Hello guys!! Hope you have enjoyed your Christmas vacations, because I did. I'm tired as hell! Anyway, I tried my best to work on my fanfiction, but I was just too lazy and too busy, so sorry about that. Here is my next chapter! Oh and I forgot! Thanks you all for the reviews!!! They are always appreciated!
Chapter six – The beginning of the day
Seeing that the temperature wasn't on their side during the night, Shizune, who was freeze to the bone, had decided to pitch the tent with the help of Sakura. After putting their material inside, they all had take refuge in it. So even if it was snowing like there was no tomorrow, the Hokage and her apprentices have had a good night and they woke up bright and early the next morning. The storm was almost over, Tsunade was writing down information on scrolls and Shizune was preparing the girls back pack in anticipation of their journey which would start at eleven. As for Sakura, she was finalising her studies on the Energy jutsu that Tsunade ask her to practice.
"Tsunade?" asked the brown haired girl.
"Yes Shizune?" replied the Hokage.
"Maybe we should pass by the Gulf of steel instead of the main road to the Iron village… It would be faster." explained the woman.
"Hummmm… I'm not too sure Shizune… I'm still a bit drained from our battle against Pein and the road of the Gulf of steel, is a hard one. But you sure got a point, it would be faster…"
"What do you want to do then?" questioned Shizune.
"Well, I think we should pass there too, but even if I hate saying this, I think I'll need a cane to help me continue this trip…"
At this, the girls remained quiet, even if Shizune was muffling her laughter and as for Tsunade, she looks like she was about to kill the first one who would dare say something about her age.
"Well… It's a good thing Naruto's not here to hear you say that, ne Shishou?" said the quiet pink haired girl.
"Ah ha ha!" laugh the Hokage. "You tell me Sakura."
After that, Shizune and Tsunade decided to sit down and look at the map to find the fastest way to get there and they were arguing quite harshly, but Sakura decided to tune them out. Since last night, she was losing her focus on everything, she was distracted and unfortunately for her, this morning wasn't any better. She had read five times the same sentence before realising that she wasn't reading the right page! She was so close to Naruto, she couldn't do anything else than think about him and what he was about to do for Sasuke. She puts the book on her laps and once again her thoughts lead her on her best friend.
'Naruto… Why are you putting so much effort on Sasuke? He doesn't deserve your friendship…' thought Sakura bitterly. 'All he can do is hurt you physically and even mentally! No one needs friends like that!'
Even if she would never admit it, she had always hated that side of Sasuke. Since he left the village, Naruto had never been the same. The look in his eyes, she would always remember it, a look of pure melancholy and rejection, just like the day he promise her to bring back their friend. And that's when it hit her…
'Hn! Look who's talking huh? I'm not any better. I know you loved me then and I kept on pushing you away like an annoying mosquito when indeed I was the one being annoying. You even made me a promise and to do that you had to sacrifice your happiness for me. Now I realise that you shouldn't have made that promise to me. I was a weak and pathetic ninja who couldn't even keep the one she loves home. I was a horrible person who was counting on everybody else to do the things she couldn't do. I was selfish and I put aside your suffering for my own and by doing that… I have hurt your feelings…'
"HELL NO!"
"Please try to understand…"
'What was I suppose to do… lie to you? If I have done that, I wouldn't have been able to look at myself in the mirror. Deep down, I know that I would never have love you like you had love me, all this years… but I really wish I could feel like this toward you. It would have been so much easier… Ahhh Naruto. I just hope I didn't hurt you too much. If I loose you, I don't know what I'll do. You are my best friend and I would do anything for you.'
"Naruto…" whispered Sakura to herself, when out of nowhere, a map passed before her eyes. Surprised, she looks up only to see Tsunade throwing the maps all over the place and Shizune hiding the sake bottle.
"NO SHIZUNE YOU DON'T GET IT!" howled the Hokage.
"THEN WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?" screamed Shizune.
"I'M TRYING TO SAY… That if we pass by the next village, those people will chase us down. Don't forget… I owe them a lot of money since our last trip there." explained the Gondaime while murmuring the last part.
"Tsunade, I give up… you're impossible…" sighed the brown haired girl.
"Sigh! This promise to be a long conversation…" said Sakura.
