Hi everyone! Man! Sorry for the late update, bet ya thought I was dead; but well I'm not, so here comes the next chapter; it's not that good but I hope you like it anyway! Thanks for keeping up with my story, enjoy!
Chapter 17
The huge clouds moved fast above the distant mountains; and the whole sky was filled with a sad and grey tone as the thunders announced the upcoming of a hard rainstorm.
The forest was silent…
The chilling breeze of the night approached, and the winds blew with a lonely whistling sound; carrying on its currents the falling tree leaves.
Tiny water drops began to fall from the sky…
No trace of Naruto and Hinata nor Sasuke and Sakura was known; the rest of groups had already met at the according hour, and after what it seemed like an interminable waiting; under the command of the senseis, they all split up in two teams and went searching for their 'lost' friends.
Naruto and Hinata...
Landing onto her soft and pale skin, the raindrops began to wash off the blood that covered it…
Hinata slowly opened her eyes; them begging her not to; let tears pour down her face…She moaned in pain; her whole body ached as if a thousand pounds rock was in top of her; and the pool of blood underneath her slowly increased its size…
The clouds started crashing onto each other and the loud sounds of thundering resonated through the sky….
She slowly raised her head up and felt the raindrops hitting her face and starting to wet her all; she clenched her fists on the ground feeling that the pain wouldn't let her stay up, and started coughing blood…
(Naruto-kun…? Where is him…?)- Her heart began to race filled with a desperate worry and anxiety.-"Naruto-kun…"- She called, but no answer was heard. She opened her eyes again; fog had begun covering the place....
"…Where am I…? - She asked confused as she tried to remember what had happened but without any luck, she couldn't concentrate; the only thing on her mind at that moment was Naruto; she didn't care about nothing; not the strong winds, or the persistent rain, not the thunders, her bleeding wounds or the unbearable pain, nothing but him.
Suddenly a flashback of that man attacking her came back to her mind and she remembered everything that happened....
She looked around, knowing that something wrong was going on; her view still blurred searched with desperation for the blond haired.
"Naruto-kun please…"- Tears continued slipping down her face. –"…Just let you be okay…that is all I care…"
Team 1
"Are you sure this is the right way?"- Kurenai asked Tomoko as they dashed into the forest, Lee, Neji, Tenten, Kiba and Shino followed behind.
"Yes, I am sure this is the route I explained to them.... "- Tomoko answered while looking around annoyed by the rain.
"I wonder what happened."- Kurenai shook her head, trying to take away any crazy thoughts out her mind.
"Damn!"- Kiba shouted from the back. – "If this is the freaking way, then why we don't see them anywhere?!"
"Yeah!"- Tenten added with an annoyed tone. –"What kind of plot is this?!"
There was silence and everyone got submerged into deep thought…
Tomoko smirked.-"Who knows…"- She raised a brow. –"But I think that they were probably ambushed by jounins."
"Fuck that!"- Kiba clenched his fists. - "We gotta hurry!"
"Yes! Sakura-san needs me!!!"- Lee shouted with a dramatic tone on his loud voice. - "I must help her no matter what! If something happens I will be the only one responsible!"
"But why do you say that Lee?"- Tenten asked. –"It's not like you were with her."
"…I know…but one day……I made the promise that I was going to protect her to death…That is why…I would never forgive myself if something bad happens and I wasn't able to do anything…"
"………"-Tenten stared at him worriedly. - "…Oh Lee…"
"Do you see something?"- Kurenai asked Neji who had his Byakugan on.
"No…"- He answered with a worried tone. - (Hinata nee-san, I hope you're alright…) - He thought as he quickly kept looking around.
"……We are almost reaching the main point."- Tomoko announced.
"What do you mean?"- Tenten asked.
"I mean that it is the limit that they were supposed to get."- She answered.
Kurenai glanced at her, and a frown formed above her crimson eyes. – "This is one of the ends of the forest; I thought you said that they weren't reaching those points."
"You mean there?!" – Tenten startled while looking down at the huge abyss- "But that's a cliff!"
