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The Lady Luck was on their side after all. They didn't have to dirty their hands. They have been travelling with Senju shinobi(s) for past two days on foot. The Uchiha's entourage that was hiding outside the village finally made their move. They engaged in a fight with each other, both the factions were equal in terms of power, neither had the upper hand.

'It appears the two major clans are after us.'

During their fight two the kunoichi(s) stuck to their role of being helpless scared women. Not because they were actually scared or anything but because it was clear they have no intention of getting caught up in the cross fire. The two parties are equal in prowess and will eventually end up annihilating each other that is, if they chose to fight. So they only had two options either both retreat or fight each other until no one is left alive. It was obvious neither were ready to back down. Their clash turned into a fight to death since their pride was at stake.

'Good for us. We wouldn't have to do the dirty work our self. They will dispose each other off.' Sakura thought. 'All we have to do is sit back and look like scared little mice. Later we can depart when the two clans are done with each other.'

Much to Sakura's delight her prediction was right on the mark. The two groups managed to wipe each other out.

"Come on Hinata. It's our cue to leave before the two clans realize and send the reinforcement."

She had witnessed many people die in her life, she was used to it but that didn't mean she enjoyed watching people slaughter each other. Sakura never liked meddling with other people's business. And as long as people don't mess with her loved ones and her village she would leave them alone. She knew herself better than anyone else. She surpassed her master, Tsunade long ago earning her rightful place in the second generation of senin. She can never be as strong as Naruto and Sasuke. And trust me it hurts, it hurts a lot but she wasn't greedy. She was one of the strongest shinobi after them on par with any other Hokage and she took pride in that.

People feared her and admired her at the same time. She had the power to take countless lives with a single punch but on the contrary she can also save countless of them. She never abused her power because she learnt from experience that with power comes responsibility. Naruto and Sasuke were living example of that. A faint smile graced her lips.

People can call her apathetic right now even though she is a doctor and she could care less. She would do anything for them to survive because she wasn't alone there she had Hinata with her too. Her gentle friend's life is more in danger since she is a Hyuga and from the main bloodline at that. Therefore she can't recklessly start pitying strangers and endanger their own lives.

Hinata on the other hand was more sensitive. Even if she was strong it didn't mean she approved of genocide. It was really hard for her to get over Neji's death. It pained her to see people mercilessly kill each other with less than no regard for other's lives. All she could feel was pity for such people. They have no respect for life at all. To them all that matters was the so called 'pride of their clans', over the life of their loved ones. She was pulled out of her thoughts by Sakura's voice.

"Come on Hinata we need to push off before their back up arrives."

"What is wrong with you people?" The roar was followed by a loud crash.

"You can't even capture two mere women and you dare show you face in front of me." The man in front of them was furious, the cold aura emitting from him made his subordinates break into cold sweat.

"Bu...But L...Lord Tajima. Whenever we catch their trail by the time we get there we always end up with a dead end."

"How is that even possible, with the vast network of spies we have, this is the seventh time we failed to retrieve them, but not anymore." Enraged he slammed his fist on the table.

'At first I thought they were just some ordinary women who can be useful for the clan but it seems I was wrong. It's as if they are mocking us. It's obviously not mere coincidence that every time a team is deployed to pursue those two, either they never come back, engaging in a fight with Senju, not even a single one came out alive from either party or the women manage to evade them efficiently by the nick of time, resulting in the lack of information on two. Only information they have acquired is one of them has pink hair and the other one is blind. Tsk... What a joke. I can't believe this I'm using my man power on this ridiculousness than focusing on the war at the hand. And damn that bastard Batsuma isn't making it any easier.' His eyes twitched, gritting his teeth out of anger.

'The only consolation is Senju are also dead set on them and those women seem to be deliberately trying to hide from us. It proves how valuable those two commodities are.'

"Dispatch a troop of our elites, hunt them down. And make no mistakes or else don't even think about returning."

