So this story is finally off hold! You guys must be pretty happy, ne? And don't forget this story is Romance/Adventure so just because this story was dramaish and angsty in the begining doesn't mean it'll be that way through out the story! So expect some new moods randomly placed in the story!
"Talking"
'thoughts'
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!
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"Are all ANBU here for the mission retrieval?"
Naruto, Hinata, Neji, Ten-Ten, Ino, Shikamaru, and Sasuke stood before the Hokage. Sasuke walked forward and slightly bowed his head to the hokage.
"Hai, Hokage-sama" he said, reluctantly with respect "the ANBU ranked nin in this room are who I chose for the retrieval of Haruno Sakura"
Tsunadae scanned the ninja in the room. Her eyes widened when she realized they are all part of the original Konoha 12 (A/N: Including Gai's team, they are part of Konoha 12. Gai's team isn't part of Rookie 9.)
"roll call" she said with her proper authority
"Hyuuga Hinata"
"Hyuuga Neji"
"Ten-Ten"
"Yamanaka Ino"
"Nara Shikamaru"
"Uchiha Sasuke"
"Who is the appointed leader for this mission?" asked Tsunadae glancing at the Uchiha pointedly
"Uzamaki Naruto, I am ready for the retrieval mission… Godaime-sama" Naruto said, strangely adding the respectful name instead of 'Obaa-chan'
'he's serious about this mission' Tsunadae thought with an inward smile 'this boy- Shinobi would go to the ends of the Earth for his precious people'
She looked around at the ANBU in the room.
'They are all serious. It's understandable seeing as Sakura meant so much to them' Tsunadae thought
The shy Hinata looked straight into Tsunadae's eyes. Determination and a silent promise hidden beneath those prestigious eyes. Sakura had been the one to help Naruto realize that Hinata had been there, right behind him through thick and thin. She set Naruto and Hinata up willing to do anything for the Hyuuga girl. Sakura had been there for Hinata, being Hinata's strength and showing the shy girl how to stand up for herself and how to speak up so people would hear her.
The male impassive Hyuuga looked at Tsunadae's desk with anger and resolve, he would bring her back. Sakura had saved Ten-Ten's life one day when she had an S-ranked mission. Sakura had told him she knew about his feelings for Ten-Ten and lectured him on how to show those feelings before he loses Ten-Ten. After all a shinobi can die any day, Neji hold gratitude and loyalty towards the pink haired medic from then on. Silently swearing to protect her, like an older brother would.
Ten-Ten had clenched fists as her shoulder trembled with inner turmoil. Ten-Ten and Sakura soon became close after Sakura had saved her and hooked her up with Neji. They told each other their problems and Sakura would always be ready to do whatever it takes to help Ten-Ten out. They would teach each other techniques and spar with each other to vent out their anger. After spending so much time together Ten-Ten grew attached to Sakura, like the older sister Sakura never had.
Shikamaru didn't look lazy and unwilling like his normal self, he looked prepared to jump in battle with his other teammates at any given moment. As for Shikamaru, he and Sakura became close after they played a game of Shoji and Go out of pure boredom. Soon Sakura had asked Shikamaru to teach her more about medicine, being that he is a genius. After much convincing Shikamaru had agreed, and like Ten-Ten he had grown attached to Sakura in a brotherly way. Her out-going and fiery spirit was lively, and he became more active and less lazy. Later on Sakura had convinced him to stop smoking and after some difficulty he had stopped his bad habit. Sakura had saved his life, stopping his life from becoming shorter than it already is even stopping the possibility of lung cancer. He owes Sakura for it.
Ino… Ino stared ahead at Tsunadae with a hard and serious expression, silent, she's being the complete opposite of herself. Sakura and Ino had been bitter rivals since their childhood, but as time grew on Ino had moved onto Shikamaru. The Yamanaka wanted to rebuild their lost friendship once she realized her feelings. Although a mission came up for her and Sakura, the blue eyed blonde decided she would ask Sakura if they could restore their bonds during the mission. Before she could, they were ambushed and both were beaten brutally. Just as the enemy was about to bring the final blow Sakura jumped in front of Ino with outstretched arms, standing in front of the fallen blonde protectively. That day Sakura had saved Ino and risked her own life doing so, they were lucky back up came later on. Once they made it back to Konoha Ino finally asked if they can be best friends again, and Sakura didn't hesitate in saying yes. Ever since that day about three years ago they've been inseparable, like childhood best friends.
Naruto stood determined and all business in front of Tsunadae, his team right behind him. The co-leader of this mission stood beside him. His best friend, and former traitor to Konoha, Uchiha Sasuke.
