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"Talking"

"Thinking"

"Bijju/ Summon"

First I would like to apologize for the late update. I have been busy with work and haven't had the time to work on my story as much as I would like. Also what slowed me down was a major case of writers block. Writing this chapter was HARD. I was getting frustrated while working on this chapter. Finally a friend advised me to take a break or work on something else for a while. I took the advice and started working on a story I had been meaning to start for a while. I was surprised that the ideas for the first few chapters came pretty easy. Once I had the first chapter done I started working on this one again. It helped taking a break and I was able to get this chapter done.

I had my friend JS help with the grammar/spelling so hopefully the errors will be down to a minimum. Enjoy the chapter and let me know what you all think.

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Chapter 11

Naruto and Sakura traveled at full speed following the kidnapper's trail, it wasn't very difficult; the culprits hadn't bothered to cover their tracks after the battle.

"Sakura, the clone I sent to scout ahead just dispelled itself. The camp is not too far ahead".

Once they were close Naruto and Sakura slowed down and stealthily crept towards the camp. The camp itself wasn't much to look at; it was just a few tents and fires. There were twenty to thirty bandits all around the camp. They were all eating, drinking and/or gambling. The women were all huddled together at the edge of the camp next to what looked like the leader's tent. Many of the younger girls were quietly sobbing while some of the older ones were trying to comfort them. Thankfully none of them looked injured.

"I don't see either of them; do you?" asked Sakura in a worried whisper.

"No, but my clone saw them get taken inside the large tent next to all the women" said Naruto.

"Ok then, to get them we have to take out the bandits first. We have to do it quickly if we are going to have a chance. We can't fight bandits and the ninja at the same time" she said, already developing a plan.

"So we go in and knock out the bandits quickly and then go rescue..."

For the

"NO!" she whispered, sharply getting his attention.

Naruto turned to look at her. He saw an intense look in her emerald green eyes. "But you just said…"

"I said we take them out! And I meant permanently".

"You mean k-kill them? But I can't! I have never…"

"Naruto! We are outnumbered and outclassed. We can't go in there halfheartedly".

"I know that, but I don't know if I can" he said.

Sakura saw him look down sadly. It was hard for her to see him like this. The Naruto she knew never hesitated to put down an enemy that threatens the people he cared about. She had to remind herself that this Naruto was still a 12 year old Gennin that has never been forced to take a human life before. She knew that the first kill was the hardest to cope with. For Naruto it was even worse, he had a bloodthirsty demon inside of him. That was the reason he was really worried. It wasn't that he was afraid he would feel bad for taking a life, he would almost welcome that. No what really scared him was that he wouldn't feel anything for taking a life, or worse that he would enjoy it. That he would love to kill and become the monster inside of him.

"Naruto. I know it's not easy, and I know you don't want to. Believe me I don't enjoy killing others either" she said her voice full of sympathy.

Naruto looked up to see into her eyes. He saw as the look turned from one of sympathy to one of steeled determination. The chill in her voice when she spoke next sent a shiver down his spine.

"But the bastards out there are NOT people! They are the MONSTERS, not us. They came into OUR country and attacked one of OUR villages. The people in that village never hurt them, never hurt anyone. They were living their lives in peace until those monsters came. You saw what they did to that village. Look at those poor girls over there" she said pointing at the group of terrified women.

Naruto couldn't help himself. He looked, really looked, for the first time. He saw the fear, pain and sorrow in their eyes. The helplessness he saw there twisted in his heart like the point of a kunai. It was the look he often had as a child because he hadn't understood why everyone hated him. It was a look he hid from everyone but he remembered how he felt nonetheless.

"Those women had to watch as those beasts burned down their homes; as they killed their families. They had to see their fathers, brothers, and husbands killed before their eyes. Then they were dragged from their home in chains like animals; and all for what! All that pain and suffering happened just to satisfy those monsters' greed". Sakura tried to calm her rapid breathing before she finally asked. "Do I need to tell you what will happen to them if we don't help them escape"? She said it in a low whisper but Naruto heard it.

