A/N: Hi there! waves

See how fast I've updated? That's a new record for me :D !

Anyway I guess some of you will hate me for what I've written in this chapter but before killing me please wait for the end of the ff – you won't regret it… at least I hope so…

Chapter five

In the morning

The sun rose over the camp and the first birds started their song just as the first shinobi got up, too. Sakura went outside the house and stretched yawning. Suddenly a kunai flew towards her. She dodged it but nevertheless it left a slash on her left cheek. Instinctively she grabbed one of her knives readying herself to fight. Then she saw a shadow jumping in front of her and before she knew what happened an explosive tag was pinned at the door frame so that immediately took cover almost only out of reflex. After the explosion the other leaf-nin out of their houses too although the jounins were nowhere in sight. Hinata was right behind Sakura as a second shadow appeared in front of the pink-haired kunoichi knocking her to the ground. Then he brought up a kunai ready to slash her throat. Sakura closed her eyes not wanting to die but knowing she would when she felt something warm dripping on her face. Slowly she opened her eyes again to see the shadow-ninja over her with a kunai in his throat which was held by Hinata. The blood covering her hands was a real contrast to her almost white, unnatural pale skin. Her eyes were widened in horror as she loosened her hold of the knife and the ninja slumped down, dead. Suddenly all other shadow-ninjas were gone so that they were all alone again. The other leaf-nins crowded around the two girls and the dead body but their teachers were still nowhere in sight.

Sakura went with Hinata into a separate room where she tried to wash the blood of her hands. Sakura wanted to thank Hinata for saving her life but she couldn't find the right words. Eventually Tenten came in and tried to talk to Hinata so that Sakura could leave them. She went outside again to see what the boys were doing. Behind one of the houses she saw Naruto standing and stepping closer she saw Neji, Shikamaru and Sasuke were there, too. As she stepped even closer Sasuke stopped her by standing in her way. She tried to get past but he didn't let her. "Sasuke-kun, why are you standing in my way?" She asked confused. "There's something you surely don't want to see." This statement made her feel even but then when she went past him she saw what he meant: their teachers' dead bodies or rather what was left of them were lying there. Blood was splattered all over the ground and empty eyes were staring into the distance. Sakura broke crying unable to hold back tears as she heard one of the boys – she believed it was Shikamaru - saying that they would have to bury their corpses so that their techniques couldn't be stolen and he also said that they would've to inform the others.

Shikamaru instructed Sasuke and Naruto to make sure all of them would be in his house while he and Neji searched for any enemies within a radius of three kilometers around the camp. They fond none. So after a relative short time they returned to Shikamaru's house. Immediately Shikamaru felt the tense atmosphere that spread through the whole room covering it with silence. He looked around taking in every detail: Sakura was leaning on a wall clutching Sasuke's hand and trying her best not to cry. Naruto and Tenten were each on one side of Hinata trying to comfort her though Shikamaru could see that Narutos eyes were watery. Kiba, Lee and Chouji were sitting in chairs, Shino was leaning on a wall too and Ino was sitting on the floor in front of him with her legs pulled to her chest and her arms around them. Shikamaru looked on the floor thinking of how to begin. But before he could say something Kiba asked anxiously "Come on, tell what happened, I mean why are you all so – so quiet? And why didn't our senseis come to help us during the attack?" Shikamaru sighed but looked now directly at Kiba and the others "They couldn't help us because they're dead." Their reaction was just like Shikamaru had expected: they were shocked, utter disbelief displayed on their faces. Now Ino stood up her blue eyes fixed on Shikamaru. He could clearly see she was forcing back tears. "Are you sure they're dead?" He nodded. Now Ino couldn't take it any longer and started crying but her blue eyes still locked with his. That was too much for Shikamaru: first seeing the dead bodies of their teachers was already hard enough but now seeing Ino in front of him looking so lost and vulnerable almost broke his heart and regardless of him being a ninja he felt tears welling up in his eyes as well. He blinked them away and straightened himself once more before saying "We'll have to bury their bodies or otherwise their techniques could easily be stolen. Those who don't think they can help us should stay here – the others follow me."

With that he left the house but turning his head slightly he that all were following him. Ino walked next to him and still sobbing she took his hand. When she saw their senseis she clutched his hand that tightly it almost hurt. Ignoring it he commanded the other ninjas to get some firewood. After they had placed the wood around the corpses Sasuke had to set it all on fire with his gokakyu-no-jutsu though he first hesitated before forming the seals and releasing a giant fireball. The fire was burning several hours until there was only scorched earth left. Only the five wooden crosses they had built reminded of their senseis anymore. Then they just stood there until the night came. Ino shivered only partly from the cold and partly from the events of this day. Shikamaru noticed it and since she was still holding his hand he led her back to their house while the other leaf-nins left as well. Back in their room Shikamaru heard Ino silently sobbing in her bed as he finally let his tears flow too.

Naruto was sitting on a tree not wanting to go back inside. He knew he shouldn't let Hinata be there all alone but he simply couldn't bring himself to go back inside. He preferred to sit there in the moonlight and stayed there until he eventually fell asleep till the sun woke him in the next morning. At first he wondered why he had been sleeping in a tree but then his eyes fell on the five wooden crosses and all memories came back in a flash. He remembered finding the jounins; he remembered the bloodstained ground and the smell of burning flesh. He shook his head trying to get rid of those images but they stayed, he couldn't even think of something different. Not able to take it any longer he ran back to the camp hoping to escape his own thoughts.

Back in his house he almost collided with Sakura. Her eyes were red from crying. "Morning, Naruto." She said forcing a half-hearted smile. Naruto also tried to force a smile but failed. He just lacked the strength to smile when someone close to him died. So he just nodded and turned around heading for his and Hinata's room. He knocked at the door but received no reply. 'Maybe she's still sleeping.' He thought. Silently he opened the door looking around. The foxboy noticed that her bed was empty. Then he went on, further into the room were he saw Hinata lying in a pool of blood. Without even thinking he rushed over to Hinata kneeling down beside her and taking her into his arms trying to wake her although a voice in the back of his head told him that she was dead. It was clear she was – her wrists were slashed and she was already cold but nevertheless Naruto shouted her name as if this would wake her from her eternal sleep. "Hinata!" It couldn't be couldn't be that she dead, he wouldn't accept it – he just wouldn't accept to lose two important people in only two days. Especially not this way. At first his sensei was killed by someone he didn't even know who it was and why he had killed his sensei along with the other jounins and now Hinata. It looked so much like suicide but deep in his heart Naruto knew that she was too strong for doing something like that. She might appear weak but she wasn't. He called her name out again this time more desperate.

TBC

A/N: Evil me right? But wait for the next two chapters before killing me.

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