Last time, Naruto was just hanging around in his current situation, as Gin prepared his plan on taking out Team 9 from following them. As they prepared for Naruto's team, he also prepared on freeing himself.

With Killer Bee

30 minutes later, after rescuing their teammate, he, Samui and Karui were ready for round 2 against them. As they prepared on what needs to be done, Karui grumbled a bit since the situation has gotten worse because of her.

Back when Karui and Omoi met Gin, they thought that could take him out together, but Karui's arrogance had cost them the fight. Karui tried to slice Gin from behind him, but Gin caught on the attack and counterattack Karui's sword slice with a powerful jutsu, which he then side kicked her near the river. Gin was about to finish her off, when Omoi stepped in and distracted him from finishing her off. During that moment, Omoi threw a low explosive paper bomb near Karui, where it exploded and threw Karui into the water, away from the battlefield before Gin knocked him out with another of his powerful jutsus.

After letting Karui get some rest, Killer Bee got Karui and Samui ready to go as they needed to find and rescue both Naruto and Omoi. Once they left, all three of them were on guard as they headed for the location. As they made their way to the meeting spot, they spotted a sign just for them. One was written, "The dark skin boy with white hair is this way", while the other was written, "Blondie is this way." Written below it was another message, "The time limit is the final 15 minutes before time runs out." They all guessed that they were trying to split them apart to lessen the numbers, since where Omoi was located away from the meeting location.

Before Killer Bee can decide on what to do, Karui started to walk towards Omoi's direction. Samui spoke up, "Wait...! Karui, are you going to save Omoi alone?"

Karui calmly nodded, "Yeah… it because of me that he got captured as he was saving me. So I owe him one. You guys go on without me since those guys will probably be waiting where Naruto is located."

With that, Karui leapt through the trees to find Omoi, Samui couldn't help but worry that Karui might be over her head. Before she can say anything, Bee spoke up.

"Have faith girl for she is meek on what she needs to set Omoi free…" Killer Bee said, before looking back at the other trail where Naruto is possibly located, "... while Karui is setting Omoi free, we'll also spring Naruto free, word." Bee rapped, finishing off his bad rhyme.

Samui nodded since they not only need to worry about Omoi, but they also need to worry about Naruto. She decided to follow Bee's advice and go save Naruto since he was also just as important.

With Omoi

It's been a while since Gin took him down. He started to regain consciousness since Gin didn't take him serious and just put him down easily. Once Omoi was able to fully wake up, he couldn't see anything since he was blindfolded from seeing where he was. His arms and legs were completely tide and unable to move around. Of course, he couldn't do much since he knew that he was upside down. As he stayed upside down, he heard a feminine voice coming from somewhere nearby.

"My, my… so… your awake now huh?" said a voice in a smiling mood

When Omoi heard the feminine voice, he knew who it was.

"Chianti… right…? Where am I?" Omoi asked

"Oh… you're just hanging around, not far from where Gin captured you. By now, the rest of your team must be going to the other meeting place where Gin and my other partners must be waiting for them, but of course, only 1 of them." Chianti said so smugly.

Omoi was trying to wonder on what Chianti meant, but was now worrying about his friends.

With Bee/Samui

Killer Bee and Samui were already close to the meeting place. It was there that Killer Bee went to hide since they needed any kind of advantage to save Naruto and to take care of Gin and the rest of his team.

Samui continued to travel, but near the clear opening, she sneaked in to make sure there aren't any traps waiting for her and her sensei, even though she knew they were walking into one. Once she checked out the area, she came into the opening. It was there that she spotted Naruto hanging upside down on a medium thick branch over a ledge.

She hesitantly walks into the opening, where she then spotted Gin, Kir, and Vodka coming out into the opening. Samui stared at all three of them as they had a smirk on their faces. As she walked closer, she overheard Naruto yell out, "Samui… Stop! Your too close in activating one of their traps!"

Samui stopped in her tracks as she took Naruto warning seriously, while she barely spotted Gin's smirk flinch a bit. Gin walked closer to the opening, while Vodka and Kir followed closely behind him. They were about 10 meters apart from each other, while Naruto was about 20 meters away from both.

