Sorry for going almost a week without updating guys!! Heres chapter nine, and I hope you like it.

Kisame: Has anyone seen my gold fishies?

Naruto: --wips the crumbs from his mouth-- I sure haven't

Kisame: Damn it!

Naruto: Sakucherryblossoms does not own Me or any of my characters. BELIEVE IT!!!


On the way back to homeroom the bell rang. The four teenagers waited at their homeroom door for their friends; Hinata, Choji, Tenten, Sasuke, and Neji came out.

"Where's Kiba-kun," Sakura asked.

Neji just shrugged. "I haven't seen him since he went to detention." Sasuke just shook his head.

"No. I didn't think I saw Kiba in detention." Sasuke said. "I walked by there on the way to homeroom. Kiba wasn't in there."

"Then where is Kiba?" Sakura asked. No body answered while they all started to walk to history. "I hope he's okay."

"Sakura-Chan you worry too much," Hinata said throwing a hand over Sakura's shoulder. "Kiba is fine. He probably just wanted to surprise you with something."

Sakura shrugged. "Alright,"she said as they entered Genma's history classroom. Sakura sat in the middle of the room, Sasuke sat next to her. Hinata sat on her other side, which was in front of Tenten. Neji next to Tenten, but behind Hinata. Naruto sat next to Neji, and Choji next to Naruto. A green blur rushed into the classroom. "SAKURA-CHAN!"

Sakura was lifted into the air by Lee, and he began running with her into the hallway. "Lee! Put me do-" Sakura began to say.

"IT'S KIBA!" Lee screamed. The whole class went silent. The group all raced after Lee and Sakura; Lee being ahead by quite a lot.

"What's wrong with Kiba?" Sakura asked panicking a little bit. "Is he okay?"

"I DON'T KNOW SAKURA-CHAN!" Lee's voice bellowed. "I THINK HE WAS HIT BY A CAR!"

"Oh please God... no..." Sakura said, tears began falling from her eyes.

Lee sprinted out of the school, and into the parking lot. There was a large crowd of students surrounding something. Lee ran over to the group, and the group of students just let him pass.

Sakura peeked out from behind a couple heads. There was Kiba; he was lying on the ground bleeding. There was blood coming out from his stomach, and he looked to be unconscious. Sakura got out of Lee's grip, and ran over to him. "KIBA-KUN!" Sakura screamed.

Kiba's eyes opened slightly at the sound of Sakura's voice. He glanced up at her once she kneeled down next to him.

"Kiba-kun! What happened? Are you alright?" Sakura asked in a panicked frenzy. She grabbed his hand. "SOMEONE CALL 911!"

Lee came up out of the crowd. "The paramedics are already on their way. I don't know how or what happened." Lee said quietly. The rest of the group showed up behind him. Hinata and Ino were crying, and Tenten looked like she was about to.

"Who did this?" Naruto asked. He looked at the group. They all thought about it. Kiba was still on the ground bleeding, and it looked like he was trying to speak.

"G-g-g-a-a-aa-r-a," Kiba managed to squeeze out. Sakura started to cry even harder.

"Kiba it's all my fault you're hurt!" Sakura said. She placed her hands over her eyes and started to rock back and forth. "It's all my fault... my fault.. all of it."

Kiba managed to grab one of Sakura's hands and squeezed it tight. "N-no." Kiba said.

The group heard a loud BOOM from the school, and everything became brighter. The school was engulfed into flames; people were screaming. "What's going on?" Tenten asked. She went to stand by Neji; Neji grabbed her hand.

"We should get away from the school," Shikamaru said hugging Ino from behind. "The school is on fire."

Temari and Kankuro came up to the group. Kankuro ran over to a crying Hinata and engulfed her in a giant hug. "It's okay Hina-Chan," he said softly in her ear.

"What the hell is going on out here?" Temari asked wondering over. "We were in physics and all of a sudden half of the school was on fire. Our teacher told us that he's pretty sure no one is hurt... but they can't find someone..."

"We need to take Kiba to the hospital." Sakura said while holding onto his hand. "I don't think the paramedics will arrive soon enough."

"Alright!" Naruto said. "We'll take my party van! BELIEVE IT!"

"HOW YOUTHFUL NARUTO-KUN!" Lee yelled, while grabbing a hold of Kiba, along with Sasuke, Neji, and Choji. "WE SHOULD GO TO YOUR YOUTHFUL VAN NOW!"

