Naruto's Breaking Point

No I don't own Naruto

Chapter Four

Naruto was outside of the village now, running at a speed even Might Gai could not keep up with for long if at all. The sun was set now and it was around ten at night. Naruto had done his best to keep his emotions in check when he had talked to Zetsu. However when Zetsu had said Hinata was captured, he could barely control himself. Now he was off to save her from Kumo.

He berated himself; instead of asking Zetsu to looked after her, he should have been the one to do it. He picked up speed as his anger grew, although it would still take him another three hours till he would arrive at the fortress. What would he do if he found that they had harmed her? He really didn't know, but Kumo better pray they hadn't. Also, who ever sold her out better never become known or Naruto would give whoever it was a very slow and painful death.

In an unknown location

The room was completely dark except for the small dim light in the middle of the table. A few people discussed the current issue that they had decided on a few days ago.

"By now she should be at the Kumo Fortress," said one of the figures.

"Was this truly the right decision? We gave them one of out best female ninja," said a female voice.

"Sacrifice one to save many," said another figure.

"Yes, that is exactly why we came to this decision. We care for the village but some times we must do things we do not want in order to save it," stated the first figure.

"Yes, but are you sure we did the right thing?"

"It is truly too late to be having those types of thoughts. When the war is over, I will send my agents to take care of anything Hyuga related in Kumo," said the first figure.

"Yes, he's correct. It's too late to have those thoughts at this time, since she's already in their hands," said the second male figure.

"Now for the next order of business," the first figure said as he threw two files in the dim light. "Naruto Namikaze and Itachi Uchiha are the last of their respective lines, and we must ensure they are not the last."

"What are we supposed to do? There's no way we can get genetic material from them by force or even if we ask," said the female figure.

"There is an old law that was made during the time of the first hokage. It's called the Clan Restoration Act, or C.R.A. for short. They are officially ninja of the village and fall under such laws. All we have to do is bring it up during the council meeting, and they will have no choice," said the first figure.

Little did they realize, trying something like that would most likely get them killed. However, being the arrogant pieces of trash they were, it never crossed their minds.

Konoha front gate

Two chuunin were guarding the front (meaning they sat relaxed in the guard house) when a very injured man came stumbling through the gate. The man collapsed just as he arrived at the guard house.

The two Chuunin quickly went to the man's aid. They saw that he was a leaf Chuunin that was assigned to Hinata Hyuga's team. His name was Juro.

"Call Lady Tsunade quick! This could be very bad," The chuunin told his partner.

The other chuunin nodded and shunshined away to get the hokage. The remaining chuunin checked the man's wounds. He seemed to have stopped most of the bleeding himself but he looked very pale.

"Can you eat this Juro?" The chuunin asked.

"Yeah," Juro replied weakly.

The chuunin gave Juro a plasma pill. Color returned to Juro's face, if only a little. Juro coughed a bit before be began to speak with what little strength he had left.

"You have to tell the hokage Hinata has been captured. They knew we were coming, and they set a trap for us." Juro pulled out a map and pointed to the town they last stopped at. "I managed to fool them and make myself appear dead after I had been injured."

"Who has her Juro?" The Chuunin yelled as the man began to pass out.

"Kumo..." Juro said as he passed out.

Tsunade arrived with Shizune in tow.

"What's happening here?" Tsunade demanded.

She then noticed Juro who was a part of Hinata's squad. She knelt down next to the man and checked his pulse. Juro was alive but his pulse was very weak.

"What did he say and where is Hinata?" Tsunade demanded of the gate guard.

"Before he passed out Juro told me they were ambushed and where." The chuunin showed Tsunade where on the map. "He said they knew they were coming, Lady Tsunade. Kumo has taken Hinata Hyuga as a prisoner. I'm assuming all other team members are deceased."

"Take him to the hospital now! Shizune, go to the Hyuga residence and tell Hiashi what you just heard! Then go get the Akatsuki members from the Namikaze estate!" She turned to the other chuunin. "You! Round up every Jounin and Chuunin you can find!"

The three of them disappeared quickly to fulfill their orders. Tsunade just stood there with a worried look on her face. She really did like Hinata; she was a kind, caring girl that was infatuated with Naruto. Over the years she did her best to keep her safe and out of harm's way, just like with the rest of Naruto's old friends.

