Hey!
Back with chapter 11 of Mission gone wrong!
I would like to thank;
LoverForAnime
Chick182
mk; I didn't remember the scene ether, I just happened to pass by when my brother was watching that episode and I thought I just have to put it somewhere ;D. It was one of the very first things I planned for this story, I'm glad you liked it! ^.^
So on with the chapter
ENJOY
The atmosphere felt heavy, a group of five shinobi accompanied by a brown haired woman at around forty years old walked through the dense forest pretending not to feel the suffocating excitement. The woman seemed to be completely oblivious to the true reason behind the expressions of the shinobi and they couldn't help but feel thankful for her naive mind.
Flashback;
The same five shinobi were just coming through the wooden door that lead to the main room of a traditional inn as the same woman greeted them and told them to gather around the dining table.
"So," she spoke "in three days you will be leaving, therefore, I decided that tomorrow we should all visit the greatest treasure of this small village. Not many have seen it, but I can lead you there. You have to promise me though that you will let no one know of what you see there" The last part came out in a serious tone, clashing violently with the woman's usual carefree one.
All nodded expecting more information, that came after a sigh and a sincere smile.
"I would never take anyone there, but after heavy consideration I decided that I can trust you. That and I love to see happy faces! Anyway, tomorrow we will be going to the chishio temple, now, once we are there you will stick close to me, this place is really dangerous and I don't want anyone to get hurt. Understood?"
"Yes! You are amazing Mayu-san!" a white haired boy cried out in excitement, completely oblivious to a pair of gentle yet deadly hands clenching in fists
End of Flashback
A pink haired girl clenched her fists, exactly as she remembered doing that day.She had secretly hoped that the older woman would decide against taking them to that place despite the words she was forced to say. She remembered clearly telling her how she wanted to see that famous temple and other things like that.
That scroll they were after was pretty dangerous at the wrong hands. She suspected that Madara wanted to use it either on himself or even worse on the tailed beasts the Akatsuki had collected. She had already made her decision; she was going to make sure that scroll was destroyed.
"We are here!" Some people on the group let their mouths fall open, while others –more like a certain someone- stared at the scene in front of them totally impassive.
The entrance to the so called chishio temple seemed to be engraved in the mountain. Two lean pillars made of sand colored marble were supporting a stone made of the same material in the shape of a half circle. Then there was the two tall doors made of dark wood that seemed to have been painted a lighter shade of brown by the years it endured.
In each pillar was engraved a phrase written in some sort of weird language. The letters were straight with strong unforgiving angles, almost as if trying to warn those who meant harm.
"We are here but we can't enter just yet." She said and closed her eyes. Her hand clapped in front of her chest in what appeared to be a hand seal.
"Mayu-san you are a shinobi?" The read head woman exclaimed in surprise.
"No, my husband taught me the handsigns needed to lift the shield around the mountain, this is the only jutsu I know." As she finished she extended her arms and mumbled something no one understood. Her eyes shone a pale blue color and the shield became visible and started disintegrating.
"Okay, now we can move on." Jugo opened the doors and soon they found themselves walking along a stony path.
The path led them into a huge room with many statues. Each statue had a different expression and their hands were raised to the sky holding the roof of the room in place. The sheer number of them and their size was impressive.
The two girls followed Mayu across the room while the boys stayed back.
"So that's it." The older woman turned around only to find the male with the famous Kusanagi already drawn, from where nobody will ever know.
Her eyes widen as realization dawned on her.
'Shinobi…'
Without wasting more time she clapped her hand together to reset the shield and activate every single trap in this temple.
As the last of the Uchihas got ready to strike, an earthquake made him loose his balance landing roughly on one knee. To his surprise that was the least of his problems as the statues one by one moved their hand to strike them. He was forced to jump back and watch as the room collapsed, effectively separating Suigetsu, Jugo and himself from the female members of their team and the inn owner.
After the earth stopped shaking, the brown haired woman turned to glare at the rose haired one.
"What's the meaning of this, I trusted you and-" the feeling of cold metal against the skin of her neck prevented her of finishing her speech and an icy voice belonging to no other than the red headed sensor rang in her ears.
