So to clear up some things, I use 'Kura' when Sakura place a genjutsu and her hair turns brown and eyes turn black. When you see Sakura referred as 'Sakura' is when she have her normal pink hair and emerald eyes. Just so you don't get confuse when I switch between the two.
Previously on 'So you said':
"We should split up, I'm guessing that they are planning to attack from four main direction. I'll take East-South." Kakashi whispered.
"Then I'll take West - North."
Sakura haven't fought in a while...Ever since the demise of the Haruno Clan, Tsunade had taken all missions away from her, in case Sakura lose control over her mental state and the kunoichi haven't had the chance to properly spar and train herself up at all, so her skills are dusted and blunt.
"3 from West and 2 from North..." Sakura whispered to herself, her genjutsu had been released to preserve more chakra. Long pink hair flow with the breeze as she jumped branches to branches. Pulling out some kunai, she threw them to certain trees, setting traps she went.
"Hehehe..." a rather creepy snickering sounded from above "What do we have here?" the voice lazily dragged out.
Another softer voice laughed "Kukuku...A little lost blossom~"
Sakura stopped and whipped around, launching some shuriken as she did.
"Oh...feisty...the boss loves~ this kind of woman." The man smirked.
A woman jumped down to Sakura's tree "How about you quit being a ninja and be our boss bitch?" She pulled a twisted grin "You'll love it..." She said in a darker tone.
"No thanks, I rather die and join a bunch of scums." Sakura politely refuse.
"Hahahahaha!" The man (Man A) laughed "How 'bout we cut out your tongue and sell you as a slave? You'll be one hell of a slave!"
"C'mon girly, bitch or slave?" another man (Man B) rustled from a branch below.
"I'll rather throw your bodies down to hell than do that." Sakura brought out a kunai.
The woman face twisted to a scowl before accelerated towards Sakura, a blade in hand, she pulsed the blade with chakra and sliced at the pink head who blocked with her kunai. Man A joined the battle, shooting senbon at Sakura. Cornered, the pinkette backflipped and jumped to Man B, behind her. "I didn't forget you." She said teasingly, blocking his blade with her kunai and slicing him with her chakra scalpel. No blood spilled as the organs in his abdomen disconnect causing him to squirm in pain. She suddenly remembered Kakashi's words 'It is possible that the enemy have expected our arrival and will try to jeopardise our mission using these bandits, be sure to eliminate them at all cause. Don't hesitate, they have kidnapped, raped and killed many villages.' Wordlessly, Sakura severed his spinal cord with her chakra scalpel, her blood started pumping and adrenaline affected every muscles in her body.
Excited, Sakura launched towards Man A with her kunai in hand and now millimetres away from his exposed neck. He ducked and round-kicked her in which she blocked with her forearm and allowed herself to be thrown by the impact towards the woman who was about to swung her sword down. Eyes widened, the woman did not see Sakura disappeared before her very eyes, swinging her thick blade wildly in a circle, waiting for Sakura to re-appeared.
"Guh!" Man A groaned loudly "You bitch!" He swung his kunai around, only to slash air. A hand, he used, to stop the bleeding at his side.
"You should heal that when you can," Sakura reappeared behind the woman, quickly slicing her neck with a chakra blade "I don't really want to terrorize future passerby with your blood spilling everywhere." She took a step closer to the man.
He stumbled on his back, trembling "N-no...t-this w-wasn't what they told us..." He whimpered under his breath.
Sakura narrowed her eyes, she knocked him out and gagged him to prevent him from suicide and dragged him back close to the clearing then quickly spun her heels to head North.
Kakashi kicked a figure, breaking their neck in the process, to a tree 'I wonder if Sakura is done in her directions yet?' A light rustle made it's way to his ears, using his godly speed, Kakashi caught the mysterious figure behind the bush.
Suzuki slightly groaned at the crack of dawn, the sun have yet to make pass the trees of the forest. Suzuki glanced to her side to only find Naruto drooling face in a goofy smile, disappointed and kinda angry she flung her blanket and walked to the other side where Sasuke lay. The Uchiha was rarely seen sleeping despite the many missions and overnight that they shared, most of the time he was either missing or awake. Kurama spent some times studying the pale complexion of Sasuke Uchiha, his features was relaxed and peaceful which almost never occur. After some times, she got up and decided to start her morning beauty routine 'Hm? Kakashi and that annoying wench is not here? Aren't they suppose to be on guard?' After her morning routine, which took a lot of time, Suzuki decided that Kura and Kakashi had been away for too long, even if it was for getting breakfast. She paced to Sasuke, gently shaking him to conscious "Sasuke-kun..Sasuke-kun, wake up." She repeated several times.
