Authors note: Hey all! Probably didn't think to see me back so soon hm? hehe, well I though I'd just give you some reassurance that I wasn't going anywhere for awhile by bringing you chapter 8! First, thanks go to Dragon Man 180 for pointing out my mistake in Hinata's family, thank you for pointing it out I have fixed it. And as always thanks to all my readers and reviewers this story would not be continuing if not for you, seriously oo …

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Tao stirred the fire in the early morning light. She had stayed awake the whole night without trouble; she was used to such things by now and could stay awake for a whole week without tiring if need be. One by one the others woke up Tao said 'good morning' to each of them but did not really get much of a response even from the energetic Rock Lee who seemed to be a bit sluggish. Tao simply smiled and remained as quiet as the others as they ate a light breakfast before breaking up camp. Tao tended to the wounds Sakura had received from the other day from the ambush then dug up the rune stones Naruto had buried the night before. That done the group set off heading towards the Hidden Village of Sand at a steady pace.

It wasn't till they stopped around noon at a brook for lunch. Tao knew they needed to move quickly, but they needed to be cautious as well. She couldn't quite place it but something seemed to be wrong… almost like she was being watched, but any time she glanced around out of the corner of her eye there was nothing there. She desperately wished she could have completed her training in foresight back at her village, but now was not the time for wishing. As they ate everyone seemed to be coming back to the waking world. Naruto started chatting to Sakura while Rock Lee tried to butt in and steal Sakura's attention and Sakura herself just tried to ignore them both but couldn't help laughing when Naruto and Lee started arguing. Tao however kept her eye on Hinata who continued to sit quietly as if happy to be overlooked by everyone.

"Hey Tao!" Naruto shouted unnecessarily

"Yes" she said simply looking over at him smiling.

"How much longer is it going to take us to get to the Hidden Village of Sand?" he asked crossing his arms over his chest tilting his head to one side in an inquisitive manner.

"Perhaps a day or two more, it all depends on how much ground we cover in one day." The others nodded. Rock Lee looked at Tao curiously.

"Tao Sensei, would you tell us about your village?" everyone looked at Tao including Naruto. Last night he had not waited for her to reply to his question he had instead managed to change the subject quiet effectively before she could answer the question and thus learnt nothing new about her or her family or village.

"My village was located in a valley a very long way away from here, across the ocean. While my village was not very large in number not many stayed there, many villagers preferred to leave on a quest for knowledge."

"Quest for knowledge?" Naruto interjected looking slightly confused. Tao nodded and continued.

"My people are greatly curious by nature and always want to learn and discover something new. But every once in a while we call out to each other and head back to the village to celebrate seeing one another again and the travelers share what they've learnt. It probably sounds silly, to simply want to learn…" Sakura quickly shook her head. There wasn't anything she'd personally like more than to learn all there was to know in the world, Kakashi had always said she was the smartest in their group, personally she felt like it would be a dream come true to meet her people and listen to them talk about the vast knowledge they must have.

"I don't think it sounds silly at all." Sakura said in earnest drawing a smile from Tao.

"How do you call out to each other?" Hinata asked in a quiet curious little voice.

"We all have a mind link. No matter where we are or how far apart we are we can always sense the presence of our family out there somewhere and can find them if need be, and we can talk to each other too." Tao's eyes drifted down and for a moment seemed to be lost in the memory of the past.

"Is that why you're here then Tao? Because you're on a knowledge quest?" Naruto asked.

"Yes… and no. I always search for knowledge but that is not why I'm here. We can talk more later, but for know we need to get going." The others suppressed their rejections and gathered their things. They had the strange feeling that while she said a fair bit they hadn't really learnt anything new about her; Sakura felt like she was talking to Kakashi sensei the first day they met him.

They now moved at a much quicker pace as they raced through the woods. The four Genin were no longer quiet as they had been that morning but continued to chatter and mainly with Tao. Even the quiet reserved Hinata made an effort to tell the yellow haired woman something about herself. Somehow they only felt it fair that she got to know them since she was so willingly talking to them about herself; event if it was only a little at a time.