'Maybe I should try to learn some more jutsus…' thought the pink haired girl while flipping the page of her family's book. She started looking through the book, remembering the jutsus she had already master; the barrier jutsu, the energy jutsu, a specific healing jutsu, etc, when suddenly, as she was turning a page, a sound of tearing paper was heard. Sakura, afraid that she might have destroyed important information, open the book completely. Some papers felt on her hands.
'What's that?' thought the girl. 'The forbidden jutsu of protection? And the ultimate power jutsu? What the hell is that? I've never seen this before… Must be secret clan information… I wonder where it was hidden?'
She turned the last page of her book and found that the cover was ripped and on it there were symbols and some sealing papers.
'Hummmm, that's where it was… clever. My chakra have probably release it. I can believe how much information it contains… It's all secrets techniques. Let's see if I can learn anything…'
Half an hour later
It was time to go, Shizune had packed the tent and Tsunade was picking a good branch to use as a cane, while Sakura was still studying her book. The three of them were prepared, Shizune have trade her usual uniform for her green jonin vest and black pants with her black shirt with very long sleeves. She had put on a black cloak with a hood and her usual ninja attire. As for Tsunade, she had put on her old ninja outfit of when she was paired up with Jiraya and Orochimaru, the only thing missing was the forehead protector. Since they were going there incognito, those outfits were perfect, but like Tsunade had explained to Sakura, pink and red weren't good to pass incognito! So basically, Sakura had no other choice than to change her usual ninja outfit for a more practical one. The pink haired kunoichi have decided to put on some long really thigh black pants that were cut by her usual high heels boots and a black thigh shirt with three quarter length sleeves. The shirt had a collar line larger than the shirt so that one of the two shoulders was always exposed. Under that shirt, she had a black ninja camisole that was showing some cleavage depending of the point of view. She also had her usual black ninja gloves and weapons as well as her medical pouch. To complete all, she had, just like Shizune a black cloak with a hood. So, when Tsunade had found her perfect branch, the three of them started their journey toward the kages meeting with Sakura continuing her studies on the road.
On Sasuke's side
"Sasuke..." "Sasuke..."
"You won't wake him like that shark face... Let me do this! I know a thing or two that could work..."
"Yeah... You sure practice them a lot when you were a slut in Oto."
"GO TO HELL YOU HORRIBLE LOSER!!!"
"Karin... Shut the hell up!" replied the avenger.
"Oh Sasuke-kun! You're awake?" asked the girl with an innocent expression.
"Yeah! Your annoying voice must have destroyed his ear drums. You should know when to shut it." replied the shark like boy.
"Oh yeah? Look who's talking you're the one who is always trailing behind and cause us problems..." spat Karin.
"Unfortunately Karin, I do think Suigetsu is right." mentioned Juugo.
"WHAT!?" yelled the girl.
"Not about the insults, but I mean about the loud voice. We are in enemy territory. We should try not to get too much attention on us." explained the tall man.
"AH! You heard that bitch? You're the one who is causing trouble!"
"SUIGETSU..." started the red haired girl.
"Enough already! Suigetsu leave Karin alone." interrupted Sasuke.
'Oh! Sasuke-kun has taken my side! I can't believe it, so all of my efforts at seducing him have finally worked. He appreciates me!' thought the girl while blushing.
"Okay... chief... But I think you should tell her to start breathing... I think her head is about to explode. Look at the color of her face." said Suigetsu with a sadistic smile on his face.
Two seconds later, there was water everywhere. Once again, Karin had hit the boy but Sasuke was way too tired to try and separate them again. And... Let's face it... He doesn't have time to waste.
"Juugo, can we make a move?" asked the black haired boy.
"Yes Sasuke, the way is clear... They haven't begun yet." replied the said man.
"Good. Then let's go. We are going to scout the area outside... near the meeting room and find a safe place for us to hide and listen on them. That way, we'll be able to avoid the commotion and attack Danzo when the meeting will end." explained the avenger.
"Understood." answered Juugo.
"What made you change your plans?" asked Suigetsu.
"I realise it would be wiser to wait after the meeting to attack Danzo. Besides, attacking from the outside would give us an advantage." replied Sasuke.
"Oh! Okay then... Give us a second and we'll be ready." said the grey haired man.
