AN: TADA! Heeheeheeheehee, I am on a sugar rush! I love twix, kit kats, and Milky ways! Oh YUM!!!! On with the flick!
P.S It all belongs to Master Masashi Kishimoto-san. The only thing I own is a head band and Vol. 11. Oh and a Sakura key chain. P.S- Sadly almostinsane –san, he's not okay in the manga…sniff.
Chapter Seven
The Sunny and Shining Heart of Hinata Hyuga
Hinata fought like she had never fought before even more so than when she had gone against Neji. Kabuto was so strong she wondered if even Neji, Rock Lee, or Sasuke could take him on. But she refused to give up and kept fighting. More than once Hinata hit crucial points in his body cutting off charka flow but it didn't phase the sliver-haired ninja in the slightest.
"You're strong I have to admit Hyuga. Of course I wouldn't expect anything less."
Hinata didn't say anything and just kept on fighting to try and keep up with his speed.
"You know, I figured out that you have feelings for the nine-tailed fox brat." He smirked dodging a kunai.
Hinata said nothing and just focused on hitting Kabuto's key points and watching how much chakra she used, getting ready to use her best attack.
Back to Naruto and Company…
Choji was now back to back with his father, punching anything that had a sound symbol on their head band.
"Man, where is Naruto?!" complained Choji in mid-punch. Suddenly, a blast of energy made Choji and his dad jump apart. Choji landed hard on his side and looked up to see a sound ninja that was almost as big as him. Before Choji could move, an orange blur jumped into the ninja, palm shining with chakra. The enemy ninja flew into a tree out cold his chest bleeding. The new ninja straighten up and then turned and helped his large friend back on his feet.
"What took you so long?" said Choji a grin on his face.
"Sorry about that, some snakes just wouldn't quit so we had to make them." Said Naruto with a just as big smile.
Shikamaru came in just at that moment a kunai in each hand.
"We've got serious problems. Some of these guys are just shadow clones and its making us use more energy than what we've got."
Just then, about three ninjas came towards them and they had to jump to get out of the way. Naruto threw a kunai only to find out that it was a clone.
"Damn. Where is he?" thought Naruto getting ready to use his own shadow clone Technique. But before he could do the hand sign, the real enemy ninja came down on him kunai flying. Before Naruto could move, a wall of sand suddenly appeared in front of him saving him from the deadly assault. The sand then surrounded the sound ninja and then buried him and crushed him. Naruto turned around to see the leader of Sunagakure looking down at him with a smug smile on his face. Naruto smiled back and said,
"What are you doing here?"
"Well, I thought that maybe you would need some help and seems that I was right."
"Yeah, yeah whatever just get down here already."
So side by side the Kazekage and the future Hokage fought and destroyed anything that came their way.
Hinata was ready. She had cut off several points of his chakra and decided that it was time. She jumped a few feet back from Kabuto and did her necessary hand signs. Kabuto watched, waiting to see what she was going to do with interest.
"Shugohakke Rokujūyon Shō!" ((Protection of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms)).
Chakra started to gather in her palms, and Kabuto then jumped and tried to attack her, instead of hitting her, she stopped his Mystical Palm Technique and then cut him across his chest and his face, breaking his glasses. Kabuto jumped back away from Hinata and threw his glasses to the ground. She smiled when she saw that he was sweating.
"I'm impressed. But sadly for you Hinata, it wasn't enough to stop me."
"You should have run like the others. Now you're going to pay for your stupid bravely in blood." Smiled Kabuto, ready to do the same attack that he had done on Asuma. When said that Hinata felt anger boil up inside her like it never had before. Then something flashed in her mind…
"You should quit…"
"You should give up…"
"You are worthless."
"………"
"I might seem really strong but... I'm usually just trying to act tough…'cause I'm embarrassed about how I screw up all the time."
"Because you make mistakes...but you still have the guts to get back up and keep fighting...that's what I consider true strength…"
"I'm not going to take back my words. That's my way of the ninja!"
Hinata said nothing and just glared at him. She was going to stand her ground. She wasn't going to run away this time. If she did die she thought at least she would do so protecting her village with all her power. Hinata then charged forward with all her might taking Kabuto off guard. She hit him with all her might with Shugohakke Rokujūyon Shō, hitting him sixty-four times with amazing speed. Kabuto flew to the ground with equal speed.
"I won't run away. I promised that I wouldn't do that again and disappoint everyone. I sorry to say Kabuto but your days are numbered." Hinata noted briefly in her mind that she sounded a bit like Naruto and Sakura.
