Hi there! I just want to say that this story is brought about by someone's real life experience… although some scenes and happenings are created by the author's (which is me) imagination.
I'm angeLix.
And this is a part of a story that I had heard of so many times.
So here it is…
A Silver Hero.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything… except my sasuke plushie… who wants one? (waves a plushie at everyone)
A Silver Hero
By: angeLix
Chapter title: look at us
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dedicated to punk boy H.
Shit…
A petite form was kneeling on the soft ground, using her arm to regain her composure. She clutched her chest as it heaved up and down heavily, finding it hard to breath. Her once emerald eyes turned into a dark shade of hunter green, a pained and disappointed look captured on them. Her flowing pink haired obscured her vision, frayed and ended with knots. Her whole body was covered with cuts and deep incisions, blood trickling down her minor injuries, forming small scarlet rivers on her fair skin.
Suddenly, an enormous explosion erupted from a distance, as the impact of the outburst caused her to lose her footing. She knew her comrades was in trouble, but yet… even though she tries, will she be any help at all? Bit still, she forced herself to stand up and slowly limp towards the obliterated area, where smoke seemed to rise up.
She prayed soley that his comrades are safe, even though a small voice had been convincing her that they were probably missing, judging by the impact the explosion caused.
This was all her fault. With this a ranked mission, she should have taken this much seriously. But no. Instead, she slacked off, doing nothing but ignoring the mission assigned to their whole team, maybe not even caring if the others suffered because of her. Now… she had to pay the price—very painfully. Had she not thought of how she had no respect gained at all? She didn't deserve to be called a kunoichi… never. As a matter of fact… she only entered ninja school because of her infatuation with someone.
All she was ever known for was her chakra control and her analytical thinking. She never was known as one of the strongest ninjas in Konoha. That was probably the reason why she was tagged along. As a useless back-up.
Her eyes scanned the whole area, searching for the three men that mattered most to her since her parent died. Seeing that they were nowhere to be found, she moved towards the clump of trees and bushes, edging away from the destroyed land. She peered behind the bushes, trunk of trees, when she caught sight of the three ninjas, all crumpled up in one heap.
All pain forgotten, she ran up to Kakashi, Sasuke and Naruto, where they lay motionless. Sakura placed her hands above their bleeding wounds, as a soft glow emitted from her palms.
This is all I can do. She ground those words in her mind.
This is all my fault. Somewhere in her mind, her innerself screamed in protest of what she was about to commit.
Giving them your strength is not the smartest thing to do, you idiot! You have to think of yourself for once!I'm not giving them my strength, Sakura bit back, a smallfrown was heldby her lips, while her eyes held all her concentration.What she was doing was right. And she didn't care if it's suicidal, if it was for the people she cared for.
… I'm giving them my life.
In that very second, her eyes were the only things that showed the world her emotions… her eyes possessed the power to show anyone how much she cared.
" I'm not allowing you."
" WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOUR NOT ALLOWING ME!" an enraged blond boy shouted fiercely, banging his calloused fists on the wooden surface of Tsunade's desk.
The blond, beautiful woman took a deep breath and began, " It's been a month, Naruto. I know she means mostly everything to you, being her closest friend, but the ANBU squad had come to the conclusion of her death. We can't do anything now." She explained quietly, her fingers entwined with it's twin, her elbows resting on her table.
" YOU can't do anything, but I CAN. Let me search for her and I'll make sure she comes back alive." He said in a tone of voice he never used before. He, Uzumaki Naruto, was actually being serious.
It had been a month since the A-ranked mission they, the whole team 7, accepted. It didn't turned out nice, because their target was to assassinate two Akatsuki members, planning a secret attack while observing the village for information. They managed to succeed in their mission, but had to suffer injuries as well. But those injuries wasn't the one that pained them, even Uchiha Sasuke, the most. It was the disappearance of their teammate, Haruno Sakura. The moment they regained their consciousness, three of them were in hospital beds, surrounded by white blankets and white walls. All three of them were in one room, where friends came in and out to visit them, have a little chat maybe, and eventually promises to come back again.
FLASHBACK:
" Wake up." He commanded himself in his mind.
He refused to sleep. He refused to rest here while he had other important things to do. He refused to make himself feel better, when he knew he had never been in his entire life.
He felt his eyelids flutter open, trying to decipher everything that had happened—and where he is right now.
All he could see is white. Everything. His mind, which is currently playing tricks with him, was not in the right state to process anything yet. He had just woken up from being out cold, after all.
" Heaven…?" he muttered uncertainly, his eyes threatening him for another round of sleep.
" Hospital." Someone supplied him dully.
