Episode 42: Battleground: The Fight For You (SERIES CLIMAX)

Overall Season Two Theme: Stand Up By J-Min

Overall Season Two End Theme: Slow Dance by Suneohair

Episode Theme: Trap by Henry Ft. Taemin (SHINee) and Kyuhyun (Super Junior)

Song One: Save Me by Sore and Dorian (studio version)

Song Two: One Shot by B.A.P

Song Three: Call Your Name by Hiroyuki Sawano

Song Four: Come home By OneRepublic

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
―Jim Morrison.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.
―Ernesto Guevara.

Love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love.
―Rick Riordan.

Not one member of Alpha was short of tears as they lugged their bags into the two cars. Even Sakura could not keep it together after they had hung up on the boys an hour prior when they revealed that they were leaving Konoha to return home to Ame.

The girls would leave behind their home, their school, their job, their friends, their teachers, their memories, and the boys they once loved with all their hearts because they were too afraid of going back—of making the same mistakes again by getting back together with them.

Now, it was five it the morning and the girls stood loading what they could before the moving truck would come for the heavier items later in the afternoon. Neko on the other hand, had already been dropped off at Tenten's house.

They'd be moving back in with their individual parents and begin attending Ame's Private Academy School for Girls on Tuesday to finish their senior year. From there they would spend summer together in Ino's family's beach house in Osaka then go their separate ways for college in the fall.

The girls couldn't imagine separating for college but they knew they had no other option. They all had different dreams and those different dreams required different schools.

"Here Hinata, let me help." Tenten choked as she removed the suitcase from Hinata's weakened hands to put it in the back of Sakura's car.

Hinata said nothing in response as she zombied around, putting this and that in the car and dropping things.

"Why don't you just go and sit? We're almost done, we'll leave soon."

Once again she gave no response but simply crept over to the passenger seat of Sakura's car that she was so used to riding to school inside every morning, and sat in, shutting the door and sitting in the morning darkness.

Megami sat on her bike after filling Ino's trunk with her pieces. She leaned on the bike, her lack of sleep evident and overall will disintegrated.

Sakura stepped out of the house with the last bag and stopped by her, her own blood red eyes just barely visible in the morning darkness.

"Are you ready?" she croaked.

She did not answer immediately, and when she did it was not an answer to her question.

"When we get back to Ame I'm cutting my hair and selling my bike."

"What…?" Sakura slightly whispered.

Megami kept her eyes trained on the rearview mirror of her bike.

"I'm cutting my hair off again. I won't let it grow back this time. It'll be just like middle school again…and I'll sell my bike and get a car."

"Why…why would you do that? You love your hair. You love your bike." Sakura said tonelessly, even though she already knew the answer.

"They're the only things keeping me attached to this place. For every piece I let go, the memories go away."

The girls said nothing more between each other as Sakura moved onto her car with the bag and Megami, suitless, put on her helmet and started her bike.

Ino sat on the hood of her bug and watched as the sun began to rise in the distance. Her face harbored no real expression as she watched it with glistening eyes.

Tenten shut the trunk behind her and walked around to the passenger seat. She looked to Ino, standing with the car door open.

"Ino…are you ready?"

"What are you doing to do…?" she said, catching Tenten off guard.

"What do you mean…?"

"You know what I mean…"

Tenten looked to the barren home they had made theirs in the last seven months.

"I'm going to tell my parents about it. About everything. Then, I have an appointment scheduled next Saturday...for a…for an…an abortion."

Ino said nothing, so she continued. She hadn't expected a reaction.

"I can't take care of this baby on my own. And I certainly can't be tied to him for the rest of my life…so…"

"Are you guys ready?" Sakura stepped up and asked. "It's time to go."

Silently, both girls crept into Ino's car with their few things packed. When they were seated Sakura walked over to her car that sat behind theirs and crawled in where Hinata, with a tear stained face, had cried herself to sleep.

After a few moments of waiting, Ino finally pulled out and Sakura followed behind. Megami followed behind her without even so much as a glance back.

The girls drove down the street and towards Ame, where they would hopefully forget the life they once knew and start over for the millionth time in their young lives.

The lights of Konoha City, just a snippet of Konoha country, shined brightly, though early in the morning. Many were returning home from a long night at work and many twenty-four hour stores stood open and advertising brightly lit items on large billboards and neon signs that rivaled that of Tokyo, though the streets of Konoha were smaller and less crowded.

Sakura and Ino willed themselves to concentrate on the road ahead as they passed cars and cars passed them. Tenten stared off to the distance in the window beside her and Hinata remained asleep. Megami forced herself to keep steady on the bike as she followed the girls in front of her.

When they reached a stop light the girls sat and waited, the only three rides to wait at the empty street they'd come down too.

Hardly any stores remained open down this road so early in the morning and morning cars hardly used it for their morning commute.

But the girls were used to this road, as they often used it when traveling to Ame, seeing as it was a freer route.

When the light turned green Ino began to start up her car once again.

Though, she did not get more than five feet ahead when a black Ford Expedition suddenly sped up and crashed into Ino's side.

Sakura and Megami did not move.

It was like a flash of light suddenly burst into their eyes and they were blinded.

Ino's car flew and flipped over four times before it finally landed on the roof and caught fire.

It was a full minute before the girls finally realized what had happened.

Hinata's scream covered nearly the entire area.

But, it was not over yet. Another black Ford Expedition sped from the left, turned, and crashed into Sakura's car.

The impact forced Sakura's car to crash into Megami. Her car crushed into her bike and sent Megami flying onto the pavement, right on her left leg.

She screamed a terrifyingly awful scream as her bone snapped, while Sakura's car twirled and skidded down the street, creating sparks until it smacked into a lamppost, leaking oil.

Megami looked up as her helmet broke in half. Shards of glass sat in her cheeks and lip while her forehead bled uncontrollably.

Her heart raced at an unfathomable speed when Sakura's car exploded and caught fire. It mirrored Ino's.

Breathing heavily, Megami stared on helplessly as she saw Ino's body sticking halfway out of her enflamed car with her back turned to her, parts of skin torn off her arm as she bled out from the large glass shard in her shoulder.

Tenten's head stuck out and this time Megami could see her face. Her bulging eyes stared to nothing as she bled from them and her head, leaking blood into a puddle.

Hinata's right leg stuck out from the car. Bleeding scratches sat on it and it twisted in a terrifying position. Sakura's entire body sat on the pavement. She lay unconscious but wide-eyed as her nose, mouth, and cut ears bled. A large piece of metal in her hipbone clung her to the pavement while the car burned Hinata inside.

"Help…" Megami whispered as she stared at her dying friends, unable to move herself with a broken left leg and severe damage to her skull. She could barely open her mouth with the pieces of glass within her cheeks, neck, and jaw. Her right hand sat under her, crushed from the impact.

Images of her parents, lying in similar states flashed through her mind as she barely noticed the doors of the black cars open.

"Help…somebody…help…" she murmured the faint words she spoke the day her parents died violently.

"Well well…" a familiar voice spoke as it got closer.

She could not lift her eyes away from the bodies of her best friends as figures walked over to them.

"Isn't this a familiar sight…"

She nearly choked on the blood and bile that rose up her throat as the safety of a gun clicked off by her ear.

"Care to repeat history…?"

(^A.H^)

"No. Alright? I'm sorry guys but for the last time, we can't."

"But you don't understand Itachi! We have to get back NOW! RIGHT NOW! They're being rash! They're making a decision without thinking! We have to stop them! We can't let them…we can't let them…" Naruto blabbered frantically, tears stinging his eyes as he paced.

The boys stood in the confines of their hotel room. An hour after winning the world wide Battle of the Bands, but none of the five members of the now majorly global Omega were in the mood for celebrating.

Minutes after winning the boys headed back without having the chance to make their acceptance speech. No matter, many were too engrossed in celebration anyway. While the boys on the other hand, all they could think of was getting back home as soon as possible.

Itachi sighed and rubbed his temples as he sat on the black leather couch.

"I understand what's going on, but there's nothing I can do. Because Midori's show won't be done until tomorrow the jet won't be back until tomorrow afternoon. You could take a regular plane but unfortunately there's none going anywhere near Japan until Wednesday."

"This can't be happening…" Naruto whispered, his eyes bulged as he clutched his hair in his hands.

"Itachi, I can just stay here until Wednesday or until the jet comes to get me, it's fine. I don't want to be a burden and I know how much the boys want to get back." Midori frowned, leaned against the wall of the hotel after arriving thirty minutes prior.

"I can't do that Midori, you're not prepared to stay here for that long. It's unfair to you. The plan was to remain here until Sunday." Itachi mumbled. "I perfectly understand that you guys need to get back right this moment but it's just simply out of the question."

Naruto said nothing more as he leaned on the arm chair, nearly about to collapse with his legs nearing moments of giving out.

"I'm so sorry, Naruto. I'm sorry to all of you." Midori whispered, feeling at fault.

"There's no reason for you to apologize, Midori. No one's done anything wrong. We can't even blame the girls…they're just…they're just going through some things."

"But I don't get it," Midori whispered as she stepped up to him. "How could they be so hurt to the point where they would actually decide to drop everything and leave?"

Itachi stared to the closed terrace windows where his brother and Neji stood out. Normally he would beat the hell out of Sasuke for even seeing a cigarette in his hand again, but he said nothing this time when he blew smoke with Neji outside, while on another hand Gaara and Shikamaru shared a bottle of bourbon in Gaara's room.

"I think it's a little something more than that." Itachi began again, "I recall you doing something similar when I came back to Tokyo for the summer and told you it was arranged for me to be married. You took up that family cruise right after even though I knew you really didn't want to go. You just didn't want to be near me…"

Midori looked up to him with glistening eyes as he recalled a time when she had hit rock bottom when the idea that Itachi would be married came across. At the time they weren't together and he tried to do all he could to be with her, but she refused to admit she was in love with him.

"But you came with me. You followed me on the cruise and refused to get married." She murmured.

"Because I couldn't stand the idea of letting you go. I don't know what I'd do or who I'd be if I'd let you go. And right now I'm pretty sure that's how the guys are feeling." He whispered.

"So what are we going to do?" Midori questioned against his chest.

Before Itachi could answer a sudden knock alerted the both of them. Naruto, too deep in thought, paid no attention to it.

Itachi released from Midori and stepped over to the door, opening it, he was surprised at the person who stood before him.

"Natsu, hey." He sighed.

The pink-haired dancer beamed before him, standing alone in the hallway.

"Hey Itachi, are the guys in?" he asked, peeking in.

Before Itachi could answer he smiled at the sight of Naruto on the armchair in the corner.

"Yo! Uzumaki! There you are! You guys left the show so quickly we didn't know what happened! We didn't even get to congratulate you! You owe us a dinner you know! Come on the guys are waiting out in the limo!" he beamed, waving wildly.

He frowned when Naruto made no movement to greet him or even acknowledge that he was there.

"Hey, what's up with you guys?" he frowned. "We figured something was wrong when you bolted but we just thought you wanted to start celebrating."

"Natsu, now isn't the best time." Itachi cut in. "The guys are dealing with some stuff right now."

Natsu grimaced, "Aw man that sucks. I was hoping we could hang out in Paris at least for tonight. The guys and I have to get back to Tokyo first thing in the morning."

Suddenly, Naruto shot his head up.

"What?"

Natsu put his hands behind his head and rocked on his heels, "yeah, we have to leave first thing in the morning. Seven a.m. to be exact. The jet's waiting right now."

Natsu blinked and stumbled back when Naruto suddenly rushed up to him and stared him dead in the eyes.

"Natsu…" he breathed.

"Yeah?" he raised a brow.

"I need to ask you for a huge favor."

(^A.H^)

There was nothing settling as the boys rushed around the hotel, gathering their things. Itachi and Midori sat back and watched, as they would remain in Paris until Sunday night.

It felt as if they had only been in Paris for a few hours. They did not get to see around (though they'd been here countless times) and they did not get to indulge in the beauty of winning the Battle of the Bands and all the cheers and fans waiting for them. They did not get to, because the boys had more important things in mind.

Naruto had begged Natsu to allow the boys to take Delta's waiting jet and allow Delta to take Omega's home Sunday night. All members of Delta were confused and a little skeptic about letting them take the jet when they should be back in Tokyo Sunday night, but the boys were friends and they promised to make it up to them.

At one in the morning the members of Omega were repacked and ready to take the next flight back to Japan, where the first thing they would do would be to take themselves to the Alpha resistance.

"So, what exactly are we going to do when we get there? What are we supposed to say to them?" Shikamaru mumbled as the boys rode towards Paris airlines.

"They should have left by now."

"It's about seven in Konoha right now." Gaara explained, glancing at his watch. "By the time we get there it'll be eight p.m. so…who knows."

"I don't give a damn about saying anything. I'll drag her ass back to that house if I have to." Neji growled. "They're being irrational and they aren't thinking, this—"

"—Is precisely why there are leaving, above other things." Sasuke mumbled, cutting him off. "If we're going to do this, we've got to do it right. Otherwise we'll lose them forever…"

(^A.H^)

The next eleven hours were all but excruciating as the boys went on their way towards Japan. By the time they made it back it was already late Sunday night, and with the time differentiation from Paris, it was eight p.m.

The limo waited for the boys the moment they arrived, another limo would take all their things back to the mansion, while the guys on the other hand road towards a familiar area.

They completely ignored the sights of many who still partied over Omega's win and Japan's win overall. They bypassed the cheers sent their way as many recognized the limo that passed.

They wanted to celebrate with their fans, badly, but they had business to attend to first.

As the limo headed down the girls neighborhood by nine (taking an hour as they had to go through Tokyo) the darkness and eerie silence did not go unnoticed by the guys. Even though it was nighttime and most had closed in for the night, there was still a chill in the air.

Barely a second after the limo stopped in front of the girls home did the boys rush out.

They were met with complete darkness.

A darkness so unfamiliar that it sent chills down their spines.

"Look around!" Gaara called. "Let's see if there's any evidence that there still here."

"There's no way," Naruto shook his head, breathing heavily as his heart raced.

"All their rides are gone!"

"That doesn't mean anything!" Neji barked.

"Yes it does," Shikamaru put in. "They did say they would be leaving Konoha the night of the show. They're already packed and gone."

"Damn it!" Sasuke yelled.

The boys turned to him as he slammed his fist a few times on the girls front door.

Suddenly, to their surprise, it creaked open.

"Did you break the fucking door?" Neji yelled.

He shook his head, "Looks like it was open."

Shikamaru stepped past him and took a couple steps into the house. They boys stood outside as he glanced around.

"Looks like they left it open for the movers. All the boxes are still here, they must have just taken necessities and Neko and left that night."

"Why haven't the movers come and taken their things?" Sasuke raised a brow. "They should have called them to let them know, right?"

"Yeah…they should have…" Shikamaru said aloud.

"Where do you think they went?" Naruto mumbled.

"Well Sakura said they were going home…" Shikamaru continued. "So it looks like they headed back to Ame."

Neji looked up to the night sky and sighed in exasperation, "So now what do we do?"

"Well…for starters…there's no way in hell we can go after them tonight…" Shikamaru spoke, his back still to them.

"What do you mean?" Gaara asked.

"Not one of us has gotten any sleep since Saturday morning. And even if not all of us sleep that doesn't mean we don't need a little rest. We'll be no good driving up and down Ame this late at night trying to drag them back home. It's best that we just wait until tomorrow. We can't skip school either, it'll be pointless. We don't know if they'll be back to school tomorrow, wherever they plan on going. So, tomorrow after school, we can all head to Ame. I'm sure we can handle ourselves until then."

The boys said nothing for moments on end as they each looked to nothing.

"He's right…" Neji finally spoke up. "We'd better head home…at least for now…"

The rest of the guys did not say another word as one by one they turned around and walked back to the waiting limousine.

Shikamaru was the last to stay behind. He stared into the empty house where so many memories were held and an odd feeling fell to the pit of his stomach.

He began to turn around but just as he did he slightly turned back to the house and raised a brow.

His face fell as he stepped out of the eerie house and towards home.

(^A.H^)

"O-M-E-G-A! Everyone get of out the way! O-M-E-G-A! It's NARUTO, NEJI, SHIKA, GAARA, and SASUKEH! OMEGA! OMEGA! GOOO OMEGAAA!"

The cheerleaders jumped and bounced as everyone on the courtyard cheered for them and waved prideful pom poms.

Omega's winning song blasted throughout the school and a large sign of their signature colors sat on top of the KONOHA HIGH SCHOOL letters, it read:

WELCOME HOME OMEGA!

CONGRATULATIONS!

In large, bright letters.

The excitement of Konoha high did not go unnoticed and neither did the boys.

Paparazzi, who were normally banned from school grounds, snapped photo after photo of the guys as they casually stepped out of the limo Monday morning.

Knowing they had to keep up appearances, they kept blank expressions, aside from Naruto's bright—but fake—smile. They barely looked to the paparazzi who fired question after question at them as they headed towards the building.

The boys were not in the mood to be worshiped and they were far too tired to deal with paparazzi. They'd leave it to Tsunade.

They were relieved when they walked into the halls of KH, even though the partying continued, at least the flashing lights were out of their faces.

"Did you hear? Alpha split, I heard they went back to their old town…" one junior boy whispered to another junior girl as they boys began to pass.

"Seriously? Why? When?" she lightly gasped.

"Probably sometime this weekend, I don't see them. It's a pity though, I'll miss'em. They were fun." He chuckled.

"Yeah but what do you expect after what happened?" she whispered.

"I know right? I never thought they would last with the guys, I mean I knew they would dump them eventually. It's kinda pathetic to run home after Omega dumps you but who would want to deal with that embarrassment anyway—?"

The junior girl screamed as the boy's back met the lockers with a large impact. He cringed and grinded his teeth, his eyes shut tight as a hand fisted his shirt into a mess.

When he opened his eyes his back, already being pushed into the locker, forced back further in fear as his eyes bulged.

"Watch what comes out of your mouth when you don't know what the fuck you're talking about." Sasuke growled as his right hand stood raised in a fist as his left bunched the boy's shirt.

The surrounding students watched as the rest of the members of Omega stared at him.

"I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean anything by it! Really!" he blubbered in fear.

"Sasuke knock it off." Shikamaru ordered. "It's not worth it."

"Are you sure?" he smirked wickedly. "Wouldn't it be fun to beat the shit out of this twerp? It's been a while since I've put my hands on somebody."

The boy gulped and became teary eyed.

"Yeah?" Naruto glared. "Why is that?"

Sasuke's smirk dropped and he blinked.

"Hey would you leave him alone? What'd he do to you?!" Megami yelled as she ran up to Sasuke who's hands fisted in a guy's shirt in the middle of the hallway.

"He bumped into me, why shouldn't I knock him senseless?" he growled.

"Are you serious?!" Megami yelled. "You have to learn to not beat people up for no reason you jerk! Leave him alone or I'll kick your ass myself!"

He raised a brow as he turned to his new girlfriend who stood with her arms firmly crossed and her cheeks puffed.

"You beat people up though."

"The girls and I only beat up people who bully other people or who attack us first." She smiled confidently. "And you're no exception! Now lay off!"

Hesitantly, he released from the boy who quickly turned to Megami and bowed in a thank you before he shot off past Sasuke down the hallway.

Megami sighed as Sasuke growled. She took his hand in hers and began walking with him down the hallway, her left hand behind her back and his right in his uniform pocket.

"If this 'dating' thing is going to work out you and the guys have to learn that just because people may not be on your level doesn't mean you can use them as a punching bag. Seriously."

"Now what if I hear someone say something bad about you, can't I punch their lights out?" He said tonelessly.

"No." she smiled sweetly. "People have a right to their own opinion. And besides, that's my job. Promise me you won't do it for me!"

"Whatever…"

Breathing heavily, Sasuke dropped his fist and the boy, who let out a heavy breath he'd been holding as he waited for the impact of the punch. Sasuke stared at the lockers for a few moments before he closed his eyes and turned back around.

The boys said nothing as he continued walking with them without so much as a glance back to the boy who, like many in the hallway, stared at their backs in surprise as they walked down the hallway.

The girls had taught them so much. They showed them that there was more to life them what they had in front of them. Being Omega was great. Being rich, famous, admired, it was great, as well as being feared.

But, it did not measure to the true happiness the girls offered.

(^A.H^)

"Has it occurred to any of us yet that the girls may not want to come back? What if they refuse to come with us? We can't go there and drag them back here like we keep thinking and saying we are. But right now I feel like that's our only method of convincing them." Neji said aloud as the boys took the long way down to their homeroom, cutting through the main office hall so they could avoid passing students.

"Of course we have thought of it." Gaara answered. "But right now, we don't have a lot of options."

"It feels eerie around here…" Naruto mumbled. "It could just be that we're coming down the main office hallway, or the fact that the girls aren't here…but something feels eerie."

Shikamaru glanced to the main office without turning his head, just as the door opened and slammed into Naruto's face.

"Ah! Fuck!" he yelled, nasally as he held his nose and bent forward.

"Oh shit! I'm sorry! I didn't see you!"

The boys looked towards the sound of a familiar voice and their eyes slightly bulged at the sight of a face they hadn't seen in a long time.

Naruto looked up, his nose red but not bleeding, and blinked a couple times, he raised a brow.

"Kimi?"

(^A.H^)

"Yo!" she laughed, "long time no see pretty boys!" the curly dark-haired girl smiled, now with pink highlights and her hair just a bit shorter than Sakura's, at the boys she hadn't seen in about four months.

"We never thought we'd see you again." Neji said tonelessly.

"Thanks." She deadpanned.

"You know what we mean."

