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Chapter 11: The ditch of the forgotton!

No words were spoken between the two. Just running continued. Hinata followed behind her cousin as the light summer breeze flooded past them and onto the road behind them. She panted slightly. They had been running all the way down the road and if they hurried, they could make it to the main road in at least thirty minutes.

'Why does Naruto have to live in the middle of no-where?' Neji thought as a scowled a bit and continued running.

"Neji… is something wrong?" Hinata asked between uneasy breathes.

"At this rate, we won't make it to the police station by morning." Neji said over his shoulder. Hinata nodded silently.

"What will we do?"

"We'll have to cut through the woods to make it to town instead of taking the road." Neji explained. Hinata thought about this.

"Isn't dangerous to head down to the swamps and the rocky areas?"

"We're going to have to do it. You ready?" Neji asked as he stopped running and stood by the side of the road with Hinata in tow. There was a large drop off from the road down into the swampy stream below. Hinata gulped.

"I-I'm ready." she mumbled. Neji nodded and climbed down first. Hinata gulped again before following her cousin down. What she didn't know was that there was three figures in the trees behind them.

"Ready to get rid of these kids?"

"Ready as I'll ever be. Let's go and greet them at the bottom."

Both figures disappeared into a small tunnel in the ground.

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The blondes made their way through the underbrush of the trees. The female blonde squeaked slightly at the sound of a wooting owl.

"Don't be so paranoid, Ino." replied the other male blond.

"How could you not be paranoid in this kind of situation, Naruto? We might be killed by some psycho who thinks it's fun to kill someone and then pull off their hair so they can play dress up with it! Seriously!"

"Ino, calm down. I know it's serious. We just have to stay calm until Neji and Hinata come back. Until then, we have to save Sakura." Ino sighed at his words then nodded.

"Alright." They both came to a clearing. Where a lodge cabin was showing in the distance. A light was flicking on in the house. Ino shivered a bit.

"It looks so creepy.." she muttered quietly.

"Come on." Naruto said as he ducked down onto the ground.

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She bit her lip as she heard muffled voices from the outside of the door. She wondered what they were going to do. Shaking her head, she leaned closer and put her ear on the door.

"Now, what are we going to do with the girl?"

"She's coming out soon. To die."

"What about those other children."

"Yes. The two Hyuugas will make fine pieces to my collection…"

'What Hyuugas?' Sakura thought to herself. Then, she remember the girl with very short bluish looking hair and pearl eyes. Also the boy with very long dark brown hair with the same colored eyes. 'So they must be the Hyuugas.'

"Yes, but how will you kill them?"

"Let Tayuya, Sakon, and Ukon take care of it. They said something about leaving them in the ditch of the forgotten for a while."

'The ditch of the forgotten?' the pink haired girl never really heard of that name, but it scared her.

"Ah. Very well done. I want their hair not to be covered in too much blood so I can add them to my collection." Sakura almost puked right there and then. 'That was so gross! What a pedophile!' she thought a bit disguised with this man's words.

"Alright sir. What about the others?"

"Kill Mr. Haruno and bring him back here. Make sure he's not covered in too much blood either. Some of those other stupid children should be headed this way. Make sure they don't cause too much trouble."

"Yes sir."

There was a silence.

Sakura struggled to get free. 'They're going to kill my father! First mom, then Hannah…. Now dad?' Tears began to roll down her cheeks once more.

This couldn't be happening.

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Naruto kept on crawling with Ino on his heels. They made no noises to give away their hiding spot. Even if there was someone hiding in the tall grass watching them. Their pants were soaked from crawling on the cold and wet ground. It was water left from yesterday night's storm. Then, they heard a twig snap.

Both froze. Afraid that if they moved, the world would stop moving.

"Come on out, little kiddies. We know you're their." came a deep voice from off in the field.

Ino was about to scream, but luckily, Naruto put his hand on her mouth just in time. This was not good. Might as well do what they say.

"Ino." Naruto whispered quietly. "I'll keep them distracted. You run."

Ino had no time to complain. They heard the voices and foot steps coming closer. Naruto stood up suddenly and Ino crawled away back into the grass. She felt tears forming, but she knew she couldn't do anything by herself. She crawled as fast as she could as she heard Naruto and the men talking in the distance.

