HELLO! Thank you everyone who is reading this Fan fic! Here is the fourth chapter and i hope you enjoy it!
I DO NOT OWN NARUTO
Chapter 4: The returning figure
I wake up, my hands grasping fists full of dirt I rub my head as I glance around feeling the sand in my hair. I stand up cringing at the wound in my leg, "Right…", I whisper sitting back down, I take out my canteen and begin cleaning out the wound the best I can, before wrapping a bandage around it. I take out my map and try to figure out were I was, I could go back to the sand village and risk being asked a bunch of questions or I can head to a stray village. I shrug moving away from the village only praying that Gaara is safe, I start my long painful walk towards the stray village attempting not to put to much weight on my leg.
It takes me about an hour of cringe worthy walking before I reach the village, no one bats an eye at me, which is good, the less questions the better. I walk to a pharmacy and buy some disinfectant along with some needles and tread since I knew more than likely I needed to do some stitch work. I pay for the supplies and head over to the nearest hotel and rent a room. Once in the room I begin a bath, and proceed to wash myself and clean the wound a little, I take my time washing my hair knowing that I must have clumps of dirt in it, clinging to my scalp. Once satisfied I dry off and pull on the bath robe the hotel had provided, I walk to my bed and prop my leg up setting a towel underneath so the disinfectant dosnt stain the bed to much.
I cringe as the liquid enters the wound but I troop on watching it foam up hearing the fizzing of it, I take another towel and pat the wound. I reach into the bag and pull out the needle and tread, I loop the tread making a secure knot and release a deep sigh closing my eyes and attempt to relax my body. I then look down positioning the needle, with a deep breath I penetrate the needle trough my flesh, biting back the yell. I continue sealing the wound and soon enough in done, I pour some more disinfectant before moving my leg so I can stitch the underside.
I wrap the bandage tightly and securely around my leg and secure it before I lean back on the bed. I stare at the ceiling as I try to remember what had happen before I woke up, I quickly touch my lips and blush, I shake my head. "That must have been an illusion", I whisper still eyeing the ceiling, I stand up taking my dusty dirty clothes and proceed to limp down to the washroom, I ask the women and the front desk for a piece of paper and pen on the way there. I toss my clothes into the washer and set them to wash, I sit on the bench and proceed to write what I had seen and witnessed, I jot down everything as it was fresh in my memory.
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"Would you happen to have an envelope?", I ask the front desk women she nods and hands me one, I nod and walk back to my room with my fresh clean clothing. Once im my room I put my report in the envelope and jot down the Hokages name, I take a breath before lifting myself from my bed and walk over to the window. I prop the window open letting in the warm breeze, I make hand signs and summon an eagle, "Please take this to the Hokage immediately", I whisper to the bird it nods as I secure the letter to its foot , "Go", and it takes off. I close the window and go back to my bed, "Might as well sleep for a bit before heading out", I say to myself and I let my eyes get heavy with sleep.
KNOCK KNOCK! I sit up to loud banging, I look over to the clock on my nightstand and moan at the time. I stumble to my feet limping to the door, "Its dinner?", I mumble sliding the door open, and I feel arms around me, I stiffen up as I cant really tell who it is. They pull back and I let my jaw drop, "What the…", my words drift as his finger falls on my lips, "Let me in….. I know you have a bunch of questions for me". I move to the side letting him pass I close the door slowly before turning to him, my eyes settle on his raven hair, "Sasuke", I whisper he motions me to take a seat, I try to walk as straight as I can but fail. I take a seat before I notice his eyes watching me, "What happen to your leg?", he asks worried I cant help but chuckle, "How did you know I was here?". He nods, "Alright, well I sensed your chakra", he answers with his cool tone, "Well, I guess its my turn then huh?", I smile as he nods still concerned, "the sand village was attacked, I wasn't really sent with anyone, so I was in charge of watching over the situation, well it got out of hand and I was attacked by the enemy".
Sasuke nods, "But im guessing this was no ordinary enemy, right?", he says and I nod, "It was—", I stop my self as Deidara comes to mind. I bite my lip and Sasuke notices, "Was who?", I look away from him and out the window, "It was the Akatsuki, one of them got me and left me out to die in the desert", as soon as I finish Sasuke slams his fist on the table. "Who was it!?", he yells I lean back I bit scared and decide to lie, "I cant remember, they hit me so hard… its all a big blur…", he settles down as he combs his hair back. "Were did you go….", I let the question drift off as he looks at the table, "You got my letter right", he says I nod, "Ive been with Ororchimaru, I cant really tell you anything more, but as you see im safe". I take my time to look at him, examine him he was no longer the young boy I knew, he was much more built and strong than before more dark, it was kind of scary.
