Hi everyone again. Um, yeah not much to say this time. Um……………………

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Anyways on to the story,

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did, I would make no changes because it is awesome as it is.

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Chapter 9

"What did you say?" Naruto asked while he stared at her. He had the utmost look of disbelief and confusion on his face.

"Naruto, it was hard enough for me to say it. Please don't make me repeat it unless you have a response." Hinata said while her gaze fell to the floor. She started her old habit of fiddling with her fingers, spinning them in small circles.

A small smile graced Naruto's lips as he turned around so his back was to her. "That's all I needed to know." And he began to walk out of the room.

Hinata stood there until she realized he was leaving. She ran up so she was close behind him. "Aren't you going to say anything?"

Naruto stopped walking so abruptly that Hinata bumped into his back. But before she stepped away, he quickly turned around to face her. He grabbed onto her waist and pulled her close into an embrace. Naruto brought her head close to his so he could whisper in her ear.

"I will let you in on a secret; the day Sakura left me for Sasuke I stopped liking her. That kiss was a mistake, and I never meant it. I'm guessing it's the same with you and Sasuke."

Hinata's eyes widened. 'He never liked Sakura after that? But….I could have sworn-Wait a minute! The same with me and Sasuke?'

"What do you mean 'I'm guessing it's the same with you and Sasuke'?"

"You were helping me and Sakura get away, I guess I should let you off for that kiss."

Out of habit, she bit her lip. "You saw me and Sasuke……..?"

Naruto smirked. "Don't even worry about it." He released her and began to walk away again.

"You……….changed the subject." Hinata said quietly, but enough for him to hear.

Naruto looked over his shoulder. "Huh?"

"You never said anything, after I told you. Since you might not be coming back, I want to know how you feel……….about me." Hinata said even more gently.

He turned fully around again. He softly pressed his lips against her forehead. "That's for me to know, and you to find out."

Naruto turned back around for the final time, leaving a confused Hinata behind in the doorway.

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"Shikamaru, eh? Well Mr. Smartass I hope you are ready to die! I'm never going to forgive you for making me trip on that rock!" Temari shouted.

"I didn't make you trip over anything, I just predicted where your next step was going to be and kicked a rock there. You tripped all on your own." Shikamaru said with no enthusiasm, but a little smug.

"Stop bragging you stuck-up bastard. Now are going to kill me or not? You have my gun and I'm pretty much defenseless." Temari said while standing in front of him looking him straight in his dark eyes.

Shikamaru smirked. "There would be no fun in that though. It's too much of a drag."

Temari glared at him skeptically. "So, what you are telling me is, you are not going to kill me. But you insist on standing in front of me and smirking like you achieved something. Well here is a newsflash for you, you haven't won yet!"

Temari quickly ducked down on her knees and elbowed him in the stomach, making him drop his gun. She quickly scrambled to get it and picked it up and aimed it at him with a wide smile on her face.

"Who's smiling now?!"

She brought the barrel up to his dark hair.

"Any last words before I put a hole in your skull?"

Shikamaru shrugged in an uncaring fashion. "Do whatever."

The spunky blonde nodded while still smiling. She put her finger on the trigger and pulled back.

Click

Temari looked at the gun. She pulled the trigger again at his head.

Click

"What the fuck?!"

She opened the back and saw it had no ammo.

"This whole time, your gun was unloaded!?" Temari yelled while she threw the gun on the ground. "What the hell was I thinking!? I could have shot you this whole time!"

Shikamaru then grabbed her wrists right when she threw the gun on the ground and put them behind her back.

"Why are girls always so troublesome? All you do is yell. You got outsmarted by a 'smartass', is that so hard to comprehend? By the way, the gun wasn't unloaded, I ran out of bullets when I was shooting at you earlier."

Temari clenched her teeth. "Just wait Nara, I will kill you."

Shikamaru brought his lips to her ear and whispered.

"Not if I kill you first."

