The group walked through a forest path, Bandit a little ahead of the others. The white haired girl held an expression of sesriousness on her face, contemplating on how she was going to help everyone, like Tsunade asked her. Sakura caught up to her and placed a hand on the girls shoulder.
"Excuse me, Bandit, but isn't your hair a bit long? It could hinder you if we come across any enime's..." Sakura's voice was monotone and held no emotion. Bandit looked at her hair and nodded slightly.
"Ahh, proberly..." Bandit began to plait her hair into two braids and examined Sakura.
"Why did you grow your hair so long anyway?"
"I've never been allowed to go on a mission so I never really thought about cutting it." Sakura lifted one of her slender pink eye brows in a questioning manor. Bandit finished plaiting her hair and scured them together at the ends.
"Never been allowed to go on a mission?"
"Yeah, when I was younger I got an illness that prevented me from becoming a ninja. I was trained seperatly from the academy students because of it. Recently I've been being treated by Tsunade, and the illness has gotten a lot better, allowing me to start going on missions."
"Ahh, isn't this quite a high ranking mission for your first?"
"Maybe, but thats the reason all three of you were selected." Sakura nodded and they continued to walk in silence. Bandit began to recall all the time Tsunade had spoken of her deciple Sakura and noticed how different the pinkette was. In the stories Tsunade spoke of Sakura being a hot headed, but loving and caring girl, completely different from the girl now standing next to her.
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It soon reached midnight and they were nearing the border. Sasuke stopped everyone and they began to set up camp. Once they were finished Bandit walked over to Sasuke, Spirit by her side.
"I'll take first watch, you can go sleep." Sasuke shook his head to what the girl said and sat with his back against a tree, his deep onyx eyes very alert. Bandit just nodded and sat down next to him. "Either way I am keeping watch."
"Hn." Was Sasuke's only reply and Bandit rolled her yellow eyes. She closed her eyes and listened to her surroundings, completely blocking anything that would distact her out of her mind.
It was soon time to change shifts and Sakura swapped with Bandit and the white haired girl entered the tent where Kiba currently slept with Akamaru. Spirit curled up in a ball next to the girl as she sat down. The job Tsunade gave to her may be sightly harder than she first assumes. Bandit lay down and quickly fell into a light sleep.
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Bandit was suddenly woken by a sudden pain grabbing onto her arm. She looked to see Kiba's hand gripping onto her tightly as he suffered through a harsh nightmare. She winced in pain as his hold on her got tighter and tighter.
"Inuzuka... wake up..." She stuggled to say and his fingers dug into her skin. Bandit took a deep breath and tried to pry the hand off of her, but failed. She began to build chakra up in her free hand and gently tapped Kiba's wrist, causing him to instantly wake yup. He shot into an upright position and released Bandits arm that was slightly smeared with her own blood. She looked at Kiba worringly.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine!" The boy snapped at her. Bandit's expression suddenly became serious and she slapped the dog boy around the face. "What the hell was that for?!"
"You have barely any sixth sense..."
"What?"
"You should have seen, or more like felt that coming."
"Well I'm sorry but if you haven't noticed I am blind!"
"You don't need to see to know whats coming."
"And how would you know?"
"I had an illness that could make me unable to see at any moment. I grew up with my eyes blindfolded so I could deal with the situation. Something you need to learn yourself." Kiba growled lowly at the girl and the scent of blood slowly drifted to his nose.
"You're bleeding!" Bandit noticed the blood and sighed.
"Just a little, nothing I can't handle." Bandit climbed out of the tent and sighed deeply to herself. Tsunade had told her of a boy who lost his sight during the war. The wounds healed and his sight should have returned to him but he was still blind. Bandit sighed and reached into her holster and gently touched the scroll that was resting within her pocket.