"Your misson is to observe Akatsuki's actions and report back to me without beeing discovered. You have to be very carefull and be under constant watch. It's Akatsuki we're talking about." Tsunade said watching the ANBU infront of her. He was one of the best and she had personally ordered him to be the one to lead this mission.
"It's a S-rank mission and extreamly important for the war against Akatsuki. If you should happen to be caught, do not under any circumstances tell them about our plans for the future war. We will get you out immediatedly. Do you understand?"
The ANBU behind the black cat-mask nodded. He was welltrained and had a beautifull body that was perfect for the black ANBU – uniform. On the left shoulder you could see the ANBU – tattoo on the flawless skin. He had raven black hair that hung untidy around the mask. All in all, he looked quite perfect, but the blazing sharingan eyes behind the mask made his appearance a bit scary.
"Any questions?"
"When do I leave?" The voice was cold and emotionless.
"You and your team will leave tomorrow morning at 6 am."
The boy nodded and turned around to leave. Tsunade looked at his back for a moment before she spoke.
"And one more thing before you leave…" He stopped, but didn't turn around. "I know you want to take your brother down, Sasuke, but don't let it get to your head. But, for all means, if you should have the chance without ruining the mission…kill him." The boy didn't say anything, but she knew he had heard her when he went out.
----Late the same night----
Tsunade sat behind her desk writing on some papers when there was a knock on the door.
"Enter" A young girl with pink hair came in.
"Tsunade-sama! You called for me?" Tsunade looked at her and spoke.
"Yes. I presume you have been briefed by Sasuke about your mission tomorrow?" She nodded. "Good. As you know, this is a very risky mission and I wanted to ask you to keep a sharp eye on Sasuke." She looked a bit shocked. "Before you say anything, I know you don't have the authority to stop Sasuke if anything should happen. He is afterall your captain. But Itachi may be there and I want you to just brief me if anything should happen between the two. Understood?" She nodded.
"But I'm warning you, Sakura. Don't try to stop them or come in between them if they should meet." She nodded again and left.
----Next morning, 6 am----
Four ANBU stood by the Konoha gates. They were about to leave for an S-rank mission and they were doing some last minute checkups. There were three men and a woman. The woman was the medic nin, Sakura, and she was speaking to the captain, Sasuke. "Sasuke, I know this is none of my buisness, but I just wanted to tell you to be carefull on this mission." He looked at her through the mask, sharingan activated, then answered briskly: "Your right, it's none of your buisness." He then walked over to the others and they headed out.
----Outside the Rain Village, around midnight----
The rain was pouring when the ANBU-group arrived just outside the village. They hid in the bushes while they were planning a strategie. They were going to wait for the morning and then start the mission, searching the outskirts of the village at the beginning to see if they found anything.
----Next morning, outskirts of the Rain Village----
Sasuke looked at his team getting ready for today's activities. He was pretty sure they hadn't been discovered yet. They were going to start in the outskirts of the village and work themselves further in. It was extreamly risky. And since his brother probably was here, difficult. For the sake of the mission he hoped they wouldn't meet him, but on the other hand, a meeting with his brother would sure as hell be interresting. He shaked himself out of his thoughts of revenge. He wasn't here for that now.
----Deep inside the Rain Village----
A man sat in the shadows, smirking to himself. This was interessting. He had just taken a look over the Village with his Rain ability and discovered a group of four ninja's in the outskirts of the Village, probably ANBU by the look of their strength. He wondered what they were doing there. Maybe he should send somebody to welcome them. Yes, he probably should. To test theire strength…
A woman with blue hair came walking towards him. "You called for me, Pein?" She said. He looked up, his red eyes shining through the darkness.
"Yes. I wan't you to get someone for me. We got visitors…"
----Sasuke's POV----
Sasuke was rushing through the trees towards the village, the others not far behind, when he felt a strong presence. Someone was here, most likely two people or more and they were pretty strong. He held up a hand and stopped. The other had sensed it too. They were right infront of a clearing and the presence were right in that clearing. Then suddenly Sasuke ducked. Three kunai's were pinned to the tree right were his head had been two seconds ago. He could hear Sakura gasp, but consentrated on the danger infront of them. Obiously they knew they were here so there wasn't any reason to hide anymore. He silently ordered Sakura to stay hidden since she was the medic nin and then he and the other two jumped into the clearing.
Standing in front of them were two guys. One of them was really tall and looked kinda like a shark. His skin was blue and he had this huge sword on his back. The other guy was rather small, and had long blond hair. He looked kinda feminime with his hair sitting up in a ponytail and such.
Sasuke considered them for a moment and decided that the big one probably was the biggest threat so two of them should attack him. He ordered the two others with him to take the big, blue one while he took the blond guy. He turned his attention to the grinning blue-eyed, blond standing before him.
"So…you're Uchiha Sasuke, yeah?" Sasuke just looked at him. How the hell did he know?! He was wearings his mask!
"Hn, you're probably wondering how I know, yeah?"He grinned. "Well, I guess you have to beat me to find out, yeah…" Sasuke just glared at him with his bloodred eyes. Suddenly he felt some movement behind him and jumped quickly out of the way. Just in time to see a little, white bird explode right were he had been standing.
