Sakura's view:
We were getting close, I could feel it! Then BAM! All three chakras disappeared as if they vanished from the face of the earth.
My team and I stopped near the spot they had vanished and analyzed the area closely
"their gone" Shikimaru claimed the obvious.
"they can't just disappear like that…" I thought out loud. Looking into the blackness of the night, I saw nothing out of the ordinary
Neji activated his byakugan and looked around. The rest of the team and I looked at him with hopes he would find ANY clue as to where they went
"they're-they're gone. There's no sign of them anywhere"
Shikimaru mumbled "troublesome" under his breath and I got frustrated
"Shino, do your bugs know where they went?" he shook his head no.
"damnit!" I slammed my fist into a tree trunk and clenched my teeth in frustration. A vein popped out of my head
"look, we wont find anything in the darkness, but in daylight we should be able to uncover trails or something. Lets camp here for the night" I wanted to punch Shikimaru's lazy ass across the face, but I complied and jumped to the forest floor.
"set up camp, I'll get firewood" they nodded their heads and I went off into the forest to gather wood. To say I was fuming would be an understatement. We were SO CLOSE!
Neji's view:
Sakura was very frustrated and stormed off into the woods to 'gather fire wood' which meant punch a bunch of trees until they are almost obliterated then bring the little pieces back. I rolled my eyes and set up my tent
The team worked well together. Shikimaru was lazy, but he was good at formations and going over plans. My byakugan helped discover tracks and traps. Shino's bugs were good trackers.
Sakura however was nothing like I remember. She use to be so weak and bossy, with such a childish aura of naïve happiness surrounding her vibrant eyes. Now she's focused, trained, skilled and beautiful. Though her beauty is obviously used as a lure, and what man could resist THAT.
Her eyes were always blank, they looked like black holes surrounded by vivid emerald, they could swallow you alive if you looked into them hard enough.
I've never been one much for talking, but I know she was. Now she is all action. The Uchiha really must have done a number on her…
"Neji" I turned to Shikimaru who looked at me curiously
"I said can you throw me that stake?" I tossed him the stake and tried to play off the fact I had just spaced out…
It was weird being on a whole other team, I'm so use to ten-ten and Lee. I have grown to sort of like them, mainly ten-ten. She was a beautiful and skilled kunoichi…
this is going to be one LONG mission.
Naruto's view:
The whole thing with Emi scared the shit out of me! Poor kids gone through hell and on top of that she knows Sasuke? That picture she drew.. It was astonishing to say the least.
She got every line, detail and shade just perfect, like something a professional artist would take YEARS to draw. You couldn't mistake who each of them were. It was Sakura-chan, teme, and Emi all together smiling. Sasuke was holding Emi with one arm and holding Sakura-chan's hand with his other hand. They looked happy..
Tsunade-baa-chan told me how advanced Emi's mind was, how all the experimenting had effected her. She was some super genius and master at ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu without even knowing it! The naïve child is still dominant until she discovers her abilities and full potential for herself.
Thinking about it made my brain hurt. How could this kid who originated from the snakes place be so.. perfect. to make things even weirder, she's a spitting image of Sasuke, but with Sakura's eyes.
I couldn't look at her without seeing him now, and my heart hurt every time I did, but I loved her as the niece I now have anyway.
Tsunade decided it would be best to treat her as a normal kid and let her live a normal kid life to the best degree, but take extra caution in protecting her.
Today I had her while Ino worked, we were walking around the streets of Konoha and I showed her all my favorite places. She was amazed at EVERY flower and EVERY cute animal she saw
"Uncle Naruto! It's another birdie!" she pointed up in the sky, her eyes glistened with amusement and happiness. I smiled warmly and looked up to where she was pointing
"sure is kiddo. Say, are you hungry?"
She looked at me even more amused and giggled a little
"uncle Naruto, you just ate ramen not too long ago, and you promised me we would go to the park" she made an adorable puppy pout face at me, her bottom lip stuck out and quivered as her eyes grew to almost the size of her head, glossed over looking like she was going to cry
I scratched the back of my head and tried not to look at her vibrant emerald, but my eyes betrayed me.
"well-uh" I searched for a way to get myself out of this but she grabbed onto my pant leg and sat on my foot, looking up at me with the pouty face
"oh please uncle Naru! Please! Please! PLEASEEEE!" man! Who could say no to THAT?
"alright kiddo, I'll take you to the park now" she sprang up and the pout disappeared
"YAY! You're the best Uncle Naru!" Emi smiled brightly and I couldn't help but smile back
I hope the kids will play nicely with her. My past wasn't the greatest when everyone knew I was the kyuubi, but no one knows Emi's different
She took my hand and almost dragged me to the playground where a bunch of kids were playing around.
