Encounter
Part: 2
The yellow sun was rising. Tsunade awoke and sleepily wondered to her desk to begin sorting through the many scrolls on her desk.
"Lady Tsunade we have a big problem!" A man yells as he rushes into the hokage's room "The west gate." The man took another breath "the gate it's …,"
"Just spit it out would you." The Hokage snapped.
"Yes my lady, someone has entered the forest of death. What are we supposed to do?" the man finished still breathing heavily.
"Huh, but why would anyone want to go there, unless of course they had a death wish." Tsunate finished with a jocular chuckle. Her smile faded and she took a deep breath, "get me Kakashi and Guy's teams, we'll send them in, if they don't find anything lock the gates and never mention it."
"Yes mam I'll get them immediately." The man answered and stood more professional like as he caught his breath.
"Well what are you waiting for GO." she shouted impatiently.
"Yes mam right away." The man said and ran for his life. He quickly assembled the two teams and brought them back to the kage as he was requested.
"My lady, I have brought the two squads." The man form before spoke and with his knuckles, he gently taped at the door.
"You can let them in." A voice echoed and Shizune oped the door.
"Its nice to see everyone." Tsunade said and looked over her ninjas starting with Naruto who has an annoyed expression like he wasn't able to finish his Ramen, Sakura with a get over it Naruto look on her face as she gave him the evil eye, Kakashi book in had, Sasuke looking completely blank, Neji looking somewhat confused, Guy with an irritated look which quickly turned into a giant smile, Lee looking determined and ending with Tenten as she looked over the contents of the room. Tsunade let out a sigh.
"Does anyone know why they're here?" She asked blankly. Everyone gave her a look and shook there head no.
"Someone has entered the forest of death..." kakashi lowered his book "They must have entered trough the west gate... I give you the precarious mission of finding our intruder." She finished and looked up at her sorry group pf ninjas. "Here is a bag of flairs and anything else you might need" She finished and Shizune handed kakashi a tan backpack.
"He probably went to the building in the center." Sasuke spoke.
"Oh Sasuke your so smart!" Sakura squeaked and tried clutching at Sasuke's hand but he quickly folded his arms not giving her an opening.
"Ya but how do we know that this person is still in there." Neji spoke and looked over at Sasuke with a challenging glare.
"It doesn't mater if there is still someone in there they need to be found." Lee blurted with a thumbs up.
"Alright, if its someone who wants to fight be sure you can handle it." Tsunade spoke and looked at Naruto as if she was speaking only to him. "You are dismissed." She added and the two teems swiftly made there way to the forest.
lets split up into 4 groups of two, each will go a different direction and meet in the middle. You find something, send up these flairs, 2 is probably good for each teem." kakashi said and pulled the flairs from the bag the Hokage had given him.
"Ok." everyone said and split into different directions in pares of two, Kakashi and sakura, Naruto and Tenten, Neji and Sasuke, and Guy and lee.
"kakashi who do you think is in here?" Sakura asked
"Most likely... no one, I'm sure some kids just thought it would be a good prank to unlock the gate just to see the response." kakashi answered and the two stopped.
"What is it kakashi."
"Dog prints but they must have come from a very large dog" Kakashi said and bent over an over sized print.
"A dog really?... but its so huge!" Sakura said and observed the area for any clues on how something might have acomplished something like that.
"Lets keep moving." kakashi added the to two began walking in the direction the prints seemed to be leading.
"Aww man this is boring." Naruto spoke irritatedly.
"Yes but someone has to do it." Tenten replayed "We have been moving at a quick pace for a wile now maybe we should slow down, and see if we can get a better look." she added
"Ya ok."
"Hey Neji why don"t you use your byakugun to see ahead of us." Sasuke demanded. Neji shot him a glance.
"Why its just a waist of chakra at this point." Neji said and rolled his lavender eyes. Sasuke stopped in his tracks. Neji quickly fallowed and jumped back to where his partner stood.
"Why did you stop." Neji asked.
"Did you hear that? It sounded like ... the breaking of bone."
"I di... " he was cut off by an intense growling. the two jumped to the ground in attempt to pinpoint the area of creation.
"Byakugun activate" Neji said and looked around.
"What do you see?" Sasuke asked in anticipation.
"We found our intruders." Neji said as shiver crawled up his spine. Sasuke walked in the direction the boy was looking. He slid around the tree trunk to find a sight no man should ever have to see. A black mans carcass, its rotting exposed flesh stunk like no tomorrow and a big white dog stood over the man ripping at its chest eating him, a loud crack escaped the dogs mouth as he chewed down the mans tender frame.
Sasuke looked away in disgusts and pulled out a flair. The dog distracted by the movement looked up from its meal his golden eyes locked with Sasuke's eyes, paralyzed the boy fell to the floor body shaking as his nerves went wild. The large white dog took a sept forward and liked its blood stained mouth. Neji realizing the dogs intent and Sasukes unablenes to move he grabbed the courage and drug Sasuke a good distance form the seen. Neji looked behind to see the dog had not fallowed and set Saskue down.
"You ok" Neji asked in concern as he shook his team mate's shoulders
"Yes I'm fine." Sasuke said with a shutter and pushed Neji's hand away. Neji took the flair that his partner was still clutching and set it off. "I have never felt something that intense, those eyes, they were sharp almost like a sword piercing at my heart" Sasuke thought and griped at his chest.
It was only about a minuet or two when Naruto and Tenten showed up and only seconds later Guy and lee showed.
"Hey is Sasuke ok" Guy asked and walked to examine the pail boy.
"I'm fine just a little shaken!" Sasuke snapped
"ok, ok so you found our intruder?" Naruto yelled
"Ya but hes dead, good and dead" Neji said and shivered
"ok now we just need to wait for kakashi and Sakura" guy said and smiled
"Aww man he is alway late." Naruto said and Tenten giggled. They waited for there missing team mates when a loud bang echoed across the sky.
"Ill go check it out ok." Lee said and ran up a nearby tree. The blue evening sky had been flooded with red sparks of a second flair.
Naruto © Kishimoto Hitteki
Story and Original Cast © Nicole Waller
