Chapter #4: "Look Whose Here"
"I have to protect everyone like Neji. I won't let him down. I volunteered to be the leader for this mission and now I have to act like one too. I can't go back on my words…." She thought gazing at her mates as she swayed on the tree trunks that came by after the other.
"Ok! We're here" said all charged up kiba.
"Kiba don't make such a noise. We aren't here to party you know" ino scolded him.
"I know that too! Miss know it all"
"What did you just call me?" Ino's face turned red in fury.
"Hmmmh…!" He rolled out his tongue at her.
"Enough you two, we have a mission to succeed" Sasuke interrupted, annoyed by their stupid fights.
"Hmm…" she rolled her tongue at him too and turned away.
"So should we split up?" sakura asked ten-ten who looked engrossed in a deep thought.
"Senpai!" she shook her shoulder.
"Huh?" she vacuously stared at sakura.
"Should we split up or not, Senpai?" she repeated a little louder this time though.
"Uh! No, we're all exhausted and our bodies are almost drained of chakra. If we split up we will definitely be taken down with out a shot at it"
"We'll go together" she added.
"Ok! Then let's go get em, what the hell are we waiting for?" Naruto squabbled.
"Naruto! Don't be so hasty" sakura gave him a glare.
"He's right we shouldn't waste our time" kiba agreed with him.
"Sakura, ino try not to get your selves involved in the battle too much, we'll need your medical ninjutsu later on"
They both nodded.
"I think someone's coming this way" Sasuke alarmed everyone.
"Quick form position b everyone"
They managed to enter the building without being caught up.
"There's nothing here let's try the second floor" sakura said in sottovoce.
"I can't see anyone here either. They couldn't just leave everything like this, all their machines and programs still lay here functioning" ten-ten added.
"Looking for us?" a derisive answer came from somewhere behind them.
They all turned around about the same time and their eyes widened beyond an extent.
"There're too many of them." Ino yelped.
"No matter we'll just have to cut their number to Zero" ten-ten said with a small grin twitching her lips, veiling up her stymie beneath it.
"Ok! Everyone attack formation A-5" she authorized.
"A-5 huh? This oughta be fun" kiba ridiculed.
"I'll not let you bastards get in my way!" Naruto screeched punching a few aside.
"I won't let you have all the fun" Sasuke said pounding a few Takatsuki dogs.
"You boys just love to showoff, Ino let out a sigh looking at them.
"Well at least we do something unlike you 'girls' just stand there and scream like you always do "help me, save me, oh my!" kiba copied Ino, the way she called out to him on the last mission they went on together.
"Kiba I am so gonna make you pay for this when all this is over" said Ino, whose face had turned tomato red.
"Aaaaaaahh!" Sakura screamed.
"Sakura!" Sasuke spotted her caged in by five Takatsuki men.
"Damn I can't make it there in time" he cursed.
"Sakura?" ten-ten turned towards her.
"I have gotta hurry to make it" she muttered rushing towards the trapped sakura.
"Ughhhh!" she pushed her aside.
Sakura screamed again as ten-ten fell on the ground, a kunai stabbed in her abdomen, her frail hands trying to pull it out with all the strength, left with in her.
Fresh, red pools of blood could be seen all over the ground.
"You bitch!" one of them came at her again, this time with a larger weapon.
"I can't get up. I won't make it in time to escape"
"Die!" he retorted, throwing it at her.
"Am I gonna die?" she fastened her eyes on the thought of it.
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"What's going on?" she unlocked her eyes slowly after a few seconds when nothing happened.
"Huh?"
A manly figure stood there, dressed in white and grey, his shady brunette hair fell over his shoulders.
"N-Neji?" her lips trembled.
"Ten-ten!" he turned and glanced at her softly.
She nodded she knew he was going to attack them. She barely shifted, crawling to the corner.
"Ten-ten senpai!" Sakura and Ino rushed towards her.
"Are you alright?"
"Silly question Ino, she's not alright, can't you see?" Sakura gave her a fuming glare.
