Tenth chapter up and running! Please review. When the characters think they're free to go, the bad guys always ruin the show! Didn't you ever wonder were Choji might have disappeared off to?

I don't own Naruto. -Sigh-

Kyuubi's Doom

Chapter 10

"YEAH! I'm so glad we made it out of that forest! Thought we'd never make it out of there." Naruto said excitedly as they walked out of the forest after long last.

As the others continued to walk, Hinata had the feeling they were being watched. She stopped to listen, see if there was any sign of the enemy. Naruto and the others didn't seem to notice and kept walking. Hinata activated her Byakugan and began to search the area. She looked left, then right, nothing. She even looked up and down, but still nothing. She soon shrugged it off and began to walk, her Byakugan still activated. She had only taken a few steps however, when everything around her grew dark, even to her Byakugan eyes.

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As Shino rode on Matheren's shoulder, he had the odd suspicion that somebody was missing. Shikamaru was there along with Naruto and Kyuubi. Suddenly it hit him, where in the world was Choji? For the first time in Shino's life he screamed. He jumped off of Matheren's shoulder, still unable to stand a bit he kneeled to the ground. Hadn't anyone noticed Choji was gone? Shikamaru ran up to him, along with Naruto. Kyuubi and Matheren just sat there, not exactly knowing what was going on.

"What happened Shino, what's wrong?" Naruto asked worriedly. There definitely was something wrong if Shino screamed.

Shino stood up as best he could and faced the others. He beckoned Shikamaru to lean his ear closer to Shino's mouth. "CHOJI!" he screamed, making Shikamaru jumped back, his ear ringing.

His face suddenly changed from a very pained expression to a shocked and worried expression. "OMG WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO CHOJI?" he screamed and slapped a hand to his mouth in shock. How could he forget his best friend?

Naruto jumped and started waving his hands around. "HINATA'S GONE TOO!" he screamed and started tugging at his hair.

Kyuubi sighed and flicked Naruto hard over the head with one of his claws. "Forget them gaki, let's get the hell out of here." He growled and Naruto shot him a dirty look.

"Not with out our friends we won't!" he growled back.

With all the chaos, Shino could not think strait. He straitened up and took in air. "SHUT UP AND CALM DOWN!" he shrieked and everything became ghastly quiet. Everyone stared at him, Naruto had a scared look on his face while Shikamaru had a shocked expression. They were both thinking the same thing, Shino's attitude had definitely changed from this "other world" trauma. "Now we need to remember. When was the last time we saw Choji and Hinata?

"I just looked back a few minutes ago and I saw Hinata there! Only a few minutes ago!" Naruto replied, panic still in his voice.

Shikamaru nodded. "The last time I saw Choji was when we left Earth! I don't even remember seeing him after." He said, nearly crying he was so worried.

Matheren spoke up. "They could have been captured by another demon?"

Shino began to pace, his face showed no expression and he began to mumble to himself. Suddenly he stopped. "Remember we went over that cage in the ground? Do you think they might have been put in there if they were captured?" he asked Matheren.

He shrugged lazily. "They could have, we can go check but I can't guarantee that they will be alive. Anything could have captured them, and some just like to kill things for fun." He replied and Shino nodded.

"Ok, please show us the cage." He said and Matheren sighed tiredly then nodded. When they turned around however, they met someone that made Kyuubi's fur crawl, Glethsic.

"Hello there, where are you off to? I didn't think you'd want to leave without this girl." He said darkly and showed the group what he was holding. Hinata was unconscious and they could see she had a large bloody gash on the top of her head that was bleeding bad. "And who said I gave you permission to take my pet along?" he continued and squeezed Hinata tighter.

"LET HER GO!" Naruto barked and went to run at him but Shikamaru and Shino pulled him back. "NO! Let me GO!" he snarled and Shino shook his head.

"He will just kill you if you get too close. If he can capture Kyuubi he can definitely kill you without a trouble." He said quietly and Naruto slowed down.

"Hehe, if you give me back my Kyuubi I might not kill her." Glethsic cackled and squeezed Hinata, making her groan and cough up blood.

Kyuubi growled. "Forget it! I'm not about to be traded for a little human whelp!"

Glethsic smiled darkly and they all heard some of Hinata's bones start to crack. "Really? Then I guess she dies." They heard another crack and Hinata started to cough up more blood.

