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Kidnapping Princess Hinata

Disclaimer: If you don't read the anima Naruto, or watch the T.V. show Naruto, this may be a bit hard to understand, but I think that you should be able to catch on after a while. I DON'T OWN NARUTO IN ANY WAY! It belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. The only thing I DO own is the plot.

Note from Author: PLEASE READ! Ok, I am changing the story line a bit to make it easier to work with. First, of all Neji has been adopted by Hiashi (Hinata's dad) and is now Hinata's older brother. After Hiashia and the rest of the clan saw how loyal, and strong Neji has become, plus of his Byakugan being so strong, they decide that he had proven himself more then worthy to be the heir of the Hyuuga clan. Hinata was actually very happy for Neji, and sort of relieved that all the pressure was off of her and knowing that the clan was in good hands. The Hyuuga clan is pretty much royalty, and Hishia is the Kazekage of Konoha Village. Tsunade is still the Hokage, but just has more power then Hishia does. Next, Sasuke has came back to Konoha and isn't under the influence of the curse mark that Orochimaru (I will explain how the curse mark was removed later.)

"talking"

"Thinking"

"Demon talking"

Noise, or something going on

Chapter 1

Orochimaru's offer

Prologue: It was the dead of night somewhere in the woods. The rain kept on coming down harder, and harder as the storm raged on without giving any sign of lighting up any time soon. Naruto was moving as fast as he possible could. He ignored the rain that stung his face like thousands of tiny knives, or the fact that he was exhausted and severely wounded. The only thing that cared about, the only thing on his mind, was the dieing girl he held tightly in his arms. "Hinata," he said to her, "I know I have really messed up, and its all my fault that your in this state. I know I can never forgive myself, or let alone expect you to forgive me, but please, I'm begging you, don't leave me!" As soon as he said this, he felt the sharp pain of something hitting 5 of his chakra points in his back, causing his heart to stop short a beat. "No, Hina-ta." He whispered, holder her even closer in a giant death grip as he blacked out, and they both began falling down to earth.

Two Months earlier

"This mission just keeps on getting more and more troublesome!" 19-year-old Shikamaru muttered to himself as he dodged an up coming kuni which imbedded itself in the tree trunk right behind him. "Naruto! Go after Kabuto! Sai and me can handle these guys!" Shikamaru was the leader of a search-and-rescue mission for Sasuke after he disappeared on a mission to escort a high-rank official who had just finished an important meeting with Tsunade. But after five days from his dead line to return to the village, Tsunade got worried enough, and finally gave into letting Naruto, Sai, and Shikamaru to go on a mission to look for him.

Three years ago, Sasuke came back to Kohona to warn Tsunade about a surprise attack that Orochimaru was planning. The curse mark finally reached its breaking point when too much chakra was added to the curse mark then it could contain by Orochimaru when he was trying to give it an upgrade that would allow Sasuke to bring the curse mark up a level and increase his strength greatly. When he finally woke up (thanks to Kabuto,) he realized that he almost got himself killed, and staying here and having Orochimaru (who would probably try to put the curse mark back on him) continue training with him, which would be a gamble with his life. And right now, the odds were against him. When he heard Orochimaru planning a surprise attack on Konoha, he soon left to warn Tsunade, who along with Naruto, started beating Sasuke to a pulp till they realized that that curse mark was gone, and didn't have an influence on his actions.

Since then, Konoha Village has been at war with the Sound Village. But when the war started, it became quite common for ninjas with a Kekkei genkai, or a Ki-genkai to disappear on missions.

And within the last year, people with these special abilities (mostly children.) began to disappear like their Shinobi relatives. Mothers would go to their child's bedroom to wake them up only to find them not there. It was almost as if they disappeared into thin air with out a trace. Most of the victims never returned, and the ones that did wouldn't be able to remember a thing within the time frame they were kidnapped. The only thing they knew was that Orochimaru was behind it. What he wanted, and why stilled remained a mystery.

Note from Author: Ok, sorry about the break but I forgot to add this in with my first Author note. So, I am just going to add it in now to annoy you, and because I don't want to go through the hassle of copying and pasting, then rewording things to make the sentences make sense. Anyhow, yes, I made Ki-genkai up. Ki-genkai means special abilities that person is given you, or a fighting style their clan specializes in. For example, Shino would have a Ki-genkai because of his Insects, because he wasn't born with them. Kiba would be another, for his ability of having such a sharp sense of smell, and being able to talk to Akamaru, and using him for beast attacks. The same thing goes with Naruto, because he gets power from the nine-tailed fox demon that his dad sealed into him when he was a baby. Anyhow, I hope you understand what I'm talking about. Oh, and for the record, yes, the 4th IS Naruto's dad! Now on with the story!

"Kabuto! What the Hll did you do Sasuke?" Raged Naruto, who was about 30ft away. Kabuto just smirked and casually said, "Do you seriously think I will just tell you? If you want Sasuke back, you need to talk to Orochimaru. He has offer for you that I think you might be interested in. I'm pretty sure that you two can reached an agreement." "What makes you think I care that baka has to say?" Naruto replied as the nine-tale's blood red chaka began to circle him. Kabuto just smirked, "Suit yourself. I didn't realize that the Kyuubi would be so heartless that he would leave his best friend to just die!" Kabuto quickly left after he said this with Naruto hot at his heels.