"But sir, why so many just for two women?"

"Be quiet since you people are so incompetent I don't have much of a choice not just that, it looks like Batsuma is also after them." His voice was leaking with apathy.

"So I don't want a margin for error. I won't tolerate it." Much to his anticipation his eternal rival had planned something similar.

"It's safe inside."

"Alright we will set our camp here."

Two hooded figures loomed in front of a large cave. The sky was getting darker.

They entered the cave, it was cold and dark but enough light could pass through for people could make things out. They could see the stalactites at the top, water dripping through some. Some area of the walls had thick patches of moss. Animal bones scattered on the floor. It was clear the place was abandoned long ago. The cave wasn't dark enough to shelter creatures like bats and other rodents the place was pretty much dry except for the drops of water seeping from the stalactites above. It was a good place to hide. This place might not provide much of protection against the Uchiha, Hyuga or the sensor types. 'What a pain.' Otherwise it's a good hiding place, at least better than being in the open, with chances of being found easily.

"I have scanned the labyrinth, nothing unusual at least not yet. But I still detect some disturbance but it too far to bother with. Still it's better to keep our guard up, after all the entire fire nation can be considered a battle field." The dark haired konuichi informed.

"I'll go get some water."

"Okay."

She left the cave not before casting a genjutsu over the entrance making it appear to be a dead end, as precaution just in case.

Now that Sakura went to fetch some water she decided to collect some dry woods and light up the fire, the stream was a little farther away so it will take some time for her pink haired companion to return.
She started remembering the events since they left the Torigakure.
She sighed never in her wildest imagination had she thought that she'll have to run from her own clansmen. They have been on run for more than three months now. She can't even remember how many times they managed to evade their pursuers. And it's getting harder by every passing day. Who knows when their luck might run out? She remembered their near capture experience. The last attempt was the worst.

She would keep her eyes blindfolded or closed most of time specially when someone's around. It's easier to pretend to be blind than explain why a Hyuga woman is wandering around the fire country. It did consume a lot of her chakra to see through the blindfold. She had to hide her eyes but keeping her byakugan activated most of the time is a tiring experience. She doesn't have a large reserve like Sakura but she takes pride in her chakra control. That's how she manages to preserve her chakra.
It's a good thing they keep traveling around but it's upsetting at the same time not having a place to call home. She doesn't know for how long can they keep this up? They can't run for ever. She sighed again. They need to find a permanent solution.

(Flashack)

That day they unexpectedly came close to a Senju camp. It was a trap set for the enemies. They might have anticipated some 'scavengers' might show up to find the left over. Unfortunately they got caught. At first the camp appeared to be abandoned. A tattered Senju flag was blowing on the top of the biggest tent.

"Hinata stay here I'll be back."

"Where are you g...?"

"Just stay put and be careful, I need to confirm something."

"Alright"

"Don't let your guard down, this deserted camp is not a good place."

"Hmmm..."

Meanwhile Hinata had to deal with some ' annoying pests' (in Sakura's words) all by herself. 'I knew it was a bad idea sticking near this place.' She sighed.

To pass her time she decided to investigate this area. The weapons were scattered around. There were a lot of tents but none was unscathed. The place looked devastated. 'Must have been ambushed.' Scrunching her nose at the odor of the rotting flesh, there were splashes of blood on the run down tents and the ground. There were evidence of the explosions and fire. 'Attack didn't happen long ago.' She noticed a piece of cloth, picked it up, staring intently at it. 'Hmm... So, it was Uchiha clan.' She has pushed the blindfold up from her eyes. 'Looks like the dead bodies have been taken care of. I might be able to find something useful.' Not long after she took another step. She was in the middle of huge explosion. Resulting in the predicament she was in now.

She was surrounded, luckily she was able to detect their presence a few second prior and pulled down her blindfold and had managed to avoid the explosion with only a few scratches.

