Forgotten Memories
Chapter 1: Hello
Okay so I was going through the story and noticed that there was a major problem with chapter2 and 3
so no this story didn't get a new chapter, it got fixed!
I apologize for the confusion and frustration
Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine; you want the real stuff get off this site
Thoughts
Paragraphs are flashbacks
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Sakura Haruno was only four years old, she was fairly shy but very smart, she had pink hair and emerald green eyes; today she was meeting her grandma, in a village called Suna. It was very dusty and dirty and really hot, but grandma loved the desert, so Sakura didn't complain too loudly as she played with her new cousins Kinta and Mai.
During dinner something terrible happened. Some people showed up and started to hurt Sakura's family, her mother had gotten her outside, but she couldn't fallow. Sakura didn't know what happened to Kinta and Mai and her new grandma; she hoped they'd be okay. Sakura had to run for help, otherwise her family would perish and the strangers would be after her.
Sliding to a stop in the middle of the street, Sakura looked around herself one last time, even if she wanted to be a ninja like her grandma, she would have to learn to hide like all good ninja. Hearing the rushing footsteps quickly catching up to her, Sakura dove behind a stall's table, she prayed the people didn't see her, but she wasn't sure. Sakura heard their footsteps come to a stop, just feet behind her; she held her breath and waited for them to move on.
"Where'd she go?" snapped out a deep gravelly voice, "She's four! She couldn't have gotten far! Much less this far!" the strange man snapped out angrily, "She's the last of them! You know the mission! Go!" the man's voice echoed in the street loudly, Sakura heard the other's hurriedly reply and leave almost instantly. Sakura remembered what the man had said and it took everything she had not to start crying uncontrollably.
I'm the last? Sakura though to herself, a few tears sliding down her cheeks, she buried her face into the head of her stuff teddy bear Ara; named after her older sister who went missing a few days ago.
"Hey," whispered a voice, looking up Sakura nearly screamed at seeing the little boy standing before her, "What are you doing?" his green eyes stared at her a moment, before he turned to the older man in the street who was quickly making his way over to him. "Are you playing hid and seek with the stranger?"
"You need to run," Sakura whispered, "He killed my family, he'll kill you too." The boy's black ringed eyes widened in surprise.
"Found you!" the man's voice echoed above her, Sakura panicked and pinned herself to the table as tightly as she could. The man picked up the table and threw it over his shoulder, he had expected to see her there crouching and terrified, but all he saw was a small teddy bear on the ground and the little red haired demon of Suna; Gaara.
Hearing the table crash the man snapped around, half expecting to see the little girl tangled in wooden bits, but it looked as if she jumped off the table at the last possible second. Sakura was picking herself up off the ground, one of her fingers twisted at an odd angle, it was so hard to keep her tears away and she couldn't stop them anymore. The man seemed over thrilled at her fear and pain and for a moment she thought that he might hit that little boy standing in his homes door way. He was worriedly watching her and unsure of what to do about the situation; but then Sakura's and Gaara's eyes locked, and in that split second she made her decision.
Sakura stood and started running, she knew the man would chase her, she was his mission; the boy wasn't. The man turned and through some knifes at her, Sakura heard the startled shout from Gaara just in time to turn and raise her arms to protect herself. The knifes scrapped past her legs and shoulders, one even cut the ribbon that held up the right half of Sakura's hair; her knees quivered and Sakura collapsed on the ground.
"Face it little girl, you can't escape me." The man taunted, "You're going to die!" the man charged Sakura, his sword drawn and raised to cut Sakura in half; she looked up at the man before her. A scream tore out of Sakura's throat, her hands raised to protect herself, he swung his sword down and she knew she was going to die, Sakura felt the impact and her world turned dark.
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She didn't know what it was like to die, but she was sure that it didn't involve pain. She couldn't move her hand without her chest hurting; she couldn't move her eyes without her whole head banging like a drum. Sakura squeezed her eyes tightly, trying to ignore her pain and heard someone gasp; she forced her eyes open and saw black ringed emerald orbs stare right back at her.
