"Neji, I'm starting to get worried." Tenten said, glancing at the empty seat next to Neji. "It's been 10 minutes, and Akane hasn't come back yet."
"You're right." Neji leaned over and looked at Koji. "Koji!" Koji looked over at his father. "Will come with me for a second? Tenten, you're welcome to come as well."
The three Hyuugas walked down the stairs of the stadium and out to the front entrance.
"What it is, Dad? Where's Akane?" Koji asked.
"Well, that's the problem. Akane left 10 minutes ago to get a drink. And unless the line was extremely long-"
"-which it wasn't when we walked by-" Tenten pointed out.
"-then something must've happened to her." Neji finished.
"So we need to look for her?" Koji asked.
"Yes. Koji, cover my blind spot." Koji did as he was told and stood back to back with his father, both activating their Byakugan.
"I don't see anything, Dad." Koji said, worried.
"Neither do I, unfortunately." Neji sighed.
"Well, what do we do now-" Koji then saw something running towards them. "Dad, do you see that, too?"
Neji then also saw the figure –female- running at them. "Yes. Who is that?"
"Big Brother Neji!" The figure shouted.
"Hanabi?" When all four of them came together, Hanabi seemed out of breath.
"Hanabi, is something the matter? Have you seen Akane anywhere?" Tenten asked.
"Yes! Konohamaru and I were walking to the stadium, when we heard noises coming from an alley way."
Flashback
"Oh, I hope we didn't miss anything important!" Hanabi shouted.
"Me too!" Konohamaru exclaimed. "I'd feel terrible for not being there for my students' matches. I was supposed to be there two hours ago!"
"Well, it's not my fault you were feeling hor-"
Konohamaru blushed, remembering what happened before they decided they should leave the compound. "W-we don't have time to talk about this! We have to hurry!"
"Oh, please," Hanabi smirked, "You'd love to-" Hanabi stopped running when she heard a familiar voice coming from a near by alley way.
"Hanabi?" Konohamaru stopped and ran back over to his wife. (A/N: I totally ship KonoHana) "Why'd you stop?"
"Listen!" Konohamaru was quiet and started listening to his surroundings. "Do you hear that?"
"Yeah…It sounds like Akane!" Konohamaru exclaimed.
"Let's go check it out." The two got closer and closer to the alley so they could hear the conversation better. Hanabi activated her Byakugan to get a better look.
"What do you see?" Konohamaru asked.
"There are two people, a man and a woman standing with Akane. Akane seems to be searching for something.
"-are you sure you lost it here? I can't seem to find it-" Hanabi saw Akane get jabbed in the neck and sides, to which she gasped.
"What? What's happening?" Konohamaru whispered.
"They're…they're attacking Akane! She's losing her balance!"
"Oh, that's quite alright. You helped us out plenty." They heard the woman say. Akane then dropped to her knees, and onto the dirt.
"They've knocked her unconscious!"
"Ok, that's it!" Konohamaru exclaimed before getting up and rushing into the alley, just to see the man hoisting Akane over his shoulder.
"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?" Konohamaru asked quite angrily.
The man and woman looked at each other, before shooting a glance at Konohamaru and then jumping off across the buildings, just after he heard a soft clank on the floor. He walked over to where the noise was, to see a forehead protector. He raised it up to see the familiar symbol.
"Cloud Village…"
"Kono!" Hanabi shouted, coming into the alley.
"Hanabi, I've got to go after them. Go find Neji, Tenten, and Koji and tell them the situation. Bring Koji and Neji and have Tenten go explain to Hinata why I'm not there for my students' matches, ok?"
"Ok, but, be careful, alright?" Hanabi pleaded.
Konohamaru kissed he on the lips. "Of course. Now, hurry, go." He then started across the rooftops, after the enimies. Hanabi then started sprinting off towards the stadium to find her cousin and his family.
End of Flashback.
"Dammit…I had a suspicion that something like this was going to happen. And what a coincidence that the Cloud Village wanted to try something funny again." Neji cursed.
"No kidding." Tenten sighed. "Well, I better go get to Hinata and Hima. Please be safe and…" She trailed off, looking to the ground solemnly. "…bring Akane back."
Neji and Koji both walked up to Tenten and gave her a hug. "Don't worry; we will."
"Hanabi, thank you so much for coming and telling us." Tenten thanked her younger-sister-in-law.
"Not a problem at all." Hanabi then looked at the two males. "C'mon you two. We have to go catch up to Kono." Koji looked up and gave her a salute, and Neji nodded his head.
Tenten started back towards the stadium. She looked back at the Byakugan occupants. "Good luck!"
They all waved back before starting their journey to rescue Akane.
Heh heh… hey.
So…it's been awhile…
How've ya been?
Ok this is just weird. I'm sorry for not updating. I haven't actually opened this word document for a while now… the last time I look was a couple of days ago, trying to remember what I was going to write for this chapter, when I stumbled upon my horrible writing.
Oh, I have so much to learn. Hopefully it was better in this chapter. And sorry for it being so short, I don't think there was a better way to end the chapter.
Also, if you have been on my DeviantArt recently, you would know that I have made a cover for this story (which I still haven't uploaded to this site yet…)! So that's good news, I guess…
EDIT: I recently changed my DeviantArt username to 'claarr'. So there's that for ya.
Yeah. I TOTALLY ship KonoHana…
How do I usually end these?
Oh right! QUESTION TIME!
Question: Favorite names…I guess…? (This one is weird)
Answer: Boy: Nathan, Caleb, or Tate. (Caleb because of Caleb LeBlanc. R.I.P.) Girls: Finley, Claire, or Peyton. (Hee hee, my name is Claire :P)
Ok den. Review and stuff. I love all of you're beautiful faces. Adios! (Btw, not calling anyone out, but I think some of you take me seriously when I say adios, I don't speak Spanish…but half of my family is Latina…long story…Ok bye for real this time.) Bye!
*end of long-ass author's note*