Hi everyone! I'm back with yet another chapter for you to enjoy! I think this one was the longest chapter yet...it's also the saddest. I hope you all like it! And I just realizd I haven't put a disclaimer over here since chapter 1, so here it is:

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, a fact that I lament about every night. If I did, I would not be here writing fancfictions, I would be in Konoha trying to make Neji fall in love with me while dodging sharp projectiles from a certain jealous kunoichi with two buns in her hair.

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And now, on with the story!

Ch. 6

At the last minute Kiba brought up his handaxe and blocked the movement of Shino's sais. But the bug-controlling ninja was quick and he brought the left sai up then down again, planning to stab Kiba in the stomach. It didn't work because Kiba was expecting a move like that and he kicked out with his right leg, sending Shino flying back. He slammed against a tree trunk and slumped into a sitting position. Kiba turned to leave when a sharp pain in his right leg forced him to stop. He looked down and saw, to his shock, a sai embedded in his right thigh. Angrily, he took it out and flung it on the ground. Shino got to his feet and the two ninjas just stared at each other.

Just as Kiba was about to make a move, he felt something on his foot. He looked down and to his horror, saw hundreds of bugs trying to crawl up his legs. He quickly backflipped to get away from them, but Shino was anticipating this and appeared right behind Kiba before he had a chance to land. The bespectacled ninja aimed a roundhouse kick at Kiba's face that connected viciously with his cheek. But he didn't stop there.As Kiba was falling to the ground he executed a series of powerful punches, slamming the dog ninja into the ground. He smirked as he gazed down at Kiba's unmoving body. Now that he was immobilized, all Shino had to do was stab him. Just as he was about to do just that, Kiba's body turned into a tree stump. Nani? Kawarimi no Jutsu? He was able to use a replacement in that situation? But he didn't have too much time to think about it because Kiba appeared right in front of him and aimed a devastating uppercut at Shino's chin, sending the bug ninja flying. But that wasn't all Kiba did.

"Gatsuuga!" He jumped into the air and his body began spinning violently, heading straight towards Shino. Kiba's attack hit, making Shinoplummet to the ground while he punched and clawed at him. His attack finishedKiba stood a few feet away from Shino's unmoving body, panting. He had won, but he didn't feel good about it. In fact, he wanted nothing more than to vomit right then and there. With a sigh, he turned around to leave when a foot came from out of nowhere and kicked him in the stomach.Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Shino's body disappear in a puff of smoke to be replaced with a log. Kawarimi no Jutsu...damn. Kiba landed face first on the ground, sliding through the dirt until he hit the base of a tree. He groaned in pain and started getting up when he felt a sharp pain in his back. Shino had stabbed him with a sai. He winced in pain and spit out blood, unable to believe he was going to die by his friend's hands. Shino viciously ripped out the sai, only to plunge it in Kiba's back again. He pulled it out again and Kiba knew he was going to deal the killing blow. But it never came.

Instead, he heard a yell and Shino's weight on his back was gone. He turned his head and saw something he never expected. Beating Shino into a pulp using Jyuuken was none other than Hinata. She hit him again and again, moving so fast that Shino was unable to get any hits in. He was still able to call on the bugs in the area, and Kiba saw a huge swarm of bugs headed straight for the female Hyuuga. "H-Hinata! Watch out for the bugs!" he called out. She made no indication that she heard him, other than moving behind Shino and attacking his back. With a little difficulty, Kibapushed himself on his feet,and stared at the fight in front of him. He'd never seen Hinata fight so ruthlessly and with such power before. Suddenly she stopped attacking, leaving Shino stumbling on his feet, trying to stand up straight. Hinata switched positions, her left hand extended, palm out, her right hand down hear her waist. "Jyukenpo Hatsuke Soushyouha!" she yelled before hitting Shino's chest with her palm, spinning around and hitting his arm, turning again until they were back to back and hitting his back, spinning again to hit his other arm and turning one last time till she was facing him. She gathered chakra in both her palms and slammed them into Shino's chest, watching as he flew backwards and landed on the ground. After taking a moment to catch her breath, Hinata ran over to Kiba and put his arm over her shoulder to help him stand. "A-are you okay, Kiba-kun?" she asked timidly, all traces of the powerful, fighting Hinata he had just seen vanished.