"Sorry about that Naruto," she laughed sheepishly as she moved out of the main office door, dressed in light blue shorts, a black tank top and a green and white EAST TOKYO HIGH VARSITY SOCCER jacket.

"Looks like you moved again," Neji pointed out.

"Yeah," she smiled, turning back to them. "I stayed in Sapporo for a month before my mom got transferred to Tokyo and I've been going to East Tokyo high since."

"Alright, then what are you doing here?" Sasuke raised a brow.

"Oh yeah!" she blinked a couple times. "It's actually really good that I ran into you guys!" her smile fell slowly as she looked to the ground.

"I uh…heard about what happened with you guys…I didn't need to know from tabloids or anything like that, the girls personally called me Saturday and told me everything."

The boys said nothing as she lifted her eyes and stared at that, distraught with her glistening green eyes.

"They said they'd stop by my house in Tokyo just before they headed into Ame to say goodbye but…but they never came."

Suddenly all five boys stood alert.

"What do you mean they never came?" Naruto said, his nose still reddened.

"I thought maybe they were just tired or upset and they forgot but when I tried to call them all five of their phones went to voicemail. I tried not to think too much of it but I decided to come and check with Tsunade to know if they had arrived since I don't have school today. They hadn't picked up when she called them either. I just want to make sure they got back safe, have you guys heard anything from them?"

"We have not." Gaara answered. "We were going to Ame after school today. You're welcome to come with us if you haven't heard from them by then."

Kimi sighed in relief, "sounds good because I have no idea where they live. Tsunade said I can hang around the school so I can contact her quickly if the girls contact me. If you don't mind, Tsunade already talked to Kakashi, I'd like to come to homeroom with you guys, it'll give me a chance to take a trip down memory lane and besides, it feels weird to walk around this building by myself."

"No problem, we're heading there now." Naruto nodded.

Kimi smiled a bit as she walked in between Gaara and Neji, while Sasuke and Naruto fell behind and Shikamaru, once again not voicing the uncomfortable feeling at the pit of his stomach.

(^A.H^)

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, today I bring you a great gift." Kakashi said, his eyes dulled in boredom, though he spoke with glee as he stepped into the classroom the first moment the bell rang, to everyone's shock.

He held a stack of papers under his left arm and a blazing black coffee in his right. He stopped and dropped the papers on his front desk and set the coffee down. When both were set he slapped his hands on each side of the desk.

"Today is the beginning of the moment you have all been excitingly anticipating all year, at least I know I have. Today, is the start of the time where you show me that I didn't actually waste my time showing up here every now and then. Today is the start of final exam prep!"

He smiled under his mask at the groans and whines that he was almost instantly met with. The light of a Monday morning shined into the classroom from the window that covered the entire wall on his right.

He cleared his throat half-heartedly. Normally at least either Megami or Tenten would throw in some remark about how he was the spawn of Satan (and usually get detention) or Ino would comment or just up and walk out of the classroom (and also get detention) whenever he brought up the idea of large amounts of work.

But no comment except for groans and moans of annoyance came. He did not express the internal disappointment he felt. He actually missed them.

"In two weeks you will take your final exams. It's my job to show the district that you aren't complete failures so I can keep my job—I mean so you can go to college." He smiled as the majority of the class glared at him.

"Though the final exams are important they aren't nearly as important as your college entry exams. With that said, it's important that you all make sure you pick up your applications. If you don't have time to get around to the main office I have a few—"

A sudden knock stopped Kakashi in the middle of his lecture.

"Come in!" he called, looking down to straighten his papers.

The class watched and listened as the door slid open.

"Sorry we're late!"

"What kept you?" Kakashi said blankly.

The members of Omega blinked in surprise.

Natsu laughed and put his hands behind his head as the rest of the members of DELTA stood behind him, all slightly tired.

"Jet lag. We just got back last night!"

"We went to ask principal Tsunade or Shizune for a pass but they were just heading out. They couldn't get back into the main office to get us one." Jellal explained.

"That's fine. You can just take your seats."

"Hey, isn't that Delta?" Kimi whispered as the boys stepped in (the only ones like Kimi, not wearing a uniform), seated next to Gaara.

He nodded to her. "Looks like they've decided they'll be going here for a couple more days before they head home."

The boys nodded as they headed to take their seats near Omega where Alpha formally, normally, sat.

"Speaking of that, congratulations to all of you boys on a great win," Kakashi smiled. "You've made Japan proud."

The class clapped and cheered for both Omega and Delta as Kakashi took out his attendance sheet and began counting off in the middle of their chants.

"A lot of kids gone today…" he mumbled to himself. "Well, ten. The girls are gone for good but then there's…"

He shook his head and set down his attendance sheet.

"Alright everyone! Settle down! Let me finish then we'll start exam prep! Delta, Kimi, this doesn't apply to you."

The boys of Delta turned to the girl whom Kakashi had looked at, seated next to Gaara.

"Who's the cutie with the black and pink locks?" Loke smiled.

"How many times do we have to remind you that Lucy would kick your ass if she found out you were talking like this?" Gray deadpanned.

"This is Kimi, she's an old friend." Naruto half-smiled as Kakashi spoke behind them. "She came looking for the girls."

"Nice to officially meet you guys," she smiled warmly.

"Looking for the girls?" Jellal spoke. "Where did they run off too?"

"Speaking of running off!" Natsu cut in. "What's with the sudden escape Saturday?! What did you guys have to get back to Japan so quickly for?"

The boys looked at each other. Not one of them wanted to talk about their current situation at the moment.

Instead of any of them answering, Naruto looked to the window and frowned a bit.

The sun had been clouded and darkened over, making the outside gloomy and dark. A noise overhead alerted both him and Shikamaru who turned to his side to look at what Naruto stared at.

He watched the gloomy outside with him and the chill that had been settling inside him came forward again.

"You feel it too…right?" Naruto whispered.

"Yeah…" Shikamaru mumbled. "Something feels…off…"

"What did you guys say?" Neji raised a brow. "What are you talking about?"

Shikamaru turned back to the rest of them as Naruto stared on.

Before he could act on what he felt, the loudspeaker sounded.

"Good morning ladies and gentlemen of Konoha high," Tsunade spoke casually into the loudspeaker.

"I thought you said Tsunade and Shizune were just leaving." Gaara said to Jellal who shrugged a bit in turn.

"Guess they came back."

"My apologies for disrupting your morning studies but I would like to call all students, teachers, and faculty to the large auditorium for some very special presentations! Teachers please walk your students down in an orderly fashion and seat them accordingly. Thank you, and see you in a few moments."

As the loudspeaker cut the class listened as various doors opened from outside.

Kakashi set down his marker, which he had been using to mark down key points of the final exam.

"Huh? Alright then. Okay everyone you know the rules. Head down to the auditorium!" Kakashi spoke as all the students already began heading out.

"No one had better falter or else I'll have your asses!" he ordered as the chatty classroom emptied.

"What do you guys think the presentations are about?" Kimi asked to the ten boys she walked with, her hands clasped behind her back.

"Beats us," Neji shrugged.

The auditorium blared with the noise of talking students from the short distance walk as the entire school piled into the largely spaced hall specifically to fit the entire school population that of just over two thousand.

Omega and Delta and Kimi took their time heading to it as they trailed behind all the other students.

By the time they made it to the auditorium almost all of the school, including faculty and staff were bustling in their red seats as they waited for principal Tsunade to come onto the stage.

Delta entered and just as Omega did they stopped in place when they noticed a couple familiar faces.

"Itachi! Midori! Hey!" Naruto said over the noise of bustling students and teachers.

"What the hell are you two doing here? You don't work here anymore." Neji raised a brow.

Itachi leaned on the wall, dawned in black slacks and a white dress shirt and gray tie, his hands in his pockets as Midori stood next to him in a figure hugging black and red striped mid-thigh dress with black high heels. She smiled at the boys as she leaned on the wall as well next to Itachi, her hands behind her back.

"How goes it boys?" she asked as Itachi shrugged.

"Tsunade called about an hour ago and asked me to rush here because there's something I needed to see. She said if I could, bring Midori along."

"Which is why I'm here!" Midori said. Her smile noticeably faltered a bit but it passed, just as Shikamaru noticed it.

He stared at her as the other boys began to move along.

"Well," Sasuke said. "We're going to go take our seats."

"Hey!" Midori called suddenly, making the boys halt.

Delta looked back to them, watching and waiting so they could walk over to the seats awaiting Omega and Delta.

"What's up?" Naruto asked.

"You guys should come stand with us." Midori said cutely.

"Why would we stand along the wall when we could just sit down?" Gaara asked questionably.

"Trust me, you'll get a much better view. Plus we want to ask you guys a couple things. Bring Delta too, and…your friend?" Midori frowned when she caught Kimi, whom she did not recognize.

"Kimi! Nice to meet you!" she said suddenly, laughing nervously.

"A pleasure," she giggled. "And of course this is Itachi—"

"We should probably get to our spot, before Tsunade starts." Itachi said quickly.

"Sure…" Shikamaru answered as Itachi evaded an ice glare Midori sent his way.

Naruto turned back and motioned for the members of Delta to follow them, and so they did.

The two bands, along with Itachi, Midori, and Kimi, stepped into the dark corners of the edge of the stage, just next to short steps to get on, where they could not be seen well in the darkness.

Shikamaru looked to where they stood and noticed Choji and Sai seated together. Choji waved happily as Sai simply glanced at him.

He turned and noticed, standing along the dark corners as well stood Asuma, Kurenai, and Kakashi-sensei, all silently watching the stage.

With a blank face one more, he crept further against the wall and into the dark, closing his eyes as if in thought.

After a few moments of talking and waiting and settling, the lights of the auditorium finally dimmed and more light lit up the stage.

Knowing how brutal Tsunade could be, the students silenced as they waited for the click of her high heels to indicate she was taking her steps onto the stage from backstage.

But, to almost everyone's confusion, they did not hear the steps, for instead of it the traveler opened to unveil the widescreen waiting and flickering.

In seconds the screen finally came on and Tsunade finally appeared. Her head anyway.

She smiled a tight, fierce smile that made her look like her face was about to burst. She stood behind what seemed like a sky blue wall.

It was no more than a second later that she finally spoke.

"Students and faculty of Konoha high school, I am your principal Tsunade and as you know I am the head of this wonderful school." She spoke as if she were reading from a horribly written script.

"But, I am pleased to inform you that I will no longer be leading this school."

Many gasps and whispers instantly rang around the auditorium.

"Please calm down everyone it's alright. Do not worry." She said through nearly grinding teeth.

"I am also here to welcome your new principal. Someone of great leadership and integrity, someone who will turn this school around and make it greater than it has ever been, seeing as I have done a horrible job at keeping Konoha high in check."

Many confused whispers and murmurs rang around but no one dared to yell out and question her.

Shikamaru's eyes narrowed.

She took a deep and heavy breath but flinched when a clicking sound forced her to continue.

"Ladies and gentlemen it is with my most sincere honor that I bring you your new principal—"

"Everyone get back, back against the wall, now! No questions asked! And for god's sake…not one of you say a word." Itachi ordered in a whisper.

Heeding to his orders as they looked at him, confused, they all pushed further into the dark until they could not be seen.

"Prince Kai Mayonaka!"

Itachi shot everyone looks to silence themselves as instantly the entire auditorium went into an uproar.

The members of Delta and Kimi, though they had heard the story of Kai Mayonaka, looked confused. Asuma, Kurenai, Kakashi, Itachi, and Midori kept tight, blank expressions, while Omega on the other hand was an entirely different story.

The boy's faces contorted into emotions of confusion, hate, and the desperation to punch his lights out. No one knew what was going on, but they wanted to find out.

Because if the entire school recalls, he was sentenced to fifty years with the possibility of parole in twenty.

Itachi put a finger to his lips, ordering everyone against the wall to keep their silence as the camera backed up to reveal all of Tsunade.

The first thing they noticed as the camera backed away was the black desert eagle pointed to her right temple as she stood stalk still in her dark green suit. As the camera revealed more she was pushed to the side and he finally stood against the wall.

"Thank you Tsunade," his familiar deep voice spoke, sending the entire auditorium into a chill.

When Kai stepped into the view of the camera and leaned against the wall he put his hands behind him as if taking a mug shot, but he smiled brightly as if he were just simply being video-taped by family.

He stood in a loose buttoned down dark blue collar shirt and black slacks, his blue-black hair spiked in its now normal fohawk. If no one knew him, they would think he was simply just another good-looking student.

"Greetings students of Konoha high school." He said after a couple moments of simply watching them.

"Now before I continue to speak I would like to make you all aware that in a few seconds I will be broadcasted across every running television and radio in Japan. No one will be able to change the channel and no other station will be available. Everyone you know will have the privilege of hearing and watching me as I make my presentations." Kai's smile contorted a bit, wickedly as he held up three fingers.

"Three…two…" he said casually. "…one."

As he stated, Kai's image flashed onto every on television, from homes, to bars, to studios, and everyone on radio from home to car and ect.

Families of students of Konoha high, including that of Alpha and Omega, and people across Japan, were shocked to see the sudden change, as well as those on the road listening to the radio were confused as to why their program had seized.

"Good morning people of Japan, my name is Prince Kai Mayonaka." His face finally contorted into a wicked, devious smile.

"I am the prince of the Sendai kingdom in the Shinrai district. As many of you know that title was ripped away from me from the trash you call the princess of Konohagakure. I was sentenced away, and my life was taken from me. So, you all may be quite confused as to why I stand before you today, on your televisions and radios and media." He smirked.

"I have escaped from the clutches of prison, and with a bit of help, I have just released a hundred of the most ruthless and violent male and female criminals known to Japan into the walls of Konoha high school—" he did not stop when the students of Konoha high instantly began reacting.

"AND, I have put the entire school under lockdown. No one gets in. No one gets out."

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, slowly letting it out in pleasure.

"I am principal of this school today. And I say only today, because by the end of today, I would have blown up this entire building."

(^A.H^)

It was hard for the students of Konoha high school to stay silent. Many began screaming, crying, and hundreds rushed up from their seats and towards the doors. They banged and beat the double doors that would be their exit but they would not budge.

"Now it's really no use trying to break down the doors. Even if any of them do manage to get out of the auditorium I've locked them in they'll be killed on the spot. And every single murderer, rapist, and psychopath waiting has their own unique way of doing it. And if you aren't completely convinced, I'll give you a bit of an example."

The camera panned out as the shocked country of Japan and silenced Konoha high students stared.

Alpha, Delta, Kimi, and all others against the wall dared not show their face, or say a thing, just in the case that Kai could view them.

The camera followed Kai along a room no one seemed to recognize. But, most of their hearts stopped when Kai himself stopped right next to a few a student girls.

Three sat tied by their wrists, ankles, and their mouths, sitting in their underwear and caked in blood not their own, their hair disoriented and scratches all over their body.

They cried muffled tears as in front of them, a man in an orange jumpsuit, about in his early fifties with a five o'clock shadow dancing across his face dragged a knife up and down a girl's open stomach with a crazed expression on his face.

A few friends of the girl in the auditorium screamed and cried at the sight of their mutilated friend.

"I'm sure you are all going to want to take your seats." Kai said plainly, putting his hands in his pockets casually.

Silently, though many crying, they began to sit down again.

"Whoever's daughters these are out there, and whoever's daughter this was, you've had some very pretty girls, which is why I picked them." Kai half-smiled, looking down to the man.

"But, they are not my main subject. These are just toys. And for every hour that passes, one dies. When I run out in here, I'll collect more. And more. And more."

Kai sighed and ran a tired hand through his hair.

"So by now I'm sure you're probably all wondering why I'm doing what I'm doing and what I want and bla bla bla. Well I'm sure various police departments will be here in the next couple minutes so I won't dilly dally. I don't want them to miss the fun." He began to walk over.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure many of you are well aware of five girls by the name of Alpha and I'm sure you're even more aware of five boys by the name of Omega. Well I'm here in your presence today because they are ten particular people who have wronged me and quite a few others as well."

He turned to face the camera.

"I'm simply here to play a game."

He turned away once again, "Omega, I know you're in the auditorium. I know you're watching. And I want you to watch, I want you to see everything. Starting with this."

In moments Itachi, Neji, Shikamaru, and Gaara were forced to hold a heavily struggling Sasuke and Naruto back as she finally came into view.

Megami. Or at least what remained of her.

What remained was the shell of a girl beaten, destroyed, and battered into near nothingness.

Her raspy breathing took the only voice in the auditorium as she stood in the position of a cross, though slightly different. Her arms stood spread apart, nailed to the wall and bleeding down while her feet stood spread apart, though nailed as well, as Sasori had done.

Two black eyes, scratches on her body and purple and yellow bruises all across, as well as pieces of glass in her purple cheeks and forehead. Her left leg bled the most and was stalk purple and caked in veins. Her only clothing was a white cloth material like a dress, short and torn. Her eyes were barely open as she looked to the floor instead of the camera.

"This is Megami Uzumaki, the slut princess of Konoha who put me behind bars with the help of her bitch friends. Speaking of so, she is not my only main event. Karin, if you will."

Karin finally appeared in view next to Megami. Holding a black remote in hand, she smiled confidently in a tight leather skirt and purple tube top as she clicked a button on the remote.

Millions watched as the screen switched into a different view.

This, was of Hinata. She sat in the same torn, white outfit as Megami, though instead she stood upside down. Her right left bent in an unnatural position and she bled from her knees. The blood on her knees dripped onto her purple and blue lips, eyes and cheek. Her hands stood tied above her. She as well stood in an unfamiliar room, but familiar people stood in it.

"Hinata Hyuga! Cute, but can't give it up for shit." Tobi announced, spreading his arms to her as if revealing a prize on a game show. Suki stood next to him, filing her nails in black tight shorts and a yellow tank top.

Two wall type objects stood on each side of her.

The video switched again. This time they recognized the next person to be Ino.

They noticed though, that this time she was outside. She, along with Hidan, Kin, and a few convicts stood on the high roof of Konoha high.

Ino lay on the dirt roof, her arms tied to her chest and down to her hips. Her shoulder bled onto the roof into a small puddle of blood while her legs revealed large, open cuts. Through it was hard to view from under the rope, she dawned the same outfit. Large red and yellow burns sat on her neck, cheek, ear, and right shoulder as well.

"Ino Yamanaka. A real hotie, but such a kid in bed," Hidan laughed, his hands in his pockets as Kin rolled her eyes, her hands on the hips of her black tight skinny jeans and matching halter.

Noticeably, behind them, sat a dark green small helicopter.

The camera switched once again, this time they recognized the girl to be Sakura.

Unlike the girls, Sakura bled through her 'dress' from her hips and stomach. She dangled from the ceiling, tied by her wrists while she bled from her nose and left ear. Burns and large scratches sat on mostly her left leg, while purple bruises sat on her right, as well did her toes bleed below her.

Below as well, sat what seemed to be like a large boiling pit.

"Sakura fucking Haruno!" Deidara, who stood on one side of her laughed. On her other side, Matsuri and to everyone's shock, Sari, stood.

Both girls smiled confidently and waved at the camera as if they were being filmed like superstars. While behind them, stood convicts.

"One amazing fuck."

The camera switched once more to reveal who they recognized to be Tenten.

Like Ino, she lay on the floor, though she lay completely flat in another recognizable room. She lay on her stomach, her arms in front of her though her face was turned to her right, where the camera could see it.

Her right eye bled, and her left eye sat dark purple, as well as a bruised lip. Her forehead bled into a small puddle on the floor. No one could see what had become of her stomach, but her back, unlike the girls, was revealed and looked as if her 'dress had been torn. Dark red whip marks sat on her back and down to her legs which also harbored deep burns and bruises from the front to the back.

Her left foot twisted into an unpleasant manner.

Pein crouched down to the camera with Ami.

"Tenten Sento." He said dully. On the other hand, Ami smiled wickedly.

"We're going to fucking kill her."

All five girls lay or hung wide-eyed, as if they had no idea what was going on or what they were doing.

Or, they had completely lost themselves.

When the camera returned to Kai he had his hand on Megami's chin. He lifted her face up, revealing new blood dripping down her lips.

He smirked.

"Let me just show you exactly what's going to happen before I fucking destroy these girls, and this school."

The screen now switched to five boxes, where all the girls could be seen.

In Hinata's box, the two blocks on the side that appeared to be walls moved closer to her.

The country of Japan watched as it slammed into her from her shoulders down.

I thought that life was just a game
Now things will never be the same
I need my wings back,
I need my wings back.I thought that life was just a game
Now things will never be the same
It's hard to choose between
Reality and fame.

She screamed a terrifying scream as it squeezed a bit further, activated by a remote Tobi held.

In Ino's box, they watched as the convicts and Kin pulled back her hair and began brutally kicking her and stepping on her. She cried bloody tears and fell back when a foot hit her cheek.

I got to fight with knives, gunshots, knife blades,
Carry shades stuff that everybody hates.
But I'm still standin'
I ain't pretendin'

In Sakura's window, her body came down by the use of a remote by Deidara.

She screamed a horrifying scream when her feet dug into the boiling pit of fire. She whipped her head around and cried tears of pain as Deidara lifted her up again to reveal her already pre-burned blackened feet.

Cause life is more than an ordinary gambling
You need to stand up, fight back
Don't let your soul slowly turn black
You're ready to attack
Put you all back to a right track
There's no running back
So give your enemy a heart attack

Tenten grunted and flinched as Pein began whipped her with the help of a couple young convict boys. She grunted as Ami pulled her head up by her hair then slammed her head back onto whatever hard pavement she lay on.

she began bleeding from her forehead as they continued to whip her.

The screen navigated back to simply Kai where he on the other hand, forced his lips onto Megami.