Samui looked at Gin, "Alright… I'm here… now release my teammate." She stated

"But of course…" Gin said before his turned from a smirk to bloodlust, "… once we have the scroll and your blood, then release the both of you to the afterlife."

Samui got into a defensive stance, where she waited for Gin and his men to attack her. It was then Gin nudge his head at Kir to activate his part of the plan, where Kir threw a kunai at the rope that held Naruto from falling down. The rope was cut ¾ of the way leaving nothing but a slim piece of string rope from falling. Naruto heard the rope cut as well as the rope weakening, "Oh you got to be kidding me!" he thought.

When Samui saw that Naruto was getting close to falling, she was about to run to him and save him, but then stop when he yelled out, "Don't Samui! There are traps between you and me! Worry about Gin and his men, before coming after me! I'll be fine for the moment!" hoping that Samui would take his advice.

Samui didn't take step forward since she knew that Naruto was right since she needed to focus on Gin and his 2 men. She continued to face Gin and his men, where she heard Gin tell Vodka to get Samui. Vodka quickly activated his Earth Style: Impenetrable Armor Jutsu and rush in on Samui. Samui was worried since she saw Vodka coming at her too fast for her to put up a defense. Samui was about to knocked out when Vodka was stopped in his tracks by Killer Bee, who was strong enough to stop Vodka's attack.

"Woo, woo… not so fast… before you laid down a beat down on her, you got to mess with the master of rhymes." Killer Bee said while holding back Vodka

Gin frown at the fact that the genins' sensei was here. He hoped that their sensei would go and save the other student or that their sensei would come here alone, while Chianti well get the girl once she fell for the traps in the same attempt. In either way, he figured that he can get rid of the annoyances, but now, things have gone wrong. The only thing that Gin could think of was the fact that the girl that fell into the ravine, Karin, must have survived the fall or something that kept could have been the reason.

With Karui

Karui had just left the forest and ran a bit until she spotted Omoi hanging on a tree branch, tide up and hanging for his life. As she got closer, she saw that Omoi was all alone which was strange since she figured there be at least someone keeping an eye on him. As she moved closer, she wasn't aware that she was being watched in the shadows.

Behind some of the random boulders in the area, Chianti has been eyeing Karin since she walked in. Chianti assignment was to make sure that there was one of the teammates coming to the location and if it was Samui, she would wait until she can get the blood and scroll. Once she saw Karin walking here, she'll just lay back and enjoy herself of Karin and Omoi getting killed by the booby traps.

Even though Karin cautiously walked towards Omoi, she can still feel like she was being watched. As she got closer, she stopped as she remembered something when she was back into the academy.

Flashback

It was sunset and everyone in the Academy has gone home for the day. A few shinobi teachers were still in the building, preparing for the lesson plan for tomorrow. Outside the school building, a lonely academy student was trying very hard on completing today's class assignment.

The assignment was to complete a get through a trap exercise. The exercise field was 20 by 10 yards wide. The practice field was behind the academy, located about 30 yards away from the building, putting the practice field near a few trees and such. Out of 30 students, only 7 had completed the exercise. The top 2 were Naruto (with the quickest time) and Samui.

Right now, covered in powder paint and sweat was Karui. The reason why Karui was staying after school and practicing on the field was because, out of all the students, she had the worst time, even though she bragged that she would be the fastest person to complete the task. In the end, Karui was taken out in 3 seconds after starting the exam.

As Karui finished setting up the exercise field for another attempt, she was startled when she heard someone say, "Your too cocky… you know that." She turned around to see that it was Naruto, sitting on top of one of the few trees that were near the academy. He came down as he walked towards Karui. Karui looked at Naruto coming at her way, but ignored it and went back at looking at the training field, where it look like a neatly flat road, but had paint markings 3 yards away from the starting line.

