Torn between her first crush and the two people who taught her so much…
Hyuuga Neji…
Sabaku no Gaara…
Uchiha Sasuke…
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"Tsunade-Sama…" she bowed as a sign of respect to their Hokage of the village.
"Good morning Sakura. Do you have any idea why you're here?" she looked at the pink haired shinobi with her chin on top of her hands and elbow on the desk.
Sakura looked to her left and saw Gaara leaning on the wall with arms crossed and eyes closed. To her right in front of Tsunade was Neji sitting in the chair with his leg crossed over the other in a manly way and arms folded as well.
They both looked like they're smirking at her.
"Mission? Hokage-Sama?" she asked with a sense of eagerness and determination in her voice.
"Correct Sakura. I need you as well as Gaara and Neji in a mission. This is an A rank mission. It involves going over to the Hidden Village of Mist. They need some assistance in a complicated matter. Here is the scroll of what you need to do and when you're needed."
She handed over the scroll to Neji who took it without question or hesitation.
They both looked like they're smirking at her…or with her.
'Yes! I can finally prove myself!' she thought happily to herself.
"Thank you Tsunade-Sama." She made her way out of the office and Gaara and Neji followed after.
"Neji-Kun, what does the scroll say?" Sakura looked at Neji who was holding the scroll.
He opened with and began to read.
"Their village is currently low on ninjas and has asked us for help. It is urgent that we get there within the week. The village has been attacked by enemy villages over the past few months and is in a dire situation." Neji finished summarizing.
"Great. When shall we leave? The sooner the better right?" she smiled at them. Gaara nodded his head.
"Bring your weapons and any other supplies that you might need as well as provisions. Meet at the main gates, we will depart in an hour." Neji spoke as he rolled up the scroll.
"Ok, see you guys later." She walked off to her home to pack up the things she might need during the mission.
'Wow…my first mission with Gaara and Neji. This is gonna be so cool.' She thought to herself unaware that she increased her speed to a slow run.
"Hey guys!" Sakura with her bag ran up to Neji and Gaara who were already by the gates.
"You're late…" Gaara smirked at her.
"But the hour isn't even up yet!" she pouted her lips at him.
"The scroll said that we need to be there within the week…so the sooner we leave, the sooner we will get there." Neji spoke to her with a tone of mockery in his voice.
"Meany…" she crossed her arms in frustration.
"Passports?" Neji asked her.
"Check!" she smiled.
"Weapons?" he droned on.
"Check!" she chimed.
"Food…" Gaara decided to cut in.
"Check! Hehe." She punched him on the shoulder.
"Other needs of yours?" Neji carried on.
"…yes…" she blushed.
"Let's go…" they moved off into the direction of the hidden village of Mist.
Their journey wasn't all that dangerous. There were a few run-ins with bandits and some lower class exiled-nins, but it wasn't something they couldn't handle. There were a few set traps but it was easy for them to avoid. Apart from those minor distractions, they managed to get to the village in four days with minimal rest and all in one piece.
"Ah, we're finally here!" she did a stretch when they neared the gates. Two guards appeared.
"State your name and purpose here…" one of the guards spoke.
Neji, Sakura and Gaara flashed them their passports.
"Hyuuga Neji of the Hidden Village of Konoha, here to assist the village as a request from your Kage."
"Haruno Sakura of the Hidden Village of Konoha, here to assist as well."
"Sabaku no Gaara…Hidden Village of Sand…Here to assist as well…"
The guards saw their passports and decided to let them pass.
"Let's go confirm our arrival to the Mizukage…" Neji headed to the direction of the office.
"But we're dirty and we should try and present ourselves nicely to the Kage." Sakura spoke to Neji holding onto his sleeve.
"We're just confirming our coming and then we'll leave." Neji looked at her with a look that shouldn't be questioned.
"Fine…" she sulked along side Neji and Gaara as they all headed to the office.
"Please thank Hokage-Sama after this and also thank you for coming so quickly." The Mizukage was quite tall and fit as well as polite.
"We need as much help as we can get." The Mizukage bowed at them.
"We will help as much as we can." They bowed and took their leave.
"Where to now?" Sakura looked around the village. There were buildings that can't seem to be able to hold up much longer and there were some businesses that were still open in spite of a war going on. There were blood splats on the walls and on the floors as well as kunais and shurikens lodged into the buildings and some were on the ground.
"I hope they will be ok, I wish I got here faster now…" she continued to look around.
"There's nothing we could do about that, we must focus on what to do now instead of worrying what we could've done." He spoke emotionlessly.
Something had caught her attention and she saw a girl holding onto a lamp post and looking fearfully at her. She couldn't stand the sight so she walked over to the girl. Neji and Gaara stopped to see what she was doing.
"Hey, come over here. I won't hurt you. I promise." She crouched down and smiled at the girl who looked hesitantly before moving closer.
"Hey…so what's your name?" she smiled at the girl again who only looked around about 5 or 6 years old.
"My name is Chiyako…" she spoke timidly.
"What are you doing out here Chiyako? It's dangerous here. Where's your mummy and daddy?" Sakura asked Chiyako.
"My mummy and daddy are gone…" Sakura's smile disappeared as the little girl began to cry.
"Please don't cry…" she cooed Chiyako, hoping it would stop her from crying.
"Why…" she whispered to herself as she hugged the now trembling girl.
