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Naruto trudged along distractedly. Sakura and Sasuke walked hand in hand ahead of him. Naruto

resisted the urge to rub his eyes in disbelief when he saw Sasuke suddenly push Sakura up against a

tree and kiss her passionately. He looked away. Nearby was a quaint bridge. Naruto stopped. It looked

so similar to the bridge where he had first kissed Hinata. His eyes stung. Why did everything have to

remind him of her? It wasn't as if she left his mind for a moment. She was all he thought about. He

found it increasingly difficult to concentrate on the mission while he took uncountable steps away from

her. Well, not uncountable so far he had taken exactly 832, 854, 712 steps away from her. 832,854,713. ….715…..716….

Naruto shook his head. Hinata's face refused to move from the forefront of his thoughts. He could

hear Sakura giggling in the distance and immediately thought of Hinata's laugh.

Her laugh…

Had he ever heard her truly laugh in his presence?

That settles it. First thing when he got home:

Make Hinata laugh.

He was wondering what her laugh sounded like,

Was it high and girly?

Loud and open?

Did she have a cute little snort?

Naruto almost didn't hear them sneak up on him

It was Sakura's giggle cutting off suddenly that made him swirl around.

The ninja was poised with a kunai in the air

Naruto narrowed his eyes and waited for the strike

the man rushed forward with a high yell

Naruto deflected the blow with his own kunai then toppled the man off of the bridge as he was rushed

again. He sped towards where Sakura and Sasuke were.

They were already mid-battle.

The movements between the two were synchronized

Each protecting the other with all they had

Their enemies really didn't stand a chance

Sasuke battled for Sakura

Sakura battled for Sasuke

They battled for love

He was so caught up watching them dance

This time no warning came as a blow struck the back of his head

Darkness invaded his senses.

Bianca flew quickly

She sensed the urgency in her master's voice

To find the one with sun for hair

She flapped her pearl wings

Pushing her tiny bird body to the limit

There!

The petal-head

The one whose hair was a nest.

No Sun for hair…

Where?

Where was Sun for hair?

Bianca landed on the nest-hair head

And was promptly swatted at

Petal head looked angry at Nest hair head for that

Bianca flew into her waiting hands

Safer here

Petal head looked at her for a moment

Then scanned the area

"Sasuke? Where's Naruto?" her voice a lilt of music

Bianca shook the letter in her beak

Nest head removed it from her mouth

Bianca preened while they talked

"Didn't he fight with us?"

"Aa"

Bianca's feathers needed rearranging

"…taken?"

She shook her head to ruffle her head feathers into place

"…Dobe's too strong for that"

"He's been distracted recently though"

"I've been distracted recently Sakura. You've got to stop tempting me like that"

A giggle

"I haven't done anything! I'm just as I always am."

"Annoying."

"Love you too Sasuke."

Bianca cooed.

"Right! Naruto! We have to find him.. You know how he gets about Hinata's letters."

"Just how we used to be about each other's…"

"We'll scan the area and then figure it out."

Bianca ruffled her feathers again

"Sasuke…I-…I didn't find him… What if he was captured? It would be all our fault. Oh! Sasuke…"

Nest hair enfolded Petal head into an embrace

Bianca fluttered off of Petal head.

"Shh…Sakura. We'll find him. Dobe can handle himself"

"We have to tell Hinata…she'll find out sooner or later when she doesn't get another letter…"

"Write."

Petal head began writing hurriedly.

She walked over to Bianca.

"Take this back to Hinata. It's urgent."

Bianca grabbed the letter out of her palm and took off.

Something was wrong.

Even she could sense that

Naruto woke up to the sound of chains clanking

He had rolled over in his sleep and the metal around him was scratching against the steel flor.

The room was dark and his hands were tied together

Naruto… You know you need my power.

Being in chains is a feeling I know all too well.

Set me free that I may free you.

Naruto paused his wild thrashing as the demon spoke

Surrender his will and he could be free

Hinata's voice rang in his head

"…Naruto is not a demonic monster!"

Her written words reassuring him

You control him everyday

You are not a monster

Naruto steeled his will

He was not a monster.

He would figure a way out of this himself…

He wriggled back and forth attempting to dislodge the chains wrapped around him

Nothing..

Just the clanging of shackles

He closed his eyes

Thinking of Hinata

He had to escape

He had to see her again

He promised to be safe

Now he had stupidly gotten captured

He thought about Hinata

Her unwavering faith

Her amazing courage when she stood up to her father

She had broken free of her own chains…

He could break these

It wouldn't be so hard once he had a bit more light

He would wait until the sun came up again

If there was even a window…

Naruto glanced around

Yep.

Window, with bars…

But at least it gave him hope.

If only he hadn't been so distracted

Being away from Hinata was affecting him more severely than he had imagined.

Now..

Was he going even farther away from his love?

He closed his eyes in frustration.

he needed to turn the distraction of Hinata

Into a drive

A reason for survival

For success

"I'll come back Hinata! Believe it!"

he screamed in the jail cell…

or room

wherever the hell he was.

He hoped Hinata wouldn't worry…

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