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.Heaven's Gate: Princess.
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Three: Ambush.
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Sasuke jumped up at once. His eyes searched the room for any danger. On the next second both of them smelled smoke. Sakura's face wasn't panicked at all, in fact, she looked calm. Sasuke looked at her confused. He walked fast toward the door and was about to swing it open when Sakura's hand caught his kimono's sleeve.
"You shouldn't go," she said. He turned around, she still looked calm.
"The palace is under attack," he said, trying not to yell.
"I know," she replied, her eyes were staring into his and he was, again, terrified.
"I have to go help them," he told her and she sighed. She pulled his sleeve down and he had to obey her, he sat in front of her again.
"What is your mission again, Uchiha Sasuke?" she asked him. He was shocked as she addressed him using his full name. He swallowed but said nothing. "The ANBU are not weak. They're strong. I can feel their energy out there, none of them are dead. It's going to be okay."
He rolled his eyes again. She narrowed her eyes and closed her eyes awhile as if to concentrate. She was monitoring the energy of all the ANBU outside and one of the energy started to fade slowly, but then it returned. She opened her eyes and looked at her bodyguard again.
"You're too proud, Sasuke," she said. "You should stop that, it's really not nice."
He turned to her and held back a snort.
"Especially your rolling eyes," she pointed at him. "It could stay up there and you would be unable to see straight again."
He was about to roll his eyes once again before she pulled on his sleeve.
"I can guarantee that." She said.
A scream was heard and they both froze. Her expression was now cautious but she said nothing, her grip was still on his sleeve. He looked at her and sighed. He shook her hand off his sleeve and jumped outside. Her eyes were wary as she watched him disappeared behind the pink trees. The sky was red and the sound of woods burning was heard.
Her eyes changed the second time she blinked after he was gone, a grey pupil replaced her black one and then the natural color of her pupil reappeared on the third blink.
Sasuke felt a strangely familiar chakra. He skidded to a stop and saw Ten-ten, killing one of the many black uniformed shinobi. She sensed him too and turned abruptly, her eyes were wide.
"What are YOU doing here?!" she screeched, pushing the dead body from her katana away. She jumped and landed on top of him, pushing him onto the ground. He groaned and punched her face, only to be stopped by her hand. She glared at him, her eyes burning furiously. "What about the Princess?" she yelled. Sasuke's knees caught her head and he pushed her aside with them, he stood up right away while she was crouched in front of him.
"Ten-ten!"
A kunai with purple flower ornament dangling from it hit the enemy's shinobi that emerged from behind Ten-ten. She turned and saw the shinobi and hit the man's stomach.
"Thanks Ino," Ten-ten turned to the blond walking out from behind Sasuke. Ino nodded and looked at Sasuke, as shocked as Ten-ten.
"What are you doing here?!" she shrieked. "Sakura could be in danger!"
"The enemies have not reached her place yet," Sasuke rolled his eyes.
Ten-ten screamed and jumped for Sasuke, Ino pulled her down before she reached him. She glared at him.
"Don't be too proud Uchiha," Ino snapped. "How I wish Itachi-san didn't die. Then you wouldn't be here."
Sasuke gritted his teeth.
"Stop comparing me to him." He snapped.
"Then stop acting like a jerk," Ino said. She turned and hit another shinobi. "Ten-ten, they're gathering."
Ten-ten nodded, she opened one of her scrolls and bit her thumb. Blood dripped from it and onto the white, opened scroll.
Weapons came out from it, floating in the air.
"Okay, I'm ready," Ten-ten nodded. Ino nodded as well and jumped with her toward the fire.
"You better be gone when we get back," Ino looked at him. He watched them disappeared into the red sky.
"ANBU huh?" he smirked. "Interesting."
"How's everything going, Sasuke?"
"I guessed it was you," Sasuke sat down, sighing. "They're stronger than they looked."
Suigetsu smirked. "I know, and they're just chicks."
"Strong chicks," Sasuke shook his head and smirked at his teammate. "Might as well be roosters."
"Roosters are dudes, man," Suigetsu laughed. And then he looked at Sasuke seriously. "So how are things?"
"Not bad," Sasuke said. "You know my brother was here before?" he eyed Suigetsu.
"Whoa, no kidding?" Suigetsu leaned against the tree. "I heard, though."
"Yeah, pretty cool huh?" Sasuke sighed again.
"So… what about the target?" Suigetsu looked at him.
"She looked weak," Sasuke said. Skipping the part where her presence could both intimidate him and calm him at the same time. "I'm the only one around almost all the time, well not when her weird father appeared out of nowhere toady, though."
"Her father?" Suigetsu's left eyebrow raised.
"Yeah, the great Jiraiya-sama," Sasuke said. "The Toad Sage, who knew?"
"Her family is getting cooler by the second you know," Suigetsu smiled. "Is she pretty?"
Sasuke looked at him once and he smiled widely. "She is, huh?"
"By the way, are you the one behind the attack?" Sasuke stood up, patting his bottom to make the leaves go away.
"Me? No." Suigetsu kicked a dead body out of his way. "I was checking how things are. It seemed you could kill her anytime."
Sasuke nodded.
"Something interests me though," he said. "There's something more about her that Matsuo Tabi are not telling me about."
Suigetsu sighed and patted Sasuke's shoulder.
"Better not get in too deep Sasuke," he advised. "It will be harder to climb back out once you're in too deep."
Sasuke nodded. "I know." He looked at Suigetsu. "You know that will never happen."
Suigetsu shrugged.
"It's your choice," he said. "As long as you do your mission, you're fine." He walked passed Sasuke. "Someone else might come to check on you again, just hope it's not Karin." He chuckled and Sasuke groaned.
"Tell Matsuo Tabi to send anyone but her," he pleaded.
"We'll see," Suigetsu laughed. And then he leaped off and was gone.
Sasuke stood alone in the field that was covered with blood and dead bodies. The air was thick with smoke and it was already too hard to breathe.
"Hideyoshi Kuno's men, huh?" he muttered to himself. "One heck of an annoying person."
He spotted a shinobi zoomed past him and sighed. He was faster than the shinobi, a hard pat on the back and the shinobi fell, unconscious.
"I shouldn't kill her now," he muttered to himself again as he made his way back to Sakura's chamber.
Am I following my brother's footsteps? Or is she just hypnotic to everyone around her?
Another shinobi zoomed by, Sasuke cursed himself for day-dreaming. This shinobi was big though. Sasuke tried to keep up but another shinobi was on his way. Bunch of other shinobis were on his way.
He sucked in air and blew out fire. He jumped over the flaming bodies and chased after the gigantic man.
"Scooters!" he cursed. "The princess's chamber is just behind that—"
The big shinobi was suddenly pushed away, thrown away and he almost his Sasuke. Sasuke quickly jumped out of the way. He looked forward, there was nothing. And then he remembered Suigetsu story.
The same thing happened to him. An invisible force pushed him away when he tried to attack the chamber. Sasuke took a deep breathe and leaped forward. He shut his eyes, ready for the impact but nothing happened. He sighed, relieved and ran toward Sakura's room.
He opened the door and saw four figures standing around her. His eyes widened in surprise as he quickly grab hold of his katana. Sakura looked at him, she looked annoyed. But not afraid.
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