I'll just use numbers for now, but they confuse me, maybe I'll make 'em bold or somethin'…
Now, do Sasuke, Neji and Naruto really know these people, er, 'people?' Or were they making it up?
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"Damn, where'd they get to?" Neji said aloud as he jumped down from the tall tree he had been perched in. He had followed the instructions to the letter, but couldn't see Ino or anyone in the dense forest.
"Hello?" He bravely called out. He spun 'round as a twig snapped behind him. The forest remained as dark and as silent as it had been a minute ago.
No one answered or stepped out from the shadows. Nothing moved or made a noise. Neji started shaking. This was bad. The silence always got the best of him, and this silence was so quiet it was killing his ears. He wanted to talk, to shout, to do something to produce sound, but he couldn't move. His mind was frozen, stuck. The only thing that was working hard was his byakugan.
What do I do? He thought. I can't do anything but wait. They intentionally led me on a wild goose chase. I'm going to have to find Ino on my own.
Neji was almost expecting a golden arrow to come shooting from behind him and hit him in his blind spot.
Something hit him, but it wasn't an arrow…
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Naruto panted as he leaned against the tree.
"What the hell?" He said angrily. "They led me to some place deep within the heart of the forest, and no one's here! What's going on?"
Nothing answered except the wind, and a bird flying past him. He quickly and quietly drew his kunai, but froze, remembering what the note said…
Make sure you have no weapons on you, or she will be killed.
"Damn it," He whispered. How was he supposed to defeat an enemy without any weapons? He threw the kunai away and quickly said aloud, just incase they could hear him, "Look, I threw it away, I have no others on me, believe me. Don't hurt her. Please, don't hurt Hinata."
I'll do anything, just don't hurt her, he pleaded in his mind, panicking. What if is was too late? What if they killed her already? If only I had paid more attention. The stars were moving? No, those weren't stars, that was…
A loud humming noise came from above Naruto. He looked up, and saw it, again. He jumped into the nearest tree as something attempted to hit him.
The weird metallic tentacles turned towards him in point eight of a second, as though drawn on by his movement, or heat, or both. Several more shot out from the thing hovering above them. Now more than 20 came at Naruto, swishing and making the air crack like a whip.
"I can't… Get… Away!" Naruto jumped backwards from tree branch to tree branch as the things came after him. Something pierced his back and one of the tentacles grabbed his ankle as it caught up with him. They all were coming at Naruto like a huge cloud of deadly wasps, hissing and crackling.
The tentacle around Naruto's foot wound its way up, wrapping around his other ankle and wrist, making him immobile. All Naruto could do now was close his eyes and wait for the pain…
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Oh Sakura, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I failed you, Sasuke cursed himself as he imagined the sweet, innocent, laughing girl as he ran. I must run faster, he thought, pushing his already speeding legs faster. I must run faster. I must! If I slow, Sakura might… She might… She…
He couldn't bring himself to say the word. He felt the all too familiar feeling of tightness around his throat. He blinked as his nose started to sting.
Stop it! Stop it you idiot! You're such a weakling! Stop… Stop crying for God's sake! You're 19! STOP IT! He screamed at himself in his head as he angrily wiped the escaping tear from the corner of his eye.
What if it's Itachi? Sasuke wondered. Could he possibly be behind this? It seems like something he'd do. Grr… This is so frustrating! If only I had told Sakura more… Perhaps if I had taken her out more often instead of leaving her home and going out to train alone… Even if I had brought her along for that… Maybe my conscious would clear a little… I feel so… So… Low… I HATE it!
He swiped at a nearby tree as he arrived at the field that the instructions (And his dream) had told him to go. The tree stood for a couple of seconds, but slowly fell, making everything feel as though time had slowed considerably.
"Come out! Fight me! Give her BACK! SHOW YOURSELVES!" Sasuke bellowed, taking out another tree. "I have a feeling that I'll WIN! COME OUT!" Tree after tree fell, but no one, or nothing, appeared.
Sasuke noticed after his tree-killing frenzy… No wild life… No insects… No… Anything…
"Sharingan!" Sasuke's eyes turned red once more after they had turned back to black after the tight feeling in his throat.
Foolish little brother...
Sasuke whipped around. He could have sworn… Did he imagine it? Did he just hear that, or was the wind making strange noises and he thought he heard it?