As the sun set and the moon rose, the group continued on wanting to get in as much distance as they could before they called it a day. The feeling of uneasiness had stayed with Tao throughout the day, but she was unable to determine if it was a threat and if it lay in the present or future. Finally Tao called for everyone to stop saying that they had traveled enough for one day. She signed off duties to everyone splitting them into pairs as she took the stones from her pocked and set up a perimeter a little larger than last nights. Once dinner had been cooked and eaten Tao asked who wanted to keep first watch that night. Everyone was surprised when Hinata immediately raised her hand and asked a little louder than usual if she could please keep first watch. Tao smiled and nodded telling the girl she could wake her for any reason at all. Rock Lee then offered to be second watch. That done everyone settled down for the night as Hinata seated herself on top of her bed roll back straight looking around as if determined to prove she could and would be of use on this mission.

As Tao drifted into her dream world she was surprised to find that Naruto was not waiting for her there. She was glad, however, because she did not want to disappoint him by turning him down again on training lessons. Taking the headband off she looked it over carefully then raised it to her nose and sniffed it gingerly, the sent of dried blood tickled her nose along with the scent of charka. Tao hoped, or perhaps more prayed, that the charka traces on Kakashi's headband would help her find him in the dream world. True she had no idea if this would work or not as she had only attempted this inside her village members and with Naruto, but she knew where Naruto was and could easily draw his dream self from there. Well…she thought to herself, if I can't find him it won't be for lack of trying. With that she closed her eyes and began to concentrate.

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Kakashi lifted his head up groggily and looked over at Sasuke who still lay unconscious on the table. It was a draining effort for Kakashi to keep his charka constantly pooled in his center. Although it did seem that his plan was working; the crystal holding him did not seem to be growing although in a room with no windows it was hard to tell how long he had been at this. Glancing back over to Sasuke he was glad to see that there didn't seem to be any crystal growing around him just yet. Although the fact that the youth was still unconscious was not reassuring. As he went back to wondering how long he had been trapped for he began to hear the faint sound of footsteps. He quickly slumped his head in hopes of giving the impression that he was asleep. The footsteps entered the room and seemed to stop in front of him.

"Time to wake up Kakashi… Hitojo doesn't want to die from lack food." The voice was feminine and sounded familiar. Kakashi still did not move half hoping that she would just leave the food and go. However this was not the case, the moment he felt her fingers brush his cheek to remove his face mask he instantly jerked his face up and away from the hand.

"Oppose, that woke you up now didn't it?" the woman asked as she rebalanced the bowl on her hand that she had nearly had dropped in surprise at Kakashi's sudden movement. "Now then are you going to eat or not? I could promise if you like, that there is nothing wrong with the food. Master Hitojo doesn't want any of his valued 'guests' sick or poisoned." She drawled as Kakashi glared at her. She simply chuckled lightly "now now don't go giving me that look, I have no plans to tell you anything really, not that it would matter if I did… who would you tell it to? You're cell mate over there?" she asked jerking her head at Sasuke.

"Do you know why?" Kakashi asked; his voice was hoarse from lack of water.

"Know why what?" The woman asked looking back at him curiously.

"Why is it this master Hitojo of yours doesn't want any of his prisoners poisoned or sick?" Kakashi didn't expect any answer in any shape or form, but he certainly was going to try at any rate.

"Hmmmm… well, I suppose… hm…" She thought for a moment as if trying to decide if to tell him anything and what to tell him. "Master Hitojo simply likes to make sure all the men serving in his 'army' are fit and well." Kakashi just gave a blank stare not sure what in the world the girl was talking about. "Not only that, but the best charka comes from healthy ninja… you see the charka we drain from you does more than just bind you… well, that's enough chitchat out of me for one day." She said suddenly in a brisk cheerful voice "Well if you're sure you don't want anything to eat…" Kakashi shook his head. "No? Well alright then." She turned to go but paused for a moment glancing around the room as if looking for something. Apparently not finding what she was looking for she turned to leave through the hidden door. Once he was certain she was gone he sighed and slumped forward. He wasn't sure what he was going to do, the fact that he couldn't hold his thoughts together from lack of charka and food, he certainly wasn't going to accept any of the food given to him here… but he really needed to think of something fast. He gave another soft sigh as his eyes slowly began to close as he drifted off to sleep.

Kakashi wandered around an open field in his dreams slightly relieved that he could at least be in a place he could relax in his dreams. As he wandered he noticed someone sitting by the river. They sat in a simple cross-legged fashion with their hands in their lap. At first Kakashi thought it was Naruto from the yellow hair, but last he remembered Naruto's hair didn't go past his ears let alone his shoulders. Walking over Kakashi sat down in front of them and looked at their face. It was the girl from the village; or at least… he was pretty certain it was. As he looked at her she slowly raised her head. Her yellow eyes looked into his, she seemed confused for a moment then she smiled widely.

