Ch.5
"Ranked 'A' Mission""Listen carefully, guys" Kakashi started "This is an 'A' ranked mission, our job is to protect a princess from some ninja from the village hidden in the mist, we-"
"A ranked 'A' mission!!" Naruto yelled cutting off his sensei. " I can't believe it!! A real mission for a real ninja like me!! Haha!!"
"Calm down, Naruto. They chose us because of our 'excellent' work with Tazuna, so please, listen. This will be much more difficult and we don't want to screw up our first high ranked mission, right Naruto?" Kakashi said while raising his eyebrows at Naruto.
"Why are you looking at me? Teme was the one who screwed all up last time!!" Naruto yelled pointing a finger in the direction of his raven haired team mate.
Sasuke looked at Naruto; he was obviously annoyed at his remark, a vein popping in his head.
"Well dobe, I wasn't the one who got into Haku's Hyoton jutsu!!" Sasuke yelled back angrily.
"I was there to help you!!" Naruto snapped at him.
"If you stayed out while I was inside we could have destroyed it easily, but No!! You wanted to make your triumphant entrance, didn't ya?!"
"I was late because I was saving Inari and his mom, you idiot!!" Naruto fought back. He and Sasuke were getting closer, ready to fight.
"Ok, boys, that's enough" Kakashi said, calm coming from his voice, while he stepped between them. "Now, back to business, we are going to meet the princess and her carriage at the road in front of the river. Sakura, since I don't know your strength and techniques, I assign you to stay with the princess and if you can avoid battle , do it, just this once, I promise" He said smiling.
They were getting nearer to the road they were supposed to meet with the princess.
"Oh and something else, I want you to show as much respect as you can, guys, they told me she is a bit picky" Kakashi said sweat dropping.
Naruto made a bow playfully and Sasuke made a scowl full of annoyance.
'They don't get along very well' Sakura thought.
'Of course not!! Sasuke is a hottie and Naruto is an idiot!! What did you expect?' Inner Sakura yelled, 'I wonder how toned is his chest? Oh and his-'
'shut up!!' Sakura thought, silencing her inner-self.
When Sakura snapped back to reality they were facing the carriage already. Sakura almost ran into Sasuke but stopped just in time.
The princess carriage was the fanciest thing Sakura had ever seen in here. It had a small tent lifted in four bars, all in white wood. The tent's cloth was made of pure pink silk. The Sakura petals that were floating in the air gave it the most royal view.
"Hi. We are the ninjas from Konoha, we are here to-"
"To protect me. I know. Look, I'm in a hurry and you are late. Where are the young men?" the princess asked from inside the tent, she didn't even opened it.
"That's what I was going to explain. We have a new teammate, we were late because of an issue". Sakura felt herself blushing. "But don't worry, she-"
"she?"
Kakashi sighed. He hated being interrupted to later being asked what he was about to explain.
"Yes, she…erm…is a girl?…" Kakashi raised his eyebrows, "Is there any problem?"
"No. Actually, I am pleased. I have now a good advantage" She said, by the tone of her voice you could say she was smiling.
"Listen…ah…"she hesitated.
"Kakashi, Hatake Kakashi"
"Hatake Kakashi? The copy ninja?" she asked, surprised filling her voice.
"Yes, ma'am"
"Well, I don't have to worry then." She said confidently. " Your fame is well known in the tea country, Kakashi, I hope you are as good as they say"
Her despised tone made the others frown in disappointment. They knew Kakashi's good fame and his modesty in admitting it.
"I'll do my best, ma'am, but my team here is pretty outstanding too. You'll see." The three of them smiled, clearly encouraged by his remark.
"I hope so" she said calmly.
The carriage started to move and they walked with it. Naruto at the left side , Sakura at the right side, Kakashi at the front and Sasuke at the back. All of them with two back up men to pr5event any unwanted situations.
They had been walking for about five hours when the princess asked to see Sakura.
"For what does the princess need her?" Kakashi asked suspiciously to the man standing before him. They had made a stop at the waterfall to rest and refill the water resources.
"She needs help with something, and she wants a girl to help her. She didn't bring any maids because they wouldn't keep up, and since no men can see her, she requested the presence of the ninja girl."
"Oh, sure. I understand" He said with a faint blush in his cheeks and called the kunoichi.
Sakura was sitting at the edge of the waterfall on a rock near by. She was looking at the sky. She was …praying?
"Sakura?" He called softly, approaching her with small steps. She continued to pray, nevertheless. When he was about to call her name again, she raised a finger and finished her pray. When she was done she faced him, a sweet smile across her features.