"I know you," Sakura gasped with a dry throat, quickly the boy sat her up and handed her a glass of water. Gratefully Sakura drank the water until her throat didn't hurt anymore. "I know you." Sakura said again a little more clearly, the little boy seemed a slightly put out; he stared down at his hands almost hatefully.
"You're that boy who was staring at me from his back door." Sakura whispered and then everything clicked and she looked around the room frightened at what she might see. "Where are we?" Sakura whispered hesitantly as she reached for Gaara's hand.
"You're in the hospital," Gaara whispered in return, squeezing her hand softly; Sakura stared at him.
"What about that man? The one who was chasing me?" Sakura asked quickly.
"I killed him." If anything that made Sakura even more frightened, she tightened her hold on his hand.
"He'll come back then." She sounded so sure that Gaara hadn't actually killed the man, and that he was most likely trying to make her feel safer. "The next time he comes, he'll bring even more men." It was only logical that this would happen; her grandma said that when a mission failed, someone else or the same person would return to finish the job, and they'd keep coming with more and more numbers or higher skill until the mission was a success. "Grandma said so…"
"Then I suppose that we should keep you under lock and key." Chuckled a voice, Sakura flinched and all but launched herself into Gaara's lap; the man beyond her curtain chuckled again.
"Yashamaru…" Gaara whispered so gently Sakura almost didn't hear him.
"I'm sorry little one; I didn't mean to frighten you." The man said, raising his hands so that Sakura could see them, but she only starred at the man before her, he had short blond hair and brown eyes; he really seemed to regret scaring her.
He looked as if a thousand weights were on his shoulders as if he only knew of pain and regret. Suddenly another man was behind him and this time Sakura did position herself in front of Gaara, she didn't like this new man. He hid his face behind a white cloth; he draped himself in long white robes with blue highlights.
"I guess Gaara did kill the right person this time." The man said, Sakura glared at the man, she really didn't like him. Something about him made her want to run away. "There's no reason for you to be afraid of me little girl," the man said and Sakura could almost feel the man look right though her. "There's also no need for you to protect Gaara."
"Kazekage-sama…" the blond man, Yashamaru, whispered; he glanced between the strange man and the children in the corner of the room. Seeming to give up on trying to break the glaring contest between Sakura and his Kazekage, Yashamaru turned his attention back to the children. "Could you tell me your name little one?" Sakura didn't even glance at him, she kept her eyes trained on the Kazekage, Gaara glanced between his father and Sakura; he wasn't entirely sure who he should side with.
"You should answer Yashamaru, little girl" the Kazekage ordered, but Sakura only narrowed her eyes at him, gently Gaara placed his hand on Sakura's shoulder.
"He's my father, you can trust him," Gaara said gently, Sakura glanced at him and seemed to consider his words before she gave one last glare at the Kazekage and relaxed in her seat next to Gaara.
"My name is Sakura Haruno, and I'm four years old." Sakura said calmly to Gaara, she completely ignored the Kazekage and eyed Yashamaru with suspicion when he sat at the end of her bed.
"Where were you born Sakura-chan?" Yashamaru asked, Sakura glanced at Gaara and at his encouraging nod; Sakura faced Yashamaru and answered him with narrowed, suspicion filled eyes.
"Village of leaves," Sakura said, not being able to pronounce 'Konoha' she settled for the other description of her village. Yashamaru tilted his head slightly, confusion written all over his face.
"Village of leafs…You mean Konoha?" he asked, Sakura nodded her head; a tint of pink on her cheeks "Is that where you are currently living?"
"Yes,"
"Why are you here in Suna?"
"Visiting,"
"Who are you visiting?"
"Grandmother,"
"Why was that man chasing you?" Yashamaru asked and watched Sakura stiffen and look at her hands, she clearly didn't know why, but he'd give her time to think on the answer.
"I…" Sakura started, "I think he killed my family…" Yashamaru glanced at his Kazekage; his lips pressed into a hard line, the Kazekage nodded his head in response. "We were just starting dinner when they came. Mommy got me out, but I don't know what happened after that; I only ran away like I was told to."
