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CHAPTER 12
Missing Hinata! A Message of Fear
Where am I? The thought came slowly to Naruto. Wait, this room…! Laid out all around him was a wide expanse of water. Only then did he realize he was floating upon it. He stood up, sending chakra down to give him footing. The chamber of his mind was the exact same as he remembered it. Filled with a haze that turned everything shade of yellow and surrounded by walls of dark metal, the ethereal feeling remained present.
Nice place here, commented a voice behind him. Naruto turned 180 degrees only to see Rai standing within the Kyuubi's old cage. Naruto walked over to the open cage and stopped to look around again. Previously owned? the fox asked jokingly.
Naruto nodded absentmindedly. Why am I here again Rai? This closed off when the Kyuubi no Kitsune left my body and I haven't been able to return, even with meditation. The fox gazed at him through sparking eyes and jumped up onto a pipe on the wall. Naruto leapt after him. Oi! Rai! What's the deal!
You have no reason to be here yet Naruto. The evolution knocked you out. Maybe a day and a half has gone by. When are you going to get up and help everyone else? The voice sounded cold, disappointed, annoyed almost. Naruto looked at Rai in shock and confusion.
What's the matter with you Rai? What do you mean help! Naruto roared back. Is everyone alright? An image of Hinata dashed through his head and a pit of fear enveloped him.
We lost contact with Raito last night. Hinata has gone missing.
The words hit Naruto with such force he fell to his knees, slowly sinking into the water as his emotions distracted his chakra flow. Get up Naruto. Worry and fear are only tools to make Death's job easy. Naruto glanced at the fox, agony written across his face. Go and find her. I'm in your head so I know how you feel. Now WAKE UP! the fox commanded.
At once the water rumbled and a wave rose ups, sweeping Naruto away towards the gate to consciousness. Rai watched him go. In time I'll call you back in here…kit.
Muffled voices floated by from outside as Naruto slowly opened his eyes. He bolted upright immediately and trained his ears towards his friends out in the campground.
"…about Naruto? We can't leave him behind and if we split up familiars might rush us again," came Tenten's voice. A sigh came, presumably from Shikamaru.
"Carrying him with us would be troublesome. And having to defend a prone body in battle would be even more so. Sakura when will he regain consciousness?" Shikamaru asked.
"Can't tell. Could be hours, days, or even weeks. I can't judge his chakra levels due to his huge reserves."
"Right now my cousin is out there!" came Neji's yelling voice. "I'm going whether you all are with me or not!" SLAP! It rang out clear even to Naruto, who visibly flinched when it hit.
"Tenten…"
"What is wrong with you, baka! You don't think we're all worried! Awakened, paralyzed in the middle of the night by a bright light outside, only to overhear her get kidnapped, and you think you are the only one who cares about what happens to her!"
Everyone else was quiet. Naruto stood up and threw on his jumpsuit after stripping off his pajamas. He shielded his eyes as he stepped out into the midday sun and asked silently, "Which way did they go?" Everyone's head turned to him. "Which way?" he repeated pointedly at Shikamaru.
Shikamaru was hesitant. "We can't exactly tell, Naruto. They left us paralyzed until today. I have no clue what kind of jutsu they used, but I'd guess it was elemental. They left no traces as they left the camp so we don't know how to track them," he admitted ashamedly.
Naruto felt the same fury as Neji had. "How can we just sit here! There has to be something! Anything! How many other people can use elemental jutsu! That's gotta be worth something!" He yelled, turning to each person, almost begging.
Sasuke walked over to him and stared at his friend. "Calm down. Only an idiot worries this way. Hinata is strong and we're all aware of us. We can assume two things though." Naruto gazed at him, clearly frightened. "First," Sasuke began, "is that she's alive. If they wanted to kill her, they would have before they revealed themselves. And secondly, they are either weak in direct combat or wished to avoid it, else they would not have used us as hostages."
Correct on both accounts Sasuke, came Raito's voice. The swan flew towards them, directly from the sun's rays, landing gracefully among them. Hinata is perfectly alright. She was taken to a Hidden Village that is comprised of light jutsu users. I was blocked from communication with her when she entered a building containing their leader. He's rather powerful if he's capable of that. They allowed her to send me with a missive to you all to tell you she will not be leaving for a month as they are training her to use the hijutsu of Light.
Naruto looked at the swan which had begun pruning his feathers. Hinata was okay. She was fine! Naruto collapsed to the ground as Neji sighed, never feeling more relieved. Shikamaru stepped forward, saying, "What's this hijutsu?"
Raito continued with his pruning. It is an ultimate technique that can be learned by non-hosts through intense measures with a dangerous risk if failed. You must become one with your element by merging your chakra with it and infusing it into your body or an item. This reaction and your body's proximity to it mutates your chakra in a way. It becomes capable of elemental jutsu of a greater magnitude. Raito stared at Naruto. Had you been trained this way, you would not have been knocked unconscious for so long, if at all. Welcome back by the way.
Naruto nodded. At any rate, I don't trust this village.
Why not Raito? asked Daichi
There is no reason to forbid contact with you all. They have ulterior motives, a reason to keep her in this prisoner manner. I'm going to lead you to the village outskirts. You all will need to stay undetected and I shall come to you each day with reports, but under no circumstances are you to enter the village. It is best if you're all close to her, yet detection may lead to open conflict and that is something we cannot afford. Not the seven of you against a whole village, with a hostage to boot.
"Hey slow down a bit will ya?" said Temari. "You expect us to wait a month and leave her in their hands?"
Raito lowered his head. No. Only for a week.
Sakura asked, "Why would they want a month then?"
I do not know….However, with their methods and her combining with me, the training will not take a month and they surely know this. There is a boy watching over Hinata who seems quite smitten with her. Perhaps I can help her get information out of her. Both Neji's and Naruto's heads popped up and voiced the same question.
"What?" It sounded more like a threat than a question.
Worry not. She's not about to fall for someone who abducts her in the middle of the night and threatens her friends. Raito said reassuringly. Now hurry and pack. They will suspect something the longer I am gone.
Within moments the seven ninja were leaping through the tree tops following the vibrant water fowl towards Hinata and the mysterious Hidden Village of the Morning Sun.
A/N: Hey all did you miss me? Sorry it took so long. Work had me busy and college took over in the same way. Still no girl, no that you guys care. :P nonetheless
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