Obito was laying on the ground still holding a sobbing sakura in his arm tightening his grip while caressing her pink locks that looked like they were dipped in blood. he felt shame he was supposed to die if it wasn't for sakura, tiny sobs started to escape her lips as she started to tremble holding the clothing that were covering his chest more indicating she wasn't letting go anytime soon and it was fine with obito actually he was more than fine it's the least he can do to the person that saved his freaking life and she didn't have the obligation to do so, she could have abandoned him but she didn't she stuck by him and fought for him a smile crept to his face,
" sakura I'm fine and its all thanks to you" he consoled her drawing faint circles on her bare shoulder
All she did in response was cry even more, the ninjas might have scared the shit out of her obito concluded
" sakura .. sakura, I'm fine really you can stop now" as a weird tingling feeling started to form on obito's back it started to burn and sting a little making the young uchiha to hiss ,
" sakura all your weight is on my wound" he said with gritted teeth
Sakura slowly started to raise her head to reveal her mesmerizing emerald eyes as he dropped his hands to lay next to him she let out a small chuckle,
" sorry obito, I was just .. j-just scared I really believed that you were dead"
Obito raised his palm to rest it on her cheeks smiling like an idiot when he saw her smile grow " but I didn't and I owe it to you, thanks"
Sakura reached her hands to touch obito's and lower it back tugging strands of her hair behind her ears looking at the uchiha's confused look,
" you need to rest obito just try and get some sleep, I will try to signal kakashi and rin"
Obito frowned furrowing his eye brows " I hope rin-Chan is okay, if she's hurt I will beat that bastard" sakura really thought his determination was something to be admired and if he didn't turn out to be the person he was then she would in all honesty motivate him to keep on chasing after rin but sadly the truth is that a little crush have not only ruined his life but started a war that many have lost their lives too including neji as he died as a hero along with ino's and shikmaru's dads this madness had to stop by all means necessary to ensure her friends safety,
" obito why do you like rin?" she asked the boy clearly startled by her question as he started to blush and stutter " w-w-well she's nice and pretty and smart and has a great personality and she's strong as well"
Sakura took in his answer she needed to mess up his mind to make him confused to make him question the feelings he harbored to the young brunette ,
" well anko is nice and has a great personality and kurenai is smart and beautiful and let's not forget I am stronger than an ordinary kunoichi, what makes rin special? " the boy started to analyze what had been just said to him lowering his eyes to rest on the ground he clearly didn't think of his crush really though as she hoped he would after all sakura was sure they weren't meant to be so she wasn't playing on dangerous water that's for sure.
"…" silence fell on them as sakura awaited his answer and him not giving one ,sounds of tree thistle catching their attention neither of them has the power to engage in one more additional fight keeping their eyes locked on the direction of the noises the tree branches started to move as two shadows jumped and rested in front of them one of them wearing a raged expression while the other just looked scared and worried,
" Obito" rin gasped as she ran to the uchiha's aid quickly starting to scan his body searching for the wound to patch it up, the boy smiled to her a tint of pink coloring his cheeks
" rin-Chan I'm fine"
Rin dismissed it as she rested her palms on his body moving it frantically occasionally touching bare skin have not only increased the boy's blush but turned him into a school girl well that was sakura's take on it as he reminded her of her days with sasuke, sakura frowned as she started to sit up but hardly managing it as her ankle started to burn kakashi taking notice of it quickly went for her aid throwing her arms on his shoulder as he tightened his grip on her waist as they started to leave to go rest In a huge rock that was just nearby leaving an angry rin lecturing obito of how stupid he was and how he might have died due to his rashness
As kakashi leaned sakura against the rock she slowly started to adjust her back since the rock wasn't comfortable as she thought it would be shifting her sides to a more comfortable position she sighed in content,
" speak .. what happened " kakashi demanded crossing his arms
Sakura just shrugged as if it was nothing " some ninjas attacked us"
Kakashi narrowed his eyes hissing " sensei said not to engage in a fight and you being the kind of person you are went and fought, it's against the shinobi regulation we need to obey our superiors " he tried to reason with her as all plans were suddenly demolished as she started to yawn as to indicate to kakashi that she doesn't give a single shit about rules and regulation it irked kakashi to the core
" aren't you even going to explain what happened" he questioned the pinkette in front of him but still receiving no answer " answer me!" kakashi was starting to get irritated the girl stripped him off from his coolness and strapped him with short temper and anger
She waved him off carelessly " I already told you we got attacked I'm not going to tell you everything that's for sure but if you were really curious we finished them off" she smiled turning her head to the blood soaked body of the fallen ninja pointing at it while grinning " and that's proof if you need any " kakashi slowly turned his head eyes wide from what's before his eyes even he as a high level chunnin never did to an enemy ninja what sakura did to that guy even for someone like kakashi there were boundaries and looking at what happened it appears sakura has none to say that least. He turned his head to face his teammate who just watching him in awe smiling like an idiot,
" you .. did that?" he questioned still not believing the petite girl beside him did all this damage
" yeah I mean what was I supposed to do the guy went for the kill, it was either us or him" she answered, kakashi still wasn't amused
" I'm not a killer kakashi I just injured him that's all the guy is still breathing"
" is there anything else you would tell me?"
