Dead tired? No. Take away the tired and you understand the state I'm in right now XP sorry for not posting sooner, I have this huge English project assigned by a teacher that I hate. Isn't that wonderful? Anyways, I don't think I could find a song that talks about a bunch of powerful ninja meeting Sasuke, so instead I just found a song that fits Sasuke's relationship with Itachi (in my eyes), it's called "It's not me, it's you" by Skillet. I LOVE Skillet. I'm going to see them in concert March 17 :D soooo excited. Anyways, hope you enjoy chapter 4.
P.S. why aren't there more reviews . I demand at least 5 more before writing the next chapter (author ruse to buy more time to think of new plot twist XP)
Sasuke POV
Groggy eyed, I stiffened, hearing soft breathing. Swiftly, I pulled the katana that I always slept with out of the holder and pointed it at the intruder. Opening my eyes, I started to glare at the source of noise, and then snapped awake. What the hell is Hinata doing in my room? Not that I wouldn't appreciate…that, but I highly doubt that's what she's here for. I sheathed my blade and sat up, noticing Hinata had crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.
"What? You can't expect me to hear breathing and not expect an assassin or fan girl!" I defended myself.
She rolled her eyes and said, "Well hurry up take a shower and get dressed. I have to take you to meet the team. Then we have to go get our mission from Naruto."
I paused, "Weren't we supposed to do that tomorrow?"
"No, you slept a whole day away."
My jaw dropped, I had never EVER slept a whole day, not even after killing Orochipedo, not after fighting Killer Bee, NEVER. I shook my head and took a quick shower. Gathering up my courage, I entered the monster closet. Turning in a circle, I tried to find a section of ninja wear. Sure enough a whole wall of the diverse closet was dedicated to it. Then came the struggle of finding something that I would actually wear. Baggy green sweater? No… Leather jacket? Not for fighting. After a few minutes of head banging and clothing throwing, I finally found something acceptable to wear.
Once I'd slipped on the high collar sleeveless navy blue shirt and a semi-fitted pair of black pants, I shrugged a grey ANBU jacket on and donned high sandals, much like the ones I'd been wearing before being brought back to the Leaf.
Leaving the room, I joined Hinata outside the compound's gate.
"So…who exactly are we meeting?"
"The rest of the Reapers."
"The WHAT?"
"Reapers, because Naruto came to thinking, especially after I got Shiton, that some ninja are too powerful to be in the regular force, even ANBU, and would be feared or resented. Therefore he made a group, and we, the members, decided to name it The Reaper division, since most of our missions are to take out extremely dangerous missing-nin or to infiltrate organizations for Intel and/or hostages."
"…Ok then."
Hinata led the way past all the accusing, fearful, and curious faces in Konoha, and ventured into the dark forest. I glanced around warily, this was the place Orochipedo had bit me. Shuddering, I pushed the dead Sannin out of my mind and focused on following Hinata. Finally, she stopped in front of a completely white tree with black leaves. Obvious much? Shaking my head, I watched as she performed strange hand signs and blew out a stream of dark plum colored dust onto the tree's bark.
Slowly, a small stairwell opened up beneath the black tree I hadn't noticed. Ok, I granted, maybe not so obvious.
I followed Hinata as she descended the steep flight of stairs.
A large room greeted us at the bottom, painted grey, white and black swirls forming odd yin and yang patterns. The floor, too, seemed to be yin and yang themed, as it was made up of small black and white tiles. Nothing was in the room but four doors, all silent sliding shoji screens with white paneling.
Heading towards the second from the left, Hinata opened the door and motioned for me to step inside the room. The walls were pure black, while the floors were pure white, creating a strange impression of floating, not walking. Around the room were six chairs placed in an arc, none of them the same. On the far left was a stainless steel chaise with wire thin pieces of metal swirling around. Adjacent to this stood an imposing black…office chair with deer antlers stuck on. Following the laughable piece of furniture was a blood red throne like object with black jeweled swirls decorating the marbled surface. The second chair that rested in the middle of the arc was thinner and more delicate throne, but a throne nonetheless. The chair boasted a stunning dark plum metal surface embedded with diamonds of the palest lavender. A sparkling silver stool stood tall, the backing and arm rests preventing the user from unceremoniously falling off it. Finally, a crimson antique chair, the black frame added an eerie effect. All these weird chairs all somehow fit together to create a strange, but harmonious, room.
Hinata sighed and headed toward the purple throne, rolling her eyes.
"They're always late."
After sitting down, she motioned to her right, my left. I raised my eyebrows, she expected me to sit in a throne? Well if little Hina is sitting on a throne then so are you said the inner voice that still remained from my childhood. I don't think it realized our Hime wasn't so little any more.
The door slowly creaked open, revealing a timid girl. Though she was tall, lithe, and obviously an adult, she still had that innocent look. Her pin-straight dark red hair (A/N: When I say read I mean red not orange or strawberry blonde, red :) she looks like pink in the u+ur hand vid (boxing part) except for the eye color) contrasted with her silvery blue eyes. The girl wore black skinny ninja pants with one of those shirts that some guys wear over dress shirts (I think it's called a suit vest), except fitted for a girl, in black, the buttons were the same color as her eyes.
"A-ano, my name is Yoshiko Yugana. I am p-pleased to meet you Uchiha Sasuke."
The stuttering girl reminded me of a younger Hinata, except Yugana's hair was in a shaggy style. Quickly bowing, she headed to silver chair with the strange metal pieces.
A second later a messy white haired teen with scarlet eyes that sported an open white shirt (A/N like the one Sasuke wears in Shippuden) and long ninja pants.
