Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. But, I probably could if I um, bought it. All I need now is a couple hundred thousand dollars, maybe a couple million, and um… does anyone know what else I'll need? Or a couple hundred thousand dollars to start me off?

The New Annoyance

The group of six quickly realized that they had no idea which direction they were. They scoured the ground looking for any sort of clue. Well, Kakashi had to sit for a while because he was having another drunken spell.

Finally, Temari found something. A tiny drop of blood. She walked a bit further, and she found another tiny drop of blood. Then she found another. The others could just barely hear Temari's excited cries. "HEY, GUYS, I FOUND SOMETHING! SASUKE! NARUTO! HINATA! INO! COME HERE!"

They all ran to her, and she showed them the drops of blood. Kakashi came over, and stated that she must have used some kind of jutsu to keep the sand from covering them. Although, it took a while to get the words out, because he was fighting off being drunk.

They gathered the things they needed in their backpacks and they went quickly. Within an hour and fifteen minutes, on the edge of the desert, they found what they were looking for.

They hid in the little bit of trees and bushes there. They saw Keitorin, and their reactions were not very good. Kakashi gasped. Sasuke closed his eyes, not wanting what he saw to be real; his fists were tight and his hands were shaking. Temari looked sick and a bit pale. Hinata's hand flew to her mouth. Naruto looked like he was holding back tears, or at least, some sign of emotion. His eyes were void and emotionless. Even Ino looked a bit disturbed.

Keitorin was sitting in the open, not moving for some reason, her eyes on the group of men sitting around a place that would normally be for making fires and eating a huge meal. Her hair, which had been taken out of its ponytail, was messy and unkempt. Places where her scalp was revealed, it was red and raw. Apparently they were pulling her hair. She looked exhausted, and her Sharingan kept flickering, as if she didn't have enough chakra to keep it activated. Her outfit was torn and stained with blood. They realized that reason that she didn't try to get up and run away was because she couldn't get up and run away. Her leg was lying limp and apparently useless at an angle; it was definitely broken.

Ino took this opportunity and threw herself onto Sasuke's shoulder. He didn't try to push her off, but he didn't welcome her either. He stood there, stiff and rigid. Bah, who cares about that mesuinu? My poor Sasuke-kun seems so horrified… I probably should be, so I'll just act like I am! I'll make him feel a bit better, too; there, there, Sasuke-kun! Ino put her arms around his neck in a comforting sort of way. He suddenly jerked backward and moved to the other side of his Sensei.

One of the men heard Ino fall and thought that it was Keitorin. "Where do you think you're going, you brat?" One of the men asked.

"Hm, well, maybe to the hospital after my teammates get me out of here!" She said.

Kakashi whispered, "Okay, when I say, we all jump out and attack. Naruto and Hinata, protect Temari at all costs!"

"You should learn to respect your betters, girl!" One of the men started advancing on her.

Sasuke looked to Kakashi for a signal or something, but he didn't move.

"I am! The only reason I'm not out of here by now is because you broke my leg, while I was asleep, too!" Keitorin said boldly.

"You had better watch what you say, girl!" The man said, coming closer.

"And you had better watch what you do! If you do one more thing to hurt me, Sasuke-kun will protect me! So will Naruto-kun! Sensei-san! Hinata-chan! Sakura-chan! Ino-chan!" She said.

Sasuke looked to Kakashi again, but still nothing.

"This is the eighth time you've said that! And do you know what? I don't think they care about you! If they did, they would have been here already. You give them too many chances, girl! Too much faith! I pity you." The man had stopped.

"Shut up! Shut up!" Keitorin clapped her ears over her head. The man started walking toward her again. Kakashi still said nothing.

"'Shut up! Shut up!' I'm tiring of you quickly, littlegirl!" The man said.

"I'm warning you, if you hurt me one more time, Sasuke-kun-" She was cut off by the man's fist to her face and his foot to her stomach.

Kakashi still said nothing. Well, screw that!

Sasuke jumped out from his hiding place, with kunai drawn.

"S-Sasuke-kun?" Keitorin asked, surprised.

Sasuke threw a kunai at the stunned man that had caused Keitorin so much grief. It hit dead on, right in the heart.

The others jumped out now. Temari ran up and caught Keitorin, who had just passed out from pain and exhaustion.

Kakashi, Naruto, and yes, even Hinata, absolutely whipped the others. They tied them up, Ino and Sasuke helped, too (because Sasuke, as we know from chapter three, is an excellent knot tier) and put them in a pile. One next to the other, and they would, hopefully, find them all like that when they returned with Tsunade.

Sasuke took Keitorin from Temari and sat her against a tree. Ino took a water bottle and splashed it on Keitorin's face. She woke up instantly with a gasp. Sasuke glared at her.

"What, Sasuke-kun? I only was trying to help!" Ino flashed him a huge smile.

"Are you okay, Keitorin?" He asked.

"Mmmmmmmm… My leg hurts. And my head." She brought her hand up to her head and winced instantly. Her eyes started to water. "Chikushou! Where did my hair tie go?"

Sasuke smiled and gently ran a hand through her blue hair. "I like it down, you should wear it that way more often," He soothed.

Ino was seething. "Come on, Sasuke-kun! I think I see something strange!" Ino pulled Sasuke into the forest place.

"What?" Sasuke asked, pretty pissed.

"Oh, nothing… Just this!" Ino pulled Sasuke toward her and kissed him overpoweringly.

He tried to pull away, but she wouldn't let go until she needed oxygen.

He fell to the ground and started choking and spitting. "Why… does this… keep… happening to me!" He choked.

To make matters worse, he was pretty sure Keitorin saw a good portion of what had happened.

He went back over to her and she was fuming. "Did Ino just do what I think that mesuinu did?"

"It depends on what you think she did," Sasuke said angrily.

Keitorin glared at him.

"Yes," He answered.

Keitorin got up, but she yelped and fell back down. "Chikushou! My leg!"

Sasuke didn't know quite what to do.

Kakashi came over then. "Okay, now Keitorin, let me see you."

Kakashi sighed. "Okay, your legs broken… And so is your head!"

"What?" Keitorin asked.

"You don't talk back to people that would hurt you, Keitorin!" He scolded.

She blushed. "How long were to there for?"

"We got here around, 'Maybe to the hospital after my teammates get me out of here!'" Kakashi said.

Keitorin looked toward Sasuke and blushed.

Kakashi hugged Keitorin. "I'm just so glad that we got you back. You had so much faith in us, even when we didn't show up until quite a while after you got captured."

Sasuke was very surprised to see his Sensei's eye watering. He blinked. This was so… out of character!

Kakashi picked his goddaughter up and put her on a stretcher Hinata and Naruto were working on. It was made of thick leaves wrapped around the end of branches.

"Has anyone seen Ino?" Kakashi asked. "Sasuke, could you go get her?"

"No, sorry, Sensei, haven't seen her!" Sasuke shrugged.

"I'll go find her, Kakashi-sama," Temari replied.

Okay, so that was a bit long, but I hope It wasn't too long. I just couldn't brake it up into chapters. Here Are your two chapters for the week, because I'm going to Wildwood. That doesn't mean that you people don't have to review!