Disclaimer-Hi everybody! Wow, story number two. Don't I feel lucky? Anyway, hopefully people will like this story as much as they enjoyed (or still are enjoying) my first story. By the way, I'm still working on that one so don't lose hope on it. Ok we'll just get to the point now so you can read this story. I don't own Naruto and never will.
Chapter One: Ordinary Mission, Unexpected Encounter
It was a bright, sunny morning in Konoha and...ok let's just face it. It wasn't bright or sunny. It was actually a dark, chilly morning in Konoha. Reason being that it was five in the morning.
Uchiha Sasuke was on his way to practice, knowing he was early (well, for Kakashi he was anyway). He expected to go on with the same schedule as always. He expected Kakashi to be late and that when he did arrive, he expected they'd go on another long and boring mission.
Yep, it was easy to see that today was most likely going to be just another ordinary day.
The forest looked like an abandoned fortress from afar. It was so empty. Sasuke journeyed into the abyss of deafening silence. When he reached the place he was meeting his team at, he leaned against a tree and sighed. No one was there yet. He was the first to arrive...like always.
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"Yo, sorry I'm late. I caught up with a little traffic on the way and–"
"Save it, Kakashi-sensei..." Apparently, Sakura was either A: really sleepy or B: just plain not in the mood for excuses."Ok then, moving on..." Kakashi apparently noticed this and decided not to bother with it. "So anyway, today we are going on a C rank mission."
"Is this gonna be some cheesy mission like the last C ranked one we had?" Naruto said. He seemed to be already prepared to complain if it was.
"I don't know what your opinion will be on the mission today, nor do I care. Now getting back on track, today we received a request to look for clues leading to the whereabouts of a murderer who went missing four years ago. The person we got the request from didn't say who it was or how she knows the person but is paying good money for us to find them. The girl who sent the request will not be joining us on our search because she said that she is going to look on her own while we're looking. Sound ok?"
"Yeah, whatever." Naruto didn't seem too enthusiastic but was happy that it wasn't that bad.
Something doesn't feel right. This girl wants us to find someone who she didn't even say the name of. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack, while only knowing that someone thinks it's there.
"So is everyone ready to go?" Kakashi said, seeing no objections to the mission and it's purpose.
Everyone nodded and got up to begin their mission.
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"Ok everyone. I'm going to leave you guys to the rest of the mission while I go take a walk." Kakashi said as he walked off towards town.
Team seven had been searching in town not too long ago and then decided to move to their next location, which from their mission description, was near the center of a deep forest just outside of town.
"How come you get to take a break?" Naruto complained.
"Simple. One: this isn't my mission. Two: because I would've thought you guys were old enough to search a little on your own while I went and got something the Hokage asked for. And three: You never know what I could bring back from my walk. Fair reasons?"
Naruto frowned, but went back to work, wondering what Kakashi meant by his third reason.
"Good. I'll be back in about 5-10 minutes then."
With that, Kakashi left.
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Kakashi walked silently through the trees, thinking about nothing in particular. He looked around every now and then to observe his surroundings. Suddenly, Kakashi sensed the presence of another being in the area. He stopped for a moment and looked around. After a few seconds, Kakashi spotted what he was looking for and smirked.
"I thought you weren't joining us today." he said turning back towards the direction he was walking in. For some reason, he could tell exactly who it was.
"Yeah, I wasn't. But I never said I wouldn't watch to see what you find out about him." As Kakashi guessed, it was the girl who requested the mission Team seven was on at that very moment.
"Just who are you after anyway?"
"A man of no mercy."
"That's all you're giving me?"
"That's all I'm giving you."
There was silence for a moment...The girl was the first to speak.
"You've done a good job training those kids. I sense they have great skill, potential, strength too."
"Thanks for the complement."
"...Can I show you something?"
"Like what?"
"Keep it to yourself and we'll have no problems."
After that, a small piece of paper landed gently in front of Kakashi's feet. Kakashi bent down and picked up the paper. To his amazement, it was a picture. A very interesting picture. Kakashi's eyes widened. "You--but if that's–then how--?"
