Yin and Yang
Chapter 12
Sighing, Sasuke looked up through the trees. He wasn't to far from the town in the Wave Country that he'd had his first level B mission with Team 7. He smiled at the memory, and wondered how his teamamtes were doing. He nearly laughed out loud when he remembered how Naruto always acted, and wondered if he'd gotten worse.
Sasuke would never let on that he cared so much, no, he wasn't like that. Or, at least he'd try not to. People who got to know him in the short amount of time they had known him, could tell when he was worried, happy, angry, or amused.
And so the Ninja trudged on, thinking of Konoha and rebuilding his clan, not missing a step though his tired feet screamed in protest. He seemed suddenly determined to visit Zabuza and Haku's graves. It was unfourtunate that he didn't have much more than a prayer for them.
The moon was out as he reached the edge of the woods, illuminating three figures, and making Sasuke hide all traces they could use to find him, scent, chakra, and breathing, now able to hear the voices clearly. From what he could hear, there were two men and one woman, all three ninjas. The woman was crying.
"Father..." She sobbed. "I never got to say goodbye, and now someone has taken his sword!! "
"Hey, shhh. It's okay..." Came one of the men's voices. It was low and reassuring. A light smack indicated he'd lay a hand on her shoulder, and had it smacked away.
"No! It's NOT okay, and you know it!!" She nearly screamed. The sobs were obvious now. "That sword was the last thing of him I had!"
"Shh, Someone'll hear us..." Came a muffled voice, this belonged to the second man.
"I dont' care." The woman declared furiously. There was a dull thud as she dropped to her knees, crying harder now. Sasuke peered around the tree he was behind to see her before Haku's grave. He could see her pained expression, she was trying as hard as she could to keep the tears from coming, but that only served to make her look all the more tortured by the absence of the two who lay buried before her. Her two comrades stood, solem, behind her. Sasuke couldn't see the face of one, but the other seemed to be quite distressed as well. Zabuza and Haku must've been important to them... are they from Mist? Sasuke thought.
"Hey." Asked the man who's face was exposed. The other looked at him.
"Hnn?"
"Can you reach below the surface for his ring?"
"...I can try." The one with the mask knelt beside the girl. "May I?" He asked, a hand on her shoulder. She nodded. Imeadietly, he sent his chakra worming through the surface of the earth, and a minute later, he brought up a tarnished golden ring. The girl grabbed it with a fresh wave of tears, and Sauke noticed a matching ring on her left hand. His eyes grew wide as his tired mind put the peices together.
"Lets go home..." Said the masked ninja. "Koorigakure is waiting for us."
"...Okay..." She said faintly. The unmasked man offered his back.
"Don't worry, we'll find the idiot who took your fathers sword and the ones who killed them and avenge them both. We both know how happy you and Haku were togehter." The girl sighed.
"Thank you... Both of you."
"Not a problem." The men said at the same time. They then shot off, leaving Sasuke in a slight state of shock.
It was about a half an hour before Sasuke finally believed what had happened. He sat down, wanting to rest, but knowing the sooner that this information got to Konoha, the better.
