OK! So I hope you enjoyed that small cliff-hanger...well then again it wasn't really that much of a cliff hanger on the last chapter. But I thoroughly enjoyed the ending :) I DO NOT OWN NARUTO :'( But thats ok. This has nothing to do with Naruto really, well Naruto himself I seriously doubt a=he is going to be in the story. We will get a taste of Sasuke though :o But that my friends is something you will have to wait and see.
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So here it is! (again) I feed off your comments and reviews. So if I do anything wrong :c please tell me. I would be pleased. Not that you have to please me or anything. But I would be very happy :)
Chapter 5
The air has gone sour.
The door opened languidly and stretched out into the room.
The light blinded even her covered eyes and she cursed meantally, hating the feeling of the nright lights but loving the feeling of stepping into a wider space. It wasnt as refreshing as she would prefereed it. But it would have to do. Her eyes slowly adjusted to the peircing light she hadn't seen in the last few minutes forcing a smile to lilt her lips and tilt them upwards. It was a habit it the presence of others.
"Sakura" A smooth voice entered her mind and she angled her body in course to the sound. Her eyes analyzing the blonde busty who sat in front of her again. Her blue eyes now had the gleam that of a serious person with the hint of cruelty she always expected. "Captain." Sakura stated with a fluid lightness in her voice. "I came here to be checked out, so I could head onwards to my sought destination for the mission you de-briefed me on last night." Sakura added. her eyes snanning the big and special room. Tsunade was the Mayor, yes. She was also of course like every other Mayor too.
A Mayor with a double life.
She was the person who grabbed the power with good intentions after the 4th Mayor died from natural causes unexpectedly, until the council decided to drop the load on her. The load being 'them' the trash, for her to take care of. Sakura had a deep respect for the women who taught her, her fighting skills. Everything she knew she learned at the age of 14 and ever since then she had grown to be something worthy of being called a hit man. But of course she didn't learn EVERYTHING from her captain.
And know one would know that.
Tsunade was sitting rigidly behind her wide and not paper covered desk un-like her outside of 'work' desk. her office was neat and tidy, books covering about every wall, and windows lacing whatever was not touched by book cases. Her desk sat in the middle of it and was cut with old scratches of being worn down age wise. Shizune was standing with a small smile lacing her lips and warmth in her eyes and she was dressed in her usual attire behind her captain.
She flicked her eyes back to her captain knowing that the captain would think she was staring at her. No signs showed was examining the room behind her black shades. Tsunade was ndding her head in agreement and instead of turning to the computer that sat on her desk she bent over un-clasping the small droor to her left and pulled out a small stack of papers. She shuffled through them while laying them on her desk and pulled out a pen from who knows where placing a check mark on she knew was her one-sheet file. Tsunade glanced up.
"You'll be staying at the Rain village inn in room 114 for a week, you have that long to complete the mission, understand?" Tsunade said without her usual slur conceding that she was indeed not drunk. Of course Sakura understood it was in the brief. Stupid women. Sakura tilted her head and lifted her smile. "I understand, I will be back in a weeks time." And she heard Tsunade snort quite rudely under her breat and she caught Shizune's smile widen in what she could make out as nothiing but sympathy. Sakura's smile slipped a little but nevertheless stayed there. Just because in her last solo mission she stayed a week over because the Sake in that town was absolutely to die for didn't mean she was incapable.
At that moment she wanted to harm her Captain.
It was a quick feeling and she couldn't hold it back. It was deadly and angry, filling the room with the stench of stark intent at a minimum, but it was definently there. She saw her Captain tense and Shizune eye's narrow in concentration both of them ready to attack in an instance, both of there hands reaching to their sides ready at any time.
But as soon as the feeling came it was gone.
She saw them, relax and pass puzzled looks. Sakura was too busy cursing herself into oblivion to notice. How could she slip up such a big mistake infront of two well trained fighters?! She was ultimately screwed!
So Sakura played the innocent and dumb card.
"Is...something wrong captain?" She said pushing a small bit of panic in her voice and two sets of eyes snapped back to her.