Naruto didn't need her to tell him what would happen to those women. Naruto may be clueless about many things, but this was not one of them. He knew what perverse monsters men could be. It was one of the reasons he hated perverts with a passion.

Sakura could see the internal struggle that Naruto was fighting. She knew what she had to do even if she hated to use his feelings to manipulate him. "They are going to sell them like pieces of meat. They will live a life of slavery, and now they have taken Kurenai sensei and Hinata too. They plan on doing that to them as well".

That seemed to get Naruto's complete attention; Kurenai sensei had been nice to him. She didn't ignore him like Kakashi did sometimes. She didn't yell at him like the teachers at the academy. Hinata had also been very nice to him. Even if he never really spoke to her in the academy, he knew that Hinata had never been mean to him. She never laughed at him or put him down. Hinata never called him stupid or glared at him for walking by. No; in fact Naruto didn't think Hinata had it in her to be mean to anybody, she didn't have a mean bone in her body. Even though they never really talked before this mission, Hinata had helped him gain the strength to tell Sakura about the Demon-Fox. Hinata was probably the nicest girl Naruto ever met. The thought of what would happen to her if these people got away made his stomach turn.

Sakura saw Naruto clench his teeth and his hands ball into white-knuckled fists; the enormity of the situation was finally sinking in, he just needed one final push. "What would you do if it was me that had been taken?" she asked in a mournful tone. She was ashamed of manipulating him like this, but it was the only way.

Naruto's head snapped up to look into Sakura's eyes. Naruto's eyes flickered between blue and red as he tried to contain his growing rage. When they'd settled into the catlike red eyes he answers her in the voice she had heard many times before. "I'd tear them apart!" he growls at her.

Sakura nodded her head. "That's what we'll do. We'll make them regret ever setting foot in that village. And we will make sure that they never hurt anyone ever again. This is what I have planned so listen up ok".

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In the leader's tent the unconscious Kurenai and Hinata were now both in chains, their captors already discussing what their fate would be.

"I can't believe how lucky we are. Not only did the leaf send a weak Gennin team, but they were stupid enough to send an unmarked Hyuuga as well" said Ichiro. Ichiro was the older twin and like his brother was a huge man, standing over six feet tall. He wore dark brown ninja pants and a small deep green vest that was over his shirtless chest. His brother wore the same style of clothing with only a grey sash around his waist being the difference between them.

"What's so special about that little girl? She was pathetic and weak. The other brat was more of a challenge than this one. And why didn't we look for the other one? What if he sends word to the leaf?" asked Jiro, rather annoyed at his brother's careless attitude.

"It won't matter because we'll be long gone before they can get here. And, my dear brother, what is so special about this girl is not how strong she is, but the powerful bloodline she carries. Her eyes are so valuable that the Cloud Village risked going to war against the Leaf over it".

Jiro shook his head in disbelief. "Why would they care for such a useless bloodline? It wasn't any use against ours was it?" he asked smugly.

"It doesn't matter to me as long as we get paid. And the money we'll get for her alone is many times what we'll get for all the rest put together" said Ichiro, greed evident in his words.

"And what do we do with the woman? Do we chain her up with the rest of the others?" he asked his brother.

Ichiro turned to look at Kurenai with a slightly disappointed look. "No we can't. No matter how weak she may be, she is still a Jonin. The moment we hand her over to the slave market she will escape. If she makes it to her village it would bring us a lot of problems with the Leaf. Unlike the Stone that placed a pathetic rank and bounty on us, the one the Leaf would place would have us dealing with too many hunter ninjas to be able to make any money".

"So what then? We could have just killed her in the camp and been done with it".

"It's a real shame. A woman that good looking would have sold for a lot at the market. Just give her to the men and let them have their fun with her before we kill her. They have been restless since we haven't let them touch any of the women from the village. This one should make them happy; for a while anyway" said Ichiro.

Jiro nodded to his brother. "The fools would damage them too much and we wouldn't get paid much for them. If they want one that bad they can always use the part of their cut to buy one in the market". He then moved to pick up Kurenai when a series of explosions shook the camp. This was followed by a cacophony of women screaming and the men yelling and shouting.