Small Time Skip

Naruto followed Kabuto to a small clearing in the woods with a cave on the other side where Kabuto just seemed to have had disappeared to. Naruto entered the cave that was almost pitch-black, and the sounds of his deep breathing, and quick footsteps echoed loudly through out the hall, along with Kabuto who didn't sound to be too far ahead. After 15 or so minutes of following Kabuto through what seemed like an unending maze of twist and turns, Kabuto finally stopped in a large room. Their sat Orochimaru cough, Michel Jackson! Cough who was looking at Naruto with a bit of a smug grin on his face. Kabuto was at Orochimaru's right a couple feet ahead with Sasuke next to him. Sasuke was tied up, and his head hanging limply down on his shoulder. But what scared Naruto, was that Sasuke wasn't moving.

The images of when he found Garra dead after being captured by the Akatasuki were flashing through Naruto's mind, and how much Sasuke looked like Garra's once dead body at the moment. Just like Garra, Sasuke looked cold, white, and didn't show any signs that he was breathing. "Sasuke," Naruto said more to himself then to the people around him. "Sasuke wake up you Baka! How the hll can you just be sitting there at a time like this? Dmn it Sasuke! Answer me!" But Naruto knew that he could scream all he wanted, but he knew it was no use. Sasuke wouldn't answer back with a "Shut up loser!" or "What do you want Teme?"

"What did you do to him-" But Orochimaru cut off Naruto. "Relax, he's not dead."

"Then why doesn't he answer me? " Naruto yelled, as his eyes began to change from their bright crystal blue to a blood red.

"Sasuke is alive. He is in what you may call a 'very deep coma.' His body has shut down, almost, but not completely." Kabuto answered in a clam voice.

"Then why isn't he breathing?" Naruto asked who clearly seemed to have begun to calm down a bit, but still didn't lower his guard.

"Sasuke may seem like he not breathing from a distance, but he is, just barely. Since his body is in such a state, his body doesn't have to do as much work, nor does he need to eat or breath as much. " Kabuto said while he began to back away from Sasuke, letting Naruto approach his next to dead friend. Naruto check Sasuke's pulse while he right hand, and placed his left hand over his chest and saw that Kabuto wasn't lying. Sasuke was really breathing and had a pulse. But even still, he felt could as ice. Plus his breathing and pulse was so faint, it was barely even noticeable.

'But what does Orochimaru have to gain with Sasuke being in this state, and what does he want me for?' Naruto thought, but Orochimaru seemed to have read his mind and answered his question.

"Sasuke's body can only stay in this state for so long before it gives in and shuts down completely. But since I created this jutsu, Kabuto has of course invented a cure, which only Kabuto and me know how to perform or make. But we will only bring him back to normal state if only you do something for us in exchange."

"So what do you want me to do then?" Naruto asked finally getting his chakra under control.

"Its more like 'what I want from you.'" Orochimaru answered. "But first, you need to do something to get what I want, which is now what you want as well, that you now want to give me."

"And you're starting to sound a lot like Jack Sparrow. What is it that you want me to bring you, a key?" Naruto snapped who was starting to get frustrated again.

This time, it was Kabuto who answered. "More like someone. I believe you are familiar with Hinata Hyuuga, or 'Princess Hinata' as she has been called lately. She was in your class in your academy days, and I believe you have been on a few missions with her as well, am I correct?"

"Hinata! Why Hinata?" Naruto thought as few images of his old classmate flashed in his head.

"What do you want Hinata for? I haven't even seen her since you started kidnapping people!" It was true, ever since people started disappearing, many parents that had large amounts of money, or were high in status kept the children inside their homes. They were not even allowing them to walk in around in the village, and the Hyuugaswere no exception.

"As you probably know, Hinata has Kekkei genkai called the 'Byakugan.' The Byakugan allows the user to have vision of 380 degrees, can see charka, see through solid objects, and focus on objects for a very far distance. This blood limit has caught our interest, and we think that it can be of great use to us." Kabuto answered.

"So you are asking me to bring you Hinata so you can kill her, and then will revive Sasuke, and if I don't bring her, Sasuke will die. That sounds far! How do I even know that you would even keep up your end of the bargain!" Naruto fumed, as his eyes started to turn red again.

This time Orochimaru answered, " We won't kill her, or even harm a hair on her precious head. At least, we won't. What I have planned is for me to know, and for me to know only. But I know that may not be enough to convince you, so there is another twist. If you don't bring Hinata to me, I will not only let Sasuke die, but I will also issue an attack on Twilight Town. And you know I am the type of person who doesn't like to lie, and keeps his of the deal."

Naruto knew that this was true, Orochimaru may have been heartless and evil, but he wasn't the type of person to lie. Traverse Town was a town that was pretty much neutral where many people fled to as refuges because of the war. So now not only Sasuke's life was on the line now, but the people of Twilight Town as well. "Even if I do do this, where will I meet you? How do I get Hinata to come with me quitely?"