"I know I said they were not supposed to reach this point, but there was a change on plans…"- Tomoko answered nervously. – "I was wrong and the map shows that the road lead to here…"
"But they have been ambushed! Anything can happen, mostly if they have been attacked by groups of jounins!" – Tenten continued alarmed. –"Did you ever think of that?!"
"Calm down…"- Neji told her.
"But…"- Tenten shot Tomoko a deadly glare. –"…You know what?!"- She suddenly stopped at a tree branch; everyone looked at her and did the same.
"What is it Tenten?"- Kurenai asked confused.
"I don't like you! I do not like you at all!"- Tenten yelled at Tomoko who looked at her with a surprised expression. –"First of all, you got all of us into this! And now after we don't have a clue of were our friends are; and you act all calmed!"
Everyone stared at Tenten with a shocked expression.
"Have you planned all this?! Come on! Spit it out already!"- She yelled with all the anger she had.
"How could you accuse me of such a thing?!"- Tomoko glared at her.-"You have no prove, I will not tolerate it!"
"I don't trust you, that's all! And my instincts tell me that you are behind all this crap!!!"- Tenten yelled while clenching her teeth; chakra could be seen flowing out of her; and everyone just stared surprised.
"Tenten don't!"- Kurenai shouted, but it was too late.
Ten kunai and two spiked flails flew at great velocity towards Tomoko who stared angrily at the kunoichi who had suddenly disappeared from the air; so she quickly banished avoiding all the weapons and landed on top of another tree branch.
Everyone followed the movements of both with their eyes wide open.
Just then Tenten appeared behind Tomoko ready with a round-house kick aiming at her face.
"Tenten!"- Kurenai shouted.
Just before Tenten's foot reached for her target, Tomoko blocked the hit, tightly grabbing onto the girl's ankle and after twisting it a little, she threw her away.
"Ah!!!"- Tenten flew in the air; her hit had been easily blocked.Neji jumped and easily catch her before she could hit a tree.
There was a dead silence.
"I have nothing to do with the disappearance of your friends!"- Tomoko yelled under the looks of everyone. –"And I will not repeat it again!"
Tenten glared at her while Neji put her down; but after feeling a sharp pain on her ankle she knew that she couldn't stay up, and fell on her knees. Lee was about to say something when Kurenai made him a signal to stay quiet.
"Please, let's do not start anymore conflicts, we already have enough."
"Are you ok?"- Lee kneeled to where his teammate was and tried to help her up.
"Yes."- Tenten answered without talking her angry expression off the woman.
"She is strong…"- Shino spoke; Kiba glanced at him and then at her.
"Hmph!" – He smirked. –"I am dying to test that out……This is starting to get exiting…"
"Do you plan on fighting her?"- Shino looked at him with a frown.
"If I find out she planned this trap, yes the fuck I will…."- Kiba stared at Akamaru who had started barking crazily.
"……Can you walk?"- Kurenai walked up to Tenten after seeing her limping a little.
"Yes."- She answered confident. –"Don't worry about me."
"Hey!"- Kiba saw his dog jump off the tree and run away towards the cliff. – "Come on, I think he found something!"
"Let's go!"- Kurenai and the rest quickly followed behind.
Back to Naruto and Hinata…
The rain increased and the wind blew strong; Hinataclosed her eyes so the water wouldn't enter them; she still couldn't move or feel a single muscle; her whole body was numbed.
The idea of using her Byakugan to locateNaruto crossed her mind, but her low chakra level wouldn't allow her. She slowly grabbed her head, which she could barely move; nervousness and desperation filled her and she felt like yelling crazily for the first time in her life.
"Where's Naruto-kun? Where is him?! Please, someone answer me…"- She asked over and over again but there was no answer but from the thunders and the rain…
So she stood there sobbing like a baby, trying with all her strength to stay awake; then suddenly, a little bit of chakra could be sensed nearby…
She slowly looked down…
There was silence…
"........…Na-Naruto-k-kun…"
Her eyes opened real wide as she saw him laying on the ground, just by her side, so she realized something…
Just before the landing, he had hugged her hard against himself, protecting her with his own body…….