"The gash is too deep and we don't have enough chakra to heal it up" Ino said looking at Sakura.
"Ino I want you to guard us till I try to heal senpai"
"Ok" Ino nodded.
She placed her hand over the wound. A familiar blue-green chakra gathered in her palm.
"It's no good I'm drained" she said exasperated.
"Ten-ten you should head back to base your wound's too bad to heal right away" Neji said walking towards them slowly as he finished with the Takatsuki men.
"Huh?" she looked at him, surprised at what she just heard.
"But-" her lips unlocked to speak.
"Sakura you should go with her" he added taking a good look at the situation.
"What if any of you gets hurt over here what'll you do? Ino won't be able to do it alone"
"If I leave things won't be even harder"
"We will have Ino here, and anyway you are already drained of chakra and your supply of medicine is almost out so even if you stay it wouldn't be much of help but if you go you would for the least be able to regain your strength and treat ten-ten's wounds.
He looked at the pale ten-ten as he finished
"Oh I see Senpai you're worried about Ten-ten Sama" She thought impishly.
"Yeah" she nodded as she picked ten-ten up placing her hand over her shoulder.
"Thank you" ten-ten said giving Neji a fleeting look before she left with Sakura.
"Don't worry dear Hinata, you won't get hurt at all" he tenderly spoke in her ear.
She inanely stared at the picture on the wall, in front of her.
"Oh! Come on now! Don't be so stiff" he said brushing her cheek with his hand.
She moved back stunned at his approach.
"Your game's over, Takatsuki Rido" said Naruto that came bursting in the door, just now.
"What? What are you doing here you brat?" rido's eyes widened in alarm.
"I am here to kick your ass" Naruto replied with archetypal ferocity.
"Why you little…!" Rido's face turned red at the remark.
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata exclaimed with surprise as much as joy.
"You just think people are to be treated as puppets"
"You make use of them for your self and when you're need is over with them you throw them away" the orange haired said in anguish.
"Now isn't that right Rido?" Kiba added staring at Naruto who was clenching his fists.
"What you say doesn't bother me a bit you punks" he scoffed at them.
"You bastard!" Naruto charged up and attacked him with his entire valor. But to his surprise rido dodged his attack and assaulted him instead.
Naruto fell hard on the ground making a thud sound.
"Now you'll die right here!" rido screeched insanely.
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata let out a shriek as she came in front of him.
"Don't hurt him" she pleaded.
"You bitch now you're with him" he snarled as struck her, as upshot sent her flying to the corner.
"Hi-nata!" Naruto's voice trembled.
"You bastard" he rumbled as he got back up on his feet.
"How dare you hurt her? After all that she has done for you. How could you?"
"You treated her as a pawn to attain your selfish desires"
He glanced at Hinata that lay cataleptic.
His sapphire ogles turned blood red.
"The Kyuubi!" Rido muttered.
"Oh! So you really are the Kyuubi brat"
"I never thought a person like you would posses such great power"
"I pity the demon fox, really, he got stuck with such an idiot" a small grin twitched his lips.
"You really wanna see its power? I'll give you a taste of its power if that's what you really wish for" red chakra swept all over his body and around.
"Stop it! Naruto" he heard Neji's voice.
"Neji?" he looked at him.
"We'll take care of Rido. You take Hinata and get out of here"
"But Neji…" he persisted.
"Naruto! Don't you trust me?" Neji looked into his eyes.
"Yes, of course" he said with his eyes downcast, turned back to the usual azure.
He deadly walked towards the unconscious Hinata; her body was brooked in blood that leached out of her wounds.
He tenderly picked her up and walked towards the door.
He turned his head, giving Rido a glance, catching a last glimpse of Neji before he left.
Ok guys I know I'm late this time but you see I got lotta homework to do and well then I don't have enough time to write or update my stories, but still I'm sorry:{
Oh and my exams are starting from 02-December 2010 so plz pray for me:)