Another Chapter Yippee. I was out of town when I wrote the last chapter. I wrote part of it during the long car ride and the other part really late at night. I noticed there were a few typos... so I'm so sorry! Well on with the chapter!Thank you very much for all the reviews and for reading my story.

Chapter 7: Fighting

Sasuke observed the surroundings. They were surrounded by 17 ninjas, two of which were Hojo and Omezo. Those two looked pretty powerful. They appeared Chuunin, but they may be Jounin. The ninjas around them looked a little less powerful, they were probably Chuunin, and some looked like skilled Genin. Overall, they didn't look so tough.

" Alright, " Naruto yelled. " Come on and fight you bastards! No one can defeat the great Uzumaki Naruto!" Sakura gave a slight smirk, but she wished he hadn't done that. He always made everyone his enemy by doing that.

" Heh." Hojo started. " Don't get so cocky. Well let's get this over with." He glanced towards the ninjas and commanded them to start the fight. It appeared that he and Omezo would stay aside.

" But...." Omezo said to the ninja. " Don't finish the little girl yet, I want to finish her off personally." He started to laugh. Sakura glared at him. She was surprised as she saw Naruto and Sasuke turn their hands into fists at this. The ninjas all ran around the circular clearing they were in. Sasuke was observing everything with his Sharingan.

" Well what do we have Sasuke-kun?" Sakura said.

" 17 ninjas, including those to," Sasuke said. " We're being attacked by 15 ninjas now.

" 5 each." Sakura said. These ninjas looked like they were easy to beat so they would each fight one. Although, it would be hard if all five came at once.

The ninjas scattered everywhere, throwing shuriken and kunai. The trio dashed away, none of them were hit. Naruto had done his replication technique to a large extent. The real Naruto was fighting off some a ninja while so clones backed him up. He had two other clones made to backup Sakura and Sasuke. They thought Naruto had a good idea, so they each made a clone. Fighting the ninjas was easy now. Naruto was basically beating the crap out the ninjas, Sasuke beat the crap out of them using clever and quick methods, and Sakura did the same, but also found use of the replacement techinique. The clones were starting to get hurt, and the number of ninjas had decreased to nine.

Sakura hit a ninja hard on the head, knocking him out. Suddenly, a ninja came behind her and stabbed her in the back! Naruto was alarmed, but then a POOF! Replacement technique(hehehe). The real Sakura came out behind him and stabbed a kunai in his back. Naruto continued to beat the crap out of the ninjas, but then something unexpected happened. The last two ninjas fighting Naruto made several clones. They all began to perform seals. Naruto frantically punched each of them, hoping it would break whatever seal they were making. He ran up to the first one POOF a clone... POOF a clone... POOF a clone. Where were they? The seal stopped and everything became misty. It was a genjutsu.



Sakura and Sasuke were away enough that they didn't fall for it. Naruto was engulfed in heavy mist. He couldn't see anyone. He ran wildly searching. Pow! He was hit! Boom! Hit again. The ninjas were hitting him but he couldn't see them. BANG! Everything went black. Sasuke and Sakura looked as Naruto dropped to the ground. Sasuke quickly knocked out the last ninja and ran over. Sakura was screaming inside, ' Please let him be ok!!' . They took out the two ninjas that hurt him, and rushed to his side. He had a large lump on his head, he was unconsious. Sakura grabbed him by the arms and took him out of the way to the edge of the clearing.

She returned to find Omezo and Hojo staring at them. It was just Sasuke and her now.

" Hm...." Omezo said. " Impressive. Very impressive."

"Too bad about your friend though," Hojo started," I wanted to see some more of the fox demon's power." Sakura and Sasuke exchanged looks.

" Wait a minute," Omezo said. " Aren't the Uchiha kid Orochimaru was after?" Sakura gasped, while Sasuke glared at them.

" Yeah," Sasuke started. " Are you working for Orochimaru?"

" Yes, we are faithful to Orochimaru, however he wasn't the one who sent us after the Harunos."

" Orochimaru is not aware of our mission to kill the Harunos," Hojo said. " Our mission now to kill Haruno Sakura." Sakura glared at them, but Sasuke stepped in front of her.

" Over my dead body."

" That can be arranged..." Omezo smirked.

" Wait," Sakura said. " Tell me... who sent you?"

" Well no need for us to tell you now, " Omezo said. " He's here."

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Ok sorry that was so short, I want to have a chapter with an explanation. Alright, chapter 8 coming soon. Then, some more fighting, then some REALLY COOL stuff with fighting. Then some little emotional things, and then some SasuSaku. Hehehehehehehehe. Thanks for reading and reviewing! ^_^