Chapter two
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AN: Thank you for the support, I have to warn you though. This story is just the rough draft so once I finish it, I will be going back to edit it, but not before it is complete.
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Disclaimer: Don't own anything
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A loud blaring noise is what awoke Sakura from her very pleasant dreams. Stupid alarm clock, why did she even set it? So that is could just ruin the perfect dream world that she had set for herself? No wait… she set it because of the letter her and her team was supposed to receive from the government. With that in mind Sakura quickly threw off her covers and flew into the bathroom. After a quick shower she was dressed and already making her way down the elevator to the breakfast bar.
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She could hardly contain her excitement so much so that it was hard to hold the plate in her hand. Trying to slow her movements down she made her way over to Kakashi who was sitting near the window to the café reading something from an envelope. Placing herself next to him, she calmly looked over his shoulder to read what he was reading. As her eyes trailed down the thin paper she stopped reading the moment she reached "we are happy to congratulate you on your new mission, and we grant you our permission to proceed." After that Sakura could contain herself no longer as a magnificent smile appeared on her face. Kakashi however, folded the letter neatly and placed it inside of his pocket, then turned to look out the window.
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Noticing this, Sakura poked him in the shoulder and declared to know what was wrong.
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"Well, I know you're not going to like this."
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"Spill it anyway." He sighed loudly then turned to look at her.
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"It said in that letter, if you found anything we were to report it then place it all in their hands." While processing the information, Sakura's eye brows knit together in concentration.
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"But we know that already. I always make sure to tell them everything that goes on in my job…" Realization dawned on her face as she sat back in her chair. "Wait, they mean everything, everything don't they? Even the crystals I picked up from our last mission." Kakashi nodded.
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"Yes that is what they mean." Before anything more was said Naruto bounced into the seat in front of the two and greeted them loudly. He didn't notice the silence that had settled over the two of them. So he started chatting aimlessly about the hotel's choice of breakfast food, and then started a rant about not everything had to be a muffin. Kakashi and Sakura exchanged a look before trying to join in on the conversation.
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After breakfast the team headed back to their rooms so that they could get a jump start on packing up their belongings. It didn't take long before they were on the road heading for Oregon.
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Kakashi was the appointed driver, but Sakura took over a few times to let him rest. There was no way they were going to let Naruto drive. He may be good with technology, but more than a few people were subjected to road rage by the time Kakashi forced him out of the driver's seat and took over once again. The drive was only supposed to take about twenty hours, but with the added amount of time it took to eat and rest they made it in about two days.
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Sakura couldn't wait to get started up the mountain once they reached the base, it was almost like torture watching Naruto and Kakashi get all of their gear ready. She was the one that didn't have to carry a whole lot because she didn't have to bring huge cameras, and a lab top. She also didn't have to pack the tent along for Kakashi had taken over that job. So she was left with her climbing gear, sleeping bag, a few note books, thermostats, and of course a few extra jackets. Sure her pack weighed quite a lot, but nothing compared to the others. So she tried to ease her frustrations by counting to ten, and taking deep breaths, but by the time they were half way up Naruto called for a break because he was out of rope.
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She got the strange sense of de ja v as Kakashi and she started to lend him some more rope. Still she reminded herself that this was not like the last time, and she was finally going to get some answers out of him even if she had to resort to violence. Once they reached the top, Kakashi was the one in charge of lowering the supplies down instead of Naruto, so they would have a relapse of last time. The last thing that they needed was to lose another camera because Naruto just can't help himself when it comes to very expensive things.
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After the last bag was lowered, Sakura volunteered to be the first down the hole. Her heart pounding with the anticipation of what she would see once she made it to the safety of the dirt floor. Immediately after her feet touched the ground she unhooked her climbing gear and brought out her flashlight. Inspecting every rock and corner she found nothing to be suspicious about, so she turned off her light and made her way over to the stuff so that she could get started on unpacking it. Hearing laughter above her she looked up to watch Naruto make his way down. She couldn't help but smile when he landed enticing a grin from him then she helped him get unhooked.
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They both made their way over to the supplies and were just about finished with the setting up when Kakashi finally joined them.
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"Nothing broke this time eh?" Naruto giggled then stuck his thumb in the air.
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"Nope, it all made it without a scratch!" Sakura gently knocked him over the head before going back to writing in her note book.
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"It was just sheer luck." He rubbed the back of his head while pouting.
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"Oi, Sakura why'd you do that?" She shrugged.
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"Because I know you did something to deserve it." Naruto whined, but Kakashi interrupted their little bout of friendly nagging by directing his attention at Sakura.
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"So nothing out of the ordinary?" She studied her notes one more time before shaking her head to confirm.
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"Nothing yet, but I wouldn't give our hopes up." Naruto lend over her shoulder to investigate what they were talking about when Kakashi put a hand on his shoulder and led him back over to the tent. Sakura could hear their slight argument over how poorly it was put up and she smiled to herself, before bringing out her thermometer to take a few samples of the temperature the ground was currently at for the base. Her readings were normal and unsuspicious but she couldn't shake the thought of something out of the ordinary going on. Perhaps it was what happened three years ago that had her on edge. Whatever it was, she would find out; and if that meant getting his attention than she would. If just for the sake of getting some solid information that made sense. He wasn't going to weave his way out of it once she got her hands on him. It was just a matter of time before she found him again, and when she did he had better be ready to do much explaining on what the hell was happening to her.
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It was really bad when Naruto started to notice the change in her, which meant that it was more than just simple "I'm cold" in eighty degree weather; but no way in hell was she going to tell her little government friends what was happening to her. Kakashi was fine, and Naruto she could put up with; but the government was always looking for new things to pick and prod at and she was not going to be the one they did it to. However, if she had to threaten him with telling his little secret then she would. After she thought it, she had to take it back. Sakura couldn't bear the thought of him being subjected to torturous experiments just because he wasn't considered human. The things that those scientists did often made her cringe. No she wouldn't do that but she would threaten it. The only problem with that theory though, was the fact that she was a terrible liar.
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Shrugging her shoulders Sakura made to stand up and walk over to her friends when she noticed a shadow over by a corner that wasn't there before. It was a long dark shadow that could have been mistaken for a rock until it moved its head to the side. Her breathing hitched in her throat as she watched it disappear behind the rock.
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It was him. It had to be him. Who else would risk going inside the base of a volcano without permission from the government? She had to let the others know. They had a right to know what happened the last time, even if it meant reveling the truth about what she experienced. She could trust them; they had always been there for her so why not confide. Quickly making up her mind, Sakura made her way over to her two bickering friends and started the long story about what had happened on their last expedition that had to be cut short without any explanation at all.
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AN: please let me know your thoughts, it would help me with some ideas. Happy writings/readings. :D