Naruto called everyone to a halt. "Let's stop here for the night." Everyone had been going all day and needed a rest. They all broke into different groups and went to work. They knew what they needed to do and they all went to work.
"Naruto, how are you doing?" Kakashi came up from behind Naruto.
"Fine." Naruto said as he sat down against a tree. "Kakashi. I don't want anything bad to happen to Hinata-chan. I love her."
Kakashi sat down beside his student who was a rank bellow himself. "I bet nothing is going to happen to either of the girls. Sasuke cares too much about Sakura and he would never hurt Hinata. Don't believe me though. Sasuke has changed over the years and I don't know him anymore."
Naruto was quite for a while. Kakashi got up and started to get ready to sleep. Naruto was still sitting there when Shikamaru came over and sat down beside Naruto. "You really should eat something, you know." Shikamaru said handing Naruto a plate of food.
"Thanks." Naruto mumbled but he didn't eat anything.
"Damnit Naruto! Why do you have to be so damn troublesome? You're not the only one going through a hard time right now. Have you thought of Ino? Sakura is the sister Ino has never had. What about Neji? Neji isn't showing any thing, because he knows when to show his emotions and when to not show them. You are the leader of this mission. Therefore, start acting like one. We need a leader and we need one now. A leader needs to know when to put his emotions away. Come on Naruto, snap out of it!" Shikamaru would have continued but then the look on Naruto's face went form depression to fear. "Naruto, what's wrong?"
"Do you hear that?"
"Hear what?" Shikamaru asked putting chakra into his ear to hear better. He then heard it. Trees falling. Too many of them.
Naruto then snapped into being a leader. "Neji, Kiba, Kurenai, and Kakashi!" Everyone was up and ready once they heard their name. "Neji I want you to use your Byakugan to see what is going on. Kiba and Akamaru, I want you to do what Neji tells you to." Naruto then looked at Kurenai. "Kurenai, I want you to gather everyone into formation and when Kakashi or I give the signal we will attack what ever is out there."
Everyone went out in to do there jobs. "What's wrong Naruto?"
"There too many trees falling. Something big is coming and it's not going to be pretty. We need everyone to be ready. Half are going to stay behind with me and once we find out what the thing is, I'm leaving with my group to find Hinata and Sakura. You will keep the rest of the group and fight what ever is coming."
"Okay. Who are you taking?" Kakashi asked.
"I'm not sure yet. It depends on what the thing is. But I'll try and keep our numbers even." Naruto said waiting for Neji to come over the radio.
"Neji, to Naruto, over."
"Naruto. Over."
"I have figured out what the thing is. Over."
"What is it? Over."
"It's some sort of boat that goes on land. Over."
"What? Over"
"The thing is like a giant boat with wheels. It destroys everything in its path. It looks like its head towards some village. Over."
"How big is it? Over."
All Naruto heard was "It's--" and then the only thing he could hear was static.
"Neji! Neji!" Naruto shouted. "We've lost communication with Neji. I'll try Kiba's station."
"Kiba can you hear me?" Naruto repeated that several times and only got static. "This is bad."
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"Kiba! Run back to Naruto!" Neji shouted fighting some person that came out of the boat.
"No! I'm going to stay here with you." Kiba and Akamaru were fighting another one. Kiba ran up to one of the trees and ran to the top. "Ohh no." What Kiba saw were thousands of people walking in front of the boat. Kiba then ran down the tree to Neji. "Neji, You'll never survive lets go. There are thousands of them. We have to back to Naruto, now!"
"Now you agree." Neji sighed running from the people. Neji had cuts and so did Kiba but no major injure. They ran and finally got back to the campsite and they found Naruto looking at a map with Kakashi.
"Naruto!" Kiba shouted. "There are thousand of people coming with that boat thing and even more in the boat. There's no way we are going to be able to kill them all and save Hinata and Sakura at the same time."
"Okay. Choji!" Naruto shouted.
Choji came running to Naruto. "Yes?"
"I want you to take this message to Tsunade. We are not going to be here when you come back. Just stay in the village until Tsunade tells you something to do." Choji nodded and ran towards the village.
"Okay, everyone. Get only the essentials and we are leaving in five minutes to go and find Sakura and Hinata."
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Sakura sat on the floor thinking about what life would have been like if Sasuke wouldn't have left to go to Orochimaru. They might have been together and she wouldn't have married Lee. She loved Lee but it wasn't the love Sakura felt for Sasuke. They were a perfect match. She and Lee didn't quite match as she did with Sasuke. Lee was dead so it didn't matter. Lee died on the same mission as Tenten. Two hearts were broken when they found out the news. Both Neji and herself. However, she was more heart broken when they couldn't bring Sasuke home. Sasuke... why do you have to be so complicated. Why can't you be simple like Lee? Lee was an easy man to be married too. I wish you had left. Why did you? Just to revenge your brother? What if he didn't kill your clan to prove him power? What if it was more then that reason? What if he was ordered to? Why do you have to be complicated? Why did that kiss feel like I was cheating on someone? I love you. No one else. Please, Sasuke, come back to me. I love you. As soon as she ended her last thought, Sasuke came in. Thinking of the devil. Sakura thought as Sasuke walked over to her. She didn't bother to get up.
"Sakura." Sasuke said sweetly. Too sweetly for him. Sakura just sat there waiting for him to say something else. Sasuke sighed but he continued anyway. "I've thought a long time about that kiss and..." Sasuke didn't finish because he showed Sakura what he meant.
This was just what Sakura needed. The kiss from her one true love. However, in the middle of the kiss, Sasuke pulled out a kunai and cut her throat. Sakura collapsed to the floor dead. "You're just a bug that needs to be squashed." Sasuke laughed walking out of the cell.
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Naruto held his fist up again calling his group to a halt. They were miles away from the machine and everyone needed to rest. Especially Kiba and Neji, they where both battered from there fights with the people.
"Naruto, we need to keep going. Either one of them could be dead now." Ino protested.
"Ino, I know. This kills me to take this much time but none of us have gotten enough sleep to keep going." Naruto paused and looked at Kiba and Neji sitting on the floor. "Plus, Kiba and Neji need there rest. They both are injured and I want you to make sure there good to go in a couple of hours."
Ino was about to protest some more but when she saw the look on Naruto's face, Ino sighed. "Alright."
"Naruto, do you need anyone to do anything?" Kakashi asked.
"Rest, we all need to rest." Naruto yawned.
"You sleep. You haven't slept since we started this mission." Kakashi ordered.
"Alright." Naruto yawned again and was asleep in the ground the next breath.
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Tsunade was doing paperwork, again, when Choji burst into the room. "What is it Choji?"
"Here." Choji gasped throwing the note to Tsunade.
Tsunade read the note and her face changed dramatically. "Shizune! I nee you in here now!"
Shizune ran into the room and the note was thrown in her face as soon as she entered the room. Shizune read the note and imminently went to work. "Choji I want you to take the ninja to the place you saw this 'thing'."
"Yes, Ma'am." Choji said.
"This is not going to be good." Tsunade sighed.