She could sense the chakra level of the strangers surrounding her was high most probably every single one of them was jounin level. 'This is bad.' Hinata tensed. Her body went stiff.

"Who are you?" The surrounded women asked timidly.

"Oh... Look what do we have here? You are one of those two women we have been searching for." It was a rhetorical question. The Interrogating man looked around and frowned.

"Where's the other one?" He asked harshly, pulling out his kunai, walking towards her.

The dark haired kunoichi grimaced at the threatening tone. "How rude shouldn't you answer my question first?"

"W... who are you and what do you want from me?" She tensed still uncertain about what measures she should take. She decided to evaluate them.

"Answer the question woman. Where's your sister? You two are coming with us. Fortunately, you manage to slip away from us previously several times but not anymore."
"I don't know what you are talking about? You have got the wrong person." She decided to play dumb.

'I'd rather die that sell out my friend.'

"Still in denial, you can't fool us wench. You match the description we are looking for and you look the part as well."

"Like I said I don't know what you are talking about."

"Is that so, then by all means we will have to use force?" The man walked towards her like a predator. Her senses were on high alert. Taking her chin between his thumb and index finger he lifted her face, now only a few inches away from him. "Ah... so beautiful it's no wonder Lord Batsuma and that bastard Tajima Uchiha want you in their possession. Now be a good girl and tell us where the other one is?"

The kunoichi swatted his hand away from her face and repeated the same thing. "Pardon me but you are mistaking me for someone else." She gave them a polite bow.
Getting irritated at her attitude he grabbed her arm harshly and yelled "Do you take us for fools? So tell me what's a blind woman doing all alone near a former Senju camp site?"
Hinata was dreading this question. She didn't know how to answer that, "It's none of your concern. So kindly leave me be, I do not wish for any trouble." She jerked her arm to get out of his grip.
She started moving away with her hands in the air, trying to sense the surrounding groping the thin air.

Suddenly she was pulled back by her arm again, causing her to flinch. "Ah.. What are you doing? Y... you are hurting me. L...let go of me." She started pulling back. But the guy pretended to be oblivious to her demands, purposely ignoring her dragged her along with him. She pumped the chakra to her eyes, the veins started popping up underneath the clothing that covered her eyes.
The conflict was inevitable since the man was not ready to negotiate. He was too stubborn to listen to anything she has to say.

"Considering, you are not willing to cooperate. We will have to use some other methods to get you to talk. Even though we have strict orders not to harm you physically but rest assured unlike Uchiha scum we have wonderful medics in our clan or else we can get your sister to do it after we capture both of you."

In retaliation Hinata griped his arm that was clutching hers with her free hand and twisted it in a very painful way. As a result his hand on her loosened, she jumped back instantly and got into a defensive stance.

'There's no point in keeping up the façade, if I end up dead or worse captured. They are already at our case. I don't have the luxury to underestimate them or play dumb.'

"I suggest you leave me alone I'm not a push over for you to trample upon."

"A feisty one, since you are so eager to fight we won't show any mercy."

It was obvious her enemies were strong. She was at disadvantage clearly outnumbered and Sakura wasn't there either.

There were five shinobi(s) in front of her but she could sense other hidden. It wasn't long ago this camp site was attacked. It was a big blow to them. No one came out unscathed. Their leader was really enraged by that and ordered them to scout the area and sniff out the rats but they didn't expect to find one of the most wanted women in their hit list. They couldn't let this opportunity slip away.

She met with a punch but deflected it with her palm easily. Without sparing a moment the second kick came her way but she deflected it again followed by a series of attacks, she dodged them all it was hard to evade all of them at the same time. But that didn't mean she can't handle it. She was overwhelmed by their combined power. She was being pushed back by their combined taijutsu. Not before the enemy thought they were winning they heard her shout.

"Kaiten"

Hinata started spinning a barrier of chakra formed and her opponents were send flying in different directions.

"Damn that bitch."

"That move!"

"She's a Hyuga."

