So I managed to write another chapter! Not sure how I feel about the story though.. I guess I'm really looking forward to getting into the full on action-y stuff :)
Sorry it takes me a while to upload to my stories, as if having university take up majority of my writing time isn't bad enough, I tend to suffer from really bad writers block!
So anyway, second chapter. I hope you like it, and I'll post more asap :)
3 Kimberlae.
The group sat within the tightly squeezed Chinese shop that sat on the corner of the street. It was a little cramped, a little warm and a number of interesting characters entered daily, but the restaurant was by far the team's favourite. The man and daughter that ran the shop were friendly as ever, and always gave them that little bit extra for being regular costumers. Naruto slurped up the soup from his bowl of ramen, greedily drinking every last drop that feel from the up ended, ceramic bowl. Hinata delicately picked at hers, Sai and Sakura deep in conversation over their training as they ate at their own bowl.
The door bell of the Restaurant chimed, and their Commander Kakashi entered, Shikamaru by his side. Kakashi approached the table and gazed at his team. Naruto couldn't tell his emotions, the black cloth hiding any signal of emotion.
"Hinata, join me?" Shikamaru held out his hand to pull her from her seat, and she waltz from the restaurant, a tiny wave directed at Naruto as she was dragged away.
"Kakashi? What's going on?" Naruto's crystal eyes fell heavily on his Commander, who took Hinata's seat and refused to meet the gaze of his team.
"We've found Sasuke," Sakura's and Naruto's eyes widened in disbelief.
"What?! Where?" Naruto's fist hit the table top, causing some of the customers to turn.
"Naruto, settle down. Tsunade wants to tell you the details of the mission," Naruto and Sakura stood immediately, leaving Sai and Kakashi to stumble to catch up.
"Come in," The team entered the Leaders office. It was a large office, a desk placed exactly in the middle, large windows that over looked the city below, and two wall length cabinets on either side of the office. Within those cabinets were an array of weapons, from the smallest of knifes, to the largest of swords, the boss' weapon of choice when she used to fight, back in the day.
"Naruto, Sakura," The elder stood before them, her arms crossed in front of her body. "He needs to be taken out," Naruto's jaw dropped and Sakura's eyes began to well with tears.
"But, ma'am… Shouldn't we try to reason with him?"
"Sasuke is past reasoning with!" Her words echoed within the room, adding extra power to her voice. "He has become a dangerous enemy. Last month alone he took down the whole of our sector in Florida. That was over thirty men!"
Naruto sighed and his gaze fell to the floor. He knew that taking Sasuke out would eventually become the last option; he just didn't imagine it would be this soon. Four years it's been since the last time he saw him, and even then he didn't want to come home.
"He's been found in Tulsa, and we're sending you there immediately,"
"Understood," the team echoed.
The flight from California to Tulsa was long. The thought of bring down Sasuke itched at Naruto, but this was his job. It was something he needed to do. Naruto's mind flitted back through his memories, settling on the last few days before Sasuke left…
Six years ago…
"Sasuke, have you lost your mind? Orochimaru's gang is nothing but bad news. It goes against everything you've been taught here!" The two boys stood in the foyer of their high school, Naruto screeching at Sasuke and his ridiculous ideas.
"They can't help me here. It's the only way I can get revenge on my brother,"
"And then what? Once you kill him, what happens next?" Sasuke turned from Naruto and sighed in annoyance.
"You don't get it knucklehead,"
"What don't I get? What it feels like to lose my family? Oh yeah! I do know how that feels,"
"At the hand of your brother?" Anger practically vibrated from Sasuke's body.
Naruto's mind fast forwarded like a movie, settling on the image of Sasuke holding a gun at his temple. Naruto's gun lay forgotten on the cold cement, as the barrel of his gun pressed hard into Naruto's temple. "I won't kill you," He has said. "You were once, my best friend," And with that, he knocked the butt of the gun on his head and Naruto had passed out cold.
The day that Tsunade had read the casualties from the Florida sector massacre was the hardest day of Naruto's life. It was when he came to the conclusion that Sasuke needed to be stopped before more lives could be destroyed.
She said that it had been on Orochimaru's orders for him and a team of assassins to bring down sector by sector. And with the number of deaths from just one so far, it was obvious that they were dangerous, and out to kill for power.
That night, Sakura's pain had spun her emotions into turmoil and she'd turned to Naruto for comfort. She'd cuddle him and cried, and then one thing lead to another… They'd found themselves in a sticky mess of bed sheets and sweat, their emotions released and a heavy weight had dispersed upon their chest. As far as Naruto knew, it was a once off thing. Neither companion had strong desires to be together, it was a night of need and comfort, and neither adult regretted the actions of that night. It was somewhat a pleasant memory to Naruto.
But now he wished to share special moments like that with a certain girl with midnight hair and pale amethyst coloured eyes.