Gaahina chan: I know you want to kill me. xD But please bear with me. I had a difficult study season but now that I'm on vacations and without writer's block I'm able to continue this. Please enjoy, and sorry if the battles aren't good.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Until your eyes don't shine

Chapter 5

By Gaahina chan

"Neji please! You know how stubborn I am. I won't let Sakura fight alone! Not now that I know she's alive!" Ino said already welling tears. When Neji was about to speak he sensed something.

"Careful!" Neji said as a huge weapon crushed the wall in front of them. Temari gasped and Ino felt Neji's hands in her waist.

"Damn, they discovered us" Neji said as he prepared to fight. Ino took her fighting stance and Temari took out her fan.

As the dust dissipated they saw a big man with an axe in the back. His eyes were dark red and his wicked smiled made Ino uneasy. "I have to find Sakura… she's my friend" Ino thought as the man glared at her. Quickly Neji ran towards the man and hit various tenketsu but the man seemed unaffected. "What the hell" Neji thought as he saw that the man's chakra flowed freely through his body. "Did I miss?" Neji thought but as soon as the man moved Temari used her fan and the man landed outside the building.

"I'll distract him! You go now!" Temari said as she jumped into the soft sand. "We will not leave you!" Ino said as she too jumped. They landed and the man laughed at them. "You Hyuuga member, you are so foolish!" the man said as he pointed to Neji. Neji got pissed and closed the distance between him and the enemy. He quickly performed the 64 palm jutsu but when he was done he received a harsh blow in his gut. Neji gasped and blood came out of his mouth. "How can he attack me when I block all his chakra flow?" Neji said as he stood up. "Neji! Are you okay?" Ino said as she ran to him. "I'm fine…" Neji sighed.

"You fucking ugly monster! Now this is personal!" Ino said glaring at the man.

"And what are you going to do little bitch?" the man laughed as he took out his axe. Ino made some hand signs and then she closed her eyes. Neji didn't know what she was doing but he trusted her. As the man was about to throw his axe towards Ino, she quickly extended and arm and the man's arm extended like hers. She smirked and then she laughed. "I got you…" she said as she bent her arm and the man growled in pain. She then bent both her arms and then she separated her legs. The man continued screaming and then he coughed blood. "Well then? How does it feel to feel your bones breaking with such simple movements" Ino said smirking. "This is for you people who took away my father. This technique was the last one he taught me." She said as she ended the technique and the man fell. Ino sat and then she started breathing hard.

"Ino! You okay?" Temari ran to her. "Yeah I'm fine. Is just that this is the first time I've done this jutsu and it consumes a lot of chakra." Ino said smiling. She then went to Neji and smiled at him. "You were great" He said approvingly. "Thanks" Ino said kissing him lightly. "How did you do that?" He asked curiously. "Well I controlled his movements by transferring a part of my mind, but not everything because then I would be unconscious. And I broke his bones by making a huge chakra mass in his body that even his huge muscles couldn't sustain" She said proudly. He smiled and then Temari approached the couple. "Are you going to Konoha?" Temari asked. Neji nodded. "Sorry, but I won't be able to go with you. I have to make sure that my brothers are okay. They went to a nearby village. Please be careful" Temari said as she ran away. "I'll protect you and our baby with my life" Neji said staring at Ino. "So do I".

-o-

Sakura could see in the distance the gates of Konoha. She no longer felt the pressure of Naruto's huge chakra. She kept walking only to sense something. Quickly and efficiently, she hid in a nearby tree and made a genjutsu that camouflaged her. She waited only to see many men passing by in front of her. They were 5. She kept silent but one man stopped and stared at the suspicious tree. Sakura felt that her genjutsu was giving away so when the man was about to attack she jumped and landed with a powerful punch in the earth. All five men jumped into the trees evading her attack. Sakura gritted her teeth and prepared to fight. The five men took their respective stances and Sakura grew nervous.

"I have to be brave. I must live" she said accumulating chakra on her palms and feet. She jumped towards one man and was about to kick him when another man came from behind and kicked her in the back. Sakura landed only to jump another time, this time attacking the man who kicked her. She screamed but the man disappeared. Then she felt a presence behind her and in an instant there was a needle in her left arm. She screamed painfully and then she rubbed the now reddish area.

"Dammit, there are too many… If I could only make them loose their balance for a second I could hit them…But how?" she thought as she evaded their attacks. She was fast enough to keep her distance but she knew she couldn't escape nor win with only evading their attacks. Then she came up with a plan. She quickly made some shadow clones and although she knew it was very risky, she was determined to do it.