"What? I've never seen a Hyuga woman fight."

"There's no doubt about it, she is a byakugan user and an expert at that. Don't let your guard down and capture her."

They changed their tactics and decided to use long range attacks. A couple of large fire balls were spitted towards her. She successfully dodged them all but sensed a huge wave of water was about to engulf her. Albeit she was aware of the danger she didn't have the time to dodge it. The force of water was hard, she was washed away with it.

She took the advantage of the attack turned them into water needles and threw the projectiles toward her opponents. Some managed to dodge but those who were hit had some of their chakra holes blocked and the blood slipping out from the puncture caused by the water projectiles.

'God that was close. These guys really are formidable. It will be troublesome if the fight is dragged for long.'

Suddenly, she was showered with a cluster of shuriken and kunai. She used kaiten to shield herself and caught a hand full of them, got scratched by a few, pin pointing the location of the hidden enemy with her 360° field of vision, there were two of them hiding, then threw the weapon back on them with the addition of bomb tags. Her accuracy was astonishing the unsuspecting enemy were hit right between their eye followed be explosions.

"Such a vicious woman, no one will marry you in future."

Hinata heard those words and was a little surprised. Taking advantage of the moment the leader of the squad elbowed her hard in the stomach. The blow was hard enough to make her spit blood. It was so powerful that the kunoichi crashed into a tree. The impact actually cracked the tree a little.

The dark haired woman was now crouching on the ground holding her stomach trying to steady her breathing.

'Oh boy. It feels like just got flicked by Sakura in the stomach.' She wiped the blood from her lips, she stood up shakily.

'What an Irony. In the past I was rebuked for being kind and now for being vicious.'

"Some men you are attacking a lone woman."She refuted.

This spiked the anger in the shinobi(s) present at the moment.

"Shut your mouth, tramp. Do you have a death wish?"

A deep scowl painted her face, she scoffed. "Like, you can kill me." They were so blinded by their wounded ego that, they didn't think before they lashed out at her in anger.

"No stop!" Their leader tried to warn them but...

"Too late, now you four are within my divination." She imagined the eight Trigrams circle and charged at them.

"Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms."

She started attacking her opponents with powerful consecutive hits, striking sixty-four of the chakra points throughout the opponent's bodies, they were all rendered useless. Losing the ability to access chakra, the strikes were powerful enough for them to black out.

"Good job coming this far but this is the end of the line for you." The last man standing exclaimed.

The konuichi didn't react to the words and they both engaged in a fierce dual. The battle dragged on for a long time they both were clearly exhausted, exchanging blows. 'This guy is stronger than I thought.'

Then a wave of drowsiness hit her. She felt a little sluggish. She gritted her teeth. 'Those shuriken were poisonous.' She knew she is going to be at the receiving end if she didn't finish it soon.

That small moment of weakness turned the table against her. The man saw through her and smirked.

"The poison has started to show its effect."

Without waiting for her to recover the man started attacking her simultaneously, his assault became more aggressive. It didn't look like he was going to stop any time soon.

'It seems this is as far as I go.' She was closing her eyes but she jolted to reality by a massive explosion. It halted the man's offence towards her. A heavy shock wave from the blast struck them. Her gaze went to the direction of the explosion and back to the direction of her enemy. He was also shaken.

'This is it.'

She grabbed this chance and struck the man before her with her Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms. Before he could even figure out what was happening his chakra system had shut down and he was falling on the ground paralyzed.

After the fight was over she decided to move far away from the defeated shinobi. She missed the black silhouette hiding behind the tree. She walked for a long while but she started swaying on the feet. The poision was spreading. She wanted to rest but it looked like, bad things keep coming her way.

"Leader look we hit a jack pot it's a woman and a really beautiful one."

Hinata heard the laughter.

"Hey, there beautiful you don't look so well. Why don't you come with us?"

The strange man pulled her along with him forcing her to obey. She couldn't fight her way out with the venom running in her veins.