"…It's the way is it…They could not escape the wrath of the adversaries and have therefore suffered and died a gruesome death. Those who could not flee in time have also died…" Sakura looked up to see a hunter-nin of Mist. His mask was white with red swirls and the symbol of the Mist village on the forehead.
"Who are you…" she spoke firmly her hold on the girl tightened and he backed away.
"Since you are helping us, it is only fair that I introduce myself…" the hunter-nin jumped off the roof and landed in front of Sakura. The hunter-nin took the mask and Sakura gasped.
"Boku wa…Haru desu…" (A/N: Boku is a term only used by boys…and also…'Boku wa…Haru desu' means I am Haru.)
'He looks like…Haku...' Sakura took a further step back feeling intimidated by him.
The boy in front of her was about the same age as her, and looked almost exactly like Haku, except that his style of clothing is different and his hair is slightly shorter but was tied in a ponytail. (A/N: Idrew a picture of him! But…I don't have a site to put it up on…Sigh…)
Haru wore a loose black turtle neck shirt with red markings and a three quarter sleeve fish net shirt underneath. He had black shorts with the same markings as well and bandages covering both legs.
She took a further step back, still holding onto the girl.
"Don't…come any closer." With one hand she took out a kunai.
"You look as if I'm one of your enemies…" he said calmly.
'Yea…you almost killed Sasuke once…Even though you're not Haku…' she thought to herself.
"I don't trust you enough…" she held onto her kunai tighter.
"Very well…I shall take my leave…I know when I am not wanted…" he bowed to the three of them and he left after placing back on his mask of the Mist village.
"Sakura…" Gaara spoke up.
"Yes Gaara?"
"We should get going…"
"Can I take her with me? I can get a separate room." She pleaded.
"Whatever you wish…"
'Wow…he's…somewhat polite…'
"Hey Chiyako…would you like to live with me while I'm here? And then maybe I could take you back with me to Konoha if I ask Mizukage-Sama." She asked her.
"I would…like that…" she managed to crack a little smile.
"You should smile more often, it looks nice." She smiled back.
"Hai." She and Chiyako walked off to their hotel. They were unaware that they were being watched by the same hunter-nin.
"Turn back while you can, this is the only time I will forgive you." The pink shinobi yelled to her foe.
"You're nothing but a girl! What makes you think I would surrender to the likes of you?" the ninja spoke.
He came from the neighboring islands surrounding the country of mist trying to over power them since the village of mist's defenses were weak.
"Don't you just love it when they underestimate you?" she smirked as she spoke to Neji.
"Get it over and done with…" he spoke as he made off to the center of a group of low-level nins.
"Byakugan! Hakke, Shou Kaiten!" he spun around on the spot as a field of chakra surrounded him and deflected both the enemy and weapons away.
"Sabaku no Kyuu!" sand enveloped another group of the opponents of Hidden Mist and it rained blood. It seemed to make Gaara smile maniacally.
"After all…this is the Hidden Village of Bloody Mist…" he smirked and a few people fled in fear for their lives.
"Gaara…you're too much." She spoke but she never took her eyes off her enemy. She got into a defensive position.
"You're still willing to fight me? No matter…I'll make your death come nice and quick." He charged forwards at her but she dodged to the left and threw a handful of shurikens at him. His arms came up to protect him and a few got lodged into them.
In the background, she could hear Neji's shouts and Gaara's laugh as well as the clashing of weapons.
"I'm not dead yet…" she said almost like a conversation.
"I'll kill you!" he ran towards her again but she sighed and made a few hand seals.
"Suiton! Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" a surge of water that formed into a dragon rushed at its target, washing him away.
"That shows him who's better…Jerk off…" she was about to walk away when she heard clapping.
"My, my…Well aren't you a naughty little angel, hurting my men like that. But I suppose he deserves it for his foolishness…My apologies my dear…" a man jumped down from the tree and bowed to Sakura.
"Who the hell are you?" she asked in a not so friendly tone.
"And here I am being nice to you…you break my heart…" he feinted crying.
"Who the hell are you and what the hell do you want." She grabbed her kunai and held it firmly.
"I…am here to claim this here land and my name is of no importance…"
"And why not?" with her other hand she took hold of a few shurikens.
"Because my dear…you will die…" he disappeared from her line of sight but he reappeared right in front of her and punched her in the guts. She flew backwards and coughed up some blood.
"Shot, I didn't see that coming." She glared at him while he looked calm as if fighting wasn't such a big deal.
"Come dear, show me what you've got…Don't hold back on me now." He smirked at her.
She threw her shurikens at him but he dodged them and came forward once more and grabbed her forehead. He brought her down and kicked her in her abdomen. She coughed up more blood and the force could've thrown her a few feet away but he held steadfast onto her.
He let go of her but punched her on her right cheek, she fell on the ground and the bruise was already showing. Blood trickled down her corner of her mouth.
'Not good…This is not good.' She scolded herself for underestimating him as they did her.
When she thought of a plan he vanished again only to show up above her with a kunai in each hand.
'No!' she froze unsure of what to do next. She clamped her eyes shut not wanting to see her death. But it never came. She heard a clash of weapons in front of her.
She slowly opened her eyes again only to see…
"Sasuke!"
Jyo-Chan – Wahahaha! I took bits of this and that from reviews yea! What cha guys think? Hehehehe!
Naruto – (Eating ramen…)
Sakura – (Reading 'My blood on your hands…')
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