"Enough, just lead us to the scroll and no more traps or else…" The kunai pressed again the scared woman's neck even more, but not enough to draw blood.
Left with no choice she begun to walk towards the room that held her villages most precious treasure. They seemed to be walking for an eternity before finally getting where they wanted.
The room was relatively small, compared to others they passed though. In the middle of the room there was a statue sculpted to represent a beautiful woman sitting cross-legged on the floor, her eyes were focused on her hand where neatly laid an old looking scroll.
Mayu cursed herself and her naïve nature as she retrieved the object, she had to think of something, so many people died to protect the only heritage left behind by their greatest warrior, the man who found death by the hands of his comrades.
"Now hand it over!" Seeing as the woman made no move to do as asked, Karin repeated in a harsher tone.
"I said hand it over you-" She never finished as she was slammed into the wall behind it with so much force that she was unable to register anything except for the burning pain in her back and her mind going numb.
Mayu stared in awe as the red head slid in the floor from the crater she made on the wall. Her eyes turned to the other woman in the room, just in time to witness her lower her fist.
"Mayu-san, I'm sorry I lied to you, I never meant to harm anyone. My name is Haruno Sakura and I am a leaf shinobi, a medic. I know you don't trust me, but please, you have to help me destroy that scroll. The man that captured me and got me here is after it and we can't let him have it" Her eyes burned with the same passion her words were uttered. Mayu nodded almost too frozen-in-place to react.
"From the path we took I assume that that wall is at the far back of the mountain. Am I right?" Again a nod.
"Good, follow me!" Loading her hand with chakra she punched the wall, creating an opening for them to go through.
"Mayu-san go, destroy the scroll and get somewhere safe"
"Bu-"
"No time for buts, the others are coming, I will keep them busy until you get somewhere safe. Now go!"
And she left, running towards the village. Footsteps echoed and the pinkette turned to face the door, knowing that within seconds she was going to come face to face with the only man she ever loved. Reality didn't fail her as the raven haired man appeared in front of her and upon a brief inspection of the room narrowed his eyes at her.
"Sasuke-kun, I can't let you get that scroll."
"And why the hell not?" He snapped at her and clutched the hilt of his sword tighter.
"You know if that man gets it his power will equal that of a tailed beast!" A smirk…
"So what?" He charged at her, his sword poised to kill.
"What do you mean so what?" She said as she got ready to deflect his attack
"That's the plan Sakura, get stronger and destroy Konoha!" That angered her, how dare he speak so casually about wiping a whole village of the map, about destroying so many innocent lives. He should know better, he should understand how devastating death could be.
She brought her foot above her head and slammed it into the ground with as much force as she could muster. The earth shook and shattered from the violent impact. Surprised by her actions the male stumbled in hopes to regain his balance, giving her the time to rush forward to punch some sense into him. She adjusted the level of chakra running in her hand so as not to kill him.
As expected he tried to catch her fist but as soon as he did he felt pain curse all the way to his brain due to the bones in his arm being literally crashed under the earth shattering strength. He jumped back and he eyed his old teammate with his eyes wide –as wide as it was possible for an Uchiha.-
Was this the same Sakura on his gennin team? Was that fire in those vivid green eyes always there?
He admitted it, he was impressed. He never expected the weakling to be able to summon so much strength. Sure, she was no much for him now that he knew of her superhuman strength, but if that previews punch had gotten him in his chest he was sure it wouldn't be that easy.
"Why?" His attention was averted back to the pinkette.
"Why do you want to destroy Konoha? That's your only home, the people who love you and accept you for who you are. Naruto, Kakashi sensei and me, team seven! Your family, your place is in Konoha! Konoha is-"
"A village that survived on the blood of the Uchihas!" He shouted, he was sick of it, sick and tired hearing everyone talking about Konoha like it was some kind of sanctuary. Konoha was rotten, everything in this place was rotten and drenched in the blood of his family. Konoha was feeding out of his brother's sorrow and he was going to make every single one of them pay.
"You wanna know the true face of the village you are willing to sacrifice your life for? That village-" His eyes changed to the deadly Mangakyo Sharingan.