"Nothing" Tsunade's strong voice rang out. "You are dismissed. Remember one week Sakura" she added.
Sakura nodded and turned around making her steps slightly irregular so the didn't look as fluid.
And left.
Tsunade watched as her student left.
Her steps were not as swift and precise to be a killer as she would want them to be but she knew Sakura wasn't that incapable. Her student never gave off the deadly intent to kill and she never cared. But something didn't seem right with Sakura today and she could tell she was just irriated at something. Even her smile that she wore all the time seemed a little fake. Tsunade guessed she was just tired and restless.
The door shut behind her and Tsunade swung around to her right hand assitant. "Shizune." she said.
"Yes Tsunade, I felt it too." Shizune said immediatly and she smirked. Of course Shizune felt it. She was kind of dissapointed that Sakura didn't, but she knew that she didn't have to skills nor the amount of attention to her surroundings to feel that small wave of dangerous intent directed to her. But that was ok, it may matter in the future and she was still iffy on ending her to this solo mission. But every solo mission she gave Sakura she completed, so she knew she was capable to some extent. And this one was an easy one, So she had some confidence that she wouldn't die.
Injured, maybe.
But to die. She didnt think so.
"Get the guards to search the perimeter quickly, who ever it was probably have already left but it is better to be safe." She said as an order. Shizune nodded her small head and glided to the door with silent and smooth steps.
Tsunade turned around facing her desk once again and scowled lightly.
She wondered who it was.
And whoever it was, was going to regret it.
Sakura made it out of there like hell was chasing her.
She didn't really run, but she damn well walked as fast as she could. Which was pretty fast. Outside the warm air brushed against her skin and she made her way to the shrouded bike. She didn't hesitate to slide on it and take off like she was in a hurry. Which you could say she was.
She had a week to prepare for and she needed to leave as soon as possible. She didn't bother going back to her apartment to grab her clothes or anything, Tsunade slipped her hotel key in her mission papers so she knew that she wouldn't have to prepare a room for herself, and it made it permanent when she mentioned it just a few minutes ago. So she knew that there was going to be a disposable cellphone and a week worths of clothes and maybe a few weapons in the room as soon as she got there.
You could say she was taken care of.
Sakura urged her bike faster. Bending over it and swerving around the few cars that now traced the streets. it was only 4:30 and people are now coming out. Smart people who wanted to avoid the up and going traffic that started at around 5.
From up-town it was going to take about 3 hours to reach Rain.
Sakura was going to enjoy the ride as much as she could.
"Itachi." a deep and steady voice filled the small space of the black Nissan 360. Itachi shuffled slightly and moved his smooth hand to the handle to shift 3rd gear to 4th.
"Yes?" his tranquil voice entered Kisame's attention that was now focused on the smaller man beside him. His overly tall figure allowed his head to brush the ceiling and he stared down at the top of Itachi's neatly pinned hair that looked as soft as a cats. Kisame always wondered how someone so soft looking...could be so lethal. He was as fast as a panther and made no move to stop even if he ever got tired.
But...Itachi of course never got tired.
"How long do we have?" Kisame stated with a small bit of irritation. Even if they have only been in the car for about an hour it still irritated him to no end at the small and cramped size of the car.
"Paitence, Kisame, would work in your favor." Itachi's voice cut through him like a lecture and he gritted his sharpened teeth. He knew that would be the response he was going to get but he wished Itachi would sympathize with a him just a LITTLE bit. But then again that was like asking the devil for a favor. it just didn't happen. The smaller man before him handled the manual car with ease and expertise. He wore long black pants and a black v-neck t-shirt the familiar necklace hung low on his neck that had the not so keen and welcomed insignia of who they were. The red cloud. Kisame was settled in somethiing similiar and also wore that damned pendant.
It was laughable really.
They had left earlier and Kisame irritation stepped in as soon as they got in the car.
"Dammit, Itachi." He muttered under his breath turning back around to look down at the road they were travelling at a dangerous pace on.
He missed Itachi's miniscule smirk.