That's what you want to hear, isn't it? Yes, yes it is, I can tell… I can read your mind better than your treasured Sharingan…
"What do you want?" Sasuke looked everywhere. His frantic scarlet eyes searched the ground, sky, trees (Standing and fallen) Everywhere was searched, but no explanation for the voice.
"Come out! Stop playing with me! Come out and fight! We'll see who can read who's mind!" He shouted, spinning on the spot.
Oh, but I am fighting you. Not physically at least…
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Neji jumped forwards just in time.
A large metal thing fell heavily to the ground. It had managed to take quite a chunk out of Neji…
Blood fell on top of the metal thing. It started slowly retreating backwards, somewhat like a large, shiny, pointy, silver snake.
Chakra…
Lots of it…
"Move!" Neji told himself. Just in time, Neji jumped out of harms way, his back throbbing. He reached back to feel the damage. Not a large wound, but it would take a while to heal… Maybe if he was still alive, he'd visit Sakura and she could heal him…
Sakura…
Hinata…
Why did those two names hit him so hard all of the sudden? His cousin, the one he had sworn to protect, and Sakura, one of his good friends…
They stuck in his mind, and suddenly, like a sharp blow to the head, it hit him.
Some of that Chakra looked familiar…
The especially strong one of the left was Sakura, and the one he himself possessed in the middle, Hinata… That meant the one on the right was…
"INO!" Neji jumped up towards the Chakra the he knew very well. I'm coming! I'll save you! Neji thought.
Hinata and Sakura? Does that mean that Sasuke and Naruto…? That wasn't just a coincidence? He thought. That means those bastards took Hinata and Sakura as well? Why though? This makes no sense!
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The pain didn't come. Naruto bravely cracked one eye open to look and see what the weird tentacle things were doing.
He gasped. As soon as he had opened his eye, the metal tentacles attacked. Each pierced him like a thousand kunai's. He screamed and struggled. The things seemed to have stopped, but they were still stuck in his torso. He felt blood, lots of it, being sucked up.
Finally, they stopped. They withdrew, each leaving Naruto with a gasp of pain.
He hung limp, as the one tentacle held him up. He heard his name being screamed, like someone was being tortured. He couldn't look up. The darkness was swallowing him whole.
But he forced the darkness away with light, warm, strong light, as strong as the sun itself on a hot august day. He knew this feeling. He felt strength building in his chest.
Kyuubi was growling. Quietly, from within, then louder as it escaped from Naruto's mouth. Chakra, red and dancing around his wounds, flicked away the dark, leaving only light.
Ah, yes, that's what I'm looking for. Thank you, I've been awaiting your arrival. The infamous fox-demon. Kyuubi, if I'm not mistaken?
A voice whispered from the wind, wisping lightly through the trees.
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"Where are you?" Sasuke said, trying to make his voice a little more calm. "Why did you bring me here? What's your purpose?"
What's my purpose… Hmm, well, first of all, I want your Sharingan… But, you know that, mostly everyone you meet wants it… But I also need two other things…
"What? What two other things? What are you planning on taking?" Sasuke asked, afraid that the other two things might be from Sakura; her extraordinary Chakra level perhaps? Her healing abilities?
You don't need to know that… Since it doesn't really concern you, there's no need to worry… Yet…
"If it has anything to do with Sakura, then, in fact, it does concern me. If you try to do anything to her, I swear I'll…" Sasuke started, still searching everywhere for the voice. The only place that it fit was the wind. That was the only thing moving besides himself.
You swear you'll what? You'll kill me? Kill me how, precisely? You can't even find me!
"I'll find you! And Sakura too! If it's the last thing I do!" Sasuke shouted.
Oh, it will Sasuke... It will be the last thing you ever do… Don't you worry about that… I'll make sure of it myself…
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Another shorty! Ha ha, shorty… Ahem
How'd y'all like it? Okay? Bad? Horrible? Great? Needed tweaking? REVIEW!
So… Yeah… It's short, and suspenseful, right? I thought so… I'm still thinking about how this is gonna end… This was actually one of my ultra-crazy, ultra-weird dreams that I've been having lately (But the characters weren't Naruto, they were just random people)
A lot of my stories were dreams, or I thought them all up in L.A (English) class. We're doing Shakespeare plays, that's why my writing's kinda crazy… Don't mind it, ha ha…
Ahem
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