Chapter Fifteen

The escapade begins: Pt.3

"Byakugan" Neji said as he looked ahead of them. Lee looked at him. "Do you see anything up there?" Neji shook his head. "Nothing just trees" Neji sighed. He thought that they would be closer to finding her.

"Woof" Akamaru barked. Kiba looked at his faithful companion. "Are you for sure?" Kiba asked. "Woof" Everyone looked at him.

"What is it?" Naruto asked. "Akamaru caught a scent of Hinata" Kiba said. Everyone looked at him. "Which way is the scent coming from?" Naruto asked in an eager tone. Both Kiba and Akamaru sniffed.

"It's coming from that way" Kiba pointed east as they all looked in that direction. Naruto grinned. "Hinata-chan we're coming" He said as grinned. Everyone smiled as they all headed off in that direction.

As they were running they finally spotted Hinata but as they approached her they saw Orochimaru walking towards her.

"HINATA-CHAN" Naruto yelled out to her. Hinata looked up in surprise when she heard his voice. "…Naruto-ku-"She didn't finish when she saw Orochimaru approach her.

"You thought that you could escape me that easily?" Orochimaru smirked as he continued walking towards her. Hinata remained still as she looked at him in a fearful way.

"Hum…" Orochimaru laughed to himself when he looked at the Hyuuga's expression.

"Stay away from her you teme" Naruto yelled. The Sennin turned around to see not only Naruto but the other Hyuuga, an Inuzuka, an Aburame, and Gaara, and much to his surprise Sasuke.

He frowned as he looked at them all. "Why how nice of all of you to join the party" He smirked as he looked at Sasuke. "Sasuke-kun I'm surprise to see you here…with them none the less" Sasuke growled as he looked at his sensei.

"You know Hinata-chan was saying something about you coming to save her…but I didn't believe that you would actually come"

"Why do you need Hinata-chan?" Sasuke asked as he glared at him. "What else…her eyes…and then after that I plan on killing her" Neji along with Gaara glared at the snake man.

"You will not harm her" Neji hissed. Orochimaru looked at Neji. "Another Hyuuga…I presume that you're Neji…if I'm not mistaken you tried to kill you're cousin once, why are you trying to protect her now?" He asked. Neji frowned as he looked at him. He was mad at him for bringing up the past. That was three years ago and he had asked Hinata to forgive him and she did and they have been close ever since. "He had no right to bring that up…the teme" Neji thought as he glared at the older man.

"And you Gaara-sama what brings you here…the one that loves only but himself and killing other people makes you feel alive and here you are trying to save a girl…I find that rather shocking that your even here" Gaara frowned as he too glared at the Sennin.

"Let Hinata-chan go now" Naruto repeated once more. Orochimaru looked at the blonde. "I'm afraid we can't do that" The voice said as he came out from behind the trees. They all looked at the person.

"Akira" Neji hissed as he looked at his rival. "Neji" Akira hissed as he looked at him but turned his attention towards Sasuke and Naruto.

"Hum…Sasuke and Naruto…you know I really want to fight you two especially you Sasuke but this time I won't hold back like the last time" Akira smirked. Orochimaru watched his two apprentices as he smirked. He knew that both of them were strong but Akira was a little stronger than Sasuke and had a tendency to hold back when fighting, thinking that his biju would come out if he didn't hold back.

"This would be an interesting fight to watch" Orochimaru said as he looked at both Akira and Sasuke. Hinata also looked at the two. She didn't want them to fight she just wanted to go home. Gaara looked at Hinata and noticed that she still was wearing the necklace that he brought her. Naruto glanced over at Gaara and noticed that he was looking at Hinata.

"Does he have to look at her like that? What I'm I thinking we're here to save Hinata-chan and I'm getting jealous just because Gaara is looking at Hinata-chan…well now isn't the time for me to be getting jealous because I have to save her" Naruto frowned as at looked at Hinata.

Hinata looked at felt someone looking at her as she turned her gaze from Sasuke and Akira to find that both Naruto and Gaara were looking at her.

