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"Its probably just a wild dog, or a wolf.." Sakura said, loosening her shoulders for a second before she saw that Yamato shook his head. "There is no wolfs in these areas. We're pretty far away from anything, so the possibility of wild dogs out here is pretty small.. Stay on guard. We're not gonna get any sleep tonight." He said, tightening his jaw.

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They formed a pentagon, all of them being able to see each others silhouettes in the night. Not wanting to draw unnecessary attention to their little group, Yamato had refused to set up a fire. Sure, they would be able to see much more clearly, but it would also make them a bunch of sitting ducks.

Naruto moved a little now and then. Trying to keep his eyes open. Being tired after the long day, made him slightly drowsy. And knowing that their prisoner were sleeping in their middle, didn't really help him stay awake. He suppressed a deep yawn - They had sat like this for over an hour and nothing had happened. He'd noticed Sasuke sitting completely still, barely moving a muscle, and if it weren't because he could see the moonlight being reflected in the onyx colored eyes, he would've thought the raven had dozed off.

Little did he know, Sasuke was keeping a close eye on both Naruto and Sakura, them being on either side of him. He knew that the silence would grow on Naruto, and that he eventually would fall asleep at some point. If that happened,  Sasuke would be sure that no harm came to his blonde. The possessive edge in his mind were unconscious, but the raven had come to accept his thoughts, actions, dreams and plans for the future, regarding the blonde knucklehead ninja. And Sakura? She was as annoying as ever, far worse than Ino. But she was dear to the blonde, and to some extend the raven himself, and he wouldn't allow her to get herself hurt, knowing the effect it would have for his blonde. It would crack the care free smile he possessed and Sasuke would do anything to prevent that.

Sakura, Yamato, and Sai were very much awake and on their toes, even though they were getting slightly drowsy.

After yet another hour, 2 brilliantly blue orbs were hidden behind eyelids as heavy as lead, and the second they were completely closed, Naruto were tackled to the ground. His eyes snapped open, only noticing a pair of sharp claws and viscous teeth, going directly after his throat before the the attacker was removed from him and thrown away into the forest again with a small, and short whimper of pain. Over him stood Sasuke, staring out in the bushes and tall grass with blood red eyes. He was clearly in a defense position, and holding a kunai dripping with thick blood.

He glanced at the blonde shortly, making sure that Naruto didn't have any serious wounds. "You okay?" He asked, hiding his concern behind a cold voice. "Yeah... Just gave me a scare." The blonde responded, getting up, fully awake again.

Naruto had barely said his last word, when a kunai flew in between them, and dug into a tree, missing Sakura by an inch. She backed a little, as a loud snarl emitted from the trees. Then a short moment of silence passed, before a voice were heard clearly in the night.

"Let Akuma go." The owner of the voice was hidden in the shadows, and even though the words were said quietly, in a almost polite tone of voice, it immediately send chills down their spines. The voice was hard to define, it was impossible to determine  the gender of the person talking. And even though the voice sounded emotionless, almost as if the person was dead, the underlying message shined through clearly: Let the prisoner, Akuma, go or get killed.

They heard a quiet, suppressed laughter coming from their middle. Obviously Akuma was now awake, yet again. She knew how close knitted her guards were to each other... She doubted, that they would put each other at risk by refusing to let her go. She was actually amused, rather than scared. She had recognized the voice as soon as it had sounded. From the first howl in the night, she'd known of their presence. She never had regretted anything, that was obvious now in her attitude.

Of course, the change of her attitude didn't go unnoticed by anyone. And of course, that ticked Naruto off. Sasuke, the one closest to the blonde, could hear Narutos knuckles crack, as the blonde tried to keep his cool. Sasuke hesitated, but Naruto seemed to have his anger under control... He decided to show his comrade some trust  and slowly moved back to his spot. When he was back at his spot again, he inhaled deeply. The tension was suffocating. The underlaying threat from their unknown enemy, still lingering in the night.

"What do we do? We can't just turn her over." The spiky haired raven said slowly said, as quiet as he could. Yamatos eyes flickered. He was obviously trying to come up with a plan.