Everyone's head turned to us, greeting me warmly and smiling at Emi. The boys on the playground that looked to be Emi's age, if not a little bit older blushed and smiled sheepishly at her, getting off of the playground and walking over to us
Emi blushed and smiled shyly back when she noticed the boys
So Emi's pretty popular already eh?
They came over to us, scratching their heads and lightly kicking the dirt in front of them looking at the ground
"hey uh-uh what's your name?" one boy got up the courage to ask
"Emi" she replied shyly. It made me chuckle a little at how she already had these boys crushing on her. "just like teme" I thought to myself, shaking my head at the irony
"that's a pretty name. wanna play with us?" another one piped up. The boys all looked so hopeful at her. She nodded her head and let go of my hand
"I'll be watching from over here okay Emi?" I smiled at her and she nodded, smiling back with a slight blush.
A boy held out his hand and she took it, the other boys all but jumped on each other trying to get to her other hand.
I laughed and walked over to the benches where parents watched their children
"hey Naruto-kun, who is that child? She's gorgeous" one lady smiled and me and asked timidly
"I'm watching her for a friend for awhile" she nodded and cleared a space for me to sit next to her. I sat and sighed, relaxing and watching Emi play with all the boys and them fighting for her attention while the little girls glared daggers at her, obviously jealous.
Oh yes, she definitely has that Uchiha blood in her.
She was the star of the playground, the one everyone wanted to play with and the girls ended up trying to copy her behavior, attempting to win over the boys attention but they were all focused on Emi.
I watched her play for 2 hours, it was 5 o'clock then and time for dinner, RAMEN TIME! My tummy rumbled ferociously at me, screaming for food. Time to get the kiddo and go!
"Emi, let's get some food kiddo!" Emi and all the boys looked at me, their faces dropping and looking panicked at Emi
She smiled sweetly and began making her way through the crowd of boys to me
"alright uncle naru, ramen sounds yummy!" she giggled and the boys started looking at her sadly
"bye Emi-chan! Will you be here tomorrow?" one of the boys questioned
She looked at me, hopefulness in her emerald orbs
I nodded yes to her and she jumped for joy landing in a victory pose
"yes! You're the best uncle naru! Bye boys!" she waved back to them and they all smiled and waved goodbye to her.
I smiled and shook my head. She's way to much like Sasuke use to be it's scary…
We ate ramen and she surprised me by eating 3 bowls full! That's my kind of kid! I proudly patted her on the head and she beamed a bright smile at me
"Naruto! Emi-chan!" Ino called from afar. We turned and waited for her to catch up
"Naruto I can't have Emi tonight, the hospital called me in for an overnight shift. Can I trust you with Emi for one night?" she cocked an eyebrow, uncertainty written all over her face
Did she think I was THAT stupid?
"of course, Emi-chan and I will have a blast!"
"not too much of a blast, she's still a young child and needs to have a set curfew. No funny business Naruto, I'm warning you!" she glared daggers and Emi's face dropped to a disappointed pout at the blonde
"yeah, yeah, yeah" I shook my hand at her knowingly. She glared harder but let it up and looked down at Emi
"I'll see you tomorrow Emi-chan, we'll all hang out and have fun! Sound good?" Emi smiled and nodded
"alright, see you guys tomorrow!" she smiled brightly at Emi and glared at me, waving goodbye and walking towards the hospital.. Sheesh I NEVER get a break!
"lets head home kiddo it's getting late" she nodded and we walked in the direction of my apartment
Emi bathed and I took a shower separately. I put on some clean clothes that Ino and the girls bought Emi and put in a kids movie, sitting on the couch with Emi in my lap and a little fuzzy Sakura pink blanket over us. She laid back and watched it intently.
Around 8 o'clock she began yawning and I was dozing off myself. These kid movies were boring as HELL
"uncle naru" a little voice woke me up and I shuffled under her
"wha-what?"
"when will mommy and daddy come back?" she didn't look up at me, but the worry was clear in her voice
"soon" I patted her leg and she snuggled into my chest. I smiled softly and closed my eyes again
9 o'clock the torturous movie was OVER. I looked down and saw Emi was asleep.
I gently moved her so that I could carry her bridal style and got up off the couch.
I went into my room and put her in my bed, covering her up over her shoulders as she snuggled into my pillow, sighing contently
Looking at the peaceful face of this sleeping angel, I wondered how anyone could ever want to hurt a kid so beautiful and loveable. She was the cutest thing ever and everyone who met her automatically loved her to pieces.
