C'mon guys, im quite bummed that i've haven't even hit double figures in reviews yet, but with loads of Author/Story alerts. Any comments are welcome whether it is encouragement or critisizing. Anyway, here's another chapter for you, just a little one compared to the previous ones but the next chapter will be a nice long one as long as i get some reviews! :) Thanks.

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All of Naruto's clones were being destroyed as soon as he could replace them; the cloud shinobi's lightening attacks were devastating and could destroy numerous clones in one hit. His last few clones were helping Gaara and Anko at the time being, hoping to give the two openings in their opponent's defences.

Another four hooded figures landed gracefully beside the man who held Hinata captive with seeming ease.

"They have done pretty well, but all are on their last legs they are no match for us."

One of the figures, obviously a woman spoke in a slow yet cocky tone; Hinata couldn't help but agree with the man, her friends were strong but not strong enough, she hated herself for thinking it - but it was true.

Naruto looked up to see 5 hooded figures standing behind Hinata who was now kneeling on the floor, watching the fighting come to an end. His vision was temporarily blocked as Anko came flying towards him; he caught her in time and placed her on the ground next to Gaara who had finished his opponents. Gaara's shield around the children had dropped, his chakra was depleted but that did not stop him or the gennin from surrounding their unconscious friends and the children Kunai at the ready.

Naruto assessed the situation; none of the others could fight and stand a chance. He would have to rely on them to deflect any weapons that were sent towards the injured and the children.

The man who had captured Hinata stepped forward and knelt down on one knee behind her, one hand on her shoulder and the other holding a kunai menacingly.

"Well, not to sound over confident or anything, but I think we win."

He knew he had lost all of the shinobi under his command, except for the four standing behind him. But that did not matter, they we're expendable.

"Why don't you come along with us willingly, I'm sure Orochimaru would have some fun experimenting on your little friends."

Naruto glared at the man with all the hate he could muster, he would NOT let anything happen to his friends or the kids behind him. He would fight till he was dead; he just hoped that would be enough to save them.

"Or I suppose me and my friends could just have our fun with you, and tell Orochimaru that you died while fighting us."

Naruto could tell the man was suggesting something disgusting, he was having enough trouble as it was suppressing the will to release Kyuubi on this man but what the man did next made his eyes glow red. The sickly man put his chin on Hinata's shoulder and took her hair in his hands roughly, as he did this he cut her cheek with his kunai and suggestively licked the blood from her cheek.

Hinata closed her eyes when he cut her cheek, but her eyes shot open when he licked her cheek. Surely he would just kill them, and not do... that? She knew Kumo and Sound ninja could kill mercilessly but to hint at that, and with children present she could not bare to think what might happen.

Naruto's fists were clenched so hard that his fingernails were drawing blood; he knew releasing Kyuubi would result in not only a bloodbath but also the chance of his friends being harmed in the process. He calmed himself, and reopened his now cerulean eyes.

"I will not let you harm my friends; I will die before you can touch them with your dirty hands in the way you are suggesting."

Naruto knew there had been cases of sexual assault during the wars, and even on some missions. He couldn't bare the though of that happening to any of his friends, let alone the children behind him.

"I believe you are in no place to order ME around, you silly boy."

With that, the man removed his hood, revealing a head of sickly greasy black hair and animal like slit yellow eyes. He dropped his hand from Hinata's hair and snaked it around her waist, pulling her up with him when he stood.

"She has an unbelievable body, don't you think? Maybe I should keep her for myself."

As the man finished his sentence, Naruto snapped. A bright yellow and orange flash blinded the man for a second, the group behind Naruto was also blinded, but managed to hear the jutsu Naruto whispered:

"Hiraishin no jutsu (Flying Thunder god technique)"

The group's jaws dropped to the floor, that technique was a well known technique, belonging to just one man: The fourth Hokage. The Flying thunder god technique was the Fourth's signature move, installing fright in to enemy nations during the war, that technique had earned him the name "Konoha's Yellow Flash" That and his Rasengan had made him one of the most feared shinobi, orders we're given to enemy shinobi to retreat if they saw him on the battle field.

The greasy haired man laughed at the boy's attempt to attack him with an oddly shaped kunai, he had simple moved his head to the side; allowing the kunai to imbed itself in to the tree a meter behind him. The next thing the man saw was a flash of Yellow and orange, then a fist connecting directly with his face. The man was launched back through the tree's surrounding the area, Naruto stood in his place with determination shining in his eyes. The other four hooded figures launched themselves at him, knowing he would not be fast enough to move both him and the Hyuuga girl.

Two Naruto clones rose from the ground just in front of the original, each with a Rasengan in hand. Two of the four hooded figures managed to jump back, but the other two had already launched themselves in to the air, aiming an attack each towards Naruto. Both Naruto clones jumped towards the offending ninja, crying out simultaneously.

"Rasengan!"

