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Chapter 2
"Mission"
Sakura carefully placed the egg on to the plate, not realizing that one of her fellow members of Slayers was standing behind her, observing her actions. Sakura smiled to herself, impressed that she made a simple dish look so pretty. She turned around and gasped when she realized that she wasn't alone in the kitchen.
"Shikamaru...you scared me," Sakura was caught off guard.
"Why are you fixing more food since you already ate? Don't tell me you're..." Sakura smiled at her friend and shook her head.
"No worries dude, since today is the day that Sasuke and Itachi start school, I figured I would make them a good breakfast," Sakura spoked.
"So what do you think of them so far? Kakashi told me that he was planning on having them put in Team Seven's group," Shikamaru said.
"Itachi will be good, he's smart and I can tell he is very wise, but Sasuke..."Sakura trailed off then sighed.
"I don't know what to think about him. He's in a lot of pain, I know that much, but he's so...so..."
"Emo?" Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, causing Sakura to giggle and punched the male in the arm.
"Hush," Sakura looked over at the clock that was hanging on the wall and her eyes widen.
"Oh snap. I better hurry and get their food upstairs before they wake up," Sakura gathered up the food and two plates.
"Alright, I'll see you later," Shikamaru waved then watched his friend walk out of the kitchen.
'Uchihas...I hope they don't screw us over.'
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Itachi walked out of his bedroom after waking up, and since he hadn't gotten his school uniform yet, he just put on a pair of blue jeans and a black shirt and walked into the living room area on the floor and was greeted by Sakura, who was putting food on the small table that was surrounded by the two couches. Itachi was now thankful that he decided to put on some clothes rather than walking around in his boxers like he used to do. He will have to get used to living with people other than his younger brother.
"Oh, good morning Itachi! I hope I didn't wake you up while I was bringing up some breakfast for you and Sasuke," Sakura said with a smile on her face as she placed the silverware next to the two trays. Itachi looked at the girl and noticed that she had bags underneath her eyes like she didn't get any sleep the night before, but he figured he shouldn't ask about it. Itachi then looked down at the food that was prepared and couldn't help but think about how delicious all of it looked.
"No, I woke up on my own time. I usually wake up early in the mornings so I can get some training done so I'm used to it. I also figured that I should wake up extra early this morning since it's the first day of school for Sasuke and me," Itachi explained to the girl as he walked over to the couch and took a seat while Sakura stood by his side behind the couch.
"Did Kakashi fix all of this, Sakura?" Itachi asked as he turned around to look at Sakura's response and she shook her head.
"No, I figured I would cook you two breakfast since we are going to be roommates now so I wanted to do something for you guys especially since it will be both of you guys first day of school and you can't learn with an empty stomach." Sakura said with a smile on her face.
'That girl is always smiling.' Itachi thought to himself while looking up at her.
"Well thank you very much, Sakura. I greatly appreciate it," Itachi smiled back at the girl.
"You're welcome! I hope you enjoy it," Sakura said as she watched Itachi turn back around and pick up his plate and began to eat.
"This is pretty good. I'm sure my little brother will enjoy it as well," Itachi said as he began to eat some more.
"Oh, where is he by the way, I don't want his food to get cold." Sakura said with a concerned look on her face.
"He is probably still asleep. Why don't you go knock on his door and wake him up? He needs to get up anyway," Itachi said as he continued to eat his food.
"Oh, well shouldn't you wake him up instead? I mean he is your brother and all and I don't want him to get mad at me for waking him up."
"Nonsense, I'm sure he would love to have a pretty girl like yourself to help him get out of bed. He needs to wake up anyway if he wants to start school today," Itachi said while winking at her, causing her to blush and she decided to do what Itachi told her to do and she began to walk away to go up to Sasuke's door.
"Fine," Sakura said as she began to knock on the younger Uchiha's door. She knocked on the door a few times then she finally heard some noise on the other side. Then, suddenly, the door swung open, revealing Sasuke in only his black boxers. Sakura froze in her spot, not expecting to him to answer the door half naked and the sight in front of her caused her to blush once again.
"What," Sasuke spat at the pink haired girl who was still too busy gazing at him to realize that he was talking to her.
"Huh?" Sakura asked him as she snapped out of her daze.
"What do you want?" Sasuke coldly asked her as he crossed his arms and looked impatient.
