((looks sheepish)) First of all I give all of you permission to kick my butt for making this update time longer then the last. I have a good reason, it's called coursework and is the most evil thing in the world!
But anyways….
Reviewer reply's:
Chibi-tsurara-:Hmmmmmm the people in red and black coats are such a mystery, I wonder who they are
Angel: you are obsessed…
Yuriko-chan: I will try to update faster next time, when I haven't got evil geography coursework..
Randomguy: your wait is over!
Animefan993: Hee hee I know I'm really evil
JapanAnimeGirl: I hope your author alerts work this time . I think it's another cliffhanger this time.
Mike Pan: Hopefully Saya won't get like that, she's more easy going than Sasuke, but you'll just have to wait and see
Chapter 12
"So you're just going to leave them to die?" Sakura Called after Tsunade
"Believe me Sakura, I want to do something. But I can't."
"Why can't you over rule the council? You're the Hokage!" Naruto frowned.
Tsunade sighed, "I told you I can't. They can over rule me if they outnumber me."
"I can't believe this…" Said Hanabi shaking her head, her eyes started to well up. Even though she didn't want to look like a cry baby in front of her team, or her father. She needn't have worried though. Hiashi put his arm round her shoulders. Hanabi buried her face in his top, so as not to show herself crying. He put his other arm around her, trying to comfort her.
Kakashi surveyed his team. They were all breaking the shinobi rule that he used to so adamantly hold up; never to show emotion. They were all young, and would never have experienced something like this before, and so would not know how to deal with it.
Sasuke was clenching his trouser legs tightly, with every passing second his grip was getting tighter. He stared down at the floor, and his top lip was trembling slightly.
Seeing Hanabi cry had started Sakura off. She was rubbing her eyes furiously, trying to get rid of the tears springing from the corners. She stood up and walked out of the waiting room, and down the stairs.
Sakura had gotten halfway down the road when a voice stopped her, "It's Sakura isn't it?"
She turned round to face the man that was standing at the back of the waiting room, He was dressed all in black, but had removed the mask on his face, there was a scar running from his right temple, through his eye and across the bridge of his nose. She nodded wiping away the stray tears that had managed to find their way down her face.
He put his hands on her shoulders and looked her in the eyes. "I wouldn't worry about Saya. Despite what Tsunade says, and what the council's decision is, there will be a rescue mission. With or without their permission." He said this quietly but assertively, like he was saying it more to reassure himself than Sakura
"Who are you?" Sakura asked. This man looked familiar to her, but it wasn't in any recent memory, this was more like a hunch than a memory.
"My name's Kichiro, but I'm a nobody, I just owe Tsunade and Saya a very big favour.." He said this in a fashion which suggested there wasn't anymore to it. So Sakura didn't press him to answer. There was a growl behind her, the man released her shoulders and she turned round quickly. There was a silver wolf behind her, there was blood clumping tufts of the hair on it's back together. It stared at Sakura for a minute then looked at the man behind her.
"Master!" The wolf growled in surprise
"Tsuchi?" Said Kichiro, he hastily pulled his mask back on. "You were summoned by Saya?"
Tsuchi nodded his head, "She wanted me to find help. Both girls are in a very bad way."
"Do you know where they are?" Again the wolf nodded his head. "Let's go then."
He sprinted up the steps, with the wolf on his heels. Sakura stared into space for a second, before following him.
"We know where they are." Announced Kichiro to the group of distraught shinobis.
It took a while to register in their minds. Sasuke was the first to look up. He raised his eyebrows as if inquiring if it were true. He received a nod from Kichiro. Sakura was smiling weakly behind him.
"Where are they?" Naruto asked.
"In the Sound country." Said Tsuchi.
"If we've only got a day, we'd better leave now." Naruto realised. "Who's coming?"
"I am." Said Sakura quickly
"Sasuke?" Said Naruto looking at him, he nodded
"I'm coming too." Said Kichiro
"And us." Came a voice from down the stairs out of site. Before long, Kiba and Shino appeared.
Naruto rolled his eyes, he was not especially keen on Kiba, but he really had no choice, they needed as much help as possible.
"Hey hold on!" Said Tsunade sternly.
Everyone looked at her, expecting the worst. They hadn't asked her if they could go, and the answer was most likely to be no.
