I don't know how I feel about this chapter... I own nothing.
I woke up early, before sunrise. I got dressed quickly, putting on a t-shirt, some loose pants and a sweatshirt, hurrying outside to the side yard. Every morning, since I was young and I activated my sharingan, me and papa would train in this area, he'd help with with the sharingan, and show me tricks and justus, or help me with any that are troubling me. I sat down on my knees, leaning back and waiting. Staring at the ground. Waiting for Papa to show up, and we can talk about last night. I probably sat there for an hour and half before mother came out with my breakfast and bag, saying it was time to go. I stood up, brushing off my knees,
"Did papa leave on a mission?" I asked, Mother shook her head and my heart dropped.
"He's inside, laying in bed." She replied, "And no matter what I said to him, he refused to see you. I'm sorry sweetie." She pulled me into a hug.
"I'll see you when I get back. I love you." I muttered, taking my breakfast and bag, still staring at the ground and wiped my face, hurt that my own father wouldn't face me. I took off, running fast to the village entrance. I stopped and sat on the bench, waiting and eating my breakfast quickly and just fiddling with bolt and waiting for Bolt and Himawari and the caravan. I felt the stinging of being ignored from my own father. Himawari showed up a couple minutes later, Bolt was with her, but he another mission with Inojin. Himawari was in a bright yellow tank top, orange shorts and we both had the kunai bags on our thighs and blue sandals. her long indigo hair was pulled into a side pony and her forehead protector was around her neck. She were followed Zene and the caravan. Bolt popped up and hugged me.
"I'm sorry I got moved off this mission." He muttered, running his fingers through my hair. I buried my head in his neck, breathing in his scent.
"You're fine. Me and Himawari can handle this. I'll be back in a day or so, and we'll talk to my dad about whats going to happen in three years." I muttered back.
"I'll be here waiting. Ok?" Bolt asked. I nodded. He leaned his forehead against mine and I kissed him. He pulled back after a moment and kissed my forehead. "Your dad had nothing to do about this switch, The order came in this morning."
"Ok. I love you." I whispered, staring at him.
"I love you too. Be safe and stay alert." He kissed me again and I waved and settled myself in the back and Himawari took the lead, normal position. I stayed quiet, Zene kept trying to start a conversation with me, but I kept brushing her off, staring straight at the back of Himawari's head. We switched and I was leading, watching for danger. We stopped a couple hours later, to give the people a break and stop for an early lunch.
"I'll get water." Himawari said, jumping and disappearing. I ate my lunch in silence, still scanning and watching for bandits. Himawari appeared in front of me. I smiled at her and took the canteen, she passed out the rest and sat next to me. I passed her some of my food, and she shared half of hers, something normal for us. Her gaze zeroed in on my chest, and I realized the bolt was out.
"No way! He was serious?!" Himawari moved to her knees, her face in a grin. I felt my face heat up. I ducked my head down.
"Serious about what?" I asked, playing dumb.
"He proposed?!" Himawari squealed. I nodded, not wanting to lie to her.
"Yes. Three years from now." I pulled my knees up and buried my head into them.
"Wow, just. Wow." Himawari sat back on her knees. A huge grin on her face. She continued to eat her lunch, but she had a huge grin the entire time.
"Alright! Let's head out." The leader of the caravan, Knox, called. I took my spot in the lead a couple feet ahead of the caravan, watching for bandits or any threats. That's when Zene started walking by me. I continue to mess with the bolt, ignoring her.
"You know, it's very immature to ignore people." I sighed.
"I am not ignoring you, I'm watching for trouble." I said, still messing with the bolt.
"Well. I don't see anything." She put her arms behind her back. I whipped my head to her.
"Why are you talking to me? Himawari is actually better company than me." I dropped the bolt back in my shirt. Squinting in front of me. Gasping at what I saw. "GET DOWN!" I screamed, grabbing Zene and jumping back, it was 5 paperbombs connected to a kanai, I heard explosions all a head of us. It was a trap and if we would've been a little more a head, this would have been bad.d I got hit in the back with shrapnel, or the attackers threw something, but it hurt, protecting Zene as I twisted to hit the ground first, yelling out in pain. Himawari jumped into action, scanning the area with the byakugan while I activated the Sharingan, looking, "I don't see anything!" I called out,
"I don't see anyone either!" Himawari called out.
