A Reason to Leave; A Reason to Love
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the scene from the Hangover that I incorporated in this chapter.
Chapter 6: Missions and Hidan…Sakura's POV
I had been out on my own doing missions for the Akatsuki for over 4 months now. None of the other members knew of me so I was happy. I was happy with how things were. I had grown to love being outside and hunting.
I had gotten a new pet a week after I left the base. It was an eagle that usually stood proud and tall on my shoulder. It relayed messages between Pein and I. She also had a scope on her leg for information gathering when needed. I used her to scope out mission areas so that way I could watch the area through her perspective. She of course knew how to fight a little bit by using the air. She sliced through the air with her wings and created air pressure to cut through enemies. I had named her Akilina.
But I guess my peaceful life of missions, training, and the outdoors was all about to change. I had gotten a message from Pein that he sent back with my last report. Apparently he believed that it was time that it was publicly known I was apart of the Akatsuki after the next mission he gave me. This was apparently in 2 weeks with the other members.
He wanted me to stake out the place where the man we would be targeting was staying. Apparently he was an ex-Ame ninja who was head of ANBU and knew Akatsuki secrets. He was being guarded by over 50 ANBU captain worth ninja. What a pain in the ass.
But I guess all I could do was prepare for this mission. I would have to train a little more with my partners/pets. I would have Akilina scope out the area and look a little myself around that area. That way I could measure what would be the best place for everybody in the plan. Also the layout of the building would be a good thing to get a hold on.
But it was nighttime and I was tired from all the training for the day. I moved up into the higher parts of the treed where I had a clear view of the stars and moon right above me. I had made a make-shift little home there. We were high enough in the trees that ninjas wouldn't be running around this height and the branches from underneath would give coverage. I had made a rope net to sleep on to cradle me like a hammock. It was peaceful this way. But once the mission began my life would become chaos.
2 weeks later…Sakura's POV
I was currently waiting for the Akatsuki members to show up from my place on a branch in the clearing where we were to meet up. We were meeting 20 miles away from the reserve the target was living in. I had done research over the whole base and created the best plan for everyone's area.
10 minutes later the Akatsuki members Deidara, Kisame, Itachi, Hidan, Kakuzu, and Tobi showed up. They stood in the center of the clearing looking around the area. I jumped from my place of hiding behind the branches and in front of them. I stood tall in front of them but that couldn't be called much considering the fact that I was 5' 6'' and all of them had to be 5'11'' at the shortest or something like that. Akilina stood on my shoulder and Lily was next to me looking ferocious in her armor.
All of the Akatsuki members looked at us and I saw Hidan grinning at me and winked. I rolled my eyes and looked them all over. Kisame, Deidara, and Hidan looked much to excited, while Itachi and Kakuzu just stood there. Tobi was just trying to pet Lily and her growling at him every time he tried.
I had put up a henge again, the same one I used when Hidan and Kakuzu came for me. I had blood red hair that stopped at my collar bone and was edgy and dark blue eyes focused into a glare. I wore a midriff top that stopped right below my breasts and was black. I wore loose black leather pants that had fringe on the mid-thigh, right below the knee, and at the end. My black combat boots were mostly covered by my pants. I wore a black chocker necklace, fingerless gloves that went up to my elbows that were lined with fur, and a belt that was made of chains. I had a red headband around my forehead and at the knot the ends fell to my chest. I had 2 large knives strapped to the outside of my thighs that were red and silver, a large circle that had a bladed edge that was golden and could extend to form many bladed rings, and my final weapon that I loved, a spear that had a black metal handle and the spear head was a gleaming Ivory white. The spear was held in my left hand that was extended downwards and my other hand on my hip. Overall I looked wild.
"So you're the new member that Leader told us about," Deidara said. He looked me over and his eyes landed on my bird and his eyes seemed to light up.
"Yeah, I'd say it's a pleasure to meet you all but I really don't know you so that would be an outright lie," I said. "I have all the information we need for the mission to go smoothly enough. I just need you guys to listen to your jobs and follow through on your orders."
