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So, here is chapter 11 of Mission gone wrong!
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"Is everyone ready?"
A woman's voice boomed, disturbing the eerie silence of the night. The sun was just beginning to climb the stairs to sky and the creatures of the day had yet to awaken.
"Yes, we are just waiting for Kakashi-san" The woman shook her head in disapproval, her fist was itching to connect with that man's face, couldn't he arrive in time for once?
She sighed, she would have to wait until the mission ended to introduce him to the ground.
A familiar POOF had everyone tense and stand up, the final member of the rescue team had finally arrived.
"Yo!" Although he appeared like his usual carefree self, the copy ninja was beyond serious this time.
Flashback
Team Kakashi and Hinata assembled in the Hokages' office after being summoned.
"The body you brought does not belong to Sakura!" Her hand immediately flew into the air to stop a certain someone from screaming.
"That's not all, just a few moments ago we received a message from Sakura, she said she is with Sasukes' team in the village hidden in the waves, apparently they are after a jutsu that can double the users chakra"
"What are we waiting for? Let's go get her!" The energetic blond ninja could not conceal his excitement and this time the Hokage could not help sharing a wide grin with them. However that grin fell quickly.
"Of course you are going, I already sent the details of this mission to team Guy, Inuzuka Kiba, Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino. You are to meet them tomorrow morning, after leaving Konoha, you will form two teams.
Team one will consist of team Kakashi, Hyuga Hinata and Inuzuka Kiba and its' main objective will be to find and retrieve Sakura.
Team two will consist of team Guy, Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino and its' main objective will be to gather information about the action of Akatsuki on the island and the Jutsu Sakura mentioned.
This mission is an S rank as you may have to fight. Understood?"
"Hai!" Everyone exclaimed with a voice loud enough to convey their feelings.
"One more thing, the elders don't know about this, I kept Sakuras disappearance a secret. To everyone else you are going to Suna in order to help with a jonin training program"
"Won't that raise suspicion Hokage-sama?"
"No, the Kazekage is aware of this and has offered to help"
End of Flashback
And that's exactly how eleven of Konoha's most powerful shinobi ended up at the gates of the aforementioned village, ready to try their best.
"Okay, good luck everyone" and so their mission to retrieve their comrade began.
….!….
Two days later
"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 …
For several seconds the droplets of the red liquid was the only thing she felt, her mind was empty, no thoughts, no feelings, no regrets.
The hand on the hilt of the sword shook and its' wielder narrowed his eyes to slits.
Why couldn't he press the sword just a little more?
Why couldn't he take this woman's life?
He never killed if there wasn't a reason, but now it was different, she betrayed him. Hell, she broke his arm and above all she was a Konoha shinobi. His enemy.
Why was he hesitating?
He let the sword fall to the ground and the woman opened her eyes just in time to see him punching a rather large crater to the wall. His hair covered his eyes shielding his confusion from view.
They stayed like that for a couple of minutes, trying to gather their thoughts and form a logic conclusion.
After what seemed like an eternity Sasuke moved and unlocked the chains holding her to the wall, feeling herself sliding towards the ground she tried to stand only to gasp as pain shot up from her ankle.
She closed her eyes waiting for the impact as she lost her footing, it never came. Strong arms wrapped around her small figure effectively steadying her.
"Sasuke what are you doing?" She never got an answer and his eyes that she so desperately tried to read were still stubbornly hiding behind his raven bangs. He picked her up bridal stile and made his way outside.
"What are you doing?" She punched his chest with as much power as she could muster in her weakened state. He flinched
"What does it look like? I'm taking you back to Konoha!" He snapped and her mouth fell open.
"W-what?"
"I won't repeat myself!" That was the only way he told himself, he couldn't kill her. She was a weakness he would have to erase, so he was returning her to Konoha, that way she would die along with everyone else. Leaving her here would cause her death by the hands of Madara and he didn't want that, he had to severe that bond himself otherwise he wouldn't become strong.
A little voice inside his head told him that he did all that in order to protect her but he silenced that voice as soon as it dared to appear.
"Hold onto my neck" He pulled her in his back to move more freely.
"Why are you letting me go?" What could he answer, when he himself didn't know? Sighing he decided to be honest, it's not like he cared what she thought.
"I don't know" Despite his initial decision to remain impassive, his voice came out as a whisper. It angered him, it angered him unbelievably, the effect she had on him. The wetness he could feel on his shoulder and was caused by her blood made his heart beat faster. Their close proximity made breathing hard.
He first noticed how she affected him when they were still on the island. Before that the only emotions people could evoke on him were anger and hate, yet she made him feel something else.
She made him feel warm, calm, even embarrassed! She made him feel…
'Hope!'
Hope for what? He was an avenger, his only hope was death. Yet he couldn't connect this woman's name with death.
He couldn't take it, for years he had been rejecting his emotions and now he felt like his control over them was slipping and they were breaking free, crashing him from the inside.
He was an Uchiha and damn proud, so his expression revealed nothing of his internal uproar. Unknown to him the girl on his back was in a similar predicament and that why she chose to keep silent and leaned her head to the crook of his neck.
….!….
