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3rd POV

Ino's jeans were stained with dirt, tears and the sudden rain. Her long blond hair was tangled, knotted, and a wild mess. Her eyeliner made a faint trail of black down her cheeks, as she wiped it away. Sweat ran down the sides of her face as she sprinted all the way back to the bar. Her calf muscles were pleading her to stop as her heels were going to rip apart by her platform boots. Tears kept on streaming down her face as she screamed out loudly into the quiet night.

'Naruto...' she repeated the blond's voice over and over in her mind, guilt and remorse drilling through her chest and heart as it crumpled to pieces,' Naruto... not you too! You were all I had left...' the bright lights from the bar were illuminating the darkness around her as the big building came into view,' I'm so sorry... Kiba.. Shikamaru... Naruto,'

She had finally reached the building and threw the door opened and went inside. The music was still blasting loud and it smelled of sweat and beer. Ino looked around the building not being able to spot her friends. She wriggled her way through the dance floor hoping to find someone, anyone.

The music gave her a headache and made her feel like her ears were going to bleed. She tripped on someone's foot, expecting the pain of the wooden floor, Ino closed her eyes shut, but the pain never came.

"Ino!?" she heard Temari's voice scream out her name over the loud music," Where'd you go?! You totally missed out..." Temari's voice had trailed off when she noticed Ino's appearance, her face, her tears, her make up. Her eyes widened and she dove down, kneeling next to the girl that collapsed onto the floor," Ino, what's wrong...!?" Temari shook the girls shoulders.

Ino shook her head as her tears poured out and her screaming sobs filled Temari's ears. "Ino-chan!" the two girls on the floor heard Hinata's high voice as she walked over to them," What's wrong?!"

"Ino, what happened!?" Temari shook the blonde's shoulders again.

Ino took deep breaths before she looked up and saw the two girls in front of her, concern in their eyes, as Ino shook her head again and screamed," N-Naruto! He's gone!" she screamed off the top of her lungs. The other two's eyes widened. Hinata stood up shocked, tears forming at the corner of her eyes.

"Ino, you better not be joking with us!" Temari yelled.

The blonde shook her head as her tears wouldn't stop," I'm NOT joking with you, Temari," Ino continued to cry. Temari looked down at the girl and then back up at the crying Hinata.

She leaned over and whispered in the blonde's ear," Let's go find everyone else, and we'll talk about it outside," Ino nodded as she stood up and followed Temari and Hinata to the table.

Kiba and all of the other guys sat at the table laughing hysterically (or it was just Kiba). Neji was the first one to spot Temari and the two crying girls around her.

The black haired Huyga stood up, catching everyone else's attention at the table. Kiba stopped laughing and turned over to Temari," What's up, Temar-..." he stopped suddenly when he found Ino behind her, not even daring to look at Kiba as she continued to sob in her hands. Rage started in Kiba's eyes as he stood up in his chair, he walked over to the three girls and stood in front of Ino. "You..." Kiba lifted a hand up, positioning himself to slap the other girl hard in the face.

"Kiba!" Temari didn't move from her stance," Don't make her any more sad than she already is." Kiba looked at the calm blond and growled, lowering his hand. "We're going outside, if any of you cared about Naruto, then come and join us." Temari said boldly before turning around and walking through the dancing crowd again, followed by Hinata and Ino.

Kiba looked behind him where everyone else was, and they all looked at each other. Shikarmaru was first to stand up and follow the girls. He shot a glance at Kiba and jerked his head towards the direction the other three were heading," Let's go..." he yawned and walked ahead" So troublesome."

Kiba growled and turned around again," You three coming, or not?" he asked. Kankuro, Gaara, and Neji looked at each other before all three of them stood up and walked over.

Everyone stood outside as Temari looked around with her brow raised," Where's Tenten?" she asked the others.

"Oh, she left not too long ago, I thought you were with her," Kankuro said. Temari just shrugged and turned to Ino, placing her hands on her hips.

"So, care to explain exactly, what, happened?" she tapped her foot.

Ino raised her head, looking around at everyone before nodding her head slowly and taking a deep breath," Naruto... was taken right before my eyes...,"

"Yeah we kinda figured that out..." Shikamaru yawned again. Temari looked at him before hitting him on the arm with the back of her hand.

