Sasuke Uchiha didn't take Charlotte Faith that far from Orochimaru's hideout because the next member Sasuke wanted to recruit for his new Team which he called Hawk was very close, this particular member was locked away in a water container in one of the many secret laboratories that Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi ran illegal experiments in. His name's Suigetsu Hozuki.
" Ah Sasuke if you're here then that means the rumors must be true and you finally killed that Bastard Orochimaru."
"Yes he's dead and I am the one who killed him." was all Sasuke was willing to say on the he took out his blade and sliced opened the container holding Suigetsu freeing him from his watery prison.
Faith watched as water spilled everywhere leaving a massive puddle in the middle of the room as the guy who was speaking started to slowly form out of that water completely in the nude. Charlotte avoided her gaze so that she wasn't staring directly at his manhood but Sasuke just stood there unfazed until the men was fully developed into his humanized form.
"Ah, Free at last...Thanks Sasuke but why did you free me to begin with...What is it that you want and who's the girl next to you trying to not look at my beautiful naked body?" Suigetsu started laughing after that last question because Faith even though hooded and they couldn't see, she still had a slight blush on her face as she stood beside Sasuke staring at anything and everything exact for Suigetsu Hozuki.
Sasuke Uchiha being the calm in control type of person he was didn't let it bother him in the least bit as he told Suigetsu what he thought he needed to know:" Her name is Faith...What I have in mind in regards for her does not effect you in anyway, So she is no concern to you...However you Suigetsu, I want to join me."
Suigetsu's laughter stopped as he asked more questions:" Join you? Why on earth would I want to do a thing like that Sasuke? Who else do you plan on having 'join' you and what are we joining you for exactly?"
"Man you sure do ask allot of questions...Fine very well, I am also getting Juugo from the Northern Hideout and Karin of the Southern Hideout...As for what you will be joining me for that will have to wait until we are all together, Then I will explain it all in detail for I see no point in repeating myself 3 different times."
"Juugo?" That simple question actually came from Charlotte Faith who focused her only visible eye on Sasuke. She wasn't aware of all his plans and didn't really want to be aware of them; She just was going along with him for now in order to get farther away from Christian Fate and his Knights because to her the more distance she put between herself and Christian the better.
"Ah, She does speak, I was starting to wonder about that!" Suigetsu grinned at her showing off his pointed teeth moving a bit closer towards her still in the buff making Faith take a step behind Sasuke.
"Yes the very same Juugo who brought you to Orochimaru...Do you have a problem with Juugo, That I am not aware of?"
"No." Charlotte may not of had much to say but Suigetsu had plenty:" She might not but I do, I can't stand ether one of those two...I just don't think we will get along is all but you know that's just my two cents worth. HeeHee...I understand why you would pick me of course but choosing those two is starting to make me wonder about you Sasuke."
"Do you ever shut up...Come on get dressed, We're leaving." stated Sasuke before turning around grabbing Faith by her cloaked arm sleeve and started to walk off.
Suigetsu laughed again before saying:"Ordering me around again like some kind of big shot, Huh." he then evaporated his body into the water below his feet and before ether Faith or Sasuke knew what was happening Suigetsu was right next to Sasuke with his finger near Sasuke's temple in a threatening manner as he spoke again saying:" I think, It's time we settle the nature of our relationship Sasuke, Okay...You were the one who chose to rescue me, You made that decision on your own and I never once said anything about following you if you came back for me...Just because you defeated Orochimaru doesn't make you better then me, Everyone wanted to kill him...You were just his favorite and let you stay by his side while the rest of us were locked away, So you had more chances is all."
Sasuke and Suigetsu had an intense stare down after that as Faith stood still watching to see what happened next. Suddenly Suigetsu pulled his finger away from Sasuke deciding against making his mind drown inside his skull and instead he laughed again:
" Ha Ha got ya, It was just kidding ya...Although I did just spare your life when I didn't have too...So I say that makes us even for you letting me outta of that tank, I'm free from that prison at last and that means that I am free to go do whatever it is I wanna do." Then he walked off in the opposite direction.
"Hmm, I see...Well that's to bad." was all Sasuke said before he took Faith and walked off.
Getting outside they came across a large water puddle with Suigetsu swimming laps until he seen them." Hey, I forgot to ask you, It was your former team that took out Zabuza Momochi...What ever happened to his sword, The Executioner's Blade...Look, I'll make you a deal...You help me find that blade and I will join your little team."
Sasuke slightly shrugged his shoulders before saying:" Fine,Get dressed...I'm not gonna tell you again." Then he walked on top of the water with Charlotte Faith using his abilities since she had no known Chakra.
Once Suigetsu finally put some clothing on he joined up with them and they want on their way to the land of the Mist to find Zabuza's long lost sword.
