I know, I know another story I should finish my other ones. well, since I alredy wrote it, might as welll post it, eh?
Disclaimer:I don't own anyone or anything except for Sande.
'Damn it…' Why was Kakashi always late!? Sasuke was leaning against the railing of the bridge while the rain was attacking him and his teammates. The trees, bushes, ground, everything was wet. "Grr…." Naruto mumbled something about Kakashi being an idiot, and Sakura just sighed in irritation. Despite their irritating conditions, Sasuke managed to keep his cool façade. When suddenly… "Sorry, I'm late guys. There was a black cat and-" "Liar!!" Sakura and Naruto yelled at the same time pointing at him accusingly. "Eh… heh heh" Kakashi scratched his head sheepishly, smiling at his three chuunin students. "So, Kakashi-sensei what's our mission for today?" Sasuke asked, immediately getting to the point.
He wanted to spend as little time as possible with these clowns, well, that's exaggerating. Naruto isn't that bad, he's pretty strong and Sakura had a lot of potential and excellent chakra control, along with Sasuke's skill and brains they made a perfect team and were well known in Konoha for their reliability. Sasuke smiled, at least he wasn't stuck with Chouji and Ino like Shikamaru.
His train of thought was interrupted by Naruto who was rapping his knuckles against Sasuke's head. "SAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSUUUUUUUUKKKKKEEEEEE!!! Back to earth!" Suddenly, Sasuke realized all three of them were staring at him like he was an idiot. He could hear Sakura whispering to Kakashi " Was he really smiling?"
"I know!!" Naruto yelled loudly "He was thinking about Sakura- CHAAAAAAAAN!!"
"Huh?" Sakura's face turned a shade of red quite similar to that of a tomato. Within an instant Sasuke had squished Naruto's face to the floor and walked off. Naruto jumped up and yelled "SAKURA-CHAN'S MINE, SASUKE-BASTARD!!!." "You can have her" Sasuke called over his shoulder. Which, was the exact opposite of what he was really feeling.
Unfortunately, Sakura didn't know that. So she lowered her head and allowed her bangs to shade her face until she could get a grip on her emotions. Kakashi sighed, "That crazy kid, he left without even finding out about the mission instructions" He muttered. "Well, he went in the right direction anyway." He was about to take the mission scroll out of his pocket when, "WHAT?! Where is the scroll?" He searched frantically while Naruto and Sakura looked at him as if he were crazy.
"Looking for this?" came a voice from behind him. Kakashi turned only to see Sasuke standing gracefully behind him , holding out the mission scroll innocently. "Ahem." Kakashi took it from him and opened it. 'Sasuke, he's gotten much better, He's a credit to Konoha, as long as he doesn't join up with Orochimaru. I'm sure Hokage-sama has been thinking the same thing.'
He cleared his throat and read them their mission. "What?" Naruto asked. "So, basically we're supposed to find this person who's been wandering around the woods, right?" Sakura asked. Kakashi nodded, each of his students had developed certain skills, and honed their abilities, but still, if Sakura didn't get stronger she wouldn't survive in the ninja world. "Who would be wandering the woods in this rain?" Naruto asked aloud.
"Who knows? Let's get going." Kakashi answered and with that they all walked off the bridge heading towards the woods. 'Naruto, too, he needs to be more aware of his surroundings at this rate he could easily fall into any trap' apparently, Kakashi was in a mood for observing his students.
'Sakura's gotten stronger emotionally, more used to my rejections. I wonder if… could she have … forgotten about me?' Sasuke glanced at Sakura, who was yelling at Naruto for something or other. "Could be" his inner voice said "Either way you deserve it." "Shut up! I don't need this crap from you." "Yeah, whatever."
"Ok, let's see… Toko-san said it should be here, maybe just a few more miles." Sande was exhausted, she had been traveling for what seemed like forever, and her stomach's grumbling reminded her that it had been a while since her last meal. "Kusa…"
The rain was the only thing that improved her mood. She loved rain, light or heavy. And the smell of it too, it was always calming to be in the rain, to see the rain, to hear the rain. She always felt as if the sky was crying with her heart, as if the sky was the only one who had witnessed her story and wanted to tell the world about it with its tears. This would always brighten Sande up as she thought, "I'm stronger than the sky I can carry my burdens I won't pass them on."
Everything around her was wet and she trudged through the puddles, fully aware that she would probably be sick this time tomorrow. "Huh?" A twig snapped and before she could turn around halfway someone had thrown kunais at her. She did a huge back flip and avoided the kunais kneeling on a tree branch. She carefully and quietly took out her own kunai and observed her enemies, but she couldn't stay there, they had already spotted her.