"Where is your grandmother's house?" Yashamaru asked gently, Sakura tilted her head and thought about what she knew about the house, Yashamaru wasn't sure what to do when her eyes glassed over as if she were dead.
"Grandma's house… looked like a ball with a hat…" that didn't make sense, Yashamaru tried to hold back his chuckles; that was an interesting description of a house.
"There was a stream…" Sakura said calmly, her eyes clearing up completely, Yashamaru and the Kazekage started at that, there weren't many houses near a stream. "It gave power to the house, grandma said so. She said that if I ever get lost I could just go to the big wall around the village and try to get to the center, if I do that then I'd find Uncle Shinjiro's house and he'll take me back to her home."
The Kazekage nodded his head to Yashamaru curtly, he knew the man Shinjiro Haruno and his boisterous elder sister, Naoko Haruno. Quickly the Kazekage turned and marched out of the room, he didn't need to hear anything more, he already knew where to look; there was only one place that used a stream to power their home and that was on the very fare edge of the western side of the village. The Kazekage paused in the hallway, he turned back towards the room he just left; he could hear someone chuckle and someone else talk lowly and calmly.
The girl said she was from the outskirts of the village, yet she was found and saved close to the center of the village where Gaara's and Yashamaru's home was; that was a long distance for a four year old to run none stop. In fact most ten year olds couldn't even run that far, so how did a four year old? How the hell could a four year old run so far from four or five Jonin's? Did someone carry her into the city only to abandon her to distract their assassins? Or did the fight in the Haruno house last so long that the tiny four year old was just given that much time to run?
The fourth Kazekage shook his head and made a mental note to get Yashamaru to ask the girl those questions, she was a puzzle that he really wanted to solve. But all good things came to those who wait, he'd have to be patient for the time being; he'd get his answers soon.
"Thank you Sakura-chan," Yashamaru said calmly, to the small pink haired girl "We'll check your home quickly and make sure everyone is okay." Yashamaru smiled at Sakura, but she didn't return it, she just starred at her hands as if she were going to cry.
"Hay Sakura-chan," Sakura tilted her head up to Yashamaru in puzzlement, "Why don't you come with me to my home? You can wait there if you want… Gaara will be there…" Sakura sniffed and rubbed at her eyes quickly; slowly she nodded her head and tried to jump down from the hospital bed; only to find herself floating in the air.
"Huh? What's this?" Sakura asked as she eyed the swirling sand around her feet as it slowly wrapped around her legs and supported her weight completely.
"Gaara!" Yashamaru snapped out, but Gaara only went wide eyed at Yashamaru, Gaara panicked and clutched his head, he knew what would happen next; he didn't want to hear her screams.
But they never came, the only sound that came from Sakura was her laughter, Gaara slowly raised his eyes to see what his sand was doing. Sakura was hovering in the air clutching at her sides as the sand tickled her bare feet, the sand rose around Sakura and wrapped itself around her like it was a blanket, or a pair of arms; that was when Gaara understood what was happening.
"Mother likes her…" Gaara whispered to Yashamaru, a little unsure if this was good or bad, Yashamaru looked like he was ready to faint. After a few minutes of watching Sakura chuckle as the sand cradled her gently, Yashamaru took a hesitant step backwards, gesturing gently for Gaara to fallow with Sakura.
Yashamaru watched as Gaara and Sakura traveled down the road to his home, Gaara's sand looked like an egg with how it wrapped around Sakura gently; the little girl didn't even seem bothered by Gaara's unique ability in the slightest. Hearing a yawn come from the tiny pink haired girl, Yashamaru smiled gently at the children and let a soft chuckle escape from his throat.
"My home isn't too far from here Sakura-chan, please wait a little longer." Yashamaru said pleasantly, Sakura smiled sleepily up at him; even Gaara turned and smiled at him. It seemed that Gaara was pleased that someone wasn't scared of him, it was amazing how bright his eyes were, Yashamaru wondered what would happen when Sakura had to leave. Would Gaara's eyes return to being dull and lifeless? As soon as Sakura entered their home she was placed into a bed and left to sleep for the night, Gaara decided that he could stay up beside her and keep her safe. Yashamaru chuckled at him and left the two of them alone with bedroom door open, this way he could quickly enter without losing speed to open the door.