Said man gazed down at the floor. His bangs masked his eyes that swirled with emotion. Anger, Guilt, Regret, Betrayal, Hurt, Solitude, Emptiness, Determination, and relentless resolve flashed through those normally stoic and hard eyes. The emotion would be obvious if anyone even glanced in his eyes.
"alright, you will all be known as… squadron 7" Tsunadae announced
Naruto and Sasuke clenched their fists as reawakened images of Team 7 flashed in their mind's eye. Tsunadae noticed this and quickly changed the subject.
"You will be leaving 3 days from now – "
"what?!!" growled Sasuke before Naruto and the others could outburst
He slammed his fists down on the Hokage's desk and his Mangenkyo (He obtained it through relentless training) Sharingan flashed wildly, spinning out of control. His teeth bared as though he was trying to hold himself back so he wouldn't attack the Godaime.
If Sakura hadn't removed the curse seal Sasuke would've been on stage two of the curse.
The ANBU in the room flinched harshly and discreetly took a few steps away from the homicidal Uchiha. The aura around the youngest Uchiha screamed murder.
Tsunadae stared into his eyes of death without fear. She stood back straight and no signs of backing away. Just as the former Sanin/ Hokage should. She had flirted with death too many times to count, she is practically immune to it.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THREE DAYS?!!" Sasuke snarled in a slightly demonic voice
He wasn't kidding, the Uchiha needed to save Sakura. He knew Akatsuki would be after her. He knew how cruel they can be.
He refused to wait a second longer.
"Uchiha, you are not ready for this mission. You nor anyone else in this room" the Hokage said straight to his face
His hands clenched onto the desk they had earlier pounded. He refrained from murdering the leader of his village.
The others in the room watched, surprised that Tsunadae would say the best Shinobi aren't ready for the retrieval mission.
"you are all not ready. Mentally." She said bluntly
Sasuke growled in frustration.
"what?!"
Tsunadae abruptly rose to her full height. Not liking being glared down upon by a ninja of lower rank than herself. Sasuke stood to his full height as well glaring angrily.
"Look how emotionally you are! In battle are you just gonna throw a tantrum and blindly attack the enemy?! Are you gonna give them that advantage?! Anger will not solve anything! For this mission you must be calm, and thinking clearly! In your blind rage you will end up charging out there to be killed!! THAT WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP SAKURA!!!" Tsunadae shouted
Sasuke looked taken aback, but quickly regained his blind rage and impatience.
"How can you sit here and wait?! She's you're apprentice! – "
"SHE'S LIKE THE DAUGHTER I NEVER HAD!!! You know nothing about how much I care for her! I just don't want her only chance at being saved to be killed because he can't control his anger!" Tsunadae yelled
Just as Sasuke was about to burst and choke the Hokage out of pure rage he was interrupted.
"Never show your emotions. Not around the enemy... The second golden rule." Tsunadae
Sasuke shut his mouth abruptly.
"Take this time to prepare, both mentally and physically" Tsunadae said and sat down again, looking through her files
She glanced up at the waiting Shinobi and waved her hand carelessly, signaling their leave. As everyone left one by one the Uchiha remained staring at her with a cold and hard look. His eyes void of emotion as they changed back to onyx.
Tsunadae ignored his presence.
…
SLAM.
…
She looked up to see the door barely hanging by its hinges. The Uchiha gone, as if he was never there, like a ghost.
Tsunadae sighed.
She wanted them to look for her immediately, but they don't even know where Sakura is. They need more information, more time, and time to clear their minds.
Clang!
Kunai reflected off kunai.
Pink hair moved graciously in the wind. Long legs ran like a blur over the rough flat dirt. Dust kicked up as the person ran.
Akatsuki Robe glinted like deadly metal in the sunlight.
Running to the middle of a clearing she came to a stop. Red tight fitting shorts and a black silky skirt, red tight shirt with a black sleeveless jacket over it and opened up all the way. A silver chain glinted dangerously on the Kunoichi's neck. A Konoha Hitae-ate over her emerald eyes, hiding them from view. Pink Hair flowed 4 inches past her shoulders.
She wore an opened up Akatsuki robe over her sensual outfit.
She smiled and malicious smile.
She bent over hastily and slammed her fist into the ground. The surrounding ground rocked and cracked, a replication of an earthquake. Trees nearby by fell over and collapsed, rocks and boulders were swallowed whole by the grounds craters.
Out of a tree an Akatsuki member had no choice but to leave his hiding spot. He observed the completely destroyed area. Cracked surface, broken trees, split surroundings…
The red eyes of Mangenkyou shown as the Akatsuki smirked.
"you've improved kunoichi" he chuckled, not out of humor, but in a creepy disturbing way "It's been about eleven days (yes there has been a little time skip)… and you have already improved your monstrous strength"
Sakura huffed.