One clone advanced and punched the land, but the men jumped. Then another 3 clones came behind them and kicked the trees were the enemy stood. Three men fell and the clones advanced towards them, punching them in the back of their heads. As another man was about to attack the real Sakura, another clone came and kicked the man in the gut. Sakura sighed but didn't notice another man hiding in a rock behind her. When she was about to turn she saw the man already directing a punch with that rare chakra surrounding it. She screamed but the punch never connected. When she opened her eyes she saw something very unexpected.

"I won't let anyone hurt Sakura san in my youthful presence!"

-o-

Ino and Neji walked towards Konoha the faster they could. They knew that running wasn't an option because of Ino's condition.

Ino was very concerned. Lately she had been feeling these weird sensations in her belly. She felt her baby kicking but didn't say anything because Neji would be worried. She also felt more steamy and with more nausea. As Ino felt pain in her belly, Neji noticed her painful expression.

"It seems that the symptoms are getting stronger" Neji said supporting Ino.

"Yeah but I still want to continue. I can handle these changes. It would be a problem when the contractions begin" Ino said and Neji nodded.

"It has been almost 6 months Ino…Are you going to be okay?" Neji asked worriedly.

"1 month I think. Although normally the pregnancy takes between 37 and 42 weeks, I think that our baby is going to be premature. This war has been stressing me out very much and that affects greatly the delivery. Neji we have to hurry up." Ino said starting to walk again. They were very close to Konoha, yet they knew that there was a highly chance that enemies would appear.

-o-

Sakura opened her eyes. She was inside a cave. She inspected the place and saw Lee in the entrance. She stood up and smiled at him. If he hadn't come, she would be dead.

"Thanks Lee san" she said affectionately. "I will always protect you Sakura san" he said with the nice guy pose. She laughed then she felt very happy. It was relieving that someone had survived the massacre, for so long.

"I'm glad you are alive Sakura san. After what happened to Naruto kun, I thought that everyone would be dead" Lee said seriously.

"Do you know what happened to him?" Sakura asked worriedly. Lee shook his head.

"The last time I saw him, he was surrounded by this powerful, red chakra. He was screaming in pain but I couldn't help him. I had to get away because the pressure was very harming." Lee said with regret, he didn't want to leave Naruto alone.

"It's okay Lee san, I had to do the same." Sakura said sadly. She then stood up and made a genjutsu that camouflaged the entrance. She knew that Lee couldn't do genjutsu.

"I wonder…where everyone is. I couldn't help Gai sensei, and I don't know if Neji and Tenten are okay. Gai sensei… he risked his life for me. I hope he's fine." He sighed. Sakura felt sadness. It was depressing to see the green beast of Konoha so destroyed.

After awhile, she spoke. "Don't lose your trust on Gai sensei, Lee san. You know he's strong. You have to believe in him. He'll be okay… "Sakura said trying to comfort Lee. Lee nodded and decided that it was dumb to preoccupy in this situation. He had to be strong, for his friends, for Sakura and for his beloved sensei.

"I'll go back to Konoha, to see if there are survivors." Lee said gaining back his courage. "I'll go with you Lee san, but first, let me cure your injuries". He nodded.

-o-

"Byakugan!" Neji scanned the surroundings. Konoha was like 1 km ahead. He was determined to protect Ino, and she seemed also confident. Although the pain was a little strong, Neji knew that Ino could handle it. She was very strong willed and powerful.

"Do you see anyone?" Ino asked and Neji shook his head. "Wait, I see people; most likely enemies. There are 5 and they are dead in the ground" Neji said as he made a sign for Ino to approach. "It's clear" he said and they started to walk.

When they arrived at the fight scene, Ino inspected the landscape and realized something.

"Sakura did this. Look at the ground. It's destroyed but the cracks come from one specific point." She pointed to the hole which probably was where Sakura punched the ground. Neji nodded. It was true, maybe she's still alive.

"Wait, look at this man. He is out of the range of the cracks and the signs of hit are different from the other men. There was another person here" Neji concluded. He tried to decipher who was but the signs of battle were only a side bruise in the man's head that probably broke his neck. He thought about someone but he didn't want to get his hopes up.

"Let's advance some more. Maybe Sakura is nearby" Neji said but Ino stopped him. "Quiet…I heard something" Ino said grabbing his wrist. Both listened intently but didn't hear anything. They took one step and quickly one woman appeared.

"You are going to die here" she said as she advanced towards Ino, but Neji appeared in front of her. He made a Kaiten but the girl jumped back. The girl smirked and quickly performed a genjutsu which made her disappear into a whirl.

