Naruto - After the Last

Chapter [4] : A Little Hope

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'I have to get out of here no matter what!' Hinata speaks to herself silently. 'The exit to this place seems pretty much somewhat predictable but I can't let my guard down. Yori won't leave me here all by myself without anyone watched me over if there are no traps around here. I'll just have to use my Byaakugan to look around for any traps or exits.' 

"Byaakugan!", Hinata vocals out her soft voice, but what she felt after that was extremely unbelievable. A harsh pain stroke her eyes and brain.  "Arghh!!", she groaned. She closed her eyes tightly while bearing the pain. But, the moment she opened up her eyes, her view is completely blanked. Everything is dark, and she can't see anything at all. She was anxious at first, but slowly calm herself down.

'What is wrong with my Byaakugan? It hurts my head and eyes a lot the moment I used it, and it took away my sight completely. Is this genjutsu or for real? Mazaka?  Yori have figured out the main family's secret?', Hinata sort out that her servant have already learned Byaakugan's repel Jutsu, the one and only jutsu that can repulse back the Byaakugan user to somewhat unexplainable pain the moment they try to use it. This is exactly how the branch family felt whenever their curse is activated, only what she experienced now is that the pain is double up and her eye sight has gone.

Hinata frowned, feeling helpless she suddenly remembered how Naruto's spirit of never give up, no matter what. 'I must never give up. Wait for me, I will come and save you Naruto-Kun and I will never go back on my word because that is my ninja way too', she whispered in her heart silently. Leaving Naruto by forced just now, she was unable to help him with anything when suddenly he froze like a stone, the very moment he was about to lift her up to get into the hospital's window. Simultaneously, her body was grabbed by a very sticky-like black figure. She tried to move and do her gentle-fist jutsu on the kidnapper, but just the same case as Naruto, the sticky thing absorb her chakra, and she was also ends up fell under the genjutsu. 

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"They are fast Sasuke, and I can feel that they are absorbing my chakra little by little!", Kakashi stated the obvious while his back lie against Sasuke's for them both need to catch their breath now, after loosing some amount of chakra. Those creatures stopped attacking for a while now, triggering more worries to them.

"I have a theory. A very high chance that Ninjutsu nor Genjutsu will have any effect on them because they will just absorb it and get even faster than they already are. Only taijutsu will work, yet we have to be really fast to match our speed with them, without using any ninjutsu," Sasuke said while his eyes and his one arm are still aware of surroundings for any sudden attack from the mysterious figure.

Without having Sasuke told him, Kakashi is already alert about the situation and he is planning something in his head.

"Naruto, you are f..finally up!", said Sakura half cheerful. She is relieved that finally Naruto opened up his eyes, and his sea blue orbs are immediately shown a serious stare towards Sakura's worried, tired face, sending a message to Sakura that he is fully aware of the whole situation. 

"Sakura-chan, thank you for saving me again" said Naruto while Sakura smiles weakly to Naruto. She have lost too much of her chakra now that she fell freely relieved, almost hit her head to the ground due to tiredness before Naruto caught her and helps her by relaxing her back against the hospital's wall.  Sasuke saw Sakura's condition and how Naruto treats her, immediately triggered an indescribable feelings inside his heart. To be honest, he has always wondering if Sakura is still longing for him after all these tough years he had gotten her into. Unlike him, Naruto has been always  by her side since they were newly joined team 7 until now.