At the same time the two teams from Konoha were heading to the village hidden in the waves. The men were tense, while the girls occupied themselves making small talk. They skipped through the trees at top speed, hopping to get there as soon as possible.
The mission started two days ago and so far nothing interested happened. Well if you asked Kakashi he would disagree as it wasn't everyday you caught a certain Hyuga prodigy hugging another certain brown haired teammate. The glare the Hyuga shot him almost made him fall to the ground laughing, almost being the key word.
Other than that Kakashi would probably be glad to inform you that the other Hyuga of this group and his loudmouth student seemed to be getting along pretty well. The Hyuga heiress was the only one who could calm down the blond boy when the kyubis' chakra would start leaking.
At least they reached the port, from here a boat could take them to the island and hopefully to their friend.
….!….
The last –sort of- Uchiha sped through the forest, the night was beginning to take over the sky as he neared the village that he called home when he was just an ignorant genin. The hideout they were in was pretty close to that damned place and he never thought that as an advantage until now.
He needed to get rid of that girl as soon as possible, she ended up causing more problems than he would have imagined when he made the decision to keep her as a medic. He should have left her get killed, spare himself of all this trouble.
Even back then, he couldn't let her get killed. At first he brushed it away, completely locking it in a dark, faraway corner of his mind, but now he couldn't deny it any longer; that bond he thought he severed was gradually repairing itself.
It scared him how his cool collected mind would overflow with irrational thoughts at the sight of hurt in her eyes. He had to let her go, for the sake of his revenge.
Everything holding him back had to disappear, one way or another.
The walls of Konoha came into view, forcing him to abandon his train of thoughts and pay more attention to the main objective; get in, drop the annoying pinkette, get out.
He got in without facing any troubles. Although he expected the security to be more strict, this was Konoha after all.
Brushing that aside as unimportant he made his way towards the house of his ex-teammate, he had been there on several occasions when he was a genin and being the ninja that he was, he faced no problem in finding the small house near the hospital.
He landed gracefully in the rail of the balcony and he picked the lock of the window with a kunai he retrieved from his pouch. Opening the window he made sure that no one was home by sending a small surge of chakra to feel his surroundings, the small body in his back relished its hold and in return he let her slide of off him.
Turning around to leave again he was stopped by a weak voice that seemed to wrap around his legs, preventing him from moving.
"Sasuke…" He didn't answer as he kept his back to her.
"Please, d-don't… Don't leave…"
Don't leave? He smirked, true, he felt some sort of connection to her and that was enough to keep her alive, but it was not nearly enough to make him stay in this dreaded village. Nothing was enough to make him forget about his revenge.
"If all you have to say is this pathetic shit, I will be taking my leave." He started walking and the pink haired beauty felt her sanity slip away with every step he took. Her fist clenched and unclenched at her sides, proving her desperate attempts to stop him.
"Stop, Sasuke-kun!"
"Sasuke-kun!" He didn't stop despite the tightening in his heart, it was the same feeling as the first time he left the village and he cursed himself for getting attached to her again.
He took another step and his knees bend so that he could jump to the roof and take off to the hideout again. What happened next though, was not what he planned.
Finally feeling desperation push every other thought out of her mind, Sakura rushed forward and grabbed his wrist. Using every bit of the strength she managed to summon, she turned him around and did something she never thought she would have the guts to do.
She kissed him.
She tried to pour all of her emotions on that kiss, her love, her desperation, her brightest hope and her darkest fear.
"Please stay even for one night" She whispered.
He didn't push her away, he couldn't push her away, for both his body and his mind were frozen, the only thing that was able to move was his heart, he could feel it beat wildly inside his chest. It was painful but at the same time it was addicting and for the first time since the massacre he felt himself pure again, like all the hate staining his heart disappeared.
She broke away and turned around, finally the weight of her actions settled on her shoulders, making her feel like she was sinking in a bottomless sea, deprived of oxygen.
"Sorry,-" silently the salty tears cascaded down her cheeks "- I don't know what came over me, you had better go…" And she waited to hear him fly out of her life, so she could free the sobs she had been suppressing.
This time it was he who turned her around with a hand on her shoulder, a gasp escaped her but before she could say anything else he crashed his lips on hers.
Kissing, kissing, but you are far away
And he did stay, he gave her his everything, his body, his mind, his soul
Touching, touching so that the gap will close
But above all he gave her his heart
Connecting, connecting to fill your broken self
And she in return gave him everything she was,
Beside me, Beside me, even if you don't promise to be there
She gave him her heart to brake
Dying, Dying, the heart is stained with color
They became one
That momentary feeling; like a prayer, I hope for all of my being to reach you.
And at the morning he was gone, leaving them both to fight their own demons.
Swaying, Swaying, the flowers are dropping as if they were crying.
That's it for now…
So this chapter contained a good amount of Sasusaku, I tried not to make it seemed rushed…
Anyway, I have two things I would like to say;
The italics at the end are some pretty interesting lyrics from the song Irogoto (= love affair) by Plastic Tree, I do not own that song (which reminds me, I forgot to mention I do not own Naruto either)
I might take a little longer to update as I won't be anywhere near my laptop in the weekend.
That's it, please let me know what you think, I greatly appreciate your opinion!
Wings Of A Butterfly….