"What scroll are you talking about? Stop harming the girl! The scroll's
with me! Come
and get it!" Anko shouted with bravery.
Itachi stared at her and said, "I don't want your scroll! I want one of the seven scrolls that the Stealth Rams have! And this girl... She's a guardian of that scroll! So tell me now, pretty lady, where's the scroll from the Land of Mist? The one that the Mizukage gave?"
"And why would I tell you? And how many times do I have to tell you that?" Sakura said.
"I'll shut that rotten toad's mouth, Sakura!" Shikamaru said, "Shadow Binding tech..."
"What the...?" Shikamaru thought. He can't move. Itachi already made the same thing to him.
"This is not good." Kurenai whispered with a kunai in hand.
"Stop this nonsense, Itachi! I'm your enemy not her!" Sasuke yelled at his brother.
Itachi had that evil grin on his face again and turned to the girl with pink hair.
"And as punishment for not telling me the whereabouts of the scroll..." Itachi postponed.
He bent closer to her and bit her lower neck (you know the part where Orochimaru bit Sasuke?). Sakura screamed in pain while dark red smoke came out of Itachi's mouth after biting her.
"I'll go for now. But I will find you if you are still alive, Stealth Ram!" he pointed out. Sakura's eyesight became blurry and she blacked out.
The next day...
"I already called for Iyasuko Yamatari, Sakura's boss, captain of the Stealth Rams. Maybe she has something for us." Asuma told Kakashi and Kurenai.
Sakura was lying on a bed in the hospital, with high fever and she's sweating cold. Everyone who was on the same mission yesterday were gathered inside the room and Ino was now present inspite of her absence yesterday. Anko was safely returned to the tower by Neji, Kiba, Shino, Naruto and Kurenai. The other half, Hinata, Ten-Ten, Sasuke and Shikamaru took Sakura to the Konoha Hospital.
Then, a woman with straight black hair upto her shoulders wearing a traditional ninja costume with a long, black, leather jacket on top of her outfit entered the room. She also had deep yellow eyes, a healthy, smooth and white skin. She had her arms crossed infront of her and a smirk on her face.
"Good morning, minna." she greeted.
"Hello, Iyasuko Yamatari." Kurenai greeted back.
"And what can I help you? Want Stealth Rams around the village? Escort the Hokage? What?" Yamatari said.
"None of those you mentioned, Yamatari. Your fellow Stealth Ram here, Haruno Sakura, had a jutsu casted on her. And Hokage-sama made mention that only the Stealth Rams developed the technique for this specialized jutsu. If she won't get the cure after 12 hours, she'll die. So we ask you, to please, please, please, please! Cure her!" Gai begged.
Yamatari closed her eyes and sighed.
"I know you." Neji muttered, "I met you the other day. You were fighting with a ninja from the Land of Sound." Yamatari's eyes slightly opened and gave a sharp look at Neji.
"You must be good to accomplish the position of being a captain of the Stealth Rams." he continued.
She smirked and said, "Hmph. So what if I am? Anyway, I don't think you won't last if you fight me."
"Yamatari." Kakashi suddenly spoke while putting in his pocket his copy of Come Come Paradise, "Are you gonna heal my student or not? So if not, I'd call a funeral..."
"Don't do that just yet." she bursted out, "I know her. That's Haruno Sakura, sixth out of eight members registered in Stealth Ram Team No. 12, leader of Team 12, eleventh out of fifteen guardians selected for the protection of one of the ancient scrolls that was given to the Stealth Rams by the leader of the Land of Mist. And as far as I know, I sent her to a vacation not so long ago."
"Okay, okay, we get the point! Now, can you cure her or not?!" Naruto shouted, panicking.
"Erm..." Yamatari mumbled, "Unless you show me what I sent her yesterday. It's a scroll, to be more precise, it's a scroll that permits her to return to the Stealth Rams in... I don't know, 6 days? You see, even if you ask Sakura to cure or look after a fellow Stealth Ram, she's trained to ask for evidence first. Even if it has to be her best friend. Even if I ask her to guard me, she must ask for an evidence. So I, as a Stealth Ram, asks an evidence from Haruno."
Sakura opened her eyes and was shocked to see her boss.
"Hello, Haruno." Yamatari greeted.
"Yamatari-sama! What are you doing here?!"
"I should ask you that question. What the hell are you doing in this hospital?!"
"Am I in the hospital...? And why can't I move my body?"
"Oh that. You were poisoned. And I'm asking for evidence, young lady. I'm asking for that scroll I sent you yesterday. YOU STILL HAVE IT RIGHT?"
"Naruto." Kakashi called out, "Get the scroll."
"But sensei!" Naruto whined, "I don't know where it is!"
"Haruno?" Yamatari glared at the dying pink-haired girl.
She whispered, "Naruto... It's inside my bedside drawers back in my house... Uhm.. It's a white scroll..."
"I'm on my way! Hang on, Sakura!" Naruto said as he left and used the window as an exit and leaped on the branch of the tree near it and left.
"Can we go now, honey?" Ino asked, tugging Sasuke's arm.
"Where are your manners, young lady?" Yamatari shouted sharply and threw five shurikens on the floor just near Ino and Sasuke's feet.
"No one leaves until this Stealth Ram is cured. Understand? That is a command!!!" she continued and gave them a chilly and scary stare.
"Did you see that?" Kiba asked Shikamaru.
