Yay, another chapter…

I'm sooooo tired!

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"Do you want to know?" Kyros asked mockingly as though they had a choice.

"Not really," Ino managed to say. The chains were slowly winding themselves around her chest and she was finding it hard particularly to breath.

"Too bad, sweetie," Kyros laughed.

Sweetie? Ino glared at him. Shut up you jerk, only Neji's allowed to say that.

"Well, once your absolutely precious honey's come up here, I'm going to attack them, making them weak, with these," He held up three things that looked like spiders.

"Hold on," Sakura closed her eyes. She had seen that somewhere before… "Oh my God, don't tell me, are we back in the Snow Country, for real?" Of course! Naruto had that attached to him to stop the flow of Chakra in him… Or something like that.

"Anyways," He rolled his eyes. "Once these are attached, I'm going to connect them with this," He held up something that looked like nothing more than a simple cord. "It will do the rest."

"Th-The rest?" Hinata asked quietly after she had stopped screaming.

"Yes, it will connect their souls, combining them in one, and then of course, their powers will be transferred as well, so then I'll have my Byakugan-Sharingan-fox-demon soldier that I've always wanted," He talked as though he were a little child on Christmas.

All three girls got the mental image of a man with white eyes, and three black pupils with visible red Chakra surrounding him.

"Of course, I might even have uses for you three as well," He smiled evilly. "Let's see, a very intelligent healing ninja, hmm, and two blood line traits, am I right?"

Ino shook her head. "No, only Hinata."

"Oh, thanks Ino, save your neck," Hinata spit out.

"Yeah? Well, I see no other…"

"Shut up! I almost want to kill your souls now and get it done with, my God!" Kyros yelled. "This is why I hate women so much!"

"Yeah? And have you ever been with one?" Ino asked quietly.

"Yes, actually," Kyros said. He walked over to her and said quietly as he picked her up slightly, "And she died within two months. Accidentally. She got in the way of my gun, honest!"

Ino looked scared for the first time. "Don't… Don't touch me!" She tried getting away from him, but winced and then cried out when the chains got tighter.

"I'm surprised such delicate ladies can stand up to my chains!" Kyros laughed as Ino rolled near his feet, screaming in agony as he chains slowly started moving, tearing through her flesh.

"That's because we're Konoha ninja! We were taught by the best of the best… Unlike some…" Sakura said. She started screaming as well because she suddenly got the same punishment as Ino.

"Grr…" Kyros snarled. He took a deep breath and said, "Anyways… Back to my original point, we have a brilliant healer, another Byakugan user and something of a psychologist, am I correct?" He didn't wait for an answer. "I know more about you than you think."

"Well, ladies, I'd love to stay and chat," He started towards the door, but before he left he turned, snapping his fingers. The chains released the three girls, leaving them to bleed freely on the floor. "But quite honestly, you're boring, and I have to go hunt. Be well!"

Hinata passed out as soon as Kyros left the room.

Ino stood, shaking violently, and helped Sakura onto the bed. She picked up Hinata and placed her in the middle.

"What are we going to do?" Ino asked Sakura.

"I have no clue, absolutely no clue," Sakura placed her head in her hands. "Well, first thing's first," She held up her hands, which were glowing green.

"No, Sakura, you need to save your Chakra," Ino shook her head, pushing Sakura's hands away. "These are just scratches, I've had worse, believe me."

"They are not just scratches, these are really deep!" Sakura held her hands against the deepest wounds on Ino and Hinata, finally healing herself. "Wow, I'm soooo worn out now."

"I told you, you shouldn't've done that, you really shouldn't have…"

"Shut up, be grateful I'm here to even do anything remotely like that," Sakura laid back on the bed with her arms spread apart. "I'm getting hot, are you? Or is it just me?"

"No, no, it's getting actually really stuffy in here," Ino waved her hand like a fan in front of her face.

"Oh man," Sakura copied Ino.

"What the Hell?" Ino said loudly, as the fire grew larger.

"I think he's trying to melt us…" Sakura said, staring, wide-eyed, at the flames licking the ceiling.

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Neji, Naruto and Sasuke

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"Don't move," A voice told Naruto from behind a black mask.

"Too late," Naruto shrugged. All of the guns dropped as the people carrying them fell to the ground. "Nice going," Naruto said to his Shadow Replications.

"No problem!" One said before they disappeared in a puff of smoke.

