Author's Note: I still do not own Naruto and as usual thank you all for the wonderful reviews. It means a lot. I actually got this chapter up in less than a week so I am proud of that fact. This chapter skips around a bit so please forgive me for jumping back and forth between the different characters. Rather than ramble now I am going to ramble at the end. One quick note though is that a lot of you picked up on the fact that the cars coming out of the building together is from 2 Fast 2 Furious. I liked the idea and I thought it was a good way to get more of the character's involved in this part of the story. Also let me clarify that Naruto, Shikamaru, Lee, and Hinata are driving cars. Sasuke is with Hinata and Sakura is with Naruto. Also Sakura knows about Hinata being Violet. Hope I covered all the questions. Thanks again for reading and I hope you enjoy this chapter.


He punched down the gas peddle and the car shot forward its engine humming as it did so. He knew this car inside and this wasn't the first time he had been behind its wheel. When it came down to it Shikamaru knew the ins and outs of racing. He knew all of the techniques to send a car into a drift and knew when the perfect moment to shift was. If he had wanted to be, he could have been a real winner in the street racing world. The problem was he was too damn lazy for his own good. He viewed the actual racing as 'troublesome'. Instead he preferred to work on cars and engines at his own lesuirely pace. He didn't see the point in risking his neck just to say he was better than a few people behind the wheel of a car.

He hit the clutch and shifted increasing his speed as he whipped out of the parking lot the back end of the car sliding out behind him as he pulled onto the street. He straightened the car and hit the gas again, shooting forward after the tires were able to get enough friction on the surface of the street. Hands relaxed on the wheel, he glanced into his rearview mirror unable to help the smirk that tugged at the corners of his mouth. His plan was working. One car was pulling out of the parking lot right behind him, there was one tailing Hinata and Sasuke as well. One of the cars had whirled around and was just now taking off after Lee which left one car for Naruto and Sakura.

Satisfied that he had bought Hinata and Sasuke more time as well as a better chance, his gaze turned to the road in front of him. Now it was time to focus on his own get away which was also bound to be troublesome. He didn't exactly like the idea of putting himself or any of his friends in this kind of danger but at the same time he would do anything to help his friends. Naruto and Lee were the same way though Naruto was more vocal about it and Lee was just strange.

Shikamaru swung Hinata's car around a corner, swinging the car into a drift as he pulled the emergency brake. Accelerating out of the corner he shot ahead and down an empty stretch of road just as the skies opened up. His hand moved over and he turned on the windsheild wipers as the rain pelted the car washing out the steady sound of the engine humming. Shikamaru glared at the road ahead of him, annoyed at the weather and the low visibility that it brought with it. The combination of rain and darkness was never conducive to this type of driving.

"Troublesome," he muttered as he shifted again heading in the direction of the docks where he hoped to be able to lose his pursuer.


She had to wonder if he had any concept of life and death. For someone who had come so close to death so recently he didn't seem to be overly concerned about the situation in front of him. Actually unless she was mistaken she would have actually guessed that he was excited. Naruto was sitting there, his blue eyes shining and his attention ahead of him. After a moment of staring at him her own jade eyes widened slightly as she realized that he was smiling.

"Are you actually excited about this," she demanded, her own stomach practically doing flips from the apprehension.

"Believe it," Naruto said flashing her a grin. His face softened though when he looked over at her reading what he believed to be fear on her pretty features.

"Sakura you don't have to come. You can stay here where it's safer," he offered.

"No," she said setting her features into a resolved look. "I'm coming with you. I want to"

And really she did want to go. She wanted to help Hinata and she wanted to stay with Naruto. It seemed strange as she hadn't exactly been friends with them for very long. Granted she had known Hinata, Shikamaru, and Naruto since she had started school. They had never been part of the same social groups though. It had taken a push from Sasuke of all people to give them a chance, and she soon found that the more time she spent with them, the more she liked them. They were all incredibly loyal to one another, ready to drop everything when one of them needed a hand. Not only that but there was far less foolish drama with them than there was in most groups of high school friends. The realization that there was more to it all than the clothes she wore and the guys she dated had been a welcomed relief.

"Well don't worry then," Naruto said enthusiastically. "They won't stand a chance catching this car with me driving."

"You race," Sakura asked curiously as he had never mentioned it before.

"Nat exactly," he said sheepishly but quickly continued when he saw Sakura's eyes widen. "But I've driven against bushy brows and Hinata for fun before. Kakashi's even given me a few pointers."

