A/N: waves Hey guys I'm back (finally). Before killing me let me explain why it took me so long to update this time. Alright : My 4th got lost on the way to my beta so it took me a bit too send it to her again. You see it's not my fault. So don't kill me exspecially if you want the next chapter. g

Chapter four

"I've found them!" Neji shouted. "Found? Whom?" Tenten asked curious. "The thieves. They're heading westwards to a – this thing looks like a castle and they've got our packet. They –" "Wait!" the foxboy interrupted. "How do you know?" Right before Neji could react Sakura slapped Naruto on the head and scolded. "First he has his Byakugans and second it is rude to cut someone off." "Sorry Sakura-chan." "You should apologize to Neji-san." She said sighing. "But why?" This was enough for the cherry blossom to send the blonde flying into the next tree with one blow. Then she turned around with a sweet smile as if nothing had happened.

Tenten sighed somewhere between amused and annoyed. "Neji-kun, please continue." Neji smiled inwardly before he spoke again. (A/N: Wow another smiling ice-block) "They entered it and they're going – I can't tell where exactly for it's too far away but – it looks like they meet with someone and – hey – they gives our packet to one of the others. They separate but I can't see our packet anymore." "One of the others isn't a very clear description you know." Sasuke stated. Neji shrugged "They're all wearing exactly the same black clothes. Is this better?" Both started a staring-contest and they would have stared for the next two hours (A/N: somehow stubborn...) but Gai interfered. "Alright!" he cheered. "Let's go then! Thanks to our youthful, gifted Neji we can punish this demons!" "Yeah Gai-sensei you're the best!" "Leeee... I'm so proud of you all!" "Gai-senseeii..." Both hugged each other again crying. All shinobi left the two quickly- though Naruto wanted to stay. But Kakashi dragged him away since he couldn't let something like this happen to his own students.

In front of the castle (A/N: I could tell you how they got there through the forest but it's too troublesome and nothing happened anyway. Except Naruto fell from a tree because he was startled by Sasuke. Never mind...)

So: In front of the castle

The Konoha-ninja hid in the trees and scanned the area – some more some less attentive. Two guards were standing in front of the door – they didn't seem to be ninjas – and around the rest of the castle was a high wall. Naruto first jumped from the tree and looking up, grinning he pointed to this two men. "They don't look strong. So we can enter through this gate, take our packet and leave before they even notice we're there." Kakashi scratched his head saying "Hn, it could be a trap as well." "But then they wouldn't expect us to come through the main gate!" The silver-haired sighed. 'I guess we can go there – he wouldn't accept anything different anyway so...' "Okay, I think we'll follow Naruto's suggestion this time. Let's go then!" With that he leaped from the tree and in one swift movement Kakashi was behind the guards knocking them out before they even noticed the wind his move created.

They went inside through a floor and stopped when there were three turn-offs. The blonde boy looked around curiously and then pointed to the right. "Let's go down the hall." "You mean sneak." "Okay okay, Let's sneak down the hall!" (A/N: Hey fire.elve this is for you g) With that he sneaked down the hall the others following. Suddenly a loud squeak arose and a second later the door behind them slammed shut.

Sakura first was shocked that they were trapped so easily but she was horrified as she heard a muffled rumble getting louder with every heartbeat. From one moment to the next the rumble turned into thunder and out of the ceiling stones came falling down aiming for the trapped shinobi. Lee and Gai kicked the rocks away with Tenten standing between them so that she was safe; Kakashi, Sasuke and Neji avoided falling rocks by using their eyes; Naruto just jumped around and somehow he managed not to jump into/under a stone; Sakura dodged a bit like Naruto but far more elegant. Unfortunately her reactions were a bit slower than Naruto's so a stone as big as a fist hit her ankle. She bit her lip to stifle a loud outcry and took a leap backwards due to another falling stone. Before her feet even touched the ground under the shinobi broke away while a mass stones came down. Sakura felt someone grabbing her and the raven-haired boy jumped with her through a just emerged hole in the wall. This incident divided the ninjas into those who managed to climb through the hole in the wall and those who fell through the hole in the ground.

With those who climbed through the hole:

"That was close." The copy-ninja pulled his forehead-protector over his left eye while he looked who was with him: Neji was there from Gai's team and Sasuke and Sakura were there from his own. The girl tried to stand up but winced and sat back down on hand on her ankle. The silver-haired jounin raised an eyebrow and went towards her. "Let me see." Carefully he checked her injury. He sighed but smiled. "It's nothing serious – just sprained. But you shouldn't put too much on your wounded leg for the next days. So for now..." His eyes trailed to the left side, then back to Sakura and he smiled. "Okay Sasuke, help Sakura walking!" When Sasuke took her with one arm around her waist and her arm around his neck Sakura's face became just as red as her dress.

Meanwhile Kakashi went over to Neji. The Hyuuga looked a bit unsure about what was going to be next. "Neji-kun with your Byakugans you're able to see through walls right, so would you please use your eyes to find our packet." It was more a statement than a question. "Sure." With that he scanned the whole area for this tiny object until he found it a few floors above. He gave a sign to the others and told them where it was.

They went carefully upstairs peaking around every corner before moving on. They had to move slowly because of Sakura. Sasuke supporting her tried to avoid any unnecessary noise but it wasn't exactly what you would call easy. Suddenly, in the middle of a long corridor, the messy-haired jounin stopped. Right now Sasuke noticed it too: Some people were approaching - about three or four – and they couldn't get out of the way except...

Obviously all shinobi had had the same thought 'cause in no time they were sticking on the ceiling by using their Chakra. (A/N: Somehow like bats g) The unknown persons came closer fast, passing around the corner. Two stopped and one went under them stopping at the other side. With a speed only a ninja can possess he threw kunais at the Konoha-ninjas. The Uchiha quickly cancelled his jutsu so he fell with Sakura in his arms down and with a roll he landed on his feet. From the corner of his Sharingan he could see Neji doing the same while his sensei attacked the one who threw the kunai. The white-eyed boy started a fight with one of the others but there was one enemy left who now encountered him. The raven-haired boy put Sakura quickly although carefully down and then he pulled out his own kunai throwing it at his adversary. (A/N: This corridor isn't that small. For those who wondered how they can fight there...) However they were pretty equal but then the masked enemy threw a knife. At first Sasuke believed he was aiming for him but just when the knife flew past him he realized this throw was meant for Sakura who – with her injured leg – possibly couldn't get out of the way in time. The Uchiha-prodigy spun around and grabbed the weapon by its blade only inches before it could hit the girl. The masked ninja wanted to attack again but his companion, who was fighting against the Copy-ninja, crashed into him. Just then Neji sent his opponent with his whirlwind into the already lying ones when suddenly the ground under the three black-dressed (A/N: Man, they're all black-dressed aren't they  ) broke away with a loud 'boom'. Sakura screamed and hugged Sasuke so hard that they both fell to the ground. While Sakura clutching him Sasuke saw Kakashi over them smirking. "For such things you'll have enough time after the mission. Teeheehee."

TBC

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