"Of course we can't turn her over. We're leaf ninja right? Were gonna complete the mission"
Sakura, Sai, Sasuke and Yamatos heads whipped in the direction of the blonde, whom had talked too loud. Way too loud. Then hell broke loose.

Sai was tackled to the ground, by the wolf-like dog that had attacked Naruto earlier, immediately getting back up by Yamato, whom were attacked by 2 similar wolf-life creatures. Naruto and Sasuke moved closer to their prisoner, but only for a sec, then they had to help Sakura. A young, skinny-looking, male ninja had launched himself at the pinkette, whom barely dodged the attack, before a kick came flying from him, hitting her in the side and sending her flying at a tree Luckily, Naruto had noticed what was happening to her, and immediately launched himself between Sakura and the tree. He caught her, and stumbled for a second, before he was forced to let go of the kunoichi, to dodge a kunai, aimed for his throat. He squished his eyes shut for a second, as he felt the kunai, rip up his shoulder.

The second Naruto had taken a run, Sasuke had tried to follow him, but his path had been blocked, by a kunoichi, with long brown hair. Now the two of them was 'dancing' around the prisoner, none of them being able to get a hit in. The kunoichi he was fighting, had the upper hand though, as Sasuke didn't just have his attacker, to worry about, but Akuma too. Her hands were tied, but her legs were free, and she kept on, trying to kick, or trip him.

Then Sasukes blood-red eyes, noticed movement at the corner of his eyes, and moved a little to the side, to avoid the punch Sakura swung at his opponent. The enemy kunoichi though, took the hit, not even noticing it coming. She got hit between her shoulder blades, shattering the spine and the bones in her shoulders. Akuma stiffened, her eyes widening as the brunette fell unconscious to the ground. Sakura caught Sasukes eyes for a moment, mouthing Narutos name before setting off to help Yamato and Sai.

He noticed they could use her help, since the dog had gotten a bite in at Yamato. Hes shoulder was bleeding badly, and Sais ink beasts didn't hold for long. The dogs might've been hurt, but they didn't seem to even notice it. Right now, their only purpose they had in their lifes was killing, and inflicting damage. It was easy to read that in their eyes and the teeths they were showing.

He stood for a second, watching the battle, then whipped around when he heard a cry, coming from Naruto, whom had taken on the male ninja, that had attacked Sakura. It had gone okay in the beginning, but now his opponent had gotten past his guard, and was digging into the blondes wounded shoulder with a kunai. Someone were hurting his blonde. Naruto had dropped the kunai, and was obviously trying  to do hand signs for his shadow clones. The attacker, just didn't give him the time to do so, forcing Naruto to either dodge the attacks, or block them. That had given him multiple cuts and rifts already, since the attacker still hold his kunai. Sasuke leaped, trying to attack the man from behind, but warned by a yell from Akuma, the man easily evaded it, causing Sasuke to almost hit the blonde. Now that they were 2, against one, the fight turned almost easy. Something bugged Sasuke though. None of these were the ones who had spoken earlier on... Why hadn't that person stepped forward, when his team were in trouble? He didn't have to worry long though. When Sasukes chidori were about to impale their opponent, he just notice a shadow from his behind, then his one arm were forced to his back and the cold, hard feeling of a kunai knife against his throat caused him to stop moving. All had happened in a blink of an eye, and they could hear Akumas victorious laughter. The skinny man Naruto and Sasuke had been fighting, had nodded one time in their direction, causing Naruto to stop, and immediately pale at the sight of his friend taking hostage.

The male ninja, they had been fighting seconds ago, whistled, and the dogs moved backwards, instead of attacking Sakura, and Yamato, who were still fighting it. Sai were standing in front of the prisoner, making sure no one were to take her and run. He didn't seem badly wounded. A couple of rifts, and minor bite wounds. The only ones who seemed to be seriously wounded were Yamato whom were trying to stop his bleeding shoulder. Narutos shoulder were aching, but it wasn't nearly as bad as it looked like or felt.