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Sasuke was too fast. He grabbed the gun, twisted it so the person holding was pulled to him, and he punched the person so his nose was not only broken, but pushed into his face as well.

Sasuke gracefully fell to the ground on his feet. He shook his hand. "Igchshigch… I hate doing that!"

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"Of course it's me who else, stupid? The man who worked for Orochimaru, ah, good times, good times. You know that it was through my intelligence that Orochimaru-sama actually could even get anywhere close to Sasuke?" Keiji laughed. His laugh, quite frankly, did not match his looks.

"So, how many souls have you stolen?" Neji asked, trying to grab a kunai secretly.

"No need for a kunai, Neji," Keiji said, looking at the ceiling. "And I have not been stealing souls, I have been killing them. Much easier to have an army of soldiers with no souls than to have an army of soldiers that cry for every wound."

"You're absolutely horrible," Neji said.

"I know, isn't it great?" Keiji laughed once more. "Oh, and by the way, your girlfriends are getting murdered at this very minute, and I could almost swear that my charm turned them on, they almost wanted to pounce me. That's what made them trust me. That's what makes them all trust me"

Neji glared, but his heart stopped. Murdered? Right now?

"It was in their eyes," He laughed again. "I think it's a shame to put such beautiful ladies to death. I bet they scream real easy, if you get what I…"

"I GET WHAT YOU MEANT, YOU PERVERT!" Neji screamed in his face. He raised the kunai...

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Ino, Hinata and Sakura

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Ino stood up a little too fast and bumped her head on the bed frame.

"Ow! Damn! Could he have made this bed any smaller?" Ino growled as she rubbed the forming bump.

"Never mind that! Quick Ino! Check if the door's unlocked!" Sakura yelled. "I'll try and do something about this fire."

"What about Hinata?" Ino asked, frantically pushing and pulling on the door. "No use, it's locked."

"Dammit all!" Sakura said, running her hands through her hair, a true sign of stress.

"Wait… What's that…" Ino and Sakura screamed as something burst in the fireplace.

"Nice to see you three again," A familiar voice said to them.

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Neji, Naruto and Sasuke

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Naruto ran down the hallway, straight towards a very solid wall.

Just trust me, the fox growled from within Naruto. I know what I'm doing.

You had better, Naruto growled back.

Use your shoulder, the fox said.

My shoulder? Why…?

Just do it, for once believe me! The fox frantically howled.

Fine! Naruto snapped.

Naruto ran straight at the wall, his shoulders at the ready. At the moment of collision, Naruto could have sworn he had broken his shoulder, but instead the wall gave in. He landed in fire.

Whoa, whoa whoa, you didn't mention that as soon as I went through the wall, I'd catch of fire, Naruto said to the fox.

No, no, it's not real, the fox said. Look, I got you this far, didn't I?

Yeah, okay, so, they're just past this, right?

Yes, The fox said. Okay, you're on your own now.

Naruto stepped through the fire, and it immediately went out.

"Nice to see you three again," He said as he walked towards them. Sakura and Ino looked terrified, until they saw that it was him.

"Oh my God! Thank you so much! Oh my God! Oh my God!" Sakura said as she threw herself on Naruto. "I'm so glad you're here!"

"Yeah, me too," Naruto said.

"Is Sasuke-kun alright?" Sakura asked.

"Is Neji alright?" Ino asked.

"How did you get in here? What happened? Why are we here? For bait right? Do you know what's going to happen if you stay any longer? You should just leave, honestly, I think we'll be fine," Sakura and Ino shot at him.

"We chased the bastards and followed them here, and yes I do know what's going to happen. Sasuke and Neji are both fine… Well, from what I had last seen of them. We just split up to see who could find you," Naruto said. "Hey, wait a second… Where's Hinata?"

"Um, she passed out, we don't know why," Ino led Naruto to the bed.

"Oh," He picked her up like a husband would pick up his new wife on their wedding day. "Okay and… Say, why are you all wearing such short nightgowns?"

"Long story," Sakura said, her eyes narrowing and looking dangerous.

"Oookay," He walked to the doorway he had made. "Let's go," He helped Ino and Sakura through, then slowly and carefully climbed through with Hinata. They stopped when they were through, and Naruto laid Hinata gently on the floor. "Hinata," He gently called her as he felt her pulse. Good. There was one, but she wasn't waking up.

