Lost Trust and a Villages Loss
Chapter 2
Old Friends Ignore as a New One Listens
Sakura looked cautiously at the man, he was dressed in a gray trench coat and had a hat on that looked very similar to the Hokages except it was gray and had a large number eight on the front of it.
Finally to break the silence Sakura answered defensively, "fine why you ask?"
The man answered back calmly, "Well you were using a healing jutsu on your arm there, but your arm seems to be fine to me."
Sakura looked down at her arm and realizes she had finished the healing process and was still pumping chakra into an unwounded arm.
"I may be no medical expert, but I think it'd be rather hard to heal something that is not wounded" playfully said the man.
"Well no one asked for your opinion bub, so if you would be so kind to go away and leave me alone" snapped Sakura.
After hearing the comment the man stood up, towering over her and gave a gentle nod.
The man said. "I apologize for my intrusion; I was only passing by and noticed you crying here all alone. I thought maybe you might like to have a fresh pair of ears to hear out your story. Once again I apologize and I'll be on my way."
The man turned around and began to walk away at a calm steady pace, as he did Sakura began to regret what she said. The man was only trying to help me she thought, and having an objective mind looking at situation might shed some light on it.
As man took a few more steps he heard a voice from behind him.
"Mr. Wait" said Sakura.
The man calmly stopped and turned around to see an apologetic Sakura. As he looked down at her, Sakura saw the bright yellow eyes of the man from under the hat. The look of them was one of sincerity and one of sadness. After being lost in the mans stare for a few seconds Sakura was able to find her words.
"I'm sorry I snapped at you, and maybe you're right, a pair of fresh ears might help." Said Sakura.
The man gave a faint smile, and returned to the bench and sat down next to the pink haired girl.
"Glad to hear it," said the man, "my name is Toreshi and you are?"
"Sakura Hurano" said Sakura.
"From the Hurano family ehh." Responded Toreshi.
Sakura looked at the man in confusion, she'd never heard her family's name used in such a formal matter before.
"Do you know my family?" asked Sakura.
"I don't know them intimately but let's just say I ran into a few of them over the years" responded Toreshi.
This answer confused Sakura even more the previous statement. What did he mean by ran into them she thought. Who is this guy, is he a friend or an enemy. The man looked over and saw the confused look on young girls face and realized that he had chosen his words incorrectly.
"It seems that I mis-worded my answer a little bit. I only meant that I knew of them and I have met a few of them over the years." chuckled Toreshi. "My my, It seems that you're a little suspicious of me now huh?"
A person who's willing to admit that he is being suspected of anything so easily only makes them seems like they are hiding something larger, who is this guy thought Sakura. But as she looked at the goofy face on Toreshi, it reminded her of the face of her late big brother who'd give it when he's was proven wrong by his younger sister.
He seems to be relatively harmless and who knows he might just be an ANBU or hunter-nin on his day off, everyone knows that they're not the biggest socialites around thought Sakura. But before she could ponder the issue any further Toreshi interrupted.
"Why don't you take a break from your deep thinking an tell me the reason that you're on this bench all alone on a nice day like today." Toreshi asked.
"Very well would you like me start from the beginning." Answered Sakura.
"Sure that well be fine." Responded Toreshi.
"I warn you it's a long story." Sakura said.
"It's fine, my plans for the day had to be canceled anyway." Said Toreshi "so continue."
Sakura let out a deep breath as she began to tell her story. "It all started when Sasuke, the love of my life came home."