They came across a rather large Bridge with the words: 'The Great Naruto Bridge' written across it. Charlotte stared at Sasuke who shook his head yes to her unasked question letting her know it was the same Naruto she met not that long ago. Suigetsu on the other hand let out a small laugh before taking a drink from one of the many water bottles he had to carry around with him in order to keep himself hydrated due to his special body which was made of a liquid base and not of fleshy meat:
"That's a weird name for a bridge...Say Sasuke, Did Master Zabuza put a good fight?"
Sasuke didn't answer him instead he stood there staring up at the sign as memories from his past with team 7 flooded his mind,That was until Faith snapped her fingers in front of his face as Suigetsu called his name over and over bringing Sasuke back to the here and now.
" Geez, Sasuke What's the matter with you man?"
"Nothing is the matter...Let's just go and get this over with already." He then took off down the bridge leaving Charlotte and Suigetsu looking at one another for a moment before they both shrugged their shoulders and followed behind him.
They didn't stop until they reached the small grave site of both Zabuza Momochi and his partner in his former life Haku. Unfortunately the only thing in sight was two wooden crosses and no signs of The Executioner's Blade.
" What the hell, It's not here...You sure this was the last place you saw it Sasuke?"
"I'm sure...Look, I'm not the fucking Groundskeeper... if it's not here then someone must of taken it."
"Well yeah, That's obvious but since Master Zabuza's Sword is not here...I guess that means I don't have to join your little group...Oh well and man I was starting to look forward to it too." Suigetsu rolled his eyes clearly mean that last part as being sarcastic.
As they were walking back towards the town Sasuke asked Suigetsu what he planned to do next and Suigetsu answered saying that he was going to look for the blade before want into a long winded detailed account of the Legendary Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and how since Zabuza is gone that he should be the inheritor of his Executioner's Blade since the swords were always passed down from generation to generation.
That was until some punk off the street rammed his shoulder into Suigetsu and then mouthing off something about Suigetsu watching where he was walking and name calling him. This got him to stop talking long enough to try and confront the punk only for Sasuke to grab a hold of his arm stopping him.
The punk turned around and was now trying to start something with Sasuke until he gave him one stern evil looking murderous glare freaking out the punk making him hightail it out of there mumbling something under his breath.
"Man, You are way nicer than I am...So, It looks like you owe me for not starting trouble...How do you plan to pay up Sasuke?"
Sasuke's form of payment was taking both Suigetsu and Charlotte Faith to a local Cafe where he bought them frozen yogurt, getting nothing for himself. He just sat there in the booth next to Faith and across from Suigetsu ignoring the girls fall all over themselves ohhing and awwing over his apparently handsome outer appearance.
"Man, Now this is a great way to pay up...This yogurt tastes so good, It's been ages since had anything this good...Been locked in that damn tank for to long." said Suigetsu in between bites.
"Is that why you are wasting my time now?" asked Sasuke still ignoring the fan girls in the room.
"Hmm, How do I put this...You're the one in a hurry not me...Say why do you want to make a group anyways? Let me guess, You're gonna say something like 'Hey, Let's conquer the world' Right?" said Suigetsu pointing one of his spoons at Sasuke
"If you want to conquer the world then get your own team because I'm after something much more personal...Plus I done told you once I get the entire team together that I would explain my goal, So stop asking already because I'm not going to answer and it's getting on my nerves."
Suigetsu took that same spoon and scratched his lightly colored hair with it before saying: "You know if anyone else was to say that to me I wouldn't believe them and think they're nuts but with you, I start to think that maybe such a thing is possible...It's weird."
Just then a waitress came up to table carrying some more yogurt on a tray, So Suigetsu asked her if she knew anything about a large sword that was left at the great Naruto Bridge calming that Sasuke was looking for it because Suigetsu did notice the fangirls in the room and was using their crushes to his advantage.
The waitress damn near fell over trying to find out the information she thought Sasuke wanted and before ether of them knew what was happening a whole swarm of girls flocked around the table speaking at once making Charlotte very uncomfortable since she was right beside Sasuke. So in order to get them to back off some, Faith done what she knew would work and pulled back her hood reviling her eyes to the girls who all gasped at once backing up a few feet as she Suigetsu was taken aback by her action but not Sasuke for he done seen her un-hooded before.
"Well Ladies, Where is the sword? We don't have all day for you to stand there gawking at my female companion and Suigetsu get a hold of yourself, She's not that frightening looking...I'm sure you have seen worse."
"I have seen allot worse Sasuke being stuck in that hellhole that Four-Eyed Nerd Kabuto Yakushi and that Snake Bastard Orochimaru liked to call home, but man that took me by surprise...Wasn't expecting it is all...She's not one of their little experiments is she?"