"They put something in his drink when he and Kiba first got here..." Ino continued," When I was walking him back, he lost his balance. He told me his vision was getting blurry, and he couldn't hear properly." Ino started to sob again," We were half way there when I told him we were turning back we collapsed and they... they..." Ino fell to the floor again as she covered her face with her hands," he's gone! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"

Hinata walked over to the blond and fell to the floor next to her, wrapping her arms around Ino's shoulders. The dark haired girl's eyes were hosting tears that were waiting to race down her cheeks. Her face was red and strands of hair stuck to her already wet cheeks. Before long two girls were on the floor pouring their eyes out while Temari and the other's couldn't do anything but stand there and curse at themselves.

"Fuck!" Kiba cursed out loud and punched the wall behind him, the impact on his knuckles causing him to grunt loudly and jerk his hand away.

"Self infliction won't solve anything," Shikamaru looked up at the dark sky.

Ino's breath steadied as she looked up at everyone for a few moments before she looked down again," What..." she started a shaky sentence," what if Naruto... What if he ends up like Sak-!?"

"DON'T YOU DARE!" Kiba yelled," DON'T YOU DARE SAY IT!" Everyone jerked violently and was caught off guard by Kiba's sudden out burst," Naruto will NOT end up like Sakura!" Kiba panted," Not if I do something about it.."

"Kiba there is nothing you can do!" Temari argued," This is the town's tradition, there is nothing we can do but sit back and worry our sorry asses off."

"No!" Kiba yelled," I'LL FIND HIM! EVEN IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!"

Temari took the other's shoulders in her hands and shook him violently," Fucktard, are you shitting me right now!? Getting him back is against tradition, and you'll be punished severel-"

"I don't care!" Kiba spat," whoever took him will pay for-"

"Kiba!" Ino shouted out the dog lover's name, cutting his sentence off," The one who took Naruto..."

"Ino, NO!" Temari shouted.

"Was... Uchiha Sasuke."

And all eye's widened after the infamous Sasuke's name was slipped out of the reckless blond's mouth.

Kiba's eyes widened. He tried to step back, tried to get away from his crowd of friends, but the wall behind him prevented him from doing so. So the only thing he could do was slide his back against the hard wall and sit down on the ground. His hands went up to cover his face that was stamped with anger and sorrow. To think that his best friend, Naruto, would be taken right under his nose with him not being able to do shit about it. Kiba felt like trash.

"Kiba...," Naruto called the name of his best bud from across the room. Kiba had come over to the blonde's house after he had gotten in another fight with his dog Akamaru.

Kiba was lying on Naruto's bed, a perverted magazine in his hands that he brought from home as he flipped through the pages he answered Naruto's call with a hum," Hmm?" he flipped another page.

The blond was on the floor, books and papers covering the bamboo flooring. He put his pencil down after finishing another assignment from his science class," Do you think... I'll stay five-foot-three forever?" when the question came out of Naruto's mouth Kiba snorted.

"Idiot, you're eighteen already, I think it would be a waste of time if you expect to grow another foot." Kiba said as he yawned and threw the magazine in his hand across the room.

"Yeah but..."

"You're worried about being one of those guys who ends up getting taken away," Kiba said loud enough for only Naruto to hear," aren't you?" Kiba looked over at his blond friend and watched him nod. Kiba smirked and rolled over to lie on his stomach," Don't worry 'bout it!" Kiba emitted "You can always count on me! Stay by my side and I promise you'll get a girl before any other perverted guy gets a look at ya." Kiba continued to look at his best friend.

Naruto smiled," Thanks... Kiba."

"No problem, Naruto... no problem.."

Kiba, Shikamaru, Ino, Temari, and the rest of them were half way to Naruto's house. The only sounds they heard were the hoots of an owl, the water that ran calmly through the rivers, and their own footsteps that collided with the dirt road. No one dared to speak, or rather no one really knew what to say, and no one really wanted to say anything. They were all consumed in the silenced and took a liking to it, even the loud mouthed Kiba was quiet.

Ino never dared to raise her chin from her chest as she kept looking down at the ground, holding back sobs that would break the tense silence. Unlike everyone else, it wasn't the silence that consumed her, the hoots of the owls, the calm running water, but it was her remorse that seemed to eat her alive. The regret took over and destroyed the sorrow in her heart. The image that she saw of Naruto being hauled back to the car was her worst nightmare, she couldn't bare it if she lost yet another one of her best friends. It seemed as if everyone she held dearest to her were being taken away. If so... maybe if she left, everyone would be happy.