"Hinata...how did you...I've never seen you fight like that! When did you become so strong?"

"Oh..." her cheeks reddened a bit and she searched through her pockets for something. She took out a small pouch and opened it, allowing Kiba to see it's contents.

"Soldier pills!"

"H-hai.They c-came in my bag. It's the only weapon I have. T-take one, Kiba-kun." He did, and as it crunched between his teeth, he saw Shino struggling to get to his feet. He spit blood and for a second, Kiba thought he would fall. But he stayed on his feet, slowly stumbling towards them. Kiba picked up the handaxe lying in the grass and readied himself for anything. Shino coughed, and blood spilled onto the ground, making Kiba wince. His organs were damaged. There was no way he could survive. After taking a few more forced steps, the injured ninja collapsed on the ground, motionless. (Student # 2- Aburame Shino...DEAD) Kiba turned away from his dead classmate and looked at Hinata.

"You know, I was looking for you to save you, and you ended up saving me." She blushed and looked down.

"A-arigato, Kiba-kun. B-but I think we should go."

"You're right. Let's go up in a tree. I have to take care of this." He pointed to his back where Hinata saw two large bloodstains on his jacket.

"Oh...I-I can help."

"Arigato, Hinata." They jumped into the trees and were gone.

It had only been about an hour and already Tayuya had chosen her first victims. She watched them, a silent shadow in the trees. How pathetic. They were completely unaware of her presence. She looked down at the flute in her hand and smirked. It was sheer luck that her supplied weapon had been a kunai. It wasn't that she enjoyed fighting with kunai, or that she was an expert with one. In fact, she never used kunais while fighting. She was lucky because she was able to use it to carve a wooden flute out of a branch.

Her eyes went back to her victims, the blonde one was laughing. Ha. She wouldn't be laughing once Tayuya got a hold of her. The dark-haired boy next to her was lying on his back, staring at the clouds, appearing to be ignoring the blonde completely.They were both so calm. It was mind boggling how they seemed to be so at ease when they could be killed at any moment. Maybe now it was time to break the calm atmosphere. Tayuya smiled as she lifted the wooden flute up to her lips. It would be fun to take out those two weaklings.

"How do you think Lee is doing?" Tenten asked Neji. It was nearing sunset and they still hadn't found any sign of Lee, even with Neji using his Byakugan

"I'm sure he's fine. He can take care of himself."

"I know but he'll be hesitant to fight anyone."

"How do you know?"

"Because...well...because it's Lee!" she was about to say something else when Neji put a hand over her mouth, silencing her. He stared into the trees in front of them and Tenten knew he saw something there. But then he took his hand away and kept walking, not telling her anything. She just shrugged and kept walking. But seconds later she felt a presence in the trees nearby. Neji was walking calmly, but his shoulders were slightly tenser than normal. That was a sign that he knew there was another ninja near them. There was a loud bang and Neji stopped walking. He just stood there, staring straight ahead. "Neji?" He looked down at his chest and it was then that Tenten noticed the spreading bloodstain on his shirt. "What happened?" There was another bang and Neji stumbled, falling to his knees and clutching his left arm. He gritted his teeth angrily and looked up as another loud bang sounded off.

"Get behind me!" he said to Tenten, pulling into a kneeling position behind him. About fifty meters in front of them, the hidden ninja made himself known by jumping out from the tree he had been in.

