AN: well, that took longer than i thought. i blame school. its hard this year. i actually have to do stuff. and sorry if anyone was confused on that last chapter. hopefully this one will help clear things up.
Hinata slowly awoke to the dark room. Her whole body hurt and her head was pounding against her skull. Pain course through her battered body as she pulled herself into a sitting position. "Ow." Squinting into the darkness she was able to make out the form of Naruto. Crawling over to him she lightly shook him, making sure not to touch any of his bigger injuries. "Naruto…wake up."
The blonde stirred awake, wincing after moving too much. He looked at the girl hovering over him and gave a light smile.
"Hey Princess. Where are we?" Both shinobi moved and sat against the wall.
"I'm not entirely sure. All I remember is being dragged down stairs and thrown in here." Narutos face darkened as he recalled what had happened.
"That's right. I'm going to kill that Takashi bastard for doing this to us." His ocean blue eyes narrowed as he thought of the brown haired man and his fists clenched in anger. The Hyuuga could sense his anger and hostility and turned to look into his face.
"Don't blame Takashi-kun. It's not entirely his fault." She spoke softly, but firmly.
"What do you mean it's not entirely his fault? Of course it is. He's the one who had them put us in here." His voice rose and so did his annoyance. 'How could she possibly not blame him? Stupid bastard got her all confused. I'll kill him.'
"Naruto. He didn't have a choice. Even if he doesn't believe that we're a threat he can't take that chance. He has a company filled with employees to look out for. He can't let us go just because he assumes that we're innocent. There are regulations that need to be followed. Besides, I saw how sad he looked when the guards took us away. He didn't want this to happen to us." Her sad eyes looked into his until he focused on the wall across from them.
"Or rather he didn't want this to happen to you." Naruto muttered.
"Naruto. Don't say that." She leaned forward a little to look at his face. His head snapped to the side to look directly at her.
"What? I see how he looks at you. He likes you. I can tell." He sounded sad, but also a bit angry. He was jealous. Takashi was always flirting with Hinata and all he could do was watch. Leaning back onto the wall, Hinata couldn't help but laugh a little. "What?" Naruto's face scrunched up in anger, causing her to laugh a little harder.
"You're jealous. It's so cute." She gave him a huge smile, trying to stop herself from laughing since it hurt.
"Cute? It's not cute at all. That stupid, arrogant, rich bastard likes you! That is NOT cute." Naruto's voice echoed inside the small room. Hinata was able to subdue her laughter and looked at Naruto with one eyebrow raised.
"Naruto, does it really matter if he likes me?" She tilted her head to the side a little, giving him her innocent look.
"Of course it matters!" He flailed around as much as his bound and hurt body would let him in attempt to make his point. "Why wouldn't it?"
"Because Naruto, I like you." Hinata laughed a little seeing him suddenly stop moving and give her a curious look. Moving in, she gave him a light peck on the lips, the contact only lasting for a brief moment. "So don't worry about it. Now help me figure out how to get out of here."
Naruto nodded, happy that the darkness was hiding his blush. Both stood and slowly circled the room looking for a way out. "Naruto, why do you think those ninja's attacked last night?"
"I don't know. But they were Zaku's men. I saw his insignia on a few of them." He answered, glancing over his shoulder at the girl.
"If they really were his men, then it won't be long until he himself comes will it?" Naruto didn't respond, they both already knew the answer. They continued to search in silence until Naruto let out an exasperated sigh.
"This is stupid. Why don't we just blow up the damn wall?" Unknown to him, Hinata rolled her eyes.
"Because, Naruto, they put some weird seal on the room stopping our chakra flow. Didn't you notice?"
"Uh, yeah. Of course I noticed." He gave off a nervous laugh as he continued his search. A few more minutes stretched in silence as they continued looking.
"God frick it. There are no windows and no door. What'd they do? Build the wall after they threw us in here?" Hinata angrily kicked the wall in aggravation, earning a snicker from the blonde.
Just as she stopped, they heard a light explosion on the other side of the wall. Hurried footsteps and varied crashing noises followed. Hinata's eyes widened as she jumped back from the wall just before it exploded.
