hello again my lovely readers! I apologize that this update was a little later than I expected it to be!
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One week later 1245 am North Carolina
"Sakura shoot him! I'm the real Sasuke!"
"no! He's lying!"
"Take the shot!"
Oh god….If I shoot the wrong one….
Her eyes darted between the six figures in front of her. Three of them were her teammates, the other three were shape shifters. Her 9mm. Glock was pointed at one of the sasukes in front of her.
She had no clues in to who was who, the shifters were crafty sons if s bitches and managed to protray the boys abilities. So it was useless to have them prove it in that way.
Sakura could feel the sweat dripping down her face, her anxiety levels were threw the roof. She kept imagining her friends laying dead at her feet while the Shifters laughed at her misery. It was almost as if she could see their lives flashing before her.
Memories of Sasuke and her first hunt, Naruto telling her they were offci ally family now, the place kakashi had in n her heart as a father figure. She nearly lost it thinking that this could be the end
FOCUS SAKURA YOUR TEAM IS COUNTING ON YOU
Their eyes were pleading with her to kill the other. Her hands were trembling at that thought of making a mistake. If she killed the real Sasuke, Naruto, or Kakashi, she wouldn't be able to live with herself.
If I make the wrong move…I'll never…be able to…no I..god..somebody… help
She had to take the shot even if their was only a 50/50 chance. These shifters were dangerous, so dangerous they could wipe out all of her team. It really sucked when facing shifters, exoeciuallt ones like this who weren't making and motions on to them being fake
Taking in a deep breath, She could feel her heart hammering in her chest. Counting to six, Finger on the trigger. Raising her gun, a painful and discouraging look adorned her face. She took the shot.
Bang
Bang
Bang
But how did they get here?
Rewind
"yo sasuke come check this out"
Shikamaru was holding up a news article with the headline "The dead arrise!". Sasuke snatched the paper reading over it carefully. It had happened in a small town in South Carolina.
Three men whose bodies were found, dead at that, 14 years ago were up and walking, wearing the same clothes they had disappeared in all those years ago. DNA analysis confirmed their identities but they hadn't aged a day.
His eyes scanned over and over again to be safe. Clearly he had been annoyed at what he thought it was.
"shifters" sasuke hissed the word, he hated shifters. They were annoying crafty creatures if he had it his way he'd burn them all. A slow painful death would be due justice. Those things liked to take a person's memories
"are you sure?" Shikamaru and I have been trying to wrap out heads around this all night. We've never encountered shifters before so.."
"It's gotta be, they only need a small amount of DNA to change into you, sometimes thwy can imitate your powers if you have any, but they're easy to kill, just use silver"
"well what are we waiting for! We have a case guys and it's so close to Florida believe it!"
They boys simultaneously shook their heads at Naruto. From there they decides to use a five man team. Sakura, because she's tangled with shifters before. Sasuke because he knew the most about them. Naruto, well only because he kept whining about not being involved. Kakashi, because he was the best with back up and shikamaru would be the get away driver.
After confirming the plan with everyone they dispersed to South Carolina. This case was exactly what the needed to get kiba off their minds. He had refused to come back when they called begging him to. He said that there was no way he would work with an abomination like sasuke.
His words hurt Naruto pretty deeply. Naruto knew how sasukes issues were, considering he harbored a full fledged demon inside of him.
Him and sasuke were pretty similar when it came down to the truth. His demon would try to convince him to do unspeakable things but he held back and he felt sasuke was trying his best to do the same. It was almost like a gun shot would to the chest.
North Carolina 12:00 am
The sky was filled with dark heavy clouds that night. With no ligh6 emitting from the moon the trio resulted in using cheap flashlights they had bought at the gas station
Sasuke had found the men and tracked them down to an abandoned, and condemned apartment building. The building was in shambles. The shutters were hanging on by a thread, the lime green paint was a peeling off. The Windows were smashed in, the walls had holes as big as Naruto in them.
Walking around a smelly building was defiantly not Narutos forte. He smelt straight ammonia from the numerous amounts of piss every where. Gagging on the smell and his own saliva he glared at Sakura and sasuke for letting him talk him self into this mission.
He was used to having sakura around but having sasuke was a while new ball game. Even if he thought he was a bastard he had to admit ha was smart, strong and great at planning attacks. Shit he was a better fit then kiba who abandoned them. But Naruto would never say that out loud.
Sasuke was well aware of what they were dealing with. He had gone to the police station posing as an FBI agent to find out exactly what the police new about the so called dead men.
It turned out the original bodies had been cremated after passing identification scans. That still left the question as to how they were here. Of course he knew they were shifters but he didn't want to be wrong this one time, putting everyone into more danger.
Throwing his arm in front of Sakura who seemed lost in her own thoughts, she let out an small groan from the impact into her stomach. Sasuke thought he had seen movement in the room to the left of then. He activated his sharingan, a little perk from all this nonsense.
