Captured

While We Still Have Time

The three male Hidden Mist ANBU stepped out from the trees, looking down at Naruto and Kakashi. "Those two are good," one of the men said.

The female ANBU walked out of the shadows of the trees. "They are impressive they might be too much trouble to try to turn into a weapon."

The man closest to her looked in the female ANBU's direction. "Then what do you suggest?"

The female ANBU narrowed her eyes. "We go after their weakest link the girl. I'm sure she won't be able to contain the massive power of the two tails." The four Hidden Mist ANBU stepped back into the shadows and disappeared.

Meanwhile in the rock valley, Naruto and Kakashi slid down in front of Rin. "We need to get out of here and regroup," Kakashi said. The other two agreed. They then took quick leaps across the wall, trying to get away from the scene as quick possible.

-M-

"Are you sure we should be starting a campfire?" Rin questioned. "Someone could see it."

"We have to keep warm." Naruto threw a piece of fire into the night fire. He walked back to the log where Rin sat. He sat down on the edge of the log, resting his elbows on his legs and his head down. "Besides we'll need to cook something." The two were hiding underneath a cliff in the rock valley.

Rin looked over at Naruto. "Um, Naruto."

Naruto brought his attention to his girlfriend. "Hmm? Yeah, what is it?"

"I was wondering when you return home will we ever be able to meet again." Rin lowered her head , looking down to the ground.

"Of course we will," Naruto assured her.

"But you never met me before."

"Yeah, that's true." Naruto rested his hand on the back of his head and looked in the opposite direction of the girl. Naruto wasn't exactly sure what to say. The girl was a leaf shinboi and Kakashi's teammate so it made no sense he hadn't even seen her even once. Maybe she was an ANBU?

Naruto looked back at Rin. "I don't know why we haven't met in the future, but…" Naruto pounded his fist on his chest. "I swear if I get sent back to the future I won't stop until I find you."

Rin blushed. "Naruto." She stared at the boy with her eyes shimmering.

Naruto shut his eyes and placed a big grin on his face.

"But if you do return to your time I'll be too old for you," Rin said. Naruto opened his eyes and looked at the girl curious. "I mean I'll be a grown woman while you're still be a kid."

"That doesn't matter," Naruto said that got the girl's attention again. Naruto leaned toward the girl. "And I don't care how much older you are than me I'll still want to be with you." Naruto planted his hands on the log.

Rin stared at Naruto for a moment. "Thank you, Naruto."

Naruto smiled back at her.

Rin slid closer to Naruto. She leaned forward and kissed him that caught the boy slightly off guard. Naruto cupped the girl's cheek and kissed her back. He loved Rin and didn't want the moment to end. The campfire burned brightly in front of them.

Rin broke the kiss. She wrapped her arms around her legs, staring at the fire. "I wish it could stay like this."

Naruto sat back. "Yeah, me too." Naruto shifted his eyes toward Rin. He looked at her in the orange glow of the fire. She looked so beautiful he couldn't help himself. He pulled her in his arms, placing her in his lap and kissed her.

-M-

Rin, Kakashi, and Naruto walked through the rock valley the next morning. Naruto yawned. He rubbed the sleep out of his eye. "Why did we have to wake up so early?"

Kakashi looked over at Naruto. "Because we lost too much ground yesterday, dealing with that attack. We've fallen too far behind on our mission as it is?"

Naruto stretched out his arms. "Yeah, yeah."

"Funny, you were wide awake earlier when we were eating," Kakashi said.

Naruto looked down at Kakashi, still sleepy. "That's because I was hungry." Naruto shut his eyes. "Now I just want to take a nap or for something exciting to happen."

"We're at war," Kakashi reminded him. "You should be careful what you ask for."

Smoke bombs flew over the mountain side, landing around the ground. They exploded into a black fog that covered the area. "Not another attack!" Naruto said.

"Maybe you shouldn't have said that you wanted more excitement," Kakashi said. The two male shinobi backed up further into the fog.

The smoke was so dark and thick they could barely breathe let alone see more than a couple inches in front of them. Flying projectiles could be heard that got their attention. "Shuriken!" was all Naruto could get out.

Shuriken flew through the darkness. Naruto crossed his arms over his face. The four bladed star sliced over his arms. Two male Hidden Mist ANBU landed in front of the injured Naruto, who stumbled back. Naruto puffed into smoke.

The two ANBU's eyes opened wide. "A shadow clone!" Their own feet were swept from under them as Naruto swung his leg out from behind. The crimson blond was down on one knee and spun around he performed his attack.

Kakashi pulled out his sword from his back and crossed in front of himself as he took a step back. The last male Hidden Mist ninja came down out of the sky and swung a sword down at him. The blades clashed.

Rin broke through the smoke from behind. She covered her mouth with her arm, coughing. Her eyes were closed and she had no idea where she was going. She bumped into something hard and stumbled back.

The female ninja opened her eyes and looked up. Standing in front of her was the last of the four Hidden Mist ANBU. The woman had long brown hair that fell down on her back, a well curve body that would draw any man with a mask that covered her face. "This is as far as you go," the female ANBU stated.

