.:Cherry Blossom Dreams:.
Chapter 28-Rise From the Ashes
Yuki glared at her reflection in the water. Her blood red Sharingan eyes quickly dissolved into a softer red color. She cursed herself for being weak, and that it is probably possible for Mikoto and Rinko to surpass her now that they also posses this strange kekkei genkai.
Yuki's eyes softened up when she figured that she could always train with them so that they all remain even instead of one surpassing the other. But she could never bring herself to be even with her younger sisters. That just wouldn't be right.
She just stared at her reflection in the water, when she saw another face that resembled her father's behind her. She glared at the reflection and then looked behind her, but nobody was there. Her eyes narrowed. She was probably too stressed and now she was just seeing things. Yuki turned back to looking at the water, and again, the face was still there. She whipped her head around and narrowed her eyes even more.
Something wasn't right here. Either somebody around here knew an invisibility jutsu and was really good at hiding chakra…or she was going crazy. Yuki shook her head. It was definitely her mind playing tricks on her.
Mikoto and Rinko came running up to Yuki.
"Yuki-neesan!!!!" they called.
Yuki sighed. Well, now at least she had something to distract herself with. She put one hand on her hip and looked at the younger girls, who had on innocent faces. She brought her hand up to her head and closed her eyes. Rinko looked at Yuki. "Yuki-neesan…why are your eyes funny like Mikoto's?" she asked. At that statement, both girls cringed. "THEY'RE NOT FUNNY!!!" they yelled together. Rinko sweat dropped and sighed. "Yare yare…. Anyways, kaa-chan was looking for you. She needs you to take us to Hokage-sama's office because we have a mission with you," said Mikoto.
Yuki opened on eye. "Wait a sec...you guys aren't even out of the academy yet, and you have a mission with ME?" she asked, wondering if she heard correctly. "Yes, we have a mission with you. It's a B-rank, and our Team Leader is going to be Kakashi-sensei. Tou-san will be joining us within an hour after the mission starts," explained Rinko, for once being serious. Mikoto nodded. "And also, Satoshi-kun, Daisuke-un, and Akito-kun are stuck with kaa-chan and are going to undergo Medic-training!" yelled Mikoto happily. Rinko and Yuki turned into a noticeably pale blue color. "You've got to be kidding me…" they both said. "They're going to die the moment they step inside the hospital," said Yuki slowly.
All three giggled as they made their way to the Hokage tower. They knocked on the door, on which a loud "C'mon in!" was heard.
The three sisters stepped in the Rokudaime Hokage's office. Yuki, having been there many times in the past, didn't bother to take in the sights. But Rinko and Mikoto did otherwise. They looked around, seeing all the shelves of books and scrolls, and the view of Konoha through the window.
"So….how are my favorite girls?" asked a low male voice.
Yuki shrugged, while Rinko and Mikoto ran up to Naruto. "Naruto Oji-san!" they chanted. Naruto chuckled as he saw the two younger Uchiha females crowding around him. He patted their heads and cleared his throat. "Anyways, I'm sure you girls know why you were summoned here, right?" he asked, a toothy grin placed on his face. All three nodded. "Good. Now let me explain the details of the mission. It's a B-rank mission. You are to escort some drunken old timer to the Land of Wind. About a pack of 7 shinobi are after him. He maybe an alcoholic, but he's a really important guy….or so I'm told," he said. Yuki smirked. Naruto was pretty goofy for somebody who was supposed to be the leader of a shinobi village.
They heard a light knock at the door. Naruto smiled. "Ah, that must be him. ENTER, DATTEBAYO!!!!" he shouted. The door opened up a bit, and in came in Hinata, wearing her hair in a ponytail with a small boy following quietly behind her. "Ano, Naruto-kun. I'm sorry to bother you doing your job, but the client is here," she said, wondering if it was a good time to bother her husband. Naruto smiled and motioned for her to send in the drunken dude.