Everyone in the clearing were starring on each other. Sakura and Naruto glaring daggers at the one holding Sasuke hostage. That man, the one holding the kunai were definitely their leader. He gave a quiet nod to his bony comrade, then looked over at Sai. "Step away from Akuma" he said, with the same voice as earlier. When Sai hesitated, the kunai bit into Sasukes throat lightly, as a obvious warning. The raven heard Sakura wail as a few drops of blood traveled down his neck and his collarbone. He could feel the cold sweat break out, and the adrenalin pump through his body. Sai stepped away from the prisoner, slowly, in a non threatening manner, and the slim male approached Akuma, smirking victoriously. He crouched, cutting through the ink snakes that were holding the prisoner and helped her up. He looked over at their leader, shortly glancing at the brunettes body. "A life for a life, right?" he said quietly, squinting his eyes a little as he looked at Sakura.

"She isn't dead." Naruto stated in a strained voice, his eyes locked on the knife that were held against the ravens throat. He didn't know what to do, if they actually finished off Sasuke. He finally got him back.. No one were allowed to take him away from him again. He weren't allowed to go get himself caught goddammit! The blonde was mad, but most of all he was worried. The thought of somebody killing Sasuke, filled him up with the need to kill that somebody, regardless of how kind and friendly he usually were. The leader stared at Naruto, who didn't care to look him in the eyes. "As good as. She'll never fully recover from it, and she wont ever be able to be a ninja again. She might as well be dead." he said in a cold, dead voice. The raven didn't speak a word, waited as he could practically feel his captor trying to decide if he should simply kill, or not kill him. Then his captor breathed out, so silently that only Sasuke could hear the words, said in a whisper. "A life for a life..", not even finishing the sentence before the kunai started to make the cut.

That was when Sakura, Yamato and Sai all charged at the man slicing the throat of the raven. Naruto though, was stunned. Then everything went black for him, as the clearing practically blew up, in a sudden burst of chakra from the blondes body.

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Earlier:
"Its probably just a wild dog, or a wolf.." Sakura said, loosening her shoulders for a second before she saw that Yamato shook his head. "There is no wolfs in these areas. We're pretty far away from anything, so the possibility of wild dogs out here is pretty small.. Stay on guard. We're not gonna get any sleep tonight." He said, tightening his jaw.

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They formed a pentagon, all of them being able to see each others silhouettes in the night. Not wanting to draw unnecessary attention to their little group, Yamato had refused to set up a fire. Sure, they would be able to see much more clearly, but it would also make them a bunch of sitting ducks.

Naruto moved a little now and then. Trying to keep his eyes open. Being tired after the long day, made him slightly drowsy. And knowing that their prisoner were sleeping in their middle, didn't really help him stay awake. He suppressed a deep yawn - They had sat like this for over an hour and nothing had happened. He'd noticed Sasuke sitting completely still, barely moving a muscle, and if it weren't because he could see the moonlight being reflected in the onyx colored eyes, he would've thought the raven had dozed off.

Little did he know, Sasuke was keeping a close eye on both Naruto and Sakura, them being on either side of him. He knew that the silence would grow on Naruto, and that he eventually would fall asleep at some point. If that happened,  Sasuke would be sure that no harm came to his blonde. The possessive edge in his mind were unconscious, but the raven had come to accept his thoughts, actions, dreams and plans for the future, regarding the blonde knucklehead ninja. And Sakura? She was as annoying as ever, far worse than Ino. But she was dear to the blonde, and to some extend the raven himself, and he wouldn't allow her to get herself hurt, knowing the effect it would have for his blonde. It would crack the care free smile he possessed and Sasuke would do anything to prevent that.

Sakura, Yamato, and Sai were very much awake and on their toes, even though they were getting slightly drowsy.

