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Chapter 4 – New missions

' Sasuke... '

Sasuke turned around, only to be greeted by the darkness surrounding him.

' Sasuke... '

That voice... It called him again, but he couldn't pitpoint whom that voice belong to. It sounded like a whisper.

' Sasuke-kun. Please, help... '

He activated his sharingan, in order to see who was calling him. But even with his bloodline, he couldn't see anything.

' Help us. Please. '

God, that voice. It sounded so desperate, as if someone was begging to be saved from the pain he or she was experiencing.

' Please... '

He started running. He didn't know where he was going because the darkness was too much, even for him.

' Save us! '

That yell...it stopped his heartbeat for a moment, literally. And then, it felt like he should know that voice...That voice, it sounded so...familiar...

Sasuke sat up on his bed, or better say couch, drenched in sweat and breathing heavily. Out of nowhere, someone shook his shoulder rather harshly.

" Oi, teme, wake up! "

" Huh? Naruto, what are you doing here? "

" I woke up and heared you shouting something. Did you have a nightmare? " Naruto asked as he sat himself on the coffee table.

" Yeah, sort of..."

" And it's stupid to ask you if you want to talk about it, isn't it? "

" Yeah, it is. It isn't important anyway. But tell me, why are you up so early? "

" Tsunade called us in her office. She wants to discuss something with us. "

" Hn. "

" I'll go take a shower. Go and take whatever you want to eat. "

Naruto left to walk over to his bathroom and Sasuke sat on the couch till he heard the shower go on. He headed towards the kitchen, while processing the dream he had just experienced.

' What was this dream? Who was the one screaming? And why did it feel so real? '

Sasuke was really wondering about it. It didn't seem like a normal dream. It was as if someone had invaded his mind with this dream. As if someone was trying to say something with it.

' Could this be that someone really needs my help? …...I don't think so. It must have been just a dream. '

Sasuke soon let it be but the nudging feeling within himself was trying to tell him otherwise...

* Knock. Knock *

" Come in! "

" Master, your experiments are already up and prepared. "

" Perfect, I just wanted to go check up on them. "

The man grinned viciously and followed the other man out of the door. They were going through many dark corridors before they stopped and went in a room at the end of another corridor. There stood two slender figurs. Both of them young women. They stood there like statues, staring before themselves, eyes dull and without life. As if they were just two dolls without souls. But when the two men grinned at each other and pushed them, which resulted in a rather nasty fall on the ground, they snapped.

" What the...? "

" What the hell is wrong with you? Are you crazy? " Both of the girls shouted at the same time.

" Heh, sorry girls. It just...slipped.. "

The younger man chuckled and adjusted his glasses on the bridge of the nose. Both girls glared daggers at him as they stood up, helping each other.

" Ah, I see they're just fine. Ok, go ahead and tell them about the mission. I'm leaving. And you two, don't make any scenes like the last time. Understood? "

" Yes master! " both girls answered at the same time and bowed a little before the older man exited the room.

" Fine you two, I update you on your mission. You'll go to the Land of Water and you will retrieve two scrolls in Kirigakure. Once you're there, our informer will find you himself. Take the scrolls and come back. Without any scenes or anyone noticing you. You're allowed to kill only when it is necessary or when they are too suspicious. Any question? "

When neither of the girls spoke up, he sighed and looked at them.

" Fine, you can go to your room but don't forget your training session. You will leave on the mission at sunrise. "

" Yeah, yeah, we know that already. C'mon Ryoko. " the older girl said and exited the room, her younger friend tailing silently behind her.

" Uff, who do they think they are? We are not little kids for God's sake. " the older girl exclaimed. The younger one just giggled at her friend's antics.

" Sometimes I'm really asking myself who's got the worse temper, me or you? " she giggled again, when she saw her friend's expression and started running along the corridor.

" C'mon Asuna, don't be so lazy. I want to try something before our training. "

" Lazy my ass. I'm coming. " she screamed after Ryoko, running to catch up with her.

" Tsunade-sama, Sasuke and Naruto are here. "

" Let them in. "

The Godaime Hokage looked up at Shizune, standing in the doorway. As she received an answer, the black haired woman nodded and left. The door opened a few minutes later as Naruto with Sasuke in tow, came in.

" You wanted to see us Baa-chan? " Naruto asked, grinning like a madman.

A vein popped on Tsunade's forehead. " Naruto, how many times do I have to tell you not to call me that? "

" Eh, sorry Baa-chan. "

Before Tsunade could kill the hopeless Naruto, something smacked him on the head harshly.

" Hey teme, what was that for? "

" Dobe. " Sasuke just shook his head and looked at the Hokage.

" Why did you wanted to see us Tsunade? "

" Yeah, I wanted to send you on a mission... "

" WHAT? But wasn't Sasuke-teme on prohibition? " Naruto exclaimed and interrupted the blond haired Hokage before she could say anything else. A vein popped on her forehead again.

" Naruto, maybe if you let me speak, you will find out eventually. " Tsunade was almost yelling at the end of the sentence and Naruto flinched visibly.

