Don't really feel like saying much for this chapter. Just thank you to those who reviewed. Some of them made me feel happy, others... not so much. Anyway, here is the new chappie.
Xxx Disclaimer: Naruto doesn't belong to me, but to Masashi Kishimoto xxX
… Gangnam Style …
The demon fox started to slowly move towards the remaining group of ten. With each step the fox took closer to the them, the group five steps farther away from the frightening creature.
"Come on!" the beast taunted. "Are none of you brave enough to step up to me? If not..." the fox then looked at the sibling that it wanted to take with it. "Then just give me the girl and I will let you see yet another day."
"Is that really an option?" Sakura heard herself say under her breath.
"Sakura!" the entire group shouted at the pinkette. Sakura cringed and looked back at the group.
"What?" she asked, truly not knowing what she did wrong.
"We are not giving up Hinata like she is some type of bargaining tool!" Ino scolded her sister.
"We will fight to keep her with us! I am not letting another one of my sisters die before my very eyes!" Temari shouted at her, before giving the demon an intense glare.
"Ha-ha-ha. Well aren't you all quite the funny bunch. Just give me the girl and no one else will die before your very eyes." the fox mused, showing off its toothy grin.
Hinata trembled with fear. Somehow, this was turning out like her dream. She was in the woods, a menacing voice was taunting her, and then she was eaten. Her dream wasn't exactly like this moment now, but it was still the same thing.
"We are not giving her up for the last time!" Temari shouted to the demon firmly.
"Fine." the demon replied, its grin turning into a deep frown. "Then I guess that I will have to take the child by force!" and with that roar from the demon, all nine of its tails shot out to strike down all of the children but Hinata.
"MOVE!" Neji yelled as the tails came their way. Just before the tails came into contact with any of the children, all of the boys picked up the girls and jumped out of the line of fire.
The tails of the beast smashed into the trees where the teens once stood, causing the trees to break and splinters of the trees to fly about.
Without a moment to spare, the tails of the demon shot out in the directions of the scattered children. The boys narrowly dodged the tails this time as they came with lightning speed.
Konohamaru, who had been holding Hinata in his arms, ended up jumping into a nearby tree that would be high enough to keep her hidden and out of harms way.
"What are y-you doing?" Hinata stammered in a panic as Konohamaru placed her down gently on the large tree branch.
"You'll be safe here." he said as he looked down onto the ground. Everyone was starting to fight back at the beast while narrowly avoiding any of its attacks. "The demon is after you, so as long as it can't find you, you'll be safe."
Hinata only stared at the boy, noticing that he too was scared beyond his serious appearance.
That was when they both heard a scream.
"AAAHH!" it was a short scream that came from none other than Ino.
"Ino!" Hinata gasped in fear that her sister might be injured.
When she looked down, she saw that Ino had slipped and fell into Karin's bloody remains. The poor girl was to traumatized by the fact that she down lays in what used to be her annoying yet loving redheaded sister.
Konohamaru took notice of the fox that reared its head in the blonde's direction. "Oh no..." he mumbled as he started to quickly jump down from tree branch to tree branch, hoping to reach the girl in time.
"Give me the girl now!" the monster roared as it went to smash its paw down on Ino.
Just before the paw of the beast could come down on her, Konohamaru had kicked the hand away as he fell from the last branch of the tree. Even if he hadn't kicked the hand away, Sai would have saved Ino as well.
As Konohamaru landed on the paw, Sai had to the chance of sliding over the corpse of Karin and grabbing Ino in the process, moving her out of the way.
"Oh my..." Hinata murmured as she just watched from the trees above. "Maybe I should just give myself to the demon. Spare everyone's life if only for a day." she whispered to herself sadly. Soon tears started to brim at the edges of her eyes and she gave a quick sniff before continuing. "Only if I could jump down from this tree like Konohamaru – kun can."
All of a sudden, Hinata felt the tree start to shake and she clung onto the tree stem for dear life. The young dared to peer down at the ground to see what was going one.
On the ground below stood Tenten smirking victoriously at her achievement. "Gotcha!" she cheered as she whirled around her chain scythe that was slightly covered in blood.
Hinata's eyes widened when she noticed the blood on her weapon, by she was more surprised when she saw the large cut that was located right next to the demon's left eye.
She quickly took notice of the reaction of the fox when she saw its tails smashing about on the ground wildly, causing everyone to dodge away from the blinded onslaught. She noted the fox holding a paw to its wounded eye as it backed into the tree Hinata was perched in.
The demon roared in pain as it continuously smashed into the tree Hinata was in, causing it to shake violently, which in turn caused Hinata to cling onto the tree for safety.
"Oh no! Hinata!" Konohamaru screamed, making the rest of the group look at him with wide eyes.
"What about her, Konohamaru?!" Neji yelled as he jumped out of the way of one of the tails.
"She's in the tree! If she falls, she'll either die or she'll be taken by that thing!" the young boy replied in a panic as he tried to get closer to the tree. Unfortunately, every attempt he made to get in closer was deemed useless when the fox swung its tail in his path, causing him to jump back to keep himself from getting squashed.
Soon everyone was trying to get to the young girl, but all of them were stopped the same way Konohamaru was.
"Damn it!" Shikamaru cursed as he jumped back from a tail. He then pulled out a kunai and threw it at the beast tail, only for it to be swatted away with ease. "How are we supposed to get close to her?!"
Suddenly, everyone mentally froze for they heard the loud snap of a tree breaking and the loud high pitch scream from the one girl they were trying to get to.
"HINATA!" everybody screamed as they watched the poor girl plummet to the earth from the broken tree.
They watched in horror as the large demon fox fell on its back, landing over the pieces of the tree that it had just broken. The next thing that happened made everyone slightly relieved, but mostly worried as well.
Somehow, Hinata had landed safely onto the demon's stomach, making her landing very soft and comfy. The demon only grunted on impact, but then smiled widely at what was placed before it.
"Well well well. Looks like none of you troublesome kitties will die today." Shikamaru's eye twitched at the sound of the demon using his trademark word 'troublesome'. "But I will be coming after you next girl with the buns. So watch your back."
And without another word or a hint of warning, the demon wrapped Hinata's small body in one of its tails and stood up quickly. With the rest of its tails, the fox stirred up a cloud of dust that hid it.
The group was left to shout out their stolen friend's name as the dust started to clear. When the cloud had finally disappeared, everybody gained a disappointed look at the sight of the fox being gone. It left no trace behind of which direction it left in and that was what saddened them the most.
Each of them placed their heads down in shame.
"First, this thing kills not only my boyfriend, but my rival of a sister." Sakura utters through gritted teeth as her fist clench in bitter sadness. "And then it goes and takes my little sister right in front of me and I couldn't do anything to stop it." soon tears start to flow from her eyes and the rest of the gang just stares at her pitifully.
Suddenly, she looks up at them abruptly with a serious face as she wipes her tears away. Her fists clench tighter at her sides as she speaks to them.
"We need to go to Grandma Tsunade's now."
… Gangnam Style …
Yes I know it's short, but there is a reason that I stopped it here. I have two ideas for the next chapter. Either next chapter is about Sakura and the gang finally getting to Tsunade's house or I go to Hinata and the demon fox. Tell me which part you would like to hear first because the idea that has the second amount of picks will be the following chapter after the next one. Anyway, please review, follow, and/or favor. Thank you for your time and have a good day or good night.
