Yeah I know it took a long time but I really didn't want to rush this chapter so I took my time and I think it is finally ready. Sooooooo here you go!

NaruHina Petals

Chapter 7

Naruto stood above the unconscious form. His breaths were lighter now, less urgent. His head was swimming in his thoughts and from a lack of oxygen. He looked down into the deep gray eyes, then up into the pale purple ones. "How…..*huff*….The….*huff*….Hell?…*huff*" Hinata smiled and looked down at the broken piece of chakra armor. As the metal glisten in her hand she started to laugh slightly.

"I..*huff*….Don't…*huff*….Exactly….*huff*…Know…but…*huff*… If you look at the armor…*huff* it only had five main points….*huff*….I just hit them with my gentle fist but how I even got a hit…*cough*…I have…*cough*…No…*cough**cough*…Idea-" Hinata was cut of by an uncontrollable cough. She thought it was just another cough until she felt an odd warm sensation creep up her chest. The more she coughed, the more she felt the feeling of liquid in the back of her throat.

"Hey!*huff* Hinata-chan are you ok?" Hinata signaled the ok to Naruto with her right hand and covered her mouth with her left. She gave one more fierce cough and shuddered as she felt the taste of iron on her tongue. She fell to her knees coughing and gasping for air.

"Hinata-chan!" Naruto scrambled to his feet and raced to her side. He put a tense hand on her shoulder. "Hey Hinata-chan are you ok? What the Hell is wrong with you?" Hinata was coughing even fiercer now. She double over from a ping of pain from her side. As the blood started to make its way out of her mouth, she felt a combination of gratitude and embarrassment as she felt Naruto's warm and gentle hands gather all of her long hair that surrounded her face and gather it all in an odd ponytail. Tears started to drip down from her eyes and join the settling blood below. In between coughs and wet gags Naruto heard a croaked out a gasp.

"I'm s-so sorry Na-Naruto-kun." Naruto shook his head and softened his voice.

"Hey…it's fine. This isn't your fault, don't you dare apologize." but Hinata's pained and embarrassed tears kept flowing. He whispered soothing words in her ear, telling her that she shouldn't feel bad about any of this. Naruto gently placed his hand on Hinata's side, steadying her, only to find the source of Hinatas problems. "Hinata-chan!" Hinata looked down where Naruto's hand lay to find a piece of the spear lodged in her side. She was shocked but more aghast by how much it didn't hurt. It felt like a deathly numbness.

"*Gasp* *cough cough* Sakura! *Gasp*"

"Right. Right. Hang on Hinata-chan, Sakura-chan! Saukra-chan!" Tears started to stream down his whiskered cheeks. His cries became more pleading now. "Sakura-chan! Where are you? Sakura-chan!" As if answering his prayers he was a flash of pink on the small battlefield. She was fighting the ghostly looking one called Shoji. Naruto summoned all the pain and worry he stored and brought it all to one final plea. "SAKURA-CHAN!" Finally a worn out Sakura looked over at them. "What am I suppose to do she's hurt! There is a spear in her lung!" He watch as a thinking Sakura dodged and weaved through flying shuriken. When she finally had an opening, Naruto watched her pull out a piece of blank scroll and a kunai. She quickly bit her thumb and used her crimson blood as an ink. After tying it to the kunai she gave a huge sweep of her arm and the kunai came soaring in his direction. He quickly put his body in front of Hinata's and forced her down. The untamed kunai sliced through the air inches above their heads. The was and on clink and Naruto saw a wild spark as the kunai collided with a rock and ricochet off its surface. Naruto ran and grabbed the sharpened piece of metal and yanked off the note. He hurriedly skimmed through the markings which read.

"GET IT OUT OF HER! Apply pressure to the injury and she should be able to use simple ninjutsu to help it." Naruto read the note over and over again. He didn't know how to get it out and was scared he would just do more damage then good. But if he didn't the wound could easily get infected and put her in even more pain. Naruto was stuck contemplating what he should.

"Argg what should I do?" He was finally brought back to reality by Hinata's horrendous coughing. He then took a quivering breath. "Okay." Naruto rushed back to Hinata's side. Naruto kept his voice calming. "Here Hinata-chan let me look at that." He gently pushed her black undershirt above the serious wound. He took one look at it and was nearly sick. After overcoming the over whelming urge to vomit he gently laid Hinata on her back. "Hinata-chan this is going to really hurt you but understand this hast to come out, ok?" Hinata felt her heart beat fiercely in her chest.

"Yeah." Naruto reached into his item pouch and pulled out a long piece of cloth, used for medical purposes, rolled it up and placed it in Hinata's mouth.