Hinata stared at him, her heart stopped, but her tears kept falling uncontrollably…she was shocked; and just seeing him in such a state, made her think something terrrible...
"No……he…he can't be……he can't be…No…he's not dead…"-She said shakily with a nervous smile while trying with all her strength to convince herself.
"Naruto-kun…please wake up…please answer me…"- She started to shake him slightly but no reaction was seen.
"…Please…wake up…don't leave me here……please answer me…I…"
She moved closer, staring at him with her eyes full of tears…
(No…this is not happening…N-Naruto-kun has to be a-alive…)
"You are alive…Alive…do you understand me?!.....You can't die! You can't! Not before I tell you how I feel! You have to give me another chance! You can't go! You can't go! Wake up!" – Hinata started shaking him violently; she didn't know what she was doing, at that moment she felt that craziness had taking over her mind and she didn't care, she had to do anything to wake him up.
"Wake up please! Don't leave me here! I need you……You can't die! I need to tell you something important…… Don't' go…I…I…lo - -"
Naruto slightly opened his eyes…
Hinata interrupted herself. -"Na-Naruto-kun……!?"
"……Hinata?"- Naruto spoke barely audible.- "…W-What do you want to tell me…?"- He continued with a curious expression on his face.
Hinata gasped and let go of his shirt. -"…Naruto-kun……you're okay…"- She smiled nervously.
Naruto made a hard effort and sat up; his head going in circles wouldn't let him clear his view, somehow he knew he wasn't going to last a minute before he passed out again.
Hinata stared at him still with a shaky smile and flowing tears. She knew she had to do something drastic at that moment, she felt that a little bit of courage had entered her, at least enough courage to talk…
Naruto just sat there, feeling that he was going to faint again; suddenly he felt something wrapping around him, something gentle and comfortable. A hug…
A hug like he had never felt before, so warm and full of love…
Hinata closed her eyes, she had never been this close to him and it really made her feel good…But it wasn't enough, she had to do something else, something that she would never forget………
"Where am I?"- Naruto asked stupidly.-"Am I dead? Is this heaven? "
"Sshh…."- Hinata shushed him. - "…..Don't talk…don't say anything…"
She leaned closer and their lips met...
In that instant everything but them froze. Hinata felt tears of hapiness, that extreme and warm feeling that always filled her when she was close to him; but this time it was even better; she had finally got the courage to show him how she felt, not even words were needed, with this she hoped that he realized that she loved him...
She slipped her fingers into his hair grabbing his nape and bringing him closer, making the kiss more intense...
Naruto not really being sure if he was awake, just stayed there kind of shocked since he really didn't know how to react; so he just followed along caressing onto her back, and just kissing her back with the same passion she gave him.
Some seconds later, they separated…
Naruto stared at her with his eyes wide open while trying to catch a breath. -"I knew I was in heaven…"- He smiled before passing out again. Hinata gasped as she watched him collapse back onto the ground.
"Naruto-kun!"- Sheq uickly tried to wake him up, but it was a worthless try, after that fall, he wasn't going to wake up for quite a minute. But still, she felt happy inside for what had just happened, it was the moment she had waited for so long; and she knew she wasn't going to forget it or regret it; surprising herself with this last thought; she just stared at the ground and smiled to herself, before also passing out.
Team 2
"It's been more than four hours now and we have no clue of where could they be…"- Ino said to her team as they dashed into the forest at top speed along with Gaara, Temari, Kankurou; and lead by Kakashi and Asuma at the front.
"Yes, I wonder what in the world happened to them! I'm starving! Man! We could be eating some nice meal right now!"- Chouji protested.
"Chouji is not time to think about food you know!"- Ino scolded- "Can't you see MY Sasuke-kun could be in danger right now?!"
"…He is and Uchiha, give me a break!"- Chouji exclaimed.
"And in case you're right Ino, Sakura would happily take care of him."- Shikamaru added with a sarcastic smile.
"Hmph! don't think so!"- Ino turned her head in anger and stayed quiet.
"Careful with the wet branches guys, remember they're slippery!"- Kakashi said amused by their short conversation.