Matheren saw Naruto tense up and decided to end this little chat. He bent down next to Shikamaru. "Don't worry, I'll make sure the girl doesn't die. You and Naruto go to the cage, its alittle ways on the side of the forest." He whispered and Shikamaru nodded.

He tugged on Naruto's jacket. "Come on Naruto, Matheren will help Hinata, you and me have to find Choji." Shikamaru whispered. Naruto took one last look at Hinata and darted off to the left of the forest with Shikamaru, leaving Shino, Kyuubi and Matheren with Glethsic.

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"Are you sure this is the way?" Naruto asked as they ran over magma pit after magma pit. "Nothing looks familiar."

Shikamaru jumped over a patch of tall sharp grass. "There's most likely more of those cages Naruto, I don't think the demons could fit everyone they captured in only one. Use your head for once please!" he sighed and jumped over another patch of grass.

"Ok then. Say we find this cage, how do we know if Choji is going to be in there? What if he's not?" he asked.

Shikamaru sighed. "Well, if he's not, then we're screwed and we'll just have to…" he trailed off, not wanting to even think about it. Naruto finished his sentence however.

"Leave him."

He nodded and flew over a bubbling magma pit. He looked up and saw, in the ground, iron bars with people crying for help. He stopped, nearly making Naruto bump into him. "Its right here." He said grimly and peered in. There where so many people he couldn't tell if he knew anyone in there. He wondered if anyone would hear him if he called out, Naruto answered that one.

"OI! IS ANYONE NAMED CHOJI IN HERE!" he bellowed and for a moment, Shikamaru was sure nobody had heard him but shortly after there came a reply.

"IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU CAUGHT ON!" Choji yelled and hit the bars at the top of the cage. "Seriously, do I matter that little for you guys to actually forget about me?"

"Yes." Shikamaru said sarcastically and Choji sweat dropped. Shikamaru started to tug at the bars. "Do you know how to open this thing?" he asked his fat friend.

"There's some lever they used to open the bars. I seem to remember it being on a tree, but you guys took so long to find me I can't really remember!" he said with a huff.

"Yeah, yeah. How the heck did you get caught in the first place?" Shikamaru sighed as he and Naruto started to scout the trees for a lever.

"I think the demon saw me hitch a ride with it because as soon as we landed on this planet it snatched me up." Choji replied. "I think the lever looks like a branch." He added.

"Humph, like that will help. All trees have branches." Shikamaru said lazily as he scratched his head in search of the tree branch lever.

"Found it!" Naruto piped up and ran over to a very skinny tree. He climbed to the second to last branch and tried to pull it out. It didn't budge, he tried to tug at it, bite it, and even jump on it, but it still wouldn't budge. He sat there for a while, tapping his head when finally he came to a conclusion. He quickly jumped up and with all his might, head butted it, causing the cage bars to click and begin to slowly open. Everyone in the cage started to cheer happily and began to scramble out the top. They all thanked Shikamaru and Naruto, then started to scramble every which way and soon they all disappeared from view.

"Good job Naruto, nice way to use your head! Now lets get out of here!" he said and patted Naruto on the back who was currently rubbing a goose egg on the top of his noggin. Shikamaru turned to Choji. "I'll fill you in on the way, follow me!" and they were off.

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"Traitor! Why are you helping humans!" Glethsic growled as he and Matheren fought.

"I don't feel like a traitor. I just found some troublesome new friends." Matheren replied and threw a punch. His attacks however were very sloppy since he was very lazy and Glethsic was able to dodge just about every one.

Kyuubi had the job of getting Hinata back from Glethsic's killer grip. He didn't want to help a human but if it helped him get off this planet faster then he was willing to do just about anything. "Damn it, why do I have to save the stupid little gaki? She's going to die soon anyway, human lives are so short!" Kyuubi thought angrily as he waited for the opportune moment when Glethsic would loosen up a bit on Hinata.

Shino's job however was to get his bugs to loosen up Glethsic's grip. The beetles could only go so fast though, Shino didn't want Glethsic to catch on and destroy they're chances.

"HA! YOU CAN'T BEAT ME WITH THOUGHS SLOW PUNCHES!" Glethsic cackled darkly. And just as Choji, Naruto and Shikamaru got back to the battle seen, they heard the last of Hinata's bones shatter and her breath wisp away.

Chapter End

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