"We don't want you to get lockjaw." Naruto quickly took his own orange and black jacket off and set it next to him. He placed his hand on the broken spear. "You ready?" Hinata pleadingly grabbed Naruto's free hand and shut her eyes tight. She took one more shuttering breath and nodded. "…Ok" Naruto tighten his grip and started to pull. Hinata's entire body felt like she was being shocked with electricity. She gripped Naruto's hand with all her might not even thinking about if it might hurt him. She couldn't stop the tears from flowing nor the screams that were gagged by the cloth. She cried his name, begging for him to stop, but he merely shook his head and kept pulling at the spear. She was in so much pain, as the metal slowly creped out of her body, she blacked out. A few seconds later she had regain consciousness again only to start the process all over again. The cycle was only broken when she felt water on her forehead. She finally opened her eyes and took a look at Naruto. Even through tear filled eyes it was obvious he was crying. "I'm so sorry Hinata-chan. Almost done. Almost done. She won't be in anymore pain. Keep going." He kept whispering to himself over and over again. She realized that Naruto was hurting just as much as she was. He had to do something that she could never even attempt. She quickly stopped her shouts and shut her eyes. She squeezed Naruto's hand even tighter, trying to comfort him just as much as comforting herself. After what seemed like an eternity, Hinata finally felt the pain start to subside, followed by and icey numbness. They just sat their for a second crying and holding they others hand, beside them lay the broken spear. Naruto snapped back to reality, wiped his eyes and bundled up his orange and black jacket. He slowly started to apply pressure. Hinata laid her head back in the grass, think the nightmare was over until she started coughing again. With the spear out the blood flowed freely which meant she was coughing up more now. She felt her lung start to fill and kept coughing up more and more blood. She tried to sit up, the liquid couldn't exit easily, but she was to weak. She couldn't breath now, so she grasped for Naruto's shirt, begging for help but he had no clue she was drowning in her own blood.

Sakura was lying face down in the ground, happy she had finally got a deadly blow to come in contact with Shoji. It was just a good thing her opponent didn't wear a helmet. Sakura forced her protesting body to raise it's head and scope out the land. Ino had defeated her opponent and went on to help TenTen fight a crazed looking ninja which left Neji to barely hold his own with Yuu. Yuu was unsuccessfully trying to come in contact with Katashi, who was standing with his back to a tree. Sakura kept moving her head and her gaze finally fell upon Naruto and Hinata. She knew Hinata would need medical attention but as long as Naruto followed the instructions that She had given him, then Hinata should be fine. Sakura started scanning the scene but again she look at Hinata, something didn't feel right. She knew Naruto wasn't a medical ninja but something just felt wrong about what he was doing. She was squinting now, trying to make out the imagine. Finally she saw Hinata, clutching on a distracted Naruto. Sakura watched in horror as a frantic Hinata tilted her head trying to let the blood flow out of her mouth. Sakura jumped to her feet with no complaint from her aching body. Her adrenaline was taking over now. She sprinted full speed to the scene with only one cry. "BAKA!"

Naruto was pushing harder now trying to put a frantic Hinata out of pain. "Don't worry Hinata-chan I will stop the blood, don't worry." He put all his attention to the injury he wanted to help his Hinata-chan get thorough this with as little of pain as possible. He knew he was doing the right thing because Hinata had finally stopped pulling on his shirt. But even with all his attention on the wound he couldn't help but turn and star as heard a great and familiar "BAKA!" Sakura was running and screaming straight for them. Sakura dove on her knees and skidded right to where Hinata's head lay. Naruto was confused he knew he was doing everything right, until he look at Hinata. She was pale with an odd tint of bluish to some parts of her cheeks. Sakura tilted up Hinata's head and began a cycle of CPR. One, two, three, four, breath. One, two, three, four, breath. She continued this technique until Hinata gave and odd gurgle and sputtered out blood. Sakura the took Hinata by the underarm and set her in a sitting form, so she was reclining on Sakura's own body. She then took Hinata's head, moved it into a better position, and waited as Hinata was coughing up the remaining blood which ended landed on her black undershirt. When she was finished Sakura moved her into a more comfortable position but still kept her head up. She then turned on Naruto. "What the Hell were you thinking?" Naruto was caught off guard.

"W-What? I did exactly-"

"You didn't even think to elevate her head?" Naruto was confused for only a second more until he realized what he had done.

"No…."

"You could have killed her!" There was silence. Sakura took a controlled sigh. She looked at him, her face softer. "Thank you Naruto, you really did save Hinata's life." Silence. "Look it was my fault to, I didn't give you good instructions." Naruto finally spoke but in a low, deep mumble, almost a growl.

"She almost died…."

"Naruto…"

"She almost died….and it was because of me…"

"Naruto you didn't know….I should have told you, I'm the medical ninja, I was in the wrong as well."

"I almost killed her…" Naruto's mind was fuzzy. He didn't even know how he manage to stand up or hear Sakura attempts to calm him down. "I couldn't even help my friend." Chills started to overcome his body as a low grumble in his ear.