"Right, like if we're really going to fall!"- Chouji shouted. -"Ah!"- He almost fell.
"…What was that?"- Kakashi turned around.
"Oh Chouji, what a shame…"- Ino shook her head from side to side.
"Oh, the things that love do…"- Kakashi sighed. –"It completely changes people's mind and way of acting…"
"Huh?"- Asuma looked at him confused. –"What do you mean Kakashi?"
"Oh but you should perfectly know about it……."
"Huh?"
"Where are your cigarettes Asuma?"
"…Well…I am trying to stop smoking…so I threw 'em away…"- Asuma scratched his head. –"It was kinda hard though…"
"…That's exactly what I mean…"- Kakashi said sarcastically.
"…Huh?! No, it's not what you think! It has nothing to do with Kurenai asking me for it!!!!"- Asuma blushed.
"Right…"- Kakashi smiled.
"Hey, what the hell is that?!"- Temari shouted while looking down the trees at a small cave, which entrance was covered by a huge rock.
Everyone stopped on the tree branches and stared at it.
"Very strange…"- Ino said. –"Who would put that rock in front of the cave?"
Kakashi frowned. –"…Something's obviously hiding in there as resource for escape; or hiding soemthing."
"So that increases the probability thatthey could be inside there."- Temari pointed out.
"Yes."- Kakashi answered. –"We will have to enter and check it out."
"Hai!"- Everyone jumped off the trees and followed Kakashi.
Sasuke and Sakura……
The door was abruptly opened, suddenly interrupting Sakura's chance to kiss Sasuke.
Both startled and Sakura fell back.
"Damn!"- Both cursed under their breath.
A stout and tall man stood by the door, his eyes searching everywhere until he found the two young chuunins seating on the floor. Both looked extremely pale and exhausted; but that was something that he didn't give a damn about…
"Here you are you bothersome brats; did ya have a pleasant stay? Sorry for waking ya up…"- He walked into the room while showing them the two handcuffs he carried. –"The boss wants to meet you...."- He said with an evil smirk.
Sasuke shot him a deadly glare as he roughly grabbed Sakura by the arm and forced her to put the strong metal rings around her wrists; then he pushed her to the door were two other man impatiently waited. Then theman put Sasuke the handcuffs andalso shoved him out the room.
"Where are you taking us you bastards?!"- Sakura growled while trying to pull her arms away from the men. -"You're going to pay for this!!! I'm going to kill you!"
"Shut your ass up bitch!"- The big man yelled. Sakura glared at him. –"Come on! Come on! Keep it moving! We don't have your time!"- He said angry as they passed by thedark passage. At the sides, doors similar to the one that kept them locked could be seen; moans and yelps of pain heard inside…
(What kind of place is this?!)- Sakura gulped as she nervously glanced around.
"Shit…this fucking place is freezing…"- The stout man mumbled. –"I bet the fucking boss is peacefully seating over there drinking some hot cocoawhile we do all the dirty work."
(…Where are they taking us? What's all this? ....I don't feel so good, my injures are still bleeding.....He won't be able to fight in that state either…)- Sakura thought worriedly as she glanced at the pale Sasuke. –( But...it looks like this is up to me……I promised myself to fight and be strong…and that's what I will do…I will get us out of here, and Sasuke-kun won't think I'm weak anymore……) (Inner Sakura: Yeah…and maybe he'll go on a date with you!) (Yeah…)- Sakura smiled.
She glanced around one more time; no time to think of anything but on the fact that they had to get out of there before things turn out even worse.
With no weapons, and handcuffed wrists, the chance of escaping was really low, but still,Sakura had to try and prove everyone and herself that she doesn't need a shield of protection that would cover her up every time they think she couldn't defend herself; she could fight and be a strong and proud kunoichi, able to defend herself under any danger, no matter how impossible it seemed; she had to fight 'till the end…
(Here goes nothing…) –So she took a last breath of determination; action was about to start.
She rapidly slipped her right foot behind the man's left leg. -"What the…!!!?"- He tripped to the floor, Sakura jumped forward double-kicking on the jaw the man that held Sasuke. He fell back flying several meters away. The fat man stood there shocked staring at the girl's sudden action.