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The Suna Anbu swarmed over the house on the edge of the village, the perfectly round, two floor house was missing a wall closest to the stream and half the roof was missing on the second floor. The water wheel was tipped onto its side and broken in half, there didn't appear to be anything on the property that was left standing strait; it looked like a war zone.
"Mouse, Duck check inside the house; look for survivors." One of the Anbu ordered immanently, it was clear that this cat faced man was captain. "Hawk, lizard check the yard, I'll take the green house." Each person was named after the mask they were on their face, and each where dressed in black and silver, their cloaks protecting them from the cold night air.
"Yes sir!" the four others shouted together and scattered to their ordered placements, Cat watched his surroundings wirily; this place was too quiet.
"Captain!" the female voice of his second in command called over the intercom, "I found a body… you aren't going to like it."
"On my way," cat answered, it only took him two leaps to enter the house, and only a few steps to stand behind the woman who was crouched over a small female body.
"Mebuki," he whispered gently, he knew the Haruno's; he himself was an orphan of the Haruno clan. The older woman before him was the civilian daughter of Naoko Haruno. Mebuki looked as if she had taken a bath in a pool of blood, her golden-hair was stained crimson and her golden green eyes were dull and lifeless, even her white and red desert dress was stained crimson.
Cat immanently started looking around the room, he Knew Mebuki was married to Otero Haruno and that they had brought their youngest daughter Sakura, he only prayed that the small four year old girl had made it out of the house in time. He just wished he knew were Otero, Naoko, Shinjiro, Kinta and Mei where, he didn't see them in the house and he feared for the worst. He knew his little cousins were here, but he didn't know if their parents or others were here, and the more he looked around his childhood home, the more he became uneasy.
Finally he reached the end of the hall and checked the last room, the sight that greeted him had nearly knocked the air out of his lungs, gulping he took a few shaky steps to his adoptive mother's body and collapsed to the ground next to her. A large portion of the wall had collapsed and half way buried her, her weapons were scattered around her hazardously and the room was almost crimson with her blood instead of being the soft sandy brown that he grew up knowing.
"Captain, do you know what was supposed to be happening here last night?" Mouse asked as she checked Mebuki for any life, Cat nodded his head calmly from down the Hall where he just stepped out of one of the guest rooms where a body laid under a chunk of broken down wall; He would always know that long gray hair and ancient hand out stretched towards the door.
"They were greeting a few cousins of ours from Konoha, something about welcoming them to the family." Cat answered as Mouse quickly picked Mebuki up into her arms.
"She'll live, she's just exhausted," Mouse answered Cat's unasked question easily, "Why weren't you here? Things might not have been so bad if you were…" Cat nodded his head in agreement, if he were here then his adoptive family wouldn't have need to let Mebuki fight and Naoko wouldn't have died.
"I couldn't participate because of duties—" Cat answered but was quickly cut off from another member of his team over their radios.
"Captain, I found a two survivors and a body! One of the survivors doesn't believe us to be Suna Anbu! Help would be nice!" that was the sound of Hawk; even Cat could hear the sounds of battle in the back ground of Hawk's voice, as well as a familiar shout.
"Tell the survivors that Mebuki is alive and that her brother is coming!" Cat called back to Hawk as he turned and ran out of the house.
"Roger!" Hawk's voice called back, Cat rushed towards the sounds of a battle, Mouse quickly fallowing after him as Duck took Mebuki to the hospital.
"Captain, who is it?" Mouse asked as she ran next to him, an explosion sounded and he could hear two screams through his ear piece, Cat gritted his teeth and pushed himself harder towards the fight.
"I hope its Kinta and Mei!" Cat called back as he neared the edge of the property
"What if it's not?" Mouse asked softly, another explosion sounded and a voice cried out.
"Then I'm in trouble!"
