The Path A Ninja Walks...
Chapter Thirty-Nine
The Shadows Have Eyes...
A/N: WARNING-The character known as Sage Amesawa uses a lot of profanity and colorful language as part of his "colorful" personality. Be prepared if you are sensitive to that. Please note it is not because I condone such manner of speech, and also the character does not mean to use it as a way to be harmful, it is just his personality.
"You did what!?" Sage's voice came out in a hiss so as not to raise a ruckus for the sleeping genin not too far from them...
Or any of the predators in the forest for that matter.
"Don't look at me man, you know she's stubborn!" Hana scoffed defensively, "I told her to stay put and she didn't listen- she moved too fast for me and went after the enemy and-"
"Is STILL not back in case you haven't noticed!" the boy huffed, "You were supposed to be on guard...the guard doesn't leave what they are guarding ALONE, you dumb bitch!" he huffed, "That's just-a bad guard!"
"Well I'm sorry, she said-"
"That doesn't matter right now..." the boy grumbled as he pinched the bridge of his nose, "We have to find her- she's in no position to-"
"To what? Go after an enemy who had a scroll we needed?" a heaven scroll fell between Hana and Sage who both blinked in confusion before looking up to see Saseme who, suddenly looked better than ever.
"Saseme!" they beamed happily and ran to greet her.
"Holy shit- you bad ass BITCH~!" Sage beamed and kissed the heaven scroll now in his hand, "HOW!?"
"I told you..." she said softly, "That enemy ninja that I went after...he had it...so I took it." she shrugged.
"Yeah but...your fever..." Hana was flabberghasted.
More than that I could have sworn Saseme called that guy Gaa-chan...
she blinked.
She seemed to know him...did he just...GIVE it to her?
She wondered.
And how did she get better so quickly!?
"Well...admittedly...I had a little help." Saseme stated, "I uh...ran into Neji out there..." she stated, "It was thanks to his medicine that I'm all good again too, so..."
She was lying through her teeth...but hopefully the run in with Neji would work well enough as a validated excuse...
Because that part wasn't actually a lie...
"Really?" Hana blinked curiously "And he didn't like...try to fight you for it?"
"Nah." Saseme shrugged, " I didn't have the Earth Scroll on me, so there's not much of a point exhausting himself for no reward..."
Besides...I don't think the scrolls were what was on his mind at that moment...
"Yeah...that sure sounds like that Neji guy, all right." Sage laughed.
Though Hana seemed less than convinced...
This just all seemed far too convienient...
She eyed Saseme...it was true, though, she definitely did seem better at least.
"You know what this means, right!?" said Sage, "This means we can start heading out toward the tower in the morning!" he stated, "So we should get some rest now...recoop our energy and save our strength...it's only gonna get tougher from here."
"Right..." Saseme nodded, and Hana had no choice but to agree.
Little did they know...they weren't alone. For in the shadows...another enemy lurked...
"Found you~" Dosu snickered as he caught that the groups of both Uchiha's stayed rather close to each other, "All right...just as Orochimaru ordered...we strike at day break." he stated, "And remember...our target is the Uchiha..."
"Either one?" asked the Kunoichi that stood watching from his side.
"That's right." said Dosu, "Primarily he wants Sasuke...but in a pickle...the girl will do too..."
"Yeah, but if either of the others get in our way...it's okay if we take them out, right?" asked the third member.
"Of course..." said Dosu.
To Be Continued