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Thought or Telepathic communication

"Speech"

Kyuubi

Warnings: I don't own Naruto. Rated "M" for Adult situations and themes.

Chapter 56: Double the Trouble

The three boys stared at the outside of the club. They could hear the pounding music and see the blinding rainbow of strobe lights flashing on the inside.

"They came here?" Naruto raised a worried eyebrow.

"Hn." Sasuke tried to focus in on Myra. "Where are you?" He got nothing in response. The Uchiha didn't know if she was out of range, or just ignoring him. Either way, it was pissing him off.

"I don't like it either." Gaara growled.

"I don't know. This looks like it could be fun." Naruto shrugged

"So how do we get in?" The Kazekage mused.

"We stand in line?" Naruto suggested.

"Hn. I'm not waiting in that line." Saskue smirked. "We need a distraction." He turned to Naruto.

"What are you looking at me for?" Naruto groused.

"Clones… Have them go off over there and fight or something, that should distract the crowd long enough for us to get in." Sasuke glared.

"That's the dumbest idea you've come up with since you got back. Why don't YOU use a few clones and go beat yourself off?" The blonde scoffed.

Sasuke and Naruto exchanged heated glares for a moment. Gaara had walked over to a woman standing in line. "Excuse me ma'am, but have you seen three young ladies come past here in the last hour or so?"

The woman turned to address Gaara. She raked him over with her eyes and then raked over Sasuke and Naruto. "Sweety, you don't need a young lady, you need a woman."

Gaara raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

Sasuke walked up and glared at the woman, who jumped back slightly. "My friend asked a question. Don't make me ask it again."

The woman rolled her eyes. "Look around here sweety, there are lots of young ladies. I need more specifics."

"A blonde, a brunette, and a red head…" Naruto started.

The woman started to laugh. "That's the beginning of a bad joke, sweety, just like the three of you."

Sasuke took a deep breath and was about to go off in the woman. Gaara looked as if he was about to do the same. The blonde saw sparks begin to crackle and sand begin to gather. Naruto pushed past his fuming friends, pulling out a fat toad wallet. The blonde shed a small tear when he pulled out several large bills and handed it to the woman. "Have you seen them now?"

The woman smirked. "Three chicks came here about an hour ago. They walked right up to the door and got in. I don't know how, but they got in. The one at the front, your brunette, walked in like she owned the place. The blonde and the red head went in after her."

Naruto gave the woman a foxy grin. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it…" The woman smiled and tucked the bills between her breasts.

Naruto turned back to Gaara and Sasuke. They both looked annoyed and a bit disappointed.

"Well?" Sasuke started.

"How did they get in?" Gaara tone demanded an answer.

"Ba-chan didn't know how they got in. She said they just walked in." Naruto shrugged.

"Hn." Sasuke smirked. "That Crazy Bitch… Come on, we're going in." Sasuke took the lead. The three walked straight up to the bouncer. Sasuke just glared at him, the bouncer's face went blank and the man stepped aside to let them in.

Sasuke stepped in and was flanked by Naruto and Gaara. "That's how they got in." growled the Uchiha.

"Myra used her…" Naruto was shocked.

"Yes, she did. I'll bitch at her later, trust me. Sharingan was not meant to be used as a method to get into a bar." Sasuke was getting angrier by the moment. He was also worried about Sakura. Something wasn't right in his world.

"Should we split up and look individually?" Gaara suggested.

"We'll cover more ground." Naruto nodded.

Sasuke took a deep breath and tried again. "Where are you?"

"What took you so damn long? Did you wait in line or something?" Myra groused at Saskue. There was something in her thoughts that troubled him.

Sasuke put his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Wait. I found them." Gaara and Naruto nodded and waited for Sasuke to make a move. "What trouble are you in now?"

"Oh, you know, the normal kind of trouble. We're in the video bar to your right… And Sasuke… Hurry."