I was lost too (real)
Take notes about the stuff
You should do
you gonna learn how to stay true, see through
All the pain surrounding you
You resume your dreams
Spread your wings
There's nothing else above you

She screamed and cried as he stuck his tongue in her mouth. He gripped her neck and pushed further as she tried to take her head away.

When he finally released he had blood on his lips, and she dropped her head.

He gave a wicked smirk to the camera as he wiped his lips with his fingers.

He used the same hand to lift her head back up by her stringy hair as she cried in pain.

He turned to the camera with a devious grin.

I gotta fight, I gotta win
My eyes can it's only dream
(Wake up and breathe)
Somebody save me from this hell
(Wake up and breathe)
Somebody save me from myself

"Uchiha, I know you're watching. And whether you manage to get out, or you stay in there. Whatever the case, I'm gonna fuck her senseless right in front of you."

Against the wall, all five boys were barely keeping a hold of themselves.

Naruto crouched down and held the sides of his head, his eyes forced shut while he told himself it was all a dream, and he didn't just see what he thought he did.

Neji's breathing was heavy and rugged as he grinded his teeth and scratched down the wall behind him.

Gaara clutched his hair tightly in both hands, breathing heavily as if he were about to crack and kill everyone around him as he stared up to the camera.

Shikamaru shut his eyes and turned away, though trying to keep his calm composure; he bit his bottom lip and clenched his school pants with his hands.

Sasuke, finally, stared up to the wide screen with large wide-eyes. But, the fear was short-lived, for he clenched his fists and glared at the screen so fiercely one could practically read the words 'death' in his eyes.

I gotta fight, I gotta try
Right now escape from this painfull life
(Get up and live)
Somebody save from myself
(Get up and live)
Somebody save me now, save me from myself

All five boys burned with pain, anger, and the desire to kill.

"Get me out of here…" Sasuke spoke out loud as he did not take his eyes off Kai who looked to the screen as he licked Megami's cheek, his voice barely recognizable.

"Get me out so I can have his head at my feet…"

(^A.H^)

Save me from myself, from myself
(Save me from myself)
Somebody save me from myself. C'mon.
(Save me from myself)

Sirens blared and flashed as forty police cars from Konoha and Tokyo raced down the street. They all met nearly at the same time, stopping in the school student and teacher parking lot and on the courtyard.

Behind the police officers came seven black S.W.A.T team vans and three news trucks from channels two, four, and seven to broadcast across the world, not including Japan.

The officers bustled as they stepped out of the trucks and each SWAT team truck parked itself onto the courtyard, stepping out in orderly, military fashion and aligning themselves in front of the school, awaiting orders.

From the head of the police car came out head detective and chief of police, Madara Uchiha.

You gotta be your warrior, stand up!
Got blessed you, have demise
So straighten up this freakin' mess
Break up from desktop
Fight like a Jedi for the decency
Be the rock star

He looked up to the school, standing in a white dress shirt with a blue and black striped tie and black slacks, along with a long tan trench coat.

He stuck his hands in his pockets as officers suited in uniform surrounded the school and a few with him.

He looked towards the camera and news crew that would broadcast the story to countries around the world.

"Jesus," he spoke to his second in command and nephew, Shisui Uchiha. "I haven't seen this much shock and chaos in Japan since the Kira case years ago."

Don't lose yourself to the stress
Say your prayers
They just might help you
To beat the other players
And keep you safe
From all the life invaders
Hate and dictators
Hate who stress behaviors
You have no choice.

"Where do you propose we start, sir?" Shisui asked as they turned to the school.

Madara stuck his hands in his trench coat pockets.

"We're going to try and talk to this Kai boy before lord Hogake decides to show up…"

"I'm standing here outside Konoha high school where it has suddenly been put under lockdown by former prince of the Shinrai district Kai Mayonaka. Information that help has arrived cannot be broadcasted across Japan because the young former prince has taken over all television and radios in Japan…and we have just gotten word that he has blocked all phone connections in Konoha high, so family and friends are unable to contact their children. Today is starting out as a dark day in Japan, we'll have more on this soon, on channel two." A male reporter spoke, while two other female reporters spoke into their cameras for their individual channels.

I thought that life was just
a game now thing will
never be the same
I need my wings back,
I need my wings back
I thought that life was just
a game now thing will
never be the same
It's hard to choose
between realïty and fame.

(^A.H^)

"Well how about that, it looks like the KPD and the TPD have arrived and the APD are on their way." Kai hummed as he swung a knife back and forth.

"Omega, you'd better come and get your girls." He cooed. "You five are smart to some extent, I'm sure you can figure a way out. And don't worry! I would actually like it if the five of you came after them. It just makes the game that much fun, isn't that right sweetheart?" He smiled as he dug the knife a bit into Megami's shoulder, sliding it down. She bit the bottom of her lip as blood flowed.

"I want the five of you to watch. I want the five of you to suffer with them. So come on, this school is a maze, and the girls are the prize if you manage to get out. If you can survive blood thirsty murderers along the way I'm sure you can find the girls, right? Simple enough." Kai chuckled as he turned to the camera and waved the knife.

"I'll be broadcasting in Japan all day until the bomb is about to go off and the ten of them are dead, people of Japan. As for now, tune in again." He winked.

The screen shut off across the country and those in their homes were able to return to their regularly scheduled television shows and radio stations. Many though turned their attention to Japan's news channel, which was now able to broadcast itself in Japan.

The students of Konoha high began scrambling and yelling and talking as they tried to figure out what they could possibly do, along with asking questions like if they were going to die and if the police would be able to get in.

"All of you, follow me." Itachi said to the lot standing against the wall.

The members of Delta were forced to practically drag all shocked and frozen members of Omega. Kimi and Midori followed behind, along with Kakashi and Asuma while Kurenai stood back.

Suddenly Itachi stopped, and on cue the lot behind stopped.

He turned and ordered them to keep quiet as they listened to stomping on stage.

The students and faculty of Konoha high turned to the stage and watched as royal guards of the Shinrai district dawned in dark green uniform stepped onto the stage. Five came from each wing then stopped in a line.

One guard near the middle opened his mouth to speak.

"By order of lord Kai, all students and faculty are to remain in their seats and be seated. Anyone who gets up will be apprehended and sent to lord Kai, and anyone who chooses to fight us will be shot down. If you manage to escape you will be left for dead to the criminals out there. These are the offers lord Kai has made."

Itachi turned back just to make sure everyone kept their silence. When he turned back he thought to himself just how he would get everyone out without the guards noticing.

"Hey…!" a whisper came to the lot against the wall.

Itachi and members of Omega quickly shot their heads to the last seats by the steps of the auditorium stage.

They found both Sai and Choji. Sai sitting last in the end of the front row while Choji sat next to him, second to last.

Both boys sat staring at the guards above them on the stage. Sai said nothing while Choji, who had spoken opened his mouth again.

"We can see you guys trying to get out." He whispered, barely moving his lips.

The lot said nothing as they watched him.

"I'll distract them…so you can get out…"

"Choji no—!"

Neji slapped his hand on Shikamaru's mouth to quiet him.

"Don't worry." Choji whispered, slightly smiling. "I'll be fine. Just get everyone you need out of here anyway you can, and please help us out of here."

Itachi nodded to him as Choji stood up.

The lot of them stood still and watched as Choji let out a battle cry (to their confusion) and began running down the aisle. The guards turned their attention to him and called for him to seize his actions. When he did not (running up and down more aisles to the fear and confusion of others) a few guards went after him as the others watched.

Before Itachi and the others could continue on they watched as Sai stood up.

"I'm coming with you."

Shikamaru glared at him while Sai kept a blank expression. Itachi shrugged and motioned for him to follow them.

Sai joined the party and with the others, followed Itachi into a dark corner under the stage steps where a small black, barely visible lock sat on a short door. They watched as he pulled out a black key and unlocked the small black lock on the small door. When it opened they were met with darkness.

With the commotion of chasing Choji the party followed Itachi into the darkness, crawling along the way. Asuma was the last to crawl in, and when he did, he closed the door gently behind him, locking it back.

Choji looked back and forth in fear when one guard finally stood on his left and two on his right, trapping him.

"You there. You've made one foolish mistake. I'm sure lord Kai will want to deal with you."

Choji gulped as the three guards apprehended him, shutting his eyes as they led him away.

(^A.H^)

"Where the hell are we? This is disgusting." Kimi grimaced as they all crawled through the darkness, using the flashlights on their phones and the small flashlight Itachi had with him to light their way.

They could all feel themselves crawling on dirt, grime, cobwebs, bugs, and even a few dead (and alive) rats.

"This is one of the schools pathways to the underground bomb shelter. They were put in here in the fifties a few years after the nuclear attacks." Kakashi answered.

"Thanks for the history lesson," Natsu said. "But what are we doing crawling through one?"

"This is the only way we could get out without being seen and without running into any criminals. Tsunade told me about this beforehand." Itachi answered.

"Beforehand?" Jellal raised a brow, "why would she need to tell you about this? Unless—"

"—unless you already knew about all this." Sasuke growled.

Itachi kept a blank expression and said nothing in response as they continued to crawl to safety.

"We're going to meet a dead end. On your left there should be two pathways. Enter the left, the right only leads to another dead end." Asuma explained.

"Right." Itachi nodded.

For a few more feet they crawled, until finally they were met with the dead end. But, like Asuma explained the left revealed another space that showed the entrance of the bomb shelter, while the right showed darkness.

"Finally, I think I ate a cobweb." Loke sighed as Itachi crawled out, able to stand up now. The others followed behind, crawling out individually.

When Midori stepped out Kimi put her hand over her forehead to block the sudden light in the bomb shelter.

But when she raised her hand she simply felt another hand on hers.

She yelped a bit as Gaara helped her out. She blinked a couple times, while his eyes remained cold, dark, and distant.

"Looked like you needed help." He said coldly as Kakashi, Sai, and Asuma crept out.

"No I was fine but uh…thanks…"

He did and said nothing more as he turned to the rest of the boys and the lot who examined the bomb shelter.

Being underground, they were met with the pipes of Konoha high. Low and high, big and small, each metal, rusted pipe covered the large underground that could fit just a bit more than the students and staff.

Even so, the vision of it was eerie. The lights blinked and it felt as if a serial killer could pop out of any corner. They could hear the water rushing through the pipes and every corner looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a hundred years.

"Watch your heads." Itachi said calmly as he dusted himself off next to Midori.

Gray looked up to the pipe that just barely touched his head, he crouched a bit and stepped in front of it to avoid it. "So what now?" he asked as he glanced back to the pipe.

"Well it's about time. Do you bastards have any idea how annoying it is standing down here?"

The lot turned around and excluding Itachi, Asuma, and Kakashi, in surprise. They looked to those that stood before them in shock.

Standing behind them with her hands on her hips, smirking wickedly, stood Temari.

Behind her stood a whole party of her own.

Kankuro, Kiba, Sara, Lee, Gai-sensei, Tsubaki, Park Su-Young, Renge, and Kao stood behind her.

And to an even greater shock stood Kaede, as well as someone they did not particularly recognize.

"Well, come on." Temari spoke.

"Let's take these bitches down."

(^A.H^)

"Temari? What the hell are you doing here?" Gaara demanded, stepping in front.

"Hey! I'm here too little brother!" Kankuro waved his hand. "Don't leave me out!"

"Kankuro!" Gaara shot his head to him.

"Kiba, Sara?" Naruto raised a brow in confusion.

"Well it's been a while," he smiled, flashing his wolf like teeth.

"Hello again, Naruto." She nodded to him, clinging onto Kiba's arm.

"Gai-sensei, Lee, Tsubaki?" Shikamaru shot his head back and forth.

"Yosh! We are here to take down the enemy!" Lee chanted.

"Quiet down Lee!" Gai ordered, judo-chopping him only for Lee to yelp in turn.

"Hello Shikamaru. I wish we could have seen each other again on better terms." Tsubaki spoke seriously.

Neji narrowed his eyes at his current least favorite people.

"Oh come on Neji, that's no way to say hi." Kaede smiled confidently.

He ignored her and turned to Kao who stood with his hands on his pockets, smirking at him.

"Relax Hyuga. I'm only here to help."

"Park Su-Young! Renge?!What are all of you doing here?" Sasuke demanded.

"Good to see you too," Park Su-Young huffed while Renge simply smiled.

"Who are all these people?" Zeref asked, looking around to the new people.

They all stopped and listened as someone cleared their throat.

"Hello. I'm here too."

Temari rolled her eyes and stepped to the side where a boy with dark brown hair was revealed.

He stood in a green unbuttoned jacket with a hood up that looked a little too thick for the current weather. Underneath he had what seemed to be another black jacket. Along with it he stood in dark pants and for some reason, dark, circular, sunglasses.

"Hello." He spoke in a deep, dull tone.

"My name is Shino Aburame."

"Shino's an old friend of mine, the girls, and Sai. He's come to help." Kiba explained.

"Come to help? Okay, what's going on?" Naruto questioned.

"I had Temari gather a few of them on her way here." Itachi answered as he began unbuttoning his shirt

"And a few more tagged along on the way." Temari explained. "So you have more than enough now."

"More than enough for what?" Sasuke demanded, getting irritated.

"For the plan." Itachi sighed as he tossed his dress shirt and simply stood in a black t-shirt.

Kimi yelped and covered her eyes when he began unbuttoning his pants.

"Tsunade called me early this morning and told me she had learned that Kai and many others had escaped and she was sure they'd be coming to the school for you and the girls." He continued as he slipped out of his slacks and revealed black jeans underneath.

"That was at three in the morning. When she tried to contact the girls none of them answered. But before she could contact the police Kai and the others came into her office at four in the morning. She made sure that I was still on the phone while they explained to her what was going to happen. They said that if the police came any time before nine a.m. they would kill the girls, her, and anyone else in the building on the spot, so I couldn't even call the cops."

"They kept two criminals in her and Shizune's office to keep watch of her so she couldn't use her phone or computer for anything other than work, to keep up appearances in case students came in when classes started. When they left to go set up their business Tsunade was able to discreetly text me on her emergency phone what she wanted me to do. She wanted me to come here, gather you, and tell you what needs to be done. That's what has brought us here. Before classes started I explained this to Kakashi, Asuma, Gai, and Kurenai who already suspected it when she saw her room burned Saturday morning. I called Temari to round up a few people I think will do very well judging by their experience in certain areas. And I made sure to keep Delta here for a couple more days. So now that that's all said and done, it's about time we get started. Temari."

She smiled and nodded as, in dark green jeans and a light green camisole, she walked over to a corner where a blanket sat. She pulled it off and revealed to the lot of them thirty black pistols.

"What the hell?!" Naruto yelled.

"Everyone grab a weapon." Itachi ordered.

"We're going to war."

(^A.H^)

"How's it hanging doll-face?" Deidara chuckled as he stared up at Sakura, breathing heavily while her burnt feet dangled.

"Ha, see what I did there?"

Or course, she did not respond.

The pot below her boiled while Sari and Matsuri sat and watched as criminals lurked around, ordered to stay away from them.

"I don't see the whole point of this game. Why can't Kai just kill the bitches already? This all seems like such a waste of time." Sari groaned boredly.

Deidara ignored her as he stood in front of Sakura, the pot between them.

"Come on Saki, I'm bored. Talk to me!"

"The bitch probably can't speak. I wouldn't if I looked like her," Matsuri sighed.

She flinched a bit when Deidara glared at her then turned back to Sakura who kept her head down.

"Come on Saki, it's been a while." He smiled half-heartedly.

"Here's something! Tell me what you were going to name the baby before the accident." He beamed.

Still, she said nothing, but he noticed her shake a bit.

"A didn't mean anything funny by that you know—"

"Oh would you cut it out?!" Matsuri sighed as she stepped over to him. "Geez don't ask stupid questions like that! For all you know it probably wasn't even your kid—"

Matsuri screamed furiously when a kick from Sakura's left foot splashed the boiling pot of unrecognizable mixes in her face, burning her right eye and cheek.

She fell, holding her face and screaming.

Sakura lifted her head and spat the blood in her mouth onto Deidara's cheek.

Though her foot burned from touching it again, it didn't hurt nearly as much as the anger within her.

She screamed when, from Sari's doing, her feet dug into the pot again.

(^A.H^)

"W-wait, I-I wanted the Desert Eagle." Naruto murmured, his lip quivering.

Neji rolled his eyes and annoyingly switched his Desert Eagle with Naruto's Glock-19.

Natsu and Gray pointed their own pistols around with the rest of the members of Delta.

"Huh, I've never shot somebody before. This should be fun!" he laughed.

"Idiot, we're not going to shoot unless they come after us first." Gray sighed. "We're going to try not to kill anyone—"

The other twenty-six people who stood in the bomb shelter jumped as a shot went off.

Gray shot his head to his white jacket where the bullet just barely grazed his shoulder, splitting through his jacket.

"Whoops! Sorry!" Natsu laughed, scratching the back of his head.

"You shot me! You almost fucking shot through me you moron!" Gray yelled.

"Hey I said I was sorry ice-boy." Natsu frowned.

"Enough, these are not toys." Itachi said coldly as he finished handing everyone back up ammo.

"You shouldn't be manning a gun, what are you even doing here? You'll get hurt." Sasuke growled in a whisper. "You know your condition."

Renge sighed, "relax Sasuke, I know what I'm doing. Just wait."

"Alright, we're running short on time so now I'm going to break you off into teams." Itachi explained as he stood above them all with Midori by his side, changed into a black tank top and black flats with black leggings. Both held two guns, as there were two extra guns.

"Why do they get the extras," Natsu whined in a whisper only for Jellal to smack him.

"Let's start." Itachi took a deep breath. "Shino, Park Su-Young, and Zeref will be the Bomb Squad. They will be in charge of finding and disarming the bomb we believe to be down here in the bomb shelter, because they have previous experience in nuclear and military science and weaponry. Shino will be in charge of this team."

"Seriously?" Neji raised a brow as he turned to Park Su-Young who stood next to him.

"I'll just keep surprising you." She smirked. "Don't worry."

"Renge, Jellal, and Sara will be the Tracking Team since they have experience in computer intel, coding, and hunting. Every one of you has a tracking device clipped to your gun. There's a computer lab just above the bomb shelter and as far as we know there are no criminals within it right now. We've wired two computers to follow two teams each and one to follow three. Jellal, I've picked you to be the team leader and to be on the three team computer."

Jellal nodded in understanding, "Alright."

"They will be able to direct you if it seems like there's any trouble up ahead and let you know in advance by switching through teams from the earpieces Midori is going to give you." He nodded for her to proceed. Midori stepped up and began handing everyone communication pieces that would only go through to the Tracking Team.

"Every team leader will also get a walkie-talkie, which you will use to communicate with other team leaders seeing as phone connections in the school have been lost. As I say the leaders Midori will give you a walkie-talkie."

"Asuma and Gai will be the Escape Team. It will be their job to figure out a way to get the students and faculty out safely and get rid of the criminals in those areas. Now, the first team: Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, and Kimi. From the information received by Tsunade we have vague ideas of where the girls might be. So we believe Sakura is somewhere in the west wing, that's where you will head. Temari will be your team leader."

Gaara kept a blank expression as the rest nodded in understanding.

"Next: Neji, Keade, Gray, and Kao—"

"No." Neji said suddenly. "I'm not going to be on a team with him, or her." He motioned to Kaede and Kao.

"Does it really matter?" Gray shrugged.

"Yes." He said icily.

Itachi looked at him dully.

"May I remind you that we're trying to save the girls? Not play dodge-ball."

"Still not doing it."

Kao sighed and Kaede rolled her eyes.

Itachi sighed, "fine, then it's you, Gray, Kaede, and Lee, you will take the upstairs East wing where we believe Tenten is somewhere. I'm keeping Kaede on your team whether you like it or not. She'll keep you in your place and she'll be your team leader."

Kaede smirked confidently as he glared at Itachi who continued.

"Next: Naruto, Natsu, Kiba—"

"Yeah, that's a team." Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"—and Kao. Kao will be your team leader. We believe Hinata is somewhere in the downstairs east wing."

"Next: Shikamaru, Sai, Loke, and Tsubaki. As you saw we are well aware Ino is outside and on the roof. You just have to get there unharmed. Sai will be your team leader."

Shikamaru, though usually calm and collected in a crisis, glared at Sai, wondering why in the world he had been picked as team leader.

"And finally: Midori, Sasuke, Kakashi, and I will be a team. I will be head of the team where we will head to somewhere in the back of the school where we think Megami is and of course, Kai. Now that everyone knows where they're going and what their job is, it's time we head out. We don't have a lot of time and Kai is picking people off as we speak. Midori." Itachi finished, letting Midori step up.

"Everyone, we're taking a big risk here and we have a lot on our hands. There are world renowned criminals lurking the walls upstairs and if we make the simplest mistake, people die, and we die. We have to be precise and we have to concentrate and do this right. Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru, Gaara?"

The boys looked up to her.

"The reason Itachi didn't make any of you head of your teams is that we want to make sure you don't let your emotions get in the way of getting to the right place and keeping the team out of trouble. We know you want to save the girls, that's part of why we're here. But there are a couple thousand other people that have to be saved too, understand?"

The boys slowly nodded.

"Alright! Everyone! Time to head upstairs! We'll first step into the computer lab and we will wait for the Tracking Team to get set up and make sure everything is working right. Then you will all head to your individual areas! Be discreet! Try your best not to get caught! And most of all! Don't. Die! Move out!" she barked like a sergeant.

The twenty-five began to follow her and Itachi to the exit steps while the three members of the Bomb Squad stayed below.

"Alright, boys, let's go find ourselves a bomb." Park Su-Young nodded to the two as she began walking ahead to search the large underground bomb shelter. The two silent boys followed.