"Byakugan!" Neji gasped as he saw the chakra patterns. She was everywhere around them. The girl vanished into what seemed chakra air. "

"Neji! What's happening?!" Ino said as a ray of chakra hit her in the wound of her arm. She screamed and fell down to the ground. The pain was excruciating. Neji was about to run towards her but another ray came out of nowhere hitting him on the gut. He gasped but didn't stop.

"Ino!" he was about to touch her but she disappeared. "What!" Neji turned but only saw darkness. He couldn't even see his hands.

"You foolish Hyuuga! Haven't you noticed? This is a derivation of your techniques combined with a powerful genjutsu."

Neji gasped and then he realized something. This technique was similar to the one Hinata created. But it was combined with a genjutsu in which she dissipated into air.

"What did you do to Hinata sama?!! He said out raggedly. The girl only laughed and then a bunch of rays appeared.

"I don't have time to deal with this kid. I'll counterattack!" he thought as he performed a technique similar to the Kaiten but instead of rotating and release chakra he made a barrier with chakra rays just like the one Hinata did. The rays collided but Neji was faster than that. He made some chakra release from his members and quickly the total battle zone was decorated with blue sparkling rays. In an instant Neji could see the girl falling form a tree, dead. Not too far away Neji heard a scream and ran to check on Ino.

Ino fell down but Neji quickly caught her. "Don't worry. It's over" he whispered in her ear. She nodded, smiling.

-o-

"Lee san what-" "shhhh" Lee indicated as they approached the gates of the village. They hid in nearby bushes not making any sound. Through leaves, Lee saw that men with swords were carrying some bodies inside the village. When the men passed in front of them, Sakura directed her eyes towards the corpses. They all seemed to be jounins and anbus. To her dismay, she saw there Kakashi sensei. She couldn't handle it and then she turned around, but she had made some noise so the men noticed them.

"Come out or else…" the men said. Lee gritted his teeth and then he looked at Sakura. She was in shock. Her whole body was trembling so was her unsure eyes. She remained still so Lee concluded that she wasn't prepared for a fight. He came out and looked at the men. They were 3.

"Look what we have here. A funny kid that acts like he's the king of the world." The man laughed at Lee and he just positioned himself. The men got irritated and started advancing at him. Lee waited and when he saw the chance he evaded their attacks and kicked one of them in the back. The man gasped but another man came from behind, punching Lee in the cheek.

Lee massaged his swollen cheek and then he prepared to attack. When he was about to run towards them, the men suddenly made some weird signs. Lee saw that many chakra was gathering around them, forming a big green barrier. Lee didn't know what to do so he threw a bunch of kunai that fell down when they connected with the chakra. Unable to do something, Lee looked at Sakura who was still in shock. He didn't like this. He didn't know any ninjutsu or genjutsu and Sakura wasn't in the condition to fight so he was at disadvantage.

"What would Gai sensei do…?" Lee asked himself as the men advanced towards him, all of them surrounded by that rare chakra. "Of course! He wouldn't give up and fight with all his might for his comrades" he thought as he looked at Sakura. When the men were about to punch him he evaded their attacks and got near Sakura. He shook her and tried to get her out of the shock but it was useless. He remained in front of her and prepared for another attack. When the men were about to punch him Lee made an attempt to hit them but the men evaded it efficiently. Lee sighed and decided that he'll have to use that.

"It's just like when I fought Gaara, but now it seems that the barrier is permanent. There has to be some weak point on that chakra bubble…If Neji was here…" he thought as he removed the weights on his ankles. The men laughed and he smirked. He had velocity in his side. When Lee started to run the men couldn't follow him with their eyes, and Lee grinned. He came up from behind one man and punched him but the barrier protected him.

"Damn, I have to get rid of that barrier…but how?" Lee thought as the men approached him once more. "Lee san… maybe I can help you" Sakura said from behind, tears clouding her green eyes. "Sakura san!" Lee ran by her side but she shook her head.

"I'll distract them. That barrier can't protect them from below…" she said as she grinned. Sakura screamed and then she punched the land, very hard. The men jumped, but Lee threw a kunai with an explosive into the trees making them fall down. "Go ahead Sakura san!" Sakura nodded and punched the ground one more time. The men couldn't balance themselves and fell down, making an opening in the barrier. Lee with all his speed kicked one man but the other two also kicked him.

"Agh…I can't believe I lost that chance… They recover very fast." He said lifting himself up. The men grinned and Sakura and Lee took a step back.

"Don't hesitate Lee! I'll make you an opening" a voice said from behind them.

-o-

Gaahina chan: I hope I don't get another block. The good news is that I have some major ideas. The next chapter will be the last one. Until the next chapter!