A/N: Here's another chapter and I want to ask for more reviews. I don't want to seem selfish but it makes me feel good when I hear all of your great comments!
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Chapter: 46
Everything passed in a blur. The rain Chunin that had been guarding the gate was blown back from the sheer force of the explosion. His back landed hard on a metal pole making it crack and send numbness through him. More ninja from the village sprinted towards the gate and were also blown back by another volley of explosions. The metal twisted and bended to make an odd flower like shape, it's petals stained a dark red. Hinata's Byakugan eyes focused on them for just a moment as she led Sora, Rikku, and Jugo into the village. Her eyes were not staring ahead instead they were focused on Sasuke, Karin, and Akihiko's team as they continued with explosions and fireballs. Kasumi and Yuki had sprinted inside using the first blast as cover and were setting up more explosions to demolish the gate
Flash Back
"They say the Akatsuki hideout is underneath the kage tower." One of Akihiko's teammates informed showing them the small map of the village. "According to Jugo-sans calculations the hide out should be underneath the ground fifty feet and over to the left five meters."
"Alright then my team, Yuki and Kasumi could help with most of the explosions on this side…" Akihiko said.
"Well the question now is how are we going to get into the hideout. I'm sure there's a secret entrance inside the tower but I don't think they will let us waltz in there." Suigetsu scoffed.
That's when he realized all eyes were on him and he felt an overwhelming sense of dread wash over him and he couldn't help the slight beads of sweat that began on his forehead.
"What? Why is everyone staring at me?" Suigetsu asked.
"Well we were hoping." Karin began. "That since you could turn into water that you could sneak in and slowly place bombs around the tower."
"Are you kidding!?" Suigetsu asked disbelievingly. "That's a suicide mission!"
He couldn't ignore the pleading looks from his teammates and sighed he would do it if only for her. But he still wouldn't give up that easily.
"Even if I did do it a few lousy paper bombs aren't going to take down a giant tower like that." Suigetsu said exasperated.
"That's why we have this." One of Akihiko's teammates grinned pulling out a long red stick it was slightly dusty and a string attached to the top.
"What's that?" Suigetsu asked skeptically.
"It's an explosive from the west…called dynamite." He said.
"It's not that impressive." Suigetsu snorted.
The boy smiled before standing, beckoning them to follow. They came to a small river and the boy lit the long string attached to the red stick. Waiting until it came impossibly close to the stick he threw it towards the water. Suddenly the air around them shook with the sheer shock waves of the explosion. The water shot up like a geyser and the remaining water held dead and alive fish alike. Suddenly the water that had shot up began to pour down onto them. Sora and Rikku began to giggle while everyone else stood awe struck.
"I think that'll work." Suigetsu said weakly.
End Flashback
Hinata caught sight of Suigetsu he stood by the tower honing his swords skills while brutally murdering as many enemy ninja as he could. The Hyuuga winced visibly, his cruelty making her stomach flip flop. He had been so kind to her and watching as he relentlessly cut down each person that came near him.
"Hinata hurry!" Rikku cried as she turned to stop any following ninja.
Quickly Hinata made the hand seals for her fireball jutsu. After the fireball itself was created she directed the small flames to light all of the sticks of dynamite before tackling Suigetsu to the ground and using her water pouch she kept to make a sound proof barrier around the two shinobi. Within moments the dynamite string finally died straight to the stick. Sora and Rikku who had been defending the other two leaf ninja were blown to the ground from the force of the massive explosion. The water around the two teens shook with ripples and it got so intense that the water shield fell only moments after the explosion ended. The Hyuuga's arms felt like jello and she quickly rolled off of Suigetsu and shook them hoping to regain some feeling in her appendages. The young man made of water absorbed a few of the droplets on the ground as he pushed himself up with one hand. Their eyes were drawn to the tower as it seemingly stayed in tact. Hinata's eyes narrowed the Byakugan searching the building for newly found weak spots. Not a second later did her eyes widen.
"Move," she whispered to Suigetsu, standing up and backing away slowly from the tower.
"What?" he asked, turning his attention to her, and not noticing the tower begin to sway.
"MOVE!" She screamed and grabbed onto his arm roughly pulling him behind her.
--Page Break--
"Owie." Sora mumbled in the dirt as she slowly tried to ease herself up, ignoring the burns that stretched across her back and had burned her over shirt to cinders.
Rikku was already up tending to the angry marks that encompassed her arm and leg.
"MOVE!" they heard Hinata scream.
Both of them sat there in shock as they saw Hinata dragging Suigetsu behind her as she sprinted towards them. Wordlessly she grabbed Rikku by the arm and began to drag her along with them as Suigetsu barely managed to snatch the back of Sora's shirt. The blue eyed twin let herself be dragged backwards as she watched the once great tower begin to implode and collapse in on itself. Papers and debris came at them in a rising tidal wave and within moments they wouldn't be able to out run the oncoming threat.
"Alright that's it!" Suigetsu cried forming hand signs with his free hand. "Earth style: Shiro Usagi no jutsu!"
