The Dragon Inside
Summary: Sophie Tatsu is a girl found by Team 7. She looks innocent enough but could there be more to her than meets the eye? Will romance ensue and will it prevail over her past? I do NOT own Naruto or any of the characters except for Sophie! REVIEW PLZ!
Chapter 4:
-Sophie's POV-
It's been about a week since I was found by Team 7 and have stayed here in Konoha. Despite having my feelings slip out of hand a few times in the beginning, I returned to my normal stoic self in no time. I let little emotion show other then common ones like happiness, which I usually faked anyway. After the deaths of my clan, I had found that I just shut off a lot of my old emotions from before. Emotions like love and sadness were pointless anyway; they just got in the way.
Despite my stoical self, Naruto, Sakura, and even Sasuke stayed by me. I had gone to eat ramen with Naruto who I found ate like a starving lion and been shopping (against my will because I'm not a girly girl) with Sakura. As for me and Sasuke, we communicated through silence and occasional small talk; we understood each other that way.
It had been decided that I would start training to become a ninja and since I had most of the qualifications down already, that became very easy. Team 7 soon had another member in their midst since they were the only ones I really knew and felt comfortable with. Kakashi had informed us that I was to start my first mission with them tomorrow and I was pretty happy to get to do something rather than beat Naruto time and time again.
-Next Day-
I stood with a bag hanging on my back in front of the Konoha gates waiting for Kakashi to show up. The last time I had been at these gates, my life had just been saved and since then I hadn't dared leave them. "Ugh! HE DOES THIS EVERYTIME!" Naruto screamed in frustration at Kakashi's absence. At that moment he showed up, "I'm sorry guys, there was a fire and I had to rescue a cat from a window." He said. "YOU LIAR!" Naruto cried while I just rolled my eyes at the scene; I just wanted to get going.
The mission was unknown, according to Kakashi we had to meet up with a man who would then tell us what it was. The man was located in a small village not too far from Konoha and he would inform us what we needed to know there. "Why didn't he just let us know what the mission was in the first place?" Sakura asked what we had all been thinking. "I don't know Sakura but the man must have his reasons." Our leader told us. We zoomed through the trees and made it there in no time at all.
Saburo Chihiro was the name of the man we met up with. The tall man looked like he was in frenzy when we reached him. "Leaf ninjas! You're assistance is greatly needed! I beg of you!" He said and threw himself at our feet. We all looked at Kakashi, "What's the matter?" he asked simply. "My son, Mitchy Chihiro has been kidnapped from me by a band of bandits!" He cried out in agony of not having his son. My heart began to tug at me; I knew what Mitchy-Chan was probably feeling. "Don't worry Saburo, rest assured that we will bring you your son back safe and sound." Kakashi reassured him. "Oh thank you! Thank you!" He said with tears in his eyes.
"So Saburo-San didn't tell us about the mission in fear that the bandits would learn of his hiring ninja to bring his son back" I asked. "Exactly and if he fears them this much then these must be trained bandits and not just a bunch of punks who took his son for kicks." Kakashi told us in return. Hmm, I began to wonder if they would really pose a threat to us or not…
-Sasuke's POV-
Following the bandits trail we soon discovered their hiding place in a cave on a mountain. I scoffed; these bandits must be idiots if they didn't even attempt to hide their tracks I thought as we entered the cave in formation. Of course we were prepared for attack at any moment but I honestly doubted the skills of the people we were up against at the moment. When we entered about halfway into the cave a kunai was thrown at us. "Jump!" I shouted as I noticed the tag attached to it on time. We all jumped back just as the tag exploded.
I was thrown against the caved wall at the impact of the explosion. Brushing off the affects of the blast, I smirked; maybe they would actually serve as a challenge.