In waltzed in a wild looking old man, with one blue eye and the other was red. His hair looked greasy and was sticking out in strange angles. In his hands he held two bottles of sake. He smelled strongly of alcohol, and it made the girls dizzy.
Naruto tried to be polite and smiled at the man. "Girls, this is Shikyu-san, and he's your…uh…..guy that you have to escort!" he said in fake cheerfulness. Yuki eyed the man…..and she definitely did not like what she saw. That guy looked like a total pervert, which he probably was. Mikoto and Rinko just exchanged confused looks and shrugged.
A small cloud of smoke appeared in the middle of the room, and the cloud got bigger, and out popped Kakashi-sensei. Yuki looked over her shoulder and waved at him. Kakashi waved back and looked over at the other two. "Ahem." The girls had surprised looks on their faces and then turned around and saw Kakashi. "Kakashi Oji-san! You're late for our 1st mission together!!!!" the girls squawked. Kakashi nervously put a hand on his neck and rubbed it. "Yeah…you see…I ran into Sakura and Sasuke and they needed help with their new baby and I just couldn't resist it!!" All three girls glared at their leader. "OJI-SAN! YOU'RE A LIAR!!" screeched Mikoto. "YOU'RE GONNA END UP LIKE PINNOCHIO!!!" yelled Rinko. Yuki just nodded her head. "They've got a point…" she said slowly. Sasuke burst into the room and glared at Naruto.
"YOU FREAKING IDIOT!" he spat. His voice was full of venom, but Naruto didn't even bat an eye at Sasuke's behavior. Naruto just stared at Sasuke, just like the rest of the room. Sasuke then realized how awkward it was and just pretended nothing happened. "ITACHI IS ALIIIIIVE!!!" he yelled. The adults chuckled, while the girls just stared at their father with embarrassment. "Ano…tou-san…who's Itachi?" they asked.
At the mention of the name, Sasuke's eyes flashed red, and the Sharingan was spinning fiercely. He glared at the wall. "Itachi…..he's alive….and he took….." he stopped there, his voice slowly fading away. He gulped. "Naruto, cancel the mission. I'm going after him…" he said slowly. His hands were shaking, either out of fear or of anger, who knew, but only Naruto, Kakashi and Sakura had seen him in this state. Sasuke unconsciously clenched and unclenched his fists, angry with the fact that not even Sakura and him were enough to defeat the damn weasel.
Sakura….
Just the thought of her made him even angrier. His retarded-ass brother kidnapped the love of his life, and he wasn't even there to stop him. Hot tears were starting to build inside Sasuke's eyes, but he refused to let them fall. He shut his eyes and deactivated his Sharingan. He would need to save his energy for the final showdown between him and his brother.
He looked up, not bothering to open up his eyes. "Naruto….I request permission to go after Itachi immediately…." he said in a low voice. Naruto looked at the emotions on his face….in fact, there were no emotions there. Naruto furrowed his eyebrows…something serious must've happened. Then it hit him…the only other Uchiha besides Itachi missing was Sakura. He swore under his breath. "Permission granted. I'll assemble a team to go with you right…" –"NO! I need to do this on my own! It's been my life-long goal to get rid of him…..and when I thought I did…he comes and ruins my life again!" he shouted. Naruto felt his eyes getting round. He sighed and smirked. "Fine then teme….but be careful out there…." he said. Sasuke nodded and puffed out in a cloud of smoke.
Everyone turned to Naruto. "Are you really going to let him go alone, Hokage-sama?" asked Kakashi. He smirked at Kakashi.
"Ne, ne….Kakashi-sensei…you know me better than that, Dattebayo!" he said, pounding one fist onto his chest. Kakashi smiled under his mask. He knelt down on one knee and looked at the floor. "I'll go and get the others," he said quietly.
PUFF!!!
With the hottest Uchiha ever….err….I mean Sasuke….
Sasuke glared straight ahead. He had no idea where he was going, and yet, he had a feeling he was going the right way. He leapt from branch to branch, examining his surroundings carefully. Nothing…..