Hinata had little time to register what was happening as a giant hole appeared before her and they couldn't stop soon enough so they all went crashing into the crevice in the ground. Poor Hinata got the worst end of the deal as she went crashing down to the bottom everyone falling on top of her afterward.
A large boulder then blocked off the hole and they all heard the remains f the tower spilling out across the landscape. The world roared at them from above and no one dared to move. Then without warning all noise stopped. Nothing reached their ears and they stood their silent and awed staring where the sky would be. Suddenly Rikku's shaky breath brought them all back to earth and everything seemed to come crashing in on them all at once. It became unbearably loud in their small hole and Sora couldn't stand it any more. Before Sora could act Suigetsu beat her to it. With a few hand signs and a mumbled jutsu the water ninja's rough scared hands turned long and gleamed like metal as his hands turned to claws. Using his new hands he began to climb up the earthen wall when he reached the top he mumbled another jutsu before burrowing a hole through the debris that certainly covered them by now. Slowly the three girls hoisted each other out with Suigetsu's help from the top.
"Thank you." Hinata said as he finished pulling her out of the hole that immediately closed, threatening to swallow anyone who dared to linger.
They looked around and saw nothing, none of the debris stirred; the air around them was smoky and gray hindering their vision except for Hinata.
"We lost all of our comrades." Rikku said her voice weak. "What do we do now?"
Sora and Suigetsu shook their heads, no one new quite what to do, but Hinata spoke stating her opinion on the topic.
"I say we keep going." Hinata stated her voice calm.
"How can you say that?" Sora asked disbelievingly. "Our small army is now done to four, and two of us are injured."
"They would want us to go on." Hinata defended.
"How would you know?" Suigetsu cried. "I just lost the one and only person I EVER loved."
"And who would that be Suigetsu-baka?" Karin asked from behind him.
He turned abruptly and without missing a beat answered in an overdramatic voice.
"Yuki my sweet!" this time he almost tackled her.
"That is slightly painful Suigetsu-san," she said aware of her elder brothers extreme glare fixed on the ex water ninja as his arms stayed wrapped around her waist.
Hinata sighed in relief, glad that her comrades were okay. She had been so distracted by their brewing argument that she hadn't seen them coming.
"Where's everyone else?" Hinata asked Akihiko, suddenly realizing the absence of his comrades.
"They're over there." He pointed towards the clouds of dust. "They're trying to dig out anymore survivors."
Hinata looked down ashamed of all the deaths that were caused cause of their mission. However deep in her heart she knew she would have went on with or without them.
"Hey guys!" Suigetsu called, his voice breaking her out of her reverie. "Take a look at this!"
"What is it you annoying toad!?" Karin asked running over the debris to join him where the tower once stood.
Everyone soon joined them at the now huge dark pit.
"Wow." Kasumi said her voice echoing to her from the depths of the pit. "This is really cool!"
"You think they heard us?" Sasuke turned to Hinata smirking.
"There's only one way to find out." She said her face still impassive. "I'll jump down first, if I don't call up to you guys it's to dangerous and you shouldn't come down there."
"Well how do we know you just don't want us to follow you Hinata-san?" Jugo asked.
"You'll just have to trust me." Without another word Hinata hoisted took a deep breath and jumped straight down into the blackness that seemed to swallow all light.
She fell for a long time, unaware of where her body was, as if she was suspended in space. But that thought quickly fell from her mind as she banged her head hard on one of the damp stonewalls. Inhaling sharply Hinata was barely able to contain a shout. Moments later she landed hard on something that was meant to be soft. This time she couldn't help but yelp as something viciously poked her in the back. Forced by something unknown to her, her legs were pushed up; her knee could touch her forehead if she tried. The darkness was still preventing her vision. Feeling around blindly she felt the sharp branches that had bended her body to make it easier for them, and the leaf's that were slowly falling from the branches every time she moved. She was suddenly reminded of the cannibal plant man and she stood up immediately. It was to quickly however and she fell back, about to land in the bush once again. However a hand reached out and pulled her up so she wouldn't fall.
"Thank you!" she said, her voice breathless.
"No problem," an unfamiliar voice said, and Hinata just then noticed the man that had helped her was not her friend.
For one, he was wearing the trademark black cloak with red clouds. Hinata almost fainted as she just noticed the large Venus flytrap shielding his head.
--Page Break--
"Do you think we should go down there?" Kasumi asked, peering into the gloom.
"NO!" they all shouted at her except Yuki who silently shook her head.
"Geez I was just asking." Kasumi mumbled.
Moments passed in silence and Kasumi grew more impatient by the second.
"She's been down there a looooonnnnngggggg time." Kasumi said rocking back and forth on her heels.
"SHHHHHHHHHH!" they all hissed at her, making her pout and cross her arms.
A yelp came up from the darkness and they all exchanged glances, Sasuke handed Karin one of their packs that held the remaining bombs they hadn't needed to use.
"I'm going in." Sasuke stated for everyone to hear.
