Stained Sand
By Thanh-sensei and Jill
A/N: This story takes place after Sasuke leaves the group, and before Akatsuki gets a hold of Gaara's shukaku.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
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Chapter 1: Unforgiving "Friend"
Sakura grabbed her medical supplies as she headed to the library. In the library, Sakura was greeted by familiar faces. A small flick of pain poked her shoulder; she turned around and saw her silvery-grey haired sensei.
"You're late, Sakura," said Kakashi in an asserted tone.
Sakura clutched her supplies closer and replied, "Sorry Kakashi-sensei."
"It's alright, ready to head out to Sunagakure?"
"Hai!" happily yelled Sakura.
"Wait," he replied," there is someone else coming."
"Who?" wondered Sakura. A sudden boom occurred, as the loud-mouth ninja walked towards Sakura and Kakashi.
"Hi! Sakura-chan," yelled Naruto.
"C'mon let's go," repeated Sakura. Annoyed, she walked ahead of Naruto, shrugging off the noises of the ninja. The group left the library and Konoha, and was now entering the vast sight of trees. All of a sudden distant landscape, a kunai was thrown towards them. Red eyes glowed in the shadows, and then the shinobi stepped closer to Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi. Dark blue hair flustered out of the bushes, instead of a dark feeling arising, it felt more familiar. Naruto was beagle-eyed towards the figure. Sakura was speechless, all she can say was, "Sa….."
Kakashi knew what was happening, he pulled up the left side of his headband and revealed his sharingan. Knowing what Sasuke was capable of, he charged his chidori. Naruto and Sakura took a step back, and saw Sasuke's skin becoming infested by the nefarious tattoo. Dangerous bolts of a luminous glow appeared as Kakashi was finally ready to charge his chidori at Sasuke. Kakashi raced towards Sasuke with sudden rage, ready to unleash his chidori at him. But all of a sudden, Kakashi felt a sharp pain on his neck like an immense agony of a knife going through your heart. Kakashi turned his head and looked at his neck, the markings, he could not doubt, was Orochimaru's sting of death, and he knew that there was only a 10 chance of survival; death was soon waiting for him in the end of the tunnel.
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The two shinobis knew that their sensei's chidori was a warning sign, so they fled the scene, not knowing that they'll ever see their sensei again.