"Sarada, are you ok?" Knox was to my side, Zene scrambling away, in shock.
"My back." I groan out. Himawari turned me around and I settled on my knees, hunching over as she pulled whatever out and then yanked my sweatshirt and shirt off, I blushed, being in only my wraps and other guys were also in this caravan.
"Where did that come from?! Bandits don't use paper explosives!" Himawari muttered,
"I don't know. I just saw it and reacted. Ow Himawari! That hurts!" I tried to jerk away, but she held on.
"Hold still." She muttered, rubbing the ointment into my back. "This sounds like a mission mom, dad and Choji went on. You know, with the magnetic dude and water guy, there was a princess in disguise and mom saved dad. Remember them telling us that?" Himawari squatted, looking around at the clients. "Are you telling us the whole story?" She inquired, helping me up, handing me my shirt. "The sweatshirt saved you from a worse wound." She then looked around. "Out with it. I am so sick and tired about people lying about the severity of missions like this! Its gets so many people hurt! You have 10 seconds to tell us why we were just attacked by an upper class technique or we'll leave." Himawari glared at them all, helping me up. The people look guilty.
"Ok, we fudged the details, just a smidge." Knox said,
"We're actually transporting important documents, documents that would be very, very bad if they fell into the wrong hands." Another person piped up.
"It's a treaty between some of the villages, and there's this warlord that doesn't want them allied with bigger villages." Knox continued.
"So, you lied, and told the hokage, who is my father, that it was a simple escort because?!" Himawari was getting angry, "You put us all in danger why? How dare you lie about this! How dare you!" Himawari stomped her foot.
"We didn't get a lot of money!" Knox held up his hands.
"This is a freaking s-rank mission! We don't know these ninja who just attacked us! We don't know how many, or what they are capital of, nor are we preared for this!" Himawari yelled. I stayed quiet, thinking of a plan.
"Himawari. Calm down. Our parents were younger than us when this happened, let's just stay calm and think. We are the daughters of the best ninjas, I want you to stay here. I'm gonna look around and send out a message"
"No! You're hurt! Let me go," Himawari insisted, I shook my head.
"No. I have the sharingan if I run into a snag, and I won't be long, they'll probably stay near the documents. I'll be back as soon as I can." I quickly jumped up, not waiting for an argument. I shoved my glasses into my pouch and scanned, looking for trouble, seeing traces of a stong chakra, it was weird. It was everywhere, yet nowhere at the same time. I pulled out a ninken, nicking my thumb and smearing the blood on it. I summoned one named Nani, who was Akamaru's pup.
"Sarada! How you doing?" Nani asked, scratching her ear.
"Fine for now, but I need you to run a message to the Hokage, tell him we hit a snag and it's a s-rank mission. and hurry."
"Got it," She jumped and took off, one of the fastest.
"She's not gonna make it. little girl." My heart jumped. I turned to see three figures, varying sizes. The biggest one had to be 7ft tall, the shortest, maybe 6'5. I activated my sharingan, scanning them, but their chakra levels were all over the place.
"What, what are you?" I asked, very confused.
"You're that Uchiha girl, Sasuke's daughter, arn't you?" The bigger guy asked. I nodded,
"Why?" I slowly reached for my weapons, gripping a kanai.
"Nah ah ah." The man threw something at me, freezing my movements and forcing me to release the weapon.
"We actually know you're father, he's helped us before little girl." I glared.
"My father would never help you guys." I spit out, forcing my hand to move.
"Oh, but he did. Don't you ever wonder why he is always on missions? Why he never stays home for more than a couple days, why he didn't see you off this morning? He hates that Uzumaki kid you've been dating for, how long is it? Three years? And he is really pissed you got engaged." My hand finally grasped my smoke bombs. I threw them at their face, stunning them and giving me the advantage to make my escape.