"She just threw those five shurikens in a split second. She's really good." Shino added.
Itachi stared at her and said, "I don't want your scroll! I want one of the seven scrolls that the Stealth Rams have! And this girl... She's a guardian of that scroll! So tell me now, pretty lady, where's the scroll from the Land of Mist? The one that the Mizukage gave?"
"And why would I tell you? And how many times do I have to tell you that?" Sakura said.
"I'll shut that rotten toad's mouth, Sakura!" Shikamaru said, "Shadow Binding tech..."
"What the...?" Shikamaru thought. He can't move. Itachi already made the same thing to him.
"This is not good." Kurenai whispered with a kunai in hand.
"Stop this nonsense, Itachi! I'm your enemy not her!" Sasuke yelled at his brother.
Itachi had that evil grin on his face again and turned to the girl with pink hair.
"And as punishment for not telling me the whereabouts of the scroll..." Itachi postponed.
He bent closer to her and bit her lower neck (you know the part where Orochimaru bit Sasuke?). Sakura screamed in pain while dark red smoke came out of Itachi's mouth after biting her.
"I'll go for now. But I will find you if you are still alive, Stealth Ram!" he pointed out. Sakura's eyesight became blurry and she blacked out.
The next day...
"I already called for Iyasuko Yamatari, Sakura's boss, captain of the Stealth Rams. Maybe she has something for us." Asuma told Kakashi and Kurenai.
Sakura was lying on a bed in the hospital, with high fever and she's sweating cold. Everyone who was on the same mission yesterday were gathered inside the room and Ino was now present inspite of her absence yesterday. Anko was safely returned to the tower by Neji, Kiba, Shino, Naruto and Kurenai. The other half, Hinata, Ten-Ten, Sasuke and Shikamaru took Sakura to the Konoha Hospital.
Then, a woman with straight black hair upto her shoulders wearing a traditional ninja costume with a long, black, leather jacket on top of her outfit entered the room. She also had deep yellow eyes, a healthy, smooth and white skin. She had her arms crossed infront of her and a smirk on her face.
"Good morning, minna." she greeted.
"Hello, Iyasuko Yamatari." Kurenai greeted back.
"And what can I help you? Want Stealth Rams around the village? Escort the Hokage? What?" Yamatari said.
"None of those you mentioned, Yamatari. Your fellow Stealth Ram here, Haruno Sakura, had a jutsu casted on her. And Hokage-sama made mention that only the Stealth Rams developed the technique for this specialized jutsu. If she won't get the cure after 12 hours, she'll die. So we ask you, to please, please, please, please! Cure her!" Gai begged.
Yamatari closed her eyes and sighed.
"I know you." Neji muttered, "I met you the other day. You were fighting with a ninja from the Land of Sound." Yamatari's eyes slightly opened and gave a sharp look at Neji.
"You must be good to accomplish the position of being a captain of the Stealth Rams." he continued.
She smirked and said, "Hmph. So what if I am? Anyway, I don't think you won't last if you fight me."
"Yamatari." Kakashi suddenly spoke while putting in his pocket his copy of Come Come Paradise, "Are you gonna heal my student or not? So if not, I'd call a funeral..."
"Don't do that just yet." she bursted out, "I know her. That's Haruno Sakura, sixth out of eight members registered in Stealth Ram Team No. 12, leader of Team 12, eleventh out of fifteen guardians selected for the protection of one of the ancient scrolls that was given to the Stealth Rams by the leader of the Land of Mist. And as far as I know, I sent her to a vacation not so long ago."
"Okay, okay, we get the point! Now, can you cure her or not?!" Naruto shouted, panicking.
"Erm..." Yamatari mumbled, "Unless you show me what I sent her yesterday. It's a scroll, to be more precise, it's a scroll that permits her to return to the Stealth Rams in... I don't know, 6 days? You see, even if you ask Sakura to cure or look after a fellow Stealth Ram, she's trained to ask for evidence first. Even if it has to be her best friend. Even if I ask her to guard me, she must ask for an evidence. So I, as a Stealth Ram, asks an evidence from Haruno."
Sakura opened her eyes and was shocked to see her boss.
"Hello, Haruno." Yamatari greeted.
"Yamatari-sama! What are you doing here?!"
"I should ask you that question. What the hell are you doing in this hospital?!"
"Am I in the hospital...? And why can't I move my body?"
"Oh that. You were poisoned. And I'm asking for evidence, young lady. I'm asking for that scroll I sent you yesterday. YOU STILL HAVE IT RIGHT?"
"Naruto." Kakashi called out, "Get the scroll."
"But sensei!" Naruto whined, "I don't know where it is!"
"Haruno?" Yamatari glared at the dying pink-haired girl.
She whispered, "Naruto... It's inside my bedside drawers back in my house... Uhm.. It's a white scroll..."
"I'm on my way! Hang on, Sakura!" Naruto said as he left and used the window as an exit and leaped on the branch of the tree near it and left.
"Can we go now, honey?" Ino asked, tugging Sasuke's arm.
"Where are your manners, young lady?" Yamatari shouted sharply and threw five shurikens on the floor just near Ino and Sasuke's feet.
"No one leaves until this Stealth Ram is cured. Understand? That is a command!!!" she continued and gave them a chilly and scary stare.
"Did you see that?" Kiba asked Shikamaru.
"She just threw those five shurikens in a split second. She's really good." Shino added.