Quick recap.
Sasuke looked at the next photo to see that Sayuri had growed from a breakable little girl to a delicate yet strong genin. Her hair was still long and tied in half a ponytail but now her forehead was covered with a ninja headband; it had a 'V' symbol in the middle. She wore a blue shirt that was covering over a white dress that ended at the top of her knees. She was also wearing black leggings and arm warmers.
Yet, her eyes, they didn't seem as bight any more, they looked sad and sorrowful now.
Sasuke continued looking at the photos for a few hours until he fell asleep.
That night, his dreams were all of his memories of Sayuri.
End chapter two.
Chapter Three. The forgotten life.
(Sasuke is having flashbacks in his dreams)
"Sasuke? Sasuke! Where are you?"
The small three year old snapped his head up at sound of his twin's voice; it was warm like their mother's.
He dropped the blunt shuriken he was playing with and went to find his little sister. He went out into the corridor to find her bent over, panting for breath.
"Sayuri" He said simply.
Her head snapped up and her eyes sparkled at him. "Sasuke!"
She stood up straight and then pounced upon him in a hug.
"Mother sent for us, she said that we have guests"
She lightly grabbed his hand and led her older brother down their corridors to lounge room.
Their mother, father and their older brother were already there.
The three adult guests, two men and one woman, were all tall and proud looking people. There was also one small boy that looked to be the same age as Sasuke and Sayuri, maybe just a year older or so.
All of them were beautiful and held a sense of great importance. With their long black and brown hair, strong posture, and white pupil less eyes, these people almost looked like gods.
Their father was talking all business like to one of the men; their mother was giggling with the woman like they were old friends, while the other man was with the small boy, his large hand covering the boy's smaller one.
Itachi had seen his younger siblings enter and went over to them. Their father noticed this and finished his conversation.
"Sasuke, Sayuri" He said and beckoned them over to him.
They obeyed, Sayuri was clutching onto Sasuke sleeve the whole time. Everyone had stopped talking and gathered into two small groups: the Uchihas and the guests.
"Sasuke, Sayuri this is Hiashi Hyuga, his wife, Hizashi Hyuga and his son" Their father said, gesturing to the people as he said their names.
Sasuke and Sayuri looked at them all and knew how important they were. The Hyuga clan was high up in the ranks; just like the Uchiha clan.
Hiashi and his wife looked at them as well. Hiashi then addressed their father.
"The Uchihas have been blessed with good fortune, long has our two clans waited for the chance to join together"
Sasuke was confused but didn't have much time to dwell on it for he felt his sister being tugged away from him.
Sayuri was pushed into the small gap between the two clans. Neji also was pushed into the gap.
Both of them looked nervously at each other, then at their parents. Sayuri flashed a look at her older brothers, fear in her eyes.
Their father coughed and Sayuri turned back to look at Neji, then unsure of her actions, she curtsy towards him. Neji looked at her for a moment and then bowed his head towards Sayuri.
Both Hiashi Hyuga and Fugaku Uchiha seem pleased. They both walked up and stopped behind Neji and Sayuri.
"Is the deal acceptable?" Hiashi asked.
Fugaku nodded and bent down to Sayuri's level.
"This is Neji Hyuga, your future husband"
Shock filled the room. Sayuri was looking at her father. So was Sasuke.
Neji was looking at his Uncle. "I have to marry her? Why?"
Sasuke would have lunged at Neji for that remark but Itachi held him back. Neji returned his eyes back to Sayuri and saw that her lower lip was trembling.
"Oh no, I …I meant… there's nothing wrong with you…err…your very pretty" Neji said, trying to cheer Sayuri up again. It wasn't working.
"What Neji meant was why the two of you will be married when you're older, Sayuri" Itachi reassured his little sister. He then looked at his father. Fugaku stared at his eldest and then back at Sayuri.
"Both the Hyuga clan and our clan have been waiting for many years for the chance to see what would happen when both our clan's Kekkei Genkai mixed. Of course, we have tried this before, but that was with a male Uchiha and a female Hyuga. This failed, their children showed no talent. We believe that if a male Hyuga and a female Uchiha, both from or 2nd generation of the head clan, married there would be a better success rate," Fugaku explained.
Little Sasuke took all this information in and felt somewhat…disgusted. They where going to use his little sister for a breeding test! Unbelievable.
"They're not getting married now, are they?" he asked.
Mikoto laughed lightly at her youngest son.
"Oh no, Sasuke. Neji and Sayuri have to wait until they are eighteen"
Hiashi chuckled at Sasuke. "Don't worry, you'll still have plenty of time with your sister"
And so it was decided, Neji and Sayuri would marry. The adults went back to talking amongst themselves once more and Itachi had left the room.
Sasuke noticed that Neji and Sayuri were talking to each other. It appeared harmless to him until Neji took hold of Sayuri's hand and held onto it. Sayuri's cheeks burned red.
Sasuke watched and felt a sinking feeling in his stomach.
He was already losing his sister.
*
Sasuke woke up; sadden by that memory, the fact that his little sister was being ripped away from him at such a young age.
How long had their fathers been planning such a thing? To marry her off to Neji and hope for super mutant offspring!
Sasuke also felt hate.
Towards Neji.
Neji was the one who tried to steal her away from him.
Neji would pay.
*
Team Kakashi, Team Gai and Team Sand had arrived at the border.