"How sweet, hiding her behind you." Jiroubou mocked, walking closer to them. He held up a small black object and pointed it at the two. Tenten recognized it as a handgun. She was furious. How dare he use a gun against them? He was supposed to be a ninja! No self-respecting ninja would ever use a gun, a weapon that needed no skill to be used. "Hiding won't help either of you. You'll both die here." As soon as he said that, Neji shot to his feet and ran full speed at the enemy ninja. Jiroubou lifted the gun and shot at Neji several more times, emptying the cartridge. He threw the gun at the Hyuuga prodigy, who dodged it easily. Neji flung a palm out, intending to immobilize Jiroubou, but the large ninja backed up, dodging the attack. But the Byakugan user was not finished. He stood slightly hunched forward with his arms out in front and behind him.

"Hakkeshou Rokujuu Yonshou!" Tenten looked on in amazement as Neji closed 64 of Jiroubou's tenketsu. Even though she had seen that particular attack hundreds of times, and had even been on the receiving end of it more than once, it never failed to awe her. Seeing Neji use one of his most powerful attacks just reaffirmed her respect, admiration and deep affection for him. And to think he was using this attack to protect her made her heart beat twice as fast.

Jiroubou flew into the trunk of a tree when Neji finished his attack. Tenten was immediately by his side, making sure he was alright. "Sit down, I'll bandage those wounds." But she didn't get the chance to do anything as the tree that Jiroubou slammed into was suddenly colliding with the side of her face. She sailed through the air, landing on her shoulder, wincing at the stabbing pain emanating from that spot. Neji managed to duck just in time when Jiroubou aimed the tree at him. The large ninja's chest and stomach was wide open and Neji took the opportunity to use his finishing move. But Jiroubou was faster than he had originally thought and all Neji ended up hitting was the tree, breaking it in half. The enemy ninja grinned and punched the Hyuuga genius with amazing force, sending him crashing through a group of trees. His body was one giant pain, and he felt himself weakening from all the blood he'd lost. Muscles screaming with effort, he pulled himself to his feet, just in time to be punched again by that giant, immensely powerful fist. Jiroubou laughed as he fell.

"Is this it? This is all the 'Hyuuga Prodigy' can do? I must say, I'm not impressed. I expected more of a fight. What's wrong? Can't get up?" He shouted the last word as he viciously kicked Neji in the stomach. Neji coughed out blood and closed his eyes in pain. There was a wet tearing sound and Neji opened his eyes to see Tenten standing over him, blood dripping off her kodachi. Her right arm was dislocated.

"Don't you know it's impolite to kick a man when he's down?"Jiroubou smirked, despite having a deep gash across his abdomen.

"Well, I don't see any men here." he taunted. Tenten narrowed her eyes and attacked, slashing at him with her kodachi. He moved out of the way and grabbed her arm, tossing her like a rag doll. She would have crashed into a tree if Neji hadn't gotten to his feet and caught her.

"Neji!" he placed her on the ground and stared at Jiroubou, his face tense and angry. "You're injured. You don't have to fight him. I will."

"No." Was all he said before he charged at the bigger ninja. Jiroubou aimed a punch at his face which he easily avoided, using his chakra to restore the speed his injuries had depleted. His palms slammed into the larger ninja's stomach and chest area at lightning speed. He could feel his chakra decreasing by the second.

Tenten smiled. Neji didn't seem to be injured too badly. He was moving just as fast as he always had. But her smile faded when she noticed the entire front of her shirt was soaked in blood. She knew instantly that it was Neji's. She looked at him again and realized the entire front of his shirt was soaked, and streams of blood ran down his legs. He's losing way too much blood...and I bet he's using up his chakra reserves moving at that speed. He won't last much longer if I don't do something! She gripped the kodachi and jumped in the trees, counting on Jiroubou to be too distracted with defending against Neji's attacks to notice her. She took up a spot on the branch of a tree right above the fight, wishing fervently that she had her scrolls. If only I had my scrolls, this fight would be over in the next five minutes! But I have to help Neji no matter what. He would do the same for me. She watched carefully for an opening, eyes widening when she spotted one. Now! She grabbed her weapon and hurled it at Jiroubou. His yell of pain and surprise made the kunoichi smile.

