01-Yet Again
Sasuke's eyes widened in shock when he first heard those words. He gaped at the silver haired Jounin, who was speaking in a lazy, nonchalant tone.
"Um, yeah, so as I was saying, the latest rumors from the townsfolk say that Akatsuki has dismissed Hoshigaki Kisame and Uchiha Itachi for unknown reasons. Kisame was seen back in the Hidden Village of Mist, and Itachi will be returning to Konoha in a couple of days," Kakashi paused and looked around the dimly lit room. When he had asked Naruto to lend him his room as a meeting place for a couple of hours, Naruto quickly agreed without hesitation. With Hinata murdered, a huge hole was pierced through his heart and never seemed to mend. Naruto needed all of the company he could get now.
They had gathered there for an 'emergency Team 7 meeting', as Kakashi would like to call it. The three teammates were now a healthy fourteen years old, and were inseparable. Sakura was sprawled out on the floor, lying on her stomach, while Naruto sat beside her, with his head rested the wall behind him. Sasuke sat cross-legged with his elbow on a knee, palm cocked against his face. Across from him was Kakashi sitting comfortably on Naruto's couch.
"What do you mean, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked with her concerned tone, still bearing the honorifics to her comrades. "Aren't Itachi-san and Kisame-san dangerous missing-nins? Are they going to come to Konoha with bad intentions?" Sakura sighed, pushing back a strand of her shoulder-length hair that was tinted a furious shade of pink. "I bet that this is just some excuse to come and spy on our ANBU squads and kidnap Sasu-"
Sakura was stopped by a sudden glance of Kakashi that clearly stated, "Do not go any further, or you will regret the long days without Sasuke's presence." Sasuke had to muster every ounce of strength in his body from getting up and slapping Sakura's face. Instead, he gripped the carpet and clenched his teeth. He gazed upon Sakura's black turtleneck along with a matching black pants. She had ignored the usual dressing of a well-trained and educated Chuunin, and stuck to her own fashions instead. I guess that's just another strange female trait, Sasuke thought.
"Well, well," Kakashi tried to drive the tension between Sasuke and Sakura away and bring attention to himself. "I have a peculiar feeling that Kisame will remain in Mist, but Itachi will not be stopped by anything to return to Konoha. Without Akatsuki, those two will be reduced to nothing, and see no more purpose in their lives. But-they may be returning to their original villages for personal reasons, instead of inflicting more unnecessary harm to their surroundings. Odd things are going to be happening in the next couple of weeks..." Kakashi's voice trailed off, and his visible eye was drifting around the messy room covered with posters of posing women and bowls of ramen.
"Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura looked at each other. They had gotten so close to each other over the past few years, and now they could be happy without seeing one of their faces. After a couple of a silent and uncomfortable silence, Naruto started another argument with Sasuke about the better weapon-the shuriken or the kunai. When they were finished, they then said their goodbyes and went on their separate ways. When Sasuke, who lived the farthest on the other side of town, was no longer visible in the dark moonlight, Naruto closed his door and locked it. He trudged over to his bed and flopped down on it, landing on his soft pillow. He stared at his low and slanted ceiling, which had a taped picture of Jiraiya and Yondaime grinning down at him. Jiraiya had given him the cherished photo as a recent birthday present. Naruto began to feel his eyes droop. Just before he fell into his usual deep trance of slumber, he thought about the upcoming weeks and how bizarre they could become. His snores filled the room yet again, but a thought kept on repeating over and over again in his head, and he couldn't get it out.
"Boy, the next few weeks might be the craziest I will ever have in awhile..."
Whoo! Pretty short, but the next couple of chapters are expected to be longer! Please send in a review, because I will greatly appreciate it! (Especially flames! Those will not be looked down upon, but will be honored!) Don't worry, I will not blackmail or sue you for this...I wouldn't take it that seriously. Well, I would, but...never mind. And, also as a note for all of those crazy psychos out there-I DO NOT OWN NARUTO (although I wish I did)! If you find the content in my stories offensive, do not sue! Instead, do this simple procedure-simply drag your mouse to the red "X" button in the upper-right corner of the window, and my story will magically poof off! Isn't that just FABULOUS? Anyway, thanks for reading! This chapter was PG (maybe even G?), but in the future it will be PG-13-mainly because of language, and possibly some violent situations? I'm not sure yet...but, hoped you enjoyed it! -kennie-