Excuse? What great author needs an excuse not to update for a little while? Just kidding, I've just been kinda busy lately and then I was sick...but I'm better now and ready to update!

Chapter 14

Tenten:

Essay? We just saved our friend from psycho kidnappers and we have to write an essay on it? No thank you Kurenai-sensei, I'd rather fail. However, since I've already skipped two essays and barely summarized a third I think it might be a good idea to at least try to write this one. By the way I'm counting this as my introductory paragraph.

Hinata was one of those students that was always at school on time. She never came in sick or late or left sick or early. I think it was the pressure from her dad. Either the pressure to always be at school, giving a good name to her clan was on her all the time or the pressure to succeed at home was so great that school was like a haven. I'm not sure which, but Hinata's grades were good enough that it didn't matter any way. So, she never missed a day of school, until last week.

One day Hinata just didn't show up. Of course we thought it was kinda weird, but no other Hyuga's seemed worried so we didn't really notice. When she didn't come to school the next day we were kind of worried, we all wrote to our pen pals asking if they knew anything, none of them did (or at least claimed they didn't). But we didn't really get worried until Naruto asked if we'd heard from Hinata. She loved writing to him, I swear that was the only time she really looked happy. After that we knew something had to be done.

Speaking of done I have to go train, so that's it for me (but I'll be back to see the essay finished). Don't worry I'll take it over from here Tenten.

Ino:

All of us decided that something was wrong. Hinata stopped coming to school and the Hyuga's guard suddenly doubled. They really aren't very good at covering up something suspicious, I'd never let a Hyuga be Hokage, no offense or any thing. So any way we (pen pal and all) decided to meet at Icharaku, the ramen stand, to discuss every thing.

One meeting turned into two and still not much had been accomplished. Neji still refused to admit that anything was wrong, Tenten refused to interact with Neji (unless it was to yell at him), Sasuke didn't talk much, Sakura talked too much, Naruto ate more than he contributed, Shikamaru didn't contribute, and I had to make sure Shikamaru didn't fall asleep. We had no leads and no experience with missing persons cases, until the note came that is.

We still had little to no experience but Neji brought with him a ransom note from Hinata's kidnappers. It was in her hand and contained in it was a secret code. I'm not sure how this happened but in a really strange twist of fate (how long have I been around Neji) Naruto found the message. It informed us of Hinata's location, more or less. In one more meeting we decided that our sensei's needed to be involved because as I have said before it was our first rescue mission.

They along with Shikamaru came up with a plan to get Hinata back. I think my part in this essay is over now. Yes, yes I do believe I will take over now. Thank you Ino.

Sakura:

At two minutes to midnight, the exact time the evening guard is replaced with the midnight guard, the nine of us (seven genin, and two jonin) snuck out of the village. Under the cloak of night we hurriedly made our way toward the Village Hidden in the Rock, Hinata's relative containment.

We found little trouble on our way there but upon our arrival it was clear that this rescue mission would not be simple. Even in the dead of night the Village crawled with prowling shin obi, obviously waiting for a team of Leaf nin to rescue Hinata. Neji according to our plan activated his Byakugan while you, Kurenai-sensei cloaked us in a genjutsu. Soon enough Hinata was located in the basement of an shack near the center of the Village. Of course it had to be in the center, just that much harder to get to (and that much easier to protect).

Still hidden by the genjutsu Kurenai-sensei had created Kurenai-sensei, Kakashi, Ino, and Sasuke moved in to rescue Hinata. I created another illusion to hide the remaining ninja (being I, Sakura, Naruto, Shikamaru, Tenten, and Neji) and Neji watched with his Byakugan ready to inform us if we were needed in the fight that would soon break out. As chances had it we were needed and sooner rather than later. The five of us dashed through the Village and though I was aware of our cloak evaporating I can not say precisely when.

Entering the, the pit, that Hinata had been kept in I, as well as the other were shocked. I can not even describe it… I can though it hurts a little to remember. I'll do the best I can though.

Hinata:

When I was first kidnapped I was drugged and can't remember very well the place I was held in. soon though one of my captors thought to drain my chakra and drugged (and scared) as I was I found it very difficult to refuse. While I was still weak I was moved to a new place this one seemed worse than the last, but not fully remembering the last I can not say for sure that it was.

The new place was dark and damp, mold had begun to grow on the walls and I developed a cough. I am almost sure that I shared my new enclosure with other animals (I dare not guess what kinds) and lost sleep the first night thinking about that. Other causes of my loss of sleep might be due to the facts that I had only one small towel to sleep on and one meal a day. I fearfully reminded my kidnappers that if they wanted me alive I would need to be fed more and was granted a chunk of bread in the mornings to go along with the cheese and glass of water I was given each night. Soon my cough worsened so much that I had to be moved to a new space.

My rations and bedding were the same in this place as they were in the last but at least this place was dryer if not lighter. I was more cramped in the newest place as well only being able to stand hunched over and lay with my knee's bent. Though I didn't have much of a chance to get used to this because on my second day in the new place I was rescued by my friends and their sensei's (as well as mine).

I'm afraid I can't describe the battle very well I was sleep and food deprived, please forgive me. Hey, Hinata it's no problem, it wasn't even your fault. Here, I'll sum up the battle in three sentences

Tenten:

While every one else (including me) battled with the Rock shinobi, Sakura crawled into that hole Hinata was being kept it. After Sakura released her to Naruto, we all fled to the forest and arrived home just as the guards were changing position. Unfortunately they noticed us and we were all brought to Tsunade who sent us into a sort of exile where we're not supposed to talk to her or be in her sight or some thing.

There we're all done. We'd better get an 'A'. Of course we'll get an 'A' I wrote part of this didn't I?Well I'm just glad that it's all over.

Dear Tsunade,

I know that we're all in exile and I'm doing a great dishonor to my family by writing to you but I swear it's urgent. I checked with Naruto and he agrees with me.

Sasuke is missing.

HAHAHAHA! I bet you all thought it would be over once Hinata was saved but now we're on to a whole new arc! And by the way, yes that last note was left by Sakura. Now you all need to review because last chapter I got two reviews and really, that's just pathetic. The fic's not that bad is it?

-Fumei