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"Captain says that Mebuki is alive!" Called out Hawk as he blocked a sword strike to his shoulder, "and that her brother is coming!"
"Liar!" cried out the young man before him as he jumped away and readied for another attach, "I saw Mebuki-sama die!" the boy's flame yellow eyes were full of grief as he blocked and parried away from the two Anbu, his while white hair danced around his head as he fought back. His partner was tricky and almost cruel; she kept dancing around them like a butterfly, throwing exploding tags here and there. The sandy blond jumped out of the way of a wind strike and tried to throw another bomb at lizard, but he repeated the wind jutsu again and the tag exploded several feet away from her. She screamed and fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes, the white haired boy landed next to her and checked her vitals before he turned his full attention on them and scowled furiously at them before he charged.
"Listen kid!" Lizard called back to the white haired boy, who quickly parried and swiped at his chest before standing protectively in front of the other body. "Captain is on his way here! That means at least two other Anbu's will be coming as well!" Lizard blocked a strike to his head, and tried to trip the boy but only earned a nasty slash to his leg from the boy's quick swordsmen skills.
"Your imposters!" The boy cried out, "If you were Suna Anbu then you would have been here hours ago!" the boy made another swipe at Lizard, but was quickly blocked by the older man. "Grandmother is always being watched!"
"You can barely stand with two easy going Anbu; you sure as hell can't handle four serious Anbu!" Hawk called as he jumped over Lizard and kicked the boy away from his partner, the boy caught his kick strait in his chest. The boy flew and rolled to a stop several feet away from the second body, he struggled to his feet and by using his sword; the boy was able to stand up again.
"You will not kill us!" the boy gasped, "You will not win!" suddenly the chakra around him surged and swarmed around his sword, he raised it up to swipe down Hawk's chest and Hawk knew he wouldn't be able to dodge that blow. He was tired and running low on chakra, he wouldn't be able to dodge that attach, not without doing some serious damage to both the kid and himself; he knew it was futile, but Hawk raised his sword up into the boy's blind spot, if he could just stop the boy for a while, weaken him, then any damage done to his left side would be worth it.
"Disappear!" the boy roared and the chakra around the sword pulsed with even greater strength, Hawk's eyes widened behind his mask; this was it, he was going to die...
Only he didn't die…
Hawk opened his eyes to see his captain standing between them, his own Katana blocking Hawk's. Hawk's eyes widened behind his mask, the boy's sword was inches away from his captain's shoulder; but his shoulder was almost cut in half.
"W-what?" the boy gasped, Hawk watched as Mouse held tightly on to the boy's shoulder, trying to misbalance him; but it didn't work. "You won't kill us!" the boy roared as he moved away from the new Suna Anbu, Mouse quickly tackled and pinned the boy to the ground; she held the boy's arms behind his back tightly; his sword spinning away out of his reach. "Damn it! Let go of me!" he cried out furiously.
"Captain!" Mouse called over her shoulder at Cat, said man collapsed to his knees, his mask split in two and fell to the ground; the boy starred wide eyed at their captain.
"Jeez Kinta," cat said, a smile twitching on his lips, "How many times do I have to tell you not to use that technique? That's a… a last… resort…" the boy, Kinta, watched as his cousin fell towards the ground, his muddy reddish hair cascading around his shoulders as his lips lifted into a gentile smile, his cerulean blue eyes smiling amusedly at him.
"Aniki!" a voice cried out into the air echoing in everyone's ears, to Kinta, he'd never get that voice out of his head for the rest of his life; all because he went too far.
"Captain! Captain!" Hawk and Lizard called together franticly, shaking their captain urgently.
"Duck!" Mouse called into her mike at her throat, "Get a medic team up here NOW!" Kinta starred horrified at the man on the ground before him. "Don't move brat," Mouse growled out lowly, when he went to move towards the older man.
"Lizard, keep Captain stable! Hawk! Check the other kid!" Mouse quickly ordered, Hawk quickly scurried over to the tiny form of a young girl a few feet away. The younger girl struggled to sit up and with Hawk's help she sat up and watched them all wirily; she stiffened as Hawk passed a glowing green hand over her chest and again over her legs.