I kissed her forehead and laid down on the floor beside her on the little bed I made for myself out of sheets
Closing my eyes, I drifted off to sleep in a matter of seconds thanks to that movie making me tired
In the black hours of the night a shuffling and movement came from inside my house that made me spring up, looking at Emi still peacefully asleep in my bed
I looked around but couldn't see anything in the darkness. I went downstairs and found nothing. Panic filled me and I listened intently
Kabuto's view:
I snuck into the kyuubi's house during the night when everyone was sure to be sleeping. Earlier I had watched him with the child and saw how attached he was to her already, this could work to my advantage…
When I snuck in I made sure to make noise loud enough to wake him up, hiding in a dark corner where he was sure to not see me.
I heard shuffling then next thing the fox came rushing downstairs to find out where the noise was coming from. While he was distracted and looking the other way I crept behind him, up the stairs and to where I felt the childs chakra
She peacefully slept in a large bed with sheets next to it, aw how cute, he slept on the floor for her.. I smirked sarcastically.
Upon hearing the fox turn and run back upstairs I grabbed the child, placing a kunai to her throat. She looked up at me with terror
"uncle naru!" she screamed, I laughed evilly and awaited the fox's return
The door slammed open and in the doorway stood a pissed off kyuubi, eyes blazing red. I chuckled and tightened my grip in the child and on the kunai
"now, now. There's no need for violence" I said in a pleasant tone
"LET. HER. GO" his voice venomous
"I'm afraid I can't do that. The way I see it, you have two options. The first one is resisting and this child loses her life" I put a little pressure on the kunai and crimson liquid spilled over the edges "OR you can come willingly and no one get's hurt"
He viciously looked back and forth between my eyes and the child's, seeing I was totally serious
"FINE. But let her go!"
I smirked evilly "I'm afraid I need her also" I took out a poisoned kunai and tossed it before he could notice. It grazed his cheek and he fell unconscious
"Uncle naru!" the child screeched
"sh, sh, sh. Uncle naru will be JUST fine If you're a good little girl and do as your told" I pulled the kunai from her throat and she hung her head
"okay, just please don't hurt him" a tear slid down her face. I caught it mid cheek and lifted her face to meet my gaze
"don't be sad little one, you should be overjoyed! You will be gloriously reunited with your destiny!" she looked confused and afraid
"one day.. You will understand what's like to have everything you could ever dream of my child" she sniffled and I raised my hand, hitting the back of her head to knock her out.
It would be better if they both stayed sleeping throughout the journey back.. I just hope that annoying kunoichi doesn't get in my way. I barely managed to escape unnoticed the first time..
Emi's view:
Before he knocked me out I looked into his eyes, seeing the evil intensions in them. He wants daddy, and he wants ME.
I never wanted this, any of it. I want a normal life with a normal family. But mommy and daddy aren't here right now to protect me, and I promised mommy I would be strong, and that's just what I'll do.
"please hurry back mommy and daddy. I really need you right now" I prayed
Author's note:
UH OHHHH!
Haha onto reviewers:
Minami-to-yuri no hana: bahaha I am naughty I know (: I read the manga to keep up with what happens and such. Do you just watch the English or do you watch the Japanese version also because the Japanese is sooooo far ahead of the English.
Will Sakura find them by punching the ground? -no.
Direct enough for ya? (: teehee no details to answers until NEXT chapter then I promise I will fully answer any questions (: so don't be shy about asking!
Zebon zakura: bow chicka wha-oowwww! ;D lol lil bit of sasusaku, only a sliver of a fraction of what's to come!
Bulla49: gosh I know what you mean! jealousy scenes are great I totally agree with you (: their hilarious to and there will be plenty to come ;D
Ruthenia sasusaku: I like epic, epic is good! Thanks! :D yes she hates him. And yes she will fall in love-ish sorta, kinda but you'll see what I mean later (:
Hal: spankya (: haha it's how I picture Sasuke, beginning to lose his cool and all that. Mine was GREAT ;D hope yours was fantastic also!
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Adalenee: new reviewer I think! Yay! :D I will, my others I started running out of ideas and such so I was like AH! But this one I see me finishing before getting caught up in another story, no worries (: and yay I'm glad you like it!
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Losermuch: eh your scaring mee! Idk if you like it or not cause your like its addictive! Then your like a kid? OH WELL lol DX confuszzling me! But I'm glad I think you like it? Haha XD
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Thanks everyone (: !
I tried Neji's view, dunno if I did any good cause he's all seriousness and junk. Kabuto slipped away unnoticed, stalked Naruto and Emi. Emi has fan boys. Kabuto kidnapped an unconscious Naruto and scared shitless Emi. And next chapter will be Kabuto returning to the lair. Will Sakura and the team find him before it's to late? What will Sasuke think? What will Madara and Kabuto do with Emi? Find out next chapter! don't be afraid to ask questions and predict, I love it ;D thanks everyone, xoxo!