Arashi here, back again with the next chapter in hand. Special thanks to the evil sound ninja and freshman007 for reviewing the last chapter and i encourage you all to follow their example. I also did some minor revisions to the last to chapter so they will fit together a little better and have less grammer errors.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own starcraft or naruto, if you believe i do its time for professional help.


He eyed the two structures as they hung there above the planet. The concept of a flying building always amused him as a child and even now seem them float there he couldn't help but smirk a little. Sasuke pressed the control stick gently rolling his wraith into alignment with the 131st's command center. "Bishop three come in." he spoke into the comm. system.

"I read you captain, do you require something?" came a calm monotone voice.

"Shino can I get you handle the 131st command since you know the flight plan already while I discuss it to the rest?" the raven haired pilot asked.

"Roger."

He was trying to delay the inevitable; he knew the call would come but he'd delay it for as long as he could.

He quickly set his radio to broadcast to his squadron. "All units listen up, the flight will be in three parts. First we leave from here, we are all going to be in the same hyperspace bubble for both jumps so you need to watch your proximity and try not to drift into the buildings or your squadron mates. The second part will be dangerous, Char Sara is directly between here and Konoha so we will have to drop out of hyperspace and go around the planet before jumping again. Char Sara is still infested with the Zerg so we need to be on high alert at all times. Once we reach the other side of the planet will jump again to begin the third and final leg. After we get to konoha we'll dock at the space port for a few days shore leave, understood?"

Responses ranged from cheers to simple "Roger"s.

He maneuvered his craft into position at the point of diamond formation. A quick scanner of the area showed all units to be in place. He leaned back in his seat and let out a long relaxing breath, he had escaped fate for just a little while longer.

Beep Beep Beep.

"Damn it!" he gritted his teeth as he hit the button.

His annoyed look faded when he saw who appeared on the screen before him.

"Well well, you look pretty fancy sittin' pretty in that fighter of yours." Spoke a gruff but playful voice.

"Kiba, and I see Naruto's there too, it's been a while. How are things?"

"Not bad, looking forward to seeing home again. It's actually about time for the Festival of Leaves if you can believe it. I'm hoping they'll give us some leave while we're planet side I wanna go." Kiba replied

"Oy Teme, if they let you, you should come down for the Fest it'll be great to see everyone again! I know Sakura really misses yo.." Naruto suddenly diverted his attention over his shoulder, "Speak of the devil and she shall appear Good luck teme!"

Naruto and Kiba quickly ducked away from the camera as a fist bisected the space they had just occupied.

"YOU LITTLE TWIT I'M NOT THE DEVIL, GET BACK HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!!" sounded a shrill screaming that made Sasuke turn down the volume. A few crashes and what sounded like metal on metal impact could be heard in the background for a minute or two until a head of bubblegum colored hair drifted onto the screen.

"Hi Sasuke-kun how are you?" Spoke a sweet voice that seemed out of place with the noises before it or the creature that made them. Sasuke took a deep breath and composed himself. "Hello Sakura."

"Hey, you know the Festival of Leaves is in three days, you should ask your commander for some leave time so we can go together, wouldn't that be fun Sasuke-kun?" chimed the pink haired medic.

"Yeah about that…" He tried his best to steel himself for what he was about to do. "Listen Sakura we need to talk…"


She tried her best to suppress the shudder that was running down her spine. Its not that they had anything to fear from him, but right now he just looked creepy. They were standing in the tactical room of an old crashed battlecruiser; it had gone down during the uprising of the Sons of Korhal and no one had bothered to salvage it. The room itself was only lit by the light coming from the map table in front of them and the way it cast shadows vertically on his scowling face was just scary. The fact that occasional draw from his cigarette made his eyes glow red didn't help either.

Temari spared a glance at her partner, he looked like he was ready to fall asleep right there, she inwardly marveled at how he could be so amazingly apathetic to just about everything.

She would have to learn to do that herself.

Another drag of the cigarette made the eye glow return before being snuffed in the ash tray on the side of the table. The bearded man took a deep breath before beginning. "So the Dominion agent got away, correct?"

