Rescue Me

Chapter 4

Sorry for the wait!

Sweat began to form on Tsunade's brow as she jumped from tree to tree with Hinata. She watched Hinata carefully out of the corner of her eyes. She didn't know what, but something felt…different…about the girl. She seemed to be more exhausted than normal. And she was landing and taking off awkwardly. 'No…She couldn't be…Could she?' She didn't have time to say anything before Hinata's eyes rolled back and she fell through the trees.

All around him was darkness. Then, suddenly, there was a bright light that made him cry out in pain.

Wait.

Why didn't he feel any pain?

Where was he?

Why was he here?

"Boy…"

Who is speaking?

"Boy… You're dying…"

What?!

No!

He couldn't die!

He had to see Hinata!

Yeah, Hinata would tell him that this was just a horrible dream.

Where is Hinata?

"Boy… There's nothing you can do but merge with me in order to survive so that you may see your precious mate again."

Kyuubi?

What was he doing here?

"Shut up, boy. It's your own fault that we are here. You just had to get captured by the damn Akatsuki."

What?

Akatsuki?

"Merge with me boy and I can keep all of the pain away."

Pain?

What pain?

"Don't say I didn't warn you."

Searing hot pain filled him as he screamed.

"I have been keeping the pain away, but my strength is weakening. Sorry. Not. It's nice to see you scream in pain."

His screams began to mount, each one growing louder and louder.

"WHAT?! WH- How the hell did we get here? Where are we?" Kankuro asked while he brushed the sand off of his clothes.

"That was…fun…" Gaara said after a couple of seconds. "I didn't think it would be that fun."

Temari and Kankuro glanced at each other. The same thought crossed their minds. 'What the hell is up with Gaara?!'

As if reading their minds, Gaara responded, "We're just outside of Kono-OOF!" he cried out as Hinata fell through the trees on top of him. {A/N Sorry. I know that was completely random.} Another figure, soon recognized as Tsunade, jumped down.

"HINATA!" she yelled as she picked up the girl. Then she looked around, then down at the ground. "Kazekage?"

It was at this point Temari and Kankuro could no longer control their laughter. They burst into a laughing fit. But a quick glare from Gaara shut them right up. "Is she alright?" he asked as he got up, dusting off the sand. It was then that he looked up at the tops of the trees. 'There had better not be any more ninja raining down. That hurt.'

"I believe she's alright. But…How in hell did you get here so fast?!"

"Sand teleportation."

"Oh." There was an awkward silence. "Wait. What?"

"Long story. We don't have time to go into the details. What are you two doing out here? Shouldn't the Hokage be in her office?"

"Shouldn't the Kazekage be in his office?" Tsunade began to examine Hinata, and her eyes widened in surprise. 'I certainly didn't expect this…'

"Touché."

Temari and Kankuro glanced at each other in surprise. What the hell was going on? But before they could ask anything, Hinata began to stir. Her eyes opened slowly and blinked several times before focusing on the shapes in from of her. "I did it again, didn't I?"

"You mean fainting? Then yes. Falling on Kazekage-sama…no. This would be the first." Tsunade replied.

Hinata's eyes widened in horror.

"Hinata? Did you know-" Tsunade began, but Hinata interrupted.

"That I'm pregnate? Yes. No, I haven't told Naruto."

The awkward silence that filled the air was…well…awkward… It became even more awkward when a voice that hadn't been heard by Tsunade in years spoke.

"Hey, Tsunade-baa-chan. I've missed out on a lot."

Tsunade's head turned so quickly that there was a large cracking sound. Her eyes widened in shock. "Naomi?!"

Naomi Uzumaki opened up another whirlpool, one that glowed a golden orange. Without any hesitation, she stepped into it and disappeared. Less than two minutes later, she appeared in front of a medium-sized group. She immediately spotted a familiar face. "Hey, Tsunade-baa-chan. I've missed out on a lot."

"Naomi?!"

Wow…That was…fun… Review!