But somehow even though he had been hit straight on, Kabuto was able to get up. Blood was trickling down from his forehead. Hinata was about to charge again when Kabuto did instead. He moved so fast that Hinata's Byakugan could even track him he was so fast. He hit her straight on and sent her flying and landed hard on the ground. She heard a slap which signaled that some of her ribs were now broken and was extremely winded.
Then in a flash, a kunai came shooting towards him, right for his forehead. He easily jumped and dodged it. Hinata looked up to see Sakura beside her in a throwing stance, with a face full of angry and disgust. Now Hinata had seen Sakura get angry a number of times before, (mainly at Naruto or Ino), but nothing like the look that she was giving Kabuto. It was unnerving to say the least.
"Sakura, (cough), I cut off-"
"You may have cut off my chakra but it won't do you any good. I've used too many enhancing drugs for even the gentle hand technique to stop me." He said in a harsh and scary voice.
Still staring at Kabuto Sakura said to Hinata,
"Can you fight?"
Hinata shook her head and said,
"No, he's broken at least three of my ribs." Rubbing her sides.
"Alright then it's just you and me then. You're gonna pay for everything you have done." She growled.
"Good." He smiled.
"What?"
"You where the one I was after Haruno Sakura. Sakura eyes widened.
"This can not be good." She thought.
"Sasuke has taking a few things away from me and so I'm going to pay him back by taking away something precious to him."
"You're crazy." Sakura said voicing exactly what Hinata was thinking.
"That may be but it doesn't matter I will show Orochimaru that he should want me not Sasuke! So prepare to die Sakura, if you're lucky the last person you see will be your lovely Sasuke!" he said charging towards her. His eyes where blood shot. Hinata's eyes widen as she watched Kabuto, his chakra was surging…
Kabuto's and Sakura's kunai clashed, sparks flying.
Suddenly Kyuubi sensed something.
"Hey kid!"
"Not now I'm a little busy!"
"Just shut up and listen you dobe! I just felt a big surge of chakra coming from the hospital where your girlfriends are at, and it is not normal to say the least!"
"What?!"
Kabuto jumped Sakura before she could do anything. His knees pushing down hard on her stomach, a kunai to her throat and his red eyes looking right into her terrified emerald eyes.
"Sakura!" yelled Hinata trying to get up but her injured ribs wouldn't let her.
"It's amazing what drugs can do for the human body." He whispered to her.
Sakura fought hard to get him off but he was just too strong for her to push him off her.
"Come on Hinata think!" Hinata thought to herself desperately.
"Looks like you won't get to see your Uchiha before you die. I'll make sure though your body won't go to waste." He raised his Kunai to slash her throat.
Suddenly Hinata felt a surge of adrenaline and hidden strength deep inside her. She got up and raced towards Kabuto, throwing one to dislodge the one in his hand and went to slash him. Without blinking, he turned and punched Hinata with a chakra enhanced punch, sending her into the building.
Sakura drew a kunai while Kabuto was distracted, and cut him right in his abdomen. He slowly turned his head back and looked down at his wound.
"Nice try." Sakura watched in horror as he pulled her kunai out of his abdomen and healed his wound."
He smiled a twisted smile at her and then went to kill her again only to be stopped by a kunai cutting his right cheek and leaving a long gash on his cheek. With blood dripping down onto the ground mixed with rain he looked up from Sakura to see a figure squatted on a roof top. When a lighting bolt flashed, it brightens the figure which lead Kabuto to narrow his eyes and another twisted smile flash on his face. Sakura's face lit up, she couldn't see who it was but she recognized the chakra.
"I've been waiting for you Sasuke."
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Sasuke stood up and just glared at him.
"Get away from her."
Kabuto just looked right at him and aimed right for Sakura's throat. Sasuke jumped at lighting speed at Kabuto; at which he answered at equal speed pulled out a twelve inch hunting knife and the two meet roaring and sparks soaring.
Sakura was able to jump clear of the two and jumped beside the injured Hinata. Together they watched the two clash in a fiery dance of strength and wills.
"If I try to help, I'm might not be any help. I guess I'll just wait and leave this one to Sasuke…." Thought Sakura as the two dueled. The rain had made the ground muddy and slippy which did not help matters. Sasuke teeth chattered from both the blows he shared with Kabuto, and from his drenched clothes.
It wasn't looking too good. They were evenly matched which meant something was going to have to give. But Sasuke was damned if it was going to be him.
Sasuke quickly focused his chakra and then channeled it into his sword which began to crackle with energy.
"Chidori Nagashi!" yelled Sakura jumped and slicing at Kabuto. Kabuto countered by channeling energy into his own weapon and yelled,
"Mystical knife!"
He missed Sasuke however and thanks to Sasuke's attack, he became paralyzed.