"Kakashi!" she said laughing leaning forward till her face was only a few inches from his looking at him curiously. Kakashi blushed and leaned back slightly as he looked at her confused. What in the world was going on in this dream? "I was worried about finding you, but it looks like I had nothing to worry about." Kakashi just looked at her blankly. Still looking at him she tilted her head to one side curiously "Hey… how come you cover half of your face anyway? And one of your eyes are closed too, how come?" she sounded as curious as a little child leaving Kakashi at a loss as to what to say to this dream girl.

"What is your name?" He asked the question before he was able to contemplate it. What was the point in asking her name when this was a dream, it wouldn't be her real name just one his subconscious would give her.

"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't get a chance to tell you my name before did I? It's Tao." Tao… just like Naruto's fox friend. Kakashi thought to himself. "Hey, I know this is a silly question, but you don't happen to know where you are do you?" she asked hopefully.

"Where I am?"

"Yeah, where you're being held prisoner… unless you've already managed to break out." This dream just seemed to be getting weirder and weirder. Once she noticed he didn't seem to be giving him an answer she placed a hand on his forehead as if to check his temperature. "Are you alright Kakashi?" she asked sounding concerned. "Oh wait hang on… you think this is a dream don't you?" Tao did her best to try to explain to Kakashi that, while they were asleep, this wasn't a dream. She showed him his headband and told him how she was traveling with Naruto, Sakura, Hinata and Rock Lee in hopes of finding him and Sasuke. Kakashi stayed silent listening the whole time not sure what to make of all of this; although if what she was saying was true he wasn't sure he approved of the young genin being away from the village. After he had voiced as much to her Tao told him of what she had guessed to be going on thus far and even showed him the two pieces of paper of the map and the list of names. Kakashi recognized a good handful of the names on the list.

"I just thought that it would be best and safest for them not to be where these people would be looking for them." Kakashi nodded in agreement. He then told her about what he knew about where he was being held and about Hitojo, making sure not to leave out anything that might be important. The two talked together trying to form at least vague ideas as to what in the world was going on. As they talked Kakashi found his fondness for the girl increase. While she seemed to be young, in her early twenties perhaps, she seemed to hold a great deal of knowledge and understanding as if she had many years worth of experience. And if this was the case it impressed Kakashi even more that she hadn't been turned hard and cold as a result of it. He still wasn't quite sure whether or not this was a dream; but he was starting to get the distinct feeling that what she had said was true. While they were asleep and in the dream world, they were still communicating with each other.

Halfway through one of their theories Tao stopped talking suddenly, her eyes grew distant as if listening for something.

"Kakashi… I'm sorry but I have to go…" she said, her voice sounded steady but her eyes held worry… perhaps panic.

"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked not sure what was going on

"Someone's trying to wake me up… something might be wrong." She twisted as if about to get to her feet but paused. Turning back to Kakashi she reached forward and placed a hand on his chest. Narrowing her eyes in concentration Kakashi was about to ask what she was doing when suddenly he felt a surge of energy shoot from her hand to him nearly overflowing his charka limits.

"You seemed low on energy… I bet you could use the boost." With that she got to her feet and turned to run away from him. Trying to recover from the shock as quickly as possible Kakashi got to his feet in an attempt to follow her but she quickly disappeared. Standing still, simply looking off where she had been Kakashi wondered if she had woken up; and if she had… how did he do the same? He didn't have to wonder for very long, the landscape around him blurred and faded as if it was unable to support itself once the creator had left. Opening his eyes he found himself back in his prison. This time he didn't bother to close his left eye, it seemed that the energy boost he had received in his dreams had carried over to the waking world. Flooding the charka to his limbs he strained against the crystal hoping it was enough to break free. A high pitch whining noise seemed to fill the air but Kakashi ignored it. He felt the power in the crystal tugging at his newly acquired charka however it didn't seem to be succeeding in draining it. The sound of shattering glass filled the air as Kakashi lurched forward and had to stumble to stop from falling flat on his face. The shattered crystal fell shattered all around him and hit the ground with small flashes of charka as it retuned to its powder state. Kakashi hurried over to Sasuke. Finding that the crystal had already begun to grow around the boy he carefully pried the youth out of the border of crystal that had already begun to cling to Sasuke as it had to Kakashi. Once he had the boy in his arms he looked around with his Sharingan eye hoping that there was another way out of there besides the one door that everyone used. Luck seemed to be with him, there was a second door which he quickly took. The door led to a passageway which Kakashi walked down quickly but quietly; knowing it wouldn't be long till someone noticed they were gone. All he could do was hope to find someplace to hide so that he could check Sasuke and hopefully wake him because the more Sharingan they had looking out the better.