His gaze darted from the white walls, to his white, crumpled up blanket, and into the pearly white eyes of no other than Hyuuga Neji. Surprise was the first feeling that crept into him ever since he had been out cold a couple of days ago. Why in the hell was Neji here? And he knew that he wasn't here to have a little chat and bring him flowers.
" Oh, finally awake, are you?" a lazy voice boomed over them, while Sasuke saw his silver haired sensei leaning against the doorframe, his book propped open and held up by a bandaged hand. His forehead was wrapped up with a clean cloth, his wounds cleaned thoroughly. He was then followed by a cleaned-up Naruto, his wounds and injuries all straightened up. He looked like he didn't come back from a harsh mission. Naruto had been probably healing much quickly because of Kyuubi's chakra. But yet, Sasuke didn't fail to notice the twinge of sadness present in Kakashi's visible eye.
" Sasuke-bastard! Enjoyed your sleep?" Naruto snickered, a huge grin plastered in his innocent face.
" Not as much as you probably pigged up yours." He smirked, but then frowned. " How long had I been out cold?"
" About 5 days." Naruto shrugged, as if it was not a big deal.
But clearly, for Sasuke it was. The fact that he was the definition of a shinobi, he had been showing much weakness in so many ways. He knew what to do. Build up another strong wall around himself once more. A much stronger façade that will never break away.
He then turned to Neji once again, a glare fixed in his onyx orbs, irreversible and cannot be moved.
" Why are you here?" Sasuke asked in a weary tone, but yet sharpness was strongly present.
Neji stared at him, evidently annoyed. " Remember that I don't desire seeing your face, Uchiha. Lee dragged me here to see Sakura."
Sasuke winced, probably troubled. He didn't like the way he said Sakura's name… too smooth for his liking. He says her name like he had spent most of his life with her. They didn't even have a simple conversation with each other. Why was he thinking about these things? then he looked around. Sakura was no where in this room, although another bed was stationed beside his, clean and not yet used.
But even before Sasuke answer back, a green blob bursted into the room, a plump, brunette nurse following his trail pompously. Lee had never changed. Still the same bowl cut, still the same glinting eyes… and still the same thick hairy eyebrows. But even with these ,as Sasuke calls it, "grotesque features", he had to admit, Lee was a much better person than Hyuuga, maybe a much better than himself, even.
" See! There is no Haruno Sakura in this room. Only an arrogant Uchiha Sasuke." Lee pointed out exasperatedly.
The nurse pursed her lips, flipping the thin pages of her clipboard, checking her files once more.
" Let's see… the rest of team 7's members had been released a while ago. The only one left is Uchiha… hmmm… to tell you the truth, there was no Haruno Sakura admitted in this hospital." The woman said, tapping her pen on the board.
" Maybe she's admitted in another hospital! C'mon Neji!" Lee shouted hurriedly, but was interrupted by his words.
" That's nearly impossible, Lee. If Sakura was found near the gate of the village as well, she should have been admitted to the same hospital, for medic-nins will not waste their time on transferring their patients from one place to another. The greatest possibility was she being admitted here." Neji said in a monotonous tone.
" But where the heck is Sakura!" Lee wailed loudly.
Soon enough, Naruto have been going through a hyperactive rage, shouting about and worrying his guts off. Sasuke, on the other hand felt something drop in his stomach heavily. Kakashi, seemed like he didn't care at all.
" Look, I'll explain everything, just SHUT UP!" Kakashi shouted through the wails and cries. As soon as they heard the word 'explain', everybody acted as if their tongues had been chopped off and had been fed to the dogs.
A saddened sigh escaped Kakashi's lips. " Sakura… is considered missing-in-action. She had not been found with us infront of the village's gate. The ANBU squad is still searching for her."
In that time, a separate timeframe seemed to freeze intently… waiting for them to react.
Everybody can't believe it.
Sasuke can't believe it.
Sakura… is gone…
Everybody had to go under the most harsh story of reality once Tsunade announced that one of the most needed kunoichi was missing, and had the possibility to be cardiac arrested. This surprised nearly everybody. Sakura had been so well known in the village as she grew up to be a fine teen. Being 15 years old, she had been the source of all their plans of attacks and assassinations, being the analytical person that she is. She thought that she was nothing—no purpose in this village. But she was the most important kunoichi in her branch.
Naruto walked away, disgruntled and heavily disappointed. He just knew he can find her.
He will find her.
No matter what it takes.
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Sharp emerald eyes twinkled dangerously among the distance.
She knew what she was going to do.
She knew what she had to accomplish.
And she was going to do it.
She was going back to Konoha…
And kill Uchiha Sasuke.
One chapter up. Many more to go. You guys may not know how this story goes around. So keep in touch and read!
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angeLix.