Yes….see what happens when you get close someone Kit?….. You just hurt them…Now you understand the rules between a Jinchuuriki and humans…There will be nothing but hate…"

"No…There has to be something I can do…She needs me…"

"Do you really think that she needs someone how will only hurt her? Do any of them need that?"

"…"

"Take my power Kit…Then maybe you might be able to protect them….Just like how you tried to protect Uchiha Sasuke…." Naruto's vision stared to go red as he felt the liquid hot chakra pump through his veins. It was as if he were falling, falling into the power, the darkness, the evilness. He closed his eyes and prepared to impact but it never came. He was suspending right above the charka. It was if something from real world was pulling him back to reality.

Naruto's mind was hazy, he couldn't tell where he was or who he was. All he knew was someone was touching him. Naruto's looked down to a soft pale hand griping the leg on his black and orange pants. Naruto followed the source of the arm up to the calmed face of Hinata Hyuga. Her eyes were tired and strained yet very soft. Each corner of her mouth had a stream of blood which went down to her chin yet they were upturned in a small, sweet smile. That tiny smile seemed to bring Naruto back to reality. The anger and rage seemed to die down know. It was if all his fears, all his troubles just seemed to melt right off him. The Kyuubi itself seemed to fall asleep. Naruto watched as Hinata mouthed the words.

"How is Neji-senpai?…." Naruto looked where Neji was fighting for his life. Neji's techniques was defiantly superior to Hinata's but he couldn't seem to lay a crucial blow. Yuu finally change his expression from a toying amusement, to a frustrated rage. Yuu grabbed both Neji's arms twisted them fiercely. He then gave a huge throw and Neji went flying.

"I'M DONE WITH THIS!" Yuu screamed as he grabbed a fighting Katashi by the collar and started to shake him like a rag doll. Naruto sprinted right to where a sick grinning Yuu was forcing Katashi to his knees.

"Katashi!" Yuu looked at Naruto with a crazed smile.

"He-he-he-he-he-he-he-he You're to late you spiky haired brat….Witness the power that is known as the "Instinct Jutsu!" Yuu put his hands on either side of Katashi's head and poured his chakra into Katashi's skull. The chakra went into Katashi's brain right into his psychic and there he found the seal. Yuu did more then thirty hands signs in a record speed and brought his hands back on Kaashi's head. "Release!" Katashi entire body went limp as his eyes rolled back in his skull. He hit the dirt face first and made a deafened thud.

"Katashi! KATASHI!" Naruto's anger that had been building up quickly turned to adrenalin and released it all into his running. He wasn't even thinking anymore. Left, Right Left, Right, One foot then the next. As his view of the scene finally came into view he saw something that made his legs simply quit moving. It was so abrupt he dove into the ground and came to a skidding halt. He looked up from the dirt to see Katashi, his body slowly rising from the earth below. He was keeping his head down and his body movements were very odd. They were lifeless, dead. It was as if a string from an unseen source was forcing his body to move. The lifeless body started to quake as he finally got his footing. Then, without warning he head snapped up and Naruto was looking into a face that was defiantly not Katashi's. His eyes, instead of their deep brown, were now the color of melted gold. His brown hair seemed to fame his face in a short, yet perfect mane. Both assets seemed to go along with sharpened canine teeth which were now showing as Katashi let out a low, deep growl from the back of his throat. Just as Naruto thought the growl was directed at him Katashi's head slowly turned and looked at Yuu. Yuu seemed confused now, not very excited with how Katashi was looking at him. Katshi's body moved, slowly and gracefully, as he took a stance that was identical to animal that was ready to pounce. Yuu started to back away, he wasn't sure what was suppose to happen but he didn't like how Katashi looked ready to kill.

"I love a good chase…" Katashi said this in such a low growl that was almost unreadable. And then, without warning Katashi pounced. He moved so abruptly Yuu barley moved in time. Naruto watching in horror as Katashi kept trying to get a killing plow. As a groan reached his ears Naruto knew exactly what he should do. Naruto quickly got up and ran making sure to stay out the way of the fight. He ran straight for where Neji lay. When Naruto came up to him Naruto saw Neji's body laying on the ground almost unconscious. Naruto quickly put Neji's arm around his shoulder and helped him stumble back to where the others gathered to regroup. As they finally neared Neji forced himself to stand without any help.

"Neji! Don't strain yourself." Neji gave Naruto a look not to worry and he backed off. Neji limped over where Hinata was trying to fight the impossible urge to close her eyes.

"Hinata-sama, are you well?" Hinata gave a small smile and a faint nod and mouthed the words

"Yes my brother…" Neji nodded.

"Good…Sakura just focus on Hinata-chan." Sakura nodded and poured more chakra into Hinata's body. TenTen watched as Katashi battle Yuu.