Sasuke pointed off towards the door on the right. "I don't like her tone of voice, there's trouble"

"Great! I could use a little action." Naruto grinned.

They entered the video bar. There was large space in the center for dancing and couches and tables set up around the dance floor. There was a round bar area off to left as they walked in and a door that led out to a patio near the back. Sasuke spotted Myra first. Naruto had spotted her too, as they got closer, they saw Sakura and Sephie.

Sasuke counted four, one pinning Sephie to a wall, two holding Myra, and the fourth sitting on a couch next to Sakura. Sasuke looked back at Gaara and nodded. Gaara started to get closer to Sephie. Sasuke was going to get closer to Sakura, and Naruto was going to get closer to Myra.

Myra was glaring at the man sitting on the couch. "I'm asking that you let them go. You don't need them."

"On the contrary, Ms. Ravenheart, I can use both of them for leverage. I know what Ravenheart Industry's policy is on kidnapping. They require proof of life. Your lovely pink friend will be the one sent with the ransom demand, and the second will be sent later as an eye witness to you life." The man sneered.

"Mr. Nakahara, I know you are a savvy business man, so I am going to make you an offer." Myra had noticed Gaara's sand beginning to collect at the base of Sephie's feet. Myra smirked. "Let us walk away or I am not responsible for the damage to your club, or the loss of your lives."

"Interesting offer, but I am done with talk. We're leaving." Mr. Nakahara grabbed Sakura's arm and stood up with her.

"Mr. Nakahara, I'm warning you one last time. Don't do this." Myra pleaded.

Mr. Nakahara chuckled evilly. "I am going to have too much fun breaking that spirit of yours."

Myra put her head down. "Then I am sorry about the destruction of your club. NOW!"

There was a burst of sand that pushed the man holding Sephie back into the dancing crowd. In the chaos, people started to scream and run for an exit. Sephie ran for Gaara. Sasuke was pushed back slightly by running bystanders and could not get to Sakura. Sephie saw the red fire alarm as she was running, skidded to a halt, and pulled it before she continued running towards Gaara. The entire club of people started to run towards the nearest exit.

Now that Sephie was safe from danger, Sakura pulled back and punched Mr. Nakahara into one of the two thugs holding Myra. Naruto had made it to the guy Gaara had push away from Sephie. The man was standing up and pulling something from the inside of his coat. The blonde deviated from his path to Myra and knocking the man back down. Naruto reached in the man's coat and pulled the semi-automatic weapon. He shook his head, pulled out the firing pin and clip making it useless. Naruto tossed the separate parts off to the side.

The man holding Myra reached in his coat to pull his weapon, while still trying to keep a hold of the struggling Myra. The brunette, managed to release herself from his grip and take his weapon. Myra hoped she wouldn't have to resort to such barbaric violence, but just in case, she took his extra clip as well. Myra put a well placed kick in his groin, to keep the man from getting back up any time soon.

Sasuke had finally made it to Sakura and was holding on to her for dear life. Myra had ducked behind the couch and table not far from the two. "No time for a happy reunion… There are bad guys that need ass kicking!"

Sasuke glared at Myra. "I'll deal with you later."

Myra just smirked. "Take a number and get in line." There was a burst of more gun fire from the area where Mr. Nakahara and his associate fell. They had apparently, gotten up and armed themselves. The man had sprayed gun fire from left to right. Sasuke, Sakura, and Myra ducked low. Gaara used the sand as a defense for him and Sephie. Naruto dived behind the bar.

Mr. Nakahara had pulled his gun from his coat. "Mr. Costello, I believe it would be a good time to leave."

"Right Boss…" Mr. Costello sprayed another burst to keep everyone pinned down. Mr. Nakahara was heading for the patio exit, with Mr. Costello keeping everyone else from making a move.

The goon Naruto had kicked down was scrambling to get back up and join his boss. The one Myra had kicked was also scrambling to get up. The gun fire stopped for a moment. Sasuke looked at Sakura and touched her cheek. "Stay here." He glared at Myra. "You too, STAY."