Kabuto looked at him surprised and Sasuke smiled at him. ((One of those "you are dead" scary evil smile dunno how else to describe it!))
Unfortunately, Kabuto returned it, and Sasuke's Shaigan eyes widened.
"No way, he can still move…!"
"I knew that was the best you could do. Orochimaru was just wasting his time. Now it time you got yours Sasuke…" Suddenly, Kabuto's chakra spiked and then he jumped forward at him his eyes almost as red as Sasuke's.
"That power! It not natural!" thought Hinata as she watched the battle powerless.
Kabuto punched Sasuke right into a tree and Sasuke coughed up blood, and just as Kabuto turned, Sakura was jumping down on him, a chakra enhanced arm. She punched and just as he had done Sasuke, she pounded him right into a tree. But, again, he healed himself and charged forward. Sakura jumped out of the way of the Mystical knife Technique to beside Sasuke.
"Are you okay because I've got one more idea." She said to him.
"I figured you would." Sasuke said back wiping the blood from his mouth.
With that Sakura bite her thumb and said,
"Get ready to eat acid you bastard." She growled. Hinata tried to get up to assist but her injuries kept her from doing so. Kabuto suddenly instead of jumping towards Sakura and Sasuke, he went after the hurt Hinata. She tried to punch him but he was too fast and he wrapped his arm around her neck and pointed a kunai to her throat.
"I wouldn't try anything if I was you Sakura. If you try anything she's dead."
Sakura stopped in mid-summoning. No matter what they tried to do, Hinata would be done for!
"I don't think so!" Kabuto turned to see Ino shooting shukain and kunai right at him. He easy dodged it, and sent Ino flying into the building.
"INO!"
Sasuke was ready to charge forward but then he saw something that him stop.
"You're too soft Sasuke. That's why you were never good enough for Orochimaru." He glared. He went to cut Hinata's throat when he heard a loud furious yell behind him. Hinata took that opening to elbow him right in stomach then focused chakra into her hand just like Sakura and paid him back by breaking some of his ribs. Kabuto coughed up some blood and turned just in time to see a spiraling ball of energy hit him square in the chest.(( Three guesses whooo…)) Sasuke jumped out of the way while Sakura pumped up her arm again and hit him in the face. Kabuto went flying into the woods.
"Shouldn't we go after him?" asked Naruto helping Hinata up.
"No need. Katsuyu is waiting for him." Said Sakura with a somewhat scary smile.
Kabuto was lying flat on his back, his chest covered in blood and blood was also trickling from his mouth. He opened his dark eyes and tried to get up. Suddenly a glop of acid fell in front of him melting a rock. He looked up to see (Katsuyu) (Tsunade's slug summoning) right above him. She then sprayed a shower of acid on him.
As Sakura helped Ino up they all turn towards the direction of a blood curding scream.
"Well, who gets credit for getting him?" asked Naruto with a cocky smile.
"I think we'll go with the team effort." Smiled Sakura as she healed Hinata's ribs.
"Right."
"But Naruto do us one favor." Said Hinata in a sweet voice.
"NEXT TIME DON'T CUT IT SO CLOSE!"
Sasuke, Sakura, and Ino all jumped back in shock.
"Whoa. I think Hinata's been around you two too long." Said Sasuke to Sakura and Ino. The two were in such shock that Hinata had actually yelled that they just nodded in agreement not really realizing what Sasuke had said.
"S-sorry." Smiled Naruto scratching his head with embarrassment. Hinata blushed a little, shook her head then hugged Naruto.
"Just don't do it again." She said with a pout.
"I'll try." He said and boy did he mean it.
"Jeez, Hinata can be scarier than Sakura." Thought Naruto sweatdropping.
"Well, come on let's go help the others." Said Sasuke nodding towards the other parts of the village. The others nodded in agreement and then rushed off to help their follow shinobi.
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LOL!!!(The whole Hinata yelling part. Didn't know she could do that. (winks))
Urg, I've been in a real rut with this chapter because I wanted to make it as good as I could get but I just couldn't get to where I really wanted it. I knew if I kept messing with it, it would make it worse so sorry if it isn't the greatest. Any who, hoped you all like all the same! Man, I LOVED tonight's episode of Naruto! (It was the one when Shikamaru and Naruto find out all about Gaara, Man I love how they plotted to eat the food in front of Choji was sooooo hilarious!) Oh and one more thing,
WHY?!! WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ASUMA WHY?!!! (Crying and ranting as Naruto does over everything due to shock and sadness) Sniff…
Next Time:
The Unstoppable Ninja of Konohagakure: The group that fights together sticks together!