Both the shinobi were sent flying towards their allies who had manage to jump back, both with a Rasengan sized hole in their stomach's. As the Naruto clones dispersed the original ran towards the two remaining ninja who had half hazardly caught their team mates. Naruto's kick was blocked by the man on the right, while his arm was caught by the woman to his left. Naruto was sent flying away from the two at an amazing pace, right towards Hinata. Naruto glanced back at the enemy shinobi in mid-air to see many Kunai and Shuriken following his path of flight. Looking towards his landing zone, he saw Hinata. His eyes widened in realisation, he couldn't dodge because if he did she would get the brunt of the weapons sent towards him.

He braced himself for the landing, knocking Hinata over who had tried to catch him to no avail since her hands were still tied. Knowing what was coming Naruto pushed Hinata to the ground and covered as much of her body with his as he could. Meanwhile Sakura and the other conscious shinobi we're sending their own arsenal of weapons, in hope of deflecting them from the two downed shinobi. Naruto locked eyes with a shocked Hinata just as the remaining weapons hit him, imbedding themselves in his shoulders, lowed back and the back of his legs.

Hinata saw Naruto's face contort with pain and glanced past his shoulder, she gasped when she realised that he had taken the brunt of the attack; with only a few stray shuriken and kunai slicing some of her skin open around her shoulders and legs.

Tears formed in the corners of her eyes as Naruto's breathing grew deeper, she knew the weapons probably didn't hit any major arteries but with the loss of blood and lack of chakra, it was amazing his was still conscious enough to try and grin at her.

"'Cough' don't worry Hina-chan, I wont let my precious people 'cough' get hurt."

Hinata was shocked at the new nickname she had acquired, she had not been called that since her mother had passed away, she couldn't help the small blush that crept on to her still shocked features. He managed a half smile as he raised himself from what would have been an awkward position had the situation not been so serious. As Naruto turned to the smirking shinobi, he saw that the man from earlier was back, and looking pissed. He knew he had to end this before he passed out from blood loss and chakra depletion. He drew his arms up to cross in front of his lower face as his bit down on each thumb, drawing blood. The man and the two remaining hooded shinobi charged towards him, kunai drawn, in hopes of stopping the oncoming attack. Just like a few days previous, Naruto swiped his bleeding thumbs over the inside of his wrists, in turn giving him the same blue aura and extra chakra from before. While his thumbs were still bleeding he performed the necessary seals for a summoning. He slammed both hands down on the floor in front of him; as a result he now had two armoured toads, both standing 6 feet tall with swords readied.

Both toads blocked a hooded cloud shinobi each, while Naruto ducked under the man's attack that was sent towards his neck in hopes of decapitating him. In return Naruto delivered a well aimed stomach punch, and began a combination of amazing Taijutsu attacks. Meanwhile the two toad summonings who turned out to be Gamakichi and his brother Gamamatsu attacked their opponents with a combination of sword and taijutsu attacks. Anko, who had recovered from her unconciousness sent forward snakes from her sleeves, wrapping themselves around the hooded woman who was getting the better of Gamamatsu. Hinata jumped to her feet determined to help, she ran towards the struggling woman and delivered a shocking round house kick that looked as powerful as a chakra enhanced kick. The woman sailed in to a nearby try, sliding to the ground dead since her neck had been snapped by an angry Hinata and several wounds left by Anko's snakes. Gamamatsu turned to help his brother against the final hooded shinobi, both sliced at his sides that had been left open for an attack. Gamakichi frowned as he realised the man was still alive, he pulled back his short sword and slammed it in to the man's chest; received a gurgled cry of pain as blood poured from the now dead mans mouth.

Naruto slammed a Rasengan in to the man who was lying at his feet, as a result he was splattered with blood; but a satisfied look adorned his features. Naruto collapsed unconscious to the side of the man as Sakura and the others ran towards their fellow shinobi having stayed with the children in hope of sheilding their eyes from the gruesome sights that were unfolding. A huge crash was heard as the wall rock collapsed, revealing a tired Kakashi holding his forearm, showing that he had just smashed through the wall with a Chidori.

"We don't have time to treat everyone here, Jiraiya take them to the abandoned town. Shino, Sasuke and I will stay to clear up this mess."

Kakashi could tell they were all tired, but they needed to get away from here as soon as they could, and to the safety of the town Jiraiya had told them of.

All conscious Shinobi nodded and gathered up their friends who couldn't run and also the children, jumping off in to the trees. Shino put a hand on Anko's shoulder just as she was about to leap off after the group, having broke Hinata's chakra binds and was now carrying her on her back.

"Take this bug with you; we'll be able to find you after we are done here."

Shino let a bug hop from his finger to land on Anko's arm that, Anko's face showed both that she was disgusted at having a bug on her, but also amused that Kakashi wasn't the one to come up with the idea and obviously hadn't thought of how he and the other two were meant to find the town. As she jumped of, a now conscious Iruka headed of a split second after, ready to destroy the tracks that we're no doubt going to be left behind by the rest of the group.


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Marie x