Author's Note: Okay so I think I got all the bugs worked out of Chapter 11, sorry about that but the lines didn't appear when I put them in. Well here's the next chapter just like I promised. I know they are slightly shorter than normal but hey, you're getting two chapters in one day so quiet down back there! Hope you enjoy this chapter because this will be the last one for some time that has any real action in it. I've decided that the story needs to take a break so you guys can catch your breath. After this it will be more plot development with maybe some fluff here and there so enjoy this while you can! Once again please, read and review!
Chapter 12: Pandemonium! Part 2
Naruto felt himself suddenly blur forward before jerking to a stop. Looking around dazed he saw that he was no longer in the Hyuuga complex but somewhere in the forest that surrounded the village.
"That…that was the Hiraishin jutsu wasn't it, the one my father created and used?" He asked in disbelief.
"No dear child." Renge said as she panted heavily. "What I just used is the basic form of the Hiraishin. It involves a seal just like the Hiraishin but lacks accuracy, only getting the user near the seal. Your father took this jutsu and modified it into what you now know today, giving it pin point accuracy."
"Then where is the seal at?" Naruto asked looking around.
"Renge placed it on the girl before you knocked her away." Jihibiki answered. "My guess, follow the trail of destruction." As he said this he pointed and Naruto turned around to see a large pathway of trees knocked over and broken to pieces.
Naruto felt worry well up inside him for Hinata's well being but he quickly assured himself that with the chakra armor surrounding her body that she was fine from the crash.
"Come on," Naruto said as he readied himself for the upcoming battle, "we've got no time to waste."
The old couple nodded but before they could leave Renge reached into her cloak and pulled out a scroll.
"Here Naruto-kun take this." She said as she handed it over to him. "It's the scroll I was supposed to use, but my hand is severely burned from when I place the seal on Hinata and I have barely any chakra left from using that last jutsu. Jihibiki showed you the hand signs to use in conjunction with this scroll correct?"
Naruto nodded in confirmation.
"Then it's up to you boy." She said with a smile.
Naruto smiled back and with a jerk of his head they all took off following the path of destruction to find Hinata.
It didn't take them long to find Hinata, by the time they reached the end of the trail she was already up and destroying everything in her way in a fit of rage.
"Hey Naruto?"
"Yeah, what's up Kyuubi?" Naruto asked as he and Jihibiki continued towards Hinata while Renge held back.
"There's something you should probably know about Hinata." Kyuubi said, his voice suggesting that he was about to reveal a secret.
"What about her?" Naruto asked frantically. He thought he had planned out everything in case of this kind of emergency but from the way Kyuubi was talking it sounded as if it may be a game changer. Kyuubi remained quiet and Naruto grew impatient as he drew closer to Hinata.
"Well?" he practically shouted causing Hinata to turn and notice the two incoming shinobi.
Kyuubi took a deep breath before booming at the top of his lungs, "THAT GIRL MAKES ONE SEXY VIXEN!"
Naruto face planted, literally, skidding several feet before coming to a stop in a heap. Jihibiki skidded to a stop as well and looked back at him confused as to what had happened and even Hinata had cocked her head in slight confusion.
Slowly pulling himself up off the ground he muttered in exasperation, "Why? Why do you always do this when I'm in a serious situation?"
After finally calming his laughing Kyuubi answered him. "I have no idea what you're talking about." But as an afterthought he whistled loudly causing Naruto to grit his teeth.
"When this is over I'm going to make you pay for what you just did." Naruto hissed angrily.
"And what will you do brat, tack on a few more years to my sentence?" Kyuubi asked sarcastically.
"Oh trust me fuzz ball, I'll think of something." Naruto promised.
"Naruto," Jihibiki's voice snapped Naruto out of his conversation with his prisoner, "this really isn't the best time to be talking with Kurama."
"Ano…who's Kurama?" Naruto asked looking around him confused. Inside his head he could hear the sound of what could be best describe as someone face palming while Jihibiki practically deflated.