Sasuke snapped his eyes open, almost attacking Suzuki, he withdrew his hand, millimetres from the pressure point behind her neck. He turned to Naruto, gave him some slaps "What is it?" He coldly muttered to Suzuki.
"Y-you see...Kakashi-sensei and the other girl is not there anymore," She stuttered as he raised an eyebrow "At first I thought they were out to get breakfast but it've been a long time so...I wonder if something is wrong..."
Naruto drowsily sat up with aching cheeks "Ow..." He growled as he gently massaged them.
Sasuke quickly left his sleeping bag and packed it up, calmly he checked the time. At this time Kakashi-sensei should be back even if he was out getting breakfast, something was wrong. Rustling of the bush was loud near them, Sasuke quickly jumped and dragged out a man. He looked at Suzuki, silently asking if she did it.
"No, I didn't do that." She replied.
"There you go," Kakashi landed in the middle of the clearing, holding food in one hand and a human on the other "Huh?" He glanced up "Is Kura not back yet?"
"No, what happened, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto answered, now wide awake.
"Oh, so you guys found him." A rather soft voice, accompanied by light footsteps set behind Sasuke and Suzuki "Sorry, I had to take my traps down." Kura excused.
"What happened?" Sasuke asked.
"Yesterday a bandit group attacked, but we took care of them and this," Kakashi lifted the human in his hand slightly "Is someone I found nearby, a victim of theirs." Setting the human down Kakashi began to unpack their breakfast.
"And this?" Naruto examined the tied man.
"He's a bandit, he said something interesting yesterday so I took him back for interrogation," Kura removed to gag "So. Who hired you?" She asked politely.
He spat at her (She dodged) and glared "Like I'm going to tell you bitch."
Kura smiled, her eyes remained sharp. For a brief moment, she released the genjutsu on her eyes, they flashed emerald and he immediately cowered in fear "Won't you tell me now?" her smile widened.
"Y-yes...I-I'll tell you anything so...just - just please spare me." He stuttered.
Naruto raised an eyebrow and Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the sudden change of attitude.
"W-We were hired by some guy in black cloak with a weird red cloud sign all over it," He panted "He said there was a woman he wanted..."
"Who." Sasuke demanded.
"He only said there was a woman b-but we met another woman on t-the way and was slaughtered..."
Kakashi glanced at Kura.
"A-and she had pink hair...so we thought she was the one he wanted-"
"Pink hair‽" Naruto yelled "Sakura-chan‽"
"Sakura?" Suzuki asked "As in the old teammate of this team?"
Kura stood up "Well, it's all useless information now since we don't know if it was her or not, she might be passing by and is now long gone."
"But why was she close by Konoha?" Naruto wondered "Sakura-chan, should be in Suna..."
Kura acted surprise "You didn't know? She came back some days ago."
"Alright, let's get going," Kakashi announced "We're already behind schedule." He threw them their breakfast "And you." he indicated to the human girl he saved earlier "Return to your village."
"You guys go ahead, I'll release this guy," Kura stretched before setting to work. After the others have disappeared in the thick forest, Kura untied the ropes are the man's wrist and ankle; with a swift movement of her scalpel the tendons in the man legs was severed "This is the price you have to pay for your sins." she said before pursuing the rest.
Night falls and the breeze blew by flickered the flame, guiding the soldiers on guard duty.
Kakashi watched with a pair of binoculars in hand "Then, I'm off." Kura stood up and jumped down to the forest below soon followed by screaming, angry gruntings and tons of footsteps with occasional explosion here and there. As soon as the guards guarding the East Entrance Kakashi and Naruto rushed down and started wreaking havoc. Wordlessly, Sasuke and Suzuki stealthed down to the main castle where the daimyo resides.
Kura never had much stamina so she got exhausted rather quickly, she continuously charged chakra to refill her stamina but it seems that the area needs some improvement. Now she stood, surrounded by more than 20 soldiers, she panted heavily. After setting off 102 out of 129 traps at the right time to kill some pursuers, Kura had killed no less than 40; according to the information they received, there should be 200 soldiers and 800 personnels working at the castle, by Kura's kill count, she is nearly done with 150 soldiers 'Using a little strength won't hurt right?' she asked herself as she pulsed chakra to her clenched fist. She charged at the enemies, fist clenched tight and ready to create a crater.