A few minutes passed before people started showing up at the front gate. They didn't know why they were called, only that it was an order to come to the front gates of the village. As time passed at least a hundred ninja had shown up. All of Hinata's friends were at the front gate, along with their old sensei. Even Kurenai Hatake was there in ninja attire, even though she retied when Rin was born. She obviously knew this was bad considering where they were told to meet.

Soon after Hiashi and Neji arrived with two dozen Hyuga members in full battle attire. The Hyuga knew why they were here at the front gate unlike the other ninja. Hiashi had a furious look on his face. The two dozen Hyuga were a little intimidated by Hiashi, as they had never seen him upset before.

The normal ninja parted, as the Akatsuki arrived. Everyone noticed one of there members was missing. They looked around to see many ninja were gathered here.

"What is the reason for this Lady Tsunade?" Yahiko asked.

"Some of you already know what is going on but most of you don't. Hinata Hyuga has been captured by Kumo. Where she is, we do not know, but I am sending all of you to find out where, and if possible, recover her." Tsunade had the map that Juro had earlier. "This is where they were ambushed. I'm sure they didn't cover their scent trail, so you should be able to follow them from that. And seeing as I doubt they realize we know they have her, if you travel through the night you might catch up with them."

Of course, Zetsu knew where she was, but wasn't about to say anything. He wasn't ready to die just yet.

'Once we get to the town I should tell them,' he thought.

"Kakashi, I'm putting you in charge of this battle group. Kakashi you have full authority over everyone in the battle group. Is that understood!" Tsunade was talking to everyone not just Kakashi at that point.

"Hai!" everyone responded.

"No time to waste, everyone! Move!"

Everyone disappeared from sight as they left the village. Tsunade sighed, and looked out of the front gate of the village. She wondered where Naruto was at.

With Naruto three hours later

Naruto stood outside the fortress in the cover of the trees. He was waiting for the black half of Zetsu to come and meet him before he attacked. He looked at the fortress; they didn't seem too alert, and were probably expecting their sentries to inform them when someone was coming.

Naruto had killed every Kumo Sentry outside of the fortress on his way here. They didn't even know their early warning people were already dead. Naruto wanted to know the numbers in the fortress but at this rate he didn't care. Naruto was just about to take off when Zetsu popped up through the tree.

"I've been waiting for like five minutes," Naruto said in a deadly tone.

Zetsu shuddered a little. "Sorry about that. It seems Konoha is on it's way. It seems a ninja from Hinata's group survived and made it back to the village. They will be here in around five hours, judging their current speed. Well... that's if I tell them once they arrive at the border town."

"Tell them where she is if you want. It doesn't matter. This place will be destroyed long before then. However, you will not tell them I am here already, understood?"

"Yes, of course, I won't tell them a thing about this. Oh, the others are with them, Naruto."

"I see. How many did Tsunade send after Hinata to retrieve her?"

"Well, Hinata's father, her cousin Neji, and they brought about two dozen other Hyuga. There are all of your old friends and acquaintances, along with around a hundred other ninja under Kakashi Hatake's command. He also commands the Akatsuki and the Hyuga in the group."

"Now about the fortress here?"

"Around two hundred currently inside. All Jounin or Chuunin class ninja." Zetsu paused for a moment; he wasn't sure if he should add this bit of information. "Umm... they stripped Hinata of her clothes, they haven't violated her or anything..."

Zetsu just grew very quiet as Naruto's killer intent filled the area. Zetsu decided it was time to make a run for it before Naruto exploded.

"I'll be going now. Good luck," Zetsu stated before disappearing.

Inside the fortress

The defenders of the Kumo fortress had no idea what would be happening any second now. They were completely unaware of a highly agitated Naruto right outside their gate. The defenders were always simply chatting about there capture of an unsealed Hyuga. Well... that's what they were talking about until a massive killer intent blanketed the area.

They all looked around to find where it was coming from when the massive gates of the fortress exploded. The ninja near the gate were killed instantly as they were impaled with shrapnel. Fifty cloaked figures ran through the newly destroyed gate. They ran up to the nearest ninja and, after grabbing onto them, exploded. Blood and body parts soon covered a majority of the first half of the fortress.

Naruto walked through the destroyed gate. He was in no mood to show mercy.

The Kumo ninja regrouped quickly and assessed the situation.

"What the hell just happened?" yelled the lead ninja.

"We don't know sir," one of the Jounin responded.

"How many are there?"

"Just one sir! He wears a black cloak and a straw hat! It's the demon of the Akatsuki sir!" A chuunin responded.

