The wind caressed my face moving my hair with it, I closed my eye's letting the sunk sink in warming me slightly. The warmth I felt four years ago was gone leaving but a shell, things had changed greatly in those four years. The once weak girl is but a memory, the present me an assassin.
I have not cried or felt weak in three years, but along with loosing these weakness's I have lost my self I never truly smile just force one. My laugh once rich and pure rings false and hallow now, the pain I feel locked away carefully deep within my soul.
I shudder as a cold wind passes pulling me from my thoughts, 'I want no more then to simply fade away and disappear to be forgotten and with that my pain disappear as well'.
I sigh turning toward my mission, the mission a simple assassination of a Rouge Ninja from the Land Of Fire. I had received no more information then that except a small photo which was to be burned with the body. I felt no remorse as I excepted it, no the only thing that bothered me now was that I had decided to wait until tomorrow to set out.
The idea was wise if it weren't for the face that I could easily take down 20 ninja of his level on my own. I sighed as people began retiring from lunch heading back about their day in the village below me. I swiftly jumped from the cliff from which I regularly oversaw the village. The fall would kill a normal person but I merely flipped my body in midair landing gracefully on my right hand.
A nearby villager jumped back white as a ghost before seeing who I was and apologizing quickly "forgive me my lady" I pushed up from my hand landing on my feet waving the villager away. He scurried off afraid of offending me I suspected, I curled my lip up in disgust 'fear…what does he know of it'.
I began walking toward Ichiruke 'old habits die hard' when I felt a presence behind me, I speed my pace to see if it matched it and sighed as it complied. The person following me seemed no to notice that I was leading them toward the training grounds 'then again they might simply not know'. I rounded the corner to the training grounds as a man's voice spoke from behind me "Sakura".
I turned to see Neji smirking, I questioned him in a slightly warmer tone then my usual monotone "you followed me…?". He shrugged as if trying to ignore the question but I persisted my brow knitted slightly, "Neji" he seemed to be shook from his thoughts as he looked at me his face unreadable. If there was one ninja in Konoha who could mask their emotions as well as me it was Neji.
I sighed shifting my weight to let my hand rest on my hip tapping my foot once trying to get him to continue. He played dumb so I spoke my monotone back in place "Neji surely you followed me for a reason". if I thought it possible I would have swore he blushed but I knew better as he spoke
"yes that is true"
"well shall you tell me why..". It was not a question but a demand and he picked up on it quickly speaking "yes if you would first join me for some ramen I shall tell you"
"I have already ate". He raised his brow and I knew better then to try lying again as I sighed "fine I will join you for ramen but quickly I still need to train".
He laughed but at what I do not know, I let it go as I followed him in silence to my previous destination of Ichiruke's. We ate in silence, 'yes silence so peaceful…so fulfilling and calm almost as perfect as death' the thought bothered me none. Suicide was not what I longed for but to die a hero and to die fighting with my last breath. I could feel the fire and longing for that peace and glory seeping into my eye's so I closed them taking a deep breath and pulling all emotion from my face before I spoke "Neji are you going to tell me why you followed me?".
He looked away quickly then back to me his eye's soft "I wish to ask to join the squad for tomorrow's assassination"
"you have never shown interest in killing before… why now….do you think I'm to weak to carry out this mission"? the words were short and my resentment toward the thoughts overflowed in them. He threw up his hands quickly as if to defend himself at a moments notice and to silence my rising argument "no not at all…Lady Tsunde wish's it for new information has arisen". I looked at him expecting him to continue but when he didn't I excepted defeat "fine".
He smirked standing and paying the man working before walking off. I stood and went to pay when the man spoke "it's been taken care of by that young gentleman" my lips twitched as I fought back against the forming smirk.
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