PART 10
Flying kunai and shuriken. The two ninja dogged them with grace and ease.
Sasuke grabbed Hinata's hand and pulled her out of harm's way. The girl winced, but Sasuke took no notice of it. Hinata pointed to a knob in the walls, and they ran to the door. Sasuke tied to turn it, but it was locked.
Frustrated, Sasuke drew his sword, and cut the knob off. He kicked the door open and Hinata slammed it behind them.
They could hear the weapons stab the door. Hinata slumped to the floor, panting from running so hard. Sasuke saw the blood on the door, and realized that it was coming from Hinata.
He turned her and looked at her back. There was a deep kunai wound at her back. In his rashness to get her out of the way, she had taken a wound.
He slid his fingers over the wound causing her to cringe.
"Does it hurt?"
She shook her head strongly. "No, I'm fine. Let's keep going." Hinata stood up awkwardly and smiled warmly.
They kept on walking, keeping an eye out for any other traps. Before them was a door, and they could sense people on the other side.
Hinata gasped, "It's them!!" Before Sasuke could stop her, the door was open and there was Naruto and Sakura.
They looked terrible, put simply. Their skin was covered with dried blood, and their hair was messy. Both of them were bound to two standing crosses.
"Naruto-kun! Sakura-san!" Hinata cried. She leapt to their side, and cut away their bonds. The moment they were off, a familiar figure stepped forward.
"Hello, Hinata-san, Sasuke-san."
"Zurui!!"
"So the Hidden Leaf Village learned of my…intentions."
Naruto opened his eyes, to find himself in Hinata's arms. "Hinata?"
He jumped to his feet, grabbed a kunai from Hinata's pouch and held it up threateningly.
"I have no intention of letting the four of you escape. You shall all die here."
Zurui lifted his arms and a grey-colored chakra surrounded him. He thrust out an arm, and the chakra shaped into a gigantic blade.
It swept down at Sakura, who was pulled away by Sasuke. It was then brought down between Hinata and Naruto. They both leaped away in time, and rocks flew everywhere.
The grey chakra then split into countless arms. They all plunged into the ground, and seemed to disappear.
All of a sudden, a bandaged arm flew out of the ground and grabbed Sakura by the ankle. She shrieked and kicked it away.
Their eyes widened as they took in the sight. Dead bodes, at least what they thought were dead bodies, were sprouting from the ground. From the looks of it, there were hundreds: it was an army.
Zurui laughed evilly, "I'll take this army and take the world. This world is rotting, so I will replace it."
Looks we have a maniac on our hands this time, Sasuke thought with annoyance. He drew his sword swiftly and beheaded a zombie near him. Rapidly he ran through the army tearing them all apart with easy swings of his katana.
Naruto created an army of clones to rally against the dead army. Sakura punched with her inhumane strength, tearing holes into all of them.
Sasuke couldn't help but keep his eyes on Hinata. She gracefully spun through the army with a kunai. The way she moved…it was just how he had seen during her training. She slammed her palms on the ground and suddenly, lightning tore at the army.
He had to admit he was impressed. But his smirk disappeared when he saw the cut limbs pull themselves back together. All of the dead bodies came back together as if they hadn't been cut or attacked in any other way.
With a sudden jerk, the zombies surrounded Zurui and wind flapped around them.
The Konoha nin were forced back, and a heavy rock slammed against Sakura's head.
Naruto fighting against the wind called to Hinata, "Hinata!! You have to use it!!"
She gaped at him in horror. "No!!"
"You have to! I can't get close to him with my Rasengan, and Sasuke's Chidori won't work!!"
She shook her head stubbornly.
"Please, Hinata!"
Tears were streaming down her face now as she continued to shake her head. "I-I can't Naruto-kun."
"HINATA!!" Naruto cried out as he watched a zombie launch itself at Hinata. Claws sprouted from its dirty fingertips, and fangs were about to seep themselves in her skin.
Sasuke with a smooth move stood before her, and pressed Chidori against the zombie, which immediately disintegrated.
His gaze was different from any other gaze. "Hinata, I don't know what Naruto means, but if it will get us all out safely, do it."
His voice calmed her, and she stood tall and steadily. Hinata slowly walked toward Zurui and his army.
She planted her feet on the ground firmly, fighting the wind. A circle of black fire surrounded her feet as she calmly performed fast seals. Her arms lowered to her side, and she raised her head with closed eyes.
Midnight hair flew wildly as the fire grew stronger. She snapped her eyes open, and Sasuke saw they weren't Byakuugan. They were white and empty, and filled with terrible power.
She raised her palms before her and a storm of black fire flew from her fingertips. Her eyes blazed as she spoke in a voice that was hardly hers, "Amaterasu."