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Chapter 10
Team 7 was quite all the way back to Konoha after Kakashi had fully explained his suspicions to them.
"Kakashi-sensei, why would they be after Saya?" Asked Sakura after 6 hours of silence
"I can't honestly say I know Sakura, Chuunin's aren't usually the one's to carry confidential information, nor are their talents very valuable to the village. Which leads me to believe that it is something to do with her family life."
"I think you should all go home." Said Kakashi when they arrived back at Konoha, "You've had a rough day and it's best if I talk to Hokage-sama alone, I'll inform you of everything later."
"But Kakashi-sensei-" started Sakura
"No buts Sakura." Said Kakashi, as he disappeared in a puff of smoke
"I'm going to go home." Announced Naruto, leaving Sakura and Sasuke at the gate
"I'm not going home." Said Sasuke as soon as Naruto had left
"Me neither." Agreed Sakura
On his way home Naruto stopped by at Hinata's apartment. H knocked on the door and Hinata's cousin answered the door. "Oh, Naruto."
"Is Hinata in?" He asked, the look he got from her gave Naruto a feeling of foreboding
"I think you better come inside, I need to tell you something."
Tsunade was sitting at her desk with her head in her hands when Kakashi walked in
"Hokage-sama-" Began Kakashi
She held up her right hand, "I know Kakashi."
"How?"
"I got a letter about five minutes ago. It had this in it." She said holding up necklace with a dragon pendant on it
"Wasn't that Ryu's?" Said Kakashi a little lost for words
Tsunade nodded. "It was, but Saya got it after he died and she never took it off, and she never let anyone touch it." Kakashi frowned and Tsunade continued "That's not the worst of it, that Hyuuga girl went missing too. I've got a really bad feeling about this."
"Do we know who's behind it and what they want?"
The door flung open and in the door way stood Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura, "What's going on?"
"I thought I told you three to go home!" Said Kakashi angrily
"Saya's my sister so I've got a right to know."
"And Hinata's my girlfriend."
Kakashi turned to Sasuke, "You don't need to be here."
"I'm staying." Said Sasuke crossing his arms
Kakashi was opening his mouth to argue, Tsunade interrupted him, "Let them stay Kakashi." She said Sighing. She turned to the three Chuunin's, "There isn't much I can tell you. I've received no demand, and no word of who they are. All I got was these pictures," She pushed two pictures forward for them to see. One was of Saya and one was of Hinata. They both looked as if they were unconscious and were both a little worse for wear.
Naruto turned away, unable to look anymore. "Is there a possibility they could be dead?"
Tsunade looked like she didn't want to answer, but she did. "It's unlikely but they could be. We don't know who we're dealing with, or what they want."
"No, they can't be." Said Sakura shaking her head disbelievingly
"Whatever's going on, there's nothing we can do about it at the moment. We have to wait until more contact is made." Said Sasuke, Naruto looked at him in disgust
"How can you say that? They could be dead! Don't you understand that? Are you so cold that you don't care?" Naruto shouted at him
"Naruto don't say that. He does." Said Sakura, she knew he did she had been awake for most of the last night, she'd seen him and Saya. "And i hate to say it but he's right. There really isn't much we can do." She turned to Tsunade, "Was there any other information Hokage-sama?"
Tsunade nodded, "They said they'd be in contact tomorrow morning, to discuss everything. I think it's best if you all go home. Come back here in the morning. You'll be excused missions until further notice."
None of them could get to sleep that night; Sasuke lay awake in his bed staring up at the ceiling wondering that if he'd figured everything out a bit quicker things might have turned out differently; Sakura stayed at the dinner table downstairs regretting ever feeling jealous of Saya and wished she had talked to her more, and appreciated her more; Naruto kept turning over trying to get to sleep, but every time he did he saw Hinata laying there with blood over her, even after being with Hinata for only a little while he didn't think he could live without her.
"Hey, Let me out of here!" Saya shouted as she banged on the door.
She had woken up in this room around four hours ago. The walls were concrete and the floor was wooden. There were no windows, only 2 chairs and two doors. One door led to a toilet and the other was locked. It was the latter that Saya was banging on.
"Will you shut up?" Someone shouted through the door to her
"Not until you let me out."
"I'll come in there and shut you up in a minute."
"Come on then!" Shouted Saya
Just as she said this someone opened the door and pushed someone into her. They both fell onto the floor in a heap
"S-Sorry." Said the girl timidly picking herself off the floor and helping Saya up
"That's ok." She said, the girl looked familiar and Saya was sure she had seen her around, "Are you from Konoha?"
"Y-Yes, I'm Hinata. You're Saya aren't you?" She got quieter as she finished the question as if unsure of herself
"I am. How did you know." Frowned Saya
"N-Naruto-kun told me about you."
"Oh right, are you his girlfriend?" Hinata nodded in reply. "So how did you end up here then?"
"I was on a mission, with Kiba-kun and Shino-kun and my sister, and we were caught in an ambush. I think I got hit over the head and when I woke up I ended up here. Saya-san, do you know what's going on?"
Saya shrugged, "Sorry not a clue, and there's nothing we can do to get out of here, there's no windows and that doors always locked. I've been banging on it all day."
Hinata coughed a little, then a smile came to Saya's face "Hinata-san I have an idea."
Juro was sitting on the floor outside the room that Saya and Hinata were in, waiting for his shift to change. He was just dozing off when someone banged on the door from the inside.
He banged back "Shut up! How many times do I have to tell you?"
The banging continued, "This is serious, I think Hinata's really ill, she just collapsed and isn't moving."