"Not bad, yeah. But I would have been disappointed if you hadn't seen that one coming…" Now it was Sasuke's turn. He ran towards him with inhumanly speed and suddenly he was gone. The blond looked a bit confused for a moment then suddenly Sasuke stood behind him and threw a kunai right at him. Luckily for the blond he saw this and jumped out of the way, but not fast enough. The kunai embedded his shoulder and he hissed in pain. Sasuke smirked. This was going better than he thought.
----Nobody's POV----
What no one discovered was the dark figure that was lurking around in the bushes near the battlefield. He looked at Sasuke and smirked. He wasn't bad and Deidara would definitly lose after some time. He gave Kisame's fight a quick look. He was doing fine. Those two ninja's didn't have a chance.
He then turned his attention to a pinkhaired kunoichi that was hiding in a tree. Interessting. She was probably their medic nin. Maybe he should have some fun before he made his entry. He slowly og closer to her. She was completely oblivious to anything else than the match before her.
Sakura sat silently at a branch in a tree watching the match. It looked good for Sasuke, but the blue one was strong. She would soon have to get out there and heal them. A low chuckling noise right behind her made her turn. She was thrown into the tree by an arm out of nowhere. 'What the hell…', she thought. Then she gasped. Standing right infront of her, pinning her to the tree was Uchiha Itachi. His sharingan shining.
"Not very heroic, hiding in the bush while your teammates are struggling for theire life is it?", he said, no feeling in his voice. She tried to defend herself, but he wouldn't let her talk and when she tried to struggle free from his grasp he just tightend the grip around her throat more.
"You're pathetic, you know that."He continued. "Weak and powerless. I can't believe ANBU actually accepted you. Did they og short on medic's or something?" She couldn't believe what he was saying. Accusing her like that. She had passed the test perfectly. Or at least that's what they told her. Maybe he was right? Did they have to few medic's and they just let her in because of that? She started to doubt herself, but then tried to shake it of. Of course this wasn't true. He was just playing with her. She should say something back. But what?
"Sasuke will KICK your ass!" Oh shit…I didn't just say that did I? How will he react? She turned her gaze to Itachi's face. It was cold and expressionless. Well, that's a good thing, right?…
"Really? So that's what you think? It seems like you know Sasuke pretty well…maybe I should test just how much he cares about you." He smirked. Oh shit…maybe it wasn't a good idea to talk. I just told him I know Sasuke…her eyes widened when the words he had just spoken sunk in. '…maybe I should test just how much he cares about you.' He's not going to use me is he? Damn it! Sasuke's going to kill me when he finds out I told his brother about our friendship…that is if I survive this…
Itachi looked down at her for a moment before he spoke. "Sorry, but your not going to watch this." Then he knocked her out and turned his attention to the match. Deidara was so losing right now…
----Sasuke POV----
Sasuke smirked. His opponent was almost finished. And that was a good thing cause his teammates could really need some help. They were soon out cold. He was about to give the blond one finishing blow when he saw something coming out of the trees. He turned around and stiffened. His brother was walking slowly towards him with an unconcious figure over the shoulder. 'Shit! It's Sakura! He must have hid himself all the time, that asshole!'. Itachi stopped a few meters from his brother and slung Sakura carelessly on the ground. Sasuke glared angrily at him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" He clenched his fists, but didn't attack.
"Well, I was just walking around in the forest when I came over this pinkhaired ANBU-girl and I decided to knock her out and take her over here. And now I was wondering if you wanted her back?" He smirked. He knew this would definitly piss of his brother. He was right. Sasuke almost screamed.
"Want her back?! Don't speak like you own her or something! Let her go! Right now!" Itachi looked at him. "Why don't you take her back?" That was the last drop for Sasuke. He growled and ran towards Itachi as fast as he could, but only a second later, his brother was gone and now he stood at the same place Sasuke had just left. This was of course very irritating for Sasuke, but at least now he had Sakura. He quickly looked down at her. She seemed fine. He had probably just knocked her out. He looked back on his brother. The whole battlefield had frozen when Itachi came and everybody was watching now. The blond seemed a bit fuzzy, but was starting to recover. The fishman looked just fine, and his teammates were either unconcious or tired. He didn't have a choice. Without turning his gaze away from his brother, he said: "Take Sakura and leave when I tell you to." They of course started to protest right away, but Sasuke interrupted them. "That is an order! We don't stand a chance, now do it!" He then charged on his brother keeping him busy while his teammates took Sakura and fled. His brother disappeared again and showed up two meters away. Sasuke was already tired and knew exactly how this was going to end, but of course as stubborn as he was he wasn't planning on giving in anytime soon. His brother watched him lazily, but he didn't move. Sasuke thought about his options. They were few. He didn't have much chakra left so it wasn't wise to use any jutsu's. He would have to use taijutsu. That was the only way. Running away wasn't an option and if it would have been he wouldn't have gotten far. He sighed, it was obvious how this was going to end...Sasuke looked at Itachi and decided that it was now or never. He suddenly ran towards his brother at full spead. Itachi didn't move an inch, just watched Sasuke. When he got over to Itachi, he kicked him in the stomach, or he tried to, but as his foot was right infront of his brother, Itachi took it and turned it around so Sasuke landed on his back on the ground right infront of him. Sasuke barely had time to react when a foot slung down right were his head had been to seconds ago. He quickly got to his feet, but then found out what mistake he had done. The foot was a diversion! A hand came into his view before it continued into his stomach. He leaned forward in pain and then suddenly his brother was behind him and the last words he heard before everything went black was: "Foolish little otouto."