"The hell...?!"
She clenched her teeth and in the blink of an eye she disappeared from his front view. The man that had tripped quickly stood up; Sakura appeared in front of him and giving him an upper punch on the face and a spinning-kick on the stomach, she knocked him out in two seconds. Sasuke stood there surprised at Sakura's speed and agility; even though she was badly injured, she had greatly improved her fighting skills.
"You're going down!!!"- Sakura charged towards the big man; he stood on his fighting stance, Sakura spin-kicked but the man quickly blocked it with his arm while turning around and aiming for her face with a punch, but shebent down and hit the him on the stomach.
"Ah!" –He flew towardsa wall. Sakura quickly jumped on top of him and started punching him in the face.
"You damn bastard! Why are we here?! Who's in charge of all this!!!?"- She yelled.
"I will never talk!"- The man abruptly pushed Sakura off him, and she hit the wall.
"Ah!"-Sakura fell on her knees and coughed blood.
"Oh, what a waste of time, you don't have a chance against me!"- The man started laughing.
Sasuke cursed himself in that moment for letting her fight alone again; and just when he was about to attack the man, Sakura stood up.
"You will have to do way more than that to get me down…"- She smirked.
"Fuck you!"- The man yelled angrily as he charged towards her. - "I will kill you in this instant! Nobody dares talking to me that way!!!"- He tried punching her, but she quickly slipped away from his side, taking on her way one of his kunais, and quickly stabbing it on his back.
"……Sweet dreams...…"- She whispered.
"Ah!!!"- The man's screams echoed through the whole place.
"What was that?!"- Ino looked around the dark cave. –"Did you guys hear those screams?"
"I did"- Chouji answered.
"Good, that means someone's here, just as we suspected."- Kakashi said. –"Let's keep going."
"Hai!"
Sakura walked away the bleeding man. Sasuke stared at him; surprised at the speed of the event and at the fact that Sakura had killed somebody without the minimum hesitation.
"How did I do Sasuke-kun?"- Sakura smiled from ear to ear.
"…Great….you did great…"- He answered.
"Thanks..." (Inner Sakura: Yes, he acknowledged my strength!!!)
(……I never thought Sakura had changed that much…she has became stronger…way stronger than I thought…)- Sasuke glanced at her and smiled.
(He smiled…He smiled at me… I knew I could make him change, I will bring that nice and caring Sasuke out, and I will hide the dark and cold one…Just wait…) - Sakura thought exited as both searched around for an exit, when suddenly...
"Oh, but were do you think you're going?"-A voice broke the silence of the gloomy place. –"Don't tell me you're trying to escape? What didn't you like the service?"- He said mockingly.
"There are guards all over the place…"- Sasuke mumbled.
"I see…"- Sakura glared at the man. –"But I don't care; I will do everything it takes to get us out of here."- She said with determination.
"Oh really?"- The man laughed. –"Whatever you do, you will never be able to get out of here; there are guards and traps all over!"
"Hey Shika, what it that switch over there?"- Chouji stopped walking and stared at the wall.
"I don't know, but whatever it is, don't …"- Shikamaru turned around spotting Chouji just about to pull the switch. – "CHOUJI DON'T!!!"- He threw himself against the stout boy, but it was too late!
"Ah!!!"- They both tumbled on the floor as a rain of kunai started coming out the walls from both sides of the passage.
"What the fuck!"- Kankurou shouted as he got to the floor same as everyone except for Gaara, who was being protected by his sand.
"Oh shit!"-Everyone yelled.
"This is a trap!"- Asuma shouted.
"Yeah, we kinda figured that out."- Everyone replied.
"BAKA!"- Shikamaru yelled at Chouji while protecting his head with his hands. – "I told you not to touch it, you almost killed us!"
"Sorry!"- Chouji said nervously. -"I didnt' mean to!"
"That was a close one…"-Kakashi sighed as he saw that the kunai had stopped. –"Please let's not be curious and touch anything around here…"- He stood up and fixed up his clothes.
