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Chapter Twenty Four.
Allies!

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Kyuubi's POV:

That big stupid dumbass freak Orochimaru. Am I a slave now to him for doing what he says, bringing Sasuke to him, pfft. Like I'm going to listen. Besides, Sasuke will think that I want to bring him back to Konoha, so no way he will nicely be escorted to Orochimaru.

"He knows you are going to betray him by the way."

' wait what? how do YOU know? You have been useless to me and after a month you speak to me?! '

"Mind that. I could tell that he knows that you are useless."

'USELESS? '

"At least I told you the truth. You can go rescue your friends now. As I can sense, Naruto is the one chasing Sasuke. You go rescue your other friends, they are on a mission."

'hm. Alright then'

So all of my friends are in this forest? Wow, just wow, this is... weird, they are probably doing some big ass mission and me vanishing did not hit their mind at all.

I started jumping from tree to tree, trying to at least hear any sound coming any where. Since their mission is in the same forest, I can easily catch up with them, if only I can hear something, not to mention I'm half deaf because of Dosu.

Finally, without any super powerful ear, I heard a huge explosion or something like that. It got me knowing where it's heading from, that I had full speed over there.

"Over there, a kid!"

I turned my head and saw two Ninjas with purple rope around their waist chasing me. I jumped toward that tree infront of me, kicked myself to one of them and hit their neck by my arm. (A/N: like Kushina did to the brother of the guy she hit because he called her a tomato though)

The one I hit fell on the ground. The other one stood on a tree branch across me, he had his hand on the tree while closing his eyes. What is he doing?

Vines started to wrap around my ankles, I tried to make a jump but I ended up falling upside down with two vines wrapped around both my ankles tightly.

The guy stood on the branch and he stepped on the vines that are wrapping around my ankles. "If you fall, who will catch you?" He said sarcastically .

I grabbed my kunai and cut the thing myself, but I grabbed the vines and swing to the other branch as I shrugged to him. "Me." I said.

Of course he will try to kill me. But I have no time though, I should do a quick action and finish him.

I started doing hand signs. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" I made eight clones, and made them go attack him while I run away like a chicken. Hey, I'm doing my job to protect my friends , I better run.

And I fled away from that guy. Plus, my clones are strong like me, and their vanishing won't affect me.

For a distance, I saw can see a big flat place. Totally need to go there because if there is a flat place, there is a big battle.

I climbed up to the tree to see what is going on. And saw the place is FILLED and I mean it, filled with sand everywhere! Not anymore when some big sharp white things coming out of the ground.

Oh my god.

Is that...

Lee and Gaara?!

They were both standing on a sand cloud off the sharpy things. Until I saw a man ready to attack them behind, they didn't notice. I have to do something INSTANTLY and right now.

I jumped off the high tree. I can totally reach to kick jump the white haired guy with the bones out of his body. He was almost killing Gaara.

Lee saw me. "K-Kyuubi!" he exclaimed happily. I had a serious face as I finally reached to the guy, made a kick to his screw-like weapon and ended up making him fall back to his sharp stuff on the ground.

Wrong choice I made.

I ended up falling with him. He got stabbed on the back by one. As for me, I landed on his body, losing balance as I almost got stabbed by the same one he got stabbed by.

That got me to yelp.

Not until the sand wrapping around my waist and lifted me up saved me.

"Kyuubi! Are you alright?!" asked Lee. I looked at him in confusion. "L-Lee... Y-you can stand..." Thats all I can say. He nodded, looking strong and healthy like he used to.

my eyes shifted to Gaara. The sand got me upside down like the first time we met. "And you." I said, starting to grin my famous one but with small tears. "You two are beside each other, when he is the one who broke your... What is going on?"

"The Sand are allies now to the Leaf." Said Lee.

At first, I was surprised and shocked. Until turned to a big idiotic grin. Gaara made the sand get me to them as he dropped me to his own sand cloud and helped me up.

"You saved me." he said.

I nodded with a smile. "Yeah, I did."

"Where were you? It's been a whole month since you disappeared!" said Lee. I lowered my eyes. "I... I've been with Orochimaru." I admitted.

"What? why?!"

I bit my lip. "Kidnapped to be clear." I added quickly. "He wants Sasuke and ordered me to bring Sasuke to him... But I did betray him of course."

"Are you hurt?" asked Lee.

I sighed. "Me? Hurt? Nah! I'm fine as always!" I said happily and with pride. "I'm Kyuubi Uzumaki, dattebayo."

And what happened happened.

I have been stabbed in the back from a distance by a spear from the same guy I left to duel with my clones. I coughed blood, gave Gaara a look since he is the one infront of me with widened eyes as I fell, he did catch me but that is all I remember after these words:

"If she dies, you'll go to hell." that is all I heard from Gaara to the guy, and I passed out after that. For sure Lee carried me away. But Gaara...

Please be okay, Gaara.