Prompt: Age
Pairing: YaguraXSakura

Jumping out of the way of a barrage of kunai Sakura landed with a crunch on the ground, as her ankle bone snapped. Sending a surge of chakra to the bone to stabilize it, she ran. She was deep within Kiri territory, her team was dead and the village would be forced to deny any affiliation with her if she was caught.

It was supposed to be a simple mission; deliver a small weapons supply to the rebels and get the hell out of dodge. A surge of pain spread through her body as she jumped; bringing her hands over her head she glided into the water. The salty water of the ocean separating Kirigakure from the mainland stung her eyes as she swam. Three minutes later she was forced to surface. Taking in a gulp of air she immediately went back under and began swimming for the closest piece of land. It didn't matter where as long as it had enough shelter for her to heal her ankle and re-gather her senses.

Reaching the land she crawled onto the sand and took deep breaths her chakra searching for other people. Finding none she forced herself to her feet, remembering her ankle only as a sharp pain shot through her. Forcing herself forward into the trees she stopped a moment later and bent down to kill the nerve endings for a few moments and sent another string of chakra to stabilize the bone.

Hobbling deeper into the trees she came across a cave. Taking advantage of the shelter she slid to the ground and allowed her hand to flood with chakra and begin the healing process. When she was finally done she couldn't help but lean back against the cool stone. "Impressive," Sakura's eyes flashed open and she silently cursed, as the presence revealed itself. She had been lured into a sense of false security. She turned her head to stare at a boy with gray hair; he couldn't be older than thirteen. "that your control is so precise, I bet even your Hokage's control isn't that good, and so young too."

Sakura swallowed the lump in her throat and forced out a laugh "Yeah let's bring up age."

The boy didn't blink "Let's not, it's a tiring and repetitive subject and I'm rather bored of it." He began walking towards her "Instead let's talk about how you are so deep within enemy territory that not even Itachi Uchiha could get to you. Let's talk about how you're drained of chakra. Or we could talk about how even though you've just healed your ankle the bone is still incredibly fragile and would probably break and leave you with a limp for the rest of your life ending your career as a Kunoichi if you push it too hard. Or your last option let's talk about how you made it past the barrier, I the fourth Mizukage set up; a barrier meant to keep even my own men off this island."

Sakura met his gaze "How about we talk about what you're hiding here and how when I'm able to how I'm gonna kick your ass." Then everything went black.

Yagura stared down at the pink haired girl. It was a shame she hadn't chosen one of his topics, now he'd have to kill her. He'd torture her first for information but eventually he'd have to kill her. Waving one of his minions forward he watched as the man carried her deeper into the cave. It really was a shame, she could have been useful, but no one could know what he was doing.


So a guest asked for Yagura and gave an idea and I ran with it, all the way to day 50! Wow 50 straight days of writing, and my teachers wonder why I don't have my homework. This was really dark, but I like it! Let me know who you want to see tomorrow. I'll probably be updating Marriage of convenience before the week is done I'm anxious to finish it and start the summoning story, which will be a SakuraXShikamaru pairing, as that was the winner of the poll! Let me know what you think and who you want to see tomorrow. Blow up my email with nodifications of reviews in honor of day 50!