Sakura started to stiffen gesturing him to approach " well there Is one iwa nin that seemed to escape after obito's fire ball" she whispered making sure it wouldn't reach the ears of their other teammates
Kakashi narrowed his eyes as he nodded at the information it seemed that this mission is far from a D-class , taking notice of the trail of blood in the rock kakashi quickly took sakura's palms holding them tightly against his own " what happened to your hand?"
" oh this, I got stabbed by a kunai but don't worry I can heal it in no time" she slowly weaseled her palm from kakashi's grip and holding it with her own " you know anything about sensei's whereabouts ?"
Kakashi shook his head, eyes occasionally drifting to his other teammates .
" look truth be told we are the only one's strong in this team, we have the responsibility to protect the other losers though if the mission started to falter because of those two we have no option but to leave them so the mission can succeed" he instructed, taking from the look of sakura's face she seemed to protest right away
" kakashi they are our teammates we can't leave them just like that" she whispered loudly so the others won't hear
" they both know what a ninja is and the risks that comes with it, they both decided to become ninja's even though they clearly know they are weak and useless"
Sakura just lowered her head in defeat she knew she couldn't argue with kakashi he have set up his mind on that decision and after all she knew that the one who would be teaching her future sensei about protecting comrades and never abandoning them is obito. She decided to leave it on that.
Before sakura could have a word in kakashi started retreating to the figures of her comrades startled by the sudden demeanor she started to yell,
" Oi Kakashi come help me I can't walk"
No response.
" Kakashi you bastard bring your ass over here"
He stiffened but continues to walk .
" come back or I'll drag your ass instead you fucking bastard"
He snickered " you'd have to walk to do that"
Sakura felt furious the heck is he trying to do leaving her in her helpless hour as she felt her knees buckle and her bloody palm started to swollen she had to turn to other people and she knew exactly who,
" Rin" she yelled in despair as the brunette quickly turned as she heard her name being called " yeah sakura?" she yelled back, sakura was glad that the girl wasn't sending glares or anything but then again the only reason sakura turned to her was that she was running low on chakra and she needed to save some for the rest of the mission
" I need some help, can you do that?"
Rin stood up from her place next to obito much to his disappointment and protest she quickly made her way to sakura examining the girl with her eye as her chocolate eyes met the bloody hand and the now green ankle she started to work as she kneeled down to get a better view of her injury raising her hands green glow started to immense as sakura sighed in relief,
" Thank you for saving obito" rin softly said never taking her eyes from the injury
" You're welcome after all he is one of my comrades"
A smile crept on rin's face " you seem to value your comrades"
Sakura started to remember naruto and his inspirational words and speeches that changed her to the person she is ,smiling to the memories " I learned from the best"
Silence have befallen them except the occasional yelling that came from obito accusing kakashi of being a jerk and such rin sighed,
" do you d-do you like kakashi?" rin asked breaking the silence as she was still patching sakura's wound, sakura thought that the girl needed some work if she took all that time to heal a fractured bone.
" yeah he's a nice guy" sakura answered as she saw the disappointed face that rin was wearing it all clicked in her face slowly drained from colors " EWWW NO NO NO I DON'T LIKE HIM THAT WAY, bluh its disgusting even thinking about it, I respect him and I have a serious soft side for him but it's all platonic like a student and a sensei, you know" sakura slowly frowned she truly missed her sensei and his usual sexual humor that made her blush to nix extinct or the way he's give the stupidest excuses of how he was late she wanted those days back but now she's way way WAY back.