She turned around to face her partner, her lips in a bored line. As he charged she sunk into an fighting stance with her eyes close.
Her nentou boushi vision had definitely improved. She can judge the strength of someone's chakra as well as being able to see it in colored mist like forms. She can easily sense and recognize chakra, therefore being able to pinpoint chakra no matter how well hidden it is.
It was futile to hide from her.
From the chakra she can sense the elements the person had mastered with this information she can easily counter with the polar opposite element. She can send waves of chakra to the skies as well, so she had eliminated the only blind point of the jutsu. The vision is still black and white outlines but you can see all spiritual energy in forms of mist like much lighter shades of colors which tells the difference between seeing chakra and spiritual energy.
Now that she had mastered nentou boushi she can also create shields around her mind's eye. This shield protects her from jutsu that penetrate through the mind's eye directly. Now that she has this shield she is immune to illusions such as genjutsu and unlike in the past when she had used up much chakra just to perform and hold the jutsu, she doesn't need to use chakra because she had perfected the chakra amount and her control.
During the short time she had in Akatsuki she had developed an advanced version of nentou boushi.
She is able to copy handsigns and read attacks as efficiently as the Mangenkyou Sharingan. Through her chakra she is able to slow the movements in her mind, so to her it seems like they are moving 23 slower than in reality. She calls this…
"Nentou: Akki Boushi!" Sakura cried out as she formed handseals at a speed impossible for the Mangenkyou to follow
By the time she was done her eyes shot open behind her hitae-ate. Itachi's chakra signature is just ahead of her, he's moving slower than usual, but still fast enough.
She blocked each of his punched and kicks in synch with him. Blocking as he attacked, perfectly. She lowered the chakra in her hands so she matched his strength.
Itachi grew frustrated at the annoyance of her matching him.
'what was that jutsu? When had she learned it?' he thought
With his Mangenkyou he was able to dodge her flurry of attacks. He quickly side stepped her punch that ended up hitting a tree instead of its target.
He watched as the tree fell to the ground. As she pulled back her fist from the fallen trunk Itachi took this chance to pin her to the tree. A kunai at her neck.
Sakura knew she shouldn't move with a deadly weapon at her throat.
"what is that jutsu?" he asked
"why? Couldn't copy it?" she asked with a sneer
"you filthy wench"
"you psychopathic freak"
Itachi's jaw clenched in fury. Sakura took his blind fury as an advantage and barely got out of his hold on her without getting cut.
His Mangenkyou eyes spun, not wanting to take this from a little Kunoichi. Just as he began Tsukiyomi he was forced out of her mind harshly causing him to slightly stumble back.
'Tsukiyomi… she perfected her jutsu…' Itachi thought
Great… that was one way to torture the Konoha nin down the drain.
Clang!
Itachi whipped out his Katana just before Sakura could slice his head off.
"this isn't a serious battle" Itachi reminded
Clash.
Clang.
Clash.
Sakura stepped back with every attack she blocked. He was using raw skill and strength. She saw his attacks coming in her mind and instinctively knew how to block.
Clang.
Clang.
Clashiiingg.
The sound of blades clashing harshly against each other into a grapple of power rang through the abandoned forest.
Expertly knocking the Katana out of Sakura's grip and forcing her to fall onto the ground, Itachi pointed the tip at her throat. She had lost this match.
"Very good Kunoichi. Better than yesterday. I see your new jutsu help you" Itachi said monotonously
"I'm just here for what you have to offer, Uchiha" she responded coldly
She never did like the 'psychopathic killer'.
"you should be more careful, brat" he growled and started walking ahead with Sakura following reluctantly "we're going back to Amegakure. Pein, might send the others to look for us"
"by 'look for us' you mean kill random people until they finally spill where we went?" she asked haughtily
"Think of it however you like"
"they kill innocent people"
Itachi stopped and turned to look at her with a raised brow and stoic expression.
"what do you expect from an S-class criminal organization ran by a man possessing the most powerful dojutsu kei-kei genkai who seeks to rule the world by capturing all 9 of the tailed demons for power?" he asked sarcastically all in one breath
Sakura stared at him.
"what?" he asked annoyed as he started to walk again and she followed
"That was probably the most you've said in half your life line."
"hn"
"you know. I don't even miss your brother seeing as you two are freakin' twins!" Sakura hollered mockingly, in the days she had been stuck with him she learned how to be more outspoken and comfortable in Akatsuki. Which explains how she can freely talk this way without fear of being killed.
"hn"
"I guess all that talking used up your oh so limited voice box"
"shut up"
So I finished this chappie and this is NOT ItaSaku. This is just some kind of brother-sister relationship! If you want small bits of ItaSaku or one-sided ItaSaku then plz tell me via review! This story will stay SasuSaku by the way!
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