"Hai."- Everyone sighed and kept walking quietly.
"Traps you said? What kind of traps?" – Sakura asked the man.
"Simple ones, but enough to make you R.I.P!!!" – He started laughing frantically.
"Shut up you bastard."- Sasuke groaned.
"Huh?!'- The man got a signal from his walkie-talkie. –"Who the fuck…?!!!"
Sakura rolled her eyes, as she watched him desperately search for the device around his waist.
"What the hell do you want?! "-He answered-"…..What?! Another one?!! …….A group you say?! …Damn! I'll be right over!"
"Are you done?!"- Sakura and Sasuke got into fighting stance.-"Let's get this over with…"
" Looks like your friends are already looking for you…"-The man smirked.
"Friends?! You mean…they're here…?"- Sakura looked at Sasuke, he frowned.
"Yeah…and they've already fallen for one of the traps…they must be dead right now…"
"NO! SHUT UP!!!" –Sakura quickly charged towards the man, he quickly jumped in the air and threw his kunai at both. Sakura flipped back and evaded the attack, Sasuke grabbed the kunai just before they reached and threw them back to him.
"The hell…?!!!"- The man banished away from sight. –"Looks like you are not ordinary shinobi!"- He said. –"Then I will not go easy on you."- He suddenly appeared in front of Sakura and tried punching her in the face, but she backed away and kicked him on the stomach, then Sasuke appeared behind him before he fell, and stabbed a kunai on his back.
"Ahh!!!!"- The man screamed loudly before he fell to the floor.
"…That was easy."- Sakura sighed.
"…He is a chuunin, same as us...we haven't confronted the real enemy yet…, the one who's behind all this…"
"……"- Sakura gulped and kept waking behind the raven haired.
"What are those?"- Ino asked while looking at the floor.
"They're rocks…have you ever seen one?"- Temari answered sarcastically.
"Oh shut up…"- Ino answered annoyed. –"I was just asking because they look very strange…"
"Yeah, like this one that looks like a button…."- Chouji said while looking at his feet.
"Oh…"- Everyone stared at him blankly.
"Let's just keep going…"- Asuma kept walking.
"Chouji…"- Shikamaru stopped him.
"What?"- Chouji asked annoyed while rubbing his grumbling stomach.
"Don't step on that….."
"Huh?" – Chouji kept walking without paying attention to his friend; when suddenly…he stepped on the weirdrock…
Shikamaru felt a strange movement on the ground and stopped walking; Chouji stared at him with a confused expression…
"What's wrong Shikamaru?"
"….I don't know…"- Shikamaru heard a weird sound.
"Oh…"- Chouji turned around and gave a step….When suddenly….
"Aaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Huh?!"- Kakashi and the group quickly turned around noticing that a enormous hole had opened just behind them, and that Shikamaru and Chouji were gone.
"What happened?!"- Ino rushed up to the huge crack. -"Shikamaru! Where are you?!" – She called with a desperate tone on her trembling voice.
"Move out the way!"- Temari appeared just behind and pushed her away. –"I'm the only one who will call for him!... Shikamaru are you alright?!"- She sang.
"You bitch…"- Ino mumbled while standing up from the floor. –"Why the hell did you pushed me?!!!"- She yelled now.
"You were on my way." – Temari answered calmly. A vain popped out Ino's head.
"Ah, what the hell…?!"- Shikamaru rubbed his head.
"What happened?"- Chouji started coughing between the dust and dirt all around the hole.
"….An you ask…."- Shikamaru stood up. –"You stepped on that freaking button, and now we're stuck in this damn hole…"
"So I was right, it was a button…"- Chouji scratched his head.
"Shikamaru are you alright?! "- Temari's voice was heard from above.
"Yeah, I'm alright…"- Shikamaru coughed.
"Don't worry babe, I'll take you out in a second!" – She said.
"…Uh…babe?"- Chouji looked at Shikamaru with a frown.
"…What?!"- Shikamaru blushed. –"I don't know about that! Ask HER!"
"Hm…"
"Where do you think you're going?!"- Ino grabbed Temari by the sleeve and pulled her towards her.
