CHAPTER 13: Reinforcements.
Disclaimer: Hi. Naruto= Masashi Kishimoto's. Get the simple math?
Hello! Looks like SASUSAKU ain't happening in Naruto now eh? If it did, I'd go all… "!" and jump around my whole house and then I'll go to the nearby shopping mall, screaming down from the fifth floor "I LOVE YOU MASHASHI KISHIMOTO-SAN!" Oh, and let me tell you this – That's not all I'm going to do ;)
Thank you for the reviews and to one of the reviewers who gave me constructive criticism. I WILL try my utmost best to improve my vocabulary! :D
THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!
I have a question for you readers : Should I write a sequel to this story?
Here are the 'bad' points about this situation.
1) If I end the story like this, I'd be awfully sad because I'd not have the joy of writing this story anymore and receiving reviews. I'd write a new one, but I'm not sure if the readers would like the new one…
2) If I continue with a sequel, WHAT THE HELL DO I WRITE?! XD Well I could write about life in Konoha and like "Connect" another plot to this story, but what do you guys think? Give me ideas, yeah? Oh and…would you READ the Sequel at all?
What do you guys think? PLEASE Share with me through reviews, or I'd be at lost of what to do. I think I'd go with either majority or my heart ;)
"What was that?" Sakura shivered at the suddenly cold weather.
"It's the wind. It's speaking to us." Juugo answered her.
"Well…what's it saying?" Sakura wondered out loud.
"I don't know. I don't speak wind." Juugo smiled, leaving Sakura confused. She then turned her attention to Sasuke. "Sasuke…" Sakura called out, afraid of the now tensed up Uchiha. Sasuke looked at her from the corner of his eye, still jumping from tree to tree. "Are you that excited for this encounter? You're not yourself at all." Sakura asked meekly. "This is what I've waited for all these years. He caused me my painful life, and I'm going to end his." Sasuke said through gritted teeth. "It actually depended on how you decided to live your life in the first place…not everything lies in revenge…" Sakura muttered, jumping ahead of Sasuke. Sasuke unfortunately heard that and got really pissed, breaking every tree branch he jumped on. He finally picked up his pace and jumped at the same pace as Sakura.
"Sakura. You have no idea how I feel, so stop talking like as if you know everything." Sasuke spat out. "Revenge does not solve anything." Sakura glared. "It does in situations like these." Sasuke growled. "Or does it?!" Sakura shouted at him in rage. "Woh woh, hey cool off now, you two!" Suigetsu went between them, pushing Sasuke by the waist away.
Everyone had come to a complete stop.
"Hey you idiot! Stop irritating Sasuke-kun and let him do what he wants!!" Ami glared at Sakura. "I'll do what I want!" Sakura shouted at Ami as she stomped off.
"Where do you think you're going!?" Sasuke asked in anger. "It's none of your bloody business!" Sakura glared at Sasuke, as she continued walking away. "Sakura! Wait for me! Where're you going?" Suigetsu caught up with Sakura.
"I'm going to find Itachi, and KILL him!" Sakura shouted aloud, loud enough for Sasuke to hear and widen his eyes. "I dare you to." He seethed. "Oh look, I DARE TO!" Sakura screamed as she ran off, with Suigetsu running after her asking her to wait up. Sasuke was going to chase after her to hold her back from doing what she was about to do when Idate decided to butt in. "Uchiha! You better not go after her!" Idate pointed at Sasuke accusingly. "Who died and made you queen?!" Sasuke snapped. "OI! First of all, I'm not a queen, but a KING! Second of all, the bet we made about falling whatever the other says!!" Idate gritted his teeth. "…Fine. Leave them be. Sakura will never live up to what she says anyway!" Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Hmph, are you so sure about that? Well, because I'm not." Idate muttered.
"Did you get Sasuke's walkie talkie?" Sakura whispered to Suigetsu.
"Yes, here." Suigetsu replied as he passed it to Sakura.
Flashback from just now:
"Revenge does not solve anything." Sakura glared. "It does in situations like these." Sasuke growled. "Or does it?!" Sakura shouted at him in rage. "Woh woh, hey cool off now, you two!" Suigetsu went between them, pushing Sasuke by the waist away. Sasuke's walkie talkie was clipped to his belt around his waist, and Suigetsu discreetly snatched it away while pushing Sasuke and put it into his weapon pouch. Sakura had told him to do so, in case things went haywire during the encounter with Itachi so that Naruto would be informed and would send reinforcements, or tell the Hokage.
