Another chapter to those who are impatiently awaiting it! Yay! Even I'm excited! This story is one that even I like writing! I usually get bored writing them (As proved by my last story, sorry if it wasn't that great at the end, perhaps in the future I'll fix it up, neh?)

Anyways this one's gonna be GOOD!

At the end of this one, the stories will combine, and then it'll be one point of view, instead of three.

Actually, the song that would go good to this one would be either End of all Hope by Nightwish (I can't believe the people who haven't heard that song! Who can tell me what movie it's off of? I can't remember…) Or Forest by System of a Down (Only the guitar, the words are a little… Strange…) Hmm… Or maybe even What You Got by Reveille… No… Not that one… Maybe actually… Yeah… Hmm…

Ahem

Numbers again… Snicker…

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Neji was thrown back towards the ground. Something invisible, even to his Byakugan, hit him solidly across the chest, making him gasp for air that was resisting him.

Finally taking a large breath, the black spots went away as oxygen rushed to his brain. Neji stood back up.

"Is that all you got?" He muttered, looking for the source of the humming thing. It disappeared again, leaving Neji wondering.

He growled and looked for the Chakra of his cousin, friend and soul mate.

He heard someone yell aloud, close… It sounded familiar…

"SASUKE!" Neji yelled, running towards the Chakra to his right. Just past these trees… He thought.

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Naruto growled as his Chakra cut through the metal.

"Hinata!" He growled, swiping at the tentacles. "Don't… Touch me!" He yelled, cutting them all in half. His eyes slowly went back to blue, but the red Chakra remained.

"Kage bunshin no Jutsu!" He bellowed. Twenty or so Naruto's appeared around him.

They ran around, mixing themselves up so the real Naruto was mixed in the large group.

"SASUKE!" Naruto heard a voice scream from somewhere behind him. A large cloud of smoke rose around Naruto as he dispelled the replications.

"Neji?" Naruto called out. He ran towards the voice. He heard it. Screaming, like someone being tortured, and it was DEFINITELY Sasuke's voice.

"SASUKE!" Naruto echoed.

Neji appeared from the trees beside Naruto as they both ran towards the terrified screams. As they got closer, the screams formed words.

"DON'T HARM HER! DON'T EVEN TOUCH HER! GET AWAY FROM ME!" Sasuke was fighting something invisible, and looked like he was losing.

"Sasuke!" Neji said, appearing behind him. He was thrown backwards into Naruto as something hit him in the stomach.

"Get away from me!" Sasuke said, turning towards Naruto and charging at him. He ran into him, pushing him to the ground. Sasuke closed his hand around Naruto neck.

Naruto looked into Sasuke's eyes and saw that it wasn't him. Well, it was, but it wasn't. Something had taken control of him.

Naruto was forced to remember after he had hit Sasuke innumerable times, and he was laying on the ground, staring at him, one eye black with a white iris, and the other normal, and the disgusting black markings on his cheek and forehead.

"Sasuke…" Naruto gasped. "Don't…"

Someone grabbed Sasuke's arm, and pulled him off Naruto.

"Stop it Sasuke, it's us!" Neji's voice said, a hand hitting Sasuke over the head.

Good, a voice whispered, sending Sasuke's insanity away, and spreading chills up and down three spines. I've got all three of you together. It chuckled darkly. Now, follow me… If you want them back… Don't follow and I'll make sure they die slowly… And surely…

"How can we follow something we can't see?" Naruto called out, frustrated. Why wouldn't the stupid voice come out and just fight them?

"If I didn't know better," Sasuke said, unconsciously putting his hand on the bruise on his neck. "I'd say this was something Orochimaru would pull… Or Itachi…"

"I agree," Naruto said, nodding. "Tell us where to go, and don't lead us to empty fields again," He turned to the other two. "Er, you were in empty fields too, right?"

They nodded.

"Don't lead us to nothing. We want them back, so stop toying with us!" Neji called out.

They all peered around, Neji's Byakugan searching for Chakra traces, and Sasuke's Sharingan looking for any kind of movement or anything…

Naruto quickly said inside, look, fox, can you help some more? I need to find…

I know who you're looking for, jeez, kid, do you think I was asleep the whole time? I've been awake since Hinata was taken.

You'll help look for her then?

You bet!

"Sweet," Naruto accidentally said aloud.

"What?" Neji asked, turning towards Naruto. "You okay?"

"Yeah, fine," Naruto's eyes changed from ocean blue to deep red.

Uh oh, Neji thought. I hope he knows how to control that.

"THERE!" Sasuke and Naruto yelled at the same time. They were both pointing towards the trees.

Neji looked towards the trees, but saw nothing.

Sasuke and Naruto sped off towards the trees, Neji following close behind.

Where are they going? I can't see anything, Neji thought. I can't see anything…

Neji fell to his knees as everything went black. He heard Sasuke and Naruto speed away. His voiced wasn't working, and even though he tried, he couldn't move. Something was covering his eyes and holding him still. Everything was going quiet; he couldn't feel the sharp blades of grass, nor could he breath, smell, taste… Nothing.