"So what! There's no noise and she's almost been down there for ten minutes then you guys hear a yelp and we can go in!" Kasumi mumbled. "So not fair."
"Ojou-sama," Yuki said softly. "Onegai stay away from the edge of the pit."
"Alright alright." Kasumi said defeated, however as she moved one of her feet she slid and fell backwards into the pit.
She screamed in surprise for the first few seconds before she looked up to see the outline of Yuki jump in after her. Waiting for one person to go at a time was soon forgotten as they all jumped in, in a single file line.
--Page Break--
"Aren't you going to call your little friends?" the man teased.
Hinata shook her head viciously and tried to glare at him in the gloom. Instead of being intimidated he laughed. Her cheeks flushed and she was about to say something when she heard a scream come from above them. The Hyuuga sighed in exasperation and the plant mans smile grew even wider.
--Page Break--
Unfortunately for her Kasumi landed head down so when she hit the already trampled down bush she hit also hit her head on the floor.
"OW!!" She howled as she sat up, forgetting that Yuki was only a few feet above her.
Yuki landed hard on Kasumi, then Akihiko landed on top of Yuki, whose arm was twisted underneath everyone and broke. Sora was next, trying to land on her feet; she was able to stay upright for only a few seconds as she realized she had landed towards on Akihiko's groin and she slid an fell, kicking him in the jaw on the way down. Rikku was next and she landed on his chest, but the burns that were still present on her arm and leg seared when she struck up against him. Suigetsu fell next, hitting the top of the pile then sliding off onto the floor, he was almost reassured that he wasn't stuck at all until his sword, that had fell from his back during the fall came spiraling down and landed with a thunk right in between his open legs. Jugo then proceeded to land on top of Suigetsu.
"OW! Get your FAT ASS OFF ME!" Suigetsu cried.
Sasuke who had waited a few minutes before jumping, holding tightly onto Karin's wrist, was the only one who landed with some knowledge of where he was. Although he didn't expect the drop to take so long he was still able to land with Karin away from the pile of ninja's.
--Page break--
"Guys I told you to wait!" Hinata cried exasperated as the giant plant man let go of her hand.
"Well we heard you yelp so we came early!" Kasumi gasped from the bottom of the huge pile up. "Now will everyone PLEASE GET OFF?"
Within seconds the pile was able to detangle themselves, Sasuke freed Suigetsu from his awkward position with his sword, while Karin fixed Yuki's broken arm. Hinata turned back to the plant man.
"Let us pass Venus flytrap freak." Hinata growled.
"Aww that hurts my feeling Hinata-hime." The plant man taunted. "My name is Zetsu and you and your friends should apologize for ruining my bush."
"Let us pass Zetsu." Sasuke threatened drawing his Katana.
"I'm not here to stop you Uchiha-san." Zetsu said, his voice taking on a more serious quality. "Actually I'm here to make sure you get to see our leader, so if you'll please follow me this way."
"How do we know we can trust you?" Kasumi asked.
"HINATA-CHAN!" a loud hyperactive voice came from nowhere and Zetsu sighed.
"Tobi I said you could come if you were quite." Zetsu sighed.
But the Hyper masked young man pushed past his partner and swept Hinata into a tight hug.
"I missed you Hinata-chan." Tobi cried but Hinata pulled away.
"Tobi you took someone who is very important to me and I want him back." Hinata said as if she was talking to a small child.
"That's why I'm here Hinata-chan!" Tobi said grasping her hands. "I'll bring you to Gaara-kun!"
"You haven't done anything awful to him have you?" Hinata asked in a soft voice.
"Of course not!" Tobi cried before pulling her after him as he pushed past Zetsu.
"Hinata!" Sasuke hissed following them along with everyone else, Zetsu bringing up the rear. "Is it ok to trust these guys?"
"I don't know Sasuke but we don't have a choice." Hinata whispered back.
Soon the twelve shinobi stopped in a large vaulted room. Tobi let go of Hinata and Zetsu walked in front of them. They both disappeared and the younger ninja's were left alone and scared.
"They didn't even block the exit," Sora mused out loud.
"There is no need." A sudden cold voice echoed down at them as two figures appeared before them.
"Konan." Hinata gasped.
She simply glared at her, and the Hyuuga's eyes fell onto the equally cold and menacing eyes of the leader of the Akatsuki.
"Where's Gaara!?" Hinata cried.
"I don't think I'll tell you." He said coldly. "At least not for another few hours. I'm also saddened to have to say that you, Miss Hyuuga will be staying with us this time."
"Over our dead bodies!" Suigetsu said, speaking for the whole group. "The exit isn't blocked, we could leave right now."
"I told you," he said again this time the stone walls of the hideout began to dissolve around them.
"Genjutsu!" Rikku hissed as the walls turned a bright sky blue and they realized they were no longer on the ground but in the sky on clouds.
"You won't be able to find your way out."
A/N: The next chapter will be really long so it might take a while but as always review! Oh and I have a quick question. If I were to write a sequel qould you guys read it?