"See leader! I told you it's not going to be a waste of time coming here. And you keep going on and on about the explosion and how dangerous it will be."

"Hmmm... This woman is going to make us filthy rich." He said lustfully licking his lips. "Why don't we save some fun for ourselves before selling her off?"

"Such fair and smooth skin." He grazed his knuckles on her soft skin making her flinch in disgust despite the poison.

"Boss she looks wounded."

"What's with the blindfold?" He snatched away the fabric from her face. He gasped when he looked into her eyes.

"Byakugan..."

"What the hell you think you are doing to my sister you sack of crap."

Saying she was angry would be an understatement. She was beyond pissed. A group of thugs were oppressing her dark hair friend. She was forced to kneel on the ground. Two men pressing her shoulder to keep her down, one grabbed her hair pulling her it back. Forcing her to look at man in front of her who was about to gauge her eyes out. She was severely wounded. Her hands were restrained behind her back. She appeared drowsy, as if she was drugged. Her clothes were disheveled. Pink haired women narrowed her eyes.

Just noticing her gaze the restrained woman looked up at her. Sakura could see the expression of relief on her face. Successfully grabbing the attention of her friend's captors she landed in front of them.
The look in her eyes was cold and threatening. On instinct, they all took a step back.

"Oh! look another beauty."

The leader of the gang gave her a sickening grin, licking his lips. This made her feel even more disgusted.

"Some nerve you have. Hurry up and release her you lowlife."
"What did you...?"

One of them was about to charge at her but their leader who looked like a fat pig stopped him.

"You would fetch a good amount, if we sell you to a brothel."
Sakura felt insulted, yet she kept her calm.

"Even this woman would have earned us a good sum of money. But, it's a pity these byakugan are invaluable. We will have to make do with her eyes."

He tugged at the woman's hair harshly, making her moan in pain. Looking at that action made her veins pop on her head. Indicating her composure was slipping away. Since the birth of Sarada, Sakura had kept her temper in check she became a very patient and tolerant person. But since arriving in this timeline, it feels like the god is trying to test her sanity. Remembering all the shit they have been through just fueled her anger.

"This is your last chance. Let her go and in return I'll spare all your lives."

Her voice was as sharp as knife. She took a deep breath trying to calm herself. It took every bit of her will power to not pound them all into the eternity. Suddenly, they all started laughing. They laughed so hard, some even fell on the ground.

"Very funny you bitch. You think you can take us down. Hahaha..." the thug was laughing like a mad man.

"Oh yes of course ...it was my fault for saying something so silly."

"Finally back to your senses you wench. So are going to beg for your life? Oh we might forgive you for your arrogance and make you our play thing. You and your sister, it would be a waste to give you two away without having a taste wouldn't it."

The man bent to Hinata's level taking her face in his hands, he licked her cheek with the dirty look on his face. All his men started laughing again, eyes filled with lust.

"It's obvious you misunderstood something" her cold voice ripped through their laughter.

"What I meant was, it was my fault that I gave you the options in the first place. Let's just scratch that, I changed my mind you low lives don't deserve mercy."

"You bitch..."

"Now you have only one option in front of you."

Sakura smiled sweetly at them and declared "Let her go and die."

Before anyone could even blink the ground beneath them ripped opened. Swallowing many of them, some managed to escape. Hinata was also falling into the crack but luckily Sakura caught her in time, with her strength she pulled her up.

"Pull yourself together Hinata."

Hinata was still in daze but nodded her head. Sakura's face was marred with a frowned. She looked at her up and down. She saw some gashes and many serious wounds.
"Poison..." the medic whispered.

She didn't have time to think about it, a kick was thrown her way. In a split second she gathered the poisoned woman in her arms pushed her chakra to her feet and jumped avoiding the kick. It's better to make a run for it right now she can't fight with Hinata in this condition. "After them." She heard their leader howled. The dark haired women was in no condition to protect herself, So she dashed at her top speed thinking she might be able to lose them, but seemingly the traffickers were persistent, chasing after them. 'So they aren't that weak after all.' She tried her best to move as smoothly as possible to prevent the venom to from spreading rapidly.