Neji blinked when his opponent yelled and held a hand to the fork that was sticking out of his right eye. Was he seeing things? He blinked the sweat out of his eyes. No. There really was a fork in Jiroubou's eye. He smirked and silently thanked Tenten. This was it. This was probably the only chance he would get. He gathered up one of the last bits of chakra he had left and used all his remaining strength to hit Jiroubou's chest, right over his heart, confident of his win.

Which was why all he could do was stare at the fork embedded in his palm and wonder How did that happen? He didn't even feel any pain as Jiroubou picked up a fist sized rock and used it to add more strength to his punch, which connected with Neji's jaw, popping it out of place. He landed with a thud on the ground and all he could think of was I can't believe I lost to that fat fuck. A one-eye Jiroubou ran at the fallen Hyuuga and furiously punched his stomach, causing him to spit up more blood that he couldn't afford to lose. I hope Tenten just runs away and doesn't do anything drastic...he thought vaguely as the insanely angered ninja continued to pummel him further and further into the ground. But his hopes were dashed as he heard her familiar grunt of effort which always came after she stabbed something. He opened his eyes to see Tenten's neck in Jiroubou's huge hand. The kodachi was lying on the ground. The weapons master was struggling to get her neck out of his strong grip, but to no avail. He held her an arms length away from him so none of her kicks or punches could connect with any sensitive areas. No... He couldn't let her die. Not like that, not by his hands. Mustering up strength he didn't know he had, Neji grabbed the kodachi and ran Jiroubou through viciously with it. The large ninja reacted instantly, dropping Tenten on the ground. He glared angrily at Neji, unable to accept he was dying. The Hyuuga genius let go of the kodachi and rested his arms at his sides. Jiroubou growled deep in his throat and his eye had a gleam in it that Neji didn't like.

The next few seconds were like slow motion. Jiroubou smirked and pulled the kodachi from his body. Neji's eyes widened slightly as he held the blade high and rammed it into the Hyuuga's chest. He heard Tenten's agonized scream of denial in the distance. Jiroubou coughed up blood and fell, his breathing getting shallower and shallower until it stopped altogether. Neji closed his eyes and leaned his head on the ground. He'd won. It cost him his life, but he won. (Student # 8- Jiroubou...DEAD)

He felt someone kneeling at his side. Tenten. "Neji! Open your eyes! You can't die here! Do you hear me? You can't die, I can't let you!" With great effort, he opened his eyes and looked at her. She was crying. It was the first time he had ever seen her cry and he couldn't help but be surprised that it was for him. She was actually crying over him. Her head was on his chest and she was sobbing loudly.

"Tenten..." She lifted her head up to look at him. Her tears had mixed with his blood and it looked like her tears were red.

"Neji! You're still alive! Don't worry, I'll fix your wounds and you'll be fine, okay? Uh...we don't have any bandaging so I have to use your shirt. I hope you don't mind." He wanted to tell her that he was dying and in a few minutes it wouldn't matter if he minded that he was shirtless, but he didn't have the strength to speak. "Your jaw was popped out of place so I'm just going to reset it. It'll only hurt for a second." She held his jaw gently in her hands and before he knew it, she popped it back into place, almost painlessly. "I'm also going to take out the kodachi, okay? It's going to hurt but just bear with it, alright?" He watched as she gripped the handle of the kodachi and almost laughed when she winced right before pulling it out, as if she was the one in pain. After pulling out the blade, Tenten wasted no time in stripping Neji of his shirt and tearing it to make bandages.

As she worked, she tried not to burst into tears again. She had thought he'd only been shot twice, but when she took off his shirt she learned that wasn't true. It seemed that all seven bullets Jiroubou had fired hit him. Forcing her hands not to shake, she tightly tied strips of Neji's shirt on his wounds, stopping the blood flow. A part of her knew her efforts were in vain. He was going to die no matter what she did, but another part of her refused to accept that. He was Hyuuga Neji, he couldn't die! She'd always pictured him as being immortal, invincible. But looking at him now, at his unnaturally pale skin, at the blood caking his body, she knew she had been stupid to think that. No one was invincible. Not even him.