Before Naruto could say anything else or Sakura could have second thoughts about being a passenger in this car, the door in front of them opened and Naruto hit the gas. The car lurched forward out of the warehouse and poured into the parking lot right behind the car that Shikamaru was in. She watched as Shikamaru took Hinata's car and veered to the right, heading for the far end of the parking lot. With tires squealing, a car with what appeared to be musical notes on the side whirled after it. Neck and neck with Shikamaru's car had been the car that Hinata had been behind. Granted given the tinting on all of the windows of the cars she would have had no idea who was behind the wheel if she hadn't see everyone climb into their cars. Hinata took Lee's car to the left in the opposite direction of Shikamaru, a gray car in pursuit.

With Lee on the left, Naruto headed straight up the middle. He cut between the two remaining cars laughing as he flipped one of the cars the finger. They didn't stand a chance at seeing the gesture because of the window tint but it was amusing and a small smile briefly made its way across her features despite the situation. Naruto shifted and shot forward onto the street as the largest of the cars, with what appeared to be a graffiti-style 'J' on the hood, came after them. That left Lee, who had also gone up the middle but slightly to the left, to deal with the black car that had a spider web design painted on it.

Naruto headed back for the main road, shifting every time the car red lined. The shifts were smooth and the car accelerated easily down the small back road. Still the car that was following them stayed on their tail. Sakura watched in both fear and awe as her surroundings rushed past her in a blur. On her left Naruto remained completely focused on the road ahead. She chanced a glance in the mirror in time to catch a hand coming out of the driver's side window of the car behind them. It took her a moment to realize what the flashing metal in the hand was.

"Naruto he's got a gun," she cried.

Naruto cursed and pulled the emergency brake swinging them out of the line of fire and onto a main road. His inexperience caused him to swing the turn wide and Sakura jumped in her seat as her passenger side was nearly taken off on a light pole. The whole car jerked forward then as the larger car rammed the back of the car. She felt her body jerk against the seatbelt and Naruto cursed again. He punched the gas and shifted putting some space back in between the cars.

Just then a bolt of lightning tore across the sky and the rain began to pelt the car. Naruto turned on the windshield wipers and maneuvered around a car that was in front of them. The driver of the car blared their horn and swerved slightly to the side of the road as they raced past. Their tail stayed right on them though and both cars flew bumper to bumper down the street.


Lee seemed like the odd ball out in all of this. Despite the fact that he had made Violet his racing rival she was still his teammate. Because of this, Lee had every intention of helping her in anyway he could. Just a short time ago Shikamaru and Naruto had given him a rushed explanation of what was going on but he had only picked up on a few things. The first thing was that Violet was really Hinata or Hinata was really Violet. He wasn't sure who was who but they were the same person. The second thing was that for some reason Orochimaru was after Hinata and Sasuke. The third thing he was sure of was that this situation was dangerous. Shikamaru had stressed this despite Naruto's scoffing.

Given all of this information he had also made three conclusions. The first was that Violet was a teammate and friend, and since Violet was actually Hinata or vice versa, that made Hinata his friend and teammate as well. The second conclusion was that Orochimaru was a bad man. He had heard rumors before but this made that quite clear. The third and final conclusion was that he was going to help his friend and teammate no matter what especially if it meant putting Orochimaru away for a long time.

So he had offered to help when Shikamaru, Naruto, and Sakura had come rushing into Jiraiya's garage to pick up cars. He himself had chosen to drive Gai's car. It made him proud to sit behind the wheel of his mentor's car. Not only that but he was also relatively familiar with the car. It would make driving easier and in this situation any advantage was going to be helpful. His own car was being used by Violet… or was it Hinata. He supposed he would have to get that cleared up later.

While sitting in the dark warehouse, the car purring quietly as it sat still, he couldn't help but feel as he did before every race. It was a combination of nerves and adrenaline. Despite the seriousness of the situation there was a bit of excitement. For Lee there was always excitement when he got behind the wheel of the car. It was his goal after all to become the best possible racer that he could. If he was unable to beat a time he would do ten more laps until he was well below his time. If he took a turn wide he would practice that turn over and over again until he got it right. He trained like a man possessed and he loved it.

So when the doors opened and he drove out into the parking lot his instincts took over. He went up the middle and slightly to the left passing the cars that had been waiting outside. The car with the spider web design turned to follow as Lee hit the street and accelerated. There was no one who could beat Lee in a straight drag, his shifts were always perfect, the car accelerating in a perfect flow, the transitions flawless. So it was no surprise that he was able to put distance between himself and the car that was pursuing him. And as the rain began to fall he nearly lost sight of the car behind him.