Shikamaru turned her head slightly over her shoulder and brought his lips to hers.

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'That's for me to know, and you to find out? What does he mean by that? Wait a minute.' Hinata thought to herself.

'Where's Sasuke?'

Hinata subconsciously widened her eyes in fear. She grabbed the gun Ino gave her and took off after Naruto.

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Naruto stormed down the stairs and outside of the house. He spotted a bush across the lawn where he could keep surveillance on them and wait for the perfect opportunity. He quickly dashed across and slid baseball style under the bush.

'That was close.'

Naruto watched Sasuke, Shino, Kankuro, and Gaara fire at the window where Ino was firing a turret.

Bam

'Somebody just got hit' Naruto thought to himself while he saw Shino crouch down and groan in pain.

"ANYBODY ELSE WANNA PIECE OF ME!" Ino yelled from the window.

The group retreated back behind the truck to get a safe distance.

"I DIDN'T THINK SO!!!!!"

'Now, if I can just get Sasuke alone.'

Naruto pulled out his cell phone.

"Why, if it isn't my very youthful friend Naruto! What's going on?"

"Look Lee, we have a situation at the mansion, you need to get down here with Tenten, or we are all going to die!"

"Don't worry about a thing! Me and the youthful Tenten will be there in a heartbeat or I will do a thousand push-ups!"

"JUST GET DOWN HERE!"

"Right!"

Naruto hung up and slipped the phone in his pocket. He used his hands to slightly move the leaves in the bush to create an eyehole to spy on the group.

'Now we play the waiting game.'

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Hinata went from room to room, looking for anyone who could help her fight off Sasuke. She tried Ino, but she was to busy shooting the turret out the window.

But to her dismay, no one would help her. So she decided to take care of it herself.

Hinata went downstairs and out the side door into an open area with large fountains. She carefully surveyed the area, and when determining it was safe, she walked forward and leaned her back against the side of the house and looked around the other side.

Hinata was able to make out the guys behind the truck and a nearby bush.

'That's it!'

She crept her way across the jade grass and into the bush. Hinata exhaled her held breath for her safety. But before she could say another word, a hand came across her mouth, muffling her screams.

"What are you doing here?"

Hinata hadn't realized that she shut her eyes tightly, so she slowly opened her left eye, then her right to see a pair of sky-blue eyes staring back at her. She felt his hand across her mouth release itself.

"Well? It's too dangerous for you to be out here. What are you doing?"

She narrowed her eyes at the spiky-haired blonde. "This isn't only YOUR battle, Sasuke isn't YOUR enemy. He is just as much mine as yours. And I refuse to let you die alone if you are going to."

"Hinata you don't know what you are talking about! Just go back inside before you get yourself killed!"

"No!" Hinata yelled back, but not loud enough to give away their position. "We are in this TOGETHER! I am going to help you whether you let me or not!"

Hinata put each hand on both sides of his face and pulled him down to her lips. Naruto was at first shocked, but then slowly responded and kissed her back. Her hands left his face and trailed upwards into his golden spikes while bringing his head closer to hers.

Naruto was in a daze. He had completely forgotten everything around him, if only for a second. Much to his dismay, he realized the seriousness of their situation. He couldn't live with himself if Hinata ever got hurt, or worse. He slowly pulled away from her and looked into her lilac eyes. They were filled with determination; she wanted him to know that he had her full support.

He was torn, he couldn't decide if he should just bring her back inside and lock her up to keep her from getting hurt, or to actually let her aid him.

Naruto was seriously considering letting her help him, but he shook the thought from his head.

'No! I can't let her get hurt, she means too much to me. I can't loose her to Sasuke. I won't loose her to him!'

Naruto bent down close to her ears. He whispered in an almost inaudible tone, "I'm sorry."

Before Hinata could react, Naruto hit a pressure point behind her neck that caused her to gradually fall asleep. "N-Naruto."

Hinata faded faster and faster into the darkness, and she finally lost consciousness.