"W-well I'm sorry to wake you Sasuke, but you see I made you and Itachi breakfast and I-"
"Not hungry," Sasuke slammed the door in her face before she had the chance to finish her sentence. Sakura stood in front of the door a minute longer then let out a disappointing sigh and began to walk back to where Itachi was still eating. She went over and took a seat on the other couch, which happened to be where she had placed Sasuke's food.
"Don't worry about him. He usually isn't a morning person anyway so you shouldn't let him bother you," Itachi said.
"Yeah but if he stays in his room any longer, his food is going to get pretty cold," Sakura said as she looked down at his food.
"Well, to tell you the truth Sakura, Sasuke and I don't ever eat breakfast so this is all pretty new to us." Itachi explained.
"Oh no, I'm so sorry. If I had known that, I wouldn't had made you guys breakfast," Sakura said with a frown on her face which Itachi noticed.
"It's okay Sakura! It was very delicious. We just never have the chance to eat in the morning time since we'd rather spend the time training, that's all. It is pretty nice for a change to eat a meal after you wake up. Don't worry about it," Itachi said while trying to make her feel better.
"It's fine, I guess since Sasuke isn't going to come out, Sasori could just eat it when he comes over." Sakura said.
"Oh, so your boyfriend is coming by this morning?" Itachi asked.
"No I have my own car so most of the time I meet him up at school, but he loves my cooking so I can call him to see if he wants to sto-"
Sakura was interrupted when they both heard a door open and closed and Sasuke walking up to the two.
"Good morning brother," Itachi said to Sasuke while the younger ignored him and took a seat next to Sakura and picked up his plate and began eating the food that she had prepared.
"Hey Sasuke? I'm sorry if I woke you up earlier. I figured you would like some breakfast but then Itachi said that you guys don't eat in the mornings."
Sakura tried to make conversation with the younger Uchiha but he ignored her just like he had done with his older brother. She looked away and figured she would give him a minute before trying to talk to him again.
"Do you like your food Sasuke?" Sakura turned her head to ask the black haired male who had continued to eat the breakfast. Sasuke heard her asking him a question and paused for a moment.
"The eggs have tomatoes in them...don't they?" Sasuke asked the pink haired girl while staring down at his eggs, waiting for her answer.
"Yes, I hope that is okay with you guys." Sakura said as she watched the male continue to eat his eggs.
"Sasuke's favorite thing to eat is tomatoes."
Itachi explained to her while his answer gave her a smile knowing that the Uchiha brothers enjoyed their meal.
"So Sakura, how long have you been with the Slayers?" Itachi asked her since he was done with his food and wanted to learn more about their new roommate.
"Well I was about 14 years old. I have been on my own since I was 12 and I started high school and met Kakashi and he took me in. I was living on the streets before that," Sakura explained.
"Oh, really?"
"Yup. Actually, Shikamaru and I were the first ones Kakashi took in, then, later on, more people decided to join," Sakura explained.
"What happened to your parents?" Itachi asked and noticed that she became slightly tense before answering her question.
"Um... well my mother was very sick and passed away and my father killed himself and I was an only child." Sakura said, causing Sasuke to stop eating again and look over at her.
'She's lying. There's more to it, I can sense it,'Sasuke thought to himself then continued to eat some more.
"I am very sorry to hear that. Our parent's were murdered by a man named Orochimaru and Kakashi said that if we join, we will finally meet and kill him," Itachi explained and Sakura took a glance at Sasuke and noticed he had tense up after hearing the man's name.
"Oh trust me, you will definitely meet him," Sakura said and then Sasuke jerked his head up in her direction.
"You have met Orochimaru?" Sasuke asked her and watched her nod her head.
"Yes I know a lot about Orochimaru, he is a very cruel man." Sakura said as she looked down on the floor.
"I'm going to kill him one day," Sasuke stated as he put down his plate and crossed his arms.
"Good luck with that. No one has had the chance to kill him off. You see, he has been around for a very long time because he has the ability to go from one body to the next and-"
"Hn. Don't worry Sakura, I'm going to kill him," Sasuke said as he turned his head to look at her. Sakura had also turned her head and couldn't help but stare into his eyes. Sasuke then looked away and glanced over at his brother.
"Thanks," Sakura spoke quietly, trying her hardest not to blush. She was enjoying herself this morning and wanted this moment to last, but she knew that everything eventually had to end and she stood up from her seat. Sasuke felt the couch shift and looked up to see Sakura walking towards her door.