'Albeit this group of thug is tough, there's no way they can capture Hinata so easily. Right now is not the time to think about it.' She looked down at the woman in her arms. Her head resting on Sakura's chest, her face was flushed, she was sweating a lot. She breathing was shallow her arms was bleeding. Her lips were slightly blue. 'Damn this is not good I need to give her an antidote soon.' This minute shift in attention made her loose her footing, both fell down on the forest ground. She tried to keep Hinata secure in her hold but the fall was hard, the dark haired woman went tumbling a little further.

After getting over the impact of the fall, she got up and rushed towards her poisoned friend who was still unconscious, making pink haired medic to curse at their situation.

It's better to get rid of those nuisances now so that she could start with the treatment. She hid the poisoned konuichi in a hollow trunk of a tree and casted a genjutsu over it. On her way back she recognized the bodies of the many Senju shinobi(s), all rendered unconscious with their chakra points locked.

'You did well Hinata, thanks for always going along with my selfish requests. I'll take over from here on.'

She started running in the opposite direction from where she hid her friend luring her offenders away from the unconscious girl. She stopped when she was good distance away. Later she was surrounded. Much to her amusement the number has already been reduced from her first attack.

"Heh... now where are you going to run little girl?" The man's nostrils flared in rage.

"Funny, I was about to ask you the same thing."

Without wasting any more time she charged at him. Her fist connected with the face of one of the thugs making a crunching sound. And with the lightening speed her heel landed on the man beside her, who went crashing into a row of trees. Another robust looking guy punched her but she ducked easily grabbed his fist and started bending it backwards. The man cried in pain. She kicked his ankle making him loose his balance and dropped onto his knees. Letting go of his hand she firmly took a hold of his head and kneed him in the face, as soon as she let go of the man the blood started gushing out of his nose and he was knocked out cold. The weaker ones dropped like flies, leaving small craters and uprooted trees on her trail. Her punches and kicks were deadly even to the greatest ninja of this era.

Looking at his men losing so easily a seed of doubt started sprouting in his heart. This... this was not what he had expected. His men were not weak he knew that from the day he recruited them. But against this woman they were like helpless babies. This woman before him was beautiful yet so deadly. She was a monster. He had never seen something like this in all his life. To him women were those delicate flowers who meant to be sold or crushed. They were just precious merchandise to him that brought him riches. Never in his life had he ever been this afraid before. Now that the woman was standing before him, He was trembling with fear. The dark shadows on her features made her look even more unfathomable. The man dropped on his butt. "So... What were saying about selling us?" She cracked her knuckles. Even before she could raise her hand to punch him, the filthy man fainted just from the trauma. 'Hmmm that was pretty pathetic.' She just turned around and left them in the dust.
Arriving at the venue where she hid her friend she immediately went to her side ,checking her pulses. She began the treatment.

Coming back to reality, she remembered Sakura told her everything in detail. It has not been so long since that incident but she was recovering fairly quickly. What concerned her most was the Senju battalion she fought. She didn't kill them, by now they would have already informed their clan that she was a byakugan wielder. (If the words spread out she would be the main target for all the major clans specially Hyuga clan.) She sighed in despair. 'I wonder for how long we can hold our ground?'

Her thoughts were interrupted at Sakura's returned with the cans brimming with water. After having their supper they decided to settle for the night.

"I'll keep watch you take rest. You can take over later."

"Alright." The dark haired woman sighed. It was obvious the medic was still worried about her health. She had been overprotective since she was poisoned. It was really heartwarming but it also irritated her at times. But it's not like she can win this argument against a medic.

Slowly she slipped into a deep slumber.