"Later, later I will explain." the old shinobi said defeated. "But for now can we please focus on the current crisis at hand?"
Naruto didn't even get a chance to respond because Hinata roared viciously before pushing off towards them, her red chakra tail dragging the ground and leaving a trail of burnt and smoldering grass. Naruto and Jihibiki wasted no time jumping into action, while Naruto rushed in close Jihibiki fired off jutsu from a distance in hope of trying to keep Hinata on her toes.
"Earth Style: Rock Missiles!" Jihibiki shouted summoning up his earthen projectiles once again.
Jihibiki fired the missiles straight over Naruto's head as he raced to close the gap between Hinata and himself. However, Hinata would have nothing to do with the same jutsu again so with an angry roar that shook the trees surrounding them she slashed her claws through the air three times, each time releasing massive walls of red, moving, visible chakra. This caught Naruto by surprise as he and the rocks were blasted backwards with extreme force, enough of which that he could feel his teeth rattle inside his skull. Tumbling back end over end Naruto came sliding to a stop on one knee but quickly bolted forward as if he were a sprinter. "I need to get in close; long distance won't work with her." Naruto thought. Forming his single seal he quickly made five clones that ran around until they completely surrounded Hinata. She stared at the original Naruto and deep growl came from her throat as she crouched down in preparation.
"Earth Style: Rock Needles!" Jihibiki shouted from the background and instantly hundreds of rock senbon needles shot from the earth before surrounding Hinata.
In one fluid motion Jihibiki sent the needles raining down on Hinata while at the same time Naruto and his clones charged in. Hinata just began to twirl in her spot and by the time Naruto realized what was happening it was too late. There was a sudden flash of bright red light followed by an explosion that rocked the area as a red spinning orb erupted from where Hinata once was standing, melting away the rock needles and disintegrating Naruto's clones. Naruto, however, was thrown back as a pillar of earth underneath him burst from the ground throwing him backwards, but it didn't keep him entirely safe. Naruto could feel his skin start to blister from the intense heat of the blast and the force behind the explosion that hit him mid air sent him skidding out of control across the ground before coming to a stop several meters away.
After a few moments of re-verifying what up and down Naruto stood up. "Holy shit that was hot!" he thought as he looked down at the backs of his hands and saw small blisters had formed from the heat of the blast when he had protected his face. He didn't have time to dwell on that thought though as Hinata suddenly appeared before him and swiped at his chest. It was blocked though when a rock wall shot up in-between the two giving Naruto a chance to jump back and regroup with Jihibiki. Hinata growled in frustration at having been stopped once again by the old man.
"Thanks for the saves back there old man." Naruto said as he landed beside the earth user.
"No problem Naruto-kun, but we need to figure something out fast. My chakra won't last much longer and then it will just be you." Jihibiki said slightly out of breath.
"If I can engage her in taijutsu I think I'll be alright, but she's fast and damn near impossible to hit, not to mention that chakra armor is protecting her from a lot of damage." Naruto said frustrated.
Naruto didn't want to hurt her, he hated even the thought of doing her any harm but he knew that if he couldn't affect her in anyway then he wouldn't be able to help her. He was quickly brought out of his thoughts when Hinata suddenly appeared between them and swiped at him. Naruto was quick enough to duck under her attack but Jihibiki was not so lucky. Hinata's tail thrashed viciously and sent him flying through the air before crashing to a stop in a tree.
"Old man!' Naruto cried out.
Without even thinking Naruto cocked his fist back and charged it with his sage chakra. Jumping up from his ducking position he blasted Hinata under the chin with a devastating upper cut and sent her flying back. Immediately he felt a searing burn on his knuckles and looked down to see them bloodied and raw as if they had been burned. "So it is just like my demon armor, it burns everything it comes into contact with." Naruto confirmed.
"Well if that's the case and I'm going do this by myself then I'm going to need more chakra." Naruto said to himself and held up a ram sign.