"So where are you going Sakura?" Itachi called out which caused Sakura to turn around and smile at the older Uchiha.
"I need to go get ready for school, Kakashi should be coming up here in a few minutes to give you two your own uniform."
"Didn't you eat?" Sakura was slightly surprised that Sasuke had asked her a question about her well being and she looked over and smiled at him.
"I ate downstairs before I brought up both of your meals. So you guys can just relax until Kakashi comes up," Sakura said, walking into her bedroom and shut the door behind her. Itachi glanced at her door then looked over at his younger brother, who he noticed was also staring at her door. Itachi couldn't help but start to chuckle, causing Sasuke to glare at him.
"What," Sasuke spat out at his older brother.
"I know you heard me and Sakura talking while you were in your room." Itachi replied as he crossed his arms, watching his brother's expression.
"Hn," Sasuke responded as he looked away.
Sasuke couldn't understand why all night long all he could think about was the annoying pink haired girl named Sakura. He didn't understand why he got angry when he overhead her telling Itachi that she was going to call Sasori and have him come over to eat the breakfast that she had made for him, not for her boyfriend, but for him. He knew one thing, he didn't like these feelings and would do anything to make them stop.
"I see you two are already up this morning."
The two Uchiha brothers turned around to see Kakashi walking up the stairs with their uniforms.
"Good morning Kakashi," Itachi greeted the older male.
"I hope you both slept okay. Here are your school uniforms. Sakura will be taking you to school today and tomorrow you both will have your own cars for transportation. Also, you both will receive cell phones in case of an emergency. I really should have you two not go to school today since I haven't told you guys much about ourselves but I think it would be best you start school right away," Kakashi said then heard his cell phone going off and decided to answer it.
"Yo...What?...Alright I will be there in a minute, call Naruto and Sai and have them come meet me in the office," Kakashi hung up the phone and looked up at the two Uchihas.
"Well something has come up and I will give you two a choice, you can either go to school today, or you can go on a mission," Kakashi said as he put down their uniforms on the table.
"Mission," Sasuke spat out.
"Well I guess we will take the mission. What's up?" Itachi asked the older male.
"Neji just called me saying there is some activity in the sector seven area. I will go into more detail in a few minutes when everyone is all together. Now, when Sakura is finished getting dressed, the three of you come meet me in my office, she knows where it is," Kakashi said then all of the sudden, vanished out of thin air.
"Did he just vanish?" Itachi asked his younger brother who looked like he could care less of what Kakashi just did.
A minute later, the door opened up and Sakura walked out of her room and greeted the two brothers.
"Hey guys, I thought I heard Kakashi talking, but I guess not since you two haven't moved since I left you." Sakura giggled at the two.
"He was here, we are going on a mission," Sasuke said as he got up from his seat and walked to his room to pick up his katana.
"It looks like someone is excited," Sakura said cheerfully as she watched the younger Uchiha roll his eyes.
"Whatever, lets go," Sasuke stated.
"Well before you go, Mr. Excited, you might want to get dressed, unless you want to fight in only your boxers."
Sakura and Itachi couldn't help but laugh while Sasuke growled at the two when he noticed he was still in his black boxers and went to his bedroom to get dressed.
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Sakura, Sasuke, Sai, Itachi and Naruto all met up with Kakashi in his office and saw him sitting on his chair, reading his book.
"Hey Kakashi, did you call us?" Sakura asked as she closed the door behind them.
"Yes, I have received some news that Kabuto was spotted out in the sector seven area. Sasuke and Itachi, if you two didn't know, Kabuto is one of Orochimaru's servants," Kakashi explained which shocked the Uchiha brothers.
'Did he just say...Orochimaru?'Sasuke thought to himself as he gritted his teeth in annoyance.
"So why isn't everyone else here?" Itachi asked.
"Well, whenever there is a mission or we need to check something out, we usually go out in groups. For example, me and Naruto are in a group together but sometimes Sai helps us out when there is a big mission like this one," Sakura explained to the Uchihas.
"Believe it!" Naruto yelled out.
"Yes, believe it!" Sai said.
"Sai, how many times have I told you not to copy me!" Naruto yelled out.
"Sorry, dickless," Sai responded with a fake smile on his face.
"Stop calling me that! I'm not dickless!" Naruto yelled out once again.
