AN: Thank you all for reading this. I know that there are a lot of errors. I am not the best at spelling and the spell check never gives the options that I need unless it is a very elementary grade word and I don't always have the time to proof read it seeing how my work is from 0000-0000 I get time off but it is not enough to write my stories perfectly before posting and I did ask for assistance on the problem in the other chapters as well as in all of my other stories and my profiles in all websites that I post where to go to. As for the comment about the guidelines. Thank you and I will do my best but there is a reason why I have it the way I do. The all caps for the title … sorry but I cant see the point other than to cause me more time out of my little free time to do so and the caplocks is sometimes meant for a reason but I will let you know before you read the story on why it is so. I say again thank you for your help but I am not perfect and if people want it out fast then I am going to need some of my read's help. I can only do so much with my job And I just for all of those in the military. I thank you for serving with me and keep up the good work. Always know that you are never alone in the fight to protect your home and those who live among you. Sorry for the wait here is the story I was just now able to finish. I tried to put the other two before this out sooner but I wanted it so that you can get to a small point of excitement. Oh and I hope the facts in the beginning really helped you out. Please continue to read and review it really helps me I have been working on this story since before I had started this account… actually since boot camp… but I had thought it wouldn't even get readers who would want to continue it. Thank you for your help.
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CHAPTER 4
Gaara sat at the base of the tree with Neiji to his right. Sakura was across from them with the young chuunin next to them. It was a little after noon and Sakura had just gotten the others willing to take a rest while she and the other two looked over the map.
"Now we are about here…." Haru leaned over her shoulder and said
"Really… It seems like we would be about….. here…."
"No…..We are here….Like I had said before we still had quiet a ways to go…. I'd say …. About a week or two more… if no further delay…."
"Meaning…. Fights?"
"Yes and the number of breaks…… the next one if luck should be… right about …. Here?" Orya said
"Why there …. Why …. Not ….here?" Neiji replied
"Because there is where a cave lies and here is an old cabin set up for travelers…. If Tsunade had relied our course correctly?"
"Yes it was. The question is … what condition…. Is it in? The last time I was here… was when I was little and at the time it was owned by an old couple and their kids… there is no telling what state it would be in, nor who is currently occupying it. I mean for all we know it could be what ever is causing our mission." Ryuu asked
"Sensei why did you say "causing our mission" I mean why not …"
"Because just in case there is unwanted ears near by… they wont be able to know why we are here, that's why." Gaara said
"So how do we get here… I don't see any p…"
"That is because from this point on is uncharted… there are too many dirt trails. So many, that no one has been able to find their way… I'm actually surprised that this village was even found… though it is closer to the out skirt of Matsu…. There is no telling what lies behind that village's forest…"Haku said
"Where is this village located any ways?" Gaara said
"Not a clue… Sakura is the only one who would know… at least that is what Tsunade said… Don't know…"
"Because…. I use to live with my parents out here… some where… around… here" Sakura pointed deep in the shadowed part of the map and said
"The village is called Abana it is located in Sasuki."
"And we are… where?"
"On the Matsu boarder.. the Matsu boarder is huge and covers a very large mountain. The outer parts which boarders are the forbidden forest and the Four Mastu forests … past Matsu are four forests. The Kuri Matsu that lays in the north, the Shino Matsu in the east, the Yuuna Matsu in the south and of coarse the Sasuki Matsu in the west. The Sasuki is where we are going for this mission… no further." Haku said
"But why… I'm sure the other near by …"she replied
"Because those were our orders! We are here to help Sasuki not the other villages past it" Keiji then said
"And if the problem is located further past Sasuki?"
"Then we send some past Sasuki… but only if that is the case. Which I am hoping not." Nasya then said
"Why not?"
"Because… then it would be a big problem even more so if it is every village that is having the problem." Neiji looked at her with a rose eyebrow. Sakura flipped over the map and grabbed a pen out of one of the many pockets and started to draw as she said
"As I said before Matsu is the forest that lies on the mountain which the villages call TSUBASA WAHI YAMA it surrounds all of the villages in these areas. Here is the Sasuki, Kuri, Shino, and Yuuna. They are a group of villages that lays on the forests boarders created by weary travelers who were lucky enough to make it through the forests safely." Sakura sighed and changed the pen for a small piece of bread that she took out of her bag and continued to talk as she passed it through out the chuunin, "With in them lays the Altantsetseg Kimora. Altantsetseg's are meadows that are always golden wither by the flowers or the wild cattails that grow there. Within that lies villages created by those who were strong and brave enough to explore further into the hidden lands and grew tired. Those villages are called Tiassale or the forgotten. They are very small and close together." Sakura looked up and took a bite out of the small piece that she had left before saying,
"Deep in the middle lies a graveyard. At one point in time the mountains had formed and protected around a small group of villages called Maru. About 18 years ago Maru was a lively place. They always had a Festival going on every day All day long. They were always very polite… maybe too polite… but they always welcomed those who cared to make the Marus their home. Maru consisted of 8 very small villages. Each one were very vital to the other." Orya then eagerly said,
"What were they called and do?"
"Well first is Two water villages. Nanami lies on the main lake that lies here…" she pointed to the lake that she drew on the west side of the center. "… and Kasumi lies on the main river that feeds from Tsubasa." She point to the tip of a large river from west. "They are known for the fishing and catching of the "sealife". Then is the hunting village Naara which lies here" in the south of the small grey circle that she drew lied a small woods. Then pointed pointed to the south and added " and then there is Oda which grows the vegetables, Ichigo which grows the fruit and Yasu which does the crops. Ryuu then pointed to the very center and said
"And this village?" Her face grew grim. Keiji quickly said as Sakura broke out running
"Sensie… what happened?" everyone started running after her. She came to a complete stop and said
"You little ones have gotten faster." Every one of them stared at her stupidly as Gaara said
"What the hell are you talking about now?"