Naruto looked at her unconscious body. He brought her head up to him and kissed her forehead. "Be safe." He arranged her body so it remained hidden in the bush.

Just then, a green Solstice pulled up that had a brunette girl with a bun on each side of her head. And a tall figure with a bowl haircut and bushy eyebrows.

The two stepped out of the car with a serious expression. Naruto motioned for them to go over to the bush.

Lee and Tenten saw the gesture and ran over to him. They kneeled down in the bush.

"Hey Naruto, I see we are in quite the predicament. Who is she?" Tenten said.

"Um, I will tell you guys later. For now, in case you haven't noticed, we have a serious problem."

Lee nodded. "Just tell us what to do."

Naruto shook his head in agreement. "You see the truck with the guys hiding behind it? I need you to distract those guys and try to get Sasuke alone."

"Payback time is it?" Tenten asked with a slight smirk.

"You have no idea."

"Just leave everything to me and Tenten! We won't let you down!" Lee exclaimed. Naruto could have sworn he saw fire shooting out of Lee's eyes. But maybe he just has an overactive imagination.

"Alright, get to it then."

"Right," said Tenten and Lee at the same time while nodding their heads.

Tenten took out her knives and other sharp utensils while Lee tightened the bandages around his hands. Neither of them used firearms in a battle, claiming it was "cheating." But Tenten used knives and swords and even crossbows, while Lee only used hand-to-hand combat.

The two ran from the bushes and confronted the Red Eye group that was retreating behind the truck. Tenten held Kankuro at knife-point and Lee took off against Gaara, leaving Sasuke alone behind the truck.

Naruto saw his opportunity and headed towards the truck quietly. He snuck up behind Sasuke and lightly tapped him on the shoulder. When Sasuke turned around Naruto punched him square in the nose with enough force to knock him backwards and onto the ground.

Sasuke wiped his bloody face with the back of his fist and glared evilly at Naruto.

"How's it been, Sasuke?" Naruto asked with a smirk on his face, ignoring the pain surging through his knuckles from his punch.

"Hell Naruto, it's been hell." Sasuke said with his own grin on his bruised face. Sasuke quickly got up off the ground with lightning speed and punched Naruto in the gut, making him hunch over in pain.

"But things are starting to look up."

Naruto clenched his teeth to sooth the pain. He got up to face Sasuke's dark eyes that were glazed over by hate.

"D-don't be so s-sure Sasuke." Naruto managed to say, ignoring the throbbing sensation in his stomach. He pulled out his gun to aim at Sasuke, but he did it so slowly that Sasuke was able to snatch the gun away from his shaking hand.

Sasuke then pistol whipped him across the head and Naruto fell to the ground with his hands to his skull to suppress the rising blood.

"You're so weak, it's almost pathetic. Did you really expect to kill me like this?" Sasuke asked while looming over him like a dark shadow.

Sasuke kicked him in the back making him roll over. "Get up, unless you want to die a disgrace."

Naruto shut his eyes in pain while the blood was spilling out his wound and dripping down his face, leaving ruby trails across his cheeks and nose.

Naruto had no choice but to stand up, if he was going to die, it wouldn't be like this damn it!

"Still an idiot to the end huh?" Sasuke asked while slowly bringing his gun to his head. "Any last words?"

Naruto smirked, "Are you going to stand there all day? Or are you going to be a man and shoot already?, you fucking pansy."

Sasuke clenched his teeth, not letting the insult get to him. He looked straight into his blue eyes and was about to pull the trigger.

BASH!

Sasuke was on the ground from being pushed. The gun was knocked out of his hand and was far across the grass.

He brought his eyes up to see the mystique figure above him, who was apparently Naruto's savior.

'Whoever it is, they are so fucking dead.'

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Well that is chapter 9, pretty intense eh? I thought so. I worked all week on this, it took much longer than I thought it would, on the bright side, it was better than my last chapter in my opinion.

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