A/N: I know, it's been a loooooong time since I've updated. I had major writer's block. The past few months I've tried writing bits and pieces for this chapter, but they all turned out crappy. Then last night I was reading some old SasuSaku fanfics and was like "Jeesh I really love SasuSaku." And suddenly a little plot bunny came along and I got a new idea of where I should take this! So, thank goodness for plot bunnies :D

Oh, and thanks for all your reviews! I'm so close to beating my record!!

.:Chapter.Ten:.

Ryuu walked over towards Sakura, a smirk on his face as his eyes wandered up and down her body. Sasuke clenched his fists, but saw Sakura glance at him, her emerald orbs telling him to wait.

What Ryuu did next surprised both Sasuke and Sakura. Instead of going to Sakura, he walked over to the other room again. Before Sakura could even take a step towards Sasuke, Ryuu had returned, a white wedding kimono in his arms.

"Sakura-chan," Ryuu said, "I want my bride to be pure at our wedding, so I've come up with a plan…"

Inner Sakura leapt for joy. You mean we have more time to escape now?!

Before Sakura could sigh in relief, Ryuu smirked. "So we're getting married now. Go put this on. I want to have a little chat with Sasuke."

Sakura gasped as Sasuke's eyes widened. Well they sure didn't see that coming! Sakura nodded and gulped as she took the kimono, glancing behind her at Sasuke one last time as she walked into the changing room.

Naruto and Hinata ran down the hall, their eyes always glancing about them. They had no weapons, so they each broke off one of the legs of the wooden stool from the cell, sharpening one end just in case. Hinata's eyes lit up in recognition when she finally saw the large doors they entered in.

"Naruto-kun!" she whispered, pointing towards the doors. Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand and gave it a squeeze. The two listened for anyone coming and waited several seconds before making a quiet dash for the doors.

The pair pushed past the heavy doors, running down the hill towards the fence surrounding the mansion. Naruto cupped his hands and held them out in front of him, towards Hinata.

"Here Hinata-chan, I'll boost you over," Naruto said. Hinata smiled softly, sliding her foot in the holster Naruto created with his hands, setting her hands on his shoulders.

"Where do you think you're going?" a voice asked, startling Hinata and Naruto, causing both to fall over. The two stood up, instinctively reaching for the holsters on their thighs, then groaned when they remembered they had no weapons.

Naruto looked over towards his left, the stool legs were several feet away. If they could just distract this guy, he could get at them. Hinata took on a battle stance, readying the little chakra she had left.

The man drew his katana, his eyes flickering as he smirked at the two. "What are you, 15?" he asked.

Naruto glared, then gestured his head towards the stool legs at Hinata. Hinata nodded in understanding. Naruto created four shadow clones, and all five shinobi raced towards the large man. Three of them were immediately shot away when a light flashed from the ninja's hands, causing the clones to disappear with a poof. Hinata dashed towards the wooden stool legs, grabbing one and throwing it towards the Sound ninja. The stake-like weapon landed in the right side of the ninja's chest, but didn't do much harm.

Naruto groaned, deciding it was time to do more. He gathered up a ball of chakra in his hand, sending the rasengan towards the ninja. He shot backwards into a tree, and when the rubble cleared, Hinata threw the second sharpened piece of wood, landing it right into his heart.

Naruto and Hinata didn't have time to check if he was dead, for as soon as the sound of the explosion ended, dozens of ninja raced out of the house. Naruto boosted Hinata over the fence and followed, quickly leaping over.

The two grabbed hands and raced down the streets, making sure to stay in the shadows as they headed for the village gates. "Only a few more hours," Naruto whispered, looking up towards the sky.

Sakura bit her lip as she looked at her reflection in the mirror. She flattened out the creases on the kimono that accentuated her curves and made her eyes glow. She felt beautiful in the white silk garment, but she had always imagined herself wearing this for her wedding to Sasuke.

She pressed her ear up to the door, trying to hear what Sasuke and Ryuu were saying, but all she could make out was their voices. Sakura gulped and opened the door a crack, when suddenly someone banged on the door to the other room. Sakura opened the door enough so she could see out, but Ryuu wouldn't notice.

Ryuu opened the door, shouting "What!"

A skinny man bowed to Ryuu before speaking. "Gomen nasai for interrupting Ryuu-sama, but the other two have escaped."

Ryuu ran a frustrated hand through his hair, groaning loudly. He looked back at Sasuke and then the door Sakura was changing in. "I'll be right with you," he said.

He walked over to the door Sakura had quickly shut when he turned, locking it. "Better to keep you two separated," Ryuu said to Sasuke. "I'll be back."

Sasuke waited a minute after Ryuu left, then popped his hands out of the hand cuffs that Sakura had 'accidentally' locked wrong.

"Sakura," Sasuke said quietly, tapping on the door.

"S-Sasuke-kun?" Sakura's muffled voice whispered back. "What's going on?"

"Stand back," Sasuke said. "I'm gonna get you out of here."

"Okay," Sakura replied once she was as far away from the door as possible. She turned around when she noticed she bumped into a picture frame, seeing something that isn't normally behind pictures.