Myra shot a glare at Sasuke. "Glory hog!"

Neither Sakura or Myra really saw what happened. They saw Sasuke stand up and flicker out of sight. They heard more gun fire and a serious of loud pops and yells. There were some more muffled fighting noises and then it all stopped. When the smoke cleared, Sasuke and Naruto were standing over three bloody and unconscious thugs.

Sakura peaked around the corner first. She looked back at Myra with a large grin. Myra stood up and felt a wave of relief that everyone was going to be fine, except the three thugs. Sakura stood up and ran over to Sasuke and Naruto, checking them over for injuries. Myra stood up and started to walk over to Naruto.

Sasuke pushed Sakura aside and turned his attention to Myra. "WHAT THE HELL!" Sasuke was the first to start braiding Myra.

"Mr. Nakahara is owner of the club. He was kind enough to give us an education in why one should not sneak into a club." Myra changed her demeanor and smiled. She looked over to Sephie and Sakura. "I think we learned our lesson, didn't we girls." Myra nodded, trying to push past Sasuke towards Naruto.

Sasuke grabbed her arm spinning her around. "You could have gotten Sakura hurt!"

"Or Persephone." Added Gaara when he joined the group in the middle of the dance floor.

Sakura and Sephie raised an eyebrow and glared at their boyfriends. Myra also raised an eyebrow. "Well, I must be chopped liver, because I could have gotten hurt too, but that obviously doesn't matter." The room started to get colder. Naruto was glaring at Myra in a way she had never seen before. Sephie grabbed Sakura's arm and pulled her back.

"As much as I hate to admit it Myra, you could have gotten them into serious trouble." Naruto scolded.

"Oh, so you think this is my fault too." Myra rounded on Naruto. The room got colder and Sephie pulled Sakura back even further. Myra laughed and just shook her head. "Fine… What the fuck ever… You guys can clean up with out me…" Myra ran off in a huff.

Naruto sighed. It wasn't her fault this happened and he knew it. He was worried about her too and he had let Sasuke lead his anger about the situation. In the few moments he had to think about it, Naruto started to feel like a complete asshole. He wasn't the idiot, Sasuke was. Naruto turned and started to go after Myra.

Sasuke stopped him "Let her go." He said rather venomously.

"Let go of me teme!" Naruto growled.

Sakura walked over and slapped Sasuke, who was knocked back a step or three, letting go of Naruto. "You insensitive ICE CUBE!" Sakura yelled at Sasuke. "If ANYTHING, Myra was the one trying to keep us from getting hurt."

Naruto took off after Myra. Sasuke righted himself while resetting his jaw. "Hn."

Gaara looked over to Sephie. "Is this true?"

"Well, yeah. She wouldn't let them separate us. She was putting up a struggle, until that guy pinned me to the wall. That Nakahara man said that if she didn't struggle and go willingly, Sakura and I would be fine." Sephie blinked.

Sasuke was rubbing his jaw. "I saw you sitting next to that asshole." The Uchiha grumbled towards Sakura.

Sakura sighed and she raised her hand to Sasuke's jaw. "He had just decided to take all three of us." Sakura looked away from Sasuke for a moment. "At first he was going to let Sephie and I go and then take Myra off somewhere." Her hand started to glow a soft green.

"He was obviously going to change his mind when you three showed up." Sephie hugged Gaara's arm.

Sasuke hung his head slightly. "Why didn't she just say so?"

"Because you were too busy being angry at her." Sakura's hand stopped glowing, but she left her hand on his cheek.

"What do we do with these three?" Gaara kicked one of the fallen thugs.

"We wait for the clean up crew." Sasuke shrugged.

"What about Mr. Nakahara?" Sakura sighed.

"I don't know." Sasuke looked at the open patio door.

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By the time Naruto got outside of the club, Myra had vanished yet again. He shook his head. "Damn it Rabbit!" He headed for home hoping she would be there.