Sakura tried to follow his gaze but her eyes hadn't exactly been able to adjust to the dark as fast as everyone else's. She had already check in with shikamaru and Kakashi about their positions. Being that only her, shikamaru and Kakashi had headsets since somebody *cough naruto cough* forget to bring his and sasukes.
Naruto, had also seen what sasuke did and decided to waste no time. He wanted out of the piss filled house as soon as possible. He ran around sasuke and sakura towards the left room, before anyone could stop him.
"SHIT sakura stay here!"
"No we need to stay together"
"Tell that to the dobe!"
Sasuke ran off towards the blonde. Leaving sakura alone in what appeared to be a kitchen. She frowned at the sudden outburst from her team and felt suddenly very useless. She could handle her self….why couldn't they see that
Sakura found herself heading in the opposite direction of her team. No way in hell was she juat going to sit around waiting to be killed by a shifter.
"cherry to wolf…I uh…I lost visual of snake and fox…I'm gonna need that back up"
"loud and clear"
Stupid fucking Naruto running off what the hell is his problem!
Crash, boom, smash
What in the fuck
"oh fucking hell"
Running after the idiot we found our selves in a small bed room. Naruto was shaking, almost like he was laughing at what ever was in front of him. I had heard crashes and a sling of words together before I came upon him.
"you idiot are you trying to get yourself killed!" I hissed at him. He still would not turn to look at me.
I gave him an annoyed look even though he refused to look at me. His new found attitude bothered me. I couldn't place my finger on what was going on though.
What the fuck is his problem
"oh I didn't see you there sasuke"
His tone was usual even for him. I grabbed his shoulder and made him turn around to me. His eyes were shinning with blood lust.
Oh god damn it…
Sakura found what looked like to be a living room. She stood in the middle being able to see everything around her.
She heard light cursing and a couple of crashes from the room across from hers. She pulled out her .9mm glock and pointed at the sound.
"reveal yourself!" she hissed. Cocking her gun to shot if it was a shifter.
She let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding and a bloody Naruto and sasuke emerged from the shadows. They both were slightly smiling. Maybe they had killed the shifters already she thought.
"oh thank god"
She went to lower her gun when more voices ran out.
"Sakura-chan watch out!"
She whipped her head to left and another pair of bloody Naruto and sasuke showed up. She tried to contact kakashi but it was no use it seemed he lost his headset.
Her eyes went wide at the sight. She now had two sasukes and two Narutos all four emitting their "powers". Two separate kakashi's had also made their way out in front of her. She literally could not process the scene on front of her.
"oh…my….fuck"
The 6 figures in front of her glared at one another. Arguing about who was real and who was a shifter. The arguments continued and didn't seem like they were going to stop anytime soon. Her head felt like somebody was taking a senbon and twisting it in her brain.
Who the hell do I shoot! They are giving me no indications whose real!
"Sakura-chan! You know it's me! This fucker just a cheap copy! Believe it!"
"No! Believe it! I'm real!"
"you're going to have to shoot all of us sakura"
"that's insane you'll kill us all before knowing whose real"
Both kakashi made good points but sakuras head was still spinning. On one side they all go down and she lives with guilt for killing her own team. Or she picks three and hope it's not her team, if it was shed still be killing all of them and be riddled with guilt.
"Sakura look at me! Take the bloody shot!"
Sasuke..
To your left Sakura
Now
Bang
Bang
Bang
Three shots were fired into three hearts. The look of betrayal adorned their faces. Their saddened expressions stabbed her heart.
No…
Her heart was beating faster and louder than she ever felt before it echoed in her esrs.
baboom
baboom
baboom
baboom
baboom
Sakura gasped, she made a mistake. She killed her team, nearly falling to her knees. Her flashlight dropped pointing at the three dead men. Black gel pouring out of the bodies, their fake skin was falling away.
She let out a breath, she had been holding. Naruto raced to hug her, pulling her into a bone crushing hug he jumped up and down in excitement. Sasuke and Kakashi smirked at the pinkette glad that neither of them had been fatally shot.
"cloud to cherry you guys good? I heard shots"
"Uh...yeah..We'll be out shortly"
"Sakura-chan! That was so cool how did you know it was us! I was so worried you were going to shoot us instead!"
"uh…well…haha I uhm…I was like 80 percent sure"
"woohoo! I mean I was like…..wait…only 80 percent….what about the other 20?!"
"well I'd have six dead bodies instead of three…"
Narutos jaw dropped. He hadn't expected sakura to not be entirely sure. We're the shifters really that good at impersonating.
"but sakura-chan!"
"I know Naruto I know….but a voice in my head to shoot the ones on the left and well….your alive aren't you"
Sasuke let out a low chuckle, now she was going crazy. At least he wasn't the only one anymore. Everyday he had to fight the urge to rip all of their spines out of their throats. With Naruto on the other hand he wanted to choke the living hell out of him.
Now normally he would just go with it but being around the hunters was bringing out his human side and it over powered the demon side. He couldn't say the same thing though when he was left alone. This war in his head was driving him to the brink of insanity.