"The council must not know about this. Kakashi, Hiashi you cannot risk going on this mission, you're elite members of this village, therefore we cannot afford to get you disqualified as a Shinobi. The rest of you good luck, and remember I knew nothing about this."
Kakashi nodded, then faced his team, "You've all grown a lot since I first met you, so don't do anything stupid and all of you remember your team work."
Each of them nodded.
"I want…to…come too!" Said Hanabi in-between sobs.
Hiashi shook his head, "I don't want to loose two daughters Hanabi."
"Ok, We'll meet at the front of the Village in ten. Gather what you need!"
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Hinata's face still stung terribly, and she was sure there was a big red mark there. She had received a hefty slap round the face when she wouldn't say anything to the guard who questioned her about the Grey wolf that had broken down Saya's door. Hinata knew nothing about it until they had told her, and figured that it must have been summoned by Saya to get help. That was a good six hours ago. She was now worrying about never seeing her family again, especially Hanabi, who was the only one that really acknowledged her. Then there was Naruto, she had finally got with him, and now, she was fearing for her life. The door opened and she looked in the direction. One of the guards ambled in. He looked like he was drunk, or incredibly tipsy. He crouched down so he was at Hinata's eye level. He said something incoherent, and his breath reeked of alchol. Hinata looked away from him, but he grabbed her face and forced her to face him. He kissed her while still holding onto her face. Hinata headbutted him, and he released her.
"Stupid Bitch!" he yelled at her, kicking her hard in the shins. It brought tears to her eyes, and she began to tremble. The guard walked towards her again.
Saya had received a worse time than Hinata had about the summoning of Tsuchi, although to look at her you wouldn't know. She coughed and blood splattered onto her trousers. She was sure she had a lot of internal bleeding, partly because it was her intuition as a medic nin, and partly because it hurt like hell. She wished that her Chakra would return soon, but she knew it wouldn't return for a long while to come. There was a female scream from down the hall.
Hinata….thought Saya worriedly, she didn't dwell on Hinata's well being because she had problems herself.
"Where did you send that fox?" The guy standing in front of her was a joke of an interrogator, couldn't do it to save his life. Although his hit was pretty strong, Saya could block out the pain enough so she didn't reveal anything.
"It's a wolf, actually." Saya said in a matter of fact way, this was one of the first things she had said to him. She enjoyed pissing this man off.
"Ok, where did you send the wolf?"
She remained silent, staring at him blankly. She could tell he was getting frustrated and that she was playing a very dangerous game. He looked like he was about to blow his top.
"Did you send him to someone you know?"
There was an earth shattering explosion below them, the whole building shook and the glass in the windows flew into the room showing both people in the room.
For the first time in a very long time, a smile crept onto Saya's face. "That'll be them now."
The six hidden leaf shinobi ducked behind a clump of trees about twenty feet away from the hidden sound building.
"Plan of action?" Sakura whispered to Kichiro.
He nodded. While they were travelling he had been briefed on the abilities of each of his squad members on the way there. "Shino. Can you send some of your bugs in there to check out the building and see where exactly the girls are."
Shino nodded, he raised his arms and a multitude of bugs spread along his arms. They flew off in the direction of the building.
"Naruto, Kiba, I want you to create as big a diversion as you can, just don't reveal yourself to them. We're going to stick in groups of two. Shino, you go with Sakura, and Sasuke you come with me. There are likely to be many guards around so you will all have to be careful, that goes without saying. Watch out for those shinobi hunters, they're A class criminals. Kakashi didn't want me to tell you that, but I think I can trust you not to run head first into a fight with them. The main reason we're here is to rescue Saya and Hinata, not to start a war."
They all nodded in agreement with him. By the time all the talking had been done Shino's bugs had arrived back.
"They're both on the fourth floor, but it's like a maze in there."
Kichiro sighed, "Right lets get this mission going. Naruto, Kiba, the diversion please. When it's safe for you to follow us in do so."
Naruto grinned and looked at all the kunai with exploding tags attached. He picked up half, as did Kiba. They both crept round to the other side of the building.
"Ready?" Naruto asked Kiba, who grinned at him. "Go!"
They both threw the kunai towards the front of the building, the resulting explosion threw them back several meters.
Kiba rubbed his head. "I think that was a big enough diversion for them."
Woo! I finally finished the chapter!
Until next time!