As they headed up Shikamaru walked next to Tsubaki who kept a stalk and blank expression. He noticed that she did not have a gun within her hand.

"Tsubaki, where's your gun?"

"In my back pocket. I don't need it." She explained blankly. He raised a brow as she touched the long steel weapon attached to her right hip. "I'm prepared enough to save my sister."

(^A.H^)

"Have your men done nothing?! Why in god's name are those children still in there with that mad boy?!" lord hogake barked in chief Madara's face.

He kept a blank expression as both he and Shisui stood in front of the hogake with flustered Jiraiya by his side, not just unaware of what was going on with his niece and nephew but what had happened to his wife.

Behind them sat some of the royal guards of Konohagakure, Sunagakure and some members of Japan's army, including Sensota and Kagome Sento.

"We can't just stand here and do nothing!" Kagome yelled while Sensota slightly paced.

"She's right!" Imoi yelled, crying, standing on the grass with Inochi and a fearful looking Yuki. "My poor girl is being tortured in there!"

"She's right," Aoi spoke with a tearful Yoko next to him. "This is outrageous. You should have gone in there by now!"

"Come now, Aoi." Hisashi spoke up with a crying Hanabi next to him, "As much as we need to get the children out of there the boy specifically said he would kill them if the police stormed in."

"He said that if they play the game he won't kill them," Mikoto explained with Fugaku by her side.

"Yes but if someone does not get in there and disable the bomb before it goes off it won't matter if the police are in or out." Shikaku explained, Yoshino beside him.

"So we stand here and do nothing? If we go in then they perish. If we stand out here they perish. What does this boy want us to do?" the fourth kazekage said angrily.

Madara's expression did not change as he watched the lot of them bicker. All along the streets thousand of cars carrying parents and families tried to get through but were blocked by police and army members. The only reason the parents and guardians of Alpha and Omega were allowed through is because their children were the main subjects.

"I can't contact Itachi or Midori, I thought he only blocked calls within the school?" Mikoto said desperately.

"I cannot do the same for Temari or Kankuro," the fourth kazekage explained.

"Madara please, isn't there anything you can do? With all those criminals in there who knows what else will happen!" Fugaku pleaded with his brother.

"Everyone please calm down. We're going to do the best we can. As far as we know for now he isn't hurting them. He does it when he broadcasts. We cannot do anything but try and speak to him at the moment. We're trying to do all we can. Please, bear with us."

(^A.H^)

"Maybe we should bury her alive."

"We're not doing anything until Kai tells us too." Pein explained dully. "Now shut up."

Ami huffed and crossed her arms, leaned against the wall as Tenten remained on the floor, hugging her stomach.

"I'm so bored, when's he supposed to make his next announcement or whatever? I can't wait to see what he has planned next!"

"You talk too much. Try reading a book." Pein said as he read on the floor across from her, Tenten between them while prisoners lurked around.

Ami tossed her hair back and walked over to him, stepping on Tenten nonchalantly as she crossed over to stand in front of him.

"You know, she's pregnant." She smirked.

He stopped in the process of turning a page and raised his eyes to Tenten who seemed to protect only her stomach.

"Doesn't that piss you off? If I were you I'd get rid of it."

Ami smiled and stood up straight as Pein began to stand up.

"Don't you dare!"

Ami shot her head around to find Tenten, her head turned to them, crying with her mouth dripping blood.

"Don't you even dare touch my baby! Beat me! Kick me! Whip me! But I'll kill you if you come anywhere near my baby!" she cried.

"How pathetic," Ami scoffed as Pein remained half standing, simply staring at her as she cried and clutched her stomach.

"She actually thinks she's going to survive. Please, for all we know it's probably already dead."

Tenten cried harder as Pein, without Ami's knowledge, sat back down.

(^A.H^)

"There's a corridor on your left, that's the path you'll be taking. But, be careful, there might be criminals lurking in the rooms or even in the hall itself."

"Got it, thanks Sara." Naruto whispered as the boys stood against the wall.

"Switching to Escape Team. Contact if needed. Sara out."

Kao peeked from the corner he stood by, leading the four boys. Quickly, he twisted back.

"Shit, she's right. There's about three of them just sitting in the hallway playing cards or something." He whispered.

"Three's not bad," Natsu whispered. "Why don't we just shoot them down now?"

"We don't know if there's any more criminals lurking in the classrooms down this hallway though." Kao bit his bottom lip and scratched his arm tattoos on his right arm.

"Well, we're going to have to risk it." Naruto nodded.

"He's right." Kiba said, "This is the only hall we can pass to get to the east wing."

Kao glanced at him but nodded. "Lock and load boys."

All four boys clicked the safety off the guns and moved out of the safety of the wall.

Three criminals sat in the middle of the hall playing cards. A woman sat facing them while two men sat in front, their backs to the boys.

She was first to notice them. She looked up but before she could say anything, Kao fired.

The two criminals turned around as the woman collapsed with a bullet in her head.

"Whoa, you made it look so easy." Kiba smiled.

"I grew up in the rough part of town. I kind of spent my childhood shooting." Kao explained coldly as the unarmed criminals began to run.

Kao fired again as they ran down the hall, but missed.

"I got this!" Natsu yelled as he fired, hitting one of the criminals in the back. They collapsed as the other continued to run.

"My turn!" Kiba smiled wickedly as he fired, hitting the final in the shoulder. He collapsed with a wail.

The boys jogged forward.

"What's up Uzumaki? Too afraid to hit the guy? Most of them are on death row anyway."

Naruto glanced up to him, a queasy expression on his face.

"He's still alive," Kao said tonelessly as they stopped at the squirming criminal.

"Hey! I know this guy." Natsu said as he bent down to him.

"This is Nima Kurobasa. He's been in the papers a million times for going on a mass murder at the University of Osaka in the eighties; he killed about twenty-five people. He got two life sentences when they finally caught him three years ago." Natsu explained.

"Well then, we're doing the world a favor." Kao said darkly.

Natsu backed up when he fired a bullet into his head.

(^A.H^)

"You know, you playing this whole cold shoulder thing isn't going to get us anywhere. I at least hope your paying attention to the directions I'm giving about when we find Tenten." Kaede whispered as she and Neji jogged with Gray and Lee behind them.

"I don't need your help saving Tenten. We just need to get wherever she is. I can't the idea of her being dead or…or that she lost the baby." He grumbled.

Kaede half-smiled at him. Secretly, she missed the days when she was the number one most protective thing in his life.

"Look Neji, I'm sure she's perfectly—"

"Look out!"

Kaede dropped to the floor at the sound of Gray's voice, just barely avoiding a criminal who came rushing to her with a bloody knife.

Neji ducked and missed his swing, allowing Rock Lee to flip over him and furiously kick the criminal in the face.

Neji stood straight and helped Kaede up as the criminal struggled to get up.

Gray fired before Lee could land another kick, ending him.

"What the hell was that, why didn't you just shoot him?" Gray raised a brow.

"Hand to hand combat is more efficient. It shows the criminal discipline." Lee nodded.

"Well when he's coming after you with a knife I think it'd be more efficient to just shoot him," Gray shrugged, turning back. "You alright?" he asked Kaede as she dusted herself off.

"Yeah, thanks for that. And thanks." She nodded to both Gray and Neji.

"Come in Team Kaede."

"We're here, Jellal." Neji said aloud.

"There's one room on the next left hallway. It seems to have equipment in it that's running according to the computers. You should check it out, there might be someone in there."

"Got it, thanks Jellal." Kaede nodded.

"Switching to Bomb Squad."

"Let's move, there might be a few more of them in there." Kaede ordered as the boys followed her.

(^A.H^)

"We're going straight."

"We should go left, there's a fire escape down this hall that leads outside."

"That hall only needs to the football field. We need to get to the roof."

"I've been going to this school for four years, I think I know a little more about it then you do."

"That means nothing. I've scaled this place hundreds of times since I started here."

"That doesn't mean you know where you are going."

"How do we shut them up?" Loke sighed annoyingly as he and Tsubaki stood by, watching Shikamaru and Sai bicker about where to turn next. So far they had not run into any wandering criminals.

Tsubaki stared at the boys with her fists clenched. She knew they were wasting time. As much as she respected Shikamaru and knew how he felt she wished that he would just listen to Sai so they could get where they needed to be.

"Boys! That's enough!" she called over deaf ears.

"Shikamaru! Sai! We're wasting time! Let's just—" Tsubaki stopped again when they continued to bicker.

Loke groaned and threw his head back. He stepped up and pulled Shikamaru's collar, forcing him back.

"What the hell are you doing?! I'm trying to get this bastard to go the right way!"

"Shikamaru, please, shut up." Loke sighed. "We're not going to get anywhere if the two of you keep fighting, you understand that right?"

Both he and Sai silenced.

"Now you got lucky, at least you know exactly where Ino is. Everyone else has to search. But you don't have to argue about how to get to the roof. There must be plenty of routes in this building. "Loke said seriously.

The boys remained quiet. But, Sai looked up to Tsubaki as she stepped over to him and grabbed the walkie-talkie out of his hand.

The three boys watched a she pressed one of the buttons.

"Come in Itachi." She said seriously.

"What is it Tsubaki? Is something wrong?" his voice came over the scratchy walkie-talkie.

"I'm taking over this team. It was wrong to put Sai as team leader."

She shot a glare to him as he slightly gaped.

"All he and Shikamaru have done is bicker."

She shot a glare to Shikamaru who turned away.

"Alright, do whatever you feel is best. Itachi out."

Tsubaki hooked the walkie-talkie to her pocket and proceeded to take out the katana on her hip, to their surprise.

"Now I don't know about you boys, but I'm desperate to get my sister back. So from now on, it's my way or the highway. I've gone to this school for four years and I've been back here hundreds of times. So you can guess I know this school like the back of my hand. So if I hear anymore bickering I won't hesitate to slice your lips off, understand?" Tsubaki, normally calm and kind, bit coldly.

Sai and Shikamaru nodded, even Loke did in fear, though he had done nothing.

"Now we're heading north. There's a roof ladder towards the northwest side of the school that will lead to the roof faster than the steps on the other side of the school. But, it might be dangerous. Are you with me?"

The boys nodded.

"Right then," she waved her katana. "Let's continue."

(^A.H^)

Choji grunted and proceeded to rub his arm as the guards dropped him in front of Kai.

He refused to look up at him as Kai sat in what seemed like a throne. Next to him Karin leaned on the seat.

Kai sat with his legs crossed, slightly slouching in the seat as he leaned his left elbow on the arm rest and his left fist on his cheek, like a bored king.

"This one disobeyed the orders you had given to us. We don't know why but he stood and began causing a ruckus in the auditorium."

"You don't know why huh…?" Kai's cold voice spoke above them as he looked down to Choji as if he were vermin.

Choji kept his head down, refusing to shed tears though he did not know what was going to happen to him.

"I'm sure you aren't stupid enough to just up and decide to disrespect my orders, you knew what was going to happen."

Choji said nothing.

"So," he smirked. "I'm guess it was a little more than we think it is, right? Might you have been helping someone? Huh? Answer me."

Choji kept his head low, revealing nothing.

"Not talking, hm." Kai sighed boredly. "Doesn't matter. I know how to handle you. Take him to room 201. There are a few serial killers hanging out there and I'm sure they're bored."

He stood up and bent down to Choji.

"And they're the kind that like to play with their toys before they break them." He whispered.

Choji couldn't help it, silent tears began to flow down his eyes as the guards picked him up and began to drag him off.

"C..Choj…Choji…no."

Kai casually turned to Megami who still dangled, crucified.

"You bastard…" she coughed, spilling blood onto the floor. "I swear…I…swear…I'm going to…to…"

"Kill me?" Kai raised a brow. "Good luck doing that attached to the wall, love." He smirked as he stood in front of her.

She lifted her head a bit in a glare and spit in his face.

Kai turned to the side and took a moment before he wiped his right cheek, then turned back and slapped her across the face, hard.

He turned back to Karin the few others in his company.

"Prepare for another broadcast."

(^A.H^)

"Ladies and gentlemen of Japan, it is I again." Kai smirked, seated back in his 'throne' casually as he once again took over the televisions and radios of Japan.

Outside the officers, SWAT team, and military of Japan listened as he was broadcasted over the intercom inside and outside, so they were able to hear him, as well as on their radios in their police cars.

"It seems that my wish has come true." Kai chuckled a bit. "I have a source that leads me to believe that Omega may possibly have found a way out of auditorium. Congratulations boys, you've just made things a whole lot more entertaining for me. So this is where the real fun begins."

The country watched as he stood up and walked to where the two more girls sat. Both girls began squirming when they realized he was coming towards them.

One girl right next to Kai, sitting in black underwear and the blood of the previous girl on her, screamed when Kai ripped the tape off her mouth.

The girl shook and cried violently when she realized it was her turn. He pulled her by her hair and walked a few feet to the right before he tossed her in front of two crazed looking murders.

She cried and pleaded enough for the country of Japan to hear. And they did.

Thousands cried and shook in their spots as they watched them mutilate her, slicing every possible part of her body and letting her bleed out in a slow painful death.

The camera turned back to Kai as she slowly died.

"Time is ticking by, and now I'd like to try something fairly new with the five princesses you saw in my first broadcast. When I return you shall all see what I mean. As for now, good luck on your journey boys, and I hope the police force of Japan is enjoying just sitting around."

With one last sadistic smile, Kai cut off again.

"Bastard kid…" Madara growled, slamming his hand on his police car.

(^A.H^)

"If I were a bomb where would I be…" Park Su-Young growled to herself as she, Shino, and Zeref stalked around in separate areas, though they could still see each other.

"This is getting ridiculous! Are they sure it's down here!"

"This would be the best possible place to put it." Shino explained. "The bomb shelter is the schools pipe line, if they were to put a bomb it that they wanted to destroy the entire building they would have to put it in the central nerve of the school."

"He's right," Zeref called. "It's like a basement. If the bomb touched right in the middle it will touch every inch of the school, and every part it doesn't touch will simply collapse."

"Well if it's in the central nerve why aren't we searching over there?" Park Su-Young questioned as she pointed behind herself.

"What do you mean?" Shino asked.

"Well you said the best possible place would be the center of the bomb shelter. That area splits off the bomb shelter perfectly and evenly. I checked and measured. Plus there's a spot under the pipe that's been dripping that's pretty hallow. I felt it when I walked over it."

"Why didn't you say anything? We've been looking for almost an hour!" Zeref said as the three rushed over to the spot she pointed too.

"I didn't think anything of it!"

"She's right, it's really hallow right here. Park Su-Young, give me one of your high heels." Shino ordered.

She obliged and slipped off her left shoe as Shino bent down.

He took the blue shoe in his hand and used it to tap the floor beneath them.

They listened to the loud thump that came back.

"Stand back!" Shino ordered. Zeref and Park Su-Young obliged.

Shino held the heel with both hands and brought it to the back of his neck. Suddenly he brought it forward again and slammed the heel on the hallow area, creating a large crack. He did the process two more times before the whole finally broke and caved.

He stumbled back into the two as the area crumbled before them, creating more cracks around and spreading the hole before it stopped completely.

The three cleared the small area of dust that had been brought up from the collapse.

The three looked down into the densely deep hole where they were able to see a black large object. Two cases of TNT sat around it as it counted down hours.

"I'll always be fascinated about female footwear." Shino said openly as Park Su-Young smirked confidently.

"Well, what are we waiting for, an invitation?!" Park Su-Young called. She giggled as she dived into the hole.

"Let's disarm us a bomb!" she called from within the hole as Shino and Zeref began their descent inside.

(^A.H^)

Hinata could barely struggle as Tobi dragged her with a rope tied around both her hands. She gained more scratches as her body scraped the hard floor. She flinched when she cut her forehead deep into a nail sticking out of the floor.

"Toss her in!" Suki called.

"I know what to do! Shut up!" Tobi growled.

Weakly and barely able to keep her eyes open after being crushed so many times, Hinata forced herself to look up. From over her arms, that Tobi dragged above her, she could see what seemed like a very large tank. She did not move as Tobi released her tied hands and bent down to pick her up.

"Come on Hina, this should be fun!" he announced as he began to walk up the steps by the tank.

"W…what…"

Tobi held onto the end of the rope around her hands as they reached the top of the tank.

"Tobi…s…stop…please…"

"Sorry Hina, you had your chance with me!" he chuckled sweetly.

Suki tapped her foot impatiently.

"Come on! Who knows when Naruto might find this place! You heard Kai! It looks like they've escaped!"

Tobi ignored her as he took a couple steps into the ladder within the tank. He raised the end of the rope end so it touched a rod that hung from the ceiling, touching into the tank. He tied the rope around the rod and, when it was secure, dropped Hinata. She gasped lightly as she dangled on the rope connected to the rod, so her entire body was halfway into the large tank.

"Now would probably be a good time to wish you were a fish Hina!" Tobi called as he stepped out.

Her eyes widened as she looked back and forth. She began to shake violently and scream.

"NARUTOOO!"

(^A.H^)

Temari ducked and slid a few feet down the hall on her back. She fired two shots into the female prisoner who had a gun of her own. She dropped to the floor.

Kankuro and Gaara stood back to back as they fired at the four armed criminals. Two in front of Kankuro, two in front of Gaara.

Kimi violently kicked and punched the two prisoners on each side of her as she tried to get a clear shot to ice both of them.

She finally was able to dig her small heel into the criminal on her right so that they ducked to hug their foot, giving her the opportunity to fire straight into their skull as she elbowed the other in the face.

When the one on her right was done for she turned around and touched the gun straight on the forehead of the criminal who held his bleeding nose. Before they could look up and react she fired a perfect shot, splattering blood on her face and jersey in the process.

After a couple more shots the prisoners surrounding Kankuro and Gaara were down for the count.

All four, stood breathing heavily as they looked back and forth to the nine bodies around them (Temari had taken two more.)

Kimi shrugged off her jacket and used it to wipe her face as Temari stood up and Kankuro and Gaara nodded to each other.

Temari waved her gun as she stepped over to them.

"This shit makes me feel like we're in a freaking zombie apocalypse." Temari chuckled wickedly as she reloaded. "That's why it's hella fun."

"I'm glad your amused, but we have to keep moving." Gaara ordered.

"Yeah yeah, I know." Temari nodded. "Let's go!" she called to them as they turned around to continue on.

But quickly, all four of them ducked as as three shots went off in front of them.

They looked up to find five more armed prisoners, and one standing before them with a rifle.

"What the fuck!" Temari yelled and groaned. "Who the hell gave that guy an MK-47?! I want one!"

"Buy one when this is all over!" Kimi yelled as she ran and front flipped, dodging a bullet as she continued to flip a couple more times before she jumped onto the rifle user and stuck her gun into his mouth.

She smirked down to him.

"Bang."

(^A.H^)

"What's the status?"

"There are at least fifteen of them surrounding the auditorium doors now. They're all armed. There's no way Gai and I can take them all on our own." Asuma whispered.

Both he and Gai stood behind a corner that led to the auditorium doors. They had still been unable to do nothing as the fifteen armed criminals wandered around the area.

"Should we contact Itachi and let him know?" Sara asked.

"No, there's no way they can get over here and even if they do that means it'll take longer for the team that does come to get where they need to be. I'm sure Gai and I will figure something out." Asuma spoke.

"Are you sure, because it's dangerous too—"

"Wait!" Gai whispered. "I think one of them has heard us!"

Both he and Asuma looked as a large male, heavily tattooed prisoner looked to where they were hiding.

"We've got to go Sara! We'll contact you soon!" Asuma quickly whispered as he began to walk over to where they stood.

Quickly, Asuma looked around their area and finally noticed a door behind them. Hastily, he opened it and pushed Gai and himself in, closing it gently just as the man turned the corner.

Both men held their breath in the darkness. Asuma looked to the floor to watch the light under the door. The prisoner stood for a few moments before he walked back. When Asuma and Gai heard his footsteps become farther away they let out their breath.

But suddenly, both men jumped at the sound of a groan behind them.

Asuma searched around for a light. When he eventually found one he flipped it on, allowing them to discover that they were in a janitor's closet, but they ignored that.

Gai and Asuma turned around and looked down, both men's eyes widened at the sight of the tied up body on the floor.

"Shizune!" Asuma said aloud.

(^A.H^)

"Just a little while longer babe, don't worry. Pretty soon you'll be souring through the skies." Hidan smiled deviously, running his hands through Ino's hair as they remained on the floor, the helicopter behind them while the sun shined in their eyes.

Ino could barely move. After being continuously beaten it felt like her body had given out. While Kin and the prisoners sat in the helicopter to have a drink, Hidan sat with her.

"Even when you look like shit your still gorgeous…flawless." he whispered as she whimpered.

"But," he sighed. "Not enough to stop me from killing you. Even in your state I'm sure you're aware of what's going to happen to you." He sighed as he pulled her hair back, earning another whimper.

"As soon as Kai gives the signal…we're going to splatter you into a million pieces on Konoha ground."

If it wasn't enough that she was afraid of heights, the fear of the realization of her demise threatened to devour her.

She whimpered, and with her little strength, she curled up in a ball and pleaded for the life she knew back.

(^A.H^)

"ITACHI!"

The criminal grunted as Itachi picked him off Midori by grabbing him from the back of his orange jumpsuit collar and tossing his body down the hall.

Breathing heavily, Itachi leaned on the wall and struggled to help Midori up.

"Stay the hell off my fiancée." He spat.

He looked down at Midori and slightly groaned as she stood straight.

"Why did we have to get the freaks?"

Sasuke and Kakashi could barely reload fast enough as the armed criminals continued to come after them like crazed zombies.

"You both have two guns! How about you get your asses up and fucking use them?!" Sasuke yelled.

