A/N: Hey again guys! Thank you SO much for all of the reviews! You have no idea how happy I am that you like this story! So, in this chapter, I mention some weapons, I'm only slightly sure on what is what, so, if you see something wrong, please tell me and I'll correct it!
Any ways, ENJOY!
Deadly Desire
Chapter 3: The chase
It was outside of the building when the team of assassins saw each other.
"Split up!" Tenten called.
The others nodded and they were all off into a near by forest, running in different directions.
"Follow them!" Neji shouted to the other three Jounin after seeing the assassins run into the forest.
Tenten looked back, one of the Jounin was quickly approaching. 'I can't run in this kimono!' She thought
She pulled out a kunai that was strapped to her thigh, and tore the bottom of her kimono to make room for her legs to run better. 'I just hope the other girls did the same thing ...'
She continued running, jumping on trees. Running, like a little girl trying to escape, a little girl who ...
Flashback
A 5 year old girl stood in the door way of her parents' bedroom, shocked.
She had just gone out for an ice-cream cone, right in front of her house, in fact, she could still here the ice-cream man's song in the distance. Why did this have to happen? She was only gone for half of a minute!
Her parents were in their beds, dead. There was blood every where.
She didn't understand. She didn't feel. What was going on?
A lone ice-cream cone sat on the hard, cold wood floor as the young brunette ran out of her home, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Why were her parents all bloody? Why were they not moving? ... or comforting her, wiping away her tears? The girl was too young to understand.
She cried and cried, running aimlessly through the town, out the front gates, and into the woods ... not caring who called out to her.
She bumped into something warm.
The young girl brought her knees to her chest tightly and shut her eyes. "Please!" She cried, "Don't hurt me!"
She then felt a gentle hand touching her shoulder. "What's the matter young one?" A female voice asked.
"It's my parents! They won't wake up, they won't-" The little girl choked out, only fading into sobs and more tears.
"What's your name little girl?" The woman asked.
"Tenten!" She cried.
"Tenten. That's a very nice name, now tell me, what is your last name? Have you any relatives I can help you find?"
It was then that Tenten looked up at the woman. She had blonde hair, and wore a long pink kimono. She was very pretty. kind of like her mother. Tenten decided that maybe she wasn't going to be hurt by this woman.
"I-I don't know my last name ... and Mommy, she told me that I had no other family, that we were special cause we don't have a clan, or something." Tenten replied, not exactly sure what any of what her mother once told her meant.
The blonde woman sighed. "How about I take you home with me? I'll make sure who ever ... hurt you parents will be punished." She said, stretching a hand out for the young girl before her.
"But, what about Mommy and Daddy? Will they come too?"
"No sweetie, I'm afraid they won't."
Tenten looked sad once again, but looked up. "What's your name any ways?"
The woman smiled, "You can call me Tsunade."
End flashback
Tenten breathed hard, that guy was so fast!
She looked over her shoulder, and stopped running.
'Wait a minute ... where did he go?' She thought to herself.
True enough, the guy who was just after her, had disappeared some where.
Tenten decided he must have lost her, so she made her way back to her and the rest of the groups home, deep into the forest. It was a cave, a large dark one that people never noticed, she knew no one could ever find her there ...
Hinata looked over her shoulder as she ran. 'Oh no ...' She thought to herself, 'He's so fast, and this kimono is keeping me from running fast enough!'
Behind her, Naruto was running fast. "Heh Heh! You can't get away from the legendary Uzumaki Naruto!" He called.
He was so close!
Hinata looked around, and spotted a tree ... a very familiar tree ...
Flashback
She was sixteen years old, the raven haired girl that stood in front of a mirror in her home.
She wore a lovely kimono, her hair up in a very elegant style, and make up upon her features.
She was ... getting married.
An arranged marriage, to be more specific. Some perverted man, some man who was in his thirties ...
The teenager was very unhappy with her parent's decision. They had decided she would marry this man after all.
"It's for the good of our country Hinata," They would say, "you don't want to create a war do you?"
She didn't want any harm to come to her family and friends of the village she lived in, so she reluctantly agreed to the marriage.
