Cursed Sacrifice
The First Step (Chapter 1)
Tsunade called all the gennins of Konoha to proceed to her office.
"Master Tsunade. The gennins are already here." Shizune said.
"Let them in." Tsunade said.
And so they went inside the office.
"Ohaiyou, Tsunade ba-chan!" Naruto said.
Tsunade was in a serious look.
"I'm going to give a mission to all of you. Only, you will not be grouped into three. You will be grouped into pair." Tsunade said.
"PAIR?!?!" All the gennins said.
"Yes. Pair. There are too many smugglers that escaped Konoha prison. So I decided to make groups into pair to make more groups. " Tsunade said.
Then, Tsunade took a box with tiny folded papers in it.
"These papers have some of your names in it. Whoever you pick will be your partner. Whoever I call, his/her name is not in this box." Tsunade said.
Tsunade looked at the records of the gennins.
"Hmm…Let's see…Tenten. Naruto. Neji. Sasuke. Choji. Each of you, pick a paper inside this box. Whoever you pick will be your partner in your mission." Tsunade said.
"Hai." Tenten, Naruto, Neji, Sasuke, Shikamaru and Choji said.
One by one, the 5 gennins picked a paper inside the box.
"I got…Rock Lee…" Tenten said.
"Yahoo! We will be partners, Tenten!!" Rock Lee said.
"Neh?!" Tenten said.
'Why? Why? WHY NOT NEJI?!?!' Tenten said in her mind.
"Hinata…-CHAN!" Naruto said.
Hinata blushed.
"Woohoo! Hinata-chan! We will be partners!" Naruto said.
Hinata smiled tenderly.
"Kiba." Sasuke said.
Sasuke looked at Kiba seriously and so did Kiba. The other identity of Sakura suddenly
'Why him! Why him! Why not me! Why not me! WHY NOT ME!!!' Sakura said in her mind
"Sakura." Neji said.
"Huh?" Sakura said.
"You're my partner." Neji said.
"Oh. Okay." Sakura said.
'Neji?' Sakura said in her mind.
"Shino." Choji said.
Shino looked at Choji.
"Shino! Looks like we're gonna be partners!" Choji said.
Then, Shino nodded.
Then, Choji had a weird look on his face.
"Okay. You already know your partners. You look through every village. I will give you each the pictures of the prisoners. Good luck." Tsunade said.
"Hai." The gennins said.
"I hope they take care." Shizune said.
"Especially Sasuke and Sakura." Tsunade said.
"Sakura, too? What are they going to do to Sakura?" Shizune said.
"A past was never forgotten by one person. One of the prisoners is a relation to the Haruno clan. To Sakura's father." Tsunade said.
Then, all the ninjas went to the forest. Tsunade closed her eyes.
'I hope you come back alive and safe because if you don't…' Tsunade said in her mind.
'I would regret it in the end.' Tsunade said in her mind.