"Pardon me little brother, here I am trying to—" Itachi dodged a knife swing and threw the man over his head. "—Shoot and stop these bastards from having their way with my fiancée at the same time!"

"Both of you shut your mouths and spread some bullets!" Kakashi ordered as he turned and shot a serial killer in the leg then turned back around and shot a woman in the shoulder while Sasuke shot a man in the arm.

"Here's an idea! Let's shoot them somewhere they'll die!" Itachi yelled sarcastically.

"Fuck you!" Sasuke yelled as he fired a shot straight in the forehead of another right behind Midori.

"Excuse me?! Who the fuck do you think you're talking to, little brother?!" Itachi growled as he fired a shot in the chest of one running with a knife towards Sasuke.

"I've had enough of the both of you!" Midori yelled as she stood firm.

She stood in the middle of the hall and pointed both guns in each hand to the left and right and proceeded to fire, landing at least two shots in every prisoner hanging around. When that was done she brought the guns in front of her and fired at the few around Kakashi and Sasuke. Then finally brought them over her shoulder without looking back and fired four at the couple around Itachi.

The hallway finally became silent as she turned the guns back to her and hooked them on her very own gun holders on her hips.

She put her hands on her hips as the three stared at her. She tossed her curly white hair back.

"Now, I want the both of you to shut the fuck up so we can keep going or so help me God I will shoot your dicks clean off!" she barked.

She huffed, turned on her heel and continued down the bloody hall.

Sasuke, Itachi, and Kakashi stood next to each other as they watched her strut down the hallway.

Itachi took a deep breath.

"God I love her."

(^A.H^)

One shot, Let me tell you something that you already know.
You just get the rock to me.
You know what I mean?

"Take the shot! Come on! Naruto take the fucking shot!" Kiba yelled as he struggled in the arms of a thick armed man.

"Shoot me kid and your boyfriend dies!" his deep voice yelled.

"Boyfriend?!" both he and Kiba yelled as Naruto aimed to take a good shot.

"Wait a second man, I'm not—"

"Kiba! Duck!"

He did as he was told and dropped his head, allowing Kao to take the shot.

"Damn it Uzumaki! Why didn't you fucking shoot?!" Kiba demanded as he crawled over to the three of them after the man dropped him and collapsed.

"You wanted me to shoot you instead?" Naruto bit coldly.

"You haven't taken one shot the whole time we've been running around this god forsaken school." Kiba said as he stood and dusted himself right.

Naruto sighed and looked down to the gun in his left hand.

There's only one chance as you walk on this dark path
Shine the light like Martin Luther King
Get your mind outta the gutter
It's too early for failure, you're still young

"He's right, Naruto. What's the matter?" Kao asked, breathing heavily.

The three boys waited for him to answer as they stared at him.

"I'm not…not exactly…comfortable…comfortable shooting someone…"

"Most of these assholes were about to die anyway before that jackass of a former prince decided to let them all go." Kiba said, annoyed. "We're just doing the police's job."

"Kiba." Kao said coldly.

"That's not what I mean."

"Naruto." Natsu said suddenly. "I don't mean any offense by it, but you're going to have to make a decision eventually."

"What do you mean?" he asked as he lifted his head.

"Pretty soon you're going to come face to face with Hinata's tormentors, and you're going to get that feeling at the pit of your stomach. You're going to have to be the one to end them, and you know that." Kao said seriously.

"Hinata's counting on you to avenge her, and you're going to have to, and you're going to want to."

One shot, one chance
There's no second chance, don't lose it, get ready now
Hell yeh, challenge yourself, spread your small self out, just do it

Naruto's expression turned blank and serious as he looked to the boys for a few moments before he walked past them and continued on ahead.

"Let's get going."

"What just happened?" Kiba questioned as Natsu followed ahead.

Kao shrugged, "let's go. Your boyfriend is getting ahead of us."

He chuckled as he walked past Kiba who gaped in shock and disgust.

"Aw fuck you man!"

(^A.H^)

One shot!
Are you gonna give in? Are you gonna be caught by the surrounding traps?

Sakura felt the need to sigh in relief when she was finally untied. She dropped to the floor right next to the pot and shivered. Her arms burned from being up for so long. Even though she had a few moments to take a breath, she knew it wasn't over.

"Time for the next step, sweetheart." She heard Deidara's voice say as he crouched down in front of her with two robes.

"I say we just toss her in there, fuck what Kai says." Matsuri said, a bandage on her right eye and another on her right cheek.

"I say you shut up and help me." Deidara said coldly.

Only one shot!
Don't run away, turn around and face your faces
Even if the world turns away from you
Protect yourself, that's the right attitude
Everybody already know?
Hey shout your voice to the world?

He lifted his eyes up and the moment he did they met with Sakura's as silent tears ran down her eyes, wetting the blood on her face.

Quickly, he shot his head away before the feeling at the pit of his stomach took over his entire body.

"This will be a lot more fun when we get out of here, and when these assholes are dead." Sari sighed boredly as Matsuri bent down and began to tie Sakura's feet together.

"I'm just surprised she's not kicking." Matsuri admitted as if Sakura weren't right in front of them.

Deidara tightened the rope around Sakura's arms and chest then looked down to her. Particularly, he examined her stomach.

"Well come on! We don't have all day!" Sari snapped.

I can't step back on this endless path
Ooh ooh ooh oohh, don't be shaken
I can't trap myself in this time of confusion
Ooh ooh ooh oohh, there's only one chance

"Watch your tone, girl." Deidara said icily as he began to stand, picking Sakura up along the way. "You forget who's in charge here."

Sari rolled her eyes as he held Sakura in his arms and began walking her to the waiting conveyor belt.

(^A.H^)

"I'm sure by now those pins are hurting. I'm doing you a favor, don't get used to it."

Megami kept her head low, her cut lip and right cheek dripped with fresh blood from Kai's decision to play the 'cutting game' with her.

Standing by her right hand where the nail hung her to the wall, still running with blood.

Mercilessly, he pulled the nail right out of her hand.

Only one shot only one shot
Bite down hard and go against them, one shot
Only one shot only one shot
Throw yourself at the world, one shot

He rolled his eyes as she screamed. Her arm dropped with a pop of her shoulder, running blood on the floor.

He stepped over to her left and did the same with her left.

She screamed as he successfully removed the nails from her feet without a care of the pain it gave her.

She fell straight onto the floor with a loud thud.

Kai stood above her and dropped the nails in front of her as her breathing ran ragged.

He crouched down to her, smirking as he stared at her.

Only one shot only one shot
Bite down hard and go against them, one shot
Only one shot only one shot
You only have one chance u know?

"No…"

He raised a brow at her sudden decision to speak.

"This…is no favor…y-you…just let me go…because…you're moving…moving…onto your next…step." She said breathlessly.

"Well aren't you clever." He said sarcastically. "Well you're right I guess, I certainly can't have you against the wall for this next part of the game…well, under some circumstances—"

"You pathetic bastard…" she said suddenly, catching Kai off guard.

"Excuse me?" he snarled.

"You're nothing…nothing but a copycat…"

He raised a brow, but his blood boiled as she closed her eyes and forced a weak and bloody smile.

"You're just a second…Sasori…the only difference…is he had a chance…" she opened her eyes and looked him straight in the eye with her own diated and lazy, dull ones.

"He had a chance…with me…"

Kai shot back as if someone had slapped him in the face and stared at her with wide, murderous eyes.

Shake your head and say no to being a slave to laziness
All those who don't try, wake up right now

"Is that right?" his dark, unforgiving voice spoke as he stood up straight.

He bent forward and picked up her hair, dragging her as he began walking.

"Well unlike Sasori." He spat as she grunted. "I have gotten and will actually get somewhere."

(^A.H^)

All three boys watched in awe as Tsubaki sliced through the convicts with a blood-lust. Her katana danced across their bodies and Tsubaki emotionlessly moved with it as if she were in a ballet recital.

You want a high position by just sitting in your room?
This isn't a game – why can't you separate it from reality?

But, their staring was suddenly cut short when four convicts came their way. Instead of slicing, they fired.

"She's seems really desperate to get Ino back." Loke grunted as he kicked a convict away from him then shot him in the stomach.

"Well, why wouldn't she be? She's her sister." Sai said.

"Well, you guys seem to be just as eager and desperate. We're nearing the ladder. And every criminal we come across you ice them without a second thought."

Sai and Shikamaru said nothing as they stood straight, both with blank expressions as they simultaneously fired a shot in the chest of the convict on each of their sides.

Oh yeah, go around a track
Time keeps turning and turning, so far away
Only those who are ready can really talk
Staying in the same place will only make your regret when you close your eyes whoa

They looked at each other for a few moments before turning back to Loke who stood up straight and cracked his neck before he looked at them.

"Don't worry, I get the whole, 'I'm in love with her' thing going on with the both of you. I'd be pretty damn edgy too if something happened to Lucy."

The boys once again said nothing in response.

"Come on boys!" Tsubaki called, rushing down the hall with her blood katana.

As they followed Tsubaki once again the question that had been aggravating Shikamaru's mind popped up again.

Which one of them would save Ino in end?

And even so, would she want Sai, or him?

(^A.H^)

One shot!
Are you going to be a victim? Are you going to get lost, looking for an easy way out?
Only one shot!

"Thank you, again." Shizune said breathlessly as she rubbed the rope burns on her bare arms.

"No problem." Asuma said. "So you say that they tied you up and threw you in here?"

"Yes, they had Tsunade and I come down to the auditorium just when first period began. They tied me up and tossed me in here. I could barely scream enough for someone to hear me because they covered my mouth." Shizune explained further as the three remained in the closet.

"Those monsters!" Gai spat. "What did they do with Tsunade?"

Turn your face to the rough world and clash and fight
Even if the high walls try to block you
Jump over it all, even if you fall every time
Everybody already know?
Hey shout your voice to the world?

"I assumed she was fine when I heard her over the loud speaker, but I don't know what Kai's done with her now. I heard everything that's happened over the loud speaker. Today is devastating." Shizune sighed. "What are you two doing? How did you get out of the auditorium?"

"It's a long story, but not one that we have time for." Asuma said seriously. "Right now our main priority is getting all the lurking prisoners away from the auditorium so we can free the students."

"But then there's still guards within the auditorium. Even if we get the doors open, they'll shoot plenty of students as their escaping." Gai added.

"Right…" Asuma mumbled.

"What about the bomb?" Shizune asked suddenly.

"There are a few students handling it right now. Hopefully they'll take care of it." Asuma said. "Right now, we just have to get out of here."

"The back entrance…" Shizune whispered.

"What?" Gai asked.

"There's a back entrance for the auditorium. I don't know if there's convicts around it or not, but we can try."

Asuma and Gai turned and nodded to each other.

I can't step back on this endless path
Ooh ooh ooh oohh, don't be shaken
I can't trap myself in this time of confusion
Ooh ooh ooh oohh, there's only one chance

"It's worth a shot, do you think you could show us where it is?"

"Of course," Shizune blew out a breath as she stood up.

Asuma leaned his ear on the door, when he was sure he heard nothing, he slowly began to twist the knob.

But, he did not have to open the door all on his own. To their shock the door flew open.

Their hearts raced as three bulky, armed, convicts stood smiling wickedly at them.

Shizune's scream raced.

(^A.H^)

"I don't understand, that should have done it." Zeref said breathlessly.

"Try the tying the red wire with the yellow one." Park Su-Young offered.

"No, that'll accelerate the time." Shino said sternly as he examined the opened bomb that still ticked, though it's multicolored wires stood in front of them.

The parts of you that are hidden by fog
Burn yourself with passion that's hotter than the sun
Run and go away, don't look back
Don't stop, go away, don't let yourself go

For the last forty-five minutes they had tied and combined different wires together. Shino refused to cut the wires, for he knew that if they did the bomb would go off without a care for time.

"He purposely mixed wires. Just in case anyone found this, he purposely made it so it's impossible to determine which wire will stop the bomb." Shino explained.

"Well we have to figure this out soon or will be sitting ducks when this thing goes off." Park Su-Young said matter-factly.

Suddenly, all three of them froze at the sound of a loud thud and a clatter.

They stayed still for a couple moments before they heard the sound of at least five convicts walking into deeper into the bomb shelter. They noticed that they came from the south end, so they couldn't have come down the steps, meaning the Tracking Team was still safe.

They thought.

I can't step back on this endless path
Ooh ooh ooh oohh, don't be shaken
I can't trap myself in this time of confusion
Ooh ooh ooh oohh, there's only one chance

Park Su-Young glanced to Shino and Zeref who stood stalk still.

"Where…are your guns…?" she whispered ever so lightly.

"Fuck…" both boys whispered at the same time.

"You left them above us…?" she whispered bitterly.

"Lead contact can trigger a malfunction in the wires…" Shino whispered.

They listened as the convicts grew closer and froze again when they heard one of the convicts say he noticed the hole.

"You idiots…" Park Su-Young growled. "Give me a boost…"

"Wait," Zeref whispered. "You're not going to—"

"I said," Park Su-Young whispered with a growl. "Give me a boost."

The convicts slowly stepped closer to the slightly deep hole, trying to look in.

But, before any of them could get close enough, Park Su-Young jumped out of the hole and back-flipped onto the floor, giving a perfect landing as she lifted her head up and glared at them.

"I knew there was someone down here!" one of the bulky male prisoners yelled.

But before any of his associates could say anything, one of them dropped to the floor at the sound of bullet. His body collapsed as he bled from his upper chest.

Only one shot only one shot
Bite down hard and go against them, one shot
Only one shot only one shot
Throw yourself at the world, one shot
Only one shot only one shot

"Kill her!" another yelled.

Park Su-Young quickly picked up Shino's gun beside her and began firing with both hands. The convicts scattered, only one of them with a gun of their own.

They fired at her. She tuck-and- rolled, dodging the few bullets tossed her way. When she noticed Zeref's gun she swiftly kicked it down to Shino and Zeref below her.

"Arm yourselves, I'll handle these guys." She growled, firing again.

Only one shot only one shot
Bite down hard and go against them, one shot
Only one shot only one shot
You only have last chance u know?

(^A.H^)

"How's it coming?" Renge asked through the microphone.

"These guys are still coming at us like a bees nest, it'll take us forever to get outside at this rate." Tsubaki explained.

"Just keep at it, so far Kai has killed two more girls and one he picked off from the auditorium. We're running short on time."

"We understand."

"Switching to Team Itachi. Renge out." Renge stared at the scream that flashed the dots that were Team Tsubaki and the area of the school. When she pressed B on the computer it switched over to Itachi's team.

"The Bomb Squad is in trouble." Jellal explained to Renge and Sara, "according to Shino some prisoners have found their way into the bomb shelter, they just don't know how."

"Oh no…"

Renge and Jellal instantly turned to Sara who furiously typed.

"What it is?" Jellal asked.

"I-I've lost contact with Gai and Asuma!" she said frantically as she typed away. "I can't track them anywhere! I think the tracking pieces on their guns are destroyed! And the ear piece won't go through! Come in Gai and Asuma! Come in Escape Team! What is your status?" Sara tried again, antsy.

"Calm down, Sara." Jellal said breathlessly as he stood up. "This is bad….if you can't contact them then that means—"

All three members of the Tracking Team jumped when a loud knock came on the door. They wouldn't even call it a knock necessarily, it was more as if an intruder was trying to get in by force.

All three picked up their guns. Renge stood and gulped, holding her stomach.

"Get behind me…Renge." Jellal explained slowly as the banging continued.

"What? Why just me?" she whispered.

"Because Sasuke told me your condition, besides, Sara has combat experience."

"I think I can handle myself just fine, thanks." She said bitterly.

"The only place we can go is back down the bomb shelter." Sara explained.

Jellal nodded, but before either could even take another step the door burst open.

Jellal lifted his gun and fired. A few bullets landed into the chest of two of the prisoners standing there, but before he could handle the other four, one shot him in the arm.

He grunted and fell to his knees.

The prisoners rushed in and took hold of the girls before they could release bullets of their own.

They screamed and struggled as Jellal bled.

(^A.H^)

"Jellal! Come in, Jellal! Come on!" Kaede said furiously as she held the earpiece, only to be met with static.

"What's going on?" Gray asked as the three stood by.

"I don't know, he's not picking up, all I hear is static." Kaede explained. "I think something's happened."

"Itachi said the computer room was secluded from the school, so none of them would think to come around there. How could they have found them?" Lee questioned.

Neji paced back and forth a bit. He was beginning to grow impatient and irritated. As much as he cared about what had happened to the Tracking Team and even the other teams, he couldn't seem to get his mind off Tenten and her current situation, and the baby's situation.

As they scoped the school, fighting off ruthless convicts and hunting her down, he seemed to find himself navigating to what it would be like to raise a family with Tenten, if they ever got the chance and if she ever gave him the chance.

He wondered what kind of father he would make and how their child would feel about him. If they'd think he was overbearing or if they'd admire him, and who the favorite parent would be.

Just the thought of a smaller version of either him or Tenten (or both of them) scattering around the family that is Alpha and Omega sent him into cloud nine and made him desperate for Tenten to be by his side even more, not just for the baby, but for love they once and still share.

"We can't focus on this right now! We have to keep moving! Contact Itachi and let him know what's going on! But we have to keep moving!" Neji said suddenly as he began moving on ahead, to their surprise.

(^A.H^)

"I can't get through to the Tracking Team, or anyone for that matter. What the hell is going on?" Itachi growled as he hit the walkie talkie.

"I have a bad feeling about this, I think there's a distinct piece we missed when we set this up." Kakashi said as Sasuke paced behind him and Midori. "But I just can't place my finger on it."

Midori turned around with a concerned expression on her face, "Sasuke, relax. This is just a minor setback. I'm sure everyone's fine. We'll keep moving just as soon as we figure out—"

"Minor setback?! They could be dead! What the hell did you miss that they were able to find them?!" he barked at Itachi. "Now I don't know whether to keep going ahead and turn back to find them." He growled.

Itachi's eyes dulled.

"Well, given the circumstances it would be best you go after your girlfriend. If things really go bad we'll find them."

"What the hell did you miss anyway!" Sasuke yelled, ignoring what he'd said. "I thought you had this entire thing figured out! I thought we had a stable thing going! How could you be so stupid?!"

"Sasuke!" Midori yelled.

The hallway remained silent as Sasuke breathed heavily and Itachi simply stared at him.

"The longer you stand here and whine about something going wrong, the more blood and life Megami loses with that sick bastard." Itachi said calmly.

"So how about you spend less time worrying about the girl you got pregnant and think about the girl you lost? Renge is fine, which is what I'm sure your thinking about, so how about you keep your mouth shut so we can keep moving?"

Midori's mouth gaped a bit, but Itachi turned around and continued walking. Kakashi said nothing and followed him as she stood for a couple moments before turned around, still looking at Sasuke as she walked.

He, himself, glared at nothing.

(^A.H^)

"Something's wrong, I can feel it in my gut. Something happened." Temari growled as she ripped out the static filled earpiece.

"What do we do now then?" Kankuro asked.

"Yeah, it'll be kind of hard to maneuver around without help from the Tracking Team. Plus we have no idea what happened to them, they could be dead." Kimi said fearfully.

Temari sighed and looked to the ground. At the corner of her eye she could see Gaara leaned against the wall, his arms on each side and his head low.

"Well…looks like we'll just have to be extra careful from this point on. And…well…as much as I don't want to say this…soldiers fall…and we have to keep moving."

Kimi took a step back and frowned as Temari sighed and Kankuro turned away.

"We have to keep going forward. Hopefully the Bomb Squad is still okay. We have a job to do, so we have to go ahead and keep doing it."

Both Kankuro and Kimi nodded slowly while Temari turned to Gaara.

He stood motionless, as if he wasn't listening to a word she said.

"Gaara…this doesn't mean the plan has gone into dust…we still have a chance to save her, but that's not going to happen until we keep going."

For a few moments he simply continued to stare at the ground, until something at the back of his mind that was trying to force its way into his fears told him that he was doing nothing but wasting time.

He stood straight, to Temari's relief. He did not look at them, but he nodded.

"Let's go." He said coldly.

Temari half smiled and the four began to continue down the hall, that is until, the loud speaker came on.

(^A.H^)

"Greetings people of Japan, have you been having a good day? I know I have." Kai laughed casually as a Megami, tied by her hands and legs and her mouth taped, wriggled on his lap as he sat in on his 'throne.'

Her white wrap was removed, so that she simply sat in her underwear and blood.

"Only three hours until the bomb goes off, and by then my colleagues and I will have departed this school, and soon, this country, leaving the Japanese police to deal with the thousands of bodies scattered along these walls. That is my homage to Konoha high." Kai explained calmly as Megami continued to shift.

"But, now the time has come for my favorite part of the day. If anyone believed what you saw at the beginning was all I was going to put the girls through then you must be very, very stupid." Kai smirked at the camera as he the back of his hand down Megami's cheek.

The screen suddenly switched to the five boxes as it had previously done at the beginning of the day.

The country of Japan went cold.

"Proceed to the final punishment." Kai said casually.

In Sakura's box, her body sat on a long, unmoving conveyer belt. The conveyer belt would lead Sakura into the schools large furnace, which at the moment sat dead.

In Hinata's box she dangling off the ceiling, tied halfway into the tank while a large pipe stood outside the tank.

In Tenten's box, she dangled from the ceiling as well, the only difference is instead of a tank she dangled above a pit in the ground of things they could not see. She barely had her eyes open, so she could not see either.

In Ino's box they'd begun loading onto the helicopter, she remained tied as Kin, a few convicts, and Hidan began stepping in.

Most already had a feeling what was going to happen to Ino, while for Sakura, the conveyer belt turned on as well did the furnace behind her. It roared as it burned. When Sakura realized what was about to happen she began moving around frantically and screaming.

