Moi… Sakura groaned to herself as she sat, waiting impatiently on a rock as Naruto relieved himself on a nearby bush out of view. I hate being the only girl on this team… she huffed, blowing strands of her blushed hair away from her green eyes as she fiddled with the metal plate that rested neatly on her forehead. Her thoughts began to wonder as she sifted her fingers through her cherry blossom hair, almost alarmed when the strands stopped suddenly until she recalled the day she had extracted her own hair in order to save herself. Even though it had been almost a year sense then, it still felt unnatural to her. She smiled gently at the recalling memories and laughed a little on the inside at how ignorant she used to be, she had grown, all of them had, into something more worthwhile and no one could deny that they all fought with the agility and expertise of the ancients.
"Are you done yet, Naruto?" Sakura huffed, her back still turned away from the blonde nin in the distance. In the past, when they were young, she had found comfort in Naruto. But when they grew older she became cruel and mean and focused more energy into impressing the raven haired boy that had stricken her heart the day they met all those years ago. She had gone from being his favorite to brash and annoying. Now things had changed, and she finally let the comfort she felt with Naruto's presence show and she had grown more grateful for his kind heart over the past few months and her skill as a ninja had erupted from her being, as if it had been laying dormant all these years. She had begun to find her strength, both mentally and physically and as such Lady Tsuande had taken her under her wing to teach the young nin her own tools of trade.
In the distance only a few yards away from her, stood her soul stealer, still as wonderful as the day she first saw him all those years ago. She smiled gently, masking it through strands of her hair that fell in her face. Though Sasuke had become distant and detached from all the suffering he had endured through the years, she was still as fond of him as ever though now she chose to admire from a distance, leaving him room to do as he pleased.
Though Sasuke had been scared and jaded he could not deny his heart strings tugged for the blushed haired and green eyed nin, now fully come to the age of seventeen.
I'm glad she grew out of that awkward stage… he hummed to himself as he masked his gaze through shadowy pieces of hair. He hated that he longed for, hated that her presences was comforting, hated her smile and hated that he loved all of her and hated even more, that he was to proud to show or admit it and for that, she was still annoying to him. There's no room for love in my life… He repeated to himself on a daily basis while his eyes scanned her symmetrical body against his will. He prayed their usually tardy Sensei would show himself soon, otherwise he'd be forced to converse with the two other team mates out of sheer boredom and in an attempt to salvage what was left of his sanity.
"Did you hear that..?" Naurto hummed quietly as he proceeded to zip up his fly. His eyes focused on the shadows that lingered among them in the heavily wooded forest while he stood next to Sakura. Silence
filled the air as the three of them listened for any murmur of sound that the three of them did not produce.
"THERE!" Sasuke beckoned before diligently throwing a Kunai knife into the wavering shadows of the forest. From his skilled throw no one expected an eruption of foes that lurked in the shadows but a skilled ninja is never taken off guard.
"It Sound Ninja! Spread out!" Naruto ordered, the three of them bounding backwards to better asset the situation.
"Ne, Don't bother yourselves we're only here for one thing…" one of the foes called out, his words slightly muffled by the endless array of bandages that were collected on his body. "Uchiha, come with us" he ordered shamelessly, the other two Nin locked into place behind him.
"You really think we're just going to let you walk away with Sasuke?" Sakura sneered, the corners of her mouth curling into an amused smirk as she positioned her body into her fighting stance.
"At least humor us with a fight…" Naruto continued as he slowly withdrew a Kunai from his side pouch his eyes shifting up to Sasuke who stood steadfast with a cold look across his face, his eyes turned red with the power of the Sharingan as he studied his opponents.
Though his face was covered, a smile crept across his eyes as their words struck a chord of amusement with the battle addicted nin. "Suite yourself…" he growled as he lowered his body, a shadow casting above him. As he looked up to study what was so darkening, his glance caught the left heel of Sasuke as he knocked him into a nearby tree.
"If you're going to pretend like you own me…" Sasuke growled as he strolled toward the disoriented opponent "at least tell me why!"
"'Names Dosu…" The sound ninja's voice radiating amusement as he rubbed his bruised jaw "and you'll find out when we get there…"