Back in the Hyuuga complex the last ANBU member still remaining on the rooftop disappeared, and Naruto instantly felt the rush of natural chakra replenish and fill him.
"Okay, let's finish this!" Naruto shouted. "Hang in there Hinata I'm going to get you back, I promise!"
Karin cracked her eyes open just enough to see the blue sky shine down brightly on her. "How am I still alive?" she asked herself. However, she felt so weak she didn't even feel like trying to come up with an answer. She closed her eyes for a few minutes and tried to ignore the pain in her chest so she focused on the muffled sounds that were echoing around her now. "Wait, sounds?" Karin opened her eyes to see two blurry dark figures standing over her. One was right in her face while the other was at her side looking down at her.
"She's…alive…get her…back…hospital." One voice said. Karin tried as hard as she could but it was just too difficult to focus on anything.
"Give her…pill…last her…trip." The other voice said.
She was so out of it Karin couldn't even keep her eyes open any longer but she felt a sudden hand grab her mouth and open it before sticking a pill of some sort in her mouth and close it. Karin didn't know what it was but she swallowed it nonetheless, she was dying after all. Suddenly she felt a rush of energy and opened her eyes to clearly see a small dog and a man with a mask over most of his face with white hair and one eye covered.
"Well that…fast…" the dog said looking at the man. Karin tried to focus but she still couldn't quite hear everything as it continued to go in and out.
"It should…for now…meet up…others." The masked man said as he bent down and picked up Karin.
It was during this time that Kakashi noticed Karin had something in her hand. Grabbing it from her grasp he quickly pocketed it before he situated her on his back.
"Are you sure Sakura's scent stops here?" he asked the hound.
"Positive." Pakun responded confidently. "Sorry Kakashi but the trail stops cold.
"Thanks Pakun, I can take it from here then." Kakashi said.
Pakun gave a salute before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Kakashi turned back the way he came and dashed off trying to shorten the distance between him and Konoha as quickly as he could.
Hinata and Naruto charged each other and met in the middle of the now cleared area of forest with a fierce taijutsu match. Hinata was the first to strike, throwing a clawed hand forward in an attempt to stab straight through Naruto. The blond ninja would have nothing of it though and knocked it away with a block that never even touched her. Naruto then sent a punch straight at her face but stopped inches away before expelling his sage chakra and allowing it to continue forward and knock her back a few steps. Thoroughly enraged now, Hinata roared and started to slash madly at Naruto causing him to go on the defensive. He ducked, jumped, and dodged as many attacks as he could and the ones he couldn't he would use his sage chakra to block.
Though all of this somewhere in the back of his mind he suddenly felt a familiar presence or, to be more precise, seven of them. "What the hell are they doing here?" he wondered to himself. His attention was immediately turned back to the situation before him as Hinata had started to send walls of chakra at him again.
Swiftly going through some hand signs he shouted, "Sage Style: Natural Disaster- Hurricane!"
Taking a deep breath in, he held it for a moment before exhaling sharply. A large visible ball of vicious wind and sage chakra expelled from his mouth and shot forward to meet the oncoming walls of demon chakra. An explosion ensued but neither of the two waited for it to die down and both jumped into the middle of it to engage each other once again.
Neji was the first to arrive at the battleground. Breaking through the tree line, he continued running until he was about twenty meters away from Naruto and Hinata's battle. Shino was next, and as soon as he saw what was before him he stopped dead in his tracks.
"H-Hinata?" was all the bug user could get out.
"Shino, why did you stop?" Lee asked as he and the rest of the group caught up.
Shino remained speechless and the others were forced to follow his gaze until they saw the same thing he did.
"Is that Naruto?" Tenten asked in confusion.
"Naruto!" Ino shouted grabbing his attention for a split second. When she saw she had his attention she fired off her questions. "I thought you left the village? Did you talk to the Raikage? What did he say? What's going on?"