The lead ninja's eyes widened in fear. "Everyone, use whatever jutsu you have! Just kill him!" he yelled.

A ninjato came flying through the air and pierced the lead ninja's skull, pinning him against the wall.

"None of you will survive," Naruto said darkly.

Chakra arms lashed out at six Kumo ninja that tried to attack. They were sent flying through the various buildings inside the fortress. Naruto created three hundred clones that each pulled out a ninjato and disappeared into the fortress. He heard screams of the unfortunate Kumo ninja that were surprised by the shadow clones.

The Kumo realized quickly that killing the clones meant they would explode violently, killing them in the process. Naruto walked from one build to the other while his clones did their work. Body parts and blood covered the buildings and ground. He walked into the barracks to see some of the Kumo ninja trying to hide themselves. He made himself invisible, and watched them to see if they would say where Hinata was located.

"We have to get out of here," one of the Jounin said.

"Yeah, but we can't leave without the Hyuga," another said.

"We can't even get out of this building, let alone get to the opposite side of the fortress to retrieve her."

"Thank you for telling me her general location," came a dark voice.

Before they could respond by doing anything, blades of wind ripped through the barracks, killing everyone inside. Now that Naruto knew what half of the fortress she was being kept at, he didn't have to hold back on destroying this side. Naruto noticed that all of his clones had been dispersed, and there were still around thirty-five Kumo ninja left.

Naruto walked out of the barracks two Kumo Ninja came out of the darkness. Narutos spun around and sliced one of them clean in half with his remain sword. The other ninja began to back up a look of sheer terror on his face. Naruto appeared in front of the ninja and grabbed him by the throat.

"You're a demon!" The ninja choked out before Naruto snapped his neck.

Naruto threw the ninja to the side and continued walking. A Jounin jumped out of a building, his sword pointed at Naruto's head. Naruto quickly created a Rasengan and hit the Jounin square in the chest. The Jounin was blown through a nearby wall.

Naruto guessed that the last ninja that were left in this place were the best this place had to offer. Naruto jumped straight up into the air as giant spike made of earth came out of the ground.

Naruto landed on a rooftop and the remaining ninja surrounded him.

"Well, you're all that's left, out of what, two hundred?"

"You're a monster!" one of them yelled.

"I'm the monster? Who was it that was going to have a poor women raped and used as nothing more then breeding stock? Oh, that's right, it's your kage. So do think before you speak when calling someone a monster. Now I will be taking the Hyuga home, whether you like it or not."

The remaining ninja began to fly through hand signs. However, they never finished, as Naruto created two massive Rasengan orbs and brought them down on the roof. The explosion was quite large; it destroyed the building they were standing on, along with the ones next to it. Naruto had finally lost his hat, which floated to the ground and into the middle of the fortress.

"Pathetic, the lot of them," Naruto muttered as he walked to the only undamaged building. The Kumo Ninja had steered clear of it the entire time, and it was on the side of the fortress those other Kumo ninja said it was. Naruto took one last look at the fortress. The place was in ruins, smoldering rubble, burning buildings, bodies and body parts everywhere, and blood in pools on the ground.

"Orochimaru's experiments put up more of a fight than this place," Naruto muttered before walking into the building.

With Hinata

Hinata was still in the corner of the cell as she had been since she arrived. For the past ten minutes all she heard were screams and explosions outside the building she was in. Hinata had no idea what was going on but she had hope that someone had come for her. Hinata couldn't see anything, as it was pitch black inside the building.

She saw a light coming towards her, and figured it was one of the guards coming to ogle her again. However, that wasn't the case as the figure ripped the cell door off and threw it aside. She felt fabric being draped over her body.

She looked up to see a man's blue eyes and blonde hair, and the whisker marks on his face. Hinata's eyes widened as she realized who it was.

"Time to go, Hinata," the man said in a comforting tone.

"Naruto?" Hinata asked weakly.

"Yes, it's me. I came here to get you out," Naruto replied.

Hinata felt herself being picked up bridal style after being wrapped in the fabric.

Naruto could feel how cold she was, even through his cloak that he had wrapped around her body. Hinata just shivered in his arms, being too weak to move.

Hinata just wanted to say something to him or at least hug him. She was happy to be rescued, and by Naruto of all people. However, she felt so weak and so cold she couldn't do anything other than just lay there in his arms.

"It's alright Hinata. You can sleep now, I won't let anything happen to you anymore."