"You and Neiji I had expected to keep up with me… but them… no. Well be on your guard… the cabin should be just behind those trees." Sakura pointed behind her and every one was shocked. They had just done a three days travel and matter of hours just by running at a blink of an eye speeds. She had kunis in her hands with in a matter of seconds. And snuck pack the trees and out of their sight. Before anyone of them moved they heard screaming. The group run to find a man with a gun pointed at a tree shocked and Sakura was to his left. He turned the gun to her as a young woman ran up to him
"Cathal… no wait…. I am so sorry deary." The women turned to the girl and Sakura said with a smile
"Well that's a surprise…." The woman smiled back and said
"It has been a while since we've had a guest from the outside of the forests." The man said
"How did you get here so fast you look like you have only been traveling for a couple days.
"Two weeks actually… We are here to assist Sasuki on their problem." The couple grimed
"Then you have some work…. To bad the others haven't call for the assistance. "
"Where is the problem located?"
"Haruko." Shock over took Sakura as Kita said
"Sensei where is that located?"
"The center." The couple looked at her shocked as a young boy about Neiji's age said
"You know about Haruko?" Kyo said
"Great…. We're going into a graveyard…. Sensei can I stay in Sasuki?" Neiji just said
"Sakura what do you want us to do now?" Gaara said
" Well it is obvious that it is too dangerous. Damn idiots rated it to low… the kid wont h…"
"We go in…. Keiji you take are to make sure everyone else is in their location. Kita you and Orya are to stay here. Kyo you are take Pyotr and go to Yuuna. Sonya you take Arkadiy to Shino. Keiji then you are to take Ryuu and Nasya to Kuri. Be careful and try blending in. Do all you can to protect the village people. They can easily rebuild the village but not a village member. Keiji you are the one in charge of everyone if anything happens you are to send word to me at once. Cathal can you and your family please go with Kita and Orya. They will protect you guys from…"
"No… we aren't attacked here."
"That is not to say that you won't. It is for all of your safety to go with them." Then the woman said
"She is right plus we can help the villagers out quicker by guiding them through and to each village. We can help them out."
"But they are just children how can they do what our fighters can not."
"Our fighters are people who had dealt with very little fights like these. These children grew up as fighter for this reason. I am sure they would be better then the ones that we have." An old ridged voice said
"If only we still had our beloved Haruko…"an old couple stepped out as the man said
"No if only we all had taken lady Kasumi reactions more seriously. Because of us acting as though it was normal we allowed our selves to slack too much thus we forfeited our beloved Haruko."
"Poor Kasumi… I heard that she was the last to be killed…. I wonder if she had saw the death of the villagers…." Sakura looked down sad and said
"I am sure that, who ever this Kasumi is, she did not see it…"the old lady
"We can only hope… Her spirit was what had kept us alive and fighting." Sakura quickly bowed and said
"Please go with these children to the villages on the outskirt I swear that me and my comrades will be rid of these monsters as soon as we get there." The old lady bow saying
"But of course…" at once the old man held Sakura in a hug and shouted praises to some one or thing. The woman said
"I am so sorry deary . it seems my husband has mistaken you for our little Kasumi." Keiji then said
"Who is this Kasumi… is she one of your daughters or…"
"She was the goddess sent down to us."
"Yes dear I know… sorry Kasumi was the youngest child and only daughter to our SUOH AMARANTE. He was the lord of our lands."
"You mean the Kage?" Sakura said
"Yes that is what he was equal to. Kasumi was a twin. She had an older twin brother who looked just like her.. except for the gender part… Though he could have passed for as a girl… and has many times as a test to the villagers. As well as an older brother. Am I right?"
"….Hotaru… poor dear was going to take the test to be an ops specialist. He was passing the family right on to his sister."
"What was her twins name and why wasn't he to get to be…?" the man all but spit out the name in hatred
"Natsu… good for nothing if you ask me…" the old man growled at him,
"Shut up… do you want them to kill you boy…" he softly said "… Sorry it is forbidden to talk bad about the Amarante family. It was what the people had forced Suoh to make a law back on his first time as the "kage". So please forgive and forget what my son had said." The group of chunnin just stared at their Senseis as Gaara and Neiji stared at Sakura
"That always was a stupid rule… you cant forbid what the people think … I mean how will the problems ever get fixed?" the young woman said
"That's just it…. It doesn't but before… we never had to worry about it. Suoh had always followed Kasumi. But after their death…" She sighed as Sakura said
"Gaara… Neiji let's go. You guys keep an eye out for each other ok." And with out time to let them speak the three were gone into the blackish-green tops.
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Sakura stopped dead with her two teammate right behind her. There was music in the air as it hung over a small group of houses. She sighed then said
"Be on your guard, we don't want anything to happen to these people because of us." she broke out running with the guys next to her.
As they entered in to the village, the music had stopped and all eyes where on them. Sakura quickly went straight and bowed as she said
"My name is Haruno Sakura. There two are my team mates Sabaku No Gaara and Hyuuga Neiji. We have come here from out side of Matsu on a request that Sasuki had sent out." She stood straight and laxed. Gaara and Neiji just kept on with their stuff yet cool and relaxed look as they looked through the crowd. A man that was in the front said
"Go away we don't need any help!"
"That is not what we heard." The man looked around at the nervous people around and behind him. An old eager female voice said
"I have been waiting for you…"
AN: sorry I hope you liked it so far I was able to get enough time to finish this. Hope you enjoy. And sorry for the opening I just wanted to explain why I had asked for the help. Hope you come again for the next chapter.
