Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Valley of End ❯ Chapter 7

Chapter 7- This is what we trained for

 

“Itachi, this doesn't make any sense.” Itachi looked over to Jiraiya.

“Oh, and what is that Jiraiya-sama?”

“Why are Orochimaru's ninja here, if you and some Akatsuki are here? You two are enemies!”

“Yes, it is true that we are enemies. But we had to ignore that little detail. You see, we were both planning on capturing Naruto-kun. Of course, we also knew that neither of us could control Kyuubi's power alone. So, we decided to work together on this mission.”

 

 

Great. Now, not only do we have to battle one of our enemies, but now we have to battle two. Kakashi thought.

“Sasuke, are you all right?”

“Um, ya. I think I'll be fine.” Sasuke told Kakashi.

(Shikamaru's thoughts)

Hmm. We need some kind of distraction so that at least some of us can escape to go and find Naruto. But how…?

(Normal)

Shikamaru did a hand sign, and a moment later, the Akatsuki member that was guarding Kakashi, let his guard down.

“Kakashi-sensei, hurry!” Kakashi immediately noticed what Shikamaru had done. Now, because of that, he would be able to escape. Kakashi used his sharingan to perform a jutsu that he had learned from Zabuza.

“Hidden mist jutsu!” Kakashi shouted. As soon as the room was foggy and white, Kakashi grabbed the two gennin that were closest to him; Hinata and Sasuke.

“Come on! Lets hurry!” He led them out of the room and started running as fast as he could. As soon as he was away from all of the fog, he realized that he had almost fallen down several flights of stairs.

Well, might as well take the risk. He thought, as Kakashi sped down the stairs with Sasuke and Hinata hot on his heals.

Naruto-kun, where are you? This thought kept going through Hinata's head over and over. I sure hope that he is not, well…I hope that he is okay. Hinata refused to think that Naruto was dead.

“Master Kakashi!”

“What is it Hinata?”

“I-I sense some chakra! It, it's down that hallway.” Hinata pointed to the hallway that they had just past.

“Alright. Lets follow it.” Kakashi ordered.

Sasuke turned around so fast, and headed in the direction that Hinata had pointed to. He couldn't help but think that this was his entire fault; so he just had to be the one to find Naruto. Unfortunately for him, his wish had come true sooner than he thought it would; and in a way that he wished that it hadn't. Right there in front of him, was what looked like a jail cell. And in that jail cell, was Naruto.

Sasuke wouldn't have even recognized him if it wasn't for the blond hair-well, sort of blond hair. Right before him, was Naruto. Lying in a heap on the floor. His clothes were stained red. They were torn, and dirty. Naruto's hair was damp with sweat. It wasn't spiky like it always was. No. It was matted to his forehead with all of the sweat and blood that was on him. Naruto had cuts and bruises all over him. Sasuke had never seen him like this before. For the first time that he had seen in his life, Naruto was in pain; the kind of pain that took all happiness from someone. This pain had taken away all spirit that Naruto had before. He looked helpless, and desperate.

When Hinata and Kakashi came into the room, Hinata let out a small scream. She hesitated for a moment. But when she had gotten a look from Kakashi, saying `go ahead' she ran straight past the shocked Sasuke, and over to the unconscious Naruto. She started stroking his head. After a minute, she grabbed the bottom of her pants, and ripped off a piece. She placed it on his head and started mopping up the sweat and blood. She noticed that his breath wasn't coming out evenly, and that it was starting to come in slower, shorter breaths.

During this whole time, Kakashi stood guard. He wanted to let Hinata and Sasuke have a chance with Naruto…before the Akatsuki caught up.

“Naruto-kun, please, d-don't give up…” Hinata was now crying. She reached into her shirt and grabbed some of her healing ointments. She tried covering as many wounds as she could with it, but before she could get to all of them, the Akatsuki had arrived.

Sasuke's anger had come to a boil.

“Look! It's obvious that you don't want him that badly! So just let us take him, and leave in peace! If you really wanted him, then you wouldn't be treating him like this!” Kakashi ran up to Sasuke and put his hand over his mouth.

“Be quiet Sasuke. We don't want to fight; so don't give them a reason to.” Kakashi had warned him. Although he already knew, that whether they wanted to or not, they would have to fight.

 

Hinata stood in front of Naruto.

I will protect Naruto-kun, no matter what it takes; I will not let him get hurt any worse than he is.

Hinata was so busy thinking, that it took her a minute to notice that Naruto was beginning to move. He barely opened his eyes. When he looked up at Hinata, he had a strange look on his face.

“Who…are y-you? W-wh…what's going…o-on here…?” Naruto was stuggling to get these words out. He was in so much pain that he could barely speak.

Hinata looked at Naruto with a shocked, and hurt look on her face.

What does he mean, `who are you'? He knows us. So…why does he act as though he doesn't?