The dust settled revealing a man with grey hair and another with light brown. They looked around and smiled when seeing Naruto and Hinata.
"Naru, Hina, finally. We've been looking everywhere for you two." The grey haired man stepped forward. "Hi, you probably don't remember me. I'm Hika." Naruto's blue eyes looked him over, recognizing him as the man he had spoken to that night at the bar.
"And I'm Kazo." This man seemed a bit bitter and Naruto knew why. He was the one he had knocked out and taken the place of.
"Right, well we're here to rescue you guys." Hika smiled down at them, his black eyes shining. Naruto and Hinata merely stared in disbelief. "What's with the faces? You thought we'd just leave our captured allies to die? No way. Those bastards might have managed to kill the others, but no way are we leaving you to be killed too."
Realization dawned on Hinata who quickly stood up. "Thanks. It's great to see you guys again." A light blush flashed over Kazo's face as he moved to untie her. Hika also untied Naruto who moved over to Hinata. "Well, if you guys are here, I'm guessing Zaku isn't far behind?"
Kazo, who had been openly staring at her, answered her question. "Yeah, the boss is here. He should be tracking down that stupid little business man as we speak." Hinata and Naruto exchanged looks before turning back with a smile.
"Well, then, I thank you for rescuing us. And I'm sorry." Hinata sent a quick gab to Hika's neck, effectively knocking him out, but careful not to kill him. Naruto simply punched the other on top of his head, causing him to crumble and lose consciousness. Hinata's pale eyes leveled on Naruto. "Must you be so harsh?"
"Hey. He deserved it. Did you see the way he was staring at you?" Hinata merely shrugged, earning a pout from Naruto. "Well, lets go save us a business man." Hinata nodded in agreement.
Both shinobi ran through the corridors, making there way to the top floor. On their way they passed bleeding and beaten bodies, some being Zaku's men, and some not. It was still dark out, and the moon shone brightly through the windows. The blood stained walls seemed to glow in its subtle light.
They came across a few different enemies and quickly took them out. With her byakugan activated, Hinata lead the Uzumaki through the building bringing them to the top floor. The large black doors were still smoking from being burned near the middle. Hinata could see bits of chakra left around the singed hole. Motioning to Naruto, they stealthily ran into the room.
Naruto's blue eyes scanned the room they had entered. Everything was thrown out of it's place and there were holes in the walls and furniture. The body of a dead body guard sat propped up against the far wall, a jagged hole where his heart should be. Flinging open the next door, they hurried into the next room, finding more corpses.
Running through a dark corridor, they could hear the sounds of a struggle coming from the room ahead. Bursting through the door, they came in just in time to see Zaku ram his sword through the last bodyguard's chest and Takashi backed up against the wall in fear. His glowing green eyes averted to the door and a smile lit his face at seeing the two teens.
"Ah, Naru, Hina. It's a pleasure to see you two again." However, his smile faded when as he dodged a kunai aimed for his head. His eyes narrowed on the purple haired girl. "What do you think you're doing?" He sounded betrayed, but most of all, he sounded angry.
"I'm sorry, Zaku-san. But we work for you no longer." Hinata held her head tall as she spoke, her activated byakugan looking more menacing each second. "Now, I'm going to have to ask you to step away from Takashi-kun."
Zaku's eyes narrowed as he took a step in the direction of the frightened man. He actions were forced to stop as several shuriken flew at him, sending him jumping in the direction of the other door.
"I believe she said to step away." All signs of Naruto's usual carefree attitude were gone. His eyes held nothing but determination and anger. The combination of the angry Uzumaki and the stoic Hyuuga sent shivers up Zaku's spine.
Just as Naruto finished speaking, the door flew open to show a hysteric Reka. Her long green hair was jaggedly cut and she wore blood splattered clothes. Her eyes were dilated and tears poured from them in pure terror. Not realizing what she had walked into, she jaggedly stepped into the room, not seeming to realize anyone else was inside.
