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yukibozu: been a while!! XD poor innocent students...having me as an author to torture them...wkakakaka...

onyx eyed kitten: lolz! why the sudden change of name? XD hehe...yeah this chap is where the battle scenes are! XD

SDJ: LOLZ. My spelling is off sometimes, despite my grades too. heheh...I love Deidara too!! SasorixDeidara sometimes is entertainning..hehhehe...I don't take algebra actually, I don't know what it is either. we don't have it here...XD I thought it was a nice subject, and hard one, so I made Sakura do it...hehheh...

Miyuki: hahahz...randomly one actually the bodyguards. She doesn't really have 10 bodyguards, just...shifts? yeah something like tat...

A/N: Alrighty then! hope you guys enjoy this chapter too! Reviews have been less lately...its sad really...((cries)) heheh!

Chapter 11: The battle

The wind blew on his hair as Sasuke sprinted across the school grounds, seeing students rushing out from the emergency exit on the other side of the school, all looking frantic and afraid. No one noticed him nor bothered to look his way, which he was thankful for he did not need his fangirls right now. He touched his lips and smiled softly, remembering the kiss he shared with Sakura. He shook his head, now was not the time, he could think about it later, right now, his team needed all the help they could get. He halted upon seeing Kakashi's back on him, blocking his path.

"Kakashi!" he shouted, catching the older man's attention. Kakashi turned to see Sasuke unsheathing his katana, and pointed towards Neji and Deidara.

"Go help him, we'll handle this one." Kakashi ordered. Sasuke nodded and went to aid Neji.

She walked slowly out of the lift, still unclear of what happened just now with Sasuke. Sighing, she walked towards the lab, where Ino and Shikamaru would most likely be, and a hand landed on her shoulder.

"Sakura?" Said girl turned to see Ino with a puzzled look on her face. "What happened to you? You're red."

Sakura clasped her hands to her face and shook her head, indicating it was nothing, but Ino wasn't gonna let it go so easily. She grinned and edged nearer to the pastel haired girl.

"Uh huh….does it have something to do with a certain Uchiha…?" Sakura blushed more and tried to run, but Ino grabbed her wrist and pulled her all the way to the lab.

Hinata was worried, she was the only one securing the students exit, and they had made it out safely, but what about her comrades?

The Hyuuga heiress quickly darted out of the school, and began to survey her surroundings. Kakashi, Ibiki and TenTen were fending off the snake, while Neji and Sasuke were fighting with Deidara. No other enemies were seen besides this two, she approached the field with caution, knowing full well that other Akatsuki members were here with the Sound. She activated her Byakugan and took out her gun from the holster.

"Well well, if it isn't the one who cried over the Kyuubi." A voice from behind her said, making her whirl around, pointing the gun to the person's face. Her eyes widened and her hands trembled, holding the gun was taking an effort now, his eyes narrowed and he chuckled. Hinata jerked her hand away when Orochimaru tried to grab her gun, she pulled out her dagger and launched it to his face, but he manage to avoid it.

Just as he was about to grasp her hand again, a kunai shot through in between both of them, and Orochimaru was forced to take a step away from the pearled eye girl. Blue cerulean eyes glared at the snake man as Naruto pushed Hinata behind him, covering her from the sight of Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru…" he hissed, eyes turning red from anger. The snake man merely chuckled and brought out his Kusanagi from his mouth, making Hinata cringed at the sight.

"Come now Kyuubi, lets settle this once and for all. Akatsuki might snatch you away if I don't do anything now." Orochimaru smirked, making Naruto's blood boil. "And your little girl behind you might get hurt…"

Naruto's patience snapped when Orochimaru looked at Hinata, and he charged at him, whipping out his gun and katana. Hinata's Byakugan was still activated, and she ran towards Orochimaru too, aiding Naruto in this battle.

Itachi and Shisui were least to say, having fun. Sound members kept coming out no matter how they fired or slashed. Itachi panted, he was getting tired out from shooting and cutting. Shisui's breathing was heavy and he was having trouble aiming properly, his hands shook as he fired another round. The two Uchiha were back to back, facing their opponents who surrounded them.

"Hey Shisui…do you think we could…?"

Shisui raised an eyebrow, confused at first to what Itachi was trying to say, but when he saw Itachi's smirk, he caught on.

"Yeah. I think we should, using chakra wouldn't hurt right?" Shisui returned the smirk with one of his own. Both boys nodded, and their onyx eyes bleed red. They had been fighting without chakra so far, and without the Sharingan, which was a bloodline in the Uchiha clan.

"So that's why I couldn't fight properly. Che…" Shisui muttered as he darted forward, dragging his katana on the ground before swiping it upwards, cutting his opponent in half, turning to face another.

"No, you're just losing it." Itachi taunted, throwing a few shurikens towards three Sound members. Shisui made a clicking sound with his tongue and chuckled.