"I see you grew your hair out", he comments hiding his blush, "It looks good on you", I cant help but laugh, "Thank you". He nods as I watch his eyes dark across my body, "You've also gotten- erm—stronger and more fit", he mumbles this time looking out the window, "Yeah, ive been training really hard, ever since you left", I say. He smiles still not looking at me, "That's good", I cant help but smile also, "Will you ever come back?", I ask knowing the answer but I had to ask to make sure. He glances down a dark look on his face, "Im sorry, but for now…. I cant… not till I reach my goal", he rubs his eyes and I nod slowly staring down at the table. A silence feel between us, a knock came from the door, "DINNER!", I stand up as Sasuke does also we walk to the door I open it letting the man come in and set the food down. Sasuke watches him enter and leave before he walks out, he turns to me, "I wish I could spend more time with you, but I have to go", he says a sad tone on his voice. He leans in and I stiffen, he lightly pecks my cheek, I blush deeply as he pulls away, "See you soon", I grip his arm and his eye drift to it. I really didn't know what possessed me to do so, I blush letting go, he pats my head and with that he disappears right before my eyes.
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I set the chopsticks down and clean my mouth with the napkin that they had provided, I stare out the window watching the sunset. I close my eyes to enjoy the nice silence in the room, I jump at tapping at the window, it was my eagle, I stand up and limp to the window letting the bird in, it land on my bed as I close the window. "The Hokage has sent another message?", I say to myself as the bird nods, I untie the note and take a seat next to him, I unwrap the letter and read its contents, "Great work! We still haven't heard back from Kakashi's team, but they should be back at the Sand Village before nightfall. Im sorry to hear about your wound, since ill be sending you out on another mission I have sealed some medical ointment that should speed up the healing process along with some food pills. Take care and be safe on this next mission, hope to see you back soon". I release the seal and out spawns a ointment container, a bottle of pills and the mission scroll, "Thank you buddy, go on and rest", I say as I pat the bird and watch it disappear, I turn back to the new scroll sitting on my lap.
I open it and read its content carefully, I take the hotels notepad and jot down important information from the scroll. After a few hours of reading over the scroll, I place it on my nightstand and lean back with the two medical containers in my hands, "Ill use these in the morning before heading out", I whisper placing them next to the scroll. I think over my day as I turn over trying to find sleep, my mind wonders to Sasuke and how he looked, I smile he was more attractive now than before, then Deidara comes to my mind once more. I bite my lip, "I don't even know him…", I close my eyes sighing.
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I wake up early getting dressed and folding the robe neatly on the bed, I remove the bandage on my leg to put Tsunades ointment on my skin before placing a new wrap on. I secure my gear and look over the room making sure everything was ok and head down to the main desk to turn in my key. I walk out and gaze at the sky, I smile at the warmth of the sun before I walk down to a breakfast shop, I eat some pancakes and drink a large coffee as I pull out my map. I map out a route to my destination as I finish my coffee.
I jump along the tree line humming a tune as I do, I ignore the shot of pain that shoots up my leg when I land on it. I stop taking a breather and look around, I sigh as I stand up, I take out the food pills Tsunade had also sent and slowly push one into my mouth. I cant help but gag at the taste but manage to chew and swallow, I cough gaging at the after taste but once that subsides I begin on my way once more, I stagger on some branches but manage to catch myself before I fall. I begin humming once more as I again try to ignore the pain, "Village Hidden in the rain huh", I whisper to myself, "Is that were they could be hiding?", I squint my eyes in thought as I reach a canyon, I notice the remaining Chakra from a battle. I jump down trying to not land awkwardly on my leg as I examine the damage, "Sakura fought here", I mumble as I notice a body on the ground, I cant help but cautiously walk over. The outfit and the red hair catch my eye, I look around and spot something familiar, "So you were what was controlling that puppet", I say kneeling down to the body. I activate my Byakugan and look around making sure no one was hiding in the shadows, something catches my eye, I slowly reach into the puppeteers pouch pulling out a scroll.
