"Sasuke-kuuun?"
I woke from my light slumber.
"Hn?"
My red-haired teammate, Karin, smiled back at me in a way that she probably thought was seductive, "I'm sorry to wake you…"
"Hn."
"…But, since Juugo and the asshole are gone…"
I inwardly smiled at Karin's new nickname for Suigetsu. She continued, oblivious to the face that I obviously didn't care about the fact that my other two teammates were gone. As long as they came back, I let them do what they wish.
"…Maybe we could, y'know, have some…" she inched closer to me.
I raised an eyebrow.
She placed her lips at my ear. It tickled—not that I'd admit that.
"Fun."
I rolled my eyes, "Karin."
She smiled at me, "Yes, Sasuke-kun?"
"We're on a mission to hunt down Itachi, let's stick to the plan."
"But Sasuke-kuuun!" She whined.
"I'm going to go refill our water supply," I told her as I stood up, "I'll be back later."
"Wait," she stood up too, "I'll go with you!"
"Someone needs to stay and watch camp," I pointed out.
She pouted, but stayed behind as I left, water pouches in hand.
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The water was chilly, but clean. And we needed to have a lot of clean water around, since Suigetsu practically inhaled our supply when he felt like it.
Just as I was putting the stopper in the last water pouch, a huge boom startled me. Not that I showed it. I turned my head in the direction of the boom. Juugo was in that direction.
I shrugged to myself. No worries, Juugo's not much trouble.
Most of the time.
Well, if his curse mark got the better of him again, it wouldn't matter here. There are no people living here anyway.
Still…
Curiosity got the better of me and I headed out in the direction I had heard the noise come from. I hadn't even gotten two paces when an ear-splitting scream nearly shattered my eardrums.
Shit.
I raced off to the edge of the valley, my best guess at where the scream came from.