"Will you two shut up and let Kakashi finish talking?" Sakura yelled out at the two males, causing them to become silent.
'Great, we are going to fight one of Orochimaru's servants with an idiot, a freak, and an annoying girl,' Sasuke thought to himself as he crossed his arms and closed his eyes.
"Alright, now, here is the plan, Sasuke and Sakura will go to the east side of sector seven while Itachi, Naruto, and Sai will go to the west side," Kakashi explained.
"Now be careful everyone. Don't forget that sector seven is a dangerous place ruled by demons," Sakura told everyone.
"Alright, I think we can handle it," Sasuke said with a smirk on his face.
"Believe it!"
Everyone turned their heads and stared at Sai while Naruto was cracking his knuckles.
"I told you not to copy me! Why you little-"
"I would stay and chat but I've got a class to teach, good luck." Kakashi grinned then vanished out of the room.
'How does he do that?' Sasuke thought to himself, then followed everyone leaving the room, ignoring Naruto's bickering.
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Sakura and Sasuke arrived at the east side of sector seven. Sasuke looked around as they got out of the vehicle and noticed that sector seven was a run down part of the city. It looked like no one had lived in the buildings in years and the atmosphere seemed deadly.
"Alright, lets go," Sakura said with a smile on her face and began to start running but tripped on a big rock and fell to the ground.
"Ouch," Sakura said.
"Pathetic," Sasuke spat out as he walked past her, not even going to try and help her up.
'Asshole, he could of helped me up. I did make him breakfast after all,' Sakura thought to herself as she got up from the ground and walked behind the younger Uchiha.
They continued to walk together when suddenly a knife was thrown in their direction.
"Shit!" Sasuke yelled out as he pushed Sakura down to the ground, barely missing the knife attack. Sakura looked up to noticed that Sasuke's eyes had changed color.
"S-Sasuke, your eyes!"
Sakura was astonished by the way the male above her looked. Sasuke looked down at her then got off of her, once again not helping the girl up.
"You should be aware of your surroundings," Sasuke growled out as he glared at the girl while she was getting up from the ground. Sasuke couldn't believe that he had to be stuck with the weakest and most annoying girl he had ever met in his life.
"Well you should-"
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" A voice was heard and both teens turned around to see a older male with silver hair in a pony tail walking towards them.
"Kabuto," Sakura whispered, but Sasuke heard him and snapped his head in her direction.
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Meanwhile, Naruto, Itachi and Sai were walking around the other side of sector seven, trying to find Kabuto.
"So Itachi, do you have a special ability like everyone else here?" Naruto asked the older Uchiha.
"Hn. You bet I do. My brother and I have an ability called the sharingan where our eyes turn different colors. My power is that I can kill anything just by looking into their eyes and seeing their soul," Itachi explained.
"That sounds cool," Sai said.
"It is, but it is very draining for my eyes. So I try not to use it unless I need to. Other than that my brother and I have great speed and we can jump up to high places easily."
"Are you a half demon like Naruto here?" Sai asked. It surprised Itachi to hear that Naruto was a half demon.
"You're a half demon Naruto?" Itachi questioned the blond.
"Believe it! My mother was a human while my father was a fox demon. But don't worry, I'm not bad or anything. Actually not all demons are bad, well most of them are, but not all of them." Naruto explained. Suddenly, they began to hear some noises and they turned their heads to see three demons appear out of no where and charge towards them.
"Ahh!"
Sai charged towards one of the demons with two mini swords in his hands, while the other two dealt with Itachi and Naruto. The demon jumped up before Sai had a chance to attack and kicked him from behind, causing the male to fall to the ground. Sai quickly got up and rushed over again with super speed and cut the demon's head off before it even had the chance to register what had happened.
Naruto battled with the other demon and felt his demon presence rising within him. He gathered an energy ball and threw it at the second demon. He looked over to see how Itachi was doing after killing off the demon and noticed that his eyes had changed colors and were now a deep red.
Itachi grabbed the demon's neck when the demon tried to attack him and looked into his eyes. Sai and Naruto couldn't help but look and noticed that his eyes were moving and all of the sudden, the demon's body began to shake and Itachi let go of him and watched the now dead body fall to the ground.
"I thought you said that you only use that attack when you really need it?" Sai asked the older Uchiha.
"Heh, yeah I did say that, but I figured you two would want to see what I was capable of," Itachi smirked at the two but it soon vanished when he felt something oozing down his face.
