Akanishi-san: Hehe, sorry for the late update, but I had to study for my stupid AP test...> God...i swear, school is evil.

Ch15

When Neji opened the door, all he saw was stone. Stone, stone, stone and stone. Stone walls, stone ceiling, and stone floor, stone everywhere. He then, remembered where he is. The room that came into his dream before!

"Who's there?" A frightened voice asked. "You aren't part of Akatsuki, are you?" The voice seemed to bounce off of the stone walls, echoing. "Who are you?"

Neji sighed in relief from the voice. "No." He said, and walked over to a cage right in the middle of the room, others following him. "We aren't Akatsuki." He was grinning, so happy that she was safe.

The girl inside of the cage looked up and saw who were walking towards her. Her mouth dropped, simply gaping at them, her eyes huge. Neji and the group came in front of the cage, looking in. The group and Izaki stared back at each other, Izaki loss of words, the other group letting her new event sink in. A moment passed, and Izaki's voice seemed to have come back, for she yelled, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!"

Neji looked at her with a smile. "Rescuing you, can't you see?" He asked, as he knelt in front of her, the bars between them. The others all gathered around the cage, trying to pry it open.

"Hm…the lock seems to be some kind of Ninjutsu made." Kakashi said, observing it. "Is there a way to pry the bars open?" He asked the others.

Sasuke, Naruto, Lee and Gai shook his head. "No." Sasuke said. "They are ninjutsu made as well." He said, kicking a bar.

Izaki glared at all of them. "Quick, I'm sure there is still time, go!" She hissed at them. "If you are found, who knows what could happen! Akatsuki aren't quite forgiving, as you can tell."

Sasuke scowled at her. "We came all this way, and what do we get, a hissing?" He told her. "No, we aren't leaving without you." He said, and scanned the room. "Where are the keys kept?" he asked Izaki. "As you said, I would like to get out of here quickly as possible."

Izaki crossed her arms. "By the leader of Akatsuki." She said. "Don't you see? They planned this so if anyone comes to get me, like you fools, they will be trapped! Don't do any ninjutsu in this room. Right now, there is an alarming sensor on. It will detect any ninjutsu."

"Now she calls us 'fools.'" Sasuke rolled his eyes with a smile. He was happy, and he wanted to joke, but all he could do was to grin, to see that she was safe.

Lee turned to Izaki. "What about taijutsu?" He asked her.

Izaki shook her head. "No alarm, how could anyone put an alarm to physical activity? But these are strong, very strong." She told them. "I tried already." She shrugged.

"Ah, but did you do Konoha Gourikisenpuu?" Gai asked.

Izaki shook her head. "Do you think I can inside this stupid bars and shackles on me?" She asked them. "No, but I don't think it will work. Just, just go. The fact you came all the way here just gives me happiness." She smiled at them. "Please, go. I don't want to see any of you get caught."

Neji's inside did a flip at her smile. Hiding his blush, he looked around the room. "Well…" He said, trying to figure out a way to get out. He then, had it. "Hey, can't you use your demon power thing?" He asked. "It isn't any ninjutsu, so it might work?"

Izaki shook her head. "No, although I do have part of its powers, I can't. Not with these shackles on." She lifted her hand as the chains made noises. "These prevent me from using any kind of Chakra or my powers."

Naruto smiled triumphantly. "So this is where I come, eh?" He said, cracking his knuckles. Everyone turned to him. All right everyone, back up." The others did as told.

((AN: I don't want any of you saying: OMG! No one else knows that Naruto has the demon! Because it's MY story! And I need it to flow, eh?))

"Izaki-chan, please get as far as you can from the lock." Naruto said as his nails grew longer, his red chakra flowing around him.

Sasuke shivered, remembering his fight with Naruto when he was about to leave Konoha. 'Twice,' He thought as he smiled at Naruto. 'Twice, you save me. Saved me from going, and now, saving me from losing her.'

Naruto gripped the lock with his hands and tugged at it, but the lock gave off some kind of repelling power. "Ack!" Naruto said, as he threw his hands away from the lock. "There is some kind of ninjutsu preventing me do this as well!" He said, looking at his hands. They were burnt, and the lock seemed as if nothing had happened.

Izaki nodded. "They probably made an extra caution because…well, I am a demon after all." She shrugged.

Naruto shot a glare at the lock. "Oh yeah, well watch me tatter this stupid thing to shreds!" He said, and grabbed for it once more.

The lock gave off another wave of power to Naruto, but Naruto kept his hands on it tight. The lock sparked at him, and hissed, smoke rising from it, but still, Naruto pulled on it with all his might.

"Let...go!" Naruto growled between breathes as he pulled, harder and harder. His hands started to burn, and the lock fizzed and gave off more smoke. Naruto winced as another wave of shock was pushed to him, but his stubbornness kept him with the lock. "GIVE UP!" He said, as he gave another tug at the lock.

As if the lock heard him, the lock broke into pieces, getting Naruto off balance. Soon as the lock was into pieces, the shackles on Izaki also fizzed and broke apart, freeing the bewildered girl. Naruto was thrown backwards, but Kakashi caught him with ease. "Naruto, are you all right?" Kakashi asked him, eyeing him carefully.