"Only one of you? What a shame." one man chuckled as Naruto glared. "Oh well. This will be too easy." Two men came up to Naruto about 20 yards apart. Both men wore a similar black outfit. One of the men was very… over weight compared to the other. He had orange hair in a crazy Mohawk type hair style. The other man had some odd looking arms. It was hard to see in the dark, but he also had his hair up in a ponytail like Shikamaru. Naruto growled at them both.

"Who are you?" he asked lowly. Both smirked.

"I'm Kidomaru and this is my chubby friend here named Jirobo." answered the brown haired man. He patted the other guy's shoulder.

"Stop with the stupid names, Kidomaru. Let's just kill the kid and get it over with." the other nodded.

"Agreed." Naruto got into a fighting stance as Jirobo and Kidomaru both reached into their pouches and pulled out guns. Naruto froze.

"Think you can win now, kid?" both laughed.

'I got to hold them off a little longer or they might find Ino.' Naruto thought.

"Who do you work for?" he asked with another growl at the gun holders.

"Well, you're going to die. So there is no use of keeping it a secret." the brunette shrugged. "His name is Orochimaru."

"Orochimaru?!" Naruto was in a state of shock. "I thought he was in jail!"

"Orochimaru can make it out of everything." Jirobo said with a smirk. "Why what's it to you?"

Naruto tightened his fists. "My parents were killed by him. So was the former mayor of town." Naruto said.

"What? Not a single person has made it out of Orochimaru's massacres!" both said in disbelief.

"I wasn't born. My mom had just given birth to me and I was still in the hospital while they were killed." Naruto mumbled audible enough for the others to hear.

"Well, we sympathize you, kid. And when I say sympathize, I mean that I just want to get this murder over with!" Kidomaru said with rage. (1)

And he fired.

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Hinata slowly made her way down following every step Neji was taking. They had just gotten off of the rocks and down onto the ground. The road was really high up. Both step cautiously.

"We gotta hurry." Neji said as he pushed aside a tree branch. "The faster we get there, the better." Hinata nodded in agreement. As they made their way further, Hinata felt a chill. She stop for a second. Neji looked back at her.

"Something wrong, Hinata?" Neji asked. He lightly tapped her arm.

"I-I just f-feel like were being f-followed…" she said quietly. Neji nodded.

"I have been feeling the same thing." he said lowly. Then he grabbed Hinata's arm. "Come on. Let's get out of here before anything happens." she nodded as they both began to run as fast as they could though the woods.

Meanwhile, three people were watching in interest…

"What? Did they detect us?" said a male voice. He sounded a bit upset.

"Well, they are part of a honorable family, Sakon. Of course they would notice us." said the female voice. She smirked. "But it doesn't matter. They're running right into our trap." she brushed her long red hair out of her way before disappearing into the darkness.

"Come you idiots. I want to see what happens." she murmured before running off. The two male silver haired twins followed behind.

The two Hyuugas continued to run. They dodged branches, rocks, and roots on the ground.

"Neji.. Let's run a little slower." Hinata panted. She wasn't as fast as a runner as Neji. He nodded and slowed down. Then, Hinata tripped over a root.

"Watch out." Neji said. "Are you alriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighhhhhhhhhhtt!" that's all Hinata heard before she looked up to see Neji nowhere in sight.

"Neji? Where are you?" Hinata took a step closer to where he disappeared.

"Don't take a step closer! It's a trap!" Hinata gasped when she saw a very deep ditch that Neji must have fallen into. It was very deep. It was definitely human made.

"Neji! I'll go get help!" she called down to him. When she went to turn around, she saw two silver hair men. They smirked and swiftly came up to her. Pushing her into the ditch. Hinata gasped from the push, then realized she was falling. She screamed as loud as she could then she fell into Neji's arms.

"Thank you, Neji." she said as she was set down. They both looked up.

"Show yourselves!" Neji shouted above. They heard laughter.

"Ah. The Hyuuga family. It's an honor to meet you both, really." came a male voice. "Too bad you're going to starve to death down there." came the other male voice. They all laughed. Then, Hinata and Neji watched as a cage was put on top of the ditch. It looked metal. The moonlight still shown through.

"Who are you!" Neji shouted again.

"Yes. I'm Sakon." came a male voice again. "I'm Sakon's brother Ukon." came yet another male voice. "And I'm Tayuya." came a female voice.

