Chapter 03
Sasuke was really pissed off. He wanted to curse himself for being so careless...
...and he wanted to kill Henta for being so damn annoying.
"You stupid bastards!" Naruto shouted angrily as he dodged some flying shurikens that were headed his way. Sasuke could tell that he was as upset as he was because of the sudden interruption.
"Hey, pervert!" Sasuke saw Naruto glare at their charge, who, much to his surprise, was also fighting alongside them. "Go hide your stupid butt or something! Kage Bushin no jutsu!" Three more Narutos appeared beside his blonde teammate.
Sasuke raised an irritated eyebrow when Henta hesitated. He'd only get in their way if he continued to stay with them! His eyes narrowed suspiciously, however, when Henta threw a worried glance at Sakura, who was also busy fighting a few distance from Naruto. After a while, Henta eventually nodded and disappeared deep inside the forest.
"H-Hey, Henta-san! Don't go too far!" Sakura cried out to their charge. Unfortunately, Henta was already nowhere in sight. Sasuke turned his gaze towards Sakura and caught her staring at the direction where their charge had just retreated.
Obviously, his female teammate was worried about Henta's safety.
Too bad... Sasuke didn't really care any less.
The young Uchiha successfully landed a kick against one of the ninjas' side. His enemy groaned in pain and stumbled backwards at the force of his powerful kick. This caused the dark-haired young man to smirk in satisfaction.
He was frustrated. And he wa's going to vent it on anyone who was stupid enough to get in his way.
The forest became a full blown battlefield as shurikens and kunais continued to fly at almost every corner in the forest. The loud sounds of metal clanging against metal filled everyone's ears as the battle between team 7 and their enemies started to heat up. Sasuke managed to knock out a couple of ninjas with some of his kicks and punches. He glanced at Naruto and found out that he also pummeled quite a number of ninjas on his own. After that, his dark eyes scanned the area for his pink-haired teammate.
He scowled.
Sakura was gone.
"Henta-san! Henta-san! Where in the world is that perv... I mean, guy?" Sakura grumbled to herself as she walked deep into the forest. Since Naruto and Sasuke acted as if they didn't care any less about their charge, she decided to take the responsibility of looking after him herself.
In truth, she really didn't want to look after him. Heck, any girl who was smart enough would never want to get close to a perverted guy like him! But what coule she do? He was their responsibility! They had to protect him at all cost because he was their charge!
"I have to be patient. Kakashi-sensei trusted me on this. I shouldn't let him get to me!" Sakura told herself repeatedly as she continued to search for their missing charge.
She was so busy looking for Henta that she didn't realize that someone was following her. She didn't hear the rustling of the leaves from behind as the stranger grabbed hold of a kunai from his side. She didn't see how he lifted his kunai as he carefully aimed it to fly at the direction of her head.
By the time Sakura did manage to sense the presence of the stranger, the kunai was already zooming dangerously towards her.
She gasped.
"Naruto!" Sasuke shouted at his teammate, who was busy punching his enemy's face over and over again. Sasuke knocked out a ninja with a headbutt before he landed beside the grumbling fox boy. "Where's Sakura?"
"Damn you, Henta!" Naruto grumbled angrily as he threw another punch at the poor man's already swollen face. "Damn you! Damn you!" He repeated furiously as he strangled the ninja with his arm. "I'll kill you!"
Sasuke sighed.
"Naruto!" He called out his name again. This finally caught Naruto's attention. The blonde stopped whatever he was doing to the nearly-dead ninja and turned to his companion. "Sakura. Where is she?" Sasuke repeated.
The fox boy kicked his enemy to the side before he frowned at his teammate. "Sakura-chan's missing?" He asked as he looked around. "Oh no..." He panicked.
Sasuke was just about to tell him to split up and look for Sakura when another group of ninjas decided to reveal themselves to them again. "Darn it! These guys just don't know when to give up!" Naruto growled as he positioned himself into a fighting stance.
"Tch." This was starting to get really annoying. "Henta's missing, too." Sasuke added lamely.
Naruto snorted. "I don't give a damn about that pervert." He muttered as both of them jumped away to avoid one of the enemies' attacks. "I'm going to kill him after this, anyway."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at Naruto. The dobe must have forgotten that Henta was their charge...