"Jinor, you go after her. Hirato, take down the caravan and I'm gonna find that dog." I gasped, hoping Nani makes it. I reactivate my sharingan, looking for something I can use to my advantage, even though I have no clue what his strengths or weakness are. So far, all I know is they can paralyze me and throw paper explosives. I continued jumping, feeling him gaining on me. 'think think think.' I looked around, not understanding why they weren't showing up on my sharingan. I took a deep breath, knowing what to do. Something I remember Papa teaching me. I stopped as the guy, Jinor, flew pass me, not expecting me to stop.
"Gonna accept your fate little girl." He asked, crouching on a branch in front of me.
"Never." I took a breath, summoning my chakra. I need to set him up for lion's gate, and I need to to it quickly and get back to her. I released my breath and took off towards him. Using my flexibility and speed, alone with the sharingan, I realized, this ninja was good, but towards the end of the fight, I saw he was very clumsy. I sent him flying, hitting him with papa's lions barrage, and when he hit the ground, he disappeared. A clone! It was a clone! I gasped, feeling my body freeze. "No, no, stupid, I was so stupid." I muttered as a powder hit me and I lost consciousness, falling. I was falling. 'wake up. it's a dream. Sarada. Wake up!' I commanded myself, but I hit something hard, hearing a crunch of either my glasses or my shoulder, and realized my eyes were open, there was something covering them and there was a gag in my mouth. I was on my side, bents so I could barely touch my ankles. I stayed still, feigning unconsciousness, listening for anything I could use.
"That Uzumaki brat are stronger than she looks, just like her father, She captured Hirato and is camping out."
"Loyalty runs deep with these leaf village brats." No Himawari. You need to leave me, you need to reach safety I thought to myself. "I think I overdid it with the knock out powder, she still out cold." The man said.
"Probably. How easy was she?"
"She actually was pretty difficult, but I did a switch with a clone part way through, she didn't even notice that the form got clumsy, but she sure did a number on him, had a hard time keeping it in one piece, she sure is Sasuke's daughter." I took pride in that. I slowly moved my hands, feeling for anything sharp. Finding a piece of eyeglass. I began working it at the rope, praying they weren't looking at me.
"Well, her daddy expects nothing less than perfect for his clan. I'm surprised he married that pink haired broad. I think I ran into the Uzumaki brat, the blonde one, when I was chasing that dog. We need to finish this and get outta here before help for these brats comes." Come on. come on. I held back a hiss when the glass cut me, making it hard to grip.
"We gotta go after Hirato." One said, sounding far away. I got through my hands, moving slowly and nicked at my feet ropes, slowly and surly, got them, now think, think. what to use. Got it, easiest, yet helpful trick in the book. Fire release. I built the fire ball in my tummy, waiting for them to approach and rip the gag off, I wiggled, sitting up, signalling that I was awake.
"Hey, she's awake." One muttered, I was leaned up against a wall and felt two people in front of me,
"Keep the blindfold on, so she doesn't use the sharingan." Come on, come on. I felt the fire build, ready to be released.
"I'm gonna remove your gag, where are you taking that caravan?" He asked, removing the gag. I smirked and jerked my hand towards my mouth and let the flame go with as much force and I can as I ripped the blindfold off, jumping up, swiping at the flames and taking off. It was just a cave, so it was easy to get out of. I ran out the entrance then jumped to the trees. 'faster, faster. Gotta catch up and lose them.' I muttered, my arm killing me from the fall. I activated my sharingan, looking for Himawari's aura. Seeing a trail to it. Jumping branch from branch. Listening. My legs hurt, my body aches from the battle and I felt like I was about to faint. I can't see well without my glasses, and can't strain my sharingan. I trip on a branch, "Ahh!" I yell, as I fall, hitting the ground hard. I pull myself to my knees, gasping. This is bad. I held my chest, my ribs feeling like they were falling out. "Himawari!" I screamed. I forced myself to get up, not enough energy to jump from branch to branch, and started running, squinting, everything was blurry and merging colors. I took a breath and activated my sharingan, looking for her aura. There. Almost there. I ran, tripping over a root. "Hey!" I screamed, the caravan was there. I can see it. I see a figure coming at me, but my eyes were burning and I couldn't make out details.