"What do you want Uzumaki? Why are you even here?" Karui questioning Naruto

"I came here to once again take on this trap field. Although you're using it now when I got here" Naruto answered

"Why are you even bothering taking it again since you already completed the field? So why?" asked Karui

"Just because I completed the trap field, it doesn't mean that I can't still improve. And by the look of it, you won't be able to complete it for quite a while." Naruto stated

"Screw you! I can complete it and at a faster time then you." Karui growled

"Not the way you're doing it. Want a some advice?" Naruto suggested

"I don't want any." Karui stated

"Well, I'm going to give it you anyway. When you're about to enter an area that is perfect for an ambush or trap, take a moment to look at the surroundings since the off chance of seeing a lose wire or any kind of sign of tampering might still be there. Also, look at the creatures around the area. You can tell that many of them are remaining silent since they can tell there's danger around here, which gives off a small warning cause it usually means that their a larger predator nearby or there is a large group of other beings. Finally, if you come up and see a situation where your uncertain, the best way to deal with it is to remain still and be patient since as time pass by, things may change like the wind picking up revealing something man made, or anything else. If anybody remains calm and not hotheaded then anyone can solve any problem." Naruto said

After that, Naruto said his goodbye to Karui as she just looked at the training area to try her attempt again. She continues to do this for the next couple of days until she decided to take Naruto's advice, which she patiently waited and did what Naruto said. She looked at the area, and at the terrain. Once she calmed down, she looked to see calmly at the wind blowing at some of the area, where some dust lifted and moved some branches that help reveal a few thin strings alined around. It was then she proceeded to pass the trap area. It took her a full day until she pass the area with a decent amount of time.

End Flashback

Karui looked at Omoi as she looked at the area. She took a deep breath as she prepared herself to get to Omoi.

"Oh boy… This isn't going to be easy, but I'm going to make it. I just hope I can make it to brag about this to everyone." Karui thought

She stopped and took a deep breath before stopping and decided to wait patiently. Chianti, who was spying on the area, was wondering on why this girl, Karui, was just standing around. Karui looked at the air, patiently and carefully looking at the dirt ground. She watched the environment as well to see. Omoi was carefully listening to the area when he heard someone coming close to him. He wasn't sure who it was since he was still blindfolded. Omoi decided to continue his efforts on escaping from his predicament.

As Omoi was trying to get himself out of his binds, Karui patiently waited until she knew what to do. It was then that the wind blew softly, which Karui look with intensity as the wind blew at the possible ambush site. As looked, a bit of dust was lifted which it was then at that moment that Karui saw a few small, but long glimpses that shiny for a second around the area. It was then that she got an idea on how to at least know where the traps are.

With Bee

Killer Bee and Vodka were holding each other off as Samui was prepared for backing him since they has to face 3 jonin lv shinobi. As she waited, Naruto could feel the branch he was tied to continue to break. It then it hit him that he forgot that he was able to make a mental map on the surround area, as well as hearing where the locations of all the traps were set, possibly where the traps would strike at. Naruto mentally slapped himself when he realized he forgotten about his training. Naruto then yelled out, "Samui! Listen to what I say as I direct you pass the traps to get me out of here since I don't have much time left." Which Samui was prepared to get to him when Killer Bee told her to follow Naruto's directions.

Samui quickly left Killer Bee side and ran until Naruto told her to stop, which she began to follow every direction that Naruto was giving her. As Samui was handling on rescuing Naruto from his fall, Killer Bee fought with Vodka. Both Bee and Vodka fought hard against each other, which Killer Bee had to use some of the hachibi's power to expand his hands up to cushion the powerful attacks while Bee also combine it with some of his kenjutsu with his lightning affinity.

Gin, who was watching was frowning on how things were turning out. It was even more of a problem when he saw that Naruto was directing Samui, which she was avoiding the traps they set. Gin looked at Kir, "Take care of that girl. We can't have her rescuing the boy, which could cause us more problems. Kill her and take her blood and scroll from her." Which Kir nodded, then heard Gin say, "I'll help Vodka take care of this weakling."

As Kir went into the trap area that he built to stop Samui, Naruto overheard someone running towards Samui, which he told Samui to be on guard and help her into a defensive stance to ensure that she doesn't set off a bomb or such.

Kir brought out his staff blade while Samui brought out her tanto. Both of them went at it, pretty hard even in a dangerous situation. Kir knew where each trap was laid, so he was able to fight without worries while Samui had to rely solely on what Naruto voice to help her. She, of course, trusted Naruto fully in helping her out. As they thought, Samui was starting to have a harder time fighting since not only does she need to fight Kir, she also had to keep an eye on the ground to ensure that her footing is at the right place to avoid setting off a trap. It was then that she knew that she needed to free Naruto since he knows where all the traps are located and could fight Kir and help Killer Bee, as she saw that Killer Bee was starting to struggle against the combination between Gin and Vodka.