" Hehe, sorry... "

" So, as I was saying, I'm sending you on a mission. I received a letter from the Mizukage saying they had some riots and they need our help. So you are going to help. I know I said Sasuke is on prohibition, but we need his skills and besides, I trust him that he will not run away, especially not now. You will go with Kakashi and another ANBU member. You will leave early in the morning. I will meet you by the gates at 5. Understood? "

" Hai. "

" Fine then. I believe you will not dissapoint me. Especially you, Sasuke Uchiha. "

" Hn. I will not. " the raven haired boy scoffed.

" Very well. You're dismissed. "

The boys left the office and headed towards the training grounds.

" Why do you think Baa-chan is sending us on this mission? It's really weird. I don't know why, but I have this feeling that there's something more behind it."

The blond haired shinobi pronounced as they were walking. Sasuke just looked at him and nodded.

" Maybe I'm crazy, but I agree with you on that one dobe. "

The next morning both shinobi met the Hokage at the Gate. She was already there with Shizune. Neither Kakashi, nor the ANBU that was supposed to go with them were there yet. The Godaime Hokage took a look at the two approaching boys. Naruto looked tired and was complaining like he usually did. Sasuke looked like his usual self. He didn't look tired, and if he was he was doing great job of hiding it.

" Good morning. "

" Morning... " both of the boys answered.

" We're waiting for Kakashi-sensei, am I right? " Naruto asked, rubbing his eyes to get rid of the tiredness.

" Unfortunately. But the Anbu is not here yet too. "

" And who is going with us? " Tsunade opened her mouth to answer the question but before she could speak, an ANBU stood right in fron of her.

" ANBU captain 4 in action. "

The Hokage smirked at him/her. 'Just as usual. '

" Right. Here's your team. You'll go to Kiri and help with the riots. And you will keep an eye on Uchiha, just in case. "

At the mention of the name, the figure visibly stiffened and slowly turned to them. Just now they recognised the features as one of a woman. As the hood of the cloak fell back, they saw brown curly hair in two buns on the head.

" Tenten? " Naruto asked loudly, pretty surprised to see her here. But as he watched her face darkened, he immediately knew she wasn't happy with her teammates.

" You ! " she snarled at Sasuke, obviously not happy he was back and she is forced to babysit him just so he wouldn't leave again.

" What do you think you're doing here? Did you show your face here so you can break another heart? Didn't you have enough? ...I think you can consider yourself lucky Neji's not going on this mission with us. He would have killed you right on the spot because of what you did to her. I'm really considering to do it myself, to torture you so much you will beg on your knees..."

" Tenten stop it ! He came here because he wanted to return. Willingly. To be back with us... "

" And you really believe that? Gosh, how can you be so dumb Naruto? "

Just as it started to turn out into a rather raspy argument, Kakashi came, blinking at his two students and the fiery kunoichi from Gai's team. Naruto and Tenten were arguing and Sasuke was standing nearby, watching the whole thing but looking rather guilty about something.

" What's happening here? " he asked as he approached Tsunade but the blond haired medic just shook her head and glanced at the three of them. He could see she was really angry.

" That's enough! " Her voice boomed through the quiet streets of Konoha although she was trying to be as silent as possible. The three of them looked her way and glared daggers at her. " Tenten, I don't care what you think. I am the Hokage and I can make whatever decision I please. Sasuke came back willingly and he wants to help us find them. "

" But he is a fucking traitor. And why would he want to help us find her? He broke her heart! "

" That's none of your business! You know nothing about me. " Sasuke finally snapped and yelled at the brown haired kunoichi.

" I know enough to know you are a bastard. "

Just as both of them were going to fight, Tsunade intervened.

" Stop it you two. Right now. "

The two of them immediately stopped arguing but still glared at each other for a while.

" Fine, since you are all quiet now, I will explain the mission once again. You will head to Kiri and help the Mizukage with whatever is going on there. And without killing each other. I'm appointing Kakashi as team captain. And I want a report every day. Understood? "

" Hai. " All of them answered and adjusted their packs on their backs.

" Fine then. Good luck. "

A second later, they were all gone. Tsunade sighed heavily and looked at Shizune, who was quiet the whole time.

" Do you think they will be okay? "

" I hope so Tsunade-sama. I know that Tenten is right, but she has to find out more about Sasuke. He isn't the same guy he was before and the way he was protecting his intentions tells me, he's honest and really wants to find our Sakura. "

" You think he has something for her? "

" I think he does. But he is confused right now and has to find out what he feels for her, himself. "

" Yeah, I think you are right... Come on, we should go. I have tons of paperwork waiting for me. I really need my sake right now. "

Tsunade whined as they turned to leave. Shizune just sighned and was already planning how to hide her sake. ' This is going to be a long day. '

So, thats it. Hope you enjoyed it. =D So we finally had some tension here and we are finding out new figures. I think you will all know who the unknown persons are, but anyway write your guess.

Then I wanted to thank you for reading my last chapte. 284 views in one day? It really made my day better. I would like to say thank you to my reviewers Matthew Uchiha, Rerezhang and especially my lovely Saige - Uchiha. And then E. S. mangalover for beta reading my story.

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