Authors note: Yes! I am too lazy to make Sasuke explain what happened… Oh yeah, this chapter is likely to be a long one… It's a special chapter for a friend of mines birthday ^^
Ushio had a hint of sorrow in her voice when she spoke again after hearing Sasuke's story of what happened. It was clear to her that he still hadn't got over that day, or the betrayal of his Brother. To her, it seemed like Sasuke felt gaining revenge was becoming more important than his actual life. "Sasuke-Senpai, I don't think there's a point for me to go on about what happened to you. Its clear your still upset. So what I will do instead is offer my services… I will help you reach any goals you have" The rogue kunoichi caused the raven-haired shinobi to pause, something that wasn't very common. "You can do what you want… I can't see you slowing me down as of now but in the future you might so try to keep up." His words were blunt but Ushio caught the kindness in the words, which anyone else may not have picked up on. "Yes…Senpai…" She smiled and prodded his back gently to make him pick up speed again and head further towards the destination.
It wasn't long before the two arrived at a clearing in the forest, beyond the clearing large gates and a wall could be seen. It was a village neither Sasuke nor Ushio had been to for a while and it wasn't really a place the former had wanted to return to. "We have to stay out of the way of any of the villagers, shinobi or civilian." Sasuke instructed, "If we are caught that's it. I can't get caught until I've gained my revenge" "Okay…This won't be too hard" A grin formed on her face as she removed the slashed headband from her pocket, tucking it completely into a different pocket, "Nobody knows me here so just tell me what to look out for and I'll do it, then I can report back to you" Sasuke nodded, "Fine, Here's the plan. You head in first, go straight to the Dango stand and the Ramen bar. If there are any Akatsuki members you will be able to identify them with a ring. After the two locations report back to me with any details and from there we will devise a new strategy. If Itachi is there contact me immediately and I will then take him down, no matter where we are." Ushio took in all the information but still let out a chuckle, she was excited to start her new way of life helping the rogue Uchiha boy, and this would be her first mission of it. "I'll start now then Senpai! This is exciting!" She called out but quiet enough that the inside of Konoha wouldn't hear, she then leapt off the ground and headed into the village.
Ushio calmly strode through the village, a large grin on her face. Despite not being the most casual of people, the villagers seemed used to such a proud striding person wearing a large grin. She first made her way towards the ramen bar, since it seemed the closest place to where she entered the village. Sasuke carefully caught a glance of his new comrade, whilst he hid away in the shadows with his chakra concealed. A young man, probably just 20 ran up to Ushio, he was smiling and spoke in a gentle voice, "Hey! Are you acquainted with U-"That was enough for Ushio, she immediately thrust a punch into the man's stomach, fearful of what he was about to say. The man was thrown into the air and forced back from the force of the punch, and as blood escaped his mouth a riot erupted round the village. "Did you see that? That kid just attacked an innocent civilian! Shinobi should work for the civilians not attack them!" One called out to everyone else, provoking even more of a fuss. "Baka…" Sasuke whispered to himself, moving quickly to the meeting spot they had organized just in case of anything. Ushio swiftly used the Body flicker technique to seemingly disappear into a cloud of smoke, when in fact she dodged away into the shadows. The kunoichi kept her cool, although her grin had faded to a smile, and then the smile advanced to a smirk as she gracefully moved through the shadows towards Ichiraku ramen.
"Sakura!" An older man with dark tied back hair approached the ramen bar and sat down next to Sakura, looking over the menu that was provided for him. "Iruka- Sensei!" Sakura moved her head to the side and smiled, "Its been a while… What brings you here?" Iruka ordered ramen for himself and his former student before clearing his throat to talk to her, "I actually wanted to talk to you about Naruto…. He's out on a mission right now, isn't he?" Sakura looked down at the table and closed her eyes before looking back up at the sensei, "He is…. But he was meant to return a couple of days ago…. You don't think something happened…do you?" Iruka noticed the pink haired Kunoichi's worry and put on his smile, "You are talking about the same Naruto as me right? The one who won't give up till he's the Hokage… Of course he'll return…and if he's injured he has a medic like you to heal him up" Sakura put on a smile for the man and began eating her ramen.
Ushio noticed a small fault in a nearby chakra, the fault getting closer and closer until she stopped outside the ramen bar. As she arrived she stayed hidden away, watching the customers of the bar run out to find out about the commotion, the only two left being Iruka and Sakura. Ushio clicked instantly, picking up speed and heading over to Sasuke. "There's a guy with a fault in his chakra over in the ramen bar! I'm positive he's not from here…." Ushio blurted out in one swoop, "He's with a pink haired kunoichi…. They were talking about a Naruto..." Sasuke nodded and placed his hand on the hilt of his katana, "It could be someone from the Akatsuki trying to gain information…" He stated before he began to make his move, running straight on top of roves of the houses of Konoha towards the ramen bar, with Ushio following closely behind.