The pipe above Hinata took a couple moments but soon it began to rush with water that poured into the tank. When Hinata saw the tank filling with water she began to scream frantically, knowing her fate was to be drowned.

The camera finally panned into the pit Tenten hung above while Ami splashed water on her to wake her up. Chills went down the spine of millions as they finally saw the pit filled with wandering spiders, one of the most deadly kind spider in the world.

When Tenten noticed finally, she began screaming frantically.

Back in Kai's box, Megami watched the entire thing from Kai's own TV screen. Kai on the other hand laughed as Tenten lowered a bit, forcing her to scream louder.

"I'm sure you've all seen a pattern by now. All five of their deaths are going to be slow…and painful…" he smirked.

Suddenly, he shot back when Megami's head collided with his face.

"Fuck!" he yelled as she fell and kicked him in the chest as she used her shoulder to push off part of the tape on her mouth.

While Kai held his nose and his chest Megami quickly turned to the camera.

"GIRLS! GIRLS! You have to listen to me! I know you can hear me!" she yelled, "Please! Don't give up! I know it looks like the end but you have to fight! Fight for a little longer! Naruto! Neji! Gaara! Shikamaru! Sasuke! Please! For god's sake! Please hurry! We don't have much time left!" she cried as Kai turned and glared at her.

"Please remember everything we've been through! Everything that's happened since we've met! It can't all end here!" she cried. "We've had our obstacles in the past! This is no different! We can beat this!"

She cried as Kai picked her up by her hair.

"We need you! We need you now more than ever! Don't let it end like this!" she cried as he tossed her on her front.

She cried and whimpered at the camera, blood flowing from her head, neck, shoulders, and stomach as Kai straddled her.

"You promised you'd always protect us! No matter what!" she continued to cry and yell even as he began to pull down her panties.

Kai held her neck with one hand, she choked and shut her eyes as he used the other to unzip his own pants.

"Please!"

He turned to the camera with a sinister expression on his face.

"Cut it off. They don't have to watch this. This is for me." He spat as she and the girls screamed simultaneously, just as the camera cut.

(^A.H^)

"No! No! No! This isn't happening!" Naruto yelled, crouching and holding his head.

"Naruto! Get a hold of yourself! We've got company!" Natsu yelled.

"There's too many! At this rate we'll never—"

"Shut up!" Kao barked at Kiba as the armed convicts shot at them.

"Naruto! Fucking pull yourself together! You heard Megami! This isn't the end! It's not going to end like this!" Kao yelled.

"But I can't…I don't know…I…" he whispered, shaking as tears began to fall down her eyes.

"Shut the fuck up!" Natsu yelled suddenly as they fired.

"Are you a man or aren't you?!" he demanded. Naruto looked up at him.

"The Naruto I used to know wouldn't let this bastards harm anyone he cares about! You've let yourself go soft! If you do that Hinata will die! So get your ass up and go after her!" Natsu yelled furiously.

"Naruto, you're the only one who still has all your bullets left." Kao said tonelessly as he fired a few misses. "Get the hell out of here and go make use of them. You heard the water with Hinata right? So by now I'm sure you know where she is."

Naruto looked at them as he began to stand, wiping his eyes.

"Fucking go! You're wasting time! We'll be fine!" Kiba snarled.

He nodded to them as he began to turn around. Finally aware of where Hinata is, he rushed down the hall at mad speed, hoping to God he'd make it in time.

(^A.H^)

"At this rate none of us will make it to the ladder!" Loke yelled as he fired.

"Where did they come from?" Tsubaki asked as she sliced through another convict.

"Who cares?! We heard what's going on! We're running out of time!" Sai yelled.

"Shit!" Shikamaru yelled, realizing he was out of ammunition.

"I can see the ladder from here!" Tsubaki yelled as she sliced through another. She glanced at Shikamaru as he searched for more bullets, to no avail.

She jumped off the wall and sliced the neck of a convict coming from behind him.

He twisted around just in time to see the man fall as Tsubaki stood straight with blood soaking her white dress shirt.

"Shikamaru! Run! And hurry! The ladder is right there! You don't have much time before they get airborne! I can hear the helicopter from here!"

"But—!"

"Shikamaru," she let out a heavy breath as she put one hand on his shoulder.

"It's up to you, please, hurry, save my sister. You know what they're going to do to her." She said with glistening eyes.

She took out her unused gun from her back pocket and put it in his hand.

"Please, go. We can take care of ourselves." She pleaded.

He nodded quickly, he had little time to get up and get to the roof.

"Thank you." He nodded as he began rushing down the barren hall.

Sai glanced back at him as he and Loke continued firing.

He half-smiled as he watched him run at lightning speed to the window at the end of the hall.

(^A.H^)

"Shikamaru…" Ino murmured as the helicopter began to lift. She sat at the edge of it, near the ladder with the door open, so it would be easy to push her out.

"Here we go!" Kin said excitingly as if they were taking a trip into the sky, as opposed to pushing someone off a moving helicopter.

Ino forced herself to try and keep her eyes open. The sun shined in her eyes as she slightly stuck out from the helicopter. Though she wanted to believe what Megami said, there was nothing she could do. She did not know about the other girls but she herself had already given up. She'd given up any idea that someone would save her, especially now, when she would be in the sky.

She half-smiled to herself as the helicopter began taking to the sky. She even began to think she could hear Shikamaru and that she could hear him calling after her.

Her eyebrows furrowed when the calling became more distinct. She forced her eyes opened more and for the first time since Sunday morning, her heart raced in anticipation, and not in fear.

"Shikamaru!" her voice croaked.

Kin and Hidan turned to the roof ladder and watched as Shikamaru, who had just completed climbing it, begin running towards the copter.

"Shikamaru!" Ino cried out in a stronger voice.

"Ino!" he yelled, rushing to the copter.

"Shikamaru!" she cried.

"What should we do?!" Kin yelled over the sound of the whipping helicopter.

Hidan shrugged, "nothing, it's not like he can get to us now."

Ino whimpered and her heart raced in fear again. They were right. The copter was already airborne. There was no way Shikamaru could get to her now.

She glanced around without moving her head, and when she caught sight of what she needed her heart skipped a beat.

Kin and Hidan jumped as she kicked the helicopter rope ladder at her feet out of the copter. It fell down and held onto the copter that continued to get deeper into the sky. But, when Shikamaru saw the ladder he jumped and grabbed onto it, just barely catching a hold of it as the helicopter flew up to the sky and away from the roof.

(^A.H^)

"Well, I guess that's that then." Temari said breathlessly as the last convict dropped. "I hope that's the last of them around here. Now we're going to have to get going, we have to help Sakura."

"I told you that you should have gone after her, Gaara!" Kimi yelled.

"You were all out of ammo! You know how badly I want to go after Sakura but I can't leave you to die either!" Gaara shot.

"Well now nothings standing in your way! You have to get to Sakura now! Or we'll be too late." Temari sighed as she stood up straight.

"Gaara," Kankuro said, "you and Kimi need to go on ahead. Sakura needs you. Temari and I will go and figure out what happened with the Tracking Team."

"We're splitting up?" Kimi asked.

"There's no time for conversation now! It's all or nothing! We're changing missions!" Temari barked then turned to Gaara, "good luck, and please get to her before time runs out!"

"You don't need to tell me twice." He said coldly, he nodded to Kimi and she returned it.

With one last look to Temari and Kankuro, the four turned their backs to each other and went their separate ways.

"I heard fire crackling in the back and some noise that sounds like a conveyor belt!" Kimi explained as they rushed down the hall.

"So I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume she's in the boiler room." Gaara's eyes narrowed.

(^A.H^)

Megami turned away, her eyes wound tight and her chest heaving. She waited for the impact but nothing came.

"Don't be in such a rush," he whispered. "I want your boyfriend to see what I can do to you…excuse me, ex-boyfriend. And when I'm finished with you I'm going to kill you. Shocking right? But no, you're death will be as mind-numbing and as painful as your fucking friends."

After ordering everyone out only Kai and Megami remained in the room. She still lay with her panties down, but he still straddled her with his pants on, but now with a broad bladed knife in hand.

"I'm going to slowly slice off all the skin on your arms and legs." He said, digging the knife into an already open cut in her arm, forcing her to cry out.

"Then, for a little added fun, I'm going to pour hot oil all over your body, and watch you suffer. If that's not enough to kill you, I'll mutilate you and then set you on fire. How's that sound?"

Megami opened her eyes then turned and looked Kai straight in the eye. This act surprised him.

She smiled a bit.

"I remember when we were in the seventh grade…"she whispered.

He raised a brow.

"You stayed up all night to help me study for my math test. It took me twelve hours to learn basic Algebra, and you had to turn your project in a day late because I took so much time."

"It knocked my perfect track record out the window," Kai blew a breath. "But it was worth it because I got to be close to you for the first time since you started dating Sasori…" he mumbled, looking down.

Megami's eyes glistened. There it was.

Suddenly he shot his head up and the murderous Kai had returned.

"Recalling old memories isn't going to stop me from slitting your throat and dancing in your blood, princess. I'm going to rip away your life, just like you ripped away mine. The only difference is, your experience will be much quicker.

(^A.H^)

"I guess it has to end here."

Sasuke looked up to the three adults that stood in front of him. Itachi stood in the middle, having spoken.

"What do you mean?"

"You have to go on ahead and help Megami. You heard the loudspeaker, who knows what he could be doing to her right now." Itachi said seriously.

"From what we've calculated from this morning I think it's safe to assume that Kai has hid out in the main office. That's where you need to head." Kakashi explained.

"What about you?"

"We're going to go and find the Tracking Team and the Escape Team. I think the only way Kai was able to find them is because of the cameras, that's the step we missed. We think they might have gotten their hands on them now and they're the only ones we can't contact." Midori explained.

"You're leaving me on my own?" Sasuke raised a brow.

"You don't think you can help her on your own?" Itachi raised a brow.

"Sasuke, it's up to you. You have to be the one to get her out of this. Kai's waiting for you, that we know. Don't fall play to him, only focus on getting Megami out." Kakashi said.

To their surprise, Itachi stepped up and put his hand on his shoulder, then brought him into a hug.

"I believe in you little brother. You can do this. It's just a test, and you're going to come out clean, I know that. Promise me that you'll stay safe. I'm sure mom and dad are out there now…I'm sure they're scared and their waiting…"

Sasuke hugged him for a moment before the brother's release.

"I will."

Sasuke nodded to Midori who offered him a sad smile and then to Kakashi who simply nodded in return.

He turned around and began heading down the familiar route to the main office.

(^A.H^)

"Are you sure it was okay to leave Gray and Lee to finish off those guys?!" Kaede yelled as she Neji rushed down the hall.

"They're fine! There were only a couple guys left anyway! Besides! They said we should go ahead! And if we don't who knows what'll happen to Tenten?!" he shot back.

Kaede stared at Neji as they frantically ran down the hall where Tenten was apparently supposed to be.

"Don't be scared! We'll get to her! I promise!" Kaede tried to reassure.

Neji glanced to as they glanced at each room they passed on their side.

"Thank you Kaede."

"For what?" she raised a brow.

"For agreeing to do this. I know you must hate it, after everything that's happened between us."

Kaede shook her head, "I'm partially to blame! With the whole thing in Furyoka and the way I acted! I just wanted you back Neji! But…but I think I'd rather help you be happy than see you lose the love of your life!"

Neji nodded as they neared the last door at the end of the hall.

"This has to be it." He said as they stopped at the door.

"It's the only unused room down this hall. It used to be a Health class."

"Well come on!" Kaede yelled.

Neji did not hesitate to push the doors open.

When he did, he stepped in, and Kaede followed behind him.

They were not disappointed with the sight they were met with.

Pein, Ami, and the few convicts twisted around. Tenten, just barely nearing into the pit of deadly wandering spiders shot her bloody head up in fear.

Her eyes widened and her heart lifted.

"Oh God! Neji!" she yelled.

Relief washed over Neji that they weren't too late.

"Ten—Ah!" he yelled as he fell to the floor with the sound of a gunshot. He held his right arm as it bled through his uniform shirt.

He looked up wearily as Tenten screamed.

Kaede smiled sweetly as the gun stood raised in front of her. She set it back to let it dangle on her side.

"Whoops. My fingers slipped."

"K-Kaede…" Neji grinded his teeth as he held his bleeding shoulder.

"W-wh—"

"Oh don't give me that why crap. I'm simply doing my job."

"Nice going Kaede. What took you so long?" Ami called as she jogged over to them with Pein tailing behind.

Kaede shrugged pulled out her earpiece and dropped the walkie talkie, then she looked down to the bleeding Neji.

"I had a big role to play."

(^A.H^)

Hinata stopped screaming long ago. Now she simply just dangled and looked down to the rising water that would prevent her from breathing within a matter of moments.

Like Ino, she'd come to accept the fact that she was going to die. And even if Naruto did make it to her before the water filled, there's no way he could stop it and get her out before her lungs gave out.

Tobi and Suki sat eating lunch while the bored convicts sat and talked. No one paid attention to her. No one looked or cared that someone was about to drown right in front of them.

Hinata held her head up and looked up to the ceiling, wishing she had done more and had more time with her life.

For some reason, it didn't completely shock her when loud banging suddenly came onto the Janitors large break room.

She brought her head down and looked to the doors just as Suki and Tobi and the convicts did. They all watched as the doors burst open, and in stepped a blonde, breathing heavily with a loaded gun in his left hand.

Well, Hinata thought, at least she got to see Naruto one last time.

"Hinata!" he yelled furiously.

"Naruto!" Suki yelled, standing up straight, still feeling the need to make herself look presentable in front of him.

All of them stood stalk still when he lifted the gun up to them.

None of them were armed, so Naruto, being the only one with a gun, had the advantage.

"Get her out of there! NOW!"

"Naruto!" Suki gasped. "Put that down!"

"Shut up!" he said darkly, coldly. "So help me god I won't hesitate to shoot you Suki if you don't cooperate!"

Suki's mouth fell open.

Tobi on the other hand scoffed, "he's bluffing. He's a flower boy! He's not going to shoot any of u—"

Suki screamed when a shot went off. One of the convicts behind them collapsed. Even Hinata, in her state, was surprised.

"Get my fucking girlfriend out of there or I'll blow your brains out!"

(^A.H^)

Sakura cried silent tears into the conveyer belt as Sari and Matsuri continued to toy with her, prolonging her death. They'd turn the conveyer belt on and off, speed it up, make it go in reverse, and slow it down.

The girls laughed at the entertainment as Deidara simply sat back with the couple convicts in the boiler room.

He stared at Sakura and watched as Matsuri and Sari humiliated her, making her evident demise take that much longer.

He could simply tell them just to let her go already, but he secretly wanted to watch her a little while longer and admire her before she burned alive.

He took a deep breath and let it out slowly as he recalled the events of their relationship.

He'd hurt her. He'd hurt her in one of the worst of ways.

But when he had his way with Sakura, as she cried underneath him, part of him wished that she wanted it, and that she wanted the idea of being with him again. And hopefully, in the long run, have his children.

When Sasori ordered the boys to follow his orders, he didn't stop to think how much he would lose in the end. He wanted to be with Sakura. All the boys wanted to be with each girl. Maybe, if Sasori had not been so bent on keeping Kai out of the picture they could have that today, and none of this would be happening.

Deidara, Sari, and Matsuri equally jumped when the door to the boiler room burst open.

He turned slowly, and not to his surprise, there Gaara stood, breathing heavily by the door.

Kimi stood by his side, holding down her gun with both hands, preserving the few bullets she had left. With Gaara combined, they only had four.

"Gaara!" Sari and Matsuri yelled at the same time, then turned and glared at each other.

Gaara lifted his gun at the same time Deidara stood and lifted his own.

"Well, isn't this a treat."

Kimi, on her own, shot the few convicts in the room with everything she had left, leaving only the one bullet in Gaara's own.

"Well, what's going to happen now? A stand off?" Deidara raised a brow then chuckled.

"Release her. Or I'll fry them." He nudged to Sari and Matsuri.

Kimi glanced at him, but revealed nothing. They had to make Deidara believe they still had a decent amount of ammo left.

Deidara shrugged, "Go ahead."

Matsuri and Sari shot him a wide-eyed look.

"I'm sure you had a lot of convicts to deal with along the way. There must not be much left in that gun." He smirked.

"Fuck." Kimi said in her head.

She knew Gaara couldn't waste his last bullet. He didn't know if he'd need it to save Sakura from anything else.

Gaara revealed nothing, but Deidara continued to smirk.

"That's what I thought."

Kimi's eyes widened when she realized what was about to happen.

"No!" she yelled just as Deidara fired.

She jumped in front of Gaara just in time to take the bullet into her lower abdomen.

"Kimi! Shit!" he yelled as she fell. He fell to his knees with her as she spit up blood.

"Stop!" she choked. "Save her! Use what you have left to save her! Leave me!"

"Ki—"

She choked on her blood before she grabbed his shirt and pulled his face to her.

"I said. Leave me. Now. Before she dies." She ordered.

He stared at her frantically for a few moments before he looked her dead in her eyes. Her words were law.

He lifted his head and glared at Deidara who smirked and waved the gun. Kimi rested her head onto the floor as Gaara set her down and stood up.

"Well? What n—"

To Deidara's surprise, Gaara pounced him and tackled him to the floor.

(^A.H^)

"Park Su-Young! Get down here!" Shino called.

"Say what?!" she called as she continued to walk around the hole with her gun in both hands. "I have to look out for these assholes! Remember?" she said.

"It doesn't matter anymore! Come down! We figured it out!"

Before Park Su-Young could roll her eyes they suddenly widened at the words that came out of Shino's mouth.

She jumped down into the hole, just barely missing Zeref.

"What did you say?!"

"This is it!" Shino pointed to the bomb.

"The green and the white."

"Are you sure?" Park Su-Young asked.

"There's only one way to find out…"

All three of their hearts raced as Shino picked up the wires and began to connect them. If he was wrong, they could set the schools demise up. If he was right…

Zeref and Park Su-Young watched as Shino completed tying the wires. Instantly, their heads turned to the bomb.

They gulped.

(^A.H^)

"Where do you think they could be? He couldn't have killed them!" Temari yelled.

"If I had to guess anywhere it's somewhere around the auditorium." Itachi explained.

All excess members of each group, after taking care of their own problems, had run into each other near the lunchroom and proceeded to hunt down any more criminals and find the Tracking and Escape Teams.

"Are we sure they're going to okay fighting them on their own?" Loke asked as the large group followed Itachi.

"It was meant to be their battle from the very beginning." Sai explained.

"Come in! Come in anyone! Can anyone hear me?!"

Itachi, Tsubaki, Kao, and Temari stopped, stopping everyone else. They each picked up their walkie talkies.

"Su-Young?! What is it?! Is everything alright?!" Itachi said suddenly.

"We've done it! We did it! We disabled the bomb!"

"They disabled the bomb!" Tsubaki yelled, to everyone's shock and excitement.

"Yosh!" Lee yelled as Natsu and Gray high fived each other.

Itachi sighed in relief as Midori excitingly kissed him.

"That just makes our job easier now. All three of you, come meet us by the auditorium. We still have a bit of work to do."

"You got it!"

"Come on everyone! We're not done yet! We have to get everyone out of this building."

The lot nodded and began to continue on.

Suddenly though, Sai stopped when he heard a sound coming from the room they were just about to pass, issuing Loke to stop next to him.

"What is it?" he asked as he stood by a room.

Without a word, Sai flew open the room door.

Loke took a step back when he found a body lying on the floor in the dark, tied by his chest and mouth, their forehead bleeding and scratches all over, though they were still slightly conscious.

"Shit!" Loke yelled.

"Choji." Sai sighed in relief.

(^A.H^)

The convict took two steps back and held his neck as it bled uncontrollably.

Tsubaki delivered two more slices to two more of the convicts that stood out of the fifteen by the auditorium doors.

With the bullets they had left, Loke, Gray, Lee, Natsu, and Kao fired at the remaining.

When the last dropped to the floor, Itachi and the others stepped out from dark.

Tsubaki removed her blade from the convict's chest and nodded to Itachi, who held up his gun.

"Kakashi, Midori, Sai. Backdoor." He ordered to them.

The three nodded to him, rushing to the back where they could easily enter the stage.

The lot outside the auditorium waited and listened.

After a few moments, Itachi smirked as gun shots went off and the sounds of grown men sounded between screams of students.

When he was sure the last had dropped he kicked open the auditorium doors.

The students and faculty of Konoha turned around in fear but remained in their seats.

"Everyone out! It's safe now! The bomb has been disabled! Leave while you still can!" Itachi yelled in the tone of a sergeant.

Some students cheered, some stood up and hugged and kissed each other as if they'd been trapped for days, when it had only been most of the school day.

Most students however, didn't hesitate to rush up and begin running out of the auditorium they'd been stuck in all day.

The lot looked to the stage, where they found the missing members of the Tracking and Escape Team who, had they come later, in moments would have been shot dead as all sat on their knees.

"Thank god!" Shizune yelled as they stood.

"It's about time!" Asuma smiled as he stood just as Kurenai rushed up the stage steps and nearly pounced him.

"Well, guess it's just up to them now…" Natsu mumbled as they got out of the way of 2,000 students and staff.

(^A.H^)

The Konoha police were not short of surprised when, suddenly, the students of Konoha high began running ramped out of the building as if it were on fire.

"Oh my god! What's going on?!" a teary-eyed Mikoto yelled.

They watched as the students piled out. Many spread out on the grass with the waiting police.

The families of Alpha and Omega looked around.

"Itachi!" Mikoto suddenly yelled, "Midori!"