"just be glad she listened to that voice dobe and shot the shifters instead of us"
"ugh teme! I fricken hate those things…"
Sakura shook her head at the two boys if she hadn't known any better she would have though these two were brothers. They were complete opposites of each but fought like they were in diapers together.
Kakashi picked up the headset, getting ready to radio shikamaru that they were on their way out. Everyone in their own way agreed weather is was a smile smirk or a thumbs up. Maybe these three were always supposed to be my team.
"wolf to cloud, mission successful, were coming out"
"god you guys are troublesome."
Kakashi chuckled at this lack of response. He knew shikamaru was going to question them as soon as they got into the car. He then was probably going to scold them for letting the shifters get to them like that. It could have ended severely bad.
Getting into the car that shikamaru had been sitting in was the easy part. Listening to sasuke and Naruto argue the entire way, well that was annoying as hell. You could see the electricity between their eyes as they glared at one another. Poor sakura she had to sit right in between them to.
"it's your fault dobe!"
"nu uh! You're the one who they got the jump one"
"if your stupid ass would have just stayed with the team like you were supposed to, it would have never happened!"
"I didn't ask your bastard self to chase after me!"
"were a team…i"
"wait what the hell happened?"
Sasuke tried to explain everything but kept continuously getting cut off by Naruto, whom he hard already tried to punch in the head several times before sakura stopped them. She scolded them most of the time telling them they fight worse than a married couple. Shikamaru shook his head and muttered about them being trouble some, continuing to turn the music to drown out the obnoxious trio in the back.
At the motel 1:30 am
The sun was setting, the sky was filled with gorgeous purples, yellows and pinks. A wave could be heard in the distance crashing against the rocks. Seagulls were flying around , singing their songs.
She laying down on the sand she stared at the clouds wishing for this to never end. Now of only she wasn't alone.
She thought about leaving the hunter life. How peaceful it would be to settle down, have a child or maybe two. Oh maybe a house near the beach. Yeah that be perfect.
Her thoughts of living a peaceful life with the one she admires the most kept her focused. She could pretend their was no evil in the world that it was safe.
"ne hinata-chan what are you doing alone?"
The remaining sunlight was in her eyes, through her blurred vision she could see blonde tuffs of hair and those cerulean blue eyes she came to love so much.
"oh…it's y-you n-naruto-kun"
He smiled brightly down at the blue haired girl offering her hos hand. The look of love shinning in his eyes. She hesitated for a moment.
"hinata-chan run away with me?"
Her pale violet eyes went wide and she smiled. A perfect life with Naruto flashed before her eyes. She took his hand he pulled her flushed body into his arms. Closing her eyes she inhaled his sandlewood scent placing her head into the crook of his neck.
When his grip around her tightened and he started shaking. Confused at his sudden actions she opened her eyes. The world around her was now derived of life. Red thunder roared across black sky's. The world looked gray.
"w-what h-happened?"
Hinata was thrown so hard behind Naruto she barely had enough time to catch her balance. Looking at the blonde haired man, she gasped the black spike ran through his body. Blood was pouring out of both sides of his wounds.
He turned his head to her, blood dripping out of his mouth hands gave her a sad smile.
"d-don't…..f-forget…me…im…I'm sorry hin…hinata"
And she screamed louder than she had ever done in her life
Ino shook hinata awake. She had been saying no over and over again in her sleep. Tears poured our of her closed eyes. Hinata jolted up and sobbed. The dream felt to real. She opened her now red puffy eyes to realise she was still in the motel.
Ino's gaze was filled with worry for her friend. She thought it must have been a terrible nightmare to make the girl cry so hard. Honestly she was a little shocked that neji and kurenai were still sleeping through this. She pulled hinata into a huge holding her to her chest.
"shhh it's okay I'm here it wasn't real"
"oh b-but i-ino *hic* it f-felt so r-real"
"do you want to talk about it?"
"n-no *hic* is…is e-everyone h-here yet?"
Ino shook her head saddly at the girl. When the team had left they were unsure when they would return. They told them not to wait up for them in case it was awfully late. Ino had been up already feeling like something was off.
"i..I hope t-they get here s-soon"
Hinata finally gained her composure and explained her dream to ino who held an understanding look. She felt hinatas love for Naruto through every word. Her nightmares about him dying were just more proof. She knew she had to get sakura in out operation get hinata and Naruto together! Somebody deserved happiness.
A light knocking was heard at their door. Ino beamed at hinata while going towards the door before she opened it, she shot hinata a look saying you better tackle Naruto when he gets in here.
"see they're fine, they're here now"
She whipped open the door, smile on her face immidiately dropping. She couldn't see well but could feel the aura coming off of the person in the door way. Run was all she thought but she was frozen in place. Hinatas face became worries once more, she watched her friend tense up and it scared her.
"hello ino.."
And here we have It! Oh I swear life just keeps throwing curves at them.
Until next time my lovely readers.
Moonlight whisperer