"Let me go you whore, I'm about to take my future boyfriend out of there…." – Temari smirked, Gaara and Kankurou sweat dropped.
"YOUR boyfriend?!! Yeah right! Shikamaru would never go out with someone as annoying and arrogant as you!" – Ino yelled.
"What do you care anyways? It's not like you like him or something…"- Temari walked away from Ino, who stayed shocked staring at the ground…
"Okay…what was that all about?"- Kankurou asked Gaara.
"……"- Gaara just stared at Temari with a confused expression.
"I'll get you out of there in a flash!"- Temari pulled out her fan, threw it to the air and quickly jumped on top of it. The huge object slowly started to slide down the hole bringing her along.
"Damn her…"- Ino thought while angrily walking towards the edge.
"Hi!"- Temari reached to the end, where she found Shikamaru arguing with Chouji.
"….."- He looked at her and angrily folded his arms.
"Hop on!"- Temari got closer.
"…I won't accept your help twice....I can get out of here myself…"
"Oh, that's so dumb, just get on and we'll be out in a jiffy."
"No I said, I don't need a girl's help."
"Yeah Shikamaru, don't accept her help!!!"- Ino yelled from the top. –"She's just a slut!!! You don't need her!"
"Shut the hell up!"- Temari yelled. –"Come on sweetie, don't listen to her!!!"- She pulled Shikamaru's arm and made him get onto the fan.
"What the hell?!"- Shikamaru yelled as he landed on his face.
"Let's go!"- Temari laughed and the fan started going up.
"Hey, wait a minute! What about me?!"- Chouji started yelling and waving his hands. –"Hey, hey, don't leave me here!!!"
"Wow…"- Kakashi shook his head from side to side. – " I think I made a mistake putting his teams together…"
"Yeah…"- Asuma nodded.
"Ugh, why didn't you help my friend Chouji?!"- Ino yelled at Temari who had just jumped off the fan along with Shikamaru.
"Oh, but YOU can go and help him."- Temari walked up to Ino and pushed her down the hole.
"AAAAAaaaaaAAAAAAh!!!!!!!"
"………….."
"Ouch, that must've hurt."- Kankurou said shocked.
"Ino…"- Shikamaru was about to walk up to the hole but Temari stopped him.
"Oh, don't worry about her, she'll be perfectly fine."- She laughed.
"…………."
"Sasuke-kun, look! I think I see somebody over there!"- Sakura said exited as she finished stabbing a guard and punching another.–"Do you think is them?"
"I don't know…"- Sasuke answered while spin-kicking two men.–"Let's hurry up…"
"Hai."
"You're not going anywhere!!!"- Suddenly another four men appeared in front of them, all ready with weapons.
"Damn, not again…"- Sasuke mumbled.
"PREPARE TO DIE!!!!!!!"- One of the men yelled as the started charging; but suddenly, they all stopped on their tracks……two kunai were stabbed on the middle of each one's back.
"Huh?!"- Sakura looked up and there spotted her sensei, with his favorite hentai book on one hand, and on the other playing with a kunai. "Kakashi sensei!!!"- She exclaimed in happiness.
"Oh hi guys, what happened? We were looking for you." – Kakashi smiled while looking at his exahusted students.
"….Well, it was about time you found us…"- Sasuke said.
"Yeah…"- Sakura smiled just before both collapsed onto the ground.
"…Oops, looks like you had some trouble…"- Kakashi walked up to them and picked them up each one under one arm.
"Take us outta here!!!"- Ino's voice echoed through the whole place before her sensei jumped down and tried helping her and Chouji out.
"You found them!!!"- Shikamaru rushed up to Kakashi.
"…Yes, they were just down the hall…"- Kakashi smiled.
"Good, that means we won't have to keep going."- Temari sighed. – (My feet are killing me…)
"Yep, and we have to get out of here as soon as possible, I have a feeling that someone unfriendly is about to approach…"- Kakashi kept walking.
"You found them!"- Ino got out the hole with the help of her sensei, and rushed up to Sasuke. –"Is he okay? What happened?!"