"Nah, I'm fine." He said, taking out a few more Sound members. Itachi looked at Shisui and they both stared at each other for a while. The enemies around them began to close in on them, not understanding what was going on. The two best friends suddenly smirked, taking out their guns, kunais and shurikens.

"First one to reach a hundred wins." Itachi said, after seeing Shisui nod, they immediately turned and started their competition.

Sakura huffed in irritation as Ino continued to pester her with questions on her and Sasuke. Shikamaru was busy fixing some kind of a gun, so he was saved from hearing all the things Ino was blabbing about. She sighed and drank her coffee, which Shikamaru had taken the liberty of going out to get it for her, just so he could take a break without Ino's voice ringing in his ears. He once said to her though, when Ino went out to the restroom, "Yeah she's my girlfriend and all, her voice is sweet, but hey, I need my ears for mission briefings and hearing you get it? Troublesome really…" the lazy genius had muttered all this, making Sakura giggle.

A beeping sound was suddenly heard from the monitor in front of them. Ino whipped her head around immediately, typing on the keys so fast that Sakura could hardly catch what she was doing. Shikamaru was concentrating hard on his work, so it seemed that he was confident Ino could handle whatever it was that was happening. The blond cursed under her breath and grabbed an earpiece beside the computer.

"Unit 12, get out there now! Medical attention needed on the school grounds, a grenade went off and some students were caught in it!"

Sakura gasp and Shikamaru finally looked up from his work. "How did the grenade go off?"

Ino continued typing. "Apparently, one of the Sound did it. He tried to overpower Itachi and Shisui." Shikamaru nodded and resumed his work, desperate to finish it by today. Sakura was horror struck; people were getting hurt because of her. The students don't even know what was going on! Ino noticed the girl trembling and turned to her.

"Look Sakura, this isn't your fault. I know innocent people are getting hurt, but it's how life is. I learnt it a long time ago, maybe you should learn it too."

Sakura said nothing, her eyes cast downwards and dull. She was blaming herself for all that was happening, all she ever wanted to be was a normal teenage girl, but one day an old man comes to her house to announce that she's the president's only granddaughter, making her life messed up. But no matter how she screamed or shouted or cried, reality was harsh, and it would be worse if she didn't accept the fact. Inside, a part of her knows that Ino was right, and that life is cruel, but another part of her denies the fact, and she doesn't know what to do.

"I…don't know…I just can't think anymore!" Sakura cried, her tears falling freely down her cheeks. Just a week ago, everything was fine. Her long lost friend Sasuke came back from overseas, thought they didn't get a good start. Just a few days ago, Neji was teaching her homework, and just a few hours ago, Sasuke had said he loved her. She shook her head, trying to clear her mind. Shikamaru looked away, feeling deeply sorry for the poor girl. Ino continued typing, trying not to cry, she knew how Sakura was feeling, but sympathy is the last thing anyone needs right now.

Neji dashed forward as Sasuke fired at the clay birds that Deidara sent out. The Hyuuga was mentally cursing at himself for falling right into the Akatsuki member's trap.

-Flashback-

"Shit!"

Deidara punched Neji hard on the face, making him spit out some blood and dropping hard on the ground. He struggled to get up quickly, just as Deidara planted his leg downwards. Neji rolled to the other side, narrowly avoiding Deidara's kunai, when it struck him that an explosion tag was attached to it.

It exploded and Neji just barely got away from it. He coughed and squinted his eyes, trying to see through the thick smoke. A hand suddenly came straight for his face, and would have caught him if a bullet had not stopped it. Deidara yelled in surprise and pain, taking back his hand and clutching it in pain.

"I see you need help, Hyuuga."

-End Flashback-

Neji smirked at the memory of their captain appearing in time to save him from death. He could count the many times that Sasuke actually appeared right on time to save his comrades life, as if he knew what was going to happen. He shook the thought of and got into his kaiten stance. Sasuke was going to cover for him.

"It's time we end this game!" Neji thought and began spinning when Deidara was in his reach.

"Hakke Rokujuyon Sho!" he shouted, as he landed two blows on Deidara, who staggered to remain balance.

"Four!" He managed to make Deidara stumble, sealing off another four chakra points.

"Eight!" Deidara began coughing up blood, making Sasuke amused.

"Sixteen!" Neji smirked as the Akatsuki member coughing up more blood.

"Thirty two!" Almost done. (A/N: It's just like the song "1,2,3,4,5, once I caught a fish…. …ehehe…I'll stop crapping now…)

"Sixty four!" Neji thought, as he stop and watch the blond land on the ground with a hard 'thud'.

Sasuke smirked at his comrade's improvement, Neji was second to him in their team, though older, he prefered not to be their leader, as the Uchihas were the ones running the Konoha ANBU apart from the Hokage herself. Neji straightened himself and glared at the fallen Akatsuki on the ground, Deidara groaned and tried to get up, but no avail. Neji sighed and began binding him with chakra ropes, motioning for Sasuke to help the others.