"We better stop as soon as we get there. I deserve a damn drink." Kisame said before he zoned out again trying to avoid the slow time that he was itching to kill if you know...it was a being he COULD kill.
He wondered how in the hell he got in this mess with this damned partner. This in-sufferably monotonious partner that pissed him off with his stupid and so RIGHT remarks. It made his skin crawl really. Kisame hated being on the losing side of things. But then again he appreciated his partner only a small bit. And only a tiny part of him would EVER say that he actually wanted him.
For to be on the winning side. He would need him.
But of course he would NEVER admit that.
Itachi was no different.
A personal relationship would require feelings and they both were damn near well out of theirs.
It was all business, this killing thing.
Sakura slowed down as soon as she got near the Inn she supposedly staying at. She had spotted it a little while ago and she didn't really want to go there just yet. She had dodged cars and broke several laws already and it only 8 in the morning.
She was doing pretty good if she might say so herself.
It made her a little thirsty.
So here she was on the hunt for something entirely different.
A bar.
The thought made her head start to swim wth anticipation and she crossed every street in search of one not minding the cars that were behind her shouting at her for her slow pace. She was going to enjoy finding a good bar. And she woud do so on her own time. It was a privelege really. Not being watched by some partner. Going solo felt good.
She had to stop several times to refill her tank up with the small bit of pocket money she had left over in her coat pocket. From who knows where. She didn't think she had so little and now she only had a 20 dollar bill in her pocket left over.
She was going to have to do what she did best later if she wanted more to drink.
Conquer and take the prize.
Sakura smirked and made her way to the familiar glint of and smell of alchohol. The bar only a few feet away she parked outside of it and turned off her bike while swinging her leg over it.
Sakura heard a few cat-calls and provacative whistles come from around the bar. Her smirk thinned out slightly and she turned around not even giving a glance to anywhere but the door.
The door that was surrounded by drunk men.
"Ugh" Sakura sneered at her luck and pulled the coat swiftly around her body all the while not stopping on her way to the door. damn well everyone knew she needed that drink! and she needed one now. God forbid if she didn't have one, there would be hell to pay. And she would take it all out on her client.
Or whoever was in her way.
"Hey baby. why dont you come over here and left me take that coat off of you?" One guy boldly said stepping out of the crowd that surrounded the door. He had a bald spot on the top of his head and he was chubby with grubby clothes on, all with the stinch of used alchohol surrounding him. Sakura wrinkled her nose and didn't even bothering glancing at him. Her steps smoothed out and became silent so as to not attract anymore attention that what she has already and she wished she took off her sun-glasses to show him the deadly glint that was in her eyes.
That stupid pink hair made her look like a peice of candy.
A peice that could be taken away.
Sakura snorted softly...uh, yeah. No.
The man moved closer to her and was now walking towards her as she made her way to the door. It was inevitable that he was going pass her.
And it was inevitable that would try and grab her ass.
And it was also inevitable that he would end up on the ground wishing he was dead while Sakura languidly made her way to the door with a now open space for her to go through the entry
And she was now happily sitting down with a full thing of sake in her hands. The feeling of lightness quinced her irritaion and the weird looks given to her were ignored along with every one praising her like she had done them a favor. Which by most she did.
But she didn't give a damn.
She had her Sake and her peace.
Until she felt a disurbing and heavy something sit beside her.
She turned around with a glare setting on her features and her grip tightened on her sake glass. Ready to tell this person to take a chair and sit somewhere else. But ultimately stoped up short as her eyes widened considerably behnd her glasses.
"Now what is a little girl like you...drinking something like that. Will you even be able to finish it?" a deep rumble said next to her with amusement in his drunken filled voice.
Im soooo sorry if this confused anyone! I hated that the only POV there was, was Sakura! And if you felt I rushed it please tell me. I didn't like spending time to much on the details. It bothered me kind of, so i was trying to get to the end kind of fast.
I might have to re do this chapter a little bit tomorow or something but i want to post it today nd see what you all think! so please PLEASE let me know :)