The only thing Neji could do was wait for something to happen. Wait for Naruto and Sasuke to realize that he was no longer with them. Wait for the heavy feeling of death to lift from his shoulders. Or maybe wait for death… Waiting… For… Nothing… Just black, and darkness…

"Neji!" Naruto's voice cut through the black. "Snap out of it!" A hand backslapped Neji's face, and he blinked. The warmth took old of his freezing body.

"So…Something…Happened…" Neji mumbled.

Sasuke was standing behind Naruto, concern written all over his face. The concern was replaced with a blank stare.

Sasuke lifted his hand in the air, swirling the air in a counterclockwise direction. He started muttering something. Louder his voiced grew, but only Neji seemed to notice his strange actions.

"Rek lodi tol mai jai to e ama neri tooka fala malo pola," Sasuke muttered, his eyes growing dark. Lightening, brighter than Chidori, appeared around his hand. It made no noise, but Sasuke suddenly threw his hand into Naruto's upper back. Neji watched in horror as he saw Sasuke's hand pierce through Naruto, coming through his chest, and stopping a mere inch before his own chest.

Naruto's eyes grew wide, he stared into Neji's eyes, and slowly looked down at the hand. He put his own hand on it, as though disbelieving.

"S-Sa-Sasu…" Naruto started. Sasuke laughed, and pulled his hand out of his chest. Naruto slowly fell and hit the ground with a dull thump, his eyes dull and lifeless.

"Na-Naruto," Neji stared at the form on the ground, and then glared up at Sasuke. "What was that for? Sasuke, what's wrong with you?"

"Everyone… Must… Die…" Sasuke walked slowly towards Neji, holding his blood soaked, lightening filled hand above him. "Now… Neji… DIE!"

Sasuke lunged at Neji, but he dodged, not fast enough, though. Sasuke caught his leg, and pulled him slowly towards him, chuckling darkly. "Now, little one. How shall I kill you?"

Neji gasped, even for the sophisticated Sasuke that he knew, that's not how he talked.

"Sasuke, please," Neji gasped, and SAsuke hand slowly made its way along to his neck. He could feel the heat from the lightening, and he jumped every time a shock hit him.

Sasuke stopped before connecting his hand to Neji's throat. He started choking and coughing, as though gasping for breath. Neji couldn't see because of the bright lightening. It died away quickly, and Neji could see Sasuke grasping a red line that was squeezing his own throat. A voice whispered maliciously, I need that one, as well as you and the one on the ground. Stop killing them, or life will be on the line.

The line disappeared, and Sasuke fell on his butt. He looked at the hand that had been holding the lightening. He looked at Neji, and he turned to look at Naruto.

"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled as he stood up, and ran towards the still form on the ground. "Naruto! Wake up!" He shook Naruto, but the boy's eyes stayed closed.

The red Chakra that had been surrounding Naruto was distinguished, and Neji couldn't see any Chakra flow within him either. "Naruto," Neji said quietly. He hoped his best friend wasn't dead. He had seen too many partners die in battle, and seeing one die at the hand of a friend was worse than anything he had seen before.

"Sasuke… You… Fu…er," A quiet voice issued from Naruto's mouth. He silently raised a weak arm, and attempted to hit Sasuke across the head, but failed, it was more of a push. "I can't fail now… I must… Save Hinata…"

Neji realized his foot was numb from sitting on it, and he stood up, only to fall back down again. His whole leg was so numb it was like it wasn't even there. It was like trying to walk on air.

He rubbed his leg to get the circulation back again, and as soon as the feeling started to come back, Neji stood up and rushed over to Sasuke and Naruto.

"Dude, you okay?" Neji asked, trying not to make it sound back.

Naruto coughed, and blood spilled over his cheeks, and landed in his hair. The dark red on bright blond made it look as though Naruto's hair had chunks missing.

"I've been…" He leaned over and spat out blood. "Better."

Neji took Naruto arm tenderly, and placed it over his shoulder. Sasuke attempted to do the same with Naruto other arm, but Naruto resisted, glaring at Sasuke.

"For all I know… You'll Try… That… Again…" Naruto gasped, dragging his feet as Neji began to walk.

"Do what?" Sasuke asked. "What are you talking about?"

You tried to kill Naruto of course. The voice was back. Tsk, tsk, trying to kill your best friend. How low are you really, Sasuke? Tsk tsk.

Neji glared around, and saw, very faintly, as though it was just beyond his limit of vision, the Chakra. Swirling, and mystical, it was above the trees, like some sort of weird angel.

The sun was already going down, and it was getting harder and harder to see the gopher holes and bushes.

"Where are we?" Naruto asked. "We've been running around here all day, and I've never noticed a forest this size that was here. Where are we?"

The Forest of Xenzumyguem and Xenzumumt, the voice answered.

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Okay, the Forest of Xenzumyguem and Xenzumumt, I know, I know, it sounds really stupid, but it's the language I created, and… Well, I'd tell you what it means, but then I'd give away the whole story line, wouldn't I? Ha ha!

The language I created actually sounds very smooth (If you know how to pronounce some of the words, ha ha!)

So, now, what did you think? This one was a bit longer, not by much, but it was. I kinda got bored in the middle of it (Dunno it you could tell) But then I added a little excitement (Sasuke trying to kill Naruto… On purpose, maybe? Oh…)

I kinda got back into it. Well, the next one is Sakura, Hinata, and Ino. I'll get back to the drawing… Er… Writing board!