Sakura was still holding Kiba's hand. "Lee, please be quiet."

"HAI MY YOUTHFUL CHERRY BLOSSOM!" Lee yelled, and they all went to Naruto's florescent orange van. Sakura got in first, and the guys placed Kiba's head on her lap. Tenten went in second, and pressed down on Kiba's wound. Kiba cringed, but nodded his head in approval. The rest of the group got in.

Naruto turned the engine on, and then buckled his seat belt. Sasuke, who was sitting in the front seat next to Naruto also buckled his seat belt. The group looked at them weirdly. "Why are you buckling your seat belt; we have to get going!" Neji hollered from the back of the van.

"You've never seen Naruto drive..." Sasuke said, and then shuddered. "We'll be there in a few minutes."

"But the hospital is like twenty minutes away!" Ino said; also putting on her seat belt.

There was an evil laugh heard from the driver's seat. "I can get us there in under five minutes," Naruto said. He placed his car in drive, and pressed down hard on the gas petal.

2 minutes 20 second later

A florescent orange van pulled up to the hospital. A large group of teens pilled out of the van, and carried an unconscious brown haired teen boy into the lobby.

Tenten was still outside with Temari; they were kissing the ground, and thanking God that they were still a live.

"HE NEEDS HELP!" Sakura screamed as they carried Kiba into the lobby. In a flash several nurses and doctors had brought over a gurney for Kiba; they laid him down. They began wheeling him away; Sakura had to let go of his hand.

A kind looking nurse came over to the group, along with a familiar looking light red headed doctor. "Sakura-Chan! What are you doing here?" Mimi asked.

"It's Kiba-kun," Sakura said, and pointed to the group of medical staff racing away into another room.

"I'll go check on him," Mimi said. Then before leaving she kissed Sakura on the forehead, "It'll all work out baby." She left.

Two Hours Later

Sakura sat huddled into a ball on one of the waiting room chairs. She had called Tsume and Hana an hour and a half ago, but no one was home when she called. Sakura sat in the waiting room with Hinata. Everyone else went to the gang battle that Gaara had challenged Kiba to in Kiba's honor.

"I can't believe they went," Sakura said out loud. She turned to Hinata. Hinata's eyes were all wet; she had been crying for a while now. Sakura leaned her head on Hinata's shoulder. "He'll be fine Hinata. He's Kiba. He has to be."

Meanwhile

Neji stood at the battle field. Gaara's gang had a good number of people, but it seemed the number was diminishing faster that the wolves. There had been no casualties on the wolves/akatsuki side in the battle. Neji watched the battle in the middle of the field.

There stood Gaara. He was up against his older sister and brother. Sasuke was even there to try and help. Temari had some sort of large fan out and was trying to hit Gaara with it. Kankuro and Sasuke were just trying to get in a good punch at him.

Neji looked around again. He saw a green blur here, no there. No, it was just everywhere. Neji assumed it to be the green beast, fighting for his beloved Sakura. Neji turned back to his own fight. A very hurt Kabuto stood in front of him. Neji had managed to get in several good hits, and Kabuto was effectively having a hard time breathing, and coughing up blood.

"Give up Kabuto," Neji said. Kabuto just glared at Neji. He made to stand, but Neji kicked him in his ribs. Kabuto fell to the ground; unconscious.

Ino and Tenten were double teaming some of the Demon girls. A girl named Karen and a girl named Kin were effectively getting pounded by them. Tenten was on one side throwing kunai at them with precision, and Ino was on the other side doing the same thing, but less accurately.

Shikamaru was lazily fighting a guy named Sai. Sai had gotten in a few good punches on Shikamaru, and Shikamaru hadn't gotten one hit on Sai yet. Sai was panting hard; Shikamaru was breathing easily.

"You attack too quickly," Shikamaru said, suddenly disappearing. Appearing behind a confused Sai, Shikamaru whispered, "and use too much energy."

He kicked Sai in the back of the head, and Sai fell to the grassy floor. The Akatsuki gang members were each taking on individual groups. Itachi and Kisame went to help Temari, Kankuro, and Sasuke after their battle was over.

"We haven't gotten one good hit on him yet," Temari said, panting heavily.

"It's alright." Itachi said, stepping up with Kisame, "we can take him from here."

Kankuro nodded, and the three of them stepped back. Itachi walked closer to Gaara, Gaara just growled. Itachi said, "So you're the one who likes to beat on poor women huh? What an useless excuse for a human being."

