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The teams ran towards the sound of Sakura's screaming. Some of them wouldn't even mind if they got hit by a branch or if they trip.

'What the hell is that asshole doing with her? I'll decapitate his head if he's harassing her.' Sasuke thought.

'God, these tree branches are so irritating!" Naruto complained.

"No wonder you're an idiot." Sasuke said.

"Why the hell am I an idiot again?"

"If you really have common sense, you should be jumping on the trees, not straight to it." Neji said.

"Oh yeah, I forgot."

"Hey look, there's a warehouse over there!" Rock Lee said.

"Maybe she's there and..." they heard faint screaming. "Yup, she's there." Kiba said.

"So, everybody shut up and hide." Shikamaru said.

"Who the hell are you?" Ninjas started to surround them.

"Sasuke, Neji, go ahead. We'll take care of this" Naruto said with all the seriousness found in him. The two nodded.

Back at the warehouse...

Sakura was now at her knees after the attack she just received. She groaned while she took the knife out of her right thigh and stood up.

"This will end soon, my dear Sakura." Orochimaru said.

Then, a loud "bang" was heard. Orochimaru tilted his head to see Kabuto unconscious at the feet of Sasuke and Neji.

"Don't worry my DEAR Orochimaru." Sasuke repeated what Oro said earlier. He smirked at this remark. "This will be over in a little while."

"Stop smirking, dumbass." Neji said.

"What did you call me?"

"I said, DUMB-ASS, do I have to write it down for ya'?"

The smirk on Orochimaru's face faded. And the battle began...

The three of them (A/N: Orochimaru, Neji and Sasuke) moved at the same time. At the sidelines, Sakura was watching, trying her best to regain her strength.

Sasuke was the first one to attack. Orochimaru quickly dodged the attack. Taking advantage of this, Neji went to the back of him. He was about to stab him with a kunai when Orochimaru gave him a quick punch on the side of his ribs. Sasuke did the same and got hit on his jaw.

'Damn, my bones are already fractured!' he thought.

'Boy, he's fast.' Neji thought.

"What's the matter, too chicken to fight?" Orochimaru mocked.

"Shut up and we're not chickens. We're what you call human beings, got what I'm saying." Sasuke said while dodging another attack from him.

"I never thought you WERE humans."

"For a son of a bitch like you, you're stupid." Neji said.

"Why?"

"Because of this." He punched him. Orochimaru disappeared with a puff of smoke.

'He used a clone, damn!' Neji thought.

Sakura saw Oro (A/N: I'm gonna use a shorter name) at the back of Neji. She stood up and threw a kunai at him. Of course, the kunai was useless but it distracted Oro a bit. Neji used this to get away from him. At the background, Sasuke was preparing for the next assault.

'Nice tactic you've got but you'll never defeat me.' Oro thought.

Neji was still fighting with Oro. When one attacks, the other evades. It just kept going on and on until both have had enough.

"Hyuuga, let's finish this. I need to kill you and that Uchiha."

"I don't give a damn."

Orochimaru slashed Neji across his stomach using a shurinken. Because of the impact, Neji was thrown back to the wall. Even though the wound is shallow, his blood was draining out of his body like a river. He clutched his stomach. Every time he tried to stand up, he just kept falling flat on the ground.

"Neji..." Sakura whispered.

Sasuke was so concentrated on his next attack. He tried his best not to show any emotion on what happened to Neji. He shut his eyes tight and moved his hands quicker. He didn't notice that Orochimaru was aiming the next approach directly at him. Oro threw the attack at Sasuke. But before it him...

"SASUKE!!!"

Sakura stood up with her fully strengthened body to defense Sasuke. When it hit her, she was thrown like a rug on the wall then she slid to the ground.

"SAKURA!!!" Sasuke gasped.

"God (A/N: he's using "God" as an expression) Uchiha, you should be happy that your beloved Sakura saved you. I never knew she was that strong." Orochimaru said.

Sasuke rushed over to Sakura's side. He held her in his arms.

"Sakura..."

He tried everything not to show emotions again. But unfortunately, it did show.

"I'm fine. Just go and keep fighting." Sakura said trying to say the words straightly. Sasuke nodded. He laid her down on the blood covered floor to rest. When he turned around to face Orochimaru, Sakura fell unconscious without Sasuke knowing.

Author's Note

This chapter so far is the longest I ever edited. Well, hope you all like it. Please review!

-B.C. )