I pulled a little chip out of the scope on Akilina's leg and held in flat in my palm. "Why exactly should we listen to you, woman?" Kakuzu said gruffly probably not like the thought of being ordered around by a girl.
"Well you should listen to me because I have a map of the whole base, I know the number of ninja he has and their ranking, and I know where everything is located including where the money is that this guy took," I said looking him dead in the eye.
I inserted some chalkra into the chip and a hologram of the base appeared floating above my hand. I began to talk when they looked at me quizzically, "There are more than 50 guards in total and each of them are on the level of an ANBU captain. The whole base as you can see is just really a wall with a courtyard and in the middle is the tower. Most of the guards are in the courtyard but about 5 are with the target at all time. At the top of the main building is the room where the information and money is. Underground is where the target is. He is always close to the underground routes he designed for a quick escape. My plan is to have Deidara, Kisame, and Hidan fight of the guards in the courtyard, Kakuzu you are to get the money and burn the information that was taken those were the orders. After that you help with the fighting. Itachi and Tobi you will be coming with Lily, Akilina, and I after the target. Any questions on the plan?"
"Kunoichi, I have a question that has nothing to do with the mission but I feel like I must ask. Why exactly do you have a henge?" Itachi said, straight to the point.
"Because I don't want to show you my true appearance until I see your skills after this mission. Nor will I tell you my name. Any other questions? No, good. Let's get going." I said and then jumped up to a tree with Lily right behind me and Akilina flying into the sky. I tore through the trees, silent and graceful, never looking back to see if they followed.
We got to the base quick enough and crouched behind the branches of a tree. Of course with Kisame and Kakuzu being as tall as they were it was hard for them to crouch behind tree branches to hide. It was nearly amusing to see them trying to shift to hide and blend in behind the branches. "All right; Kisame, Deidara, Hidan you all will be the distraction to lead all the guards to follow you. So you guys go in first. The rest of us will run into the building when their distracted. Now…go." I said in a firm voice.
All at once the three of them jumped from the tree and ran into the base. We watched for a minute as they attracted guards from all around. I jumped out with the others and we got into the main building with little trouble. Kakuzu quickly went to the top for the money to gather and information to burn while I led Tobi and Itachi to the down stairs area. When we got there the 5 guards were standing there waiting for us. The target was no where to be seen. "Itachi, Tobi you 2 deal with these guys and I'll handle the target. Akilina go help Kakuzu with getting the money out of the base and Lily you help the ones in the courtyard. I'll deal with the target myself."
I jumped over the guards before they could attack me and ran passed them. In the down stairs office which I headed to was empty and all around were tunnels leading in different directions. I stabbed one of my knives into the ground and put my ear on the handle; I heard the vibrations of the targets footsteps and took of in the direction he went.
The target was running fast but with always training, missions, hunting, and living outdoors I gained on the man quickly. I threw my spear into the top of the tunnel in front of him and the wall collapsed right in front of him. I had him trapped. Using a seal I had imprinted on the spear it came back to my hands.
He turned around and glared at me. He was fit as and ANBU captain was expected to be. He didn't seem to be made for speed but rather brute force. Thankfully Konoha wasn't all a waste of time; I had brute force of my own. "Here are your choices die quickly and before you even know it or slowly and painfully until I think you've had enough. What's your choice?"
"I knew Akatsuki would come, but I didn't know they had a new member. Your Tiger Lily aren't you? Well that is some valuable information, but I won't be dieing today. I have people who are willing to pay millions on the information on that organization. The only one dieing will be you," he said in a 'menacing' voice. Yeah, I was sooooo scared of that.
He charged at me but I did a back hand spring to get out of the way. Plunging my spear into the ground I grabbed the knives strapped to my thighs and came at him. I went full speed and disappeared, I cut him up before he could react and jumped back when I felt his chalkra shift abnormally. I put the knives back in my thigh holsters and grabbed the golden large circle on my hip.
