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Chapter 5

"Ah, Lord Deidara. What the fuck are you doing here?" Hidan asked the long-haired blonde man with blue eyes that was standing before him. The man called Deidara smiled, "You know very well what I'm doing here. We have work to do. I have not been the one wasting time running after females."

"Fuck you, Deidara."

"Let me guess," Deidara said, rubbing his chin as if he were in deep thought, "You captured the Princess of Kingdom Konoha as ransom in your bid to take over that kingdom, am I correct?"

"No you are not correct. I brought back a knight, hah! And Queen Tsunade's most beautiful niece," Hidan said triumphantly.

"Impressive," Deidara remarked.

Hidan wore a manic grin that made his handsome features look – well, not so handsome at all, "So what is our new assignment?"

"You do not know?" Deidara asked with a sneer.

"No...which is why I fucking asked!" Hidan told him. He hated being made a fool of, although he was doing a very good job of it.

"We need to acquire the items," Deidara said.

"Oh...the items," said Hidan.

"Yes. The items."

-X-

The gang was stomping through miles of dense forest, being extra vigilant, while some were being extra clumsy. "Didn't see that boulder," Sakura said, dusting herself off. Naruto looked concerned. He had pleaded with her to return to Konoha but she refused. "I created this mess...sort of, and I'm going to help get us out of it!" she said defiantly. Night was falling and the more sinister variety of animals were out on the prowl. "Wha-wha-what's that?" Ino stammered, holding tightly onto Suigetsu's arm, who didn't look like he minded at all.

"It's an owl," Shikamaru told her. They noticed a building looming in the distance.

"Do you think it is safe to stay the night?" Neji asked.

Sasuke frowned, each second that they spent resting meant that Lady Hinata could be in grave danger, but looking at his group who were covered in scratches and breathing heavily, he agreed that they needed a break even if he didn't. "There is only one way to find out," Sasuke said, "We go in." To him it looked long deserted, but he had to make sure. They stepped cautiously into the building. "Seems safe enough," Naruto said while almost tripping over his own cloak. While everyone was prowling about, Sakura remained rooted to the spot.

"There's bl-blur-blood on t-the wall," she stuttered. Suigetsu squinted at the wall and noticed a drip. "It seems to be dripping from up there, I'll go have a look," he said, jumping on top of a table and hoisting himself up through a trapdoor. A few seconds later, he jumped out of there, his face white as chalk. "Up there," he started breathlessly, "There are chopped up pieces of dead bodies!"

"Nonsense," Kiba said, and he climbed up there to see for himself. He came back down as quick as Suigetsu (if that was even possible). "Who did that? Why did they do that? How did they do that? What did they do that for?" Kiba rambled on wildly (When he gets scared he starts asking questions). Without a word, Sasuke ascended the trapdoor and was gone for a while before he came back. "The body parts are fresh, which means they were probably killed not too long ago. The killer might return so we better get out of here."

The gang didn't stampede through the door but left stealthily just in case the killer was out there. They walked while the owls hooted and bats darted out from the trees causing Ino, Sakura and Karin to shriek in fear. "Be quiet!" Neji scolded as they reached a clearing in the forest. "I vote we stay here for the night," Shikamaru said, raising his hand.

There was a small humble cottage that looked the opposite of dangerous. "Do you think we should have a look inside?" Chouji asked wearily.

"I don't see why not," Tenten said, "Let's just hope we don't find anymore blood or butchered body parts." Ino shuddered at the thought. Sasuke and Naruto stepped in first, transforming their sceptres into swords. Kiba was fiddling with a tree branch and it slipped out of his grip, whacking Suigetsu on the head. "Ow!" he exclaimed. Tenten shushed him.

Sasuke and Naruto inspected the cottage, nothing seemed to be amiss.

"Right! I think it's safe here!" Naruto told them. Everyone rushed in, eager to get a good rest before they had to set off again tomorrow. Ino and Karin were arguing about who would get to sleep next to Sasuke but he brushed them off and sat by the door, deep in thought. Just what was Hidan's intentions with Lady Hinata...surely if they were plotting something against the kingdom they would have targeted Sakura instead? And why take Lee also? Perhaps he had seen something Hidan didn't want him to see? Sasuke sighed, he could not sleep with all these questions weighing on his mind. He did notice that in the weeks leading up to Sakura's engagement, Hidan had been around Lady Hinata a lot. It's not that Sasuke was spying on Hinata, but he was keeping an eye on Hidan and he noticed that Hidan had his eye on the Queen's beautiful niece. Beautiful? Where did that thought come from? Sasuke wondered and he slapped himself mentally for thinking that.