Sakura was in her own world, staring at the fire, recalling the events from the other day.

"Hinata stay here I'll be back."

"Where are you g...?"

"Just stay put and be careful I need to confirm something."

"Alright"

"Don't let your guard down, this deserted camp is not a good place."

"Hmmm..."

Sakura ran to a particular direction, she halted after running for twenty minutes. She stood at the base of a cliff, surrounded by bushes and thick fog. She formed some complex seals with her fingers "Kai".

The genjutusu dissipated.

Two large slabs were lying at the foot of the cliff beneath a huge tree.

"I knew it, this place looked kind of familiar."

She looked around and found two pillars like structures. The stone slabs and the pillar structures had some ancient writings engraved on them. She walked towards the pillar on the right, again formed a couple of seals then placed her palm on the pillar and started infusing her chakra within the structure. Focusing a steady flow of chakra infusing with it, the letters on the pillars and stone slabs started glowing blue.

The earth shook slightly and the two slabs started moving. One slides to the left while the other to the right. An underground passage was revealed. The slabs stopped moving when, there was a whole big enough for at least two people can pass through. She could see a flight of stairs going down.

She went down the stairs after walking for long she finally reached at the end of the stairs. She channeled her chakra into her right hand, it started to glow making things legible. There was a huge hall spread in front of her like an underground tunnel. Pillars line up on both sides of the long lane, the place was covered in dust. Weed growing everywhere, ivies hanging on the walls covering some of the ancient paintings. She walked down the hall. She knew where she needed to go. She had been here once before. She could see some human skeleton the lying around and bones scattered here and there as she moved forward. She was aware of the traps inside the temple. 'It looks more like a catacomb than a temple.' She had to be careful one wrong move could trigger a chain reaction of traps that lied there and the next thing she would know she would be buried alive, along with all the fellow skeletons. Traps aren't the only danger here the poisonous snakes, spider and other fatal creatures crawling. The place was like an enormous maze if you get lost you are done for. After talking a few more turns she stood in front of a gigantic double door. It was behind those doors, what she was looking for. She channeled her chakra in both her hands and pushed the door with her monstrous strength. At first it didn't budge, but later the doors started to creak open. She pushed more, soon the when the opening was big enough for her to pass she made a break for it. As soon as her hands left the doors, it began to shut again. It didn't bother her much, wasting her chakra at a dangerous place was at the bottom of her to do list.

The room was as dark as abyss; she advanced a few steps, as if feeling her presence all the torches lit up on their own. Unlike earlier everything was visible now, her breath hitched at the view even though she had witnessed the same sight in front of her before, but it never failed to surprise her again. There was an alter in the middle of the chamber holding a big scroll, A massive statue of Oustsuki Hagoromo crave on the wall right behind it, the ancient script covering the walls of the chamber. She already knew the meaning of these words. Not because she can read these writings, well of course she can't she is a medic not an archeologist. Tsunade had explained it to her, what was written on these walls, not before mercilessly throwing her in this pit of hell all alone. Good thing she had a good memory or else she would be blowing this place us like last time. The Alter was surrounded by many layers of seals like many layers of invisible walls surrounding it. Some belonged to Usumaki clan as well, vastly known for their expertise in sealing ninjutsu. The real challenge starts from this point on. She recalled the last time she was here. She was barely alive when she came out. But it was worth it.

She still feels guilty for leaving Hinata alone. She wanted her to recuperate as soon as possible. Suddenly she was jolted from her thought process by some unwanted disturbance. She saw her companion was already wide awake.

"Damn this too early. How did they find us so soon?"

"They even hid their chakra so keenly."

"Now what?"

"You stay here. You haven't recovered completely. I'll lure them away."

"What no! This is too dangerous, if they manage to hide their chakra so well it's a given that they are high level shinobi(s)."

"In addition there's no guarantee that some of them won't enter the cave in search. They are anything but fools."

"But you are in no condition for intense fight."

