Tenten's hero

Chapter 19: A Broken Team

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Shinji wiped a tear from his eye.

"That was the last I saw from her…I searched the forest afterwards but, they were gone."

Naruto starred at the man in disbelief.

"Sa…Sasuke…? He'd never do that…it's not-…"

Kiba looked at Naruto with hate filled eyes.

"Not what?! Leave it to him to do something like this."

Naruto return the glare two fold.

"Shut up! You don't know anything about Sasuke!"

He smirked a little.

"And you do? All I know is that he's a traitor."

Sakura looked at Kiba then Naruto and sighed.

"…I'm with Naruto, Kiba… I mean when you think about it…why would Sasuke kidnap Tenten of all people…?"

Shinji stared at Sakura for a few seconds before responding.

"He wasn't going for Tenten."

Shikamaru looked at the man, puzzled.

"What are you saying…? This was all an accident…?

Shinji took his eyes off of Sakura and fixed them on the floor.

"He was going for Sakura-chan, not Tenten."

A ramen bowl dropped to the floor along with its contents from the pink haired kunoichi.

Ino stared at the trembling Sakura.

"S-Sakura…"

Hinata stared at Shinji in disbelief.

"That…can't be right…Sasuke didn't have feelings for Sakura…right?"

Shinji's were still on the floor.

"Hn…Sasuke was going to kidnap Sakura but Tenten found out and tried to stop him. In the end she ended up being taken instead…"

Shikamaru looked around at the team. Neji, Kiba, and Naruto were all staring at the floor, and Hinata and Ino were huddled around the nonmoving Sakura.

He sighed.

"Thank you…Shinji-san."

The owner of the shop didn't take his eyes of the floor for a second.

"It's no problem…Please try your hardest to find her…"

Shikamaru became serious.

"Sure."

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The next day everyone left the sand village after saying goodbye to Shinji, Temari, Kankurou, and Gaara. Sakura and Neji were still not talking. As a matter of fact nobody was talking to each other, not even the animals. They were all in there own world of memories. Naruto grimaced. The aura surrounding the eleven was so grim at was starting to irritate him. He looked at thee silent Sakura beside him. She returned the stare with blank eyes for two seconds before staring back at the ground. Naruto looked back at Neji. The Hyuuga didn't even look up at him. He groaned in annoyance.

"WHY IS EVERYTHING SO QUIET!!!!!"
Shikamaru looked over his shoulder and gave the boy a confused 'what the hell look'.

"How troublesome…"he sighed.

Kiba looked at Shikamaru, then at Naruto. This was a bad situation. Sakura was probably blaming herself for Tenten's kidnapping, and Neji was isolating himself at the back. Everyone else was worrying about the two. He looked up at a cloud that was shaped like a dragon.

'The team is falling apart.'

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Everyone took camp near another river. Shikamaru observed the map in the light from the fire.

"We're a day's march from the ocean if we don't run into any distractions."

Ino looked up at the boy staring at her.

"What will we do once we get to the ocean? We don't know where to get a boat or how to navigate on open waters."

From the other sighed of the camp fire Shikamaru sighed into his sleeping bag.

"That's a problem for another day…"

Ino looked around the camp fire at her sleeping friends, then a the full moon above her.

"Baka…"