Hinata didn't know whether to be relieved or concerned that Shikamaru's plan had worked. While she no longer had four cars tailing her it meant that her friends were in danger. She didn't want to think about what could happen to them. Actually at the moment she supposed she couldn't. She couldn't think straight even if she wanted to. With everything that had just happened her head was still spinning. She was in a daze and her driving was that of pure instinct.

One minute she had been walking in the park and the next she was being shot at. Sasuke had been shot and was bleeding in the passenger seat, her friends were being chased by people with guns who were after her and Sasuke, and to top it all off Sasuke was an undercover cop who didn't happen to care that she was Violet. While any other time that though alone would have floored her, at the moment she was numb to it. Perhaps it was shock and her mind was shutting down to protect her from facing the issues at hand. She would have liked nothing more to call a time out, pull over and think things through. Life didn't work like that. So as much as she wanted to sort through everything that was going on in her mind she couldn't. Right now she was too busy facing reality.

Her pale gaze shifted briefly from the road to Sasuke who was using one hand and his mouth to tie a piece of cloth he had ripped from his shirt around the wound in his arm. He caught her gaze and switched his gun back to his right hand, his onyx gaze drifting to the rearview mirror and to the gray car that was tailing them.

"Kabuto still," he muttered. "Orochimaru's probably not too far away."

Hinata swallowed a lump in her throat and not trusting her voice simply nodded. She kicked the clutch and drifted around the corner, Kabuto matching her turn perfectly and keeping her unable to put distance between them. She accelerated around the corner and he mirrored her. Her face hardened in frustration as she shifted gaining speed but not enough to put any significant distance between them. A shot rang out and she jumped as she heard it shatter the rear light. Sasuke growled and pushed the button to roll down his window. He stuck his head out and fired three rounds in quick succession. In the rearview mirror Hinata saw Kabuto jerk his car to the right slightly before shooting a few more rounds of his own off that pinged off the back of the car.

"Be careful," Hinata said, finally finding her voice as Sasuke went to lean back out of the car. He paused for a brief moment to nod at her before leaning back out into the rain as it started to fall.


Despite the rain Shikamaru had managed to make out his pursuer in the rearview. Of course it had to be a woman just to make things more troublesome. Granted he wasn't about to cut her any slack because she was dangerous but that didn't mean he liked it any. So he continued through the rain towards the dock wondering what was bothering him so much about the woman in the car that was tailing him.

The lights of the dock came into view and Shikamaru turned into a large and empty parking lot. As he began to cut across the parking lot towards one of the larger docks he realized what it was that was bothering him about the other car. The realization that the driver had not been trying to close the distance between the two cars hit him quite suddenly. Surely there had been ample opportunity for the driver to get closer. It didn't make any sense.

Shikamaru glanced into his side mirror, his gaze going to the car behind him. It was hard to make out anything as the rain had it so obscured but it almost seemed as if he was putting more distance between himself and the other car. His gaze fell to the pavement he was racing across. The surface gleamed with water and as he passed over a puddle he saw it. The moment seemed to come to standstill as the blinking red light reflected off the surface of the water and into his mirror. There was a bomb under the car.


Naruto was having trouble keeping distance between the big fellow in the car behind him and himself. Racing down the main road and flying around other cars made for dangerous driving in this heavy rain. He had lost track of the number of cars that had blared their horns at him or how many times he had nearly sideswiped one of them after being rammed by the car behind them. Fortunately there weren't too many cars on the road as most people tended to get off the road in these conditions. He had run just about every light as well so it was for the best.

Beside him Sakura had a death grip on the door, her knuckles white and her jade eyes wide. Despite this though her jaw was locked in a determined manner and she kept her gaze on the side mirror warning Naruto whenever they were about to get rammed. With all the traffic the driver hadn't attempted to pull his gun again but that didn't mean he wouldn't. Sakura was keeping a close eye on the driver's side window in case he decided to try that trick again.

Naruto swerved around another car only to hear the blare of a truck horn. As he swerved around the car a truck had come pulling out into the lane he was using to pass. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the truck swinging its turn towards him. He recognized it as a truck that transported multiple cars though at the moment it was empty. There were two levels for the cars, both of which you could drive cars up on. Naruto hit the gas and his car shot forward as he attempted to avoid being squashed between the car he was passing at the truck that was now nearly on top of him.