Temari grimly nodded her head. He looked down at the report he was given on the chase then back up at Shikamaru. "And did you have any luck figuring out what she might have gotten from us?"

Shikamaru rolled his eyes as he pulled a piece of paper from his pocket. "It looks like she got the names of some of our corporate backers and codenames of our contacts inside the Dominion. Also the locations and layouts of three of our bases on this planet."

Asuma's eyes widened for a moment, "Which ones?"

"The former confederate base in the Namikaze mountains, the abandon industrial facility on the far side of the planet, and the near by command center that we were pursuing her from." Shikamaru folded the paper back up and stuff it in his pocket before returning to his normal posture.

Asuma let out a long sigh rubbing the bridge of his nose.

A low hiss broke the silence as one of the doors to the room slid open allowing a young woman with long black hair and pale white eyes to step through. Suddenly having all eyes in the room focused on her caused Hinata to fidget in place a little before stepping up to the table and saluting.

"A- Agent Ts- Tsukikage reporting as re-requested s- sir." She dropped her salute once the commander returned it and tugged at the hem of the officer's uniform she was wearing. She hated wearing them, she always felt too exposed by the tight fit and short skirt.

Asuma nodded at her expectantly, "Well? Report agent."

"H- Hai!" She jumped a little at his voice, "M- Mission completed w- with no complications S- Sir. I- I was able to find the files you were looking f- for and a few o- others of in- interest."

She produced a data disk from her uniform and placed it on the table before him.

The bearded man examined the disk before sliding it off to the side, "Well I'm glad not everything is bad news today," he spoke returning his gaze to the two vulture drivers. "Sgt. Temari I want you to send word to our affected backers telling them to cover their tracks and stay on there toes for a while, Sgt. Nara send an evacuation order to the affected bases, tell them to leave no trace, I don't want anything there that might compromise this base as well."

The commander pulled out a file and laid it in front of him before looking back up at the people still in the room. "Well?" his gaze shifted between each of them. "Dismissed!" he ordered irritatedly. Everyone turned to leave and he fairly sure he heard someone utter softly "troublesome."


He made had excellent time, just under 37 hour, considering he was coming from other side of the mountains. With his goggles on he swept the clearing for signs of life other then himself. He found none but his enhanced senses told him that he wasn't alone in the clearing. He raised his hand as a focus and using his mind started pulling on a nearby tree. The tree started shaking violently, its roots straining to hold the plant in the ground, a soft thump under the tree cause him to stop. A figure clad in Ghost attire decloaked in the spot the thump came from, two more appeared on ether side of him.

"You can relax now Kaiten it's just us." One of them spoke.

He dropped his hand and turn to face the one who had spoken. "How long till the 131st arrives Saber?"

The ghost now known as Saber looked down at a display screen on his fore arm. "Ten hours forty-three minutes."

"Very well then, I'm going to rest until then." Kaiten turned and walked towards a tree leaping up into it and settling himself between two branches.


Sasuke sat there staring out the canopy at the hyperspace convoy; silently berating himself for how badly the conversation had went. It shouldn't have been that much of a shock for her.

His radio crackled to life with a calm monotone voice on the other end. "Do you wish to speak with someone about what troubles you?"

Sasuke reached over and hit the 'talk' button, "No Shino I'm fine."

"I do not believe that to be the case, your emotional state has taken a notice able down turn since your communication with our friends ended, I am concerned that it might affect your ability perform and lead should we have to enter combat over Char Sara."

"I'm ok Shino, I just didn't expect her to take it has hard as she did…"

The radio cut off and Sasuke's video screen lit up revealing a man with spiky black hair a high collared flight suit and black sunglasses.

"I feel I should point out that a majority of her emotional stability was based around your continued feels for her. It was illogical to believe that the sudden removal of that source of stability would not have a detrimental effect on her psyche. Especially given the reason and method of delivering that reason to her was . . . lacking in delicacy and tact."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed dangerously at the image of his squad mate.

"Shino," his voice was showing signs of anger, "Were you eaves dropping on my conversation?"

