It was a slaughter. There was really no other way to put it. The jutsu Uzu used to level the playing field and get them out of there was an impressive one that took quite a bit of chakra. It had bound every enemy nin in place with pure chakra ribbons, rooting them in place to the ground and made it so that they couldn't even move or defend themselves as he had grabbed Uzu up in his arms and taken off running as Asuma and Gai started to blow things up.

They had just barely made it outside the gate before the entire base and everyone on it had gone up in a fire ball of red hot flames and smoke. Kakashi held Uzu tightly in his arms as he paused just shy of the woods to look back at the base. Not exactly the kind of revenge he had had in mind for the men of the base, but it would do since there were likely no survivors.

He looked down at Uzu's pale face as her head fell back against his shoulder, her eyes rolled back in her head and her breathing almost stopped. He carefully put her on the ground and shrugged off his vest and used it to cover her nakedness before checking to make sure that she had a pulse while he silently berated himself for worrying more about her nakedness than her life. But the possessive male in him simply didn't want anyone else to see her in such a condition.

Once he was sure that she was still alive and simply suffering from exhaustion and chakra depletion, he sighed in relief and gathered her slender body in his arms and picked her up and went to join the others.

The jurney home was going to be a long and trying one since they had no idea what her state her mind was in after being raped and tortured for almost a week. They would have to watch her carefully and not let her get her hands on any of their weapons since she might try to take them out with them.

He reached the small place that they had used to spy on the enemy, Uzu cradled protectivly in his arms sound asleep. She was likely to sleep for the next day or so meaning that they would'nt be able to get far in their travels tonight. But they had agreed before they had got there that they would camp out five miles from the enemy base where they had come across a water fall that they had thought Uzu would want to make use of.

If she was anything like the other females that had suffered through rape and torture, she would be prone to scrubbing her skin until it bled, panic attacks and a general fear of them as males. Kakashi was suddenly very pissed that there was'nt an understanding female among them that could comfort her since she would'nt likely let them touch or help her if she started suffering from panic attacks and such.

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Uzu slept for two day strait before finally waking up. A low groan escaping her throat as she slowly pushed herself into a sitting position, alerting the four men that she was awake. "Uzu-sensei, how are you feeling?" Asuma asked gently as he walked over to her and stopped well out of arms reach and dropped to one knee and stared at her as she looked around, in the past two days since she had fallen asleep the worst of her wounds had healed leaving behind only some very colorful bruises varying from yellow, to purple to blackish blue.

She glanced at him from under her long bangs and studied him for a second. Had'nt this guy hated her a month ago? If so then why was he being so damn nice? Was he up to something?

Asuma seemed to know what she was thinking, his knowing smile telling her everything and then some. Yes. He had hated her a month ago. But that was before he had gotten to know her a bit and realised that she was just another kid. A very strong, and kind hearted kid that was often blamed and hurt for things that she had never done. And he had gotten sick of the way he and others had been treating her.

She sighed and pushed some of her hair back from her face and scratched her cheek. "I'm fine. Just sore." She said in a raw, husky sounding voice as she shifted in her make shift bed and looked around. Kakashi stood, leaning his back against a tree several feet away, his arms crossed over his chest, and his expression blank. He looked at her, not quite sure what to say to her to make her feel better, so he stayed silent.

Not wanting to make the situation worse for her than it already was.

"Are you sure that your okay?" Gai asked worriedly and suprisingly enough Uzu smiled at him.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just want to clean up and go home."

"There's a water fall and a lake over there. It's close enough where if you need us we'll know, but secluded enough to allow some privacy. I brough some soap and have some extra clothes if you want to borrow them." Kakashi said as he reached down and snagged his pack and dug out the things. Uzu took the soap and the clothes and gave him a wane smile and thanked him before she turned and all but ran to the water fall.

And it begins. Kakashi thought as he watched her disappear through the dense under brush towards the water.