Chapter 10- Pondering Thoughts
A/N: Sorry for the long delay but my computer decided to be funny and delete all my saved chapters of all my stories. And smart, intelligent me didn't have a single back up. Who does that? Me…..
One week later in an underground palace
We find potions here, there and everywhere. Books on science and magic are strewed around the floor, the lighting in the room is dim but one occupant doesn't seem to mind the mess. How dare he rush me on such a delicate matter? If he wasn't my master I would kill him for his insolence. Akira looks at the finished purple potion and twirls it in her hand careful not to break the small vial has she thinks some more, what exactly does he want this for? Don't get me wrong I know what it does but it seems so unnatural…
No sounds are heard as the being crosses the room in utter silence to stand behind the only occupant in the room, AKIRA IS IT DONE?!
At the shout Akira nearly drops the potion in surprise, her heart pounds in her chest as she turns around in her chair to face the being in charge. "Sire it is done as you requested." She paused before she continued talking fearful of what he might say if she asked the question she was thinking.
The being's eyes squint into narrowed slits, "Is something the matter?" It wasn't a question of concern more like a demanding order.
Akira shook her head fiercely, "of course not sire." She hands the potion over to Danzo in hopes he wouldn't pry anymore into her unasked question.
"Let me guess you're wondering what I'm going to do with the potion I now hold in my hands. Well… My dear, don't worry about that. You've done what I needed you to do."
In other words Akira stop asking questions or he won't hesitate to kill you. "Of course…."
Danzo walks through Akira's doors eager to set his well laid plans into motion. He points at a black haired pale fellow of Root, "You there, come here!"
The young boy of no more than 17 nods his head in response, "I want you to summon Sakura for me. Tell her she is needed in my office." Both individuals at once poof towards their own destination.
Hinata's Room
"Mistress…" The servant bows down in respect, "There's someone here for Miss Sakura."
Everyone in attendance stares up at Sakura with a question mark on their faces, "Don't look at me I have no clue what that person might want."
"Well… what are we waiting for let's go." Ino says as she runs towards the gated entrance.
"Shikamaru, she does know that the house call is for Sakura, right?" Choji asks.
"Let's not burst her bubble. You know how she gets." Shikamaru states.
"Let me guess… self-centered and an instigator?" Tenten replies.
Neji doesn't utter a word but he looks at Tenten disapprovingly. "Sorry… Neji." Tenten says quickly.
Hinata shakes her head, and she wonders why the two just can't seem to ever get along. Tenten and Ino are forever going to be oil and water, they just don't mix.
"No need for name calling puffy." Sakura yells at Tenten.
"Who are you calling puffy? At least I'm not ugly cause of that higamous forehead of yours. Naruto watch out she just might trip you cause of those clumsy feet of hers."
Naruto looks at Tenten strangely before he is roughly pushed to the side by Kiba. "Dude… I wouldn't be in the middle of them if I were you looks like they're about to get it down."
"Like dung beetles to poop." Shino puts his two cents in only to have everyone balk at him silence.
"Neji, did I miss another joke again?" Lee curiously questions.
"Nope... Just four people acting dumb." Neji briskly walks away to catch up to Ino and Tenten sighs loudly at the remark.
The rest of the gang shake of the spat as quickly as it came to join up with the three at the gate.
At the Gate
"Hey what are you doing here, Sai?" Naruto questions touching the black, iron gate to let him in.
"Nothing that concerns you dickless." Naruto starts huffing and puffing like a wolf in a particular fairy tale.
Kiba- "Look at that Akamaru I was right he has no dick. I guess that must mean he's a girl in disguise." Akamaru barks not once, or twice but five times in laughter.
Naruto- "Hey! I ain't no girl. I can show you if you want."
Neji- "No need to blind us with that thing you call a twig."
At the said topic, Hinata blushes madly, Tenten looks at a faraway object trying to figure out how she can fly away from here and Ino looks at everyone in disgust.
Sai- "Ugly… you have been summoned."
Sakura- "By whom?"
Sai- "Who do you think?"
Sakura- "…."
Shikamaru- "Danzo?" He questions has a cloud crawls by.
Sai- "Ding, ding, ding. No wonder you're known as the smartest one of us all. Stupid here couldn't figure it out and it's for her."
Sakura yells- "Hey I resent that."
Sai- "Come on slowpoke, we are already late."
Sakura- "If you keep calling me names I will kick you in a place where your future children will forever curse you."
Ino- "You guys should get going, you don't wanna catch their stupid if you know what I mean." She boldly points at the cloud of dust swallowing up Kiba and Naruto has they try and punch each other out.
Naruto's left hand misses Kiba's face and lands in Neji's path instead. A bright, red fist mark tarnishes said face and Neji's eyes narrow in anger. Neji kicks Naruto in the stomach because ultimately Naruto always starts the mess causing him to bump into Choji who in turn drops his bag of cheesy cheetos on the dusty floor.
Choji- "My chips… they didn't even get to see my stomach acid yet." He clenches his fist and stomps his feet accidentally killing an ant that Shino was talking to.
Shino- "Hey I was talking to her! I almost found out the secret life of being a teenage ant queen."
Choji- "Who cares… my chips my beautiful chips."
Shino- "Who wouldn't care? Cause I do… Prepare yourself."
Lee looked on angry that everyone had a sparring partner or two. "Hey, wait for me." He throws himself into their mist and the now big cloud of dusty people swallows up the remaining boy with a pineapple ponytail in the field.
Shikamaru- how did I get into this mess? He questioned has someone yanked his ponytail hard. Kiba I'm going to kill you when I get a chance…
Tenten- "Five dollars Neji is going to win".
Ino- "You mean Shikamaru."
Hinata- "I'm actually leaning towards Shino and Kiba. Cause they got extra help you know with Akamaru and Shino's lady bugs."
Ino and Tenten- YOU CAN'T PICK TWO PEOPLE!
Ino- Jinx! She quickly knocks on wood.
Tenten- she glares at the offending person in distain, who in their right mind still plays that childish game?… only children do.
In the end Neji won proudly wearing only one black eye, and the five to ten dollars are thrown towards Tenten's direction.
In the Kage tower
Sai and Sakura poof in. Danzo doesn't bother to raise his head up before he quickly dismisses Sai with his hand. Once the cloud that was once Sai vanishes, Danzo acknowledges the only other person in the room besides himself. "You're late?"
"I'm sorry… I had to run a couple errands for my parents before heading over." He may be Hokage but that doesn't mean he needs to know where I spend my free time at, especially since he's a sniveling snake who doesn't care about anyone but himself.
"Of course…" Danzo remarks noting how easy it is to know when she is lying, "I called you here for a special mission."
"How, special?"
If I didn't need her for my plan, I would've already killed her for asking such a stupid question. Especially since I am about to get to the point, "It's a solo A ranked mission designed only for you. If anyone else gets a whiff of this mission of yours there will be consequences. No one must know about the details, if anyone asks you're getting extra training for the upcoming months. Anyone who asks any deeper questions about your mission will answer to me." Danzo looks back down at his papers carefully signing off papers with his signature.
Sakura- Is that it? He didn't even tell me where I have to go for the mission.
"You leave today for cloud, make sure you are ready for anything including the weather. You are dismissed."
Sakura walks out the door more confused than when she walked in and at her expression Danzo's face lit up. Until tomorrow…. Sakura.