"Sorry, I had to finish" she apologized.
"No, it's ok" He said smiling, but it faded away quickly. "Anyways, listen, the princess has requested you, she needs your help"
She nodded and walked off towards the carriage where the princess was. She approached slowly and carefully, not wanting to disturb the royalty member.
"Did you called me, ma'am?" She asked softly.
"Yes, come on inside, I need your help."
Sakura obliged and sat across her. "What can I do for you , your majesty?". The princess smiled. She was the most beautiful young woman Sakura had ever seen. Her pale face made contrast with her long dark hair and crimson lips. Her enormous eyes were as big as nuts with long and curve eyelashes, and the blue of her eyes was incredibly captivating.
She was just simply gorgeous.
'Hn…I wonder why the princess made up such a stupid excuse for not bringing her maids…and-'
A sound interrupted Kakashi's thoughts and by instinct he grabbed a kunai and threw it to a bush nearby, causing a scream and a thud. He ran the way over there and saw his kunai resting firmly on a trunk. Kakashi's eyes widened immediately.
"Sasuke, Naruto!! It´s an-"
"ambush!! We know!!" Sasuke cut him off. He was struggling with a ninja and Naruto was taking two more on.
"Kage bunshin no jutsu!!" He yelled instinctively. (A/N: For me it seems it's the only jutsu he knows apart from Rasengan) But they were ninja from the mist and used water clones, so they were harder to destroy. As more ninjas came Kakashi turned around to check on his team, only to find that he was surrounded so was Sasuke and Naruto.
'I wonder how Sakura and the princess are doing,' he thought while dodging an attack from the enemy he was fighting, ' Never mind, I hope Sakura can handle a couple of minutes until I can send some help'
"Sasuke!! We need to help Sakura-chan!!" Naruto yelled while punching a guy right in the face.
"I know!!" Sasuke yelled back. He was sure getting tired of all that crap.
"Katon Gokakyuu no jutsu!!" he yelled suddenly. (A/N: Fire ball jutsu)
The big fire ball hit several of them, but more were appearing to replace the ones destroyed.
"They appear like flies attracted to light!! I will like to-"
"Ah!!"
Sasuke, Naruto and Kakashi turned to the source of the scream just to find out that someone was taking the princess away through the forest, jumping on top of the branches and doing it fast.
"The princess!!" Naruto yelled and Sasuke looked towards where the thief had taken the princess.
"Katon Housenka no jutsu!!" (A/N: Dragon flower jutsu)
Many of the fire balls caught several ninjas and clones, clearing his path momentarily. Sasuke didn't hesitate and broke on a run for the kidnapped princess.
"Sasuke!!" Naruto yelled making an attempt to follow, but more ninjas appeared in his path, blocking the option. Meanwhile, Kakashi wondered how the persecutors had known that they were coming this way. He had changed the path they were supposed to take to avoid this situation and now this happened. He was also very surprised of how well this was planned, because they weren't even given the pleasure of underestimation, because they were fully prepared for everything. For example, he was surrounded with three enemies, two of them were from the legendary swords users from the mist and they didn't look friendly. For the moment he was hoping Sasuke was smart enough to know what he could do and what he couldn't manage. He could just hope.
Sasuke was jumping from three to three at full speed. 'Where the heck are you?' and just as if he was summoned, the guy appeared within his range of view.
'Got'cha' Sasuke smirked maliciously. He threw a kunai at him but missed the shinobi by inches.
'shit!!'
The shinobi looked back and ran faster, just when Sasuke was about to jump on him, he saw the princess had punched him in the jaw. He let her go and she was falling, but she managed to land on a branch and her captor made an attempt to grab her again, but as Sasuke was about to attack him, two more ninjas appeared out of nowhere and threw some shurinken at him. He got caught by two but avoided the others.
Then an idea hit his head. 'Of Course!!' he thought.
He got his hands inside his pockets and yelled suddenly:
"Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu" (A/N: The one that he uses against Orochimaru)
The thread caught the three of them and set them on fire. Sasuke didn't stay too much to watch the burning but the smell made his guts upside down. Instead, his first action was to get to the princess before anymore ninjas did or he had more problems to reach her.
She was sitting on the three branch, holding her arm. "Princess, we have to go back,-" he started calmly to say while walking towards her and kneeled down so he was at her eye level. He saw her silk-covered, fancy hat was half way down to the right.
Sasuke's eyes widened in shock. "sakura??"
Well here you go, please review and tell me how was it. I'm terribly sorry for not updating in so long!! But I had some problems from when I was in America but I am back home again and I will update every Friday starting this one.