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Tao opened her eyes in the waking world to see Hinata looking down at her as she knelt beside to her. The girl was shaking her gently her head next to her ear whispering Tao's name repetitively in hopes of being as quiet as possible while still trying to be loud enough to wake her. Tao looked at the girl but did not say a word. Instead she sat up and looked around outside of their encampment. She didn't see anything, but then again she didn't have to. The scent in the air… if she had been in her fox form her hair would be on end and her hackles would be up. Looking to Hinata she raised a finger to her lips then pointed to Naruto who was closest to her. She nodded and crawled carefully over to Naruto making sure to place a hand over the mouth of the boisterous youth before trying to wake him up. Tao crawled over to Lee and did the same. He looked up at her confused, she simply looked around and placed a finger to her lips he nodded understanding and moved over ever so slightly so that he could wake Sakura. Once everyone was awake each of them kept watch in a different direction, each of them knew something was out there; or more perhaps a few someone's. Dark clouds began to gather overhead blocking out the moonlight making it darker than it already was. In her mind Tao was contemplating the best course of action.

The two main choices were, of course, fight or flee. They could try to run for it, but where exactly would they be running to? And would it be possible to outrun those that waited for them. In her fox form Tao knew she could outrun anything, but that meant leaving the others behind… something she had no intention of doing. But if they fought; Tao's main powers lay in the defensive rather than the offensive, she had always preferred not to fight, much like the people in her village, but in this case there was more than just herself to defend. She was quickly growing fond of her traveling companions, they reminded her so much of her brothers and sisters. They would fight, she would fight… and she would protect her companions as if they were her own kin because for now, they were. Quietly she was able to communicate her plan with the others. They all nodded, not really expecting any other way out of this. They silently gathered their things and then took their positions back at their posts looking out in each direction. Each of them dug a little into the Earth to find the stones that Tao had buried to conceal them on her signal they were to remove the stones and thus be visible to the enemy. This might not have seemed like the best idea in the world… but they trusted Tao to have a plan – and she did have a plan.

"Now!" Tao whispered loudly enough for them to hear her. In an instant they pulled the stones from the Earth and pocketed them to cancel out their effects. In almost the same heartbeat there was movement all around them as the hidden enemy rushed towards them from all sides. Tao had stepped back to stand in the middle of the circle of Genin. While it was too dark for most to see Tao saw as clear as day. She stood stock still waiting for the right moment…

Fast as anything Tao brought her hands up to run them through her hair from skull to tip as fast as possible. As she did small yellow bolts formed in her palms which she held carefully as she brought her hands in front of her to cup them together to hide the charka she held, as well as to encourage it to grow.

"Now!" she yelled again. This time hands went up to cover eyes as best they could while Tao flung her arms high above her head before moving them apart fast causing the large ball of lightning she had been holding to explode in a great flash of light causing the oncoming enemy to cry out in pain as they were blinded by the sudden burst of bright light. Once the light had faded they moved forward quickly not wanting to let their brief advantage end before they had a chance to do anything.

Tao wasn't sure what was going on. She fought back against her opponents as best she could, not knowing quite what she was doing, while trying to keep one eye on the others. This however proved to be impossible so she turned her attention to the masked ninjas in front of her who relentlessly rained down attack after attack. I must not panic… I cannot panic… she repeated to herself mentally over and over again as she dodged and deflected the attacks while trying her best to retaliate. She did her best to suppress the fear she felt growing inside that threatened to overwhelm her. She always feared conflicts of this sort, she had been on the wrong end of them far too many time and had always ended up paying for it no matter what. Gritting her teeth she brought her hands together swiftly forming three different symbols before she launched a two pronged lightning bolt at the two ninja taking them by surprise. Gripping the beginning of the bolt in her hands as easily as one might hold a shuriken she manipulated the lightning to wrap around the ninja rather than simply strike them. The lightning clung to them like fire to dry wood pinning their arms to their sides throwing her arms up then down again caused the ninja to go up then go crashing downward into the ground. Taking the lightning rope she swiftly dragged the dazed ninja over to a tree and tied them to it. The lightning seemed to fade but the two ninja remained stuck fast to the tree as if held there by super glue.

