Shit. Shit, shit, shit.
I paced just outside of the Ramen shop. I had been waiting here for a few hours already, worried out of my mind. Where the hell was she? She always passed by this way. Sure, I heard she had a mission, but it was supposed to have ended a few days ago. She couldn't have…? Damn, stop thinking that! She must be fine, she was always fine…
Still, I couldn't help but worry.
Then a head of brown hair caught my eye. Not the shade I had been watching for all day, but it would do. I stalked over to him, grabbing his shoulder so he spun around to face me.
"Hey Sasuke…" He started before he saw the look on my face, then his forehead scrunched up in worry. "Is something wrong…?"
I growled wiped my hand down my face to try to clear my thoughts and bad feelings. "I heard you went on a mission-"
His face lit up. "Yeah!" He interrupted me. "I was with Rosuto and Girly." He smiled brightly after his use of the Team 9 leader's nickname.
"… and what happened?" I prompted.
Inuzuka shrugged. "Not much, we had to get a scroll and deliver it safely. I took it, and then we were surrounded, but I got away and managed to beat up the ones that followed me, and outrun the ones that survived." He smirked, talking like it was the greatest accomplishment ever. He was probably just trying to outdo me. Whatever it was, I still wanted to sock him.
I growled softly, pinching my nose to calm myself. "… and your team?"
I looked up briefly to see a look of surprise dawn on Kiba's face. "Oh sh-"
"Hey Sasuke!" I looked over to see Sakura running over to me, and sighed. Judging from Kiba's reaction, whatever happened on the mission wasn't good, and I really didn't want to deal with Sakura right after I got the news.
"Bye," I cut her off before she could speak, walking off to leave her with an open mouth and confused expression. Not that I cared. I had no time to be guilty; my mind was plagued with visions of bloodstained hair that certain shade of brown.
On my way to stalking off into oblivion however, I ran into the sound four.