Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Naruto for I lost it in a bet to Kishimoto while I was in Japan... bummer...

Chapter 36: Fighting for your Life

They slowly snuck around the woods trying to find an entrance only to find traps around every corner. They were getting pissed at what was going on, they were being outsmarted by little ninja from the hidden leaf and their boss wouldn't like it. The cloud had always been after the powerful bloodlines but they dare not go near the Sharigan, for one of the last two was dead and the other was way too powerful to capture. They didn't go after the Harugan since they knew she'd kill them all. But the Byakkugan was a whole different story, the cloud remembered how they almost had it last time because the heiress was a weak one and so they thought that she might not have changed at all but this was far from what they were expecting. They dodged the tree that was flying at them as they got one step closer to the house and they're target. One of the cloud narrowed his eyes as he thought back to how his brother was killed on his mission to retrieve the Byakkugan last time.

"I'll get that Byakkugan for him… I won't fail…" The man growls as he leads the rest of his squad closer and closer to the house.

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He didn't want to get up but she insisted on trying. Naruto groaned as he rolled over so his back was facing Hinata as she sighed and put her hands on her hips.

"Get up Naruto-kun…" She says as she nudges him with her foot. She knew that he was a heavy sleeper but this futon had to be comfy if he was sleeping this heavy. "Get up; we think the cloud are closing in. Neji-nii-san said he saw something approaching."

"I'm up… I'm up…" Naruto groans and slowly rolls over to look at her. He gives her a wide smile to try to lighten the mood and she sighs. She slowly kneels down to him as he begins to sit up. "So the cloud are coming?"

"Yeah the cloud ninjas have made it past the first and second set of traps; they've lost 4 people so far." She says and he rubs his head lightly thinking that he might have failed. "So we have to get ready for if they make it here."

"Well if they made it through without losing 5 they have a very good chance of making it…" He groans and takes a deep breath. He slowly gets to his feet as does Hinata. She doesn't take the time to look down at his dark blue boxers but she leans in close to his face.

"Don't worry Naruto-kun…" She whispers reassuringly. "We'll be able to beat them."

"Beating them isn't the issue Hina-chan…" He heads over to the dresser as he pulls out some clothes that he packed inside when they first arrived. He slowly pulls on his clothes and turns to face Hinata. "It's protecting you that I'm worried about."

"I don't see why Naruto, I can protect myself so don't worry." She smiles warmly but it slowly fades as he looks away. She slowly heads over to him "Naruto, you don't have to worry that much about me. I'm stronger now so I won't fall to them and if I need help I'll surely call for it." She says as she gently places her hands on his cheeks to turn his face to look at her. She had t admit his whisker birth marks had grown a little lighter but in her eyes they were still pretty cute. She kissed him lightly and he relaxed. She smiled at him but pulled away quickly as they heard Lee yell downstairs. She looks up at Naruto who nods in return and they both hurry downstairs.

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"How did they get that close already!" Toma yelled as he quickly began to ready for combat.

"I have no idea, they were way out in the outer edges of the traps and in nearly 10 minutes they're already up near the front line." Neji said as he tossed Lee some kunai. Lee caught them and quickly put 2 in his weights and tossed the rest to Gai who did the same thing.

"Don't worry about how just worry about stopping them." Disara said as she summoned a small phoenix that was now perched on her shoulder. "For now all we can do is prepare and hope." She looks at Neji "How many are there Neji?"

"15 of them made it. They started with 20 but it seems some of them weren't the brightest." Neji said as Naruto and Hinata entered the room.

"Here's what we'll do, for now we'll pair up to fight so no one's alone. Gai, you and Lee will be together. Toma, you and Neji will be a team. I will hurry and request more aid from Konoha as Naruto and Hinata try to get out the back way towards the safe area."

"But Disara-sensei I can fight too-" Hinata starts but Disara quickly looks at her and watches Hinata closely.

"I know you can fight Hinata, I don't doubt your abilities but we do not know how the enemy fights and how skilled they are so we will take the safest route to winning." Disara said as she looked to others. "Go now before they completely are in range." Disara orders. Hinata and Naruto watch as they're friends disappear out the front door and Disara slowly turns to them.

"Disara-sensei…" Naruto whispers as Hinata slowly looks away.

""Go, I'll send someone for you when the coast is clear." Disara says as she disappears upstairs to write for reinforcements. Hinata sighs as she runs out the back door with Naruto.

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It scared her to leave them all alone fighting 15 enemies. There was only 4 of them and 15 of the enemy, yes she understood that her friends were strong but she still didn't know about how strong the enemy was. She quickly followed behind Naruto as they rounded around a corner of a hill to head towards the safe area. Behind her she could hear people, metal clashing against metal then she heard it, that deafening scream that pierced the air. She stopped abruptly wondering who the scream had emanated from and Naruto stopped as he heard Hinata's footsteps stop.

"Hinata-chan come on, they're fine I promise." He says as he runs back and grabs her hand. He begins to drag her away and she just goes along with him thinking about how they had no protection, they had no medic, and they certainly had very bad odds.

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Toma hated it already; he was finally able to kill one after 15 minutes of fighting. He disliked how this was going already as he watched his teammates slowly try to take the other shinobi down. Not only was he trying to figure out how to kill the enemy fast he was thinking about Naruto and Hinata, whether or not they had made it to safety. He dodged a kunai then a kick from a different enemy as 2 ninja kept attacking him. He couldn't tell where they're ring leader was but he knew that wherever he may be he was happy with what he saw. He knew they're leader would be smart and had some of the extra men out looking for Hinata and Naruto as they fought the other idiots. He smiled when he noticed Neji stop a ninja with the Jyuuken and then he frowned when Lee hit the ground. Gai quickly rushed to Lee's aid so Lee could try to get to his feet.