"What's your name little one?" Hawk asked as he lifted one of the girl's Carmel colored arms over his shoulder and wrapped an arm under her bare and bloody legs; gently and with a lot effort, Hawk lifted the tiny twelve year old girl into the air.
"Mei," she whispered gently, "My name is Mei Haruno." Hawk nodded his head and started for the trees; he quickly jumped up into a low nearby tree and used it to jump up onto a nearby building. His job now was to get this girl to the hospital and report to the Kazekage.
"What's going to happen to Kinta-nii?" Mei asked as she glanced up at the Bone faced mask of a bird, she saw the mask tilt slightly down towards her but received no answer. Mei shrugged and settled herself in for a very long day, after all, she wasn't a Suna Nin like her elder cousin, she was an Iwa Genin; a first ranked ninja of the land of cloud. Suna wasn't going to just take her word on everything; she attached and seriously wounded several Suna Nin. She'd be lucky to escape with her life; Mei didn't want to think about what they were going to do Kinta. He was a genin of another village too, he came from the village hidden in the mist, therefore Suna was going to give him hell; he nearly killed two of their shinobi.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you killed us both," Mei whispered to the wind as her world went black. Hawk gritted his teeth and pushed himself to his limits, when he arrived at the hospital, he knew he wouldn't be able to talk to his Kazekage; he fainted at the door of the hospital.
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"Sakura-chan," called a soft voice, slowly Sakura opened her sleepy eyes to star up at Yashamaru tiredly. "Sakura-chan we found your grandmother's house," Sakura's eyes popped open and she sat up quickly.
"Is everyone okay? How are mommy and daddy? What about Mei and Kinta? Is Grandma Okay? Are there still bad ninja out there?" Yashamaru chuckled and held his hand up to Sakura's rapid fire questions, she paused and took a breath and waited patiently for his response.
"We found Kinta, Mei and your mother, their all alive," Yashamaru said, a smile on his face, Sakura let out a relieved sigh. "You grandmother however…" Yashamaru started and turned away from Sakura's anxious eyes. "I'm sorry Sakura-chan, she didn't make it."
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Yashamaru walked Sakura and Gaara to the hospital to visit with her cousin while they recovered. After a few turns and the opening of one door later, found the three of them looking in on a room full of Anbu, the Kazekage and a twelve year old girl laying a bed with a cast on her ankle.
"Mei!" Sakura called as she took two hurried steps forward, she was immanently in the arms of the dark little girl, and the Anbu were around the Kazekage just as quickly.
"Sakura-sama!" Mei called as she squeezed Sakura tightly, she quickly pulled away to take a good look at Sakura quickly. "Those bullies didn't hurt you did they?" Sakura shook her head and Mei hugged her tightly once more.
"Nope they didn't touch me because I ran just like you told me too!" Sakura said as she nuzzled her head closer to her cousin's neck.
"You used chakra?" Mei asked seemingly amused with the little girl.
"Uh-huh, just like you showed me, I got really far!" Sakura sounded completely proud of herself; Mei chuckled as she stroked Sakura's hair out of her eyes.
"I guess you did little Hime," Mei smiled down at Sakura "It took me a long time to master that technique and you did it in five minutes! I'm very proud of you!" Sakura smiled back up at Mei before she noticed someone else starring at them; immanently Sakura ducked her head and tried to hide in Mei's arms.
"Hm, what is it little Hime?" Mei looked over her shoulder at the Kazekage and quickly understood, while she held Sakura close to her, she could see the crave of power in the Kazekage's eyes and the dark cloak of blood and death that surround him like a second skin. Her mouth formed a thin hard line; he wanted to keep Sakura as a possible weapon despite his youngest son.
"I think it's about time we get you home Hime-sama," a voice called out coldly, Mei and Sakura turned towards the opened window to see a white haired young man with cold hazel green eyes locked on the Kazekage.
"Kinta!" Mei and Sakura chimed together happily, in the blink of an eye he was standing before Mei and Sakura protectively.