Naruto pounced on one of his enemies and wrestled him on the ground. Sasuke threw some kunais on several ninjas who tried to attack them from behind. "I'm worried about Sakura-chan... She must be in trouble!" Naruto exclaimed as he stood up and glared at the ninjas who still wanted to fight.
Sasuke cursed before he did some hand seals. Naruto followed suit and made more replicas of himself.
"Let's finish this quickly then."
Sakura's hands immediately reached out for her kunais. She raised them in front of her face and mananged to block the attack just in time. She watched as the stranger's kunai fell to the ground with a soft thud.
It was a good thing that she has fast reflexes... Lee's training sure helped her a whole lot!
Sakura was about to sigh in relief when this time, a volley of shurikens were thrown at her direction. She bit her lip and readied her kunais again.
Those attacks won't work on me... Inner-Sakura came alive inside her mind. I'm not as weak as you think I am! Her inner-consciousness growled inside her mind as Sakura braced herself for the attack.
Much to her surprise, the shurikens never came because a pair of two strong arms swept her off her feet and carried her to safety. She heard someone groaning in pain a few distance from her and then after that, everything suddenly turned quiet.
Sakura blinked in confusion. She looked up and her eyes widened in shock when she found Henta grinning down at her. "Hello there, Sakura-chan."
She sweatdropped.
Well... what did you expect? Inner-Sakura snapped at her. That it was Sasuke-kun who saved you?
She blushed at the thought.
"My Sakura-chan's blushing...?" Henta exclaimed in delight. "How cute!"
Reality crashed down on her. "Uhh..." She tried to suppress a frown from creeping up to her face. "That was... uncalled for, but thanks anyway, Henta-san." She forced herself to smile gratefully at him.
I am not yours. I am not yours. I am not yours... She grumbled inside her head over and over again. The thought of Henta owning her sent chills down her spine.
Henta chuckled. "Anything for my Sakura-chan..." He smiled seductively as he tightened his hold on her.
That was when Sakura realized that he was still carrying her in his arms. "Umm... You can put me down now, Henta-san."
She waited for him to move, but he didn't. He continued to stare at her with those creepy eyes...
Sakura frowned. "H-Henta-san?" She cursed herself for stuttering.
Her eyes widened in panic when their charge looked down at her with a devilish smile on his lips. "Sakura-chan..." He said her name in a voice so husky that it made Sakura gulp in nervousness.
A few moments passed...
"Hmm... soft..."
...and an ear-splitting scream was heard.
Both boys turned to the direction of the familiar scream. "Sakura!" "SAKURA-CHAN!"
"Shit!" Sasuke grabbed hold of an enemy ninja by the shirt and hurled him against the tree. Naruto snarled and delivered a massive kick on his enemy's face. Soon enough, the two of them finally managed to get rid of all their enemies.
"Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan's in trouble!" Naruto exclaimed in absolute worry to his teammate. "Sasuke! Let's... huh?" He blinked in surprise when he didn't find his companion standing beside him. He turned to his right and managed to catch a glimpse of Sasuke's back as the dark-haired Uchiha disappeared into the forest. "H-Hey! Wait for me!"
After a few seconds, the two finally arrived at the clearing. What they saw next almost made their jaws drop down to the ground. Naruto was struck speechless.
"PERVERT!" Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs as she punched Henta's already bloody face. "How DARE you SQUEEZE my breasts like that?" She threw another punch against Henta's gut. Henta fell face-first to the ground once again.
Sasuke's vein twitched in response. His hand instinctively gripped one of his kunais.
"He did... WHAT?" Naruto fumed and advanced towards them. "Henta, you DAMN PERVERT! I'll kill you right now!" He grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him up. "I'm the ONLY ONE who can squeeze Sakura-chan's breasts, got it?" He exclaimed without thinking.
Sakura grew even more furious and glared at Naruto murderously. "NARUTO...!" The fox boy, after he realized what he'd just said, shrank back in fear.
Sasuke stared at them with an odd expression on his face. He shook his head and sighed in exasperation.
Patience... His hand released the handle of his kunai.
Patience... He could still feel his veins twitching.
Patience... sucks.
To be continued…