Anything, But Ordinary
Chapter Seven: The Weapons Known As Shinobi
"Naruto? Naruto where's Sasuke?" Sakura asked, the mist was slowly beginning to fade on the half built bridge that was being built. Naruto's eyes where down casted downward. His hands where balled into tight fists. "Naruto?" she asked again, her voice cracked slightly. Tears threaten to fall from her jade orbs. Naruto just shook his head causing a few of his tears to land on the already wet bridge. Sakura gasped completely horrified. She had never really been that close to Sasuke. But he was her teammate. He was a friend. They had done everything together whether or not he liked being with them he was close to them.
"No..." she whispered.
"Sakura. I'll go with you. That way you are still capable of completing you're mission." Tazuna said, the old man they where sent to protect. Sakura nodded and took hold of his hand. the two ran up the bridge past where Naruto stood crying. Sakura had no control over her emotions as she ran, all that was on her mind was the boy who was on her team. The one boy who knew what it was that opened her mind to the jutsu that was placed on her. She slowly came to a stop she eyes landing on the boy who laid on the bridge.
"Sasuke..." she whispered out, she slowly walked towards him. Her eyes roaming over his body which was tattered and torn. Many senbon needles stuck out at all side of his body. "Sasuke this isn't funny." she said, the closer she got to him the more real it felt. She dropped to her knees. She slowly brought her hand up to touch his face tears streaming down her face. "No Sasuke!" she yelled burring her face in his chest.
"S-Sakura?" Sakura bolted up right and looked down at the boy.
"Sasuke!" It was than that her green eyes landed on Sasuke's which weren't his normal dark eyes but a mix of red and black. Sakura's eyes widened and let out a high pitched scream. She grabbed a hold of her head. She continued to scream. Sasuke sat up despite his injuries. He grabbed on to Sakura's shoulders.
"Sakura! Sakura!" she continued to scream. Her eyes slowly began to drift shut and she fell forward landing in Sasuke's lap.
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The walk back to Honoha was a quiet one. Sasuke hadn't mentioned to Kakashi what had happened while they where on the bridge and neither had Tazuna and for that Sakura was thankful. When Sakura woke she realized that the seal had broken completely making it so her memories where fresh and no able for her to have them. She smiled to herself as she walked in between Sasuke and Naruto. She glanced at Sasuke who gave her a questioning looked. He had done that since she had woken up, but dared not say anything in front of the rest of the team.
Naruto let out a loud huff as he watched Sasuke 'flirt' with Sakura. "So Sakura-chan! Do you want to go get some ramen with me when we get back to Konoha?" Naruto asked with a grin.
"Sure Naruto." Sakura said, with a smile. "Only if you're paying." she winked at him.
"Ugh... fine!" Naruto said, as Sakura let out a laugh. The team cheered when the gates came into view.
"Do you want to go with us Sasuke?" Sakura asked. Naruto pouted.
"But Sakura-chan this was gonna be a date!" Naruto whined.
"Thanks but no thanks. I have better things to do like train." Sasuke said. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Suit yourself." Sakura said.
"Alright you three. I'm going to report back to the Hokage." Kakashi said.
"Bye sensei!" Naruto and Sakura said. They turned to find that their third teammate was already gone.
"Come on Sakua-chan!" Naruto cheered. Sakura nodded and followed after him. The two came to a stop when a squear box followed them. Naruto stared at the box and than began to run back in forth having the box chase him. Sakura stared with a sweat drop forming on her forehead. "Alright come out!" Naruto yelled at the box.
"So I see you saw through our disguise!" Sakura raise an eye brow at how badly they were hidden. With a exposition three academy students came out. Introducing themselves as Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon.
"Come on boss lets play ninja!" Konohamaru cheered.
"A ninja playing ninja?" Sakura asked looking at Naruto.
"Uh... Damnit! Konohamaru can't you see I'm a little busy!" Naruto cried. Konohamaru looked past Naruto to see Sakura.
