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Sakura was not sure who or why someone was after Hime but she knew that going back to the hotel where they staying probably was not a good idea. Those following Hime had certainly already seen her and knew what she looked like
Heading back to the room now probably would not be the best of option at the moment. That and looking up she seeing that the day was ending faster than she had expected it to. Which meant she probably could not go back to the room she was stay in with Naruto and Jiraiya. That meant she would have find somewhere else to just hide and ride out the night that way. They should not be aware of her condition or even that such thing was even possibly.
They seem to be in luck as there was an area where Sakura should be able blend in without much trouble. Hiding almost in plain sight after getting Hime to help her with that aspect. Quickly getting dressed in the outfit Sakura stood amongst the others posing as they did.
Hime watched as she could not believe her eyes as Sakura just turned into a statue just like that as the sun set. Taking on the role similar to those statues around her seemingly using this condition of hers as means to do so. Hoping this would keep her from being spotted as she could not defend herself or Hime at night currently. Thus this was the only real option she felt that could be done on such short notice.
Hime however then shook her head as she had no time to marvel over what she had just seen. She had to go try and find her teammate after all. She had an idea of what he looked like as how much blond with blue eyes wearing orange were in this town anyway.
Naruto was about to head back after he had finished with his training for the day. He had wanted to get back before the sun went down as that meant he would have at least been able to spend some time with Sakura. Though that was not to be as he thought he was having a breakthrough but just could not seem to get over that final hurdle at the moment.
"This brat was giving us quite the trouble was not" a tall guy said
"Though why was she back as it almost as if she was looking for someone. Where that other girl get to the pink hair one that saved her earlier" a medium size guy replied.
Before the third guy who was carrying the girl in question could saying anything. They were out cold on the ground as Naruto had knoced them out himself.
"What did you think you are doing, kid" the tall guy demand
Naruto did not say anything as he just perform the shadow clone justu and moment later the other two were out cold as well. Having been beaten up by his clone as he was busy untying the girl they had with them.
"…go I have to find him, huh!?" She said as apparently they stop her with justu that seemingly froze her.
"Are you Naruto" the girl said grabbing his shoulder as he kneeling down so that she was capable of doing it.
"Why and how do you know Sakura" Naruto asked wanted to know.
Sometime later…
"I see so that what happen then" he said interested
Hime told him everything she knew about how she met Sakura, how they were eating when they had run from those after he, and how Sakura told to her to return to her after she found Naruto before the sun when down.
"Make sense that she would not go back to the room if all that was the case" he said.
They arrived at where Sakura was hiding herself as he was amazed that there were statues of this degree in town which was seemingly on par with how Sakura looks as one. It cause him to wonder something that maybe Sakura did not as she did come here possibly without thinking it over too much at the moment.
They arrive to where Sakura was at the moment the pose she took really did make look as if she was a part of this area and not merely trying to hide herself amongst them instead.
Of course this than gave Naruto a bad feeling about what was going here as just why were there so many statues here in this town and again why were they this detailed as well.
Naruto was then pushed out the way by Hime who was then grasp by and left hanging as they holding her by the head.
"Annoying girl as was I told that you would not be a problem like this. Though it seem that you are going to have to be kept quite another way" the person said.
They were wearing seemingly special gauntlet on their hand with eye on the back of it. Hime was struggling to free herself that is until the gauntlet's eye open wide and then she stopped all of sudden. The gauntlet was turning her to stone as she then hit the ground with large thud once it had finished with her. Lying on the ground unable to move and looking now as statue very similar to the ones surrounding Sakura
"Should have done this from the start then we would not have had anything to worry about those others are just too paranoid about…." the person named Ishidate said before he was sent flying upward and then into nearby tree.
"What did you just do to her" Naruto demanded
"What the hell is your problem" Ishidate retaliated
As he had been struck so hard that huge wig he was wearing had been knock off revealing that he short light blue hair naturally. Also that attack just now had seem to do more damage than he had first thought as it felt like a battering ram struck him full force.