Naruto's eyes went wide for a second as he tried to process all the questions Ino had just drilled him with. After a moment he answered while still blocking Hinata's relentless attacks.
"I did..."
Naruto ducked under a swipe.
"Yes…"
He continued as he jumped over a lower one.
"No..."
He bent backwards as she attempted to spear him in the chest.
"Explain later…"
Still bent back he put his hands on the ground and sent a kick into Hinata's ribs sending her flying to the side.
Looking over at Ino he finished. "In that order." He ignored the stunned and confused looks the group was giving him and turned his attention to Neji. "How are we looking Neji?" he asked hopefully.
Neji gritted his teeth before answering. "Her demonic chakra is down to seventy percent and her normal chakra hasn't changed, it's still at forty percent."
Naruto saw Hinata pulling herself from some debris and cursed under his breath knowing they still had a ways to go. "Well since they're here I might as well use the help." he thought.
"Okay I could use some help guys!" Naruto shouted across the deforested area. "Lee you're with me!" Immediately Lee appeared at his side with a fiery determination burning in his eyes. Naruto ignored it and continued. "Choji, I want you to act as support, if either one of us is in trouble get us out." Choji gulped but nodded in understanding and jogged out to a spot where he could step in if needed. Naruto continued on with his orders. "Ino, Tenten, and Shino, you guys set up traps and distractions around the perimeter to make sure she doesn't escape. We don't want her getting back into the village. Shikamaru, I want you to stand by and be ready to use your paralysis jutsu when I give the signal. Neji, you know what to do."
"Baka, I'm the one that's supposed to give out orders." Shikamaru muttered, but he had to admit Naruto's plan was the best course of action so he simply sighed and nodded his head.
"Hey Naruto, what is that anyways?" Tenten asked.
Naruto was quiet for a moment before he looked down and answered with pain in his voice. "It's…Hinata…"
"B-But…what happened to her?" Ino asked in horror and her eyes started to go misty as she watched her friend thrash about in rage.
Naruto could see the apprehension on all of their faces so he spoke. "Listen, I know all of you are worried and you don't want to hurt her. Trust me, neither do I and as long as she's like this we won't be able to. I can't even do it in my sage mode. I need your help with this, I have a way to save her but we need to work together."
Everyone nodded as they tried to prepare for a fight against their once soft spoken and shy friend. Hinata had finally managed to free herself from the tangled mess of trunks she was in and began to walk on all fours towards Naruto and Lee growling sinisterly.
"Lee, I would like to make a suggestion." Naruto said shooting a sideways glance at the green spandex ninja. Lee looked at him curiously and Naruto continued. "Drop the leg weights and open at least five inner gates."
"But Naruto, don't you think that's a little overkill?" Lee asked concerned. He was worried he would seriously hurt Hinata.
"Lee," Naruto said seriously, leveling him with a gaze, "I'm in my sage mode and I'm having trouble with her. No, it is not overkill, if anything it is needed."
Lee nodded and in a flash he removed his leg weights and still holding them he began to focus.
"First five Gates; Gates of Opening, Rest, Life, Pain, Closing! Open!"
Massive amounts of chakra suddenly erupted from Lee causing his hair to blow upwards. His skin darkened and the veins on his head began to bulge.
Looking at Naruto he spoke in a deeper voice than usual. "I am ready Naruto, let's save Hinata."
Naruto nodded and disappeared only to reappear meters away running towards Hinata to meet her. Hinata wasted no time and charged forward, red chakra pouring out of her mouth in the form of a visible vapor.