Kakashi and Naruto weren't so free either, there was 300 personnels at the East wing alone and it had taken them some time to burn down some record. Naruto usually would never kill a man or much less a woman but all of humans that exists in the castle have accumulated a big amount of sins on their own, robbing from the poor, changing water courses and produced draught in many surrounding areas just to name some of the reason listed in the long list that belonged to the report of the mission.
Naruto had never killed and would never want to, but it's was compulsory in this world, he made notes to change that when he became a Hokage. He now know what Sakura had been through after what happened to her family. Up to that point Sakura had never killed anyone, not even her patients and she would always refuse missions that have the possibility of losing a live either it was her teammates or the opposing enemies. Her mission count was so low and she barely made it through the Chuunin exam but she was hardworking enough to overcome that. The blond didn't know much details about Sakura's rampage that day but he heard enough to determined that his friend, his former crush and his sister was in enough despair to bathe her hands in blood. Part of him was curious to see what she looked like when she was on a rampage and the rest of him wanted to stop that from ever happen again. Sakura never wanted to kill, she became a medic to save lives not to kill them. But how much has she changed over the last two years? Naruto was scared to find a cold and distant Sakura when he return, Konoha would definitely lose the bubbly aura of the one and only cherry blossom.
"That daimyo was so easy to kill, one stab and he's dead!" Suzuki ran her mouth as she searched the wall for scrolls along with Sasuke.
Sasuke was in deep thought ever since Naruto mentioned a nostalgic name that had been waiting to roll off Sasuke's tongue for two years. After coming back to Konoha, he had never once caught any essence of pink around the village and it was unusually dull. He have been gaining wrinkles from knitting his eyebrows together too often because of the fangirls. The Uchiha had caught some winds of what happened when he was away, apparently the Haruno Clan was slaughtered and his former teammate went on a rampage. That girl and rampage was two words that he never thought would fit in a sentence together, the pink head too bubbly and peaceful for a chaotic rampage. Even Naruto didn't manage to call her out of her depression afterwards, but Kakashi managed to. An unsettling feeling rumbled in his stomach but he would dismiss it, after all she wasn't worth his time. He was grateful that she tried to help him but her methods annoyed him and he would never acknowledge her as someone on equal ground but the unsettling feeling remains. Was it because she now experienced the same trauma as him and will share his way of thinking? Or was it something else? The Uchiha didn't bother any longer, he arranged the scrolls in a neat pile before roasting them with his signature jutsu.
"Ah, Sasuke-kun! There's something up there!" Suzuki pointed to a bookshelf, on her way, she accidentally stepped on a button. A thick wall slammed down almost immediately trapping the two of them in the record room. Calm and collected Sasuke put away the scrolls and examined the wall "Stupid wall!" Suzuki groaned as she kicked the structure "Let us out!"
Sasuke internally sighed, he hated people who lacked common sense.
"Are you okay?" Naruto asked Kura, who was sprawled out on the floor panting heavily with a few injuries scattered across her body "Aren't you going to heal it?"
Kura huffed "I need some time for my muscles to rest before moving again..." she paused "Where's the other two?"
"We haven't seen them so we thought they came back before us," Kakashi explained "But that doesn't seem to be the case."
Kura contemplated for a moment but forcing herself up "I know where they are..." she whispered as she unstably stumbled towards the main castle. Naruto rushed to her and carried her the rest of the way with Kakashi following close behind.
Upon reaching the daimyo's room except for his corpse laying on the floor, nothing was out of place. Kura knocked a particular wall in a pattern of: ... - .- -. -.. -.-. .-.. . .- .-. - ..-. - ... . .- .- -.-* three times before taking a few steps back, she channeled some chakra onto her leg and kicked the wall with tremendous violence before stumbling back from the impact.
"You okay?" Kakashi caught his former student.
"Ugh...yea...I'm just tired..."Kura drowsily mumbled.
"Ah! Kakashi-sensei!" a loud voice awoke Kura from sleepiness.
"I'm surprised you managed to find us." Sasuke calmly stuffed both his hands in the pockets of his pants.
"Kura did. You better thank her later teme!" Naruto said full of energy.
Kakashi carried Kura on a piggyback ride "Sasuke, make sure to burn this place to the ground. All traces must be cleaned." Kakashi said in a serious tone "We'll be resting in an inn at the nearby village so catch up as soon as possible." before setting off with Naruto.