"Chitsuki Ringo" the boy glared before sitting in the antique chair.
Directly behind the sullen boy came a girl with two very long black pigtails (A/N: Like Hatsune Miku except black and no headband/ headphones) with white eyes who wore an extremely fitted short black dress with white short shorts under. Her long nails were painted a glittering white and which, once she was seated next on the other side of Hinata, drummed against the armrests with a click.
Hinata leaned over and whispered into my ear, "That's Hoshikaze Rin, she doesn't like to talk." Hinata seemed strangely hostile to the girl, every few seconds she glared at her with pain filled eyes.
Then Shikamaru came in yawning. Rolling his eyes, he muttered the typical "Troublesome" and went to sit down in the antlered chair.
"Well everyone's here…" started Hinata, "So we might as well start with telling Sasuke what we do."
After no one started talking, she pointedly stared at Shikamaru until he got creeped out.
"How troublesome, I guess it can't be helped. Naruto says I'm too smart for my own good. I'm guessing he just doesn't want people to think he's stupid in comparison."
Yugana, who apparently just didn't want to be the first to talk, continued, "I do g-genjutsu and am a master s-swordswoman."
Ringo sighed, stood up, and bit his thumb. A stream of blood came out and he moved it around, absorbing it back into his body before sitting down.
"Err, Rin, do you want me to explain for you?" asked Shikamaru in an awkward tone.
"I can explain myself" said the dark girl in a melodious voice that was laced with annoyance.
She took out the two scimitars strapped to her back, the pommel encrusted with pure white gems, diamonds I assumed. Taking a large log from the corner of the room, she fused her chakra with the curved blades and cut the thick log as if it were cheese. The blades glowed dark silver. Motioning Shikamaru to come with one figure she resheathed the blades.
Groaning, Shikamaru got up, "Do I have to?"
He was answered by a glare. Sighing, he stood still as Rin produced a powdery substance in her palm and blew it toward the pineapple haired guy. He instantly froze up and fell over. Yugana, prepared for this, caught him and laid him down gently on the floor. Rin, on the other hand, gave me and Hinata a sarcastic bow and went to sit down. My favorite Hyuuga looked like she was about to slap the crap out of the pigtailed girl.
No guy in his right mind would deny that Rin was attractive. Her voice was like a bell, when she deigned to use it. She was curvy in all the right places. But unless you were looking for just one night, she didn't look like the type. To be realistic she looks even sluttier than Sakura that one time she tried to win me over with what she probably thought was appealing.
The air was tense as Hinata tried to decide what to do. Yugana was sitting cross-legged poking Shika every other second. Ringo was behind her, staring at her head. Rin was on her chair twirling her long hair.
After a few minutes, Hinata stood up and announced, "Sasuke and I are leaving, make sure Shikamaru is fine."
Leading the way back up the steps, she shook her head in frustration.
"Want to talk abou…" her glare silenced me. If it was any other girl I would throttle her, but I don't think I have it in me to hurt Hinata. Even if I did, she'd give it back tenfold now that she's stronger.
"We're going to see Naruto for the mission details, and then we are packing and leaving immediately," informed Hinata in a dull tone.
I nodded to show I had heard, and we continued until we reached the Hokage monument.
Just before entering the room, we heard soft moans emanating from Naruto's office.
"Mhmm, you have no idea how much I love you, you're my life I couldn't live without you."
My and Hinata looked at each other, shrugged, and peeked through the crack. We found Naruto thirstily licking up the very last bit of…ramen. I groaned at his stupidity and walked into the room.
"Teme! Haven't you heard of knocking? I was having a private moment!"
Rolling my eyes, I asked, "What's our mission?"
In response, the blonde handed me a folder and nodded, apparently dismissing us.
Hinata and I walked out of the Hokage Monument and quickly looked over the mission. Apparently the Land of Wolves had become hostile to Leaf ninja that passed through its borders. This shouldn't be happening since the country had an alliance with Suna which had an alliance with Konoha. Yorugakure (The Village Hidden in the Night) was the hometown of Gaara's wife, Mari according to Hinata. Our mission was recon. The objective was to find the reason the assassinations and stop it.
"Get your belongings and meet at the gates in two hours. Pack for a long mission," said Hinata before heading off in the direction opposite of the Hyuuga compound.
Calling after her, I asked, "Where are you going?"
The pale eyed girl replied, glaring, "None of your business, go get ready for the mission."
I rolled my eyes and did as she said.
Hinata POV
After making sure Sasuke didn't follow me, I headed to the Memorial Stone, hoping for Rin's sake that I was the only one visiting. Sadly for her, she'd come at the wrong time. As I approached, her black hair came into view. Growling, I landed next to her.
"You have no right to mourn him. He wouldn't have died if it weren't for you!" I screamed, enraged.
"Well I would have been able to save him if you hadn't been so weak and gotten injured," rasped Rin.
She's gone too far, no way is she coming out of here without a scratch, I seethed.
Snarling, I took the daggers from my boots while the black haired bitch unsheathed her dual swords. At the same moment we leapt towards each other, blades raised.
SUSPENSEEEEEEEE. You probably all hate me right now, so if you want to shoot me it's completely understandable. *gunshots echo. *peeks out from conveniently placed wall crying. I thought you wanted me to keep writing jk. Anyways, how was the chapter? Who is the mysterious boy Hinata and Rin are fighting for posthumously (after death)? Who will win the fight? What did Rin do for Hinata to hate her so much? Will Sasuke have a breakdown? All these will be answered in the next chapter (hopefully). I will do my best to have the next chapter up within two weeks. If it's not, you have my blessing to complain to my teachers. Until next time,
~Bloody Marie