Rin smiled the biggest smile that sakura ever saw maybe even beating naruto but because sakura was loyal she'd say that naruto's is unbeatable. Rin stopped healing her as she clapped her hands together a small blush appearing " thank you thank you thank you" she launched herself at sakura hugging her tightly " I still have a chance with kakashi-kun" she squealed. Sakura returned the hug generously making sure her blood wont wipe off on the girls clothes and stain it
" but what about obito?" sakura asked still the girl in her hold screaming in happiness, rin pushed herself slowly from sakura's form looking at her with raised eyebrows
" what about him?"
" he likes you y'know" sakura informed the girl in front of her , her arms still placed in the girls shoulder
" I know he likes me I knew since our academy days but I see him as a brother I love him don't get me wrong but not in that way for me I have always loved and admired kakashi not because all the other girl had but because of who he is and because of some incidents." She blushed scarlet sakura couldn't help but giggle
" what are those incidents?" sakura grinned as she playfully pocked rin's ribs
" secret, maybe if we were close enough I would have shared with you" rin stuck her tongue out taking the girls palm in the process and healed it till blood stopped flowing and the wound left leaving a minor scar behind.
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The young ninjas started to pack as they took enough time patching themselves up, kakashi informed them to keep an eye for their sensei and also he thought it was a better idea to stay in groups as most of them were weaken from the previous attack, they started to jump from one branch to the other suppressing their chakra so no one would locate them. As they were getting near the bases they all halted for a stop.
" they hell happened here" was all obito could stay
In front of them were bodies and bodies of dead iwa nins all smothered in blood and different kunai's placed in different location. Obito slowly walk to the nearest one examining it before turning to the others,
" its sensei, he was here"
Rin gasped as she felt fear and sakura could help but to agree with her even kakashi stiffened , she felt Goosebumps run through her body was this the doing of their cheerful sensei who looked like he couldn't harm a fly? Sakura understood too well that this was war and it was more than necessary after all she had been in the same position where she had to kill many zetsus and also killing sasori with the help of old lady chiyo . what minato did was acceptable she understood that and she was sure as hell that kakashi understood it as well.
Sakura clapped her hands turning their attention from the massacre " if this is sensei's kunai then sensei is near"
Their faces quickly changed from shock and fear to happiness and hope well only obito and rin , kakashi was unreadable .
" yeah lets go find sensei" obito exclaimed
A figure came behind obito as sakura hand went straight to the weapon pouch sending a kunai to the figure but it easily caught it as kakashi stepped back holding an arm in front of rin as the other was holding his chakra blade ready to attack they heard a familiar laugh,
" you don't aim like that sakura-Chan, what if I got killed?" minato asked holding a tied man in his shoulder
From the looks from his students he quickly got the idea,
" oh this is the man that we were ordered to get"
The 4 ninjas nodded slowly
" say hi to sayuu everybody " turning his back so his students will face the man's face, they waved awkwardly at the man as he muffled some words that weren't comprehendible because his mouth was tied with a piece of fabric. obito started to snicker at the man's position as he started to make silly faces and sticking his tongue making sayuu raged and move uncontrollably. The man presented before them had shoulder length grey hair and green eyed that rivaled those of sakura, she had to admit the man didn't look like he opposed any danger if anything he looked like a civilian but in all honesty looks deceive ..
" Let's get going team I have a date I don't want to be later for "
And with that the whole team was star truck by minato's words and they screamed,
" YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND" Obito yelled on the top of his lungs throwing his hand in the air desperately. Sakura laughed at his reaction
" I didn't know that sensei had a girlfriend." Rin whispered to kakashi and he just shrugged,
" I didn't know that he talked to the women species to start with" and that got a him a giggle from rin.
Minato didn't look happy at all. The idea of his students laughing at him and making a fool out of him instead of respecting him and praising him irked him but he knew how to deal with those sorts of behavior ,
" wow guys you look happy and because of that tomorrow you'll train till you drop on the floor from exhaustion "
He looked pleased when he saw the shocked faces from his students he even got a reaction from kakashi, if that wasn't considered got discipline teaching then hell with it all at least that will teach them not to laugh at him as long as he is their sensei .
He start motioning them to head to the village as they started tree jumping again sakura wasn't the least happy of her sensei's decision,
" bastard .. " she muttered
" I heard that" minato yelled ahead of her. She gulped as sweat was starting to form,
" sorry sensei" she yelled back getting giggles from obito and rin and a smirk from kakashi. Sakura took on her surroundings and her new team maybe going to the past wasn't all bad she started to form bonds with new people and they started to grow on her in all honesty the scenery was just all heartwarming except the fact there was man who was startled on minato's back clearly against his will, but still heartwarming to say the least .
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