"Ohhh I see." Konohamaru said with a wink and then stuck his pinky finger up. Naruto's face quickly lite up bright red.
"Get out of her it's not like that." Naruto said, trying to shoo the kids away.
"What was that?" Sakura asked, cracking her knuckles.
"N-Nothing Sakura-chan." Naruto said.
"Wow she sure is bosy. Kinda like a banshie!" Konohamaru stated. Naruto looked behind him to see Sakura turn and glare at them.
"NARUTO!" Sakura yelled.
"Run!" Naruto yelled to the younger kids as they all took off running an angry Sakura chasing after them. Konohamaru bolted in front of Naruto and ran right into an older kid. Konohamaru fell backwards.
"Konohamaru!" Moegi yelled running to his side.
"What a bunch of little brats." a older man said. He had purple face paint covering most of his face.
"Kankuro. We don't have time for this." the blonde girl said who stood behind him. The boy Kankuro glared down at the younger kids.
"We're sorry! We didn't see you." Sakura said quickly. The boy Kankuro looked up at her and noticed her head band.
"So you're the genin of the leaf village? You're pretty weak." he said, picking Konohamaru up by the front of his shirt.
"Hey put him down!" Naruto yelled.
"We didn't mean to run into you!" Sakura chimed in.
"Kankuro! I'm not getting in trouble beacuse of you." the blonde girl spat.
"Come on Temair! I've got time before he shows up." Kankura smiled. Naruto let out a growl as Konohamaru cried out. Kankuro pulled him tighter as Konohamaru started to kick his chest.
"Put me down you big bully!" Konohamaru said.
"Hey! Put him down you asshole! He's just a kid! If you want to fight with someone pick on someone your own size!" Sakura yelled.
Kankuro dropped the younger boy who quickly scurried off to the side where Moegi and Udon sat. "Oh yeah? And you're my size?" he asked, walking closer to Sakura.
"I'm better off than a kid." Sakura bit back at him. Kankuro smirked. Sakura glared at him. He moved forward but was stopped as a rock was thrown in between them. Kankuro looked up and glared at Sasuke who sat in the tree over them a rock in his hand.
"Sand nin? What are you doing here in Konoha." Sasuke asked.
"Why do I have to answer to you?" Kankuro asked, pulling off the large wrapped package he carried on his back.
"Kankuro." everyone stopped their movements to see a red haired boy standing up side down in the same tree Sasuke sat in. The two sand nin looked horrified.
"I tried to stop him Gaara." the blonde said quickly. Gaara glared at the two.
"You are a disgrace to our village Kankuro." the boy said, he was completely engulfed in sand and than reappeared in between Kankuro and Sakura.
"I am sorry for my brothers actions." Gaara said, to Sakura.
"Uh... it's okay." she said sheepishly. Gaara nodded and started to walk away.
"Let's go." he said, and began to walk away.
"Wait! You're sand nin! Why are you here in Konoha?" Sakura repeated Sasuke's question.
"The chunin exams start this week." Gaara said, and than continued on his way.
"The chunin exams?" Naruto asked confused. Sasuke jumped down and landed next to the group.
"Wow you're so cool!" Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon said to Sasuke.
"Hey I'm way cooler than he is!" Naruto yelled annoyed. Sakura looked around her having heard something.
"She knows quite a bit about sensing others, yeah." Deidara said. His normal long blonde hair was cut short letting his blue eyes be seen much clearer. On his forehead sat the headband for Ame.
"Yes she is very intelligent." Itachi nodded in agreement. He looked much the same except his normally black eyes where a deep blue.
"What the fuck are we all looking at?" Hidan asked, walking back to where the other two where standing. "Is that?" Hidan asked. He felt his self get emotional for only a second. "She's grown so much... Konan will want to know we've seen her." Hidan said. He looked much different from his normal self. He was much shorter and had black hair and black eyes.
"Let's go." Itachi said.
A/N
How was this? I thought this was a pretty awesome chapter. I really didn't feel like writing the whole land of waves adventure cause it just gets old. Anyway. I hope you liked this :D