Hi guys! You all wanted more/longer chapters, so I made this one two times as long as most of the others.! I totally appreciate the reviews. they totally make me write more. so i have a confession to make. when it came to Lee, honestly, i completely forgot that i had him on the mission. but, i think i have the perfect idea for what happens to him. i think it will be that-

OH! looks like you'll have to wait and find out!

Chapter 14-All or nothing

"Uh…you guys…?" All of them looked over to see that Sakura had woken up.

"Sakura! You're awake!" Hinata said.

"Um, were is Lee?" Everyone looked shocked and realized: where is Lee?

Before they had time to think through what had happened, Kakashi showed up.

"Everyone, you all have one night to bandage up your cuts, and injuries. We have to leave for Konoha at sun rise tomorrow." Kakashi said.

"Well, what about Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.

"That's why we only have one night." Kakashi told her.

"But, Kakashi-sensei…what if he dies!" Hinata started crying.

"I believe in Naruto. I think that he can hold on til tomorrow." Everyone nodded in agreement.

Kakashi looked down at Sasuke, Jiraiya, and Sakura. He noticed that they were on the ground…and that the tent wasn't set up. Instead, there was a tarp that was tied to two trees. Kakashi pointed at the tarp and said;

"Uh…where's the tent…?" Neji and Shikamaru looked down at the ground and blushed.

"Oh yes. I guess I forgot to tell you…" Kakashi walked over to what everyone thought was an extra backpack. He opened it up and pulled out a summoning scroll. He undid the scroll and POOF. Out of nowhere a tent (already set up) popped out. (Shikamaru and Neji sweat-dropped.)

By sundown, everyone was bandaged up. (Well mostly.) Neji was able to identify most of Sasuke's injuries, but not all of them. he was able to find numerous broken ribs, a bone in his arm and leg, and major bruising. All that Sakura could do for him, was to put a splint on his arm and leg, and wrap his torso up. (She had used her chakra on Naruto. That's why she couldn't heal Sasuke.)

Naruto was on a cot, with some medical herbs, that Sakura had found, on his stomach. He also had a damp cloth on his forehead for the fever that he had gotten. His face was pale, and his hair was once again matted down with sweat. It had taken a long time to get the bleeding to slow down. But by then he had already lost a large amount. He was getting worse and worse by the minute.

That night Kakashi, Hinata, Sakura, Kiba and Neji sat around the campfire and talked about the mission. (the rest of them were asleep inside the tent.) They were talking about Lee as well.

"Kakashi-sensei, Lee is on my squad. And I know that Guy-sensei will kill me if he finds out that on our mission we 'just so happened' to lose him! So, why aren't you taking any plan of action?" Neji told Kakashi. But Kakashi didn't exactly hear him. He was busy thinking things through and where Lee might have gone.

"Jiraiya-sama, you were in a different area. So you might have seen if Lee had gone anywhere, right." Kiba asked him.

"Well, come to think of it, I did see someone walk through the room. He was carrying something, but I couldn't see what because Orochimaru had gotten in my way." Jiraiya explained. "But Orochimaru did say something that had nothing to do with the situation. He said, 'You know Jiraiya, if you take something that I want…then I will be forced to take something that you want.' And then he smiled an evil grin…and disappeared. That's when I came into the room and found that you guys weren't fighting anymore."

"So he was taken hostage." Kakashi said.

"We have to go back." Neji demanded.

"We can't. By now they are long gone. And besides, we have to get Naruto and Sasuke back. Going after Lee would be another mission, so we need the Hokage's permission. Whether we like it or not, we can't go after him." Kakashi said, as he looked down with a sad expression.

"How can you be thinking like that? Lee is part of this mission, and if something happens to him then we have to help him! Are you just leaving him here because you're to worried about Naruto!" Neji said. He was so furious. Kakashi walked over to him and grabbed his collar.

"Don't you dare think that. You don't think that I worry about my team? Because Lee was taken, the blame lays on my head. I am the leader, so I take the blame. Yes I am worried about Naruto and Sasuke. But I am also worried about Lee. So never again say that I don't think about my team." With that Kakashi walked back over to Naruto's cot, sat down and pulled out his book.

Later on when everything seemed to be fine, Naruto started groaning in pain, and he started bleeding again. Sakura was doing everything that she could do to help him, but Kakashi told her to stop. Naruto would have to wait til they got back to Konoha. His injuries were just way out of their hands. The two of them looked over to the fire and saw Hinata in Kiba's arms. She was crying once again. She looked up at them with red puffy eyes.

"It's all my fault. If, if only I hadn't b-been so weak…then maybe, Naruto wouldn't have to suffer like this!" Kiba was doing all that he could to comfort her.

"Hinata it's not your fault. So don't" Kiba was cut off by Hinata.

"Y-yes it is my fault. I, I was too weak. Naruto shouldn't have saved me. If he wouldn't have s-saved me, then he wouldn't be in such pain!" Hinata pulled herself away from Kiba and ran off a little ways into the forest. Kiba got up to go after her.

"No Kiba. Hinata just needs a minute to think about things, so just leave her be." Kakashi said. Kiba wanted to argue with him about that, but he knew that Neji had already put him into a bad mood and he didn't want to see him when it got even worse.

Hinata ran over to a big tree and sat down with her back against it.

Why am I so weak. After fighting Neji-kun, I trained even harder than ever. I thought that I had gotten stronger. But I guess I didn't. I wish Naruto-kun hadn't jumped in front. I am extremely glad that he saved me, even when he couldn't remember me…but I hate to see him in pain…I just, I guess I am so used to seeing the happy, blue-eyed boy that I fell in love with…

"WAKE UP! It's time to get a move on. Everybody out of bed and get your stuff packed. We have to head back to Konoha." Kakashi yelled.

"K-Kaaaaaaaakashi-sensei," Shikamaru said through a yawn, "it's not sunrise for at least another hour."

"I know. But Naruto's condition is going unstable, and Sakura needs to use her chakra on Sasuke. And well, I don't exactly know how to heal people. So we need to go. And now. Where's Hinata?" Kakashi noticed that Hinata wasn't anywhere near.

"I'll go find her Kakashi-sensei." Neji said.

"Okay, but before you go, let's make assignments. Jiraiya-sama, are you in any condition to travel back on your own?"

"Yes Kakashi, I think I am."

"Okay. Shikamaru, I want you to cancel all of the summoning jutsus, and then put the scrolls in the bag. You are in charge of it okay?" Kakashi asked.

"Yes Kakashi-sensei, I thi-awwww-nk I can handle it." Shikamaru replied.

"Kiba, you are in charge of carrying Sasuke."

"Got it."

"Sakura, you will help Kiba by carrying his things and watching Akamaru. Kiba, before you say anything, it's because I want your main focus to be carefully transporting Sasuke." Kakashi explained to him.

"Ya, ya, what ever" Kiba sighed.

"I will carry Naruto. And when Hinata and Neji get back, they will be our lookouts. Remember, we are still in enemy territory. So everyone go at get ready, we will leave when they get back." Kakashi told them, while he sat down and once again pulled out his book. (and when everyone saw that, they sighed and thought 'ya, ya Kakashi sensei, we'll get to work.')

Neji walked a little ways through the forest. He was following Hinata's chakra. When he got to her he saw her asleep, and lying down next to a large tree. At first he thought that it was foolish for her to wonder out in Sound territory, and even fall asleep out in a forest all alone. But then he thought about the trauma that she had been through the day before. He had known what it felt like to be in love.

Neji took off his jacket and gently put it on the sleeping Hyuuga. He picked her up, put her on his back, and then turned back to the direction of the others.

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