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The twins rushed outside to a scene that shocked them. A sea of orange blurs flooded the entire camp. All they could do was look on in mild shock as the blurs appeared and disappeared leaving only the dead or dying bandits where they passed. Ichiro snapped out of it and turned to see that all the women were gone, only the dead bodies of the men guarding them remained.

"Dammit!" He yelled as he turned back to the camp already flashing through hand sings. Earth style: Earth Avalanche Jutsu" he yelled as he stomped his foot on the ground. When his foot connected a wave of dirt and small stones, some fallen branches amongst them, rose up in front of him and shot forward, tearing everything in its way apart. When the Jutsu finished there was nothing left of the camp, it was just another area of freshly churned soil. Ichiro turned to his brother. "I'm taking the Hyuuga and leaving. Take care of anyone left and meet me at the border". Without waiting for an answer he turned and rushed inside the tent, emerging a few moments later with Hinata slumped over his shoulders. "I'm leaving" he said and turned towards the forest.

"The hell you are bastard."

The twins turned simultaneously as two figures landed in front of them. This was another shock to the twins; they had been expecting more reinforcements from the Leaf. Even hunter ninja from Stone, but instead it was a pair of brats with no apparent fashion sense. One was a small pink haired girl wearing a bright red battle dress. The other was an even shorter blond boy wearing a horrendous orange jumpsuit. Seriously what the hell are they teaching these kids in the Leaf village about blending in?

"Are you kidding me? It's only a pair of brats!" said Jiro.

Ichiro was scanning the surrounding forest for more enemies; these two could just be decoys after all. "Then just deal with them and hurry" he said as he jumped towards the treetops heading for the Earth and Fire countries' borders.

"Hey! Get back here!" yelled Naruto as he jumped after him.

"No you don't kid" said Jiro as he appeared in front of Naruto, fist cocked back, ready to deliver a powerful punch. Before he could deliver the blow a fist connected with his face, sending him crashing into a nearby tree.

"Go Naruto! I'll deal with this one and back you up as soon as I can. We can't let them get Hinata across the border".

"Right! I won't let that jerk take her!" he said, moving towards the trees. Before leaving he turned back to Sakura and said "be careful" then launched himself after his target.

"You be careful" she whispered as she turned to her opponent.

Jiro could not believe what happened. He had never been hit so hard in his life, at least not without having his bloodline active. That really hurt! He slowly got to his feet and turned towards the brats only to see that the blond one was gone; probably to go after his brother. Great, he sighed mentally, he was never going to hear the end of this one. "That hurt little girl" he said rubbing his sore jaw. "I'd like to see you try that again" he said as he activated his bloodline. Jiro's normally tan skin began to shift to a pale gray/white color making him look like a living statue.

Sakura watched as her opponent got up and instantly activated his bloodline. She knew that if he was able to nullify the Gentle Fist then medical Jutsu was useless. Her Genjutsu was good but she was not a master like Kurenai, if she was beaten then that was no good either. Once again she cursed the weakness of her current body, if she was in her older body she could pound this guy in to rubble but her current body lacked the power for it. Sakura was brought back to her immediate situation when she saw Jiro jump at her and try to connect with an axe kick. She was able to easily evade the attack and noticed two things. One was that he made a large crater…so his strength has increased dramatically. And second was that his speed had been lowered just as much. His bloodline must make his body weigh much more, slowing him dramatically. It's too bad she didn't have any long distance Jutsu that would have any effect on his armor.

Jiro saw the girl avoid his kick and noted her speed. Oh well, another inward sigh, he was going to use his Ninjutsu after all. He went through hand signs and shouted "Earth Style: Earth Spikes".

Sakura felt the movement beneath her feet and jumped just as the spikes of earth shot out of the ground ready to impale her. "That was a close one," she thought.

"Your pretty fast for a brat" sneered Jiro. "But I hope you don't think you actually have a chance of beating me." Jiro closed in on Sakura and tried to connect with a punch but Sakura was too agile for him to connect. His large size made it harder for him to hit the smaller, faster girl.

Sakura was trying to figure out how she was going to take down her opponent and could see his mounting frustration as his primitive taijutsu was failing miserably.