"No, She never met them until Juugo found her in the Land of Steel bringing her to them to become one...Only for some reason, Orochimaru would never allow it and I never could figure out his reasons behind why he chose not to test on her."
Sasuke turned to look at Faith and she just shrugged her shoulders before going back to her yogurt because she didn't know that answer ether and she for one was glad he chose not to for whatever his reasons.
One of the braver girls dared to approach the table after that and told Sasuke who she thought would know where the sword was; A local gang leader by the name of Tensin who calmed to take the blade after beating Zabuza in a battle to the death. Then the waitress lost what little nerve she had and scampering away with the rest of the girls who want into hiding in the back refusing to come out again until Charlotte was gone.
Sasuke throw the money on the table as Faith put her hood back up and Suigetsu let out a small wave of complaints about having to go to yet another place to find his precious sword, all three of them left the cafe in search of this Tensin fellow and the Executioner's Blade.
Back outside the same punk as before run into them again but this time Suigetsu was ready for him. Grabbing him up by his shirt taking him to some alley where he slammed the punk into some trashcans before pulling out a kunai threatening to end his life if he didn't tell him where Tensin lived. Fearing for his very life the punk gave them all the information he knew, which turned out to be allot. He even pointed them in the direction of where Tensin lived inside of a deep forest but warned them that it was rumored to have been an impenetrable fortress with at least a few thousand men guarding it.
It took them most of the day to travel that far out and by the time they got there night had already fallen so they decided to get some rest and try to retrieve the sword when the day came. When Charlotte Faith and Suigetsu Hozuki were fast asleep, Sasuke Uchiha took off on his own accord.
Inside of the bedroom of Tensin he sat high above his head with his sword's tip right in Tensin's forehead as he woke up with a fright. Sasuke told him that when the morning comes that ten thousand men were going to attack his fortress destroying everything in their path and that he should remember who warned him of all this, That his name was Suigetsu. Then Sasuke returned back to the sleeping Faith and real Suigetsu getting himself some rest.
Morning came and Suigetsu watched as all the men started rushing around below the hillside they were staying on and was wondering what in the world was going on. Sasuke told him the same thing he told Tensin only leaving out the fact that he visited Tensin under Suigetsu's name.
"Alright, That just makes it easier for me to slip in and steal the blade right out from under their noses...Not that it matters, Rather it be ten men or tens of thousands of men, I could take them all down without so much as breaking a sweat."
"Oh really, Care to make a little wager on that Suigetsu?"
"Huh, A wager?"
"Yes a competition to see who gets the Executioner's Blade first."
Suigetsu let out a hearty laugh before saying:" Ha-Ha, Never in a million years did I think you would have a whimsical playful side Sasuke...Okay, Let's do it, It sounds like my kind of fun anyways."
"Fine then we start now, but there is one rule Suigetsu...Don't kill anyone."
Sasuke then jumped down into the middle of the men on their horses below and took out about 20 or so of them before Suigetsu and Faith even caught up with him. He took one look at Charlotte before shaking his head saying:"This wager does not include you...I need you alive and don't want to risk your life on something this petty." before anyone got to say anything else a massive amount of arrows rained in their direction.
Sasuke was about to summon up is Fireball Jutsu technique when Charlotte Faith waved her arm in arc starting at herself, crossing over Sasuke who was in the middle and ending in front of Suigetsu, The very earth itself was pulled up in front of them as her arm want covering them in a protective dome of sorts stopping the arrows in their tracks.
"How the hell did she do that? She didn't even make any signs or speak any words...There is allot more to that girl then creepy eyes it seems and I think I'm starting to get why you are so willing to hang out with her Sasuke."
Sasuke was already gone before Suigetsu said that leaving only Charlotte standing there watching him.
"Oh man, I'm never going to live this down if I lose this bet...Best get this over with quickly, Huh Faith...You're rooting for me right, Even though you don't say much, I can tell you like me at least somewhat...Well wish me luck caz he goes nothing." He then disappeared leaving her standing there alone under her wooden dome awaiting their return.
She didn't have to wait long because whatever happened inside the Fortress was super fast because before she knew it they were both back walking towards her as the building itself came crashing down behind them. Suigetsu had his blade proudly displayed up in his shoulders so that she knew it was a success but not of the details although having spent the last few days with Suigetsu she knew she would hear all about his little adventure rather she wanted to know or not since he didn't know how to shut up for to long and bragging was one of his favorite things to do it seems.
Now that Suigetsu got his Executioner's Blade he finally agreed to join Team Hawk, So that meant it was now time to go in search of the next member, A female chakra sensor type who want by the name of Kiran.