Zaku quickly grabbed her and held a kunai to her throat. Wide eyes stared at the man, and she only cried harder, mumbling incoherent words.
"I think it'd be best if I left for now. Take care." He jabbed the knife into her shoulder and threw her to the blonde. Sending one last wink in their direction he jumped out of the window. Naruto caught her and pulled the weapon from her trembling body.
"Naruto. Take care of her. I'm getting Takashi-kun out of here." Naruto could only nod to Hinata's request. Just as she left through the door, the other opened showing a panting and bruised Reno.
"Naruto-" The red head was cut off by Naruto who threw Reka into his arms.
"Reno, watch her, ok? I'm going to kill Zaku and end this." Her ran over to the window and hastily jumped out.
The cold air ran over his body as he ran across the rooftop, looking for his opponent. Seeing a shadow run along the edge of the building, Naruto doubled his speed in order to catch up. Sprinting along, he managed to punch the enemy shinobi in the back of the head, sending him hurtling to the ground.
Quickly forming the proper hand seals, Naruto formed the resengan, intent on finishing the battle quickly.
Zaku managed to dodge his attack as he flipped to the side, a sly smile on his face. "Is this really what it comes down to Naruto? Switching sides in the middle of the game?"
"Oh shut up. I was never on your side to begin with!" Creating shadow clones, they all ran at the black and grey haired man. He easily destroyed them all, leaving only the real Naruto.
"That's harsh Naruto. So what do you plan on doing now?"
"I'm going to kill you! What else would I do?" His fist barely made contact with he others face as he smoothly dodged, the smile still present.
"Kill me? But the way this is going, it might take a while and that doesn't bode so well for your friends inside." They were cycling through a series of complicated Taijutsu moves, Naruto performing them flawlessly and Zaku easily blocking all of them.
"What the hell are you mumbling about?" Naruto was getting angrier by the second, causing his technique to become sloppy. Seeing an opening, Zaku slammed his fist into Narutos stomach and his knee into his face, sending him to the ground.
"Dear Naru, let me ask you this. Why do you think we decided to attack him here when he was surrounded by all his bodyguards and go through the hassle of launching a full attack when so many other people inside would get in the way? Because, it wouldn't have worked for us if he only died. If he died, they would have just found a replacement. What we needed was him dead and all the documents and inventory destroyed. So, what's the easiest solution to destroy millions of papers?" Crouching down, he roughly grabbed his think blonde spikes, forcing him to look into his face. "Blowing up the building of course." Here, Naruto's blue eyes widened and snapped in the direction of the building.
"What do you mean blow it up?" He tried to come across as angry, but the panic was obvious in his eyes.
"You know, blow up. Like 'ka-boom'. I've already activated the detonator. I'd say your friends have about two minutes to live." He again punched him in the stomach, sending the young blonde skidding across the rough surface of the rooftop. "See ya." Standing straight, he disappeared in a poof of smoke. Hastily getting up, Naruto sprinted to the window where he had exited from.
"Reno! Come on we have to-" Naruto's sentence was cut short by the image before him.
Reno was tower over the shocked form of Reka, a twisted smile on his face. Jerking his hand back, he pulled his short blade out from her chest. Her body fell onto the floor beside her and went into convulsions. Finally her stiff body went limp as she ceased to move.
Reno's smile split further across his face as a quiet laugh escaped him. His head turned to Naruto and he only gave him a soft smile.
"I've wanted to do that for a while. She can just be so damn annoying." He looked at the girl before him and lightly kicked her with his shoe, seeing if she really was dead.
"Reno…what? Why did you do that? What the hell!" Naruto was coming out of the shock, but he still didn't understand what was going on. Reno was his best friend here. He never thought he'd be capable of killing an innocent girl.
"You still haven't figured it out? Let me explain, I work for Zaku. And seeing as how you were just trying to kill him, I have to kill you." Sliding his knife back into its holder, he drew his staff and pointed it in Naruto's direction. "Oh, and incase you're wondering, there is no detonator, he lied."
AN: that's it for now. Review if you'd like.