"Oh man not on my watch." Muttered Juro to himself as he got up and unlocked the door. He walked in and Hinata was laying on her side facing away from him. He walked towards her cautiously, wary of any tricks. He turned towards Saya, "Get in front of me where I can see you."
Saya nodded and complied with the request. She crouched by Hinata, "I'm not sure if she's breathing either."
Juro sighed as he bent down to look at Hinata, as she turned over her eyes snapped open and she lept up landing a forceful kick in Juro's stomach. Almost immediately after Saya brought her hand down on the back of his neck, knocking him unconscious. "Hinata, do you remember any of the way out?"
"Vaguely." She said, following Saya out of the room. "Left here."
They ran down the hall, then down the flight of stairs at the end. They reached the next floor and they had the choice of going down again, or staying on that floor. "Which way?" Saya whispered to Hinata.
"Down one more flight, then straight on I think."
Saya followed Hinata's instructions. While they were walking along the corridor of the floor below, Saya heard foot steps. She pushed Hinata into the room on the left and she went into the room opposite. She closed the door softly closing her eyes and hoping the person wouldn't come into the room. She breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the footsteps pass and opened the door. Hinata peered at her through the other door, she pointed to the left, Saya nodded.
They walked swiftly down the hall and when they were nearly at the end Saya faced the other way to talk to Hinata, but before she could say anything she walked into someone and fell backwards onto the floor. She looked up into the face of Li.
"What..?" She said
"Saya-san he's a shinobi hunter." Said Hinata backing up quickly
Saya looked at him with a mixture of shock and disbelief written on her face.
"Li, hurry up we need to get to the…" Said Mei as she rounded the corner, then trailed off as she saw Saya and Hinata
"No…"Said Saya shaking her head, getting up and backing away
Hinata pulled Saya with her as she ran for the stairs. Mei appeared before them in a flash, and neither of them was sure how it happened. Saya turned round and Li was in front of her. His right hand was glowing an eerie blue colour. He grabbed her wrist, and held on tight. Saya felt her Chakra slipping away from her, and at the same time she was becoming very weak. Her eyes drooped and she realised Hinata was in more or less the same position. As she heard Hinata collapse onto the floor, something subconscious kept her holding on. She knocked Li's hand away with a surprising amount of energy. Li tried to grab her again but she knocked his hand away.
"Mei, this could take a while. Deal with Hinata-san." Li looked past Saya to his sister
Mei nodded, "Don't take too long."
She's presuming that Li can beat me. Thought Saya, Problem is that I've nearly run out of Chakra and I can't do Ankoku no jutsu. I suppose the best bet is Taijutsu, but even that's a strain.
Li noticed her reluctance to fight, and with a hint of concern in his voice he said "Are you sure you want to fight in that state?"
"You just worry about yourself." She said going for his legs.
Li dodged easily and retaliated with a swift kick directed towards her chest. She caught his foot spun It round in an attempt to floor him. It didn't work though because Li put his hands on the floor and turned himself round and got back onto his feet.
"You're a pretty good fighter. But you're getting warn out." He said taking note of the fact that Saya was breathing heavily.
She swung her right fist at his face, but he caught it with his right hand. Saya felt her chakra get sapped again. Her muscles and body felt a lot weaker, and all she wanted to do was go to sleep, but she stopped herself and pulled her arm away from Li. Her breathing was getting faster and more erratic now, and beads of sweat were dripping down her face. She fell sideways into the wall and slid to the floor.
Li bent down to her level, "You realise if this goes on any longer that the Chakra that you body uses to survive will disappear, and you can't get that back. So you'll die."
"No…I…won't." She said trying to stand using the wall for support, but she slid down again after she got half way up.
"You will, and you're too valuable to die yet. So stop trying to be brave."
Saya made one last half-hearted attempt to stop him, but she didn't have the energy.
Li pressed a pressure point in her neck, and she fell unconscious immediately.
When Saya came back into consciousness she was so weak she could barely open her eyes, and her head was throbbing. She obviously hadn't been out that long otherwise her chakra would have recovered. She blinked several times, the room coming into focus slowly. The rest of her senses slowing came into being, se realised from the perspective she was seeing of the room that she was on a chair of some sort. Her hands were numb and tingly, and she realised they were tightly tied together behind her. It must have been cutting off the blood supply. Same applied to her feet. Each foot was tied to corresponding chair legs. She shook her head trying to wake herself up more. She noticed something out of the corner of her eye as she did so.
"Are you planning to hang around there long?" Say called out to the person standing behind her in the corner of the room.
Li chuckled, "Still as observant as ever."
He slowly walked around to where she was sitting. He bent down and rested his arms on her legs. His eyes were the same level as hers. Saya stared straight through him. "Why?" She said in a monotonic voice
"Why what?" Said Li innocently, in the air of this all being a joke.
"You know what." She replied frowning at him
"Oh, that. Well it wasn't me. It was Mei." He said still joking around
"I'm being serious. You claimed to be my friend. But yet this ends up happening."
Li's face suddenly changed from being cheerful to grim, "You really don't remember anything do you? I was being serious, it was Mei's decision. She holds you responsible for the death of our younger brother."
Saya averted her eyes away from Li, and look at the floor. "What happened?"
"It was your birthday, I think it was your sixteenth. Kazuo had gone ahead of me and Mei, to see how your ceremony was going. But when we got there it wasn't exactly what we expected."
This twigged something in her memory, and suddenly she found herself remembering everything.
Sorry about the cliff hanger people but I will try and update quicker than I have been lately