"That's it! I'm not wasting more time with you little girl" he yelled. "Earth Style: Earth Clone Jutsu".

Before Sakura could react three earth clones rose from the ground around her. "Damn! I have to think of something, and fast!" she thought. The clones wasted no time before attacking. The first to attack missed, a slow punch, easily dodged. The second tried a kick that only her advanced reflexes allowed her to evade. The third attack proved to be too much for her to avoid and landed solidly, a powerful kick to her left side that sent her stumbling to the ground in pain.

" Ha ha, do you see now little girl. This is the difference between a brat like you and a real Ninja like me".

Sakura stood shakily. That hit had been painful but nothing worse than what Tsunade had done in her training. She looked up to see the clones charge at her. This time she was ready. They threw kicks and punches at her, Sakura's training with Naruto allowed her to avoid the clones…it wasn't easy. As she continued to dodge the clones' attacks she felt a familiar rumbling on the ground before several earth spikes shot out of the ground. Sakura avoided all except the last one, which managed to graze her right side just above her right hip. A panting Sakura crouched to her knees, her hand glowing with green chakra as she tried to heal her bleeding wound. She was happy to see that though the last attack damaged her, it had taken out the clones as well. She looked at her opponent to see if he was bothered by the loss of his clones; he was wearing a big grin on his face.

"It looks like you just about reached your limit girl. Why don't I put you out of your misery" he said as he sent more earth spikes at her.

Sakura knew she had to act fast, the more time she wasted here the more time Naruto and Hinata were in danger. She knew Naruto was strong but at his current level he was no match for and experienced Jonin. "I have to try something, but what?" she thought as she evaded another set of spikes. Finally thinking of something, "here goes nothing".

"Release!" she said as she made a single hand sign. The reaction was instantaneous, the seals in the sweatbands she was wearing on her wrists and ankles began to glow as the chakra stored in them was released all at once.

Jiro watched as the girl that had been dodging his attacks was engulfed in chakra. He could not believe such a small and weak looking girl could produce so much chakra that he could see it surround her. "Impossible! She was on her last leg. I had her beaten! Where is all this chakra coming from?" he thought.

"Sorry, but I don't have any more time to waste here. I have friends that need my help". She said as she began going through hand signs. Jiro took a defensive stance in preparation for her attack.

"Earth Style: Diamond Dust Jutsu" Sakura slammed her hands to the ground and watched as the ground in front of her began to glow. Slowly at first but then with increasing speed a white cloud began to rise off the ground. Sakura stood up and with a motion of her hand the white cloud shot towards Jiro. He could only tighten up his stance as the white mist swirled around him and clouded his vision. He waited for the attack as he stood engulfed in the cloud but nothing happened. The dust in his mouth and nose was annoying but he could deal with it. His eyes were getting to be a bother, blinking so much to try and keep the dust out of his eyes was impairing his vision even more. When he was starting to really worry the mist seemed to just disappear. A coughing Jiro blinked several times trying to clear his blurred vision but it didn't seem to help much. He could tell that the girl had not moved from her spot, even though he could only see her as a bright red blur in front of him.

"Was that it? Cough That was your big plan? Cough Getting a little dust in my eyes? Cough cough What will that accomplish? Cough cough"

Sakura met his gaze directly, even though he could not see, and said "Your Death" in a tone of fatal finality.

"I'm not dead yet" he said as he began to cough again.

"You're right" she said as she smirked and brought her hand up and pretended to look at a non-existent wristwatch.

"My watch is running 10 seconds ahead".

"Why you cough cough little" was all he got out as he was hit with a coughing fit so violent that it brought him to his knees. When Jiro looked at his hands he could barely tell there was a red blur that could only mean blood on his hands. "What the, cough cough cough. Hell did you, cough cough. Do to me?" he asked in horror as his eyes, lungs, and throat all began to burn.