He made it past the car he was passing but before he could pull the car back to the side, the truck clipped his bunker. At the speed he was going there was no way to stop the spin. He car spun violently, their surroundings a blur as Naruto turned into the spin to regain control. He wasn't able to get the car back when the truck stuck the rear of the car for a second time. He could hear the frame of the car buckle as the rear folded into the truck. Both car and truck skidded to a stop, the rear end of the car a mangled mess against the truck.

Immediately Naruto's gaze went to Sakura, who looked shaken though visibly unhurt. Fortunately the impact had been on the rear half of the car and other than being jostled the worst they would probably suffer from was whiplash. That was of course if they lived that long. The driver of the car that had been pursing them had narrowly avoided becoming part of the accident as well. Now he brought his car directly in front of their own and climbed out with his gun in hand.

The big guy grinned at their mangled car and walked forward, his gun trailing along the windows. Naruto tried his door but it wouldn't budge with the frame of the car as crippled as it was. He felt Sakura's hand grip his own and he met her gaze.

"I'm sorry Sakura," he said quietly still frantically working on his door. He needed to get his door open. In nothing else Sakura needed to escape. Even if he to throw himself in front of the gunman he wanted Sakura to be okay.


Lee still had been able to keep the distance between himself and the other rider. Unfortunately the rain had made the roads slick and at the speed he was going, he hydroplaned as he took a corner. Lee felt the car slipping along the surface as there was no longer any traction between the wheels and the pavement. The car began to slip to the outside of the corner. Lee counter steered the turn going in the direction that the car was hydroplaning in. He felt the car shudder as he regained the traction he so desperately needed. He pulled the emergency brake causing the rear of the car to whip around the front of it in a one-eighty. The car fishtailed and it took a moment for Lee to regain control but as he did he let out a yell.

"Gai would be so proud at the awesome display of the power of youth," he cried out, his eyes nearly tearing up as he did so. He accelerated forward having lost quite a bit of ground regaining control of the car. Still the other car was behind him as Lee went to work his magic and once again put distance between himself and the other car. However the distinct pop of gunfire filled his ears and he heard a bullet ricochet off the side of his door and another hit his bumper. He felt the car drop as his left rear tire was shot out followed quickly by the right rear. It was all he could do to keep the car under control as he speed dropped drastically as he was resorted to rolling on rims.

He could see the driver now eat up the distance between the cars. More gunshots shattered the rear window and pinged off the frame of the car and Lee was powerless to do anything. He couldn't maneuver and he couldn't accelerate without his rear tires.

"Gai I have failed! I am no longer worthy to be your student," Lee said quietly as the distance between the two cars shrank away.


Hinata didn't think she would ever be able to lose Kabuto. On top of that a couple of his shots had come dangerously close to herself and Sasuke. So when she saw the red lights begin to flash ahead of her she saw an opportunity. It was reckless but this needed to end. The longer it went on the less likely they were to make it out of this in one peice. The bell began to ding as the red and white bars were lowered to indicate the approaching train. She looked to her left and saw the front of the engine through the rain. It was approaching the intersection fast. Hinata took a deep breath and floored it. Sasuke spun around only to have his eyes widen further than she would have thought possible.

"Are you crazy," he yelled. Hinata didn't answer him. Instead she focused on hitting the shift perfectly. She saw Sasuke staring at the train, his face now unreadable as he watched it bear down on them. She was vaguely aware of Kabuto hitting his brakes as she sped towards the intersection, train and car bearing down on one another. The intersection was seconds away. Her hand hovered over the gear shift. She chanted in her head to wait, the red line came and she pushed the car forward. The sound of the train's horn was blaring in her ear as she was blinded by the intensity of its light pouring in through the window. For that brief moment everything stood still as the car hit dip in the road and caught air and the trained rushed towards them at an unforgiving speed.


Okay so my request is that you all don't hurt me for the number of cliffhangers in this chapter but I updated quicker than I usually do so hopefully that will make up for it. Now on another note I won't have much time to write since I am going to be packing and moving next week plus I am not sure if I will have internet at my new place right away. I may be able to get the next chapter out but I am not sure. So I am encouraging reviews to inspire me. It will get done, I promise that but I am just not sure how soon. So now that I am done blackmailing you all into reviewing I feel slightly guilty but not enough to delete this. I hope this chapter had the kind of action I was promising for you and obviously there will also be more in the next chapter. Once again thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Also I am still interested in hearing if there are any characters you want to see in the sequel so let me know and I will see what I can do.