As they ran across the forest, Naruto noticed a familiar trademark and stared at Kura, his eyes conveyed of so much happiness.
Kura was laid to rest peacefully on a warm futon after the inn staff have helped cleaning and bandaging her wounds after a bath.
"Tomorrow we will return to Konoha. If there's any question, speak now." Kakashi lazily sat on his zabuton.
"I want to ask something..." Naruto raised his hand "How did Kura know the layout of the castle so well? Especially the wall teme was trapped in."
Sasuke clicked his tongue "I wasn't trapped, dobe."
"Yea you were!" The blond argued back.
"If I remembered correctly, Kura completed a seduction mission at that castle once..." Kakashi touched his chin as a gesture of contemplation.
"Slut..." Suzuki whispered.
Kakashi noticed "Not very nice there, Suzuki. Your first seduction mission will be given after the Jounin exam so you don't have the rights to say that."
"What's a seduction mission?" Naruto asked innocently.
"It's when a kunoichi use her body to enchant a man into telling anything and gather information or evidence or kill him, you usuratonkachi." Sasuke smirked annoyingly.
"Wait...S-" Naruto corrected himself "Kura did that‽"
"Lower your voice, she's sleeping," Kakashi pulled out his book "Every kunoichi is required to complete it at least once before marriage."
Naruto nervously fidget "D-does that mean...S-Sakura-chan t-too?"
Sasuke's ears perked slightly.
"Oh right, she didn't want me to tell you..." Kakashi drifted off, averting his eyes.
"Eh‽" the blond exclaimed "No way!" he keep repeating as he scrambled around the small room they all shared.
Kakashi heaved a long sigh "You guys..." he scratched the back of his head "Do whatever you want, I'm going to bed." Kakashi lifted up Kura's blanket and climbed in beside her.
"Wa-wa-wait! Kakashi-sensei‽ What do you think you're doing‽" Naruto clenched his fist and held it in front of him, posing a threat to his teacher.
"She's injured so I'm obviously looking out for her." He casually yawned.
Naruto pouted and climbed next to Kura "Then I'll look out for her as well!"
Kakashi absentmindedly waved his hand at the remaining two "Well, there you have it. This room in full so you two go to the other one."
Squealing happily, Suzuki excitedly bounced to her room, getting ready for Sasuke's arrival. Sasuke crossed his arms "I'm not sleeping with a hormonal female." he sat down and leaned against a wall.
"You're not planning on sleeping here, are you?" Naruto yawned.
"Hn." Sasuke closed his eyes. For many years, he have been haunted by countless nightmares of the massacre which always left him in a cold sweat, yesterday was the same but a gentle hand lead him into a sweet fantasy, would it appear again tonight?
'Hot...' was the first thing Sakura thought as her body burned from under the thick blanket. Turning to one side, a goofy, drooling blond, on the the other, a suspicious masked man; not exactly the best situation to be in. Sakura gulped down a lump in her throat as she swiftly slide out of the blanket. The muscle in her hand shivered as it approached closer to Kakashi's mask 'Today is the day' Sakura thought to herself 'I will see your face once and for all.' She broke into a cold sweat and sighed before withdrawing her hand "If you're awake, say something." She whispered.
"I was thinking what would you do to a defenseless me." Kakashi whispered back.
Sakura smiled awkwardly, her pink strains fell past her face as she stood up, got a spare futon from the cupboard and laid it out. "Really. These guys never change," Sakura gently touched a pressure point behind Sasuke's ear and pulsed some chakra into it "Doesn't he know that sleeping upright is bad for the blood flow?" then laid him gently down to the futon.
"Hm?" Kakashi smirked "Are you not going back to sleep?"
Sakura lifted her hand on a drinking motion "I'm going to drink." and smiled. Her pink hair flowed naturally behind her back as she walked out the door.
"You're becoming a second Tsunade and it scares me." Kakashi followed behind her.
"I'll take that as a compliment." Sakura laughed.
A dark figure shifted behind the wall 'Who was that?' they thought as they scurried back to their room.
Author's note: So Naruto is onto something...and maybe I'm hinting a little bit too much of KakaSaku during this mission but I assure you, they are only teacher and student and maybe drinking buddies, there will be no romance for the perverted old man. The next chapter is when the exam actually start and I am hoping to be able to write it by next week but until then, reviews are much appreciated, dearest breh!
*Morse Code!