Chapter Two: Journeying

Sakura woke up at 5:30 the next morning, yawned and stretched then crawled out of bed. Everything she did felt like she wasn't doing it, but someone else was. There is no way I, Sakura Haruno am going on a mission to kill S-Class Criminals. Is the Council filled with nut cases! There's no way I can do this! She said, panicking. She ran into her bathroom and threw up. She clutched her stomach.

Calm down, Sakura! You can do this! You know you can! You're just going to have to complete this mission accurately, kick Uchiha Itachi's ass, and leave!

She nodded and brushed her teeth, her hair and got her outfit out of her closet. She slipped on her red shirt, tan skirt and put on her boots and gloves. The way I'm doing this makes it look like a spy movie. Sakura thought laughingly in her head.

"Honey, it's 6:50!" Sakura heard her mother call from downstairs.

"Crap!" Sakura exclaimed, looking at her Alarm Clock. It was a whole hour off… Sakura grabbed her already packed back, slinging it over her shoulder and she started to run downstairs, slipping and sliding on her butt all the way down.

"Honey are you okay?" She asked, holding out a piece of toast and a peach.

"I'm fine mom!" Sakura said, grabbing the piece of toast and stuffing it in her mouth, then taking the peach and she ran out the door.

"Bye, Sakura-chan…" Her mother called with tears in her eyes. She didn't know the mission, like she was not supposed to know, but Tsunade had told her that if Sakura never came back it was because of this mission.

Feeling guilty, Sakura turned around and ran into her mother's arms, tears stinging up. Her mother kissed her forehead and Sakura smiled. "I will see you later, mother." Sakura said, and blowing a kiss, she ran off.

15 min later….

Tsunade towered over her, a glint in her eye. "Sakura-chan…you are late!" She said, irritated.

"I'm sorry, Tsunade-sama, my alarm clock was off." Sakura said, gulping and straightening her back and holding tighter onto her bag.

"What are you going to say if you fail this mission! 'Oops, sorry I failed the mission and almost died, Tsunade-sama, my aim was off!'?" Tsunade said, her hands on her hips making her look bigger and more threatening.

"Gomen, gomen, gomen." Sakura said, bowing each time she said it.

Before Tsunade could reply, they heard a panting.

"SAKURA-CHAAAAAAAAAN!" Naruto ran up to her, glomping her and not letting her go.

"N-naruto-kun!" Sakura said, blushing. She got an adoring facial expression on her face.

Naruto grinned and scratched behind his head, grinning.

"GET OFF ME!" She said, whacking him in the head and leaving him with a bump on his head.

Somebody laughed behind Naruto and she looked behind Naruto. Shikamaru, Neji, TenTen, Lee, Kakashi, and many others were standing there. They gave her "Good lucks" and "See you later" 's.

"Thank you, you guys." Sakura said, smiling. "I shall see you all later." Sakura turned around and headed into the woods, a smile on her face and a serene aura.

Sakura shivered. It was night, and the only way she could move was the moon. "I wish I had brought a jacket." She mumbled to herself. "But I'm almost to Mist, where Itachi and his partner Kisame were last sighted, so it's not bad." She said, thinking allowed. Besides, who could hear her?

She shivered more violently this time. She hadn't eaten since breakfast and she was exhausted from walking all day. I should stop. She told herself, preparing to make camp. No I can go on a little bit further. She decided. She stopped when she heard the crackling of flames and looked up towards the sky.

A thin current of smoke was rising from the trees, barely noticeable if she hadn't heard the crackling of it. She stealthily jumped into a tree, jumping silently from each tree until she saw the camp. There was the fire, with something roasting over it and bags placed every which way. They're not very tidy. She thought.

She froze as she saw a figure sitting against a tree. She almost hadn't seen him if it wasn't for his skin with a bluish hue to it. She looked closer and saw he had gills and when he opened his mouth to snore, sharp pointed teeth. Kisame!

She said, remembering his description. But if he's right there…Where is Itachi! She wondered, looking frantically around. She couldn't find him. What if they take shifts watching camp and he's somewhere where I can't see him…but he can see me! She wondered. She scanned the came again and decided she should move until she confirmed his location.

After a couple of minutes, her legs were starting to cramp and she moved. It hurt, but she stifled her cries. She moved into a comfortable position and sat, watching the camp alert as ever.

"You should not have moved." A deep, masculine voice said, and she turned around quickly. Nothing. She turned back around to look at the camp and she looked directly into a pair of blood-red eyes. "Mangekyou Sharingan."

Sakura tried to keep her eyes opened, but she collapsed and fell into a deep dreamless sleep.

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