The Border that separated the Sand country from the Mountain country.
"It's hard to believe that such a big country right next to ours is rumoured to be haunted," Temari said, staring off into the distant mountains. She then looked over to the rest of her comrades.
Lee and Sai where speaking about bonds, Gaara was listening to them, nodding his head, Neji and Tenten were lightly sparring, Sakura, Kakashi, Gai and Yamato were looking over some scrolls while Naruto and Kankuro were comparing summoning Justus.
"It is haunted" Baki commented behind her. "The country is over run with spirits and the like that the leader of the Gahannakure village has sent a team to guide us"
Temari huffed in disgust. Like they needed to be guided! They were Chunin, Jonin, ANBU and a Kage was heavens sake!
Her thoughts were stopped short when she heard Naruto yelp out in rage. Looking over, she saw a puff of smoke lingering around his feet and an orange toad staring down at him.
"Hi Ya Naruto!" It greeted.
Naruto was fuming, his face was all red and stream appeared to be pouring out of his ears.
"I didn't summon you Gamakichi! What the hell are you doing here!" he yelled.
Gamakichi just stared at Naruto, unfazed.
"But you did" he insisted.
"No I didn't"
"Yes you did"
"No I didn't"
And their argument went on like that was a while. The other paid them no heed and continued on with what they where doing.
It was another half an hour before they were interrupted by something very small and very fluffy. All they saw at first was a quick brown blur that zipped from one branch to another.
But then it leaped out from the trees, bounced onto Naruto's head and then onto Gamakichi's.
It was a small brown mammal that looked like a sort of rat…or a cat…or a ferret. Whatever it was, it was cuddling Gamakichi's head.
"Gamakichi! It's nice to see you again! How long has it been since we last saw each other! You've grown! Look how big ya are!" words rushed out of its mouth in a squeaking voice.
Everyone was staring at the small mammal as it continued to bounce up and down on Gamakichi's head, which didn't seem to care.
"You know this…this cat?" Neji asked Gamakichi.
"I'm not a cat!" it squeaked in rage.
Gamakichi laughed. "Yes, this is Emi. We met in the summon school"
The little mammal nodded its head in glee.
Naruto was dumbfounded.
"I didn't know that rats could be summons?" he said.
The little mammal didn't like that, it started hissing and puffed out its fur, making it look bigger.
"If you want to keep your head on your shoulders, dear boy, I suggest you take a few steps back" A calm voice sounded behind them all.
They all turned to see four ninjas standing behind them. Three of them were men while the other…they didn't know, they were wearing a long cloak that covered their clothes and the hood hid their face.
The tallest of the four was the man standing before everyone else. He must be the leader of the team.
He had a calm looking face with black eyes and pale skin. He had long red hair that was controlled in a plait. He wore the stranded Jonin uniform but he wore a cowboy hat on his head that had his ninja band, which had a 'V' printed on it, attached to its base. He looked to be reaching his early thirties.
The next male was shorter and had dark skin that looked like coal. He had green like dreadlocks and yellow eyes. He also wore the Jonin uniform and had a ninja band tied to his forehead.
The male after that had big muscular arms, short brown hair and tanned skin. He also had different coloured eyes: the left was brown while the right was green. He wore green cargo pants, a white teen top and a purple ninja vest. He had a goofy looking smile on his face.
The last person…was just shorter then their teammates. All they could guess about them was that they were properly of high rank and very mysterious. The long dark purple cloak hid all of the person, all of their features.
Team Kakashi, Team Gai and Team Sand just stared at them all. They noticed that the cloaked figure was staring at Gamakichi and the small mammal.
"Emi, please calm down" a soft voice came from within the cloak.
Kakashi, Gai, Baki and Yamato stepped forward towards the four ninjas and then stated their names and ranks, along with the names and ranks of their teams.
The man with the cowboy hat stepped forward and bowed at them.
"I am Hiroshi Kado" he said. He turned to look behind him at the other three. He pointed first to the male with dreadlocks.
"This is our medic, Itsuki Isamu"
Itsuki raised his hand and waved slightly.
Hiroshi pointed to the male with the different eye colours.
"Kano Michio, our Chunin"
Kano frowned slightly at that. "It's not my fault that I missed the exam"
Hiroshi chuckled lightly and then gestured at the cloaked figure.
"And last but not least, our spirit-nin, Sayuri"
"Hello" the soft voice said.
Hiroshi smiled and then turned back to Kakashi, Gai, Baki and Yamato.
"Together we are Team B of Gahannakure, hidden village of the Valley"
A small hiss was heard behind them all. It came from the small mammal. Sayuri laughed lightly.
"Yes, we haven't forgotten about you"
Sayuri glided over to Gamakichi and the small mammal. Upon reaching them, the mammal climbed onto Sayuri's shoulder.
Naruto just stared before he combusted.
"Wait! I have a few questions!"
"Fire away" Sayuri's soft voice sounded.
Naruto pointed at them.
"What the hell is that rat and…" he cheeks redden "…what gender are you?"
Sayuri laughed lightly, holding the mammal that had tried to attack Naruto.
"Her name is Emi and she's an otter, not a rat. And I'm a 'female' Naruto. Oh! Like my father would call his son 'little lily', he would've been a laughing-stock of our family!" she giggled.
Everyone noticed the all of Team B was now laughing.
It was the perfect way to start a mission.
End Chapter three.