"Shikamaru…" Ino called out to her teammate, who was lying on a field staring at the clear blue sky. Shikamaru opened his eyes and turned to look at Ino. "What now, troublesome woman?" He asked, as he turned back to cloud watching. "Could I… talk to you for a while?" She asked. "What's wrong? You're never this gentle." Shikamaru smirked, as he signaled for Ino to lie next to him on the field. Ino just did as she was signaled and laid next to him.
"You know…this might be very sudden since Sakura has been missing from the village for a very long time now…But, I was not informed of what happened to her. Maybe you might know? I was just a bit…worried." Ino said sadly.
"What, you miss her? Never thought you would since she was your rival and all." Shikamaru raised an eyebrow.
"Yes I do. Happy? So do you know anything or not?" Ino twitched, being the impatient girl she was. "Well, you see. Naruto told me about it…She's with Sasuke now." Shikamaru sighed. "WHAT?!" Ino sat up, with really wide eyes. "Isn't Sasuke-kun a missing ninja now?! Has she gone nuts?! How could she do that?! Why?! Was she killed by Sasuke?! Wh-" "Sheesh, calm down, woman! How troublesome…" "Explain every speck of detail to me." Ino calmed down. "I think it'd be better if Naruto over there told you himself." Shikamaru sat up and pointed towards Naruto, who was walking towards them with a serious but worried look plastered on his face.
"Shikamaru, we need to talk, at the hokage's tower." Naruto stated.
"Have you told Naruto about Sasuke yet?" Suigetsu walked towards Sakura, who was holding the walkie talkie. "Hai. I told him that Sasuke was going to find Itachi, and that he might have to prepare a group to come help us in our time of need. It's going to take pretty long coming here, so he has to head out as soon as possible."
"What was his reaction?" Suigetsu asked.
"Ahah, you wouldn't want to know. It was all ramblings and nonsense. But, he's gonna get the group ready and going to report this to the Hokage." Sakura smiled. "I see. Let's head off then?" Suigetsu walked off with Sakura following behind.
"WHAT?!" Both Shikamaru and Ino screamed in shock. "Yes. Uchiha Sasuke is going to encounter Itachi any day from now, or any hour. Plus, Sakura is with him." Tsunade turned to glare at Naruto, who looked away nervously. "Naruto had told me that he actually secretly left the village to look for Sakura, and found out that she was with Sasuke. He and Sakura communicated through a walkie talkie and he found out from her that they were encountering an Akatsuki member at that moment of time. We need to send a group of chuunins there to serve as reinforcements as soon as possible." Tsunade continued.
"Why Chuunins, Tsunade-sama? Not Jounins or ANBU that would take care of the situation easily?" Ino asked.
"Sasuke and you guys are all friends. Friends help each other when they're in need. I believe you guys would work perfectly well with Sasuke as a team, as compared to Jounins and ANBU. You'd even risk your lives for him, am I not wrong?" Tsunade smirked. "Thanks, baa-chan…" Naruto said softly,smiling.
"I've already got you guys a leader." Tsunade said as she pointed towards the window. There 'poofed' a Kakashi squatting on the window frame, smiling. "I trust that he would take good care of all of you. Now, Naruto. Who are you choosing to be in your group?" Tsunade asked.
"Who is available?"
"Let's see… We have Sai, Ino, Shikamaru, TenTen, Lee, Hinata and Neji. Neji's a jounin but I think you get my point. The rest are out on missions. Take your pick." Tsunade answered.
"I'll take all of them." Naruto said confidently. "What?! Explain." Tsunade twitched.
"We'll need distraction teams in case extra enemies appear, so that we would get to Sasuke quicker." Naruto grinned, as he continued. "Ino serves as our team's only medical ninja, Shikamaru's the smart ass, TenTen, Lee and Neji work well as a team and Hinata, well, I think I'd work well with her." Naruto scratched his head.
"I see. Very well then. You'll head out two hours from now! Dismissed!" Tsunade ordered.
"Hai!" Kakashi, Ino, Shikamaru and Naruto saluted.
"Uchiha!" Idate exclaimed. "What?! I'm right next to you, there's no need for you to shout." Sasuke fixed his glare at Idate. Idate snarled before saying, "Aren't you worried about Sakura and Suigetsu at all?! They're your teammates and you're just going to leave them be?!"
"Sakura has Suigetsu. He'll protect her." Sasuke answered.