He came at me with high level taijutsu executed flawlessly, but I knew how to dodge his attacks so he didn't land a hit on me. I moved my arm for the metal circle to slice him when he jumped back. But the circle extended and many were formed, and it slashed his stomach. Going through rapid hand signs a veil of chalkra began to form around me. I transported my spear to my left hand at the end of them and the chalkra around me transformed into a large phoenix of fire that engulfed my whole body. I focused the phoenix around my spear and hurled it toward the target. It struck with great force do to the spin on it. The phoenix burned his whole body and turned him to ashes. I grabbed my spear and weapons and made my way back to the courtyard. What I saw surprised me, Hidan had been decapitated by someone-I assumed it was his partner-and Lily was carrying his head around like a trophy by his hair. Hidan yelled curses at her to put him down but she never did. Kisame was laughing at Hidan and Kakuzu was counting the cash with Akilina on his shoulder. Itachi just stood there not really seeming to be doing anything. Deidara was sculpting Akilina from across for Kakuzu. Tobi was just humming.
I just stared and then started to giggle. Everyone turned their heads to me, Lily dropped Hidan's head and came to my side, she didn't look hurt and that was good. Akilina flew over to me and perched herself on my shoulder. "The target's dead, his body is nothing but a pile of ash now. Everything go well over on this side?"
"Well it was all going down like a god damn treat until the stitched faced bastard decided to chop my head off. Then the little kitten decided to carry my head around her like a fucking trophy. Other than that, yeah fucking great, bitch!" Hidan yelled at me. I couldn't help but laugh at seeing his talking head until he called me a bitch and Lily a 'kitten' once again. Lily was snarling and growling at him. I calmly walked over to him and picked his head up and walked over to his body.
I easily attached his head to his body once again and then began to beat the shit out of him. Once I was done he was unconscious and bleeding.
"So you're a medic, un?" Deidara asked, looking up from his sculpture of Akilina.
"Yeah, I am. We should probably move out now." I said and began to walk from the base to the forest. The others followed and Kisame was the one to pick Hidan's body back up.
It was late in the afternoon so I chose a good spot in the middle of the forest with thick tree branches and thorns around to keep people away. Itachi made a fire, the others set up tents, and I went to go hunt with Akilina and Lily. When we came back Akilina had caught 10 squirrels, Lily and I caught 2 Deer, and 3 rabbits. After everybody had eaten I climbed high into the trees with Akilina and Lily to make my hammock near the tops of the tree to watch the stars.
I jumped back down and when I saw their quizzical looks I explained. "I don't really like sleeping on the ground and I prefer my hammock." I walked over to a tree and began to write when Itachi came over to me.
"Kunoichi, you still need to show us what you really look like tell us your name." Itachi said in a clear voice and everybody's head turned to me.
"Fine," I said. I dropped the henge and let my pink-hair be seen and my eyes change to their natural jade color. "I'm Haruno Sakura, former ANBU of Konoha and top medic." With that said I went back to writing the report on the mission. I felt all of their stares on me and I heard Lily start to snigger at their looks. I looked up and saw them all staring, maybe they were surprised that I was from Konoha.
3rd Person POV
What Sakura didn't know was that all the men thought she looked more beautiful than she did before. She looked calm and serene while looking so wild before, she was beautiful in each of their eyes. Hidan liked her even more now, the way she beat him up after he called her a bitch brought him so much pleasure. Deidara was looking at the woman, who had killed his 'Danna' and saddled him with Tobi as a partner, but he didn't care, she only proved his point that art is fleeting. Itachi and Kakuzu both liked her for being smart and thoughtful, but now she seemed so much more with just the drop of a henge. Kisame liked her for being strong and didn't put up with shit; she seemed to be a nice person who looked past appearances. And Tobi…well nobody really knew what he was thinking.
From that moment on all of them were going to be rivals for Sakura's attention and all we willing to fight.
"Bitch, you are fucking hot!" Hidan yelled with a big grin on his face. Sakura's hand tightened around her pen and she looked up glaring at Hidan. Seemed like he would be getting her attention all right, but nobody seemed jealous as of right now.
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~Ja-ne~