"That was a Jutsu I invented. I use a large amount of my chakra to turn the ground into a dust like substance; however, it's not dust at all. What it truly is are small glass shards that I have sharpened to a lethal level. The moment you breathed them in, your life was forfeit. I knew I could not break through your armor, so I just skipped it and attacked your internal organs. As I speak the glass shards are destroying your insides. I meant what I said. You're dead!" that said, Sakura turned around and left to find Naruto as Jiro lay on the ground dying, his own blood filling his lungs. Every breath he took bringing his death closer. Sakura never noticed that a set of crimson eyes had seen the whole thing.

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Naruto jumped across the treetops at incredible speeds. The Fox supplying the chakra he needed as he desperately tried to catch up to the man that took Hinata. He finally found him as he landed in front of the river that separated the lands of Fire and Earth.

Ichiro turned to see, not his twin brother as he expected, but the stupid looking blond from the camp. "You actually came after me? Just what do you think you can accomplish? My bother probably already killed the girl and now I'll just kill you, fool". He said as he set Hinata on the ground and walked towards Naruto.

"The only fool here is you, if you think you guys are getting away. I'll just kick your ass and take Hinata back" yelled Naruto.

Ichiro roared with laughter. "Is that so?" he asked with a chuckle. "Well then let's get this over with" he said as Naruto filled the river bank with shadow clones and charged at him. Ichiro was the stronger of the twins and unlike his brother he didn't waste time in taking out his opponents. He performed the Earth Avalanche Jutsu and took out all of Naruto's clones. Naruto was thinking of what to do when he heard. "Earth Style: Earth Spears Jutsu".

Naruto looked up to see several spears rising from the ground and the shooting straight at him. Naruto reacted on instinct and went through some hand signs "Earth Style: Mud Wall Jutsu" Naruto's wall was up an instant before the first spears hit. Unfortunately, his wall was not strong enough to block all the spears, but it gave him time to jump out of the way. "I'll have to thank Sakura for teaching me that Jutsu" he thought. He didn't have much time to think as Ichiro was on him launching a barrage of punches, several connected, sending Naruto crashing to a rock.

"Are you done? Did you waste all the time and energy to find me and that's all you got? Pathetic".

Naruto wiped the blood from his mouth as he got up. "No way! I'm not done until I'm finished kicking your ass!" he shouted as he created 2 clones and tried attacking his opponent from all sides. All three Narutos connected with a punch only to jump back clutching their hands in pain. "What the hell?" he looked at Ichiro to see that his bloodline was active. "That must be his blood limit" thought Naruto.

"I'm getting tired of your stupidity boy! You have no chance against me. Your nothing but an insect compared to me. If you had been smart you would have run back to your village as fast as you could. But no, you had to try and play the hero. Because in your delusional mind you actually think that one of you can actually beat me. You thought you could save your little friend. Well that's not going to happen kid; I'm selling her to the Cloud Village for a fortune. And just for all the grief you stupid Leaf punks have given me..." he said as a sadistic smirk appeared on his face. "I'm going to introduce her to her new duty as a piece of breeding stock, personally. After all, that's all she'll be when she gets to the Cloud Village".

"NO YOU WONT!" screamed Naruto as his largest wave of shadow clones appeared, ready to do battle.

"That's it! I'm done playing this game. Earth Style: Stone Rain Jutsu".

The Naruto army looked on in shock as a massive chunk of earth rose to the sky. The earth chunk then began to compress its self until it became a sphere floating above them.

"It's over!" roared Ichiro as the earth sphere began to shoot pebble sized stones at blinding speed. In seconds, Naruto and all his clones were being assaulted by tiny stones. When the cloud of smoke that the dying clones created when they were dispelled was gone, only a heavily bleeding Naruto remained.

Naruto couldn't believe what was happening. He saw as the bastard smirked at him then went to pick up Hinata. He tried to move but his body wouldn't listen. He was covered in blood as his body had been hit with dozens of the tiny stones. His arms and legs had gotten the worst of it but he had been hit all over.

Ichiro had placed Hinata on his shoulder when he heard a forced whisper.

"G-give her b-back"

He turned to see the blond idiot trying to crawl towards him. He shook his head in disbelief. "Even when you're about to die you won't listen huh? I'm not giving anything back. In fact, I'm going to keep my promise to you. I normally prefer more mature women like your hot sensei, but… I think I'll let you die knowing what I'll do to her. Knowing what they'll do to her for the rest of her life, that sounds like proper punishment for you" he said as he began to walk toward the river. Before he got to the water however he felt a massive chakra spike.