The image of Shino showed no signs of feeling threatened. "I would never violate your privacy or the trust you emplace on me. However the original call from Naruto and Kiba was directed to me as well and while I was occupied with my dealing with the 131st's command center, I did leave the channel open to monitor if any inquiries or relevant information was directed at me."

The onyx eyed pilot arched a brow but said nothing.

Shino spoke once again, "Our E.T.A. to Char Sara is five hours and eleven minutes, I would suggest as your friend and you're second in command that you have your problems sorted out by then." The screen went blank as Shino closed the channel.

Sasuke shifted his gaze to outside his cockpit once again, this time focusing on the Barracks inside the hyperspace bubble with them, and simply mouthed the words Sakura Gomen.


Tenten was worried; her friend and roommate hadn't said a work since she got back from the communications room. The pinkhead just sat silently curled up on her bunk, she hadn't moved in over two hours.

"Sakura, what's bothering you? Was Sasuke not able to get any leave time to join you?" the brunette asked gently.

Still the medic said nothing. Tenten crouched down to eye level, emerald green eyes normally so vibrant and full of life were now dull and hollow looking. Tenten frowned, she tried lightly slapping her check with no result, this was getting her no where. She lied the catatonic girl down and made her way to Naruto's room; he would know what to do.

Naruto answered the knock on his door, "Yo Tenten! We're having fun with the Zero G come in and join us. Wait what's wrong?"

He moved over and let the concerned looking girl drift into his room. Tenten looked around, Lee was sitting on the ceiling and Kiba was currently chasing after some free floating candies. She landed soundlessly on Lee's bunk and Lee quickly joined her. Naruto was by far one of the least perceptive people she knew but he could always tell when something was bothering one of his friends.

"OK Tenten what bugging you?" the blond soldier prompted.

The attention of the room was now focused on her as she explained the problem. "She hasn't moved, hasn't spoken, and doesn't even react to pain since she got done with that call. Sasuke couldn't have said something to cause this; I mean they've had fights but she never ended up like this before."

Naruto hovered there, fist to his chin in a thoughtful manor, she had seen it before and it never looked quite right on him but it meant he was turning all the gears he could.

Lee spoke up first, "Do you think he could have told her he was being moved to a different part of the sector?"

"No that would make her depressed but not catatonic, it's gotta be something else." Tenten responded.

"Are you sure she's just not sick?" asked Kiba.

"She looked fine and wasn't running a fever."

Naruto sudden kicked off towards his door and went out into the hall.

"Oy Naruto! Were you going?"

The others soon followed.

They followed him all the way back to Tenten and Sakura's room. He punched in the entry code and the door open.

"Hey how do you know the code to their room?" Kiba inquired at him.

Tenten shook her head at him and whispered, "Don't ask."

"Sakura-chan whats wrong?" The others watched as Naruto sat down at eye level with the unresponsive girl, "Come on Sakura-chan say something." He tried saying her name a couple times and a few waves of the hand in front of her face but got nothing in return. He pondered a bit more before directing a soft question to her, "Sakura-chan did Sasuke break up with you?"

The girl's body twitched slightly at hearing the words but did nothing else. 'Crap,' He hung his head before reaching out to giving her a brotherly hug and whispered "I'm so sorry..."

He slowly straightened up and whispered something to Tenten before herding the other boys out of the room. The bun-haired girl was now left with her statuesque roommate. She stared at her friend with sympathy and shock etched on her face. Only time could bring her back around, after that Tenten would have a lot of work to do rebuilding her friend.


Hmm. . . well im not that happy with this chapter it just feels hollow, like its missing something, but i can't put my fingure on it. anyway new chapter will come out every 2 or 3 weeks after this cause im only home 2 days out of the week and thats not a lot of time for typing and editting. for those of you waiting for some action to happen, it will hopefully come in the next chapter so just hang on. Anyway please leave a Review, ive had over 200 hits to this story and 5 reviews, its making me sad. having Hinata's codename be tsukikage is just a little Pun on my part, Hinata means Sunshine while Tsukikage means Moonlight, just thought it was funny. anyway Please Review

-Arashi