"Sasuke I want to fight you…right now" He hissed as he ran towards him and punched him in the face which knocked him down on the ground.

"Sasuke-kun!" Hinata said in surprise as she watched as Sasuke fell to the ground as Hinata started running towards him but was stopped when Orochimaru blocked her.

"These two will fight without you interrupting them Hinata-chan" He smirked but the smirked turned into a glare.

"Get away from her you bastard" Kiba yelled as he ran towards him trying to punch him only to have him punch him in the stomach. Orochimaru frowned as he looked at Hinata's teammate.

"Kiba-kun!" Hinata she said as he looked on the ground.

Everyone watched when they noticed that more ninja's started coming. Orochimaru smirked as he looked at his minions. There were enough ninja's for everyone to get to fight.

"What's going on" Lee said as he looked at all the ninja's.

"Looks like we're going fight these guys" Kiba stated while standing up. Everyone nodded while Gaara kept his eyes on Hinata. Each ninja looked at all the teens and introduced themselves.

"I'm Satsuma, from Ta no Kuni (Land of Rice Fields)" He stated. He was about 5'5 and he looked to be around 17 years old. He had red hair just like Gaara and he had bandages wrapped around his arms and hands. The weapon that he was carrying was a Monkey staff which is the only weapon used in monkey style Wushu, the practitioner can use the staff to defend and attack, and can climb it to evade attack.

"I am Tetsuomi, from Kuni no Kuni (Land of Grass)" The other male stated. This ninja was tall and was about 25 years old. He had silver spiky hair and grey eyes. He had a shuriken in his hand and looked like he was ready to kill someone.

"I am Ryoko, I am also from Ta no Kuni" She says while smirking under her bandages. She had long black hair. She looked around the age of 20 or maybe 19. She had bandages covering her right eye while the bandages covered her month and nose and she carried a spear in one hand and a fan in the other.

"I'm Hoshino from the Kaminari no Kuni (Land of Thunder)" He states as he looks at both Neji and Hinata. This man was about 28 years old. He was the brother of the emissary that once tried to kidnap Hinata. He was about 6'1 with short brown hair and he carried a Blow pipe with poisoned needles inside.

"And I am Jirokichi from Iwagakure no Sato (Hidden Rock Village)" He states. This ninja appeared to be around Neji's age. He had spiked hair just like Naruto's except his hair was a greenish color. He pulled out a Nunte which is a weapon that is about a foot long, with a central prong and two tines, each pointing in different directions. It is similar to a Sai and is used in the same way.

"Are all of them his minions?" Kiba asked himself.

"And they're all from different villages" Lee stated. Shino stared at each member and noticed that they all had a snake symbol tattooed on their arms. Shino burrowed his eyebrows.

"Naruto-kun I want to fight you" The Sennin hissed. Naruto glared at Orochimaru and frowned. The snake man smirked but then he looked back ay Sasuke and Akira. Akira looked at his sensei.

"Orochimaru-sensei I promise I won't let you down" He stated while smirking in a devious way.

"I hope you can keep that promise Akira-kun" Akira nodded as he looked back at Sasuke smirking. "I will keep that promise because Uchiha Sasuke…I will defeat you" Sasuke frowned as he looked at Akira.

And the fight begins.

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Preview of the next few chapters. Who's fighting who?

Rock Lee vs. Satsuma (Chapter sixteen)

Kiba and Akamaru vs. Jirokichi (Chapter seventeen)

Shino vs. Ryoko (Chapter eighteen)

Gaara vs. Tetsuomi (Chapter nineteen)

Neji and Hinata vs. Hoshino (Chapter Twenty)

Naruto vs. Orochimaru (Chapter Twenty-One)

Sasuke vs. Akira (Chapter Twenty-Two)

Akira vs.? (Chapter Twenty-Three)

Okay each of these chapters are about the fighters that are named and them only (ex. Chapter sixteen is about Lee and him fight with Satsuma and that's it). Chapter Twenty-Three is the only chapter that has more than just Akira vs.?. But each chapter might be short since I'm not that good when it comes to fighting scenes. But I'll try to make it long if I can .