"Kinta-kun?" Sakura called curiously, "What's the matter?"
"We're leaving the village hidden in the Sand," Kinta answered, his hand resting lightly on a short sword at his hip. "The Haruno family is no longer welcome here, so we're leaving."
"Are you sure?" Mei asked, worry etched on her features, "What about cousin Nashanji or Mebuki-sama and Otero-sama? They can't travel!"
"Shinjiro-san is taking care of Nashanji and Mebuki-sama," Kinta replied coldly, his eyes narrowed at the Anbu team before them, studying their soft movements. "Otero-sama hasn't been found, my mission is to get you two to safety at whatever coasts."
"Otero-sama is missing?" Mei asked uncertainly, disbelief echoing in her words, Sakura started shivering in her arms, tears building in her green eyes. Mei quickly wrapped Sakura in her caramel colored arms tightly, tears threatened her own eyes, but she couldn't let them fall; at least not yet. "I can't travel Kinta-kun, my ankle—"
"Will be healed shortly," Kinta cut Mei off almost coldly; "We need to go, NOW!" suddenly the building rocked, Sakura screamed and clutched herself to Mei fearfully as Kinta grabbed his female counter part and jumped out the window.
"Sakura!" Gaara called as he tried to fallow after them, He didn't even get to say goodbye before Sakura and her cousins were out of sight. Gaara paused on the road, his head swiveling every which way trying to catch a sight of pink or white, but the only thing he saw was Yashamaru rushing towards him.
"Gaara!" Yashamaru called out, "Gaara their gone!" Gaara faced Yashamaru quickly.
"Gone?" Gaara asked disappointed "They left?"
"Yes, they already left the village." Yashamaru kneeled before Gaara "Don't worry too much about it okay?" Yashamaru smiled at Gaara's curious look "I'm sure you're father will be able to bring them back soon."
"Oh…" Gaara sighed and turned towards his home he shared with Yashamaru, once he entered the room that Sakura had slept in, he found the small bear that she had left behind.
"This is Ara-chan, she's named after my big sister" Sakura said smiling, holding onto the tiny bear tightly. "Mommy said that you should name animals after someone special to you, this way you won't forget about them!"
Gaara picked up the small stuffed animal and looked at curiously, that morning Sakura hadn't remembered the stuff bear, she was busy thinking about her family. The bare had deep green eyes while its coat was a deep desert red, on its right ear and pay was a little bit of dried blood.
"Can I name you Sakura?" Gaara asked the stuff animal, getting no response, Gaara sighed and sat on the bed, he didn't leave that room for the rest of the day; that night he wondered around the edge of village, searching for that girl who wasn't scared of him despite his control of sand.
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"Sakura!" Mei cried out as a bomb went off close to Sakura, throwing her into nearby woods, not bothering with her fight any longer she launched herself after the thrown girl. she quickly made several shadow clones and continued on her path towards the tiny four year old as her clones beat the crap out of the unfortunate shinobi who through the bomb and missed.
"Mei! We're almost there! We have to cross the border and then they can't fallow us!" Kinta cried as he downed another Anbu member almost heartlessly, he quickly did a few hand seals and disappeared in the instant fog that was around them. Mei picked Sakura up into her arms and huddled close to Kinta as he placed his arms around her and helped her jump into the nearby trees.
"We're almost there," Kinta whispered, sweat dripping down his brow. "We're almost there," he was repeating it like it was a mantra, like if he said it enough times then it would come true. Mei huddled close to him as they traveled to the boarder of Fire country; she was worried about the blood that was seeping down Sakura's head.
"Will the Fire nation help us?" Mei asked as the memories of her clones rushed back to her, "There are still several more teams chasing after us, Suna sure is persistent."
"That's because they don't like it when weapons grow minds," Kinta replied, "ah! There! Do you see that Mei?" Kinta asked almost excitedly, Mei looked up and saw the woods start to get thicker, "We're almost there!" he raised his hand to his head band, when he removed his hand the symbol of mist was gone and a leaf was stationed there instead.
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