It was then that Samui started her attacks on freeing Naruto since she was able to get close to him to throw kunai and shurikens at him. As Samui was preparing on her plan on releasing Naruto, Naruto was also busy trying to escape since the distraction that Bee and Samui were created got everyone's attention. He was able to free his arms from the rope around his arms, but now he had to free himself from the rope that tide around his body. It was then that he felt something slicing some of the ropes around his right side of his body.

Samui had blocked another of Kir's attacks which she then used the opportunity to throw a few shurikens at Naruto's right side. The shurikens hit the intended target, which were the ropes that had him tied upside down as well as cutting the rope that had his legs tied.

With that, Naruto used his strength to break the ropes, but not before getting himself ready for his free fall. Naruto ripped the ropes from the shoulders first to free his hands to untie the blindfold on his face. Once that was done, he looked around to see where he was hanging around. He then worked on his legs and then cut the rope that had him strung up like a piece of meat, which drops him down to the ravine.

Once Samui cut Naruto's ropes, she continued her defense against Kir. Kir used his staff blade to continue to push Samui into one of his traps or to get her off balance for him to deliver a death blow. Samui was able to keep her footing on the certain spots that she knew were safe to stand in. Of course, it didn't mean that she was safe since Kir was doing everything he can to kill her, which made it difficult for her stay at certain spots.

Killer Bee was facing Vodka and, now, Gin. Vodka used his Impenetrable Armor Jutsu to try and break Bee's arms, but with the hachibi's power help cushion it. Bee would have went in and took care of Vodka, but leapt away when Vodka fired a powerful fire ball at him. Gin sneaked behind Bee after he gave his order to Kir. Once he was behind, Gin waited for a moment until Vodka got Bee in range. Once he did, Gin unleashed his Fire Style: Great Fire Ball Jutsu. Bee, who was focusing on Vodka, barely sense that someone was behind him since Vodka was using the destroyed terrain as a distraction.

As Killer Bee continue to fight both Gin and Vodka, Samui was having some difficulties on staying on her footing. She used her tanto to block another spear attack from Kir. Unfortunately, Kir was able to get Samui off balance by making jump at a area that had only a small foot size opening for her to land on. She landed on her toes to avoid, but now she was trap since beyond that point, she didn't know where the traps were at and Kir was pushing her to the back. Samui was can barely balance herself since she has no momentum. She then looked back at Kir to see he was going to use the blade of his staff spear to slice Samui up which she couldn't stop since she couldn't get her balance straightonce she landed.

Samui watched as the bladed was coming down on her head. Kir brought his blade down, knowing that Samui couldn't dodge or block. It was then that the wooden staff beneath the blade was slice off, causing the blade to be thrown away from Samui and away from the booby traps

Kir stopped his broken staff from hitting the ground to cause an incident to activate a trap by mistake. Kir wondered what happened, but then heard something whirling at his direction. He looked to see that a blade was about to slice him. Kir jumped out of the way to avoid it and landed on another trap. Samui and Kir looked to see that the blade going near the edge of the ravine only to be caught. They saw that the person that caught it was Naruto.

Naruto was hanging onto some rope that he unsealed, secretly, to stop him from falling down into the water. He then climbed up using the rope since he saw that at the rocky side that there was paper bombs all around to insure that no one comes from the bottom. Once he climbed up, he saw Samui was about to get seriously injured. He unsealed a sabre claw, customized so it can be thrown like a boomerang, from the top of his left shoulder, channeled some of his wind affinity and threw it at the staff blade to save Samui.

As Samui and Kir looked at Naruto, Naruto looked at Kir since he was going to insure that Kir gets paid back for almost hurting Samui.

Till next chapter

P.S. Also, for the poll for Naruto's girlfriend in "Elemental Master Naruto", I place another one for the candidates with the most votes. The reason I did this was to give others who voted for the previous candidates that had the lowest votes to make a decision for the ones with the most so it would be fair since one of their favorite choices wasn't chosen. With this, they have the chance to try again and chose a different one.