"Head towards the Sound boarder. You should find a village called 'Traverse Town' where you can stay at there to rest. I will find a way to get word to you there. And as for Hinata coming with you, make something up. You are a clever boy, just say that you are on a secret mission to bring her somewhere safe. I am pretty sure the demon inside of you can help you if you need it. So, do we have a deal?"

Naruto looked at Orochimaru, then to Sasuke. "I can't I can't leave Sasuke to die, and let Orochimaru attack Twilight Town. Our forces are streched too thin as it Sso he can easily carrie out with his threat without any trouble. But how can I just kiddnap Hinata and just leave her here to let God knows what happen to her "

"Take him on his offer kit."

"Hey! Where did you come from?"

"I was sleeping, till I heard you yelling your head off."

"Oh, so NOW you decide to pop in?"

"I was listening to what was going on, and I didn't want to interup and make you lose your train of thought."

"So you know what is going then,got any bright ideas on how to get out off this mess that doesn't included anyone getting kill?"

"There isn't any easy way out of this. But your best choice is to play it safe and take his offer and give her the girl. Besides, he said that she won't harm her, at least he wouldn't. The worst-case scenario would be she would die, and Orochimaru will get information about the Byakugan. But that is much better then letting hundreds of people get hurt or killed. On top of that, you would lose your best friend if you don't do what Orochimaru wants."

"I really don't have much of a choice do I?"

"So, what is your decision?" Said Kabuto who was starting to get impatient.

"No tricks or something else you plan to use?" Naruto asked while Orochimaru smile seeing that Naruto was interesting.

"Nothing at all, unless you try to pull something."

"If you promise not to hurt her, Sasuke, or anyone else for that matter… I'll do it."

Naruto was looked down, regretting his decision but knowing that he didn't have much of a choice.

Kabuto walked up to Naruto till he was in arms reach of him.

"Good choice. Like I said before, you need to head to Traverse Town. If I am not able to find any trace of you there by twelve days, we will kill Sasuke. That gives you about ten days to get there. Understand?"

Naruto nodded his head to show that he understood.

"Good," Kabuto said as he raised his hand and placed it on Naruto's shoulder.

That was the last thing that Naruto heard before Kabuto hit a pressure point on the back of his head and every thing turned black.

Shika's P.O.V.

"Naruto!"

…

"Naruto!"

…

"Sai, hand me your canteen."

splash "NARUTO WAKE UP!"

"Ag! What was that for?" Said a now very wet Naruto.

Shikamaru just smirked and even Sai couldn't help but smile. "You've been out cold for a few hours. I called out to you twice but you didn't answer me, so I decided that a bit of H2O wouldn't hurt. But never mind that, what happened? Did you find Sasuke?"

Naruto looked down, wondering if he should tell his friends what happened. "Actually, I was chasing Kabuto, then we got in a battle. He knocked me out, at that is all I remember."

"Do you know which he is went?"

"No-"

"Sht!" Shika Interrupted. "That means we have to start from scratch! They should be close by, so we have a chance at tracking him down. Sai do you think that you could use your-"

"We can't do that. We can't go after him." Naruto cut in.

Shikamaru and Sai looked at Naruto like he just grew a second head. Shikamaru was the first one to over come this shock and grabbed a kuni and was about to question the blonde ninja to see if this really was his friend. But before he could say anything, Naruto answered the question his teammates were thinking.

"No, I am the real Naruto, and I haven't lost my mind. Kabuto said that they had no intention on hurting Sasuke, but would if we insisted on coming after them. They are probably far away from here by now, and probably with dozens of high ranged ninja waiting for us if we try anything that could take us all down in a matter of minutes. Besides, we scarcely have any time left, as it is to reach Konoha before Tsunade starts to worry about us. What do you think Shikamaru? You're in charge."

Shikamaru's face softened a bit, and sighed. "Your right Naruto. I keep on forgetting that you're not the same kid as you once where since…it happened" Shikamaru turned away regretting that he even brought up the subject even though he didn't say what it was.

"Lets just get going. I want to cover as much distance as we can before the sun sets." Naruto said in an expressionless tone then just left onto a tree branch.

Shikamaru looked at Naruto with a bit of sadness. "You may have become stronger, and much less immature since that accident happened Naruto, but you have also changed. You never really smile, laugh, or act like that knuckle head you once were. And I sort of miss those time when you were like that." Shikamaru just sighed and looked at the direction they were headed with the sun beginning to set behind him.

So, what do you guys think? There will be more NaruHina fluff later on. I am not that good with coming up with names, so I just used the town names, (but not the town itself) from KH 1 and 2. Just because I am using the town names, I don't think I will do any cross over. So Sora, Donald, Goofy, will NOT be joining up with Naruto. And with POTC, I just put it there for the humor of it! I might end up doing more of that type of stuff in later chapters unless you guys review and say you don't like it. If you guess have any ideas, or know how I can make the story better please tell me! Oh, and in case any of you guys are confused, Twilight Town is where all the refuges are at, and where Orochimaru threaten to attack. Traverse Town is where Naruto is headed. PLEASE REVIEW! This took me forever to write!