Hey guys sorry that it's so early or late but I couldn't help it and I was on a role! Also I am not dropping complicated love but I am just having a hard time putting pencil to paper and staying with the same story when I have so many buzzing in my head! Given the fact that it is 1 or 2 am you will and should expect some spelling errors! I did check it over but I'm tired so please forgive me! Enjoy
Naruto paced on the bridge waiting for his team to come. Apparently it was 'act like Kakashi-sensei day' and he hadn't gotten the notion because even his baby Sasuke was late and he was NEVER late! When no one showed up another ten minutes later Naruto decided that he would leave a note or something and go train so he doesn't waist his day. As an afterthought he stopped himself, as he had started to walk away from the bridge, and walked back over to the note.
Once he was at the training grounds that his team always used he began his usual warm-ups when he was interrupted by a stumbling ninja.
For a moment he just stood there and watched until the man looked up at him, it was . . .
It was . . .
He was! . . . .
IRUKA-SENSEI!
"Iruka-sensei what happened to you?! Are you okay?!" Naruto rushed forward and caught his old teacher gingerly as he sank to his knees while clutching at his stomach. His face was cut up and grey while the front of his jacket was stained with a warm red liquid that did nothing to ease his raising pulse.
"Stupid . . . . students . . . . . stupid games . . . . . dead . . . . . rouge nin . . ." and with those last words he finally gave into unconsciousness and slipped further into Naruto's arms. Naruto's eyes widened and he began to panic.
'Was his favorite sensei dead?! NO! He couldn't be he's still breathing. But what was he saying?! What did it mean?! I have to bring him to Tsunade!' and with that he left the training grounds with his teacher cradled gently in his arms.
Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi all quietly walked onto the bridge of Team Seven's designated meeting space in a comfortable silence. They had all bumped into one another on the road to, and from in Kakashi's favor, the bridge. Once they had Kakashi decided to tell them of their newest C rank mission that would once again take them out of the country in three days. It was a mission that required a lot of chakra and chakra control for they were going through rough lands that had many rouge nin hidden within. Thankfully, Team Seven had both a lot of chakra and a good handle on chakra control. Once Sasuke and Sakura had listened to the summary of their next mission, they were able to walk in silence with their sensei to the bridge where they assumed Naruto would be waiting.
"Hey Sasuke I bet Naruto's gonna get all jumpy when he see's us cause we're practically late, but for a good reason. Don't you think?" Sakura asked as she leaned forward to get a better look at Sasuke's face.
"Hn. I'm sure he'll be worse after he hears about the mission."
"Okay cue the annoyance in three, two, one!" Sakura joked as the bridge came into view. It was strangely quiet and deserted of any blonde haired, orange, fox-like ninja that would throw a fit at their tardiness.
"Huh?" Sakura said in confusion. Where was that blonde-haired nuisance? Had he slept in? Or was he just gonna be lazy and walk around on the one day that their sensei was actually on time?
The boys looked at the bridge when Sakura had expressed her confusion vocally. Kakashi and Sasuke both raised an eyebrow at Naruto's absence. Since when did the blonde come late? It wasn't long before Kakashi spotted the note and headed over to retrieve it.
"What's that that you've got there sensei?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Well let's find out." Kakashi then opened the note only to find that the hand writing inside was almost unreadable. Almost.
"Hey Sasuke can you read Naruto's hand writing?" Kakashi asked while looking at the young heir.
"Yeah we- I mean yeah I can read it just fine why?" 'Yeah we used to pass so many notes in class when we would sit next to each other so I know my babies writing by heart.'
"Can you decipher this for us please? I'm pretty sure it's Naruto's hand writing." Kakashi said while handing the note over to Sasuke to read. Sasuke took it and scanned the piece of paper before frowning slightly.
"It says that he had gotten bored of waiting for us and went to the training grounds to get in some practice," Sasuke quickly checked around the area with his eyes to see if Naruto had left another note when something on the railing caught his eye.
"Is that it? Well, then let's go shall we?" and with that said, Kakashi and Sakura began to walk off towards the training grounds. Before he left, Sasuke slipped his hand under the rail and grabbed the note he had seen before.
Just as they entered the clearing, Sasuke let himself look at the note Naruto had taken the time to hide from unsuspecting eyes like Sakura's and their sensei's.
Hey babe you free tonight? I am.
My house. 8 p.m.
Don't be late ;)
Naruto Uzumaki
Sasuke smiled slightly as he slipped the note into his pocket as he continued to walk slowly behind his sensei and other teammate.
When they reached the center of the clearing they knew that something was wrong but they couldn't place it. They walked around a bit to see if there was any sign that Naruto had actually been here.
"Does anyone see any sign that would tell us that Naruto is or was here?"
"His shuriken are in the poles and there are foot prints all around this area over here," Sasuke pointed and gestured with his arm to the space around him and in front of him to where the targets were. Kakashi and Sakura walked over to him quietly to help search.
"If anyone sees something that could potentially give away that Naruto was here then call out that you've found something even if you're unsure," Kakashi spoke coolly as he looked around the area. Sasuke walked a little further away, following a trail of footprints.
"Find something Sasuke?" Kakashi mused.
"Footprints."
"Good."
"… fuck…"
"What?" Kakashi walked over to Sasuke and soon after so did Sakura.
"What is-" Sakura started.
"Blood." Sasuke finished.
Dun dun dun! Hope you enjoyed! I wrote this as I listened to a song and quick guess which one it was? The cleaning song! Just kidding, animal I have become by three days grace. It's really good if you've never heard it. Please comment and like so that I know that I'm doing a fairly good job at keeping you on the edge of your seats and so on. Have fun!