"What are we suppose to do about Katashi? He has completely lost control…" Neji sat down and tried to figured things out. Naruto kneeled down and leveled Hinata's head in his lap. Neji put his head in his hands.

"Idon't know…His chakra is so intense it actually hurt to use Byakugan…" TenTen turned to him.

"Can't you or Hinata like…I don't know…stop the flow?"

"It isn't that easy. With power like that I don't know if there is anything that can stop it."

"Ah Hinata-chan!" Neji looked up and turned to face Hinata. She was trying with all her might to sit up by herself. Even though there was no use she had a certain determination in her eyes. Naruto tried to push her back down. "Don't force yourself." Hinata shook her head a kept trying but to no prevail. Neji got up and moved closer to her.

"What is it Hinata-sama?" Hinata mouthed something but Neji couldn't read it. He moved closer but he still couldn't understand. He moved even closer until he could actually hear her breathing in his ear and again she repeated herself. As Neji strained to listen and his eyes sooned widened as he pulled away. "No." Hinata gave a pleading look. He merely shook his head again. "It is to dangerous and in your condition, that would be suicide." Naruto looked at him.

"What? What did she say?" Neji shook his head. Hinata gave him a glare and tried to sit up again.

"No Hinata-sama."

"Neji what did she say?" Neji looked down at her.

"Do you really think that would work?" She gave a knowing nod. "And you understand the consequences?" Again, she nodded. He gave a sigh. "Alright then… we can try that."

"Neji! What did she say! What are we going to try!" Neji looked at him with a grave face.

"The Cage Seal…."

Naruto was taken aback "T-The Cage Seal?" Neji nodded.

"It might work but I don't think Hinata-sama is healthy enough." Sakura looked up from Hinata's wounds.

"What does it do?"

"Well if performed correctly a Hyuga can actually control the physical brain of their opponent." Naruto cocked his head.

"How the Hell could that help us in this situation?"

"With that technique we can actually cut of the charka of whoever has this mark…" Neji untied the knot in the back of his head band and let it fall. there on his forehead was the odd "x" that was the Hyuga's famous Cage Seal Jutsu. "If we can get this mark on Katashi's forehead we can easily stop his rampage…" Naruto excitingly jumped up.

"That's awesome Neji! You just have to get close to Katashi and then you can put the mark on him. Simple!" Neji shook his head.

"It isn't that simple…" Naruto looked confused. "I can't perform the technique because only the Main Branch Household can perform it. They use it to keep the Side Branch under control." Naruto was getting frustrated.

"Well then why even bring it up if you can do it?" Neji looked up and glared at him.

"Because if you recall, Hinata-sama is part of the Main Branch and she lent the Jutsu when she was only six years old."

"W-what? Hinata-chan can…"

"She learnt it to keep me controlled…." Neji nodded again. "Even though she vowed to never use that technique on me or any other Hyuga, she still has the power to activate it." Sakura stood up like a shot.

"No! She is in no condition to even get close to that fight." Naruto noded

"There is no way we are going to put her that kind of danger." Neji kept glaring.

"Do you have any other idea?"

"We can think of something! How could you even suggest that?" Neji stood up.

"Hinata-sama was the one who suggested it. I believe it is up to her." Naruto shook his head again.

"It is out of the question she can't-" Naruto was cut off by raspy voice, barely a whisper.

"Stop…It is my choice…" Hinata finally got her self to sit up. "I'm going to use the jutsu…" Ino kneel beside her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Hinata…you know you don't have to do this… if you think you aren't up to it we can find another way." Hinata thought for a second as she looked around at her teammates. When her gaze fell upon Naruto their eyes met and should exactly what to do. She looked back at Ino and nodded.

"I can do this." Ino smiled but Sakura frowned.

"Hinata you can even stand let alone get close enough to put the seal on without dying."

"Maybe someone can help me but….."

"What is it?"

"I'm out of chakra…" Naruto stood up and gave her a solemn look.

"No prob Hinata-chan, I've got chakra to spare." She gave him a small smile and forced himself to return it with a pain look that just barely passed as a smile. Neji nodded and turned to Naruto.

"I must speak to you…"

Naruto was moving through the trees in complete silence with Hinata on his back. When he finally reached the end of tree line. He looked out to the battle to wait for an opening. "Naruto-kun…." She had noticed the worried expresstion on his face. She tried to take the weakness from her voice. "Naruto-kun, I know you wont let anything happen to me." he looked her straight in the eyes.

"Just promise me one thing Hinata-chan…" She nodded.

"Anything"

"No matter what happens today, promise me that you are live to see tomorrow…" She stared at him letting his words sink in. She then smiled at him.

"I promise Naruto-kun." His expression didn't change but he nodded and turned to watch the fight. He finally saw an opening.

"Hang on tight Hinata-chan." and thee jumped through the trees.

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