Chapter 10:
Tsunade bounced from roof to roof at incredible speed, trying not to waste any time at all.'Shoot... I've only 10 minutes...sure wish Neji or Hinata were close by...' . It seemed as if luck was smiling upon her that day even if for a moment, for who just flew in the oppisite direction of her? Hinata, Neji, and the ones who were posted with them at the towers. Tsunade wavered a bit and stopped 'Good things do happen every once in a while...' "HEY!! NEJI!! HINATA!! ...EVERYONE!!" The young Chuunins
(plus one Jonin) stopped in their tracks to look back "Tsunade!!" they all cried. Tsunade jumped over to the same roof the teens stood on and took a deep breath in relief. She then went on to explain the situation "Neji! Hinata! I need you to come with me. ONLY you two though. The rest of you go back to the look-out towers with your original partners and -" she paused to pose a serious expression "whatever you do, DO NOT come to us." Shino stepped foward "Why is that Tsunade-sama?" She glared at him for a moment. Then she said to the two Hyuugas "Come. We have to hurry." Tsunade darted away with
Neji and Hinata following closely behind her. The left behind Chuunin were a little upset at this. "Man this stinks! The look-out towers are B-O-R-I-N-G!" Kiba said with a yawn. Chouji commented childishly "Wow, he can actually spell!"(Chouji ran out of chips - that's why he's being grumpy)Kiba growled at him "Why you- " "Stop it now." Shino stated calmly. Silence rained down on them. Lee then suggested "Why not we go follow them? They're probably fighting with all of their might. We should
suprise them and help out!!" Kiba laughed "Yeah! Sure better than hang'n out with potato-chip boy!!" Chouji glared at him with extreme intensity. Lee then said "I'll go back to the tower that Sakura, Eno, and Shikamaru are and tell them to come along. You guys go ahead - we'll catch up with the power of youth!" With wierded out faces from that last statement, Shino, Kiba, and Chouji dashed off towards where Tsunade and the Hyuugas were heading. Shino thought to himself 'This is way better than listening to that idiot chant about 'youth'...'
Sasuke and Naruto sat silently without so much as a word. The rain meanwhile continued to pour, which eventually put out the flames of the buildings' remains. Naruto shivered every once in a while from the force of the red chakra pushing hard in him to get out. Sasuke could feel the evil presence growing stronger with every moment's passing. He questioned that he would be able to hold this force back or not. 'Geez... he could probably ... me if the ninetale's chakra comes out... Hurry Tsunade!'
Tsunade, Neji, and Hinata made their way thru half of the village and still had a little ways to go before they would reach Naruto and Sasuke were. After a bit of silence, Tsunade spoke to them (finally) "You both can seal chakra points with your 64 par, right?" They both nodded in reply. She continued " I need you to seal Naruto's chakra points." They both looked a little
shocked. Hinata especially since she would never do anything to hurt Naruto. Neji asked "Why must we do that? He's no threat, and he's part of the village!" Tsunade nodded "Yes, I know all of that...hmmm...Neji. I heard that you fought Naruto once before in the Chuunin exams 3 years ago. I heard about Naruto using some 'Red' chakra near the end of the match and that was how he scored a victory over you. Neji, that chakra is exclusive to Naruto for a reason and if it's released from him it will end our lives." He gathered courage enough to ask "Why ..." he hesitated a moment "...why is it exclusive to Naruto and
only him?" She turned her head part ways to face him and spoke very seriously "... that Neji, is an S-rank secret that I can't tell you or Hinata." Neji looked a little taken back at her expression 'It looked like whatever secret is being kept... is causing her to feel bad for Naruto. I wonder what it could be.'
Sasuke stood up when he saw 3 little figures quickly approaching in the horizon. "Tsunade! " He shouted with relief written all over his face. Naruto gasped in pain as he felt the pressure of the evil chakra welling up inside of him. He clutched his arms in attempt to ease the pain even if just a little. Tsunade jumped off the last roof and landed infront of Naruto. She quickly nelt beside him and charged her medical chakra in her right hand and then touched Naruto's back in certain areas. She pulled back
suddenly and turned quickly to Neji and Hinata who had just landed right behind her "Quick! We only have 3 minutes until the chakra comes thru my needles! Hinata, stand infront of him and Neji go behind him and use your 64 par. We've got no time to lose!" Tsunade ran away from where they were as well as Sasuke to get out of range of their attack. Once she felt she was a safe distance away and saw that Sasuke was too, Tsunade fired one last order at the Hyuugas "DON'T go easy on him just
because he's a comrade! Give it everything you've got!!" They both chimed "Hai!" and stood in their traditional stance. Naruto knew he had to go thru this even if it did hurt very much (he knows from being hit by Neji with the 64 par before) so he could protect the village. He bravely stood up without holding any defense up. As the ground below them glowed with the circle in which to begin the jutsu, Hinata and Neji backed up to the edge of the circle and got ready. They activated their Byakuugan.