He slowly looked down her body. "Oh my God, what happened?"

"Well, you see…" Ino explained what had happened ever since they were broken up.

"Okay," Naruto said after she was done. He looked truly angry. "So this Kyros guy tried cutting you all… Erm… Apparently succeeded in cutting you all up?"

"Yes," Sakura said. "Whoa, Ino, are you okay?"

Ino went cross-eyed, and Naruto caught her before she hit the floor.

"Sakura, quick sit down," Naruto commanded her. "Just do as I say. Those spikes that were on the chains probably had some sort of poison on them. I don't want you to fall and smash your head against the ground."

Sakura understood and sat down quickly, not to soon either. As soon as her bottom touched the floor, she passed out as well.

"Ah, Sakura, I thought you were supposed to be strong," Naruto joked.

He picked up the three girls, surprised. "Man, for three girls ninja's who are probably stronger than anyone I know, they sure are light, considering muscle's heavier than fat… Maybe I'm just strong… Ha ha…"

He walked down the hallway, looking particularly bulky because of the extra weight.

"Sasuke… Neji… Sasuke… Neji…" Naruto called out at random intervals just incase one of them might hear him.

"Naruto!" Sasuke's voice called to him from around a corner.

"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled, rushing around the corner.

"Hey, what happened?" Sasuke said, rushing up to him.

Naruto took out a kunai and stabbed Sasuke's neck with it. He turned into someone totally and completely different.

"Damn, I hate when that happens, it's almost like really killing him… Not that I have a problem with that…" Naruto mumbled as an after thought.

"What do you mean, 'Not that I have a problem with that?'" Sasuke asked as he came around another corner.

"Never mind that… Here, I found them," He said, passing Sakura to him.

"Thanks, hey, how do you know that I'm not someone else?" Sasuke asked, taking Sakura gently, and looking down at her.

"Because first of all, just by the way you took Sakura, and by the way you didn't come running towards me, because I know Sasuke doesn't run towards me unless you're about to kill me. You're too indifferent for that," Naruto said.

"Thanks," Sasuke joked.

"Noooo problem."

Sasuke put Sakura in a piggyback position, and ran off, Naruto following close behind.

"Where do you think Neji is?" Naruto yelled to him.

"I dunno, that's where Byakugan comes to use," Sasuke yelled back to him. "Wait… No… He's down here."

Sasuke quickly turned yet another corner, coming into a VERY bright hallway. Sakura shifted a little in the light, and Sasuke adjusted her again. "Sakura? Can you hear me? Just stay with me, okay? We'll be out soon," Sakura made the smallest noise possible in her throat. Sasuke smiled, at least she could hear him still then.

"I GET WHAT YOU MEANT, YOU PERVERT!" Neji's voice yelled from just out of Naruto and Sasuke's vision.

Sasuke reached Neji first, who was laying on his back, his eyes closed and yelling at some unseen force.

"GenJutsu," Sasuke simply said.

Naruto nodded. He wouldn't have thought of that.

Sasuke raised his hand and slapped Neji. "I have no time for anything else."

Neji's eyes slowly opened. "Wha… Whe… Sasuke?" He asked.

"Yep, okay, get up, let's go," Sasuke helped Neji up, and said quietly, "Apparently the girls went through something tough."

Naruto gave Neji Ino, and Neji copied Sasuke by putting her on his back. But Naruto found he couldn't look away from Hinata's innocent face, so he kept her the way she was.

They continued running down the hallway.

"Is it just me, or is it getting darker?" Neji asked, squinting slightly.

"It's not just you," Naruto said.

"Glad you could come," A deep voice said from beyond the dark. Suddenly, the lights went out completely.

"Byakugan! Sharingan!" Two voices yelled from beside Naruto.

"Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked quietly in Naruto's arms.

"Hinata?" Naruto asked. "Are you okay?"

"Y-Yes, what's happening?" She asked.

"I have absolutely no clue what-so-ever," He answered.

"Dodge!" Sakura's voice yelled from somewhere to his left.

Naruto jumped back just in time. A large electric shock jolted through his body, but he knew he had evaded the most danger.

"I'm going to kill your souls, and you'll be mine! Now… DIE!" The voice screamed.

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Hmm… Bad ending for a weird chapter, but I think the next chapter will be the last, or one of the last… Yeah…

Review please and thank you!