"How about Suigetsu, hmm? I never asked you specifically about Sakura's safety, but you just unknowingly blurted out your one and only first thought- Sa-ku-ra! That's another clue to showing you like her!" Idate exclaimed, pointing his finger at Sasuke, feeling superior.
"He never said that!!! HE WILL NEVER LIKE SAKURA!" Ami shrieked, with Karin supporting her statement by nodding vigorously.
"…Whatever, I never asked you two. Anyway Sasuke. Aren't you afraid that Suigetsu would not be able to protect Sakura?" Idate questioned further.
"You're so freaking annoying! I already put a tracking device on her, okay!? Happy?! Just shut your bloody mouth for once!" Sasuke barked. "AHAHAH, what tracking device?!" Idate grinned.
"…I thought I told you to shut up."
"Not until you tell me~!"
"……Fine. The tracking device was put on her because she always gets into trouble. My Tracker remote here will beep when blood is shed from her skin and tell me her exact location and other information. That'll mean that she's injured and engaged in battle." Sasuke sighed after explaining to Idate. Idate in turn smirked and said to himself, "So you do care."
"I sense two coming now. Shall I be the distraction? I'll get a few affiliations with the Akatsuki to help out too." An ominous voice asked.
"…I'm fine with it."
"Okay then, you go off first. I'll handle these two."
"This is so freaking annoying!!! We've been trying to find Itachi for hours and I just cant seem to detect any chakras heading this way! I'm DYING!" Sakura whined while walking aside a river.
"You were actually serious about battling Itachi?" Suigetsu asked in disbelief.
"Of course. I'm a girl that does what she says she would." Sakura beamed.
I'm just afraid of what might happen to us during the battle…Itachi Uchiha's a tough one. Suigetsu thought to himself nervously.
"Well then…to get to Itachi, you'll have to get by me." A menacing voice came out of nowhere.
"What the?! Where on earth?! I didn't even sense any chakras!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Oh crap…" Suigetsu cursed.
Suddenly, water from all places, be it the sky, the river, puddles or simply water in the air began fusing together and forming a human figure. Slowly, the figure turned into a human body.
"An Akatsuki member!" Sakura said to herself.
"My, my. Don't I recognize you, Hozuki Suigetsu." The Akatsuki member grinned menacingly.
"Ah, who would forget you, Hoshigaki Kisame?" Suigetsu smirked.
Naruto, Sai, Ino, Shikamaru, TenTen, Hinata , Lee and Neji were already assembled at the gates of Konoha with all their weapons and items ready to go. The only person missing was…the leader.
"Ahh! I can't take this! Kakashi-sensei is ALWAYS late!!!" Naruto groaned.
"Hah, Guy Sensei never does this! He's like a flower blooming, always ready for action and never late!" Lee smiled a toothy grinned, proud of Guy sensei.
"Whatever, bushy brows…" Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Oh! I'm going to see my beautiful cherry blossom Sakura-san! I bet she has even grown more beautiful and gorgeous that the brings ultimate joy to the power of youth!" Lee praised Sakura.
"…Who ever said she was yours? She obviously belongs to Sasuke…" Naruto muttered. Just then, Kakashi appeared. "POOF!"
"Hey there! Sorry I'm late, its just that I saw this old woman-"
"LIAR! You're LATE!" Everyone except Sai, Shikamaru, Hinata and Neji screamed accusingly.
"I'm not late! Everyone else is just simply early." Kakashi said matter-of-factly, causing everyone to sigh in annoyance.
"Anyway, not wasting time. We're gonna head out now. Our motive is to help out Sasuke's team, for he is your friend. This is a important mission and every single one of you must come back alive. I'll give you your groupings in case we have to be split up for whatever reason." Kakashi started.
"Every group will have a tracker of some sort. Some groups would be the distractions of unwanted enemies, so take note. The first group would consist of TenTen, Lee and Neji. Neji's the tracker. The second group would consist of Naruto, Hinata and Ino. The third group would consist of Shikamaru, Sai and myself. Ino's with Naruto because he gets the most injuries in the whole of this group." Kakashi finished.
"Ready?" Naruto looked at each one of his group mates. All of them nodded confidently.
"Let's go!" Naruto ran off.
"Wait, where're we off to again?" Naruto suddenly stopped dead in his tracks and turned back to ask. Everyone sighed at Naruto's stupidity. Suddenly, Sakura's voice came out from Naruto's walkie talkie.
"Naruto! You've got to hurry! Suigetsu and I are battling some Akatsuki member named Kisame and Suigetsu's having quite a hard time fighting him! We need help!" Sakura shrieked.
