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AUTHOR'S NOTES: Hope you enjoy this chapter.

Kyuubi Love

Careful (Chapter 24)

"Yo! Mysterious guy! Is it still mysterious, though? HAHAHAHA!" Mikailu 17 said.

Neji looked up and had a calm look in spite of his injury

"Shut up…" Neji said

"WHAT? You're telling me to shut up?" Mikailu 17 said.

"You're noisy. Get out." Neji said.

"HAHAHA! Who said that this ruined house is yours? If it were, you really have such bad taste." Mikailu 17 said.

"…or is it your injury? Wow! Blood is really dripping from your body. You look really red like that." Mikailu 15 said.

"I told you to get out." Neji said his eyes turning red.

All Mikailu servants stepped back with a shocked look on their faces.

"DO YOU THINK YOU CAN SCARE ME WITH A SIMPLE CHANGE OF EYE COLOR? MYSTERIOUS GUY?" Mikailu 15 said then attempts to run and stab Neji using his sword.

However, a certain shield forced all Mikailu servants further away from him. Neji stood up holding his injury on his right stomach.

"Don't underestimate the Hyuuga clan. NEVER!" Neji said when another shockwave exerted on the Mikailu servants.

Neji kneeled and coughed up blood.

'Am I…going to die…?' Neji said in his mind while breathing heavily, continuously.

Meanwhile…

One Mikailu servant was on his way to Hinata. Mikailu 1. (Don't get me wrong but not all Mikailu servants are boys. Some are girls. A lot and almost half actually. Mikailu 1 – 11 are boys while Mikailu 12 – 23 are all girls). Mikailu 1 loves to kill. Each Mikailu servant wears a black t-shirt with a red double - edges sword symbol in the middle. However, Mikailu 1 was the only servant who usually disobeys Mikailu. Mikailu only chose him because of his immense desire to kill anyone even Mikailu, too. With full frustration, though, he couldn't do so because Mikailu is like a witch full of power.

'Kill…kill…kill…' Mikailu 1 said in his mind.

Meanwhile…

Naruto and the others were running on top of the branches of the trees (Like what you see on Naruto when they are on missions or other circumstances).

"Let's hurry. Neji might be there." Naruto said.

"We know! We know! HINATA!" Kiba said.

"Ha-hai…?" Hinata said.

"Use your Byaakugan. There might be enemies or even Neji might be around." Kiba said.

"Hai, Kiba-kun." Hinata said.

Hinata closed her eyes and concentrated. She opened her eyes like a shockwave as usual as what you see in the anime and shouted "BYAAKUGAN!" Hinata scanned all throughout the forest that is seen in her view when she suddenly saw the ruined house.

"I saw it!" Hinata said.

"Saw what?" Kiba said.

"The…" Hinata said with an interrupted tone.

"…RUINED HOUSE!" Mikailu 1 shouted next to Hinata and grabbed Hinata on the neck going down from the upper level branches of the trees of the forest.

"AAHH!" Hinata shouted.

"HINATA!" Naruto shouted.

Naruto ran down to catch up on Hinata.

"HINATA…" Shino and the others said

They all ran and followed Naruto to get to Hinata. When they were finally on ground, they saw Mikailu 1 running carrying Hinata on his shoulder.

"HINATA!" Naruto said when he hastily ran after them following Shino and the others.

Mikailu looked from behind and reached out his hand. When Naruto was about to reach them, his hand caught up on electricity.

"WHAT IS THIS?" Naruto shouted.

"It might be a barrier that he made." Ino said.

"DAMN IT! DAMN IT! DAMN IT DAMN IT!" Naruto said while struggling to pound on the barrier which flew him away with electrical waves surrounding his body.

"Naruto!" Ino said.

"I have to get to her! I have to! I swore that I would protect her! I swore!" Naruto said.

"Don't get too hasty." Kiba said.

Naruto looked at Kiba.

"We all want to save her. Just wait." Kiba said.

"AKAMARU! LET'S GO!" Kiba said.

"Arf! Arf!" Akamaru said.

They both formed a medicating stance with Akamaru on top then an powerful blue chakra surrounded them attracting the electrical waves. Naruto gasped. His eyes widened with what he saw. 'I never knew that Kiba would be this strong.' Naruto said in his mind.

"Naruto." Kiba said.

"What…" Naruto said still shocked with what he's looking at.

"Right when I say go, you go." Kiba said.

"Okay." Naruto said.

Kiba kept on concentrating with blood flowing from his head. He shouted with all his might and effort so that his technique would go well. While doing so he thought to himself, 'I didn't know that this barrier would be so strong. I have to do this, for Hinata, for everyone's sake. Oka-san, you'll see what I can do…' Kiba said in his mind. He continued to shout out loud when the barrier dissolved, while his chakra is still as powerful as usual around him, he shouted, "GO!" Naruto and the others ran towards the space between the barrier and Kiba turned around fast to catch up on that space which closed up immediately. Kiba had electrical waves surrounding him, worse than what Naruto experienced a while ago.

"KIBA!" Naruto said.

Kiba had a grin on his face and looked at Naruto with a thumbs up.

"I told you,…right? We all…want to…save her…" Kiba said.

Naruto smiled with a grin

"Don't pass out yet. It doesn't suit you." Naruto said.