Those words were just what Hinata needed to hear. She soon passed out in his arms after hearing what he had said. Naruto held her close to him as he exited to building. He exited what was left of the fortress through one of the large holes his exploding shadow clones had made.

Naruto wasn't going to head back to the village yet. He was going to take her to one of the Akatsuki hideouts that wasn't too far away. Hinata needed time to recover from her ordeal.

With Kakashi's battle group

It had been seven hours since they left the village. They traveled at a pace far faster than normal. Hinata's friends had led the entire time. They had only arrived in the town that Hinata was said to have been taken from. The sun had risen a few hours ago. They looked around until Hiashi noticed smoke coming from the direction of the Kumo fortress at the border.

"Kakashi, look," Hiashi said as he pointed.

"A fight at the Kumo fort?"

"You think they brought her there?" Neji asked.

"Don't know but were checking it out. Everyone, let's move out!" Kakashi commanded.

Zetsu was getting rather nervous. His black half had come back a few hours ago. However, neither had any idea what shape Naruto left the fort in. Of course, Zetsu's nervousness didn't go unnoticed by the other Akatsuki members.

Thirty minutes later, they arrived to find the fort in utter ruins. Walls were blown out and the massive gate had been blown to splinters. Kakashi sent a majority of his forces to secure the outside perimeter, while Hinata's friends, the Hyuga, and the Akatsuki went inside what remained of the fortress.

What they saw was utter carnage, bodies and body parts everywhere, blood covered much of the ground and stained what remained of the walls inside the fort.

Ino put a hand over her mouth and buried her head in Chouji's chest. She had never seen this kind of slaughter, nor did she ever want to again. The other ninja just gulped they had never seen this level of carnage on even a battle field.

"Kami what could have done something like this," Kurenai stated.

"Gather all of the headbands you can find. We need to see who attacked this place. They must have lost at least one of there own in the process," Hiashi said to the Hyuga that had accompanied him. They disappeared into the fortress gather the headbands.

"Ino, Chouji, Shikamaru, and Kiba, go scout the northern part of the fortress. See if you can find anything. Lee, Tenten, Neji, Shino, and Sakura, you five will search for survivors. The rest of you, with me," Kakashi states.

Kakashi and the other former Jounin sensei, along with the Akatsuki and Hiashi walked into the center of the fortress. They saw the hat Naruto had left behind.

"It's just as I suspected," Pein stated. "Zetsu would you mind telling us the story now?"

"Well... it was Naruto... He asked me to follow Hinata outside of the village. When I reported to him that she been taken... he got rather upset."

"And you didn't tell me! I'm her father!" Hiashi said as he grabbed Zetsu by the throat.

"Sorry, old man, but Naruto is far more terrifying then you or even Pein here could ever be," Zetsu choked out.

"What do you mean? Naruto did all of this himself?" Kurenai asked.

"This is why he is called the demon of the Akatsuki," Itachi stated as he picked up Naruto's hat. "His power and the rage he possesses is something even we do not take lightly. Why do you think he said he was doing us a favor by coming with us back to the Leaf Village for this one job? It certainly wasn't because he had to, that's for certain."

"Itachi's right. Now recall everyone. There will be no survivors left in this place," Kisame stated. "That girl has no doubt been rescued as well."

They talked about what to do now. The Akatsuki weren't about to tell them where Naruto had taken Hinata, which upset Hiashi greatly. They talked about what they were going to do until the two groups Kakashi sent out came back. Neji and Shikamaru's groups came back to report in on what they had found. Neji had found Hinata's shredded clothes and Shikamaru found a ninjato that seemed out of place. Without any warning, Kakashi told them it was time to return to the village.

"We're moving out back to the village."

"What do you mean Kakashi? Hinata is still out there somewhere!" Neji yelled.

"Yeah, my fiance is still out there!"

"Hinata is safe. Apparently one of the Akatsuki members was the one to do all this."

"How could one pathetic rogue ninja destroy this all by themselves? And why do you think I would accept him taking her somewhere? He's probably doing something to her right now!" Kiba yelled.

With Naruto and Hinata

Naruto had arrived a short while ago at the Akatsuki hideout. The place was like a home away from home. The hideout had normal beds, showers, food stores, and spare clothing. It was just one of the many hiding places the Akatsuki had.

Naruto had laid Hinata down on one of the beds and covered her with a few blankets. He sat on the bed next to her, just watching the peaceful expression on her face. She had wrapped herself up in all the blankets to warm herself. He couldn't help but feel relaxed around her. Naruto stood up off the bed and swayed a little. He had used up too much chakra, and he hadn't eaten in quite some time. Naruto left the room to get some food.

