraged. "That means you will have another chance to find them." Sakura realized this was true.
"Thank you Hinata-chan." They heard another sound in the opposite direction and realized it was Team Gui.
"Good everyone is here. Let's go back to Suna and report back there."
"Hinata-sama, you're okay." Neji looked relieved.
"Thank you for worrying, but I'm fine. I didn't do much. Chiyo-san took care of most of it."
"Have more confidence in yourself Hinata-sama."
"Of course Neji-niisan." And with that they were on their way.