"I'll get this one. Backup should be on the way by now." Sasuke nodded and turned to leave, spotting Naruto and Hinata who were engaged in a battle with the one he so longed to kill.

"Orochimaru…" he hissed, eyes turning red. It was time to 'repay' him.

"Last one down!" Shisui shouted, as he pulled his kunai out from the guys head. Itachi was doing the same, and they high fived.

"I guess it's a tie again eh?" Shisui asked, swinging his katana so that the blood would come off. Itachi shrugged and sheathed the blade, and jumped out of the way just before the snake's tail swiped at him.

"We can break the tie Shisui." Itachi smirked, pointing at the reptile that was busy with the other ANBU members. Shisui nodded and jumped swiftly all the way to the top of the head. He plucked out a grenade from his back pouch and a kunai. Itachi sighed, Shisui was getting hyper again. He stepped back from the scene, signalling Kakashi and the others to do so too. They nodded and backed off quickly, giving the signal to Shisui, who grinned like Christmas has arrived early. He drove the blade through the thick skin of the reptile, and it opened its wide mouth, hissing in pain. Shisui took the chance to stuff the grenade down its throat, and slid down the body of the snake.

BOOM

All heads on the battlefield turned, only to get rained by blood and pieces of the reptile's meat.

TenTen tried to wipe the disgusting slim of her, but it stayed on. "Eww…that's the last time I'll let Shisui blow up a reptile when I'm near…" she grumbled, and cursed when she saw Itachi and Shisui emerged from behind a tree, battered, bruised, but clean of the disgusting slime. Kakashi and Ibiki were not lucky too, as they were covered in it. Groans and curses could be heard throughtout the compound, but it quickly disappeared as the fightings resumed.

Orochimaru seemed unfazed that one of his summons was dead, and Naruto was confused.

"Hey snake bastard, one of your snakes got killed! No feelings?" he shouted, but Orochimaru just laughed.

"It was just a summon Kyuubi! It's useless if it can't fight!" he said, slicing Naruto's shoulder, making him winced in pain. Hinata tried to hit a chakra point, but Orochimaru was fast and kicked her in the stomach, making her fly backwards.

"HINATA!" Naruto shouted, adrenalin pumping into his system, he tried to reach her before she hit the tree.

"I won't make it!" he thought, and panicked. If Hinata was to hit the tree, her back would surely sustain serious injuries, judging by the speed she was going. A black blur suddenly appeared behind Hinata, catching her in time. Naruto breathed out in relief to see Sasuke holding Hinata, a stern look on his face and glaring at Orochimaru.

"It's been a while, sadistic bastard." Sasuke said through gritted teeth. Narutp pulled Hinata away from them, Kakashi and the others were already there, getting ready to attack, but Sasuke called them off.

"I'll handle him. Its my fight." Sasuke said, Naruto was hesitant at first, but he gave in with the rest and backed away.

Shikamaru sighed, holding the thing he was doing in front of him. Sakura peered over to look at it.

"A gun?" she questioned, as Shikamaru handed it to her.

"Yeah, custom made by me." Sakura looked at the gun closely. Ino was grinning.

"Sasuke asked Shikamaru to make this for you." She said, and smiled when Sakura turned to her.

"For me?" she asked, puzzled.

"It's completely automatic, all you have to do is fire. It has a tracking device installed in it, which will enable us to track you down if anyone kidnaps you." Shikamaru explained, as he took out a case which was attached to a belt. "And this, is your reloads. Plus the gun aims by itself, not really accurate, but it can still hit the target." Sakura nodded, clasping the belt around her waist.

"Its to protect yourself when Sasuke or any other ANBU aren't around." Ino said. "Though I highly doubt that will happen." She continued. Sakura nodded and placed the gun into the holster. "Thanks Shikamaru." She said, and made her way out.

"Sakura! Where are you going?" Ino asked. Sakura smiled at her.

"To make my own future, rather then to be protected from everything." Was all she said before heading towards the lift.

Shikamaru sighed and got up. He strapped his weapon pouch and gun holster on, and walked out.

"Tell them we're coming." And Ino nodded, speaking into the earpiece again.

"Haruno Sakura and Nara Shikamaru are heading to your place, TenTen."

A/N: w00t! I changed my style of writing a bit, making it longer. Hope you guys still like it!

Sasuke: Why do I have to save everyone? ((frown))

Dark: ... ... Cause you're the team captain dobe.

Sasuke: I'm not a dobe, dobe.

Naruto: Hey! I'm the dobe!

((Silence))

Naruto: Did I just said what I think I said?

((Nods))

Naruto: Aww crap.

Sasuke & Dark: ((Laughs and rolls on the ground))

Naruto: ((blush)) Whatever!! Pls review!!!!