He hadn't even realized he'd closed his eyes until he opened them again. Tiny droplets of water were hitting his skin. Tenten's tears. Forcing his arm to move, he slowly reached up to brush the tears away. His hand didn't quite make it and he ended up gripping her forehead protector instead. The strength in his arm wavered and his arm fell back to his side, her forehead protector still in his hand, pulling it off her head. She was staring at him, surprised at his actions. "Gomen..." he whispered, barely able to hear himself. "I..." he found that he couldn't get the words out. I'm sorry Tenten...for everything...I didn't mean to be so cold towards you...I just wish I could tell you...what you mean to me...Breathing was becoming difficult now. Something on his hand startled him and he opened his eyes again, this time unable to open them fully. Tenten's hand was gripping his. She'd stopped bandaging him. Had she realized it was futile? Did she know he was seconds away from death?

Tenten felt Neji's hand tighten slightly around hers. She continued to hold onto his hand even after she felt his grip slacken. His eyes closed again and she knew that was it. She couldn't see his chest rising and falling anymore. He'd stopped breathing. She tried desperately to stop crying, but failed. Unable to express her degree of sorrow through crying alone, she found herself opening her mouth and emitting a loud, tortured scream. This was a pain like she'd never felt before. She just wanted to rip her heart out of her chest so it would stop hurting.

The weapons master looked at Neji's face, searching for life. She found nothing. Looking at him now, she was surprised to see his expression was one of peace. He seemed so relaxed, as though a heavy burden had been lifted. As though he was happy his time had come. How could he have been happy? She thought. How could he have been happy to die? How could he have been happy leaving me behind?

He still held her forehead protector in his hand. On impulse, she gently lifted his head off the ground and untied his forehead protector. She saw the seal on his forehead and glared at it before tying her forehead protector over it. She had no wish to see the one thing that had plagued him his whole life. Taking liberties she never would have dared to when he was alive, she leaned down and lightly kissed his cheek. It was already cold. Taking one last look at the person she loved, who'd been stolen from her, she got to her feet. She wiped away her tears, a determined look in her eyes, and tied Neji's forehead protector on her head. Those Sound Four bastards would pay. It didn't matter that the one who actually killed him was dead. All of them were killers and if she didn't stop them, more of her friends would die. And Lee was still out there. What if one of them got him? How could she live with herself if her two best friends died at the hands of Sound 4? How could she live with herself if anyone died by their hands? She picked up the kodachi, the weapon Neji had ultimately been killed with and sheathed it. So what she didn't have her scrolls and only had one kodachi? She was on a mission, and she never failed a mission. Never.

"What was that?" Sakura asked, looking around. Even Naruto was quiet for once as he listened to the pained scream coming from somewhere not too far off. "You don't think..." she trailed off, not wanting to say any more.

"I don't know." Was Sasuke's answer.

"We should go and find out what's going on! Maybe we can save someone!" Naruto said in his typical loud and exuberant manner. Sasuke sighed. Was it possible for Naruto to be quiet for more than five seconds?

"Great idea, dobe. And while we're at it, why don't we just start screaming out our positions so that everyone can hear us? If we don't know the situation, it's too risky to proceed. We have to concentrate on saving ourselves." Naruto glared at him.

"But what if it's a teammate that needs our help? Do you just want to leave whoever it was to die?" The Uchiha's silence was answer enough. "Fine! Stay here if you want to, Sasuke-temme, but I'm going! Are you coming, Sakura-chan?" She looked at Sasuke pleadingly.

"If it's someone that needs our help, don't you think we should go? It's the right thing to do..." Sasuke sighed. It looked like he was going to have to go with them on their ridiculous moral pursuit.