-X-

The Rain Kingdom was very unpleasant as Hinata soon found out; the weather was really awful and gloomy and it rained all day and night. The weather may have added to her depression but it was not the sole cause of it. She now realised the magnitude of what she had done. Hinata sobbed quietly in her new bedroom, she would have given anything to undo the past two days but that was now impossible. She wiped her eyes and tried to think of a way to escape from Hidan's clutches. Queen Tsunade and King Jiraiya were going to be furious, but her father, Lord Hiashi would be even more unbearable. I have to get out of here, but first I must find Lee! Hinata thought desperately as she left the confines of her room to track down Lee while Hidan was out. The hallway was long and foreboding and she tried to walk quietly but her steps echoed. She tried several doors to find that they were locked. Hinata bit her lip nervously. Where could Lee be? Hidan said that he was in the care of his associate, what did that mean?

She was jerked out of her thoughts by the sound of a door opening at the end of the hallway. Hinata quickly ducked around a corner and peered at the red-haired figure of a young man that was leaving. Hinata ran back into her room and looked out of the window to see the man pull a hood over his head and leave through the wrought iron gate that guarded the premises. Hinata decided that she would try the room that she saw the man exit. Hinata tried the door and was surprised to find it unlocked.

Upon entering, she saw Lee gagged and bound to a chair. Hinata gasped and proceeded to untie Lee.

"Lady Hinata! Thank you for rescuing me! We have to leave here immediately!" Lee choked out, his voice was hoarse.

"I-I know, I'm so sorry Sir Lee, t-this all happened because of m-me," Hinata told him, feeling very ashamed.

"Don't worry about it, Hidan is an evil man! He planned this from the start, his associate Sasori is an evil wizard and he informed me of their diabolical plans so we have to get back to Konoha and warn the King and Queen," Lee told her as they left the room.

"W-what?" Hinata asked, shocked, she had a bad feeling ever since she had arrived here but she had no idea that Hidan was some sort of evil mastermind.

"It's true Lady Hinata. We must go immediately and meet up with Sasuke and the others before Sasori gets to them, I think he is planning to do something..."

"Sir S-Sasuke?"

"Yes! He is coming to rescue you! In fact, he was the one who convinced Queen Tsunade to send the best rookie knights to come to your aid, even Princess Sakura, Lady Ino and Lady Karin and Lord Neji are with them," Lee said, his round eyes glowing with excitement and happiness.

Hinata was feeling extremely embarrassed, if she hadn't been so stupid, Sasuke and the others wouldn't have had to come all this way just to rescue her.

-X-

No one noticed the thick purple smoke that crept under the door and through the cracks of the cottage that the gang was sleeping in. Just then, Sakura was yanked violently out of sleep and onto her feet. A piercing scream echoed, but it wasn't Sakura, she was too shocked to scream. The scream belonged to Ino. The knights awoke and readied their weapons for battle. Through the darkness and smoke they saw Hidan and another blonde-haired young man, Deidara. Hidan had Sakura captive and Deidara had Ino.

"Where's Lady Hinata?" Sasuke demanded in a menacing voice, holding his sword and activating his sharingan.

Hidan wore an evil grin, "Why the fuck do you care?"

"What are your intentions?" Sasuke asked.

"I'm going to marry her...and she has agreed of course..." Hidan said smugly.

She agreed to marry him? Sasuke wondered in disbelief.

"Lies," Sasuke said.

"Hahaha, I charmed the little beauty into the palm of my hand, it hardly took much convincing, it will make the take over much easier," said Hidan, tightening his grip on Sakura who was struggling to get free.

"Lady Hinata would never go with you! You kidnapped her!" Sakura cried.

"Shut the fuck up!" Hidan yelled.

"I will kick your ass if you don't let them go right now!" Naruto yelled in fury.

"Don't take another step, you fool," Deidara said with a grin, "Unless you want your friends to take a trip to Necrovalley1."

"Necrovalley?" Neji asked.

"The realm of death, un," Deidara said, and they disappeared with the girls.

"Come back here!" Naruto said, outraged.

Sasuke's face was ashen, there was something mysterious and worrying in all of this, he had a feeling a being much darker than Hidan was behind this. They had to get the girls back at all costs and he was not going to let Hinata marry Hidan.

"We have to get Sakura back!" Naruto cried, "It's my fault, I shouldn't have let her come along!"

"We need a plan of action, anyone got one in mind?" Tenten asked. They all looked at each other in the gloom of the cottage and each of them knew that time was steadily running out.

"I have a feeling that they haven't left this woodland," Shikamaru said.

"Let's split up and search. We're bound to find them that way," said Sasuke.

1 – Necrovalley is a card Bakura uses in Yu-gi-oh! I just thought it sounded awesome so I have used it as a place in this fic!

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