'No!' Ino thought 'Naruto nor Sakura would want me to do that...'

Ino raised her hands and put them balled up against her heart. Her heart's beats seemed to have calmed her down, showing her that she was still alive, and she was healthy, and that she belonged in this world.

Ino gulped and finally had the guts to look up from the ground, and when she did, she saw the curb that was so familiar to her. When they turn left at that curb, Naruto's house would be right there, where it always was, but he wouldn't be there...

Everyone seemed to have started to walked slower than before, not wanting to confront Naruto's parents. But Kiba seemed to have walked faster than the pack and was a couple of yards away, already starting to turn at the curb.

"Kiba!" Temari called out. "Wait for us!" she said as she ran over to Kiba who stopped and looked behind. After Temari ran off everyone looked at each other and followed her actions, running over to the dog lover, except for Ino.

Ino continued to walk, a little faster than before, though. She looked at everyone as they all stopped and turned around to look at her, causing Ino to stop with eyes wide opened.

They all looked at the blonde, and it was Hinata that stepped out of the crowd and smiled at her," Come on... Ino." She said in her gentle voice. Ino's eyes widened as tears formed at the corner of her eyes and she smiled for the first time that night as she ran over to Hinata and embraced the girl, starting to sob loudly again, not even caring the noise about the noise that they caused

After the ruckus that the teens made everyone turned around when they heard the calm voice of Kushina," Kiba? Ino!? It's one in the morning! What are you all doing here?!" she asked as she put a smile on her face. Everyone turned around and looked at the beautiful redheaded women, and their faces grew dark. Kiba was the first one to look away as he looked to the ground. "What's wrong? Kiba? It's rare to see you frown!"

"Auntie..." Hinata called out to Kushina.

"What is it, Hinata?" Kushina tilted her head to the side.

"N-Naruto-kun... he's been-"

"Naruto's gone." Ino finished. There was silence for a long while. Kushina stepped back a few steps, the words soaking into her mind as she covered her mouth with her hands. Before she realized what she was doing, she ran back into the house her long flowing hair following behind her as her tears blew in the wind.

"Ino.. don't you think that was-."
"Doesn't matter," Kiba cut off Temari," she was going to have to find out anyways." Kiba started to walk again," let's go.. we have to explain to them.."

Everyone nodded and followed Kiba over the house, not even bothering to knock everyone took off their shoes and walked into the house that smelled like citrus. They were all too familiar with this house and walked over to the living room, sliding the door open, everyone taking a seat on the floor.

After another five ten minutes of silence, they all looked up when they heard the door slide open and saw Minato. Minato sighed before walking in, sliding the door closed and taking a seat next to the table.

He cleared his throat before he spoke. "So.. he's really gone..."

Everyone nodded," I-.. I'm really sorry!" Ino chocked out as she bowed her head down in remorse. "I- I was careless and thought I could take Naruto back home by myself.."

Minato looked over at the now sobbing blonde and smiled. "It's alright, Ino.. I'm just glad they didn't do anything to you, who knows what your father would do to me!" he joked out, which lightened the mood. "Kushina's not taking it very well, though. She was always scared about this..." Minato said, catching everyone's attention once more," she wanted to move out of the village, but since I am in charge, it wasn't like I could easily find someone to take over for me. And being Hokage, was one of my greatest achievements." Minato chuckled. "I must sound so selfish... my dreams over my family..."

"Not at all!" Kiba said," I mean you're the best Hokage this town has had in a long time!" Kiba said, which made Minato's smile widen.

"Thank you, Kiba," he said.

"It was my fault as well... Uncle Minato.." Kiba said," I persuaded Naruto to leave the house and join us at the bar..."

"I figured it was you, Kiba." Minato laughed," But it's not your fault, it's my stupid son's fault for not telling me if something was wrong..."

Kushina sobbed under the moon's bright light. The covers and blankets were thrown over her shoulders as she sat up with her hands clasped together against her forehead. In her hands she held a necklace. A bright turquoise gem was in the middle with one bead on each side.

"Please.. Kyuubi... keep my son safe. I wouldn't be able to live if I lost him too..."

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Next Update: July 20, 2013 pacific time!