"Fine." Sakura grinned and Naruto scowled. He half wished Sasuke had said no so he could be alone with Sakura-chan, without that annoyingly arrogant asshole. The trio carefully walked through the woods, trying not to make any sound that would alert a possible enemy to their whereabouts. Within minutes they came upon the first pool of blood on the ground. Sakura grabbed the nunchakus that she had been supplied with while Naruto took out his supplied switchblade. Sasuke made no move to take out his weapon.

"Sasuke..why don't you take out your weapon? It's dangerous to be unarmed." Sakura pointed out. The dark haired ninja scowled and looked away from her.

"I'll be fine." Naruto began laughing.

"He's just angry about his supplied weapon! His weapon is a bible!" Sasuke balked and glared at the laughing ninja.

"How did you know that?"

"When you and Sakura-chan went off to go to the bathroom I looked through your bag!" Sakura barely held Sasuke back from attacking Naruto.

"We should really find out who's blood this is, don't you think Sasuke-kun?" He glared at Naruto once more and walked ahead without saying a word. The pink haired kunoichi turned on Naruto, fire in her eyes. "How dare you provoke Sasuke-kun? I'm sure he could fight better with that bible than you can with that knife!" The blond shinobi looked down at the ground.

"But Sakura-chan..."

"Shut up!" She turned around and went in the direction of Sasuke.

"Damn Sasuke...he always has to ruin everything..."He ran after Sakura, but stopped short next to her when he saw the scene in front of him. Lying on the ground next to the body of one of the Sound 4 was Hyuuga Neji. He had several small wounds and one large wound on his chest. Sakura gasped and put a hand over her mouth to keep from throwing up. This was the first time she'd ever encountered death. Next to her, she could see Naruto struggling to keep in his own bile. He couldn't keep it in as well as she could however, because seconds later he regurgitated all over Neji's chest and part of his face.

"Naruto! You're so disgusting! Don't you have any respect for the dead? Couldn't you have at least done that behind a tree?" She yelled, hitting him over the head.

"But Sakura-chan..." he protested. She scowled at him and turned to Sasuke, who looked like he was about to vomit himself after Naruto's stunning display of puke. Shaking her head, she looked back at Neji's defiled body. Wait a minute...I swear I just saw his chest move like he was breathing. She walked over to the body and put a finger under his nose to check if he was breathing. It was very faint, but she felt small bursts of air.

"He's alive!" she exclaimed. "Barely, but he's still alive!"

"What do we do?" Naruto asked.

"Don't worry. I have everything under control." she kneeled down next to Neji and put her hands over his chest. "Tsunade-sama taught me how to heal. Chiyute no Jutsu!" Her hands glowed blue, illuminating the ground around them in a soft blue light. Sasuke and Naruto were staring at her, wondering if her healing technique was going to work.

Tiny beads of sweat dripped down her forehead as she concentrated on healing the wounds on her classmate. Sure, she was able to heal small cuts and even gashes easily, but healing so many deep wounds was exhausting and she had only just begun. But his life was in her hands, and that fact spurred her on. She wouldn't be able to bear it if he died on her so she put all her effort and energy into healing. After a few minutes, she felt her chakra supply drastically decreasing. She couldn't go on much longer. But he hadn't even opened his eyes yet, so she couldn't possibly stop. Please make it Neji-san...She thought desperately. She had to stop soon, her chakra was dangerously low.

"Sakura-chan...there's nothing more you can do. Don't exhaust yourself." Naruto said softly.

"I agree." Was all Sasuke said. She chose to ignore them and keep going. He had to make it, he just had to. Just when she was about to collapse, she saw white eyes slowly open. With an exhausted smile, she stopped the healing jutsu and shakily got to her feet. Neji was staring at her, as though he couldn't believe she had saved him.

"Are you alright now?" She asked, her voice barely above a whisper.

"Yes."

"I'm glad." The last thing she saw was Naruto's amazed expression and then her world went black.

So...what did you all think? If there's anything you feel should have been added to this chapter, or if I should have taken anything out, please tell me, and I'll do my best to try and make you happy, or at least explain why I wrote certain things. I love getting constructive criticism, so don't be afraid to give me suggestions!