"Toma watch out!" Neji yelled as 3 ninja charged in at Toma they're hands glowing. Toma quickly looked towards the ninja but it was too late, he now had a huge chunk of his side gone as he yelled out in pain. Neji rushed towards him deflecting all the projectiles heading for him. Toma didn't hit the ground at all; Neji quickly caught him and held him up as Toma caught his breath. 2 ninja charged in at them and as they were about to attack Disara jumped in the way and shoved them back with a fireball jutsu. She glanced down at Toma and Neji then looked back to the oncoming ninja.

"Neji get him to safety so he can recover. Stay with him till he can stand again then try to back us up." Disara ordered as Neji nodded and helped Toma to his feet. Toma's arm around Neji's shoulders and Neji's arm around Toma's waist. Neji slowly leaded Toma inside to safety as Disara hit back 3 more enemies.

"Disara will he be alright?!" Gai yelled as he kicked back 3 enemies that were attacking him.

"He'll be fine, he heals fast." She yells back as she quickly dodges the enemies punch then the others kicks. She groans as she barely dodges the next attack and the one after that nails her in the side but she quickly grabs their wrist and breaks their arm. She jumps back and quickly does some hand signs. "Fire Style, Fireball Jutsu!" She yells and tons of fireballs fly out and nail 6 of the targets catching one of their body parts on fire. She smirks but it disappears when a water dragon starts heading for her. She tries to dodge but she's caught in it and flung into the ground. She groans as she slowly gets to her feet.

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They kept running but Hinata knew something was wrong and she could tell that Naruto did too for his grip on her hand had tightened. She tried to keep up with him but she was starting to get tired of running at the speed they were going. She looked around with her Byakkugan for it was activated and she spotted 4 ninja coming their way she quickly pulled Naruto to a stop.

"Naruto-kun, 3 of them are coming this way…" She whispers and he looks to where she was looking at for the ninjas were now in view.

"Shit." He groans and looks at Hinata. "Go hide in the brush, I'll take care of them." He says but she doesn't move. "Hinata go." He says slightly desperate.

"No, I'm going to fight too." She says and he shakes his head no.

"Hinata I don't want to risk losing you to them now go." He says one last time. She sighs and disappears in to the brush. Naruto slowly faces his opponents and sighs at what's about to happen. He summons 5 clones so there's 2 Naruto's per person as he charges in at them unaware of the 3 other ninjas coming up behind Hinata ready to catch they're prize.

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"We have to hurry up and finish this!" Disara yelled as Gai and Lee quickly double teamed a ninja knocking it into the ground unconscious. There was only 6 more to go and Disara had a bad feeling about Naruto and Hinata.

"They're not letting up any!" Lee yells as he quickly counters a blow what was aimed for his stomach.

"I have an idea." A voice says behind them. All 3 of them look over their shoulder to find Toma and Neji standing there. "Move out of the way." Toma says as he begins to do some hand signs. Disara nods and quickly jumps out of the way as does Lee and Gai. "Dark Arts, Dragon Ceremony!" Toma yells as black smoke seeps out of him and takes the form of the ten tailed dragon. The huge dragon eats 2 people in one try and it begins to lash out at the others. Toma collapses to his knees and Neji kneels next to him.

"Hurry and go after Naruto." Neji says and helps Toma up with Lee helping as well.

"We'll stay back sensei, now go." Lee says to Gai and Disara. Disara nods as she runs off with Gai right behind her.

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"Get out of my way!" Naruto yells as he hits one of the ninja's into a tree. He had already knocked out one of them but he still had 2 more to go. He quickly attacked and shoved the other ninja back and shoved a sword through his stomach lowering the enemies down to one he charged in to kill the enemy but stopped abruptly when he heard the noises behind him coming from where Hinata had been hiding. "Hinata…" He whispers as he quickly kills the third ninja by slicing open his chest as he hurried towards Hinata was.

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"I'm not going with you." Hinata said simply, she stood in front of what she thought was the head ninja of their attack force. She watched the 3 ninja who surround her. She watched the leader and watched him closely noticing the resemblance between him and the one who tried to kidnap her so many years before.

"Sorry little girl I'm taking you with me, I'm not going to fail my brother and you will pay for what you're father has done." The head ninja growls as the other two step closer to Hinata. She watches them closely as she prepares herself for their attack. She sighed as they targets slowly approached and finally came in range of the new version of the spin Neji had taught her. She smirked as she hurried and did the hand signs.

"Hurricane Spin!" She shouts as she quicky begins to spin 360 degrees making a tornado and knocking the other two men away as the tornado stopped and she slowly came to a stop the head ninja charged in at her ready to attack. She dodged the kunai in his right hand and the left punch, she quickly jumped back and pulled out two kunai, one for each hand.

"Bring it on Hyuuga." The man growls at her as she shifts and slowly begins to circle him though he keeps turning also so he doesn't turn her back to him.

"You bring it first..." She smirks as he charges at her and she quickly blocks and slices open his arm as he shoves her back from him. She quickly does a backflip and kicks him in the chin. She smirks as he looks as if he's hurt and catches her by surprise by slamming a fist into her stomach making her lose her breath and fall to her knees.

"Now do you see how truly foolish you are?" The man laughs as he goes to kick her and she catches his leg. She slowly looks up at him, her eyes dark and angry.

"Are you sure I'm the foolish one?" She smirks as she grips his leg tight.

So there's chapter 36 and I should have 36 done by the end of the week.