"GIVE HER BAAAACK!"

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Hinata slowly opened her eyes. She couldn't remember what happened. She knew they had been attacked; Sakura and Naruto had not been at the camp at the time for some reason. The missing ninja had overpowered them. Even Kurenai sensei was beaten. But anything after that she couldn't remember. A wild roar snapped Hinata out of her thoughts and cleared her grogginess. She noticed she was on the ground on a river bank and was in chains. Her bindings would have to wait, there was a battle going on.

The feral Naruto disappeared in a blur, his clawed hand swiped across Ichiro's chest, gouging deeply, his bloodline useless to stop the monster that attacked him. Before being able to form a defense, Ichiro's body was covered in wounds and his blood dripped heavily onto the ground. He began to feel something he hadn't felt in a long time. Fear, fear of this beast after his life. He had tried to fight back but the thing was too fast, too powerful.

Ichiro jumped back, desperately trying to put distance between him and the monster. He was careless and tripped on a rock sprawling to the ground on his back. That was all Naruto needed and was on him in a second, pounding him into the ground. Punch after punch rained down on Ichiro until his world went black.

Hinata looked with wide eyes as the beastly looking Naruto continued to pound on the clearly dead ninja. Naruto's hands and face were covered in blood as he kept punching away, the dead ninja's blood spraying morbid crimson patterns all over the ground. She had never seen anything like it. Something had happened to her sweet, happy Naruto. She had never seen him like this, filled with rage and bloodlust. And then there was that vile red chakra that was sounding him. She had to do something.

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Sakura felt the release of the Fox's chakra. She took a soldier pill and accelerated her pace as quickly as she could. She had to get to them. She couldn't lose them; not again.

Sakura reached the riverbank in time to see Naruto surrounded in the Fox cloak. He was pounding the other twin into mangled shreds of flesh. By the amount of blood on Naruto the man had been dead for at least a few moments. She was about to try and calm him down when she caught sight of Hinata making her way to Naruto.

"No! He's not himself right now" she thought as she hurried to try and stop her.

Hinata had escaped her bindings and quietly made her way to Naruto. She was about to say something when he suddenly stopped and looked at her. Hinata could only gasp in shock as she saw his blood covered face. But what truly scared her were his blood red eyes. She couldn't believe that those were the same eyes that usually shone like the clear blue sky, the eyes they had come to love with all her heart. Before she could think of anything else Naruto tackled her to the ground.

Sakura saw Naruto tackle Hinata down and screamed for him to stop but he didn't seem to hear her.

Clear lavender eyes stared into the blood red catlike ones. For what seemed like forever they looked into each other. Then, just as suddenly as it had started, his eyes turned blue as they rolled to the back of his head and he passed out from exhaustion.

"Hinata are you ok!" yelled Sakura as she made it to them. She turned Naruto to his back and began to run diagnostic Jutsu to see if he was ok. "He's going to be fine" she said with a sigh. Sakura turned to the still shocked Hinata and asked again "are you ok Hinata?"

"Sakura, what happened to Naruto? What was that chakra and those red eyes?"

"Not now Hinata. I can't tell you… yet"

Hinata stared at her friend, and then nodded after a moment. "Not yet? But later?"

"When its time I will. Right now we have to keep this quiet ok? Nobody can know what you saw because it's an S class secret".

Hinata nodded. She didn't know what to think so for now she would keep quiet. Whatever it was it had to do with Naruto. And if it had to do with him she would get the truth. She only hoped that whatever it was, that Naruto will be ok. The look that Naruto had before frightened her, to the core of her very being, but he was still Naruto; her Naruto, and she would believe in him no matter what happed.

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Well that's it for this chapter. Hope you all liked it. Please review and let me know what you all thought.

Also please check out my new story Naruto: Heir of whirlpool. It's a Naruto/Hinata story that I thought about for a while so I hope it dose as well as this one. Thanks for all the support shown not only for me but my family as well, thank you all.