Jin Kidnapped?! Hinako and Sarafu to the rescue!
I held my sides that seemed to be coursing with acid. "Where the hell is he?" I looked around, but found no familiar faces in the bustling crowd. I know I said I was going to make up with him, but where the hell did that jerk run off to?
I looked over to my right and saw Hinako walking with Neji. "Hey, Hinako!" I called out as she glared at me for ruining her good day. "Have you seen Jin?"
"No, I haven't. Now, leave my sight!"
"Hinako, you're so harsh."
"Oh, wait! Actually, I did receive a ransom note this morning for him. They want 1,000,000 yen for the stupid dude. Like I'd ever pay that much for the brat! They'll just realize that he's a dud."
"Yeah, but what if they decide to kill him in their anger?!"
"Well, that's one less ninja we'll have on our side."
"Hinako," Neji's voice stood out above mine. "It's not right to abandon you're teammate. I agree with Sarafu, you should go rescue him. Consider it training."
"Well, I guess if you put it that way, I'll have to go. Fine, come on, Sarafu. Let's go to the scheduled place."
We ran off in the direction to the main gate. "Hey, Hinako, where exactly are we going, anyway?" I asked while running through the main gate, past the gaurds.
"The meeting place is near Ojingasa City. If we run faster, we can make it there in time. Let's go."
I nodded my head and picked up the pace, pushing against the ground harder. My heart pumped strenuously as I used up my energy reserves. I didn't really understand why, but I was sweating, even though we hadn't been running for that long and hard. It irritated me about Jin's capture. I felt the same anxiety that I did when I saw my mom in the test tube. I hadn't realized it yet, but I had begun to treat Jin like a little brother. My soul, unconciously, reached out for family, which I never seemed to keep more than a few months.
We arrived in a forest clearing near Ojingasa City. Standing there, in the dark, were two Rain shinobi with a tied up Jin behind them. "Heh, so you actually came," the big ugly one said, "I thought Konoha ninja would've put up more resistance. Well, where's the money?"
Hinako looked at the two ninja then at Jin, who stared back at her. They both nodded their heads slightly, and then Hinako said, "Hold your horses! We still need to know the condition of your hostage. Don't think we are so stupid as to just hand the money over without knowing the stats."
They grimaced a bit and then the not so ugly one kicked Jin in front of them. "Hey!" I screamed out at them and took a step forward, but Hinako held her arm out in the way. She looked at me with a serious face and I instantly knew what was going on. Hinako had a plan. I calmed myself down and stood down. Jin looked at us and was probably complaining through his gagged mouth.
"There," the really ugly one said. "Now hand over the money."
Hinako reached behind her back to reveal a kunai, and then she screamed, "NOW!" and Jin jumped out of his bonds, while Hinako and I attacked the Rain ninja. Jin ran behind us, while the Rain ninja quickly drew their kunais to defend. "Did you think that mere ropes could restrain a Leaf ninja?" I said as I kicked the not so ugly one in the shins since he was blocking all my other attacks. He crumpled onto the ground. The ugly one disappeared in a puff of smoke to reveal a log. "Kawarimi!"
The real one appeared in a tree, and he was forming seals. When he was finished he said, "Acid Rain justu!"
Jin ran in between us and quickly formed seals. "Do you think I, a former waterfall ninja, can be stopped by that?! Bubble Shield!"
A bubble popped around Hinako and I, protecting us from the red rain that fell. The foliage around us though, was burned as smoke arose from the grass and trees. The Ugly One growled as the rain stopped and the bubble disappeared. He formed more handseals, but before he could finish, I jumped up, into the tree, landing next to him. I took out a kunai and shoved it into his shoulder, tearing into his flesh. He let out a screeching roar from the pain, and the flung me off. The other, not so ugly, one ran over to him, and they both disappeared in a puff of smoke, but not without a, "You'll pay for this!"
"Heh, amateurs," Jin said as we headed back home.
"You were captured by these 'amateurs'," I noted as we walked down the dirt path back.
"Hey, they caught me off gaurd!"
"Oh, really?"
"Shut it, you two!" Hinako whispered loudly. "We're being followed."
We glanced behind our shoulders, but not soon enough. We were hit with a great burst of water that threw us across the path and into the forest, where I hit my head on a tree, and was knocked unconcious.
...to be continued.