Fukagu and the others looked as Itachi and Midori stepped out of the building. Though caked in blood and their guns discarded, they smiled.

"What's the meaning of this? What's happened?" lord hogake asked.

"Well it looks like someone was able to disable the bomb." Madara said casually.

"Wonderful!" Imoi yelled. "But where are our children?!"

(^A.H^)

"Kai! Kai! KAI!"

Kai rolled his eyes and looked up from straddling Megami. He looked to the door of Tsunade's office where he had tossed out her desk and all her items to make room for his 'throne.'

"What do you want, Karin." He said, annoyed as she stood in front of him by the door, breathing heavily.

"The students! The staff! Everyone's been released! They're escaping!"

"WHAT?!" Kai yelled as he shot up.

"I think someone may have disabled the bomb! The police will be in here any second! What do we do?!" Karin cried.

Kai shot a glare down to Megami but her expression remained plain.

"Kai!" Karin yelled once again. "Come on say something! Otherwise we're so screw—"

Karin grunted and fell to the ground at a sudden blow to her head.

Kai sat wide-eyed when her right leg twitched as her unconscious body lay outside the office.

Breathing heavily, Sasuke stepped into the door, his uniform sweater-vest tossed aside and his collar shirt sweaty and half unbuttoned.

"Get off. My girl."

"Oh would you look at that. The boyfriends finally come." Kai's eyes dulled.

Megami forced herself to slightly turn her head, where she could slightly see Sasuke.

The room reeked of the dead bodies of girls that had been killed in it, though their bodies had been moved out to the Main Office like trash.

Sasuke cursed himself for running out of bullets killing the convicts outside the door and fighting them off on his own. Now he only had muscle left to save her.

"Did you hear me?" he bit coldly.

Kai's eyes remained stoic and cold.

"Or what? Frankly, I think I have the upper hand here, Uchiha."

Megami gasped when Kai picked up the pistol in the back of his pocket. He tightened his grip on her and before Sasuke could realize he had it in his hand, he fired at him.

Sasuke cursed and held his shoulder.

"Sasuke…" Megami croaked.

Kai fired again, this time into his right arm.

"Sasuke…" she whimpered.

Again, he fired into his left leg.

"Sasuke…!" her voice raised as another bullet went into his lower abdomen.

"SASUKE!" Megami yelled as Kai fired one more into his right knee.

Sasuke collapsed, leaking blood like a broken pipe. Blood pooled out of his body as he lifted his head.

He held his right arm, though his left shoulder bled as well.

With his left eye closed and his teeth gritting in pain, he looked at Megami.

They stared at each other until he coughed up a horrible amount of blood.

"Now, I finally get my moment." Kai said, tossing the gun aside.

"Screw the bomb, I never cared anyway. This is what I've been waiting for. This is what I said I would do." He bit coldly as he looked Sasuke's way.

He continued to stare into Sasuke's weakening eyes as he unzipped his pants.

(^A.H^)

"Do something! He's still coming!" Kin yelled viciously as Hidan continued to fire, but continued to miss.

"Don't you see me fucking trying?! Shut up!" he barked.

"Fuck! I'm out!" he yelled.

Shikamaru successfully avoided the bullets as he clung onto the rope ladder.

"Give me something to cut it with!" he yelled to Kin.

"I don't have anything!" she bit back.

"Shikamaru…" Ino whispered weakly.

"I'm coming Ino! Hold on!" Shikamaru yelled as only a couple steps remained.

"Shit! What do we do?"

"Just push the bitch off!" one convict yelled.

Hidan shot his head to him, but before he could retort, a bullet fired.

"Gah!" he yelled, buckling over as he held his left ear. Ino rolled further into the helicopter as it swayed.

"He shot my fucking ear!" Hidan yelled.

Kin stepped back in fear as Shikamaru finally took a step into the copter.

He shot the two convicts dead and turned his gun onto Hidan.

He held his bleeding ear and glared at Shikamaru.

"Well?! Shoot me! What do you expect to do after that?! Huh?!" Hidan barked.

Shikamaru clicked the gun, but nothing came forward. His eyes widened as he clicked it again. Still nothing.

"Hah! You stupid bastard! You're out of bullets!" Hidan laughed.

Shikamaru mentally cursed himself for wasting them trying to get a good shot at Hidan from the rope ladder.

Hidan tackled Shikamaru to the floor, pushing Kin.

She screamed as she stumbled.

She reached out for someone or something, but nothing was around. Hidan punched Shikamaru in the face as the copter swayed.

Kin screamed as she fell straight out.

Hidan continued to deliver a few more punches to Shikamaru's face before he picked him up and kicked him in the stomach.

Tears ran down Ino's eyes as she looked at Shikamaru. He coughed up blood and his cheek and teeth bled.

She wished she could do something, but her body would not allow her.

Shikamaru caught Ino's eye on him as Hidan delivered more punches to his stomach.

When he saw the pain in her and the desperation, something took over him.

"Have a nice trip Nara!" Hidan laughed maniacally as he pushed Shikamaru towards the open door of the helicopter, then pushed him out.

"SHIKAMARU!" Ino yelled.

When Hidan turned back to her, smiling wickedly, he did not notice as Shikamaru's hand clung to the side of the helicopter.

Ino's eyes widened as he pushed himself back in by using his legs to push Hidan forward.

The force knocked Hidan through the doors of the cockpit and only the pilot. He knocked the pilots head against the glass, knocking him out.

The force as well knocked Hidan unconscious.

"Shit." Shikamaru mumbled as the helicopter, without a controller, began blaring warnings as it began a slow descent to the ground.

The copter turned, pushed Ino and Shikamaru against the wall.

"W-we're…we're gonna crash…" a teary-eyed Ino said.

Shikamaru looked back and her then back to the cockpit.

He bent down and proceeded to entire Ino from her restrictions as he looked around.

"Shikamaru…what do we do?" she whispered.

"We're going to jump." He said calmly.

"What?" she gasped.

"We have to jump."

When the rope was released from her body, Shikamaru wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Are you sure?" she whispered.

He stepped them towards the edge of the open doors and looked down as the helicopter continued to sway.

He stayed silent for a few moments, then once again looked around for any sign of a parachute.

He found none.

"I'm sure."

"I'm scared Shikamaru." Ino whimpered.

"It's okay. Just close your eyes. And take a deep breath."

She nodded, doing as he told, while tears ran down her eyes.

"On three..."

She nodded.

"One….two…."

He took a deep breath.

"Three…."

She lost her brother a month ago
His picture on the wall
And it reminds me
When she brings me coffee,,, her smile
I Wish i could be with her until my last day

With his arms still locked onto her waist, they jumped out of the helicopter.

The harsh wind forced Ino's hair to whip. She opened her eyes and looked at Shikamaru who looked up to the sky as they fell sideways, her on top of him.

"Shikamaru…?"

"Yeah…?"

"We're going to die…aren't we…?"

For a moment, he simply stared at the blue sky as the helicopter went the opposite way.

"Yeah…"

Ino stared at him for a moment before she rested her head under his chin. He closed his eyes as they continued to fall, waiting for the impact.

"I love you." She whispered. "I always will."

"Yeah…" Shikamaru whispered.

"I...love you too."

He could feel them growing closer to the ground.

Then, blackness.

She said she gave all her love to me
we dreamt a new life
Some place to be at peace
But things changed,,, Suddenly
I lost my dreams in this disaster

(^A.H^)

"I said hurry up! She doesn't have much time left!" Naruto yelled as he pushed Tobi up the steps with the gun.

Tobi said nothing as he climbed the steps to retrieve Hinata who only had moments of oxygen left with the filling tank. After icing the rest of the convicts, Naruto had ordered Tobi to get Hinata out of the filling tank.

Suki stood by, watching, and waiting .

Naruto's heart raced as his eyes met Hinata's. They seemed so desperate but at the same time they lacked life.

He had to be a man. He had to get her out of her predicament and get her home.

He had to have her back.

But whether she wanted him back or not, he promised himself that he would always protect her, and that's what he was going to do.

Tobi stood at the top reaching for the rope by standing by the edge of the tank.

Naruto watched and waited for him to at least bring Hinata forward so they could untie her and get her out safely. Since they could not stop the pipe from running, this was the only option.

I'm crying
Missing my lover
I don't have the power
On my side forever

Tobi reached for Hinata, but, to Naruto's shock, he whipped his other hand out with a small knife and quickly cut the rope.

Hinata could barely let out a scream as her head, the only remaining part of her body above water, dropped in.

With the weight of the rope and her inability to use her restricted arm (as well as her broken leg.) she began to sink.

"HINATA!" Naruto yelled, rushing farther up the steps.

He pushed Tobi, who wobbled on the edge of the tank.

"Shit—!"

Naruto himself jumped into the tank while Tobi fell in.

While Naruto swam over to Hinata, Tobi, nearly sinking, turned to him as he retrieved Hinata who had struggled to breath.

Naruto began to swim to the surface of the still filling tank, only to have his leg pulled back.

Oh where is my lover
And I got no power
I'm standing alone, calling
Calling out your name

He let out the breath he was held and turned around. Tobi dragged him down, holding his breath under the water.

He took out the pocket knife once again and cut Naruto's leg.

Naruto let out a bubble filled yelp and kicked Tobi with his other leg.

He needed air. Quickly. More importantly, Hinata needed air.

Tobi swam closer to him and tried as hard as he could to swipe the knife across Naruto's neck, though he dodged.

He once again kicked Tobi, who swam back a bit.

He glanced down to Hinata, who was now unconscious.

He was running out of time.

Naruto looked down to the gun still in his hand then to the glass tank.

Tobi looked up him. His eyes widened and he let out his breath when Naruto fired in his direction. He created a hole in the tank.

He fired again and created another, cracking the tank. When he fired another the cracks deepened.

Tobi, upon realizing what he was doing, kicked off the other side of the tank and lunged at him.

He whipped the knife around. Naruto, tried to his best to avoid it and managed to fire two more shots again.

The tank shook violently as the cracked deepened. Water began to pool out of the cracks.

Tobi swiped the knife again, this time when he missed, Naruto pushed his hand.

Without realization he pushed his arm back so the knife hit straight into his neck.

His eyes widened as Tobi's blood rose to the surface.

His eyes remained open as his body became limp, rising to the surface.

But before it could reach, part of the front of the tank that Naruto had fired at cracked open.

Suki gasped as the tank cracked more.

She screamed as she began to run towards the door.

But, she was too late, the tank broke and the excessive amount of water rushed out.

Suki screamed as it rushed into her. The pressure of the water hitting her and smacking her against the wall.

When the water settled, she fell down from the wall, wide-eyed. The back of her head, caved in and bleeding furiously.

Naruto coughed and hit his chest, releasing the large amount of water inside as he stood on all fours, drenched.

He rubbed his eyes, but only for a moment. When he realized Hinata lay next to him, he quickly jumped over to her.

"Damn it! Hinata! Hinata!" he yelled.

Her eyes remained shut.

"Fuck!" he yelled, his eyes becoming teary as he began pressing his hands on her stomach.

"Come on Hinata!" he yelled. He bent down and gave her mouth to mouth, then sat up straight again and began pumping her stomach.

"Come on Hinata! Please! You can do this!" he yelled.

He gave her mouth to mouth again, then continued pressing on her stomach.

"Come on! Please! Please don't leave me!" he yelled. "We were never going to let anything come between us! Remember?! We're going to be together forever!" he yelled, hot tears pouring down his eyes.

"Hinata please! Please don't leave me alone! Please! I don't want to be alone!" he cried as he collapsed onto her chest. His body shook when no heart beat came with her.

"Hinata…" he cried bitterly as the tank behind them dripped.

(^A.H^)

I said i gave all my love to you
We dreamt a new house
Some place to be at peace

"You know none of this would have happened if you'd just stayed with me." Ami sighed as she filed her nails.

Neji ignored her as he lay in front of Tenten. The pit of wandering spiders between them as he lay, holding his gun wound.

"You all would have been happy and safe if you'd just stayed away from those bitches." Ami dragged on as he stared at Tenten who continued to lower into the pit.

Tenten stared into his eyes. Knowing she was going to die a slow and painful death. Knowing their baby was going to die a slow and painful death.

"Well, now you're going to have to die too." Ami sighed. "Unless of course you want to come with us when we get out of here. The bomb should go off pretty soon."

"I think he's heard enough Ami, go away, Pein needs your help packing up." Kaede said coldly.

Ami scoffed and tossed her hair back, she stood up and began sashaying over to Pein.

Kaede casually stepped in front of Neji and crouched down to him.

But things changed,,, Suddenly
I lost my dreams in this disaster

"I don't think I can hate you enough anymore." He said coldly as she stared at him. "I should have expected you to do this. To betray me again. You're nothing but a low life—"

"Oh would you shut up?" Kaede whispered, rolling her eyes. "Listen, I'm going to take down those assholes, you just get your ass up and help Tenten, understand?"

Neji's eyes widened.

Kaede smirked.

"What…?"

"You heard me, jerk. Now we don't have much time." She mumbled.

"Kaede…"

"What?" she raised a brow. "You didn't actually think I'd betray the best thing that's ever happened to me again, right?"

Neji blinked as Kaede began to stand straight.

But just as she did, a gun shot went off.

Kaede gasped as she held the top of her chest.

It began to flow with blood, to Neji's shock.

"And you didn't actually think we believed you, right?" Ami smirked, her hand on her hip as Pein lowered the gun.

Kaede fell to her knees.

"Sari told us you'd probably turn. Oh, and you suck at whispering." Ami smirked.

But, to their shock, Kaede lifted her left arm, still holding only her bleeding chest and fired at all the convicts.

Ami screamed and jumped out of the way as Pein lifted his gun again, only to fall back when a bullet landed in his gun hand and his chest.

Kaede coughed blood as she aimed to hit Ami who scampered.

When she was sure she had a good shot, she clinked the gun, only for nothing to come out.

She cursed as she tossed the empty pistol aside.

"Hah! What are you going to do now, bitch?!" Ami yelled.

"How about you come over here and find out?!" Kaede asked weakly as blood flowed from her mouth.

Ami glared as she ran towards her. She lunged at Kaede and forced her to fall to her side.

Ami pulled her hair up and slammed her head back onto the floor three times. Kaede coughed blood into her eye, making Ami scream.

With the advantage, Kaede did the only thing she could think of.

She pushed Ami into the pit they lay right next to.

We don't know what is wrong tonight
Everybody's got no place to hide

Ami screamed as she fell in, but it was not nearly as bad as the deadly, vicious screams she let out as her body landed into the pit of deadly wandering spiders.

Tenten closed her eyes and nearly threw up as the spiders covered and began furiously attacking Ami's body.

She whipped around like a maniac, trying, to no avail, to get them off her as they chewed her body.

After a few moments, the screams died as the deadly bites became too much for her.

"Neji…" Kaede whispered.

He turned to her, his eyes glistening as he watched her die in front of him.

She smiled, her eyes watery as she coughed blood.

"Save her…please…don't let her go…" she whispered.

"Don't…le…"

Her voice faded into nothing as the swept out of her.

Neji bit back the pain of watching his first love die and began to stand up.

Tenten screaming as she felt herself lower.

Neji twisted around, he watched as Pein pressed the button with his free hand, bleeding from the chest wound.

Tenten screamed and cried furiously as her body grew further into the pit that violently took Ami's life.

Neji whipped his head from Pein to Tenten.

He gulped and decided to follow his gut on what he was about to do.

Tenten scream blared as she quickly began to fall in.

But, she quickly felt her body push back as something collided with it.

Pein finally succumbed to his gunshot wounds, and collapsed.

Tenten, weakly, began to open her eyes when she realized she was no longer falling.

Her body lay on top of Neji's and his arms stood wrapped around her.

"N-Neji…" she whispered. Realizing he had taken a huge risk diving to grab her, just before she fell.

But, she paled when she noticed he bled from his head. The blood pooled out of his skull as he lay, unconscious.

"Neji…" she whispered.

"God…no…N-Neji!"

She shook him with all the strength she had in her weak body.

"Neji…" she whispered again.

"Remember…we're going to raise this baby together….we're going….going to be a family…" she whispered. "We can't do that if you leave…you idiot….wake up…"

No one's left and there's no one to go on
All i know is my life is gone

He remained unmoving.

Tears poured down her eyes as she continued to shake him.

"Please…Neji...I'm so sorry...I love you…" she whispered.

"Just wake up…"

(^A.H^)

Sari and Matsuri didn't know what do as Deidara and Gaara fought. They couldn't get involved, so they simply navigated every time they came around them.

What the hell do we do?!" Matsuri demanded.

"Just kill the bitch! That'll get them to stop!"

Matsuri turned and pressed the conveyor belt button on the wall.

Sakura screamed as she began to move again, alerting Gaara who sat on top of Deidara, ready to deliver another punch.

"Sakura!" they both yelled.

Gaara quickly stood up.

"Who pressed the fucking button?!" Deidara yelled.

"I did!" Matsuri yelled, "but wasn't that the plan?!"

Deidara stepped up and slapped her across the face, forcing her to fall next to the pot.

"You bastard!" she yelled, holding her cheek as she stood up.

With the sides walled in, the only way Gaara could get to Sakura was to go on the conveyor belt itself.

He jumped up and began crawling towards Sakura as she moved at average speed. If he ran, he'd simply slip and get nowhere.

Matsuri lunged onto Deidara's back.

He growled at her and attempted to force her off.

"Get off me you crazy bitch!" he yelled.

I'm crying
Missing my lover

He pushed her back, forcing her off, but also forced her into the still hot and boiling pot that burned at Sakura's feet.

Matsuri screamed as her entire body touched the hot substance.

Sari's eyes widened as she furiously splashed around.

When she managed to lift her head and hand it was burned black and parts of her skin were missing.

"Sari! Help me! Please!" she yelled.

Sari looked at her in disgust. She turned and stepped over Kimi's body, running straight out the door just as Matsuri's body succumbed to the burns.

Deidara climbed onto the conveyor belt, lightened by the fire of the furnace as he crawled a few feet behind Gaara.

Gaara reached out for Sakura, nearing her he sped up his crawling.

"Gaara! Look out!" Sakura cried

Suddenly, he grunted when the gun made contact with his head.

He twisted around just as Deidara climbed on top of him.

He managed to hold his arms away as Deidara tried to point the gun his way again.

"If you let me kill you, I'll spare her life. She can stay with me, forever." Deidara spat.

"Like hell!" Gaara pushed, pushed him off him.

Deidara fell back and Gaara quickly twisted around to get back to Sakura, only to cry out when a gun shot went off.

He looked back to the back of his right knee as it flowed with blood. He cried out again when his left knee met the same fate.

"She's mine Sabaku! She's always been mine!" Deidara yelled.

"No! No she hasn't!" Gaara grinded his teeth and bit back the pain.

"You hurt her! You could never get her back! She'll never feel the same about you! No matter what you do! She'll always hate you!"

"Shut up!" Deidara yelled as he hit his head two more times with the end of the pistol.

Gaara, breathing heavily, dropped his head.

They could feel the heat of furnace.

Deidara stood up and tried to steady himself to walk on the conveyor belt.

He stepped over Gaara, but before he could take a step farther Gaara grabbed his legs and brought him down.

He sucked in the pain of the gunshot wounds and stood just as Deidara did.

Gaara buckled at the pain a couple times.

"What now?! Hmm?!" Deidara yelled, the gun in Gaara's face.

"This!" Gaara yelled, pushed him forward.

Deidara fell ahead of Sakura.

Gaara took a couple steps closer and managed to pull Sakura farther back before he fell once again.

Deidara's breathing became raged as he tried to stand but fell.

He turned to his side to see himself nearly about to touch the open, burning furnace.

Sakura turned and stared at him as he looked back to her.

"Deidara!" she croaked.

He looked into her eyes.

Tears ran down her eyes.

"I was going to name her Seikatsu!"

I don't have the power
On my side forever

His eyes widened.

Life.

"I was going to name our baby Seikatsu!" she called.

He stared for a moment before he closed his eyes and smiled.

Sakura turned away as his body fell into the waiting furnace.

Gaara pulled Sakura forward and tried to pull himself forward since he'd lost use of his legs, but he could hardly get far.

"Gaara…stop…"

He looked back to her.

She smiled sadly.

"It's okay…really…it's okay…"

Gaara turned to her as their bodies moved to the furnace.

"If I have to die, at least I'm by your side…at least we're together…"

He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her cheek as she closed her eyes.

"It's going to hurt…" she whispered.

"…I know…" he whispered back.

"I love you…" she whispered.

He slowly nodded as they closed in on the furnace.

"I know...I love you too…"

(^A.H^)

Megami looked onto Sasuke's eyes as her body moved up and down with the impact of Kai's thrusts.

He stared at her, tears running down his eyes as he lay, hardly unable to move as he watched Kai have his way with her.

He tried to close his eyes, he tried to block out Kai's pants and Megami's painful grunts, but he couldn't rip his eyes away from her own.

He was too late. He should have come earlier. He should have done something. He should have dodged the bullets. He should have pulled Kai off the moment he saw him on top of Megami.

Oh where is my lover
And I got no power

But he didn't. Now he had to watch as he violated her in front of him. He was useless.

Megami lifted her battered arm and reached out for him.

Sasuke, though bleeding from his right arm, lifted his own arm and reached out for her.

Tears streaked down her eyes. Tears that cried 'help me' and 'save me from this nightmare.'

Sasuke slowly began to crawl forward. His arm still stood out for her, as if begging to take a hold of her.

Kai, in his own word, barely paid attention as Sasuke crept over to her.

It was a minute or so before he finally touched Megami's hand.

They both weakly clasped hands, tears running down their eyes.

