A\N: hope I didn't keep you waiting too long, I'm glad you stuck around this long.. so with no further adieu I present chapter 9….
Disclaimer:I don't own Naruto or any of its charecters.. hmph, whatever..
Eye of the wolf
"Why'd you stop? What happened after that?" Naruto asked, eyeing Ume, who went silent.
Tears filled her eyes, as her mind wandered off into a memory, "Ume?" Naruto asked cautiously.
She breathed in hard, "I.. I'm alright.. I can finish.."
"It's okay if you don't want to…"
"No!" she interrupted, she gathered her breath, "I'm okay now, really… things were the same as ever until that night.. it was suicide both me and Satoru knew it, there was no coming out of this mission and yet…
-Flashback-
The village knew that it was impossible to fulfill this mission, particularly the role assigned to Ume and Satoru… this mission was extremely dangerous, and was destined to fail before in had even started, but that was exactly why they gave the mission to the two kids..
Both Ume and Satoru knew what was going on, but they couldn't object. they knew they were putting their lives on the line.. for almost no reason, but the extremely small chance of this mission succeeding. The two were young but they were not stupid, they weren't coming home tonight..
Their hearts pounded as they head out to the meeting place, they noticed the smirks and the snickers from the villagers around them. Both holding great matters of fear within them they ran, it was a little past midnight and the full moon shined on them like a spotlight.
"Satoru I…" the female masked ninja said, her long bangs covering one eye.
"It's alright" the male masked ninja interrupted, his icy blue eyes watching their surroundings carefully.
"But I…" she tried again her heart pounding in her throat.
"Don't worry Ume, everything will be alright" he said turning to look in her eyes.
She wanted to believe him, she really did, but she had a gut feeling that was saying otherwise, "But Satoru…"
"Ume.." he interrupted for the third time, "I promise I won't let anything happen to you.."
Ume closed her eyes tightly, trying to prevent a tear from escaping her eyes. Satoru breathed deeply at that, "Let's.. Pick up our pace" he said jumping onto the next branch.
At their speed, they reached the meeting point relatively quickly, for the distance they had to travel.
The two landed quietly, they crept around slowly, cautiously looking around…
It was a trap, the Usagi tribe had set them up…
All Ume could remember of that night was the chaos, blood was being splattered everywhere.. she couldn't make out where the enemies were, she felt in way over her head…
She was a good fighter though, she tried her best to fend for herself, but it was almost impossible. Satoru seemed to be doing much better then her, but he had more enemies going at him..
"Satoruuuu!" she screamed, charging to his aid.
However, another enemy popped up in front of her, grinning confidently. she let out s short shriek of fear, as she tried to do one of her techniques, but she was unable to. In the end, there were just too many enemies, against two kids, there was no comparison.
Ume jumped and dodged, kicked and punched, and did everything in her power to fight back, but she couldn't.. the more she fought, the more she consumed her chakra, and she was starting to feel increasingly tired.
She screamed when a kunai sliced its way through her shoulder, she didn't know where it came from, she didn't know where Satoru was. She started to feel very frightened.
She fell to her knees as she felt her chakra nearing its end. she didn't want to die yet.. she didn't want to be here, she wanted to be somewhere else in the world where she didn't have to fight any more.
She saw Satoru's figure slash and kill through the crowds, she felt a little bit safer, "Satoru?" she whispered.
Unable to hold herself anymore she let go, Satoru caught her body and picked her up, "Sa.. to.. ru?.." she whispered weakly.
He carried her into the high trees.. he bit his lip, he was loosing his chakra too fast, he needed more time. He knew he was fast enough to get Ume somewhere safe, but the enemy would soon find them.
"You rest here.. I promised that I wouldn't let anything happen to you… Ume" he said quickly, laying her body in a cave.
"Satoru" was all she managed to whisper.
"Don't worry Ume.. I'll drive them away.."
His image started to blur and his voice trailed off, as her consciousness slipped away from her,
"Ume.. I.. lo…..…."
"Sa… to….. r….?"
Her eyes raced under her eyelids as she started to regain consciousness, she moved her numb limbs. Her head felt light, her mind was scattered over a million thoughts.
She slowly opened her eyes, and even more slowly got up, she was still in the cave, the last memory she has before passing out. She stood up feeling like an elephant had walked over her body, "Satoru?" she said weakly, looking around the small space.
She stumbled out of the cave, forgetting the basic precautions. She looked around, the forest was as still as death its self, "Satoru?" she called raising her voice as much as her bruised lungs could handle.
She waited until she felt she had enough control over her body, then jumped into the trees. the more time passed the easier it got to jump around, but the harder it got on her heart, where's Satoru? From the looks of things, everyone was long gone.
She looked up at the sky, she estimated that she had been passed out for approximately two hours, which didn't seem right with the sever loss of chakra that she had, she should have been in a coma for at least a week, in fact she's not supposed to be alive at all.. but that means..
She looked at her body in search of fatal wounds, she found none, but that would have to mean that someone healed her, "Baka!" she gasped thinking of Satoru..
He wouldn't have, he's not that stupid, he know better then to waste the remains of his chakra on her, then surrender his life to the enemies to drive them away from her.. he- he wouldn't.. he wouldn't…. but, he would…
She bit her lip hard, "Baka!" she repeated to herself, tears locked in her eyes, "You better not be dead! You better not be dead! You better not be dead or I'll kill you! Baka.. Baka! Baka! BAKAAA!" she screamed the last one, jumping into a clearing.
The girl stood still looking around at the place that was once a battlefield, or more accurately, a murder field.
She saw a lone body thrown a bit further then some others, she staggered towards it fearfully..
"UHH" she gasped putting her hand on her mouth, tears finally escaping her widened silver eyes.
"Satoru!" she called throwing herself on her knees next to him.
She put his head on her lap, as she searched for something she could do, her hands shook as it touched his body, it still had some warmth in it. She pulled off his mask and listened for breathing.. she put her ear on his chest and desperately waited for a heartbeat, she looked at his pale face and prayed for a miracle.. but there was none of those.
She hugged his dead body as she screamed to the full moon for help, she cried to the moon for help, she begged for anything to happen, but none of those came true..
All was left was, a girl at a distance, howling, to the moon.
-End of flashback-
"What happened in that mission?" Shizune asked, drawn into the story.
"Well, she didn't write anything about it, but the records say that that Daisuke Satoru boy died in battle.. As for the girl, after failing to convince his uncle that it was a conspiracy from the villagers to kill his nephew and her.. she vanished.. for about three years, until she reappeared as Ookami"
Shizune stayed quiet, "Now I sort of understand why the Sun country feels responsible for Ookami's crimes…"
Tsunade didn't respond, but she gave a meaningful look to Shizune, she hesitated, "I.. I'll get you the ANBU squad 7" she said hurrying out of the room.
Tsunade knotted her fingers on her desk and sighed, "Now is the moment of truth" she thought, Naruto's picture stuck in her mind.
A\N: yeah sorry for being too short, but I'm hoping to post the next chapter soon.. Please share your thoughts, comment criticize and ask questions.
P.S: The next chapter is the last, so bare with me.