Life continued on without Misaki…
Naruto's POV
It's been awhile since we had to bury Misaki. We've all been better for the past few weeks. I was heading over to Sasuke. It ends up Sasuke came back to the village…
Misaki fell limp into Itachi's arm. Itachi couldn't hold his tears in. They silently ran down his cheeks. Sasuke was staring downwards. He was full of regret and sorrow. Itachi lifts up Misaki.
"We should head back to the village." Itachi says.
Itachi walks up to Kakashi.
"I will give you the honor of taking her home since you are her father. I am so sorry I wasn't able to protect her." Itachi says.
"It's alright. She lived a happy life with us. I am glad she was able to find someone as fine as you. It is my fault as well for not being able to protect my only daughter. And Sasuke…" Kakashi turns towards Sasuke.
Sasuke looks up and stares at Misaki and then moves his eyes towards Kakashi.
"I do not blame you...Do not think for one second that I hold any grudge against you. She died protecting a loved one. Don't get down on yourself. That's what she wanted." Kakashi says.
We all turn and head back to the village, bringing back bad news to Kohana.
"Hey Sasuke!" I called out to him when I got to his house.
He walks out of the house rubbing his hair.
"What?" Sasuke asks.
"Are you coming to the office? Tsunade called for us." I says.
"Alright. Let's go." He says.
We both walk to the office in a comfortable silence. I end up greeting people as I passed by. We end up reaching the office and Sasuke knocks on the door.
"Come in." Tsunade says.
Sasuke and I walk into the room, to see Sakura, Sai, and Kakashi. I got confused.
"Welcome. All you are now here for me to report your mission." Tsunade says.
We all line up and face towards Tsunade
"I will now report to you that Gaara has been kidnapped…"
"What?!" I say.
"Let me finish, Naruto. We have confirmed that it was the Akatsuki that have taken him. We do not know the reason for that, but we will be doing a rescue mission. Sakura! I will also need you to tend to Kankuro. It seems he has contracted a poison from one of the Akatsuki members. I a entrusting him in your hands." Tsunade says.
"Hai!" We all say.
We all get out of the room. We go prepare for our journey to rescue Gaara.
Kakashi's POV
While the others are preparing for the journey. I go to visit Misaki's grave.
"Hey, sweetie. We all miss you so much, but we will continue to smile and be strong like you requested. We are going on a rescue mission for Gaara. It seems like Akatsuki is on the move after two years on the low radar. Too bad you couldn't tell us of their plan before you passed. I've got to go. I love you." I say.
I place two fingers on my lips and then place it on her tombstone. I slowly walk to the gate while reading Icha Icha Paradise...again. I know, I've been reading this book a whole bunch of times. I look up ahead to see the others already there.
"Kakashi-sensei, I'm so glad you weren't late for this mission." Naruto says.
"If it is an emergency mission I will not be late." I say.
"What did you go do that took you so long?" Naruto asks.
I freeze for a second.
"I went to visit Misaki's grave to tell her what's going on." I say.
"Oh." Naruto says. He frowns for a bit but smiles.
"I'm sure she would've been so fired up for this mission." He says.
I nod, agreeing with him.
"Let's head out!" I say.
Third POV
What the loved ones of Misaki didn't know was that...her body was no longer buried under the ground. Her body was placed elsewhere.
On the night of her funeral when everybody had left and went back home to mourn and grieve for her. There was a figure hiding in the shadows waiting for the perfect moment. He quietly came out of the shadows, the darkness keeping him hidden.
He passed all the other tombstone and stopped at a certain one.
Hatake Misaki
Beloved Daughter, Wife, Friend, and Ninja
"Let's get started." The figure says.
There are sounds of dirt being moved around. After an hour, the figure breaks open Misaki's coffin. He lays her limp body in his arms. He quickly disappears back into the shadow along with Misaki's body, with one of his comrades fixing the grave site back to its original state.
Sakura's POV
We end up rushing to the Sand Village. We are at the entrance of the village. I quickly greet them but run pass them, worried about Kankuro. I run to the infirmary and see Temari.
"Temari!" I shout.
She turns around and her white face is filled with more color when she sees me.
"Do you think you can help Kankuro?" She says.
"I will try to save him with my life." I say.
She nods. I head into the room. I gasp from seeing the sight, but I pull my composure back together. The rest of the group walks in.
"White Fang of the Leaf!" An old lady says.
Kakashi-sensei looks confused. Someone stops her from attacking him.
"Look carefully it isn't the White Fang. He died years ago." The man said.
She apologizes.
"I am Chiyo." She says.
I walk towards Kankuro who is sweating large beads of sweat and moving around in pain. I take his pulse and vitals to see what has the poison damaged so far.
"Someone! Take the ingredients to the antidote." I say.
Someone comes up towards me. I start telling the person what kind of herbs will be needed to help the poison dissipate from his body. Meanwhile, I can try a new method. I'm not sure if it will work though.
"Grab me a bucket of warm water as well as anesthesia." I say.
When I finally get the objects I needed, I started to prep myself. I put my gloves on and I walk towards the bucket of water. I use my chakra to lift the water and walk towards Kankuro. I sink the water into Kankuro's body.
Trying to get the poison into the water, and then extracting it out. I pulled the water out to see some poison in the water. I place the poisoned water into a different bucket. I continue to do this method until his body was mainly free of poison.
"Sakura-sama." One of the medic ninjas says
I turn around to look at the ninja.
"Here is the antidote you requested for." The ninja says.
"Thank you." I say.
Kankuro starts stir. He eventually opens his eyes. His dark circles have lightened up a bit compared to when I first saw him. He blinks a few times before he is able to see clearly.
"Sakura?" He says.
"Hi. Here's the antidote. Try to take some so the poison completely is out of your system." I say.
He nods and I hand him the bottle. He drinks the antidote and then frowns from the bitterness.
"We will find him, Kankuro. With our help...we will find Gaara." I say.
He looks out the window.
"I know we will and once we do...I'm going to beat his butt for being captured by the Akatsuki." He says.