"I don't want to be a burden Sakura."

This remark made her remember there was a time when she was constantly being saved by her teammates and how much she hated relying on them. They constantly put their lives in danger to save her and get hurt in the process. She used to despise herself for being so weak. So, she understood the state of mind of her comrade." She let out a sighed in defeat.

"Fine, I understand but stay close to me and don't engage in unnecessary fights." The pink haired woman huffed.

The black haired woman giggled. "Agreed, you sound like my mom Sakura."

"Last but not the least, don't get caught. You would be their main target since they already would have been informed by their fellow shinobi(s) whom you generously decided to let them live."

"Hehehe" she chuckled sheepishly. "Let's get moving."

"Cat's already out of the bag."

They grabbed their belongings, put out the fire and started running deeper into the cave. The entrance was already blocked by their enemies. They kept going deeper with their pursuers still hot on their heels.

"They are closing in on us."

The tunnel only got darker to the point where no light could reach. Hinata activated her byakugan. She could perceive the layout of the cave now.

"I can see an exit a little further ahead of us." Sakura followed her closely.

"I hope we don't walk into a trap."

"I don't see any chakra signature near the opening."

"It's not like we have any other option any way."

Sprinting at a faster pace, after many twists and turns, they finally exited the cave. They were still being chased, with the thick clusters of lush and healthy trees in front of them. Being chased isn't very pleasing. 'I still don't understand why the hell are they so adamant on hunting us down. It's safe to assume they want to extract information from Hinata. But what do they want from me?'

She didn't have much time to ponder over it.

They were being showered with kunai, shuriken and bomb tags. They didn't even realize that they were being led in a particular direction. And then Sakura felt it the sudden distortion in space, the feeling sent a shiver down her spine by the time she realized, they were falling of a height from which if they were to take the hit, the possibility of their death is a hundred percent.

"Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
"We are falling."
"I can see that."
"What do we do."
"Break the fall."
"Well..."Sakura was sweating from the thought of their crushing demise. Suddenly an idea popped into her mind. She reached for the dark haired woman grabbing her by her waist. They were still in the mid air free falling. She pointed her fist towards the ground.

"Hang on tight Hinata. This is going to be flashy."

Two women were dropping to the ground at a tremendous speed. Hinata closed her eyes from the impact of the wind gushing through them, Sakura pumped chakra to her fist that was pointing to the ground tightening her grip on Hinata.

"Shannaroooooooooo."

Even before her fist could make contact with the earth, it shattered due to the shockwaves released from her punch cushioning their bodies due to buoyancy. She let out a battle cry. The moment her knuckles touched the ground the force created more than a few feet deep crater, followed by the massive cracks, big chunks of debris flying, with thick layer of dust suspending in the air. Not long after earth shook from the shockwaves.

A groaning sound could be heard from the center of the massive crater.

"Damn a genjutsu."

"It's surprising, you are resistant to genjutsu even I couldn't detect it. How is that possible?"

As soon at the dust precipitated from the air.

Their conversation was interrupted as they felt several burning gazes upon them.

"Seemingly, it's not over yet." Things weren't going as planned.

"Is this what you call falling from the frying pan into the fire?"

"No, it's what we call between the rock and the hard place. Look up there."

When Sakura looked carefully she saw a mass of fully armed Senju and Uchiha Shinobi(s).

"Wait. Don't tell me we j..just..."

"Yes, we just landed right in the middle of a war."


Ok guys here's the new chapter. I'm sorry for the delay. A lot happened, I was almost kicked out of the house by my dad, it was frustrating but it turned out just fine when I heard that my best friend was suffering from the same fate. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry lol.

Thank you for all the reviews. I wasn't able to respond back but I'm really grateful for all the reviews, favs and follows. I hope you guys keep doing that. ;p And thank you for being patient with me. See you at the next chapter. If there's any doubts please ask me. I hope you liked the cover I wasted a lot of time painting them.

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