"Yes." approved Karin.
In the blink of an eye, Haka's team was ready. They flew out of the window and start looking for a place to hide near the meeting place. As usual, Karin and Suigetsu were bickering, but no one said anything about that. Juugo decided to focus his attention on the road. He was trying to avoid the guards and lead the team to a safe place. But unknown to the rest of the team, something dark and powerful was boiling inside of Sasuke. It was a dangerous feeling that was changing him. In fact, he was overwhelmed by it. With each passing minutes his aura was engulf in a world of darkness and soon this darkness would consume him entirely.
In another room
"Is he always like that?"
"Sigh! I think it's getting worse and worse over the years."
"I haven't slept the entire night or at least, I had 1 or 2 hours of sleep MAX!" explained Yamato.
"no! No! NOOOOOO! RAMEN ARE MY LIFE! YOU UGLY TEME! Stop destroying them with your katon!" ranted the blond haired boy in his sleeping state.
"What on earth is he dreaming about?" asked Yamato.
"Hummm... I think he is dreaming about his stock of ramen being burned by Sasuke with a katon jutsu..." explained Kakashi.
"Huh!?" expressed Yamato dumbfounded.
"Oooooh Sakura!" suddenly said Naruto with a sexy smile on his face.
"Okay, this is going to far." admitted Kakashi.
"Yeah!" replied Yamato a bit troubled by all this.
With a combination of hand signs, Yamato produced a ball of water and threw it on Naruto. The poor boy was so surprise that he jumped on Kakashi's bed and squeeze him to death.
"OH MY FUCKING GOD!" yelled the boy.
"N... Na... ru... to... c... can't.... BREATH!!!" tried to speak the grey haired man.
"Huh!? Kakashi?" said Naruto while releasing his sensei.
"Y...yes..." replied the said man with a killing tone.
"Hey! Why am I all drench? And... and why are you all looking at me?" asked the blond haired boy, terrified.
"We had to wake you up Naruto, you have been talking in your sleep ALL NIGHT LONG! And by the way, your last sentence was way too out of place for your own good..." explained Yamato exasperated and embarrassed.
"Yeah!" agreed the grey haired man "We didn't want you to have a wet dream about Sakura near us."
"WHAT YOU OLD PERVET! I WASN'T HAVING A WET DREAM ABOUT SAKURA!"
"Calm down Naruto... or you'll wake up the entire building." said Yamato.
"Listen carefully you bunch of morons with no life... Before you wake me, I was having a horrible nightmare where Sasuke was burning all of my ramen. And right when it was starting to be a great dream you had to wake me! Man... Sakura was kicking the teme's ass for stealing my ramen! How could you? And anyway... if I was talking so much in my sleep, why didn't you do what Sakura do when I'm too talkative?" explained the blond haired boy.
"What does she do?" asked Yamato, while Kakashi was already planning perverted answers.
"She pushes me so that I lay on my side." replied Naruto.
SILENCE…
"That's all?" asked Yamato.
"Hummm? Yeah!" answered the jinchuriki.
"I see..." stated Kakashi.
After another long silence and a long period of staring at each other, Yamato, who was still expecting a good explanation, decided to broke the silence.
"Sigh! Okay... I give up. This team is way too dysfunctional."
"Well! Now that we are all awake, let's get prepared for the meeting! Then, we'll met Gaara and his siblings." said casually Kakashi to the rest of the group.
As he was walking toward the bathroom to take a good shower, a knock was heard at the door. Cautious because no one was supposed to know they were there, the jonin took a kunai and ran toward the door, Yamato on his heels. Yamato slowly turn the knob while Kakashi wait, kunai in hand, to see the stranger. When they had finally opened the door, the grey haired man recognizes a familiar face.
"I haven't been able to approach Danzo." said a dark haired man "He quit the village before I had the chance."
"Ah Sai! Who told you we were here?" asked Yamato.
"The kazekage... He wants to meet us downstairs in half an hour." explained the said boy.
"Hey Sai!" greeted Naruto with a big smile.
"Hello to you to dickless." replied the boy with a smile of his own.
"WHAT?" yelled Naruto at the top of his lungs.
"Well, let's not make our guest wait then." concluded Kakashi with a miserable look.