Sasuke was training in one of the training rooms. Orochimaru had mentioned a civil war was to start. There was no telling when it was going to start, but Orochimaru had a feeling about it would start soon. Sasuke was about to leave the training room when he felt someone was watching him.
"Are you going to come out?" he asked once he stopped.
Then stood in front of him a slender figure dressed in black wearing a mask with three red stripes over its face and an Otogakure headband around its neck. The figure stood tall in front of him and he had a feeling it was smirking at him behind that mask. Sasuke felt like he was being taunted at when this person wasn't saying a word.
"What is your name?" he asked. The figure said nothing. It stood there, taunting him. He was starting to get annoyed by it and draws his chokuto.
"Maybe this will get you to talk," he said as he swung his chokuto. The figure disappears and Sasuke search around franticly for it. He finds it at the door of the training room. He watches as it leaves the room and he follows it outside. Deep into the forest he chase the figure until he is at a small opening and the figure is nowhere to be seen. Sasuke takes a moment to catch his breath. There had never been a moment where he had to run so fast. He then stood up start and started to sense the charka of the person in the training room. They were close. Very close.
"Cowards only hide," he said.
"Idiots make noise," a voice replied.
It came from the trees to his right. Sasuke smirked when he saw the slender shadow there and charged. He made his kill only to find a log in the place of the shadow. Not seeing it coming, he felt a kick to the head. He fell to the next branch, gracefully came his attacker. Sasuke got up on his own feet, shook the feeling, and stared down the ninja. The ninja stood with its feet close together and its arms crossed over its chest. Sasuke smirked.
'Finally,' he thought to himself, 'Someone who matches my strength.'
"Are you going to stand there smirking like the idiot you are or are you going to fight?" asked the ninja as it pulled out two fighting daggers.
"It would be a pleasure," he said and charged again. The ninja jumped over him and kicked him in the back into the tree bark. Sasuke felt a trickle of blood. This made him more excited. He turned around with his smirk playing on his face. Sasuke charged once more and pushed the ninja into the opening. He saw the ninja land gracefully on its feet and he followed. The chokuto and daggers clanged as the fight continued. Sasuke was fast, but the ninja was faster. After twenty minutes of blocks, the ninja cut Sasuke on the arm. This was a sign of him tiring. He wasn't going to lose to this person. He felt that the ninja was smirking from under that mask. This began to annoy him again. He felt something burning in the pit of his stomach. Was this anger rising from the intimidation that this ninja was giving him? Sasuke didn't wait any longer to think, because by that time the ninja had started to attack him again. He blocked every move the ninja made and final punched it in the face. It fell over. Sasuke saw that the mask had been cracked from his punch and saw it fall off the face. Before he could see the ninja's face, it covered its face with its hands. Sasuke grabbed hold of the ninja, sat on top of it, and placed its hands over its head. When he was about to strike, he hesitated. He looked into the face of a young woman. A snow white face, golden eyes, and under the hood she wore, was her reddish, brown hair in curls. Sasuke had never looked upon a face so beautiful. Her face cover it sweat and her heavy breathing made her more heavenly. He felt the urge to kiss her so softly. What had come over him?
"Are you going to do it?" she asked.
"What?" he asked breaking his train of thought.
"You going to kill me?" she asked.
He stared at as if she was crazy. He thought for a moment and then put his chokuto up. He helped her up and handed her the broken mask.
"Get out," he said.
"Why?" she asked.
"If you want to die, then stay. If not, get out," he said emotionlessly.
"Why are you letting my? You work for Orochimura. He wants ever one of the Neko followers killed," she said.
"So," he said.
"I'M ONE OF THOSE FOLLOWERS, YOU MORON!!!" she shouted.
Sasuke had a look like he didn't care and he really didn't, but there was some feeling telling him that he couldn't stand having her blood on his hands. He felt like he would have a load on his shoulders if HE killed her. He wouldn't able to stand himself anymore.
"Does it look like I care?" he asked as he started to get annoy with this feeling he was getting. He saw she was shocked.
"But you're wearing the uniform of a follower of Orchimaru," she said.
"Doesn't mean I do his bidding," he said. He soon found himself glaring at her.
She just stood there stunned. Somehow to Sasuke, her confusion made her more angelic than before. Then, a ruffle from the bushes broke the silence. She bowed.
"My name is Tsugaru Hanako. Till we meet again," she said and disappeared.
Out from the bushes comes Kabuto.
"What happened?" he asked.
"What it concerns you?" Sasuke ask as he walked pass him back to Orochimura's hideout.