Sasuke tried to just turn the knob, but he didn't have enough chakra left in him to turn the strong lock. So he settled for knocking the door down as quietly as possible. One swift kick knocked the door knob away and Sasuke pushed the door open, letting Sakura wrap her arms around him the moment they found each other.

After a few seconds of their embrace, Sasuke pulled away. "There aren't any windows in the other room and we're locked in. We're going to have to figure out how to get out making as little noise as-"

Sakura silenced the Uchiha with her lips, pressing them against his firmly, then pulling away. "Don't worry," she said smiling. She walked over to the picture. "Look…"

Sasuke arched an eyebrow as the pink haired kunoichi took the picture down, revealing an old window that looked like it hadn't been dusted in months. "Let's go," Sakura said, hoisting up her kimono past her knees so she could climb out easier.

However, it wasn't as easy as she'd planned. The fabric kept getting in the way, so Sakura couldn't find a way to hold the cloth away yet still hoist herself up. She gasped when two strong arms lifted her up, pushing the window open.

Sasuke had Sakura stick her head out of the window first, making sure there was no one around. When she found no one, Sasuke flipped her around so her feet were first and Sakura dropped to the ground quickly, rolling her apple green eyes as Sasuke jumped out with ease.

They lowered their chakra when they saw all the ninja around the corner, surveying the damage of the yard and the ninja. The pair decided to go to the other side, where Sakura used her remaining strength to pry two bars of the fence open, leaving enough space for the two of them to squeeze through.

Sakura frowned as one of her sleeves got caught on the bar, she struggled with pulling it free until Sasuke just ripped the sleeve off from the seam on the shoulder. Sakura smacked his shoulder.

"Look what you did!" she hissed. "Now I look ridiculous." Sasuke rolled his eyes as the kunoichi pouted her lips.

"Fine," he groaned. He grabbed hold of the other sleeve, also ripping it from the seam of the shoulder. "Better?"

Sakura gasped and glared at the Uchiha. "No! Not better! I look even worse!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes again as he grabbed Sakura by the wrist, leading her towards the front gates of the village. "At least they're even now."

Naruto smiled as handed Hinata half a piece of bread, which he'd managed to steal on their way thru the alleys of the market. Hinata ate the bread quickly, hoping to calm her rumbling stomach.

Naruto looked to the sky after swallowing his last bite. He sighed, they only had a few more hours and Sasuke and Sakura were nowhere to be found. The two sat in a tall tree where no one could see them, unless they were actually looking maybe. The blonde noticed the girl beside him shiver, despite the fact she had his sweatshirt on. A sly smirk grew on the Uzumaki's face as he slowly slid over towards his crush, making a yawn and stretching his arms up before slowly lowering his right one onto Hinata's shoulders.

Hinata gasped, but then smiled, reveling in the warmth he brought her. She scooted closer to Naruto, then her heart began to speed up again as a tan finger lifted her chin up so their eyes could meet.

The moment her ivory eyes met his, Naruto's confidence disappeared. He gulped, unsure of what to do now. Hinata's sparkling eyes made him smile sheepishly, and then he lowered his own head.

"Naruto-kun," Hinata said with a smile. Her small hand cupping his cheek, the Hyuuga lifted his head up. Naruto's cheeks burned as he felt Hinata's thumbs stroke the six lines on his cheeks.

"Hinata…" Naruto whispered in return. Hinata smiled then said, "You can kiss me." Naruto grinned and leaned forward, wrapping his arms around her small body. Hinata brought her arms around his neck, her fingers brushing against his blonde spiky hair.

Their lips met with equal passion and wanting. Naruto found his courage returning as he slowly opened his mouth to lick Hinata's bottom lip. To both of their surprises, she didn't do anything but open her mouth to him. At first neither was quite sure of what to do, being this was their first time, but as soon as their shy tongues grazed each other, their feelings took over, guiding the two newbies along.

"Hinata-chan," Naruto whispered when they parted. Hinata smiled softly and leaned her head on his chest as they cuddled.

Sasuke and Sakura ran down the streets silently, until Sakura tripped on a chip in the road, causing her to fall forward and skin her knee.

"Ack!" she shouted when she fell. Sasuke sweat dropped. So much for stealthy ninja skills…

"There!" someone shouted. The two looked up, it was one of Ryuu's men. Now there was half a dozen of them heading their way.

"Come on!" Sasuke shouted, helping the kunoichi up. Sakura looked down at her knee and cringed, the kimono was now even more torn and it was stained with blood, plus there was a large bloody raspberry on her knee.

The pair rounded a corner, looking behind them and seeing the men still had a ways to catch up to them.

"We need a plan," Sakura said.

"We don't have time."

"If we don't come up with something, they're going to catch us! We know what they'll do to me, but I can't imagine what they'll do to you, Sasuke-kun," Sakura said. Sasuke kept his gaze to the corner, waiting for the men.

"We could fight them," he said.

"How? We have no chakra left. I can't even heal my own knee I'm so low!" Sasuke quickly put his hand over her mouth.

"They're coming," he whispered. Sakura pulled closer to Sasuke.