She only made it a few steps though when she was sent hurtling back after two incredibly heavy objects crashed into her chest. After Lee had thrown his leg weights at Hinata he disappeared as well only to reappear behind her as she was flying backwards and sent her back the way she came with a spine shattering sidekick. After flying a few meters Naruto caught her with a sage-fueled hook to the ribs, jab to the sternum, and cross to the face which sent her back again towards Lee. The green beast closed the distance, meeting her with a roundhouse to the head sending her in a different direction only to be met by Naruto, again, who did a spinning back kick at a slight angle causing Hinata to arc up in the air. Lee suddenly appeared behind her in mid air and wrapping his arms around Hinata, began to rotate the two of them rapidly before smashing Hinata into the ground at break neck speed. Naruto once again reappeared above them and did a flying superman punch into Hinata's stomach with such great force that it cracked the ground around them. The power behind the attack was so great that it cause Hinata to bounce back up into the air and the process started all over again.
The rest of the group stood on watching the entire fight in a state of shock and awe.
"How are they moving together like this? Their attacks seem so perfectly timed!" Ino said as her jaw hung open in disbelief.
"Lee had said something about how he and Naruto had been training together ever since the attack on the village, but I never thought much of it." Tenten said in just as much disbelief as Ino had.
On the other side of the battlefield Neji was watching an entirely different fight unfold. "Their attacks are becoming faster, closer together, more in sync. They're actually starting to attack as one unit."
Sure enough Naruto and Lee had now become so fast and so close to Hinata that they both were hitting her at the same time directly opposite of where the other was striking. The result was Hinata standing perfectly still as her body was crushed under intense pressure from two sides. Thunderous cracking echoed through the woods as Naruto and Lee's attacks cancelled each other out. By now, Hinata's animal instincts were in overdrive and her fight or flight response had been switched. While Naruto and Lee were winding up for their next attack Hinata released a massive amount of chakra from her body at once causing a massive wall of chakra to hit both Lee and Naruto knocking them back. Hinata took this opportunity to make a break for the tree line.
Sprinting on all fours, she streaked across the field and was only meters from the tree line when the traps started to go off. Paper bombs started detonating, knocking Hinata this way and that while kunai hit and slowed her down even though they bounced off her armor. With a frustrated roar she leapt high into the air in an attempt to bypass all the hidden traps.
"Shit! She's going to get away!" Tenten cursed as she and Ino watched Hinata pass over them.
"Leave it to me." Ino said before making a window with her fingers and tracking Hinata through the air. "Mind Transfer Jutsu!"
Ino's body slumped to the ground and Hinata went ridged for a moment before suddenly switching directions in the air and aiming for a certain spot on the ground. As soon as she was about to hit Ino woke back up.
"Now!" she shouted.
Tenten didn't need and explanation, she knew exactly what Ino had done. Sending out a pulse of chakra, Tenten activated a very large cluster of paper bombs that Ino had placed Hinata on top of. The explosion rocked the land for miles and a huge pillar of smoke, fire, and debri was sent up in the air. The explosion was so great that everyone in the immediate area was forced to shield themselves or take cover. After a few moments, Hinata came crashing to the ground and Tenten leapt into action. Jumping high into the air she pulled out two scrolls and unraveled them.
"Summoning Jutsu: Iron Rainstorm!"
Hundreds of kunai exploded from the two scrolls and began to rain down on top of Hinata at high speeds. Although they didn't actually pierce her armor, there were enough of them traveling fast enough to pelt her down in the endless barrage of sharpened iron. Tenten wasn't done though, as soon as the last kunai hit the ground she activated paper bombs that were wrapped around the handles of the kunai. Once again another fire storm erupted shaking the ground around the shinobi. Tenten allowed a smirk to cross her face but it was short lived when Hinata exploded from the fire and slashed her across the chest with an extended chakra arm. The attack would have been much worse had Shino's insects attacked Hinata's eyes and face at the last second slightly distracting her.
"Tenten!" Lee screamed and vanished only to reappear catching her as she fell.
Blood was pouring out of her chest and right arm and she was already starting to pale.
"Lee…" she said weakly before losing consciousness.
"Tenten!" Lee screamed again. Nobody could tell he was crying because the extreme heat from his body just caused the tears to evaporate away.