"Yeah, I think so." Naruto said, looking at his hands. They stung and left couple of bleeding spots, but it was healing, from the red chakra. "Yeah, I do." He grinned. "One good thing about demons with you."

"Naruto!" A female voice cried out as an arm wrapped around him.

"Hehe, Izaki-chan." Naruto smiled. "Are you all right?"

Izaki nodded. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She said, hugging him tighter. "I can't believe you guys even came, and you guys were able to get me out!"

Sasuke chuckled as Naruto slowly turned green. "Izaki, you might want to let go before you suffocate him." He said to her mildly.

Izaki let go of him to Naruto's relief as he inhaled air. "Sorry." She said, smiling. "Let me see that hand." She said, and to that, Naruto showed them to her. Izaki took his hands and muttered words. Her hands glowed and soon, the stinging Naruto felt was gone, and when he looked at his hands, they were fresh like it was earlier.

"Oh thanks, Izaki-chan!" Naruto said, grinning.

Neji looked at Izaki and sighed in relief as well. He was relieved to see she was in one piece still. He was also relieved to see her free once again. He couldn't find his voice, however. The relief seemed to be stuck in his throat as he tried to speak, but no sounds came out.

Izaki turned to Neji with a smile. "I can't believe you came, Hyuuga-san." She said, hiding a blush as well. They stared at each other for a while, until Sasuke stepped between them.

"Much as I like this love reunion as well, and would not like to disturb your two, but we have to get you out." He said calmly.

To the word 'love' Sasuke said, it made both turn into a tomato. "Sasuke-Oniichan!" Izaki whined. "Please!"

Sasuke turned to her with a brotherly smile. "Well, shall we go?" He asked.

The others nodded. "Let's go."

With that, Kakashi was now in the lead, with Gai bringing the rear. Izaki was placed in the middle, between Sasuke and Neji in the line. "How did you find this place?" Izaki asked them.

"Neji found it." Sasuke said, jabbing a thumb at him.

"How?" She called to Neji who was running in front of her.

Neji now found his voice, and answered her. "Itachi told me." He said it simply.

"Itachi-Oniichan?" Izaki asked. "Where is he right now?" She asked.

"He said he will be waiting for us outside." Neji answered her. "We are going to go underwater, which I think you know already. Place the water repellent jutsu on yourself." He said to her and dived into the water after Kakashi and Naruto who were running ahead of him. He didn't even look back towards her.

Izaki frowned, but made seals and dived behind him. 'Is he trying to avoid me?' She thought, pain striking her. 'I shouldn't have said what I said…' She looked ahead of her, seeing his back, swimming. 'Sasuke-Oniichan is wrong, it's only one sided love.' She sighed. She let her mind flow freely, letting herself follow Neji and the gang without any other thoughts.

"We are almost out!" Kakashi called out behind him, seeing the surface.

Izaki smiled, feeling happiness flood into her. She was free. Soon as she got out of to the surface, she is free.

"NO! IZAKI! GO DOWN AGAIN!" Neji yelled as he threw himself at her, and both dived back into the water.

"What's wrong?" Izaki asked, confused on his new action. "What's so bad about the surface?" She looked at the worried Neji, frantically looking around underwater. They both stayed in one spot of the water, swaying.

((AN: This water repellent technique can allow the user to breathe and talk underwater as well, just to let you kow.))

"There are Akatsuki out there." He told her, standing in front of her underwater. At those words, the 3 behind Izaki, Sasuke, Lee and Gai surfaced to the water and were gone.

Izaki groaned. "I knew it…It was all a plan." She mumbled. "No wonder no one came in when you guys were in there!" She mumbled. "Hyuuga-san, tell the others to go, go back! I will keep them back." She told him firmly, about to get out of the water.

Neji shook his head, looking around underwater, for any attack. "No. And why are you calling me Hyuuga-san, Izaki?" He asked her. "I call you Izaki, and here you call me with my last name with a suffix?"

Izaki blushed. "This isn't the time." She said, looking away. "I'm sorry if I made you confused by saying what I said, but I thought I will never see you, so I said it. I'm really sorry if I caused inconvenience for you." She muttered, trying to hold pain and tear that threatened to come out.

Neji, to Izaki's surprise, chuckled. "No, silly. I should be the one apologizing to you." He turned his head slightly back to see Izaki. "I'm sorry," He started, "I was quite surprised, that you feel the same way." He said, blushing madly. "What I'm trying to say…"

Izaki's mouth dropped. "Hyuuga-san…" She muttered, her face beet red. "I…"

"How sweet, but I will have to ruin your little reunion and confession right here." A voice called behind them, and Izaki froze on her words.

Neji whirled around to see a man in black coat grab her. "IZAKI!" he yelled, and tried to grab for her.

"Let go of me!" Izaki cried as the man grabbed her tight and surfaced to the air. "Let go…Neji!" She screamed before they were gone from underwater.