That was all the two Hyuugas heard until they heard footsteps walking into the distance. The cousins both gaped slightly. They were in a ditch in the middle of nowhere. Just about anything could happen.

Or nothing at all.

Because they were officially lost.

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"Ah. The pain." Tenten moan slightly in pain.

"I know, Tenten. Please hold on." Mr. Haruno said. Tenten and Sasuke were sitting on the ground both covered with pain. Shikamaru was sitting besides Sasuke. He was thinking about the others. Then, he heard a gunshot.

Everyone froze.

Then, they heard a very distance scream.

"Oh my god." Tenten said after a moment of silence. Then, she began to whimper slightly from shock.

"You think they're ok?" Sasuke manage to cough out. Shikamaru shrugged.

"There is no telling what could happen now." he answered back. Then, they heard someone yelling.

"Shikamaru! Shikamaru!" came a shouting voice. Ino immerged from down the road.

"What is it?" Shikamaru asked a little shocked. 'Where is Naruto?'

"T-These people! They had guns! And… they didn't see me, but they saw Naruto! I think they shot him!" Ino said as she ran up and collapsed in Shikamaru's arms.

"It's alright, Ino." Shikamaru whispered. (2)

"It's not alright! Come on!" she began to tug on his arm. "We have to go see if he's ok!"

Shikamaru sighed before turning back to Tenten, Sasuke, and Mr. Haruno.

"Ino…. I'm sorry.. There's…. nothing we can do….." Shikamaru mumbled and turned away from her gaze. Tears began to roll down her eyes.

"But…." she collapsed on her knees. Then held her face in her hands.

"I'm so stupid. I should have stayed with him." she said though sobs.

"Don't say that, Ino." Sasuke whispered before he coughed. "If you stayed, you would have both been killed."

There was a silence.

"I know.. He… was trying to protect me…" Ino whispered. She continued to sob. Everyone just listened to her sobs.

"Ino… was that you who screamed?" Shikamaru asked suddenly. Ino shook her head.

"No.. but it sounded distant. It scared me even more." she confessed. "Why?"

"It might have been Hinata." the brunette thought out loud. Everyone stared at him.

"Do you think she's alright?" Mr. Haruno asked.

"She probably is. She has Neji with her after all." Sasuke said.

"True, but all we can do is hope they're hurrying."

"Yeah. I bet you by now they are down on the main road." Tenten said with a sad smile.

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"Come on, Hinata. Reach higher." Neji said. He held his cousin's feet on his shoulders.

"It's way to high, Neji. There is no possible way." she said back before jumping off his shoulders and landing gracefully on the ground.

"Should have known. Even if we have four people we would never reach up there." muttered the brunette. He sat down on the cold and slightly wet ground. Hinata walked over as well and sat next to him.

"Y-You think.. We'll make I-it?" she asked her older cousin. He shrugged.

"At this rate, no." he muttered yet again. Hinata sighed before watching the opposite wall. Then, getting bored of this, she stared at her shoelaces and began to untie and tie them again. (3)

Neji on the other hand had his eyes closed and was thinking about their predicament. If they didn't hurry, Tenten and Sasuke might not make it…

"Hey, Hinata?" he asked picking his head up from where it lay near his curled up knees. "Do you feel rain?"

"Y-yes.. But it's not suppose to rain tonight." they both looked up. Not a cloud in sight.

"Then.. What is…." they looked to see three small pipes higher up in the ditch. One by one they were shooting out water.

"Shit…." Neji mumbled. "This is their plan…" Hinata cocked her head in confusion.

"W-what?" she asked.

"They are planning.. To drown us."

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I hope you can imagine Hinata and Neji's situation. J

1- For some reason this line reminded me of this new show.. 'Phineas and Ferb'

With that evil mad scientist that goes: "Ah Perry the Platypus what an unexpected surprise. And by unexpected, I mean TOTALLY EXPECTED!" This made me laugh hysterically when I remembered for some reason. Resulting to me stopping for a few minutes. Then all that day I was saying that line and even sounding like the guy! It just really made me laugh for some reason.

2- ShikaIno kindaish moment! :D

3- Ooh! Hinata and I have something in common. When we both get bored, we untie and tie our shoes! :D

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