"ORDERED MY BROTHER TO KILL MY CLAN!" She gasped, what he just told her couldn't be true, could it? She tried to find his eyes and that was a huge mistake since once she found them she got sucked in the terrible world which was no other that Tsukuyomi.
Madara's words to Sasuke echoed in her head.
It was an order
He did it to protect his little brother
An order
To protect you
Order
Protect you
ORDER
That couldn't be true, but she knew it was, she remembered clearly one day she was training with her mentor, Tsunade mentioned that Uchiha Itachi had been working for Danzo when the massacre took place. The blond Hokage also mentioned about some events not adding up…
Now she knew what the missing piece was.
She fell to her knees as salty tears fell from her eyes, blurring her vision and leaving hot trails in her cheeks. She locked eyes with him again and she tried to decipherer the abnormal glint in them. Was it pain, or was it hatred?
"So are you going to kill a whole village to get revenge on your brother?"
"They deserve to die and I will not let them get away!"
"So you are going to kill them all? Every man and every woman, even the children that were born after the massacre? Are you saying that you would raise your sword against defenseless kids? The same kids your brother gave his life to protect? Then you Uchiha Sasuke are a coward! If you truly loved your brother you would never let his sacrifice be in vain!" His hand encircled her neck and he slammed her in the wall.
"How dare you!" He hissed applying even more pressure, she became dizzy.
"You are a fool Sasuke, you have the Sharingan yet you are blind. You need love yourself more…"
The lack of oxygen forced her inside the darkness and the last thing she took in was onyx eyes widen and the hold on her neck disappear.
…..!…..
A low moan disturbed the silence and a pair of emerald orbs shone as the heavy lids covering them fluttered open. A young pink haired woman groaned in pain as she tried to move her hand to nurse her aching head, however, her efforts were fruitless as she found her hands pined above her head, bound by heavy chains.
She tried to summon some of her strength, only to realize her chakra had been sucked away, leaving her completely defenseless. Upon further investigation she found out that her left ankle was badly hurt, effectively preventing her from moving around too much.
A masked man entered the room and slammed the door behind him with so much force that the hinges almost gave up.
"So you decided to wake up, huh? You should have stayed unconscious" He trapped her chin between his fingers and forced her to look up, she shut her eyes realizing the true intentions of the man in front of her.
"You know, you have caused more trouble than you are worth" He hissed and she smiled, she did it after all, the scroll was either destroyed or out of his reach. A slap followed her smile, her cheek burned and her head was thumping even louder after making contact with the wall.
The man leaned into her and whispered in her ear in a voice colder than any she had ever heard.
"I'm sad that I have to kill you, I wanted you to witness the shinobi world bowing to me, the creation of my new world." He walked away leaving her glaring holes at the back of his head. She wanted to scream at him, give him a piece of her mind. However she knew that her voice would end up weak and breaking, her throat felt dry and sore.
"Kill her, I will be back in a week, then the destruction of the leaf can begin" She saw the man talking to a dark figure in what looked like a hallway, after that he disappeared.
The dark figure made its way towards her silently. The steps it took were silent and graceful, like those of a cat nearing its pray.
The sound of a sword being drawn made her crash head-first into reality and tears gathered in her eyes.
'So you are the one who will kill me.' She wondered as she recognized the figure.
"You should have done as asked, I had no intention to kill you. You are as annoying as you always were, Sakura." She felt the cold blade of the sword touch her skin and her breathing became difficult.
"Go ahead." She said and locked eyes with those deep black abysses she came to love.
The sword pressed against her neck even more as those onyx eyes narrowed.
Blood-red trails stained her pale neck …
So I'm going to end it here *brings hands in front of her in defense*
I think that could be called a cliffhanger…. Hmmm, probably…
*chishio= blood spilt from the body, blood circulating within the body(often as a metaphor for strong emotions)
Anyway, I hope you like this chapter! (^.^)
The others back in Konoha made no appearance here, but they will in next chapter.
Ummm, that's all I had to say actually (^.^;)
Please, let me know what you think
Until next chapter,
Wings Of A Butterfly….