After yet another hour, 2 brilliantly blue orbs were hidden behind eyelids as heavy as lead, and the second they were completely closed, Naruto were tackled to the ground. His eyes snapped open, only noticing a pair of sharp claws and viscous teeth, going directly after his throat before the the attacker was removed from him and thrown away into the forest again with a small, and short whimper of pain. Over him stood Sasuke, staring out in the bushes and tall grass with blood red eyes. He was clearly in a defense position, and holding a kunai dripping with thick blood.

He glanced at the blonde shortly, making sure that Naruto didn't have any serious wounds. "You okay?" He asked, hiding his concern behind a cold voice. "Yeah... Just gave me a scare." The blonde responded, getting up, fully awake again.

Naruto had barely said his last word, when a kunai flew in between them, and dug into a tree, missing Sakura by an inch. She backed a little, as a loud snarl emitted from the trees. Then a short moment of silence passed, before a voice were heard clearly in the night.

"Let Akuma go." The owner of the voice was hidden in the shadows, and even though the words were said quietly, in a almost polite tone of voice, it immediately send chills down their spines. The voice was hard to define, it was impossible to determine  the gender of the person talking. And even though the voice sounded emotionless, almost as if the person was dead, the underlying message shined through clearly: Let the prisoner, Akuma, go or get killed.

They heard a quiet, suppressed laughter coming from their middle. Obviously Akuma was now awake, yet again. She knew how close knitted her guards were to each other... She doubted, that they would put each other at risk by refusing to let her go. She was actually amused, rather than scared. She had recognized the voice as soon as it had sounded. From the first howl in the night, she'd known of their presence. She never had regretted anything, that was obvious now in her attitude.

Of course, the change of her attitude didn't go unnoticed by anyone. And of course, that ticked Naruto off. Sasuke, the one closest to the blonde, could hear Narutos knuckles crack, as the blonde tried to keep his cool. Sasuke hesitated, but Naruto seemed to have his anger under control... He decided to show his comrade some trust  and slowly moved back to his spot. When he was back at his spot again, he inhaled deeply. The tension was suffocating. The underlaying threat from their unknown enemy, still lingering in the night.

"What do we do? We can't just turn her over." The spiky haired raven said slowly said, as quiet as he could. Yamatos eyes flickered. He was obviously trying to come up with a plan.

"Of course we can't turn her over. We're leaf ninja right? Were gonna complete the mission"
Sakura, Sai, Sasuke and Yamatos heads whipped in the direction of the blonde, whom had talked too loud. Way too loud. Then hell broke loose.

Sai was tackled to the ground, by the wolf-like dog that had attacked Naruto earlier, immediately getting back up by Yamato, whom were attacked by 2 similar wolf-life creatures. Naruto and Sasuke moved closer to their prisoner, but only for a sec, then they had to help Sakura. A young, skinny-looking, male ninja had launched himself at the pinkette, whom barely dodged the attack, before a kick came flying from him, hitting her in the side and sending her flying at a tree Luckily, Naruto had noticed what was happening to her, and immediately launched himself between Sakura and the tree. He caught her, and stumbled for a second, before he was forced to let go of the kunoichi, to dodge a kunai, aimed for his throat. He squished his eyes shut for a second, as he felt the kunai, rip up his shoulder.

The second Naruto had taken a run, Sasuke had tried to follow him, but his path had been blocked, by a kunoichi, with long brown hair. Now the two of them was 'dancing' around the prisoner, none of them being able to get a hit in. The kunoichi he was fighting, had the upper hand though, as Sasuke didn't just have his attacker, to worry about, but Akuma too. Her hands were tied, but her legs were free, and she kept on, trying to kick, or trip him.

Then Sasukes blood-red eyes, noticed movement at the corner of his eyes, and moved a little to the side, to avoid the punch Sakura swung at his opponent. The enemy kunoichi though, took the hit, not even noticing it coming. She got hit between her shoulder blades, shattering the spine and the bones in her shoulders. Akuma stiffened, her eyes widening as the brunette fell unconscious to the ground. Sakura caught Sasukes eyes for a moment, mouthing Narutos name before setting off to help Yamato and Sai.