Rin turned around to try to run. The Hidden Mist shinboi grabbed the girl by her arms, stopping her. Rin struggled, trying to break free. "Let me go!"

"Forget it, you're ours now."

"No way!"

The female ANBU and Rin looked up. Naruto and Kakashi broke out of the smoke from above, leaping into the air. Naruto held the rasengan in his hand while Kakashi readied his blade. "Release her right now!" Kakashi shouted.

The female ANBU pulled Rin closer. She wrapped her arm around the girl's neck that Rin tried to pry off. She raised the leaf ninja in front of her, pulling out a kunai and pointed it at the girl. "Back off or the girl dies."

Naruto and Kakashi stopped short of the two kunochi. Naruto released his rasengan and Kakashi sheathed his blade. Their bodies tensed up. Naruto bit down on his teeth. Anger built up inside him. "Just let her go."

"I don't think so," the female ANBU said. "We have use for her." She stretched her free arm out toward them. "But as for you two."

Both Kakashi and Naruto's back arched as they lifted up their heads in shock. They were stabbed in the back with kunai knives from two of the ANBU. The woman smiled through her mask. "That should do it?"

Rin smiled. Her eyes were hidden under the shadows of her hair. "You think so?"

"Huh?"

Kakashi and Naruto puffed into smoke. "What they're shadow clones too?" one of the male ANBU said.

"That's right." Rin looked up at the woman that held her who in turn gazed down at her. Rin slammed her elbow into the woman's mask. The woman released her grip, allowing Rin to fall on her feet.

Rin spun and jumped up. She slammed her fist right into the woman's masked face, knocking her to the ground. The woman slid back. Rin turned into a puff of smoke that transformed into Naruto. He stood up tall with a smile on his face. "Surprise."

"Then where..." The three male ANBU looked up to the right side of the cliff to see Kakashi and Rin on the mountain side. Kakashi had his headband raise to reveal his sharingan. "They tricked us."

"You shouldn't underestimate the leaf," Kakashi said.

"It doesn't matter," the male ANBU furthest from the left spoke. "They're not the only ones who can set a trap."

Naruto turned around. "What do you mean?" Naruto looked down when he felt something splash his toe. He looked down to see the ground was completely wet. "What the—?"

The three Hidden Mist ANBU in front of Naruto quickly formed hand signs. "Water Style: Water Whip Jutsu!" Water rose up and wrapped around Naruto's arms and torso, grabbing him as the three men held the other sides. They pulled on the lines.

Naruto struggled to hold his ground. "Let me go."

"Naruto." Rin stood up on the cliff about to run to the boy's rescue.

Kakashi got in front of her, stretching out his arm. "Wait, for whatever reason they seem to be after you."

"But we have to do something," Rin said.

The female ANBU slid a kunai out of her sleeve, wrapping her hand around the handle. "Prepare to die, brat."

"We will." Kakashi formed the same hand signs as the Hidden Mist ninjas. "Water Style: Water Whip Jutsu!" Water rose up, wrapping around the arms of the closet male ANBU as Kakashi held the other end. He yanked on the whip to knock the man down, freeing one of Naruto's arms.

The ANBU kunochi charged in from behind, thrusting out her kunai knife. Naruto looked back to see it coming. He pulled on the water whips to bring the men forward off their feet. Naruto jumped back, landing on the woman's shoulder.

He kicked her forward, launching back as she flew into her two teammates. They clash in mid-air and fall down. The water whips broke off of Naruto, Naruto flipped back and landed on one hand and his feet.

"Now it's my turn," Kakashi said. He formed the hand signs ox, rabbit, and monkey. He held out his palm. A ball of charka that formed lightning appeared in his hand. "Chidori! One thousand birds!" He ran down the hill as he pulled his arm back.

The ANBU kunochi sat up and saw the descending Kakashi. "Fool, you ran right into my trap." She formed half a hand sign.

Just where Kakashi ran pass a chain explosions went off. Kakashi went flying off the hillside.

Rin looked over the cliff. "Kakashi!"

"Kakashi sensei!" Naruto leaped into the air. He grabbed Kakashi by his jacket, jumping over the four Hidden Mist. Naruto landed on the rock floor, sliding back.

"You're just too stupid," the ANBU kunochi said. She pointed two fingers at the two. Explosions went off in a circle around the two leaf shinobi. Below them cracks formed and broke apart that dropped them into a hole.

"Naruto, Kakashi!" Rin shouted.

All four ANBU stood up. The kunochi slipped out a tag with a seal on it. "Let's see them survive this."

The man on the right looked at her. "What is that?"

"A seal created by the Mizukage." The kunochi let go of the seal dropped into the hole, growing blue. She then looked over at the cliff side. "Get the girl. We have work to do."

The three males disappeared. They each reappeared in a semicircle around Rin. Rin stepped back into the wall. The two beside her grabbed her arms. She struggled, but failed to break free. "Let me go!"

"I don't think so," the front ninja stated. "You are going to make a perfect host."

Rin looked up at the man. Her eyes trembled. "For what?"
Naruto and Kakashi plummeted down into the darkness, screaming. Crumbling rocks followed after them.

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