SASUKE'S POV
Hands tied up....
Far north....
I couldn't stop thinking about what Neji had said as I ran as fast as I could north.
Who....who?! Who would steal my Naruto from me? They're really gonna get it.
I still couldn't see the place Naruto was in or the Hot springs that was nearby. The sun was almost done setting.
I...have to get there quickly....
I decided I had to at least know where I was going, so I climbed to the top of the tree I was on. With the sun setting it was a bit hard to see, but I sensed something.
No....someone...someone's coming!
I used my sharingan to locate the person.
There.
I felt someone coming from the west and dropped down from the tree, silently. All of a sudden, a bunch of needles rained on me, but I jumped back, dodgeing them just in time. I saw a dark figure run towards me and i pulled out my kurai. Our weapons clashed.
"Who are you??"
"You're from Konoha, correct?" His voice was quiet and calm.
"So what?"
"The same place as that...blonde boy?"
"Blonde boy...you mean Naruto??"
All of a sudden, I felt 3 times stronger.
"WHERE IS HE??" I used all my strength to push him back with my kurai, and he jumped back. I pulled out a few more kurais with explosive tags on them, and threw them in his direction. As he jumped to avoid them I preformed the hand seals for Fire Style: Fire