"Sarada!" Himawari? It had to be her. I fell to my knees, coughing hard, in so much pain.
"I can't see. My glasses were broken." I muttered, arms going around me. "They're coming."
"I know. Come on." Himawari helped me walk, I squinted at her, and she looked worse for wear, dirty but ok.
"This was suppose to be an easy mission." I muttered, she began limping too.
"We have to get back to the village. You can ride in the back. We have to move."
"I sent Nani out. she should make it to the village. She's the fastest and smartest."
"Good. Knox is hurt too. We ain't doing so hot. But they ain't getting these documents."
"How bad is Knox?" I was dropped, leaning against the tire.
"He got hit with a kanai. What happened to you?"
"They tricked me." I muttered, shivering.
"They're back. I can feel them. Sarada, stay here. Let me deal with this, the travelers are hiding and agreed to stay out of this, but we have the documents." Some papers were handed to me, and I reached for her thigh, taking a kanai out. I focused my chakra, and shrank them down to a kanai.
"I'll defend these documents with my life." I promised, setting it behind me.
"Shadow clone jutsu!" Himawari yelled. I saw multiple yellow smears and some disappeared. I tried to squint and see what was happening, but I couldn't see anything.
"Hello, girly." I heard a whisper. I squinted, seeing a shadowy figure. He grabbed me by my necklace, I smiled, that helped me figure out where to point.
"You are going down." I whispered. Forcing myself to stand. Suddenly, something hit me on the eyes, I yelled as they began to burn. I took a deep breath and started signing my fathers fire release, dragon breath. I focused and let it go, knowing I only had one shot, and I was finished. "Dragon breath!" I yelled, feeling it burst out of me, I saw him try to move, jumping back, but I followed his blob and released, I heard the man screaming as I collapsed, spent. Bolt's necklace fell off and I could hear Himawari using her moms gentle twin lion fist. I heard the other man scream, Himawari grunting as she finished him. I heard Himawari yell out in pain, and barely hear someone yell 'Rasengan,' I felt my heart jump. Bolt. I went to yell for him, but something hit me in the chest. I clutched it, gasping. "Ugh!" I grunted, holding my chest.
"Sarada! SHARINGAN!" That's not Bolt, Papa? I fell over, curling on my side.
"Sarada!" Bolt, that was Bolt, when did he get here? I felt hands on my chest. Something covering me. I tried to activate the sharingan, but nothing happened, my eyes were burning and watering.
"Sasuke! Don't look. I'll take her." Uncle? I could feel it getting dimmer. I fought to keep my eyes opened. I gripped the bolt necklace.
"Let me have her Dobe." Papa. He is here. I felt someone else lean by me,
"Papa? Bolt?" I asked. "I-I don't feel good." I was pulled into someones arms,
"Dad, I got her." I heard Bolt say and suddenly, we were flying faster than I ever thought possible. I could feel my Papa's cloak, I clutched at it in my fist.
"I-I'm S-s-sorry." I forced out, my words jumby, my mind wouldn't focus. I squinted, but I couldn't see, I tried to blink it away, but nothing.
"Not now, sweetie. We'll talk when we get to your mother and you get better, ok?" He said, sounding panicked.
"I'm tired. So tired." I muttered.
"Don't you sleep young lady!" My papa said, sternly.
"Himawari, is she ok?" I asked.
"Her Dad has her. You're both going to be ok."
"Bolt? Was Bolt really there?" I asked, feeling dizzy.
"Yes. He showed up before we did." Papa sped up.
"They did something to my eyes burn."
"We'll get you all fixed up. Just stay awake. Keep talking. I saw the aftermath of your attack, was that Dragon fire?" I nodded.
"It was my last defense, and it was very, very, um, um." I trailed off, feeling nauseous and unable to focus.
"Sarada! Keep talking." Papa's voice grew dimmer. I squinted, mad that he wouldn't just let me sleep. We must have landed in the village, there was yelling and confusion. Then I heard a scream, my mother. My head fell, limp against a pillow as I accepted the darkness. The last thing I heard someone yelling my name, I clutched at the bolt as hard as I could. Slipping away.
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