Author's Note: My disclaimer is at the beginning, enough said. Special Thanks to:
Takara Makoto- You were my only reviewer this time! But thankyou for the critism. And this is the previewer chapter you have been so patiently waiting for. I decided to give yo u section on all three of them.
Recap:
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Naruto's cerulean gaze saw the regret reflecting in Hinata's eyes. Disappointment shone in his own as he jumped up and then set off after the others. Clutching her heart pendant in her fist, Hinata stared at the ground a moment longer before following them behind tears silently tracing down her cheeks. But to the others eyes, she seemed perfectly fine.
Kiri stirred slowly as her pale red eyes opened to stare up into her oldest sensei's face. "Even the lilacs weep today," she whispered softly. "And the cherry blossoms remain closed, as if they have fallen asleep and not woken up to the sun's shining gaze."
Kakashi merely nodded, slowly shifting the girl to his back. His bright chrisom eyes stared over at the flowers as the lilacs petals slowly drifted to the ground, leaving the stems bare for the world to see. Just as the secrets would soon be revealed. "But they will… they are resilient… just as the dandelions of summer." He finally replied.
"Until the cold bites them all to freezing dust…" Kiri whispered ominously before passing out once more.
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If she could get to Sakura before Torin got to either herself or the pink kunoichi, then they would have a shot at breaking out. The only other possibility was one that she rather not consider as she thought of Torin's words. "Everything you do will effect the other. You try anything, and your sister will be the one who pays for it."
Little did the kunoichi realize that she had just sprung his trap.
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Carefully, Yichi headed through, listening carefully for any sound as the burning in her shoulder grew worse and worse the further she walked through the forbidden section of the prison. Her ears registered several voices as she approached an open door, none of them familiar. Sliding against the wall, she pulled her halo aura tight to her skin as she listened.
"Tch. You'd think he'd just kill them and get it over with," the first, low and guttural voice mumbled.
"It would be easier, but rumor has it he wants something from them.. and he can't get it elsewhere. That's why we kidnapped them in the first place." A second voice argued.
The first voice snorted. "So torture the little bitches until one of them breaks."
A smooth voice interrupted, "But that would be counter productive. They're Akatsuki, Kamile. Akatsuki don't break under torture."
"I disagree, Kabuto… you just need the right methods," the one called Kamile replied.
Turning her head ever so slightly, she could see his pit like gray eyes that reflected steel. Hate seemed to emminate from them, and for a moment, she was pinned under his gaze like a bird. But she also noted a silver haired man with his back to her. "Sakura has been exposed to those 'methods'," he stated dryly. "Else she would not have been rated ANBU among the Leaf Survivors. Yichi… well, let's just say I've had the pleasure of dealing with her before personally."
"Ah… so that explains you're involvement in the Nidaime disappearance. Shame you didn't learn her secret either. Hm. I wish Torin would at least tell us what we are looking to get out of them. It has to be good." Kamile replied flipping his red hair out of his face.
Kabuto smiled. "It is… why don't you tell us about it, Yichi?"
The kunoichi felt her heart freeze as she felt the prickling sensation of a kunai at her neck. "I don't know what you are talking about."
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It was the same line that Hinata repeated through her mind over and over as she stayed towards the back of the group. The look of disappointment in Naruto's eyes… it had hurt the worst. But she knew that Sakura would be enduring much more. Her lilac eyes swept the area as she notices something irregular in the forest around them. As her Byakugan activated, she felt her body react automatically. "Ambush!" she yelled as she purposely missed her footing to fall through the tree branches as a kunai struck the place she would have been.
Itachi's gaze turned dark red as he narrowly avoided the senbon aimed for his head. His eyes narrowed as he saw the line of blood along Kakashi's cheek. The small girl was slowing his reactions and he could not use his hands to fight when he carried her. "Kakashi, let her down. The Nibi's chakra will protect her," Itachi ordered as he shifted his way through several senbon that were peppering the squad from seemingly no where.
Their hidden opponents were fast, nothing like the normal missing ninja's speed, but yet, still slower than he was. He could read the movements as they reached for more senbon but before Itachi's eyes something collided with them. And then the body seemed to be consumed by an invisible flame.
Looking over at Kiri, he saw that the young girl was directing her hands neatly, chakra coating her form as she seemed to throw things of her own without anything coming from her hands. Dropping down to intercept a ninja, Itachi sent a bone crushing kick into the unfortunate mans shoulder, causing him to fall off the tall trees to hit the ground. The snap was all the confirmation needed of his death.
Hinata silently swore as one of the senbon nicked her side, ripping her shirt. Something was messing with her byakugan. She was constantly forced to turn because of the growing dark spot before her main line of vision. As she dropped to the ground level after clashing kunai with two ninja, she angled her head slightly as she kept her back to them, watching. She would use her ultimate defense to throw them off of her and knock them out.
But as she watched them form handsigns and her rotation began, she felt something off in their movements. And then she realized that the ninja were not performing an elemental jutsu… but that of a sealing. "Neji, move!" she ordered as her cousin was about to drop to her defense. But her words were not quick enough.
Neji's palms struck her in the chest as he drove her out of the eight trigrams and onto the ground. His white eyes flashed in surprise as he began a rotation, only to have wires suddenly trap his arms spread eagle as others wound around his calves.
Reacting quickly, Hinata rolled to her feet and shot forward to help her cousin, only to be blocked by a strange black fire that was circling her, forcing her to remain still. But nothing it was touching burned, except that of the living creatures. Backing up slightly as she watched the chakra signitures, she counted fifteen. Three of which now surrounded her. And there appeared to be more in the trees.
Suddenly an echoing shriek pierced her concentration, making the place twist reflect in her byakuugan as images seemed to repeat for ever. Holding her head, she deactivated her sight to stare at the three rain ninja before her all of whom were sharing wicked smiles. "We know you and the Nibi brat have it," one said coldly. "Come with us quietly and your cousin over there will remain alive. Refuse, and you all will die."
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Sakura's mind flashed back to the day she had been given the secret. The one day that she had discovered that which ought not ever be told of. For it was a great responsibility. As her eyes closed, she relaxed her mind she caught a flash of a battle scene, of a flurry of black and red beside other familiar faces. Grimancing, she rubbed her temples. It would do no good to dwell on things that might only be true. And she was starting to get a headache. But then she paused as she felt a flicker of chakra. Yichi was near by. She had to be. Getting to her feet, Sakura took a deep breath before charging the chakra to her fist and slamming through the door. Torin had departed around ten minutes prior, he wouldn't hear the clatter, she reasoned as she took off only to be frozen stiff as she found herself staring into yellow, viper like eyes.
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