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ON TO THE STORY!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto………..yet. Laughs manically

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Chapter 13

Hinata finally cleaned all of the dirt that was on her skin and re-wrapped the bandages on her arm. She might not be out of this strange place yet, but at least she had friends with her.

She walked out into the center of the hut where she saw Temari glaring at Shikamaru and Ino glaring at Kankuro (and vice versa).

Hinata could see her head fall anime style in her head before she mumbled, "um…..did I miss something?"

Ino turned her head to face Hinata and her blue eyes lit up with joy. "Hinata!!" Ino practically tackled her to the ground and hugged her. Hinata smiled nervously before wiggling out of Ino's grasp.

"I missed you too Ino, anyways what's going on here?"

Ino's perky expression immediately darkened. "Oh Hinata it's horrible! That cross-dressing homo over there is being a total asshole! He called me a crazy bitch!"

Kankuro's ears perked up at hearing the conversation was about him. "I heard that! And who are you calling a homo! I'm not the one who just glomped a girl you lesbo!"

Ino clenched her teeth and her hands balled into fists. She angrily turned around to face him across the room, "I don't give a shit if you heard! You walk around with that freaking black hood on your head that makes you look like fucking batman!!"

Kankuro's eyebrows narrowed. "Crazy lesbo!"

Ino glared at him with even more malice. "Bipolar Batman!"

Hinata backed slowly away from Ino with a little fear. Seeing these two bicker was pretty frightening.

"Oh! I am the bipolar one? You're the one who goes all happy when Hinata enters the room then you go all rage-o-holic on my ass!"

"You're actually acting like you don't deserve for me to be a rage-o-holic on your ass! Well you must be out of your little batman mind if you think otherwise!"

"Quit calling me batman you freaking lesbo!"

"Quit calling me lesbo! You cross-dressing bipolar batman!"

Hinata curled up behind her knees in fright. You could almost see fire shooting out at each other's eyes, scolding the other person with their hellish flames.

'Oh God, what did I do to deserve this?' Hinata thought to herself.

'112 Sound road………………….This address is on Southside, I'm not far then.' Naruto thought while driving down a street planning out his next course.

'So that is where Orochimaru is hiding, Gaara's description was pretty accurate.'

Naruto pulled up to what looked like an old apartment building. It was a tan-ish color and it was cracked in several places. The windows all looked like they had been broken from the outside, possibly a thrown rock. The door was a dark grey from years of lack of upkeep. Its original color was an eggshell white.

Naruto grabbed his Ak-47 out of his holster and prepared to kick in the door.

BAM!

The door was knocked off its hinges and was now on the floor. Naruto scanned the area, there were unconscious bodies lying against the wall everywhere.

Naruto progressed through the hallways occasionally stepping over the random high people. Naruto looked at the people more closely; their skin was taking a grayish color. Their eyes turning gold. 'What the fuck is this drug they are taking?'

Just looking at these people made Naruto worry about Sasuke. The drug that these people were taking is more than likely what Sasuke takes. According to Gaara's description, it acted almost as a steroid, but it also gave the person a temporary "high" feeling. But it also had major consequences. It attacks the brain cells so you can't think properly, but that is what pretty much all drugs do.

'I guess that might explain Sasuke's fucked up behavior, he is probably brain dead.'

Naruto looked from room to room looking for the snake-like pedophile.

'Damn, not here…..'

Naruto finally reached the last door. If Orochimaru wasn't behind this door, the chances of finding him are slim to none.

Naruto kicked open the door. He scanned the room and saw a person with grey hair and glasses. He looked a little older than he was, but not much. Suddenly a light-bulb turned on in Naruto's head and he finally placed who the person in front of him was.

"Kabuto…"

The person turned his head to face Naruto. "Long time no see eh?"

"You're not Canadian, so cut the crap. Where is Orochimaru?"

The grey-haired man shrugged his shoulders. "How should I know?"

Naruto's eyebrows narrowed at this. "You are his right-hand man, you know everything about him."

"Hey, my job is only to make the stuff, I don't know what he does when he is gone."

Naruto's eyebrow arched. "You make this shit?"

"In this very building."

Naruto let out a low growl. "You fucker! What does this drug do? Tell me or I will kill you! Why are all of these people having these side effects?"

Kabuto smirked even though Naruto's gun was to his head. "Some people just can't take the chemicals. It can change your pigment in your skin and your eyes. But if you are strong enough to take it, you will get inhuman strength and stamina. All the people in this building were guinea pigs to test the drug. I'm still working on perfecting it."

"Like hell you are! I won't let you distribute this stuff anymore!"

"And you think you can stop me? This is only the beginning! The drug has only been created recently and it is already a city-wide phenomenon! When I finally get it right, we are going world-wide! This is the future Naruto! Not even you can slow us down!"

Naruto narrowed his ocean-blue eyes.

"Watch me."

And he pulled the trigger to Kabuto's head.

Hinata found a book and read it in the corner of the room while listening to Ino and Kankuro bicker back and forth.

"Did I say batman? I meant cat woman! Now go find a mouse somewhere you freaking pussycat!"

"Oh go find Ken and live in your dream house Barbie!"

Ino's face darkened. "That's low."

Kankuro smirked. "Hurts……. doesn't it?"

Ino gritted her teeth. "Two words cat woman! FUCK YOU!"

Hinata sighed and tried to block out the loud noises and trying to focus on the book. How long have they been doing this now? A few hours?

'Don't they ever get tired?!'