Hinata took no note of this and with a feral growl she pulled back to strike Lee down as well.
"Lee move!" Naruto shouted but it was no use, Lee had become frozen as he held onto his teammate's broken and bloodied body.
Shino tried to use his bugs to divert Hinata's attention but she would have none of it. She had tasted blood and she wanted the kill. Releasing another wall of chakra off of her body, Shino's bugs were incinerated from the extreme heat and she continued on towards her victim unchallenged. Hinata was just about to land her blow when a giant hand suddenly swatted her away. Choji took his spot in front of Lee with his arms out wide in a protective manner even though his hand had been severely burned from knocking Hinata away. As he did this Ino appeared behind him and crouched down next to Lee.
"Let me see her Lee." Ino said softly as she put a hand on his shoulder.
For a moment Lee didn't budge but he quickly laid her gently on the ground so Ino could start healing her.
"Thank you, now go help Naruto. Choji will protect us okay?" Ino ordered more than asked.
Lee nodded his head and disappeared and Ino sighed. "Hang in there Tenten; I'll get you patched up."
Lee appeared next to Naruto who look at him concerned. "Are you okay?"
"Let's just finish this before anyone else gets hurt." He said emotionlessly which alarmed Naruto slightly considering Lee was always filled with some kind of emotion. But after a moment he suddenly shouted, "Sixth Gate: Gate of Joy, OPEN!" Instantly even more chakra began to pour out of Lee and Naruto took a side step away in shock.
Hinata ignored the obviously emotional green beast and ran towards them but the moment she was within striking distance Lee sent her flying with a backhand.
Naruto took this opportunity to look at Neji. "How are we doing?"
"Fifty-five to forty." Neji answered back.
Naruto looked at Lee. "We could use that jutsu. I know it would finish her off."
"Yes it would." Lee said back. "However, with the speed she is showing I will not be able to adjust if she dodges the attack."
"I can help with that." Shikamaru called out reluctantly.
"And so can I."
Both Lee and Naruto turned around to Jihibiki limping towards them.
"Old man, you okay?" Naruto asked worried but relieved to see he was still alive.
"Yes, but your girlfriend needs to work on her anger issues." Jihibiki said flatly.
Naruto scowled but asked, "How can you help?"
Jihibiki smiled and looked at Shikamaru. "Oi, pineapple head! Do you think you could catch the girl in a paralysis jutsu for a few seconds?"
Shikamaru shrugged. "It's troublesome but yeah, no problem."
"Do that then and leave the rest to me." Jihibiki said and then turned his attention back to Naruto. "You'll know when to go."
Naruto nodded and he and Lee stood back to give the old man some space to work with. Hinata saw her new target and rushed him hoping to end him quickly but she froze mid step. Confused and enraged she roared as she struggled to break free, never once noticing the thin shadow that connected her to Shikamaru.
"Shadow Possession Jutsu a success." Shikamaru called out with a smile but then frowned and began to sweat. "I would hurry up though, I'm barely containing her."
Jihibiki nodded and flashed through some seals before closing his eyes and taking a deep breath in to concentrate.
"Forbidden Combination Style: Diamond Prison!" he said as he slammed his palm onto the ground.
There was a slight rumble and then brilliant clear crystals burst from the ground underneath Hinata and began to grow and morph around her. Shikamaru released his jutsu and dropped to his knees breathing heavily. Jihibiki on the other hand was having trouble breathing as more and more chakra was drained from him as the sparkling diamond crystal continued to grow around Hinata. By the time the glittering crystal had reached Hinata's shoulders Jihibiki nose was bleed severely and he had blood in the corner of his mouth. He was going to continue but a sudden and sharp pain to the back of his head sent him to the ground.
"What the hell do you think you're doin'? Are you tryin' to kill yourself?" Renge shouted angrily waving a stick over her head.
The group stared on dumbfounded at what had just happened but Hinata's growls of frustration brought them back to reality and Naruto and Lee looked at each other.
