Hey guys. I am sooo sorry about taking so long to update, but my internet has been down for days ! I'm very sorry, I wanted to work on my chapter so badly too ! So, here's chapter nine !

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did, would I be writing fanfiction ?

Chapter Nine: Le Maze

Sakura's heart began beating faster and faster.

'Where the hell am I ?' She wondered.

Shit. We're lost !

'Again !?! Ugh.'

Let's go kill someone !

'Like who ? Why don't we start by finding a way out of here !'

That's what I was gunna say next, chill.

'Right...' Sakura thought, turning off her inner self.

She began running through the narrow hallway. Where was she going ? Who was she going to ? What corner would she turn at ? Sakura's questions ran through her head as she made a sharp right turn. She stopped short when she saw what was in front of her.

"Oh my god... it's..."

... (with Kiba)

'God dammit, where did that kid go ?' Kiba thought to himself, looking around to see where the red head went.

He leaned on the wall, feeling the path inhead of him. It was nearly black out, but a little bit of light from above shone down on the maze. All of a sudden he felt a lump in front of him.

"What the..." He said to himself.

It was a ladder, going downwards. Kiba slowly felt each step, making sure it was sturdy.

"Well, Akamaru, should we go down ?" Kiba asked his trusty dog.

Akamaru barked. The dog wasn't positive, thought he figured they might as well.

"Maybe Sakura is down there !" Kiba thought, trying to stay positive.

When he reached the bottom of the ladder, he expected to feel ground beneath his feet. But when Kiba jumped off the ladder, he splashed into a body of water, much deeper than his height. Kiba heard a hissing noise a feet yards away from him. He gulped quite loudly.

"What is that..." He said to himself, trying to make his was as peaceful as he could back to the ladder. Kiba felt something brush against his leg. "Oh... sh-" He was cut off by a fit of laughter coming from in front of him.

"AHAHA ! You fell for it ! You thought I was a monster or something !" Naruto said, laughing hysterically.

"Naruto ! I am trying to save Sakura ! Could you please be more serious ?" Kiba asked, annoyed.

"Ugh, fine, fine, be serious. But man, that was hilarious !" Naruto said, laughing once again.

Kiba bopped him over the head. "OW ! What was that for, geez ? Fine, I'll be serious." Naruto said, feeling the lump on his head.

The two friends began swimming over to the ladder, but they had some trouble finding it.

"Naruto... can you see anything ?" Kiba asked, worried.

"Nope. It's pitch-black out. Can't see a thing." Naruto replied.

"Well, I think there was land and a tunnel over there..." Naruto said, turning behind them

"How far away ?" Kiba questioned.

"Oh, only a few hundred yards." Naruto exclaimed.

...(back with Sakura)

'Gaara ?' Sakura thought, looking at the red head.

'What is he doing here ?' She thought to herself.

It was rather creepy, seeing someone who could kill you in an instant all alone in a dark maze. It was even more terrifying when she saw him staring right back at her. But, she realized that if anyone was going to start any kind of conversation, it was going to be her.

"So... you lost ?" She said, praying to dear god that he would reply.

"Hn." The Demon of the Desert said in reply. Guessing that meant yes, Sakura went on.

"I have no clue where I'm going... it's so dark. Do you ?" She asked, guessing that he would say 'hn' again.

"I... do a little bit." Gaara said. The truth was, he pretty much knew the way out by now. The third eye sand trick had recently come in handy, especially in this maze. Gaara now knew where certain paths had a dead-end when he hadn't even went down it.

"Well.. uhm, then should we get out of here ?" Sakura said. She was pretty damn lucky that he had not killed her yet. But for some reason, she felt he would not kill her. She felt the slightest bit of comfort around the red head, especially in a dark cave, where she knew someone was after her. Although she would never admit it to anyone, not even herself, she felt glad she had bumped into him.

Gaara nodded his head and began walked down the path, with Sakura following closly behind. Any footstep or noise made other than themselves would cause Sakura to grab Gaara's arm, and Gaara couldn't say he wasn't enjoying it.

Oh, you're lucky.

'Why.' He thought to his inner-demon.

Can't you see ? She's beautiful.

'Whatever...'

Sure kid. Sure. Too bad she has the dog-boy already.

'I could care less. I have no feelings for her.'

Then why are you letting her hold your hand? His inner demon asked, a smirk on his racoon-like face.

Gaara let go of Sakura's hand, not even realizing that was what he was holding onto.

'Hah. There.' Gaara thought at last, and began ignoring the demon.

...(back with Kiba and Naruto.

"Where the hell are we..." Naruto said, holding onto his stomache from a lack of food.

"I think we're almost out of here..." Kiba said, trying to look farther inhead of them.

The two heard footsteps from behind them. Naruto immediately jumped behind Kiba.

"Thanks, what was that for ?" Kiba said, looking over his shoulder.

"Look, if you die first, I'll have something to eat." Naruto said, smiling.

'Jerk.' Kiba thought to himself.

Kiba walked a little farther towards the footsteps, and saw it was Sakura and Gaara.

"Sakura !" Kiba said, rushing over to her, giving her a bear-hug.

"Kiba !" Sakura said, wrapping her arms around him. You could imagine how much Sakura had missed him, she was kidnapped, then when she finally found him, she was lost in a maze.

"I missed you so much. I was so worried !" Kiba said, breaking the hug and putting his hands on her shoulders.

"I missed you too !" Sakura said, smiling at him.

Gaara glared at Kiba, wishing they had turned around when he heard their footsteps.

Hah, I knew it.

'Knew what.'

You like her.

'Do not, get off my case. It's just going to be harder with two more people... that's all...'

His demon smirked at him, knowing why he really glared.

"Gaara, are you okay ?" Sakura asked sweetly, noticing his random glare.

"Hn." He replied, walked off.

Sakura grabbed Kiba's arm, and began following after her savior.

'Why was she with him ?' Kiba asked himself. 'What were they doing ? If he touched her in any unappropriate way, I will kill him...'

"Kiba ! Kiba, are you there ?" Sakura asked, waving a hand in front of his face.

"Yeah. Sorry." He replied.

"Gaara, we need to find Ino and the others... Can you help us find them ?" Sakura asked.

"Anything for you, my blossom." Gaara replied, looking back.

Kiba glared at Gaara.

'Damn ! Why'd you make me say that !' Gaara roared at Shukaka

Because I know you like her anyway, so I figured you needed a little push.

Gaara shook his head, still pissed.

'I swear, if he says one more thing to Sakura...' Kiba thought to himself.

'Are they okay ?' Sakura wondered.

This maze was going to be anything but fun.

I am super duper ultra mega sorry for taking to long ! I feel so bad, but my internet keeps going down ! It sucks a lot, becuase I really wanted to write this chapter ! So, please R&R, and I hope you liked it