Hinata shifted in her sleep; she had a smile on her face. She was having a great dream. Hinata's dream was that Naruto had come home and told her what she always wanted to hear. She often had that dream, but always woke up to reality.

Hinata's eyes opened slowly. She was in a room she had never seen before.

"Where am I?" Hinata wondered.

Hinata lifted the covers to see she was wearing a black cloak. Her eyes widened as she realized what had happened. The past twenty four hours was real. She sat up in bed and looked around before getting up from the bed, draping one of the blankets over her.

She was just about to open the door to the room when the door knob turned. She stepped back to see who it was who came through. Naruto walked through the door.

"Oh, Hinata, you're awake," Naruto stated.

Tears suddenly started to form in Hinata's eyes as she stood there looking at Naruto. She suddenly lunged forward and wrapped her arms around him and started to cry. Naruto wasn't quite sure what to do, as he had never had to deal with anything like this before.

"Please don't cry Hinata. You're safe now," Naruto said in a soft comforting tone.

"I was so scared! I've never felt that helpless before in my life. They were going to..." Hinata tried to say as the tears ran down her face.

"It's alright. You don't have to say it, Hinata," Naruto said as he wrapped his arms around her.

The two stood there for a time. Hinata continued to cry into Naruto's chest while he just held her. Hinata's knees felt weak, and she suddenly started to fall. However, Naruto held her up.

"You're still weak from those seals, Hinata. You need to rest more," Naruto stated as he picked her up bridal style and walked over to the bed. Naruto gently laid her down on the bed.

"Please don't leave me alone," Hinata pleaded. Tears were still streaming down her face.

"I won't leave you Hinata," Naruto replied. He bent down over her on the bed, he wiped a tear from her face. "Please stop crying Hinata I don't want to see tears stain that beautiful face of yours," Naruto stated before moving his hand to her face and kissing her. Naruto truly had no clue where the words he had just told Hinata had come from, but they felt like the right thing to say.

Their kiss lasted about a minute. Hinata thought it was heaven. Kissing Naruto was one of Hinata's fantasies. She was also happy that he was her first kiss. After the kiss Naruto laid down on the bed beside Hinata. Hinata had moved so that her head was now on Naruto's chest, a happy smile graced her face. Naruto had his arms wrapped around Hinata. For once in a very long time, Naruto was happy, so much so that he had a genuine smile on his face, something he hadn't shown in five years.

With Kakashi's group

Kakashi's group had left the remains of the fortress. Of course, they didn't leave right away. He had to deal with the yelling and protests from Hinata's friends first. That took about fifteen minutes before he just ordered them to head back to the village. None of them refused his order. They were currently about an hour into their trip back to the village. It would be early in the afternoon by the time they all arrived home.

Kakashi sighed. None of the Akatsuki members were happy with Kiba when he called Naruto pathetic. Konan had been ready to chop off what little manhood the Inuzuka had. The group now traveled in silence for the most part. There were some whispered chats as they returned home.

"Kakashi are you alright?"

Kakashi looked over to see his wife Kurenai traveling beside him. "Yeah, I'm glad Hinata is alright, but the old Naruto would have never done something like that," he whispered in reply.

"I know," Kurenai replied sadly.

Kakashi looked back to see the looks on the faces of Hinata's friends. Their expressions said a lot about how they were feeling at the moment. Kiba was irritated because he wasn't the one who rescued Hinata. Neji was down right pissed off that Hinata was being held somewhere by some rogue ninja. The others were just a bit depressed about the whole situation.

With Naruto and Hinata

Naruto and Hinata still laid in the bed. Hinata had fallen asleep again, partially laying on Naruto's chest. Naruto had one arm wrapped around her waist, and his other hand was caressing her cheek. He couldn't help notice how soft her skin was. Hinata sighed happily in her sleep and nuzzled into his chest some more. Naruto wondered if things could just stay like this forever.

'Do I really deserve someone like her?' he wondered.

Naruto had been asking himself that, along with similar questions ever since he brought her back here. He really couldn't understand how she could love him as she did. Although just being around Hinata made Naruto feel better.

Hinata shifted in her sleep, causing her hair to drape over her face. Naruto used his free hand to move Hinata's hair out of her face. Even if this was only meant to last a short time, he would always remember it.

End chapter

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