He continued going straight for about 15 minutes or so, until he got a weak familiar chakra signal. He inwardly smirked. That didn't take to long. He doubled his speed and kept going straight, until he felt the chakra go east. He shifted his foot in that direction and jumped to the next branch. He landed gracefully on it and narrowed his eyes. I've got company….
Sasuke groaned. He didn't have time to be messing with some low-life ninja right now. He quickly made a bunshin of himself and they left in opposite directions. Sasuke couldn't help but feel happy that this was a fight to the death between himself and Itachi. Maybe like this….he'll actually win….he's gotten much stronger, faster, and learned a thing or two of medical jutsu from Sakura. The odds were in his favor. Sasuke took a deep breath and zipped past the whole forest into a clearing, much like the with the previous battle with Itachi.
He stood there and scanned the area. Sasuke's eyes widened. The world around him slowly turned into a blend of red and black. Oh gosh, he knew this jutsu too well for him not to know what this was…..Tsukiyomi.
Sasuke closed his eyes and forced all the chakra from his upper body down to his feet. The genjustu slowly started to fade, but not completely. Sasuke opened his eyes and looked around, Sharingan eyes trying to find their next victim. And at last…
"Foolish little brother…."
That voice made the hairs on Sasuke's neck stand up, and that didn't happen too often, unless it was Sakura going on a rampage. Sasuke's hand made it's way to his back, where his trusty Kusangi was strapped around his waist. With one swift movement, his got out the katana and plunged it into his leg. He knew the pain he was experiencing now was nothing compared to what was coming to him right now. The genjustu faded away, and he smirked through the pain he was trying so hard to endure.
His eyes widened when he noticed that Sakura lay in the middle of the clearing, tied up with an explosive tag on her chest. Sasuke narrowed his eyes. His eyes narrowed even further when he sensed another presence behind him. He closed his eyes, while his ears picked up a couple of movements to his left. He snapped his eyes open and jumped into the air, barely dodging a barrage of fir-covered shuriken. Sasuke smirked. Itachi must really be losing it.
He landed and skillfully did a one-handed back flip to prevent from taking a nasty fall. He looked up and saw a big fireball coming his way. He shifted all his weight onto his right leg, and pushed to get an extra boost. He ran towards Sakura, but when he was 10 feet away, a barrier pop-up and shocked him. He was sent back and crashed into a tree, hurting his back in the process.
Sasuke stood up, panting. His head quickly snapped up when he heard a shrill voice calling out his name.
'SASUKE-KUN!!!!!" she called.
Sakura tried to squirm out of the ropes, but was rendered useless. Almost nothing could penetrate rope made from black hair….and she never figured out why. Sakura looked around the area. Maybe if she…..no, she promised herself and Tsunade that was only to be used in an emergency. She looked around and saw Sasuke running around in circles like a mad man. She sweat dropped. Oooh who am I kidding?!?! This IS an emergency!!
Sakura groaned and then pumped chakra into her eyes. She looked over at the place where Sasuke was running. An invisible Itachi was striking Sasuke through airborne attacks. "Kuso….."she muttered. "At this rate, Sasuke-kun won't be able to fight properly. Besides…he does realize that he looks like an idiot like that, doesn't he?" she told herself.
Sakura stared at a small patch of grass. She stared blankly at it, and with all her willpower, concentrated on it. Sakura closed her eyes and unleashed an outburst of chakra all at once. The chakra traveled all around her, knocking down trees and other solids down in the process. She stared at the floor, and then saw two shadows looming over her. Sakura smiled at the faces before her.
A/N: OOOOOH! I'm SO sorry for the late update!!! Okay, I promised two chapters, so the next one will be out tomorrow, considering how late it is right now. And a third will be out by Friday if I have time. PLEASE tell me if anything is going wrong up until now, because I feel that this story is starting to suck. Okay, until tomorrow!!!
-kawaiiblossom94
P.S. New story is coming out soon, preview will be in the next chapter in the author's note!! hope you like it!!!
