Title: A Reason To Love You ARC 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Pairings: Kaka/Saku, Shika/Ino, Naru/Hina
Ages:
Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke: 19
Kakashi: 21
This was originally uploaded as "Take The Plunge". When I found out the lack of people actually knowing that I've made a new story for ARC Two, I've decided to just continue to update "A Reason To Love You." While this chapter should be Chapter 11, I've made it Chapter 1 because of the continuation of ARC Two. The other chapters will be uploaded this way.
The Summary for this story has been changed to suit ARC ONE and ARC TWO.
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Arc Two: Chapter 1
Screams pierced through the silent night like a knife, the smell of burnt bodies filled the air.
Pant….pant…pant
I can't go on like this!
Sakura came to a halt near a half burnt tree, she looked around her, while trying to steady her breaths. The pain in her belly slowly disappeared, but a small tingle still remained. She glanced back to the trail she had taken, her lips set in a grim line. The village she had resided in for the past eight months was in flames, courtesy of the Sound nins. A feeling of remorse overwhelmed her as she remembered the cry of agony her grandmother let out when she had been stabbed in the back, as she ran out of the trapdoor at the Uchiha summer house Sasuke had let her live in. And the villagers…
They don't deserve this! They're all dead, because of me…
Her last remaining relative dead….
I knew I should have ran off to become a hermit..
Shaking her head at the ridiculous thought, Sakura concentrated around her, at times like these, she really wished she had the Byakugan. She gasped suddenly, feeling a hard kick in her belly, and scowled.
The pink haired kunoichi suddenly froze, she heard soft rustling. Sakura wasn't sure where the sound came from, her pregnancy already muffling up her senses. Before she could concentrate more, a figure dropped from the trees in front of her.
" Haruno Sakura," The person said, Sakura shoved a cry of surprise down her throat and stumbled back.
Another person dropped behind her, holding a bloody kunai.
" Sakura-san."
Emerald eyes widen in shock and rage.
That voice…
" I will have my revenge…."
That was the last thing Sakura heard that night before she drifted off into the darkness.
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" A-A-a……..ACHOO!" A silver haired jounin glanced at a sneezing villager.
It was early February, a bit late for a flu season. At times like this, Kakashi was thankful for his mask.
More missions and money for me! The man happily concluded in his mind, while turning his attention back to his porn. He tugged the black scarf around his neck a bit tighter, and adjusted his cloak.
Kakashi smirked slightly, remembering the cold, snowy day in mid November, when Tsunade suddenly announced there would be cloaks given to each jounin and chuunin, a cloak with the Konoha Leaf sign printed on the back of the hood. The silver haired man had to admit, the cloak was rather warm.
It obviously wasn't Tsuande-sama's idea.
He stared off to the Hokage Tower, it had been a while since he heard of Sakura's news. About eight months ago, she suddenly disappeared, the Hokage explained she went on a extended field training at a nearby village. Bullshit, he had concluded to himself, and secretly knowing Sasuke was in their plans too.
Although, the raven haired man had yet to admit it.
Come to think of it, there must be a lot of missions waiting to be accepted….
The knee high snowed in streets were practically empty, even though at this time it was usually crowded. But with the flu that suddenly attacked the Hidden Village of Leaf, it left most of the shinobi, villagers in their homes.
Channeling chakra to the soles of his feet, Kakashi leapt to the snow covered roofs, heading to the Hokage Tower. He decided it had been a while since he went on a mission, only though it really had only been a few days since he came back…
It was his way to get his mind off a certain pink haired kunoichi…
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Tsunade sighed and glared at the scroll placed in front of her. Uchiha Sasuke stood before her, giving her a calculated gaze.
" Sasuke, what do you know of Koichi Sumita?"
The raven haired man stared at the Fifth, before slowly said, " Koichi…born here, parents left him to travel to Thunder Country, they were merchants I believe."
The Hokage nodded, signaling Sasuke to continue.
" Before that….incident," He was referring to Sakura's abduction before she left, " We thought his parents were mere merchants. They were spies for Orochimaru, and were killed off by Sakura's parents on a mission. Accidentally. They died from severe wounds."
The honey orbed woman furrowed her brows in thought, " Sakura's letter was written and sent two weeks ago."
A dark eyebrow rose, " It's only a one week walk from that village to here."
" Yes, that's what I'm afraid of. And the two jounins I sent out this morning to scout near that village hasn't come back yet."
" Tsunade-sama, Sakura waddles now."
Tsunade's eyebrow twitched slightly, remembering their last encounter. It was about a month ago, she remembered Sakura waddling to catch up with their fast pace.
" Hm."
The wooden doors suddenly slammed open, a bloody jounin stumbled into the office.
" What in the world?" Tsunade muttered, instantly standing up from her comfy seat.
" Hokage-sama! The village! Burnt! The sound nins…." The jounin coughed violently, at this point, Shizune suddenly rushed into the office.
" Tsunade-sama, I'll take him to the hospital."
The Fifth nodded, as Shizune used a teleportation jutsu and disappeared with the near-dying jounin.
The ANBU patrolling the halls outside the Hokage Office stepped in and closed the wooden doors. Sasuke eyed the small drips of blood on the wooden floor. Tsunade sighed. Earlier that morning, an ANBU was brought in bleeding and stained the wooden floor. She vaguely remembered one of her chuunins managed to get the stain off.
" Tsunade-sama, it's obviously him."
" Yes, I know."
They stared at each other in silence, before a soft rap was heard on the wooden door.