"All things you and even he himself will figure out soon enough. Until then, you'll keep it secret, right?"
Kakashi looked up from the picture with a questioning look. "I suppose...but can I at least ask your name?"
"Telling you my name in exchange for keeping my secret sounds fair enough. My name is Mi–"
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"Miso ramen. I am dying to have some miso ramen! Where is Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto said as he sat on the ground and listened to his tortured stomach growl.
"Naruto, for just five minutes, can you please stop complaining? Just five minutes is all I ask for." Sakura begged as she sat down as well. It seemed as though she too was stuck hearing the torturous sounds of her stomach and was hoping to stop the ranting of even just one being in the area.
"Fine. Five minutes. Then I go back to yelling at Kakashi from a distance."
Someone answered my prayers! For five minutes he's going to shut up! Sasuke cheered in his head at the sound of Naruto agreeing to being silent, even if it was for only 300 seconds.
"Still, Naruto's right. Kakashi said he'd only be five or ten minutes. I mean I know Kakashi's always late to practice but once he is here, he's usually on top and on time with things." Sakura was starting to get anxious like Naruto.
"Hey guys, I'm back!" Kakashi said as he placed three cups in front of his students, one in front of each person.
"What's this?" Sakura asked looking at the steaming cup in front of her.
"Lunch." Kakashi said simply.
"It smells like...RAMEN!" Naruto yelled as he grabbed the chopsticks in Kakashi's hand and dove into his food.
"So this is what took you forever, sensei?" Sakura asked as she stirred her ramen with the chopsticks handed to her only seconds before.
"Yeah, pretty much." Kakashi said as he sat down in front of his team.
"Aren't you gonna eat, Kakashi?" Naruto asked. He only had enough time to say this before stuffing more ramen in his face.
"Nope, not hungry. Sasuke, what about you?"
Sasuke didn't answer. He was too preoccupied to say anything. Suddenly, Sasuke gave Kakashi a strange look, as if to say "Can I go now? I'm not hungry and I don't feel like doing anything else today."
"How's about we take a break and all take separate walks to digest and ease some stress after lunch? I'll wait here since I took my walk before. Sasuke, if you want, you can go now."
Sasuke seemed too appreciate Kakashi's offer and got up to take it. Sasuke looked at Kakashi again as if to thank him silently, then walked away with his hands in his pockets.
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Sasuke walked through town without really even looking at what he passed. He didn't even really take in any scenery during the walk He basically just walked mindlessly through the streets. Sasuke snapped back into the real world when he bumped into someone.
Sasuke looked up to see who he hit. Suddenly, a chill ran down his spine.
The girl didn't say anything when she looked up. The only thing she did was...smirk. This confused Sasuke. It didn't seem even like it was a fan girl smirk either. It was more like a friendly, "hello" kinda smirk. It was just plain creepy.
After a couple of seconds, Sasuke went back to his walk. Soon afterward. Sasuke could hear the girl start to walk off as well.
That girl was strange. She didn't even say nothing but it was like she had said a lot with just one look. But that's not the weirdest part. The strangest thing was that she looked...familiar...but not. It was like I knew her but I didn't. Maybe I've seen her around my side of town and her face just looked familiar. Either way, that sure was weird... Sasuke looked back behind him to see if the girl was still there, but to no avail. She was gone. But for some strange reason felt to Sasuke as if that wasn't the last time he'd see her in his lifetime.
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When Sasuke arrived back at the mission area, Naruto and Sakura were already back and ready to start working again.
"Sasuke, just in time. We were just about to start back for a little while longer then head back home." Kakashi said.
Sasuke nodded in response and then walked over to his teammates. He was pretty much relaxed and ready to work again. Of course, there was that girl who still lingered in his thoughts. But other than that, Sasuke was ready to finish today's part of the mission and then go home.
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The wind blew softly against the trees and the ocean. Suddenly, a small giggle could be heard during the wind's gentle whistle.
"It was nice seeing you again...Sasuke."
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