"Aint this dangerous", I whisper I eye the scroll in my hands as I glance at the scrolls on his back, "This ones different than these", I fight everything I have in me to not open to scroll. I eye the body and the blood and look at the scroll I take a deep breath smearing some of the puppeteers blood on my finger, "Well, if this is a lead…. Its worth the risk", I whisper slowly swiping the blood across the scroll. I half expect my hand to be blown off but am extremely surprised it slacks open, I quickly clean my hand of the blood as I open the scroll. I smile at myself as I read the contents, "Got you", I close the scroll making a new seal on it and secure it in my pouch. "I should head back to the village and give Tsunade this scroll, or….. I can go check out on the hide outs myself", I contemplate this as I make my way back to the wall I had come down.
I look back at the dead puppeteer and cant help but feel a bit sad, I slowly look up at the sky and a heavy feeling falls on my heart. "Dei-Deidara", I quickly jump up the wall and begin heading to the hideout that was highlighted on the scroll, im so worried about the blond artist that I tear up as I trip and fall on my injured leg. "Fuck….", I silently curse as I hold my leg I lean against the tree trunk and close my eyes, "Why am I worried?... hes the enemy for fucks sake", I whisper before biting my lip. Something told me to get up and keep going and I did, I lifted myself from the tree and begin running forward.
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I get near a stray village and instantly notice the man warring the black, red cloud robe, "there you are", I whisper hiding behind a tree. I can see the man slick his white hair back as he taps his foot on the ground, I could tell he was irritated, I hide as another man comes out of the store examining the tree line. "FUCKING TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH!", the white haired man yells, I stay silent hearing some light talking, "Lets go", a deep voice says as I hear light taping. I count to twenty before I come out of my hiding spot, I look around before entering the village, again no one takes interest in me so I slip on by.
I stop by a baking shop were I order a batch of sweet rolls with some tea, I pay the lady and turn to take a seat when I notice the white haired man enter the shop. I quickly look down as I walk to a table making sure to rip off my head band and stash it in my jacket, "YO! Gimme some of them sweet rolls and some chocolate chip cookies!", he yells . From the corner of my eye I see the lady quickly nod and run to the back, I try to keep to myself as I stare out the window, I jump as a fist comes down on my table, "Hello there pretty lady", I slowly look up at him. His wide grinned smirk on his face, I internally scream, "H—Hello", I answer hiding my fists, "Your quite the looker, what is a pretty think like you doing in a shit hole like this?". I look around the shop, "I—im just passing by, Th—thought I might rest for th—the night h—here", I say while in my mind im digging a hole to bury my body in. "I see", he mumbles sitting in front of me, I try to hide the way my body tenses up, "Why don't you come back to my place?", I cringe but smile, "N—no its alright", answer waving my arms in front of me. "I rather not be a bother, I already have a hotel room, thanks for your offer anyway", I paste on the fackest smile I can muster.
He glares at me and I somewhat wish that he would just kill me, "Hidan.. what are you doing?", I freeze at the deep voice that comes from behind me. "Just chatting up a girl, what's the problem?", Hidan answers, I was terrified I had to calm down fast, "You know, you have to stop bringing girls back with us", the man growls. "Come on Kakazu, this one is quite the looker, she might even be 'the one'", Hidan says winking at me, I awkwardly laugh as I rub the back of my neck, "Fine fine!", Hidan smirks standing up, "What's your name?", he asks grabbing a bit of my hair. "Hinata…", I squeeze out, I hear him snicker, "It fits you very well, Hinata", by this time I was so close to crumbling to pieces all I could so was nod. "Your order sir!", the lady yells from the counter, I look over to her, "Yours too miss", she mutters, I walk with Hidan up to the counter as I take my bag, "Thank you", I say bowing my head to the lady. She smiles still nervous, "Hope you enjoy the meal and Tea", I nod at her.
"Nice meeting you two", I say turning to Hidan and Kakazu, then walk out of the shop biting my tongue, praying they would follow me. "Have a nice trip then!", I hear Hidan yell, I cant turn back as I walk into the near by inn, asking for a room glancing over my shoulder to make sure the two hadn't followed me and running up the stairs to it. I lock the door and make it to the bed were I set my food down and fall to the floor. I tear up a bit before whipping them away, "Stop! Your strong! Calm down, it went better than expected, you now know there near by, get a hold of yourself", I yell at myself. I slap my cheeks, "Game face", I whisper as I look up at the ceiling.