There were 5 ninjas dressed in black clothing, but she didn't have time to recognize their forehead protectors as she was jumping from tree to tree. Each ninja was throwing either kunais or shurikens or both at her as if they desperately wanted to kill her and some came pretty close to their mark. She decided she'd have a better chance fighting on level ground and gracefully jumped out of the trees at a position where she could view all their moves.
The silence was like the lull in a storm, each ninja carefully shifting their weight trying to find a vulnerability or weakness in their opponent's play. Sande stood there smirking confidently, since she was observing them from the trees, she knew most of their moves by now, while they could only guess. This strategy was one of the first things she had learned, a timeless classic that never failed. She sidled into her fighting stance and held one kunai in her right hand and two shurikens in the other. Suddenly, the ninjas ran at her prepared to fight her with everything they had. She threw the shurikens, injuring one of them, but he was still fighting. 'Well, I wasn't expecting that to be too successful, anyway' She thought as she guarded against their attacks, she was sweating madly and she wouldn't be able to hold out for long they were attacking her from all sides. 'Damn it, I guess I've got to use…"
'!!!' She sensed it first, the kunai that was thrown from behind her, then she turned and saw it, but even when she was about to die, she couldn't stop fighting the ninjas not even for an instant. Clang! What?! Someone had saved her life, but who? She was fighting back to back with her mysterious rescuer. Now that there were two people for the ninjas to concentrate on, her job got a whole lot easier. "Thanks…" She said and jumped into a tree. 'I better hurry…' She began forming a number of seals and finally… "CHI-AME no JUTSU!!!" (Thousand Rain Technique) The ninjas heard the voice and before their minds could register another thought there was a huge tidal wave ready to crash down on them. 'Oh, no!' Sande suddenly thought. 'He's still in there!' She jumped from her safe spot lifted the stunned young boy and instantly jumped into another tree. The first tidal wave that had crashed down on them was instantly followed by another and another and another till one could lose count, and then finally, it stopped. Her rescuer had already jumped out of the tree to join what seemed like his friends.
That was the first time she got a real look at him. He had raven black hair, and onyx eyes that held deep sadness. He was indeed a gorgeous figure; she smiled knowing that she had found what she was looking for. 'Uchiha Sasuke…' She thought. 'I wonder if you'll let me help you…'
From the very beginning Sasuke was shocked by her power. She seemed to be a little younger than him, 13 maybe? Then he saw Kakashi and the others and jumped out of the tree to join them.
"Sasuke-Baka!!! Don't run off on your own, you big show-off!' Naruto yelled at him instantly. "Shut up, Naruto! He just saved that girl's life!!" Sakura defended Sasuke. "So-ka, Mission accomplished." Kakashi said. "What?" Sakura and Naruto yelled in unison. Their conversation was cut short when Sande jumped out of the tree.
That was the first time Sasuke really saw her. She had long black hair that was tied back in a ponytail; it went mid-thigh almost to her knees. She was wearing a black shirt that was longer on one side and had a red rose on the bottom corner, it had one long, flowing sleeve and one short one. She was wearing black shorts and black ninja shoes. The golden bracelet on her wrist made her outfit complete. But it was her eyes that had caught Sasuke's attention. Sasuke could always know a person from their eyes, and from her eyes he figured that she faced facts. But there was something else too, something deep within the core of her very being, sadness. This was sadness that could never be uprooted, sadness that was a part of who she was. The creepy thing was he couldn't figure her out through her eyes, they revealed nothing except for these things that were too deep within her to be hidden, and that was all. Her eyes held nothing of the smile that played around her lips.
"Thanks for helping me back there, my name is Sande" She said. "I am Hatake Kakashi and these are my subordinates, Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura and"
"UZUMAKI NARUTO FUTURE HOKAGE OF KONOHA!!!" Naruto yelled kicking the air. Sasuke pretended to be choking on something, (his ego, maybe?). And Sakura just hit him on the head. "I'm afraid you'll have to come with us our Hokage would like a few words with you-" Kakashi began, but he was interrupted since Sande didn't seem to be paying attention. "Oh, what a relief, Konoha finally!!! For a while I was scared I wouldn't find it at all. Could you take me there, please?" She asked, "Yeah, sure." Kakashi agreed shaking his head.
"Hey, why were those ninjas after you?" Naruto asked. " I don't know" she replied. "but most likely my sensei sent them." Everyone stared at her in shock. "Your SENSEI!?" Naruto screamed. "Yeah, Toko-san does that sometimes to keep me on my toes."
'Toko-san, I'm finally here, I met Sasuke too. I hope they accept me as a ninja like you wanted, but after that, I guess I'm following my own orders. I'll miss you, sensei…'
A/N: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!! Finally!! Well, this is my new story!! What do you think? In case you're wondering no OCX Sasuke, Kakashi, Shikamaru, anybody pairings ok? Ja-ne! Don't forget to review!!