"Let's make this quick Naruto; I can't hold this gate much longer." Lee said slightly panting.
"I agree I'm almost out too." Naruto said with a nod.
Without another word they broke apart and ran on opposite sides of Hinata. The rest the group looked on in curiosity as to what was going to happen next.
"Kyuubi you ready?" Naruto asked.
"I've been charging up ever since you mentioned it." He answered back.
Naruto nodded and he could feel what little demon chakra Kyuubi could manage through his seal flow into his right arm.
On the other side of Hinata, Lee had started a full on sprint at Hinata charging what little chakra he had left into his own right arm.
Cocking his arm back he shouted as he reached her. "Collaboration Jutsu: Rising Moon…" He blasted Hinata upwards with a glowing silver uppercut that sent cracks all through the diamond prison.
"…Setting Sun!" Naruto finished as he appeared above her with a Rasengan that was a glittering gold color from the combination of sage and demon chakra.
Slamming the Rasengan into her there was a bright flash followed by a deafening explosion. Everything after that turned into slow motion; as Hinata fell back down to earth her red chakra armor slowly receded until it was nothing more than a thin red chakra vapor coating her body. The diamond prison completely shattered sending sparkling fragments glinting and dancing in the daylight as they fell around Hinata. The scene was a breath taking and horrifying display of power and beauty. Anyone there could have sworn it looked as if an angel was falling from heaven.
As soon as Hinata hit the ground everything sped back up to normal pace. Lee collapsed from chakra exhaustion and Naruto staggered when landed as the last of his sage chakra left him. Wasting no time he shouted out.
"Neji?"
"She's alive, Naruto!" he yelled knowing that's what he wanted to know and just as relieved as Naruto was that she was still breathing.
Quickly Naruto pulled out the scroll Renge had given him earlier and knelt down next the unconscious girl. Lifting up her shirt so he could see her stomach, he saw the seal was still visible even though the red chakra was starting to fade away. "Time to put this to rest." he thought as he opened the scroll and went through some hand seals. Bring some chakra so his right hand he placed it down on Hinata's smooth yet warm stomach.
"Release!" he said and instantly even more red demonic chakra began to pour out of Hinata's body.
Everyone else, save for the two old shinobi, began to panic as they thought that they would have to fight Hinata again but Naruto quickly put that thought to rest. Flashing through a few more hand seals he placed one hand over the seal on the scroll and another over Hinata.
"Sealing Jutsu: Vacuum Chakra Seal!" he said and instantly the chakra pouring out of her body began to be sucked into the seal.
Within a minute the red chakra diminished more and more until the last of thin wispy trail of red chakra disappeared into the seal and it glowed once to show it was complete. Naruto fell back on his butt and sighed in relief. Looking around at the destruction he couldn't help but be amazed that no one else was hurt other than Tenten. Looking over at Ino he asked how Tenten was.
"She's fine," Ino answered still healing her injuries, "but she needs to get to the hospital for further treatment."
Naruto nodded and then motion to Choji for him to help Ino with Tenten. The towering boy walked over and after giving Ino a reassuring squeeze on the shoulder as a silent way of saying 'good job' he scooped Tenten up and started to make his way back to the village. Naruto then looked over at Lee and sighed. "I can't even begin to thank you Lee."
"Shino, Shikamaru, you two get Lee." Naruto ordered and without any arguments Shino helped Shikamaru get Lee over his shoulder.
Naruto then turned his attention to the sleeping Hyuuga princess lying in front of him. With a sigh and a small smile he scooped her up carefully bridal style and turned to leave. However a glint caught his eye and he looked down at the ground in front of him to see a chunk of diamond glittering in the sun. For some unknown reason to him he carefully picked it up without dropping Hinata and slipped it into his pocket. With that being done Naruto took off at a steady run trying to catch up with everyone else and join them at the hospital. When he finally made it there he was able to set Hinata in the gurney before he promptly passed out himself.
