Repercussion
Chapter 5
Laced with Ribbons and Poison
Silly Puppet play with me,
I'll be the master manipulating your stings,
I'll make you dance in pretty rings,
Try as you might, puppet boy,
You will not break your strings,
Silly puppet play with me,
I am the puppeteer in control of your strings
Sakura was practically beaming her face off. Sasuke had come to the meeting place with a fierce determine look on his face. He was holding a book with Naruto's name on it, and when Sakura asked what it was, Sasuke replied, with a strong voice, nothing like what he had been for the past few months, "It's Naruto's memories." Sakura smiled happily. Kakashi had borrowed Neji's copies of Naruto's poems and he was currently reading that as he walked along. Sasuke found everything easier. It was as if a weight had been lifted off his shoulders. And Naruto had helped get if off. Sakura walked up to him and smiled up at him. "You're better now, aren't you Sasuke? Naruto would be so happy. He probably is happy up there. You know, I always pictured him looking down from heaven, and seeing you moping about, and getting really mad and trying to yell at you.. hee, but, you're better now… " She said, smiling lightly. Sasuke nodded. "Yeah… so.. . how are you and Lee working out?" Sakura's eyes brightened. " I didn't know you heard me when I told you! Oh, he's so sweet. And kind, I don't know how I could have ever been so mean to him when we were younger. I've never been happier in my life…" She said, a dreamy look on her face. Sasuke smiled lightly. "I feel sorry for him." Sakura blinked and lightly glared. "Why." Sasuke started to scoot away. "Well, you're kind of scary…" Sakura glared. "OH, IF YOU HADN'T JUST GOTTEN BETTER I'D BE BEATING YOU INTO A PULP RIGHT NOW!!" She shouted. Sasuke rubbed his ear. Everyone looked up at Sakura with a slightly sweatdrop. Lee walked up, picked up his girlfriend, and took her away before she killed the Uchiha.
Sasuke found himself alone at the head of the group. This surprised him. He had spent most of the journey in the back, watching the ground. He hadn't even realized that they were in the Land of Waves. He looked around, appreciating everything, thinking of every leaf in it's bright green-ness has a
tribute to his love. It was a bit obsessive, and slightly conceited, but Sasuke ignored it. He looked up at the sky. Naruto's eyes were far more blue than the sky could ever be, but it got him close enough to make him smile. Sasuke's expression changed to a more serious one as he lept back. A hail of kunai hit where he had been standing just earlier. A girl's voice came from the trees. "Awww, he moved. How boring!" Sasuke got out a kunai. Everyone was instantly on edge. The girl sighed. "My my. So rude. All of you jump to fight, without even asking how my day has been." Kakashi removed his headband from his sharingan. "Who are you." The girl lept out of a tree. Everyone raised their eyebrows at the completely non-threatening looking person in front of them.
The girl was at least fifteen, mabey about five feet, seven inches, with soft, pale skin. She had large dark blue eyes so dark they appeared to have captured the color of the sea during a storm. She had soft black hair, with a large violet bow on the top of her head. She wore a violet dress, with a violet corset with white lace for the binding. The skirt was very riffly, with white lacy frills on the bottom. Her sleeves were long and had lacy white frills peeking out of the bottom of them. She wore cute black little girl shoes. She smiled cutely. "Hello. Isn't today beautiful? The perfect day for you to die!" She pulled a few kunais out of her sleeves and through them. Kakashi deflected them. He noticed the purple liquid covering one. "Poison." The girl giggled. "oh, yes!"
Kakashi ran at her with a kunai drawn. She slipped elegantly out of his way and started for Sasuke. He jumped and barely missed getting cut with her poisoned kunai. She pouted, and then through it behind her. Kakashi winced as it hit his upper arm. She giggled. "Gotcha!" Sakura connected with the girl's shoulder, tossing her over Kakashi and into the tree behind him. The girl glared angrily. "Now now, is that anyway to treat a lady?" She started doing handsigns. "Art of Poison! Poison lace!" The lace she had tied around her wrist grew longer and started to glow with a strange green light. She grinned and wrapped it around Sakura's face. "Nighty night!" she giggled. Sasuke's kunai ripped her sleeve, scaring her into jumping back. "how rude! Cutting off my jutsu like that!"
"Sorry, I just think poison is cheating." Sasuke started his handsigns. "Silly boy, poison isn't cheating, its technique!" She sat on a rock and smiled as sweetly as she could. Sasuke glared. "Great Fireball jutsu!" She barely made it out of the way. "HEY!" Her bow fell off and her hair fell in her face. Sasuke blinked with slightly wide eyes. She looked like a… The girl started doing handsigns. "Poison Rain Jutsu!" Kakashi's eyes widened. "GET UNDER THE TREES, NOW!" he said, grabbing Sakura and pulling her under the trees. Everyone followed. Rain flowed down, and when it hit the earth, there was a hissing sound and the earth melted below the acid. The girl smirked at them. "It was fun playing with you, but I've got other things to do. Farewell, Uchiha boy! I can't wait to play with your life some other time!" She giggled, and then she disappeared.
Kakashi set Sakura down. "Are you okay?" She nodded. "How about you sensei? One of her kunai hit you!" Kakashi nodded. "I'm fine. It wasn't a poisoned one." Sasuke sat against the tree. "Who was that? And what did she want with me?" Kakashi shrugged. "I'm sorry Sasuke , I really don't know. What I do know is that we better hurry to our destination. She could be waiting to attack again. We can't risk getting water of streams, because she might've poisoned it, so we can't stop at any streams. Come on, let's go." The rest of them nodded. Sasuke frowned. There was no real reason for that girl to
just appear and attack them. She had to have been a hired ninja. Who would hire a ninja to specifically go for him? He sighed. This would be a lot easier if he had his blond with him. But, he didn't. He pulled out the poetry book and began reading, eager to lose the stress of this new enemy in the pages of Naruto's writing.