"Oh, he's just fine, just tired out…"- Kakashi answered.
"What a relief…" –Ino sighed; Shikamaru glared at her; Temari smirked.
"Well, let's get going." – Kakashi jumped to the other side of the hole.
"Hai." – The rest quickly followed.
To the other team...
"Is Akamaru saying that they are exactly down this cliff?"- Tenten asked Kiba.
"Yeah…"- Kiba answered with a frown.
"But that cannot be…."- Kurenai stared down with a horrified look on her face.
(Yes!)- Tomoko smirked.
"We have to get them out…."- Kiba said with a serious tone. –"They're alive…."
(No!)- Tomoko frowned.
"Yes, I can see them!"- Neji looked down and saw Hinata and Naruto on the ground. –"They are seriously injured…."
"Yeah…I can smell the blood…"- Kiba clenched his fists. –"Someone has to get down there…."
"….Uh……"
"Come on people, we're talking about lifes here!"
"……If anyone can come up with a way to get down there without busting your ass, then I'll be more than happy to go…"- Tenten sat on the ground.
"I will go…."- Neji stepped up. –"It is my duty to protect Hinata- Sa...Neesan…"
"Then I will go too…."- Lee raised his fist in determination. – "I'll be always behind you man!"- He said to Neji; he sweat dropped.
"Are you sure?"- Kurenai asked.
"Yes."- Both answered at unison.
"Then let's go!"
"What the…?!"- Neji and Lee rushed up to the edge after seeing Kiba jump down. –"Is he trying to die or what?!!!!"
"Come on people, what are you waiting for?!!! –Kiba shouted; he had concentrated all the chakra to his feet so he could climb down the cliff.
"Awesome idea!"- Lee exclaimed. –"Let's go!" – So the two also gathered their chakra to their feet and followed Kiba.
Already down; they found the two chuunins on the ground, multiple injures were clearly seen, and of course, lots of blood.
"Damn…"- Kiba hurried up to Hinata and stared at her.
"Gee….they don't look so good."- Lee said while walking up to Naruto.
"Let's hurry up and bring them up."- Neji glanced to the sky; the rain had stopped.
"Hai."- Lee carried Naruto on his back, and Kiba, Hinata.
"I hope they're alright."- Kurenai looked down the cliff and then sighed. –"Wow, we sure had a long day…"
"Hm…yeah…"- Tomoko folded her arms. - "And the trip has been significantly delayed…."
"…Yes, but that's not important as soon as everyone's alright…"- Kurenai looked at the horizon; the sun had already set.
"Are they coming Kurenai sensei?"- Tenten asked from the spot where she sat.
"I think so….I can sense their chakra getting closer…"
"……Are Naruto and Hinata alright?"
"I don't know…but their chakra seems to be really low…."- Kurenai answered worriedly. –"I could hardly sense it…"
"…Damn that bus driver and the minute he got lost!"- Tenten stood up. – "When we get to that bus I'm going to slap him in the face."
"Oh, come on now, it wasn't his fault; the road has seemed to change with the period of time…, it was awfully easy to get lost." – Tomoko said with a nervous smile.
"Yeah right…"- Tenten rolled her eyes. –"We're just full of incompetents, first the bust driver that doesn't know where he's standing; and then you; that is supposed to be familiar with the road, and in the last minute remembers it has changed."
"Well, not everyone easily notices when a road has been changed, the forests have grown, and it's not simple at all."
"…Whatever…"
"Here they come."- Kurenai saw the boys approaching.
"Finally!"- Tenten walked up to the edge; and helped Lee with Naruto. Shino helped Kiba with Hinata.
"God, they're terribly injured."- Tomoko gasped. – (Yes!)
"But no worries, they will recover when you least imagine it."- Kurenai smiled. –"Let's go back to the bus guys; and hope we find Kakashi and Asuma senseis with good news."
"Hai."- Everyone replied and then they all dashed into the forest again.
TBC
So, they finally found the guys; in the next chapter everyone will arrive to the city, what new surprises will they find? Review to find out! Don't flame!
Bye, and thanks for reading!