Chapter 3: Cold-blooded letter

--Morning in Konoha--

Naruto walked towards the bridle that team 7 meets at every morning.

"Ohayou!" Naruto said to Sasuke who plainly stared at him with a blank look. "I don't see Sakura-chan! Where is she?"

"Shiri masen!"

"Nani!" Naruto got worried. "But… she would never be late for training!"

"I'm sure that she has her reasons!" Sasuke replied. "She probably over slept."

"No!" Naruto denied. "I'm going to look for her!"

"I don't think you should!" Sasuke said. "She's probably on her way here right now!"

"Okay!"

After a long time of waiting, a cloud of smoke appeared and there was Kakashi standing above them with a book in his hand.

"Sorry I'm late!" Kakashi-sensei sighed. "I was --"

"– LIAR!" Naruto yelled to the top of his lungs.

"Sensei," Naruto looked concerned. "Sakura didn't come this morning. I'm worried. Let's go find her."

"No." Kakashi-sensei replied. "Today's mission is cancelled!"

"Nanda!" Naruto asked.

"Apparently," Kakashi sighed. "Hokage-sama wants us in his office right now, so let's go!"

Could this have anything to do with Sakura? Sasuke thought.

At Hokage-sama's office

Kakashi, Sasuke, and Naruto walked into Hokage-sama's office and took a seat. Iruka-sensei was there too.

"I have called you four down today for a very important reason," Hokage-sama said to them.

Naruto had a bad feeling. This feeling he couldn't get over. He had been thinking about it all the way to Hokage-sama's office. "Does this have anything to do with Sakura?"

"Naruto! Calm down!" Iruka-sensei said. "Let Hokage-sama say what he has to say."

"Well, we found a note this morning addressed to you, Sasuke!" Hokage-sama replied as he handed the letter to Kakashi-sensei.

Huh? Sasuke thought me? Who would write a letter to me?

Kakashi's eyes widened as he read the note. Naruto saw the expression on Kakashi's face.

"Let me see." Naruto said as he grabbed the note from Kakashi and read it out loud…

"…Dear foolish little brother Sasuke, the other night, I was walking in Konoha and this girl bumped into me. The strangest thing about her was her pink hair- quite attractive though. She was one of the most helpless girls I've ever seen. You should have seen the look on her face when I pulled out a kunai and stabbed it through h- her…"

Naruto couldn't read any further and tears started pouring down his cheeks. Sasuke took the note and read on…

"… You should've seen the look on her face when I pulled out a kunai and stabbed it through her heart. You should've heard her screams. How pathetic she was screaming your name. You wouldn't have been able to save her anyways. You can watch as I kill everyone closest to you… then everything in life will repeat itself leaving you helpless like you once were. Remember… hate me and live a loathsome life. Run and cling to life. Then, some day when you have those eyes, come before me."

Sasuke crumbled up the piece of paper in his hands and stood up from his seat. His Sharingan came out in anger as her walked out of Hokage-sama's office.