"Wuh-what?! Kakashi! It's Sakura! She took Sasuke's walkie talkie! Talk to her, it's a CRISIS!" Naruto restlessly passed the walkie talkie to Kakashi.
"Sakura! Quickly get Sasuke!" Kakashi ordered.
"Can't! He's not with- AHHHHHH!" Sakura's connection was suddenly cut off.
"Oh no. We've got to hurry." Kakashi alerted everyone.
"Water Style: Water Prison jutsu!" Kisame performed hand seals and caught Sakura off guard. "CRAP!" Sakura tried to hold as much air in her mouth as she could. "Shoot! Water Clone jutsu!" Suigetsu performed hand seals and out came a clone.
"Hah, how's that going to work? I always thought water style versus water style was going to be interesting, but I'm proven wrong, aren't I? Its hell boring!" Kisame mocked Suigetsu.
"Whatever." Suigetsu rolled his eyes.
"Water Clone Jutsu!" Kisame shouted as a water clone appeared next to him.
"Let's make it clone against clone, now shall we?" Kisame smirked.
Suigetsu didn't say a word and both he and his clone started running towards Kisame and his clone. "You're going to attack me heads on? What a stupid move!" Kisame continued mocking. Suigetsu's clone used his decapitating knife to slice through Kisame's clone and Suigetsu was going to use his decapitating sword too.
He was going to slice through Kisame, but Kisame used his Samehada sword to slice Suigetsu in half. Sakura widened her eyes at this sight and started 'screaming' in horror in the water. Suddenly, "POOF!" Suigetsu disappeared. It was a clone! Kisame realized that and anxiously looked around to find the real Suigetsu, when Suigetsu suddenly jumped out of the water below Kisame and punched him straight in the face.
"HOW THE HELL!?" Kisame shouted as he was blown off by Suigetsu's punch. His hand released Sakura's water prison and set her free. Sakura inhaled as much oxygen as she could. "Suigetsu! You scared the hell out of me! How?! When!?" Sakura hit Suigetsu on his arm. "Oww…it was when he captured you in the water prison. When he wasn't paying attention, I quickly made two clones and dove into the water and waited there till opportunity struck." Suigetsu smiled intelligently. Sakura gave him a very impressed look. "Caught ya off guard, suckers!" Kisame yelled from a distance. What Suigetsu and Sakura didn't see were the shuriken coming their way. "Suigetsu! Watch out!!" Sakura alerted Suigetsu as she pushed him away from harm's way, but wasn't so fortunate. One of the shuriken had hit her thighs, causing her to kneel down in pain. It was bleeding profusely. "Sakura! Are you okay!? I'll cover you!" Suigetsu quickly stood in front of Sakura in defence mode. "Yeah, I'll just heal this…It just hurts a little." Sakura answered.
"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!" The remote strapped to Sasuke's palm was suddenly beeping. "She's injured!" Sasuke widened his eyes as he quickly looked at his remote. Idate, Ami, Karin and Juugo ran towards him too. The remote read: Sakura Haruno. Injured- bleeding profusely on thigh. Enemy level: Very Strong- Water type. Location: 2-3 km North East.
"They're not battling Itachi. Instead, they're battling…Kisame. Hoshigaki Kisame. We've got to get there as soon as possible!" Sasuke commanded as he quickly jumped from tree to tree. ..Sasuke then thought to himself. Something's wrong. Wait. WHERE'S MY WALKIE TALKIE!?
Kakashi and the group were jumping through the forest when Kakashi suddenly felt presences and told the team to halt.
"I see you've figured out that we're here, eh?" The enemy came out of his camouflage in the trees. "It's so obvious… What type of affiliations does the Akatsuki have?!" Kakashi muttered. "We heard that! We're only affiliates of the affiliates of the Akatsuki, so we're indirectly affiliated!" The enemy shouted. "…Amateurs. Neji, TenTen, Lee! You're the first group aren't you? Handle this bunch. It'll take you only awhile and it'll be a breeze. Catch up soon." Kakashi ordered as he left with the rest of the group. Soon enough, a group of 60 men came out of the forest, confident and arrogant looking. "Hah, just what we needed- training." TenTen grinned as all three of them ran towards all the men.
Me: Short Chapter but many point of views? Yes. Sorry): I had limited time to write! Ahhh this story's coming to an end soon. Be sure to answer my question up above the author's note saying "THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!" Hope you liked this kind of boring chapter. Battles up ahead. –unenthusiasm- Whoop de doo.
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