The fifth sighed heavily, " Come in," The door creaked open, and in stepped Hatake Kakashi.
" Yo," He was reading his smut, and his eye was curved in an anime smile. Sasuke and Tsunade merely stared at him.
" Just the man I wanted to see.." Tsunade muttered, turning to dig through the numerous piles of overdue paperwork on her desk.
Kakashi moved forward to stand beside Sasuke, who glanced at him. The Hokage grumbled in triumph when she found a slightly wrinkled paper. Tsunade nodded to an ANBU on guard, " Get Uzumaki here." With a curt nod, the ANBU disappeared.
The honey orbed woman turned to Kakashi and Sasuke. " I have a S-Class mission for the three of you. I'll continue after Naruto gets here."
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" Naruto! Neji-san! Time for dinner!" Hinata called to the two sparring men in the training yard, cradling their three month child. He had soft dark blue hair with streaks of blond, and light turquoise blue eyes.
" Hm, coming Hinata!" Naruto called to his wife with a smile. He turned to the Hyuuga man, " Let's go," Neji gave a small smile.
Naruto and Hinata had married two months after Sakura's leave, it had been devastating for the blond to know that Sakura wasn't there to attend their marriage. His smile was replaced by a small frown at the thought of his pink haired friend.
A whoosh was heard, and an ANBU stood in front of the blond.
" Hokage-sama requests you, Uzumaki Naruto,"
Sky-blue eyes widened slightly, sparing a glance at Hinata and Neji. Hinata's expression was worry, while Neji's was emotionless.
" Hm, be right there," Naruto muttered, before quickly jogging to his wife. He whispered to Hinata's ear, " I'll be right back, start dinner without me."
She nodded and Naruto gave a sad smile before disappearing with the ANBU.
Poof!
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" Hey, Tsunade-baachan- Sasuke bastard? Kakashi?" Naruto inquired, looking a bit confused. The two men glanced at the blond, Sasuke seemed a bit peeved being called bastard.
" Idiot, we have a mission."
Kakashi whipped out his smut and continued to read, while Naruto sent a glare at the Uchiha and grinned.
" A mission? It's about time, old woman!" Tsunade twitched slightly at the 'old' but brushed it off.
" Naruto, be serious. This mission is S ranked and it's vital to our village." The grin on the blond's face was wiped off.
" Your mission will be to infiltrate the Sound. No doubt you will need help, so on your way, pick a few jounins with you." Tsunade explained. Naruto raised an eyebrow, " So it's just an infiltration? That's bor-"
" And bring back Sakura." Tsunade finished.
Kakashi's lone eye widened, Sakura?
Honey orbs turned to Kakashi, meeting dark ones, " Sakura's in danger, and its up to you three to get her out. That being the second objective."
" Second? So there's more?" Sasuke muttered. Tsunade nodded, " Retrieve a scroll, it's a peace treaty between the Sound and a newly formed village."
" A new village?" Naruto raised a blond eyebrow at this.
" Hm. It's formed by the Suzaku Clan, and it has pledged its allegiance to the Sound."
" Eh, another Sound Village." Naruto muttered. Sasuke merely raised an eyebrow, " Infiltrate Sound, retrieve Sakura, get the scroll. That's it?"
" Get Jiraiya to accompany you, he knows the way." Tsunade grumbled, and eyed the twenty one year old silver haired man, who was being unusually quiet.
But then again, it's Kakashi we're talking about here.
The Hokage then sighed, before doing 'shooing' motions with her hands, " Off with you three, get some backup and head out on your mission. I'd like it if you headed out early. Now get out of my office! "
Naruto grinned before heading to the door. Sasuke grunted and followed the blond along with Kakashi still reading his book.
" Oh, Kakashi?"
Said man turned around with a questioning stare.
" Don't be hard on Sakura, once you find her. She's pregnant."
For the first time ever, the three people witnessed Kakashi's book falling to the ground with a soft thump.
" P-preg….pregnant?"
While Tsunade had hoped he'd faint which was highly unlikely, she didn't expect the next reaction.
" Who's the bastard that did that to her! I'll rip that ass's throat out, Chidori him, and beat him into a bloody pulp…"
Sasuke snorted beside him, while Naruto had his mouth hanging wide open.
" You're going to rip your own throat out?" The raven haired deadpanned. Tsunade swallowed the grin that was threatening to eat up her face when she saw Kakashi's bewildered expression.
" ……….."
Naruto caught on and burst into fits of hysterical laughter.
" AHAHAHAH! That's so funny, bastard! You're saying Kakashi got Sakura pregnant? AHAHHAHAHAH!"
Kakashi continued to stare at Sasuke, regarding him with an intense stare, trying to figure out if the stoic man was kidding or not. (He highly doubted that.) Naruto continued his insane, uncontrollable laughter.
The Hokage smiled, " I believe Sasuke is right."
" AHAHAHAHA-………………" Naruto stopped laughing and stared.
The Copy-Nin let out a long shaky breath that he didn't notice he was holding in, and ran his slender fingers through his silvery hair.
" Ah fuck."
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A/N: Haha. Arc Two's finally out! (Dies from the pressure and homework) I can't stay in my house anymore, the computer distracts me, and I need to study.
Seriously. XD
Plot bunnies keep on attacking me, apart from First Impressions and Hidden Conspiracies, I have like…..five….new…stories…plots waiting for me…
No wait, six.
GAHHH!
GO TO MY LJ! I HAVE UPDATES THERE!
Criticism is highly appreciated and flames will be used to heat my pot of TEA!.