The Konoha Ninjas who were already out of the lake looked up to see Izaki in one of Akatsuki's arms. They were fighting Akatsuki people, all looking worn out. Sasuke and Naruto were fighting one, Lee and Gai were fighting one, and Kakashi was holding one by himself.

"Izaki!" Sasuke yelled, trying to get her, but the Akatsuki he was fighting against got into his way. "Get out of my way!" He yelled, trying to get to his sister. Naruto tried to get to her as well, and so did the others, but the Akatsuki didn't allow them to go.

"Sasuke-Oniichan!" Izaki yelled, trying to get free.

The man holding her grunted when she elbowed him in the stomach. "Stay still!" He ordered. "We are not going to let you go once again!" Izaki froze at the sound of his voice. "Very good." The man said. "I guess you do realize that going against the leader of Akatsuki is a bad idea?" He asked with a smile. "Itachi!" he yelled. "Bring it over now!"

"I am here already." A voice spoke, which made everyone turn to him. Sure enough, Itachi was standing on the lake, next to where Neji was, but he was out of sight. Next to Itachi now, replacing Neji was the wolf. They were both standing on the lake, looking bored.

Itachi brought his red eyes to meet Izaki's red eyes. A voice whispered into her, calming her a little. "I have sent a word to Konoha to bring many people as possible after an hour passed after Neji's group left. They should be reaching here soon, and Hyuuga went to go get him. I assure you, I did not kill him." He said to her in her head.

Izaki looked at Itachi, and then to Sasuke who was yelling furiously. "So you are a traitor!" He yelled. "All you told Neji were lies!" He snarled. Itachi turned his gaze to Sasuke. Sasuke stopped talking for a while. Izaki knew what was happening. Itachi was talking to him through his mind as well. When Sasuke was released from him, he growled. "I don't care!" He yelled.

Izaki was sure Itachi smiled, but when she blinked, it was gone. "Mangetsu?" He asked, looking at the wolf. The wolf snorted and walked towards where Izaki and the leader were standing on the lake.

"Itachi here told us a great plan." The leader smirked. "He told us, to test our little potion we have to control her, maybe we could use you guys, the precious ones to Izaki as the experiment number 1." He took one arm off if Izaki, but the other arm kept her tight on where she was. With the free hand, he petted Mangetsu.

The Akatsuki members who were fighting the Konoha Ninjas all disappeared and appeared next to their leader.

((Just to let you know how many Akatsuki is there, there are 5: The leader, Itachi, 1 fighting Naruto and Sasuke, 1 fighting Lee and Gai, and 1 fighting Kakashi.))

"Orders?" One of the Akatsuki said, looking at him.

The leader shoved Izaki at him. "Hold her tight for me. Don't let her escape." He said. The man nodded and held Izaki with both wrists in the back of her, and one arm around her stomach. She was shaking with fear clearly written on her face, also was unable to free herself.

"Potion?" He asked an Akatsuki member who was standing on the other side of him.

"Here." The man replied, holding out a red liquid.

"Good." The leader replied. "Will you, please?" He asked the last one next to him.

The man nodded and started to make seals. "NO!" Sasuke yelled, knowing what they were going to do. They were going to merge the wolf and Izaki together. He started to run towards them, but Itachi was now standing in their way. "GET OUT OF MY WAY!" He growled, trying to get past him.

"I'm afraid I can't." He said to him mildly, as if nothing was happening. "Even if you are my brother, and she, my sister." He shrugged.

Kakashi pulled him back. "Listen to Itachi, will you?" He whispered to Sasuke. "I think he knows what he is doing." He said it to him carefully, so the other Akatsuki members will not see what Itachi is planning.

Itachi smiled. "Smart as always." He told Kakashi. "They should arrive soon." He told them, looking into the forest.

Just when he said the last word 'soon', a yell was heard and about 20 Konoha Ninjas all poured into the clearing. All of them had their weapons out, and all ready to attack. In their lead, was Neji.

"Too late." The leader chuckled. A howl from the wolf was heard, and a scream from Izaki echoed through the forest, freezing everyone. "They are as one."

Akanishi-san: Ah, how I love cliff hangers. Lol. Sorry.

BTW READERS

NekoGuyFan: Yeah, my "cliffhangers" are quite obvious. Haha, anyway, your new guess worked. Want to guess what's going to happen? You probably will get it right. Lol.

ChocolatePanda: Yup,as you can tell, I do not like Saukura and Ino very much. They kinda piss me off sometimes. Lol. > I feel bad, but seriously, they kinda get annoying.

Keiya Mizuki: Haha, sorry. Here is another cliff hangers. I love them. Yes, I am a crazy authoress who loves cliffhangers and annoying the readers. Please excuse my weirdness. XD

Hermion8: Yup, Neji is so awesome He's mah Hero lol. But my fav chara in Naruto is Naruto and Kakashi. XD Neji is cool tho, dont get me wrong, but Naruto is my fav.

mangagurl101: Im glad you are liking it so far. Well, only 2 more chapters go, according to my calculations. XD

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Uchiha-Clan-San: Thanks for your support. I can tell you like Sasuke very much. Lol.