TORN
Chapter 1 – Bloody discovery
" Onee chan" she murmured, extending her hand towards her before falling into darkness.
"You didn't kill the girl. Would you have a soft spot for her?" said the icy voice. "If so, now she's all yours".
The other one didn't move.
"Fine. I'll do it then. It would be such a waste otherwise." Lust was now distorting the cold voice. Its owner came closer to the body and began stroking the white skin with the blade of a sword, from her chin down to her cleavage.
"Don't touch her!" the other one hurriedly said.
"Then, if she's of no use to me, I guess I'll have to kill her."
"No, I'll do it but don't touch her" the other one said reluctantly, trying to stifle all the anger and resentment as best as possible.
As Kakashi was walking, he could feel the cool wind on his face. He felt a bit tired but mostly disappointed. His mission could not be called a success and Tsunade wasn't going to be happy about it. He could already hear her say something like "Kakashi, you're sure good at reading perverted books but, as for getting information on this bloody Akatsuki, you're useless. Next time, I'll rather send Jiraya. He may have dubious ways of gathering information but, at least, it works." Maybe he should have adopted Jiraya's way of handling this kind of mission after all: at worst, he would have spent a much more pleasant week than the one he just had.
A strong gust of wind took Kakashi out of his thoughts. Well, it was not that much the wind in itself which made him stop musing about Tsunade's wrath but rather the strong smell it carried. Kakashi's nose had always been reliable and this was definitely the smell of blood. It seemed to come from the forest ahead of him. He immediately summoned Pakkun whose greeting to Kakashi consisted in "Gosh! Where are we, Kakashi? It stinks like death over here."
"I know. I'd like you to help me track this scent down. Seems like it comes from this forest but I think we're already too late..."
"Let's go then", the dog agreed.
After a few minutes running, Kakashi proved to be right. Four bodies covered with blood were lying on the ground in the middle of the forest. Two boys and two girls. They all wore the Rain village's headband.
"Rain nins, huh?" Pakkun said in desolation.
"Yep. The two boys are dead. They shouldn't be more than fifteen years old... What a bloody mess!" Kakashi sighed.
"You're getting sentimental, Kakashi. That must be age", Pakkun said in a sarcastic tone.
"I'm not the one with wrinkles all over my face", Kakashi answered right away.
"Well, that's what you say. I can't see most of your face with that mask of yours", the dog retorted with a grin.
"Did you actually grin? Anyway, now is not the right time to be joking around", Kakashi remarked.
"Just tried to lighten up the atmosphere, that's all", Pakkun mumbled.
Oblivious of the vexed dog, Kakashi was now turning to one of the girls. He felt for her pulse... Nothing. Her face was turned the other way so that he had to walk around her body. Her dark green eyes were still open but veiled by death. He gently brushed a lock of light brown hair which hid a part of her face. Now Kakashi was pretty sure he knew that girl, or rather woman, since she was only slightly younger than him.
"Aneko", he said under his breath.
"What?" Pakkun asked.
This time, Kakashi brushed aside the long wavy hair concealing her back and found what he had been looking for: the Usuzumi emblem which consisted in a circle divided in five parts, each one with a different colour – light blue, dark blue, grey, green and brown.
"This is definitely Aneko. She used to be an ANBU before leaving Konoha a few years ago. Seems like she left the Leaf for the Rain."
"Kakashi, stop playing the detective. I think this girl's still alive!" the dog exclaimed.
Kakashi immediately turned his attention to the last nin whose hand was extended towards Aneko as if she had tried to reach for her before losing consciousness. She had long black silky hair and, despite her bangs, Kakashi could see she had a strange blue point, a bit like Tsunade's tattoo, in the middle of her forehead. Last but not least, she had a huge bosom which could seriously compete with the Fifth's... Not the right time to appreciate this kind of things, Kakashi inwardly scolded himself and started to look for her pulse. A throb! And here's another one... But this was really slow. Too slow. No time to waste. Not even a second.
"Pakkun, keep an eye on these bodies until I come back for them. Have to take that girl to Konoha for medical care."
With that said, he gently took the unconscious nin in his arms and started his race against death.