They knew Sasuke would eventually fall to his wounds, and they knew when Kai was done, he would kill her.

It was over.

It was all over.

All the memories, the hopes, the dreams, the love, was nothing but dust now.

Sasuke's head fell as his bloody hand remained clasped with the dried blood on Megami's own.

Megami turned her head back to Kai as violently had his way with her, just as he had done in Furyoka.

She released her hand from Sasuke's so that it simply fell limp on the floor.

I'm standing alone, calling
Calling out your name

She lifted the same hand to Kai's cheek, to his surprise.

He slowed himself and lifted his head, glaring at her.

But, the glare subsided when he looked into her glistening blue eyes. She smiled sadly at him as she held his cheek.

"What are you doing?" he demanded, though his expressions remained blank.

She rubbed his cheek with her thumb. Sub-consciously, he closed his eyes. She circled his cheek with her hand as he settled on top of her.

"What are you doing…?" he asked more calmly.

"I hurt you…Kai…"

Her words forced his eyes open.

He stared down at her.

"I hurt you…without even realizing it…" she whispered. "You were in love with me in middle school, and I never batted you an eye…"

He glared.

"Shut up."

"You tried so hard to get my attention, but I pushed you away, because I loved someone else…"

"I said shut up." he growled.

"You chose me to be your fiancée…even though it was arranged…they gave you a selection…and you picked me…because you thought…you thought you could eventually…someday…make me fall in love with you…"

"Shut your mouth!" Kai yelled.

"But I didn't…and even when Sasori died….you still couldn't win my heart…I fell in love with someone else…"

Kai's breathing became ragged.

"You've always been pushed into second place…by me…" she whispered. "You hate me because I never loved you the way I loved Sasori…or Sasuke…"

"I SAID SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH!"

Megami's expression remained blank as Kai shook. Tears began to drip from his eyes as he bit his bottom lip and turned away.

He shot his eyes to her. He looked vulnerable, weak, and like a sad little boy.

"Why?! Why didn't you ever pick me?!" he yelled.

Megami remained quiet.

"I could have made you happy! I could have given you anything you wanted! I'd never cheat on you like they did! I'd never hurt you! I wanted a life with you Megami! Why didn't you want me?!" he cried.

He collapsed into her shoulder, his own shaking as he cried.

"Why didn't you want me?!" he cried like a child.

Megami lifted her hand to lift him up a bit.

"Kai…I did love you…I loved you so much…"

"But never the way I wanted you to…" he bit, tears still streaming.

"You've hurt so many people…" she whispered.

"I know." He cried.

"You've hurt the girls."

"I know." He cried more.

"You hurt me. In the worst way I know how."

His cheeks became blotchy with tears and his face became red. He looked nothing like the strong, ruthless prince she'd come to know. He looked like a scared, lonely little boy.

"I'm going to die here. Sasuke's going to die here…" she whispered.

"Then kiss me!" he said suddenly.

She remained blank.

"Please!" he said desperately. "A real one! I can't let you live…I can't let anyone else have you! If I have to I'll die here myself!...but….please…just kiss me…once…like you kiss them…"

It took a couple moments before Megami lifted her head and planted her lips onto Kai's.

He closed his eyes and relaxed on her as they moved together. She opened her mouth and allowed him in.

The feeling sent his body into overdrive. This is what he'd always wanted. To feel like he was number one in her life instead of the rest.

He'd gone through so much trying to prove it to her until the pain finally took him over and he turned into a maniac.

He didn't care about the kingdom. He never cared. All he cared about was winning her heart.

"All I've ever wanted…is you…I love you, Megami." He said when they broke the kiss.

"I know…Kai…"

He grunted and buckled forward when he felt a sudden piercing in his heart.

He looked down to his own blade, covered in Megami's blood, now within his own chest.

He looked up at her with pain his eyes.

She looked back at him with her own teary eyes.

"I'll never forget you…Kai…even after everything…you'll be in my heart…forever…"

I'm crying
Missing my lover
I don't have the power
On my side forever

He opened his mouth, as if he were about to speak, but a simple grunt came out before he collapsed onto her body.

Oh where is my lover
And I got no power
I'm standing alone, calling
Calling out your name

(^A.H^)

Shikamaru and Ino forced themselves to open their eyes.

They were sure they were dead for the last few moments, but when they realized they could still see and hear things, their bodies came too.

Shikamaru looked around. He and Ino both found themselves on a net.

He looked around as surrounding police set the net down, sighing I relief.

"Shikamaru!" Yoshino cried and she and Shikaku ran over.

"Ino!" Imoi screamed as she, Yuki, and Inoichi ran over.

"Are we dead…?" Ino whispered.

"Not even close…" Shikamaru murmured.

(^A.H^)

Hinata coughed the water content in her stomach out and onto Naruto who instantly lifted his head.

Weakly, her eyes began to flutter open.

"Oh god! Hinata!" Naruto yelled.

"Naruto…kun?" she mumbled.

He wrapped his arms around her as she blinked a few times.

"What's…going on…?"

Naruto lifted himself and wiped his eyes, even though his face and the rest of his body was wet.

"Well right now! We're getting the hell out of here!"

"Okay…" Hinata whispered.

Naruto picked her up bridal style and she rested her head on his chest.

"Can I sleep…?"

"Sure Hinata-chan, you can sleep…"

(^A.H^)

"Jesus…my fucking head…"

Tenten shot her head up as Neji grunted.

"Take me to a hospital, for god's sake."

"Neji!" she yelled, jumping him.

"Ow…ow…ow!" they both yelled.

Tenten looked down to him.

"I feel kinda dizzy…" he mumbled.

"Because your head is bleeding baby…" she answered.

"Police!" voices from down the hall yelled.

Tenten sighed and let out a breath as she rested on top of Neji and closed her eyes.

"But everything's going to be okay now…"

(^A.H^)

Sakura and Gaara shot their eyes open as the conveyer belt suddenly stopped.

They watched the furnace fire die then looked forward.

"Now I think I've taught you better than to take naps on conveyer belts honey. I wasn't that bad of a parent."

"Mom!" Sakura croaked as she looked to the end of the conveyor belt with Gaara, where her mom stood cocky in an orange jumpsuit. Along with her barely stood Kimi, who clutched her stomach as she tried to keep her eyes open, her arm around Chika's shoulders.

"Kimi!" Gaara yelled.

"Can't…get rid of me that easy…" she chuckled.

"Now, let's get you two out of here, I think you're in desperate need of a hospital." Chika sighed. "I can hear the police heading down this way."

Sakura and Gaara looked at each other with hope in their eyes.

Sakura laughed as she leaned in and heartily kissed Gaara on the lips, to his surprise.

"Alright you two! Save that for when your wounds have healed!"

(^A.H^)

Megami stared at the ceiling of Tsunade's office, feeling lost and alone as Kai's dead body rested on top of her, and with his sex still between her legs and his head slumped in her left shoulder.

She felt as if she could see the sun outside of the walls.

"Police!"

"Jesus Christ it's a blood bath all over this school!"

Megami's eyes remained wide and her hair remained spread out and stringy.

When the police finally stepped into the office, she closed her eyes.

(^A.H^)

"And so ends one of the darkest days in Japan's history. The brutal acts of a crazed criminal and company have left a mark on Japan that we will never forget. But, thankfully, most students were able to escape the school when students Shino, Zeref, and Park Su-Young were able to disable the threatening bomb. Along with a group of nearly thirty civilians, the students and faculty were able to escape the clutches of man men. Fatalities include most of the released criminals, with a few being returned to their cells, and a few female students, brutally murdered. But, the main victims of the dark day were successfully rescued and were immediately sent to a hospital for emergency attention."

"The criminal, former prince Kai Mayonaka, was found dead in the office of principal Tsunade. Most who assisted him were found dead, but those such as student Karin and former princess Sari, are being sent to a maximum security woman's prison. Konoha high school will be out for a week to allow recovery—"

Ino shut off the TV and tossed the remote by her side.

Hello world
Hope you're listening
Forgive me if I'm young
Or speaking out of turn

She grimaced at the hospital gown she sat in then made herself comfortable in her bed.

"I never really like watching the news, it's just adult gossip." She sighed.

"You love to gossip." Shikamaru raised a brow as he sat next to her in her hospital room, shirtless with bandages around his chest.

"I gossip about fashion trends, not people." She winked.

He chuckled as he moved closer to her bed.

The ten, and others, had arrived to the hospital eight hours prior. It was late at night in Konoha now, and entire day felt like a blur.

They could barely see one another, as most of the girls had to go through emergency surgery to fix torn ligament and bruised organs and broken bones.

Ino looked down to her sheets as she too sat bandaged up.

"Ino…I know what you're thinking, and I want you to stop thinking it." He said seriously.

She looked up and looked him in the eyes.

"What am I thinking?"

"I forgive you."

Her eyes widened.

He half smiled and blew out a breath, "I don't ever want to think about or bring up that incident with Sai ever again, because I love you too much to lose you again."

Ino's mouth gaped.

There's someone I've been missing
And I think that they could be
The better half of me
They're in their own place trying to make it right
But I'm tired of justifying
So I say to you

He sighed, "this entire day has been a whirlwind, and you of all people know all I want to do is take a good nap. But I know for I fact I never want it to happen again. There will always be obstacles Ino, and you'll always be one insane, overhearing, blonde chick. But I'm ready for all of it. I'm ready for the future."

"Oh! Shikamaru!" she cried as she jumped forward, hugging him tightly.

"No more crying, please. Unless you're doing it over how amazing your design came out, I don't ever want you to cry in front of me again…" he mumbled.

She nodded into his shoulder, tears still running down her eyes as he sighed in contentment.

(^A.H^)

"It's a room the girls and I first used when we got here."

Naruto shot his head up from scratching the gauze patch on his cheek as he sat by her. He blinked at Hinata's sudden choice of words.

Come home
Come home
Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long
For so long

She lay connected to an IV and her leg in a cast, with various bandages around her body.

"No Hinata! You don't have too! I don't deserve—!"

"We were still in our dark moments then," she continued. "We used it to release pain whenever the idea of what happened to us came up. We'd hit the wall, cut ourselves and smear the blood on the walls, cry, and wish we were dead."

Naruto paled at her words.

"But we haven't used the Comfort Room since we started dating all of you. We used it to take away the pain, but you all did that for us…" she whispered.

Naruto lowered his head, "but I only hurt you again…I did something terrible…as much as I want you back Hinata…I don't derserv—"

She shushed him by putting her finger to his lips.

"We both betrayed each other Naruto. Even so, I can't fathom the idea of not being with you…"

"Hinata…" he whispered as she dropped her hand.

"I know you were in pain and you felt hurt…though it doesn't excuse it…I understand…but we'll make mistakes in life, Naruto. I know you'll never do it again. I know you. So for the sake of us…we push it to the past…"

And right now there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
The fight for you is all I've ever known
So come home

"Are you sure Hinata? Because I'll spend the rest of my life making it up to you!"

"You don't need to, Naruto…" she smiled warmly.

"You've already given me your heart, and that alone is enough for me."

She put her hand on his cheek and he held it with his bandaged left hand. He closed his eyes and took in her scent.

(^A.H^)

Tenten hummed a bit as she rubbed her stomach. Both her hands sat bandaged but that didn't stop the happy feeling in her gut and the need to feel her baby.

Her baby that had pulled through, unharmed.

"You sure now isn't the best time to tell your parents?" Neji asked, sipping coffee as he sat next to her bandaged on his right shoulder and chest and back.

"No, we have to make sure they don't. I'm not ready for them to know yet, I want it to be special." She smiled sheepishly before she turned to him and glared.

"Why the hell are you drinking coffee this late at night?!"

"I like coffee, it helps me sleep." He said dully.

"That makes no sense!"

"It does for some people!" he barked back.

"You are so unbelievable," she rolled her eyes.

After a couple seconds the two of them began laughing.

I get lost in the beauty
Of everything I see
The world ain't as half as bad
As they paint it to be
If all the sons
All the daughters
Stopped to take it in

"Gosh," she giggled. "We're never going to change are we?"

"I guess not." He said as he took another sip before he set it on the tray next to him.

"Listen…Tenten."

She lifted her hand up to silence him.

"Don't even." She shook her head. "We're moving past this."

"What…?"

She sighed, "Neji. While I was lying out of the car, wondering if I was going to die, all I could think about was you and the life we could have had. Yes we bicker, yes we annoy each other, but I think that means we're meant for each other…and something tells me we're meant to raise this child together, too. I know it'll be hard but we can do it, we'll make great parents. And when I think of a life with you, I let everything in the past go."

"Tenten…"

She lifted her head and smiled at him.

"For now, before things get crazy, how about we just be in love?"

Well hopefully the hate subsides and the love can begin
It might start now... Yeah
Well maybe I'm just dreaming out loud
Until then

He blinked before relaxing.

He lifted himself up a bit and chastely kissed her.

"Of course…"

(^A.H^)

"I was so worried about you!" they said simultaneously.

Masato and Aoi turned to each other and blinked before turning back to Sakura.

"I didn't know what happened!" they said at the same time again then turned and shot each other a look.

"Why do they keep doing that?" Ume whined as Yoko giggled.

"I'm not sure."

Sakura smiled sadly as Gaara lay in a bed right beside her. She'd requested they be side by side and share a hospital room.

He watched as Masato and her father turned to her.

"How do you feel, Sakura?" Aoi asked.

"I'm fine dad."

"Are you absolutely sure it was Chika that helped you out?" Masato asked.

Sakura nodded, surprised herself that her mother, of all people, would be the one to save her life.

Masato and Aoi glanced at each other. Both now fully aware of who the other was, though they did not mind.

"I'm glad you're okay Saki!" Ume practically yelled.

"Thanks, Ume." Sakura giggled.

Come home
Come home
Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long
For so long

"As am I Sakura, you had me worried sick."

"Thanks mom, but I'm okay, really." Sakura nodded.

Yoko blushed, still getting used to the idea of Sakura calling her 'mom.'

"If you guys don't mind, I'd like a little alone time with Gaara."

Aoi and even Masato narrowed his eyes.

She rolled her eyes. She felt like she had two dads.

"Scram."

Aoi and Masato sighed as they turned.

"Come on, let's go get something to eat." Masato offered as the four stepped out.

"Of course," Aoi spoke as they walked down the hall "this hospital has the finest…"

Sakura lay flat on her bed as Gaara lay flat on his own, their beds touching. Both sat bandaged, Sakura more than Gaara, and in hospital gowns.

Gaara took a deep breath and let it out slowly as they clasped hands.

Sakura sighed, "Gaara…I—"

"Let's get married."

And right now there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
The fight for you is all I've ever known
Ever known
So come home

Her eyes widened, she quickly sat up in her bed and looked at him, lying on her left.

"What…what did you say…?"

Their hands remained clasped as he leaned over and picked up his pants. He dug out something from his pockets as he repeated the words.

"I said: Let's. Get. Married."

"Gaara—!"

"Sakura, I love you. I'll always love you. You're the only person I can even fathom loving. And I want to spend the rest of my life proving to you that you are more than a princess in my eyes, more than a queen, an empress, a goddess, whatever." He said casually as he finally retrieved the item from his pant pocket.

She gasped as he took out a small box and let go of her hand.

He opened it, to reveal a pink/white diamond flower shaped ring.

"I know this isn't the most romantic of places to do this, and I know we're still young. But if I have to be a king by the end of the school year, I want you by my side…as my queen."

Her eyes glistened just as the ring did even in hospital lighting.

"I don't care about the past. The future is what's important, and I may not know a lot about the future…but I know you're in it…so…." He sighed.

"Sakura Haruno, will you marry me?"

Tears streamed down her eyes as she rapidly nodded. With all the strength she had in her body, she jumped him.

(^A.H^)

Everything I can't be
Is everything you should be
And that's why I need you here
Everything I can't be
Is everything you should be
And that's why I need you here

Sasuke simply stared as Megami sat in front of the window, staring into the night sky in her hospital gown. An IV sat by her side.

They hadn't said much since they arrived at the hospital. Sasuke had been saved, thankfully and he lay now, his gunshot wounds healing and hopped up on prescription pain killers.

Though he could understand that neither of them wanted to say a word, not after the news they'd just received.

An X-ray had revealed that Megami had been about a month pregnant.

Had been.

The car accident and impact had caused a miscarriage.

Since it was a month, it couldn't have been Neji's. And before Kai, Sasuke was her first, so…

So hear this now
Come home
Come home
Cause I've been waiting for you
For so long
For so long

Megami's eyes glistened as she watched the night sky, but she refused to cry anymore. At least for now.

Sasuke's sudden words stilled her.

"Renge's baby, isn't mine."

He nearly slapped himself for feeling the need to bring up the topic of baby right now, but it had to be said.

Megami said nothing.

"She was pregnant before I…before we slept together…she came to Konoha to ask for my help, but she knew it wasn't mine…"

Still she kept silent.

"When Renge pulled me out of the fire, I was scared and edgy. I thought I was going to die. I thought you had died. When she brought me back to the mansion I finally looked at her, and she looked so much like you…some part of me thought that she…well, that doesn't excuse what happened, but that's what happened."

Megami blinked back tears.

"I deserve it if you hate me. I'm no different from Sasori, and I make you feel like you just keep getting hurt. I don't want you to feel that way anymore. You need someone who will make you happy for the rest of your life. Who'll never hurt you again. You don't need me."

Sasuke sighed and hung his head when she said nothing again.

It wasn't until about a minute later did he hear slow footsteps and the smack of a cast against the floor.

He lifted his head up and looked at her as she sat on his bed, next to him.

She stared at the floor with a dull expression for a few moments before silent tears began to fall from her eyes.

In moments her face contorted into a painful expression and she began wailing.

Sasuke quickly wrapped his arms around her and she allowed him, wrapping her arms around him and crying in his healing shoulder.

"I want to hate you! So much! Just like I hated Sasori! But I can't! I love you so much , Sasuke!" she cried. "I want to be with you forever! Please don't leave me like they did! Please don't hurt me again!"

And right now there's a war between the vanities
But all I see is you and me
The fight for you is all I've ever known

"I promise Megami!" he yelled over her tears. "I promise to God I'm going to spend the rest of my life making sure you know you're the most important thing to me! The guilt of what I did will haunt me for as long as I breathe but it'll never happen again…please…I'll sooner die…"

"Make the pain go away Sasuke! I don't want to hurt anymore!" she cried, shaking in his shoulder.

"I'm going to spend the rest of my life making sure no one ever hurts you again…." He mumbled.

"I love you, Megami…always."

So come home
Come home

(^Epilogue^)

We buried Kaede and Kai later that week. Kaede's funeral was on Wednesday while Kai's funeral was private the next day.

During the weekend we even attended the funeral for Deidara, Hidan, Tobi, and Pein. It was pretty small.

We even held a funeral for Megami's unborn baby, and set up a gravestone in the boy's backyard. Megami cried a lot. A lot.

Ino's head practically blew off when I showed her and the girls the ring. (I'm still waiting to tell dad.)

I've never looked through so many wedding magazines in my life, and Shikamaru and Gaara always seem to be around when we are…I feel like Ino's hinting something.

Even so, I like it, it makes me happy, thinking about the wedding.

We're staying in Konoha (of course.) after everything that happened there's just no way we can leave the boys now, I think we're stronger than we could have ever hoped to be.

Neji needed a couple days to himself after Kaede's funeral so we all, including Tenten, let him be. But I think he's back on his feet now. We're all still zombie(ing?) around the hospital until our wounds heal, but we were able to leave for the funerals. Tenten said she's a little annoyed that he's going to be even more overprotective now, but I think she's secretly happy about it.

Naruto and Hinata are back to their old selves. Hinata's smiling again and Naruto's still being the blundering idiot who makes her smile, which is the way things should be.

Kimi and Choji's wounds are healing up along with ours. Ino told me Sai came to visit her with Tsubaki. He didn't say much; just that this was it, and he'd always have her in his heart.

Megami's spending most of her recuperation time outside. Sasuke tells me she just sits out on the hill by the hospital for hours and just stares. A part of me thinks this is her way of finding peace and release. Sasuke sometimes sits with her, but he hands back.

I'm not going to let the fact that I'm not a princess discourage me from spending my life with Gaara again. I know we're still young, but love comes in different ways, and in different times. One knows when they have it. (Though I have to admit, it's pretty hard hiding the ring from dad and Masato.)

The police found Tsunade tied in her own storage closet, she was beaten up pretty bad but managed to come out with only a couple major bruises. Konoha high is being cleaned up and renovated again.

Things are finally falling back to normal (whatever that is) and the girls and I are content.

We've thanked everyone who helped out with the incident that day, including DELTA, who have gone back to their own school to heal their own wounds, stating ours is filled with 'too much drama.'

Whatever. I still hope we see them again soon. I wanna meet their girlfriends too, they sound great.

Shino's decided to spend his last few weeks at Konoha high, he says the school is pretty interesting, and most of his friends are closer here anyway. Itachi and Midori come to see all of us every day.

Park Su-Young is staying at the mansion, I think she's even been made assistant head maid or something for her help. Renge's leaving though, but we all think it's for the best. Her aunt is going to take care of her and her grandmother in Osaka. She says she'll be back soon though.

Temari and Kankuro have gone back to Suna, of course (I can't tell you how loud Temari screamed when I showed her the ring, I swear she and Ino could be sisters.) According to Tsunade, Kurenai's room will be back to normal by the time we get back, and Mrs. Sento is gonna bring Neko back.

ALPHA and OMEGA are once again Alpha and Omega and we wouldn't have it any other way. Because we know that from now on, we are inseparable.

You can't have Alpha without Omega anyway.

Love is crazy, and high school is wild, but we're still here, and the adventures are still going for us.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Your daughter,

Sakura.

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