After finally having enough of listening to the two argue, Hinata stood up and decided to take a walk around the hut. But before she could leave a hand clutched her wrists.

"Where are you going?" asked an impassive redhead.

"Um, I was just going to take a walk."

"I don't trust you. I will go with you to make sure you don't escape."

Hinata looked at him with a hint of fear in her opal eyes. But she nodded to his proposal.

The two walked in the woods for a while, but Hinata found the silence uncomfortable so she decided to start a conversation.

"So, what did you ask Naruto to do?"

"That is between me and him," Gaara said stoically.

"Well, in case you haven't noticed, I am extremely worried for his welfare. So at the very least you should tell me what possibly suicidal thing you sent him to do."

Gaara shrugged. "You ever hear of Orochimaru?"

Hinata slowly nodded.

"I wanted Naruto to kill him."

Hinata bit her lip at this. Killing Orochimaru is no easy task; he is a person with a lot of influence in this city. He has bribed the police force so he can stay on the street. He has power over Sasuke himself because of the cursed drug he makes. Red Eye won't let anyone touch him.

"Why did you save me? From Sasuke I mean."

Gaara shrugged again. "I never really liked that guy anyways. He has always been pretty arrogant. He always depended on me to fix his mistakes. A person can only take so much."

"So you saved me to spite Sasuke?" Hinata asked curiously.

"Yeah, I guess."

Hinata nodded in understanding. Gaara was becoming less of a mystery to her now, although she is still someone to keep an eye on.

"So does this mean you are apart of Kyuubi now?"

"No. Just a resource for help. I think after this whole gang mess is through, I will try and start a new life somewhere."

Hinata let out a small smile. "Sounds nice. Maybe I can do that too, but I guess we have to make sure we don't die first."

"That's harder to do than it sounds."

"I know. But I guess if you want a goal to be reality, you have to take a few risks," Hinata said while smiling.

Gaara did the impossible, he smirked back. "You know……..Naruto is really lucky to have you." Gaara then walked ahead of her to go back into the hut.

Hinata let her gaze fall to the ground. 'Naruto…………..be safe.'

Naruto ran out of the apartment building leaving a dead Kabuto in his leave.

'Shit! I have to stop Orochimaru before this drug gets too far! But at least they can't research it anymore.'

Naruto quickly rushed into his car and sped off to find Orochimaru.

"Where would that snake be?" Naruto asked himself.

Naruto drove slowly along the street so he could scope the buildings.

'Ok, he needs a secluded area where he can sell the stuff discretely and where the police won't be around. Although the police aren't too big of a deal to him. He would probably be on Red Eye territory since Sasuke won't do shit to him.'

Naruto saw the graffiti that indicated Red Eye area is coming up. Once he passes them, he could be in deep shit.

He made sure his tinted windows were rolled up so they couldn't see inside the car.

Then he saw a person with a tattoo of Red Eye on the back of his shin walking into a dark alleyway.

'Perfect.'

He drove his car up so he could see into the ally. It was a dead end, but it was only him in the ally.

'That's strange. Why would he go in a dead end ally if he isn't buying drugs? Unless….'

Naruto stepped out of the car and slowly walked down the ally in the shadows so the person couldn't see him.

'He is using them.'

Sure enough the person took out a needle and injected himself with what appeared to be a purple substance.

Naruto clenched his teeth. 'The stupid people! Don't they know what that stuff will do to him?'

Naruto charged towards him. Before the person had time to react, Naruto picked him up by his collar and pinned him against the wall.

"Where did you get this?!" Naruto yelled in his face.

The man's brown eyes became wide with fear. "I-I don't r-remember."

Naruto's hand balled into a fist and slammed him against the wall. "I'll ask again, where did you get this?! Where is Orochimaru?"

The man's breathing became rapid. His eyes looked around feverishly looking for a way to escape, or to avoid looking into Naruto's fearsome eyes.

"O-Orochimaru is d-dead!" The person yelled before fainting in Naruto's hand.

Naruto released him and let him fall to the ground. His utter astonishment took over.

'Orochimaru is dead? Impossible!'

Naruto left the alleyway to run into……………………

Shino.

Naruto automatically tried to reach for his gun but Shino beat him to it and pulled out a pistol.

"Don't move."

Naruto looked back at Shino and stood up straight.

"Give me one reason to not kill you right now."

Naruto shrugged. "I am looking for Orochimaru."

Shino eyed him suspiciously. "Orochimaru was killed."

"So he really is dead? Who killed him?"

"Sasuke."

Naruto looked surprised but tried not to move too much or else Shino would kill him.

"No way, Sasuke needed him to get his usual drug supply!"

"Sasuke has been hanging out with a new crowd lately, one of them created a cure to beat the drug," Shino stated matter-of-factly.

"T-They……..created a cure?"

"They are distributing it right now."

Naruto smirked. "So I guess Sasuke decided to do something good with his life. Helping people battle a serious drug. But just because he broke his addiction doesn't mean his brain is fixed. I know he has been using the drug for years, he couldn't possibly reverse the damage done to his brain."

"That's true; his brain has been permanently wounded. But now his goals are clear."

"And what are his 'goals'?"

"The annihilation of Kyuubi, starting with you," Shino said and prepared to pull the trigger on his pistol.

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Hi everyone! (again) I hope you liked this chapter. This is the first one I have actually felt proud of in a while. I liked the beginning, even it was funny to me!

Please continue to read my story despite my bitchy message on the top. And please review…………………you know, if it isn't too much trouble.

Ja ne!!