He noticed they could use her help, since the dog had gotten a bite in at Yamato. Hes shoulder was bleeding badly, and Sais ink beasts didn't hold for long. The dogs might've been hurt, but they didn't seem to even notice it. Right now, their only purpose they had in their lifes was killing, and inflicting damage. It was easy to read that in their eyes and the teeths they were showing.

He stood for a second, watching the battle, then whipped around when he heard a cry, coming from Naruto, whom had taken on the male ninja, that had attacked Sakura. It had gone okay in the beginning, but now his opponent had gotten past his guard, and was digging into the blondes wounded shoulder with a kunai. Someone were hurting his blonde. Naruto had dropped the kunai, and was obviously trying  to do hand signs for his shadow clones. The attacker, just didn't give him the time to do so, forcing Naruto to either dodge the attacks, or block them. That had given him multiple cuts and rifts already, since the attacker still hold his kunai. Sasuke leaped, trying to attack the man from behind, but warned by a yell from Akuma, the man easily evaded it, causing Sasuke to almost hit the blonde. Now that they were 2, against one, the fight turned almost easy. Something bugged Sasuke though. None of these were the ones who had spoken earlier on... Why hadn't that person stepped forward, when his team were in trouble? He didn't have to worry long though. When Sasukes chidori were about to impale their opponent, he just notice a shadow from his behind, then his one arm were forced to his back and the cold, hard feeling of a kunai knife against his throat caused him to stop moving. All had happened in a blink of an eye, and they could hear Akumas victorious laughter. The skinny man Naruto and Sasuke had been fighting, had nodded one time in their direction, causing Naruto to stop, and immediately pale at the sight of his friend taking hostage.

The male ninja, they had been fighting seconds ago, whistled, and the dogs moved backwards, instead of attacking Sakura, and Yamato, who were still fighting it. Sai were standing in front of the prisoner, making sure no one were to take her and run. He didn't seem badly wounded. A couple of rifts, and minor bite wounds. The only ones who seemed to be seriously wounded were Yamato whom were trying to stop his bleeding shoulder. Narutos shoulder were aching, but it wasn't nearly as bad as it looked like or felt.

Everyone in the clearing were starring on each other. Sakura and Naruto glaring daggers at the one holding Sasuke hostage. That man, the one holding the kunai were definitely their leader. He gave a quiet nod to his bony comrade, then looked over at Sai. "Step away from Akuma" he said, with the same voice as earlier. When Sai hesitated, the kunai bit into Sasukes throat lightly, as a obvious warning. The raven heard Sakura wail as a few drops of blood traveled down his neck and his collarbone. He could feel the cold sweat break out, and the adrenalin pump through his body. Sai stepped away from the prisoner, slowly, in a non threatening manner, and the slim male approached Akuma, smirking victoriously. He crouched, cutting through the ink snakes that were holding the prisoner and helped her up. He looked over at their leader, shortly glancing at the brunettes body. "A life for a life, right?" he said quietly, squinting his eyes a little as he looked at Sakura.

"She isn't dead." Naruto stated in a strained voice, his eyes locked on the knife that were held against the ravens throat. He didn't know what to do, if they actually finished off Sasuke. He finally got him back.. No one were allowed to take him away from him again. He weren't allowed to go get himself caught goddammit! The blonde was mad, but most of all he was worried. The thought of somebody killing Sasuke, filled him up with the need to kill that somebody, regardless of how kind and friendly he usually were. The leader stared at Naruto, who didn't care to look him in the eyes. "As good as. She'll never fully recover from it, and she wont ever be able to be a ninja again. She might as well be dead." he said in a cold, dead voice. The raven didn't speak a word, waited as he could practically feel his captor trying to decide if he should simply kill, or not kill him. Then his captor breathed out, so silently that only Sasuke could hear the words, said in a whisper. "A life for a life..", not even finishing the sentence before the kunai started to make the cut.

That was when Sakura, Yamato and Sai all charged at the man slicing the throat of the raven. Naruto though, was stunned. Then everything went black for him, as the clearing practically blew up, in a sudden burst of chakra from the blondes body.