Naruto closed his eyes and bit his lip - this would end eventually. "HAAAAAHHH!!" Neji called out as he blindingly dashed to Naruto. Hinata came a second afterwards. They both began striking with twice the power as usual at all of his chakra points. Tsunade looked on with a little worry 'If they make a single mistake and miss even one chakra point in his body -!' Sasuke looked on without a single hint of emotion on his face. Was he even feeling for Naruto at this time? No one knows. Not even I - the writer knows.
Sakura, Lee, Shino, Kiba&Akamaru(of coarse), Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji all neared the area which Tsunade 'Specifically' told them not to come. They jumped from roof to roof until they stopped on a roof where below them were Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, Neji, and Tsunade. Lee happily said "Come on! Let's go down to them!" He was about to jump but then Sakura grabbed him by his arm."What Sakura? Why-" he stopped when he saw that she and all of the others were looking down
upon the scene. 'What are they doing down there?' Sakura wondered with worry. Lee looked as well, just as Neji and Hinata activated their 64 par circle - with Naruto in the middle! "What are they doing?! Using that move on Naruto?!" Sakura looked on - knowing what they were doing 'They're temporarily sealing Naruto's chakra points. And from what I'm feeling in the air, it must be the Kyuubi's chakra they're trying to stop.' She glanced at the others 'They don't know about what's in Naruto yet... it IS of coarse an 'S' Ranked secret after all...' Shino spoke up (which is SO rare!) "Let's stay here and watch. Can't you sense
it? That evil pressure that's building in the air?" Sakura gulped - she knew what it was.'Please hurry Neji, Hinata...'
'Only 10 par to go...' Neji thought as he continued to strike 'Hinata's keeping up very well... she has improved. But she did something just now that- no, it's probably nothing. ' They both striked Naruto a few more times and then ceased their strikes. They held their hands down and the large, glowing circle vanished beneath them. Naruto shook violently from the pain of the
blows he took. He coughed up some blood and then started to fall. Neji dashed over and barely caught him in time. Neji gently set Naruto down. He turned to Tsunade who came over after the jutsu was complete."Tsunade. I'm going to use Byakuugan to see if all of the chakra points were hit. Just for precaustions." She nodded in appoval. Neji held up the hand sign of the ram(sheep)."Byakuugan!" He looked thru all of Naruto's chakra points - each one was properly sealed. Neji saw
that all of the red chakra were swirling about in him, looking for a way out. Sasuke walked over towards them "So?" Neji nodded "It appears we've been sucessfull..." Tsunade sighed in relief "That's good. The needles wear off in one minute. Now the red chakra will not be able to escape and it will disapear soon." Neji looked around thru Naruto until something the chakra was doing caught his eye ' Wait! Something's wrong here! The chakra - is starting to flow into one direction... towards the small point up at the head!' He glared angrily at Hinata 'I knew there was something going on with the way she was hitting!
She hesitated at her final strike which caused her to miss that point!' Neji desparatly began to charge his two front fingers. Tsunade counted " 5... 4... " Neji completed his charge and held his hand back to strengthen his blow. Naruto began to feel strange 'Oh no! I think the chakra's leaking thru! But why - uugh can't I move? I can't see anymore... can't hear...my body feels so heavy...'
"3... 2..." Tsunade continued. Sakura and the others looked on with some worry and alot of anticipation of what was going to happen. They all sensed the growing evil and unimaginably powerful presence and they all thought it strange that it was coming... from Naruto?... everyone except Sakura. She knew what was coming - and it wasn't good. Neji's hand came down to strike in the final chakra point. Hinata looked on with worry and Sasuke got in a stance, ready to fight knowing what was coming. "...1..." Tsunade finished counting. The rain stopped right as she spoke that small number.
To Be Continued...