Keep Holding On

Chapter Fourteen: Seven Nation Army

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes

I'm gonna fight 'em all
A nation army couldn't hold me back
They're gonna rip it off
Taking their time right behind my back

And I'm talking to myself at night
Because I can't forget
Back and forth through my mind
Behind a cigarette
And the message coming from my eyes
Says leave it alone

Don't want to hear about it
Every single one's got a story to tell
Everyone knows about it
From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell

And if I catch it coming back my way
I'm gonna serve it to you
And that aint what you want to hear
But that's what I'll do
And the feeling coming from my bones
Says find a home

I'm going to Wichita
Far from this opera for evermore
I'm gonna work the straw
Make the sweat drip out of every pore
And I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding
Right before the lord
All the words are gonna bleed from me
And I will sing no more
And the stains coming from my blood
Tell me go back home

Naruto sat at his desk. A frown embedded on his face which was not a good sight when it came to the happy go lucky blonde. "Who should be send?" Naruto asked, his eyes locked onto Shikamaru's. Shikamaru who was deep in thought didn't answer.

"I'm not sure if we should send Anko back out. She might get to emotional if it came down to her being the one to give the final blow." Shikamaru said. Naruto nodded and continued to looked down his long list of Jonin.

"I think Kakashi would be a good idea." Naruto said.

"Kakashi is a good idea. He's got his tracker dogs so he should be able to catch up with the Uchiha's in no time." Shikamaru nodded. "He'll also be a good against Orochimau's genjutsus."

"We should send Shizune. We do need someone who can heal." Naruto said. It was almost shocking to Shikamaru how smart Naruto had gotten in the past few years.

"Shizune would be best." Shikamaru nodded with a nod. "I think that would be enough. We don't want to send to many. And both Itachi and Sasuke would be able to tell Kakashi was coming they know his chakra." Naruto smiled.

"I'm sure Sakura-chan will be fine." Naruto said, trying to reassure himself.

"I'll call them in right away." Shikamaru said exiting the room leaving Naruto to his thoughts of worry.

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Itachi and Sasuke stood silent, both pressed again the bark of a tree. They both looked forward sharingan ready. The where stationed right in front of the entrance that would lead them to Sakura. Itachi was positioned on the right where Sasuke was ready on the left. The two raced forward and entered into the cave opening. Once inside the two spent there time looking for traps.

"Clear." Itachi said, Sasuke nodded and the two continued forwards stopping occasionally to inspect for traps which so far there were none. It was almost as if Orochimaru wanted to be captured. The two frozen when a scream erupted through the cave always. It echoed amplifying the noise. Itachi had to force himself to not fall over. The pain racked his body. He breathed heavily. Standing up he slid the Akastuki ring off his finger. "We need to hurry." Itachi whispered, composing himself the two ran forward again.

The entrance way smelt of mold. The walls where damp and giving off a awful smell. It got harder to see the further they went into the base. Finally at they came to an end at the hall where it slit into two corridors. "We need to split up." Itachi said, as he went to take the corridor on the right.

"Fine." Sasuke said, he didn't give Itachi a second look before disappearing down the left side corridor. Itachi closed his eyes taking in a deep breath his ran down his corridor. He was scared. Not that he wasn't strong enough to kill Orochimaru. He was more scared that Sakura would be harmed beyond repair. That was something the snake sanin was extremely good at. Frowning he continued down. His leaf head band placed on his forehead. He quickly grabbed a kunia and blocked three shuriken that where thrown at him.

"Looks like we've got a rat..." Tayuya said. "Or maybe a weasel." she pulled her flute up and played a stared at her his shaingan activated.

"It is useless to us such an attack on me." he stated simply.

"Sasuke can't break through my most powerful attack." She said, angry that a weak attack hadn't worked. Itachi closed his eyes as the tune amplified his eyes. "See if you can break through that one!" she cried in victory.

Itachi opened his eyes, his normal sharingan changed to the mangekyo sharingan. Tayuya's eyes widened and a scream erupted from her lips. Itachi stood there silently and watched as the red haired woman screamed. Closing his eyes breaking the genjutsu that he had Tayuya under her watched as she fell to the ground. Opening his eyes he turned his mangekyo off and went on forward.

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"Ready?" Kakashi ask, as he glanced over at Shizune.

"Ready." she said, tightening her back pack that was filled to the brim with medical supplies. Kakashi did a few hand seals and Pak-kun stood in front of him.

"We need you to follow the scent of Uchiha Sakura." Kakashi said, holding up a piece of clothing that was hers.

"Oh the girl who uses my shampoo." Pak-kun said, and with that he was off and running. The two older Konoha nin followed.

"Much smarter to follow Sakura than the Uchiha brothers." Kakashi said, giving a small smile to the woman who ran beside him."We'll only rest when we need to. More than likely the fight will be over by the time we get there and you'll be the one who we need most. So when ever you get low on chakra is when we'll break." Kakashi stated. Shizune nodded.

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Sakura looked up, her face still extremely swollen. Her right eyes was swollen shut making it hard for to see. Along with her broken ribs it was making it hard to breathe. And with out clothing she was very aware of how cold it was in the under ground cave. Opening her good eyes she looked around the room to notice that she had been moved from the holding cell. She was now laying on the stone ground in a large lit room. Trying to sit up she looked around noticing that Orochimaru/Kabuto was sitting in a thrown like chair at the back center of the room where she sat laying in front of him about 200 feet.

Looking over at him they made eyes contact. She shock violently hoping that he wouldn't move to attack her more. With an explosion the door in front of her flew inward. She ducked barley being missed by the metal door. It landed with a crash and skidded on the floor making an awful sound until it landed at Orochimaru's feet. Orochimaru looked up and smirked.

Sasuke walked into the room. He dropped Kidomaru's lifeless body as he walked further and further into the room. His sharingan a blare. He looked to Sakura. His eyes widened when he saw the form that he body was in. His body shook with anger.

"I see only one Uchiha brother made it." Orochimaru said, with a 's one eye widened in horror that something bad had happened to her husband.

"No..." she whispered, tears forming in her eyes.

"Why are you doing this Kabuto!" Sasuke asked.

"Sasuke! That's not Kabuto!" Sakura yelled to the man. Sasuke's eyes widened when he realized that Orochimaru had taken yet another host. Sasuke glared at the man. Orochimaru's neck extended the his mouth opening the kusanagi sword extending from his mouth move forward with speed ready to make a killing blow to the youngest Uchiha male. Orochimaru froze as a kunia flew past where his head should have been. His gold eyes looked over to the door where Itachi stood.

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So it's official I got over the chapter 13 hump :D I hope everyone liked this chapter :) Leave a review let me know