As the two rogue ninja arrived, the ramen bar was empty, but a muffled scream echoed faintly. Sasuke instinctively followed the scream to find Sakura being held captive by the Iruka imposter, the imposters hand over the Pink-haired girl's mouth and the other arm holding a kunai to her neck. The imposter still had the transformation of the academy sensei but Sakura gained a glint of hope in her eyes as she saw Sasuke stood right there in front of her… The one she had been waiting for to return was stood before her eyes unsheathing his katana. Sasuke firmly held the katana in a tight grip, nearing the Iruka imposter and hostage. Crowds of people, the riot from earlier, began approaching as they spotted the rogue Uchiha boy and the disobedient kunoichi. Sasuke threw a glance to Ushio who instantly nodded with a grin, making hand-signs in a flash. "Fire release: Great fire barrier!" She finished her hand signs and fire burst up from the floor just in front of where the rioting crown was approaching, the fire then curved and formed a large dome around herself, Sasuke and the prey of Sasuke. The Iruka imposter smiled, moving his hands for a split second to make a clone which was also already in the Iruka transformation. The clone charged forwards towards Sasuke.
"Water Release: Great Exploding water colliding waves" The clone snarled the technique's name and spat large amounts of water from its mouth creating the large wave at such a close distance to Sasuke it seemed unavoidable. Ushio leapt next to Sasuke and whispered a few words to him before she began to counter the attack, "Fire release: Great dragon fire!" She yelled, a large dragon of fire appearing that rammed straight into the large wave causing a small split in the middle causing the wave to go completely around Sasuke and Ushio, somehow being dispelled as it hit the back of the flame barrier leaving only puddles of water on the floor. The clone came out immediately from behind the wave, giving Ushio no time to evade as a water prison jutsu was cast around her, trapping her in the dense mass of water. The original imposter then cast a second clone which rushed over and slammed his hands together, before thrusting one forwards into the dense mass of water releasing five ferocious sharks into the dense mass. Sasuke kept an eye fixed on Ushio as she struggled for breath against these sharks violently tearing their fangs into her skin. Sasuke nodded to Ushio as he darted forwards with his katana at hand, till he stood right before the imposter. The imposter smirked and held his pink-haired hostage in front of himself; this was his way of avoiding the Uchiha. Sasuke glared at both the imposter and his hostage, a waterfall of fear exploding from the pink-haired kunoichi's eyes as she saw Sasuke pulled back his katana. With-in seconds the katana was jolted forwards, impaling through Sakura to reach the imposter behind who instantly manoeuvred his hand to his pocket and pulled a kunai into Sakura's neck. If the imposter was going down, so was Sakura. Sasuke removed his katana from the two, Sakura instantly hitting the floor into a puddle of blood yet the imposter simply became water as well as the clones.
Ushio gasped for breath as she finally was released from the jutsu, the sharks also disappearing. Sasuke looked over the wet floor of his battle field, turning to the blood stained ground were Sakura lay. "Shit! It was only a mere clone" He cursed, sheathing his katana again and walking over to Ushio signalling that they were going to leave. Ushio nodded, dispelling the fire barrier jutsu as well as heading closer to Sasuke. As the fire slowly dispelled and an opening formed an unsuspecting figure stood with an impatient glare. A large chested woman with a small blue diamond marking on her forehead looked over the scene, taking in the sight of her student's limp body on the floor bathing in blood. "Is this your doing Uchiha!" The Hokage exploded taking steps closer before catching a small twitch of movement from her pink-haired student. Tsunade rushed over, momentarily being oblivious to Sasuke and Ushio who quickly made their leave. "S…sa…suke…" Sakura faintly murmured as the medic expert Hokage knelt over her, but the girl's body fell silent. Tsunade placed a hand to Sakura's chest, then an ear to the girl's mouth… "She's gone…Dammit..." Tsunade stood and turned back to where Sasuke once was only to see him gone, "This is too far Uchiha; even Naruto won't forgive you for this"
Sasuke and Ushio arrived back at the wooden hut, Sasuke being un-phased about his encounter with Sakura but more so concerned about the fact the clone seemed to have been there deliberately. Ushio on the other hand was looking rather pale, in the past she had never began to sacrifice her own body for someone else but she knew if she broke the water prison herself the clones may have then had a chance to seize Sasuke. As Sasuke opened the door the exhausted Ushio collapsed onto the doorstep, Sasuke carefully picking her up and taking her into the hut and placing her on a chair. Sasuke then went and sat in a chair across the room, keeping his eyes on Ushio whilst thinking about the clones. His thoughts then became dismantled. Sasuke was 15 and had only ever kissed Naruto, and that was a complete accident, a disaster. Was that it? Was he going to live his life having only ever kissed a ramen-tasting baka? That couldn't be it for him. Sasuke slowly stood from the chair and moved closer to the chair Ushio lay on, she was still unconscious with closed eyes as he carefully sat on the edge of the chair in the little room there was left around were Ushio's stomach was. He leant over the rogue and pressed his lips gently upon hers. Unlike with Naruto, Ushio's lips were soft and delicate, making it hard for Sasuke to pull himself away from his first 'chosen' kiss.