"What're we gonna do?" she whispered.

"I-"

"Psst."

The two looked around quickly, seeing nothing.

"Pssssst!"

"Do you hear that?" Sakura whispered.

"Aa."

"Oi, over here!" a tiny voice called. The two looked up and saw two small children, hiding in a crawl space. "Come in here and they wont find you!" the little girl whispered.

Sakura and Sasuke didn't have time to think. The men were getting closer. "Come on, Sasuke!" she pulled the Uchiha's hand as they crawled into the cramped space in the alley.

Sakura held her breath and tucked her face into Sasuke's arm when the men ran past, praying to Kami that they wouldn't be found. Sasuke waited about five minutes before finally deciding they were gone. With the little chakra he had left, he searched and found no chakra but their with in half a mile.

They crawled out, then helped the children as well. "Thank you so much," Sakura said to the children. "You have no idea how much you've helped us."

"Did we save your lives?" the little boy asked.

"Aa."

"Hooray! We're heroes!" the children shouted, linking arms and doing a little dance. Sakura laughed while Sasuke rolled his eyes. The children reminded him of Naruto.

Sakura bit her lip, crouching so she was at eye level with the children. Sasuke sighed, he knew her maternal instincts were kicking in. The children froze as Sakura ran her hands over their bumps and bruises. She felt their arms, all bone and skin. Their hair was dirty and snarled.

"What are your names?" she asked, holding both of their hands.

"I'm Hana," the girl said. "This is my brother Kyo." Hana had light brown hair and dark blue-violet eyes. Kyo was the opposite, his hair was so dark brown it looked almost black in certain light. His eyes were a light blue-gray.

"How old are you?" she asked, ruffling Kyo's hair.

"I'm five!" Kyo shouted proudly, holding up five fingers. Sakura smiled and Sasuke smirked.

"What a big boy," Sakura cooed. "And you, Hana?"

"I'm seven," the girl said quietly, fingering her brown dress. It was then that Sakura realized it wasn't a dress but a burlap sac. Kyo's outfit was the same, but he had an old pair of pants on as well. The two were barefoot.

"Well I'm Sakura, and this is my friend Sasuke. We're from the Hidden Leaf Village. Where are your parents?"

"We don't know," Hana said softly. "A few months ago, the dragon man's men ran around the streets like they just did. They killed lotsa people. They took Kaa-san, we never saw her again…"

"And your Tou-san?"

"He left when Kyo-chan was a baby. I don't really remember him…" Sasuke sighed when Sakura looked up at him.

"Oh, Sasuke-kun…"

"Fine," Sasuke said with a sigh. The children looked up at the teenagers with confused looks.

"Hana, Kyo, how would you like to come back to Konoha with Sasuke and me? I'm sure you'll love it there, we'll find some parents for you," Sakura said. Kyo and Hana looked at each other, then nodded, grins on their faces. Sakura smiled and stood up.

"Come on, we have to go find our friends Naruto and Hinata," Sakura said. Kyo and Hana ran back to the crawl space quickly. Sakura walked up to a scowling Sasuke.

"Arigatou, Sasuke-kun," she said quietly, kissing his cheek as she stood on her toes. "This means so much to them… to me."

"Tch. They'd better not slow us down."

"We'll carry them. Look at how tired they are." The children returned, each carrying a small toy. Hana had an old doll made of yarn and buttons. Kyo had a worn out teddy bear. Sakura picked up Kyo as Sasuke grabbed Hana. Sasuke eyed how Sakura rubbed Kyo's back, allowing him to tuck his face into her neck. Sasuke looked at the girl in his arms. She was fidgeting with her doll. He watched as she stifled a yawn, trying to hide her exhaustion. Sasuke sighed, then adjusted Hana so she could sleep more comfortably.

"You can sleep," he said. The girl saw how Sakura held Kyo with his head in her neck, but she paused, unsure. "Go ahead."

Hana yawned, resting her head on his broad shoulder. Sakura looked up from the little boy sucking his thumb to Sasuke and Hana, already fast asleep. Sasuke felt Sakura's eyes and looked down.

"What?" he snapped, causing Sakura to giggle as they made their way through the streets, as quickly and quietly as possible.

"Naruto-kun," Hinata said quietly waking the blonde. "Naruto-kun!"

"Arugh mrff shcak…"

"Naruto-kun!"

POKE.

"Whaa? Owww Hinata-chan!" Naruto said, rubbing his forehead.

"The sun is rising. Sasuke and Sakura-chan aren't here…" Naruto looked up. Sure enough, the pale moon was being replaced by an orange and pink sun. He bit his lip, looking around, then dropped to the ground.

"Come on, you know what teme said."

Hinata frowned, but jumped down as well. "I.. I feel so bad for deserting them…"

"We're not deserting them, we're following orders. Sasuke and Sakura-chan would've done the same thing," Naruto said, although he was sure that was wrong.

"O-Okay, if you're sure…" They headed for the gates when someone's voice was heard.

"You're not seriously planning on ditching us, are you?"

A/N: Yay plot bunnies! I loved throwing in Kyo and Hana! I wish I could've thought of them sooner.

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