"Itachi! Your eyes are bleeding!" Naruto yelled out as he ran up to him.
"I think I strained my eyes too much lately. If I keep them close for a while, it should help them recover," Itachi said as he took a seat on the ground.
"Okay, Sai you stay here with Itachi while I go find Sakura and the asshole," Naruto said.
"Right," Sai nodded his head as he watched Naruto start to run as fast as he could.
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Sasori was currently walking down the hallways of school, looking for Sakura. However, she was no where to be found. He finally caught a glimpse of Shikamaru and rushed up to him before he made his way into his classroom.
"Shikamaru," Sasori spoke, getting the male's attention.
"Morning...Sakura's not feeling well so she's taking the day off," Shikamaru said then turned around and walked into his classroom, knowing the reason why the red head was talking to him.
Sasori had a blank expression on his face while he could feel his fists being tighten. He heard his cell phone going off and looked down.
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"Good morning Sakura," Kabuto stared into her green eyes, but no reply was heard from her.
"I guess you are still half asleep. Well, it's nice to see you again Sakura, and who might this male be?" Kabuto raised an eyebrow at the Uchiha.
"I'm your worst fucking nightmare!" Sasuke growled out and began to charge forward with his katana in his hand, ignoring Sakura's cries to stop.
"Sasuke stop! You don't know what he's capable of."
Kabuto disappeared out of thin air right before Sasuke was about to charge at him.
"Sasuke!"
Sasuke heard Sakura groan his name and turned around to notice that Kabuto had gotten a hold of Sakura, making her unable to get out of his grasp. Sasuke also noticed that Kabuto had taken out a pistol and was pointing it at Sakura's temple.
'Stupid girl keeps getting in my way,' Sasuke thought.
"Now, let's talk. That is unless you want to see this pretty girl's brains splattered everywhere," Kabuto smirked then squinted his eyes and noticed something unusal about the male.
"Your eyes look familiar...who are you?" Kabuto asked Sasuke. Sasuke put up his katana and moved closer to the two.
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha, Orochimaru murdered my family, leaving me and my older brother as the only Uchihas left." Sasuke growled out while Sakura remained silent.
"Oh yes I remember that day. I was there to help him out of course! Poor little old Mikoto begging her life before her precious throat was slit," Kabuto said while smirking at the Uchiha.
"Shut the fuck up! This ends now Kabuto! I will make you pay!" Sasuke screamed out.
Kabuto kept his deathly grip onto Sakura, causing her to wince in pain but was more scared when Sasuke took out his katana and looked like he was ready to attack.
"Sasuke, you can't fool me! I know you won't attack me while I have this girl in front of me, there is no way to touch me unless you want her to die along with me," Kabuto said with a grin on his face.
"Who says I care if she dies by my hands?" Sasuke growled out as he began to launch his katana towards the two.
"SASUKE!" Naruto screamed out at the top of his lungs, running towards his teammate, watching him about to kill his other teammate. Right when Sasuke was about to plunge his sword into Sakura and Kabuto, Naruto pushed the Uchiha in the nick of time, causing the two to tumble to the ground.
"What the fuck do you think you are doing! I'm glad I left Itachi and Sai behind to catch up with you guys! Don't you care that you were about to hurt Sakura!" Naruto yelled out with fury as he punched Sasuke in the jaw, trying to knock him back to his senses.
"Why would I care what happens to her?" Sasuke snarled out. Before Naruto could respond, both men stopped their actions when they began to hear male laughter. They looked over to see that Kabuto still had a grip on Sakura, gun still aimed at her head.
"Well I guess since the younger Uchiha wants this pretty girl to die so badly, I shall grant him his wish," Kabuto smirked and without even giving Sasuke or Naruto a chance to make any movement, the silver haired male pulled the trigger. The gun made a loud bang. Sasuke saw Sakura's head being pushed to the side a little bit from the impact of the bullet as Kabuto began to laugh out loud again and looked down at the now dead girl's body, which he still had in his arms.
"I wouldn't be laughing if I was you Kabuto. If you are going to shoot a girl, make sure she is dead next time," Sakura moved her head up to glare at him, making him freeze in his place.
"Isn't it a lovely night, my master?" A sinister voice was heard from behind Kabuto, leaving him scared shitless while Sasuke froze in shock with the scene that played out before him. He was now staring into the eyes of the figure who owned that voice.