"That a girl!" People would tell her, "We're counting on you to gain this alliance!"
And all of there smiling faces is what made her feel so guilty when she didn't show up to the wedding.
She left them, running through town while every one else was at the sight of her wedding, awaiting the beautiful Hyuga to make her entrance.
Which never came.
Instead, she continued running, running until she heard someone after her.
It was her cousin, Neji Hyuga.
"Hinata!" He called, "What do you think your doing?"
He seemed angry, Hinata ran on.
She found herself in the woods, grasping a big tree as she panted.
Neji was closing in on her.
She didn't know what to do ...
The raven haired teen looked up at the tree and jumped into it, hoping Neji hadn't caught her.
Unfortunately for her, Neji didn't even have to use his Byakugan to find her.
"Get down here Hinata! Your wedding is-"
Suddenly Neji fell to the ground, a small dark looking object protruding from his neck.
"Let's go!" Hinata heard a female voice call.
It was a blonde woman, wearing a long pink kimono.
"Come on! That paralyzing dart won't last too long!" She called up the tree.
Hinata nodded, and jumped out of the tree.
While they ran, the woman looked over at the raven haired teen beside her.
"So what's your name?" She asked.
"I-its Hinata, Hinata Hyuga."
"Well, It's nice meeting you Hinata, you won't have to worry about him finding you any longer."
"B-but who a-are you?"
"My name is Tsunade." The woman replied, and they continued to run ...
End Flashback
Hinata made to jump into the tree, but luck most definitely was not on her side.
A root caught her foot, landing her on the ground, her ankle twisted.
"Ah!" She cried, grabbing the hurt ankle, Naruto was right there.
He looked at the strange woman before him, "Your not a very good assassin, are you?" He asked.
It was true, Hinata never really wanted to kill people, but Tsunade-sama helped her, made her free. And so she devoted her life to making it up to her in any way possible.
Hinata tried to get up, but fell upon feeling a sharp pain in her ankle.
Naruto was so close to her, ready to grab her, to take her into town ...
"I don't think so!" A female voice called, followed by several weapons pinning the blonde Jounin to a near tree.
It was Tenten!
"Oh Tenten, I'm so glad you found me!"
"Hey! Get me down from here! You won't get away with this!" Naruto shouted as Hinata crawled onto Tenten's back.
All he could do was watch them runaway.
... Until a very angry Neji showed up.
"Where did you come from?" Naruto shouted as Neji began pulling the weapons away from his fellow Jounin.
"You imbecile! Getting caught like this! I was hiding behind trees, masking my chakra!" Neji shouted back, as he and Naruto took off after the two women.
Naruto growled, "Don't call me an imbecile!"
Sakura breathed hard. 'This guy really means business!' "He's really hot too!"
The pink haired assassin sighed. The first hot guy she sees in a long time is out to kill her. 'Just my luck.' She thought as she sped up a bit more.
Just then, another woman came from another direction, and began running along side her, one of the Jounin on her tail as well.
"Gah! Ino-pig! We're supposed to be split up!" Sakura called.
"Hey! You found me Billboard-brow!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
Both girls growled.
Flashback
Two girls around 16 sat in a field of flowers picking some of the lovely smelling plants.
"So, Sakura-chan, have you heard the rumors?"
"What rumors?" The pink haired girl asked.
"Obviously not then, your always the last to find out Billboard brow!"
"Ugh. Just tell me the rumors Ino-pig!"
"Fine. Well, do you remember many years ago, that man and woman were found dead, and their only daughter went missing?" Ino began as she picked a small white flower and put it behind her ear.
Sakura nodded, "Yeah, they still haven't found her."
"Right, and, recently, that Hyuga girl ran away. That's another missing person in this town." Ino stated worriedly.
"You don't think we'll go missing too do you?"
"No, I guess that's not my point, though it is possible. I'm just afraid because, now that the Hyuga girl is gone, my father says we are going to be going into war!"
A small gasp emitted from Sakura's lips. "Oh no! What if that's when we go missing?"
"D-don't be foolish Bill board brow-"
Ino's voice faded as a scream was heard in the distance.