Looking around she noticed that the others seemed to be hard pressed against their more experienced opponents. Hinata seemed to be too scared to do more than throw as many shuriken as she could manage at a time at the closest ninja. Sakura wasn't much different she kept using art of substitution combined with cloning, this however seemed to be having more of an effect. Rock Lee and Naruto however really seemed to be giving it everything they had while managing to stick by and protect Sakura and Hinata at the same time using the girl's attacks to their advantages. Gritting her teeth she concentrated her energy on the soles of her feet hoping that her speed would be enough.

Crap… Naruto thought to himself, this is not good. No matter how many times he struck, fist or technique, these guys just seemed to keep coming. Lack of light didn't really help ether… if it wasn't so overcast the moon would have added greatly to their range of visibility. He and his shadow clones were struggling against the three ninjas who were raining down shuriken before lunging forward to strike at ether him or his clones. Hinata stood behind him picking up the shuriken that landed by her and hurling them back as best she could. She seemed to be shaking, but her hands seemed to be steady as she launched about five shuriken at a time. Lee was having about the same amount of luck. His blows slammed into his opponents time after time and yet they kept getting back up, he was certain these weren't copies otherwise when he struck them the technique would have ended. I've got to think of something…Lee thought as he glanced to Sakura out of the corner of one eye before looking back to his opponents, I promised I'd protect her and I will! Throwing the ninja back into the trees and nearly breaking them in the process he turned to ask Sakura if she had been hurt.

"Sakura look out!" Lee yelled at as a ninja immerged from the ground just behind her. Before Lee or Sakura could move a streak of lightning struck the ninja sending him flying through two trees and into the ground. As the two stared they realized it wasn't a lightning bolt. Tao was glowing; her yellow hair wavering about her despite there being no wind to move it. Small bolts of lightning occasionally streaked from her hair to jump around her only to settle into her hair again. Glancing around quickly she chose he next target and launched herself at him moving almost too fast for Lee's eyes to follow. She slammed herself into the ninja sending him flying much as she had the other. She struck again and again, choosing her target carefully before moving, she wanted to make sure she didn't let the ninja get too close to any of her comrades. This time they seemed to be having more luck… the oncoming attacks seemed to be lessening. Once the onslaught had seemingly subsided Tao came to a stop and looked at the others.

"Is everyone alright?" she asked sounding concerned, the others simply looked at her as her yellow aura of charka still surrounded her even though it was slowly fading away. After they recollected their thoughts though they called out that they were all alright. Tao relaxed her hold on her charka, while she would have liked to have waited till they made sure that the threat was over… she wasn't sure if she could have kept going. With her power partially bound as it was she was actually surprised she had managed to keep going as long as she had.

"We need to check everyone of the Nin's that attacked us, something doesn't seem natural…" Tao was cut short as five parasols were launched from around them into the air above her.

"Jyoro-senbon!" (trans: its raining needles from heaven)

"Tao get out of the way!"

"She can't there's no way out!" Fast as anything Tao brought her hands together praying she had enough time to complete the hand sigils.

"Zenton Hotarubi!" she tuned into a flurry of blue lights just as the needles struck the ground where she had been standing. Tao reappeared twenty feet up and back in the air where she had once been standing.

"Tao behind you!" Hinata screamed as loud as she could. But before she could move she felt metal bite deep into her back to slash vertically from one shoulder blade nearly all the way to her waist. Wincing Tao teleported back to the ground before the nin had another chance to strike. But not long after she had touched down a pair of hands shot out of the Earth griping her legs tightly. Struggling she looked over to the others to find that they had been only watching her and not themselves. Two ninja's had already surprised Hinata while Naruto was going all out against them to try and get her back. Sakura was trying to get to Tao in hopes of helping her get free with Lee beside her intent on keeping her safe till the end. Fear and panic began to build up within her as she tried to break free. She felt so helpless… this was all her fault… if she had just done something… anything… she mentally cursed herself for bounding up three-fifths of her power. In her current form she had no way to unlock anymore of her power to assist her friends… she had to do something! As Tao tried to suppress the building fear and anxiety the clouds overhead thickened and rumbled low as it built up energy.