"Like that'd happen to me." Kiba said.

"Can you stand up?" Naruto said.

"Barely…" Kiba said.

"I'll carry you for a while till you can stand and walk or even run." Naruto said.

"Pfftt..now I feel weak." Kiba said with a gentle smile while Naruto and the others are running to reach for Hinata.

"You were strong back there. Very strong" Naruto said.

Kiba looked at Naruto with a shocked look on his face then closed his eyes once again.

"Of course I am." Kiba said.

While they continue running…

"I put a bug on each of your shoulder, including Hinata. Follow me while I follow the trail of the bugs." Shino said.

" Yosh! Let's go!" Ino said.

They continued to run with an ever faster speed till they reach Mikailu 1 and Hinata being tied up on a tree.

"Now…be a good girl to me and let me SLICE YOU UP ONCE MORE." Mikailu 1 said.

Hinata had tears on her face with a lot of cuts and bruises all over her body.

"HINATA!" Naruto said.

"Na…ruto…-kun…" Hinata said with her barely opened eyes.

Naruto ran towards Mikailu 1 and tried to punch him on the face but Mikailu 1 easily dodged it and appeared behind Hinata.

"Can I at least…bite her neck?" Mikailu 1 said.

"Teme! If you lay one finger on Hinata I'LL…!" Naruto said with an interrupted tone.

"You'll…what?" Mikailu 1 said.

Naruto's eyes had a furious look.

"Didn't you get her in trouble…AGAIN? Weren't you unable to SAVE HER?" Mikailu 1 said with an evil look on his face while licking Hinata's neck.

Hinata shivered, especially to what happened before.

"TEME! DON'T TOUCH HER!" Naruto said while his eyes started to change color.

Hinata saw this and her eyes widened.

'Naruto-kun's…eyes…" Hinata said in her mind.

"Is that the Kyuubi? As expected for the Jinchuuriki. You are indeed a MONSTER." Mikailu 1 said then shouted the last word.

Naruto gasped and looked at his two hands.

"Don't listen to him, Naruto." Ino said.

Naruto looked at Ino while she stood next to him.

"You look really weak today, Naruto. Weak and impatient." Kiba said walking next to Naruto.

"Didn't you want to protect her and you even kept on saying it right in front of us?" Shino said standing next to Kiba.

"Everyone…" Naruto looked at Shino, Kiba and Ino with an encouraging look on their faces.

"Enough chitchat." Mikailu 1 said.

Everyone looked at Mikailu 1 with a furious look on their face. Mikailu 1 bit Hinata's neck.

"AAAAHHH!" Hinata shouted.

"HINATA!" Naruto said.

"Don't underestimate genins like us!" Ino said with her own technique stance.

Ino closed her eyes, then opened them, raised her arms and pointed it at Mikailu 1.

'Shintenshin no Jutsu' Ino said in her mind

Ino was able to take control of Mikailu 1 while Ino's body fell unconscious with Shino able to carry her on time before she fell on the ground.

"Hinata!" Naruto said.

"Na…ruto…-kun" Hinata said while breathing heavily.

He untied the rope around Hinata, held her and looked at her from head to toe. She had slashes all over her body with blood dripping and her neck that was bitten had a lot of blood taken away from her.

"Na…ruto…-kun" Hinata barely said.

"Hinata-chan, we have to treat you first before we get to Neji." Naruto said.

"I…can…manage." Hinata said while she struggles to stand up.

Hinata spread her arms and looked up in the sky. Water surrounded her and it washed a lot of blood in her body but it barely healed her. She put her arms down and almost fell down with Naruto able to catch her.

"Let's save Neji…please…" Hinata said.

"I will go there and save him. You rest here." Naruto said.

"No…I need you with me…you need me with you…please…don't leave me." Hinata said.

"Believe in me. I will be back. Shino and I will retrieve Neji and we will be back here. Just treat yourselves for a while then follow us with your Byaakugan, okay?" Naruto said.

Hinata's tears fell down her face then she touched Naruto's gently smiling face.

"Be safe…with Shino and Neji. All of you…be safe." Hinata said.

"We will be." Naruto said.

"We'll have Ino stay here for a while to guard you and Kiba." Shino said.

"Hai…" Hinata said.

"Naruto-kun…" Hinata said.

"What is it, Hinata-chan?" Naruto said.

"I love you…" Hinata said.

Naruto smiled.

"I love you too." Naruto said then kissed her lips tenderly.

Ino blushed with jealousy thinking of Sasuke.

"Ne! We have to save Neji! Leave the sweet things later!" Ino said.

Hinata giggled.

"Sorry, Ino-san." Hinata said.

Naruto stood up, put a jacket on Hinata.

"Just didn't want you to get cold. Hehe." Naruto said.

Hinata's face went a little red.

"T—thank…you…Naruto-kun." Hinata said.

"You're always welcome." Naruto said while looking at Hinata gently.

"Let's go, Naruto. The bugs I sent to the ruined house found an injured man in there." Shino said.

"It might be Neji. Okay, let's go." Naruto said.

Naruto and Neji jumped to the upper branches of the trees of the forest. Hinata and Ino looked at them while Kiba was sleeping, tired from the barrier breaking technique he did.

"Be safe…Naruto-kun…" Hinata said with a worrisome look on her face.