The two young women looked at each other horrified.
"But it-"
"Can't be!"
They ran to the edge of the field which led to a hill over the town.
There were people, men and women being ...
... Murdered!
The war, it was beginning already!
The two choked on lumps in their throats as they saw their homes being burnt down ...
They ran along side of each other into the forest off of the field of flowers.
Tears were streaking down the two teens' faces as they ran, blindly into the forest, not caring what happened.
They dropped to their knees and hugged each other tight.
They were best friends, doing every thing together, never knowing they would suffer that same sorrow as well.
"Please!" Ino called as she heard a twig snap near by, "Just ... Just kill us too!"
"Foolish girls." A female voice replied. "Dying will not solve this."
Ino and Sakura looked up from their embrace, it was a woman with long blonde hair, wearing a long pink kimono.
"Who-who are you? Are you the one who killed out family and burnt down our village?" Sakura asked.
"Are you from another country? It's not our fault the Hyuga girl ran away! Why did you have to hurt our friends and family?" Ino cried.
"Oh, enough of that. It is true, I am an assassin, but I only kill for revenge. I was not behind this tragedy."
The women knelt besides the girls and rested a hand on each of their shoulders to comfort them.
"I'm sorry for what happened," The woman began, sighing, "If you would like, you can come live with me, you can become stronger, and have revenge on whoever did this."
(A/N: Tsunade is not supposed to be like Orochimaru at all in this, she's a good guy, even though she kills ...)
"My name is Tsunade." The woman stated.
"Lets go then." The two girls replied in unison, and the three ran deep into the forest.
End Flashback
"Ugh! This isn't solving any thing!" Sakura called.
"Your right, we have to focus on getting away from these stupid Jounin!" Ino replied.
"This is so troublesome!" One of the Jounin called, clearly very annoyed.
The two girls giggled. "Haha, we're just getting started!" They shouted in unison as they, believe it or not, sped up even more, leaving the other two Jounin behind.
"Now what?" Shikamaru asked in his usual bored tone.
Sasuke grinned. "They really think they can escape?" He began, as he activated his Sharingan.
Said Sharingan had gotten way more powerful since is Genin years, it was basically just as good as it could get.
"I already have their movements, I know exactly wear they are heading." He stated.
"All right, so lead the way then Uchiha ..." Shikamaru replied.
"This way!"
"Tenten? What happened to Hinata?" Sakura asked worriedly.
Yes, it's true that it was kind of Hinata's fault for the village's demise years ago, but it was rebuilt, and Ino and Sakura could never place that regret on their friend's shoulders.
"I'm fine Sakura, just twisted my ankle is all." Hinata quietly stated to her friend.
"I think we've lost those losers, and we were told they were the most elite ninja in Konoha! Ha!" Ino stated, chuckling.
"Don't party too soon Ino, I think we should get to the hide out before we start celebrating." Tenten said seriously.
"Your right, lets get going then!"
Sasuke, Shikamaru, Naruto, and Neji found each other in the forest shortly after losing the girls.
"I can't believe we lost a bunch of girls!" Naruto whined.
"Shut up Naruto, Sasuke knows where they're heading."
"Oh ... okay then."
So, the four young men found themselves at a large cave type cavern.
"This must be their hide out, if it's where they are heading ..." Neji said as he started his Byakugan hand signs. "Byakugan!"
The cave was filled with every thing!
A few beds, a few dressers, a couch, a some old food, jewelry laying around, old kimonos, and just, every thing they ever stole or used in a mission.
Neji informed his fellow Jounin of what he saw, and they decided to wait for the girls to come to them, no use running when they clearly didn't need to.
"Almost there ..."
The four gasped at what they saw.
"But how-"
The four Jounin had somehow made it to their hide out before them.
"That's impossible!" Tenten shouted.
"You obviously have no idea what we are capable of."
((A/N: So there is chapter 3! Kind of a cliffy! Sorry bout that, I hate it when people stop just like that also, but it had to be done. I hope you liked this chapter, its pretty long, and took me a long time to write. Well, stay tuned for chapter 4!))
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