"Let them go…" Tao whispered through gritted teeth. Her words were only met with laughter and taunts as Sakura called out to Tao while Lee tried to get her to stay back. Tao's mind began to swim as the fear overtook her mind, she heard people screaming… the voices were not her friends, but people she knew long long ago. She heard her mother calling out to her, her own voice calling back trying to find her. No… no don't die, please don't die. She began to shake as she tried to call out for help with the small amount of charka that she had left. The heavens seemed to reply with a low rumble from the pitch black storm clouds above.

"I… I said let them go!" Tao cried as lightning flashed overhead. Turning her head skyward she opened her eyes, her eyes had gone completely black with no color or white at all. As another bolt of lightning flashed through the sky her eyes seemed to mirror the lightning in the sky. Her hair wavered without the wind as if somehow responding to the lightning in the sky. Suddenly a large bolt of lightning struck the ground in front of her blackening the Earth. The ninja paused for a moment but it was too late to contemplate anything. Lightning continued to rain down from the sky striking ground and ninja alike.

Naruto looked around after he had picked up Hinata taking her from the grip of a ninja who had been struck by lightning and called out to the others to stay still and not to move. He wasn't certain why but something told him that if they stayed put they'd be alright. The four of them curled down into a defensive position to best protect themselves as a bolt hit a tree causing the whole thing to explode with such a force it didn't have time to catch fire.

Once the night fell quiet again they slowly uncurled themselves to look around. Tao was still standing but was looking deathly pale, wondering why they could see so well they looked up to find the storm clouds had dispersed. Getting up Naruto ran over to Tao.

"Tao? Tao… Tao say something, please!" her eyes were glassy and the yellow of her eyes seemed dim.

"We… we have to get moving…" Tao managed to mumble.

"No, you cant you're in no shape to go anywhere" Hinata protested, the others had come up behind Naruto.

"It's not safe…" she moved as if to take a step forward but fell instead. They caught her and eased her down to lie on her stomach, Hinata immediately went and grabbed her bag and ran back over carrying a small container, some cloth, and a bottle of water. Naruto stayed where he was looking down at her. He tried to convince himself that she was alright, that she was just tired… like when Kakashi sensei overused his Sharingan eye when he fought Zabuza. He sniffed slightly as he shook her gently as if he was trying to wake her up. He felt sad, and frustrated… he felt like this was his fault. Why didn't I fight harder… why didn't I use Kyuubi's power? He gripped her torn shirt tightly, the power of the nine tailed fox always helped him heal and recover faster… was there a way to lend some of it to Tao?

"Naruto please move… Sakura here," Hinata said handing Sakura some cloth. "Help me wipe away the blood?" Sakura nodded taking the cloth. They tore her shirt back slightly in order to see the wound better. Naruto and Lee crouched close by waiting till they could be of some help.

"Hey what's that…?" Naruto asked pointing to some kind of strange mark on Tao's back. Hinata leaned forward and squinted at it trying to see what it was in the dim moonlight.

"It looks like some kind of rune marking…" she said looking at it curiously.

"She's got more than one." Sakura said nudging the edges of the shirt "Wonder what they're for?" Hinata shook her head silently saying she had no clue as she began to apply the medicine cream to the cut.

"Will she be alright?" Lee asked his face lined with worry. Hinata nodded. Lee looked over at Naruto and jerked his head to the side before walking away from the girls.

"What is it?" Naruto asked as he followed Lee.

"We have to check the ninja's for something out of the ordinary, then we have to figure out a way to move Tao. She was right when she said we can't stay here… so the moment Hinata and Sakura get her bandaged up we need to move out." Naruto nodded as the two began their search while making sure to keep the girls in their sights… just incase.

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Authors Note: -falls of her chair and onto the floor- ooooh that was not an easy chapter… -gets back up- Hey everyone! Hope you liked chapter eight sorry it might just be a tad to long? oo;; oh yeah… this is your last chance to give suggestions on pairings I've pretty much decided who I'm going to put together… but I can still be persuaded otherwise but other than that… please R&R! I'd really appreciate it as always :) till next time…