Kisame walked up. He had a large baseball bat on his back, and he grabbed it. Taking a few good swings, Kisame grinned at Gaara. "This is for you kid."

Gaara just looked around him. There were only a few members of the Demons that were not injured. There was Jugo, Kimimaro, Zaku, and Dosu. Gaara nodded to the four other boys. "Plan B," Gaara said. The guys nodded, and dispersed.

Gaara just grinned evilly at the gang in front of him. "Just you wait," Gaara muttered, and ran off into a nearby forest.

"What the heck did he mean by a plan B?" Naruto asked, coming up with a limping Choji. The gang known as the Wolves, and the Akatsuki all shook their heads.

"I don't know," Temari said, "But knowing Gaara, it can't be good."

Kankuro nodded his head. "We should get back to the hospital, and see if Sakura and Hinata are alright."

Sasuke stopped dead in his tracks. "Sakura..." he said. The rest of the group stopped too.

"EVERYONE TO NARUTO'S YOUTHFUL VAN!" Lee screamed while he raced to Naruto's van. The Akatsuki just nodded their heads.

Turning to Neji, Itachi said, "We'll search for Gaara."

'Thanks," Neji called from over his shoulder, he was racing to Naruto's van. They all were.

At The Hospital

A doctor walked out Kiba's hospital room door. Sakura immediately stood, and Hinata did the same.

"Is he alright Doctor?" Sakura asked once the doctor had made it to them. He sighed.

"He will be fine. Kiba just got a few broken ribs that cut into some organs. He's fine now, but his ribs will be sore for a while. Does one of you want to see him?" The doctor asked.

"Only one of us?" Sakura asked, the doctor nodded.

"What are you waiting for Sakura-Chan?" Hinata said smiling a bit. She then sat down on a chair quite dramatically and said, "I'm not going in there before you do!"

Sakura just laughed. "Okay Hinata, thanks." Then with a wave, Sakura followed the doctor to Kiba's room. Sakura knocked on the door lightly, and then entered.

She saw Kiba resting on a white hospital bed. His eyes were closed, but she could tell he was awake because he was humming to himself. Sakura ran to him and gave him a large hug.

"I'm glad you're alright," Sakura said, ruffling his hair a little bit. Kiba just laughed, but then clutched his ribs. "They hurt that bad huh?"

Kiba shook his head. "They don't hurt that bad Saki." He tightened his hold on Sakura. "I'm sorry I got hurt."

"NO! Kiba!" Sakura said, letting go instantly. "It was my fault. If you didn't say you'd protect me..."

Kiba just shook her off. "The bastard tried to run me over. I wasn't protecting you at all. I think he was just jealous."

Sakura just laughed lightly, snuggling into Kiba. "Hai, I'm sure he was."

Sakura glanced around the room. She found a normal sized wheel chair in the corner of the room. "Do you think you're up to seeing Hinata? She was probably more worried than I was." Sakura said.

Kiba nodded. "Where is everyone else?" He asked getting into the wheel chair, Sakura just maneuvered him slightly so she could get through the door.

"They went to the gang fight Kiba-kun," Sakura said. "Neji was the leader. He said they were going to fight for your honor."

Kiba just shook his head. "They shouldn't have gone without me! If someone gets hurt its going to be all my fault I wasn't there to protect them." Kiba said.

Sakura looked at him. "Kiba they wanted to go. If you had been awake or not they would have gone. You wouldn't have been able to stop them."

Kiba just shrugged. "They are a stubborn group..."

Sakura laughed. "Hai they are." Kiba and Sakura entered the waiting room. They looked around and found the Wolves had come back, and were sitting on the chairs. "Where's Hinata-Chan?" Sakura asked while looking around.

"We thought she was with you..." Temari said, standing up.

"Iie," Sakura replied, pushing Kiba to the center of the room, "there was only one person who was allowed to go into Kiba-kun's room. And Hinata said I could."

The group heard a loud BOOM all of a sudden. A gang of black cloaks with red clouds on it came bursting through the doorway. Itachi was leading them. "We followed the five remaining members of the Demon's to this hospital. They have not left." Itachi said. "My guys are at all exits; they have to be here somewhere."

"Oh no..." Sakura said. "If there here... and we can't find Hinata..."

"THEY TOOK HINATA-CHAN!" Ino screamed. The whole group paled.